(2021-08-17). Israel kills four in attack on Jenin refugee camp. electronicintifada.net Palestinians defend Jenin refugee camp from Israeli invasions.
(2021-08-17). Israeli Defense Ministry Seizes Chocolate Bound for Gaza. news.antiwar.com Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz announced Monday that Israel had For years, Israel had forbidden chocolate from even entering the Gaza Strip as a "luxury item." Recent, some limited imports have been allowed, though Israel tends to curb them whenever they feel like making a move against the Palestinians. | This was different…
(2021-08-17). Thursday 8/26: Virtual Book Launch – In My Mother's Footsteps: A Palestinian Refugee Returns Home. indybay.org
(2021-08-17). This Week in Fascism #117: Violence Explodes as Proud Boys Unite with Far-Right Churches and Anti-Vaxxers. itsgoingdown.org cover photo: @AlissaAzar Welcome fellow antifascists! Across the so-called United States, far-Right and fascist forces have embedded themselves within the growing tensions surrounding Trumpian opposition to 'Critical Race Theory,' masking, and vaccines. Already we've seen street clashes break out in Salem, Portland, and Los Angeles involving the Proud Boys and other far-Right gangs. In Los…
(2021-08-17). A Day in the Death of British Justice. orinocotribune.com By John Pilger — Aug 13, 2021 | I sat in Court 4 in the Royal Courts of Justice in London yesterday with Stella Moris, Julian Assange's partner. I have known Stella for as long as I have known Julian. She, too, is a voice of freedom, coming from a family that fought the fascism of Apartheid. Today, her name was uttered in court by a barrister and a judge, forgettable people were it not for the power of their endowed privilege. | The barrister, Clair Dobbin, is in the pay of the regime in Washington, first Trump's then Biden's. She is America's hired gun, or "silk", as she would prefer. Her target is Julian A…
(2021-08-17). 21st century barbarism: Azerbaijan. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com If the description is not unfair to barbarism, which was a product of historical circumstances centuries ago — not a conscious choice in the 21st century. We returned to land of our ancestors by crushing Armenian army, head of Armenian fascism — President Aliyev "They thought that Azerbaijan would not liberate its lands through war. …
(2021-08-17). Biden administration and media hand occupied land to Israel. electronicintifada.net False accusations directed at Hizballah following rockets fired at occupied Shebaa Farms and not at Israel.
(2021-08-17). Ending Structural Racism in the US Health Care System to Eliminate Health Care Inequities. jamanetwork.com Racial and ethnic inequities in the US health care system have been unremitting since the beginning of the country. In the 19th and 20th centuries, segregated black hospitals were emblematic of separate but unequal health care. Racism resulted in hospitals refusing to desegregate despite the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964 until they were forced to under threat of losing federal funds from the newly enacted Medicaid and Medicare programs in 1966. For American Indian and Alaska Native persons, health care has always been and remains to be segregated. Recently, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted long-sta…
(2021-08-17). Does Race Interfere With the Doctor-Patient Relationship? jamanetwork.com Much has been written about the doctor-patient relationship and its many challenges and ramifications. However, almost nothing is written about the effects of race on this relationship. This is unfortunate, since we live in an era of increasing concern for community medicine and for improving the delivery of medical care to all people. In discussing the effects of race on the doctor-patient relationship, our aim must not be merely to accuse or to place blame but to analyze critically the problem, with the goal of improving medical care delivery. Our silence on this issue tends to deny that we see racism as a majo…
(2021-08-17). WorkWeek On Trumka, Racist Attacks & Hanging Nooses & Privatization Of Education. indybay.org WorkWeek covers the death of former AFL-CIO president Trumka, the racist terror campaign against Black LA Belt line rail workers including hanging nooses. WorkWeek also covers the privatization of public education and the racist xenophobic attacks on Asians and Asian Americans.
(2021-08-17). Texas Supreme Court blocks mask mandates. wsws.org The Texas Supreme Court reversed lower court rulings that upheld local mandates in defiance of Governor Greg Abbott's executive order.
(2021-08-16). Déjà Vu: Saigon, Vietnam, 1975; Kabul, Afghanistan, 2021. counterpunch.org In addition to global warming (floods, fires, destructive storms, water shortages and water pollution) a pernicious COVID virus with all its offspring variants, a depressed economy, abuse of power, rabid racism, graft and corruption at all levels – Hubris and Arrogance, the afflictions to which all empires succumb, are America's tragic flaws.
