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2023-08-10: News Headlines

Jay A. Fernandez (2023-08-10). Racism by Design: The Building of Interstate 81. aclu.org David Rufus was just a toddler when the bulldozers rolled into the streets of his Syracuse, New York, neighborhood in 1960. As part of the country's interstate highways surge, city officials wanted to extend I-81 with an elevated viaduct that would cut right through the 15th Ward, where nearly 90 percent of Syracuse's Black population lived. Protesting locals were ignored, and the razing of homes, churches, and businesses resulted in the displacement of more than 1,300 families, including Rufus's. Over the next 50 years, the 15th Ward community suffered in every way possible—jobs, housing, schools, and p…

Michael F. Brown (2023-08-10). Democratic Party leaders fully embrace Netanyahu's Israel. electronicintifada.net While claiming to fight racism at home, delegation led by Hakeem Jeffries funds it against Palestinians.

Paul Craig Roberts (2023-08-10). White Liberals' Promotion of "White Racism" Has Caused Black Legislators to Abandon Belief in the 14th Amendment. thealtworld.com Reginald Jones-Sawyer has a bill in the California legislature that has passed in the House. If it passes in the Senate, the new law will require judges to sentence according to race in order to rectify white racial bias and reduce the alleged disparate impact of the legal system on blacks. In other words, blacks would be given less of a sentence than whites for the same crimes in order to rectify blacks being captured by other blacks in African slave wars and sold to European slave traders who brought them to the New World as a labor force long prior to the existence of the United States. | This is called rectif…

Kwolanne Felix (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… |

Peoples Dispatch (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…

_____ (2023-08-10). The Perpetual Wars You Aren't Supposed to Notice. strategic-culture.org 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."

Fight Back (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…

Ricardo Mimbela (2023-08-10). Visualizing the Racial Wealth Gap. aclu.org Systemic inequities and barriers keep people of color from achieving economic security through employment, education, and homeownership, resulting in racial disparities in wealth and income. These disparities are the consequence of ongoing discrimination, structural inequality, and biases across our institutions. They continue to emerge in new forms of technology — including artificial intelligence and algorithmic risk assessment tools — that influence nearly every facet of life. The confluence of these inequities has created a massive, persistent racial wealth gap in the United States. | Here are…

Mike Ludwig (2023-08-10). Right-Wing Troll Andy Ngo Loses Lawsuit Filed Against Portland Activists. truthout.org A jury in Portland, Oregon, ruled against conservative provocateur Andy Ngo this week in a civil lawsuit he filed three years ago against local activists over multiple allegations of assault, including an embarrassing incident in 2019 when Ngo was hit in the face with a milkshake during a far right rally and counterprotest. "The jury's verdict was a resounding affirmation that Multnomah County is… |

Juan Cole (2023-08-10). Far Right Attack on Israel's Supreme Court Is About Occupation, Not Democracy. truthout.org On July 24th, the Israeli Knesset passed a measure forbidding the country's High Court of Justice from in any way checking the power of the government, whether in making cabinet decisions or appointments, based on what's known as the "reasonability" standard. In the Israeli context, this was an extreme act, since right-wing parliamentarians were defying massive crowds that had, for months on end… |

Robert Reich (2023-08-10). Is Donald Trump a fascist? nationofchange.org What makes fascism more dangerous than authoritarianism?>

WSWS (2023-08-09). UK Tory government launches fascistic campaign against asylum seekers. wsws.org The Labour Party has already declared that in government they would keep the barges as detention centres and other anti-immigration infrastructure of the Tories.

Andy Kroll (2023-08-10). How Israel Occupied Itself. tomdispatch.com On July 24th, the Israeli Knesset passed a measure forbidding the country's High Court of Justice from in any way checking the power of the government, whether in making cabinet decisions or appointments, based on what's known as the "reasonability" standard. In the Israeli context, this was an extreme act, since right-wing parliamentarians were defying massive crowds that had, for months on end, demonstrated with remarkable determination against such radical legislation. And that measure was only one part of a wide-ranging redesign of the court system unveiled by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in January, whi…

teleSUR (2023-08-10). Bedouins Leave the West Bank Due to Attacks by Israeli Settlers. telesurenglish.net A Palestinian Bedouin community in the West Bank abandoned their homes this week due to the increase in attacks by Israeli settlers, the Israeli NGO Btselem reported, detailing that it is the fourth community in the area to abandon their place of residence in the last three months. | RELATED: | "After repeated attacks and threats from settlers and having no other choice, the Al Qabun Bedouin community, located east of Ramallah…

Ramzy Baroud (2023-08-10). Behind Crumbling Concrete: The Tragic Story of Ain Al Hilweh's Displaced Palestinians. mintpressnews.com Throughout the years, hundreds of Ain Al-Hilweh's refugees have been killed in Israeli bombings, and with the camp a tinderbox of political rivalries and machinations, infighting is adding new danger to the lives of Palestinian refugees in the camp.

Staff (2023-08-10). Balancing Act is over: Israeli Protests are Not about Democracy, but Ideology. wibailoutpeople.org

Ben Norton (2023-08-10). US pressures Saudi Arabia to sell oil in dollars, not Chinese yuan, amid Israel negotiations. geopoliticaleconomy.com As part of negotiations for Saudi Arabia to recognize Israel, the United States is demanding that Riyadh keep pricing its oil in dollars, not China's renminbi or other currencies.

Anonymous669 (2023-08-10). Israeli Navy Receives First U.S.-Built Landing Ship (Photos). southfront.org Israeli Navy officers stand on the INS Nahson landing craft, at the Pascagoula shipyard, Mississippi, August 8, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces) | On August 8, the Israeli Navy received the first of two newly-built landing ships from a shipyard in the United States. | During a ceremony at the Pascagoula shipyard in Mississippi, an Israeli flag was raised on the new landing ship which was named INS Nahshon. | The landing ships, which have a displacement of 2,500 tons each and are approximately 95 mete…

Taya Amit (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). Syrian Civilians Struggle Between Deadly Israeli Air Strikes and U.S. Sanctions. strategic-culture.org The U.S. has strangled the Syrian civilians with years of sanctions which have prevented pharmacies and hospitals from ordering special medicines from U.S. and European manufacturers. | Join us on , , and . | Israeli airstri…

Ali Abunimah (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.

Anonymous765 (2023-08-09). Tensions Grow Inside & Around Israel. southfront.org |

Dave DeCamp (2023-08-09). Israeli FM Calls for US to Give Saudi Arabia a Defense Commitment. news.antiwar.com Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen has called for the US to provide Saudi Arabia with defense commitments as Israel is vying for a normalization deal with Riyadh. While an Israeli-Saudi normalization deal is expected to be a long way off, Saudi Arabia has been looking to get security guarantees out of the US if such …

Steven Sahiounie (2023-08-09). Syrian Civilians Struggle Between Deadly Israeli Air Strikes and US Sanctions. globalresearch.ca

Tamara Nassar (2023-08-09). Settlers suspected of involvement in killing teen remanded in house arrest. electronicintifada.net Israel "executes" three in broad daylight, including child.

A Guest Author (2023-08-10). GABRIELA statement: Condemn U.S.-led attacks on the peoples of Palestine and their supporters. workers.org Manila, Philippines GABRIELA issued the following slightly edited statement August 5. The national alliance of Filipino women GABRIELA and the women's committee of the International League of Peoples' Struggle strongly denounce the repressive measures launched by the U.S. and its cohorts against peoples' resistances across the world. Its latest attack . . . |

Staff (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 …

Layan Sima Fuleihan (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.

SAMIR (2023-08-09). Palestinians Stand in Solidarity with the Oppressed in Brazil's Favelas. bdsmovement.net

Fight Back (2023-08-10). UT Austin students join National Day of Action to drop the charges on the Tampa 5. fightbacknews.org Austin, TX — On August 9, members of Austin Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) joined the call for nationwide protest to defend the Tampa 5, the five SDS members in Florida who were brutally attacked by police and now face trumped-up charges for protesting Ron DeSantis' attacks on diversity in schools. | Austin SDS members gathered in the 106-degree heat at the University of Texas' West Mall for this day of action. | The group chanted: "Racist, sexist, anti-gay, Ron DeSantis go away!" and "Protesting is not a crime, justice for the Tampa 5!" | SDS member Jake Holtzman said, "Protesting is not a crime…

WSWS (2023-08-10). Racially charged brawl erupts at Montgomery, Alabama riverfront. wsws.org The incident occurred the day after ex-president Donald Trump spoke in Montgomery, where he made numerous racist and xenophobic statements.

infobrics (2023-08-10). "Russians are not human": Kiev's trans military spox causes controversy for racist comments. infobrics.org The controversial comments follow on from a Kiev official wanting "the maximum killing of Russians".

