Daily Archives: December 9, 2022

2022-12-09: News Headlines

Staff (2022-12-09). President Petro Alerts to Latin American Far Right Coup Desperation. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, December 8, the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, spoke about the situation in Perú, where President Pedro Castillo was removed from office the day before, hours after he announced the dissolution of Congress. | "The anxiety for coup d'états has been unleashed in our Latin American extreme right. They don't give a damn about the popular will," the Colombian president wrote on his social media accounts.

Anonymous669 (2022-12-09). Israel Warned Lebanon Over Iranian Weapons Shipment To Beirut Airport — Report. southfront.org Israel's first two F-35 stealth fighter jets on their maiden flight as part of the Israeli Air Force on December 13, 2016. (Israel Defense Forces) | Israel is tracking an Iranian attempt to establish a weapons smuggling route to Hezbollah in Lebanon via civilian airline flights to Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport, the Tel Aviv-based Channel 12 reported on December 8. | According to the Hebrew news channel, Iran is using Meraj Airlines, which started flying a direct route between Tehran and Beirut on November…

Karin Kulow, Jurgen Scheffran (2022-12-09). The geopolitical confrontation between China and the alliance of the West and Peace logic. indybay.org The main issue is monopolarity or multipolarity. And this also raises the question of geopolitical hegemony. In other words, whether Western interests will remain supreme and Western value systems will therefore be of universal significance? Or to what extent the emerging and developing countries are in a position to no longer be primarily the object of international events?>

TeleSUR, mcs, JDO (2022-12-09). ONU vota a favor de la destrucción del arsenal nuclear de Israel. telesurtv.net Se trata del único país de la región que no ha firmado el TNP y no ha sometido sus centros nucleares a la inspección de la Agencia Internacional de Energía Atómica (AIEA).

WSWS (2022-12-08). Netanyahu strikes deal with fascistic Religious Zionism in bid to form Israeli government. wsws.org The formation of the most rightwing and reactionary government in Israel's history heralds a stepped-up war against the Palestinians, the strengthening of Jewish supremacy and the implementation of measures synonymous with apartheid, further undermining the democratic rights of both Palestinian and Israeli workers.

C.J. Polychroniou (2022-12-08). Noam Chomsky: "We're on the Road to a Form of Neofascism" truthout.org Neoliberalism has reigned supreme as an economic philosophy for nearly half a century. But neoliberal policies have wreaked havoc around the world, reversing most gains made under managed capitalism after the end of the Second World War. Neoliberalism works only for the rich and the huge corporations. But the failures of neoliberalism extend beyond economics. They spread into politics as the… |

_____ (2022-12-08). Von der Leyen's Special Tribunal As Fascist Theatre. journal-neo.org On Wednesday November 30, Ursula Von der Leyen, the German president of the European Commission, stated that the European Union will set up a specialised tribunal, backed by the United Nations, to investigate and prosecute possible war crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine. The French foreign ministry and Kiev regime echoed her remarks. "We are …

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2022-12-08). We Are Being Put in Chains. Criminalizing "Misinformation". Dehumanized by Unfolding Fascism. globalresearch.ca

John Bachtell (2022-12-08). Elon Musk is turning Twitter into a fascist free-for-all. peoplesworld.org Has a billionaire ever ruined an investment and public good faster than Elon Musk is destroying Twitter? Aside from speculation about why the world's wealthiest capitalist bought Twitter for $44 billion, one thing is clear: The platform is going down the sewer quickly, and many wonder whether it will survive. Since Oct. 27, Musk has …

WSWS (2022-12-08). New Zealand university hosts exhibition glorifying Ukrainian fascists. wsws.org An exhibition currently being hosted by Victoria University of Wellington promotes the fascist Azov Battalion, which is part of Ukraine's armed forces in the war against Russia.

WSWS (2022-12-08). Large-scale raid against right-wing terrorist network reveals the extent of the fascist danger in Germany. wsws.org Around 3,000 officers from the special police forces stormed 137 locations in 11 federal states on Wednesday morning and arrested 25 people. Another 27 people are being investigated. The state prosecutor has accused them of being members or supporters of a terrorist organisation.

