Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-01-31). Video: Justin Trudeau Accuses Freedom Convoy 2022 of Propagating Hatred, Racism and Violence. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2022-01-31). Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Patrisse Cullors on Abolition & Imagining a Society Based on Care. democracynow.org We speak with Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors about her new book, "An Abolitionist's Handbook," which lays out her journey toward abolition and 12 principles activists can follow to practice abolition, which she describes as the elimination of police, prisons, jails, surveillance and the current court system. "We have to imagine what we would do with these dollars, with these budgets, and they have to really be an imagination that's grounded in care," says Cullors. She also speaks about her community organizing in Los Angeles, which fought $3.5 billion worth of jail expansion, and her multi-year co…

WSWS (2022-01-31). At Texas rally, Trump promises to pardon January 6 militia foot soldiers if reelected. wsws.org Flanked by top Texas Republicans, including Governor Greg Abbott, the former president incited fascistic violence against immigrants and his political and legal enemies while reiterating his "stolen election" lies.

WSWS (2022-01-31). Fascist podcaster manipulates tragic case of Minnesota COVID patient to attack health care providers. wsws.org Far-right elements are using the case of Scott Quiner, a ventilated COVID-19 patient who died after being moved from Mercy Hospital in Minnesota to a Texas hospital, as a rallying point for anti-vaccine forces.

Ali Abunimah (2022-01-31). EU using "Green Deal" funds to power Israeli settlements. electronicintifada.net Brussels' latest financial gift rewards Israel's criminal behavior.

Ramzy Baroud (2022-01-31). Israel's Hasbara in Sheikh Jarrah: On Gilad Erdan's 'Terrorist' Rock and Faulty Logic. dissidentvoice.org Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, is leading his country's anti-Palestinian propaganda, this time engaging in pre-emptive hasbara in anticipation of a Palestinian response to the ongoing evictions in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. "Would you consider it a terror attack if a rock like this was thrown at your car …

Staff (2022-01-31). 5 February, Webinar: Remembering Samah Idriss. samidoun.net REMEMBERING SAMAH IDRISS: An Organic Intellectual and his Subversive Literary and Socio-Political Paths Speakers: RABAB ABDULHADI & RULA JURDI Saturday, February 5, 2022 11 am Pacific — 2 pm Eastern — 9 pm Palestine Register to join on Zoom: bit.ly/samahevent This webinar will take place in English. Organized by: Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement (Masar …

P.A. Day (2022-01-30). Who Are We Arming and Supporting in Ukraine? dissidentvoice.org On December 16, 2021, the United States and Ukraine voted against a UN General Assembly draft resolution "Combating the glorification of the Nazi movement, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fueling contemporary forms of racism…." The Assembly expressed deep concern with current trends in Eastern Europe that serve to whitewash the Nazi period, including the …

Brenda Norrell (2022-01-30). Nevada and Canada: Laboratories for Genocide and Death. indybay.org The United States government left a trail of cancer and death for Western Shoshone during secret atomic bomb testing, Western Shoshone Ian Zabarte tells the White House. In Canada, the government and churches carried out the systematic kidnapping, starvation, torture and murder of Native children who were incarcerated in residential schools. As unmarked graves of children are discovered, the horrific abuse and medical experiments are described by The Tyee media. Mohawk Mothers are holding McGill responsible in Montreal for UKUltra torture and mind control experiments on Mohawk children conducted by the Canadian g…

_____ (2022-01-30). Fascism's 'Legal Phase' Has Begun. popularresistance.org When Republicans blocked the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act on January 19, 2022, they removed the last safety net preventing the U.S.'s plummet toward authoritarianism. As a result, we are at this moment in a state of free-fall, the culmination of a state-level Legislative And Enforcement Landscape that directly mirrors Jim Crow — or as fascism scholar Jason Stanley recently put it, "America is now in fascism's legal phase." Although we do have ways of fighting back, the situation is dire. | We often hear that the U.S.'s founding documents, courts and institutions make it immune to despotism, but…

_____ (2022-01-30). Congress Launches New Pro-Israel 'Cheerleading' Caucus. popularresistance.org Washington – Earlier this month, Congress launched the bicameral, bipartisan Abraham Accords Caucus to support normalization between Israel and Arab states. Backed by pro-Israel groups, this new political development can be interpreted as a way for the Israel lobby to regain its power over a U.S. Congress that is increasingly critical of Israel. | Described as a "cheerleading squad" in the Jewish Insider by its co-chair, Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), the caucus's stated goals include expanding the Abraham Accords agreements and fostering regional peace. The group's other co-chairs are Sens. Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Joni…

sputniknews (2022-01-30). Israel Tormented by Lack of Medical Staff and Equipment as Omicron Variant Hits Record Numbers. sputniknews.com According to reports, thousands of doctors and nurses are either in isolation or are sick with the coronavirus and other respiratory diseases. The Israel Association of Hospital Directors has been requesting that the government allocate more people and equipment to cope with the rising challenge but their demands have largely fallen on deaf ears.

Juan Cole (2022-01-30). In Parable for Occupation, Autopsy Shows Israeli Troops mistreated American on West Bank, leading to his Death. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Last week was another in a long line of public relations disasters for the Israeli state, as its unacceptable military occupation of millions of stateless Palestinians continues. It isn't just that the Palestinians are deprived by Israel of basic human rights. Israeli policy is to strip from them in piecemeal …

Labor Video Projecct (2022-01-30). Victory To South African Clover Workers & Smash Israeli Union Busting! For Workers Control. indybay.org As part of an international day of action on January 27, 2022 for the 5,000 South African Clover workers actions took place all over the world including in San Francisco at the Israeli consulate. The workers have been on strike since November 22, 2022.

Center for Biological Diversity (2022-01-30). California Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Measure Z Oil, Gas Protections Case. indybay.org Court Will Determine Fate of Local Ordinance Restricting Oil Extraction, Pollution…

_____ (2022-01-30). On Contact: Assange Can Appeal UK Supreme Court. popularresistance.org The British High Court of England and Wales on Monday said it would allow the imprisoned publisher of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, to, in essence, appeal a ruling that would have seen him extradited to the United States where he faces a possible 175 years in prison for the publication of classified documents and videos. | The High Court technically refused to allow an appeal to the Supreme Court, but, in a legal loophole, it left it up to that court to determine whether it will grant permission to consider one legal issue. | "We certify a single point of law … in what circumstances can an appellate court receive…

Editor (2022-01-30). The Supreme Court Just Allowed the Executions of Two Disabled Black Men. scheerpost.com Officials from San Quentin State Prison in California display the prison's lethal injection facility in 2010. California recently placed a moratorium on capital punishment, but other states are moving in the opposite direction, pursuing methods such as gas chambers and firing squads. MICHAEL MACOR / THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE VIA GETTY IMAGES | By Mike Ludwig / In what activists warn could be the first in a spike of executions this year, Matthew Reeves and Donald Anthony Grant were k…

Brenda Norrell (2022-01-30). Nevada and Canada: Laboratories for Genocide and Death. indybay.org The United States government left a trail of cancer and death for Western Shoshone during secret atomic bomb testing, Western Shoshone Ian Zabarte tells the White House. In Canada, the government and churches carried out the systematic kidnapping, starvation, torture and murder of Native children who were incarcerated in residential schools. As unmarked graves of children are discovered, the horrific abuse and medical experiments are described by The Tyee media. Mohawk Mothers are holding McGill responsible in Montreal for UKUltra torture and mind control experiments on Mohawk children conducted by the Canadian g…

sputniknews (2022-01-30). Israel Tormented by Lack of Medical Staff and Equipment as Omicron Variant Hits Record Numbers. sputniknews.com According to reports, thousands of doctors and nurses are either in isolation or are sick with the coronavirus and other respiratory diseases. The Israel Association of Hospital Directors has been requesting that the government allocate more people and equipment to cope with the rising challenge but their demands have largely fallen on deaf ears.

Labor Video Projecct (2022-01-30). Victory To South African Clover Workers & Smash Israeli Union Busting! For Workers Control. indybay.org As part of an international day of action on January 27, 2022 for the 5,000 South African Clover workers actions took place all over the world including in San Francisco at the Israeli consulate. The workers have been on strike since November 22, 2022.

Juan Cole (2022-01-30). In Parable for Occupation, Autopsy Shows Israeli Troops mistreated American on West Bank, leading to his Death. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Last week was another in a long line of public relations disasters for the Israeli state, as its unacceptable military occupation of millions of stateless Palestinians continues. It isn't just that the Palestinians are deprived by Israel of basic human rights. Israeli policy is to strip from them in piecemeal …

Center for Biological Diversity (2022-01-30). California Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Measure Z Oil, Gas Protections Case. indybay.org Court Will Determine Fate of Local Ordinance Restricting Oil Extraction, Pollution…

TASS (2022-01-29). Russian citizens residing in DPR, LPR can join Russian army, lawmaker says. tass.com According to Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots Viktor Vodolatsky, the question about ensuring the safety of Russian-speaking people is one of the most frequently asked ones at meetings with residents of the Donbass republics…

John Rachel (2022-01-29). True Colors: Red, White, Black & Blue. dissidentvoice.org With a bold and completely self-sabotaging diplomatic blunder, one which fails on every level including the least rigorous sanity test, this past Wednesday the U.S. was one of two nations to vote against a UN resolution designed to discourage the glorification and promotion of Nazi ideology. The other nation was Ukraine, which currently is overrun …

Black Lives Matter, Demand Justice (2022-01-29). Thursday 1/27: Call to Action: Ensuring a First Black Woman SCOTUS Justice Organizing Call. indybay.org Online event…

Staff (2022-01-29). Retirement rumors swirl for NFL legend Brady. rt.com Reports online have indicated that NFL icon Tom Brady is close to announcing his retirement after a glittering 22 seasons on the gridiron | Several reports online have indicated that legendary NFL quarterback Tom Brady is giving consideration to ending his career months out from his 45th birthday. | It was reported online on Saturday that the former New England Patriot and present day Tampa Bay Buccaneer had called time on a career which brought him seven Super Bowls – more than any single team in the league. | However, two hours or so after the initial rumors emerged from prominent reporters online, the water…

_____ (2022-01-29). Anti-Fascism At The Intersection Of Ella Baker And Clara Zetkin. popularresistance.org This article is a continuation of a previous one titled "Rethinking Revolution for an Age of Resurgent Fascism." Ella Baker's work leading the Young Negroes' Cooperative League (YNCL) from 1930-1933 is here used to further inform today's anti-fascism. Overall, this article relates Baker's work to the dissenting views of German Communist Party (KPD) co-founder Clara Zetkin, specifically her views on fascism and the systemic alternative she referred to as a "Soviet Congress for a Soviet Germany." This was a federation of autonomous councils formed in neighborhoods and workplaces for mutual aid, self-defense, and as…

Fight Back (2022-01-29). Philippines: Condemn cold-blooded murder of NDFP Peace Consultant Pedro Codaste. fightbacknews.org The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) condemns in the strongest terms the Armed Forces of the Philippines, particularly its Eastern Mindanao Command, the 4th Infantry Division and its fascist troops, for the abduction and murder of National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Peace Consultant Pedro Codaste (Ka Gonyong/Ka Serv) and his companion Ka Globe/Sandro (also recovering from battle wounds) which happened sometime between January 19 and January 25. | According to initial reports, Ka Gonyong was detached from the NPA since August 2021 to convalesce from various ailments and was staying in a hou…

sputniknews (2022-01-29). India Bought Pegasus Spyware From Israel in an Alleged Deal Concerning Palestinians, Claims NYT. sputniknews.com The Indian government has categorically rejected claims that it bought the Pegasus spyware from NSO Group, as per a written reply by the Defence Ministry in parliament last year. A joint investigation last year claimed that the spyware has been used to snoop on 50,000 mobile numbers in more than 50 countries since 2016, including India.

teleSUR -HIM (2022-01-29). Represión israelí deja al menos cuatro palestinos heridos. telesurtv.net Entre los heridos por impacto de bala había un niño de 13 años.

sputniknews (2022-01-29). 'He Knows Exactly What He's Doing': Week After BTS Scandal, Kimmel Again Compares Boy Bands to COVID. sputniknews.com Last week, American TV host Jimmy Kimmel found himself in the crosshairs of merciless Twitter critics when he compared iconic Korean boy band BTS to the coronavirus pandemic. To make matters worse, he did it when speaking to Asian actress – and a hardcore BTS fan – Ashley Park. He was accused of being racist, but never apologised.

WSWS (2022-01-29). Supreme Court poised to end racial preferences in university admissions. wsws.org The far-right majority will posture as defenders of equality, a pretense made possible by Democrats' complete embrace of identity politics.

WSWS (2022-01-29). Oklahoma and Alabama execute two intellectually disabled men after US Supreme Court clears the way. wsws.org In last-ditch efforts, both men had asked that they be executed by methods other than lethal injection as a means of forestalling their impending state killings.

Susan Jaffe (2022-01-29). [World Report] The next steps for US vaccine mandates. thelancet.com As the Supreme Court blocks one of the Biden Administration's plans to raise COVID-19 vaccination rates but approves another, Susan Jaffe looks at the next steps.

Richard Lane (2022-01-29). [Perspectives] Ali Zumla: respiratory medicine and global health supremo. thelancet.com Whether it is in his clinical work or endeavouring to connect colleagues across continents for future pandemic preparedness, Ali Zumla is motivated by improving patient care and the health of neglected populations. For this eminent clinician-researcher is at heart a humble man, always striving for excellence on the hospital ward or in developing plans to improve global health. As Professor of Infectious Diseases and International Health at University College London, UK, COVID-19 has been a major part of his work over the past 2 years.

WSWS (2022-01-29). Oklahoma and Alabama execute two intellectually disabled men after US Supreme Court clears the way. wsws.org In last-ditch efforts, both men had asked that they be executed by methods other than lethal injection as a means of forestalling their impending state killings.

WSWS (2022-01-29). Supreme Court poised to end racial preferences in university admissions. wsws.org The far-right majority will posture as defenders of equality, a pretense made possible by Democrats' complete embrace of identity politics.

Susan Jaffe (2022-01-29). [World Report] The next steps for US vaccine mandates. thelancet.com As the Supreme Court blocks one of the Biden Administration's plans to raise COVID-19 vaccination rates but approves another, Susan Jaffe looks at the next steps.

