Daily Archives: December 3, 2022

2022-12-03: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-12-03). Timothy Snyder's Bloodlands: Right-wing propaganda disguised as historical scholarship—Part Two. wsws.org The role that Snyder is playing in justifying the imperialist proxy war against Russia in Ukraine and the alliance of US imperialism with the Ukrainian far right make it imperative to investigate his book more closely.

En.mehrnews (2022-12-03). Human rights turned into toy for several criminal governments. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 03 (MNA) — Referring to the martyrdom of Palestinian youth by the Zionist regime, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said that human rights have been turned into the toy for several criminal governments.

Agency (2022-12-03). Elon Musk's New Direction for Twitter: Not "Free Speech," but Banning the Left while Welcoming Fascists. itsgoingdown.org Agency looks at billionaire Elon Musk banning various anarchist and antifascist accounts on Twitter at the bequest of far-Right trolls as the social media giant moves to embrace the far-Right. On November 25, at the urging of a far-right troll, Elon Musk banned the @crimethinc Twitter account. The account had some 67,000 followers on the day of its…

WSWS (2022-12-03). Kanye West's fascism and the crisis of American society and culture. wsws.org West is a product of this terminally diseased society and culture. His present positions cannot be understood without grappling with broader issues.

Angela (2022-12-03). Sunday 12/11: Q&A Discussion of "Come and See; Go and Tell – Next Year in Palestine" indybay.org

Lee Siu Hin, National Immigrant Solidarity N (2022-12-03). Winter 2022 National Immigrant Solidarity Network Immigrant Justice News Alert! indybay.org Racist Hate and Migrantphobia Continues Under Biden…

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-12-03). Golden Harvest Ceremony – Growing food in Historic Negro Bar, Lake Natoma, California. indybay.org 1848 Negro Hill, Mormon Island and Negro Bar Gold Mining District on Ancient Indigenous Lands in California. "It's important to keep the focus squarely on the culprit that brought us to this point today. And that's the US government. Its subtle and overt expansion of White supremacy is to blame here. These are two incredibly aggrieved, hyper-marginalized groups,"

People for the American Way (2022-12-03). Sunday 12/4: "Voting Rights: The Struggle To Be Counted" – History Film on Black Voter Suppression. indybay.org Online event…

TeleSUR- jaa (2022-12-03). Ejército israelí asesina a otro joven palestino en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net El joven fue identificado como Ammar Mefleh, quien murió tras recibir un disparo a quemarropa por parte de un soldado israelí.

WSWS (2022-12-02). Timothy Snyder's Bloodlands: Right-wing propaganda disguised as historical scholarship—Part One. wsws.org The role that Snyder is playing in justifying the imperialist proxy war against Russia in Ukraine and the alliance of US imperialism with the Ukrainian far right make it imperative to investigate his book more closely.

W. T. Whitney Jr. (2022-12-02). Mexico's left takes to the streets, celebrates achievements. peoplesworld.org "Sometimes there are revolutions, but people keep on thinking the same way. But now we are seeing a peacetime transformation process and there is a change of mentality…. I said yesterday that we are winning the battle against racism, classism, discrimination. This is not about material things, not about welfare programs. There's been a change …

_____ (2022-12-02). Maligned in Western Media, Donbass Forces are Defending their Future from Ukrainian Shelling and Fascism. popularresistance.org Smeared, stigmatized, and lied about in Western media propaganda, the mostly Russian-speaking people of the Donbass region were being slaughtered by the thousands in a brutal war of "ethnic cleansing" launched against them by the neo-Nazi regime in Kyiv, which the U.S. installed after the CIA overthrew Ukraine's legally elected president in a 2014 coup. | Although the Donbass people had been pleading for Russian military aid to defend them against the increasingly murderous military assaults by the Ukraine government forces, which killed more than 14,000 of their people, Russian President Vladimir Putin declined…

