2019-07-02: Social Media Postees

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Human rights imperialism, social media censorship and the fraud of Facebook's "Oversight Board"
wsws.org | 2019-07-02
Behind the recent report on the creation of an Oversight Board to oversee "content decisions" at Facebook is a plan for social media censorship in defense of the global capitalist system.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/02/face…

March for Immigrant Rights in Fresno's Tower District
Peter Maiden | indybay.org | 2019-07-02
Immigrant Rights March in Fresno's Tower District…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/29/18824308.php

UK: GCHQ/MI5 admit illegally spying on millions
wsws.org | 2019-07-02
Their admissions were the result of a court case brought by the civil rights group Liberty.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/02/surv…

Watch: Chris Marsden's speech to Paris meeting to demand freedom for Assange and Manning
WSWS repost | indybay.org | 2019-07-02
"No one who is seriously committed to the defence of democratic rights can stand on the sidelines. The case of Julian Assange is a critical twenty-first century battleground in the defence of free speech, truth, and the fight against exploitation, dictatorship and war, the basic evils of the world capitalist system."
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/29/18824301.php

The Social Movement Photography of David Bacon: After Cesar Chavez, United Fruit Workers Tell the World, "We're Still Here."
David Bacon | progressive.org | 2019-07-02
A year after the death of labor rights activist Cesar Chavez, United Fruit Workers organize a march and 15,000 workers join in.
progressive.org/dispatches/the-social-movement-photography-of-david-bacon-Peregrinos-190702/

Stop ICE Raids! Stop Detentions!
Bob Price | indybay.org | 2019-07-02
San Francisco Federal Building | 7th Street at Mission | San Francisco (near Civic Center BART station)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/30/18824320.php

Report Shows Corporations and Bolsonaro Teaming Up to Destroy the Amazon
Joe Catron | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-01
"Bolsonaro has overseen the most significant rollback, and full-on assault, on human rights and environmental protection in Brazil since the fall of the country's military dictatorship."
mintpressnews.com/report-corporations-brazil-bolsonaro-destroy-amazon/260112/

Rejecting 'Rainbow Capitalism' of Corporate-Saturated Pride Parade, Tens of Thousands March for Queer Liberation in NYC
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-01
"We dont want your rainbow merchandise, we want equal human rights." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/01/rejecting-rainbow-capitalism-corporate-saturated-pride-parade-tens-thousands-march?cd-origin=rss

The "American Democracy" and the Torture of Julian Assange
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-01
In a few days July 4th will be upon us. We will hear endless nonsense from insouciant speakers and editorialists about what a great democracy we are, having won our freedom from being a British colony. | One thing the United …
globalresearch.ca/torture-julian-assange/5682315

Nationwide 'close the camps' demonstrations announced to protest horrific conditions at Trump detention centers
Jake Johnson | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-01
As appalling details of the conditions at immigrant detention centers in the U.S. continue to pour in–with one doctor recently comparing them to " torture facilities"–a coalition of rights groups on Friday announced nationwide "Close the Camps" demonstrations for next week to protest the Trump administration's treatment of migrant children. | "We've seen the images and heard the stories coming out of child detention centers," said MoveOn.org, one of the groups help…
nationofchange.org/2019/07/01/nationwide-close-the-camps-demonstrations-announced-to-protest-horrific-conditions-at-trump-detention-centers/

UN Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer exposes propaganda and censorship in Assange reporting
wsws.org | 2019-07-01
Melzer was offered various reasons by newspaper editors for rejecting an op-ed on Assange: "Some of them said it wasn't high enough on their news agenda, some of them said it wasn't within their core area of interest."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/01/melz…

The Autocrats of the Middle East are No Longer a Global Anomaly
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-01
President Hassan Rouhani of Iran got it right on Tuesday. He said that the White House is "afflicted by mental retardation and doesn't know what to do".Donald Trump's new sanctions may not be as "outrageous and idiotic" as Rouhani claims, but we've now reached a stage where the American president's mental incapacity is plain for all to see.
counterpunch.org/2019/07/01/the-autocrats-of-the-middle-east-are-no-longer-a-global-anomaly/

Keep America great (don't count on it!)
Dilip Hiro | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-01
Make America Great Again? Don't count on it. | Donald Trump was partly voted into office by Americans who felt that the self-proclaimed greatest power on Earth was actually in decline — and they weren't wrong. Trump is capable of tweeting many things, but none of those tweets will stop that process of decline, nor will a trade war with a rising China or fierce oil sanctions on Iran. | You could feel this recently, even in the case of the increasingly pressured Iranians. There, with a single pinprick, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei effectively punctured President Trump's MAGA balloon and reminded m…
nationofchange.org/2019/07/01/keep-america-great-dont-count-on-it/

U.S. Sanctions Block Medicine from Venezuela, Killing Thousands
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-01
Ordinary Venezuelans talk about how the sanctions have made it increasingly difficult to access life-saving medications…
therealnews.com/stories/u-s-sanctions-block-medicine-from-venezuela-killing-thousands

