Editor (2022-02-15). Voting Rights Remain the Critical Barrier to Racial Equality. scheerpost.com Photo by By Dan Siegel / Original to ScheerPost | Over 150 years after the end of the Civil War, restricting voting rights continues to be the right's most hard-fought strategy for maintaining white supremacy in the United States, and the Supreme Court remains the most reliable partner in those efforts. Just last week the Court's majority abandoned de…

_____ (2022-02-15). Israel is an Apartheid State, says Amnesty International. journal-neo.org The human rights organization, Amnesty International, published a report detailing the "true extent of Israel's apartheid regime" and strongly called for an arms embargo on Israel and for Israel "to recognize the right of Palestinian refugees and their descendants to return to homes where they or their families once lived." In this landmark report, the …

Manlio Dinucci (2022-02-15). Blackwater is in Donbas with the Azov Battalion. orinocotribune.com By Manlio Dinucci — Feb 1, 2022 | The CIA and MI6 are reorganizing NATO stay-behind networks in Eastern Europe. If after the Second World War they relied on former Nazis to fight the Soviets, they still support neo-Nazi groups against the Russians. There is no obvious reason for this. The Nazis were omnipresent in the 1940s, but they are very few today and only exist thanks to the help of the Anglo-Saxons. | The phone call between President Biden and Ukrainian President Zelensky "did not go well," wrote CNN in its headlines. "Biden warned his Ukrainian counterpart that a Russian attack may be imminent, sayin…

Montreal Counter-Info (2022-02-15). Report on Mobilization Against the Convoy in Montreal. itsgoingdown.org Report on antifascist mobilization against the far-Right convoy in so-called Montreal. Originally published to Montreal Counter-Info. Screenshot: @LRsocialiste We were more than 150 on Saturday morning gathered to oppose the far right, which is currently riding the wave of anger at health measures to advance its political agenda. Among the demonstrators we were confronted with, if…

AD Foster (2022-02-15). The racist war on truth: South Carolinians fight back against "Critical Race Theory" bans. liberationnews.org At least six bills have been proposed in South Carolina which all aim to deny the racist reality of present-day U.S. society by distorting the history that students learn in the state's public schools…

_____ (2022-02-15). Have We Just Witnessed the America-Israel Endspiel in the Nuclear Talks with Iran? journal-neo.org Following the opening, on February 8, of the eighth round of talks on restarting the Iran nuclear deal (formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA), and with a 20-page draft document on the revival of the "deal of the century" now on the table, there are grounds for hoping that the …

teleSUR (2022-02-15). The US Requests Extradition Of Honduran Ex-President Hernandez. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the U.S. Foreign Affairs Ministry requested the Honduran Supreme Court the extradition of former President Juan Orlando Hernandez (2014-2022), who accepted US$3-million bribes from drug traffickers to finance his political campaign. | RELATED: | The National Police and soldiers surrounded Hernandez's home, and the Supreme Court called an emergency session to be held on Tuesday to appoint a judge who analyzes the request. | H…

Barry Sheppard (2022-02-14). Ukraine: US frustrates hopes for peace, arms fascist forces. greenleft.org.au The United States and its backing of far-right forces in Ukraine is the biggest impediment to peace, writes Barry Sheppard.

_____ (2022-02-14). Threat of War between Syria and Israel is getting More Real. journal-neo.org On February 9, Israel launched yet another series of strikes on targets near Damascus, which resulted in one Syrian killed and five injured, which has aggravated the threat of war between Syria and Israel. According to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), on February 9, four Israeli F-16s, without crossing the state border of Syria, …

Peter Boyle (2022-02-14). Protesting the trans discriminatory 'Religious Discrimination Bill'. greenleft.org.au Scott Morrison has temporarily shelved its "Religious Discrimination Bill", after a public outcry. This video footage, by Peter Boyle, was taken at a protest organised by Community Action for Rainbow Rights.

Aidan O'Brien (2022-02-14). How the U.S. Keeps Fascism Alive and Well in Italy Today—As It Has Kept It Alive Every Year Since 1943. covertactionmagazine.com The U.S. Continues to Manipulate Italian Politics to Ensure that Italy Remains a NATO Vassal State "The impression was that …

Ann Brown (2022-02-14). Black America Responds To New Dolphins Coach Who Says He Doesn't Have Any Real Experience With Racism, Identifies As Human Being And Father Is Black. moguldom.com The National Football League is embroiled in a scandal over its failure to equitably hire Black executives and coaches, and former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the organization and other NFL teams challenging their hiring practices. Now one of the NFL's new hires says it's "weird" how fixated people have …

Staff (2022-02-14). Samidoun in the Paris Region organizes to #BoycottPuma and confront state racism in France. samidoun.net On the morning of Saturday, 12 February, Samidoun Région Parisienne organized a solidarity Palestine stand during the Aubervilliers market in the suburb of Paris, France. The stand this month was organized as part of the global call to boycott PUMA, the German sportswear brand that sponsors the Israel Football Association. The IFA is an institution …

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-14). Is the Amnesty International Report an Israeli 'Sharpeville Moment?'. transcend.org 10 Feb 2022 – This interview followed the release on 1 Feb of the explosive Amnesty International Report finding Israel guilty of the continuing crime of apartheid. How much longer can governments, the UN, and liberal Zionist close their eye in face of the mounting consensus in the international human community on the question of Israeli apartheid?>

slorinoco (2022-02-14). African Union Ignores Foundational Values By Upholding Apartheid Israel's Observer Status (PAPSN Statement). orinocotribune.com [Palestine Chronicle Editor's Note: The Pan African Palestine Solidarity Network (PAPSN) issued the following statement regarding the African Union (AU) Summit and the way that Israel's "observer status" was handled by AU leaders and new chair, Macky Sall. | Though initially, the AU had decided to suspend Israel's observer status, which was granted by AU Commission Chair Moussa Faki in July 2021, the new chair has reportedly ended deliberation with the understanding that Israel's status is to remain in effect until a new AU Commission produces a final verdict.] | PAPSN Statement, February 7: | The Pan African Pal…

Staff (2022-02-14). #BoycottPuma around the world: No corporate complicity with Israeli colonialism! samidoun.net On 12 February, organizations and activists mobilized around the world to call for the boycott of PUMA. The German athletic wear manufacturer is the official sponsor of the Israel Football Association, which is not only an institution of Zionist colonialism and sportswashing of apartheid, but also includes six teams based in illegal settlements in the …

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-14). Can Israel Stop the World from Saying 'Apartheid'? Concealing the Suffering in Palestine. transcend.org 2 Feb 2022 — Statements by Israeli and Palestinian human rights groups (including B'Tselem, Al-Haq and Addameer) as well as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch—are a reflection of the facts witnessed on the ground, and no amount of Hasbara 2.0 can erase these facts.

Berry Craig (2022-02-14). Historians urge stronger anti-fascist fight, or Biden administration could be next Weimar Republic. peoplesworld.org Pundits and historians are comparing President Joe Biden and the Democrats to the Social Democrats, the staunchest supporters of the short-lived German Weimar Republic which Adolf Hitler and the Nazis toppled in 1933. The comparison between Weimar and today "is imperfect, but the cautionary tale is still clear," Salon's Matthew Rozsa wrote last year. He's …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-14). Anti-fascists in Bulgaria counter neo-Nazi 'Lukovmarsh' procession. peoplesdispatch.org Progressive sections in Bulgaria have been opposing the 'Lukovmarsh' torch processions organized in honor of the Nazi collaborator Hristo Lukov. These processions have been held in Sofia since 2003…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-14). Seducing People with the Communal Model: A Conversation with Robert Longa. libya360.wordpress.com Cira Pascual Marquina A key spokesperson of the Alexis Vive Patriotic Force talks about the challenges of building an urban commune. The Alexis Vive Patriotic Force was born in the working-class barrio 23 de Enero during the 2002 counter-coup. The organization, which considers itself both Guevarist and Leninist, aims to carry out Chávez's project of building…

Callum Wilson, Liu Xuegang (2022-02-14). Uyghur torchbearer and ethnic diversity at Beijing Olympics upset media's 'genocide' narrative. peoplesworld.org "Fifty-six constellations, fifty-six flowers in bloom; Fifty-six ethnicities, brothers and sisters in one family…" — Lyrics from Áà±Êàë‰∏≠Âçé (We Love Our China), theme song of The 4th National Traditional Games of Ethnic Minorities, 1991, China. Thirty-one years after this wildly popular Chinese song for another nationally-celebrated sporting event, these same 56 brothers and sisters were …

Petrina Harley (2022-02-14). Socialist senate candidate: 'This bill was never about protecting lives — Christian or otherwise'. greenleft.org.au If we needed more proof that the "religious discrimination" bill was anything more than an attempt to discriminate against the LGBTIQ community, the Australian Christian Lobby provided it, argues Petrina Harley.

WSWS (2022-02-14). How Germany's domestic intelligence agency promotes the far right. wsws.org Any serious fight against the dangers emanating from the far right must begin with the dismantling of the opaque and conspiratorial Verfassungsschutz.

Staff (2022-02-14). V-Day to Earth Day: How Women in 70+ Countries Are Rising to End Violence Against Women & Our Planet. democracynow.org Valentine's Day kicks off a campaign by feminist leaders in 70 countries across the world to celebrate One Billion Rising, an initiative by V-Day to end violence against women — cisgender, transgender and gender nonconforming — girls and the planet. "COVID has ushered in a very strange and perplexing time for women. We are on the frontlines everywhere," says V-Day founder V (formerly Eve Ensler). The campaign seeks to resist "the broken systems of capitalism and neoliberalism," as well as the fascist governments upholding these broken systems, says Monique Wilson, global…

Editor2 (2022-02-14). Israel to Establish 'Triangle of Relations' with UAE, India. orinocotribune.com In addition to the normalization deals between Israel and several Arab and Gulf states, Israel is looking forward to developing relations with India, hoping to establish a "triangle of Israeli-Indian-Emirati relations," Israeli sources reported. | In the first meeting of its kind held in October 2021 between the foreign ministers of India, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Israel and the US, it was decided to establish an international forum for economic cooperation. | t.co/ada0JECRiu | — Muhabarishaji News Agency (@Muhabarishaji) Staff (2022-02-14). #BoycottPuma campaign receives widespread support in central Toulouse. samidoun.net On Saturday, 12 February, the Collectif Palestine Vaincra organized a Palestine Stand in the heart of downtown Toulouse, France, as part of the international day of action to boycott PUMA. The German athletic wear brand is the sponsor of the Israel Football Association, which includes six teams in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank …

Staff (2022-02-14). New York demonstration calls to #BoycottPuma outside brand's flagship store. samidoun.net On Saturday, 12 February, Samidoun NY/NJ joined Within Our Lifetime and the Palestinian Youth Movement NY to rally outside the PUMA flagship store in Manhattan. The picket took place as part of the global day of action to boycott PUMA because of the German athletic wear brand's sponsorship of the Israel Football Association, an institution …

Staff (2022-02-14). Take Action in Canada: Call on Puma to end its sponsorship of the Israel Football Association. samidoun.net Take one-minute to write to the head of Puma Canada and Puma North America. Be part of the February 12, 2022 global #BoycottPuma campaign! Lets give Puma the boot! Global sportswear manufacturer Puma is involved in violations of international law and human rights. Puma is the main sponsor of the Israel Football Association (IFA), which includes teams in Israel's …

_____ (2022-02-14). Demonstration Calls To #BoycottPuma Outside Brand's Flagship Store. popularresistance.org New York City – On Saturday, 12 February, Samidoun NY/NJ joined Within Our Lifetime and the Palestinian Youth Movement NY to rally outside the PUMA flagship store in Manhattan. The picket took place as part of the global day of action to boycott PUMA because of the German athletic wear brand's sponsorship of the Israel Football Association, an institution of Zionist sportswashing and colonialism. | Not only does the IFA represent "Israel" sports, built atop the colonization of Palestine, it even includes as members siz teams based in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank of Palestine. PUMA's sponsorship o…

teleSUR (2022-02-14). Israeli Army Leaves One Dead in Occupied Palestinian Territory. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that Mohamed Abu Saleh, a 17-year-old boy, died as a result of a shot to his head by members of the Israeli Army. | RELATED: | At least three Palestinians were also injured when Israeli troops entered a West Bank village near Jenin to demolish the home of Mahmoud Yarada, a Palestinian who was accused of murdering an Israeli in December 2021. | Besides closing the accesses to…

Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza (2022-02-14). Cuban Band Buena Fe Postpones Concerts in Canada Defending Cuban Vaccines. orinocotribune.com Caracas, February 13, 2022 (OrinocoTribune.com)—Kawsachun News posted a video on its YouTube channel from the world renowned Cuban duo Buena Fe (with English subtitles) where the two singers explain the reason behind the cancellation of their concerts that were supposed happen this year across various Canadian cities. | Buena Fe is a Cuban pop band formed in Guantánamo in 1999, with strong Trova influence, which is a style of Cuban popular music dating back to the 19th century. Its core members consist of Israel Rojas and Yoel Martínez Rodríguez, who in just 10 years have released 10 albums, the most recent…

Staff (2022-02-14). Argentine Patagonia Threatened by British, Israeli & US Citizens. orinocotribune.com By Stella Calloni — Feb 11, 2022 | While the Argentine government maintains its protest against its British counterpart over the extension of the military base located in the Malvinas Islands archipelago, colonially occupied by Great Britain since 1833, a serious incident between civil guards of a foreign businessman who illegally purchased more than 12,000 hectares in the Patagonian province of Río Negro, Argentina, and protesters who rejected the usurpation of Lago Escondido, a paradisiacal site and a reserve of drinking water, exposed the alienation and occupation of the extremely rich territory of Argent…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-14). Israeli settlers attack Sheikh Jarrah, forcibly occupy Palestinian family's land. peoplesdispatch.org The settlers were supported by a member of the Israeli parliament, who later announced the opening of his camp office on land belonging to one of the Palestinian families…

Taylor Young (2022-02-14). GWU president defends anti-China hate posters. liberationnews.org University president supports ant-Chinese posters as 'free speech' but university prohibited display of Palestinian flag.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-14). Occupation forces kill Palestinian teen in West Bank demolition raid and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at a raid in the Occupied West Bank and settler violence in Sheikh Jarrah, the release of 4 Afghan women activists from detention, and more…

Ann Brown (2022-02-14). Analysts Say Spotify Proves Music Streaming Is A Bad Business, Here's Why. moguldom.com The business of music streaming isn't faring well. A look at Spotify's finances paints a bleak picture not just for the Sweden-based service but for streaming music companies in general. Spotify, which has been taking heat for honoring its reported $100-million deal with podcast host Joe Rogan despite racist remarks and anti-vax comments he made, …

teleSUR (2022-02-14). Iran: Vienna Talks' Success Depending on US Decision. telesurenglish.net On Monday, a top Iranian official said that the success of Vienna talks aimed at the restoration of the JCPOA agreement depended on the political disposal of the U.S. counterpart. | RELATED: | Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, exposed via Twitter that the negotiations on the nuclear deal during the Vienna summit have reached a stage where "the outcome can be announced without guesswork." | The top official noted…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-02-14). Colombia's election race rocked by corruption scandal. colombiareports.com The alleged criminal practices of a presidential candidate are rocking Colombia's election race. The Supreme Court ordered Congress and the prosecution to investigate 19 politicians, businessmen and prosecution officials. The…

Moderator (2022-02-14). Hedges: Democrats, the More Effective Evil. scheerpost.com "Let's Make a Deal," an original work by Mr. Fish. | By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost | When all else fails, when you are clueless about how to halt a 7.5% inflation rate, when your Build Back Better bill is gutted, when you renege on your promise to raise the minimum wage or forgive student debt, when you can't halt the Republican suppression of voting rights, when you have no idea how to handle the pandemic which has claimed 900,000 lives — 16% of the world's total deaths although we are less than 5% of the world's population — when the stock market fluctuates on wild rollercoaster rides…

slorinoco (2022-02-14). African Union Ignores Foundational Values By Upholding Apartheid Israel's Observer Status (PAPSN Statement). orinocotribune.com [Palestine Chronicle Editor's Note: The Pan African Palestine Solidarity Network (PAPSN) issued the following statement regarding the African Union (AU) Summit and the way that Israel's "observer status" was handled by AU leaders and new chair, Macky Sall. | Though initially, the AU had decided to suspend Israel's observer status, which was granted by AU Commission Chair Moussa Faki in July 2021, the new chair has reportedly ended deliberation with the understanding that Israel's status is to remain in effect until a new AU Commission produces a final verdict.] | PAPSN Statement, February 7: | The Pan African Pal…

Peter Boyle (2022-02-14). Protesting the trans discriminatory 'Religious Discrimination Bill'. greenleft.org.au Prime Minister Scott Morrison has temporarily shelved its "Religious Discrimination Bill", after public outcry drove some Coalition MPs to cross the floor. This video footage, by Peter Boyle, was taken at a protest organised by Community Action for Rainbow Rights.

Petrina Harley (2022-02-14). Socialist senate candidate: 'This bill was never about protecting lives — Christian or otherwise'. greenleft.org.au If we needed more proof that the "religious discrimination" bill was anything more than an attempt to discriminate against the LGBTIQ community, the Australian Christian Lobby provided the proof. Petrina Harley reports.

WSWS (2022-02-14). How Germany's domestic intelligence agency promotes the far right. wsws.org Any serious fight against the dangers emanating from the far right must begin with the dismantling of the opaque and conspiratorial Verfassungsschutz.

Barry Sheppard (2022-02-14). Ukraine: US frustrates hopes for peace, arms fascist forces. greenleft.org.au The United States and its backing of far-right forces in Ukraine, is the biggest impediment to peace, reports Barry Sheppard.

_____ (2022-02-14). Threat of War between Syria and Israel is getting More Real. journal-neo.org On February 9, Israel launched yet another series of strikes on targets near Damascus, which resulted in one Syrian killed and five injured, which has aggravated the threat of war between Syria and Israel. According to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), on February 9, four Israeli F-16s, without crossing the state border of Syria, …

Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza (2022-02-14). Cuban Band Buena Fe Postpones Concerts in Canada Defending Cuban Vaccines. orinocotribune.com Caracas, February 13, 2022 (OrinocoTribune.com)—Kawsachun News posted a video on its YouTube channel from the world renowned Cuban duo Buena Fe (with English subtitles) where the two singers explain the reason behind the cancellation of their concerts that were supposed happen this year across various Canadian cities. | Buena Fe is a Cuban pop band formed in Guantánamo in 1999, with strong Trova influence, which is a style of Cuban popular music dating back to the 19th century. Its core members consist of Israel Rojas and Yoel Martínez Rodríguez, who in just ten years have released 10 albums, the most recen…

Taylor Young (2022-02-14). GWU president defends sinophobic art, claiming defense of "freedom of speech" liberationnews.org University president supports ant-Chinese posters as 'free speech' but university prohibited display of Palestinian flag.

NAT (2022-02-13). Barrett Brown on Greenwald and the Intelligence Oligarchy. indybay.org Barrett's live Twitter statements about Glenn Greenwald and his connections to his work exposing the capture of the public media environment by state and private intelligence and defence industries, as well as fascist social movements.

Jim Spellman (2022-02-13). NFL facing claims of racism in the U.S. america.cgtn.com It's Super Bowl weekend for the National Football League here in the U.S. On Sunday the Los Angeles Rams will face off against the Cincinnati Bengals. But in the lead up to the big game much of the focus has been claims of racism …

Some Sacramento Antifascists (2022-02-13). REPORTBACK SACRAMENTO: Alleged "Peckerwoods" Attacked During "White Lives Matter" Banner E. indybay.org REPORTBACK SACRAMENTO: Alleged "Peckerwoods" Attacked During "White Lives Matter" Banner Event Over South Sac Neighborhood…

Labor Video Project (2022-02-13). Fascism, Imperialism & Labor With Vermont AFL-CIO David Van Deusen. indybay.org WorkWeek interviews Vermont AFL-CIO president about the rise of fascism, imperialism and the role of labor.

_____ (2022-02-13). Class Struggle And Freedom Beyond Colonial Borders. popularresistance.org The global COVID-19 pandemic has brought into sharp relief how truly interconnected our world is, how superficial colonial borders are, and thus how the struggle for freedom must link localized organizing to broader global insurgencies. Of course, this is not new. Though our epoch offers unique challenges, problems, and articulations of the dialectic between repression and resistance, history doesn't repeat itself—but it rhymes. | In a world structured by racial capitalism, white supremacy, and imperialism, Blackness has often been the antithesis of freedom. After legal emancipation from racial slavery, fre…

Revolution Books (2022-02-13). Wednesday 2/16: Forced Motherhood Is Female Enslavement— We REFUSE to Let the Supreme Court Decimate Abort. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

ERA Coalition, FWE, Voto Latino (2022-02-13). Thursday 2/24: Voting Rights Town Hall: The Future of Voting Rights in U.S. indybay.org Virtual/online event…

NAT (2022-02-13). Barrett Brown on Greenwald and the Intelligence Oligarchy. indybay.org Barrett's live Twitter statements about Glenn Greenwald and his connections to his work exposing the capture of the public media environment by state and private intelligence and defence industries, as well as fascist social movements.

Some Sacramento Antifascists (2022-02-13). REPORTBACK SACRAMENTO: Alleged "Peckerwoods" Attacked During "White Lives Matter" Banner E. indybay.org REPORTBACK SACRAMENTO: Alleged "Peckerwoods" Attacked During "White Lives Matter" Banner Event Over South Sac Neighborhood…

Labor Video Project (2022-02-13). Fascism, Imperialism & Labor With Vermont AFL-CIO David Van Deusen. indybay.org WorkWeek interviews Vermont AFL-CIO president about the rise of fascism, imperialism and the role of labor.

Revolution Books (2022-02-13). Wednesday 2/16: Forced Motherhood Is Female Enslavement— We REFUSE to Let the Supreme Court Decimate Abort. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

ERA Coalition, FWE, Voto Latino (2022-02-13). Thursday 2/24: Voting Rights Town Hall: The Future of Voting Rights in U.S. indybay.org Virtual/online event…

Danny Haiphong (2022-02-12). Eileen Gu Controversy Exposes the Importance of Racial Loyalty to the American Empire. orinocotribune.com By Danny Haiphong — Feb 9, 2022 | The young skier has become the target of a racist backlash that oozes from every orifice of the US's New Cold War. | Eileen Gu is a world class skier who has already won her first gold medal in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the age of 18. Gu was raised in San Francisco by a mixed-race family. Her mom, who she posts about often

Aarathi Prasad (2022-02-12). [Perspectives] Deirdre Cooper Owens: bringing context to systemic medical racism. thelancet.com In the 1790s, Franàßois Marie Prevost, a young French surgeon fresh from his medical training in Paris moved to Port-de-Paix, Haiti. "Of course at that time Haiti was France's most economically valuable colony", says historian Deirdre Cooper Owens. "So there he began some experimental work on enslaved Haitian women, trying to perfect the caesarean section." Prevost's sojourn coincided with the leadership of Toussaint Louverture, who had been born a slave, the fight for Haitian independence, and the abolition of slavery.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-12). Canada: Multi-Ethnic Protesters, Ottawa Residents, Challenge Mainstream Media and Counter-Revolutionary — COINTELPRO Left Claims of Racism. libya360.wordpress.com Jamil Jivani Jamil Jivani Stop Calling the Truckers Racist. Many Black Canadians Support Them! In fact, appropriate for the month of February, the trucker convoy is actually a Black history moment. Liberal politicians and mainstream media corporations want you to believe that the trucker convoy in Ottawa is racist. The first line of attack on…

Editor2 (2022-02-12). 'Freedom Convoy': A Dangerous Movement for the Working Class, but Useful for the Ruling Class. orinocotribune.com By Communist Party of Canada — Feb 4, 2022 | The Communist Party of Canada views the "Freedom Convoy" as a public expression of the increasingly organized and assertive far right. The clear links between the organizers of the convoy and far-right networks indicate that this is not a spontaneous working-class demonstration. On the contrary, it is part of a global phenomenon: the rise and mainstreaming of the far right, which is demonstrated by the strong support (ideologically and financially) from the US far right and circles close to Donald Trump and the Jan. 6thinsurrection. The convoy is filled with Nazi…

WSWS (2022-02-12). Australian PM's defeat on religious discrimination bill deepens political crisis. wsws.org With only a handful of parliamentary sitting days left before an election, the Coalition was desperate to push the bill through in order to meet a pledge to religious fundamentalist organisations.

