Staff (2021-11-20). Controversial gift for Kyle Rittenhouse prepared by pro-gun group. rt.com Gun Owners of America (GOA) says its going to present an AR-15 rifle to Kyle Rittenhouse, who was just acquitted of murder in the fatal shooting of two men at violent 'Black Lives Matter' protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin last year. | The controversial verdict on Friday has split society in the US. While some took to the streets to protest, others were celebrating, with GOA, which is known for its "no compromise" stance on gun rights, among the latter. | Read more | | Rittenhouse deserved to be awarded wit…

Staff (2021-11-20). Rittenhouse protests escalate into a riot. rt.com Portland police declared a riot on Friday night, after protesters, angry at the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse, began smashing windows and hurling objects at the officers. | Some 200 people gathered in downtown Portland, Oregon soon after Rittenhouse was found not guilty of murder in a fatal shooting that saw two men killed and another wounded during violent Black Lives Matter protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin in August 2020. The jury in the case had ruled that the 18-year-old had fired his semi-automatic rifle in self-defense. | The protesters in Portland took out their fury on passing cars, broke windows, and da…

Fight Back (2021-11-20). Freedom Road Socialist Organization condemns the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse. fightbacknews.org FRSO strongly condemns the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse on all charges. This verdict is another example of how the police and courts work hand in hand with racist vigilantes to kill and injure African Americans, other oppressed nationalities, and all who try to fight to end police crimes. | In August of 2020, Jacob Blake, a young African American man, was shot in the back four times and three times in the side in by a white police officer Kenosha, Wisconsin. Coming less than two months after the killing of George Floyd, another uprising took place, with the African American community and supporters battling poli…

Monica Cruz (2021-11-20). Right-wing vigilante found not guilty of murdering two anti-racist protestors. peoplesdispatch.org After four days of deliberations, a jury acquitted 18-year old Kyle Rittenhouse on all charges related to his killing of two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 25, 2020. That night, thousands had hit the streets to protest the August 23rd police shooting of Jacob Blake, who was left paralyzed after being shot in the back seven times by Kenosha city police officers. Rittenhouse traveled from his home state of Illinois to join a right-wing militia at the protest. | Rittenhouse was charged with five felonies including first degree intentional homicide. He argued that he acted in self-defense when he fired hi…

WSWS (2021-11-20). The acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse: A judicial travesty. wsws.org The verdict, which will serve to embolden violent fascistic militias being cultivated around Trump and the Republican Party, is the culmination of a trial that constituted a travesty of justice from beginning to end.

WSWS (2021-11-20). Democratic Socialists of America congressman Jamaal Bowman votes for Israel's Iron Dome, visits with right-wing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. wsws.org The DSA's congressional support for Israel's Iron Dome armament program is further confirmation that the organization is a faction of the Democratic Party, a supporter of imperialism and a facilitator of war crimes against the population of Palestine.

Vladimir Acosta (2021-11-20). Rotten, Arrogant and Threatening. orinocotribune.com By Vladimir Acosta — Nov 16, 2021 | How can we avoid the subject of empire? How can we avoid talking about its threats? | The history of mankind is full of empires, empires of all kinds. All of them diverse and complex, and the only indisputable thing about them is that, despite their arrogance, they are not eternal as they pretend to be, because in the end they disappear one after the other in different ways. And, what is more, because none of them lasts even a thousand years, as promised by German Nazism (which barely lasted 13 years) and as the arrogant American empire has been proclaiming since the begin…

WSWS (2021-11-20). Australian state Labor government accelerates "reopening" amid fascistic anti-lockdown protests. wsws.org Trumpian protesters in Victoria, backed by key sections of the corporate elite, are setting an agenda that is in large part being implemented by the state Labor government.

Alex Bainbridge (2021-11-20). Photos: Don't fall for far right lies: vaccines save lives. greenleft.org.au Photos by Alex Bainbridge from the Brisbane counter protest against the anti-vaccination rally on November 20.

WSWS (2021-11-20). New study supports natural origins of COVID-19, sources close to WHO team say. wsws.org A landmark new study published in Science is another nail in the coffin of the Wuhan lab conspiracy theory, concocted by the fascist ideologue Stephen K. Bannon and promoted by the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal.

Sara Flounders (2021-11-20). Palestine's flag waves in Jersey City. workers.org On Nov. 15, the flag of Palestine waved in front of Jersey City's City Hall, an important first step to the recognition of the Palestinian people, said Ward D Councilperson Yousef Saleh. Saleh had suggested the flag raising to the Jersey City Cultural Affairs Department — saying it was . . . |

WSWS (2021-11-19). Florida Republican Gaetz offers intern job to fascist shooter Kyle Rittenhouse. wsws.org Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz of Florida offered teenage fascist shooter Kyle Rittenhouse an internship should he be acquitted of homicide charges at his trial in Kenosha, Wisconsin, at which the jury has deliberated for three days.

Isheka N. Harrison (2021-11-19). President Joe Biden in Rittenhouse Verdict: Jury System Works, We Have To Abide By It. moguldom.com A jury found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on all charges Friday, accepting his claim that he was acting in self-defense when he killed two people and injured a third in Kenosha, Wisconsin last year during Black Lives Matter protests. Now, President Joe Biden has chimed in on the Rittenhouse verdict, saying he stands by it. …

Leah Watson (2021-11-19). Kyle Rittenhouse Didn't Act Alone: Law Enforcement Must Be Held Accountable. aclu.org For two weeks, we've heard trial testimony and seen evidence of the events that occurred on August 25, 2020 — the night that Kyle Rittenhouse shot and killed two people and injured another during a Black Lives Matter protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin. While Rittenhouse was not held accountable, he was not the only one whose conduct on that deadly night should be scrutinized. The actions — and inaction — of the Kenosha Police Department and the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department in the preceding 72 hours played a critical part in the tragic events that took place. | As we reflect on that night, w…

Staff (2021-11-19). Rittenhouse jurors' security fears taken seriously, judge says. rt.com Minutes after the jury at the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial found the teenager not guilty on all counts, Judge Bruce Schroeder took a moment to tell the jurors any safety concerns they have would be "addressed and respected." | After four days of deliberation, a jury on Friday acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse of murder and reckless endangerment — charges that stemmed from his fatal shooting of Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, and his wounding of Gaige Grosskreutz during 'Black Lives Matter' riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last August. | Once the verdict was read, Schroeder took a moment to address juror safety…

Staff (2021-11-19). Biden 'angry and concerned' after Rittenhouse acquittal. rt.com President Joe Biden has expressed support for the jury's decision in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, and called on those upset to avoid "violence and destruction." However, Biden said the verdict left him "angry and concerned." | A jury in Kenosha on Friday acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse of murder and reckless endangerment — charges that stemmed from his fatal shooting of Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, and his wounding of Gaige Grosskreutz during 'Black Lives Matter' protests that turned violent in the Wisconsin city last year. | "While the verdict in Kenosha will leave many Americans feeling angry and co…

Anonymous Contributor (2021-11-19). Phoenix Nazis a No-Show Despite Weekend of Nationwide Fascist Activity. itsgoingdown.org Antifascist action report from so-called Phoenix, Arizona about a successful mobilization against neo-Nazi organizing. Between the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, the Boise mall shooting, a recent wave of hate by the Goyim Defense League and other Nazis targeting marginalized groups, the far-Right has been mobilizing in recent weeks. A Phoenix, Arizona group known as both "White…

Party for Socialism, Liberation (2021-11-19). PSL Statement: Rittenhouse acquittal hands racist vigilantes a license to kill. liberationnews.org The Party for Socialism and Liberation joins with millions of people across the country in expressing our complete outrage at the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse on all charges. Once again, the U.S. court system has functioned to protect a racist murderer…

Fight Back (2021-11-19). WI FRSO: Sham Rittenhouse trial gets judge's desired verdict. fightbacknews.org The Wisconsin District of the Freedom Road Socialist organization rejects the sham trial and acquittal of racist murderer Kyle Rittenhouse. | From the moment 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse showed up in Kenosha, Wisconsin armed with an assault rifle, the state put him in a position to kill racial justice protesters and get away with it. | Rittenhouse was among dozens of armed racist vigilantes that confronted the righteous uprising last year that rocked Kenosha, after the police shooting of Jacob Blake. | Shocking video of Kenosha police officer Rusten Sheskey shooting Jacob Blake seven times in the back prompted ma…

splcenter (2021-11-19). Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict: SPLC denounces lack of justice in acquittal of armed teenager who killed two people and wounded another. splcenter.org

Jonathan Cook (2021-11-19). "Honest mistakes": How the US and Israel justify the targeting and killing of civilians. dissidentvoice.org An "honest mistake" is buying your partner the wrong perfume or copying someone into an email chain by accident. It is not firing a drone missile at a car, killing 10 civilians — and doing so when a small child was clearly visible moments earlier. And yet, a supposedly "independent" Pentagon inquiry this month claimed …

Staff (2021-11-19). 19 November, Toulouse: Palestine Stand — Solidarity with the Hunger Strikers! samidoun.net Friday 19 November 2021 From 11 a.m. to 12: 30 p.m. Metro Bagatelle — Toulouse, France Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/594854881756808 Friday November 19 from 11 a.m. to 12: 30 p.m., Collectif Palestine Vaincra is organizing a Palestine Stand at the exit of the Bagatelle metro in Toulouse in support of the 5 Palestinian prisoners currently on hunger strike for their release […] | The article

Abdul Rahman (2021-11-19). Saudi attempts to play regional hegemon face tough resistance in Lebanon. peoplesdispatch.org Hezbollah's resistance to Israel and criticism of the war in Yemen has infuriated Saudi Arabia which is now using its economic leverage to punish the common Lebanese people at a time when they are going through the worst crisis in the history of the country since the civil war…

Mark Gruenberg (2021-11-19). AFT hits right-wing bounty offer targeting NH teachers. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON —A right-wing group's offer of a $500 bounty for turning in New Hampshire teachers who instruct students about racism and sexism, and especially critical race theory, has angered the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and upset the state's School Administrators affiliate, too. The controversy in the Granite State has mushroomed so much that even …

Marjorie Cohn (2021-11-19). Arbery's Killers Are Using the Logic of Slave Patrols to Defend Themselves. truthout.org The testimony has concluded in the Georgia murder trial of the three white men who targeted Ahmaud Arbery because he was Black and then killed him. Evidence presented at trial transported us back to the days of the infamous slave patrols. Gregory McMichael, his son Travis, and William "Roddie" Bryan Jr. are on trial for killing Arbery on February 23, 2020, during a purported "citizen's arrest." | Racism has infected every aspect of this case — from the defendants' racial profiling of Arbery,…

Staff (2021-11-19). Angela Davis: "Forces of White Supremacy" Are Behind Attacks on Teaching Critical Race Theory. democracynow.org We speak to legendary activist and scholar Angela Davis about the latest war waged by ultraconservative lawmakers against teaching the racist history of the United States. North Dakota's Republican Governor Doug Burgum signed legislation banning the teaching of critical race theory, defining it as any suggestion that racism is systemically embedded in American society. The law prohibits even discussion of the law in state schools. Critics say the ban also endangers honest narratives of slavery, redlining and the civil rights movement. "What we are witnessing are efforts on the part of the forces of white supremac…

Rodolfo Bueno (2021-11-19). Rusia y la Revolución de Octubre. globalizacion.ca Gracias a la valentía y al enorme espíritu de sacrificio del pueblo ruso y de las demás naciones que conformaban la URSS, la humanidad se libró de ser esclavizada por el nazi-fascismo, pues en las entrañas de este gigantesco país…

WSWS (2021-11-19). In speech before the court, Trotskyist leader indicts German state's revival of Nazi-style anti-socialist laws. wsws.org Christoph Vandreier, the deputy chairman of the Socialist Equality Party, defended the right to advocate for the socialist transformation of society in a speech at the Berlin Administrative Court on November 18.

