2023-11-09: News Headlines

Kelly Hayes (2023-11-08). Protesters Block Traffic in Front of Congress Member's Home, Demanding Ceasefire. truthout.org On Tuesday, members of the Chicago chapter of the U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) and other constituents of Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky blocked traffic in front of Schakowsky's home in Evanston, Illinois, calling for a ceasefire. Dozens of protesters risked arrest as they demanded that Schakowsky sign Cori Bush's House Resolution 786, which calls for an immediate deescalation and… |

Unicorn Riot (2023-11-09). National Day of Protest Against Police Brutality at Ruins of the 3rd Precinct. unicornriot.ninja

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2023-11-05: News Headlines

AROC (2023-11-05). Activists Escalate Blockage of US Military Ship Bound for Israel at Port of Oakland, Arrests Made. indybay.org Oakland, CA — For over 9 hours, community members demanding a ceasefire in the Israeli war against Gaza at Berth 20 at the Port of Oakland delayed the Cape Orlando, a US military supply vessel bound for Israel. The blockage escalated, and protestors occupied the berth. Three protestors locked themselves to the ladder leading onto the ship contributing heavily to the delay of the ship. After police forcefully moved in, the three locked-down protestors were detained by the Coast Guard, and are still in their custody. Currently over 300 community members are protesting directly outside the vessel in different…

Abhishek Awasthi (2023-11-05). UK: Four cops injured after pro-Palestine protesters burst firecracker in rally; 29 held. firstpost.com After pro-Palestinian demonstrators detonated fireworks into crowds in central London, 29 people were arrested on suspicion of racially motivated offenses, resulting in the injuries of four police officers. | Tens of thousands of protesters marched against the Israel-Gaza war on Saturday, according to the Metropolitan Police, who reported that more than 1,300 officers were on duty. The police also indicated that they had taken a more aggressive and focused approach to intervening in the protests. | The demonstration coincided with calls for harsher action against radical acts at these protests, particularly one t…

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2023-10-31: News Headlines

Danya Al-Saleh (2023-10-31). We are millions, we are billions, we are all Palestinians: Stand with Palestine in DC on November 4th. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in We are witnessing an emergent movement in the United States, one that upholds Black Lives from Ferguson to Minneapolis, champions Native sovereignty from the Hawaiian mountains to the Plains of the Dakotas, knows no borders from the Texas deserts to the California valley and reclaims our stolen labor from the classrooms of Oklahoma to the fa…

ecsorinoco (2023-10-30). Israel-Palestine War: Gaza Blackout Leaves Loved Ones in the Dark. orinocotribune.com

Editor (2023-10-30). Breaking Down Cornel West's Campaign So Far (w/ Sabby Sabs). scheerpost.com By Diego Ramos and Max Jones / Original to ScheerPost Journalists for Sale co-hosts Max Jones and Diego Ramos talk to Sabby Sabs, host of the Sabby Sabs Podcast and a co-host at Revolutionary Blackout Network, about the 2024 election landscape with a focus on the Cornel West campaign, and the role that Peter Daou's …

Editor (2023-10-30). Cornel West's Campaign So Far (w/ Sabby Sabs). scheerpost.com By Diego Ramos and Max Jones / Original to ScheerPost Watch this video on YouTube! Journalists for Sale co-hosts Max Jones and Diego Ramos talk to Sabby Sabs, host of the Sabby Sabs Podcast and a co-host at Revolutionary Blackout Network, about the 2024 election landscape with a focus on the Cornel West campaign, and …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-30). US: People in Solidarity with Both Palestine & Uhuru Pose the Greatest Threat to Empire. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea The media is carrying out a blackout of the Uhuru case, so the average person can't be blamed for not knowing about it. That almost no Americans are at present aware of their government's attempt to prosecute an African revolutionary organization on fabricated "Russian interference" charges is by the design of the imperialist…

