Current Events

  Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) touted her intersectional oppression in a recent interview with the New York Times,  lamenting that she constantly has to “deal with the hate of anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant, anti-blackness, but also with sexism” in the United States. Omar made the remark when asked about a controversial passage in her autobiographical book — This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman  — in which she wrote:    “I am, by nature, a starter of fires. My work has been to figure out where I’m going to burn down everything around me by adding the fuel of my religion, skin color, gender or even tone.”   “Couldn’t that kind of language be interpreted as a form of demagoguery?” the Times asked. Omar replied: It’s metaphorical. There are many times when people will say, “Something you said has agitated this space.” And it’s like, no, it’s me just showing up that did it. There are times when I will choose to...

  Let’s assume that Black Lives Matter is not a “social justice” movement, but a corporate-sponsored public relations vehicle that’s being used to advance the agenda of elites? Is that too much of a stretch? And let’s say that the massive protests that erupted across the country were not random or spontaneous events as some people seem to think, but part of a broader strategy to control the headlines by shifting the dominant “narrative” to race. The death of George Floyd fits perfectly with this “broader strategy”, as the incident took place 6 months before the general election, which (conveniently) gave the Democrats enough time to mount an effective attack on Donald Trump using an issue on which they feel he is particularly vulnerable. (Race) Was it all a coincidence? Maybe or may be not. But it’s certainly worth investigating, after all, we’ve just endured 3 and a half years of relentless fabrications connected to the Russiagate scam, so the idea that this late...

 Trailer for 'The Stranger' The Stranger is an eight-part British miniseries now available for streaming on Netflix. It is based on a 2015 novel of the same title by mystery author Harlan Coben. Adam Price (Richard Armitage) is a well-to-do middle class lawyer living in a wealthy enclave near Manchester. He leads a comfortable life with his wife Corinne (Dervla Kirwan) and sons Thomas (Jacob Dudman) and Ryan (Misha Handley).   While attending his son’s football match, Adam is approached by a young stranger (Hannah John-Kamen) who reveals to him a shocking secret: that Corinne had faked a pregnancy and miscarriage two years earlier, apparently in an effort to pressure Adam to stay in the relationship. Adam, appalled by the revelation, demands that the stranger tell him how she obtained her information, but she leaves without divulging her identity or motives. Adam confronts Corinne, who doesn’t deny the accusation, but insists to Adam that, “This isn’t what you ...

PSL Targeted for Marches Against Cop Murder of Elijah McClain Defend Denver Anti-Racist Protest Leaders!   PSL activists played leading role in organizing protests against racist police murder of Elijah McClain in Aurora, Colorado. Now they have been arrested in an attempt to intimidate protesters.  (Photo: Liberation)   [The Party of Socialism and Liberation activists were not arrested for marching down the street with a banner expressing political views.  They were arrested for laying siege to a police station.  They were arrested for holding police inside the building with the threat of violence. ]        [The members of the Party for Socialism and Liberation were arrested for being part of a violent street confrontation at a police station where the police building was barricaded by militants and polic...

  An Indianapolis activist for Black Lives Matter, Satchuel Paigelyn Cole, has admitted to pretending to be black for years, coming forward after a local news report revealed the truth. “I have taken up space as a black person while knowing I am white,” Cole admitted this week in a Facebook post . “I have used blackness when it was not mine to use. I have asked for support and energy as a black person.” Cole, formerly known as Jennifer Benton and born to two white Indianapolis parents in 1975 – and who was born female but uses ‘they/them’ pronouns  – changed her name in 2010 and began identifying as black. Cole became active in black and LGBT groups and was frequently interviewed by local media as a leader in the black community.    A 2017 article by LGBT rights group Freedom Indiana featured an interview with Cole, alongside a picture with a black man identified as Cole’s father . The activist was honored this year as a grand marshal of the I...

 By Hira Humayun and David Williams, CNN    (CNN) A graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has resigned from a teaching position after admitting on social media that they falsely claimed to be a person of color. CV Vitolo-Haddad apologized last week in two posts on Medium and announced that she was leaving her position as the co-president of the university's Teaching Assistants' Association (TAA). The apologies came after an anonymous post on Medium accused Vitolo-Haddad of misleading people about their racial and ethnic identity. ...