(2022-12-13). Freedom Now! Four Palestine Action activists remanded to British prison after direct action against Israel's weaponry. samidoun.net 
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network expresses its strongest solidarity with and joins in the demand for the immediate release of four Palestine Action activists in British prison for taking direct action to disrupt the flow of arms to the Israeli occupation. The four activists were arrested after shutting down the Teledyne Labtech facility — which …
(2022-12-13). WorkWeek 12-8-22 Pres Biden & Demos Betray Railway Workers & Chicago MTA ATU Pres Candidat. indybay.org WorkWeek covers Pres Biden & Demos Betray Railway Workers & Chicago MTA ATU Pres Candidate Erek Slater, The UAW UC Strike & Privatization & Lessons Of Brazil & Rise Of Fascism…
(2022-12-13). 17 December, online event: Free the Holy Land Five: Palestinian Political Prisoners in US Jails. samidoun.net 
Saturday, December 17 10 am Pacific 1 pm Eastern 7 pm central Europe 8 pm Palestine Event in English with Spanish and Arabic interpretation REGISTER TO JOIN: bit.ly/hlf5event The Holy Land Five are five Palestinian charity workers in the United States who were relentlessly harassed, targeted and pursued in a travesty of …
(2022-12-13). US trial of Venezuela's Alex Saab exposes diplomatic espionage. thegrayzone.com Reporting from inside the federal courtroom where the US is prosecuting Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, The Grayzone learns of disturbing acts of diplomatic espionage. Saab's advocates insist he is imprisoned for violating Washington's economic blockade. Authorities in Praia, Cape Verde, opened official government communications which Venezuela intended for Iran, including a sealed letter sent by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, following the arrest of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab in June of 2020. The revelations …
(2022-12-13). Milwaukee commemorates International Human Rights Day. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI — On the evening of December 10, more than 40 people packed into the community room at Zao MKE Church to listen to a lineup of speakers commemorating the 64th International Human Rights Day. A highlighted speaker was Sarah Wunderlich of the Oneida Nation who joined the program to talk about the current Supreme Court case trying to undermine the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), including some history about the system of boarding schools, the effects this still has on the present, and how these things relate to the broader struggle for indigenous rights. | "General Richard Pratt coined the phras…
(2022-12-13). 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?>
(2022-12-13). The American century was yesterday. indybay.org "The people can always be made, with or without the right to vote, | to follow the orders of the leaders. It is very simple. One need | nothing to do but to tell the people that they are being attacked, and to reproach the pacifists of their lack of patriotism and claim that they are putting the country in danger. This method works in every country." (Hermann Goering said this when in prison in 1946)…
(2022-12-13). Soldados israelíes asesinan a joven palestina en Jenín. telesurtv.net La adolescente Jana Majdi Issam recibió un disparo en la cabeza de los soldados israelíes ante la indignación ciudadana.
(2022-12-12). Chris Hedges: Israel and the Rise of Jewish Fascism. scheerpost.com 
The mask is being lifted from the face of Israel's apartheid state, exposing a grinning death's head that portends the obliteration of the few restraints against killing Palestinians.
(2022-12-12). #BoycottCarrefour until it ends complicity with Israeli Apartheid and Settler Colonialism. bdsmovement.net 
(2022-12-12). Several US Cities Have Increased Policing of Palestine Solidarity. truthout.org In multiple cities across the U.S., the right-wing push for new laws to silence criticism of Israel for its human rights violations has reached a crescendo. As part of a growing international effort, Israel lobby groups have convinced local jurisdictions in several U.S. states to adopt the controversial and overbroad definition of antisemitism used by the International Holocaust Remembrance… |
(2022-12-12). British empire killed 165 million Indians in 40 years: How colonialism inspired fascism. multipolarista.com 
A scholarly study found that British colonialism caused approximately 165 million deaths in India from 1880 to 1920, while stealing trillions of dollars of wealth. The global capitalist system was founded on European imperial genocides, which inspired Adolf Hitler and led to fascism.
(2022-12-12). Leaked List Shows Over 300 Oath Keepers Have Worked for Homeland Security. truthout.org A new investigation finds that hundreds of people on membership rolls for the far right group the Oath Keepers are current or former employees of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) — the agency theoretically tasked with defending the public against extremist right-wing movements. According to a report by the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) and the Organized Crime and Corruption… |
(2022-12-12). Israel And The Rise Of Jewish Fascism. popularresistance.org enjamin Netanyahu's proposed coalition government of Jewish extremists, fanatic Zionists and religious bigots represents a seismic change in Israel, one that will exacerbate Israel's pariah status, erode external support for Israel, fuel a third Palestinian uprising, or intifada, and create irreconcilable political divides within the Jewish state. | Alon Pinkas, writing in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, calls the coalition government, scheduled to take power in one or two weeks, "a kakistocracy extraordinaire: government by the worst and least suitable collection of ultranationalists, Jewish supremacists, anti-de…
(2022-12-12). Manuel Tiago's 'A Line in the Sand': How to beat back a fascist coup. peoplesworld.org 
I remember reading accounts of àÅlvaro Cunhal, leading Portuguese Communist, in the U.S. after the 1974 military coup and popular uprising ended the long fascist regime of Salazar and his successors. Cunhal was often denounced as a rigid and dogmatic "Stalinist" and defender of the Soviet Union. Fortunately, I had already learned to question capitalist …
(2022-12-12). Fascist Marjorie Taylor Greene boasts January 6 coup would have succeeded if she led it because "we would've been armed" wsws.org Greene's comments were warmly received at the gathering, which included several Republican politicians and members of far-right European parties.
