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2022-08-03: News Headlines

Staff (2022-08-03). US approves massive weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 03 (MNA) — The US State Department approved the potential sale of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile interceptors to the UAE and Patriot missile interceptors to Saudi Arabia in separate deals worth $5.3 billion.

Staff (2022-08-03). Resistance forces launch new operation in N WB. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 03 (MNA) — News sources on late Tuesday reported that Palestinian Resistance forces have launched an operation against the Israeli regime occupying forces on the northern West Bank.

TeleSUR, mcs, SH (2022-08-03). Irán denuncia en la ONU amenazas militares por parte de Israel. telesurtv.net Las autoridades militares iraníes han avisado a la comunidad internacional que Israel pone en peligro la seguridad regional y mundial.

Labor Video Project (2022-08-03). 2022 CA Fed Meeting, Internationalism, Fascism & A Workers Party With LA Roofers Local 36. indybay.org Cliff Smith, the business manager of Roofers Local 36 in Los Angeles was a delegate to the 2022 California AFL-CIO convention and raised issues about fascism and internationalism at the convention. The leadership opposed a resolution calling for the prosecution of people who participated in the insurrection and attempted coup on January 6, 2020. He also discussed the issue of the formation of a workers party.

Staff (2022-08-03). Al-Nakhalah hails Iran, Leader for supporting Resistance. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 03 (MNA) — The Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad Movement of Palestine thanked the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Leader of the Revolution for supporting the Resistance of the Palestinian nation.

Staff (2022-08-03). Iran FM hails Mandela's grandson for supporting Palestinians. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 03 (MNA) — In a meeting with Nelson Mandela's grandson, the Iranian Foreign Minister hailed his efforts aimed at strengthening Iran-South Africa cooperation and his unlimited support for the oppressed Palestinian nation.

Dave DeCamp (2022-08-02). Israel Signals No Change to Its Nuclear Arsenal Policy Amid Non-Proliferation Conference. news.antiwar.com Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Monday Speaking at the Israel Atomic Energy Commission in Tel Aviv, Lapid made a veiled reference to Israel's secret nuclear weapons program. He spoke of Israel's "defensive capabilities and offensive capabilities, and what the foreign media ten…

Jessica Buxbaum (2022-08-02). Top Recruits Refuse to Work for Google or Amazon Over Ivolvement in Israeli War Crimes. mintpressnews.com While just over a year old, Google and Amazon have not addressed the Workers Against Nimbus and #NoTechForApartheid campaigns publicly, but the activist network has had success in cutting the corporations' power — even if only slightly.

Editor (2022-08-02). 'Apartheid' is not sufficient: an interview with UN Human Rights Commissioner Miloon Kothari. mronline.org UN Human Rights Commissioner Miloon Kothari explains why Apartheid is not enough to explain the root causes of the Palestinian crisis.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-08-02). Imam Khomeini gave us impetus to topple apartheid gov. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) — Stating that after Islamic Revolution, a very good relationship between Iran and South Africa was born, Vika Mazwi Khumalo said that Imam Khomeini gave freedom-seekers of South Africa impetus to topple the apartheid regime.

Andrew Korybko (2022-08-02). Poland's President Duda Compares the Warsaw 1944 Uprising against Nazi Occupation to the Battle of Mariupol. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2022-08-02). Acusan a Tel Aviv de falsear caso de periodista asesinada. cubadebate.cu La ONG B'Tselem acusó al gobierno israelí de falsear y encubrir el caso del asesinato de la periodista palestina Shireen Abu Aqleh. El Centro de Información Israelí para los Derechos Humanos en los Territorios Ocupados criticó en Twitter declaraciones del comandante de la unidad militar que irrumpió en el campo de refugiados de Jenín.

Brett Wilkins (2022-08-02). Weeks After Biden Fist-Bumps Saudi Prince, US OKs $5 Billion in Gulf Arms Deals. commondreams.org While the Pentagon said the sale of Patriot and THAAD missiles would boost regional "stability," one Yemeni journalist countered that the transfer would only bring more Saudi "aggression" to his war-torn nation.