Editor (2021-11-19). Tony Platt: California's Grim Genocidal Past Implicates the University of California. scheerpost.com Author, Tony Platt. [T.William Wallin/The Lumberjack] | Click to subscribe on: The United States of America is founded on the original sin of Native American genocide and the myth that the Indigenous Peoples that lived on these lands for thousands of years had no right to it. White settler colonialism is not just a stain on the country's history, it is its very ra…

Danny Shaw (2021-11-19). Book Review: 'Is Russia Fascist?' Fails to Debunk Western Misinformation. towardfreedom.org Behind a veneer of so-called academic objectivity on Russia, French historian Marlene Laruelle directly and indirectly propagandizes on behalf of U.S. imperialist interests, which seek to encroach upon and control Ukraine, Crimea and the entire landmass that was the Soviet Union.

Danny Shaw (2021-11-19). Book Review: Is Russia Fascist? Fails to Debunk Western Misinformation. towardfreedom.org Behind a veneer of so-called academic objectivity on Russia, French historian Marlene Laruelle directly and indirectly propagandizes on behalf of U.S. imperialist interests, which seek to encroach upon and control Ukraine, Crimea and the entire landmass that was the Soviet Union.

Tamara Nassar (2021-11-19). UAE rewards Israeli firms that supplied arms for Gaza massacre. electronicintifada.net Jordan deepens embrace of Tel Aviv, ignoring deep public opposition.

_____ (2021-11-19). Turkey Aims to Be at the Forefront of the Unmanned Systems of the Future. journal-neo.org Unmanned military technology is increasingly being introduced by various armies worldwide, whether in the air, at sea, or on the ground. Therefore, weapons such as unmanned combat vehicles and combat robots are becoming a development priority for many countries. Along with such established global producers of unmanned military equipment as Russia, the US, and Israel, Turkey …

Ed Rampell (2021-11-19). L.A.'s biggest film festival returns with great anti-racist films. peoplesworld.org LOS ANGELES—The AFI Fest returned to Hollywood for live, in-person screenings and events, although there was also a virtual component for watching many of the feature, documentary, short, indie, studio, and foreign productions that Los Angeles' largest annual film festival presented in 2021. Some of the screenings were accompanied by talent who introduced and/or spoke …

WSWS (2021-11-19). What conclusions must be drawn from French racist pundit Éric Zemmour's presidential bid? wsws.org The promotion of Zemmour marks a new and dangerous stage in the crisis of French democracy that must serve as a warning to workers in France and internationally.

splcenter (2021-11-19). Sending a Strong Message: Louisiana activists help voters cast ballots after drastic polling place reductions in Black neighborhoods. splcenter.org

_____ (2021-11-19). Nicaraguan Supreme Court Backs Possible Exit From The OAS. popularresistance.org The magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) of Nicaragua released this Wednesday the agreement which aligns with the Sovereign Declaration of the National Assembly of Nicaragua, which urged the Executive to leave the Organization of American States (OAS). The so-called agreement 126, issued in support of the Parliament, condemns the OAS's unjust actions in Nicaragua's internal affairs. The text was read by the acting secretary of the CSJ, Geraldo àÅreas Lacayo, who highlighted the independence of the Legislative, Executive, Judicial and Electoral powers, which coordinate harmoniously and subordina…

Brett Wilkins (2021-11-19). 200 Activists Arrested While Demanding Biden, Congress Defend Voting Rights. zcomm.org "We are here today to send a message that President Biden must take action now to ensure the promise of our democracy and protect our freedom to vote."

David Armiak (2021-11-19). ALEC "Academy" Featured a Who's Who of Voter Suppression Leaders. truthout.org An "Academy" for state lawmakers on voter suppression strategies run by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in July featured a veritable who's who of the right-wing leaders behind this year's disinformation campaign about voter fraud and assaults on voting rights across the country,

WSWS (2021-11-19). Florida Republican Gaetz offers intern job to fascist shooter Kyle Rittenhouse. wsws.org Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz of Florida offered teenage fascist shooter Kyle Rittenhouse an internship should he be acquitted of homicide charges at his trial in Kenosha, Wisconsin, at which the jury has deliberated for three days.

Jonathan Cook (2021-11-19). "Honest mistakes": How the US and Israel justify the targeting and killing of civilians. dissidentvoice.org An "honest mistake" is buying your partner the wrong perfume or copying someone into an email chain by accident. It is not firing a drone missile at a car, killing 10 civilians — and doing so when a small child was clearly visible moments earlier. And yet, a supposedly "independent" Pentagon inquiry this month claimed …

Anonymous Contributor (2021-11-19). Phoenix Nazis a No-Show Despite Weekend of Nationwide Fascist Activity. itsgoingdown.org Antifascist action report from so-called Phoenix, Arizona about a successful mobilization against neo-Nazi organizing. Between the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, the Boise mall shooting, a recent wave of hate by the Goyim Defense League and other Nazis targeting marginalized groups, the far-Right has been mobilizing in recent weeks. A Phoenix, Arizona group known as both "White…

Staff (2021-11-19). 19 November, Toulouse: Palestine Stand — Solidarity with the Hunger Strikers! samidoun.net Friday 19 November 2021 From 11 a.m. to 12: 30 p.m. Metro Bagatelle — Toulouse, France Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/594854881756808 Friday November 19 from 11 a.m. to 12: 30 p.m., Collectif Palestine Vaincra is organizing a Palestine Stand at the exit of the Bagatelle metro in Toulouse in support of the 5 Palestinian prisoners currently on hunger strike for their release […] | The article

Abdul Rahman (2021-11-19). Saudi attempts to play regional hegemon face tough resistance in Lebanon. peoplesdispatch.org Hezbollah's resistance to Israel and criticism of the war in Yemen has infuriated Saudi Arabia which is now using its economic leverage to punish the common Lebanese people at a time when they are going through the worst crisis in the history of the country since the civil war…

Staff (2021-11-19). Angela Davis: "Forces of White Supremacy" Are Behind Attacks on Teaching Critical Race Theory. democracynow.org We speak to legendary activist and scholar Angela Davis about the latest war waged by ultraconservative lawmakers against teaching the racist history of the United States. North Dakota's Republican Governor Doug Burgum signed legislation banning the teaching of critical race theory, defining it as any suggestion that racism is systemically embedded in American society. The law prohibits even discussion of the law in state schools. Critics say the ban also endangers honest narratives of slavery, redlining and the civil rights movement. "What we are witnessing are efforts on the part of the forces of white supremac…

WSWS (2021-11-19). In speech before the court, Trotskyist leader indicts German state's revival of Nazi-style anti-socialist laws. wsws.org Christoph Vandreier, the deputy chairman of the Socialist Equality Party, defended the right to advocate for the socialist transformation of society in a speech at the Berlin Administrative Court on November 18.

Tamara Nassar (2021-11-19). UAE rewards Israeli firms that supplied arms for Gaza massacre. electronicintifada.net Jordan deepens embrace of Tel Aviv, ignoring deep public opposition.

WSWS (2021-11-19). What conclusions must be drawn from French racist pundit Éric Zemmour's presidential bid? wsws.org The promotion of Zemmour marks a new and dangerous stage in the crisis of French democracy that must serve as a warning to workers in France and internationally.

Brett Wilkins (2021-11-19). 200 Activists Arrested While Demanding Biden, Congress Defend Voting Rights. zcomm.org "We are here today to send a message that President Biden must take action now to ensure the promise of our democracy and protect our freedom to vote."

Amy Goodman (2021-11-18). In Charlottesville, Rittenhouse and Arbery Cases, White Supremacy Is on Trial. truthout.org Jurors in Charlottesville, Virginia, are hearing closing arguments today in a civil trial that seeks to hold white supremacists accountable for organizing the deadly "Unite the Right" rally there in 2017, and conspiring to commit racially motivated violence. Two of the white supremacists have been defending themselves in the courtroom: Richard Spencer and Christopher Cantwell. They took the stand Tuesday, and tried unsuccessfully to have the judge dismiss the case for lack of evidence, even as th…

Staff (2021-11-18). Three White Supremacy Trials: Dahlia Lithwick on Charlottesville, Rittenhouse & Arbery Murder Case. democracynow.org Jurors in Charlottesville, Virginia, are hearing closing arguments today in a civil trial that seeks to hold white supremacists accountable for organizing the deadly "Unite the Right" rally there in 2017, and conspiring to commit racially motivated violence. Two of the white supremacists have been defending themselves in the courtroom: Richard Spencer and Christopher Cantwell. They took the stand Tuesday, and tried unsuccessfully to have the judge dismiss the case for lack of evidence, even as they used racial slurs during the trial. Jurors are expected to begin deliberations Friday. Both Spencer and Cantwell hav…

The Socialist Program (2021-11-18). Islamophobia, the Surveillance State & U.S. Wars of Aggression w/ Dr. Nazia Kazi. liberationnews.org Dr. Nazia Kazi, an activist and professor of Anthropology at Stockton University, explains how the managers of the U.S. empire foment Islamophobia and other racist ideas at home as an integral part of waging war abroad.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-11-18). Anti-Communism, Anti-Blackness, and Imperialism. libya360.wordpress.com Dr. Charisse Burden Stelley In this talk prepared for the Albuquerque Anti-War Coalition's Anti-Communism & Imperialism panel discussion, Dr. Charisse Burden Stelley discusses how anti-communism and anti-Blackness are intrinsically intertwined structures of white supremacist and capitalist control. Transcript Good afternoon, everybody. My name is Charisse Burden Stelley and I am a professor of Africana studies in political science…

UnistotenCamp (2021-11-18). RCMP Set up Illegal Exclusion Zone Blocking Food, Medicine, and People from Reaching Healing Center and Homes on the Territory. dissidentvoice.org Is this what Canada's prime minister Justin Trudeau meant when he told Indigenous leaders: It is time for a renewed, nation-to-nation relationship with First Nations peoples, one that understands that the constitutionally guaranteed rights of First Nations in Canada are not an inconvenience but rather a sacred obligation.

Staff (2021-11-18). US lawmaker accused of 'racial violence' over Halloween costume. rt.com A Boston legislator has apologized after a photo of her Asian-themed Halloween costume from two years ago triggered outrage, including accusations that she committed "racial violence." | The photo in question, which surfaced online earlier this week, shows Malden, Massachusetts City Councilor Jadeane Sica wearing a bamboo hat and an "Orchids of Asia" T-shirt while holding a bottle of lotion. Her husband is shown with her in the picture, wearing New England Patriots garb and holding a fake NFL championship trophy. Orchids of Asia is the Florida spa where Patriots owner Robert Kraft was accused of soliciting pro…

WSWS (2021-11-18). Australian establishment legitimises fascist political violence with anti-lockdown protests. wsws.org Demonstrations against proposed pandemic laws in the state of Victoria are being used to integrate an extreme-right-wing and fascistic anti-lockdown milieu into the official political establishment.

WSWS (2021-11-18). House censures Gosar while Republicans defend fascist threats. wsws.org Gosar provoked the censure motion nine days ago by posting on his official Twitter account an edited video that depicted him killing Ocasio-Cortez with a sword and then brandishing the weapon in the face of President Biden. The response of Republicans marks a further step in the fascistic transformation of the party.

