Daily Archives: April 5, 2023

2023-04-05: News Headlines

teleSUR, ajs, JGN (2023-04-04). Vigencia del ideario y lucha de Martin Luther King. telesurtv.net Martin Luther King fue un incansable luchador contra el racismo y a favor de los derechos sociales de las minorías en EE.UU.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-04-05). 47th Anniversary of Land Day: Palestinians Rally Against Israelis' Theft of Their Land. orinocotribune.com Palestinians have held rallies to commemorate the 47th anniversary of Land Day, in honor of the struggle against Israeli settler-apartheid oppression and the call for freedom, justice and equality. | People in the Gaza Strip, West Bank, and East al-Quds took to the streets on Thursday to mark the event that takes place on March 30 every year. | In the Gaza Strip, protesters gathered near the fence that separates the besieged enclave from the occupied territories as Israeli troops fired live bullets and tear gas canisters. According to local sources, five Palestinians were injured, three of them with live bullets,…

Anonymous103 (2023-04-04). What Kind of Ukraine Do We Support? southfront.org Illustrative Image. Source: Alexey Fedorenko/Shutterstock | Written by The slogan "Support for Ukraine" continues to bloom. Do those who promote it know that the Ukrainians were the most martyred people in Europe BEFORE the war? Because of the very person the West cherishes… President Zelensky. | In summary, here is what our media hide from us and w…

teleSUR, ajs, JGN (2023-04-04). Vigencia del ideario y lucha de Martin Luther King. telesurtv.net Martin Luther King fue un incansable luchador contra el racismo y a favor de los derechos sociales de las minorías en EE.UU.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-04-05). 47th Anniversary of Land Day: Palestinians Rally Against Israelis' Theft of Their Land. orinocotribune.com Palestinians have held rallies to commemorate the 47th anniversary of Land Day, in honor of the struggle against Israeli settler-apartheid oppression and the call for freedom, justice and equality. | People in the Gaza Strip, West Bank, and East al-Quds took to the streets on Thursday to mark the event that takes place on March 30 every year. | In the Gaza Strip, protesters gathered near the fence that separates the besieged enclave from the occupied territories as Israeli troops fired live bullets and tear gas canisters. According to local sources, five Palestinians were injured, three of them with live bullets,…

Anonymous103 (2023-04-04). What Kind of Ukraine Do We Support? southfront.org Illustrative Image. Source: Alexey Fedorenko/Shutterstock | Written by The slogan "Support for Ukraine" continues to bloom. Do those who promote it know that the Ukrainians were the most martyred people in Europe BEFORE the war? Because of the very person the West cherishes… President Zelensky. | In summary, here is what our media hide from us and w…

Mike Ludwig (2023-04-04). Trump Campaign Uses Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories to Fundraise Off Indictment. truthout.org Donald Trump and his campaign are leveraging misinformation and anti-Jewish conspiracy theories to turn the media circus around the former president's indictment in New York into a cash cow. The indictment stems from hush money allegedly paid to porn icon and sex work activist Stormy Daniels and potentially one other woman. At an arraignment in Manhattan on Tuesday, a judge announced that Trump… |

Editor (2023-04-05). Is Israel a 'democracy'? An editorial. workers.org For the past 13 weeks, Israel has been rocked with massive demonstrations in the hundreds of thousands, especially in Tel Aviv, targeting the far-right, neofascist government headed by the butcher Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. What prompted the protests was a proposed "reform package" that would curtail the judiciary branch of . . . |

Jake Johnson (2023-04-04). Chants of 'fascists!' ring out as Tennessee GOP moves to expel Dems over gun control protest. therealnews.com

Angela (2023-04-05). Sunday 4/16: Q&A Discussion of the film "Marketing the Israeli Occupation – Part One" indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

Brenda Norrell (2023-04-05). Dangerous Jet Combat Training over Tohono O'odham Nation Endangers O'odham. indybay.org Tohono O'odham were not informed of jet combat training overhead during the last two weeks, or that the Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems had built an 11th spy tower in the heart of the Tohono O'odham Nation.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-04-05). Irán celebra funeral de dos asesores militares asesinados por Israel. telesurtv.net Ambos asesores perdieron la vida en un ataque israelí lanzado el pasado viernes contra zonas aledañas de Damasco (capital siria).

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-04-05). Ataque israelí a mezquita de Al-Aqsa deja al menos 300 heridos. telesurtv.net Este mes los musulmanes celebran el Ramadán y se encontraban rezando en la mezquita que estaba llena de mujeres, niños y personas mayores…

Staff (2023-04-05). Policía israelí ataca a palestinos en la Mezquita de Al_Aqsa. cubadebate.cu La policía israelí llevó a cabo una redada en la mezquita de Al-Aqsa en la Ciudad Vieja de Jerusalén el miércoles temprano (hora local) y atacó a feligreses palestinos, de acuerdo con reportes de medios de comunicación palestinos, aumentando los temores de que se intensifiquen las tensiones mientras coinciden las festividades islámica y judía.