Deweylaura (2022-08-02). We must use our right to vote, not lose it! cpusa.org Issued by Political Action Commission, Communist Party USA, July 27, 2022 We the people are under attack. Corporate America, allied with religious extremists and growing fascist forces, like those who stormed the capitol on January 6, are out to destroy every gain the American people have made since the Civil War. Nothing is sacred …

Andy Kroll (2022-08-02). Three Tons of Fascism with a Bull Bar. tomdispatch.com In the United States during 16 months in 2020 and 2021, vehicles rammed into groups of protesters at least 139 times, according to a Boston Globe analysis. Three victims died and at least 100 were injured. Consider that a new level of all-American barbarity, thanks to the growing toxicity of right-wing politics, empowered by its embrace of ever-larger, more menacing vehicles being cranked out by the auto industry. And keep this in mind: attacks on street protests are just the most recent development in fossil-fuelized aggression. Especially in the red states of America, MAGA motorists have been driving our qualit…

Staff (2022-08-02). Holding referendum solution to materialize Palestinian rights. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says that holding a referendum among the original residents of Palestine is a solution to materialize Palestinians' rights.

Staff (2022-08-02). 12 August, Webinar: Culture of Resistance Music Behind Colonial Bars with Dr. Louis Brehony. samidoun.net Friday, August 12 12 pm Pacific 3 pm Eastern 8 pm British time 9 pm central Europe 8 pm Palestine REGISTER: bit.ly/prisonmusic Join Samidoun for a webinar with Dr. Louis Brehony, the author of "Genius in the People: On Collective Resistance and Musical Instrument Making in the Jails of the Colonizer" …

Staff (2022-08-02). Hussein's commitment to justice, truth needed more than ever. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) — Taliaferro says the message of the Karbala uprising is never to give up, adding that the specter of systematic racism and politicians corruption is tyranny in US, so Hussein's commitment to justice is needed more than ever.

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-08-02). Policía israelí detiene a gobernador palestino de Jerusalén Este. telesurtv.net Adnan Ghaith ha sido detenido en al menos 17 ocasiones desde 2018. Es víctima de constante hostigamiento por parte de Israel.

Editor (2022-08-02). Next on the GOP's list: starving queer kids. mronline.org Republican attorneys general, including Ken Paxton, have filed suit over a federal school lunch program that prohibits discrimination against LGBTQ+ children.

TeleSUR, JGN (2022-08-02). Poder judicial de Brasil llama a candidatos al diálogo y la paz. telesurtv.net Fux subrayó que la Constitución brasileña garantiza libertad para manifestarse, pero también exige respeto y responsabilidad con el prójimo y con el país.

Stan Cox (2022-08-02). Three Tons of Fascism: Angry White Guys in Big-Ass Pickups. commondreams.org White nationalism feeds on gas, gunpowder, oil, and testosterone.

TeleSUR- lvm- JL (2022-08-02). Palestina denuncia robo de Israel por retención de recursos. telesurtv.net Israel ha intentado desacreditar al Gobierno palestino, que ayuda a las familias afectadas por el régimen sionista.

Eliza Sweren-Becker (2022-08-02). How the Radical 'Independent State Legislature Theory' Could Destroy US Democracy. commondreams.org If the Supreme Court turns this fringe notion into law, there will be crushing consequences for American voters and our multiracial democracy.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-08-02). Marcha de mujeres negras en Brasil cumple objetivos en su VIII edición. telesurtv.net El evento tuvo como tema por la vida, los derechos, la dignidad y por una sociedad justa y antirracista. ¡Más mujeres negras en el poder!.

Huda Al Sousi (2022-08-01). Gaza's queen of quilling. electronicintifada.net Though Eman al-Tayeb's art has gained popularity outside Palestine, the Israeli occupation makes it difficult to ship her work abroad.

Editor (2022-08-01). Visita a Oriente Medio, acceso al petróleo se impone a los derechos humanos. workers.org Ningún palestino que vive bajo la ocupación israelí se benefició un ápice de la breve visita del presidente Joe Biden a Oriente Medio. Biden tenía el poder ejecutivo para revertir el daño hecho cuando el ex presidente Donald Trump trasladó la embajada de Estados Unidos a Jerusalén, reconociendo el control . . . |

____ (2022-08-01). Israel's Sociocide, Genocide, Ecocide in Palestine. transcend.org Sociocide is the killing of a society's capacity to survive, to reproduce itself, should become equally prominent a crime against humanity. The USA and Israel were born the same way, as God's chosen people with promised lands, using sociocide and genocide. With no policy change they may also decline and fall the same way. Even soon.

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