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2023-05-15: News Headlines

Sameena Rahman (2023-05-15). 75 years of al-Nakba: Palestinian struggle continues against Israeli apartheid. liberationnews.org The resistance by the Palestinian people has not let up, and the struggle is joined by more and more people with each passing year.

infobrics (2023-05-15). China Promises Bilateral Cooperation With South Africa. infobrics.org China and South Africa have a longstanding relationship that dates back to the era of the anti-apartheid struggle. This relationship is characterized by strong solidarity between the two countries as they work to promote their shared interests and values…

Labor Video Project (2023-05-15). On 75th Anniversary of Nakba Speak Out In SF While SF Mayor In Israel Supporting Zionists. indybay.org On the 75th anniversary of Nabka, a rally was held in San Francisco. Speakers talked about SF mayor London Breed's visit to Israel to support the apartheid Zionist regime and the continued police murders of Black youth in the City by her police.

Mnar Adley, Mintpress News. (2023-05-15). Nkosi Mandela On South Africa Resisting Israeli Apartheid. popularresistance.org In 1999, South African anti-apartheid activist and revolutionary leader Nelson Mandela visited Gaza and said, "We know too well our freedom is not complete without the freedom of the Palestinians." | Since his death in 2013, Mandela's unifying message of decolonization reverberated across the globe. The anti-colonial, anti-apartheid struggle that he led to end racial segregation and transform South Africa into a democratic nation has been lauded by Palestinians, who have drawn parallels between Israeli occupation and apartheid to the situation that Black South Africans faced. | Joining Mnar Adley for this week's…

WIN (2023-05-15). OPENING THE FRONT LINE AGAINST APARTHEID! A celebration of the mass strikes of 1973. indybay.org There will be an international panel on the 1973 anniversary of the South Africa Duban worker uprising against the apartheid regime.

Manlio Dinucci (2023-05-15). Why They Want to Cancel the Anniversary of the Victory Over Nazism. Manlio Dinucci. globalresearch.ca

Irwin Jerome (2023-05-15). This War is the Big One: "The Objective is to Destroy Russia and the Russian Empire" globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-05-15). Over 800 Taiwan compatriots pay respects to sea goddess in E China's Fujian. ecns.cn Thousands of devotees from both sides of the Taiwan Strait gathered in Meizhou, a seaside resort in Putian of Fujian province, to celebrate the 1,063rd anniversary of the birth of Mazu — a revered goddess of the sea on Friday. "ÄÄ…

David Hill (2023-05-15). Fascist protesters outnumbered by LGBTQ supporters at Cleveland drag story hour. peoplesworld.org CLEVELAND, Ohio—Supporters of the LGBTQ community vastly outnumbered fascist demonstrators at a Drag Story Hour event here over the weekend. On Saturday, May 13, a handful of fascist demonstrators, religious fundamentalists, and their allies gathered outside of a local theater on the west side of Cleveland to intimidate and threaten children and families participating in …

ecns.cn (2023-05-15). Lasting peace urged amid Israel-Palestine cease-fire. ecns.cn An Egypt-brokered cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip has raised hopes of easing the humanitarian disaster of Palestinians, but finding a lasting peace should be the focus for the region, analysts said.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-15). "Israel Is Built on the Ruins of Hundreds of Palestinian Villages" globalresearch.ca

Mansa Musa (2023-05-15). Khader Adnan's martyrdom and Israel's abuse of Palestinian prisoners. therealnews.com The death of Khader Adnan in Israeli detention during a hunger strike on May 2 of this year sparked mourning worldwide and a general strike in occupied Palestine. The 45-year-old Adnan was on his 87th day of hunger strike while serving a sentence for his 12th arrest by the Israeli state at the time of his death. A baker by trade and a father to nine children, Adnan was the first Palestinian to die of hunger strike in an Israeli prison since 1992. As a spokesperson for Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Adnan first captured the world's attention when he launched a hunger strike from behind bars in 2011, sparking a g…

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Jeremy Corbyn (2023-05-15). Jeremy Corbyn: Unite to end the Nakba. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in On 15 May, Palestinians will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, their violent eviction from their homes and their land by Israeli forces. Nakba means catastrophe — and how else could you describe the ethnic cleansing of two-thirds of t…

Staff (2023-05-15). Headlines for May 15, 2023. democracynow.org Turkish Elections Head to Runoff as Pres. Erdoƒüan Fails to Capture 50% of Vote Against Kilicdaroglu, Thai Voters Back Reform Parties in Sharp Rebuke to Monarchy and Military Gov't, Ukraine Makes Gains in Bakhmut as European Leaders Up Military Support for Zelensky, Israel and Gaza Fighters Agree to Truce After 5 Days of Fighting Kills 33 Palestinians, Powerful Cyclone Kills at Least 6 People in Burma, Destroys Rohingya Refugee Shelters, Death Toll from Kenyan Starvation Cult Tops 200, Including Many Children, Guatemalan Newspaper El Periódico Shutters After Persecution by Giammattei Gov't,…

Staff (2023-05-15). Ongoing Catastrophe: Israel Threatens New Mass Expulsions as Palestinians, U.N. Mark 75th Nakba Anniversary. democracynow.org Palestinians across the globe are marking the 75th anniversary of the Nakba ("catastrophe" in Arabic), when some 700,000 Palestinians fled from or were violently expelled from their homes upon Israel's founding in 1948. The occasion comes as five days of fighting, that killed 33 Palestinians in Gaza and two people in Israel, was brought to a stop this weekend after the Israeli army and the militant group Islamic Jihad agreed to a Egyptian-brokered ceasefire. Today the United Nations is holding its first-ever high-level special meeting to commemorate the Nakba. We host a roundtable discussion wit…

teleSUR, ACH, JGN, SH (2023-05-15). Palestinos recuerdan el Día de la Nakba o catástrofe palestina. telesurtv.net El día de la Nakba hace referencia al 15 de mayo de 1948 cuando inició el éxodo forzado del pueblo palestino, como consecuencia de la creación del Estado de Israel.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-05-15). Ejército israelí asesina a otro joven palestino en Nablus. telesurtv.net Las fuerzas de ocupación también irrumpieron en el campo de refugiados de Aqabat Jaber, en la ciudad de Areeha, y en la zona de Silat Al-Harithiya, al oeste de Yenín.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-05-15). Prisioneros palestinos en cárceles israelíes realizan huelga de hambre. telesurtv.net Esta medida de los reos es en protesta por las políticas represivas en las cárceles de Israel, que mantiene a cientos de palestinos prisioneros.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-05-15). Papa Francisco aboga por la paz en conflicto israelí-palestino. telesurtv.net El Sumo Pontífice señaló que en los enfrentamientos "han perdido la vida personas inocentes, también mujeres y niños".

teleSUR (2023-05-15). Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian, Wound Another in West Bank. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Israeli occupation forces killed one Palestinian and wounded another in clashes sparked by a new military incursion in Nablus, a northern West Bank city. | RELATED: | "Saleh Sabra, 22, was shot dead in the chest during the Israeli aggression in Nablus… Another man was wounded by bullets in the upper extremities," the Palestinian Health Ministry stated. | An Israeli Army spokesman confirmed the operation in Nablus a…

teleSUR (2023-05-15). Israeli Cities on Strike Over Controversial Property Tax Law. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, The Federation of Local Authorities in Israel declared their intention to initiate a general strike on Monday regarding a controversial property tax law advanced by the government. | Related: | The proposed law mandates wealthy local authorities to redistribute the earnings derived from commercial real estate business to financially disadvantaged urban areas as an incentive for increased residential development. | Fu…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-15). Military Situation In The Gaza Strip On May 15, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On May 9, the Israeli regime started an operation AKA "Shield and Arrow" against Gaza by assassinating three high-level commanders of Al-Quds Brigades; | 33 Palestinians were killed and 190 others were wounded as a result of the Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip; | One Israeli was killed and 77 others were wounded by the Palestinians rocket attacks on the occupied territories; | On May 13, Israel and Islamic Jihad movement have agreed to declare a truce ending five days…

Staff (2023-05-15). As the world marks 75 years of the Nakba, people come out in support of Palestinians. thecanary.co In 2023, Israel's meting-out of the Nakba against Palestinians has been ongoing for 75 years. Even in recent days, Israeli forces have killed dozens of people in the Occupied Territories. So, across the world, Palestinians and their supporters marked the continuing "catastrophe" with a show of resistance. The Nakba: 75 years and counting As Al …

Anonymous669 (2023-05-14). Gaza Confrontation Reaches End With Egypt-Brokered Ceasefire. southfront.org File image. | Late on May 14, Israel concluded its military operation in the Gaza Strip and Palestinian armed factions halted rocket attacks under a ceasefire agreement that was brokered by Egypt. | The confrontation in Gaza broke out on May 9, when the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) launched Operation Shield and Arrow against the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in response to a series of rocket attacks that targeted southern Israeli towns and settlements a week earlier. | The PIJ and other Palestinian armed f…

Israel Shahak (2023-05-14). "Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East. globalresearch.ca When viewed in the current context, the war on Iraq, the 2006 war on Lebanon, the 2011 war on Libya, the ongoing wars on Syria and Iraq, the war on Yemen, must be understood in relation to the Zionist Plan for the Middle East…

JANET (2023-05-14). Martyrdom of Sheikh Khader Adnan after 86 days of hunger strike: latest target of Israeli assassinations. iacenter.org May 12, 2023 Published by Samidoun, the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, May 1, 2023. Sheikh Khader Adnan Sheikh Khader Adnan, Palestinian prisoner, hunger striker and resistance leader, was martyred in the early morning hours of Tuesday, May 2, after 86 days of hunger strike demanding his freedom. Adnan, 45, was married to Randa Musa and is the father of nine children. A leader in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, he became one of the most prominent symbols of the Palestinian prisoners' movement and ongoing resistance, after winning his liberation from administrative detention four times through hu…

scorinoco (2023-05-14). Israel Is Built on the Ruins of Hundreds of Palestinian Villages. orinocotribune.com Today's Israel is built over the ruins of hundreds of Palestinian villages which were destroyed by Zionist militias during Israel's formation in 1948, said professor and historian Ilan Pappé. He emphasized that the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their lands and homes was nothing but ethnic cleansing carried out by Israeli armed forces. | Professor Pappé was speaking during

WSWS (2023-05-14). Israel agrees to ceasefire in Gaza amid mounting provocations against Palestinians. wsws.org Netanyahu has refused to cancel a march of right-wing Israeli nationalists through the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City, one of Islamic Jihad's conditions for a ceasefire.

Palestinian Youth Movement (2023-05-15). Palestinian history doesn't start with the Nakba. peoplesdispatch.org This year marks 75 years since the

Fight Back (2023-05-15). Brooklyn commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Nakba. fightbacknews.org Brooklyn, NY — Several hundred gathered on Saturday, May 13 in Bay Ridge, commonly known as "Little Palestine," to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Nakba. | The protest was called by Within Our Lifetime and was endorsed by several anti-imperialist organizations in New York. The afternoon began at 2 p.m. with face painting, music and vendors selling items to attendees. Despite the family-friendly atmosphere, the NYPD brought out a large number of officers trying to curtail the activities. | After a series of chants by Nerdeen Kiswani, Rude Mechanical Orchestra kept spirits militant and energized by…

thecommunists (2023-05-15). Free Palestine; end zionism! thecommunists.org Download this leaflet as a pdf. ***** Today we mark the 75th anniversary of the Nakba (Disaster), when the Palestinian people were ethnically cleansed from their own homeland by zionist gangs in 1948. Hundreds of Palestinian villages were systematically wiped out and their inhabitants either murdered or expelled from their land to live as penniless …

WSWS (2023-05-14). Another Norfolk Southern train derails 15 miles from site of East Palestine, Ohio disaster. wsws.org Nine out of 200 cars derailed near Newcastle, Pennsylvania, only a short distance from the February 3 derailment and toxic chemical spill in East Palestine.

Fight Back (2023-05-14). La Frontera Nos Cruzó statement on the Aaron Martinez murder. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from La Frontera Nos Cruzó. | La Frontera Nos Cruzó condemns the racist murder of Aaron Martinez and demands justice and accountability for his murderer, for law enforcement who allowed this to happen, and for the inciters of racial hate who bear moral responsibility. | In Forney, Texas, on May 1st, around noon, Aaron Martinez lost his life to hate. He and his family had moved to the small city two and a half years ago to start a horse training ranch. From the start, they faced hostility because of their ethnicity. Their neighbor, Trevor McEuen, had s…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-15). Bail for Imran Khan sparks protests by ruling coalition in Pakistan. peoplesdispatch.org The ruling coalition in Pakistan has launched a sit-in protest outside the Supreme Court to oppose the court's order granting relief to former Prime Minister Imran Khan after his arrest last week…

WSWS (2023-05-15). Russia downs British-supplied long-range missile as Zelensky and Sunak declare "jets coalition" wsws.org Central to NATO's plans to defeat Russia and force regime change in Moscow is aerial supremacy over the Ukrainian battlefield. Speaking to reporters after the talks, Zelensky said, "We want to create this jet coalition."

teleSUR, nama, JCM (2023-05-15). Concluye periodo para juzgar a 250 bolsonaristas en Brasil. telesurtv.net Desde el 24 de abril al 7 de mayo fueron acusados por el Supremo Tribunal Federal unos 550 bolsonaristas, vinculados a la intentona golpista de enero pasado en Brasilia.

teleSUR, rzr, JCM (2023-05-15). Tres provincias argentinas eligen a sus autoridades regionales. telesurtv.net A pesar de las fuertes críticas del Gobierno y de organizaciones políticas y sociales, la Corte Suprema interrumpió el proceso eleccionario en Tucumán por fecha indefinida.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-05-15). Argentine president highlights electoral results in San Juan. plenglish.com Buenos Aires, May 15 (Prensa Latina) Argentine President Alberto Fernandez on Monday highlighted the results of the Juntos por San Juan Front in that province, despite interference by the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) in the electoral process.

Mark Gruenberg (2023-05-15). N.C. Gov. Cooper joins battle against GOP supermajority on abortion rights. peoplesworld.org RALEIGH, N.C.—Gov. Roy Cooper, D-N.C., now the state's sole state governmental bastion against radical right-wing extremism, has gone on the road to preserve full abortion rights in the Tar Heel State. And if the Republican-run state legislature wasn't so lopsidedly gerrymandered, and if voting rights weren't so shackled—again by those same Republicans—Cooper wouldn't have to …

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2023-05-14: News Headlines

WIN (2023-05-14). OPENING THE FRONT LINE AGAINST APARTHEID! A celebration of the mass strikes of 1973. indybay.org There will be an international panel on the 1973 anniversary of the South Africa Duban worker uprising against the apartheid regime.

WIN (2023-05-13). OPENING THE FRONT LINE AGAINST APARTHEID! A celebration of the mass strikes of 1973. indybay.org There will be an international panel on the 1973 anniversary of the South Africa Duban worker uprising against the apartheid regime.

