(2023-04-11). Let's Confront Ideas of "Normality" —— They Are Rooted in Racism and Ableism. truthout.org What would it feel like for educators to truly reject the implicit positioning of whiteness and ability at the center of the teaching and learning that takes place in the United States? To do that, education professor Subini Annamma says, "we must consider all parts of our classrooms including pedagogy, curriculum and relationships." Annamma, the author of The Pedagogy of Pathologization: Dis/ |
(2023-04-11). "Devastating": GOP Texas Gov. Moves to Pardon Man Convicted of Murdering Black Lives Matter Protester. democracynow.org 
Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott says he is "working as swiftly" as possible to pardon a U.S. Army sergeant who was just convicted Friday of murdering a Black Lives Matter protester in 2020 just blocks from the Texas state Capitol. Daniel Perry was also convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for fatally shooting 28-year-old Air Force veteran Garrett Foster. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles said Monday it is now launching an investigation into Governor Abbott's request for an expedited pardon. We're joined by Hiram Gilberto Garcia, an independent journalist who live…
(2023-04-11). By Refusing To Host Israel, Indonesia Shows Us How to Defeat Apartheid. mintpressnews.com FIFA recently punished Indonesia for boycotting Israel, a country that consistently shoots soccer players in the knees so that they are unable to play in international sporting events…
(2023-04-12). The 1st Amendment, Defense Security Cooperation Agency & the Henry A. Kissinger Connection. indybay.org Attached please find the article, "Kissinger's Culpability," published this month in The Progressive magazine. The story admirably fleshes out the already decorated U.S. federal national security and human rights whistleblower's arguably most important disclosures regarding a far-right and/or neo-Nazi cabal and a systemic pattern of self-protecting reprisal running through National Defense University (NDU) and Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) decisions against an already decorated national security whistleblower; efforts sustained by collaborationist kapos of the U.S. Merit System Protection Board (MSPB…
(2023-04-11). Cuba y Suiza, por el fortalecimiento de sus vínculos. cubadebate.cu El miembro del Buró Político y vicepresidente de la República, Salvador Valdés Mesa, sostuvo un encuentro este lunes con el excelentísimo señor Ignazio Cassis, jefe del Departamento Federal de Asuntos Exteriores de la Confederación Suiza, quien desde el pasado sábado inició una visita oficial a nuestro país.
(2023-04-12). Ma Ying-jeou's mainland visit shows cross-Strait kinship: spokesperson. ecns.cn A spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office noted that the visit of Ma Ying-jeou, former chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang party, to the Chinese mainland showed that compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are Chinese and of one family.
(2023-04-11). Let's Confront Ideas of "Normality" —— They Are Rooted in Racism and Ableism. truthout.org What would it feel like for educators to truly reject the implicit positioning of whiteness and ability at the center of the teaching and learning that takes place in the United States? To do that, education professor Subini Annamma says, "we must consider all parts of our classrooms including pedagogy, curriculum and relationships." Annamma, the author of The Pedagogy of Pathologization: Dis/ |
(2023-04-11). "Devastating": GOP Texas Gov. Moves to Pardon Man Convicted of Murdering Black Lives Matter Protester. democracynow.org Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott says he is "working as swiftly" as possible to pardon a U.S. Army sergeant who was just convicted Friday of murdering a Black Lives Matter protester in 2020 just blocks from the Texas state Capitol. Daniel Perry was also convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for fatally shooting 28-year-old Air Force veteran Garrett Foster. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles said Monday it is now launching an investigation into Governor Abbott's request for an expedited pardon. We're joined by Hiram Gilberto Garcia, an independent journalist who live…
(2023-04-11). By Refusing To Host Israel, Indonesia Shows Us How to Defeat Apartheid. mintpressnews.com FIFA recently punished Indonesia for boycotting Israel, a country that consistently shoots soccer players in the knees so that they are unable to play in international sporting events…
(2023-04-12). The 1st Amendment, Defense Security Cooperation Agency & the Henry A. Kissinger Connection. indybay.org Attached please find the article, "Kissinger's Culpability," published this month in The Progressive magazine. The story admirably fleshes out the already decorated U.S. federal national security and human rights whistleblower's arguably most important disclosures regarding a far-right and/or neo-Nazi cabal and a systemic pattern of self-protecting reprisal running through National Defense University (NDU) and Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) decisions against an already decorated national security whistleblower; efforts sustained by collaborationist kapos of the U.S. Merit System Protection Board (MSPB…
(2023-04-11). Cuba y Suiza, por el fortalecimiento de sus vínculos. cubadebate.cu El miembro del Buró Político y vicepresidente de la República, Salvador Valdés Mesa, sostuvo un encuentro este lunes con el excelentísimo señor Ignazio Cassis, jefe del Departamento Federal de Asuntos Exteriores de la Confederación Suiza, quien desde el pasado sábado inició una visita oficial a nuestro país.
