2023-09-05: News Headlines

Staff (2023-09-05). Racist Shootings "Don't Happen in a Vacuum": Bishop Barber on DeSantis, Trump & Those Who Spread Hate. democracynow.org As federal law enforcement opens an investigation into the Jacksonville, Florida, shooting where a white gunman killed three Black people at a Dollar General as a possible hate crime and act of domestic violent extremism, we speak with civil rights leader Bishop William Barber about the increasing number of racist attacks in America fueled by racism. "There is this history of not just who kills, but what kills and what creates the atmosphere," says Barber, who calls for a political movement of love to force out hateful politicians. Barber specifically condemns the Republican Party and Florida Governor…

Editor (2023-09-05). DeSantis and Jacksonville racist killings. workers.org Once again racism raised its ugly head in a violent manner. A racist shooter killed three Black people near a Dollar General store in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Jacksonville, Florida, on Aug. 26. The city is home to Edward Waters University, a historically Black college, which was a potential . . . |

WSWS (2023-09-04). Proud Boy leaders sentenced to double-digit prison terms. wsws.org Four former top Proud Boys–Ethan Nordean, Dominic Pezzola, Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl–were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 10 to 18 years.

Amjad Alqasis (2023-09-05). Israel's "democracy" protests defend an apartheid system. electronicintifada.net State was never meant to include Palestinians.

infobrics (2023-09-04). Neo-Nazi junta raising its Volkssturm. infobrics.org In the last several months, there have been reports about people with severe physical disabilities getting conscription notices, including blind people, as well as those with no extremities. However, the madness doesn't stop there. People with severe mental disabilities are not spared either. Their apparent "physical fitness" makes them "the perfect cannon fodder" for the criminal Kiev regime.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-09-04). Luxembourgers commemorate 1942 general strike against Nazi German occupation. peoplesdispatch.org Protesting against forced conscription, workers went on a general strike that started in Wiltz on August 31, 1942 and spread across the country. 21 workers were executed by Nazi authorities for participating in the action…

WSWS (2023-09-04). Bavarian deputy prime minister kept in office despite neo-Nazi past. wsws.org Keeping Hubert Aiwanger in office is a clear sign that right-wing extremism does not represent an obstacle to the highest government positions in Germany.

WSWS (2023-09-04). An attack on Holocaust research: The takeover of the History Chair at the Institute for East European Studies at Berlin's Free University. wsws.org With the installation of Robert Kindler, a favourite of right-wing-radical professor Jà∂rg Baberowski, a fundamental reorientation of the Institute for East European Studies is in train, away from studying the crimes of the Nazi regime and Polish-Jewish history.

Tarak Kauff, Peace & Planet News. (2023-09-04). Once We Were Proud And Supportive. popularresistance.org I was born in 1942 to a Jewish family while WWII was raging. My mother hated not only the Nazis but the German people for allowing that to happen. She never forgave them. Never would she buy or touch anything made in Germany. In 1948 the Jewish State of Israel was founded. My family were fiercely proud and supportive of what we felt was the heroic Zionist achievements in Israel. We knew nothing about Palestinians. All we knew was that Arabs hated Jews and did terrible things. At a young age I decided to join the US Army and "become a man." I spent three-and-a-half years, mostly in the 101st Airborne division as a…

Jon Hochschartner (2023-09-05). Vegetarian Socialists of the Anti-Nazi Resistance. counterpunch.org I recently came across some references to a vegetarian socialist organization founded in Weimar Germany, that was active in the anti-Nazi resistance, before it merged with the Social Democratic Party of Germany after World War II. The group was called the Internationaler Sozialistischer Kampfbund, which generally seems to be translated as the Militant Socialist International

Larry Johnson (2023-09-05). Will Americans Supporting UKRAINE Finally Acknowledge That there are Nazis Fighting For Ukraine? sonar21.com The Western media has devoted a lot of resources trying to quash the video evidence of the powerful neo-Nazi element that is fighting for Ukraine. This past weekend a group…

John Mullen (2023-09-05). French government attacks Muslims again. How will the left opposition respond? greenleft.org.au President Emmanuel Macron's government has imposed a ban on long dresses and tunics worn by school students in a deliberate move to exploit widespread Islamophobia, court far-right support and divert attention away from class conflict, writes John Mullen.

