(2022-07-12). "Never Surrender": Statement from Political Prisoner Fidencio Aldama. indybay.org My name is Fidencio Aldama Pérez. I am part of the Yaqui tribe. I was taught to respect other people, without forgetting something very important: THE STRUGGLE FOR OUR TERRITORY.
(2022-07-12). Sit-Ins Mark New Stage Of Protests Against Sudan's Military Junta. popularresistance.org Revolutionary slogans and music defying the military junta continue to resonate from at least four sit-in protests in Sudan as on Monday, July 11, eleven days after security forces injured over 600 during the landmark anti-coup protests on June 30. Efforts are underway to organize a total civil disobedience campaign and political general strike. | Sudan's pro-democracy protest movement is arguably at its strongest since the coup on October 25, 2021, and growing despite the continuing attacks on sit-ins and the custodial torture of detainees. The over 5,000 neighborhood Resistance Committees (RCs) across Sudan, wh…
(2022-07-12). Roe v. Wade is Gone. A Wave of Criminalization is Coming. scheerpost.com Police arrest four women protesters who chained themselves to the columns at the steps of City Hall to denounce the US Supreme Court decision that ended federal abortion rights protections on July 6, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. David McNew/Getty Images | By Marc Steiner / | The recent Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case achieved something the right has pursued for decades—overturning Roe v. Wade. From legislation recognizing "fetal personhood" in Georgia and Alabama to…
(2022-07-12). Victims of Discrimination Have No Path to Justice Following Supreme Court Decision. aclu.org When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, our laws did not provide any recourse against the discrimination she faced. In the decades that followed, organizers and civil rights groups won key battles to expand our laws to protect against discrimination for Black people, women, and people with disabilities. Until recently, thanks to the groundwork laid by people like Parks, people who faced discrimination could seek damages for the emotional distress they endured. But the U.S. Supreme Court blocked that avenue for relief in Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C, tur…
(2022-07-12). UK Bill Threatens Journalists With Life in Prison. orinocotribune.com By Mohamed Elmaazi  ; , 2022 | Journalists And Publishers Could Face Life Sentences If National Security Bill 2022, Being Debated In The U.K. Parliament, Becomes Law. | The British Parliament is debating a national security bill which could undermine the basis of national security reporting and ultimately throw journalists in jail for life. | A person convicted under the new offense of "obtaining or disclosing protected information," defined in Section 1 of National Security Bill 2022, faces a fine, life imprisonment, or both, if convicted following a jury trial. | A review of the parliamentary debate on…
(2022-07-12). 2 ISIL wanted elements detained in Baghdad. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) — The Baghdad Police Command announced on Monday that two ISIL terrorists that have been wanted for years have been arrested in the Iraqi capital.
(2022-07-12). Iran urges UN to hold Sweden accountable for illegal arrest. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) — Secretary of Iran High Council for Human Rights has urged the UN to hold the Swedish government accountable for the illegal detention and trial of an Iranian national, Hamid Nouri, while calling for his immediate release.
(2022-07-12). HR org.s silence towards Bosnian genocide not to be forgotten. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) — Iranian Government Spokesman Ali Bahadori Jahromi said that silence of the human rights organizations towards the organized Bosnian genocide will not be erased from the historical memory of nations.
(2022-07-12). Wisconsin Supreme Court declares absentee ballot drop boxes illegal, questions validity of 2020 election. wsws.org The Wisconsin ruling is the latest in a long line of attacks on voting rights by Republican legislatures and courts following the defeat of former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election.
(2022-07-11). Military And Political Situation In Europe On July 11, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Lithuania expanded restrictions on the transit of goods to Kaliningrad through its territory, Reuters reported; | Russian gas supplies via the Nord Stream stopped for 10 days due to scheduled annual maintenance since; | Canada will transfer the turbine for the Nord Stream to Russia, making an exception in sanctions at the request of German; | Germany has been reportedly blocking the provision of a ‚Ǩ9 billion aid package to Ukraine for more than a month;…
(2022-07-11). A World of 8 Billion, Yes, but the Unseen, Untold Story of the % (Part 2). transcend.org 8 022 – While women and girls enjoy some of their rights in Western high-income countries, the overwhelming majority of teen and adult women in the impoverished regions of the world's 8-billion population suffer all kinds of inequalities.
(2022-07-11). Israeli court rules in favor of sweeping impunity. electronicintifada.net Legal system is "committed to the legitimization of war crimes," human rights groups say.
(2022-07-11). Examining the US-Israel patron-client relationship ahead of Biden's Middle East visit. peoplesdispatch.org The US has been Israel's biggest financial sponsor for decades, enabling human rights violations. Biden's upcoming trip to the region is expected to further affirm this relationship.
