April 2023 Archives

Monthly Archives: April 2023

2023-04-19: News Headlines

WSWS (2023-04-19). 84-year-old surrenders in shooting of Missouri teenager Ralph Yarl. wsws.org The fixation of the corporate media and political establishment on the role racism may have played in the tragic shooting in Kansas City serves to conceal the root cause of gun violence in America.

This Week in Fascism (2023-04-18). This Week in Fascism #133: Communities Push Back Against Neo-Nazis and Proud Boys; Campuses Protest Anti-Trans Grifters; Richard Spencer Rides Again. itsgoingdown.org Welcome fellow antifascists! As we enter into the spring, its clear that while the gender fascist wave of violence, harassment and intimidation against the LGBTQ+ community is continuing, some cracks are also beginning to show. Death threats, arson attacks, and far-Right protests are seemingly a weekly occurrence, while pundits are rushing to manufacture the threat…

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-04-19). Vandana Shiva: El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista. indybay.org Vandana Shiva: "El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista"

AROC (2023-04-19). Community and Activists Lock Down Israeli Consulate, Barricade Doors in Protest. indybay.org Dozens of Jewish and Palestinian community members and their allies have barricaded the doors to the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco. Participants have chained themselves to the front of the building, with slogans of "No Tax Dollars for Apartheid," and are poised to remain on the premises.

AROC (2023-04-19). Tuesday 4/18: Bay Area Communities To Rally and Demand No Aid to Israeli Apartheid on Tax Day. indybay.org Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery Street | San Francisco…

Middle East Monitor (2023-04-18). Israeli Apartheid at Last Described in the Pages of the Venerable 'Foreign Affairs' Journal. juancole.com Nasim Ahmed Nasimbythedocks The remarkable pace by which the term "apartheid" has moved from the margins of the Israeli-Palestinian debate to its centre was on powerful display this weekend. The prestigious American magazine, Foreign Affairs, widely considered one of most influential foreign policy magazines shaping Washington's thinking, added its weight behind the claim that …

NO TRIAL, No Rights: Palestinian Prisoners' Day

Posted by Richard Medhurst.

H. Scott Prosterman (2023-04-19). Clarence Thomas is Corrupt to the Core, and We should have Listened to Anita Hill. juancole.com Oakland, Ca. (Feature; Special to Informed Comment) — Clarence and Ginni Thomas have been the "King and Queen of Conflict of Interest" since his controversial confirmation. The extent and brazenness of Thomas' public graft is astonishing. His long-time benefactor and "sponsor" Harlan Crow is no garden variety Republican donor or "kingmaker," but a Nazi-loving, autocrat-worshipping, …

Staff (2023-04-19). The Justice & the Billionaire: Clarence Thomas Failed to Disclose Real Estate Deal with GOP Megadonor. democracynow.org Calls continue to grow for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to step down or to be impeached, after ProPublica uncovered more damning information about his relationship with Republican megadonor Harlan Crow. According to the new report, Thomas and his family sold a house and two vacant lots in Savannah, Georgia, to Crow for around $130,000 but never disclosed the sale, which appears to be a violation of the 1978 Ethics in Government Act. In addition to being a major benefactor to Thomas and the GOP, Crow is also an avid collector of Nazi memorabilia, including a copy of Mein Kampf signed by Hitler, paintings…

_____ (2023-04-18). Western Bloc 1943-2023: From Judenfrei to Russenfrei. strategic-culture.org The West, with its decadence, its Democrats and Republicans, still lives in Rome's savage shadow, where we are This article expands upon elements of Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova's recent comment that "the Germans are rewarding the non-Nazi Zelensky for the fratricidal massacre, the abolition of everything Russian, the demolition of monuments to the winners of the Third Reich, the glorification of Nazi collabora…

Saheli Chowdhury (2023-04-18). Successive Governments in Ukraine have accommodated Nazis to counter Soviet nostalgia: Ukrainian Communist Dmitri Kovalevich (Interview). mronline.org Dmitri Kovalevich described a range of issues to Orinoco Tribune, including the 2014 coup, Ukrainian President Zelensky's rise to fame, war crimes and human rights violations in Ukraine, the economic collapse of the country, and many others.

Craig Murray (2023-04-19). Snowden and Texeira: Ten years of disaster. mronline.org Jack Texeira is at the centre of this puzzle but remains the missing piece. We have heard nothing from him. A rather unconvincing interview with a suspiciously fluent, pixeled out acquaintance grassing him up to the Washington Post stated that he was a right wing patriot.

Rick Rozoff (2023-04-19). Germany delivers anti-ballistic missile battery to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Deutsche WelleApril 19, 2023 Ukraine updates: Germany says Patriots delivered to Kyiv Ukraine has received its first Patriot defense system, delivered by Germany, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on Wednesday. The Patriot system is used to combat enemy aircraft, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles and its considered one of the most advanced defense systems …

Staff (2023-04-18). A las puertas de la Ley Patriota 2.0. cubadebate.cu Todos vigilados en nombre de la seguridad. Quieren que regrese la Ley Patriota (Patriot Act), ahora para el control de la aldea digital, y como suele ocurrir cuando Estados Unidos se prepara para la guerra, hay todo tipo de distracciones y se apunta a un adversario evanescente, casi metafísico.

Editor (2023-04-18). Heidegger in ruins? Grappling with an anti-semitic philosopher and his troubling rebirth today. mronline.org The story of German philosopher Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) and his posthumous reception almost reads like the plot of an airport spy thriller.

_____ (2023-04-18). Austerity, War & Dictatorship… the Charade of Western Democracy Is Over. Can We Lose Those Chains? strategic-culture.org Western liberal democracy and its ubiquitous "austerity economics" is a euphemism for fascism. And the charade is finally coming to an end. | Western liberal democracy and its ubiquitous "austerity economics" is a euphemism for fascism. And the charade is finally coming to an end. | Austerity is not some recent policy under neoliberal capitalism. It was born out of the historic crisis in the Western system following the First World War and during the 1930s when fascism became a way to curtail any democratic challenge to the prevailing capitalist system. | That political instrument of repression is wielded toda…

Editor (2023-04-18). Why the Republi-Fascists Can't Stop Calling the Capitalist Democrats 'Marxists'. scheerpost.com By Paul Street / CounterPunch The Capitalist Democrats… The Democratic Party is a militantly capitalist entity and always has been — and not just in the neoliberal era. The much beloved New Deal Democratic president Franklin Roosevelt, himself a wealthy member of the capitalist establishment, boasted that he had saved the US American profits system by overseeing …

Joel Wendland-Liu (2023-04-18). 'Until Tomorrow, Comrades': Manuel Tiago asks us to examine 'the woman question'. peoplesworld.org Manuel Tiago's classic novel uses the political thriller form to teach us the history of Portugal's anti-fascist struggle. If you enjoy reading books by Graham Greene, John Le Carré, or Dan Brown, you will relish the taut action of Until Tomorrow, Comrades even more because its protagonists are fighting fascism, capitalism, and imperialism. They are …

Anonymous (2023-04-19). Video: The struggle for Masafer Yatta. electronicintifada.net Residents of villages that Israel plans to destroy say they won't leave no matter what.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-04-19). The Palestinian Resistance Are a Refugee Resistance, This Is Purposely Ignored. orinocotribune.com By Robert Inlakesh — Apr 15, 2023 | The question of refugees is a core component to the Palestinian cause for national liberation, there can be no explanation for the armed resistance without understanding this key element. | After rocket-fire from Lebanon, in response to Israeli assaults on worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque, reports began to emerge about "militants" that had opened fire on "Israel". This reporting came as Palestinian groups were blamed for the rocket fire, which no group has yet claimed. What is important here however, is how the Palestinian resistance has been framed, to label them as "militan…

Tamara Nassar (2023-04-19). Why is Israel arbitrarily detaining a US senior citizen? electronicintifada.net Khader Adnan refusing food in protest for more than 70 days.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-04-19). Presidente palestino realiza visita oficial a Arabia Saudita. telesurtv.net La estancia de Mahmoud Abbas coincide con una visita de una delegación del Movimiento de Resistencia Islámica (Hamás).

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-04-19). Ocho palestinos resultan heridos por fuerzas israelíes. telesurtv.net Intensos enfrentamientos surgieron entre las fuerzas israelíes y los palestinos durante la incursión en el campamento.

Fight Back (2023-04-18). Tucson stands with Palestine: Hands off Al-Aqsa! fightbacknews.org Tucson, AZ – On April 14, a spirited crowd of around 50 people rallied on the steps of Old Main on the University of Arizona campus to demand an end to U.S. aid to Israel. | The majority of those gathered were students organized by the Student for Justice in Palestine chapter at the U of A. Donning keffiyehs and holding signs that read "Fuck Zionism!" the students roared when chanting "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!" | The protest came in response to Israeli occupation forces who recently stormed the Masjid al-Aqsa and brutally attacked and detained hundreds of Palestinians. The Zionists invad…

Palestinian Youth Movement (2023-04-18). Zionism in crisis: Palestinian resistance forges a new horizon. therealnews.com This article was originally published in Over the past few weeks, significant events have been unfolding across historic Palestine. January 7, 2023, marked the start of Zionist protests in response to proposed Israeli judicial reforms. In parallel, we have also seen an intensification of the ongoing settler colonial violence perpetrated by the Zionist entity against Palestinians — January was the West Bank's deadliest month in nearly a decade, and the last few weeks have seen heightened violence towards Palestinians in Al-Aq…

_____ (2023-04-18). Leaked Files: Britain's Secret Propaganda Ops in Yemen. strategic-culture.org Leaked files reveal that British intel used local Yemeni NGOs and social media in a covert campaign to undermine the Sanaa government and influence the war-torn country's peace process. | By Kit KLARENBERG | Yemen's civil war, considered the world's gravest humanitarian crisis, appears to be nearing its end due to a China-brokered detente between Iran and Saudi Arabia, who support opposing sides in the bitter conflict. | Early signs suggest that the rapprochement between Tehran and Riyadh may not only end hostilities in Yemen, but across the wider region. | The US, Israel, and Britain have the most to lose from a…

Brittani Banks (2023-04-18). Global News Dispatches: 4 Stories. independentmediainstitute.org Headlines in This News Package: Peace in Yemen One Step Closer After Historic Prisoner Exchange On Prisoners' Day, Palestinians Stand in Solidarity With Their 5,000 Comrades in Israeli Occupation Jails As Army and Rapid Support Forces Battle It Out, Sudanese Left Calls For Restoring the Revolution Philippines and U.S. Conduct Largest Ever Drills Near South …

David Cronin (2023-04-18). Holocaust abused as EU promotes positive vibes with Israel lobby. electronicintifada.net Hungary's man in Brussels is failing to champion human rights — a requirement of his job contract.

