(2023-06-24). Expansion of Human Rights vs Rights of Humanity. podcasters.spotify.com More on the discussion of importance of focusing on the needs of human beings not vague ideals of "Human Rights" in a world full of oppression, violence and poverty…
(2023-06-24). 'I Will Stay Until 2026': Boluarte Rejects Early Elections. popularresistance.org As the Boluarte coup regime continues to dig its heels in six months after the parliamentary coup by the Fujimori right-wing Congress ousted democratically elected president Pedro Castillo, there has yet to be any justice for the massacres, repression and other human rights abuses during the uprising since December 7th. Despite multiple legal challenges from inside the country and international investigations into human rights abuses, Boluarte has stated as recently as last week that she will continue her term through 2026 .This move has outraged Peruvians who have been mobilized and organized against this dictat…
(2023-06-24). Argentina: Repression against indigenous people in Jujuy (+human rights in Venezuela). mronline.org 
Police repression of mass protests regarding provincial constitution reforms—threatening the right to protest and land workers' rights—have led to at least 68 people being arrested and 170 injured this Tuesday, June 20.
(2023-06-24). Alex Saab, Three Years As A Kidnapped Diplomat. popularresistance.org June 12, 2023 was the third anniversary of the illegal kidnapping and imprisonment by the US of Alex Saab. | Because the brutality and cruelty of the US blockade was wreaking havoc on the economy and millions of the most vulnerable in Venezuela were being deliberately denied their human rights to the most basic necessities of daily life, President Nicolas Maduro tasked Saab with traveling around the world procuring food, medicines and fuel for his country. | Breaking every treaty, protocol, law and norm of international diplomacy, the US plotted to have Saab arrested while in transit to Iran to fulfill his diplom…
(2023-06-23). "Human rights" vs the Rights of Humanity. podcasters.spotify.com In this episode, we talk about how frequent it is conveyed that the most important thing to humankind are these vague notions of human rights. Yet as Dr. Fidel Castro told us many times, there is a difference between human rights and the rights of humanity. There can be no discussion of human rights in the name of billions who live without so much as a piece of bread. There can be no discussion of human rights in the world plagued with destructive and imperialist wars. It is the rights of humanity, which must be discussed, that demand an end to all colonial, imperialist, and capitalist wars. And it can only be th…
(2023-06-23). Israeli Occupation: How Microsoft, IBM, Cisco and Dell Enable Surveillance and Control in Palestine. mintpressnews.com Multinational tech giants Microsoft, IBM, Cisco Systems, and Dell Technologies are complicit in Israel's human rights violations, enabling surveillance, data collection, and control over Palestinians in the occupied territories.
(2023-06-23). The Visit That Could Reignite Talks Between Washington and Caracas. orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad — Jun 22, 2023 | This week, various Venezuelan news outlets have The plane was reportedly carrying Roger Carstens, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the US State Department and current…
(2023-06-23). Alliance for Global Justice Demands Justice for Nicaragua and End to US' Ongoing Human Rights Abuses. orinocotribune.com 
(2023-06-24). Liberal and Left Silence on National Security Police State When Used Against Trump and His Supporters. orinocotribune.com By Stansfield Smith — Jun 21, 2023 | The National Security police state now regards the Democratic Party as a more useful tool to criminalize opposition to US wars and maintain their control over the US government. We see this in the attack on the Uhuru Movement as being in the pay of Russia, in the imprisonment and torture of Julian Assange, in the jailing of numerous whistleblowers, in the censoring of hundreds of anti-war websites, claiming they spread Russian "disinformation." Unfortunately, not a few who consider themselves on the left or liberals acquiesce to these attacks. Many actually repeat them.
(2023-06-23). John Kiriakou: The Godfather of Whistleblowers. scheerpost.com 
When the author blew the whistle on the C.I.A.'s torture program in 2007, Daniel Ellsberg called to congratulate him and say he had friends at his side. Years later, at a red-carpet event in Hollywood, the "most dangerous man in America" showed what he meant.
(2023-06-23). ONU llama a poner fin a escalada de violencia en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net La oficina de la ONU para los DD.HH. enfatizó que "para que esta violencia cese, la ocupación tiene que cesar".
(2023-06-23). Heartbreaking Disparity: Child Detainees in Canada vs. Israel. cjpme.org This analysis exposes the disparity in the way that Palestinian children are treated.
(2023-06-23). Activists detained in US ratify will to fight for Cuba. plenglish.com Washington, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) The US activists detained on Thursday as they tried to meet with Senator Bob Menendez peacefully to denounce the cruel policies implemented against Cuba ratified, after being released, their commitment to fighting for the Cuban people's rights.
