(2021-07-28). As January 6 hearing details fascist violence of Trump mob, Republicans rally in defense of jailed insurrectionists. wsws.org The openly fascist faction of the House Republicans, led by Marjorie Taylor Greene, held a press conference in front of the Justice Department to defend what they called the "political prisoners" imprisoned for their roles in the January 6 assault on Congress.
(2021-07-28). Palestinian man was tortured by Israeli prison authorities before his death, claims family. peoplesdispatch.org 43-year-old Abdo Yusuf al-Khatib al-Tamimi, a resident of occupied East Jerusalem, was found dead in the notorious Israeli Moskabiya prison on July 23 with several injury marks on his body…
(2021-07-28). Transatlantic slave trade: Legacy of entangled affair between imperialism, racism, slavery. mronline.org 
To legitimize slavery and its atrocities, western imperialism birthed racism, idea of superiority of whites over Black people.
(2021-07-28). Genocide and Colonialism: Challenging the Canadian State. mronline.org 
Public opinion has been shaken by the 'discovery' of unmarked graves of children who died in residential schools. The word 'discovery' has to be placed in quotation marks because Indigenous communities have been saying for many years that terrible things happened at these places. The time has come to call this what it is—a genocide.
(2021-07-28). Landback Movement Would Return Stolen Land To Indigenous Stewardship. popularresistance.org The landback movement has inspired a growing call for the Black Hills in South Dakota to be returned to the Oceti Sakowin (Sioux). The area became a flash point in July 2020, when 20 Indigenous land defenders were arrested while protesting a campaign rally for President Donald Trump at Mount Rushmore. Three months later, NDN Collective, an Indigenous nonprofit, launched a campaign to close Mount Rushmore, an "international symbol of white supremacy," and to return all public lands in the Black Hills to Indigenous groups.
(2021-07-28). Republicans rally for Trump mob as hearing details fascist violence. indybay.org The openly fascist faction of the House Republicans, led by Marjorie Taylor Greene, held a press conference in front of the Justice Department to defend what they called the "political prisoners" imprisoned for their roles in the January 6 assault on Congress.
(2021-07-28). Life expectancy drop exposes racism, class bias. workers.org 
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) released "provisional life expectancy estimates" for the U.S. based on provisional mortality data for January through December 2020. The statistics show that overall U.S. life expectancy was reduced by a year and six months during this time period. Health care worker links racism . . . |
(2021-07-28). Samidoun Delegation to Lebanon Day 6: Borders of occupied Palestine, Khiam prison and Mleeta resistance landmark. samidoun.net 
The sixth day of the Ghassan Kanafani Brigade, the Samidoun delegation to Lebanon, began with a trip to Maroun al-Ras, on the border with occupied Palestine. The delegation traveled with members of the Global Campaign to Return to Palestine, an international campaign founded in 2013 headquartered in Lebanon to defend and promote Palestinian refugees' inalienable right to return to their homeland. Samidoun, member organizations and allied groups, including Collectif Palestine Vaincra and Alkarama Palestinian Women's Mobilization, have participated widely in many campaigns and actions of the Global Campaign over th…
(2021-07-28). Soldiers Assault Palestinian Protestors in northern Jordan Valley, Detain One. imemc.org 
Palestinians who protested the illegal expropriation of a spring by Israeli settlers, Tuesday, were pepper-sprayed, while one was detained by Israeli soldiers in the Ein al-Hilwa area of the northern Jordan Valley, according to a local official. Head of the Wall and Settlements Resistance Commission, Walid Assaf, told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that the army …
(2021-07-28). 3 August, Online Event: Palestine Solidarity and the Boycott Movement: An Inter-Generational Dialogue. samidoun.net 
Tuesday, 3 August 4 pm Pacific, 7 pm Eastern Register to join on Zoom: tinyurl.com/palsolidarity A moderated, dynamic and inter-generational discussion of the history, current challenges and prospects for the Palestine solidarity movement in Canada. Speakers: Hanna Kawas (Canada Palestine Association); Charlotte Kates (Samidoun); Bruce Katz (Palestinian and Jewish Unity); Moe Alqasem (Palestinian Youth Movement); Aiyanas Ormond (BDS Vancouver — Moderator) Organized by Canada Palestine Association and BDS Vancouver — Coast Salish Territories. Endorsed by the Canadian BDS Coalition, Samidoun Pales…
(2021-07-28). Shutting Down The British Arms Trade To Israel. popularresistance.org While the attacks on the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood are new, the tactics and the violence against Palestinians is not. Upon Israel's creation in 1948, between 750,000 and 1 million Arabs were ethnically cleansed off their land, with Israeli forces razing 500 towns and villages in order to make way for the construction of a Jewish state on top of an existing one. Year on year, Israel has progressively annexed more Palestinian land, leaving the indigenous population trapped in increasingly small pockets, often without the ability to leave.