Richard Lane (2022-01-29). [Perspectives] Ali Zumla: respiratory medicine and global health supremo. thelancet.com Whether it is in his clinical work or endeavouring to connect colleagues across continents for future pandemic preparedness, Ali Zumla is motivated by improving patient care and the health of neglected populations. For this eminent clinician-researcher is at heart a humble man, always striving for excellence on the hospital ward or in developing plans to improve global health. As Professor of Infectious Diseases and International Health at University College London, UK, COVID-19 has been a major part of his work over the past 2 years.

Misión Verdad (2022-01-28). Vaccine Apartheid 2.0: The Great Reset in Action. orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad — Jan 25, 2022 | Recently, media outlets have reported that Nike has begun to fire employees who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 in the United States. Certainly, one must doubt whether the measure corresponds to a policy to take care of employees or whether it is intended to serve a disguised corporate agenda. | However, this is not the first company to make a similar decision. At the end of last year, Google took the decision to put pressure on its employees who were not vaccinated, even threatening to fire them. Up to that point, it was an extreme measure that no other tech company had…

Michael Steven Smith (2022-01-28). How Nixon Flexed CIA Muscle to Destroy Reporter Who Discovered He was Taking Illegal Campaign Contributions from Fascist Greek Junta. covertactionmagazine.com If the exposé had gone public, Nixon might have been defeated and spent the next 20 years in prison—instead of …

WSWS (2022-01-28). "America First" secretary of state candidates in eight states promote Trump's "stolen election" lie. wsws.org Embracing Trump's fascistic election fraud claims, "America First" secretary of state candidates are seeking to oust Democratic and Republican incumbents alike.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-01-28). NATO Spreads Fascism to Further Military Buildup in New Cold War. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea "It is possible for a dictator to govern in a liberal way," stated the neoliberal economist Friedrich von Hyek. "And it is also possible for a democracy to govern with a total lack of liberalism. Personally I prefer a liberal dictator to democratic government lacking liberalism." Throughout the second half of the twentieth…

_____ (2022-01-28). Palestinians Continue Boycott Of Israeli Military Courts. popularresistance.org Around 500 Palestinians currently incarcerated in Israel under the illegal policy of administrative detention have been boycotting Israeli military courts to protest their detention since January 1. The detainees have since refused to appear for court hearings and sessions regarding the approval or renewal of their administrative detention orders. They are also boycotting appeal hearings, including those in higher courts. According to Palestinian prisoners' rights groups, among those participating in the boycott are three minors and one woman. All of them are being detained without charge or trial by the Israeli…

Ann Brown (2022-01-28). Nina Turner Likely To Challenge Israel Lobby And Establishment-Backed Rep. Shontel Brown. moguldom.com Activist and former Ohio Senator Nina Turner is mounting a rematch against Ohio Rep. Shontel Brown in a 2022 bid for Congress after Turner lost a special primary election for Ohio's 11th District in 2021. Turner, the former co-chair of Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign, is relaunching her candidacy just days before the Feb. 2 …

Asa Winstanley (2022-01-28). Palestine Action is legalizing the smashing of Israeli arms factories. electronicintifada.net UK campaign against Elbit chalks up another victory.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2022-01-28). Palestinian teacher reinstated after UK Israel lobby attacks. electronicintifada.net Sheffield Hallam University must drop their investigation against Shahd Abusalama, students and supporters say.

Tamara Nassar (2022-01-28). For EU, "a child is a child" except when Palestinian. electronicintifada.net Medically vulnerable teen Amal Nakhleh has been jailed by Israel without charge for a year.

Pavan Kulkarni (2022-01-28). Global mobilizations mark two months of the strike at South Africa's dairy giant. peoplesdispatch.org Unions and Palestinian solidarity organizations have escalated actions calling for the South African government to divest from Clover the Milco consortium, which is majority-owned by an Israeli company operating in occupied territories of Palestine.

Ramzy Baroud (2022-01-28). What former PM Netanyahu's Corruption Trial says about the State of Israeli Democracy. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — Former Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his prosecutors are reportedly finalising the details of a plea deal that would practically water down, shelve, or drop altogether all three major corruption cases that have led to his high-profile trial in May 2020. If such news actualises, Israel would officially …

WSWS (2022-01-28). Israel's labour court bans teachers from striking in opposition to soaring Omicron infections. wsws.org Teachers and educators at all public kindergartens and schools, excluding special education schools, had been set to hold a protest strike yesterday.

Staff (2022-01-28). Home Demolition in Sheikh Jarrah Seen as Part of Broader Israeli Effort to Dispossess Palestinians. democracynow.org Israeli forces continue to expel Palestinians from their homes in occupied East Jerusalem, a move that the United Nations has described as a possible war crime. We speak to Palestinian poet and activist Mohammed El-Kurd, whose own family is among those facing eviction in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. Sheikh Jarrah is also where the Salhiyeh family recently gained attention for threatening self-immolation while protesting their eviction and the demolition of their home. The dispossession of Palestinians has left families facing homelessness in the cold of winter. "This is not a unique situation for our neighborh…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-01-28). South Africa: Unions, Palestine solidarity groups escalate demand to nationalize Clover. peoplesdispatch.org On January 27, pickets and rallies were held in several cities of South Africa in support of the workers' demand to nationalize the dairy company Clover…

splcenter (2022-01-28). 'Remain in Mexico': Migrants still waiting in peril as 'cruel and racist policy' continues after three years. splcenter.org

Esther Schrader (2022-01-28). Unmuting Black History: SPLC funds museum projects to increase equity. splcenter.org

Anaiz Alegria (2022-01-28). San Diego small business fights to stay open while facing hate crimes. liberationnews.org A humble Chula Vista, California establishment called Brew Bar faces ongoing harassment and hate crimes carried out by white supremacists.

WSWS (2022-01-28). US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer retires. wsws.org Biden will replace Breyer with another corporate liberal, leaving the present 6—3 super-majority of right-wing justices unchanged.

Kathy Durkin (2022-01-28). 49 years after Roe v. Wade: Fight for reproductive justice! workers.org The right to access safe, legal abortions is in grave danger. On the 49th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling allowing access to the procedure in the case of Roe v. Wade, on Jan. 22, 1973, this fundamental human right is being challenged as never before. This landmark ruling, . . . |

Editor (2022-01-28). Roe v. Wade 49th Anniversary—Much is at Stake. mronline.org January 22 is the forty-ninth anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, in which the Supreme Court ruled that a women's right to choose to have an abortion falls within the right to privacy protected by the 14th Amendment, making abortion legal nationally.

Editor (2022-01-28). National Report on the Teaching of Reconstruction. mronline.org In his 1935 book, Black Reconstruction in America, W. E. B. Du Bois wrote, "One cannot study Reconstruction without first frankly facing the facts of universal lying." He denounced the Dunning School, the dominant approach to Reconstruction at the time, which denied Black achievements and celebrated white supremacy.

Center for Biological Diversity (2022-01-28). California Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Measure Z Oil, Gas Protections Case. indybay.org Court Will Determine Fate of Local Ordinance Restricting Oil Extraction, Pollution…

Editor (2022-01-28). Michael Smith and Zachary Sklar: Michael Ratner Was a Revolutionary Lawyer Like No Other. scheerpost.com Michael Ratner, President of the Center for Constitutional Rights, in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington DC, 11th January 2006. [Photo by Jonathan McIntosh] | Click to subscribe on: When Michael Ratner died in 2016, the world lost one of the great human rights lawyers of the past century. A descendant of holocaust survivors, Ratner embodied the courage an…

Mike Ludwig (2022-01-28). The Supreme Court Just Allowed the Executions of Two Disabled Black Men. truthout.org In what activists warn could be the first in a spike of executions this year, Matthew Reeves and Donald Anthony Grant were killed via lethal injection by the states of Alabama and Oklahoma respectively on Thursday, just one month before a constitutional challenge to Oklahoma's lethal injection protocol goes to trial. | The Supreme Court denied an application to stay Grant's execution on Wednesday, a move overshadowed by the news that Justice Stephen Breyer plans to retire. Reeves's life was in Hig…

Staff (2022-01-28). Headlines for January 28, 2022. democracynow.org U.S. Calls for Security Council Meeting on Ukraine as Russia Warns of Nuclear Confrontation, Biden Pledges to Nominate Black Woman to Supreme Court in February, Burkina Faso Coup Leader Paul-Henri Damiba, Who Was Trained by U.S. Military, Gives First Speech, Xiomara Castro Sworn In as First Woman President in Honduras's 200-Year History, Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Survivors Sue over Cancer Diagnoses, 70 Confirmed Dead After Tropical Storm Brings Flooding to Southern Africa, Massive Iceberg Breaks Up in Southern Atlantic, with Unknown Environmental Toll, Federal Judge Cancels Biden Administration's Largest-Ever Of…

WSWS (2022-01-28). Israel's labour court bans teachers from striking in opposition to soaring Omicron infections. wsws.org Teachers and educators at all public kindergartens and schools, excluding special education schools, had been set to hold a protest strike yesterday.

WSWS (2022-01-28). "America First" secretary of state candidates in eight states promote Trump's "stolen election" lie. wsws.org Embracing Trump's fascistic election fraud claims, "America First" secretary of state candidates are seeking to oust Democratic and Republican incumbents alike.

Asa Winstanley (2022-01-28). Palestine Action is legalizing the smashing of Israeli arms factories. electronicintifada.net UK campaign against Elbit chalks up another victory.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2022-01-28). Palestinian teacher reinstated after UK Israel lobby attacks. electronicintifada.net Sheffield Hallam University must drop their investigation against Shahd Abusalama, students and supporters say.

Pavan Kulkarni (2022-01-28). Global mobilizations mark two months of the strike at South Africa's dairy giant. peoplesdispatch.org Unions and Palestinian solidarity organizations have escalated actions calling for the South African government to divest from Clover the Milco consortium, which is majority-owned by an Israeli company operating in occupied territories of Palestine.

Tamara Nassar (2022-01-28). For EU, "a child is a child" except when Palestinian. electronicintifada.net Medically vulnerable teen Amal Nakhleh has been jailed by Israel without charge for a year.

Ramzy Baroud (2022-01-28). What former PM Netanyahu's Corruption Trial says about the State of Israeli Democracy. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — Former Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his prosecutors are reportedly finalising the details of a plea deal that would practically water down, shelve, or drop altogether all three major corruption cases that have led to his high-profile trial in May 2020. If such news actualises, Israel would officially …

Staff (2022-01-28). Home Demolition in Sheikh Jarrah Seen as Part of Broader Israeli Effort to Dispossess Palestinians. democracynow.org Israeli forces continue to expel Palestinians from their homes in occupied East Jerusalem, a move that the United Nations has described as a possible war crime. We speak to Palestinian poet and activist Mohammed El-Kurd, whose own family is among those facing eviction in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. Sheikh Jarrah is also where the Salhiyeh family recently gained attention for threatening self-immolation while protesting their eviction and the demolition of their home. The dispossession of Palestinians has left families facing homelessness in the cold of winter. "This is not a unique situation for our neighborh…

Kathy Durkin (2022-01-28). 49 years after Roe v. Wade: Fight for reproductive justice! workers.org The right to access safe, legal abortions is in grave danger. On the 49th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling allowing access to the procedure in the case of Roe v. Wade, on Jan. 22, 1973, this fundamental human right is being challenged as never before. This landmark ruling, . . . |

Center for Biological Diversity (2022-01-28). California Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Measure Z Oil, Gas Protections Case. indybay.org Court Will Determine Fate of Local Ordinance Restricting Oil Extraction, Pollution…

WSWS (2022-01-28). US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer retires. wsws.org Biden will replace Breyer with another corporate liberal, leaving the present 6—3 super-majority of right-wing justices unchanged.

Staff (2022-01-28). Headlines for January 28, 2022. democracynow.org U.S. Calls for Security Council Meeting on Ukraine as Russia Warns of Nuclear Confrontation, Biden Pledges to Nominate Black Woman to Supreme Court in February, Burkina Faso Coup Leader Paul-Henri Damiba, Who Was Trained by U.S. Military, Gives First Speech, Xiomara Castro Sworn In as First Woman President in Honduras's 200-Year History, Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Survivors Sue over Cancer Diagnoses, 70 Confirmed Dead After Tropical Storm Brings Flooding to Southern Africa, Massive Iceberg Breaks Up in Southern Atlantic, with Unknown Environmental Toll, Federal Judge Cancels Biden Administration's Largest-Ever Of…

Black Lives Matter, Demand Justice (2022-01-27). Thursday 1/27: Call to Action: Ensuring a First Black Woman SCOTUS Justice Organizing Call. indybay.org Online event…

Anonymous765 (2022-01-27). War Fever Is In The Air, As The West Confuses Russia With Nazi Germany. southfront.org As tensions grow between Russia and the West, more and more false comparisons are made with World War Two… | Johanna Ross, Russian Studies graduate and political analyst based in Edinburgh, Scotland. | The 'war hysteria' which has taken over our airwaves in the West of late in relation to tensions on Ukraine's border, is like a Hollywood style movie, being entirely scripted, produced, directed and acted in by the West. It bears no resemblance to the real actions and words of Russia and its representatives. The US is starring in its own drama, with the lines between fantasy and reality increasingly blurred. | Ne…

Editor2 (2022-01-27). Palestinian Academic Suspended by UK University Following Israeli Lobby Pressure. orinocotribune.com By Palestine Chronicle Staff — Jan 24, 2022 | British University Sheffield Hallam has suspended a Palestinian Ph.D. student from teaching, following a smear campaign by the Israeli lobby, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. | Shahd Abusalama, a Palestinian activist, writer and artist from Gaza, announced on her social media that she was suspended from a teaching position at her department following an intense online campaign by pro-Israel supporters who accused her of 'antisemitism'. | I cannot describe what I feel in words, receiving this proactive support and solidarity from people I know o…

Linda Morris (2022-01-27). Holding Facebook Accountable for Digital Redlining. aclu.org In today's digital world, people rely on online advertising platforms for critical information such as job opportunities or available housing. But unfortunately, thanks to practices known as "digital redlining" the use of technology to perpetuate discrimination — any ads for housing or jobs that you are likely to see (or not see) in your newsfeed can largely depend on who you are, including your gender, race, or age. | Digital redlining has become

Editor (2022-01-27). Un año después del ataque fascista: El capital y el Capitolio. workers.org Los United Auto Workers hacen una huelga en Ford para que se reconozca el sindicato, 1941. Henry Ford se alió abiertamente con Hitler. Hoy, Ford financia a candidatos ultraderechistas para cargos políticos. 6 de enero de 2021. Esta fecha está grabada en nuestra psique colectiva como el día en que . . . |

WSWS (2022-01-27). Berlin justice system prosecutes anti-fascist artists. wsws.org The Berlin state public prosecutor's office is proceeding with house searches and substantial charges against the artists' collective Centre for Political Beauty (ZPS) for carrying out an art action against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).

