(2023-07-17). The UK-Rwanda Pact To Keep Migrants From Crossing The English Channel. popularresistance.org UK officials have been trying to ship African and Middle Eastern migrants to Rwanda since June 2022 despite successful legal challenges mounted by immigrant rights advocates, including intervention by the European Court of Human Rights . | At the end of June, three UK Court of Appeal judges said Rwanda could not be considered a "safe third country" where migrants from any country could be sent, but the government has vowed to appeal . | One thing is clear about this policy. Its real purpose is to stop migrants from crossing the English Channel for fear of being deported to Rwanda.
(2023-07-16). Peru: Boluarte Embroiled in Plagiarism Scandal. orinocotribune.com According to reports from Lima, Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has faced accusations of plagiarizing a book that she included as her own work on her resume back in 2007 when applying for a job in the National Registry of Identification and Civil Status. | The TV show Punto Final reported on Sunday that 55% of Boluarte's "Reconocimiento de los Derechos Humanos y el Derecho Internacional Humanitario" (Recognition of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law) from 2004 consisted of theses, monographs, and academic articles published in Mexico, Argentina, and Costa Rica. Additionally, the show explained that…
(2023-07-16). Peruvian President Involved in Plagiarism Scandal. orinocotribune.com Peruvian President Dina Boluarte Has been accused of having plagiarized a book she included as her own work in her resume in 2007 when applying for a job in the National Registry of Identification and Civil Status, it was reported in Lima. | The TV show Punto Final said Sunday that 55% of Boluarte's "Reconocimiento de los Derechos Humanos y el Derecho Internacional Humanitario" (Recognition of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law) work from 2004 consisted of theses, monographs, and academic articles published in Mexico, Argentina, and Costa Rica. She co-authored that work with six other people, it was…
(2023-07-16). British Intelligence In the Dock for CIA Torture. scheerpost.com 
(2023-07-16). Rusia exige a Ucrania liberar a abad del Monasterio de las Cuevas. telesurtv.net Cancillería rusa considera su arresto como arbitrariedad jurídica y otra violación por el régimen de Kiev de los derechos de los cristianos ortodoxos.
(2023-07-17). Federal Court judge rules hotel detention inhumane but legal. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-07-17). Ten years too long: End offshore detention. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-07-17). Tuesday 7/18: Voting Rights & Fighting Fascism, an SF Gray Panther Forum. indybay.org Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/86465752525?pwd=Tzh1YV… | MEETING ID: 864 6575 2525; PASS CODE: 465295 | PHONE IN: 699-900 9128 US…
(2023-07-17). Mayo Clinic named a 'Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic has been named one of the best places to work for people with disabilities by the American Association of People with Disabilities, the nation's largest disability rights organization, and Disability: IN, the global business disability inclusion network. Mayo Clinic received a score of 100 — the highest score possible — on the Disability Equality Index to achieve the recognition. The Disability Equality Index survey includes new questions each year to evaluate whether companies are adopting emerging…
(2023-07-17). The 'Disinformation Industry' Lands In Court. popularresistance.org What kind of a week was last week in the theater of war wherein battles rage over illegal censorship, illegal attacks on freedom of speech, illegal government infringements on our constitutional rights, and, amid it all, the complicity of our most powerful media in these illegalities? For a brief while it looked as though it was a very fine week. On July 4, an excellent day for this, a district court in Louisiana ruled that the White House and a long list of other federal agencies are barred from all contacts with social media companies if the intent is to intimidate or otherwise coerce Twitter, Google, Facebook,…
(2023-07-17). R. v. Foster: Reigniting the UK Abortion Law Debate. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
Last month marked one year since the startling repeal of Roe v Wade on the 24th June 2022 — the day the US Supreme Court rowed back the right of American women to obtain an abortion. Almost exactly a year later, back in the UK, last month saw the conviction of Carla Foster for the late …
(2023-07-16). Hunting the Military Extremist. tomdispatch.com In April, when Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman with a top-secret clearance, was arrested for posting a trove of classified documents about the Russia-Ukraine war online, the question most often asked was: How did such a young, inexperienced, low-level technician have access to such sensitive material? What I wanted to know was: How did he ever get accepted into the Air Force in the first place? Teixeira seems to have leaked that secret information for online bragging rights rather than ideological reasons, so his transgression probably wouldn't have fallen under the military's ne…