_____ (2022-12-02). Maligned In Western Media, Donbass Forces Are Defending Their Future. popularresistance.org Smeared, stigmatized, and lied about in Western media propaganda, the mostly Russian-speaking people of the Donbass region were being slaughtered by the thousands in a brutal war of "ethnic cleansing" launched against them by the neo-Nazi regime in Kyiv, which the U.S. installed after the CIA overthrew Ukraine's legally elected president in a 2014 coup. | Although the Donbass people had been pleading for Russian military aid to defend them against the increasingly murderous military assaults by the Ukraine government forces, which killed more than 14,000 of their people, Russian President Vladimir Putin declined…

_____ (2022-12-02). NATO Expands but Original Anti-Russia Mission Is Static 73 Years On. strategic-culture.org The organization is the heir to the throne that was vacated after Nazi Germany's defeat. | The foreign ministers of the NATO military alliance met this week for a summit in the Romanian capital Bucharest for what was a celebration of the bloc's expansion. | The anti-Russia rhetoric and hostility were also effervescent. "Russia does not have a veto," It's astounding how such ghoulish warmongering…

Eric Horowitz (2022-12-02). NYT Has Found New Neo-Nazi Troops to Lionize in Ukraine. "The Bratstvo Battalion", "The Christian Taliban" globalresearch.ca

Chris Walker (2022-12-02). GOP-Run Account Deletes Tweet Praising Ye After His Latest Antisemitic Diatribe. truthout.org A Twitter account managed by Republican lawmakers who are part of the House Judiciary Committee deleted a tweet praising Kanye West after the rapper praised Adolf Hitler and denied the existence of the Jewish Holocaust during World War II during an interview on Thursday. The tweet, authored by the House Judiciary Committee Republicans account, was posted on October 6 and was meant to show support… |

Ted Kelly (2022-12-02). Free Leonard Peltier and all Native prisoners. workers.org The slightly edited article first appeared online Oct. 13, 2021. During the era of colonial theft and conquest, North America became a proving ground for European imperialists. This was where strategies of biological warfare and genocide were honed, as well as the industry that has become a pillar of modern . . . |

Freedom Socialist Party (2022-12-02). Sunday 12/11: Speaker: Fight the Far Right to Win Reproductive Justice! indybay.org In person in San Francisco (or via ZOOM link below) | New Valencia Hall | 747 Polk Street (at Ellis), San Francisco | (7 blocks from Civic Center BART, on/near #5, 19, 27, 31, 38 Muni bus lines)…

Finian Cunningham (2022-12-02). America's Fate: Revolution or Fascism? thealtworld.com Daniel Lazare in this interview with Finian Cunningham says that the United States of America is locked in a fateful political and economic crisis that will produce either of two outcomes. Either the country is heading towards more authoritarian rule or there will be a second American revolution. | Daniel Lazare is a journalist, author and commentator who specializes in critically analyzing the politics and Constitution of the United States. He has authored several books, including The Velvet Revolution and the Decline of American Democracy. | The Covid-19 pandemic over the past two years exposes the pathological…

_____ (2022-12-02). Who prevents Palestine from becoming a full member of the UN? journal-neo.org Granting Palestine full member state status at the UN would, according to many politicians, be a practical step that could preserve the two-state solution and help reinvigorate the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians. And this view is constantly making its way on the world stage and within the UN walls. Several consultations have been …

Amy Goodman (2022-12-02). New Film Exposes Israel's Cover-Up, US Response to Shireen Abu Akleh's Murder. truthout.org More than six months since the Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed while reporting in the occupied West Bank, "there is still no accountability in what happened," says journalist Sharif Abdel Kouddous. He is the correspondent on a new Al Jazeera documentary for the program "Fault Lines" that investigates Abu Akleh's May killing. It draws on videos and eyewitness accounts… |

