BDS Coalition Canada. (2023-04-24). Environmental Racism And Corporate Colonialism Revealed At Canadian Bank. popularresistance.org Thanks to Canadian BDS Coalition member, Human Rights for All, for their solidarity at the Royal Bank of Canada's Annual General Meeting (RBC AGM) on April 5, 2023, in Saskatoon. | With vehicular access blocked and two snipers on the roof, at least 150 environmental and Indigenous rights activists rallied in front of the Delta Bessborough Hotel in Saskatoon where RBC was holding their AGM. | They were there to protest against RBC's putting 99% of their energy investments in fossil fuels. Since the Paris climate agreement was signed, RBC has provided over $270 billion to fossil fuel companies, with last year repre…

WSWS (2023-04-25). January 6 conspiracy trial: Prosecutor alleges Proud Boys saw themselves "as Donald Trump's army" wsws.org US Assistant attorney Conor Mulroe told jurors that the Proud Boys were a "violent gang" fighting to "keep their preferred leader in power no matter what the law or the courts had to say about it."

Lowkey, Mintpress News. (2023-04-24). Lowkey: The Ukraine Kill List And Weaponizing Anti-Semitism. popularresistance.org In this latest thought-provoking episode of The Watchdog, esteemed academic and public intellectual David Miller returns, this time delving into the covert tactics used by the powerful Israel Lobby to silence advocates for Palestinian rights. Drawing upon firsthand experience, Miller exposes the systematic campaign to force him out of Bristol University and the weaponization of the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism to stifle dissent. He reveals how academics who have dared to speak out against the Israeli government's policies towards Palestine face severe repercussions, including threats of termination and profes…

trtworld (2023-04-24). 'Charlatans distorting history': Türkiye slams US remarks on 1915 events. trtworld.com Türkiye objects to the presentation of the 1915 events as "genocide," describing them as a tragedy in which both sides suffered casualties. | 'Charlatans distorting history': Türkiye slams US remarks on 1915 events…

thecommunists (2023-04-24). The 'incremental genocide' of the Palestinians continues. thecommunists.org The following article is reproduced from Palestine Chronicle, with thanks. ***** I am writing this op-ed on 23 March 2023. Seventy-five years ago, on this date, the military command of the zionist leadership publicised Plan Dalet, or Plan D, which, among other guidelines, instructed the zionist forces, who were on their way to occupy hundreds …

Brenda Norrell (2023-04-24). World Governments Rattled as Indigenous Peoples Expose Atrocities at United Nations. indybay.org NEW YORK — Governments from around the world are rushing to defend their human rights records as Indigenous Peoples describe the atrocities — from the shackling of Aboriginal children in Australia, to forced police confessions in Vietnam, and cultural genocide in China's Inner Mongolia, during the 22nd session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

BDS Coalition Canada. (2023-04-24). Environmental Racism And Corporate Colonialism Revealed At Canadian Bank. popularresistance.org Thanks to Canadian BDS Coalition member, Human Rights for All, for their solidarity at the Royal Bank of Canada's Annual General Meeting (RBC AGM) on April 5, 2023, in Saskatoon. | With vehicular access blocked and two snipers on the roof, at least 150 environmental and Indigenous rights activists rallied in front of the Delta Bessborough Hotel in Saskatoon where RBC was holding their AGM. | They were there to protest against RBC's putting 99% of their energy investments in fossil fuels. Since the Paris climate agreement was signed, RBC has provided over $270 billion to fossil fuel companies, with last year repre…

WSWS (2023-04-25). January 6 conspiracy trial: Prosecutor alleges Proud Boys saw themselves "as Donald Trump's army" wsws.org US Assistant attorney Conor Mulroe told jurors that the Proud Boys were a "violent gang" fighting to "keep their preferred leader in power no matter what the law or the courts had to say about it."

Lowkey, Mintpress News. (2023-04-24). Lowkey: The Ukraine Kill List And Weaponizing Anti-Semitism. popularresistance.org In this latest thought-provoking episode of The Watchdog, esteemed academic and public intellectual David Miller returns, this time delving into the covert tactics used by the powerful Israel Lobby to silence advocates for Palestinian rights. Drawing upon firsthand experience, Miller exposes the systematic campaign to force him out of Bristol University and the weaponization of the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism to stifle dissent. He reveals how academics who have dared to speak out against the Israeli government's policies towards Palestine face severe repercussions, including threats of termination and profes…

trtworld (2023-04-24). 'Charlatans distorting history': Türkiye slams US remarks on 1915 events. trtworld.com Türkiye objects to the presentation of the 1915 events as "genocide," describing them as a tragedy in which both sides suffered casualties. | 'Charlatans distorting history': Türkiye slams US remarks on 1915 events…

thecommunists (2023-04-24). The 'incremental genocide' of the Palestinians continues. thecommunists.org The following article is reproduced from Palestine Chronicle, with thanks. ***** I am writing this op-ed on 23 March 2023. Seventy-five years ago, on this date, the military command of the zionist leadership publicised Plan Dalet, or Plan D, which, among other guidelines, instructed the zionist forces, who were on their way to occupy hundreds …

Brenda Norrell (2023-04-24). World Governments Rattled as Indigenous Peoples Expose Atrocities at United Nations. indybay.org NEW YORK — Governments from around the world are rushing to defend their human rights records as Indigenous Peoples describe the atrocities — from the shackling of Aboriginal children in Australia, to forced police confessions in Vietnam, and cultural genocide in China's Inner Mongolia, during the 22nd session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

Brenda Norrell (2023-04-24). World Governments Rattled as Indigenous Peoples Expose Atrocities at United Nations. indybay.org NEW YORK — Governments from around the world are rushing to defend their human rights records as Indigenous Peoples describe the atrocities — from the shackling of Aboriginal children in Australia, to forced police confessions in Vietnam, and cultural genocide in China's Inner Mongolia, during the 22nd session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

Alex Bainbridge (2023-04-24). Protesters say: 'Housing is a right, not a business'. greenleft.org.au "Build tenant power" rang out through the CBD streets in a housing justice rally organised by SEQUR — South East Queensland Union of Renters. Alex Bainbridge reports.

Alyssa Bowen (2023-04-24). DeSantis's Board of Education Nominees Are Steeped in Far Right Dark Money. truthout.org Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has made dominating public schools a signature issue in his efforts to appeal to his political base, with the help of school-focused groups funded by dark money donors. DeSantis has appointed far right activists with ties to dark money groups to fill the state's Board of Education, which wields significant power over the state's K-12 schools, including the power to… |

Chris Walker (2023-04-24). Tucker Carlson Is No Longer at Fox News, Company Says. truthout.org Tucker Carlson is no longer part of Fox News's primetime lineup of hosts, the company said in a statement. The far right host, whose program often amplified false, right-wing conspiracy theories, has "parted ways" with the network, the company announced on Monday. "Mr. Carlson's last program was Friday April 21st," Fox News said in a statement. Until a replacement is found, the time slot that… |

Avishai Ehrlich (2023-04-24). From the Protests to Palestine: The Far Right in Israel and the Left. socialistproject.ca Benjamin Netanyahu returned to the Israeli prime minister's office in November, backed by a coalition of religious and far-right ethno-nationalist parties. Since then, clashes between Israeli armed forces and Palestinians have escalated, due largely to increasing raids on Palestinian civilians and highly provocative armed aggression by Israel at the al-Aqsa Mosque. Netanyahu's government is additionally attempting to consolidate its control over the judiciary by claiming the right to appoint judges and constrain the courts' jurisdiction — a move that has sparked massive protests across the country. On Ma…

WSWS (2023-04-25). PSOE-Podemos government exhumes remains of Spanish fascist Primo de Rivera. wsws.org Spain's pseudo-left Podemos party is continuing without interruption the bourgeoisie's legitimization of Spanish fascist criminals of the 20th century.

Editor (2023-04-24). Chris Hedges: The United States of Paralysis. scheerpost.com The longer the corporate state erodes the social bonds that knit us to society and give us a sense of purpose and meaning the more inevitable an authoritarian state and a Christianized fascism becomes.

trtworld (2023-04-24). Palestinian shot dead by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank. trtworld.com The killing is the first in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in almost two weeks. | Palestinian shot dead by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank…

teleSUR, DRL (2023-04-24). Israel ataca de nuevo el sur de Siria. telesurtv.net Israel justificó los ataques diciendo que iban dirigidos contra combatientes aliados del Movimiento de Resistencia Islámica de El Líbano (Hezbolá).

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-04-24). Fuerzas israelíes asesinan a otro joven palestino en Jericó. telesurtv.net La muerte de Suleiman Ayesh eleva a 99 la cifra de palestinos asesinados por Israel este año.

Mothers on the March (2023-04-24). Friday 4/28: Free Palestine. indybay.org Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery | San Francisco…

Pedro Rodriguez (2023-04-24). Danish Defence: Why Is Christian Juhl the Only One Talking About Business Ethics? indybay.org Signed off and sealed: a deal by the Danish government led by Mette Frederiksen's Social Democrats and their coalition partners to purchase Israeli weapons systems produced by Elbit Systems has made little noise. There are a number of concerning ethical considerations that are generally being ignored, with only a few dissenting voices daring to break ranks.

C.J. Polychroniou (2023-04-24). Even as They Protest, Israeli Liberals Reject Solidarity With Palestinians. truthout.org Why are liberal Israeli protesters working with Israeli police to rip down Palestinian flags whenever anti-occupation activists attempt to raise them in the context of the widespread anti-government protests in Israel? There's a structural reason why the occupation of Palestine is absent from the mainstream liberal agenda of the protests, says Israeli academic and left-wing activist Idan Landau… |

Scott Ritter (2023-04-24). Middle East embraces Russia & loses trust in the U.S. | Forces in play in Sudan conflict. thealtworld.com On episode 31 of the show we are joined by Evgeny Satanovsky, a Russian economist, professor and orientalist, one of the leading experts in the field of politics and economics of Israel, as well as other countries of the Middle East. | He is the founder and president of the Middle East Institute. From 2001 to 2004, he served as the President of the Russian Jewish Congress.

Anonymous103 (2023-04-24). Military Situation In Syria On April 24, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On April 24, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded 1 case of hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On April 24, Israeli artillery attacked SAA position near Hadar town in Qunaitra; | On April 24, unknown assailants throw a stun grenade at the Asayish headquarters in Hasakah city; | The defense and intelligence chiefs from Syria, Turkey, Russia, and Iran will meet in Moscow on Tuesday, according to the Turkish Defense Minister…

Pedro Rodriguez (2023-04-24). Danish Defence: Why Is Christian Juhl the Only One Talking About Business Ethics? indybay.org Signed off and sealed: a deal by the Danish government led by Mette Frederiksen's Social Democrats and their coalition partners to purchase Israeli weapons systems produced by Elbit Systems has made little noise. There are a number of concerning ethical considerations that are generally being ignored, with only a few dissenting voices daring to break ranks.

Middle East Monitor (2023-04-24). Cementing Gaza's History by Sketching its Ancient Sites. juancole.com Mohammed Asad ( Middle East Monitor) — Gaza is a region we hear about often but how much do we know about its past and history? This is something architect Wala'a Shublaq is looking to change as she sketches ancient sites and helps Palestinians in Gaza reconnect with their past. The 27-year-old urban …

Kit Klarenberg, David Cronin (2023-04-24). Britain declares war on a slogan. electronicintifada.net Suella Braverman mulls ban on chanting "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free."

Middle East Monitor (2023-04-24). Cementing Gaza's History by Sketching its Ancient Sites. juancole.com Mohammed Asad ( Middle East Monitor) — Gaza is a region we hear about often but how much do we know about its past and history? This is something architect Wala'a Shublaq is looking to change as she sketches ancient sites and helps Palestinians in Gaza reconnect with their past. The 27-year-old urban …

channelnewsasia (2023-04-24). Juventus fans to be barred for racist abuse of Lukaku. channelnewsasia.com

Global Research News (2023-04-24). Selected Articles: Anti-Meat Propaganda Roundup: Drinking Milk Is 'Unsettling' and Racist. globalresearch.ca

Jason Wilson (2023-04-24). Fox Parts Ways With Extremist Host Tucker Carlson. splcenter.org Fox News announced in a press release Monday that they had parted ways with primetime host Tucker Carlson, effective immediately.

Staff (2023-04-24). What's Next in Legal Fight over Mifepristone? Supreme Court Protects Access to Abortion Pill for Now. democracynow.org The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday halted a ban and other restrictions on the abortion medication mifepristone, keeping the nation's most popular abortion method available for now as an appeal of the nationwide ban on the pill plays out. The ban was issued earlier this month by the Trump-appointed Texas Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who ruled the Food and Drug Administration's 23-year-old approval of the drug was invalid. The case is likely to end up before the Supreme Court again after making its way through a lower appeals court. We speak with Mary Ziegler, law professor at the University of California, Da…

cameron orr (2023-04-24). Building unity in the fight for reproductive justice. cpusa.org The following updated report was given to the National Board of the Communist Party USA on April 19th, 2023. When the Supreme Court overturned Roe last June, it said it was done with abortion cases and was leaving it to the gerrymandered state legislatures to decide on abortion law. States controlled by extreme-right GOP …

Rick Rozoff (2023-04-24). NATO trains Balkans, Caucasus, Eastern European cohorts for war with Russia, Serbia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropeApril 24, 2023 Think like the "bad guys" — Exercise Saber Junction 22 For every NATO exercise, there's a blue team — the "good guys" who come to train and test their skills — and the "bad guys", who put them to the test by taking on the role of the …

Rick Rozoff (2023-04-24). "Strategic communications during times of war": NATO's top military HQ hosts Ukrainian defense, security officials. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropeApril 24, 2023 Ukraine Strategic Communications personnel visit Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe Representatives from Ukrainian security and defence sector institutions visited Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) on Friday, Apr. 21, 2023, providing valuable insight into the role of strategic communications during times of war. The visit was part of …

David Sobelsohn (2023-04-24). Corte Suprema considera estratagema de 'libertad religiosa' para deshacer derechos laborales. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON — El 18 de abril, la Corte Suprema enfrentó un tema recurrente: øHasta qué punto los empleadores deben torcer las reglas para los empleados que, con base en sus creencias religiosas, exigen derechos especiales? En 2012, Gerald Groff tomó un trabajo en la oficina de correos como asociado de transporte rural ("RCA"). El trabajo …

David Sobelsohn (2023-04-24). Supreme Court considers 'religious freedom' ploy to undo labor rights. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON —On April 18, the Supreme Court faced a recurring issue: How much must employers bend the rules for employees who, based on their religious beliefs, demand special rights? In 2012, Gerald Groff took a post-office job as a Rural Carrier Associate ("RCA"). The job required that he substitute for career carriers as needed, including …

Dave Id (2023-04-24). In Shadow Docket Decision, Supreme Court Refuses to Rule on Mifepristone Ban. indybay.org The supreme court basically punted the issue of a mifepristone ban back to the 5th circuit, issuing a stay this afternoon with little word on what they are thinking. Why that took them so many days to do remains a mystery.

