WSWS (2022-07-21). Fascist pro-Trump Republicans advance in primary contests. wsws.org More than half of Republican primary winners for Congress and statewide offices deny the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election and the Biden administration.

_____ (2022-07-20). The Criminal Focus of Secret US Biolabs Now Becomes Apparent. journal-neo.org Russia's special military operation to localize neo-fascist activities in Ukraine continues to receive more and more documentary evidence of the criminal plans and activities of the current government in Kiev, sponsored by Washington, as well in as the USA itself. This special operation has helped to publicize many secret programs for the development of biological …

Staff (2022-07-20). Israel's crimes against children manifestation of war crimes. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 20 (MNA) — Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Majid Takht Ravanchi calls on the world body to demand accountability on the part of the Israeli regime for its "heinous" crimes against children.

Maureen Clare Murphy (2022-07-20). Biden helps Israel get away with murder. electronicintifada.net "Jerusalem Declaration" belies Washington's pledge for accountability for Shireen Abu Akleh.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2022-07-20). Podcast Ep 62: Defending Masafer Yatta. electronicintifada.net Journalist Basel Adra talks about resisting attacks by Israeli soldiers, settlers.

Caleb Granger (2022-07-20). Houston anti-fascists shut down neo-Nazi attack on drag show. liberationnews.org On July 10, in 103-degree heat, 1 people showed up at a downtown Houston gay bar to protect a drag show from a group of neo-Nazis and self-described "Christian fascists."

Editor (2022-07-20). In Middle East visit, oil access trumps human rights. workers.org No Palestinians living under Israeli occupation benefitted one iota from President Joe Biden's brief Middle East visit. Biden had the executive power to reverse the damage done when former President Donald Trump moved the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, recognizing Israel's control over the disputed capital. Biden chose to not do . . . |

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-20). Daily Round-up | Turkey accused of war crimes after drone strike & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories from Turkey's drone strike in Iraqi Kurdistan, the hunger strike of Palestinian prisoners, repression in Morocco, and a court verdict on elections in Brazil…

Andreína Chávez Alava (2022-07-20). Untouchable! Venezuela's Yulimar Rojas Becomes Three-Time Triple Jump World Champion. venezuelanalysis.com The Venezuelan athlete reigned supreme in the women's triple jump field with a 15.47m leap and added a sixth world champion title to her career.

Editor (2022-07-20). Will we learn the lessons from the defeat of Roe? mronline.org When Sydney Harper, producer of the New York Times' podcast the Daily, went to the Supreme Court of the United States in the wake of the overturning of Roe vs. Wade, she talked to a bystander who was "shocked" to see a large celebration of anti-abortion activists outside the courthouse.

Fight Back (2022-07-20). Rally and march calls for Milwaukee to become an abortion sanctuary. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On the afternoon of July 17, about 65 people gathered in downtown Milwaukee to protest in the streets for reproductive justice. This event was led by a brand new grassroots organization named Reproductive Justice Action-Milwaukee (RJAM). This organization arose shortly after the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. As a result of the Supreme Court decision, Wisconsin's State Statute 940.04 defaulted into law. This law is from 1849 and bans abortion unless the mother's life is at risk. Performing an abortion can result in a Class H felony and a $10,000 fine. | "We cannot and we will…

Sonali Kolhatkar (2022-07-20). Selfishness Fuels the War on Abortion. otherwords.org The Supreme Court's Contrary to the idea that men have foisted the abortion ban on women, though, the ban is a patriarchal attack by conservatives — men and women — on the rest of us. | There's a general attitude that forms th…

Ramzy Baroud (2022-07-20). The Shameful UN 'List of Shame': Equating Between the Israeli Perpetrator and the Palestinian Victim. commondreams.org The clear message here is that Israel may target Palestinian children as it pleases, as there will be no legal, political or moral accountability for its actions.

Edited by Michael Harris (2022-07-20). 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.

Paul Engler (2022-07-20). A Potential Historic Political Shift Is Taking Place Among Evangelical Christians. commondreams.org Christians are splitting with the religious right over Trump, Covid, and Black Lives Matter, creating opportunities for those interested in social justice.

David Cavendish (2022-07-20). Conditions demand immediate action by an All People's Front. peoplesworld.org Time is short, but the moment is now. There are too many serious issues that need to be addressed as soon as possible. The Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade is but the latest in a series of recent events that demonstrate the critical issues facing our country. Here are some of the …

Liz Theoharis (2022-07-20). Christian Nationalists want to Control your Body: How Dobbs Is an Attack on Us All. juancole.com ( 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 …

Lisa Mascaro (2022-07-20). Pre-empting Supreme Court reversal, House Democrats pass same-sex marriage bill. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House overwhelmingly approved legislation Tuesday to protect same-sex and interracial marriages amid concerns that the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade abortion access could jeopardize other rights. In a robust but lopsided debate, Democrats argued intensely and often personally in favor of enshrining marriage equality in federal law. Leading Republicans portrayed …

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.

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…

_____ (2022-07-20). The Criminal Focus of Secret US Biolabs Now Becomes Apparent. journal-neo.org Russia's special military operation to localize neo-fascist activities in Ukraine continues to receive more and more documentary evidence of the criminal plans and activities of the current government in Kiev, sponsored by Washington, as well in as the USA itself. This special operation has helped to publicize many secret programs for the development of biological …

Staff (2022-07-20). Israel's crimes against children manifestation of war crimes. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 20 (MNA) — Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Majid Takht Ravanchi calls on the world body to demand accountability on the part of the Israeli regime for its "heinous" crimes against children.

Maureen Clare Murphy (2022-07-20). Biden helps Israel get away with murder. electronicintifada.net "Jerusalem Declaration" belies Washington's pledge for accountability for Shireen Abu Akleh.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2022-07-20). Podcast Ep 62: Defending Masafer Yatta. electronicintifada.net Journalist Basel Adra talks about resisting attacks by Israeli soldiers, settlers.

Caleb Granger (2022-07-20). Houston anti-fascists shut down neo-Nazi attack on drag show. liberationnews.org On July 10, in 103-degree heat, 1 people showed up at a downtown Houston gay bar to protect a drag show from a group of neo-Nazis and self-described "Christian fascists."

Editor (2022-07-20). In Middle East visit, oil access trumps human rights. workers.org No Palestinians living under Israeli occupation benefitted one iota from President Joe Biden's brief Middle East visit. Biden had the executive power to reverse the damage done when former President Donald Trump moved the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, recognizing Israel's control over the disputed capital. Biden chose to not do . . . |

Editor (2022-07-20). Will we learn the lessons from the defeat of Roe? mronline.org When Sydney Harper, producer of the New York Times' podcast the Daily, went to the Supreme Court of the United States in the wake of the overturning of Roe vs. Wade, she talked to a bystander who was "shocked" to see a large celebration of anti-abortion activists outside the courthouse.

Fight Back (2022-07-20). Rally and march calls for Milwaukee to become an abortion sanctuary. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On the afternoon of July 17, about 65 people gathered in downtown Milwaukee to protest in the streets for reproductive justice. This event was led by a brand new grassroots organization named Reproductive Justice Action-Milwaukee (RJAM). This organization arose shortly after the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. As a result of the Supreme Court decision, Wisconsin's State Statute 940.04 defaulted into law. This law is from 1849 and bans abortion unless the mother's life is at risk. Performing an abortion can result in a Class H felony and a $10,000 fine. | "We cannot and we will…

Sonali Kolhatkar (2022-07-20). Selfishness Fuels the War on Abortion. otherwords.org The Supreme Court's Contrary to the idea that men have foisted the abortion ban on women, though, the ban is a patriarchal attack by conservatives — men and women — on the rest of us. | There's a general attitude that forms th…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-20). Daily Round-up | Turkey accused of war crimes after drone strike & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories from Turkey's drone strike in Iraqi Kurdistan, the hunger strike of Palestinian prisoners, repression in Morocco, and a court verdict on elections in Brazil…

Ramzy Baroud (2022-07-20). The Shameful UN 'List of Shame': Equating Between the Israeli Perpetrator and the Palestinian Victim. commondreams.org The clear message here is that Israel may target Palestinian children as it pleases, as there will be no legal, political or moral accountability for its actions.

Paul Engler (2022-07-20). A Potential Historic Political Shift Is Taking Place Among Evangelical Christians. commondreams.org Christians are splitting with the religious right over Trump, Covid, and Black Lives Matter, creating opportunities for those interested in social justice.

Liz Theoharis (2022-07-20). Christian Nationalists want to Control your Body: How Dobbs Is an Attack on Us All. juancole.com ( 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 …

Lisa Mascaro (2022-07-20). Pre-empting Supreme Court reversal, House Democrats pass same-sex marriage bill. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House overwhelmingly approved legislation Tuesday to protect same-sex and interracial marriages amid concerns that the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade abortion access could jeopardize other rights. In a robust but lopsided debate, Democrats argued intensely and often personally in favor of enshrining marriage equality in federal law. Leading Republicans portrayed …

David Cavendish (2022-07-20). Conditions demand immediate action by an All People's Front. peoplesworld.org Time is short, but the moment is now. There are too many serious issues that need to be addressed as soon as possible. The Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade is but the latest in a series of recent events that demonstrate the critical issues facing our country. Here are some of the …

Miko Peled (2022-07-19). A History of Israeli Destruction of the Two State Settlement. mintpressnews.com One has to be either ignorant or corrupt to claim that the Two State Solution is a realistic idea. It is not unlikely that Joe Biden is both.

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…

Michael F. Brown (2022-07-19). CNN's White House correspondent has record of anti-Arab bigotry. electronicintifada.net Kaitlan Collins whitewashed apartheid faced by Palestinians.

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

Ali Abunimah (2022-07-19). EU sides with Israel against its own member states. electronicintifada.net Brussels rewards Tel Aviv for crimes against Palestinians by resuming high-level forum.

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 …

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.

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…

Mark Gillispie (2022-07-19). Trump-appointed judge blocks anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ people. peoplesworld.org A judge in Tennessee has temporarily barred two federal agencies from enforcing directives issued by President Joe Biden's administration that extended protections for LGBTQ people in schools and workplaces. U.S. District Judge Charles Atchley Jr. in an order on Friday ruled for the 20 state attorneys general who sued last August claiming the Biden administration directives infringe …

Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis (2022-07-19). The Supreme Court's Dobbs Ruling Is an Attack on Us All. commondreams.org Dealing with a Christian nationalist movement.

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…

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 . . . |

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, . . . |

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 . . . |

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 …

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…

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.

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…

Edited by Michael Harris (2022-07-18). 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.

Barry Sheppard (2022-07-18). Biden's Middle East trip a failure. greenleft.org.au United States President Joe Biden's trip to the Middle East was all about re-setting relations with Israel and Saudi Arabia, despite their ongoing state violence and repression, reports Barry Sheppard.

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.

Karen J. Greenberg (2022-07-18). The State of Disgrace in Washington. juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com ) Well before the House select committee's January 6th investigation began, trust in the classic American system of checks and balances as reliable protection against executive (or, more recently, Supreme Court) abuses of power had already fallen into a state of disgrace. A domestically shackled Biden presidency, a Congress unable to act, …

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.

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 |

Staff (2022-07-17). Biden visited region to serve occupiers' interests: Al-Houthi. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 17 (MNA) — A member of the Houthi Supreme Political Council said that US president Joe Biden just like the former US presidents visited the Middle East to serve and support Israel with Muslim's money.

