Media Silent as Bolivia's New Right-Wing Gov't Massacres Indigenous Protesters
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-18
Both the corporate media and human rights groups have been silent as journalists and indigenous protesters have been targeted as Bolivia's self-declared right-wing government uses violence to secure its tenuous hold on power.
mintpressnews.com/media-silent-bolivia-massacre-indigenous-protesters/262858/
Michael Lynk's UN Report on Israeli Settlements Speaks the Truth, But the World Refuses to Listen
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-18
He's a very tall man with bright eyes and a broad smile, and he holds out a great paw when he greets you. But Michael Lynk is no gentle giant. He may teach human rights law at the Western University in London, Ontario, but as the UN's special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/18/michael-lynks-un-report-on-israeli-settlements-speaks-the-truth-but-the-world-refuses-to-listen/
Outrage erupts over Trump administration's 'legalization' of (still-illegal) Israeli settlements in West Bank
rt.com | 2019-11-18
The US announcement that it will no longer view West Bank Israeli settlements as inconsistent with international law has provoked outrage in all corners of the globe, on humanitarian, legal, and common-sense grounds. | The Trump administration's controversial move on Monday reversed decades of US policy, contradicting numerous United Nations resolutions and international human rights conventions. In an effort to downplay the change, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the decision came as a result of a "legal review" of the State Department opinion on the settlements from 1978, but reactions exploded both dome…
rt.com/news/473745-israeli-settlements-approved-trump-reactions/
UNICEF reports uneven progress in 30 years of child rights treaty
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-18
Although the world has made historic gains over the past three decades in improving children's lives, urgent action is required if the poorest children are to feel the impact, a new UN report published on Monday warns.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1051541
Philadelphia domestic workers win a new bill of rights
Cynthia Drayton | nationofchange.org | 2019-11-18
"I deserve to be respected at my workplace – which is others' home – and to receive the same rights and protections that other workers receive."
nationofchange.org/2019/11/18/philadelphia-domestic-workers-win-a-new-bill-of-rights/
Comcast Willing to Gut Civil Rights Law to Stop Byron Allen Lawsuit
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-11-18
Comcast Corp. v. National Association of African-American Owned Media might seem like a simple David and Goliath story of a Black entrepreneur fighting white-owned corporate power. But the implications of the pending SCOTUS ruling reach further than many realize.
therealnews.com/stories/comcast-gut-civil-rights-law-stop-byron-allen-lawsuit
Federal court strips citizenship from US-born woman held in Syrian detention camp
wsws.org | 2019-11-18
Handing a victory to the far-right campaign to undermine the Fourteenth Amendment, a federal judge found that Hoda Muthana is not a citizen despite the fact that the State Department twice issued a passport listing her nationality as "United States of America."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/18/amaz…
Bloomberg Apologizes for 'Stop-and-Frisk' Police Practice
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-18
WASHINGTON — Michael Bloomberg on Sunday apologized for his longstanding support of the controversial "stop-and-frisk" police strategy ahead of a potential Democratic presidential run, a practice that he embraced as New York's mayor and continued to defend despite its disproportionate impact on people of color. | Addressing a black church in Brooklyn, Bloomberg said he was "sorry" and acknowledged it often led to the detention of blacks and Latinos. | "I can't change history," Bloomberg told the congregation. "However today, I want you to know that I realize back then I was wrong." | Bloomberg's reversal is…
truthdig.com/articles/bloomberg-apologizes-for-stop-and-frisk-police-practice/
US Threatens Sanctions on Serbia, Scrambles to Thwart Possible Russian S-400 Missile Defense Purchase
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-18
In a largely unreported but hugely important story that played out this week in the Balkans, Washington is putting immense pressure on Serbia to shelve future plans for acquiring Russia's advanced S-400 air defense missile systems. | The controversy began …
globalresearch.ca/us-threatens-sanctions-on-serbia-scrambles-to-thwart-possible-russian-s-400-missile-defense-purchase/5695201
Can 'Climate Sanctions' Save the Planet?