WSWS (2022-02-12). Department of Homeland Security leaks security bulletin warning of far-right "trucker" protest culminating in occupation of Washington D.C. wsws.org Promoted by Fox and far-right politicians, the goal of the nascent trucker convoy is to rally fascists and militia members to abolish the few remaining COVID mitigation measures and occupy Washington D.C. sometime in March.

teleSUR- jaa -HIM (2022-02-12). Represión israelí deja 22 palestinos heridos en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Solo en la ciudad de Kafr Qaddum se registraron 10 lesionados, entre ellos un niño de 13 años.

_____ (2022-02-12). Left-Right White Solidarity Basis of Support for U.S./EU/NATO Wars on Global Humanity. popularresistance.org The current crisis in Ukraine had its beginnings in 2014, when the U.S. allied itself with right wing, white supremacist forces to overthrow an elected government. Supposed leftists in this country were largely silent about the danger and were themselves supportive of white supremacist politics carried out by the U.S. and its NATO partners.

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-12). Top U.S. European/NATO commander sends F-15s to Poland, F-16s to Romania, nuclear-capable B-52s to Britain. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com These are the five most recent stories on the website of U.S. European Command, which shares its top commander, General Tod Wolters, with NATO as the latter's Supreme Allied Commander Europe. On Memorial Day last year the U.S. deployed B-52s with NATO escorts to fly over NATO's thirty members states in one day: Memorial Day: …

Aarathi Prasad (2022-02-12). [Perspectives] Deirdre Cooper Owens: bringing context to systemic medical racism. thelancet.com In the 1790s, Franàßois Marie Prevost, a young French surgeon fresh from his medical training in Paris moved to Port-de-Paix, Haiti. "Of course at that time Haiti was France's most economically valuable colony", says historian Deirdre Cooper Owens. "So there he began some experimental work on enslaved Haitian women, trying to perfect the caesarean section." Prevost's sojourn coincided with the leadership of Toussaint Louverture, who had been born a slave, the fight for Haitian independence, and the abolition of slavery.

Editor2 (2022-02-12). 'Freedom Convoy': A Dangerous Movement for the Working Class, but Useful for the Ruling Class. orinocotribune.com By Communist Party of Canada — Feb 4, 2022 | The Communist Party of Canada views the "Freedom Convoy" as a public expression of the increasingly organized and assertive far right. The clear links between the organizers of the convoy and far-right networks indicate that this is not a spontaneous working-class demonstration. On the contrary, it is part of a global phenomenon: the rise and mainstreaming of the far right, which is demonstrated by the strong support (ideologically and financially) from the US far right and circles close to Donald Trump and the Jan. 6thinsurrection. The convoy is filled with Nazi…

WSWS (2022-02-12). Australian PM's defeat on religious discrimination bill deepens political crisis. wsws.org With only a handful of parliamentary sitting days left before an election, the Coalition was desperate to push the bill through in order to meet a pledge to religious fundamentalist organisations.

WSWS (2022-02-12). Department of Homeland Security leaks security bulletin warning of far-right "trucker" protest culminating in occupation of Washington D.C. wsws.org Promoted by Fox and far-right politicians, the goal of the nascent trucker convoy is to rally fascists and militia members to abolish the few remaining COVID mitigation measures and occupy Washington D.C. sometime in March.

_____ (2022-02-11). Eric Adams' Black On Black Crime. popularresistance.org The term "black on black crime" is a particularly pernicious trope. It is a ruse used to absolve the systemic racism which kills Black people in a plethora of ways. It invalidates Black people's suffering and gives license to law enforcement and its many acts of brutality. | Ironically, it also describes what is happening among a group of Black officials in New York City. The new mayor and his police commissioner committed a brazen political mugging of the Manhattan District Attorney. | New York City mayor Eric Adams personifies the political imperative to perpetuate an unjust system. Adams was a police officer h…

Editor (2022-02-11). "The Last Refuge of Scoundrels" mronline.org New Evidence of E. O. Wilson's Intimacy with Scientific Racism…

_____ (2022-02-11). Will Scathing Amnesty Apartheid Report Lead To Change In Israel's Criminal Practices? popularresistance.org The reality that this report has brought forward opens doors to a much more aggressive anti-apartheid campaign than we have seen so far. When Zionist organizations hold events, they do so in support of Israel; they encourage others to support Israel financially and politically. These organizations need to reserve conventions centers and hotels, the corporate offices of which should have copies of the Amnesty report on their desks alongside a demand that they refuse to cater to Zionist organizations. | According to the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, "[i]nterna…

deweylaura (2022-02-11). Trump's useful idiots on the left. cpusa.org It's sometimes said in politics you can go so far left that you end up circling all the way around to the right. French philosopher Jean-Pierre Faye called it the "horseshoe theory." Typically, centrists and conservatives use the idea to trash the left and progressives, to compare them to Nazis. Serious political analysis doesn't …

Staff (2022-02-11). "American Reckoning": 55 Years After KKK Murder of Mississippi NAACP Leader, Case Remains Unsolved. democracynow.org This month marks 55 years since the assassination of an NAACP leader. The new documentary "American Reckoning" seeks justice in the cold case of murdered civil rights activist and local NAACP leader Wharlest Jackson Sr. in Natchez, Mississippi. No one was ever charged with his 1967 murder, despite evidence pointing to the involvement of the inner circle of the local Ku Klux Klan. It's one of many unsolved crimes targeting civil rights activists. "The fact that no one has been indicted for Wharlest's case or for these other cases shows the limits of the justice system," says co-…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-11). Why We Need a Mau Mau in Amerikkka. libya360.wordpress.com Mapinduzi Written by Dedan Waicuri and Yusuf Askari wa Watu There is nothing left to do in the US but to organize and mobilize the masses. The US is a country made up of conservatives who are openly racist and imperialist, and liberals who are incoherent and inconsistent; only "inclusive" when it comes to upholding…

Asa Winstanley (2022-02-11). Labour blew $1.3 million pursuing "anti-Semitism" leakers. electronicintifada.net Top secret document shows how party tried to suppress leaked "anti-Semitism" report.

_____ (2022-02-11). New Survey: One In Four Temp Workers Reports Wage Theft. popularresistance.org A stunning 24% of workers in the temp industry say they have had their wages stolen from them by their employers, according to a survey, released Feb. 3, that examines cycles of poverty and precarity for the industry's disproportionately Black and Brown workers. | The findings are based on surveys carried out by seven worker advocacy groups, including the National Employment Law Project (NELP) and Temp Worker Justice, across the country. In the study, 1,337 temp workers in 47 states answered questions about pay, safety, job mobility, workplace discrimination and employer retaliation. | Temporary staff, or temp wo…

NAT (2022-02-11). Barret Brown on Greenwald and the Intelligence Oligarchy. indybay.org Barret's live Twitter statements about Glenn Greenwald and his conenctions to his work exposing the capture of the public media environment by state and private intelligence and defence industries, as well as fascist social movements.

John Wojcik (2022-02-11). Ukrainian fascists say they will sabotage any peace deal with Russia. peoplesworld.org While much of the world struggles to find a way out of the Ukraine crisis, influential fascist groups inside and outside the government there are vowing to stop any peace deal with Russia that they don't like. Even more worrisome is that the Ukrainian government, led by President Volodymyr Zelensky is trying to use its …

Maureen Clare Murphy (2022-02-11). Israel's never-ending trial of a humanitarian hero. electronicintifada.net World Vision's Gaza director refuses to accept a plea deal.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2022-02-11). Texas anti-BDS measure ruled unconstitutional — again. electronicintifada.net Lawmakers in Georgia and Virginia attempt to crush free speech rights in service to Israel.

Omar Karmi (2022-02-11). I'm not a racist, you're a racist! electronicintifada.net Israel's reaction to Amnesty report is telling. But of what?

South Front (2022-02-11). Video: Israel Bombs Syria Again. globalresearch.ca To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected articles), Visit …

Fight Back (2022-02-11). New York rallies for Amir Locke and Isaiah Williams. fightbacknews.org New York, NY – Over 80 people rallied in Union Square in New York City on February 8 in honor of Amir Locke and Isaiah Williams, two young Black men murdered by police. Locke was murdered by Minneapolis PD under a no-knock warrant, and Williams by Metro Police near Las Vegas while police executed a warrant for a murder he did not commit. | Speeches addressed the injustice of cops murdering Black people and it being rooted in racist inequality. They emphasized how no-knock warrants are disproportionately used as an excuse to murder Black people. The rally was followed by a march.

Revolution Books (2022-02-11). Wednesday 2/16: Forced Motherhood Is Female Enslavement— We REFUSE to Let the Supreme Court Decimate Abort. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

Editor (2022-02-11). Beijing 2022 and China's challenge to sports imperialism. mronline.org In this essay, Charles Xu exposes these narratives for the new Cold War propaganda they are. At the same time, he draws from valuable left analysis of the Olympic movement's historical imbrication with white supremacy to explore China's fraught relationship with international sports.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-11). Tunisian govt says judicial body to be reformed, not dissolved. peoplesdispatch.org The government took back the decision to terminate the Supreme Judicial Council following a two-day strike by judges across Tunisia and widespread international condemnation against the controversial move…

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-11). Top EUCOM/NATO commander visits new U.S. battle group in Romania. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. European CommandFebruary 10, 2022 USEUCOM commander highlights battle group in Romania Gen. Tod D. Wolters, Supreme Allied Commander Europe and commander, U.S. European Command, visited Romanian and U.S. leadership at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, today. During his visit, Gen. Wolters met with Romanian Chief of Defense Gen. Daniel Petrescu, and Maj. Gen. Matthew …

deweylaura (2022-02-11). Organize our way out of this crisis! cpusa.org Never in my entire life have I seen and heard so many good solid people, unionists, progressives of various stripes, activists, and fighters verbalizing feelings of extreme frustration, inadequacy, and complete powerlessness. Between COVID, complete legislative gridlock, a Supreme Court packed with conservatives, and Trump's continuing influence over large sections of white people influenced …

League of Women Voters (2022-02-11). Monday 2/14: League of Women Voters 102nd Birthday: Virtual Action Rally for Voting Rights & Democracy. indybay.org Virtual action rally for voting rights and democracy…

NAT (2022-02-11). Barret Brown on Greenwald and the Intelligence Oligarchy. indybay.org Barret's live Twitter statements about Glenn Greenwald and his conenctions to his work exposing the capture of the public media environment by state and private intelligence and defence industries, as well as fascist social movements.

South Front (2022-02-11). Video: Israel Bombs Syria Again. globalresearch.ca To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected articles), Visit …

Fight Back (2022-02-11). New York rallies for Amir Locke and Isaiah Williams. fightbacknews.org New York, NY – Over 80 people rallied in Union Square in New York City on February 8 in honor of Amir Locke and Isaiah Williams, two young Black men murdered by police. Locke was murdered by Minneapolis PD under a no-knock warrant, and Williams by Metro Police near Las Vegas while police executed a warrant for a murder he did not commit. | Speeches addressed the injustice of cops murdering Black people and it being rooted in racist inequality. They emphasized how no-knock warrants are disproportionately used as an excuse to murder Black people. The rally was followed by a march.