Rick Rozoff (2023-04-18). Azerbaijan, Israel conspire as NATO blasts Iran. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azeri Press AgencyApril 18, 2023 Azerbaijan and Israel discuss economic cooperation and perspective projects Ministry of Economy Mikayil Jabbarov met with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, [the] Azerbaijani Minister wrote on Twitter…. "During the meeting with the co-chair of the Azerbaijan-Israel Joint Commission, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel Eli Cohen, we expressed satisfaction with …

Samidoun Deutschland (2023-04-18). "Anti-Imperialist Front" against the Repression in Berlin: Germany Collaborates with Turkey and Israel to Fulfil its Imperialist Interests. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoners Solidarity Network salutes our comrades in "Anti-Imperialist Front" for their continuous work agaisnt imperialism and we republish their statement against the ban by the German state on Palestinian Prisoner's Day actions in Berlin after a nationwide smear campaign against Palestinian organising in Germany, and especially Samidoun. Following is their statement: Palestinian Prisoners' …

teleSUR, JCM (2023-04-18). China propone mediación entre Israel y Palestina. telesurtv.net La propuesta surge a medida que el conflicto se acentúa en Medio Oriente a partir del incremento de las hostilidades del ejército de ocupación israelí en los territorios palestinos.

Fight Back (2023-04-18). Statement issued by the PFLP for Palestinian Prisoners' Day. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. | O sons of our Palestinian people, sons of our Arab nation, free people of the world: | Palestinian prisoners' day falls on the seventeenth of April this year, with more than 4,900 male and female prisoners still languishing in the prisons of the zionist enemy. Among them are children, the sick, the elderly, and those who are about to spend more than 40 continuous years in their prisons, in extremely miserable human conditions and psychological suffering. They are subjected to torture by variou…

Samidoun Deutschland (2023-04-18). Statement of Young Struggle: Solidarity with Samidoun! Hit the streets on Nakba Day! samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoners Solidarity Network salutes our comrades in "Young Struggle" for their continuous work against imperialism and their struggle for the inalienable rights of the Kurdish people, and we republish their statement against the ban by the German state on Palestinian Prisoner's Day actions in Berlin after a nationwide smear campaign against Palestinian organising …

Staff (2023-04-18). Georges Abdallah's statement from French prison for Palestinian Prisoners' Day. samidoun.net On 17 April, Georges Abdallah, the Lebanese Communist struggler for Palestine imprisoned in France for over 38 years, made a statement from his prison in Lannemezan to commemorate Palestinian Prisoners' Day. Abdallah has always been a part of the Palestinian prisoners' movement; not only is he imprioned because of his involvement in the Palestinian and …

Fight Back (2023-04-19). Florida statewide protest demands justice for Tampa 5, drop the charges. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – On Monday, April 17, around 70 students, parents, community members and progressives rallied for a statewide mobilization at the University of South Florida's Marshall Student Center to demand that University President Rhea Law, drop the charges – criminal and academic – on the five protesters brutalized and charged by campus police, March 6, for protesting Governor DeSantis' racist attacks on education. | They also demanded that she speak out against Ron DeSantis' House Bill 999, the bill which the protesters had been denouncing, that would cut any diversity programs, ethnic studies, multicultur…

cameron orr (2023-04-18). End all racist vigilante and police violence now! cpusa.org Ralph Yarl, a 16-year-old Black youth, was shot twice on April 13 in Kansas City, MO by 85-year-old Andrew Lester after Yarl rang his doorbell. Yarl was released from the hospital on April 17. Lester faces charges of assault in the first degree and criminal action. Clay County attorney Zachary Thompson said, "I can …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-18). Migration in Europe: Judging History Through the Eyes of the Present. libya360.wordpress.com Mabel LLevat How do we open the spaces through which the extreme right wing grows and expands? The refractory treatment of migrants is undoubtedly one of them. An overview of old technologies and new strategies of dehumanization. Many times the networks of activists and allies of the anti-racist struggle echo messages claiming the right of…

Zane McNeill (2023-04-18). New Memphis Program Would Arrest Kids for Playing Music, Dancing, Selling Candy. truthout.org Memphis Police Department's (MPD) new Juvenile Crime Abatement Program, which was announced on Friday, has been paused for more discussion after community organizations decried the program as a racist attempt to increase the targeting and criminalizing of Black youth by the police in the city's downtown area. "I certainly understand the desire for the downtown to be safe, but I'm excited they've… |

splcenter (2023-04-18). Male Supremacy Is at the Core of the Hard Right's Agenda. splcenter.org Hard-right movements are based on exclusion and the construction of hierarchies.

splcenter (2023-04-18). State of Black America: National Urban League partners with SPLC on signature report. splcenter.org

Staff (2023-04-19). In 1969 Abe Fortas Became the First Justice Forced to Resign. Should Clarence Thomas Be Next? democracynow.org As pressure grows on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to resign over his decades-long relationship with a billionaire benefactor, we speak with legal journalist Adam Cohen, who says there is a precedent that should guide lawmakers in how to address the growing scandal. In 1969, Justice Abe Fortas was forced to resign after his financial relationship came to light with businessman Louis Wolfson, who paid Fortas to consult for his foundation. Fortas was a Democratic appointee, but the scandal led to a bipartisan call for his resignation — even though his replacement would be named by Republican President…

WSWS (2023-04-19). Democrats rush to prop up Supreme Court amidst new revelations of rampant corruption. wsws.org The Democrats have responded to the exposure of boundless personal corruption and political reaction on the high court with an effort to effect a cosmetic tightening of ethics rules, so as to shore up collapsing public confidence in the court and every other institution of the state.

The Associated Press (2023-04-19). Mexico Court: National Guard Shift to Army Unconstitutional. latinorebels.com Mexico's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that last year's transfer of the newly created National Guard from civilian to military control was unconstitutional, dealing a blow to President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador who created the security force in 2019.

Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. (2023-04-18). Volunteers And Victims Of US Border Patrol Violence Demand Justice. popularresistance.org Hundreds of people die every year at the hands of US Border Patrol agents, either from being beaten, shot, car chases or being left stranded in the desert, simply for exercising their right to move. A US Supreme Court decision, Hernandez Vs Mesa, in February 2020 granted the US Border Patrol the ability to murder people on the Mexican side of the border without being held accountable. Clearing the FOG spoke with four women from the Border Patrol Victims Network – Ana Maria Vasquez and Tracye Peterson, who are volunteers, Marisol Garcia Alcantara, who was shot by border agents, and Yanelis Laurencia, whose 23-year…

Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik (2023-04-18). Merrick Garland and Dick Durbin under pressure to act on SCOTUS scandal. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—More revelations about the corporate and right-wing ties of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, his lobbyist wife Ginni Thomas and his failure for almost two decades to disclose even minimal information about both have raised pressure on Attorney General Merrick Garland to name a special counsel and act in the case and on Senate Democratic …

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-04-18). The Case of Steven Donziger: Supreme Court Liberals Help Turn Judges Into Prosecutors. orinocotribune.com By Eve Ottenberg — Apr 14, 2023 | So the truth is out: the three so-called liberals on the supreme court are phonies. More precisely, they, like most of their conservative brethren, are corporate hacks. We learned this a couple of weeks ago, when the high court ruled against Steven Donziger, a climate-activist attorney, long persecuted and then literally prosecuted by Chevron. In a pro-corporate decision about as subtle as a heart attack, seven of the nine justices declined to hear Donziger's appeal of a criminal contempt decision involving his representation of Indigenous Ecuadorians against Chevron. Two fa…

Rick Rozoff (2023-04-18). NATO celebrates AFRICOM's 30-nation exercise in Gulf of Guinea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropeApril 18, 2023 Video: What's in the kit of a Nigerien Special Operations Force Soldier? U.S. Special Operations Command Africa conducted exercise Flintlock 2023 in Ghana and Cà¥te d'Ivoire from Mar. 1 to 15, 2023, with approximately 1,300 service members from 30 participating nations, including Niger. Flintlock is U.S. Africa Command's …

Sharon Zhang (2023-04-18). Nebraska Republican: Abortion Ban Needed to Ensure Dominance of White Population. truthout.org As lawmakers in the Nebraska legislature debated and advanced a near-total abortion ban last week, one Republican took to the floor and delivered an argument undergirded by a white supremacist conspiracy theory in support of the ban. In a speech last Wednesday, Republican State Sen. Steve Erdman said that an abortion ban is necessary because there are too many of "those foreigners" and "refugees"… |

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2023-04-18: News Headlines

Edward Curtin (2023-04-17). Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: To Heal the Great Divide. dissidentvoice.org It has been fifty-five years since Senator Robert F. Kennedy stepped onto the presidential nominating stage to try to mend the massive breach that had opened in American society. The country was torn asunder by the Vietnam War, racism, poverty, the assassination of President Kennedy and the soon-to-be assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. …

Joseph M. Hanneman (2023-04-17). Capitol January 6, 2021: At Least 50 Undercover Officers and Informants Monitored Proud Boys and Crowds, New Court Filing Says. globalresearch.ca

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-04-18). Vandana Shiva: El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista. indybay.org Vandana Shiva: "El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista"

Joseph M. Hanneman (2023-04-17). Capitol January 6, 2021: At Least 50 Undercover Officers and Informants Monitored Proud Boys and Crowds, New Court Filing Says. globalresearch.ca

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-04-18). Vandana Shiva: El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista. indybay.org Vandana Shiva: "El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista"

Lowkey (2023-04-17). Israel Protests and UK Spying on Palestinian Refugees, with Asa Winstanley. mintpressnews.com Asa Winstanley joins Lowkey to discuss the ongoing protests in Israel, UK Spying on Palestinian Refugees and his new book, "Weaponising Anti-Semitism: How the Israel Lobby Took Down Jeremy Corbyn."

Jocelyn Martinez-Rosales (2023-04-17). Documentary Follows Guatemalan Journalist Who Went Undercover to Expose Genocide. truthout.org For more than six years, Guatemalan-French director and producer Anaïs Taracena documented, collected footage, conducted interviews and researched the repressive regime of 1970s Guatemala. El Silencio del Topo ("Silence of the Mole") is Taracena's debut feature film, a melancholy documentary that bridges the country's erased past with the present. El Silencio centers the story of Elías Barahona… |

Zane McNeill (2023-04-17). Washington Becomes Sixth State to Pass Shield Law Protecting Trans Residents. truthout.org In response to far right lawmakers introducing a slew of anti-trans legislation over the past few months, a handful of states have moved to pass shield laws to protect medical providers and trans residents, as well as out-of-state visitors seeking gender-affirming care. On April 10, Washington became the sixth state to pass a law protecting access to reproductive and gender-affirming health care… |

WSWS (2023-04-17). Trump, Republicans venerate police, fascist Texas murderer at far-right NRA conference in Indianapolis. wsws.org Over a dozen Republicans touted their fealty to the gun lobby and policeat the annual convention.

_____ (2023-04-17). The Israeli Attack on South Lebanon and Al Aqsa Crisis. strategic-culture.org The surprise agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia signed on March 10 may hold the key political reconciliation in Lebanon. | The Palestinian resistance group Hamas attacked Israel with rockets coming from South Lebanon on April 6. The resistance was responding to the repeated attacks on Palestinians praying inside the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem during the holy month of Ramadan. | Extremist Jewish settlers had insisted on going to the Mosque, against long standing traditions, which provoked tensions and the Israeli police used brutal tactics on the Palestinians praying, including beating women and arresting 40…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-17). On Prisoner's Day, Palestinians stand in solidarity with their 5,000 comrades in Israeli occupation jails. peoplesdispatch.org Over 1,000 of the nearly 5,000 Palestinian prisoners are administrative detainees who are in Israeli jails without charge or trial. Among them is Khader Adnan, who just completed 71 days of indefinite hunger strike against his wrongful detention inside Israel's Ramla prison and is facing severe health issues.

