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\nindybay.org\/newsitems\/2019\/07\/21\/18824876.php<\/p>\nDemocratic Party Dilemmas<\/strong>
\nLawrence Davidson | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
\nThe 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.
\ncounterpunch.org\/2019\/07\/24\/democratic-party-dilemmas\/<\/p>\nIsraeli forces injure UK activists in 'sadistic' and 'violent' attack amid demolition of Palestinian homes<\/strong>
\nBryan Wall | thecanary.co | 2019-07-24
\nIsraeli 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…
\nthecanary.co\/global\/world-news\/2019\/07\/24\/israeli-forces-injure-uk-activists-in-sadistic-and-violent-attack-amid-demolition-of-palestinian-homes\/<\/p>\n209 Democrats Join GOP to Pass Resolution Condemning Pro-Palestinian Boycott<\/strong>
\nStaff | truthout.org | 2019-07-24
\n| 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…
\ntruthout.org\/articles\/209-democrats-join-gop-to-pass-resolution-condemning-pro-palestinian-boycott\/<\/p>\nTrump-Pelosi Deal Raises Debt Limit, But Protects War Machine, Hyde Amendment<\/strong>
\nStaff | truthout.org | 2019-07-24
\n| 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…
\ntruthout.org\/articles\/trump-pelosi-deal-raises-debt-limit-but-protects-war-machine-hyde-amendment\/<\/p>\nActivists Camped at Hawaii's Mauna Kea Face Government Opposition as They Attempt to Block Telescope Construction on Sacred Land<\/strong>
\nAída Chávez | theintercept.com | 2019-07-24
\nGov. David Ige gave law enforcement more authority to remove activists and ensure delivery of materials to the Thirty Meter Telescope construction site.
\ntheintercept.com\/2019\/07\/24\/hawaii-mauna-kea-telescope-protest\/<\/p>\nClimate Activists from Extinction Rebellion Glued Themselves to the Capitol to Disrupt House Votes<\/strong>
\nAída Chávez | theintercept.com | 2019-07-24
\nProtesters, who were glued for more than two hours, called for the immediate passage of a joint resolution to declare a climate emergency.
\ntheintercept.com\/2019\/07\/23\/extinction-rebellion-climate-change-capitol-hill\/<\/p>\nThe Young Lords: Exploring the Legacy of the Radical Puerto Rican Activist Group 50 Years Later<\/strong>
\nStaff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-24
\nFifty 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…
\nhttp:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2019\/7\/24\/young_lords_legacy<\/p>\nThere is no such thing as a 'green' war<\/strong>
\nsusan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-24
\nThe 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.
\ngreenleft.org.au\/content\/there-no-such-thing-%E2%80%98green%E2%80%99-war<\/p>\nWith the Right to Boycott Under Attack, Some Members of Congress Are Pushing Back<\/strong>
\naclu.org | 2019-07-23
\nIn 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…
\naclu.org\/blog\/free-speech\/right-boycott-under-attack-some-members-congress-are-pushing-back<\/p>\nThe Ongoing Dread in Gaza: So Many Names, So Many Lives<\/strong>
\nKathy Kelly | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-23
\nI 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 …
\ndissidentvoice.org\/2019\/07\/the-ongoing-dread-in-gaza-so-many-names-so-many-lives\/<\/p>\nIndigenous tell truth at Santa Maria display<\/strong>
\nEllie Dorritie | workers.org | 2019-07-21
\nA 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…
\nworkers.org\/2019\/07\/21\/indigenous-tell-truth-at-santa-maria-display\/<\/p>\nA round-up of the #BoycottHP Global Week of Action, July 10-15<\/strong>
\npatrick | bdsmovement.net | 2019-07-19
\nA 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 …
\nbdsmovement.net\/news\/round-boycotthp-global-week-action-july-10-15<\/p>\nPakistan: Release Ali Wazeer, Mohsin Dawar and PTM activists<\/strong>
\nsusan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-19
\nAli 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.
\ngreenleft.org.au\/content\/pakistan-release-ali-wazeer-mohsin-dawar-and-ptm-activists<\/p>\nThe Dark Side of the Moon Mission<\/strong>
\nJames Jeffrey | progressive.org | 2019-07-18
\n"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.
\nprogressive.org\/dispatches\/dark-side-of-moon-mission-jeffrey-190718\/<\/p>\nTrump's Threats towards Iran Aren't Working. Here's Why<\/strong>
\nStephen Zunes and Medea Benjamin | progressive.org | 2019-07-17
\nBy treating the Iranian regime as a monolith the Trump Administration risks closing one of the few remaining avenues for defusing the crisis.
\nprogressive.org\/dispatches\/trumps-threats-towards-iran-arent-working-zunes-benjamin-190717\/<\/p>\nDenver marches to close Trump's concentration camps<\/strong>
\nFight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-16
\nAurora, 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…
\nhttp:\/\/www.fightbacknews.org\/2019\/7\/16\/denver-marches-close-trump-s-concentration-camps<\/p>\nThe Social Movement Photography of David Bacon: Kids Working in the Banana Trees; Parents on Strike<\/strong>
\nDavid Bacon | progressive.org | 2019-07-16
\nIn 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.
\nprogressive.org\/dispatches\/the-social-movement-photography-of-david-bacon-phillipines-190716\/<\/p>\nDSA\/Jacobin\/Haymarket-sponsored 'Socialism' conference features US gov-funded regime-change activists<\/strong>
\nBen Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-06
\nThe 2019 Socialism Conference, sponsored by American leftist juggernauts the DSA, Jacobin magazine, and ISO's Haymarket Books, features regime-change activists…
\nthegrayzone.com\/2019\/07\/06\/dsa-jacobin-iso-socialism-conference-us-funded-regime-change\/<\/p>\nNew report: French Insurer AXA Complicit in Israel's War Crimes<\/strong>
\nPACBI | bdsmovement.net | 2019-07-05
\nNew 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) …
\nbdsmovement.net\/news\/new-report-french-insurer-axa-complicit-israel%E2%80%99s-war-crimes<\/p>\nStatement on Affiliation with the BDS Movement and the Use of the BDS Acronym<\/strong>
\nFADI | bdsmovement.net | 2019-07-05
\nStatement on Affiliation with the BDS Movement and the Use of the BDS Acronym : BNC Statement1 July 2019 | January 7, 2019 | By: | | BNC …
\nbdsmovement.net\/news\/statement-affiliation-bds-movement-and-use-bds-acronym<\/p>\nJoin the Global BDS Week of Action Against HP<\/strong>
\nziyaad | bdsmovement.net | 2019-07-05
\nJoin 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) …
\nbdsmovement.net\/news\/join-global-bds-week-action-against-hp<\/p>\nStatement on Affiliation with the BDS Movement and the Use of the BDS Acronym<\/strong>
\nFADI | bdsmovement.net | 2019-07-05
\nStatement on Affiliation with the BDS Movement and the Use of the BDS Acronym : BNC Statement1 July 2019 | January 7, 2019 | By: | | BNC …
\nbdsmovement.net\/news\/statement-affiliation-bds-movement-and-use-bds-acronym<\/p>\nNew report: French Insurer AXA Complicit in Israel's War Crimes<\/strong>
\nPACBI | bdsmovement.net | 2019-07-05
\nNew 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) …
\nbdsmovement.net\/news\/new-report-french-insurer-axa-complicit-israel%E2%80%99s-war-crimes<\/p>\n