(2023-05-01). Comicomment: U.S. 'beacon of human rights' fails migrant children. ecns.cn
(2023-05-01). Tibet enjoys social stability, ethnic solidarity and religious harmony: FM spokeswoman. ecns.cn China's Tibet Autonomous Region enjoys social stability, economic development, ethnic solidarity and religious harmony. People there lead a happy life and historic progress has been made in the human rights cause, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Friday.
(2023-04-30). Venezuela Requests Chile and Peru Respect for Migrants' Human Rights, Negotiates for Repatriation Flights. orinocotribune.com
(2023-04-30). Mayo Square Mothers Celebrate 46 Years of Fighting for Justice. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, the "Mothers of Plaza de Mayo" celebrated the 46th anniversary of their first demonstration in front of the Argentine government headquarters during the military dictatorship (1976-1983). | RELATED: | On April 30, 1977, fourteen women took over Mayo Square to demand the appearance alive of their children who had been kidnapped, detained, tortured and murdered by the dictatorship headed by General Jorge Rafael Vide…
(2023-05-01). América Latina celebra con marchas el Día Internacional de los Trabajadores. telesurtv.net Las movilizaciones han sido convocadas para exigir derechos y en algunos casos defender el proceso de cambios emprendidos por sus gobernantes.
(2023-05-01). Saludan aniversario 46 de las Madres de Plaza de Mayo. telesurtv.net Se evoca la primera ronda de las Madres en medio de la dictadura en Argentina. MST afirma que "la lucha por los derechos humanos debe ser una herramienta contra la opresión de clase"
(2023-05-01). Comicomment: U.S. 'beacon of human rights' fails migrant children. ecns.cn
(2023-05-01). Tibet enjoys social stability, ethnic solidarity and religious harmony: FM spokeswoman. ecns.cn China's Tibet Autonomous Region enjoys social stability, economic development, ethnic solidarity and religious harmony. People there lead a happy life and historic progress has been made in the human rights cause, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Friday.
(2023-04-30). Venezuela Requests Chile and Peru Respect for Migrants' Human Rights, Negotiates for Repatriation Flights. orinocotribune.com
(2023-04-30). Mayo Square Mothers Celebrate 46 Years of Fighting for Justice. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, the "Mothers of Plaza de Mayo" celebrated the 46th anniversary of their first demonstration in front of the Argentine government headquarters during the military dictatorship (1976-1983). | RELATED: | On April 30, 1977, fourteen women took over Mayo Square to demand the appearance alive of their children who had been kidnapped, detained, tortured and murdered by the dictatorship headed by General Jorge Rafael Vide…
(2023-05-01). América Latina celebra con marchas el Día Internacional de los Trabajadores. telesurtv.net Las movilizaciones han sido convocadas para exigir derechos y en algunos casos defender el proceso de cambios emprendidos por sus gobernantes.
(2023-05-01). Saludan aniversario 46 de las Madres de Plaza de Mayo. telesurtv.net Se evoca la primera ronda de las Madres en medio de la dictadura en Argentina. MST afirma que "la lucha por los derechos humanos debe ser una herramienta contra la opresión de clase"
(2023-04-30). US Government Jails Leakers Before Trial Because They 'Know' Classified Information. thedissenter.org The United States Justice Department requested that a federal court in Boston keep Jack Teixeira, the Air National Guard reservist accused of leaking Pentagon documents, in detention while he awaits trial on Espionage Act charges.
(2023-04-30). '501s' protest inhumane detention at MITA. greenleft.org.au Three people protested their inhumane treatment on the roof of the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation detention centre. Chloe DS reports.
(2023-05-02). Harry Belafonte was more than a Civil Rights activist but a genuine internationalist. workers.org 
The great Jamaica-born artist, Civil Rights activist and internationalist, Harry Belafonte, died from congestive heart failure at age 96 on April 25, 2023. Despite becoming the first Black person to win a TV Emmy award in 1960, a Broadway Tony award in 1954 and selling millions of recordings, Belafonte experienced . . . |
(2023-05-01). From Ukraine to Palestine: The Poisons of Denialism. internationalviewpoint.org "The left must not be diverted: First and foremost in Ukraine and Palestine, the struggle is about the rights of peoples and nations, and the poisonous consequences when those rights are denied." | – | / | <...