Zeyu Wang (2021-11-18). F&M Students Express Support for Intellectual Freedom. zcomm.org We unconditionally uphold the value of freedom of speech and condemn foreign intervention with an explicit agenda from Israel…

Global Research News (2021-11-18). Selected Articles: Vaccinated People Are Up to Nine Times (9X) More Likely to be Hospitalized than Unvaccinated People. globalresearch.ca By In the spring of 2021, before the emergence of the Delta variant, Israel had been the first country in …

Ramzy Baroud (2021-11-18). From Pegasus to Blue Wolf: How Israel's "Security" Experiment in Palestine Became Global. dissidentvoice.org The revelation, a few years ago, that the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been conducting mass surveillance on millions of Americans has reignited the conversation on governments' misconduct and their violation of human rights and privacy laws. Until recently, however, Israel has been spared due criticism, not only for its unlawful spying methods on …

Staff (2021-11-18). FBI hid evidence in Malcolm X murder trial, convictions tossed. rt.com A New York judge voided the convictions of two black men for the 1965 assassination of activist Malcolm X, after a re-investigation inspired by a Netflix documentary found the FBI had withheld evidence of their innocence. | State Supreme Court Justice Ellen Biben threw out the convictions of Muhammad A. Aziz (aka Norman 3X Butler) and Khalil Islam (aka Thomas 15X Johnson), who were charged with assassinating Malcolm X at Manhattan's Audubon Ballroom and sentenced to life in prison in 1966. | "I am an 83-year-old man who was victimized by the criminal justice system," Muhammad Aziz says as DA moves to vacate hi…

Marlee Kokotovic (2021-11-18). Nearly 200 activists arrested in DC demanding passage of voting rights legislation. nationofchange.org "We are here today to send a message that President Biden must take action now to ensure the promise of our democracy and protect our freedom to vote."

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-11-18). Anti-Communism, Anti-Blackness, and Imperialism. libya360.wordpress.com Dr. Charisse Burden Stelley In this talk prepared for the Albuquerque Anti-War Coalition's Anti-Communism & Imperialism panel discussion, Dr. Charisse Burden Stelley discusses how anti-communism and anti-Blackness are intrinsically intertwined structures of white supremacist and capitalist control. Transcript Good afternoon, everybody. My name is Charisse Burden Stelley and I am a professor of Africana studies in political science…

WSWS (2021-11-18). House censures Gosar while Republicans defend fascist threats. wsws.org Gosar provoked the censure motion nine days ago by posting on his official Twitter account an edited video that depicted him killing Ocasio-Cortez with a sword and then brandishing the weapon in the face of President Biden. The response of Republicans marks a further step in the fascistic transformation of the party.

Staff (2021-11-18). Three White Supremacy Trials: Dahlia Lithwick on Charlottesville, Rittenhouse & Arbery Murder Case. democracynow.org Jurors in Charlottesville, Virginia, are hearing closing arguments today in a civil trial that seeks to hold white supremacists accountable for organizing the deadly "Unite the Right" rally there in 2017, and conspiring to commit racially motivated violence. Two of the white supremacists have been defending themselves in the courtroom: Richard Spencer and Christopher Cantwell. They took the stand Tuesday, and tried unsuccessfully to have the judge dismiss the case for lack of evidence, even as they used racial slurs during the trial. Jurors are expected to begin deliberations Friday. Both Spencer and Cantwell hav…

UnistotenCamp (2021-11-18). RCMP Set up Illegal Exclusion Zone Blocking Food, Medicine, and People from Reaching Healing Center and Homes on the Territory. dissidentvoice.org Is this what Canada's prime minister Justin Trudeau meant when he told Indigenous leaders: It is time for a renewed, nation-to-nation relationship with First Nations peoples, one that understands that the constitutionally guaranteed rights of First Nations in Canada are not an inconvenience but rather a sacred obligation.

WSWS (2021-11-18). Australian establishment legitimises fascist political violence with anti-lockdown protests. wsws.org Demonstrations against proposed pandemic laws in the state of Victoria are being used to integrate an extreme-right-wing and fascistic anti-lockdown milieu into the official political establishment.

Global Research News (2021-11-18). Selected Articles: Vaccinated People Are Up to Nine Times (9X) More Likely to be Hospitalized than Unvaccinated People. globalresearch.ca By In the spring of 2021, before the emergence of the Delta variant, Israel had been the first country in …

Ramzy Baroud (2021-11-18). From Pegasus to Blue Wolf: How Israel's "Security" Experiment in Palestine Became Global. dissidentvoice.org The revelation, a few years ago, that the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been conducting mass surveillance on millions of Americans has reignited the conversation on governments' misconduct and their violation of human rights and privacy laws. Until recently, however, Israel has been spared due criticism, not only for its unlawful spying methods on …

Zeyu Wang (2021-11-18). F&M Students Express Support for Intellectual Freedom. zcomm.org We unconditionally uphold the value of freedom of speech and condemn foreign intervention with an explicit agenda from Israel…

WSWS (2021-11-17). First day of jury deliberations in trial of fascist shooter Rittenhouse ends without a verdict. wsws.org The jury in the trial of the right-wing shooter Kyle Rittenhouse, who killed two unarmed men with an AR-15-style assault rifle during anti-police violence protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, completed the first day of deliberations on Tuesday without a verdict.

Tamara Nassar (2021-11-17). Miss South Africa shamed for refusing to boycott Israel. electronicintifada.net Beauty queen's "belligerence" compared to apartheid apologists.

Sharon Zhang (2021-11-17). House Votes to Censure Paul Gosar Over Video Depicting Him Killing Ocasio-Cortez. truthout.org The House has voted to censure Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Arizona) Wednesday, sending a harsh rebuke to the far right representative for sharing a video last week depicting an anime version of him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) and attacking President Joe Biden. | The House voted 223-207 to censure Gosar and

Moderator (2021-11-17). American Fascism on Trial in Kenosha. scheerpost.com The Kenosha County Courthouse and Jail in Kenosha, Wisconsin. ( By Paul Street / Never forget the inspiring righteousnes…

Sarah Algherbawi (2021-11-17). Did Israel's May attack cause miscarriages? electronicintifada.net Extreme fear can have devastating consequences for pregnant women.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2021-11-17). Podcast Ep 47: Why we have to talk about Zionism. electronicintifada.net Professor David Miller was sacked by University of Bristol over criticism of Israeli policy.

Anonymous669 (2021-11-17). Israel Strikes Again: Missile Hits Southern Outskirts Of Syria's Damascus. southfront.org File image. | In the early morning of November 17, an Israeli missile strike targeted the southern outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus. | A Syrian military source told the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency that the target was an "empty building," claiming that no losses were sustained."At approximately 12: 45 am today, the Israeli enemy launched an aggression with two missiles from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting an empty building south of Damascus," the source said. "One of the hosti…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-17). 451 Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians since early 2020, says new B'Tselem report. mronline.org The Israeli human rights group said that these settler attacks are used as a "major informal tool" by the state of Israel to displace Palestinians in order to confiscate and annex their lands.

Fight Back (2021-11-17). Committee to Stop FBI Repression opposes Israeli moves to criminalize six Palestinian groups. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Committee to Stop FBI Repression. | The Committee to Stop FBI Repression denounces the State of Israel criminalizing six Palestinian human rights and mass organizations, falsely labeling them terrorist. This desperate move by Israeli officials is provocative and dangerous. It criminalizes political speech and the right to organize people who already live under occupation. An occupation funded by the U.S. government, and backed politically by the Biden administration. President Biden should speak out against mislabeling and criminalizing Pale…

Fight Back (2021-11-17). Oppose Israel's banning of popular Palestinian groups. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from Palestine Solidarity of Grand Rapids, MI. | The Palestine Solidarity Committee of Grand Rapids condemns the designation of six Palestinian human rights groups as "terrorist organizations" by the Israeli state. Israel, a puppet regime of the United States, has claimed these groups as linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), forcing them into clandestine underground operations. We are calling on the United States to denounce the unsubstantiated claims of terrorism, which are used as a weapon against reporting the daily a…

Evan Branan (2021-11-17). Racist defense gets free rein in trial of killers of Ahmaud Arbery. liberationnews.org The prosecution rested its case today in the trail of the killers of Ahmaud Arbery, whose racist murder helped spark last year's nationwide uprising. Already it is becoming clear that this trial is biased in favor of the murderers.

Editor (2021-11-17). The eco-politics of the sublime: nature, environmentalism, and Covid-ecology. mronline.org A conception of the sublime, liberated from its racist, sexist and domineering classic form, should form a part of any ecosocialist imaginary.

Editor (2021-11-17). Fake 'shoplifting surge' is just the latest in crime wave propaganda. mronline.org The issue has become one of the key fronts in the development of law and order rhetoric. It is part of the backlash from pro-police elements of society to prevent any changes at all to the country's hyper militarized, mainly ineffective, racist, and brutal system of policing and the accompanying system of mass incarceration.

Staff (2021-11-17). Rep. Gosar Faces Censure for AOC Murder Video, Refuses to Apologize. Sister Calls Him a "Sociopath." democracynow.org We speak with Jennifer Gosar, the youngest sister of far-right Arizona Congressmember Paul Gosar, who faces censure in a House vote today for posting an animated video on social media that features him murdering Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and attacking President Biden with swords. Gosar will be required to stand in the well of the House while the resolution is read. His colleagues will also vote to strip him of his assignments on the Committee on Oversight and Reform, alongside Ocasio-Cortez, and the Committee on Natural Resources. "He's continuing to sing to that white supremacist base that he fundr…

Mark Gruenberg (2021-11-17). Marchers challenge Biden to act now on voting rights. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Challenging President Biden to live up to his promises to defend democracy, hundreds of voting rights marchers and advocates descended on the White House on Nov. 17 to demand he force the Senate to end the filibuster threat once and for all and successfully lobby lawmakers to strengthen the Voting Rights Act and end voter …

Staff (2021-11-17). Protect Voting Rights Now! MLK's Granddaughter, Ben Jealous & More Risk Arrest at White House Protest. democracynow.org Republicans may retake control of the House next year thanks largely to extreme gerrymandering by Republican state legislators, even as Republican opposition in Congress has impeded critical legislation to combat discriminatory voting practices and eliminate barriers to the ballot. As pressure grows for Democrats to pass two key voting rights bills, activists are holding the last in a series of protests at the White House, where nearly 100 have been arrested since August, including Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr's 13-year-old granddaughter Yolanda King. "States are suppressing the vote across the South, across the M…

Moderator (2021-11-17). American Fascism on Trial in Kenosha. scheerpost.com The Kenosha County Courthouse and Jail in Kenosha, Wisconsin. ( By Paul Street / Never forget the inspiring righteousnes…

WSWS (2021-11-17). First day of jury deliberations in trial of fascist shooter Rittenhouse ends without a verdict. wsws.org The jury in the trial of the right-wing shooter Kyle Rittenhouse, who killed two unarmed men with an AR-15-style assault rifle during anti-police violence protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, completed the first day of deliberations on Tuesday without a verdict.

Fight Back (2021-11-17). Committee to Stop FBI Repression opposes Israeli moves to criminalize six Palestinian groups. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Committee to Stop FBI Repression. | The Committee to Stop FBI Repression denounces the State of Israel criminalizing six Palestinian human rights and mass organizations, falsely labeling them terrorist. This desperate move by Israeli officials is provocative and dangerous. It criminalizes political speech and the right to organize people who already live under occupation. An occupation funded by the U.S. government, and backed politically by the Biden administration. President Biden should speak out against mislabeling and criminalizing Pale…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-17). 451 Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians since early 2020, says new B'Tselem report. mronline.org The Israeli human rights group said that these settler attacks are used as a "major informal tool" by the state of Israel to displace Palestinians in order to confiscate and annex their lands.