(2023-06-23). Russia's FSB Thwarts Plot To Smuggle Radioactive Caesium-137 To Ukraine (Video). southfront.org 
ROSTOV-ON-DON REGION, RUSSIA — JULY 15, 2019: Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers detain two members of a cell of the Islamic State terrorist organization (banned in Russia). Video screen grab/ Russian Federal Security Service/TASS. | On June 23, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) announced that it had detained five people who were trying to buy 1 kg of radioactive Cesium-137 for $3.5 million on behalf of a citizen of Ukraine. | In a statement, the security service said th…
(2023-06-23). Detainees at Northwest Detention Center launch a hunger strike. fightbacknews.org Tacoma, WA – A small crowd gathered outside of the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) at 6 p.m. June 19 in solidarity with the detainees inside protesting inhumane conditions. The NWDC is a privately owned ICE detention center built on the Tacoma tide flats. The rally was called after a group of detainees launched a hunger strike early in the day. | The rally was hosted by La Resistencia, a grassroots organization led by undocumented immigrants that has been protesting the NWDC and supporting detainees since March 2014. | Activists kicked off the rally with a series of chants including, "Chinga la Migra!" and "How…
(2023-06-24). 1 Year After "Dobbs," We Must Build Movements to Defeat Anti-Abortion Extremists. truthout.org It's been one year since Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the ruling that ended federal protections for abortion rights by overturning the almost 50-year precedent of Roe v. Wade. The ruling was the culmination of decades-long work by the anti-abortion right, which has chipped away at abortion access at the state level, lined up "trigger bans" and mobilized to reignite the clinic… |
(2023-06-24). Sunday 6/25: Equal Rights Advocates Contingent in San Francisco Pride Parade 2023. indybay.org Contingent meet up near Embarcadero in San Francisco | (exact location to be given after you RSVP)…
(2023-06-24). Disability activists blockade Sydney Road, call for accessible tram stops. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-06-24). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Amazon Under Fire. levernews.com Good things are happening! Workers and regulators are holding some of the country's biggest corporations accountable for workers' rights violations. Plus, an Arkansas judge makes a landmark gender-affirming ruling, NYC tenants get a climate break, and more.Amazon Takes Some Hits: Amazon is in the hot seat. On Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
(2023-06-24). World Report] How the Denver Principles changed health care for everyone. thelancet.com The Denver Principles, a bill of rights for people living with HIV, was written 40 years ago. Miriam Lewis Sabin, The Lancet's North American Editor, reports from Washington, DC.
(2023-06-24). Chinese-American Worker And Activist Arrested For Advocating For Peace. popularresistance.org Labor leaders and organizers are banding together to demand justice for Chinese-American unionized worker and activist Li Tang "Henry" Liang. Liang was indicted and then arrested in early May in Boston in retaliation for exercising his free speech rights. "The federal government has targeted Liang for advocating peaceful relations between the US and China," say labor activists in the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance of the AFL-CIO, the largest trade union in the US. | As a hotel worker, Liang was an active member in his union, UNITE HERE Local 26. He is also an activist in the Chinese-American community, ral…
(2023-06-24). Letters to the Canary: trans rights, Catalonia, and is AI really a threat? thecanary.co The Canary is excited to share the latest edition of our letters page. This is where we publish people's responses to the news, politics, or anything else they want to get off their chest. We've now opened the letters page up so anyone can submit a contribution. As always, if you'd like to subscribe to the Canary — starting …
(2023-06-24). Saturday 6/24: San Jose: Bigger Than Roe! Protest Supporting Abortion Rights & Bodily Autonomy. indybay.org San Jose City Hall | 200 East Santa Clara Street | San Jose, CA, 95113…
(2023-06-24). One year since the US Supreme Court's abolition of the constitutional right to abortion. wsws.org The Dobbs ruling is the illegitimate outcome of a far-right conspiracy backed by billionaire fascists to pack the courts with bigots and ideologues who are totally hostile to democratic rights.
(2023-06-23). Biden Issues Executive Order Seeking to Improve Access to Birth Control. truthout.org President Joe Biden plans to sign an executive order on Friday directing various departments in his administration to consider new rules to bolster protections for reproductive rights, specifically access to contraception. The order comes nearly a year after the Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health to overturn abortion protections previously established in Roe v. Wade… |
(2023-06-23). The Supreme Court Deals a Blow to the Navajo Nation's Water Rights Claim. truthout.org In a major blow to the Navajo Nation, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the federal government had no obligation to supply water to the tribe. In a 5-4 vote, the court ruled that water security for the Nation did not fall to the judiciary branch, but rather Congress and the President. "The burden now is on tribal nations to advocate for themselves and intervene whenever water rights… |
(2023-06-23). Cops tried to slap him with a pricey ticket, but he turned the tables on them. therealnews.com 
Arkansas resident Shawn Chaperone was cut off by a reckless driver and was shocked that police chose to pull him over. However, it was the local police department's turn to be surprised when they discovered how well Shawn knew his rights and local ordinances! Join us for this episode of the Police Accountability Report, which illustrates the importance of knowing your rights and the dangers of arbitrary police power. | Production: Stephen Janis, Taya Graham | Post-Production: Stephen Janis, Adam Coley |
| Transcript: | The following is a rushed transcript and may contain errors. A proofread ve…
(2023-06-23). Pride Has Always Been About Ending Mass Incarceration. aclu.org 
(2023-06-23). Nancy Altman on GOP Social Security Attack, Daniel Ellsberg Revisited. fair.org 
CounterSpin230623.mp3 New Republic ( This week on CounterSpin: 70% of House Republicans belong to the Republican Study Committee, which just released a budget that calls for curtailing programs supporting racial equity and LGBTQ rights, natch—and also for increased cuts and access hurdles for
(2023-06-23). On the fundamental rights of the sex workers and others in India | Pradip Baksi. mronline.org 
It is for about one and a half decades now that our Sex Workers are raising the issues related to their lack of professional, legal and social rights before the members of the Other Sections of our society.
