(2023-08-09). Black Women Are Under Attack: Here's How To Protect Our Sisters. popularresistance.org We are mamas, daughters, sisters, and aunties. We are teachers, social workers, community organizers, and researchers. We are activists and changemakers, taking on the crucial social and environmental issues of our time. What we have in common is that we are Black women working to achieve a just society. | And we are under attack. | Today, one only has to read the latest headlines to see that hate and violence are on the rise in the United States. And Black women are disproportionately targeted, as a toxic brew of racism and misogyny saturates American life. | We know this from personal experience.
(2023-08-09). Henrietta Lacks Settlement Is Step Forward in Long Battle Against Medical Racism. truthout.org After a two-year legal battle against Biotech company Thermo Fisher Scientific, descendants of Henrietta Lacks won a settlement over the use of their relative's DNA. Seventy years ago, Johns Hopkins Hospital removed tissue from Lacks's cervix without her consent as she was dying of cervical cancer. Her cells, named HeLa after the first two letters of her first and last name, were the first human… |
(2023-08-08). We Go Where They Go: Resistance to Christian Nationalism in Boise. itsgoingdown.org On Sunday, July 30th, 2023, Sean Feucht's 'Kingdom to the Capitol' tour was met with heavy, organized resistance in Boise. As unaffiliated antifascist community members, we chose to stand in solidarity with the wider community against Feucht. We see this recent effort as an overwhelming success that follows in the footprints of groups like Anti—Racist…
(2023-08-09). 415 Prominent Jewish And Palestinian Academics Decry Israeli Apartheid. popularresistance.org More than 400 prominent academics and public figures from Israel, Palestine and the Jewish community have united to sign an open letter that establishes a "direct link" between the Israeli government's ongoing judicial overhaul and its occupation of Palestinian territories. The letter, a resounding call to action, urges the Jewish community in the US to break its "silence" and engage in meaningful discourse. | Railing against the controversial judicial overhaul, the letter says that the purpose of the proposal is "to tighten restrictions on Gaza, deprive Palestinians of equal rights both beyond the Green Line and…
(2023-08-09). The Dangerous Convergence Of Religious Nationalism In Israel And US. popularresistance.org A new brand of far-right religious nationalism in Israel is seeking to refine the country's ethnocentric basis, increasing its policing of the boundaries of Israeli Jewish identity in an attempt to shore up support for Israel's anti-Arab policies. A parallel movement is unfolding in Israel's chief benefactor, the United States, as the U.S. Zionist movement seeks to marginalize the increasing number of American Jews who are critical of Israeli apartheid in favor of Christian Zionists for whom the existence of a Jewish state in the Levant is part of their millenarian agenda. | In both cases, their targets are liber…
(2023-08-09). Solidaridad con la mujer sudafricana, øcómo surge la fecha?>. telesurtv.net Los crímenes cometidos por el apartheid afrikáner en Sudáfrica afectaron también a mujeres y niñas negras, quienes alzaron sus voces para rechazar toda forma de discriminación.
(2023-08-09). Over 800 academics join their voices in saying: the Israeli occupation of Palestine is apartheid. peoplesdispatch.org The letter has garnered as many as 800 signatures since first being released on Friday last week. It is being hailed as a significant development, particularly due to the large number of Jewish intellectuals who have signed onto it…
(2023-08-08). RFK Jr.'s Campaign Collapsing Over Israel Issue. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Written by The only Presidential candidate in either Party who proclaims himself to be against Biden's determination to conquer (regime-change) both Russia and China, is RFK Jr., who has, by now, committed himself also to insisting that Israel is NOT an apartheid nation, and that Israel's military NEVER targets non-combatants, and that Israel is a democracy not only for Jews…
(2023-08-09). Tribute paid to Cuban diplomats murdered by Argentinean dictatorship. plenglish.com Buenos Aires, Aug 9 (Prensa Latina) Cuban workers and diplomats in Argentina are paying tribute here on Wednesday to their compatriots Jesús Cejas and Crescencio Galañena, who were assassinated during the last military dictatorship in this country (1976-1983).