Amy Goodman (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… |

Staff (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…

Brett Murphy (2023-08-10). Beyond Harlan Crow, Other Billionaires Funded Justice Thomas's Luxury Vacations. truthout.org During his three decades on the Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas has enjoyed steady access to a lifestyle most Americans can only imagine. A cadre of industry titans and ultrawealthy executives have treated him to far-flung vacations aboard their yachts, ushered him into the premium suites at sporting events and sent their private jets to fetch him — including, on more than one occasion… |

Brett Murphy, Alex Mierjeski (2023-08-10). Clarence Thomas' 38 vacations: The other billionaires who have treated the Supreme Court Justice to luxury travel. nationofchange.org Thomas has secretly reaped the benefits from a network of wealthy and well-connected patrons that is far more extensive than previously understood.

Sharon Zhang (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… |

Ajamu Baraka (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…

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2023-08-09: News Headlines

We All Deserve Safety, Peace, The Real News Network. (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.

Anonymous Contributor (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…

Middle East Monitor. (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…

Morgan Artyukhina, Waging Nonviolence. (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…

teleSUR, avr, JGN (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.

Anonymous103 (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…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (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).

Andy Kroll (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…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (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…

Sharon Zhang (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… |

Steven Sahiounie (2023-08-09). Syrian Civilians Struggle Between Deadly Israeli Air Strikes and US Sanctions. globalresearch.ca

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-09). The dangerous convergence of religious nationalism in Israel and America. wagingnonviolence.org

teleSUR (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…

Editor (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.

Staff (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, …

Staff (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 …

Ramona Wadi (2023-08-08). A single acknowledgement of Israeli settler 'terror' changes nothing. thealtworld.com

Vanessa Beeley (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. | | The names of three of the soldiers killed in the attack — Major Eng. Issa Taha Hammoud, Lieutenant Louay Bassam Muhamm…

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-09). Housing, environment, anti-war and Palestine campaigners to protest at Labor's national conference. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-09). Why does Labor fear dissent on AUKUS and Palestine? greenleft.org.au

Staff (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 …

Staff (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 …

Fight Back (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…

Michael Goldberg (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 …

Michael Goldberg (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 …

teleSUR, JCM (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.

teleSUR (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…

Ann Brown (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 …

Janna Corredor (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,…

Chris Walker (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… |

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2023-08-08: News Headlines

Amy Goodman (2023-08-07). Henrietta Lacks Settlement Is a "Form of Reparations" for Biomedical Racism. truthout.org The family of Henrietta Lacks, a Black cancer patient whose cells were taken by Johns Hopkins University Hospital without her consent in 1951, has reached a deal over the unethical use of her cells with pharmaceutical company Thermo Fisher Scientific. Henrietta Lacks's family has denounced the racist medical system that allowed the biotech company to make billions in profit from the "HeLa" cell… |

Staff (2023-08-07). Pregnant Woman's False Arrest in Detroit Shows "Racism Gets Embedded" in Facial Recognition Technology. democracynow.org A shocking story of wrongful arrest in Detroit has renewed scrutiny of how facial recognition software is being deployed by police departments, despite major flaws in the technology. Porcha Woodruff was arrested in February when police showed up at her house accusing her of robbery and carjacking. Woodruff, who was eight months pregnant at the time, insisted she had nothing to do with the crime, but police detained her for 11 hours, during which time she had contractions. She was eventually released on a $100,000 bond before prosecutors dropped the case a month later, admitting that her arrest was based in part o…

Sabot Media (2023-08-07). A Report Back on Community Defense at Oregon City's First Pride. itsgoingdown.org Report back on community defense of Pride in Oregon City, Oregon. Originally posted to Sabot Media. This article is published as a critique of the coverage of the Pride event and ongoing local news narratives surrounding community defense of marginalized groups in Oregon City (OC), Or. We are co-writing this with antifascists involved with the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-08-07). Latin America and West Africa: Patterns of Neocolonialism. libya360.wordpress.com Stephen Sefton The patterns of neocolonial intervention in the majority world by the United States and its allies since their victories over Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan in 1945 are very clear. Almost immediately the Western countries started a cycle of bloody aggression against peoples resisting colonialism, followed later by the dependence of most African…

Editor (2023-08-07). Hiroshima-Nagasaki bombing: U.S. domination of post-war world. mronline.org July 1939, Leo Szilard, the Hungarian physicist and a refugee in U.S., had sought the help of Einstein to persuade the U.S. administration headed by President Roosevelt, to construct an atomic bomb as a counter to an identical programme that, it was then suspected, Nazi Germany had embarked upon.

Fight Back (2023-08-07). San Jose community celebrates removal of Thomas Fallon statue. fightbacknews.org San Jose, CA – On August 4, around 70 people gathered to celebrate the removal of the Thomas Fallon statue that had stood at the corner of West Julian Street and Notre Dame Avenue in San Jose for over 20 years. Fallon was a captain of the U.S. military during the Mexican-American War and captured San Jose in 1846. In the 1850s, he returned to the area and began a political career, culminating in a one-year term as mayor of San Jose in 1859. His time in public office took place during a period of genocide against the indigenous peoples of California, as well as the oppression and disenfranchisement of Mexican peop…

Salah Lamrani (2023-08-07). Islamophobia: Scapegoating Muslims in France. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-08-07). Russian soprano Anna Netrebko sues Metropolitan Opera for discrimination and defamation. wsws.org Netrebko, following a favorable arbitration decision, is pursuing her claims that the Met has unfairly attacked her and jeopardized her career.

Anonymous834 (2023-08-08). How Fascism Took Control In The U.S.-&-Allied Countries. southfront.org

WSWS (2023-08-07). Trump incites violence against prosecutors, political enemies, in social media posts and Republican Party fundraisers. wsws.org Trump's violent language underscores the ongoing political crisis and the continuing transformation of the Republican Party into a fascist movement committed to destroying any vestiges of democracy in America.

_____ (2023-08-07). Vandana Shiva: Bill Gates and Silicon Valley behind Push for 'Farming without Farmers, Food without Farms'. transcend.org 2 Aug 2023 – On this episode of Russell Brand's "Stay Free," TRANSCEND member, scholar, environmental activist and food sovereignty advocate Vandana Shiva, Ph.D., discusses food fascism, the power of "philanthropy," digital enslavement and how people can free themselves from this system.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-08-08). Joven palestino Ramzi Hamed muere por disparo de colono israelí. telesurtv.net La Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) recientemente condenó un aumento significativo de los ataques llevados a cabo por los colonos en Cisjordania contra los palestinos.

Anonymous834 (2023-08-08). How Fascism Took Control In The U.S.-&-Allied Countries. southfront.org

teleSUR- lvm, NBB (2023-08-08). Siria exige a ONU condenar ataque israelí alrededor de Damasco. telesurtv.net "Las autoridades de ocupación israelíes cometieron un crimen atroz aproximadamente a las 2H20 hora local del 7 de agosto de 2023", dijo la Cancillería siria.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-08-08). Palestinian leader denies meeting with Israeli official. plenglish.com Ramallah, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina) The secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Hussein Al-Sheikh, denied having met with the head of the Israel General Security Service, Ronen Bar.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-08-07). At least four killed and four injured in another Israeli missile attack in Syria. peoplesdispatch.org The UN Security Council has so far failed to take any action on Syria's repeated complaints about Israeli violations of its sovereignty which is endangering regional peace…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-08-07). Israeli forces and illegal settlers killed four Palestinians in 24 hours in occupied West Bank. peoplesdispatch.org Israeli forces have already killed more Palestinians in the occupied West Bank this year than the total figure last year, which was declared the deadliest for Palestinians in the region since 2005 by the UN…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-08-07). 1,200 Palestinians are in administrative detention, the highest in 34 years. peoplesdispatch.org The number of Palestinian administrative detainees being held by Israel has

Sam Stein (2023-08-07). A Tour Through the Destruction in Palestine. progressive.org For the Jewish holiday Tisha b'Av, I tagged along with a tour, led by Rabbi Arik Ascherman, through towns and villages left devastated by Israeli settlers.