_____ (2022-01-27). Relations between Palestine and Israel — Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel? journal-neo.org In the final days of 2021 Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority visited Benny Gantz, Israel's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense at his home in Rosh Ha'ayin. The previous meeting between the two men had taken place in August, in Ramallah, following which Israel announced a series of "confidence-building measures". The …

Ramzy Baroud (2022-01-27). Morality Cannot Be Divided: How Netanyahu's Corruption has Exposed Israel's 'Democracy'. dissidentvoice.org Former Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his prosecutors are reportedly finalizing the details of a plea deal that would practically water down, shelve, or drop altogether all three major corruption cases that have led to his high-profile trial in May 2020. If such news actualizes, Israel would officially sink to a new low in terms …

Ann Brown (2022-01-27). More Symbolism? Supreme Court Justice Breyer Announces Retirement, Black America Debates Value of Black Woman Supreme Court Justice. moguldom.com Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, 83, has announced his retirement, leaving President Joe Biden with the task of nominating his replacement. Biden has promised to appoint a Black female judge to the country's highest court. Some wonder if such a selection is mere symbolism given that the Biden administration has yet to push through any …

Editor (2022-01-27). John Pilger on Julian Assange's Extradition Appeal. scheerpost.com The British High Court of England and Wales on Monday said it would allow the imprisoned publisher of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, to, in essence, appeal a ruling that would have seen him extradited to the United States where he faces a possible 175 years in prison for the publication of classified documents and videos. | The High Court technically refused to allow an appeal to the Supreme Court, but, in a legal loophole, it left it up to that court to determine whether it will grant permission to consider one legal issue. | "We certify a single point of law … in what circumstances can an appellate court re…

Binoy Kampmark (2022-01-27). Off to the Supreme Court: Assange's appeal continues. greenleft.org.au Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's legal team has been granted leave to appeal to Britain's Supreme Court against his extradition to the United States, reports Binoy Kampmark.

Juan Cole (2022-01-27). "No Rights which the White Man was Bound to Respect" What SCOTUS once Ruled about a Black Woman, as Biden prepares to Nominate One. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Associate Justice Stephen Breyer announced on Wednesday that he would retire this summer at the end of the present term of the Supreme Court. Biden made a campaign promise to nominate an African-American woman to the court, and Democrats expect him to follow through. Arguably, Biden would not be president …

Staff (2022-01-27). Headlines for January 27, 2022. democracynow.org Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to Retire, Handing Biden Chance to Nominate Replacement, U.S. and NATO Offer No Concessions to Russia in Standoff over Ukraine, U.S. Approves $2.5 Billion Arms Sale to Egypt Despite Human Rights Abuses, House Democrats Demand End to U.S. Servicing of Saudi Warplanes Used in War Crimes, 180 Killed as U.S.-Backed Forces Retake Syrian Prison Where Children Are Imprisoned, U.N. Renews Calls to Free Up Aid for Millions of Afghans Facing Starvation, Extreme Poverty, Global COVID Cases Break New Record as COVAX Falls Short on Vaccine Delivery Goal, Spotify Sides with Joe Rogan in Vac…

Ashley Curtin (2022-01-27). Justice Stephen Breyer to retire from the Supreme Court. nationofchange.org U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement. After serving for 27 years, Breyer, 83, will step down from his lifetime position at the end of the term in June.

Staff (2022-01-27). Stephen Breyer to Retire, Giving Biden Chance to Nominate First Black Woman Supreme Court Justice. democracynow.org Liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring after nearly three decades on the bench, giving President Biden a chance to fulfill a campaign promise to nominate the first Black woman in history to serve on the high court. Those worried that identity politics will hinder the most qualified candidate should consider that 108 of 115 justices since the nation's founding have been white men, says Elie Mystal, justice correspondent for The Nation. Breyer's retirement comes as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell threatened to stall any nominations that Biden put forth later in the year. Breyer leaves "an i…

WSWS (2022-01-27). Berlin justice system prosecutes anti-fascist artists. wsws.org The Berlin state public prosecutor's office is proceeding with house searches and substantial charges against the artists' collective Centre for Political Beauty (ZPS) for carrying out an art action against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).

Black Lives Matter, Demand Justice (2022-01-27). Thursday 1/27: Call to Action: Ensuring a First Black Woman SCOTUS Justice Organizing Call. indybay.org Online event…

Editor (2022-01-27). Un año después del ataque fascista: El capital y el Capitolio. workers.org Los United Auto Workers hacen una huelga en Ford para que se reconozca el sindicato, 1941. Henry Ford se alió abiertamente con Hitler. Hoy, Ford financia a candidatos ultraderechistas para cargos políticos. 6 de enero de 2021. Esta fecha está grabada en nuestra psique colectiva como el día en que . . . |

_____ (2022-01-27). Relations between Palestine and Israel — Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel? journal-neo.org In the final days of 2021 Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority visited Benny Gantz, Israel's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense at his home in Rosh Ha'ayin. The previous meeting between the two men had taken place in August, in Ramallah, following which Israel announced a series of "confidence-building measures". The …

Ramzy Baroud (2022-01-27). Morality Cannot Be Divided: How Netanyahu's Corruption has Exposed Israel's 'Democracy'. dissidentvoice.org Former Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his prosecutors are reportedly finalizing the details of a plea deal that would practically water down, shelve, or drop altogether all three major corruption cases that have led to his high-profile trial in May 2020. If such news actualizes, Israel would officially sink to a new low in terms …

Ashley Curtin (2022-01-27). Justice Stephen Breyer to retire from the Supreme Court. nationofchange.org U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement. After serving for 27 years, Breyer, 83, will step down from his lifetime position at the end of the term in June.

Staff (2022-01-27). Headlines for January 27, 2022. democracynow.org Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to Retire, Handing Biden Chance to Nominate Replacement, U.S. and NATO Offer No Concessions to Russia in Standoff over Ukraine, U.S. Approves $2.5 Billion Arms Sale to Egypt Despite Human Rights Abuses, House Democrats Demand End to U.S. Servicing of Saudi Warplanes Used in War Crimes, 180 Killed as U.S.-Backed Forces Retake Syrian Prison Where Children Are Imprisoned, U.N. Renews Calls to Free Up Aid for Millions of Afghans Facing Starvation, Extreme Poverty, Global COVID Cases Break New Record as COVAX Falls Short on Vaccine Delivery Goal, Spotify Sides with Joe Rogan in Vac…

Staff (2022-01-27). Stephen Breyer to Retire, Giving Biden Chance to Nominate First Black Woman Supreme Court Justice. democracynow.org Liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring after nearly three decades on the bench, giving President Biden a chance to fulfill a campaign promise to nominate the first Black woman in history to serve on the high court. Those worried that identity politics will hinder the most qualified candidate should consider that 108 of 115 justices since the nation's founding have been white men, says Elie Mystal, justice correspondent for The Nation. Breyer's retirement comes as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell threatened to stall any nominations that Biden put forth later in the year. Breyer leaves "an i…

Binoy Kampmark (2022-01-27). Off to the Supreme Court: Assange's appeal continues. greenleft.org.au Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's legal team has been granted leave to appeal to Britain's Supreme Court against his extradition to the United States, reports Binoy Kampmark.

Dante Strobino (2022-01-26). In Virginia, workers honor Dr. King, rally for collective bargaining. workers.org On Jan. 18, the newly formed Virginia Beach City Workers Union, UE Local 111, and faith community supporters rallied before the city council demanding a real voice for safety, dignity, living wages and an end to institutional racism on the job. City workers from the Public Works, Public Utilities and . . . |

sputniknews (2022-01-26). Danish Lecturers Refuse to Teach, Compare COVID-19 Passports With WWII Jewish Stars. sputniknews.com Two dissenting teachers at Copenhagen Business School made disturbing parallels between the COVID-19 measures and World War II and expressed hope for a "Nuremberg 2.0", in which those responsible will be brought to justice like the Nazi leaders who were convicted for their complicity in the Holocaust and war crimes.

WSWS (2022-01-26). Anti-vaccine zealots join with fascist militia forces at D.C. rally to oppose all COVID-19 public health measures. wsws.org Promoted by Fox News, the sparsely attended event promoted fascistic, anti-Semitic and anti-scientific conspiracy theories.

ecns.cn (2022-01-26). UN chief calls for standing firm against hatred. ecns.cn United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on all people to stand firm against hate, amid rising antisemitism and other forms of religious bigotry.

ecns.cn (2022-01-26). Gun violence in U.S. has grown into a tumor of society: FM Spokesperson. ecns.cn Gun violence in the U.S. has grown into a tumor of society, a Chinese FM Spokesperson said on Tuesday, adding that compounded with grave problems including the unchecked pandemic, drug proliferation and racial discrimination, gun violence has become a serious systemic human rights issue.

Staff (2022-01-26). "Gangsters of Capitalism": Jonathan Katz on the Parallels Between Jan. 6 and 1934 Anti-FDR Coup Plot. democracynow.org We speak to award-winning journalist Jonathan Katz about his new book "Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire." The book follows the life of the Marines officer Smedley Butler and the trail of U.S. imperialism from Cuba and the Philippines to Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua and Panama. The book also describes an effort by banking and business leaders to topple Franklin D. Roosevelt's government in 1934 in order to establish a fascist dictatorship. The plot was exposed by Butler, who famously declared, "War is a racket." The far-right conspira…

Ola Mousa (2022-01-26). Holiday in Gaza? More expensive than in Egypt or Turkey. electronicintifada.net Israel's blockade, Egyptian closures and COVID restrictions render domestic tourist resorts unaffordable for most…

_____ (2022-01-26). The Jewish National Fund Does Israel's Dirty Work—Again. popularresistance.org The JNF (Jewish National Fund) once again is in the news, this time for collaborating with the State of Israel in dispossessing Palestinian residents of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. According to a 2010 UN report, this is not the first time Sheikh Jarrah's residents have been dispossessed and, while illegal under international law, it is not illegal according to Israeli law. It is one more act of brutality, brought to you on a regular basis by Israel and the JNF since 1948. | On the evening of January 18, 2022, in Sheikh Jarrah, Israeli police attacked the home of the Salahiya family—a f…

Anonymous669 (2022-01-26). Israel Limits Air Campaign In Syria Following Russian-Syrian Joint Aerial Patrols (Videos). southfront.org Screen grab from the footage released by RT. | Russian and Syrian fighter jet had conducted a joint air patrol mission along the Golan Heights and the Euphrates River, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on January 24. | In a statement, the Mod said that Russian Su-34 and Su-35 warplanes and an A-50 AEW&C [airborne early warning and control] aircraft as well as Syria's MiG-23 and MiG-29 warplanes took part in the joint patrol, which covered the Golan Heights, the southern border, the Euphrates River and northern Syr…

sputniknews (2022-01-26). 1 in 4 Holocaust Survivors in Israel Live in Poverty, State Does Little to Help. sputniknews.com Although 54,000 victims are getting an assistance package worth up to $2,000 per month, the vast majority are forced to live off a stipend of roughly $105, a drop in the ocean given Israel's high living expenses.

Staff (2022-01-26). Remembering Badran Jaber: A Life in Revolution. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes the revolutionary life of Badran Jaber, veteran of the Palestinian liberation struggle, upon his passing on 25 January 2022. Jaber, a leader and co-founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was a symbol of the Palestinian prisoners' movement. He was repeatedly arrested, interrogated and imprisoned in …

Fight Back (2022-01-26). Rally for Palestine in downtown Dallas. fightbacknews.org Dallas, TX – On January 23, around 100 people showed up at Civic Garden Park in downtown Dallas to protest the continuing eviction of the Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem and the continued blockade of Gaza. They also called attention to the "afforestation campaign" by the Jewish National Fund in the Al-Naqab Desert, which is intended to displace Palestinian Bedouin communities living in the region. | The protest was called by the Palestinian Youth Movement and cosponsored by Students for Justice in Palestine at University of Texas at Dallas, American Muslims for Palestine, MAS-PACE Dal…

Sean Connolly (2022-01-26). Racist zoning is killing working class New Yorkers. liberationnews.org The recent Twin Parks fire in the Bronx, which killed 17 residents — including eight children — is a tragic example of a long history of neglect made possible by racist zoning laws.

Sean Connolly (2022-01-26). Racist zoning is killing working-class New Yorkers. liberationnews.org The recent Twin Parks fire in the Bronx, which killed 17 residents — including eight children — is a tragic example of a long history of neglect made possible by racist zoning laws.

Sue Bull (2022-01-26). What solutions for labour shortages? greenleft.org.au Labour shortages give unions a stronger bargaining position. Sue Bull argues they need to argue against racist and nationalistic tropes that migrant workers steal Australians' jobs, while defending workplace safety, wages and conditions.

Binoy Kampmark (2022-01-26). Off to the Supreme Court: Assange's Appeal Continues. dissidentvoice.org With December's High Court decision to overturn the lower court ruling against the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States, lawyers of the WikiLeaks founder immediately got busy. The next avenue of appeal, strewn less with gold than obstacles, would be to the Supreme Court. The central question remained: Should the publisher be extradited …

Jim Hightower (2022-01-26). An Uncharitable View of Charity. otherwords.org Our society has coined expressions like "philanthropist" to encourage and hail people's charitable spirit. Look on the flip side of that shiny coin of generosity, however, and you'll find that its base substance is societal selfishness. | After all, the need for charity only exists because we're tolerating intentional injustices and widespread inequality created by power elites. A society as supremely wealthy as ours ought not be relegating needy families and essential components of the common good to the whims of a few rich philanthropists. | Yes, corporate and individual donations can help at the margins, but t…

Marissa Rodriguez (2022-01-26). Supreme Court allows Texas abortion ban to stand for the fourth time. liberationnews.org Clinics in states that border Texas have seen a massive influx of patients from Texas, resulting in weeks-long wait times for all patients since SB 8 became law.