Anonymous587 (2022-12-02). Foreign Mercenaries: Kiev Regime's War Is Full Of Corruption, Deceit And Dirty Deals. southfront.org | With the beginning of the war in Ukraine, President Zelensky launched a full-scale campaign to attract foreign military volunteers to strengthen the capabilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Citizens of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, and Israel were among the first to arrive. Later, entire squads of foreign soldiers of fortune were formed, equipped with the most advanced Western weapons. However, it soon became clear that this war is not 'a walk in the Ukrainian fields' but a fierce battle un…

Anonymous669 (2022-12-02). Israeli Border Police Officer Shot, Killed Alleged Palestinian Attacker In West Bank (18+ Videos). southfront.org Screen grab, via Twitter. | On December 2, an officer of the Israeli Border Police shot and killed a Palestinian man who alleged carried out a stabbing attack in the northern West Bank town of Hawara. | The Border Police said in an initial statement that one of its teams was operating in Hawara when the suspect attacked with a knife and managed to wound an officer, adding that the suspect was later "neutralized" by other officers. | In a later statement, the police said that the suspect tried to enter a…

Dave DeCamp (2022-12-02). US, Israel Hold Joint Aerial Drills Simulating Attacks on Iran. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2022-12-02). Israel Set to Deport Palestinian-French Human Rights Defender Salah Hammouri. scheerpost.com Having spent nearly a decade in occupation prisons, Hammouri was most recently placed under administrative detention in March. In 2020, Israel revoked his residency status, an often-used tool of ethnic cleansing deployed against Palestinians in East Jerusalem.

En.mehrnews (2022-12-02). Alarm bells sounded for the Zionist regime, its backers. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 02 (MNA) — Referring to the globalization of hatred against the Israeli regime, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kan'ani said that alarm bells have been sounded for the Zionist regime and its supporters.

Fight Back (2022-12-02). Wisconsin: Banner drops in Milwaukee and Appleton in solidarity with Palestine. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On November 29, activists in both Milwaukee and Appleton dropped banners over busy highways with a message that read "Long live the popular Palestinian resistance, from Milwaukee to Palestine." The banner drops coincided with the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People and were intended to raise awareness about the ongoing resistance to U.S.-backed Israeli occupation. | "We're came out today to show solidarity to the people of Palestine and support their struggle for freedom," said Farzad Ghodsi, a member of the newly formed Milwaukee Anti-war Committee. "And with the recent i…

Maureen Clare Murphy (2022-12-02). Israeli officer executes Palestinian at point-blank range. electronicintifada.net Israeli police chief said "a dead terrorist is what I want to see" days earlier.

Ramzy Baroud (2022-12-02). 'Deliberate ambiguity': Israel's nuclear weapons are greatest threat to Middle East. peoplesworld.org As Western countries are floating the theory that Russia could escalate its conflict with Ukraine to a nuclear war, many of those governments continue to turn a blind eye to Israel's nuclear weapons capabilities. Luckily, many other countries around the world do not subscribe to this endemic hypocrisy. The Conference on the Establishment of a …

Maureen Clare Murphy (2022-12-02). Palestine in Pictures: November 2022. electronicintifada.net A monthly roundup of photographs documenting Palestine, Palestinian life, politics and culture, and international solidarity with Palestine.

Otis Grotewohl (2022-12-02). Staughton Lynd: lifelong advocate for liberation. workers.org Longtime anti-racist and antiwar activist turned labor lawyer, Staughton Lynd died Nov. 17, five days before his 93rd birthday. (Left to right) Staughton Lynd, Workers World Party co-founder Ted Dostal and WW contributor 'Mose Peterson,' Youngstown, Ohio, circa 1995. WW PHOTO Born in Philadelphia in 1929, Staughton Lynd was raised . . . |