Jake Johnson (2023-04-24). Republicans Attack Abortion Rights Ballot Initiatives in Several States. truthout.org Last year, after the U.S. Supreme Court ended the federal right to abortion, voters in Kansas, California, Michigan, Vermont, Kentucky, and Montana used the ballot initiative process to show their support for reproductive freedom, both by defeating GOP-backed anti-abortion measures and approving constitutional amendments aimed at preserving abortion access. Those losses for anti-abortion… |

David Sobelsohn (2023-04-24). Supreme Court considers "religious freedom" ploy to undo labor rights. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON —On April 18, the Supreme Court faced a recurring issue: How much must employers bend the rules for employees who, based on their religious beliefs, demand special rights? In 2012, Gerald Groff took a post-office job as a Rural Carrier Associate ("RCA"). The job required that he substitute for career carriers as needed, including …

channelnewsasia (2023-04-24). US Supreme Court rejects computer scientist's lawsuit over AI-generated inventions. channelnewsasia.com

channelnewsasia (2023-04-24). US Supreme Court to decide if public officials can block critics on social media. channelnewsasia.com

Dave Id (2023-04-24). In Shadow Docket Decision, Supreme Court Refuses to Rule on Mifepristone Ban. indybay.org The supreme court basically punted the issue of a mifepristone ban back to the 5th circuit, issuing a stay this afternoon with little word on what they are thinking. Why that took them so many days to do remains a mystery.

channelnewsasia (2023-04-23). Lukaku's ban overturned in statement against racism. channelnewsasia.com

AROC (2023-04-22). Tuesday 4/18: Bay Area Communities To Rally and Demand No Aid to Israeli Apartheid on Tax Day. indybay.org Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery Street | San Francisco…

Cathy Peters (2023-04-21). Protesters urge Randwick Council not to fly Israeli flag. greenleft.org.au Randwick locals called a protest, with the help of the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network, outside Randwick City Council chambers to call on it reconsider flying the flag of an apartheid regime. Cathy Peters reports.

Manlio Dinucci (2023-04-22). Si Allarga la Ribellione all'Impero del Dollaro | Grandangolo — Pangea. globalresearch.ca La rassegna stampa internazionale di Byoblu | 95 ∞ puntata: | Mentre il segretario USA alla Difesa Austin convoca in Germania il "Gruppo di contatto per la difesa dell'Ucraina" per fornire sempre più armi a Kiev e alimentare la guerra in Europa, …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-21). Successive Governments in Ukraine Have Accommodated Nazis to Counter Soviet Nostalgia. libya360.wordpress.com Saheli Chowdhury Interview with Ukrainian Communist Dmitri Kovalevich Every Ukrainian government after the collapse of the Soviet Union has accommodated neo-Nazi ideology to wash away nostalgia for the Soviet welfare state from the collective memory of its people, noted Ukrainian Communist organizer Dmitri Kovalevich in an interview with Orinoco Tribune. "Nationalist and neo-Nazi groups were…

Brenda Norrell (2023-04-22). World Governments Rattled as Indigenous Peoples Expose Atrocities at United Nations. indybay.org NEW YORK — Governments from around the world are rushing to defend their human rights records as Indigenous Peoples describe the atrocities — from the shackling of Aboriginal children in Australia, to forced police confessions in Vietnam, and cultural genocide in China's Inner Mongolia, during the 22nd session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

Staff (2023-04-21). Catalan activists send a message to occupation profiteers on Palestinian Prisoners' Day. samidoun.net We are publishing the following statement from activists in Catalonia on direct actions for Palestinian prisoners' day targeting complicit businesses involved in the crimes against the Palestinian people: On April 17, Palestinian Prisoners' Day, graffiti and murals appeared on the headquarters of companies in Catalonia that profit from the genocide of the Palestinian people, such …

WSWS (2023-04-22). Spate of vigilante and police killings highlights fascistic character of BJP's rule over India's most populous state. wsws.org The fascistic "law and order" campaign being mounted by Yogi Adityanath, the saffron-clad Hindu supremacist who is Uttar Pradesh's chief minister, is meant to legitimize state criminality against political opponents of the BJP and the impoverished Muslim minority.

Apurba Chatterjee (2023-04-22). Perspectives] Visual representation, medicine, and imperialism. thelancet.com In 1945, just as World War 2 had ended, anti-fascist Bengali writer Premendra Mitra published the first short story of what was to become his science fiction series, Ghana da. Set in 1939, the story, titled Mosha, literally mosquito in Bengali, narrates how the protagonist Ghanashyam Das, alias Ghana da, saved humanity from the scourge of a lethal mosquito designed by a Japanese entomologist named Nishimara, who altered the salivary glands of the mosquito, rendering it more poisonous than a snake.

Apurba Chatterjee (2023-04-22). [Perspectives] Visual representation, medicine, and imperialism. thelancet.com In 1945, just as World War 2 had ended, anti-fascist Bengali writer Premendra Mitra published the first short story of what was to become his science fiction series, Ghana da. Set in 1939, the story, titled Mosha, literally mosquito in Bengali, narrates how the protagonist Ghanashyam Das, alias Ghana da, saved humanity from the scourge of a lethal mosquito designed by a Japanese entomologist named Nishimara, who altered the salivary glands of the mosquito, rendering it more poisonous than a snake.

Pedro Rodriguez (2023-04-22). Danish Defence: Why Is Christian Juhl the Only One Talking About Business Ethics? indybay.org Signed off and sealed: a deal by the Danish government led by Mette Frederiksen's Social Democrats and their coalition partners to purchase Israeli weapons systems produced by Elbit Systems has made little noise. There are a number of concerning ethical considerations that are generally being ignored, with only a few dissenting voices daring to break ranks.

Ali Abunimah (2023-04-22). Why the Saudis have called off their Israeli wedding. mronline.org After leading Israel's extreme far-right to victory in last November's elections, a buoyant Benjamin Netanyahu hoped to quickly resume Tel Aviv's march towards full normalization with Arab regimes.

KATIE (2023-04-21). Moody's downgrades Israel's credit outlook. Time to divest? bdsmovement.net

Aseel Mousa (2023-04-21). Israel delays treatment to child with lung disease. electronicintifada.net Eight-year-old repeatedly refused permission to leave Gaza for urgent care.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-04-21). Continúan protestas contra la reforma judicial en Israel. telesurtv.net La ley pretende otorgar la facultad al Gobierno de seleccionar los jueces que integrarán la Corte Suprema.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-21). News Dispatches from West Asia: Yemen's Historic Prisoner Exchange and Palestinian Solidarity with 5,000 Prisoners. towardfreedom.org The possibility for peace has increased in Yemen with a historic prisoner exchange between Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces and Houthi rebels. Meanwhile, Palestinians stood in solidarity with 5,000 Palestinians in Israeli prisons on Prisoner Day, April 17. Peoples Dispatch / Globetrotter News Service reports.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-04-21). Zionism in Crisis: Palestinian Resistance Forges a New Horizon. orinocotribune.com By Palestinian Youth Movement — Apr 16, 2023 | For too long, the global solidarity movement has only understood Palestinians as victims of Israeli violence. The current moment calls us to question the invincibility of the Zionist project and reassess our struggle. | Over the past few weeks, significant events have been unfolding across historic Palestine. January 7, 2023, marked the start of Zionist protests in response to proposed Israeli judicial reforms. In parallel, we have also seen an intensification of the ongoing settler colonial violence perpetrated by the Zionist entity against Palestinians —…

Staff (2023-04-22). 24 April, Online Event: Free Khader Adnan! Urgent Meeting with Randa Musa, Khader Adnan's wife. samidoun.net Join us on Monday, 24 April for an urgent meeting with Randa Musa, the wife of Khader Adnan, Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike for 78 days. Hear directly from her about how her husband's deteriorating health condition is affecting her family and join us in organizing to take action to free Khader Adnan now! RSVP …

youtube (2023-04-22). The Proximate Aspect: Francesca Albanese. youtube.com On the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination.

Workers World New York bureau (2023-04-21). International Al-Quds Day: Free Palestine! workers.org By Workers World New York City bureau April 14, 2023, New York City. WW Photo: Marsha Goldberg International Al-Quds Day is an annual pro-Palestinian event held in cities around the world, on the last Friday of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. It expresses support for Palestinian resistance and opposition . . . |

Staff (2023-04-21). Brussels events demand freedom for Walid Daqqah, Khader Adnan, and all Palestinian prisoners. samidoun.net Samidoun Brussels organized several solidarity activities on Thursday, 20 April to support two Palestinian prisoners, Walid Daqqah, the Palestinian intellectual, writer and freedom fighter struggling against a rare cancer after years of medical neglect; and Khader Adnan, the Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike for the past 75 days. They organized a solidarity action in Bethlehem …

Special to People's World (2023-04-21). CPUSA condemns white supremacist violence, whether by police or racist front-door vigilantes. peoplesworld.org Ralph Yarl, a 16-year-old Black youth, was shot twice on April 13 in Kansas City, Mo., by 85-year-old Andrew Lester after Yarl rang his doorbell. Yarl was released from the hospital on April 17. Lester faces charges of assault in the first degree and criminal action. Clay County attorney Zachary Thompson said, "I can tell you …

Esther Schrader (2023-04-21). 'Pivot Point': SPLC celebrates life of minister killed during civil rights protest. splcenter.org

splcenter (2023-04-21). 30 years after landmark Supreme Court hate crime case, prevention must be our focus. splcenter.org

WSWS (2023-04-22). US Supreme Court stays restrictions on abortion pill pending appeals of anti-abortion rulings. wsws.org On Friday evening, the US Supreme Court granted an emergency request from the Biden Justice Department to leave in place Food and Drug Administration approval and expanded access to a widely used abortion pill, pending the outcome of litigation over a ruling by a far-right, anti-abortion judge banning the pill.

trtworld (2023-04-22). First batch of evacuees from battle-hit Sudan arrives in Jeddah. trtworld.com Saudi foreign ministry says more than 150 people — including 91 Saudi citizens and around 66 nationals from 12 other countries — were among those who were evacuated by boats even as the army and paramilitary RSF continue to battle for supremacy. | First batch of evacuees from battle-hit Sudan arrives in Jeddah…

Dave Id (2023-04-22). In Shadow Docket Decision, Supreme Court Refuses to Rule on Mifepristone Ban. indybay.org The supreme court basically punted the issue of a mifepristone ban back to the 5th circuit, issuing a stay this afternoon with little word on what they are thinking. Why that took them so many days to do remains a mystery.

Reproductive Justice for All (2023-04-22). Alliance Defending Freedom is a Hate Group. indybay.org While the Supreme Court maintains full access to the abortion pill mifepristone until at least tomorrow, the anti-abortion group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) said the Supreme Court should keep restrictions on mifepristone in place as the legal battle over the pill plays out. The Southern Poverty Law Center has designated the ADF as a hate group.

Anonymous103 (2023-04-22). Military Situation In Yemen On April 11-22, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 66 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah in the past 24 hours; | On April 22, Mahdi al-Mashat, head of the Supreme Political Council of Yemen, congratulated the leader and the people of Iran on Eid al-Fitr in a telephone conversation with Seyed Ebrahim Raisi, the president of Iran; | On April 21, a civilian was killed in Saudi artillery attack in the Shada district; | On April 14, thousa…

Editor (2023-04-22). Supreme Court Decision Allows Abortion Pill to Continue Being Distributed by Mail. scheerpost.com

Staff (2023-04-22). Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos preserva el acceso a píldora abortiva. cubadebate.cu La Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos preservó el viernes el acceso de las mujeres a un fármaco utilizado en el método más común de aborto, rechazando las restricciones de los tribunales inferiores mientras continúa la demanda.

CounterSpin (2023-04-21). Rachel K. Jones on Mifepristone, Donna Murch on Rutgers Labor Action. fair.org CounterSpin230421.mp3 Washington Post ( This week on CounterSpin: The Supreme Court has briefly punted their decision on restricting access to medication abortion drug mifepristone. The American Medical Association

Betsey Piette (2023-04-21). Only a mass, united movement can push back anti-abortion attacks. workers.org On April 21 the U.S. Supreme Court issued a brief, unsigned ruling allowing the stay on the Texas judge's reactionary to stand while the matter reverts to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals — the court that ruled April 12 to limit access to mifepristone drastically by restoring all of . . . |

Sharon Zhang (2023-04-21). At Least 6 Supreme Court Justices Are Multimillionaires, Report Reveals. truthout.org A new analysis of financial disclosures shows that the majority of the nine justices on the Supreme Court are multimillionaires due in large part to their ability to leverage their power and connections to gain wealth on the bench, raising questions about corruption on the High Court as a scandal surrounding Justice Clarence Thomas's financial disclosures unfolds. According to a report looking at… |

Chris Walker (2023-04-21). In Light of Thomas Controversy, Durbin Invites Chief Justice Roberts to Testify. truthout.org Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has issued a rare invitation for Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to appear before the committee to discuss whether the Court's ethical standards need more teeth. The committee is planning to address the issue, with or without Roberts, on May 2. The decision comes as reporting from ProPublica has revealed… |

AROC (2023-04-21). Tuesday 4/18: Bay Area Communities To Rally and Demand No Aid to Israeli Apartheid on Tax Day. indybay.org Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery Street | San Francisco…

AROC (2023-04-21). Community and Activists Lock Down Israeli Consulate, Barricade Doors in Protest. indybay.org Dozens of Jewish and Palestinian community members and their allies have barricaded the doors to the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco. Participants have chained themselves to the front of the building, with slogans of "No Tax Dollars for Apartheid," and are poised to remain on the premises.

Cathy Peters (2023-04-21). Protesters urge Randwick Council not to fly Israeli flag. greenleft.org.au Randwick locals called a protest, with the help of the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network, outside Randwick City Council chambers to call on it reconsider flying the flag of an apartheid regime. Cathy Peters reports.

Anonymous103 (2023-04-21). How Truman's America Re-Nazified Germany. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by The first (original) Nazi Party was in Germany, but the ideology, imperialistic racist fascism (the lower-case "nazism" ideology, instead of just the original, upper-case "N" Nazi Party that was an example of it) can be in any country. | German racist-fascism or Nazism was organized by Hitler as anti-Jewish, anti-communist, and for a Thousand-Ye…

Anonymous103 (2023-04-21). Spain About To Send Naval Defense Equipment To Kiev. southfront.org Illustrative ImageThe measure sounds absolutely irresponsible as it could lead to new wave of escalation. | Written by In a rather irresponsible and provocative way, the Spanish government has announced a new military aid package for the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev, which includes naval defense equipment. As well known, naval defenses are items of high strategic relevance, and their s…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-21). Successive Governments in Ukraine Have Accommodated Nazis to Counter Soviet Nostalgia. libya360.wordpress.com Saheli Chowdhury Interview with Ukrainian Communist Dmitri Kovalevich Every Ukrainian government after the collapse of the Soviet Union has accommodated neo-Nazi ideology to wash away nostalgia for the Soviet welfare state from the collective memory of its people, noted Ukrainian Communist organizer Dmitri Kovalevich in an interview with Orinoco Tribune. "Nationalist and neo-Nazi groups were…

AROC (2023-04-21). Tuesday 4/18: Bay Area Communities To Rally and Demand No Aid to Israeli Apartheid on Tax Day. indybay.org Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery Street | San Francisco…

AROC (2023-04-21). Community and Activists Lock Down Israeli Consulate, Barricade Doors in Protest. indybay.org Dozens of Jewish and Palestinian community members and their allies have barricaded the doors to the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco. Participants have chained themselves to the front of the building, with slogans of "No Tax Dollars for Apartheid," and are poised to remain on the premises.

Cathy Peters (2023-04-21). Protesters urge Randwick Council not to fly Israeli flag. greenleft.org.au Randwick locals called a protest, with the help of the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network, outside Randwick City Council chambers to call on it reconsider flying the flag of an apartheid regime. Cathy Peters reports.

