(2022-07-14). B'Tselem Billboard Campaign as Biden arrives in Israel: "Mr. President, this is Apartheid" juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment)  ; The Israeli human rights organization B'tselem greeted President Biden on his arrival in Jerusalem with a billboard campaign proclaiming, "Mr. President, this is Apartheid." B'Tselem concluded in a report last year that there is a single governing authority between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean, which rules over 7 million …
(2022-07-14). U.S should release fact sheet on its own human rights: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn
(2022-07-14). WorkWeek Rally Against Billionaire John Fisher's Stadium & Prisoners Strike Over $1 Wage. indybay.org WorkWeek on 7-7-22 covers rally against billionaire John Fisher's stadium & Immigrant prisoners strike over $1 A Day, and rally to top the extradition of journalist Julian Assange on his birthday…
(2022-07-14). "Never Surrender": Statement from Political Prisoner Fidencio Aldama. indybay.org My name is Fidencio Aldama Pérez. I am part of the Yaqui tribe. I was taught to respect other people, without forgetting something very important: THE STRUGGLE FOR OUR TERRITORY.
(2022-07-14). Chris Hedges on trauma and teaching writing in prison. popularresistance.org Since 2013, Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and host of The Chris Hedges Report, has taught college courses in drama, literature, philosophy, and history at East Jersey State Prison (aka "Rahway") and other New Jersey prisons. In one such course, after reading plays by Amiri Baraka and August Wilson, among others, Hedges' students wrote a play of their own. The play, Caged, would eventually be published and performed at The Passage Theatre in Trenton, New Jersey, for a month-long run in 2018 to sold-out audiences. In his latest book, Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison, Hedg…
(2022-07-14). Wednesday 7/13: Walk Out 4pm Converge 5pm – Restore Legal Abortion nationwide NOW! indybay.org Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley…
(2022-07-14). Atlanta marks 40th anniversary of Mumia's incarceration. workers.org 
Brother Jalil, holding one side of the "Long Distance Revolutionary" movie poster. Credit: IJAN Atlanta To mark the 40th anniversary of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal being sentenced to death, the film "Long Distance Revolutionary" was screened in Atlanta July 3. After decades of political and legal struggle, Mumia's death sentence . . . |
(2022-07-14). Haití reporta 89 muertes por pandilleros en la última semana. telesurtv.net Según la Red Nacional de Defensa de los Derechos Humanos en la última semana se reportaron 16 personas desaparecidas en Haití.
(2022-07-14). Right-Wing Zealots on the Supreme Court Threaten to Make American Theocracy a Reality. commondreams.org We must expand the Supreme Court. If we don't, six extremist judges will continue to overturn the will of voters and destroy our rights.
(2022-07-14). Swedish court sentences Hamid Nouri to life imprisonment. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) — A Swedish court on Thursday sentenced an Iranian citizen, who has been arrested on bogus charges, to life in prison.
(2022-07-14). Trabajadores panameños toman las calles por demandas sociales. telesurtv.net Colectivos de Panamá exigen respuestas ante la compleja situación que vive el país…
(2022-07-14). The Troubling Message of Biden's Trip to Saudi Arabia. juancole.com ( Foreign Policy in Focus)  ; President Biden has set out on his travels to Saudi Arabia. The implications of the trip for the intertwined issues of human rights and energy policy are dire. The Saudi Arabia visit represents a 180-degree turn for Biden, who once called Saudi Arabia a "pariah" while campaigning for president. …
(2022-07-13). Ukraine Forces Targeting Civilians/ Report by Eva Bartlett. marktaliano.net 
READ MORE: Zelensky's court bans another Ukrainian opposition party — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union Ukraine Bans Main Opposition Party, Seizes All Its Assets/By Paul Joseph Watson SBU the terrible Ukrainian political police, assassinations and torture  ; Donbass Insider (donbass-insider.com) Residents In Eastern Ukraine Report Atrocities, War Crimes Being Committed By Ukrainian Army "One-sided …
(2022-07-13). NATO, The Left, And The Path To Peace. popularresistance.org Let's think about the left's place in the current events, and hope to shed light on what being 'on the left' actually means today, and why it is relevant to peace. | I'll start with the trillion-dollar question: if NATO won, if the DPR and LPR forces surrendered, and if the Russian Army was driven back to the border, would the world be a better or a worse place? | This is a practical question. It can't be resolved with abstract ideals or theories such as whether Ukraine has a sacred right to rule over the Russian speakers of the Donbass, or whether Russia is imperialist, any more than Palestinian rights can be se…
(2022-07-13). VIDEO: Germany criminalizes journalist for exposing Ukrainian war crimes. thegrayzone.com Independent Donetsk-based journalist Alina Lipp of Germany details her prosecution by the German state for violating new speech codes through her reporting in the Donetsk People's Republic. As the only German reporter on the ground in Donetsk, Lipp has exposed Ukrainian forces shelling civilians, attacking a maternity ward, mining harbors, and bombing a granary filled with corn for export. She faces three years in prison if she returns to her home country.
