Iran's Not the Aggressor, the US Is
Khury Petersen-Smith | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-17
It's easy to be confused about what's happening between the U.S. and Iran. On July 10, President Trump again accused Iran of violating the Obama-era nuclear deal, in a tweet that he concluded by promising to increase U.S. sanctions "substantially." Similarly, headlines — such as a recent New York Times article that originally proclaimed,…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/17/irans-not-the-aggressor-the-us-is/

Speak out for immigrant rights!
Party for Socialism and Liberation | indybay.org | 2019-07-17
16th & Mission BART Plaza…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/16/18824790.php

As Asylum Ban Takes Effect, Rights Groups Sue Trump Over Effort to 'Inflict Maximal Cruelty on Vulnerable People'
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-17
"This is the Trump administration's most extreme run at an asylum ban yet. It clearly violates domestic and international law, and cannot stand." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/17/asylum-ban-takes-effect-rights-groups-sue-trump-over-effort-inflict-maximal-cruelty?cd-origin=rss

National strike against Ecuadorian government demands Assange's freedom
wsws.org | 2019-07-17
The protests in defense of Assange and the recent five-day strike in Ecuador demonstrate that the only social basis for his liberation and the defense democratic rights is the international working class.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/17/ecua…

Japanese Americans and allies protest the unjust detention of children at Fort Sill
Mike Ishii | indybay.org | 2019-07-17
Fort Sill | 2999 N.W. Sheridan Road | Lawton, Oklahoma…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/16/18824794.php

Denver marches to close Trump's concentration camps
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-16
Aurora, CO – Hundreds of protestors marched from the Peoria transit station to the corporate-run GEO Group ICE Processing Center on July 12. The march was led by the Coalition to Close Concentration Camps. The coalition is composed of many local immigrant rights groups and community activists demanding President Trump close the camps. | Marchers chanted, "Close the camps! "Shut it down!" and "Say it loud, say it clear, immigrants are welcome here!" They also proudly displayed signs reading "Abolish ICE," "Don't look away" and "Never again is now." One leader spoke about U.S. government intervention in Central Am…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/16/denver-m…

We Must Be More Active in Defense of Migrants: Rigoberta Menchu
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-16
Guatemalan Indigenous leader and 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu expressed Tuesday that one must be energetic to defend human rights and considered that the raids in the United States are an offense to the migrants of the world. | RELATED: | Trump Bars Asylum Seekers at US Southern Border | "What happens in the U.S. can be replicated in other parts of the world and this is not good news, because it is confining young people and mothers, it is humiliating people, so who we are to t…
telesurenglish.net/news/Rigoberta-Menchu-Defends-Migrants-US-Mexico–20190716-0021.html

Oaklanders condemn Trump immigration policies, demand respect and humane treatment
Marilyn Bechtel | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-16
OAKLAND, Calif.–The biggest result so far from the immigration raids touted by President Trump may well be the flood of actions throughout the country, including the San Francisco Bay Area, demanding that immigrants' rights be fully respected and that they be treated humanely. Among dozens of Bay Area actions was one that filled the plaza …
peoplesworld.org/article/oaklanders-condemn-trump-immigration-policies-demand-respect-and-humane-treatment/

Migrants Are Fleeing Something Worse
Megan Klein | progressive.org | 2019-07-16
Clearly, if the appalling conditions in detention centers are an improvement from what they are fleeing, these migrants have a sufficient basis for seeking asylum in the United States.
progressive.org/op-eds/migrants-are-fleeing-something-worse-Klein-190516/

Julián Castro Is Running for President & Supporting Striking Amazon & McDonald's Workers
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-16
Amid labor strikes against poor working conditions and low wages for Amazon and McDonald's workers, we speak with 2020 presidential candidate Julián Castro about workers' rights, fair pay and where he stands on foreign policy, from China to Israel.
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/16/julian_ca…

UNHCR Warns of Rights Violations over US Asylum Policies
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-16
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Office (UNHCR) warned Tuesday that the new asylum application policies by which the United States seeks to stop migrant flow go against international obligations because they highly violate basic rights and freedoms. | RELATED: | Over 39,000 Honduran Migrants Deported From Mexico | "We understand the U.S. asylum sys…
telesurenglish.net/news/UNHCR-Warns-of-Rights-Violations-over-US-Asylum-Policies-20190716-0010.html

