Daily Archives: January 24, 2023

2023-01-24: News Headlines

Lyynda Carson (2023-01-24). Unveiling the local fascist Republican Party. indybay.org Nazis And Republicans Appear To Be One, And The Same:…

WSWS (2023-01-24). Australian neo-Nazi spared prison sentence after violent attack on security guard. wsws.org The lenient sentence will further embolden far-right forces in Australia.

infobrics (2023-01-24). Kiev's forces once again using civilians as human shields — UK media reports. infobrics.org The neo-Nazi regime shows very clearly that protecting non-military people is not its priority in the conflict.

Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik (2023-01-24). Las grandes empresas están detrás de la toma de la Cámara por la extrema derecha. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—El hecho de que los republicanos fascistas de derecha hayan podido hacerse cargo de una de las dos cámaras del Congreso es el resultado del fuerte respaldo que han recibido de las principales corporaciones y sus cabilderos. Desmiente la proposición de que se puede contar con las grandes empresas como un aliado confiable o incluso …

Revolution Club, Bay Area ( (2023-01-24). Saturday 1/21: Protest the Christian Fascist "Walk for Life"! indybay.org Powell Street cable car turnaround (1 Powell Street)…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-24). Venezuela envía a su canciller a la VII Cumbre de la Celac. telesurtv.net El Gobierno denunció un plan elaborado por la derecha neofascista para llevar a cabo una serie de agresiones en contra de la delegación encabezada por el presidente Maduro.

_____ (2023-01-24). Palestine under the yoke of Netanyahu's "new" government. journal-neo.org The visit of Israel's far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem has caused an uproar among Palestinians and in Arab and international circles. Even within Israel itself, it led to resentment because of the serious consequences the visit would have on stability in the Palestinian territories. Especially after …

Ken Blackman (2023-01-24). Labor must take a stand on Palestine. greenleft.org.au How can we prevail on Labor to admit that realpolitik is obscene as a frame for its Israel relations? How can we force it to see the Israeli colonising project as unacceptable in today's world, asks Ken Blackman?

Brett Wilkins (2023-01-24). New Brett Kavanaugh Documentary Sparks Call for DOJ Probe. commondreams.org

| The surprise premiere of a documentary revealing "shocking new allegations" of sexual crimes committed decades ago by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh sparked new calls on Monday for Senate and Justice Department investigations. | Doug Liman's Justice premiered Friday as a last-minute addition to the lineup of the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

North Shore Counter-Info (2023-01-24). Drag Defenders Won 4-0 At Weekend Protests. itsgoingdown.org Report on community defense of LGBTQ+ events across so-called Canada. Originally posted to Northshore Counter-Info and written by Canadian Anti-Hate Network. The far-Right movement is coming hard for the 2SLGBTQ+ community right now, fueled by the anti-trans narratives of accounts like Libs of Tiktok and white supremacists like Tucker Carlson. They're redoing the lavender scare of the…

Michael Fox (2023-01-23). Lula's New Government Is Taking Steps to Combat Racism in Brazil. truthout.org On January 1, Brazil's new President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva walked up the ramp to the presidential palace, in front of nearly 200,000 cheering supporters. Traditionally, the new president walks alongside the outgoing leader, who then hands him or her the presidential sash. But former President Jair Bolsonaro left Brazil for Florida two days before the end of his term. So, instead… |

John Wojcik (2023-01-23). Bridgeport, Chicago's message to racists: Not in my neighborhood! peoplesworld.org CHICAGO By mid-month January residents of the Bridgeport neighborhood here, both Black and white, started turning up in big numbers to undo damage done to a fledgling soul food restaurant by racist vandals in this Chicago neighborhood. Determined to let the vandals who smeared the restaurant with BLDM (Black Lives Don't Matter) graffiti know …

Ali Abunimah (2023-01-23). EU says it's anti-Semitic to call Israel an apartheid state. electronicintifada.net Foreign policy chief Josep Borrell dismisses Amnesty International's findings.