(2021-07-28). Half of Palestinians Killed by Israeli Air Strikes on Gaza in May were Civilians and other War Crimes: HRW. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Human Rights Watch conducted a detailed study of military actions by Israel and the Hamas party-militia in Gaza and concluded that both committed war crimes during the Israeli assault on the Palestinian enclave this spring, but that deaths of Palestinians at Israeli hands were 21 times higher than Israeli deaths.Three …
(2021-07-28). Sunday 8/1: Virtual Book Launch – In My Mother's Footsteps: A Palestinian Refugee Returns Home. indybay.org
(2021-07-28). Gaza: Humanitarian response underway, but political solutions still needed. news.un.org Although the international community is providing urgent assistance to Gaza in the wake of the most recent round of hostilities, a political solution is still needed to end the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, a senior UN official in the region said on Wednesday.
(2021-07-28). Sport, racism and resistance in Apartheid South Africa. greenleft.org.au Alex Salmon reviews a new book by anti-Apartheid activists about how sport both upheld the racist status quo and became a crucial site of resistance.
(2021-07-28). Physicians Group Documents 'Severe' Health and Human Rights Impacts of US Expulsion Policy. commondreams.org Without racism running deep in their DNA, Trump's supporters would not have listened to a raving maniac president encouraging violence in order to remain in power.
(2021-07-28). No Republican Recall of Chesa Boudin, SF District Attorney. indybay.org Not to be outdone by the Republican Recall attempt of Governor Newsom, San Francisco's 56,000 Republicans (12% of 449,000 voters in November 2020) and friends are also trying to recall San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin by mailing a blank petition to San Francisco voters as the Nazi Republican Party has no other way to win anything in San Francisco. Do not fall for it; do not sign it.
(2021-07-28). Victor Arnautoff's Mural Survives SF School Board's Attack. indybay.org Judge Anne-Christine Massullo overturned the reactionary San Francisco School Board's decision to cover-up the beautiful, anti-racist murals at George Washington High School painted in 1936 by a victim of anti-Communist witchhunts, Victor Arnautoff, and ordered a meet and confer of the school and the GWHS Alumni Association before August 26, 2021 on the missing environmental review. See www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/judge-overturn……
(2021-07-28). Capitol Attack Inquiry Reveals the Extraordinary Influence of White Supremacist Ideology. commondreams.org The obstacles to enacting long-term structural changes will be heightened to the extent that Biden relapses into a futile quest for "bipartisanship."
(2021-07-27). Gaza Market Reels from Deadly Explosion (PHOTO). palestinechronicle.com 
Palestinian government workers and volunteers began the process of removing rubble and cleaning debris resulting from an explosion that rocked an old market in Gaza City last Thursday. The massive explosion in the historic Al-Zawiya
(2021-07-27). Elijah Magnier Joins Fault Lines To Discuss Palestinian Authority. thealtworld.com Elijah Magnier joined Fault Lines to discuss the authority within Palestine and the new government of Israel.
(2021-07-27). Cuba's Cultural Counter-Revolution: US Gov't-Backed Rappers, Artists Gain Fame As 'Catalyst For Current Unrest'. popularresistance.org Over the past decade, the US government has spent millions of dollars to cultivate anti-government Cuban rappers, rock musicians, artists, and journalists in an explicit bid to weaponize "desocialized and marginalized youth." The strategy implemented by the US in Cuba is a real life version of the fantasies anti-Trump Democrats entertained when they fretted that Russia was covertly sponsoring Black Lives Matter and Antifa to spread chaos through North American society.
(2021-07-27). National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression denounces U.S. criminal interference in Cuba. fightbacknews.org National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression denounces U.S. criminal interference in Cuba |
| Fight Back News Service is circulating the following July 26 statement from the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. |
| What the U.S. is doing in Cuba is criminal. The U.S. blockade of the small island nation of eleven million is meant to put a stranglehold on the people. The economic disruption caused by the U.S. embargo causes shortages and difficulties across the island. Not only does the U.S. embargo stop U.S. businesses from trading with Cuba, it punishes companies in o…
(2021-07-27). The Roma struggle from protests to political liberation. roarmag.org 
The second racialized peoples-led protest against police brutality and institutional racism in Madrid, Spain — 2018. Photo: Kale Amenge | The recent
(2021-07-27). Ending Structural Racism in Federally Funded Research. jamanetwork.com National Institutes of Health (NIH) leaders, scientists, administrators, and staff, including Director Francis Collins, MD, PhD, recently published a framework to end structural racism in biomedical research.
