(2022-08-24). Palestinians resist U.S. imperialism and Israeli occupation. workers.org 
On Aug. 18, Israeli occupation forces raided, physically blocked and imposed closure orders on the offices of seven prominent Palestinian human rights, feminist and social services organizations operating in the Ramallah area of the occupied West Bank. Background to the demonization In 2021, Israel falsely and preemptively designated six of . . . |
(2022-08-24). Bradford Gamble, liberated activist and prison whistleblower. workers.org 
When Bradford Gamble died, he was surrounded by his family. The 65-year-old had been imprisoned for nearly a lifetime — 46 years — before he learned he was dying of cancer. With the help of activists on both sides of the prison walls, Gamble fought relentlessly to win his freedom. . . . |
(2022-08-24). Friday 8/26: ShutDown the Anti-Abortion Action by "ProLifeSF" at UC Berkeley. indybay.org Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley (near Bancroft and Telegraph)…
(2022-08-23). Spanish-Russian journalist Pablo Gonzalez held six months in Polish jail on bogus spying charge. wsws.org His arrest was coordinated between NATO states, including Spain's Socialist Party (PSOE)-Podemos government, and has met with silence by European and US media.
(2022-08-23). Canada sanctions 62 more Russians, a defense entity. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 23 (MNA) — Canada used a virtual summit of world leaders Tuesday to slap new sanctions on dozens of Russians and a defense organization, as well as more financial assistance for Ukraine.
(2022-08-23). Canada Grows Russian Sanctions List. telesurenglish.net According to Global Affairs Canada's website, Ottawa added Russia's Avtomatika defense technology company to the sanctions against the Russian Federation. | RELATED: | The site revealed that dozen Russian nationals had been enlisted too as the target of sanctions. According to reports, the Canadian administration will also include 27 Russian governors on the sanction list. | Among the latest additions to the list are ex-d…
(2022-08-23). Release students detained under Sri Lanka's anti-terror laws! wsws.org The detention of student activists under the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act is part of President Wickremesinghe's broad class-war assault on the working class and the poor.
(2022-08-23). Iran Describes Western Sanctions as Having 'Failed'. telesurenglish.net "The West's nonsensical sanctions policy has failed, and nations will move forward with perseverance, stability, and self-confidence," Iranian Foreign Minister Hosein Amir Abdolahian said Tuesday after participating in the first Iran-Mali joint economic commission in Bamako, the capital of the African country. | RELATED: | The head of Iranian diplomacy has said that for years after the victory of the Islamic Revolutio…
(2022-08-23). Attend the IYSSE (Australia) AGM at Brisbane's Griffith University against war and the assault on democratic rights. wsws.org The IYSSE at Griffith University is holding its Annual General Meeting at 1 p.m. (AEST) Wednesday, 24 August.
(2022-08-23). Over 100 Haitian Migrants Intercepted off the Bahamas. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Bahamian authorities reported the interception of a boat carrying 111 Haitian immigrants as they attempted to reach the Bahamas' capital, Nassau. | RELATED: | According to Royal Bahamas Defense Force officials, the group comprised 92 men, 14 women, and five children were detained three nautical miles off Cayo Guinchos. | Authorities said that the Haitian migrants were handed over to immigration official…
(2022-08-23). Palestinian Prisoners Are Determined to Pursue Hunger Strike. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the Palestinian Prisoners' National Emergency Committee announced that prisoners in Israeli jails will continue with another day of protests if the Israel Prison Service (IPS) continues to violate the agreed agreements. | RELATED: | "The jailer will not impose his will on us," the Committee said and urged the Palestinian population in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to support the indefinite hunger strike that the Palestinian Pr…
(2022-08-23). 'The Sentence Was Already Written', Argentine VP Fernandez Says. telesurenglish.net Through a video broadcast on Tuesday, Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez-Kirchner denounced the judicial, political, and media persecution of which she is a victim. | RELATED: | On Monday, the Prosecutor's Office requested for her a sentence of 12 years in prison and disqualification from holding public office for life. Fernandez-Kirchner was accused of illicit association and fraudulent administration of funds, due to alleged…
(2022-08-23). 8/20 LEE SIU HIN: Stupid Self-Defeating U.S. Sanctions Make China Even Stronger. indybay.org Why the latest desperate, racist and phony high-tech ban against China by the U.S. — the CHIPS Act — won't work and will only serve to put taxpayer money into the wallets of corporate America and the corrupt politicians.
(2022-08-22). Chile's New Constitution Will Empower Chilean Workers. popularresistance.org The first step toward a new constitution in Chile is now complete. The draft of the new Magna Carta was officially delivered on May 16, paving the way for major changes in Chilean society, particularly in the areas of social rights, gender parity in political participation, and constitutional recognition of native peoples. | In terms of social rights, the new constitution recognizes demands that have been a banner for popular struggles since Augusto Pinochet's neoliberal counterrevolution in the 1970s. It guarantees access to health, housing, education, decent pensions, nonsexist education, and the right to abort…
(2022-08-22). Albert Woodfox, Angola Three warrior passes. workers.org 
August 9 Who has not heard of the Angola Three, three young Black prisoners who were falsely accused of killing a prison guard in 1972, in the infamous Louisiana maximum-security prison, sited at a former slave plantation and named for the place where the African captives came from: Angola. On . . . |
(2022-08-22). The Deadly Business of Reporting Truth. transcend.org 17 Aug 2022 – Violence is press censorship. To kill or imprison a journalist is to silence the public's source of news. 33 journalists around the world have been killed this year and 494 are imprisoned, according to Reporters Without Borders. In 2022 once per week, average, somewhere in the world a journalist is killed.
(2022-08-22). World Humanitarian Day: A Need For Common Actions. popularresistance.org Sergio de Mellow had spent his UN career in humanitarian efforts, often with the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees and at other times as Special Representative of the UN Secretary General. As an NGO representative to the UN in Geneva and active on human rights issues, I knew him during his short 2002-2003 tenure as High Commissioner for Human Rights. Many of us had high hopes that his dynamism, relative youth (he was 54) and wide experience in conflict resolution efforts would provide new possibilities for human rights efforts. His death along with the death of others who had been Geneva-based was a st…