(2021-07-13). Khalida Jarrar's letter from Damon Prison on the tragic death of her daughter Suha. samidoun.net 
Khalida Jarrar, the imprisoned Palestinian feminist, leftist and parliamentarian, a Palestinian national leader and prominent representative of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, issued the statement below from her prison cell in Damon Prison on Tuesday, 13 July, mourning her daughter Suha. Khalida Jarrar was denied early release or even furlough to attend her daughter's funeral by the Israeli occupation. Suha, 30, died tragically of a heart attack on Sunday, 11 July. Hundreds of Palestinians joined in her funeral procession in Ramallah. Letter of Khalida Jarrar from Damon Prison, Haifa, occupied…
(2021-07-13). Palestinians appeal to the UN Security Council over further Israeli Land Theft, Squatter Settlement at Palestinian Beita. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that the government of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has agreed with Israeli squatter organizations on the Palestinian West bank to clear roughly 25 acres of land in the Palestinian-owned Jabal Sbeih hilltop area of the town of Beita between Ramallah and Nablus. The government …
(2021-07-13). Israel denies Khalida Jarrar a final farewell to daughter. electronicintifada.net Suha Jarrar, who died unexpectedly, praised as innovative human rights defender.
(2021-07-13). Texas Dems stop GOP repression for now by fleeing to D.C. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—The nationwide war over voter repression, pitting the Republican racist right against the rest of us, is heating up. In an historic and dramatic move, more than 50 Texas Democratic state legislators fled Austin for Washington, on July 12 preventing the GOP majority there from having the quorum they needed to pass a vote suppression …
(2021-07-13). More Attacks on Palestine Solidarity from Green Party Leadership. dissidentvoice.org 
Annamie Paul's team have once again smeared Green MPs and party members as anti-Semitic for opposing the dispossessing of Palestinians. These ongoing attacks are part of the Green leader's broader commitment to Canadian imperialism. Last week Paul appointed Richard Zurawski to her shadow cabinet. Three weeks earlier the new party critic for Green Recovery publicly denounced …
(2021-07-13). Bill to Stop UK Arms Trade with Israel: Britain Risks Charge of Accessory to War Crimes. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-13). UN, EU and World Bank back siege on Gaza. electronicintifada.net Regime change is the aim of Israel and its international supporters.
(2021-07-13). Why Human Rights in China and Tigray, but Not in Haiti, Palestine or Colombia? globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-13). Ongoing Israeli Genocide of Palestinians. dissidentvoice.org 
The world needs to know the horrendous dimensions of the ongoing Palestinian Genocide, and of the gross Apartheid Israeli maltreatment of 5.2 million Occupied Palestinians and in particular of the 2 million inmates of the blockaded and bombed Gaza Concentration Camp. A numbers-based summary of these ongoing atrocities will strengthen global Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions …
(2021-07-13). Poor People's Campaign launches civil disobedience actions for voting rights. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Stepping up its drive to force Congress, and in particular the 50-50 Senate, to pass voting rights legislation, the Poor People's Campaign (PPC) announced July 12 it will launch a month of Moral Mondays, featuring peaceful civil disobedience in D.C. and state capitals, through August 2. The announcement was almost immediately followed by news that …
(2021-07-13). Black Power And Anti-Carceral State Infrastructure. popularresistance.org It should not be surprising that last year, mutual aid groups in the United States had to step in where the government has historically failed. Groups like Black Lives Matter Nashville distributed dozens of micro-grants—even as, at the height of the pandemic, federal and state governments drug their feet to help everyday people. As we reel from the pandemic, instead of providing more resources, the Biden administration has pledged to devote more federal spending to police.