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-12-08). The ADL issues statement declaring Ukraine's Azov Battalion no longer 'far-right'. thegrayzone.com The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has emailed The Grayzone a defense of the Azov Battalion and refused to condemn the Pentagon for honoring a veteran of the group who sports Nazi-inspired tattoos. A November 9 email from the Anti-Defamation League to The Grayzone provided a twisted defense of Ukraine's Azov Battalion. Despite its self-proclaimed "anti-hate" mission, the ADL insisted in the email it "does not" consider Azov as the "far right group it once was." The Azov Battalion is a neo-Nazi …

WSWS (2022-12-08). The US and the Holocaust: Documentarian Ken Burns examines the failure of Roosevelt to rescue the victims of the Nazis' Final Solution. wsws.org Given the immense historical and contemporary political significance of the Holocaust, and the complexity of the issues involved, a serious review of the Burns documentary requires a review of the main features of the historical context within which the Holocaust unfolded.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-12-08). The ADL Declares Ukraine's Azov Battalion "No Longer 'Far-Right'" libya360.wordpress.com Alexander Rubinstein The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has emailed The Grayzone a defense of the Azov Battalion and refused to condemn the Pentagon for honoring a veteran of the group who sports Nazi-inspired tattoos. A November 9 email from the Anti-Defamation League to The Grayzone provided a twisted defense of Ukraine's Azov Battalion. Despite its self-proclaimed…

Infobrics (2022-12-08). Poland begrudgingly accepts deployment of German Patriot system. infobrics.org US backing of Ukraine also aimed at destroying Europe's economy and industry.

Fight Back (2022-12-08). Fort Worth protest demands justice for Atatiana Jefferson. fightbacknews.org Fort Worth, TX – On Saturday, December 5, over 20 protesters showed up at the Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center in downtown Fort Worth, where Fort Work police officer Aaron Dean was on trial for the murder of Atatiana Jefferson. | Jefferson, an African-American woman was shot by Dean, who fired through her window with no warning while she was playing videogames with her nephew. The protest demanded justice for her and condemned the court for not including any African Americans on the jury. The rally was organized by the National Alliance Against Racism and Political Repression – Dallas. | Rick Majumdar of NAARPR…

Staff (2022-12-08). Confronting the IHRA definition and the attack on the Palestine movement: Israel is a racist endeavour. samidoun.net For several years, apologists and supporters of colonialism and Zionism in Palestine have promoted the adoption of the "International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism." The primary function of the IHRA definition serves to link anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism. Rather than addressing the main sources of anti-Semitism today (primarily the Western far right), seven of …

Mike Ludwig (2022-12-08). Clashes Over Access to Birth Control Could Divide GOP's Fragile House Majority. truthout.org The incoming GOP House majority is already showing signs of schism as far right members attempt to sabotage the long-expected rise of Republican leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy to the position of House speaker. Whoever prevails will have the unenviable job of balancing the thirst for culture war in the conspiracy-obsessed, MAGA wing of the GOP with the desire among members from swing states to… |

Chris Walker (2022-12-08). Paul Gosar Backs Trump's Calls for "Termination" of US Constitution. truthout.org On Wednesday, far right Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Arizona), a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, expressed support on social media for Trump's proposal to "terminate" the U.S. Constitution so that he can be reinstalled as president. "I support and agree with the former president. Unprecedented fraud requires unprecedented cure," Gosar wrote on Twitter, advancing debunked claims that fraud had… |

Ahmed Abu Artema (2022-12-08). Israel scores own goal with World Cup charm offensive. electronicintifada.net Solidarity with Palestine couldn't be missed in Qatar.

Editor (2022-12-08). Revealing New Evidence in Abu Akleh's Killing, Al Jazeera Sues Israeli Forces at ICC. scheerpost.com

Staff (2022-12-08). Leading Palestinian prisoner Walid Daqqa diagnosed with leukemia after lengthy delays in medical care. samidoun.net Palestinian prisoner, writer and thinker Walid Daqqa is facing a serious deterioration in his health; on 7 December 2022, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society announced that he was diagnosed with leukemia after medical examinations. The Palestinian prisoners' movement declared that the delay in identifying his condition is due to Israeli occupation medical negligence and a policy …

Canadians for Justice, Peace in the Middle East (2022-12-08). On International Human Rights Day, Canada Must Remember the Palestinians. globalresearch.ca

Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik (2022-12-08). Supreme Court seems ready to legalize the 2021 Trump coup tactics. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—The right-wing Republican-named U.S. Supreme Court majority appears to be on the verge of approving a Republican-pushed radical theory to give state legislatures, and only them, complete control of voting and elections—to the dismay of both the court's three Democratic-named justices and of demonstrators outside the court yesterday. If they end up ruling the way …

Sharon Zhang (2022-12-08). Right-Wing Groups Have Funneled $90M of Dark Money to "Moore v. Harper" Backers. truthout.org Organizations supporting a fringe right-wing theory in a case currently before the Supreme Court that could mean the end of democracy as it's known in the U.S. have received tens of millions of dollars from conservative dark money groups, a new report has found. According to research by Accountable.US, over the past six years, right-wing dark money groups have given nearly $90 million to five… |

Walter Smolarek (2022-12-08). Civics class for radicals: The Supreme Court. liberationnews.org Designed from the beginning to be unresponsive to the needs of the people and wielding power it assigned to itself, the Supreme Court tramples on basic rights and gives legitimacy to the most brutal policies of the ruling class.