(2023-04-12). Ma Ying-jeou's mainland visit shows cross-Strait kinship: spokesperson. ecns.cn A spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office noted that the visit of Ma Ying-jeou, former chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang party, to the Chinese mainland showed that compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are Chinese and of one family.
(2023-04-12). Fallece política venezolana Tibisay Lucena. telesurtv.net El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, lamenta su muerte y la evoca como "patriota, defensora de la democracia y la educación en nuestro país".
(2023-04-12). No Pardon for Genocide: Rejecting the Catholic Church's "Repudiation" of the Doctrine of Discovery. itsgoingdown.org Editorial from Indigenous Action rejecting the Catholic Church's so-called 'repudiation' of genocide and colonialism. On March 30th, 2023 a joint statement was released by administrative departments of the Vatican City-State condemning "acts of violence, oppression, social injustice and slavery, including those committed against indigenous peoples." The Catholic Church stated that it "…repudiates those concepts that…
(2023-04-11). 3 States Are Stockpiling Abortion Pills After Far Right Court Ruling. truthout.org Democratic governors in three states have announced that their states will be stockpiling abortion pills after a far right federal judge issued a sweeping ruling on Friday aimed at taking mifepristone — a drug used for abortions and management of Cushing's syndrome — off the shelves nationwide. On Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced that the state has negotiated a contract to obtain… |
(2023-04-12). People's victory: Reinstatement of Black lawmaker Justin Jones a defeat for fascism. peoplesworld.org 
NASHVILLE—By a unanimous vote, exiled Black lawmaker Justin Jones was reappointed to the Tennessee State House of Representatives by an emergency session of Metro Nashville Council on April 10. His return to the legislature came just a scant few days after his expulsion by the Republican-controlled body on April 6 for so-called "disorderly behavior." The behavior deemed disorderly …
(2023-04-12). Is the GOP becoming the American fascist party? nationofchange.org What occurred in Nashville last week is a frightening reminder of the fragility of American democracy when Republicans obtain supermajorities and no longer need to work with Democratic lawmakers.
(2023-04-11). Tennessee Republicans' racist expulsions backfire; movement for democracy and gun control galvanized. peoplesworld.org 
A public lynching! A racist kangaroo court legislature! A fascist assault on democracy! All of the above characterize the proceedings of the Republican-dominated Tennessee legislature that on Thursday, March 6, expelled two Democratic African American lawmakers under the guise of disrupting that racist legal body. A third Democratic representative similarly accused, but who is white, …
(2023-04-11). øEs Israel una "democracia"? workers.org 
Durante las últimas 13 semanas, Israel se ha visto sacudido por manifestaciones masivas de cientos de miles de personas, especialmente en Tel Aviv, dirigidas contra el gobierno neofascista de extrema derecha encabezado por el primer ministro Benjamin Netanyahu, un carnicero. Lo que provocó las protestas fue una propuesta de "paquete . . . |
(2023-04-11). Fascists rebuked as expelled lawmaker Justin Jones reinstated to Tennessee House. peoplesworld.org 
NASHVILLE—One of the Black Democrats expelled from the Tennessee House of Representatives for his role in an anti-gun protest inside the State Capitol was sworn back in to his seat on Monday in a stinging defeat for the fascistic Republican supermajority that dominates the legislature. Almost immediately after the Metropolitan Nashville Council voted to restore …
(2023-04-11). Thousands of Fascist Israeli Militiamen, led by Cabinet members, march in Palestinian West Bank for Illegal Squatter-Settlement, as 27 Palestinians are Wounded and 100 are Tear-gassed. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that on Monday about 17,000 Israeli squatters marched through the Palestinian West Bank to the shuttered illegal squatter-settlement of Evyatar on Mount Sabih near the hamlet of Beita in the vicinity of Nablus, demanding its revival. Some 27 Palestinian counter-protesters suffered injuries from rubber-tipped …
(2023-04-11). Israel ramps up provocations against Palestinians and neighbouring states. wsws.org Netanyahu has given the green light to the fascists, racists and religious zealots that make up his government to incite the Palestinians in the run up to the end of Ramadan and provoke an uprising to be used as the excuse for a military onslaught.