Staff (2023-04-17). Rinden tributo a internacionalistas de Cuba en Siria (+Fotos). cubadebate.cu Sirios y cubanos rindieron homenaje a los combatientes internacionalistas cubanos que defendieron la soberanía de esta nación árabe frente a las agresiones israelíes, durante la guerra de octubre de 1973. El acto de homenaje se realizó con motivo del 62 aniversario de la primera derrota de la invasión de Estados Unidos por Playa Girón, y tuvo lugar en la sede de la primera división del Ejército àÅrabe Sirio, a unos 25 kilómetros al sur de Damasco.

KATIE (2023-04-17). Palestinian Prisoners Day 2023. bdsmovement.net

Staff (2023-04-17). Save Khader Adnan: Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike for 72 days on Palestinian Prisoners' Day. samidoun.net Khader Adnan, the Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike for the past 72 days, has reached a very dangerous and critical health condition as of 17 April, Palestinian Prisoners' Day. Despite — or perhaps because of — the severity of his health condition, the occupation courts once again delayed a hearing on his case and potential …

splcenter (2023-04-18). State of Black America: National Urban League partners with SPLC on signature report. splcenter.org

splcenter (2023-04-17). The Tennessee Three: Attempt to silence lawmakers strikes at heart of democracy. splcenter.org

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-04-17). Clarence Thomas proves it's time for Supreme Court term limits. nationofchange.org If justices can be bought by billionaires, lifetime terms only enable corruption rather than protect the U.S. Supreme Court from undue influence.

Rick Rozoff (2023-04-17). NATO military leaders inspect Norwegian-Russian frontier, bloc's Arctic apex. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropeApril 16, 2023 Allied Command Operations CSEL visits Norwegian Armed Forces Allied Command Operations (ACO) Command Senior Enlisted Leader (CSEL) Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) Kevin Mathers visited the Norwegian Armed Forces in Oslo, as well as the border police from Mar. 26 to 30, 2023. In the High North where the …

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2023-04-17: News Headlines

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-04-17). Vandana Shiva: El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista. indybay.org Vandana Shiva: "El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista"

John Mullen (2023-04-16). French fascism and the revolt against Macron. greenleft.org.au Continuing his analysis of the social explosion continuing in France, John Mullen looks at the far right and how it has reacted to the movement against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms.

Steven Sahiounie (2023-04-17). The Israeli Attack on South Lebanon and Al Aqsa Crisis. globalresearch.ca

Is the New Political Reality in the Middle East a Threat for Israel?

Posted by Richard Medhurst.

_____ (2023-04-16). How NATO States Sponsored ICC Prosecutor's Putin Arrest Warrant. strategic-culture.org ICC prosecutor general Karim Khan raised millions from NATO states by crafting an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin while freezing investigations into well-documented US and Israeli war crimes. Along the way, he won powerful friends in Washington, London, Kiev — and Hollywood. | By Max BLUMENTHAL | Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, stood before a podium on March 3, 2023, and issued an unusual qualifier: "Of course the prosecutor of the ICC does not, whatever affection and regard I may have for my dear friends in Ukraine — has no special affinity to any particular co…

Anonymous669 (2023-04-16). Israeli Army, Police Foil Attempt To Smuggle Weapons From Jordan. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Israeli Defense Forces. | On April 16, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Police foiled an attempt to smuggle 15 handguns from Jordan into Israel. | The IDF said in a statement that soldiers monitoring surveillance cameras spotted two vehicles and suspicious movement near the town of Neve Ur on the border with Jordan. Army troops and police officers were quickly dispatched to the scene, where they catched one of the cars. | Three men were…

Anonymous669 (2023-04-16). Syrian Intelligence Officer Killed, Four Wounded In Another Attack Near Al-Golan Front. southfront.org Illustrative image. | On April 16, a Syrian intelligence officer was killed and four others were wounded when unknown militants attacked a position near the front with the Israeli-occupied al-Golan Heights. | The militants opened fire from machine guns and launched rocket-propelled grenades at the intelligence position which is located on a road between the villages of al-Mushirafah and Ras al-Khualid in al-Quneitra countryside, just outside al-Golan buffer zone. | The position reportedl…

Juan Cole (2023-04-16). Assault on Religious Freedom: Violent Crackdown by Israeli Police on Christian Worshipers in Jerusalem. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Arabic press is reporting violent assaults Saturday evening by Israeli police against Palestinian Christian worshipers in Jerusalem attempting to make their way to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher for the "Saturday of Light" commemoration. The police attacks took place at the entrance to the Church of the Holy …

Peter Boyle (2023-04-16). Video: Protest against Israeli attacks on Palestinian worshippers at Al Aqsa mosque. greenleft.org.au Protesters march through Sydney streets against the recent violent Israeli attacks on Palestinian worshippers at Al Aqsa mosque, reports Peter Boyle.

Peter Boyle (2023-04-16). Video: Protest against violent Israeli attacks on Palestinian worshippers at Al Aqsa mosque. greenleft.org.au A march through Sydney streets on April 15 protested against the recent violent Israeli attacks on Palestinian worshippers at Al Aqsa mosque by Israeli occupation forces.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-04-16). Israelíes retoman protestas contra reforma judicial. telesurtv.net Además de Tel Aviv, se han reportado alrededor de 150 manifestaciones en otros lugares de Israel.

KATIE (2023-04-17). Palestinian Prisoners Day 2023. bdsmovement.net

Ellen Brown (2023-04-16). Researchers Raise Questions About Cobalt Gold Rush, East Palestine Disaster. truthout.org Holidays in my childhood were spent at my grandparents' farm in Plain Grove, Pennsylvania, 35 miles from East Palestine, Ohio. My grandfather's grandfather fought at Gettysburg and homesteaded the 160-acre farm after the Civil War. My grandmother sold it in the 1960s for $13,000, lacking a male heir to do the work; but my relatives still live in the area. I have therefore taken a keen interest in… |

John Torok (2023-04-16). On Water Justice: Kali Akuno Speaks. indybay.org Water Justice: The View from Flint, New Orleans, and Jackson, Mississippi proposes to situate the environmental injustices at Bayview Hunters Point in the broader context of racist neglect of some other Black communities elsewhere in the country. Attention will be drawn to the intersection of class, gender and race and historical injustices. | Part of the "People's Earth Day for Water Justice" events…

splcenter (2023-04-17). The Tennessee Three: Attempt to silence lawmakers strikes at heart of democracy. splcenter.org

Eve Ottenberg, CounterPunch. (2023-04-16). Supreme Court Liberals Help Turn Judges Into Prosecutors. popularresistance.org So the truth is out: the three so-called liberals on the supreme court are phonies. More precisely, they, like most of their conservative brethren, are corporate hacks. We learned this a couple of weeks ago, when the high court ruled against Steven Donziger, a climate-activist attorney, long persecuted and then literally prosecuted by Chevron. In a pro-corporate decision about as subtle as a heart attack, seven of the nine justices declined to hear Donziger's appeal of a criminal contempt decision involving his representation of Indigenous Ecuadorians against Chevron. Two far-right justices dissented.

Julia Rock (2023-04-16). The Supreme Court's Corrupt Rightward March. levernews.com With an unprecedented ethical cloud looming over the Supreme Court, the justices have continued going about their work pushing our nation's laws far to the right, as if nothing matters.In recent weeks, we've learned that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has for years taken

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reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-04-16). Vandana Shiva: El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista. indybay.org Vandana Shiva: "El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista"

Editor (2023-04-16). Palestinian Trade Unions' Anti-Apartheid Call. socialistproject.ca The global trade union movement, which has played a key and inspiring role in its commitment to workers' rights and human rights more generally, has stood in principled solidarity with the oppressed across the world, adopting concrete, ground-breaking, labour-led sanctions against oppressive regimes. | Israel's systematic destruction of the Palestinian economy, discriminatory and racist laws, and restrictions on freedom of movement and association have a significant impact on the rights and working conditions of Palestinian workers. | Inspired by the massive workers' solidarity with the struggle that ended apa…

Asa Winstanley (2023-04-15). Ukrainian Nazi gets medical treatment from Israel. electronicintifada.net Azov Brigade sergeant Arseniy Fedosiuk pictured meeting diplomats.

Manlio Dinucci (2023-04-15). L'Italia alle Armi dall'Europa all'Indo-Pacifico | Grandangolo — Pangea. globalresearch.ca Inizia il 22 aprile l'esercitazione multinazionale Defender 23, diretta dallo US Army Europe, l'Esercito USA in Europa. L'esercitazione si svolgerà per due mesi in 10 Paesi europei. Vi parteciperanno 9.000 soldati USA e 17.000 di 26 Paesi alleati degli USA, …

Is the New Political Reality in the Middle East a Threat for Israel?

Posted by Richard Medhurst.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-04-16). Israelíes retoman protestas contra reforma judicial. telesurtv.net Además de Tel Aviv, se han reportado alrededor de 150 manifestaciones en otros lugares de Israel.

FP Staff (2023-04-16). Thousands of Israelis protest for 15th week against judicial reforms. firstpost.com

trtworld (2023-04-16). In a first, UN to commemorate Nakba Day. trtworld.com This year marks 75 years of Nakba, or catastrophe, when nearly 800,000 Palestinians were driven out of their homes by then Zionist Israeli paramilitaries in 1948 and onward. | In a first, UN to commemorate Nakba Day…

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-04-16). Israelíes retoman protestas contra reforma judicial. telesurtv.net Además de Tel Aviv, se han reportado alrededor de 150 manifestaciones en otros lugares de Israel.

FP Staff (2023-04-16). Thousands of Israelis protest for 15th week against judicial reforms. firstpost.com

JANET (2023-04-15). Palestinian resistance fuels instability within Israeli settler state. iacenter.org By Michael Kramer April 13, 2023 The current unrelenting Palestinian resistance to Zionist occupation, from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River, has resulted in an increase of political and social instability within and throughout the Israeli settler state. Fans hold huge 'Free Palestine!' flag during the game between Tunisia and Australia on Nov. 26. The personal security situation for Israeli settlers has also been affected. Once safe roads in the West Bank are now sites of frequently occurring deadly ambushes. On March 13, a roadside bomb exploded adjacent to a busy highway in northern Israel. This first…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-04-15). Oracle, the Shadowy Tech Giant in League With the CIA and Israel, With Alan Macleod. orinocotribune.com By Lowkey -Apr 9, 2023 | Is your data really safe online? Whether you like it or not, it is likely that much of it is stored by Oracle, a gigantic, U.S.-based company that has become one of the largest and most influential tech corporations in the world. | Yet the company's intimate ties to both the Central Intelligence Agency and the Israeli national security state should be cause for enormous concern, our guest today argues. In episode 56 of "The Watchdog" podcast, Lowkey is joined by returning visitor, Alan MacLeod. |

Ramzy Baroud, Mintpress News. (2023-04-15). Israel Is Unifying Arabs And Muslims Around Palestine. popularresistance.org By ordering a brutal attack against Palestinian worshipers inside Al-Aqsa Mosque on the 14th day of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knew very well that the Palestinians would retaliate. | Netanyahu's motive should be clear. He wanted to generate a distraction from the mass protests that have rocked Israel, starting in January, and divided Israeli society around ideological and political lines, in ways never witnessed before. | Unwilling to relinquish his hard-earned achievement of finally winning a decisive election and forming an entirely rightwing coalition while fear…

Robert Inlakesh (2023-04-15). Israel Persecutes Christians On Easter, Spreads Fake News On Palestinian Attack. thelastamericanvagabond.com Israel prevented all Christians in Gaza from entering Jerusalem and Bethlehem this Easter, before pro-Israel propagandist began an online fake news campaign that fabricated a story about Palestinian Muslims attacking a Church. Palestinian Christians are currently outraged about the ongoing crackdown on their religious practices, due to the barring of worshippers from access to their

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-04-15). Apoyan causa palestina en Irán durante Día Mundial de Al-Quds. telesurtv.net Presidente Raisi muestra preocupación por recientes acontecimientos en Jerusalén y Palestina debido a la violencia israelí. Insta a crear un frente unido contra agresiones de Tel Aviv.