Editor (2022-02-11). Beijing 2022 and China's challenge to sports imperialism. mronline.org In this essay, Charles Xu exposes these narratives for the new Cold War propaganda they are. At the same time, he draws from valuable left analysis of the Olympic movement's historical imbrication with white supremacy to explore China's fraught relationship with international sports.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-11). Tunisian govt says judicial body to be reformed, not dissolved. peoplesdispatch.org The government took back the decision to terminate the Supreme Judicial Council following a two-day strike by judges across Tunisia and widespread international condemnation against the controversial move…

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-11). Top EUCOM/NATO commander visits new U.S. battle group in Romania. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. European CommandFebruary 10, 2022 USEUCOM commander highlights battle group in Romania Gen. Tod D. Wolters, Supreme Allied Commander Europe and commander, U.S. European Command, visited Romanian and U.S. leadership at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, today. During his visit, Gen. Wolters met with Romanian Chief of Defense Gen. Daniel Petrescu, and Maj. Gen. Matthew …

Revolution Books (2022-02-11). Wednesday 2/16: Forced Motherhood Is Female Enslavement— We REFUSE to Let the Supreme Court Decimate Abort. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

League of Women Voters (2022-02-11). Monday 2/14: League of Women Voters 102nd Birthday: Virtual Action Rally for Voting Rights & Democracy. indybay.org Virtual action rally for voting rights and democracy…

Gideon Polya (2022-02-10). Amnesty's Israeli Apartheid Report & US Lies. dissidentvoice.org Amnesty International's 2022 report "Israel's apartheid against Palestinians" that exposes and condemns Israeli apartheid has provoked false allegations of lying and anti-Semitism from the mendacious and genocidally racist Zionists and their US Alliance supporters. In actuality, denial of Israeli apartheid is a lie, and the Zionists and their supporters are manifestly mendacious, racist, and both anti-Arab anti-Semitic and …

WSWS (2022-02-10). Right-wing racialists mount campaign against Asian entertainer Awkwafina's use of a "blaccent" wsws.org Amid threats of war between nuclear-armed powers, the ending of COVID-19 public safety measures and the danger of fascism, the hue and cry over the supposed use of "black speech" is preposterous and diversionary.

Middle East Monitor (2022-02-10). Palestinians under Israeli Occupation face urgent healthcare Crisis in Gaza. juancole.com By Wafa Aludaini | — ( Middle East Monitor ) — Eleven-year-old Amal Lubbad was deep in thought when I met her in what has become her second home, Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. It was her third hospital visit this week. Five years ago, Amal was diagnosed with kidney failure, which requires her to …

JANET (2022-02-10). Workers Power Day, February 26. iacenter.org ‚áí Solidarity with Starbucks, Amazon, and all workers who are organizing and fighting back ‚áí Fight against racism and all forms of oppression and exploitation — these struggles are part and parcel of the workers movement. Black Lives Matter! ‚áí Unite our many struggles into one powerful force! Organize an action in your area in solidarity with this growing movement! Starbucks workers are leading an electrifying drive to organize the major coffee chain, often with several stores announcing they're joining this growing movement every day. From co…

Michael Lyon (2022-02-10). Saturday 2/12: Demonstration Against Environmental Racism in BVHP. indybay.org Assemble 3rd St & Evans in SF's Bayview district…

Asa Winstanley (2022-02-10). Cambridge students disrupt Israel's racist ambassador. electronicintifada.net Tzipi Hotovely was "whitewashing apartheid."

Miko Peled (2022-02-10). Will Scathing Amnesty Apartheid Report Lead to Change in Israel's Criminal Practices? mintpressnews.com The reality that the Amnesty report has brought forward opens doors to a much more aggressive anti-apartheid campaign than we have seen so far.

Staff (2022-02-10). #BiebsStay4Justice: Artists & civil society organizations ask Justin Bieber to say NO to Apartheid. samidoun.net Samidoun supports the following campaign by the Canadian BDS Coalition: Dozens of artists and organizations from around the world say #BiebsStay4Justice Fellow artists and civil society organizations ask Justin Bieber to say NO to Apartheid Justice Bieber is scheduled to play in Tel Aviv in October 2022 as part of his "The Justice World Tour" This …

Ramzy Baroud (2022-02-10). From Tantura to Naqab: Israel's Long Hidden Truths are Finally Revealed. dissidentvoice.org A succession of events in recent weeks all point to the inescapable fact that nearly 75 years of Israel's painstaking efforts aimed at hiding the truth about its origins and its current racially-driven apartheid regime are failing miserably. The world is finally waking up, and Israel is losing ground quicker than its ability to gain …

ecns.cn (2022-02-10). #FMSays U.S. 'genocide' allegation is lie of century: spokesperson. ecns.cn

Alex Bainbridge (2022-02-10). Former Citipointe student speaks out against religious bigotry. greenleft.org.au Alex Bainbridge reports more than 700 people attended a February 9 rally in Brisbane, called at two day's notice, to protest the Religious Discrimination Bill.

Elizabeth Bantas (2022-02-10). Melbourne rallies against religious discrimination bill. greenleft.org.au Hundreds of people turned out at short notice to protest federal government's religious discrimination bills. Elizabeth Bantas reports.

Alex Bainbridge (2022-02-10). Video: Former Citipointe student speaks out against religious bigotry. greenleft.org.au Former Citipointe Christian College student Jared Mifsud spoke out against the so-called religious discrimination bill at a Brisbane rally on February 9.

The Tricontinental (2022-02-10). Dossier no. 49: A map of Latin America's present: An interview with Héctor Béjar. mronline.org Four emblematic coups have now been substantially reversed: Chile (1973), Peru (1992), Honduras (2009), and Bolivia (2019). Each of these coups was driven by political forces of the far right backed by the military and by the United States government.

_____ (2022-02-10). The US Political Elite Gives Cover To The Brutal US Police State. popularresistance.org As US domestic fascism continues to evolve, there is an overt reemergence of a pro-police narrative that no one seems to be talking about. It comes amid stories that suggest that there is a crime wave in major cities across the US. In response, the mainstream press has been amplifying pundits and politicians, especially US president Biden, who argue that the police need more "resources" to better do their job. | This is the ideological offensive, the backlash, against activists' demands to "defund the police." | Press outlets like the PBS NewsHour, once considered "one of the most trusted news programs on televis…

WSWS (2022-02-10). Trump and his fascist allies double down on defense of January 6 coup. wsws.org Following Senator Mitch McConnell's rebuke of the Republican National Committees' resolution defending Trump's putsch attempt as "legitimate political discourse," leading Republicans came out in defense of their would-be Fuhrer.

WSWS (2022-02-10). Fascist protest leaders welcomed into the Australian parliament. wsws.org Under conditions of an unprecedented crisis of the two-party system, extreme right-wing forces are being brought forward.

Ali Abunimah (2022-02-10). Benny Gantz war crimes case will go to Dutch supreme court. electronicintifada.net Ismail Ziada is seeking justice for family members killed in Israel's 2014 attack on Gaza.

Staff (2022-02-10). Israeli representative confronted by protesters at the University of Amsterdam. samidoun.net Read the original report/statement in Dutch On the evening of 7 February 2022, Samidoun Netherlands took action to protest an Israeli diplomat at the Roeterseiland complex at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) in the Netherlands' capital. The association of international relations student organized an event on "Israel's Foreign Policy," inviting career Israeli diplomat Karin Eliyahu-Pery …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-10). One soldier killed and five others injured in twin airstrikes by Israel inside Syria. peoplesdispatch.org Israel has carried out hundreds of unprovoked air strikes inside Syria since the war in the country began in 2011. For most of these attacks, Israel has illegally used Lebanese airspace in complete disregard of international laws and the UN charter…

Anonymous669 (2022-02-10). Satellite Images Show Damage At Syrian Research Center, Air Defense Base After Israeli Strikes. southfront.org FILE PHOTO An Israeli F-16 fighter jet © Amir Cohen / Reuters | New satellite images revealed that the The images show damage at a complex of the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC) that's located in the suburb of Jamraya, some five kilometers to the…

Staff (2022-02-10). French administrative court refuses to order expulsion of Georges Abdallah: Continue the struggle for freedom! samidoun.net We republish the following statement of the Collectif Palestine Vaincra in response to the ruling of a French administrative court, which rejected a legal request to order the expulsion of Georges Abdallah from France to Lebanon. Abdallah, a Lebanese Arab Communist struggler for Palestine, has been imprisoned in France for over 37 years. The struggle …

Staff (2022-02-10). Justice for Palestine in Germany! Support Khaled Barakat's Legal Case. samidoun.net The case of Palestinian writer Khaled Barakat will be heard in a German court on 11 March 2022. Barakat is fighting back against the Berlin immigration office's imposition of a political ban on him, barring him from participating in political and social events and activities, and their order that he be expelled from the country …

In Defense of Liberation! (2022-02-10). Morning Commute: 2-10-2022 . anchor.fm In this episode I talk about the rise of reactionary, racist, xenophobic, and repressive forces within the United States of Amerika, How to talk about the need for revolution, And how to build one. Also talk about my own ego in the need to bring down this notion that just because we read books or just because we are organized means that we know better than everyone and we have to speak to everyone as if they are lesser than us. Self critique moment once again, I hope everyone enjoys the episode, and I hope to be able to put out more content soon!

Fight Back (2022-02-10). San José protests against U.S. war on Russia. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – On Saturday, February 5, anti-war protesters gathered in front of San José's City Hall to demand an end to imperial saber rattling in eastern Europe. Speakers from CODEPINK, Freedom Road Socialism (FRSO), National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, Party for Socialism and Liberation, and the El Barrio Defense Committee gathered a crowd of 30 onlookers while calling for end to the war drive against Russia. | Mike Paradela of FRSO said "We called the protest because what the U.S. government is doing is not good for working people. NATO does not benefit working people, it began as an al…

Sameena Rahman (2022-02-10). Supreme Court OKs Alabama state government plot against Black voters. liberationnews.org With a slew of high-profile cases the Supreme Court is slated to hear this year, it is increasingly clear that the rightwing justices will use every opportunity to take away key rights won by mass movements and move us backwards to greater inequality.

sputniknews (2022-02-10). How Sarah Palin May Save Defamation Law. sputniknews.com How easy should it be to sue a newspaper or any news outlet for defamation? Thanks to a 1964 Supreme Court decision and the proliferation of constitutionally-dubious "anti-SLAPP" laws, it's virtually impossible for someone who accuses a media company of lying about them to get a trial, much less win a damage award.

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-10). Guardian: Bernie Sanders against war, but…. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com It has to be recalled that he stated he was against war in general when he grudgingly backed NATO's wars in Yugoslavia, Afghanistan and Libya. It is supremely difficult to effectively argue against war while granting the advocates of it all their premises. From his campaign website: "NATO has been the most successful military alliance …

Karina Huber (2022-02-10). U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenges to college affirmative action. america.cgtn.com The U.S. Supreme Court recently announced it would hear two cases challenging affirmative action at Harvard and UNC. At issue is the practice of considering race in college admissions. Find out more.

Middle East Monitor (2022-02-10). Palestinians under Israeli Occupation face urgent healthcare Crisis in Gaza. juancole.com By Wafa Aludaini | — ( Middle East Monitor ) — Eleven-year-old Amal Lubbad was deep in thought when I met her in what has become her second home, Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. It was her third hospital visit this week. Five years ago, Amal was diagnosed with kidney failure, which requires her to …

WSWS (2022-02-10). Right-wing racialists mount campaign against Asian entertainer Awkwafina's use of a "blaccent" wsws.org Amid threats of war between nuclear-armed powers, the ending of COVID-19 public safety measures and the danger of fascism, the hue and cry over the supposed use of "black speech" is preposterous and diversionary.

Gideon Polya (2022-02-10). Amnesty's Israeli Apartheid Report & US Lies. dissidentvoice.org Amnesty International's 2022 report "Israel's apartheid against Palestinians" that exposes and condemns Israeli apartheid has provoked false allegations of lying and anti-Semitism from the mendacious and genocidally racist Zionists and their US Alliance supporters. In actuality, denial of Israeli apartheid is a lie, and the Zionists and their supporters are manifestly mendacious, racist, and both anti-Arab anti-Semitic and …

Michael Lyon (2022-02-10). Saturday 2/12: Demonstration Against Environmental Racism in BVHP. indybay.org Assemble 3rd St & Evans in SF's Bayview district…

Ramzy Baroud (2022-02-10). From Tantura to Naqab: Israel's Long Hidden Truths are Finally Revealed. dissidentvoice.org A succession of events in recent weeks all point to the inescapable fact that nearly 75 years of Israel's painstaking efforts aimed at hiding the truth about its origins and its current racially-driven apartheid regime are failing miserably. The world is finally waking up, and Israel is losing ground quicker than its ability to gain …

ecns.cn (2022-02-10). #FMSays U.S. 'genocide' allegation is lie of century: spokesperson. ecns.cn

Alex Bainbridge (2022-02-10). Video: Former Citipointe student speaks out against religious bigotry. greenleft.org.au Former Citipointe Christian College student Jared Mifsud spoke out against the so-called religious discrimination bill at a Brisbane rally on February 9.

