2019-06-24: Social Media Postees

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Government internet ban leaves parts of Myanmar 'in a blackout', UN expert calls for immediate lifting
United Nations | un.org | 2019-06-24
With "no media access" in parts of the country and "serious restrictions" on humanitarian organizations, the United Nations expert on the situation of human rights in Myanmar urged the Government on Monday to "reverse its decision" and lift the mobile internet ban.
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Monday's Daily Brief: human rights in the Near East and a Forum for Refugees
United Nations | un.org | 2019-06-24
Monday's top stories include: human rights issues in Syria, Iraq and the Occupied Palestinian Territory; a global forum to find coordinated solutions to the plight of refugees worldwide; the election of the new head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.
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Peace Action endorses Kara Eastman for Congress, bold champion for peace and security
Peace Action | peaceaction.org | 2019-06-24
Washington, DC — June 24, 2019 — Peace Action has announced its endorsement of Kara Eastman for Congress in Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District. Peace Action is a national grassroots organization working to advance nuclear disarmament, promote government spending priorities that support human needs, encourage real security through international cooperation and human rights, and support nonmilitary …
peaceaction.org/2019/06/24/peace-action-endorses-kara-eastman-for-congress-bold-champion-for-peace-and-security/

Statelessness for terrorists' families, never an acceptable option, urges UN rights chief
United Nations | un.org | 2019-06-24
Thousands of suspected foreign ISIL terrorist fighters and their families who are being held in detention in Syria and Iraq, must be treated fairly by their captors and taken back by their home countries, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Monday.
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"Violent Voyeurism": Surveillance, Spyware and Human Rights
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
Surveillance is merely a variant of violent voyeurism, the human behind the camera or visual apparatus observing behaviour in a setting, often private. Its premise is privacy's violation; its working assumption is privacy's irrelevance; officially tolerated such a concept is …
globalresearch.ca/violent-voyeurism-surveillance-spyware-human-rights/5681540

Human rights monitors need to be in Sudan, says UNHCR
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-06-24
Sudanese authorities must grant human rights monitors access to the country and end "repression" against protesters and restore the country's Internet, U.N. human rights boss Michelle Bachelet said on Monday. | United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet presents her annual report before the UN Human right council members on March 6, 2019 in Geneva. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images) | Her office had received reports that more than 100 protesters were killed and many more injured during an assault by security forces on a peaceful sit-in outside the defense ministry on June 3, she said.
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/24/human-rights-monitors-need-to-be-in-sudan-says-unhcr/

Why is the US government using social media to monitor the public?
wsws.org | 2019-06-24
The lawsuit filed by New Sanctuary Coalition and other groups, says that ICE specifically targeted individuals for deportation, to suppress their political speech.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/24/soci…

Emergency Rally – No U.S. War on Iran! End the Sanctions Now!
ANSWER Coalition | indybay.org | 2019-06-24
24th and Mission St. BART Plaza…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/22/18824179.php

Emergency Rally – No U.S. War on Iran! End the Sanctions Now!
ANSWER Coalition | indybay.org | 2019-06-24
24th and Mission St. BART Plaza…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/22/18824179.php

Under Trump, Manufacturing Job Growth Slows to a Trickle
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-24
Donald Trump put manufacturing jobs at the center of his economic platform in 2016. He endlessly harped on the loss of relatively good-paying manufacturing jobs. | He blamed this job loss on "terrible" trade agreements and other countries "manipulating" the value of their currency to get an advantage in trade. He put China at the top of the list of bad actors, promising to declare them a currency manipulator on day one of his administration, which would directly lead to economic sanctions. | While Trump has engaged in considerable bluster in his trade negotiations, they have not led to much of a payoff for U.S…
truthout.org/articles/under-trump-manufacturing-job-growth-slows-to-a-trickle/

NIAC Statement on Trump's Imposition of New Iran Sanctions
commondreams.org | 2019-06-24
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The Mechanism of Economic Sanctions: Changing Perceptions and Euphemisms
Elias Davidsson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
"Economic sanctions", a mode of coercion in international relations resuscitated in recent years, has prompted renewed and lively scholarly interest in the subject. Why have such measures become so popular? | One answer is that they "constitute a means of exerting …
globalresearch.ca/mechanism-economic-sanctions-changing-perceptions-euphemisms/5681547

