(2021-11-07). Women's Struggle In Nicaragua: From Liberation Fighters To Building An Alternative Society. popularresistance.org 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 women have been ratified after organized campaigns from the Nicaraguan wome…
(2021-11-07). 'Only UK journo' going to cover Nicaragua election on ground says he was detained. rt.com 
A reporter from a left British newspaper says he was detained without explanation in Mexico as he was traveling to Nicaragua to cover the Sunday election. The US threatened the country with new sanctions ahead of the poll. | Steve Sweeney, international editor for the UK socialist daily Morning Star, said he had been placed in police custody as he was making a transfer flight through Mexico City. If his detention continues, he will not be able to reach Nicaragua in time to cover the general election, which the country is holding on Sunday. | The ballot is a complicated one, with critics of President Daniel Ort…
(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). Assange's Brother Gabriel Shipton Speaks to the WSWS: "The CIA Plan to Kidnap Julian is Continuing Under a Veil of Legality" orinocotribune.com By Richard Phillips, Oscar Grenfell — Oct 28, 2021 | The World Socialist Web Site spoke this week to Gabriel Shipton, a film producer and brother of Julian Assange. The WikiLeaks founder is again before a British court that will decide whether he will be dispatched to the United States for the "crime" of exposing illegal US wars, human rights abuses, mass spying operations and global diplomatic conspiracies affecting the lives of millions of people. | Shipton has recently completed a feature-length documentary entitled Ithaka, which will have its world premiere at the Sydney Film Festival next month and open…
(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…
(2021-11-07). Iran tells Pakistan to use local currencies in mutual trade. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 07 (MNA) — Iranian agriculture minister has said that barter trade with neighbors is one of Tehran's top policies, proposing the Pakistani side to use local currencies to solve problems resulting from the foreign sanctions on Tehran…
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(2021-11-06). Biden Administration Preparing More Sanctions on Nicaragua. news.antiwar.com US officials told Reuters Friday that the Biden administration Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is expected to win Sunday, and the US has already deemed the election a "sham" even though it hasn't happened yet. An unnamed State Department official said the planned sanctions would limit certain trade "interactions" with Nicaragua. | Sanctioning Nic…
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(2021-11-06). The Prosecution of Alex Saab: The Latest Attempt to Strangle Venezuela. orinocotribune.com By Caleb T. Maupin — Oct 29, 2021 | A businessman and diplomat now sits in a US Federal Detention Facility in Miami awaiting trial, part of the latest move in continuous US efforts to destabilize South America. | Writing for the Wall Street Journal on May 24, 2018 Anatoly Kurmanaev wrote: "When I arrived in Venezuela in 2013, the party was still on. Oil was fetching $100 a barrel, and Mr. Maduro's populist government was showering petrodollars on everyone. The Caracas skyline was dotted with grandiose construction projects, steakhouses were buying vintage Scotch by the container load and hotels had to be res…
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(2021-11-06). Alex Saab's case—Legally, politically damaging to the U.S. workers.org 
The following is based on a statement on the case of diplomatic Special Envoy Alex Saab — kidnapped by the U.S. for attempting to ameliorate the dire conditions wreaked on Bolivarian Venezuela by U.S. sanctions — and was issued Nov. 5 by the International Action Center. The statement has been . . . |
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(2021-11-06). Europe must stop double-standards, counterproductive policies. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 07 (MNA) — "Europeans must end their double standards and counterproductive policies in the field of terrorism and human rights," Kazem Gharibabadi, the Secretary of Iranian Judiciary's Human Rights Council said on Saturday.
