Pro-Palestinian Activists Persevere Amid Ongoing Turmoil in Gaza
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-25
| "I felt shaky and uneasy all day, preparing for this talk" — Jehad Abusalim, a Palestinian from the territory of Gaza.Jehad Abusalim, a Palestinian now living in the United States, grew up in Gaza. In Chicago last week, addressing activists committed to breaking the siege of Gaza, he held up a stack of 31 papers. On each page were names of 1,254 Palestinians living in Gaza who had been killed in just one month of Israel's "Operation Protective Edge" attacks five years ago. | "I felt shaky an…
truthout.org/articles/pro-palestinian-ac…
Tulsi Gabbard, Ayanna Pressley Votes in Favor of Anti-BDS Bill
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-25
The 2020 U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard came under fire for voting in favor of condemning the pro-Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. | RELATED: | Ilhan Omar Introduces Bill Backing Pro-Palestine BDS Movement | The U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday passed (398-17) a nonbinding resolution condemning the BDS…
telesurenglish.net/news/tulsi-gabbard-vo…
End Forever War? Divest Zionism. US Congress Passes Resolution which Violates Constitution
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-25
On Wednesday, the US House of "Representatives" passed a resolution that violates both the Constitution and natural law. | . | . | . | BREAKING: 398 House members just voted for H.Res.246 in a powerful statement opposing the global BDS campaign and its | …
globalresearch.ca/end-forever-war-divest-zionism-us-congress-passes-resolution-which-violates-constitution/5684548
Tear Gas Company Owner Resigns From Whitney Museum Board
Ilana Novick | truthdig.com | 2019-07-25
Artists, activists and museum staff launched protests after learning that chemicals made by Warren Kanders' company were used on migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
truthdig.com/articles/tear-gas-company-o…
Imperial Duplicity and Mass Murder
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-25
A staple of Western war propaganda is what Prof. John McMurtry calls "Reverse Projection". The U.S. Empire, for example, projects its own crimes against prey nations. | So, it projects the lie that President Bashar al-Assad of Syria is a "brutal …
globalresearch.ca/imperial-duplicity-mass-murder/5684559
BAR book forum: Manu Karuka's "Empire's Tracks"
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-07-25
The history of the transcontinental railroad is a process of "continental imperialism." | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/25/bar-book-forum-m…
Getting Rid of Imperial Ambitions. UN Resolution to Terminate British Control over Chagos Archipelago
Sergey Sayenko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-25
The British authorities cannot get rid of imperial ambitions and appear to be yearningly recalling the times of the British Empire under Queen Victoria. At least, this is what the Chagos Archipelago situation testifies to. | Just a reminder: on May …
globalresearch.ca/getting-rid-of-imperial-ambitions-un-resolution-to-terminate-british-control-over-chagos-archipelago/5684570
Colombia's Murdered Leaders Called Criminals By Duque Ally
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-25
The former campaign manager to Colombia's President Ivan Duque has said that the social activists murdered over the past few years are criminals involved in 'illegal businesses'. The comments come as protests are planned in 58 cities around the world, against the mass killing of Colombia's social activists. | RELATED: | 40% of Young People in Colombia Have Experienced Abuse: Report | Luis Guillermo Echeverri ran right-wing President Duque's successful 2018 campaign, he spoke to…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombias-Murder…
Activists blockade Adani site
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-25
Stop Adani activists blockaded Adani's Abbot Point Road on July 22.
greenleft.org.au/content/activists-blockade-adani-site
Nationwide protests say: 'Six years too long'
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-25
Thousands of refugee rights activists, in more than 20 protests around the country, filled streets chanting "Six years too long, bring them here" on July 20.
greenleft.org.au/content/nation-wide-protests-say-six-years-too-long
AIPAC's Anti-BDS Resolution Easily Wins Bipartisan Support
Register Peace & Freedom or Green | indybay.org | 2019-07-25
Palestine remains the litmus test issue and once again, the Democrats showed their true colors on July 23, 2019 with 209 Democrats joining 189 Republicans in voting for pro Zionist Israel AIPAC's HRes 246, Roll Call 497 opposing the Boycott Divest Sanctions Movement of the Palestinian Liberation Struggle. See http: //clerk.house.gov/evs/2019/roll497.xml. The bill may be found at www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/hou……
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/24/1882495…
Small Crowd, Big Message at Golden Gate
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2019-07-25
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indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/21/18824876.php
Democratic Party Dilemmas
Lawrence Davidson | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
The rise to power of Donald Trump destroyed the traditional Republican Party. Most of the moderate conservatives fled into the ranks of the independents and were replaced by a radical right amalgamation of racists, misogynists, conspiracy theorists, assorted "tea party" types and warmongers. In the background also exists support from religious fundamentalists yearning for Armageddon.