FP Staff (2023-04-15). Israel's economy minister Nir Barkat to visit India on Sunday. firstpost.com

trtworld (2023-04-15). Tens of thousands of Israelis protest for 15th week against Netanyahu govt. trtworld.com Protest organisers aim to maintain momentum and increase pressure on PM Netanyahu and his far-right government until proposed judicial reforms are scrapped. | Tens of thousands of Israelis protest for 15th week against Netanyahu govt…

Vanessa Beeley (2023-04-15). Peace in the Middle East is sending Western Globalists and Israel into a tailspin. thealtworld.com UK Column News 14th April — Al Quds day. With Vanessa Beeley, Mike Robinson, Patrick Henningsen.

youtube (2023-04-15). Mass demonstrations and the Israeli ruling class in crisis. youtube.com What do the mass protests reveal about the crisis of Israeli society?>

trtworld (2023-04-16). Saudi Arabia to host Hamas chief Haniyeh on Monday: Palestinian source. trtworld.com The visit will be the first by Hamas to Saudi Arabia in years. | Saudi Arabia to host Hamas chief Haniyeh on Monday: Palestinian source…

Ellen Brown (2023-04-15). The Cobalt Gold Rush and the East Palestine Disaster. dissidentvoice.org Holidays in my childhood were spent at my grandparents' farm in Plain Grove, Pennsylvania, 35 miles from East Palestine, Ohio. My grandfather's grandfather fought at Gettysburg and homesteaded the 160-acre farm after the Civil War. My grandmother sold it in the 1960s for $13,000, lacking a male heir to do the work; but my relatives …

Katie Myers (2023-04-15). Another Day, Another Toxic Spill in East Palestine, Ohio. truthout.org This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist's weekly newsletter here. It's been a bit more than two months since a train derailment in rural Ohio spilled 38 cars' worth of hazardous materials, including a highly toxic petrochemical called vinyl chloride, in East Palestine. In the weeks following the disaster, it seems to many residents the problems just keep piling up. |

samidounfr (2023-04-15). Father Atallah Hanna: We call on the German authorities to lift the ban on Prisoner's Day marches in Berlin. samidoun.net The Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Sebastia in occupied Palestine, Father Bishop Atallah Hanna, affirmed his rejection of the repressive policies pursued by the German state against Palestinians and Arabs in Germany. In which the German media and politicians launched a smear campaign against Palestinians that lasted an entire week with the authorities of Berlin concluding …

Editor (2023-04-15). Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Mifepristone Restrictions in a Rare Win for Abortion Rights. scheerpost.com The decision, issued Friday, delays a ruling from a federal appeals court and will allow abortion providers to continue providing the drug as usual for now.

Taylor Giorno (2023-04-15). Megadonor Harlan Crow Ramped Up Political Spending After Meeting Clarence Thomas. truthout.org Billionaire megadonors Harlan and Kathy Crow have steadily increased their political spending since they met their "very dear friends," U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, conservative political activist Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, in 1996. The Crows have treated the Thomases to private jet rides and luxury travel for more than two decades, most of which did not appear on Thomas'… |

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Rann Miller (2023-04-14). Opinion: Critical Race Theory, A Master Class With Low Attendance. moguldom.com Critical Race Theory (CRT) is a legal and academic school of thought developed by various legal scholars, including Kimberle Crenshaw and Derrick Bell, that says race (a social construct) and racism are not merely the products of individual bias or prejudice but also something embedded in legal systems and public policies. While CRT is accepted …

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-04-15). Vandana Shiva: El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista. indybay.org Vandana Shiva: "El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista"

Sharon Zhang (2023-04-14). Sanders, Bowman to Biden: Israel's Apartheid Must Not Be Funded by US Taxpayers. truthout.org A group of congressional progressives has urged the Biden administration to stop using taxpayer money to fund Israel's atrocities against Palestinians under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far right regime. In a letter sent to President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday, 14 lawmakers detailed their concerns about escalating Israeli violence in the occupied West Bank… |

Asa Winstanley (2023-04-15). Ukrainian Nazi gets medical treatment from Israel. electronicintifada.net Azov Brigade sergeant Arseniy Fedosiuk pictured meeting diplomats.

Anonymous669 (2023-04-14). In Video: Russian Lancet Drone Takes Out Ukrainian Long-Range Radar. 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 | On April 14, video footage surfaced online showing a Russian strike with a Lancet loitering munition against a 79K6 "Pelikan" radar of Kiev forces. | The radar was reportedly deployed near the city of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region. The pinpoint loitering munition strike destroyed the rada…

Chris Walker (2023-04-14). Biden Admin Files Emergency Brief to Supreme Court on Abortion Medication. truthout.org The Biden administration filed an emergency request to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, asking that a lower court's stay on a partial order from an appellate court be blocked while a case on the abortion medication mifepristone is litigated. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a far right appointee of former President Donald Trump who has expressed anti-abortion views prior to his judgeship… |

250,000 Palestinian worshipers performed Friday prayers on the last Friday of Ramadan

Posted by Chris Hutchinson.

Anonymous669 (2023-04-14). Israel Closes Airspace Near Syria, Lebanon & Gaza Amid Quds Day Fears. southfront.org Iron Dome in action, on May 13, 2021. (Avichai Socher/Israeli Defense Forces) | Israel has closed the airspace near its northern and southern fronts out of fears of new attacks by Iran's allies on Quds Day. | The Airports Authority informed civilian pilots on April 13 that flying is prohibited within six kilometers of the borders of Syria, Lebanon, and the Gaza Strip. The ban, which will remain in effect until April 16 afternoon, applies primarily to agriculture and other light aircraft, as airlines never fly in such…

Juan Cole (2023-04-14). Christian Archbishop slams Israel's Restrictions on Worship at the 'Festival of Lights' as "Racist" juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — On the Saturday before Orthodox Easter, which falls a week later than in the Western churches, typically 10,000 worshipers gather at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, waiting for the holy fire [to phos) to emerge. It is said to derive from the tomb in which Jesus was initially buried …

Maureen Clare Murphy (2023-04-14). Israel's excuses for execution swallowed by West. electronicintifada.net Past police cover-ups cast doubt on car ramming claim.

A scene you won't see anywhere else… This is Palestine üáµüá∏üáµüá∏

Posted by Chris Hutchinson.

Ola Mousa (2023-04-14). Food or medicine? Gaza's stark choice. electronicintifada.net Illness comes at a high price under Israel's blockade.

Robert Inlakesh (2023-04-14). Israel's 8 Points About Al-Aqsa Mosque Assault Debunked. thelastamericanvagabond.com Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, tweeted out a video that was produced by the Israeli Ministry of Public Diplomacy, which outlines 8 points that the Israeli premier claims to be "the truth" that the mainstream media won't show you about Israel's assaults on Palestinian worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque. Robert Inlakesh goes through each of the

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-04-14). Líder iraní respalda causa palestina en Día Mundial de Al-Quds. telesurtv.net Presidente Raisi muestra preocupación por recientes acontecimientos en Jerusalén y Palestina debido a la violencia israelí. Insta a crear un frente unido contra agresiones de Tel Aviv.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-04-14). Gobierno Sirio rechaza ataques contra mezquita de Al Aqsa. telesurtv.net Además, afirmó que los ataques de los israelíes, que intentan practicar los rituales de la llamada pascua judía, se realizan con plena protección de Estado de Israel.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-04-14). Fuerzas israelíes arrestan a 12 palestinos. telesurtv.net Las detenciones ocurren pocos días después de los enfrentamientos en la mezquita de Al-Aqsa, en Jerusalén.

Fight Back (2023-04-14). Dallas protest against Israeli attacks on Al-Aqsa. fightbacknews.org Dallas, TX – On Saturday, April 8, over 150 members of the Palestinian diaspora and allies gathered at The Grassy Knoll at Dealey Plaza to protest the recent Israeli attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Al-Aqsa Mosque is the third holiest site in Islam and the attacks came during the height of Ramadan. Israeli forces have killed more than 90 Palestinians so far this year. | Speakers at the rally called for the end of U.S. financial support for Israel and an end to Israel's oppression of the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank. They chanted, "Not another penny, not another dime, no more money for Israe…

Ola Mousa (2023-04-14). Food or medicine? Gaza's stark choice. electronicintifada.net Illness comes at a high price under Israel's blockade.

Miko Peled (2023-04-14). Itamar Ben-Gvir: The Worst of a Terrible Bunch of Israeli Politicians. mintpressnews.com Not only does the racist thug Ben-Gvir walk around with an entourage of armed guards, but now he has an entire "National Guard" made of armed settler gangs.

Staff (2023-04-14). 16 April, Online Event: Support Palestinian Political Prisoners. samidoun.net ÿ®ŸÖŸÜÿßÿ≥ÿ®ÿ© ŸäŸàŸÖ ÿßŸÑÿßÿ≥Ÿäÿ± ÿßŸÑŸÅŸÑÿ≥ÿ∑ŸäŸÜŸä ÿ™ÿØÿπŸàŸÉŸÖ ÿßŸÑŸÖÿ§ÿ≥ÿ≥ÿ© ÿßŸÑŸÉŸÜÿØŸäÿ© ÿßŸÑŸÅŸÑ&y…

Staff (2023-04-14). 16 April, Online Event: The Palestinian Prisoners — An ongoing suffering and unbreakable resilience. samidoun.net On Palestinian Prisoner's Day Act For Palestine Foundation and Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network invite you to participate in a panel discussion titled : The Palestinian Prisoners — An ongoing suffering and unbreakable resilience Time: April 16, 2023 | 02: 00 PM (Jerusalem Time) Speakers: ▶ Imad Barghouthi: A Palestinian astrophysicist and ex-prisoner. ▶ Thomas Hofland: …

scorinoco (2023-04-14). Palestine: The Colonial System and the Dispossession of a People Who Refuse to Assimilate to White Europe. orinocotribune.com By Abu Watan — April 8, 2023 | The Palestinian people are not in a simple "conflict" or territorial dispute, they are under repression of a colonial and colonizing entity from which they must free themselves. They are not fighting to temporarily move a colonial border, but to completely decolonize their land and their lives. | Frantz Fanon, in The Wretched of the Earth, one of the most important works ever written about the oppressed in the colonial system, describes that the violence that destroys the social forms, the economy, the aesthetics, and even the clothing of the natives, that violence, will be vin…

Ellen Brown (2023-04-14). The Cobalt-Lithium Gold Rush and the East Palestine Disaster. Hazardous Materials, A Litany of Anomalies. globalresearch.ca

Brian Stull (2023-04-14). We're Challenging the Racist Practice That Excludes Black Jurors from Death Penalty Cases. aclu.org

splcenter (2023-04-14). Crisis and Resilience: SPLC's Mississippi office works to help victims of devastating tornado. splcenter.org

Anonymous669 (2023-04-14). Saudi, Houthi Officials Conclude Peace Talks In Yemen's Sanaa. southfront.org Saudi Arabia ambassador to Yemen, Mohammed bin Saeed al-Jaber, with the head of the Houthis' Supreme Political Council, Mahdi al-Mashat, in Sanaa. Source: Al-Masirah TV. | On April 14, a Saudi delegation led by the kingdom ambassador to Yemen, Mohammed bin Saeed al-Jaber, concluded a round of peace talks with senior officials from the Houthis (Ansar Allah), including the head of the group's Supreme Political Council, Mahdi al-Mashat. | The breakthrough peace talks, which began in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on A…

Brittani Banks (2023-04-14). Clarence Thomas Proves It's Time for Supreme Court Term Limits. independentmediainstitute.org

Editor (2023-04-14). Billionaire Harlan Crow Bought Property From Clarence Thomas. The Justice Didn't Disclose the Deal. scheerpost.com The transaction is the first known instance of money flowing from Crow to the Supreme Court justice. The sale netted the GOP megadonor two vacant lots and the house where Thomas' mother was living.

