The US Has No Legitimate Reason To Impose New Sanctions On Iran
Vijay Prashad | iranian.com | 2018-10-10
The UN's position against Iran is in bad faith. All the member states and the UN secretariat know that Iran has no nuclear weapons programme. Yet, they have allowed the US and Israel to push against Iran. A friend in Tehran tells me that he marvels at the attitude of the United States ruling establishment […] | The post The US Has No Legitimate Reason To Impose New Sanctions On Iran appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/10/09/us-no-legitimate-reason-to-impose-sanctions-on-iran/
Mapuche Communities Advance In Recognition of Ancestral Coast
teleSUR | telesurtv.net | 2018-10-10
The Lafkenche (Lafken, sea; -che, person) Law in Chile aims to grant Mapuche communities rights over their coastlines.
www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Mapuche-C…
Adnan Continues Hunger Strike for 37th Day
INA | imemc.org | 2018-10-10
Leader of the Islamic Jihad movement, Khader Adnan, from the town of Arraba, in the Jenin district of the northern occupied West Bank, has continued his open hunger strike for 37 days in a row, in protest of his illegal and arbitrary detention. According to the Mohjat al-Quds Foundation for …
Erdan: US Student Will Be Released If She Condemns BDS
INA | imemc.org | 2018-10-10
Israeli minister of Strategic Affairs Gilad Erdan, on Tuesday, said he would reconsider his official stance on denying entry to an American student over alleged links to the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement if she publicly condemned a boycott of Israel. Last week, Lara Alqasem was barred from entering the country …
Workers and retirees rally against French government's austerity policies
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-10-10
As Macron slashes wage levels and basic social rights in France, growing numbers of workers distrust the unions and are calling for a general strike.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/10/fran…
The Two Party Food Fight: Brett Kavanaugh and "The Torture Memos"
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-10
The Torture Memos, … was a term originally applying: | "…to a set of three legal memoranda drafted by John Yoo as Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the United States and signed by Assistant Attorney General Jay S. Bybee, head … | The post The Two Party Food Fight: Brett Kavanaugh and "The Torture Memos" appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-two-party-food-fight-brett-kavanaugh-and-the-torture-memos/5656483
There is No Legitimate Reason to Impose Sanctions on Iran
Vijay Prashad | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-09
The United States unilaterally walked away from the nuclear agreement earlier this year, which provoked Iran to sue the US in the International Court of Justice. This week, the Court ruled in Iran's favour. My friends in Tehran say that they would have been surprised if the Court had not ruled on Iran's behalf. There was no reason why the US should have withdrawn from the 2015 agreement nor why the US should threaten to increase sanctions on 5 November. The International Atomic Energy Agency's Nuclear Security Report (2018) notes, 'Iran is implementing its nuclear-related commitments under the Joint Comprehensive…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/09/there-is-no-legitimate-reason-to-impose-sanctions-on-iran/
The US Has No Legitimate Reason to Impose New Sanctions on Iran
Vijay Prashad | mintpressnews.com | 2018-10-09
The UN's position against Iran is in bad faith. All the member states and the UN secretariat know that Iran has no nuclear weapons programme. Yet, they have allowed the US and Israel to push against Iran. | The post The US Has No Legitimate Reason to Impose New Sanctions on Iran appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/the-us-has-no-legitimate-reason-to-impose-new-sanctions-on-iran/250520/
Florida, Georgia, North Carolina Still Purging Voters at High Rates
Shared by candice | truthout.org | 2018-10-09
