(2021-11-08). Women Against Military Madness: Stand with the Six. fightbacknews.org Fight News Service is circulating the following statement from Women Against Military Madness (WAMM). | Women Against Military Madness (WAMM) denounces Israel's harassment and criminalization of six Palestinian human rights and grassroots organizations, labeling them "terrorist" organizations. The designation is provocative and dangerous and could result in devastating cuts in funding from international sources as well as grave legal issues for their workers. | Along with a growing number of important international organizations, WAMM stands with the six targeted organizations: Addameer Prisoner Support and…
(2021-11-08). Unable to breach Belarus-Poland border, migrants set up camp (VIDEO). rt.com 
Hundreds of migrants attempting to seek asylum in the EU have set up tents and campfires in the no-man's-land along the border between Belarus and Poland, with Warsaw deploying guards to stop them from crossing. | Aerial footage from the frontier showed smoke rising from dozens of campfires and tents popping up in the forest, as lines of Polish police and what looked like the military gathered on the other side. | Polish Defense Minister Mariusz B≈Çaszczak said more than 12,000 soldiers had been deployed to the border. | After Brussels imposed sanctions on Belarus in June, citing "human rights" vi…
(2021-11-08). Pegasus spyware linked to Israel branding Palestinian rights NGOs as terrorists — report. rt.com 
Phones of six members of Palestinian human rights organizations were hacked with the notorious spyware Pegasus, a new report said. The Israeli government designated the organizations as terrorists. | The designation was likely meant to give a post-factum justification for the use of the spyware, which the producer says is restricted to law enforcement operations against terrorism and crime, the Ireland-based NGO that identified the intrusions said. | The
(2021-11-08). Turkey releases Syrian journalist who posted 'provocative' banana video. middleeasteye.net 
Turkey releases Syrian journalist who posted 'provocative' banana video | Majed Shamaa was detained and threatened with deportation after posting a video protesting against discrimination | Mon, 11/08/2021 – 15: 02 | In a video posted by Syrian journalist Majed Shamaa, Syrian refugees are seen eating bananas to protest against discrimination in Turkey (Screencapture/TikTok) | Turkey has re…
(2021-11-08). Selected Articles: Biden's Federal Vaccine Mandate Has Finally Been Issued. globalresearch.ca 
By The Mandatory Vaccine Agenda is a worldwide plan which has been picking up steam lately. Unfortunately for the causes of individual rights, medic…
(2021-11-07). Women's Struggle In Nicaragua: From Liberation Fighters To Building An Alternative Society. popularresistance.org According to the Global Gender Gap Index, the Central American country of Nicaragua currently places twelfth in the world for gender parity, above the likes of France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Since the 1979 Sandinista revolution, the living conditions for women have drastically improved, successes which even the period of neoliberal rule from 1990 to 2006 couldn't completely overturn. Throughout the second Sandinista period—from 2007 until today—the material and social position of women has continued to strengthen. Recently, new laws protecting the political and economic rights of w…
(2021-11-07). Journalist Banned From US, Detained In Mexico On The Way To Nicaragua. popularresistance.org Steve Sweeney, the international editor of the British socialist newspaper, was detained in Mexico City on Friday as he traveled to Nicaragua to cover the presidential election being held today. Sweeney is anti-imperialist and a founder of Media Workers for Palestine. His detention follows a multi-platform social media ban on independent journalists, activists and websites in Nicaragua, as detailed by Ben Norton of The Grayzone. There is also a corporate media disinformation campaign targeting Nicaragua and the current election. Sweeney's detention must be viewed in this context as an effort to prevent readers in…
(2021-11-07). UN Expresses Concern over Militarization of Southern Chile that Claimed the Life of a Mapuche Youth. orinocotribune.com 
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for South America has issued a statement condemning the militarization of southern Chile which led to the death of a Mapuche community member, calling it an "unfortunate and worrying situation." | According to the statement, "OHCHR regrets the death of a Mapuche community member from the Cañete Commune, in Biobío Region [in southern Chile] and expresses its concern over the militarization in the area and the escalation of violence." | The UN body stated that it had received information about the death of Jordan Llempi, a 23-year-old Mapuc…
(2021-11-07). New US Navy ship named after gay rights icon & christened by transgender veteran receives mixed reception. rt.com 
The United States Naval Ship Harvey Milk — named after the assassinated gay rights activist and politician — was christened on Saturday by a transgender veteran, to both praise and cries of "vile nonsense." | The USNS Harvey Milk was christened in San Diego, California in a traditional Navy ceremony, with Milk's nephew, Stuart Milk, in attendance. | Milk, who became an American LGBT icon as the first openly gay official elected in the state of California, served in the US Navy in the 1950s before being discharged over his sexuality. Less than a year after he was elected to the San Francisco Board o…