Daily Archives: July 19, 2022

2022-07-19: News Headlines

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-07-19). For the CIA, It's Better to Assassinate 'Insurgent' Leaders Than Jail Them: Report. orinocotribune.com Today, on Nelson Mandela day, WikiLeaks Capturing a HVTs is not necessarily a desirable option, from the CIA's perspective. Based on the CIA-assisted capture of Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress (ANC) leader's 27-year sentence, which he served in an apartheid prison, the report concludes that "Leader capture can have limited psychological impact on a g…

The Socialist Program (2022-07-19). Biden's Colossal Failure in the Middle East: How the U.S. Position Is Weakening in Global Politics. liberationnews.org Biden just landed from a multi-day tour in the Middle East where he spectacularly failed at his goals, including bringing more Arab countries into an alliance with Israel and bringing the price of oil down.

Editor2 (2022-07-19). A Tactic Not a Trademark: How the BDS National Committee Supports the Liberal Zionist Agenda. orinocotribune.com By Naji Handallah Jul 5, 2022 | When they mention "red lines" to me, I lose my mind. I know one "red line" | It is not the right of the biggest ego to sign a document of recognition or surrender to "Israel" | ―Naji AlAli | On June 24, 2022, under pressure from zionist demands for an FBI investigation, the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions National Committee (BNC) announced that it does

Staff (2022-07-19). Egyptian alliance calls for Arab unity and action to confront imperialism and liberate Palestine. samidoun.net Egyptian organizations gathered together in a conference for Palestine on Saturday, 16 July, held at the headquarters of the Karama Party in Cairo, Egypt's capital. Jaldia Abubakra of Samidoun España spoke on behalf of the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement (Masar Badil), where she called for an "Arab and international alliance to support the Palestinian …

Andy Kroll (2022-07-19). Controlling Bodies and Subverting Democracy. tomdispatch.com When I was the age that my daughter is now, my favorite sweatshirt had the words "Choice, Choice, Choice, Choice" in rainbow letters across its front. My mom got me that sweatshirt at a 1989 rally in response to Webster v. Reproductive Health Services. In that case, the Supreme Court upheld a Missouri law restricting the use of state funds and facilities for abortion, an early attempt to eat away at Roe v. Wade. And though many adults in the Wisconsin neighborhood where I grew up thought that message inappropriate for a 13 year old, I wore it proudly. Even then, I understood that it spoke not just to a person's r…

TeleSUR, gao, SH (2022-07-19). Israel autoriza disparar a palestinos con más impunidad. telesurtv.net Después de la visita de Biden, la policía de Israel endureció la política de enfrentamiento a la población palestina.

Edited by Michael Harris (2022-07-19). California United States Colored Troops Help Save the Union. indybay.org Rev. Thomas Starr King helped keep the thin margin of Union California vs Confederate California. US Colored Troops from California helped preserve the Union and begin the ending of legal slavery in America. Today, we honor National Buffalo Soldiers Day and share our unique California Journey from Slavery to Freedom.

WSWS (2022-07-18). The relativisation of fascism in Germany and the recall of Ukrainian ambassador Andrij Melnyk. wsws.org The reactions to the dismissal of the Ukrainian ambassador in Berlin, Andrij Melnyk show how far the rehabilitation of the Nazis in Germany has progressed 77 years after the end of the Third Reich.

Dan Cohen (2022-07-18). Watch the New MintPress News Documentary Film: Gaza Fights Back. mintpressnews.com Gaza Fights Back is the latest documentary from MintPress journalist and filmmaker Dan Cohen. It tells the story of Israel's 11-day war on the Gaza Strip in May 2021.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2022-07-18). US Presbyterians call for end to Israeli apartheid. electronicintifada.net Church recognizes worsening oppression of Palestinians.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-18). The Assassination of Shinzo Abe and Japan's Military Expansion. libya360.wordpress.com Gary Wilson Shinzo Abe promoted the racist, ultra-nationalist organization Zaitokukai. Above, Zaitokukai members wave imperialist "rising sun" flags (a red ball with 16 red rays) during a rally in Tokyo. This is similar to waving Confederate battle flags in the U.S. The placard says 'Koreans should be massacred.' The assassination of Shinzo Abe, the former…

_____ (2022-07-18). Palestinians Face Forced Expulsions As Biden Pledges Allegiance To Israel. popularresistance.org During his presidential campaign, Biden committed to rejoining the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. But a year and a half into his term, he failed to return the U.S. to the deal. He has also imposed additional sanctions on Iran, shamefully capitulating to Israeli pressure. | In the Jerusalem Declaration, Biden, on behalf of the United States, signed a "commitment never to allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon, and [pledged] that it is prepared to use all elements of its national power to ensure that outcome." When asked in an interview on Israeli television whether he would use military force against Iran, Bi…

_____ (2022-07-18). Russia-Iran Relations Take A Quantum Leap. popularresistance.org When the US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan first spoke about a potential Iran-Russian drone deal, Moscow kept quiet and Tehran issued a pro forma rebuttal, which, taken together, suggested that it is a work in progress. Sullivan's disclosure appeared at the fag-end of a White House briefing for President Biden's forthcoming West Asia tour to Israel and Saudi Arabia, and seemed to have an element of grandstanding aimed at fueling the latent anti-Iran sentiments in the Gulf region that could, in turn, inject some degree of contemporaneity to POTUS' signal project to cobble together an Israeli-Arab military…

Martha Grevatt (2022-07-18). Tamir Rice remembered, struggle continues. workers.org Cleveland Tamir Rice would have been 20 years old June 25. But on November 22, 2014, the 12-year-old was murdered by racist Cleveland police. His mother, Samaria Rice, has spent the past eight years fighting for justice for Tamir and finding ways to keep his memory alive. Tasheona, Tajai and . . . |

