(2021-01-25). 'Vaccination apartheid': Gaza struggling with Covid-19 infections while Israel rolls out jab. middleeasteye.net 
'Vaccination apartheid': Gaza struggling with Covid-19 infections while Israel rolls out jab | Gaza braces for more avoidable deaths with delayed vaccination rollout and an overwhelmed health system | Mon, 01/25/2021 – 11: 08 | A hospital staff member gets tested for coronavirus in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on 31 August 2020 (AFP/file photo) | In the intensive care unit of the European Gaza…
(2021-01-25). 'We're taking responsibility': Sixty teens announce refusal to serve in Israeli army. mronline.org 
Dozens of Israeli teens sign public letter objecting to military service over Israel's policies of apartheid, neoliberalism, and denial of the Nakba.
(2021-01-25). As an Eviction Crisis Looms, Tenant Organizing Explodes Across the Country. truthout.org 
It started last June with squatting. Quietly and without fanfare, Philadelphia activists affiliated with OccupyPHL and the Black Renter's Cooperative broke into long-vacant public housing buildings and supported houseless families moving in. Then came the massive, barricaded protest encampment on Benjamin Franklin Parkway, a tree-lined oasis in the middle of the Pennsylvania city surrounded by some of Philadelphia's most expensive housing. | "They totally could have used the cops to disperse the…
(2021-01-25). Egypt: Animation artist arrested for video commemorating revolution. middleeasteye.net 
Egypt: Animation artist arrested for video commemorating revolution | The arrest of Ashraf Hamdi coincides with the 10th anniversary of Egypt's 25 January revolution | Mon, 01/25/2021 – 12: 55 | Hamdi has a large following on his YouTube channel, where he regularly uploads animated videos (Screengrab/YouTube/Instagram) | Egyptian authorities arrested caricature artist and animated film director Ashraf Ha…
(2021-01-25). Milwaukee Common Council revisits and accepts COPS grant. liberationnews.org 
The measure will result in the hiring of an additional 30 police officers.
(2021-01-25). Equal Opportunity Hate: The Angry White women of the Capitol Far Right. juancole.com 
By Jakana Thomas | — The terror inflicted on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 laid bare America's problem with violent extremism. The FBI and other law enforcement agencies have begun to piece together the events of that day, while attempting to thwart any impending attacks. Scores of people have been arrested and charged over …
(2021-01-25). Why Anti-Racism Must Be Anti-Capitalist. popularresistance.org Last summer we saw one of the largest anti-racist mobilisations in decades. In over sixty countries, protesters took to the streets in their thousands to demand transformative, lasting change. | The Black Lives Matter movement calls for a fundamental shift in how our societies are organised: defunding police forces, ending the prison-industrial complex, opposing imperialist projects abroad, and destroying neo-colonial power relations between the Global North and the Global South. Racism and its brutal history are being discussed in a way that is unparalleled in my lifetime. | As happens with every radical movemen…
(2021-01-25). Lawmaker Slams Greece's Digital Vaccination Certificates, Calls Idea Form of 'Apartheid'. sputniknews.com Greek authorities began issuing digital vaccination certificates for people vaccinated against the coronavirus last week, with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis suggesting the measure should be introduced across the European Union to facilitate travel and tourism.
(2021-01-25). Understanding The Politics Of Urban Apartheid In The United States. popularresistance.org Baltimore Maryland is a majority-black but hyper-segregated city. Following the uprising in Baltimore in 2015 in response to the police murder of Freddie Gray, Dr. Lawrence Brown, a public health expert at Morgan University, a historically black university in Baltimore, found that historical context and data were missing from the conversation about what was happening. Thus, he wrote "The Black Butterfly: The Politics of Race and Space in America." In this book, Dr. Brown describes the history of and the players who created the urban apartheid and how Baltimore became a template for many cities across the country.
(2021-01-25). Thursday 2/11: Unspoken Impact of Police Brutality Against BIWOC, TGNC & Latinx Communities. indybay.org Online event (FREE)…
(2021-01-25). US Police Killed at 135 Unarmed Black People Since 2015. telesurenglish.net The National Public Radio (NPR) published a report showing that at least 135 unarmed Black men have been killed by U.S. police since 2015. | RELATED: | The investigation also recalled that 75 percent of the police officers involved in the shooting deaths of unarmed black men were white. | "Several officers were convicted of crimes. However, all of them kept their jobs," NPR discovered, adding that the report focused on specific cases.
(2021-01-24). Dutch police nab 'Asia's El Chapo', suspected leader of one of world's largest drug-trafficking operations. rt.com 
Tse Chi Lop, the suspected kingpin of one of the world's largest drug syndicates, has been arrested in Amsterdam at the request of Australian authorities who have been probing his shadowy narcotics empire. | The Chinese-born Canadian national was arrested without incident at Amsterdam's Schiphol International Airport, Australia's Federal Police announced on Saturday. Tse is believed to be the leader of the Sam Gor Syndicate, also known as 'the company'. The criminal organization has been described by authorities as perhaps the largest illegal drug operations in Asia, earning between $8 and $17.7 billion each y…
(2021-01-24). Why Calling Israel An Apartheid State Is Not Enough. popularresistance.org B'Tselem, a leading human rights group in Israel, recently released a report concluding that Israel is an apartheid state, with a regime of Jewish supremacy stretching from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. | The report found that Israel meets the definition of apartheid under international law, which defines apartheid as "inhuman acts committed for the purpose of establishing and maintaining domination by one racial group of persons over any other racial group of persons and systematically oppressing them". | The report received widespread international media attention and was described as a "watershed"
(2021-01-24). Israel is an apartheid state, says B'Tselem. zcomm.org Time to ditch the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism?
(2021-01-23). The struggle for religious freedom — from Thomas Jefferson to Black Lives Matter. salon.com Out of America's paradoxical history of religious liberty comes a great push for Black freedom and racial justice…
(2021-01-22). The Eric Brandt story: How a controversial cop watcher became one of the most successful police reformers in the US. therealnews.com 
Known for his role in the Occupy Denver movement and his controversial, even profane, manner of exercising his First Amendment rights, Eric Brandt has been arrested roughly 200 times while protesting police brutality and advocating for reform. But he's also quietly racked up key victories in court.
(2021-01-22). Forest Service: Cutting Snags To Eliminate Endangered Species Habitat. popularresistance.org It is an intentional act to seek out and cut large diameter dead trees to prevent them from becoming spotted owl and other endanger species habitat. Annual census of known spotted owl trees are conducted. Owls must be seen living in the trees. If the owls are scared off by nearby clear-cutting, road building, or the tree is downed, the habitat is delisted as critical and may now be clear-cut. If there are no potential habitat trees, owls are prevented from moving into an area. | This is an intentional act. Cutting large diameter dead trees is being conducted on gated locked Forest Service and BLM lands. Only staf…