John Pilger (2022-07-16). 'This is a war of propaganda'. zcomm.org Interview on the war in Ukraine, the West versus China and the plight of jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange…
Pavan Kulkarni (2022-07-16). Communist Party of Swaziland organizer is attacked again as regime turns jittery. peoplesdispatch.org The police attempted to arrest CPS member Bongi Nkambule, who was abducted and tortured by the police in March. When they failed to capture him, they took his wife into custody and beat her up in the police station. There has been an upsurge of resistance in Swaziland recently…
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-16). Swaziland: Regime Fears Upsurge in Resistance, Intensifies Persecution of Leaders. libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni Protests by Communist Party of Swaziland activists. File Photo The police attempted to arrest CPS member Bongi Nkambule, who was abducted and tortured by the police in March. When they failed to capture him, they took his wife into custody and beat her up in the police station. There has been an upsurge…
Ron Ridenour (2022-07-16). Julian: Let's Take a Stand. thiscantbehappening.net Julian Assange is the most important political prisoner in the world today, and we need to act in a myriad of ways to get him freed from the torturers' prisons. We need to spread the word and be on the streets. Here is a new song for Julian written by my friend, the journalist-musician Finian … |
_____ (2022-07-16). Houston's Fight To Decriminalize Mental Illness And Homelessness. popularresistance.org While Harris County is spending millions of dollars on mental health services and service-providing agencies to reduce the number of mentally ill people entering its county jails, activists on the ground are tackling the problem from another angle—by providing direct support to the county's homeless population. | "We don't have the best safety nets in Texas, and from the mental health standpoint, there really aren't the mental health services available that people need," Catherine Villarreal, director of communications at the Coalition for the Homeless, told TRNN. But Villarreal also stressed that, for peop…
Staff (2022-07-16). Iran slams UN rapporteur for hailing verdict against Nouri. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) — Iran's top rights official has lambasted the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran for hailing the conviction of an Iranian citizen by a Swedish court.
TeleSUR, JGN (2022-07-16). Solicitan a Gobierno chileno establecer nexos con la República àÅrabe Saharaui. telesurtv.net Los firmantes de la misiva apuntaron que "hace 46 años que el pueblo saharaui sufre una sistemática violación a sus derechos humanos en los territorios ocupados por Marruecos".
RiseUp4AbortionRights Bay Area (2022-07-16). Sunday 7/17: We Demand Legal Nationwide Abortion Now! — dramatic/protest. indybay.org Union Square, San Francisco…
_____ (2022-07-16). Assange Defense Files Appeals On 16 Grounds; Granted Time Extension. popularresistance.org London, U.K. – Following a June 17 decision from British Secretary of State Priti Patel approving the order to extradite Julian Assange to the United States, lawyers for the imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher have since submitted filings indicating they intend to fight the decision on 16 legal grounds. | As first revealed by The Wall Street Journal, lawyers for Assange submitted two separate appeal applications: one against Patel's decision, the second against a January 2021 ruling from the lower courts that originally barred the extradition on mental health considerations, but agreed with prosecutors on behalf of th…
Human Rights Watch (2022-07-16). Biden Should Not Renew Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia. juancole.com By Michael Page | Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa Division |  ; ( Human Rights Watch )  ; President Biden is set to land in Saudi Arabia later this week to meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman amid disturbing media reports that, if true, signal a policy reversal that could lead to …
WSWS (2022-07-16). As Ford confirms closure of its Saarlouis plant: Lessons from years of car production. wsws.org Ford's decision to halt production at its Saarlouis plant in 2025 is part of the biggest international assault on the social gains and rights of the working class since the 1930s.
Kamal Iranidoost (2022-07-16). Western sanctions on Russia need patience to affect. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) — EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has assured international sanctions against Russia are "taking effect" and has called for "strategic patience".
JANET (2022-07-16). On her 75th birthday — Assata Shakur: 'I am a 20th century escaped slave'. iacenter.org By Mirinda Crissman July 15, 2022 In honor of Assata Shakur's 75th birthday on July 16, the IAC is reprinting this slightly edited version of her open letter, first posted on Dec. 30, 2014. The FBI put out a $2 million bounty for her recapture almost 50 years ago. My name is Assata Shakur, and I am a 20th century escaped slave. Because of government persecution, I was left with no other choice than to flee from the political repression, racism and violence that dominate the U.S. government's policy toward people of color. I am an ex-political prisoner, and I have been living in exile in Cuba since 1984. I have be…
Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-15). Daily Round-up | Rights groups criticize Biden's visit to West Asia and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories from Joe Biden's visit of West Asia, the rise in violence in Haiti, a deal to export grain from Ukraine, and a report on the impact of war on children…
Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-15). Biden toes the Israel line in West Asia visit. peoplesdispatch.org The US signed an agreement continuing military aid to Israel, while the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh at the hands of Israeli forces and the larger issue of continuing violation of Palestinian human rights by the Israeli apartheid regime remained unaddressed.
