(2021-08-22). Sports Boycotts & Apartheid. counterpunch.org During this summer's Tokyo Olympics, Algerian Fethi Nourine was slated to battle Israeli Tohar Butbul in judo. Before the bout, Nourine withdrew in protest of Israeli policies, expressing support for Palestinians. "We worked a lot to reach the Olympics but the Palestinian cause is bigger than all of this," Days later a…
(2021-08-22). Israel, a Settler-Colonialist and Apartheid State, is Joining the AU as an "Observer Member" orinocotribune.com By Takudzwa Hillary Chiwanza — Jul 31, 2021 | In 2016, Netanyahu was the first Israeli PM in decades to step on the African continent. | After a strenuous stretch of diplomatic offensives that has lasted about 20 years, Israel will finally join the African Union (AU) as an observer state. Israel secured observer status at the AU when its Ambassador to Ethiopia, Burundi, and Chad Aleli Admasu last week presented the country's credentials to Moussa Faki Mahamat (chairman of the African Union Commission) at the AU's headquarters in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. | The presentation of Israel's charter as…
(2021-08-21). Two workers killed and one suspect arrested in shooting at NHK Seating plant in Indiana. wsws.org Two workers were killed and a third is a suspect in a shooting that took place outside of the NHK Seating of America plant on Wednesday in Frankfort, Indiana.
(2021-08-21). Former Tennessee deputy charged with assaulting police officers during Capitol riots. nationofchange.org Ronald McAbee was arrested Tuesday after the FBI received a tip concerning his exposed identity on police body cam footage during the Capitol riots.