Martin Edwin Andersen (2023-05-31). Blowing the whistle on Henry Kissinger / Benjamin B. Ferencz and the Nuremberg legacy. indybay.org On the birthday of the lawless (and never indicted) former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, I believe it is important to underscore the fact that the impunity enjoyed by senior Pentagon officials who knowingly promote far-right former foreign terrorists in Department of Defense international programs (and regularly engaged in the racism, sexism, homophobia and coup mongering overseas [Honduras], as well as common corruption), is a peculiar brand of "American Exceptionalism."

Staff (2023-05-30). Toronto: "Walk Against Israel" confronts Zionist racism and crimes. samidoun.net On Sunday, 22 May, Toronto 4 Palestine, together with Montreal 4 Palestine, Neturei Karta International and the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, organized the "Walk Against Israel" to challenge the "Walk for Israel", a Zionist, pro-apartheid event that takes place annually in Toronto. Participants spoke out against Zionist crimes in occupied Palestine. They emphasized their …

KATIE (2023-05-31). Verviers (Belgium) cuts ties with apartheid Israel. bdsmovement.net

Fight Back (2023-05-30). U of MN SDS: "University lies about cancelation of appearance by Chief Zwelivelile Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela" fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the University of Minnesota chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). | The University of Minnesota is lying to the public about the cancellation of a speaking event featuring Nkosi Mandela – anti-apartheid activist, member of the South African National Assembly, tribal chief of the Mvezo Traditional Council, and grandson of Nelson Mandela. Chief Zwelivelile Mandela had been scheduled to speak at the Cowles Auditorium in the Humphrey School for Public Affairs on the UMN campus on May 16. Several grassroots activist organizations in the…

infobrics (2023-05-31). Ukrainians might suffer due to Kiev regime's escalating drone attacks on Russia. infobrics.org Russian President Vladimir Putin himself has issued a stark warning to the Neo-Nazi junta: "[The drone attacks] are designed to prompt a reaction from Russia… they provoke mirrored actions. Well, we will see what [we can do] about it."

infobrics (2023-05-30). Moscow might cut all ties with London over UK's rabid Russophobic hostility. infobrics.org There's no indication London will stop escalating, as it's now at the forefront of the initiative to deliver F-16 fighter jets to the Neo-Nazi junta. Moscow is well aware of this and has made efforts to communicate with the UK, but to no avail. London's rabid Russophobia seems to be clouding its judgment, leaving Russia with no other option but to just cut contact.

Anonymous669 (2023-05-31). Russian Lancet Drones Take Out Four More Radar, Air Defense Systems Of Kiev Forces (Videos). southfront.org MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA — JUNE 25, 2019: A ZALA Lancet-3 attack drone developed by Kalashnikov Concern on display at the Army 2019 International Military Technical Forum at Patriot Park. Marina Lystseva/TASS | The Russian military has destroyed or damaged four more radar and air defense systems of Kiev forces with Lancet loitering munitions. | Between May 26 and 31, Russian news sources shared videos and photos documenting the pinpoint loitering munition strikes, which targeted Soviet-made 9K33 Os…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-30). 2 Patriot Systems, 29 Storm Shadow Missiles, Headquarters Of Military Intelligence in Kiev: Russia Assessed Ukrainian Losses. southfront.org The Russian military continues its effective massive precision strikes on the military facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine…

Editor (2023-05-31). Weaponising anti-semitism, bringing down Corbyn. mronline.org Britain's mainstream media, its Army and the Israel lobby all combined to ensure Jeremy Corbyn did not become prime minister, a new book argues.

Philip Giraldi (2023-05-31). Joe Biden Launches His War on Antisemitism. globalresearch.ca

Laith Fadel (2023-05-30). California seeks reparations to bring about racial equality. america.cgtn.com California is seeking to become the first state in the U.S. to pay reparations to its African-American residents over the systematic discrimination and mistreatment of the people. A reparations task force has been studying ways in which California can compensate its African-American residents, with …

Kathryn Joyce (2023-05-31). Sarasota County Is Florida's "Underground Lab" for Far Right Education Policies. truthout.org On a Sunday afternoon in late May 2022, Zander Moricz, then class president of Sarasota County's Pine View School, spent the moments before his graduation speech sitting outside the auditorium, on the phone with his lawyers. Over the previous month, the question of what he'd say when he stepped to the podium had become national news. That March, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis had signed the… |

Dick Nichols (2023-05-31). Spain: Sánchez counters rout in local polls with general election call. greenleft.org.au The far right were the big winners in the May 28 local elections in Spain, reports Dick Nichols, and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is seeking to minimise the damage by calling a general election as early as July 23.

Sharon Zhang (2023-05-30). Republicans Are Threatening to Oust McCarthy as Speaker Over Debt Ceiling Deal. truthout.org As House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) scrambles to win the support of far right members of the Republican caucus for his debt ceiling deal, it is becoming increasingly clear that McCarthy may have to rely on support of Democrats to pass the package. Roughly 20 House Republicans have announced their opposition to the bill since it was released over the weekend… |

David Goeàümann (2023-05-30). Europe's War Against Refugees Is Fueling the Far Right's Ascension. globalresearch.ca

Muhammed Shabeer, People's Dispatch. (2023-05-31). A Regime Of Private Corporations That Is Normalizing Fascism In Italy. popularresistance.org Italy is one of a few countries in the European Union without a legal minimum wage; 21 out of 27 EU countries have instituted minimum wages. In Italy, minimum wages are only determined in collective labor agreements, but these salaries are often very low — around four to six euros per hour. In addition, Italy is the only country in the continent where since 1990, real wages are not growing — they even diminished by 3% in the last 30 years. Thus, one out of 10 people in Italy are working poor, among the youth, this number increases to one out of six. | Already a year ago, Potere al Popolo started a pol…

Lynda Carson (2023-05-31). Banned books or banned author recommendations. indybay.org In Opposition To The Banning Of Books By Dangerous Fascist Right-Wing Extremists:…

WSWS (2023-05-31). Biden-McCarthy austerity debt ceiling bill moves to vote in Congress. wsws.org The Republican Party, led by its fascistic wing, is used to drive the so-called "debate," making the most extreme demands for social cuts and thereby paving the way for the Democrats to agree to somewhat less onerous attacks, while accelerating the process of gutting all of the social gains won by the working class in a century of struggle.

Dick Nichols (2023-05-31). Spain: Sánchez counters rout in local polls with general election call. greenleft.org.au The far right were the big winners in the May 28 local elections in Spain, reports Dick Nichols, and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is seeking to minimise the damage by calling a general election as early as July 23.

Sharon Zhang (2023-05-30). Republicans Are Threatening to Oust McCarthy as Speaker Over Debt Ceiling Deal. truthout.org As House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) scrambles to win the support of far right members of the Republican caucus for his debt ceiling deal, it is becoming increasingly clear that McCarthy may have to rely on support of Democrats to pass the package. Roughly 20 House Republicans have announced their opposition to the bill since it was released over the weekend… |

David Goeàümann (2023-05-30). Europe's War Against Refugees Is Fueling the Far Right's Ascension. globalresearch.ca

Muhammed Shabeer, People's Dispatch. (2023-05-31). A Regime Of Private Corporations That Is Normalizing Fascism In Italy. popularresistance.org Italy is one of a few countries in the European Union without a legal minimum wage; 21 out of 27 EU countries have instituted minimum wages. In Italy, minimum wages are only determined in collective labor agreements, but these salaries are often very low — around four to six euros per hour. In addition, Italy is the only country in the continent where since 1990, real wages are not growing — they even diminished by 3% in the last 30 years. Thus, one out of 10 people in Italy are working poor, among the youth, this number increases to one out of six. | Already a year ago, Potere al Popolo started a pol…

Lynda Carson (2023-05-31). Banned books or banned author recommendations. indybay.org In Opposition To The Banning Of Books By Dangerous Fascist Right-Wing Extremists:…

WSWS (2023-05-31). Biden-McCarthy austerity debt ceiling bill moves to vote in Congress. wsws.org The Republican Party, led by its fascistic wing, is used to drive the so-called "debate," making the most extreme demands for social cuts and thereby paving the way for the Democrats to agree to somewhat less onerous attacks, while accelerating the process of gutting all of the social gains won by the working class in a century of struggle.

Editor (2023-05-31). Fascists' Convictions Not a Cause for Celebration. scheerpost.com

Muhammed Shabeer (2023-05-30). Giorgia Meloni government is a regime of private corporations that is normalizing fascism. peoplesdispatch.org Maurizio Coppola from Potere al Popolo (Power to the People) talks about his party's campaign for a 10 Euro minimum wage, the Giorgia Meloni government's attack on workers, and the attempt to normalize authoritarianism and fascism…

Joel Wendland-Liu (2023-05-30). 'Novel' and 'news' have the same root: 'A Time Outside This Time' reviewed. peoplesworld.org Sometimes the experience of violence and trauma induces memory loss. As U.S. residents prepare psychologically to relive the lies and trauma of the 2016 Trump campaign and presidency, and the fascistic nightmare of a possible second presidency, a quick visit to the archive of that time is necessary. Novelist Amitava Kumar's A Time Outside This …

Rick Rozoff (2023-05-31). Azerbaijani, Israeli presidents tout heightened military ties against Iran. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com AzertagMay 31, 2023 Presidents of Azerbaijan and Israel made press statements Excerpts Statement by President Ilham Aliyev During the official visit, we had more opportunities to address important issues on our bilateral agenda. Opening of the Azerbaijani Embassy in Israel this year, of course, will elevate relations on a high level and at the same …

mforinoco (2023-05-31). The Cultural Looting of Gaza. orinocotribune.com By Miko Peled — May 30, 2023 | There needs to be a particularly high standard of cynicism and cruelty to rob destitute people. In many ways, this is what capitalism is all about. But to use the fact that people are near ruin to exploit them is as cold as it gets. | People in Gaza are confined to living with few resources in what amounts to a prison. They are permitted levels of nutrition and medicine that are just enough to prevent total starvation and disease. This is only because Israel, which controls the piece of land known as the Gaza Strip, does not want disease to spread into its own borders. | EXPLOI…

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-05-31). Palestinos prisioneros en Israel suspenden huelga de hambre. telesurtv.net Los reclusos iniciaron la huelga en apoyo a sus compañeros enfermos y para enfrentar el ataque a sus líderes puestos en cautiverio.

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-05-31). Reportan más de 40 heridos por redada israelí en Nablus. telesurtv.net La Sociedad de la Media Luna Roja Palestina puntualizó que 46 palestinos fueron heridos por las tropas israelíes.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-05-31). EE.UU. e Israel pasan a cuartos de final en Mundial Sub-20. telesurtv.net El choque entre Nueva Zelanda y EE.UU. fue favorable a los norteamericanos con un marcador de cuatro anotaciones por cero.

Staff (2023-05-31). 3 June, Vancouver: Free Walid Daqqah! Picket and Info Stand. samidoun.net Saturday, June 3 2: 00 pm CBC Vancouver (700 Hamilton St) Vancouver Join Samidoun Vancouver for a picket and information stand outside the CBC offices in Vancouver on Saturday, June 3. Walid Daqqah, the Palestinian prisoner and intellectual, was once again denied early release on May 31 by Israeli occupation authorities, despite the fact that his …

Staff (2023-05-31). Occupation regime again denies release of Walid Daqqah; delays amount to a policy of assassination. samidoun.net On Wednesday, 31 May, the Israeli prison system's "early release committee" hearing the case of Palestinian prisoner and intellectual Walid Daqqah refused to rule on his release, instead once again delaying his case and his treatment by referring his file to the "release committee for prisoners with life sentences." This is despite the fact that …

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-05-31). Bombardeo israelí asesina a cinco miembros del frente palestino. telesurtv.net La facción palestina señaló que el Ejército israelí ejecutó un bombardeo contra una de sus posiciones en Qusaya.

Anonymous669 (2023-05-31). Five Palestinian Fighters Killed In Alleged Israeli Strike On Lebanese-Syrian Border (Photos). southfront.org Illustrative image. Source: the Israeli Air Force. | On May 31, five members of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine — General Command (PFLP-GC) in Lebanon were killed in a blast that was blamed on Israel. | The blast occurred at the entrance of a base belonging to the front in the town of Qousaya in the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon, near the border with Syria. | Anwar Raja, a PFLP-GC official, said that the deadly blast was caused by an Israeli strike. He revealed that ten…

Anonymous669 (2023-05-31). Israeli Mossad Spy, Italian Intelligence Agents & Russian Woman Killed In Mysterious Boat Accident. southfront.org A vessel that sank on Lake Maggiore with four fatalities, May 2023 (Italian fire and rescue services) | A recently retired Mossad spy was killed along with two Italian intelligence and a Russian woman in a mysterious accident on Italy's Lake Maggiore in which a boat carrying dozens of intelligence officers capsized. | The incident took place on May 28 evening. Officials in the Lombardy region claimed that a "whirlwind" made the 52-foot boat overturn and sink, while Italian investigators said a sud…

Anonymous669 (2023-05-31). Syrian BUK-M2E Systems Shot Down Two Glide Bombs During Last Israeli Attack On Damascus. southfront.org Illustrative image. | Syrian air defenses intercepted two out of six guided glide bombs launched by Israeli fighter jets during the May 28 attack on Damascus outskirts, Rear Admiral Oleg Gurinov, deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria, revealed. | According to Gurinov, two Israeli F-16 fighter jets carried the airstrikes from the airspace of the occupied Golan Heights, launching six GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs."The Syrian air defense…

Staff (2023-05-30). Headlines for May 30, 2023. democracynow.org Debt Ceiling Deal Would Cap Nonmilitary Spending, Add Welfare Work Requirements, Slash IRS Funds, Sudan's Rival Military Factions Extend Shaky Truce, Drone Attacks on Moscow Follow Russian Airstrikes on Kyiv, Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Wins Reelection in Presidential Runoff, Israeli Settlers Move to Reestablish Illegal Outpost in Occupied West Bank, Libyan Court Sentences 23 Men to Death over ISIS Takeover of Sirte, Ugandan President Signs Draconian Anti-LGBTQ Bill That Includes Death Penalty, Lula Welcomes Venezuelan President Maduro to Brazil, Blasts U.S. Sanctions, 16 Killed Across U.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-30). Israel starts resettling former illegal outpost of Homesh in occupied West Bank. peoplesdispatch.org Earlier this year, the Israeli Knesset approved a bill that legalized Homesh along with three other illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank—namely, Sa-Nur, Ganim, and Kadim—which had been evacuated in 2005…

Asa Winstanley (2023-05-31). Revealed: How British spies pull the PA's strings. electronicintifada.net Leaks detail US-UK control of the Palestinian Authority.

Brittani Banks (2023-05-31). Global News Dispatches: 4 Stories. independentmediainstitute.org Headlines in This News Package: Sudanese Army and Rapid Support Forces Extend Fragile Ceasefire by Five Days Nicolás Maduro Makes Historic Trip to Brazil for South American Presidents' Summit WFP Expected to Cut Food Aid to Palestine Due to Lack of Funding People's Health Tribunal Finds Shell and Total Energy Guilty of Harming African Communities …

Staff (2023-05-30). 31 May, Online Event: The Battle of Life and Freedom — The Case of Walid Daqqah. samidoun.net Join us on Wednesday, May 31 for an online event to Free Walid Daqqah! Walid Daqqah is a Palestinian political prisoner, intellectual and freedom fighter suffering from a rare cancer who requires freedom to receive proper treatment after years of medical neglect in Zionist prisons. Hear from: Sanaa Salameh, the wife of Walid Daqqah with Charlotte …

Staff (2023-05-30). Mass demonstration in Vancouver commemorates 75 years of Nakba and resistance. samidoun.net Samidoun Vancouver joined with the Palestinian Youth Movement, Canada Palestine Association, Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights UBC and the International League of People's Struggle to commemorate the ongoing Nakba since 1948 on Sunday, 14 May 2023. Hundreds participated in a mass popular march from the Vancouver Art Gallery in the center of downtown to the …

Aina Marzia (2023-05-31). Texas Is the First State to Ban Student Interaction With Elected Officials. truthout.org Texas students have faced increasing restrictions in recent years on their education, from limiting discussions about race and gender in the classroom to regulating books in school libraries. The latest move by Texas politicians is hidden in plain sight under an existing 2021 ban that targets the teaching of "inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive" groups. The law, HB 3979… |

Eric Brooks (2023-05-30). Black unionists vow to push for racial justice and democracy. peoplesworld.org NEW ORLEANS—Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) President Terry Melvin, keynoting CBTU's 2023 Convention last week, its 52nd, called out the danger of a "racist, anti-democratic America" that wants to see Black and Brown people "eradicated from stories about America's less than perfect self." "Bring it on!" Melvin declared, speaking of the need to prevent …

Rick Rozoff (2023-05-31). NATO HQ in U.S. accelerates Sweden's integration. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Command TransformationMay 25, 2023 Allied Command Transformation Receives Swedish Defence Delegation for Strategic Discussions on Defence Planning and Policy NORFOLK, VA — On May 25th, 2023, Swedish Chief of Directorate of Strategic Plans and Policy, Defence Staff, Major General Johan Pekkari and his delegation visited the Headquarters of Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, located in …

Staff (2023-05-31). Supreme Court Guts Clean Water Act as Conservative Justices Side with Polluters and Developers. democracynow.org We look at how a new Supreme Court ruling awards a major victory to polluters and land developers. In a 5-4 decision last week, the justices sharply limited the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to protect and preserve wetlands under the Clean Water Act. The ruling ends protections for about half of all the wetlands in the contiguous United States, jeopardizing access to safe drinking water for millions. "That just defies science, physics, commonsense," says Earthjustice's Sam Sankar, who urges Congress to take action to once again protect the country's critical water resour…

teleSUR, nama, JCM (2023-05-31). Al menos 1.176 personas imputadas por intento golpista en Brasil. telesurtv.net Este miércoles la Corte Suprema iniciará análisis de acusaciones contra séptimo y último grupo de los 1.390 denunciados.

The Lever (2023-05-31). üéß LEVER TIME: Sen. Chris Murphy On The Debt Ceiling Deal And Reforming The Supreme Court. levernews.com

Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. (2023-05-30). Lee Camp: The Threat Of Dangerous Ideas And Why We Need Them. popularresistance.org Political comedian Lee Camp recently published his second book, "Dangerous Ideas," which provides a bitter dose of reality in a way that makes it hard not to laugh. He explains that most journalists avoid covering the major crises of our times with any depth, leaving the public grossly misinformed. Camp, who has the courage to take on difficult topics, such as the oligarchy, capitalism, militarism and racism, and what to do about them, has had his work censored, banned and erased in retaliation. On Clearing the FOG, Camp discusses the challenges of living in a country that is afraid or unable to face reality and…

Anonymous Contributor (2023-05-29). Minnesota Not Very Nice: Opposing Medea Benjamin in Minneapolis. itsgoingdown.org Report on counter-demo against red/brown organizer Medea Benjamin from so-called Minneapolis, MN. On an unseasonably cool May evening even by Minneapolis standards, a small and diverse group of antifascists stood outside of a building used by a number of Minneapolis non-profits, among them the local chapter of "Veterans for Peace" (VFP) and "Women Against Military…

progressive.international (2023-05-30). BDS: Resisting Israeli Settler-Colonialism. progressive.international Omar Barghouti reflects on the situation in Palestine and calls on progressives to challenge Israel's apartheid regime.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-29). South Africa's Abahlali baseMjondolo continues struggle for true freedom. peoplesdispatch.org Every year, April 27 is commemorated as Freedom Day in South Africa. It marks the first elections with universal voting rights after the fall of white supremacist apartheid rule, 29 years ago. However, for South Africa's socialist militant shack dwellers' movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM), the occasion is an expression of how poor and otherwise marginalized communities in the country remain profoundly unfree. | Abahlali baseMjondolo's General Secretary Thapelo Mohapi talks about the true meaning of freedom for the masses of South Africa.

infobrics (2023-05-30). Moscow might cut all ties with London over UK's rabid Russophobic hostility. infobrics.org There's no indication London will stop escalating, as it's now at the forefront of the initiative to deliver F-16 fighter jets to the Neo-Nazi junta. Moscow is well aware of this and has made efforts to communicate with the UK, but to no avail. London's rabid Russophobia seems to be clouding its judgment, leaving Russia with no other option but to just cut contact.

