Trump's Immigration Stunts Are Driving Progressive Voter Turnout
Shared by Merula Furtado | truthout.org | 2018-11-01
President Trump's statement this week that he is preparing an executive order to end birthright citizenship was quickly called out by immigrant rights advocates as a patent political ploy to appease the Republican voting base ahead of midterm elections. | Under the 14th Amendment, birthright citizenship is granted to all persons born in the US. Advocates are calling Trump's plan illegal and counter to established immigration laws and the…
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The American oligarchy's attack on birthright citizenship
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-11-01
All factions of the ruling class view basic democratic rights as obstacles in their drive for wealth and world domination.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/11/01/pers…
PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (25 — 31 October 2018)
INA | imemc.org | 2018-11-01
Israeli forces continued with systematic crimes, in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), for the week of 18 — 24 October, 2018. Israeli forces continued to use excessive force against unarmed civilians and peaceful protestors in the Gaza Strip. 7 Palestinian civilians were killed in the 31st week of the Return …
Advanced Leadership Training: Maintaining a Healthy Community
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2018-11-01
Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley…
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Advanced Leadership Training: Expanding our Community
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2018-11-01
Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/01/18818644.php
American Terror is Not New
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2018-11-01
There were hate crimes before Donald Trump ran for president, most of them sanctioned by the state, including anti-black violence, as old as white settlement on this continent, says Margaret Kimberley of Black Agenda Report. American Terror is Not New… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/11/01/american-terror-is-not-new/
Meetup: Why AR is on the Cusp of a Breakthrough
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2018-11-01
Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/01/18818637.php
Meetup: Why Animal Rights must be a Political Movement
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2018-11-01
Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/01/18818634.php
US Blames Iran for Impoverishing Civilians While Prepping Further Sanctions
Caitlin Johnstone | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-01
(CJ Opinion) — The United States government is preparing to implement an additional level of sanctions against Iran for its refusal to meet a dozen demands that are so absurdly unreasonable that they have been called a regime change policy in all but name. The sanctions which have already been implemented have already badly hurt the Iranian economy, the sting …
US Blames Iran for Impoverishing Civilians While Prepping Further Sanctions
Advanced Leadership Training: Emergent Leadership
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2018-11-01
Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/01/18818647.php
Advanced Leadership Training: Consent and Anti-Oppression
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2018-11-01
Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/01/18818636.php
The view from inside America's child immigrant detention shelters
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-11-01
The World Socialist Web Site spoke with several immigrant children recently released from child detention shelters about conditions in the facilities.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/11/01/chil…
NAACP to Host Get Out the Vote Rally Featuring Civil Rights Leaders, Entertainers and Activists on November 1
Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet | naacp.org | 2018-11-01
Rally to be Finale in Series of Civic Engagement Telephone Town halls BALTIMORE(November 1, 2018)–NAACP, the nation's foremost civil rights organization, will host its final tele-town hall, the National GOTV Rally, on Thursday, November 1 at 8 pm ET. The tele-town hall is part of a series of conversations that the historic organization has […] | The post NAACP to Host Get Out the Vote Rally Featuring Civil Rights Leaders, Entertainers and Activists on November 1 appeared…
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Meetup: How (and Why) DxE's Strategy Has Changed
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2018-11-01
Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/01/18818641.php
Advanced Leadership Training: DxE's History and Vision
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2018-11-01
Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/01/18818648.php
Meetup: What Direct Action Everywhere Will Achieve in 2019
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2018-11-01
Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/01/18818643.php
Meetup: What we have planned for the Animal Liberation Western Convergence (ALWC)
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2018-11-01
Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/01/18818635.php
Get This, US Blames Iran For Impoverishing Civilians While Prepping Further Sanctions
Caitlin Johnstone | iranian.com | 2018-11-01
The United States government is preparing to implement an additional level of sanctions against Iran for its refusal to meet a dozen demands that are so absurdly unreasonable that they have been called a regime change policy in all but name. The sanctions which have already been implemented have already badly hurt the Iranian economy, the sting of […] | The post Get This, US Blames Iran For Impoverishing Civilians While Prepping Further Sanctions appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/01/us-blames-iran-for-impoverishing-civilians/
Hot Chocolate and Marshmallow Party
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2018-11-01
Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/01/18818632.php
What to Expect When Getting Arrested: Physically and Emotionally
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2018-11-01
Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/01/18818630.php
An Imminent Coup? Crown Prince's Uncle Returns to Saudi Arabia to Oust "Toxic" bin Salman
ZeroHedge | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-01
The youngest brother of Saudi Arabia's King Salman has returned from self-imposed exile to "challenge" Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) "or find someone who can," reports the Middle East Eye. | Prince Ahmad bin Abdulaziz is reportedly hoping to oust his 33-year-old nephew in the wake of an allegedly state-sanctioned murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. MbS has virtual control over Saudi Arabia after a June 2017 shakeup in which King Salman removed Muhammad bin Nayef as heir apparent.T…
mintpressnews.com/an-imminent-coup-crown-princes-uncle-returns-to-saudi-arabia-to-oust-toxic-mbs/251328/
Meetup: Transforming Holidays with the Power of Compassion
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2018-11-01
Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way…
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Meetup: Speaking for Animals 101
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2018-11-01
Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/01/18818639.php
Bolton promises not to hurt 'friends & allies' after Trump reaffirms Iran oil embargo
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-01
After Donald Trump issued a memorandum reaffirming his Iran oil embargo plans, his National Security Advisor has rushed to reassure allies that the measure is not intended to hurt them and even dangled the possibility of waivers. | …
rt.com/usa/442809-iran-sanctions-oil-trade/
Meetup: Visualizing a Future of Peace for Animals
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2018-11-01
Berkeley Animal Rights Center | 2425 Channing Way…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/01/18818642.php
Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Immediately After His Release From Prison
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-01
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday morning, a Palestinian political prisoner from occupied East Jerusalem, immediately after his release from an Israeli prison, after he was detained for seven years. Amjad Abu Assab, the head of the Detainees' Parents Committee in Jerusalem, said the soldiers rearrested his brother, Yacoub Mahmoud Abu …
Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Immediately After His Release From Prison
How African Americans Fought For & Won Birthright Citizenship 150 Years Before Trump Tried to End It
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-31
As President Trump claims that he can end birthright citizenship in the United States, we speak with professor Martha Jones about the history of the 14th Amendment, which states, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." Martha Jones is the author of "Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America." She is the Society of Black Alumni presidential professor and professor of history at Johns Hopkins University.
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/31/how_afri…
Birthright Citizenship Expert: This Is Not a Diversion, Trump Has Pushed Radical Plan for Years
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-31
President Trump claimed that he can rewrite the Constitution and end birthright citizenship in the United States in an interview released Tuesday, sparking widespread outrage. Trump told the news outlet Axios that he planned to sign an executive order ending citizenship for children of noncitizens born on U.S. soil. Civil rights groups, legal experts and politicians on both sides of the aisle are blasting Trump for his comments, including the false claim that the U.S. is the only country with birthright laws. In fact, at least 30 other countries have similar laws, including Canada, Mexico and Cuba. We speak with…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/31/birthrig…
FRSO leader condemns Trump's plan for executive order against birthright citizenship
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2018-10-31
San Jose, CA — "Coast to coast – the Freedom Road Socialist Organization condemns President Trump's plan to issue an executive order against birthright citizenship," said Masao Suzuki, chair of the FRSO Joint Nationalities Commission. Suzuki said that proposed executive order would be the most infamous presidential order since President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which led to the incarceration of over 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent in concentrations camps during World War II. | Suzuki pointed out that fight for citizenship rights date back to Dred Scott, whose fight for freedom ended in 1…
fightbacknews.org/2018/10/30/frso-leader-condemns-trump-s-plan-executive-order-against-birthright-citizenship
Denmark Accuses Iran Of Assassination Attempt On Its Territory
Zero Hedge | iranian.com | 2018-10-31
Trump's push for crippling sanctions against Iran got an unexpected supporter on Tuesday, when Denmark accused Iranian intelligence services of trying to carry out a plot to assassinate an Iranian Arab opposition figure on its territory. A Norwegian citizen of Iranian background was arrested in Sweden on Oct. 21 in connection with the plot and […] | The post Denmark Accuses Iran Of Assassination Attempt On Its Territory appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/10/30/denmark-accuses-iran-of-assassination-attempt-on-its-territory/
Is A Saudi Coup Imminent? Crown Prince's Uncle Arrives To Oust "Toxic" MbS
Zero Hedge | iranian.com | 2018-10-31
The youngest brother of Saudi Arabia's King Salman has returned from self-imposed exile to "challenge" Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) "or find someone who can," reports the Middle East Eye. Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz is reportedly hoping to oust his 33-year-old nephew in the wake of an allegedly state-sanctioned murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. MbS has […] | The post Is A Saudi Coup Imminent? Crown Prince's Uncle Arrives To Oust "Toxic" MbS appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/10/31/saudi-coup-mbs/
Employees Who Have Babies Are Still Getting the Axe
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-31
