Daily Archives: November 2, 2021

2021-11-02: News Headlines

MEE staff (2021-11-02). Sudan coup: Israeli delegation visited country in midst of takeover. middleeasteye.net Sudan coup: Israeli delegation visited country in midst of takeover | Israeli delegation, including intelligence officers, reportedly met with deputy head of Rapid Support Forces and others shortly after launch of coup | Tue, 11/02/2021 – 09: 50 | Sudanese anti-coup protesters gather in a street in the capital Khartoum on 30 October 2021, to express their support for the country's democratic transition deraile…

Staff (2021-11-02). Desde las redes: øDisfraz de Ku Klux Klan en noche de Halloween en La Habana? cubadebate.cu En la foto se ve a un grupo de jóvenes cubanos disfrazados paseándose por la Avenida G de La Habana. Uno de ellos disfrazado de Ku Klux Klan, como si fuera la cosa más normal del mundo, denunció en su perfil de Facebook Justo Cruz. øCómo puede ser posible que se permita que alguien se pasee por una calle de Cuba vestido de KKK?

Eric Vogt (2021-11-02). Nicolás Guillén llama 'naziparaíso' a la hegemonía de EEUU hace 57 años. peoplesworld.org En 1964, el poeta nacional cubano, Nicolás Guillén (1902-1989) publicó una colección titulada 'Tengo' en la cual apareció el poema 'Crecen altas las flores', el cual, por ser cinco páginas de largo, no podemos reproducir en su totalidad. Este poema arroja mucha luz sobre unas realidades de la vida actual estadounidense, realidades duraderas y dolorosas, …

Matthew Rozsa (2021-11-02). Nearly a Third of Republicans Surveyed Are Ready to Support Violence. truthout.org New public opinion research from the nonprofit Public Religion Research Institute, part of its Close to one-third of Republicans in the survey, or 30%, agreed with the statement that "true American patriots may have to resort to violence in order to save our country." That was more than the combine…

Ann Brown (2021-11-02). Luke Campbell Compares Miami Beach Mayor To KKK Over Policies, Says Liberal Democrats Are Racists. moguldom.com Luther "Uncle Luke" Campbell, the hip-hop star who shot to fame with the raunchy 2 Live Crew group in the 1990s and challenged censorship all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, is upset with the mayor of Miami Beach. Among the policies that have upset Campbell is a ballot measure put forth by Mayor …

MEE staff (2021-11-02). Trump: Israel 'literally owned Congress' a decade ago until 'Squad' elected. middleeasteye.net Trump: Israel 'literally owned Congress' a decade ago until 'Squad' elected | Anti-Defamation League accuses former president of antisemitism after remarks during radio interview | Tue, 11/02/2021 – 10: 55 | Trump told AM radio host that US representatives Ilhan Omar and Alexandra Ocasio-Corez "hate Israel" (AFP) | A decade ago,

Special to Workers World (2021-11-02). International Tribunal finds U.S. guilty of crimes against humanity. workers.org The International Tribunal on Human Rights Abuses Against Black, Brown and Indigenous Peoples was held Oct. 23-25 at The Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center in Washington Heights, New York City, aka Turtle Island, Lenape land. The main theme of the Tribunal was "We Still Charge . . . |

WSWS (2021-11-02). Republicans back fascist militias threatening school board members, teachers, students. wsws.org Fascist militias and billionaire-backed anti-mask groups continue to oppose public health guidelines and school curriculums as part of the Republican Party's paramilitary operations.

Fight Back (2021-11-02). The Anti-War Committee Joins Groups Around the Globe to #StandWithThe6. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Twin Cites based Anti-War Committee. | The Anti-War Committee Joins Groups Around the Globe to #StandWithThe6 | We have worked with several of the Palestinian rights organizations newly deemed "terrorists" by Israel. | In October 2021, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz outlawed six leading Palestinian human rights groups, labeling them "terrorist organizations" and accusing them of serving as fronts for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Gantz's executive order criminalized Al-Haq, Addameer, Bisan Center, Defense fo…

Maureen Clare Murphy (2021-11-02). West throws Palestinian rights groups to the wolves. electronicintifada.net Israel's enablers are to blame for "terror" designations.