Michael Waldman (2023-04-14). Clarence Thomas proves Justices can't police themselves. nationofchange.org The Supreme Court needs term limits and a binding code of ethics.

Staff (2023-04-14). DeSantis Signs Six-Week Abortion Ban in Florida; Legal Fight Intensifies over Abortion Pill. democracynow.org We look at the state of abortion access in the United States with The Nation's Amy Littlefield as the Supreme Court is expected to weigh in on a ruling set to take effect Saturday that effectively overrides the Food and Drug Administration's two-decade-old approval of the medication abortion pill mifepristone. Her most recent piece is headlined "A Conservative Christian Judge Rules Against Medication Abortion. How Hard Will Democrats Fight Back?"…

Staff (2023-04-14). Headlines for April 14, 2023. democracynow.org Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Bill Banning Abortions at Just Six Weeks, Federal Judge Issues Conflicting Ruling on Abortion Medication, Setting Up Supreme Court Fight, ProPublica: Clarence Thomas Failed to Disclose Sale of Property to Billionaire GOP Donor , 21-Year-Old Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira Arrested over Leaked Classified Documents, Leaked Documents Show U.S. Spied on U.N. Leader, Reveal Russian Infighting over Ukraine, Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny May Have Been Poisoned in Prison, Supporters Say, Saudi Arabia Restores Ties with Syria, Swaps POWs with Yemen's Houthi Rebels,…

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-04-14). Deniegan amparo para inscribir a candidatos de izquierda en Guatemala. telesurtv.net Corte Suprema de Justicia denegó el amparo para inscribir a la fórmula del Movimiento para la Liberación de los Pueblos como candidata a las elecciones presidenciales.

WSWS (2023-04-14). US Supreme Court clears way for execution of Florida inmate sentenced to death by nonunanimous jury. wsws.org Governor Ron DeSantis is pushing for legislation that will once again allow a nonunanimous jury vote to send a person to the death chamber.

WSWS (2023-04-14). Appeals court sides with lower court attack on abortion pills, but delays its effects. wsws.org The ruling is now being appealed to the full circuit court or directly to the Supreme Court.

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WSWS (2023-04-13). Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial reveals deep penetration of militia group by FBI and police prior to January 6 coup. wsws.org The trial has featured testimony from multiple FBI informants and text messages exchanged between members of the group and police.

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-04-14). Vandana Shiva: El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista. indybay.org Vandana Shiva: "El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista"

KATIE (2023-04-13). Investing in apartheid Israel: Ideology or economic interest? bdsmovement.net

Special to People's World (2023-04-13). The 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: After 80 years, new photographs emerge. peoplesworld.org For four weeks, from April 19 to May 16, 1943, during World War II, residents of the Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, Poland, staged an armed revolt against deportations to extermination camps. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising inspired other revolts in extermination camps and ghettos throughout German-occupied Eastern Europe. This year marks the 80th anniversary of …

teleSUR, JDO (2023-04-13). 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".

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-04-14). Vandana Shiva: El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista. indybay.org Vandana Shiva: "El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista"

KATIE (2023-04-13). Investing in apartheid Israel: Ideology or economic interest? bdsmovement.net

Staff (2023-04-13). Venezuela Pays Respects to Former CNE President Tibisay Lucena. orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, in a funeral chapel, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez honored Tibisay Lucena, expressing the pain felt by the public at her departure. Rodríguez recognized Lucena as a unique woman, an exceptional republican, a Venezuelan patriot, and a first class soldier of the homeland. | Cabinet members, along with other authorities and representatives of the diplomatic corps, honored and accompanied relatives and close friends of the former president of the National Electoral Council (CNE) in Caracas. | After participating in the first honor guard together with Interior Minister Remigio Ceballos, Ele…

Staff (2023-04-13). Author Carol Anderson on How Anti-Blackness Drives U.S. Gun Culture & Right-Wing Assault on Democracy. democracynow.org We discuss the debate over gun control, as well as Republican attacks on democracy, with author and academic Carol Anderson, who says U.S. gun culture has always been connected to "the inherent, fundamental fear of Black people." She notes the expulsion of two Black Democratic state lawmakers in Tennessee for leading a gun control protest at the Capitol highlights how gerrymandered state governments uphold white supremacy in the face of "youth that are pushing forward for a different vision of America." Anderson is professor of African American studies at Emory University and author of The…

Ann Brown (2023-04-13). Republican Opps Go After Hakeem Jeffries For Defending Uncle Dr. Leonard Jeffries And Minister Farrakhan In College. moguldom.com A decades-old college opinion article by new Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is coming back to haunt him. In the article, Hakeem is defending his controversial uncle, former college professor Leonard Jeffries, who had been called out in the 1990s for being antisemitic. Republicans have pounced on Hakeem for his past comments. "Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and …

Albert Bender (2023-04-13). Victoria: la reincorporación del legislador negro Justin Jones es una derrota para el fascismo. peoplesworld.org NASHVILLE—Por voto unánime, el legislador negro exiliado Justin Jones fue reelegido a la Cámara de Representantes del Estado de Tennessee por una sesión de emergencia del Consejo Metropolitano de Nashville el 10 de abril. Su regreso a la legislatura se produjo pocos días después de su expulsión por parte del organismo controlado por los republicanos …

contributors (2023-04-13). How Israel's Protests actually Assist Israeli State Propaganda. juancole.com by Yoav Litvin ( Counterpunch) — Benjamin Netanyahu, in collaboration with Kahanist Itamar Ben-Gvir and a cohort of other fascists, has been executing a judicial coup which guts so-called Israeli democratic institutions and threatens liberal reforms. Many Israelis are infuriated. They've always viewed Israel as either part of Europe or the United States' 51st state. …

Friedrich Steinfeld (2023-04-14). 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:…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-14). How NATO States Sponsored ICC Prosecutor's Putin Arrest Warrant. libya360.wordpress.com Max Blumenthal ICC prosecutor Karim Khan meets with Ukrainian President Zelensky, March 2023 ICC prosecutor general Karim Khan raised millions from NATO states by crafting an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin while freezing investigations into well-documented US and Israeli war crimes. Along the way, he won powerful friends in Washington, London, Kiev — and Hollywood….

Maureen Clare Murphy (2023-04-14). Israel's excuses for execution swallowed by West. electronicintifada.net Past police cover-ups cast doubt on car ramming claim.

Ola Mousa (2023-04-14). Food or medicine? Gaza's stark choice. electronicintifada.net Illness comes at a high price under Israel's blockade.

_____ (2023-04-13). The Hilarious Goon Show of Biden's Democracy Talk Shop for Global South Leaders. strategic-culture.org The more Joe Biden continues with his erroneous, hapless foreign policy initiatives, the more America drifts farther away from the Global South. | Who said Americans don't do irony? This boot camp which Biden runs, places the U.S. as the high order and grand master of human rights who ranks the pupils in the class and gives them an apple if they worship the U.S. And who stands by America at the high table? Israel of course! | The more Joe Biden continues with his erroneous, hapless foreign policy initiatives, the more America drifts farther away from the Global South. Biden's administration will be marked in his…

Abayomi Azikiwe (2023-04-13). Efforts to Reduce Israeli Influence in Africa Continues. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous669 (2023-04-13). Dual Bombing Kills Syrian Officer Near Al-Golan Heights Front. southfront.org Illustrative image. | On April 13, simultaneous explosions rocked two different checkpoints of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) near the town of Ghadir al-Bustan in the southern countryside of al-Qunitra. | Ghadir al-Bustan is located less than four kilometers to the east from the main frontline with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. | Initially, Syrian opposition activists alleged that the explosions were the result of a strike by the Israeli Defense Forces. However, it was confirmed later that the explosions were caused…

Anonymous669 (2023-04-13). 'We Are Ready': Iran Allies Warn Israel In New Video. southfront.org File image. | On April 13, the Military Media of Lebanese Hezbollah released a short video warning Israel of a full-blown multi-front war. | The video, titled "We Are Ready," was released ahead of Quds Day, an annual pro-Palestinian event held on the last Friday of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan to express support for Palestinians and oppose Israel. The event was initiated in 1979 in Iran, shortly after the Islamic Revolution. | Operative from Hezbollah are seen in the video examining a map of I…

Michael Jansen (2023-04-13). Another Ramadan, Another Brutal Israeli Raids Into Al Aqsa. globalresearch.ca

Michael Kramer (2023-04-13). Palestinian resistance fuels instability within Israeli settler state. workers.org The current unrelenting Palestinian resistance to Zionist occupation, from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River, has resulted in an increase of political and social instability within and throughout the Israeli settler state. Fans hold huge 'Free Palestine!' flag during the game between Tunisia and Australia on Nov. 26. The . . . |

Middle East Eye (2023-04-13). Israeli Spyware Firm QuaDream Linked to Hacks on Journalists and Politicians. globalresearch.ca

Middle East Monitor (2023-04-13). Israel's Extremist Ben-Gvir slams ban on Squatters from Al-Aqsa until end of Ramadan. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir slammed an Israeli government decision to ban non-Muslims, including illegal settlers, from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound until the end of Ramadan, Army Radio reported. Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque Ben-Gvir said that the decision to prevent settlers from entering …

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2023-04-13). Podcast Ep 74: The battle against anti-BDS state laws. electronicintifada.net Diving into the fight to overturn US measures that prohibit taking part in boycotts of Israel.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-04-13). Tyranny on the Waters: The UAE-Israeli Occupation of Yemen's Socotra Island. orinocotribune.com Editorial note: Orinoco Tribune does not generally publish articles that are over two weeks old. However, an exception is being made in this case as the article remains as important today as it was at the time of its publication. | By Karim Shami — Mar 24, 2023 | The transformation of Yemen's strategically-located Socotra Island into an Emirati-Israeli military intelligence hub has raised concerns for the Ansarallah movement and its allies, significantly increasing the geopolitical stakes of the Yemen war. | Located off the southern coast of Yemen in the Arabian Sea, the Socotra archipelago has become a foca…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-13). Palestinian Christians accuse Israeli state of violating their freedom of worship. peoplesdispatch.org The Greek Orthodox Church in occupied East Jerusalem has asked Palestinians to defy restrictions imposed by the Israeli occupation forces ahead of Orthodox Easter which will be celebrated on April 16…

Ramzy Baroud (2023-04-13). Quest for Religious War: How Israel is Unifying Arabs and Muslims around Palestine. mintpressnews.com What is currently taking place in Palestine is not yet a religious war, but some Israeli officials and political parties are keen on turning it into one.