Editor (2023-05-13). May 8 and the rehabilitation of Nazism in Germany. mronline.org On 8 and 9 May, Berlin traditionally hosts numerous commemorative events to mark the end of the Second World War in Europe.

ecns.cn (2023-05-14). Over 800 Taiwan compatriots pay respects to sea goddess in E China's Fujian. ecns.cn Thousands of devotees from both sides of the Taiwan Strait gathered in Meizhou, a seaside resort in Putian of Fujian province, to celebrate the 1,063rd anniversary of the birth of Mazu — a revered goddess of the sea on Friday. "ÄÄ…

Anonymous669 (2023-05-13). Russian Lancet Loitering Munitions Hit 15 Howitzers, Combat Vehicles (Videos). southfront.org MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA — JUNE 25, 2019: A ZALA Lancet-3 attack drone developed by Kalashnikov Concern on display at the Army 2019 International Military Technical Forum at Patriot Park. Marina Lystseva/TASS | Between May 4 and 13, Russian news sources shared videos documenting 15 recent strikes with Lancet loitering munitions against military equipment Kiev forces in the special military operation zone. | The pinpoint strikes destroyed or damaged the following pieces of military equipment: | Five…

midwesternmarx (2023-05-13). We must speak up before the propagandists get their war with China By: John Pilger. midwesternmarx.com Where are the voices that speak up against fascism, war, and propaganda, asks renowned journalist John Pilger as he surveys the past decade of dirty tricks perpetrated by the United States and its allies The Congress of American Writers that was held in New York City took a firm stand against fascism and war. Photo: Daily Worker / People's World Archives Speak up. Now.In 1935, the Congress of American Writers was held in New York City, followed by another two years later. They cal …

thecommunists (2023-05-13). Remembering the 1980 armed uprising against imperalism in Gwangju, Korea. thecommunists.org This article is reproduced from Platform News, with thanks. ***** The Gwangju people's uprising was a popular uprising of the people of Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, south Korea, in May 1980, to oppose the fascistic dictatorship and to achieve democratic freedoms and rights. This armed uprising founded a people's commune that lasted for ten days, from 18 …

teleSUR (2023-05-14). Gaza Returns to Normal After Israeli Military Onslaught. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, daily life returned to normal in Gaza after five days of incessant Israeli attacks on the Palestinian population, which left 33 dead, over 150 injured, and economic losses valued at more than 45 million euros. | RELATED: | On Saturday night, the mediation carried out by Egypt managed to get the Israeli Army and Palestinian militants to declare a ceasefire and agree to a truce. | In the morning, most businesses, companies, and…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-05-14). Cautious calm reigns in Gaza after ceasefire in Israeli aggression. plenglish.com The agreement was mediated by Egypt and entered into force from 22: 00 local time on Saturday, and included a commitment to a cessation of hostilities, as well as to stop attacking civilians and demolishing houses. | The Israeli Army Radio confirmed the reopening of all crossings in the Strip since Sunday morning, in addition to the entry of workers and traders to and from Gaza. | Palestinians took to the streets of the central governorate before dawn to celebrate the victory of the Al-Quds Brigades and the resistance in the fight against Tel Aviv. | For Abd al-Rahman Nassar, Arab and regional affairs analyst for…

Staff (2023-05-14). Israel y Palestina acuerdan cese al fuego tras cinco días de intensos enfrentamientos. cubadebate.cu Después de cinco días de intensos enfrentamientos que dejaron más de 30 muertos y cuantiosos daños, Israel y Palestina acordaron cesar el fuego. La mediación de Egipto fue clave en las negociaciones, que también contaron con la intervención de la ONU y Qatar. El acuerdo incluye el compromiso de "dejar de atacar a civiles y dejar de demoler casas".

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-05-14). Israel y Palestina acuerdan cese al fuego tras ataques a Gaza. telesurtv.net Alrededor de 151 palestinos han sido asesinados por las fuerzas de ocupación israelíes desde principios de este año.

teleSUR, jaa, SH (2023-05-14). Israel viola cese al fuego al atacar la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net El lado palestino no ha informado sobre fallecidos, ni heridos, sin embargo en próximas horas pueden hacerse públicas informaciones sobre posibles víctimas.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-05-14). Fuerzas de ocupación israelíes asesinan a un palestino en Yenín. telesurtv.net "Ahmed Muhamed Atatreh, de 33 años, fue asesinado por balas de la ocupación (israelí) cerca de Yenín", una localidad del norte de Cisjordania ocupada.

teleSUR, SH (2023-05-14). Soldados israelíes abaten a otros dos palestinos en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Sanidad palestino indico que los dos fallecidos respondían a los nombres de Yihad Shaker Mesha y Wasim Yousef al Araj.

Staff (2023-05-14). Reportan calma en la Franja de Gaza tras el alto al fuego pactado con Israel. cubadebate.cu El acuerdo mediado por Egipto entró en vigor ayer desde las 22: 00, hora local, e incluyó un compromiso con un cese de hostilidades, así como dejar de atacar a civiles y detener la demolición de casas. La Radio del Ejército israelí confirmó la reapertura desde esta mañana de todos los cruces de la Franja.

A Guest Author (2023-05-13). Martyrdom of Sheikh Khader Adnan after 86 days of hunger strike: latest target of Israeli assassinations. workers.org Published by Samidoun, the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, May 1, 2023. Sheikh Khader Adnan Sheikh Khader Adnan, Palestinian prisoner, hunger striker and resistance leader, was martyred in the early morning hours of Tuesday, May 2, after 86 days of hunger strike demanding his freedom. Adnan, 45, was married to Randa . . . |

Tamara Nassar (2023-05-13). Ceasefire ends five days of Gaza escalation. electronicintifada.net Israel destroyed dozens of Palestinian homes during fighting.

Anonymous669 (2023-05-13). Islamic Jihad, Allies Launched More Than 1,200 Rockets From Gaza (Videos). southfront.org Illustrative image. Source: the PIJ military media. | The number of rockets and mortar shells fired by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other armed factions in the Gaza Strip since the start of Israel's Operation Shield and Arrow reportedly exceeded 1,200 on May 13. | The last wave of rocket attacks targeted several Israeli settlements and towns around Gaza, wounding at least three people near Shokeda. | In its latest update, Israel's Magen David Adom ambulance service said that t…

Anonymous669 (2023-05-13). Hezbollah Leader Says Israel Failed To Isolate Islamic Jihad In Gaza. southfront.org Hezbollah Secretary-General Hasan Nasrallah as seen during his speech on May 12 on al-Manar TV. | Israel has failed to isolate the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and to cause sedition within the resistance in the Gaza Strip, Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General of Lebanon's Hezbollah, said on May 12. | Nasrallah made the remarks during a ceremony organized to commemorate senior Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddin, who died in Syria seven years ago."Benjamin Netanyahu aims to escape internal div…

Visualizing Palestine (2023-05-13). On Khader Adnan's Hunger Strike. dissidentvoice.org The story of the ongoing Nakba is the story of Khader Adnan, who spent eight years of his life in Israeli prison without charge or trial and died last week on hunger strike in solitary confinement.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-05-13). Venezuela: Cooperation, solidarity and defense with Palestine. plenglish.com with friendly countries in Africa and the region, and ALBA-TCP's | rejection of Israel's aggressions against the Palestinian people, | stood out in the week that closes here today. | The meeting of the Ministers of Defense of the Bolivarian Republic, | Vladimir Padrino, and of Colombia, Ivan Velazquez, ratified the will | of the governments of Nicolas Maduro and Gustavo Petro, respectively, | to advance in the consolidation of the reestablished diplomatic | relations. | Padrino and Velazquez signed a joint declaration on strategic areas of | cooperation in security matters, such as the increase of the Armed | For…

Mitchell Plitnick (2023-05-13). Biden Administration Quietly Backs Israel's Deadly Assault on Gaza. truthout.org It should come as no surprise that the United States has fully backed Israel in its latest assault on Gaza. In the hours before Israel began raining down more bombs on the besieged territory, Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen over the phone. While the readout of their call did not mention what were, at the time, escalating tensions with the Palestinian… |

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-05-13). Venezuela Cooperation and defending the Palestinian people. plenglish.com Caracas, May 13 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela's cooperation and solidarity with friendly countries in Africa and the region, and ALBA-TCP's rejection of Israel's aggressions against the Palestinian people, stood out in the week that ends today.

Palestine Action. (2023-05-14). Activists Smash Into Logistics Giant And Arms Traffickers. popularresistance.org This morning, Palestine Action activists targeted the premises of Kuehne + Nagel, a global transport and logistics company known to partner with Elbit Systems. The activists smashed their way into the building, and covered the premises in spray paint, while taking apart office equipment including phones and computers. The office, at the Meridian Business Park, Braunstone Town, Leicester, is only across from the UAV Tactical Systems (U-TacS) factory to which actionists are currently laying siege [1]. | A whistle blower from Kuehne + Nagel employee alerted Palestine Action to the extent of their company's involveme…

Fight Back (2023-05-13). Big online FRSO fundraiser set for May 25. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN — A major online fundraising evert featuring Frank Chapman – of the FRSO Central Committee and Executive Director of National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression – will take place on the evening of May 25. The event, which will also feature Labor Commission Chair Cherrene Horazuk and Standing Committee member Fern Figueroa is part of the $130,000 fund drive that will help FRSO expand its national office and put more full-time organizers in the field. | The event is set for Thursday May 25, 5 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Mountain, 7 p.m. Central and d 8 p.m. Eastern Time. Register for Zo…

teleSUR, rzr, JCM (2023-05-14). Tres provincias argentinas eligen a sus autoridades regionales. telesurtv.net A pesar de las fuertes críticas del Gobierno y de organizaciones políticas y sociales, la Corte Suprema interrumpió el proceso eleccionario en Tucumán por fecha indefinida.

Jim McMahan (2023-05-13). Seattle unionists defend the right to strike. workers.org Seattle On May 5, 150 young unionists rallied at the federal courthouse in Seattle supporting labor's right to strike. Credit: Jim McMahan The anti-labor U.S. Supreme Court will soon take up the case of Glacier Northwest vs. Teamsters Local 174, filed in retaliation for a Teamsters strike in 2017. Glacier, . . . |

WSWS (2023-05-13). Ex-Pakistani PM Imran Khan released on bail amid mass protests; authorities vow to jail him again. wsws.org The government has responded to the Supreme Court's striking down of Kahn's arrest and his subsequent release on bail with great anger and threats, setting the stage for an intensification of the political crisis.

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2023-05-13: News Headlines

Mnar Adley (2023-05-12). Africa Rising: Nkosi Mandela on South Africa Resisting Israeli Apartheid. mintpressnews.com Nelson Mandela's grandson and member of the African National Congress, Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, joins Mnar Adley in this exclusive interview to deconstruct Africa's rise against colonialism, and its fight against Israeli apartheid.

Richard Becker (2023-05-12). Israel at 75: Fascist, apartheid and genocidal watchdog for US imperialism. liberationnews.org All people who believe in justice need to join in solidarity with the heroic and long-suffering Palestinian people.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-12). "Israel is built on the ruins of hundreds of Palestinian villages" mronline.org The International People's Assembly (IPA) organized an online event to mark 75 years of the Nakba and the Palestinians' continued resistance against the Zionist colonial apartheid occupation of Israel…

infobrics (2023-05-12). China Promises Bilateral Cooperation With South Africa. infobrics.org China and South Africa have a longstanding relationship that dates back to the era of the anti-apartheid struggle. This relationship is characterized by strong solidarity between the two countries as they work to promote their shared interests and values…

ecns.cn (2023-05-13). Around 2,000 Nazi badges seized at Guangzhou airport. ecns.cn A total of 1,881 Nazi badges in a courier were intercepted by Guangzhou Customs before they were shipped overseas through the airport of Guangzhou, Guangdong province, recently.

_____ (2023-05-12). Nazi Germany's Defeat… But a Pause for Fascism as NATO's Proxy War in Ukraine Demonstrates. strategic-culture.org Nazi Germany's defeat in 1945 has proven to be only a pause in a longer historical struggle against fascism. We are seeing that struggle playing out in Ukraine, and with Washington's madcap psychopathic aggression toward Russia. | This week marked the 78th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in May 1945. While the evil Third Reich was vanquished, a deeper monster had not been slain. Nazi Germany was only one version of Western imperialist fascism, a force that reemerged postwar in full strength in the form of the United States of America and its various Western clients. | It is not hyperbole to describe Wa…

ecns.cn (2023-05-13). Over 800 Taiwan compatriots pay respects to sea goddess in E China's Fujian. ecns.cn Thousands of devotees from both sides of the Taiwan Strait gathered in Meizhou, a seaside resort in Putian of Fujian province, to celebrate the 1,063rd anniversary of the birth of Mazu — a revered goddess of the sea on Friday. "ÄÄ…

Anjeanette Damon, Byard Duncan, Mollie Simon, ProPublica. (2023-05-12). The Ugly Truth Behind 'We Buy Ugly Houses'. popularresistance.org Cory Evans was well-versed in the HomeVestors of America playbook when he arrived at a suburban Los Angeles home on Nov. 4, 2016. His franchise with the "We Buy Ugly Houses" company had executed more than 50 deals in the preceding two years. Patriot Holdings would soon become one of the company's most successful franchises by following HomeVestors' strategy of finding homeowners in desperate situations, then convincing them to sell quickly. | The homeowner, Corrine Casanova, had bought the three-bedroom Baldwin Park bungalow with her husband in 1961 and now owned it outright. After raising three children there, s…

Give The People What They Want! Unrest in Pakistan, Updates from Palestine

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WSWS (2023-05-12). 75 years since Israel's foundation: The Nakba and the struggle for Jewish-Arab unity. wsws.org The Zionist utopia of a national state in which the Jews of the world could find sanctuary has led instead to a headlong descent into police state forms of rule, the emergence of fascism, the eruption of civil war and war with the Palestinians and Israel's Arab neighbours.

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-05-13). Israel y Palestina acuerdan cese al fuego tras ataques a Gaza. telesurtv.net Alrededor de 151 palestinos han sido asesinados por las fuerzas de ocupación israelíes desde principios de este año.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-05-13). Fuerzas de ocupación israelíes asesinan a un palestino en Yenín. telesurtv.net "Ahmed Muhamed Atatreh, de 33 años, fue asesinado por balas de la ocupación (israelí) cerca de Yenín", una localidad del norte de Cisjordania ocupada.

teleSUR, SH (2023-05-13). Soldados israelíes abaten a otros dos palestinos en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Sanidad palestino indico que los dos fallecidos respondían a los nombres de Yihad Shaker Mesha y Wasim Yousef al Araj.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-05-13). Israel and the US are responsible for the aggression in Palestina. plenglish.com Ramallah, May 13 (Prensa Latina) The official spokesman of the Palestinian presidency, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, blamed today the authorities of Israel and the United States for the deterioration over the occupied territories.

teleSUR, MER (2023-05-13). Aumenta a 33 cifra de muertos por ataques de Israel contra la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net Las autoridades han detallado que al menos seis niños y tres mujeres se encuentran entre el total de los decesos.

teleSUR, nama, JDO (2023-05-13). ONU condena muertes de civiles en Gaza por ataques de Israel. telesurtv.net Las víctimas mortales por los bombardeos de Tel Aviv contra la Franja de Gaza aumentaron a 31, entre ellos seis niños y tres mujeres. También se reporta un civil fallecido en Israel.