Nicholas Mulder | thenation.com | 2019-11-18
Can 'Climate Sanctions' Save the Planet?
thenation.com/article/climate-green-new-deal/
Washington Threatens Egypt with Sanctions Over Russian Su-35 Fighter Jet Purchase
Sarah Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-18
Washington's latest attempt to dissuade an ally from making arms deals with Russia came in the form of a letter sent on last Wednesday to Egyptian officials warning them that they could face sanctions if they continued with their $2 …
globalresearch.ca/washington-threatens-egypt-sanctions-russian-su-35-fighter-jet-purchase/5695288
Seriously Ailing Detainee Moved From Hospital To Ramla Prison Clinic
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-18
Despite his serious medical condition, the Israeli authorities moved Palestinian political prisoner, Sami Abu Diak, 36, from Assaf Harofeh Medical Center to the clinic in Ramla prison, which lacks specialists and adequate medical supplies. The Palestinian Detainees Committee has reported that the detainee was rushed to the hospital two days …
imemc.org/article/seriously-ailing-detainee-moved-from-hospital-to-ramla-prison-clinic/
Selected Articles: US Sanctions and Regime Change
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-18
Lying is a money making activity and lies are commodities. There is a profitable global market for media and public figures committed to spreading disinformation. | Needless to say, "Telling the Truth", on the other hand, Is Not a Money-Making Proposition. …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-us-sanctions-regime-change-agenda/5695308
Anti-terror measures against youngsters' online posts 'linked to spike in child detention globally'
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-18
More than 5.4 million children are detained around the world, rights experts said on Monday, highlighting "aggressive" State counterterrorism measures for the spike in youngsters held for alleged links with armed conflict or national security concerns based on their social media posts.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1051581
Trump's Child Separation Policy "Absolutely" Violated International Law Says UN Expert
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-18
The way the Trump administration was "separating infants from their families only in order to deter irregular migration from Central America to the United States of America, for me, constitutes inhuman and degrading treatment." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/18/trumps-child-separation-policy-absolutely-violated-international-law-says-un-expert?cd-origin=rss
Cuban Doctors Arrested, Harassed In Bolivia Return Home Safely
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-17
Cuba's Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodriguez announced Sunday the return of 207 medical personnel who were offering their services in Bolivia, among them the four doctors who were detained for allegedly "encouraging and financing" the massive protests that demand the reestablishment of the Constitutional Order in the Andean nation. | RELATED: | Cuba: Stop Harassment Against Cuban Doctors in Bolivia | "Another 207 Cuban collaborators in Bolivia are already flying back to their home…
telesurenglish.net/news/announced-the-return-of-cuban-doctors-arrested-in-bolivia–20191117-0009.html
CTU members vote to accept tentative agreement
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-17
Chicago, IL – Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) members voted November 15 to accept the tentative agreement they won in the wake of their historic eleven-day strike. | With 80% of schools reporting, members have voted 81% yes to ratify the new contract with Chicago Public Schools. | The union won powerful gains for students and their school communities. | Those gains include mandatory class size caps and enforcement, language forcing CPS to comply with special education laws and regulations, sanctuary school protections for immigrant and refugee students, and supports for thousands of homeless students. While today mo…
fightbacknews.org/2019/11/16/ctu-members-vote-accept-tentative-agreement
Army accused of covering up war crimes and killing children in Afghanistan and Iraq
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-11-17
The government and the army have been accused of covering up the killing of children in Afghanistan and Iraq. | Leaked documents allegedly contain evidence implicating British troops in killing children and the torture of civilians. | A joint investigation by the BBC and Sunday Times said it had obtained new evidence from inside the Iraq Historic Allegations Team (IHAT), which investigated alleged war crimes committed by British soldiers in Iraq, and Operation Northmoor, which investigated alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. | The Government closed IHAT and Operation Northmoor in 2017, after Phil Shiner, a solicit…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/11/17/army-accused-of-covering-up-war-crimes-and-killing-children-in-afghanistan-and-iraq/
