Rasmy Hassouna, a Palestinian American, is suing the state over a provision that bans him or his company from protesting Israel or its products
— Read on www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/07/texas-ban-boycotting-israel
Category Archives: International
Settlers attack Palestinians. The Israeli army punishes the Palestinians. Repeat
The silence of the night in a Hebron neighborhood was broken by a dozen young Jews running down the street bashing cars in front of the soldiers protecting them. It’s not a rare event
— Read on www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-settlers-attack-palestinians-the-israeli-army-punishes-the-palestinians-repeat-1.10439219
The China Initiative, US crackdown on Chinese economic espionage, is a mess. We have the data to show it.
The US government’s China Initiative sought to protect national security. In the most comprehensive analysis of cases to date, MIT Technology Review reveals how far it has strayed from its goals.
— Read on www.technologyreview.com/2021/12/02/1040656/china-initative-us-justice-department/
The Lies And The People Who Believe Them — The forgotten oil ads that told us climate change was nothing
Since the 1980s, fossil fuel firms have run ads touting climate denial messages – many of which they’d now like us to forget. Here’s our visual guide
— Read on www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/18/the-forgotten-oil-ads-that-told-us-climate-change-was-nothing
Big Oil to Testify on Climate Change Disinformation—What This Could Mean for Green Economy
The world’s largest oil companies will answer questions before Congress on their alleged efforts to obscure the role of fossil fuels in global warming.
— Read on www.newsweek.com/big-oil-testify-climate-change-disinformationwhat-this-could-mean-green-economy-1642807
News Corp’s turnaround on climate crisis is a greenwash
The company won’t change until it understands the grave damage it has done with its ugly legacy of denialist reporting
— Read on www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/12/news-corps-turnaround-on-climate-is-a-greenwash
The Part, Out Loud — Boris Johnson rules out making misogyny a hate crime because it would overload the police
‘Rather than introducing new laws, what you need to do is enforce the existing laws’
— Read on www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-women-violence-police-crime-b1932431.html
Freedom For Palestine — Rand Paul blocks quick vote on House-passed $1B Iron Dome funding
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Monday blocked a quick vote of a House-passed bill to provide $1 billion for Israel’s Iron Dome defense system.
— Read on thehill.com/homenews/senate/575281-rand-paul-blocks-quick-vote-on-house-passed-1b-iron-dome-funding
Pandora papers: biggest ever leak of offshore data exposes financial secrets of rich and powerful
Millions of documents reveal offshore deals and assets of more than 100 billionaires, 30 world leaders and 300 public officials
— Read on www.theguardian.com/news/2021/oct/03/pandora-papers-biggest-ever-leak-of-offshore-data-exposes-financial-secrets-of-rich-and-powerful
YouTube shuts German channels of Russian broadcaster RT
Moscow promises retaliatory measures after video-sharing platform takes action over alleged COVID-19 misinformation.
— Read on www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2021/9/29/youtube-shuts-german-channels-of-russian-broadcaster-rt
Greta Thunberg: ‘I really see the value of friendship. Apart from the climate, almost nothing else matters’ | Greta Thunberg
The world’s most famous teen activist opens up about how she’s been transformed since she started her school climate strike in 2018
— Read on www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2021/sep/25/greta-thunberg-i-really-see-the-value-of-friendship-apart-from-the-climate-almost-nothing-else-matters
Polish region revokes anti-LGBT declaration over loss of EU funding
The Polish region of Swietokrzyskie abandoned the idea of declaring itself an “LGBT-free zone” under pressure from Brussels.
— Read on www.euronews.com/2021/09/23/polish-region-revokes-anti-lgbt-declaration-over-loss-of-eu-funding
Freedom for Palestine — Top Republican releases remaining Palestinian aid he held up for months
Senator Jim Risch approves payment of last $20 million of $75 million package pledged by Biden, but insists it be reprogrammed for food aid, not funneled to terrorists
— Read on www.timesofisrael.com/top-republican-releases-remaining-palestinian-aid-he-held-up-for-months/
Here’s an idea: don’t sell arms to anyone who violates human rights.
Reminder: Trump’s Afghanistan Airstrikes Increased Civilian Deaths by 330% Since 2016
Trump conducted more drone strikes in his first two years than Obama had in eight; in Afghanistan, civilian deaths from drone strikes more than tripled.
Civilian deaths skyrocketed in Afghanistan under Trump, whose administration relaxed the rules of engagement for airstrikes, a new study shows.
— Read on www.businessinsider.com/trump-afghanistan-airstrikes-increased-civilian-deaths-by-330-since-2016-2020-12
Freedom for Palestine — AOC introduces amendment to halt US arms sale to Israel
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced an amendment to the defense budget bill to suspend a missile sale to Israel.
— Read on www.jpost.com/american-politics/aoc-introduces-amendment-to-halt-us-arms-sale-to-israel-679763
America’s mortality gap should sound a blaring alarm across the Atlantic
US inequalities of race and class within education and health provision are just as relevant to Britain
— Read on www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/19/americas-mortality-gap-should-sound-a-blaring-alarm-across-the-atlantic
The Ex-NSA Operative Cyber-Mercenary Scandal Shows the Spyware Industry Is Totally Out of Control
The fact that former NSA operatives acted as cyber-mercenaries for the UAE is less a canary in a coal mine than a blaring air-raid siren.
— Read on gizmodo.com/the-ex-nsa-operative-cyber-mercenary-scandal-shows-the-1847688488
One in 538: Map sparks fight over electoral vote in Nebraska
Nebraska is one of only two states that divides its Electoral College votes by congressional district, rather than a winner-take-all system. That allowed President Joe Biden to claim one of the state’s five electoral votes last year, even as he lost Nebraska by 20 percentage points.
Now Republicans in Nebraska’s legislature are proposing splitting up the 2nd Congressional District, the one Biden won, in their new map. The change would make the swingy district surrounding Omaha, the state’s largest city, more Republican. It would also make it harder for a Democratic presidential candidate to win.
— Read on apnews.com/article/joe-biden-race-and-ethnicity-legislature-nebraska-election-2020-f8174099d4c98cbe1e93820abdc08eaa
Meanwhile in the first-world — France grants citizenship to 12,000 COVID frontline workers
“The country pulled through thanks to them,” France’s citizenship minister said.
— Read on www.axios.com/covid-france-frontline-workers-citizenship-df86d46d-d488-4009-b2f7-e166be464cd4.html
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