2023-01-23: News Headlines

John Wojcik (2023-01-23). Bridgeport, Chicago's message to racists: Not in my neighborhood! peoplesworld.org CHICAGO By mid-month January residents of the Bridgeport neighborhood here, both Black and white, started turning up in big numbers to undo damage done to a fledgling soul food restaurant by racist vandals in this Chicago neighborhood. Determined to let the vandals who smeared the restaurant with BLDM (Black Lives Don't Matter) graffiti know …

Ali Abunimah (2023-01-23). EU says it's anti-Semitic to call Israel an apartheid state. electronicintifada.net Foreign policy chief Josep Borrell dismisses Amnesty International's findings.

Lyynda Carson (2023-01-23). Unveiling the local fascist Republican Party. indybay.org Nazis And Republicans Appear To Be One, And The Same:…

Fight Back (2023-01-23). Solidarity with the 19 January general strike of the workers in France, for the defense of their retirement! fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the World Federation of Trade Unions. | The World Federation of Trade Unions, which represents 105 million affiliates in more than 130 countries around the world, expresses its solidarity with the workers of France who are called for a general strike and demonstrations throughout the country on Thursday January 19, 2023 against the Macron government's plan to raise the legal retirement age to 64. | The WFTU recalls that the French Social Security, which is an achievement resulting from the workers' resistance against the Nazi occupation and whic…

Shane Quinn (2023-01-23). Rise of Nazism in Interwar Germany: Hitler's Political Rivalry with Ludendorff. globalresearch.ca

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-23). A Bolivian Hell on Earth: Balkanization in the Name of God. libya360.wordpress.com Rafael Bautista S. If hell is a Christian invention, its own history which is the history of the West is proof of it, shedding as much blood as possible "in the name of love". But the religion of Hebrew-Semitic origin (not Western), which announced the "good news" to the poor, that we are…

Revolution Club, Bay Area ( (2023-01-23). Saturday 1/21: Protest the Christian Fascist "Walk for Life"! indybay.org Powell Street cable car turnaround (1 Powell Street)…

Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik (2023-01-23). Big business is behind extreme right takeover of the House. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—The fact that fascistic rightwing Republicans have been able to take over one of the two Houses of Congress is the result of strong backing they have received from major corporations and their lobbyists. It puts the lie to the proposition that big business can be counted on as a reliable or even any kind …

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-23). Venezuela envía a su canciller a la VII Cumbre de la Celac. telesurtv.net El Gobierno denunció un plan elaborado por la derecha neofascista para llevar a cabo una serie de agresiones en contra de la delegación encabezada por el presidente Maduro.

Juan Cole (2023-01-23). Israel's Netanyahu Crumbles before Supreme Court demand he Fire Corrupt Minister, as AG considers Banning Netanyahu Too. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) Carrie Keller-Lynn at The Times of Israel reports that at Sunday's Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was forced to fire his minister of health and the Interior, Aryeh Makhlouf Deri, who heads up the ultra-right-wing Shas Party. The move was forced on Netanyahu by Israel's Supreme Court, which holds Deri …

Middle East Monitor (2023-01-23). Netanyahu's claim of Jewish exclusivity in Palestine must be challenged. juancole.com By Iqbal Jassat | ( Middle East Monitor ) The defiant declaration by Benjamin Netanyahu that he is going to press ahead and complete Israel's colonial project in Palestine must be challenged by the world. Regardless of international law and conventions, his government is going to continue to defy them. Knowing full well …

Miko Peled (2023-01-23). Israel's Hysterical Response to "Farha" Proves the Movie's Effectiveness. mintpressnews.com "Farha" doesn't even mention Israel, Jewish people, or Zionism, so why are Israeli officials demanding Netflix drop the movie and calling for a boycott of the streaming service?

teleSUR, MER (2023-01-23). Fuerzas de Israel destruyen estructuras palestinas en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Miembros del ejército de Israel llegaron con maquinaria pesada e irrumpieron en la zona para demoler dos edificios residenciales.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-23). US, Israel Launch 'Most Significant' Military Drills in History in Message to Iran. news.antiwar.com On Monday, the US and Israel launched massive military drills, which one Pentagon official speaking to NBC News described as the "most significant exercise between the United States and Israel to date." The drills, dubbed Juniper Oak 23, will last until Friday and will involve about 6,400 US troops, 1,100 Israeli personnel, 142 different types …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-01-23). Over 100 countries condemn Israel's punitive measures against Palestinians following UNGA vote. mronline.org Following the UNGA resolution, Israel announced withholding of USD 39 million of Palestinian money, which is likely to cause further suffering and impact basic services delivery in the occupied territories.

Staff (2023-01-23). Headlines for January 23, 2023. democracynow.org Suspected Gunman in Killing of 10 at L.A. County Dance Studio Found Dead , Germany Will "Not Stand in the Way" of Shipments of Battle Tanks to Ukraine, Over 200 Arrested as Peruvian Police Violently Raid University in Lima, Rights Groups Decry "Politically Motivated" Charges Against El Salvador Water Defenders , 100,000 March in Tel Aviv to Protest Far-Right Israeli Government , National Grid Failure Leaves 220 Million Without Power Across Pakistan, Canada to Pay $3 Billion to Settle Lawsuit over Residential School Abuses, Burkina Faso's Military Rulers Order French Troops to Depart,…

WSWS (2023-01-23). Berlin Senate pushes police-state measures after New Year's "riot night" wsws.org For over two weeks, the events of the so-called "Berlin New Year's Eve" have served German politicians and media as a pretext for a right-wing police-state campaign and noxious racist agitation.