Alex Bainbridge (2022-02-10). Former Citipointe student speaks out against religious bigotry. greenleft.org.au Alex Bainbridge reports more than 700 people attended a February 9 rally in Brisbane, called at two day's notice, to protest the Religious Discrimination Bill.

Elizabeth Bantas (2022-02-10). Melbourne rallies against religious discrimination bill. greenleft.org.au Hundreds of people turned out at short notice to protest federal government's religious discrimination bills. Elizabeth Bantas reports.

WSWS (2022-02-10). Trump and his fascist allies double down on defense of January 6 coup. wsws.org Following Senator Mitch McConnell's rebuke of the Republican National Committees' resolution defending Trump's putsch attempt as "legitimate political discourse," leading Republicans came out in defense of their would-be Fuhrer.

WSWS (2022-02-10). Fascist protest leaders welcomed into the Australian parliament. wsws.org Under conditions of an unprecedented crisis of the two-party system, extreme right-wing forces are being brought forward.

Staff (2022-02-10). Israeli representative confronted by protesters at the University of Amsterdam. samidoun.net Read the original report/statement in Dutch On the evening of 7 February 2022, Samidoun Netherlands took action to protest an Israeli diplomat at the Roeterseiland complex at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) in the Netherlands' capital. The association of international relations student organized an event on "Israel's Foreign Policy," inviting career Israeli diplomat Karin Eliyahu-Pery …

In Defense of Liberation! (2022-02-10). Morning Commute: 2-10-2022 . anchor.fm In this episode I talk about the rise of reactionary, racist, xenophobic, and repressive forces within the United States of Amerika, How to talk about the need for revolution, And how to build one. Also talk about my own ego in the need to bring down this notion that just because we read books or just because we are organized means that we know better than everyone and we have to speak to everyone as if they are lesser than us. Self critique moment once again, I hope everyone enjoys the episode, and I hope to be able to put out more content soon!

Fight Back (2022-02-10). San José protests against U.S. war on Russia. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – On Saturday, February 5, anti-war protesters gathered in front of San José's City Hall to demand an end to imperial saber rattling in eastern Europe. Speakers from CODEPINK, Freedom Road Socialism (FRSO), National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, Party for Socialism and Liberation, and the El Barrio Defense Committee gathered a crowd of 30 onlookers while calling for end to the war drive against Russia. | Mike Paradela of FRSO said "We called the protest because what the U.S. government is doing is not good for working people. NATO does not benefit working people, it began as an al…

Sameena Rahman (2022-02-10). Supreme Court OKs Alabama state government plot against Black voters. liberationnews.org With a slew of high-profile cases the Supreme Court is slated to hear this year, it is increasingly clear that the rightwing justices will use every opportunity to take away key rights won by mass movements and move us backwards to greater inequality.

League of Women Voters (2022-02-10). Monday 2/14: League of Women Voters 102nd Birthday: Virtual Action Rally for Voting Rights & Democracy. indybay.org Virtual action rally for voting rights and democracy…

Berry Craig (2022-02-09). Kentucky Republicans again aim to ban teaching truth about racism. peoplesworld.org Here they go again—white Republicans trying to whitewash history. Kentucky State Sens. Max Wise and Robby Mills have introduced SB 138, the "Teaching American Principles Act." Like HB 14 and HB 18, it's a censorship bill aimed at restricting the teaching of systemic racism in public schools. SB 138 requires a teacher who "chooses to discuss current events …

CJ Baker (2022-02-09). Protest Song Of The Week: 'Down In Virginia' By Grace Victoria. shadowproof.com Composed around the time that George Floyd was murdered by police in 2020, "Down In Virginia" is an exploration of the racism and violence faced by Black people on a constant basis.

Ali Abunimah (2022-02-09). Meet Ahmad Mansour, the Palestinian doing Israel's dirty work in Germany. electronicintifada.net Deutsche Welle's purge of Arab journalists aims to shield the Berlin-backed Israeli apartheid regime from criticism.

Jessica Buxbaum (2022-02-09). Israel Pumps $30M into "Concert," a Revamped Propaganda Campaign to Fight Apartheid Label. mintpressnews.com Israel's cabinet recently approved 100 million shekels (about $30 million) in funding to revive "Cabinet," a defunct government propaganda program targeting Western countries.

Reem Zubaidi (2022-02-09). Palestinian resistance forces Amnesty International to denounce Israeli Apartheid. liberationnews.org Israel's frantic response to the report, including its attempt to stop the report's publication, shows that it has no arguments to justify its indefensible actions, and that Israel's apartheid is more and more transparent to the international community.

Staff (2022-02-09). After 295 days of kidnapping by Israeli apartheid, Juani Rishmawi is free. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network welcomes and rejoices at the release of Juani Rishmawi in the face of the unfounded and pernicious judicial persecution imposed by the apartheid regime and Israeli occupation. Juani, a Spanish aid worker naturalized as a Palestinian, contributes to the Palestinian cause from the humanitarian perspective and through political activism in …

_____ (2022-02-09). Neo-Nazis Active In Ukraine As White House Adds 3,000 Troops. popularresistance.org The original roles in the drama seem to be reversed. Back in December, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Oleksii Reznikov was warning that "not provoking Russia—that strategy does not and will not work," claiming that Russia invaded Georgia in 2008 because NATO hadn't let it join. In fact, Georgia began that war by attacking South Ossetia, driving tens of thousands of Russian-speaking residents there to flee across the border into Russia, creating an unprecedented refugee crisis for that country. These details, however, rarely trouble Western politicians or journalists. | In December, the US seemed much more reluc…

Fight Back (2022-02-09). Florida State University SDS statement on Nazis on campus. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following February 3 statement from Florida State University Student for a Democratic Society (SDS). | This week an FSU undergraduate student has been exposed through copious emails and message logs as being a member of the Neo-Nazi group Patriot Front. The student is Calvin Stow-Ortiz from Tampa, where his father unsurprisingly works for the Tampa Police Department. In leaked messages Stow-Ortiz references spreading the groups propaganda posters and stickers in the Tampa area and made plans with another Patriot Front member to vandalize FAMU's campus with white supremac…

Martin Rizzo-Martinez & Daniel Stonebloom (2022-02-09). Challenging Colonialism s01e03: Weapons of Mass Destruction (p.II). indybay.org Part II: A History of Resistance | Part two of a four-part episode outlines dams as a colonial project, and centers Indigenous science in the historical and ongoing indigenous resistance to eco-genocide.

Gabrielle Walsh (2022-02-09). Oppose Morrison's discriminatory bill. greenleft.org.au Experts say federal parliament should not pass Scott Morrison's three religious discrimination bills because they would allow discrimination against LGBTIQ+ people, writes Gabrielle Walsh.

WSWS (2022-02-09). As far-right Ottawa occupation continues, Canadian authorities move to shred all anti-COVID measures. wsws.org Even as the capitalist establishment feuds over how to end the fascist-led Ottawa occupation, it is being used to shift Canadian politics further to the right.

Staff (2022-02-09). Samidoun Hungary rallies in Budapest to #FreePalestinianStudents. samidoun.net On Sunday, 30 January, activists with the new Samidoun Hungary chapter organized a vigil in central Budapest to call for the freedom of imprisoned Palestinian students. Participants carried signs and pictures of Palestinian students locked behind bars in Israeli jails, calling for their immediate liberation. Students in Hungary set up their display of information on …

Staff (2022-02-09). 12 February, NYC: #BoycottPuma Speak Out. samidoun.net Saturday, 12 February 3: 00 pm PUMA Flagship Store 609 5th Ave, NYC Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/898450857498907/ Join us on Saturday, February 12th, outside the PUMA Flagship store in Manhattan, as we demand that PUMA ceases its sponsorship of the Israel Football Association. This event is part of of the international day of action to #BoycottPUMA. In …

Anonymous103 (2022-02-09). Military Situation In Syria On February 9, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On February 9, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 2 times: 1 — in Latakia province, 1 — in Hama province; | On February 9, Israeli warplanes On February 9, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in the Kabani…

Staff (2022-02-09). Syrian defenses confront Israeli missile attack on Damascus. en.mehrnews.com Syria's air defenses have intercepted and confronted an Israeli regime's missile attack on Damascus' countryside.

sputniknews (2022-02-09). Russia Strongly Condemns Israeli Airstrikes in Syria. sputniknews.com DAMASCUS (Sputnik) – Russia strongly condemns Israeli airstrikes in Syria and considers them illegal according to international law, Russian Ambassador to Damascus Alexander Efimov told Sputnik.

Staff (2022-02-09). Headlines for February 9, 2022. democracynow.org Heads of State Hold More Talks as U.S. Threatens Sweeping Sanctions Amid Russia-Ukraine Tensions, NY Drops Indoor Mask Mandate; Pfizer Projects Over $50 Billion in Revenue from COVID Treatments, Canadian Truckers Shut Down Bridge Linking to U.S. as "Freedom Convoy" Grows, Israeli Soldiers Shoot Dead 3 Palestinians in West Bank City of Nablus, Millions in Horn of Africa Face Severe Hunger After Years of Drought, U.S. Approves $100 Million Military Sale to Taiwan, Outrage Mounts over School Hijab Ban in Indian State of Karnataka, Ex-Pope Benedict Asks for Forgiveness for Church's Sexual Abuse But…

Anonymous669 (2022-02-09). Six Soldiers Killed Or Wounded In Israeli Strikes On Syria (Videos, Photos). southfront.org An Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter jet flies during an aerial demonstration. (photo credit: AMIR COHEN — REUTERS) | Early on February 9, two waves of Israeli strikes targeted military positions around the Syrian capital, Damascus, in a new escalation."Around 12: 56 of today's morning, the Israeli enemy carried out an aerial aggression with salvos of missiles launched from the southwest of [the Lebanese capital] Beirut, and around 1: 10 it carried out an aggression with ground-to-ground missiles from the direct…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-09). Palestinians demand investigation into extrajudicial killing of 3 men by Israeli security forces. peoplesdispatch.org Three Palestinians traveling in a car were ambushed and killed in broad daylight in a busy street in Nablus in the occupied West Bank by Israeli security forces traveling in a civilian vehicle…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-09). General strike across the Occupied West Bank after fatal Nablus raid and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at the extrajudicial killing of 3 Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank; targeting and harassment of Muslim students in Karnataka, India; and more…

Ana Perdigón (2022-02-09). El Nacional Headquarters Handed Over to Diosdado Cabello Following Supreme Court Order. orinocotribune.com The Third Civil Mercantile, Transit and Banking Court of First Instance of Venezuela has handed over the headquarters of El Nacional newspaper, together with the land in which it is located, to National Assembly (AN) deputy Diosdado Cabello. | The procedure was executed in compliance with a judicial order imposed on El Nacional as a result of a defamation lawsuit filed by Diosdado Cabello. | The judicial process began on August 11, 2015, when Cabello filed the lawsuit against El Nacional, claiming damages for its publication of a report in the Spanish newspaper ABC, in which the deputy was accused—without e…

Tanya Wadhwa (2022-02-09). Center-left candidates to face off in second round of presidential elections in Costa Rica. peoplesdispatch.org The Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) of Costa Rica released on Monday February 7 the preliminary results of the general elections that were held in the country on February 6. As per the results, former president José María Figueres of the center-left National Liberation Party (PLN) and former World Bank economist Rodrigo Chaves of the center-left Social Democratic Progress Party will face off in the presidential run-off scheduled for April 3. With 88.20% of the Following the top two candidates were Fa…

WSWS (2022-02-09). US Supreme Court restores Alabama's anti-democratic electoral redistricting plan. wsws.org The decision of the Supreme Court's right-wing majority to reinstate the Alabama district map is a purely partisan move to support the electoral interests of the Republican Party.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-09). International condemnation following decision to dissolve Tunisia's Supreme Judicial Council. peoplesdispatch.org The dissolution of the Supreme Judicial Council is the latest in a series of undemocratic moves by president Kais Saied who wrested virtually all power in the country last year in July…

CJ Baker (2022-02-09). Protest Song Of The Week: 'Down In Virginia' By Grace Victoria. shadowproof.com Composed around the time that George Floyd was murdered by police in 2020, "Down In Virginia" is an exploration of the racism and violence faced by Black people on a constant basis.

