2023-05-24: News Headlines

Mark Gruenberg (2023-05-24). With all the debt limit talk, few eye Pentagon cuts. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—In all the talk about cutting spending in return for raising the U.S. debt limit, there seems to be a sacred cow: The Pentagon. A survey of websites of groups normally expected to advocate for cutting military spending—including US Labor Against War and Racism, the United Electrical Workers, and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union—discloses …

teleSUR, JCM (2023-05-24). ONU condena insultos al jugador brasileño Vinicius Jr. en España. telesurtv.net La ONU pone el caso de los insultos a Vinicius como ejemplo de la presencia del racismo en el deporte.

Rann Miller (2023-05-24). Another Go-Round With The N-Word. moguldom.com Benjamin Franklin once said that in this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes. Over time, there's more we can add to that list, including the occasional discussion on who's licensed to use the N-word. Racism, in general, could be added to that list to encompass all things, from the history and use of …

teleSUR, JCM (2023-05-24). Brasil descarta iniciar procesos judiciales por caso Vinicius. telesurtv.net Este martes se conoció que siete personas fueron detenidas en España por ataques racistas al jugador Vinícius Júnior, afrodescendiente brasileño, según indicó la policía.

It's Going Down (2023-05-24). Antifascists Shut Down Neo-Nazis and Proud Boys Throwing Up Hitler Salutes in Sacramento. itsgoingdown.org Clashes broke out inside the Sacramento City Council chambers on May 23rd, as angry community members chanted, held banners, and shut down a small group of neo-Nazis who threw up Hitler salutes and attempted to address the council. The group of white supremacists was led by Ryan Messano of the bay area, who made headlines…

Anonymous Contributor (2023-05-23). Community Mobilizes and Defends Church Drag Event from Proud Boys in Portage, Michigan. itsgoingdown.org Report back from recent community mobilization against the Proud Boys in defense of a church drag event in Portage, Michigan. The day begin with cool Michigan sunshine. The type of day that comes around maybe twice a year when it is not swamp-ass hot or bitter cold. The kind of day that reminds you that…

WSWS (2023-05-24). Neo-Nazi facing multiple charges after ramming security barrier outside White House with U-Haul truck. wsws.org The driver, 19-year-old Sai Varshith Kandula of Chesterfield, Missouri, reportedly expressed his affinity for the Nazis and Hitler in an interview with the Secret Service following the attack.

Anonymous103 (2023-05-24). Neo-Nazism and the War in Ukraine: Interview with Michel Chossudovsky. southfront.org Click to see full-size imag | Written by The West's support of Neo-Nazism in Ukraine should come as no surpri…

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-24). Neo-Nazi Militia Used US Armored Vehicles in Attack on Russia's Belgorod Region. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous669 (2023-05-24). Russian Lancet Loitering Munitions Takes Out Two Ukrainian S-300 Launchers in Kherson (Videos). 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 | The Russian military has targeted yet another Soviet-made S-300PS long-range air defense system of Kiev forces in the Kherson region. | Videos that surfaced online on May 23 show Lancet loitering munitions targeting two 5P85S transporter erector launchers (TELs) of the system. The vehicles re…

Marxist-Leninist (2023-05-24). Let Us Celebrate the People's Patriots and End the Ignominy of Monarchical-Patriotic Legends. dissidentvoice.org An assembly of some 6,000 Quebec patriots, the Assembly of the Six Counties, was held October 23-24, 1837 despite public assemblies being banned by the British colonial government. The Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) is calling for Victoria Day to be renamed Patriots' Day. The aim is to engage people in discussion on the peoples' …

Bill Scheuerman, Sid Plotkin (2023-05-24). Steering the Titanic into the Iceberg. dissidentvoice.org Patty Chayefsky's film Network, an acid-laced spoof of capitalist media, reaches its climax when Chairman Arthur Jensen, leader of the fictional mega-corporation CAA, thunders his disapproval to the crazed but wildly popular anchorman, Howard Beale. Encouraging his viewers to protest CAA's unpatriotic merger deal with Saudi Arabian capitalists, Jensen accuses Beal of having "meddled with …

teleSUR (2023-05-24). Peru: Prosecutor's Office Summons President Over Protest Deaths. telesurenglish.net The Peruvian Prosecutor's Office summoned this Wednesday, President Dina Boluarte on May 31 to testify on the deaths registered during the protests against the Government and the Congress. | RELATED: | Local media reported that the proceeding, which is part of the investigation against the president for the alleged crime of genocide, has been scheduled for Wednesday, May 31, starting at 9: 00 local time. | Previously, the Judiciar…

