Daily Archives: December 17, 2022

2022-12-17: News Headlines

Anonymous Contributor (2022-12-17). Community Defends LGBTQ+ Event in Lakeland, Florida in the Face of Threats from Neo-Nazis. itsgoingdown.org Report on antifascist mobilization in Lakeland, Florida against threats from a white supremacist group to attack a local drag event. Originally posted to Iron Snowflake. On the 15th of December, members of Lakeland's LGBTQ+ community showed up to defend a drag bingo event from an expected attack by fascists. Queer and trans folks were also joined…

Anonymous669 (2022-12-17). Greece Says It Is Ready To Supply Ukraine With S-300 And Other Air-Defense Systems. southfront.org S-300 missile system © Pavel Lisitsyn / | Athens could transfer S-300PMU-1 long-range air-defense systems to Ukraine if the United States deploys MIM-104 Patriot air-defense systems on Crete island instead, Greece's Minister of National Defense, Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, said on December 17. | The S-300PMU-1 is an old upgrade of the Soviet S-300 system. Greece acquired the system after the 1997-1998 Cyprus Missile Crisis. The Hellenic Air Force (HAF) maintains a regiment made up of four…

Fight Back (2022-12-17). Minneapolis: Battle against city plans to spread arsenic contamination in low-income neighborhood. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Roughly 100 East Phillips residents and supporters rallied at the Hennepin County courthouse, December 15, protest the city's East Phillips demolition plan and long legacy of systemic racism. | For generations, East Phillips residents have suffered from multiple sources of concentrated pollution, including toxic deposits of arsenic from a former pesticide factory. When the vacant Roof Depot warehouse came up for sale, the neighborhood developed plans to renovate the building into an urban farm and community hub. | But, despite proclamations of environmental justice, the city of Minneapolis plan…

en.mehrnews (2022-12-17). Israeli regime poses serious threat to regional security. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian warns about the serious threat posed to the West Asian region by the occupying and criminal Israeli regime.

Kathy Durkin (2022-12-17). Solidarity with Palestine marks World Cup games. workers.org If there is a clear victor at the World Cup soccer games in Qatar, it is the Palestinian people. Even though they are not competing, solidarity with their struggle has been front and center in the stadiums, markets and streets of Doha, the country's capital, the site of the first . . . |

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2022-12-17). Denuncian que 835 palestinos siguen detenidos en cárceles israelíes. telesurtv.net La organización no gubernamental denunció también que entre los detenidos se encuentran varios menores de edad.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-12-16). Commentary on the UNGA Adoption of the Anti-Nazi Resolution, December 15, 2022. libya360.wordpress.com Maria Zakharova Commentary by Ms. Zakharova, official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, in connection with the adoption by the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly of a resolution on combating the glorification of Nazism On December 15 in New York at the plenary meeting of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly…

Staff (2022-12-16). Israel supplies NATO with intelligence on Iran, enters Ukraine fray. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ha'aretzDecember 15, 2022 Israel Gives Ukraine Intelligence on Iran via NATONATO sources tell 'Haaretz' some of the intel is on the Iranian drones… Israel has stepped up its intelligence assistance to Ukraine in recent weeks via NATO, sources in Brussels told Haaretz, with Jerusalem remaining keen to keep its aid to the embattled country indirect. …

Anonymous669 (2022-12-16). In Video: Russian Lancet Drone Dodges Smoke Screen, Hit Ukrainian Radar. 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 16, a video documenting a recent Russian strike with a Lancet Loitering munition on a Ukrainian P-18 radar in the special military operation zone surfaced online. | The P-18, which was developed in the Soviet Union, is a 2D VHF radar with a maximum range of 2 kilometers and an al…

Drago Bosnic (2022-12-16). Patriot Missiles in Ukraine NATO's Bluff or Real Escalation? globalresearch.ca

Hans Stehling (2022-12-16). Existential Threat to Israel from Russian-Iranian Alliance. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2022-12-16). ICC Wanted To Investigate Israeli War Crimes; Now It's Caving To US Pressure. popularresistance.org Nearly two years have passed since the International Criminal Court (ICC) began investigating war crimes committed in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza. But the ICC has yet to take concrete steps to move the investigation forward. | Frustrated with the glacial pace of the ICC's investigation and the lack of clarity about how and when the investigation will proceed, three Palestinian human rights organizations issued a joint statement to the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute (the management body of the ICC) on December 6, saying, "We have not seen any concrete step in this inv…

Ali Abunimah (2022-12-16). Ben & Jerry's settles lawsuit, freezes out Israel. electronicintifada.net Outcome is a win for supporters of Palestinian rights.