Ana Ibis Falcón Lamoth (2023-05-30). Cuba's Prensa Latina and Italy's ANSA sign cooperation agreement. plenglish.com Havana, May 30 (Prensa Latina) The Latin American news agency Prensa Latina (PL), based in Havana, and the Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (ANSA), from Italy, on Tuesday signed a cooperation agreement to strengthen the flow of news.

Clara Weiss (2023-05-30). Russian Fascist with Ties to Leading German Neo-Nazis Led Ukrainian-backed Incursion of Russia. globalresearch.ca

Alejandro Marcó del Pont (2023-05-29). Ucrania — Guerra y robo. globalizacion.ca Ucrania antes de la guerra era el segundo país más corrupto de Europa, solo superado por Rusia según Transparencia Internacional, un paraíso de contrabandistas, traficantes, mafiosos y nazis. | Cuando la guerra comenzó en el 2022 milagrosamente su colocación en el…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-29). Torture Chambers Created By Ukrainian Nazis In Luhansk People's Republic (Video 18+). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | After the Russian military secured new settlements in the Donbass, Zaporozhie and Kherson regions, numerous evidences of crimes of the terrorist Kiev regime against the civilian population in the Eastern and southern regions have been revealed. Among them, there are numerous torture chambers which have been used by Ukrainian Nazis to threaten pro-Russian civilians for years. | Most recently, Russian security forces showed a torture chamber which was discovered in the town of Rubezhnoye in…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-30). 2 Patriot Systems, 29 Storm Shadow Missiles, Headquarters Of Military Intelligence in Kiev: Russia Assessed Ukrainian Losses. southfront.org The Russian military continues its effective massive precision strikes on the military facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine…

Editor (2023-05-29). rewind] Ron Kovic and Maj. Danny Sjursen: The Great Con of American Patriotism. scheerpost.com

Laith Fadel (2023-05-30). California seeks reparations to bring about racial equality. america.cgtn.com California is seeking to become the first state in the U.S. to pay reparations to its African-American residents over the systematic discrimination and mistreatment of the people. A reparations task force has been studying ways in which California can compensate its African-American residents, with …

Orry Moore (2023-05-29). Trouble at the EHRC, Modern Slavery, and Gay Rights in Romania: The Weekly Round-Up. ukhumanrightsblog.com In the news The head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Kishwer Faulkner, is facing an independent investigation into alleged misconduct. It is reported that around 40 complaints have been made by 12 members of staff against Faulkner, alleging harassment, bullying, and discrimination. It is also alleged that Faulkner described Emma Laslet, a trans …

David Goeàümann (2023-05-30). Europe's War Against Refugees Is Fueling the Far Right's Ascension. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-05-30). Giorgia Meloni government is a regime of private corporations that is normalizing fascism. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in Peoples Dispatch on May 30, 2023. It is shared here under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA) license. Peoples Dispatch (PD) speaks to Maurizio Coppola from the Italian leftist political party Potere al Popolo (Power to the People) regarding the policies of the far-right government in Italy led by Giorgia Meloni and the campaigns undertaken …

Ana Ibis Falcón Lamoth (2023-05-30). Valencians enjoy Buena Fe's concert. plenglish.com The recital, sponsored by the "Jose Marti" Friendship Association of Valencia, with support from the State Movement of Solidarity with Cuba (MESC), took place in the premises of Intersindical Valenciana. | According to a press release sent to Prensa Latina by Cubainformacion Coordinator Jose Manzaneda, it was "a resounding success and proof that fascism will not pass," according to Rocio Raya, president of the "Jose Marti" Friendship Association of Valencia. | The concerts also counted on the collaboration of the "Caguairan" Association of Cuban Residents in Valencia, who expressed their willingness to protect t…

Joel Wendland-Liu (2023-05-30). 'Novel' and 'news' have the same root: 'A Time Outside This Time' reviewed. peoplesworld.org Sometimes the experience of violence and trauma induces memory loss. As U.S. residents prepare psychologically to relive the lies and trauma of the 2016 Trump campaign and presidency, and the fascistic nightmare of a possible second presidency, a quick visit to the archive of that time is necessary. Novelist Amitava Kumar's A Time Outside This …

Lynda Carson (2023-05-30). Banned books or banned author recommendations. indybay.org In Opposition To The Banning Of Books By Dangerous Fascist Right-Wing Extremists:…

Miko Peled (2023-05-30). The Cultural Looting of Gaza. mintpressnews.com There needs to be a particularly high standard of cynicism and cruelty to rob destitute people. In many ways, this is what capitalism is all about. But to use the fact that people are near ruin to exploit them is as cold as it gets. | People in Gaza are confined to living with few resources in what amounts to a prison. They are permitted levels of nutrition and medicine that are just enough to prevent total starvation and disease. This is only because Israel, which controls the piece of land known as the Gaza Strip, does not want disease to spread into its own borders. | Exploiting Gazans: | Israel exploi…

Staff (2023-05-30). Headlines for May 30, 2023. democracynow.org Debt Ceiling Deal Would Cap Nonmilitary Spending, Add Welfare Work Requirements, Slash IRS Funds, Sudan's Rival Military Factions Extend Shaky Truce, Drone Attacks on Moscow Follow Russian Airstrikes on Kyiv, Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Wins Reelection in Presidential Runoff, Israeli Settlers Move to Reestablish Illegal Outpost in Occupied West Bank, Libyan Court Sentences 23 Men to Death over ISIS Takeover of Sirte, Ugandan President Signs Draconian Anti-LGBTQ Bill That Includes Death Penalty, Lula Welcomes Venezuelan President Maduro to Brazil, Blasts U.S. Sanctions, 16 Killed Across U.

Staff (2023-05-30). Why Is Corporate Media Reporting Israel's Crimes? leecamp.com

Staff (2023-05-30). Israelis demolishes immobile elderly Palestinian's home. youtube.com "Can you see this house, this house? It's going to be blown up and collapse. I'm telling you now." The most moral army in the world commanding an immobile elderly Palestinian woman to leave her soon to be demolished home. -Credit: MiddleEastMonitor Support independent watchdog journalism! www.patreon.com/MintPressNews…

Staff (2023-05-30). Fuerzas de ocupación israelí demuelen viviendas en Cisjordania. cubadebate.cu Este lunes, medios locales palestinos informaron que fuerzas de ocupación israelí demolieron varias viviendas en dos territorios: al este de la ciudad de Jericó y en la aldea de Belén en Cisjordania. El 27 de mayo, los consulados de un grupo de países europeos emitieron un comunicado en el que instaron a Israel a detener las demoliciones.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-05-30). Fuerzas de Israel demuelen viviendas palestinas en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Entre tanto, en una aldea en Belén también en Cisjordania el ejército demolió otra vivienda.

Nora Barrows-Friedman, The Electronic Intifada. (2023-05-29). NY Bill Would Stop Charities From Funding Israeli Crimes. popularresistance.org A new bill would prevent New York state-based registered charities from funding illegal Israeli settlement activities in the occupied West Bank. | Introduced by state Assembly member Zohran Mamdani, the bill is the first of its kind in targeting US-based not-for-profit organizations involved in the violent dispossession and expulsion of Palestinians from their land. | Mamdani told The Electronic Intifada that representatives of human rights groups, including Jewish Voice for Peace, the Adalah Justice Project, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, came to his office "and…

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-29). Israel Launches Airstrikes Targeting Syrian Capital of Damascus. news.antiwar.com Israel launched airstrikes in Syria on Sunday night, hitting targets near the capital Damascus that caused material damage, Syria's SANA news agency reported. A military source told SANA that the airstrikes were launched from the direction of the Golan Heights and that Syria's air defenses intercepted some of the missiles. No casualties were reported in …

Fight Back (2023-05-29). Grand Rapids, MI: Rally for Patrick Lyoya demands end to trial delays. fightbacknews.org Grand Rapids, MI – On Saturday, May 27, 60-plus community members gathered in Martin Luther King Park for a march to demand justice for Patrick Lyoya. Lyoya was a 26-year-old Congolese refugee murdered by Grand Rapids Police Department Officer Christopher Schurr last year. Peter Lyoya, Patrick's father, is determined to keep public focus on the case to stop the city and Schurr's defense team from further delaying a trial. | The march was organized by the Lyoya family, in cooperation with the Grand Rapids Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression and Kent County Commissioner Robert Womack. Israel Siku, a tr…

Staff (2023-05-30). 31 May, Online Event: The Battle of Life and Freedom — The Case of Walid Daqqah. samidoun.net Join us on Wednesday, May 31 for an online event to Free Walid Daqqah! Walid Daqqah is a Palestinian political prisoner, intellectual and freedom fighter suffering from a rare cancer who requires freedom to receive proper treatment after years of medical neglect in Zionist prisons. Hear from: Sanaa Salameh, the wife of Walid Daqqah with Charlotte …

Staff (2023-05-30). Mass demonstration in Vancouver commemorates 75 years of Nakba and resistance. samidoun.net Samidoun Vancouver joined with the Palestinian Youth Movement, Canada Palestine Association, Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights UBC and the International League of People's Struggle to commemorate the ongoing Nakba since 1948 on Sunday, 14 May 2023. Hundreds participated in a mass popular march from the Vancouver Art Gallery in the center of downtown to the …

Staff (2023-05-30). MI5 officer and the conspiracy to kill the Queen of England. youtube.com "They did intend to at least seriously injure or kill her [Princess Diana]…she was about to go into campaigning on behalf of the Palestinians." Former MI5 officer Annie Machon on the alleged conspiracy to have the future Queen of England killed. Support independent watchdog journalism! www.patreon.com/MintPressNews…

Staff (2023-05-29). Over 700 celebrate Palestinian struggle at Resistance Festival organized by Samidoun Brussels. samidoun.net On the afternoon of Saturday, 27 May, in Bethlehem Square in Brussels, Belgium, Samidoun Brussels organized its first Resistance Festival, part of the commemorations of the 75th anniversary of the ongoing Nakba. This cultural, social and political event celebrated Palestinian resistance in all forms, reaffirming the anti-colonialist, anti-racist nature of the struggle for Palestinian return …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-29). WFP expected to cut food aid to Palestine due to lack of funding. peoplesdispatch.org The UN agency estimates that US$ 51 million is needed to continue its operations in Palestine until the end of this year…

Eric Brooks (2023-05-30). Black unionists vow to push for racial justice and democracy. peoplesworld.org NEW ORLEANS—Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) President Terry Melvin, keynoting CBTU's 2023 Convention last week, its 52nd, called out the danger of a "racist, anti-democratic America" that wants to see Black and Brown people "eradicated from stories about America's less than perfect self." "Bring it on!" Melvin declared, speaking of the need to prevent …

Fight Back (2023-05-29). $26,000 pledged at online FRSO fundraising event. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN — More than $26,000 was pledged at the May 25 Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) online fundraising event. The event featured Frank Chapman of the FRSO central committee member and executive director of National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, FRSO Standing Committee Member Fern Figueroa, and the FRSO Labor Commission Chair Cherrene Horazuk. | This means about $70,000 has been raised in the $130,000 fund drive that will help FRSO expand its national office and put more full-time organizers in the field. | Fern Figueroa, states, "Fundraising is an important part of o…

Albert C. Lin (2023-05-29). Supreme Court "Sackett" Decision Shrinks Protections for US Wetlands. truthout.org The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in Sackett v. EPA that federal protection of wetlands encompasses only those wetlands that directly adjoin rivers, lakes and other bodies of water. This is an extremely narrow interpretation of the Clean Water Act that could expose many wetlands across the U.S. to filling and development. Under this keystone environmental law, federal agencies take the lead in… |

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-05-29). Lopez Obrador criticizes violence by supporters of Mexico's SCNJ. plenglish.com Mexico City, May 29 (Prensa Latina) The president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, today criticized supporters of the National Supreme Court of Justice (SCNJ) in their Sunday's march when they attacked opposing groups.

Anonymous103 (2023-05-29). Military Situation In Iraq On May 29, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On May 29, Qasim al-Aarji, Iraq's national security adviser, met and discussed with Ali Akbar Ahmadian, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council in Tehran; | On May 27, Qasim al-Aarji, Iraq's national security adviser, headed a security delegation which entered Sulaimaniyah to review measures related to the implementation of the security memorandum between Iran and Iraq regarding border security; | On May 26, the National Intelligence Service of Iraq arrested a…

Cristen Hemingway Jaynes (2023-05-29). Supreme Court ruling against EPA 'undoes a half-century of progress' in protecting waters of the United States. nationofchange.org "It puts our Nation's wetlands — rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds connected to them — at risk of pollution and destruction, jeopardizing the sources of clean water that millions of American families, farmers, and businesses rely on."

Robert Hunziker (2023-05-29). Supremes Declare War on Wetlands. dissidentvoice.org Image credit: Boreal Conservation The Supreme Court is effectively axing a major component of the Clean Water Act, rolling back 50 years of wetland protection in a declaration of war against nature by changing a word in the text of the Clean Water Act. Seldom, if ever, will repercussions of a Supreme Court decision be …

Staff (2023-05-27). Resistance Festival today, Saturday 27 May, in Brussels, Belgium, welcomes Lowkey, Osloob, Raj'een, Achille and more! samidoun.net On Saturday, 27 May, Brussels, Belgium will be home to the Resistance Festival, a political, cultural and artistic festival in support of the Palestinian resistance and confronting 75 years of Nakba, occupation and racism. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, together with many Palestinian, Arab and international associations, is organizing the Resistance Festival in Bethlehem Square …

WSWS (2023-05-27). Transatlantic: The plight of artists and intellectuals fleeing the Nazis in 1940. wsws.org One of the most remarkable collections of political and cultural figures ever assembled, reduced by the defeats of the working class to a wretched condition, is gathered in Marseille.

WSWS (2023-05-27). Berlin police open criminal investigation aimed at silencing Roger Waters. wsws.org The State Security Department at the Berlin State Criminal Police Office has announced that a criminal investigation has been initiated against Roger Waters for "incitement of hatred" for dressing in a Nazi-like uniform during his recent concerts in the capital city of Germany.

WSWS (2023-05-27). Russian fascist with ties to leading German neo-Nazis led Ukrainian-backed incursion of Russia. wsws.org The incursion provides an object lesson in the character of the war waged by NATO against Russia.

Yuri Rubtsov (2023-05-27). 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 …

Editor (2023-05-27). ICE, Homeland Security Accused Of Targeting Outspoken Migrant Worker For Deportation. scheerpost.com Deporting migrant activists or whistleblowing migrant workers, like Orozco Juarez, ensures that migrants will stay silent when they observe abuse, discrimination, and retaliation in the workplace.

Brandon Tensley, Capital B. (2023-05-27). The US Supreme Court Seems Ready To Gut Affirmative Action. popularresistance.org This summer, the U.S. Supreme Court's Republican-appointed majority is anticipated to end affirmative action, which for decades has sought to remedy a bruising legacy of discrimination against marginalized groups, including Black Americans. | Nearly 10 years ago, Students for Fair Admissions, an organization headed by Edward Blum, a stockbroker turned conservative legal strategist, filed lawsuits against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, claiming that their undergraduate admissions practices are racially discriminatory. The lower courts sided with the defendants, but the high court in the c…

JANET (2023-05-27). Harry Belafonte was more than a Civil Rights activist but a genuine internationalist. iacenter.org By Monica Moorehead and Pedro de la Hoz May 1, 2023 The great Jamaican-identified artist, Civil Rights activist and internationalist, Harry Belafonte, died from congestive heart failure at age 96 on April 25, 2023. Despite becoming the first Black person to win a TV Emmy award in 1960, a Broadway Tony award in 1954 and selling millions of recordings, Belafonte experienced racist discrimination firsthand, like most Black entertainers in the 1950s and 1960s, including his good friend, the late actor Sidney Poitier. Belafonte was an important political organizer and financial backer of the Civil Rights Movement led…

Shane Burley (2023-05-27). Abortion Clinic Defense Needs to Be Seen as a Key Part of Anti-Fascism. truthout.org Clinic defense has been a crucial part of left-wing social movements since Roe v. Wade affirmed the constitutional right to abortion in in 1973. The effort to defend clinics against an increasingly violent anti-abortion movement was where incredibly broad coalitions could be built to unite various ideological tendencies behind one clear goal: blocking far right demonstrators to make the clinic… |

Editor (2023-05-28). What's the Use of William Blake? scheerpost.com By Stephen F. Eisenman / CounterPunch Fire In the Museum What's the use of William Blake? Or for that matter, what's the use of any art and literature in an age of climate change, proxy wars, nuclear threat, pandemic, and the rise of fascism? Rather than study and enjoy works by long dead poets or …

Lynda Carson (2023-05-28). Banned books or banned author recommendations. indybay.org In Opposition To The Banning Of Books By Dangerous Fascist Right-Wing Extremists:…

Suds, Snacks, Socialism Forum Committee (2023-05-28). Saturday 6/3: Attack on Trans People: A Page in the Fascist Playbook. indybay.org Starry Plaugh Pub | 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705 | also online…

JANET (2023-05-27). Spanish state accuses web magazine of 'glorification of terrorism'. iacenter.org May 22, 2023 The following is a May 20 statement by the Editorial Collective of La Haine, a web news magazine that publishes anti-imperialist, anti-fascist and anti-capitalist articles, calling for solidarity to stop a new attempt by the Spanish authorities to target the collective for its publication of news and opinion. See Lahaine.org. Translation: John Catalinotto Amnesty for all (Basque political prisoners). A colleague of our media has been called to appear May 23, 2023, before Judge Ismael Moreno of the Audiencia Nacional [National Court], under investigation for "glorification of terrorism." The case invo…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-05-27). Commonest Lies told by Climate Change Psychos. expose-news.com The wild and reckless global warming fascists who claim that the world is getting hotter (or possibly colder) as a result of man's activities tell a great many lies. The same lies …

Editor (2023-05-28). 'Not on Our Dime': Why Democrats are Finally Challenging Israel. scheerpost.com By Ramzy Baroud / MintPressNews Though the United States remains a strong supporter of Israel, there are some indications that the supposed 'unbreakable bond' with Tel Aviv is faltering, though more in language than in deeds. Following the provocative 'Flag March' on May 18, which is carried out annually by Israeli Jewish extremists in the …

electronicintifada.net (2023-05-27). How Israel helped bring down Jeremy Corbyn. electronicintifada.net The story of how a hostile foreign government helped stop a socialist becoming Britain's prime minister.

Anonymous669 (2023-05-27). After Inviting Syrian President, UAE Invites Israeli Prime Minister To UN Climate Summit. southfront.org Public domain brand logo for COP28 UAE. | On May 23, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) invited Israel to the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly referred to as COP28. | Mohamed Al Khaja, the UAE's ambassador to Israel, delivered letters of invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog on behalf of President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. | COP28 will be held at Dubai's Expo City from November 30 through December 12. According to t…

Fight Back (2023-05-27). Minnesotans testify to State Board of Investment to urge divestment from Israel. fightbacknews.org St. Paul, MN – The Minnesota State Board of Investment (SBI) meets quarterly to review investment reports and to hear from the public. Normally the meetings start around 10 a.m., but on May 25 the SBI started their meeting over three hours late. The Executive Board, which includes Governor Tim Walz, Secretary of State Steve Simon, Attorney General Keith Ellison and State Auditor Julie Blaha, heard testimony concerning taconite mining leases until after 1 p.m. | By the time the governor acknowledged the SBI meeting, most of the people who had come for the public meeting had been turned away due to the meeting bein…

krish-rad_ind (2023-05-27). Palestinians Speak Out During Israeli Assault. popularresistance.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-05-27). These Israeli Youth Are Burning Their Draft Orders. popularresistance.org

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-05-27). Global solidarity event in Lebanon: Palestine is the cause of all. plenglish.com The participants of the event discussed the confrontation with the ambitions of the West and the United States, the centrality of the Palestinian cause and the urgency of moving towards a multipolar order. | The positions of solidarity towards Palestine on the part of intellectuals, popular communicators, academics and journalists focused on strengthening unity, rejecting normalization of relations with Israel, and demanding greater condemnation from the international community. | Lisandro Brusco, militant of the Movimiento Amplio de Izquierda-Rosario of Argentina, stressed the need to strengthen the resistance…

Maureen Clare Murphy (2023-05-27). Settlers burn Palestinian village, deliver Israel's arsonist agenda. electronicintifada.net Netanyahu's extreme-right government passes pro-settlement budget.

