(2021-08-01). Pelosi roasted by Democrats after claiming she led 'relentless' campaign to extend Covid eviction ban, blaming 'cruel' Republicans. rt.com 
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi received backlash from fellow members of the Democratic Party after she refused to take any responsibility for the House's failure to extend the eviction moratorium, placing the blame on the Republicans. | The House failed on Friday to obtain enough support to extend the moratorium, which protects renters from eviction during the Covid-19 pandemic, leaving many Americans vulnerable to homelessness and in limbo, as the House is adjourning for nearly two months. | On Saturday, Pelosi blamed the "pure cruelty" of the Republicans for the extension's failure and claimed that "ensuring eve…
(2021-08-01). Unhoused Bill of Rights Introduced by Representative Cori Bush (MO-01). indybay.org (July 29, 2021, Washington, D.C.) — Yesterday, U.S. Representative Cori Bush (MO-01) unveiled the Unhoused Bill of Rights, the "first federal resolution to declare unalienable rights for unhoused persons and provide solutions to permanently end the crisis by 2025."
(2021-08-01). Hands off the Caribbean: Minnesotans stand with Cuba and Haiti. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Around 30 people took to May Day Plaza, July 29, to hold signs and banners in a show of solidarity with the people of Cuba and Haiti after a new wave of U.S. intervention attempts. This event came after the Biden administration's July 22 issuance of new sanctions on Cuba, as well as the July 7 assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel MoàØse. | The financial and administrative origin of President MoàØse's assassination by a group of Colombian and U.S. mercenaries has not yet been confirmed. However, investigations later revealed some of the mercenaries responsible had taken p…
(2021-08-01). Video: India Human Rights Security Council Files COVID Genocide Complaint Against Gates Foundation and Big Pharma. globalresearch.ca Lawyer …
(2021-08-01). Saturday 8/28: Sacramento: March On for Voting Rights. indybay.org California State Capitol, 1315 10th Street Sacramento, Sacramento, CA 95814 | Wear a mask. Please follow all current COVID safety guidelines: covid19.ca.gov/…
(2021-08-01). Monday 8/2: March on Washington D.C. for Voting Rights, Immigrant Rights & Economic Justice w/ PPC. indybay.org Online actions and protest livestream/recording…
(2021-08-01). Saturday 8/28: Women's Rights Day Event. "The inspiring global fight for reproductive justice" indybay.org Zoom Event at http: //bit.ly/WRD-RW | Register at the above…
(2021-07-31). Formerly Homeless Rep. Cori Bush Introduces Unhoused Bill of Rights. zcomm.org "We can end this crisis by 2025 if we, as lawmakers and as a country, finally dedicate ourselves to prioritizing those in our communities who have the least."
(2021-07-31). Bloqueo, OEA, mercenarios, magnicidio… y la política del tero. globalizacion.ca Siguiendo la teoría del tero y mientras sigue agrediendo a Cuba con el bloqueo, el Departamento de Estado de EE.UU. emitió un comunicado para reclamar que Cuba respete "derechos y libertades". El tero es una pequeña ave zancuda de unos…
(2021-07-31). Bob Moses, Civil Rights legend and mathematician, dead 86. zcomm.org Beaten, shot at, arrested and jailed, none of these acts of terrorism stopped Moses in his fight for equal rights and against the tyranny that kept countless number of Black Americans for exercising their democratic rights…
(2021-07-31). Journalist Craig Murray jailed for eight months in a major assault on democratic rights. wsws.org The railroading of Murray into prison is the culmination of a politically motivated witch-hunt. For the last decade, Murray has been a trenchant defender of jailed journalist and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
(2021-07-31). Defund The Police Groups, Atlanta Officials Are Still Miles Apart. popularresistance.org City Council meetings were dominated by residents' and civil rights activists' calls for police accountability. A year later, these activists say their relationships with City Council remain strained. Those hoping to redistribute police investment said they're unsatisfied with the government's response. Some City Council members say they understand the calls for change, but that change takes time.
(2021-07-31). Protests held in Serbia against large scale mining bid by Rio Tinto. peoplesdispatch.org Residents of the Serbian town of Loznica intensified protests against the proposed opening of a Lithium mine by the Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto in the Jadar and Drina rivers in Serbia. On July 29, Thursday, hundreds of residents of Loznica and several environmental rights groups including Ne davimo Beograd, Protect Jadar and Radjevina, the Coalition for Sustainable Mining in Serbia, Podrinje Anti-Corruption Team (PAKT), Ne damo Jadar and Kreni Pokreni protested in front of the City Assembly where the implementation of the mining project was discussed. The protesters alleged that for the imagined finan…
(2021-07-31). House holds hearing on threat to voting rights in Texas as Democrats abandon fight against it. wsws.org Republicans in Texas are restricting the right to vote, but the Biden administration and Senate Democrats have dropped any fight on the issue.