2023-07-24: News Headlines

Staff (2023-07-24). "Chaos & Violence": NYC to Pay $13M to Those Attacked by Police in 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests. democracynow.org In a landmark $13 million settlement, New York City has agreed to pay 1,300 people attacked by police while protesting the Minnesota police murder of George Floyd in 2020. Sow v. City of New York yielded the largest total payout to protesters in a class-action suit in U.S. history, totaling about $10,000 per person. The suit focused on how police violated protesters' civil and constitutional rights by making mass arrests and using excessive force that included improper use of pepper spray and using a tactic called kettling to trap and arrest protesters before a curfew went into effect. The case used a video…

Staff (2023-07-24). Palestine and its supporters were the subject of a day of international protest. thecanary.co People have taken action in the UK, Canada, and France over the imprisonment of UK pro-Palestine activists. It came after high-profile campaigners, including Roger Waters, issued a joint statement condemning the British state's persecution of the six people over their activism against the state of Israel. Imprisoned for resisting Israel's apartheid As the Canary has …

Sameena Rahman (2023-07-23). US Congress votes 412-9 that Israel isn't an apartheid state, denying reality. liberationnews.org The U.S. is Israel's chief benefactor and plays a significant role in advancing Israeli policies and thus is directly complicit in Israeli apartheid.

Sameena Rahman (2023-07-23). US Congress votes 412-9 that Israel isn't apartheid, denying reality. liberationnews.org The U.S. is Israel's chief benefactor and plays a significant role in advancing Israeli policies and thus is directly complicit in Israeli apartheid.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-24). Revolutionary feat commemorated in Cienfuegos. plenglish.com Cienfuegos, Cuba, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) The city of Cienfuegos lived another patriotic day on Monday, when the 70th anniversary of the attacks on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks were commemorated.

Ali Abunimah (2023-07-23). UK union cancels "Weaponising Anti-Semitism" book launch. electronicintifada.net Senior leaders of Unite accused of political censorship.


Brenda Norrell (2023-07-24). United Nations Hears Testimony on Violations of Indigenous Rights by Governments, Police. indybay.org The United Nations heard testimony from Indigenous Peoples around the world, on the devastation from mining, ongoing genocide, and murder by federal agents and militarized forces, during this week's session of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Geneva.

Loretta Ross, Scot Nakagawa, Convergence. (2023-07-23). Don't Let The Chain Of Freedom Break At Your Link. popularresistance.org The last 45 years have seen the consolidation of the far Right. | While "many white liberals have been so eager to put the ideology of white supremacy behind them that they declare it prematurely dead over and over again." | Smith College Professor Loretta Ross and 22nd Century Initiative Director Scot Nakagawa have both engaged for decades in the fight against the far Right. In this conversation they look at the lessons that Ross' work with the National Anti-Klan Network hold for the present; how the landscape of the Right has changed; and how we should orient ourselves to the present. Convergence Editorial Boar…

WSWS (2023-07-24). Spain in election limbo after right-wing Popular Party and far-right Vox fail to secure majority to govern. wsws.org Calls for "Unity against fascism" will be used as a weapon against the working class, to try and blackmail workers into uniting behind a renewed Socialist Party-Sumar government to try and stifle a movement to the left that has seen an eruption of struggles against their pro-war and austerity policies.

Jake Johnson (2023-07-24). Israeli Parliament Passes Part of Reforms Popularly Opposed as "Judicial Coup" truthout.org Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved part of a proposed judicial overhaul that would limit the Supreme Court's power to check government action, a key priority of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right government. The vote took place as protests raged outside the Israeli Knesset and across the country. Polling has shown that a majority of Israelis oppose the sweeping overhaul… |

teleSUR, DRL (2023-07-24). Congreso israelí aprueba reforma judicial en medio de protestas. telesurtv.net La Policía detuvo a una veintena de manifestantes "por violar el orden público", y grupos de movilizados realizaron acciones de desobediencia civil.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-07-24). Al menos 13 palestinos resultan heridos por fuerzas israelíes. telesurtv.net Los combatientes de la Resistencia palestina detonaron un artefacto explosivo contra los vehículos militares israelíes.




Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-24). Israel arrested 570 Palestinian children in first half of 2023. peoplesdispatch.org At least 29 of the Palestinian children arrested by the Israeli forces this year in six months were below the age of 12, and two of them were just 10 years old. Israel has already killed 31 Palestinian children this year…

Maureen Clare Murphy (2023-07-24). Israel pulls the trigger, US lets it off the hook. electronicintifada.net Palestinians call for urgent accountability as abuses spike.