Anonymous669 (2023-05-13). Israel Assassinates Sixth Islamic Jihad Commander In Gaza Hindering Ceasefire Talks (Videos). southfront.org Illustrative image. Source: the Israeli Air Force. | Late on May 12, Israel assassinated yet another senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in the Gaza Strip. | The commander, Iyad al-Hassani, was killed along with his assistant in a strike that hit the neighborhood of Nasser in Gaza city. | In a joint statement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet security agency said al-Hassani was a top official in the PIJ's military council, in charge of its operations department…

Richard Becker (2023-05-12). Israeli bombing of Gaza the latest in 75 years of massacres. liberationnews.org In four straight days of shelling of civilian areas in Gaza, Israeli planes have killed more than 33 Palestinians and injured more than 110, including several children.

teleSUR (2023-05-12). Israel Kills Senior Islamic Jihad Militant In Gaza. telesurenglish.net The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported Friday that the Israeli airstrike on an apartment in Gaza City killed a senior member of the armed wing of the Al-Quds Brigades of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement. | RELATED: | According to the Ministry, two Palestinian men (PIJ militants Eyad Al-Hasani and Mohamed Abdel Aal) were killed, and five civilians were wounded in the attacks on the Al-Nasser neighborhood. | Al-Jazeera news agency rep…

Vanessa Beeley (2023-05-12). "Peace in the Middle East is sending Western Globalists and Israel into a tailspin." thealtworld.com Quantum Nurse www.quantumnurse.life presents: | Freedom International Livestream | On May 9, 2023 Thursday @ 12: 00 PM EST 5: 00 PM UK 6: 00 PM Germany | Guest: Vanessa Beeley | Topic: "Peace in the Middle East is sending Western Globalists and Israel into a tailspin."

Editor (2023-05-12). Still No Justice, A Year Since Shireen Abu Akleh's Killing. scheerpost.com The senior Al-Jazeera journalist was killed and her colleagues attacked by Israeli forces while they were covering an Israeli army raid on a refugee camp in Jenin in the occupied West Bank last year in May.

Ryan Black (2023-05-12). Israeli Assault On Gaza Enters Fourth Day With 31 Palestinians Killed In Bombing. progressivehub.net PEOPLES DISPATCH…

Sam Stein (2023-05-12). 'You're Also a Suspect': I Was Beaten and Detained for Supporting Palestinians. progressive.org Two years ago, I was attacked by Israeli settlers and the police blamed me for it. Everything I experienced is designed to keep activists out of Palestine.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-12). US 'seizes' over a dozen web domains related to Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah. peoplesdispatch.org In 2021, the US had similarly seized domains related to Press TV, Al-Masirah, and Palestine Today—all of them critical of the policies of the US and its allies, especially Israel…

Canadians for Justice, Peace in the Middle East (2023-05-12). One Year After the Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, Canada Must Hold Israeli Officials Accountable. globalresearch.ca

Maureen Clare Murphy (2023-05-12). Israel stares failure in the face, again. electronicintifada.net Gaza attack has done nothing to strengthen Tel Aviv's hand against the resistance.

Anonymous669 (2023-05-12). Death Toll From Israeli Attack On Gaza Reaches 31 (Videos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Israeli Air Force. | On May 11, the death toll from the Israeli operation against the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in the Gaza Strip reached 31. | The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) launched the operation, codenamed Shield and Arrow, early on May 9 in response to a series of rocket attacks that targeted settlements around Gaza a week earlier. At least 215 positions of the PIJ have been struck since the start of the operation, according to…

Anonymous669 (2023-05-12). Islamic Jihad Fire Rockets At Jerusalem, Israel Respond With More Strikes On Gaza (Videos). southfront.org Illustrative image. Source: the PIJ military media. | The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) claimed responsibility for a rocket attack that targeted Jerusalem city on May 12 afternoon. | The Gaza-based armed factions said that it had launched two main barrages, aimed at Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and other cities in central Israel. | Israeli military sources said that two rockets fired from Gaza toward Jerusalem were intercepted, one by the Iron Dome and the second by David's Sling. Howeve…

Staff (2023-05-12). Berlin bans Nakba demonstrations once again in 2023. samidoun.net The German state intensifies its attack and bans demonstrations on Nakba Day 2023 A statement from the Revolutionary Solidarity Coalition The German state authorities are escalating their attack on all Palestinians, Arabs and supporters of the Palestinian cause in Germany, with the Berlin police's banning of this year's demonstration in Berlin to mark the 75th …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-12). Palestinian teachers resume strike over long-standing demands on pay and other work-related issues. peoplesdispatch.org Teachers decided to go on strike within days of ending their two-month strike after the government failed to honor its agreed upon commitments…

Claudine Constant (2023-05-12). Here's How Connecticut Could Implement a Historic New Voting Law. aclu.org Known as the "land of steady habits," Connecticut represents a microcosm of the racist legacy of voter suppression nationwide — but that might change soon. | While some people think of Connecticut as progressive, in truth, we're behind on protecting the right to vote: Connecticut is one of only four states that does not have in-person early voting, one of only 15 states without no-excuse absentee voting, and is in the

Meg Kinnard (2023-05-12). GOP Sen. Tuberville says white supremacists in military aren't racist, they're "Americans" peoplesworld.org COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP)—Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville is facing backlash for remarks he made about white supremacists in the armed forces in an interview about his blocking of military nominees. He said that while Democrats may consider such people to be racists, "I call them Americans." Tuberville said Thursday that his comments had been misinterpreted. His office …

Ashley Curtin (2023-05-12). Supreme Court upholds California Prop. 12. nationofchange.org California's Prop. 1, which bans the in-state sale of pork, eggs, and veal from animals "confined in a cruel manner," was challenged by the corporate pork production industry.

Marjorie Cohn (2023-05-12). SCOTUS Case May Slash Regulation of Everything From Workers' Rights to Clean Air. truthout.org In an ominous but unsurprising development, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that may well imperil our health, safety, labor, clean air and water, food and environmental protections. On May 1, the court decided to reconsider its 40-year-old precedent in the current case of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. This right-wing court, which demonstrated its disregard for legal precedent… |

CounterSpin (2023-05-12). Ian Millhiser on Supreme Court Corruption. fair.org CounterSpin230512.mp3 USA Today ( This week on CounterSpin: USA Today

Ahmed Afzaal (2023-05-12). US-backed Military once again Targets Deposed Pakistani PM Imran Khan. dissidentvoice.org Imran Khan poses the greatest threat to Pakistan's military monopoly on political power. The arrest of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and leader of the Pakistan Movement for Justice (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, or PTI) caused thousands of Pakistanis to take to the streets and protest. However, Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered on May 11 his release, …

Chris Walker (2023-05-12). GOP POTUS Candidate Wants to Limit Voting Rights for Those 18-25. truthout.org Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, a longshot candidate for the Republican Party's 2024 presidential nomination, tweeted his belief on Friday that some young people in the United States are undeserving of the democratic right to vote. Ramaswamy went on to say that Congress should pass a constitutional amendment barring 18-25 year olds from voting, with some exceptions. "Young people no longer value a… |

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2023-05-12: News Headlines

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-11). "Israel is built on the ruins of hundreds of Palestinian villages" peoplesdispatch.org The International People's Assembly (IPA) organized an online event to mark 75 years of the Nakba and the Palestinians' continued resistance against the Zionist colonial apartheid occupation of Israel…

WSWS (2023-05-12). May 8 and the rehabilitation of Nazism in Germany. wsws.org At least 13 million Soviet soldiers and 14 million civilians lost their lives in the war. But at the Berlin commemorative events this year, the displaying of the Soviet flag was forbidden.

WSWS (2023-05-12). Ninety years since the Nazi book burnings. wsws.org The anniversary of the book burnings must be a warning to workers and youth worldwide. Today the same contradictions are developing that led to barbarism in the 20th century. The danger of fascism and world war is back.

ecns.cn (2023-05-12). Around 2,000 Nazi badges seized at Guangzhou airport. ecns.cn A total of 1,881 Nazi badges in a courier were intercepted by Guangzhou Customs before they were shipped overseas through the airport of Guangzhou, Guangdong province, recently.

infobrics (2023-05-11). Russia concludes investigations on Donbass genocide. infobrics.org According to data released by the Moscow's investigative committee, 5,000 ethnic Russian civilians died in Donbass region since 2014.

Chris Walker (2023-05-11). Eric Trump Threatens Lawsuit Over Truthful Reporting on Speaking Tour. truthout.org Eric Trump, son of former President Donald Trump, has threatened to sue MSNBC host Rachel Maddow over her accurate reporting that he will be taking part in a speaking tour alongside white supremacists this weekend. Eric Trump — who, alongside his older brother Donald Trump Jr., helped manage his father's companies while he was in office — is set to participate in the far right ReAwaken America… |

Chris Walker (2023-05-11). Even Some at CNN Viewed the Trump Town Hall as a Problematic "Spectacle of Lies" truthout.org Following CNN's town hall featuring former President Donald Trump on Wednesday night, some CNN reporters have denounced the network's decision to grant the 2024 GOP presidential contender an hour of airtime to rant about his far right views with little opportunity for pushback. Although a corporate statement from CNN praised host Kaitlan Collins for asking "tough, fair and revealing questions" and… |

WSWS (2023-05-12). At CNN Town Hall, Trump defends January 6 coup, repeats election lies. wsws.org The ex-president rehashed false claims of a "rigged election" while pledging to pardon the fascist thugs who attacked the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Western Media Won't Tell You This About Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza

Posted by Richard Medhurst.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-11). The Arrest of Imran Khan: The Naked Face of Fascism in Pakistan. libya360.wordpress.com Aasma Wadud Imran Khan's popularity skyrocketed after the regime change, and now he is considered Pakistan's most loved, embraced, and acknowledged leader After the forced regime change has been rough for Imran Khan, PTI's leaders, voters, supporters, journalists, social media activists, and the general public, the PDM government came to power with a fascist mindset…

teleSUR, nama, JDO (2023-05-12). ONU condena muertes de civiles en Gaza por ataques de Israel. telesurtv.net Las víctimas mortales por los bombardeos de Tel Aviv contra la Franja de Gaza aumentaron a 31, entre ellos seis niños y tres mujeres. También se reporta un civil fallecido en Israel.

Canadians for Justice, Peace in the Middle East (2023-05-12). One Year After the Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, Canada Must Hold Israeli Officials Accountable. globalresearch.ca

Palestine Action. (2023-05-12). Palestine Action On Day Ten Of 'The Siege'. popularresistance.org Yesterday the Israeli occupation bombarded densely populated areas of Gaza, murdering 13 Palestinians including 4 children. Not willing to tolerate British complicity in these sort of abuses, two actionists retaliated, this morning, against the British roots of Israeli aerial domination over Palestinians. | Palestine Action drove a car through the inner perimiter of Leicester's Israeli drone factory, UAV Tactical Systems (U-TacS), blockading the only entrance for the site. Two activists are using a lock on device to maintain the block in place, which immediately stopped a delivery from entering the premises. The…

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-05-12). Asciende a 29 cifra de muertos en la Franja de Gaza por bombardeos de Israel. telesurtv.net En el último ataque aéreo con drones contra la ciudad de Gaza, murió un palestino en la aldea de Ezbet Abd Rabo.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-12). Israeli assault on Gaza enters fourth day with 31 Palestinians killed in bombing. peoplesdispatch.org Israeli airstrikes on Gaza Israel's indiscriminate airstrikes have primarily st…

How Israel Terrorizes Gaza's Population and Sanitizes the Headlines

Posted by Richard Medhurst.

Robert Inlakesh (2023-05-11). Israel Launches A New War On Gaza, Kills Overwhelmingly Civilians, But Why Now? thelastamericanvagabond.com At around 2: 00 AM, Tuesday Morning, unprovoked Israeli airstrikes rained down on residential buildings throughout the besieged Gaza Strip. Israel had decided to launch an assassination campaign against leaders in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement, murdering three of them along with their families whilst they slept in their beds at night. Despite the majority

teleSUR (2023-05-11). 29 Palestinians Killed In Israeli Airstrikes. telesurenglish.net The state news agency WAFA reported the death of another Palestinian in an Israeli airstrike on the village of Ezbet Abd Rabo in the northern Gaza Strip. | RELATED: | The latest victim of Israeli aggression was killed in a drone strike on a group of Palestinians in Ezbet Abd Rabo, according to WAFA's correspondent. | The death toll now stands at 29, including at least seven children, three women and two elderly people, the…

teleSUR (2023-05-11). Palestinian Death Toll From Israeli Airstrikes Reaches 25. telesurenglish.net In the early hours of Thursday, Israel continued to indiscriminately shell the Gaza Strip, killing three citizens and wounding 15 people. From Tuesday until today, the Israeli occupation forces have left 25 Palestinians dead. | RELATED: | According to data from the Palestinian authorities, the Israeli bombardments have killed 15 civilians, including six children. The number of wounded in Gaza now amounts to 79 people. | Am…

Jessica Buxbaum (2023-05-11). Israel's Latest Hasbara Scheme Enlists High School Students as Trolls Against Palestine. mintpressnews.com The Israeli government is training high school students as part of its propaganda efforts to combat criticism of its policies and delegitimize the BDS movement.

_____ (2023-05-11). Palestine Is Boiling and Will Not Cool Down. strategic-culture.org The Israeli aggression against Palestinians has reached the point where they are not permitted to hear the call to prayer, Steven Sahiounie writes. | Khader Adnan, 45, of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, died while on a hunger strike in an Israeli prison. | He started the hunger strike on February 5, when he was arrested and sentenced in an Israeli military court and placed into "administrative detention", which means detention without charges in abhorrent prison conditions. | It was the Israeli common practice of administrative detention that prompted the hunger strike. | Held without charges or trial, this mark…

Ahmed Al-Sammak (2023-05-11). Israel kills woman weeks before wedding. electronicintifada.net Dania Adas and Muhammad Saad had planned their celebrations and their future.

