2022-07-09: News Headlines

Caitlin Johnstone (2022-07-09). UK to Swap Out Top Sociopath for a Different Sociopath: Notes From the Edge of the Narrative Matrix. orinocotribune.com By Caitlin Johnstone Jul 7, 2022 | Boris Johnson Remember when rich people were so worried about Jeremy Corbyn raising their taxes that they spent months pretending to believe he was a closet Nazi? They really committed to the bit, too. You weren't even allowed to call it a bit because they'd start saying you're a Nazi…

Editor (2022-07-09). The Breakdown of Legitimacy: A Good and Necessary Thing. scheerpost.com By Gary Leupp / CounterPunch Last December Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor questioned whether the Supreme Court would retain its legitimacy if it overturned Roe v. Wade. "Will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception that the Constitution and its reading are just political acts?" she asked, adding, "I don't …

Scorinoco (2022-07-09). Palestine President and Hamas Chief Hold First Face-to-Face Meeting in Years. orinocotribune.com Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has met publicly with the political chief of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement, Ismail Haniyah, for the first time in more than five years in Algeria, raising hopes for reconciliation talks between the two rival factions of Palestine. | The meeting was held late on Monday, July 5, in the Algerian capital of Algiers on the sidelines of the country's 60th independence day ceremony, with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in attendance. | Algerian and Palestinian media outlets published photos of the pair shaking hands at the meeting which was presided…

____ (2022-07-09). VIDEO: Palestinians perform Eid al-Adha prayers in Al-Aqsa. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) — Thousands of Palestinians reached themselves to Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Occupied Lands on Saturday to perform Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) prayers.

Staff (2022-07-09). Thousands attend Eid al-Adha prayers in Al Aqsa Mosque. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) — Thousands of Palestinians arrived at Al-Aqsa Mosque on Saturday to perform Eid al-Adha prayers.

Micheal Berosch (2022-07-09). Dealing with Police and Government Agents. indybay.org "Any lawyer worth his salt will tell the suspect in no uncertain terms to make no statement to police under any circumstances." (U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson writing in Watts v. Indiana, 338 U.S. 49 (1949))…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-08). Ruins of Azov Steel Factory Display Nazi Insignia and Signs of NATO Support. libya360.wordpress.com Sonja Van den Ende Among the ruins of the Azov Steel factory. [Photo courtesy of Sonja van den Ende] The Azov Steel factory was an important propaganda tool of the Western media since the Azov Battalion occupied the factory in March this year. In the official narrative, there were "good fellows" inside the factory, defending…

Michael F. Brown (2022-07-08). Excusing Israeli apartheid in the NYT. electronicintifada.net Newspaper of record falsely claims A.B. Yehoshua supported extending one state with equal rights to Palestinians in Gaza.

Editor (2022-07-08). ACLU Takes Fight Against Palestinian-Exception in the First Amendment To Supreme Court. scheerpost.com By Jessica Buxbaum / MintPress News LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS — In June, a federal appeals court upheld an Arkansas law barring state contractors from boycotting Israel, sparking concerns over First Amendment rights in the United States. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a decision made last year by a panel of three judges who found …

Ali Abunimah (2022-07-08). Deutsche Welle illegally fired Palestinian journalist, German court rules. electronicintifada.net Witch hunt has targeted Arab journalists with false anti-Semitism smears.

Ahmed Al-Sammak, Walaa Sabah (2022-07-08). A whole life under Israeli siege. electronicintifada.net Despair sets in among youths born under Israel's 15-year siege on the Gaza Strip.

Staff (2022-07-08). Al Falasteniyeh Media Network announces upcoming launch on th anniversary of Ghassan Kanafani's assassination. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes the launch of Al Falasteniyeh Media Network. Committed to return and liberation for Palestine and to highlighting people in struggle, Al Falasteniyeh can be an important step in bringing the voices of the Palestinian prisoners' movement "from the river to the sea to the world," as the slogan of …

Staff (2022-07-08). PFLP message for international commemorations of th anniversary of Ghassan Kanafani's assassination. samidoun.net Suhair Khader, a member of the Central Committee of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, based in the Gaza Strip, has a message to all people around the world, including Palestinians and Arabs in exile and diaspora and internationalists, today commemorating the th anniversary of the assassination of Ghassan Kanafani, Palestinian revolutionary leader …

Editor2 (2022-07-08). Alex Saab Hails Venezuela on Its Independence. orinocotribune.com By Alex Saab Jul 5, 2022 | Dear President Nicolas Maduro and beloved people of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. I would like to send you my greetings on the occasion of our Independence Day. | Our country is moving steadily towards economic growth, stability and national reconciliation despite the sanctions and the inhumane blockade imposed by the United States. | Of course, we would make much faster progress if, in a show of patriotic sorrow, the small section of the opposition that supports these sanctions would also join us, especially on this important date, in our demand for an immediate end to th…