(2023-07-17). Mayo Clinic named a 'Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic has been named one of the best places to work for people with disabilities by the American Association of People with Disabilities, the nation's largest disability rights organization, and Disability: IN, the global business disability inclusion network. Mayo Clinic received a score of 100 — the highest score possible — on the Disability Equality Index to achieve the recognition. The Disability Equality Index survey includes new questions each year to evaluate whether companies are adopting emerging…
(2023-07-17). The 'Disinformation Industry' Lands In Court. popularresistance.org What kind of a week was last week in the theater of war wherein battles rage over illegal censorship, illegal attacks on freedom of speech, illegal government infringements on our constitutional rights, and, amid it all, the complicity of our most powerful media in these illegalities? For a brief while it looked as though it was a very fine week. On July 4, an excellent day for this, a district court in Louisiana ruled that the White House and a long list of other federal agencies are barred from all contacts with social media companies if the intent is to intimidate or otherwise coerce Twitter, Google, Facebook,…
(2023-07-17). R. v. Foster: Reigniting the UK Abortion Law Debate. ukhumanrightsblog.com Last month marked one year since the startling repeal of Roe v Wade on the 24th June 2022 — the day the US Supreme Court rowed back the right of American women to obtain an abortion. Almost exactly a year later, back in the UK, last month saw the conviction of Carla Foster for the late …
(2023-07-16). Hunting the Military Extremist. tomdispatch.com In April, when Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman with a top-secret clearance, was arrested for posting a trove of classified documents about the Russia-Ukraine war online, the question most often asked was: How did such a young, inexperienced, low-level technician have access to such sensitive material? What I wanted to know was: How did he ever get accepted into the Air Force in the first place? Teixeira seems to have leaked that secret information for online bragging rights rather than ideological reasons, so his transgression probably wouldn't have fallen under the military's ne…
(2023-07-16). The Abortion Justice Act Is the Reproductive Rights Legislation the US Needs. truthout.org Marking the tragic one-year anniversary of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization in which the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, a group of progressive Democrats in the House of Representatives unveiled their latest attempt to protect abortion rights: the Abortion Justice Act. Introduced by Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Massachusetts), chair of the Pro-Choice Caucus's Abortion Rights and… |
(2023-07-16). The State's Constant Attack On Black Liberation. popularresistance.org Black people who assert their rights to be sovereign and liberated have always been treated as enemies to be silenced or destroyed. Even enslaved people who sought to escape from bondage were labeled as sufferers of "drapetomania." The effort to pathologize and stigmatize the fight for freedom never ended. To this very day Black liberation is diminished and discredited as being wrong headed or dangerous. | The descendants of those who bravely attempted to escape chattel slavery were treated in the same manner. Black radicals such as Paul Robeson, Claudia Jones, and W.E.B. Dubois were destroyed by McCarthyite witc…
(2023-07-17). New Zealand Prime Minister Hipkins "unwavering" in support of US-NATO war in Ukraine. wsws.org The New Zealand prime minister met with the Ukraine president and announced another $NZ4 million support package for Kiev, along with upgraded sanctions against Russian individuals and entities.
(2023-07-16). Venezuela: Oil Output Increases, Russian Firm Seeks Chevron-type Deal. venezuelanalysis.com The Petromonagas crude upgrader was recently reactivated in eastern Venezuela as part of efforts to recover the oil sector under US sanctions.
(2023-07-16). Cuban, Venezuelan foreign ministers condemn US sanctions. plenglish.com Brussels, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) The foreign ministers of Venezuela, Yván Gil, and Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez, met here on Sunday and expressed their anti-imperialist position by condemning the unilateral coercive measures and blockade imposed by the United States on the two countries.
(2023-07-16). No more sanctions against Cuba, claim in front of White House returns (+Photos). plenglish.com 
Washington, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) Representatives of social movements and organizations in the United States held a peaceful protest in front of the White House on Sunday to demand an end to the illegal and cruel sanctions against Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua.
(2023-07-16). Tallahassee community pushes for LGBTQ sanctuary city. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On July 13 Tallahassee community organizers and experts gave presentations at the Mayor's LGBTQ+ Advisory Council at City Hall. The presentation's focus was the demand to transform Tallahassee into an LGBTQ sanctuary city. | The Tallahassee Community Action Committee (TCAC), represented by its president, Delilah Pierre, and communications director, Regina Joseph, led the program. | The presentation was created in response to the anti-LGBTQ policies enacted under Governor Ron DeSantis' administration. These laws include the anti-trans law that forces people to use the bathroom as…