(2022-05-18). CovertAction Bulletin Podcast: Whitewashing Neo-Nazis in Ukraine & Biden's "Disinformation Governing Board" covertactionmagazine.com Biden announced last month the assembly of a team within the Department of Homeland Security with the title: Disinformation Governing Board (DGB). Supposedly this team will be working to combat Russian, Iranian, and Chinese "disinformation." We dive deeper into the contradictory history of disinformation about Ukraine in 2014 spread by non other than the executive director of the DGB board, Nina Jankowicz.
(2022-05-18). Milwaukee Palestinians and allies rally to call for liberation and justice for Shireen Abu Akleh. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – May 15 marked the 74th anniversary of the Nakba, the day that Zionist paramilitaries began the violent removal of Palestinians from a majority of their historic homeland. Various organizations in Milwaukee, led primarily by American Muslims for Palestine and Students for Justice in Palestine, hosted a rally near the lakefront downtown to commemorate the tragedy that drew over 100 people. The event was co-sponsored by a variety of faith-based organizations representing Muslims, Christians and Jews. | The speakers also used the time to condemn the Israeli Defense Forces assassination of prominent Pa…
(2022-05-18). Milwaukee youth and community mobilize again in defense of women's and reproductive rights. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On May 12, students at Golda Meir School organized a walkout near the end of their school day in protest of the Supreme Court majority opinion report that was leaked on May 3. Children from all grades at Gold, from third to the twelfth grades, participated in the action. One sign read, "Forced pregnancy is a crime against humanity." Some of the older kids led their peers with some chants which drew support from cars driving by. | Later that weekend, organizers with the Milwaukee International Women's Day Coalition, together with nearly 150 community members and supporters, took to the streets of d…
(2022-05-18). How frame-ups work: The Antony Gay trial. fightbacknews.org Peoria, IL – The Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR) brought a dozen activists from Chicago to Peoria, Illinois May 16 for the opening of the federal trial of Anthony Gay. Gay had previously defeated the charges when, in an historic trial, he won a hung jury representing himself. He is facing the same assistant U.S. attorneys and federal judge. | The charge against Gay is that he is a felon and had a firearm. | During the proceedings, Gay pointed out that there is no physical evidence of him having a firearm. There was a pistol found by the Rock Island police in the vicinity where t…
(2022-05-18). In Buffalo, Biden covers up role of Republican Party in promoting fascist "Replacement Theory" wsws.org In the course of his remarks, Biden managed to omit the words "Trump" and "Republican," or name a single Republican official, media outlet or commentator who has promoted the racist and anti-Semitic themes of the "Great Replacement."