Michael Arria (2023-05-27). PayPal Upholds Its Discriminatory Ban on Palestinians Amid Pressure Campaign. truthout.org PayPal has upheld its ban on Palestinians living in the occupied territories. While Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are prohibited from using the service, Israeli settlers are allowed to use the digital payment platform. The company's decision comes days after eleven Democratic House members called on PayPal to expand its services to Palestinians. The letter was delivered at the company's… |

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-27). Around 200 Palestinians forcefully displaced from West Bank village by Israel. peoplesdispatch.org Palestinian inhabitants of the Ein Samiya village in the Jordan Valley were forced to leave their homes due to sustained violence by Israeli forces and settlers. Many have termed this an act of ethnic cleansing…

Rania Khalek (2023-05-27). How China's Rise Has the Middle East Declaring Independence from US, w/ Ali Abunimah. thealtworld.com It's a new era of global power dynamics where countries sometimes have the option to say no to the U.S. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the Middle East. | Almost 12 years after being kicked out of the Arab League, Syria has been welcomed back into the fold by many of the U.S.-allied countries that tried to destroy it. | All this time Israel was banking on normalization with Saudi Arabia and the opposite happened, with China overseeing a Saudi peace deal with Iran. | Why? What does this multipolarity mean for the region? And how might it impact Palestine and the broader resistance axis? | To discuss this and…

scorinoco (2023-05-27). Uruguay: It Is Time for Self-Criticism. orinocotribune.com By María Landi — May 19, 2023 | On May 15, the 75th anniversary of Nakba, the ethnic cleansing that destroyed Palestine and established the State of Israel on its ruins was commemorated with events, marches and activities around the world, including in Latin America. In Uruguay, however, the date went unnoticed in institutions and civil society [1]. It is a paradox that in Uruguay, May is the Month of Memory, and that this year marks the 50th anniversary of the civic-military coup, and at the same time, in Uruguay the Nakba continues to be, three-quarters of a century later, a memory denied, silenced, ignore…

Staff (2023-05-27). Around 200 Palestinians leave their homes in Jordan Valley due to violence by Israeli forces and settlers. peoplesdispatch.org Around 200 Palestinians, including 78 children, who were living in the village of Ein Samiya packed their belongings and left for good earlier this week to avoid the constant violence unleashed by illegal Israeli settlers and occupation forces. Activists have termed it yet another instance of ethnic cleansing. The Palestinians have been living in the …

Unicorn Riot (2023-05-27). Palestinian Khader Adnan Dies on Hunger Strike in Israeli Prison. unicornriot.ninja

WUFJEP (2023-05-27). Friday 5/26: Free Palestine! indybay.org Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery | San Francisco…

Staff (2023-05-27). Palestinian prisoners announce struggle steps to defend Ahmad Sa'adat, Walid Daqqah. samidoun.net Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Sa'adat, the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was ordered returned to isolation for an additional week by the Zionist prison administration, in retaliation for writing a political article. This came after Sa'adat, along with fellow leaders Ahed Abu Ghoulmeh and Walid Hanatsheh, were to be released …

ecns.cn (2023-05-28). InsightsÔΩúInternational relations expert: G7 has transformed into a containment machine for other countries. ecns.cn Linjie Chou Zanadu, senior research fellow at the European Center for Peace and Development, claimed that G7's mission has never changed: to guard the interest of those imperial powers. In addition, Chou explained that G7 members intentionally exclude other countries that are not 100 percent in line with the Western ideological camp. Therefore, G7 is highly racist and is now an ultra neo-liberal institution.

Eds. (2023-05-27). Montana TikTok ban a sign of intensified cold war with China. mronline.org It's worth remembering that fear of an Asian menace in the United States led to the nation's first major immigration restrictions and mass imprisonment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. It continues to lead to racist murder and other anti-Asian crimes.

Samir Shaheen-Hussain, Alisa Lombard, Suzy Basile (2023-05-27). Perspectives] Confronting medical colonialism and obstetric violence in Canada. thelancet.com On Sept 28, 2020, just moments before her death, 37-year-old Joyce Echaquan sent a message to her family via Facebook Live, expressing her distress about treatment administered by hospital staff at an emergency department in Joliette, QC, Canada. She had been admitted there a few days earlier with severe abdominal pain. Echaquan was entitled to respectful, dignified care. Instead, capturing health-care workers treating her disdainfully with slurs and taunts based on degrading stereotypes of Indigenous women, Echaquan's live-stream video made headlines worldwide, exposing the racist and sexist violence Indigenous…

Bennan Center for Justice (2023-05-28). Tuesday 6/13: How the Supreme Court is Dividing America. indybay.org Online event – FREE…

Center for Biological Diversity (2023-05-28). California Supreme Court to Hear Arguments Thursday Over Monterey Oil, Gas Drilling Restrictions. indybay.org Residents to Rally at Local Courthouse in Support of Measure Z…

midwesternmarx (2023-05-28). US would rather see the world end than lose its supremacy By: Global Times. midwesternmarx.com Editor's Note: The recent developments in East Asia, such as the détente between South Korea and Japan, South Korea's increasing hostility toward China, and the talk of a liaison office of NATO in Tokyo, have raised alert of observers, as the US escalates confrontation with China. What are the obstacles for East Asia to maintain peace? Global Times (GT) reporter Wang Wenwen discussed these issues with K.J. Noh (Noh), a US-based journalist, political analyst, writer and e …

Dr. Suzanne Burdick (2023-05-27). U.S. Supreme Court Won't Hear Apple Cellphone Radiation Case. globalresearch.ca

Rick Rozoff (2023-05-27). Serbian army on highest combat readiness, moved to Kosovo border. NATO blamed. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com B92May 26, 2023 Vuƒçiƒá signed the order: Serbian Army was put on the highest level of combat readiness President of Serbia and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Aleksandar Vuƒçiƒá, signed an order to raise the combat readiness of the Serbian Armed Forces. The President of Serbia and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Aleksandar …

Staff (2023-05-26). Debate en torno al racismo se reaviva en España por el caso de Vinícius. cubadebate.cu Muchas personas migrantes residentes en España que han sido objeto de racismo lamentan que se hable sobre esta problemática únicamente cuando la víctima es una personalidad famosa como el futbolista brasileño Vinícius Júnior del Real Madrid.

PACBI (2023-05-26). Activists Put Focus on PUMA's Complicity in Israeli Apartheid at 75th Anniversary Shareholders Meeting. bdsmovement.net

Maddi Johnson (2023-05-26). Nakba in Portland Solidarity with Palestine. workers.org Portland, Oregon U.S. imperialism was in the crosshairs of the Nakba event in Portland on May 21. Speeches and signs alike identified U.S. weapons and money as the critical factor that allows Israel to perpetrate genocide and apartheid on the Palestinian people. Credit: Sarah Kowaleski Speakers, including those from organizers . . . |

WSWS (2023-05-27). Transatlantic: The plight of artists and intellectuals fleeing the Nazis in 1940. wsws.org One of the most remarkable collections of political and cultural figures ever assembled, reduced by the defeats of the working class to a wretched condition, is gathered in Marseille.

WSWS (2023-05-27). Berlin police open criminal investigation aimed at silencing Roger Waters. wsws.org The State Security Department at the Berlin State Criminal Police Office has announced that a criminal investigation has been initiated against Roger Waters for "incitement of hatred" for dressing in a Nazi-like uniform during his recent concerts in the capital city of Germany.

WSWS (2023-05-27). Russian fascist with ties to leading German neo-Nazis led Ukrainian-backed incursion of Russia. wsws.org The incursion provides an object lesson in the character of the war waged by NATO against Russia.

WSWS (2023-05-26). Behind Boric's defeat and strengthening of fascists in vote on Chile's constitution. wsws.org The party receiving the most votes was the fascistic Republicans, led by José Antonio Kast, the son of a Nazi German officer and admirer of US president Donald Trump.

Anonymous669 (2023-05-26). Russian Lancet Loitering Munitions Hit Eight More Ukrainian Howitzers (Videos). southfront.org MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA — JUNE 25, 2019: A ZALA Lancet-3 attack drone developed by Kalashnikov Concern on display at the Army 2019 International Military Technical Forum at Patriot Park. Marina Lystseva/TASS | The Russian military has targeted eight more howitzers of Kiev forces in the special military operation zone using Lancet loitering munitions. | Videos that surfaced online between May 15 and 25 showed the pinpoint strikes that damaged or destroyed three Soviet-made 2S1 Gvozdika self-propell…

Ali Abunimah (2023-05-26). Biden launches new plan to censor criticism of Israel. electronicintifada.net Federal government's "anti-Semitism" strategy receives warm welcome from Israel lobby.

MEE staff (2023-05-26). US: White House reveals plan to combat antisemitism amid criticism. middleeasteye.net US: White House reveals plan to combat antisemitism amid criticism | While plan was made in response to rise in antisemitism, it includes various references to US commitment to Israel | Fri, 05/26/2023 – 17: 25 | US President Joe Biden speaking at event in the Rose Garden of the White House, on 25 May 2023 (AFP) | The White House released a new plan to combat antisemitism, which it said reaffirmed "the Unit…

Dr. Naomi Wolf (2023-05-26). Dear Friends, Sorry to Announce a Genocide: Dr. Naomi Wolf on the Pfizer "Confidential Report" globalresearch.ca The truth is: I've been rendered almost speechless because recently I've had the unenviable task of trying to announce to the world that indeed, a genocide — or what I've called, clumsily but urgently, a "baby die-off" — is underway.

splcenter (2023-05-26). Honor service members by removing Confederate symbols from public spaces. splcenter.org

Hugo Guzmán (2023-05-26). Chile: Far right will control the drafting of new constitution. greenleft.org.au Chile witnessed a significant triumph for the far right in its constitutional elections on May 7, which has never been seen before in its contemporary political history, reports Hugo Guzmán.

Lynda Carson (2023-05-27). Banned books or banned author recommendations. indybay.org In Opposition To The Banning Of Books By Dangerous Fascist Right-Wing Extremists:…

Suds, Snacks, Socialism Forum Committee (2023-05-27). Saturday 6/3: Attack on Trans People: A Page in the Fascist Playbook. indybay.org Starry Plaugh Pub | 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705 | also online…

Jeferson Miola (2023-05-26). Brasil — Asfixiar al gobierno de Lula. globalizacion.ca Una poderosa articulación del establishment actúa cohesivamente en la estrategia de hacer inviable y asfixiante al gobierno de Lula. En este empeño, la oposición de ultraderecha y fascista va de la mano de ciertos partidos de derecha que, sorprendentemente, incluso…

WSWS (2023-05-26). DeSantis joins Republican presidential race, challenging Trump from the right. wsws.org The candidacy of the Florida governor is another step in the shift of the Republican Party towards outright fascist authoritarianism.

Staff (2023-05-26). Con Filo: El rostro del fascismo (+ Video). cubadebate.cu Distamos mucho de los odiadores, esos seres enfermos de resentimiento, incapaces del perdón y de la empatía, que han abrazado la causa de la contrarrevolución muchas veces por interés, pero han terminado siendo víctimas de su propia prédica. De ellos y del más reciente episodio de agresión contra el grupo Buena Fe se habló este jueves en Con Filo.

WUFJEP (2023-05-27). Friday 5/26: Free Palestine! indybay.org Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery | San Francisco…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-05-27). Global solidarity event in Lebanon: Palestine is the cause of all. plenglish.com The participants of the event discussed the confrontation with the ambitions of the West and the United States, the centrality of the Palestinian cause and the urgency of moving towards a multipolar order. | The positions of solidarity towards Palestine on the part of intellectuals, popular communicators, academics and journalists focused on strengthening unity, rejecting normalization of relations with Israel, and demanding greater condemnation from the international community. | Lisandro Brusco, militant of the Movimiento Amplio de Izquierda-Rosario of Argentina, stressed the need to strengthen the resistance…

Kit Klarenberg (2023-05-26). Spotify odds stacked against Lowkey. electronicintifada.net Looby pressure and board links to Israeli military portents of censorship but rapper not intimidated.

Palestine Action. (2023-05-26). Palestine Action Blockade Leicester's Israeli Weapons Factory. popularresistance.org On the 24th day of Palestine Action's siege against Leicester's Israeli Elbit factory — UAV Tactical Systems, another blockade has successfully locked down the company's only entrance gates in the early hours of this morning. | An immovable vehicle and two Palestine Actionists have locked-on in the road outside the perimeter fence, evading their paramilitary-style security workforce, the site's surveillance cameras, and inhibiting the company's ability to open by blocking staff entry. | In Leicester, and in Elbit's 7 other remaining sites in Britain, weaponry is being manufactured and exported to Israel.

Shir Hever (2023-05-26). Israeli protests expose divisions in the military. electronicintifada.net Netanyahu exploits army split to weaken protests against him.

Anonymous669 (2023-05-26). Hezbollah Secretary-General Threatens Israel With 'Grand War'. southfront.org Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah during his annual Resistance and Liberation Day speech. Via Al-Manar TV. | On May 25, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah threatened Israel with a "grand war," in response to recent warnings to Lebanon from officials in Tel Aviv. | In his annual Resistance and Liberation Day speech, which marks the Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon 23 years ago, Nasrallah said Israeli leaders should "be careful and not make wrong calculations." | Israel…

Editor (2023-05-26). 'There Is No Safe Place in Gaza': Palestinians Speak Out During Israeli Assault. scheerpost.com

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-26). Several US Congress members sign letter criticizing Paypal for discriminating against Palestinians. peoplesdispatch.org The letter addressed to Paypal CEO Dan Schulman claimed that the company was discriminating against Palestinians by banning them from using its services, while allowing illegal Israeli settlers in the West Bank to use their digital payments platform…

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-05-26). ONU denuncia violencia israelí contra asentamientos palestinos. telesurtv.net Los palestinos se ven forzados, en muchas ocasiones, a abandonar su tierra debido a las condiciones adversas de vida bajo el régimen de ocupación israelí.

Aseel Mousa (2023-05-26). Women with breast cancer denied treatment by Israel. electronicintifada.net Blockade causes nightmares for medical patients.

MEE staff (2023-05-26). West Bank: Israeli settlers attack Palestinian farmers and torch vehicles. middleeasteye.net

MEE staff (2023-05-26). West Bank: Palestinian killed by Israeli fire in Hebron settlement. middleeasteye.net

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2023-05-26). NY bill would stop charities from funding Israeli crimes. electronicintifada.net State-registered groups send at least $60 million a year to Israeli settler organizations.

Shir Hever (2023-05-26). Hostile ideologies: Hindutva and Zionism march hand in hand. electronicintifada.net Azad Essa's new book, Hostile Homelands, examines why the Indian government shifted its views on Palestine in favor of an alliance with Israel.

Staff (2023-05-26). "Are you an anti-Palestinian racist?" youtube.com "Why can't you answer the question: are you an anti-Palestinian racist?" Canadian activist Yves Engler confronts Justin Trudeau's close adviser Stephen Bronfman on Thursday, challenging his support for Israel. Support independent watchdog journalism! www.patreon.com/MintPressNews…

ecsorinoco (2023-05-26). Palestinian Resistance's Tactical Triumph: Missiles Multiply Despite Losses. orinocotribune.com In its These targeted killings sought to weaken the PIJ's leadership structure and disrupt the organization's command and control. However, despite these setbacks, the PI…

Fight Back (2023-05-26). Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela visits San Francisco as part of Nakba 75 Tour. fightbacknews.org San Francisco, CA — On May 19, around 100 people gathered in San Francisco State University's Knuth Hall for the San Francisco leg of the Mandela Nakba 75 Tour. It featured the Honorable Chief Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela and member of the Parliament of South Africa. | The tour was co-hosted by the US Palestinian Community Network and the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression, and had already visited Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Cleveland, and Orange County. | San Francisco State University Assistant Professor in Race and Resistance Studies Rama Ali Kased emceed the eve…

Gideon Polya (2023-05-26). Censorship of Indigenous Australians and Palestinians, Stan Grant, Julian Assange, and Truth Tellers. dissidentvoice.org Eminent Australian and Indigenous journalist, Stan Grant, was recently driven to resign from the ABC (the tax-payer-funded Australian equivalent of the UK BBC) as compere of the high-rating Q+A TV program by a flood of devastating racist abuse after he participated in a frank and truthful ABC discussion of the British Crown and genocidal colonialism on …

ecns.cn (2023-05-27). InsightsÔΩúInternational relations expert: G7 has transformed into a containment machine for other countries. ecns.cn Linjie Chou Zanadu, senior research fellow at the European Center for Peace and Development, claimed that G7's mission has never changed: to guard the interest of those imperial powers. In addition, Chou explained that G7 members intentionally exclude other countries that are not 100 percent in line with the Western ideological camp. Therefore, G7 is highly racist and is now an ultra neo-liberal institution.

Samir Shaheen-Hussain, Alisa Lombard, Suzy Basile (2023-05-27). Perspectives] Confronting medical colonialism and obstetric violence in Canada. thelancet.com On Sept 28, 2020, just moments before her death, 37-year-old Joyce Echaquan sent a message to her family via Facebook Live, expressing her distress about treatment administered by hospital staff at an emergency department in Joliette, QC, Canada. She had been admitted there a few days earlier with severe abdominal pain. Echaquan was entitled to respectful, dignified care. Instead, capturing health-care workers treating her disdainfully with slurs and taunts based on degrading stereotypes of Indigenous women, Echaquan's live-stream video made headlines worldwide, exposing the racist and sexist violence Indigenous…

Fight Back (2023-05-26). Judge sentences Anthony Gay to 7 years of torture; Anthony's fight continues. fightbacknews.org Peoria, IL – Activists, family members and supporters of Anthony Gay rallied outside the U.S. Central District Court in Peoria, Tuesday morning, May 23. Members of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression led the group in chanting, "Free, free Anthony Gay" and "The people united will never be defeated" before entering the courthouse for Anthony's sentencing hearing. | Anthony Gay is a political prisoner. He was incarcerated at 21 years old for a minor offense and held in solitary confinement for 22 years in Illinois prisons. Much of that time was spent in Tamms Correctional Center, a torture…

Bennan Center for Justice (2023-05-27). Tuesday 6/13: How the Supreme Court is Dividing America. indybay.org Online event – FREE…

Center for Biological Diversity (2023-05-27). California Supreme Court to Hear Arguments Thursday Over Monterey Oil, Gas Drilling Restrictions. indybay.org Residents to Rally at Local Courthouse in Support of Measure Z…

Clau O'Brien Moscoso, Black Agenda Report. (2023-05-26). US Troops To Train Peruvian Armed Forces, Proves US Behind Coup. popularresistance.org Amid continuing social upheaval five months after the parliamentary coup against Pedro Castillo, the Peruvian Congress, controlled by the hard right, has approved the entrance of US troops into national territory to train the Peruvian military and National Police beginning June 1st through the end of the year. This comes after the Supreme Court ruled that protest is not a protected right under the 1993 Fujimori dictatorship era constitution. This also comes after a visit from the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Peaceful Assembly and Association Clément Nyaletsossi Voule stated that there was no evidence of…

Staff (2023-05-26). Headlines for May 26, 2023. democracynow.org GOP Pushes for Steep Cuts to Domestic Programs, Environmental Protections as Debt Default Looms, U.S. and South Korea Hold Largest-Ever Live-Fire War Games, French Police Attack Climate Activists Protesting TotalEnergies' Annual Investor Meeting, Supreme Court Guts Clean Water Act, Indiana Medical Board Disciplines Doctor Who Provided Abortion to 10-Year-Old Rape Survivor, Oath Keepers Founder Gets 18 Years in Prison for Role in Jan. 6 Insurrection, Minneapolis Remembers George Floyd 3 Years After His Murder Set Off Historic Protests, NYC Activists Demand End to NYPD's Strategic Response Group 3 Years…

Fight Back (2023-05-25). Appleton, WI: Activists shut down county board meeting, call for removal of transphobic member. fightbacknews.org Appleton, WI – Over 50 outraged community members gathered outside the Outagamie County Courthouse on May 23 for a protest demanding accountability around Tim Hermes, a member of the Outagamie County Board of Supervisors. The event took aim at Hermes after recent transphobic comments he made during a board meeting became public. A look at his social media reveals a long history of bigotry and racism. The demand put forward was for Hermes's removal from office. | The action was organized by members of Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO), Appleton Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), and a brand ne…

It's Going Down. (2023-05-25). Antifascists Shut Down Neo-Nazis And Proud Boys In Sacramento. popularresistance.org Sacramento, California – Clashes broke out inside the Sacramento City Council chambers on May 23rd, as angry community members chanted, held banners, and shut down a small group of neo-Nazis who threw up Hitler salutes and attempted to address the council. | The group of white supremacists was led by Ryan Messano of the bay area, who made headlines last week for attending a previous city council meeting, spewing racist and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. Writing on the neo-Nazi friendly social media platform Gab, Messano gloated, "I've commented 20+ times under my name. None of the Leftists have put it together…

Maddi Johnson (2023-05-26). Nakba in Portland Solidarity with Palestine. workers.org Portland, Oregon U.S. imperialism was in the crosshairs of the Nakba event in Portland on May 21. Speeches and signs alike identified U.S. weapons and money as the critical factor that allows Israel to perpetrate genocide and apartheid on the Palestinian people. Credit: Sarah Kowaleski Speakers, including those from organizers . . . |

Staff (2023-05-25). Belgian activists confront sportswashing of Israeli apartheid in cycling. samidoun.net Several members and sympathizers of the Plate-Forme Charleroi-Palestine mobilized on 18 May at the "Circuit de Wallonie" cycling race in Belgium against the participation of a propaganda team for Israeli apartheid and colonialism. Carrying large banners and Palestinian flags, these supporters of justice in Palestine expressed their rejection of Israel's sportswashing of its war crimes in …

Editor (2023-05-25). 'Apartheid' designation ignored as Israel kills children in Gaza AGAIN. mronline.org Israel's recent bombing of the Gaza Strip from May 9—13 killed 33 Palestinians, including seven children. FAIR looked at coverage of these attacks from the Washington Post, New York Times and CNN, and didn't find a single reference to Israel as an apartheid state, despite this being the consensus in the human rights community.

