2022-12-31: News Headlines

Mickey Z. (2022-12-31). How an "Activist" Celebrates New Year's Eve (2011 & 2012). dissidentvoice.org I took the photo above shortly before midnight on December 31, 2011, at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in downtown Manhattan. Please allow me to explain. Members of Occupy Wall Street and other local "activist" groups held a "noise demo" in front of the jail to let the prisoners know they were not forgotten (or something …

Felix Abt (2022-12-31). Shameless Hypocrisy: West Shows Solidarity with Chinese Protesters While it Conceals its Own Earlier Massive Atrocities Against China. covertactionmagazine.com Of course, police brutality against peaceful protesters in China and elsewhere is reprehensible and condemnable. When it happens in China, it is particularly heinous—at least from the point of view of Western mainstream media and politicians who are particularly concerned about human rights in China. Only exceptionally does a Western mainstream media outlet—such as the …

_____ (2022-12-30). Moroccans Challenge Normalization With Israel. popularresistance.org Two years ago, Morocco and Israel signed the US-brokered "Joint Declaration", thus officially recognizing Israel and instating diplomatic ties. Though other Arab countries had already done the same, the Moroccan official recognition of Apartheid Israel was particularly devastating for Palestinians. | Years ago, a close Moroccan friend told me that the 'first time' he was arrested was during a solidarity protest for Palestine in Rabat which took place many years ago. | The reference to the 'first time' indicated that he was arrested again, though mostly for other political activities, suggesting that Palestine, in…

_____ (2022-12-30). The Price of Betraying Palestine: Moroccans Challenge Normalization with Israel. popularresistance.org Two years ago, Morocco and Israel signed the US-brokered "Joint Declaration", thus officially recognizing Israel and instating diplomatic ties. Though other Arab countries had already done the same, the Moroccan official recognition of Apartheid Israel was particularly devastating for Palestinians. | Years ago, a close Moroccan friend told me that the 'first time' he was arrested was during a solidarity protest for Palestine in Rabat which took place many years ago. | The reference to the 'first time' indicated that he was arrested again, though mostly for other political activities, suggesting that Palestine, in…

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