TALA (2023-04-05). Israel's new far-right government: Analysis. bdsmovement.net

FP Explainers (2023-04-05). Explained: Why al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem is a regular site of conflict between Israel and Palestine. firstpost.com

Dave DeCamp (2023-04-04). Two Civilians Killed in Latest Israeli Airstrikes in Syria. news.antiwar.com Israel continued its relentless bombing campaign in Syria early Tuesday morning, launching airstrikes targeting the southern suburbs of Damascus and killing two civilians, Syria's SANA news agency reported. The pro-opposition UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported that two civilians were killed in the Israeli bombardment. The SOHR described the target that was hit …

Gershon Baskin (2023-04-04). Passover: Time to Bring Freedom, Equality to Israel's Palestinians. globalresearch.ca

James North (2023-04-04). 'NY Times' Won't Explain Why Palestinians Aren't Joining the Big Anti-Netanyahu Demonstrations in Israel. globalresearch.ca

Juan Cole (2023-04-04). US Joins Civilized World: Trump's Arraignment for Electoral Corruption is just like former French President Sarkozy's. juancole.com Revised. Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Trump's arraignment today has been widely denounced by the US Right as politically motivated and unprecedented. But high officers of the US government, including former vice presidents Aaron Burr and Spiro Agnew, have had to be arraigned before judges. Moreover, in other countries, such as Israel, Germany, France and …

Marc Steiner (2023-04-04). Israel's protest movement can't succeed without embracing Palestinian liberation. therealnews.com As Israelis march en masse against Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial coup, many around the world are questioning why these protests did not materialize in defense of Palestinian land and life. For a special Passover installment of the "Not in Our Name" series, Rabbi Arik Ascherman joins The Marc Steiner Show to talk about the current protest movement in Israel and why democracy there cannot be attained without Palestinian liberation. |

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-04). Israeli cabinet approves controversial plan for a new security force. peoplesdispatch.org The approval comes even as existing Israeli security forces continue their killing spree against Palestinians with two more killed in the occupied territories over the weekend…

Ryan Cristián (2023-04-04). Silence As Ukraine/Israel Continue To Kill Abroad, Vinyl Chloride In Woman's Urine & The MAGA Trap. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (4//23/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

Staff (2023-04-04). Headlines for April 4, 2023. democracynow.org Donald Trump Prepares to Surrender to New York Court to Face 34 Felony Counts, Philippines Announces Locations of Four New U.S. Military Bases, Syria Says 2 Civilians Killed in Israeli Missile Attacks on Damascus , Jailed U.S. Journalist Evan Gershkovich Appeals Arrest on Spying Charges in Russia , 11 Arrested at Pro-Choice Protest as Florida Senate Approves Six-Week Abortion Ban, Nashville Students Walk Out of Classes to Demand Gun Controls, Tennessee GOP Moves to Expel 3 House Democrats Who Joined Peaceful Anti-Gun Protests, Virginia Medical Examiner: Irvo Otieno Died by Homicide Due to Asphyxiation , Justice D…

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-04-04). Tropas israelíes asesinan a dos jóvenes palestinos en Nablus. telesurtv.net Ahmed Jibril, director de Ambulancias y Emergencias de la Media Luna Roja en Nablus, explicó a la prensa que ambos llegaron con graves heridas a dos hospitales en la urbe, donde fallecieron.

teleSUR, jaa, MER (2023-04-04). Nuevo ataque israelí con misiles deja dos muertos en Siria. telesurtv.net La mayor parte del ataque fue interceptado por las antiaéreas sirias, reveló el Ministerio de Información sirio.

The Cradle (2023-04-04). Israel on Fire: A Legal Slippery Slope to National Disintegration. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2023-04-04). Trump's Arrest a Message to Israel and the Neocons. journal-neo.org

Dave DeCamp (2023-04-04). Former Israeli PM Ehud Barak Admits Israel Has Nukes. news.antiwar.com On Tuesday, Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak acknowledged that Israel has nuclear weapons in a now-deleted tweet about concerns over the current Israeli government's judicial overhaul plans. Barak wrote: "In conversations between Israelis and Western diplomatic officials, there are deep concerns raised of the possibility that if the coup in Israel succeeds, a messianic …

Miko Peled, Mintpress News. (2023-04-04). Netanyahu's Power Grab Shatters Myth Of A United, Democratic Israel. popularresistance.org A few observations on things surrounding the issue of Israel. For reasons that are hard to understand at this point, the rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia has had very little mention in the Israeli press. Considering its importance and potential impact on the region, it is difficult to see how Israel is hardly moved by this development. There was an expectation that Saudi Arabia would normalize relations with Israel. However, now the kingdom not only has not done so, but they are also building bridges with Iran, Israel's biggest nemesis. It is a slap in the face of the U.S. and Israel and may soon be se…