____ (2022-07-17). Palestinians condemn 'unfair' U.S. diplomacy over Palestinian-Israeli issue. ecns.cn Dozens of Palestinians on Friday demonstrated in the West Bank city of Bethlehem against U.S. President Joe Biden's visit over the long-time unfair U.S. diplomacy in dealing with the Palestinian-Israeli issue.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-07-17). Israel bombardea varios objetivos en la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net El bombardeo provocó un incendio en el lugar mientras se veían columnas de humo en el área.

_____ (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…

A Guest Author (2022-07-16). Biden in Occupied Palestine and the 'Jerusalem Declaration'. workers.org Samidoun Palestine Prisoner Solidarity Network issued this collective statement with co-signers "in struggle and solidarity" July 16. The full list of signers, including Workers World Party and the International Action Center, is at samidoun.net. Organizations can endorse at bit.ly/bidenpalestine. Protesters hounded U.S. President Joe Biden in Palestine, including July 15 . . . |

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-07-17). Israel bombardea varios objetivos en la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net El bombardeo provocó un incendio en el lugar mientras se veían columnas de humo en el área.

Edited by Michael Harris (2022-07-17). 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.

____ (2022-07-17). Palestinians condemn 'unfair' U.S. diplomacy over Palestinian-Israeli issue. ecns.cn Dozens of Palestinians on Friday demonstrated in the West Bank city of Bethlehem against U.S. President Joe Biden's visit over the long-time unfair U.S. diplomacy in dealing with the Palestinian-Israeli issue.

WSWS (2022-07-16). The ISL whitewashes the crimes of Ukrainian fascism to justify its alliance with the far right. wsws.org The ISL employs the Stalinist methods of historical lies and amalgams in order to sow historical confusion and cover up the crimes of the far right.

Jason Ditz (2022-07-16). Iran Proxy Claims Iraqi PM Wants Normalization With Israel. news.antiwar.com This weekend's GCC+3 summit in Saudi Arabia is fueling some controversy in Iraq. Iraq PM Mustafa Kadhimi will attend the summit, and his rivals in pro-Iran proxy groups think he's up to something. | It's not clear how this got started, but Ketaib Hezbollah figures are claiming that some Israelis might attend the summit, expanding that to PM Yair Lapid possibly being there, and then suggesting Kadhimi There is no evidence of any of this, and Lapid almost certainly…

_____ (2022-07-16). Biden's Words Make War With Iran More Likely. popularresistance.org Joe Biden sat down for a wide-ranging interview with an Israeli television station. In it, there were two chilling statements regarding Iran. When asked if he was prepared to walk away from the Iran nuclear deal (or JCPOA) if the only way to close the deal was to remove the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) he said, simply, "Yes." And when asked if he was prepared to use military force against Iran, he responded, "As a last resort, yes." | That was not good enough for Acting Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, but it was a very grim assessment of the ch…

Staff (2022-07-16). Collective Statement: Biden in Occupied Palestine and the "Jerusalem Declaration" Our Response is Struggle and Solidarity. samidoun.net 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 …

JANET (2022-07-16). Collective Statement: Biden in Occupied Palestine and the "Jerusalem Declaration" — Our Response is Struggle and Solidarity. iacenter.org 16 July 2022 Protesters hounded U.S. President Joe Biden in Palestine, including July 15 in Bethlehem where boys carried the photograph of Shireen Abu Akleh, Palestinian-American journalist murdered by Israeli Defense Force troops while on assignment in the Palestinian refugee camp of Jenin. Credit: Abbas Momani 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, t…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-16). Daily Round-up | Iranian president denounces US-Israel joint declaration & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories of Iran's response to a US-Israel statement, the resignations of Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Mario Draghi, and a controversial amendment in Brazil…

JANET (2022-07-16). On her 75th birthday — Assata Shakur: 'I am a 20th century escaped slave'. iacenter.org By Mirinda Crissman July 15, 2022 In honor of Assata Shakur's 75th birthday on July 16, the IAC is reprinting this slightly edited version of her open letter, first posted on Dec. 30, 2014. The FBI put out a $2 million bounty for her recapture almost 50 years ago. My name is Assata Shakur, and I am a 20th century escaped slave. Because of government persecution, I was left with no other choice than to flee from the political repression, racism and violence that dominate the U.S. government's policy toward people of color. I am an ex-political prisoner, and I have been living in exile in Cuba since 1984. I have be…

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-07-16). Presidente de Palestina demanda fin de la ocupación israelí. telesurtv.net Mahmoud Abbas se reunió con Joe Biden, a quien exigió se reconozca al Estado de Palestina como condición para la paz y la seguridad.

A Guest Author (2022-07-16). Biden in Occupied Palestine and the 'Jerusalem Declaration'. workers.org Samidoun Palestine Prisoner Solidarity Network issued this collective statement with co-signers "in struggle and solidarity" July 16. The full list of signers, including Workers World Party and the International Action Center, is at samidoun.net. Organizations can endorse at bit.ly/bidenpalestine. Protesters hounded U.S. President Joe Biden in Palestine, including July 15 . . . |

WSWS (2022-07-16). The nightmarish reality of post-Roe America. wsws.org In the weeks after six unelected Supreme Court justices abolished the right to abortion by overturning Roe v. Wade, a nightmarish reality is coming into focus.

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-15). Report: US Clinches Deal for Steps Toward Saudi-Israeli Normalization. news.antiwar.com The Times of Israel reported Thursday that President Biden An unnamed Middle Eastern diplomat told the Times that Egypt had agreed to transfer the control of two Red Sea islands, T…

Editor (2022-07-15). Chris Hedges: War with Iran. scheerpost.com Illustration by Mr. Fish — "Biden at Bat" | By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost | The United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia are plotting a war with Iran. The 2015 Iranian nuclear arms accord, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which Donald Trump

WSWS (2022-07-16). The ISL whitewashes the crimes of Ukrainian fascism to justify its alliance with the far right. wsws.org The ISL employs the Stalinist methods of historical lies and amalgams in order to sow historical confusion and cover up the crimes of the far right.

Jason Ditz (2022-07-16). Iran Proxy Claims Iraqi PM Wants Normalization With Israel. news.antiwar.com This weekend's GCC+3 summit in Saudi Arabia is fueling some controversy in Iraq. Iraq PM Mustafa Kadhimi will attend the summit, and his rivals in pro-Iran proxy groups think he's up to something. | It's not clear how this got started, but Ketaib Hezbollah figures are claiming that some Israelis might attend the summit, expanding that to PM Yair Lapid possibly being there, and then suggesting Kadhimi There is no evidence of any of this, and Lapid almost certainly…

| Reuters | (2022-07-16). Biden hopes for Israeli integration at Arab summit in Saudi. tribune.com.pk U.S. President Joe Biden will discuss regional missile and defence capabilities on Saturday when he meets Arab leaders in Saudi Arabia, where he will be seeking to integrate Israel as part of a new axis largely driven by shared concerns over Iran, said a senior administration official. | "We believe there's great value in including as many of the capabilities in this region as possible and certainly Israel has significant air and missile defence capabilities, as they need to. But we're having these discussion bilaterally with these nations," the administration official told reporters. | Biden, on his first Mid…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-16). Daily Round-up | Iranian president denounces US-Israel joint declaration & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories of Iran's response to a US-Israel statement, the resignations of Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Mario Draghi, and a controversial amendment in Brazil…

TeleSUR, jaa, MER (2022-07-16). Represión israelí deja cinco palestinos heridos en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Durante la represión, decenas de personas presentaron asfixia por los gases lacrimógenos arrojados.

WSWS (2022-07-16). The nightmarish reality of post-Roe America. wsws.org In the weeks after six unelected Supreme Court justices abolished the right to abortion by overturning Roe v. Wade, a nightmarish reality is coming into focus.

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-07-16). Presidente de Palestina demanda fin de la ocupación israelí. telesurtv.net Mahmoud Abbas se reunió con Joe Biden, a quien exigió se reconozca al Estado de Palestina como condición para la paz y la seguridad.

Ramzy Baroud (2022-07-16). Worsening Chaos: Israel's Political Instability is Now the Norm. dissidentvoice.org The collapse of the short-lived Israeli government of Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid validates the argument that the political crisis in Israel was not entirely instigated and sustained by former Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Bennett's coalition government consisted of eight parties, welding together arguably one of the oddest coalitions in the tumultuous history of …

Staff (2022-07-16). Zionist regime fighter jets attack Gaza Strip (+VIDEO). en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) — The Israeli regime's fighter jets attacked places in the Gaza Strip on Saturday morning.

____ (2022-07-16). Palestinians condemn 'unfair' U.S. diplomacy over Palestinian-Israeli issue. ecns.cn Dozens of Palestinians on Friday demonstrated in the West Bank city of Bethlehem against U.S. President Joe Biden's visit over the long-time unfair U.S. diplomacy in dealing with the Palestinian-Israeli issue.

Allan Fisher (2022-07-16). Saturday 7/16: All Out for Palestine. indybay.org Corner of Ocean and Water Streets, Santa Cruz…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-15). Ukraine: Is Russia's Advance Too Slow? libya360.wordpress.com Drago Bosnic In 2014/2015, the then-nascent Kiev regime suffered a humiliating debacle after it was defeated by a much smaller, undermanned and under-equipped Donbass force. The political West stepped in and forced the Neo-Nazi junta to sign the Minsk agreements and prevent the complete collapse of the regime, which, according to their own admission, used the agreements to buy time…

Miko Peled (2022-07-15). Who is Biden Working For? On Israel Visit, "Zionist" Biden Whitewashes Israel's Crimes. mintpressnews.com Judging by his performance, Joe Biden is working for AIPAC and not for the American people. He hit every note, shook every hand and repeated his mantras, clearly trying to please his donors back home.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-15). Biden toes the Israel line in West Asia visit. peoplesdispatch.org The US signed an agreement continuing military aid to Israel, while the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh at the hands of Israeli forces and the larger issue of continuing violation of Palestinian human rights by the Israeli apartheid regime remained unaddressed.

| Reuters | (2022-07-15). Indian Adani Ports, local Gadot win bid to buy Israel's Haifa Port for $1.2bn. tribune.com.pk Israel said on Thursday it will sell Haifa Port, a major trade hub on its Mediterranean coast, to winning bidders Adani Ports of India and local chemicals and logistics group Gadot for 4.1 billion shekels ($1.18 billion). | Gadot and Adani made it to the end of a two-year tender process that Israel hopes will lower import prices and help shorten notoriously long wait times at Israeli harbours. | "The privatisation of the port of Haifa will increase competition at the ports and lower the cost of living," Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman said. | Adani will have a majority 70% stake and Gadot will hold the rema…

Anonymous103 (2022-07-15). Biden, Lapid Sign Joint US-Israel Declaration Against Iran. southfront.org The declaration says the US will use all of its 'national power' to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon | Originally published by AntiWar | President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday The document, officiall…

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-15). Report: US Clinches Deal for Steps Toward Saudi-Israeli Normalization. news.antiwar.com The Times of Israel reported Thursday that President Biden An unnamed Middle Eastern diplomat told the Times that Egypt had agreed to transfer the control of two Red Sea islands, T…

Jason Ditz (2022-07-15). President Biden: US Won't Wait Forever on Iran Nuclear Deal. news.antiwar.com Throughout months and months of nuclear talks, the US has brought up the idea of time running out. President Biden added to that position today, suggesting the US Iran has long rejected the idea of the US setting artificial deadlines, and doubly so since the US seems to be pushing the process back every time there is a meeting, and lamenting the lack of progress. | Biden's comments come during his Israel visit, and stay on brand in that they give the impression that the US is…

Maureen Clare Murphy (2022-07-15). Biden's moment of truth about Palestine. electronicintifada.net Expectations were low and still the US president managed to disappoint.

