Daily Archives: January 16, 2023

2023-01-16: News Headlines

Fight Back (2023-01-16). New Yorkers say no to NATO. fightbacknews.org New York, NY – Around 300 people braved the first snow of the season on Saturday, January 14 to gather in Times Square outside of the U.S. Army recruiting office and say no to NATO and U.S. militarism. The rally was called by the Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) Coalition and United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) as part of a weekend of action in honor of the legacy of Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. | The event featured a series of powerful speakers who demanded money for healthcare, education, housing and the environment instead of U.S. imperialism. | John Parker of the Socialist Unity Party spoke t…

Scholars for Academic Freedom (2023-01-16). San Francisco State Administration Reaffirms Support for Racism. indybay.org The San Francisco State administration has openly supported the racist Zionist line that Judaism equals Zionism and being critical of Israel is "anti-semitic"

WSWS (2023-01-16). Opening statements, first witness in Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial. wsws.org Prosecutors blamed the Proud Boys for delaying certification of the presidential election on January 6, 2021, while lawyers for the accused blamed then-President Donald Trump and the intelligence agencies.

Jessica Buxbaum (2023-01-16). New Report Charges Major Corporations as Complicit in Israel's Water Apartheid. mintpressnews.com A new study reveals that both Israeli businesses and multinational corporations have been instrumental in helping Israel restrict water access to Palestinians and destroy Palestinian water infrastructure.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-01-16). Israeli Settler Colonialism and Apartheid: Poised for Victory or Defeat? transcend.org 13 Jan 2023 – Anyone with but half eye open during the last several decades should by now be aware of the existence of an undisclosed Zionist Long Game that preceded the establishment of Israel in 1948, and remains currently very much alive. It aims at extending Israeli sovereignty over the whole of Occupied Palestine.

Lee Camp (2023-01-16). The Truth About Ukraine's Azov Battalion Alex Rubinstein and Lee Camp. mintpressnews.com Alex Rubinstein joins Lee Camp to discuss the Anti-Defamation League's recent defense of Ukraine's Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion and what some describe as a broader "corruption" of Jewish institutions.

americanthinker (2023-01-16). Nazi tactics in modern Germany. americanthinker.com It's always bad when a country forces its citizens into medical experiments, but it's especially bad when Germany does it to a Jew.

infobrics (2023-01-16). US Senator says training Ukrainian soldiers in Oklahoma poses risk to civilians. infobrics.org Patriot system unlikely to be a "gamechanger" in Ukrainian conflict.

_____ (2023-01-16). Lula: The Coup And The Importance Of Popular Mobilization. popularresistance.org The attempted fascist Bolsonarist coup d'état of January 8 in Brasilia is not a merely local event. Everything indicates that it had international sponsorship. It is far from being a spontaneous revolt, as there are countless facts that demonstrate a high degree of organization, coordination and financing prior to the assault and vandalizing of the main institutions representing the three branches of state power in Brazil, no less than the Congress, the Planalto Palace and the headquarters of the Federal Supreme Court. This relationship with the support of an international organization behind the coup attempt and…

Juan Cole (2023-01-16). J. Edgar Hoover was the QAnon of his Era, and Martin Luther King Jr. was the Victim of his Dirty Tricks. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) Ours is an age beset by conspiracy theories, with the fascist QAnon cult at the center of much public lunacy. These completely implausible ideas, apparently taken seriously by millions of people, have been enabled by the internet, by social media, and by the rise of a new, militant billionaire class …

Lynda Carson (2023-01-16). Doing business with Fit "N" Furry Pet Resort in Petaluma may be a threat to our democracy. indybay.org Extremist Fascist Right-Wing Pet – Training Center Pet:…

_____ (2023-01-16). Some Africans Can't Get Asylum In Israel Because Persecution Is Normal. popularresistance.org While all eyes are currently and justifiably on the incoming, monstrous Israeli government, there are a few leftovers from the previous administration that are worth mentioning. The previous Israeli government is seen by many people as a kinder, gentler and more reasonable government than the one in place right now. | However, while it is true that the current government is more frightening than anything we have seen the Zionists produce until now, we would do well to look at the policies enacted by that previous government so that we refrain from the mistake of seeing any Zionist government as reasonable or favo…

Michael Veronda Hazou (2023-01-16). New Democrats in Congress are enemies of Palestine cause. electronicintifada.net Fake progressives favor continued military aid to Israel.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-16). Tropas israelíes asesinan a palestino en puesto de control. telesurtv.net Con la muerte de Kahla, quien recibió un disparo en el cuello, luego sucumbió a sus heridas, se eleva a 13 el número de palestinos asesinados en 2023 por las fuerzas israelíes.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-16). Miles de israelíes objetan reforma judicial del premier Netanyahu. telesurtv.net Alertan que otorgará más poder al Ejecutivo en detrimento del Poder Judicial, cuya independencia se vería muy afectada.

ecns.cn (2023-01-16). Chinese FM says Palestinian issue should be prioritized on global agenda. ecns.cn Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said here Sunday that the Palestinian issue should be taken as a priority on the global agenda.