Anonymous669 (2023-05-11). Israel Assassinates Another Islamic Jihad Commander In Gaza (Videos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Israeli Air Force. | On May 11 afternoon, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) assassinated another senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in the Gaza Strip. | The commander was identified as Ahmad Abu Daqqa. He was reportedly the second-in-command in the PIJ's rocket force. Ali Ghali, the commander of the force, was killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza in the morning. | The IDF said that the assassination of Abu Daqqa was carrie…

Farid Abdel-Nour (2023-05-11). 1 Year Ago Israel Killed Shireen Abu Akleh. We Won't Forget Her, or the Nakba. truthout.org Two weeks before an Israeli sniper killed Shireen Abu Akleh, Reporters Without Borders marked the fourth anniversary of the killing of Palestinian journalists Ahmed Abu Hussein and Yasser Murtaja by Israeli forces. The organization also reported that from March 30, 2018, to April 25, 2022, "at least 144 Palestinian journalists [had] been at the receiving end" of Israeli military or police violence. |

In Defense of Liberation! (2023-05-11). Episode with Sina from East is a Podcast. podcasters.spotify.com In this episode me and Sina speak about a range of topics beginning with Sina's feelings waking up every morning to check his phone and see "what unspeakable crimes the Empire has committed today", along with growing up as he called himself, "a citizen subject" of the US Empire, as many immigrants or simply non-white people have to deal with. | We also touch on some of the shifting energies between the multiple growing and declining hegemons, the ignorance of the West as regards China, Iran, Taiwan, Palestine, Israel, Syria and other nations, the NATO war on Russia, and many other things! | For more from Sina, ch…

Omar Karmi (2023-05-11). Stuck in Israel's stranglehold. electronicintifada.net Squeezed on all sides, Palestinians increasingly look for change at the top.

Sharon Zhang (2023-05-11). Sanders Hosts Event Commemorating Israel's Nakba After McCarthy Kicked It Out. truthout.org On Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) swooped in to save an event at the Capitol commemorating the 75th anniversary of what Palestinians know as the Nakba, or catastrophe — the time period during which Zionist militants expelled three quarters of Palestinians from their homes to establish the state of Israel — after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) attempted to cancel the event. |

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2023-05-11). Podcast Ep 77: Zionism's inevitable demise. electronicintifada.net Ghada Karmi's new book explains the inevitability of the one-state solution and a post-colonial future in Palestine.

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2023-05-12). Supremo paquistaní ordena la liberación de ex primer ministro. telesurtv.net El titular del Tribunal Supremo de Islamabad, Umar Ata Bandial, señaló que la detención "no es válida".

Staff (2023-05-12). Public reaction to Imran Khan's arrest signals a loss of support for Pakistan's powerful military. thecanary.co Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was arrested by paramilitary forces, in a move that Pakistan's Supreme Court has now described as illegal. Ever since a no-confidence vote removed Khan from power, the public has lost trust in Pakistan's military. Such widespread rage against the military, however, is nothing new in Pakistan. Parts of Pakistan's …

teleSUR (2023-05-11). Pakistan: Supreme Court Orders Release of Former PM Imran Khan. telesurenglish.net On Thursday evening, the Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered police to immediately release former Prime Minister Imran Khan who was arrested on May 9 on the charges of corruption. | RELATED: | The verdict was given on a plea of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party saying that the arrest was illegal as it was made at the premises of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) when Khan was seeking protective bail. | The Supr…

Julia Rock (2023-05-11). Clarence Thomas reversed position after gifts and family payments. mronline.org The Supreme Court justice switched sides on a landmark legal doctrine, satisfying his benefactors' conservative advocacy machine.

Rick Rozoff (2023-05-11). NATO military brass oversees large-scale, multinational Swedish war games. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropeMay 11, 2023 Director SHAPE Partnerships visits Exercise Aurora 23 in Sweden SHAPE's Deputy Chief of Staff Partnerships Directorate visited Exercise Aurora 23 from May 7 to 10, 2023, Sweden's largest annual home defence exercise, designed to test the nations defensive plans across all force domains. Rear Admiral Gunnstein Bruà•sdal was …

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2023-05-11: News Headlines

Patrick Chura (2023-05-10). 'The Lonesome Vigilante': John Steinbeck explains Tucker Carlson. peoplesworld.org There's been some lively discussion about how former Fox News host Tucker Carlson's newly released text message of January 2021—in which he confessed his desire to help end the life of an "Antifa creep"—relates to the nation's long history of vigilante violence and lynching. "It's not how white men fight" is the opposite of truth …

Pavel López Lazo (2023-05-11). Cuba to strengthen bilateral relations, cooperation with South Africa. plenglish.com MINREX posted on Twitter that both nations will continue working for mutual benefit of the peoples. | The Cuba-South Africa brotherly relations date back to the 1960s in the heat of the anti-apartheid struggles, and on May 11, 1994, diplomatic relations were formally established. | Both countries are currently rolling out bilateral cooperation agreements in different areas such as health, education, public works, human settlements, infrastructure, science, information technology, among others.

Visualizing Palestine (2023-05-11). Israel's Systemic Targeting of Journalists. dissidentvoice.org Tomorrow marks one year since veteran journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was murdered by the Israeli military while covering an Israeli invasion of Jenin refugee camp. The brutal silencing of her voice, and the images of Israeli riot police beating mourners at her funeral, will be remembered as defining moments exposing the cruelty of Israeli apartheid. …

midwesternmarx (2023-05-11). Zelensky regime's fate is sealed By: M. K. BHADRAKUMAR. midwesternmarx.com Moscow Kremlin The West's cryptic or mocking remarks doubting the Kremlin statement on the failed Ukrainian attempt to assassinate President Vladimir Putin do not detract from the fact that Moscow has no reason on earth to fabricate such a grave allegation that has prompted the scaling down of its Victory Day celebrations on May 9, which is a triumphal moment in all of Russian history, especially now when it is fighting off the recrudescence of Nazi ideology on Eur …

unitedEditor (2023-05-10). Lessons for today from the victory over fascism. uwidata.com The U.S. replaced Nazi Germany Today, American presidents have taken on Hitler's aggression. Nazi Germany has been replaced by the US. Just like Nazi Germany, the US uses all kinds of oppression and violence methods to establish its hegemony over the entire world and its basic motto is "If you are not with us, you …

Zach D. Roberts (2023-05-10). How the Texas Shooter's RWDS Patch Became a Meme. progressive.org I've been photographing the far right's insignia since 2017's Unite the Right rally. It's not surprising that the latest neo-Nazi mass shooter wore a common symbol of rightwing hate.

Hannah Gais (2023-05-10). Atomwaffen Co-Founder Pleads Guilty to Double Murder Charges. splcenter.org The co-founder of the terroristic-minded neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division pleaded guilty to murdering two of his group's members in 2017 and will serve 45 years in prison, court records show.

_____ (2023-05-10). Slava? No, Not Glory but Shame on Ukraine! strategic-culture.org There is virtually no chance that the Nazi regime in Kiev will feel either shame or remorse for what it has just done. | There is virtually no chance that the Nazi regime in Kiev will feel either shame or remorse for what it has just done. That however does not alter the obligation of decent people everywhere to speak up and brand it with the shame it abundantly deserves. | Chilean-American journalist Gonzalo Lira, has been a thorn in the Kiev junta's flesh for a long time. On May 1, the

Rhoda Wilson (2023-05-11). Andrew Bridgen: "I am suing Mr. Hancock for defamation" expose-news.com In January, the former Health Secretary Matt Hancock, who was responsible for overseeing the UK Government's covid response, described MP Andrew Bridgen as a "disgusting and dangerous" propagator of antisemitism. Shortly afterwards …

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2023-05-11). Russia Concludes Investigations on Donbass Genocide. globalresearch.ca

Jorge Majfud (2023-05-10). Fascismo, narcisismo colectivo y el miedo a la libertad. globalizacion.ca Las investigaciones psicológicas sobre narcisismo en las últimas generaciones no han llegado a una conclusión clara. Tal vez porque todas, aunque buscan entender un fenómeno colectivo, se centran en el estudio de individuos. | La discusión es menos ambigua cuando, por…

Tamara Nassar (2023-05-11). Resistance vows to fight on after more Israeli assassinations. electronicintifada.net Rockets from Gaza claim first Israeli fatality since escalation began.

Omar Karmi (2023-05-11). Stuck in Israel's stranglehold. electronicintifada.net Squeezed on all sides, Palestinians increasingly look for change at the top.

Ahmed Al-Sammak (2023-05-11). Israel kills woman weeks before wedding. electronicintifada.net Dania Adas and Muhammad Saad had planned their celebrations and their future.

Tamara Nassar (2023-05-11). Resistance vows to fight on after more Israeli assassinations. electronicintifada.net Rockets from Gaza claim first Israeli fatality since escalation began.

Omar Karmi (2023-05-11). Stuck in Israel's stranglehold. electronicintifada.net Squeezed on all sides, Palestinians increasingly look for change at the top.

Ahmed Al-Sammak (2023-05-11). Israel kills woman weeks before wedding. electronicintifada.net Dania Adas and Muhammad Saad had planned their celebrations and their future.

Staff (2023-05-11). Israeli forces kill 25 Palestinians, as we reach the anniversary of them killing journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. thecanary.co Israel's army have been bombing Palestinians with another escalation of violence. Strikes have killed 25 people in the blockaded Palestinian enclave. Israeli forces have killed rebels as well as civilians, including several children. Palestinian rebels in the Gaza Strip have fired more than 500 rockets at Israel, causing no casualties so far. The Arab League …

teleSUR, JGN (2023-05-11). Ataque aéreo de la ocupación israelí contra Gaza deja tres palestinos muertos. telesurtv.net El más reciente asedio de Israel ha dejado al menos 24 palestinos asesinados, incluyendo mujeres y menores de edad, y unos 70 heridos.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-05-11). Asciende a 29 cifra de muertos en la Franja de Gaza por bombardeos de Israel. telesurtv.net En el último ataque aéreo con drones contra la ciudad de Gaza, murió un palestino en la aldea de Ezbet Abd Rabo.

Anonymous669 (2023-05-11). Israeli Army Says Over 500 Rockets, Mortars Were Fired From Gaza (Videos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Israeli Air Force. | Palestinian armed factions have launched at least 507 rockets and mortars from the Gaza Strip since the start of the current confrontation, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced on May 11. | The rocket attacks targeted Tel Aviv and the surrounding area in central Israel as well as the southern cities of Sderot, Ashkelon and nearby settlements. | The IDF said that at least 368 of the projectiles crossed the separatio…

Staff (2023-05-11). Headlines for May 11, 2023. democracynow.org Children Among the Dead as Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza Kill 27 Palestinians, Rep. Rashida Tlaib Leads Capitol Hill Nakba Event Despite Speaker McCarthy's Efforts to Cancel It, 8 Killed in Growing Unrest Across Pakistan over Arrest of Ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan, Five Killed as Gunman Opens Fire on Historic Synagogue in Tunisia, Japan Plans to Open NATO Liaison Office, Rep. George Santos Pleads "Not Guilty" to 13 Federal Charges, Sen. Dianne Feinstein Returns to Capitol Hill After Lengthy Illness, Daniel Perry Gets 25-Year Sentence for Murdering Texas Protester; Gov. Abbott Has Pledged a Pardon,…

Staff (2023-05-11). One Year After Israeli Sniper Kills Shireen Abu Akleh, No Justice for Palestinian-American Journalist. democracynow.org One year ago, on May 11, 2022, an Israeli soldier fatally shot the Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the head as she was reporting on an Israeli military raid just outside the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. She was shot while wearing a blue helmet and blue flak jacket clearly emblazoned with the word "press." Abu Akleh was one of the most prominent TV journalists in the Arab world and had worked for Al Jazeera for a quarter of a century. She was also a U.S. citizen. But a year after her death, no one has been held accountable despite detailed testimony from eyewitness…

Ramzy Baroud (2023-05-10). How Khader Adnan Unified the Palestinian People from an Israeli Prison Cell. mintpressnews.com Khader Adnan represents a political culture that has come to permeate Palestine for years, a mode of collective resistance that cannot be easily crushed, silenced or killed. Even in death.

Ali Abunimah (2023-05-10). Ceasefire elusive as Israel's sheds more blood in Gaza. electronicintifada.net Resistance factions fire hundreds of rockets in response.

Ryan Black (2023-05-10). Talk World Radio: James Bamford on Israelgate and Nordstream. progressivehub.net DAVID SWANSON AND JAMES BAMFORD | TALK WORLD RADIO…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-10). Still no justice, a year since Shireen Abu Akleh's killing. peoplesdispatch.org The senior Al-Jazeera journalist was killed and her colleagues attacked by Israeli forces while they were covering an Israeli army raid on a refugee camp in Jenin in the occupied West Bank last year in May…

Victor Gilinsky (2023-05-10). The US Silence on Israeli Nuclear Weapons and the Right-wing Israeli Government. globalresearch.ca

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-05-11). Presidente de la FIFA visitará Palestina. telesurtv.net Gianni Infantino estará acompañado por miembros del Comité Ejecutivo de la FIFA.

Charlene Huynh (2023-05-10). A Battle Over Hate Speech at the University of Wisconsin. progressive.org After a video emerged of a white student's racist tirade, campus activists are demanding the university take immediate action.

Megan Squire, Jason Wilson (2023-05-10). Extremists Receive Large Ethereum Cryptocurrency Donations. splcenter.org A single benefactor made cryptocurrency donations worth more than $216,000 to extremists and hate groups between September 2021 and April 2022, according to an analysis provided to Hatewatch by the SPLC's Data Lab.

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2023-05-11). Supremo paquistaní ordena la liberación de ex primer ministro. telesurtv.net El titular del Tribunal Supremo de Islamabad, Umar Ata Bandial, señaló que la detención "no es válida".

teleSUR, JDO (2023-05-11). Presidente argentino rechaza fallo del Supremo sobre comicios. telesurtv.net Denuncia suspensión de elecciones en Tucumán y San Juan. Valoró el acto como antidemocrático e instó a los ciudadanos a movilizarse.

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2023-05-11). Supremo pakistaní ordena la liberación de ex primer ministro. telesurtv.net El titular del Tribunal Supremo de Islamabad, Umar Ata Bandial, señaló que la detención "no es válida".

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2023-05-10: News Headlines

Kevin Gosztola (2023-05-10). Atlanta Photojournalist Arrested While Covering 'Black Lives Matter' Protests Receives Settlement. thedissenter.org Atlanta photojournalist Sharif Hassan, who was arrested while covering "Black Lives Matter" protests in 2020, received a settlement of $105,000…

NYC Anarchist Black Cross (2023-05-09). Anarchist Political Prisoner Dan Baker Needs Support! itsgoingdown.org Call from New York City Anarchist Black Cross (NYC-ABC) to support anarchist and antifascist prisoner Daniel Baker. Daniel Baker is an anti-fascist activist who was arrested on January 15, 2021 for social media posts that called for defense against possible far-right attacks in the wake of the January 6th riots. Daniel was facing up to…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-10). Communists across Europe mark 78th anniversary of Soviet victory over Nazi Germany. peoplesdispatch.org Soviet red flags were raised in Victory Day celebrations across Europe, despite a ban on the display of Soviet and Russian flags in several countries including Germany…

WSWS (2023-05-10). Texas police confirm Allen Mall shooter was neo-Nazi. wsws.org While the capitalist politicians have no response or solutions to massacres committed by Nazis, both Republicans and Democrats boasted of their efforts to militarize the US-Mexico border.

