(2023-08-25). Is Western Media's Perception Of Africa Racist? popularresistance.org Racism goes beyond the use of certain words or the discriminatory practices of everyday life. It is also about political perceptions, intellectual depictions, and collective relationships. | Consider the way that Africa is currently portrayed in the news. | From a political viewpoint, Africa is seen as a totality, and not in a positive way, as in a united Africa. | For example, mainstream Western media coverage of the US-Africa Summit, held in Washington last December, presented all of Africa as poor and desperate. The continent, one can glean from headlines, was also willing to pawn its political position in the…
(2023-08-25). Right-Winger Andy Ngo Lost His Suit. Why Are Defendants on the Line for Damages? truthout.org When Elizabeth Richter first received notice on December 13, 2022, that she was being sued by right-wing media performer Andy Ngo, none of it made sense. Richter had only ever been in proximity to Ngo once, at a 2021 Black Lives Matter demonstration. Ngo had dressed in all-black clothing in an effort to go undetected by demonstrators. A group of activists discovered him, prompting Ngo to flee into… |
(2023-08-25). Targeting Palestinian children is necessary for Israeli settler colonialism. mronline.org 
Israeli settler colonialism and apartheid is based on the extermination of the indigenous population and the elimination of their hope of living freely. Palestinian children represent that hope.
(2023-08-25). Wagner Chief Prigozhin Dies in Plane Crash in Russia, Putin Recognizes His Work Against Ukrainian Neo-Nazis. orinocotribune.com Russian authorities have confirmed that a private jet with Wagner Group founder Evgeny Prigozhin listed as a passenger crashed between Moscow and St. Petersburg on Wednesday, killing all on board. | What details have been confirmed? | The Russian Emergencies Ministry confirmed that the jet plunged to the ground in Tver Region, and that all three crew and seven passengers on board were killed. The ministry said that the jet, an Embraer 135BJ Legacy 600, was traveling from Moscow to St. Petersburg at the time of the incident. | Rosaviatsiya, the Russian federal air transport agency, said that Prigozhin was on board…
(2023-08-25). Wagner Chief Prigozhin Dies in Plane Crash in Russia, Putin Recognizes His Work Against Ukrainian Neo-Nazis. orinocotribune.com Russian authorities have confirmed that a private jet with Wagner Group founder Evgeny Prigozhin listed as a passenger crashed between Moscow and St. Petersburg on Wednesday, killing all on board. | What details have been confirmed? | The Russian Emergencies Ministry confirmed that the jet plunged to the ground in Tver Region, and that all three crew and seven passengers on board were killed. The ministry said that the jet, an Embraer 135BJ Legacy 600, was traveling from Moscow to St. Petersburg at the time of the incident. | Rosaviatsiya, the Russian federal air transport agency, said that Prigozhin was on board…
(2023-08-25). Revealed: Israel charity funded Campaign Against Antisemitism. electronicintifada.net Jewish National Fund is a key donor to a group which boasted of slaying opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn.
(2023-08-25). Milwaukee: Coalition to March on the RNC protests far-right anti-trans personality Riley Gaines. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – Nearly 30 protesters with the Coalition to March on the RNC 2024 massed outside the Pfister Hotel in downtown Milwaukee on the evening of August 22 to protest Riley Gaines, a former collegiate swimmer turned right-wing anti-trans personality. Protesters chanted "Transphobic, anti-gay, Riley Gaines, go away!" "Can't swim Riley" and "Sore loser Riley" as they picketed outside the hotel. They carried a large banner that read "Stop trans genocide" and received a great deal of support from passing cars and people walking by. | Gaines originally gained notoriety in March 2022 for protesting the fact tha…
(2023-08-25). Milwaukee: Coalition to March on the RNC protests far-right anti-trans personality Riley Gaines. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – Nearly 30 protesters with the Coalition to March on the RNC 2024 massed outside the Pfister Hotel in downtown Milwaukee on the evening of August 22 to protest Riley Gaines, a former collegiate swimmer turned right-wing anti-trans personality. Protesters chanted "Transphobic, anti-gay, Riley Gaines, go away!" "Can't swim Riley" and "Sore loser Riley" as they picketed outside the hotel. They carried a large banner that read "Stop trans genocide" and received a great deal of support from passing cars and people walking by. | Gaines originally gained notoriety in March 2022 for protesting the fact tha…
(2023-08-25). US sues Musk's SpaceX over alleged hiring discrimination against asylees and refugees. middleeasteye.net 
US sues Musk's SpaceX over alleged hiring discrimination against asylees and refugees | Lawsuit claims SpaceX consistently deterred refugees and asylees from submitting applications and did not hire or even consider them | Fri, 08/25/2023 – 17: 14 | A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 24 August 2023 (AFP) | The US Department…
(2023-08-26). Cuando el fascismo se disfraza de revolución. globalizacion.ca Cuando el fascismo (que es decir también la derecha o el conservadurismo o el liberalismo) se disfraza de revolución, el pueblo no tiene ningún protagonismo ni tampoco una influencia significativa en lo que atañe a la dirección y el destino…
(2023-08-25). Republican presidential debate—the ugly face of American fascism. wsws.org The Democrats offer no alternative to the Republicans, because both parties represent the interests of the financial aristocracy and its national-security apparatus.