Staff (2023-01-16). Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa'adat launches with global events and actions: Over 210 organizations endorse the campaign. samidoun.net With the support of over 215 organizations from more than 30 countries, the Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa'adat and All Palestinian Prisoners launched on Saturday, 14 January 2023. Marking the 21st anniversary of the imprisonment of Sa'adat, a prominent Palestinian national leader and the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation …

Brenda Norrell (2023-01-16). The Smithsonian is Missing — Whitewashing History and Harboring Native American Remains. indybay.org The Smithsonian is concealing from the public its collection of Native American remains. The Smithsonian paid bounties for Native American skulls for racist studies resulting in grave robbing, executions of Native people and the Massacre at Sand Creek. Today, the Smithsonian refuses to make the facts public, and delays the return of Native American remains to their homelands for reburial by dodging the NAGPRA law.

teleSUR, HIM, JGN (2023-01-16). Conoce 7 frases del luchador por los derechos civiles Martin Luther King. telesurtv.net Por sus causas de lucha y activismo social y antirracista Martin Luther King mereció el premio Nobel de la Paz en 1964.

_____ (2023-01-16). 21 Years Later, Guantánamo Is Still Open — And We Are Still Protesting. popularresistance.org The prison that started out as a provisional, secret, slapdash gulag on the lee side of the Cuban state of Guantanamo is now a rebar-enforced institution with hundreds of millions of dollars flowing into it every year for a dwindling but entrenched population. It survives despite Supreme Court rulings against it, the accumulation of literally millions of billable hours by some of the best legal minds in the United States and Europe, decades of fervent and smart and courageous protest, and four presidents. | Witness Against Torture is a small part of that protest movement. We were founded in 2005, when 25 of us we…

Julia Rock (2023-01-16). Corporations Are Pushing The Supreme Court To Crush Unions. levernews.com

Fight Back (2023-01-15). NYC remembers Dr. King's Legacy. fightbacknews.org New York, NY — Around 60 people gathered in the historic Saint Mary's Episcopal Church in Harlem to honor the legacy of Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. on what would have been his birthday weekend. Organized by Struggle-La Lucha, a panel of 11 speakers took part in the event that demanded: No war and sanctions, strop funding white supremacy in the Ukraine, shut down NATO, and stop racism, transphobia, union busting, and the attacks on women's rights, LGBTQ+ and immigrants. | The speakers included Margaret Kimberly of Black Agenda Report, Melinda Butterfield of Struggle-La Lucha and Omowale Cla, December…

Victoria Law (2023-01-15). From SNCC to Black Lives Matter: Longtime Activists Discuss Black Liberation. truthout.org When they met in 1965, Gwendolyn Zoharah and Michael Simmons had already dedicated their lives to organizing to topple Jim Crow. Both were members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), a civil rights organization that emerged from the sit-ins and civil disobedience throughout the South. Like many of their SNCC co-organizers, both had been arrested, attacked and estranged from… |

Maureen Clare Murphy (2023-01-15). Taking apartheid to new extremes. electronicintifada.net Fanatic settlers are playing a central role in Benjamin Netanyahu's latest government.

Anonymous669 (2023-01-15). Russian Lancet Suicide Drones Destroy More Of Ukraine's M777 Howitzers (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 | Russian Lancet loitering munitions continue to hunt down the M777 towed 155 mm howitzers the United States supplied to Kiev forces after the start of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine. | On January 14 and 15, videos documenting strikes with Lancet loitering munitions that targ…

Hans Stehling (2023-01-15). UK Support of the Illegal Annexation of Palestinian Lands. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2023-01-15). The Life of James Burnham: From Trotskyism to Italian Fascism to the Father of Neo-Conservatism. strategic-culture.org The Life of James Burnham: From Trotskyism to Italian Fascism to the Father of Neo-Conservatism | It is understandably the source of some confusion as to how a former high-level Trotskyist became the founder of the neo-conservative movement. | [The following is from one of the chapters from my newly published book "The Empire on Which the Black Sun Never Set: The Birth of International Fascism and Anglo-American Foreign Policy" which will be made freely available as a three part series published via SCF.] | It is understandably the source of some confusion as to how a former high-level Trotskyist became the found…