Anonymous103 (2023-04-21). How Truman's America Re-Nazified Germany. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by The first (original) Nazi Party was in Germany, but the ideology, imperialistic racist fascism (the lower-case "nazism" ideology, instead of just the original, upper-case "N" Nazi Party that was an example of it) can be in any country. | German racist-fascism or Nazism was organized by Hitler as anti-Jewish, anti-communist, and for a Thousand-Ye…

Anonymous103 (2023-04-21). Spain About To Send Naval Defense Equipment To Kiev. southfront.org Illustrative ImageThe measure sounds absolutely irresponsible as it could lead to new wave of escalation. | Written by In a rather irresponsible and provocative way, the Spanish government has announced a new military aid package for the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev, which includes naval defense equipment. As well known, naval defenses are items of high strategic relevance, and their s…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-21). Successive Governments in Ukraine Have Accommodated Nazis to Counter Soviet Nostalgia. libya360.wordpress.com Saheli Chowdhury Interview with Ukrainian Communist Dmitri Kovalevich Every Ukrainian government after the collapse of the Soviet Union has accommodated neo-Nazi ideology to wash away nostalgia for the Soviet welfare state from the collective memory of its people, noted Ukrainian Communist organizer Dmitri Kovalevich in an interview with Orinoco Tribune. "Nationalist and neo-Nazi groups were…

Anonymous669 (2023-04-21). In Video: Russian Loitering Munition Destroys American-Made Counter-Battery Radar In Donetsk. 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 | On April 20, video footage surfaced online showing a recent Russian strike with a Lancet loitering munition against an American-made AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder counter-battery radar of Kiev forces in the special military operation zone. | The pinpoint Lancet strike destroyed the radar, which was r…

Staff (2023-04-21). Hoy en la Mesa Redonda, "Antonio Núñez Jiménez: Centenario de un hombre de ciencias y Revolución" mesaredonda.cubadebate.cu Geógrafo, espeleólogo, arqueólogo, científico y revolucionario cubano, Antonio Núñez Jiménez dejó una obra que trasciende los tiempos y nuestras fronteras. Sobre su dimensión científica, humana y, sobre todo, su incansable labor por la preservación de la naturaleza hablarán este viernes en la Mesa Redonda especialistas y directivos de la Fundación que honra la memoria de este destacado compatriota.

Brenda Norrell (2023-04-21). World Governments Rattled as Indigenous Peoples Expose Atrocities at United Nations. indybay.org NEW YORK — Governments from around the world are rushing to defend their human rights records as Indigenous Peoples describe the atrocities — from the shackling of Aboriginal children in Australia, to forced police confessions in Vietnam, and cultural genocide in China's Inner Mongolia, during the 22nd session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

Staff (2023-04-21). Catalan activists send a message to occupation profiteers on Palestinian Prisoners' Day. samidoun.net We are publishing the following statement from activists in Catalonia on direct actions for Palestinian prisoners' day targeting complicit businesses involved in the crimes against the Palestinian people: On April 17, Palestinian Prisoners' Day, graffiti and murals appeared on the headquarters of companies in Catalonia that profit from the genocide of the Palestinian people, such …

ecns.cn (2023-04-21). Luneurs denies involvement in ice cream discrimination at Shanghai auto show. ecns.cn Luneurs, an ice cream bakery, on Thursday said it has never engaged in the BMW MINI's offline activities but is only an ice cream provider for the auto brand.

Apurba Chatterjee (2023-04-22). Perspectives] Visual representation, medicine, and imperialism. thelancet.com In 1945, just as World War 2 had ended, anti-fascist Bengali writer Premendra Mitra published the first short story of what was to become his science fiction series, Ghana da. Set in 1939, the story, titled Mosha, literally mosquito in Bengali, narrates how the protagonist Ghanashyam Das, alias Ghana da, saved humanity from the scourge of a lethal mosquito designed by a Japanese entomologist named Nishimara, who altered the salivary glands of the mosquito, rendering it more poisonous than a snake.

Apurba Chatterjee (2023-04-22). [Perspectives] Visual representation, medicine, and imperialism. thelancet.com In 1945, just as World War 2 had ended, anti-fascist Bengali writer Premendra Mitra published the first short story of what was to become his science fiction series, Ghana da. Set in 1939, the story, titled Mosha, literally mosquito in Bengali, narrates how the protagonist Ghanashyam Das, alias Ghana da, saved humanity from the scourge of a lethal mosquito designed by a Japanese entomologist named Nishimara, who altered the salivary glands of the mosquito, rendering it more poisonous than a snake.

Pedro Rodriguez (2023-04-21). Danish Defence: Why Is Christian Juhl the Only One Talking About Business Ethics? indybay.org Signed off and sealed: a deal by the Danish government led by Mette Frederiksen's Social Democrats and their coalition partners to purchase Israeli weapons systems produced by Elbit Systems has made little noise. There are a number of concerning ethical considerations that are generally being ignored, with only a few dissenting voices daring to break ranks.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-04-21). Continúan protestas contra la reforma judicial en Israel. telesurtv.net La ley pretende otorgar la facultad al Gobierno de seleccionar los jueces que integrarán la Corte Suprema.

KATIE (2023-04-21). Moody's downgrades Israel's credit outlook. Time to divest? bdsmovement.net

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-04-21). Ataque israelí deja dos heridos en el sur de Cisjordania. telesurtv.net El alcalde de Beita, denunció que los soldados israelíes irrumpieron en un barrio de la urbe, provocando enfrentamientos con los locales.

Aseel Mousa (2023-04-21). Israel delays treatment to child with lung disease. electronicintifada.net Eight-year-old repeatedly refused permission to leave Gaza for urgent care.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-21). News Dispatches from West Asia: Yemen's Historic Prisoner Exchange and Palestinian Solidarity with 5,000 Prisoners. towardfreedom.org The possibility for peace has increased in Yemen with a historic prisoner exchange between Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces and Houthi rebels. Meanwhile, Palestinians stood in solidarity with 5,000 Palestinians in Israeli prisons on Prisoner Day, April 17. Peoples Dispatch / Globetrotter News Service reports.

krish-rad_ind (2023-04-21). Canada Criticizes Russia's Bombing of its Neighbors: But What about Israel? palestinechronicle.com

Staff (2023-04-21). Brussels events demand freedom for Walid Daqqah, Khader Adnan, and all Palestinian prisoners. samidoun.net Samidoun Brussels organized several solidarity activities on Thursday, 20 April to support two Palestinian prisoners, Walid Daqqah, the Palestinian intellectual, writer and freedom fighter struggling against a rare cancer after years of medical neglect; and Khader Adnan, the Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike for the past 75 days. They organized a solidarity action in Bethlehem …

Special to People's World (2023-04-21). CPUSA condemns white supremacist violence, whether by police or racist front-door vigilantes. peoplesworld.org Ralph Yarl, a 16-year-old Black youth, was shot twice on April 13 in Kansas City, Mo., by 85-year-old Andrew Lester after Yarl rang his doorbell. Yarl was released from the hospital on April 17. Lester faces charges of assault in the first degree and criminal action. Clay County attorney Zachary Thompson said, "I can tell you …

Black Alliance for Peace (2023-04-20). Indictment of African People's Socialist Party Is a Racist Assault on the Black Liberation Movement. dissidentvoice.org The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) unequivocally condemns and opposes the recent indictment of four members of the African People's Socialist Party (APSP), alongside three Russian nationals. The unsealed indictment states that on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, a federal grand jury in Tampa, Florida, levied charges of "conspiring to covertly sow discord in U.S. society, …

Esther Schrader (2023-04-21). 'Pivot Point': SPLC celebrates life of minister killed during civil rights protest. splcenter.org

splcenter (2023-04-21). 30 years after landmark Supreme Court hate crime case, prevention must be our focus. splcenter.org

channelnewsasia (2023-04-22). US Supreme Court preserves broad access to abortion pill. channelnewsasia.com

Dave Id (2023-04-21). In Shadow Docket Decision, Supreme Court Refuses to Rule on Mifepristone Ban. indybay.org The supreme court basically punted the issue of a mifepristone ban back to the 5th circuit, issuing a stay this afternoon with little word on what they are thinking. Why that took them so many days to do remains a mystery.

Reproductive Justice for All (2023-04-21). Alliance Defending Freedom is a Hate Group. indybay.org While the Supreme Court maintains full access to the abortion pill mifepristone until at least tomorrow, the anti-abortion group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) said the Supreme Court should keep restrictions on mifepristone in place as the legal battle over the pill plays out. The Southern Poverty Law Center has designated the ADF as a hate group.

Sharon Zhang (2023-04-21). At Least 6 Supreme Court Justices Are Multimillionaires, Report Reveals. truthout.org A new analysis of financial disclosures shows that the majority of the nine justices on the Supreme Court are multimillionaires due in large part to their ability to leverage their power and connections to gain wealth on the bench, raising questions about corruption on the High Court as a scandal surrounding Justice Clarence Thomas's financial disclosures unfolds. According to a report looking at… |

Chris Walker (2023-04-21). In Light of Thomas Controversy, Durbin Invites Chief Justice Roberts to Testify. truthout.org Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has issued a rare invitation for Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to appear before the committee to discuss whether the Court's ethical standards need more teeth. The committee is planning to address the issue, with or without Roberts, on May 2. The decision comes as reporting from ProPublica has revealed… |

WSWS (2023-04-21). US Supreme Court declines to hear case of Texas prisoner held in solitary confinement for 27 years. wsws.org The nation's high court declined to hear Dennis Hope's appeal of a Court of Appeals decision to dismiss his Eighth Amendment challenge to his imprisonment in solitary confinement for nearly three decades.

teleSUR, nama -DRL (2023-04-21). Declarará en Brasil exministro aparecido en video golpista. telesurtv.net El juez del Supremo instó al Gobierno a que informe acerca de los interrogatorios a los implicados del 8 de enero.

CounterSpin (2023-04-21). Rachel K. Jones on Mifepristone, Donna Murch on Rutgers Labor Action. fair.org CounterSpin230421.mp3 Washington Post ( This week on CounterSpin: The Supreme Court has briefly punted their decision on restricting access to medication abortion drug mifepristone. The American Medical Association

Jeffrey D. Sachs, Consortium News. (2023-04-21). The Need For A New US Foreign Policy. popularresistance.org U.S. foreign policy is based on an inherent contradiction and fatal flaw. The aim of U.S. foreign policy is a U.S.-dominated world, in which the U.S. writes the global trade and financial rules, controls advanced technologies, maintains militarily supremacy and dominates all potential competitors. Unless U.S. foreign policy is changed to recognize the need for a multipolar world, it will lead to more wars, and possibly World War III. | The inherent contradiction in U.S. foreign policy is that it conflicts with the U.N. Charter, which commits the U.S. (and all other U.N. member states) to a global system based on…

Zane McNeill (2023-04-20). Tennessee Education Bill Would Ban Discussion of Systemic Racism at Colleges. truthout.org Shortly after Democratic state Representatives Justin Jones and Justin J. Pearson were sworn back into office on Tuesday, the Tennessee legislature passed a bill that would limit discussions on race on college campuses across the state. House Bill 1376, also known as the Tennessee Higher Education Freedom of Expression Act, would ban the discussion of 16 "divisive concepts… |

Atlanta Antifascists. (2023-04-20). Inside Southern Sons Active Club; Part I. popularresistance.org In January, we began infiltrating the Southern Sons Active Club (SSAC), a racist group operating in the Carolinas and in Georgia that is part of the broader "Active Club" network. With this two-part report, we identify twelve SSAC members and two former members. We also discuss a Georgia participant in the "Revolutionary White Brotherhood" (formerly "Blood and Soil Crew"), a regional neo-Nazi youth group with close ties to SSAC. We document SSAC's ties to a white supremacist now facing charges for his part in a bank robbery conspiracy. In another instance of the club attracting violence-prone neo-Nazis, we discus…

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-04-20). Vandana Shiva: El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista. indybay.org Vandana Shiva: "El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista"

AROC (2023-04-20). Community and Activists Lock Down Israeli Consulate, Barricade Doors in Protest. indybay.org Dozens of Jewish and Palestinian community members and their allies have barricaded the doors to the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco. Participants have chained themselves to the front of the building, with slogans of "No Tax Dollars for Apartheid," and are poised to remain on the premises.

AROC (2023-04-20). Tuesday 4/18: Bay Area Communities To Rally and Demand No Aid to Israeli Apartheid on Tax Day. indybay.org Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery Street | San Francisco…

Staff (2023-04-19). The Justice & the Billionaire: Clarence Thomas Failed to Disclose Real Estate Deal with GOP Megadonor. democracynow.org Calls continue to grow for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to step down or to be impeached, after ProPublica uncovered more damning information about his relationship with Republican megadonor Harlan Crow. According to the new report, Thomas and his family sold a house and two vacant lots in Savannah, Georgia, to Crow for around $130,000 but never disclosed the sale, which appears to be a violation of the 1978 Ethics in Government Act. In addition to being a major benefactor to Thomas and the GOP, Crow is also an avid collector of Nazi memorabilia, including a copy of Mein Kampf signed by Hitler, paintings…

Zane McNeill (2023-04-20). Tennessee Education Bill Would Ban Discussion of Systemic Racism at Colleges. truthout.org Shortly after Democratic state Representatives Justin Jones and Justin J. Pearson were sworn back into office on Tuesday, the Tennessee legislature passed a bill that would limit discussions on race on college campuses across the state. House Bill 1376, also known as the Tennessee Higher Education Freedom of Expression Act, would ban the discussion of 16 "divisive concepts… |

Atlanta Antifascists. (2023-04-20). Inside Southern Sons Active Club; Part I. popularresistance.org In January, we began infiltrating the Southern Sons Active Club (SSAC), a racist group operating in the Carolinas and in Georgia that is part of the broader "Active Club" network. With this two-part report, we identify twelve SSAC members and two former members. We also discuss a Georgia participant in the "Revolutionary White Brotherhood" (formerly "Blood and Soil Crew"), a regional neo-Nazi youth group with close ties to SSAC. We document SSAC's ties to a white supremacist now facing charges for his part in a bank robbery conspiracy. In another instance of the club attracting violence-prone neo-Nazis, we discus…

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-04-20). Vandana Shiva: El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista. indybay.org Vandana Shiva: "El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista"

AROC (2023-04-20). Community and Activists Lock Down Israeli Consulate, Barricade Doors in Protest. indybay.org Dozens of Jewish and Palestinian community members and their allies have barricaded the doors to the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco. Participants have chained themselves to the front of the building, with slogans of "No Tax Dollars for Apartheid," and are poised to remain on the premises.