UK Hid War Crimes Committed in Afghanistan, Iraq: Investigation
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-17
The United Kingdom's government and its armed forces hid solid evidence of war crimes committed by British soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq against civilians among them children, an investigation led by the BBC and the Sunday Times revealed Sunday. | RELATED: | Chile Prosecutor To Probe 14 Policemen for Alleged Torture | The investigation found that British troops were implicated in the murders of children and the killing and torture of civilians. The soldiers' behavior during the…
telesurenglish.net/news/UK-Hid-Torture-of-Civilians-in-Afghanistan-Iraq-Wars-Investigation-20191117-0007.html
No playing around: US Army's new card decks feature Russian, Chinese & Iranian weapons 'to learn more about adversaries'
rt.com | 2019-11-17
The Russian-made S-400 air defense system — the one that triggers US threats of sanctions for nations if they decide to buy it — can actually help an American soldier to win a battle… in a card game. | The S-400 [or SA-21 Growler in NATO nomenclature] is a joker in a new line of card decks for the US army, an all-mighty card of many faces capable of incinerating an enemy. | The second joker in the Russia-themed deck is the Iskander tactical missile system [SS-26 Stone in NATO nomenclature] with its 9M729 missile that was used by Washington as a pretext for quitting the INF Treaty, despite Russia'…
rt.com/usa/473664-us-army-playing-cards/
Bloomberg blasted for apology & U-turn on NYC's 'stop & frisk' policy ahead of presidential nomination bid
rt.com | 2019-11-17
What better time than an election campaign start to repent sins? Former NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg probably thought so as he apologized at a black church for the controversial 'stop and frisk' policy, but few were buying it. | A billionaire media mogul and a former New York mayor, Michael Bloomberg has suddenly backtracked on his longstanding support for the controversial 'stop and frisk' police policy he adamantly backed during his time as mayor. | The questionable practice involving police briefly detaining, questioning and sometimes searching random people on the streets for weapons or other illegal posses…
rt.com/usa/473673-bloomberg-stop-and-frisk-apologize/
Democrats Not Headed Too Far Left, Says Ocasio-Cortez, 'We Are Bringing the Party Home'
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-17
"I want to be the party of the New Deal again," says the progressive congresswoman from New York. "The party of the Civil Rights Act, the one that electrified this nation and fights for all people." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/17/democrats-not-headed-too-far-left-says-ocasio-cortez-we-are-bringing-party-home?cd-origin=rss
Repression, use of force risk worsening Bolivia crisis: UN human rights chief
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-16
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is urging authorities in Bolivia to ensure security forces comply with international standards on the use of force following the deaths of at least five protestors on Friday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1051531
Bolivia: IACHR, UN Condemn Armed Forces' Killings of Civilians
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-16
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemned the "disproportionate use" of police-military force in the repression that took place Friday in the city of Cochabamba where nine coca growers died and dozens were injured. | RELATED: | Bolivia: 9 Corpses in 24 hours Prove Dictatorship's Violence | The IACHR expressed "concern about the actions of the armed forces in the operations carried out in Bolivia since the beginning of the week" and recalled that the "Inter-Ame…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolivia-Iachr-and-Un-Condemn-Deaths-by-Armed-Forces-20191116-0007.html
Defend Medevac to save lives, say protesters
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-15
Refugees Chris SleeIssue 1245 Australia medevac MelbourneNovember 15, 2019Refugee rights activists rallied across Australia on November 9 to defend the Urgent Medical Treatment Bill (Medevac), which was passed in…
greenleft.org.au/content/defend-medevac-save-lives-say-protesters
Disruptive protests don't justify police violence
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-15
civil rights Sue BoltonIssue 1245 Australia police MelbourneNovember 15, 2019It is unusual for the Police Union or Victoria Police chiefs to condemn the actions of any officer. But they have been forced to crit…
