Monthly Archives: January 2024

2024-01-10: News Headlines

Staff (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,"…

Pressenza IPA (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…

972mag (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.

Cynthia Papermaster (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).

APR editor (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…

WSWS (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.

Democracy Now! (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…

Democracy Now! (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…

Sharon Zhang (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… |

Maurizio Guerrero (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… |

Fredy Lizarrague, Left Voice. (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…

WSWS (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.

West Resendes (2024-01-10). Language Access is a Civil Right, For Both Children and Adults. aclu.org

ecns.cn (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.

Be A Hero (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/

Ingrid Schmid (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.

Jim McMahan (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 . . . |

Leonid Savin (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…

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2024-01-08: News Headlines

WSWS (2024-01-08). More than 300 British artists demand Turner Contemporary take stand against "ongoing genocide in Gaza" wsws.org The letter of protest refers to the "the horrific dehumanisation of the Palestinian people, the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the rapidly deteriorating human rights situation in the West Bank."

the International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine, Popular Resistance. (2024-01-08). Over 800 Organizations Globally Sign Letter In Support Of Genocide Case Against The State Of Israel. popularresistance.org United States – The newly-formed International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine (ICSGP) issued a sign-on letter* on January 3, 2024 that garnered over 800 organizational endorsements from around the world in less than one week. In addition to the initiating organizations noted here, signing organizations represent broad social movements, including World March of Women and the International People's Assembly, Palestinian-led and Palestinian solidarity movements such as Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions and the Palestinian NGO Network, as well as human rights and legal groups, unions, and religi…

Gavrilah (2024-01-08). Thursday 1/11: End 22 Years of Ongoing Human Rights Violations–Close Gitmo Now! indybay.org San Francisco Ferry Building | One Ferry Building | San Francisco, California 94111…

Gavrilah (2024-01-07). Thursday 1/11: End 22 Years of Ongoing Human Rights Violations–Close Gitmo Now! indybay.org San Francisco Ferry Building | One Ferry Building | San Francisco, California 94111…

teleSUR, JCM (2024-01-08). Bangladés celebra elecciones marcadas por boicot opositor. telesurtv.net Grupos de derechos humanos han advertido sobre el virtual gobierno unipartidista de la Liga Awami de Hasina en el país del sur de Asia de 170 millones de habitantes después del boicot del BNP.

teleSUR, JCM (2024-01-07). Bangladés celebra elecciones marcadas por boicot opositor. telesurtv.net Grupos de derechos humanos han advertido sobre el virtual gobierno unipartidista de la Liga Awami de Hasina en el país del sur de Asia de 170 millones de habitantes después del boicot del BNP.

The Independent (2024-01-08). 'Presidential Taskforce on land has no mandate to investigate, detain'. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Presidential Taskforce on Land Matters and Environment headed by Brig. Moses Lukyamuzi has no power to either investigate or detain suspects accused of crimes related to land or the environment. A statement issued by the Presidential Press Unit says that Brig. Lukyamuzi as a Special Presidential Assistant operates …

Julia Conley (2024-01-08). 100+ Global Rights Groups Urge Support for South Africa's Genocide Case Against Israel at ICJ. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2024-01-08). On Rights and Other Myths. transcend.org Think about it.

Rédaction France (2024-01-07). Our Disobedience Is a Mission for Peace. pressenza.com At the end of January, we will depart for Russia.: | By Defying Sanctions | Upon arrival, Davide Tutino and Giuseppe Mastruzzo will engage in the exchange of European products for local ones, openly defying commercial sanctions. | For this act, they risk imprisonment of 2 to 6 years and fines ranging from 25,000 to 250,000 euros. | Professors Mastruzzo and Tutino will be accompanied by Marzia di Sessa, a journalist from 9Mq, and Don Diego Minoni, the chaplain of this peace mission. | It is imperative to put an end to these sanctions that adversely affect people and bolster the authoritarianism of warring…

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