A New Day of Bloody Repression in Colombia — 10 Deaths Reported, not Counting Desaparecidos
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-30
At least 10 people died on Friday in the Colombian city of Cali, making it one of the deadliest days in the anti-government demonstrations that began a month ago in Colombia and that have suffered harsh repression from the police. This was reported by the mayor's office on Saturday, May 29. | "Ten people" died [only on Friday] "is the report that we have this morning" on events related "to the protest and civil dynamics" in the capital of Valle del Cauca, said the secretary of security of the city, Carlos Rojas, on Caracol Radio . | Armed men fire guns in Cali today while cops look on. The "CAI" building in the b…
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Saturday 5/29: George Floyd Week: 100th Anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre Talk
Next Generation Action Network | indybay.org | 2021-05-30
Online event…
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Rep. Cori Bush's impact on the US Israel-Palestine debate
Mondoweiss | juancole.com | 2021-05-30
By David Warren: | Rep. Cori Bush's statements in support of Palestinians during the most recent uprising reflect how the US discussion of Israel-Palestine is increasingly impacted by the anti-racism and anti-colonialism of the Black Lives Matter movement. |
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Block the Boat! International Week of Action, 2-9 June 2021
Staff | samidoun.net | 2021-05-30
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is republishing the following call from AROC (Arab Resource and Organizing Center.) Samidoun members and chapters will be participating in Block the Boat activities in their locations and urge all supporters of Palestine to join in the call! To get all of the latest information, sign up to organize an activity or receive updates, please reach out to AROC and visit the official Block the Boat website! Block ZIM Everywhere! Profiteering from Israeli Apartheid is not Welcome Anywhere! For the past 10 days, the threat of our #BlockTheBoat protest has kept a cargo ship…
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How to Sabotage the Pro-Palestine Movement
Caitlin Johnstone | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-30
By Caitlin Johnstone — May 27, 2021 | The US-centralized power alliance is losing control of the Palestine narrative as awareness continues to spread of the injustice of Israeli apartheid, and it's one of the most interesting things happening in the narrative matrix today. | It's very encouraging to see an entirely grassroots activist campaign get…
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Vaccine apartheid in Palestine: The silent war by Israel
Jyotsna Singh | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-05-30
in violation of its obligations and responsibilities as an occupying power, Israel has taken little effort in vaccinating Palestinians, leading to very poor vaccination rates in the occupied territories and the general deterioration of health facilities…
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How the UN Can Help End Israeli Apartheid and Persecution
Foreign Policy in Focus | juancole.com | 2021-05-30
By Louis Charbonneau | — ( Foreign Policy in Focus) — The latest outbreak of violence in Gaza is depressingly familiar. Scores of civilians, including children, were killed and injured. As usual, Israeli airstrikes in heavily populated areas of Gaza claimed the most victims, although Hamas rockets launched into Israel also killed and injured civilians. …
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Against Apartheid Pedagogy in the Age of White Supremacy
Henry A. Giroux | zcomm.org | 2021-05-30
The urgency of the historical moment demands new visions of social change…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/against-apartheid-…
Block ZIM Everywhere! Profiteering from Israeli Apartheid is Not Welcome Anywhere! International Week of Action
Arab Resource & Organizing Center | indybay.org | 2021-05-30
For the past 12 days, the #BlockTheBoat protest has kept a cargo ship operated by ZIM — apartheid Israel's largest and oldest shipping company — from docking at the Port of Oakland. We are winning!
