May 2021
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Marwa Osman on Israel’s genocide of Gaza, and the new precedent of united regional Resistance
A very informative discussion with Beirut-based journalist and political analyst Marwa Osman, on the litany of Israeli crimes against Palestinians in Gaza during Israel’s horrifying bombardment of the beseiged and densely inhabited Gaza Strip. Continue reading
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Massive resistance in all parts of Palestine amid deadly Israeli assault
In just the last week, the situation in occupied Palestine and the larger region has seen a dramatic shift. A new wave of resistance has sparked militant mass protests not only in cities and towns across the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza, but also in many Palestinian or “mixed” cities inside the 1948 borders of… Continue reading
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Gaza/Palestine News Links 18-19 May 2021
19 May 2021 • 14:50 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back “Today we are Nazis,” says member of Israeli Jewish extremist group By Array on May 19, 2021 07:20 am Extremist mobs attacking Palestinians are organized, Adalah Continue reading
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Antarctic melt: tipping point by 2060
While U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken draws attention to climate change in the Arctic at meetings with other national officials this week in Iceland, an even greater threat looms on the other side of the planet. New research shows it is Antarctica that may force a reckoning between the choices countries make today about greenhouse gas emissions… Continue reading
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Racism, mental health and pre-crime policing: the ethics of Vulnerability Support Hubs – New Medact report!
Racism, mental health and pre-crime policing: the ethics of Vulnerability Support Hubs – our latest report, out today – exposes how a counter-terrorism police-led project blurs the boundaries between security and mental health care in disturbing and dangerous ways, through documents obtained in a series of long-running Freedom of Information requests. Continue reading
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Gaza/Palestine News Links 17-18 May 2021
18 May 2021 • 20:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Unity at Last: The Palestinian People Have Risen Podcast Panel: The Israeli Assault on Gaza with Malak Mattar, Dan Cohen and Miko Peled https://www.mintpressnews.com/podcast-panel-israel-assault-gaza-malak-mattar-dan-cohen-miko-peled/277155/ Carnage in Continue reading
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Palestine on Strike – Solidarity statement on events in Palestine
I am sure that you will have heard about the recent escalation of violence that Palestinians are experiencing, which began around two weeks ago with families in Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem facing forced eviction as a result of a legal loophole. Continue reading
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Israel’s Pyrrhic victory in Gaza, Netanyahu is real winner
Egypt has once again been thrust onto the forefront of brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi remarked on Monday that a ceasefire might still be within reach. Continue reading
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medConfidential Bulletin, 17th May 2021
The countdown has already begun. The Government’s plan is to copy your entire GP medical history – including all the most sensitive parts – and make it available for third parties to apply for and buy access. Even though Matt Hancock Directed it to happen he’s not going to tell anyone about it. Neither will Boris. Continue reading
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Gaza/Palestine News Links 16-17 May 2021
17 May 2021 • 21:30 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Israeli strikes on Gaza hit Red Crescent building, killing 2, aid group says https://www.rt.com/news/524076-israel-hamas-gaza-strikes/ How the United States Helps To Kill Palestinians https://countercurrents.org/2021/05/how-the-united-states-helps-to-kill-palestinians/ Continue reading
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NATO Ready to Fight in Seven-Year Black Sea Conflict
The Romanian press, in reporting on the ongoing U.S. Army-led 30,000-troop, 27-nation war games codenamed DEFENDER-Europe 21, cited an American commander in the country characterizing them as “mutual intra-NATO defense.” A suggestion: NATO should publish a Militarese-English dictionary for the uninitiated. Continue reading
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UK Crony Capitalism: Tuesday in Court
On Tuesday, our legal challenge to the PPE procurement scandal will be heard in the High Court. It’s the first day of a mammoth five day hearing. Continue reading
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Gaza/Palestine News Links 15-16 May 2021
16 May 2021 • 23:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back “Anti-Zionist Naples”: Award-Winning Italian Artist Speaks about Palestine and Why He Quit Photojournalism https://dissidentvoice.org/2021/05/anti-zionist-naples-award-winning-italian-artist-speaks-about-palestine-and-why-he-quit-photojournalism/ Roger Waters On Israel’s Crimes And Palestine’s Resistance https://popularresistance.org/roger-waters-on-israels-crimes-and-palestines-resistance/ Continue reading
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The unending nightmare of Gaza
The bombs rain down on Gaza city and the rest of the strip compounding the nightmare that Gaza is already for the people living there. Gaza, measuring 375 square kilometers (145 square miles) is home to around 2 million Palestinians, more than half of them refugees. Since 2007, the besieged enclave has been under a… Continue reading
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15 May 2021 – Nakba Day: Israel Punishes Media For Reporting Its Escalation In Palestine
Today is Nakba day which commemorates the violent expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians from their homes which began 74 years ago and is still continuing. Just yesterday Fares Akram. Associated Press reporter in Gaza, wrote in a diary about his families expulsion and his life under colonist bombing: GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) —… Continue reading
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Gaza/Palestine News Links 14-15 May 2021
15 May 2021 • 18:30– The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Israel Punishes Media For Reporting Its Escalation In Palestine https://www.moonofalabama.org/2021/05/israel-punishes-media-for-reporting-its-escalation-in-palestine.html Blowing apart a monstrous Israeli lie By Ali Abunimah on May 15, 2021 02:50 am It’s a Continue reading
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The untold story of Sheikh Jarrah
The obvious story is that of the nightly raids and violence meted out by Israeli police and Jewish extremists against Palestinians in the devastated East Jerusalem neighbourhood. For weeks, thousands of Jewish extremists have targeted Palestinian communities in Jerusalem’s Old City. Their objective is the removal of Palestinian families from their homes in the Sheikh… Continue reading
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Israel is deliberately obliterating media buildings in Gaza to cover up the war crimes that will follow
On Tuesday, Israel bombed the 10-storey Al-Jawhara Tower, causing it to collapse. Before doing so, it had ‘benevolently’ warned that the airstrikes were coming. The following day, it bombed the 14-storey Al-Shorouk Tower, also giving warning it was going to do so. Continue reading
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Ecosocialist Bookshelf, May 2021
Seven new books about capitalist environmental destruction and the fight to save the earth Continue reading
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