(2021-08-16). One Year On: the Abraham Accords and Palestinians' Political Exclusion. strategic-culture.org The "deal of the century" may no longer be part of mainstream narratives on Palestine, given the Biden Administration's faàßade of favouring the two-state politics over annexation, Ramona Wadi writes. | A year since former US President Donald Trump announced the brokering of the Abraham Accords between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, there is no longer any pretence that the normalisation agreements were signed with any Palestinian interests in mind. The narrative of preventing Israel's annexation of Palestinian territory was, of course, a mere vague premise upon which the international community could…
(2021-08-16). US Supreme Court blocks part of New York eviction moratorium. wsws.org The Supreme Court agreed to partially lift a ban on evictions in New York, which is set to expire at the end of the month.
(2021-08-16). US Will Never Be Majority Minority Because Immigrants Assimilate Into Anti-Blackness. moguldom.com One complaint in Black America is that it seems it is always under attack — even from other Black people or people of color. Even immigrants feed into and adopt anti-Blackness, according to Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley. Black Americans are sometimes looked down upon by African and Caribbean immigrants, and Latino immigrants often latch …
(2021-08-16). How a Black Lives Matter Leader Started a 'Freedom School' Summer Program for Kids. counterpunch.org Middle- and upper-income parents know that summers are an opportunity to give one's children the sort of well-rounded education that can enhance future college applications. Summer camp rosters fill up months in advance, and price tags for enrichment programs can run upwards of $500 a week. This is especially true in high-priced Southern California, where
(2021-08-16). A real coup couldn't happen here…could it? peoplesworld.org 
It's often been said of the resilience of U.S. political institutions against a coup that "It can't happen here." But as more and more evidence turns up about the Jan. 6 invasion, complete with Confederate flags, into the U.S. Capitol, the answer to that conclusion increasingly looks like "Yes, it could…and it almost did." And …
(2021-08-16). A people's victory: Fascist Long Island police bill shot down. liberationnews.org 
The rapid and organized response of Long Island, NY residents stopped the Nassau County government from signing into law a bill that would allow police to sue protestors for up to $50,000.
(2021-08-16). Tuesday 8/24: US History of Colonialism, Genocide, White Supremacy & Slavery w/ author Dunbar-Ortiz. indybay.org Online event…
(2021-08-16). Secretive Israel-UAE oil deal endangers prized Eilat corals. peoplesworld.org 
EILAT, Israel (AP) — The Red Sea reefs off the Israeli resort of Eilat host some of the greatest coral diversity on the planet. A symphony in splendid technicolor, the reefs are among the world's most resilient coral colonies against warming seas. They have also become an unlikely battleground, caught between Israeli diplomatic and business …
(2021-08-16). Rocket Fired At Israel From Gaza Following Fierce Clashes In West Bank (Video). southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | In early hours on August 16th, a rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel. It marked the first rocket attack since the recent Israel's 11-day assault on the Gaza Strip in May. | Air raid sirens have sounded in the town of Sderot in southern Israel. | According to the Israeli Defense Forces, only one rocket launch was identified and the rocket was intercepted by the Iron Dome Air Defense System. | Video showing the rocket interception over the town of Sderot was released online. | pic.
(2021-08-16). U.S. Government Withholding Hundreds of Pages About Deadly 1967 Israeli Attack on U.S. Navy Ship. covertactionmagazine.com Documents would help answer historical mystery An ongoing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request reveals that the U.S. government is …
(2021-08-16). 21N: PSUV Announces Remaining Candidates for Governors in Eight States After Reviews. orinocotribune.com On Saturday, August 14, the directorate of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) announced the names of the candidates that were kept on hold after the party primaries for the November 21 regional elections. A number of results of mayors and governorships were reviewed in which the results of the Open Primary Elections (EPA) did not meet certain requirements, and also considering the alliances with the Great Patriotic Pole (GPP). | At a press conference, Diosdado Cabello, PSUV first vice president, informed that after the necessary reviews made by the national leadership of the party, the remaining gover…
(2021-08-16). 50 years after end of dollar's link to gold: U.S. faces new crisis. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – Fifty years ago, on August 15, 1971, then-President Nixon ended the U.S. dollar's link with gold. This marked a retreat from the economic supremacy of the United States after World War II. Less than four years later, the fall of Saigon marked a defeat for the United States and a turning point in U.S. domination of the developing world. | In 1944 the United States hosted a meeting at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, to set out a post-World War II economic agreement. At the meeting, the United States' plan dominated over a British plan crafted by famous economist John Maynard Keynes. This was the end of…
(2021-08-16). Challenge to Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme dismissed by Supreme Court. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
A and B v Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority and another [2021] UKSC 27 On appeal from [2018] EWCA Civ 1534 The claimants in the case were victims of human trafficking with unspent convictions in Lithuania. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (CICS) provides compensation to victims of crime, apart from where they have unspent criminal convictions …