Michael F. Brown (2023-01-23). Racist rabbi to speak in Florida. electronicintifada.net Ben Packer calls John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, a "freedom fighter."

Editor at NewsOne (2023-01-23). Vice President Harris Delivers Fierce Speech Commemorating th Anniversary Of Roe v. Wade. newsone.com Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty | Vice President Kamala Harris commemorated the th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision with a rousing speech in Jacksonville, Florida. Abortion care physician Sujatha Prabhakaran introduced Harris at the Jacksonville rally on Sunday. | What was once treated as a settled right was snatched from millions of women and people capable of pregnancy after the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. After acknowledging the horrific mass shooting in Monterey, California, Harris put the commemoration in context. | On what would have been its th anniver…

americanthinker (2023-01-22). Antifa tries to turn Atlanta into Minneapolis or Kenosha. americanthinker.com And as happened before, some in the media want to downplay what leftists are doing to American cities.

Anonymous103 (2023-01-22). Police Arrest 6 After Fiery Atlanta Riots, Mayor Confirms Antifa Used Explosives. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | A protest in downtown Atlanta over a police shooting turned into a riot on Saturday night, as hooligans attacked the office tower home to the

americanthinker (2023-01-22). A Florida bakery kicked out a Black man. americanthinker.com But of course, you already figured out that this isn't some story about an old-fashioned, KKK-style racist.

Fight Back (2023-01-22). Palestine solidarity week of action across SE Michigan. fightbacknews.org Dearborn, MI – The Palestinian Youth Movement-Detroit and Students Allied for Freedom and Equality, with support from Freedom Road Socialist Organization members, kicked off the week of solidarity work on January 12 supporting a demonstration by Students Allied for Freedom and Equality (SAFE). When U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris visited the University of Michigan for a speaking event on the environment, SAFE took the opportunity to let passersby on campus know that VP Harris is a stalwart supporter of genocide in Palestine. | Harris, a beneficiary of the hundreds of millions in AIPAC (American Israel Public Af…

Morgan Artyukhina (2023-01-22). 'Rest in peace queen': One week into 2023, Black trans woman killed in Washington, D.C. liberationnews.org Violence, especially deadly violence, against transgender people has spiked sharply in recent years alongside an all-out assault by the far right on the rights of transgender people and the core democratic rights of numerous other oppressed groups.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-22). Lies Liberals Tell to Obscure Operation Z's Anti-Fascist Nature, & Discourage Anti-Imperialist Struggle. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea When almost two-thirds of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck because of the inflation that the Ukraine war has accelerated, the U.S. empire can only continue its proxy war by carrying out an unprecedented amount of psyops. The war machine's narrative managers have had to innovate, or else the social base for their Eurasian destabilization…

_____ (2023-01-22). What Prompted the Urgent, Secretive Summit in Abu Dhabi? strategic-culture.org Key Arab heads of state convened this week for an emergency meeting that excluded the Saudis and Kuwaitis. The likely hot topics under discussion were Egypt's economic collapse and Israel's aggressive escalations. | By Abdel Bari ATWAN | On 18 January, the United Arab Emirates hastily arranged a consultative summit in Abu Dhabi, which included the leaders of four member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). | Heads of state of the Sultanate of Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, and the UAE attended the urgent summit, along with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and Jordan's King Abdullah II. | The absence of Cro…

americanthinker (2023-01-22). UN Security Council Resolution 242 and the Misrule of Law. americanthinker.com Israel is the legal owner of all lands west of the Jordan River, as the San Remo Resolution of 1920, The Palestine Mandate of 1922 and Section 80 of the United Nations Charter prove.

Juan Cole (2023-01-22). Is Israel becoming a Middle East Dictatorship under Netanyahu? 110,000 Rally against Gov't. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) Some 110,000 Israelis protested Saturday night at two big rallies in Tel Aviv. So reports Al Jazeera. The larger of the two was attended by opposition politicians Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz. Lapid told Israeli radio, "We will defend the nation and democracy. We will not surrender before we reach …

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-22). Asesinan tropas israelíes a palestino en Ramalá tras incidente. telesurtv.net Un comunicado del Ministerio de Salud palestino reportó que el ejército israelí mató a un hombre palestino de 41 años cerca de Kufr Nimeh, al noroeste de Ramalá.

_____ (2023-01-22). The Role Of The Brazilian Military In The Coup Attempt. popularresistance.org The far-right mob that invaded the federal building, Congress, and the Supreme Court and vandalized government buildings at Three Powers Plaza in Brasília on January 8, demanded a "military intervention" in Brazil. They had set up camps that had assembled in front of army barracks throughout the country since November demanding the "military to overturn" the election of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (known as Lula). On November 11, 2022, the commanders of the armed forces released a note giving the coup camps a safe haven—not only physically but also legally. It is important to note two elem…

americanthinker (2023-01-22). Weren't women supposed to 'die' in the wake of the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe? americanthinker.com Where are all these media-foretold casualties?>

Editor (2023-01-22). Is SCOTUS on the Verge of Dismantling Labor and the Administrative State in One Blow? scheerpost.com By Nancy Snyder / CounterPunch On Tuesday, January 10, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the matter of Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local Union 174. If Glacier Northwest prevails, the Supreme Court ruling will make it far easier for alleged labor disputes that result in damage to company property, to …

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