U.S. Sanctions Block Medicine from Venezuela, Killing Thousands
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-01
counterpunch.org/2019/07/01/u-s-sanctions-block-medicine-from-venezuela-killing-thousands/

US Sanctions Maduro's Son as Venezuela Discussed at G20
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-01
Russian President Vladimir Putin challenged Juan Guaido to run in elections while Trump said he has "five different alternatives for Venezuela."
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14565

Trump's drive to war with Iran intensifies by the day
Jane Green | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-01
Editor's note: This article by Jane Green, from the Committee for the Defense of the Iranian People's Rights, was prepared for the Peoples World's sister publication, Morning Star, in the UK. Although it contains some details specific to that country it outlines for us all the dangerous situation that continues regarding Trump's preparation for war …
peoplesworld.org/article/trumps-drive-to-war-with-iran-intensifies-by-the-day/

Urban League President Morial: "We Must Not Let Our Guard Down" Because Supreme Court Temporarily Blocked Trump's Bigoted Census Citizenship Question
Marc Morial | blackstarnews.com | 2019-07-01
National Urban League President Marc Morial: "We must not let our guard down" because Supreme Court temporarily blocked Census citizenship question… | Civil rights groups and advocates for a fair census breathed a sigh of relief this week when the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration's "contrived" justification for adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census. | However, the court did not categorically rule out the addition of a question, should the administration eventually provide sufficient justification. | We must not let down our guard. | We have known from the beginning that the additi…
www.blackstarnews.com/us-politics/white-…

The Lie of the Century. Kushner's 136 Pages of Lies. Palestinians have No Rights Whatsoever
Jafar M. Ramini | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-01
Well, it's happened. It's real. Mr. Jared Kushner, the son-in-law and Senior Advisor of President Trump has delivered 136 pages of lies, suppositions and conjuring tricks to seduce or compel us Palestinians to accept our fate and surrender our …
globalresearch.ca/lie-century/5682343

March for Immigrant Rights in Fresno's Tower District
Peter Maiden | indybay.org | 2019-07-01
Immigrant Rights March in Fresno's Tower District…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/29/18824308.php

Sri Lankan railway unions cave in to government's strike ban
wsws.org | 2019-07-01
The RTUA's betrayal has once again demonstrated that workers cannot defend their democratic rights and fight for jobs and decent working conditions through the trade unions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/01/rail…

Watch: Chris Marsden's speech to Paris meeting to demand freedom for Assange and Manning
WSWS repost | indybay.org | 2019-07-01
"No one who is seriously committed to the defence of democratic rights can stand on the sidelines. The case of Julian Assange is a critical twenty-first century battleground in the defence of free speech, truth, and the fight against exploitation, dictatorship and war, the basic evils of the world capitalist system."
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/29/18824301.php

The Philosophical Origins of Patriarchy
Christia Mercer | thenation.com | 2019-07-01
The Philosophical Origins of Patriarchy…
thenation.com/article/patriarchy-sexism-philosophy-reproductive-rights/

Abortion discrimination in the workplace is illegal says U.S. district court
Ruth Milka | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-01
A district court in Louisiana has issued a landmark ruling asserting that abortion discrimination by an employer is illegal and violates women's protections in the workplace. | A yearlong civil rights discrimination case came to a close in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana when U.S. Federal Judge Janis van Meerveld ruled that Nicole Ducharme, a bartender that was fired within 48 hours of having an abortion, was terminated illegally. | Ducharme was a former bartender at the Deja Vu Bar & Grill in New Orleans. She notified her supervisor that she needed time off to terminate her pregn…
nationofchange.org/2019/07/01/abortion-discrimination-in-the-workplace-is-illegal-says-u-s-district-court/

Facebook to Censor Ads that Discourage People from Voting
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-01
The social media giant Facebook Inc. will ban ads that discourage people from voting ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, according to its second annual Civil Rights Audit published on Sunday. | RELATED: | Facebook Says 'No Evidence' Russia Meddled With Brexit Vote | According to Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg's recent blog post, Facebook will put its "don't vote" policy prohibition into effect in the fall, before the U.S. elections that are set to take place on No…
telesurenglish.net/news/Facebook-to-Censor-Ads-that-Discourage-People-from-Voting–20190701-0006.html

Trump renews threat of mass immigrant raids "sometime after July Fourth"
wsws.org | 2019-07-01
The passage of a bill funding immigration detention centers last week, with the support of the Democratic Party, makes the Democrats full partners in the savage repression of immigrants.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/01/immi…

The 'greatest country in the world' can't afford soap for kids — and it's not Sarah Fabian's fault
rt.com | 2019-07-01
A single DOJ lawyer has become a lightning rod for anger over conditions for kids in US border detention facilities — but let's not gloss over the utter absurdity of having debates over soap and toothpaste in 21st century America. | …
rt.com/usa/463159-sarah-fabian-doj-lawyer-obama/