Anonymous669 (2021-11-17). Israel Strikes Again: Missile Hits Southern Outskirts Of Syria's Damascus. southfront.org File image. | In the early morning of November 17, an Israeli missile strike targeted the southern outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus. | A Syrian military source told the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency that the target was an "empty building," claiming that no losses were sustained."At approximately 12: 45 am today, the Israeli enemy launched an aggression with two missiles from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting an empty building south of Damascus," the source said. "One of the hosti…

Fight Back (2021-11-17). Oppose Israel's banning of popular Palestinian groups. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from Palestine Solidarity of Grand Rapids, MI. | The Palestine Solidarity Committee of Grand Rapids condemns the designation of six Palestinian human rights groups as "terrorist organizations" by the Israeli state. Israel, a puppet regime of the United States, has claimed these groups as linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), forcing them into clandestine underground operations. We are calling on the United States to denounce the unsubstantiated claims of terrorism, which are used as a weapon against reporting the daily a…

Editor (2021-11-17). Fake 'shoplifting surge' is just the latest in crime wave propaganda. mronline.org The issue has become one of the key fronts in the development of law and order rhetoric. It is part of the backlash from pro-police elements of society to prevent any changes at all to the country's hyper militarized, mainly ineffective, racist, and brutal system of policing and the accompanying system of mass incarceration.

Evan Branan (2021-11-17). Racist defense gets free rein in trial of killers of Ahmaud Arbery. liberationnews.org The prosecution rested its case today in the trail of the killers of Ahmaud Arbery, whose racist murder helped spark last year's nationwide uprising. Already it is becoming clear that this trial is biased in favor of the murderers.

_____ (2021-11-16). The Criminal 'Justice' System Protects Kyle Rittenhouse. popularresistance.org On August 25, 2021, Kyle Rittenhouse drove across state lines with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and killed two people. He then, carrying the murder weapon, walked past a police line as witnesses screamed that he was getting away, got back in his car, and drove home. All in a day's work for the young Rittenhouse, a vocal member of the Blue Lives Matter "movement" who came to Kenosha, Wisconsin (a town and a state that he didn't live in) with the express intention of using violence against Black Lives Matter protesters — framed, of course, as a "defense" of property. | Rittenhouse's trial began on November 1…

_____ (2021-11-16). The Criminal "Justice" System Protects Kyle Rittenhouse. popularresistance.org If the trial continues to go the way it is currently going, it seems likely that Rittenhouse may walk. This would be a colossal miscarriage of justice and proof positive, once again, of the white supremacist nature of the criminal "justice" system. The system is set up to defend and protect the ruling class and their defenders. This, in certain moments, can include members of the far-right who are able to act outside of the law in order to protect the status quo. If Rittenhouse walks, it'll be a clear sign that, in the current moment, right-wing violence is acceptable in the eyes of the state, as long as it is do…

WSWS (2021-11-16). Judge dismisses gun charge against vigilante shooter Kyle Rittenhouse. wsws.org Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge Schroeder—who has repeatedly sided with the fascist Kyler Rittenhouse—dismissed the sixth count of possessing a dangerous weapon as a minor, prior to closing arguments in the teenage shooter's murder trial.

Susana Khalil (2021-11-16). XXI Century: The Abolition of Israeli Expansionist Colonial Anachronism. orinocotribune.com By Susana Khalil — Nov 13, 2021 | There will be no free and peaceful Arab-Persian world as long as the Israeli colonial Euro-Zionist regime exists. | I. By way of dialogue | 1907 | ABDALLAH: Mustafa, British colonialism prepared a scientific report (Bannerman), in order to prolong itself as an empire. The report says that the Arab world is an obstacle to the European colonial order, and for this, it is necessary to articulate our disintegration, division, and separation. Imposing politicians to serve imperial interests. To combat any movement of unity, whether intellectual, cultural, ethnic, historical, pol…

Staff (2021-11-16). NPR deletes 'race obsessed' tweet over Asian mayor's victory. rt.com NPR has apologized for "causing harm" with a tweet implying that newly-inaugurated Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's victory was "a disappointment" as she is not black. | Wu was sworn in as Boston's mayor on Tuesday, becoming the first woman and first non-white person to lead the city after an unbroken century of white, male mayors. Kim Janey, a black woman, had been filling in as mayor since Marty Walsh was appointed labor secretary by President Joe Biden in March. | For NPR, however, Wu's victory was apparently overshadowed by the fact that she defeated three black candidates along the way. "While many are hailing…

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II (2021-11-16). "Blackness Itself Is the Crime" zcomm.org Interview on racism in the Ahmaud Arbery murder trial…

_____ (2021-11-16). Israeli Officials Barring Palestinian Farmers From Their Land. popularresistance.org In response to the outbreak of the Second Intifada (the Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation), Israel decided to erect a wall separating the Occupied West Bank from the rest of Palestine in 2002. | The government justified the move as a way to block so-called terrorists from crossing the Green Line (1949 armistice line serving as the de facto border between the state of Israel and its occupied territories). However, most of the apartheid wall wasn't constructed along the Green Line, instead, it was built inside the West Bank — essentially fragmenting the region. The space between the wall and the…

WSWS (2021-11-16). African National Congress suffers electoral collapse, as its rotten record is underscored by the death of de Klerk. wsws.org The collapse in popular support for the ANC is only the end product of its failure to advance the social interests of the millions of black workers who looked to it for leadership and an end to the grotesque inequalities that characterized white minority rule under apartheid.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-16). Danish communist youth mobilize in solidarity with Palestine and its people. peoplesdispatch.org On Friday, November 12, activists from the Danish Communist Youth (DKU) organized Palestine solidarity actions in universities, including University of Copenhagen (KU) and Aalborg University (AAU), protesting the occupation of Palestinian lands by the apartheid state of Israel. The DKU activists also protested the Danish universities' investments in companies that actively supply materials to the illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Danish communist publication Dagbladet Arbejderen had earlier reported that universities including KU, AAU and Technical University of Denmark (DTU) have invested in companie…

Jake Johnson (2021-11-16). Concerning New Covid Variant Spotlights Dangers of Vaccine Apartheid. zcomm.org "This variant exemplifies that if you leave some of the world's population without access to vaccines, then the virus will continue to multiply and it will lead to more variants."

WSWS (2021-11-16). New neo-Nazi weapons cache discovered in Austria. wsws.org The third such weapons cache found within a year underlines the extent of far-right terrorist activities in the Alpine Republic.

_____ (2021-11-16). Israeli Officials Are Barring Thousands Of Palestinian Farmers From Their Land. popularresistance.org According to a new report from Israeli human rights organization HaMoked, the Israeli military is increasingly restricting Palestinian farmers' access to the Seam Zone. HaMoked's Freedom of Information request filed to the Jerusalem District Court found only 27% of farmers' permit requests to enter the area were approved by the military in 2020, while 73% were denied — leaving tens of thousands of Palestinians unable to reach their land. Israel has previously stated that security is the only reason to deny Palestinians access to the Seam Zone, but the data shows fewer than 1% of permits were denied on secur…

Adri Nieuwhof (2021-11-16). They are the criminals, we believe in justice. electronicintifada.net Head of rights group banned by Israel says EU must impose sanctions.

Tamara Nassar (2021-11-16). Israeli forces kill 26-year-old Palestinian. electronicintifada.net No Israeli troops were injured when a man was fatally shot.

Mike Ludwig (2021-11-16). Elizabeth Warren Urges Biden to Free People Imprisoned on Marijuana Charges. truthout.org Citing "over a century of failed and racist cannabis policies," Sen. Elizabeth Warren and two other leading Democrats have joined a growing chorus of Warren joined fellow Massachusetts Sen. Ed…

WSWS (2021-11-16). Judge dismisses gun charge against vigilante shooter Kyle Rittenhouse. wsws.org Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge Schroeder—who has repeatedly sided with the fascist Kyler Rittenhouse—dismissed the sixth count of possessing a dangerous weapon as a minor, prior to closing arguments in the teenage shooter's murder trial.

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II (2021-11-16). "Blackness Itself Is the Crime" zcomm.org Interview on racism in the Ahmaud Arbery murder trial…

Jake Johnson (2021-11-16). Concerning New Covid Variant Spotlights Dangers of Vaccine Apartheid. zcomm.org "This variant exemplifies that if you leave some of the world's population without access to vaccines, then the virus will continue to multiply and it will lead to more variants."

WSWS (2021-11-16). African National Congress suffers electoral collapse, as its rotten record is underscored by the death of de Klerk. wsws.org The collapse in popular support for the ANC is only the end product of its failure to advance the social interests of the millions of black workers who looked to it for leadership and an end to the grotesque inequalities that characterized white minority rule under apartheid.

WSWS (2021-11-16). New neo-Nazi weapons cache discovered in Austria. wsws.org The third such weapons cache found within a year underlines the extent of far-right terrorist activities in the Alpine Republic.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-16). 451 Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians since early 2020, says new B'Tselem report. peoplesdispatch.org The Israeli human rights group said that these settler attacks are used as a "major informal tool" by the state of Israel to displace Palestinians in order to confiscate and annex their lands…

_____ (2021-11-15). Victory For Palestinian Hunger Striker After 113 Days Without Food. popularresistance.org Israel agreed on Thursday to release a hunger-striking prisoner in four months after lengthy negotiations. | Miqdad Qawasmeh suspended his hunger strike on Thursday after refusing food for 113 days to protest his detention without charge or trial after Israel agreed to release him in February 2022. | His victory came after lengthy and arduous negotiations between the leadership of the Hamas prisoners' group and Israeli authorities. The 24-year-old was the youngest of six Palestinian men who have been refusing food for weeks and months in protest of Israel's detention of them without charge or trial. | Five others…

Anonymous103 (2021-11-15). Lukashenko's Threats To Cut Gas Supplies To Europe Go Against Russian Interests Too. southfront.org Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) and his Belarus' counterpart Alexander Lukashenko walk in as they attend a session of the Supreme State Council of the Union State at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 3, 2015. AFP PHOTO / POOL / SERGEI KARPUKHIN (Photo credit should read SERGEI KARPUKHIN/AFP/Getty Images)Putin questions the seriousness of Belarus' threats to cut gas supplies to Europe. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst | Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko threatened on November 11 to s…

Staff (2021-11-15). "Blackness Itself Is the Crime": Bishop William Barber on Racism in the Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial. democracynow.org We speak with Bishop William Barber of the Poor People's Campaign, who was one of the Black pastors who visited the trial of the three white men who hunted down and shot dead Ahmaud Arbery, where last week a defense attorney claimed Black pastors sitting with the Arbery family in the courtroom could be "intimidating" for the jury, which is almost all white. Barber says Arbery's killing and the trial proceedings expose that for many, "Blackness itself is the crime." This Thursday, more than 100 Black pastors plan to march in front of the Glynn County Superior Courthouse. Barber joins us from Washington, D.C., wher…

Staff (2021-11-15). US & Israel launch joint cybersecurity force. rt.com The US Treasury Department announced a new cybersecurity partnership with Israel's Ministry of Finance, saying that the two nations would work together to protect the global economy from ransomware and other tech-related threats. | The partnership was announced in a US Treasury Department press release on Sunday, which

