(2021-10-21). US Treasury Opposes Cryptocurrencies to Deepen Illegal 'Sanctions'. orinocotribune.com This week, a broad review was published of the unilateral coercive measures—euphemistically referred to as "sanctions"—administered and enforced by the US Department of the Treasury (USDT). For its preparation, USDT reviewers met with members of Congress and their staff, inter-institutional partners, private actors, foreign governments, non-governmental organizations, academics, and Treasury staff specialized in these illegal actions. Unilateral coercive measures have been labeled by United Nations experts as instruments of collective punishment that likely qualify as crimes against humanity. | The re…
(2021-10-21). Biden administration reinstating Trump's anti-immigrant "Remain in Mexico" policy. wsws.org The Biden administration is using the policies and structures put in place by former President Trump to attack the fundamental rights of migrants seeking asylum in the US through the border with Mexico.
(2021-10-21). Republicans block vote on Democrats' voting reform bill. wsws.org Senate Republicans used a filibuster to block a vote on federal voting rights reform on Wednesday. The "Freedom to Vote Act" is the third Democratic Party voting rights bill to fail to pass the Senate this year.
(2021-10-20). How Facebook helps Israel hide its crimes. electronicintifada.net Human Rights Watch calls for probe into online censorship of Palestinians.
(2021-10-20). Labor Unions Band Together To Tackle High Hospital Prices. popularresistance.org The Coalition for Affordable Hospitals launched Friday morning and held a rally in Manhattan's City Hall Park ahead of a City Council hearing on hospital costs. The effort includes nine unions that represent New Yorkers as well as the New York State Council of Churches and PatientRightsAdvocate.org, a nonprofit that promotes transparency in health care prices. The group is pushing legislation in Albany that would give health plans — including those managed by labor unions — more leverage to haggle over the price of health care. | New York City has come to be dominated in recent years by a handful of l…
(2021-10-20). Amazon And Google: Partners In Israeli Apartheid. popularresistance.org The best-selling Irish novelist Sally Rooney is openly shunning Israel after recent reports from human rights groups warned that Israel practices apartheid, systematically oppressing Palestinians under its rule. | But while Israel risks becoming a pariah among some cultural producers, it is being aggressively embraced by globe-spanning corporations like Amazon and Google — among the wealthiest companies in history. | The two tech giants are not just lining up to do business with Israel. They are actively working to build and improve the technological infrastructure Israel needs to surveil Palestinians and c…
(2021-10-20). Fundalatin Submits New Evidence to ICC on Damaging Effects of US Blockade on Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The Latin American Foundation for Human Rights and Social Development (Fundalatin) has submitted to the Prosecutor's Office of the International Criminal Court (ICC) new evidence regarding the economic blockade imposed by the United States on Venezuela and how it is ending the lives of patients with chronic diseases. | Through a post published on Twitter, Fundalatin informed that it has requested the ICC that those responsible for the blockade and its damaging impact be sanctioned for committing crimes against humanity. | Entregamos a la Fiscalía de la Corte Penal Internacional nuevas evidencias de cómo el bloque…
(2021-10-20). The U.S. Re-Joining the UNHRC Speaks Volumes on Human Rights Violations Impunity. strategic-culture.org If, according to the U.S., Cuba does not deserve a seat at the UNHRC, what has the U.S. done to deserve it? | Much has been said about the Biden Administration's re-joining international institutions, after former U.S. President Donald Trump broke away from the standardised participation in international agreements and consensus. Notably, the international community singled out the U.S. under Trump for the so-called "deal of the century", which veered away from the two-state paradigm that has steered international diplomacy on Palestine and Israel for decades. | Trump's decision to quit the UN Human Rights Counci…
