2023-02-18: News Headlines

Dante Strobino (2023-02-18). Fighting racism to build a mighty movement. workers.org Based on a talk given at the Feb. 5 webinar "Global Class War: Lessons from Sam Marcy for workers struggles today." Go to youtu.be/5Arb33Q8SN0 to view the webinar. Sam Marcy said that "the solution of the national question may determine the destiny of the working class in the struggle against . . . |

cameron orr (2023-02-17). Marxist IQ: Black history is U.S. history. cpusa.org We are celebrating Black History Month at a time when forces of racism and fascism, led by a few Republican governors, are attempting to erase Black history from the history of the United States. Legislation banning the teaching of Critical Race Theory in schools, along with campaigns to remove books dealing with racism from …

WSWS (2023-02-18). Ukraine's Ministry of Internal Affairs forms far-right "stormtrooper" brigades. wsws.org The newly created "stormtrooper" brigades will include the neo-Nazi Azov Battalion and be tasked with "liberating" all of Ukraine from Russian forces.

Ullrich Mies, Felix Feistel (2023-02-17). The coup from above and The Decline of Civilization. indybay.org Ignazio Silone (14), an important theorist of Italian fascism is reported to have said: "When fascism returns, it will not say: 'I am fascism' No, it will say: 'I am anti-fascism'." And I say: we are on the threshold of an internationalized super-fascism, which merely uses new, more perfidious and, above all, more complex methods than the traditional one. | The traditional one was based on nationalist-racist-ethnic ideologemes and came to power through the terror of street and hall battle shock troops of fascist militias.

Ann Brown (2023-02-17). Human Rights Advocate Says State Department Rescinded His Nomination For Criticizing Israel. moguldom.com President Joe Biden pulled his pick for a post over tweets deemed antisemitic after the U.S. State Department rescinded the nomination of James Cavallaro to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is an autonomous organ of the Organization of American States (OAS), an international organization founded in 1948 for …

Brenda Norrell (2023-02-17). The Long Journey Home: Peabody Coal removed 341 Navajo and Hopi from their burial places. indybay.org BLACK MESA, Arizona — Peabody Coal removed 341 Navajo and Hopi from their burial places for its coal mining, a tool of genocide, oppression and relocation. Southern Illinois University still has several million artifacts stolen from Black Mesa by Peabody Coal, some dating back 8,000 years.




WSWS (2023-02-17). UK: Far-right violence amid Knowsley anti-migrant protest. wsws.org Events in Knowsley are a warning of what will come if the ceaseless flow of toxic anti-migrant agitation and Islamophobia from the Conservative government and the Labour Party is not countered by the development of a socialist movement in the working class.

americanthinker (2023-02-17). First, They Came for the Confederates…. americanthinker.com A war on American history is a war on us all.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-02-17). Taking Down A Fascist: Interview. orinocotribune.com Over two years ago, Lidia Patty Mullisaca of the indigenous Kallawaya nation, in rural La Paz, formally accused the leaders of Bolivia's 2019 coup for terrorism. This lawsuit led to the recent arrest of far-right leader Fernando Camacho. No one coached her. Her decisions hold a mirror to the thinking of Bolivia's masses. Patty was among the Movement toward Socialism (MAS) parliamentarians who fought to preserve their majority through the coup year, when the right declared fraud on spurious evidence, then violently ousted MAS President Evo Morales. According to the Constitution, she was permitted to file the crimi…

Ryan Cristián (2023-02-18). Israeli Company Caught Manipulating At Least 33 Elections, Red Cross Caught & Is There More To Ohio? thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (2/17/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-02-18). Rechazan medidas de Israel en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net El comunicado asegura que las medidas unilaterales constituyen graves violaciones del derecho internacional.

Anonymous669 (2023-02-17). Hezbollah Leader Warns U.S. Against Creating Chaos In Lebanon, Says Israel Will Pay. southfront.org Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah during his televised speech on February 16. | Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah has warned the United States against creating chaos in Lebanon, saying that the retaliation of his group would be "unimaginable". | Speaking on February 16 at a ceremony that was organized to commemorate Hezbollah's late commanders, Sheikh Ragheb Harb, Sayyed Abbas Al-Moussawi and Hajj Imad Mughniyeh, Nasrallah said that whoever "pushes…

WSWS (2023-02-17). UK: Far-right violence amid Knowsley anti-migrant protest. wsws.org Events in Knowsley are a warning of what will come if the ceaseless flow of toxic anti-migrant agitation and Islamophobia from the Conservative government and the Labour Party is not countered by the development of a socialist movement in the working class.

