(2022-01-11). Former Army Chaplain at Guantánamo Was Jailed There Himself. truthout.org 
Twenty years ago today, the U.S. military began imprisoning Muslim men at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba. We speak with the prison's former Muslim chaplain, James Yee, who was jailed and held in solitary confinement for 76 days after being falsely accused of espionage. All charges were eventually dropped, and he received an honorable discharge. Yee describes how boys as young as 12 to 15 years old were treated as enemy combatants on the prison complex and the widespread Islamophobia that put even Muslim Americans under…
(2022-01-11). As Israel Plots Endgame in Occupied Golan, Bennett Must Remember Lessons of the Past. orinocotribune.com By Ramzy Baroud — Jan 5, 2022 | With Syria still embroiled in its own war, Israel has been actively rewriting the rule book regarding its conduct in this Arab country. Gone are the days of a potential return of the illegally occupied Golan Heights to Syrian sovereignty in exchange for peace, per the language of yesteryears. Now, Israel is set to double its illegal Jewish settler population in the Golan, while Israeli bombs continue to drop with a much higher frequency on various Syrian targets. | Indeed, a one-sided war is underway, casually reported as if a routine, everyday event. In the last decade, many…
(2022-01-11). Israel Rojas: Una pelea cubana por la inteligencia y el razonamiento (+ PDF). cubadebate.cu "Se está llegando a un punto en el que ya no es por lo que dices, sino por no decir nada. Por eso he alertado en mis redes sociales: 'Artista, creador, no creas que con no meterte estarás ileso; no, te va a llegar tu momento'", afirma el integrante de Buena Fe. "Que intenten matarte mediática y temporalmente no significa que puedan matarte (…) Te matan cuando te callas, cuando te logran transformar, cuando te logran confundir, cuando aprendes el discurso que quieren escuchar de ti".
(2022-01-11). Autoridad electoral de Nicaragua juramenta a Daniel Ortega para nuevo periodo presidencial. cubadebate.cu La presidenta del Consejo Supremo Electoral de Nicaragua entregó este lunes a Daniel Ortega y a Rosario Murillo las credenciales como presidente y vicepresidenta para un nuevo periodo al frente del Ejecutivo de esa nación. Entre otros temas abordados en su intervención, Ortega reiteró el reclamo de cese de la política de bloqueo y sanciones contra Cuba y Venezuela.
(2022-01-11). Biden Will Back Filibuster Changes After Pressure From Voting Rights Groups. truthout.org 
President Joe Biden plans to give a speech on Tuesday in Atlanta, Georgia, to discuss the need to pass voting rights legislation at the federal level — and to express his support for changing the filibuster rule in the U.S. Senate to do so. | Republicans have used the Senate filibuster to block major voting rights bills
(2022-01-10). Envoy: Germany "bears same historical responsibility to Ukraine over Nazi crimes as it does to Israel," must provide "massive military support," backing for NATO membership. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukraine ambassador demands that Germany stop blocking arms supplies to Kyiv This was stated by Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany Andrij Melnyk, who spoke with the Funke Mediagruppe newspapers, Ukrinform reports. The envoy called on the newly-appointed government to "abandon the existing policy of blocking, which in terms of morality is completely wrong, and urgently …
(2022-01-10). Michelle Obama Urges Americans to Vote 'Like the Future of Democracy Depends on It' in 2022 Midterms. sputniknews.com Michelle Obama and a cast of celebrities signed an open letter in March 2021, asking Americans to call their senators and urge them to pass sweeping voting rights legislation, the For the People Act, in Congress, insisting it was "the most important thing we can do to protect" the future of the country.
(2022-01-10). Three important books on race in America for deep winter reading. peoplesworld.org 
"The past is never dead. It's not even past." —William Faulkner (1950) Let's consider a trio of books that can be helpful in gaining a deeper understanding of racism, both its practice and its ideological components, including in the current period. Most current of the three is The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story (2021), …
(2022-01-10). The Weekly Round-Up: Colston Four acquitted, the new offence of breastfeeding voyeurism, and the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
In the news: The Colston Four have been acquitted of criminal damage by a jury for their role in pulling down the statue of Edward Colston in Bristol and pushing it into Bristol Harbour during a Black Lives Matter protest in June 2020. Under the Criminal Damage Act 1971, a defendant will have a defence …
(2022-01-10). Building Communities For A Fascist-Free Future. popularresistance.org On August 17, 2019, a coalition of antifascist and progressive groups in Portland, Oregon organized a rally to protest a Proud Boy event planned in the city. The rally had a carnivalesque atmosphere created by PopMob — an antifascist group of concerned Portlanders which seeks to "resist the alt-right with whimsy and creativity" — and brought on a diverse range of organizations, from labor and religious groups and civil rights groups like the NAACP to more militant organizations like Rose City Antifa. | During the protest, the latter, along with autonomous black bloc organizers, acted as a buffer betwe…
(2022-01-10). Covid-19, apartheid sanitario en la "aldea global" cubadebate.cu Publicamos un fragmento del último libro de Alain Bih, Face au Covid-19: nos exigences, leurs incohérences (Syllepse, 2021). En él, Bihr analiza la doble crisis revelada por la pandemia de Covid-19, la del sistema capitalista, pero también la de las fuerzas de la alternativa, y plantea algunas vías para salir del letargo.
(2022-01-10). Canadian Tire Fire #25: Rage Against Anti-Trans Bill; Solidarity Actions Continue as Coyote Camp Ducks RCMP. itsgoingdown.org 
This week we have a couple funny anecdotes in the world of anti-fascism, a couple stories we missed in December, and as always stories of continued resistance. Anarchists held noise demos in multiple cities on New Years Eve as always. In Montreal, queer and trans people redecorated the city in outrage over Quebec's anti-trans bill…
(2022-01-10). Watch: Palestinian liberation and resistance to US imperialism. electronicintifada.net Ali Abunimah and Rania Khalek talk about "progressive" politicians who pander to Israel.
(2022-01-10). Israel's Elbit sells UK arms factory targeted by activists. electronicintifada.net Hailing victory, Palestine Action vows to continue disruptions at other sites.
(2022-01-10). Record-High Infection Cases And Long Queues: is Israel Losing Control Over COVID-19? sputniknews.com On Sunday, Israel registered more than 17,000 new cases of coronavirus. According to estimates, the current wave of the pandemic will see two to four million Israelis infected.
(2022-01-10). Bennett Warns Israel Won't Be Bound by Any Iran Nuclear Deal, Will 'Reserve Freedom of Action'. sputniknews.com Tehran, other signatories of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Iran nuclear deal, and the United States have been negotiating on bringing the agreement back online. Israel has repeatedly threatened to carry out strikes against the Islamic Republic targeting its nuclear programme, either unilaterally or in coordination with Washington.
(2022-01-10). GOP-named Supreme Court majority cements its role as a pro-corporate fiefdom. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Recalling the 1930s, when the "Nine Old Men" scrapped key New Deal legislation, the GOP-named U.S. Supreme Court majority may again show its implementation of the right-wing pro-corporate agenda, this time by nullifying OSHA's anti-coronavirus Emergency Temporary Standard. It is clearer than ever now that rather than being legitimate justices members of the Court are …
(2022-01-10). Knoxville, Tennessee abortion clinic fire ruled arson. wsws.org The fire that destroyed the Planned Parenthood clinic was the second attack in a year and comes as the Supreme Court considers overturning Roe v. Wade.
(2022-01-10). Monday 1/10: 2022 Voting Rights State of Play: Taking Action to Protect the Vote. indybay.org Online event…