(2022-07-13). Iran Says Nuclear Talks Will Restart Soon. news.antiwar.com France's warning that time is running out on trying to revive the Iran nuclear deal doesn't mean the process is dead. Rather, Both Iran and the US suggest the other side needs to make concessions. Signs are that the US will not consider any concession involving sanctions relief, even though that's materially what the whole negotiation is about. | The Iranians say they will…
(2022-07-13). Visualizing The Economic Veins That Fuel Our Carceral Reality. popularresistance.org The contemporary US prison system incarcerates people — largely Black, Native, Latinx, disabled, and working-class and poor folks — and hides them from society for years, decades, or lifetimes. This is true across the United States generally and in Massachusetts, specifically. These days, when discussing the case against incarceration and the prison system, there are a few different arguments one tends to hear: (1) the first is that incarceration is immoral and reprehensible in both its conditions and treatment of incarcerated people; (2) a second, appealing to economists and technocratic policymakers…
(2022-07-13). Biden out of Palestine: No to imperialism, Zionism and Arab reactionary regimes  ; Yes to resistance, return and liberation! samidoun.net 
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network denounces the visit of United States president Joe Biden to occupied Palestine. This visit and Biden's entire trip to the region makes clear the alliance of enemies confronted by the Palestinian people: Zionism, imperialism and its subcontractors, and Arab reactionary regimes, as well as the Israeli state. Biden's trip to …
(2022-07-13). Home Care Workers Protect the Civil Liberties of People with Disabilities. They Need Protection, Too. aclu.org At the onset of the pandemic, as most of the country shuttered themselves inside to avoid COVID-19 infection, home health aides remained on the front lines, taking care of our loved ones and risking their lives in the process. These caregivers — the majority of whom are Black and Brown immigrant women — face considerable risks on the job. | Home care workers help people with disabilities and seniors with intimate and vital tasks like bathing, dressing, and eating, making social distancing impossible. Yet, many states' emergency COVID-19 measures excluded home health aides from their definition of "
(2022-07-13). Keene, N.H., protest for abortion rights: 'We can do it again!'. liberationnews.org 
"The working class showed its power in the early 70s when fighting for Roe, under even more conservative and repressive circumstances than we find ourselves now. If they could do it then, we can do it again!"
(2022-07-13). Mayoral Candidate In Gainesville, Florida, Comes Out For Reparations, Dr. Sandy Darity Responds. moguldom.com The race for the mayoral seat in Gainesville, Florida, is crowned with nine candidates vying to replace Mayor Lauren Poe, who is term-limited. Among those is Gabriel Hillel (also known as Gabriel Hillel Kaimowitz). Hillel, a former civil rights attorney, recently came out for reparations for Black Americans. Hillel is white. Reparations scholar William "Sandy" …
(2022-07-13). New Orleans protesters march to mayor's house to protect abortion rights. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA – On July 1, a group of 60 activists and community members marched to Mayor Latoya Cantrell's home demanding that she take action to defend reproductive rights. The speakers emphasized the need for New Orleans to bar Louisiana State Police from enforcing abortion bans. | The march began at a busy intersection, then made its way onto the mayor's street, where demonstrators yelled chants against the state police. Demonstrators say that they not only oppose the presence of the state troopers in New Orleans because of their role in enforcing the abortion trigger ban, but also because they are als…
(2022-07-13). Homelessness Is a Policy Choice — And We Can Choose Differently. otherwords.org Much of my adult life has been spent homeless or incarcerated. Now I help homeless people and returning citizens. | I've lived on the streets, been in Hollywood films, owned my own footwear service, rubbed elbows with a Saudi Prince, and even sung for Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago — while in and out of homelessness. I've also been to federal prison and battled substance abuse. | In some ways, I've lived an unusual life. But with
(2022-07-13). Raeisi advises Washington to learn lessons from mistakes. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) — President Ebrahim Raeisi said that no one has the right to speak in a language of force with the Iranian nation, advising the United States to learn lessons from the failure of the sanctioning policy.
(2022-07-13). 7 ,000 petition for Michigan constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights. peoplesworld.org 
A measure to amend the Michigan state constitution to guarantee the right to an abortion and reproductive freedom just moved a step closer to appearing on the state ballot for the November election. A record 7 ,000 signatures for the constitutional amendment were submitted to the Michigan Secretary of State by a coalition of reproductive rights …
(2022-07-13). IP rights under increased protection. ecns.cn Chinese market entities have increased the protection of intellectual property rights mainly in the industries of digital technology and biotechnology, trying to ensure those rights can also be granted and protected overseas, an IPR official said.