WSWS (2023-05-26). Behind Boric's defeat and strengthening of fascists in vote on Chile's constitution. wsws.org The party receiving the most votes was the fascistic Republicans, led by José Antonio Kast, the son of a Nazi German officer and admirer of US president Donald Trump.

Staff (2023-05-25). Georges Abdallah sends a message to French resistance gathering on Glières plateau. samidoun.net From 19 to 21 May, thousands of people converged on the Glières plateau in Haute-Savoie France, a historic site of the French resistance to Nazi occupation, for the Resistance Forum organized by the Resistant Citizens of Yesterday and Today association. The 2023 gathering, which marked the 17th such occasion, highlighted solidarity with Palestine at the …

_____ (2023-05-25). Operation Stiff Upper Lip… British Minister Rushes to Kiev Following Artyomovsk Debacle. strategic-culture.org When the NATO-backed Nazi regime in Kiev is finally defeated, people like Ben Wallace will be answerable to war crimes prosecutions. | Britain's top military minister Ben Wallace was in Kiev this week on a This year marks the 80th anniversary of the same city being liberated by the Soviet Red Army from the Nazi Wehrmacht and their Ukrainian fascist collabor…

teleSUR (2023-05-25). A Fugitive Wanted for Rwandan Genocide is Arrested>. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, former police inspector Fulgence Kayishema, one of the most wanted fugitives from the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, was arrested in Paarl in South Africa. | RELATED: | He planned and carried out the murder of some 2,000 people at the Nyange Catholic Church during the genocide against Tutsis, said the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (ICTR), the institution that…

Staff (2023-05-25). Georges Abdallah sends a message to French resistance gathering on Glières plateau. samidoun.net From 19 to 21 May, thousands of people converged on the Glières plateau in Haute-Savoie France, a historic site of the French resistance to Nazi occupation, for the Resistance Forum organized by the Resistant Citizens of Yesterday and Today association. The 2023 gathering, which marked the 17th such occasion, highlighted solidarity with Palestine at the …

_____ (2023-05-25). Operation Stiff Upper Lip… British Minister Rushes to Kiev Following Artyomovsk Debacle. strategic-culture.org When the NATO-backed Nazi regime in Kiev is finally defeated, people like Ben Wallace will be answerable to war crimes prosecutions. | Britain's top military minister Ben Wallace was in Kiev this week on a This year marks the 80th anniversary of the same city being liberated by the Soviet Red Army from the Nazi Wehrmacht and their Ukrainian fascist collabor…

teleSUR (2023-05-25). A Fugitive Wanted for Rwandan Genocide is Arrested>. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, former police inspector Fulgence Kayishema, one of the most wanted fugitives from the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, was arrested in Paarl in South Africa. | RELATED: | He planned and carried out the murder of some 2,000 people at the Nyange Catholic Church during the genocide against Tutsis, said the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (ICTR), the institution that…

Hugo Guzmán (2023-05-26). Chile: Far right will control the drafting of new constitution. greenleft.org.au Chile witnessed a significant triumph for the far right in its constitutional elections on May 7, which has never been seen before in its contemporary political history, reports Hugo Guzmán.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-05-25). Far Right Holds Chile Hostage. orinocotribune.com By Carole Concha Bell — May 23, 2023 | The ultra-conservative Republican Party won a majority on Chile's new Constitutional Council, delivering a major blow to President Gabriel Boric's transformative platform. | President Gabriel Boric's government suffered a

Sharon Zhang (2023-05-25). Supreme Court Ruling Opens Millions of Acres of Wetlands to Pollution. truthout.org The Supreme Court issued a ruling on Thursday that severely curtails the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ability to regulate water pollution in the latest of the far right justices' crusade against environmental regulations. In a 5-4 decision, with the three liberal justices and Brett Kavanaugh disagreeing, the Court ruled that the EPA's jurisdiction over protecting the "waters of the… |

Suds, Snacks, Socialism Forum Committee (2023-05-26). Saturday 6/3: Attack on Trans People: A Page in the Fascist Playbook. indybay.org Starry Plaugh Pub | 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705 | also online…

WSWS (2023-05-26). DeSantis joins Republican presidential race, challenging Trump from the right. wsws.org The candidacy of the Florida governor is another step in the shift of the Republican Party towards outright fascist authoritarianism.

Jeferson Miola (2023-05-26). Brasil — Asfixiar al gobierno de Lula. globalizacion.ca Una poderosa articulación del establishment actúa cohesivamente en la estrategia de hacer inviable y asfixiante al gobierno de Lula. En este empeño, la oposición de ultraderecha y fascista va de la mano de ciertos partidos de derecha que, sorprendentemente, incluso…

Raymond Nat Turner (2023-05-25). Paragons of modern American fascism: Two new poems by Raymond Nat Turner. peoplesworld.org Count Ghouliani's Grift Shop— government of the rich on display I. 90 proof most matters handled after 2PM. Law partners Jim Beam, Jack Daniels, Johnny Walker Red, et al. High profile firm the renown Scandal, Scandal and Scandalous, LLC… II. No Amos and Andy operation. No lil slow mom-and-pop shop. His Grift Shop's where big …

WSWS (2023-05-25). Roger Waters in Berlin: A powerful musical and political statement against fascism, militarism and war. wsws.org There were two exciting evenings in the almost sold-out Mercedes-Benz Arena. Many thousands of Berliners of all generations praised the music of the now almost 80-year-old former Pink Floyd mastermind and his clear political messages.

Philip A. Faruggio (2023-05-25). Farruggio for President 2024. dissidentvoice.org Since my governor, Fascism Forever Captain Ron as I call him, just announced for President, allow me to jump into the fray. Of course, I have not much of a chance as anyone else who stands apart from the Two Party/One Party scam to get the support needed without raising and spending a fortune. Issues! …

Staff (2023-05-25). Desde Cuba, artistas e intelectuales condenan agresión contra Buena Fe. cubadebate.cu Hoy, desde La Habana, un grupo de intelectuales y artistas se reúnen para condenar un acto de este tipo, dónde el odio y la violencia, la cara más horrenda del fascismo se interpuso a la música, pero el arte puede más y como dijo el propio Israel "la música es nuestra fortaleza. La manera más violenta en que golpeo al que me ofende".

teleSUR, MER (2023-05-25). Condenan agresión contra artistas cubanos en Barcelona, España. telesurtv.net Uno de los integrantes del dúo, Israel Rojas, resaltó que de ellos saldrá música y que le han visto el rostro al fascismo.

Palestine Action. (2023-05-26). Palestine Action Blockade Leicester's Israeli Weapons Factory. popularresistance.org On the 24th day of Palestine Action's siege against Leicester's Israeli Elbit factory — UAV Tactical Systems, another blockade has successfully locked down the company's only entrance gates in the early hours of this morning. | An immovable vehicle and two Palestine Actionists have locked-on in the road outside the perimeter fence, evading their paramilitary-style security workforce, the site's surveillance cameras, and inhibiting the company's ability to open by blocking staff entry. | In Leicester, and in Elbit's 7 other remaining sites in Britain, weaponry is being manufactured and exported to Israel.

WUFJEP (2023-05-26). Friday 5/26: Free Palestine! indybay.org Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery | San Francisco…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-25). 15 Palestinian prisoners to launch hunger strike protesting Israeli prison conditions and abuse. peoplesdispatch.org Among the main demands of the prisoners is the right to receive specialized medical treatment from their personal doctors instead of those sent by the prison administration…

Staff (2023-05-25). Hearing delayed, returned to Ramleh prison: Occupation targets Walid Daqqah's life and health. samidoun.net On Thursday, 25 May, the Israeli occupation prison system once again removed Palestinian prisoner, intellectual and freedom fighter, Walid Daqqah, suffering from the rare cancer myelofibrosis and a number of severe health complications, from Assaf Harofeh civilian hospital to the infamous Ramleh prison clinic, putting his life and health at even more severe risk. The …

Anonymous669 (2023-05-25). Israeli Army Says It Downed Drone That Crossed Frontline With Lebanon. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Israeli Defense Forces. | On May 25, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced that it had downed a drone that crossed the frontline with Lebanon. | The IDF Spokesperson's Unit said in a brief statement that the drone was downed near the settlement of Zar'it, adding that it was tracked by Israeli air defenses."The IDF will continue to act to prevent any violation of the sovereignty of the State of Israel," the statement reads. | The IDF re…

Anonymous765 (2023-05-25). Israel Panics After Hezbollah Show Of Force. southfront.org |

Editor (2023-05-25). Flag March: The Annual Israeli Display Of Jewish Supremacy. scheerpost.com By Miko Peled / MintPress News The annual display of Jewish Supremacy in Palestine, known as the Flag March, is not limited to the Old City of Jerusalem. It is part of a campaign of intimidation in cities around the country that have a significant Palestinian population. This year this racist, violent display of supremacy …

Ramzy Baroud (2023-05-25). Israel's brutality driving Democratic Party voters and some lawmakers to support Palestine. peoplesworld.org Though the government of the United States remains a strong supporter of Israel, there are some indications that the supposed "unbreakable bond" with Tel Aviv is faltering, though more in language than in deeds. Following the provocative "Flag March" on May 18, which is carried out annually by Israeli Jewish extremists in the Occupied Palestinian …

Ramzy Baroud (2023-05-25). "Not On Our Dime": Why Democrats Are Finally Challenging Israel. mintpressnews.com Though the United States remains a strong supporter of Israel, there are some indications that the supposed 'unbreakable bond' with Tel Aviv is faltering, though more in language than in deeds. | Following the provocative ' The language used by the US State Dep…

MEE staff (2023-05-25). Israel: US voices support for civil society groups targeted by legislation. middleeasteye.net Israel: US voices support for civil society groups targeted by legislation | Israel set to clampdown on human rights groups through a new bill that will restrict foreign funding | Thu, 05/25/2023 – 08: 53 | A man walks past a billboard advertising a campaign by Israeli rights group B'Tselem ahead of the US President's official visit, Bethlehem, 13 July 2022 (AFP) | The United States on Wednesday voiced supp…

MEE staff (2023-05-25). Israeli officials set to discuss Iran and Saudi Arabia with US national security advisor: Report. middleeasteye.net

teleSUR (2023-05-25). WHO to Ensure Health Care in Occupied Palestinian Territory. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) approved a draft decision calling on Israel to ensure adequate health care for those residing in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and the Syrian Golan. | RELATED: | The 76th World Health Assembly delegates passed the resolution with 76 votes in favor, 13 against and 35 abstaining. According to the draft decision, COVID-19 was the primary cause of death in the occupied Palestinian territ…

Ken Klippenstein (2023-05-25). Leaked Report: "CIA Does Not Know" If Israel Plans to Bomb Iran. globalresearch.ca

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-05-25). Lebanon's Secretary General stands out axis of resistance. plenglish.com Beirut, May 25 (Prensa Latina) The Secretary General of Lebanon's Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, on Thursday highlighted the cohesion and firmness of the known axis of resistance to confront the US-Israeli project in the region.

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-05-25). Soldados israelíes hieren a 13 palestinos en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net El Ejército de Tel Aviv confiscó las grabaciones de las cámaras de vigilancia de las tiendas y los hogares, después de allanarlos y saquearlos.

Ramzy Baroud (2023-05-25). "Not On Our Dime": Why US Democrats Are Finally Challenging Israel. mintpressnews.com Though the United States remains a strong supporter of Israel, there are some indications that the supposed 'unbreakable bond' with Tel Aviv is faltering, though more in language than in deeds. | Following the provocative ' The language used by the US State Dep…

Staff (2023-05-25). Not On Our Dime!': Why US Democrats Are Finally Challenging Israel. mintpressnews.com Though the United States remains a strong supporter of Israel, there are some indications that the supposed 'unbreakable bond' with Tel Aviv is faltering, though more in language than in deeds. Following the provocative 'Flag March' on May 18, which is carried out annually by Israeli Jewish extremists in the Occupied Palestinian city of East …

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-05-25). Palestinian resistance factions respond to Israeli attacks. plenglish.com Ramallah, May 25 (Prensa Latina) The Palestinian resistance factions responded to Israeli attacks during the imposition of a security cordon and the assault on the Aqabat Jabr camp in Jericho.

ecsorinoco (2023-05-26). Palestinian Resistance's Tactical Triumph: Missiles Multiply Despite Losses. orinocotribune.com In its These targeted killings sought to weaken the PIJ's leadership structure and disrupt the organization's command and control. However, despite these setbacks, the PI…

Fight Back (2023-05-26). Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela visits San Francisco as part of Nakba 75 Tour. fightbacknews.org San Francisco, CA — On May 19, around 100 people gathered in San Francisco State University's Knuth Hall for the San Francisco leg of the Mandela Nakba 75 Tour. It featured the Honorable Chief Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela and member of the Parliament of South Africa. | The tour was co-hosted by the US Palestinian Community Network and the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression, and had already visited Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Cleveland, and Orange County. | San Francisco State University Assistant Professor in Race and Resistance Studies Rama Ali Kased emceed the eve…

Staff (2023-05-25). Paris area mobilizations commemorate 75 years of Nakba and ongoing resistance. samidoun.net For over a week, many organizations held events and actions, bringing together thousands of people in Paris, France, and its suburbs. These events were part of the collective commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, a process of colonization and ethnic cleansing in Palestine still underway today, which the Palestinian people tirelessly resist. On …

Staff (2023-05-25). Geneva bends to Zionist pressure campaign, censors exhibition of Swiss revolutionary artist Mark Rudin. samidoun.net From 25 to 27 May an exhibition of Palestinian resistance posters by the late Swiss activist and artist Marc Rudin was to be held in Geneva, Switzerland, organized by Secours Rouge Geneva in collaboration with Samidoun Geneva. This exhibition was an opportunity to pay tribute to our comrade, who died on April 7, and his …

Editor (2023-05-25). East Palestine, 100 Days Later. scheerpost.com Months after an explosive Norfolk Southern train derailment changed their lives and communities forever, residents of East Palestine, Ohio, and the surrounding area feel "numb," lied to, and abandoned… and they're running out of drinkable water.

Editor (2023-05-25). How Big Oil is Manipulating the Way You Think About Climate Change. scheerpost.com

Anonymous349 (2023-05-25). Military Situation In Palestine On May 25, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org

MEE staff (2023-05-25). West Bank: Hamas-linked bloc wins second major student election. middleeasteye.net West Bank: Hamas-linked bloc wins second major student election | Palestinian movement sweeps second big university in latest sign of shifting political sentiments | Thu, 05/25/2023 – 12: 05 | Palestinian students supporting celebrate the Islamic Wafa bloc victory in student elections at Birzeit University, 19 May 2022 (AFP) | The Hamas-affiliated Islamic Wafa bloc won the Birzeit University's student union…

Anonymous669 (2023-05-25). Two Al-Quds Brigade Fighters Killed In New Central Syria Terrorist Attack. southfront.org File image. | On May 25, two pro-government fighters were killed when terrorists believed to be members of ISIS opened fire at a vehicle of the Palestinian al-Quds Brigade in Syria's central region. | The attack took place on a road in the desert area of al-Sharah in the eastern Homs countryside. Several other fighters of al-Quds Brigade were reportedly wounded during the ambush. ISIS is yet to officially claim responsibility via the Amaq news agency. | The ambush was the most recent in a series of terrorist att…

Samir Shaheen-Hussain, Alisa Lombard, Suzy Basile (2023-05-27). Perspectives] Confronting medical colonialism and obstetric violence in Canada. thelancet.com On Sept 28, 2020, just moments before her death, 37-year-old Joyce Echaquan sent a message to her family via Facebook Live, expressing her distress about treatment administered by hospital staff at an emergency department in Joliette, QC, Canada. She had been admitted there a few days earlier with severe abdominal pain. Echaquan was entitled to respectful, dignified care. Instead, capturing health-care workers treating her disdainfully with slurs and taunts based on degrading stereotypes of Indigenous women, Echaquan's live-stream video made headlines worldwide, exposing the racist and sexist violence Indigenous…

ecns.cn (2023-05-26). InsightsÔΩúInternational relations expert: G7 has transformed into a containment machine for other countries. ecns.cn Linjie Chou Zanadu, senior research fellow at the European Center for Peace and Development, claimed that G7's mission has never changed: to guard the interest of those imperial powers. In addition, Chou explained that G7 members intentionally exclude other countries that are not 100 percent in line with the Western ideological camp. Therefore, G7 is highly racist and is now an ultra neo-liberal institution.

Fight Back (2023-05-26). Judge sentences Anthony Gay to 7 years of torture; Anthony's fight continues. fightbacknews.org Peoria, IL – Activists, family members and supporters of Anthony Gay rallied outside the U.S. Central District Court in Peoria, Tuesday morning, May 23. Members of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression led the group in chanting, "Free, free Anthony Gay" and "The people united will never be defeated" before entering the courthouse for Anthony's sentencing hearing. | Anthony Gay is a political prisoner. He was incarcerated at 21 years old for a minor offense and held in solitary confinement for 22 years in Illinois prisons. Much of that time was spent in Tamms Correctional Center, a torture…

Clau O'Brien Moscoso, Black Agenda Report. (2023-05-26). US Troops To Train Peruvian Armed Forces, Proves US Behind Coup. popularresistance.org Amid continuing social upheaval five months after the parliamentary coup against Pedro Castillo, the Peruvian Congress, controlled by the hard right, has approved the entrance of US troops into national territory to train the Peruvian military and National Police beginning June 1st through the end of the year. This comes after the Supreme Court ruled that protest is not a protected right under the 1993 Fujimori dictatorship era constitution. This also comes after a visit from the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Peaceful Assembly and Association Clément Nyaletsossi Voule stated that there was no evidence of…

Bennan Center for Justice (2023-05-26). Tuesday 6/13: How the Supreme Court is Dividing America. indybay.org Online event – FREE…

Center for Biological Diversity (2023-05-26). California Supreme Court to Hear Arguments Thursday Over Monterey Oil, Gas Drilling Restrictions. indybay.org Residents to Rally at Local Courthouse in Support of Measure Z…

Jake Johnson (2023-05-25). 2 Democrats Join House GOP in Voting to Repeal Student Debt Relief. truthout.org Two House Democrats — Reps. Jared Golden of Maine and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington — faced backlash on Wednesday after voting for a GOP resolution that would repeal President Joe Biden's student debt relief program, which is currently on hold as the U.S. Supreme Court weighs a pair of deeply flawed legal challenges. The resolution, led by Rep. Bob Good (R-Virginia), aims to make use of a… |

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-05-25). Brazil's court convicts former president Collor of corruption. plenglish.com Brasilia, May 25 (Prensa Latina) Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) on Thursday convicted former President Fernando Collor, on the grounds that he committed crimes of passive corruption and money laundering.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-05-25). Cierra votación en el exterior de cara a presidenciales turcas. twitter.com De acuerdo con el Consejo Supremo Electoral (YSK), en el balotaje participaron 1.856.000 turcos residentes en otros países en solo cinco días.