Staff (2023-07-24). Headlines for July 24, 2023. democracynow.org 30,000 Flee Rhodes as Greece Battles Dozens of Wildfires; Italy Hit by Ice Storms After Record Heat, Monsoon Brings Deadly Floods, Landslides in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Triggers Dengue Outbreak, Nova Scotia Inundated with 3 Months' Worth of Rain; Washington Wildfire Tops 52,000 Acres, Right Underperforms Expectations in Spain Election; Separatist Parties Emerge as Kingmakers, Hun Sen Retains Cambodian Leadership, Likely to Hand Power to Son, After Suppressing Opposition, Israel Passes Contentious Judicial Reform as Protesters Say They Won't Back Down, Israeli Forces Kill Two More Palestinian Tee…

PACBI (2023-07-24). American Anthropological Association Votes by 71% to Boycott Complicit Israeli Universities. bdsmovement.net

Julie Hollar (2023-07-24). Covering 'Racist State' backlash—but not the reality that Israel is a racist state. mronline.org When Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D.—Wash.) called Israel a "racist state" at the Netroots Nation conference, corporate media dutifully covered the political backlash—but scrupulously avoided evaluating the veracity of Jayapal's statement.

_____ (2023-07-24). UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine: Israel Has Turned All of Palestine into 'An Open-Air Prison' to Further Annexation Plans. transcend.org 16 Jul 2023 – Francesca Albanese's June report to the UN Human Rights Council says Israel uses physical, bureaucratic, military, and surveillance means to "de-Palestinianize" the occupied territory, threatening "the existence of the Palestinians as a people."

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-24). Israel arrested 570 Palestinian children in first half of 2023. peoplesdispatch.org At least 29 of the Palestinian children arrested by the Israeli forces this year in six months were below the age of 12, and two of them were just 10 years old. Israel has already killed 31 Palestinian children this year…

Maureen Clare Murphy (2023-07-24). Israel pulls the trigger, US lets it off the hook. electronicintifada.net Palestinians call for urgent accountability as abuses spike.

Staff (2023-07-24). Headlines for July 24, 2023. democracynow.org 30,000 Flee Rhodes as Greece Battles Dozens of Wildfires; Italy Hit by Ice Storms After Record Heat, Monsoon Brings Deadly Floods, Landslides in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Triggers Dengue Outbreak, Nova Scotia Inundated with 3 Months' Worth of Rain; Washington Wildfire Tops 52,000 Acres, Right Underperforms Expectations in Spain Election; Separatist Parties Emerge as Kingmakers, Hun Sen Retains Cambodian Leadership, Likely to Hand Power to Son, After Suppressing Opposition, Israel Passes Contentious Judicial Reform as Protesters Say They Won't Back Down, Israeli Forces Kill Two More Palestinian Tee…

PACBI (2023-07-24). American Anthropological Association Votes by 71% to Boycott Complicit Israeli Universities. bdsmovement.net

Julie Hollar (2023-07-24). Covering 'Racist State' backlash—but not the reality that Israel is a racist state. mronline.org When Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D.—Wash.) called Israel a "racist state" at the Netroots Nation conference, corporate media dutifully covered the political backlash—but scrupulously avoided evaluating the veracity of Jayapal's statement.

_____ (2023-07-24). UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine: Israel Has Turned All of Palestine into 'An Open-Air Prison' to Further Annexation Plans. transcend.org 16 Jul 2023 – Francesca Albanese's June report to the UN Human Rights Council says Israel uses physical, bureaucratic, military, and surveillance means to "de-Palestinianize" the occupied territory, threatening "the existence of the Palestinians as a people."

teleSUR (2023-07-23). Israeli Lawmakers Debate Judicial Overhaul Bill Amid Protests. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Israeli lawmakers began a marathon debate on the first major bill of a contentious plan to overhaul the judiciary ahead of a final vote on Monday, as massive crowds rally across the country to protest against the plan. | RELATED: | The bill would cancel the Supreme Court's power to override decisions by the ministers that it deems "unreasonable." The two final rounds of votes at the Knesset, the Israeli pa…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-23). Iran's Revolutionary Guard Unveils Upgraded Version Of Shahed-149 Combat Drone (Photos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. | On July 22, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) unveiled an upgraded version of the Shahid-149 combat drone. | The Shahed-149, which was developed by the Shahed Aviation Industries, is a high-altitude long-endurance combat drone similar in size, shape and role to the American MQ-9 Reaper. The drone was first unveiled and named after the Gaza Strip in honor of the Palestinians' struggle against Israel amid the May 2021 Palestinian-Israeli c…

