NAACP GRASSROOTS & VOTER TURNOUT EFFORTS SPUR INCREASED BLACK VOTER PARTICIPATION
Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet | naacp.org | 2018-11-16
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 16, 2018 CONTACTS: NAACP@sunshinesachs.com and Malik Russell / mrussell@naacpnet.org / 410-580-5761 NAACP civic engagement campaign helped generate record midterm election turnout among Black Voters BALTIMORE — From the passage of Amendment 4 in Florida, which restored voting rights to convicted felons to the record number of early voting among voters of color — including a 77% increase among […] | The post NAACP GRASSROOTS & VOTER TURNOUT EFFORT…
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Meet the 17 Saudis Now Under US Sanctions for Jamal Khashoggi's Killing
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-16
(MEE) — The United States imposed sanctions on 17 citizens of Saudi Arabia it says were involved in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The individuals were penalised "for serious human rights abuses resulting from their roles" in the killing of the prominent Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 …
Meet the 17 Saudis Now Under US Sanctions for Jamal Khashoggi's Killing
In Breach of Human Rights
Ramzy Baroud | zcomm.org | 2018-11-16
Netanyahu Supports the Death Penalty against Palestinians…
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In Breach of Human Rights, Netanyahu Supports the Death Penalty against Palestinians
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2018-11-16
Right-wing Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is escalating his war on the Palestinian people, although for reasons almost entirely related to Israeli politics. He has just given the greenlight to a legislation that would make it easier for Israeli courts to issue death sentences against Palestinians accused of carrying out 'terrorist' acts. Netanyahu's decision was…
counterpunch.org/2018/11/16/in-breach-of-human-rights-netanyahu-supports-the-death-penalty-against-palestinians/
'Thoughts & prayers': Twitter laughs as NRA bleeds out financially
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-16
The National Rifle Association has become the butt of the joke after it was revealed the powerful gun rights advocacy group is struggling financially, revoking free coffee for staff. | …
rt.com/usa/444176-thoughts-prayers-twitter-blasts-nra/
US imposes limited sanctions on Saudi officials over Kashoggi's murder
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-11-16
The announcement's timing points to the White House seeking to shore up the latest Saudi version of the events, which protects Crown Prince Mohammed.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/11/16/saud…
NAACP Strongly Urges Senate Rejection of Farr Nomination
Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet | naacp.org | 2018-11-15
BALTIMORE (November 15, 2018)–The NAACP strongly condemns Thomas Farr's nomination and the Senate's scheduling of his vote. The nation just experienced national elections which are not yet over and which were tainted by egregious voting rights violations. That Majority Leader McConnell chooses this moment in time to vote on a judicial nominee known as the vote-suppressor-in-chief […] | The post NAACP Strongly Urges Senate Rejection of Farr Nomination appeared first on NAACP
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PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (08 — 13 November 2018)
INA | imemc.org | 2018-11-15
Israeli forces continued with systematic crimes, in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), for the week of 08 — 13 November, 2018. New Israeli Military Esclation in the Gaza Strip: Israeli warplanes carried out dozens of airstrikes, launching 197 missiles at civilian buildings and military sites belonging to Palestinian Armed Groups.
'SBS: Don't screen Eurovision 2019 in Israel'
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-15
Protesters gathered outside the SBS offices in Artarmon on November 15 to urge the national multicultural broadcaster not to screen Eurovision 2019, which will be held in Israel. | They handed out leaflets to SBS staff that read: "We love SBS and we love Eurovision, but is a song contest worth more than human rights? Are advertising dollars worth more than international law? | "We can't celebrate Eurovision in Israel while the Israeli government enforces apartheid and ongoing human rights abuses against Palestinians. | "Just like the campaign that ended apartheid in South Africa, your international solidarity is…
greenleft.org.au/content/sbs-dont-screen-eurovision-2019-israel
Vermont Immigrant Rights Group Sues ICE for Monitoring, Infiltrating & "Hunting Down" Organizers
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-15
A major new federal lawsuit claims that immigration agents are targeting undocumented organizers for their activism in Vermont. The suit accuses Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of Homeland Security and the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles of carrying out a multiyear campaign of political retaliation against members of the group Migrant Justice. According to the lawsuit, Migrant Justice was infiltrated by an informant, and its members were repeatedly subjected to electronic surveillance. At least 20 active members of Migrant Justice have been arrested and detained by ICE. We speak with Will…
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/15/vermont_…
Venezuela: Workers Rally to Demand 'Revolutionary Exit from Crisis'
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-11-15
The public sector in Venezuela has been mobilizing for revised wages and labor rights.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14148
Barber to House Dems: Act to restore voting rights!
