Will Pentagon help far right ‘Inauguration Uprising’ as they did Trump’s Coup Bid ?

With all eyes on Biden’s inauguration Trump’s 70 million supporters are planning ‘actions’ across the US.

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Does Trump still control the Pentagon and the National Guard?
Or will they ”arrive too late” as they did in the Storming of the Capitol…

‘Unbelievable’: Right-Wing Militia Found Not Guilty

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Finian Cunningham January 11, 2021 With the likes of Miller and other far-rightists in charge at the Pentagon, there is no guarantee on whose side the military will be, Finian Cunningham writes. The extraordinary breach of security at the US Congressional building wasn’t just a “failure of planning” which allowed thousands of Trump supporters to […]

Pentagon’s Sinister Role in Trump’s Coup Bid — via UPROOTED PALESTINIANS

Ku Klux Klan training members in armed combat.

Pentagon’s Sinister Role in Trump’s Coup Bid — via UPROOTED PALESTINIANS

Culture of Misogyny and Toxic Masculinity Driving Sexual Violence in Bangladesh — HUMAN WRONGS WATCH

Human Wrongs Watch By Sania Farooqui* NEW DELHI, India, Jan 11 2021 (IPS)* – In October 2020, Bangladeshi citizens took to the streets, outraged by the reports of gruesome gang rapes and sexual violence that were taking place in the country. According to Ain O Salish Kendra, a Bangladeshi human rights organization, 975 women were […]

Culture of Misogyny and Toxic Masculinity Driving Sexual Violence in Bangladesh — HUMAN WRONGS WATCH

Thousands of Kurds demonstrate in France to remember the murder of 3 Kurdish militants in Paris

from Kurdish Cat gener 09, 2021 translation TheFreeOnline

The Tevgera Jinên Kurd France / Mouvement des Femmes Kurdes en France (TJK-F) organized the march from the Gare de Nord at 2 pm to the Place République on January 9 and requested participation.

Thousands of exiled Kurds have taken part. There have been simultaneous demonstrations by Kurdish communities in Rennes (Brittany), Marseille and Toulouse (Occitania) and Strasbourg (Alsace).

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Victory at Last! High Court BANS Rare Earth mining projects in Castilla, Spain

by Ecologistas en Acción/translation The Free Online

The ruling of the Superior Court of Justice of Castilla-La Mancha rules finally on the impacts of mining in protected areas

The joint struggle of ecologists, rural landowners, farmers, ranchers and academics against the new wave of speculative mining.

Una de las manifestaciones contra la mina de tierras raras de Torrenueva y Torre de Juan Abad, a la que la Junta dio carpetazo en 2017 / Lanza

The sentence of the Superior Court of Justice of Castilla-La Mancha has put an end to the claims of Quantum Minería S.L. to carry out a rare earth mining mega-project in Campo de Montiel (Ciudad Real). This project, intentionally divided into several phases to avoid a strategic environmental assessment, would have affected 17,330 hectares of land with high agricultural and natural value, including the controversial “Matamula” and “Remataminas” concessions.

The anticipated impacts mobilized broad social sectors, including not only environmental organizations such as Ecologistas en Acción but also the agricultural sector and other rural entities. Thus, five agro-livestock companies presented themselves as co-defendants to defend the negative Environmental Impact Statement issued by the Junta de Castilla-La Mancha in October 2017.

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The EZLN and the Other Europe — Chiapas Support Committee

By: Raúl Romero In 1994, when the “fall of socialism” and the “end of history” were imposed as official global narratives and neoliberal capitalism was offered as the only way, the “Ya basta” launched by the organized Mayas of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) resounded strongly in Mexico, Latin America and in much of […]

The EZLN and the Other Europe — Chiapas Support Committee

Journalists, Activists Condemn UK Decision to Keep Assange Locked Up without Charge — UPROOTED PALESTINIANS: SALAM ALQUDS ALAYKUM

By Alan Macleod Source AUnited Kingdom court has ruled that Wikileaks cofounder Julian Assange must remain in prison, despite an earlier ruling that he could not be extradited to the United States. Explaining her decision, District Judge Vanessa Baraitser said that, “As far as Mr. Assange is concerned, this case has not been won,” adding […]

Journalists, Activists Condemn UK Decision to Keep Assange Locked Up without Charge — UPROOTED PALESTINIANS: SALAM ALQUDS ALAYKUM

My college’s response to a Nazi march taught me about the “true America” — Just Sayin’

Why are the oppressed always given the responsibility of turning the other cheek? By Takirra Winfield Dixon

Right after the presidential election, many of us were told that we needed to show empathy to the MAGA crowd and try to come together with the over 70 million Americans who voted for Donald Trump. Which is to say, voted […]

My college’s response to a Nazi march taught me about the “true America” — Just Sayin’