(2021-10-20). Three Arrested for Violence Against Venezuelan Migrants in Chile. orinocotribune.com On Monday, October 18, Chilean Police reported that three men have been detained for involvement in violent actions against Venezuelan migrants in Chile. The detainees are accused of setting fire to tents where undocumented Venezuelans were living, during a September 25 anti-migrant protest in the city of Iquique in northern Chile. | According to a statement by the Chilean Investigative Police (PDI), "the detainees were placed under the order of the Supervisory Court of Iquique, being charged with the crime of arson, decreeing a prohibition on leaving the country, plus nightly house arrest and a prohibition on at…
(2021-10-20). The Cultural Genocide in Palestine: On Sally Rooney's Decision to Boycott Israel. dissidentvoice.org 
The pro-Israel crowd on social media was quick to pounce on award-winning Irish novelist, Sally Rooney, as soon as she declared that she had "chosen not to sell … translation rights of her best-selling novel, 'Beautiful World, Where Are You' to an Israeli-based publishing house". Expectedly, the accusations centered on the standard smearing used by Israel …
(2021-10-20). Our Future vs. Neoliberalism. dissidentvoice.org 
(Photo: Tom Pennington) In country after country around the world, people are rising up to challenge entrenched, failing neoliberal political and economic systems, with mixed but sometimes promising results. Progressive leaders in the U.S. Congress are refusing to back down on the Democrats' promises to American voters to reduce poverty, expand rights to healthcare, education and …
(2021-10-20). Our Future vs. Neoliberalism. dissidentvoice.org (Photo: Tom Pennington) In country after country around the world, people are rising up to challenge entrenched, failing neoliberal political and economic systems, with mixed but sometimes promising results. Progressive leaders in the U.S. Congress are refusing to back down on the Democrats' promises to American voters to reduce poverty, expand rights to healthcare, education and …
(2021-10-20). Why Irish Novelist Sally Rooney refused to License her Work in Israel: Apartheid treatment of Palestinians. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor) -The pro-Israel crowd on social media was quick to pounce on award-winning Irish novelist, Sally Rooney, as soon as she declared that she had "chosen not to sell … translation rights of her best-selling novel, 'Beautiful World, Where Are You' to an Israeli-based publishing house". Expectedly, the accusations centered on the …
(2021-10-20). Advocates for Haitian Asylum Seekers Call for Humane Treatment. zcomm.org "Why are some human beings more deserving of rights than other human beings?"
(2021-10-20). The Trial Of Thomas Sankara's Killers. counterpunch.org Sankara took power in the landlocked West African state of Upper Volta after a coup in 1983, changing the name of the former French colony to Burkina Faso ("the land of upright people" in Mossi, the language of the country's largest ethnic group) the following year. | Sankara's government, using a synthesis of Pan-Africanism and Marxist politics, initiated a string of far-reaching economic and social reforms that included nationalizations, land redistribution, reforestation, infrastructure and public housing construction, expanded access to education, vaccination campaigns, and advancing the rights of women by ba…
(2021-10-20). Sunday 10/24: "Until I Am Free": Book Talk on Fannie Lou Hamer, Civil Rights Activist w/ Historian Blain. indybay.org Online event (FREE)…
(2021-10-20). Vice President Harris Confronts a Reality Gap. counterpunch.org What sort of gap exists when it comes to American support for Palestinian rights? Is it a generation gap or perhaps a perceptual gap leading to an argument over what is and is not true? This question was suggested, at least in my mind, on 28 September 2021 when Vice President Harris (age 56) paid
(2021-10-20). Wednesday 10/20: How Indigenous Wisdom Can Impact Activism Against Nuclear Weapons. indybay.org Online via Zoom…
(2021-10-20). Argentina's Ex-President Macri Refuses to Appear Before Justice. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Argentina's former President Mauricio Macri (2015-2019) announced that he will not attend the judicial investigation for spying on the relatives of the 44 sailors who died in the submarine ARA San Juan. | RELATED: | "I will not allow rights to be violated and power abused with political intentions… For this reason, I will not appear tomorrow until my lawyer's proposals are resolved to guarantee me due…
(2021-10-20). Friday 10/22: #ProtectOakFlat: Listening Session of SF 9th Circuit Land Rights Case by Apache Stronghold. indybay.org Civic Center Plaza, 335 McAllister St, San Francisco, CA 94102 | Wear a Mask. Please follow current COVID guidelines: covid19.ca.gov/safely-reopening/ | Join online livestream here: www.ca9.uscourts.gov/media/live-oral-arg……