(2023-04-12). With its Attacks on Palestinian Worshipers, did Israel Unite Arabs and Muslims behind Them? juancole.com 
Dr Ramzy Baroud RamzyBaroud ( Middle East Monitor ) — By ordering a brutal attack against Palestinian worshippers inside Al-Aqsa Mosque on the 14th day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knew very well that the Palestinians would retaliate. Netanyahu's motive should be obvious. He wanted to divert …
(2023-04-12). Headlines for April 12, 2023. democracynow.org Kentucky and Tennessee Officials, Incl. GOP Gov., Call for More Gun Control After Mass Shootings, EPA Moves to Accelerate Transition to All-Electric Vehicles, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Sues Jim Jordan for "Brazen and Unconstitutional Attack" on His Office, U.N. Staff in Afghanistan Unable to Go to Work Due to Taliban Ban on Working Women, IDF Kill 2 More Palestinians in West Bank as Israel Bars Jews from Al-Aqsa for Rest of Ramadan, U.K. Doctors Continue Strike Actions, Say They Are at Breaking Point, Rep. Tlaib and Other Progressives Call on DOJ to Drop Charges Against Julian Assange, Democratic Gover…
(2023-04-12). Leaked Pentagon Docs Show U.S. & U.K. Special Forces Already in Ukraine as War Heads to Stalemate. democracynow.org 
We look more at what recently leaked Pentagon documents reveal about the war in Ukraine, and U.S. spying on both its adversaries and its allies, including Israel. In Part 2 of our interview with James Bamford, the longtime investigative journalist discusses how the leaks challenge the corporate media's portrayal of the war in Ukraine, and more. Bamford's latest book is Spyfail: Foreign Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, and the Collapse of America's Counterintelligence.
(2023-04-12). Israel on the brink of civil war? indybay.org This time, the existential threat to Israel does not come from outside (e.g., from Iran), as has been and is repeatedly invoked inside and outside Israel. It comes from within Israeli society itself, because the new extremist government is also resolutely committed to confrontation in the conflict with the Palestinians. A new spiral of violence has begun:…
(2023-04-12). Is The US-Israel Relationship Really Falling Apart? thelastamericanvagabond.com After the mysterious leaking of Pentagon documents and months of instability for Tel Aviv, the Israel-US relationship is being called into question in a significant way. What seems to be a clash between the extremist Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu and the Biden White House, has sparked interest in where the special relationship is headed.
(2023-04-11). The Heat: Israel-Palestinian Tensions. america.cgtn.com 
Relative calm in Israel and the occupied territories after intense violence in the wake of police raids on a Jerusalem mosque. What happens now? At the same time Israel is facing widespread protests against judicial reform, last week, after police raids on the al-Aqsa mosque, …
(2023-04-11). Is Mexico's Cemex concealing its role in Israel's war crimes? electronicintifada.net Construction materials giant still manages two Israeli plants on occupied Palestinian land.