WSWS (2022-12-08). Right-wing US Supreme Court justices appear divided over "independent state legislature" threat to democracy. wsws.org On Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court engaged in more than three hours of oral arguments, double the allotted time, on whether a state Supreme Court can hold that laws regulating federal elections enacted by the state legislature violate state constitutional guarantees, such as free elections and equal protection.

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-12-08). Avanza Cumbre contra el Racismo y Discriminación en Bolivia. telesurtv.net Debaten sobre incidencia de discursos de odio en el acontecer local. Identifican acciones para ampliar la política nacional para abordar estos flagelos.

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-12-08). Tropas israelíes asesinan a tres palestinos en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Las víctimas fueron identificadas como Sudqi Zakarneh y Tareq al-Damj, ambos de 29 años; y Ata Shalabi, de 46.

Frank Jordans (2022-12-07). German police arrest fascists and monarchists plotting to overthrow government. peoplesworld.org BERLIN (AP)—Thousands of police officers carried out raids across much of Germany on Wednesday against suspected far-right extremists who allegedly sought to overthrow the government in an armed coup. Officials said 25 people were detained. Federal prosecutors said some 3,000 officers conducted searches at 130 sites in 11 of Germany's 16 states. While police raids …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-12-07). A Fascist Alliance that Threatens World War. libya360.wordpress.com Thierry Meyssan Capable of the Worst, the Union of Certain Rulers Makes World War Possible The Second World War can serve as a lesson to us. It did not appear in a serene sky. It was not a battle of the Good guys against the Bad guys. It was triggered by an unforeseen gathering of…

Kenny Stancil (2022-12-07). North Carolina residents still in dark after homophobic fascists allegedly target power stations. peoplesworld.org Officials in a North Carolina county where more than 40,000 households remain without power amid freezing temperatures declared a state of emergency on Sunday afternoon, less than 24 hours after multiple electrical substations were damaged by gunfire in an apparent act of criminal vandalism. "As utility companies began responding to the different substations, evidence was discovered …

Paul Craig Roberts (2022-12-07). We Are Being Put In Chains. thealtworld.com My December 6 address to the European Conference on the Revival of Fascism | The Revival of Fascism in the 21st Century | Center for Geostrategic Studies, Belgrade, December 6-8, 2022 | We Are Being Put in Chains | Hon. Paul Craig Roberts, Ph.D. | My appreciation to those with the foresight to organize this conference. | I limit my remarks to definitional clarity. By "fascism" I assume we mean not merely economic corporation between government and private business, but the over-riding of citizens' values and opinions by powerful groups in control of governing. We mean by fascism the ignoring and suppression of po…

WSWS (2022-12-07). Timothy Snyder's Bloodlands: Right-wing propaganda disguised as historical scholarship — Conclusion. wsws.org The historical lies and falsifications of Bloodlands are not only part and parcel of the rehabilitation of fascism and preparations for a new imperialist world war. They also constitute a fundamental assault on historical consciousness and the very concept of history as a science.

Vanessa Beeley (2022-12-07). Syria, Nazi w Zionists, Twitter Files, w/ Vanessa Beeley, Zelensky Times, Coup in Peru. thealtworld.com

Anonymous669 (2022-12-07). Russian Army Targets Ukrainian Radars, Air-Defense Systems With Lancet Drones (Video). southfront.org MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA JUNE 25, 2019: A ZALA Lancet-3 attack drone developed by Kalashnikov Concern on display at the Army 2019 International Military Technical Forum at Patriot Park. Marina Lystseva/TASS | On December 5, Russia's Izvestia released footage documenting recent strikes with Lancet loitering munitions on Ukrainian radars and air-defense systems in the special military operation zone. | The footage shows strikes on a P-18 long-range VHF radar and a 36D6 long-range surveillance and mi…

Dave DeCamp (2022-12-07). Poland Changes Course, Will Accept German Patriot Missiles. news.antiwar.com On Tuesday, Poland's defense minister said that the country would accept a German offer to deploy a Patriot air defense missile system on Polish territory, changing course after Warsaw rejected the idea. Germany made the offer after a Ukrainian air defense missile landed in Polish territory, killing two people. Poland initially said it would accept …

Michael F. Brown (2022-12-07). NBC's Chuck Todd goes easy on Netanyahu. electronicintifada.net Meet the Press fails to raise anti-Palestinian racism.

