(2021-07-11). China Mega Investment Deal With Iran Blows U.S. Out of the Picture. strategic-culture.org A new world in the East is amalgamating as a direct result of American's delusional views about where it thinks it is in the world, Martin Jay writes. | China has just announced that it will invest 400 bn dollars in Iran over a period of 25 years in exchange for a great deal on Iran's oil — in the latest move of absolute defiance against the U.S. and its secondary sanctions. Where's this all heading? | 400 bn dollars is a considerable amount of money to invest in Iran, which, since Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the JCPOA (otherwise called the 'Iran Deal') we can certainly say is a poor country. In exc…
(2021-07-11). Rallies in Bay Area for Voting Rights. indybay.org Bay Area residents mobilizing to demand Congress fight voter suppression and pass the For the People Act…
(2021-07-11). US Blacklists More Foreign Firms. popularresistance.org The US Commerce Department claimed on Friday that the companies had been "implicated in human rights violations and abuses in the implementation of China's campaign of repression, mass detention, and high technology surveillance against Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and other members of Muslim minority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region."
(2021-07-11). Ensure reproductive health rights for all on World Population Day: UN chief. news.un.org Erosion of women's reproductive rights has been one of the fallouts from the COVID-19 pandemic, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said.
(2021-07-11). 150 Syrian Militants To Be Deployed In Libya: Monitoring Group. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | More than 150 Turkish-backed Syrian militants are preparing for deployment in Libya, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on July 10. | According to the London-based monitoring group, the militants will replace others who will return to Syria before July 15. The plane that will take the new batch from Turkey to Libya will carry other militants home on its return flight. | "The rotation of [Syrian] mercenaries is being done regularly, every 15 days … [Turkey] has been keeping the…
(2021-07-11). IMF Executive Board Approves Creation of $650 Billion Global Reserve Funds. indybay.org The International Monetary Fund Executive Board agreed to create $650 billion of emergency currency known as Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to help countries deal with the fallout from the coronavirus health and economic crises. The IMF's main governing body, the Board of Governors, will take a final vote in coming weeks to move forward the SDRs creation. In a statement, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva indicated she expects the allocation as soon as August.
(2021-07-10). MoàØse was Tortured before Being Killed: His Arm and Foot were Fractured. orinocotribune.com An explosive new report reveals that the assassinated president of Haiti, Jovenel MoàØse, was tortured before being killed, as it has been found that one of his arms and a foot were fractured. | On Friday, July 9, Mathias Pierre, electoral affairs minister of Haiti, stated on the Colombian radio network
(2021-07-10). Eleven Suspects in MoàØse's Murder Arrested at Taiwanese Embassy in Haiti. orinocotribune.com So far, Haitian authorities have arrested 28 people for allegedly being implicated in MoàØse's murder. Among them are 26 Colombians and two Haitian-Americans, confirmed the Haitian government. | On Friday, July 9, the Taiwanese Embassy in Haiti confirmed that 11 suspects in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel MoàØse were detained at its facilities in Port-au-Prince. | The suspects had entered the embassy earlier in the day while fleeing Haitian police, according to police reports. | Taiwanese diplomats immediately authorized the operation to demonstrate their nation's commitment to the Ha…
(2021-07-10). Bringing the Voices of the Nicaraguan People to Congress. orinocotribune.com By Casa Baltimore-Limay and Friends of Latin America — Jul 8, 2021 | "These people do not have access to the US Congress or media — but their lives are heavily impacted by both. That is why we are bringing their voices to you… We are asking you to do no harm." | On June 30th two Maryland-based solidarity organizations began meeting virtually with members of the U.S. Congress to speak against adoption of the RENACER Act that would impose devastating sanctions on Nicaragua. Casa Baltimore/Limay is a sister community project that has maintained strong ties since 1985; Friends of Latin America has been w…
(2021-07-10). Voter suppression — class war against workers. workers.org 
A July 1 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court issued a death blow to the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which protected historically disenfranchised voters of color. Election night, Lowndes County, Ala., Nov. 8, 1966. In a 6-3 ruling in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, the right-wing majority court nullified Section . . . |
(2021-07-10). Rallies in Bay Area for Voting Rights. indybay.org Bay Area residents mobilizing to demand Congress fight voter suppression and pass the For the People Act…
(2021-07-10). UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur on Palestine slams Israeli Squatter-Settlements as 'War Crime,' Urges Practical Punishment. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Canadian academic and the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, Michael Lynk, made waves on Friday. Lynk asked the nations of the world to classify the Israeli government practice of sponsoring Israeli squatters on Palestinian-owned land on the Occupied Palestinian …
(2021-07-10). Ethiopian Conflict and International Law. orinocotribune.com Legal scholar Francis A. Boyle told Ann Garrison in the following interview that a "Responsibility-to-Protect" intervention in Ethiopia would be illegal and catastrophic. | Ann Garrison: Francis Boyle, you're an expert in international law, including subsets, international human rights law, and international humanitarian law. Could you explain what international humanitarian law is? | Francis A. Boyle: There is a subset of international human rights law that is called international humanitarian law. Now, the truth of the matter is that international humanitarian law is really a euphemism for the laws of war. When…
(2021-07-10). Taking a Wrong Turn on Immigration Detention. zcomm.org The administration is helping to reinforce an extensive system of institutions, policies, attitudes, and values that cast migrants as criminals…
(2021-07-10). Los Angeles community members march for LGBTQ liberation. liberationnews.org 
This Pride event came at a time when the LGBTQ community is under attack and when there are thirty legislations nationwide attacking trans rights.
(2021-07-10). Illinois Bill Mandates Public Schools Teach Asian American History. popularresistance.org Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) has signed legislation mandating public schools teach Asian American history, making the state the first in the nation to do so. | The legislation, the Teaching Equitable Asian American History Act, requires a unit of Asian American history to be taught in public schools beginning in the 2022-2023 school year. | As part of the curriculum, students should be taught "the contributions of Asian Americans toward advancing civil rights from the 19th century onward," Pritzker's office said in a statement. | The curriculum should also include "the contributions made by individual Asian Amer…
(2021-07-10). IMF Executive Board Approves Creation of $650 Billion Global Reserve Funds. indybay.org The International Monetary Fund Executive Board agreed to create $650 billion of emergency currency known as Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to help countries deal with the fallout from the coronavirus health and economic crises. The IMF's main governing body, the Board of Governors, will take a final vote in coming weeks to move forward the SDRs creation. In a statement, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva indicated she expects the allocation as soon as August.
(2021-07-10). Feminists in El Salvador Fight Against a Misogynist Government. zcomm.org As we watch this quick reversal of women's rights unfold from a far, the international community has a duty to act in solidarity with the women and feminist movements in El Salvador…
(2021-07-10). Sri Lankan government uses coronavirus laws to ban protests. wsws.org The ban is a response to mass strikes and demonstrations by workers, farmers, students and fishermen against attacks on social conditions and democratic rights.