JANET (2022-07-08). Reproductive justice and the U.S. carceral system. iacenter.org By Marie Kelly July 8, 2022 The Supreme Court ruling against reproductive rights guaranteed for 50 years in the SCOTUS Roe v. Wade decision has had dramatic and devastating consequences for anyone who can get pregnant but is trapped in the U.S. carceral system. Number of incarcerated women accelerating Ban the shackling of incarcerated pregnant people! Illustration by Molly Crabapple According to the Prison Policy Initiative, the incarceration rate of women in the U.S. has grown at twice the pace of men over the past 40 years. There has been a startling 475% increase in women incarcerated. The majority of women (…

Editor (2022-07-08). Mundo Obrero Editorial — El derecho a la autodefensa. workers.org Todavía estábamos conmovidos por la masacre racista en Buffalo, Nueva York, la matanza de niños en Uvalde, Texas. Luego llegó la noticia de un intento de emboscada el 11 de junio por parte de supremacistas blancos en una celebración pública del Orgullo en el Parque en Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Protest . . . |

JANET (2022-07-08). Gabriela USA and International Women's Alliance condemn overturn of Roe v. Wade. iacenter.org July 8, 2022 This slightly edited joint statement was released on June 24 by Terrie Cervas, GABRIELA USA Secretary General and Angelica Lim, GABRIELA USA International Relations Officer and International Women's Alliance Secretariat Member. You can email both organizations at gabrielawomen@gmail.com and internationalwomensalliance@gmail.com. GABRIELA USA and International Women's Alliance (IWA) vehemently condemn the United States Supreme Court overturn of Roe v. Wade and call on all people to defend basic human rights to health care, including access to abortion, and to fight the attacks on women's rights. Roe v…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-08). 11 months in Israeli prison: Shatha Odeh's struggle for basic rights. peoplesdispatch.org Health activist Shatha Odeh speaks to Hani Serag of People's Health Movement about her days imprisoned in two Israeli prisons, the everyday struggle of prisoners for their basic rights and the atrocities inflicted upon them by Israeli authorities.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-08). US imposes fresh sanctions on Iran & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories of fresh US sanctions on Iranian entities, the mounting crisis of global hunger, Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank, and a taxi drivers' strike in Italy…

Fight Back (2022-07-08). Chicago demands justice for Jayland Walker, community control of police. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – 200 protesters marched in Chicago's Federal Plaza, Wednesday evening, July 6, to demand justice for Jayland Walker, who was murdered on June 27 by Akron Ohio police. Speakers at the rally connected the murder to similar police killings and other police crimes such as torture and wrongful conviction. The protesters demanded that the officers who killed Jayland Walker be convicted, and that community control of the police be enacted. | The march was organized by the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression and was one of several protests this week called for by the National Allian…

Brenda Norrell (2022-07-08). Genocide in Indian Country: Torture Experiments, Trafficking and Mining. indybay.org Censored News: Exposing the Genocide: Torture Experiments, Trafficking and Mining. Mohawk Mothers continue their case in Quebec Superior Court. Their case exposes the U.S. CIA torture experiments, as Mohawk Mothers demand a search for unmarked graves of their children at McGill University in Montreal.

TeleSUR, jcvm, JGN (2022-07-08). Las agresiones armadas más terribles de Israel contra Palestina. telesurtv.net Para el régimen sionista, la diplomacia de las armas ha sido una constante en el manejo de sus relaciones con Palestina.

Julia Conley (2022-07-08). Wisconsin Supreme Court Pushes Trump's Big Lie in Ruling Banning Most Ballot Drop Boxes. commondreams.org The ruling solidified the court's status as "the most rogue and vehemently antidemocratic state court in the nation," said one critic.

Special to People's World (2022-07-08). Texas oil city Beaumont turns out against abortion ban. peoplesworld.org BEAUMONT, Texas—The Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has rocked the whole country, nowhere less than Texas, where in less than three weeks a trigger law will make providing, seeking, and receiving an abortion a first-degree felony. Nevertheless, at Roger's Park in Beaumont, at the intersection of Dowlen and Gladys, a crowd of …

Staff (2022-07-08). VIDEO: Military exercise of Saraya Al-Quds in Gaza. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) — The Palestinian Islamic Jihad's military wing Saraya Al-Quds has released new footage of its recent military drill dubbed as Azm al-Sadeghin in Gaza strip.

