Monthly Archives: July 2023

2023-07-03: News Headlines

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-03). Trans rights are human rights, protesters say. greenleft.org.au

Staff (2023-07-03). Macron: Protests in Iran Peaceful but Those in France Unjustifiable. orinocotribune.com Here we review some contradictory positions taken by French President Emmanuel Macron while dealing with the protests in France and Iran. | On Friday the Secretary General of Iran's Judiciary Human Rights Office Kazem Qaribabadi denounced the double standards shown by Macron in his statements when, on the one hand, he commented on the ongoing protests in France and on the other hand, when he gave an opinion on the street riots that took place a few months ago in Iran, which were supported from abroad, following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini from underlying diseases while in police custody. | The French lea…

ecns.cn (2023-07-03). Renmin Uni student detained for illegally obtaining personal info. ecns.cn A 25-year-old student from the prestigious Renmin University of China (RUC) was detained by the police for illegally obtaining personal information of some university students.

Fight Back (2023-07-03). East LA honors Paul Rea for his 4-Year angelversary. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA — On June 27, the family and friends of Paul Rea, the loved ones of other victims of police brutality, and community supporters like Centro CSO gathered for his 4th angelversary at the site where he was killed by East LA sheriff's deputies in 2019. Beginning in the early evening, Rea's family set up candles and posters before releasing balloons to remember his passing. | On the night of his murder, 18-year-old Paul Rea was the passenger in a car that allegedly ran a stop sign. Rea and his friend were detained by Deputy Hector Saavedra, a prospect for the Banditos deputy gang based out o…

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-03). Rights Of Nature, Self-Owning Land, And Other Hacks On Western Law. popularresistance.org

Prentiss Haney (2023-07-03). Ohio Republicans Are Trying to Take Power From Voters. We Won't Let Them. truthout.org On June 26, the United States Supreme Court sent a redistricting challenge to Louisiana's congressional maps back to a lower court, which had ruled the maps likely dilute the Black communities' voting power. The decision paves the way for a second minority-majority district in Louisiana, something for which plaintiffs have advocated for months. The decision — hailed by voting rights advocates in… |

Marjorie Cohn, Truthout. (2023-07-03). Here's What 'Moore V. Harper' Means For Voting Rights Going Forward. popularresistance.org Chief Justice John Roberts has historically not decided cases in a way that protects voting rights. In 2013, he authored Shelby v. Holder, which drove a stake through the heart of the Voting Rights Act. And in 2021, he voted to further weaken the Act in Brnovich v. DNC. But this past month, Roberts surprisingly authored two new Supreme Court opinions that support the right to vote. | On June 8, the high court struck down a racist congressional district map in Allen v. Milligan, and on June 27, the court preserved judicial review of state legislative enactments in Moore v. Harper.

Mark Gruenberg (2023-07-03). High Court's right-wing onslaught prompts demands for radical judicial reform. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—The onslaught of right-wing rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court's Republican-named majority came into sharp relief for the entire country as the justices finished their work on June 30. Three rulings announced in one day last week set off waves of anger and determination to fight against a Court determined to squash existing rights for …

WSWS (2023-07-03). The US Supreme Court's rampage against democratic rights. wsws.org The unelected justices, with lifetime appointments, are a critical part of a thoroughly anti-democratic political system controlled by the financial aristocracy.

Editor (2023-07-02). Here's What "Moore v. Harper" Means for Voting Rights Going Forward. scheerpost.com

Karsten Riise (2023-07-03). Banning Chip Technologies to China. Increasing Sanctions Until Beijing Breaks. globalresearch.ca

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2023-07-02: News Headlines

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-02). Trans rights are human rights, protesters say. greenleft.org.au

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-01). UN SDGs implant "human rights" and attempt to override our inalienable rights. expose-news.com The United Nations claims that the purpose of Sustainable Development Goal 16, or SDG16, is to promote peaceful and inclusive societies and to provide access to justice for all. Hiding behind the …

Editor (2023-07-01). New Docs Link CIA to Medical Torture of Indigenous Children and Black Prisoners. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-01). Torture with Impunity Runs Rampant in ICE Facilities. scheerpost.com

Noah Berlatsky (2023-07-01). Chicago Is Building a Police Torture Memorial, But Police Violence Continues. truthout.org Anthony Holmes was one of more than 100 Black men tortured by Chicago police detective Jon Burge and his men between 1972 and 1991. He's been waiting for the city to fully acknowledge the wrong done to him for almost 50 years. Now, Chicago may finally break ground on a memorial to survivors of police torture, assuring Holmes and other victims that the injustice inflicted on them won't be justified… |