greenleft.org.au/content/disruptive-protests-dont-justify-police-violence
Protests lead to police officer being charged with murder of Kumanjayi Walker
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-15
Indigenous rights Deborah GreenIssue 1245 Australia Black deaths in custody GeraldtonNovember 15, 2019Nineteen-year-old Warlpiri man Kumanjayi Walker died after being shot by police on Nov…
greenleft.org.au/content/protests-lead-police-officer-being-charged-murder-kumanjayi-walker
New Senate Bill Would Curtail ICE's "Unnecessary Overuse of Solitary Confinement"
Spencer Woodman | theintercept.com | 2019-11-14
A group of prominent U.S. senators introduced legislation Thursday that would dramatically curtail the use of solitary confinement inside U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers. | The bill, sponsored by Sens. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, takes aim at a range of practices identified in Solitary Voices, an International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and Intercept investigation into the heavy use of solitary confinement by ICE. | Press releases from
theintercept.com/2019/11/14/ice-solitary-confinement-dick-durbin-bill/
Human rights experts call for 'paradigm shift' on arbitrary detention in Qatar
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-14
A group of independent UN human rights experts is calling for a "paradigm shift" in Qatar to protect people in the Gulf State from arbitrary detention.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1051371
CodePink Founder Medea Benjamin Threatened with Arrest After Protesting U.S. Foreign Interventions
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-14
CodePink co-founder and longtime peace activist Medea Benjamin was threatened with arrest in Washington, D.C., Wednesday and accused of assaulting a sitting congressmember after being forcibly removed from a press conference for opposing the U.S.-backed coup and U.S. sanctions in Venezuela. Benjamin vehemently denies the accusations and says she was in fact the one assaulted when she and other activists demonstrated at a press conference hosted by Florida Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Florida Republican Mario Díaz-Balart announcing the launch of a Congressional Venezuela Democracy Caucus. We speak with Me…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/14/activist…
Federal Court Rules That Border Officers Can't Arbitrarily Search Our Electronic Devices
Hugh Handeyside | aclu.org | 2019-11-13
In a major victory for privacy rights, a federal court | has held that the federal government's suspicionless searches of smartphones, laptops, | and other electronic devices at airports or other U.S. ports of entry are | unconstitutional. The ruling in our | case is a recognition that the Constitution protects us even at the border, | and that traveling to or from the United States doesn't mean we give the g…
aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/federal-court-rules-that-border-patrol-cant-arbitrarily-search-our-electronic-devices
Neo-Nazi Group NSM Faces New Upheaval After James Hart Stern's Death
Hatewatch Staff and Brett Barrouquere | splcenter.org | 2019-11-13
The leadership of the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement (NSM) has been thrown into chaos again following the death of self-described civil rights activist James Hart Stern.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/11/13/neo-nazi-group-nsm-faces-new-upheaval-after-james-hart-sterns-death
Revealed: danger and squalor for cleaners who remove human waste by hand
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-13
The plight of sanitation workers in the developing world should be addressed urgently, the UN said on Thursday, warning that their rights, health and dignity are at risk.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1051291
Can Google's Soul Be Saved?
Michelle Chen | progressive.org | 2019-11-12
Rank-and-file Silicon Valley tech workers are using their leverage to push companies toward more ethical business models, or at least away from destroying the environment and undermining human rights.
progressive.org/dispatches/can-googles-soul-be-saved-chen-191112/
Bolivia Is the Latest Successful US-Backed Coup in Latin America
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-12
There is a perfect word in the English language for when army generals appear on television demanding the resignation of an elected head of state while their allies detain and torture government officials.
mintpressnews.com/bolivia-latest-successful-us-backed-coup-latin-america/262773/
Sanctions Against North Korea Hurt Women
Marie O'Reilly | progressive.org | 2019-11-12
"Maximum pressure" sanctions have failed to change policies in Pyongyang, and have had grave human costs.