Mustafa Abu Sneineh (2021-11-15). Israeli arms manufacturer participates in Dubai Air Show for first time. middleeasteye.net Israeli arms manufacturer participates in Dubai Air Show for first time | Elbit Systems, founded in 1966, said that it aims to establish long-term cooperation with UAE's armed forces | Mon, 11/15/2021 – 11: 11 | Attendees walk past the Israel Aerospace Industries stand at the Dubai Airshow in the Gulf emirate on 15 November 2021 (AFP) | The Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems…

Chris Walker (2021-11-15). Homer Plessy, of Plessy v. Ferguson, Receives Posthumous Pardon From State Board. truthout.org On Friday, the Louisiana Board of Pardons voted to clear the record of Homer Plessy, a Black man who defied a segregationist state law in the 1890s that resulted in the "separate but equal" Supreme Court ruling. | In June 1892, Plessy, who was a member of

Staff (2021-11-15). US Supreme Court rejects Volkswagen's appeal. rt.com The US Supreme Court refused to hear two appeals from Volkswagen over the emissions cheating scandal on Monday, leaving previous rulings in place and the company vulnerable to "staggering liability," according to a lower court. | Volkswagen had sought to

_____ (2021-11-15). Victory For Palestinian Hunger Striker After 113 Days Without Food. popularresistance.org Israel agreed on Thursday to release a hunger-striking prisoner in four months after lengthy negotiations. | Miqdad Qawasmeh suspended his hunger strike on Thursday after refusing food for 113 days to protest his detention without charge or trial after Israel agreed to release him in February 2022. | His victory came after lengthy and arduous negotiations between the leadership of the Hamas prisoners' group and Israeli authorities. The 24-year-old was the youngest of six Palestinian men who have been refusing food for weeks and months in protest of Israel's detention of them without charge or trial. | Five others…

Staff (2021-11-15). US & Israel launch joint cybersecurity force. rt.com The US Treasury Department announced a new cybersecurity partnership with Israel's Ministry of Finance, saying that the two nations would work together to protect the global economy from ransomware and other tech-related threats. | The partnership was announced in a US Treasury Department press release on Sunday, which

Mustafa Abu Sneineh (2021-11-15). Israeli arms manufacturer participates in Dubai Air Show for first time. middleeasteye.net Israeli arms manufacturer participates in Dubai Air Show for first time | Elbit Systems, founded in 1966, said that it aims to establish long-term cooperation with UAE's armed forces | Mon, 11/15/2021 – 11: 11 | Attendees walk past the Israel Aerospace Industries stand at the Dubai Airshow in the Gulf emirate on 15 November 2021 (AFP) | The Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems…

_____ (2021-11-14). Despite US Led Dirty Campaign, Nicaraguans Came Out In Force To Support The FSLN. popularresistance.org Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council declared President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) winners in an election that drew 65% of the eligible 4.4 million voters. Although Washington and its allies in the region denounced the election as a fraud preceded by repression of the opposition, there was significant participation of the electorate; moreover, despite claims that Ortega ran virtually unopposed, his ticket was contested by several long-standing opposition parties. Winning 75% of the vote, the FSLN demonstrated solid strength despite the U.S.

Nadine Naber (2021-11-14). 20 Years After Patriot Act, Surveillance of Arabs and Muslims Is Relentless. truthout.org The U.S. is now more than 20 years beyond the Patriot Act of October 2001. The immediate aftermath of 9/11 brought a heavy U.S. state focus on Arabs and Muslims in the U.S., rationalizing an expansion of policing and surveillance activities against them. It also inspired the convergence of shared struggles for liberation out of a growing consensus that we cannot abolish policing without abolishing U.S. militarism and empire building. | The "anything goes" context of 9/11 opened up possibilities…

Staff (2021-11-14). Trump attacks Congress' 'subversion of justice' while US 'is going to hell'. rt.com Former President Donald Trump has blasted the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot, saying "American patriots" will not "allow this subversion of justice" to continue. | The former president once again blasted the House investigation into January 6, with a Sunday statement asking why that "protest" continues to be investigated, but those who "violently burned down and took over Democrat-run cities" are not, referring to 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in cities like Portland, Oregon. | "If anybody was near the Capitol waving an American flag" on January 6, Trump claims, "they've had…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-14). Anti-fascist rally in Madrid commemorates 14th anniversary of Carlos Palomino's martyrdom. peoplesdispatch.org 16-year-old Carlos Palomino Munoz was stabbed and killed on a train by Josué Estébanez de la Hija, who was on his way to attend a rally organized by the extremist National Democracy party. Carlos himself was heading to a counter-rally…

_____ (2021-11-14). With Attack On Rights Groups, Israel's Impunity Is On Full Display. popularresistance.org Raja Shehadeh, Palestinian writer, and activist, and founder of the rights group Al-Haq, talks about the recent Israeli decision to designate six organizations as terrorists. He explains the context for the Israeli move, the long history of repression of Palestinian activists, and the resistance put up by these groups and the Palestinian people.

MEE staff (2021-11-14). Israel uses settler violence as 'tool' to take Palestinian land: B'Tselem. middleeasteye.net Israel uses settler violence as 'tool' to take Palestinian land: B'Tselem | Israel, as policy, 'fully supports and assists' settler intimidation tactics that often result in the loss Palestinian farm and pasture land, says Israeli rights group | Sun, 11/14/2021 – 18: 26 | Israeli soldiers stand near a Palestinian vehicle defaced with Star of David graffiti, believed to be vandalised by Israeli settlers, in al-…

Mel Gurtov (2021-11-14). Israel's new leadership offers nothing new to Palestinians. zcomm.org To all intents and purposes, Israeli policy on Palestine amounts to Netanyahu-ism without Netanyahu…

Lubna Masarwa (2021-11-14). Israel can monitor every telephone call in West Bank and Gaza, says intelligence source. middleeasteye.net Israel can monitor every telephone call in West Bank and Gaza, says intelligence source | 'Harsh invasion of privacy' provides Israeli Security Agency a system of control over the Palestinians | Sun, 11/14/2021 – 16: 02 | A woman uses her phone in a courtroom in Nablus, occupied West Bank in February 2021 (AFP) |

_____ (2021-11-14). Despite US Led Dirty Campaign, Nicaraguans Came Out In Force To Support The FSLN. popularresistance.org Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council declared President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) winners in an election that drew 65% of the eligible 4.4 million voters. Although Washington and its allies in the region denounced the election as a fraud preceded by repression of the opposition, there was significant participation of the electorate; moreover, despite claims that Ortega ran virtually unopposed, his ticket was contested by several long-standing opposition parties. Winning 75% of the vote, the FSLN demonstrated solid strength despite the U.S.

_____ (2021-11-14). With Attack On Rights Groups, Israel's Impunity Is On Full Display. popularresistance.org Raja Shehadeh, Palestinian writer, and activist, and founder of the rights group Al-Haq, talks about the recent Israeli decision to designate six organizations as terrorists. He explains the context for the Israeli move, the long history of repression of Palestinian activists, and the resistance put up by these groups and the Palestinian people.

Mel Gurtov (2021-11-14). Israel's new leadership offers nothing new to Palestinians. zcomm.org To all intents and purposes, Israeli policy on Palestine amounts to Netanyahu-ism without Netanyahu…

Yves Engler (2021-11-13). Military knows it looks bad but works with neo-Nazis anyway. mronline.org The Canadian military seem willing, even eager, to work with neo-Nazis in the Ukraine in order to weaken Russia, something the U.S., NATO and Ukrainian—Canadian groups support.

In Defense of Liberation! (2021-11-13). True Amerikkkan History: Settler-Colonialism, Capitalism, Imperialism and Fascism. anchor.fm In this episode I try to make an argument for the true nature of "Amerikkka", what we know as "the United States" as a Colonial, Capitalist enterprise, a settler-State, an oppressive regime, a Nationalist and sometimes even Fascist Imperialist Empire. Now, that's a lot of words. If you want to know what that means to me, please give this episode a listen! FUCK FASCISTS! FUCK EMPIRES! FUCK CAPITALISTS!

Richard Horton (2021-11-13). [Comment] Offline: Decolonisation and the demand for a just memory. thelancet.com According to Kehinde Andrews in The New Age of Empire, the deceit of modern science is its claim to stand for a set of universal values in the service of human progress. Andrews is the UK's first Professor of Black Studies. In his view "Whiteness is at the heart of Enlightenment thinking". The values that science affirms are not based on the universal but, instead, on a purely white particular. Today's western descendants of the Enlightenment "are fundamentally incapable of even naming the racism that is the basis of the global political and economic system".

Monica E Peek (2021-11-13). [Comment] By any means necessary: why lowering insulin prices is relevant to racial health equity. thelancet.com When young revolutionaries in the 1960s sought to free Black people in the USA from lives of structured racism (ie, the differential access to opportunity, goods, and services by race) "by any means necessary",1 few people imagined this movement might one day include efforts to overcome exorbitant insulin prices. Yet organisations such as the Black Panther Party (BPP) understood long ago how poverty and other structural inequities lead to worse health, and were instrumental in creating a framework for cross-sector collaboration to address health disparities in low-income Black communities.

Staff (2021-11-13). Celebration of Kamala Harris' trip as 'gaffe-free' stuns conservatives and liberals alike. rt.com A White House reporter's description of Vice President Kamala Harris' recent trip overseas as "gaffe-free" left conservative critics lauding accusations of bias while outraged liberals cried racism. | "VP Harris ends 5-day (gaffe-free) Paris trip [with] multiple themes," Jennifer Jacobs, Bloomberg's senior White House reporter tweeted after Harris' trip was complete, noting her time spent attending forums and speaking with French president Emmanuel Macron. | VP Harris ends 5-day (gaffe-free) Paris trip w multiple themes—hours w Macron (global stage/sub tiff amends), research lab (covid/cancer/science), A…

WSWS (2021-11-13). Trials begin of former SS guard and secretary at Stutthof concentration camp. wsws.org As in earlier trials, most of the joint plaintiffs are less concerned that the defendants, who are now very old, should receive a heavy sentence and go to prison, than that the brutal crimes of the Nazi regime should come before the courts and be condemned.

WSWS (2021-11-13). Canada's two largest provinces reject vaccine mandates for health workers. wsws.org Ontario's and Quebec's refusal to adopt this vital public health measure will result in still more unnecessary deaths. It is also a political gift to the far right.

WSWS (2021-11-13). Trump co-conspirator and fascist adviser Steve Bannon indicted for contempt of Congress. wsws.org The grand jury's indictment comes three weeks after the House, in a near party line vote, recommended holding Bannon in contempt for refusing to provide documentation and testify before the Select Committee.

WSWS (2021-11-13). NATO ratchets up anti-Russian offensive in Poland and Ukraine. wsws.org The US and European NATO powers are relying on far-right proxies with major fascist constituencies to push an aggressive anti-Russian campaign involving the deployment of tens of thousands of troops.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-13). With attack on Palestinian rights groups, Israel's impunity is on full display. peoplesdispatch.org Raja Shehadeh, Palestinian writer, and activist, and founder of the rights group Al-Haq, talks about the recent Israeli decision to designate six organizations as terrorists…

Anonymous669 (2021-11-13). Satellite Images Reveal Another Target Of Recent Israeli Strikes On Syria. southfront.org Illustrative photo of an Israeli F-15 Eagle fighter jet (Edi Israel/Flash90/File) | Newly-released satellite images have revealed another target that was hit during the The target is an air-defense base of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) located in the southern outskirts of the city of Homs in Syria's central region. The Israeli strikes didn't hit the base's in…

Richard Horton (2021-11-13). [Comment] Offline: Decolonisation and the demand for a just memory. thelancet.com According to Kehinde Andrews in The New Age of Empire, the deceit of modern science is its claim to stand for a set of universal values in the service of human progress. Andrews is the UK's first Professor of Black Studies. In his view "Whiteness is at the heart of Enlightenment thinking". The values that science affirms are not based on the universal but, instead, on a purely white particular. Today's western descendants of the Enlightenment "are fundamentally incapable of even naming the racism that is the basis of the global political and economic system".