John Mullen (2023-09-05). French government attacks Muslims again. How will the left opposition respond? greenleft.org.au Schools opened in France on September 4, after President Emmanuel Macron's government imposed a ban on long dresses and tunics worn by pupils in a deliberate move to exploit widespread Islamophobia, court far-right support and divert attention away from class conflict, writes John Mullen.

WSWS (2023-09-04). Fascist mobs terrorise migrants in Cyprus while police turn blind eye. wsws.org The ruling elites everywhere are enacting the most savage anti-immigration policies and scapegoating refugees and asylum seekers for society's ills.

Staff (2023-09-04). Gofundme, defunded — The Grayzone live. youtube.com Max Blumenthal and Wyatt Reed explain how the attempted sabotage of The Grayzone's fundraiser fits into the wider spectrum of online censorship, and discuss events from Ukraine to Gabon, and a very revealing fascist rally outside Disneyland..

WSWS (2023-09-04). Fascist mobs terrorise migrants in Cyprus while police turn blind eye. wsws.org The ruling elite everywhere, no matter the political colouration of the parties and state leaders involved, are enacting the most savage anti-immigration policies, and scapegoating refugees and asylum seekers for society's ills.

Omar Karmi (2023-09-05). Saudi-Israeli romance? It's complicated. electronicintifada.net Whatever the outcome of Biden's matchmaking, Palestinians have to fend for themselves.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-09-05). Incursión de tropas israelíes en Cisjordania deja cinco heridos. telesurtv.net También dispararon un misil dentro del campo de refugiados de Yenín.

teleSUR, jaa, MER (2023-09-05). Uruguay presenta lista de convocados para eliminatorias mundialistas. telesurtv.net Los tres arqueros serán Sergio Rochet, Santiago Mele y Franco Israel; siendo una de las primeras convocatorias en la que no estará Fernando Muslera.

Dave DeCamp (2023-09-04). IAEA Report Shows Iran Slows Its Enrichment of Uranium at 60%. news.antiwar.com A report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) shows Iran has slowed its enrichment of uranium at 60% purity, The Associated Press reported on Monday. Iran began enriching uranium at 60% in response to an Israeli attack on its Natanz nuclear facility in April 2021. The level is the highest uranium enrichment Iran has …

Karen Rodman (2023-09-04). Canada Complicit with Israel's Annexation of East Jerusalem. globalresearch.ca

Peoples Dispatch (2023-09-04). Palestinian prisoners to launch hunger strike against increasing Israeli restrictions. peoplesdispatch.org Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir recently restricted family visits for prisoners to once every two months from the currently allowed monthly visits. Prisoners will start their collective strike on September 14 and continue it until their demand for the full restoration of their rights is met…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-09-05). Fuerzas israelíes asesinan a joven palestino en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Las fuerzas de ocupación israelíes atacaron durante la noche el campo de refugiados de Nour Shams en Tulkarem.

teleSUR (2023-09-05). US Silence Encourages Israeli Aggression: Abu Rudeineh. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Israeli occupation forces killed Ayed Samih Khaled Abu Harb, a 21-year-old Palestinian youth who was shot in the head during an armed raid on a refugee camp in the West Bank city of Tulkarem. | RELATED: | In a reaction to this, the Palestinian presidency spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh criticized the United States for its inaction on the ongoing Israeli violations in the West Bank, urging it to take meaningful actions to e…

Editor (2023-09-05). Belgian Minister Says What Biden Won't: Israel Is Wiping Entire Palestinian Villages Off the Map. scheerpost.com By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — I heard Noam Chomsky speak in my youth about the press coverage of the Middle East in the United States, and as I remember it he at one point remarked that it was sometimes the regional newspapers, such as the San Francisco Chronicle that had the …

Jessica Buxbaum (2023-09-05). The Red Heifer Project: Israeli Government Part of Plan to Build Third Temple at Al-Aqsa. mintpressnews.com In a bid to establish the Third Temple and obtain Jewish sovereignty over the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jewish extremists and the Israeli government have ramped up efforts to sacrifice a red heifer and spark an unprecedented holy war.

_____ (2023-09-04). (Italiano) Vietnam e Palestina/Israele: un confronto tra legge e guerra. transcend.org 31 Agosto 2023 – Il testo che segue è la mia prefazione a un confronto di conflitti di eccezionale valore: Vietnam e Palestina/Israele. Queste due regioni mi hanno preoccupato per tutta la mia carriera professionale e nel corso della mia vita di cittadino attivista.