Escalating "Crisis of His Administration's Making," Trump Imposes New Sanctions Against Iran
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-24
"Sanctions are what got us into this mess, more sanctions will not get us out of it." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
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Trump Signs Order Imposing Sanctions on Iran Supreme Leader
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-24
WASHINGTON–President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday targeting Iran's supreme leader and his associates with financial sanctions, the latest action the U.S. has taken to discourage Tehran from developing nuclear weapons and supporting militant groups. | The sanctions follow Iran's downing of a more than $100 million U.S. surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz that has ratcheted up tensions. Trump pulled back from the brink of retaliatory military strikes on Iran last week, but is continuing his pressure campaign. | The targets of the new sanctions include senior military figures in Ir…
truthdig.com/articles/trump-signs-order-imposing-sanctions-on-iran-supreme-leader/

Facebook Says 'No Evidence' Russia Meddled With Brexit Vote
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-24
Facebook's Vice President for Global Affairs and Communications Nick Clegg told the BBC on Monday that the United Kingdom's accusations that Russia meddled with the 2016 Brexit vote using their platform lacked evidence. | RELATED: | Europe Also Suffers From US Worldwide Sanctions: Putin | Clegg told the BBC that there is "absolutely no evidence" proving Russia had interfered with the 2016 national referendum using fake accounts on social media platforms like Facebook. | Clegg, who serv…
telesurenglish.net/news/Facebook-Says-No-Evidence-Russia-Meddled-With-Brexit-Vote-20190624-0004.html

Saudi FM Warns Iran Will 'Pay the Price' in Recent Row With US
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-24
Saudi Arabia's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir issued a stern warning to Iran about its "aggressive policies" in the Middle East. | RELATED: | Yemen's Houthis Hit Saudi Airport: One Dead, 21 Wounded | Jubeir warned Iran that if they continue these policies, there would be more sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic. | "Today, Iran is under severe economic sanctions," Jubeir told Le Monde newspaper in an interview published on Monday. "These sanctions will be stre…
telesurenglish.net/news/Saudi-FM-Warns-Iran-Will-Pay-the-Price-in-Recent-Row-With-US-20190624-0005.html

Iran–Who and Where is The Threat?
Mel Gurtov | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-24
The official US narrative on Iran is that it is an escalating threat to "peace and security" in the Middle East and must be stopped. Step by step, with Mike Pompeo and John Bolton–two war maniacs–taking the lead, the Trump administration has sought to destabilize Iran with sanctions, if possible bring about regime change, and…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/24/iran-who-and-where-is-the-threat/

President Trump announces new sanctions against Iran
Jerry Omondi | cgtn.com | 2019-06-24
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday announced new sanctions against Iran following the latter's downing of an American drone last week. | The new measures target the most senior leader of the Western Asian country, alongside military officials and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif. | President Trump announced the sanctions in the Oval Office, saying he had signed an executive order imposing "hard hitting" sanctions on Iran that will deny Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei "and many others" access to financial instruments. | "Today's actions follow a series of aggressive behaviors by the Iranian regime in recen…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/24/president-trump-announces-new-sanctions-against-iran/

Trump Signs Executive Order Delivering 'Hard Hitting' New Sanctions on Iran
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2019-06-24
(ZH) — Making good on his Saturday tweet threat that "we are putting major additional Sanctions on Iran on Monday", President Trump said on Monday that he's imposing sanctions on Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and his office, a step "designed to increase pressure on the Islamic Republic." And just like that the Ayatollah's JPMorgan Chase savings account …

Trump Signs Executive Order Delivering 'Hard Hitting' New Sanctions on Iran

"Never Again" Means Act Now
Jenny Kurzweil | indybay.org | 2019-06-24
As the national conversation escalates around what to appropriately call the detention centers at the southern border, the humanitarian crisis continues. | Here are tangible actions the local Santa Cruz community can take to protest America's immigration policies and support relief efforts at the border.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/21/18824168.php

"Never Again" Means Act Now
Jenny Kurzweil | indybay.org | 2019-06-24
As the national conversation escalates around what to appropriately call the detention centers at the southern border, the humanitarian crisis continues. | Here are tangible actions the local Santa Cruz community can take to protest America's immigration policies and support relief efforts at the border.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/21/18824168.php