| Reuters | (2022-07-15). Biden starts sensitive Saudi Arabia visit, no immediate oil pledge expected. tribune.com.pk 
President Joe Biden arrived in Saudi Arabia on Friday to discuss energy supply, human rights, and security cooperation on a trip designed to reset the US relationship with a country he once pledged to make a "pariah" on the world stage. | Energy and security interests prompted the president and his aides to decide not to isolate the kingdom, the world's top oil exporter and regional powerhouse that has been strengthening ties with Russia and China. | But the US national security adviser dampened expectations of any immediate oil supply boost to help bring down high costs of gasoline and ease the highest US inf…
_____ (2022-07-15). The Push-Pull Of The Abortion Rights Struggle Continues In The US. popularresistance.org In the few weeks that have passed since the United States Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade on June 24, stripping abortion rights from millions of women, the people of the United States have continued to fight back. Despite assurances, the response from the Biden administration to protect the fundamental right has been deemed resoundingly inadequate. | "The mass of the people will have to flood into the streets, and will have to remain in the streets," Monica Illyrich, a young organizer with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, told Peoples Dispatch. "We will have to do everything they can to let the…
_____ (2022-07-15). Biden-Lapid Joint Declaration Takes Aim At BDS Movement. popularresistance.org On July 14 U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid signed a joint strategic declaration that highlights the bonds between the two countries, pledges further bilateral cooperation, and vows to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. It also takes aim at the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS), the nonviolent effort to pressure Israel in meeting its obligations under international law. | "The United States and Israel affirm that they will continue to work together to combat all efforts to boycott or de-legitimize Israel, to deny its right to self-defense, or to unfairly sin…
_____ (2022-07-15). FBI Still Targets Black People For Entrapment. popularresistance.org Romeo Langhorne is the latest victim of an FBI phony terror entrapment scheme. On July 7, 2022 he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for uploading a bomb making video. Langhorne didn't make a bomb. He uploaded a video while under the direction of an FBI informant. The video had in fact been produced by the government. | More than 20 years after September 11, 2001 Americans are still being told that they are at risk of terrorist attacks. The color coded risk assessments, NSA surveillance of all electronic and internet activity continues. The threat of terror attacks is the justification for encroaching on civil l…
Staff (2022-07-15). The Biden-Lapid "Jerusalem Declaration": Strategic partnership of imperialism, Zionism and settler colonialism. samidoun.net 
Below are key points identified by Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network in responding to the Biden-Lapid Declaration ("The U.S.-Israel Strategic Partnership Joint Declaration") issued on Thursday, 14 July 2022. While the declaration largely holds nothing new, it once again reveals the joint commitment to imperialism and Zionism that is responsible for the past 75 years …
Editor (2022-07-15). UK bill threatens journalist with life in prison. mronline.org 
Journalists And Publishers Could Face Life Sentences If National Security Bill 2022, Being Debated In The U.K. Parliament, Becomes Law.
Breaking The Chains (2022-07-15). 10-year-old in Ohio forced to cross state lines for an abortion. peoplesdispatch.org Three days after the Supreme Court eliminated federal abortion rights, a doctor received a call about a pregnant, 10-year-old rape victim. The doctor was not permitted to perform an abortion.
CounterSpin (2022-07-15). Jessica Mason Pieklo on Abortion Rights, Preston Mitchum on Reproductive Justice. fair.org This week on CounterSpin: The Supreme Court's reversal on abortion rights is so actually and potentially devastating that it's hard to know where to look. It's worth tracing things back—Katherine Stewart in the Guardian, among others, walks us through how, at a time when most Protestant Republicans, including the Southern Baptist Convention, hailed the liberalization …
Ann Brown (2022-07-15). Black Man Who Did 25 Years In Prison To Get $7.5M Settlement, Crooked Cops Planted Fake Bullets. moguldom.com Desmond Ricks spent 25 years in prison, and he claims police set him up for a murder he didn't commit in 1992. Detroit has now agreed to settle a lawsuit he filed against the city. Detroit will pay $7.5 million to Ricks, who said police switched bullets that were used as evidence against him. He was released …
Ann Brown (2022-07-15). Black America Goes Off Over Hunter Biden's Flamboyant Crack Use And Joe Biden-Led Mass Incarceration. moguldom.com It's no secret that President Joe Biden's son Hunter battled a crack cocaine addiction. Dr. Boyce Watkins recently wondered in an article for LinkedIn how Hunter would have been treated if he were a Black man. Dr. Watkins earned a Ph.D. in finance and founded the podcast, "The Dr. Boyce Breakdown." He's asking the question out loud …
Staff (2022-07-15). Canada imposes new sanctions on Russia's energy sector. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) — The government of Canada imposed another round of sanctions against Russia's oil and gas sector and chemical industry, according to the Canadian foreign ministry.