teleSUR, YSM (2023-07-02). Realizan desfile del Orgullo LGTBIQ+ en Madrid, España. telesurtv.net Los participantes reclaman la lucha por los derechos y contra los delitos de odio.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-01). Papa Francisco sostiene encuentro con familia de Julian Assange. telesurtv.net Recibió en audiencia privada a su esposa Stella Assange y sus dos hijos. La abogada ha encabezado la lucha por restituir los derechos al fundador del portal Wikileaks.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-07-02). El Salvador hits drug trafficking in distant Pacific waters. plenglish.com El Diario El Salvador cites a message on its Twitter account from President Nayib Bukele that reported an operation carried out against a boat 525 nautical miles southwest of the Bocana El Cordoncillo, in the waters of the Estero de Jaltepeque, on the coastal strip of the department of La Paz. | This is the most distant operation that was recorded in the history of the country, and six crew members were found on the boat: three Ecuadorians and three Mexicans, who were detained by the authorities and will be taken into custody of the corresponding entities, the ruler added. | Bukele showed in his message three pho…

Amy Chen (2023-07-01). The ACLU is Committed to Protecting Your Personal Information. aclu.org Privacy laws serve as vital guardrails against the potential abuse of personal information in an increasingly interconnected world. As a nationwide organization dedicated to defending civil liberties, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) recognizes the paramount importance of privacy in today's digital age, and we firmly believe that transparency and accountability are necessary to protect all of our rights to privacy. | Right now, Americans risk being tracked and surveilled without any notice every time we open an app, walk into a store carrying a phone, or do an online search. As Congress works to…

Keerti Gopal (2023-07-01). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Youth Climate Activists Turn Up The Heat. levernews.com This week, we're starting with our boat-rockers: Climate Defiance, a new youth-led org that's bringing disruptive, direct action to our nation's most influential leaders and fossil fuel enablers. Read on for a look inside their movement and why it has a real shot at facilitating change. Plus, a chemical giant pays up, and the Supreme Court refrains from stripping state courts of crucial rights.Chuck Out Of Luck: On Tuesday, youth-led direct action organization Climate Defiance shut down a 2024 swing state fundraiser at the Harvard Club in New York City, headlined by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer…

Marjorie Cohn (2023-07-01). Here's What "Moore v. Harper" Means for Voting Rights Going Forward. truthout.org Chief Justice John Roberts has historically not decided cases in a way that protects voting rights. In 2013, he authored Shelby v. Holder, which drove a stake through the heart of the Voting Rights Act. And in 2021, he voted to further weaken the Act in Brnovich v. DNC. But this past month, Roberts surprisingly authored two new Supreme Court opinions that support the right to vote. On June 8… |

Morgan Artyukhina (2023-07-01). Supreme Court rules anti-LGBTQ discrimination is legal. liberationnews.org The entire case was theoretical, crafted so that the far-right could present the conservative-majority Supreme Court with an opportunity to rule against LGBTQ rights.

Scott Ferguson (2023-07-01). The Ends of Freedom w/ Mark Paul. mronline.org Mark Paul joins Money on the Left to discuss his new book, The Ends of Freedom: Reclaiming America's Lost Promise of Economic Rights (University of Chicago Press, 2023). In his book, Paul scours U.S. political and economic history to recover, reclaim, and adapt the rhetoric of economic rights for our current political moment.

WSWS (2023-07-01). Mobilize the working class against French police murders and state repression! wsws.org Opposing police murders and attacks on democratic rights draws workers into a struggle against the capitalist state, requiring a revolutionary perspective for a struggle for workers' power.

Fight Back (2023-07-01). Taking Back Pride in Minneapolis. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On June 25 hundreds came together to protest the city-sanctioned Twin Cities Pride parade. Now in its seventh year, the Taking Back Pride protest was a powerful display of solidarity amongst several organizations that demand that there be no cops and corporations at Pride. | Speakers at the action made the connection to attacks on the LGBTQ community nationwide and local struggles. Even though Minnesota was recently designated a sanctuary state for trans people, attendees were reminded that the struggle for trans rights is ongoing, and that concrete protections, housing and economic assistance a…

Brian Berletic (2023-07-01). Washington's REAL Policy on China — "Repairing Ties" is Theater Ahead of Sanctions, War. thealtworld.com The US Build-Up for War with China | — Visit by US Secretary of State attempts to portray the US as "reasonable" versus a "belligerent" Chinese "dictatorship;" | — Secretary Blinken recited the US "One China" policy, omitting the many ways the US has and still is blatantly violating it and provoking China; | — US strategy follows similar pattern of the US "reset" with Russia or the US-Iran "nuclear deal," where the US sought to appear to have exhausted diplomatic options before moving on "reluctantly" to economic sanctions and war; | — Such a strategy is necessary for consensus building among…

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-07-01). Haitian Prosecutor to investigate nationals sentenced by US, Canada. plenglish.com Port-au-Prince, Jul 1 (Prensa Latina) The government commissioner in the Haitian capital, Edler Guillaume, will investigate those nationals sanctioned in the United States, Canada and the Dominican Republic for allegedly promoting corruption and financing gangs, it was reported.

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