Maha Hussaini (2023-10-30). Israel-Palestine war: Gaza blackout leaves Palestinians wondering if families alive or dead. middleeasteye.net Israel-Palestine war: Gaza blackout leaves Palestinians wondering if families alive or dead | The severing of communications was followed by two nights of terror as Israel's heaviest bombardment shook the Gaza Strip | Mon, 10/30/2023 – 14: 15 | A Palestinian man carries an injured baby girl into the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City following Israeli air strikes on 29 October (AFP) | It took tw…


Palestine Bureau, Mondoweiss. (2023-10-30). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 22: Total Blackout In Gaza. popularresistance.org Already plunged in the dark after Israel cut electricity access at the beginning of the onslaught, Gaza has now lost nearly all of its internet connectivity, internet and cybersecurity watchdog Netblocks confirmed on Friday evening, as cell towers for Paltel, the last remaining major operator standing in Gaza, were believed to be hit. Various reports seem to indicate that access to the internet in northern Gaza is almost completely gone, while communications out of southern Gaza are severely affected. | Palestinian Authority Minister of Telecommunications Ishaq Sidr confirmed on Saturday that Israeli bombardments…

Ruwaida Amer (2023-10-30). Israel is inflicting a holocaust on Gaza. electronicintifada.net A total blackout sparked fears of massacres without the world's knowledge.

Stephen Zunes (2023-10-30). Biden's Backing of Israeli War Crimes Carries on a Sordid US Tradition. truthout.org As the Israeli military's ground attacks against Gaza intensify and the civilian death toll spirals under the cover of the information blackout effected by air strikes knocking out Gaza's internet and communication systems, the Biden administration is becoming increasingly isolated within the international community for its stubborn backing of Israel's acts of collective punishment against the… |

channelnewsasia (2023-10-31). Blackstone, Vista Equity to buy software firm Energy Exemplar -sources. channelnewsasia.com

Nitza Soledad Perez (2023-10-30). Fighting for Florida's education standards. america.cgtn.com An African-American History teacher from Florida traveled to Geneva to voice her complaints about Florida's educational standards before the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Learn more.

Al Jazeera. (2023-10-30). Hundreds Arrested At Grand Central Station Sit-in Demanding A Ceasefire. popularresistance.org Hundreds of protesters have been arrested after a "sit-in" on the main concourse of New York's Grand Central Station, one of the city's major transport hubs, demanding a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. | The protesters, wearing black T-shirts reading 'Ceasefire now' and 'Not in our name', unfurled banners calling for freedom for Palestinians and an end to the bombardment of Gaza. | "No more weapons. No more war. Ceasefire is what we're fighting for," they chanted, punching the air. | Banners were hung from the concourse's sweeping staircase, and across the departures board. | "Mourn the dead, and fight like h…


Staff (2023-10-30). "Not in Our Name": 400 Arrested at Jewish-Led Sit-in at NYC's Grand Central Demanding Gaza Ceasefire. democracynow.org We bring you the voices of Jewish Voice for Peace and their allies who shut down the main terminal of Grand Central Station during rush hour Friday in one of New York's largest acts of civil disobedience in 20 years to demand a ceasefire in Gaza. The multiracial, intergenerational movement says about 400 people were arrested, including rabbis, famous actors and elected officials from the New York State Assembly and Senate and the City Council.

WSWS (2023-10-30). French police ban and assault pro-Gaza protest: 21 arrested, 1,500 fined in Paris. wsws.org As part of the wave of repression being meted out against all pro-Palestinian opposition to Israeli war crimes, Paris police assaulted and issued mass fines to protesters on Saturday.

Grace Panetta (2023-10-31). The killing of Breonna Taylor still reverberates in Kentucky politics. nationofchange.org Will Taylor's death weigh heavily on many voters in the county?>

Staff (2023-10-30). "Not in Our Name": 400 Arrested at Jewish-Led Sit-in at NYC's Grand Central Demanding Gaza Ceasefire. democracynow.org We bring you the voices of Jewish Voice for Peace and their allies who shut down the main terminal of Grand Central Station during rush hour Friday in one of New York's largest acts of civil disobedience in 20 years to demand a ceasefire in Gaza. The multiracial, intergenerational movement says about 400 people were arrested, including rabbis, famous actors and elected officials from the New York State Assembly and Senate and the City Council.