Ellen Brown (2023-04-14). The Cobalt-Lithium Gold Rush and the East Palestine Disaster. Hazardous Materials, A Litany of Anomalies. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-04-13). Samidoun Albuquerque Highlights Defense of Al Aqsa and Palestine Solidarity Struggle. samidoun.net Around 30 people gathered in front of the University of New Mexico bookstore, on Tiwa Territories (Albuquerque, New Mexico) to highlight the Zionist invasion of Al Aqsa during the holy days of Ramadan and to show solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for liberation. Micheáilín Buitléir, longtime activist and member of Samidoun ABQ welcomed the group, …

Staff (2023-04-13). Shameful Attack by the German State: Palestinian Prisoners' Day Demonstrations in Berlin Banned by Police. samidoun.net On 13 April 2023, the Berlin police banned two demonstrations marking the Palestinian Prisoners' Day on 15 and 16 April, including the 16 April demonstration organized by Samidoun Deutschland. This heinous attack by the German state against Palestinian rights, freedoms, expression and existence, is in accordance with Germany's support for and admiration of the ethnostate …

Brian Stull (2023-04-14). We're Challenging the Racist Practice That Excludes Black Jurors from Death Penalty Cases. aclu.org

Fight Back (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…

Mark Gruenberg (2023-04-13). Black unionists link expulsion of lawmakers to billionaire racists. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON —The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists linked the white right Republican majority's expulsion of two Black Tennessee state legislators to white nationalism and its billionaire backers. The two state reps have since been reinstated. CBTU's strong statement came just after the AFL-CIO also condemned the expulsion of State Reps. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, and Justin …

Natalia Marques, People's Dispatch. (2023-04-13). 'Plantation Politics' To Blame For Jackson, Mississippi Water Crisis. popularresistance.org Jackson, Mississippi – Jackson, Mississippi made international headlines last summer when from August 30 to September 5, water stopped flowing entirely for over 150,000 residents. In the past seven months since then, the Mississippi capital's water system has been plagued with crisis after crisis. And yet, the crumbling water infrastructure remains largely unchanged. Why is this? The answer lies in the antagonistic and racist attitude that majority white state leadership has towards the Black officials of Jackson, which has one of the largest Black populations per capita of any city in the US.

Luis Hallazi Méndez (2023-04-13). Violencia y masacre racista en Perú. globalizacion.ca El año del 2023 estará marcado por las graves violaciones de derechos humanos ante las protestas realizadas por la población peruana, a partir del intento de golpe de Estado de ex presidente Pedro Castillo y su inmediata vacancia. | Es claro…

Michael Waldman (2023-04-14). Clarence Thomas proves Justices can't police themselves. nationofchange.org The Supreme Court needs term limits and a binding code of ethics.

Brittani Banks (2023-04-14). Clarence Thomas Proves It's Time for Supreme Court Term Limits. independentmediainstitute.org

Editor (2023-04-13). U.S. court's abortion pill ruling: Another milestone in the assault on democratic rights. mronline.org The ruling issued Friday by federal District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, overturning approval of the abortion pill mifepristone by the Food and Drug Administration, is the most flagrant attack on the democratic right to abortion since the Supreme Court's decision last summer to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Sharon Zhang (2023-04-13). Clarence Thomas Sold 3 Properties to Billionaire Crow and Never Disclosed It. truthout.org A week after a bombshell report from ProPublica revealed that GOP megadonor and billionaire Harlan Crow has been showering Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas with lavish gifts that Thomas never disclosed, the publication has unveiled new documents showing that Crow has also given money to the right-wing justice directly. In 2014, ProPublica uncovered, Crow bought three properties co-owned by… |

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Staff (2023-04-12). 15 April, Toronto: Al-Quds Day — Stop Anti-Palestinian Racism in Canada, Free Palestine! samidoun.net What: Al-Quds Day 2023 Theme: STOP Anti — Palestinian Racism in Canada When: Saturday, April 15 at 3: 00 pm Where: Opposite U.S. Consulate 361 University Ave, Toronto Speakers at this event will include Charlotte Kates of Samidoun and Khaled Barakat of the Masar Badil. Endorsed By: Greater Toronto for BDS Neturei Karta International (NKI) Samidoun …

Ann Brown (2023-04-12). Texas Governor: I Don't Care About The Jury Verdict, I Am Going To Pardon Killer Of BLM Protester. moguldom.com Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has announced on social media he wants to find a way to pardon Daniel Perry, a Fort Hood Army sergeant who was tried and found guilty of murdering a protester in Austin during the Black Lives Matter protests after the police killing of George Floyd. Perry, 35, was found guilty on …

KATIE (2023-04-13). Investing in apartheid Israel: Ideology or economic interest? bdsmovement.net

Mike Ludwig (2023-04-12). Settlers Get Away With Terrorizing Palestinian Children Under Israeli Apartheid. truthout.org Palestinian children living in the occupied West Bank cannot walk to school without a military escort, assuming their classrooms have not been demolished or confiscated by Israelis in the first place. Palestinian kids face constant attacks and harassment from violent Israeli "settlers" pushing to colonize the West Bank with illegal settlements, if not wipe Palestine off the map altogether. |

KATIE (2023-04-13). Investing in apartheid Israel: Ideology or economic interest? bdsmovement.net

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-12). Arsonist Ex-Ukrainian Government Minister Assisted Canadian Government-Funded Nazi Propaganda Bus Tour. libya360.wordpress.com Christian Shingiro and Aidan Jonah The Trade Unions Building in Odessa burning in 2014, after neo-Nazis and other right-wing forces, counting Stepan Kubiv among them, set it on fire. 42 Ukrainians opposed to the Maidan coup were killed in the fire. (Source) ATIP requests and an interview with Ukrainian economist Roman Gubriienko have revealed that…

Martin Edwin Andersen (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…

Jason Wilson, Jeff Tischauser (2023-04-12). Patriot Front Members Appear on Idaho Wanted List. splcenter.org Judges in Kootenai County, Idaho, have issued arrest warrants for five members of white nationalist hate group Patriot Front, and the men have been added to a wanted list circulated by that county's sheriff.

ecns.cn (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.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2023-04-12). Roger Waters takes legal action over canceled concert in Germany. electronicintifada.net Frankfurt city council smeared rock icon as anti-Semitic, escalating state repression of Palestinian rights supporters.

Indigenous Action (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…

Sharon Zhang (2023-04-12). Nearly Every Congressional Democrat Signs Brief Supporting Abortion Drug Access. truthout.org In the wake of a far right Texas judge's dangerous ruling that could lead to a key abortion drug being removed from pharmacies across the country, nearly every Democrat in Congress has signed on to a legal filing seeking to block the ruling and protect abortion access. The brief supporting the Biden administration's appeal of the ruling filed this week was signed by 240 Democrats, in an effort led… |

Albert Bender (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 …

CJ Baker (2023-04-12). Protest Song Of The Week: 'Go As Free Companions' By Dawn Ray'd. shadowproof.com Dawn Ray'd is a UK anarchist black metal band that draws from the folk traditions of rebel music. On their latest album "To Know The Light," the trio conveys a rousing anti-fascist message that balances the bleakness that black metal is known for with a sense of optimism.

Robert Reich (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.

Abayomi Azikiwe (2023-04-13). Efforts to Reduce Israeli Influence in Africa Continues. globalresearch.ca

Friedrich Steinfeld (2023-04-13). 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:…

Michael Jansen (2023-04-13). Another Ramadan, Another Brutal Israeli Raids Into Al Aqsa. globalresearch.ca

Middle East Eye (2023-04-13). Israeli Spyware Firm QuaDream Linked to Hacks on Journalists and Politicians. globalresearch.ca

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-04-13). Gobierno Sirio rechaza ataques contra mezquita de Al Aqsa. telesurtv.net Además, afirmó que los ataques de los israelíes, que intentan practicar los rituales de la llamada pascua judía, se realizan con plena protección de Estado de Israel.

_____ (2023-04-12). Mossad Rebellion against the Netanyahu Administration's judicial reform. journal-neo.org

Ali Abunimah (2023-04-12). How Israel blackmails Palestinians into treason. electronicintifada.net Lions Den executes man who allegedly helped Israel kill its members.

Anonymous669 (2023-04-12). Israel Hit HQ Of Syrian President Brother During Recent Strikes. southfront.org Illustrative image. Source: the Israeli Air Force. | Israel hit the headquarters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's brother during a recent wave of The strikes, which took place on April 9, were a response to two salvos of rockets which were launched from southern Syria at the Israeli-occupied Golan heights in the early…

Anonymous765 (2023-04-12). Israel Faces Multi-Front Confrontation After Assault On Al-Aqsa Mosque. southfront.org |

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-12). Leaked Pentagon documents reveal US violations of Korean sovereignty. peoplesdispatch.org On Friday April 7, leaked Pentagon documents began circulating widely on social media. These documents contained highly classified information, leading to revelations about the state of the war in Ukraine and the extent of US intelligence on Russia. The documents also highlight illegal CIA spying on some of the most loyal allies of the US, including Ukraine, Israel, and The leaked documents reveal that the US has illegally intercepted communications within S…

Ramzy Baroud (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 …

Robert Inlakesh (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.

Staff (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…

Staff (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.

Editor (2023-04-12). Ellen Brown: The Cobalt Gold Rush and the East Palestine Disaster. scheerpost.com By Ellen Brown / Original to ScheerPost Holidays in my childhood were spent at my grandparents' farm in Plain Grove, Pennsylvania, 35 miles from East Palestine, Ohio. My grandfather's grandfather fought at Gettysburg and homesteaded the 160-acre farm after the Civil War. My grandmother sold it in the 1960s for $13,000, lacking a male heir …

Staff (2023-04-12). Free Walid Daqqah! Palestinian prisoner in intensive care after lung surgery. samidoun.net Palestinian prisoner, revolutionary intellectual and writer Walid Daqqah is currently in intensive care in Barzilai Hospital after a surgery to remove part of his lung, a statement by his family, his family reported in a new statement on 12 April. Daqqah, 62, has been imprisoned since 25 March 1986 and has been diagnosed with a …

WSWS (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.

Greg Kearney (2023-04-12). Racist backfire: Tennessee Republicans' target Black legislators, and fail. peoplesworld.org

Peyton Rookard (2023-04-12). Tennessee mobilizes to secure reinstatement of lawmakers targeted in racist expulsion. liberationnews.org Since the night of Jones and Pearson's racist expulsion by the right wing majority in the legislature, hundreds of people, mostly youth, have rallied every day proclaiming "No Justins, No Peace!"