Martha Burk (2022-01-26). To Protect Women's Health, Pass the Equal Rights Amendment. otherwords.org Late January marked the 49th anniversary of Roe. V. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide. It could very well be the last. | In 1973, Roe codified the right to terminate a pregnancy up until viability — around 23-26 weeks. Anti-abortion forces have fought to negate the decision ever since, and now they appear to be winning. | Two cases are now pending before the right-wing Supreme Court, and either or both could mark the end of safe and legal abortion in the United States. | Texas has outlawed abortion after six weeks, before many women know they're pregnant, and turned to vigi…

PAI (2022-01-26). OSHA kills emergency anti-COVID standard on order of right-wing Supreme Court. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON (PAI)—The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has permanently yanked its Emergency Temporary Standard requiring firms with at least 100 workers to develop and implement plans to protect employees against the coronavirus. But it'll keep working on a permanent standard to achieve that goal. OSHA's January 26 decision obeys the January 13 ruling by the …

Moderator (2022-01-26). Biden Urged to Nominate Black Woman to Supreme Court as Breyer Says He'll Retire. scheerpost.com By Brett Wilkins / Common Dreams Reports that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer plans to retire prompted progressives Wednesday to urge President Joe Biden to fulfill a campaign promise and nominate a progressive Black woman who will counter the high court's right-wing supermajority and protect democracy, human rights, and the climate. CNN reports a "well-placed" unnamed source said …

David Sirota (2022-01-26). Another Supreme Court Corporatist Would Be A Disaster. dailyposter.com

Editor (2022-01-26). Robert Reich: Understanding Why Manchin and Sinema Voted Against Voting Rights. scheerpost.com Austin, TX, USA — June 20, 2021: Demonstrators gather outside the Capitol to protest Texas SB 7, a bill that would place new restrictions on access to the polls. | Robert Reich / What can possibly explain Manchin's and Sinema's votes against voting rights last Wednesday? Why did they create a false narrative that the legislation had to be "bipartisan" when everyone — themselves included — knew bipartisanship was impossible? | Why did they say they couldn't support changing the filibuster rules when only last month…

Binoy Kampmark (2022-01-26). Off to the Supreme Court: Assange's Appeal Continues. dissidentvoice.org With December's High Court decision to overturn the lower court ruling against the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States, lawyers of the WikiLeaks founder immediately got busy. The next avenue of appeal, strewn less with gold than obstacles, would be to the Supreme Court. The central question remained: Should the publisher be extradited …

Binoy Kampmark (2022-01-26). Off to the Supreme Court: Assange's Appeal Continues. dissidentvoice.org With December's High Court decision to overturn the lower court ruling against the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States, lawyers of the WikiLeaks founder immediately got busy. The next avenue of appeal, strewn less with gold than obstacles, would be to the Supreme Court. The central question remained: Should the publisher be extradited …

sputniknews (2022-01-26). Danish Lecturers Refuse to Teach, Compare COVID-19 Passports With WWII Jewish Stars. sputniknews.com Two dissenting teachers at Copenhagen Business School made disturbing parallels between the COVID-19 measures and World War II and expressed hope for a "Nuremberg 2.0", in which those responsible will be brought to justice like the Nazi leaders who were convicted for their complicity in the Holocaust and war crimes.

ecns.cn (2022-01-26). UN chief calls for standing firm against hatred. ecns.cn United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on all people to stand firm against hate, amid rising antisemitism and other forms of religious bigotry.

WSWS (2022-01-26). Anti-vaccine zealots join with fascist militia forces at D.C. rally to oppose all COVID-19 public health measures. wsws.org Promoted by Fox News, the sparsely attended event promoted fascistic, anti-Semitic and anti-scientific conspiracy theories.

ecns.cn (2022-01-26). Gun violence in U.S. has grown into a tumor of society: FM Spokesperson. ecns.cn Gun violence in the U.S. has grown into a tumor of society, a Chinese FM Spokesperson said on Tuesday, adding that compounded with grave problems including the unchecked pandemic, drug proliferation and racial discrimination, gun violence has become a serious systemic human rights issue.

sputniknews (2022-01-26). 1 in 4 Holocaust Survivors in Israel Live in Poverty, State Does Little to Help. sputniknews.com Although 54,000 victims are getting an assistance package worth up to $2,000 per month, the vast majority are forced to live off a stipend of roughly $105, a drop in the ocean given Israel's high living expenses.

Staff (2022-01-26). Remembering Badran Jaber: A Life in Revolution. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes the revolutionary life of Badran Jaber, veteran of the Palestinian liberation struggle, upon his passing on 25 January 2022. Jaber, a leader and co-founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was a symbol of the Palestinian prisoners' movement. He was repeatedly arrested, interrogated and imprisoned in …

Fight Back (2022-01-26). Rally for Palestine in downtown Dallas. fightbacknews.org Dallas, TX – On January 23, around 100 people showed up at Civic Garden Park in downtown Dallas to protest the continuing eviction of the Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem and the continued blockade of Gaza. They also called attention to the "afforestation campaign" by the Jewish National Fund in the Al-Naqab Desert, which is intended to displace Palestinian Bedouin communities living in the region. | The protest was called by the Palestinian Youth Movement and cosponsored by Students for Justice in Palestine at University of Texas at Dallas, American Muslims for Palestine, MAS-PACE Dal…

Staff (2022-01-26). Remembering Badran Jaber: A Life in Revolution. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes the revolutionary life of Badran Jaber, veteran of the Palestinian liberation struggle, upon his passing on 25 January 2022. Jaber, a leader and co-founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was a symbol of the Palestinian prisoners' movement. He was repeatedly arrested, interrogated and imprisoned in …

Sean Connolly (2022-01-26). Racist zoning is killing working class New Yorkers. liberationnews.org The recent Twin Parks fire in the Bronx, which killed 17 residents — including eight children — is a tragic example of a long history of neglect made possible by racist zoning laws.

Sue Bull (2022-01-26). What solutions for labour shortages? greenleft.org.au Labour shortages give unions a stronger bargaining position. Sue Bull argues they need to argue against racist and nationalistic tropes that migrant workers steal Australians' jobs, while defending workplace safety, wages and conditions.

Sue Bull (2022-01-26). What solutions for labour shortages? greenleft.org.au Labour shortages give unions a stronger bargaining position. Sue Bull argues they need to argue against racist and nationalistic tropes that migrant workers steal Australians' jobs, while defending workplace safety, wages and conditions.

Marissa Rodriguez (2022-01-26). Supreme Court allows Texas abortion ban to stand for the fourth time. liberationnews.org Clinics in states that border Texas have seen a massive influx of patients from Texas, resulting in weeks-long wait times for all patients since SB 8 became law.

Staff (2022-01-25). We Support Somaya: Take action for justice for Palestinian student and researcher Somaya Falah. samidoun.net Stand with Somaya! The following call to action is supported by Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, the Palestinian Youth Movement and Within Our Lifetime — United for Palestine. Please join us to take action and stand with Somaya! Palestinian Ph.D. student, researcher and activist Somaya Falah is currently being held under house arrest, banned from …

Staff (2022-01-25). We Support Somaya: Take action for justice for Palestinian student and researcher Somaya Falah. samidoun.net Stand with Somaya! The following call to action is supported by Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, the Palestinian Youth Movement and Within Our Lifetime — United for Palestine. Please join us to take action and stand with Somaya! Palestinian Ph.D. student, researcher and activist Somaya Falah is currently being held under house arrest, banned from …

Hiroyuki Hamada (2022-01-25). Parasite Empire Unravelled. dissidentvoice.org So before Covid, a local school where one of my kids used to attend, had prominent race issues. Namely, teachers were being accused of being blind to obvious racist incidences against black students. The normalized notion of racism was so rampant that the school was forced to embrace some sort of deprogramming sessions by a …

Hiroyuki Hamada (2022-01-25). Parasite Empire Unravelled. dissidentvoice.org So before Covid, a local school where one of my kids used to attend, had prominent race issues. Namely, teachers were being accused of being blind to obvious racist incidences against black students. The normalized notion of racism was so rampant that the school was forced to embrace some sort of deprogramming sessions by a …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-01-25). Apartheid 2.0 in the World of Vaccines: The Great Reset in Action. libya360.wordpress.com Misión Verdad The Fourth Industrial Revolution radically affects the employment market (Photo: Gurusoft) Recently, media outlets reported that Nike began to fire employees who were not vaccinated against covid-19 in the United States. The more incautious doubt whether the measure corresponds to a policy to take care of its employees or whether it is intended…

Staff (2022-01-25). Russia may designate German murders as 'genocide'. rt.com Prosecutors point to the brutal occupation and war crimes committed by the Third Reich | Prosecutors in Russia's Rostov region have moved to officially designate the 1941-1943 Nazi occupation of the territory as a "genocide," citing the murders of more than 126,000 civilians and prisoners of war. | Officials have prepared a petition to the court at the direction of Russia's Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov, whose office posted the announcement on its website on Monday. The article lays out the suffering that Rostov, in southwestern Russia, endured during the years of occupation, when Nazi enforcers took control…

sputniknews (2022-01-25). Head of Anne Frank Fund Calls New Claims of Family's Betrayal 'Full of Errors'. sputniknews.com John Goldsmith, head of the Anne Frank Fund, slammed the bombshell conclusion of a new book, "The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation," that claims Jewish notary Arnold van den Bergh told the Nazis where the Franks were hiding, as "full of errors" and a "conspiracy theory."

WSWS (2022-01-25). The Conference: A haunting, disturbingly topical film about the Nazis' "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" wsws.org The film marks the 80th anniversary of the infamous Wannsee conference of January 20, 1942, at which leading Nazis and ministers planned the extermination of Europe's Jewish population.

sputniknews (2022-01-25). Head of Anne Frank Fund Calls New Claims of Family's Betrayal 'Full of Errors'. sputniknews.com John Goldsmith, head of the Anne Frank Fund, slammed the bombshell conclusion of a new book, "The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation," that claims Jewish notary Arnold van den Bergh told the Nazis where the Franks were hiding, as "full of errors" and a "conspiracy theory."

Staff (2022-01-25). Russia may designate German murders as 'genocide'. rt.com Prosecutors point to the brutal occupation and war crimes committed by the Third Reich | Prosecutors in Russia's Rostov region have moved to officially designate the 1941-1943 Nazi occupation of the territory as a "genocide," citing the murders of more than 126,000 civilians and prisoners of war. | Officials have prepared a petition to the court at the direction of Russia's Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov, whose office posted the announcement on its website on Monday. The article lays out the suffering that Rostov, in southwestern Russia, endured during the years of occupation, when Nazi enforcers took control…

Janet Parker (2022-01-25). White Australia has a Black History. greenleft.org.au A nation that refuses to confront the truth that modern Australia was built on violent dispossession and genocide is incapable of addressing the legacies of invasion, argues Janet Parker.

Janet Parker (2022-01-25). White Australia has a Black History. greenleft.org.au A nation that refuses to confront the truth that modern Australia was built on violent dispossession and genocide is incapable of addressing the legacies of invasion, argues Janet Parker.

Staff (2022-01-25). Thich Nhat Hanh After 9/11: Ignorance, Discrimination, Fear & Violence Are Real Enemies of Humanity. democracynow.org In memory of Thich Nhat Hanh, the world-renowned Buddhist monk, antiwar activist, poet and teacher who died Saturday, we reair a speech Hanh gave at Riverside Church in New York in 2001. Shortly after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, Hanh urged the audience to embrace peace in the face of anger, citing his experience of witnessing suffering on both sides during the war in his native Vietnam. "The real enemy of man is not man," says Hanh. "It is ignorance, discrimination, fear, craving and violence." We also speak with Hanh's longtime friend and fellow peace activist, Father John Dear, former director o…

IGD Worldwide (2022-01-25). Repression and History: an Interview with Belarus Anarchist Black Cross. itsgoingdown.org | It is essential that our revolutionary solidarity extend beyond borders and transcend the artificial East/West divide. The Belarusian anarchist and anti-fascist milieu, with its dozens of political prisoners (and likely more unknown to local support efforts) is in dire need of international solidarity. | This new interview with an anonymous member of the

IGD Worldwide (2022-01-25). Repression and History: an Interview with Belarus Anarchist Black Cross. itsgoingdown.org | It is essential that our revolutionary solidarity extend beyond borders and transcend the artificial East/West divide. The Belarusian anarchist and anti-fascist milieu, with its dozens of political prisoners (and likely more unknown to local support efforts) is in dire need of international solidarity. | This new interview with an anonymous member of the

_____ (2022-01-25). Global Days Of Action For Palestinian Rights. popularresistance.org On 28, 29, 30 January 2022, we call for a global mobilization in solidarity with the Palestinian people in their steadfast resistance against Israel's forced displacement in Jerusalem's neighborhoods of Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan, in Al-Naqab, the Jordan Valley, the southern Hebron Hills and beyond. | These Global Days of Action are in response to the call by the Bedouin-Palestinian community of Al-Naqab for international solidarity to support their struggle against Israel's ongoing Nakba.

_____ (2022-01-25). Police Arrest Seven Pro-Palestine Protestors In Washington D.C. popularresistance.org West Bank – The U.S. police in Washington D.C. arrested on Monday seven pro-Palestine protestors from organizations and associations supporting the Palestinian right during a peaceful demonstration in front of the Israeli occupation's embassy in Washington rejecting Israeli ethnic cleansing in occupied Jerusalem and Anaqab "Negev". | During the demonstration, a sit-in was held at the entrance to the embassy, with the participation of dozens of activists and people in solidarity with Palestine, as well as members of the U.S. Palestinian community. | The protestors gathered peacefully outside the Israeli Embassy to…

_____ (2022-01-25). Global Days Of Action For Palestinian Rights. popularresistance.org On 28, 29, 30 January 2022, we call for a global mobilization in solidarity with the Palestinian people in their steadfast resistance against Israel's forced displacement in Jerusalem's neighborhoods of Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan, in Al-Naqab, the Jordan Valley, the southern Hebron Hills and beyond. | These Global Days of Action are in response to the call by the Bedouin-Palestinian community of Al-Naqab for international solidarity to support their struggle against Israel's ongoing Nakba.