Adri Nieuwhof (2022-07-15). Don't single out Jews in the fight against bigotry. electronicintifada.net "I hate the word Holocaust," says Dutch activist Jaap Hamburger, who lost many relatives in the Nazi genocide.

Fight Back (2022-07-15). Minneapolis police murder Tekle Sundberg. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Minneapolis police once again proved that Black lives in this city do not matter when they shot and killed a 20-year-old man, Tekle Sundberg, who was having a mental health crisis, July 14. MPD officers Aaron Pearson and Zachary Seraphine shot him early Thursday morning after a six-hour standoff at an apartment building in the Seward neighborhood of Minneapolis. Both officers were also part of the SWAT team that murdered Amir Locke in Minneapolis in February of this year. | A vigil Thursday night outside the apartment building where Tekle was killed and was attended by around 100 people. Tekle'

_____ (2022-07-15). Biden-Lapid Joint Declaration Takes Aim At BDS Movement. popularresistance.org On July 14 U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid signed a joint strategic declaration that highlights the bonds between the two countries, pledges further bilateral cooperation, and vows to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. It also takes aim at the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS), the nonviolent effort to pressure Israel in meeting its obligations under international law. | "The United States and Israel affirm that they will continue to work together to combat all efforts to boycott or de-legitimize Israel, to deny its right to self-defense, or to unfairly sin…

_____ (2022-07-15). The Push-Pull Of The Abortion Rights Struggle Continues In The US. popularresistance.org In the few weeks that have passed since the United States Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade on June 24, stripping abortion rights from millions of women, the people of the United States have continued to fight back. Despite assurances, the response from the Biden administration to protect the fundamental right has been deemed resoundingly inadequate. | "The mass of the people will have to flood into the streets, and will have to remain in the streets," Monica Illyrich, a young organizer with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, told Peoples Dispatch. "We will have to do everything they can to let the…

Staff (2022-07-15). The Biden-Lapid "Jerusalem Declaration": Strategic partnership of imperialism, Zionism and settler colonialism. samidoun.net 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 …

Editor (2022-07-15). Chris Hedges: War with Iran. scheerpost.com Illustration by Mr. Fish — "Biden at Bat" | By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost | The United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia are plotting a war with Iran. The 2015 Iranian nuclear arms accord, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which Donald Trump

Contributing Writers (2022-07-15). The West Inverts Reality and Projects its Own Criminality onto Russia. Russia opposes Western-supported Nazism. marktaliano.net READ MORE:

| AFP | (2022-07-15). Saudi Arabia opens airspace to 'all carriers' in gesture to Israel. tribune.com.pk Saudi Arabia announced on Friday it was lifting restrictions on "all carriers" using its airspace, an apparent gesture of openness towards Israel hours before US President Joe Biden's arrival. | The US leader welcomed the "historic" decision, the latest conciliatory move by Riyadh concerning the Jewish state, which it has refused to recognise despite intensive efforts by the Israelis to establish ties with Arab countries. | The Saudi civil aviation authority "announces the decision to open the Kingdom's airspace for all air carriers that meet the requirements of the authority for overflying," it said in a stat…

Breaking The Chains (2022-07-15). 10-year-old in Ohio forced to cross state lines for an abortion. peoplesdispatch.org Three days after the Supreme Court eliminated federal abortion rights, a doctor received a call about a pregnant, 10-year-old rape victim. The doctor was not permitted to perform an abortion.

Brittani Banks (2022-07-15). The Selfish Politics of Anti-Abortionists. independentmediainstitute.org The Supreme Court's recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade was predictable even as it was shocking. Right-wing forces have spent years working painstakingly on multiple fronts in plain sight to ensure that the right to an abortion would no longer be guaranteed, and they have won. Two of the three Supreme Court Justices, Brett …

CounterSpin (2022-07-15). Jessica Mason Pieklo on Abortion Rights, Preston Mitchum on Reproductive Justice. fair.org This week on CounterSpin: The Supreme Court's reversal on abortion rights is so actually and potentially devastating that it's hard to know where to look. It's worth tracing things back—Katherine Stewart in the Guardian, among others, walks us through how, at a time when most Protestant Republicans, including the Southern Baptist Convention, hailed the liberalization …

Fight Back (2022-07-15). FSU Students for a Democratic Society condemns Patriot Front organizing in South Florida. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the followings statement from FSU Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). | On July 2nd, less than 100 Patriot Front members from across the country convened in Boston for a march through the downtown. Patriot Front is a white nationalist hate group that engages in street protests, offensive attack training, and utilizes American fascist imagery for propaganda and recruitment purposes. Outfitted with steel police shields and flags depicting the fasces, a symbol used by Mussolini's National Fascist Party, the cowardly group marched with their faces covered in an attempted sh…

Esther Schrader (2022-07-15). Tragic Comedy: Film focuses on fight to remove Confederate memorials. splcenter.org

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-15). Iran expresses anger regarding US-Israel deal over nuclear program. peoplesdispatch.org The US declared that it will use all possible ways, including force, to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons in a joint strategic declaration signed with Israel…

Anonymous669 (2022-07-15). Saudi Arabia Opens Skies To 'All Carriers' In Breakthrough Step To Normalize With Israel. southfront.org El Al Boeing 787 -9 jet number 4X-EDA at Ben Gurion Airport., 18 September 2017. Photo by Wikimedia user (LLHZ2805). | Saudi Arabia has opened its airspace to all air carriers in a move that its meant to allow for more overflights to and from Israel. | In a statement released on July 14, the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said that the kingdom's airspace was now open to all carriers that meet its requirements for overflights, in line with international conventions that say there should be n…

WSWS (2022-07-15). Yale historian Timothy Snyder promotes anti-Russian racism. wsws.org The anti-Russia diatribes of Professor Timothy Snyder are acquiring a pathological character. He is moving ever more closely toward open advocacy of the physical obliteration of Russia and the extermination of its population. One detects in his writings the stench of genocidal racism.

Staff (2022-07-15). Tehran reacts to joint declaration of Biden, Zionist PM. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) — As long as the fake regime of Israel is the first destination of the trips of American presidents, the nations and countries of the region will not reach peace and stability, the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman said.

TeleSUR, SH (2022-07-15). Joe Biden se reunirá con el líder palestino Mahmud Abás. telesurtv.net En la víspera cientos de palestinos se movilizaron en rechazo a la visita de Joe Biden a Israel para fortalecer su alianza y apoyo al estado invasor.

Henry A. Giroux (2022-07-15). The US Is Descending Into a Crisis of Overt Fascism. There's Still a Way Out. zcomm.org The specter haunting the United States consists not only of an impending fascism, but also of the inability of conscience, morality and justice to catch up with reality…

____ (2022-07-14). Mainland denounces DPP's sinister aim of damaging cross-Strait relations. ecns.cn A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Thursday criticized Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authority for its sinister intention of deliberately obstructing exchanges of compatriots across the Taiwan Strait and damaging cross-Strait relations.

Leslie Feinberg (2022-07-15). Guerra, libertad sexual y fascismo en Alemania Lavanda y Rojo. workers.org Además de los ataques legislativos a las mujeres, a las personas no conformes con el género y a las vidas de los LGBTQ+, en junio grupos supremacistas blancos como los Proud Boys han intentado una incursión de estilo militar en Pride in the Park en Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, y han . . . |

Juan Cole (2022-07-15). Palestinians Protest, hang Black Flags of Mourning over Biden's Bethlehem Visit, Accusing him of Sidelining their Political Rights. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that widespread protests broke out on Thursday in the Israeli-Occupied Palestinian West Bank against the planned visit on Friday by US President Joe Biden to Bethlehem, with residents staging demonstrations and raising black flags. They chanted against US one-sidedness in backing Israel's actions, and …

Ramona Wadi (2022-07-15). In Biden World, Palestinians are not an Occupied Nation-in-Waiting but a mere Charity Case. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) When the Palestinian Authority leader jumped on the US bandwagon spouting status quo rhetoric, he should have remembered President Joe Biden's dedication to Zionism and colonial Israel. Upon arriving in Israel yesterday for a two day visit during which he will also go to the occupied West Bank, Biden …

Staff (2022-07-15). Tehran has no limits on boosting inclusive coop. with Baku. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) — The Islamic Republic of Iran does not have any restrictions regarding the promotion of comprehensive relations and cooperation with the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council said.

Sara Herschander (2022-07-15). Climate activists demand more from state lawmakers in wake of Supreme Court EPA ruling. zcomm.org With the federal government's ability to tackle climate change curtailed by the Supreme Court, activists are pressing climate-friendly state lawmakers to step up…

Staff (2022-07-15). S Arabia opens airspace to all carriers in gesture to Israel. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) — Saud Arabia said it is lifting restrictions on "all carriers" using its airspace, in an apparent gesture of openness toward Zionists following Biden's pledge to aggressively push for the normalization of Riyadh-Tel Aviv ties.

Nathan King (2022-07-15). The Heat: Biden's Middle East visit. america.cgtn.com It's described as a high stakes visit to the Middle East. From Israel to Saudi Arabia, we'll discuss what the Biden administration hopes to accomplish in the region.

| AFP | (2022-07-15). In occupied West Bank, Biden says Palestinians need to see 'political horizon'. tribune.com.pk US President Joe Biden said during a trip to the occupied West Bank on Friday that Palestinians need to see a path towards statehood, even if hopes for a peace process with Israel remain bleak. | Biden's visit to Bethlehem came ahead of a flight to Saudi Arabia, whose leaders on Friday changed aviation rules in an apparent gesture of openness towards Israel. | The president's visit to the Saudi city of Jeddah will follow talks with Abbas, the latest high-level diplomatic meeting after those with the Israeli leadership on Thursday. | Biden reiterated his administration's commitment to a two-state solution to en…

Party for Socialism, Liberation (2022-07-14). PSL Editorial — Biden's Middle East trip: Apartheid, war and oil. liberationnews.org Biden is evidently more concerned about the fading fortunes of U.S. empire than addressing the dire problems faced by working people.

Timour Kamran (2022-07-14). PA far right pushes crackdown on abortion, voting rights in a single package. liberationnews.org This agenda of ultra right wing religious fundamentalism is embodied by politicians like Doug Mastriano, who won the state Republican Party's gubernatorial primary race in May.

Jessica Buxbaum (2022-07-14). As Anti-BDS Bills Become the Norm, ACLU Takes Free Speech Fight to the Supreme Court. towardfreedom.org If certain pro-Israel and pro-fossil fuel advocates get their way, U.S. residents will lose a fundamental right to free speech and protest, reports Jessica Buxbaum.

Brittani Banks (2022-07-14). With the Supreme Court's EPA Ruling, Can Trump's Damage to the Environment Ever Be Repaired? independentmediainstitute.org Click here for an image that you may use to accompany the article (the caption, credit and source URL are listed in the description field). Grasping the enormity, the breadth, and the depth of "Trump corruption" is rather astonishing. Most news junkies and politicos alike are quite familiar with the in-your-face looting, skimming, and self-dealing …

Kathy Durkin (2022-07-14). Abortion access: don't agonize — organize! WW commentary. workers.org Women's March "Summer of Rage" kicked off in Washington, D.C., July 9. Thousands of women and people of all genders, nationalities and ages, who gathered in Washington, D.C., on July 9, turned out to protest the outrageous decision handed down by the Supreme Court on June 24, outlawing abortions. By . . . |

WSWS (2022-07-15). Yale historian Timothy Snyder promotes anti-Russian racism. wsws.org The anti-Russia diatribes of Professor Timothy Snyder are acquiring a pathological character. He is moving ever more closely toward open advocacy of the physical obliteration of Russia and the extermination of its population. One detects in his writings the stench of genocidal racism.