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2018-11-15
WASHINGTON–U.S. House Democrats must use their new — and growing — majority in the next Congress to act on restoring voting rights and to investigate and expose a variety of ills besetting the country, the Rev. William Barber says. Barber, co-leader of the New Poor People's Campaign and founder of the Moral Mondays movement which …
peoplesworld.org/article/barber-to-house-dems-act-to-restore-voting-rights/
Prisoners Are Getting Paid $1.45 a Day to Fight the California Wildfires
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-11-15
Incarcerated workers fighting wildfires deserve the same wages and protections that civilian workers receive. | As firefighters in California battle the deadliest wildfires in the state's history, they are joined by unlikely allies against the blaze. About 200 prisoners in California's Conservation Camp program are fighting the fires alongside civilian employees, earning just $1.45 a day for their work. Their pay as workers is a fraction of minimum wage. The hazard to their lives is real, as evidenced by a death toll that has…
aclu.org/blog/prisoners-rights/prisoners-are-getting-paid-145-day-fight-california-wildfires
Trump demands end to Florida recount in new attack on voting rights
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-11-15
The president's demand that his favored candidates in Florida be declared the victors, regardless of the actual vote, is an ominous warning.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/11/15/pers…
Adalah Opposes Israel's Death Penalty Bill
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2018-11-15
A press release from Adalah, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, stated that the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee of the Israeli Knesset are preparing to debate the controversial new "Death Penalty for Terrorists" bill. According to a report by Ma'an News Agency, former Israeli Minister of …
Iran, Turkey Strengthen Trade Relations Despite US Sanctions
Middle East Monitor | iranian.com | 2018-11-15
Iran is seeking to strengthen bilateral trade relations with Turkey during the US sanctions imposed on Tehran which came into force earlier this month. Mohsen Nariman, the managing director of Aras Free Trade-Industrial Zone, said that 60 per cent of the companies operating in the zone are foreign companies while 30 per cent of them are Turkish […] | The post Iran, Turkey Strengthen Trade Relations Despite US Sanctions appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/15/iran-turkey-strengthen-trade-relations-despite-us-sanctions/
South Korea To Resume Iran's Crude Imports From January Onwards
Tasnim News | iranian.com | 2018-11-15
South Korea's actual resumption of Iranian oil liftings could come from January onwards as it takes time to make various arrangements, including shipping. According to SPGlobal, South Korea was granted a temporary exemption for crude imports from Iran after agreeing to reduce its purchases "significantly," just as US sanctions against Tehran came into force early […] | The post South Korea To Resume Iran's Crude Imports From January Onwards appeared first on The Iranian
iranian.com/2018/11/15/south-korea-to-resume-irans-crude-imports-from-january-onwards/
Venezuela Calls on UN to Break US Blockade and Supply Medical Equipment
Paul Dobson | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-15
Venezuela has denounced the freezing of payments of imported medical supplies such as anti-malaria or HIV treatments. The vast majority of Venezuela's medical supplies and equipment are imported, and thus vulnerable to blockading policies by foreign agents. | The post Venezuela Calls on UN to Break US Blockade and Supply Medical Equipment appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/venezuela-calls-on-un-to-break-us-sanctions-supply-medical-equipment/251934/
US Sanctions On Iran Depriving Country's Cancer Patients Of Essential Treatment
Whitney Webb | iranian.com | 2018-11-15
Certain especially vulnerable groups, such as Iran's cancer patients, are bearing the brunt of the burden caused by the new U.S.-imposed sanctions, as the cost of the average cancer treatment has now doubled and the supply of crucial medication has dwindled to new, troubling lows. The recent imposition of crippling sanctions against Iran by the […] | The post US Sanctions On Iran Depriving Country's Cancer Patients Of Essential Treatment appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/14/us-sanctions-depriving-iran-cancer-patients-of-treatment/
SPLC seeks justice for journalist facing deportation
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-11-14
SPLC client Manuel Duran, the Spanish-language journalist who was unlawfully arrested and detained in April in retaliation for reporting on controversial issues related to law enforcement in Tennessee, could be deported at any time.
