(2022-12-06). Russian Oil Price Cap, EU Sanctions Come Into Effect. news.antiwar.com An EU embargo on Russian oil and a Western-imposed price cap on Russian oil came into effect on Monday as Moscow said it is preparing a response to the policies. The US led the push to impose a price cap on Russian oil, and the EU agreed to set it at $60 per barrel, or …
(2022-12-06). Counter-Protesters Defend Ft. Lauderdale from Anti-Trans Hate Rally and Proud Boys. itsgoingdown.org Report back from antifascist counter-mobilization against a gender fascist rally in so-called Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Originally published to Iron Snowflake. On the 3rd of December, the Proud Boys, so-called "Gays against Groomers," "Moms4Liberty," and other far-Rights groups rallied on the beach in Ft. Lauderdale, FL to support DeSantis's attacks on transgender people. Counter-protesters outnumbered the fascists,…
(2022-12-06). The Heat: Ukraine Conflict. america.cgtn.com 
The conflict in Ukraine is dragging on without an end in sight. What can be done to achieve peace? Ukraine says Russia has been targeting Ukrainian power infrastructure with missile strikes. The West has responded with economic sanctions, imposing a price cap on Russian oil. …
(2022-12-06). Western Price Cap On Russian Oil Likely To Be Another Spectacular Failure. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size imageNew non-Western shipping mechanism will emerge since the price cap is implemented. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | The price cap imposed by the West on oil from Russia will actually have negative consequences in the long term as it once again reaffirmed to the international community that Western-centric banking and shipping insurance schemes cannot be trusted as reliable partners. | Western oil sanctions went into effect on Dece…
(2022-12-06). New England utility giants gouge customers as winter approaches. liberationnews.org 
Russia is a major supplier of natural gas to the world, so U.S. sanctions and other measures against Russia are driving up gas prices globally.
(2022-12-06). Right-wing SCOTUS majority signals support for anti-LGBTQ+ reactionariesÔøº. nationofchange.org "It does not bode well for the future of civil rights law that Gorsuch believes a state imposes 'reeducation training' on employers when it reminds them how to comply with nondiscrimination rules," said one court observer.
(2022-12-06). Friday 12/9: Unite and Fight for our Rights, Lives, and planet. indybay.org Gather at the New Federal Building 7th and Mission | March to Powell and Market and Union Square…
(2022-12-06). Detained French-Palestinian lawyer Salah Hamouri faces forced deportation at any time #JusticeforSalah. samidoun.net Detained French-Palestinian lawyer Salah Hamouri is threatened with deportation from his homeland, occupied Palestine, at any moment by Israeli occupation regime officials. While his deportation was originally announced for 4 December, he was then ordered held for further hearings on 6 December 2022. However, rather than legally delaying his deportation, he was ordered transferred from …
(2022-12-06). Adal and Ahmad Musa relaunch hunger strike after their administrative detention is renewed. samidoun.net 
Adal and Ahmad Musa, two Palestinian prisoners and brothers jailed without charge or trial by the Israeli occupation regime, have relaunched their hunger strike on 5 December 2022 after both of their detention orders were renewed, despite both brothers concluding agreements for their release in order to end their prior hunger strikes. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner …
(2022-12-06). Rain or Shine, Grannies Rage for Abortion Rights. indybay.org Action at Federal Building part of Nationwide Protest…
(2022-12-06). Sunday 12/4: "Voting Rights: The Struggle To Be Counted" – History Film on Black Voter Suppression. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-12-06). Reproductive Rights Repertory on the Streets of San Francisco. indybay.org Photos by Rachel Podlishevsky, ProBonoPhoto.org | Please credit the photographer…
(2022-12-06). Street Theater for Abortion Rights on Anniversary of Dobbs v. Jackson. indybay.org Street theater and songs for abortion rights | 1 min mp4 video by Lis Cox.
(2022-12-06). Sri Lanka: Brandix factory locks out 1, 0 workers protesting against bonus cut. wsws.org "It is clear that the problems of the workers cannot be solved under the capitalist system. We have to fight for our rights. We need to organize for that."
(2022-12-06). Law Pod UK latest episode: Do we need laws against SLAPPs? ukhumanrightsblog.com 
Strategic litigation against public participation has been very much in the news lately, with calls from anti-SLAPPs campaigners for such abusive litigation to be banned by statute, or by amendments to the 2013 Defamation Act. These lawsuits started in the United States in the late eighties, but they've certainly been on the rise in the …
(2022-12-06). Explaining Moore v. Harper, the Supreme Court Case That Could Upend Democracy. aclu.org
(2022-12-06). Housing is a right: Northern Virginia tenants battle eviction and displacement. peoplesworld.org 
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The fight for housing rights is heating up across the United States, especially when it comes to the issues of rentals and tenancy. And in Northern Virginia, the organization African Communities Together (ACT) is involved in the thick of this struggle. ACT held a demonstration at the Southern Towers apartment complex in Alexandria on …
(2022-12-06). Civics class for radicals: the Supreme Court. liberationnews.org 
Designed from the beginning to be unresponsive to the needs of the people and wielding power it assigned to itself, the Supreme Court tramples on basic rights and gives legitimacy to the most brutal policies of the ruling class.
(2022-12-06). Asesinan a líder campesino en el suroeste de Guatemala. telesurtv.net El padre del occiso Eusebio Carcamo confirmó que Tereso, de 41 años, pertenecía al movimiento indígena y campesino de Guatemala, Comité de Desarrollo Campesino..
(2022-12-06). Vicepresidenta de Argentina: está claro que la idea era condenarme. telesurtv.net Cristina Fernández indicó que su condena también era contra un modelo de desarrollo económico y de reconocimiento de los derechos del pueblo.