Natalia Marques (2022-07-15). The push-pull of the abortion rights struggle continues in the US. peoplesdispatch.org In the few weeks that have passed since the United States Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade on June 24, stripping abortion rights from millions of women, the people of the United States have continued to fight back. Despite assurances, the response from the Biden administration to protect the fundamental right has been deemed resoundingly inadequate. | "The mass of the people will have to flood into the streets, and will have to remain in the streets," Monica Illyrich, a young organizer with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, told Peoples Dispatch. "We will have to do everything they can to let the…

Esther Schrader (2022-07-15). Tragic Comedy: Film focuses on fight to remove Confederate memorials. splcenter.org

TeleSUR, SH (2022-07-15). Joe Biden se reunirá con el líder palestino Mahmud Abás. telesurtv.net En la víspera cientos de palestinos se movilizaron en rechazo a la visita de Joe Biden a Israel para fortalecer su alianza y apoyo al estado invasor.

____ (2022-07-14). Mainland denounces DPP's sinister aim of damaging cross-Strait relations. ecns.cn A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Thursday criticized Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authority for its sinister intention of deliberately obstructing exchanges of compatriots across the Taiwan Strait and damaging cross-Strait relations.

Staff (2022-07-14). Headlines for July 14, 2022. democracynow.org Israeli Officials Roll Out Red Carpet as President Biden Begins Mideast Trip, Biden Discusses Iran Nuclear Program with Israeli PM, Won't Rule Out U.S. Use of Force, Biden to Be First U.S. President to Fly Directly from Israel to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, House to Vote on Unprecedented $839 Billion Military Budget, Sri Lanka Protests Turn Deadly as President Leaves Maldives for Singapore, Russian Missiles Kill at Least 12 in Vinnytsia, Ukraine and Russia Near Deal on Grain Shipments from Black Sea Port, South Carolina Abortion Providers Sue to Block Six-Week Abortion Ban, Man Arrested in Ohio Child Rape Case La…

Federico Fuentes (2022-07-14). Free Maksym Butkevych: Russian troops capture Ukrainian anti-fascist activist. greenleft.org.au There are grave fears for the safety of Ukrainian anti-fascist and human rights activist Maksym Butkevych, following his capture by Russians troops, reports Federico Fuentes.

Jessica Buxbaum (2022-07-14). Unilever 'Succumbs to Bullying' Over Ben & Jerry's Settlement Boycott. mintpressnews.com "This isn't about BDS, but rather Israel's attempts to shape the public narrative into believing the settlements and Israel are indistinguishable." – Lara Friedman, president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace…

Ali Abunimah (2022-07-14). Joe Biden aims to strengthen anti-Palestine, anti-Iran alliance. electronicintifada.net Watch: Ali Abunimah tells Al Jazeera that the president has a deep commitment to Israeli apartheid.

Maureen Clare Murphy (2022-07-14). Biden can't ignore the apartheid elephant in the room. electronicintifada.net Shireen Abu Akleh cover-up and Visa Waiver Program highlight US role in Israeli repression.

Party for Socialism, Liberation (2022-07-14). PSL Editorial — Biden's Middle East trip: Apartheid, war and oil. liberationnews.org Biden is evidently more concerned about the fading fortunes of U.S. empire than addressing the dire problems faced by working people.

Juan Cole (2022-07-14). B'Tselem Billboard Campaign as Biden arrives in Israel: "Mr. President, this is Apartheid" juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) The Israeli human rights organization B'tselem greeted President Biden on his arrival in Jerusalem with a billboard campaign proclaiming, "Mr. President, this is Apartheid." B'Tselem concluded in a report last year that there is a single governing authority between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean, which rules over 7 million …

Timour Kamran (2022-07-14). PA far right pushes crackdown on abortion, voting rights in a single package. liberationnews.org This agenda of ultra right wing religious fundamentalism is embodied by politicians like Doug Mastriano, who won the state Republican Party's gubernatorial primary race in May.

| Reuters | (2022-07-14). UAE announces $2 billion investment in hi-tech Indian 'food parks' to ease shortages. tribune.com.pk The United Arab Emirates has pledged $2 billion to help develop a series of "food parks" in India to tackle food insecurity in South Asia and the Middle East, the UAE, India, the United States and Israel said on Thursday. | Speaking in Jerusalem at a virtual summit with UAE, Israeli and Indian leaders, US President Joe Biden said the investment could "increase India's food yields in the region three-fold in just five years". | The parks would bring farmers, processors and retailers together using advanced climate technology to minimise waste, conserve water and maximise crop yields. | Read more: India bans whe…

Jessica Buxbaum (2022-07-14). As Anti-BDS Bills Become the Norm, ACLU Takes Free Speech Fight to the Supreme Court. towardfreedom.org If certain pro-Israel and pro-fossil fuel advocates get their way, U.S. residents will lose a fundamental right to free speech and protest, reports Jessica Buxbaum.

Splcenter (2022-07-14). 'Abuse and Cover-Up': Complaint alleges sexual assault, retaliation at for-profit immigrant prison in Georgia. splcenter.org

Editor (2022-07-14). Blinken leading the blind into the Mideast desert. mronline.org Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan embark on their next excellent adventure later this week with President Joe Biden—this time to the Middle East, with Israel the first stop.

| Reuters | (2022-07-14). US, Israel to sign joint pledge on denying nuclear weapon to Iran. tribune.com.pk U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid will sign a joint pledge to deny Iran nuclear weapons on Thursday, closing ranks after long-running disputes between the allies over global diplomacy with Tehran. | Biden, who is visiting Jerusalem, said on Wednesday he was open to "last resort" use of force against Iran – an apparent move toward accommodating Lapid's calls on world powers to present a "credible military threat" against Israel's arch foe. | The United States and Israel have separately made such veiled threats against Iran – which denies seeking nuclear weaponry – for years. Formall…

Charles Pierce (2022-07-14). How to Correct the Unconstitutional Rulings of the Current Supreme Court. dissidentvoice.org OPTIONS. There are three means by which the unconstitutional rulings by the current Supreme Court could be lawfully corrected: (1) thru new legislation, or (2) & (3) thru changing the composition of the Court (either by adding 4 addition Judges or by removing and replacing the rogue Judges) followed by obtaining reconsideration of said rulings …

Mumia Abu-Jamal (2022-07-14). Media nación, ciudadanas a medias. workers.org Mumia Abu-Jamal en 2019 La reciente decisión Roe v Wade por la Suprema Corte estadounidense para revocar medio siglo de precedentes jurídicos ha enviado ondas de choque por millones de mujeres del país. Hace una semana ellas todavía vivieron con la ilusión que eran ciudadanas plenas estadounidenses respaldadas en sus . . . |

Brittani Banks (2022-07-14). With the Supreme Court's EPA Ruling, Can Trump's Damage to the Environment Ever Be Repaired? independentmediainstitute.org Click here for an image that you may use to accompany the article (the caption, credit and source URL are listed in the description field). Grasping the enormity, the breadth, and the depth of "Trump corruption" is rather astonishing. Most news junkies and politicos alike are quite familiar with the in-your-face looting, skimming, and self-dealing …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-14). Biden advances Israel's agenda, one meeting at a time. peoplesdispatch.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…

Mike Lofgren (2022-07-14). The GOP's Army of Christian Nationalists and White Supremacists Poses a Danger Greater Than You Know. commondreams.org Nothing threatens American democracy more than the religious extremist factions teaming up with far-right fascist groups with guns.

Staff (2022-07-14). Biden, Israeli regime PM sign joint declaration. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) — US President Joe Biden and Zionist regime's Prime Minister Yair Lapid signed a joint declaration stressing need to develop more relations between the Tel Aviv regime and the countries of the region.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-07-14). While Guilty for Sex Trafficking, Ghislaine Maxwell Takes Fall for Alleged Sexual Blackmail Operation Run by Western Intelligence Agencies. covertactionmagazine.com Evidence suggests that Epstein and his paramour Ghislaine Maxwell were working for U.S., British and Israeli intelligence agencies to build …

Henry A. Giroux (2022-07-14). The US Is Descending Into a Crisis of Overt Fascism. There's Still a Way Out. truthout.org The specter haunting the United States consists not only of an impending fascism, but also of the inability of conscience, morality and justice to catch up with reality. The United States has increasingly come closer to tipping into the abyss of a new fascist politics. The latest indications of this include how the GOP is

WSWS (2022-07-14). Biden arrives in Israel to begin four-day tour courting dictators and war allies. wsws.org The US president's visit is focused on Israel and Saudi Arabia, which he seeks to bring together in an alliance for war with Iran.

Staff (2022-07-14). Chapeando: Bolton de los golpes y øBlinken? (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu Los tóxicos están chillando en las redes por lo que dijo el Papa Francisco sobre Cuba. Tanto, que tuvimos la tentación de repetirlo muchas veces, hasta que aparecieron las declaraciones de John Bolton, el nazi de los bigotes blancos. Sobre esos temas, y sobre la escuálida celebración del 11 de julio en Miami, a ritmo de conga con estribillos tan groseros, hablamos hoy.

Jamal Kanj (2022-07-14). Biden's Middle East Visit, and Israel's New Shopping List. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected articles), Follow …

Staff (2022-07-14). Huge fire engulfs power plant in Occupied Palestine (+VIDEO). en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) — Hebrew and Arabic sources on Thursday reported that a massive fire broke out in one of the power plants in the southeast of occupied Palestine.

Kathy Durkin (2022-07-14). Abortion access; don't agonize — organize! WW commentary. workers.org Women's March "Summer of Rage" kicked off in Washington, D.C., July 9. Thousands of women and people of all genders, nationalities and ages, who gathered in Washington, D.C., on July 9, turned out to protest the outrageous decision handed down by the Supreme Court on June 24, outlawing abortions. By . . . |

Staff (2022-07-14). Chapeando: Bolton de los gopes y øBlinken? (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu Los tóxicos están chillando en las redes por lo que dijo el Papa Francisco sobre Cuba. Tanto, que tuvimos la tentación de repetirlo muchas veces, hasta que aparecieron las declaraciones de John Bolton, el nazi de los bigotes blancos. Sobre esos temas, y sobre la escuálida celebración del 11 de julio en Miami, a ritmo de conga con estribillos tan groseros, hablamos hoy.

Staff (2022-07-14). As Biden Visits Israel, Palestinians Urge U.S. Not to Build Jerusalem Embassy on "Stolen Property" democracynow.org President Biden is in Israel as part of a four-day trip to the Middle East, where he reaffirmed his support for Israel despite growing disapproval among members of the Democratic Party over the state's brutal treatment of Palestinians. The Biden administration faces criticism over plans to build a U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on land that was illegally confiscated by Israel from Palestinians in 1948, as well as the State Department's whitewashed investigation of Shireen Abu Akleh's killing, which multiple other independent investigations have determined was caused by an Israeli bullet. "By no…

____ (2022-07-13). Top political advisor calls on Taiwan compatriots to stand firmly on right side of history. ecns.cn China's top political advisor Wang Yang on Wednesday called on Taiwan compatriots to gain a clear understanding of the overall trend of cross-Strait relations and stand firmly on the right side of history.

