Daily Archives: 2021-05-26

2021-05-26: News Headlines

Staff (2021-05-26). "America on Fire": Historian Elizabeth Hinton on George Floyd, Policing & Black Rebellion. democracynow.org Protests and vigils were held across the U.S. to mark one year since the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Floyd's death sparked a national uprising and global movement against systemic racism and police brutality. Elizabeth Hinton, an associate professor of history and African American studies at Yale University and a professor of law at Yale Law School, connects the Black Lives Matter protests to a long history of Black rebellion against police violence in her new book "America on Fire" and notes that the U.S. has had previous opportunities to address systemic racism and state violence, but change r…

Anonymous669 (2021-05-26). Hamas Reported Loss Of 61 Fighters, Commanders In Gaza Battle. southfront.org Hamas rocket unit. Illustrative image. | Between March 22 and 26, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas Movement, revealed the names of 61 of its fighters and commanders who were killed during the recent battle in the Gaza Strip. | The heated battle started on May 10 with a rocket attack on Jerusalem. The rocket attack, which was launched from Gaza, was a response to Israeli plans to evict a number of Arab families from the Sheik Jarrah neighborhood in the city. The battle ended with an Egypt-bro…

Editorial Team (2021-05-26). Communist Party of Swaziland calls for working class unity for total liberation on Africa Day 2021. challenge-magazine.org The Communist Party of Swaziland marked Africa Day by issuing a comprehensive call to arms for working people across the continent. Challenge carries their statement in full. The Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) in celebration of Africa Day 2021 salutes all our African liberation stalwarts for the gallant contributions they made in the anti-colonial struggles over the years. The CPS also salutes all the revolutionaries daily engaged in taking the African liberation struggle forward, particularly struggles against the subjugation of the African continent to imperialist forces. The CPS calls for working-class un…

WSWS (2021-05-26). Malian army detains president in French-backed coup aiming to strangle strikes. wsws.org The arrest of top Malian officials comes as the West African nation has been paralyzed by growing social unrest and the devastation of French imperialism's war in the Sahel.

Fight Back (2021-05-26). Police murder of George Floyd, 'the spark that lit a prairie fire'. fightbacknews.org On May 25, 2020, the world watched in horror and anger as George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. This was the spark that ignited uprisings and massive protests across the United States and around the world. While a hated symbol of the police went up in flames, people from coast to coast were confronting the police, who tried and failed to repress the protest. | Again and again, America has sacrificed the lives of Africans and African Americans on the altar of profits. Millions of Africans died in the slave trade that provided the captive labor that enriched southern plantation owners…

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2021-05-26). Proposed Proclamation for 2021 Africa Day – California State Capitol Celebration. indybay.org On May 25, 1963, the Organization of African Union was founded to promote the unity and solidarity of the African nation states to act as a collective voice for the people of the African continent. Today, the African Union continues that journey to secure Africa's long-term cultural, economic, and political future California, the fifth economic power on earth, has a profound role and responsibility towards expanding mutually beneficial trade and commerce.

teleSUR (2021-05-25). UN Calls for Supporting Africa in the Fight Against COVID-19. telesurenglish.net On the occasion of Africa Day this Tuesday, the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on developed countries to support the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic on this continent. | RELATED: | He requested support for debt relief, food supplies programs, and "quick, equal and affordable access to COVID-19 vaccines and treatments for African countries." | The Secretary-General also welcomed that the African Union (…

Gloria Rubac (2021-05-25). Texas execution exposes death penalty racism. workers.org Texas has shown the world that this racist state should not be in the business of killing. Quintin Jones, an African American man, was denied clemency by the Texas Board of Pardons and Gov. Greg Abbott and was legally lynched at 6: 40 p.m., May 19. Jones' clemency appeal was . . . |

Anonymous007 (2021-05-25). Military Coup In Mali, Nine Months After The Last One. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On May 24th, Mali's military detained the President and Prime Minister of the interim government, according to the United Nations and the African Union. The coup d'état took place place nine months after a military coup overthrew its previous leader. | The detention of President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane came hours after a government reshuffle left out two soldiers who led the coup in August last year and raised fears of a second military takeover. | In a joint statement, the U…

Chad Marlow (2021-05-25). The People, Not the Police, Should Decide If and How Surveillance Technologies Are Used In Their Communities. aclu.org Four and a half years ago, the use of surveillance technologies by local police and governments was growing exponentially. There were many factors behind this rapid growth, but the two most significant were (1) the ever-increasing pool of federal grant money that was being made available for surveillance tech purchases, and (2) that in almost every jurisdiction, local police were empowered to make decisions about acquiring and using surveillance technologies unilaterally and in secret. Because it is hard to oppose a specific local surveillance tech acquisition when you don't know it's happening, surveillance t…

teleSUR (2021-05-25). Int'l Meeting Held To Discuss Libyan Economic Situation. telesurenglish.net The Co-Chairs of the Economic Working Group (EWG) and a number of senior officials of the Libyan government Sunday held a meeting to discuss the economic situation in Libya, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said Monday. | RELATED: | "All participants agreed on the importance of maintaining the momentum on the economic track, including on further developing and harmonizing critical policies and moving forward…

teleSUR (2021-05-25). Mali's Military Junta Strips Gov't Heads of Their Duties. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Mali's Military Junta announced it has stripped of its duties to the President and Prime Minister of the transitional government. They were taken away on Monday to a military base in the outskirts of the capital Bamako. | RELATED: | It is the second time that the Military Junta carries out a coup against Mali's government, as they were responsible for the 2020 coup that immersed the country in tur…

teleSUR (2021-05-25). President of Cuba: Africa Deserves Global Solidarity. telesurenglish.net The president of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel, has affirmed that Africa deserves international solidarity and much more than just a single day since the world is in debt. | RELATED: | The president tweeted on the occasion of the celebration of Africa Day, stressing that the continent demands centuries of attention and the cooperation of all countries. | "The world grew rich by impoverishing it," the Cuban President twe…

Thembisa Fakude (2021-05-25). Stop comparing Israel to Apartheid South Africa; it is worse. zcomm.org For all its horrors and brutality, the apartheid regime in South Africa never used fighter jets and artillery to bomb the oppressed people living in the townships…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-05-25). Military attempts another coup in Mali, arrests president and prime minister. peoplesdispatch.org The detention followed a minor reshuffle in the transitional government in which two military representatives were removed. The military had staged a coup in August 2020, forcing then president Boubacar Keita to resign…

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