_____ (2022-01-25). Police Arrest Seven Pro-Palestine Protestors In Washington D.C. popularresistance.org West Bank – The U.S. police in Washington D.C. arrested on Monday seven pro-Palestine protestors from organizations and associations supporting the Palestinian right during a peaceful demonstration in front of the Israeli occupation's embassy in Washington rejecting Israeli ethnic cleansing in occupied Jerusalem and Anaqab "Negev". | During the demonstration, a sit-in was held at the entrance to the embassy, with the participation of dozens of activists and people in solidarity with Palestine, as well as members of the U.S. Palestinian community. | The protestors gathered peacefully outside the Israeli Embassy to…

ecns.cn (2022-01-25). Bilateral trade volume between China, Israel exceeds $20 bln. ecns.cn China-Israel trade volume reached $22.8 billion in 2021, over 400 times that at the beginning of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations on Jan. 24, 1992, Chinese Ambassador to Israel Cai Run said Monday.

sputniknews (2022-01-25). Netanyahu Refuses to Accept Israeli AG's 'Moral Turpitude' Clause in Corruption Case Plea Deal. sputniknews.com Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is presently negotiating a plea deal in a corruption case led by the Israeli Attorney General's office. Recent reports have suggested that the AG's plea deal would likely include a clause that would temporarily bar, or permanently ban, the leader of the opposition from returning to politics.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-01-25). Palestinians continue boycott of Israeli military courts to protest their illegal administrative detention. peoplesdispatch.org Around 500 Palestinians currently incarcerated in Israel under the illegal policy of administrative detention have been boycotting Israeli military courts to protest their detention since January 1. The detainees have since refused to appear for court hearings and sessions regarding the approval or renewal of their administrative detention orders. They are also boycotting appeal hearings, including those in higher courts. According to Palestinian prisoners' rights groups, among those participating in the boycott are three minors and one woman. All of them are being detained without charge or trial by the Israeli…

Staff (2022-01-25). Israeli regime chief to visit UAE next week. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) — The head of the Israeli regime Herzog announced on Tuesday that he will pay a visit to UAE next week and will meet the crown prince.

_____ (2022-01-25). The International Community's Response to Israel's Administrative Detention Should Go Beyond Humanitarian Grounds. strategic-culture.org The absence of a persistent strategy to counter Israel's human rights violations and to hold the settler colonial state accountable is of detriment to the Palestinian people, who remain shackled to humanitarian agendas. | A seriously ill Palestinian teenage refugee boy, Amal Nakhleh, has brought Israel's administrative detention system to the news headlines. Nakhleh, who is 17 years old and who suffers from a serious medical condition and who underwent an operation to remove a tumour from his ribcage prior to his detention by Israeli forces, has been held without charges in administrative detention since January…

Staff (2022-01-25). Israeli soldier jailed for Gaza TikTok video. rt.com The serviceman can be seen firing across the border into the Palestinian territory | On Tuesday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said a serviceman who shared a video of himself firing rounds into Gaza had been sentenced to 10 days in military prison. | "The soldier's behavior in the video does not conform with the norms expected of soldiers and commanders," the IDF said in a statement cited by The Times of Israel. Officers concluded that the shooting did not comply with open-fire regulations. | The soldier had posted a video of himself on the TikTok social media app in which he can be seen shooting in the air…

UFCLP (2022-01-25). Thursday 1/27: Defend 5,000 Striking South African Clover Workers. indybay.org San Francisco Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery St San Francisco, CA 94104…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-01-25). Palestinians continue boycott of Israeli military courts to protest their illegal administrative detention. peoplesdispatch.org Around 500 Palestinians currently incarcerated in Israel under the illegal policy of administrative detention have been boycotting Israeli military courts to protest their detention since January 1. The detainees have since refused to appear for court hearings and sessions regarding the approval or renewal of their administrative detention orders. They are also boycotting appeal hearings, including those in higher courts. According to Palestinian prisoners' rights groups, among those participating in the boycott are three minors and one woman. All of them are being detained without charge or trial by the Israeli…

Staff (2022-01-25). 5 February, Vancouver: Boycott Israeli Wines Picket — Day of Action. samidoun.net Saturday, 5 February 3: 00 pm BC Liquor Store Alberni & Bute (768 Bute St., Vancouver) Vancouver Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/2561663430632271… BC Government: Stop Profiting off Israeli War Crimes The British Columbia Liquor Distribution Branch is complicit in violations of Palestinian human rights. Despite calls from multiple local organizations for a boycott of Israeli wines, many produced in …

sputniknews (2022-01-25). Netanyahu Refuses to Accept Israeli AG's 'Moral Turpitude' Clause in Corruption Case Plea Deal. sputniknews.com Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is presently negotiating a plea deal in a corruption case led by the Israeli Attorney General's office. Recent reports have suggested that the AG's plea deal would likely include a clause that would temporarily bar, or permanently ban, the leader of the opposition from returning to politics.

ecns.cn (2022-01-25). Bilateral trade volume between China, Israel exceeds $20 bln. ecns.cn China-Israel trade volume reached $22.8 billion in 2021, over 400 times that at the beginning of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations on Jan. 24, 1992, Chinese Ambassador to Israel Cai Run said Monday.

UFCLP (2022-01-25). Thursday 1/27: Defend 5,000 Striking South African Clover Workers. indybay.org San Francisco Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery St San Francisco, CA 94104…

Staff (2022-01-25). Israeli soldier jailed for Gaza TikTok video. rt.com The serviceman can be seen firing across the border into the Palestinian territory | On Tuesday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said a serviceman who shared a video of himself firing rounds into Gaza had been sentenced to 10 days in military prison. | "The soldier's behavior in the video does not conform with the norms expected of soldiers and commanders," the IDF said in a statement cited by The Times of Israel. Officers concluded that the shooting did not comply with open-fire regulations. | The soldier had posted a video of himself on the TikTok social media app in which he can be seen shooting in the air…

Staff (2022-01-25). Video: Solidarity with Olivia Zémor, Free Georges Abdallah || Boycott TEVA, Support Struggles for Palestine in France. samidoun.net There are two important cases in France for the Palestine movement that will be heard on Thursday, 27 January. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network released this international video to support Georges Abdallah and Olivia Zémor, and to express our global solidarity with their ongoing struggles for justice and a liberated Palestine. TEVA and the case …

Staff (2022-01-25). Video: Solidarity with Olivia Zémor, Free Georges Abdallah || Boycott TEVA, Support Struggles for Palestine in France. samidoun.net There are two important cases in France for the Palestine movement that will be heard on Thursday, 27 January. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network released this international video to support Georges Abdallah and Olivia Zémor, and to express our global solidarity with their ongoing struggles for justice and a liberated Palestine. TEVA and the case …

Prabir Purkayastha (2022-01-25). Weaponizing hate apps: Sulli Deals and Bulli Bai. peoplesdispatch.org Hindu supremacists caught using tech tools and social media to target minority women prove again that each supremacism may be uniquely exclusivist but it is always anti-women and communal…

Staff (2022-01-25). Russia may designate German murders as 'genocide'. rt.com Prosecutors point to the brutal occupation and war crimes committed by the Third Reich | Prosecutors in Russia's Rostov region have moved to officially designate the 1941-1943 Nazi occupation of the territory as a "genocide," citing the murders of more than 126,000 civilians and prisoners of war. | Officials have prepared a petition to the court at the direction of Russia's Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov, whose office posted the announcement on its website on Monday. The article lays out the suffering that Rostov, in southwestern Russia, endured during the years of occupation, when Nazi enforcers took control…

Hiroyuki Hamada (2022-01-25). Parasite Empire Unravelled. dissidentvoice.org So before Covid, a local school where one of my kids used to attend, had prominent race issues. Namely, teachers were being accused of being blind to obvious racist incidences against black students. The normalized notion of racism was so rampant that the school was forced to embrace some sort of deprogramming sessions by a …

sputniknews (2022-01-25). Head of Anne Frank Fund Calls New Claims of Family's Betrayal 'Full of Errors'. sputniknews.com John Goldsmith, head of the Anne Frank Fund, slammed the bombshell conclusion of a new book, "The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation," that claims Jewish notary Arnold van den Bergh told the Nazis where the Franks were hiding, as "full of errors" and a "conspiracy theory."

WSWS (2022-01-25). The Conference: A haunting, disturbingly topical film about the Nazis' "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" wsws.org The film marks the 80th anniversary of the infamous Wannsee conference of January 20, 1942, at which leading Nazis and ministers planned the extermination of Europe's Jewish population.

Staff (2022-01-25). Thich Nhat Hanh After 9/11: Ignorance, Discrimination, Fear & Violence Are Real Enemies of Humanity. democracynow.org In memory of Thich Nhat Hanh, the world-renowned Buddhist monk, antiwar activist, poet and teacher who died Saturday, we reair a speech Hanh gave at Riverside Church in New York in 2001. Shortly after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, Hanh urged the audience to embrace peace in the face of anger, citing his experience of witnessing suffering on both sides during the war in his native Vietnam. "The real enemy of man is not man," says Hanh. "It is ignorance, discrimination, fear, craving and violence." We also speak with Hanh's longtime friend and fellow peace activist, Father John Dear, former director o…

sputniknews (2022-01-25). Netanyahu Refuses to Accept Israeli AG's 'Moral Turpitude' Clause in Corruption Case Plea Deal. sputniknews.com Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is presently negotiating a plea deal in a corruption case led by the Israeli Attorney General's office. Recent reports have suggested that the AG's plea deal would likely include a clause that would temporarily bar, or permanently ban, the leader of the opposition from returning to politics.

ecns.cn (2022-01-25). Bilateral trade volume between China, Israel exceeds $20 bln. ecns.cn China-Israel trade volume reached $22.8 billion in 2021, over 400 times that at the beginning of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations on Jan. 24, 1992, Chinese Ambassador to Israel Cai Run said Monday.

Staff (2022-01-25). Israeli soldier jailed for Gaza TikTok video. rt.com The serviceman can be seen firing across the border into the Palestinian territory | On Tuesday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said a serviceman who shared a video of himself firing rounds into Gaza had been sentenced to 10 days in military prison. | "The soldier's behavior in the video does not conform with the norms expected of soldiers and commanders," the IDF said in a statement cited by The Times of Israel. Officers concluded that the shooting did not comply with open-fire regulations. | The soldier had posted a video of himself on the TikTok social media app in which he can be seen shooting in the air…

UFCLP (2022-01-25). Thursday 1/27: Defend 5,000 Striking South African Clover Workers. indybay.org San Francisco Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery St San Francisco, CA 94104…

Staff (2022-01-25). Video: Solidarity with Olivia Zémor, Free Georges Abdallah || Boycott TEVA, Support Struggles for Palestine in France. samidoun.net There are two important cases in France for the Palestine movement that will be heard on Thursday, 27 January. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network released this international video to support Georges Abdallah and Olivia Zémor, and to express our global solidarity with their ongoing struggles for justice and a liberated Palestine. TEVA and the case …

Staff (2022-01-24). Headlines for January 24, 2022. democracynow.org U.K. High Court Rules Assange Can Request Appeal of Extradition to U.S., U.S. Judge Blocks Vaccine Mandate for Federal Workers, U.S. Reduces Kyiv Embassy Staff, Weighs Sending Troops to Region as Tensions Mount with Russia, Saudi-Led Airstrikes Kill at Least 82 People in Yemen, Including African Migrants, 150 People Killed in Attack on Syrian Prison, Bus Bomb Kills 7 People in Afghanistan; Taliban Officials Arrive in Oslo for International Talks, Reports: Burkina Faso's President Detained by Soldiers Amid Growing Unrest, Armed Men Detain Sudanese Women's Rights Activist Amira Osman, Palestinians Call for Probe in…

Labor Video Project (2022-01-24). MLK Day Strike By NUHW Kaiser Mental Healthcare Workers To Stop Systemic Racism. indybay.org A strike was held by National Union Of Healthcare Workers NUHW healthcare workers at Kaiser on MLK day. They were protesting the failure of Kaiser to honor their pledge to make it a holiday. They also talked about the systemic racism at Kaiser.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-01-24). US Military Supports Ukraine's Neo-Nazi National Guard. Are US Forces Involved in Combat Operations? globalresearch.ca This article first published in April 2015 is of relevance to the current situation in Ukraine. | The influx of US and NATO Special Forces involved in the training of the Neo-Nazi Azov battalion has not been discontinued. | According to the …

WSWS (2022-01-24). Texas fascist indicted for calling for assassination of Georgia officials one day before Trump's coup attempt. wsws.org Trump supporter Chad Clark is facing up to five years in prison after his arrest for posting an online ad the day before the attack on the US Capitol calling for "patriots" to kill election officials and politicians.

Spencer Sunshine (2022-01-24). Subpoenas Could Show Trump Admin's Link to Openly White Supremacist "Groypers" truthout.org The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol takeover have subpoenaed a wide variety of people, from Trump officials to grassroots activists. And on January 19, 2022, two more were called: Nick Fuentes and Patrick Casey, the leaders of the "Groyper" movement, a white supremacist outgrowth of the "alt-right." Fuentes believes that "genocide" is being committed against white people, and rails against immigration, the "LGBTQ agenda" and feminism. While relatively minor ch…

sputniknews (2022-01-24). Calls Pour in for Islamophobia Probe Into Tories Amid Nusrat Ghani 'Muslimness' Claims. sputniknews.com On Sunday, Tory Chief Whip Mark Spencer identified himself as the person ex-Transport Minister Nusrat Ghani made claims about when she argued that she was sacked from her post in 2020 because of her Muslim faith. Spencer rejected Ghani's claims as "completely false".