(2023-08-25). Repurposed Rubber: Tire Recycling in the Gaza Strip. unicornriot.ninja Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestine — In the besieged and blockaded Gaza Strip, a 27-year-old Palestinian created a car tire recycling project aimed at reducing environmental damage. In light of the difficulties getting rid of tires in Gaza with the Israeli blockade imposed on the Strip, Madian Helles' project recycles the tires for use in …
(2023-08-25). Israeli Government Influence Prosecution of Palestine Action Court Cases. palestineaction.org
(2023-08-25). Gaza photographer captured and tortured by Israel. electronicintifada.net Hatim Abu Sharia spent five years in prison.
(2023-08-25). Bombing Palestinians is a "public function," top Dutch court rules. electronicintifada.net Decision shields Israeli commanders from war crimes accountability.
(2023-08-25). Israel's Ben Gvir lashes out at Bella Hadid over Palestinians' rights comment. middleeasteye.net 
Israel's Ben Gvir lashes out at Bella Hadid over Palestinians' rights comment | Far-right politician calls supermodel 'Israel hater' after she rebukes him for his 'inflammatory' remarks | Fri, 08/25/2023 – 13: 29 | Supermodel Bella Hadid wearing traditional Palestinian dress and waving a Palestinian flag at a march in New York in May 2021 (Instagram/@mohamedhadid) | Supermodel Bella Hadid…
(2023-08-25). Israel: US condemns Ben Gvir's 'inflammatory' claim on Palestinian freedom of movement. middleeasteye.net 
Israel: US condemns Ben Gvir's 'inflammatory' claim on Palestinian freedom of movement | State Department notably names the Israeli far-right minister in its statement | Fri, 08/25/2023 – 09: 04 | Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir arrives at the site of a rockslide in the Ein Gedi Nature Reserve on 24 August 2023 (AP) | The United States State Department has condemned remarks made by <...
(2023-08-25). 2023 Is Already The Deadliest Year On Record For Palestinians In Occupied West Bank, Says UN Envoy. progressivehub.net PEOPLES DISPATCH…
(2023-08-25). Israeli Government Influence Prosecution of Palestine Action Court Cases. palestineaction.org
(2023-08-25). Gaza photographer captured and tortured by Israel. electronicintifada.net Hatim Abu Sharia spent five years in prison.
(2023-08-25). Bombing Palestinians is a "public function," top Dutch court rules. electronicintifada.net Decision shields Israeli commanders from war crimes accountability.
(2023-08-25). Israel's Ben Gvir lashes out at Bella Hadid over Palestinians' rights comment. middleeasteye.net Israel's Ben Gvir lashes out at Bella Hadid over Palestinians' rights comment | Far-right politician calls supermodel 'Israel hater' after she rebukes him for his 'inflammatory' remarks | Fri, 08/25/2023 – 13: 29 | Supermodel Bella Hadid wearing traditional Palestinian dress and waving a Palestinian flag at a march in New York in May 2021 (Instagram/@mohamedhadid) | Supermodel Bella Hadid…
(2023-08-25). Israel: US condemns Ben Gvir's 'inflammatory' claim on Palestinian freedom of movement. middleeasteye.net Israel: US condemns Ben Gvir's 'inflammatory' claim on Palestinian freedom of movement | State Department notably names the Israeli far-right minister in its statement | Fri, 08/25/2023 – 09: 04 | Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir arrives at the site of a rockslide in the Ein Gedi Nature Reserve on 24 August 2023 (AP) | The United States State Department has condemned remarks made by <...