Rann Miller (2023-05-24). Another Go-Round With The N-Word. moguldom.com Benjamin Franklin once said that in this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes. Over time, there's more we can add to that list, including the occasional discussion on who's licensed to use the N-word. Racism, in general, could be added to that list to encompass all things, from the history and use of …

Mark Gruenberg (2023-05-24). With all the debt limit talk, few eye Pentagon cuts. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—In all the talk about cutting spending in return for raising the U.S. debt limit, there seems to be a sacred cow: The Pentagon. A survey of websites of groups normally expected to advocate for cutting military spending—including US Labor Against War and Racism, the United Electrical Workers, and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union—discloses …

It's Going Down (2023-05-24). Antifascists Shut Down Neo-Nazis and Proud Boys Throwing Up Hitler Salutes in Sacramento. itsgoingdown.org Clashes broke out inside the Sacramento City Council chambers on May 23rd, as angry community members chanted, held banners, and shut down a small group of neo-Nazis who threw up Hitler salutes and attempted to address the council. The group of white supremacists was led by Ryan Messano of the bay area, who made headlines…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-24). Neo-Nazism and the War in Ukraine: Interview with Michel Chossudovsky. southfront.org Click to see full-size imag | Written by The West's support of Neo-Nazism in Ukraine should come as no surpri…

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-24). Neo-Nazi Militia Used US Armored Vehicles in Attack on Russia's Belgorod Region. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-05-24). Neo-Nazi facing multiple charges after ramming security barrier outside White House with U-Haul truck. wsws.org The driver, 19-year-old Sai Varshith Kandula of Chesterfield, Missouri, reportedly expressed his affinity for the Nazis and Hitler in an interview with the Secret Service following the attack.

Anonymous669 (2023-05-24). Russian Lancet Loitering Munitions Takes Out Two Ukrainian S-300 Launchers in Kherson (Videos). southfront.org MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA — JUNE 25, 2019: A ZALA Lancet-3 attack drone developed by Kalashnikov Concern on display at the Army 2019 International Military Technical Forum at Patriot Park. Marina Lystseva/TASS | The Russian military has targeted yet another Soviet-made S-300PS long-range air defense system of Kiev forces in the Kherson region. | Videos that surfaced online on May 23 show Lancet loitering munitions targeting two 5P85S transporter erector launchers (TELs) of the system. The vehicles re…

Bill Scheuerman, Sid Plotkin (2023-05-24). Steering the Titanic into the Iceberg. dissidentvoice.org Patty Chayefsky's film Network, an acid-laced spoof of capitalist media, reaches its climax when Chairman Arthur Jensen, leader of the fictional mega-corporation CAA, thunders his disapproval to the crazed but wildly popular anchorman, Howard Beale. Encouraging his viewers to protest CAA's unpatriotic merger deal with Saudi Arabian capitalists, Jensen accuses Beal of having "meddled with …

Marxist-Leninist (2023-05-24). Let Us Celebrate the People's Patriots and End the Ignominy of Monarchical-Patriotic Legends. dissidentvoice.org An assembly of some 6,000 Quebec patriots, the Assembly of the Six Counties, was held October 23-24, 1837 despite public assemblies being banned by the British colonial government. The Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) is calling for Victoria Day to be renamed Patriots' Day. The aim is to engage people in discussion on the peoples' …

Ana Ibis Falcón Lamoth (2023-05-24). Havana to host Russia-Cuba Friendship Race. plenglish.com Havana, May 24 (Prensa Latina) The 7th Friendship Race, in salute to the 78th anniversary of the victory over fascism and the end of the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945), will be held in Havana on May 27, its organizers announced today at a press conference.

teleSUR (2023-05-25). A Fugitive Wanted for Rwandan Genocide is Arrested>. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, former police inspector Fulgence Kayishema, one of the most wanted fugitives from the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, was arrested in Paarl in South Africa. | RELATED: | He planned and carried out the murder of some 2,000 people at the Nyange Catholic Church during the genocide against Tutsis, said the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (ICTR), the institution that…

teleSUR (2023-05-24). Peru: Prosecutor's Office Summons President Over Protest Deaths. telesurenglish.net The Peruvian Prosecutor's Office summoned this Wednesday, President Dina Boluarte on May 31 to testify on the deaths registered during the protests against the Government and the Congress. | RELATED: | Local media reported that the proceeding, which is part of the investigation against the president for the alleged crime of genocide, has been scheduled for Wednesday, May 31, starting at 9: 00 local time. | Previously, the Judiciar…

Crystal Grant (2023-05-24). It's Time for Congress to Update Our Genetic Nondiscrimination Law. aclu.org The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) was enacted in 2008 to protect Americans from being widely discriminated against by a then new technology: genetic testing. The law was written after genetic discrimination emerged in the 1970s. At the time, programs to screen and identify genetic carriers of sickle cell anemia, a disease which afflicts many Black Americans, were being mandated by states. These mandated screening programs targeted Black people, perpetuating racial bias and stigmatization. Congress acted to make this genetic discrimination illegal. But now, GINA is 15 years old and needs to b…

José Luis Granados Ceja (2023-05-24). Sanctions on Venezuela Aren't Promoting Democracy, They're Killing Venezuelans. truthout.org Venezuela's former so-called "interim president" Juan Guaidó had barely gotten a word out during an event at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. before a group of activists leapt from their seats in order to confront and denounce the far right opposition figure. Among them was Leonardo Flores, a Venezuelan political analyst and activist living in the United States. "Juan Guaidó, you're a liar… |

Priti Gulati Cox (2023-05-24). Far Right Violence Surges in US and India. truthout.org Are you worried about the rising political power of violent white nationalists in America? Well, you've got plenty of company, including U.S. national security and counterterrorism officials. And we're worried, too — worried enough, in fact, to feel that it's time to take a look at the experience of India, where Hindu supremacist dogma has increasingly been enforced through violent means. |

teleSUR (2023-05-25). A Fugitive Wanted for Rwandan Genocide is Arrested>. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, former police inspector Fulgence Kayishema, one of the most wanted fugitives from the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, was arrested in Paarl in South Africa. | RELATED: | He planned and carried out the murder of some 2,000 people at the Nyange Catholic Church during the genocide against Tutsis, said the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (ICTR), the institution that…

teleSUR (2023-05-24). Peru: Prosecutor's Office Summons President Over Protest Deaths. telesurenglish.net The Peruvian Prosecutor's Office summoned this Wednesday, President Dina Boluarte on May 31 to testify on the deaths registered during the protests against the Government and the Congress. | RELATED: | Local media reported that the proceeding, which is part of the investigation against the president for the alleged crime of genocide, has been scheduled for Wednesday, May 31, starting at 9: 00 local time. | Previously, the Judiciar…

Crystal Grant (2023-05-24). It's Time for Congress to Update Our Genetic Nondiscrimination Law. aclu.org The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) was enacted in 2008 to protect Americans from being widely discriminated against by a then new technology: genetic testing. The law was written after genetic discrimination emerged in the 1970s. At the time, programs to screen and identify genetic carriers of sickle cell anemia, a disease which afflicts many Black Americans, were being mandated by states. These mandated screening programs targeted Black people, perpetuating racial bias and stigmatization. Congress acted to make this genetic discrimination illegal. But now, GINA is 15 years old and needs to b…

José Luis Granados Ceja (2023-05-24). Sanctions on Venezuela Aren't Promoting Democracy, They're Killing Venezuelans. truthout.org Venezuela's former so-called "interim president" Juan Guaidó had barely gotten a word out during an event at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. before a group of activists leapt from their seats in order to confront and denounce the far right opposition figure. Among them was Leonardo Flores, a Venezuelan political analyst and activist living in the United States. "Juan Guaidó, you're a liar… |

Priti Gulati Cox (2023-05-24). Far Right Violence Surges in US and India. truthout.org Are you worried about the rising political power of violent white nationalists in America? Well, you've got plenty of company, including U.S. national security and counterterrorism officials. And we're worried, too — worried enough, in fact, to feel that it's time to take a look at the experience of India, where Hindu supremacist dogma has increasingly been enforced through violent means. |

Suds, Snacks, Socialism Forum Committee (2023-05-25). Saturday 6/3: Attack on Trans People: A Page in the Fascist Playbook. indybay.org Starry Plaugh Pub | 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705 | also online…

teleSUR, MER (2023-05-25). Condenan agresión contra artistas cubanos en Barcelona, España. telesurtv.net Uno de los integrantes del dúo, Israel Rojas, resaltó que de ellos saldrá música y que le han visto el rostro al fascismo.

WSWS (2023-05-25). Roger Waters in Berlin: A powerful musical and political statement against fascism, militarism and war. wsws.org There were two exciting evenings in the almost sold-out Mercedes-Benz Arena. Many thousands of Berliners of all generations praised the music of the now almost 80-year-old former Pink Floyd mastermind and his clear political messages.

Staff (2023-05-25). Prosiguen provocaciones de odiadores contra el dúo Buena Fe en España. cubadebate.cu Los integrantes de Buena Fe fueron agredidos este miércoles por odiadores que buscaban impedir un concierto en Barcelona. Tras el incidente, Israel Rojas hizo una publicación en Facebook: "Estamos bien. Pero un compañero recibió los golpes que debieron ser para nosotros. Le hemos visto la cara al fascismo (…) La música es nuestra fortaleza: la manera más violenta en que golpeo al que me ofende".

thecommunists (2023-05-24). Zelensky piling up his millions as Nato tries regime change via assassination. thecommunists.org The failed bid to assassinate Russian president Vladimir Putin in May, whether directly ordered by the west-backed junta in Ukraine or the work of freelancing fascists, signalled a new level of provocation and threat against Russia. The drone attack on the Kremlin, taken together with the supply by Britain and others of long-range weapons capable …

Ken Klippenstein (2023-05-25). Leaked Report: "CIA Does Not Know" If Israel Plans to Bomb Iran. globalresearch.ca

Ramzy Baroud (2023-05-25). "Not On Our Dime": Why US Democrats Are Finally Challenging Israel. mintpressnews.com Though the United States remains a strong supporter of Israel, there are some indications that the supposed 'unbreakable bond' with Tel Aviv is faltering, though more in language than in deeds. | Following the provocative ' The language used by the US State Dep…

WUFJEP (2023-05-25). Friday 5/26: Free Palestine! indybay.org Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery | San Francisco…

Anonymous669 (2023-05-25). Israeli Army Says It Downed Drone That Crossed Frontline With Lebanon. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Israeli Defense Forces. | On May 25, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced that it had downed a drone that crossed the frontline with Lebanon. | The IDF Spokesperson's Unit said in a brief statement that the drone was downed near the settlement of Zar'it, adding that it was tracked by Israeli air defenses."The IDF will continue to act to prevent any violation of the sovereignty of the State of Israel," the statement reads. | The IDF re…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-05-25). Palestinian resistance factions respond to Israeli attacks. plenglish.com Ramallah, May 25 (Prensa Latina) The Palestinian resistance factions responded to Israeli attacks during the imposition of a security cordon and the assault on the Aqabat Jabr camp in Jericho.

MEE staff (2023-05-25). Israel: US voices support for civil society groups targeted by legislation. middleeasteye.net Israel: US voices support for civil society groups targeted by legislation | Israel set to clampdown on human rights groups through a new bill that will restrict foreign funding | Thu, 05/25/2023 – 08: 53 | A man walks past a billboard advertising a campaign by Israeli rights group B'Tselem ahead of the US President's official visit, Bethlehem, 13 July 2022 (AFP) | The United States on Wednesday voiced supp…

Ramzy Baroud (2023-05-25). Not On Our Dime!': Why US Democrats Are Finally Challenging Israel. mintpressnews.com Though the United States remains a strong supporter of Israel, there are some indications that the supposed 'unbreakable bond' with Tel Aviv is faltering, though more in language than in deeds. | Following the provocative ' The language used by the US State Dep…

teleSUR (2023-05-25). WHO to Ensure Health Care in Occupied Palestinian Territory. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) approved a draft decision calling on Israel to ensure adequate health care for those residing in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and the Syrian Golan. | RELATED: | The 76th World Health Assembly delegates passed the resolution with 76 votes in favor, 13 against and 35 abstaining. According to the draft decision, COVID-19 was the primary cause of death in the occupied Palestinian territ…

Editor (2023-05-24). Corporate Media Ignores True 'Crisis of Democracy' in Israel: That It Isn't One. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-05-24). The Limits of Saudi Normalization With Israel. scheerpost.com By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Biden administration is devoting what energy the State Department has aside from the effort to defend Ukraine to achieving diplomatic normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia. The premise for this entry of the Saudis into the Abraham Accords is that it would seek …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-24). Israeli authorities are trying to kill Walid Daqqa inside prison, claim Palestinians. peoplesdispatch.org Walid Daqqa has been inside an Israeli prison since 1986. The 61-year-old needs intensive medical care after being diagnosed with bone marrow cancer last year and suffering a blood clot-induced stroke this year in February…

Ahmed Abu Artema (2023-05-24). 75 years on, Israel remains addicted to aggression. electronicintifada.net May's Gaza assault demonstrates yet again that the logic of Zionism is the logic of overwhelming violence.

David Cronin (2023-05-24). Internal paper shows EU eager to embrace Israel's killer cops. electronicintifada.net Force practices racist violence preached by Itamar Ben-Gvir.

Middle East Eye (2023-05-24). Israel Pushes Law Banning Palestinian Flag. globalresearch.ca

The New Arab (2023-05-24). 'Palestine must be obliterated,' Says Deleted Times of Israel Column. globalresearch.ca

Fayha Shalash (2023-05-24). Israel to deny early release of terminally ill Palestinian prisoner. middleeasteye.net

MEE staff (2023-05-24). Israel passes budget after increasing funds to ultra-Orthodox communities. middleeasteye.net Israel passes budget after increasing funds to ultra-Orthodox communities | Government accused of 'looting' public purse after deals with far-right and ultra-Orthodox coalition partners to pass parliament vote | Wed, 05/24/2023 – 07: 47 | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, ahead of a vote on the national budget on 23 May 2023 at the parliament in Jer…

Editor (2023-05-25). East Palestine, 100 Days Later. scheerpost.com Months after an explosive Norfolk Southern train derailment changed their lives and communities forever, residents of East Palestine, Ohio, and the surrounding area feel "numb," lied to, and abandoned… and they're running out of drinkable water.

Editor (2023-05-25). How Big Oil is Manipulating the Way You Think About Climate Change. scheerpost.com

Anonymous669 (2023-05-25). Two Al-Quds Brigade Fighters Killed In New Central Syria Terrorist Attack. southfront.org File image. | On May 25, two pro-government fighters were killed when terrorists believed to be members of ISIS opened fire at a vehicle of the Palestinian al-Quds Brigade in Syria's central region. | The attack took place on a road in the desert area of al-Sharah in the eastern Homs countryside. Several other fighters of al-Quds Brigade were reportedly wounded during the ambush. ISIS is yet to officially claim responsibility via the Amaq news agency. | The ambush was the most recent in a series of terrorist att…

MEE staff (2023-05-25). West Bank: Hamas-linked bloc wins second major student election. middleeasteye.net West Bank: Hamas-linked bloc wins second major student election | Palestinian movement sweeps second big university in latest sign of shifting political sentiments | Thu, 05/25/2023 – 12: 05 | Palestinian students supporting celebrate the Islamic Wafa bloc victory in student elections at Birzeit University, 19 May 2022 (AFP) | The Hamas-affiliated Islamic Wafa bloc won the Birzeit University's student union…

Editor (2023-05-24). 'Beautiful Dreams': The 5-year-old Palestinian kindergartener who died of fear. mronline.org Mohammed is still grieving, and he cannot help thinking about what life would have been if Tamim was still alive, disassembling and reassembling his toys, his head filled with beautiful dreams.

MEE staff (2023-05-24). US congress members urge PayPal to open services to Palestinians. middleeasteye.net US congress members urge PayPal to open services to Palestinians | While PayPal is available in 'illegal settlements', it is unavailable to Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank and Gaza | Wed, 05/24/2023 – 20: 05 | PayPal headquarters in San Jose, California, on 2 February 2023 (AFP) | Members of Congress are urging PayPal to open up its services to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. | A…

MEE staff (2023-05-24). US Senate Republicans reintroduce bill to sanction enablers of 'terror groups' in Palestine. middleeasteye.net US Senate Republicans reintroduce bill to sanction enablers of 'terror groups' in Palestine | The bill would impose sanctions on individuals or groups that provide support for 'terrorist activities' of Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad | Wed, 05/24/2023 – 16: 29 | Senator Marco Rubio arrives at a closed briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, on 19 April 2023 (AFP) | Senate Republicans have reintroduced…

splcenter (2023-05-24). Experts: VDARE's Real Estate Deals May Cost Group Nonprofit Status. splcenter.org White nationalist hate group VDARE could lose its nonprofit status over real estate agreements surrounding a historic castle the group purchased in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, according to two nonprofit lawyers to whom Hatewatch described property records and court filings. Most of the documents came from a lawsuit VDARE brought against New York Attorney General (AG) Letitia James' office, wherein the AG alleges VDARE "violated New York law."

splcenter (2023-05-24). Anti-Asian violence underscores need for honest history, rejection of hate. splcenter.org

Bennan Center for Justice (2023-05-25). Tuesday 6/13: How the Supreme Court is Dividing America. indybay.org Online event – FREE…

Center for Biological Diversity (2023-05-25). California Supreme Court to Hear Arguments Thursday Over Monterey Oil, Gas Drilling Restrictions. indybay.org Residents to Rally at Local Courthouse in Support of Measure Z…

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-05-25). Cierra votación en el exterior de cara a presidenciales turcas. twitter.com De acuerdo con el Consejo Supremo Electoral (YSK), en el balotaje participaron 1.856.000 turcos residentes en otros países en solo cinco días.

David Favre (2023-05-24). Supreme Court's ruling on humane treatment of pigs could catalyze a wave of new animal welfare laws. nationofchange.org While the ruling was fractured and reflected complex legal questions, it is a major victory for those working to improve farm animal welfare.

Paul Craig Roberts (2023-05-24). Do White Ethnicities Have a Future? thealtworld.com For many years the website vdare.com has been the voice defending the white ethnicities who comprise the world of Western Civilization. In France the Le Pen family tries to defend French ethnics. In Britain, Enoch Powell and Nigel Farage spoke for British ethnics. The less visible European countries had defenders of their ethnicity, but despite the white ethnicities being large majorities, allegedly the rulers in a democracy, the white ethnicities are at times treated by "their" governments as dangerous "white supremacists." Those who speak for white ethnicities and in their defense are demonized and persecuted b…

Mark Gruenberg (2023-05-24). With all the debt limit talk, few eye Pentagon cuts. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—In all the talk about cutting spending in return for raising the U.S. debt limit, there seems to be a sacred cow: The Pentagon. A survey of websites of groups normally expected to advocate for cutting military spending—including US Labor Against War and Racism, the United Electrical Workers, and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union—discloses …

teleSUR, JCM (2023-05-24). ONU condena insultos al jugador brasileño Vinicius Jr. en España. telesurtv.net La ONU pone el caso de los insultos a Vinicius como ejemplo de la presencia del racismo en el deporte.