Jay Janson (2023-05-10). No WWII No Victory Parade in Moscow and No War in Ukraine Today If the West Had Not Rearmed Germany! dissidentvoice.org May 9! Moscow Celebrates Victory Over Nazi Germany's Invasion, but with incomprehensibly little or no public condemnation of American corporations having earlier heavily rearmed Hitler's Nazi Germany as British and French armies stood down in cooperation and in violation of the Versailles Treaty's prohibition of German rearmament. With the world of the plundering Colonial Powers …

JANET (2023-05-10). What anti-imperialists should know about the war in Ukraine. iacenter.org By Otis Grotewohl May 8, 2023 May 7 — It's been nearly 15 months since the start of the Feb. 24, 2022, Russian military intervention in Ukraine, which was provoked by decades of U.S./NATO expansion eastward. The Biden administration has given the Ukrainian puppet government billions of dollars in military aid, and many people are scratching their heads, wondering why? New York City, Jan. 14, protest targets imperialists in the Ukraine war. Credit: Brenda Ryan Ukraine's current government is a product of a NATO-backed coup, carried out in 2014 with pro-Nazi participation, which was also referred to as the Ma…

unitedEditor (2023-05-10). Lessons for today from the victory over fascism. unitedworldint.com The U.S. replaced Nazi Germany Today, American presidents have taken on Hitler's aggression. Nazi Germany has been replaced by the US. Just like Nazi Germany, the US uses all kinds of oppression and violence methods to establish its hegemony over the entire world and its basic motto is "If you are not with us, you …

Matthew Ehret (2023-05-09). The Anglo-American Hand Behind the Rise of Fascism Then and Now. thelastamericanvagabond.com This May 9th, the world will celebrate Victory Day. For those who have not closed their eyes to the integration of leading unreconstructed Nazis, Italian Fascist, and Japanese fascists into the Anglo-American intelligence complex after World War Two this celebration is bitter sweet to say the least. In West Germany, the head of Nazi intelligence,

Editor (2023-05-09). Russian & Soviet Flags Banned at Berlin Victory Day. scheerpost.com A court in Berlin has outlawed the display of the Russian and Soviet flags on May 8 and 9 celebrations of victory over Nazi Germany because they can "convey a readiness for violence."

Staff (2023-05-09). Phyllis Bennis on Ukraine War & Why a Ceasefire Is the First Step Toward Lasting Peace. democracynow.org As Russia marks the Soviet Union's defeat of the Nazis 78 years ago, Ukraine is preparing to launch a major counteroffensive, which has forced Moscow to issue an evacuation order for thousands of residents in areas occupied by Russian forces. Meanwhile, international actors are calling for negotiations, possibly brokered by China or Brazil, to end the war. For more on the prognosis for peace in Ukraine, we're joined by Phyllis Bennis, author and a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies.

Staff (2023-05-09). Headlines for May 9, 2023. democracynow.org Israel Bombs Gaza Strip, Killing 13 People, Including Children, Putin Delivers Defiant "Victory Day" Speech as Russia Fires Missiles Across Ukraine, Sudan's Warring Parties Hold Peace Talks in Saudi Arabia But Won't Agree to Ceasefire, Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan Arrested in Islamabad, Tens of Thousands March Against Gun Violence in Serbia After Two Mass Shootings, Texas Gunman Was Rejected from Army, Had Nazi Tattoos But Purchased AR-15 Legally, Texas Man Who Rammed SUV Into Migrants Charged with Eight Counts of Manslaughter, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Deploys "Tactical Bo…

Kit Klarenberg (2023-05-09). Neo-Nazi terror threat grows as Ukraine fighters jailed in France. thegrayzone.com The arrest of two heavily armed French neo-Nazis returning from Ukraine highlights a looming problem for NATO states sponsoring the proxy war, and their conspiracy of silence on the nature of the threat. On April 24th 2023, two French neo-Nazis were jailed for 15 months, nine of which were suspended, for possessing assault rifle ammunition. The pair had returned to Paris from Ukraine two days earlier, and were arrested at customs. Both were on the radar of French domestic spying …

Amy Goodman (2023-05-09). A Ceasefire Is Immediately Needed to Reduce Escalating War in Ukraine. truthout.org As Russia marks the Soviet Union's defeat of the Nazis 78 years ago, Ukraine is preparing to launch a major counteroffensive, which has forced Moscow to issue an evacuation order for thousands of residents in areas occupied by Russian forces. Meanwhile, international actors are calling for negotiations, possibly brokered by China or Brazil, to end the war. For more on the prognosis for peace in… |

Jenny Farrell (2023-05-09). First they burned books, then people: Lessons of the Nazis' 1933 book blaze. peoplesworld.org How can memorials powerfully remind us of past horrors? How can they keep the atrocities of the past alive and relevant? "The Empty Library," Micha Ullmann's Berlin memorial commemorating the fascist book blaze—when on May 10, 1933, some 20,000 works by a great number of German and international authors were devoured by the flames before …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-09). Charles III Coronation Ignored Imperialism, Colonialism, Genocide, Trauma, Deadly Colonial Legacy & Palestine. libya360.wordpress.com Dr Gideon Polya Perhaps billions around the world saw at least part of the coronation of King Charles III and marvelled at the pomp, the pageantry and the glorious choral music. The colourful military uniforms and the final parade of thousands of British and Commonwealth military forces testified to past imperial glory. However the lavish…

Editor (2023-05-09). Paying tribute to the victims of genocide in Namibia. mronline.org Every year, descendants of the Nama-Ovaherero tribes gather at Swakopmund Memorial Park Cemetery in Namibia during the month of March to pay tribute to their ancestors who were victims of the genocide that took place from 1904-1908.

Ann Brown (2023-05-09). Highlights From California Reparations Task Force Recommendations For Lineage-Based Reparations. moguldom.com It's been a packed two-year process for California's Reparations Task Force, which was established by Governor Gavin Newsom in 2020 to study and collect evidence of the harms of slavery and lingering discrimination. As the task force is about to wrap up, its final report is to be delivered to the state Legislature by July …

CJ Baker (2023-05-10). Protest Song Of The Week: 'I Know How It Feels' By Dropkick Murphys. shadowproof.com Originally published at Ongoing History of Protest Music Armed with his weapon of choice, a guitar with the words "This Machine Kills Fascists" painted on it, Woody Guthrie was a pivotal contributor to the canon of protest tunes. He composed nearly 3,000 songs, many of which remained unpublished. This has…

Victor Gilinsky (2023-05-10). The US Silence on Israeli Nuclear Weapons and the Right-wing Israeli Government. globalresearch.ca

Canadians for Justice, Peace in the Middle East (2023-05-10). Canada Must Condemn Israel's Assassination of Palestinians and Their Families in Gaza. globalresearch.ca

Ali Abunimah (2023-05-10). Ceasefire elusive as Israel's bloodshed continues in Gaza. electronicintifada.net Resistance factions fire hundreds of rockets in response.

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-10). State Department Says Israel Has Right to 'Protect Itself' After Israel's Gaza Airstrikes Kill 10 Civilians. news.antiwar.com

Staff (2023-05-10). Headlines for May 10, 2023. democracynow.org Donald Trump Found Liable for Sexual Abuse and Defamation of E. Jean Carroll, Rights Groups Call on Biden to Implement Humane Immigration Policies as Title 42 Ends, Immigrant Rights Defenders Condemn Texas Bills That Would Create Vigilante ICE Force, No Progress on Debt Limit Talks After Biden-McCarthy Meeting as White House Weighs Unilateral Action, Israel Continues Air Attacks on Gaza, Killing at Least 16 People in Two Days, AFP Journalist Killed Covering Ukraine War; France and U.K. Move to Label Wagner a Terrorist Group, Protests Mount, Hundreds Arrested in Pakistan as Court Charges Detained Imran Khan with C…

Anonymous669 (2023-05-10). Gaza Factions Fire Rockets At Tel Aviv In Retaliation To Israeli Assassinations (Videos). southfront.org File image. | On May 10, Palestinian armed factions in the Gaza Strip fired hundreds of rockets at southern and central Israel in response to a recent wave of At least three rockets were launched at Tel Aviv and the surrounding area at around. Hundreds of other rockets were fired at the southern cities of Sderot, Ashkelon and nearby settlements. M…

teleSUR (2023-05-10). Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza Kill 21 Palestinians. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Palestinian Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qedra confirmed that 21 Palestinians were killed, including 12 civilians, and 64 others were injured by the shrapnel of the Israeli missiles on the Gaza Strip. | RELATED: | "The Israeli attacks hit residential areas, killing women and children while they were sleeping safely in their homes," said the Arab League (AL), which includes Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros…

teleSUR (2023-05-10). Iran Ready to Facilitate Rapprochement Between Syria & Türkiye. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian voiced his country's readiness to support diplomatic efforts and forward-looking steps taken under the principle of good neighborliness between Syria and Türkiye. | RELATED: | He made the remarks during a quadrilateral meeting with his Syrian, Turkish and Russian counterparts on the Syria issue in Moscow. The meeting marks the highest-level talks…

teleSUR (2023-05-10). Palestinians Respond to Israeli Attacks by Firing Rockets. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Gaza-based joint chamber of military operations of Palestinian factions claimed firing a barrage of rockets into Israel. | RELATED: | Palestinian security sources and witnesses said that over 20 rockets were fired, while explosions were heard near the border wall separating Israel and Gaza. | The Gaza-based chamber comprising armed factions operating in the enclave, including Hamas and the Palestinian Islami…

teleSUR (2023-05-10). Israel Evacuates Communities, Possible Gazan Retaliation. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Israel remained on a state of high alert in anticipation of potential retaliatory rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip in response to a set of Israeli airstrikes that led to the death of both militants and civilians in the coastal Palestinian enclave. | Related: | According to a report by the state-owned Kan TV news in Israel, more than 2,000 Israeli citizens residing in proximity to the Gaza Strip have been relocate…

Marc Steiner (2023-05-09). The 'Two-State Solution' masks a One-State Reality in Israel/Palestine. therealnews.com The debate on a just future to end the Israeli occupation of Palestine has often pivoted around the question of a two-state or one-state solution. In a recent article for

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-09). Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill 13, including 4 children. peoplesdispatch.org Tuesday's airstrikes come just days after an earlier round of Israeli bombing in Gaza in the aftermath of the death of Palestinian administrative detainee Khader Adnan, who had been on hunger strike for close to 90 days…

Maureen Clare Murphy (2023-05-09). Children "bear the brunt" as Israel targets Gaza homes. electronicintifada.net Netanyahu reportedly revives "policy of targeted assassinations."

Ahmed Al-Sammak (2023-05-09). Painful memories of May 2021. electronicintifada.net Israel is bombarding Gaza again — on the second anniversary of a devastating attack.

Maureen Clare Murphy (2023-05-09). Israel kills Islamic Jihad leaders in surprise Gaza attack. electronicintifada.net Resistance faction says senior figures were assassinated along with their wives and children.

Editor (2023-05-09). Talk World Radio: James Bamford on Israelgate and Nordstream. scheerpost.com By David Swanson / Let's Try Democracy This week on Talk World Radio we're discussing Israelgate and Nordstream. Our guest, journalist James Bamford, has a new book called Spyfail: Foreign Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, and the Collapse of America's Counterintelligence, and recent articles in The Nation, one called "The Candidate and the Spy," another "The Nord Stream Explosions: …

Staff (2023-05-09). Israel Kills 13, Including Women & Children, in Airstrikes Targeting Militant Leaders in Gaza. democracynow.org Israel launched surprise airstrikes in Gaza overnight, targeting three commanders of the Islamic Jihad militant group, who were assassinated in their homes. The attacks killed a total of 13 people, including the wives and children of the men. The Israeli attack broke a ceasefire that had been reached last week after a spike in violence following the death of Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan in Israeli custody. "As the occupying power, Israel has the obligation to protect the civilian population," says Phyllis Bennis, author and fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. "Instead, we're s…

Steven Sahiounie (2023-05-10). Palestine Is Boiling and Will Not Cool Down. globalresearch.ca

Ron Guy (2023-05-10). Ballarat Trades Hall marks Nakba, calls for justice for Palestine. greenleft.org.au Unionists at Ballarat Trades Hall Council (BTHC) marked 75 years since the Nakba. Ron Guy reports.

Staff (2023-05-10). 75 years of Nakba, 75 years of Resistance: Global Calendar of Actions and Events for #Nakba75. samidoun.net As the Zionist attack on Gaza continues, as Palestinian prisoners continue to fight for freedom, as the Palestinian resistance continues to defend the land and people of Palestine through over 75 years of struggle for liberation, return and victory — join us to take the streets to demand justice for Palestine, express our outrage, and …

Staff (2023-05-09). 21 May, Portland: Nakba75 — Resistance Until Reclamation Demonstration and Palestine Festival. samidoun.net Sunday, 21 May 1: 30 pm SW Park Ave & SW Madison St. Portland, OR Info: www.instagram.com/p/Cr9OQkTSIkY/ Join CSPP PDX, SUPER @ PSU, and the Palestine solidarity community on Sunday, May 21st at 1: 30 PM at SW Park Ave & SW Madison St. for a rally and festival on the 75th anniversary of an-Nakba, the catastrophe …

Staff (2023-05-09). 13 May, Seattle: Nakba75 — Resist Until Return! samidoun.net Cal Anderson Park, North Lawn Saturday, May 13, 12pm Seattle, WA Info: www.instagram.com/p/CrfD6xKr3Zw/ Join @super_uw, @falastiniyat, and @samidounseattle for a community gathering, rally, and march to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine—Al-Nakba— and create a space to channel our grief into action. We will uplift 75 years of Palestinian sumud (steadfastness) and unified resistance to …

Staff (2023-05-09). 13 May, NYC: Palestine Takeover for #Nakba75. samidoun.net Saturday May 13th 2 PM 72nd & 5th Ave Bay Ridge Brooklyn Info: www.instagram.com/p/Cr4Jt9XOmwS/ Samidoun NY/NJ will be joining Within Our Lifetime for this important event! Join us for a takeover of Bay Ridge, the heart of the Palestinian community in NYC, to celebrate Palestinian resistance, life, culture, food, music and the ongoing struggle for …

Staff (2023-05-09). Breaking News: Gaza under attack with repeated occupation air raids; resistance leaders targeted. samidoun.net As of 4: 50 pm Pacific time Monday, 8 May, occupation forces are currently targeting the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian people and the Palestinian resistance in attempted assassination raids, particularly targeting leaders of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine. Homes in Rafah, in Gaza City and elsewhere have been hit by Zionist missiles, leading to casualties …

Ramona Wadi (2023-05-09). Behind the faàßade of humanitarian aid and the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. thealtworld.com The humanitarian paradigm for Palestinians is not working, the UN should be informed. On the assumption that the Institution holds a shard of respect towards human rights. For several years, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), has been warning of a funding deficit that affects its provision of services. Recently, the World Food Programme (WFP)