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2023-04-04). NYU drops bogus charges against graduate student worker. electronicintifada.net Naye Idriss, who was charged with vandalism and bigotry for writing on binned Israeli mail bag, is rehired with back pay.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-04-04). Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Youth Near Al-Aqsa Mosque on 2nd Friday of Ramadan. orinocotribune.com Israeli forces have fatally shot a young Palestinian in front of one of the gates to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied Old City of al-Quds as the occupying regime ramps up violence against Muslim worshipers in the fasting holy month of Ramadan. | The Palestinian media said the young man, identified as Muhammad al-Osibi, was killed on Friday evening near the Chain Gate, one of the entrances to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound. | Eyewitnesses said gunfire was clearly heard from inside the mosque and that the young man was shot dead as he tried to protect a Palestinian girl who was being prevented by troops fro…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-04). Fourth Israeli airstrike inside Syria in less than a week kills two civilians. peoplesdispatch.org The Syrian Foreign Ministry has recently stated that the repeated Israeli airstrikes inside its territory were coordinated with extremist forces in the country that are fighting the government…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-04). Israeli Supreme Court rules against eviction of Palestinian family in East Jerusalem. peoplesdispatch.org Jewish settler groups have been trying to expel the Palestinian Sumarin family from their home in the town of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem for over 30 years…

Tamara Nassar (2023-04-04). Cover-up suspected in Israeli police killing of Palestinian in Jerusalem. electronicintifada.net Occupation forces killed three Palestinians in the first days of April.

Mark Gruenberg (2023-04-04). Norfolk Southern's huge profits go 80 percent to top honchos' checks. peoplesworld.org CLEVELAND—Unions, safety specialists, and—now—the residents of East Palestine, Ohio, have contended that corporate greed drove Norfolk Southern Railway to cut corners on safety inspections and prevention, thus leading to the disastrous Feb. 3 wreck there. But buried deep in the March 31 federal Justice Department filing, for both itself and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, …

Middle East Children's Alliance (2023-04-04). Sunday 4/30: Voices of Palestinian Resistance: Commemorating 75 Years of Nakba. indybay.org Sydney Goldstein Theater, San Francisco (near Civic Center BART)…

Fight Back (2023-04-04). Commentary: For Black Chicagoans, the mayoral election is about community control of the police. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Two factors have made public safety a lynchpin issue in the upcoming mayoral election between Brandon Johnson, former teacher supported by the Chicago Teacher's Union, and Paul Vallas, former CEO of Chicago Public Schools, backed by the Fraternal Order of the Police (FOP). First is the rise in the crime rate in the city in recent years. The second, and principal, reason is the law-and-order backlash that followed the historic protests of the George Floyd Rebellion. | Groups like the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR) are fighting to make sure that the city's supposed c…

Henry A. Giroux (2023-04-04). The Right Wing Is Waging a Dirty War Against History and Education. truthout.org At the core of all authoritarian regimes is a politics of disappearance: a practice of elimination that targets the oppositional press, revolutionary ideas, perceived enemies, migrants, people of color, women and trans people, troubling knowledge and historical memories that threaten the existing racist capitalist order. In the contemporary U.S., this authoritarian politics of disappearance… |

splcenter (2023-04-04). Douglass Mackey Verdict Sinks 'Shitposting' Defense. splcenter.org Following four days of deliberation, a jury handed radical-right activist Douglass Mackey a guilty verdict on Friday, March 31, asserting that he interfered with the 2016 election through his infamous "Ricky Vaughn" pseudonym.

Amy Goodman (2023-04-04). Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Has Major Ramifications for 2024 Election. truthout.org A crucial election in Wisconsin on Tuesday will decide the fate of democracy in the state and have major ramifications for the 2024 presidential election, says reporter Ari Berman, national voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones. At stake is a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which currently has a 4-3 conservative majority. Although technically nonpartisan, the election is a showdown… |

Arturo Domínguez (2023-04-04). White Supremacists, Fentanyl and Meth (OPINION). latinorebels.com While immigrants continue to be linked to the fentanyl crisis, the truth is much harder to confront for white America.

Sharon Zhang (2023-04-04). "Corporations Are Not People": Jayapal Files Bill to Reverse "Citizens United" truthout.org Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Washington) has introduced a bill that would end corporate personhood with the goal of reversing Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the infamous Supreme Court decision that has unleashed a flood of corporate "dark money" into the U.S. election system, threatening to undermine democracy altogether. The We the People Amendment, introduced in the House with 26… |

Staff (2023-04-04). Ari Berman on the Race That Could Decide the Fate of Democracy in Wisconsin — and the 2024 Election. democracynow.org A crucial election in Wisconsin on Tuesday will decide the fate of democracy in the state and have major ramifications for the 2024 presidential election, says reporter Ari Berman, national voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones. At stake is a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which currently has a 4-3 conservative majority. Although technically nonpartisan, the election is a showdown between Democratic-backed Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Janet Protasiewicz and Republican-backed former state Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly. Berman says the outcome of the race could determine if abortion remain…

Rick Rozoff (2023-04-04). Top NATO military headquarters inducts 31st member state. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropeApril 4, 2023 SHAPE welcomes its newest member — The Republic of Finland MONS, Belgium — Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) welcomed NATO's newest member, the Republic of Finland, during a ceremonial flag raising on Tuesday, Apr. 4, 2023. The event to recognise Finland as the 31st nation to join …

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