(2021-08-15). Journalist sentenced for covering protests by marginalized Berber community in Algeria. peoplesdispatch.org Rabah Kareche of the Liberte daily was arrested on April 19 and kept in pre-trial detention following his articles on the Berber Tuareg tribe community's demonstrations against land grab…
(2021-08-15). Nine Years After DACA Went Into Effect, Congress On The Verge Of Passing A Path To Citizenship. aclu.org On this day nine years ago, the U.S. government began accepting applications under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a policy commonly known as DACA. | Thanks to DACA, undocumented people who came to the United States as children could receive temporary protection from deportation that allows them to live, work, go to school, and provide for their loved ones freely in the country they've called home. It has been life-changing, even life-saving, for hundreds of thousands, and a result of years of organizing and determination by immigrants rights advocates. But DACA recipients always knew the program was n…
(2021-08-15). Saturday 8/28: Woman's Rights Day online event. indybay.org Zoom Event. Register at http: //tinyurl.com/WRD-RW…
(2021-08-15). US Congressman Jesús 'Chuy' García Asks Biden Government to Lift Blockade Against Venezuela (Grijalva, AOC, Omar and More). orinocotribune.com On Friday, August 13, US congressman for the Democratic Party, Jesús "Chuy" García, reported that, together with 18 other legislators, he has sent a letter to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, asking Joe Biden's administration to lift the illegal sanctions imposed against Venezuela. | The members of the Congress have also asked the US government to participate in a direct dialogue with Caracas and to stop politicizing "humanitarian assistance" around the Venezuela, urging to "strongly consider conducting a prompt review of our government's current policy towards Venezuela." | Our policy towards Venezuela prom…
(2021-08-14). How the Covid-19 Crisis Affects Individual Rights and Freedoms. A New Crisis in International Law? globalresearch.ca First published by Global Research on August 14, 2020 One of the direct impacts of the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 is challenging human rights. The pandemic not only created and still creating health issues, economic challenges, political crises …
(2021-08-14). The path to citizenship is the path to a more democratic America. zcomm.org Citizenship, and the voting rights that go with it, are ultimately issues of agency, power, and voice…
(2021-08-14). High Court decision another blow for casual workers. greenleft.org.au In a blow for workers' rights, the High Court has overturned a ruling that some casual workers should be entitled to annual leave and sick pay, writes Isaac Nellist.
(2021-08-14). Council Of The Haida Nation, Feds, And Province Sign Historic Agreement. popularresistance.org A historic new agreement, between the Council of the Haida Nation and both federal and provincial governments, has been signed as a framework agreement setting the stage to reconciliation negotiations, a combined media announcement stated, on Aug 13. | The agreement, signed by the Haida Nation, the Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, as well as Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, recognizes the Haida Nation's inherent Title and Rights with respect to the geographic area. | The GayGñahlda agreement which means "Changing Tide", also includes the intrinsic right of…
(2021-08-14). The Far Right's Deadly Embrace of Anti-Vaccine Stupidity. commondreams.org The coronavirus pandemic has taught us that only by acting as a community we can solve global threats. Soaring temperatures put humanity at existential risk.
(2021-08-14). Eyewitness Venezuela: Digital Literacy Free to All Students. orinocotribune.com 
By Rachell Tucker — Aug 4, 2021 | As a teacher who has had to struggle alongside thousands of coworkers, students and parents during the pandemic with hybrid education, I was astounded by my visit to the Canaima computer factory that was created to fulfil the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez's dream of "one computer per child." | At the Bicentennial Congress of the People in Caracas hundreds of anti-imperialists worldwide convened to discuss the unity needed to defeat the brutal US sanctions Venezuela and many other countries are suffering under. The "sanctions," or unilateral coercive measures imposed by…
(2021-08-14). US Democrats Call for Venezuela Sanctions Relief and 'Direct Dialogue' with Maduro. venezuelanalysis.com The representatives urged the White House to allow crude-for-diesel swaps and "constructively engage" with actors on the ground.
(2021-08-14). United States Imposes Conditions while Venezuela Chooses Dialogue. orinocotribune.com With a new process of dialogue underway between the Venezuelan government and the extreme-right opposition sector of Venezuela, the government of the United States immediately sought to impose conditions on the Caribbean nation's government. | This was made clear by the words of Ned Price, US Department of State spokesperson. The official stated in a press conference that his country insists on holding elections in Venezuela as a requirement for Washington to "ease" the illegal sanctions it imposes. | Faced with this imperialist arrogance of imposing conditions on sovereign countries, the Venezuelan government ha…