Japanese-American internment survivors protest plan to jail migrant kids at Fort Sill, a WWII camp
Amy Goodman | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-24
"There's a historical pattern of detention and separation of families that we're seeing across the United States, affecting immigrant communities and affecting communities of color."
nationofchange.org/2019/06/24/japanese-american-internment-survivors-protest-plan-to-jail-migrant-kids-at-fort-sill-a-wwii-camp/

Advocates Say Illinois Ban on Private Immigrant Detention Centers, a 'Firewall' Against Trump's Attacks on Immigrants, Should Be Model for Country
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-24
Critics of President Donald Trump's immigration policies are calling on state and federal lawmakers to follow the lead of Illinois, which banned private immigrant detention centers and enacted other protections for undocumented state residents ahead of the president's deportation raids that were planned for Sunday but have been temporarily delayed. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
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Buttigieg Criticized at Emotional Town Hall After Shooting
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-24
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg faced criticism Sunday from angry residents of South Bend, Indiana, at an emotional town hall meeting a week after a white police officer fatally shot a black man in the city where he is mayor. | Buttigieg (BOO'-tuh-juhj) said he would call for an outside investigation of the shooting of 54-year-old Eric Logan by Sgt. Ryan O'Neill. | The 37-year-old mayor said he would send a letter to the federal Department of Justice's civil rights division and notify the local prosecutor that he'd like an independent investigator appointed. He conceded t…
truthdig.com/articles/buttigieg-criticized-at-emotional-town-hall-after-shooting/

Former police officer sentenced to prison for excessive force and obstruction
Andrew Emett | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-24
A former Massachusetts police officer was recently sentenced to more than a year in federal prison after breaking a man's nose without legal justification and lying in his report of the incident in order to obstruct an investigation into the assault. Earlier this year, a jury found the ex-cop guilty of one count of deprivation of rights under color of law and one count of falsification of a document. | On April 3, 2017, the victim, Nickolas Peters, was reportedly sitting on a bench in the Hadley Police Department booking area when Hadley Police Officer Christopher Roeder suddenly struck Peters in the face with…
nationofchange.org/2019/06/24/former-police-officer-sentenced-to-prison-for-excessive-force-and-obstruction/

As Trump tweets hateful threats, states are protecting immigrant rights
Naureen Shah | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-24
This week, President Trump kicked off his re-election campaign by tweeting a threat to deport millions of immigrants, apparently referring to his administration's plans for mass raids on families across the country. Meanwhile, news continues to break about what his administration is already doing, as dizzy…
nationofchange.org/2019/06/24/as-trump-tweets-hateful-threats-states-are-protecting-immigrant-rights/

Most Democratic Candidates Still Afraid to Criticize Israel's Violations of Palestinian Rights
James Zogby | commondreams.org | 2019-06-24
It was disturbing how few of the candidates appear to have given the matter any serious thought. (Photo: Gage Skidmore via Flickr) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
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'Modified': A Film About GMOs and the Corruption of "Food Supply for Profit"
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-24
Parts of the documentary Modified are spent at the kitchen table. But it's not really a tale about wonderful recipes or the preparation of food. Ultimately, it's a story of capitalism, money and power and how our most basic rights …
globalresearch.ca/modified-film-about-gmos-corruption-food-supply-profit/5681527

There Aren't Mass Marches, But There's Still an Antiwar Movement
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-24
When Donald Trump entered the Oval Office in January 2017, Americans took to the streets all across the country to protest their instantly endangered rights. Conspicuously absent from the newfound civic engagement, despite more than a decade and a half of this country's fruitless, destructive wars across the Greater Middle East and northern Africa, was antiwar sentiment, much less an actual movement. | Those like me working against America's seemingly endless wars w…
truthout.org/articles/there-arent-mass-marches-but-theres-still-an-antiwar-movement/

Rwanda: Feminists Dialogue on Women's Rights
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-24
Rwanda Women's Network, a non-governmental organization dedicated to promote and improve the socio-economic welfare of women in Rwanda, held Saturday a dialogue in the capital city of Kigali, to share views on the general state of feminism in the Central East African country. | RELATED: | France Will Finally Investigate Involvement in Rwandan Genocide | The dialogue was aimed to rethink the Charter of Feminist Principles for African Feminists within the national context and fr…
telesurenglish.net/news/Rwanda-Feminists-Dialogue-on-Womens-Rights-20190623-0017.html

