(2022-04-12). Women and Their Allies March For Reproductive Rights – Again. indybay.org Many organizations in spirited march through Berkely in follow up to March 8 action…
(2022-04-12). Commissioner's office of Chinese foreign ministry in HKSAR urges outsiders to write off political shows. ecns.cn The spokesperson said lawful rights and freedoms enjoyed by Hong Kong residents, including freedom of speech and the press, are fully protected, but press freedom is never a passport for crimes.
(2022-04-12). Wednesday 4/20: Know Your Immigration Rights, Know Your Power w/ UWD. indybay.org Online teach-in / webinar…
(2022-04-12). Japan approves additional sanctions against 398 Russians. en.mehrnews.com Japan's Cabinet on Tuesday approved additional sanctions against Russia, freezing the assets of 398 Russian individuals including President Vladimir Putin's two daughters and the wife of Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
(2022-04-12). U.S. uses sanctions as handy tool to maintain hegemony: Chinese FM. ecns.cn As noted by some media, the US is the only "sanctions superpower" in the world. It used sanctions as a handy tool to maintain hegemony and a convenient means to seek unjust interests.‚ÄÇ…
(2022-04-11). Ukraine's Economy to Shrink by 45% in 2022: World Bank. telesurenglish.net Ukraine's economy is expected to shrink by 45.1 percent this year, and Russia's economy is projected to contract by 11.2 percent, according to the latest the World Bank's Economic Update on Europe and Central Asia. | RELATED: | The Russia-Ukraine conflict and sanctions on Russia are hitting economies around the globe, with emerging markets and developing countries in the Europe and Central Asia region expected to bear the brunt. | The economy…
(2022-04-11). Workers' Rights and Chile's Constitutional Convention. socialistproject.ca On March 13, 2022, two days after Gabriel Boric was
(2022-04-11). Remembering When Cherokee Nation Removed Racist Jim Crow-Like Language Limiting Black Citizenship Rights 'By Blood'. moguldom.com The Cherokee Nation's Supreme Court ruled to remove the words "by blood" from its constitution and other legal doctrines in February 2021, calling them "a relic of painful and ugly, racial past" comparable to the lingering effects of racist Jim Crow laws on Black Americans. A sovereign tribal government, the Cherokee Nation's people established a …
(2022-04-11). Dark Money Fuels Transphobic Opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment and Equality Act. projectcensored.org The Eagle Forum, Concerned Women for America (CWA), the Independent Women's Forum (IWF) and other women's groups leading the opposition to the Equal Rights Act and the Equality Act are…
(2022-04-11). Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton proves his race-baiting credentials at Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation. peoplesworld.org A wave of smiles and hugs spread across the otherwise somber crowd last Thursday afternoon at the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. News had broken, it seemed mainly via iPhone, that the Senate had confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. I got the news on my iPhone …
(2022-04-11). Former correctional sergeant sentenced to prison for assaulting inmates. nationofchange.org "Corrections officers are expected to safeguard the civil rights of prisoners. These officers ignored their duties and must be held to account for their actions."
(2022-04-11). Venezuela Seeks Investigation by International Criminal Court (ICC) as to Whether U.S. Sanctions Constitute Crimes Against Humanity. covertactionmagazine.com Adopted as part of regime-change operation, sanctions have killed at least 40,000 Venezuelans. Economic coercive measures, commonly known as economic …
(2022-04-11). EU fails to agree on Russian energy sanctions. en.mehrnews.com The European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Monday that the EU's foreign ministers have not agreed on a ban on Russian oil and natural gas imports.
(2022-04-11). NATO Sanctions and the Coming Global Diesel Fuel Disaster. journal-neo.org Amid the ongoing global inflation crisis, NATO heads of state and mainstream media repeat a mantra that high energy prices are a direct result of Putin's actions in Ukraine since end of February. The reality is that it is the western sanctions that are responsible. Those sanctions including cutting SWIFT interbank access for key Russian …
(2022-04-11). Progressive voices demand Assange's release on third year of his imprisonment. peoplesdispatch.org As his extradition to the United States looms large, Julian Assange completed three years of imprisonment in the United Kingdom on Monday, April 11. Held in a high security prison complex in Belmarsh in the outskirts of London, the Wikileaks founder has been in prison since 2019 when he was dragged out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London by the police. | Marking the anniversary, Assange's supporters held vigils in London and around the world. Last month, on March 14, the UK Supreme Court rejected Assange's request to appeal against his extradition sanctioned by the High Court in London, making his extradition ver…