Whitney Webb (2022-12-07). Rogue News & Canadian Patriot interview Whitney Webb: One Nation Under Blackmail explored. thealtworld.com In this special episode of Rogue News, CJ and Matt Ehret interview Whitney Webb on her One Nation Under Blackmail two volume series. If you ever wondered "could organized crime, intelligence organizations, banking, pedophilia networks, drug running, and terrorist financing be connected?" Then don't wait any longer for an answer. Watch this interview and then read Whitney's new books!

Monica Moorehead, Shelley Ettinger (2022-12-07). Forces behind the escalation of anti-Semitism. workers.org Ever since extreme right-wing multibillionaire Elon Musk bought Twitter on Oct. 27, there has been an alarming increase of anti-Semitic attacks online and threats of physical violence at synagogues and other places. While laying off a huge sector of workers who helped monitor hate speech, Musk reinstated the Twitter accounts . . . |

WSWS (2022-12-07). Berlin Humboldt University Student Parliament: IYSSE rejects anti-democratic campaign of Social- and Christian-Democratic youth organizations. wsws.org Last Tuesday, the Berlin Humboldt University student parliament (StuPa) faction of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) youth organization—the Young Socialists (Jusos)—introduced a motion denouncing any "joint struggle" of Palestinian and Jewish workers against the Israeli state apparatus as "anti-Semitic."

Joe Piette (2022-12-07). International Day of Solidarity with Palestine. workers.org Credit: Joe Piette Philadelphia City officials and other political leaders and community activists celebrated a city proclamation recognizing Nov. 29 as International Day of Solidarity with Palestine. The event featured speakers as well as placards and huge Palestinian flags. When a small number of pro-Israel reactionaries turned out to harass . . . |

Maureen Clare Murphy (2022-12-07). Al Jazeera asks ICC to investigate killing of Shireen Abu Akleh. electronicintifada.net Network points to a "wider pattern" of Israel targeting journalists.

Mforinoco (2022-12-07). Drowning by Sea or Despair: Gaza's Two Bleak Choices. orinocotribune.com By Yousef Fares Dec 2, 2022 | Israel's blockade against the Gaza Strip has been instrumental in the mass exodus of Palestinians, with many opting for the dangerous voyage by sea for a better quality of life. | Seven young men from the Gaza Strip died on 23 October when their boat sank off the Tunisian coast. Among dozens of other refugees attempting to reach Europe, these Palestinian names were added to a list of more than 110 victims who have died in similar circumstances since 2007. | In early November, another boat sank in the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Greece, however, the fate of the 10 young men…

Robert Inlakesh (2022-12-07). US Non-Profit-Funded Israeli Extremists Pose Immediate Threat to Al-Aqsa Mosque and Regional Stability. mintpressnews.com Recent Israeli elections have greatly increased the influence of extreme right-wing Israeli groups who plan to destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque and replace it with a Third Temple, risking sparking a regional war. These groups are funded by American tax-exempt non-profits. All the while, Palestinian lives are in danger.

WSWS (2022-12-07). Tantura: Documentary about Israeli destruction of a Palestinian village in 1948. wsws.org The documentary chronicles the story of the massacre through interviews with surviving veterans of the Alexandroni Brigade, some remorseful, others not.

Yasmin Abusayma (2022-12-07). Growing up with autism in Gaza. electronicintifada.net Treatment for autistic children and individuals is exceptionally difficult due to trauma from Israel's wars.

Ramzy Baroud (2022-12-07). On "Hate" and Love at the World Cup: Palestine Is More Than an Arab Cause. mintpressnews.com The fact that Arab football fans in Qatar have spontaneously chosen, without any official instructions or government intervention, to use the Palestinian flag as their symbol of unity speaks volumes about Palestine's position in the collective Arab consciousness.

Rania Khalek (2022-12-07). A Life in Struggle: Exclusive with Leila Khaled, Icon of Palestinian Resistance. thealtworld.com BT's Rania Khalek sat down with Palestinian icon and revolutionary Leila Khaled in Beirut, Lebanon to discuss her life and participation in the Palestinian struggle for liberation.

____ (2022-12-07). Authorities to crush illegal mining operations. ecns.cn The Supreme People's Procuratorate has pledged to tighten the supervision of law enforcement in the natural resources sector and apply severe punishment for illegal mining.

TeleSUR, rzr, YSM (2022-12-07). Fuerzas israelíes hieren a tres jóvenes palestinos en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Los heridos recibieron impactos de balas de fragmentación en sus extremidades inferiores, y uno de ellos tiene 14 años.

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