Ocasio-Cortez Live Tweets 'Horrifying' and 'Dehumanizing' Treatment of Migrants as She Tours US Detention Facilities
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-01
"We're talking systemic cruelty with a dehumanizing culture that treats them like animals." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/01/ocasio-cortez-live-tweets-horrifying-and-dehumanizing-treatment-migrants-she-tours?cd-origin=rss

Trump Is Dumping Asylum Seekers on American Streets–but Solidarity Activists Are Fighting Back
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2019-07-01
Trump Is Dumping Asylum Seekers on American Streets–but Solidarity Activists Are Fighting Back…
thenation.com/article/immigrant-detention-trump-solidarity/

Inside the secret border patrol Facebook group where agents joke about migrant deaths and post sexist memes
A.C. Thompson | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-01
The three-year-old group, which has roughly 9,500 members, shared derogatory comments about Latina lawmakers who plan to visit a controversial Texas detention facility on Monday, calling them "scum buckets" and "hoes."
nationofchange.org/2019/07/01/inside-the-secret-border-patrol-facebook-group-where-agents-joke-about-migrant-deaths-and-post-sexist-memes/

Xenophobic and Misogynist Posts in Secret CBP Facebook Group 'Confirm Our Worst Fears' of Agency Culture, Lawmakers Say
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-01
Lawmakers who visited an immigrant detention center near El Paso, Texas on Monday spoke out about revelations of a secret Facebook group in which current and former Border Patrol agents had shared violent and misogynist comments about the members of Congress. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/01/xenophobic-and-misogynist-posts-secret-cbp-facebook-group-confirm-our-worst-fears?cd-origin=rss

#CloseTheCamps: National Protests Against Inhumane Detention of Children & Families
Moveon.org, Families Belong Together, others | indybay.org | 2019-07-01
Protests around San Francisco Bay Area, throughout California, and nationwide | Find an event in your area (keep checking back as new events are being added): act.moveon.org/event/close-camps-now_att……
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/28/18824274.php

Jewish activists say 'never again is now' as they shut down US 'concentration camp'
John McEvoy | thecanary.co | 2019-07-01
On 30 June, US police arrested over 30 Jewish activists protesting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centre in New Jersey. The activists, citing the Holocaust, said " never again…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/07/01/jewish-activists-say-never-again-is-now-as-they-shut-down-us-concentration-camp/

Stop ICE Raids! Stop Detentions!
Bob Price | indybay.org | 2019-07-01
San Francisco Federal Building | 7th Street at Mission | San Francisco (near Civic Center BART station)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/30/18824320.php

Border Patrol's Scandalous Facebook Group Exposed
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-01
Members of a secret Facebook group for current and former Border Patrol agents joked about the deaths of migrants, discussed throwing burritos at Latino members of Congress visiting a detention facility in Texas on Monday and posted a vulgar illustration depicting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez engaged in oral sex with a detained migrant, according to screenshots of their postings. | In one exchange, group members responded with indifference and wisecracks to…
truthdig.com/articles/border-patrols-scandalous-facebook-group-exposed/

#NeverAgainIsNow: 36 Arrested As Hundreds of Jewish Protesters Block Road to Migrant Detention Center
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-01
Rejecting the notion that denouncing the Trump administration's immigrant detention centers as "concentration camps" does harm to the memory of the Holocaust, 200 Jewish people demonstrated at a facility in New Jersey Sunday evening and demanded the release of thousands of immigrants in U.S. custody. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/01/neveragainisnow-36-arrested-hundreds-jewish-protesters-block-road-migrant-detention?cd-origin=rss

Dallas rally to demand "Close immigrant concentration camps!"
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-01
Dallas, TX – Activist groups in Dallas are calling a rally at the Grassy Knoll, 7 p.m., July 2, that will demand the closure of President Trump's concentration camps where refugees and immigrants are detained. There will be speakers from peace and justice, immigrant, and socialist groups. | "We demand that President Trump close these inhumane concentration camps. The camps are cold, unsafe and dirty. Thousands of children are forced to sleep on the hard concrete floors with no mattress. There is no soap or toothbrushes. Children are dying there!" said Sydney Loving of the North Texas Action Committee. | Loving…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/6/30/dallas-r…

Six Turkish citizens held in Libya by Haftar's forces freed
Jerry Omondi | cgtn.com | 2019-07-01
Six Turkish citizens that had been detained in Libya by forces loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar were released on Monday, the Turkish foreign ministry spokesperson said. | The release of the six came following a warning from Istanbul that the eastern Libyan militia would become a "legitimate target" if the detainees were not released. | "If our citizens are not released immediately, those responsible will become a legitimate target and the consequences will be severe," Vice President Fuat Oktay said early Monday. | said. | Haftar's forces had last week announced a ban on ships and flights operating between Lib…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/07/01/six-turkish-citizens-held-in-libya-by-haftars-forces-freed/