Italy: Migrants Occupy Basilica Asking for Housing and Dignity
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-16
About 60 rural workers occupied the Basilic San Nicola di Bari on Tuesday morning demanding labor rights, coming from cities of the Foggia province. such as , San Severo, Manfredonia, Cerignola, Lucera. | RELATED: | Migrants and 'Black Vests' Occupy Historical Monument in Paris | "Pope Francis says that work gives human beings sense of dignity," said union leader Aboubakar Soumahoro, "but our work has no dignity and no rights." "For this reason, we decided to fight for the conque…
telesurenglish.net/news/Italy-Migrants-Occupy-Basilica-Asking-for-Housing-and-Dignity-20190716-0016.html

'Our Fight for Justice Is Far From Over': Bernie Sanders Thanks Cardi B for Backing 2020 Campaign
Jenna McGuire, newsroom staff | commondreams.org | 2019-07-16
"This man been fighting for equal rights, HUMAN rights for such a long time." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/16/our-fight-justice-far-over-bernie-sanders-thanks-cardi-b-backing-2020-campaign?cd-origin=rss

25 years after population conference, women still face challenges to 'well-being and human rights', says UN chief
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-16
Many women and girls "still face enormous challenges to their health, well-being and human rights", Secretary-General António Guterres told a High-level General Assembly meeting on Tuesday conevened to mark the 25th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), a milestone in reproductive health and rights.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1042611

Liberals Use 'Human Rights' to Push Coup in Venezuela
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-16
The modern way to overthrow a government the capitalist world doesn't like is by claiming to do it in the name of supporting 'human rights'. This requires that the target be portrayed as a rights violator. | As part of their …
globalresearch.ca/liberals-use-human-rights-push-coup-venezuela/5683744

Shocking number of universities won't take action on sweatshops in their supply chains
Chris Jarvis | thecanary.co | 2019-07-16
On July 16, a new league table of universities was published. The league ranks the UK's universities on the strength of their environmental policies and their work to uphold human rights. It's produced by student campaign group People & Planet. | One of its sections focuses on workers' rights. And its findings don't reflect well on the UK's universities. They suggest many universities are failing to take action to defend the rights of workers in their supply chains. | Two-thirds of universi…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2019/07/16/shocking-number-of-universities-wont-take-action-on-sweatshops-in-their-supply-chains/

Liberals Using "Human Rights" to Push Coup in Venezuela
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-16
The modern way to overthrow a government the capitalist world doesn't like is by claiming to do it in the name of supporting 'human rights'. This requires that the target be portrayed as a rights violator. As part of their effort to overthrow Nicolas Maduro's government, Ottawa has funded and promoted a slew of groups …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/liberals-using-human-rights-to-push-coup-in-venezuela/

Trade Group Paves the Way for China Sanctions on the U.S
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-16
In a case dating to 2007, the World Trade Organization rules that the U.S. wrongly calculated tariffs imposed to punish China for subsidies.
truthdig.com/articles/trade-group-paves-the-way-for-china-sanctions-on-the-u-s/

What Right Has Britain to Seize an Iranian Tanker Off Spain?
Gary Leupp | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-16
"We have reason to believe that the Grace 1 was carrying its shipment of crude oil to the Banyas Refinery in Syria. That refinery is the property of an entity that is subject to European Union sanctions against Syria." — Fabian Picardo, chief minister of Gibraltar…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/16/what-right-has-britain-to-seize-an-iranian-tanker-off-spain/

Venezuela Rejects EU Sanctions Warnings
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-16
The Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jorge Arreaza, published Tuesday a communiqué on his Twitter account denouncing and rejecting statements made by the High Representative of the European Union (EU), Federica Mogherini, as she threatened the South American country with new sanctions if there was no progress in talks between the Venezuelan opposition and the government of President Nicolas Maduro. | RELATED: | Blockade Forces Venezuelan Kids To Leave Argentinian Hospital…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-rejects-EU-sanctions-warnings-20190716-0020.html

Venezuelan FM Rejects Statements by His Colombian Peer
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-16
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza has rejected the statements made by his Colombian counterpart, Carlos Holmes Trujillo, who is fulfilling an agenda in the United States. | RELATED: | Venezuela Rejects EU Sanctions Warnings | During his visit, Holmes Trujillo reiterated the accusations of an alleged connection between the Venezuelan government and Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN). | In this regard, the Venezuelan diplomat denounced that these theories aim to distract attention from t…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuelan-FM-Rejects-Statements-by-His-Colombian-Peer-20190716-0025.html

