Vegetarians, Cuba-philes, and housing rights activists: the walking tour
David Giesen | indybay.org | 2018-10-24
the American Youth Hostel | 312 Mason St. | San Francisco | (meet in the lobby)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/10/23/18818430.php
Realpolitik Relegates Human Rights to the Background
Nyla Ali Khan | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-24
It is essential to create a non-militarized, non-militant and humane environment to ensure the rights of citizens to peacefully protest and to be heard by their political representatives. To that end, an environment that ensures all citizens that they have a voice and that their voices will not go unheard must be created. In any…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/24/realpolitik-relegates-human-rights-to-the-background/
The Prison Industry in the United States: Big Business or a New Form of Slavery?
Vicky Peláez | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-24
This incisive and carefully researched article was first published by Global Research ten years ago in March 2008. | Human rights organizations, as well as political and social ones, are condemning what they are calling a new form of inhumane exploitation … | The post The Prison Industry in the United States: Big Business or a New Form of Slavery? appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-prison-industry-in-the-united-states-big-business-or-a-new-form-of-slavery/8289
Saudi Arabia Imposes Travel Ban On Khashoggi's Family
Middle East Monitor | iranian.com | 2018-10-24
The Geneva Council for Human Rights and Justice yesterday called on the Saudi authorities to immediately lift a travel ban it has imposed on the family of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed inside his country's consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. The Geneva Council, an international human rights organisation, expressed in a statement to Al-Khaleej Online its […] | The post Saudi Arabia Imposes Travel Ban On Khashoggi's Family appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/10/24/saudi-arabia-imposes-travel-ban-on-khashoggis-family/
Song Byeok Longing for Freedom Exhibit – Opening Reception Nov 1, 6-8pm
Human Rights Foundation | indybay.org | 2018-10-24
Minnesota Street Project | 1275 Minnesota Street | San Francisco, CA 94107…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/10/22/18818398.php
How Amazon, Microsoft and Tech Giants Are Powering Trump's Deportations
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2018-10-24
A shocking new investigation by immigrant rights groups reveals how corporations like Amazon, Palantir and Microsoft are profiting from and expediting Trump's incarceration and deportation operations. Some 10 percent of the Department of Homeland Security's $44 billion budget is dedicated to data management. The report was published as new documents obtained by the Project on Government Oversight show Amazon is pushing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to start using its controversial facial recognition technology that could identify immigrants in real time by scanning faces in a video feed. We speak with Ja…
truthout.org/video/how-amazon-microsoft-and-tech-giants-are-powering-trumps-deportations/
Blaming Saudis for Corrupting U.S
Adam Johnson | zcomm.org | 2018-10-24
Onee of the primary ideological functions of US corporate media is to maintain the mythology that the US is a noble protector of democracy and arbiter of human rights…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/blaming-saudis-for-corrupting-u-s/
Afro-Colombian Activist Marino Cordoba Nominated for Human Rights Award
teleSUR | telesurtv.net | 2018-10-24
The Ennals Award is considered the Nobel Prize for human rights.
www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Afro-Colo…
Privatisation harms poor and needy, says UN poverty expert
Eds. | mronline.org | 2018-10-24
Widespread privatisation of public goods in many societies is systematically eliminating human rights protections and further marginalising those living in poverty, according to a hard-hitting new report. The report was transmitted to the UN General Assembly on 19 October. | Source…
mronline.org/2018/10/24/privatisation-harms-poor-and-needy-says-un-poverty-expert/
Is America 'Civilized'? Not as Long as It Sanctions the Death Penalty
Kevin Cooper | truthdig.com | 2018-10-24
The ongoing support of capital punishment belies this country's claim to having moved past the primitive stage of human development. | The post Is America 'Civilized'? Not as Long as It Sanctions the Death Penalty. appeared first on Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists.
truthdig.com/articles/is-america-civilized-not-as-long-as-it-sanctions-the-death-penalty/
What Will the Next Year of #MeToo Bring?