(2021-07-13). Imagine a Nation Like This. counterpunch.org Imagine a nation so reactionary and racist that "Black Lives Matter" is considered a "radical slogan" inside its borders. Imagine a nation so economically unequal that its top one-thousandth has more wealth than its bottom 90 percent. Imagine a nation so racially unequal that the median household wealth of its Black households is equal to
(2021-07-13). Action for Canada — Write a letter to Canadian government: Unconditional release of Khalida Jarrar to attend the funeral of her daughter, Suha Jarrar. samidoun.net 
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is joining with Just Peace Advocates and Al-Haq to call on Canadian government officials to pressure Israeli occupation officials to release Khalida Jarrar immediately: Write to Minister Garneau, Prime Minister Trudeau and UN Ambassador Bob Rae, calling them to work expeditiously to ensure from the Israeli authorities the immediate and unconditional release of Khalida Jarrar, so that she can attend the funeral of and mourn in dignity, her late daughter, Suha Jarrar. Write: actionnetwork.org/letters/write-letter-t……
(2021-07-13). China urges relevant Western countries to tackle racial discrimination. ecns.cn
(2021-07-13). Auschwitz survivor and fighter against fascism Esther Bejarano has died. wsws.org With her inexhaustible verve, determination, and joie de vivre, Esther Bejarano is and will remain an inspiration in the struggles to come.
(2021-07-13). The CPAC conference and the fascist transformation of Trump's Republican Party. wsws.org Donald Trump is consolidating power over the Republican Party, transforming it from a conservative bourgeois party into a fascist party with a personalist leader and a paramilitary wing.
(2021-07-13). China slams Washington's genocide claim as the 'biggest lie of the century'. ecns.cn China said on Tuesday that the Biden administration's report renewing genocide allegations against China in Xinjiang is the "biggest lie of the century."
(2021-07-13). Older people "escape death" at Israel's hands. electronicintifada.net Residents of al-Wafa nursing home were especially vulnerable during the May attack.
(2021-07-13). NATO Chief Meets with Egyptian, Israeli Foreign Ministers at Alliance Headquarters. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-13). UN Report Calls for Reparations for Victims of Systemic Racist Police Violence. popularresistance.org Hailing the report as "a victory," the U.S. Human Rights Network (USHRN) issued a statement saying it "reflects the efforts of civil society to educate UN officials about human rights violations and the peoples' solutions … even convening a peoples' commission of inquiry to take on what the UN declined to do last year."
(2021-07-13). Saturday 7/17: Good Trouble Virtual Vigil for Democracy & Voting Rights. indybay.org Online call to action event…
(2021-07-13). Saturday 7/17: San Rafael: Good Trouble Vigil for Democracy & Voting Rights. indybay.org San Rafael City Plaza, 1000 4th Street, San Rafael 94901…
(2021-07-13). Saturday 7/17: Corte Madera: Good Trouble Vigil for Democracy & Voting Rights. indybay.org Corte Madera Town Park, 498 Tamalpais Dr., Corte Madera 94925…
(2021-07-13). Saturday 7/17: Oakland: Good Trouble Vigil for Democracy and Voting Rights. indybay.org Petaluma Fairgrounds Park & Ride, 100 Fairgrounds Dr., Petaluma 94952…
(2021-07-13). 1923 Beer Hall Putsch to 1933 Nazi Germany. indybay.org The 1923 Beer Hall Putsch was Hitler's failed attempt to overthrow the Weimar Republic. By 1933, he was Chancellor of Germany. That lesson of history is being repeated with Nazi Trump and his praise of the Jan 6, 2021 insurrection and Nazi Trump's current election campaign for 2024, aided by his Death Cult Nazi Republican Party. For more on the Beer Hall Putsch, …
(2021-07-13). House Democrats Push for Voting Rights Exception to Filibuster. truthout.org 