(2022-07-11). The CIO Was One of the Most Successful Anti-Racism Movements in U.S. History. popularresistance.org In the 1930s, a new type of union, an "industrial" union that welcomed all workers in a single workplace emerged as the cutting edge of working-class struggle. Previously, unions and employers both had a long history of racism and support for white supremacy. Certain jobs were reserved for whites, and Black workers were kept out of factories and union halls. This had catastrophic consequences for the working class. For example, in the 1919 Steel Strike, employers brought in 30,000 Black and immigrant workers to break the strike staged by white workers and their racially exclusive unions. Long prevented from joini…
(2022-07-11). Video: Ghassan Kanafani  ; Literature and Revolution with Louis Allday and Omar Zahzah. samidoun.net On Friday, 8 July — the th anniversary of the assassination of Ghassan Kanafani — Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network organized a webinar on Kanafani's literary and revolutionary life. The webinar featured Louis Allday, historian, writer and publisher of the Liberated Texts series, the publisher with Ebb Books of the new edition of On Zionist …
(2022-07-11). Iran's latest surge in executions heavily targets Baloch minority. juancole.com By Hamid Yazdan Panah |  ; Iran is in a midst of yet another surge in executions, reaching a rate of killings in 2021 that is the highest in five years. According to a June 8 report from Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO), at least 168 people have been executed by Iranian authorities in the first …
(2022-07-11). Declare a National Emergency to deal with the abortion rights catastrophe! peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—In the wake of protests from coast to coast, and peaceful civil disobedience—including arrests in front of the White House—pro-abortion activists say Democratic President Joe Biden can and should do a lot more to protect their rights and even their literal safety against anti-abortionists. That demand occurs even as they praise Biden's executive order that …
(2022-07-11). Putin, Lukashenkov discuss Lithuania sanctions. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 11 (MNA) — Putin and Lukashenko discussed a joint response to Lithuania's ban on goods shipments to Kaliningrad, media have said.
(2022-07-11). Hablemos de sexualidad: Una jornada por la protección de los derechos de la infancia (+ Video). cubadebate.cu La protección de los derechos de la infancia está en el centro de las actividades que, con motivo de las jornadas Hablemos de sexualidad: aprender para la vida, inician hoy organizadas por el Centro Nacional de Educación Sexual (Cenesex).
(2022-07-11). Thousands on Parole and Probation Face Unique Barriers in Seeking Abortion Care. scheerpost.com Map of the United States showing which states will outlaw abortion now that Roe v. Wade is overturned. Parole and probation population data from the Prison Policy Initiative. Chart by ScheerPost. | By Victoria Valenzuela / Original to ScheerPost | ScheerPost Staff Writer | The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade leaves many among the more than
(2022-07-11). Swedish firm refrains from selling bandage for "EB" patients. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 11 (MNA) — A Swedish Company, which produces medical supplies, still continues to refuse from selling bandages for Iranian children suffering Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) under pretext of cruel US sanctions imposed against the country.
(2022-07-11). U.S. Announces Visa Restrictions for 28 Cuban Officials. transcend.org 9 022 – The United States announced today the visa restrictions as part of its policy of sanctions against the island, coupled with the tightening of the economic, commercial and financial blockade. Cuba considers that they are part of the aggressive escalation promoted by the White House.
(2022-07-11). Angola Mourns Ex-President Jose Eduardo dos Santos. transcend.org 9 022 – Angolans eulogized former President Jose Eduardo dos Santos who died yesterday in Spain. He was 79 and ruled Angola for 38 years. Born 28 Aug. 1942 to immigrant parents from the archipelago of Sà£o Tome, dos Santos was raised in the poor Luanda neighborhood of Sambizanga. His father was a builder, his mother a maid.
(2022-07-11). Biden meets the Butcher of Riyadh. wsws.org Biden's meeting with Mohammed bin Salman, the murderer of journalist Jamaal Khashoggi, is yet another demonstration that US claims to defend human rights are a transparent fraud.
(2022-07-11). German Parliament Condemns Psychological Torture of Julian Assange. transcend.org In a historic vote on July 6, the German parliament voted in favor of a petition condemning "in the strongest possible terms the psychological torture of journalist Julian Assange and the associated attack on press freedom in Germany and Europe."
(2022-07-11). Texas governor sends National Guard, state police to deport immigrants at the border. wsws.org The move comes days after former Trump officials called on Governor Abbott to declare an "invasion" across the southern border.
(2022-07-11). China urges U.S. to lift sanctions against Cuba. ecns.cn Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Monday urged the United States to lift unilateral sanctions against Cuba completely."ÄÄ"ÄÄ…
(2022-07-11). Resisting Supreme Court, New York State safeguards gun safety and abortion rights. peoplesworld.org NEW YORK—Supreme Court rulings seem to mimic one Republican's slogan "Jesus, Guns, and Babies." The New York State Democratic supermajority has struck back. The state's first female governor, Kathy Hochul, convened a special session of the state legislature at the end of June in response to the Court's rulings of the prior week. She originally …
(2022-07-10). War Scars The Earth. To Heal, We Must Cultivate Hope, Not Harm. popularresistance.org "No War 2022, July 8 — 10," hosted by World BEYOND War, will consider major and growing threats faced in today's world. Emphasizing "Resistance and Regeneration," the conference will feature practitioners of permaculture who work to heal scarred lands as well as abolish all war. | Listening to various friends speak of the environmental impact of war, we recalled testimony from survivors of a Nazi concentration camp on the outskirts of Berlin, Sachsenhausen, where over 200,000 prisoners were interned from 1936 — 1945.
(2022-07-10). The U.S.'s Cynical Misuse of Human Rights. libya360.wordpress.com Carlos Martinez Global politics seems to be moving in two opposite directions. On the one hand, the US and its closest allies are stepping up their efforts to consolidate and expand US hegemony. On the other hand, the countries of the developing world, the socialist countries and the formerly-colonised countries are increasingly united in their…
(2022-07-10). Cuba: One Year After 7/11. popularresistance.org On July 11, it will be one year since the riots in Cuba that made headlines around the world. Anger flared then with the explosive mix of pandemic effects, Donald Trump's suffocating sanctions that Joe Biden kept intact in the midst of a global health emergency, the accumulated social problems, the economic crisis, the inclement temperatures in the island summer. The systemic and prolonged attack on the daily life of Cubans paid off and the 48 hours in which acts of vandalism were carried out in several cities of the country generated rivers of ink and the prognosis that the revolution would collapse, sooner rath…