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2018-10-24
It's one year since the #MeToo movement began — and we're still feeling the impact of survivors of sexual assault stepping forward and finally having their long-silenced voices heard. | From Hollywood actors shining a light on some rich and powerful abusers, to McDonald's workers coming together for a one-day-strike, to the thousands who took the streets to oppose Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, survivors have found their voice, supporters of women's rights have seen their power in numbers — and we've also learned how far we still need to go. | For all the people who sat glued to the Senate Jud…
truthout.org/articles/what-will-the-next-year-of-metoo-bring/
Who's Behind ICE? How Amazon, Palantir, Microsoft & Tech Giants Are Powering Trump's Deportations
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-24
A shocking new investigation by immigrant rights groups reveals how corporations like Amazon, Palantir and Microsoft are profiting from and expediting Trump's incarceration and deportation operations. Some 10 percent of the Department of Homeland Security's $44 billion budget is dedicated to data management. The report was published as new documents obtained by the Project on Government Oversight show Amazon is pushing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to start using its controversial facial recognition technology that could identify immigrants in real time by scanning faces in a video feed. We speak with Jacin…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/24/whos_beh…
The EU, Russia, China Plan To Avert Iran Oil Sanctions
F. William Engdahl | iranian.com | 2018-10-24
It may well be that the unilateral wrecking ball politics of the Trump Administration are bringing about a result just opposite from that intended. Washington's decision to abandon the Iran nuclear agreement and impose severe sanctions on companies trading Iran oil as of 4 November, is creating new channels of cooperation between the EU, Russia, […] | The post The EU, Russia, China Plan To Avert Iran Oil Sanctions appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/10/23/eu-russia-china-avert-iran-oil-sanctions/
For Iran's Activists, Prison's Just The Start
Behrouz Javid Tehrani | iranian.com | 2018-10-24
Iranian officials, under international pressure and facing domestic unrest, have reacted by increasing their pressures on activists. It is unclear how many are behind bars, but Human Rights Watch has documented dozens of cases of people who have been sentenced or detained for merely exercising their freedom of expression by criticizing the government and engaging in peaceful […] | The post For Iran's Activists, Prison's Just The Start appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/10/24/for-irans-activists-prisons-just-the-start/
Why Do Yemen's Dead Not Merit the Attention of Jamal Khashoggi?
Pete Dolack | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-24
President Donald Trump's transparent attempts to exonerate Saudi Arabia's de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, by "speculating" that "rouge agents" might be behind Mr. Khashoggi's demise inside the consulate is beyond laughable, or would be if the issue weren't so serious. Billions of dollars of arms sales are at stake (not to mention a reliable supply of oil), so minor trifles like human rights or cold-blooded murder can be swept aside. Whatever evidence the Turkish government possesses has not been made public, and it would seem the most likely reason is because Ankara has bugged the Saudi consula…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/24/why-do-yemens-dead-not-merit-the-attention-of-jamal-khashoggi/
Stacey Abrams Stands By Burning the Racist, Segregationist Georgia State Flag in 1992
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-24
During Tuesday's debate, Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams defended her actions in 1992 when she helped burn the Georgia state flag, which at the time contained a prominent Confederate battle flag. In a victory for civil rights advocates, the flag was later changed. We speak to Leah Wright Rigueur, professor at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/24/stacey_a…
NAACP Sues Shelby County Over Allegedly Defective Voter Registration Applications
Rachel Johnson | naacp.org | 2018-10-24
Tennessee County Should Allow Voters to Fix Applications and Vote Regular Ballots on Election Day BALTIMORE (October 24, 2018) The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), America's foremost civil rights organization, announced today that its Memphis Branch filed suit yesterday against the Shelby County (TN) Election Commission for its refusal to allow […] | The post NAACP Sues Shelby County Over Allegedly Defective Voter Registration Applications appeared first on…
naacp.org/latest/naacp-sues-shelby-county-allegedly-defective-voter-registration-applications/
Thousands rally in Sydney for workers' rights
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2018-10-23