John Knefel (2022-01-24). Is Ron DeSantis Shaping Up to Be Trump 2.0 in 2024? truthout.org A common refrain in the Trump era was that despite all of Donald Trump's racist, xenophobic ambitions, he was too incompetent to carry out a wholescale remaking of U.S. society. There's no question his four years in office had a profound, disastrous effect on the people and communities his administration targeted — immigrants, Muslims and trans people, just to name a few. Plus, his openly fascist rhetoric — and sometimes actions — significantly emboldened the far right. However, both his legislative…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-01-24). Anti-Chinese Propaganda, Christian Nationalism, & the Foundations for a Right-Wing Terror Campaign. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer SheaUsing the USA's rising anti-Chinese sentiment as their ideological unifier, Christian nationalists are partnering with reactionary militias and imperialist agents to build a growing fascist movement. One that, if it doesn't fulfill its goals for regime change abroad, is still likely to carry out a successful version of its January 6th coup attempt at…

_____ (2022-01-24). Palestine Action Raid And Dismantle An Israeli Arms Factory. popularresistance.org Palestine Action have raided Elbit System's subsidiary, UAV Engines Ltd, in Shenstone, Staffordshire at 7.15 this morning. The activists have sprayed blood-red paint and begun dismantling the weapons factory, whilst occupying the roof to prevent site operations. With windows smashed and equipment dismantled, the action draws parallels with Israel's forced demolitions of Palestinian homes, sounding the alarm on the ethnic cleansing Israel is currently enacting in Sheikh Jarrah, Palestine. | Elbit Systems are Israel's largest arms manufacturer and hold…

Editor2 (2022-01-24). Israeli-Linked Elbit Systems UK Sells off Part of Manchester Business Targeted by pro-Palestine Activists. orinocotribune.com Elbit Systems UK, an international technology company linked to Israel, has sold off part of one of its subsidiary businesses operating in Oldham, UK a move pro-Palestine groups are claiming is a 'victory'. | Elbit Systems UK, a subsidiary of the Israeli weapons maker, has sold off part of its daughter company operating at a factory in Oldham, Greater Manchester, which Elbit announced Monday it was selling the Power and Control Business of its subsidiary Fer…

Staff (2022-01-24). Montreal rally calls for freedom for Ahmad Sa'adat, Nasser Abu Hmaid and all Palestinian prisoners. samidoun.net On Sunday, 23 January, campaigners in Montreal gathered on a snowy day outside the Israeli consulate to call for justice and freedom for Palestinian political prisoners. The demonstration, organized by Palestinian and Jewish Unity (PAJU), the Canadian Palestinian Federation of Quebec and Canada Sanctions Israel, came as part of the international Week of Action to …

A Guest Author (2022-01-24). A Jewish response to the Sydney Festival boycott. workers.org After 20 performers pulled out of the 2022 Sydney festival in Australia due to Israeli sponsorship, over 70 prominent Jewish organizations and personalities from Australia endorsed the festival's boycott in the following open letter: We are witnessing, and part of, a tremendous moment in Palestinian solidarity politics. In so-called Australia, . . . |

Staff (2022-01-24). Israel planning to evacuate Ukrainian Jews — media. rt.com Israel is said to be contemplating a mass airlift of those eligible for Israeli citizenship in the case of a Russian invasion | Top officials in Israel are said to be preparing for a scenario in which will they fly out thousands of Jewish people from Ukraine in the event of a Russian invasion, a top local newspaper has reported amid persistent Western speculation that Moscow could be planning an all-out offensive. | In a report on Sunday, Haaretz claimed that representatives from several government offices had met over the weekend to discuss the risk of the Jewish community in the Eastern European nation poten…

Adri Nieuwhof (2022-01-24). Munich anti-BDS policy is illegal, German federal court rules. electronicintifada.net Meanwhile, Palestine solidarity supporters face lawsuit in Austria.

Staff (2022-01-24). Brooklyn rally urges liberation of Ahmad Sa'adat and all Palestinian prisoners. samidoun.net Palestinians and supporters of Palestine rallied for freedom for Ahmad Sa'adat and all Palestinian prisoners in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, the heart of New York's Palestinian and Arab community, on Saturday, 22 January. Part of the international week of action to free Ahmad Sa'adat and all Palestinian prisoners, the action drew the largest crowds in recent …

Torraine Walker (2022-01-24). Opinion: The Black Boogeyman Lie. moguldom.com If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing —— Malcolm X There's a scene in D.W. Griffith's racist epic "Birth of a Nation" that takes place in the South Carolina Senate chamber during the Reconstruction period when, for …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-01-24). UK Court allows Assange to appeal US extradition in Supreme Court and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at a ruling granting Julian Assange the right to appeal against his extradition, the constitutional crisis in the Honduran Congress, and more…

ecns.cn (2022-01-24). Former supreme court official expelled from CPC, office. ecns.cn Meng Xiang, former chief of the enforcement bureau of the Supreme People's Court, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and dismissed from public office over serious violations of Party discipline and laws.

teleSUR (2022-01-24). Assange To Defy His Extradition To US Before UK Supreme Court. telesurenglish.net On Monday, London's High Court authorized WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to challenge his extradition to the United States before the British Supreme Court. This decision temporarily blocks his transfer to that country. | RELATED: | British judges Ian Burnett and Tim Holroyde denied Assange permission to appeal their extradition approval before the Supreme Court. However, they validated his legal team's challenge…

Editor (2022-01-24). High Court Allows Assange to Appeal to Supreme Court. scheerpost.com The High Court at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. (David Castor/Wikimedia Commons) | By Joe Lauria / The High Court of England and Wales on Monday in essence allowed Julian Assange, the imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher, the right to appeal at the U.K. Supreme Court last month's High Court judgement permitting Assange's extradition to the United States. | The High Court technically refused to allow an appeal to the Supreme Court, but left it up to that court to determine for itself whether…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-01-24). UK High Court allows Julian Assange to appeal against extradition but on limited grounds. peoplesdispatch.org The high court has certified only one ground of appeal, leaving Julian Assange's defense team 14 days to file for permission to appeal at the UK supreme court…

_____ (2022-01-24). British High Court Opens Door For Assange To Appeal To Supreme Court. popularresistance.org London – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange prevailed in his effort to obtain certification from the British High Court of Justice, which would allow him to appeal their prior decision to the Supreme Court. | Under the law, the court must determine that the request for an appeal involves a "point of law" that is of "public importance." | Journalist Mohamed Elmaazi, who was in the courtroom to cover the very brief proceedings, reported that the High Court certified the following point of law: "in what circumstances can an appellate court receive [diplomatic] assurances which were not before the court of first instan…

Staff (2022-01-24). Jueces deciden hoy si Assange puede apelar ante Corte Suprema británica. cubadebate.cu El fundador de WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, sabrá hoy lunes si podrá apelar ante la Corte Suprema del Reino Unido un veredicto anterior que lo tiene a las puertas de ser extraditado a Estados Unidos. | La decisión será anunciada por los mismos jueces que en diciembre pasado aceptaron un recurso presentado por los fiscales estadounidenses contra la negativa de una magistrada de primera instancia a extraditar al periodista australiano.

Adriaan Alsema (2022-01-24). How to steal land the size of a small country | Part VII: coercing justice. colombiareports.com The director of Colombia's ranchers federation allegedly teamed up with designated terrorists to steal land and coerce the Supreme Court. Recent testimonies indicate that Fedegan president Jose Felix Lafaurie was…

Staff (2022-01-24). "The Janes": Meet the Women Who Formed a Collective to Provide Safe Abortions Before Roe v. Wade. democracynow.org As conservative justices on the Supreme Court threaten to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortions nationwide, we speak to the filmmakers and a subject of "The Janes" about life before Roe, when a collective of women in Chicago built an underground service for women seeking an abortion. Heather Booth, who founded the Jane Collective as a college student, speaks about adopting lessons from the civil rights movement and antiwar sentiments of the time. "You have to stand up to illegitimate authority," says Booth. The directors of the film, Emma Pildes and Tia Lessin, speak about their m…

teleSUR (2022-01-24). Iran's UN Rights Restored After Paying Off Membership Arrears. telesurenglish.net Iran's ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi announced that his country regained its right to vote at the UN General Assembly after its membership dues to the organization were paid by South Korea with frozen Iranian funds. | RELATED: | He said that as soon as Iran's arrears are received in New York, the country's voting rights should naturally be restored. South Korea confirmed on Sunday that it has paid Tehran's m…

Brittani Banks (2022-01-24). Why the Voting Rights Struggle Is a Tipping Point for American Democracy. independentmediainstitute.org E.J. Jenkins vividly recalls the day his mom worked a voter registration drive at a grocery store in Gary, Indiana, and followed one recalcitrant young man to his car, coaxing and cajoling him until he walked back inside and added his name to the rolls. Jenkins took her lead and grew into a dogged activist …

Labor Video Project (2022-01-24). MLK Day Strike By NUHW Kaiser Mental Healthcare Workers To Stop Systemic Racism. indybay.org A strike was held by National Union Of Healthcare Workers NUHW healthcare workers at Kaiser on MLK day. They were protesting the failure of Kaiser to honor their pledge to make it a holiday. They also talked about the systemic racism at Kaiser.

WSWS (2022-01-24). Texas fascist indicted for calling for assassination of Georgia officials one day before Trump's coup attempt. wsws.org Trump supporter Chad Clark is facing up to five years in prison after his arrest for posting an online ad the day before the attack on the US Capitol calling for "patriots" to kill election officials and politicians.

sputniknews (2022-01-24). Calls Pour in for Islamophobia Probe Into Tories Amid Nusrat Ghani 'Muslimness' Claims. sputniknews.com On Sunday, Tory Chief Whip Mark Spencer identified himself as the person ex-Transport Minister Nusrat Ghani made claims about when she argued that she was sacked from her post in 2020 because of her Muslim faith. Spencer rejected Ghani's claims as "completely false".

Staff (2022-01-24). Israel planning to evacuate Ukrainian Jews — media. rt.com Israel is said to be contemplating a mass airlift of those eligible for Israeli citizenship in the case of a Russian invasion | Top officials in Israel are said to be preparing for a scenario in which will they fly out thousands of Jewish people from Ukraine in the event of a Russian invasion, a top local newspaper has reported amid persistent Western speculation that Moscow could be planning an all-out offensive. | In a report on Sunday, Haaretz claimed that representatives from several government offices had met over the weekend to discuss the risk of the Jewish community in the Eastern European nation poten…

UFCLP (2022-01-24). Thursday 1/27: Defend 5,000 Striking South African Clover Workers. indybay.org San Francisco Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery St San Francisco, CA 94104…

Staff (2022-01-24). Headlines for January 24, 2022. democracynow.org U.K. High Court Rules Assange Can Request Appeal of Extradition to U.S., U.S. Judge Blocks Vaccine Mandate for Federal Workers, U.S. Reduces Kyiv Embassy Staff, Weighs Sending Troops to Region as Tensions Mount with Russia, Saudi-Led Airstrikes Kill at Least 82 People in Yemen, Including African Migrants, 150 People Killed in Attack on Syrian Prison, Bus Bomb Kills 7 People in Afghanistan; Taliban Officials Arrive in Olso for International Talks, Reports: Burkina Faso's President Detained by Soldiers Amid Growing Unrest, Armed Men Detain Sudanese Women's Rights Activist Amira Osman, Palestinians Call for Probe in…

Kevin Gosztola (2022-01-24). British High Court Opens Door For Assange To Appeal To Supreme Court. shadowproof.com WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange prevailed in his effort to obtain certification from the British High Court of Justice, which would allow him to appeal their prior decision to the Supreme Court.

Staff (2022-01-24). Jueces deciden hoy si Assange puede apelar ante Corte Suprema británica. cubadebate.cu El fundador de WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, sabrá hoy lunes si podrá apelar ante la Corte Suprema del Reino Unido un veredicto anterior que lo tiene a las puertas de ser extraditado a Estados Unidos. | La decisión será anunciada por los mismos jueces que en diciembre pasado aceptaron un recurso presentado por los fiscales estadounidenses contra la negativa de una magistrada de primera instancia a extraditar al periodista australiano.

ecns.cn (2022-01-24). Former supreme court official expelled from CPC, office. ecns.cn Meng Xiang, former chief of the enforcement bureau of the Supreme People's Court, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and dismissed from public office over serious violations of Party discipline and laws.

teleSUR (2022-01-24). Assange To Defy His Extradition To US Before UK Supreme Court. telesurenglish.net On Monday, London's High Court authorized WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to challenge his extradition to the United States before the British Supreme Court. This decision temporarily blocks his transfer to that country. | RELATED: | British judges Ian Burnett and Tim Holroyde denied Assange permission to appeal their extradition approval before the Supreme Court. However, they validated his legal team's challenge…

Staff (2022-01-24). "The Janes": Meet the Women Who Formed a Collective to Provide Safe Abortions Before Roe v. Wade. democracynow.org As conservative justices on the Supreme Court threaten to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortions nationwide, we speak to the filmmakers and a subject of "The Janes" about life before Roe, when a collective of women in Chicago built an underground service for women seeking an abortion. Heather Booth, who founded the Jane Collective as a college student, speaks about adopting lessons from the civil rights movement and antiwar sentiments of the time. "You have to stand up to illegitimate authority," says Booth. The directors of the film, Emma Pildes and Tia Lessin, speak about their m…

teleSUR (2022-01-24). Iran's UN Rights Restored After Paying Off Membership Arrears. telesurenglish.net Iran's ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi announced that his country regained its right to vote at the UN General Assembly after its membership dues to the organization were paid by South Korea with frozen Iranian funds. | RELATED: | He said that as soon as Iran's arrears are received in New York, the country's voting rights should naturally be restored. South Korea confirmed on Sunday that it has paid Tehran's m…

_____ (2022-01-23). Patriot Front Fascist Leak Exposes Nationwide Racist Campaigns. popularresistance.org The detailed inner workings and operations of neo-Nazi organization Patriot Front have come to light after a massive leak from their chat servers. The exposed communications show coordination with their leader Thomas Rousseau to deface murals and monuments to Black lives across the United States, and intimate struggles to bolster morale through group activities like hiking and camping. | This release includes more than 400 gigabytes of data published by Unicorn Riot. Ostensibly private, unedited videos and direct messages reveal a campaign to organize acts of racial hatred while indoctrinating teenagers into nati…

sputniknews (2022-01-23). Biden's First Year in Office Saw 5,000 More Gun Killings Than Trump's, Monitor Finds. sputniknews.com 2020 saw several Democrat-controlled city councils across the US vote to cut their police department budgets in response to the Black Lives Matter "Defund the Police" campaign. Crime has since reportedly soared in some of those areas.

_____ (2022-01-23). Palestinians Call For Investigation Into Israeli Massacre In Tantura. popularresistance.org Occupied Palestine – Palestinians has called on Saturday for the formation of an international commission to investigate massacres committed by 'Israel' in the Palestinian village of Tantura in 1948. | The international investigation was called for following revelations by Israeli newspaper Haaretz that a mass grave had been discovered at Dor Beach, where Tantura once stood before it was destroyed. | Palestinians say multiple massacres of Palestinians by Zionist gangs took place in Palestinian villages during the 1948 war in a bid to forcefully displace at least 750,000 Palestinians from their homes and lands, a…

Hannah Priscilla (2022-01-23). Brooklyn rally demands Israel release Palestinian political prisoner. liberationnews.org Sa'adat is the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and has been a political prisoner for nearly two decades.