AROC (2023-04-20). Tuesday 4/18: Bay Area Communities To Rally and Demand No Aid to Israeli Apartheid on Tax Day. indybay.org Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery Street | San Francisco…

Staff (2023-04-19). The Justice & the Billionaire: Clarence Thomas Failed to Disclose Real Estate Deal with GOP Megadonor. democracynow.org Calls continue to grow for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to step down or to be impeached, after ProPublica uncovered more damning information about his relationship with Republican megadonor Harlan Crow. According to the new report, Thomas and his family sold a house and two vacant lots in Savannah, Georgia, to Crow for around $130,000 but never disclosed the sale, which appears to be a violation of the 1978 Ethics in Government Act. In addition to being a major benefactor to Thomas and the GOP, Crow is also an avid collector of Nazi memorabilia, including a copy of Mein Kampf signed by Hitler, paintings…

H. Scott Prosterman (2023-04-19). Clarence Thomas is Corrupt to the Core, and We should have Listened to Anita Hill. juancole.com Oakland, Ca. (Feature; Special to Informed Comment) — Clarence and Ginni Thomas have been the "King and Queen of Conflict of Interest" since his controversial confirmation. The extent and brazenness of Thomas' public graft is astonishing. His long-time benefactor and "sponsor" Harlan Crow is no garden variety Republican donor or "kingmaker," but a Nazi-loving, autocrat-worshipping, …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-20). Ukraine: Stalemate in an Attritional War? libya360.wordpress.com M. K. Bhadrakumar Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) arrives at the Headquarters of the Dnepr Group of Forces, Kherson Oblast, April 17, 2023 The Russian President Vladimir Putin travelled to the country's "new territories" of Lugansk and Kherson/Zaporozhye Regions on Monday to assess the military situation. The countdown has begun for the Ukrainian "counterattack". The arrival of Patriot missile system in…

Craig Murray (2023-04-19). Snowden and Texeira: Ten years of disaster. mronline.org Jack Texeira is at the centre of this puzzle but remains the missing piece. We have heard nothing from him. A rather unconvincing interview with a suspiciously fluent, pixeled out acquaintance grassing him up to the Washington Post stated that he was a right wing patriot.

trtworld (2023-04-20). Report says Islamophobia on the rise in Canada, women more vulnerable. trtworld.com Initial findings from a Canadian Senate committee said far-right and anti-Muslim hate groups are growing and so too are incidents of hate. | Report says Islamophobia on the rise in Canada, women more vulnerable…

Chris Walker (2023-04-19). Trump Remains Most Likely to Win GOP 2024 Nod, as DeSantis's Numbers Fizzle Out. truthout.org Republican presidential hopefuls face an increasingly uphill battle to beat former President Donald Trump in the GOP primaries — including far right Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Florida), who was once considered a leading candidate for the GOP's 2024 presidential nomination. Though DeSantis has not yet formally declared himself a candidate, many believe that an upcoming campaign announcement is all but… |

Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik (2023-04-19). Paying $787.7 million won't stop Fox, America's powerful fascist news network. peoplesworld.org WILMINGTON, Del.—Fox News's huge payment to Dominion Voting Systems to settle Dominion's libel suit over Fox's deliberate lies about the firm's voting machines in the 2020 election is an admission of guilt by Fox and "a ringing endorsement for truth and democracy," attorneys for Dominion say. The reality, however, is that the amount Fox has …

Middle East Monitor (2023-04-20). In its First 100 Days, Israel's New Netanyahu Gov't Crashes and Burns. juancole.com Dr Adnan Abu Amer AdnanAbuAmer2 ( Middle East Monitor ) — The deteriorating security situation has given Israelis a great opportunity to list the failures of the new government 100 days after its formation. Members of the current coalition admit that many electoral plans and promises have not yet been fulfilled, and it is not clear …

Staff (2023-04-20). Khader Adnan 'Near Death' in Israeli Detention: Urgent call from Randa Musa, Khader Adnan's wife. samidoun.net Randa Musa, the wife of Khader Adnan, the Palestinian prisoner currently on his 75th day of hunger strike, issued the following urgent call to action to the people of the world. On Thursday, 20 April, the Israeli occupation military court once again postponed the hearing on his release, ordering yet another report on his medical …

Ramzy Baroud (2023-04-20). The Israel-Palestine Conflict: How the Palestinian Resistance Is Changing the Equation. mintpressnews.com When Israel launched a war against the Gaza Strip in August 2022, it Israel rarely distinguishes between one Palestinian group and another. For Tel Aviv, any Palestinian Resistance is a form of terrorism or, at best, incitement. Targeting one group and excluding other supposedly 'terrorist groups' exposes a degree…

Anonymous (2023-04-19). Video: The struggle for Masafer Yatta. electronicintifada.net Residents of villages that Israel plans to destroy say they won't leave no matter what.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-04-19). The Palestinian Resistance Are a Refugee Resistance, This Is Purposely Ignored. orinocotribune.com By Robert Inlakesh — Apr 15, 2023 | The question of refugees is a core component to the Palestinian cause for national liberation, there can be no explanation for the armed resistance without understanding this key element. | After rocket-fire from Lebanon, in response to Israeli assaults on worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque, reports began to emerge about "militants" that had opened fire on "Israel". This reporting came as Palestinian groups were blamed for the rocket fire, which no group has yet claimed. What is important here however, is how the Palestinian resistance has been framed, to label them as "militan…

Tamara Nassar (2023-04-19). Why is Israel arbitrarily detaining a US senior citizen? electronicintifada.net Khader Adnan refusing food in protest for more than 70 days.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-04-19). Ocho palestinos resultan heridos por fuerzas israelíes. telesurtv.net Intensos enfrentamientos surgieron entre las fuerzas israelíes y los palestinos durante la incursión en el campamento.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-04-19). Presidente palestino realiza visita oficial a Arabia Saudita. telesurtv.net La estancia de Mahmoud Abbas coincide con una visita de una delegación del Movimiento de Resistencia Islámica (Hamás).

_____ (2023-04-19). Is the U.S. Finally Losing Influence in the Middle East? strategic-culture.org By Melvin GOODMAN | Fifty years ago, in the wake of the October War of 1973, the United States emerged as the principal outside actor in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger conducted the peace talks between Israel and Egypt as well as between Israel and Syria, and made sure that his counterpart—Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko—was excluded from the step-by-step process. Kissinger rightfully boasted about expelling the Soviet Union from the Middle East, where no European states were important and China played no role. | Fast forward to the present, and it is the Unit…

_____ (2023-04-19). Struggle for Power and Control in Sudan May Lead to Civil War. strategic-culture.org The situation today in Sudan should be a wake-up call to the Syrian opposition calling for normalization with Israel. | Sudan's capital Khartoum has turned into a Al Shar…

Roger McKenzie (2023-04-19). Mideast peace? China offers to mediate between Israel and Palestine. peoplesworld.org China's foreign minister told his Israeli and Palestinian counterparts that his country is ready to help facilitate the first peace talks between the two sides in more than a decade. In separate phone calls to the two officials on Monday, Qin Gang expressed China's concern over intensifying tensions between Israel and Palestinians and its support …

Jim Hightower (2023-04-19). Beware of Creeping Autocracy. otherwords.org It's always instructive to hear powerful political officials declare that in the name of democracy, they must usurp the people's democratic authority. | This has become all too common, as even so-called democratic regimes in France and Israel have infuriated their people by trying to ram vastly unpopular, anti-democratic schemes into law by executive fiat. | Luckily, though, our U.S. of A remains committed to the people's rule, right? Moreover, our leaders agree that local government is best, for it is closest to the people, right? | Uh, no… and no. | As the once-conservative Republican Party has turned extremi…

Dana Drugmand (2023-04-19). New Report Finds Widespread Toxic Vinyl Chloride Pollution Beyond East Palestine. truthout.org This story was originally published by The New Lede. When a Norfolk Southern train transporting hazardous material derailed in East Palestine, Ohio on February 3, the subsequent release and explosion of chemicals fouled the air and exposed the community to a toxic cocktail of contaminants, including a substance known to cause cancer called vinyl chloride. More than two months later… |

Black Alliance for Peace (2023-04-20). Indictment of African People's Socialist Party Is a Racist Assault on the Black Liberation Movement. dissidentvoice.org The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) unequivocally condemns and opposes the recent indictment of four members of the African People's Socialist Party (APSP), alongside three Russian nationals. The unsealed indictment states that on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, a federal grand jury in Tampa, Florida, levied charges of "conspiring to covertly sow discord in U.S. society, …

Ben Bartee (2023-04-20). Anti-Meat Propaganda Roundup: Drinking Milk Is 'Unsettling' and Racist. globalresearch.ca

krish-rad_ind (2023-04-20). This new Texas Anti-Immigration Proposal Is Flagrantly Racist. progressive.org

splcenter (2023-04-19). 30 Years Later: Waco and Extremism. splcenter.org Thirty years ago today, on April 19, 1993, 76 people died at the conclusion of a 51-day siege outside Waco, Texas. The dead, including 25 children, were members of the Branch Davidian sect, some of whom federal agencies were pursuing for firearms offenses. At the time of the siege, sect leader David Koresh was also accused of child abuse.

Mariel Padilla (2023-04-20). SCOTUS: Mifepristone to Remain Available Without Tightened Restrictions, for Now. truthout.org This story was originally published by The 19th. A Supreme Court ruling Wednesday will allow abortion care providers to continue providing mifepristone — one of two drugs used for medication abortion — as usual, despite recent efforts from anti-abortion groups to restrict access. With Wednesday's decision, which extends a stay on a previous ruling out of Texas, mifepristone can be used for… |

ecns.cn (2023-04-20). Chinese courts receive over 520,000 IPR cases in 2022. ecns.cn Courts across China received 526,165 cases related to intellectual property rights (IPR) in 2022, the Supreme People's Court (SPC) said Thursday.

Staff (2023-04-20). Headlines for April 20, 2023. democracynow.org Sudan's Humanitarian Crisis Worsens as Rival Military Factions Battle for Sixth Day, Dozens Killed, Over 100 Injured by Crowd Crush in Yemen's Capital, U.N. Warns 50 Million Across West and Central Africa at Risk of Hunger, Climate Crisis Fuels Deadly Heat Wave Across Much of Asia, Research Finds Air Pollution Harms Human Health at Every Stage of Life, Study Finds African Americans Live Longer in Counties with More Black Doctors, Supreme Court Delays Decision on Medication Abortions Until Friday, Oklahoma Officials Caught on Tape Discussing Lynching Black People, Murdering Journalists, Autopsy Shows T…

trtworld (2023-04-20). Myanmar Supreme Court to hear appeal of jailed ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi. trtworld.com The 77-year-old is serving 33 years in prison after convictions in more than a dozen cases that she has called absurd and her allies say were orchestrated by the junta. | Myanmar Supreme Court to hear appeal of jailed ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi…

Eric A. Gordon (2023-04-20). Women's voices unheard in 1776 sing out for representation in touring musical '1776'. peoplesworld.org LOS ANGELES — The late great Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, only the second woman ever to serve on the nation's highest tribune, was sometimes asked, "When will there be enough women on the Supreme Court?" "When there are nine," she'd answer. "People are shocked," she recalled their reaction. "But there'd been nine men, …

Ashley Curtin (2023-04-20). US Supreme Court issues second administrative stay on abortion pill access. nationofchange.org The Supreme Court issued its second administrative stay, which further pauses the federal court's ruling and halts the new limitations on access to medication abortion.

Reproductive Justice for All (2023-04-20). Alliance Defending Freedom is a Hate Group. indybay.org While the Supreme Court maintains full access to the abortion pill mifepristone until at least tomorrow, the anti-abortion group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) said the Supreme Court should keep restrictions on mifepristone in place as the legal battle over the pill plays out. The Southern Poverty Law Center has designated the ADF as a hate group.

Staff (2023-04-20). Meet the Abortion Provider Whose Wyoming Clinic Was Firebombed & Who Worked with Slain Dr. George Tiller. democracynow.org As the Supreme Court weighs whether to keep mifepristone available nationwide, we speak with Julie Burkhart, who is on the frontlines of the fight for reproductive justice. Burkhart is president of Wellspring Health Access, the only full-service abortion clinic in Wyoming, that was firebombed by an anti-abortion activist last year, as well as co-owner of Hope Clinic in Granite City, Illinois. Burkhart previously worked for eight years with Dr. George Tiller before his assassination in 2009. She describes the difficulties of providing abortion services in two states with different political and legal landscapes. &…

Staff (2023-04-20). "A New Jane Crow": Abortion Advocates Brace for Supreme Court Ruling That Could Ban Mifepristone. democracynow.org As the abortion pill mifepristone remains available for at least another two days after a delayed U.S. Supreme Court ruling, we discuss the case with law professor Michele Goodwin. She notes the push to force more people to give birth is taking place against a backdrop of poor maternal health outcomes. "The United States is the deadliest place in all of the industrialized world to be pregnant," says Goodwin, who notes that people are 14 times more likely to die from carrying a pregnancy to term than from abortion.

The Associated Press (2023-04-19). Mexico Court: National Guard Shift to Army Unconstitutional. latinorebels.com Mexico's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that last year's transfer of the newly created National Guard from civilian to military control was unconstitutional, dealing a blow to President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador who created the security force in 2019.

WSWS (2023-04-19). 84-year-old surrenders in shooting of Missouri teenager Ralph Yarl. wsws.org The fixation of the corporate media and political establishment on the role racism may have played in the tragic shooting in Kansas City serves to conceal the root cause of gun violence in America.

This Week in Fascism (2023-04-18). This Week in Fascism #133: Communities Push Back Against Neo-Nazis and Proud Boys; Campuses Protest Anti-Trans Grifters; Richard Spencer Rides Again. itsgoingdown.org Welcome fellow antifascists! As we enter into the spring, its clear that while the gender fascist wave of violence, harassment and intimidation against the LGBTQ+ community is continuing, some cracks are also beginning to show. Death threats, arson attacks, and far-Right protests are seemingly a weekly occurrence, while pundits are rushing to manufacture the threat…

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-04-19). Vandana Shiva: El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista. indybay.org Vandana Shiva: "El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista"

AROC (2023-04-19). Community and Activists Lock Down Israeli Consulate, Barricade Doors in Protest. indybay.org Dozens of Jewish and Palestinian community members and their allies have barricaded the doors to the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco. Participants have chained themselves to the front of the building, with slogans of "No Tax Dollars for Apartheid," and are poised to remain on the premises.

AROC (2023-04-19). Tuesday 4/18: Bay Area Communities To Rally and Demand No Aid to Israeli Apartheid on Tax Day. indybay.org Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery Street | San Francisco…

Middle East Monitor (2023-04-18). Israeli Apartheid at Last Described in the Pages of the Venerable 'Foreign Affairs' Journal. juancole.com Nasim Ahmed Nasimbythedocks The remarkable pace by which the term "apartheid" has moved from the margins of the Israeli-Palestinian debate to its centre was on powerful display this weekend. The prestigious American magazine, Foreign Affairs, widely considered one of most influential foreign policy magazines shaping Washington's thinking, added its weight behind the claim that …

H. Scott Prosterman (2023-04-19). Clarence Thomas is Corrupt to the Core, and We should have Listened to Anita Hill. juancole.com Oakland, Ca. (Feature; Special to Informed Comment) — Clarence and Ginni Thomas have been the "King and Queen of Conflict of Interest" since his controversial confirmation. The extent and brazenness of Thomas' public graft is astonishing. His long-time benefactor and "sponsor" Harlan Crow is no garden variety Republican donor or "kingmaker," but a Nazi-loving, autocrat-worshipping, …

Staff (2023-04-19). The Justice & the Billionaire: Clarence Thomas Failed to Disclose Real Estate Deal with GOP Megadonor. democracynow.org Calls continue to grow for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to step down or to be impeached, after ProPublica uncovered more damning information about his relationship with Republican megadonor Harlan Crow. According to the new report, Thomas and his family sold a house and two vacant lots in Savannah, Georgia, to Crow for around $130,000 but never disclosed the sale, which appears to be a violation of the 1978 Ethics in Government Act. In addition to being a major benefactor to Thomas and the GOP, Crow is also an avid collector of Nazi memorabilia, including a copy of Mein Kampf signed by Hitler, paintings…

_____ (2023-04-18). Western Bloc 1943-2023: From Judenfrei to Russenfrei. strategic-culture.org The West, with its decadence, its Democrats and Republicans, still lives in Rome's savage shadow, where we are This article expands upon elements of Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova's recent comment that "the Germans are rewarding the non-Nazi Zelensky for the fratricidal massacre, the abolition of everything Russian, the demolition of monuments to the winners of the Third Reich, the glorification of Nazi collabora…

Saheli Chowdhury (2023-04-18). Successive Governments in Ukraine have accommodated Nazis to counter Soviet nostalgia: Ukrainian Communist Dmitri Kovalevich (Interview). mronline.org Dmitri Kovalevich described a range of issues to Orinoco Tribune, including the 2014 coup, Ukrainian President Zelensky's rise to fame, war crimes and human rights violations in Ukraine, the economic collapse of the country, and many others.

Craig Murray (2023-04-19). Snowden and Texeira: Ten years of disaster. mronline.org Jack Texeira is at the centre of this puzzle but remains the missing piece. We have heard nothing from him. A rather unconvincing interview with a suspiciously fluent, pixeled out acquaintance grassing him up to the Washington Post stated that he was a right wing patriot.