Rann Miller (2023-05-24). Another Go-Round With The N-Word. moguldom.com Benjamin Franklin once said that in this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes. Over time, there's more we can add to that list, including the occasional discussion on who's licensed to use the N-word. Racism, in general, could be added to that list to encompass all things, from the history and use of …

teleSUR, JCM (2023-05-24). Brasil descarta iniciar procesos judiciales por caso Vinicius. telesurtv.net Este martes se conoció que siete personas fueron detenidas en España por ataques racistas al jugador Vinícius Júnior, afrodescendiente brasileño, según indicó la policía.

It's Going Down (2023-05-24). Antifascists Shut Down Neo-Nazis and Proud Boys Throwing Up Hitler Salutes in Sacramento. itsgoingdown.org Clashes broke out inside the Sacramento City Council chambers on May 23rd, as angry community members chanted, held banners, and shut down a small group of neo-Nazis who threw up Hitler salutes and attempted to address the council. The group of white supremacists was led by Ryan Messano of the bay area, who made headlines…

Anonymous Contributor (2023-05-23). Community Mobilizes and Defends Church Drag Event from Proud Boys in Portage, Michigan. itsgoingdown.org Report back from recent community mobilization against the Proud Boys in defense of a church drag event in Portage, Michigan. The day begin with cool Michigan sunshine. The type of day that comes around maybe twice a year when it is not swamp-ass hot or bitter cold. The kind of day that reminds you that…

WSWS (2023-05-24). Neo-Nazi facing multiple charges after ramming security barrier outside White House with U-Haul truck. wsws.org The driver, 19-year-old Sai Varshith Kandula of Chesterfield, Missouri, reportedly expressed his affinity for the Nazis and Hitler in an interview with the Secret Service following the attack.

Anonymous103 (2023-05-24). Neo-Nazism and the War in Ukraine: Interview with Michel Chossudovsky. southfront.org Click to see full-size imag | Written by The West's support of Neo-Nazism in Ukraine should come as no surpri…

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-24). Neo-Nazi Militia Used US Armored Vehicles in Attack on Russia's Belgorod Region. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous669 (2023-05-24). Russian Lancet Loitering Munitions Takes Out Two Ukrainian S-300 Launchers in Kherson (Videos). southfront.org MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA — JUNE 25, 2019: A ZALA Lancet-3 attack drone developed by Kalashnikov Concern on display at the Army 2019 International Military Technical Forum at Patriot Park. Marina Lystseva/TASS | The Russian military has targeted yet another Soviet-made S-300PS long-range air defense system of Kiev forces in the Kherson region. | Videos that surfaced online on May 23 show Lancet loitering munitions targeting two 5P85S transporter erector launchers (TELs) of the system. The vehicles re…

Marxist-Leninist (2023-05-24). Let Us Celebrate the People's Patriots and End the Ignominy of Monarchical-Patriotic Legends. dissidentvoice.org An assembly of some 6,000 Quebec patriots, the Assembly of the Six Counties, was held October 23-24, 1837 despite public assemblies being banned by the British colonial government. The Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) is calling for Victoria Day to be renamed Patriots' Day. The aim is to engage people in discussion on the peoples' …

Bill Scheuerman, Sid Plotkin (2023-05-24). Steering the Titanic into the Iceberg. dissidentvoice.org Patty Chayefsky's film Network, an acid-laced spoof of capitalist media, reaches its climax when Chairman Arthur Jensen, leader of the fictional mega-corporation CAA, thunders his disapproval to the crazed but wildly popular anchorman, Howard Beale. Encouraging his viewers to protest CAA's unpatriotic merger deal with Saudi Arabian capitalists, Jensen accuses Beal of having "meddled with …

teleSUR (2023-05-24). Peru: Prosecutor's Office Summons President Over Protest Deaths. telesurenglish.net The Peruvian Prosecutor's Office summoned this Wednesday, President Dina Boluarte on May 31 to testify on the deaths registered during the protests against the Government and the Congress. | RELATED: | Local media reported that the proceeding, which is part of the investigation against the president for the alleged crime of genocide, has been scheduled for Wednesday, May 31, starting at 9: 00 local time. | Previously, the Judiciar…

Crystal Grant (2023-05-24). It's Time for Congress to Update Our Genetic Nondiscrimination Law. aclu.org The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) was enacted in 2008 to protect Americans from being widely discriminated against by a then new technology: genetic testing. The law was written after genetic discrimination emerged in the 1970s. At the time, programs to screen and identify genetic carriers of sickle cell anemia, a disease which afflicts many Black Americans, were being mandated by states. These mandated screening programs targeted Black people, perpetuating racial bias and stigmatization. Congress acted to make this genetic discrimination illegal. But now, GINA is 15 years old and needs to b…

thecommunists (2023-05-24). Zelensky piling up his millions as Nato tries regime change via assassination. thecommunists.org The failed bid to assassinate Russian president Vladimir Putin in May, whether directly ordered by the west-backed junta in Ukraine or the work of freelancing fascists, signalled a new level of provocation and threat against Russia. The drone attack on the Kremlin, taken together with the supply by Britain and others of long-range weapons capable …

The New Arab (2023-05-24). 'Palestine must be obliterated,' Says Deleted Times of Israel Column. globalresearch.ca

Middle East Eye (2023-05-24). Israel Pushes Law Banning Palestinian Flag. globalresearch.ca

Prof. Marjorie Cohn (2023-05-24). "There Is No Safe Place in Gaza": Palestinians Speak Out During Israeli Assault. globalresearch.ca

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-24). Israeli authorities are trying to kill Walid Daqqa inside prison, claim Palestinians. peoplesdispatch.org Walid Daqqa has been inside an Israeli prison since 1986. The 61-year-old needs intensive medical care after being diagnosed with bone marrow cancer last year and suffering a blood clot-induced stroke this year in February…

WUFJEP (2023-05-24). Friday 5/26: Free Palestine! indybay.org Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery | San Francisco…

David Cronin (2023-05-24). Internal paper shows EU eager to embrace Israel's killer cops. electronicintifada.net Force practices racist violence preached by Itamar Ben-Gvir.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-24). Mayo Clinic Platform expands its distributed data network to partner to globally transform patient care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Innovative data science will enable scalable and accessible personalized, predictive and proactive medicine for patients ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic Platform is expanding its distributed data network, Mayo Clinic Platform_Connect1, to include Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in Brazil, Sheba Medical Center in Israel and University Health Network (UHN) in Canada, joining Mercy, Connect's first member. The first-of-its-kind global alliance establishes a data-sharing network that transcends language barriers and accelerates AI-based solutions by using current data…

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-05-24). ONG instan a Israel a liberar al prisionero Walid Daqqa. telesurtv.net Las ONG palestinas responsabilizan al Servicio de Prisiones de Israel (SPI) de negligencia médica y del agravamiento del estado de salud de Daqqa.

Anonymous669 (2023-05-24). Israeli Army Drops Leaflets Over Lebanon Warning People Against Approaching Frontline (Photos). southfront.org

Anonymous669 (2023-05-24). Syrian Gunfire Target Israeli Drone Operating Over Golan Front. southfront.org St. Inigoes, Md. (June 27, 2005) — A "Skylark" Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) on display at the 2005 Naval UAV Air Demo held at the Webster Field Annex of Naval Air Station Patuxent River. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Daniel J. McLain. | On May 24, gunfire from Syria territory targeted a drone of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) that was operating over the Golan Heights front. | In a statement, the IDF said that the drone was conducting "routine surveillance activity"

MEE staff (2023-05-24). Israel passes budget after increasing funds to ultra-Orthodox communities. middleeasteye.net Israel passes budget after increasing funds to ultra-Orthodox communities | Government accused of 'looting' public purse after deals with far-right and ultra-Orthodox coalition partners to pass parliament vote | Wed, 05/24/2023 – 07: 47 | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, ahead of a vote on the national budget on 23 May 2023 at the parliament in Jer…

Liza Featherstone (2023-05-23). Socialists want to crack down on Israeli war crimes. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in A group of New York legislators recently put forth a bill that would ensure the state government can't use public money to fund human rights abuses that have been found illegal under international law. The idea seems straightforward — why would government dollars be used to fund illegal activities? | In a sensible world, the principles set out in "Not on Our Dime," a New Yo…

Robert Inlakesh (2023-05-23). Fact Checking Reuters On Palestine And The Attempt To Censor Palestinian Identity. thelastamericanvagabond.com A recent series of events in Palestine-Israel have gone underreported in Western corporate media, while the same big-tech that virtue signals about being opposed to bigotry takes racist steps to erase Palestinian identity. Reuters, one of the most trusted media sources on the planet did not fact-check its reporting on the murder of a Palestinian

Miko Peled (2023-05-23). Flag March: The Annual Israeli Display of Jewish Supremacy. mintpressnews.com The annual display of Jewish Supremacy in Palestine, known as the Flag March, is part of a campaign of intimidation in cities around the country that have a significant Palestinian population.

Gerardo Villagrán del Corral (2023-05-23). øPara quién espía en México el software espía israelí Pegasus? globalizacion.ca El subsecretario de Derechos Humanos, Población y Migración de la Secretaría mexicana de Gobernación, Alejandro Encinas, fue espiado en repetidas ocasiones: su teléfono celular fue infectado varias veces con el software espía israelí Pegasus, incluso el año pasado, cuando estaba…

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-23). Israeli Military Chief Says 'We Have the Ability to Hit Iran'. news.antiwar.com The head of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) threatened Tuesday that Israel could soon take action against Iran over its nuclear program and said the IDF has "the ability to hit Iran." Iran is currently enriching some uranium at 60%, a step the country took in response to an Israeli sabotage attack on its Natanz …

Ramona Wadi (2023-05-23). Beneath the rhetorical veneer of Abu Dis. thealtworld.com In 2019, when the Trump administration revealed the so-called "Deal of the Century", a hypothetical capital of Palestine in the town of Abu Dis was revealed as the alternative to the Palestinian people's claim on Jerusalem. Israel had laid the groundwork for the announcement with its earlier unilateral declaration that Jerusalem remains its "undivided" capital. | The commotion regarding Jerusalem had more to do with global ridicule of former US President Donald Trump, than the political rights of the Palestinian people. With annexation on the table, what were the odds that Palestinians would or will ever retain a…

Michael F. Brown (2023-05-23). ADL boss "both sides" the "Death to the Arabs" march. electronicintifada.net CNN's Jake Tapper puts occupied East Jerusalem in Israel.

Maximillian Alvarez (2023-05-24). East Palestine, 100 Days Later. therealnews.com It's been over 100 days since the catastrophic derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying over 100,000 gallons of toxic materials occurred in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb 3. Since then, residents of East Palestine and the surrounding area in Ohio and Pennsylvania have had their lives turned completely upside down. Entire families have been uprooted from their homes, with many having to live in hotels or wherever they can find shelter, unable to return home out of fear of exposure to chemicals that were spilled into the water and soil from the derailment and spewed into the air from Norfolk Southern's "

Editor (2023-05-24). 'Beautiful Dreams': The 5-year-old Palestinian kindergartener who died of fear. mronline.org Mohammed is still grieving, and he cannot help thinking about what life would have been if Tamim was still alive, disassembling and reassembling his toys, his head filled with beautiful dreams.

Fight Back (2023-05-23). Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela closes 75th Nakba Commemoration Tour. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL- "Let us all join hands in the inevitable march to freedom for Palestine and we dare to dream of a free Palestine where Muslims, Christians and Jews can live side by side in peace as they have done for centuries," stated Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, South African member of parliament and grandson of revolutionary icon Nelson Mandela, to an audience of 400 at the Chicago Teachers Union headquarters, on Saturday, May 20. | Chicago was the sixth and final city Mandela visited during the Nakba Commemoration Tour organized by the United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) and the National Alliance…

splcenter (2023-05-24). Anti-Asian violence underscores need for honest history, rejection of hate. splcenter.org

splcenter (2023-05-24). Experts: VDARE's Real Estate Deals May Cost Group Nonprofit Status. splcenter.org White nationalist hate group VDARE could lose its nonprofit status over real estate agreements surrounding a historic castle the group purchased in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, according to two nonprofit lawyers to whom Hatewatch described property records and court filings. Most of the documents came from a lawsuit VDARE brought against New York Attorney General (AG) Letitia James' office, wherein the AG alleges VDARE "violated New York law."

Rachael Fugardi (2023-05-23). Nine years after deadly 'incel' attack, threat of male supremacism is growing. splcenter.org

Bennan Center for Justice (2023-05-24). Tuesday 6/13: How the Supreme Court is Dividing America. indybay.org Online event – FREE…

Center for Biological Diversity (2023-05-24). California Supreme Court to Hear Arguments Thursday Over Monterey Oil, Gas Drilling Restrictions. indybay.org Residents to Rally at Local Courthouse in Support of Measure Z…

Paul Craig Roberts (2023-05-24). Do White Ethnicities Have a Future? thealtworld.com For many years the website vdare.com has been the voice defending the white ethnicities who comprise the world of Western Civilization. In France the Le Pen family tries to defend French ethnics. In Britain, Enoch Powell and Nigel Farage spoke for British ethnics. The less visible European countries had defenders of their ethnicity, but despite the white ethnicities being large majorities, allegedly the rulers in a democracy, the white ethnicities are at times treated by "their" governments as dangerous "white supremacists." Those who speak for white ethnicities and in their defense are demonized and persecuted b…

Junaid S. Ahmad (2023-05-23). Following failed kidnapping of Imran Khan, Pakistan's regime desperately cracks down on dissent. geopoliticaleconomy.com Pakistan's toppled Prime Minister Imran Khan tried to defend himself against bogus corruption charges, but the military kidnapped him. The Supreme Court ruled it was an unlawful arrest and he was freed. So now the unelected regime is cracking down hard, threatening to prosecute protesters in army courts.

Andy Kroll (2023-05-23). Between a Yoga Mat and a Hard Place. tomdispatch.com Are you worried about the rising political power of violent white nationalists in America? Well, you've got plenty of company, including U.S. national security and counterterrorism officials. And we're worried, too — worried enough, in fact, to feel that it's time to take a look at the experience of India, where Hindu supremacist dogma has increasingly been enforced through violent means. While there are striking parallels between both countries, India appears to have ventured further down the road of far-right violence. Its experience could potentially offer Americans some valuable, if grim, lessons. As a…

Brasil de Fato (2023-05-23). Brazilian government stands up for footballer Vinícius Júnior, victim of racism in Spain. peoplesdispatch.org Brazilian footballer Vinícius Júnior, who plays for Read Madrid, faced racist abuse from spectators during a match with Valencia. While he has received a lot of solidarity from fans, his club, and the Brazilian government, the response of the president of the Spanish League has been widely criticized…

John Mullen (2023-05-23). Racism and class struggle in France today. greenleft.org.au Racism and Islamophobia will be the key options for French president Emmanuel Macron's new Right as it attempts to undermine the class unity shown in the movement opposing attacks on pensions, writes John Mullens.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-05-23). Brasil descarta iniciar procesos judiciales por caso Vinicius. telesurtv.net Este martes se conoció que siete personas fueron detenidas en España por ataques racistas al jugador Vinícius Júnior, afrodescendiente brasileño, según indicó la policía.

Staff (2023-05-22). As Gov. DeSantis Preps White House Run, PEN America Sues Florida School District over Book Ban. democracynow.org With Ron DeSantis expected to formally announce his run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination this week, we look at his controversial record as governor of Florida, which has been marked by attacks on LGBTQ rights, immigrants, public education, antiracism initiatives and more. The NAACP recently issued a travel advisory for Florida, deeming the state to be "openly hostile" to Black Americans and other minority groups. Meanwhile, PEN America, the book publishing company Penguin Random House and several authors and parents are suing the Pensacola, Florida, school board for banning books on rac…

MEE staff (2023-05-22). France: Outrage after schools asked to provide numbers on Eid absences. middleeasteye.net France: Outrage after schools asked to provide numbers on Eid absences | Schools in Toulouse were asked to provide police with numbers of pupils absent during recent Muslim festival | Mon, 05/22/2023 – 13: 33 | Students raise their hands at "Revolution Jet d'Eau" school in Marseille, southern France, on 1 September 2022 (AFP) | Anti-racism groups, Muslim leaders and a teachers' union have called for an inqu…

Anonymous Contributor (2023-05-23). Community Mobilizes and Defends Church Drag Event from Proud Boys in Portage, Michigan. itsgoingdown.org Report back from recent community mobilization against the Proud Boys in defense of a church drag event in Portage, Michigan. The day begin with cool Michigan sunshine. The type of day that comes around maybe twice a year when it is not swamp-ass hot or bitter cold. The kind of day that reminds you that…

Sami the Bedouin (2023-05-23). "The US and UK are complicit with the Israeli apartheid and racist regime." Interview with Sami, the Bedouin. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2023-05-22). Peace Disruption (Part 1): Palestine's Killing Fields Ignominious Beginnings. transcend.org The entities of Love, Hope, and Joy have been most elusive for the Oppressed Palestinians, for 75 long years. Now their very essence for sustained life and Peace are dispelled forever, within the Killing Fields of Palestine, due to the ongoing Peace Disruptions by Apartheid Israel.

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-23). Neo-Nazi Militia Used US Armored Vehicles in Attack on Russia's Belgorod Region. news.antiwar.com A neo-Nazi militia launched a cross-border raid from Ukraine into Russia's Belgorod region on Monday using US armored vehicles, Financial Times reported Tuesday. Denis Nikitin, leader of the Russian Volunteer Corps, said his fighters who attacked Belgorod were in possession of US armored vehicles, including at least two M1224 MaxxPro armored vehicles and several Humvees. …

The New Arab (2023-05-23). Palestinian Singer Mohammed Assaf's Patriotic Song Removed from Spotify, Apple Music. globalresearch.ca

infobrics (2023-05-22). Actual state of Kiev regime's air defenses, military expert's opinion — interview. infobrics.org "What we're seeing now is… a 'wartime arms expo'. And it certainly seems that way with various NATO systems being sent to the AFU. We have the 'Patriot', NASAMS, IRIS-T, 'Hawk', etc. Coupled with various Soviet-era ones, this 'salad of systems' is a real logistical nightmare that is bound to get worse, " — Colonel Wolf.

Zainab Iqbal (2023-05-23). US university condemned for removing pro-Palestine commencement speech from YouTube. middleeasteye.net US university condemned for removing pro-Palestine commencement speech from YouTube | Students and activists say speech was removed for its pro-Palestinian content after some critiqued speech as being 'antisemitic' | Tue, 05/23/2023 – 21: 20 | Fatima Mohammed speaking at her commencement ceremony on 12 May 2023 (Photo provided by Mohammed) | On 12 May, the City University of New York (CUNY) School…

ecns.cn (2023-05-23). Cathay Pacific apologizes over crew's alleged discrimination. ecns.cn Cathay Pacific Airways, the largest airline in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, apologized on Monday evening after an online post accused flight attendants from the airline of discrimination against non-English speaking passengers.

midwesternmarx (2023-05-23). Woody Guthrie Prize Given to Punk Rock Group that Supports Escalation of Ukraine War and Overthrow of Russian Government By: Jeremy Kuzmarov. midwesternmarx.com ​Members of Pussy Riot receiving the Woody Guthrie Prize in Tulsa Oklahoma on May 6. [Source: Photo courtesy of Jeremy Kuzmarov] As a proponent of peaceful relations with the Soviet Union, Woody Guthrie would likely be rolling over in his grave if he knew how his heirs betrayed his name Famous for his song "This Land Is Your Land" and for adopting the slogan "This Machine Kills Fascists" on his guitar, the great American folk singer Woody Guthrie was an aut …

cameron orr (2023-05-23). Our plan of action uses every tool in the toolbox. cpusa.org The study of fascism done by Communists throughout history is being proven correct in the United States. As the GOP is being taken over by extreme right elements in their party, this is confirming Bulgarian Communist Georgi Dimitrov's points about how fascism develops in countries experiencing a crisis of capitalism and a revolutionized working …

A Guest Author (2023-05-22). Spanish state accuses web magazine of 'glorification of terrorism'. workers.org The following is a May 20 statement by the Editorial Collective of La Haine, a web news magazine that publishes anti-imperialist, anti-fascist and anti-capitalist articles, calling for solidarity to stop a new attempt by the Spanish authorities to target the collective for its publication of news and opinion. See Lahaine.org. . . . |

Christina A. Cassidy (2023-05-22). What's happening in one Tennessee county with the GOP's fascist faction in charge. peoplesworld.org GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP)—Shortly after being sworn in last fall, the new majority of the Sumner County Commission in Tennessee acted to update one of its official documents. The new version said county operations would not only be orderly and efficient, but "most importantly, reflective of the Judeo-Christian values inherent in the nation's founding." It was …

Miko Peled (2023-05-23). Flag March: The Annual Israeli Display of Jewish Supremacy. mintpressnews.com The annual display of Jewish Supremacy in Palestine, known as the Flag March, is part of a campaign of intimidation in cities around the country that have a significant Palestinian population.