Mustafa Abu Sneineh (2021-11-02). Israel budget: Bennett slams opposition as 'desperate' ahead of long-awaited vote. middleeasteye.net Israel budget: Bennett slams opposition as 'desperate' ahead of long-awaited vote | The Israeli budget was a contentious issue that pushed Israel to a snap election in March and Bennett affirmed that his coalition would pass it | Tue, 11/02/2021 – 13: 21 | Israeli Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman speaks on his cell phone as he attends a plenum session on the state budget, 2 Sept…

MEE staff (2021-11-02). COP26: Israel minister gains belated access to global gathering. middleeasteye.net COP26: Israel minister gains belated access to global gathering | Energy Minister Karine Elharrar attends summit after complaint that transportation options for delegates were inaccessible to wheelchairs | Tue, 11/02/2021 – 11: 33 | Israeli Energy Minister Karine Elharrar and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at COP26 (Social media) | Karine Elharrar, Israel's energy minister, entered the COP26 summit in Glasgow…

MEE staff (2021-11-02). US: Contractor sues Texas over anti-BDS law. middleeasteye.net US: Contractor sues Texas over anti-BDS law | A Palestinian-owned company is refusing to sign a contract requiring it to pledge to not boycott Israel | Tue, 11/02/2021 – 16: 32 | More than two dozen US states have adopted anti-boycott legislation (AFP/File photo) | A

WSWS (2021-11-01). Civil suit against far-right organizers of 2017 fascist riot begins in Charlottesville, Virginia. wsws.org The suit alleges that the organizers of the 2017 rally of far-right groups planned to carry out acts of violence.

Rann Miller (2021-11-01). Ignorance As Bliss: Dismantling Racism And Anti-Blackness Requires Education. moguldom.com A California school district has suspended a math teacher for mocking indigenous Americans by wearing a fake headdress and "performing" a dance around the classroom. A video taken by a student in the classroom was posted to Twitter with comment. Sadly, there is more video of this debauchery in the classroom. While there are questions that …

Editor (2021-11-01). It's time to bury the 'chop'. workers.org Baseball — long touted as "America's National Pastime" — has just given millions of people around the world a horrifying look at the raw settler-colonial racism on which the U.S. is founded. Game 1 of the World Series in Houston's Minute Maid Park, Oct. 26. This year the National League . . . |

In Contempt (2021-11-01). In Contempt #10: Anarchist & Antifascist Prisoner News, Political Prisoners Released, George Floyd Repression Updates. itsgoingdown.org photo: @AshAgony Welcome to the tenth installment of In Contempt, your monthly one-stop shop for state repression news, political prisoners birthdays and updates, and information about how to support those being targeted by the State in the aftermath of the George Floyd rebellion. With so much to cover, let's dive right in! Political Prisoner News…

Staff (2021-11-01). Many Voices from Global South Shut Out of U.N. Climate Summit as Vaccine Apartheid Limits Travel to U.K. democracynow.org This year's U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow may be the whitest and most privileged one ever, with thousands from the Global South unable to attend because of lack of access to COVID-19 vaccines and travel restrictions. The global inequity in vaccine access mirrors the disproportionate impact of the climate crisis that has fallen mostly on poor countries least responsible for emissions, says climate activist Dipti Bhatnagar in Mozambique. "The people who need to be there, who need to hold people accountable, are not going to be there," says Bhatnagar, climate justice and energy coordinator at Friends of…

Jaume Plumb-Planas (2021-11-01). Four years after Charlottesville violence, Unite the Right organizers face legal consequences. peoplesworld.org CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—On August 11 and 12, 2017, white supremacist terror transformed Charlottesville from a quiet college town, whose rowdiest events were college basketball games, to a horrific scene reminiscent of the early 1900s. Neo-Nazis were in town for the Unite the Right (UTR) rally protesting the removal of a statue of Confederate traitor Robert E. …

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-01). One nation, one army: Turkey continues to treat Azerbaijani soldiers wounded in war against Nagorno-Karabakh. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Another group of participants of the Patriotic War of Azerbaijan returned to their homeland after treatment in Turkey Another group of Azerbaijani servicemen who were seriously injured during the Patriotic War and sent by the YA≈ûAT Foundation for treatment to Turkey returned to their homeland. At present, another 44 Azerbaijani servicemen who were injured during …

WSWS (2021-11-01). Federal officials deliberately ignored January 6 coup plotting, Washington Post reveals. wsws.org The plans for fascist violence were so alarming that one lower-level official notified D.C. hospitals to prepare for a "mass casualty event."