Staff (2022-07-14). Family of Slain Palestinian American Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to Biden: Hold Israel Accountable. democracynow.org President Biden will be visiting the Palestinian territories and meeting President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday. Ahead of Biden's trip, the family of Shireen Abu Akleh demanded Biden call out Israel over her killing while covering a raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank. On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken invited Shireen Abu Akleh's family to visit the United States. "We will continue to call for justice, and we will continue to call on the U.S to carry out a transparent investigation by an independent body," says Shireen Abu Akleh's niece, Lina Abu Akleh. "In…

Staff (2022-07-14). Hamas urges for regional coalition against US, Israel. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) — Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh pointed to the US attempt to form a coalition in the region and called for starting a strategic dialogue to form a political coalition against the US-led coalition building.

WSWS (2022-07-14). Sri Lanka's acting president orders military, do "what is necessary to restore order" wsws.org As the despised Rajapakse-Wickremesinghe cabal takes a big step towards military dictatorship, the acting president employs the technique of the Big Lie pioneered by the Nazis to declare that he is defending "democracy" against "the fascists."

Amy Goodman (2022-07-14). During Biden's Israel Visit, Palestinians Urge US to Reverse Embassy Plans. truthout.org President Biden is in Israel as part of a four-day trip to the Middle East, where he reaffirmed his support for Israel despite growing disapproval among members of the Democratic Party over the state's brutal treatment of Palestinians. The Biden administration faces criticism over plans to build a U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on land that was illegally confiscated by Israel from Palestinians in 1948, as well as the State Department's whitewashed investigation of Shireen Abu Akleh's killing, which multiple other independent investigations have determined was caused by an Israeli bullet. "By not engaging in dismantlin…

Anonymous669 (2022-07-14). Mysterious Explosions Rocked Syrian-Iraqi Border Line, US & Israel Said To Be Responsible (Video). southfront.org An Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter jet flies during an aerial demonstration. (photo credit: AMIR COHEN REUTERS) | Late on July 13, a series of explosions rocked the border line between Syria and Iraq, according to several news sources from the two countries. | The explosions reportedly emanated from positions of Iranian-backed forces near the town of al-Bukamal that is located in the southern countryside of Syria's Deir Ezzor, right on the border with Iraq. At around the same time, an explosion was rep…

Jake Johnson (2022-07-14). Biden Says He'd Use Military Force on Iran as "Last Resort" to Prevent Nukes. truthout.org U.S. President Joe Biden said in an interview aired Wednesday that he would be willing to go to war with Iran to prevent the country from obtaining a nuclear weapon, a position that drew condemnation from advocacy groups and foreign policy analysts who questioned the moral, strategic, and legal bases for such a stance. | Biden also reiterated in the sit-down interview with Israeli broadcaster N12 that he is committed to keeping the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on the U.S. State Department's Foreign Terrorist Organizations

Anonymous669 (2022-07-14). Nasrallah: Hezbollah Will Prevent Israel From Extracting Gas If Lebanon Was Not Allowed To Do So. southfront.org Hezbollah will not allow Israel to extract and sell gas and oil from any naval field if Lebanon was not…

Kathy Durkin (2022-07-14). Abortion access: don't agonize — organize! WW commentary. workers.org Women's March "Summer of Rage" kicked off in Washington, D.C., July 9. Thousands of women and people of all genders, nationalities and ages, who gathered in Washington, D.C., on July 9, turned out to protest the outrageous decision handed down by the Supreme Court on June 24, outlawing abortions. By . . . |

Mitchell Zimmerman (2022-07-14). Right-Wing Zealots on the Supreme Court Threaten to Make American Theocracy a Reality. commondreams.org We must expand the Supreme Court. If we don't, six extremist judges will continue to overturn the will of voters and destroy our rights.

Staff (2022-07-14). US president meets Israeli regime PM in Occupied Palestine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) — US President Joe Biden held a meeting with the Prime Minister of the Zionist regime of Israel Yair Lapid in al-Quds.

Mike Lofgren (2022-07-14). The GOP's Army of Christian Nationalists and White Supremacists Pose a Danger Greater Than You Know. commondreams.org Nothing threatens American democracy more than the religious extremist factions teaming up with far-right fascist groups with guns.

Malik Miah (2022-07-14). United States: Supreme Court undermines First Nations rights. greenleft.org.au The United States Supreme Court ruling on June 29 represents a major setback to First Nations peoples' legal rights. Malik Miah reports.

The Conversation (2022-07-14). Former Oath Keeper reveals racist, antisemitic Beliefs of White Nationalist Group — and their Plans to start a Civil War. juancole.com By Sara Kamali, University of California Santa Barbara | During his testimony before congressional investigators, former Oath Keepers spokesman Jason Van Tatenhove left little doubt about the intentions of the white nationalist militia group when its members stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Tatenhove explained that Jan. 6 "could have been a …

Kenny Stancil (2022-07-14). Not One Single Republican Votes for Probe of Neo-Nazis in US Military and Police. commondreams.org Zero House Republicans supported a measure requiring the Pentagon and federal law enforcement agencies to publish a report on countering white supremacist and neo-Nazi activity in their ranks.

_____ (2022-07-14). As Biden Visits Israel, Netanyahu is Plotting a Return to Power. popularresistance.org The Israeli newspapers dedicate a great deal to reporting on the length of the red carpet (75 meters, or about 245 feet), and to the enormous efforts by the Israeli police and other security agencies to ensure that the visit goes ahead without any glitches. | Similarly, there is analysis of what may be expected from this trip. The latest star to rise in the Israeli political arena is retired general Gadi Eizenkot, former chief of staff of the Israeli army, the IDF. As with every retired army chief, speculations as to his political career and the promise that he will bring have been going on since before he actual…

_____ (2022-07-13). NATO, The Left, And The Path To Peace. popularresistance.org Let's think about the left's place in the current events, and hope to shed light on what being 'on the left' actually means today, and why it is relevant to peace. | I'll start with the trillion-dollar question: if NATO won, if the DPR and LPR forces surrendered, and if the Russian Army was driven back to the border, would the world be a better or a worse place? | This is a practical question. It can't be resolved with abstract ideals or theories such as whether Ukraine has a sacred right to rule over the Russian speakers of the Donbass, or whether Russia is imperialist, any more than Palestinian rights can be se…

WSWS (2022-07-14). Sri Lanka's acting president orders military, do "what is necessary to restore order" wsws.org As the despised Rajapakse-Wickremesinghe cabal takes a big step towards military dictatorship, the acting president employs the technique of the Big Lie pioneered by the Nazis to declare that he is defending "democracy" against "the fascists."

Maureen Clare Murphy (2022-07-14). Biden can't ignore the apartheid elephant in the room. electronicintifada.net Shireen Abu Akleh cover-up and Visa Waiver Program highlight US role in Israeli repression.

Juan Cole (2022-07-14). B'Tselem Billboard Campaign as Biden arrives in Israel: "Mr. President, this is Apartheid" juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) The Israeli human rights organization B'tselem greeted President Biden on his arrival in Jerusalem with a billboard campaign proclaiming, "Mr. President, this is Apartheid." B'Tselem concluded in a report last year that there is a single governing authority between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean, which rules over 7 million …

The Conversation (2022-07-14). Former Oath Keeper reveals racist, antisemitic Beliefs of White Nationalist Group — and their Plans to start a Civil War. juancole.com By Sara Kamali, University of California Santa Barbara | During his testimony before congressional investigators, former Oath Keepers spokesman Jason Van Tatenhove left little doubt about the intentions of the white nationalist militia group when its members stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Tatenhove explained that Jan. 6 "could have been a …

Jessica Buxbaum (2022-07-14). As Anti-BDS Bills Become the Norm, ACLU Takes Free Speech Fight to the Supreme Court. towardfreedom.org If certain pro-Israel and pro-fossil fuel advocates get their way, U.S. residents will lose a fundamental right to free speech and protest, reports Jessica Buxbaum.

Mumia Abu-Jamal (2022-07-14). Media nación, ciudadanas a medias. workers.org Mumia Abu-Jamal en 2019 La reciente decisión Roe v Wade por la Suprema Corte estadounidense para revocar medio siglo de precedentes jurídicos ha enviado ondas de choque por millones de mujeres del país. Hace una semana ellas todavía vivieron con la ilusión que eran ciudadanas plenas estadounidenses respaldadas en sus . . . |

Editor2 (2022-07-14). As Biden Visits Israel, Netanyahu Is Plotting a Return to Power. orinocotribune.com By Miko Peled 2, 2022 | Washington, D.C. — There is a line in a famous Hebrew ◊õ÷º÷¥◊ô-◊ß÷∏◊®÷∏&l…

Kathy Durkin (2022-07-14). Abortion access; don't agonize — organize! WW commentary. workers.org Women's March "Summer of Rage" kicked off in Washington, D.C., July 9. Thousands of women and people of all genders, nationalities and ages, who gathered in Washington, D.C., on July 9, turned out to protest the outrageous decision handed down by the Supreme Court on June 24, outlawing abortions. By . . . |

____ (2022-07-13). Top political advisor calls on Taiwan compatriots to stand firmly on right side of history. ecns.cn China's top political advisor Wang Yang on Wednesday called on Taiwan compatriots to gain a clear understanding of the overall trend of cross-Strait relations and stand firmly on the right side of history.

Anonymous669 (2022-07-14). Nasrallah: Hezbollah Will Prevent Israel From Extracting Gas If Lebanon Was Not Allowed To Do So. southfront.org Hezbollah will not allow Israel to extract and sell gas and oil from any naval field if Lebanon was not…

Mitchell Zimmerman (2022-07-14). Right-Wing Zealots on the Supreme Court Threaten to Make American Theocracy a Reality. commondreams.org We must expand the Supreme Court. If we don't, six extremist judges will continue to overturn the will of voters and destroy our rights.

Mike Lofgren (2022-07-14). The GOP's Army of Christian Nationalists and White Supremacists Pose a Danger Greater Than You Know. commondreams.org Nothing threatens American democracy more than the religious extremist factions teaming up with far-right fascist groups with guns.