(2021-10-20). Thursday 10/21: #ProtectOakFlat: SF Day of Prayer for Indigenous Land Rights w/ Apache Stronghold & PPC. indybay.org Civic Center Plaza, 335 McAllister St, San Francisco, CA 94102 | Wear a Mask. Please follow current COVID guidelines: covid19.ca.gov/safely-reopening/…
(2021-10-20). Wednesday 10/20: Protest about civil jail inmates. indybay.org County Jail on Nativedad St Salinas,Ca come out and stand up for your rights Because City Hall is abusing your tax dollars so is All agency's in This county & the Courts and Permit officers come out and stand for your rights it's time to take back our County not be abused from the people that took the oath to protect as Citizens of the United States…
(2021-10-20). Republicans Rebuked After Torpedoing Voting Rights Bill. scheerpost.com 
By Andrea Germanos / Common Dreams Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked a compromise voting rights bill—the Freedom to Vote Act—sparking a deluge of criticism from Democrats and progressive groups who said it was the latest evidence of the need to get rid of, or at least reform, the filibuster. "Like clockwork, you can always count on Senate …
(2021-10-20). Thursday 10/21: #ERANow: Equal Rights Amendment Press Conference & U.S. House Hearing Coverage. indybay.org Online via livestream/recording…
(2021-10-20). Victimised driver David O'Sullivan wins support at Tottenham and Stockwell bus garages: "We are right behind you!" wsws.org Drivers praised O'Sullivan for alerting his colleagues to the spread of COVID infections at Cricklewood garage and for using Section 44 of the Employment Rights Act to demand safe working conditions. They slammed Unite for not defending bus drivers and said the union was working with management.
(2021-10-20). Vice President Harris Confronts a Reality Gap. counterpunch.org What sort of gap exists when it comes to American support for Palestinian rights? Is it a generation gap or perhaps a perceptual gap leading to an argument over what is and is not true? This question was suggested, at least in my mind, on 28 September 2021 when Vice President Harris (age 56) paid
(2021-10-20). The US Peace Council Strongly Condemns The Illegal "Extradition" of Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab and Demands his Immediate Release (Statement). orinocotribune.com October 18, 2021 | Once again, U.S. imperialism revealed its outlaw nature by resorting to kidnapping and extraordinary rendition (reminiscent of its similar illegal actions in Afghanistan and Iraq) of Venezuelan diplomat, Alex Saab, for trying to buy humanitarian supplies for Venezuela — a fully legal act according to international law, but one that defied illegal U.S. sanctions on that country. | Venezuela is among some three dozen nations illegally sanctioned by the U.S. for striving tyo chart its own future. Venezuelan people are dying from lack of medicine and starving from lack of food due to those sa…
(2021-10-20). Iranian President Asks US To Lift Sanctions To Show Seriousness. popularresistance.org n a televised address on Monday, October 18, Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi asserted that a return to the nuclear deal should mean the end of all unilateral sanctions imposed by the US since it withdrew from the agreement in 2018. | Raisi pointed out that lifting of sanctions would indicate the seriousness of the US about the talks in Vienna. He emphasized that Iran is serious and committed to the talks and would return to the table soon, saying that it "will never leave the negotiation table," IRNA reported. | The talks in Vienna between Iran and the remaining signatories of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Acti…
(2021-10-20). Video: Brussels Mulls New Sanctions on Belarus While Migrants Storm EU Borders. globalresearch.ca
(2021-10-20). Deripaska's Spokesperson Links FBI Raids of Relatives' Homes to Sanctions. sputniknews.com MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – FBI raids on the homes of businessman Oleg Deripaska's relatives in Washington and New York are linked to US sanctions, the businessman's spokesperson told Sputnik.
(2021-10-20). Can We Avoid a War with China? fpif.org When he was running for office in 2008, Barack Obama wanted to put an end to the war in Iraq in order to focus U.S. troops and resources on the conflict in Afghanistan. This August, the Biden administration finally withdrew the remaining U.S. troops from Afghanistan. It's hard not to get the sense that it has done so in order to perform a similar military pivot—this time toward China. | After all, U.S. policy toward China remains as provocative today as it was under Trump. Tariffs and economic sanctions against Beijing remain largely intact. Little has been done to resolve disputes on trade, security, and h…