Staff (2022-02-09). After 295 days of kidnapping by Israeli apartheid, Juani Rishmawi is free. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network welcomes and rejoices at the release of Juani Rishmawi in the face of the unfounded and pernicious judicial persecution imposed by the apartheid regime and Israeli occupation. Juani, a Spanish aid worker naturalized as a Palestinian, contributes to the Palestinian cause from the humanitarian perspective and through political activism in …

Fight Back (2022-02-09). Florida State University SDS statement on Nazis on campus. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following February 3 statement from Florida State University Student for a Democratic Society (SDS). | This week an FSU undergraduate student has been exposed through copious emails and message logs as being a member of the Neo-Nazi group Patriot Front. The student is Calvin Stow-Ortiz from Tampa, where his father unsurprisingly works for the Tampa Police Department. In leaked messages Stow-Ortiz references spreading the groups propaganda posters and stickers in the Tampa area and made plans with another Patriot Front member to vandalize FAMU's campus with white supremac…

Martin Rizzo-Martinez & Daniel Stonebloom (2022-02-09). Challenging Colonialism s01e03: Weapons of Mass Destruction (p.II). indybay.org Part II: A History of Resistance | Part two of a four-part episode outlines dams as a colonial project, and centers Indigenous science in the historical and ongoing indigenous resistance to eco-genocide.

Gabrielle Walsh (2022-02-09). Oppose Morrison's discriminatory bill. greenleft.org.au Experts say federal parliament should not pass Scott Morrison's three religious discrimination bills because they would allow discrimination against LGBTIQ+ people, writes Gabrielle Walsh.

WSWS (2022-02-09). As far-right Ottawa occupation continues, Canadian authorities move to shred all anti-COVID measures. wsws.org Even as the capitalist establishment feuds over how to end the fascist-led Ottawa occupation, it is being used to shift Canadian politics further to the right.

Staff (2022-02-09). Samidoun Hungary rallies in Budapest to #FreePalestinianStudents. samidoun.net On Sunday, 30 January, activists with the new Samidoun Hungary chapter organized a vigil in central Budapest to call for the freedom of imprisoned Palestinian students. Participants carried signs and pictures of Palestinian students locked behind bars in Israeli jails, calling for their immediate liberation. Students in Hungary set up their display of information on …

Staff (2022-02-09). 12 February, NYC: #BoycottPuma Speak Out. samidoun.net Saturday, 12 February 3: 00 pm PUMA Flagship Store 609 5th Ave, NYC Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/898450857498907/ Join us on Saturday, February 12th, outside the PUMA Flagship store in Manhattan, as we demand that PUMA ceases its sponsorship of the Israel Football Association. This event is part of of the international day of action to #BoycottPUMA. In …

sputniknews (2022-02-09). Russia Strongly Condemns Israeli Airstrikes in Syria. sputniknews.com DAMASCUS (Sputnik) – Russia strongly condemns Israeli airstrikes in Syria and considers them illegal according to international law, Russian Ambassador to Damascus Alexander Efimov told Sputnik.

Staff (2022-02-09). Syrian defenses confront Israeli missile attack on Damascus. en.mehrnews.com Syria's air defenses have intercepted and confronted an Israeli regime's missile attack on Damascus' countryside.

WSWS (2022-02-09). US Supreme Court restores Alabama's anti-democratic electoral redistricting plan. wsws.org The decision of the Supreme Court's right-wing majority to reinstate the Alabama district map is a purely partisan move to support the electoral interests of the Republican Party.

Ari Paul (2022-02-08). The news is not that Israel has apartheid, but that Amnesty dares say so. mronline.org Does the state of Israel now endorse cancel culture?>

Editor2 (2022-02-08). What Makes Amnesty's Apartheid Report Different? orinocotribune.com By Maureen Clare Murphy — Feb 3, 2022 | What makes Amnesty International's Certainly, Israel's "hysterical" reaction — (in the

Staff (2022-02-08). Iran nuclear deal: The role of the Israel lobby & pressure groups in derailing an agreement. rt.com Different impact groups try to prevent a new deal between the West and Tehran. How are some of them connected to Israel? | On January 24, it was revealed in a

Al-Shabaka (2022-02-08). Challenging Israel's Climate Apartheid in Palestine. juancole.com By Muna Dajani | — ( Al-Shabakah ) — Through its participation in the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) and other international forums, the Palestinian Authority (PA) continues to promote a state-centric approach to climate change that ultimately blocks legitimate climate and environmental justice in Palestine. In effect, Palestinian leadership has reduced the Palestinian …

Liberation Staff, NYC (2022-02-08). Times Square action says:'Fight racism, not Russia!'. liberationnews.org It wasn't Russia that was forcing us to go back to work during a global pandemic so our bosses could grind out a little extra profit … It was Wall Street.

Staff (2022-02-08). Hunger-Striking Teachers Say Oakland Plan to Close Schools Will Hurt Black & Brown Communities. democracynow.org We go to Oakland, where a group of teachers are on a hunger strike to protest a plan to close and merge over a dozen schools due to under-enrollment. This comes ahead of a critical school board vote Tuesday that will decide whether to proceed with the plan. Activists argue the move threatens to divert resources to charter schools and displace hundreds of Black and Brown children from their neighborhood schools. The hunger strike across multiple different schools has empowered many to speak up against longtime systemic racism, says Moses Omolade, one of the striking workers and a community schools manager at Westl…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-08). Brazilians demand an end to racist, xenophobic violence. peoplesdispatch.org Thousands of protesters hit the streets of several Brazilian cities on February 5 to demand justice for MoàØse Kabamgabe, a migrant worker living in Rio de Janeiro who was murdered on January 24. Participants who took place in protests in nine states denounced precarious work, racism, and xenophobia against immigrants.

Abhijan Choudhury (2022-02-08). African Union suspends debate on observer status for Israel. peoplesdispatch.org On Sunday, February 6, the African Union (AU) announced the suspension of the debate over Israel's observer status, following objections raised by member countries over Israeli occupation and oppression of Palestinians. The decision was reached at the AU summit, held in Addis Ababa, where the heads of state of the 55-member body met for two days. On Saturday, Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammad Shtayyeh, who is also attending the summit, urged the AU to withdraw Israel's observer status. According to Shtayyeh, Israel should "never be rewarded for its violation and for the apartheid regime it does impose on the P…

_____ (2022-02-08). Antiwar Groups Rally To Stop Us From Being Lied Into War With Russia. popularresistance.org Clearing the FOG provides excerpts from the speakers at the National Online Rally to stop war with Russia over Ukraine that was held on Feb. 5 as part of the national actions that took place in about 70 cities in Hawaii and coast to coast. The rally and actions were organized based on a unified call to action issued by 12 national and international antiwar organizations, which was endorsed by more than 200 more organizations. The demands include stopping the war with Russia, stopping the supply of weapons to Nazis in Ukraine, ending NATO, de-escalating the threat of nuclear war and resolving the current conflict…

Canadian Tire Fire (2022-02-08). Canadian Tire Fire #28: Push Back Against Far-Right Convoys Spread as Anger Grows in Ottawa. itsgoingdown.org Our report this week will focus mainly on the ongoing anti-mandate, far-Right convoys and responses across so-called Canada. This week on @CdnTireFire, we look at how far-Right politics + conspiracy theories are driving the current #OttawayConvoy + some of the anti-Semitic + fascist forces hoping to use the growing anti-mandate protests to launch their own…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-08). Organizing Africans Against the Capitalist System. libya360.wordpress.com Ahjamu Umi Hood Communist Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt of Hood Communist Editor, Ahjamu Umi's, most recent work A Guide for Organizing Defense against White Supremacist, Patriarchal, and Fascist Violence. He was also interviewed about it in Black Agenda Report. If you would like to read it in full, consider purchasing it. All proceeds go toward helping him…

C.J. Atkins (2022-02-08). Canada convoy protest a truckload of anti-vax and white supremacist BS. peoplesworld.org

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-08). Ahjamu Umi's "A Guide for Organizing Defense against White Supremacist, Patriarchal, and Fascist Violence" libya360.wordpress.com Roberto Sirvent In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week's featured author is Ahjamu Umi. Umi is an organizer for the All African People's Revolutionary Party. He has engaged in many elements of revolutionary political work, including mobilizing protection for communities against violent white supremacist groups. He has…

Maureen Clare Murphy (2022-02-08). Israel executes three men in Nablus. electronicintifada.net Palestinian Authority security forces storm slain fighters' funeral.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-08). Israel seeks to bring back law denying Palestinian spouses of Israeli citizens right to live in the country. peoplesdispatch.org Despite opposition from some of its coalition partners, the Israeli government headed by Naftali Bennett re-introduced the Citizenship and Entry into Israel bill, which had expired last year due to lack of majority support in the parliament…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-08). Israel to re-introduce bill denying Palestinian spouses of Israeli citizens right to live in the country. peoplesdispatch.org Despite opposition from some of its coalition partners, the Israeli government headed by Naftali Bennett re-introduced the Citizenship and Entry into Israel bill, which had expired last year due to lack of majority support in the parliament…

Mark Gruenberg (2022-02-08). SCOTUS rings in Black History Month by keeping racist Alabama district lines. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—As Black History Month gets underway, civil rights advocates, national and local, blasted the U.S. Supreme Court's five-person majority for reinstating Alabama's congressional redistricting plan which drastically shortchanged the state's Black voters. The 5-4 decision on Feb. 7, with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer dissenting, revived the …

JANET (2022-02-08). Olympic Games & U.S. propaganda: Have you been lied to about Xinjiang, human rights ‚àí and China? iacenter.org February 7, 2022 Feb. 6 update — The U.S. war propaganda machine is working overtime during the Olympics to defame China with false accusations of "human rights abuse" against the Turkic-speaking Muslim Uyghurs, based in its Xinjiang Province. As readers evaluate these claims, keep in mind these facts: 1) There is a centuries-long history of racist U.S. crimes — through state force and economic exploitation — against Indigenous, Black, Latinx and Asian and other oppressed peoples, on land now occupied by the U.S. These crimes, which continue to this day, are integral to U.S. tactics of military…

Staff (2022-02-08). Headlines for February 8, 2022. democracynow.org Biden Vows to Halt Russia-to-Germany Gas Pipeline If Russia Invades Ukraine, Several Democratic-Led States Announce Plans to Roll Back Mask Mandates, Biden Administration Tests Four-Legged Robotic "Dogs" on U.S.-Mexico Border, Costa Rican Presidential Candidates Appear Headed for April Runoff Election, Ex-Honduran President Added to U.S. List of Corrupt Officials over Drug Trafficking, Brazilian Antiracist Protesters Demand Justice for Immigrant Killed over Unpaid Wages, Supreme Court Will Allow Alabama's GOP-Gerrymandered Congressional Maps to Stand, Jill Biden Confirms Free Community College W…

Esther Schrader (2022-02-08). HBCU students and leaders 'lean into history' amid bomb threats. splcenter.org

Sharon Zhang (2022-02-08). Ohio Supreme Court Rejects Republican-Drawn Congressional Maps — Again. truthout.org On Monday night, the Ohio Supreme Court threw out Republican-drawn congressional maps after justices ruled GOP maps unconstitutionally gerrymandered for the second time. |

Editor2 (2022-02-08). What Makes Amnesty's Apartheid Report Different? orinocotribune.com By Maureen Clare Murphy — Feb 3, 2022 | What makes Amnesty International's Certainly, Israel's "hysterical" reaction — (in the

Ari Paul (2022-02-08). The news is not that Israel has apartheid, but that Amnesty dares say so. mronline.org Does the state of Israel now endorse cancel culture?>

Staff (2022-02-08). Iran nuclear deal: The role of the Israel lobby & pressure groups in derailing an agreement. rt.com Different impact groups try to prevent a new deal between the West and Tehran. How are some of them connected to Israel? | On January 24, it was revealed in a

Al-Shabaka (2022-02-08). Challenging Israel's Climate Apartheid in Palestine. juancole.com By Muna Dajani | — ( Al-Shabakah ) — Through its participation in the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) and other international forums, the Palestinian Authority (PA) continues to promote a state-centric approach to climate change that ultimately blocks legitimate climate and environmental justice in Palestine. In effect, Palestinian leadership has reduced the Palestinian …

Liberation Staff, NYC (2022-02-08). Times Square action says:'Fight racism, not Russia!'. liberationnews.org It wasn't Russia that was forcing us to go back to work during a global pandemic so our bosses could grind out a little extra profit … It was Wall Street.

