(2021-08-04). Israeli soldiers killed an 11-year-old Palestinian boy. Then, during his funeral, they killed someone else. mronline.org 
On Wednesday afternoon, Israeli forces shot and killed 11-year-old Mohammed al-Alami in his father's car, as the family were on their way home from grocery shopping. The next day at Mohammed's funeral, Israeli soldiers attacked the procession, killing 20-year-old Shawkat Awad.
(2021-08-04). Israeli Army Escalates Artillery Strikes On Lebanon In Response To Recent Rocket Attack (Videos, Photos). southfront.org 
Israeli soldiers and IDF Artillery at a staging area in Southern Israel, near the border with neighbouring Palestinian Gaza Strip on November 13, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 | On August 4 noon, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) escalated their artillery strikes on Lebanon in response to the recent Earlier, three rockets were launched from South Lebanon…
(2021-08-04). Fired for a Facebook post, doctor seeks justice. electronicintifada.net The online targeting of Palestinian-American pediatrician intended to chill speech for Palestinian rights.
(2021-08-04). Friday 8/6: Education Webinar: Determined To Stay: Palestinian Youth Fight for Their Village. indybay.org Facebook…
(2021-08-04). Video: Palestine Solidarity and the Boycott Movement: An Inter-Generational Dialogue. samidoun.net Watch the full video (above) of "Palestine Solidarity and the Boycott Movement: An Inter-Generational Dialogue," organized by the Canada Palestine Association and BDS Vancouver — Coast Salish Territories on Tuesday, 3 August 2021. The online event was also supported by the Canadian BDS Coalition, Just Peace Advocates and Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network. The full event video is also available on Facebook: www.facebook.com/cpavancouver.org/videos… The event aimed to provide a moderated, dynamic and inter-generational discussion of the history, current challenges and pr…
(2021-08-04). More political fallout from the Pegasus spyware revelations. wsws.org Although no government has confirmed that it used the spyware to hack into the smartphones of political opponents and journalists around the world, the Israeli-based NSO Group, which developed the Pegasus tool, has suspended the accounts of several of its state customers.
(2021-08-04). Racist incidents targeting Asian Americans worry students, parents: U.S. media. ecns.cn
(2021-08-04). Blood On Barbara Lee's Hands! Funding The Apartheid State Israel. indybay.org
(2021-08-04). French Morenoites call on trade unions to join anti-vaccine protests. wsws.org The appeal to mobilise the unions in protests called by the far right is reactionary and aligned with the murderous policy of the ruling class.
(2021-08-03). Political Incongruities in the Olympic Games. Apartheid South Africa, Fragmented Palestine. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-03). Living in the Dark: Palestinians in Gaza, besieged by Israel and deprived of Electricity, Can't even Refrigerate their Food. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The International Committee of the Red Cross has released a detailed study of life for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip that is just as depressing as you would imagine. The electricity situation there has been touch and go for years, in large part because of the illegal Israeli civilian blockade …
(2021-08-03). Video shows Israeli shooting that killed 11-year-old boy. electronicintifada.net EU complicity continues to cost Palestinian children their lives.
(2021-08-03). Palestinians Reject Deal That Turns Settlers Into Landlords in Sheikh Jarrah. truthout.org 
The Israeli Supreme Court this week offered Palestinian residents of Sheikh Jarrah a compromise in their ongoing fight to block Jewish settlers from forcibly expelling them from their own homes. The high court proposed that Palestinian families could stay in their homes for now if they begin paying rent to the Jewish settler group that claims ownership over the properties — a deal the families rejected, insisting they are the legal owners. The planned evictions in East Jerusalem helped spa…
(2021-08-03). Palestinians Reject Israeli Court's Deal That Would Put Them at "Mercy of Settlers" in Sheikh Jarrah. democracynow.org 
The Israeli Supreme Court this week offered Palestinian residents of Sheikh Jarrah a compromise in their ongoing fight to block Jewish settlers from forcibly expelling them from their own homes. The high court proposed that Palestinian families could stay in their homes for now if they begin paying rent to the Jewish settler group that claims ownership over the properties — a deal the families rejected, insisting they are the legal owners. The planned evictions in East Jerusalem helped spark the last war in Gaza in May and have galvanized international support for Palestinians facing dispossession from sett…
(2021-08-03). The growing uprising against administrative detention: 17 Palestinian detainees on hunger strike. samidoun.net 
Palestinian prisoners have launched a growing uprising inside Israeli prisons, with the number of hunger strikers now reaching 17. Sixteen of the hunger strikers are protesting their administrative detention, Israeli imprisonment without charge or trial that can be indefinitely renewed. Palestinians routinely are jailed for years at a time without ever being accused of any action under administrative detention orders, and since the beginning of 2021, 40 Palestinian prisoners have launched hunger strikes, most in rejection of administrative detention. There are currently approximately 540 Palestinians jailed witho…
(2021-08-03). 'We Are the Owners': Palestinians Refuse to Concede Land Rights to Israelis in Sheikh Jarrah. commondreams.org Turner and her legions of supporters want nothing less than to transform the Democratic Party into what we desperately need in America: a party that addresses the needs of both people and planet.