Alastair Crooke (2023-09-04). Hotel Ukraine: 'Sure, Check-Out Any Time, but You Can Never Leave'. thealtworld.com In the case of Ukraine, the U.S., it seems, is tilting towards a more permanent (yet less intense) war. The so-called 'Israeli formula'. | (Lyrics from The Eagles' Hotel California song) | "Welcome to the Hotel California | Such a lovely place … | They livin' it up at the Hotel California | What a nice surprise | Bring your alibis" | And she said, "We are all just prisoners here | Of our own device" | And in the master's chambers | They gathered for the feast | They stab it with their steely knives | But they just can't kill the beast … Last thing I remember, I was | Running for the door. | "Relax", said th…

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-09-04). Incursión de tropas israelíes en Cisjordania deja cinco heridos. telesurtv.net También dispararon un misil dentro del campo de refugiados de Yenín.

teleSUR (2023-09-04). Palestinian Prisoners Plan Hunger Strike to Protest. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons announced that they would stage a hunger strike to protest a decision to cut the frequency of their family visits. | RELATED: | The hunger strike, which will start on Thursday, demands a reversal of the decision by Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to reduce family visits from once a month to once every two months, according to the Supreme Emergency Committ…

Editor (2023-09-04). West Bank Dispatch: 120 Palestinians Arrested In Three Days. scheerpost.com

teleSUR, odr, JCM (2023-09-04). Presos palestinos en huelga de hambre para el 14 de septiembre. telesurtv.net El objetivo de esta acción es la restauración de los derechos de los prisioneros y frenar las decisiones y políticas que recrudecen la vida de los palestinos recluidos.

Paul Street (2023-09-05). The Chicago Non-Defender's Cowardly Cuddle with Anti-Communist Cancel Culture. counterpunch.org The Chicago Defender and the "Eye of the [Racist-Imperialist United States] Government" One Century Ago First, some haunting history. In early 1918, an agent from United States (US) Military Intelligence visited the offices of The Chicago Defender, the most influential Black newspaper in the US. Read by masses of Black folks north and south, the

Anna Massoglia (2023-09-04). New Filings Reveal More Luxury Trips and Payments to Ginni Thomas. truthout.org Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reported more trips paid for by Texas billionaire and Republican megadonor Harlan Crow in 2022, according to a newly-filed disclosure detailing the justice's financial dealings. The new financial disclosure reveals that Crow — who is described in the new filing as "a longtime friend of filer and his wife" —- paid for Thomas' travel to speak at a conference in… |

ecsorinoco (2023-09-04). Guatemala: TSE Temporarily Overturns Semilla Party Suspension. orinocotribune.com The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) of Guatemala denied, until the end of the electoral process on October 31, the resolution of the Registry of Citizens that temporarily cancelled the Semilla party. | The plenary of magistrates of the TSE, through a legal appeal, urged the three powers of the state to "continue to watch over the respect for the popular will manifested in the ballot boxes, along with the integrity, purity and efficacy of the electoral process." | The decision came after the winner of the elections, Bernardo Arévalo, general secretary of the Semilla party, requested that the resolution be nulled,…

Mark Gruenberg (2023-09-05). Trump faces Manhattan trial Oct. 2 unless he pays $250M. peoplesworld.org NEW YORK—Donald Trump will face yet another trial, in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan on October 2. That is unless he, his company and his kids pay New York State at least $250 million first, to settle massive fraud claims. So says New York Attorney General Letitia "Tish" James in a 100-page filing …

Stephen Cooper (2023-09-05). Has the Texas Lawyer's Creed Gone to Seed? An Exploration of Professional Ethics and the Death Penalty. counterpunch.org The "Texas Lawyer's Creed" was promulgated by the Supreme Court of Texas and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on November 7, 1989. Established to eliminate abusive tactics within the practice of law, it was thought to be a seminal moment in the legal profession; the culmination of months of hard work and spirited debate

Ann Brown (2023-09-04). 10 Quotes From C. Delores Tucker On Hip-Hop And Its Negative Programming Power. moguldom.com Some recall C. Delores Tucker as the acclaimed civil rights activist and politician who marched alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s, contributing significantly to advancing women's and voting rights. In 1984, Tucker and U.S. Rep. Shirley Chisholm, the trailblazing first Black woman to run for president, established the National Congress of Black …

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