2021-08-22: News Headlines

Staff (2021-08-22). If California Governor Is Replaced With Republican, Senate Could Swing to GOP. truthout.org There's a good chance that California — a solidly blue state — will get a right-wing Republican governor as a result of the September 14 recall election. If Gov. Gavin Newsom is recalled, the health, civil rights and future of Californians — and people across the country — will be profoundly threatened. It is also possible that Newsom's defeat could change the balance of power in the U.S. Senate, since the next California governor may be in a position to appoint a sena…

_____ (2021-08-22). Intersectional Class Struggle: From Shared Oppression To Unified Resistance. popularresistance.org A fifth of the way through the 21st century, our world is riven by conflict and catastrophe and COVID-19 is accelerating our crises. The global pandemic has killed millions of people, with race, poverty and gender being leading determinants of mortality. The global income gap continues to grow as a tiny sector of financiers and industry titans amass unprecedented wealth off the backs of workers.

_____ (2021-08-21). Lyd, Where Historical And Contemporary Zionist Oppression Meet. popularresistance.org Lyd, Palestine — One of the toughest challenges facing those who fight for justice in Palestine is breaking the Zionist paradigm, which limits the name Palestine to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. These two delineations of territory have no historical meaning and no geographical significance. They are no different from other parts of Palestine except that they were drawn by Zionists who, after the murderous 1948 campaign of ethnic cleansing, decided that they would not include those two areas within the boundaries of the Zionist state. | In 1967 the State of Israel occupied these two areas, and today the…

Tahia Islam (2021-08-21). Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) Abolition Propaganda and Zine Fair. peoplesforum.org A space where people who have created educational and organizing materials including zines, pamphlets, posters, stickers, buttons and more can share abolitionist ideas and messages and can freely give away, trade and sell some of these items.

Staff (2021-08-21). Bolivia charges ex-President Anez with 'genocide' over death of protesters in 2019. rt.com Bolivia's former interim president, Jeanine Anez, has been charged with genocide and other crimes over the deaths of 20 people who protested the ousting of the country's longtime socialist leader, Evo Morales, in 2019. | The charges against Anez, who seized power in the Latin American nation for a year, have been "provisionally classified as genocide, serious and minor injury, and injury followed by death," Attorney General Juan Lanchipa announced on Friday. | According to Bolivian law, the ex-president could face 10 to 20 years in prison if found guilty. | The accusations relate to two rallies in the town of…

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