Rachel Hu, Chris Garaffa (2023-04-12). CovertAction Bulletin: Racist Attacks on Democracy in Tennessee. covertactionmagazine.com The expulsion of two Black elected Representatives from Tennessee's state government continues a long, racist tradition of the removal of Black people in political power in the United States. From the founding of the country through the Reconstruction era and to the modern day, white supremacy and capitalism have used every weapon at their disposal to disenfranchise Black voters and legislators…

Fight Back (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…

Gillian Thomas (2023-04-12). The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: How We Got Here. aclu.org Although the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade cast a long shadow over reproductive rights, there were some victories to cheer in 2022. Among them was the culmination of a long, hard-fought campaign to sign the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act into law. A win

Khalil Bendib (2023-04-12). Cartoon: The Supreme Courtesan. otherwords.org

Rick Rozoff (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 …

teleSUR, JDO (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.

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George Yancy (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/ |

Staff (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…

Miko Peled (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…

Staff (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.

teleSUR, JDO (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".

Sharon Zhang (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… |

Albert Bender (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, …

Editor (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 . . . |

John Wojcik (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 …

Juan Cole (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 …

WSWS (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.

Friedrich Steinfeld (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:…

Anand Naidoo (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, …

Adri Nieuwhof (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.

Al Jazeera (2023-04-11). Israeli Attacks on Syria in the Past Year: Timeline. globalresearch.ca

Amy Goodman (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… |

Anis Raiss (2023-04-11). Gunning for Conflict: Israel-Azerbaijan Collaboration Against Iran. globalresearch.ca

cameron orr (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 …

Huda Ammori (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.

kwjorinoco (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…

Maureen Clare Murphy (2023-04-11). Israel kills two in Nablus ambush. electronicintifada.net Palestinian boy killed in refugee camp by withdrawing troops.

Peoples Dispatch (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…

Staff (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.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (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.

teleSUR, JCM (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,…

teleSUR, JCM (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.

Greg Kearney (2023-04-12). Racist backfire: Tennessee Republicans' target Black legislators, and fail. peoplesworld.org

Repost (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.

Editor (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.

Editor (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 …

Maddie Dery (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.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (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…

Sharon Zhang (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… |

Marc Steiner (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…

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2023-04-11: News Headlines

H. Scott Prosterman (2023-04-10). Trumpism Triumphant: Tennessee GOP Expulsion of Black Reps. shows Rot of Racism. juancole.com Oakland, Ca. (Feature; Special to Informed Comment) — The demonstration on the floor of the Tennessee Legislature on March 30 was not an insurrection, such as occurred on January 6. It was a passionate political protest, driven by raw emotions in the wake of another AR-15 massacre at a local school on March 27. The …

Deja Gaston (2023-04-10). Six things you should know about South African revolutionary Chris Hani. liberationnews.org April 10 marks the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Chris Hani — an indispensable leader to the revolutionary movement in South Africa against apartheid, colonialism, and imperialism.

TALA (2023-04-10). Palestinian Trade Unions' Anti-Apartheid Call. bdsmovement.net

Martin Edwin Andersen (2023-04-11). 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…

The US is guilty of genocide w/ Jalil Muntaqim | Rattling the Bars

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Anonymous103 (2023-04-10). Kiev's Official Admits "Horrible Losses" southfront.org Illustrative ImageAccording to a Ukrainian diplomat Kiev will admit its losses in the future, after the end of the conflict. | Written by Increasingly, Ukraine's defeat is being admitted even among officials of Kiev's neo-Nazi regime. Recently, a Ukrainian diplomat claimed that his country is suffering "horrible losses". According to him, the government is hidi…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-04-10). Nazi Skeletons in Finland and Sweden's Closets. transcend.org 5 Apr 2023 – Finland's official induction into NATO has been celebrated across the trans Atlantic technocracy-sphere as a victory for democracy and freedom. Is it?>

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-04-10). Will the West Support Ukraine's Attack on Crimea? transcend.org According to U.S. and U.N., Putin "annexed" Crimea in 2014. According to Putin, Crimea, daunted by the violence of neo-Nazis in the Maidan, had asked Putin to intervene; the subsequent referendum confirmed their approval.

Hundreds of Palestinians injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers in West Bank

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Staff (2023-04-10). Headlines for April 10, 2023. democracynow.org Fate of Medication Abortion in Legal Limbo as Two U.S. Judges Issue Conflicting Rulings, Clarence Thomas Defends Luxury Gifts from Harlan Crow, GOP Megadonor and Nazi Memorabilia Collector, DOJ Probes Leak of Pentagon Documents About Ukraine War, U.S. Surveillance on Allies, Russian Strike Kills Young Girl and Father as 31 Abducted Ukrainian Children Returned to Families, China Holds Military Drills Following Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen's Trip to U.S., Israel Strikes Syria, Gaza as IDF Raid In Occupied West Bank Kills Another Palestinian Teen, Saudi and Houthi Officials Meet for Yemen Peace Talks Media…

Anonymous103 (2023-04-10). In Video: Ukrainian Border Guard Reveals Secrets Of Ukrainian "Patriots" southfront.org

Henry A. Giroux (2023-04-10). US Fascism Is Spreading Under the Guise of "Patriotic Education" truthout.org The relentless state-based attacks on Black people in the U.S. and the war being waged against public and higher education are not unrelated. In the present political and ideological climate, far right political leaders, such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) have declared a war on institutions of public and higher education… |

Thousands of right-wing lawmakers and settlers march to illegal outpost of Evyatar

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Editor (2023-04-10). Fascists threaten, Biden concedes: organize and fight for trans rights! mronline.org The Trans Day of Vengeance was a long-planned protest in Washington, D.C., scheduled for April 1. People were coming to D.C. from across the country to participate. It was called in response to the growing legal and extralegal violence against the transgender community, egged on by far-right politicians and corporate media.

Eric A. Gordon (2023-04-10). 'Kiss of the Spider Woman': Human connection a shield against fascism. peoplesworld.org PASADENA, Calif. — Thrust together at an Argentine federal correctional complex, the notorious Devoto prison in Buenos Aires, two men of polar opposite persuasions occupy a common claustrophobic cell. The time is the Dirty War period from 1976 to 1983, when a brutal fascist military dictatorship led by General Jorge Rafael Videla ruled the land, …

WSWS (2023-04-10). Texas Republican Governor Abbott pledges to "swiftly" pardon fascist killer. wsws.org Abbott's proclamation is a continuation of Republican efforts to legitimatize far-right vigilante violence.

WSWS (2023-04-10). Texas judge issues injunction barring most common abortion drug. wsws.org The opinion by federal judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, an anti-abortion zealot appointed by Donald Trump, is a fascistic political diatribe.

IOF attack Palestinian journalists with tear gas and stun grenades

Posted by Chris Hutchinson.

Al Jazeera (2023-04-11). Israeli Attacks on Syria in the Past Year: Timeline. globalresearch.ca

Anis Raiss (2023-04-11). Gunning for Conflict: Israel-Azerbaijan Collaboration Against Iran. globalresearch.ca

Al Jazeera (2023-04-11). Israeli Attacks on Syria in the Past Year: Timeline. globalresearch.ca

Anis Raiss (2023-04-11). Gunning for Conflict: Israel-Azerbaijan Collaboration Against Iran. globalresearch.ca

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-04-10). Democracy at Risk for Jews in Israel, Bare Survival for Palestinians. transcend.org 7 Apr 2023 – Israeli police violence at the Al-Aqsa Mosque directed at Palestinian worshipers in the midst of Ramadan on the nights of April 5 and 6 is a serious violation of international arrangements in Jerusalem to protect Muslim holy sites, none more sacred than Al-Aqsa.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-04-10). Israel Attacks Al-Aqsa Two Nights in a Row, Beating Worshipers at Holy Site. transcend.org 6 Apr 2023 – Israeli forces conducted violent raids on the Al Aqsa Mosque compound two nights in a row, beating worshipers and forcing Palestinians out of the holy site in order to make way for Jewish pilgrims on Passover.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-04-10). UN Bureau Condemns Israeli Forces Violence against Palestinian Worshipers in Holy Sites in Jerusalem. transcend.org 5 April 2023 — We condemn the raid by Israeli Forces inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque on 4 Apr 2023, resulting in hundreds of Palestinian worshipers beaten, injured and detained. This violence is particularly egregious during a time of heightened religious sensitivity with the observance of Ramadan, Passover, and Easter.

Dave DeCamp (2023-04-10). Intel Leak: US Considering Helping Israel Against Iran for Ukraine 'Lethal Aid'. news.antiwar.com A Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) document that has surfaced as part of a trove of leaks suggests the US believes it can pressure Israel to provide "lethal aid" to Ukraine, The Times of Israel reported. A photo of the document circulating online shows that it lays out four possible scenarios in order from most plausible …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-10). US Flexes Muscle in Persian Gulf, to No Avail. libya360.wordpress.com MK Bhadrakumar A panicked US tries to insert itself into West Asia's tsunami of political, economic, and diplomatic shifts, but is anybody listening? Three ominous US-related developments last week grate against the overall easing of tensions in the West Asian region: Firstly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's phone call on Tuesday to UAE President Mohamed bin…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-10). Palestinian boy dies in fresh Israeli raids, Al-Aqsa stormed again. peoplesdispatch.org The Israeli forces were carrying out a raid at the Aqbat Jabr refugee camp in the occupied West Bank city of Jericho when the child was killed…

Robert Inlakesh (2023-04-10). From Gaza To Syria And Lebanon: A United Front Responds To Israel. thelastamericanvagabond.com After Israeli occupation police forces raided the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, a total of three times, attacking worshippers and provoking popular outrage across the Muslim and Arab World, the response was overwhelming. For the first time since 1973, Israel is directly threatened with a multi-front war, this time in reaction to its assaults on a

teleSUR, DRL (2023-04-10). Palestina denuncia escalada violenta por parte de Israel. telesurtv.net "Las provocaciones israelíes contra Al-Aqsa son inaceptables y convertirán sus patios en un campo de batalla", dijeron desde la Autoridad Nacional Palestina.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-04-10). Papa Francisco ruega por la paz en Palestina tras escalada israelí. telesurtv.net Asimismo, dedicó unas palabras a las víctimas de los terremotos de febrero en Turquía y Siria, donde murieron más de 55.000 personas en su mayoría de la región del Kurdistán.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-04-10). Despiden en Qalqilya a palestino asesinado por fuerzas israelíes. telesurtv.net Este domingo, grandes multitudes en la gobernación de Qalqilya en Cisjordania lloraron el cuerpo del joven fallecido hasta su lugar de descanso final en la ciudad de Azzun.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-04-10). Militares ocupantes matan a otro joven palestino en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Ayed Azzam Saleem, de 20 años, murió poco después de ser gravemente herido por disparos israelíes en el abdomen y el pecho.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-04-10). Defensas antiaéreas de Siria derriban varios misiles israelíes. telesurtv.net Las defensas antiaéreas sirias "interceptaron los misiles de la agresión y derribaron algunos de ellos… y la agresión provocó algunas pérdidas materiales".

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-04-10). Tropas israelíes asesinan a joven palestino. telesurtv.net El ejército israelí ha asesinado a 93 palestinos en lo que va de año, de los cuales 17 eran menores de edad y una mujer.