Reem Zubaidi (2022-01-23). Israeli Occupation forces in East Jerusalem demolish Salhiyah family home for second time. liberationnews.org Sheik Jarrah became a flashpoint of struggle in May when occupation forces attempting to expel Palestinian families and replace them with Israeli settlers.

UFCLP (2022-01-23). Thursday 1/27: Defend 5,000 Striking South African Clover Workers. indybay.org San Francisco Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery St San Francisco, CA 94104…

Staff (2022-01-23). Pfizer CEO paints 'ideal' future of Covid vaccination. rt.com Albert Bourla hopes the idea of annual vaccinations will be far easier to sell to the public | The CEO of Pfizer has tried to appease vaccine skeptics with an idea of Covid-19 booster shots only once a year — instead of every few months — all while attacking the most vocal anti-vaxxers as "criminals" who "profit from circulating misinformation." | In a series of interviews with Israeli TV channels, Albert Bourla

Staff (2022-01-23). Israel insists it only 'legally' spies on citizens. rt.com Israel did not deny using "advanced technology" to track the population, and rejected allegations that the practice was illegal | An Israeli minister has denied reports that police illegally used Pegasus surveillance software to spy on the country's own citizens, calling the "central claim" — that the practice was illegal — "not true." | Several government investigations were launched this past week after the Israeli newspaper Calcalist reported that law enforcement had been using NSO Group's infamous Pegasus spyware to illegally intercept the calls of citizens. | The newspaper claimed that police ha…

UFCLP (2022-01-23). Thursday 1/27: Defend 5,000 Striking South African Clover Workers. indybay.org San Francisco Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery St San Francisco, CA 94104…

Staff (2022-01-23). Pfizer CEO paints 'ideal' future of Covid vaccination. rt.com Albert Bourla hopes the idea of annual vaccinations will be far easier to sell to the public | The CEO of Pfizer has tried to appease vaccine skeptics with an idea of Covid-19 booster shots only once a year — instead of every few months — all while attacking the most vocal anti-vaxxers as "criminals" who "profit from circulating misinformation." | In a series of interviews with Israeli TV channels, Albert Bourla

sputniknews (2022-01-23). More Trouble Lurking for Netanyahu? Israeli Authorities May Open Probe Into Sub Affair. sputniknews.com Previously, neither the police nor the Jewish state's attorney general had found enough evidence to link the former prime minister with what could potentially be the biggest scandal in Israeli history. But if the government ends up launching an official investigation, that may all change.

Editor2 (2022-01-23). Sheikh Jarrah is the Frontline of Israel's Colonialism. orinocotribune.com By Hamza Ali Shah — Jan 20, 2022 | Yesterday, the Palestinian Salhiya family was forcibly evicted from the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah — the destruction of their home was just the latest example of Israel's colonial violence. | Last May, Jerusalem's District Court

Editor2 (2022-01-23). Sheikh Jarrah is the Frontline of Israel's Colonialism. orinocotribune.com By Hamza Ali Shah — Jan 20, 2022 | Yesterday, the Palestinian Salhiya family was forcibly evicted from the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah — the destruction of their home was just the latest example of Israel's colonial violence. | Last May, Jerusalem's District Court

Staff (2022-01-23). Israel insists it only 'legally' spies on citizens. rt.com Israel did not deny using "advanced technology" to track the population, and rejected allegations that the practice was illegal | An Israeli minister has denied reports that police illegally used Pegasus surveillance software to spy on the country's own citizens, calling the "central claim" — that the practice was illegal — "not true." | Several government investigations were launched this past week after the Israeli newspaper Calcalist reported that law enforcement had been using NSO Group's infamous Pegasus spyware to illegally intercept the calls of citizens. | The newspaper claimed that police ha…

Staff (2022-01-23). Samidoun Netherlands holds Palestine Stand for Ahmad Sa'adat in Amsterdam. samidoun.net On Saturday, 22 January, Samidoun Nederland organized a Palestine stand next to a busy marketplace in Amsterdam-West. The stand was part of the international week of action to free Ahmad Sa'adat, the imprisoned General Secretary of the PFLP. This initiative was a part of the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the arrest of the …

Staff (2022-01-23). Vancouver rally calls for freedom for Ahmad Sa'adat, liberation for Palestine. samidoun.net Crowds of activists gathered outside the Commercial-Broadway Skytrain station in Vancouver on a sunny Saturday afternoon to call for freedom for Ahmad Sa'adat and all Palestinian prisoners. The rally expressed support for Palestinians struggling for return and liberation in al-Naqab, Jerusalem, and throughout occupied Palestine as well as in exile and diaspora. The protest was …

Staff (2022-01-23). Week of action to free Ahmad Sa'adat: RCG responds to Samidoun call for action. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network received the following report from the Revolutionary Communist Group on their activities across Britain for the Week of Action to free Ahmad Sa'adat and all Palestinian Prisoners, including events in London, Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle and West London. Read the full report below: Supporting the call of the Samidoun network for action …

Staff (2022-01-23). With action in Belgium for Ahmad Sa'adat, Samidoun welcomes the Plate-forme Charleroi-Palestine to the network. samidoun.net On Saturday, 22 January, Plate-forme Charleroi-Palestine in Charleroi, Belgium, visited the Chatelineau open-air market as part of the campaign to free Ahmad Sa'adat, a leader of the Palestinian prisoners' movement and the national liberation movement as a whole. A team of activists carried a large sign and distributed materials and information as part of the …

Staff (2022-01-23). Palestinians hold rally in support of Yemen. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) — Palestinian people on Saturday evening staged a rally in support of the Yemeni people and the Ansarullah movement.

Joel Warner (2022-01-23). WEEKEND READER: The Far-Right Extremist Tied To The Supreme Court. dailyposter.com

Brett Wilkins (2022-01-23). Abortion Rights Defenders Are Calling on Legislators to Codify Roe. truthout.org As reproductive freedom is imperiled by the U.S. Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority and Republican-led state legislatures, advocates rallied in Washington, D.C. on Saturday — the 49th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling — while abortion rights supporters called on lawmakers to pass legislation to codify Roe as the "law of the land." | Rights defenders gathered outside the U.S. Supreme Court in the nation's capital, where Sam Goldman of Rise Up for Abortion Rights and Refuse…

Editor2 (2022-01-23). Sheikh Jarrah is the Frontline of Israel's Colonialism. orinocotribune.com By Hamza Ali Shah — Jan 20, 2022 | Yesterday, the Palestinian Salhiya family was forcibly evicted from the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah — the destruction of their home was just the latest example of Israel's colonial violence. | Last May, Jerusalem's District Court

Staff (2022-01-23). Pfizer CEO paints 'ideal' future of Covid vaccination. rt.com Albert Bourla hopes the idea of annual vaccinations will be far easier to sell to the public | The CEO of Pfizer has tried to appease vaccine skeptics with an idea of Covid-19 booster shots only once a year — instead of every few months — all while attacking the most vocal anti-vaxxers as "criminals" who "profit from circulating misinformation." | In a series of interviews with Israeli TV channels, Albert Bourla

sputniknews (2022-01-23). More Trouble Lurking for Netanyahu? Israeli Authorities May Open Probe Into Sub Affair. sputniknews.com Previously, neither the police nor the Jewish state's attorney general had found enough evidence to link the former prime minister with what could potentially be the biggest scandal in Israeli history. But if the government ends up launching an official investigation, that may all change.

Staff (2022-01-23). Pfizer CEO paints 'ideal' future of Covid vaccination. rt.com Albert Bourla hopes the idea of annual vaccinations will be far easier to sell to the public | The CEO of Pfizer has tried to appease vaccine skeptics with an idea of Covid-19 booster shots only once a year — instead of every few months — all while attacking the most vocal anti-vaxxers as "criminals" who "profit from circulating misinformation." | In a series of interviews with Israeli TV channels, Albert Bourla

UFCLP (2022-01-23). Thursday 1/27: Defend 5,000 Striking South African Clover Workers. indybay.org San Francisco Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery St San Francisco, CA 94104…

Staff (2022-01-23). Israel insists it only 'legally' spies on citizens. rt.com Israel did not deny using "advanced technology" to track the population, and rejected allegations that the practice was illegal | An Israeli minister has denied reports that police illegally used Pegasus surveillance software to spy on the country's own citizens, calling the "central claim" — that the practice was illegal — "not true." | Several government investigations were launched this past week after the Israeli newspaper Calcalist reported that law enforcement had been using NSO Group's infamous Pegasus spyware to illegally intercept the calls of citizens. | The newspaper claimed that police ha…

UFCLP (2022-01-23). Thursday 1/27: Defend 5,000 Striking South African Clover Workers. indybay.org San Francisco Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery St San Francisco, CA 94104…

Editor2 (2022-01-23). Sheikh Jarrah is the Frontline of Israel's Colonialism. orinocotribune.com By Hamza Ali Shah — Jan 20, 2022 | Yesterday, the Palestinian Salhiya family was forcibly evicted from the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah — the destruction of their home was just the latest example of Israel's colonial violence. | Last May, Jerusalem's District Court

Staff (2022-01-23). Israel insists it only 'legally' spies on citizens. rt.com Israel did not deny using "advanced technology" to track the population, and rejected allegations that the practice was illegal | An Israeli minister has denied reports that police illegally used Pegasus surveillance software to spy on the country's own citizens, calling the "central claim" — that the practice was illegal — "not true." | Several government investigations were launched this past week after the Israeli newspaper Calcalist reported that law enforcement had been using NSO Group's infamous Pegasus spyware to illegally intercept the calls of citizens. | The newspaper claimed that police ha…

Staff (2022-01-23). Palestinians hold rally in support of Yemen. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) — Palestinian people on Saturday evening staged a rally in support of the Yemeni people and the Ansarullah movement.

Anonymous Contributor (2022-01-22). Antifascist Action Against Patriot Front: An Anonymous Reportback On December 4th, 2021. itsgoingdown.org On August 12th, 2017, thousands took to the streets after a neo-Nazi who marched alongside members of the white supremacist group Vanguard America, murdered antifascist Heather Heyer in the streets of Charlottesville. Over the next few days, colonial and Confederate statues were torn down, white nationalists were exposed in their communities and fired from their…

_____ (2022-01-22). Washington Pumping Up War Fever. popularresistance.org An American friend of mine, now living in Russia, has two sons in the US Army. One of them said to him today, "your two sons are going to be fighting your beloved Russia." So the troops are obviously being told to prepare for war. One of those sons, an Army Special Forces soldier has been sent to western Ukraine several times to train the Nazi death squads that have been brought into the Ukrainian Army since the US orchestrated coup d'état in 2014. | Russia has repeatedly stated that they have no intention of invading Ukraine – unless Ukraine first strikes Crimea or the Donbass (eastern Ukraine that borders Russi…

_____ (2022-01-22). Washington Pumping Up War Fever. popularresistance.org An American friend of mine, now living in Russia, has two sons in the US Army. One of them said to him today, "your two sons are going to be fighting your beloved Russia." So the troops are obviously being told to prepare for war. One of those sons, an Army Special Forces soldier has been sent to western Ukraine several times to train the Nazi death squads that have been brought into the Ukrainian Army since the US orchestrated coup d'état in 2014. | Russia has repeatedly stated that they have no intention of invading Ukraine – unless Ukraine first strikes Crimea or the Donbass (eastern Ukraine that borders Russi…

WSWS (2022-01-22). "Democracy" in Ukraine—What is NATO risking a war for? wsws.org Honouring war criminals and Nazi collaborators, promoting fascist militias, mafia-like fights between oligarchs, corruption and massive social inequality are the most prominent features of Ukrainian "democracy."

Staff (2022-01-22). Ex-US soldiers with alleged neo-Nazi links arrive at Ukrainian front line. rt.com The soldiers of fortune shared pics and footage of them sporting combat gear at Ukrainian army positions | At least half a dozen former US military servicemen have landed in Ukraine amid rapidly escalating tensions in the east of the country. | The group, known as Forward Observations, has posted a string of photos and videos on its official Instagram, with geotags showing that the men are in the war-torn Donbass region. The Americans are seen wearing combat gear, apparently inspecting the Ukrainian army's battle positions and trenches. Some of the men in the photos are also holding assault weapons, though it…

_____ (2022-01-22). Strengthening Intergenerational Work On Israel-Palestine. popularresistance.org As trainers, coaches and activists on Israel-Palestine issues, we have found ourselves in the middle of many heated intergenerational arguments. Disagreements can range from campaign tactics to who is most to blame for the continuing conflict. | Cherie recalls a time shortly after the 2014 Israel-Gaza war, when a young Jewish woman screamed at her during a training session. "Why isn't your generation outraged about what is being done by Israel to Palestinians? Why aren't you with us in the streets?" she said. Cherie thought for a long time afterwards about what she asked of her. As a young adult, Cherie was in th…

_____ (2022-01-22). Strengthening Intergenerational Work On Israel-Palestine. popularresistance.org As trainers, coaches and activists on Israel-Palestine issues, we have found ourselves in the middle of many heated intergenerational arguments. Disagreements can range from campaign tactics to who is most to blame for the continuing conflict. | Cherie recalls a time shortly after the 2014 Israel-Gaza war, when a young Jewish woman screamed at her during a training session. "Why isn't your generation outraged about what is being done by Israel to Palestinians? Why aren't you with us in the streets?" she said. Cherie thought for a long time afterwards about what she asked of her. As a young adult, Cherie was in th…

IMEMC News (2022-01-22). Israeli Soldiers Open Fire Into Farmlands In Gaza. imemc.org Israeli soldiers opened fire, on Saturday morning, into Palestinian farmlands in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Media sources said the soldiers, station in Kissufim military base, across the fence, fired many live rounds into the farmlands east of the al-Qarara town, east of Khan Younis. They added that the attack did not lead …

IMEMC News (2022-01-22). Israeli Soldiers Shoot A Palestinian Near Ramallah. imemc.org Israeli soldiers shot, on Friday evening, a young Palestinian man near Sinjil town, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Medical sources said the soldiers shot Saher Fuqaha', 22, with three live rounds in the thigh and pelvis, causing moderate to serious wounds, before he was rushed to the Istishari Hospital in Ramallah. …

IMEMC News (2022-01-22). Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian, Detain Four, Near Jenin. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday evening, a former political prisoner, and detained four others, at the Dothan military roadblock near Ya'bad town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Media sources said the soldiers abducted a former political prisoner, identified as Omar Daoud, from Qaffin village, northeast of the northern West Bank city …

