Robert Inlakesh (2023-09-17). Black Lives Don't Matter To Israel And The West Turns A Blind Eye. thelastamericanvagabond.com In what has been almost completely ignored in Western corporate media, and by the US government, following a confrontation in Tel Aviv between Eritrean immigrant protesters and the police, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has openly called for the expulsion of African refugees. Despite a long history of racist abuse against black people and refugees

Richard Horton (2023-09-16). Comment] Offline: Mahsa Amini—never forget. thelancet.com September 16, 2022: Mahsa Amini died in Kasra Hospital, Iran, after being arrested, tortured, and beaten for allegedly breaking the Iranian Government's strict mandatory hijab law. She was 22 years old and her murder, for that is what it was, triggered unprecedented nationwide protests, which continue in more muted forms to this day. Women publicly cut their hair, they burned their hijabs, and they confronted riot police. These protests posed the most direct threat to Iran's regime since the Islamic revolution of 1979.

Luke Goldstein, The American Prospect. (2023-09-15). Justice Department Says Google 'Flexed Its Muscle' As A Monopolist. popularresistance.org Washington, D.C. — On Tuesday, the government opened its first major monopolization case in decades at the D.C. District Court with opening statements from both the Justice Department's Antitrust Division and the defendant, Google. | Despite the stakes of the trial, the remainder of the legal proceeding will take place in a near-total blackout, since requests for public audio have been denied by Judge Amit Mehta and even in-person attendants are restricted from digital access inside the courtroom. | For nearly two decades, Google has served as the "on-ramp" and gatekeeper of the digital world through its do…

WSWS (2023-09-15). Leaked body camera footage reveals officer mocking young pedestrian killed by speeding Seattle police cruiser. wsws.org The footage reveals the officer mocking the deceased 23-year-old. "It's a regular person," he said. "Yeah, just write a check. $11,000. She was 26 anyway. She had limited value."

Richard Horton (2023-09-16). Comment] Offline: Mahsa Amini—never forget. thelancet.com September 16, 2022: Mahsa Amini died in Kasra Hospital, Iran, after being arrested, tortured, and beaten for allegedly breaking the Iranian Government's strict mandatory hijab law. She was 22 years old and her murder, for that is what it was, triggered unprecedented nationwide protests, which continue in more muted forms to this day. Women publicly cut their hair, they burned their hijabs, and they confronted riot police. These protests posed the most direct threat to Iran's regime since the Islamic revolution of 1979.

Luke Goldstein, The American Prospect. (2023-09-15). Justice Department Says Google 'Flexed Its Muscle' As A Monopolist. popularresistance.org Washington, D.C. — On Tuesday, the government opened its first major monopolization case in decades at the D.C. District Court with opening statements from both the Justice Department's Antitrust Division and the defendant, Google. | Despite the stakes of the trial, the remainder of the legal proceeding will take place in a near-total blackout, since requests for public audio have been denied by Judge Amit Mehta and even in-person attendants are restricted from digital access inside the courtroom. | For nearly two decades, Google has served as the "on-ramp" and gatekeeper of the digital world through its do…

WSWS (2023-09-15). Leaked body camera footage reveals officer mocking young pedestrian killed by speeding Seattle police cruiser. wsws.org The footage reveals the officer mocking the deceased 23-year-old. "It's a regular person," he said. "Yeah, just write a check. $11,000. She was 26 anyway. She had limited value."

Dana Sanchez (2023-09-14). Is Bidenomics Working? Black Child Poverty Skyrockets To Almost 18%. moguldom.com The child supplemental poverty rate among Black children spiked from less than 10 percent to almost 18 percent in 2022 after inflation sent the cost of living into the stratosphere and federal pandemic stimulus programs expired for families. Heightened poverty rates followed two years of historic declines in poverty, driven mainly by safety net programs created or …

Richard Horton (2023-09-16). Comment] Offline: Mahsa Amini—never forget. thelancet.com September 16, 2022: Mahsa Amini died in Kasra Hospital, Iran, after being arrested, tortured, and beaten for allegedly breaking the Iranian Government's strict mandatory hijab law. She was 22 years old and her murder, for that is what it was, triggered unprecedented nationwide protests, which continue in more muted forms to this day. Women publicly cut their hair, they burned their hijabs, and they confronted riot police. These protests posed the most direct threat to Iran's regime since the Islamic revolution of 1979.

Aina J Khan (2023-09-14). Egypt detains teachers' rights advocate who was part of government-sponsored dialogue. middleeasteye.net Egypt detains teachers' rights advocate who was part of government-sponsored dialogue | Zahran was 'forcibly disappeared' for days before being charged and his arrest has prompted a protest by a major rights group | Thu, 09/14/2023 – 11: 10 | Zahran is a leading teachers' rights activist and a spokesperson for teachers at a government-sponsored national dialogue (Mohamed Abdel Karim Zahran, Facebo…

WSWS (2023-09-12). Unifor maintains information blackout as strike deadlines approach for Canadian and US autoworkers. wsws.org The union bureaucracy is providing workers with as little information as possible in the hopes of tamping down militant demands for a significant increase in wages and benefits amid surging inflation across Canada, the elimination of multi-tier employment, and the preservation of jobs in the transition to the manufacture of EVs.

Meghan Krausch, Truthout. (2023-09-12). Grassroots Organizing In Red States Is At The Heart Of Abolitionist Struggle. popularresistance.org In Republican-controlled regions across the country, people are engaged in abolitionist organizing: Even though conditions vary, people are organizing for freedom virtually everywhere. This is nothing new. The South, for example, has been a site for abolitionist organizing for centuries, and it continues to be one, despite the attacks on long-settled civil rights being organized by Republican supermajorities in statehouses. | Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson is the first Black woman to codirect the Highlander Research and Education Center, a century-old nexus for abolitionist and labor organizing in Tennessee and beyond…