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-07-23). Israeli Prime Minister has cardiac pacemaker implanted. plenglish.com Tel Aviv, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister, underwent surgery to implant a pacemaker, a week after his medical admission after suffering from dehydration, a statement from his office reported today.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-07-23). Reservists' rebellion threatens Israeli government. plenglish.com Tel Aviv, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) Some 10 thousand Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reservists joined today the protest against a controversial judicial reform promoted by the Government, which tries to limit the growing unease in the Army.

Ramzy Baroud (2023-07-24). From Oslo to Unity: Reimagining Palestine Solidarity for the Future. mintpressnews.com

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-24). Venezuela ratifies unrenounceable defense of Palestine's cause. plenglish.com Caracas, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) on Monday ratified the stance of the Government of Nicolás Maduro regarding the unrenounceable defense of the Palestinian people's cause.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2023-07-24). Podcast Ep 80: From NYC to Florida, students fight lobby smears. electronicintifada.net Fatima Mohammed and Ahmad Daraldik stand strong against racist campaigns over their Palestine advocacy.

Mike Valente, WTAE. (2023-07-23). Activists Rally For East Palestine Residents To Get Free Health Care. popularresistance.org Joy Marie Mann was not expecting a large crowd Friday night, but she was heartened that some of her close friends and fellow activists traveled from across the country to meet ahead of a health care rally in Ohio. | "They're just very passionate people who are just very caring and support nationally improved 'Medicare for All' and believe in human rights," said Marie Mann, a health care activist from Harrisburg. | In between interviews, speeches and a short candlelight vigil, Mann and the other activists at Schenley Park spoke to each other about their plans to attend a "Medicare for All" rally in Lisbon, Ohio.

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-24). Norlane community pushes back against racist provocation. greenleft.org.au

Fight Back (2023-07-23). Milwaukee Anti-War Committee rallies against the Milwaukee Air & Water Show. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On Saturday, July 22, activists and community members united at The Calling sculpture in downtown Milwaukee to protest the annual Milwaukee Air & Water Show. The rally was organized by the Milwaukee Anti-War Committee (MAC) to demonstrate that the show is not a harmless family event as it is often portrayed, but a celebration of U.S. militarism and a polarizing affair for the city. | Members from Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO), Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (MAARPR), and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) came together with the community to demand an…

Fight Back (2023-07-23). Louisianans rally, GOP bans kids' trans healthcare, other anti-LGBTQ bills fail. fightbacknews.org Baton Rouge, LA — Dozens of protesters gathered at the Louisiana State Capitol building, July 18, for an emergency demonstration against three anti-LGBTQ bills. The Republican supermajority called a special legislative veto override session after these bills were vetoed by Governor John Bel Edwards. The governor's move in support of the LGBTQ community resulted from substantial pressure from the people of Louisiana. | Demonstrators chanted "Racist, sexist, anti-gay – GOP go away!" and "Louisiana say it clear, trans youth are welcome here!" on the steps of the capitol building as the veto override session b…

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-24). Study: Affirmative Action for the Richest 1 Percent Is Common at Elite Colleges. truthout.org Just weeks after the Supreme Court ruled to end race-based affirmative action in college admissions, a new study suggests that "affirmative action" for the rich is very much alive when wealthy Americans seek acceptance to the most elite colleges in the U.S. According to a study released Monday by Opportunity Insights, a Harvard University-based research group, students from families within the… |

Melissa Price Kromm (2023-07-24). North Carolina GOP's Plan to Hijack Elections Should Concern Voters Everywhere. truthout.org The Supreme Court recently prevented Republicans from hijacking state and county election boards in its 6-3 ruling against North Carolina Republicans in Moore v. Harper. If the state GOP had been successful, they would've been able to run federal-level elections in North Carolina and across the country without any pathway for citizens to challenge unfair election laws. But voting rights are still… |

Kameron Hurt (2023-07-24). Ruchell Magee, longest-held political prisoner, wins freedom. liberationnews.org Magee is an 84-year-old man who has lived a long life in pursuit of justice and the end of white supremacist oppression.

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