Maximillian Alvarez (2023-05-10). Robin D.G. Kelley: Understanding police violence through racial capitalism. therealnews.com In 2001, Cincinnati police killed a 19-year-old Black man named Timothy Thomas, sparking an uprising that shook the city for four days. 19 years later, in the city of Minneapolis, local police officers killed George Floyd over an alleged counterfeit bill, catalyzing a nationwide rebellion. Much of the discourse surrounding racist police killings have focused on perceived flaws within the institution of policing itself, but explanations for the consistency and pervasiveness of police violence cannot be found within police departments alone. Police operate within a system of race and class-based segregation,…

Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. (2023-05-10). Chicago: Grassroots Organizing Wins Decisive Police Accountability Victory. popularresistance.org In July of 2021, after decades of grassroots organizing and pressure, the city of Chicago passed the Empowering Communities for Public Safety ordinance. As designated by the ordinance, 66 people were elected to represent 22 police districts in the council elections this year. They were inaugurated on May 2. The new council will oversee the police in Chicago. Clearing the FOG speaks with Frank Chapman, executive director of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, about how they built the grassroots power to win the ordinance, what it will do and the police response to it. Chapman said NAARPR…

David Cavendish (2023-05-09). 'Whole Process People's Democracy' in China: What does it mean? peoplesworld.org The expulsion of two African American representatives from the Tennessee state legislature recently is only the latest in what seems to be a never-ending series of attacks on democracy in the United States. Add to it the endless voter suppression tactics like racist purges of voter rolls, bans on mail-in ballots, restrictive voter ID hurdles, reduced …

Rick Rozoff (2023-05-10). NATO strike force exercise includes eight partners from Azerbaijan to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropeMay 8, 2023 Exercise Steadfast Cobalt 2023 concludes Steadfast Cobalt 2023, NATO's largest Communications and Information System exercise, wrapped up on Friday, May 5, 2023, at Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum, the Netherlands. Steadfast Cobalt 2023 is an annual exercise designed to prepare NATO Response Force (NRF) units…. "Steadfast Cobalt 2023 …

Jim Hightower (2023-05-10). The Supreme Court is Corrupt. Let's Fix It. otherwords.org When public officials get themselves mired in the muck of corruption, they can always count on Senator Ted Cruz to issue a moral judgment: If the offender is a Democrat, he pronounces the corruption inexcusably grotesque; if it's a Republican, he wails that the offender is the victim. | For example, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was recently caught (yet again) butt-deep in judicial immorality, taking hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of freebies from a Texas real estate baron who has both a partisan and corporate interest in Thomas' court rulings. | So, Cruz to the rescue! No judicial impropriety he…

Rachel Evans (2023-05-10). Knitting Nannas challenge anti-protest laws in NSW Supreme Court. greenleft.org.au Knitting Nannas and supporters were at the NSW Supreme Court to support Dominique Jacobs and Helen Kvelde challenge the undemocratic anti-protest laws. Rachel Evans reports.

Julia Rock, The Lever. (2023-05-10). New Documents Undermine Supreme Court Student Debt Case. popularresistance.org Newly unearthed documents show a major student loan servicer is projecting revenue increases even under President Joe Biden's debt cancellation plan — directly undermining the argument Republican officials are making in their lawsuit to block the measure. But conservative justices on the Supreme Court appear prepared to strike down the debt relief program anyways, disregarding the evidence and their own legal theories to fulfill the wishes of the dark money network that helped build their Supreme Court supermajority. | At issue is the concept of "standing" — a legal term for who is allowed to bring a…

Chris Walker (2023-05-10). The Supreme Court Could Soon Stop States From Being Able to Ban Assault Weapons. truthout.org The U.S. Supreme Court could soon issue a decision on whether state and local governments can legally impose bans on assault weapons within their jurisdictions. Ten states in total have bans on assault weapons and/or high capacity magazines. But a Supreme Court ruling on a case challenging Illinois's ban — which could, legal observers say, be handed down any day now — has the potential to render… |

teleSUR (2023-05-10). Argentine President Accuses Judges of Meddling in Elections. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Argentine President Alberto Fernandez accused the Supreme Court of meddling in the gubernatorial elections in the provinces of San Juan and Tucuman, which were scheduled for Sunday. | RELATED: | Latin America Celebrates International Workers' Day | "In a clear interference in the democratic process and in the autonomy of the provinces, the Supreme Court aligned itself with the opposition to anticipate what was foreseen as possible triumphs of Peronism," the Argentine Presidency said. | Previously, the Supreme Court suspended the elections in Tucuman and San Juan after accepting unconstitutionali…

Dana Sanchez (2023-05-09). Report: Mass Shooter In Texas With Hispanic Name Has Links To White Supremacist Groups. moguldom.com Eight shoppers, including three small children, were shot dead Saturday and seven others injured at a mall in Allen, Texas, by a 33-year-old with an AR-15 rifle who wore tactical gear and a clothing patch during the attack with the insignia RWDS, short for "Right Wing Death Squad." Texas had the most mass shootings of …

Ann Brown (2023-05-09). Rymir Satterthwaite Files Supreme Court Motion to Force Paternity Test: Jay-Z Is My Daddy. moguldom.com For more than 10 years, Rymir Satterthwaite has been trying to prove that hip-hop billionaire Jay-Z is his father. Now he's taking his fight to the Supreme Court. Satterthwaite, 30, has filed a motion to force Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, to take a paternity test. Satterthwaite filed a motion to unseal court …

Sharon Zhang (2023-05-09). Government Ethics Watchdog Demands Clarence Thomas Resign Amidst Scandals. truthout.org A government ethics watchdog is demanding that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas resign in the wake of numerous accounts of corruption and seeming right-wing conspiracies involving the justice unveiled by investigative reports in recent weeks. In a letter sent to Thomas on Tuesday, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) wrote that the "truly shocking" reports that Thomas… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-05-09). Republicans Defending Clarence Thomas Have Gotten Nearly $500K From Harlan Crow. truthout.org Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have spent recent weeks fiercely defending the deep corruption on the Supreme Court in the wake of major scandals involving several conservative justices, saying that reining in the Court is "unnecessary." A new report finds, however, that these lawmakers may be protecting their own interests as much as they're protecting the Supreme Court. |

Chris Walker (2023-05-09). Study: Without Reforms, Conservative Justices Will Run Supreme Court Until 2065. truthout.org A new analysis from a number of law and political science professors finds that, if current trends continue, the liberal bloc of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court will remain in the minority until at least 2065, barring any immediate reforms. The study sought to examine the potential outcomes of "court packing," or increasing the number of Supreme Court justices beyond the current nine in order… |

David Sirota (2023-05-09). Here's The Real Goal Of Supreme Court Corruption. levernews.com

teleSUR (2023-05-09). Let the Mexicans Choose Supreme Court Judges!: AMLO. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) announced that he will send a constitutional reform initiative so that citizens directly elect the members of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ). | RELATED: | During his morning press conference, he recalled that this proposal is not new since the Mexican people directly elected the judges in the time of President Benito Juarez, when the liberal Constitution of 1857 was in for…

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2023-05-09: News Headlines

WSWS (2023-05-09). Navy reservist and intelligence contractor sentenced to four years in prison for storming Capitol with Proud Boys. wsws.org Hatchet Speed, who spent more than 20 years in the US Navy as a cryptologic technician and intelligence analyst, was previously sentenced to three years in prison for stockpiling illegal silencers, which he planned on using in a kidnapping and assassination plot targeting Trump's political enemies and Jewish people.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-08). Our antifascist past must be our future, declare Zagreb's citizens on 78th anniversary of liberation. peoplesdispatch.org Thousands of people gathered on the banks of the Sava river in Zagreb to mark the 78th anniversary of the city's liberation from the fascist Usta≈°a regime and Nazi occupiers…

Staff (2023-05-09). Las 5 lecciones de vida para aprender de Nelson Mandela. telesurtv.net Mandela, cambió para siempre la historia de Sudáfrica, un país colonizado por los europeos y sometido desde principios del siglo XX al régimen del apartheid.

teleSUR (2023-05-09). "A Forced Decision", Putin Says on Victory Day. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, on Moscow's Red Square, Russia, the Russian President Vladímir Putin, gave a speech in celebration of the Victory Day, a day that commemorates the triumph over Nazi Germany in World War II. Putin spoke about the conflict in Ukraine; noted the importance of remembering the sacrifices made during World War II and honoring those who fought for victory and those who fight today. | Related: | During his speec…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-09). Two More Militants Of Azov Nazi Battalion To Face Trial For Killing Civilians. southfront.org Illustrative Image | On May 9, the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office of Russia reported that two militants of the Ukrainian Nazi Azov battalion will face the trial for the murder of civilians. | The Prosecutor's Office of the Donetsk People's Republic has approved an indictment in a criminal case against Ivan Bochkarev, a 24-year-old driver-shooter of the reconnaissance platoon of the separate special purpose detachment "Azov" and Dmitry Kanuper, a 23-year-old machine gunner of the first platoon of the rec…

Staff (2023-05-09). Victory Day? — The Grayzone Live. youtube.com Join Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate for a last minute livestream covering Ukraine's assassination campaign inside Russia as the country commemorates victory of Nazism, the anxiety among US foreign policy elites about Kiev's coming counter-offensive, the shifting diplomatic sands in Syria, and much more.

Israeli Activist Calls Out EU Commissioner's Racist Lies

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Alina Ramos Martin (2023-05-09). Venezuela celebrates the victory of the Red Army over fascism. plenglish.com Caracas, May 9 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro celebrated the victory of the Red Army over Nazi Germany, on the 78th anniversary of the triumph over fascism.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-05-09). Norway honors memory of Red Army soldiers. plenglish.com Oslo, May 9 (Prensa Latina) A solemn wreath-laying ceremony at the monument to the Soviet soldiers who liberated Norway from the Nazi invaders took place today at the Vestre Gravlund cemetery in this capital.

Anonymous349 (2023-05-09). Russia Will Win War Unleashed Against It: Putin Declares At Vicotry Day Parade. southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | On May 9, the annual Victory Day parade is taking place in Moscow's Red Square. The parade marks the 78th anniversary of the Soviet victory over the Nazis in the Great Patriotic War. | In his speech, President Vladimir Putin congratulated Russians on Victory Day, recalled the heroes of the Great Patriotic War and addressed the key ongoing events. | The President emphasized that the civilization is now at a turning point."A real war has once again been unlea…

Ursula von Der Leyen's Racist Comment on Arabs

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Miko Peled (2023-05-08). Settler Leo Dee and the Blood-Stained Israeli Consensus. mintpressnews.com Israeli activist Miko Peled argues that Leo Dee, father of two Jewish settlers killed by a Palestinian fighter, chose to participate in a bloody project of genocide and ethnic cleansing in Palestine and therefore has no right to speak of right and wrong.

WSWS (2023-05-09). The far-right violence in Texas. wsws.org The fascist gunman who killed eight people in Allen, Texas, was a supporter of antisemite Nick Fuentes, who was Trump's dinner guest at Mar-a-Lago last fall.

Robert S. Becker (2023-05-09). When do wary Dems take down the rightwing 'terrorist front' with a fierce battle plan? nationofchange.org Start by calling the Republican Party a terrorist organization, with unholy alliances to autocratic, racist extremism backing violent, fascist rule.

teleSUR (2023-05-09). Iran Strongly Condemns Israel's Airstrikes on Gaza Strip. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani strongly condemned the Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip earlier in the day. | RELATED: | He highlighted the necessity of an "immediate, effective, deterrent and coordinated" action by Muslim states to stop Israel's "crimes," after the Israeli attacks on Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) militants in the Gaza Strip that killed at least 13 people, including women,…

teleSUR (2023-05-09). Israel Kills 13 Palestinians During Airstrikes in Gaza. telesurenglish.net On Thursday morning, Israeli warplanes intensified airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, killing 13 Palestinians, including three leaders of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement (PIJ). | RELATED: | The Palestinian authorities reported that the Israeli airstrikes were carried out in the cities of Rafah and Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip and in Gaza City. | The Health Ministry in Gaza said that the killed in the attac…

Staff (2023-05-09). Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill 13, including 4 children. peoplesdispatch.org At least 13 Palestinians, including four children, were killed and dozens injured in the latest round of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza. The airstrikes, which started late on Monday night, targeted a number of residential and civilian areas in the blockaded Gaza strip. Israeli military sources claimed that only military sites and compounds belonging to the …

Ahmed Al-Sammak (2023-05-09). Painful memories of May 2021. electronicintifada.net Israel is bombarding Gaza again — on the second anniversary of a devastating attack.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-09). Israeli forces must be held accountable for killing of journalists: CPJ. peoplesdispatch.org According to the CPJ, in the last 22 years, Israeli defense forces have killed at least 20 journalists, 18 of them Palestinians. All the killings have taken place inside the occupied Palestinian territories…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-09). Israel demolishes EU-funded school in West Bank, draws criticism. peoplesdispatch.org EU funds had been used in the construction of the Jubbet Adh Dhib school in the Bayt Ta'mar village, east of the city of Bethlehem, which was demolished on Sunday despite a pending court appeal…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-05-09). Syria kills terrorist ringleaders, confiscates Israeli weapons. plenglish.com Damascus, May 9 (Prensa Latina) Syria's Security Forces on Tuesday killed two ringleaders of the Islamic State terrorist group (Daesh, in Arabic) and confiscated their weapons, some of which were Israeli-made.

teleSUR, jaa, SH (2023-05-09). Sube a 12 los muertos por bombardeo israelí a la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Sanidad palestino advirtió que la cifra de decesos por el reciente bombardeo pueda aumentar en las próximas horas.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-05-09). ONU pide a Israel respetar derecho de niños palestinos a la educación. telesurtv.net Según la ONU, al menos 58 escuelas que atienden a 6.500 niños enfrentan amenaza de demolición.

teleSUR, jaa, SH (2023-05-09). Sube a 13 los muertos por bombardeo israelí a la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Sanidad palestino advirtió que la cifra de decesos por el reciente bombardeo pueda aumentar en las próximas horas.

teleSUR, nama, JCM (2023-05-09). Comunidad mundial condena bombardeos de Israel en Gaza. telesurtv.net Varios países árabes junto con otros Estados, Naciones Unidas y la cancillería palestina pidieron a Israel detener la agresión.

teleSUR, jaa, SH (2023-05-09). Bombardeo israelí contra la Franja de Gaza deja nueve muertos. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Sanidad palestino advirtió que la cifra de decesos por el reciente bombardeo pueda aumentar en las próximas horas.

teleSUR (2023-05-08). Israeli Occupation Forces Launch Airstrikes On Gaza Strip. telesurenglish.net Israeli occupation forces launched airstrikes against the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, targeting Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) facilities, the Israeli military confirmed. | RELATED: | According to Al Jazeera news agency, citing the Palestinian Ministry of Health, at least 10 people have been killed, and an unspecified number injured in the Israeli airstrikes. | An Al Mayadeen correspondent reported that two residential…

Staff (2023-05-08). Headlines for May 8, 2023. democracynow.org Texas Gunman Kills 8 People, Including Children, at Dallas-Area Shopping Mall, Driver Plows SUV into Migrants in Brownsville, Texas, Killing Eight People, IDF Kills 2 Palestinians, Razes West Bank School as Dems Push Bill to Stop Funding Israeli Violence, Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Region Evacuated; Wagner Group Withdraws Bakhmut Retreat Threat, Over 400 Killed in DRC Flooding as U.N. Chief Points to Climate Change, Ethnic Conflict Kills Dozens While Tens of Thousands Flee Indian State of Manipur, Arab League Readmits Syria After 12-Year Suspension, Right-Wing Parties Win Majority of Seats on Commission to Rewr…

Ben Jamal (2023-05-08). 75 Years of Nakba: A Stark Reminder of Israel's Colonialism. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-05-09). Berlin police ban a series of pro-Palestine demonstrations. wsws.org The basic right of freedom of assembly is being repressed with increasing ruthlessness in Germany.