_____ (2023-08-07). In confronting Israel in West Asia. Iran expands its list of partners. journal-neo.org

Staff (2023-08-07). 16 August, NYC/Online Event: Fadia Barghouti live from Ramallah in conversation with CUNY 4 Palestine. samidoun.net The Israeli attacks on Jenin and Nablus this summer have been heartbreaking and infuriating to watch. Now more than ever, we must stand in and build solidarity with the Palestinian people. Join us for a virtual event featuring Palestinian political organizer, Fadia Barghouti, joining us live from Ramallah. Fadia will discuss the most recent escalation …

Staff (2023-08-07). Headlines for August 7, 2023. democracynow.org Nigerien Coup Leaders and Supporters Remain Defiant as ECOWAS Deadline to Restore Bazoum Passes, Attacks by Ukrainian and Russian Forces Intensify as World Leaders Meet in Jeddah for Peace Talks, Ukrainian Authorities Charge Peace Activist Yurii Sheliazhenko, Raid His Home, Russian Court Sentences Alexei Navalny to Another 19 Years in Prison, Ex-Pakistani PM Imran Khan Calls for Supporters to Keep Up Protests as He Receives 3-Year Sentence, Rahul Gandhi, Lawmaker Critical of Narendra Modi, Reinstated to Indian Parliament, Another Bloody Weekend in the West Bank as Israelis Kill at Least 5 Palestinians, Incl. Teen…

_____ (2023-08-07). Israel Lights Up Palestinian Refugee Camp Violence in Lebanon. strategic-culture.org Netanyahu often has resorted in the past to creating violence among Palestinian groups in an effort to unite his domestic Jewish citizens. However, this time it might backfire on him. | Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . | Fierce and deadly clashes between rival factions in Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon have killed two children and 10 others, while at least 56 have been wounded according to sources at Al Hamshari Hospital. | The extremist groups Jund al Sham and Shabab al Muslim have been facing off against Fatah fighters in the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, near…

Anonymous103 (2023-08-07). Four Syrian Soldiers Killed In Israeli Air Strike On Damascus. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Originally published by The Israeli regime's army fighter jets fired several missiles at targets on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus, which left four Syrian soldiers killed and four others wounded. | According to information released by a Syrian military source, "around 02: 20 local time on Monday, the Israeli enemy fired several missiles from the occupie…

Anonymous103 (2023-08-07). Military Situation In Syria On August 7, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On August 7, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no cases of hostilities and ceasefire violations in Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On August 7, Israel warplanes struck Damascus countryside. Four SAA servicemen were killed; | On August 6, the Turkish Army sent a convoy of 12 units of military equipment to Idlib region via Kafr Lusin crossing; | On August 6, unidentified gunmen attacked HTS checkpoint near Ariha. A HTS member was killed. | MORE ON THE TOPIC…

Dave DeCamp (2023-08-07). Four Syrian Soldiers Killed by Israeli Airstrikes on Damascus. news.antiwar.com Israeli airstrikes targeted the Syrian capital of Damascus early Monday morning, killing four Syrian soldiers and wounding four more, Syria's SANA news agency has reported. "At around 02: 20 am on Monday, the Israeli enemy carried out an aerial act of aggression from the direction of occupied Syrian Golan, targeting some sites in Damascus," a Syrian …

_____ (2023-08-07). Palestine: Unsettling Israeli Settlers Severely Damaging the USA. transcend.org 28 Jul 2023 – UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: "There have been 570 attacks by Jewish settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in the first six months of 2023; three attacks a day." 2010-2019: 3,000 settler attacks, 22 Palestinians killed, 1,258 injured.

_____ (2023-08-07). The Violent Lies of Israel's President. transcend.org When members of the US Congress applaud falsehoods about Israel being a vibrant democracy, they are aiding and abetting further oppression of Palestinians.

LaborFest.net (2023-08-08). From East Palestine, Silicon Valley & Hunters Point, Toxins, Workers & Whistleblowers. indybay.org This is a panel on the toxic dangers to workers and the community from East Palestine, Silicon Valley To Hunters Point shipyard.

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-08). Housing, environment, anti-war and Palestine campaigners to protest at Labor's national conference. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-08). Why does Labor fear dissent on AUKUS and Palestine? greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-08). Why does the Labor fear dissent on AUKUS and Palestine? greenleft.org.au

Staff (2023-08-07). Imprisoned, cancer-stricken Palestinian intellectual Walid Daqqah once again denied release by occupation courts. samidoun.net Occupation courts once again denied justice to imprisoned Palestinian intellectual and freedom fighter Walid Daqqah on Monday, 7 August 2023. Imprisoned since 1986, Daqqah is currently suffering from a rare form of bone marrow cancer, myelofibrosis. Since his diagnosis in December 2022, he has not only received inadequate and inappropriate treatment for his cancer, …

Staff (2023-08-07). Masar Badil summer youth camp concludes in Germany with continued dedication to struggle. samidoun.net Dozens of active members of Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network throughout Europe participated in the summer camp of the Masar Badil, the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement, in Germany between 23 and 28 July 2023. Participants in the camp, including members and supporters of the Masar, came from France, the Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Austria, …

Staff (2023-08-07). Palestinian prisoners' movement leaders under attack: Interrogation and isolation of Wael Jaghoub, Yaqoub Qadri, Nael Barghouthi. samidoun.net Palestinian prisoners are continuing to confront new repressive attacks inside the occupation prisons, amid a growing uprising against administrative detention, imprisonment without charge or trial. On Monday, 31 July, occupation forces stormed the rooms of Palestinian prisoners in Gilboa prison, and attacked leaders of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, including Wael Jaghoub, …

Staff (2023-08-07). Rising revolt against administrative detention: 5 Palestinians on hunger strike, over 1100 jailed without charge or trial. samidoun.net Palestinian prisoners are rising up behind bars in Zionist prisons to confront administrative detention, imprisonment without charge or trial. Out of nearly 5,000 total Palestinan political prisoners, approximately 1,132 are held without charge or trial under indefinitely renewable administrative detention orders, the largest number of administrative detainees in 20 years. Five prisoners are on hunger …

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2023-08-07). Will Christina Aguilera, Imagine Dragons cross international picket line? electronicintifada.net US pop stars plan to perform on ruins of ethnically cleansed Palestinian villages.

Staff (2023-08-08). Unlike the UK, France kind of knows how to deal with its violent, racist cops. thecanary.co Prosecutors in France have arrested five cops over the death of a man linked to the use of a police weapon which fires 'blast balls'. Cops using them in France is commonplace. However, just as the French man's death has been revealed, in the UK we've found out that London cops have been using a …

teleSUR (2023-08-07). Venezuelan President Decries Europe's Silence on Koran Burning. telesurenglish.net Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has condemned the silence of European leaders and media on the recent Koran burning incidents in Sweden and Denmark. | RELATED: | "I condemn these racist acts of hatred against Muslim nations," Maduro said in statements to Al Mayadeen television network. The president noted that "the silence of European leaders on the burning of copies of the Koran is surprising, which is tantamount t…

Staff (2023-08-07). "It's a Way of Reparations": Why Henrietta Lacks Settlement Matters for Bioethics & Racial Justice. democracynow.org The family of Henrietta Lacks, a Black cancer patient whose cells were taken by Johns Hopkins University Hospital without her consent in 1951, has reached a deal over the unethical use of her cells with pharmaceutical company Thermo Fisher Scientific. Henrietta Lacks's family has denounced the racist medical system that allowed the biotech company to make billions in profit from the "HeLa" cell line, which helped produce remedies for multiple diseases, including the first polio vaccine. Details of the settlement were not made public, but the plaintiffs celebrated the lawsuit's resolution l…

Editor (2023-08-07). Police Drug Seizures Increase the Risk of Overdose. scheerpost.com Law enforcement agencies have long been engaged in the seizure of illicit drugs as part of the racist War on Drugs being waged for years. Now a recent study has shed light on a troubling connection between these police seizures and an increase in overdoses within the surrounding communities. The CDC funded study only further underscores how the institution of policing is dangerous to public health and needs to be abolished.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-08-08). Fiscalía pide condenas para 40 acusados del golpe en Brasil. telesurtv.net El 8 de enero miles de seguidores de Bolsonaro invadieron el Congreso, el Palacio presidencial y la Corte Suprema.

Chris Walker (2023-08-07). Texas Judge Rules Some Bans on Abortion in State Are Unconstitutional. truthout.org A Texas judge has placed a temporary injunction on some of the state's abortion restrictions, ruling that physicians shouldn't be barred from providing abortion services in medical emergencies. Just hours after that ruling, however, the state attorney general's office filed an appeal stating that the restrictions will remain in place, pending the state Supreme Court's decision on the matter. |

David Sirota (2023-08-07). LEVER TIME PREMIUM: Who Does The Supreme Court Answer To? levernews.com On this week's bonus episode of Lever Time Premium, exclusively for The Lever's supporting subscribers, we're sharing our recent live chat with Yale law professor Samuel Moyn where we examined the

teleSUR (2023-08-07). Prosecutors Seek Maximum Sentence for Accused in Brasilia Riots. telesurenglish.net Brazil's Attorney General's Office requested on Monday that 40 defendants accused of invading the headquarters of the three branches of government last January in Brasilia be sentenced to the maximum penalty of 30 years in prison. | RELATED: | According to the Attorney General's Office in a document sent to the Supreme Court, in the case of these first 40 defendants, both materiality and authorship of at least f…

Otis Grotewohl (2023-08-07). Class struggle and country music: Which side are you on? workers.org Over the last several weeks, two country music videos containing completely different political messages have been a big topic of conversation. One video is a vulgar display of flag-waving jingoism and white supremacy, generically titled "Try That in a Small Town" and sung by right-wing "pop" country singer Jason Aldean. . . . |

Adriaan Alsema (2023-08-07). Colombia's Supreme Court to elect new chief prosecutor. colombiareports.com Colombia's President Gustavo Petro sent the Supreme Court a shortlist of candidates to replace chief prosecutor Francisco Barbosa at the end of his term ends in February. All candidates are…

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2023-08-07: News Headlines

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-07). Pacific peace activist fights US militarism for love, peace, decolonisation & anti-racism. greenleft.org.au

Staff (2023-08-07). Jail Trump for Racism and War Crimes! wibailoutpeople.org

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-07). Who will the Voice 'designed to appease conservative opinion' speak for? greenleft.org.au

Salah Lamrani (2023-08-07). Islamophobia: Scapegoating Muslims in France. globalresearch.ca

A fanatic colonial settler has run over a 4-year-old Palestinian child seriously injuring him.