Editor (2022-12-02). Evangelical Lobbying Threatens Supreme Court's Independence. scheerpost.com By Marjorie Cohn / Truthout Recent exposés have uncovered an emerging pattern of improper lobbying of right-wing Supreme Court justices by wealthy evangelicals. They reveal serious threats to the independence of the judiciary. But equally alarming is that the Supreme Court is unconstrained by a code of judicial ethics. From 1995 to 2018, the right-wing …

Mark Gruenberg (2022-12-02). Free elections come under attack Dec. 7 at the Supreme Court. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—On Dec. 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy," as FDR put it, the Empire of Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor. On Dec. 7, 2022, the empire of the right-wing attacks the United States election system—at the Supreme Court. That's the day when the right-wingers, seizing on two small phrases …

Sharon Zhang (2022-12-02). Supreme Court Will Hear Arguments for Student Debt Cancellation in February. truthout.org The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case originally filed by Republican-led states to challenge President Joe Biden's student debt cancellation plan in a case that will affect the bank accounts of tens of millions of people across the U.S. for years to come. The justices have fast-tracked the case and are slated to hear arguments in February. Until then, the cancellation plan will be on hold… |

Bennett Shoop (2022-12-02). Drag against fascism: D.C. LGBTQ+ community raises funds for Club Q workers. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Seven different talented drag performers—Jane Saw, Rico Pico, Jaxknife Complex, Ricky Rose, Dirty Sanchez, Mari Con Carne, and Molasses—took the stage at As You Are, a local queer bar and café in Southeast D.C., on Nov. 27 for a solidarity fundraiser for the workers of Club Q in Colorado Springs. The event was the third …

It's Going Down (2022-12-01). How Transphobia Built a Coalition of Eco-Radicals, White Nationalists and Right-Wing Think Tanks. itsgoingdown.org Last month, antifascists and members of the LGBTQ+ community, mobilized against a group of TERFs (Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists), holding events across the US, under the banner of "Let Women Speak." While these rallies were small, drawing only a few dozen and opposed by much larger crowds, they also brought out far-Right anti-trans activists and members…

En.mehrnews (2022-12-01). Israeli regime martyrs 2 Palestinians, injure 3 in Jenin raid. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 01 (MNA) — The apartheid Israeli regime martyred 2 Palestinians and injured 3 more in Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Thursday morning.

Rima Najjar (2022-12-01). In the World Cup Arena and in Israel, Might Makes Right. orinocotribune.com By Rima Najjar Nov 26, 2022 | Marco Balich, the creative director of the opening ceremony of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, probably has no idea that "bridging distances" when it comes to Palestinians and Israelis is a euphemism for normalizing Israel's apartheid and settler colonialism, its brutal subjugation and dispossession of Palestinians. | For Palestinians and their supporters, more than football is afoot at the games. The World Cup has presented a great opportunity to raise international awareness of the Palestinian struggle for liberation and return. Several campaigns have been launched on social media…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-12-01). Interviews with Ukrainian Ultranationalists: "When I Learned Who Dylann Roof Was, I Began to Admire Him." libya360.wordpress.com Lindsey Snell and Cory Popp As Ukrainian forces took control of Kherson on Friday, soldiers flooded social media with victorious pictures and videos of themselves in the city. Nazi insignia was abundant, including Azov Regiment's Nazi Wolfsangel, Totenkopfs, Black Suns, and patches advertising Misanthropic Division, a neo-Nazi organization that has recruited far-right volunteers for Azov from dozens of…

Miko Peled (2022-12-01). UN Resolution 181: 75 Years of Myth Making and False Israeli Legitimacy. mintpressnews.com Seventy-Five years after the United Nations' fatal decision to partition Palestine, the carnage and oppression of Palestinians by those who would claim they represent the Jewish people continues — and it promises to get much worse. | Some claim that Zionism came to save the Jewish people from another Holocaust, that they speak for defenseless Jews so that they will never again have to endure a genocide the likes of the Nazi genocide of the Jews in Europe. But these assertions are merely excuses to allow the Zionist regime to exercise its cruelty and brutality without interruption. | The United Nations Parti…

WSWS (2022-12-01). German parliament declares 1930s famine in Ukraine a genocide: Falsification of history in the service of war propaganda. wsws.org The German parliament explicitly places the "Holodomor" on par with the Holocaust and the Nazi crimes against the Soviet Union. With this line of argument, the Bundestag places itself squarely in the tradition of the Ukrainian and international far right.