Anonymous669 (2023-01-15). Grenade Blast Kill Israeli Soldier, Wound Three Others At Jordan Valley Base. southfront.org File image. | An Israeli soldier was killed and another three wounded after a grenade accidentally exploded at a military training base in the Jordan Valley, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced on January 15. | The army said in a statement that the incident took place around midnight between January 14 and 15 in the living quarters of the 900th "Kfir" Brigade training base near the settlement of Ro'i. | According to an initial probe, one soldier brought a grenade he found during an exercise back to the base and…

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-15). Israel's Outgoing Army Chief Says Israel Has Three Plans to Attack Iran. news.antiwar.com Aviv Kohavi, the outgoing head of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), warned Friday that Israel has three operational plans drawn up to attack Iran. In an interview on Friday, Kohavi said that Israel drew up these plans to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear bomb, although the Pentagon recently admitted that Iran is not building …

Editor (2023-01-15). Some Africans Can't Get Asylum in Israel Because Persecution Is Normal There. scheerpost.com While the numbers of Israeli atrocities and crimes are far too many to count, from time to time we come across something that stands out. This time it is the decision of Israel's outgoing Minister of Interior to deny asylum to a woman facing female genital mutilation.

Juan Cole (2023-01-15). Israeli Opposition Warns of "Civil War," "End of Democracy" as 80,000 Rally against Netanyahu. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) The Palestinian newspaper Amad reports that tens of thousands of Israelis took part on Saturday evening in demonstrations in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa protesting the new Israeli government, headed by Binyamin Netanyahu. The Hebrew press reported a massive police presence at these sites. The Israeli center-right is finding out …

Staff (2023-01-15). 21st anniversary of the abduction of Ahmad Sa'adat: Palestinian Authority imprisonment and "security cooperation" continuing crimes. samidoun.net 15 January 2023 marks the 21st anniversary of the abduction of Palestinian leader Ahmad Sa'adat by the Palestinian Authority — at the behest of and as part of "security coordination" with the Israeli occupation in 2002. Sa'adat, the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, has now been imprisoned consistently since …

Staff (2023-01-15). 21st anniversary of the abduction of Ahmad Sa'adat: Palestinian Authority imprisonment and "security cooperation" continuing crimmes. samidoun.net 15 January 2023 marks the 21st anniversary of the abduction of Palestinian leader Ahmad Sa'adat by the Palestinian Authority — at the behest of and as part of "security coordination" with the Israeli occupation in 2002. Sa'adat, the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, has now been imprisoned consistently since …

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-15). Tropas israelíes asesinan a dos jóvenes palestinos en Jenin. telesurtv.net Los militares israelíes asesinaron a tiros a primera hora de la mañana de este sábado a dos jóvenes palestinos durante una redada militar en la ciudad de Jaba, al sur de Jenín.

WSWS (2023-01-15). 100,000 protest Israel's far-right government plans to politically control judiciary. wsws.org Saturday's demonstrations were far larger than last week's protest, testifying to the increasing concerns and anger on the part of Israelis, Jewish and Palestinian, over the political programme of Netanyahu's far-right coalition government.

Jim Miles (2023-01-15). "Imagining Palestine": A Strongly Presented 'Ideation' of Palestine. globalresearch.ca

Julia Conley (2023-01-15). New York Climate Groups Sue Over New Energy-Guzzling Crypto Mining Operation. truthout.org Three climate action groups said Friday that New York's decision to allow a Canadian cryptocurrency mining company to control a fracked gas power plant is a clear violation of the state's landmark climate protection law as they sued a state commission in Albany County Supreme Court. The lawsuit, filed by Earthjustice on behalf of Clean Air Coalition of Western New York and the Sierra Club… |

Staff (2023-01-15). Gobierno de Perú declara estado de emergencia durante un mes en varias regiones del país. cubadebate.cu Mediante un decreto supremo, el Gobierno de Perú ha declarado este sábado el estado de emergencia en tres regiones, dos provincias y un distrito del país, ante las protestas sostenidas. La medida empezará a regir a partir del 15 de enero, por un término de 30 días. La renuncia de Boluarte y el adelanto de elecciones para este año son demandas centrales de los manifestantes.

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