WSWS (2023-10-30). French police ban and assault pro-Gaza protest: 21 arrested, 1,500 fined in Paris. wsws.org As part of the wave of repression being meted out against all pro-Palestinian opposition to Israeli war crimes, Paris police assaulted and issued mass fines to protesters on Saturday.

Grace Panetta (2023-10-31). The killing of Breonna Taylor still reverberates in Kentucky politics. nationofchange.org Will Taylor's death weigh heavily on many voters in the county?>

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2023-10-30: News Headlines

Editor (2023-10-30). Breaking Down Cornel West's Campaign So Far (w/ Sabby Sabs). scheerpost.com By Diego Ramos and Max Jones / Original to ScheerPost Journalists for Sale co-hosts Max Jones and Diego Ramos talk to Sabby Sabs, host of the Sabby Sabs Podcast and a co-host at Revolutionary Blackout Network, about the 2024 election landscape with a focus on the Cornel West campaign, and the role that Peter Daou's …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-30). US: People in Solidarity with Both Palestine & Uhuru Pose the Greatest Threat to Empire. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea The media is carrying out a blackout of the Uhuru case, so the average person can't be blamed for not knowing about it. That almost no Americans are at present aware of their government's attempt to prosecute an African revolutionary organization on fabricated "Russian interference" charges is by the design of the imperialist…

Palestine Bureau, Mondoweiss. (2023-10-30). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 22: Total Blackout In Gaza. popularresistance.org Already plunged in the dark after Israel cut electricity access at the beginning of the onslaught, Gaza has now lost nearly all of its internet connectivity, internet and cybersecurity watchdog Netblocks confirmed on Friday evening, as cell towers for Paltel, the last remaining major operator standing in Gaza, were believed to be hit. Various reports seem to indicate that access to the internet in northern Gaza is almost completely gone, while communications out of southern Gaza are severely affected. | Palestinian Authority Minister of Telecommunications Ishaq Sidr confirmed on Saturday that Israeli bombardments…

Ruwaida Amer (2023-10-30). Israel is inflicting a holocaust on Gaza. electronicintifada.net A total blackout sparked fears of massacres without the world's knowledge.

| Reuters | (2023-10-29). Israeli forces intensify operations in Gaza as communications blackout eases. tribune.com.pk The Palestinian Red Crescent (PRC) said on Sunday it has received warnings from Israeli authorities to immediately evacuate al-Quds hospital in the Gaza Strip. "Since this morning, there has been raids 50 meters away from the hospital," it added in a statement on Facebook. | The statement comes amid continued bombardment by Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) killing at over 8,000 Palestinians, including at least 3,595 children, and injuring thousands in the narrow Gaza strip. | Israel is expanding ground operations in Gaza and its fighter jets have struck hundreds more Hamas targets, the Israeli military said on Sun…

| Reuters | (2023-10-29). Bombarded Gazans look for loved ones as blackout eases. tribune.com.pk Gazans searched for loved ones and heard news of family members killed as communications gradually returned to the enclave on Sunday after a near total blackout as Israel's troops and armour pushed into the Hamas-ruled enclave. | The United Nations also warned that Palestinians were desperate for food and that civil order was breaking down after three weeks of war with Hamas fighters and a siege on the densely populated coastal strip. | The fighting intensified on Friday night as Israeli forces waged ground operations in Gaza in what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as the second phase of th…

ecsorinoco (2023-10-30). Israel-Palestine War: Gaza Blackout Leaves Loved Ones in the Dark. orinocotribune.com

Maha Hussaini (2023-10-30). Israel-Palestine war: Gaza blackout leaves Palestinians wondering if families alive or dead. middleeasteye.net Israel-Palestine war: Gaza blackout leaves Palestinians wondering if families alive or dead | The severing of communications was followed by two nights of terror as Israel's heaviest bombardment shook the Gaza Strip | Mon, 10/30/2023 – 14: 15 | A Palestinian man carries an injured baby girl into the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City following Israeli air strikes on 29 October (AFP) | It took tw…

channelnewsasia (2023-10-29). New Zealand PM praises resilient All Blacks despite World Cup final loss. channelnewsasia.com

Nitza Soledad Perez (2023-10-30). Fighting for Florida's education standards. america.cgtn.com An African-American History teacher from Florida traveled to Geneva to voice her complaints about Florida's educational standards before the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Learn more.