(2023-08-08). "The Greatest Fighting Force in Human History" tomdispatch.com In his message to the troops prior to the July 4th weekend, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin offered high praise indeed. "We have the greatest fighting force in human history," he tweeted, connecting that claim to the U.S. having patriots of all colors, creeds, and backgrounds "who bravely volunteer to defend our country and our values." As a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel from a working-class background who volunteered to serve more than four decades ago, who am I to argue with Austin? Shouldn't I just bask in the glow of his praise for today's troops, reflecting on my own honorable service near the end o…
(2023-08-08). Danish ultranationalist group steps up attacks on Quran. plenglish.com Members of Danske Patrioter (Danish Patriots) burned copies of the Muslim holy book in front of the embassies of Türkiye, Algeria, Pakistan, Iran and Indonesia in the capital Copenhagen. | The group also carried out a similar attack on Quran in the northern city of Aalborg and chanted Islamophobic slogans. | A Muslim woman got into an argument with them and was eventually taken away by the police. | Recent months have seen repeated acts of Quran burning or desecration or attempts to do so by Islamophobic figures or groups, especially in northern European and Nordic countries, drawing outrage from Muslim coun…
(2023-08-09). Denton, TX protests Governor Abbott signing anti-trans legislation. fightbacknews.org Denton, TX – On August 8, 200 people braved triple digit temperatures to protest Governor Greg Abbott's visit to Texas Women's University, located in Denton, Texas. The governor came to the campus for a ceremonial signing of SB 15, a bill banning trans athletes from participating in college sports teams aligned with their genders. Abbott had already officially signed SB 15 into law in June of 2023. | For over four hours, protesters lined the entrances to the university library. Chants rang out like, "Greg Abbott, you can't hide! We charge you with genocide!" and "Go home Greg! Fix the grid! Keep your hands off ou…
(2023-08-08). Trump-Appointed Judge Orders Airline Lawyers to Take "Religious Liberty" Course. truthout.org In the latest move from the judiciary branch to advance Christofascism in the U.S., a Trump-appointed judge in Texas ordered lawyers for Southwest Airlines to take a "religious liberty training" by a far right Christian group on Monday as part of a lawsuit brought by an anti-abortion flight attendant. U.S. District Judge Brantley Starr ordered three senior lawyers for the airline to take eight… |
(2023-08-09). Dubious claims surround alleged "Arab" attack on an Israeli in Berlin. electronicintifada.net Yonatan Yisraeli's account of nightmarish assault by unknown assailants contains inconsistencies.
(2023-08-09). Syrian Civilians Struggle Between Deadly Israeli Air Strikes and US Sanctions. globalresearch.ca
(2023-08-09). The Story of Palestine's Colonization, and Resistance, Is Embodied in the Trees. truthout.org A 20-year-old born in Gaza, Khaled (who asked to use a pseudonym for his own safety) has been climbing trees since he was a toddler. He recalls the "beauty and freedom you feel when you climb to the top of an olive tree and see all the greenery." But Khaled explains that now there are no trees to climb. In May 2021, on the first day of the Eid al-Fitr celebration, Israeli missiles were fired into… |
(2023-08-09). The dangerous convergence of religious nationalism in Israel and America. wagingnonviolence.org
(2023-08-09). UNSC Representatives Visit the Blue Line in Lebanon. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the Lebanese Army Command organized a field tour along the Blue Line between Lebanon and Israel for representatives of the UN Security Council accredited to Lebanon. | RELATED: | The tour started from the Lebanese army barracks in Tyre, passed through Ras Naqoura in the west, and reached the Ghajar axis in the east. | The group stopped at the 13 border points of dispute between Lebanon and Israel, as well…
(2023-08-08). Jewish supremacy won't end from within. BDS is still the only hope. mronline.org 
Israelis will never dismantle a system of domination that works for them. That's why the end of Jewish supremacy in Palestine will only come from external pressure—and BDS represents that hope.