Liza Featherstone (2023-05-23). Socialists want to crack down on Israeli war crimes. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in A group of New York legislators recently put forth a bill that would ensure the state government can't use public money to fund human rights abuses that have been found illegal under international law. The idea seems straightforward — why would government dollars be used to fund illegal activities? | In a sensible world, the principles set out in "Not on Our Dime," a New Yo…

Staff (2023-05-23). 30 May, Basel & 31 May, Zurich: The Right Wing and Repression in Europe. samidoun.net Israel is currently experiencing a massive shift to the right and violence against the Palestinian population continues to escalate. At the same time, pro-Palestinian activism in Europe, especially in the German-speaking world, is increasingly criminalized and anti-Zionist Jewish voices are marginalized. Moshe Zuckermann, Dror Dayan, Tarek and a comrade from Samidoun Geneva will talk about …

Robert Inlakesh (2023-05-23). Fact Checking Reuters On Palestine And The Attempt To Censor Palestinian Identity. thelastamericanvagabond.com A recent series of events in Palestine-Israel have gone underreported in Western corporate media, while the same big-tech that virtue signals about being opposed to bigotry takes racist steps to erase Palestinian identity. Reuters, one of the most trusted media sources on the planet did not fact-check its reporting on the murder of a Palestinian

Gerardo Villagrán del Corral (2023-05-23). øPara quién espía en México el software espía israelí Pegasus? globalizacion.ca El subsecretario de Derechos Humanos, Población y Migración de la Secretaría mexicana de Gobernación, Alejandro Encinas, fue espiado en repetidas ocasiones: su teléfono celular fue infectado varias veces con el software espía israelí Pegasus, incluso el año pasado, cuando estaba…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-23). Mayo Clinic Platform expands its distributed data network to partner to globally transform patient care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Innovative data science will enable scalable and accessible personalized, predictive and proactive medicine for patients ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic Platform is expanding its distributed data network, Mayo Clinic Platform_Connect1, to include Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in Brazil, Sheba Medical Center in Israel and University Health Network (UHN) in Canada, joining Mercy, Connect's first member. The first-of-its-kind global alliance establishes a data-sharing network that transcends language barriers and accelerates AI-based solutions by using current data…

Michael F. Brown (2023-05-23). ADL boss "both sides" the "Death to Arabs" march. electronicintifada.net CNN's Jake Tapper puts occupied East Jerusalem in Israel.

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-23). Israeli Military Chief Says 'We Have the Ability to Hit Iran'. news.antiwar.com The head of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) threatened Tuesday that Israel could soon take action against Iran over its nuclear program and said the IDF has "the ability to hit Iran." Iran is currently enriching some uranium at 60%, a step the country took in response to an Israeli sabotage attack on its Natanz …

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-23). Netanyahu Government Says Doubled Airstrikes in Syria. news.antiwar.com Israel's defense minister said Monday that the Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doubled airstrikes in Syria since taking power in late December 2022. "Since I took office, the number of Israeli strikes against the Iranians in Syria have doubled," Israeli Defense Yoav Gallant said. While Israel frames its airstrikes in Syria as operations …

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-05-23). ONG instan a Israel a liberar al prisionero Walid Daqqa. telesurtv.net Las ONG palestinas responsabilizan al Servicio de Prisiones de Israel (SPI) de negligencia médica y del agravamiento del estado de salud de Daqqa.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-22). Three Palestinians killed in Israeli raids in Nablus and Jenin. peoplesdispatch.org A large number of Israeli soldiers—accompanied by special forces, armored vehicles and bulldozers—carried out the dawn raid at the Balata camp in Nablus. Another raid was simultaneously carried out at the Jenin refugee camp…

Larry Johnson (2023-05-22). John Durham Ignores Role of U.S., U.K., Australian, and Israeli Intelligence Operatives in Setting the Stage for Crossfire Hurricane. sonar21.com Failed Prosecutor John Durham's report on the Hillary Clinton campaign plot to convince the American electorate and U.S. allies that Donald Trump was a stooge of Russia totally ignores the…

Rania Khalek (2023-05-22). Antony Loewenstein On His Book, 'Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports Technology Of Occupation'. thealtworld.com Journalist and author Antony Loewenstein joins the "Unauthorized Disclosure" podcast to discuss his new book, The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World. | The book from Verso Books will be published on May 23, and it comprehensively documents how Israel's military industrial complex uses the occupied Palestinian territories as a testing ground for the development of weapons and surveillance technology. | In our interview, Antony describes the impact Israeli military support and weapons have had on populations in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. He specifica…

Staff (2023-05-22). Walid Daqqah transferred to Assaf Harofeh hospital after health deterioration. samidoun.net The family of Walid Daqqah, the imprisoned Palestinian intellectual and freedom fighter suffering from a rare form of cancer (myelofibrosis) and subjected to years of Israeli medical neglect inside occupation prisons, announced on Monday, 22 May that he had been transferred once again from the Ramle prison clinic to Assaf Harofeh civilian hospital. The family …

Staff (2023-05-22). Headlines for May 22, 2023. democracynow.org Ukraine Says It's Still Fighting for Bakhmut After Russia Claims Control, Zelensky Appears at G7 in Hiroshima; Biden OKs Training for Ukrainian Pilots on F-16 Jets, Conservative Party of Greek PM Mitsotakis Claims Bulk of Votes But Falls Short of Outright Victory, NYT Video Shows Greek Authorities Stranding Migrants at Sea, Including 6-Month-Old Infant, Israeli Forces Kill Another 3 Palestinians in West Bank; Extremist Minister Ben-Gvir Visits Al-Aqsa, Sudan's Warring Parties Sign One-Week Ceasefire, Agree to Allow Aid Workers to Operate, Bahrain and Lebanon to Restore Diplomatic Ties, U.S. Signs Secu…

Fight Back (2023-05-22). Minnesota protests 75th Year of the Nakba. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On May 20, over 200 pro-Palestine demonstrators gathered at Bryant Square Park in Uptown to show solidarity with the global Palestinian movement to remember Al-Nakba, or "The Catastrophe", in which more than 750,000 Palestinians were exiled from their homes and homeland in 1948 by Israeli militia forces with the help of imperialist forces. Speakers from different movements gave messages of solidarity with Palestinians in diaspora in the Twin Cities and across the world. | Nick Estes, the cofounder of Red Nation, was the first speaker at the rally, stating, "Palestine is the moral issue that div…

Tamara Nassar (2023-05-22). Israel kills municipal worker, resistance fighters in Nablus. electronicintifada.net Occupation forces set off explosives in an apartment building with residents still inside.

Editor (2023-05-22). Israeli Extremists Storm al-Aqsa Mosque Complex. scheerpost.com By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that dozens of Israeli squatters, with Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir at their head, stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque complex early on Sunday morning from the Moroccan Gate. They were closely guarded by Israeli police, who imposed restrictions on the …

_____ (2023-05-22). 75 Years of Israeli Violence against Palestinians. transcend.org 14 May 2023 – 75 years since the Nakba, it is increasingly clear that Israel is a violent occupier of the Palestinian people. In the last three quarters of a century, it has also served the interests of U.S. imperialism and trained and aided other capitalist states in methods of violence and repression.

Fayha Shalash (2023-05-22). Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in large raid in Nablus. middleeasteye.net

MEE staff (2023-05-22). West Bank: US rebukes Israel over settlers' return to evacuated outpost. middleeasteye.net

Fight Back (2023-05-23). Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela closes 75th Nakba Commemoration Tour. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL- "Let us all join hands in the inevitable march to freedom for Palestine and we dare to dream of a free Palestine where Muslims, Christians and Jews can live side by side in peace as they have done for centuries," stated Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, South African member of parliament and grandson of revolutionary icon Nelson Mandela, to an audience of 400 at the Chicago Teachers Union headquarters, on Saturday, May 20. | Chicago was the sixth and final city Mandela visited during the Nakba Commemoration Tour organized by the United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) and the National Alliance…

palestine-studies (2023-05-22). Protecting Human Rights in Occupied Palestine. palestine-studies.org This book recounts their frustrations, their trials, their experiences, and their conclusions.

Staff (2023-05-22). Solidarity with Palestine and Georges Abdallah at the Les Dissidentes festival in Switzerland. samidoun.net From 18 to 21 May, in La Sarraz, Switzerland, Contre-Attaque & Autonomie organized the Les Dissidentes festival , bringing together hundreds of people for numerous activities to promote radical and intersectional ecology. The Collectif Palestine Vaincra, a member organization of the Samidoun Network, participated in several events during the festival. The Collectif was invited to speak as …

Staff (2023-05-22). 31 May, Ottawa: Stop CANSEC — Shut Elbit Down! samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network joins ILPS Canada and many other organizations to say: Canada, stop profiting off the arms trade! In 2022 the Canadian military spending reached over $36 billion which is set to increase by $8 billion over the next 5 years. Canada's involvement in the war industry and arms trades culminates every …

_____ (2023-05-22). New Rules of Engagement: How Palestinians Defeated Netanyahu and Redefined 'Unity'. transcend.org 17 May 2023 – It is the unity of those resisting on the ground, from Gaza to Nablus, and from Jenin to Sheikh Jarrah, that matters most.

Rachael Fugardi (2023-05-23). Nine years after deadly 'incel' attack, threat of male supremacism is growing. splcenter.org

Andy Kroll (2023-05-23). Between a Yoga Mat and a Hard Place. tomdispatch.com Are you worried about the rising political power of violent white nationalists in America? Well, you've got plenty of company, including U.S. national security and counterterrorism officials. And we're worried, too — worried enough, in fact, to feel that it's time to take a look at the experience of India, where Hindu supremacist dogma has increasingly been enforced through violent means. While there are striking parallels between both countries, India appears to have ventured further down the road of far-right violence. Its experience could potentially offer Americans some valuable, if grim, lessons. As a…

Janine Jackson (2023-05-23). 'The court's position is, no one can tell them what to do'. mronline.org CounterSpin interview with Ian Millhiser on Supreme Court corruption…

Junaid S. Ahmad (2023-05-23). Following failed kidnapping of Imran Khan, Pakistan's regime desperately cracks down on dissent. geopoliticaleconomy.com Pakistan's toppled Prime Minister Imran Khan tried to defend himself against bogus corruption charges, but the military kidnapped him. The Supreme Court ruled it was an unlawful arrest and he was freed. So now the unelected regime is cracking down hard, threatening to prosecute protesters in army courts.

SAM (2023-05-22). It's Time To Investigate the Supreme Court. progressivehub.net BILL BLUM | LA PROGRESSIVE…

Sarah Brannon (2023-05-22). Honoring the Past, Paving the Future: Enhancing Voter Registration. aclu.org Last week marks the 30th anniversary of the Signed by President Bill Clinton in 1993, the voting rights law strengthened American democracy. From enabling eligible voters to simultaneously register to vote when they apply for or renew a driver's license, to offering voter registration opportunities via mail-in application opportunities, the NVRA helps make the promise of democracy real. The…

MEE staff (2023-05-22). France: Outrage after schools asked to provide numbers on Eid absences. middleeasteye.net France: Outrage after schools asked to provide numbers on Eid absences | Schools in Toulouse were asked to provide police with numbers of pupils absent during recent Muslim festival | Mon, 05/22/2023 – 13: 33 | Students raise their hands at "Revolution Jet d'Eau" school in Marseille, southern France, on 1 September 2022 (AFP) | Anti-racism groups, Muslim leaders and a teachers' union have called for an inqu…

Anonymous Contributor (2023-05-23). Community Mobilizes and Defends Church Drag Event from Proud Boys in Portage, Michigan. itsgoingdown.org Report back from recent community mobilization against the Proud Boys in defense of a church drag event in Portage, Michigan. The day begin with cool Michigan sunshine. The type of day that comes around maybe twice a year when it is not swamp-ass hot or bitter cold. The kind of day that reminds you that…

Staff (2023-05-22). Jewish artist arrested in Berlin. youtube.com What are you blaming him for? Being a Jew protesting against apartheid? Jewish artist Adam Broomberg was arrested over the weekend in Berlin, Germany for participating in a demonstration marking the Nakba. Support independent watchdog journalism! www.patreon.com/MintPressNews…

Angela (2023-05-22). Monday 5/22: Nakba 75 and No Tech For Apartheid/Project Nimbus Teach-in. indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

_____ (2023-05-22). Peace Disruption (Part 1): Palestine's Killing Fields Ignominious Beginnings. transcend.org The entities of Love, Hope, and Joy have been most elusive for the Oppressed Palestinians, for 75 long years. Now their very essence for sustained life and Peace are dispelled forever, within the Killing Fields of Palestine, due to the ongoing Peace Disruptions by Apartheid Israel.

Anonymous103 (2023-05-22). In Video: Ukrainian Nazis Shot Civilians Trying To Escape From Burning Basement. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-05-22). War Crime: Ukrainian Azov Fighter Testifies How He Killed Civilian Family In Mariupol. southfront.org

ecns.cn (2023-05-22). Taiwan athlete waves Chinese national flag with pride. ecns.cn A Taiwan taekwondo athlete who waved a five-star red flag while receiving a medal at an international sports event went viral recently, with many Chinese mainland netizens lauding him for his patriotism and pride in his country.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-22). The Current State of Kiev's Air Defenses: Interview with Colonel Wolf. libya360.wordpress.com Drago Bosnic Russian 'Kinzhal' Hypersonic Missile Destroys Kiev's US-Made 'Patriot' Air Defense System In the last several weeks, the Kiev regime's air defense assets have been at the forefront of news coverage while failing to achieve the one that actually matters. The political West has mobilized its entire massive propaganda machine to lionize the SAM…

Chris Walker (2023-05-22). NAACP Issues Travel Advisory to Florida Over Anti-Black History Education Laws. truthout.org Over the weekend, the NAACP Board of Directors voted to issue a formal travel advisory warning people of color and LGBTQ people about "hostile" conditions in the state of Florida. The advisory, which was published on Saturday, was originally proposed by the Florida chapter of the NAACP, which asked the national organization to issue such an advisory in March. The advisory comes just a week after… |

Christina A. Cassidy (2023-05-22). What's happening in one Tennessee county with the GOP's fascist faction in charge. peoplesworld.org GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP)—Shortly after being sworn in last fall, the new majority of the Sumner County Commission in Tennessee acted to update one of its official documents. The new version said county operations would not only be orderly and efficient, but "most importantly, reflective of the Judeo-Christian values inherent in the nation's founding." It was …

A Guest Author (2023-05-22). Spanish state accuses web magazine of 'glorification of terrorism'. workers.org The following is a May 20 statement by the Editorial Collective of La Haine, a web news magazine that publishes anti-imperialist, anti-fascist and anti-capitalist articles, calling for solidarity to stop a new attempt by the Spanish authorities to target the collective for its publication of news and opinion. See Lahaine.org. . . . |

Ejeris Dixon (2023-05-21). Fascism Is Rising, But It Does Not Have to Be Our Future. truthout.org Most organizers are exhausted, striving to balance the impossible load of community crises, family crises and urgent campaigns. Addressing long-term visionary campaign work can feel particularly challenging in these times of increased attacks from the right. Organizers are reeling within a political terrain where the left is working to preserve reproductive justice and bodily autonomy… |

WSWS (2023-05-21). Fascism and big business in Succession's "America Decides" episode. wsws.org The 62-minute episode has an unquestionably unnerving quality. It provides an artistic and accurate depiction of the breakdown of democracy and the lurch toward fascism by the American ruling elite.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-22). Three Palestinians killed in Israeli raids in Nablus and Jenin. peoplesdispatch.org A large number of Israeli soldiers—accompanied by special forces, armored vehicles and bulldozers—carried out the dawn raid at the Balata camp in Nablus. Another raid was simultaneously carried out at the Jenin refugee camp…

Palestine Action. (2023-05-22). Palestine Action Target Firms Linked To Leicester's Israeli Weapons Factory. popularresistance.org On the 21st day of the siege against Elbit's Leicester factory, UAV Tactical Systems (U-TacS), Palestine Action targeted two companies linked to the Israeli weapons company. Activists targeted the Precision FM headquarters in Leicester, by breaking windows and spray painting a clear message to the firm: cut ties with Elbit. Others drenched the Aldridge office of Edwards accountants with red paint, symbolising the spilt blood of Palestinians. | Precision Facilities Management provide maintenance and sterilisation services for U-TacS, boasting a good review on their website and appearing to use the company as unnam…

Staff (2023-05-22). "I gave you Golan Heights." youtube.com Former US President Donald Trump jokes about legitimising Israel's colonisation of Syria as he drives off in his golf car. | Support independent watchdog journalism! | www.patreon.com/MintPressNews…

Staff (2023-05-22). Walid Daqqah transferred to Assaf Harofeh hospital after health deterioration. samidoun.net The family of Walid Daqqah, the imprisoned Palestinian intellectual and freedom fighter suffering from a rare form of cancer (myelofibrosis) and subjected to years of Israeli medical neglect inside occupation prisons, announced on Monday, 22 May that he had been transferred once again from the Ramle prison clinic to Assaf Harofeh civilian hospital. The family …

Ejeris Dixon (2023-05-21). Fascism Is Rising, But It Does Not Have to Be Our Future. truthout.org Most organizers are exhausted, striving to balance the impossible load of community crises, family crises and urgent campaigns. Addressing long-term visionary campaign work can feel particularly challenging in these times of increased attacks from the right. Organizers are reeling within a political terrain where the left is working to preserve reproductive justice and bodily autonomy… |

WSWS (2023-05-21). Fascism and big business in Succession's "America Decides" episode. wsws.org The 62-minute episode has an unquestionably unnerving quality. It provides an artistic and accurate depiction of the breakdown of democracy and the lurch toward fascism by the American ruling elite.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-22). Three Palestinians killed in Israeli raids in Nablus and Jenin. peoplesdispatch.org A large number of Israeli soldiers—accompanied by special forces, armored vehicles and bulldozers—carried out the dawn raid at the Balata camp in Nablus. Another raid was simultaneously carried out at the Jenin refugee camp…

Palestine Action. (2023-05-22). Palestine Action Target Firms Linked To Leicester's Israeli Weapons Factory. popularresistance.org On the 21st day of the siege against Elbit's Leicester factory, UAV Tactical Systems (U-TacS), Palestine Action targeted two companies linked to the Israeli weapons company. Activists targeted the Precision FM headquarters in Leicester, by breaking windows and spray painting a clear message to the firm: cut ties with Elbit. Others drenched the Aldridge office of Edwards accountants with red paint, symbolising the spilt blood of Palestinians. | Precision Facilities Management provide maintenance and sterilisation services for U-TacS, boasting a good review on their website and appearing to use the company as unnam…

Staff (2023-05-22). "I gave you Golan Heights." youtube.com Former US President Donald Trump jokes about legitimising Israel's colonisation of Syria as he drives off in his golf car. | Support independent watchdog journalism! | www.patreon.com/MintPressNews…

Staff (2023-05-22). Walid Daqqah transferred to Assaf Harofeh hospital after health deterioration. samidoun.net The family of Walid Daqqah, the imprisoned Palestinian intellectual and freedom fighter suffering from a rare form of cancer (myelofibrosis) and subjected to years of Israeli medical neglect inside occupation prisons, announced on Monday, 22 May that he had been transferred once again from the Ramle prison clinic to Assaf Harofeh civilian hospital. The family …

Editor (2023-05-22). Israeli Extremists Storm al-Aqsa Mosque Complex. scheerpost.com By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that dozens of Israeli squatters, with Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir at their head, stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque complex early on Sunday morning from the Moroccan Gate. They were closely guarded by Israeli police, who imposed restrictions on the …

Larry Johnson (2023-05-22). John Durham Ignores Role of U.S., U.K., Australian, and Israeli Intelligence Operatives in Setting the Stage for Crossfire Hurricane. sonar21.com Failed Prosecutor John Durham's report on the Hillary Clinton campaign plot to convince the American electorate and U.S. allies that Donald Trump was a stooge of Russia totally ignores the…

MEE staff (2023-05-22). West Bank: US rebukes Israel over settlers' return to evacuated outpost. middleeasteye.net

Fayha Shalash (2023-05-22). Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in large raid in Nablus. middleeasteye.net

_____ (2023-05-22). 75 Years of Israeli Violence against Palestinians. transcend.org 14 May 2023 – 75 years since the Nakba, it is increasingly clear that Israel is a violent occupier of the Palestinian people. In the last three quarters of a century, it has also served the interests of U.S. imperialism and trained and aided other capitalist states in methods of violence and repression.