_____ (2023-04-10). It Was a Sad Friday in Jerusalem. strategic-culture.org With its silence, the U.S. stands complicit in the crimes against the Palestinian people who are deprived of every human right. | April 7 was "Good Friday" for Western Christians, the day when they believe Jesus was hung on a cross. But it was a "Sad Friday" in Jerusalem. To the Muslims of the world, this is the third Friday of Ramadan, and this morning worshippers attempting to pray at the

Mark Gruenberg (2023-04-10). Good news: Nobody died in the East Palestine train disaster…yet. peoplesworld.org We've had a little time to reflect on the massive Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern rail wreck in the small Ohio town of East Palestine, and there's one good thing to be said about it: Nobody died. Yet. We introduce that warning for several reasons. We are approaching the tenth anniversary of the Lac Megantic rail …

News Desk, The Cradle. (2023-04-10). West Asia Mistrusts Washington's 'Commitment' To Democracy. popularresistance.org An overwhelming majority of citizens in 13 countries across West Asia and North Africa say they do not trust US claims about "encouraging the development of democracy" or about "improving the economic lot of people," according to a poll released on 7 April by US analytics and advisory company Gallup. | Respondents in Iran, Tunisia, Palestine, and Afghanistan were the most distrustful about Washington's 'democratic' intentions. Only in Kuwait and Morocco did the negative perception of Washington drop below 50 percent of respondents. Washington's commitment to self-determination also faces great skepticism among ad…

Ryan Cristián (2023-04-10). Kim Iversen Interview — Manufacturing Consent, Access Journalism & The COVID-19 Narrative Collapse. thelastamericanvagabond.com Joining me today is Kim Iversen, here to discuss the controlled state of corporate media through what is commonly called "manufacturing consent" as well as the concept of "access journalism." We also discuss many different important topics such as the situation in occupied Palestine and the ongoing collapse of the COVID-19 narrative. (odysee.com/@TLAVagabond: 5) (www.bitchute.com/channel/24yVcta8zEjY/) Source

teleSUR, DRL (2023-04-10). Anuncian reunión de cancilleres de Siria, Türkiye, Irán y Rusia. telesurtv.net El propósito principal de la reunión es avanzar en el restablecimiento de las relaciones diplomáticas entre Türkiye y Siria, interrumpidas desde 2011, tras el estallido de la guerra y la intervención extranjera.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-04-10). Gobernación de Jerusalén rechaza invasión de mezquita Al-Aqsa. telesurtv.net La entidad mencionó que las invasiones al recinto de oración no serán aceptadas por el pueblo palestino y las naciones árabes e islámicas.

Brenda Norrell (2023-04-10). Chief Na'Moks Grabbed and Isolated by Royal Bank of Canada at Stakeholders Meeting. indybay.org Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chief Na'moks was violently prevented from entering the Royal Bank of Canada annual general meeting. "Such a racist act, they've actually laid hands on me, a Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chief on my regalia just now," Chief Na'Moks told the RBC, as snipers were stationed on the buildings where traditional elders gathered in an Indigenous delegation.

Anonymous103 (2023-04-10). A Matter of Personal Hospitality: Buying the US Supreme Court. southfront.org

Brett Wilkins (2023-04-10). AOC Calls on Biden to Ignore Mifepristone Ruling, Resist "National Abortion Ban" truthout.org Progressive congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warned Sunday that if the U.S. Supreme Court upholds a right-wing federal judge's ruling banning access to abortion pills, "it would essentially institute a national abortion ban." In an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union," Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) doubled down on her earlier call for the Biden administration to ignore a ruling by U.S. |

Rick Rozoff (2023-04-10). Latvia: NATO rehearses for war with Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropeApril 10, 2023 Video: Exercise Crystal Arrow — Training to defend Latvia Multinational Exercise Crystal Arrow 23 took place from Mar. 20 to 31, 2023 in Camp ƒÄda≈æi military training area in Latvia. Crystal Arrow is led by Latvian Land Forces Mechanized Infantry Brigade (MECH Bde) and is the NATO Combat …

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-04-10). Avanzan diálogos de paz en Yemen. telesurtv.net Según medios locales, el Consejo Supremo Político de los hutíes administra las zonas en Yemen controladas por los rebeldes.

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2023-04-10: News Headlines

TALA (2023-04-10). Palestinian Trade Unions' Anti-Apartheid Call. bdsmovement.net

NOUR (2023-04-09). Democracy or Apartheid: You Can't Have Both. globalresearch.ca

Jessica Buxbaum (2023-04-09). As UK Inks Trade Deal with Israel, Rishi Sunak's Connections to Apartheid State Come Under Scrutiny. mintpressnews.com As Israel is slammed over human rights abuses, some are decrying the UK's Rishi Sunak for deepening military ties with the apartheid state. Jessica Buxbaum reveals just how deep those ties go.

ORACLE
The Israel-linked Tech Firm Managing British Government Data

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Martin Edwin Andersen (2023-04-10). 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…

Yuri Rubtsov (2023-04-09). History: Hitler was Financed by the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England. globalresearch.ca Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | feature image: Hitler, Schacht and Prescott Bush | First published by Global Research in May 2016, Minor edits by Global Research. Title as in the original. | Incisive historical analysis. | From World War …

Hundreds of Palestinians take part in the funeral of the 20-year-old Palestinian youth Ahed Salim

Posted by Chris Hutchinson.

Anonymous103 (2023-04-09). Military Situation In Syria On April 9, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On April 9, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no cases of hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On April 9, Liwa al-Quds group fired at least six rockets at the Israeli settlements of Natur and Avnei Eitan in the occupied Golan Heights; | On April 9, the Israeli warplanes attacked areas in southern Syria with several missiles; | On April 9, the SDF and US coalition arrested several ISIS members in the Markadah town.

Anonymous669 (2023-04-09). Egyptian Army Foiled Attempt To Fire Rockets From Sinai At Israel — Reports. southfront.org Illustrative image. | The Egyptian military has foiled an attempt to fire rockets from the Sinai Peninsula at Israel, Al Jazeera reported late on April 8, citing Hebrew media reports. | According to the reports, a multiple rocket launcher set up in an unspecified part of Sinai to fire in the direction of the southern Israeli port town of Eilat was uncovered and dismantled by the Egyptian military. Neither Cairo, nor Tel Aviv have commented on these claims yet. | The alleged rocket launch attempt…

Anonymous669 (2023-04-09). Israel Strikes Hit Southern Syria After Rare Rocket Attack On Golan Heights (Video). southfront.org File image. | Two salvos of rockets hit the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on April 8 and 9, in a rare attack from Syria amid escalating tension in the region. | The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said late on April 8 that three rockets were fired from southern Syria, of which one landed in an open area near the settlement of Meitsar. An incoming rocket alert was activated in an open area near the town shortly before. One of the other two rockets fell short in Syria, with the second landing in Jordan. The Iron Do…

Juan Cole (2023-04-09). Leaked Pentagon Report: Israeli Intel Agency Mossad Agitated against Netanyahu's weakening of Courts. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — John Hudson and Louisa Loveluck at the Washington Post report that a leak of Pentagon documents reveals that the U.S. is intensively spying on Israel and concludes that Israel's intelligence service, Mossad, has encouraged both its own employees and the Israeli public to join protests against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's …

Middle East Monitor (2023-04-09). Israeli Opposition Leader Lapid Blames PM Netanyahu for Putting Extremist over al-Aqsa Mosque as 140,000 Palestinians Defiantly Worship. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid on Friday accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of causing a disaster by assigning National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir responsibility for Al-Aqsa Mosque. Ma'an News Agency disclosed that Lapid accused Netanyahu of knowing that giving the National Security portfolio to Ben-Gvir, which made him …

teleSUR, jaa, JDO (2023-04-09). Israelíes continúan protestas contra reforma judicial. telesurtv.net Se trata de la decimocuarta semana de protestas contra la normativa. Se movilizan 250.000 personas, de ellas 145.000 en Tel Aviv.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-04-09). Al menos seis palestinos heridos por protestas en Kafr Qaddum. telesurtv.net Algunos de los heridos fueron tratados en el lugar, mientras otros fueron trasladados al hospital para recibir tratamiento.

Fight Back (2023-04-09). Hundreds march for Palestine to say hands off Al-Aqsa. fightbacknews.org Columbia Heights, MN – On April 8, over 250 people marched on Central Avenue in Columbia Heights to demand an end to Israeli violence against Palestinians and an end to U.S. aid to Israel. | This week Israeli forces stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem on multiple days, firing stun grenades and violently attacking Palestinians as they gathered for Ramadan prayers. | Palestinian health officials report the start of 2023 to be the deadliest for Palestinians in at least 20 years. Nearly 90 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank since the start of the year. | Nick Tol…

Lowkey (2023-04-09). Oracle, the Shadowy Tech Giant In League With the CIA and Israel, with Alan MacLeod. mintpressnews.com Oracle's intimate ties to both the Central Intelligence Agency and the Israeli national security state should be cause for enormous concern, argues guest Alan Macleod.

Mark Gruenberg (2023-04-09). 80 Percent of Norfolk Southern's Massive Profits Go Into Executives' Pockets. truthout.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 February 3 wreck there. But buried deep in the March 31 federal Justice Department filing, for both itself and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency… |

scorinoco (2023-04-09). Venezuela: Social Movements Announce Creation of Platform Promoting Solidarity With Palestine. orinocotribune.com

Repost (2023-04-10). 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.

Niko Georgiades, Unicorn Riot. (2023-04-09). Police Accountability Leaders Discuss Minneapolis Policing Agreement. popularresistance.org Minneapolis, Minnesota — A new, court-enforceable settlement agreement sets a road map for policing changes in Minneapolis, authorities said during a press conference on March 31. A week later, police accountability movement leaders held a press conference in City Hall to speak on what the agreement means to the everyday people of Minneapolis who've endured the violent, racist practices of the police. | Speakers at the press conference included Michelle Gross, President of Communities United Against Police Brutality, Jaylani Hussein, Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN),…

Staff (2023-04-09). Brandon Johnson Elected Mayor of Chicago. orinocotribune.com Chicago, April 6 — On Tuesday April 4, Brandon Johnson won 51.4% of vote in the Chicago mayoral runoff election. Johnson's victory is also a victory for working and oppressed people, as demonstrated by the range of organizations and individuals who celebrated with Johnson and his family at the Marriott Marquis on election night. | Frank Chapman, executive director of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, said "I've been living for this moment since the Great Harold Washington in 1986, yet we didn't wait on history; we, the oppressed and the working class, made history." | Several hou…

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2023-04-10). A Matter of Personal Hospitality: Buying the US Supreme Court. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous103 (2023-04-09). Military Situation In Yemen On April 9, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 89 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah in the past 24 hours; | On April 9, Mohammad Al-Jaber, the ambassador of Saudi Arabia, arrived in Sana'a to talk with Ansar Allah officials. Upon his arrival in Sana'a, he met with Muhammad Ali Al-Houthi, a member of the Supreme Political Council of Yemen, and Jalal Al-Ravishan, the deputy head of the Supreme Political Council of Yemen for defense…

Brett Wilkins (2023-04-09). Lawmakers Urge Chief Justice Roberts to Probe Clarence Thomas's Secret Trips. truthout.org As congressional Democrats scoffed at U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' attempt to defend taking luxury vacations funded by a billionaire Republican mega-donor, a group of 16 Democratic lawmakers on Friday urged Chief Justice John Roberts to investigate "allegations of unethical and potentially unlawful conduct" by a member of the nation's highest court. In a letter led by Sen. |

Editor (2023-04-09). Federal Judges Issue Conflicting Rulings in a Pill Used for Medication Abortion. scheerpost.com A federal judge in Texas blocked the FDA's approval of mifepristone. Another in Washington state issued a conflicting ruling. The matter now seems poised to head for the Supreme Court.

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