Posted by Chris Hutchinson.

Steven Sahiounie (2023-08-07). Israel Lights Up Palestinian Refugee Camp Violence in Lebanon. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2023-08-07). In confronting Israel in West Asia. Iran expands its list of partners. journal-neo.org

Steven Sahiounie (2023-08-07). Israel Lights Up Palestinian Refugee Camp Violence in Lebanon. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2023-08-07). In confronting Israel in West Asia. Iran expands its list of partners. journal-neo.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-07). Israel greenlights settler attacks on Palestinians: Army official. new.thecradle.co

teleSUR, YSM (2023-08-07). Fuerzas de Israel asesinan a tres palestinos en Jenin. telesurtv.net Los militares israelíes dispararon contra el vehículo en el que viajaban las tres víctimas.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-08-07). Israel's missile strike near Damascus kills four Syrian soldiers. plenglish.com The Ministry of Defense issued a statement saying that the missiles were launched from the occupied Syrian Golan; the antiaircraft defense intercepted some. The ones that slipped past the defense also caused material damage. | This is the seventeenth attack perpetrated by Israel this year; the previous one took place on July 26 on various positions of the Internal Security Forces, in the town of Al-Qahtaniya, province of Quneitra, some 70 kilometers to the southwest of Damascus. | Ten attacks were launched on Damascus and its surroundings, three were aimed at the Aleppo airport in northern Syria, one hit the Mes…

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-08-07). Ataque israelí contra Siria deja cuatro soldados muertos. telesurtv.net Los sistemas de defensa antiaérea sirios se activaron tras escucharse algunas explosiones en los suburbios de Damasco.

teleSUR (2023-08-07). Four Syrian Soldiers Killed in Israeli Missile Attack. telesurenglish.net On Monday, four Syrian soldiers were killed and another four injured in an overnight Israeli missile attack targeting the vicinity of Syria's capital Damascus. | RELATED: | The country's air defenses confronted the attack and explosions were heard in the suburbs of Damascus. The attack, originating from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, also caused material damage, according to Syrian state news agency SANA. | The Syrian air defenses intercepted and shot down some of the missiles, said the Syri…

Robert Inlakesh (2023-08-06). Debunking Robert F. Kennedy Jr's Pro-Israel Talking Points. thelastamericanvagabond.com US Democratic Party Presidential candidate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr recently sat down with celebrity rabbi Shmuley Boteach at an event in New York to perform a pre-prepared set of pro-Israel talking points. This came after the politician stated that Covid-19 didn't affect Jewish and Asian people as much as White and Black Americans, drawing complaints

Tamara Nassar (2023-08-06). Ben-Gvir praises settlers who killed teen as "heroes" electronicintifada.net Israeli soldiers execute Palestinian child amid surge in West Bank violence.

Editor (2023-08-06). The Unsettling Settlers-Severely Damaging Americans. scheerpost.com By Dan Lieberman / Countercurrents.org Unimpeded Jewish settler violence has left the Palestinian people in desperation. "Between 2010 and 2019, nearly 3,000 Israeli settler attacks killed at least 22 Palestinians and injured 1,258 others across the occupied West Bank." "Data collected by the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reveals that there have been …

Anonymous669 (2023-08-06). IRGC Dismantles Terrorist Cell In Southeastern Iran. southfront.org File image. | On August 3, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that it had dismantled a terrorist cell in Iran's southeastern region. | The public relations office of the IRGC Ground Forces said in a statement that the cell was affiliated with "arrogance powers," a term the guards usually use to refer to the United States or Israel. According to the statement, the cell was planning to carry out subversive and terrorist operations in the southeastern region and was dismantled before being able to ca…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-08-06). IDF has killed 31 Palestinian minors since the beginning of the year. plenglish.com Ramallah, Aug 6 (Prensa Latina) The Israel Defense Forces have murdered 31 Palestinian minors since the beginning of this year, the Defense for Children International NGO denounced.

Anonymous669 (2023-08-06). Israeli Patrol Officer Killed In New Tel Aviv Shooting Attack (Video). southfront.org Screengrab, video via Twitter. | On August 5, a Tel Aviv municipal patrol officer was killed in a shooting attack that was carried out by a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). | The attack took place at a corner between Tel Aviv's Montefiore and Nachalat Binyamin streets, where dozens of restaurants, cafes and bars are located. | Two of the municipal patrol officers approached the attacker who was standing at the corner. The attacker initially refused to answer their cal…

LaborFest.net (2023-08-07). From East Palestine, Silicon Valley & Hunters Point, Toxins, Workers & Whistleblowers. indybay.org This is a panel on the toxic dangers to workers and the community from East Palestine, Silicon Valley To Hunters Point shipyard.

Matthew Cunningham-Cook (2023-08-06). Rail Unions Win Where Lawmakers Fall Short. levernews.com In the six months since the East Palestine disaster brought railroads into national focus, we've been covering the aftermath — the health implications for residents, the empty rhetoric from politicians, and the seemingly never-ending saga of the Railway Safety Act of 2023. As craven bipartisanship and corporate pandering have predictably stalled efforts to ensure a safer industry through legislation, two new major victories — on paid sick leave for rail workers and a better monitoring policy for dangerous train equipment— illustrates how collective action, not partisan dealmaking, can make our…

_____ (2023-08-06). Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Russian Roulette. strategic-culture.org America's Pacific War was a racist war of annihilation both before and after Japan's surrender, Declan Hayes writes. | Join us on , , and . | America's 9th/10th March 1945 firebombing of Tokyo was the single most destructive…

_____ (2023-08-06). A Victory Over Social Media Censorship. strategic-culture.org In a season of good news for the First Amendment following some important Supreme Court decisions, here's more to be happy about: a federal judge in Louisiana issued an injunction stopping Biden administration officials from contacting social media companies to block content in what could be a landmark order targeting government censorship and suppression of online postings.

Olivia Rosane (2023-08-06). Texas Judge Halts Abortion Ban in Risky Pregnancies. truthout.org In what The Associated Press reports is the first legal pushback since an abortion ban took effect in Texas in 2022, State District Judge Jessica Mangrum issued a temporary injunction against the ban late Friday afternoon in the case of unsafe pregnancies. While the Texas Supreme Court instantly blocked the injunction by filing an appeal, it was seen as a victory by reproductive rights advocates. |

Olivia Rosane (2023-08-06). Texas Judge Halts Abortion Ban for Risky Pregnancies. truthout.org In what The Associated Press reports is the first legal pushback since an abortion ban took effect in Texas in 2022, State District Judge Jessica Mangrum issued a temporary injunction against the ban late Friday afternoon in the case of unsafe pregnancies. While the Texas Supreme Court instantly blocked the injunction by filing an appeal, it was seen as a victory by reproductive rights advocates. |

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2023-08-06: News Headlines

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-06). Pacific peace activist fights US militarism for love, peace, decolonisation & anti-racism. greenleft.org.au

JANET (2023-08-05). No tech for Israeli apartheid! iacenter.org By Marsha Goldberg July 31, 2023 New York City Tech workers from Amazon and Google rallied outside the annual Amazon Web Services Summit at the Javits Center in New York City on July 26. Workers chanted loud and clear: "Free free Palestine, no tech for Israel's crimes!" The rally was part of their continuing two-year "No Tech for Apartheid" campaign. WW Photo: Marsha Goldberg Hand-painted signs throughout the crowd showed working class solidarity with the Palestinian people, targeting Amazon and Google bosses for the billion dollar contracts that enable mass surveillance by the Israeli apartheid state. Some of th…

Anonymous103 (2023-08-05). Kiev Killed Three Civilian Women, Shelled Donetsk With Cluster Munitions. southfront.org On August 5, the Ukrainian military failed to advance on the frontlines but continued bloody attacks on civilians in the regions that Kiev lost. As a result of the shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two women were killed, ten more civilians were wounded in the Donetsk city agglomeration over the past day. Another woman was killed as a result of the Ukrainian shelling in the Kherson region. | Two elderly women were killed by Ukrainian Nazis in the Kuibyshev district of Donetsk and the Nik…

Andrew Korybko, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-08-05). The West Wants Nigeria To Invade Its Northern Neighbor. popularresistance.org Last week's military coup in Niger could be a game-changer in the New Cold War if the junta cuts off the uranium exports upon which France's nuclear energy industry depends, kicks out its former colonizer's troops from their last regional bastion, and/or requests Russia's "Democratic Security" assistance. Unlike the patriotic military coups in Guinea, Mali, and Burkina Faso, which were condemned by the West but not considered a threat to its neocolonial stranglehold over Africa, the one in Niger is ringing alarm bells. | France and the US strongly condemned this latest regime change, with the first suspending all…

