(2022-02-05). [Perspectives] Xenophobia, prejudice, and blame in pandemic times. thelancet.com The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us time and time again, through deeply painful lessons, that epidemics of infectious diseases may be biological in origin but our collective understandings of them and their impacts are social. From US Supreme Court rulings on mask and vaccine mandates in December, 2020, and as recently as January, 2022, to xenophobia, racism, and the blaming of disease spread on those marginalised within society, COVID-19 has laid bare what historians of epidemics have long understood—that epidemics expose, reproduce, and harden existing prejudices and inequalities within societies.
(2022-02-05). Attack of the Transphobic Putin-Nazi Truckers! dissidentvoice.org 
They rolled up on Ottawa's Parliament Hill like one of the plagues in the Book of Revelations, honking their infernal air horns, the grills of their tractors grinning demonically, the sides of their dry vans painted with blasphemies like "FREEDOM TO CHOOSE," "MANDATE FREEDOM," "NO VACCINE MANDATES," and "UNITED AGAINST TYRANNY." Yes, that's right, New …
(2022-02-05). Whose Swastikas? Justin Trudeau Supports Neo-Nazis in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca Trudeau has referred to swastikas intimating that the Freedom Convoy organizers are supportive of Neo-Nazi symbols. | The media has gone into high gear: | "Canada needs an explicit ban on swastikas and other "loathsome"
(2022-02-05). Morning Commute: 2-5-2022. anchor.fm In this episode I discussed the fascist origin of the United States of America as well as its colonial and imperial past, present, and fearful future. We are the ones who will stop the coming of the ongoing fascist and reactionary movement as well as its ability to further capture power. We must organize now!!
(2022-02-05). US Corporate Media and Israel. dissidentvoice.org Israel is greatly concerned about the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) effort that seeks: 1) to end international support for Israel's oppression of Palestinians; and 2) to pressure Israel to comply with international law. Israel claims that this campaign is a threat to its legitimacy. Unsurprisingly, Israel doesn't want to acknowledge that it is …
(2022-02-05). Internationalism and local activity: Emancipation without false dichotomies — Judit Rodríguez Fernández. samidoun.net 
The following article by Judit Rodríguez Fernández was published first in Spanish at laU — Revista de cultura y pensamiento. A French translation is also available, via the Collectif Palestine Vaincra. "What binds me to her is something that I could not explain exactly, although perhaps it is her deep roots in that heroic and …
(2022-02-05). Young Communists in France mobilize for Georges Abdallah and a free Palestine. samidoun.net 
On Saturday, 22 January, the Jeunes Communistes 13 (Young Communists of Bouches-du-Rhone, France, with the central city of Marseille) organized a screening of "Fedayin: Georges Abdallah's Fight" with a presentation by a member of the Collectif Palestine Vaincra, a member organization of the Samidoun Network that plays a leading role in organizing for the liberation …
(2022-02-05). [Correspondence] A just memory. thelancet.com Richard Horton's Offline1 makes for thought-provoking reading but gives a cynical and unbalanced view of the enterprise of tropical medicine. To portray tropical medicine as merely a service to the White colonialists and therefore fundamentally racist, even in the early days of the British empire in Africa, is to ignore the selflessness of many of its practitioners. Many of the great figures of tropical medicine were motivated by a desire to solve the health problems of African people, not merely to provide health care for the governing elite.
(2022-02-05). Thursday 2/17: Voting Rights, Civil Rights: What's Now, What Next? indybay.org Virtual event (FREE)…
(2022-02-04). 'The Wayland Rudd Collection': When state power was harnessed to combat racism. peoplesworld.org 
(2022-02-04). Update on Antifascists Facing Repression from Opposing the NSM in Newnan, Georgia. itsgoingdown.org Report and update from the International Anti-Fascist Defense Fund on those facing charges stemming from protests in Newnan, GA against the NSM. Back in April 2018, full-on nazis from the National Socialist Movement held a rally in Newnan, GA. Anti-fascists showed up to defend the community from that threat and were attacked — by Georgia…
(2022-02-04). Palestinian resistance is forcing liberals to see Israel's apartheid. electronicintifada.net Watch Ali Abunimah and Benjamin Norton discuss Amnesty's new report.
(2022-02-04). Amnesty: 'Israel' Imposing 'Apartheid' on Palestinians. orinocotribune.com Occupied Palestine (QNN)- 'Israel' is carrying out "the crime of apartheid against Palestinians" and must be held accountable for treating them as "an inferior racial group", Amnesty International said in a new report. | Released on Tuesday, the 278-page report by the leading rights group details how Israeli occupation authorities enforce a system of oppression and domination against the Palestinians. | The damning investigation sets out how massive seizures of Palestinian land and property, unlawful killings, forcible transfer, drastic movement restrictions, and the denial of nationality and citizenship to Pales…
(2022-02-04). Palestine is Nearing its 'South Africa Moment,' Campaigners Declare. orinocotribune.com By Bethany Rielly — Feb 1, 2022 | Amnesty International becomes the latest human rights group to accuse Israel of the crime of apartheid | PALESTINE is nearing its "South Africa moment," campaigners declared today after Amnesty International became the latest human rights group to accuse Israel of the crime of apartheid. | In a damning 280-page report, Amnesty details how Israeli authorities enforce a system of oppression and domination against Palestinians across Israel and the occupied territories. | The report, based on decades of research and witness testimonies, lists a range of Israeli abuses, includin…
(2022-02-04). Can Israel stop the world from saying 'apartheid'? Concealing the suffering in Palestine. mronline.org 
Israel attempts to improve its public image to counter efforts by human rights organizations that reveal the nature of Israeli apartheid.
