Daily Archives: February 26, 2020

2020-02-26: News Headlines

Adalah-NY (2020-02-26). BDS protest at sheet maker Brooklinen's NYC store over production in Israel. indybay.org At a protest Sunday at Brooklinen's new Williamsburg, Brooklyn store, New York human rights advocates called for a boycott of the online sheet and linen retailer, over their Israeli production partners' involvement in Israel's apartheid rule over the Palestinian people.

BACFJA (2020-02-26). SF Demands Free Julian Assange & Goes Into UK Consulate Building Lobby. indybay.org As part of world day of action to Free Julian Assange activists rallied in San Francisco and then briefly occupied the UK building lobby.

RT (2020-02-25). 'CNN shilling for Bloomberg': Lee Camp mocks network for 'manufacturing consent for empire' over Donaldson's endorsement. rt.com By campaigning for billionaire Mike Bloomberg, veteran ABC newsman Sam Donaldson is just doing openly what mainstream US journalists try to hide, American comedian Lee Camp, host of RT's Redacted Tonight, pointed out. | Donaldson, 85, recently appeared on Chris Cuomo's CNN show, to announce he is endorsing the former New York mayor and billionaire media mogul in the "most important election since the Civil War," claiming that nothing less than Americans' constitutional freedoms are at stake. | Camp tore into this reasoning on the latest installment of his 'Moment of Clarity' video blog, pointing out that "Bloo…

Edward Curtin (2020-02-25). The Radical Jesus Confronts the Demonic American Empire. dissidentvoice.org There are very few writers who have done more to try to open the public's mind to the evil nature of the American empire than David Ray Griffin. His series of books on the false flag attacks of September 11, 2001 will endure for a long time, and they will one day, when it is …

John McEvoy (2020-02-25). Gilets Jaunes travel to London in force for Julian Assange extradition hearing. thecanary.co On 23 February, 143 French activists travelled from Paris to Not deterred: | It was a cold and miserable night in Paris, and the coaches were running late. But the group of French activists — many of whom are also Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vests) — were not deterred. | As the rain picked up, they stayed outside with their guitars and megaphones, giving interviews to the international…

Julia Conley, staff writer (2020-02-25). Jewish Activists Demanding 2020 Democrats #SkipAIPAC Arrested at Biden Headquarters. commondreams.org Seven young Jewish Americans were arrested Tuesday at former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign headquarters in Philadelphia, where they staged a public action demanding Biden skip the annual conference held by right-wing anti-Palestinian rights lobbying group AIPAC. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2020-02-25). With Bedrock Environmental Law Under Threat, Video Billboard Casts Interior Secretary as Trumpian 'Swamp Monster'. commondreams.org As activists and experts descended on the U.S. Department of the Interior building in Washington, D.C. Tuesday for a public forum and rally about the Trump administration's recent attack on one of the nation's landmark environmental laws, the advocacy group Public Citizen parked a truck with a massive screen nearby to play a video of a top official morphing into a "swamp monster" on loop for eight hours. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

Fight Back (2020-02-23). "We want to show the DNC that the people have the power," says Milwaukee coalition. fightbacknews.org New York, NY – On February 22, a Wisconsin delegation invited a conference of nearly 60 organizations to join a major protest at the Democratic National Convention taking place in Milwaukee in July. | The members of the Coalition to March on the DNC made their announcement on the second day of the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) national conference. The UNAC conference is a major gathering of international solidarity and anti-oppression activists from across North America, taking place at the People's Forum in New York City. | The coalition is calling on all progressive, left, democratic and socialist or…

Alan MacLeod (2020-02-20). Cop-Hating Vandals or Pro-Democracy Activists? – Depends whose police are being protested. fair.org The "cop-hating vandals" poured glue on three turnstiles and "placed large stickers throughout the subway station" (New York Post, The New York Police Department (NYPD) can generally rely on corporate media as allies on controversial police issues. A case in point was the New York subway protests earlier this month, in which the activist group

Venezuela Analysis (2020-02-06). Embassy Protection Collective: "We Are Not the Ones Who Violated the Law" theantimedia.com In this exclusive interview, VA talks to the activists who defended the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington DC ahead of their trial.