Dr. Albert Einstein (2023-08-05). Albert Einstein's 1948 Letter to the NYT Warning Of Zionist Fascism In Israel. globalresearch.ca Global Research Editor's Note: | Of relevance to recent developments in Israel, we bring to the attention of our readers the following letter by Albert Einstein, et al, to the NYT published on December 4, 1948. | It is of utmost significance …

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-06). Who will the Voice 'designed to appease conservative opinion' speak for? greenleft.org.au

midwesternmarx (2023-08-05). African nations reject Western hegemony, embrace multipolarity. By: Shabbir Rizvi. midwesternmarx.com For centuries, Africa has been subject to hyper-exploitation by the colonial West. From the plunder of resources, the facilitation of multiple waves of the slave trade, and the outright genocide — the cruel subjugation of the continent and its resources has known no bounds. To this day, African countries are subjected to exploitation. France imposes a colonial-era tax that ensures Africans live subsistence-level lives while ensnaring state enterprises wi …

WSWS (2023-08-05). The indictment of Trump and the threat of fascism in America. wsws.org Whatever the outcome of the legal proceedings against the ex-president, the drive towards dictatorship and war is rooted in the crisis of American and world capitalism.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-08-06). Persisten protestas contra reforma judicial en Israel. telesurtv.net Los manifestantes ondearon banderas en concentraciones en Israel para mostrar su descontento por una reforma que ha desencadenado una crisis sin precedentes.

teleSUR, YSM (2023-08-06). Fuerzas de Israel asesinan a tres palestinos en Jenin. telesurtv.net Los militares israelíes dispararon contra el vehículo en el que viajaban las tres víctimas.

Robert Inlakesh (2023-08-06). Debunking Robert F. Kennedy Jr's Pro-Israel Talking Points. thelastamericanvagabond.com US Democratic Party Presidential candidate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr recently sat down with celebrity rabbi Shmuley Boteach at an event in New York to perform a pre-prepared set of pro-Israel talking points. This came after the politician stated that Covid-19 didn't effect Jewish and Asian people as much as White and Black Americans, drawing complaints

_____ (2023-08-05). Israel and Its Doctrine of Strategic Depth. journal-neo.org

Sharmila Devi (2023-08-05). World Report] Israeli doctors vow to continue protests. thelancet.com Medics have promised further industrial action in protest at new legislation that weakens judicial oversight. Sharmila Devi reports.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-08-05). Five Palestinians on hunger strike in Israeli prisons. plenglish.com Ramallah, Aug 5 (Prensa Latina) Five Palestinians imprisoned in Israel continue today on an indefinite hunger strike in rejection of their administrative detention, which allows the Israeli authorities to keep them locked up without charge or trial for an indefinite period of time.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-08-05). Syria demands to monitor Israeli nuclear weapons. plenglish.com Damascus, Aug 5 (Prensa Latina) Damascus demanded today to pressure Israel to unconditionally join the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, since its nuclear program constitutes a threat to the stability of the region and the world.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-08-05). Historic Drop in Support for Two-State Solution Among Palestinians, Israelis. orinocotribune.com This is the largest drop in the support for the two-state solution among Palestinians since 2016. | Support for a two-state solution has dropped amongst Palestinians and Israelis, amid an increasingly deteriorating security situation in the occupied territories. | In a joint poll named the Palestinian-Israeli Pulse, conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) in Ramallah and the International Program in Conflict Resolution and Mediation at Tel Aviv University, found a significant drop in support for a two-state solution among both Israeli Jews and Palestinians. | The drop saw the supp…

Ilan Pappe, Palestine Chronicle. (2023-08-05). The Collapse Of Israeli Pillars And Opportunities For Palestine. popularresistance.org Israel's legitimacy, in fact, its very viability, rests on two main pillars. | First, the material pillar, which includes its military strength, high-tech capabilities, and a solid economic system. | The above factors enable the state to build a strong network of alliances with countries that would like to benefit from what Israel has to offer: arms, securitization, spyware, high-tech knowledge, and modernized systems of agricultural production. | In return, Israel does not just ask for money but also for support against its eroded international image. | Second, the moral pillar. This aspect was particularly impo…

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-08-05). Soldados israelíes atacan marcha semanal en Nablús, Palestina. telesurtv.net Según las entidades sanitarias, varios de los manifestantes fueron atendidos por la sofocación provocada por el gas.

LaborFest.net (2023-08-06). From East Palestine, Silicon Valley & Hunters Point, Toxins, Workers & Whistleblowers. indybay.org This is a panel on the toxic dangers to workers and the community from East Palestine, Silicon Valley To Hunters Point shipyard.

midwesternmarx (2023-08-05). Neo-compradors: the leftist foot soldiers of Imperialism By: Sammy Ismail. midwesternmarx.com

Ryan Cristián (2023-08-05). EPA Accidentally Admits East Palestine In Danger, "Politically Useful" Bioweapons, Pharma Child Experiments & The Big Flu Lie. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (8/5/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-08-05). Costa Ricans demand an end to female violence on the Internet (+Photo). plenglish.com San José, Aug 5 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Population Fund (Unpfa) representative in Costa Rica, Juan Luis Bermudez, spoke here today about the risks, facilitated by technologies on the Internet, with the misuse of images and gender violence, especially directed at women.

Palestine Action. (2023-08-05). Palestine Action Underground Launches On Third Anniversary. popularresistance.org Another year of Palestine Action; three years of sustained and effective direct action against Elbit Systems. Three years of mobilising and enabling the masses to strike back and refuse passivity. Three years of radical action and engaging collective power. Three years of unstoppable momentum, victories and, as a direct result, increased attempts by the state to quash the movement. | This time, last year, our second anniversary report [1] was buzzing over the two Elbit closures, announced in quick succession at the start of 2022. We're still incredibly proud of the victories at Oldham and Kingsway. They have not…

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2023-08-04: News Headlines

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-04). Pacific peace activist fights US militarism for love, peace, decolonisation & anti-racism. greenleft.org.au

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2023-08-04). Corte culpa a expolicías de abuso contra hombres negros en EEUU. telesurtv.net El 24 de enero, los expolicías esposaron, arrestaron, golpearon y torturaron a los hombres tras entrar en su casa.

Editor (2023-08-04). The roots and reality of racism in France. mronline.org Liberté. Egalité. Fraternité. That was the slogan with which the French masses overthrew the hated monarchy in 1789.

Dean Baker (2023-08-03). Review of the Myth that Made Us, by Jeff Fuhrer. cepr.net The full title of this book is: The Myth that Made Us, How False Beliefs About Racism and Meritocracy Broke Our Economy and How to Fix It. The book is a direct attack on how economists, and probably most people, are inclined to see the economy and society, arguing against the idea that outcomes reflect …

mforinoco (2023-08-03). Guatemala in Electoral Context 2023. orinocotribune.com By Ollantay Itzamná — Jul 31, 2023 | On August 20, Guatemala will vote for more neoliberalism, more racism, and continued dispossession of indigenous territories. | Last June 25, the general elections were held to elect president and vice-president, 160 deputies to the Congress of the Republic, 20 supranational deputies to the Central American Parliament and 340 municipal governments. | A total of 9.3 million Guatemalans were called to cast their vote both in Guatemala and abroad. Thirty political organizations and 22 presidential candidates participated. Three presidential binomials, under different argumen…

Editor (2023-08-03). Israel Expanded an Apartheid Law Last Week. No One Is Talking About It. scheerpost.com

infobrics (2023-08-04). Kiev regime involved in child trafficking. infobrics.org Criminal networks act in the midst of the conflict with the support of neo-Nazi forces, exporting children on the black market.

WSWS (2023-08-04). Jury gives fascist Pittsburgh synagogue shooter the death penalty. wsws.org Robert Bowers, 50, was sentenced to death by a federal jury in Pittsburgh on Wednesday after his conviction on numerous capital charges stemming from his mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue, which killed 11 and injured six in the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history.

Staff (2023-08-03). "Never Again": Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter Sentenced to Die. Jews Against the Death Penalty Respond. democracynow.org A federal jury has sentenced to death the gunman who killed 11 worshipers at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue in the deadliest act of antisemitism in U.S. history. Robert Bowers was found guilty of federal hate crimes for the 2018 massacre. This is the first time federal prosecutors have successfully sought the death penalty under the Biden administration, which has imposed a moratorium on executions. We are joined by Cantor Michael Zoosman, co-founder of L'Chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty. "For 'never again' to have any meaning, it must also mean never again to state-sponsored m…

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-04). Who will the Voice 'designed to appease conservative opinion' speak for? greenleft.org.au

Roger Stoll (2023-08-04). The East is Still Red: Chinese Socialism in the 21st Century by Carlos Martinez (Book Review). orinocotribune.com By Roger Stoll — Aug 1, 2023 | Introduction | Western media never stop warning us of China: it menaces Taiwan, threatens its neighbors and shipping lanes in the South China Sea, and sticks military bases on Cuba. China, we are told, spies on us by the most devious means, through TikTok, Huawei 5G, and weather balloons. And China, say our media, ensnares Africa with debt traps. Meanwhile, the US government and its media-echo decry China's abuses of its own people. China, the US says, has committed "cultural" and literal genocide against Uyghur muslims in Xinjiang. As for the Covid-19 pandemic, the West with w…

Lynda Carson (2023-08-04). In support of SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike. indybay.org Photo from my Rob Nilsson collection of the Nine @ Night Summer Bash with local filmmaker Rob Nilsson, and the Tenderloin Action Group / Tenderloin yGroup on August 23, back around 1998?, at Battery Chamberlain at Baker Beach in San Francisco for a cookout. According to the flyer I have, it cost $10 per person to cover food, etc… by check or cash payable to Bridgette Burch, Master Chef. That's me (Lynda Carson) in the photo, on the very far right side of the photo in a black sweater, light green top, and blue jeans looking to my left.