Al Jazeera. (2023-10-30). Hundreds Arrested At Grand Central Station Sit-in Demanding A Ceasefire. popularresistance.org Hundreds of protesters have been arrested after a "sit-in" on the main concourse of New York's Grand Central Station, one of the city's major transport hubs, demanding a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. | The protesters, wearing black T-shirts reading 'Ceasefire now' and 'Not in our name', unfurled banners calling for freedom for Palestinians and an end to the bombardment of Gaza. | "No more weapons. No more war. Ceasefire is what we're fighting for," they chanted, punching the air. | Banners were hung from the concourse's sweeping staircase, and across the departures board. | "Mourn the dead, and fight like h…

Staff (2023-10-30). "Not in Our Name": 400 Arrested at Jewish-Led Sit-in at NYC's Grand Central Demanding Gaza Ceasefire. democracynow.org We bring you the voices of Jewish Voice for Peace and their allies who shut down the main terminal of Grand Central Station during rush hour Friday in one of New York's largest acts of civil disobedience in 20 years to demand a ceasefire in Gaza. The multiracial, intergenerational movement says about 400 people were arrested, including rabbis, famous actors and elected officials from the New York State Assembly and Senate and the City Council.

WSWS (2023-10-30). French police ban and assault pro-Gaza protest: 21 arrested, 1,500 fined in Paris. wsws.org As part of the wave of repression being meted out against all pro-Palestinian opposition to Israeli war crimes, Paris police assaulted and issued mass fines to protesters on Saturday.

Leon Kunstenaar (2023-10-29). Well Fargo's Fossil Fuel Investments Protested in Market Street Action. indybay.org Bank lobby occupied, many arrested in Thursday protest…

FP Staff (2023-10-30). Rishi Sunak takes internal security meet to tackle incidents linked to Israel-Hamas war. firstpost.com In light of the Israel-Hamas war and the numerous protests taking place across the nation, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is presiding over a high-level meeting on Monday at 10 Downing Street in London to evaluate domestic security concerns for the UK. | Following another weekend of thousands protesting against the conflict in the West Asia, UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman and counterterrorism officials convened at the Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms A (COBRA). This meeting resulted in nine arrests and five people being charged with public order offences, including racially aggravated crimes. | We have to make sure…

Newswire Editor (2023-10-30). Jewish Americans hold a wave of protests, arrests across the country calling for ceasefire in Gaza — pledge more protests to come. commondreams.org

Grace Panetta (2023-10-29). Kentucky Governor's Race Highlights Ongoing Racial Justice Fight for Breonna Taylor. truthout.org Attorney General Daniel Cameron, the GOP nominee for governor, didn't prosecute the officers who fatally shot Taylor. Activists haven't forgotten. The economy, abortion and education: They're the big issues in the ads and debates in the Kentucky governor's race, just as in other races around the country. But the contest between Attorney General Daniel Cameron, a Black Republican, and incumbent Gov. |

Bilal G. Morris (2023-10-30). Final Witness Testifies In 2nd Trial For The Killing Of Elijah McClain. newsone.com Source: Andy Cross / Getty | UPDATED: 9 a.m. ET, Oct. 3030 | On Friday, prosecutors Forensic pathologist Dr. Roger Mitchell took the stand, calling McClain's death a homicide, saying he believed Aurora officers contributed to his death. | Prosecutors looked to prove that Woodyard's carotid neck hold, plus the physical force he and other officers used…

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