Earlier this summer, when the Brennan Center released a report examining voter purge data through 2016, we found that four million more people were purged from the rolls between the federal elections of 2014 and 2016 than between 2006 and 2008. Much of that increase came from states that were previously required under the Voting Rights Act (VRA) to get election changes cleared in advance, before that part of the law was eviscerated by the Supreme Court in 2013. | Although comparable data for the two years ending in 2018 won't…
truthout.org/articles/florida-georgia-north-carolina-still-purging-voters-at-high-rates/
Why US Sanctions Won't Change Iran's Foreign Policy
Maysam Behravesh | iranian.com | 2018-10-09
The messages from Tehran are stark. On October 1, Iranian forces fired six missiles at Daesh positions in eastern Syria. The weapons landed within three miles of US troops in the country; one missile shown on Iranian state television carried the slogan: "Death to America, "Death to Israel, Death to al Saud." A statement by […] | The post Why US Sanctions Won't Change Iran's Foreign Policy appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/10/09/why-us-sanctions-wont-change-irans-foreign-policy/
Journalist reported tortured and slain in Saudi consulate in Istanbul
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-10-09
The disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi a week ago is further confirmation of the barbaric character of Washington's closest ally in the Arab world.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/09/saud…
On the far right, neo-Nazis, racists hail Brett Kavanaugh's elevation to Supreme Court as open season on women, minority rights in America
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-10-09
To neo-Nazi-in-hiding Andrew Anglin, the elevation of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court is a milestone, one that he hopes will result in an end to women's rights across the country.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/10/09/far-right-neo-nazis-racists-hail-brett-kavanaughs-elevation-supreme-court-open-season-women
Cruel Immigration Policies Tear Apart Southeast Asian American Families
Shared by Merula Furtado | truthout.org | 2018-10-09
When she was just a year old, Janit Saechao was cruelly separated from her father, who had just finished serving a prison sentence in the US. Many years ago, her family had come to the United States as refugees from the US's secret war in Laos, hoping to make a better life for themselves. Yet, after her father was detained, Janit had only her mother to raise her. By the time her father returned home, she barely knew him. She struggled for years to understand what had happened and figure out how her father would fit into her life. "I'm happy you're ho…
truthout.org/articles/cruel-immigration-policies-tear-apart-southeast-asian-american-families/
U.S. Student Detained in Israel for Alleged Boycott Support
Staff | truthdig.com | 2018-10-09
Lara Alqasem, 22, was held for a week and finally barred from the country, despite arriving at Ben-Gurion Airport with a valid visa. | The post U.S. Student Detained in Israel for Alleged Boycott Support appeared first on Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists.
truthdig.com/articles/u-s-student-detained-in-israel-for-alleged-boycott-support/
Trump Calls Women Survivors of Sexual Assault 'Screamers'
David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement | alternet.org | 2018-10-09
"The paid D. C. protesters are now ready to REALLY protest because they haven't gotten their checks. " | President Donald Trump is now calling women survivors of sexual assault "screamers" in his latest offensive tweet. Barely more than 12 hours after apologizing to Brett Kavanaugh "on behalf of the nation," the president took to Twitter to once again attack women
alternet.org/trump-calls-women-survivors-sexual-assault-screamers
Here's Why Court Packing May Be the Country's Best Hope to Reverse Trump's Corruption of the Supreme Court
Alex Henderson, AlterNet | alternet.org | 2018-10-09
It would be a bold move — but it's no longer unthinkable. | With Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh's confirmation, the far right now has a majority on the U. S. Supreme Court–which means that everything from abortion rights and gay rights and to health care reform could be on the chopping block. The High Court already. . .