(2022-12-12). Israel Strikes Southern Syria, Drops Threatening Leaflets. globalresearch.ca
(2022-12-12). Symbolic but significant: Why the decision to investigate Abu Akleh's murder is unprecedented. peoplesworld.org 
The recent decision by the United States Department of Justice to open an investigation into the killing, last May, of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is not a game-changer, but important and worthy of reflection, nonetheless. Based on the long trajectory of U.S. military and political support of Israel, and Washington's constant shielding of its …
(2022-12-12). The World Cup isn't over yet, but Palestine has already won. mronline.org 
We can only guess at who might take home the World Cup. But Palestine has won people's hearts and captivated the world's attention—and its team isn't even playing.
(2022-12-12). Palestinian girl killed in clashes with Zionist forces in WB. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — A 16-year-old Palestinian girl was martyred in clashes with the Zionist troops in the West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.
(2022-12-12). Call for papers: Research publication on the colonial theft of Palestinian natural gas. samidoun.net We are sharing this important call for papers on the colonial theft of Palestinian and Arab natural gas from the International Center for Palestine Studies. Please share this important call widely! To participate, send your abstract (1 -2 words) and a short CV to info-icps@protonmail.com before 1 February 2023. The International Center for Palestine Studies will …
(2022-12-12). New Documentary Highlights Radical Voting Rights Struggle in 1960s Alabama. truthout.org We look at "Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power," a remarkable new documentary that shows how a small rural community in Alabama organized during the civil rights movement to challenge white supremacy and systematic disenfranchisement of Black residents, and would become, in some ways, the first iteration of the Black Panther Party. Lowndes County went from having no registered Black voters… |
(2022-12-12). U.S. divided over college admissions policy. ecns.cn National debate in the United States on the role played by race in college admissions culminated with the Supreme Court hearing challenges against two universities.
(2022-12-12). Warren Calls for Supreme Court to Be Bound to Ethics Code Amidst Leak Allegation. truthout.org Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) has called for the implementation of stricter ethics rules governing Supreme Court justices after explosive testimony from a former conservative activist revealed that certain right-wing justices had maintained close relationships with conservative evangelical groups over the course of decades. On Thursday, evangelical minister Robert Schenck testified… |
(2022-12-12). Frente Popular para la Liberación de Palestina celebra 55 años de lucha. telesurtv.net Dentro de su programa integral de lucha, el FPLP estableció liderar una revolución con todos los palestinos oprimidos.
(2022-12-11). The ADL Issues Statement Declaring Ukraine's Azov Battalion No Longer 'Far-Right'. strategic-culture.org 
By 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 "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 unit formally integrated into the US government-backed Ukrainian military. Founded by Andriy…
(2022-12-11). Headscarf Requirement, Discrimination Against Homosexuals, and Construction Worker Accidents in Qatar Overshadow an Insane Big Lie Aimed at Starting Another World War. covertactionmagazine.com The European Woke International of Hypocrisy and Neo-Colonialism looks past the incendiary escalation of the Ukraine conflict, preferring instead to spoil the beautiful game for hundreds of millions of soccer fans in Arab and developing countries. Anyone who thought the media would take an in-depth look at the current and most dangerous lie in many …
(2022-12-11). Terracide and the Terrarists. tomdispatch.com We have a word for the conscious slaughter of a racial or ethnic group: genocide. And one for the conscious destruction of aspects of the environment: ecocide. But we don't have a word for the conscious act of destroying the planet we live on, the world as humanity had known it until, historically speaking, late last night. A possibility might be "terracide" from the Latin word for earth. It has the right ring, given its similarity to the commonplace danger word of our era: terrorist. The truth is, whatever we call them, it's time to talk bluntly about the terrarists of our world. Yes, I know, 9/11 was horrific.
(2022-12-11). Making 'The Right To The City' Real For Urban Dwellers Worldwide. popularresistance.org This International Human Rights Day, as our mostly urban world is increasingly challenged by rising poverty, migration, inequality and climate risk, let us think about what it would mean to truly enjoy the "right to the city." | From the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights at the end of World War II to the ensuing drumbeat of further international rights covenants, conventions and declarations, the language of protection and universality of rights would seem to be ubiquitous and generally agreed. | Yet discrimination persists. In cities, it most often manifests itself against low-income families,…
(2022-12-11). Israeli Army Confirms Strikes On Syrian Radar Base In Leaflets Dropped Over Al-Quneitra. southfront.org 
(2022-12-11). Israeli Strikes Hit Radar Base In Southern Syria — Reports. southfront.org 
An Israeli F-16 fighter jet en route to an exercise in Germany in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces) | A series of Israeli strikes have reportedly targeted a key radar base of the Syrian military in the southern Syrian governorate of al-Suwayda. | Local new sources in al-Suwayda reported hearing three explosions from the direction of the base, which is located on the al-Qalib hill in the governorate's southeastern countryside, early on December 11. The sou…
(2022-12-11). No let up in Israel's killings of Palestinians. electronicintifada.net Child and baker among victims of army attacks in West Bank.
(2022-12-11). On "Hate" and Love at the World Cup: Palestine Is More Than an Arab Cause. orinocotribune.com