Human rights imperialism, social media censorship and the fraud of Facebook's "Oversight Board"
wsws.org | 2019-07-02
Behind the recent report on the creation of an Oversight Board to oversee "content decisions" at Facebook is a plan for social media censorship in defense of the global capitalist system.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/02/face…
March for Immigrant Rights in Fresno's Tower District
Peter Maiden | indybay.org | 2019-07-02
Immigrant Rights March in Fresno's Tower District…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/29/18824308.php
UK: GCHQ/MI5 admit illegally spying on millions
wsws.org | 2019-07-02
Their admissions were the result of a court case brought by the civil rights group Liberty.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/02/surv…
Watch: Chris Marsden's speech to Paris meeting to demand freedom for Assange and Manning
WSWS repost | indybay.org | 2019-07-02
"No one who is seriously committed to the defence of democratic rights can stand on the sidelines. The case of Julian Assange is a critical twenty-first century battleground in the defence of free speech, truth, and the fight against exploitation, dictatorship and war, the basic evils of the world capitalist system."
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/29/18824301.php
The Social Movement Photography of David Bacon: After Cesar Chavez, United Fruit Workers Tell the World, "We're Still Here."
David Bacon | progressive.org | 2019-07-02
A year after the death of labor rights activist Cesar Chavez, United Fruit Workers organize a march and 15,000 workers join in.
progressive.org/dispatches/the-social-movement-photography-of-david-bacon-Peregrinos-190702/
Stop ICE Raids! Stop Detentions!
Bob Price | indybay.org | 2019-07-02
San Francisco Federal Building | 7th Street at Mission | San Francisco (near Civic Center BART station)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/30/18824320.php
Report Shows Corporations and Bolsonaro Teaming Up to Destroy the Amazon
Joe Catron | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-01
"Bolsonaro has overseen the most significant rollback, and full-on assault, on human rights and environmental protection in Brazil since the fall of the country's military dictatorship."
mintpressnews.com/report-corporations-brazil-bolsonaro-destroy-amazon/260112/
Rejecting 'Rainbow Capitalism' of Corporate-Saturated Pride Parade, Tens of Thousands March for Queer Liberation in NYC
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-01
"We dont want your rainbow merchandise, we want equal human rights." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/01/rejecting-rainbow-capitalism-corporate-saturated-pride-parade-tens-thousands-march?cd-origin=rss
The "American Democracy" and the Torture of Julian Assange
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-01
In a few days July 4th will be upon us. We will hear endless nonsense from insouciant speakers and editorialists about what a great democracy we are, having won our freedom from being a British colony. | One thing the United …
globalresearch.ca/torture-julian-assange/5682315
Nationwide 'close the camps' demonstrations announced to protest horrific conditions at Trump detention centers
Jake Johnson | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-01
As appalling details of the conditions at immigrant detention centers in the U.S. continue to pour in–with one doctor recently comparing them to " torture facilities"–a coalition of rights groups on Friday announced nationwide "Close the Camps" demonstrations for next week to protest the Trump administration's treatment of migrant children. | "We've seen the images and heard the stories coming out of child detention centers," said MoveOn.org, one of the groups help…
nationofchange.org/2019/07/01/nationwide-close-the-camps-demonstrations-announced-to-protest-horrific-conditions-at-trump-detention-centers/
UN Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer exposes propaganda and censorship in Assange reporting
wsws.org | 2019-07-01
Melzer was offered various reasons by newspaper editors for rejecting an op-ed on Assange: "Some of them said it wasn't high enough on their news agenda, some of them said it wasn't within their core area of interest."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/01/melz…
The Autocrats of the Middle East are No Longer a Global Anomaly
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-01
President Hassan Rouhani of Iran got it right on Tuesday. He said that the White House is "afflicted by mental retardation and doesn't know what to do".Donald Trump's new sanctions may not be as "outrageous and idiotic" as Rouhani claims, but we've now reached a stage where the American president's mental incapacity is plain for all to see.
counterpunch.org/2019/07/01/the-autocrats-of-the-middle-east-are-no-longer-a-global-anomaly/
Keep America great (don't count on it!)