(2023-08-25). 2023 Is Already The Deadliest Year On Record For Palestinians In Occupied West Bank, Says UN Envoy. progressivehub.net PEOPLES DISPATCH…
(2023-08-25). 2023 Is Already The Deadliest Year On Record For Palestinians In Occupied West Bank, Says UN Envoy. progressivehub.net PEOPLES DISPATCH…
(2023-08-25). Palestine at the centre of free-speech battle on US campuses, academics say. middleeasteye.net 
Palestine at the centre of free-speech battle on US campuses, academics say | Methods used to blacklist pro-Palestinian academics are now being deployed against students and academics in other fields, experts say | Fri, 08/25/2023 – 21: 14 | Members of the Palestinian community protest against violence in the Gaza Strip, during a rally in Times Square, on 18 May 2018 in New York City (AFP) | As issues o…
(2023-08-26). US Conservative author Ann Coulter draws flak for 'Hindu business' comment. firstpost.com Prominent American conservative media pundit and author Ann Coulter is drawing flak for making racist comments against two Indian-origin US presidential contenders — Niki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy. | During Wednesday night's first Republican presidential debate, Coulter characterised a heated exchange between former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy as "Hindu business." | Coulter, 61, in her tweet on the social media platform X said: "Nikki and Vivek are involved in some Hindu business, it seems". | On Thursday, she started to face backlash, with Ramaswamy's senior…
(2023-08-26). KPFA Journalist Frank Sterling, , Elections, Pacifica & The Fight Against The Racist Anti. indybay.org KPFA journalist Frank Sterling and KPFA LSB candidate Steve Zeltzer speak out about the refusal of the KPFA Local Station Board group "The Protectors" to support a resolution calling for the dropping of Antioch police charges against journalist Frank Sterling. The KPFA Local station board and the past manager have refused to also call for the freedom of journalist s Mumia Abu-jamal and Julian Assange. KPFA also put on programmer Ian Masters who has said he is for keeping Mumia in jail and the supporters of Mumia are dupes.
(2023-08-25). Policing The Police In The East Bay Area. popularresistance.org If you think the San Francisco Bay Area is "woke," you probably don't know about East Contra Costa County, in the East Bay, where nearly half the City of Antioch's police department are now on leave for police misconduct that includes exchanging racist, homophobic, and misogynist text messages, some of which include the n-word and references to Black people as gorillas and monkeys. In one instance it was revealed that one cop had sent another a text image depicting the Black police chief, who had been on the job for about a year, as a gorilla . The chief resigned shortly thereafter without saying why.
(2023-08-25). Milwaukee: Hundreds march against the Republican primary debate despite record 100-plus degree heat. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – Nearly 400 people marched in the streets of Milwaukee on the evening of August 23 in protest of the first Republican presidential primary debate. Chants like "Racist, sexist, anti-gay, GOP, go away!" and "Whose streets? Our streets! Whose city? Our city!" rang out as marchers ignored the 100-plus degree heat. | The debate comes just under a year before the GOP returns to the city for the 2024 Republican National Convention. The action was organized by the Coalition to March on the RNC 2024, a broad-based progressive network of different local and national organizations opposed to the Republican ag…
(2023-08-26). Extradition of Julian Assange threatens First Amendment, Press Freedom. indybay.org JURIST: My favorite Supreme Court Justice of all time is William O. Douglas. A staunch defender of the First Amendment, he asserted in his book Points of Rebellion, "We must realize that today's Establishment is the new George III. Whether it will continue to adhere to his tactics, we do not know. If it does, the redress, honored in tradition, is also revolution."
(2023-08-25). Guatemalans Voted to End 69 Years of Corrupt Rule. Will US, Canada Accept It? truthout.org On August 20, 2023, the Semilla Party's Bernardo Arévalo and Karin Herrera were elected president and vice president of Guatemala. This election will bring a formal end to 69 years of anti-democratic, military-backed, corrupt, "open-for-global-business" governments when the transition of power takes place on January 14, 2024. "The Supreme Electoral Tribunal has recognized the results and what the… |
(2023-08-25). Why "Macaco" matters to Colombia's peace processes. colombiareports.com Jailed drug trafficker and paramilitary chief "Macaco" says his influence went all the way up to Colombia's Supreme Court. Macaco, whose real name is Carlos Mario Jimenez, reiterated last week…
(2023-08-25). Civics class for radicals: The rise of the dollar. liberationnews.org 
The fact that the dollar reigns supreme as the "world reserve currency" is a crowning achievement of Washington and Wall Street. How did they pull it off?>