MEE staff (2023-05-21). Jerusalem: Itamar Ben Gvir declares Israel 'in charge' of Al-Aqsa during visit. middleeasteye.net Jerusalem: Itamar Ben Gvir declares Israel 'in charge' of Al-Aqsa during visit | Hamas slams visit by far-right minister, which comes days after ultra-nationalist march through Jerusalem | Sun, 05/21/2023 – 09: 34 | Itamar Ben Gvir, flanked by Israeli police officers, greets people gathered in front of Damascus Gate, leading to the Old City of Jerusalem, during the annual "flag march" to mark Jerusalem Day,…

Staff (2023-05-22). Solidarity with Palestine and Georges Abdallah at the Les Dissidentes festival in Switzerland. samidoun.net From 18 to 21 May, in La Sarraz, Switzerland, Contre-Attaque & Autonomie organized the Les Dissidentes festival , bringing together hundreds of people for numerous activities to promote radical and intersectional ecology. The Collectif Palestine Vaincra, a member organization of the Samidoun Network, participated in several events during the festival. The Collectif was invited to speak as …

Staff (2023-05-22). 31 May, Ottawa: Stop CANSEC — Shut Elbit Down! samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network joins ILPS Canada and many other organizations to say: Canada, stop profiting off the arms trade! In 2022 the Canadian military spending reached over $36 billion which is set to increase by $8 billion over the next 5 years. Canada's involvement in the war industry and arms trades culminates every …

palestine-studies (2023-05-22). Protecting Human Rights in Occupied Palestine. palestine-studies.org This book recounts their frustrations, their trials, their experiences, and their conclusions.

Angela (2023-05-22). Tuesday 5/23: Learn the ins and outs of H.R. 3103 (Palestinian Children and Families Act). indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

_____ (2023-05-22). New Rules of Engagement: How Palestinians Defeated Netanyahu and Redefined 'Unity'. transcend.org 17 May 2023 – It is the unity of those resisting on the ground, from Gaza to Nablus, and from Jenin to Sheikh Jarrah, that matters most.

Staff (2023-05-21). 25-27 May, Geneva: Exhibition of Palestinian resistance posters by Marc Rudin. samidoun.net As part of the action days for the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, Secours Rouge Geneva, in collaboration with Samidoun, is organizing an exhibition of posters by Marc Rudin. The Swiss revolutionary artist and internationalist who died last April was part of the Palestinian liberation struggle for years. His political posters were published by Palestinian …

Staff (2023-05-21). 21 May, Basel and 23 May, Zurich: Mohammed Khatib on internationalist struggles for a liberated Palestine. samidoun.net Sunday, 21 May 3 pm Gewerkschaftshaus Rebgasse 1, Basel Tuesday, 23 May 7: 30 pm Volkshaus Stauffacherstrasse 60, Zurich Mohammed Khatib, Europe coordinator of Samidoun, talks about the history of the Palestinian left and the importance of internationalism. We will look back at the struggles of the 1970s and 1980s, try to create a continuity, and …

Staff (2023-05-21). Samidoun joins #Nakba75 events in Switzerland highlighting 75 years of Palestinian, Arab and international resistance. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is currently participating in a series of events organized by a coalition of groups in Switzerland. The week of action, for #Nakba75, includes exhibitions, cultural events, demonstrations and political events highlighting the Palestinian people's liberation struggle through 75 years of ongoing Nakba. As the call to the week noted, "The …

_____ (2023-05-21). Jeddah Meeting Unites the Arab League With Damascus. strategic-culture.org While there may be division between Qatar and Syria now, they are united in their support of seeking the freedom of Palestine. | Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was met at the airport by Prince Badr, who is the Deputy Emir of Makkah Province, walked with al-Assad into the reception room, where they sat and exchanged pleasantries. This marks the first Arab League summit attended by al-Assad since 2011, when Syria was suspended after the U…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-05-22). Rechazan ataques racistas contra jugador brasileño en España. telesurtv.net El mandatario brasileño indicó en un tuit: "Quería hacer un gesto de solidaridad con Vinicius Jr., un joven que sin duda es el mejor jugador del Real Madrid, y que sufre reiteradas agresiones".

Junaid S. Ahmad (2023-05-23). Following failed kidnapping of Imran Khan, Pakistan's regime desperately cracks down on dissent. geopoliticaleconomy.com Pakistan's toppled Prime Minister Imran Khan tried to defend himself against bogus corruption charges, but the military kidnapped him. The Supreme Court ruled it was an unlawful arrest and he was freed. So now the unelected regime is cracking down hard, threatening to prosecute protesters in army courts.

SAM (2023-05-22). It's Time To Investigate the Supreme Court. progressivehub.net BILL BLUM | LA PROGRESSIVE…

Sarah Brannon (2023-05-22). Honoring the Past, Paving the Future: Enhancing Voter Registration. aclu.org Last week marks the 30th anniversary of the Signed by President Bill Clinton in 1993, the voting rights law strengthened American democracy. From enabling eligible voters to simultaneously register to vote when they apply for or renew a driver's license, to offering voter registration opportunities via mail-in application opportunities, the NVRA helps make the promise of democracy real. The…

WSWS (2023-05-20). Washington D.C. police lieutenant indicted for tipping off, obstructing investigation into convicted Proud Boys leader. wsws.org Shane Lamond, the former supervisor of the MPD intelligence division during the January 6 coup, exemplifies the support Trump's coup had and still retains within the police-intelligence apparatus.

Angela (2023-05-21). Monday 5/22: Nakba 75 and No Tech For Apartheid/Project Nimbus Teach-in. indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

Anonymous834 (2023-05-20). Can Western Air Defense Systems Protect Ukraine Properly? southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | Written by Uriel Araujo, researcher with a focus on international and ethnic conflicts. | On May 16, Ukraine claimed its air defenses intercepted six Russian Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and shot them down amid "exceptionally dense" barrage fired — supposedly thanks to the arrival of Patriots, among other Western combat systems. Kinzhals are supposed to be able to overcome all existing air defense systems, and Moscow denies its Kinzhals were intercepted. | Kiev also claims to ha…

The Lancet (2023-05-20). Editorial] The death penalty: a breach of human rights and ethics of care. thelancet.com "The death penalty is, in our common experience, an atavistic relic from the past that should be shed in the 21st century", said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Tàºrk in April, 2023, during the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council. The death penalty has existed since the Code of Hammurabi, with its history seeped in politics and discrimination. Physicians have been involved throughout this history. In the eyes of the public, the medicalisation and very involvement of physicians renders execution palatable, eroding any natural sense of abhorrence.

WSWS (2023-05-21). Fascism and big business in Succession's "America Decides" episode. wsws.org The 62-minute episode has an unquestionably unnerving quality. It provides an artistic and accurate depiction of the breakdown of democracy and the lurch toward fascism by the American ruling elite.

Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report. (2023-05-21). Durham Report Reveals The Real Threat To 'Democracy'. popularresistance.org Six years and millions of dollars later, the "Durham report" released on May 15th confirmed once again what a few of us had the nerve to argue before all of the reports and stories that subsequently emerged — that "Russiagate" was the most massive fraud ever perpetrated on the U.S. public by a section of the capitalist rulers and represented a maturing of a form of U.S. neofascism unique to this historical moment. | The public may have forgotten that during the Trump Administration U.S. Attorney General Bob Barr assigned John H. Durham as special counsel to review the FBI's counterintelligence investigation…

Ejeris Dixon (2023-05-21). Fascism Is Rising, But It Does Not Have to Be Our Future. truthout.org Most organizers are exhausted, striving to balance the impossible load of community crises, family crises and urgent campaigns. Addressing long-term visionary campaign work can feel particularly challenging in these times of increased attacks from the right. Organizers are reeling within a political terrain where the left is working to preserve reproductive justice and bodily autonomy… |

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-05-20). Cuban Music Band Buena Fe Forced to Cancel Concerts in Spain Due to Threats by Anti-Cuba Fascists. orinocotribune.com The popular Cuban music band Buena Fe was forced to cancel two of its concerts in Spain after the owners of the concert venues received threats from anti-Cuba fascists. | "We are sad to announce that the concerts in Salamanca and Zamora have been suspended," the Cuban music duo announced on its Facebook page. "Under the pretext of defending democracy, fascist harassment and threats have been unleashed against the owners of the venues, and those threats have been more powerful than the songs. A thousand apologies to those who had purchased tickets." | Buena Fe is on tour in Spain to promote its new album Morada,…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-05-21). Condenan presencia del ministro israelí en la mezquita de Al-Aqsa. telesurtv.net La visita del Ministro de Seguridad Nacional de Israel, Itamar Ben-Gvir, se produce días después de que miles de nacionalistas judíos marcharan por la Ciudad Vieja de Jerusalén.

Anonymous669 (2023-05-21). Hezbollah Holds Public Military Exercise Near Front With Israel (Videos). southfront.org File image. | On May 21, Hezbollah held a public military exercise in southern Lebanon, just a few kilometers away from the front with Israel. | The exercise, which was attended by local and international media, was held at a camp near the Tourist Landmark of the Resistance in the town of Mleeta. Hezbollah fighters conducted tactical maneuvers during the small-scale exercise and later showcased heavy weapons, including multiple rocket launchers, anti-aircraft guns and anti-tank rocket-propelled gre…

Lowkey, MintPress News. (2023-05-21). Shutting Down The Israeli Arms Industry. popularresistance.org Even as Israel's war against Palestine continues unabated, a new movement has arisen in the United Kingdom, challenging the Israeli war machine — and it has been winning some impressive victories. | Founded in 2020, Palestine Action is a grassroots activist movement that seeks to end British complicity in Israeli war crimes by shutting down arms manufacturing sites across the U.K. Today, Lowkey welcomes back Palestine Action co-founder Huda Amori to talk about the rise of her organization that has taken the country by storm and has weapons manufacturers fleeing. Born in the U.K., Amori is a Palestinian-Iraq…

MEE staff (2023-05-21). Jerusalem: Itamar Ben Gvir declares Israel 'in charge' of Al-Aqsa during visit. middleeasteye.net Jerusalem: Itamar Ben Gvir declares Israel 'in charge' of Al-Aqsa during visit | Hamas slams visit by far-right minister, which comes days after ultra-nationalist march through Jerusalem | Sun, 05/21/2023 – 09: 34 | Itamar Ben Gvir, flanked by Israeli police officers, greets people gathered in front of Damascus Gate, leading to the Old City of Jerusalem, during the annual "flag march" to mark Jerusalem Day,…

News Desk, The Cradle. (2023-05-21). Arab Leaders: Foreign Interference In Arab World Must Come To An End. popularresistance.org At the conclusion of the 32nd annual Arab League summit hosted by Saudi Arabia on 19 May, the regional bloc issued a joint declaration calling for an end to foreign interference in the region and reaffirming their support for Palestinian liberation. | "We call for stopping foreign interference in the domestic affairs of Arab countries and categorically reject all support for the formation of armed groups and militias outside the scope of state institutions," the joint statement reads. | It also stressed that the Israeli occupation of Palestine remains "one of the key factors of stability in the region" and condem…

teleSUR, odr, JCM (2023-05-21). Suman 140 palestinos asesinados por fuerzas de Israel en 2023. telesurtv.net En la Franja de Gaza, Naciones Unidas ha verificado inicialmente el asesinato de 33 palestinos y todavía se está verificando una muerte adicional.

Israel Shahak (2023-05-20). "Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East. globalresearch.ca When viewed in the current context, the war on Iraq, the 2006 war on Lebanon, the 2011 war on Libya, the ongoing wars on Syria and Iraq, the war on Yemen, must be understood in relation to the Zionist Plan for the Middle East…

Editor (2023-05-20). Netanyahu's Tactical Mistake: A Fragmented Israel Faces Palestinian Unity. scheerpost.com

MEE, agencies (2023-05-20). Israel: Tens of thousands protest against Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plans. middleeasteye.net Israel: Tens of thousands protest against Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plans | Protests across the country have entered their 20th week, as critics say proposal would remove vital checks and balances | Sat, 05/20/2023 – 23: 18 | People take part in a demonstration against the Netanyahu government's judicial overhaul plans, for the 20th consecutive week in Tel Aviv, on 20 May (Reuters)…

_____ (2023-05-21). Jeddah Meeting Unites the Arab League With Damascus. strategic-culture.org While there may be division between Qatar and Syria now, they are united in their support of seeking the freedom of Palestine. | Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was met at the airport by Prince Badr, who is the Deputy Emir of Makkah Province, walked with al-Assad into the reception room, where they sat and exchanged pleasantries. This marks the first Arab League summit attended by al-Assad since 2011, when Syria was suspended after the U…

News Desk, The Cradle. (2023-05-21). Arab Leaders: Foreign Interference In Arab World Must Come To An End. popularresistance.org At the conclusion of the 32nd annual Arab League summit hosted by Saudi Arabia on 19 May, the regional bloc issued a joint declaration calling for an end to foreign interference in the region and reaffirming their support for Palestinian liberation. | "We call for stopping foreign interference in the domestic affairs of Arab countries and categorically reject all support for the formation of armed groups and militias outside the scope of state institutions," the joint statement reads. | It also stressed that the Israeli occupation of Palestine remains "one of the key factors of stability in the region" and condem…

teleSUR, odr, JCM (2023-05-21). Suman 140 palestinos asesinados por fuerzas de Israel en 2023. telesurtv.net En la Franja de Gaza, Naciones Unidas ha verificado inicialmente el asesinato de 33 palestinos y todavía se está verificando una muerte adicional.

Israel Shahak (2023-05-20). "Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East. globalresearch.ca When viewed in the current context, the war on Iraq, the 2006 war on Lebanon, the 2011 war on Libya, the ongoing wars on Syria and Iraq, the war on Yemen, must be understood in relation to the Zionist Plan for the Middle East…

Editor (2023-05-20). Netanyahu's Tactical Mistake: A Fragmented Israel Faces Palestinian Unity. scheerpost.com

MEE, agencies (2023-05-20). Israel: Tens of thousands protest against Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plans. middleeasteye.net Israel: Tens of thousands protest against Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plans | Protests across the country have entered their 20th week, as critics say proposal would remove vital checks and balances | Sat, 05/20/2023 – 23: 18 | People take part in a demonstration against the Netanyahu government's judicial overhaul plans, for the 20th consecutive week in Tel Aviv, on 20 May (Reuters)…

_____ (2023-05-21). Jeddah Meeting Unites the Arab League With Damascus. strategic-culture.org While there may be division between Qatar and Syria now, they are united in their support of seeking the freedom of Palestine. | Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was met at the airport by Prince Badr, who is the Deputy Emir of Makkah Province, walked with al-Assad into the reception room, where they sat and exchanged pleasantries. This marks the first Arab League summit attended by al-Assad since 2011, when Syria was suspended after the U…

Angela (2023-05-21). Tuesday 5/23: Learn the ins and outs of H.R. 3103 (Palestinian Children and Families Act). indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

Middle East Children's Alliance (2023-05-21). Sunday 7/16: Ride for Palestine. indybay.org 1101 8th St, Berkeley, CA 94710…

Staff (2023-05-21). 21 May, Basel and 23 May, Zurich: Mohammed Khatib on internationalist struggles for a liberated Palestine. samidoun.net Sunday, 21 May 3 pm Gewerkschaftshaus Rebgasse 1, Basel Tuesday, 23 May 7: 30 pm Volkshaus Stauffacherstrasse 60, Zurich Mohammed Khatib, Europe coordinator of Samidoun, talks about the history of the Palestinian left and the importance of internationalism. We will look back at the struggles of the 1970s and 1980s, try to create a continuity, and …

Staff (2023-05-21). 25-27 May, Geneva: Exhibition of Palestinian resistance posters by Marc Rudin. samidoun.net As part of the action days for the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, Secours Rouge Geneva, in collaboration with Samidoun, is organizing an exhibition of posters by Marc Rudin. The Swiss revolutionary artist and internationalist who died last April was part of the Palestinian liberation struggle for years. His political posters were published by Palestinian …

Staff (2023-05-21). Samidoun joins #Nakba75 events in Switzerland highlighting 75 years of Palestinian, Arab and international resistance. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is currently participating in a series of events organized by a coalition of groups in Switzerland. The week of action, for #Nakba75, includes exhibitions, cultural events, demonstrations and political events highlighting the Palestinian people's liberation struggle through 75 years of ongoing Nakba. As the call to the week noted, "The …

Sharmila Devi (2023-05-20). World Report] Palestinians continue to face barriers to health. thelancet.com WHO says that occupation, political divisions, fragmentation, blockade, and obstacles to movement continue to limit access to health services. Sharmila Devi reports.

Fight Back (2023-05-20). Despite threats, Nelson Mandela's grandson makes important visit to Minneapolis. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – "Today, I call on you and all freedom-loving people of the world, and boldly say to all of you, do not speak in hushed and muffled tones about the more than 7 million Palestinians in the diaspora who are being denied their right of return. Today, we call on all freedom-loving people of the world to support the global call for their return to Palestine," said Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, grandson of South African revolutionary Nelson Mandela, to a crowd of over 200. | Mandela's May 16 visit to Minneapolis came as part of a nationwide tour to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Nakba – Arabic f…

Editor (2023-05-20). The ongoing Nakba means ongoing resistance. mronline.org The "ongoing Nakba" means that the Zionist drive to expel and eliminate the Palestinian people continues to this day. That is why Palestinian resistance to Zionism will remain as long as Zionism exists.

Staff (2023-05-20). Resistance meets repression: Spontaneous march commemorates #Nakba75 in Berlin despite police bans. samidoun.net On Monday, 15 May, anonymous Palestinian, Arab and internationalist youth in Berlin, Germany, marched through Sonnenallee, one of the central streets of Berlin's Arab community, in a spontaneous demonstration commemorating 75 years of ongoing Nakba and 75 years of Palestinian resistance and defying German state repression. This action came after the Berlin police once again …

Andy Kroll (2023-05-21). Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis. tomdispatch.com He appointed three conservative Supreme Court justices who shocked the nation with rulings that dramatically took away rights. He sided with the racists who used "states' rights" to push through undemocratic policies locally. And he's the only American president who lost a reelection bid but returned to office in the following election. Yes, I'm thinking of former New York governor and Democrat Grover Cleveland who first won the presidency in 1884, lost his reelection bid in 1888, only to successfully regain the presidency in 1892 against then-incumbent Benjamin Harrison. In 2024, Donald Trump hopes to repeat tha…

Fight Back (2023-05-21). Milwaukee: Fire and Police Commission bend to police, suspend policy on release of video footage during Republican National Convention in July 2024. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement by the Coalition to March on the RNC 2024. | A fight is underway in Milwaukee over Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) 575, which forces the police to release video of police crimes in a timely manner. This is a policy won after two years of dedicated organizing by the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, a coalition partner, and affected Milwaukee families. The SOP is already under attack by the Milwaukee Police Association (MPA) and Wisconsin GOP leaders in Madison, but now the Fire and Police Commission (FPC) has voted as of T…

WSWS (2023-05-20). Chair of Ukraine's Supreme Court arrested in bribery scandal. wsws.org The arrest of the highest judicial official in the country signals an intensifying struggle within the Ukrainian ruling class and a deepening crisis of the Zelensky regime.