(2023-04-11). Israeli Attacks on Syria in the Past Year: Timeline. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-11). Leaked Pentagon Documents Reveal Global Reach of US Espionage. truthout.org The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into a recent leak of highly classified Pentagon intelligence documents revealing secrets about the war in Ukraine, as well as details about the U.S. spying on a number of its adversaries, as well as its allies, including Israel and South Korea. We discuss the documents, the agencies they come from, how and where they were released… |
(2023-04-11). Gunning for Conflict: Israel-Azerbaijan Collaboration Against Iran. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-11). No more billions for Netanyahu's crimes. cpusa.org 
The Communist Party USA unequivocally condemns the continuing violence committed by the Israeli police, occupation and paramilitary forces against the Palestinian people and the desecration of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. According to the Geneva Conventions, the targeting of civilians and the targeting of religious sites are both war crimes. The horrifying videos showing Israeli forces …
(2023-04-11). Why we're laying siege to an Israeli weapons plant. electronicintifada.net Palestine Action is determined to kick Elbit Systems out of Britain.
(2023-04-11). What We Know About Leaked Documents Concerning US Role in Ukraine. orinocotribune.com Since last week, the media spotlight has been scrutinizing a series of classified Pentagon and US special agency documents which contain details on Ukraine and Western arms aid to Kiev and reveal information about Washington's spying activities targeting Israel and South Korea, among other countries. | The leak, which came as Kiev prepares to carry out a counteroffensive in the conflict against Russia, has already caused both the Pentagon and the US Department of Justice to launch investigations in order to estimate the potential repercussions. | What are the documents about? | The uncovered materials, reportedly…
(2023-04-11). Israel kills two in Nablus ambush. electronicintifada.net Palestinian boy killed in refugee camp by withdrawing troops.
(2023-04-11). Thousands of illegal Israeli settlers storm Palestinian land demanding settlement construction. peoplesdispatch.org 
The mob was led by key ministers of the Benjamin Netanyahu government, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotric, and was joined by at least 20 parliamentarians. They wanted the Israeli government to reopen and "legalize" the settlement outpost Evyatar…
(2023-04-11). "Spyfail" Author James Bamford: What Leaked Pentagon Docs Show About Ukraine War, U.S. Spying on Allies. democracynow.org 
The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into a recent leak of highly classified Pentagon intelligence documents revealing secrets about the war in Ukraine, as well as details about the U.S. spying on a number of its adversaries, as well as its allies, including Israel and South Korea. We discuss the documents, the agencies they come from, how and where they were released, and more with investigative journalist James Bamford, whose latest book is Spyfail: Foreign Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, and the Collapse of America's Counterintelligence.
(2023-04-11). Israel admite uso excesivo de la fuerza contra mezquita Al-Aqsa. telesurtv.net El jefe de la policía israelí, Kobi Shabtai, aceptó el alto nivel de brutalidad ejecutado por las fuerzas de Tel Aviv.
(2023-04-11). Decenas de colonos israelíes asaltan la mezquita de Al-Aqsa. telesurtv.net Por segundo día consecutivo cientos de colonos judíos irrumpieron en la mezquita de Al-Aqsa desde la Puerta de Mughrabi, bajo la estricta protección de las fuerzas israelíes,…
(2023-04-11). Fuerzas israelíes asesinan a dos palestinos en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Horas antes, las fuerzas de ocupación israelíes asaltaron la ciudad de Jenin, en el norte de Cisjordania, y su campo de refugiados.
(2023-04-12). Trace compounds of vinyl chloride found in East Palestine, Ohio residents after derailment and chemical spill. wsws.org Last week, a truck carrying 40,000 pounds of contaminated soil from the East Palestine derailment site overturned, with the driver suffering injuries in the crash.
(2023-04-13). Protest at the 2024 Democratic National Convention. fightbacknews.org Interview with Frank Chapman, executive director of National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression | Fight Back!: The Democratic Party has announced that their convention will be held in Chicago, August 19 through 22, 2024. The National Alliance was part of the March on the Democratic National Convention Coalition in Milwaukee in 2020. Will you march again at the Chicago convention? | Frank Chapman: I think it is absolutely necessary for us to march again, given what has happened from 2020 until now. The crisis in democracy at this point is deeper and broader, involving everything from the continued s…
(2023-04-12). Racist backfire: Tennessee Republicans' target Black legislators, and fail. peoplesworld.org 
(2023-04-11). Corrupt Racist Newsom Pandering To Blacks In South When He Attacked Blacks In SF TWU 250a. indybay.org Corrupt racist Gavin Newsom attacked Black workers while he was mayor of San Francisco and supports gentrification pushing Blacks out of San Francisco. Now he is campaigning in the South as a defender of the Black people.