WSWS (2023-08-04). Italy's Meloni wages war on the poor. wsws.org The cut in the Citizen's Income and the brutal way in which it is being carried out are a deliberate provocation. The government of Giorgia Meloni is showing its true fascist face.

WSWS (2023-08-03). Two academics oppose censorship of IYSSE at Sydney's Macquarie University. wsws.org "The IYSSE's anti-war perspective has come under attack internationally, including by university managements, governments and fascistic Ukrainian nationalist groups that have tried, unsuccessfully, to block, obstruct or shut down a series of its meetings."

Khaled El-Hissy (2023-08-04). How do people with disabilities cope when Israel bombs Gaza? electronicintifada.net Palestinians who have lost their sight, vision or mobility are even more at risk during Israeli attacks on Gaza.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-08-04). Israeli forces kill two Palestinians as raids continue across occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. peoplesdispatch.org Earlier in the week, Israeli forces conducted multiple raids across the occupied West Bank, with settler attacks and other acts of violence against Palestinians also being reported…

teleSUR, dcdc, DRL (2023-08-04). Ejército israelí asesina a otro joven palestino de 18 años. telesurtv.net Solamente, Cisjordania ocupada vive la mayor espiral de violencia desde la Segunda Intifada (2000-2005).

VINS (2023-08-03). Israeli Occupation Forces Attack Hospital, Kill Palestinian Civilians in Jenin. projectcensored.org On July 3-4, 2023, Israel Occupation Forces (IOF) launched an attack on the Jenin refugee camp in Israeli occupied Palestine. The IOF did not attack on their own, they were…

VINS (2023-08-03). Israel-Linked Group Attempts to Censor Pro-Palestinian Artists on Spotify. projectcensored.org "We Believe in Israel," an offshoot of the Britain Israel Communications and Research Center (BICOM) in the UK, is trying to censor Palestinian and pro-Palestinian artists on the popular music-streaming…

Jessica Buxbaum (2023-08-03). Palestinian Journalist's Agonizing Detention Spotlights Israel's Crackdown on Free Press. mintpressnews.com The work of Palestinian journalists is frequently stifled by detentions, violence, and movement constraints, all stemming from the pervasive Israeli occupation. As Palestinian self-determination remains elusive, the prospect of an unfettered and equitable press becomes increasingly remote.

Ramzy Baroud (2023-08-03). Unraveling Israel's Identity: From Atheistic Zionism to Religious Nationalism. mintpressnews.com Ideological shifts do not appear and disappear overnight. Regardless of the outcome of Israel's protests, the ideological shifts there are seismic and long-lasting. For now, liberal Zionists and their Western allies must accept the historical truth that Herzl's "clergymen" have escaped the "temples" and are running the country.

Denis Voltaire (2023-08-03). Top French Intelligence Operative Sent to Capture Carlos the Jackal Says that the Jackal Was Protected by Israeli Mossad For Years. covertactionmagazine.com His case, along with that of the Italian Red Brigades, points to double standards in War on Terror going back to the 1970s In August 1994, Carlos the Jackal was arrested in Khartoum, Sudan, after a long sting operation by the CIA, and he was subsequently tried and convicted on murder charges. The operation seemed …

Max Blumenthal (2023-08-03). RFK Jr staff block Israel-Palestine dialogue after the candidate agreed. thegrayzone.com A day after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. agreed to a public discussion with Max Blumenthal on Israel-Palestine, his campaign walked back his words. RFK Jr. has pledged "unconditional support" to Israel while spouting vitriolic anti-Palestinian rhetoric. One day after Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. agreed to comedian and podcaster Jimmy Dore's proposal that he engage with The Grayzone's editor-in-chief, Max Blumenthal, in a public dialogue on Israel-Palestine, Kennedy's campaign nixed the discussion. During an August 1 phone call …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-08-03). Moroccan man sentenced to five years in prison for criticizing normalization of ties with Israel. peoplesdispatch.org Despite widespread protests, the Moroccan government normalized its relations with Israel in December 2020 under the so-called Abraham Accords sponsored by the US…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-08-03). Rights groups, activists urge singer Christina Aguilera to cancel concert in Israel. peoplesdispatch.org Christina Aguilera's concert is set to take place at Live Park in the city of Rishon LeZion which has been built upon several demolished Palestinian villages. Activists have urged her not to cross the international picket line…

teleSUR (2023-08-04). Palestine Disappointed With US Failure to Keep Promises. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Foreign Affairs Minister Riyad Al-Maliki said that the Palestinian leadership is disappointed with President Joe Biden's administration for its failure to keep its promises it pledged to the Palestinians. | RELATED: | The U.S. administration "has failed to fulfill its promises to back down from the decision of former U.S. President Donald Trump, who violated the U.S. policy and recognized Jerusalem as the…

LaborFest.net (2023-08-04). From East Palestine, Silicon Valley & Hunters Point, Toxins, Workers & Whistleblowers. indybay.org This is a panel on the toxic dangers to workers and the community from East Palestine, Silicon Valley To Hunters Point shipyard.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-08-04). Palestinian Factions Meeting in Cairo Failed Before It Began. orinocotribune.com By Resistance News Network — Jul 31, 2023 | Yesterday, the Cairo meeting concluded after five hours of discussions between major Palestinian political factions, except those boycotting (PIJ). The emergency meeting was called in the wake of the Fury of Jenin battle, and a major point of contention was the release of the PA's 50+ political prisoners, many of whom are PIJ leaders. | 'In summary, nothing was gained from the meeting, and no closing statement was agreed upon. In terms of the Palestinian political scene, this is a net positive, as the PA was not able to get its way to enshrine itself as the "repres…

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-08-04). Arab Parliament ratifies support to the Palestinian cause. plenglish.com Cairo, Aug 4 (Prensa Latina) The President of the Arab Parliament, Adel Al-Assoumi, affirmed today that the struggle of the Palestinian people is the main cause defended by the region while advocating for the solution of two states to end the conflict.

Ryan Cristián (2023-08-03). Pfizer Hearings Expose Blatant Pharma Dishonesty, Niger Revolution & East Palestine Just Got Worse. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (8/3/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

Matthew Cunningham-Cook (2023-08-03). Corporate Cash Derails Train Safety Bill. levernews.com The company that manufactured the toxic chemicals that were released and incinerated in the wake of the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment this winter gave $2 million to the primary Senate GOP super PAC as bipartisan rail safety legislation stalled in Congress.The manufacturer, Occidental Petroleum, has been lobbying on rail and tank car safety, and its lobbying group, the American Chemistry Council — which also donated $250,000 to the main House GOP super PAC — had pushed for changes weakening the bill in committee.The railroad legislation, introduced in the immediate aftermath of the East Pales…

Mike Ludwig (2023-08-03). 4 Years After El Paso Massacre, Republicans Use Same Rhetoric as Mass Shooters. truthout.org Four years ago, a gunman drove across Texas and committed a racist massacre at a Walmart in El Paso to thwart what he claimed was a "Hispanic invasion." Now, an advocacy group launched by former Vice President Mike Pence to support his floundering presidential campaign is setting off alarm bells. The first point on the Pence group's immigration policy platform? Direct Congress to pass legislation… |

teleSUR, dcdc, DRL (2023-08-04). Tercer Malón de la Paz aguarda respuesta del Supremo argentino. telesurtv.net El Malón está integrado por comuneros de los pueblos originarios que habitan la provincia en defensa del agua y del derecho a sus tierras.

teleSUR (2023-08-03). US Congress Asked to Denounce Anti-immigrant Rhetoric: Report. telesurenglish.net More than 160 religious, civil rights and immigrant advocacy groups asked U.S. congressional leaders in a letter to denounce lawmakers who resort to white supremacist and anti-immigrant rhetoric. | RELATED: | The petition was made on the eve of the fourth anniversary of the 2019 mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, where 23 people were killed. Organizations from 24 U.S. states as well as the District of Columbia signed on to the letter to top congress…

Stan Karp, Rethinking Schools. (2023-08-03). 50 Years Older And Deeper In Debt. popularresistance.org This year marks the 50th anniversary of San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, the landmark 5-4 Supreme Court decision that held that education is not a fundamental right protected by the U.S. Constitution. The decision dashed hopes that the historic Brown v. Board of Education ruling that ended legal segregation in 1954 would be followed by a sustained federal commitment to making education equality a reality. | Demetrio Rodriguez was a sheet metal worker and a member of the Edgewood Concerned Parent Association when he became the lead plaintiff in the case. He thought his three children were bein…