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(2021-11-06). Argentina: LGTBI+ Community Commemorates 30 Years of Pride. telesurenglish.net Human rights and LGTBI+ community activists marched in Argentina Saturday to celebrate the 30th edition of LGBTI+ Pride. | RELATED: | The activists expressed the urgency of a comprehensive trans law and reparations for trans people who have suffered institutional violence because of their gender identity. | "We will vindicate our history of pride, struggle, and our progress. The number thirty gives us a chance…
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(2021-11-06). Anti-fascist demonstration in Berlin demands complete destruction of neo-Nazi networks. peoplesdispatch.org The neo-Nazi National Socialist Underground (NSU) exposed in 2011 was found to be involved in multiple murders, bombings and robberies. It was also found that in some cases, personnel of the security services were connected with the NSU attacks on leftists and human rights activists…
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(2021-11-06). As Saudis, Emirates enjoy Impunity, the UN needs to Create a New Yemen War Crimes Investigation. juancole.com By Louis Charbonneau | United Nations Director | — ( Human Rights Watch) — Last month, the Netherlands' ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva said the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) had "failed the people of Yemen" by rejecting the renewal of an investigation into alleged human rights abuses and war crimes there. …
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(2021-11-06). Why 7 U.S. Military Officers Just Blasted The CIA. popularresistance.org On this week's episode of "Scheer Intelligence," Khan's lawyer J. Wells Dixon, a senior attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, joins Robert Scheer to discuss the implications of Khan's testimony, which led the jury to describe his torture—which was unrefuted by the CIA—as "a stain on the moral fiber of America." | "There absolutely needs to be accountability [for CIA torture]," Dixon tells Scheer. "There is no question that [the CIA's actions] constitute torture and there's no question that torture is universally prohibited in all circumstances. The only open question is whether anyone will…
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(2021-11-06). Why Seven US Military Officers Just Blasted The CIA. popularresistance.org On this week's episode of "Scheer Intelligence," Khan's lawyer J. Wells Dixon, a senior attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, joins Robert Scheer to discuss the implications of Khan's testimony, which led the jury to describe his torture—which was unrefuted by the CIA—as "a stain on the moral fiber of America." | "There absolutely needs to be accountability [for CIA torture]," Dixon tells Scheer. "There is no question that [the CIA's actions] constitute torture and there's no question that torture is universally prohibited in all circumstances. The only open question is whether anyone will…
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(2021-11-06). Spain Reportedly Detains 12 People That Escaped Moroccan Plane in Mallorca. sputniknews.com MADRID (Sputnik) – Spanish authorities have detained 12 passengers that escaped from a plane of Moroccan airlines after an emergency landing at the airport in the city of Palma on Spain's Mallorca island, Spanish media reported on Saturday.
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(2021-11-06). The COVID-19 RT-PCR Test: How to Mislead All Humanity. Using a "Test" To Lock Down Society. globalresearch.ca The misuse of the RT-PCR technique is used as an intentional strategy by some governments, supported by scientific safety councils and by the dominant media, to justify the violation of a large number of constitutional rights, the destruction of the economy with the bankruptcy of entire active sectors of society,…
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(2021-11-06). 'It's genuine': Lineker 'waiting on paperwork' to welcome 2nd refugee into $5.4MN mansion as he rejects claims of virtue signaling. rt.com 
England and Barcelona football legend Gary Lineker has continued to put his money where his mouth is by preparing to welcome a second refugee into his $5.4 million mansion, according to British media reports. | A staunch defender of refugee and immigrant rights, Match of the Day host Lineker is regularly hit with comments along the lines of "why don't you take them in then?" on Twitter. | He started campaigning for refugees after the 2015 loss of Syrian youngster Alan Kurdi, who drowned off the Greek coast of Greece. | In 2020, Lineker welcomed a Pakistani student to his home. | And he emphasized that would no…
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(2021-11-06). Alabama court bans miners' right to picket at Warrior Met. themilitant.com ATLANTA — In an outrageous assault on workers' rights, Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court Judge James H. Roberts Jr. handed down a restraining order Oct. 27 ordering the United Mine Workers of America to halt all picketing or any other union activity within 300 yards of Warrior Met Coal. It covers all 12 of the mine entrances, railroad crossings and other sites in Brookwood, Alabama, where striking union members have been picketing since the walkout began. | "The judge has said 'no picketing' for the time being," striker Steven Smith told the Militant in an Oct. 30 phone interview. "We still have our canopie…
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(2021-11-06). Reject Howard University's attempts to blame students for cafeteria layoffs! wsws.org The attempt by administrators to blame student protesters for the layoff of school cafeteria workers is a provocative attack on the rights of workers and students alike and must be actively opposed.
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(2021-11-06). All children will have to take Covid-19 jab in Costa Rica. rt.com 
Costa Rica has become the first nation in the world to make Covid-19 vaccination mandatory for children. Parents face sanctions — and potentially, forced jabbing of their kids — if they don't comply. | The coronavirus jab has been added to a list of childhood vaccinations, obligatory under the law, the nation's Health Ministry announced on Friday. The National Vaccination and Epidemiology Commission (CNVE) has declared immunization against the virus to be mandatory for all minors under 18. | Parents in Costa Rica might now face unspecified sanctions if they do not vaccinate their children against C…
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(2021-11-06). Lifting sanctions on Iran in interest of intl. community. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 05 (MNA) — South African Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran said that lifting of sanctions imposed on Iran will be in the interest of the international community.