Forty years after Congress passed the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, discrimination against pregnant and breastfeeding workers remains rampant. | Forty years ago, working women in the United States won the legal protection to become working mothers. On Oct. 31, 1978, Congress enacted the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, making it illegal for employers to deny a woman a job — or promotion, or higher pay, or any other opportunity — because she is pregnant. | The statute had an immediate, dramatic impact on women's ability to fully participate in the workforce. Although on-the-job sex discrimination had bee…
aclu.org/blog/womens-rights/pregnancy-and-parenting-discrimination/employees-who-have-babies-are-still
Notes on Antisemitism
Gary Leupp | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-31
(1) Like everything, antisemitism has an origin in time. Some find it in Egyptian, Greek and Roman writings from the 3rd century BCE that critically describe Jews, their curious religious laws, their clannishness, resistance to the death should anyone attack their religious rights. But these writers wrote critically of all they considered barbarians, including Persians,…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/31/notes-on-antisemitism/
Denmark To Suspend Funding To BDS Groups
Middle East Monitor | iranian.com | 2018-10-31
Denmark has announced that it will no longer provide any funding to groups that endorse the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, in what pro-Israel activists have called a significant step. Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen announced the new policy earlier this month is a document entitled "Explanations about the conditions for Danish support for […] | The post Denmark To Suspend Funding To BDS Groups appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/10/30/denmark-suspend-bds-funding/
Thousands protest Trump's visit to Pittsburgh synagogue following mass shooting
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-10-31
The popular rejection of Trump's far-right policies highlights the cowardice and complicity of the Democratic Party, which offers no principled opposition to Trump's fascistic attacks on immigrants and democratic rights more broadly.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/31/pitt…
Ohio's Congressional Map is Broken. Here Are 3 Ways to Fix It
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-31
Ohio's map consistently gives Republicans 75 percent of the states' congressional seats, regardless of the votes they earn. | As Ohio voters head to the polls next week, many will struggle to overcome congressional districts that have allowed politicians to choose their voters instead of the other way around. | Thanks to an aggressive redistricting operation, Ohio's current congressional map, enacted in December 2011, is gerrymandered to lock in a 12-to-4 district advantage for Republican candidates. | In each subsequent election, it has w…
aclu.org/blog/voting-rights/gerrymandering/ohios-congressional-map-broken-here-are-3-ways-fix-it
US Sanctions Cost Venezuela $6B Since August 2017, Sparking Humanitarian Catastrophe
Randi Nord | mintpressnews.com | 2018-10-31
CARACAS, VENEZUELA — United States sanctions against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela have cost the Latin American nation $6 billion since August of 2017, leaving the fate of healthcare and access to basic goods in jeopardy for millions of already struggling Venezuelans. | As recently as early October, an anonymous source from the Trump administration told Reuters that "all options are on the table" in regard to even tighter sanctions against the country. Thi…
mintpressnews.com/us-sanctions-cost-venezuela-6b-since-august-2017-sparking-humanitarian-catastrophe/251274/
Oshkosh students and community members oppose anti-trans policies
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2018-10-31
Oshkosh, WI – 20 people rallied outside of Polk Library on the UW-Oshkosh (UWO) campus, on the evening of October 29, to stand in solidarity with transgender and gender non-conforming people as they face attacks from the reactionary Trump administration. | The event was co-hosted by UWO Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the community group United Action Oshkosh (UAO). Taking place in a main plaza on campus, the demonstration featured militant chants, such as "We exist, we resist! We are here, we are queer!" and demanding trans rights now. Others held signs with phrases like "Trans liberation now!" and "
fightbacknews.org/2018/10/31/oshkosh-students-and-community-members-oppose-anti-trans-policies
Young People of Color Ready to Vote, Motivated by Racial Justice
Regan Farley | naacp.org | 2018-10-31
Civil Rights and Racial Equity Groups Unveil New Research on Youth of Color Perspectives Going into Midterm Election WHO: The Racial Equity Anchor Collaborative funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation: NAACP; Advancement Project's national office; Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF); Demos; Faith in Action; National Congress of American Indians, National Urban League; […] | The post Young People of Color Ready to Vote, Motivated by Racial Justice appeared first on
Coder charged with leaking CIA hacking secrets to WikiLeaks says he's being tortured in prison
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-31
A former CIA coder who allegedly gave files about the agency's hacking tools to WikiLeaks claims he is being tortured in a Manhattan prison, where he is currently being held while awaiting trial for espionage. | …
rt.com/usa/442785-cia-coder-prison-torture/
Brazilian Communists rally to defend democracy after Bolsonaro win
Steve Sweeney | peoplesworld.org | 2018-10-31
Brazilian Communists called for a broad unity to defend democracy following Sunday's election of far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro as the country's president. The Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) warned of a new political period in Brazil, with Bolsonaro's presidency marking a threat to democracy and the rights of the people. Bolsonaro will try to "establish …
peoplesworld.org/article/brazilian-communists-rally-to-defend-democracy-after-bolsonaro-win/
Israeli 'Thought Police' Lose Effort to Ban Student Over BDS
