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Headlines for August 11, 2025 http://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/11/headlines
Democracy Now!Headlines for August 11, 2025Israeli Military Assassinates Five Al Jazeera Journalists in Gaza; U.N. Security Council Holds Emergency Meeting over Israel’s Plan to Expand Military Operations in Gaza; As Many As 100,000 People Rally in Tel Aviv to Oppose Netanyahu’s Plan to Escalate War in Gaza; Major Protests Held All Over the World Against Israel’s Plans to Expand War in Gaza; Footage Shows Palestinian Activist Odeh Hadalin Filmed Moment He Was Fatally Shot by Israeli Settler; Sudan: 63 People Die of Malnutrition in City of El Fasher in Northern Darfur; President Trump and Russian President Putin to Hold Summit in Alaska on Friday; NYT: Trump Secretly Signs Directive Approving Pentagon to Target Drug Cartels; DOJ Launches Probes into New York Attorney General Letitia James and U.S. Senator Adam Schiff; Peruvian Immigrant Held at NYC ICE Facility Sues Trump Administration; WaPo: Trump Removes IRS Commissioner After a Conflict over Tax Data of Immigrants; Defense Secretary Hegseth Reposts Video of Pastor Saying Women Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Vote; President Trump Threatens Homeless People to Immediately Move Out of Washington; Trump Administration Wants to Settle with UCLA for $1 Billion; Armenia and Azerbaijan Sign Agreement Aimed at Ending Decades of Conflict; Colombia Presidential Candidate Miguel Uribe Dies After Being Shot in June; Nagasaki Commemorates 80th Anniversary of U.S. Atomic Bombing
"Silencing the Coverage": Israel Assassinates 5 Al Jazeera Journalists in Targeted Strike in Gaza http://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/11/al_jazeera
Democracy Now! · “Silencing the Coverage”: Israel Assassinates 5 Al Jazeera Journalists in Targeted Strike in Gaza
"They Will Be Held Accountable": California AG Takes Trump to Court for Deploying National Guard http://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/11/trump_california
Democracy Now! · “They Will Be Held Accountable”: California AG Takes Trump to Court for Deploying National Guard
Community Organizer Slams "Fascist ICE Agents" After Arrest of U.S. Citizen Documenting Raids http://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/11/los_angeles
Democracy Now! · Community Organizer Slams “Fascist <span class="caps">ICE</span> Agents” After Arrest of U.S. Citizen Documenting Raids
"This Is Orchestrated Killing": MSF Condemns GHF Aid Sites, Saying They Were Set Up to Be Death Traps http://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/11/msf_ghf
Democracy Now! · “This Is Orchestrated Killing”: <span class="caps">MSF</span> Condemns <span class="caps">GHF</span> Aid Sites, Saying They Were Set Up to Be Death Traps
A hidden civil rights fight: New book shares the untold story of the intersex movement https://19thnews.org/2025/08/intersex-liberation-juliana-gleeson-new-book/
The 19th · A hidden civil rights fight: New book shares the untold story of the intersex movementJuliana Gleeson wrote “Hermaphrodite Logic: A History of Intersex Liberation” mainly for intersex people, but there’s something in its history for everyone.
The Spanberger strategy: Can this Virginia Democrat reset the politics of public education? https://19thnews.org/2025/08/abigail-spanberger-virginia-public-schools/
The 19th · The Spanberger strategy: Can this Virginia Democrat reset the politics of public education?Republicans won big four years ago by casting doubt on the state’s public schools. Abigail Spanberger, the parent of three school-aged daughters, is betting on restoring faith in them.
As long as the ”left wing” in capitalist western societies keeps letting down the poor & working class, there will be enough ears for far-right preachers telling them to blame whoever the enemies are this time..
Before the ”left” gets it’s act together, this spiraling down to fascism will not end. And it’s getting pretty close right now..
Right now they’re all just talking in capitalist words, juggling capitalist concepts, wondering why they can’t make anything change!
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There are no #politicians in office or the Democratic Party who are " #left" & anyone who tells you otherwise is lying. Left is anti #capitalist & Anti #imperialist. And clearly isn't afraid to call a #genocide a genocide.
Germany's antisemitism commissioner, Felix Klein, has accused the Left Party (Die Linke) of a growing trend of hostility towards Israel. In remarks published Sa... https://news.osna.fm/?p=11096 | #news #accuses #antisemitism #german #left
Osna.FM · German Official Accuses Left Party of Rising Antisemitism - Osna.FMGovernment official Felix Klein accuses Germany's Left Party of increasing anti-Israel sentiment and hostility, raising concerns about antisemitism within the political group.
Trans people in Georgia prisons are being forced to detransition. Now they’re suing. https://19thnews.org/2025/08/trans-inmates-georgia-prisons-gender-affirming-care-lawsuit/
The 19th · Trans people in Georgia prisons are being forced to detransition. Now they’re suing.A class action lawsuit representing nearly 300 incarcerated people says the state’s refusal to allow gender-affirming care constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
Headlines for August 8, 2025 http://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/8/headlines
Democracy Now!Headlines for August 08, 2025Israeli Security Cabinet Approves Plans to Take Over Gaza City; Two Palestinians Killed While Seeking Humanitarian Aid; Palestinian American Medical Student Sues Emory University for Suspending Her over Gaza Remarks; Medford City Council Approves Ordinance Divesting from Human Rights Abusers, Including Israel; GOP Senator Cornyn Says FBI Approved Request to Arrest Texas Democratic Lawmakers; Trump Calls for a New Census Excluding Undocumented Immigrants; DOJ Hires Jan. 6 Rioter Who Encouraged Killing Police Officers; Trump Administration Purges FBI Officials Who Probed Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election; Trump Administration Taps Fort Bliss Army Base to Receive 1,000 Immigrant Detainees; Former “Superman” Actor Says He’ll Join ICE in Support of Mass Deportation Campaign; L.A. Activists Call for 24-Hour Boycott of Companies Complicit in ICE Raids; Federal Judge Orders Florida to Halt Construction at “Alligator Alcatraz” ICE Jail; Trump Orders Deployment of Federal Cops in D.C. Amid False Claims of Surging Crime; CNN: Vice President Vance Led Huddle of Top Trump Administration Officials over Jeffrey Epstein; Trump Opens Path for Private Equity and Cryptocurrency Investments in 401(k) Plans; Air Force Will Deny Early Retirement Benefits to Transgender Service Members