World Pride underscores that all people are born 'free and equal' in dignity and human rights
United Nations | un.org | 2019-06-30
The empowering message straight from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) that "all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and human rights" resonated on Sunday from UN-GLOBE members who participated in the World Pride parade in New York City.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/06/1041612

U.S role in Hong Kong protests
Special to Workers World | workers.org | 2019-06-30
The corporate media have used recent protests in Hong Kong to attack and vilify the People's Republic of China and the ruling role of the Chinese Communist Party, under the pretext of defending human rights. Without knowing the history, as well as all the ways the U.S. super-rich and their . . . | Continue reading U.S role in Hong Kong protests at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/06/30/u-s-role-in-hong-kong-protests/

Selected Articles: Demasking the Torture of Julian Assange
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-30
Do you value the reporting and in-depth analysis provided by Global Research on a daily basis? | Click to | * * * | | Capitalist Development and Community Demolitions …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-demasking-the-torture-of-julian-assange/5682201

To Avoid War, the US Must Stop the Sanctions against Iran and Return to the JCPOA
Mehrnaz Shahabi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-30
Iran's decision to increase its stock of low enriched uranium from 174.1 kilograms on 20 May to beyond the JCPOA's agreed limit of 300 kilograms on 27 June 2019, is not a "violation" or "breach" of the nuclear deal, as …
globalresearch.ca/avoid-war-us-must-stop-sanctions-iran-return-jcpoa/5682170

Europeans Bowing to Trump on Iran Sanctions, Despite Their Opposition
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-30
Trita Parsi, founder of the National Iranian American Council, says that military confrontation between the US and Iran becomes more likely, especially since Europeans who oppose US sanctions are not really pushing back against Trump…
therealnews.com/stories/europeans-bowing-to-trump-on-iran-sanctions-despite-their-opposition

The 'Trump Doctrine' Is Sinking Fast
Reese Erlich | commondreams.org | 2019-06-30
U.S. sanctions have caused the cost of some food items to jump in the last year. Here, bakers in Isfahan. (Photo: Reese Erlich) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/views/2019/06/30/trump-doctrine-sinking-fast?cd-origin=rss

OPEC Consensus Is for Rollover of Oil Production Cut in 2019
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-30
Ministers of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) seem to agree on the need to extend oil production cuts but are undecided whether it needs to be for six or nine months, Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Sunday. | RELATED: | The Spoils of Economic War: How the US, Saudis Profit From Sanctions on Venezuela and Iran | "Certainly it is a rollover, a consensus is emerging … Everybody I am talking to is assuring that c…
telesurenglish.net/news/OPEC-Consensus-Rollover-Oil-Production-Cut-2019-20190630-0008.html

Stop the repression in Germany! Stand with those who stand with Palestine!
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-06-30
Freedom Road Socialist Organization joins with people around the globe in condemning the German authorities for trampling on the rights those who fight for the liberation of Palestine. On June 22, the German government banned prominent Palestinian writer Khaled Barakat from speaking at an event against Trump's "deal of the century." This outrageous act come on the heels of the German government's preventing a speech by the Palestinian leader Rasmea Odeh, and her subsequent deportation. | The Israeli occupation Palestine is being challenged by the growing struggle of the Palestinian people, and a rising tide of an…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/6/29/stop-rep…

Civil Rights Group Denounces New Racist Voter Suppression Law Signed By Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
Special To The Black Star News | blackstarnews.com | 2019-06-30
Civil Rights lawyer Kristen Clarke says Florida Governor DeSantis' signing of SB7066 will deny voting opportunities to over 1 million Blacks and Latinos… | The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued a statement after Governor DeSantis Friday signed SB 7066 into law on Friday–which undermines Amendment 4 to the Florida Constitution. | Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following statement: | "Florida joins a host of states actively working to suppress the rights of voters on the eve of the 2020 election cycle. This…
www.blackstarnews.com/us-politics/electi…

New York Pride Parade is One of the Largest in Movement's History
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-30
Gay-rights advocates take over much of midtown Manhattan in tribute to the uprising that began 50 years ago with Stonewall Inn police raid.
truthdig.com/articles/new-york-pride-parade-is-one-of-the-largest-in-movements-history/

Israel Arrests Palestinian Minister 'Activities in Jerusalem'
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-30
Israeli police said Sunday that they had detained and questioned the Palestinian minister for Jerusalem affairs, Fadi Hadami. | OPINION: | War in Al-Aqsa: What Price Netanyahu's Victory | Hadami was arrested for "activities in Jerusalem" after he accompanied Chilean President Sebastian Piñera to the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. He was released after hours of…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israel-Arrests-Palestinian-Minister-for-Activities-in-Jerusalem-During-Chilean-President-Visit-20190630-0002.html

