Monthly Archives: October 2022

2022-10-13: News Headlines

_____ (2022-10-12). Los Angeles City Council's Racism Goes Far Beyond Racist Slurs. popularresistance.org Los Angeles, California – Los Angeles City Council members have been exposed for their offensive treatment of activists and community members. Private conversations, taped and leaked to the press, revealed President Nury Martinez, Council members Kevin De Leon and Gil Cedillo, and Los Angeles County Federation of Labor president Ron Herrera using racial slurs during a "redistricting" meeting. | The four members, who are all Democrats, made fun of the adopted Black child of City Council member Mike Bonin, calling the toddler a "little monkey" in Spanish ("parece changuito"), saying he needed to be beaten for his b…

Cameron orr (2022-10-11). Struggles of African American youth today. cpusa.org The following was adapted from a talk given at the online CPUSA Marxist School in 2022. The Black Lives Matter uprising of 2020 was a powerful demonstration of unity among a wide strata of people marching in cities and small towns against police oppression. It was led mostly by African American youth, who, like …

2022-10-13 19:53:01 | 19:53 EST | es | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 

2022-10-12: News Headlines

Staff (2022-10-12). Headlines for October 12, 2022. democracynow.org Russia Detains 8 People for Crimea Bridge Blast; Zelensky Calls for Sanctions, Boost to Air Defenses, Biden to "Reevaluate" U.S.-Saudi-Relationship as Congressmembers Call for Halt to Arms Sales, Israel and Lebanon Agree to U.S.-Brokered Maritime Border Deal, Anti-Government Protests Continue in Iran Despite Deadly Crackdown, Spread to Other Sectors, Biden Calls for Racist L.A. City Councilmembers to Resign Amid Political Firestorm, San Antonio Ex-Cop Arrested and Charged for Shooting Unarmed Teen in McDonald's Parking Lot, Texas Officer Found Not Guilty for Killing Pamela Turner During a Mental…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-11). Another CIA Color Revolution in Iran. libya360.wordpress.com Jeremy Kuzmarov [Source: npr.org] CIA offshoot, National Endowment for Democracy, spent $631, 0 in Iran in 2021. In late September, protests erupted in Iran following the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, after she had been arrested by morality police in Tehran purportedly for not wearing the hijab. Amini died allegedly of a cerebral hemorrhage…

Cameron orr (2022-10-11). Struggles of African American youth today. cpusa.org The following was adapted from a talk given at the online CPUSA Marxist School in 2022. The Black Lives Matter uprising of 2020 was a powerful demonstration of unity among a wide strata of people marching in cities and small towns against police oppression. It was led mostly by African American youth, who, like …

2022-10-12 17:18:12 | 17:18 EST | es | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 

2022-10-10: News Headlines

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-10-10). Is the CIA Supporting Another Color Revolution in Iran—Like the One that Installed the Shah in 1953? covertactionmagazine.com CIA offshoot, National Endowment for Democracy, spent $631,500 in Iran in 2021. [This is the first of two CAM original articles on the Iraninan protests and potential CIA role behind them.—Editors] In late September, protests erupted in Iran following the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, after she had been arrested by morality …

Fight Back (2022-10-09). No cops in power: NYC to protest Mayor Adams. fightbacknews.org New York City, NY – Mayor Eric Adams' candidacy and then victory in 2021 was the perfect establishment response to the 2020 uprising: electing someone who is both African American and a former police officer. Adams was a founder of the organization 100 Black Men in Law Enforcement Who Care, an advocacy group that focuses on the relationship between Black men and the NYPD, including addressing problems such as racial profiling and police brutality. With this history, it seemed as if Adams would be ready to "take on" the NYPD and their pattern of violence against Black and other communities in New York City. So far…

2022-10-10 14:34:16 | 14:34 EST | es | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 

2022-10-09: News Headlines

Fight Back (2022-10-09). No cops in power: NYC to protest Mayor Adams. fightbacknews.org New York City, NY – Mayor Eric Adams' candidacy and then victory in 2021 was the perfect establishment response to the 2020 uprising: electing someone who is both African American and a former police officer. Adams was a founder of the organization 100 Black Men in Law Enforcement Who Care, an advocacy group that focuses on the relationship between Black men and the NYPD, including addressing problems such as racial profiling and police brutality. With this history, it seemed as if Adams would be ready to "take on" the NYPD and their pattern of violence against Black and other communities in New York City. So far…

_____ (2022-10-08). A Radical Internationalist Perspective Is Not A Luxury. popularresistance.org Many eyebrows have been raised as a result of the surge to power of neo-fascists in Italy. Unfortunately, our community seemingly has the eyebrows of Whoopy Goldberg (meaning none) and thus far, the response has been radio silence. This is nothing new; since the Compromise of 1954 (not unlike the companion Compromise of 1850, which actually strengthened enslavers—contrary to advertisement—and instigated war) where in return for anti-Jim Crow concessions, tossed overboard were the internationalists among us– Paul Robeson in the first place– many of our leading organizations and intellectuals have ste…

2022-10-09 12:33:54 | 12:33 EST | es | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0