Staff (2021-07-07). Headlines for July 7, 2021. democracynow.org Haitian President Jovenel MoàØse Assassinated, Eric Adams Set to Become New York City's Next Mayor After Clinching Primary, Nikole Hannah-Jones Rejects Tenure at UNC, Heads to Howard University with Ta-Nehisi Coates, Biden Admin Extends Temporary Protected Status for Yemenis, Pentagon Cancels $10 Billion Cloud Computing Contract with Microsoft, White House Quietly Hosts Brother of Mohammed bin Salman, Lebanon on Brink of Economic Collapse as People Face Hunger, Poverty and Political Uncertainty, Far-Right Israeli Gov't Fails to Renew Apartheid "Citizenship Law", Iran Hosts Intra-Afghan Talks Amid Taliban A…

Brianna Griffith (2021-07-07). Extradition of Alex Saab: US takes effort to starve Venezuelans to new lows. peoplesdispatch.org Venezuelan official Alex Saab was arrested over a year ago in Cape Verde and in March 2021 the country's Supreme Court approved his extradition to the United States…

Isiah Holmes (2021-07-07). How a Journalist Ended Up on an FBI Watch List. progressive.org I covered Black Lives Matter protests in Wisconsin, so the police put me on a list shared with the FBI.

Anonymous007 (2021-07-07). Military Situation In Afghanistan On July 7, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On July 7, Taliban captured Wakhan district in Badakhshan province | On July 7, Taliban captured Qadis district center in Badghis province | On July 7, clashes between Taliban and Afghan Army continued near Balkhab in Sar-e Pol Province | 239 Taliban militants were killed, 157 wounded & 2 others were arrested as a result of Afghan Army operations in Laghman, Logar, Paktika, Ghazni, Kandahar,Farah, Ghor, Badghis, Balkh, Samangan, Helmand, Nimruz, Badakhshan, Kunduz a…

Ali Abunimah (2021-07-06). Israel's apartheid marriage law is the essence of Zionism. electronicintifada.net Failure to renew discriminatory measure gives Palestinians no reprieve.

Dennis Broe (2021-07-06). The crime novel post-confinement and post-BLM: The three-day plan. peoplesworld.org LYON, France—As the world begins to wake up and we enter the period of post-confinement, in France the first major festival return, just prior to the re-opening of the Cannes Film Festival, was the just concluded Quais du Polar. It's the global festival of crime writing, the largest of its kind, if not in the …

George Wuerthner (2021-07-06). Livestock Abuse of the Sonoran National Monument. counterpunch.org Recently the BLM has decided to open up the northern portion of the Sonoran Desert National Monument to livestock grazing. On June 29, 2021, Advocates for the West filed suit against the Arizona office of the Bureau of Land Management for failing to protect the Sonoran Desert National Monument from the destruction of native plants,

Staff (2021-07-06). Hong Kong court hands US lawyer 4-month jail sentence for assaulting policeman during citywide unrest in 2019. rt.com An American lawyer working in Hong Kong will spend four months behind bars after being convicted of attacking a police officer during a period when the semi-autonomous territory was gripped by violent anti-Beijing protests. | Samuel Phillip Bickett, a former compliance director at the Bank of America, was sentenced to four months and two weeks on Tuesday by a Hong Kong court. Court magistrate Arthur Lam said Bickett's behavior posed a "serious threat to public order," noting the officer whom he attacked suffered multiple injuries. Fourteen days were added to the American's sentence because the court concluded…

Juan Cole (2021-07-06). "Chaos" in Israeli Parliament over Apartheid-style Law against Family Unification for Palestinian-Israelis. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Al-Quds Al-Arabi [Arab Jerusalem] reports "chaos" in the Israeli parliament as it debated into the wee hours of Tuesday morning the renewal of a 2003 law that places obstacles to family unification inside Israel of Palestinian-Israelis who marry Palestinians living in the Occupied West Bank or Gaza. Members of parliament …

Jonah Raskin (2021-07-06). What Oakland Wrought: From Gertrude Stein to the Black Panthers and Beyond. counterpunch.org Occupy Oakland began on October 10, 2011. It lasted until November 21, 2011. "Occupy Everything Liberate Oakland," posters read. Protesters occupied Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in front of Oakland City Hall and at other places. Cops in riot gear confronted them and arrested them again and again, though nearly one hundred thousand people demonstrated. Indeed, they

The Associated Press (2021-07-06). Nicaragua Arrests 6 More Opposition Figures; EU Weighs Move. latinorebels.com MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaraguan police arrested a half dozen more opposition figures, including the sixth presidential hopeful to have been arrested in a crackdown that started last month.