Nationwide Demonstrations Announced to Protest Immigrant Detention Centers
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-29
As appalling details of the conditions at immigrant detention centers in the U.S. continue to pour in–with one doctor recently comparing them to " torture facilities"–a coalition of rights groups on Friday announced nationwide "Close the Camps" demonstrations for next week to protest the Trump administration's treatment of migrant children. | "We've seen the images and heard the stories coming out of child detention centers," said MoveOn.org, one of the groups help…
truthout.org/articles/nationwide-demonstrations-announced-to-protest-immigrant-detention-centers/

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2019-07-02 15:03 GMT (11:03 EST)

2019-07-01: News Headlines

Staff (2019-07-01). U.S. Sanctions Block Medicine from Venezuela, Killing Thousands. therealnews.com Ordinary Venezuelans talk about how the sanctions have made it increasingly difficult to access life-saving medications…

Robert Fisk (2019-07-01). The Autocrats of the Middle East are No Longer a Global Anomaly. counterpunch.org President Hassan Rouhani of Iran got it right on Tuesday. He said that the White House is "afflicted by mental retardation and doesn't know what to do".Donald Trump's new sanctions may not be as "outrageous and idiotic" as Rouhani claims, but we've now reached a stage where the American president's mental incapacity is plain for all to see. More

WSWS (2019-07-01). UN Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer exposes propaganda and censorship in Assange reporting. wsws.org Melzer was offered various reasons by newspaper editors for rejecting an op-ed on Assange: "Some of them said it wasn't high enough on their news agenda, some of them said it wasn't within their core area of interest."

Bob Price (2019-07-01). Stop ICE Raids! Stop Detentions! indybay.org San Francisco Federal Building | 7th Street at Mission | San Francisco (near Civic Center BART station)…

Moveon.org, Families Belong Together, others (2019-07-01). #CloseTheCamps: National Protests Against Inhumane Detention of Children & Families. indybay.org Protests around San Francisco Bay Area, throughout California, and nationwide | Find an event in your area (keep checking back as new events are being added): act.moveon.org/event/close-camps-now_att……

WSWS (2019-07-01). Trump renews threat of mass immigrant raids "sometime after July Fourth" wsws.org The passage of a bill funding immigration detention centers last week, with the support of the Democratic Party, makes the Democrats full partners in the savage repression of immigrants.

WSWS repost (2019-07-01). Watch: Chris Marsden's speech to Paris meeting to demand freedom for Assange and Manning. indybay.org "No one who is seriously committed to the defence of democratic rights can stand on the sidelines. The case of Julian Assange is a critical twenty-first century battleground in the defence of free speech, truth, and the fight against exploitation, dictatorship and war, the basic evils of the world capitalist system."

WSWS (2019-07-01). Sri Lankan railway unions cave in to government's strike ban. wsws.org The RTUA's betrayal has once again demonstrated that workers cannot defend their democratic rights and fight for jobs and decent working conditions through the trade unions.

teleSUR (2019-07-01). Facebook to Censor Ads that Discourage People from Voting. telesurenglish.net The social media giant Facebook Inc. will ban ads that discourage people from voting ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, according to its second annual Civil Rights Audit published on Sunday. | RELATED: | Facebook Says 'No Evidence' Russia Meddled With Brexit Vote | According to Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg's recent blog post, Facebook will put its "don't vote" policy prohibition into effect in the fall, before the U.S. elections that are set to take place on No…

Peter Maiden (2019-07-01). March for Immigrant Rights in Fresno's Tower District. indybay.org Immigrant Rights March in Fresno's Tower District…

Fight Back (2019-07-01). Dallas rally to demand "Close immigrant concentration camps!" fightbacknews.org Dallas, TX – Activist groups in Dallas are calling a rally at the Grassy Knoll, 7 p.m., July 2, that will demand the closure of President Trump's concentration camps where refugees and immigrants are detained. There will be speakers from peace and justice, immigrant, and socialist groups. | "We demand that President Trump close these inhumane concentration camps. The camps are cold, unsafe and dirty. Thousands of children are forced to sleep on the hard concrete floors with no mattress. There is no soap or toothbrushes. Children are dying there!" said Sydney Loving of the North Texas Action Committee. | Loving…

Jerry Omondi (2019-07-01). Six Turkish citizens held in Libya by Haftar's forces freed. cgtn.com Six Turkish citizens that had been detained in Libya by forces loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar were released on Monday, the Turkish foreign ministry spokesperson said. | The release of the six came following a warning from Istanbul that the eastern Libyan militia would become a "legitimate target" if the detainees were not released. | "If our citizens are not released immediately, those responsible will become a legitimate target and the consequences will be severe," Vice President Fuat Oktay said early Monday. | said. | Haftar's forces had last week announced a ban on ships and flights operating between Lib…