PACBI (2023-01-23). Protests Around the World Urge New PUMA CEO to End Complicity in Israeli Apartheid. bdsmovement.net

Fight Back (2023-01-23). Solidarity with the 19 January general strike of the workers in France, for the defense of their retirement! fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the World Federation of Trade Unions. | The World Federation of Trade Unions, which represents 105 million affiliates in more than 130 countries around the world, expresses its solidarity with the workers of France who are called for a general strike and demonstrations throughout the country on Thursday January 19, 2023 against the Macron government's plan to raise the legal retirement age to 64. | The WFTU recalls that the French Social Security, which is an achievement resulting from the workers' resistance against the Nazi occupation and whic…

Shane Quinn (2023-01-23). Rise of Nazism in Interwar Germany: Hitler's Political Rivalry with Ludendorff. globalresearch.ca

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-23). A Bolivian Hell on Earth: Balkanization in the Name of God. libya360.wordpress.com Rafael Bautista S. If hell is a Christian invention, its own history which is the history of the West is proof of it, shedding as much blood as possible "in the name of love". But the religion of Hebrew-Semitic origin (not Western), which announced the "good news" to the poor, that we are…

Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik (2023-01-23). Big business is behind extreme right takeover of the House. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—The fact that fascistic rightwing Republicans have been able to take over one of the two Houses of Congress is the result of strong backing they have received from major corporations and their lobbyists. It puts the lie to the proposition that big business can be counted on as a reliable or even any kind …

Staff (2023-01-23). Maduro no asistirá a Cumbre de la Celac por plan de agresiones contra delegación venezolana. cubadebate.cu El Gobierno de Venezuela informó que el presidente Nicolás Maduro no asistirá a a la VII Cumbre de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (Celac) y que su lugar irá el canciller de ese país, debido a planes de la derecha neofascista para agredir a la delegación que estaría encabezada por el mandatario venezolano.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-23). US, Israel Launch 'Most Significant' Military Drills in History in Message to Iran. news.antiwar.com On Monday, the US and Israel launched massive military drills, which one Pentagon official speaking to NBC News described as the "most significant exercise between the United States and Israel to date." The drills, dubbed Juniper Oak 23, will last until Friday and will involve about 6,400 US troops, 1,100 Israeli personnel, 142 different types …

Juan Cole (2023-01-23). Israel's Netanyahu Crumbles before Supreme Court demand he Fire Corrupt Minister, as AG considers Banning Netanyahu Too. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) Carrie Keller-Lynn at The Times of Israel reports that at Sunday's Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was forced to fire his minister of health and the Interior, Aryeh Makhlouf Deri, who heads up the ultra-right-wing Shas Party. The move was forced on Netanyahu by Israel's Supreme Court, which holds Deri …

Middle East Monitor (2023-01-23). Netanyahu's claim of Jewish exclusivity in Palestine must be challenged. juancole.com By Iqbal Jassat | ( Middle East Monitor ) The defiant declaration by Benjamin Netanyahu that he is going to press ahead and complete Israel's colonial project in Palestine must be challenged by the world. Regardless of international law and conventions, his government is going to continue to defy them. Knowing full well …

Miko Peled (2023-01-23). Israel's Hysterical Response to "Farha" Proves the Movie's Effectiveness. mintpressnews.com "Farha" doesn't even mention Israel, Jewish people, or Zionism, so why are Israeli officials demanding Netflix drop the movie and calling for a boycott of the streaming service?

Peoples Dispatch (2023-01-23). Over 100 countries condemn Israel's punitive measures against Palestinians following UNGA vote. mronline.org Following the UNGA resolution, Israel announced withholding of USD 39 million of Palestinian money, which is likely to cause further suffering and impact basic services delivery in the occupied territories.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-01-23). Daily Round-Up | Third Belmarsh Tribunal held in Washington DC and more. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Roundup, we take a look at testimonies from the third Belmarsh Tribunal held in Washington DC, the intensifying tussle for power between the government and the judiciary in Israel and why wrestlers in India are protesting against the sport's governing body in that country.

Staff (2023-01-23). Headlines for January 23, 2023. democracynow.org Suspected Gunman in Killing of 10 at L.A. County Dance Studio Found Dead , Germany Will "Not Stand in the Way" of Shipments of Battle Tanks to Ukraine, Over 200 Arrested as Peruvian Police Violently Raid University in Lima, Rights Groups Decry "Politically Motivated" Charges Against El Salvador Water Defenders , 100,000 March in Tel Aviv to Protest Far-Right Israeli Government , National Grid Failure Leaves 220 Million Without Power Across Pakistan, Canada to Pay $3 Billion to Settle Lawsuit over Residential School Abuses, Burkina Faso's Military Rulers Order French Troops to Depart,…

teleSUR, MER (2023-01-23). Fuerzas de Israel destruyen estructuras palestinas en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Miembros del ejército de Israel llegaron con maquinaria pesada e irrumpieron en la zona para demoler dos edificios residenciales.