Staff (2021-07-05). "The Second": Carol Anderson on the Racist History Behind the Constitutional Right to Bear Arms. democracynow.org As gun violence soars in the United States, we look at the Second Amendment and its racist roots with Carol Anderson, author of the new book, "The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America." In the book, Anderson details how the Second Amendment was written to empower local militia groups to put down slave revolts and protect plantation owners. She writes the Second Amendment is "rooted in fear of Black people, to deny them their rights, to keep them from tasting liberty." Carol Anderson joined us from Atlanta, where she is a professor at Emory University. She is also the author of "One Person, No Vote:…

Staff (2021-07-04). Palestinian resistance celebrated at Palestine Stand in Toulouse, France. samidoun.net On Saturday, 3 July, the Collectif Palestine Vaincra, a member organization of the Samidoun Network, organized a Palestine Stand at the Capitole metro station in Toulouse, France. The initiative focused on celebrating the legitimacy and necessity of Palestinian resistance in confonting colonization, racism, and apartheid violence, especially following the deadly Israeli military aggression against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in May 2021. üáµüá∏ Hier à Toulouse, nouveau Stand Palestine à la sortie du métro Capitole en soutien à la résistance palestinienne. Celu…

Staff (2021-07-04). Palestinian resistance celebrated at Palestine Stand in Toulouse, France. samidoun.net On Saturday, 3 July, the Collectif Palestine Vaincra, a member organization of the Samidoun Network, organized a Palestine Stand at the Capitole metro station in Toulouse, France. The initiative focused on celebrating the legitimacy and necessity of Palestinian resistance in confonting colonization, racism, and apartheid violence, especially following the deadly Israeli military aggression against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in May 2021. üáµüá∏ Hier à Toulouse, nouveau Stand Palestine à la sortie du métro Capitole en soutien à la résistance palestinienne. Celu…

_____ (2021-07-03). Olympics Chiefs Relax Protest Rules For Tokyo Games. popularresistance.org The decision came amid calls to relax rule 50.2 of the Olympic Charter, which states: "No kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas." The International Olympic Committee (IOC) had promised to review the rule after the Black Lives Matter movement gained global support.

Staff (2021-07-03). Black Lives Matter gestures given green light for Tokyo Games as Olympic chiefs confirm athletes can kneel before events are held. rt.com The International Olympic Committee appears to have fully opened the door to gestures such as the taking of the knee for Black Lives Matter at this summer's games in Tokyo, easing the rules after consulting thousands of athletes. | A new version of International Olympic Committee (IOC) guidelines, produced to provide "further clarity and guidance" to athletes, gives stars the "opportunity to express their views" in areas including media zones and centers, at press conferences and on social media. | In a potentially telling section for competitors planning to repeat the kneeling gesture that has become prevalen…

Staff (2021-07-03). Cape Verde Government Denies Responsibility, Leaves Alex Saab's Fate in the Hands of Constitutional Court. orinocotribune.com In a new expression of cynicism and disrespect for international law, Cape Verdean Minister of Justice Joana Rosa asserted that, although Venezuelan special diplomatic envoy Alex Saab was arrested by order of the Cape Verdean government, the process of his extradition to the United States "is no longer the competence of the government from the moment it became a judicial matter." Therefore, the Constitutional Court [Supreme Court] of Cape Verde will have to decide on the matter. | According to a report published by the website Inforpress, Minister Rosa stated that "the government has not approved the extradition…

_____ (2021-07-03). Olympics Chiefs Relax Protest Rules For Tokyo Games. popularresistance.org The decision came amid calls to relax rule 50.2 of the Olympic Charter, which states: "No kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas." The International Olympic Committee (IOC) had promised to review the rule after the Black Lives Matter movement gained global support.