alternet.org/news-amp-politics/heres-why-court-packing-may-be-countrys-best-hope-reverse-trumps-corruption
Turbulence in Kashmir and Reconceptualizing a New Regional Order
Nyla Ali Khan | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-09
The turbulence and turmoil that has haunted Kashmir for the past twenty-three years holds all of us, as a people, accountable for the degeneration of our politics and society. While it is important for us to condemn, question, and seek redress for the human rights violations in Kashmir, it is also important for us to…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/09/turbulence-in-kashmir-and-reconceptualizing-a-new-regional-order/
Tehran Says Saudi Arabia Unable To Replace Lost Iranian Oil
RFE | iranian.com | 2018-10-08
Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh has dismissed as "nonsense" claims by the Saudi crown prince that Saudi Arabia can replace sanctions-hit Iranian oil in the market. "(Mohammed) bin Salman's remarks and such bragging can only satisfy (U.S. President Donald) Trump. No one else will believe him. Iran's oil cannot be replaced by Saudi Arabia nor […] | The post Tehran Says Saudi Arabia Unable To Replace Lost Iranian Oil appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/10/08/saudi-arabia-unable-to-replace-lost-iranian-oil/
The Government Is Blacklisting People Based on Predictions of Future Crimes
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-08
Our clients on the No Fly List are seeking a fair process to challenge and correct government error. | Imagine: You've never been charged with any crime, yet the government blacklists you as a terrorism threat and bans you from flying indefinitely. You're separated from family members, can't get to weddings or funerals or religious obligations, and lose jobs because you can't travel or your employer finds out you're blacklisted. | You know what the government has done violates your constitutionally protected ability to travel and to be free from false stigma. You have rights — the Constitution guarantees du…
aclu.org/blog/national-security/discriminatory-profiling/government-blacklisting-people-based-predictions
Immigrant Detainee Called ICE Help Line Before Killing Himself in Isolation Cell
Spencer Woodman | theintercept.com | 2018-10-08
Jeancarlo Alfonso Jimenez-Joseph repeatedly brought his suicidal thoughts to the attention of officials at a private ICE detention center run by CoreCivic. | The post Immigrant Detainee Called ICE Help Line Before Killing Himself in Isolation Cell appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/10/08/ice-detention-suicide-solitary-confinement/
Sen. Collins Calls for Kavanaugh's Presumption of Innocence — Where is the Criminal Investigation?
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-10-06
Our panelists Paul Jay, Dharna Noor, and Dana Vickers Shelley, Executive Director of the Maryland ACLU, and host Marc Steiner discuss the significance of the nomination, why the Democrats didn't pursue a criminal investigation for perjury, the consequences for women's rights and whether a fight should be waged to impeach Kavanaugh once he is confirmed. | The post Sen. Col…
therealnews.com/stories/sen-collins-calls-for-kavanaughs-presumption-of-innocence-where-is-the-criminal-investigation
Nobel Prize Winner Supports BDS Movement For Palestinian Rights, Ending Military Aid to Israel
leili | bdsmovement.net | 2018-10-05
Nobel Prize Winner Supports BDS Movement For Palestinian Rights, Ending Military Aid to Israel: UpdateA Nobel Prize has been awarded to George P. Smith, a renowned scientist and longtime advocate for Palestinian rights who suppor…
bdsmovement.net/news/nobel-prize-winner-supports-bds-movement-palestinian-rights-ending-military-aid-israel
High Crimes and Misdemeanors of Kavanaugh and the Senate-Trump Faction
MSJM | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-05
"By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adversed to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community" — James Madison, Federalist Paper 10…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/05/high-crimes-and-misdemeanors-of-kavanaugh-and-the-senate-trump-faction/
Could the Trump Administration Succeed in Detaining Child Migrants Indefinitely?
Michelle Chen | thenation.com | 2018-10-05
Could the Trump Administration Succeed in Detaining Child Migrants Indefinitely?
thenation.com/article/could-the-trump-administration-succeed-in-detaining-child-migrants-indefinitely/
Eve Ensler: Nobel Peace Prize for Mukwege & Murad Is an Award for Every Rape Survivor in the World
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-05
After a landmark year for the "Me Too" movement, which ignited an international conversation on sexual assault, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday morning to two champions of women's rights who have built their careers fighting sexual violence: physician Denis Mukwege and human rights activist Nadia Murad. Dr. Denis Mukwege founded the Panzi Hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1999. The clinic receives thousands of women each year, many of them requiring surgery as a result of sexual violence. Nadia Murad is a 25-year-old Yazidi Kurdish human rights activist from Iraq. She was kidnapped and held…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/5/eve_ensle…
'How Many Other Laquan MacDonalds Are There?'