Thousands of trade unionists marched through Sydney streets on October 23 as part of nationwide "Change The Rules" mobilisations coordinated by the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU). | The spirit of the marchers was buoyed by the federal Coalition government's loss of its one-seat parliamentary majority after its defeat in the October 20 Wentworth byelection. | Several union leaders, including Maritime Union of Australia assistant national secretary Warren Smith and ACTU president Michele O'Neil, warned that this was not an "elect Labor campaign", but a campaign to change the rules that are currently stac…
greenleft.org.au/content/thousands-rally-sydney-workers-rights-change-the-rules
'Men's rights movement': A cover for violent misogyny
Maeve Mackinnon | peoplesworld.org | 2018-10-23
Let's talk sobering statistics. Every day, tens of thousands of men visit message boards which promote online male misogynist radicalization. Often under the banner of "men's rights," the movement is promoted by a collection of writers and YouTube broadcasters spreading reactionary and anti-feminist propaganda. Male misogynist online activity has also been linked to a number …
peoplesworld.org/article/mens-rights-movement-a-cover-for-violent-misogyny/
Updated: Israeli Navy Opens Fire At Fishing Boats, Abducts Four Fishermen In Gaza
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-23
The Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights issued a statement strongly condemning the ongoing Israeli violations against the Palestinian fishermen, and the illegal confiscation of their boats, and called for the release of four fishermen, who were taken prisoner by the navy, on Tuesday, in two separate attacks. Al-Mezan said its …
Updated: Israeli Navy Opens Fire At Fishing Boats, Abducts Four Fishermen In Gaza
Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Teen In Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-23
Israeli soldiers abducted, Tuesday, a Palestinian teen, identified as Wadea' Abu Turki, 17, near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank. The Israeli army claimed that the the teen refused to be searched, and went through a metal detector, when Israeli forces reported …
Blaming Saudis For Corrupting Otherwise Human Rights–Loving US
Adam Johnson | iranian.com | 2018-10-23
As FAIR has noted for years, one of the primary ideological functions of US corporate media is to maintain the mythology that the US is a noble protector of democracy and arbiter of human rights. When material facts–like wars of aggression, massive spying regimes, the funding and arming right-wing militias and the propping up of […] | The post Blaming Saudis For Corrupting Otherwise Human Rights–Loving US appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/10/23/human-rights-loving-us/
Where Iran Stands With The Khashoggi Crisis
Kaveh Afrasiabi | iranian.com | 2018-10-23
The Trump administration has defied a recent International Court of Justice (ICJ) order not to take any action that would further complicate the US-Iran dispute. It has imposed a fresh round of sanctions that target more Iranian financial entities as a prelude to the November 4 oil sanctions. The action reflects the administration's unwavering, solid determination to […] | The post Where Iran Stands With The Khashoggi Crisis appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/10/23/where-iran-stands-with-the-khashoggi-crisis/
"Reminiscent of South Africa's Grand Apartheid": Israeli Human Rights Group Slams Israel at U.N
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-22
Shortly after Israel announced a new "zero tolerance" policy toward demonstrations in Gaza, some 130 Palestinians were injured Friday while protesting ongoing Israeli occupation and demanding the right of return. Four paramedics and 25 children were among the injured. Ten thousand protesters gathered along Israel's heavily militarized separation barrier with Gaza as part of the weekly Great March of Return protests that began March 30. Since then, Israeli forces have killed at least 170 Palestinians, including more than 30 children, and injured thousands more. We speak with Hagai El-Ad, the executive director of…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/22/reminisc…
Trump Admin Attempts to Erase Existence of Trans People After Years of GOP-Led Attacks on Freedoms
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-22
The New York Times reports that the Trump administration is attempting to eliminate the rights of transgender people by creating a narrow legal definition of gender. Citing a government memo, the Times reveals that the Department of Health and Human Services has undertaken an effort across several government agencies to establish a legal definition of sex under Title IX, the federal civil rights law that bans discrimination on the basis of sex. That definition would be either male or female, unchangeable, and determined by the genitals a person is born with. The Times reports that the memo says, "Sex means a pers…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/22/trump_ad…
SPLC statement on Trump administration's efforts to remove civil rights protections from transgender Americans
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-10-22
The Trump administration has apparently redoubled its efforts to exclude transgender Americans from the protection of federal civil rights laws.