(2023-08-08). International actions demand freedom for Palestine Action prisoners. samidoun.net 
The international campaign to free Palestine Action prisoners is growing, even as the British state continues to ramp up its campaign of repression against direct actionists who have confronted Israeli arms manufacturers and related corporations in the weapons trade. On Wednesday, 9 August, three Actionists who dismantled a factory of the French arms firm, Thales, …
(2023-08-08). Sixth Palestinian prisoner joins hunger strike as battle escalates inside the occupation prisons. samidoun.net 
The battle inside Israeli occupation prisons is escalating as a growing number of imprisoned Palestinians are taking protest steps to challenge repression, isolation and administrative detention, imprisonment without charge or trial. On Tuesday, 8 August, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society announced that Sultan Khallouf, 42, from Burqin near Jenin, is also on hunger strike against his …
(2023-08-08). A single acknowledgement of Israeli settler 'terror' changes nothing. thealtworld.com
(2023-08-08). Syria updates — US increase military in Middle East, Israel attacks Damascus countryside. thealtworld.com 
I will try to bring you information you are not going to find on the BBC or CNN | Latest Israeli attack on Damascus countryside | At 2.20 am on the 7th August Israel carried out an air attack from the occupied Syrian Golan territories targeting the southern Damascus outskirts. The majority of the missiles were intercepted by the Syrian Air Defence but four soldiers were killed in the attack and two were injured. Material damage was also caused. |
(2023-08-09). Housing, environment, anti-war and Palestine campaigners to protest at Labor's national conference. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-08-09). Why does Labor fear dissent on AUKUS and Palestine? greenleft.org.au 
(2023-08-09). The "Palestinian Authority" and political arrests: Prison subcontractor of the occupation. samidoun.net 
The Palestinian Authority in Ramallah has, since its inception, represented a project created as part of the Oslo process, for the purpose of subjugating the Palestinian resistance, replacing the Palestinian revolutionary struggle with a pseudo-state entity, and serving the interests of the security of the Zionist occupation. Sponsored by the United States in security interests …
(2023-08-09). The Palestinian cause is a banner for all of humanity. peoplesdispatch.org To celebrate the recent release of a new English translation of Ghassan Kanafani's essential work, The 1936—1939 Revolution in Palestine, leftist publisher 1804 Books shares an excerpt from the introduction.
(2023-08-08). 21 October, all out to Lannemezan! International demonstration to free Georges Abdallah and Palestinian prisoners. samidoun.net 
Join the annual demonstration to free Georges Abdallah, marching to the gate of the prison where he is detained, with the calls and participation of many support committees, associations, unions and political parties. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges all to participate in this demonstration to free the Lebanese struggler for Palestine and all Palestinian prisoners …
(2023-08-08). Palestinian women prisoners struggling for justice, dignity and freedom. samidoun.net 
Palestinian women prisoners are continuing their battle for justice, dignity and freedom from the occupation prisons. There are currently 32 women prisoners jailed in occupation prisons, with most of them held in Damon prison, while Fatima Shaheen and Etaf Jaradat are held in Neve Tirza prison; three Palestinian women are jailed without charge or trial …
(2023-08-09). "Horrendous": Black Men Tortured by White Mississippi Police "Goon Squad" React to Guilty Pleas. democracynow.org 
Six white former police officers in Mississippi who called themselves the "Goon Squad" have pleaded guilty to raiding a home on false drug charges and torturing two Black men while yelling racist slurs at them, and then trying to cover it up. We speak with Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker about how, on January 24, six deputies in Braxton, Mississippi, raided the home they were staying in and attacked them, and how they are speaking out to demand justice. Meanwhile, the deputies have been linked to at least four violent attacks on Black men since 2019, in which two of the men died. We als…
(2023-08-09). Black Men Tortured by White Mississippi Police "Goon Squad" Demand Justice. truthout.org Six white former police officers in Mississippi who called themselves the "Goon Squad" have pleaded guilty to raiding a home on false drug charges and torturing two Black men while yelling racist slurs at them, and then trying to cover it up. We speak with Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker about how, on January 24, six deputies in Braxton, Mississippi, raided the home they were… |