Rick Rozoff (2023-04-19). Germany delivers anti-ballistic missile battery to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Deutsche WelleApril 19, 2023 Ukraine updates: Germany says Patriots delivered to Kyiv Ukraine has received its first Patriot defense system, delivered by Germany, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on Wednesday. The Patriot system is used to combat enemy aircraft, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles and its considered one of the most advanced defense systems …

H. Scott Prosterman (2023-04-19). Clarence Thomas is Corrupt to the Core, and We should have Listened to Anita Hill. juancole.com Oakland, Ca. (Feature; Special to Informed Comment) — Clarence and Ginni Thomas have been the "King and Queen of Conflict of Interest" since his controversial confirmation. The extent and brazenness of Thomas' public graft is astonishing. His long-time benefactor and "sponsor" Harlan Crow is no garden variety Republican donor or "kingmaker," but a Nazi-loving, autocrat-worshipping, …

Staff (2023-04-19). The Justice & the Billionaire: Clarence Thomas Failed to Disclose Real Estate Deal with GOP Megadonor. democracynow.org Calls continue to grow for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to step down or to be impeached, after ProPublica uncovered more damning information about his relationship with Republican megadonor Harlan Crow. According to the new report, Thomas and his family sold a house and two vacant lots in Savannah, Georgia, to Crow for around $130,000 but never disclosed the sale, which appears to be a violation of the 1978 Ethics in Government Act. In addition to being a major benefactor to Thomas and the GOP, Crow is also an avid collector of Nazi memorabilia, including a copy of Mein Kampf signed by Hitler, paintings…

_____ (2023-04-18). Western Bloc 1943-2023: From Judenfrei to Russenfrei. strategic-culture.org The West, with its decadence, its Democrats and Republicans, still lives in Rome's savage shadow, where we are This article expands upon elements of Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova's recent comment that "the Germans are rewarding the non-Nazi Zelensky for the fratricidal massacre, the abolition of everything Russian, the demolition of monuments to the winners of the Third Reich, the glorification of Nazi collabora…

Saheli Chowdhury (2023-04-18). Successive Governments in Ukraine have accommodated Nazis to counter Soviet nostalgia: Ukrainian Communist Dmitri Kovalevich (Interview). mronline.org Dmitri Kovalevich described a range of issues to Orinoco Tribune, including the 2014 coup, Ukrainian President Zelensky's rise to fame, war crimes and human rights violations in Ukraine, the economic collapse of the country, and many others.

Craig Murray (2023-04-19). Snowden and Texeira: Ten years of disaster. mronline.org Jack Texeira is at the centre of this puzzle but remains the missing piece. We have heard nothing from him. A rather unconvincing interview with a suspiciously fluent, pixeled out acquaintance grassing him up to the Washington Post stated that he was a right wing patriot.

Rick Rozoff (2023-04-19). Germany delivers anti-ballistic missile battery to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Deutsche WelleApril 19, 2023 Ukraine updates: Germany says Patriots delivered to Kyiv Ukraine has received its first Patriot defense system, delivered by Germany, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on Wednesday. The Patriot system is used to combat enemy aircraft, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles and its considered one of the most advanced defense systems …

Staff (2023-04-18). A las puertas de la Ley Patriota 2.0. cubadebate.cu Todos vigilados en nombre de la seguridad. Quieren que regrese la Ley Patriota (Patriot Act), ahora para el control de la aldea digital, y como suele ocurrir cuando Estados Unidos se prepara para la guerra, hay todo tipo de distracciones y se apunta a un adversario evanescente, casi metafísico.

Editor (2023-04-18). Heidegger in ruins? Grappling with an anti-semitic philosopher and his troubling rebirth today. mronline.org The story of German philosopher Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) and his posthumous reception almost reads like the plot of an airport spy thriller.

_____ (2023-04-18). Austerity, War & Dictatorship… the Charade of Western Democracy Is Over. Can We Lose Those Chains? strategic-culture.org Western liberal democracy and its ubiquitous "austerity economics" is a euphemism for fascism. And the charade is finally coming to an end. | Western liberal democracy and its ubiquitous "austerity economics" is a euphemism for fascism. And the charade is finally coming to an end. | Austerity is not some recent policy under neoliberal capitalism. It was born out of the historic crisis in the Western system following the First World War and during the 1930s when fascism became a way to curtail any democratic challenge to the prevailing capitalist system. | That political instrument of repression is wielded toda…

Editor (2023-04-18). Why the Republi-Fascists Can't Stop Calling the Capitalist Democrats 'Marxists'. scheerpost.com By Paul Street / CounterPunch The Capitalist Democrats… The Democratic Party is a militantly capitalist entity and always has been — and not just in the neoliberal era. The much beloved New Deal Democratic president Franklin Roosevelt, himself a wealthy member of the capitalist establishment, boasted that he had saved the US American profits system by overseeing …

Joel Wendland-Liu (2023-04-18). 'Until Tomorrow, Comrades': Manuel Tiago asks us to examine 'the woman question'. peoplesworld.org Manuel Tiago's classic novel uses the political thriller form to teach us the history of Portugal's anti-fascist struggle. If you enjoy reading books by Graham Greene, John Le Carré, or Dan Brown, you will relish the taut action of Until Tomorrow, Comrades even more because its protagonists are fighting fascism, capitalism, and imperialism. They are …

Anonymous (2023-04-19). Video: The struggle for Masafer Yatta. electronicintifada.net Residents of villages that Israel plans to destroy say they won't leave no matter what.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-04-19). The Palestinian Resistance Are a Refugee Resistance, This Is Purposely Ignored. orinocotribune.com By Robert Inlakesh — Apr 15, 2023 | The question of refugees is a core component to the Palestinian cause for national liberation, there can be no explanation for the armed resistance without understanding this key element. | After rocket-fire from Lebanon, in response to Israeli assaults on worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque, reports began to emerge about "militants" that had opened fire on "Israel". This reporting came as Palestinian groups were blamed for the rocket fire, which no group has yet claimed. What is important here however, is how the Palestinian resistance has been framed, to label them as "militan…

Tamara Nassar (2023-04-19). Why is Israel arbitrarily detaining a US senior citizen? electronicintifada.net Khader Adnan refusing food in protest for more than 70 days.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-04-19). Presidente palestino realiza visita oficial a Arabia Saudita. telesurtv.net La estancia de Mahmoud Abbas coincide con una visita de una delegación del Movimiento de Resistencia Islámica (Hamás).

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-04-19). Ocho palestinos resultan heridos por fuerzas israelíes. telesurtv.net Intensos enfrentamientos surgieron entre las fuerzas israelíes y los palestinos durante la incursión en el campamento.

Fight Back (2023-04-18). Tucson stands with Palestine: Hands off Al-Aqsa! fightbacknews.org Tucson, AZ – On April 14, a spirited crowd of around 50 people rallied on the steps of Old Main on the University of Arizona campus to demand an end to U.S. aid to Israel. | The majority of those gathered were students organized by the Student for Justice in Palestine chapter at the U of A. Donning keffiyehs and holding signs that read "Fuck Zionism!" the students roared when chanting "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!" | The protest came in response to Israeli occupation forces who recently stormed the Masjid al-Aqsa and brutally attacked and detained hundreds of Palestinians. The Zionists invad…

Palestinian Youth Movement (2023-04-18). Zionism in crisis: Palestinian resistance forges a new horizon. therealnews.com This article was originally published in Over the past few weeks, significant events have been unfolding across historic Palestine. January 7, 2023, marked the start of Zionist protests in response to proposed Israeli judicial reforms. In parallel, we have also seen an intensification of the ongoing settler colonial violence perpetrated by the Zionist entity against Palestinians — January was the West Bank's deadliest month in nearly a decade, and the last few weeks have seen heightened violence towards Palestinians in Al-Aq…

_____ (2023-04-18). Leaked Files: Britain's Secret Propaganda Ops in Yemen. strategic-culture.org Leaked files reveal that British intel used local Yemeni NGOs and social media in a covert campaign to undermine the Sanaa government and influence the war-torn country's peace process. | By Kit KLARENBERG | Yemen's civil war, considered the world's gravest humanitarian crisis, appears to be nearing its end due to a China-brokered detente between Iran and Saudi Arabia, who support opposing sides in the bitter conflict. | Early signs suggest that the rapprochement between Tehran and Riyadh may not only end hostilities in Yemen, but across the wider region. | The US, Israel, and Britain have the most to lose from a…

Brittani Banks (2023-04-18). Global News Dispatches: 4 Stories. independentmediainstitute.org Headlines in This News Package: Peace in Yemen One Step Closer After Historic Prisoner Exchange On Prisoners' Day, Palestinians Stand in Solidarity With Their 5,000 Comrades in Israeli Occupation Jails As Army and Rapid Support Forces Battle It Out, Sudanese Left Calls For Restoring the Revolution Philippines and U.S. Conduct Largest Ever Drills Near South …

David Cronin (2023-04-18). Holocaust abused as EU promotes positive vibes with Israel lobby. electronicintifada.net Hungary's man in Brussels is failing to champion human rights — a requirement of his job contract.

Rick Rozoff (2023-04-18). Azerbaijan, Israel conspire as NATO blasts Iran. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azeri Press AgencyApril 18, 2023 Azerbaijan and Israel discuss economic cooperation and perspective projects Ministry of Economy Mikayil Jabbarov met with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, [the] Azerbaijani Minister wrote on Twitter…. "During the meeting with the co-chair of the Azerbaijan-Israel Joint Commission, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel Eli Cohen, we expressed satisfaction with …

Samidoun Deutschland (2023-04-18). "Anti-Imperialist Front" against the Repression in Berlin: Germany Collaborates with Turkey and Israel to Fulfil its Imperialist Interests. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoners Solidarity Network salutes our comrades in "Anti-Imperialist Front" for their continuous work agaisnt imperialism and we republish their statement against the ban by the German state on Palestinian Prisoner's Day actions in Berlin after a nationwide smear campaign against Palestinian organising in Germany, and especially Samidoun. Following is their statement: Palestinian Prisoners' …

teleSUR, JCM (2023-04-18). China propone mediación entre Israel y Palestina. telesurtv.net La propuesta surge a medida que el conflicto se acentúa en Medio Oriente a partir del incremento de las hostilidades del ejército de ocupación israelí en los territorios palestinos.

Fight Back (2023-04-18). Statement issued by the PFLP for Palestinian Prisoners' Day. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. | O sons of our Palestinian people, sons of our Arab nation, free people of the world: | Palestinian prisoners' day falls on the seventeenth of April this year, with more than 4,900 male and female prisoners still languishing in the prisons of the zionist enemy. Among them are children, the sick, the elderly, and those who are about to spend more than 40 continuous years in their prisons, in extremely miserable human conditions and psychological suffering. They are subjected to torture by variou…

Samidoun Deutschland (2023-04-18). Statement of Young Struggle: Solidarity with Samidoun! Hit the streets on Nakba Day! samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoners Solidarity Network salutes our comrades in "Young Struggle" for their continuous work against imperialism and their struggle for the inalienable rights of the Kurdish people, and we republish their statement against the ban by the German state on Palestinian Prisoner's Day actions in Berlin after a nationwide smear campaign against Palestinian organising …

Staff (2023-04-18). Georges Abdallah's statement from French prison for Palestinian Prisoners' Day. samidoun.net On 17 April, Georges Abdallah, the Lebanese Communist struggler for Palestine imprisoned in France for over 38 years, made a statement from his prison in Lannemezan to commemorate Palestinian Prisoners' Day. Abdallah has always been a part of the Palestinian prisoners' movement; not only is he imprioned because of his involvement in the Palestinian and …

Fight Back (2023-04-19). Florida statewide protest demands justice for Tampa 5, drop the charges. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – On Monday, April 17, around 70 students, parents, community members and progressives rallied for a statewide mobilization at the University of South Florida's Marshall Student Center to demand that University President Rhea Law, drop the charges – criminal and academic – on the five protesters brutalized and charged by campus police, March 6, for protesting Governor DeSantis' racist attacks on education. | They also demanded that she speak out against Ron DeSantis' House Bill 999, the bill which the protesters had been denouncing, that would cut any diversity programs, ethnic studies, multicultur…

cameron orr (2023-04-18). End all racist vigilante and police violence now! cpusa.org Ralph Yarl, a 16-year-old Black youth, was shot twice on April 13 in Kansas City, MO by 85-year-old Andrew Lester after Yarl rang his doorbell. Yarl was released from the hospital on April 17. Lester faces charges of assault in the first degree and criminal action. Clay County attorney Zachary Thompson said, "I can …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-18). Migration in Europe: Judging History Through the Eyes of the Present. libya360.wordpress.com Mabel LLevat How do we open the spaces through which the extreme right wing grows and expands? The refractory treatment of migrants is undoubtedly one of them. An overview of old technologies and new strategies of dehumanization. Many times the networks of activists and allies of the anti-racist struggle echo messages claiming the right of…

Zane McNeill (2023-04-18). New Memphis Program Would Arrest Kids for Playing Music, Dancing, Selling Candy. truthout.org Memphis Police Department's (MPD) new Juvenile Crime Abatement Program, which was announced on Friday, has been paused for more discussion after community organizations decried the program as a racist attempt to increase the targeting and criminalizing of Black youth by the police in the city's downtown area. "I certainly understand the desire for the downtown to be safe, but I'm excited they've… |

splcenter (2023-04-18). Male Supremacy Is at the Core of the Hard Right's Agenda. splcenter.org Hard-right movements are based on exclusion and the construction of hierarchies.

splcenter (2023-04-18). State of Black America: National Urban League partners with SPLC on signature report. splcenter.org

Staff (2023-04-19). In 1969 Abe Fortas Became the First Justice Forced to Resign. Should Clarence Thomas Be Next? democracynow.org As pressure grows on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to resign over his decades-long relationship with a billionaire benefactor, we speak with legal journalist Adam Cohen, who says there is a precedent that should guide lawmakers in how to address the growing scandal. In 1969, Justice Abe Fortas was forced to resign after his financial relationship came to light with businessman Louis Wolfson, who paid Fortas to consult for his foundation. Fortas was a Democratic appointee, but the scandal led to a bipartisan call for his resignation — even though his replacement would be named by Republican President…

WSWS (2023-04-19). Democrats rush to prop up Supreme Court amidst new revelations of rampant corruption. wsws.org The Democrats have responded to the exposure of boundless personal corruption and political reaction on the high court with an effort to effect a cosmetic tightening of ethics rules, so as to shore up collapsing public confidence in the court and every other institution of the state.

The Associated Press (2023-04-19). Mexico Court: National Guard Shift to Army Unconstitutional. latinorebels.com Mexico's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that last year's transfer of the newly created National Guard from civilian to military control was unconstitutional, dealing a blow to President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador who created the security force in 2019.

Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. (2023-04-18). Volunteers And Victims Of US Border Patrol Violence Demand Justice. popularresistance.org Hundreds of people die every year at the hands of US Border Patrol agents, either from being beaten, shot, car chases or being left stranded in the desert, simply for exercising their right to move. A US Supreme Court decision, Hernandez Vs Mesa, in February 2020 granted the US Border Patrol the ability to murder people on the Mexican side of the border without being held accountable. Clearing the FOG spoke with four women from the Border Patrol Victims Network – Ana Maria Vasquez and Tracye Peterson, who are volunteers, Marisol Garcia Alcantara, who was shot by border agents, and Yanelis Laurencia, whose 23-year…

Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik (2023-04-18). Merrick Garland and Dick Durbin under pressure to act on SCOTUS scandal. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—More revelations about the corporate and right-wing ties of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, his lobbyist wife Ginni Thomas and his failure for almost two decades to disclose even minimal information about both have raised pressure on Attorney General Merrick Garland to name a special counsel and act in the case and on Senate Democratic …

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-04-18). The Case of Steven Donziger: Supreme Court Liberals Help Turn Judges Into Prosecutors. orinocotribune.com By Eve Ottenberg — Apr 14, 2023 | So the truth is out: the three so-called liberals on the supreme court are phonies. More precisely, they, like most of their conservative brethren, are corporate hacks. We learned this a couple of weeks ago, when the high court ruled against Steven Donziger, a climate-activist attorney, long persecuted and then literally prosecuted by Chevron. In a pro-corporate decision about as subtle as a heart attack, seven of the nine justices declined to hear Donziger's appeal of a criminal contempt decision involving his representation of Indigenous Ecuadorians against Chevron. Two fa…

Rick Rozoff (2023-04-18). NATO celebrates AFRICOM's 30-nation exercise in Gulf of Guinea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropeApril 18, 2023 Video: What's in the kit of a Nigerien Special Operations Force Soldier? U.S. Special Operations Command Africa conducted exercise Flintlock 2023 in Ghana and Cà¥te d'Ivoire from Mar. 1 to 15, 2023, with approximately 1,300 service members from 30 participating nations, including Niger. Flintlock is U.S. Africa Command's …

Sharon Zhang (2023-04-18). Nebraska Republican: Abortion Ban Needed to Ensure Dominance of White Population. truthout.org As lawmakers in the Nebraska legislature debated and advanced a near-total abortion ban last week, one Republican took to the floor and delivered an argument undergirded by a white supremacist conspiracy theory in support of the ban. In a speech last Wednesday, Republican State Sen. Steve Erdman said that an abortion ban is necessary because there are too many of "those foreigners" and "refugees"… |

Edward Curtin (2023-04-17). Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: To Heal the Great Divide. dissidentvoice.org It has been fifty-five years since Senator Robert F. Kennedy stepped onto the presidential nominating stage to try to mend the massive breach that had opened in American society. The country was torn asunder by the Vietnam War, racism, poverty, the assassination of President Kennedy and the soon-to-be assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. …

This Week in Fascism (2023-04-18). This Week in Fascism #133: Communities Push Back Against Neo-Nazis and Proud Boys; Campuses Protest Anti-Trans Grifters; Richard Spencer Rides Again. itsgoingdown.org Welcome fellow antifascists! As we enter into the spring, its clear that while the gender fascist wave of violence, harassment and intimidation against the LGBTQ+ community is continuing, some cracks are also beginning to show. Death threats, arson attacks, and far-Right protests are seemingly a weekly occurrence, while pundits are rushing to manufacture the threat…

Joseph M. Hanneman (2023-04-17). Capitol January 6, 2021: At Least 50 Undercover Officers and Informants Monitored Proud Boys and Crowds, New Court Filing Says. globalresearch.ca

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-04-18). Vandana Shiva: El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista. indybay.org Vandana Shiva: "El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista"

Middle East Monitor (2023-04-18). Israeli Apartheid at Last Described in the Pages of the Venerable 'Foreign Affairs' Journal. juancole.com Nasim Ahmed Nasimbythedocks The remarkable pace by which the term "apartheid" has moved from the margins of the Israeli-Palestinian debate to its centre was on powerful display this weekend. The prestigious American magazine, Foreign Affairs, widely considered one of most influential foreign policy magazines shaping Washington's thinking, added its weight behind the claim that …

Edward Curtin (2023-04-17). Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: To Heal the Great Divide. dissidentvoice.org It has been fifty-five years since Senator Robert F. Kennedy stepped onto the presidential nominating stage to try to mend the massive breach that had opened in American society. The country was torn asunder by the Vietnam War, racism, poverty, the assassination of President Kennedy and the soon-to-be assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. …

This Week in Fascism (2023-04-18). This Week in Fascism #133: Communities Push Back Against Neo-Nazis and Proud Boys; Campuses Protest Anti-Trans Grifters; Richard Spencer Rides Again. itsgoingdown.org Welcome fellow antifascists! As we enter into the spring, its clear that while the gender fascist wave of violence, harassment and intimidation against the LGBTQ+ community is continuing, some cracks are also beginning to show. Death threats, arson attacks, and far-Right protests are seemingly a weekly occurrence, while pundits are rushing to manufacture the threat…

Joseph M. Hanneman (2023-04-17). Capitol January 6, 2021: At Least 50 Undercover Officers and Informants Monitored Proud Boys and Crowds, New Court Filing Says. globalresearch.ca

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-04-18). Vandana Shiva: El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista. indybay.org Vandana Shiva: "El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista"

Middle East Monitor (2023-04-18). Israeli Apartheid at Last Described in the Pages of the Venerable 'Foreign Affairs' Journal. juancole.com Nasim Ahmed Nasimbythedocks The remarkable pace by which the term "apartheid" has moved from the margins of the Israeli-Palestinian debate to its centre was on powerful display this weekend. The prestigious American magazine, Foreign Affairs, widely considered one of most influential foreign policy magazines shaping Washington's thinking, added its weight behind the claim that …

Saheli Chowdhury (2023-04-18). Successive Governments in Ukraine have accommodated Nazis to counter Soviet nostalgia: Ukrainian Communist Dmitri Kovalevich (Interview). mronline.org Dmitri Kovalevich described a range of issues to Orinoco Tribune, including the 2014 coup, Ukrainian President Zelensky's rise to fame, war crimes and human rights violations in Ukraine, the economic collapse of the country, and many others.

Lowkey (2023-04-17). Israel Protests and UK Spying on Palestinian Refugees, with Asa Winstanley. mintpressnews.com Asa Winstanley joins Lowkey to discuss the ongoing protests in Israel, UK Spying on Palestinian Refugees and his new book, "Weaponising Anti-Semitism: How the Israel Lobby Took Down Jeremy Corbyn."

Jocelyn Martinez-Rosales (2023-04-17). Documentary Follows Guatemalan Journalist Who Went Undercover to Expose Genocide. truthout.org For more than six years, Guatemalan-French director and producer Anaïs Taracena documented, collected footage, conducted interviews and researched the repressive regime of 1970s Guatemala. El Silencio del Topo ("Silence of the Mole") is Taracena's debut feature film, a melancholy documentary that bridges the country's erased past with the present. El Silencio centers the story of Elías Barahona… |

Zane McNeill (2023-04-17). Washington Becomes Sixth State to Pass Shield Law Protecting Trans Residents. truthout.org In response to far right lawmakers introducing a slew of anti-trans legislation over the past few months, a handful of states have moved to pass shield laws to protect medical providers and trans residents, as well as out-of-state visitors seeking gender-affirming care. On April 10, Washington became the sixth state to pass a law protecting access to reproductive and gender-affirming health care… |

Editor (2023-04-18). Why the Republi-Fascists Can't Stop Calling the Capitalist Democrats 'Marxists'. scheerpost.com By Paul Street / CounterPunch The Capitalist Democrats… The Democratic Party is a militantly capitalist entity and always has been — and not just in the neoliberal era. The much beloved New Deal Democratic president Franklin Roosevelt, himself a wealthy member of the capitalist establishment, boasted that he had saved the US American profits system by overseeing …

WSWS (2023-04-17). Trump, Republicans venerate police, fascist Texas murderer at far-right NRA conference in Indianapolis. wsws.org Over a dozen Republicans touted their fealty to the gun lobby and policeat the annual convention.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-04-18). China propone mediación entre Israel y Palestina. telesurtv.net La propuesta surge a medida que el conflicto se acentúa en Medio Oriente a partir del incremento de las hostilidades del ejército de ocupación israelí en los territorios palestinos.

Fight Back (2023-04-18). Tucson stands with Palestine: Hands off Al-Aqsa! fightbacknews.org Tucson, AZ – On April 14, a spirited crowd of around 50 people rallied on the steps of Old Main on the University of Arizona campus to demand an end to U.S. aid to Israel. | The majority of those gathered were students organized by the Student for Justice in Palestine chapter at the U of A. Donning keffiyehs and holding signs that read "Fuck Zionism!" the students roared when chanting "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!" | The protest came in response to Israeli occupation forces who recently stormed the Masjid al-Aqsa and brutally attacked and detained hundreds of Palestinians. The Zionists invad…

_____ (2023-04-17). The Israeli Attack on South Lebanon and Al Aqsa Crisis. strategic-culture.org The surprise agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia signed on March 10 may hold the key political reconciliation in Lebanon. | The Palestinian resistance group Hamas attacked Israel with rockets coming from South Lebanon on April 6. The resistance was responding to the repeated attacks on Palestinians praying inside the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem during the holy month of Ramadan. | Extremist Jewish settlers had insisted on going to the Mosque, against long standing traditions, which provoked tensions and the Israeli police used brutal tactics on the Palestinians praying, including beating women and arresting 40…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-17). On Prisoner's Day, Palestinians stand in solidarity with their 5,000 comrades in Israeli occupation jails. peoplesdispatch.org Over 1,000 of the nearly 5,000 Palestinian prisoners are administrative detainees who are in Israeli jails without charge or trial. Among them is Khader Adnan, who just completed 71 days of indefinite hunger strike against his wrongful detention inside Israel's Ramla prison and is facing severe health issues.

Staff (2023-04-17). Rinden tributo a internacionalistas de Cuba en Siria (+Fotos). cubadebate.cu Sirios y cubanos rindieron homenaje a los combatientes internacionalistas cubanos que defendieron la soberanía de esta nación árabe frente a las agresiones israelíes, durante la guerra de octubre de 1973. El acto de homenaje se realizó con motivo del 62 aniversario de la primera derrota de la invasión de Estados Unidos por Playa Girón, y tuvo lugar en la sede de la primera división del Ejército àÅrabe Sirio, a unos 25 kilómetros al sur de Damasco.

KATIE (2023-04-17). Palestinian Prisoners Day 2023. bdsmovement.net

Staff (2023-04-17). Save Khader Adnan: Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike for 72 days on Palestinian Prisoners' Day. samidoun.net Khader Adnan, the Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike for the past 72 days, has reached a very dangerous and critical health condition as of 17 April, Palestinian Prisoners' Day. Despite — or perhaps because of — the severity of his health condition, the occupation courts once again delayed a hearing on his case and potential …

splcenter (2023-04-18). State of Black America: National Urban League partners with SPLC on signature report. splcenter.org

splcenter (2023-04-17). The Tennessee Three: Attempt to silence lawmakers strikes at heart of democracy. splcenter.org

Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. (2023-04-18). Volunteers And Victims Of US Border Patrol Violence Demand Justice. popularresistance.org Hundreds of people die every year at the hands of US Border Patrol agents, either from being beaten, shot, car chases or being left stranded in the desert, simply for exercising their right to move. A US Supreme Court decision, Hernandez Vs Mesa, in February 2020 granted the US Border Patrol the ability to murder people on the Mexican side of the border without being held accountable. Clearing the FOG spoke with four women from the Border Patrol Victims Network – Ana Maria Vasquez and Tracye Peterson, who are volunteers, Marisol Garcia Alcantara, who was shot by border agents, and Yanelis Laurencia, whose 23-year…

Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik (2023-04-18). Merrick Garland and Dick Durbin under pressure to act on SCOTUS scandal. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—More revelations about the corporate and right-wing ties of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, his lobbyist wife Ginni Thomas and his failure for almost two decades to disclose even minimal information about both have raised pressure on Attorney General Merrick Garland to name a special counsel and act in the case and on Senate Democratic …

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-04-17). Clarence Thomas proves it's time for Supreme Court term limits. nationofchange.org If justices can be bought by billionaires, lifetime terms only enable corruption rather than protect the U.S. Supreme Court from undue influence.

Rick Rozoff (2023-04-17). NATO military leaders inspect Norwegian-Russian frontier, bloc's Arctic apex. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropeApril 16, 2023 Allied Command Operations CSEL visits Norwegian Armed Forces Allied Command Operations (ACO) Command Senior Enlisted Leader (CSEL) Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) Kevin Mathers visited the Norwegian Armed Forces in Oslo, as well as the border police from Mar. 26 to 30, 2023. In the High North where the …

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-04-17). Vandana Shiva: El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista. indybay.org Vandana Shiva: "El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista"

Lowkey (2023-04-17). Israel Protests and UK Spying on Palestinian Refugees, with Asa Winstanley. mintpressnews.com Asa Winstanley joins Lowkey to discuss the ongoing protests in Israel, UK Spying on Palestinian Refugees and his new book, "Weaponising Anti-Semitism: How the Israel Lobby Took Down Jeremy Corbyn."

John Mullen (2023-04-16). French fascism and the revolt against Macron. greenleft.org.au Continuing his analysis of the social explosion continuing in France, John Mullen looks at the far right and how it has reacted to the movement against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms.

WSWS (2023-04-17). Trump, Republicans venerate police, fascist Texas murderer at far-right NRA conference in Indianapolis. wsws.org Over a dozen Republicans touted their fealty to the gun lobby and policeat the annual convention.

Steven Sahiounie (2023-04-17). The Israeli Attack on South Lebanon and Al Aqsa Crisis. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-04-17). Rinden tributo a internacionalistas de Cuba en Siria (+Fotos). cubadebate.cu Sirios y cubanos rindieron homenaje a los combatientes internacionalistas cubanos que defendieron la soberanía de esta nación árabe frente a las agresiones israelíes, durante la guerra de octubre de 1973. El acto de homenaje se realizó con motivo del 62 aniversario de la primera derrota de la invasión de Estados Unidos por Playa Girón, y tuvo lugar en la sede de la primera división del Ejército àÅrabe Sirio, a unos 25 kilómetros al sur de Damasco.

_____ (2023-04-16). How NATO States Sponsored ICC Prosecutor's Putin Arrest Warrant. strategic-culture.org ICC prosecutor general Karim Khan raised millions from NATO states by crafting an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin while freezing investigations into well-documented US and Israeli war crimes. Along the way, he won powerful friends in Washington, London, Kiev — and Hollywood. | By Max BLUMENTHAL | Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, stood before a podium on March 3, 2023, and issued an unusual qualifier: "Of course the prosecutor of the ICC does not, whatever affection and regard I may have for my dear friends in Ukraine — has no special affinity to any particular co…

Anonymous669 (2023-04-16). Israeli Army, Police Foil Attempt To Smuggle Weapons From Jordan. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Israeli Defense Forces. | On April 16, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Police foiled an attempt to smuggle 15 handguns from Jordan into Israel. | The IDF said in a statement that soldiers monitoring surveillance cameras spotted two vehicles and suspicious movement near the town of Neve Ur on the border with Jordan. Army troops and police officers were quickly dispatched to the scene, where they catched one of the cars. | Three men were…

Anonymous669 (2023-04-16). Syrian Intelligence Officer Killed, Four Wounded In Another Attack Near Al-Golan Front. southfront.org Illustrative image. | On April 16, a Syrian intelligence officer was killed and four others were wounded when unknown militants attacked a position near the front with the Israeli-occupied al-Golan Heights. | The militants opened fire from machine guns and launched rocket-propelled grenades at the intelligence position which is located on a road between the villages of al-Mushirafah and Ras al-Khualid in al-Quneitra countryside, just outside al-Golan buffer zone. | The position reportedl…

Juan Cole (2023-04-16). Assault on Religious Freedom: Violent Crackdown by Israeli Police on Christian Worshipers in Jerusalem. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Arabic press is reporting violent assaults Saturday evening by Israeli police against Palestinian Christian worshipers in Jerusalem attempting to make their way to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher for the "Saturday of Light" commemoration. The police attacks took place at the entrance to the Church of the Holy …

Peter Boyle (2023-04-16). Video: Protest against Israeli attacks on Palestinian worshippers at Al Aqsa mosque. greenleft.org.au Protesters march through Sydney streets against the recent violent Israeli attacks on Palestinian worshippers at Al Aqsa mosque, reports Peter Boyle.

Peter Boyle (2023-04-16). Video: Protest against violent Israeli attacks on Palestinian worshippers at Al Aqsa mosque. greenleft.org.au A march through Sydney streets on April 15 protested against the recent violent Israeli attacks on Palestinian worshippers at Al Aqsa mosque by Israeli occupation forces.