Reese Erlich (2019-06-30). The 'Trump Doctrine' Is Sinking Fast. commondreams.org U.S. sanctions have caused the cost of some food items to jump in the last year. Here, bakers in Isfahan. (Photo: Reese Erlich) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

teleSUR (2019-06-30). OPEC Consensus Is for Rollover of Oil Production Cut in 2019. telesurenglish.net Ministers of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) seem to agree on the need to extend oil production cuts but are undecided whether it needs to be for six or nine months, Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Sunday. | RELATED: | The Spoils of Economic War: How the US, Saudis Profit From Sanctions on Venezuela and Iran | "Certainly it is a rollover, a consensus is emerging … Everybody I am talking to is assuring that c…

Mehrnaz Shahabi (2019-06-30). To Avoid War, the US Must Stop the Sanctions against Iran and Return to the JCPOA. globalresearch.ca Iran's decision to increase its stock of low enriched uranium from 174.1 kilograms on 20 May to beyond the JCPOA's agreed limit of 300 kilograms on 27 June 2019, is not a "violation" or "breach" of the nuclear deal, as …

Staff (2019-06-30). Europeans Bowing to Trump on Iran Sanctions, Despite Their Opposition. therealnews.com Trita Parsi, founder of the National Iranian American Council, says that military confrontation between the US and Iran becomes more likely, especially since Europeans who oppose US sanctions are not really pushing back against Trump…

United Nations (2019-06-30). World Pride underscores that all people are born 'free and equal' in dignity and human rights. un.org The empowering message straight from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) that "all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and human rights" resonated on Sunday from UN-GLOBE members who participated in the World Pride parade in New York City.

Global Research News (2019-06-30). Selected Articles: Demasking the Torture of Julian Assange. globalresearch.ca Do you value the reporting and in-depth analysis provided by Global Research on a daily basis? | Click to | * * * | | Capitalist Development and Community Demolitions …

Staff (2019-06-30). New York Pride Parade is One of the Largest in Movement's History. truthdig.com Gay-rights advocates take over much of midtown Manhattan in tribute to the uprising that began 50 years ago with Stonewall Inn police raid.

Fight Back (2019-06-30). Stop the repression in Germany! Stand with those who stand with Palestine! fightbacknews.org Freedom Road Socialist Organization joins with people around the globe in condemning the German authorities for trampling on the rights those who fight for the liberation of Palestine. On June 22, the German government banned prominent Palestinian writer Khaled Barakat from speaking at an event against Trump's "deal of the century." This outrageous act come on the heels of the German government's preventing a speech by the Palestinian leader Rasmea Odeh, and her subsequent deportation. | The Israeli occupation Palestine is being challenged by the growing struggle of the Palestinian people, and a rising tide of an…

Special To The Black Star News (2019-06-30). Civil Rights Group Denounces New Racist Voter Suppression Law Signed By Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. blackstarnews.com Civil Rights lawyer Kristen Clarke says Florida Governor DeSantis' signing of SB7066 will deny voting opportunities to over 1 million Blacks and Latinos… | The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued a statement after Governor DeSantis Friday signed SB 7066 into law on Friday–which undermines Amendment 4 to the Florida Constitution. | Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following statement: | "Florida joins a host of states actively working to suppress the rights of voters on the eve of the 2020 election cycle. This…

teleSUR (2019-06-30). Israel Arrests Palestinian Minister 'Activities in Jerusalem'. telesurenglish.net Israeli police said Sunday that they had detained and questioned the Palestinian minister for Jerusalem affairs, Fadi Hadami. | OPINION: | War in Al-Aqsa: What Price Netanyahu's Victory | Hadami was arrested for "activities in Jerusalem" after he accompanied Chilean President Sebastian Piñera to the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. He was released after hours of…

Special to Workers World (2019-06-30). U.S role in Hong Kong protests. workers.org The corporate media have used recent protests in Hong Kong to attack and vilify the People's Republic of China and the ruling role of the Chinese Communist Party, under the pretext of defending human rights. Without knowing the history, as well as all the ways the U.S. super-rich and their . . . | Continue reading U.S role in Hong Kong protests at Workers.org

WSWS (2019-06-29). EU meeting on Iran ends with no agreement to prevent US war. wsws.org The Iranian government reportedly objected to the European powers' refusal to defy crippling US sanctions on Iran's oil exports.

teleSUR (2019-06-29). Iran: Talks With Remaining Nuclear Deal Signers Not Good Enough. telesurenglish.net Iran's deputy foreign minister says progress was made between the remaining signatories of the nation's nuclear deal in Vienna talks Friday, but not enough to meet the demands of the Islamic Republic. | RELATED: | Protests in New Dehli Against US 'Imperialism' and Sanctions | "It was a step forward, but it is still not enough and did not meet Iran's expectations," Abbas Araqchi told reporters Friday after almost four hours of talks with senior diplomats from Britain, China, France…

Staff (2019-06-29). Nationwide Demonstrations Announced to Protest Immigrant Detention Centers. truthout.org As appalling details of the conditions at immigrant detention centers in the U.S. continue to pour in—with one doctor recently comparing them to " torture facilities"—a coalition of rights groups on Friday announced nationwide "Close the Camps" demonstrations for next week to protest the Trump administration's treatment of migrant children. | "We've seen the images and heard the stories coming out of child detention centers," said MoveOn.org, one of the groups help…

WSWS (2019-06-29). Video of Obama-appointed lawyer defending the denial of child detainees soap, toothpaste sparks outrage. wsws.org Justice Department attorney Sarah Fabian argued that it is legal to deny immigrant children in detention soap, toothpaste, blankets, and a place to sleep for days or weeks on end.