House leaders led by Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-South Carolina) are launching a campaign to urge the Senate and President Joe Biden to support carving out an exception to the filibuster rule in order to pass legislation protecting voting rights and other measures related to the Constitution. | As Republicans in state legislatures are slowly
(2021-07-13). Texas Gov Threatens to Arrest Dem Lawmakers Fleeing to Block Voter Restrictions. truthout.org 
Gov. Greg Abbott, the Republican governor of Texas, threatened to arrest Democratic legislators who have left the state to prevent quorum on a bill that would restrict voting rights. | Appearing on Fox News's "The Ingraham Angle,"
(2021-07-13). Right Wingers Are Taking Over Library Boards to Remove Books on Racism. truthout.org 
When Joe Makula decided to run for the board of the Niles-Maine Public Library in Niles, Illinois, this spring, a community member asked him how he thought the library could better serve the area's increasingly diverse community. | Many were stunned by
(2021-07-13). Roe v. Wade Is Under Attack. Organizers Say We Must Take Action Beyond the Court. truthout.org 
Image Credit: Facebook: Center for Reproductive Rights | The Supreme Court is set to review a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy that intends to challenge Roe v. Wade, raising concern for advocates about how reproductive rights can be preserved without the landmark ruling. "I think it's very, very likely that the court will either eradicate the right to choose abortion as we now know it completely or so undermine it to make it meaningless for most of American women,"
(2021-07-13). Unequal Justice: Don't Count on the Supreme Court to Curb Gun Violence. progressive.org Now that conservatives hold a solid majority of the U.S. Supreme Court, we can expect that they will extend gun rights under the Second Amendment in the court's upcoming term.
(2021-07-13). Cashless debit card fast-tracks economic apartheid. greenleft.org.au Activists are continuing to organise against the cashless debit card, which is being rolled out in lower socio-economic communities. Bernadette Smith reports.
(2021-07-13). Unearthing the horror of Native American boarding schools. therealnews.com 
Calls for deeper investigations rise after hundreds of unmarked graves were recently discovered at Canadian boarding schools used to assimilate Native children; Jews against Israeli apartheid say "Not in our name."
(2021-07-13). Controlling Women: With Roe v. Wade in Peril, Authors Say Move Past Court to Save Reproductive Rights. democracynow.org 
The Supreme Court is set to review a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy that intends to challenge Roe v. Wade, raising concern for advocates about how reproductive rights can be preserved without the landmark ruling. "I think it's very, very likely that the court will either eradicate the right to choose abortion as we now know it completely or so undermine it to make it meaningless for most of American women," says Kathryn Kolbert, longtime public interest attorney who argued the case of Planned Parenthood v. Casey before the Supreme Court in 1992, which is credited with saving Roe v. W…
(2021-07-13). Koreans in Japan face new wave of discrimination. answercoalition.org
(2021-07-13). Israel Blocks Aid Delivery, Demolishes Palestinian Structures. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On July 13th, the Palestinian Information Center According to
(2021-07-13). Texas Sued Over Law Enabling Harassment by Anti-Choice 'Vigilantes'. commondreams.org "He has to come out, explicitly, unequivocally, for overturning the filibuster in order to pass the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act."
(2021-07-13). 'One Speech… Isn't Enough': Progressives Call on Biden to Get Tough on Voting Rights. commondreams.org "Children will die as a result," said U.K.-based group Save the Children.