Omar Karmi (2022-12-16). Farha confronts Israel's erasure of Palestine. electronicintifada.net With its global Netflix platform, movie about the Nakba has unprecedented reach…

Khaled Mouammar (2022-12-16). "Israeli Exceptionalism" Is a Canadian Value that Forgives Apartheid Israel All Its Crimes. globalresearch.ca

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-12-16). Ucrania perpetra ataque más severo contra Donetsk desde 2014. telesurtv.net El alcalde de la ciudad de Donetsk, Alexéi Kulemzin, publicó que "los fascistas ucranianos han cometido otro crimen de guerra".

John Bachtell (2022-12-16). Expanding their war on democracy, Ohio Republicans target citizen ballot initiatives for elimination. peoplesworld.org COLUMBUS, Ohio—A rapidly growing and diverse statewide coalition of labor, voting rights, reproductive rights, religious, and community organizations has, for the moment, blocked Ohio Republicans' attempts to severely weaken voters' ability to pass citizen-initiated ballot referendums and strip the State Board of Education of its authority. Public pressure has divided Republicans, who don't have the …

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-12-16). Bolsonaristas Launch Attacks on Public Infrastructure in Brasilia. orinocotribune.com Protesters set fire to cars, buses and wreaked havoc in the city center following the arrest of a Bolsonarista leader | Last night on December 12, Bolsonaro protesters transformed the center of Brasilia into a war zone, and continued to cause problems for the residents of the city as of Tuesday morning, December 13. | The violence began at the headquarters of the Federal Police, in the center of the capital, in protest against the arrest of the chief Tsererê Xavante, one of the leaders of the coup protests in the Federal District, and who had his arrest decreed by the Federal Supreme Court (STF), at the request o…

Staff (2022-12-16). 18 December, online event: We Charge Imperialism: US Sanctions Against the Global Majority. samidoun.net Sunday, 18 December 9 am Pacific 12 pm Eastern 6 pm central Europe 7 pm Palestine Register: bit.ly/wechargeimperialism Join the Committee of Anti Imperialists in Solidarity with Iran for a webinar leading up to the International People's Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades and Coercive Economic Measures. Samidoun is a co-sponsor of …

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2022-12-16). Expertos de ONU condenan violencia de Israel contra palestinos. telesurtv.net Los expertos refirieron que en lo que va de 2022, han muerto al menos 1 palestinos a manos del Ejército de Israel, de ellos, 33 niños.

Staff (2022-12-15). ONU adopta resolución rusa contra glorificación del nazismo, con votos contrarios de EEUU, Ucrania y otros 48 países. cubadebate.cu La Asamblea General de la ONU adoptó la resolución "Lucha contra la glorificación del nazismo, el neonazismo y otras prácticas que contribuyen a exacerbar las formas contemporáneas de racismo, discriminación racial, xenofobia y formas conexas de intolerancia", presentada por Rusia. La resolución fue respaldada por 120 países, 50 votaron en contra y 10 se abstuvieron.

infobrics (2022-12-15). Zelensky abolishes court in Ukraine prosecuting neo-Nazism. infobrics.org UK will train Ukrainian judges that will be tolerant to neo-Nazis…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-12-15). Ukraine: Zelensky Abolishes Court Prosecuting Neo-Nazism. libya360.wordpress.com Ahmed Adel Zelensky quietly deletes photo of his bodyguard's pro-Hitler patch Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law to abolish the Kiev District Administrative Court, a court which had no hesitation in prosecuting neo-Nazis. Zelensky also boasted that he is a leader who fights corruption internally whilst also fighting Russian troops. However, it appears that…

cameron orr (2022-12-15). Marxist IQ: the Trumpian farce. cpusa.org Donald Trump is back in the news dining with lunatic fringe racists and neo-Nazi admirers of Adolf Hitler, even as he "prepares" to regain the presidency in 2024. He continues to claim he won in 2020. Karl Marx wrote about wild political adventurers like Napoleon III, the British leaders who equated the sale of …

Staff (2022-12-15). El golpe derechista contra Pedro Castillo. cubadebate.cu Quienes se dicen satisfechos con la supuesta constitucionalidad de la brutal destitución del presidente Pedro Castillo por la dictadura parlamentaria peruana, le hacen un flaco favor al movimiento democrático y progresista, ya sea consciente o inconscientemente. Su candidatura fue repudiada por las racistas y clasistas élites peruanas no más dada a conocer, y nunca tuvo la simpatía de las Fuerzas Armadas, que inclinaron la balanza a la hora decisiva.

infobrics (2022-12-15). Patriot missiles in Ukraine – NATO's bluff or real escalation. infobrics.org Although it has already been deployed to Poland, the "Patriot" showed it provides only a false sense of security after it failed to intercept missiles fired by the Kiev regime forces which hit a Polish border village of Przewodow, killing two civilians.

Brett Wilkins (2022-12-15). Russia Warns of 'Unpredictable Consequences' If US Sends Patriot Missiles to Ukraine. commondreams.org Ukraine wants the air defense systems to help shield against Russia's devastating missile onslaught, while opponents fear Moscow could view such a transfer as an intolerable provocation.

en.mehrnews (2022-12-15). Russia warns US over sending Patriot missile systems to Kyiv. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 15 (MNA) — If the United States sends its Patriot missile systems to Kyiv, that would be another provocative step that may lead to unpredictable consequences, the Russian embassy in Washington warned in a statement on Wednesday.

