(2021-07-26). #BlockTheBoat action at New Jersey port mobilizes to support Palestinian workers, boycott ZIM. samidoun.net 
A crowd of protesters in New Jersey took to the streets outside Maher Terminal in Elizabeth as part of the #BlockTheBoat campaign targeting Israeli ZIM shipping for its complicity in and profiteering from Zionist colonialism and Israeli apartheid. The demonstrators gathered despite rainy weather at 6: 00 am to greet the ZIM Qingdao and call for it not to be unloaded. The protest was organized by the Block the Boat Coalition NY/NJ, which includes the NY4Palestine Coalition, Al-Awda NY, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition; Within Our Lifetime — United for Palestine; Labor for Palestine; Samidoun Palestinian…
(2021-07-26). Day 4 of the Samidoun delegation to Lebanon: Ghassan Kanafani Brigade at the Al Naqab Center. samidoun.net 
On the fourth day of the Ghassan Kanafani Brigade, the Samidoun international delegation to Lebanon visited the Bourj Al Barajneh refugee camp in the south of Beirut. In the camp we met with the Al-Naqab Center for Youth Activities, its members and its coordinator, Mohammed Abu Ali. The Al Naqab Center was founded in 2013 by Palestinian and Lebanese youth, who came together to address urgent needs facing the community, working with the Maan group ("Together") and the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM). The center focuses on four main points: 1) Becoming economically independent, without reliance on NGOs and charity…
(2021-07-26). Beita is only south Nablus town that lacks an illegal Israeli settlement and Palestinians want to Keep it that Way. juancole.com 
By Anjuman Rahman | — ( Middle East Monitor ) — Beita is the only village around southern Nablus that does not have an illegal Israeli settlement built on its land. The Palestinians are determined to keep it that way. "The people of Beita completely reject the presence or even the idea of settlements," activist …
(2021-07-26). Trump steps up fascistic appeals at Arizona rally. wsws.org The ex-president spent the better part of two hours in Arizona denouncing "communists," "socialism" and the "radical left."
(2021-07-26). Sunday 8/29: Racism, Sexism, Hetro-Sexism within the Poly, CNM, Kink community. indybay.org Virtual ZOOM Event…
(2021-07-26). #BoycottPuma campaign in Toulouse fights corporate complicity in Israeli apartheid. samidoun.net 
On Friday, 23 July, the Collectif Palestine Vaincra, a member organization of the Samidoun Network, organized a Palestine Stand in Toulouse, France, at the Bagatelle market. The stand took place as part of the international campaign to boycott athletic wear manufacturer Puma due to its sponsorship of the Israeli Football Federation. üáµüá∏ En direct du marché de Bagatelle à Toulouse, nouveau Stand Palestine afin de promouvoir la campagne #BoycottPuma tant que cette entreprise sera sponsor des équipes de football de l'apartheid israélien ! #BoycottIsrael pic.twitt…
(2021-07-26). Saturday 7/24: Protest US financed oppression in Palestine/Israel. indybay.org Corner of Water and Ocean Streets; Santa Cruz…
(2021-07-26). How Virginia Won the South's Strongest Voting Rights Act. zcomm.org Interview on organizing for expansive voting rights legislation, the importance of grassroots organizing at the state level, and the urgent need for federal action on voting rights…
(2021-07-25). Samidoun Delegation to Lebanon Day 3: Generations of struggle for return and liberation. samidoun.net 
On the third day of the Samidoun international delegation, the Ghassan Kanafani Brigade, in Lebanon, the network participated in numerous visits and meetings in Beirut, Tripoli and Beddawi refugee camp. The first of these meetings took place at the office of the cultural organization Ajyaal ("Generations") coordinated by Samira Salah, who welcomed us together with her husband, Salah Salah, co-founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and historical member of the Arab Nationalist Movement. The Samidoun delegation honored Salah and Samira for their lifelong struggle and dedication to the P…
(2021-07-25). Israeli Meltdown as Tel Aviv accuses Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream of "Terrorism" for Boycotting illegal Israeli Squatter-Settlements in Palestine. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor) — A landmark victory in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement's (BDS) campaign against Israel came on Monday, with an announcement from Ben and Jerry's. After years of BDS campaign appeals to them, the US ice cream maker declared that it would no longer be selling its products in Israeli settlements …
(2021-07-25). Israeli, Turkish And Terrorist Attacks Across Syria. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-25). Right Of Conquest — A Racist Doctrine. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-25). On Contact: The Life And Work Of Susan Sontag. popularresistance.org On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses the writer and intellectual Susan Sontag with her biographer Benjamin Moser. | Susan Sontag, who wrote about art, feminism, politics, celebrity, style, homosexuality, illness, fascism, and war, was that rare species in American society — an intellectual celebrity. She traveled to Cuba as a naive political pilgrim, North Vietnam during the war, now older and more skeptical, and was in Germany when the Berlin Wall was breached and eradicated as a barrier between East and West Germany. She was in Sarajevo when the city was being hit with hundreds of shells a day an…
(2021-07-25). Monday 7/26: San Francisco: Protest for Voting Rights & Economic Justice at Sen. Feinstein Office. indybay.org Outside Senator Feinstein's Office, 1 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94104; or join online actions & livestream w/ ASL & closed captions | Masks required. Follow all current COVID safety guidelines: www.sfdph.org/dph/alerts/coronavirus.asp…
(2021-07-25). Israel Screams for Ice Cream: The Minutiae and Madness of a Toxic Relationship. scheerpost.com Andy Melton / CC BY-SA 2.0] By Maj. Danny Sjursen / AntiWar No matter how powerful or influential, a nation's government is ultimately just a pack of people — a clique of flawed and fallible human beings. Now I don't know about you, but in my own wee experience, when a person over-the-top-overreacts over some small matter — this tends to mask a massive insecurity, blind spot, or profound sense of… |
(2021-07-25). Meet Toka, the Most Dangerous Israeli Spyware Firm You've Never Heard of. strategic-culture.org 
The mainstream media's myopic focus on Israel's Pegasus spyware and the threats it poses means that other companies, like Toka, go uninvestigated, even when their products present an even greater potential for abuse and illegal surveillance. | By Whitney WEBB | This past Sunday,
(2021-07-25). Mysterious Explosion Rocked Damascus Outskirts, Israeli Attack Suspected. southfront.org 
A cloud of smoke over Damascus after the explosion. Source: the internet. | Early on July 25, a mysterious explosion rocked the southern outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus amid military escalation caused by the recent Israeli air strikes. | The explosion was heard all over Damascus. A large cloud of black smoke was spotted over the city. Syrian authorities are yet to release an official statement explaining the causes of the explosion. | Some sources said that the explosion was the result of a…