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-06-29). Nationwide 'Close the Camps' Demonstrations Announced to Protest Horrific Conditions at Trump Detention Centers. commondreams.org "We need to fight for immigrant families and stop Donald Trump's racist policies, and we can only do it together." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

Zoe PC (2019-06-29). Tech privacy pioneer Ola Bini released after 70 days of extrajudicial detention in Ecuador. mronline.org After 70 days in preventive detention without formal charges, Ola Bini's request for habeas corpus was granted, and shortly after, he was released from prison. | Source

Shaun King (2019-06-29). History Has Taught Us That Concentration Camps Should Be Liberated. We Can't Wait Until 2020. theintercept.com Few of us have fully considered what we would do if concentration camps were built and operated in our nation, by our government, on our watch, on our dime.

teleSUR (2019-06-29). Florida Republican Gives Felons Voting Rights with Conditions. telesurenglish.net New legislation offers Floridan convicts their voting rights back, but on the condition they pay fines in restitution prior to casting their ballot, the state governor determined Friday after signing the bill into law. | RELATED: | Florida Republicans Undermine Voting Rights of Former Felons | The text of the newly enacted law states that felons seeking to regain their right to vote must pay fines or restitution to victims as ordered by a court. | Republica Governor Ron DeSantis…

Mike Ervin (2019-06-29). Smart Ass Cripple: Happy Birthday Olmstead. progressive.org Twenty years ago, a civil rights victory helped disabled people escape institutional life.

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-06-29). If Elected in 2020, Bernie Sanders Vows First Executive Orders Will 'Reverse Every Single Thing President Trump Has Done to Demonize and Harm Immigrants'. commondreams.org "This is a disgrace," Sanders said in response to a new report on widespread hunger at child detention facilities | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

Shaun King (2019-06-29). History Has Taught Us That Concentration Camps Should Be Liberated. We Can't Wait Until 2020. commondreams.org The scene outside the U.S. Border Patrol station where lawyers reported that detained migrant children had been held under bad conditions in Clint, Texas, on June 26, 2019. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

John McEvoy (2019-06-28). New coup attempt and 'bloodbath' foiled, according to Venezuelan government. thecanary.co On 26 June, the Venezuelan government revealed that it had foiled a renewed coup plot. The plan allegedly involved the assassination of the country's elected president, Nicolás Maduro, and other high-rank…

Fred_F (2019-06-28). 'Hands off Venezuela' forum calls for solidarity. greenleft.org.au "We are resisting", is the answer that Venezuelan-Australian activist Eulalia Reyes receives when she speaks to friends and family back home. "Right now, international solidarity is so important for the Venezuelan people, who are fighting against US sanctions and threats of military intervention", she said. | Reyes was speaking at a "Hands off Venezuela" public meeting held at the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) offices on June 25. The forum addressed the current crisis in Venezuela and the US-led campaign for "regime change" against President Nicolas Maduro. | The meeting opened with an Acknowledgement of Cou…

Andrea Germanos (2019-06-28). US Threatens to Sanction Any Nation That Imports Iranian Oil. theantimedia.com (CD) — President Donald Trump's special envoy for Iran further stoked tensions between Iran and the U.S. on Friday when he said the United States will sanction any country that imports Iranian crude oil. Envoy Brian Hook, in his comments to reporters in London, said that there were no exemptions, reiterating a threat the Trump administration made two months earlier. …

teleSUR (2019-06-28). Activists Lie Under Sheets to Protest Colombian Murders at OAS. telesurenglish.net Protesters covered themselves in white sheets and lay outside the Organization of American States (OAS) taking place in Medellin since Tuesday to demonstrate the increasing number of murders of rural leaders in Colombia, and OAS leadership contradicting state statistics. | RELATED: | Colombian Cartel Kills Woman Community Leader, Son Witnesses | Human rights organizations, Don't Kill, Peace in the Streets, and Peace Generation, organized the performance protest Friday to demonstra…