splcenter.org/news/2018/10/22/splc-statement-trump-administration%25E2%2580%2599s-efforts-remove-civil-rights-protections-transgender
The Trump Administration Is Trying to Erase Trans People, but the Law Clearly Protects Them
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-22
A recently leaked memo is attempting to undermine decades of court decisions saying federal law protects transgender and nonbinary people. | Over the weekend, The New York Times revealed that officials within the Trump administration are pushing for a definition of the term "sex" in federal civil rights laws that would eliminate non-discrimination protections for transgender people. Transgender people and their families understandably panicked at that news. | The reality, though, is that transgender pe…
aclu.org/blog/lgbt-rights/transgender-rights/trump-administration-trying-erase-trans-people-law-clearly
Children march for refugees in Melbourne
kathy_f | greenleft.org.au | 2018-10-22
More than 2000 young people and adults packed into Birrarung Marr Park on October 21 for a Children's March for Nauru, to demand all refugees imprisoned on the Pacific island be resettled in Australia. | Chanting "nurture not torture" and "kids out, all out", participants marched into the city. | They were prevented from occupying the Flinders Street and St Kilda Road intersection as planned by an intimidating police presence including mounted and riot cops. | The action was organised by the Artists' Committee and Melbourne Youth with Refugees. | Ref…
greenleft.org.au/content/children-march-refugees-melbourne
Trump NLRB moves to restrict unions right to picket
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2018-10-22
Tampa, FL – A recent ruling of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) said that janitors who were picketing for better working conditions were not protected from unfair labor practices committed by their employer. The Board ruled that the janitors, who were being contracted by a building management company, were engaged in secondary picketing. With a Trump-appointed NLRB, workers fighting for rights on the job will be facing new challenges. | The janitors were working for Rafael Ortiz, under a company called Ortiz Janitorial Services (OJS), which was hired by Preferred Building Services to fulfil a contract wi…
www.fightbacknews.org/2018/10/22/trump-n…
FRSO leader condemns Trump administration's attacks on transgender rights
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2018-10-22
Minneapolis, MN — Steff Yorek, the Political Secretary of Freedom Road Socialist Organization, sharply condemned the Trump administration, October 22, for orchestrating attacks on the democratic rights of transgender people. | According to widespread media reports, officials in the Trump admiration are moving to alter Title IX rules to exclude transgender people for any legal protections. | "The reactionary and right-wing bigots of the Trump administration are preparing an attack on the democratic rights of transgender people. They are attempting to erase people's existence, and roll back the framework fo…
www.fightbacknews.org/2018/10/22/frso-le…
Venezuela ditches dollar after U.S. sanctions hit private sector
Eds. | mronline.org | 2018-10-20
International financial transactions using foreign currency were reportedly blocked, agroindustrial and pharmaceutical sectors said. | Source…
mronline.org/2018/10/20/venezuela-ditches-dollar-after-u-s-sanctions-hit-private-sector/
Netanyahu Attacks Israeli Human Rights Group B'Tselem for Criticizing Israeli Occupation at U.N
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-19
Fears are growing as Israel escalates its military presence along its heavily militarized separation barrier with Gaza. Israel has deployed 60 tanks to meet Palestinian protesters gathering today to protest the ongoing Israeli occupation and demand the right of return for those displaced from their homes. Israel has announced it is implementing a "zero tolerance" policy toward protesters in Gaza, who have been staging weekly Friday protests since March 30 under the banner of the Great March of Return. Since then, Israeli forces have killed at least 170 Palestinians, including more than 30 children, and injured at…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/19/netanyah…
Don't Board Our Buses Without Probable Cause or a Warrant
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-19
The president of the Greyhound bus drivers' union urges management to stand up to Trump's deportation machine. | When I first started working at Greyhound 28 years ago, I was told that I would never be able to drive a bus. I'm a woman of color. But I got trained, and I became a bus driver. Soon after, I joined Local 1700 of the Amalgamated Transit Union, and today I am the local's president. | Local 1700 represents 3,500 Greyhound drivers, mechanics, and terminal workers. My job, as the president, is to advocate on behalf of our members for fair pay, safety, and wellbeing. But today, I'm advocating for our custom…
aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/ice-and-border-patrol-abuses/dont-board-our-buses-without-probable-cause-or
Dissident Saudi Academic Madawi Al-Rasheed on Khashoggi's Disappearance, U.S.-Saudi Relations & More
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-19
Evidence is mounting that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is directly implicated in the assassination of Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Turkish officials say Khashoggi was tortured and murdered by a squad of 15 Saudi hit men shortly after entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on October 2. Four of the men implicated in Khashoggi's death are reportedly linked to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's security detail. After weeks of defending Saudi Arabia, President Trump said Thursday that he believes Khashoggi is dead, and acknowledged allegations against the Saudis. W…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/19/dissiden…
Abortion safe access zones challenged in High Court
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2018-10-19
Abortion rights advocates are hoping the High Court's findings will support laws that have assisted access to abortion clinics, after it heard a challenge to safe access zone laws over October 9-11. | Kathleen Clubb and John Graham Preston are challenging Victoria's and Tasmania's safe access zone laws, claiming they violate free speech. | Clubb, who is linked to the United States anti-choice group Helpers of God's Infants, was convicted in Victoria in 2016 of communicating about abortion in a manner "reasonably likely to cause distress or anxiety" to a couple trying to enter the Melbourne Fertility Control Clini…
greenleft.org.au/content/abortion-safe-access-zones-challenged-high-court
Louisiana's Infamous Angola Prison Goes on Trial
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-18
Angola prison is home to horrific constitutional violations that threaten the health and welfare of people incarcerated in the facility. | In November 2012, Shannon Hurd, who was serving a life sentence for stealing $14, began losing weight and experiencing flu-like symptoms. His symptoms worsened, and he developed a pain in his side. But doctors at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as "Angola," repeatedly dismissed his medical complaints. | He did not receive medical care in the weeks that followed. He did not receive medical care in the months that followed. And as he waited for basic medical care, a…
aclu.org/blog/prisoners-rights/cruel-inhuman-and-degrading-conditions/louisianas-infamous-angola-prison-goes
Spain Pushes Dialogue Instead of Sanctions Against Venezuela
TeleSur English | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-10-17
The policy represents a radical change from the sanctions wanted by previous Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, imposed by Brussels last January, and reinforced last June.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14100
Venezuela Ditches Dollar as US Sanctions Hit Private Sector
TEV | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-10-17
International financial transactions using foreign currency were reportedly blocked, agroindustrial and pharmaceutical sectors said.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14102
Venezuela Takes Center Stage in Brazilian Far Right Presidential Campaign
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-10-11
Frontrunner Bolsonaro has vowed to sever diplomatic relations with Caracas and back sanctions while establishing closer ties with the ultra-right government in Israel.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14095
Venezuela's Maduro Rejects US Interventionism in UN Speech
TeleSur English | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-09-27
Maduro blasted the recent round of sanctions, and yet again reiterated his willingness to talks with Trump.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14071
Maduro in NY: Harlem Stands with Venezuela as US Allies Appeal to ICC
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-09-27
Venezuela also received the backing of a number of governments who denounced the latest round of sanctions from the Trump administration.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14074
Trump Sets Sights on Venezuela with New Sanctions and Coup Threats
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-09-26
Speaking on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, President Trump said the Maduro government could be "toppled very quickly."
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14070