Mark Gruenberg (2023-05-09). East Palestine rail wreck prompts congressional re-regulation plan. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Sometimes it takes a disaster to get a bipartisan congressional majority to get off its ass and do something for the country. In this case, the disaster was the Feb. 3 East Palestine, Ohio, freight train wreck and its noxious aftereffects. On May 10, the Senate Commerce Committee will thrash out legislation to start re-regulating …

teleSUR, nama, JCM (2023-05-09). ONU suspenderá ayuda a cientos de miles de palestinos. telesurtv.net Se afectarán los vales mensuales de 10,3 dólares que recibían los palestinos, así como la entrega de alimentos.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-08). Canada's Hypocrisy: The Blood on Trudeau's Hands in Palestine, Yemen and Beyond. libya360.wordpress.com Karl Fluri Fellow comrades of the revolutionary struggle. It is with great outrage and indignation that I report to you the treacherous and criminal actions of the Canadian government. Once again, we find ourselves facing the grim reality of Canadian imperialism and its destructive impact on the world's oppressed peoples. From Palestine and Yemen to…

Staff (2023-05-08). Free Walid Daqqah: Palestinian prisoner confronting medical neglect and struggling for freedom. samidoun.net On Sunday, 7 May, Sana' Salameh, the wife of imprisoned Palestinian intellectual, writer and freedom fighter Walid Daqqah confirmed that he had been returned to Barzilai hospital two days prior, after he had been removed from the civilian hospital and returned to the infamous Ramleh prison clinic. On 12 April 2023, Daqqah underwent surgery to …

Staff (2023-05-08). Global actions honour the life and struggle of Khader Adnan, demand justice and accountability. samidoun.net One week after Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan's life was taken behind bars after 86 days of hunger strike, after he was deliberately denied transfer to a civilian hospital, blocked from release on bail and returned to the infamous Ramle prison clinic only one day before, actions and events around the world to honour the martyred …

Staff (2023-05-08). Former Palestinian prisoner Etaf Alayan launches hunger strike to demand the release of Khader Adnan's body and the detained martyrs' bodies. samidoun.net Former Palestinian prisoner and long-term hunger striker Etaf Alayan launched a hunger strike on Sunday, 7 May, outside the offices of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Al-Bireh, occupied Palestine, to demand the release of the body of Khader Adnan and his fellow detained martyrs in the occupation's morgues. "I will not stop …

Staff (2023-05-08). Palestinian prisoners under attack: Ahmad Sa'adat, Ahed Abu Ghoulmeh, Walid Hanatsheh transferred to isolation. samidoun.net Palestinian prisoner leaders are once again under attack inside occupation prisons today, as Zionist repressive forces invaded sections 5 and 7 of Ramon prison and transferred three prominent Palestinian prisoners to solitary confinement and potential interrogation in an unidentified location: Ahmad Sa'adat, the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; and …

Staff (2023-05-08). Over 160 Organisations, Political Parties, and Unions join the International Campaign Against Anti-Palestinian Repression in Germany. samidoun.net

teleSUR (2023-05-09). Putin Promises Victory in the War Unleashed Against Russia. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, President Vladimir Putin guaranteed that Russia will emerge victorious from the war that the Western countries and their ideology of supremacy have unleashed against it. | RELATED: | "I congratulate you on the holiday, on Victory Day. A war has been unleashed against Russia, but we have defeated terrorism, and we will cope with this. We will protect ourselves and Donbass. We want to see a future of peace, freedom, and stability," he sai…

David Sirota (2023-05-09). Here's The Real Goal Of Supreme Court Corruption. levernews.com

Staff (2023-05-09). Corte Suprema de Brasil aceptó las denuncias contra otras 250 personas por su supuesta participación en el intento de golpe de Estado. cubadebate.cu La víspera, la Corte Suprema de Brasil aceptó las denuncias contra otras 250 personas por su supuesta participación en el intento de golpe de Estado contra el presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva el pasado 8 de enero. Con esta última decisión, el supremo brasileño suma alrededor de 550 personas procesadas desde inicios de año por seguidores de Bolsonaro.

ecns.cn (2023-05-09). Fraud figures remain high in 1st quarter. ecns.cn Procuratorates nationwide approved the arrest of 10,923 people on suspicion of fraud in the first quarter of this year, ranking second on the list of all recorded crimes, according to the Supreme People's Procuratorate.

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-05-09). Justicia anula parte de reforma electoral de López Obrador. telesurtv.net Al conocer la decisión en contra de la reforma electoral, el secretario de Gobernación de México acusó a la Suprema Corte de Justicia de estar contra el pueblo. | La propuesta del presidente López Obrador busca modificarlas leyes electorales de comunicación social y de responsabilidades administrativas.

Editor (2023-05-08). The Troubling Case of Richard Glossip: After Unprecedented Bipartisan Support, Supreme Court Blocks His Ninth Execution Date. scheerpost.com

Staff (2023-05-08). Sister Helen Prejean on Richard Glossip's Stay of Execution: I Believe He Will Walk Out a Free Man. democracynow.org Oklahoma death row prisoner Richard Glossip's execution was stayed by the Supreme Court on Friday, marking the ninth time he had an execution date put on hold. Glossip has maintained his innocence throughout his 25 years of incarceration; his accuser has previously attempted to recant his testimony. In an unprecedented move earlier this month, Oklahoma's Republican Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed a joint motion with Glossip's defense team to halt his May 18 execution, saying he did not receive a fair trial. For more, we are joined in Oklahoma City by Sister Helen Prejean, one of the worl…

Staff (2023-05-08). Should Sen. Feinstein Resign? Why Aren't Media, Colleagues Talking Openly About Mental Competence? democracynow.org We look at the question of whether Senator Dianne Feinstein, who is on the Judiciary Committee, should resign due to mental deterioration, and how the media has failed to fully address the issue, with longtime Supreme Court reporter Dahlia Lithwick. As a result of Feinstein's current condition, "we're not getting judges confirmed at rates that we need to see," Lithwick says. This should lead to "soul-searching above and beyond competency to say, 'How am I hampering this institution from doing the essential work of government?'"…

Staff (2023-05-08). Can Anyone Hold Justice Clarence Thomas to Account for Secret Dealings with Billionaire GOP Megadonor? democracynow.org We speak with longtime Supreme Court reporter Dahlia Lithwick about the mounting evidence of apparent financial impropriety by the court's conservatives. ProPublica recently reported that Republican billionaire Harlan Crow paid two years of private school tuition for Clarence Thomas's grandnephew — payments that Thomas did not include on his annual financial disclosures. This comes after previous reporting revealed Crow also paid money to Thomas and his relatives in an undisclosed real estate deal, and that Thomas accepted luxury travel from Crow virtually every year for decades, while failing t…

Sharon Zhang (2023-05-08). Texas House Passes Bill to Allow Election Workers to Carry Guns at Polling Sites. truthout.org On Friday, lawmakers in the Texas House passed a bill that would allow certain election workers to carry handguns in a proposal that voting rights advocates say would decrease voter participation and create an atmosphere of intimidation at polling sites. The Republican-sponsored bill would allow election judges, or the presiding officer at a polling place, and some poll workers to carry handguns… |

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2023-05-08: News Headlines

David Miller, Mintpress News. (2023-05-07). George Floyd's Murder Reminds Us; Israel's Knee Sits On The Neck Of Black America. popularresistance.org Nearly three years have passed since, on 25 May 2020, four Minneapolis police officers were involved in killing George Floyd. Then, the iconic shots of Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd sparked a rejuvenated mass movement against structural racism in the police, specifically about using the "knee-on-neck" technique. The iconic photo meant that Chauvin became…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-05-08). How to Ignore Israel's Apartheid: Learn from Ursula Von Der Leyen. transcend.org 2 May 2023 – The EU boss should be ashamed about her use of anti-Palestinian racist tropes. She won't be.

Tanupriya Singh (2023-05-08). The enduring significance of Ruth First's life and words. peoplesdispatch.org The International Union of Left Publishers has released a collection of five essays written by Ruth First, a leading communist, anti-apartheid activist, and journalist, who was assassinated by the white supremacist South African regime in 1982…

teleSUR (2023-05-08). Rwanda: Search Suspended for 6 People Missing in Mine Collapse. telesurenglish.net The search for at least six artisanal miners who were reported missing after a quartzite mine collapsed in Kinazi sector, in Southern province, has been suspended, according to a Rwandan government official who made the announcement late on Saturday. | RELATED: | "After 16 days of searching for the six people who went missing in a collapsed mine, the government of Rwanda has concluded that the search activities had to stop due to the f…

ByoBlu (2023-05-07). Valentina Lisitsa in Concerto su Byoblu: Un Manifesto contro Ogni Forma di Censura dell'Arte. globalresearch.ca Valentina Lisitsa, la "Regina di Rachmaninov", pianista classica di fama internazionale, della "regina" non ha solo la presenza scenica, ma anche un magnetismo capace di catalizzare l'ascoltatore, di catturarlo tra le corde del pianoforte e di portarlo ad …

Jeff Tischauser, Jason Wilson (2023-05-08). Examination of Patriot Front Phone Data Delays Rousseau Trial. splcenter.org Idaho court records show that Patriot Front leader and founder Thomas Rousseau was granted a continuance Tuesday in his trial in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, after attorney Kinzo Mihara argued that the defense needs more time to process 4 terabytes of data the FBI has extracted from Patriot Front members' phones.

unitedEditor (2023-05-07). Statement on NATO from government officials; New projects in the electoral process; Reactions to US President calling the events of 1915 "Armenian genocide" uwidata.com As Türkiye is going through the critical last 6 days of the election process, candidates and parties continue their campaigns with rallies, statements, and promises. Statements regarding foreign policy also have an important place in the electoral process. The ruling party has joined the opposition in making statements about "good relations with the West". Foreign …

WSWS (2023-05-08). The March on Rome, Milisuthando and The Tuba Thieves: Most importantly, the rise of Italian fascism and how it's viewed. wsws.org The March on Rome includes much intriguing imagery and points toward certain historical truths. Overall, however, the film is confused and, in the end, quite wrong-headed.

Ben Jamal (2023-05-08). 75 Years of Nakba: A Stark Reminder of Israel's Colonialism. globalresearch.ca

Giorgio Cafiero (2023-05-08). The US and Israeli Role in Sudan's Path to War. globalresearch.ca

teleSUR, JDO (2023-05-08). Palestinos reconstruyen escuela demolida por soldados israelíes. telesurtv.net Naciones Unidas denuncia que en el primer trimestre de 2023 Tel Aviv demolió 290 estructuras en Cisjordania ocupada, con saldo de 413 desplazados.

Anonymous669 (2023-05-07). Israel Hands Over Jordanian MP Accused Of Smuggling Arms To West Bank. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Israeli Police, via Twitter. | On May 7, Israel released a Jordanian parliamentarian who was accused of smuggling hundreds of firearms to Palestinians in the West Bank. | MP Imad Adwan was detained by Israeli authorities at the Allenby Bridge border crossing while on his way to the West Bank on April 22. Back then, 194 handguns and 12 assault rifles were seized from the parliamentarian's car. | The Israeli security agency, Shin Bet, said in a statement th…

teleSUR, nama, JCM (2023-05-08). ONU suspenderá ayuda a cientos de miles de palestinos. telesurtv.net Se afectarán los vales mensuales de 10,3 dólares que recibían los palestinos, así como la entrega de alimentos.

Staff (2023-05-08). Over 160 Organisations, Political Parties, and Unions join the International Campaign Against Anti-Palestinian Repression in Germany. samidoun.net

Ken Blackman (2023-05-08). Remembering the Nakba via Folke Bernadotte's 'To Jerusalem'. greenleft.org.au As we prepare to join the global Palestinian diaspora in remembering the ethnic cleansing of 1948, Folke Bernadotte's personal story illuminates Zionism in action, writes Ken Blackman.

Staff (2023-05-07). Zionist settler runs over and kills a Palestinian child. youtube.com

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-05-08). Who Is Fighting Whom in Sudan? orinocotribune.com By As'ad AbuKhalil — May 2, 2023 | There are various ways in which we can examine the Sudanese conflict and its underlying causes. We can treat it as a purely domestic conflict between two warring factions and leaders who are vying for absolute political power. Or we can view it as a proxy war in which outside powers — regional and international — are fighting for the imposition of their own agendas on Sudan. | We can also borrow from the racist Orientalist tropes and assert, yet again, that the people of Africa and the Middle East have always been at war and that the West just wants to establish…

David Sirota (2023-05-08). Here's The Real Goal Of Supreme Court Corruption. levernews.com

Editor (2023-05-08). The Troubling Case of Richard Glossip: After Unprecedented Bipartisan Support, Supreme Court Blocks His Ninth Execution Date. scheerpost.com

Leah Harris, Liat Ben-Moshe,, Vesper Moore, Truthout. (2023-05-07). Psychiatric Incarceration Isn't Treatment. popularresistance.org The horrific choking murder of 30-year-old Jordan Neely by a white MTA rider on May 1, 2023, in the New York City subway sparked mass outrage, with demonstrators converging on subway stations while cops brought "force and chaos" to a vigil in his memory. The murder has put a renewed spotlight on carceral logics of the state that assume the disposability of Black, poor and unhoused people — in particular those said to be in "mental health crisis." | New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's response to Neely's killing deflects from the white supremacist violence and ongoing lack of accountability for the killer, and inst…

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2023-05-07: News Headlines

Mike Ludwig (2023-05-06). Trump Told Proud Boys to "Stand By." Now 5 Are Convicted of Felonies. truthout.org Former President Donald Trump famously refused to condemn white supremacists and told members of the neo-fascist Proud Boys to "stand back and stand by" during a 2020 presidential debate. When Trump tweeted that the January 6 "Stop the Steal" rally would be "wild," the Proud Boys believed it was their cue to organize a group of "real men" to be in Washington, D.C. on that fateful day. Now… |

Staff (2023-05-06). Take action: Tell Ontario NDP to apologize to Sarah Jama and stand in solidarity with detained Palestinians. samidoun.net Sign-on Action for Canada: Take one minute to send letter to the Ontario New Democratic Party (ONDP) asking them to stop succumbing to the Israel lobby. Insist the ONDP apologize to Sarah Jama and the Palestinian community, and join the human rights community in condemning Israel's detention of Palestinians and its occupation, apartheid and colonial …

Editor (2023-05-06). "Automated Apartheid": How Israel Uses Facial Recognition to Track Palestinians & Control Movement. scheerpost.com A new report by Amnesty International documents how the Israeli government is using an experimental facial recognition system to track Palestinians and control their movements. The findings are part of "Automated Apartheid," which reveals an ever-growing surveillance network of cameras in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron and in East Jerusalem — two places …

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Dr. Naomi Wolf (2023-05-06). Dear Friends, Sorry to Announce a Genocide: Dr. Naomi Wolf on the Pfizer "Confidential Report" globalresearch.ca The truth is: I've been rendered almost speechless because recently I've had the unenviable task of trying to announce to the world that indeed, a genocide — or what I've called, clumsily but urgently, a "baby die-off" — is underway.