progressive.org/op-eds/north-korea-sanctions-hurt-women-oreilly-191112/
Anglican Church in Southern Africa voted to support non-violent action to end Israel's military occupation of Palestine, especially BDS actions
ziyaad | bdsmovement.net | 2019-11-12
Anglican Church in Southern Africa voted to support non-violent action to end Israel's military occupation of Palestine, especially BDS actions : In the NewsProvincial Synod votes on Israel sanctions, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia | Economic Boycott Cultural BoycottSeptember 26, 2019 | By: | | Anglican Church of Southern Africa …
bdsmovement.net/news/anglican-church-southern-africa-voted-support-non-violent-action-end-israel%E2%80%99s-military
Black deaths in the custody of the settler colonial state must end
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-12
Indigenous rights Paul GregoireIssue 1245 AustraliaNovember 12, 2019Key recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody assert that in dealing with First Nations peoples, the criminal justice system should apply both arrest and imprisonment as sanctions of "last resort". Sparked by suspicious deaths like t…
greenleft.org.au/content/black-deaths-custody-settler-colonial-state-must-end
Healing the Desert Wounds that Trump's Wall Is Opening
Gary Paul Nabhan | progressive.org | 2019-11-11
On the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, here in the U.S. we gather to mourn the construction of a new border wall, and all the human and animal rights it threatens.
progressive.org/dispatches/healing-wounds-trumps-wall-nabhan-191111/
Remembering the 1968 Orangeburg Massacre When Police Shot Dead Three Unarmed Black Students
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-08
The 1968 Orangeburg massacre is one of the most violent and least remembered events of the civil rights movement. A crowd of students gathered on the campus of South Carolina State University to protest segregation at Orangeburg's only bowling alley. After days of escalating tensions, students started a bonfire and held a vigil on the campus to protest. Dozens of police arrived on the scene, and state troopers fired live ammunition into the crowd. When the shooting stopped, three students were dead and 28 wounded. Although the tragedy predated the Kent State shootings and Jackson State killings and it was the fir…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/8/rememberi…
US Authorizes Tax Payments to Maduro Gov't, Sanctions Five More Venezuelan Officials
Ricardo Vaz and Lucas Koerner | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-11-06
Washington has eased some of the restrictions imposed under its recent Venezuela embargo.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14719
SPLC celebrates 30th anniversary of Civil Rights Memorial
splcenter.org | 2019-11-05
The first African American elected mayor of Montgomery, Alabama — a city known as both the "Cradle of the Confederacy" and the "Birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement" — urged those who gathered today to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Civil Rights Memorial to ask themselves how they can make an impact on the lives of others.
splcenter.org/news/2019/11/05/splc-celebrates-30th-anniversary-civil-rights-memorial
League of the South Resorts to Video Stunts as Membership Declines
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2019-11-05
The League of the South made a 25-second propaganda video over the weekend at the memorial of a civil rights icon in an apparent attempt to attract members to its neo-Confederate ideology.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/11/05/league-south-resorts-video-stunts-membership-declines
Baghdadi Deception Exposed, Israel Bombs Gaza After Phantom Rocket & US Violates Own Syria Sanctions
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-02
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (11/1/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/baghdadi-deception-exposed-israel-bombs-gaza-after-phantom-rocket-us-violates-own-syria-sanctions/
Venezuelan Leftist Parties and Unions Stage Protest, Demand Gov't Answers
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-11-01
Dozens of activists demanded better wages and respect for collective bargaining rights.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14714
Civil Rights Memorial commemorates 30 years
splcenter.org | 2019-11-01
Carolyn Wells Gee was in bed watching TV with her younger sister when she heard the shot that killed Medgar Evers.
splcenter.org/news/2019/11/01/civil-rights-memorial-commemorates-30-years
Dorothee Benz on LGBTQ Rights, Joe Emersberger on Ecuador Protests
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2019-10-25
Media…
fair.org/home/dorothee-benz-on-lgbtq-rights-joe-emersberger-on-ecuador-protests/
US Renews Chevron License as European Refiner Cuts Venezuela Ties over Sanctions
Lucas Koerner | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-10-23
Finnish-Venezuelan refiner Nynas is one of PDVSA's few remaining cash buyers.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14702
Turkey Breaks Ceasefire, US "Secures Syria's Oil" & Assange's Torture & Violation Of Rights Exposed
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-10-21
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (10/19/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/turkey-breaks-ceasefire-us-secures-syrias-oil-assanges-torture-violation-of-rights-exposed/