Crystal Grant (2023-05-24). It's Time for Congress to Update Our Genetic Nondiscrimination Law. aclu.org The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) was enacted in 2008 to protect Americans from being widely discriminated against by a then new technology: genetic testing. The law was written after genetic discrimination emerged in the 1970s. At the time, programs to screen and identify genetic carriers of sickle cell anemia, a disease which afflicts many Black Americans, were being mandated by states. These mandated screening programs targeted Black people, perpetuating racial bias and stigmatization. Congress acted to make this genetic discrimination illegal. But now, GINA is 15 years old and needs to b…

thecommunists (2023-05-24). Zelensky piling up his millions as Nato tries regime change via assassination. thecommunists.org The failed bid to assassinate Russian president Vladimir Putin in May, whether directly ordered by the west-backed junta in Ukraine or the work of freelancing fascists, signalled a new level of provocation and threat against Russia. The drone attack on the Kremlin, taken together with the supply by Britain and others of long-range weapons capable …

The New Arab (2023-05-24). 'Palestine must be obliterated,' Says Deleted Times of Israel Column. globalresearch.ca

Middle East Eye (2023-05-24). Israel Pushes Law Banning Palestinian Flag. globalresearch.ca

Prof. Marjorie Cohn (2023-05-24). "There Is No Safe Place in Gaza": Palestinians Speak Out During Israeli Assault. globalresearch.ca

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-24). Israeli authorities are trying to kill Walid Daqqa inside prison, claim Palestinians. peoplesdispatch.org Walid Daqqa has been inside an Israeli prison since 1986. The 61-year-old needs intensive medical care after being diagnosed with bone marrow cancer last year and suffering a blood clot-induced stroke this year in February…

WUFJEP (2023-05-24). Friday 5/26: Free Palestine! indybay.org Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery | San Francisco…

David Cronin (2023-05-24). Internal paper shows EU eager to embrace Israel's killer cops. electronicintifada.net Force practices racist violence preached by Itamar Ben-Gvir.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-24). Mayo Clinic Platform expands its distributed data network to partner to globally transform patient care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Innovative data science will enable scalable and accessible personalized, predictive and proactive medicine for patients ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic Platform is expanding its distributed data network, Mayo Clinic Platform_Connect1, to include Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in Brazil, Sheba Medical Center in Israel and University Health Network (UHN) in Canada, joining Mercy, Connect's first member. The first-of-its-kind global alliance establishes a data-sharing network that transcends language barriers and accelerates AI-based solutions by using current data…

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-05-24). ONG instan a Israel a liberar al prisionero Walid Daqqa. telesurtv.net Las ONG palestinas responsabilizan al Servicio de Prisiones de Israel (SPI) de negligencia médica y del agravamiento del estado de salud de Daqqa.

Anonymous669 (2023-05-24). Israeli Army Drops Leaflets Over Lebanon Warning People Against Approaching Frontline (Photos). southfront.org

Anonymous669 (2023-05-24). Syrian Gunfire Target Israeli Drone Operating Over Golan Front. southfront.org St. Inigoes, Md. (June 27, 2005) — A "Skylark" Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) on display at the 2005 Naval UAV Air Demo held at the Webster Field Annex of Naval Air Station Patuxent River. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Daniel J. McLain. | On May 24, gunfire from Syria territory targeted a drone of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) that was operating over the Golan Heights front. | In a statement, the IDF said that the drone was conducting "routine surveillance activity"

MEE staff (2023-05-24). Israel passes budget after increasing funds to ultra-Orthodox communities. middleeasteye.net Israel passes budget after increasing funds to ultra-Orthodox communities | Government accused of 'looting' public purse after deals with far-right and ultra-Orthodox coalition partners to pass parliament vote | Wed, 05/24/2023 – 07: 47 | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, ahead of a vote on the national budget on 23 May 2023 at the parliament in Jer…

Liza Featherstone (2023-05-23). Socialists want to crack down on Israeli war crimes. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in A group of New York legislators recently put forth a bill that would ensure the state government can't use public money to fund human rights abuses that have been found illegal under international law. The idea seems straightforward — why would government dollars be used to fund illegal activities? | In a sensible world, the principles set out in "Not on Our Dime," a New Yo…

Robert Inlakesh (2023-05-23). Fact Checking Reuters On Palestine And The Attempt To Censor Palestinian Identity. thelastamericanvagabond.com A recent series of events in Palestine-Israel have gone underreported in Western corporate media, while the same big-tech that virtue signals about being opposed to bigotry takes racist steps to erase Palestinian identity. Reuters, one of the most trusted media sources on the planet did not fact-check its reporting on the murder of a Palestinian

Miko Peled (2023-05-23). Flag March: The Annual Israeli Display of Jewish Supremacy. mintpressnews.com The annual display of Jewish Supremacy in Palestine, known as the Flag March, is part of a campaign of intimidation in cities around the country that have a significant Palestinian population.

