(2019-07-10). Hundreds of Jewish Activists Surround ICE Office to Protest Detention Centers. truthout.org Hundreds of Jewish activists and allies took to the streets in Chicago and surrounded a local ICE office on Monday to demand the closure of President Donald Trump's detention camps, where immigrants have been forced to endure inhumane conditions and abuse from Border Patrol guards. | "'Never again' means close the camps!" demonstrators chanted as they marched down the streets of Chicago. | Rallying outside the Chicago ICE building, protestors hoisted signs that read "There is blood on your hands" and began singing and praying: | #NeverAgainisNow and our people won't stand idly by (2019-07-10). Immigrant Rights Activists Renew Push Against Palantir to Cancel ICE Contract. truthout.org Organizers with Mijente, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, the Tech Workers Coalition, and other groups mobilized in New York and Washington D.C. to demand Palantir Technologies, a surveillance company, cancel its contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). | In New York, people stood outside the Palantir office and chanted, "Immigrants are welcome here! Time to cancel, Palantir!" | Activists with Mijente, an immigration and Latinx-focused organization, attempted to give workers entering the New York office a flier that ur…
(2019-07-10). Headlines for July 10, 2019. democracynow.org Children Recount Mistreatment, Sexual Abuse at Yuma, AZ Migrant Jail, Scabies, Shingles & Chickenpox Spreading Among Children at Clint, TX Migrant Jail, Jewish Activists Arrested After Protesting Migrant Detention on Capitol Hill, Judge Rejects DOJ Move to Replace Legal Team Charged with Census Citizenship Battle, Court Says Trump Cannot Block Critics on Twitter, U.K. Ambassador Resigns After Leaked Cables Scandal, Afghan Peace Talks Close as Deadly Attacks Continue, Appeals Court Hears Arguments on Constitutionality of Affordable Care Act, Megan Rapinoe to Trump: "Your Message Is Excluding People", Calls Grow fo…
(2019-07-10). Backlash after Johnson refuses to guarantee ambassador's future over Trump row. thecanary.co Boris Johnson has faced a backlash after refusing to guarantee that he would keep the UK's ambassador to Washington in post following the leak of sensitive diplomatic messages about Donald Trump. | The former foreign secretary sidestepped questions over whether he would allow Sir Kim Darroch to remain in the job until he is due to retire later this year, insisting it was "vital" the civil service is not politicised. | The leak of the diplomatic dispatches has soured relations with the Trump administration and prompted a Twitter tirade from the US president, who described Darroch as a "pompous fool" and a "very st…
(2019-07-10). The United States of Fascism Hysteria. dissidentvoice.org So it's been an exciting few weeks for Antifa and the rest of the neoliberal Resistance. OK, they haven't yet managed to overthrow the Putin-Nazi occupation government (hereinafter "POG"), but they've definitely got "the Fash" on the run. "Fascism" hysteria is spreading like wildfire. Liberal Twitter mobs are out for blood. At this point, it's …
(2019-07-10). May tries to lecture Corbyn at PMQs, but it totally backfires on her. thecanary.co At Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) on 10 July, Theresa May tried to attack Jeremy Corbyn. But her assault soon backfired disastrously. | May said: If the right honourable gentleman is really interested in tackling injustices, then the biggest injustice he should tackle is in his own Labour Party — and deal with antisemitism. | Corbyn insisted t…
(2019-07-10). Amy McGrath Will Try to Unseat Mitch McConnell in 2020. truthout.org Amy McGrath, a former Marine fighter pilot and unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Congress in Kentucky last year, will try to unseat Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in 2020. | Much to the delight of Democratic groups that have been furiously recruiting McGrath for months, the likely Democratic nominee announced her decision to run Tuesday morning with a video sla…
(2019-07-10). London's Burning: Brexit and Climate Change. counterpunch.org 
The Brexit farce continues, this time compounded by the pantomime that is the Tory-party leadership election. Both candidates are from the monied elite (of course), and will be disastrous as prime minister. The choice between them will be made by the largely male, white, and geriatric Tory party membership– it is a standing joke in social media that the meeting of the Young Conservatives at their annual conference has an average age of over 40. More
(2019-07-10). SF Protest Against Twitter Blocking of Tweets To Free Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning. indybay.org Twitter World HQ 1355 Market St #900, San Francisco, CA 94103…
(2019-07-10). Mission Accomplished for Far-Right Brexiteers? After Leaked Memos, UK Ambassador Who Called Trump 'Inept' Resigns. commondreams.org "We're on course to become the 51st state of Donald Trump's USA, with Boris Johnson as his consul," tweeted Guardian columnist Owen Jones | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/trump_farage_johnson.jpg …