Monica E Peek (2021-11-13). [Comment] By any means necessary: why lowering insulin prices is relevant to racial health equity. thelancet.com When young revolutionaries in the 1960s sought to free Black people in the USA from lives of structured racism (ie, the differential access to opportunity, goods, and services by race) "by any means necessary",1 few people imagined this movement might one day include efforts to overcome exorbitant insulin prices. Yet organisations such as the Black Panther Party (BPP) understood long ago how poverty and other structural inequities lead to worse health, and were instrumental in creating a framework for cross-sector collaboration to address health disparities in low-income Black communities.

Yves Engler (2021-11-13). Military knows it looks bad but works with neo-Nazis anyway. mronline.org The Canadian military seem willing, even eager, to work with neo-Nazis in the Ukraine in order to weaken Russia, something the U.S., NATO and Ukrainian—Canadian groups support.

WSWS (2021-11-13). Trials begin of former SS guard and secretary at Stutthof concentration camp. wsws.org As in earlier trials, most of the joint plaintiffs are less concerned that the defendants, who are now very old, should receive a heavy sentence and go to prison, than that the brutal crimes of the Nazi regime should come before the courts and be condemned.

WSWS (2021-11-13). Canada's two largest provinces reject vaccine mandates for health workers. wsws.org Ontario's and Quebec's refusal to adopt this vital public health measure will result in still more unnecessary deaths. It is also a political gift to the far right.

WSWS (2021-11-13). Trump co-conspirator and fascist adviser Steve Bannon indicted for contempt of Congress. wsws.org The grand jury's indictment comes three weeks after the House, in a near party line vote, recommended holding Bannon in contempt for refusing to provide documentation and testify before the Select Committee.

WSWS (2021-11-13). NATO ratchets up anti-Russian offensive in Poland and Ukraine. wsws.org The US and European NATO powers are relying on far-right proxies with major fascist constituencies to push an aggressive anti-Russian campaign involving the deployment of tens of thousands of troops.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-13). With attack on Palestinian rights groups, Israel's impunity is on full display. peoplesdispatch.org Raja Shehadeh, Palestinian writer, and activist, and founder of the rights group Al-Haq, talks about the recent Israeli decision to designate six organizations as terrorists…

sputniknews (2021-11-12). Kyle Rittenhouse's Mum Says Her Son 'Not a White Supremacist' as She Scolds Biden for 'Defaming' Him. sputniknews.com Kyle Rittenhouse is currently on trial as he faces charges, including murder, for shooting three men and killing two during an altercation at racial justice riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin in August 2020. The 18-year-old remains adamant in denying any wrongdoing and claiming self-defence.

Staff (2021-11-12). BLM could 'unleash the people' in New York — co-founder to RT. rt.com Black Lives Matter co-founder Chivona Newsome has warned that she has the power to "snap our fingers and unleash the people," should New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams resurrect controversial NYPD anti-crime units. | "Eric Adams is a man without a plan, so all he can conceive of is brute force," Newsome told RT America on Thursday. "That's how he wants to and plans to unleash law enforcement, NYPD, on black and brown people who live in … dire, dire poverty." | Read more | | Created to sto…

Staff (2021-11-12). Ye declares himself 'Young Putin'. rt.com Enigmatic rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has given another bizarre interview, in which he talked slavery, mental health, and why he thinks himself to be a "Young Putin" of culture. | Sitting down with Revolt TV's 'Drink Champs' podcast on Thursday, Kanye West unloaded on the recording industry for hiring rappers to promote violence in music ("a form of modern-day slavery"), hammered white Christians for telling him not to swear on his songs ("there were Christians in the KKK too"), and, bizarrely, compared himself to Russian President Vladimir Putin. | "I'm like Young Putin," he proclaimed, to cheers…

Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (2021-11-12). 'The Anti-Blackness of the US Is Extending to Black Asylum Seekers'. fair.org Janine Jackson interviewed the Black Alliance for Just Immigration's Nekessa Opoti about Haitian refugees for the CounterSpin211105Opoti.mp3 New York Times ( Janine Jackson: People around the world were appalled to see pictures of US Border Patrol officers on horseback wielding reins like whips in the effort to corral an…

MEE staff (2021-11-12). US Jewish groups urge Senate to approve antisemitism envoy. middleeasteye.net US Jewish groups urge Senate to approve antisemitism envoy | Senators urged to consider current nominee Deborah Lipstadt, who Republicans are blocking because of past tweets critical of lawmakers | Fri, 11/12/2021 – 18: 30 | Deborah Lipstadt was nominated to be the antisemitism envoy by US President Joe Biden in July (AFP/File photo) | A coalition of nearly two dozen American Jewish groups and denominations ha…

Albert Bender (2021-11-12). Mapuche people under siege by Chilean military; genocide being charged. peoplesworld.org In the southern sector of Chile, a "state of exception"—a euphemism for a "state of emergency"—has been declared by President Sebastian Piñera. Troops have been sent to the Araucania region, the land of the Mapuche Indigenous nationality. (Note: The government's name for the area, Araucania, is considered a pejorative term by many Mapuche.) Piñera has said four provinces have experienced what he …

_____ (2021-11-12). Campaigners Petition UN To Investigate Racial And Gender Discriminations In Global COVID-19 Vaccine Roll-Out. popularresistance.org An international coalition of human rights law groups, public health experts, and civil society organizations is taking legal action against the US, UK, Germany, Norway, and Switzerland, on the grounds that these countries are in violation of international human rights law by failing to intervene on what has been an inequitable and racially discriminatory roll-out of the vaccine and other COVID healthcare technologies.

WSWS (2021-11-12). Interview with Hampton Stall, an expert on the far right, on fascist activity in school reopening campaign and January 6 aftermath. wsws.org Eric London recently spoke to Hampton Stall about the impact of the January 6 coup attempt and the coronavirus pandemic on the far right. Stall is a researcher with MilitiaWatch, a nonprofit organization that monitors the online activity of the far right.

WSWS (2021-11-12). French police arrest far-right extremists on charges of preparing a coup d'état. wsws.org Remy Daillet was allegedly the leader of a 300-person nation-wide fascist paramilitary organisation, which had planned a coup d'état.

Tamara Nassar (2021-11-12). Victory for Palestinian hunger striker after 113 days without food. electronicintifada.net Israeli policies on hunger strikes push prisoners to the brink of death.

Anonymous669 (2021-11-12). Israeli, Saudi Warplanes Escorted US Strategic Bombers During Patrol Over Middle East (Video, Photos). southfront.org A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer supersonic bomber © Reuters | On November 11, Israel and Saudi fighter jets took turns escorting two American B-1B supersonic strategic heavy bombers during a presence patrol mission over the Middle East. | In a statement, the US Air Forces Central said that Israeli and Saudi fighter jets joined the patrol over their respective airspaces, while US fighter jets provided escort. | 2

teleSUR, jaa, MER (2021-11-12). ONU alerta que Israel asesinó a 331 palestinos en diez meses. telesurtv.net El informe de la OCHA precisa que Israel provocó más de 15.960 civiles palestinos heridos entre enero y octubre del 2021.

sputniknews (2021-11-12). Ex-Indian Diplomat: New Delhi Becoming Part of US 'Agenda on Iran', 'Subordinating' Its Interests. sputniknews.com Observers believe that Delhi's rising closeness to the US and Israel has affected its traditional relations with Iran, once India's largest crude supplier. Last month, India, the US, Israel, and the UAE came together to form a regional bloc, which Tel Aviv said was created because the four nations share "similar" evaluations about regional events.

Mohammad Ayesh (2021-11-12). Arabic press review: Former Palestinian ministers in Israeli settlement dates scandal. middleeasteye.net Arabic press review: Former Palestinian ministers in Israeli settlement dates scandal | Meanwhile, Kuwait stops issuing visas for Lebanese nationals, Palestine's government looks to austerity measures, and Yemen troop withdrawal reported | Fri, 11/12/2021 – 16: 15 | The two ex-ministers were arrested after their involvement in 'marketing Israeli settlement dates and changing the origin of those…

Anonymous103 (2021-11-12). US-Led Provocative Drills In The Red Sea May Obstruct Nuclear Deal Negotiations. southfront.org Illustrative ImageUS, Israel, UAE, and Bahrain are conducting military maneuvers in the Red Sea in a message to Tehran. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. | Once again, US-led military maneuvers create unnecessary tensions and hamper international negotiations. Recently announced military

Edna Mohamed (2021-11-12). UK bulldozer firm failed to perform human rights checks on sales to Israel. middleeasteye.net UK bulldozer firm failed to perform human rights checks on sales to Israel | JCB did not take carry out due diligence checks over the possible use of its equipment to demolish Palestinian homes, watchdog concludes | Fri, 11/12/2021 – 16: 42 | The rubble of a family home after it was demolished by Israeli authorities in the village of Beit Kahel near the West Bank town of Hebron, on 28 November 2019 (A…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-12). Palestinian administrative detainee ends 113-day hunger strike after agreement with Israeli authorities. peoplesdispatch.org Miqdad al-Qawasmeh will be released after his current administrative detention terms ends in February. Six other Palestinians continue to be on hunger strike to protest their illegal imprisonment by Israel…

Ann Brown (2021-11-12). Biden Calls Famous Baseball Player Satchel Paige A Negro In Speech, Democrats Go Quiet. moguldom.com President Joe Biden has made another racist gaffe, reinforcing his reputation for throwing around archaic terms to describe Black people. The president referred to the late baseball player Satchel Paige as "the great Negro" before correcting himself during his Oct. 11 Veterans Day address at Arlington National Cemetery. Biden was honoring the former U.S. Ambassador …

sputniknews (2021-11-12). Kyle Rittenhouse's Mum Says Her Son 'Not a White Supremacist' as She Scolds Biden for 'Defaming' Him. sputniknews.com Kyle Rittenhouse is currently on trial as he faces charges, including murder, for shooting three men and killing two during an altercation at racial justice riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin in August 2020. The 18-year-old remains adamant in denying any wrongdoing and claiming self-defence.

Albert Bender (2021-11-12). Mapuche people under siege by Chilean military; genocide being charged. peoplesworld.org In the southern sector of Chile, a "state of exception"—a euphemism for a "state of emergency"—has been declared by President Sebastian Piñera. Troops have been sent to the Araucania region, the land of the Mapuche Indigenous nationality. (Note: The government's name for the area, Araucania, is considered a pejorative term by many Mapuche.) Piñera has said four provinces have experienced what he …

WSWS (2021-11-12). Interview with Hampton Stall, an expert on the far right, on fascist activity in school reopening campaign and January 6 aftermath. wsws.org Eric London recently spoke to Hampton Stall about the impact of the January 6 coup attempt and the coronavirus pandemic on the far right. Stall is a researcher with MilitiaWatch, a nonprofit organization that monitors the online activity of the far right.

WSWS (2021-11-12). French police arrest far-right extremists on charges of preparing a coup d'état. wsws.org Remy Daillet was allegedly the leader of a 300-person nation-wide fascist paramilitary organisation, which had planned a coup d'état.

