Daily Archives: July 27, 2022

2022-07-27: News Headlines

Jason Ditz (2022-07-27). Russia Fired on Israeli Jets Over Syria in May 'One-Off'. news.antiwar.com In late May, Russia fired S-300 missiles at Israeli jets attacking Syria. Israeli DM Benny Gantz confirmed this, calling it a " Russia has long complained about Israeli attacks on Syria, but this marks the first time they actually fired on…

Editor2 (2022-07-27). Time for Palestine to Claim Its Stolen Gas. orinocotribune.com By Yousef Fares Jul 22, 2022 | Hezbollah has threatened Israel with war if Lebanon is not allowed to exploit its share in the Karish gas field. Now, the Palestinian resistance may do the same over their "stolen gas" off the Gaza Strip. | The maritime border dispute between Lebanon and Israel over the Karish gas field is reminiscent of the

Ann Brown (2022-07-27). Why Former FBI Informant And Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall Hated Malcolm X. moguldom.com Thurgood Marshall and Malcolm X were two major figures in Black America. Yet it seems they often took jabs at each other. Marshall, the first Black American named to the Supreme Court, especially did not appear to be impressed by Malcolm X and his activist works. Marshall, a lawyer and civil rights activist, served as …

____ (2022-07-27). Israel discovers 1,850-year-old Roman coin with moon goddess design. ecns.cn Photo hows a 1,850-year-old bronze coin in Jerusalem, July 26, 2022. Israeli archaeologists have discovered a 1,850-year-old bronze coin bearing the design of ancient Roman moon goddess Luna in northern Israel.

Staff (2022-07-26). Moscow regrets Israel's anti-Russian position on Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) — Israel's anti-Russian position on the situation around Ukraine causes regret, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday.

_____ (2022-07-26). Fox Seeks Allies Across The Political Spectrum To Shill For Bolsonaro. popularresistance.org It is no secret that, since the 2016 legislative coup against President Dilma Rousseff and 2018 arbitrary imprisonment of front-running presidential candidate Lula da Silva, multinational corporations have made billions of dollars from environmental deregulation, dismantlement of labor rights and privatization of Brazil's natural resources. It's also now known that corporate media outlets like the New York Times and Washington Post normalized the breakdown of Brazil's rule of law and rise of fascism by ignoring crimes committed by high-profile Judge Sergio Moro that were widely publicized in Brazilian media. | So…

Jason Ditz (2022-07-26). DM Gantz: Israel Can Seriously Harm and Delay Iran's Nuclear Program. news.antiwar.com Talking up the military option in Iran, Israeli DM Benny Gantz says that Israel has the "Iran is a global problem," Gantz noted. "It is not just Israel's private problem." Israel seems to think that regional support will make attacks easier. | That may be the case. The Saudi Arabia / GCC nations would probably let Israel use their airspace for the attacks, but Iraq almost certainl…

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2022-07-26). With eye on the CIA, Moscow cracks the whip at Israel. mronline.org The Jewish Agency is Israel's life source and the Kremlin shut it down this month. The fallout may be a measurable schism between Moscow and Tel Aviv, in which the latter has a lot to lose.

Maureen Clare Murphy (2022-07-26). Cruelty against Gaza patients enabled by US and EU. electronicintifada.net Nearly 850 Palestinians died after Israel denied or delayed permits to travel for treatment.

Sami Huraini (2022-07-26). Taking on the "charities" that fund Israel's settlers. electronicintifada.net Many organizations have joined the Campaign to Defund Racism.

Editor (2022-07-26). Puerto Rico: between colonialism, racism and slavery on July 25. mronline.org I write this article with the purpose of revealing some details about the Anglo-Saxon-supremacist jurisprudence that gave rise to and govern this colonial territorial status.

