(2024-01-10). "Israel Is Starving Gaza": Israeli Rights Group B'Tselem Says IDF Is Using Hunger as a Weapon of War. democracynow.org 
Human rights groups say Israel is using starvation as a weapon in the Gaza Strip as Israel severely restricts the delivery of humanitarian aid, medicine and food supplies to millions inside the besieged and bombed territory. In a new report," Israeli human rights group B'Tselem lays out how Israel's decision to cut off electricity, water and international humanitarian aid to Gaza after a 17-year blockade against the territory has led to a very quick collapse of infrastructure. "The things that impede this provision of food for people who are starving is a declared policy by Israel,"…
(2024-01-10). January 2024: International news agency Pressenza celebrates financial independence. pressenza.com As of January 1st, 2024, the international news agency Pressenza has launched its annual month-long financial campaign. | As is well known, the organization is an open space for grassroots expression and information, operating with a nonviolent perspective and creating mutual alliances with media and social movements, participating in a wide network of international collaboration. | The aim is to disseminate local proposals for change throughout the world, giving priority to issues of Humanism, Peace, Nonviolence, Human Rights, Disarmament, and Diversity, offering a different perspective to the bleak panorama of…
(2024-01-10). Inside Israel's torture camp for Gaza detainees. 972mag.com Palestinians arrested in the northern Gaza Strip describe how Israeli soldiers systematically abused civilians and combatants alike.
(2024-01-10). Wednesday 1/10: Guantanamo 22nd Anniversary; "Torture Professor" John Yoo donating to Torture Survivors? indybay.org UC Berkeley Law School, outside 2763 Bancroft Way @ College Ave. (if raining, inside the law school).
(2024-01-09). Revered Papuan chief Lukas Enembe 'tortured to death like a boiling frog'. asiapacificreport.nz 
The usually festive Christmas season in West Papua was marred by the death of beloved Papua Governor and Chief Lukas Enembe in an Indonesian military hospital on Boxing Day. The author personally witnessed the emotional village scenes of his burial and accuses the Indonesian authorities of driving him to his death through draconian treatment. Today…
(2024-01-10). Biden asks Supreme Court to give State Department sweeping power to separate immigrant families, provoking anger across Latin America. wsws.org On Friday, the US Supreme Court will decide whether to hear a case that has the potential to strip millions of undocumented immigrants and their US citizen family members of constitutional rights in the "consular process," the main mechanism through which undocumented people can legally acquire green cards.
(2024-01-10). Democracy Now! 2024-01-10 Wednesday. democracynow.org Headlines for January 10, 2024; Why I Resigned: Meet Tariq Habash, First Biden Appointee to Quit over U.S.-Backed Israeli War on Gaza; "Israel Is Starving Gaza": Israeli Rights Group B'Tselem Says IDF Is Using Hunger as a Weapon of War | Headlines for January 10, 2024; Why I Resigned: Meet Tariq Habash, First Biden Appointee to Quit over U.S.-Backed Israeli War on Gaza; "Israel Is Starving Gaza": Israeli Rights Group B'Tselem Says IDF Is Using Hunger as a Weapon of War…
(2024-01-10). Democracy Now! 2024-01-10 Wednesday. democracynow.org Headlines for January 10, 2024; Why I Resigned: Meet Tariq Habash, First Biden Appointee to Quit over U.S.-Backed Israeli War on Gaza; "Israel Is Starving Gaza": Israeli Rights Group B'Tselem Says IDF Is Using Hunger as a Weapon of War | Headlines for January 10, 2024; Why I Resigned: Meet Tariq Habash, First Biden Appointee to Quit over U.S.-Backed Israeli War on Gaza; "Israel Is Starving Gaza": Israeli Rights Group B'Tselem Says IDF Is Using Hunger as a Weapon of War…
(2024-01-10). San Francisco Becomes Largest US City to Back Gaza Ceasefire. truthout.org San Francisco has become the largest city in the U.S. whose elected leaders have approved legislation calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza — a resolution that Palestinian rights advocates in the city have been rallying for for weeks. The resolution passed the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in an 8 to 3 vote on Tuesday, with a veto-proof majority. It calls for a "sustained" ceasefire in… |
(2024-01-10). ICE May Get Its Largest Budget Ever, Signaling Surveillance Capitalism's Triumph. truthout.org Aided by electronic monitoring and data mining companies that extract, aggregate, and sell personal information from tens of thousands of private and public digital databases without the consent of individuals, the Biden administration is expanding the surveillance of immigrants to unprecedented levels — stifling dissent and political organizing and sowing fear among non-citizens and civil rights… |
(2024-01-10). Argentina: Building The General Strike Against The Milei Government. popularresistance.org Since taking office last month, Javier Milei, the new far-right president of Argentina, has announced a series of economic proposals and attacks on basic democratic rights that, if implemented, will devastate the working class. In response, labor unions and the Left have called for a general strike on January 24. The Partido de los Trabajadores Socialistas (PTS), the sister organization of Left Voice in Argentina, is calling for the working class to take the general strike into its own hands to defeat these proposals and the entire neolibertarian regime. | Among the new proposals are changes to more than 300 laws…
(2024-01-10). John Pilger (1939-2023): A courageous anti-war journalist. wsws.org Over decades, Pilger exposed imperialist wars and intrigues, defended democratic rights and was unerring in his hostility to reporters who functioned as stenographers of governments.
(2024-01-10). Language Access is a Civil Right, For Both Children and Adults. aclu.org 
(2024-01-10). Myanmar OKs final road map for polls. ecns.cn Myanmar authorities approved the final road map for the pledged general election, and work will be undertaken to ensure accuracy and fairness while ensuring eligible voters don't lose out on their rights.
(2024-01-10). Sunday 1/14: Be A Hero: Memorial for Ady Barkan, Activist Health Care for All & Disability Rights. indybay.org Virtual remembrance | RSVP: rememberingady.com/…
(2024-01-10). Minority rights at the heart of Germany's trade policy. indybay.org In 2021, Germany passed a milestone in defending and representing minorities, by electing the first two transgender Parliament members. The road to inclusion and to the respect owed to all minorities has been long. There's no denying that German society is better off than a few decades ago, and that Germany is a vibrant haven for many minorities. Clearly, a valid cause for pride. But, as legitimate as rejoicing may be, promoters of equality and social justice should not forget that the fight is not finished, as many struggles remain across the country and abroad.
(2024-01-10). Starbucks, interstate freeway shut down for Palestine. workers.org 
Seattle Pro-Palestine protest outside Starbucks, Seattle, Jan. 6, 2024. Starbucks is a major supporter of the Zionist state and is on the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions list of companies to boycott. (WW Photo: Jim McMahan) Two demonstrations for Palestine impacted commerce and transportation in Seattle Jan. 6. The first was . . . |
(2024-01-10). Venezuela — Guyane : un conflit territorial. thealtworld.com Le référendum organisé le 3 décembre dans la République bolivarienne du Venezuela sur l'appartenance du territoire de l'Esequibo a montré que la majorité des citoyens de ce pays le considèrent comme une partie intégrante de leur pays et estiment nécessaire d'utiliser tous les moyens possibles pour en faire un autre État. Au cours du mois de novembre, les relations entre la Guyane, qui occupe aux deux tiers le territoire contesté d'Esequibo, et le Venezuela se sont envenimées. Les États-Unis ont également réagi, mais manifestement avec retenue, car la veille, un certain nombre de sanctions avaient été levées à l'e…