Dilip Hiro | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-01
Make America Great Again? Don't count on it. | Donald Trump was partly voted into office by Americans who felt that the self-proclaimed greatest power on Earth was actually in decline — and they weren't wrong. Trump is capable of tweeting many things, but none of those tweets will stop that process of decline, nor will a trade war with a rising China or fierce oil sanctions on Iran. | You could feel this recently, even in the case of the increasingly pressured Iranians. There, with a single pinprick, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei effectively punctured President Trump's MAGA balloon and reminded m…
nationofchange.org/2019/07/01/keep-america-great-dont-count-on-it/
U.S. Sanctions Block Medicine from Venezuela, Killing Thousands
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-01
Ordinary Venezuelans talk about how the sanctions have made it increasingly difficult to access life-saving medications…
therealnews.com/stories/u-s-sanctions-block-medicine-from-venezuela-killing-thousands
U.S. Sanctions Block Medicine from Venezuela, Killing Thousands
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-01
counterpunch.org/2019/07/01/u-s-sanctions-block-medicine-from-venezuela-killing-thousands/
US Sanctions Maduro's Son as Venezuela Discussed at G20
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-01
Russian President Vladimir Putin challenged Juan Guaido to run in elections while Trump said he has "five different alternatives for Venezuela."
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14565
Trump's drive to war with Iran intensifies by the day
Jane Green | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-01
Editor's note: This article by Jane Green, from the Committee for the Defense of the Iranian People's Rights, was prepared for the Peoples World's sister publication, Morning Star, in the UK. Although it contains some details specific to that country it outlines for us all the dangerous situation that continues regarding Trump's preparation for war …
peoplesworld.org/article/trumps-drive-to-war-with-iran-intensifies-by-the-day/
Urban League President Morial: "We Must Not Let Our Guard Down" Because Supreme Court Temporarily Blocked Trump's Bigoted Census Citizenship Question
Marc Morial | blackstarnews.com | 2019-07-01
National Urban League President Marc Morial: "We must not let our guard down" because Supreme Court temporarily blocked Census citizenship question… | Civil rights groups and advocates for a fair census breathed a sigh of relief this week when the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration's "contrived" justification for adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census. | However, the court did not categorically rule out the addition of a question, should the administration eventually provide sufficient justification. | We must not let down our guard. | We have known from the beginning that the additi…
www.blackstarnews.com/us-politics/white-…
The Lie of the Century. Kushner's 136 Pages of Lies. Palestinians have No Rights Whatsoever
Jafar M. Ramini | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-01
Well, it's happened. It's real. Mr. Jared Kushner, the son-in-law and Senior Advisor of President Trump has delivered 136 pages of lies, suppositions and conjuring tricks to seduce or compel us Palestinians to accept our fate and surrender our …
globalresearch.ca/lie-century/5682343
March for Immigrant Rights in Fresno's Tower District
Peter Maiden | indybay.org | 2019-07-01
Immigrant Rights March in Fresno's Tower District…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/29/18824308.php
Sri Lankan railway unions cave in to government's strike ban
wsws.org | 2019-07-01
The RTUA's betrayal has once again demonstrated that workers cannot defend their democratic rights and fight for jobs and decent working conditions through the trade unions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/01/rail…
Watch: Chris Marsden's speech to Paris meeting to demand freedom for Assange and Manning
WSWS repost | indybay.org | 2019-07-01
"No one who is seriously committed to the defence of democratic rights can stand on the sidelines. The case of Julian Assange is a critical twenty-first century battleground in the defence of free speech, truth, and the fight against exploitation, dictatorship and war, the basic evils of the world capitalist system."