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-18). Biden advances Israel's agenda, one meeting at a time. mronline.org After facing criticism during his three-day visit to Israel, Biden will visit Saudi Arabia where he try to convince Arab nations to "normalize" tries with the Zionist regime…

Fight Back (2022-07-18). Collective statement: Biden in occupied Palestine and the 'Jerusalem Declaration'. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement on Biden in Palestine and the Jerusalem Declaration, signed by 80 organizations, including Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO). | The joint declaration of U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid reveals not only the fundamental bankruptcy of the imperialist and Zionist systems they represent but also underlines the necessity to act and stand now in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their resistance, to liberate their land from the river to the sea. This strategic partnership of violence, warmongering, repression…

Marie Kelly (2022-07-18). Reproductive rights vs. rightwing Federalist Society. workers.org Protesters gathered outside the Mellon Bank building in Center City Philadelphia July 13 to denounce the Federalist Society meeting there. Society members include the ultraconservative members of the U.S. Supreme Court, many Republican members of Congress and Amy Wax, a University of Pennsylvania law professor who spouts white-supremacist rhetoric. Philadelphia, . . . |

Staff (2022-07-18). Mujeres afrolatinas y caribeñas articulan redes en evento antirracista y feminista. cubadebate.cu La jornada acontece en el marco de la conmemoración del Día Internacional de la Mujer Afrolatina, Afrocaribeña y de la Diáspora, que cada 25 de julio desde 1992 busca visibilizar su trabajo y promover políticas dirigidas a mejorar la calidad de vida, erradicar el racismo y la discriminación y promover el desarrollo personal y social.

Sonali Kolhatkar (2022-07-18). Don't Normalize Trump's Enablers. commondreams.org If the January 6 committee, media, and public observers normalize Pence, Barr, and even the seemingly innocent Hutchinson, they are paving the way for future authoritarian fascists.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-07-18). AFT's Weingarten: Teachers rise after 'brutal' years of politics and pandemic. peoplesworld.org BOSTON —After what Teachers President Randi Weingarten called a "brutal" two years facing the coronavirus pandemic and political fire from the right—including the right-wing majority on the U.S. Supreme Court—the nation's teachers must still rise to action to beat back both the continuing plague and the radical reactionaries, she says. And all through this, she …

Staff (2022-07-18). Iran considers security of its neighbors as its own: Kanani. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 18 (MNA) — Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani has reacted to Biden's remarks on his visit to Occupied Lands and said that the US-backed Israeli regime is the prime suspect behind insecurity in the region.

A Guest Author (2022-07-18). U.S. Supreme Court attacks tribal sovereignty — again. workers.org By Will H., K. James and W. James On June 29, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) continued its centuries-long assault on Native Americans in its decision in the case of Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta. Sasafane (Euchee) protests the U.S. Supreme Court ruling against Native sovereignty in the Castro-Huerta . . . |

WSWS (2022-07-18). Biden concludes Mideast trip focused on US conflict with Russia, China. wsws.org The US war drive against Russia and China was the driving force of the US president's four-day trip to Israel, the West Bank, and Saudi Arabia.

TeleSUR, JGN (2022-07-18). Diez frases contra el racismo para recordar a Nelson Mandela. telesurtv.net "Nadie nace odiando a otra persona por el color de su piel. La gente aprende a odiar. También se le puede enseñar a amar", pensaba Madiba.

TeleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-07-18). Líder supremo Jamenei indulta o baja condenas a presos en Irán. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con medios oficiales, el líder supremo persa puso en libertad o redujo las penas a 2.272 prisioneros.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-17). The Belarus Tactical Group: Belarusians in the DUK SS International. libya360.wordpress.com Laurent Brayard Denis Prokhorov The Belarus Tactical Group was in fact a squad that grew out of a small company founded by Belarusian neo-Nazi activists who came to Ukraine to fight in the Donbass. They initially joined various battalions, most notably the Azov Battalion, but some also participated in the Maidan Revolution during the winter…

_____ (2022-07-17). 'Jerusalem Declaration': Imperialism, Zionism And Settler Colonialism. popularresistance.org Below are key points identified by Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network in responding to the Biden-Lapid Declaration ("The U.S.-Israel Strategic Partnership Joint Declaration") issued on Thursday, 14 July 2022. While the declaration largely holds nothing new, it once again reveals the joint commitment to imperialism and Zionism that is responsible for the past 75 years of colonization in Palestine. | Imperialism here means more arms, more support and more money for Israel. It means Phantom jets, atomic bomb secrets, and the building of an economy capable of facing the permanent blockade and state of w…

Anonymous349 (2022-07-17). Military Situation In Palestine On July 17, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org On July 17, a 17-year-old Palestinian ran over an Israeli policeman at the Ra'anana intersection near the Kfar Saba station in the north of Tel Aviv. An Israeli policeman was killed | On July 17, the Palestinian groups fired several rockets towards the sea | On July 17, General Michael Kurilla, the US CENTCOM commander visited Israel | Two Palestinians were injured during the Israeli military attack on the city of Tubas, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent |

_____ (2022-07-17). Ghost Stories Of Capitalism: Watching The Shutters Of Austerity Close. popularresistance.org By the end of the 1970s,U.S. capitalism entered its neoliberal phase where austerity and privatization reigned supreme. Federal agencies such as the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) were reduced to near non-existence. Welfare was eradicated all together in 1996 and tens of thousands of public housing units were demolished or privatized under the Bill Clinton administration. CAP agencies either shut their doors permanently or offered only the services that were supported by a mixture of private philanthropy and meagre government subsidy. It was out of this environment that Tri-CAP formed to addres…

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