americanthinker (2023-02-17). First, They Came for the Confederates…. americanthinker.com A war on American history is a war on us all.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-02-17). Taking Down A Fascist: Interview. orinocotribune.com Over two years ago, Lidia Patty Mullisaca of the indigenous Kallawaya nation, in rural La Paz, formally accused the leaders of Bolivia's 2019 coup for terrorism. This lawsuit led to the recent arrest of far-right leader Fernando Camacho. No one coached her. Her decisions hold a mirror to the thinking of Bolivia's masses. Patty was among the Movement toward Socialism (MAS) parliamentarians who fought to preserve their majority through the coup year, when the right declared fraud on spurious evidence, then violently ousted MAS President Evo Morales. According to the Constitution, she was permitted to file the crimi…

Ryan Cristián (2023-02-18). Israeli Company Caught Manipulating At Least 33 Elections, Red Cross Caught & Is There More To Ohio? thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (2/17/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-02-18). Rechazan medidas de Israel en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net El comunicado asegura que las medidas unilaterales constituyen graves violaciones del derecho internacional.

Anonymous669 (2023-02-17). Hezbollah Leader Warns U.S. Against Creating Chaos In Lebanon, Says Israel Will Pay. southfront.org Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah during his televised speech on February 16. | Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah has warned the United States against creating chaos in Lebanon, saying that the retaliation of his group would be "unimaginable". | Speaking on February 16 at a ceremony that was organized to commemorate Hezbollah's late commanders, Sheikh Ragheb Harb, Sayyed Abbas Al-Moussawi and Hajj Imad Mughniyeh, Nasrallah said that whoever "pushes…

David Cronin (2023-02-17). Qatargate causes headaches for Israel lobby. electronicintifada.net European Parliament chief seems to have pulled plug on launch of alliance supporting Abraham Accords.

David Miller (2023-02-17). Canadian Government Partners With Israel Lobby to Delete Pro-Palestinian Accounts. mintpressnews.com Recently, Canadian government officials with strong ties to Israel summoned Twitter executives to Washington D.C., where they demanded Palestinian-Canadian Laith Marouf be removed from the platform. With the precedent set, Marouf is unlikely to be the last to fall foul of this group.

Juan Cole (2023-02-17). No, Mike Pompeo, God doesn't Want the Palestinians to be Ethnically Cleansed and Shot down like Dogs. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave a podcast interview in which he said that Israel has a "biblical right" to the Palestinian West Bank, to which he referred as "Judea and Samaria," and is not "an occupying nation." So reports Chris McGreal for The Guardian.. Pompeo defended the Trump …

KATIE (2023-02-17). Israeli repression tech is a threat to the world, not just Palestinians. bdsmovement.net

Maureen Clare Murphy (2023-02-17). Israel widens reach of its racist collective punishment. electronicintifada.net Opposition parties support revoking citizenship from Palestinians accused of "terror."

Middle East Monitor (2023-02-17). Netanyahu's Six Lies in One Interview. juancole.com Dr Mustafa Fetouri @MFetouri ( Middle East Monitor ) — In his first major international interview since returning to power, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to CNN earlier this month. He demonstrated that he is still a prolific liar misleading the public very deliberately about various policy issues. One thing stood out throughout …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-17). Daily Round-up | Rights groups sue Peru's president for protesters' killings & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories of the rights groups in Peru suing the de facto government, a disaster involving migrants in Libya, Israel passing an amendment to a citizenship law, and teachers protesting education reforms in Greece…

SAM (2023-02-17). One Donor Funds Both Centrist Dems And Right-Wing Israeli Organizations. progressivehub.net AKELA LACY | THE INTERCEPT…

Tanupriya Singh (2023-02-17). Team Jorge: The Israeli contractors behind disinformation and election interference. peoplesdispatch.org A consortium of news outlets has exposed a group based in Israel claiming to have manipulated 33 elections worldwide and manufactured online disinformation campaigns at the behest of intelligence agencies, political campaigns, and private corporations…

americanthinker (2023-02-18). East Palestine, meet Love Canal. americanthinker.com Too bad about all of you 'on the ground' with the wife, kids, and mortgage. Not looking good for aid and comfort from the all-caring federal government you're paying for, is it?>

americanthinker (2023-02-18). Who's doing what in East Palestine? americanthinker.com The official response to the East Palestine disaster has downplayed the seriousness of impacts on the environment and on the residents of the community.