IMEMC News (2022-01-22). Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Near Jenin, Injure Many Near Nablus. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, early on Saturday morning, a young Palestinian man from Faqqu'a village, northeast of Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank. On Friday night, the soldiers injured several Palestinians near Nablus, also in the northern West Bank. Local sources said the soldiers abducted Thaker Abdul-Rahim and took him to a nearby …

IMEMC News (2022-01-22). Soldiers Abduct Three Construction Workers, Confiscate Car, Near Ramallah. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at night, three Palestinian construction workers in an under-construction school in the Tbeil area in Kafr Malek town, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and confiscated their car. Local sources said the soldiers invaded the Ein Samia area in Kafr Malek, before storming the construction site where …

IMEMC News (2022-01-22). Soldiers Attack Palestinians Defending Village After Israeli Colonizers Invaded It. imemc.org Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday evening, a Palestinian village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah and attacked the Palestinians who were fending off an invasion by illegal Israeli colonizers. Media sources said dozens of colonizers invaded the eastern area of Burqa village, southeast of Ramallah, before attacking the locals and their property. They …

IMEMC News (2022-01-22). Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians In Kufur Qaddoum. imemc.org Israeli soldiers injured, Saturday evening, many Palestinians during the weekly processions in Kufur Qaddoum village, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. Media sources said the soldiers invaded the village and fired many rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs, and concussion grenades. They added that two Palestinians were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets and …

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2022-01-22). UK Israel lobby takes aim at Palestinian university lecturer. electronicintifada.net Sheffield Hallam University must not capitulate to smear campaign against Shahd Abusalama.

sputniknews (2022-01-22). Will Balance of Power in Eastern Mediterranean Change if Israeli Gas Reaches Europe Through Turkey? sputniknews.com After Washington's refusal to support the EastMed Pipeline project, the idea of delivering gas to Europe via Turkey was put back on the agenda.

teleSUR- jaa -HIM (2022-01-22). Reportan decenas de heridos palestinos tras represión israelí. telesurtv.net Según las autoridades médicas al menos nueve palestinos sufrieron impactos de proyectiles, y más de 50 asfixia por gases lacrimógenos.

teleSUR- jaa -HIM (2022-01-22). Reportan decenas de heridos palestinos tras represión israelí. telesurtv.net Según las autoridades médicas al menos nueve palestinos sufrieron impactos de proyectiles, y más de 50 asfixia por gases lacrimógenos.

Editor2 (2022-01-22). Palestinians Fight Ongoing Ethnic Cleansing in Sheikh Jarrah. orinocotribune.com By Tamara Nassar — Jan 18, 2022 | A Palestinian man threatened to set himself and his house ablaze on Monday if Israeli occupation forces moved to expel him and his family. | It was the latest dramatic escalation amid Israel's ongoing effort to ethnically cleanse the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. | Mahmoud Salhiya The Israeli-controlled Jerusalem municipality seeks to expel the family of seven supposedly in order to build…

Ramzy Baroud (2022-01-22). How Israel's "Facebook Law" Plans to Control All Palestinian Content Online. dissidentvoice.org It is ironic that even former right-wing Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had rejected a Knesset (Israeli Parliament) bill which proposed to give the government greater power to control and suppress online content. This was in 2016, and the bill was introduced by Netanyahu's Likud party rival, Gideon Sa'ar. Some analysts argued that Netanyahu had feared …

Staff (2022-01-22). 'The last chance before the explosion'. rt.com How both Israelis and Palestinians are creating a recipe for bloody violence | The year 2021 was a bloody one even by the usually gory standards of the long-running Israel-Palestine conflict. Data from the United Nations shows that violence in the West Bank "

_____ (2022-01-22). Assange To UK Court: Certify Three Points To Appeal Supreme Court. popularresistance.org WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has requested the U.K. High Court of Justice to approve three points of law of general public importance, as at least one certified point is necessary for the Supreme Court to hear Assange's appeal against extradition to the United States, his fiancee Stella Moris said on Thursday. | For the country's Supreme Court to hear the case of an appeal, it must be first recognized that the appeal concerns legal matters that are important to the larger public. | "Julian Assange has asked the High Court to certify three points of law of general public importance. The Supreme Court cannot he…

_____ (2022-01-22). Assange To UK Court: Certify Three Points To Appeal Supreme Court. popularresistance.org WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has requested the U.K. High Court of Justice to approve three points of law of general public importance, as at least one certified point is necessary for the Supreme Court to hear Assange's appeal against extradition to the United States, his fiancee Stella Moris said on Thursday. | For the country's Supreme Court to hear the case of an appeal, it must be first recognized that the appeal concerns legal matters that are important to the larger public. | "Julian Assange has asked the High Court to certify three points of law of general public importance. The Supreme Court cannot he…

WSWS (2022-01-22). Trump draft executive order called for military to seize ballots and voting machines as part of coup plot. wsws.org The unsigned executive order was part of a trove of documents Trump sought to conceal, which were turned over to the January 6 Committee following Wednesday's Supreme Court decision.

_____ (2022-01-22). An Interview with Kamau Franklin Of Community Movement Builders. popularresistance.org Well simply put I think his policies, as predicted by any serious left analysis, have continued the terrible predicament of Black life in america. Biden by his own admission was a moderate and was not destined to do anything particularly helpful for the larger collective Black community. His inability to direct his own party to pass his signature legislation, Build Back Better, is a clear indication of how weak he is politically. His refusal to challenge to do anything on voting rights, to extend the housing moratorium to expand healthcare, to cancel student loans, and lastly to have a coherent national policy on…

WSWS (2022-01-22). "Democracy" in Ukraine—What is NATO risking a war for? wsws.org Honouring war criminals and Nazi collaborators, promoting fascist militias, mafia-like fights between oligarchs, corruption and massive social inequality are the most prominent features of Ukrainian "democracy."

Ramzy Baroud (2022-01-22). How Israel's "Facebook Law" Plans to Control All Palestinian Content Online. dissidentvoice.org It is ironic that even former right-wing Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had rejected a Knesset (Israeli Parliament) bill which proposed to give the government greater power to control and suppress online content. This was in 2016, and the bill was introduced by Netanyahu's Likud party rival, Gideon Sa'ar. Some analysts argued that Netanyahu had feared …

Editor2 (2022-01-22). Palestinians Fight Ongoing Ethnic Cleansing in Sheikh Jarrah. orinocotribune.com By Tamara Nassar — Jan 18, 2022 | A Palestinian man threatened to set himself and his house ablaze on Monday if Israeli occupation forces moved to expel him and his family. | It was the latest dramatic escalation amid Israel's ongoing effort to ethnically cleanse the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. | Mahmoud Salhiya The Israeli-controlled Jerusalem municipality seeks to expel the family of seven supposedly in order to build…

WSWS (2022-01-22). Trump draft executive order called for military to seize ballots and voting machines as part of coup plot. wsws.org The unsigned executive order was part of a trove of documents Trump sought to conceal, which were turned over to the January 6 Committee following Wednesday's Supreme Court decision.

Brett Wilkins (2022-01-21). 500K jobs lost, starvation looms as US holds Afghan funds hostage. nationofchange.org As a report published Wednesday revealed the loss of over 500,000 jobs since the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan last August, critics of the Biden administration's policy of economic sanctions and freezing billions of dollars in Afghan government funds renewed warnings of a "U.S.-fueled genocide" in the starving, suffering, war-torn nation. "The Taliban barely fired …

WSWS (2022-01-21). Democrats' pretend fight on voting rights comes to its predictable end. wsws.org The Biden administration and the Democratic congressional leadership have used the voting rights legislation in a cynical effort to mobilize black and other minority voters to go the polls in 2022.

Jack Rasmus (2022-01-21). Another Nail in the Coffin of American Democracy. zcomm.org After giving the 'deep six' to Biden's Build Back Better bill last month, Democrat Senators Manchin & Sinema followed up with a coup d' grace for Voting Rights too. Both desperately needed bills are now DOA…

IGD Worldwide (2022-01-21). Mapuche Political Prisoners Denounce Punitive Sentencing. itsgoingdown.org As young people, we are here in the dungeons of this prison, enduring this unjust sentence given to us by a state-sanctioned court. For us Mapuches, there is no justice, only racism. For the poor Chileans it is the same. We all know that in this country justice is for the rich who manage all of the capital.

Staff (2022-01-21). Headlines for January 21, 2022. democracynow.org U.S. Secretary of State Meets Russian Counterpart Amid Impasse over Buildup on Ukraine Border, Jan. 6 Committee Asks Ivanka Trump to Testify; Georgia DA Requests Grand Jury for Trump Probe, Jamaal Bowman Among 28 Arrested at Peaceful Voting Rights Protest, Sen. Mitch McConnell Suggests Black Voters Are Not "Americans", Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Proposes First-of-Its-Kind Election Police Force, FBI Searches Home of Arizona Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar, U.S. Bombed Syrian Dam in 2017 Despite Warning That Tens of Thousands Could Die, Market Explosion in Lahore, Pakistan, Kills 3 People, Massive Blast and Fire Kills…

Gideon Polya (2022-01-21). Responses to Israeli and South African Apartheid. dissidentvoice.org Paul Fletcher, Australian Federal Minister for the Arts, in an article entitled "Festival boycott the futile work of 'useful idiots'" (The Australian, 21/1/2022) falsely stated: "When Australians look at Israel, what they see is the only multi-party democracy in the Middle East — not an "apartheid state"". The facts: (1). Notwithstanding a century-long Palestinian Genocide …

deweylaura (2022-01-21). The fight for voting rights is essential. cpusa.org The following was presented to the National Board on Jan. 19, 2022, on behalf of the African American Equality Commission. Today's urgent struggle to protect and expand the anti-racist, anti-sexist, democratic voice of working people through the ballot, the struggle for voting rights, occurs within the context of the 2020 Ferguson Rebellion, and an …

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-01-21). 'I Have Always Had Black America's Back': Black America Responds To Biden's Press Conference. moguldom.com President Joe Biden held a press conference on Wednesday, Jan. 19, during which he reiterated his claim to have Black America's back — particularly in the area of voting rights — despite being unable to get critical voting rights legislation passed. At one point during the conference, NBC's Kristen Welker, relayed the frustration she'd heard …

Amy Goodman (2022-01-21). Vaccine Profits Minted 9 New Billionaires While Vaccine Apartheid Drove Omicron. truthout.org As many of the world's wealthiest people wrap up virtual talks today at the World Economic Forum based in Davos, Switzerland, Oxfam reports the incomes of 99% of the world's population dropped during the pandemic while the world's 10 richest men saw their wealth double. Meanwhile, vaccine profits have minted at least nine new billionaires at Moderna, BioNTech and China's CanSino, amassing a combined new wealth of over $19 billion. To discuss the rise of billionaires and the policies that got…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-01-21). Bolsonaro Declared Persona Non Grata in Guyana. libya360.wordpress.com January 21st, 2022 We, the undersigned organizations and individuals wish to register our strong opposition to the official visit of Brazil's President, Jair Bolsonaro to Guyana, and the Government's plan to strengthen ties with Bolsonaro's regime. Well known for his racist and neo-fascist views and policies, Jair Bolsonaro has created a nightmare scenario for Indigenous…

Editor2 (2022-01-21). Al-Haq Condemns Attack by the Israeli Occupying Forces on Birzeit University Students. orinocotribune.com On Monday afternoon, on 10 January 2022, the Israeli Occupying Forces (IOF) raided Birzeit University campus, north of Ramallah, arresting five students in front of the eastern university entrance.Approximately 14 members of the IOF, some with regular uniforms and others from special forces, some of whom were masked, attacked student representatives as they attended a meeting of student unions (political fractions) in Birzeit University. Local sources say that the IOF drove a white windowless van, usually used for moving goods, with a Palestinian registration plate to access the grounds of the university campus,…

Asa Winstanley (2022-01-21). Second court victory for Palestine Action. zcomm.org Activists celebrated another victory against Israeli drone giant Elbit on Thursday, as a British court dropped all charges…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-01-21). Palestinians hold protests in solidarity with Bedouins forcefully displaced by Israel in al-Naqab. peoplesdispatch.org Hundreds of Bedouins living in villages such as al-Atrash, al-Sawa, al-Zarnouq, al-Ruwais, Khirbet Watan and Beir Haddaj in al-Naqab are facing imminent demolition of their houses…

Labor Video Project (2022-01-21). Clover & The Class War In South Africa With GIWUSA President Mametlwe Sebei. indybay.org Five thousand workers at the Clover Dairy company in South Africa are fighting an Israeli billionaire family the Wertheim's who have taken over the company and have cut wages and threatened thousands of layoffs. South African unions are calling for an international day of solidarity at all Israeli consulates and embassies, South African embassies and consulates and all franchises of Coca-Cola…

_____ (2022-01-21). Why Palestine Is Burning Like Never Before. popularresistance.org Occupied Palestine — When no one is steering the ship, the wind, the currents and the waves lead it into the depths. This is what is happening in Palestine. The Naqab is burning, Sheikh Jarrah is burning, young and old Palestinians are being killed everywhere, Gaza is practically underwater with flooding, and Palestinian refugees are barely alive in camps throughout the region. Furthermore, in the U.S. capital there isn't a single entity that represents Palestine; and, in those rare capitals where some representation does exist, it is quite useless. | Zionist trolls on social media are disrupting the lives…

Michael F. Brown (2022-01-21). Extremists want Palestine rights advocate fired from NYC position. electronicintifada.net Morton Klein and Dov Hikind attack Naomi Dann over her previous work with Jewish Voice for Peace.

Editor (2022-01-21). The 700,000 Club: Joe Biden's Deportation Frenzy. mronline.org In under a year, the Biden regime has detained and deported more asylum seekers than his predecessor, demonstrating that there is an alignment among the U.S. political elites—of both parties—when it comes to creating and enforcing racist, inhumane laws.

splcenter (2022-01-21). Criminal Injustice: States unfairly prosecute children as adults. splcenter.org

Workers World Party (2022-01-21). The struggle for reproductive justice is a struggle against capitalism: A 10-point fightback program. workers.org The Women and Oppressed Gender Caucus of Workers World Party issued the following statement and program on the 49th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision. Email the caucus at women-gender-wwp@workers.org As a result of a hard-fought mass movement, the U.S. Supreme Court issued the landmark ruling in Roe v. . . . |