Staff (2022-02-08). Hunger-Striking Teachers Say Oakland Plan to Close Schools Will Hurt Black & Brown Communities. democracynow.org We go to Oakland, where a group of teachers are on a hunger strike to protest a plan to close and merge over a dozen schools due to under-enrollment. This comes ahead of a critical school board vote Tuesday that will decide whether to proceed with the plan. Activists argue the move threatens to divert resources to charter schools and displace hundreds of Black and Brown children from their neighborhood schools. The hunger strike across multiple different schools has empowered many to speak up against longtime systemic racism, says Moses Omolade, one of the striking workers and a community schools manager at Westl…

_____ (2022-02-08). Antiwar Groups Rally To Stop Us From Being Lied Into War With Russia. popularresistance.org Clearing the FOG provides excerpts from the speakers at the National Online Rally to stop war with Russia over Ukraine that was held on Feb. 5 as part of the national actions that took place in about 70 cities in Hawaii and coast to coast. The rally and actions were organized based on a unified call to action issued by 12 national and international antiwar organizations, which was endorsed by more than 200 more organizations. The demands include stopping the war with Russia, stopping the supply of weapons to Nazis in Ukraine, ending NATO, de-escalating the threat of nuclear war and resolving the current conflict…

Martin Rizzo-Martinez & Daniel Stonebloom (2022-02-08). Challenging Colonialism s01e03: Weapons of Mass Destruction (p.II). indybay.org Part II: A History of Resistance | Part two of a four-part episode outlines dams as a colonial project, and centers Indigenous science in the historical and ongoing indigenous resistance to eco-genocide.

C.J. Atkins (2022-02-08). Canada convoy protest a truckload of anti-vax and white supremacist BS. peoplesworld.org

Maureen Clare Murphy (2022-02-08). Israel executes three men in Nablus. electronicintifada.net Palestinian Authority security forces storm slain fighters' funeral.

Staff (2022-02-08). Headlines for February 8, 2022. democracynow.org Biden Vows to Halt Russia-to-Germany Gas Pipeline If Russia Invades Ukraine, Several Democratic-Led States Announce Plans to Roll Back Mask Mandates, Biden Administration Tests Four-Legged Robotic "Dogs" on U.S.-Mexico Border, Costa Rican Presidential Candidates Appear Headed for April Runoff Election, Ex-Honduran President Added to U.S. List of Corrupt Officials over Drug Trafficking, Brazilian Antiracist Protesters Demand Justice for Immigrant Killed over Unpaid Wages, Supreme Court Will Allow Alabama's GOP-Gerrymandered Congressional Maps to Stand, Jill Biden Confirms Free Community College W…

_____ (2022-02-07). Casual Racism And The New Cold War. popularresistance.org A quick Google search of "Russia" or "China" is all that is needed to identify the casual racism of the corporate media and its central role in the U.S.'s New Cold War. Add the word "fear" to the search and the agenda becomes even clearer. In a search for mainstream media articles on Russia conducted on January 26th, nine of the first ten articles that appeared contained the word "fear" in the headline. China fared a bit better than Russia, but not by much. Better than half of the headlines referenced the word "fear" or "worried" to describe affairs relating to the world's second largest economy. | What is the co…

Zach Farber (2022-02-07). NFL head coach files lawsuit to change racist hiring practices. liberationnews.org The NFL's history of racism goes back to the early days of professional football. Of the of 511 head coaches in NFL history, only 24 are Black.

Staff (2022-02-07). Is the NFL Run Like a Plantation? Ex-Player Donté Stallworth Responds to Bombshell Racism Lawsuit. democracynow.org Ahead of the Super Bowl this weekend, we speak to former National Football League player Donté Stallworth about racism and anti-Blackness in the league. Last week, former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores sued the NFL, as well as three teams — the Dolphins, Broncos and Giants — for discriminating against him as a Black candidate during his interview process. In his complaint, Flores says the NFL is "racially segregated and is managed much like a plantation," with wealthy white owners and head coaches at the top while the majority of players who risk bodily injury are Black. "Hop…

Stephen W Enciso (2022-02-07). 'Black lives matter' say detained youth from inside Don Dale isolation block. greenleft.org.au Activists are continuing to keep up the pressure on the NT government to close the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre. Stephen W Enciso reports.

_____ (2022-02-07). Protest Calls On Public Stores To Stop Selling Apartheid Products. popularresistance.org On Saturday, 5 February, activists in Vancouver gathered outside the downtown BC Liquor Store for a picket and literature distribution calling for the publicly owned stores to stop selling Israeli wines, many of which are produced in the occupied Palestinian and Syrian lands of the West Bank and the Golan Heights. Despite repeated calls to provincial officials noting that the sale of these wines means that BC Liquor Stores are directly implicated in war crimes, they have continued to take no action and market these apartheid wines. | The Canada Palestine Association has led the campaign for years to remove these…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-07). Israel's Apartheid against Palestinians: Cruel System of Domination and Crime against Humanity. transcend.org 1 Feb 2022 – Amnesty International has analysed Israel's intent to create and maintain a system of oppression and domination over Palestinians and has concluded that this system amounts to apartheid. Israel must dismantle this cruel system and the international community must pressure it to do so. All those with jurisdiction over the crimes committed to maintain the system should investigate them.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-07). Why Amnesty Is Taking Aim at the 'Root Causes' of Israeli Apartheid. transcend.org Amnesty International's Saleh Hijazi elaborates about his organization's new report, the Israeli government's harsh response, and why our analysis of Israeli apartheid needs to begin from 1948.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-07). The Blackwater Is in Ukraine with the Azov Battalion. transcend.org 1 Feb 2022 – In the Donbass front line is the Azov battalion, trained and armed by the US and NATO. The Azov recruits neo-Nazis from all over Europe under its flag from SS Das Reich. It is not only a military unit, but an ideological and political movement. In addition, there is the $10 billion plan being implemented by Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater, now renamed Academy, which has been supplying mercenaries to the CIA, Pentagon and State Department for covert operations (including torture and assassinations).

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-07). "It's All Racist!" Trudeau Tailism of the Synthetic Left in Canada. libya360.wordpress.com The Synthetic Left in #Canada is doing #TrudeauTailism, repeating the same narratives about the Freedom Convoy, by telling minorities specifically, and Socialists overall not to engage in struggle during this #Populist moment because there are some Fringe Right Wing elements present. The alternative is to cede this ground to the Far Right which will only…

_____ (2022-02-07). Boise Tent Demonstration Remains Strong In Face Of Continued Police And Far-Right Harassment. popularresistance.org Folks are three weeks into the tent demonstration in so-called Boise, Idaho. Lasting through multiple police raids, attacks from local fascist groups, and a whirlwind of misrepresentation in local media; folks are war weathered but are regaining strength and pressing forward. | In the early morning hours of Friday, February 4th, 2022 folks began to hear the soft and eerie hum of police drones flying overhead, followed by the invasion of 40 Idaho state police filling the area. Cops started opening tents and grabbing whatever they could find that could be used to sustain warmth for the protesters who have been occu…

WSWS (2022-02-07). State of emergency declared in Ottawa as far-right Freedom Convoy occupation continues. wsws.org Far-right and fascist activists, many of whom are armed, remain menacingly encamped outside Canada's parliament. They have vowed to remain until all COVID-19 restrictions are scrapped by the federal Liberal government.

_____ (2022-02-07). Israel Gets Georgia To Strip Free Speech Rights (Again). popularresistance.org After Abby's major legal victory getting Georgia's anti-BDS law ruled unenforceable, Israel has hit back by getting the State Legislature to keep this brazenly unconstitutional law officially on the books.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-07). Pegasus Spyware Row Is Really about Who Controls Cyber Weapons. transcend.org 31 Jan 2022 – Washington's ban on NSO Group is not about safeguarding human rights. It's about curbing Israel's dominance of 'espionage diplomacy.'

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-07). The Problematics of Middle Eastern Diplomacy: The Case of Iran. transcend.org 2 Feb 2022 – In relation to both Iran, Israel, and Palestine, the essential message sent by the new leadership is continuity when it comes to substance combined with a resumption of the pre-Trump pretension of equi-distance diplomacy when it comes to the search for a sustainable peace.

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-07). Videos: Kiev requests U.S. THAAD, Israeli Iron Dome missile systems. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com From TASS and the Times of Israel, respectively. Ukraine requests US to deploy THAAD missile defense systems — diplomatic sourceThe system will enable Kiev and its NATO allies to 'look deep" into the territory of Russia to a distance of up to 1,000 km Kiev has turned to the United States with a request to …

sputniknews (2022-02-07). As US Withholds Millions in Aid From Egypt, Local Expert Says It Won't Bring Cairo 'to Its Knees'. sputniknews.com Egypt has been the recipient of an average of $2 billion in annual military and economic aid from the US since 1979, when it signed a peace treaty with Israel. And an Egyptian professor claims that money has always been used as a tool to ensure political leverage.

Editor (2022-02-07). How Israel's occupation of Palestine intensifies climate change. mronline.org "Israel's actions over the last almost 75 years demonstrate that there is very little regard for the indigenous landscape, the indigenous flora and fauna, the wildlife population, and the indigenous people." — Zena Agha, Middle East Institute.

Shirin Odeh (2022-02-07). 7 months after her arrest, Shatha Odeh's case is emblematic of Israeli attack on Palestinian civil society. peoplesdispatch.org Shatha Odeh, the director of the Health Work Committees, has been in jail since July 2021 during which time she contracted COVID-19. Her case is a microcosm of Israel's attempts to eliminate all voices critical of its discriminatory policies…

Juan Cole (2022-02-07). Did the Pegasus Spyware Netanyahu used against Palestinians and gave to Saudis bring him Down? juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Pegasus spyware made by the Israeli NSO company and backed by the Israeli state has been used extensively against Palestinians to keep them stateless, and former Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu used access to the software as an incentive for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to improve relations …

teleSUR (2022-02-07). Costa Rica: Second Round To Define the New President. telesurenglish.net According to preliminary results of general elections, released on Sunday, the former President Jose Maria Figueres of the National Liberation Party and its counterpart from the Social Democratic Party, Rodrigo Chaves, went to a runoff in Costa Rica Presidential elections. | RELATED: | The Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) reported that from the 6,847 voting centers throughout the country, 79.96 percent were counted, which place…

Mark Gruenberg (2022-02-07). Poor People's Campaign: Pass Build Back Better and protect voting rights. peoplesworld.org CHARLESTON, W. Va.—The closer the midterm election looms, the sharper the words to Congress from the Poor People's Campaign, both for passing the Build Back Better bill and for defending democracy against white nationalism and the radical right. The warnings came from campaign members—the rank and file, if you will—from New York and West Virginia …

Editor (2022-02-07). How Israel's occupation of Palestine intensifies climate change. mronline.org "Israel's actions over the last almost 75 years demonstrate that there is very little regard for the indigenous landscape, the indigenous flora and fauna, the wildlife population, and the indigenous people." — Zena Agha, Middle East Institute.

_____ (2022-02-07). Protest Calls On Public Stores To Stop Selling Apartheid Products. popularresistance.org On Saturday, 5 February, activists in Vancouver gathered outside the downtown BC Liquor Store for a picket and literature distribution calling for the publicly owned stores to stop selling Israeli wines, many of which are produced in the occupied Palestinian and Syrian lands of the West Bank and the Golan Heights. Despite repeated calls to provincial officials noting that the sale of these wines means that BC Liquor Stores are directly implicated in war crimes, they have continued to take no action and market these apartheid wines. | The Canada Palestine Association has led the campaign for years to remove these…

_____ (2022-02-07). Casual Racism and the New Cold War. popularresistance.org A quick Google search of "Russia" or "China" is all that is needed to identify the casual racism of the corporate media and its central role in the U.S.'s New Cold War. Add the word "fear" to the search and the agenda becomes even clearer. In a search for mainstream media articles on Russia conducted on January 26th, nine of the first ten articles that appeared contained the word "fear" in the headline. China fared a bit better than Russia, but not by much. Better than half of the headlines referenced the word "fear" or "worried" to describe affairs relating to the world's second largest economy.