splcenter.org/news/2018/11/15/splc-seeks-justice-journalist-facing-deportation
Turkey Says In Close Cooperation With EU On Iran Sanctions
Tasnim News | iranian.com | 2018-11-14
Turkey is in close cooperation with the United States, the European Union and other parties to reduce the negative impact of Washington's sanctions on its relations with Iran, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said. Cavusoglu was speaking to a parliamentary committee in Ankara on Wednesday, Reuters reported. The US government imposed a new round of sanctions […] | The post Turkey Says In Close Cooperation With EU On Iran Sanctions appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/14/turkey-cooperation-with-eu-on-iran-sanctions/
Zarif Calls Out Pompeo: Says He Must Take Responsibility For Saying He Wants To Starve Iranians
Tehran Times | iranian.com | 2018-11-14
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo must take responsibility for his own words by announcing that the U.S. is seeking to starve Iranians through sanctions. The remarks by Zarif came after Pompeo made a sharp attack on Newsweek magazine that published his words to starve the […] | The post Zarif Calls Out Pompeo: Says He Must Take Responsibility For Saying He Wants To Starve Iranians appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/14/zarif-calls-out-pompeo-starve-iranians/
Protesters to Qantas: 'Don't profit at the expense of human lives'
kathy_f | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-13
Thirty refugee supporters protested outside the Melbourne headquarters of Jetstar on November 9, demanding that Qantas (Jetstar's parent company) cease participating in the deportation of asylum seekers. | Tamil Refugee Council member Aran Mylvaganam told the rally that the Australian government has deported hundreds of Tamil asylum seekers to Sri Lanka. Citing a United Nations report, which showed that torture is "endemic and routine" in Sri Lanka, he said Tamils who are sent back are in grave danger. He called on Qantas not to be complicit, saying: "Don't make a profit at the expense of human lives".
greenleft.org.au/content/refugee-deportation-protest-jetstar
White cop kills Black security guard in Chicago suburb
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2018-11-13
Chicago, IL — Black Community leader Frank Chapman condemned the November 12 killing of an African American security guard, Jemel Roberson, by a white police officer from the Midlothian Police Department in the Chicago suburb of Robbins. | "Every city in the U.S. where Black people live has the same crisis of police accountability. Until Black people have the power to determine who polices them and how they are policed, cops will brutalize, torture and murder us with impunity," said Chapman, of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. | When he was killed by the police officer, Robers…
www.fightbacknews.org/2018/11/13/white-c…
Trump Lashes Out Against Reproductive Rights After the Midterms
Michelle Chen | thenation.com | 2018-11-13
Trump Lashes Out Against Reproductive Rights After the Midterms…
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International speaking tour says reject Trump's attacks on Venezuela
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2018-11-13
Minneapolis, MN – On November 10, more than 40 people gathered to hear Steve Ellner, a professor, writer and longtime Venezuela resident speak against U.S. sanctions and the Trump administration's efforts to destabilize Venezuela. | Ellner, who has taught economic history and political science at the Universidad de Oriente in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, since 1977, spoke of the devastating toll U.S. sanctions have taken on ordinary Venezuelan people. "Basically, there's a blockade, a financial blockade, on the entire Venezuelan economy," Ellner said. "That is the net effect of these sanctions, and this narrative t…
www.fightbacknews.org/2018/11/13/interna…
Twin Cites FRSO holds event on midterm elections
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2018-11-12
Minneapolis MN — More than 50 people packed Mayday book store, Nov. 11, for an event hosted by Freedom Road Socialist Organization on the outcome of the midterm elections. Speakers at the event included leaders of the movements for immigrant rights, labor, and against police terror. | Steff Yorek, the Political Secretary of FRSO told the crowd, "These elections were a referendum on Donald Trump and his policies. Voters provided an important setback to him and reduced the number of friends he has in the House and among state governors." | Brad Sigal, also of FRSO said, "Working people's lives are not getting…
www.fightbacknews.org/2018/11/12/twin-ci…
President Trump's Proclamation Suspending Asylum Rights Is Illegal, So We're Suing
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-11-09
Refugees fleeing violence have a right to declare asylum regardless of how and where they enter the country. | Claiming that the illegal entry of immigrants across the southern border of the United States is a national crisis, President Trump on Friday issued a proclamation purporting to bar the entry of all persons entering the United States at any place other than an official port of entry. | The Trump administration's action is contrary to the founding values of the country — welcoming homeless refugees to our shores. It also violates U.S. law, so we, along with the Cen…
aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/deportation-and-due-process/president-trumps-proclamation-suspending-asylum
NAACP Demands for Georgia Election Officials to Promptly Investigate Pattern of Georgia Students Being Denied the Right to Vote
Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet | naacp.org | 2018-11-09
BALTIMORE(November 9, 2018)–NAACP, the nation's foremost civil rights organization, sent a letter to Georgia elections officials just two days after the state's too-close-to-call elections, demanding a prompt investigation into reports that Georgia student voters were turned away from polling stations, unable to vote. Others were improperly required to vote provisional ballots. The letter cites two instances where university students […] | The post NAACP Demands…
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SPLC working to restore voting rights to thousands disenfranchised by Jim Crow-era laws
Hannah Baldwin | splcenter.org | 2018-11-09
An "I Voted" sticker stuck prominently to Jazmine Clay's yellow T-shirt as she walked toward a pavilion in Birmingham's Learning Tree Park, next to her polling place.
splcenter.org/news/2018/11/09/splc-working-restore-voting-rights-thousands-disenfranchised-jim-crow-era-laws
Jeff Sessions Was the Worst Attorney General in Modern American History
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-11-09
From immigration to transgender rights, Attorney General Jeff Sessions showed contempt for American civil rights and liberties. | On Wednesday, the Trump administration bid farewell to one of its most infamous members: Attorney General Jeff Sessions. In his brief tenure, Sessions managed to dismantle and rescind an astounding range of efforts by prior administrations to protect civil rights and civil liberties and introduced new policies that endanger some of the most vulnerable citizens in the U.S. | From his draconian approach to immigration policy to his efforts to erase protections for transgender people to h…
aclu.org/blog/criminal-law-reform/jeff-sessions-was-worst-attorney-general-modern-american-history
Before Resigning, Jeff Sessions Handcuffed the Justice Department's Ability to Police the Police
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-11-09
The former attorney general's last action all but eliminates federal oversight of abusive law enforcement agencies. | In his final move as attorney general, Jeff Sessions on Wednesday issued a new policy that all but eliminates federal oversight of state and local law enforcement agencies that engage in unconstitutional and unlawful policing. While Sessions — a white man with money and political connections — will likely never be personally affected by this policy change, his decision to sabotage the legal instruments of federal civil rights enforcement is going to harm people and communities of color…
aclu.org/blog/criminal-law-reform/reforming-police-practices/resigning-jeff-sessions-handcuffed-justice
NAACP STATEMENT ON JEFF SESSIONS RESIGNATION
Regan Farley | naacp.org | 2018-11-07
"U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' resignation might be a welcomed reprieve from his jurisdiction over the justice department. His odious record has done little to impact the civil liberties of African Americans, confirming our deepest concerns when it comes to criminal justice and equal rights. However, given the administration's track record on appointing problematic people […] | The post NAACP STATEMENT ON JEFF SESSIONS RESIGNATION appeared first on NAACP.
naacp.org/latest/naacp-statement-jeff-sessions-resignation/
Venezuela Looks to Dodge Sanctions & Repatriate Gold from Bank of England
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-11-07
The reported measure will bring US $550m worth of national reserves back to Caracas only days after Washington announced new gold-targeting sanctions.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14139
Gasoline Shortages Hit Western Venezuela
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-11-05
Whilst the government hinted at import problems due to US sanctions, others have cited additional factors, including cross-border smuggling, poor maintenance and increased demand due to the upcoming price hike.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14135
Maduro: Venezuela Sitting on 2nd Biggest Gold Reserve on Earth
TeleSur English | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-11-05
President Nicolas Maduro described the U.S. sanctions on Venezuela as "crazy" and "criminal."
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14133
Trump's Latin American Sanctions: Clear 'Political Tactic' For Midterms
Sputnik International | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-11-04
VA's Paul Dobson analyzes the latest US sanctions in this Sputnik News report.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14131
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