2022-08-31: News Headlines

Jeff Cohen, Norman Solomon (2022-08-31). Steps Left for Electing Progressives and Defeating Republicans in the Midterms. indybay.org Threat of fascism is real but disaster can be avoided…

WSWS (2022-08-31). Biden to address nation on threat of fascism. wsws.org On Thursday, Joe Biden will deliver a national address from Philadelphia in which he will tell the country that "our democracy is at stake." But the statements and actions of the Biden administration make clear that the Democratic Party is not fighting fascism, it is paving the way for the further strengthening of the far right.

WSWS (2022-08-31). Nineteen months after January 6, Biden discovers the threat of fascism. wsws.org On Thursday, Joe Biden will deliver a national address from Philadelphia in which he will tell the country that "our democracy is at stake." But the statements and actions of the Biden administration make clear that the Democratic Party is not fighting fascism, it is paving the way for the further strengthening of the far right.

Maureen Clare Murphy (2022-08-30). Israel sentences Gaza aid worker to 12 years after sham trial. electronicintifada.net Conviction and recent raids on rights groups increase "chilling effect" in Palestine.

Fedaa al-Qedra (2022-08-30). Spike in children denied medical treatment by Israel's military. electronicintifada.net Three children have died so far this year after their travel permits were rejected or delayed.

Tamara Nassar (2022-08-30). Musicians boycott Berlin festival backed by Israel. electronicintifada.net Pop-Kultur organizers had concealed Tel Aviv's support until the last minute.

_____ (2022-08-30). Tales From The Parents Of Tortured Palestinian Children. popularresistance.org Beit Hanina, Occupied Jerusalem — The United States House of Representatives submission to Israel and Zionism is both pathetic and enraging. This total submission to the will and interests of the Zionist movement and the State of Israel does not serve the interests of the American people, and only goes to support a state that has been recognized as a racist, violent apartheid regime. As one Palestinian said to me recently, U.S. foreign aid for Israel goes towards my oppression and the killing of my people. | Nowhere is Congress' blind support for Israel more heinous, more horrifying and more outrageous than…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-30). 'Bitter Street' in Lugansk: A Battle Line Drawn with Nazi Elements after 2014. libya360.wordpress.com John Parker From left: Alexey Albu of Borotba; John Parker of Socialist Unity Party; and Evgeniy Miroshnichenko, member of the Youth Parliament, State Duma of Russia. SLL photo From May 1 to May 12, I traveled to both Russia and the Lugansk People's Republic, an independent republic in the Donbass region, formerly part of eastern…

Anonymous103 (2022-08-30). Military Situation In Ukraine On August 30, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-sie image | Russia struck the 1st Tank Brigade of the AFU near Aleksandrovka with high-precision missiles, killing more than 200 servicemen, including about 40 foreign mercenaries; | Russia struck the base of Foreign Legion of Ukraine and command post of nazi Kraken battalion near Konstantinovka, killing more than 100 militants; | Russian missiles destroyed workshops of the Intervzryvprom plant in Kryvyi Rih; | Russia struck the AFU 65th Mechanized Brigades near Vodyanoye with high-pr…

Brian Stull (2022-08-30). The Sinister and Racist Practice Infecting Death Penalty Juries. aclu.org Every person accused of a crime is entitled to a jury of their peers. While this is a fundamental right, it is not the case in death penalty trials. Jury selection in death penalty trials is unconstitutionally discriminatory and exclusionary because of a process called "death qualification," which prosecutors use to exclude jurors. | Here's how it works: To serve on a death penalty jury, potential jurors must declare to prosecutors that they are willing to impose the death penalty. This assertion makes them — "death qualified." Death qualification is as sinister as it sounds, and it's demonstrably racist…