(2019-07-10). Billionaire Mega-Donor Haim Saban Says He Loves All 2020 Democrats—Except Bernie Sanders. commondreams.org "Siri, show me the hatred that we welcome," tweeted Sanders speechwriter David Sirota | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/haim_saban_bernie_sanders.jpg …
(2019-07-10). Ilhan Omar brands Tucker Carlson a 'racist fool' in scathing tweet. rt.com 
Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar called Fox News host Tucker Carlson a "racist fool" for saying she is "living proof" that US immigration policy is a danger to the country. |
(2019-07-09). Trump's America: White man kills Black teen Elijah Al-Amin over rap music. peoplesworld.org 
The hashtag #JusticeForElijah began trending across social media platforms this week as the world learned of the murder of Elijah Al-Amin, a Black teenager who was stabbed to death by a white man in Arizona. The alleged killer's lawyer is claiming her client, Michael Adams, is mentally ill, while Elijah's family and community activists are …
(2019-07-09). Chris Williamson supporters call for leadership to 'get a backbone' outside Labour HQ. thecanary.co On 9 July, demonstrators outside Labour HQ said the party's leadership needs to "get a backbone" and come out in support of its membership. | People on the scene told The Canary that up to 200 people were there to ask the National Executive Committee (NEC) to readmit Chris Williamson into the party. The Campaign for Chris Williamson reported that the NEC is expected…
(2019-07-09). Trump Takes the Bait, Lashing Out at U.K. Ambassador Whose Private Notes Were Leaked. theintercept.com Donald Trump's tweet, lashing out Britain's ambassador to the United States, Kim Darroch, for writing private assessments of the American president's shortcomings, arrived on Monday with all the inevitability of a cuckoo popping out of a clock to announce the progress of time. | In fact, the president's angry denunciation of the previously obscure diplomat — with whom, he wrote, "We will no longer deal" — was so predictable, it looked to some observers like the intended outcome of a plot, hatched in London, to depose the amba…
(2019-07-09). Veteran Israeli journalist says Corbyn is 'victim of a systematic campaign' to blackmail Israel's critics. thecanary.co Award-winning Haaretz journalist Gideon Levy has slammed the "systematic campaign" to smear Jeremy Corbyn for 'daring to criticise Israel'. | "We shouldn't surrender to those labels": | If Corbyn becomes UK prime minister, Levy said, this could "be a major change". But he also pointe…
(2019-07-09). Trump cannot block Twitter critics, federal court confirms. rt.com 
A federal appeals court in New York has upheld a decision barring President Donald Trump from blocking critics from his personal Twitter account, arguing that he uses the platform for "official purposes."
(2019-07-08). Trump shares parody account's fake Reagan quote predicting his rise to presidency. rt.com 
During his daily morning tweet storm, President Donald Trump shared a flattering quotation from former President Ronald Reagan which suggested he would someday win the White House. There's just one problem: Reagan never said that.
(2019-07-08). 'Hold my daughter!' Vicious Disneyland family brawl caught on VIDEO. rt.com 
Video of a brutal family beatdown at Disneyland has gone viral, prompting a police investigation. The hair-pulling, choking and face-slapping played out in full view of kids, lasting several minutes before security arrived.
(2019-07-07). Trump invites cartoonist who penned 'anti-Semitic' Soros sketch to White House, liberals furious. rt.com 
Progressives and liberals took to Twitter to vent, after President Donald Trump invited right-wing cartoonist Ben Garrison to an upcoming White House social media summit. Garrison has been accused of anti-Semitism. |
(2019-07-05). Border Patrol Agents Tried to Delete Racist and Obscene Facebook Posts. We Archived Them. theintercept.com 
The scrubbing began quickly. At 10: 55 a.m., ProPublica published a story reporting the existence of a secret, invitation-only Facebook group for current and former Border Patrol agents that featured vulgar, violent, and misogynistic content directed at migrants and lawmakers. | A little over two hours later, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security, called for active-duty agents responsible for…
(2019-07-05). Facebook's Libra Currency Monetizes Identity and Threatens Privacy. therealnews.com 
Bill Black discusses Feacebook's new proposed crypto-currency, called "Libra." Facebook could use this technology to standardize identity and create a world of ultimate surveillance, and then profit from it, says Black…
(2019-07-04). Justice Department Says 2020 Census Fight Might Not Be Over, Following President's Tweet. theintercept.com A federal judge gave government lawyers two days to make sense of the president's baffling tweet on the effort to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census.