Aseel Jundi (2021-11-01). How Israel's use of skunk water is damaging Palestinian health and economy. middleeasteye.net How Israel's use of skunk water is damaging Palestinian health and economy | Life is becoming unbearable for Palestinian business owners as repeated sprayings of skunk water by Israeli police ruin their wares | Mon, 11/01/2021 – 09: 45 | An Israeli police van fires skunk water in Jerusalem, 24 October, 2021 (MEE/Aseel Jundi) | Kamal Abu Qwaider is one of a number of businessmen who set up shop arou…

Mustafa Abu Sneineh (2021-11-01). Israel: Palestinian prisoners' hunger strike against detention reaches 100 days. middleeasteye.net Israel: Palestinian prisoners' hunger strike against detention reaches 100 days | Miqdad Al-Qawasmi and Kayed al-Fasfous have been on hunger strike for over 100 days protesting their imprisonment without charges or trial by Israel | Mon, 11/01/2021 – 12: 46 | Palestinian prisoner Kayed al-Fasfous with his mother Fawzia at an Israeli hospital while being on hunger strike for over 1…

_____ (2021-11-01). QUAD-2 is Created: Has India Left the Geopolitical Crossroads Behind? journal-neo.org The announcement of the October 18 video meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Israel, India, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States has not garnered much attention. Meanwhile, it may well be a landmark in the transformation of the world's political map taking place before our very eyes. First of all, some clarification of …

Shatha Hammad (2021-11-01). Occupation: The forgotten Palestinian village fighting for survival. middleeasteye.net Occupation: The forgotten Palestinian village fighting for survival | Al-Asayfer has faced Israeli pressure for decades, but residents of the small West Bank village remain adamant about staying on their land | Mon, 11/01/2021 – 18: 01 | A Palestinian child in al-Asayfer in the southern occupied West Bank, where Israeli settlers and forces have pressured inhabitants to leave for decades (MEE/Shatha…

Emily Von Gerichten (2021-11-01). PSL San Diego hosts letter writing event for 5 Palestinian political prisoners. liberationnews.org PSL of San Diego and others gathered: to show solidarity for five unjustly jailed Palestinian-Americans known as the Holy Land Foundation Five.

Emily Von Gerichten (2021-11-01). PSL San Diego hosts letter writing event for five Palestinian political prisoners. liberationnews.org PSL of San Diego and others gathered: to show solidarity for five unjustly jailed Palestinian-Americans known as the Holy Land Foundation Five.

MEE staff (2021-11-01). US: 200 House Republicans urge Biden not to reopen Jerusalem consulate. middleeasteye.net US: 200 House Republicans urge Biden not to reopen Jerusalem consulate | Lawmakers claim reopening the consulate, which was operational for nearly 175 years and served Palestinians, is not consistent with US law | Mon, 11/01/2021 – 20: 39 | The US consulate in East Jerusalem had been open for almost 175 years before being closed in 2019 (AFP) | Two hundred Republican lawmakers have signed onto a letter opposin…

Freddy Cruz (2021-11-01). Lifting Up "The Voices of the Good Guys": A Q&A with Sounds Like Hate's Newest Host. splcenter.org Yvonne Latty, author, journalist, and professor at New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, joins SPLC's Sounds like Hate podcast team for season three.

Sam Pizzigati (2021-11-01). Billionaires' shiny utopias are dulling our democracy. peoplesworld.org Great wealth can do great damage. Grand personal fortunes, we've come to understand, can menace our democracy and distort our economic life. But these fortunes can also wreak a much more hidden havoc: They can mess up the minds of people who hold them. Great fortunes can leave their owners feeling supremely sure they themselves …

Thom Hartmann (2021-11-01). The Insidious Cancer at the Core of Democracy that Could Take Down Biden. zcomm.org Billionaires & their companies now own politicians — and the Supreme Court set it all up with their poisonous Citizens United decision…

Anonymous103 (2021-11-01). In Video: First Public Appearance Of Taliban Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2021-11-01). US-Trained Afghan Spies & Special Forces Are Joining ISIS For 'Protection' Against Taliban. southfront.org The Former Afghanistan National Army Special Forces (ANASF) | Originally published on According to WSJ, "Importantly, these new recruits bring to Islamic State critical expertise in intelligence-gathering and warfare techniques, potentially strengthening the extremist organization's ability to contest Taliban supremacy." | As evidence the report cites "An Afghan national…

Badri Raina (2021-11-01). Hate May Win Some Elections but It Does Not Stand the Constitutional Test or Solve Problems. zcomm.org The Supreme Court recently held that even 'mere support given to a terrorist organisation' will not attract sections of UAPA. How may it then be construed that some have been charged under the draconian law for 'supporting' the Pakistan cricket team?>

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