(2023-08-08). #BloodySaturday23 and resistance in the Black Belt South. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On Saturday, August 5, several racist white patrons fucked around found out when they attempted to publicly lynch an African American dock worker who asked the groups of whites to move their tugboat. The tugboat was in the way of a riverboat, the Harriott II, trying to dock. The thugs began raining down blows on the African American dock worker, who fought back but was outnumbered. Then, over a dozen African Americans rushed towards the pier and handed down one of the most viral asswhoppings of all time. The event, now dubbed by many on social media as Alabama Sweet Tea Party, Augustteenth, and…
(2023-08-08). 'Escuadrón de la muerte' de Mississippi: seis policías racistas culpables de torturar a dos hombres negros. peoplesworld.org 
JACKSON, Mississippi, EE.UU. (AP) — Hombres que habían hecho un juramento de proteger y servir estaban apiñados en el porche trasero de una casa de Mississippi mientras Michael Corey Jenkins yacía en el piso, la sangre brotaba de su lengua mutilada donde uno de los policías empujó una pistola en su boca y apretó el …
(2023-08-08). Mississippi 'Death Squad': Six racist cops plead guilty to torturing two Black men. peoplesworld.org JACKSON, Miss. (AP)—Men who had sworn an oath to protect and serve were huddled on the back porch of a Mississippi home as Michael Corey Jenkins lay on the floor, blood gushing from his mutilated tongue where one of the police officers shoved a gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. As Jenkins writhed …
(2023-08-09). Supreme Court Abortion Ruling Still Deeply Unpopular Across US, Poll Finds. truthout.org As activists push for abortion rights ballot measures in states across the country, polling has found that the Supreme Court's ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson is as unpopular as ever, a year on from the decision. According to new polling by SSRS for CNN released Tuesday, 64 percent of U.S. adults disagree with the decision, with 50 percent saying they "strongly" disagree. This is nearly double the… |
(2023-08-09). Tercer Malón de la Paz exige al Supremo resuelva inconstitucionalidad de reforma en Jujuy. telesurtv.net Tres integrantes del Tercer Malón de la Paz se encadenaron en la puerta de la Corte Suprema, que se niega desde hace una semana a recibirlos.
(2023-08-09). War in Africa and War in the Americas: Accelerating the End of White World Supremacy. orinocotribune.com By Ajamu Baraka — Aug 2, 2023 | The structural crisis of capitalism in its neoliberal form has created a legitimacy crisis for the capitalist rulers, making the use of force a permanent strategy for maintaining their dominance. (from the The US recently deployed troops to Peru to shore-up the coup in that country, followed by the deployment of troops to Ecuador and the bizarre AFRICOM plan to insert Kenya and Rwanda forces all the way from Africa to Haiti to support the illegitimate Ar…
(2023-08-09). Argentina: Indigenous Peoples Protest in Front of Supreme Court. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, three Indigenous citizens who are part of the Great March for Peace (Malon) chained themselves on the steps of the Supreme Justice Court in Buenos Aires. | RELATED: | "They are going to resist there. They have the right to be received by the Court", warned the Nobel Peace Prize winner, Adolfo Perez Esquivel, who interceded on behalf of the original peoples but only managed to be attended by some Court offici…
(2023-08-08). MAGA State Attorneys Warn Fortune 500 Companies with Threats: Stop Diversity Policies or Lawsuits Coming. moguldom.com MAGA state attorneys have put corporations like Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Uber on notice. A coalition of Republican state attorneys general has warned the country's largest corporations to think twice about adopting further workforce diversity initiatives. The warning comes on the heels of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned affirmative action policies in …
(2023-08-08). Venezuela's Red Cross Initiates Comprehensive Restructuring and Forms New Board. orinocotribune.com 
After initiating a comprehensive restructuring process, the Venezuelan Society of the Red Cross now has a 12-month period to elect new members for the institution. This decision comes in response to a ruling (No. 1057) issued by the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) on August 4, which ordered the dismissal of its current directors. | The broad restructuring order comes after the Attorney General of the Republic, Tarek William Saab, reported the opening of an investigation into the "alleged harassment and mistreatment" committed against volunteers and workers of the national Red Cross by the organization's president,…
(2023-08-08). Analysis Shows Republicans Have Ramped Up Efforts to Curtail Ballot Initiatives. truthout.org As Ohioans vote on the status of a ballot initiative this week, Democracy Docket — a progressive organization that monitors voting rights, elections and democracy — has issued a new report detailing how the Republican Party is ramping up efforts to suppress voters across the country. The ballot initiative is a Progressive-era mechanism that allows voters in certain states to place a binding… |