Staff (2021-07-03). Black Lives Matter gestures given green light for Tokyo Games as Olympic chiefs confirm athletes can kneel before events are held. rt.com The International Olympic Committee appears to have fully opened the door to gestures such as the taking of the knee for Black Lives Matter at this summer's games in Tokyo, easing the rules after consulting thousands of athletes. | A new version of International Olympic Committee (IOC) guidelines, produced to provide "further clarity and guidance" to athletes, gives stars the "opportunity to express their views" in areas including media zones and centers, at press conferences and on social media. | In a potentially telling section for competitors planning to repeat the kneeling gesture that has become prevalen…

Staff (2021-07-03). Cape Verde Government Denies Responsibility, Leaves Alex Saab's Fate in the Hands of Constitutional Court. orinocotribune.com In a new expression of cynicism and disrespect for international law, Cape Verdean Minister of Justice Joana Rosa asserted that, although Venezuelan special diplomatic envoy Alex Saab was arrested by order of the Cape Verdean government, the process of his extradition to the United States "is no longer the competence of the government from the moment it became a judicial matter." Therefore, the Constitutional Court [Supreme Court] of Cape Verde will have to decide on the matter. | According to a report published by the website Inforpress, Minister Rosa stated that "the government has not approved the extradition…

_____ (2021-07-02). Water Protectors Occupy Work Sites And Lock Down To Line 3 Pipeline Construction. popularresistance.org Water protectors opposed to the contentious Line 3 pipeline project have regularly staged non-violent direct actions that stop construction, with several hundred arrested in in action campaigns over the last year. In June, 179 people were arrested when thousands of water protectors shut down an Enbridge pumping station for two days as part of a multi-pronged Treaty People Gathering in Northern Minnesota.

_____ (2021-07-02). Water Protectors Occupy Work Sites And Lock Down To Line 3 Pipeline. popularresistance.org Final approvals in November 2020 gave Enbridge, a Canadian energy corporation, the go-ahead to complete construction of what the company is calling the Line 3 Replacement Pipeline. The planned pipeline route stretches across 337 miles of traditional Anishinaabe Territory in Northern Minnesota, beginning at tar sands mines in Alberta, Canada and ending at refineries in Superior, Wisconsin. | Water protectors opposed to the contentious Line 3 pipeline project have regularly staged non-violent direct actions that stop construction, with several hundred arrested in in action campaigns over the last year. In June, 179…

Staff (2021-07-02). "Defending the Sacred": Indigenous Water Protectors Continue Resistance to Line 3 Pipeline in Minnesota. democracynow.org Resistance to construction of the Enbridge Line 3 tar sands pipeline continues in northern Minnesota, where more than a dozen water protectors this week locked themselves to construction vehicles at two worksites, and to the pipeline itself. Just last month, 179 people were arrested when thousands shut down an Enbridge pumping station for two days as part of the Treaty People Gathering. If completed, Line 3 would carry more than 750,000 barrels of Canadian tar sands oil a day across Indigenous land and fragile ecosystems. The pipeline has the backing of the Biden administration, and this week Indigenous leaders a…

Staff (2021-07-02). 'The officer dragged me out of the car': Cops who stopped sprint duo 'face investigation over alleged racism & dishonesty' (VIDEO). rt.com Police officers who were involved in the stop and search of British sprinter Bianca Williams and her athlete partner are now under investigation for gross misconduct in relation to racism and dishonesty, reports have claimed. | Ricardo dos Santos and Williams were stopped in north-west London on July 4 last year by Territorial Support Group officers linked to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS). | They were searched on suspicion of possessing drugs and weapons, with their then-three-month-old son in the back seat. Nothing was found in the vehicle or on their person. | Since then, an investigation launched by…

RobertAlvarez (2021-07-02). Fossil Fueled-Crackdowns Are Part of the Assault on Democracy. ips-dc.org In early June, over 2,000 Indigenous-led demonstrators converged in northern Minnesota to protest the construction of a polluting oil pipeline on Indigenous land. They were met by an extremely aggressive law enforcement response. Over 200 were arrested, including a journalist with visible press credentials who was covering the protests. | Police used a long range acoustic device (LRAD), an extremely dangerous weapon that should never be used against civilians, to disperse protesters. Federal Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers—nominally in charge of border control—also attacked demonstrators,…

Staff (2021-07-02). Three Officials in Guárico State Arrested for Alleged Corruption—National Land Institute (+ Arms Trafficking). orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, announced that the director of the National Land Institute (INTI) in Guárico state and two other officials of that organization have been apprehended for alleged links to acts of corruption. From the headquarters of the Public Ministry in Caracas, Saab explained that Pedro Carpio (director of the regional entity) and Miguel Aponte (coordinator in Zaraza) were brought in after being named in several complaints by other officials of that state, as well as the peasants of the area. | The process began "after a complaint made by the citizen Juan Rengifo, who reported t…

Jonathan Cook (2021-07-02). Israel: Racist, Violent Policing Is at the Heart of Apartheid. globalresearch.ca