(2023-04-12). A people's mandate: Milwaukee County overwhelmingly demands an end to state abortion ban. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On April 4, activists with Reproductive Justice Action – Milwaukee (RJAM) celebrated the end of the Wisconsin spring election. Many organizations poured energy into the extremely important State Supreme Court election, which had reproductive rights, workers' rights, and fair electoral maps taking center stage. RJAM focused on getting voters to the polls by encouraging Milwaukee people to vote in favor of an advisory referendum, polling Milwaukee County's opinion on overturning the state's 1849 abortion ban. | RJAM was able to win this advisory referendum after picketing county supervisor…
(2023-04-12). Global strike capability, any time, anywhere. U.S. nuclear bomb squadron integrates with NATO allies. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropeApril 12, 2023 Video: U.S. Air Force Bomb Squadron works with NATO Allies United States Air Force Bomber Task Force 23 work with NATO Allies and partners to hone relationships and demonstrate NATO's commitment to global security. Explosion of B61 tactical nuclear bomb of the sort stationed under NATO nuclear sharing …
(2023-04-12). Corte Suprema hondureña investiga a directores de cárceles. telesurtv.net La pesquisa guarda relación con los enfrentamientos entre pandilleros del 8 de abril pasado, con saldo de un muerto y siete heridos.
(2023-04-11). The "Powell Memo" and the Supreme Court: A counteroffensive against the many. mronline.org 
By the early 1970s, the global revolutionary tide of socialist and national liberation struggles was at its apex, and the tide was washing over the U.S., with expanding and increasingly militant social movements and political organizations.
(2023-04-11). Ralph Nader: Some of Trump's Brazen Violations of the Laws Moving to the Courts. scheerpost.com 
By Ralph Nader If there was a giant composite lawsuit against Donald J. Trump, for his over forty years of recurring criminal and civil violations, (while a corporate boss and politician) the only recourse for his lawyers would be to plead the insanity defense. Until this week, in a New York State Supreme Court based …
(2023-04-11). Abortion pill: Far-right judge bans access, other ruling lifts restrictions — is medication abortion headed to Supreme Court? liberationnews.org 
We need a militant women's movement in the streets if we are to defend the right to abortion care as a human right.
(2023-04-11). Saudi-Yemen Peace Talks Underway in Sanaa. orinocotribune.com The prospect of ending Saudi Arabia's eight-year war in Yemen advanced quickly since China brokered a détente between Iran and the kingdom | Official delegations from Saudi Arabia and Oman held the first round of The Saudi and Omani delegations were welcomed by the head of Yemen's Supreme Political Council, Mahdi al-Mashat, at the Repu…
(2023-04-11). Senate Democrats Will Hold Hearing on Supreme Court Ethics Amid Thomas Scandal. truthout.org Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are planning to hold a hearing on the "ethical standards" of the Supreme Court in the midst of a major scandal surrounding Justice Clarence Thomas. The group, led by Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin (D-Illinois), announced the hearing in a letter sent to Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday, saying that the recent report on Thomas shows behavior… |
(2023-04-11). The Ron DeSantis counter-revolution is about stopping Florida's progressives. therealnews.com 
In 2018, Floridians counted the restoration of voting rights to people with prior felony convictions among a host of statewide wins for progressives. That same year, Ron DeSantis was elected governor. While DeSantis's victory didn't quite match the statewide trends at the time, his administration quickly changed the political climate. Across the country, "Florida" has now become synonymous with attacks on LGBTQ rights, public schools, and unions. Yet this offensive isn't only driven by hatred and ideology. It's also about curbing the power of Florida's progressives—power that was building steadily bef…