Daily Archives: August 4, 2022

2022-08-04: News Headlines

Ramzy Baroud (2022-08-04). Why Resistance Matters: Palestinians are Challenging Israel's Unilateralism, Dominance. dissidentvoice.org Until recently, Israeli politics did not matter to Palestinians. Though the Palestinian people maintained their political agency under the most demoralizing conditions, their collective action rarely influenced outcomes in Israel, partly due to the massive discrepancy of power between the two sides. Now that Israelis are embarking on their fifth election in less than four …

Fight Back (2022-08-04). Illinois: Arab community fights for Hadi Abuatelah. fightbacknews.org Oak Lawn, IL – Hadi Abuatelah is a 17-year-old Palestinian youth in Oak Lawn, Illinois. On Thursday, July 28, a cell phone video taken by a Black woman captured the savage beating of Hadi by three white police officers. The video went viral, and the Arab American Action Network (AAAN) immediately called for a protest. | 300 Arab community members and their supporters held a militant rally in front of the Village of Oak Lawn Police Department (OLPD) building that afternoon. OLPD responded by brandishing assault rifles and deploying rooftop snipers to intimidate the protestors. | Hadi suffered serious injuries fr…

Peter Certo (2022-08-04). In OtherWords: August 3, 2022. otherwords.org Voters in Kansas this week provided a stunning victory for the pro-choice movement in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. By a margin of nearly 20 percentage points, voters in the otherwise conservative state overwhelmingly rejected a GOP-led effort to strike the right to choose an abortion from the state's constitution. | This week in OtherWords, Mitchell Zimmerman argues that whatever their personal feelings about abortion,

WSWS (2022-08-04). Fascistic Trump supporters win most Republican primary contests—with Democratic Party support. wsws.org One of the 10 Republican representatives who voted to impeach Trump for the January 6 attack on the Capitol was defeated by a QAnon advocate.

Labor Video Project (2022-08-04). 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.

TeleSUR- lvm- JL (2022-08-04). Venezuela califica como robo retención de oro en banco inglés. telesurtv.net El pasado 29 de julio el Tribunal Supremo de Londres denegó al Estado venezolano el acceso a las 32 toneladas de oro que permanecen retenidas en el Banco de Inglaterra.

TeleSUR- lvm- JL (2022-08-04). Presidente Maduro califica como robo la retención del oro venezolano en banco inglés. telesurtv.net El pasado 29 de julio el Tribunal Supremo de Londres denegó al Estado venezolano el acceso a las 32 toneladas de oro que permanecen retenidas en el Banco de Inglaterra.

TeleSUR- lvm, JL (2022-08-04). Comisión colombiana revela racismo institucional en conflicto. telesurtv.net La Comisión de la Verdad ha señalado que el Estado, quien ha desprotegido a los pueblos étnicos, ha respaldado a las élites económicas y políticas.

Kathy Durkin (2022-08-04). Unite and fight abortion bans! workers.org Rally, Indiana Statehouse, Indianapolis, July 25. Protests continue countrywide against reactionary state abortion bans that have been implemented or will be realized any day in half the states. Right-wingers in state governments eagerly awaited the Supreme Court's overturn of the right to access abortions. The top court obliged them June . . . |

WSWS (2022-08-04). Landslide vote to defeat anti-abortion initiative in Kansas. wsws.org The outcome of the referendum is a popular rebuke of the reactionary nationwide offensive against abortion rights following the Supreme Court's decision in June abolishing the constitutional right to abortion.

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.

Huda Al Sousi (2022-08-03). 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.

Maureen Clare Murphy (2022-08-03). Palestine in Pictures: July 2022. electronicintifada.net A monthly roundup of photographs documenting Palestine, Palestinian life, politics and culture, and international solidarity with Palestine.

Ann Brown (2022-08-03). Jim Clyburn Claimed Kamala Harris Becoming VP Proves America Isn't Racist, Now He Says America Is Moving In Direction Of Hitlerism. moguldom.com Veteran Democrat Congressman Jim Clyburn once agreed with Rep. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) that the appointment of former senator Kamala Harris as the first Black vice president of the U.S. proves America isn't racist. "I agree with him on that. I don't think a racist country would have elected Barack Obama as President, or Kamala Harris …

Staff (2022-08-03). Free Khalil Awawdeh! Call to action and resources as Palestinian detainee enters 154th day of hunger strike. samidoun.net Khalil Awawdeh is continuing his hunger strike for the 154th day as his health condition continues to deteriorate. Awawdeh, 40, from Idna near al-Khalil, is on hunger strike to end his detention without charge or trial under Israeli "administrative detention." He briefly stopped his strike on the 111th day, when he was told an agreement …

Liberation Staff (2022-08-03). PSL statement — Victory in defense of abortion rights: Kansas votes NO. liberationnews.org In the first referendum since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade and eviscerated abortion rights nationwide, Kansas voters have turned out to emphatically defend abortion rights.

Staff (2022-08-03). In Missouri and Illinois, a Glimpse of Abortion Access in a Post-Roe World. aclu.org The movement for abortion rights can feel hopeless in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe, and indeed, this is a moment of unprecedented adversity. But across the country, advocates are hard at work trying to win back fundamental reproductive freedoms and helping patients navigate the new landscape of abortion access. | We spoke with advocates on the ground in Missouri, where abortion is now banned, and in Illinois, where two abortion clinics near its border are working to accommodate the influx of patients from out of state. |
|

WSWS (2022-08-03). Israel's cover up of the 1956 Kafr Qasem massacre: "The Commander Said Fatalities Were Desirable" wsws.org The Kafr Qasem massacre was one of scores of killings of defenceless Palestinians by Israeli military forces, aimed at establishing the State of Israel.

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.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-08-03). MAGA and MAGA lite candidates win Republican primaries. peoplesworld.org PHOENIX—While Kansans' resounding support for abortion rights and rejection of Republican attempts to take away their constitutional rights took the headlines in the August 2 primaries, the results in other states showed that, among Republicans voting in their party's primaries, Trumpites and outright fascists won the Republican nods. Two exceptions were the victories of Reps. …

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-08-03). Irán reitera apoyo a Palestina frente a agresiones de Israel. telesurtv.net Teherán insta a la comunidad internacional a incrementar la solidaridad con el pueblo palestino y rechazar la ocupación israelí.

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.

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.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-08-03). Ghalibaf's meeting with al-Nakhalah. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 03 (MNA) — Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagheri Ghalibaf held a meeting with visiting Secretary-General of Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement Ziad al-Nakhala in Tehran Wednesday.

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.

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

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…

Liberation Staff (2022-08-02). Declaración de PSL Kansas vota NO: Victoria para la defensa del derecho al aborto. liberationnews.org En el primer referéndum desde que la Corte Suprema anuló el caso Roe contra Wade y terminó con el derecho al aborto en todo el país, los votantes de Kansas han acudido a las urnas para defender categóricamente el derecho al aborto.

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" …

2022-08-04 16:59 | 12:59 EST | jz | 32 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 0