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/29/18824301.php
The Philosophical Origins of Patriarchy
Christia Mercer | thenation.com | 2019-07-01
The Philosophical Origins of Patriarchy…
thenation.com/article/patriarchy-sexism-philosophy-reproductive-rights/
Abortion discrimination in the workplace is illegal says U.S. district court
Ruth Milka | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-01
A district court in Louisiana has issued a landmark ruling asserting that abortion discrimination by an employer is illegal and violates women's protections in the workplace. | A yearlong civil rights discrimination case came to a close in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana when U.S. Federal Judge Janis van Meerveld ruled that Nicole Ducharme, a bartender that was fired within 48 hours of having an abortion, was terminated illegally. | Ducharme was a former bartender at the Deja Vu Bar & Grill in New Orleans. She notified her supervisor that she needed time off to terminate her pregn…
nationofchange.org/2019/07/01/abortion-discrimination-in-the-workplace-is-illegal-says-u-s-district-court/
Facebook to Censor Ads that Discourage People from Voting
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-01
The social media giant Facebook Inc. will ban ads that discourage people from voting ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, according to its second annual Civil Rights Audit published on Sunday. | RELATED: | Facebook Says 'No Evidence' Russia Meddled With Brexit Vote | According to Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg's recent blog post, Facebook will put its "don't vote" policy prohibition into effect in the fall, before the U.S. elections that are set to take place on No…
telesurenglish.net/news/Facebook-to-Censor-Ads-that-Discourage-People-from-Voting–20190701-0006.html
Trump renews threat of mass immigrant raids "sometime after July Fourth"
wsws.org | 2019-07-01
The passage of a bill funding immigration detention centers last week, with the support of the Democratic Party, makes the Democrats full partners in the savage repression of immigrants.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/01/immi…
The 'greatest country in the world' can't afford soap for kids — and it's not Sarah Fabian's fault
rt.com | 2019-07-01
A single DOJ lawyer has become a lightning rod for anger over conditions for kids in US border detention facilities — but let's not gloss over the utter absurdity of having debates over soap and toothpaste in 21st century America. | …
rt.com/usa/463159-sarah-fabian-doj-lawyer-obama/
Ocasio-Cortez Live Tweets 'Horrifying' and 'Dehumanizing' Treatment of Migrants as She Tours US Detention Facilities
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-01
"We're talking systemic cruelty with a dehumanizing culture that treats them like animals." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/01/ocasio-cortez-live-tweets-horrifying-and-dehumanizing-treatment-migrants-she-tours?cd-origin=rss
Trump Is Dumping Asylum Seekers on American Streets–but Solidarity Activists Are Fighting Back
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2019-07-01
Trump Is Dumping Asylum Seekers on American Streets–but Solidarity Activists Are Fighting Back…
thenation.com/article/immigrant-detention-trump-solidarity/
Inside the secret border patrol Facebook group where agents joke about migrant deaths and post sexist memes
A.C. Thompson | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-01
The three-year-old group, which has roughly 9,500 members, shared derogatory comments about Latina lawmakers who plan to visit a controversial Texas detention facility on Monday, calling them "scum buckets" and "hoes."
nationofchange.org/2019/07/01/inside-the-secret-border-patrol-facebook-group-where-agents-joke-about-migrant-deaths-and-post-sexist-memes/
Xenophobic and Misogynist Posts in Secret CBP Facebook Group 'Confirm Our Worst Fears' of Agency Culture, Lawmakers Say
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-01
Lawmakers who visited an immigrant detention center near El Paso, Texas on Monday spoke out about revelations of a secret Facebook group in which current and former Border Patrol agents had shared violent and misogynist comments about the members of Congress. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/01/xenophobic-and-misogynist-posts-secret-cbp-facebook-group-confirm-our-worst-fears?cd-origin=rss
#CloseTheCamps: National Protests Against Inhumane Detention of Children & Families
Moveon.org, Families Belong Together, others | indybay.org | 2019-07-01
Protests around San Francisco Bay Area, throughout California, and nationwide | Find an event in your area (keep checking back as new events are being added): act.moveon.org/event/close-camps-now_att……
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/28/18824274.php
Jewish activists say 'never again is now' as they shut down US 'concentration camp'
John McEvoy | thecanary.co | 2019-07-01
On 30 June, US police arrested over 30 Jewish activists protesting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centre in New Jersey. The activists, citing the Holocaust, said " never again…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/07/01/jewish-activists-say-never-again-is-now-as-they-shut-down-us-concentration-camp/
Stop ICE Raids! Stop Detentions!