Medea Benjamin (2020-02-02). Why aren't Americans rising up like the people of Chile and Lebanon? zcomm.org The tinder for a revolutionary movement is everywhere…

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BDS protest at sheet maker Brooklinen's NYC store over production in Israel
Adalah-NY | indybay.org | 2020-02-26
At a protest Sunday at Brooklinen's new Williamsburg, Brooklyn store, New York human rights advocates called for a boycott of the online sheet and linen retailer, over their Israeli production partners' involvement in Israel's apartheid rule over the Palestinian people.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/24/1883102…

SF Demands Free Julian Assange & Goes Into UK Consulate Building Lobby
BACFJA | indybay.org | 2020-02-26
As part of world day of action to Free Julian Assange activists rallied in San Francisco and then briefly occupied the UK building lobby.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/24/1883102…

The Radical Jesus Confronts the Demonic American Empire
Edward Curtin | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-25
There are very few writers who have done more to try to open the public's mind to the evil nature of the American empire than David Ray Griffin. His series of books on the false flag attacks of September 11, 2001 will endure for a long time, and they will one day, when it is …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/the-radical-j…

'CNN shilling for Bloomberg': Lee Camp mocks network for 'manufacturing consent for empire' over Donaldson's endorsement
rt.com | 2020-02-25
By campaigning for billionaire Mike Bloomberg, veteran ABC newsman Sam Donaldson is just doing openly what mainstream US journalists try to hide, American comedian Lee Camp, host of RT's Redacted Tonight, pointed out. | Donaldson, 85, recently appeared on Chris Cuomo's CNN show, to announce he is endorsing the former New York mayor and billionaire media mogul in the "most important election since the Civil War," claiming that nothing less than Americans' constitutional freedoms are at stake. | Camp tore into this reasoning on the latest installment of his 'Moment of Clarity' video blog, pointing out that "Bloo…
rt.com/usa/481681-camp-bloomberg-donalds…

Gilets Jaunes travel to London in force for Julian Assange extradition hearing
John McEvoy | thecanary.co | 2020-02-25
On 23 February, 143 French activists travelled from Paris to Woolwich Crown Court to support Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, and press freedom. The Canary joined them. | Not deterred: | It was a cold and miserable night in Paris, and the coaches were running late. But the group of French activists

Jewish Activists Demanding 2020 Democrats #SkipAIPAC Arrested at Biden Headquarters
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-02-25
Seven young Jewish Americans were arrested Tuesday at former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign headquarters in Philadelphia, where they staged a public action demanding Biden skip the annual conference held by right-wing anti-Palestinian rights lobbying group AIPAC. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
commondreams.org/news/2020/02/25/jewish-…

With Bedrock Environmental Law Under Threat, Video Billboard Casts Interior Secretary as Trumpian 'Swamp Monster'
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-02-25
As activists and experts descended on the U.S. Department of the Interior building in Washington, D.C. Tuesday for a public forum and rally about the Trump administration's recent attack on one of the nation's landmark environmental laws, the advocacy group Public Citizen parked a truck with a massive screen nearby to play a video of a top official morphing into a "swamp monster" on loop for eight hours. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
commondreams.org/news/2020/02/25/bedrock…

2021 Pentagon Budget Request Hints at Russia and China as the New Focus of US Empire
Darius Shahtahmasebi | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-24
As the disastrous US wars in the Middle East begin to wind down, the Pentagon is shifting its strategy, budget and arsenal to focus on a confrontation with Russia and China, writes Darius Shahtahmasebi.
mintpressnews.com/2021-pentagon-budget-r…

"We want to show the DNC that the people have the power," says Milwaukee coalition
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-02-23
New York, NY – On February 22, a Wisconsin delegation invited a conference of nearly 60 organizations to join a major protest at the Democratic National Convention taking place in Milwaukee in July. | The members of the Coalition to March on the DNC made their announcement on the second day of the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) national conference. The UNAC conference is a major gathering of international solidarity and anti-oppression activists from across North America, taking place at the People's Forum in New York City. | The coalition is calling on all progressive, left, democratic and socialist or…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/2/23/we-want-…

Cop-Hating Vandals or Pro-Democracy Activists? – Depends whose police are being protested
Alan MacLeod | fair.org | 2020-02-20
The "cop-hating vandals" poured glue on three turnstiles and "placed large stickers throughout the subway station" (New York Post, 2/5/20). | The New York Police Department (NYPD) can generally rely on corporate media as allies on controversial police issues. A case in point was the New York subway protests earlier this month, in which the activist group Decolonize This Place…
fair.org/home/cop-hating-vandals-or-pro-…

Embassy Protection Collective: "We Are Not the Ones Who Violated the Law"
Venezuela Analysis | theantimedia.com | 2020-02-06
In this exclusive interview, VA talks to the activists who defended the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington DC ahead of their trial.

Embassy Protection Collective: "We Are Not the Ones Who Violated the Law"

Why aren't Americans rising up like the people of Chile and Lebanon?
Medea Benjamin | zcomm.org | 2020-02-02
The tinder for a revolutionary movement is everywhere…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/why-arent-americans-…