(2023-06-23). Struggle for dignity and rights in Jujuy continues. peoplesdispatch.org 
Mobilizations continue across Jujuy in rejection of the reforms to the local constitution, promoted by conservative Governor Gerardo Morales of the right-wing Radical Civic Union party. On Thursday, June 22, tens of thousands of people mobilized across the country as part of a national strike to express solidarity with the people of Jujuy and against the actions of Morales. | In Jujuy, members of Indigenous communities, teachers' unions, and social organizations held marches and blocked major roads and highways across the province. They are demanding withdrawal of the reforms to the Provincial Constitution, which…
(2023-06-23). Climate Change Funding Neglects Over 1 Billion Youngsters. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Children's Environmental Rights Initiative (CERI), Plan International, Save the Children, and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) released a report showing that global warming puts over 1 billion youngsters at extremely high risk. | RELATED: | The "Falling Short: Addressing the Climate Finance Gap for Children" report states that only 2.4 percent of key global climate funds can be classified as su…
(2023-06-24). Drug control body says U.S. smearing China over fentanyl. ecns.cn China's drug control authority has expressed strong dissatisfaction with the United States' smearing of China and sanctions on Chinese companies and individuals for allegedly involved in drugs.
(2023-06-24). Canadian sanctions on Russia: Powerless rage with a boomerang effect. mronline.org 
Canada's recent seizure of a Russian an-124 cargo plane, which had been delivering COVID supplies when it was grounded in February 2022 at Pearson Airport (it was forced to pay a fee for every minute, despite being trapped there), is another sanction among many others.
(2023-06-24). EU Gives Green Light to New Sanctions Against Russia. orinocotribune.com 
(2023-06-23). EDITORIAL PRESS RELEASE "NEW EASTERN OUTLOOK" journal-neo.org 
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(2023-06-23). Iran Joins Forces With Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua To Blow Back US Sanctions. orinocotribune.com 
By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell — Jun 19, 2023 | The president of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, concluded this Friday in Havana, a trip to Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, that aimed to denounce the U.S. sanctions and imperialist policy suffered by the four countries, and to create new economic and commercial agreements to promote the development of their peoples. The tour succeeded in uniting forces between these countries, which are under heavy unilateral sanctions at a time of economic hardship. | Raisi was received with honors in Caracas by President Nicolás Maduro. This was the starting point of the leader…
(2023-06-23). China raises concerns regarding the impact of Ukraine. youtube.com 
"We call on all parties to reduce the negative impact of the crisis, keep global industrial and supply chains stable, and urge relevant countries to immediately lift unilateral sanctions." China raises concerns regarding the impact of Ukraine on the world economy at the United Nations. Support independent watchdog journalism! www.patreon.com/MintPressNews…
(2023-06-23). Russia Responds To 11th EU Sanctions Package. telesurenglish.net The Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday that, in response to another package of EU restrictions, it has expanded the number of representatives of EU institutions barred from entering Russian territory. | RELATED: | The European Union's (EU) actions are "illegitimate and undermine the international legal prerogatives of the United Nations Security Council," the ministry said in a statement. It warned that Moscow will continue to gi…
(2023-06-23). Deaths at Sea: From the Titan to the Mediterranean. dissidentvoice.org Mortality at sea is becoming a theme of late. The nature of how that mortality has been represented, however, has varied. The death of a billionaire on a quest to see the sunken ruins of the Titanic is treated with saturating interest; the deaths of those making their way across the Mediterranean to seek sanctuary …
(2023-06-23). MORE THAN REFORM: BUILDING THE LABOR REVIVAL By: Bradley Crowder. midwesternmarx.com 
I will never forget the thick summer heat that filled the sanctuary of my rural Southern Baptist church when revival week came around. Once a year, we would host a traveling firebrand of a preacher to come and reignite the spark of our faith. The press of the bodies together in long wooden pews was in stark contrast to the normally cool, even austere atmosphere that usually occupied the space between the four walls we all held as holy. The world, even then, could often feel hopeless and c …