_____ (2022-12-15). After 41 Years In Prison, Mumia Abu-Jamal May Finally Get A New Trial. popularresistance.org Award-winning journalist and author Mumia Abu-Jamal has been in prison for 41 years in a case infused with racism. The 68-year-old is a former Black Panther and the author of a dozen books, including the celebrated Live from Death Row. After his 1982 conviction in the killing of police officer Daniel Faulkner, Abu-Jamal was sentenced to death. In 2011, his sentence was reduced to life without the possibility of parole. Abu-Jamal has a serious heart condition and other life-threatening health problems. | Faulkner stopped Abu-Jamal's younger brother William Cook on the morning of December 9, 1981. Abu-Jamal, who wa…

Maureen Clare Murphy (2022-12-15). Israel sinks to new low by smearing slain children as "terrorists" electronicintifada.net Tel Aviv aims to deflect responsibility for climbing fatalities.

Lowkey (2022-12-15). The British American Project and Fighting Back Against the Israel Lobby with Matt Kennard, Asa Winstanley and Huda Amori. mintpressnews.com On this special episode of The Watchdog, Lowkey discusses and later analyzes the role played by external actors in dictating the domestic political environment in the United Kingdom.

Jessica Buxbaum (2022-12-15). ADL Using Impact Investing to Target BDS. mintpressnews.com The Anti-Defamation League has acquired Jewish investor network JLens. This has little to do with investment and everything to do with shielding Israel from criticism from ethical investment firms.

Michael F. Brown (2022-12-15). US donors fund killers of Palestinian American grandfather. electronicintifada.net Netzah Yehuda battalion has "a track record of gross human rights abuses and war crimes, including extrajudicial killing, torture and physical abuse."

Dave DeCamp (2022-12-15). Netanyahu Says US Must 'Reaffirm' Alliance With Saudi Arabia. news.antiwar.com Israel's incoming prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said Thursday that the US must "reaffirm" its alliance with Saudi Arabia and that he will seek normalization with Riyadh once in office. "I think that the alliance, the traditional (US) alliance with Saudi Arabia and other countries, has to be reaffirmed. There should not be periodic swings, or …

Brett Wilkins (2022-12-15). UN Experts Decry Record Year of Israeli Violence in Occupied West Bank. commondreams.org "Israel's deplorable record in the occupied West Bank will likely deteriorate further in 2023," the special rapporteurs warned.

Special to People's World (2022-12-15). Iran's theocratic rulers get nervous as workers join protests in massive numbers. peoplesworld.org TEHRAN—The chants of "Death to the Supreme Leader" and "Death to Khamenei" which have been heard across Iran in recent weeks are reminiscent of the cries of "Death to the Shah" that resonated throughout 1977 and 1978, in a movement that eventually led to the overthrow of the Shah's police and anti-popular rule. Back then, …

Roberto J De Lapuente, Oscar Lafontaine (2022-12-15). 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)…

Chauncey K. Robinson (2022-12-15). Campaign gains steam to save Black Broadway show 'Ain't No Mo'. peoplesworld.org A provocative new play, Ain't No Mo', has emerged on Broadway, taking on topics of racism and history in a biting, comedic way. Yet, the lights may be dimming far too soon on this theatrical production. After only a few dozen performances, ticket sales are low, despite the satisfied audiences and critical buzz. With the …

Benjamin Barber (2022-12-15). We Can't Let Voter Suppression Be Normalized. commondreams.org Voting rights advocates nationwide documented thousands of voter complaints throughout the midterm election cycle.

WSWS (2022-12-15). Hundreds of Oath Keepers revealed to have worked for US Department of Homeland Security. wsws.org Newly published reports based on a previously leaked email membership list show that more than 300 current or former employees at the DHS or one of its agencies, such as the Secret Service or the Border Patrol, self-identified as members of the fascistic militia group.

WorkWeek (2022-12-15). 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…

Sameena Rahman (2022-12-15). Palestine is the real winner of World Cup 2022. liberationnews.org Palestine is the winner of FIFA 2022 despite not participating in games at all. Morocco, the first African team to reach the semi-finals, became a symbol of the skill and dignity of the oppressed.

Fight Back (2022-12-15). Minnesotans protest on International Human Rights Day. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Human Rights Day is celebrated internationally every year on December 10. This year, activist groups from the Twin Cities gathered in the Minneapolis's Uptown neighborhood for a protest and march to bring attention to the ongoing fight for human rights. Over 50 people attended the protest and march despite the cold weather. | Human Rights Day provides a space for local and international human rights concerns to be discussed and the demand for change shared with the community. | The program included speakers representing many areas of human rights including reproductive, native, workers, Palestin…

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