(2021-07-27). Gallup: Most Afro-Americans Suffer Unfair Treatment in the US. airstream/joseph/Dropbox/_data/_rss/telesurenglish.net.xml Fifty-four percent of African-Americans suffered unfair treatment on some occasion, according to a Gallup poll released today. | RELATED: | To reach this conclusion, the pollster analyzed different situations, which showed, for example, that 35 percent of those interviewed were victims of racism while shopping and 20 percent in situations with the police. | Hispanic Americans participating in the survey reported a lowe…
(2021-07-27). UNVACCINATED diners only: California restaurant says it's having fun watching 'heads explode' over mandatory no-vax policy. rt.com 
A California restaurant has refused to back down after being bombarded with negative press and customer reviews for posting a sign demanding that all diners provide proof that they have not been vaccinated against Covid-19. | With vaccination status increasingly becoming a prerequisite to participate in many ordinary activities, one Huntington Beach eatery has decided to take a slightly different approach to granting privileges based on personal medical decisions. | On its storefront window, Basilico's Pasta e Vino taped a sign reading: "PROOF OF BEING UNVACCINATED REQUIRED. We have zero tolerance for treasono…
(2021-07-27). Finally the racist baseball team name and mascot are leaving Cleveland. workers.org 
Cleveland The big front page news July 24 was the new name of the city's Major League Baseball team: the Cleveland Guardians. The "Cleveland Indians" and their despicable mascot — a racist caricature known as "Chief Wahoo" — had finally found their rightful place in the dustbin of history. Protest . . . |
(2021-07-27). Biden says US 'combat mission' in Iraq will be over by year's end, but won't say how many troops to remain deployed. rt.com 
President Joe Biden said the US combat mission in Iraq will end this December, when Washington's role will shift to training local forces, but declined to say what will come of the 2,500 American troops still in the country | Speaking during a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Monday, Biden
(2021-07-27). Snowden skewers Big Tech, 'amoral' capital firms for enabling 'Insecurity Industry' & calls for urgent action before it's too late. rt.com 
Warning that companies that claim to protect national security are the "greatest danger" to it, Edward Snowden has urged the dismantling of this 'Insecurity Industry' by banning trade in intrusive software and penalizing enablers. | In a searing
(2021-07-27). 'We have fewer voting rights today than we did 56 years ago'. therealnews.com 
Segment 1 with Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis: 00: 00-19: 30Segment 2 with Bill Fletcher Jr.: 19: 30-47: 02 | "Between January 1 and July 14, 2021, at least 18 states enacted 30 laws that restrict access to the vote," according to the
(2021-07-27). Poor People's Campaign hearse spotlights death of voting rights. peoplesworld.org 
(2021-07-27). Israel's War Crimes: Is the Tide Finally Turning? globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-27). Intelligence forces arrest Mossad terrorist network in W Iran. en.mehrnews.com Iran's Intelligence Ministry announced on Tuesday that a network of the members of the Zionist regime's Spy Organization (Mossad) was arrested on the western border of the country.
(2021-07-27). Delta variant is one of the most infectious respiratory diseases known, U.S. CDC director says. ecns.cn "The delta variant is more aggressive and much more transmissible than previously circulating strains," CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said on Thursday.
(2021-07-27). U.S. rocked by more than 900 shooting incidents last week: media. ecns.cn More than 900 shooting incidents took place across the United States last week, according to ABC News.
(2021-07-27). Americans' optimism about country's direction drops nearly 20 points: poll. ecns.cn Americans' optimism about the direction of the country has dropped nearly 20 points, according to the latest ABC News/Ipsos poll.
