Daily Archives: 2023-10-12

2023-10-12: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2023-10-12). TV host deported from China after serving jail time. ecns.cn China's State security agency said on Wednesday that it had deported Australian national Cheng Lei after she served a full sentence for illegally providing Chinese State security secrets abroad.

Restore Oakland (2023-10-12). Wednesday 10/18: Stop the Santa Rita Jail Expansion! indybay.org Restore Oakland | 1419 34th Ave | Oakland…

Juan Cole (2023-10-12). Is California's Climate Lawsuit against Big Oil a Gamechanger? counterpunch.org The depths of depravity into which unvarnished capitalism can plunge mortal souls is incalculable. It should come as no surprise then that oil company executives and the officials of petrostates like Saudi Arabia have so assiduously lied to us about the catastrophic effects of climate change. After all, the executives of tobacco firms have been perfectly content

Florence CGTN (2023-10-11). U.S. fast food chains face false advertising lawsuits. america.cgtn.com When it comes to fast food…what you see isn't always what you get. In recent years, there has been a flurry of cases involving false marketing claims against chains including McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's and Taco Bell. | Many of the charges focus on the quantity of the food delivered versus what's advertised.

Juan Cole (2023-10-11). Getting mad and getting even. nationofchange.org California's climate lawsuit—the result of a deliberate cover-up.

Gilbert Achcar (2023-10-12). Initial Comments on Hamas's October Counter-Offensive. internationalviewpoint.org "The Palestinian struggle must rely primarily on mass political action against Israel's oppression, occupation, and settler-colonial expansion." | – | / |

NPA, Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste (2023-10-12). Gaza offensive: we are all Palestinians! internationalviewpoint.org "In fact, the war against the Palestinians has been going on for 75 years, and the left should remember the need for solidarity with resistance struggles against oppression and occupation." | – | / |

Palestinian BDS National Committee (2023-10-12). Western Complicity in Apartheid Israel's Brutal Violence Heightens Palestinian Resistance & International Solidarity. internationalviewpoint.org "Since oppression is the root cause of violence, to end all violence — the initial and ongoing violence of the oppressor and the reactive resistance of the oppressed — we must act to end oppression." | – | / |

Revolution Books (2023-10-12). Saturday 10/14: Film/Discussion–BEHIND THE ISRAEL GAZA CLASH – No to US-Israeli Oppression of the Palest. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

Gilbert Achcar (2023-10-11). Initial Comments on Hamas's October Counter-Offensive. internationalviewpoint.org "The Palestinian struggle must rely primarily on mass political action against Israel's oppression, occupation, and settler-colonial expansion." | – | / |

NPA, Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste (2023-10-11). Gaza offensive: we are all Palestinians! internationalviewpoint.org "In fact, the war against the Palestinians has been going on for 75 years, and the left should remember the need for solidarity with resistance struggles against oppression and occupation." | – | / |

Palestinian BDS National Committee (2023-10-11). Western Complicity in Apartheid Israel's Brutal Violence Heightens Palestinian Resistance & International Solidarity. internationalviewpoint.org "Since oppression is the root cause of violence, to end all violence — the initial and ongoing violence of the oppressor and the reactive resistance of the oppressed — we must act to end oppression." | – | / |

Revolution Books (2023-10-11). Saturday 10/14: Film/Discussion–BEHIND THE ISRAEL GAZA CLASH – No to US-Israeli Oppression of the Palest. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

Phyllis Bennis (2023-10-11). U.S. must support UN call for ceasefire in Gaza and Israel. peoplesworld.org The most recent eruption of violence in Gaza and Israel is a tragic reminder of the human consequences of decades of oppression. The human toll — hundreds of Palestinians and Israelis killed so far — tells that appalling story. Many of the targets, and many of those killed, on both sides, were civilians. And, as …

Chris Gilbert (2023-10-12). Venezuelan Migrants: Survivors from a Passenger Ship That You Sunk. counterpunch.org The empire throws the stone but hides its hand, and the obedient mass media (The New York Times included) follows suit by telling only of the reactions provoked by repeated imperial stonings. Two million Palestinians have been made hostage in the world's largest open-air prison for decades, where they are subjected to repeated attacks and humiliations. Then, lo

kwjorinoco (2023-10-11). Rafael Correa Condemns Plot to Accuse Him of Villavicencio Murder. orinocotribune.com After at least seven people involved in the murder of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio were executed in prison, the State Attorney General's Office (FGE) of Ecuador reported having the testimony of a witness. Former President Rafael Correa described the testimony as part of a maneuver to frame him. | The Ecuadorian Prosecutor's Office issued a statement on October 8 announcing that it collected the testimony of a witness of the execution of Fernando Villavicencio. This person "under oath described, among other things, the preparations and accounts offered by the intellectual authors" of the murder of…

Mike Ludwig (2023-10-11). Supreme Court Let Texas Execute a Man Sentenced on Allegedly Faulty Evidence. truthout.org As abolitionists worldwide observed a day of protest against the death penalty on Tuesday, the six members of the Supreme Court's right-wing majority threw out lower court rulings and allowed the state of Texas to execute Jedidiah Murphy, a deeply faithful Jewish man who suffered from mental illness and wished to become a religious counselor for others in prison. Last-minute legal wrangling saw… |

repost (2023-10-11). Israel Can't Imprison Two Million Gazans Without Paying a Cruel Price -Gideon Levy. indybay.org We thought we'd continue to go down to Gaza, scatter a few crumbs in the | form of tens of thousands of Israeli work permits — always contingent on | good behavior — and still keep them in prison.

Staff (2023-10-11). Israeli Journalist Gideon Levy: Israel Should Lift Siege & Call Off Plans for Ground Invasion of Gaza. democracynow.org From Tel Aviv, we hear from award-winning Israeli journalist and author Gideon Levy, whose recent column for Haaretz is headlined "Israel Can't Imprison Two Million Gazans Without Paying a Cruel Price." Levy discusses the reaction within Israeli society toward Hamas's unexpected attack and condemns the Netanyahu government for only mobilizing for further warfare rather than providing effective assistance to victims. "Nobody is leading Israel," declares Levy, who also calls for Israel to lift its blockade of Gaza and accept that its campaign of eradicating Hamas is "imposs…

FP Staff (2023-10-12). US sends 2400 special force fighters to 'thwart any Iranian action' against Israel. firstpost.com US special forces were en route to the Israeli combat zone as the US prepares for a potential operation to free more than 150 hostages taken prisoner by Hamas. | The 2,400 fighters of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit secretly left their scheduled military drill in Kuwait, according to reports. | The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower group is scheduled to join the USS Gerald R. Ford group in the eastern Mediterranean in order to thwart any Iranian action. The USS Gerald R. Ford has already arrived there as the head of a carrier strike group. | However, with the deployment of the 26th, who were among the first US forces i…

krish-rad_ind (2023-10-11). Bombing A Prison Full of Men, Women, & Children? youtu.be

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