_____ (2023-04-16). How NATO States Sponsored ICC Prosecutor's Putin Arrest Warrant. strategic-culture.org ICC prosecutor general Karim Khan raised millions from NATO states by crafting an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin while freezing investigations into well-documented US and Israeli war crimes. Along the way, he won powerful friends in Washington, London, Kiev — and Hollywood. | By Max BLUMENTHAL | Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, stood before a podium on March 3, 2023, and issued an unusual qualifier: "Of course the prosecutor of the ICC does not, whatever affection and regard I may have for my dear friends in Ukraine — has no special affinity to any particular co…

Anonymous669 (2023-04-16). Israeli Army, Police Foil Attempt To Smuggle Weapons From Jordan. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Israeli Defense Forces. | On April 16, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Police foiled an attempt to smuggle 15 handguns from Jordan into Israel. | The IDF said in a statement that soldiers monitoring surveillance cameras spotted two vehicles and suspicious movement near the town of Neve Ur on the border with Jordan. Army troops and police officers were quickly dispatched to the scene, where they catched one of the cars. | Three men were…

Anonymous669 (2023-04-16). Syrian Intelligence Officer Killed, Four Wounded In Another Attack Near Al-Golan Front. southfront.org Illustrative image. | On April 16, a Syrian intelligence officer was killed and four others were wounded when unknown militants attacked a position near the front with the Israeli-occupied al-Golan Heights. | The militants opened fire from machine guns and launched rocket-propelled grenades at the intelligence position which is located on a road between the villages of al-Mushirafah and Ras al-Khualid in al-Quneitra countryside, just outside al-Golan buffer zone. | The position reportedl…

Juan Cole (2023-04-16). Assault on Religious Freedom: Violent Crackdown by Israeli Police on Christian Worshipers in Jerusalem. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Arabic press is reporting violent assaults Saturday evening by Israeli police against Palestinian Christian worshipers in Jerusalem attempting to make their way to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher for the "Saturday of Light" commemoration. The police attacks took place at the entrance to the Church of the Holy …

Peter Boyle (2023-04-16). Video: Protest against Israeli attacks on Palestinian worshippers at Al Aqsa mosque. greenleft.org.au Protesters march through Sydney streets against the recent violent Israeli attacks on Palestinian worshippers at Al Aqsa mosque, reports Peter Boyle.

Peter Boyle (2023-04-16). Video: Protest against violent Israeli attacks on Palestinian worshippers at Al Aqsa mosque. greenleft.org.au A march through Sydney streets on April 15 protested against the recent violent Israeli attacks on Palestinian worshippers at Al Aqsa mosque by Israeli occupation forces.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-04-16). Israelíes retoman protestas contra reforma judicial. telesurtv.net Además de Tel Aviv, se han reportado alrededor de 150 manifestaciones en otros lugares de Israel.

KATIE (2023-04-17). Palestinian Prisoners Day 2023. bdsmovement.net

Ellen Brown (2023-04-16). Researchers Raise Questions About Cobalt Gold Rush, East Palestine Disaster. truthout.org Holidays in my childhood were spent at my grandparents' farm in Plain Grove, Pennsylvania, 35 miles from East Palestine, Ohio. My grandfather's grandfather fought at Gettysburg and homesteaded the 160-acre farm after the Civil War. My grandmother sold it in the 1960s for $13,000, lacking a male heir to do the work; but my relatives still live in the area. I have therefore taken a keen interest in… |

John Torok (2023-04-16). On Water Justice: Kali Akuno Speaks. indybay.org Water Justice: The View from Flint, New Orleans, and Jackson, Mississippi proposes to situate the environmental injustices at Bayview Hunters Point in the broader context of racist neglect of some other Black communities elsewhere in the country. Attention will be drawn to the intersection of class, gender and race and historical injustices. | Part of the "People's Earth Day for Water Justice" events…

splcenter (2023-04-17). The Tennessee Three: Attempt to silence lawmakers strikes at heart of democracy. splcenter.org

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-04-17). Clarence Thomas proves it's time for Supreme Court term limits. nationofchange.org If justices can be bought by billionaires, lifetime terms only enable corruption rather than protect the U.S. Supreme Court from undue influence.

Eve Ottenberg, CounterPunch. (2023-04-16). Supreme Court Liberals Help Turn Judges Into Prosecutors. popularresistance.org So the truth is out: the three so-called liberals on the supreme court are phonies. More precisely, they, like most of their conservative brethren, are corporate hacks. We learned this a couple of weeks ago, when the high court ruled against Steven Donziger, a climate-activist attorney, long persecuted and then literally prosecuted by Chevron. In a pro-corporate decision about as subtle as a heart attack, seven of the nine justices declined to hear Donziger's appeal of a criminal contempt decision involving his representation of Indigenous Ecuadorians against Chevron. Two far-right justices dissented.

Julia Rock (2023-04-16). The Supreme Court's Corrupt Rightward March. levernews.com With an unprecedented ethical cloud looming over the Supreme Court, the justices have continued going about their work pushing our nation's laws far to the right, as if nothing matters.In recent weeks, we've learned that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has for years taken

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-04-16). Vandana Shiva: El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista. indybay.org Vandana Shiva: "El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista"

Editor (2023-04-16). Palestinian Trade Unions' Anti-Apartheid Call. socialistproject.ca The global trade union movement, which has played a key and inspiring role in its commitment to workers' rights and human rights more generally, has stood in principled solidarity with the oppressed across the world, adopting concrete, ground-breaking, labour-led sanctions against oppressive regimes. | Israel's systematic destruction of the Palestinian economy, discriminatory and racist laws, and restrictions on freedom of movement and association have a significant impact on the rights and working conditions of Palestinian workers. | Inspired by the massive workers' solidarity with the struggle that ended apa…

Asa Winstanley (2023-04-15). Ukrainian Nazi gets medical treatment from Israel. electronicintifada.net Azov Brigade sergeant Arseniy Fedosiuk pictured meeting diplomats.

Manlio Dinucci (2023-04-15). L'Italia alle Armi dall'Europa all'Indo-Pacifico | Grandangolo — Pangea. globalresearch.ca Inizia il 22 aprile l'esercitazione multinazionale Defender 23, diretta dallo US Army Europe, l'Esercito USA in Europa. L'esercitazione si svolgerà per due mesi in 10 Paesi europei. Vi parteciperanno 9.000 soldati USA e 17.000 di 26 Paesi alleati degli USA, …

John Mullen (2023-04-16). French fascism and the revolt against Macron. greenleft.org.au Continuing his analysis of the social explosion continuing in France, John Mullen looks at the far right and how it has reacted to the movement against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms.

Juan Cole (2023-04-16). Assault on Religious Freedom: Violent Crackdown by Israeli Police on Christian Worshipers in Jerusalem. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Arabic press is reporting violent assaults Saturday evening by Israeli police against Palestinian Christian worshipers in Jerusalem attempting to make their way to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher for the "Saturday of Light" commemoration. The police attacks took place at the entrance to the Church of the Holy …

Peter Boyle (2023-04-16). Video: Protest against violent Israeli attacks on Palestinian worshippers at Al Aqsa mosque. greenleft.org.au A march through Sydney streets on April 15 protested against the recent violent Israeli attacks on Palestinian worshippers at Al Aqsa mosque by Israeli occupation forces.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-04-16). Israelíes retoman protestas contra reforma judicial. telesurtv.net Además de Tel Aviv, se han reportado alrededor de 150 manifestaciones en otros lugares de Israel.

Anonymous669 (2023-04-16). Israeli Army, Police Foil Attempt To Smuggle Weapons From Jordan. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Israeli Defense Forces. | On April 16, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Police foiled an attempt to smuggle 15 handguns from Jordan into Israel. | The IDF said in a statement that soldiers monitoring surveillance cameras spotted two vehicles and suspicious movement near the town of Neve Ur on the border with Jordan. Army troops and police officers were quickly dispatched to the scene, where they catched one of the cars. | Three men were…

Anonymous669 (2023-04-16). Syrian Intelligence Officer Killed, Four Wounded In Another Attack Near Al-Golan Front. southfront.org Illustrative image. | On April 16, a Syrian intelligence officer was killed and four others were wounded when unknown militants attacked a position near the front with the Israeli-occupied al-Golan Heights. | The militants opened fire from machine guns and launched rocket-propelled grenades at the intelligence position which is located on a road between the villages of al-Mushirafah and Ras al-Khualid in al-Quneitra countryside, just outside al-Golan buffer zone. | The position reportedl…

FP Staff (2023-04-16). Thousands of Israelis protest for 15th week against judicial reforms. firstpost.com

trtworld (2023-04-16). In a first, UN to commemorate Nakba Day. trtworld.com This year marks 75 years of Nakba, or catastrophe, when nearly 800,000 Palestinians were driven out of their homes by then Zionist Israeli paramilitaries in 1948 and onward. | In a first, UN to commemorate Nakba Day…

Peter Boyle (2023-04-16). Video: Protest against violent Israeli attacks on Palestinian worshippers at Al Aqsa mosque. greenleft.org.au A march through Sydney streets on April 15 protested against the recent violent Israeli attacks on Palestinian worshippers at Al Aqsa mosque by Israeli occupation forces.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-04-16). Israelíes retoman protestas contra reforma judicial. telesurtv.net Además de Tel Aviv, se han reportado alrededor de 150 manifestaciones en otros lugares de Israel.

Anonymous669 (2023-04-16). Israeli Army, Police Foil Attempt To Smuggle Weapons From Jordan. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Israeli Defense Forces. | On April 16, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Police foiled an attempt to smuggle 15 handguns from Jordan into Israel. | The IDF said in a statement that soldiers monitoring surveillance cameras spotted two vehicles and suspicious movement near the town of Neve Ur on the border with Jordan. Army troops and police officers were quickly dispatched to the scene, where they catched one of the cars. | Three men were…

Anonymous669 (2023-04-16). Syrian Intelligence Officer Killed, Four Wounded In Another Attack Near Al-Golan Front. southfront.org Illustrative image. | On April 16, a Syrian intelligence officer was killed and four others were wounded when unknown militants attacked a position near the front with the Israeli-occupied al-Golan Heights. | The militants opened fire from machine guns and launched rocket-propelled grenades at the intelligence position which is located on a road between the villages of al-Mushirafah and Ras al-Khualid in al-Quneitra countryside, just outside al-Golan buffer zone. | The position reportedl…

FP Staff (2023-04-16). Thousands of Israelis protest for 15th week against judicial reforms. firstpost.com

trtworld (2023-04-16). In a first, UN to commemorate Nakba Day. trtworld.com This year marks 75 years of Nakba, or catastrophe, when nearly 800,000 Palestinians were driven out of their homes by then Zionist Israeli paramilitaries in 1948 and onward. | In a first, UN to commemorate Nakba Day…

JANET (2023-04-15). Palestinian resistance fuels instability within Israeli settler state. iacenter.org By Michael Kramer April 13, 2023 The current unrelenting Palestinian resistance to Zionist occupation, from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River, has resulted in an increase of political and social instability within and throughout the Israeli settler state. Fans hold huge 'Free Palestine!' flag during the game between Tunisia and Australia on Nov. 26. The personal security situation for Israeli settlers has also been affected. Once safe roads in the West Bank are now sites of frequently occurring deadly ambushes. On March 13, a roadside bomb exploded adjacent to a busy highway in northern Israel. This first…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-04-15). Oracle, the Shadowy Tech Giant in League With the CIA and Israel, With Alan Macleod. orinocotribune.com By Lowkey -Apr 9, 2023 | Is your data really safe online? Whether you like it or not, it is likely that much of it is stored by Oracle, a gigantic, U.S.-based company that has become one of the largest and most influential tech corporations in the world. | Yet the company's intimate ties to both the Central Intelligence Agency and the Israeli national security state should be cause for enormous concern, our guest today argues. In episode 56 of "The Watchdog" podcast, Lowkey is joined by returning visitor, Alan MacLeod. |

Ramzy Baroud, Mintpress News. (2023-04-15). Israel Is Unifying Arabs And Muslims Around Palestine. popularresistance.org By ordering a brutal attack against Palestinian worshipers inside Al-Aqsa Mosque on the 14th day of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knew very well that the Palestinians would retaliate. | Netanyahu's motive should be clear. He wanted to generate a distraction from the mass protests that have rocked Israel, starting in January, and divided Israeli society around ideological and political lines, in ways never witnessed before. | Unwilling to relinquish his hard-earned achievement of finally winning a decisive election and forming an entirely rightwing coalition while fear…

Robert Inlakesh (2023-04-15). Israel Persecutes Christians On Easter, Spreads Fake News On Palestinian Attack. thelastamericanvagabond.com Israel prevented all Christians in Gaza from entering Jerusalem and Bethlehem this Easter, before pro-Israel propagandist began an online fake news campaign that fabricated a story about Palestinian Muslims attacking a Church. Palestinian Christians are currently outraged about the ongoing crackdown on their religious practices, due to the barring of worshippers from access to their

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-04-15). Apoyan causa palestina en Irán durante Día Mundial de Al-Quds. telesurtv.net Presidente Raisi muestra preocupación por recientes acontecimientos en Jerusalén y Palestina debido a la violencia israelí. Insta a crear un frente unido contra agresiones de Tel Aviv.

FP Staff (2023-04-15). Israel's economy minister Nir Barkat to visit India on Sunday. firstpost.com

trtworld (2023-04-15). Tens of thousands of Israelis protest for 15th week against Netanyahu govt. trtworld.com Protest organisers aim to maintain momentum and increase pressure on PM Netanyahu and his far-right government until proposed judicial reforms are scrapped. | Tens of thousands of Israelis protest for 15th week against Netanyahu govt…

Vanessa Beeley (2023-04-15). Peace in the Middle East is sending Western Globalists and Israel into a tailspin. thealtworld.com UK Column News 14th April — Al Quds day. With Vanessa Beeley, Mike Robinson, Patrick Henningsen.

youtube (2023-04-15). Mass demonstrations and the Israeli ruling class in crisis. youtube.com What do the mass protests reveal about the crisis of Israeli society?>

trtworld (2023-04-16). Saudi Arabia to host Hamas chief Haniyeh on Monday: Palestinian source. trtworld.com The visit will be the first by Hamas to Saudi Arabia in years. | Saudi Arabia to host Hamas chief Haniyeh on Monday: Palestinian source…

Ellen Brown (2023-04-15). The Cobalt Gold Rush and the East Palestine Disaster. dissidentvoice.org Holidays in my childhood were spent at my grandparents' farm in Plain Grove, Pennsylvania, 35 miles from East Palestine, Ohio. My grandfather's grandfather fought at Gettysburg and homesteaded the 160-acre farm after the Civil War. My grandmother sold it in the 1960s for $13,000, lacking a male heir to do the work; but my relatives …

Katie Myers (2023-04-15). Another Day, Another Toxic Spill in East Palestine, Ohio. truthout.org This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist's weekly newsletter here. It's been a bit more than two months since a train derailment in rural Ohio spilled 38 cars' worth of hazardous materials, including a highly toxic petrochemical called vinyl chloride, in East Palestine. In the weeks following the disaster, it seems to many residents the problems just keep piling up. |

samidounfr (2023-04-15). Father Atallah Hanna: We call on the German authorities to lift the ban on Prisoner's Day marches in Berlin. samidoun.net The Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Sebastia in occupied Palestine, Father Bishop Atallah Hanna, affirmed his rejection of the repressive policies pursued by the German state against Palestinians and Arabs in Germany. In which the German media and politicians launched a smear campaign against Palestinians that lasted an entire week with the authorities of Berlin concluding …

John Torok (2023-04-16). On Water Justice: Kali Akuno Speaks. indybay.org Water Justice: The View from Flint, New Orleans, and Jackson, Mississippi proposes to situate the environmental injustices at Bayview Hunters Point in the broader context of racist neglect of some other Black communities elsewhere in the country. Attention will be drawn to the intersection of class, gender and race and historical injustices. | Part of the "People's Earth Day for Water Justice" events…

Julia Rock (2023-04-16). The Supreme Court's Corrupt Rightward March. levernews.com With an unprecedented ethical cloud looming over the Supreme Court, the justices have continued going about their work pushing our nation's laws far to the right, as if nothing matters.In recent weeks, we've learned that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has for years taken

Editor (2023-04-15). Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Mifepristone Restrictions in a Rare Win for Abortion Rights. scheerpost.com The decision, issued Friday, delays a ruling from a federal appeals court and will allow abortion providers to continue providing the drug as usual for now.