(2019-07-04). US Congressman Justin Amash Quits the Republican Party. theantimedia.com (ZH Op-Ed) — Update: That was quick. President Trump has apparently taken a quick break from preparing for today's festivities to take one last swing at Amash on his way out the door. In a tweet, Trump called him "the dumbest & most disloyal [man] in Congress". Trump insisted Amash "knew he couldn't get the nomination to run again …
(2019-07-04). Why is it so easy to monetise hate? greenleft.org.au 
The rapidity with which homophobic rugby player Israel Folau raised $2.2 million for his fight against Rugby Australia is just the latest example of how easy it is to monetise hate these days. It is a morbid symptom of a capitalist system plumbing the depths of moral bankruptcy. | Folau has taken Rugby Australia to the Fair Work Commission after he was sacked for breaching his contract by posting offensive public attacks against homosexual people on social media. | Folau's celebrity hate crusade has garnered a lot of the attention — but his is just one of many well-monetised hate campaigns. | For insta…
(2019-07-03). Border Agents Caught Posting Racist, Sexist Messages About Migrants & AOC in Secret Facebook Group. democracynow.org 
Customs and Border Protection has opened an investigation into…
(2019-07-03). Secret Border Patrol agents' Facebook group exposes vile racism, sexism. liberationnews.org 
This is only the latest incident to reveal law enforcement personnel's connections to facsist and reactionary tendencies.
(2019-07-02). New "Birther" Smear: Attacks on Kamala Harris Are Just the Latest in Trump Family's Racist Record. democracynow.org 
California senator and presidential candidate Kamala Harris is riding a new wave of momentum following her debate performance last week when she challenged Joe Biden's past history of working with segregationist lawmakers and his opposition to busing to integrate schools in the 1970s. While Harris has jumped in several opinion polls, there has also been a right-wing backlash online. On Thursday, Donald Trump Jr. retweeted a message from an "alt-right" personality that read, "Kamala Harris is *not* an American Black. She is half Indian and half Jamaican. I'm so sick of people robbing American Blacks (like myself)…
(2019-07-02). Headlines for July 2, 2019. democracynow.org Lawmakers Decry Dire Conditions and Lack of Accountability During Visit to Texas Migrant Jails, Migrant Child Freed from Clint Border Patrol Jail: "They Treated Us Badly", ProPublica: Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group Rife with Racist, Sexist and Anti-Immigrant Posts, Migrant Father and Daughter Who Drowned in Rio Grande Buried in El Salvador, #CloseTheCamps Protests Planned Across the U.S., Mexico Deploys National Guard, Ramps Up Crackdown on Immigrants, Hong Kong Protests Continue as Activists Renew Demands to Withdraw Extradition Bill, Iran Surpasses Enriched Uranium Stockpile Allowed Under Nuclear Deal, Jap…
(2019-07-01). 'Government-Run Healthcare' Is a Product of Health Industry—Run Media. fair.org 
At the first of two Democratic debates ( 6/26/19), MSNBC host and moderator Lester Holt asked the presidential hopefuls, "Who here would abolish their private health insurance in favor of a government-run plan?" He asked the same question the next night ( 6/27/19), and prefaced another question to Sen. Bernie Sanders: "You basically want to scrap the private health insurance system as we know it and replace it with a government-run plan."— | At a glance, this seems enti…
(2019-06-28). Police commander: Eric Garner killing 'not a big deal'. liberationnews.org 
No justice yet for the Garner family.
(2019-06-27). White Nationalist Shieldwall Network Member Arrested in Alleged Anti-LGBTQ Attack Invokes Domestic Terror Ideology on Facebook. splcenter.org Three members of the Shieldwall Network (SWN), an Arkansas-based white nationalist group founded by longtime movement leader Billy Roper, were arrested last week in connection with second-degree battery.
(2019-06-27). Ex-Pinochet agent Adriana Rivas denied bail. greenleft.org.au 
The following statement was released by the National Campaign for Truth and Justice in Chile (Australia) on June 27. | *** | After reviewing the evidence presented by Adriana Rivas' barrister, Frank Santisi, and the response of barrister Trent Glover, appearing for the Chilean government, magistrate Margaret Quinn rejected Rivas' request for bail on June 27, determining that she must remain in custody until her extradition request hearing. | During an earlier bail hearing Rivas had criticis…