Anonymous669 (2022-07-14). Mysterious Explosions Rocked Syrian-Iraqi Border Line, US & Israel Said To Be Responsible (Video). southfront.org An Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter jet flies during an aerial demonstration. (photo credit: AMIR COHEN REUTERS) | Late on July 13, a series of explosions rocked the border line between Syria and Iraq, according to several news sources from the two countries. | The explosions reportedly emanated from positions of Iranian-backed forces near the town of al-Bukamal that is located in the southern countryside of Syria's Deir Ezzor, right on the border with Iraq. At around the same time, an explosion was rep…

WSWS (2022-07-14). Biden arrives in Israel to begin four-day tour courting dictators and war allies. wsws.org The US president's visit is focused on Israel and Saudi Arabia, which he seeks to bring together in an alliance for war with Iran.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-13). US-Supplied HIMARS MLRS Kills, Injures Hundreds of Civilians across Donbass and Southern Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Drago BosnicIn early June, it was reported that the United States, NATO and other satellite states will be sending billions worth of additional weapons, including the HIMARS MLRS to the Kiev regime in yet another desperate attempt to buy the Neo-Nazi junta more time, as it's facing an imminent defeat across all frontlines from northern areas of…

_____ (2022-07-13). NATO, The Left, And The Path To Peace. popularresistance.org Let's think about the left's place in the current events, and hope to shed light on what being 'on the left' actually means today, and why it is relevant to peace. | I'll start with the trillion-dollar question: if NATO won, if the DPR and LPR forces surrendered, and if the Russian Army was driven back to the border, would the world be a better or a worse place? | This is a practical question. It can't be resolved with abstract ideals or theories such as whether Ukraine has a sacred right to rule over the Russian speakers of the Donbass, or whether Russia is imperialist, any more than Palestinian rights can be se…

David Sheen (2022-07-13). As US Refuses to Act, Suspected Alex Odeh Assassins Enjoy Influential Role in Israeli Politics. mintpressnews.com Palestinian-American activist Alex Odeh was murdered outside his California office in October 1985. For decades, law enforcement officials have openly speculated that the perpetrators were members of the Jewish Defense League (JDL) — a terrorist group led at the time by the notorious militant Irv Rubin. It is widely alleged that three individuals — Robert …

Jim Hightower (2022-07-13). Even Goldwater Would Be Too Left for Today's Republicans. otherwords.org Perhaps you remember Senator Barry Goldwater, the GOP's fringy, far-right-wing 1964 presidential nominee who famously said, "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice." | Today, however, the core of the Republican Party would boo Goldwater's right-wingism as insufficiently rabid. Instead, their new rallying cry is: "Nuttiness in the defense of extremism is no vice." | The GOP's mainline officialdom now proclaim themselves the party of extremism. They are openly embracing the crazy, including conspiracy theorists, neo-confederates, and Q-Anon cultists, hoping to harness the fanatical horsepower of these antid…

Peter Certo (2022-07-13). In OtherWords: July 13, 2022. otherwords.org This week in OtherWords, veteran attorney Mitchell Zimmerman makes the case for Meanwhile, Jim Hightower marvels at the GOP's embrace not only of the religious far right, but of violent white nationalists and unhinged conspiracy theorists like Q-anon. Where the late Senator Barry Goldwater once praised "extremism in defense of liberty," Hightower says his…

Staff (2022-07-13). Video: NATO, U.S. Marines practice for war in Sweden. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropeJuly 13, 2022 Video: Sweden and NATO train to keep Gotland secure Situated roughly 100 kilometres off the Swedish coast, the island of Gotland is of strategic importance, as it has a commanding view of the Baltic Sea…. This year, NATO partner Sweden hosted the annual United States-led maritime exercise Baltic …

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-13). Biden Arrives in Israel, Says US-Israeli Connection Is 'Bone Deep'. news.antiwar.com President Biden "The connection between the Israeli people and the American people is bone deep. It's bone-deep," Biden said at the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel. The president added that he believes the US relationship wit…

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-13). Biden Says US Willing to Use Force Against Iran as 'Last Resort'. news.antiwar.com An interview with President Biden aired on Israeli TV Wednesday where he said the US would The interview with Israel's Channel 12 was conducted in Washington before Biden departed for Israel, and the broadcast aired the same day he arrived in the country. When asked if the US would use force against Iran's nuclear program, Biden said, "as a last resort, yes." | "Iran cannot get a nuclear weapon," Biden said. While Iran has been stockpiling…

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-13). Israel Showcases Air Defense System to Biden, Including New Laser Iron Beam. news.antiwar.com President Biden on Wednesday toured The showcase of Israeli systems came shortly after Biden arrived in Israel for his short tour of the Middle East, during which he will also visit the West Bank and Saudi Arabia. According to The Times of Israel, the weapons display included the long-range Arrow…

Ali Abunimah (2022-07-13). UN chief greenlights Israel's killing of Palestinian kids. electronicintifada.net António Guterres again lets Israel off the hook for horrifying crimes.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2022-07-13). California professors fight Palestine exception to free speech. electronicintifada.net North Orange County Community College district removed faculty letter mourning assassination of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.

Staff (2022-07-13). Biden out of Palestine: No to imperialism, Zionism and Arab reactionary regimes Yes to resistance, return and liberation! samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network denounces the visit of United States president Joe Biden to occupied Palestine. This visit and Biden's entire trip to the region makes clear the alliance of enemies confronted by the Palestinian people: Zionism, imperialism and its subcontractors, and Arab reactionary regimes, as well as the Israeli state. Biden's trip to …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-13). Bolivian prosecutors suspend Camacho's hearing in coup case following death threats. peoplesdispatch.org The governor of the Santa Cruz department, Luis Fernando Camacho, who was the president of the far-right Pro Santa Cruz Civic Committee in 2019, was one of the main promoters of the violent and racist demonstrations against the socialist government of former President Evo Morales in October 2019…

Martha Grevatt (2022-07-13). Despite police attacks, protests continue over cop murder of Jayland Walker. workers.org Akron, Ohio, July 3. WW Photo: Martha Grevatt The racist police lynching of Jayland Walker in Akron, Ohio, on June 27 sparked a wave of protests that shows no signs of letting up. Walker, a 25-year-old Black man who worked as a DoorDash driver, was shot around 60 times by . . . |

Rachel Hu, Chris Garaffa (2022-07-13). CovertAction Bulletin: Judicial Coup? The Supreme Court Case that Could End the Facade of U.S. Democracy. covertactionmagazine.com On today's show we discuss the deep implications that the Supreme Court's decision to take up Harper v Moore could have on the fundamental institution of so-called U.S. democracy. The Supreme Court's ruling on this case could rip the mask off the sham of U.S. democracy and reveal the clear dictatorship of the rich. The recent overturn of Roe, the ongoing January 6th committee hearings, and now the turn towards overturning the fundamental democratic principle of one-person, one-vote marks a new period of political struggle in the United States.

Editor2 (2022-07-13). Somalia Seeks to Normalize Ties With Israel. orinocotribune.com Israeli media claimed that Somalia seeks to normalize ties with Israel during the second term of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, an ally of the UAE | Somalia is contemplating the normalization of ties with Israel as newly-elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud embarks on an effort to attract foreign support. | The spokesman of the current Somali administration, Abdikarin Ali Kaar, confirmed to Israeli Channel 12 that ongoing consultations at ministerial and parliamentary levels seek a possible peace deal between Somalia and Israel. | The remarks by Kaar were made a few weeks after Mohamud's two-day visit to the…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-13). Israeli occupation killed 78 Palestinian children last year and maimed another 982. peoplesdispatch.org UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has been criticized for leaving Israel out of his "list of shame" despite expressing shock over its crimes against Palestinian children…

Creede Newton (2022-07-13). Andrew Yang To Speak Alongside Far-right Figures at 'FreedomFest'. splcenter.org Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang will speak Saturday about his new Forward Party and creating political coalitions at the 2022 FreedomFest in Las Vegas, which will feature far-right libertarians with ties to white nationalists and antisemites.

Juan Cole (2022-07-13). The Family of American Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, killed by Israeli Sniper, Pleads for Meeting with Biden on Mideast Trip. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) The family of slain American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is asking for a meeting with President Joe Biden during his trip to the Middle East this week. So reports Yasmin al-Qassas at Sada al-Balad. In a letter to Mr. Biden, Shireen's brother Anton Abu Akleh wrote that the family "feels …

Staff (2022-07-13). Escritores cubanos intercambian con delegación estadounidense en panel sobre racismo (+Video). cubadebate.cu Los escritores Zuleica Romay, David López y Nancy Morejón intercambiaron con la delegación estadounidense sobre el estado de la racialidad y los aportes a la formación de la nacionalidad y la nación en Cuba intercambiaron, en el panel "Cuba y su negritud, antirracismo e influencia en la vida cultural y social" que sesiona en Casa de las América.

Staff (2022-07-13). Shamkhani to visit Azerbaijan for bilateral ties. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) — Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani is set to visit Baku on Friday.

Staff (2022-07-13). Saudi-Israeli coop. plans to be announced on Biden visit. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) — An Israeli news source claimed that during the US President's visit to Occupied Palestine, some measures that have been taken in the relations between the Israeli regime and Riyadh will be revealed to the public.

Staff (2022-07-13). UN chief calls for blacklisting Israel over child deaths. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) — Israel should be blacklisted by the UN if it continues inflicting violence on Palestinian children at such high levels, UN Chief declared following the publication of the intl. body's latest Children and Armed Conflict report.

_____ (2022-07-13). As Biden's Visit To Israel Begins, American Jews Deliver Message. popularresistance.org Washington, D.C. – On the first day of President Biden's visit to the Middle East, young Jews affiliated with IfNotNow Movement gathered outside the White House to deliver a message amidst President Biden's complicity in home demolitions and the potential forced expulsions of over 1,000 Palestinians in the Masafer Yatta region of the occupied West Bank. Standing in front of the White House, protesters unraveled a banner that said "Biden, Stop Forced Transfer, #SaveMasaferYatta". Biden's trip to Israel, which began this morning, does not include engaging with communities in Masafer Yatta or any Palestinian communi…

Jon Queally (2022-07-13). Analysis Details How Anti-Democratic Supreme Court Has 'Hit Rock Bottom'. commondreams.org "The Court's track record on democracy is particularly woeful and concerning, given that a strong democracy is essential to a functioning America."

Daniel Levy (2022-07-13). The Problems With Biden's Middle East Trip. commondreams.org The president's visit this week to Israel and Saudi Arabia will pick up where his predecessor's regional policies left off.

WSWS (2022-07-13). Highland Park shooter posted anti-Semitic and racist messages days before shooting. wsws.org The violent, fascist leanings of Highland Park shooter Robert Crimo III continues to be ignored by major media outlets and Democrats alike.

Staff (2022-07-13). 14 July, Webinar: Standing up for student solidarity with Palestine featuring Pink Floyd's Roger Waters. samidoun.net Thursday, 14 July 3 pm Montreal (12 pm Pacific, 8 pm British time 9 pm central Europe, 10 pm Palestine) Register to join webinar: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wbLo nESNKVo1aL9uaZTQ On the eve of Roger Waters' Montreal's Bell Centre performance, the rock legend will be supporting McGill students who've faced a litany of attacks for advancing the Palestinian Liberation movement. …

Anonymous669 (2022-07-13). Israel's Rafael Unveils New Air-Launched, Long-Range Missile. southfront.org Rendering of the Ice Breaker missile (Rafael image). | On July 12, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems unveiled a new 5th generation air-launched long-range missile that can be used to destroy a variety of targets up to 300 kilometers away. | In a statement, Rafael said that the missile, dubbed "Ice Breaker," is an "aerial force multiplier, designed to overcome the modern warfare arena challenges". According to the company, the missile, which make its public debut at the July 18-22 Farnborough…

Mark Gruenberg (2022-07-13). Arizona troopers tear-gas 1, 0 peaceful abortion rights advocates. peoplesworld.org PHOENIX—In an extremely negative reaction to women's rights, Arizona state troopers, stationed atop the state Capitol in Phoenix, teargassed 1,000-1, 0 peaceful demonstrators the day after the U.S. Supreme Court's right-wing majority tossed a woman's constitutional right to abortion overboard, an Arizona woman caught in the barrage says. Liz Perrachio, an AFSCME retiree from Mesa, told …

WSWS (2022-07-13). January 6 hearing details Trump's call for fascist violence to overturn election, conceals role of military and police in coup plot. wsws.org The seventh in the current series of televised hearings by the House Select Committee on the January 6 coup focused on former president Donald Trump's mobilization of violent, far-right terrorists in his attempt to overturn the 2020 election and seize dictatorial power.