Tamara Nassar (2021-11-12). Victory for Palestinian hunger striker after 113 days without food. electronicintifada.net Israeli policies on hunger strikes push prisoners to the brink of death.

teleSUR, jaa, MER (2021-11-12). ONU alerta que Israel asesinó a 331 palestinos en diez meses. telesurtv.net El informe de la OCHA precisa que Israel provocó más de 15.960 civiles palestinos heridos entre enero y octubre del 2021.

Anonymous103 (2021-11-12). US-Led Provocative Drills In The Red Sea May Obstruct Nuclear Deal Negotiations. southfront.org Illustrative ImageUS, Israel, UAE, and Bahrain are conducting military maneuvers in the Red Sea in a message to Tehran. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. | Once again, US-led military maneuvers create unnecessary tensions and hamper international negotiations. Recently announced military

sputniknews (2021-11-12). Ex-Indian Diplomat: New Delhi Becoming Part of US 'Agenda on Iran', 'Subordinating' Its Interests. sputniknews.com Observers believe that Delhi's rising closeness to the US and Israel has affected its traditional relations with Iran, once India's largest crude supplier. Last month, India, the US, Israel, and the UAE came together to form a regional bloc, which Tel Aviv said was created because the four nations share "similar" evaluations about regional events.

Anonymous669 (2021-11-12). Israeli, Saudi Warplanes Escorted US Strategic Bombers During Patrol Over Middle East (Video, Photos). southfront.org A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer supersonic bomber © Reuters | On November 11, Israel and Saudi fighter jets took turns escorting two American B-1B supersonic strategic heavy bombers during a presence patrol mission over the Middle East. | In a statement, the US Air Forces Central said that Israeli and Saudi fighter jets joined the patrol over their respective airspaces, while US fighter jets provided escort. | 2

WSWS (2021-11-11). Kenosha judge shields right-wing extremist killer Kyle Rittenhouse during his murder trial testimony. wsws.org Judge Schroeder repeatedly intervened to block questions that would have undermined the far-right narrative that the teenage vigilante, an associate of the violent and fascistic Proud Boys, was acting in "self-defense."

Staff (2021-11-11). White Supremacy on Trial: From Rittenhouse in Kenosha to Killers of Ahmaud Arbery, Will They Go Free? democracynow.org Kyle Rittenhouse took to the stand on Wednesday before his defense team asked for a mistrial with prejudice in the case. If a mistrial is granted, Rittenhouse cannot be tried again, though the judge did not immediately rule on the request and said jury deliberations could begin on Monday. Now 18 years old, Rittenhouse was 17 when he fatally shot two men and injured one with a semiautomatic rifle during racial justice protests last year in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Rittenhouse is pleading not guilty to six charges, including homicide. While questioned, Rittenhouse broke down in tears, admitting to using deadly force but…

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-11). Majestic, Invincible, Supreme Azeri Khan arrives in capital of Pan-Turkic empire. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com President Ilham Aliyev arrives on a visit to the Republic of Turkey On November 11, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev arrived in the Republic of Turkey to participate in the VIII Summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-speaking States. A guard of honor was lined up in honor of the head of …

_____ (2021-11-11). Dismantling Racism And Militarism In US Foreign Policy. popularresistance.org The Racism-Militarism Paradigm is a way of looking at the world, widely shared among the U.S. policymaking community and much of the public, that arises from a largely unacknowledged doctrine of white supremacy and the necessity of using violence to uphold it. This paradigm establishes a rigid hierarchy, based on race, that values white lives more than any other—at home and abroad. It embraces militarism as the most effective mechanism to guarantee this ordering of society and the world. | The U.S. quest for global military supremacy causes immense harm at home and abroad, particularly to people of color. T…

Staff (2021-11-11). Critical Race Theory Is About Exposing The Truth About America & Structural Racism. commondreams.org I think of the current Critical Race Theory controversy more as a Ziploc bag: a quick, easy place to stuff American history and get it out of the way, so we don't have to think about—and therefore atone for—the criminal harm caused by four centuries of structural racism.

_____ (2021-11-11). We Urgently Need A Transformative Approach To Public Safety. popularresistance.org On Tuesday, October 26, Black Lives Matter joined fellow civil rights leaders to engage with and discuss tangible policy proposals to transform current approaches to public safety with senior officials from the White House and the Department of Justice. | While we appreciate the invitation to speak and discuss solutions, we call on the White House to be courageous as it moves towards Executive Action to move us towards the kind of transformation that this moment demands — the kind of transformation that the spirits of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Dijon Kizzee, Wakiesha Wilson, Andrew Joseph III, and so man…

teleSUR (2021-11-11). FW de Clerk, Last Apartheid South African President, Dead at 85. telesurenglish.net The death of South Africa's last white president Frederik Willem (FW) de Klerk has drawn mixed reactions. | RELATED: | Frederic De Klerk, who negotiated with the African National Congress the end of the apartheid regime, and a peaceful transfer of power to a Black-led government, died on Thursday aged 85, after a battle with cancer. | De Klerk shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Mandela in 1993 after having earned internati…

Paul Haeder (2021-11-11). Another Genocide Month: Plying the Ignorance of K12, USA Lower/Higher Ed. dissidentvoice.org Here we go, what will most likely be published in the Newport News Times, two-times a week dwindling newspaper. I will then follow up, for sure, at the end of this fit-for-small-town-news column. November is National Native American Indian Heritage Month By Paul K. Haeder Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are …

Ramzy Baroud (2021-11-11). Bill Gates Should Know Better: How the Israeli Occupation Ravages the Environment in Palestine. dissidentvoice.org Those who are not familiar with how Israel, particularly the Israeli military occupation of Palestine, is actively and irreversibly damaging the environment might reach the erroneous conclusion that Tel Aviv is at the forefront of the global fight against climate change. The reality is the exact opposite. In his speech at the UN Climate Change …

MEE staff (2021-11-11). US lawmaker leads call against 'hacking for hire' after NSO blacklisting. middleeasteye.net US lawmaker leads call against 'hacking for hire' after NSO blacklisting | Congressman Tom Malinowski says US move against NSO is not against Israel but about 'out-of-control private hacking' | Thu, 11/11/2021 – 16: 56 | In July, US Congressman Tom Malinowski first led a congressional call for the US to take action against NSO (AFP/File photo) |

MEE, agencies (2021-11-11). Israel convicts Spanish woman of funnelling aid to banned Palestinian group. middleeasteye.net Israel convicts Spanish woman of funnelling aid to banned Palestinian group | Juana Ruiz Rishmawi worked as a fundraiser for the Health Work Committees, which Israel accuses of having links to the PFLP, designated a 'terrorist group' by the EU and US | Thu, 11/11/2021 – 10: 29 | Juana Ruiz Rishmawi, 63, has worked as a fundraiser for the Health Work Committees (HWC), a Palestinian aid grou…

Edna Mohamed (2021-11-11). UAE, Bahrain, Israel and US conduct first joint naval exercises following normalisation. middleeasteye.net UAE, Bahrain, Israel and US conduct first joint naval exercises following normalisation | The drills mark the first publicly announced military cooperation between the UAE, Bahrain and Israel since they normalised diplomatic relations in September last year | Thu, 11/11/2021 – 15: 40 | A US Navy drone flies over as Royal Bahrain Naval Force (RBNF) Abdulrahman Al Fadhel takes part in joint naval exerci…

Anonymous669 (2021-11-11). Israel, US, UAE & Bahrain Kick Off Naval Drills In Red Sea. southfront.org GULF OF MEXICO (July 3, 2017) The amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) has conducts its first set of sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico. Ingalls' test and trials team spent four days operating the 11th San Antonio-class ship and demonstrating its systems. (U.S. Navy photo by Lance Davis/Released) 170703-N-N0101-001 | On November 10, forces from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Israel and US Naval…

Mustafa Abu Sneineh (2021-11-11). Israel: Palestinian prisoner ends hunger strike after 113 days. middleeasteye.net Israel: Palestinian prisoner ends hunger strike after 113 days | Miqdad al-Qawasmi has reached an agreement with Israeli authorities to end his hunger strike and to be released in February 2022 | Thu, 11/11/2021 – 14: 47 | Miqdad al-Qawasmi gestures on the hospital bed following his ending of the hunger strike (Twitter\@ShehabAgency) | A Palestinian prisoner ended his 113-day hung…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-11). Demonstrations held in support of six Palestinian groups terror-listed by Israel. peoplesdispatch.org The demonstrations were held in front of the UN and UNESCO offices in Ramallah and Gaza city. The protesters called for increased international pressure on Israel to rescind its terrorist designation of the six Palestinian groups…

MEE staff (2021-11-11). US: Biden's Iran envoy travels to Israel, Gulf ahead of Iran nuclear talks. middleeasteye.net US: Biden's Iran envoy travels to Israel, Gulf ahead of Iran nuclear talks | Robert Malley travels to Israel, UAE, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia to 'coordinate approaches' on Tehran | Thu, 11/11/2021 – 19: 33 | Robert Malley noted last month that the US was assessing all its options if a deal is not reached (AFP/File photo) | The

MEE staff (2021-11-11). Pegasus: Palestine says NSO spyware found on phones of three senior officials. middleeasteye.net Pegasus: Palestine says NSO spyware found on phones of three senior officials | Ministry of foreign affairs tells MEE the find is a dangerous development that will not pass without repercussions | Thu, 11/11/2021 – 12: 04 | The statement came as NSO's chief executive Itzik Benbenisti, who had only been in the job for two weeks, resigned from his role (Reuters) | Palestine's ministry of foreign affairs has said…

_____ (2021-11-11). 'Unite The Right' On Trial In Charlottesville. popularresistance.org Charlottesville, VA — After four long years of litigation the lawsuit trial against leading white supremacist organizers and groups kicked off on October 25, 2021 at the federal courthouse in Charlottesville, Virginia. Attorneys for victims of the 'Unite the Right' racist attacks are seeking justice in a civil lawsuit. | Called 'Sines v. Kessler' for short, the trial expected to last a full month, just a few blocks from where convicted defendant James Alex Fields killed Heather Heyer and injured dozens more, including several plaintiffs in the case. | The lawsuit seeks to prove that the white supremacists w…

MEE staff (2021-11-11). Saudi court overturns death sentence for man convicted as minor, family says. middleeasteye.net Saudi court overturns death sentence for man convicted as minor, family says | Abdullah al-Huwaiti was arrested when he was 14 and given the death penalty at 17 on murder and armed robbery charges | Thu, 11/11/2021 – 17: 00 | Abdullah al-Huwaiti was convicted despite having an alibi putting him 200km away from the scene of the crime (Human Rights Watch) | Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court has overturned a death sen…

MEE, agencies (2021-11-11). Israel convicts Spanish woman of funnelling aid to banned Palestinian group. middleeasteye.net Israel convicts Spanish woman of funnelling aid to banned Palestinian group | Juana Ruiz Rishmawi, 63, has worked as a fundraiser for the Health Work Committees, which Israel accuses of having links to PFLP, labelled as 'terrorist' in EU and US, the PFLP | Thu, 11/11/2021 – 10: 29 | Juana Ruiz Rishmawi, 63, has worked as a fundraiser for the Health Work Committees (HWC), a Palestinian aid…

WSWS (2021-11-11). Kenosha judge shields right-wing extremist killer Kyle Rittenhouse during his murder trial testimony. wsws.org Judge Schroeder repeatedly intervened to block questions that would have undermined the far-right narrative that the teenage vigilante, an associate of the violent and fascistic Proud Boys, was acting in "self-defense."