CIA Pushes for Expansion of Secrecy Law to Stifle Public Criticism
Kevin Gosztola | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-16
When the CIA and other agencies in the United States government pushed for the Intelligence Identities Protection Act (IIPA) in 1981, it was crafted to exclude "covert agents" who resided in the U.S. | There was consideration by the House Permanent …
globalresearch.ca/invoking-wikileaks-torture-report-cia-pushes-expansion-secrecy-law-stifle-public-criticism/5683742

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Response to Justice Department's Decision to Not Prosecute N.Y.P.D. Officer Responsible for Death of Eric Garner
commondreams.org | 2019-07-16
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/07/16/lawyers-committee-civil-rights-under-law-response-justice-departments-decision?cd-origin=rss

Immigrant Rights Group: New Asylum Rule Puts Thousands of Lives at Risk
commondreams.org | 2019-07-16
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/07/16/immigrant-rights-group-new-asylum-rule-puts-thousands-lives-risk?cd-origin=rss

Guaido's Bodyguards Arrested as Venezuela Talks Resume in Barbados
Venezuela Analysis | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-16
(VZA) — Three men linked to self-declared "Interim President" Juan Guaido were arrested on Friday while allegedly selling weapons stolen during the failed April 30 putsch. According to Communications Minister Jorge Rodriguez, Guaido's personal bodyguards Erick Sanchez and Jason Parisi, as well as Sanchez's cousin Eduardo Garcia, were detained while reportedly trying to sell five AK-103 rifles …

Guaido's Bodyguards Arrested as Venezuela Talks Resume in Barbados

'Somewhere People Just Accepted What's Going On as Normal'
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-16
The Border Patrol agent, a veteran with 13 years on the job, had been assigned to the agency's detention center in McAllen, Texas, for close to a month when the team of court-appointed lawyers and doctors showed up one day at the end of June. | Taking in the squalor, the stench of unwashed bodies, and the poor health and vacant eyes of the hundreds of children held there, the group members appeared stunned. | Then, their outrage rolled through the facility like a thunderstorm. One lawyer emerged from a conference room clutching her cellphone to her ear, her voice trembling with urgency and frustration. "There's a…
truthdig.com/articles/somewhere-people-just-accepted-whats-going-on-as-normal/

Real Talk Tho: How will Baltimore Respond to Immigration Policy"
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-16
As Trump Ratchets Up Anti-immigrant Rhetoric, How Will Baltimore Respond? Images of children at the border locked in cages and starving have sparked protests across the country. Meanwhile, President Trump's threats to carry out raids in cities like Baltimore have immigrant communities living in fear of being detained or deported. Do these harsh immigration policies…
therealnews.com/stories/real-talk-tho-how-will-baltimore-respond-to-immigration-policy

Appeals Court Delivers 'Tremendous Blow to Federal Workers' With Decision to Uphold Trump's Anti-Union Executive Orders
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-16
Unions representing hundreds of thousands of federal employees vowed to fight a federal appeals court ruling in which a three-judge panel unanimously upheld President Donald Trump's executive orders which attacked workers' rights. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/16/appeals-court-delivers-tremendous-blow-federal-workers-decision-uphold-trumps-anti?cd-origin=rss

Undocumented Workers Have Rights & How the US Destabilized Honduras
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-16
Episode 8 of Real Talk Tho: As Trump threaten immigration raids, how will Baltimore respond? (9/10)…
therealnews.com/stories/undocumented-workers-have-rights-how-the-us-destabilized-honduras

NYPD Must #FirePantaleo Now, Eric Garner's Family Says After DOJ Announces It Will Not Prosecute Officer Accused of Using Chokehold
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-16
Civil rights advocates decried the U.S. Justice Department's announcement on Tuesday that it would not prosecute a New York police officer in the death of Eric Garner as a "gross injustice" and demanded that the officer be fired. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/16/nypd-must-firepantaleo-now-eric-garners-family-says-after-doj-announces-it-will-not?cd-origin=rss