INA | imemc.org | 2018-10-31
Lara Al-Qassem, an American student of Palestinian origin, has defeated an Israeli effort to ban and deport her over her prior support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, BDS. TRNN speaks to her attorney, Yotam Ben-Hillel. | Video & Transcript: | AARON MATE:…
Israeli ‘Thought Police’ Lose Effort to Ban Student Over BDS
Iran's Worst Nightmare Is Coming True
Tim Daiss | iranian.com | 2018-10-30
In what must seem like a nightmare scenario for Iran, not only is another U.S. president leveling sanctions against its economy, and particularly that economy's lifeblood, its oil sector, but the current U.S. president has admittedly made it his mission to drive Tehran to its knees over what he sees as non-compliance over the 2015 […] | The post Iran's Worst Nightmare Is Coming True appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/10/30/irans-worst-nightmare-is-coming-true/
New Yorkers take the streets for trans rights
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2018-10-30
New York, NY – Over 300 people gathered in the heart of the Flatiron District to stand up for trans rights. The call to action was made by several different organizations that belong to the Rapid Feminist Response network, which responded to the Trump administration memo that was uncovered by the New York Times. The memo, put out last spring by the Department of Human Health and Services, was adamantly proposing that all governmental agencies narrowly define gender by the biological sex organ a person was born with. | | The protest began at 5: 30 p.m. right in front of the Flatiron building. There were speeches…
fightbacknews.org/2018/10/30/new-yorkers-take-streets-trans-rights
Dallas rallies against Trump's attempt to erase transgender people
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2018-10-30
Dallas, TX -On October 28, about 50 people showed up at Belo Garden Park across from the federal building in Downtown Dallas to protest against the Trump administration's rollback of the rights of transgender people. The protest was held by the Freedom Road Socialist Organization and the Party for Socialism and Liberation. The event began with a rally, followed by speeches and then a march. | Signs present included, "You tried to bury us, you didn't know we were seeds," and "Protect trans lives!" Chants that include "It's our history don't deny it, Stonewall was a trans riot" and "When trans people are…
fightbacknews.org/2018/10/30/dallas-rallies-against-trumps-attempt-erase-transgender-people
Salt Lake City: 'We Exist, We Resist' rally defends transgender rights
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2018-10-30
Salt Lake City, UT – More than 70 people rallied in downtown Salt Lake City, October 27, to protest Trump's proposed policies that would erase protections for transgender and non-binary individuals. Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) at the University of Utah organized the event, in conjunction with other protests by SDS chapters around the country. | There were two speakers from SDS, and they reminded the crowd that trans women, especially trans women of color, are targets of transphobic violence and that 22 trans women have been killed so far this year. With Trump's blatant attack on the trans community th…
fightbacknews.org/2018/10/30/salt-lake-city-we-exist-we-resist-rally-defends-transgender-rights
No, Mr. President. You Can't Change the Constitution by Executive Order
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-30
The 14th Amendment's citizenship guarantee is one of the bedrocks of America. | President Trump said this week that he is preparing an executive order to try to take away the citizenship guarantee in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which says that people born in the United States are United States citizens. On Tuesday, Sen. Lindsey Graham announced that he would introduce legislation with the same aim. | But the president cannot repeal part of the Constitution by executive order. And…
aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/road-citizenship/no-mr-president-you-cant-change-constitution-executive-order
Trump Administration Is Illegally Turning Away Asylum Seekers
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-30
We filed a Freedom of Information Act request to find out why refugees are being turned away at Texas border. | When President Trump announced on Monday that he planned to send some 5,000 military troops to fortify the southern border, even his supporters were quick to dismiss this as a political stunt. A convoy of migrants, many of whom are families with young children fleeing violence, is not a threat to the United States. | There is a crisis unfolding at the border, but it is not the one the Trump administration would have its supporters believe. The real problem at the border is that U.S. Customs and Border…
aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/trump-administration-illegally-turning-away-asylum-seekers
How Google Wipes Palestine Off the Map
Middle East Monitor | theantimedia.com | 2018-10-30
(MEMO Op-ed) — Like the other Silicon Valley monopolies, Google habitually takes the side of Israeli occupation and war crimes in Palestine — the very term Palestine is not used by their highly influential maps app. A new report by a Palestinian human rights group last month exposed the depths of Google's dedication to the Israeli occupation. With a known …
Glenn Greenwald on Bolsonaro: Brazil Has Elected "Most Extremist Leader in the Democratic World"
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-29
Far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro has been elected Brazil's next president, marking the most radical political shift in the country since military rule ended more than 30 years ago. Bolsonaro, a former Army officer, openly supports torture and dictatorships, has a history of making racist, misogynistic and homophobic comments, and has threatened to destroy, imprison or banish his political opponents. He defeated Fernando Haddad of the leftist Workers' Party with 55 percent of the vote. His ascendance to power is leading many to fear the future of democracy in Brazil is in danger. We speak with Glenn Greenwald, Puli…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/29/glenn_gr…