Florence CGTN (2023-05-06). The state of Chinese Americans survey. america.cgtn.com Nearly three out of four Chinese Americans say they've experienced racial discrimination in the past 12 months, according to new research. Results from a nationwide survey of thousands of people, conducted by Columbia University and the non-partisan group 'Committee of 100,' show how almost …

John Pilger (2023-05-06). We must speak up before the propagandists get their war with China. peoplesdispatch.org Where are the voices that speak up against fascism, war, and propaganda, asks renowned journalist John Pilger as he surveys the past decade of dirty tricks perpetrated by the United States and its allies…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-05-07). Fuerzas israelíes asesinan a dos palestinos en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Israel ha estado organizando incursiones casi nocturnas en aldeas, pueblos y ciudades ocupadas de Cisjordania durante más de un año.

Staff (2023-05-06). Israeli arms manufacturer released a promotional video for its BlueWhale submarine. youtube.com An Israeli arms manufacturer released a promotional video for its BlueWhale unmanned, autonomous submarine on Wednesday. It will be another tool for the occupation Navy to harass fisherman off the coast of Gaza. Support independent watchdog journalism! www.patreon.com/MintPressNews…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-05-06). Palestinians Launch General Strike, Protests Over Adnan's Murder in Israeli Jail. orinocotribune.com

Ramzy Baroud, Mintpress News. (2023-05-06). European Cities Breathe New Life Into BDS Movement. popularresistance.org A succession of events starting in Barcelona, Spain, in February, and followed in Liège, Belgium, and Oslo, Norway, in April sent a strong message to Israel: The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) is alive and well. | In Barcelona, the city's Mayor canceled a twinning agreement with the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. The decision was not an impulsive one, although Ada Colau is well-known for her principled positions on many issues. It was, however, an outcome of a fully democratic process initiated by a proposal submitted by left-wing parties at the city council.

jacobin (2023-05-06). Israel/Palestine: New Wave of Repression Meets an Upsurge in Resistance. jacobin.com Tension is mounting as Israeli state repression and settler violence are being matched by an upsurge in Palestinian resistance.

Palestine Action. (2023-05-06). 33 Arrests; The Siege Continues Despite Police Repression. popularresistance.org An unprecedented 33 arrests were made yesterday at the site of the Palestine Action siege, as Leicestershire Police took disproportionate measures using unjustifiable force against individuals who had turned out in opposition to Israel's arms trade. The siege continues into its third day, a mass mobilisation against the UAV Tactical Systems drone factory in Leicester — owned by Israel's largest weapons company, Elbit Systems. | Leicestershire Police, having witnessed the speeches, workshops, dance, and community mobilisation that have characterised The Siege thus far, stepped in with all of the force at the…

teleSUR, DRL (2023-05-06). Ejército israelí hiere a cinco palestinos en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Casi todas las semanas, se informa en aldeas de Cisjordania de ataques de colonos israelíes de los cercanos asentamientos israelíes.

Palestinian Heritage Committee (2023-05-07). Sunday 5/14: Palestinian Cultural Day. indybay.org James P. McEntee Plaza | Santa Clara County Government Center | 70 West Hedding Street | San José, CA 95110…

WSWS (2023-05-06). Norfolk Southern conducted toxic chemical burn in East Palestine, Ohio without consulting federal authorities. wsws.org Also this past week, test results from two independent laboratories confirmed the presence of carcinogens in the surrounding soil, water and air.

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-05-06). The Kremlin Did Not Kill Itself: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | Your rulers do not care what race you are. They do not care if you are gay, transgendered or nonbinary. They do not care how many bullets you are allowed to have in your gun. They do not care whether you are allowed to have an abortion or not. They do not care if you are racist, sexist, ableist, ageist, xenophobic, homophobic, transphobic or fatphobic. They do not care about diverse representation in politics or media, and they do not care about any lack thereof. All they care about is that we all keep thinking, speaking, working, consuming and voti…

ecns.cn (2023-05-07). Top procurator will oversee Beijing fire probe. ecns.cn The Supreme People's Procuratorate said on Saturday it will supervise the investigation into a deadly fire that killed 29 people in Beijing on April 18..

WSWS (2023-05-06). More revelations of corruption on US Supreme Court. wsws.org The exposure of rampant corruption on the US Supreme Court expanded over the past week. While the scandal has centered on Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife "Ginni," the most brazen bribe-takers, it has increasingly implicated the entire court, including the chief justice and the Democratic minority.

DFAD & Global Center for Climate Justice (2023-05-07). Tuesday 5/9: Realizing American Democracy: Climate Justice & Voting Rights. indybay.org Online teach-in…

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2023-05-06: News Headlines

Staff (2023-05-05). Freedom to Learn: Nat'l Day of Action Targets Ron DeSantis, "Anti-Woke Cabal" over Book Bans & More. democracynow.org This week, protests were held across the United States against right-wing efforts to ban books and antiracism education in schools. Fourteen protesters with Florida's Dream Defenders were arrested Wednesday for staging a peaceful sit-in inside the office of Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis at the end of the state's legislative session, in which he backed efforts to ban abortion after six weeks, deny gender-affirming care for youth, roll back rent control, censor discussions of LGBTQ issues and Black history in schools, and crack down on immigrants and unions in his political crusade ag…

Rodolfo Bueno (2023-05-05). Raíces nazis del conflicto mundial. globalresearch.ca El racismo de Occidente es tan viejo como Matusalén, numerosos de sus pensadores intentaron demostrar que los anglosajones, los celtas y los teutones son de raza superior. | Rudyard Kipling, premio Nobel de literatura, escribió el poema "La carga del Hombre …

Amy Goodman (2023-05-05). "Freedom to Learn" Protests Target Book Bans, Right-Wing Attacks on Education. truthout.org This week, protests were held across the United States against right-wing efforts to ban books and antiracism education in schools. Fourteen protesters with Florida's Dream Defenders were arrested Wednesday for staging a peaceful sit-in inside the office of Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis at the end of the state's legislative session, in which he backed efforts to ban abortion after six… |

George Yancy (2023-05-05). Jordan Neely Is Being Blamed for His Own Death Due to Sanism and Racism. truthout.org The volatile and toxic intersection of anti-Black racism and our society's dehumanizing attitude toward people seen by others as "mentally ill" is on full display this week in victim blaming narratives surrounding the murder of Jordan Neely — the 30-year-old Black subway rider who was choked to death by a 24-year-old white ex-Marine on the New York City subway on May 1, as other passengers looked… |

Staff (2023-05-05). Guilty: Four Proud Boys Convicted of Seditious Conspiracy for Role in Jan. 6 Insurrection. democracynow.org Four members of the far-right Proud Boys organization, including former leader Enrique Tarrio, were convicted Thursday of seditious conspiracy for trying to keep Donald Trump in office by force after his 2020 election defeat to Joe Biden. The men could face decades in prison for their actions. A fifth defendant was found not guilty of seditious conspiracy but convicted on other charges. We look at the Proud Boys, their role in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and where the extremist group goes from here, with HuffPost senior editor Andy Campbell, author of We Are Proud Boys: How a Right-Wing Street Gang…

Staff (2023-05-05). Headlines for May 5, 2023. democracynow.org U.S. Sees Long Conflict Ahead in Sudan as Fighting Rages Between Rival Military Factions, Head of Russia's Wagner Group Says He'll Pull Mercenaries from Besieged Ukrainian City, Jury Finds Proud Boys Guilty of Sedition and Other Felonies for Jan. 6 Insurrection, Clarence Thomas Failed to Disclose Tuition Payments from Billionaire GOP Donor Harlan Crow, Conservative Judicial Activist Secretly Funneled at Least $80,000 to Ginni Thomas, Eight People, Including 6 Teachers, Killed in Pakistan Shootings, Serbia Pledges Gun Controls After Two Mass Shootings in Two Days Claim 17 Lives, Shootings in Georgia an…

midwesternmarx (2023-05-05). Odessa after the massacre: nine years later the wounds are still fresh. By: Steve Sweeney. midwesternmarx.com The west continues to ignore, downplay and misrepresent the trade unionists who were burned alive in Odessa's trade union building by Nato's fascist stormtroopers The burning alive of antifascist protestors in Odessa's trade union building on 2 May 2014 sent shock waves round the world. But the perpetrators of this heinous crime, far from being brought to book, have been rewarded with promotions and immunity. These are the 'democrats' our rulers are funding …

Michael F. Brown (2023-05-05). Kevin McCarthy endorsed by Israel's most famous racists. electronicintifada.net Republican House speaker cozies up to apartheid.

Anonymous669 (2023-05-05). In Video: Russian Lancet Loitering Munition Defeats Ukrainian Anti-Drone System. southfront.org MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA — JUNE 25, 2019: A ZALA Lancet-3 attack drone developed by Kalashnikov Concern on display at the Army 2019 International Military Technical Forum at Patriot Park. Marina Lystseva/TASS | The Russian military has successfully destroyed a Ukrainian Bukovel-AD anti-drone electronic warfare system with a Lancet loitering munition. | Video footage of the pinpoint strike surfaced online on May 5. The strike completely destroyed the system, which was reportedly deployed between the…

Anonymous669 (2023-05-05). Turkish Intelligence 'Neutralized' Wanted PKK Member In Northern Iraq. southfront.org Necirvan Seven as seen in a photo released by the Anadolu Agency. | The Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT) "neutralized" Necirvan Seven, a wanted member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), during a recent operation in northern Iraq, the Anadolu Agency reported on May 5. | Unnamed security sources told the state-run news agency that Seven joined the rural establishment of the PKK in 2015 and was active in the so-called Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Movement (YDG-H),…

teleSUR, JDO (2023-05-06). Rusia realizará Desfile de la Victoria pese a ataque ucraniano. telesurtv.net Tendrá lugar en Moscú y otras 28 ciudades. Se realizará bajo especiales medidas para garantizar la seguridad de la población.

Julie Varughese (2023-05-05). 'Anti-Black' Claim Raised About Cuba As Solidarity Activists Stopped at U.S. Border & Black Socialists Arraigned in United States for Collaborating with Russia. towardfreedom.org A 2-year-old argument about "anti-Blackness" in Cuba, which Black solidarity activists in the United States say has no basis in reality, has reared its head. TF editor Julie Varughese reports.

Robert S. Becker (2023-05-05). Confederate-style states' rights tantrums rise again—and will fall again to enlightened federalism. nationofchange.org Either federalism determines "self-evident" human rights, or the Constitutional republic model turns farce, with 50 different state law clusters.

Liberation Staff (2023-05-05). Fascists, cops, and politicians: Who will face justice for Jan. 6 attack? liberationnews.org This sanitized version of the story is designed to shield those in influential positions in the state from scrutiny over their own roles in the attack.

Editor (2023-05-06). Israel Is Using a Vast Network of Biometric Cameras to Terrorize Palestinians. scheerpost.com

teleSUR, JCM (2023-05-06). Fuerzas israelíes asesinan a dos palestinos en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Israel ha estado organizando incursiones casi nocturnas en aldeas, pueblos y ciudades ocupadas de Cisjordania durante más de un año.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-05-06). Palestinians Launch General Strike, Protests Over Adnan's Murder in Israeli Jail. orinocotribune.com

WSWS (2023-05-05). Israel's military deliberately brings Palestinian conflict to boiling point. wsws.org In the last days, security forces have killed at least four Palestinians they allege have killed Israeli citizens, without even attempting to arrest, formally charge them and bring them before the courts.

David Miller (2023-05-05). George Floyd's Murder Reminds Us: Israel's Knee Sits on the Neck of Black America. mintpressnews.com As the three-year anniversary of George Floyd's death nears, David Miller investigates the campaign to silence critics of Israel's role in training American police on the violent tactics of suppression meted out on Black Americans.

Ryan Black (2023-05-05). Arkansas Stiffs $500 Payment To Jewish Doctor Over Refusal To Pledge Not To Boycott Israel. progressivehub.net MATTHEW CHAPMAN | RAW STORY…

Staff (2023-05-05). Palestine Actionist arrested in Leicester, UK. youtube.com "Please let Palestinians know we stand in solidarity in the UK." The last words of a Palestine Action activist arrested outside a factory in Leicester owned by Elbit Systems, Israel's largest arms company. Support independent watchdog journalism! www.patreon.com/MintPressNews…

Staff (2023-05-05). Palestine Action lay siege to an Israeli arms manufacturer. youtube.com

Palestinian Heritage Committee (2023-05-06). Sunday 5/14: Palestinian Cultural Day. indybay.org James P. McEntee Plaza | Santa Clara County Government Center | 70 West Hedding Street | San José, CA 95110…

Sarah Jaffe (2023-05-05). Work Won't Love You Back: We Were Warned. progressive.org The East Palestine disaster is a reminder that rail workers' fight for safety is also a form of bargaining for the common good.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2023-05-05). Podcast Ep 76: The impossibility of the "two-state solution" electronicintifada.net EI editor Omar Karmi analyzes what comes next for Palestinians.

splcenter (2023-05-05). Supreme Court's abortion ruling disproportionately affects Black people with low incomes in the Deep South. splcenter.org

ecns.cn (2023-05-06). Top procurator will oversee Beijing fire probe. ecns.cn The Supreme People's Procuratorate said on Saturday it will supervise the investigation into a deadly fire that killed 29 people in Beijing on April 18..

Anand Naidoo (2023-05-05). The Heat: U.S. Abortion Controversy. america.cgtn.com Abortion rights are no longer guaranteed as several states across the U.S. limit access to the procedure. It was considered a watershed moment in modern American history. Roe v. Wade, a landmark Supreme Court decision in 1973, recognized the right to personal privacy including a …

Jon Queally (2023-05-05). Leonard Leo Arranged Secret Payments to Ginni Thomas Ahead of Voting Rights Case. truthout.org Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Ginni Thomas are under fresh scrutiny as yet another revelation, this one reported by the Washington Post on Thursday evening shows Ginni received tens of thousands of dollars in off-the-book compensation from a powerful right-wing nonprofit shortly before the group "soon would have an interest before the court" — a pivotal voting rights case. |

DFAD & Global Center for Climate Justice (2023-05-06). Tuesday 5/9: Realizing American Democracy: Climate Justice & Voting Rights. indybay.org Online teach-in…

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