'Devastating, Illegal, and Unethical': Trump Denounced for Imposing Sweeping Attack on Abortion Rights Nationwide
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-16
After President Donald Trump's administration announced Monday that it would immediately begin enforcing a ban on abortion referrals at clinics that receive federal tax dollars, outraged reproductive rights advocates warned about the impact on healthcare nationwide and vowed to keep fighting against what they call the domestic gag rule. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/16/devastating-illegal-and-unethical-trump-denounced-imposing-sweeping-attack-abortion?cd-origin=rss

Senators demand Congressional approval for ANY plan to loosen Huawei sanctions
rt.com | 2019-07-16
A bipartisan proposal in the US Senate would require the White House to seek the approval of Congress before it can eliminate or relax the trade limitations imposed on the Chinese telecom giant Huawei. | …
rt.com/usa/464335-senators-demand-approval-huawei/

#Resistance fawns over Antifa 'martyr' killed while attempting to set ICE facility on fire
rt.com | 2019-07-16
Impassioned tributes for Willem Van Spronsen, the seasoned Antifa activist who was shot dead by police after attacking an ICE detention center in Tacoma on Saturday, have flooded Twitter, praising him as a "hero" and a "martyr." | …
rt.com/usa/464256-activist-attack-ice-praised/

Hundreds join united action in Palo Alto, Calif., to shut down Palantir Technologies for complicity with ICE
Jon Britton | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-15
In a great show of unity in action, more than a dozen groups from all over the San Francisco Bay Area joined together July 19 to protest at Palantir Technologies in Palo Alto for the company's provision of software facilitating ICE raids, detentions and deportations.
liberationnews.org/hundreds-join-united-action-in-palo-alto-calif-to-shut-down-palantir-technologies-for-complicity-with-ice/

Close the concentration camps
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-07-15
The U.S. government is detaining thousands of migrants, in what can only be described as a system of 21st century concentration camps. Justin Akers Chacón–professor of U.S. History and Chicano Studies in San Diego and author, with Mike Davis, of No One is Illegal–examines the background to this horrific story, suggesting that Trump's detention centres […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/15/close-the-concentration-camps/

"We Are in Fear": Undocumented Immigrant in Sanctuary Responds to Raids from Colorado Church
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-15
As immigrant communities face ongoing raids across the country, we speak with Rosa Sabido, one of dozens of undocumented immigrants living in churches across the United States. She entered sanctuary in May 2017 in the fellowship hall at United Methodist Church in Mancos, Colorado, after being told that her latest request of stay of deportation had been denied by ICE. She first came to the U.S. on a visitor visa in 1987 to see her mother and stepfather, who are both naturalized U.S. citizens. "We are in fear. We are on guard," says Sabido. "We are on constant panic, and we don't know what's going to happen in our…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/15/rosa_sabi…

Cruelty Is the Point: Communities Fight Back as Threat of ICE Raids Terrorize Immigrant Families
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-15
This weekend, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents launched a handful of raids across the country as part of President Trump's push to detain and deport thousands of undocumented migrants in 10 major cities. Agents in Chicago reportedly arrested a mother and her children only to quickly release them. Arrests were also attempted in New York City, in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and Harlem, where immigrants reportedly refused to open their doors to ICE agents because they did not have warrants. Authorities say more raids are planned this week, prompting fear but also generating mass protests on the ground. We speak…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/15/immigrati…

UN Human Rights Council Adopts Resolution Rejecting US Sanctions
TeleSur English | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-15
The draft resolution was approved with 28 votes in favor, 14 against and five abstentions, and was presented by Venezuela and Palestine on behalf of the Movement of Non-aligned Countries.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14585

The UN's Free Speech Problem
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-15
Anyone willing to consult the international law book on the subject of free speech will find it heavy with protections for free speech. The UN Declaration of Human Rights features, in its preamble, the ideal that "human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want", nothing less than "the …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/the-uns-free-speech-problem/

How Some Florida Prosecutors Are Pushing Back Against GOP Voter Suppression Efforts
Maryam Saleh | theintercept.com | 2019-07-15
The GOP legislature is trying to take the vote away from people with past legal woes — and some prosecutors are looking for ways around a new restriction.
theintercept.com/2019/07/15/florida-voting-rights-amendment-4/

