US Supreme Court Backs "Grand Theft" Election 2020
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-13
On Friday, the Supreme Court declined to hear arguments in what may be remembered one day as the most significant political dispute in US history. | Texas et al v. Pennsylvania et al was the judicial equivalent of Hollywood's Godzilla v. …
globalresearch.ca/us-supreme-court-backs-grand-theft-election-2020/5732065

Protesters in London march against police atrocity against Black teenager
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-12-13
On Friday, December 11, anti-racism groups in the UK protested police atrocity against a Black teenager in North London. Video footage which shows a police officer punching the teenager in the head while he was pressed against a police car, was widely circulated on social media on Thursday night and triggered widespread outrage across the UK. Scores of people under the leadership of Black Lives Matter Movement and Stand Up to Racism (SUTR) marched to North London's Tottenham police station and protested the police brutality and demanded punishment for the officers involved in the incident. | According to a Mornin…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/12/13/protesters-in-london-march-against-police-atrocity-against-black-teenager/

10 Syrian Druze residents of Golan Heights injured in protest against wind turbines
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-12-13
Syrian Druze residents of the occupied Golan Heights are opposing Israeli plans to build a wind turbine to supply power to nearby illegal settlements. The Golan Heights has been under occupation since 1981…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/12/13/10-syrian-druze-residents-of-golan-heights-injured-in-protest-against-wind-turbines/

Israel-Morocco deal: Palestinians and Sahrawis hope for renewed solidarity
Alex MacDonald | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-12
Israel-Morocco deal: Palestinians and Sahrawis hope for renewed solidarity | Activists have long linked the two people's struggles, and hope the latest normalisation deal will encourage the Palestinian leadership to do the same | Alex MacDonald | Sat, 12/12/2020 – 10: 26 | Supporters of the Polisario Front separatist movement hold a banner reading "All for Palestine, all for Western Sahara" during a demonstratio…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-morocc…

Go Vote Yourself a Raise, Georgia—You've Long Earned It
Ralph Nader | commondreams.org | 2020-12-12
Candidates should be pushed to say if they stand with the super-rich profiteering, callous Big Business tycoons or with the people who work for pitiful wages, on the rugged frontlines, and keep our society running. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2020/12/12/go-vote-yourself-raise-georgia-youve-long-earned-it?cd-origin=rss

Supreme Court rejects Texas lawsuit seeking to overturn US presidential election
wsws.org | 2020-12-12
The court ruled that Texas had no standing to object to the election procedures in another state.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/12/elec…

Now In Print And Available: 'Capitalism On A Ventilator'
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-12
"Capitalism on a Ventilator: The Impact of COVID-19 in China & the U.S." is a new anthology contrasting the effective Chinese response to COVID-19 with the disastrous response here in the U.S. It pushes back against the racist anti-China campaign in the media. | Due to the growing hostility of the U.S. establishment toward China, and the accompanying surge in anti-Asian racism, it was an enormous challenge to find printers and distributors for this book. | The chapters include articles by many published authors, including: Ajamu Baraka, Monica Moorehead, Mumia Abu-Jamal…
popularresistance.org/now-in-print-and-available-capitalism-on-a-ventilator/

BBC presenter claims UK gardening culture is so 'RACIST' that 'racism is baked into its DNA'
rt.com | 2020-12-12
BBC presenter and botanist James Wong has been mocked online after going on a wild Saturday Twitter rant accusing "gardening culture" in the UK of being racist. | Wong — who has presented several BBC shows, including Countryfile, and serves as an ambassador for London's Kew Gardens — made the bizarre claim in a series of Twitter posts. | Replying to another tweet that claimed gardens are not allowed "political agency" because they'll "reveal uncomfortable politics of individual ownership" and "spatial inequity," Wong wrote, "Absolutely U.K. gardening culture has racism baked into its DNA. It's so int…
rt.com/uk/509492-bbc-presenter-gardening-racist/

Israel establishes 'formal diplomatic relations' with Bhutan
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-12
Israel establishes 'formal diplomatic relations' with Bhutan | Himalayan kingdom is latest country to recognise Israel in a normalisation deal, days after Morocco signed agreement | MEE and agencies | Sat, 12/12/2020 – 23: 25 | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the agreement with Bhutan, saying that his country was 'in contact with other countries that want to establish relations with' Israel…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-establ…

US adopts 'new official' map of Morocco that includes Western Sahara
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-12
US adopts 'new official' map of Morocco that includes Western Sahara | Washington's ambassador to Rabat says map 'recognises Morocco's sovereignty' over disputed territory after North African nation normalised relations with Israel | MEE and agencies | Sat, 12/12/2020 – 20: 13 | Supporters of Western Sahara's independence hold Western Saharan and Algerian flags during a demonstration in Bordeaux, France on 1…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/united-states…

Antisemitism claims mask a reign of political and cultural terror across Europe
Jonathan Cook | zcomm.org | 2020-12-12
What we see here is an illustration of a principle at the heart of Israel's state ideology of Zionism: Israel needs antisemitism. Israel would quite literally have to invent antisemitism if it did not exist…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/antisemitism-claims-mask-a-reign-of-political-and-cultural-terror-across-europe/

To the Barricades: The Red House and the Future of Eviction Defense
David Rovics | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-12-12
Portland, Oregon has been in the headlines again over the last few days, and this trend will continue. The reasons for the headlines will vary depending on who you ask. If you ask the far right they will say something about Antifa terrorists having violent confrontations with the police because they hate law and order. …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/12/to-the-barricades-the-red-house-and-the-future-of-eviction-defense/

Rebuilding the Solidarity Economy During Covid-19
Annie Levin | commondreams.org | 2020-12-12