(2021-07-27). Comicomment: U.S. 'cannot fool all the people all the time' over Fort Detrick. ecns.cn You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
(2021-07-27). US drone whistleblower Daniel Hale sentenced to 45 months in prison. rt.com 
Daniel Hale, a former US Air Force intelligence analyst who leaked information about civilian deaths caused by drone strikes overseas, has been sentenced to almost four years in prison under the Espionage Act. | US District Judge Liam O'Grady passed the sentence on Tuesday in a federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, saying that the 45-month sentence was needed as a deterrent to others from disclosing government secrets. O'Grady told Hale he had other options than to share classified documents with a reporter. | Whistleblower Daniel Hale faces sentencing today for revealing the widespread murder of civilians by…
(2021-07-27). Samidoun Delegation to Lebanon Day 5: With the Democratic Popular Party in Saida. samidoun.net 
On the fifth day of the Ghassan Kanafani Brigade, the Samidoun international delegation in Lebanon, the delegation met with the Popular Democratic Party in Saida, Lebanon, incuding the General Secretary, Mohammed Hashisho and Coordinator, Rita Hamdan. The Democratic Popular Party is a historic Lebanese Marxist-Leninist political party which was actively involved in the armed Palestinian resistance, both in the south of Lebanon and in organizing in the cities. Being a Palestinian and Lebanese political party, they consider the cause of Palestine their own and central to the communist struggle within Lebanon. The P…
(2021-07-27). 28 July, Webinar: #DefundRacism with the Good Shepherd Collective. samidoun.net 
Wednesday, 28 July 9 am Pacific/12 pm Eastern Register to join: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rd-y… Join the Justice for Palestine committee of the Syracuse Peace Council and the Good Shepherd Collective for a private webinar about a new campaign to defund "charitable" NY-based settler organizations harming Palestinian communities. We are looking to build a coalition of organizations in New York state to pressure NYS Attorney General Letitia James to open investigations into the tax-exempt status of several organizations that directly sponsor Israeli settler-colonialism i…
(2021-07-27). Soldiers Search Homes, Install Roadblocks In Hebron. imemc.org 
Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, several Palestinian homes, and installed roadblocks, in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers stormed and ransacked several homes in Hebron city and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards. They added that the soldiers also installed roadblocks in the northern area …
(2021-07-27). Israeli Colonists Start Constructing Outpost Around Palestinian Spring In Northern Plains. imemc.org 
A group of Israeli colonizers, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands, started the construction work of a new outpost around a water spring they fenced last Sunday. Mo'taz Bisharat, a Palestinian official in charge of the Northern Plains file at Tubas governorate, said the colonists brought construction supplies and started the work to install their new …
(2021-07-27). Army Shoots One Palestinian, Abducts Two, in Jenin. imemc.org 
Several Israeli army jeeps invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, Jenin city in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, shot a young Palestinian man and abducted two. Media sources said the soldiers invaded Jenin city from several directions and opened fire at Palestinians who protested the invasion and hurled stones at the armored military …
(2021-07-27). Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian In Bethlehem. imemc.org 
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, a young man from his home in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Local sources said several army jeeps invaded the town, before storming and searching homes. They added that the soldiers then abducted Ahmad Salah Thawabta, from his home …
(2021-07-27). Soldiers Kill A Palestinian, Injure 49, Near Nablus. imemc.org 
Israeli soldiers shot and killed, on Tuesday evening, a Palestinian man near Beita Junction, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The incident led to protests before the soldiers injured at least 49 Palestinians. Palestinian sources said the man, Shadi Omar Lutfi Salim, 41, was shot after the soldiers ambushed him at the …
(2021-07-27). Soldiers Injure Five Palestinians, Including A Journalist, In Nablus. imemc.org 
Israeli soldiers injured, on Tuesday at dawn, five Palestinians, including a journalist, in Nablus city, in northern West Bank, after the army accompanied dozens of colonialist settlers into Joseph's Tomb, east of the city. Media sources said several army jeeps accompanied a few buses loaded with Israeli colonizers into the area, leading to protests. They …
(2021-07-27). Fifteen Detainees Continue Hunger Strike. imemc.org 
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that fifteen detainees in Israeli prisons and detention camps are ongoing with the hunger strike, protesting their continued arbitrary Administrative Detention, without charges or trial. The PPS stated that the detainees are demanding to be released, as they are not facing any charges and are held under the …
(2021-07-27). Regulator vindicates Channel 4 over interview of British Palestinians. electronicintifada.net An Israel lobby group had complained the segment was "unfair" to them.
(2021-07-27). Sudanese judoka refuses to face his Israeli opponent in ongoing Tokyo Olympics. peoplesdispatch.org Earlier, Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine had withdrawn from the tournament after he was drawn against an Israeli opponent citing his support for the Palestinian cause…