_____ (2022-12-01). Elbit Systems UK Fired From £280 Million Worth Of Defence Contracts. popularresistance.org Minister of State for Defence Procurement Alex Chalk has confirmed that Elbit Systems UK, a subsidiary of Israel's largest arms company Elbit Systems LTD, has been forced out of lucrative contracts to deliver training for Dreadnought submarine and Royal Navy crews [1, 2]. The Ministry of Defence has ejected Elbit from a contract worth £160m to deliver Dreadnought crew training, and is 'negotiating the departure' of Elbit from a £123m contract for 'Project Selborne' Royal Navy training, stating that Elbit now falls short of 'operational sovereignty standards for the UK's highest priority capabilities'.

Ali Abunimah (2022-12-01). Will Macron stop Israel's expulsion of Salah Hammouri? electronicintifada.net Palestinian-French human rights lawyer may be deported as soon as Monday.

Anonymous669 (2022-12-01). Israel, U.S. Held Joint Air Drills Simulating Strikes On Iran And Its Allies (Video). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Israeli Defense Forces. | On November 30, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) shared details on a series of joint air exercises it held with the United States military over the last 48 hours, simulating strikes against Iran and its allies in the Middle East. | During the exercises, which took place over Israel and the Mediterranean Sea, four F-35i fighter jets of the Israeli Air Force (IAF) accompanied four U.S. F-15 fighter jet, while an American KC-135 aerial refueli…

En.mehrnews (2022-12-01). Zionists backers in no position to talk about human rights. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 01 (MNA) — The Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman said the backers of occupying, terrorist and racist Zionist regime of Israel are in no position to comment on human rights in other places.

Misión Verdad (2022-12-01). Israeli Journalists Ignored at World Cup in Qatar. orinocotribune.com

Ramona Wadi (2022-12-01). Lapid exploits UN resolutions to further Israel's security narrative. thealtworld.com The Israeli government is portraying itself as being worried about international delegitimisation at the UN. As the UN General Assembly

Ramzy Baroud (2022-12-01). Deliberate Ambiguity: Israel's Nukes Are the Greatest Threat to the Middle East. mintpressnews.com US support for Israel is not confined to ensuring the latter has a 'military edge' over its neighbors, but to also ensure Israel remains the region's only superpower, even if that entails escaping international accountability for the development of WMDs.

Staff (2022-12-01). #JusticeForSalah: Massive banner unfurled in Paris urges freedom for Salah Hamouri #LiberezSalah. samidoun.net Photo credit: @tulyppe On Thursday December 1 in Paris, a huge banner was unfurled over a busy street, calling for the immediate release of Salah Hamouri, the French-Palestinian lawyer imprisoned without charge or trial under Israeli administrative detention regime since 7 March 2022. The banner was widely seen by many passers-by, both pedestrians and drivers …

____ (2022-11-30). Chinese envoy calls for collective int'l efforts to solve Palestine question. ecns.cn A Chinese envoy on Wednesday called for collective international efforts to solve the Palestine question.

En.mehrnews (2022-12-01). UN approves a resolution in support of Palestine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 01 (MNA) — United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution regarding the anniversary of the occupation of Palestine (Nakba Day) despite the opposition of the United States, Britian and the Zionist regime.

En.mehrnews (2022-12-01). VIDEO: Resistance groups missile test in Gaza. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 01 (MNA) — The Palestinian Shahab news agency announced that the Palestinian resistance in the Gaza Strip test-fired three test missiles towards the Mediterranean Sea this morning.