(2022-12-05). Sanctions Batter Russia as the Kremlin Attempts to Overcome Them. independentmediainstitute.org Immediately after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the U.S., the UK, and the EU placed major sanctions on Russia to constrict its economy and restrain its war effort. Having been updated several times since, these sanctions have compounded the effects of the previous sanctions placed on Russia in 2014 after it annexed …
(2022-12-05). Russia Readies Its Response to the $60 per Barrel Cap. telesurenglish.net Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov spoke out against the 60 dollars per barrel cap on Russian oil exports agreed by the EU, the G7 and Australia last week. The Kremlin views this measure one aiming at destabilizing world energy markets. | RELATED: | The price cap agreed in June as part of the EU's sixth package of sanctions against Russia came into force this Monday, December 5. Speaking to the press today, Peskov said that "the deci…
(2022-12-05). Think tanks release report on China's outlook on human rights. ecns.cn A report examining contemporary Chinese outlook on human rights was released on Monday.
(2022-12-05). China inspires world in human rights protection. ecns.cn China's novel ideas, measures and practices in terms of how to respect and protect human rights can offer inspiration for the rest of the world, especially for developing countries, said a new think tank report on Monday.
(2022-12-05). CPC is active promoter, staunch defender of human rights cause: report. ecns.cn The Communist Party of China (CPC) is an active promoter and staunch defender of the human rights cause, and has always included respecting and protecting human rights as a key part of national governance, says a report on China's human rights development.
(2022-12-05). Full text: For a Life of Contentment — The Rationale for China's Human Rights Development. ecns.cn The China Foundation for Human Rights Development and the New China Research on Monday released a report on contemporary Chinese outlook on human rights, which is titled "For a Life of Contentment — The Rationale for China's Human Rights Development.""ÄÄ…
(2022-12-05). Chinese outlook on human rights enriches global cause. ecns.cn China has formed a contemporary Chinese outlook on human rights with "people" as the center, "development" as the driving force and "a life of contentment" as the goal, and has enriched the global human rights cause.
(2022-12-05). Prof Brice Dickson: The UK's Engagement With International Human Rights Monitoring Mechanisms. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
We are pleased to welcome this guest post from Prof Brice Dickson, Emeritus Professor of International and Comparative Law at Queen's University Belfast, in which he sets out the international human rights monitoring mechanisms applicable to the UK and considers the UK's engagement with the relevant monitoring processes (Eds). On 10 November 2022 the UN …
(2022-12-05). Report Examines Contemporary Chinese Outlook on Human Rights. telesurenglish.net On Monday, a joint report examining contemporary Chinese outlook on human rights was published by the China Foundation for Human Rights Development and the New China Research under Xinhua News Agency. | RELATED: | According to Xinhua News Agency, the joint report, titled "For a Life of Contentment: The Rationale for China's Human Rights Development", describes China's outlook on human rights as being continuously enr…
(2022-12-05). We Are Not Ghouls and The Corridors of Power: Two films probe or fail to probe US responsibility for genocide and torture. wsws.org We Are Not Ghouls is a valuable documenting of the violation of basic democratic rights that US authorities inflicted on its detainees during the "war on terror."
(2022-12-05). Unfriendly fire: Are firearms prohibition orders hitting the wrong targets? greenleft.org.au Firearms Prohibition Orders are supposed to target organised crime. But are they just another way for police to search and detain without cause and accountability, asks Suzanne James?
(2022-12-05). Be out, loud, proud ‚àí and organize! workers.org 
The anti-LGBTQ+ assaults have been aggressive and unrelenting — from hundreds of punitive legislative bills to a deadly attack on people — gay, trans, heterosexual — at Club Q. The mean mocking voices have been loud on radio, television, social media. But breaking news! Despite these coordinated attacks, LGBTQ+ folks . . . |
(2022-12-05). What the 2022 Midterms Taught Us About Immigration Reform. aclu.org 
Immigration has long been used as a wedge issue during election years, and this year was no different. Many candidates peddled falsehoods and racist tropes about an "invasion" to instill fear and win support for their campaigns. America's Voice, an immigration advocacy organization, identified over
(2022-12-05). Order now! "The Supreme Court versus Democracy" liberationnews.org 
The newest pamphlet from the Party for Socialism and Liberation exposes the attempts of the right wing of the capitalist ruling class to alter the form of the political system in the United States to destroy core democratic rights.
(2022-12-05). The Weekly Round-up: Legal but harmful content, ministerial breaches, and public record breaches. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
In the news The proposed requirement for social media platforms to delete 'legal but harmful' content has been partly removed from the Online Safety Bill. While the change affects adult users, the requirement to prevent children being exposed to harmful content remains in the Bill. Culture Secretary, Michelle Donelan, denied that this change was 'weakening' …
(2022-12-05). Both Sides See High Stakes in Gay Rights Supreme Court Case. latinorebels.com The Supreme Court is being warned about the potentially dire consequences of a case next week involving a Christian graphic artist who objects to designing wedding websites for same-sex couples.
(2022-12-05). New York City mayor attacks the civil rights of the homeless. wsws.org The administration of New York Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, is using new legislation to forcibly remove homeless people whom it decides are mentally ill from the streets.
(2022-12-05). Order now! 'The Supreme Court versus Democracy'. liberationnews.org The newest pamphlet from the Party for Socialism and Liberation exposes the attempts of the right wing of the capitalist ruling class to alter the form of the political system in the United States to destroy core democratic rights.
(2022-12-05). "First step in lifting sanctions altogether" unitedworldint.com By Douglas Bolívar / Caracas, Venezuela The US administration has loosened its sanctions targeting the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on November 26. The Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) within the Treasury Department and responsible for applying sanctions, has granted the US oil company Chevron a license limited authorization to resume pumping oil from Venezuela …