(2021-07-12). Freedom for Khalida Jarrar! Appeal for immediate release upon the passing of Suha Jarrar. samidoun.net 
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network extends its deepest condolences to Khalida, Ghassan and Yafa Jarrar upon the tragic passing of Suha Jarrar, who died on Sunday, July 11 at the age of 31. Suha, Khalida and Ghassan's daughter, Yafa's sister, was a tireless advocate for Palestinian rights and liberation, speaking around the world to advance Palestinian freedom. At this horrendous moment for her and her family, Khalida Jarrar, Palestinian leader, feminist, parliamentarian and organizer, remains imprisoned in Israeli jails as a political leader, denied even the comfort of her loved ones. We extend our…
(2021-07-12). New outrage: Israeli occupation denies early release for Khalida Jarrar — take action to demand her freedom! samidoun.net 
Palestinian lawyers reported on Monday, 12 July that the Israeli occupation rejected their legal appeal seeking the early release of imprisoned Palestinian feminist and national leader, Khalida Jarrar, to participate in the funeral of her daughter, Suha Jarrar, who passed away on Sunday in Ramallah. The Israeli occupation wants to deny even this basic human need to Khalida Jarrar, to see her daughter one last time. She is imprisoned on political charges and has only two months remaining in her sentence, imposed by an illegitimate Israeli military court for her public activities and advocacy for Palestinian libera…
(2021-07-12). Anti-racists demand 'Justice for Joel' in Mt. Vernon, Wa. liberationnews.org 
Breaking update: Organizers have just learned that Trevor McCabe will be sentenced in a plea deal on Thursday, July 15, at 9: 00 am…
(2021-07-12). Anti-racists demand 'Justice for Joel' in Mt.Vernon, Wa. liberationnews.org Breaking update: Organizers have just learned that Trevor McCabe will be sentenced in a plea deal on Thursday, July 15, at 9: 00 am…
(2021-07-12). Elbit Tamworth Shut Down For The Third Time. popularresistance.org Action follows brutalisation of Palestinians by Israeli forces over the weekend, with almost 400 injured as live ammunition was used against Palestinians protesting illegal land confiscation in the West Bank. Elbit's technologies are central to the surveillance and repression of Palestinians in the occupied territories | This action is the third time that Palestine Action have occupied the site since February 2021, with the site being guarded by significantly heightened security. Today's action — as with all Palestine Action occupations — intends to be as disruptive as possible to the flow of arms to…
(2021-07-12). Podcast Ep 42: On the front lines of action for Palestine. electronicintifada.net Human rights defenders block Israeli cargo ships, protest at lawmakers' offices and shut down weapons factory.
(2021-07-12). Why Human Rights in China and Tigray but Not in Haiti, Palestine, or Colombia? dissidentvoice.org 
U.S. President Joe Biden and the Democrats have been playing the "Black Lives Matter" tune on their fiddle. Biden even raised the issue of Black Lives Matter during his presidential campaign. But, just days after Biden was sworn into office, his administration lent support for the Haitian dictator, Jovenel MoàØse, who stayed in office past …
(2021-07-12). Reds in Ed statement on attacks on Critical Race Theory. liberationnews.org 
Originally posted on RedsInEd.org At the instigation of deep-pocketed conservatives, nine states have adopted bans on Critical Race Theory education, and similar bills are being considered in 26 others. While the language in these bills is often vague, the intent is clear: to silence a truthful presentation of the role of racism in U.S. history …
(2021-07-12). Anti-racist solidarity in EURO 2020 should not be controversial. peoplesworld.org 
Another sports "controversy" started when soccer players taking part in the ongoing 'UEFA Euro 2020' games—delayed till 2021 by the coronavirus pandemic—took a knee during the playing of national anthems, protesting racism in sports. A serious problem plaguing the soccer pitch for many years. Yet, while some players chose to kneel, others decided not to, …
(2021-07-12). Kneeling against Racism: Solidarity in EURO 2020 Should Not be "Controversial" dissidentvoice.org 
Another football 'controversy' has started when football players participating in the ongoing 'UEFA Euro 2020', kneeled down during national anthems to protest racism, a serious problem that has plagued football stadiums for many years. Yet, while some players chose to kneel down, others opted not to, offering flimsy excuses as "players weren't ready", and "politics should …
(2021-07-12). Cook County workers continue strike and stand strong. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Cook County workers in are standing strong after 17 days on strike. The strike by members of SEIU Local 73 took a bitter turn four days after workers walked off the job, when Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle offered three other unions contracts with the wages demanded by SEIU and refused in bargaining to offer SEIU similar terms. | This strike comes after a long and difficult period for many of the county workers who have seen setback after setback from Democrat politicians – who in many cases have run for office using language about opposing racism and representing the people. Before this str…
(2021-07-12). Srebrenica: A Genocide Narrative that Is Running Out of Steam. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-12). Why Israel is trying to steal Silwan from Palestinians. electronicintifada.net Jerusalem neighborhood has long been target of violent settler colonization.