Fight Back (2022-12-01). Grand Rapids holds solidarity rally for Palestine Day. fightbacknews.org Grand Rapids, MI – The Palestine Solidarity Committee of Grand Rapids organized a sign-holding in conjunction with groups across the world recognizing the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, November 29. The event was part of a call to action put out by the US Palestinian Community Network. | Drivers were met with Palestine flags and chants of, "From the belly of the beast – no justice, no peace!" and "Hey, hey, ho, ho! The occupation's got to go!" at the busy intersection. A few onlookers joined in on the call to "Free Palestine," while others honked their horns in support. | "I would…

Maureen Clare Murphy (2022-12-01). When will ICC's Karim Khan break his silence on Palestine? electronicintifada.net Chief prosecutor urged to deter war crimes and expedite investigation.

Staff (2022-12-01). Actions and events honour Arab revolutionary intellectual Samah Idriss. samidoun.net On the first anniversary of the passing of renowned Arab revolutionary writer and intellectual Samah Idriss on 25 November 2021, political, cultural and social events were organized around the world to commemorate his legacy of struggle and vow to follow in the path of his words: " If we abandon Palestine, we abandon ourselves." Samidoun …

Staff (2022-12-01). Take action in Canada for #JusticeforSalah Hamouri: Send a letter to government officials. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is joining with Just Peace Advocates, the Canada Palestine Association, Palestinian and Jewish Unity and Palestine House to launch a letter-writing campaign targeting Canadian officials following the statement of Zionist officials on 30 November that they intend to forcibly deport imprisoned Palestinian lawyer Salah Hamouri to France this coming Sunday …

Chris Walker (2022-12-01). House Ways and Means Committee Obtains Trump's Tax Records. truthout.org The Treasury Department has reportedly handed over six years of Donald Trump's federal tax returns to the House Ways and Means Committee, about a week after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to entertain an appeal from the former president to prevent the transfer of his records. The committee had formally requested Trump's tax documents in 2019 and 2021. After years of legal opposition from Trump… |

Dick Nichols (2022-12-01). Scotland: British court blocks independence referendum. greenleft.org.au The British Supreme Court has ruled that the Scottish parliament does not have the power to legislate for an independence referendum. Dick Nichols reports.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-12-01). Trump's troubles keep piling up. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Donald Trump's troubles keep piling up, pointing the way ever more towards holding the former Republican Oval Office occupant accountable for his misdeeds and malfeasance in and out of the White House. On Nov. 29 alone, the Supreme Court, in a one-sentence order, ended Trump's long struggle to keep six years of his tax returns …

Staff (2022-12-01). Top NATO/EUCOM commander in Georgia to solidify military outpost. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Georgian Ministry of DefenseDecember 1, 2022 Minister of Defense of Georgia met with General Christopher Cavoli The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe and the Commander of the US European Command, General Christopher Cavoli , is visiting Georgia. The American general was hosted by the Minister of Defense of Georgia Juansher Burchuladze at …

TeleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-12-01). Fuerzas de ocupación israelí asesinan a dos palestinos. telesurtv.net Un menor de edad murió luego de permanecer un mes en el hospital herido con impactos de bala del Ejército israelí.

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-12-01). ONU rechaza ocupación israelí de los Altos de Golán sirios. telesurtv.net El seno de la ONU ratificó que la ocupación de Israel de estos territorios constituye un obstáculo contra la estabilidad regional.

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-12-01). Exigen cese de deportaciones de haitianos desde República Dominicana. telesurtv.net Denuncian que esa práctica del Ejecutivo que preside Luis Abinader tiene un carácter racista y discriminatorio.

TeleSUR, gao, JDO (2022-12-01). Mueren otros dos jóvenes palestinos bajo el fuego israelí. telesurtv.net La más reciente agresión israelí a Jenin, perpetrada este jueves, provocó dos muertos, un herido y cuatro palestinos apresados.

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