Bob Price | indybay.org | 2019-07-01
San Francisco Federal Building | 7th Street at Mission | San Francisco (near Civic Center BART station)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/30/18824320.php
Border Patrol's Scandalous Facebook Group Exposed
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-01
Members of a secret Facebook group for current and former Border Patrol agents joked about the deaths of migrants, discussed throwing burritos at Latino members of Congress visiting a detention facility in Texas on Monday and posted a vulgar illustration depicting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez engaged in oral sex with a detained migrant, according to screenshots of their postings. | In one exchange, group members responded with indifference and wisecracks to…
truthdig.com/articles/border-patrols-scandalous-facebook-group-exposed/
#NeverAgainIsNow: 36 Arrested As Hundreds of Jewish Protesters Block Road to Migrant Detention Center
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-01
Rejecting the notion that denouncing the Trump administration's immigrant detention centers as "concentration camps" does harm to the memory of the Holocaust, 200 Jewish people demonstrated at a facility in New Jersey Sunday evening and demanded the release of thousands of immigrants in U.S. custody. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/01/neveragainisnow-36-arrested-hundreds-jewish-protesters-block-road-migrant-detention?cd-origin=rss
Dallas rally to demand "Close immigrant concentration camps!"
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-01
Dallas, TX – Activist groups in Dallas are calling a rally at the Grassy Knoll, 7 p.m., July 2, that will demand the closure of President Trump's concentration camps where refugees and immigrants are detained. There will be speakers from peace and justice, immigrant, and socialist groups. | "We demand that President Trump close these inhumane concentration camps. The camps are cold, unsafe and dirty. Thousands of children are forced to sleep on the hard concrete floors with no mattress. There is no soap or toothbrushes. Children are dying there!" said Sydney Loving of the North Texas Action Committee. | Loving…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/6/30/dallas-r…
Six Turkish citizens held in Libya by Haftar's forces freed
Jerry Omondi | cgtn.com | 2019-07-01
Six Turkish citizens that had been detained in Libya by forces loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar were released on Monday, the Turkish foreign ministry spokesperson said. | The release of the six came following a warning from Istanbul that the eastern Libyan militia would become a "legitimate target" if the detainees were not released. | "If our citizens are not released immediately, those responsible will become a legitimate target and the consequences will be severe," Vice President Fuat Oktay said early Monday. | said. | Haftar's forces had last week announced a ban on ships and flights operating between Lib…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/07/01/six-turkish-citizens-held-in-libya-by-haftars-forces-freed/
World Pride underscores that all people are born 'free and equal' in dignity and human rights
United Nations | un.org | 2019-06-30
The empowering message straight from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) that "all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and human rights" resonated on Sunday from UN-GLOBE members who participated in the World Pride parade in New York City.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/06/1041612
U.S role in Hong Kong protests
Special to Workers World | workers.org | 2019-06-30
The corporate media have used recent protests in Hong Kong to attack and vilify the People's Republic of China and the ruling role of the Chinese Communist Party, under the pretext of defending human rights. Without knowing the history, as well as all the ways the U.S. super-rich and their . . . | Continue reading U.S role in Hong Kong protests at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/06/30/u-s-role-in-hong-kong-protests/
Selected Articles: Demasking the Torture of Julian Assange
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-30
Do you value the reporting and in-depth analysis provided by Global Research on a daily basis? | Click to | * * * | | Capitalist Development and Community Demolitions …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-demasking-the-torture-of-julian-assange/5682201
To Avoid War, the US Must Stop the Sanctions against Iran and Return to the JCPOA
Mehrnaz Shahabi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-30
Iran's decision to increase its stock of low enriched uranium from 174.1 kilograms on 20 May to beyond the JCPOA's agreed limit of 300 kilograms on 27 June 2019, is not a "violation" or "breach" of the nuclear deal, as …