Taylor Giorno (2023-04-15). Megadonor Harlan Crow Ramped Up Political Spending After Meeting Clarence Thomas. truthout.org Billionaire megadonors Harlan and Kathy Crow have steadily increased their political spending since they met their "very dear friends," U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, conservative political activist Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, in 1996. The Crows have treated the Thomases to private jet rides and luxury travel for more than two decades, most of which did not appear on Thomas'… |

Rann Miller (2023-04-14). Opinion: Critical Race Theory, A Master Class With Low Attendance. moguldom.com Critical Race Theory (CRT) is a legal and academic school of thought developed by various legal scholars, including Kimberle Crenshaw and Derrick Bell, that says race (a social construct) and racism are not merely the products of individual bias or prejudice but also something embedded in legal systems and public policies. While CRT is accepted …

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-04-15). Vandana Shiva: El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista. indybay.org Vandana Shiva: "El ecofeminismo tiene que ser antifascista"

Sharon Zhang (2023-04-14). Sanders, Bowman to Biden: Israel's Apartheid Must Not Be Funded by US Taxpayers. truthout.org A group of congressional progressives has urged the Biden administration to stop using taxpayer money to fund Israel's atrocities against Palestinians under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far right regime. In a letter sent to President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday, 14 lawmakers detailed their concerns about escalating Israeli violence in the occupied West Bank… |

Asa Winstanley (2023-04-15). Ukrainian Nazi gets medical treatment from Israel. electronicintifada.net Azov Brigade sergeant Arseniy Fedosiuk pictured meeting diplomats.

Anonymous669 (2023-04-14). In Video: Russian Lancet Drone Takes Out Ukrainian Long-Range Radar. 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 | On April 14, video footage surfaced online showing a Russian strike with a Lancet loitering munition against a 79K6 "Pelikan" radar of Kiev forces. | The radar was reportedly deployed near the city of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region. The pinpoint loitering munition strike destroyed the rada…

Chris Walker (2023-04-14). Biden Admin Files Emergency Brief to Supreme Court on Abortion Medication. truthout.org The Biden administration filed an emergency request to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, asking that a lower court's stay on a partial order from an appellate court be blocked while a case on the abortion medication mifepristone is litigated. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a far right appointee of former President Donald Trump who has expressed anti-abortion views prior to his judgeship… |

Ramzy Baroud, Mintpress News. (2023-04-15). Israel Is Unifying Arabs And Muslims Around Palestine. popularresistance.org By ordering a brutal attack against Palestinian worshipers inside Al-Aqsa Mosque on the 14th day of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knew very well that the Palestinians would retaliate. | Netanyahu's motive should be clear. He wanted to generate a distraction from the mass protests that have rocked Israel, starting in January, and divided Israeli society around ideological and political lines, in ways never witnessed before. | Unwilling to relinquish his hard-earned achievement of finally winning a decisive election and forming an entirely rightwing coalition while fear…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-04-15). Oracle, the Shadowy Tech Giant in League With the CIA and Israel, With Alan Macleod. orinocotribune.com By Lowkey -Apr 9, 2023 | Is your data really safe online? Whether you like it or not, it is likely that much of it is stored by Oracle, a gigantic, U.S.-based company that has become one of the largest and most influential tech corporations in the world. | Yet the company's intimate ties to both the Central Intelligence Agency and the Israeli national security state should be cause for enormous concern, our guest today argues. In episode 56 of "The Watchdog" podcast, Lowkey is joined by returning visitor, Alan MacLeod. |

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-04-15). Apoyan causa palestina en Irán durante Día Mundial de Al-Quds. telesurtv.net Presidente Raisi muestra preocupación por recientes acontecimientos en Jerusalén y Palestina debido a la violencia israelí. Insta a crear un frente unido contra agresiones de Tel Aviv.

Anonymous669 (2023-04-14). Israel Closes Airspace Near Syria, Lebanon & Gaza Amid Quds Day Fears. southfront.org Iron Dome in action, on May 13, 2021. (Avichai Socher/Israeli Defense Forces) | Israel has closed the airspace near its northern and southern fronts out of fears of new attacks by Iran's allies on Quds Day. | The Airports Authority informed civilian pilots on April 13 that flying is prohibited within six kilometers of the borders of Syria, Lebanon, and the Gaza Strip. The ban, which will remain in effect until April 16 afternoon, applies primarily to agriculture and other light aircraft, as airlines never fly in such…

Juan Cole (2023-04-14). Christian Archbishop slams Israel's Restrictions on Worship at the 'Festival of Lights' as "Racist" juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — On the Saturday before Orthodox Easter, which falls a week later than in the Western churches, typically 10,000 worshipers gather at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, waiting for the holy fire [to phos) to emerge. It is said to derive from the tomb in which Jesus was initially buried …

Maureen Clare Murphy (2023-04-14). Israel's excuses for execution swallowed by West. electronicintifada.net Past police cover-ups cast doubt on car ramming claim.

Ola Mousa (2023-04-14). Food or medicine? Gaza's stark choice. electronicintifada.net Illness comes at a high price under Israel's blockade.

Robert Inlakesh (2023-04-14). Israel's 8 Points About Al-Aqsa Mosque Assault Debunked. thelastamericanvagabond.com Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, tweeted out a video that was produced by the Israeli Ministry of Public Diplomacy, which outlines 8 points that the Israeli premier claims to be "the truth" that the mainstream media won't show you about Israel's assaults on Palestinian worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque. Robert Inlakesh goes through each of the

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-04-14). Líder iraní respalda causa palestina en Día Mundial de Al-Quds. telesurtv.net Presidente Raisi muestra preocupación por recientes acontecimientos en Jerusalén y Palestina debido a la violencia israelí. Insta a crear un frente unido contra agresiones de Tel Aviv.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-04-14). Gobierno Sirio rechaza ataques contra mezquita de Al Aqsa. telesurtv.net Además, afirmó que los ataques de los israelíes, que intentan practicar los rituales de la llamada pascua judía, se realizan con plena protección de Estado de Israel.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-04-14). Fuerzas israelíes arrestan a 12 palestinos. telesurtv.net Las detenciones ocurren pocos días después de los enfrentamientos en la mezquita de Al-Aqsa, en Jerusalén.

Fight Back (2023-04-14). Dallas protest against Israeli attacks on Al-Aqsa. fightbacknews.org Dallas, TX – On Saturday, April 8, over 150 members of the Palestinian diaspora and allies gathered at The Grassy Knoll at Dealey Plaza to protest the recent Israeli attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Al-Aqsa Mosque is the third holiest site in Islam and the attacks came during the height of Ramadan. Israeli forces have killed more than 90 Palestinians so far this year. | Speakers at the rally called for the end of U.S. financial support for Israel and an end to Israel's oppression of the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank. They chanted, "Not another penny, not another dime, no more money for Israe…

Ola Mousa (2023-04-14). Food or medicine? Gaza's stark choice. electronicintifada.net Illness comes at a high price under Israel's blockade.

Robert Inlakesh (2023-04-14). Israel's 8 Points About Al-Aqsa Mosque Assault Debunked. thelastamericanvagabond.com Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, tweeted out a video that was produced by the Israeli Ministry of Public Diplomacy, which outlines 8 points that the Israeli premier claims to be "the truth" that the mainstream media won't show you about Israel's assaults on Palestinian worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque. Robert Inlakesh goes through each of the

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-04-14). Líder iraní respalda causa palestina en Día Mundial de Al-Quds. telesurtv.net Presidente Raisi muestra preocupación por recientes acontecimientos en Jerusalén y Palestina debido a la violencia israelí. Insta a crear un frente unido contra agresiones de Tel Aviv.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-04-14). Gobierno Sirio rechaza ataques contra mezquita de Al Aqsa. telesurtv.net Además, afirmó que los ataques de los israelíes, que intentan practicar los rituales de la llamada pascua judía, se realizan con plena protección de Estado de Israel.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-04-14). Fuerzas israelíes arrestan a 12 palestinos. telesurtv.net Las detenciones ocurren pocos días después de los enfrentamientos en la mezquita de Al-Aqsa, en Jerusalén.

Fight Back (2023-04-14). Dallas protest against Israeli attacks on Al-Aqsa. fightbacknews.org Dallas, TX – On Saturday, April 8, over 150 members of the Palestinian diaspora and allies gathered at The Grassy Knoll at Dealey Plaza to protest the recent Israeli attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Al-Aqsa Mosque is the third holiest site in Islam and the attacks came during the height of Ramadan. Israeli forces have killed more than 90 Palestinians so far this year. | Speakers at the rally called for the end of U.S. financial support for Israel and an end to Israel's oppression of the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank. They chanted, "Not another penny, not another dime, no more money for Israe…

Miko Peled (2023-04-14). Itamar Ben-Gvir: The Worst of a Terrible Bunch of Israeli Politicians. mintpressnews.com Not only does the racist thug Ben-Gvir walk around with an entourage of armed guards, but now he has an entire "National Guard" made of armed settler gangs.

samidounfr (2023-04-15). Father Atallah Hanna: We call on the German authorities to lift the ban on Prisoner's Day marches in Berlin. samidoun.net The Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Sebastia in occupied Palestine, Father Bishop Atallah Hanna, affirmed his rejection of the repressive policies pursued by the German state against Palestinians and Arabs in Germany. In which the German media and politicians launched a smear campaign against Palestinians that lasted an entire week with the authorities of Berlin concluding …

Ellen Brown (2023-04-15). The Cobalt Gold Rush and the East Palestine Disaster. dissidentvoice.org Holidays in my childhood were spent at my grandparents' farm in Plain Grove, Pennsylvania, 35 miles from East Palestine, Ohio. My grandfather's grandfather fought at Gettysburg and homesteaded the 160-acre farm after the Civil War. My grandmother sold it in the 1960s for $13,000, lacking a male heir to do the work; but my relatives …

Katie Myers (2023-04-15). Another Day, Another Toxic Spill in East Palestine, Ohio. truthout.org This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist's weekly newsletter here. It's been a bit more than two months since a train derailment in rural Ohio spilled 38 cars' worth of hazardous materials, including a highly toxic petrochemical called vinyl chloride, in East Palestine. In the weeks following the disaster, it seems to many residents the problems just keep piling up. |

Staff (2023-04-14). 16 April, Online Event: Support Palestinian Political Prisoners. samidoun.net ÿ®ŸÖŸÜÿßÿ≥ÿ®ÿ© ŸäŸàŸÖ ÿߟÑÿßÿ≥Ÿäÿ± ÿߟџşÑÿ≥ÿ∑ŸäŸÜŸä ÿ™ÿØÿπŸàŸÉŸÖ ÿߟџÖÿ§ÿ≥ÿ≥ÿ© ÿߟџɟÜÿØŸäÿ© ÿߟџşÑ&y…

Staff (2023-04-14). 16 April, Online Event: The Palestinian Prisoners — An ongoing suffering and unbreakable resilience. samidoun.net On Palestinian Prisoner's Day Act For Palestine Foundation and Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network invite you to participate in a panel discussion titled : The Palestinian Prisoners — An ongoing suffering and unbreakable resilience Time: April 16, 2023 | 02: 00 PM (Jerusalem Time) Speakers: ▶ Imad Barghouthi: A Palestinian astrophysicist and ex-prisoner. ▶ Thomas Hofland: …

scorinoco (2023-04-14). Palestine: The Colonial System and the Dispossession of a People Who Refuse to Assimilate to White Europe. orinocotribune.com By Abu Watan — April 8, 2023 | The Palestinian people are not in a simple "conflict" or territorial dispute, they are under repression of a colonial and colonizing entity from which they must free themselves. They are not fighting to temporarily move a colonial border, but to completely decolonize their land and their lives. | Frantz Fanon, in The Wretched of the Earth, one of the most important works ever written about the oppressed in the colonial system, describes that the violence that destroys the social forms, the economy, the aesthetics, and even the clothing of the natives, that violence, will be vin…

Ellen Brown (2023-04-14). The Cobalt-Lithium Gold Rush and the East Palestine Disaster. Hazardous Materials, A Litany of Anomalies. globalresearch.ca

Brian Stull (2023-04-14). We're Challenging the Racist Practice That Excludes Black Jurors from Death Penalty Cases. aclu.org

splcenter (2023-04-14). Crisis and Resilience: SPLC's Mississippi office works to help victims of devastating tornado. splcenter.org

Editor (2023-04-15). Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Mifepristone Restrictions in a Rare Win for Abortion Rights. scheerpost.com The decision, issued Friday, delays a ruling from a federal appeals court and will allow abortion providers to continue providing the drug as usual for now.

Taylor Giorno (2023-04-15). Megadonor Harlan Crow Ramped Up Political Spending After Meeting Clarence Thomas. truthout.org Billionaire megadonors Harlan and Kathy Crow have steadily increased their political spending since they met their "very dear friends," U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, conservative political activist Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, in 1996. The Crows have treated the Thomases to private jet rides and luxury travel for more than two decades, most of which did not appear on Thomas'… |

Anonymous669 (2023-04-14). Saudi, Houthi Officials Conclude Peace Talks In Yemen's Sanaa. southfront.org Saudi Arabia ambassador to Yemen, Mohammed bin Saeed al-Jaber, with the head of the Houthis' Supreme Political Council, Mahdi al-Mashat, in Sanaa. Source: Al-Masirah TV. | On April 14, a Saudi delegation led by the kingdom ambassador to Yemen, Mohammed bin Saeed al-Jaber, concluded a round of peace talks with senior officials from the Houthis (Ansar Allah), including the head of the group's Supreme Political Council, Mahdi al-Mashat. | The breakthrough peace talks, which began in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on A…

Brittani Banks (2023-04-14). Clarence Thomas Proves It's Time for Supreme Court Term Limits. independentmediainstitute.org

Editor (2023-04-14). Billionaire Harlan Crow Bought Property From Clarence Thomas. The Justice Didn't Disclose the Deal. scheerpost.com The transaction is the first known instance of money flowing from Crow to the Supreme Court justice. The sale netted the GOP megadonor two vacant lots and the house where Thomas' mother was living.

Michael Waldman (2023-04-14). Clarence Thomas proves Justices can't police themselves. nationofchange.org The Supreme Court needs term limits and a binding code of ethics.

Staff (2023-04-14). DeSantis Signs Six-Week Abortion Ban in Florida; Legal Fight Intensifies over Abortion Pill. democracynow.org We look at the state of abortion access in the United States with The Nation's Amy Littlefield as the Supreme Court is expected to weigh in on a ruling set to take effect Saturday that effectively overrides the Food and Drug Administration's two-decade-old approval of the medication abortion pill mifepristone. Her most recent piece is headlined "A Conservative Christian Judge Rules Against Medication Abortion. How Hard Will Democrats Fight Back?"…

Staff (2023-04-14). Headlines for April 14, 2023. democracynow.org Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Bill Banning Abortions at Just Six Weeks, Federal Judge Issues Conflicting Ruling on Abortion Medication, Setting Up Supreme Court Fight, ProPublica: Clarence Thomas Failed to Disclose Sale of Property to Billionaire GOP Donor , 21-Year-Old Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira Arrested over Leaked Classified Documents, Leaked Documents Show U.S. Spied on U.N. Leader, Reveal Russian Infighting over Ukraine, Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny May Have Been Poisoned in Prison, Supporters Say, Saudi Arabia Restores Ties with Syria, Swaps POWs with Yemen's Houthi Rebels,…

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-04-14). Deniegan amparo para inscribir a candidatos de izquierda en Guatemala. telesurtv.net Corte Suprema de Justicia denegó el amparo para inscribir a la fórmula del Movimiento para la Liberación de los Pueblos como candidata a las elecciones presidenciales.

WSWS (2023-04-14). US Supreme Court clears way for execution of Florida inmate sentenced to death by nonunanimous jury. wsws.org Governor Ron DeSantis is pushing for legislation that will once again allow a nonunanimous jury vote to send a person to the death chamber.

WSWS (2023-04-14). Appeals court sides with lower court attack on abortion pills, but delays its effects. wsws.org The ruling is now being appealed to the full circuit court or directly to the Supreme Court.