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2018-10-04
Janine Jackson featured two archival interviews on Chicago police violence on the September 28, 2018, episode of CounterSpin: a conversation with John Conroy on torturer Jon Burge, originally aired December 21, 2007; and a talk with Jamie Kalven about police victim Laquan McDonald, from December…
fair.org/home/how-many-other-laquan-macdonalds-are-there/
SPLC report: Detention system forces people to give up claims to stay in U.S
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-10-04
Before fleeing Somalia, Yuusuf was a teacher.
splcenter.org/news/2018/10/04/splc-report-detention-system-forces-people-give-claims-stay-us
The U.S. Detention of Children Is Only Getting Worse
Michael Garcia Bochenek | progressive.org | 2018-10-03
No longer forcibly separating families at the border, the Trump Administration has merely changed the way children are harmed.
progressive.org/dispatches/the-u-s-detention-of-children-is-only-getting-worse-181003/
Jeff Sessions Is Fighting Tennessee's Effort to Make Prosecution More Fair
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-03
The Department of Justice is attempting to erode defendants' rights and state independence . | Earlier this year, the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility released an ethical opinion that required federal prosecutors working in the state to disclose all information favorable to criminal defendants. It stated those disclosures must be even broader and earlier in the process than the U.S. Constitution requires. This is a praiseworthy move that could help stem the tide of coercive plea bargai…
aclu.org/blog/smart-justice/prosecutorial-reform/jeff-sessions-fighting-tennessees-effort-make-prosecution
Mom Fears Her Autistic Son Is Being Abused at School. District Does Nothing
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-03
A Northern California school district is creating a hostile environment for a Black student with disabilities in violation of the law. | School just got back in session, but one school district in Northern California already needs a lesson in how to create a welcoming and safe environment for Black students with disabilities., , A 5-year-old Black student with autism and speech and language impairments suffered for months, including suffering injuries that needed to be treated by a hospital, all because of the inadequate oversight of Hayward Unified School District's staff. In a time when Black students are regul…
aclu.org/blog/disability-rights/disability-rights-and-education/mom-fears-her-autistic-son-being-abused
Palestinians Call on EU to Halt Normalization Programs and End Complicity With Israel's Violations of Palestinian Rights and International Law
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-10-03
Palestinians Call on EU to Halt Normalization Programs and End Complicity With Israel's Violations of Palestinian Ri…
bdsmovement.net/news/palestinians-call-eu-halt-normalization-programs-and-end-complicity-israels-violations
Due process: Remote immigration prisons impede access to attorneys, chances for success
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-10-02
The Stewart Detention Center where Mateo was held sits in Lumpkin, Georgia, about 150 miles south of Atlanta. With a capacity of 1,996 people, it is one of the nation's largest immigration prisons. In one important way, however, Stewart is like many other such facilities: It is far from cities where detainees would have easier access to counsel…
splcenter.org/20181002/due-process-remote-immigration-prisons-impede-access-attorneys-chances-success
"Stories For Us and By Us": Disability Rights Activists Showcase Their Writing
Eleanor J. Bader | progressive.org | 2018-10-02
A collection that defies oversimplification and stereotypes.