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/28/1884281…
Los Altos Commemorates Death of George Floyd with March/Rally
Justice Vanguard Takes the Lead | indybay.org | 2021-05-30
Justice Vanguard is a grassroots racial justice organization that focuses on creating change through education and positive awareness. The youth group organized a 1.5 mile march from Los Altos High School to a busy intersection at the border of Mountain View and Los Altos, where students and community members spilled into the street, blocked traffic and rallied on the busy El Camino Real.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/28/1884278…
Flowers and Candles Form Tribute to Black Lives Murdered
1st Anniversary of George Floyd | indybay.org | 2021-05-30
Photos from a vigil held in Mill Valley on May 25th.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/29/1884281…
Bolivia: Añez Likely To Face Multiple Trials
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-29
The Attorney General's Office of Bolivia on Friday asked the Supreme Court to open three new trials against the de facto ex-President Jeanine Añez. | RELATED: | Accomplices of Former Minister Murillo Arrested in Bolivia | The first case is related to the illegal settlement of a US$327 million IMF loan, which materialized without the due approval of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly. | In the second trial, Añez would be judged for violating freedom of expression during the COVI…
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Saturday 5/29: George Floyd Week: 100th Anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre Talk
Next Generation Action Network | indybay.org | 2021-05-29
Online event…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/28/1884280…
Students Demand End To University Complicity With Israeli Apartheid
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-29
University students across the UK are demanding immediate divestment from companies complicit in Israeli apartheid and settler-colonialism as a part of Apartheid Off Campus's national day of action.
popularresistance.org/students-demand-en…
[Perspectives] A history of US police violence
Mary T Bassett | thelancet.com | 2021-05-29
In 2020, the murder of George Floyd broadcast US police violence to the world. But police killings especially directed against Black men were not new. The US codes these as "deaths by legal intervention", which comprise mainly police uses of force. In 2017, such deaths were in the top ten causes of death for Black men aged 15–34 years. And this ranking used a measure known to undercount by 50% the actual number of deaths related to police encounters. In the USA, the risk of death after a police encounter is 2 ∑5 times higher for Black men than for white men, and Black people are also less likely to be a…
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Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham Is Rounding Up Government Supporters In Greater Idlib — Reports
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-05-29
Click to see full-size image | Al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) is reportedly rounding up government supporters in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib. | On May 29, the General Security Agency, the security wing of HTS, carried out an arrest campaign in the region. Dozens of government supporters were arrested from the towns of Salqin, Harem, Darkoush, and Kafr Takharim in northern Idlib as well as from the town of Jisr al-Shughur in western Idlib. | The campaign targeted anyone who voiced hi…
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Military Situation In Syria On May 29, 2021 (Map Update)
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-05-29
Click to see full-size image | On May 29, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 45 times: 25 — in Idlib province, 12 — in Latakia province, 8 — in Hama province | On May 28, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Kansafra, Sufuhun, al-Fatirah, and al-Bara | On May 28, four SDF members were arrested, after trying to infiltrate into Turkish territory from Syria, according to the Turkish Ministry of Defense | Syrian Presid…
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George Floyd's Murder Was "Clarion Call" to Defund Police
Monifa Bandele | zcomm.org | 2021-05-29
What's Changed in Year Since His Death?>…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/george-floyds-murd…
George Floyd Action In SF's Fillmore
Michael Steinberg | indybay.org | 2021-05-29
On May 22 people gathered in San Francisco's Fillmore District to mark the one year anniversary of George Floyd's death.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/26/1884276…
Los Altos Commemorates Death of George Floyd with March/Rally
Justice Vanguard Takes the Lead | indybay.org | 2021-05-29
Justice Vanguard is a grassroots racial justice organization that focuses on creating change through education and positive awareness. The youth group organized a 1.5 mile march from Los Altos High School to a busy intersection at the border of Mountain View and Los Altos, where students and community members spilled into the street, blocked traffic and rallied on the busy El Camino Real.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/28/1884278…
Flowers and Candles Form Tribute to Black Lives Murdered
1st Anniversary of George Floyd | indybay.org | 2021-05-29
Photos from a vigil held in Mill Valley on May 25th.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/29/1884281…
Block ZIM Everywhere! Profiteering from Israeli Apartheid is Not Welcome Anywhere! International Week of Action
Arab Resource & Organizing Center | indybay.org | 2021-05-29
For the past 12 days, the #BlockTheBoat protest has kept a cargo ship operated by ZIM — apartheid Israel's largest and oldest shipping company — from docking at the Port of Oakland. We are winning!
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/28/1884281…