Rann Miller (2022-07-26). Opinion: Republican 'Patriots' Are No Heroes, Former Trump Staff Testifying On Jan. 6 Doesn't Change The Fact They Were Trump Staff. moguldom.com The congressional investigation into the January 6 insurrection is in full swing, and it seems there is no end in sight. That's because of recent testimony unearthing new details from those inside the Trump White House with prior knowledge of the leadup to the insurrection. Prying the door open to more intimate information about the …

Mairead Skehan Gillis (2022-07-26). Boston Starbucks Workers United strikes against unfair labor practices. workers.org Boston Striking members of Boston Starbucks Workers United made U.S. labor history this week, shutting down their store at 874 Commonwealth Ave. at Boston University for seven days, in protest of what SBWU calls a pattern of management's new union-busting, racist and transphobic Unfair Labor Practices. July 19 protest. WW . . . |

Matt Sedlar (2022-07-26). Black People Need Better Options than the Morgue or Mass Incarceration. cepr.net Rather than the gun lawlessness promoted by the extremists on the Supreme Court, Black Americans must insist on gun safety laws and an end to mass incarceration.

_____ (2022-07-26). We Can't Build Real Power By Defending Democrats. popularresistance.org The United States Constitution is failing: Its anti-democratic structures are creating a crisis of legitimacy and an inability to address a cascade of social crises. This is a problem endemic to liberal democracies, as the contradictions between political democracy on the one hand, and the tyranny of capital and ruling class control of politics on the other become heightened. | Part of the crisis we face is the disjuncture between the sense of horror and urgency from the events of the last months and the gross inaction from politicians, particularly Democrats. Less than two weeks after a white supremacist attack…

Andrew Hong, Aidan Smith (2022-07-26). State Lawmakers Must Act to Save Democracy From GOP Attacks. commondreams.org Our democracy is at its most vulnerable in decades with safeguards to protect voting rights and prevent partisan gerrymandering continuing to crumble, especially at the state level.

David Sirota (2022-07-26). WATCH NOW: The Man Who Bought The Supreme Court. levernews.com Let us introduce you to Leonard Leo, who is single-handedly more responsible for the Supreme Court's conservative majority than anyone else in politics.As our

Juan Cole (2022-07-26). The New Middle East, Same as the old Middle East The Meaning of Biden's Trip. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) Assessing President Biden's Trip to the Middle East. Thanks to Margot Patterson at KKFI for having me on to discuss President Biden's trip a couple of weeks ago to the Middle East. Listen here, beginning 2: : The interview references this article at Informed Comment, "Bin Salman: US Whitewashed Israeli Killing …

____ (2022-07-26). US violated all intl. resolutions on Palestinian issue: MP. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) — A member of Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Abbas Golroo said that United States has violated all international resolutions, laws and even international consensus on Palestinian issue.

____ (2022-07-25). Xenophobia in Mandiba's Land: Too Black… Or Just Too Poor? transcend.org 18 Jul 2022 – South Africa, the home land of the late giant fighter against Apartheid, racism and discrimination — Nelson Mandela "Mandiba", is already 'on the precipice of explosive xenophobic violence' against migrants, refugees, asylum seekers — and even citizens perceived as outsiders.

____ (2022-07-25). The Martyrs of Apartheid in pre-1994 South Africa: Steve Biko (Part 3). transcend.org The Targeted, Severe Torture and Brutal Murder of Political Activists by the Agents of the South African Apartheid Regime…

____ (2022-07-25). Biden's Middle East Visit: An Orgy of Cynicism, Hypocrisy, and Erasures. transcend.org 21 Jul 2022 — This piece criticizes the dual tracks of Biden's ill-executed trip in mid-July to Israel and Saudi Arabia. It faults Biden for the extreme cynicism of pursuing a realpolitik approach in Riyadh and an approach in Israel that mixed silences about apartheid, Shireen Abu Akleh, and the Palestinian ordeal with fanciful claims about shared values and democratic affinities.

____ (2022-07-25). The Shameful UN 'List of Shame': Equating the Israeli Perpetrator and the Palestinian Victim. transcend.org 21 Jul 2022 – This is not what Palestinians are expecting from the United Nations, an organization that supposedly exists to end armed conflicts and bring about peace and security for all.

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