(2023-05-01). Four years of ultraliberal break-up and attacks on rights in Greece. internationalviewpoint.org "Although the polls show his party, New Democracy (ND), in the lead, the results are uncertain, so great is the anger after four years of ultra-liberalism and therefore of repression and attacks on rights." | – | / |
(2023-05-01). Tampa Bay SDS condemns firing of campus working and escalation of criminal charges. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from Tampa Bay SDS. | On Tuesday, April 25, USF officially fired campus worker Chrisley Carpio for participating in a student-led protest against DeSantis's attacks on diversity and public education. Tampa Bay SDS condemns this unjust firing and USF violating her collective bargaining rights as a member of workers' union, ASFCME. | Additionally, charges have officially been filed in the State Attorney's office. However, the state escalated the charges by adding an additional felony count (of the same felony) for three of the Tampa 5. We see this as…
(2023-05-01). Chicago: Over 30 organizations march for unity In May Day celebration. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – 400 people rallied in the rain on Saturday, April 29 to celebrate recent victories in the people's movements and uplift their present demands. After an hour-long program, the crowd marched from Union Park to five different politically significant locations. Among other chants in English and Spanish, the crowd declared "The people united will never be defeated!" | The rally was called by the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR), and endorsed by 31 organizations including the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR), the League of United Latin Ameri…
(2023-05-01). World Federation of Trade Unions declaration on May Day 2023. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the World Federation of Trade Unions. | The World Federation of Trade Unions, the militant, class-oriented voice, representing 105 million workers who live, work, and struggle in 133 countries of the 5 continents, honors the 137th anniversary of the struggle of workers in Chicago in 1886 that constituted a lasting milestone of the working class and a bright beacon for the struggles of today and tomorrow for stable work with rights, social security, free public, and universal health and education, dignified life. | Nowadays the crisis of capitali…
(2023-05-01). Latin America Celebrates International Workers' Day. telesurenglish.net On May 1, Latin American workers will mobilize to defend their rights and commemorate International Workers' Day. | RELATED: | In Argentina, social and trade union organizations will gather in Buenos Aires City to defend workers' rights and reject the interference of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in domestic economic policies. | Groups such as the Union of Workers of the Popular Economy, the Evita Movement, the Combative Class Cu…
(2023-05-01). How a tribal rights lawyer is winning back the rights of nature. nationofchange.org Attorney Frank Bibeau found a way to legally protect nature by suing the state of Minnesota in the name of manoomin, or wild rice, sacred to the Ojibwe people.
(2023-05-01). Thursday 4/27: #ERANow: Historic Senate Vote on Equal Rights Amendment & Press Conference Livestreams. indybay.org Online via livestream…
(2023-05-01). The Weekly Round-Up: 'Pyjama Injunctions', the Rwanda Policy, and War in Sudan and Russia's sentencing of Alexander Navalny. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
In the news Yet again, the Public Order Bill and the Illegal Migration Bill have been back in the papers this week. The latter has made it through the House of Commons by 59 votes, following threatened rebellions from both the right and liberal wings of the Tory party. One of the resulting amendments provides …
(2023-05-01). Proletariat of the Proletariat: Women's Unpaid Labour. orinocotribune.com By Saheli Chowdhury — May 1, 2023 | The pandemic brought the spotlight on many of the wrongs of capitalism, among them the issue of unpaid labour. The term unpaid labour is generally associated with care work — care for children, the elderly, the sick, and the family — mostly considered "women's work." For the majority of care work, capitalism does not pay any remuneration; instead, the "payment" is societal — praise for women's "motherly nature" while violating all their rights as members of the working class, thus making women what I call "the proletariat of the proletariat." | Although g…
(2023-05-01). Video: Sydney May Day march demands Labor govts support workers' rights, climate action and peace. greenleft.org.au The Sydney May Day march demanded that state and federal Labor governments support workers' rights, urgent action on the climate emergency and peace. Video by Peter Boyle and Pip Hinman.
(2023-05-01). Europe pays more for banned Russian oil, resold by India — as EU wages fall. geopoliticaleconomy.com 
The EU sanctioned Russia and boycotted its oil, yet is still buying it indirectly from India, at a higher price. This is fueling both de-dollarization and inflation in the Eurozone, where workers' real wages dropped 6.5% from 2020 to 2022.
(2023-05-01). The West's "Sanctioning" and Isolating Russia Has Failed. Massive Worldwide Majority for Multipolarity. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-01). Europe Pays More For Banned Russian Oil, Resold By India. popularresistance.org The European Union heavily sanctioned Russia and pledged to boycott its oil, yet continues to buy it, and at an even higher price, albeit indirectly. | India is importing record levels of discounted Russian crude, purchasing it in currencies other than the dollar. India then refines the Russian oil and exports fuel to Europe at a profit. | Meanwhile, increasing energy costs in Europe have stoked inflation, causing workers' wages to significantly decline. | The real wages of workers in the Eurozone fell by 6.5% between 2020 and 2022. | As of April, Bloomberg reported, European imports of refined fuel from India ar…
(2023-04-30). Iran's Tanker Seizure Came After the US Stole a Shipment of Iranian Oil. news.antiwar.com Iran's recent seizure of a US-bound oil tanker came after the Biden administration forced a tanker carrying Iranian oil to deliver the cargo to the US instead of China, Financial Times reported Friday. Using the pretext of sanctions enforcement, the US Justice Department seized the tanker Suez Rajan with a court order with the cooperation …