counterpunch.org/2019/07/24/democratic-party-dilemmas/
Israeli forces injure UK activists in 'sadistic' and 'violent' attack amid demolition of Palestinian homes
Bryan Wall | thecanary.co | 2019-07-24
Israeli soldiers have injured a number of Palestinian and British activists in occupied East Jerusalem. According to the International Solidarity Movement ( ISM), the activists "were stamped on, dragged across the floor by the hair, strangled with a scarf and peppe…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2019/07/24/israeli-forces-injure-uk-activists-in-sadistic-and-violent-attack-amid-demolition-of-palestinian-homes/
209 Democrats Join GOP to Pass Resolution Condemning Pro-Palestinian Boycott
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-24
| Just days after Israeli forces demolished dozens of Palestinian homes in what international observers said amounted to a war crime, the U.S. House of Representatives late Tuesday passed a resolution condemning the non-violent boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement that is working to put an end to Israel's brutal occupation. | The non-binding re…
truthout.org/articles/209-democrats-join-gop-to-pass-resolution-condemning-pro-palestinian-boycott/
Trump-Pelosi Deal Raises Debt Limit, But Protects War Machine, Hyde Amendment
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-24
| Let me get this straight. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Trump Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin have miraculously just come to a silky-smooth bipartisan budget agreement that rips the feathers right off the deficit hawks and kills the Obama-era Sequester and fake debt ceiling crises all in one swoop. | The catch is that the debt ceiling truce is only for two years. So if a Democrat wins the…
truthout.org/articles/trump-pelosi-deal-raises-debt-limit-but-protects-war-machine-hyde-amendment/
Activists Camped at Hawaii's Mauna Kea Face Government Opposition as They Attempt to Block Telescope Construction on Sacred Land
Aída Chávez | theintercept.com | 2019-07-24
Gov. David Ige gave law enforcement more authority to remove activists and ensure delivery of materials to the Thirty Meter Telescope construction site.
theintercept.com/2019/07/24/hawaii-mauna-kea-telescope-protest/
Climate Activists from Extinction Rebellion Glued Themselves to the Capitol to Disrupt House Votes
Aída Chávez | theintercept.com | 2019-07-24
Protesters, who were glued for more than two hours, called for the immediate passage of a joint resolution to declare a climate emergency.
theintercept.com/2019/07/23/extinction-rebellion-climate-change-capitol-hill/
The Young Lords: Exploring the Legacy of the Radical Puerto Rican Activist Group 50 Years Later
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-24
Fifty years ago this week, a group of young radical Puerto Ricans took to the streets of New York City to announce the formation of the New York chapter of the Young Lords. Formed in the same radical tradition of the Black Panther Party, the activists soon became a force in the community that inspired people around the nation. The Young Lords occupied churches and hospitals to offer services to the community, and educated people about Puerto Rican culture and history. They called for self-determination for all Puerto Ricans, independence for the island of Puerto Rico, community control of institutions and land, f…
http://www.democracynow.org/2019/7/24/young_lords_legacy
There is no such thing as a 'green' war
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-24
The military industrial complex is a major contributor to climate change. This calls for a merger of anti-war, climate and refugee solidarity movements, writes Eleanor Goldfield.
greenleft.org.au/content/there-no-such-thing-%E2%80%98green%E2%80%99-war
With the Right to Boycott Under Attack, Some Members of Congress Are Pushing Back
aclu.org | 2019-07-23
In a sea of anti-BDS legislation, a resolution championing the right to political boycotts emerges. | More than 250 million Americans, some 78 percent of the population, live in states with anti-boycott laws or policies. With the right to boycott under attack across the United States, some members of Congress are pushing back against these dangerous and unrelenting attacks., , Last week, Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN), along with Representatives John Lewis (D-GA) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), introduced a…
aclu.org/blog/free-speech/right-boycott-under-attack-some-members-congress-are-pushing-back
The Ongoing Dread in Gaza: So Many Names, So Many Lives
Kathy Kelly | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-23
I felt shaky and uneasy all day, preparing for this talk. — Jehad Abusalim, a Palestinian from the territory of Gaza Jehad Abusalim, a Palestinian now living in the United States, grew up in Gaza. In Chicago last week, addressing activists committed to breaking the siege of Gaza, he held up a stack of 31 …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/the-ongoing-dread-in-gaza-so-many-names-so-many-lives/
Indigenous tell truth at Santa Maria display
Ellie Dorritie | workers.org | 2019-07-21
A replica of the Santa Maria, one of Christopher Columbus' ships, was put on display in Buffalo's Lake Erie harbor July 13. Reacting to the occasion, Haudenosaunee activists and their allies were present to tell the truth about the ship. They explained that rather than just being an innocent tourist . . . | Continue reading Indigenous tell truth at Santa Maria display at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/07/21/indigenous-tell-truth-at-santa-maria-display/
A round-up of the #BoycottHP Global Week of Action, July 10-15
patrick | bdsmovement.net | 2019-07-19
A round-up of the #BoycottHP Global Week of Action, July 10-15: UpdateGroups worldwide participated in the #BoycottHP Global Week of Action, creatively asserting the demand that HP Inc and HPE end their complicity in Israel's apartheid, military occupation and settler-colonialism against the Palestinian people | Economic Boycott Boycott HP Global BDS Week of Action Against HP …
bdsmovement.net/news/round-boycotthp-global-week-action-july-10-15
Pakistan: Release Ali Wazeer, Mohsin Dawar and PTM activists
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-19
Ali Wazeer and Mohsin Dawar, members of the Pakistan National Assembly, were arrested in May on trumped up terrorism charges. An international solidarity campaign is calling for their release.