TeleSUR, ldp, SH (2022-07-15). Defensoría del Pueblo de Colombia condena detenciones forzadas. telesurtv.net El defensor del pueblo colombiano pidió a los actores armados respetar los derechos de las comunidades y el cumplimiento del Derecho Internacional Humanitario.
Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik (2022-07-15). After years of tension, ICE is out of Government Employees union. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—After years of tension between the Government Employees (AFGE) and its unit of 7,600 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, the parent union made "the difficult decision" to let the ICE agents leave both it and the AFL-CIO, AFGE President Everett Kelley has announced. The July 12 statement said AFGE formally told the Federal Labor …
Brett Wilkins (2022-07-15). Calling On Russia to Free Brittney Griner, Bishop Barber Seeks 'Humanitarian Visit'. commondreams.org "She's been kept from her family. From her wife. From her profession. From her friends," the activist pastor said of the U.S. Olympian jailed in Russia. "It's time for her to come home."
Staff (2022-07-15). Iran more determined in its path of lifting sanctions: FM. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) — The marionette of the Biden and Zionist Prime minister in the region has made Iran more determined on its path of achieving sustainable economic development and lifting sanctions, the Iranian Foreign Minister said.
TeleSUR, ldp, SH (2022-07-15). Defensoría del Pueblo en Colombia condena detenciones forzadas. telesurtv.net El defensor del pueblo colombiano pidió a los actores armados respetar los derechos de las comunidades y el cumplimiento del Derecho Internacional Humanitario.
Brett Wilkins (2022-07-15). Human Rights Watch to US: Stop Selling Weapons to Saudis. commondreams.org "Renewing U.S. offensive weapons sales to Saudi Arabia would further undermine Biden's promise to prioritize human rights in U.S. relations with the country."
WSWS (2022-07-15). Michigan's Hillsdale College set to expand far-right charter schools. wsws.org Despite its small size and remote location, Hillsdale College is playing a massively outsized and wholly reactionary role in government policy and attacks on democratic rights.
Staff (2022-07-15). US seeking to ease sanctions on Russian fertilizer export. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) — The United States on Thursday sought to facilitate Russian food and fertilizer exports by reassuring banks, shipping, and insurance companies that such transactions would not breach Washington's sanctions on Moscow.
Nitza Soledad Perez (2022-07-15). Florida governor signs bill cracking down on migrants. america.cgtn.com Florida Governor took new action to crackdown on immigration in June, including signing a bill barring the state from doing business with any companies that participate in federal programs to transport asylum seekers into Florida or any other state.
Jon Queally (2022-07-15). White House 'Some Activists' Comment Roils Progressive Abortion Rights Champions. zcomm.org "Republicans refer to their most involved voters as 'the base,' and deliver for them, while Democrats refer to theirs as 'some activists' and ignore them. This is why they lose."
Juan Cole (2022-07-15). Palestinians Protest, hang Black Flags of Mourning over Biden's Bethlehem Visit, Accusing him of Sidelining their Political Rights. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment)  ; The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that widespread protests broke out on Thursday in the Israeli-Occupied Palestinian West Bank against the planned visit on Friday by US President Joe Biden to Bethlehem, with residents staging demonstrations and raising black flags. They chanted against US one-sidedness in backing Israel's actions, and …
Jake Johnson (2022-07-15). From 'Bone Saw' to 'Pariah' to 'Fist Bump': Outrage as Biden Greets Murderous Saudi Prince. commondreams.org "The bloody fist bump seen around the world," responded one human rights defender.
A years-long investigation by BBC Panorama has revealed evidence of the repeated killings of unarmed Afghan civilians and detainees by the UK's elite Special Air Service, and the attempted cover-up.
Samidoun Palestine Prisoner Solidarity Network issued this collective statement with co-signers "in struggle and solidarity" July 16. The full list of signers, including Workers World Party and the International Action Center, is at samidoun.net. Organizations can endorse at bit.ly/bidenpalestine. Protesters hounded U.S. President Joe Biden in Palestine, including July 15 . . . |