Japanese-American Internment Survivors Protest Plan to Jail Migrant Kids
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-24
Five Japanese-American elders, survivors of U.S. internment camps, engaged in civil disobedience Saturday outside the Fort Sill Army post in Oklahoma, where the Trump administration plans to indefinitely detain 1,400 immigrant and refugee children starting next month. Fort Sill was an internment camp for 700 Japanese-American men in 1942. It was one of more than 70 sites where the U.S. government incarcerated about 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, including one of 14 U.S. Army bases. President Obama first used Fort Sill in 2014 to detain migrant children seeking asylum from violence in Central A…
truthout.org/video/japanese-american-internment-survivors-protest-plan-to-jail-migrant-kids/

Marin Residents Meet To Plan More Anti ICE Pressure
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2019-06-24
Unlike San Francisco, Marin County Sheriff Delivers Detainees to ICE…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/23/18824191.php

Japanese-American Internment Survivors Protest Plan to Jail Migrant Kids at WWII Prison Camp
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-06-24
Democracy Now! was there when five Japanese-American elders, survivors of U.S. internment camps, engaged in civil disobedience Saturday outside the Fort Sill Army post in Oklahoma, where the Trump administration plans to indefinitely detain 1,400 immigrant and refugee children starting next month. Fort Sill was an internment camp for 700 Japanese-American men in 1942. It was one of more than 70 sites where the U.S. government incarcerated about 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, including one of 14 U.S. Army bases. President Obama first used Fort Sill in 2014 to detain migrant children seeking asylum…
www.democracynow.org/2019/6/24/stop_repe…

Venezuelan Community Builds Solidarity Pharmacy to Counter Sanctions
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-23
The economic sanctions have severely affected Venezuela's ability to import life-saving medicines. Some communities, however, are responding by creating their own solidarity pharmacies. Michael Fox reports…
therealnews.com/stories/venezuelan-community-builds-solidarity-pharmacy-to-counter-sanctions

Selected Articles: Lies and Sanctions — Iran and China
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-23
In spite of online censorship efforts directed against the independent media, we are happy to say that readership on globalresearch.ca has recently increased. We wish to thank all of you who share our articles far and wide. | We cover a …
globalresearch.ca/us-feeds-lies-sanctions-iran-china/5681488

Venezuelan Community Builds Solidarity Pharmacy to Counter US Sanctions
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-23
The economic sanctions have severely affected Venezuela's ability to import life-saving medicines. At least one community, however, is responding by creating their own solidarity pharmacy. Michael Fox reports…
therealnews.com/stories/venezuelan-community-builds-solidarity-pharmacy-to-counter-us-sanctions

Emergency Rally – No U.S. War on Iran! End the Sanctions Now!
ANSWER Coalition | indybay.org | 2019-06-23
24th and Mission St. BART Plaza…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/22/18824179.php

"Willful Recklessness": Trump Pushes for Indefinite Family Detention
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-23
At the Greyhound bus station in San Antonio, Texas, you can easily spot the mothers and children who were released by immigration authorities from a facility run by the private prison company CoreCivic. The women wear what amount to prison uniforms: dark-wash jeans, pastel or red t-shirts or sweatshirts, and generic tennis shoes. Their sons and daughters, ranging from infants to tweens, all wear similar shirts and shoes with maroon sweatpants. | One mother, named Corina, ran her fingers through her 10-year-old son's hair as he leaned on her shoulder this past Saturday and waited for a bus to Oklahoma, where th…
truthout.org/articles/willful-recklessness-trump-pushes-for-indefinite-family-detention/

Are Immigration Detention Centers Concentration Camps?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-23
Aviva Chomsky discusses the reality of refugees coming to the U.S in light of the controversial statement of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that refugees are kept in concentration camps…
therealnews.com/stories/are-immigration-detention-centers-concentration-camps

"Never Again" Means Act Now
Jenny Kurzweil | indybay.org | 2019-06-23
As the national conversation escalates around what to appropriately call the detention centers at the southern border, the humanitarian crisis continues. | Here are tangible actions the local Santa Cruz community can take to protest America's immigration policies and support relief efforts at the border.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/21/18824168.php