(2021-08-03). Israel's Supreme Court delays ruling on Sheikh Jarrah forced evictions case. peoplesdispatch.org The court offered the Palestinians a compromise deal as per which Palestinians could live in their homes for the next three generations in exchange for accepting Jewish ownership of the land and paying token rent…
(2021-08-03). Is Russia Recalibrating Its De Facto Alliance with Israel in Syria? globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-03). Democrats Stop Talk Of Structural Racism After Election, Let Covid Eviction Moratorium Expire. moguldom.com Hot topics during the 2020 presidential election campaign included reparations, structural racism and covid relief programs such as the eviction moratorium. Post-election, these topics have seemingly gone away. The covid eviction moratorium expired July 31 and liberal Democrats are blasting the White House for not extending it. Several progressive Dems have protested. "The White House …
(2021-08-03). Headlines for August 3, 2021. democracynow.org Louisiana Orders Mask Mandate as U.S. Logs Highest Coronavirus Toll Since February, Federal Employees Must Show Proof of Vaccination or Face Regular Tests, U.S., U.K. Say Afghan Taliban Massacred Civilians in Spin Boldak, State Department Offers to Resettle Thousands of Afghans Who Worked with U.S. , Refugee Advocates Sue as Biden Admin Continues Trump-Era Border Policy, HHS Watchdog to Probe Reports of Dire Conditions at Migrant Youth Detention Camp , Progressives Blast White House for Allowing Eviction Moratorium to Expire, 200+ Arrested at D.C. Protest Demanding End to Filibuster, Voting Rights, Study: Gerryma…
(2021-08-03). X-Waiver Exemption in the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply As we pointed out in our Viewpoint, racial disparities in access to MOUD are alarming and place Black, Hispanic/Latinx, Indigenous, Asian, Pacific Islander, and other racially oppressed and disenfranchised individuals at increased risk of opioid overdose and poor treatment outcomes. We agree with Mr Shearer and colleagues that addressing racism in the field of addiction treatment is critical to ensure equitable access to care. We believe that implementing structural changes such as the ones we proposed, including expanding all treatment options for OUD, acknowledging individuals' social vulnerabilities w…
(2021-08-03). Saturday 8/28: Sacramento: March On for Voting Rights. indybay.org California State Capitol, 1315 10th Street Sacramento, Sacramento, CA 95814 | Wear a mask. Please follow all current COVID safety guidelines: covid19.ca.gov/…
(2021-08-03). California, national right wingers push Newsom recall drive. peoplesworld.org 
Republicans in California, with substantial in-state and out-of-state money, have succeeded in getting a special election scheduled for Sept. 14, in which they're attempting to recall Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. The recall is spearheaded and led by a cabal of the most reactionary sectors of the ruling class-supporting fascist Trump elements in the Republican Party. …
(2021-08-03). Counter-Revolution Strikes Tunisia. strategic-culture.org 
The UAE, Saudi Arabia, Israel and the U.S. just don't want democracy in the Arab world, writes As'ad AbuKhalil. | By As'ad ABUKHALIL | The monarchical-sounding declaration by KaàØs SaàØed eight days ago was stunning: the president who was freely elected in 2019 (for only the second time in Tunisian history) was basically proclaiming a coup d'etat by dismissing the prime minister and suspending parliament. | SaàØed was elected nine years after the overthrow of President Zine Ben Ali, who in 1987 as the security chief launched a coup against Habib Bourguiba, the founding president of Tunisia. T…
(2021-08-03). The 'Stigma' Of Being Russian At The OIympics Is Reminiscent Of 20th Century Anti-Semitism. southfront.org 
We are entering dangerous territory when journalists, sportsmen and politicians are united in their abhorrence of Russia… | Written by Johanna Ross, journalist based in Edinburgh, Scotland. | They say that sport and politics shouldn't mix. Perhaps this is the ideal, for in practice the two seem inherently linked. A perfect example of this is Russia's participation in the Olympics games this year, which has been deliberately tarnished from…
(2021-08-03). Fascism come in all shapes and sizes but the 'family resemblances' can no longer be denied. mronline.org 
Umberto Eco's inventory of proto-fascist characteristics comprised 14 elements. It will not be difficult for us to recognise the variant of many of these in Narendra Modi's New India.
(2021-08-03). Peru's Socialist President, Pedro Castillo, In His Own Words. popularresistance.org Peru's presidential campaign between leftist Pedro Castillo and right-wing Keiko Fujimori has been an epic struggle. When it was clear that Castillo would win with a razor-thin margin, Fujimori — like Donald Trump — cried fraud and is now trying to carry out an electoral coup. While international observers, and even the US State Department, agree that the elections were free and fair, Fujimori's legal maneuvers have managed to delay the official declaration of the winner, sow even more division among the public, and embolden the far right.
(2021-08-03). Monday 8/2: March on Washington D.C. for Voting Rights, Immigrant Rights & Economic Justice w/ PPC. indybay.org Online actions and protest livestream/recording…
(2021-08-03). Student representatives at Humboldt University in Germany support disciplinary complaint against president, demand action against Professor Baberowski. wsws.org Students do not accept that right-wing extremist professors, with the active support of the university administration, can once again falsify history and promote fascistic politics at German universities.