Category Archives: Apartheid

Challenging racial supremacy — from Charlottesville to Tel Aviv | +972 Magazine

as long as our recognition and understanding of racial supremacy begins and ends with groups of enraged men chanting and beating up people of color, leftists, and anyone else they see as a target, we will never approach the depth of reckoning needed to effect meaningful change.Racist mobs are not the load-bearers of supremacy; they are its outgrowths. Income inequality; disparities in incarceration rates; education gaps; housing discrimination; lack of representation: these are the constant reality of the effects of racial supremacy, and they pose a far greater challenge than the iconography of statues, ruins and flags. It is our tragedy, and our indictment, that it takes physical violence to make us see what has always been there.———————As I was writing these words on October 7, a group of torch-carrying white supremacists—led by Richard Spencer—again gathered at the Lee statue in Charlottesville, not two months after one of their number murdered Heather Heyer. May her memory be a blessing, as well as the memory of all those killed by the racist mentality she died protesting.

Source: Challenging racial supremacy — from Charlottesville to Tel Aviv | +972 Magazine

Vindicated in UK, Al Jazeera to reveal secrets of US Israel lobby | The Electronic Intifada

The UK documentary in January exposed the activities of Israeli embassy officer Shai Masot, and his efforts to influence political groups in the UK.He had plotted to “take down” senior government minister Alan Duncan, and worked with pro-Israel lawmakers in the Labour Party who exaggerated and faked anti-Semitism in the party, amid plots and coup attempts against leader Jeremy Corbyn – long a Palestine solidarity activist.As a result of the film, Masot was removed from his position as senior political officer and sent back to Israel. Israeli ambassador Mark Regev was forced to make an apology to the UK government.A British civil servant who was recorded with Masot plotting “a little scandal” for Duncan was made to resign.Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn called for a government investigation into the issues raised by the program.

Source: Vindicated in UK, Al Jazeera to reveal secrets of US Israel lobby | The Electronic Intifada

 Bulgaria and their rightwing’s love affair with Nazi’s – will preside over EU for a year…

Volen Siderov, the head of one of the three parties (“Ataka”), forming the United Patriots, once called on the Roma minority (Gypsies) to “behave themselves,” if they did not want to be deported to India. In a book, he wrote that “a gang of Jews” have “ruined the orthodoxy.”[4] Valeri Simeonov, Chair of a second party in the United Patriots, the “National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria” (NFSB), referred to Roma as “human-like creatures, who have become beasts,” and said that their children were playing “in the streets with pigs.”[5] Since May 4, Simeonov has been in office as the Vice Prime Minister, in charge of the economy and demography, as well as being Bulgaria’s Commissioner for Integration.

Twice, photographs have already emerged showing high-ranking officials of Bulgaria’s government, elected to office in May, in poses honoring the Nazis. May 17, Pavel Tenev, Minister of Regional Development, at the time, was forced to resign, after publication of a photo, showing him with his right arm extended in a Nazi salute, standing in front of a wax figure of a Nazi officer in Paris’ Musée Grévin. May 19, another photo was published on the internet, showing the freshly appointed department director in the Ministry of Defense, Ivo Antonov, also giving the Nazi salute in front of a Second World War tank of the Wehrmacht. (On the right, german-foreign-policy.com documents a segment of this photo.) His most senior employer, Defense Minister, Krasimir Karakachanov, Chair of the IMRO-Bulgarian National Movement, refused to fire him.[6]

Source: www.german-foreign-policy.com

FBI terrorism unit says ‘black identity extremists’ pose a violent threat | US news | The Guardian – The FBI at risk of being arm for KKK

DeRay Mckesson, a prominent Black Lives Matter activist, likened the “black identity extremist” monitoring to the FBI’s highly controversial domestic counterintelligence program known as Cointelpro, which was used to target political groups and activists like the NAACP, Martin Luther King Jr, socialist and communist groups and anti-war protesters.“We knew that we were likely being watched,” said Mckesson, who has spoken out about being monitored by the US government and FBI. “This is confirmation that the work of social justice continues to threaten those in power.”

Source: FBI terrorism unit says ‘black identity extremists’ pose a violent threat | US news | The Guardian

Hurricane Maria: I thought the response would be different to past disasters — but it wasn’t – ABC News – Even the Aussies can see Puerto Rico is being screwed!

The Government needs to stop saying it’s all OKThe Trump administration has been criticised for its slow response.But really, the big mistake it has made has been to repeatedly claim that everything is OK when it’s plainly not the case.

Source: Hurricane Maria: I thought the response would be different to past disasters — but it wasn’t – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Republican congressman floats conspiracy that George Soros funded neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville – U.S. News – Haaretz.com

Asked directly whether he thinks Soros funded the neo-Nazis, Gosar replied, “Wouldn’t it be interesting to find out?”Soros’ Open Society Foundation responded to Vice News in a statement, condemning Gosar for his remarks.“Such baseless allegations are insulting to the victims of the Holocaust, to all Jewish people, and to anyone who honors the truth. It is an affront to Mr. Soros and his family, who against the odds managed to survive one of the darkest moments in our history,” a spokeswoman wrote in a statement published by The Hill news site.

Source: Republican congressman floats conspiracy that George Soros funded neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville – U.S. News – Haaretz.com

Tusk criticizes Myanmar over plight of Rohingya minority | News | DW | 06.10.2017 But cares for naught about killing and repressing Shia Muslims in Saudi Arabia and Gulf states? Oil talks and buys get out of genocide jail card?

The EU’s Donald Tusk called on the South Asian country to meet its human rights obligations. Meanwhile, the UN fears things will get worse in Myanmar and neighboring Bangladesh before they get better.

Source: Tusk criticizes Myanmar over plight of Rohingya minority | News | DW | 06.10.2017

Trump ambassador to Israel goes rogue | The Electronic Intifada

Friedman, Trump’s longtime bankruptcy lawyer, was referring to a Security Council resolution which, in fact, emphasizes “the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war” and calls for Israel’s withdrawal from territory occupied in the 1967 War.Friedman’s interpretation directly contradicts numerous subsequent resolutions that explicitly reaffirm the illegality of Israel’s settlements in the West Bank.Israel’s transfer of its civilian population to territory it occupies is a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention and is thus a war crime.Friedman, incidentally, is a major bankroller of one such settlement.

Source: Trump ambassador to Israel goes rogue | The Electronic Intifada

‘African’ drumming, the homogenisation of a continent – Media Diversified “Ethnic Elitism and Racism – so Lame and Easy Cultural Appropriation – Let’s have a drum circle tonight!

Ever heard the term ‘European string ensemble’, though? Probably not – because it doesn’t really mean much. Are we talking about a group of violins? Guitars? Contrabasses? A mixture of these and more?This brings me to my question – why are we still talking about ‘African drumming ensembles’?Consider the many different cultures and 54 countries that make up Africa. From the Habesha in the East, Arabs in the North, Twi in the West and Zulu in the South, the various languages and cultures number into the thousands. To put things into perspective, there are more languages spoken in Nigeria (520) alone than in the whole of Europe put together (28 official) (Ethnologue, 2017).

Source: ‘African’ drumming, the homogenisation of a continent – Media Diversified