(2022-07-13). Mujeres al Sur: Lideresas (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu Ya está aquí nuestro episodio Lideresas, dedicado a todas esas mujeres que luchan cada día por conquistar más derechos y los hacen realidad. Somos un equipo variado y multifacético, trabajamos unidas y aunque, hasta ahora, el único sitio de encuentro sea un espacio virtual, tratamos que cada reunión sirva para entendernos desde nuestras geografías físicas y mentales.
(2022-07-13). LeBron James On Brittney Griner Imprisonment: Does America Have Her Back? 'I Would Be Feeling, Do I Even Want To Go Back?'. moguldom.com Basketball star LeBron James recently debuted a promo for a new season of his TV side hustle— an HBO show called "The Shop." Remarks made about Women's National Basketball Association, player Brittney Griner, imprisoned in Russia after pleading guilty to possessing cannabis, have taken some aback. Cannabis in Russia is illegal. "How can she feel …
(2022-07-13). Biden seeks to secure energy supply to Europe on ME trip. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) — Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said that the US President Joe Biden is visiting the region with the aim of securing the energy supply from the Arab states to Europe amid Russian sanctions.
(2022-07-13). Blue Bayou: An adopted immigrant's cruel fate. wsws.org Chon's film makes clear to all those with eyes and ears that the current anti-immigrant mania in official circles cuts across the most elementary needs and wants.
(2022-07-13). Who really profits from 'forced labor'? workers.org 
W. F. Ramsey prison farm in Brazoria County, Texas, 1965 First signed by President Joe Biden in December, the "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act" took effect June 23. Under this latest anti-China measure, all goods made in Xinjiang province are banned, unless the importer can demonstrate the imports were produced . . . |
(2022-07-13). Iraqi forces arrest dangerous ISIL leader in N Ramadi. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) — In a large-scale operation, Iraqi army forces managed to detain a dangerous ISIL leader in Ramadi city in this country on Wednesday.
(2022-07-13). Advocates Urge Poland to Drop Charges Against Woman in Abortion Pill Case. commondreams.org "Women human rights defenders should be protected by the law, rather than punished by it," one activist said in defense of Justyna Wydrzyńska, who faces up to three years in prison.
(2022-07-13). Arizona troopers tear-gas 1, 0 peaceful abortion rights advocates. peoplesworld.org 
PHOENIX—In an extremely negative reaction to women's rights, Arizona state troopers, stationed atop the state Capitol in Phoenix, teargassed 1,000-1, 0 peaceful demonstrators the day after the U.S. Supreme Court's right-wing majority tossed a woman's constitutional right to abortion overboard, an Arizona woman caught in the barrage says. Liz Perrachio, an AFSCME retiree from Mesa, told …
(2022-07-13). Terrorist group dismantled in NW Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) — Iranian Ministry of Intelligence announced that the members of a terrorist network affiliated with the separatists in the northwest of the country have been identified and detained.
(2022-07-13). Iran has high potentials in various fields despite sanctions. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) — Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said that the country has high potentials and capacities in various fields despite cruel US sanctions imposed against Iran.
(2022-07-12). Sit-Ins Mark New Stage Of Protests Against Sudan's Military Junta. popularresistance.org Revolutionary slogans and music defying the military junta continue to resonate from at least four sit-in protests in Sudan as on Monday, July 11, eleven days after security forces injured over 600 during the landmark anti-coup protests on June 30. Efforts are underway to organize a total civil disobedience campaign and political general strike. | Sudan's pro-democracy protest movement is arguably at its strongest since the coup on October 25, 2021, and growing despite the continuing attacks on sit-ins and the custodial torture of detainees. The over 5,000 neighborhood Resistance Committees (RCs) across Sudan, wh…
(2022-07-12). Roe v. Wade is Gone. A Wave of Criminalization is Coming. scheerpost.com Police arrest four women protesters who chained themselves to the columns at the steps of City Hall to denounce the US Supreme Court decision that ended federal abortion rights protections on July 6, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. David McNew/Getty Images | By Marc Steiner / | The recent Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case achieved something the right has pursued for decades—overturning Roe v. Wade. From legislation recognizing "fetal personhood" in Georgia and Alabama to…
(2022-07-12). Roland Martin Pleads His Case On Why Black America Should Keep Voting For The Democratic Party. moguldom.com Journalist Roland Martin, host of the podcast "Roland Martin Unfiltered, likens the voting rights atmosphere today to that of 1890 in Mississippi when Black people were stripped of the right to vote by Dixiecrats. Voting rights are in danger today because of efforts by Republicans, Martin said during a July 10 discussion with hip-hop legend …