Lights for Liberty give heart to detainees in downtown Los Angeles
Eric A. Gordon | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-15
LOS ANGELES–All over America, and in cities abroad, people revolted by the images of small children locked up in cages by the Donald Trump administration gathered Friday, July 12, to lift high their "Lights for Liberty." Perhaps never before in our nation's history has the Lady of the Lamp in New York's harbor needed so …
peoplesworld.org/article/lights-for-liberty-give-heart-to-detainees-in-downtown-los-angeles/

Pompeo's 'Inalienable Rights Commission' — A Conservative Christian Assault on Human Rights?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-15
The newly-announced State Department "commission on inalienable rights" is a Trojan Horse for the long-planned Conservative Christian attack on human rights.
therealnews.com/stories/pompeos-inalienable-rights-commission-a-conservative-christian-assault-on-human-rights

War by Other Means: Understanding and Challenging U.S. Sanctions Against Venezuela (1/3)
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-15
2019 Left Forum panel on US economic war against Venezuela, presented by TRNN's Greg Wilpert…
therealnews.com/stories/war-by-other-means-understanding-and-challenging-u-s-sanctions-against-venezuela-1-3

Minneapolis stands with Iran, Venezuela, Cuba against U.S. sanctions regime
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-14
Minneapolis, MN – "Workers of the world, unite! Not 'workers of America unite' or 'workers who look like us, pray like us or love like us unite.' It's all workers," said union organizer David Gilbert-Pederson of Minnesota Workers United. "We have more in common with the tailor in Tehran than the bankers who crashed our economy. We have more in common with the bus driver in Caracas than the politicians locking kids in cages." | Gilbert-Pederson spoke to a protest on Lake Street, July 13, of over 80 people gathered to oppose recent U.S. war threats against Iran and Venezuela. Organized by the Minnesota Peace Action…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/14/minneapo…

Activists in Oshkosh, WI call for closure of Trump's concentration camps
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-14
Oshkosh, WI – On the evening of July 12, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Students for a Democratic Society (UWO SDS) hosted a Lights for Liberty rally, demanding an end to the Trump administration's detention policy and the closure of the concentration camps, where tens of thousands of immigrants are being held in clear breach of international law. The call to action drew roughly 30 people from Oshkosh and the surrounding Fox Valley area. | The event started with a silent candlelight vigil to help bring awareness to the disastrous conditions in the camps. The action featured 12 different people speaking…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/14/activist…

With ICE Raids Expected to Begin Today, the Message is Clear: "Know Your Rights"
Eoin Higgins | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-14
The ICE raids are expected to target migrant families in at least 10 cities on Sunday.

With ICE Raids Expected to Begin Today, the Message is Clear: "Know Your Rights"

San Diego demands closure of Trump's concentration camps
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-13
San Ysidro, CA – Protesters marched from Larsen Field in San Ysidro to the pedestrian border crossing Friday evening, July 12. The march was led by local Kumeyaay tribal elders, accompanied by the Brown Berets, and local immigrant rights and political organizations in demanding an immediate end to the Trump administration's refugee and immigrant concentration camps. | These camps have been the center of popular outrage, as many reports have surfaced of children being ripped away from their families, sexually assaulted and denied medical treatment. Some even died in custody or immediately following release. S…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/13/san-dieg…

Empire's War under the Radar: Nicaragua
Roger Stoll | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-13
In April of 2018 armed and unarmed proxies of the US in collaboration with Nicaraguan elites launched a war against the Nicaraguan state, its government, its economy and its people. It disrupted transportation and communications throughout the country and sabotaged the economy. This was effected through acts of vandalism, arson, assault, beatings, killings, torture and …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/empires-war-under-the-radar-nicaragua/

Venezuela: 'Progress' Reported in Gov't-Opposition Talks as US Sanctions Counter-Intelligence Agency
Lucas Koerner and Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-12
The agenda of the talks has not been disclosed but the topic of elections is reportedly being left for last.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14584

Know Your Rights: How Immigrant Rights Activists Are Preparing for Looming ICE Deportation Raids
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-12
Immigrant communities across the country and their allies are preparing for nationwide raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement planned to begin Sunday that will target undocumented members of immigrant families in at least nine major cities. The cities where raids will take place are said to be Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York and San Francisco. New Orleans had been on the list, but the city announced this weekend that ICE was temporarily postponing the raids due to Tropical Storm Barry. We speak with a roundtable of immigrants' rights activists: Adelina Nicholls, th…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/12/trump_ice…