ACLU (2019-06-28). Working in Prison, I Witnessed the Inhumane Conditions of Solitary for Incarcerated Women. aclu.org Solitary confinement can amount to torture. One practitioner witnessed this first hand, and shares her story and her journey to action. | At the first checkpoint at Tennessee Prison for Women, there was a large, scrolling television screen behind the desk displaying the image of two pairs of hands — one pair with a key and one pair in handcuffs. The message read, "You can either be one of us or one of them." I had been working in the facility for less than a year, but this message exemplified an uneasiness I had long felt without articulating: The prison's faàßade of "rehabilitation" masked a system s…

teleSUR (2019-06-28). Mexico: 143 Honduran Migrants Rescued from Abandoned Trailer. telesurenglish.net Over one hundred Honduran migrants were rescued by members of the Mexican Federal Police and the Secretariat of National Defense after being locked and abandoned in a trailer along a highway in the state of Veracruz. | RELATED: | Haitian Begs for Aid for Dying Son in Mexican Dentention Center | "Members of the Secretariat of National Defense and Federal Police managed to rescue dozens of people without documentation who were locked in the box of an abandoned trailer," the gove…

Kenn Orphan (2019-06-28). Now We Know. counterpunch.org Perhaps you can commiserate. For the past few weeks I've felt an aching in my chest; an angst I cannot escape. The darkening skies of an ever besieged biosphere aside, the specter of rising fascism undoubtedly looms large now, and war, a global war, now seems inevitable. It's true that the saber rattling has been More

Aída Chávez (2019-06-28). Josh Gottheimer Warned Democratic Leaders He Had Votes to Block Bill Mandating Better Conditions for Children in Detention. theintercept.com The bill passed by Congress "does nothing to hold a rogue agency accountable for its cruelty," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal.

Eoin Higgins, staff writer (2019-06-28). 'Beyond Spin Control': Anti-Busing Past Not Going Away as Biden and Staff Dig Themselves Deeper. commondreams.org "Joe Biden's campaign going all in on states rights in the civil rights debate. Just rejecting the entire premise of the civil rights movement!" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

Michelle Zacarias (2019-06-28). Five trans women making Pride history. peoplesworld.org June marks the month-long celebration of Pride, a global acknowledgment of the social progress made by LGBTQ communities. The founding history of what we now know as Pride is largely rooted in the work of Black and brown trans women and the festivities serve as a commemoration of the Stonewall riots that sparked the gay …

ACLU (2019-06-28). Florida Governor Introduces a Poll Tax, Curtailing Amendment 4. aclu.org The law forces returning citizens with criminal records to pay for the right to vote. | On November 6, 2018, nearly 65 percent of Florida voters—more than 5 million people—resoundingly approved Amendment 4, restoring voting rights to over a million of their fellow citizens. By passing Amendment 4, Floridians successfully ushered in the largest expansion of the electorate in nearly 50 years. The people of Florida did it on their own, using a constitutional ballot initiative, to finally achieve change where Florida politicians had failed. | Instead of celebrating this progress, Florida politicians are t…

Staff (2019-06-28). Supreme Court Hands GOP Big Victory on Gerrymandering, Ensuring "Massive Election Rigging" democracynow.org The Supreme Court hands down two major decisions. The first is a victory for Republicans, allowing extreme partisan gerrymandering to continue. The other temporarily blocks the Trump administration from adding a citizenship question on the 2020 census. We get response from Ari Berman, senior writer at Mother Jones, a reporting fellow at the Type Media Center and author of "Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America." He says the ruling that federal courts can't resolve claims of partisan gerrymandering is "almost guaranteed to facilitate massive election rigging in the future."

Julia Conley, staff writer (2019-06-28). 'The Damage Has Been Done': Despite Court Ruling, Experts Say Trump Succeeded in Making Immigrant Communities Fearful of Census. commondreams.org Despite the U.S. Supreme Court's rejection of the Trump administration's attempt to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census, rights advocates said Friday, the damage to immigrant communities across the country is likely already done. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

Ian Lekus (2019-06-28). The Movement for LGBTQ Rights Is On the March Around the World. thenation.com The Movement for LGBTQ Rights Is On the March Around the World…

ACLU (2019-06-28). We are Fighting for Immigrants' Rights. Here's What You Can Do. aclu.org We know that a better future is possible, and we at the ACLU, along with our supporters and allies, are daring to create it. | The images of Oscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his daughter Valeria, who lost their lives trying to seek refuge in the United States, have left us haunted. They serve as an ever-important reminder of the urgency of the fight for immigrant justice on our southern border and the need to stand up to the Trump administration's policies denying humanitarian protection and basic due process to families fleeing for their lives. | We remain at the frontlines of the family separation fight…

Norman Markowitz (2019-06-28). Harry Hay: Communist pioneer in the fight for gay liberation. peoplesworld.org Beginning with the "ghetto riot" at the Stonewall Bar in Greenwich Village in 1969, an open gay liberation movement came into existence which has been a significant force in the larger peoples' movements for almost a half-century. While most people identify gay liberation with the "New Left" of the 1960s, it, like the civil rights, …

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