globalresearch.ca/avoid-war-us-must-stop-sanctions-iran-return-jcpoa/5682170
Europeans Bowing to Trump on Iran Sanctions, Despite Their Opposition
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-30
Trita Parsi, founder of the National Iranian American Council, says that military confrontation between the US and Iran becomes more likely, especially since Europeans who oppose US sanctions are not really pushing back against Trump…
therealnews.com/stories/europeans-bowing-to-trump-on-iran-sanctions-despite-their-opposition
The 'Trump Doctrine' Is Sinking Fast
Reese Erlich | commondreams.org | 2019-06-30
U.S. sanctions have caused the cost of some food items to jump in the last year. Here, bakers in Isfahan. (Photo: Reese Erlich) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/views/2019/06/30/trump-doctrine-sinking-fast?cd-origin=rss
OPEC Consensus Is for Rollover of Oil Production Cut in 2019
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-30
Ministers of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) seem to agree on the need to extend oil production cuts but are undecided whether it needs to be for six or nine months, Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Sunday. | RELATED: | The Spoils of Economic War: How the US, Saudis Profit From Sanctions on Venezuela and Iran | "Certainly it is a rollover, a consensus is emerging … Everybody I am talking to is assuring that c…
telesurenglish.net/news/OPEC-Consensus-Rollover-Oil-Production-Cut-2019-20190630-0008.html
Stop the repression in Germany! Stand with those who stand with Palestine!
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-06-30
Freedom Road Socialist Organization joins with people around the globe in condemning the German authorities for trampling on the rights those who fight for the liberation of Palestine. On June 22, the German government banned prominent Palestinian writer Khaled Barakat from speaking at an event against Trump's "deal of the century." This outrageous act come on the heels of the German government's preventing a speech by the Palestinian leader Rasmea Odeh, and her subsequent deportation. | The Israeli occupation Palestine is being challenged by the growing struggle of the Palestinian people, and a rising tide of an…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/6/29/stop-rep…
Civil Rights Group Denounces New Racist Voter Suppression Law Signed By Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
Special To The Black Star News | blackstarnews.com | 2019-06-30
Civil Rights lawyer Kristen Clarke says Florida Governor DeSantis' signing of SB7066 will deny voting opportunities to over 1 million Blacks and Latinos… | The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued a statement after Governor DeSantis Friday signed SB 7066 into law on Friday–which undermines Amendment 4 to the Florida Constitution. | Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following statement: | "Florida joins a host of states actively working to suppress the rights of voters on the eve of the 2020 election cycle. This…
www.blackstarnews.com/us-politics/electi…
New York Pride Parade is One of the Largest in Movement's History
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-30
Gay-rights advocates take over much of midtown Manhattan in tribute to the uprising that began 50 years ago with Stonewall Inn police raid.
truthdig.com/articles/new-york-pride-parade-is-one-of-the-largest-in-movements-history/
Israel Arrests Palestinian Minister 'Activities in Jerusalem'
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-30
Israeli police said Sunday that they had detained and questioned the Palestinian minister for Jerusalem affairs, Fadi Hadami. | OPINION: | War in Al-Aqsa: What Price Netanyahu's Victory | Hadami was arrested for "activities in Jerusalem" after he accompanied Chilean President Sebastian Piñera to the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. He was released after hours of…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israel-Arrests-Palestinian-Minister-for-Activities-in-Jerusalem-During-Chilean-President-Visit-20190630-0002.html
Nationwide Demonstrations Announced to Protest Immigrant Detention Centers
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-29
As appalling details of the conditions at immigrant detention centers in the U.S. continue to pour in–with one doctor recently comparing them to " torture facilities"–a coalition of rights groups on Friday announced nationwide "Close the Camps" demonstrations for next week to protest the Trump administration's treatment of migrant children. | "We've seen the images and heard the stories coming out of child detention centers," said MoveOn.org, one of the groups help…
truthout.org/articles/nationwide-demonstrations-announced-to-protest-immigrant-detention-centers/