Gerardo Villagrán del Corral (2023-05-23). øPara quién espía en México el software espía israelí Pegasus? globalizacion.ca El subsecretario de Derechos Humanos, Población y Migración de la Secretaría mexicana de Gobernación, Alejandro Encinas, fue espiado en repetidas ocasiones: su teléfono celular fue infectado varias veces con el software espía israelí Pegasus, incluso el año pasado, cuando estaba…

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-23). Israeli Military Chief Says 'We Have the Ability to Hit Iran'. news.antiwar.com The head of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) threatened Tuesday that Israel could soon take action against Iran over its nuclear program and said the IDF has "the ability to hit Iran." Iran is currently enriching some uranium at 60%, a step the country took in response to an Israeli sabotage attack on its Natanz …

Ramona Wadi (2023-05-23). Beneath the rhetorical veneer of Abu Dis. thealtworld.com In 2019, when the Trump administration revealed the so-called "Deal of the Century", a hypothetical capital of Palestine in the town of Abu Dis was revealed as the alternative to the Palestinian people's claim on Jerusalem. Israel had laid the groundwork for the announcement with its earlier unilateral declaration that Jerusalem remains its "undivided" capital. | The commotion regarding Jerusalem had more to do with global ridicule of former US President Donald Trump, than the political rights of the Palestinian people. With annexation on the table, what were the odds that Palestinians would or will ever retain a…

Michael F. Brown (2023-05-23). ADL boss "both sides" the "Death to the Arabs" march. electronicintifada.net CNN's Jake Tapper puts occupied East Jerusalem in Israel.

Maximillian Alvarez (2023-05-24). East Palestine, 100 Days Later. therealnews.com It's been over 100 days since the catastrophic derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying over 100,000 gallons of toxic materials occurred in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb 3. Since then, residents of East Palestine and the surrounding area in Ohio and Pennsylvania have had their lives turned completely upside down. Entire families have been uprooted from their homes, with many having to live in hotels or wherever they can find shelter, unable to return home out of fear of exposure to chemicals that were spilled into the water and soil from the derailment and spewed into the air from Norfolk Southern's "

Editor (2023-05-24). 'Beautiful Dreams': The 5-year-old Palestinian kindergartener who died of fear. mronline.org Mohammed is still grieving, and he cannot help thinking about what life would have been if Tamim was still alive, disassembling and reassembling his toys, his head filled with beautiful dreams.

Fight Back (2023-05-23). Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela closes 75th Nakba Commemoration Tour. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL- "Let us all join hands in the inevitable march to freedom for Palestine and we dare to dream of a free Palestine where Muslims, Christians and Jews can live side by side in peace as they have done for centuries," stated Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, South African member of parliament and grandson of revolutionary icon Nelson Mandela, to an audience of 400 at the Chicago Teachers Union headquarters, on Saturday, May 20. | Chicago was the sixth and final city Mandela visited during the Nakba Commemoration Tour organized by the United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) and the National Alliance…

splcenter (2023-05-24). Anti-Asian violence underscores need for honest history, rejection of hate. splcenter.org

splcenter (2023-05-24). Experts: VDARE's Real Estate Deals May Cost Group Nonprofit Status. splcenter.org White nationalist hate group VDARE could lose its nonprofit status over real estate agreements surrounding a historic castle the group purchased in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, according to two nonprofit lawyers to whom Hatewatch described property records and court filings. Most of the documents came from a lawsuit VDARE brought against New York Attorney General (AG) Letitia James' office, wherein the AG alleges VDARE "violated New York law."

Rachael Fugardi (2023-05-23). Nine years after deadly 'incel' attack, threat of male supremacism is growing. splcenter.org

Bennan Center for Justice (2023-05-24). Tuesday 6/13: How the Supreme Court is Dividing America. indybay.org Online event – FREE…

Center for Biological Diversity (2023-05-24). California Supreme Court to Hear Arguments Thursday Over Monterey Oil, Gas Drilling Restrictions. indybay.org Residents to Rally at Local Courthouse in Support of Measure Z…

Paul Craig Roberts (2023-05-24). Do White Ethnicities Have a Future? thealtworld.com For many years the website vdare.com has been the voice defending the white ethnicities who comprise the world of Western Civilization. In France the Le Pen family tries to defend French ethnics. In Britain, Enoch Powell and Nigel Farage spoke for British ethnics. The less visible European countries had defenders of their ethnicity, but despite the white ethnicities being large majorities, allegedly the rulers in a democracy, the white ethnicities are at times treated by "their" governments as dangerous "white supremacists." Those who speak for white ethnicities and in their defense are demonized and persecuted b…

Junaid S. Ahmad (2023-05-23). Following failed kidnapping of Imran Khan, Pakistan's regime desperately cracks down on dissent. geopoliticaleconomy.com Pakistan's toppled Prime Minister Imran Khan tried to defend himself against bogus corruption charges, but the military kidnapped him. The Supreme Court ruled it was an unlawful arrest and he was freed. So now the unelected regime is cracking down hard, threatening to prosecute protesters in army courts.

Andy Kroll (2023-05-23). Between a Yoga Mat and a Hard Place. tomdispatch.com Are you worried about the rising political power of violent white nationalists in America? Well, you've got plenty of company, including U.S. national security and counterterrorism officials. And we're worried, too — worried enough, in fact, to feel that it's time to take a look at the experience of India, where Hindu supremacist dogma has increasingly been enforced through violent means. While there are striking parallels between both countries, India appears to have ventured further down the road of far-right violence. Its experience could potentially offer Americans some valuable, if grim, lessons. As a…

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