progressive.org/dispatches/stories-for-us-and-by-us-disability-rights-activists-181002/
No One Should Be Detained Without a Hearing While Fighting Deportation
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-02
The government's sweeping interpretation of a 1996 law has expanded mandatory detention far beyond what Congress intended. | In May of 2013, Astrid Morataya, a legal permanent resident, woke up to a knock on the door. Looking outside the window, she saw law enforcement agents with bulletproof vests encircling her home in Illinois. | "They must have the wrong house," she thought. But they were, in fact, there for her. The government waited 15 years to attempt to deport Astrid for a low-level drug conviction that she received in the late '90s, during a period in her life when she was the victim of ongoing sexu…
aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/immigrants-rights-and-detention/no-one-should-be-detained-without-hearing
Trump Admin Sends 1,600 Kids to Texas Tent City as Number of Detained Children Hits Record High
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-02
The Trump administration is transferring detained migrant children from shelters across the country to a barren tent city in West Texas. The New York Times reports that hundreds of children are being sent each week from shelters to the tent city, which currently houses 1,600 children. The facility reportedly has no school, and children have only limited access to legal services. The U.S. government is now detaining a record 13,000 migrant children. We speak with Louise Melling, deputy legal director at the ACLU, who says,…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/2/trump_adm…
Trump Officials Headline Neocon Iran Regime-Change Summit: Inside UANI
Shared by Ben NortonAaron Maté | therealnews.com | 2018-10-02
John Bolton and Mike Pompeo headlined the annual United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) summit, where speakers celebrated the strangling of the Iranian economy under U.S. sanctions and cheered on regime change. We report from inside | The post Trump Officials Headline Neocon Iran Regime-Change Summit: Inside UANI appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/trump-officials-headline-pro-regime-change-summit-on-iran
A Judge Just Reminded CBP That the Border Isn't a Rights-Free Zone
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-01
A federal court ruled in favor of an American family suing over their abusive detention at the U.S.-Canada border. | An American family that underwent a harrowing detention at the hands of U.S. Customs and Border Protection can now seek some measure of justice. That's the result of a recent ruling by the federal judge presiding over the lawsuit we filed on behalf of…
aclu.org/blog/national-security/discriminatory-profiling/judge-just-reminded-cbp-border-isnt-rights-free-zone
Colombia's New Killing Spree
Kimberley Brown | progressive.org | 2018-10-01
The war is over, but its legacy remains–and human rights advocates are being targeted.
progressive.org/magazine/colombia-s-new-killing-spree/
Trump Threatens Venezuela with New Sanctions Even as It Faces Economic & Humanitarian Crisis
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-09-27
President Nicolás Maduro addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday in a surprise visit, just one day after Donald Trump accused him of corruption and announced new sanctions against his wife Cilia Flores and other members of his inner circle. "Despite all of the differences, … I am willing to reach out my hand to the president of the United States and sit down to talk about the issues of bilateral differences and the issues of our region," Maduro said. Trump said Wednesday that he would be willing to meet with Maduro and that all options are on the table to help end the political, economic and…
www.democracynow.org/2018/9/27/trump_thr…
Maduro in NY: Harlem Stands with Venezuela as US Allies Appeal to ICC
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-09-27
Venezuela also received the backing of a number of governments who denounced the latest round of sanctions from the Trump administration.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14074
Venezuela's Maduro Rejects US Interventionism in UN Speech
TeleSur English | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-09-27
Maduro blasted the recent round of sanctions, and yet again reiterated his willingness to talks with Trump.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14071
Trump Sets Sights on Venezuela with New Sanctions and Coup Threats
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-09-26
Speaking on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, President Trump said the Maduro government could be "toppled very quickly."
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14070
Palestinians Thank Prof. Cheney-Lippold for Refusing to Be Complicit in Academically Whitewashing Israeli Apartheid
pacbi | bdsmovement.net | 2018-09-21
Palestinians Thank Prof. Cheney-Lippold for Refusing to Be Complicit in Academically Whitewashing Israeli Apartheid: UpdatePalestinians welcome Prof. Cheney-Lippold's stand for Palestinian rights and urge academics to end all collabo…
bdsmovement.net/news/palestinians-thank-prof-cheney-lippold-refusing-be-complicit-academically-whitewashing-israeli
Venezuelan Public Sector Workers Protest in Defense of Labor Rights
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-09-20
Workers from several public sector companies have complained about low wages and deteriorating working conditions.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14061
Zapatero, Mujica Slam US-backed Sanctions on Venezuela
TEV | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-09-17
Zapatero explained the increase in citizen migration is due to the United States economic sanctions.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14055
Arreaza: Venezuela Will Continue to 'Fully Collaborate' With UN Human Rights Council
TeleSur English | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-09-12
At the U.N., Venezuela's Jorge Arreaza compared the economic blockade to the economic war waged against Chile's socialist government in the seventies.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14045