_____ (2022-07-12). How Shinzo Abe Whitewashed Genocidal Imperial Crimes. popularresistance.org Japan's longest serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe tried to rewrite the history of the fascist Japanese empire and its genocidal crimes. And he and his Nazi-collaborating grandfather enjoyed staunch Western support. | After World War II, the US government pardoned and recruited many of the fascists who had led imperial Japan, putting in power war criminals who had committed genocide in China, Korea, and Southeast Asia, carrying out biological warfare, human experimentation, and mass sexual slavery. | Multipolarista editor Benjamin Norton discusses how Japan's political system still today is a one-party right-wing…

Reynard Loki (2022-07-12). With the Supreme Court's EPA Ruling, Can Trump's Damage to the Environment Ever Be Repaired? independentmediainstitute.org Trump's impact on the EPA reveals the frightening power of a corrupt president. By Gregg Barak, Independent Media Institute 6 min read This excerpt is adapted from "Criminology on Trump" (Routledge, 2022) and was produced for the web by Earth | Food | Life (a project of the Independent Media Institute). Grasping the enormity, the …

Editor (2022-07-12). Roe v. Wade is Gone. A Wave of Criminalization is Coming. scheerpost.com Police arrest four women protesters who chained themselves to the columns at the steps of City Hall to denounce the US Supreme Court decision that ended federal abortion rights protections on July 6, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. David McNew/Getty Images | By Marc Steiner / | The recent Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case achieved something the right has pursued for decades—overturning Roe v. Wade. From legislation recognizing "fetal personhood" in Georgia and Alabama to…

Ann Brown (2022-07-12). Roland Martin Pleads His Case On Why Black America Should Keep Voting For The Democratic Party. moguldom.com Journalist Roland Martin, host of the podcast "Roland Martin Unfiltered, likens the voting rights atmosphere today to that of 1890 in Mississippi when Black people were stripped of the right to vote by Dixiecrats. Voting rights are in danger today because of efforts by Republicans, Martin said during a July 10 discussion with hip-hop legend …

_____ (2022-07-12). Palestine Action Occupy And Dismantle Thales Weapons Factory In Glasgow. popularresistance.org Glasgow, Scotland – Palestine Action Scotland have made their way back on the roof of weapons company Thales' factory in Glasgow. A team of activists scaled the roof at dawn, and began causing severe damage to site facilities, forcing workers to evacuate the building. Their occupation is ongoing, rendering Thales' conveyor belt of weapons inoperable. | Thales is one of the world's largest arms companies, producing military drones, armoured vehicles, missile systems and more. Amongst the assorted warfare-related hardware made by Thales, the Watchkeeper drone project stands out. The project seeks to further the pol…

Ramzy Baroud (2022-07-12). Quince años de experimentos fallidos: Mitos y realidades sobre el asedio israelí a Gaza. globalizacion.ca Han pasado quince años desde que Israel impuso un asedio total a la Franja de Gaza sometiendo a casi dos millones de palestinos a uno de los bloqueos más largos y crueles de la historia por motivos políticos. En aquel…

Al-Shabaka (2022-07-12). Palestinians are Uniting, caught between Alliance of Authoritarian States and Western Indifference. juancole.com By Tareq Baconi | ( Al-Shabaka ) Over the course of the past decade, a new regional architecture has come into focus in the Middle East and North Africa. The US has shown greater signs of withdrawal and retrenchment from the region. Tensions have arisen and subsided between regional powers, proxy wars continue …

Martha Grevatt (2022-07-13). Despite police attacks, protests continue over cop murder of Jayland Walker. workers.org Akron, Ohio, July 3. WW Photo: Martha Grevatt The racist police lynching of Jayland Walker in Akron, Ohio, on June 27 sparked a wave of protests that shows no signs of letting up. Walker, a 25-year-old Black man who worked as a DoorDash driver, was shot around 60 times by . . . |

Rachel Hu, Chris Garaffa (2022-07-13). CovertAction Bulletin: Judicial Coup? The Supreme Court Case that Could End the Facade of U.S. Democracy. covertactionmagazine.com On today's show we discuss the deep implications that the Supreme Court's decision to take up Harper v Moore could have on the fundamental institution of so-called U.S. democracy. The Supreme Court's ruling on this case could rip the mask off the sham of U.S. democracy and reveal the clear dictatorship of the rich. The recent overturn of Roe, the ongoing January 6th committee hearings, and now the turn towards overturning the fundamental democratic principle of one-person, one-vote marks a new period of political struggle in the United States.

Juan Cole (2022-07-13). The Family of American Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, killed by Israeli Sniper, Pleads for Meeting with Biden on Mideast Trip. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) The family of slain American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is asking for a meeting with President Joe Biden during his trip to the Middle East this week. So reports Yasmin al-Qassas at Sada al-Balad. In a letter to Mr. Biden, Shireen's brother Anton Abu Akleh wrote that the family "feels …

Editor2 (2022-07-13). Somalia Seeks to Normalize Ties With Israel. orinocotribune.com Israeli media claimed that Somalia seeks to normalize ties with Israel during the second term of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, an ally of the UAE | Somalia is contemplating the normalization of ties with Israel as newly-elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud embarks on an effort to attract foreign support. | The spokesman of the current Somali administration, Abdikarin Ali Kaar, confirmed to Israeli Channel 12 that ongoing consultations at ministerial and parliamentary levels seek a possible peace deal between Somalia and Israel. | The remarks by Kaar were made a few weeks after Mohamud's two-day visit to the…

Staff (2022-07-13). Escritores cubanos intercambian con delegación estadounidense en panel sobre racismo (+Video). cubadebate.cu Los escritores Zuleica Romay, David López y Nancy Morejón intercambiaron con la delegación estadounidense sobre el estado de la racialidad y los aportes a la formación de la nacionalidad y la nación en Cuba intercambiaron, en el panel "Cuba y su negritud, antirracismo e influencia en la vida cultural y social" que sesiona en Casa de las América.

Staff (2022-07-13). Shamkhani to visit Azerbaijan for bilateral ties. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) — Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani is set to visit Baku on Friday.

WSWS (2022-07-13). January 6 hearing details Trump's call for fascist violence to overturn election, conceals role of military and police in coup plot. wsws.org The seventh in the current series of televised hearings by the House Select Committee on the January 6 coup focused on former president Donald Trump's mobilization of violent, far-right terrorists in his attempt to overturn the 2020 election and seize dictatorial power.

WSWS (2022-07-13). Highland Park shooter posted anti-Semitic and racist messages days before shooting. wsws.org The violent, fascist leanings of Highland Park shooter Robert Crimo III continues to be ignored by major media outlets and Democrats alike.

_____ (2022-07-12). How Shinzo Abe Whitewashed Genocidal Imperial Crimes. popularresistance.org Japan's longest serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe tried to rewrite the history of the fascist Japanese empire and its genocidal crimes. And he and his Nazi-collaborating grandfather enjoyed staunch Western support. | After World War II, the US government pardoned and recruited many of the fascists who had led imperial Japan, putting in power war criminals who had committed genocide in China, Korea, and Southeast Asia, carrying out biological warfare, human experimentation, and mass sexual slavery. | Multipolarista editor Benjamin Norton discusses how Japan's political system still today is a one-party right-wing…

Contributing Writers (2022-07-12). Germany Criminalizes Journalist for Exposing Ukrainian War Crimes. marktaliano.net READ MORE: Israel is Arming Ukraine's Blatantly Neo-Nazi Militia the Azov Battalion/ The Real News Network, July 6, 2018 In Video: German Journalist On MSM, Situation In Melitopol And Tactics Of Azov MilitantsSouth Front THE MEDIA MONOPOLY: The Same Shady People Own Big Pharma & The Media "One-sided News on Ukraine": Open Letter to CBC …

Anonymous811 (2022-07-12). Kiev Regime Targets Officials In Regions Under Russian Control. southfront.org July 11 was marked by a series of attacks of Ukrainian saboteur against officials in the regions which are under Russian control. | The head of the local administration in the town of Veliky Burluk was killed in a car bomb explosion. The village is located in the Kharkov region and is under control of the Russian military."The car bombing in Veliky Burluk, which resulted in the death of the head of the local administration Yevgeny Yunakov, is a planned terrorist act organized by those fascists…

Miko Peled (2022-07-12). As Biden Visits Israel, Netanyahu is Plotting a Return to Power. mintpressnews.com Netanyahu wants to make sure that any credit Trump might claim for the Abraham Accords — or Biden might claim if Saudi Arabia signs on — will be directed towards him…

Reynard Loki (2022-07-12). With the Supreme Court's EPA Ruling, Can Trump's Damage to the Environment Ever Be Repaired? independentmediainstitute.org Trump's impact on the EPA reveals the frightening power of a corrupt president. By Gregg Barak, Independent Media Institute 6 min read This excerpt is adapted from "Criminology on Trump" (Routledge, 2022) and was produced for the web by Earth | Food | Life (a project of the Independent Media Institute). Grasping the enormity, the …

Urooba Abid (2022-07-12). Victims of Discrimination Have No Path to Justice Following Supreme Court Decision. aclu.org When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, our laws did not provide any recourse against the discrimination she faced. In the decades that followed, organizers and civil rights groups won key battles to expand our laws to protect against discrimination for Black people, women, and people with disabilities. Until recently, thanks to the groundwork laid by people like Parks, people who faced discrimination could seek damages for the emotional distress they endured. But the U.S. Supreme Court blocked that avenue for relief in Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C, tur…

Editor (2022-07-12). Roe v. Wade is Gone. A Wave of Criminalization is Coming. scheerpost.com Police arrest four women protesters who chained themselves to the columns at the steps of City Hall to denounce the US Supreme Court decision that ended federal abortion rights protections on July 6, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. David McNew/Getty Images | By Marc Steiner / | The recent Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case achieved something the right has pursued for decades—overturning Roe v. Wade. From legislation recognizing "fetal personhood" in Georgia and Alabama to…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-12). Biden's Israel visit draws widespread criticism. peoplesdispatch.org Biden will be making his first visit to Israel as president between July 13 and July 15, and will also visit the occupied West Bank to meet Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas…

Ann Brown (2022-07-12). Roland Martin Pleads His Case On Why Black America Should Keep Voting For The Democratic Party. moguldom.com Journalist Roland Martin, host of the podcast "Roland Martin Unfiltered, likens the voting rights atmosphere today to that of 1890 in Mississippi when Black people were stripped of the right to vote by Dixiecrats. Voting rights are in danger today because of efforts by Republicans, Martin said during a July 10 discussion with hip-hop legend …

Brett Wilkins (2022-07-12). Survey Reveals How Much Voters Dislike Companies Funding Seditious GOP Lawmakers. commondreams.org "Given this survey's findings, CEOs should certainly note: they face an undeniable threat to their bottom lines once consumers are made aware of their funding of fascists."

Sam Carliner (2022-07-12). Biden's Middle East Trip Shows His Disregard For Journalists. commondreams.org Biden is demonstrating with his trip to Saudi Arabia and Israel and with his lack of response to police attacks on press within the United States that he takes no issue with emboldening attacks on press freedom.

_____ (2022-07-12). Palestine Action Occupy And Dismantle Thales Weapons Factory In Glasgow. popularresistance.org Glasgow, Scotland – Palestine Action Scotland have made their way back on the roof of weapons company Thales' factory in Glasgow. A team of activists scaled the roof at dawn, and began causing severe damage to site facilities, forcing workers to evacuate the building. Their occupation is ongoing, rendering Thales' conveyor belt of weapons inoperable. | Thales is one of the world's largest arms companies, producing military drones, armoured vehicles, missile systems and more. Amongst the assorted warfare-related hardware made by Thales, the Watchkeeper drone project stands out. The project seeks to further the pol…

WSWS (2022-07-12). Wisconsin Supreme Court declares absentee ballot drop boxes illegal, questions validity of 2020 election. wsws.org The Wisconsin ruling is the latest in a long line of attacks on voting rights by Republican legislatures and courts following the defeat of former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election.