(2022-02-04). "Israeli minister's criticism of Amnesty report reveals nature of an apartheid state" peoplesdispatch.org Vijay Prashad speaks to Philip Luther, Middle East and North Africa Research and Advocacy Director at Amnesty International, about the report released by the organization on Israeli crimes against Palestinians. The report titled 'Israel's apartheid against Palestinians' talks about the different ways the Israeli state dominates and oppresses Palestinians. Philip also responds to criticisms of the report by the Israeli government.
(2022-02-04). Dimitrov on the ideological struggle against fascism. cpusa.org 
The following excerpt, "The Ideological Struggle against Fascism," is from Georgi Dimitrov's report at the 7th Communist International on August 2, 1935. One of the weakest aspects of the anti-fascist struggle of our Parties is that they react inadequately and too slowly to the demagogy of fascism, and to this day continue to neglect …
(2022-02-04). Recent Polls Show Venezuelans Expect Economic and Political Improvements. orinocotribune.com Caracas, February 4, 2022 (OrinocoTribune.com)—According to the last Hinterlaces national survey, carried out this January, 29% of voters sympathize with the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) and 1% with other organizations that are grouped around the Great Simón Bolívar Patriotic Pole (GPP), which places partisan support for the government of President Nicolás Maduro at 30%. | Last May, 2021, Orinoco Tribune
(2022-02-04). New Hampshire teachers unions fight state censorship of anti-racist education. liberationnews.org 
A new bill in the New Hampshire state legislature, HB 1255, would all but explicitly ban the mention of indigenous genocide and race-based chattel slavery in New Hampshire class rooms.
(2022-02-04). 10 Things To Know About Brian Flores, The Coach Taking On The Powerful NFL Cartel And Their Jay-Z Strategy. moguldom.com Brian Flores, the former head coach of the Miami Dolphins, filed a class-action lawsuit on Feb. 1 against the NFL, the New York Giants, the Denver Broncos, and the Miami Dolphins, claiming racial discrimination in the league's hiring process against coaches and executives. In his lawsuit, Flores accused the New York Giants of interviewing him for their vacant …
(2022-02-04). Canada's ruling elite pressures Trudeau to meet with far-right Ottawa occupiers. wsws.org The opposition Conservative Party and right-wing media outlets are demanding Trudeau find a "political solution" to the standoff in Canada's capital. That is, make concessions to the protesters and their fascistic demand all COVID-19 public health measures be scrapped.
(2022-02-04). How Israel's Occupation Of Palestine Intensifies Climate Change. popularresistance.org Al-Naqab — On Sunday, roughly 200 activists demonstrated outside Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's office in Jerusalem against the Jewish National Fund's (JNF) tree-planting project in al-Naqab, maintaining the forestation is an attempt to displace the indigenous Bedouin population. | Contracted by the Israeli government, the JNF razed fruit trees and seeded fields in al-Naqab in January to "make the desert bloom" with non-native plants. The purported environmental project has been met with fierce protest from the local villagers, with more than 60 Bedouin arrested in the last few weeks. | JNF mainta…
(2022-02-04). Victory: Palestinian teacher defeats Israel lobby smears. electronicintifada.net Sheffield Hallam University drops investigation against Shahd Abusalama.
(2022-02-04). Bahrain becomes second Arab country to sign military pact with Israel. peoplesdispatch.org Going against their long-term commitment to the Palestinian cause formalized through the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002, Bahrain and the UAE signed normalization deals with Israel in 2020. Morocco also signed a similar deal…
(2022-02-04). A Shroud for the Dead Sea. orinocotribune.com 
By Majd Kayyal, Palestinian writer from Haifa, and Sumaya Falah, environmental researcher from Haifa — February 24, 2017 | Editorial note: As a rule, Orinoco Tribune does not generally re-publish opinion pieces more than 10 days after their original publication, but in this case we are making an exception, because this is an issue that demands attention. | One of the writers of this piece,
(2022-02-04). HBCU Bomb Threats: SPLC condemns 'abhorrent act of hate' from young extremists. splcenter.org
(2022-02-04). "City on the Second Floor": Clarion call from a poetic craftsman. roarmag.org Police investigate at a homeless people's encampment in Los Angeles, US. September 15, 2022. Credit: Ringo Chiu / Shutterstock | Matt Sedillo's poetry is electric, like a lightning bolt. He is a man on a mission, with a message to spread and fire on the tongue. With the tone and the tenor of a biblical prophet — though one with a profound sense of the farcical, too — he delivers a scathing critique, a desperate denunciation of the patriarchal, white supremacist and capitalist dystopia that we inhabit. His latest book, City on the Second Floor, is a cohesive and compelling compendium of some 32 poems a…
(2022-02-04). Some Consequences of the Latest hate Speech Incident in India. journal-neo.org 
On January 10 the Supreme Court of India agreed to urgently consider a petition on "hate speech" against the country's Moslem communities, with reference to specific incidents, most notoriously an incident in December 2021 in Haridwar — a city venerated in the Himalayan foothills on the banks of the River Ganges. Both the city and …
(2022-02-04). Search for a new Justice: What can defeat the threat from the right wing Supreme Court? liberationnews.org 
When attacks on people's rights are made, we can fight back and impact how the Supreme Court rules, regardless of who sits on the bench.