Brett Wilkins (2022-07-08). New Report Details Ways to Counter Anti-China Scapegoating in US. commondreams.org "While it's easy for people ripped off by bad worker policies at home to map their economic anxieties onto those they deem foreign, racist scapegoating will only divide us further."

TeleSUR, lvm, MER (2022-07-08). Denuncian que Israel detuvo a 464 palestinos en junio. telesurtv.net Autoridades de Israel emitieron 153 órdenes de detención administrativa contra palestinos en junio.

Contributing Writers (2022-07-07). Kirovsk, a City Under Ukrainian Fire/ By Eva Bartlett. marktaliano.net READ MORE: NATO Media and NATO governments Support Nazism Why is the West Silent About Ukrainian Neo-Nazi Movements, Azov Battalion, & Bandera Legacy?/By Ekaterina Blinova Nazi collaborator monuments in Ukraine/ By Lev Golinkin "Lviv is packed full of Nazis, Fascists and Mercenaries" Vanessa Beeley Interviews Steve Sweeney NaziWashing 4 You/ Cindy Sheehan interviews Mark …

Greg Shupak (2022-07-07). British newspaper reporting falls dramatically short on Palestine. electronicintifada.net Failure to note the continued occupation of Gaza, the illegality of Israeli settlements and the discrepancy in describing victims all add up to poor journalism.

_____ (2022-07-07). Myths And Facts About The Israeli Siege On Gaza. popularresistance.org 15 years have passed since Israel imposed a total siege on the Gaza Strip, subjecting nearly two million Palestinians to one of the longest and most cruel politically-motivated blockades in history. | The Israeli government had then justified its siege as the only way to protect Israel from Palestinian "terrorism and rocket attacks". This remains the official Israeli line until this day. Not many Israelis — certainly not in government, media or even ordinary people — would argue that Israel today is safer than it was prior to June 2007.

_____ (2022-07-07). In Wake Of Abu Akleh's Murder, Media Obscures Israeli Violence. popularresistance.org On May 13, two days after the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli Occupation Forces, as her loss still dominated international news cycles, thousands of Palestinian mourners gathered to pay tribute to the woman who had given them voice for so long. They came to lay her body to rest. | Immediately, as the funeral procession was just starting, images emerged of Israeli forces attacking the pallbearers as they attempted to carry her coffin across the courtyard from the French hospital in East Jerusalem.

Fight Back (2022-07-07). Appleton WI: "Nothing to celebrate" July 4 rally demands non-enforcement of state's anti-abortion law. fightbacknews.org Appleton, WI — On July 4, hundreds of community members gathered in downtown Appleton to make their voices heard in support of reproductive rights for all. | What started earlier in the week as two separate events converged into one mass gathering of people who are stirred to action in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling in Jackson v. Dobbs on June 24, which erased the 50 years of affirmed federal protection for access to safe, legal abortion. | Concerned community individuals were supported by members of Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO), Food Not Bombs-Fox Valley (FNBFV), United Action Oshkosh…

David Cole (2022-07-07). A Radical Supreme Court Term in Review. aclu.org The recently completed U.S. Supreme Court term was the |
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organiza…

JANET (2022-07-07). Beyond the SCOTUS attack on abortion. iacenter.org July 5, 2022 White supremacy did not begin nor will it end with the June 24 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that swept away Roe v. Wade, that for almost 50 years legalized access to abortion. Yet the ruling has sharpened this major pillar of capitalist oppression that touches every aspect of life in the U.S. Without this depraved weapon to uphold the superrich's status quo, that targets oppressed peoples, especially those of color, the U.S. would not have developed into the most powerful imperialist country in history. White supremacy permeates U.S. society. The SCOTUS ruling is a frontal attack on the right to health…

JANET (2022-07-07). How the 'Janes' created underground abortion access. iacenter.org By Marie Kelly June 24, 2022 A U.S. Supreme Court decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization is expected to overturn the 1973 SCOTUS Roe v. Wade ruling sometime during late June — and pave the way to re-criminalization of the right to abortion. At this writing 26 states are poised to outlaw abortion and impact the lives of 64 million women — and any person of childbearing age who has a uterus. (guttmacher.org/abortion-rights-supreme-court, U.S. Census Bureau) A banner for the Jane Collective, the Abortion Counseling Service of Chicago Women's Liberation, carried during a protest for abor…

Denise Weaver (2022-07-07). Utahns rally on July 4, furious at overturn of Roe. liberationnews.org Utah is one of thirteen states that had a "trigger law" in place that banned abortions virtually immediately following the repeal of Roe by the Supreme Court.

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