____ (2022-07-12). HR org.s silence towards Bosnian genocide not to be forgotten. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) — Iranian Government Spokesman Ali Bahadori Jahromi said that silence of the human rights organizations towards the organized Bosnian genocide will not be erased from the historical memory of nations.

WSWS (2022-07-12). German Socialist Equality Party files constitutional complaint against criminalisation of Marxism. wsws.org On 2 June, the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (SGP, Socialist Equality Party) filed a constitutional complaint with the Supreme Court against its surveillance and defamation by the Secret Service.

Ramzy Baroud (2022-07-12). Quince años de experimentos fallidos: Mitos y realidades sobre el asedio israelí a Gaza. globalizacion.ca Han pasado quince años desde que Israel impuso un asedio total a la Franja de Gaza sometiendo a casi dos millones de palestinos a uno de los bloqueos más largos y crueles de la historia por motivos políticos. En aquel…

Al-Shabaka (2022-07-12). Palestinians are Uniting, caught between Alliance of Authoritarian States and Western Indifference. juancole.com By Tareq Baconi | ( Al-Shabaka ) Over the course of the past decade, a new regional architecture has come into focus in the Middle East and North Africa. The US has shown greater signs of withdrawal and retrenchment from the region. Tensions have arisen and subsided between regional powers, proxy wars continue …

Micheal Berosch (2022-07-12). Dealing with Police and Government Agents. indybay.org "Any lawyer worth his salt will tell the suspect in no uncertain terms to make no statement to police under any circumstances." (U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson writing in Watts v. Indiana, 338 U.S. 49 (1949))…

WSWS (2022-07-12). Police crackdown continues in Akron, Ohio, as Democratic mayor keeps curfew in place. wsws.org Defying police violence and fascist threats, thousands marched in support of Jayland Walker over the weekend.

WSWS (2022-07-12). January 6 committee hearings resume with focus on ties between fascist groups and Trump camp. wsws.org Tuesday's hearing will present evidence of direct connections between the Trump White House and groups like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.

____ (2022-07-11). (Italiano) Medio Oriente e giornalismo mancante su conflitto e pace. transcend.org 8 Luglio 2022 – Due immagini di affari internazionali, affari umani a dire il vero, due discorsi: l'approccio securitario e l'approccio pacifista; che competono per la nostra attenzione trattando la stessa preoccupazione per la violenza ma in modo diametralmente opposto.

Ali Abunimah (2022-07-11). Will Israel join an Arab NATO? electronicintifada.net Watch: US helps cover up murder of Shireen Abu Akleh, Ali Abunimah tells BT News.

_____ (2022-07-11). The CIO Was One of the Most Successful Anti-Racism Movements in U.S. History. popularresistance.org In the 1930s, a new type of union, an "industrial" union that welcomed all workers in a single workplace emerged as the cutting edge of working-class struggle. Previously, unions and employers both had a long history of racism and support for white supremacy. Certain jobs were reserved for whites, and Black workers were kept out of factories and union halls. This had catastrophic consequences for the working class. For example, in the 1919 Steel Strike, employers brought in 30,000 Black and immigrant workers to break the strike staged by white workers and their racially exclusive unions. Long prevented from joini…

Staff (2022-07-11). Video: Ghassan Kanafani Literature and Revolution with Louis Allday and Omar Zahzah. samidoun.net On Friday, 8 July — the th anniversary of the assassination of Ghassan Kanafani — Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network organized a webinar on Kanafani's literary and revolutionary life. The webinar featured Louis Allday, historian, writer and publisher of the Liberated Texts series, the publisher with Ebb Books of the new edition of On Zionist …

Larry Beck (2022-07-11). US Supreme Court Decisions Highlight Ethical Concerns. fairobserver.com For those of you longing for the simpler life of the 18th century, the chief justice and five associate justices of the US Supreme Court stand at the ready to help you find your way. Spread before them as their sacred guide is the US Constitution, crafted in the late 1780s and ratified in 1788,…

Al-Shabaka (2022-07-12). Palestinians are Uniting, caught between Alliance of Authoritarian States and Western Indifference. juancole.com By Tareq Baconi | ( Al-Shabaka ) Over the course of the past decade, a new regional architecture has come into focus in the Middle East and North Africa. The US has shown greater signs of withdrawal and retrenchment from the region. Tensions have arisen and subsided between regional powers, proxy wars continue …

WSWS (2022-07-12). Wisconsin Supreme Court declares absentee ballot drop boxes illegal, questions validity of 2020 election. wsws.org The Wisconsin ruling is the latest in a long line of attacks on voting rights by Republican legislatures and courts following the defeat of former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election.

WSWS (2022-07-12). January 6 committee hearings resume with focus on ties between fascist groups and Trump camp. wsws.org Tuesday's hearing will present evidence of direct connections between the Trump White House and groups like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.

Micheal Berosch (2022-07-12). Dealing with Police and Government Agents. indybay.org "Any lawyer worth his salt will tell the suspect in no uncertain terms to make no statement to police under any circumstances." (U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson writing in Watts v. Indiana, 338 U.S. 49 (1949))…

WSWS (2022-07-12). German Socialist Equality Party files constitutional complaint against criminalisation of Marxism. wsws.org On 2 June, the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (SGP, Socialist Equality Party) filed a constitutional complaint with the Supreme Court against its surveillance and defamation by the Secret Service.

WSWS (2022-07-12). Police crackdown continues in Akron, Ohio, as Democratic mayor keeps curfew in place. wsws.org Defying police violence and fascist threats, thousands marched in support of Jayland Walker over the weekend.

Editor (2022-07-11). Ruins of Azov Steel Factory display Nazi insignia and signs of NATO support. mronline.org Owner of plant, Rinat Akhmetov, is allegedly connected to organized crime.

____ (2022-07-11). (Italiano) Medio Oriente e giornalismo mancante su conflitto e pace. transcend.org 8 Luglio 2022 – Due immagini di affari internazionali, affari umani a dire il vero, due discorsi: l'approccio securitario e l'approccio pacifista; che competono per la nostra attenzione trattando la stessa preoccupazione per la violenza ma in modo diametralmente opposto.

Ali Abunimah (2022-07-11). Will Israel join an Arab NATO? electronicintifada.net Watch: US helps cover up murder of Shireen Abu Akleh, Ali Abunimah tells BT News.

Jason Ditz (2022-07-11). Israel Says Giving Up Harming Iran's Enrichment Program. news.antiwar.com In statements that seem designed to update the anti-Iran narrative ahead of President Biden's visit, Israeli officials are saying they The narrative is meant to suggest Israel isn't going to keep assassinating people tangentially involved in enrichment, at least formally, and is meant to back claims that Iran already has enough uranium for a weapon, an almost certainly false allegation. | The report suggests tha…

Maureen Clare Murphy (2022-07-11). Israeli court rules in favor of sweeping impunity. electronicintifada.net Legal system is "committed to the legitimization of war crimes," human rights groups say.

_____ (2022-07-11). The CIO Was One of the Most Successful Anti-Racism Movements in U.S. History. popularresistance.org In the 1930s, a new type of union, an "industrial" union that welcomed all workers in a single workplace emerged as the cutting edge of working-class struggle. Previously, unions and employers both had a long history of racism and support for white supremacy. Certain jobs were reserved for whites, and Black workers were kept out of factories and union halls. This had catastrophic consequences for the working class. For example, in the 1919 Steel Strike, employers brought in 30,000 Black and immigrant workers to break the strike staged by white workers and their racially exclusive unions. Long prevented from joini…

Staff (2022-07-11). Video: Ghassan Kanafani Literature and Revolution with Louis Allday and Omar Zahzah. samidoun.net On Friday, 8 July — the th anniversary of the assassination of Ghassan Kanafani — Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network organized a webinar on Kanafani's literary and revolutionary life. The webinar featured Louis Allday, historian, writer and publisher of the Liberated Texts series, the publisher with Ebb Books of the new edition of On Zionist …

Fight Back (2022-07-11). SCOTUS decision on the EPA: Time to fight for climate justice in the streets! fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement by the Minnesota-based Climate Justice Committee. | On Thursday June 30, the Supreme Court ruled against the EPA and its ability to set pollution limits on power plants. This is a blow to the U.S. government's ability to combat climate change and comes on the heels of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to an abortion. It's also a sign that the current court is set out on an anti-people agenda that will put a corporate and a right-wing agenda before the needs of the people. And it's a sign that the…

Editor (2022-07-11). Thousands on Parole and Probation Face Unique Barriers in Seeking Abortion Care. scheerpost.com Map of the United States showing which states will outlaw abortion now that Roe v. Wade is overturned. Parole and probation population data from the Prison Policy Initiative. Chart by ScheerPost. | By Victoria Valenzuela / Original to ScheerPost | ScheerPost Staff Writer | The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade leaves many among the more than

WSWS (2022-07-11). Supreme Court agrees to hear "independent legislature" case as Republicans prepare their next coup. wsws.org The "independent legislature theory," which was invoked in the theft of the 2000 election and in Trump's attempted coup in 2020, would give Republican-controlled state legislatures the unchecked power to rig and overturn upcoming elections.

TeleSUR, ldp, SH (2022-07-11). Rechazan declaración racista de la jefa del Parlamento de Perú. telesurtv.net La titular del Parlamento dividió al país entre indios y blancos mientras negaba tener un discurso divisionista de clases.

WSWS (2022-07-11). Oath Keepers brought grenades, rifles, "suitcases full of ammunition" to Washington D.C. on eve of January 6. wsws.org The new evidence comes as the January 6 House Select Committee prepares to hold its seventh hearing, centered on the nexus between fascist militia groups and the Trump White House.

Staff (2022-07-11). US-led regional defense system provokes Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 11 (MNA) — Iran has officially reacted to a US-led plan to build a regional missile defense system that includes Israel and its onetime Arab foes.

Michael Arney (2022-07-11). Resisting Supreme Court, New York State safeguards gun safety and abortion rights. peoplesworld.org NEW YORK—Supreme Court rulings seem to mimic one Republican's slogan "Jesus, Guns, and Babies." The New York State Democratic supermajority has struck back. The state's first female governor, Kathy Hochul, convened a special session of the state legislature at the end of June in response to the Court's rulings of the prior week. She originally …

_____ (2022-07-10). Is The US Now Trying To Destabilize Uzbekistan? popularresistance.org Unfortunately, the failure of the recent attempt to create an armed conflict in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAR) has not dampened Washington's ardor in searching for ways to destabilize the situation in Central Asia and in creating an additional inconvenience for Russia, which at present is conducting a special military operation to de-Nazify Ukraine, by creating a "second front." The United States, to this end, continues to use its sponsored NGOs, media and US intelligence capabilities to foment old conflicts in the region to put pressure on regional security, with a subsequent threat to Russia, as…

_____ (2022-07-10). War Scars The Earth. To Heal, We Must Cultivate Hope, Not Harm. popularresistance.org "No War 2022, July 8 — 10," hosted by World BEYOND War, will consider major and growing threats faced in today's world. Emphasizing "Resistance and Regeneration," the conference will feature practitioners of permaculture who work to heal scarred lands as well as abolish all war. | Listening to various friends speak of the environmental impact of war, we recalled testimony from survivors of a Nazi concentration camp on the outskirts of Berlin, Sachsenhausen, where over 200,000 prisoners were interned from 1936 — 1945.