WSWS (2023-01-23). Mass protests grow against Israel's far-right government. wsws.org The numbers testify to the anger over the trajectory of the most right-wing government in Israel's history. However, the leading lights of the former "government of change" are seeking to maintain control, prioritizing the government's plans to weaken the High Court over broader social, economic and political issues.

Fight Back (2023-01-23). New York demands freedom for Palestinian prisoners. fightbacknews.org New York, NY — On Saturday January 21, New Yorkers rallied inside Grand Central Station for an emergency action called by Within Our Lifetime and Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network as part of a global week of action. The crowd of 80 people honored the 15 Palestinians killed since the beginning of the New Year and demanded the freedom of all Palestinian prisoners, despite the New York Police Department's attempts to silence the rally. | The action began with chants demanding freedom for Palestine and an end to Zionist occupation. Posters and banners called attention to the specific cases of Ahm…

Unicorn Riot (2023-01-23). Ancient Antiquities Discovered in Palestine's Gaza Strip. unicornriot.ninja

Michael F. Brown (2023-01-23). Racist rabbi to speak in Florida. electronicintifada.net Ben Packer calls John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, a "freedom fighter."

WSWS (2023-01-23). Berlin Senate pushes police-state measures after New Year's "riot night" wsws.org For over two weeks, the events of the so-called "Berlin New Year's Eve" have served German politicians and media as a pretext for a right-wing police-state campaign and noxious racist agitation.

Jason Wilson (2023-01-23). Four Oath Keepers Convicted in Second Seditious Conspiracy Trial. splcenter.org A 12-person Washington, D.C. jury convicted four members of the antigovernment Oath Keepers group of seditious conspiracy on Monday over their role in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Editor at NewsOne (2023-01-23). Vice President Harris Delivers Fierce Speech Commemorating th Anniversary Of Roe v. Wade. newsone.com Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty | Vice President Kamala Harris commemorated the th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision with a rousing speech in Jacksonville, Florida. Abortion care physician Sujatha Prabhakaran introduced Harris at the Jacksonville rally on Sunday. | What was once treated as a settled right was snatched from millions of women and people capable of pregnancy after the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. After acknowledging the horrific mass shooting in Monterey, California, Harris put the commemoration in context. | On what would have been its th anniver…

Fight Back (2023-01-23). Tampa activists march for Roe's 50th anniversary. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – On Sunday, January 22, a coalition of Tampa activist groups led a 150-person march across downtown for reproductive rights. The 50th anniversary of of Roe v. Wade became a nationwide day of action rather than a day of celebration due to the Supreme Court overturning nationwide abortion rights last June. | "It was great to partner with some wonderful organizations to get folks out here on the 50th anniversary of Roe. To really make a statement and let our elected officials know that we're not going to sit back quietly while they strip us of our reproductive freedoms," said Heather St. Amand, west centr…

Newswire Editor (2023-01-23). Free Speech For People Calls on Attorney General and Senate Judiciary Committee to Open Immediate Investigation into New Kavanaugh Allegations. commondreams.org Free Speech For People today issued a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin, and Ranking Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, calling for immediate and thorough investigations into sexual misconduct, perjury, and conspiracy to obstruct a congressional proceeding involving Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. | The new allegations were raised in filmmaker Doug Liman's documentary Justice, which premiered on January 20 at the Sundance Film Festival. The film presents disturbing new evidence of Kavanaugh's sexual misconduct, potential perjury, and details of what a Kavanau…

Staff (2023-01-23). 'We Can't Back Down': Congresswomen Share Their Abortion Stories on Roe Anniversary. commondreams.org As thousands of people gathered at pro-choice rallies across the United States, multiple congresswomen marked the th anniversary of Roe v. Wade on Sunday by sharing their own experiences with abortion care and renewing calls to protect reproductive rights in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court reversing its landmark ruling. "I'm one of the …

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