(2021-08-09). René González of the Cuban Five on Cuba's Challenge and Washington's Hypocrisy (Interview). orinocotribune.com René González is one of the Cuban Five, long jailed in the US for their intelligence work combating far-right Miami terrorist groups. He spoke to Jacobin about the blockade and what his trial told him about the US's concern for human rights in Cuba. | René González is a former member of Cuba's "
(2021-08-09). "Band-Aid Over a Bullet Wound": Housing Advocates Welcome CDC Eviction Moratorium But Say It's Not Enough. democracynow.org 
Despite a new two-month moratorium on evictions issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, millions of people in the U.S. are still at risk of losing their homes as landlords in some states fight back against the measure. The new CDC moratorium is "a band-aid over a bullet wound," says Tara Raghuveer, director of KC Tenants, a tenants' rights organization in Kansas City. "This is a very small step. It's the bare minimum. And for many tenants … this will actually not offer the protections that are needed to keep them in their homes."
(2021-08-09). Thursday 8/26: Defending the Displaced: Border Justice & Migrant Rights. indybay.org Online event (FREE)…
(2021-08-09). Protests in the Indian capital following the rape and murder of a minor. peoplesdispatch.org After a nine-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped, killed, and forcibly cremated in southwestern Delhi on August 1, ensuing protests forced the police to detain the accused Hindu priest along with three associates…
(2021-08-09). Spain's PSOE-Podemos government to ban Castilian nationalist party. wsws.org The outlawing of Izquierda Castellana ("Castilian Left") is part of an escalating campaign by the European ruling class against free speech and democratic rights.
(2021-08-09). Sanctions may Impoverish Nicaraguans, but Likely will Not Change Their Vote. orinocotribune.com By John Perry — Aug 6, 2021 | Biden administration looks to sanctions against Nicaragua, an approach that has historically had mixed results. | In 1985, when President Reagan declared Nicaragua "an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States," his words were followed by a trade blockade, a ban on commercial flights and—most seriously of all—the financing of the "Contra" war, which led to 30,000 deaths. When, 33 years later, Donald Trump made the same declaration, its effect was far more limited. Yet presumably neither president saw the absurdi…
(2021-08-09). Tuesday 8/10: Voting Rights Now! Democracy Can't Wait Virtual Rally & Actions. indybay.org Virtual rally and voting rights actions event…
(2021-08-08). Minnesotans keep the pressure on Klobuchar to end US aid to apartheid Israel. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On August 5, 60 people gathered alongside Washington Avenue near Senator Amy Klobuchar's Minneapolis office to demand an end of U.S. aid to apartheid Israel. The protesters stretched down the block with signs and Palestinian flags, greeting the rush hour drivers, who were overwhelmingly supportive and honking wildly. | The protest was called after Klobuchar, a 'centrist' Democrat, failed to respond to a petition signed by over 1000 of her constituents supporting the Defending the Human Rights of Palestinian Children and Families Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act (HR 2590) which would…
(2021-08-08). Rania Khalek On US Mideast Genocide. popularresistance.org Around one quarter of the world lives in countries under unilateral United States sanctions. While American government officials insist that sanctions are targeted at officials committing human rights abuses in foreign countries, the United Nations notes that they always "disproportionately affect the poor and most vulnerable." | In Cuba, U.S. sanctions are causing shortages that led to widespread protests earlier this summer and are slowing the worldwide rollout of Cuba's domestically produced coronavirus vaccine. U.S. government documents explicitly state that the goal of the blockade of the island is to "decre…
(2021-08-08). United States Finances Colombia's Police Brutality. orinocotribune.com In an interview with Rolling Stone Colombia, US Congressman Jim McGovern said that part of the US Congress agrees with a budget cut to reduce funding for Colombian security forces, so that the United States will not be an accomplice to police brutality in the South American country. "If that is not sufficient enough, we will review our help again," stated McGovern. "You can expect that the Biden administration will take seriously everything related to the protection of human rights." | Recently, the government of Iván Duque rejected a series of recommendations made by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights…
(2021-08-08). Mexico: 95 Migrants Disappeared in Tamaulipas Last Year. telesurenglish.net Urging human rights mechanisms to launch search and rescue operations, Mexico's National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) confirmed the disappearance of 95 migrants in the northern state of Tamaulipas in February last year. | RELATED: | The migrants were abducted while traveling in several buses through Tamaulipas territory on February 19, 20, and 27, as well as, March 7 and 12 2019. | The CNDH warned that the public security agencies belong…
(2021-08-08). Saint Lucia To Restore Bilateral Ties With Venezuela. telesurenglish.net Saint Lucia's External Affairs Minister Alva Baptiste reaffirmed the new administration commitment to restore bilateral ties with the Venezuelan government of President Nicolas Maduro. | RELATED: | As a first step, he confirmed his country's withdrawal from the Lima Group formed to discredit the Bolivarian Revolution and promote intervention and sanctions. | Baptiste's statements come following five years of setbacks in the diplomat…
(2021-08-08). Food Sovereignty Delegation to Venezuela Scheduled for November 17 (Regional Elections). orinocotribune.com What's going on right now in Venezuela? Come see for yourself how Venezuelans are coping with US economic sanctions designed to cause social implosion. Mainstream media does not mention the different attacks on the Venezuelan people carried out by Colombian mercenaries sponsored by the United States government, come and learn about the economic warfare that the Venezuelan people counter daily, in public transportation, in the distribution of gasoline and diesel, and medicine shortages in the midst of a global pandemic. Come and learn how the grassroots movements are responding to each of those issues caused by th…
(2021-08-08). An Encounter at Nez Perce Creek. counterpunch.org 
Grizzly in Yellowstone. Photo: NPS / Jim Peaco. | Late June, Nez Perce Creek, Yellowstone. I was following closely the path the renegade Nez Perce took 115 years ago, a trail that allowed them to put some space between themselves and homicidal General Otis Howard and his US Army troops. Even then Yellowstone, already a national park, stood as a sanctuary of freedom and wilderness. | To read this article, In order to read CP+ arti…
(2021-08-08). Call for Voting Rights March on Washington. zcomm.org Nationwide, 18 states have passed 30 laws that restrict ballot access in one way or another in the months since Trump lost the 2020 election…
(2021-08-08). Fannie Lou Hamer and the Ongoing Struggle for Voting Rights. counterpunch.org Fannie Lou Hamer was a firebrand. She was a civil rights organizer that doesn't come along every day. Charismatic, she did not kowtow to charismatic leaders. An individual who was a force of nature, she preferred group leadership. A politician who could have led nationally, she believed fiercely in the local and in grassroots organizing. […] | To read this article, In order to read CP+ articles, your web browser must be set to acc…