greenleft.org.au/content/pakistan-release-ali-wazeer-mohsin-dawar-and-ptm-activists
The Dark Side of the Moon Mission
James Jeffrey | progressive.org | 2019-07-18
"For that kind of money," Vonnegut cracked on the CBS Evening News, "the least [NASA] can do is discover God." Civil rights activists, anti-Vietnam War protesters and even top scientists were skeptical of the Apollo moon mission at the time.
progressive.org/dispatches/dark-side-of-moon-mission-jeffrey-190718/
Trump's Threats towards Iran Aren't Working. Here's Why
Stephen Zunes and Medea Benjamin | progressive.org | 2019-07-17
By treating the Iranian regime as a monolith the Trump Administration risks closing one of the few remaining avenues for defusing the crisis.
progressive.org/dispatches/trumps-threats-towards-iran-arent-working-zunes-benjamin-190717/
Denver marches to close Trump's concentration camps
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-16
Aurora, CO – Hundreds of protestors marched from the Peoria transit station to the corporate-run GEO Group ICE Processing Center on July 12. The march was led by the Coalition to Close Concentration Camps. The coalition is composed of many local immigrant rights groups and community activists demanding President Trump close the camps. | Marchers chanted, "Close the camps! "Shut it down!" and "Say it loud, say it clear, immigrants are welcome here!" They also proudly displayed signs reading "Abolish ICE," "Don't look away" and "Never again is now." One leader spoke about U.S. government intervention in Central Am…
http://www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/16/denver-marches-close-trump-s-concentration-camps
The Social Movement Photography of David Bacon: Kids Working in the Banana Trees; Parents on Strike
David Bacon | progressive.org | 2019-07-16
In 1997, I went to the Philippines to document child labor on the banana plantations producing for the Dole Corporation. The next year activists carried the information to Seattle to confront the global meeting of the World Trade Organization.
progressive.org/dispatches/the-social-movement-photography-of-david-bacon-phillipines-190716/
DSA/Jacobin/Haymarket-sponsored 'Socialism' conference features US gov-funded regime-change activists
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-06
The 2019 Socialism Conference, sponsored by American leftist juggernauts the DSA, Jacobin magazine, and ISO's Haymarket Books, features regime-change activists…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/06/dsa-jacobin-iso-socialism-conference-us-funded-regime-change/
New report: French Insurer AXA Complicit in Israel's War Crimes
PACBI | bdsmovement.net | 2019-07-05
New report: French Insurer AXA Complicit in Israel's War Crimes: UpdateGlobal coalition demands AXA divest from companies violating Palestinian rights | Economic Boycott Military EmbargoJuly 8, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) …
bdsmovement.net/news/new-report-french-insurer-axa-complicit-israel%E2%80%99s-war-crimes
Statement on Affiliation with the BDS Movement and the Use of the BDS Acronym
FADI | bdsmovement.net | 2019-07-05
Statement on Affiliation with the BDS Movement and the Use of the BDS Acronym : BNC Statement1 July 2019 | January 7, 2019 | By: | | BNC …
bdsmovement.net/news/statement-affiliation-bds-movement-and-use-bds-acronym
Join the Global BDS Week of Action Against HP
ziyaad | bdsmovement.net | 2019-07-05
Join the Global BDS Week of Action Against HP: UpdateFrom July 10th – 15th, groups from across the world are coming together to send a powerful message to HP companies, HP Inc and HP-E, demanding that they stop profiteering from Israel's apartheid, occupation and colonisation. | Boycott HPJuly 5, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) …
bdsmovement.net/news/join-global-bds-week-action-against-hp
Statement on Affiliation with the BDS Movement and the Use of the BDS Acronym
FADI | bdsmovement.net | 2019-07-05
Statement on Affiliation with the BDS Movement and the Use of the BDS Acronym : BNC Statement1 July 2019 | January 7, 2019 | By: | | BNC …
bdsmovement.net/news/statement-affiliation-bds-movement-and-use-bds-acronym
New report: French Insurer AXA Complicit in Israel's War Crimes
PACBI | bdsmovement.net | 2019-07-05
New report: French Insurer AXA Complicit in Israel's War Crimes: UpdateGlobal coalition demands AXA divest from companies violating Palestinian rights | Economic Boycott Military EmbargoJuly 8, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) …
bdsmovement.net/news/new-report-french-insurer-axa-complicit-israel%E2%80%99s-war-crimes