Staff (2022-02-07). Is the NFL Run Like a Plantation? Ex-Player Donté Stallworth Responds to Bombshell Racism Lawsuit. democracynow.org Ahead of the Super Bowl this weekend, we speak to former National Football League player Donté Stallworth about racism and anti-Blackness in the league. Last week, former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores sued the NFL, as well as three teams — the Dolphins, Broncos and Giants — for discriminating against him as a Black candidate during his interview process. In his complaint, Flores says the NFL is "racially segregated and is managed much like a plantation," with wealthy white owners and head coaches at the top while the majority of players who risk bodily injury are Black. "Hop…

Stephen W Enciso (2022-02-07). 'Black lives matter' say detained youth from inside Don Dale isolation block. greenleft.org.au Activists are continuing to keep up the pressure on the NT government to close the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre. Stephen W Enciso reports.

_____ (2022-02-07). Boise Tent Demonstration Remains Strong In Face Of Continued Police And Far-Right Harassment. popularresistance.org Folks are three weeks into the tent demonstration in so-called Boise, Idaho. Lasting through multiple police raids, attacks from local fascist groups, and a whirlwind of misrepresentation in local media; folks are war weathered but are regaining strength and pressing forward. | In the early morning hours of Friday, February 4th, 2022 folks began to hear the soft and eerie hum of police drones flying overhead, followed by the invasion of 40 Idaho state police filling the area. Cops started opening tents and grabbing whatever they could find that could be used to sustain warmth for the protesters who have been occu…

WSWS (2022-02-07). State of emergency declared in Ottawa as far-right Freedom Convoy occupation continues. wsws.org Far-right and fascist activists, many of whom are armed, remain menacingly encamped outside Canada's parliament. They have vowed to remain until all COVID-19 restrictions are scrapped by the federal Liberal government.

_____ (2022-02-07). Israel Gets Georgia To Strip Free Speech Rights (Again). popularresistance.org After Abby's major legal victory getting Georgia's anti-BDS law ruled unenforceable, Israel has hit back by getting the State Legislature to keep this brazenly unconstitutional law officially on the books.

Shirin Odeh (2022-02-07). 7 months after her arrest, Shatha Odeh's case is emblematic of Israeli attack on Palestinian civil society. peoplesdispatch.org Shatha Odeh, the director of the Health Work Committees, has been in jail since July 2021 during which time she contracted COVID-19. Her case is a microcosm of Israel's attempts to eliminate all voices critical of its discriminatory policies…

Juan Cole (2022-02-07). Did the Pegasus Spyware Netanyahu used against Palestinians and gave to Saudis bring him Down? juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Pegasus spyware made by the Israeli NSO company and backed by the Israeli state has been used extensively against Palestinians to keep them stateless, and former Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu used access to the software as an incentive for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to improve relations …

sputniknews (2022-02-07). As US Withholds Millions in Aid From Egypt, Local Expert Says It Won't Bring Cairo 'to Its Knees'. sputniknews.com Egypt has been the recipient of an average of $2 billion in annual military and economic aid from the US since 1979, when it signed a peace treaty with Israel. And an Egyptian professor claims that money has always been used as a tool to ensure political leverage.

Staff (2022-02-06). Boycott Israeli Wines! Spirited Vancouver protest calls on public stores to stop selling apartheid products. samidoun.net On Saturday, 5 February, activists in Vancouver gathered outside the downtown BC Liquor Store for a picket and literature distribution calling for the publicly owned stores to stop selling Israeli wines, many of which are produced in the occupied Palestinian and Syrian lands of the West Bank and the Golan Heights. Despite repeated calls to …

Staff (2022-02-06). Reclaman en Brasil justicia por refugiado congoleño asesinado. telesurtv.net Ciudadanos movilizados en al menos 30 ciudades brasileñas denuncian violencia estructural y racismo que persiste en Brasil.

Anonymous Contributor (2022-02-06). Stay Out of DC: A Report on Confronting Patriot Front at 'March for Life'. itsgoingdown.org Report back on antifascist mobilization against the neo-Nazi group Patriot Front, who attempted to march at the anti-abortion, 'March for Life' rally in DC in late January. We, speaking as DC AFA, Frederick AF, DCYLF, MDYLF and other DC community members united against Patriot Front on January 21, 2022 during the National March for Life…

Asa Winstanley (2022-02-06). How Israel lost the War of Words over its Apartheid. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — Who wrote the following quote? "Whereas the Afrikaner apostles of apartheid in South Africa, for example, brazenly proclaimed their sin, the [Israeli] practitioners of apartheid in Palestine beguilingly protest their innocence." Amnesty International? Human Rights Watch (HRW)? Perhaps even the Israeli human rights group, B'Tselem? Since January of last …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-02-06). There are No Neo-Nazis in Ukraine. The US and Canada do not Support Fascism. globalresearch.ca First published by Global Research on March 1, 2014 Svoboda is a Neo-Nazi Party, Ukraine's fourth biggest party holding 36 seats out of 450 in parliament. | They're also part of the Alliance of European National Movements along with the …

Matthew J.L. Ehret (2022-02-06). Canadian Patriot Review on the Ground Report from Ottawa's Freedom Convoy. dissidentvoice.org Matt Ehret reports from the Trucker convoy in Ottawa Canada. Yesterday I had the great pleasure to spend the day in Ottawa in order to experience the Freedom Convoy with my own eyes. This is the real deal.

Emily Mangiaracina (2022-02-06). Big Pharma, Gates, Fauci, UK Officials Accused of Crimes against Humanity in Complaint to International court. globalresearch.ca First published on December 18, 2021 | Activists are charging UK officials and the world's most powerful health figures with genocide, citing a range of statistics on the effects of COVID "vaccines" and policies. | A group that includes former Pfizer vice …

Anonymous103 (2022-02-06). Israel Expands Its Iran Strategy Amid Potential Social Unrest In The Islamic Republic. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Written by Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has laid out

Staff (2022-02-06). Video: Remembering Samah Idriss: An Organic Intellectual and his Literary and Socio-Political Paths. samidoun.net On Saturday, 5 February, the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement (Masar Badil) organized a webinar to remember the Lebanese revolutionary intellectual Samah Idriss. "Remembering Samah Idriss: An Organic Intellectual and his Subversive Literary and Socio-Political Paths" included analysis of his literary and political contributions, memories of his life in struggle, and visions for future organizing …

John Knefel (2022-02-06). Manchin's Likely Backing of Biden SCOTUS Pick Reflects Court's Conservative Role. truthout.org President Joe Biden's agenda has stalled out in Congress. He's facing low approval ratings and a potential Republican wave in November's midterm election. The announcement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's retirement was seen as a chance to reset the narrative, in Washington-speak, and give party activists some reason for enthusiasm in what could be a grueling and demoralizing year. In reality, nominating a new justice, even one in the mold of the bench's most liberal member, Sonia…

Joel Warner (2022-02-06). WEEKEND READER: The Truth About A Supreme Court Contender. dailyposter.com

J.L. Institute of Non-Violent Movements (2022-02-06). Thursday 2/17: Voting Rights, Civil Rights: What's Now, What Next? indybay.org Virtual event (FREE)…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-02-06). There are No Neo-Nazis in Ukraine. The US and Canada do not Support Fascism. globalresearch.ca First published by Global Research on March 1, 2014 Svoboda is a Neo-Nazi Party, Ukraine's fourth biggest party holding 36 seats out of 450 in parliament. | They're also part of the Alliance of European National Movements along with the …

Staff (2022-02-06). Reclaman en Brasil justicia por refugiado congoleño asesinado. telesurtv.net Ciudadanos movilizados en al menos 30 ciudades brasileñas denuncian violencia estructural y racismo que persiste en Brasil.

Staff (2022-02-06). Video: Remembering Samah Idriss: An Organic Intellectual and his Literary and Socio-Political Paths. samidoun.net On Saturday, 5 February, the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement (Masar Badil) organized a webinar to remember the Lebanese revolutionary intellectual Samah Idriss. "Remembering Samah Idriss: An Organic Intellectual and his Subversive Literary and Socio-Political Paths" included analysis of his literary and political contributions, memories of his life in struggle, and visions for future organizing …

J.L. Institute of Non-Violent Movements (2022-02-06). Thursday 2/17: Voting Rights, Civil Rights: What's Now, What Next? indybay.org Virtual event (FREE)…

Alexandre I R White (2022-02-05). [Perspectives] Xenophobia, prejudice, and blame in pandemic times. thelancet.com The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us time and time again, through deeply painful lessons, that epidemics of infectious diseases may be biological in origin but our collective understandings of them and their impacts are social. From US Supreme Court rulings on mask and vaccine mandates in December, 2020, and as recently as January, 2022, to xenophobia, racism, and the blaming of disease spread on those marginalised within society, COVID-19 has laid bare what historians of epidemics have long understood—that epidemics expose, reproduce, and harden existing prejudices and inequalities within societies.

Nicholas McKenna (2022-02-05). "Madden Must Go": Fresno's struggle against Nazi symbolism. liberationnews.org California State University Fresno's "Henry Madden" library came under scrutiny after faculty at Fresno State surfaced Madden's deeply anti-Semitic history in his letters of correspondence with his mother and close friends.

C.J. Hopkins (2022-02-05). Attack of the Transphobic Putin-Nazi Truckers! dissidentvoice.org They rolled up on Ottawa's Parliament Hill like one of the plagues in the Book of Revelations, honking their infernal air horns, the grills of their tractors grinning demonically, the sides of their dry vans painted with blasphemies like "FREEDOM TO CHOOSE," "MANDATE FREEDOM," "NO VACCINE MANDATES," and "UNITED AGAINST TYRANNY." Yes, that's right, New …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-02-05). Whose Swastikas? Justin Trudeau Supports Neo-Nazis in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca Trudeau has referred to swastikas intimating that the Freedom Convoy organizers are supportive of Neo-Nazi symbols. | "Canada needs an explicit ban on swastikas and other "loathsome"

In Defense of Liberation! (2022-02-05). Morning Commute: 2-5-2022. anchor.fm In this episode I discussed the fascist origin of the United States of America as well as its colonial and imperial past, present, and fearful future. We are the ones who will stop the coming of the ongoing fascist and reactionary movement as well as its ability to further capture power. We must organize now!!

Ron Forthofer (2022-02-05). US Corporate Media and Israel. dissidentvoice.org Israel is greatly concerned about the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) effort that seeks: 1) to end international support for Israel's oppression of Palestinians; and 2) to pressure Israel to comply with international law. Israel claims that this campaign is a threat to its legitimacy. Unsurprisingly, Israel doesn't want to acknowledge that it is …

Staff (2022-02-05). Internationalism and local activity: Emancipation without false dichotomies — Judit Rodríguez Fernández. samidoun.net The following article by Judit Rodríguez Fernández was published first in Spanish at laU — Revista de cultura y pensamiento. A French translation is also available, via the Collectif Palestine Vaincra. "What binds me to her is something that I could not explain exactly, although perhaps it is her deep roots in that heroic and …

Staff (2022-02-05). Young Communists in France mobilize for Georges Abdallah and a free Palestine. samidoun.net On Saturday, 22 January, the Jeunes Communistes 13 (Young Communists of Bouches-du-Rhone, France, with the central city of Marseille) organized a screening of "Fedayin: Georges Abdallah's Fight" with a presentation by a member of the Collectif Palestine Vaincra, a member organization of the Samidoun Network that plays a leading role in organizing for the liberation …

Paul Kelly (2022-02-05). [Correspondence] A just memory. thelancet.com Richard Horton's Offline1 makes for thought-provoking reading but gives a cynical and unbalanced view of the enterprise of tropical medicine. To portray tropical medicine as merely a service to the White colonialists and therefore fundamentally racist, even in the early days of the British empire in Africa, is to ignore the selflessness of many of its practitioners. Many of the great figures of tropical medicine were motivated by a desire to solve the health problems of African people, not merely to provide health care for the governing elite.