(2022-01-31). Video: Justin Trudeau Accuses Freedom Convoy 2022 of Propagating Hatred, Racism and Violence. globalresearch.ca
(2022-01-31). Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Patrisse Cullors on Abolition & Imagining a Society Based on Care. democracynow.org 
We speak with Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors about her new book, "An Abolitionist's Handbook," which lays out her journey toward abolition and 12 principles activists can follow to practice abolition, which she describes as the elimination of police, prisons, jails, surveillance and the current court system. "We have to imagine what we would do with these dollars, with these budgets, and they have to really be an imagination that's grounded in care," says Cullors. She also speaks about her community organizing in Los Angeles, which fought $3.5 billion worth of jail expansion, and her multi-year co…
(2022-01-31). At Texas rally, Trump promises to pardon January 6 militia foot soldiers if reelected. wsws.org Flanked by top Texas Republicans, including Governor Greg Abbott, the former president incited fascistic violence against immigrants and his political and legal enemies while reiterating his "stolen election" lies.
(2022-01-31). Fascist podcaster manipulates tragic case of Minnesota COVID patient to attack health care providers. wsws.org Far-right elements are using the case of Scott Quiner, a ventilated COVID-19 patient who died after being moved from Mercy Hospital in Minnesota to a Texas hospital, as a rallying point for anti-vaccine forces.
(2022-01-31). EU using "Green Deal" funds to power Israeli settlements. electronicintifada.net Brussels' latest financial gift rewards Israel's criminal behavior.
(2022-01-31). Israel's Hasbara in Sheikh Jarrah: On Gilad Erdan's 'Terrorist' Rock and Faulty Logic. dissidentvoice.org 
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, is leading his country's anti-Palestinian propaganda, this time engaging in pre-emptive hasbara in anticipation of a Palestinian response to the ongoing evictions in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. "Would you consider it a terror attack if a rock like this was thrown at your car …
(2022-01-31). 5 February, Webinar: Remembering Samah Idriss. samidoun.net 
REMEMBERING SAMAH IDRISS: An Organic Intellectual and his Subversive Literary and Socio-Political Paths Speakers: RABAB ABDULHADI & RULA JURDI Saturday, February 5, 2022 11 am Pacific — 2 pm Eastern — 9 pm Palestine Register to join on Zoom: bit.ly/samahevent This webinar will take place in English. Organized by: Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement (Masar …
(2022-01-30). Who Are We Arming and Supporting in Ukraine? dissidentvoice.org 
On December 16, 2021, the United States and Ukraine voted against a UN General Assembly draft resolution "Combating the glorification of the Nazi movement, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fueling contemporary forms of racism…." The Assembly expressed deep concern with current trends in Eastern Europe that serve to whitewash the Nazi period, including the …
(2022-01-30). Nevada and Canada: Laboratories for Genocide and Death. indybay.org The United States government left a trail of cancer and death for Western Shoshone during secret atomic bomb testing, Western Shoshone Ian Zabarte tells the White House. In Canada, the government and churches carried out the systematic kidnapping, starvation, torture and murder of Native children who were incarcerated in residential schools. As unmarked graves of children are discovered, the horrific abuse and medical experiments are described by The Tyee media. Mohawk Mothers are holding McGill responsible in Montreal for UKUltra torture and mind control experiments on Mohawk children conducted by the Canadian g…
(2022-01-30). Fascism's 'Legal Phase' Has Begun. popularresistance.org When Republicans blocked the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act on January 19, 2022, they removed the last safety net preventing the U.S.'s plummet toward authoritarianism. As a result, we are at this moment in a state of free-fall, the culmination of a state-level Legislative And Enforcement Landscape that directly mirrors Jim Crow — or as fascism scholar Jason Stanley recently put it, "America is now in fascism's legal phase." Although we do have ways of fighting back, the situation is dire. | We often hear that the U.S.'s founding documents, courts and institutions make it immune to despotism, but…
(2022-01-30). Congress Launches New Pro-Israel 'Cheerleading' Caucus. popularresistance.org Washington – Earlier this month, Congress launched the bicameral, bipartisan Abraham Accords Caucus to support normalization between Israel and Arab states. Backed by pro-Israel groups, this new political development can be interpreted as a way for the Israel lobby to regain its power over a U.S. Congress that is increasingly critical of Israel. | Described as a "cheerleading squad" in the Jewish Insider by its co-chair, Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), the caucus's stated goals include expanding the Abraham Accords agreements and fostering regional peace. The group's other co-chairs are Sens. Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Joni…
(2022-01-30). Israel Tormented by Lack of Medical Staff and Equipment as Omicron Variant Hits Record Numbers. sputniknews.com According to reports, thousands of doctors and nurses are either in isolation or are sick with the coronavirus and other respiratory diseases. The Israel Association of Hospital Directors has been requesting that the government allocate more people and equipment to cope with the rising challenge but their demands have largely fallen on deaf ears.
(2022-01-30). In Parable for Occupation, Autopsy Shows Israeli Troops mistreated American on West Bank, leading to his Death. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Last week was another in a long line of public relations disasters for the Israeli state, as its unacceptable military occupation of millions of stateless Palestinians continues. It isn't just that the Palestinians are deprived by Israel of basic human rights. Israeli policy is to strip from them in piecemeal …
(2022-01-30). Victory To South African Clover Workers & Smash Israeli Union Busting! For Workers Control. indybay.org As part of an international day of action on January 27, 2022 for the 5,000 South African Clover workers actions took place all over the world including in San Francisco at the Israeli consulate. The workers have been on strike since November 22, 2022.
(2022-01-30). California Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Measure Z Oil, Gas Protections Case. indybay.org Court Will Determine Fate of Local Ordinance Restricting Oil Extraction, Pollution…
(2022-01-30). On Contact: Assange Can Appeal UK Supreme Court. popularresistance.org The British High Court of England and Wales on Monday said it would allow the imprisoned publisher of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, to, in essence, appeal a ruling that would have seen him extradited to the United States where he faces a possible 175 years in prison for the publication of classified documents and videos. | The High Court technically refused to allow an appeal to the Supreme Court, but, in a legal loophole, it left it up to that court to determine whether it will grant permission to consider one legal issue. | "We certify a single point of law … in what circumstances can an appellate court receive…
(2022-01-30). The Supreme Court Just Allowed the Executions of Two Disabled Black Men. scheerpost.com 
Officials from San Quentin State Prison in California display the prison's lethal injection facility in 2010. California recently placed a moratorium on capital punishment, but other states are moving in the opposite direction, pursuing methods such as gas chambers and firing squads. MICHAEL MACOR / THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE VIA GETTY IMAGES | By Mike Ludwig / In what activists warn could be the first in a spike of executions this year, Matthew Reeves and Donald Anthony Grant were k…