Samidoun Deutschland (2023-02-18). Second Week of the Educational Campaign: Over 30 years — pre-Oslo Prisoners. samidoun.net "Deans of prisoners" is a term used by the Palestinian people for those who have been imprisoned by the Zionist occupation for more than 20 years continuously. Over the years, many Palestinian prisoners were liberated through prisoner exchange deals or other forms of political concession, such as those released in 1995 after the Oslo Accords; …

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2023-02-18). Manifiestan indignación por desastre ambiental en Ohio, EE.UU. telesurtv.net Los residentes exigieron respuestas luego de que la compañía Norfolk Southern se negara a enviar representantes.

WSWS (2023-02-18). The East Palestine rail disaster and the case for workers' power. wsws.org More disasters and more cover-ups are inevitable as long as social decision-making is left in the hands of a tiny capitalist oligarchy.

Maximillian Alvarez (2023-02-17). East Palestine, Ohio: A hell of Wall Street's making. therealnews.com It's been nearly two weeks since the catastrophic derailment of a Norfolk Southern train in northeast Ohio thrust the residents of East Palestine and the surrounding area into a non-stop waking nightmare. It will take weeks, months, if not years to appraise the damage of this train derailment on the population, on the rail workers and first responders, and on the environment. While corporate spokespeople and many in the media try to paint this tragedy as some freak accident, we know better… We know better because we have been listening to railroad workers. In this urgent mini-cast, we discuss the nightmar…

_____ (2023-02-17). East Palestine, Ohio, Residents Demand Answers After Release of Toxic Chemicals. strategic-culture.org Residents of East Palestine, Ohio, packed a town hall meeting Wednesday night to demand answers about the ongoing health risks facing their community after the derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train on February 3 and the decision by railroad and government authorities to deliberately release and burn toxic chemicals contained in tanker cars days later.

Ali Abunimah (2023-02-17). Arrest of Palestine activist was unlawful, Berlin court rules. electronicintifada.net Authorities must drop all other cases, stop banning solidarity protests, campaigners demand.

Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik (2023-02-17). The story behind the fiery Ohio train wreck worsens by the day. peoplesworld.org EAST PALESTINE, Ohio—The more people learn about the great freight train wreck in East Palestine, Ohio, the worse the story gets. The controlled burn of toxic chemicals here filled the air the residents breathe and covered the waters in and around town and the soil too with chemicals. Dead fish are floating in the creeks …

rebekah (2023-02-17). The Rail Unions Warned Us. Greed is Dangerous. inequality.org

WSWS (2023-02-17). East Palestine, Ohio, residents demand answers after release of toxic chemicals: "You're telling us the air and water are safe. Why are we getting sick?" wsws.org Anger erupted at the town hall meeting Wednesday night as officials tried to downplay the dangers facing residents after the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train and the decision by the railroad to burn toxic chemicals contained in tanker cars.

WSWS (2023-02-17). Railroad workers confirm "nasty" toxic train "broke down" two days prior to crash in East Palestine, Ohio. wsws.org New details confirm that the February 3 crash could have been prevented had workers' warnings been heeded regarding profit-driven policies, such as Precision Scheduled Railroading.

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2023-02-18). Free Mumia & Stop Racist Police Murders! For General Strikes To Stop Racist Terror & Murders. indybay.org The UFCLP calls for mass worker/labor actions including general strikes to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal and racist police terror and murder. We also protest the San Francisco Labor Council bureaucrats who opposed supporting the ILWU Local 10 initiated march and rally. These bureaucrats like the national AFL-CIO leadership continue to support the Democrats and Republicans who support more funding for the police along with their militarization. The AFL-CIO, SEIU, IBT, CWA and other unions continue to allow police in their ranks.

Labor Video Project (2023-02-17). Put The Bird DOWN Elon At Twitter! Launch Musk On Autopilot To Mars NOW! indybay.org Artists, poets and labor activists rallied in front of Twitter to demand that Elon Musk be sent to Mars on autopilot. They also spoke out against the illegal layoffs at Twitter and the violations of health and safety along with racist working conditions at Tesla which is called the plantation by Tesla workers.

R.G. Cravens, Joe Wiinikka-Lydon (2023-02-17). IRF Summit: Anti-LGBTQ Rhetoric on Display, McGovern Calls Out Hate. splcenter.org At the International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit in Washington, D.C., last month, summit co-chairs Sam Brownback and Katrina Lantos Swett addressed a joint session. Noting the summit's theme, "Religious Freedom for Everybody, Everywhere, All the Time," Brownback characterized his idea of religious freedom as societies allowing "freedom for the soul and respect for each other." But the rhetoric of individuals and groups present at the summit shows how extremists wield the language of religious freedom in a very different way: to oppress others.

splcenter (2023-02-17). SPLC wins Anthem Award for story about mistreatment of Black men in immigrant detention. splcenter.org

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