Paul Haeder (2021-11-11). Another Genocide Month: Plying the Ignorance of K12, USA Lower/Higher Ed. dissidentvoice.org Here we go, what will most likely be published in the Newport News Times, two-times a week dwindling newspaper. I will then follow up, for sure, at the end of this fit-for-small-town-news column. November is National Native American Indian Heritage Month By Paul K. Haeder Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are …

Ramzy Baroud (2021-11-11). Bill Gates Should Know Better: How the Israeli Occupation Ravages the Environment in Palestine. dissidentvoice.org Those who are not familiar with how Israel, particularly the Israeli military occupation of Palestine, is actively and irreversibly damaging the environment might reach the erroneous conclusion that Tel Aviv is at the forefront of the global fight against climate change. The reality is the exact opposite. In his speech at the UN Climate Change …

MEE staff (2021-11-11). Pegasus: Palestine says NSO spyware found on phones of three senior officials. middleeasteye.net Pegasus: Palestine says NSO spyware found on phones of three senior officials | Ministry of foreign affairs tells MEE the find is a dangerous development that will not pass without repercussions | Thu, 11/11/2021 – 12: 04 | The statement came as NSO's chief executive Itzik Benbenisti, who had only been in the job for two weeks, resigned from his role (Reuters) | Palestine's ministry of foreign affairs has said…

Fra Hughes (2021-11-10). Getting Away With Murder — Britain to Protect its War Criminals. orinocotribune.com By Fra Hughes — Nov 8, 2021 | Every Empire is guilty of war crimes. Executing enemy combatants on the battlefield. Destroying hospitals, watercourses, and infrastructure. Carpet bombing cities. Murdering civilians. Torture. Raping men, women, and children. Starving the enemy into submission. Genocide. Mass slaughter and ethnic cleansing. | The British Empire was no different. | From North America to Australia. From New Zealand to Zimbabwe. From Ireland to Palestine, Britain has been accused of heinous war crimes against indigenous populations while extracting the wealth, minerals, and natural resources of th…

Barnaby Papadopulos (2021-11-10). Lebanon: Drugs cheaper than food for Palestinian refugees. middleeasteye.net Lebanon: Drugs cheaper than food for Palestinian refugees | Amphetamine abuse is rife at the Beddawi camp near Tripoli, where Lebanon's economic crisis means no rehab facilities | Wed, 11/10/2021 – 11: 23 | A peddler pushes a cart along the Abu al-Foz street mainly inhabited by Syrian and Palestinian refugees, in the Baddawi Palestinian Camp on the outskirts of Lebanon's Tripoli o…

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-10). NATO "undertaking biggest adaptation since the Cold War" for "authoritarian regimes, climate change, disruptive technologies" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO Military Committee discusses NATO's Deterrence and Defence at SHAPE After a short welcome by General Tod Wolters, the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), the NATO Military Representatives were ushered into their first session of the day dedicated to the Concept for the Deterrence and Defence of the Euro-Atlantic Area (DDA). Alongside NATO's Warfighting Capstone …

Martha Grevatt (2021-11-10). Midwest elections and the struggle against racism. workers.org Cleveland voters made history Nov. 2 when they approved Issue 24, which creates a permanent community review board to oversee police conduct. Nearly 60% voted in favor citywide, with larger percentages on Cleveland's East Side, the historic base of the African American community. Citizens for a Safer Cleveland delivers ballot . . . |

Editor (2021-11-10). Editorial/ Es hora de enterrar el 'chuzo. workers.org El béisbol -que durante mucho tiempo se ha promocionado como el "pasatiempo nacional de Estados Unidos"— acaba de dar a millones de personas de todo el mundo una mirada horrorosa al crudo racismo colonial de los colonos sobre el que se funda Estados Unidos. Un aficionado al deporte dice 'El . . . |

Monica Moorehead (2021-11-10). Trials highlight racism — Black Lives Matter. workers.org Two high-profile murder trials are taking place simultaneously in the U.S. — one in the Deep South and the other in the Midwest. Despite the obvious distance in miles, both trials have two main political themes in common: The first is the prevalence of white supremacy and the second is . . . |

This Week in Fascism (2021-11-10). This Week in Fascism #122: Boston Shuts It Down, Hundreds Protest Milo, Far-Right Mass Shooter in Boise, National Justice Party Gathers Neo-Nazi Island of Unwanted Goys. itsgoingdown.org photo: @AlissaAzar And we are back! Lots to cover in this installment — and happily, a lot of it is action! We've got a jammed list of action reports along with the usual doxxes, news, ways to support prisoners, and a few alerts and breaking stories. From leftovers ala Unite the Right attempting to rebrand…

Danny Haiphong (2021-11-10). On American Patriotism: A Marxist Polemic. orinocotribune.com By Danny Haiphong — Nov 5, 2021 | The embrace of American patriotism, what some are calling "proletarian patriotism" within online circles, is yet another attempt to rebrand American nationalism. It is similar in character but different in form to the ongoing effort to rebrand the two-party system through the development of a "socialist" bloc within the Democratic Party's corporate jaws. Ideology is rendered an abstraction in each case rather than a reflection of the material conditions of society. The Democratic Party is a capitalist-owned party and therefore cannot but serve the interests of the capitalist…

_____ (2021-11-10). COP26 Can Learn From West Papua's Green Resistance. popularresistance.org The Indonesian state has dominated West Papua with military force since 1962. West Papua is the western half of the island of New Guinea, situated immediately north of Australia. The Netherlands colonized the territory during the nineteenth century. As the Dutch began to decolonize during the 1950s, they prepared West Papua for independence. This came, briefly, at the end of 1961. Shortly after, Indonesia invaded in 1962. This began an enduring occupation predicated on political repression, cultural destruction, and colonial genocide. | It has also resulted in environmental devastation locally and globally, but W…

_____ (2021-11-10). Mass Killings, Native Erasure. popularresistance.org Upon his arrival into the "New World" Columbus and his crew unleashed a vicious and relentless wave of violence against the Indigenous populations. From enslavement, to mass rapes, to mass killings Columbus and his men inflicted grotesque levels of violence never before seen in the Western hemisphere. By 1508, an estimated three to five million Indigenous peoples from the Island Nations had died since the time of Columbus's arrival. | The genocide had begun, one driven, and backed, by an ideology under the Doctrine of Discovery that claimed European Christians had a God given right to set forth and colonize any l…

WSWS (2021-11-10). House Republican Paul Gosar tweets anime video depicting him killing Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. wsws.org Paul Gosar, the fascistic Republican congressman from Arizona and supporter of Trump's attempt to overthrow the 2020 election, posted a video on social media depicting himself attacking and killing Democratic Representative Ocasio-Cortez.

Asa Winstanley (2021-11-10). UK government attacks Palestine student protesters. electronicintifada.net Police investigation threatened after peaceful protest against Israeli ambassador at London School of Economics.

Mustafa Abu Sneineh (2021-11-10). Pegasus: Israel designated Palestinian NGOs 'terrorist' to cover hacking tracks, report says. middleeasteye.net Pegasus: Israel designated Palestinian NGOs 'terrorist' to cover hacking tracks, report says | Sources tell Ynet that Israel rushed to label groups 'terrorist organisations' after realising that the hacking of NGO workers' phones would be made public | Wed, 11/10/2021 – 11: 48 | Israel is ready to press Washington to reverse its decision to blacklist the NSO Group, which produces…

Marjorie Cohn (2021-11-10). Absent Any Proof, Israel Designates Palestinian Rights Groups "Terrorist" zcomm.org In an effort to cut off the financial lifelines of six of the most prominent Palestinian human rights groups, the state of Israel has baselessly designated them as "terrorist" organizations…

Binoy Kampmark (2021-11-10). Blacklisting the merchants of spyware. greenleft.org.au The US Department of Commerce revealed on November 3 that it would be adding Israeli-based spyware developers NSO Group and Candiru to its blacklist, reports Binoy Kampmark.

Ari Paul (2021-11-10). Politico's Staff must toe new owner's line—including endorsing Israel. mronline.org It's been a rough time for German media giant Axel Springer. The company ousted the top editor at Bild, one of its most influential right-wing newspapers, over sexual harassment charges (New York Times, 10/18/21).

Shatha Hammad (2021-11-10). Israel: Settler attacks on Palestinian olive harvest 'most dangerous in years'. middleeasteye.net Israel: Settler attacks on Palestinian olive harvest 'most dangerous in years' | Palestinian olive farmers say attacks 'under the watchful eye' of the Israeli army have destroyed the otherwise festive harvest season | Wed, 11/10/2021 – 09: 51 | Palestinian farmers Ashraf and Abdelrahman el-Dor (L-R) on their land in Wadi al-Balat, between Nablus and Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on 25 October…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-10). Pegasus used to spy on six Palestinian human rights activists, finds investigation. peoplesdispatch.org The investigation by Frontline Defenders revealed that the iPhones of the six activists were hacked using the Pegasus spyware from July 2020 onwards. Three of the activists were working with Palestinian human rights groups recently designated as terrorists by Israel…

Joris Leverink (2021-11-10). #StandWithThe6 Against Israeli Attack on Palestinian Human Rights Organizations. roarmag.org On October 19, Israel's Minister of Defense, Benny Gantz

Jonathan Cook (2021-11-10). COP26: Military pollution is the skeleton in the West's climate closet. mronline.org Leaders at the COP26 summit have no intention of tackling the growing environmental impacts caused by their 'defence' spending.

MEE staff (2021-11-10). Israel to lobby against US sanctions on NSO citing national security: Report. middleeasteye.net Israel to lobby against US sanctions on NSO citing national security: Report | Spyware firms NSO and Candiru are crucial to Israel's national security, two officials tell The New York Times | Wed, 11/10/2021 – 17: 56 | NSO has sparked outrage after an investigation revealed its Pegasus spyware was used by authoritarian governments (Reuters/File photo) | Israel is planning to campaign against US sanctions level…

Staff (2021-11-10). Padrino Accuses Colombia of Inventing Enemies to 'Sponge off Dollars'. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's Vice President for Political Sovereignty and Peace, Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Padrino López, dismissed accusations made by the Colombian defense minister, Diego Molano, who claimed that there are Hezbollah cells operating on the Colombian border, with Venezuelan support. | "Now they have invented a so-called common enemy to sponge off a few extra dollars," declared Padrino in a message published on his Twitter account, where he mocked the new accusations by Colombia. | Padrino wrote: "they have not found out that in Israel there are Jews and not fools that would buy this lie of a 11,580-kilometer-aw…

Fight Back (2021-11-10). Milwaukee Alliance hosts rally to focus the county budget on community, not cops. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On the afternoon of November 6, the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (MAARPR) held a rally at Red Arrow Park in downtown Milwaukee. This rally was in protest of the current county budget proposal, which the County Board of Supervisors will vote on the morning of November 8. The current proposal would increase the already bloated budget of the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) by 6%. MAARPR's canvassing efforts over the past six months have revealed that working-class Black and brown people in Milwaukee do not want this budgetary increase. | In addition to protestin…

WSWS (2021-11-10). University of Michigan faculty open letter supports witch-hunt, rejects letter signed by hundreds defending victimized professor Bright Sheng. wsws.org The letter aims to intimidate all those who oppose the strictures of racial and identity politics and their enforcement by institutionalized thought police by branding them as "racist."

_____ (2021-11-10). Iran's Politics in the Turbulent Middle East. journal-neo.org In his instructions to the new cabinet, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denounced US President Joe Biden as a "ravenous wolf," telling his ministers, "Diplomacy should not be influenced and linked to the nuclear issue." Instead, President Ebrahim Raisi's team intends to focus on east-oriented economic diplomacy. Both Raisi and Ali Khamenei condemned the previous President …