Zane McNeill (2023-08-03). 19 Attorney Generals Challenge Idaho's Dangerous "Abortion Trafficking" Law. truthout.org A coalition of attorney generals from nearly twenty states, led by Attorney General Bob Ferguson (D-Washington), filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of several abortion rights organizations that are suing Idaho for its implementation of the country's first "abortion trafficking" law. Idaho has had an abortion ban in place since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer. |

Staff (2023-08-04). Trump & the KKK Act: Carol Anderson on Reconstruction-Era Voting Rights Law Cited in Trump Indictment. democracynow.org On Thursday, former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to trying to overturn the results of his 2020 election loss. Trump appeared before a magistrate judge in Washington's federal courthouse two days after he was indicted. A key part of the election interference charges Trump faces relates to a Civil War-era rights law that protects the right of citizens to have their vote counted. We speak with Carol Anderson, author of One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy and White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide, about Trump's attempt to wipe out the votes of…

Jake Johnson (2023-08-03). Voting Rights Groups File Legal Challenge to Wisconsin's Legislative Maps. truthout.org Voting rights organizations and law firms joined forces Wednesday to file a legal challenge against Wisconsin's aggressively gerrymandered state legislative maps, which have allowed Republicans to cling to power in the Assembly and Senate for more than a decade. Filed by Campaign Legal Center (CLC), Law Forward, the Election Law Clinic at Harvard Law School, Stafford Rosenbaum LLP, and Arnold & |

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2023-08-01: News Headlines

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-01). Djilang community mobilises against racism. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-01). Pacific peace activist fights US militarism for love, peace, decolonisation & anti-racism. greenleft.org.au

Muhammed Shabeer (2023-08-01). First as tragedy, then as a farce: AfD recalibrates the slogan 'Germany first'. peoplesdispatch.org The far-right party's 'Germany first' campaign in many ways resembles the Nazi campaign for German supremacy propagated during the Hitler era, marked with militarism and racism…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-31). Guatemala in Electoral Context 2023. libya360.wordpress.com Ollantay Itzamná Arévalo and Torres, candidates for the second round of elections On August 20, Guatemala will vote for more neoliberalism, more racism, and continued dispossession of indigenous territories. Last June 25, the general elections were held to elect president and vice-president, 160 deputies to the Congress of the Republic, 20 supranational deputies to the…

WSWS (2023-07-31). Jason Aldean's "Try That in a Small Town" promotes racism and vigilante violence against protesters. wsws.org The song and music video recorded and performed by Jason Aldean, "Try That in a Small Town," are part of the effort by a faction of the ruling establishment to openly promote racism and far-right politics in the US aimed at sowing divisions within the working class.

Fight Back (2023-08-01). Georgia: Deadly Fulton County Jail continues to claim Black lives. fightbacknews.org Atlanta, GA – The outrageous conditions at Fulton County Jail are being brought to the spotlight again after the death of 35-year-old Lashawn Thompson in September of last year, who was eaten alive by bed bugs and lice in his jail cell. Recent autopsy reports state that correctional officers knew about Thomas's declining health and the alarming state of his cell but neglected taking any action. | Arrested for sleeping on a park bench, Lashawn Thompson suffered from schizophrenia and was in need of medical attention and housing. During his three months at the jail, Thompson suffered prolonged dehydration and maln…

Staff (2023-08-01). Another North American Church Names Israeli Apartheid. scheerpost.com Peter Makari, on the screen to the left, speaks in support of the resolution "compelled to witness: Ansqering the cry of our Palestinian siblings" at the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) biennial general assembly in Louisville, Kentucky, July 29, 2023. (Photo: Social Media/ Christian Church in Ohio, Disciples of Christ.)P By Jeff Wright / Mondoweiss …

_____ (2023-07-31). Why Is the West Bank Under Assault by Settlers and Netanyahu Government? transcend.org 24 Jul 2023 – While the media focus has been on 'the judiciary overhaul' confrontation between antagonistic Jewish factions as to the 'democratic' character of Israel, the unifying themes in apartheid Israel remain the further marginalization of the Palestinians in their own homeland.

Marsha Goldberg (2023-07-31). No tech for Israeli apartheid! workers.org New York City Tech workers from Amazon and Google rallied outside the annual Amazon Web Services Summit at the Javits Center in New York City on July 26. Workers chanted loud and clear: "Free free Palestine, no tech for Israel's crimes!" The rally was part of their continuing two-year "No . . . |

Anonymous103 (2023-08-01). Ukrainian Forces Killed Three Civilians In Donetsk City Agglomeration. southfront.org Ukrainian Nazis continue bloody attacks on civilians in the regions that Kiev lost. Impotent on the frontlines, Ukrainian military commanders are intentionally shelling the residential areas in the Donbass. More than three hundred shells hit the settlements of the Republic over the past day. | On August 1, the Ukrainian military continued to terrorize the civilian population of the Donetsk People's Republic, inflicting multiple strikes, including with cluster munitions, killing more civilia…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-08-01). Ukrainian Nationalism: Russian Special Operation— Denazification of Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir G. Kiknadze Azov Battalion, March 11, 2022. This paper presents the results of the analysis of relevant aspects of the history of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) in comparison with the policy of the Kiev regime in 2014-2022, using the secrets revealed with the beginning of demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine during the…

_____ (2023-07-31). Israel and Ukraine: Zionists and Nazis Collide. transcend.org 24 Jul 2023 – The extraordinary history of Zionist and Nazi collaboration.

Israel Attacks US/UK Troops and Even Jews

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Ben Bartee (2023-08-01). U.S. Media Calls for New PATRIOT Act Against So-called "Domestic Terrorists" globalresearch.ca

Native Community Action Council (2023-08-01). Downwind tells Western Shoshone story left untold by Oppenheimer film. indybay.org The documentary DOWNWIND won the jury prize at the Cordillera International Film Festival after the Nevada premiere in Reno. DOWNWIND features the victims exposed to radiation in the fallout from the testing of nuclear weapons of mass destruction and their patriotic response to bring attention to the 928 secret tests conducted between 1951-1992.

_____ (2023-07-31). It's Past Time to Be Honest About Israel. strategic-culture.org One might think that since Honest Joe Biden declared his latest war entitled the US National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism in May the media has certainly taken up the task of exposing evil in these United States by reporting every affront to Jewish groups or individuals and to the Jewish state, Israel.

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-01). Who will the Voice 'designed to appease conservative opinion' speak for? greenleft.org.au

_____ (2023-07-31). ASEAN and Its 50 Years of Failure in Ending Wars and Genocides. transcend.org 16 Jul 2023 – The gulf between the impact of ASEAN in Myanmar affairs and the spins – "centrality" "cohesion" "inclusive dialogue" blah blah blah – is jaw dropping.

Henry A. Giroux (2023-08-01). DeSantis's "Freedom" Is a Force for Domination, Not a Key Form of Empowerment. truthout.org We live in a time of menacing freedoms and the rise of fascist politics. Freedom in the current historical moment has turned ugly. The presence of "ugly freedoms" is not new, and its history is repeating itself with a politics that is as cruel as it is dangerous and widespread. This is an age inextricably defined by the question of who qualifies as a citizen of the United States and what kind of… |

Ben Bartee (2023-08-01). U.S. Media Calls for New PATRIOT Act Against So-called "Domestic Terrorists" globalresearch.ca

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-01). Who will the Voice 'designed to appease conservative opinion' speak for? greenleft.org.au

WSWS (2023-07-31). Speaking in Iowa and Pennsylvania, Trump doubles down on fascistic threats. wsws.org In the face of 40 felony counts in the classified documents case and pending indictments in Georgia and Washington related to the failed coup, Trump repeated his fascistic appeals in speeches over the weekend.

Isabella Arria (2023-08-01). Ucrania: Trasplantes clandestinos y de exportación con "biomaterial" de soldados heridos. globalizacion.ca Un alto funcionario ruso denunció que Ucrania está usando a sus militares heridos como ´biomaterial ª, extirpándoles clandestinamente órganos para destinarlos a trasplantes para quienes puedan pagar esos órganos en Estados Unidos, Israel y Europa occidental. | ´A los ucranianos los arrojan…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-08-01). Israel cancels early release policy for Palestinian administrative detainees. peoplesdispatch.org Israel's Minister of Public Security, far-right extremist leader Itamar Ben-Gvir, has introduced another measure to worsen the situation of Palestinians being held in Israeli prisons. On Sunday, Ben-Gvir introduced an amendment to a law and effectively canceled the legal provision for the early release of Palestinians that are being held in administration detention. Human rights group Adalah denounced the policy change calling it "unfair" and warned that it would further worsen living conditions for Palestinian prisoners. | Palestinian administrative detainees are reported to suffer from a range of psychological…

teleSUR (2023-08-01). Russian Exports Increased After the End of the Grain Agreement. telesurenglish.net Yelena Tiurina, head of the analytical department of the Russian Grain Union, reported that Russian grain exports increased by 60 percent in July compared to the same month in 2022. | RELATED: | Grain exports amounted to 5.68 million tons. Of that volume, 4.54 million tons corresponded to wheat, which represents an increase of 50 percent. | The main buyers of Russian grains were Saudi Arabia (578,000 tons), Turkey (518,000 tons), Egypt (467,000 tons), and Israel (345…

_____ (2023-07-31). International Inertia Follows Israeli Assault on Jenin in the West Bank. transcend.org 28 Jul 2023 – The likelihood of further confrontations remains high following a major Israeli military assault on an impoverished camp of more than 23,500 Palestinian refugees in Jenin in the occupied West Bank earlier this month.