Dr. Gilbert Doctorow (2022-08-30). Russian Allegations of Rampant Nazism in Europe. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2022-08-30). Residents Refuse To Be Forced From Homes Won Through Past Struggle. popularresistance.org Forty years ago, residents of Philadelphia won a subsidized housing community in the area known as Black Bottom after fighting the discrimination and displacement being used to clear the way for University City. Now the city is allowing that community, 72 residences called University City Townhomes (UCT), to be sold for gentrification. Clearing the FOG spoke with Rasheda Alexander, a resident of UCT, and Sterling Johnson of Philadelphia Housing Action about their efforts to protect UCT and stop the wave of evictions and displacement that primarily target low income black and brown people. Their organizing and act…

Editor (2022-08-30). How to Elect Progressives and Defeat Republicans in the Midterms. scheerpost.com By Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon Almost all the primaries are behind us now, and the current outlook is still grim for the midterm elections this fall. The semi-fascist Republican Party is very well-positioned to win control of the House and has a decent chance of also gaining a majority in the Senate. But demagoguery …

Jack Gilroy (2022-08-30). Thirty Six Percent of Mass Shooters Were Trained by the U.S. Military, But Few Americans Know This Because the Media Never Report It. covertactionmagazine.com Media pundits and politicians blame lax gun laws, social isolation and mental illness for mass shootings, but ignore the advent of a fascist culture that venerates the U.S. military. In the wake of a barrage of mass shootings, the media have offered a variety of explanations centering predominantly on the social isolation and mental illness …

Liberation Staff (2022-08-30). PSL Editorial — Reject Biden's plan for 100,000 more cops on the streets. liberationnews.org President Biden gave a major speech in Pennsylvania today on crime and policing as part of the roll out of his "Safer America Plan" — and his ongoing effort to slander and distance himself from the historic 2020 mass movement that shook the racist foundations of this country.

Fight Back (2022-08-30). San José reacts to Supreme Court threat to overturn DACA. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – "No ban! No wall! Legalization for all!" was heard at San José City Hall as about 20 people showed up on Saturday, August 27, to protest the possibility of the U.S. Supreme Court repealing DACA, which would affect nearly a million undocumented immigrants and their families in the United States. | The protest coincided with the 52nd anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium and came in response to a call from the Legalization for All (L4A) Network. The connection between the struggles of undocumented immigrants, especially from Mexico and other Latin American nations, and the Chicano nation, or Aztlan,…

Brenda Norrell (2022-08-30). Catholic Church: "Take the Money and Run" indybay.org An access to information request exposes Canada's secret deal that allows the Catholic Church to renege on its promise of $25 million for residential school survivors. When the deal to renege was exposed this week, the Catholic Church announced that it is quickly moving all of its financial assets to the Vatican Bank. The Catholic Church confessed to genocide in July. Demands continue for Nuremburg-style trials in the international court.

____ (2022-08-30). MOFA: Chinese Embassy in Cambodia receives over 20 Taiwan compatriots' requests for help. ecns.cn The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday said the Chinese Embassy in Cambodia has received requests for help from more than 20 Taiwan compatriots and has assisted the Cambodian side in successfully rescuing some of them.

Cameron orr (2022-08-30). Sign the #VoteAgainstFascism pledge! cpusa.org Sign the pledge to get out the #VoteAgainstFascism!

H. Scott Prosterman (2022-08-30). Expanding the Occupation of Palestinians in thenewsauthor"> of Jesus. juancole.com Most people agree that imperialism has been a very bad thing for the world. American Indian leader Dennis Means addressed a capacity crowd at the Rackham Auditorium at the University of Michigan in 1981. When I asked him to compare the plight of American Indians with the Palestinians, Mr. Means said, "Palestinians are the Indians …

____ (2022-08-30). Chinese Embassy in Cambodia receives over 20 Taiwan compatriots' requests for help. ecns.cn

John Bachtell (2022-08-30). Millions of women planning to vote in November to preserve abortion rights. peoplesworld.org If Democrats defy history and retain majorities in the U.S. House and Senate in November, the day the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal right to an abortion may be seen forever as the day millions of women decided to vote this year to change the direction of the country in favor of democracy. …

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