Candice Bodnaruk, Washington Report. (2023-07-31). Protesters Demand Canada Revoke Jewish National Fund's Charity Status. popularresistance.org More than 50 people danced the dabke and flashed peace signs at a peaceful demonstration against the Jewish National Fund (JNF) at the organization's annual Manitoba fundraising dinner in mid-May. | The JNF Canada website states: "JNF Canada envisions a world where Israel's communities are supported and healthy, and where generous Canadians can help us build strong foundations for Israel to thrive." JNF acquires and develops land in Israel and the occupied territories used for settlements, illegal under international law. In 1972 JNF Canada raised $15 million to create Canada Park.

Fight Back (2023-07-31). Condemn the recent U.S. Congress resolution invoking unconditional support for Israel. fightbacknews.org By Anti-War Work Team of Freedom Road Socialist Organization | The Anti-War Work Team of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) condemns the recent U.S. Congressional resolution invoking unconditional support for Israel. | The resolution follows on the heels of comments made by Progressive Caucus Chairwoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) to a pro-Palestine protest in Chicago earlier this month in which she correctly identified Israel as a racist state and pointed out that the Palestinian people have a right to self-determination. In a bipartisan effort to exonerate Israel of its crimes and to shame those who spea…

Fight Back (2023-07-31). Milwaukee activists protest at U.S. Representative Moore's office over blind support for Israel. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On July 26, the Milwaukee Anti-war Committee (MAC) joined with members of the Milwaukee chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace to protest outside of U.S. Representative Gwen Moore's district office downtown. A week before, Representative Moore and 194 of her Democrat colleagues sided with House Republicans to pass a resolution of blind support for the state of Israel. | The resolution came on July 18 after a series of events initiated when Representative Pramila Jayapal, the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, made comments to a crowd of pro-Palestine protesters in Chicago where she identifi…

Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Fight Back News!. (2023-07-31). Condemn Congress' Resolution Of Unconditional Support For Israel. popularresistance.org The resolution follows on the heels of comments made by Progressive Caucus Chairwoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) to a pro-Palestine protest in Chicago earlier this month in which she correctly identified Israel as a racist state and pointed out that the Palestinian people have a right to self-determination. In a bipartisan effort to exonerate Israel of its crimes and to shame those who speak out, the U.S. Congress passed a resolution defending Israel, which was supported by more than 400 Congressional Representatives, including 195 Democrats. | Denial of reality, however, does not change that reality. Israel is not o…

Hanin A. Elholy (2023-07-31). Israel blocks tools for treating Gaza's kidney patients. electronicintifada.net Shortages mean doctors have to give patients less than the recommended dose of medicines.

Hans Stehling (2023-07-31). The Assertion by Israel to Have the Only Valid Claim to Palestinian Land Is "Dangerous Nonsense"! globalresearch.ca

Miko Peled, MintPress News. (2023-07-31). Africa: Untapped Ally For The Palestinian Cause. popularresistance.org Africa could potentially be the much-needed ally for the Palestinian cause, and Israel is well aware of this fact. However, the issue lies in the lack of active pursuit of such an alliance. Transforming Africa, a natural candidate for an alliance, into a committed working ally to advance the cause of a free Palestine from the River to the Sea could be a transformative game changer. Unfortunately, the Palestinian cause remains orphaned, with no one actively advocating for its interests. | Israel recognizes the potential of forging an alliance between Africa and Palestine. Working in tandem with the United States g…

Miko Peled (2023-07-31). Africa: Untapped Ally for the Palestinian Cause — Israel's Awareness and Africa's Orphaned Status. mintpressnews.com With Israel's diplomatic missions in Africa expanding from forty to fifty and possibly beyond, it gradually gains control over the entire continent. Regrettably, Palestine is losing ground even in regions where it naturally finds support.

Staff (2023-08-01). Headlines for August 1, 2023. democracynow.org Russian Attack on Kryvyi Rih Kills 6 as Ukraine Steps Up Drone Attacks on Moscow, Burkina Faso and Mali Warn Against Foreign Intervention in Niger After Last Week's Coup, Two Killed as Protests Erupt over Senegal Government's Arrest of Opposition Leader, Death Toll Climbs as Fighting Continues Between Rival Palestinian Groups in Lebanon, Torrential Rains Trigger Deadly Floods in Northern China; U.S. Heat Wave Enters Third Month, U.K.'s Rishi Sunak to Authorize Over 100 New Oil and Gas Leases in North Sea, U.S. Prepares U.N. Security Council Resolution to Deploy Multinational Force to Haiti, Filmma…

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-08-01). Mueren once personas en campo de refugiados palestinos en Líbano. telesurtv.net Es el tercer día de enfrentamientos en Ein el-Hilweh.

teleSUR (2023-08-01). Expectations Low for Breakthrough in Palestinian Reconciliation. telesurenglish.net Although a reconciliation meeting between heads of Palestinian factions just concluded in Egypt, expectations are low that a tangible and real breakthrough would be achieved to end the years-long intra-Palestinian division. | RELATED: | Analysts agreed that "there is a wide gap" in the political positions of the Palestinian factions, mainly between the two rivals, the Fatah Movement led by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas…

Staff (2023-07-31). Palestinian President Abbas Calls for Unity, Historic Progress Made at Meeting Held in Egypt. orinocotribune.com During the closing of the meeting of the secretaries general of the resistance groups held in the Egyptian city of El Alamein, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas passionately appealed for unity and collective Palestinian action. | In his remarks after the recently concluded meeting of the secretaries general of the Palestinian resistance, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas emphasized that the gathering marked a crucial and significant initial step towards completing the dialogue and achieving the desired objectives promptly. | During the closing of the meeting, which took place July 30 in Egypt, Abbas called fo…

Tareq S. Hajjaj (2023-07-31). With No Electricity Amid Unprecedented Heat Wave, Gaza Houses Become Furnaces. truthout.org It's dark as usual at night in the Gaza Strip, as routine power cuts plunge Palestinian homes into darkness. But what has been different during the past few weeks is an unprecedentedly stifling summer heatwave. With no electricity, people are getting pushed to their limit. Dina Ahmad, 33, holds her newborn baby. They both look sticky and sweaty. She puts her son's head in her hand… |

teleSUR (2023-07-31). Clashes in Palestinian Refugee Camp: 11 Killed, 40 Injured. telesurenglish.net The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) reported Monday that armed clashes between members of the Palestinian Fatah movement and Islamist militiamen in southern Lebanon have left 11 dead and 40 injured. | RELATED: | Armed clashes erupted Saturday in the Ain al Hilweh camp in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon. Among the dead were Brigadier General Abou Ashraf al Armoushi of th…

teleSUR, YSM (2023-08-01). Continúa Tercer Malón de la Paz en Buenos Aires, Argentina. telesurtv.net Entre las demandas a la Corte Suprema de Justicia figura la emisión de una Ley de Propiedad Comunitaria.

ecns.cn (2023-08-01). Biden's loan waiver plan faces hurdles. ecns.cn After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan in June, the administration has come up with a workaround. However, the new plan could also face legal opposition.

Cassandra Jaramillo (2023-08-01). Doctors Are Mobilizing in Ohio and Elsewhere to Protect Reproductive Rights. truthout.org After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending nearly 50 years of federal protection for abortion, some states began enforcing strict abortion bans while others became new havens for the procedure. ProPublica is investigating how sweeping changes to reproductive health care access in America are affecting people, institutions and governments. In her eight years as a pediatrician, Dr. |

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-31). AOC Slams Alito for Implying Checks and Balances "Shouldn't Apply to Him" truthout.org Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) has condemned Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito after the conservative essentially claimed that the Supreme Court has absolute power over other branches of government, including Congress. "What a surprise, guy who is supposed to enforce checks and balances thinks checks shouldn't apply to him," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted on Friday, in response to a laudatory… |

Zane McNeill (2023-07-31). GOP Lawsuit Asks Ohio Supreme Court to Block Abortion Rights Measure. truthout.org Three days after Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose approved an abortion rights amendment for the November election, Republicans filed a lawsuit asking that the Ohio Supreme Court block the proposed abortion rights amendment from being included on the ballot. Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights has successfully gathered more than 495,000 valid signatures from 55 counties to ensure that the… |

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