Mobilizing the Poor People's Campaign
Jesse Jackson | commondreams.org | 2019-06-23
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) addresses the Moral Action Congress of the Poor People's Campaign June 17, 2019 at Trinity Washington University in Washington, DC. The Campaign held the event to focus on issues like "voting rights, health care, housing, equitable education, indigenous sovereignty, living wage jobs and the right to join a union, clean air and water, and an end to gun proliferation and war mongering and other issues in our moral agenda." (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
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History Proves We Can't Count on the Democratic Party for a Green New Deal
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-23
In 1966, the civil rights movement, in ways similar to the climate justice movement today, was at an impasse, confronting vast societal disparities of wealth and power. "A Freedom Budget for all Americans," issued by leaders of the civil rights movement, called on the federal government to implement programs that would eliminate poverty in 10 years through jobs, education, housing and health care programs. | Today, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has proposed a Green New Deal, with similarly broad universal social and environmental justice ambitions — and the stakes for the U.S. and global working class an…
truthout.org/articles/history-proves-we-cant-count-on-democratic-party-for-a-green-new-deal/

NGO Dubs Mexico-El Salvador Migrant Plan 'Superficial'
teleSUR. | telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-23
The Center for Justice and International Law (Cejil) said that the plan "Sembrando Vida" (Sowing Lives) launched by Mexico and El Salvador to stop migration outflow "seems superficial" and does not confront the thousands of people migrate to seek protection from violence. | RELATED | Mexico's Migration Plan: Invest US$30B in El Salvador | Cejil's Deputy Director for Central America and Mexico Marcela Martino expressed the NGO's reservations that…
telesurenglish.net/news/NGO-Dubs-Mexico-El-Salvador-Migrant-Plan-Superficial-Not-Up-to-Human-Rights-Standards-20190622-0015.html

Alabama Prisoners on Hunger Strike Demand End to Inhumane Conditions
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-23
Four Alabama prisoners are on hunger strike at the Limestone Correctional Facility in protest against corruption, abuse, and a lack of accountability for inhumane conditions in the state prison system. | The hunger strike is a response to a call to action from a coalition of prisoner rights groups, including the Free Alabama Movement (FAM) and Unheard Voices O.T.C.J., as well as incarcerated activists Kinetik Justice and Swift Justice. | Five prisoners were on hunger strike initially. One prisoner, Kenneth Traywick Jr., began his strike on June 12 and ended it this week when the Alabama Department of Correctio…
truthout.org/articles/alabama-prisoners-on-hunger-strike-demand-end-to-inhumane-conditions/

Nigeria's National Women Football Team Protest Unpaid Bonuses
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-23
Nigeria's players have refused to leave the team hotel after their exit from the women's World Cup on Saturday, demanding that the country's football federation clears all of their pending bonus payments, ESPN reported. | RELATED: | Michel Platini Detained Over Qatar World Cup Corruption Probe | The players staged a sit-in protest shortly after Nigeria was beaten 3-0 by double champions Germany who continued their unbeaten run to reach the quarter-finals. | ESPN reported that t…
telesurenglish.net/news/Nigerias-National-Women-Football-Team-Protest-Unpaid-Bonuses-20190623-0007.html

Maduro Highlights Visit by Michelle Bachelet to Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-22
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Friday celebrated the conclusion an official state visit to the South American nation by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) Michelle Bachelet, after an almost two-hour meeting at the Presidential Palace of Miraflores. | RELATED | UN Human Rights Commissioner Meets Venezuelan Ministers | "We have taken a first step towards a smoother, more cooperative relationship on the human rights of the Venezuelan people," said the head of…
telesurenglish.net/news/Maduro-Highlights-Visit-by-Michelle-Bachelet-to-Venezuela-20190622-0001.html

In Venezuela, Bachelet calls on Government to release prisoners, appeals for 'bold steps towards compromise'
United Nations | un.org | 2019-06-22
Speaking at the end of the first-ever official mission to Venezuela by a UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet called on the Government to release all those detained for peacefully protesting and announced that a team from her office would remain in Caracas to monitor the human rights situation.
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Back from Iran War Brink: Trump Wants to Walk Back Iran Crisis that He Created with Severe US Sanctions
Juan Cole | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-22
The warmongers on Trump's national security team apparently convinced him to set in motion an aerial strike against Iran Thursday in retaliation for the downing of a US drone over waters claimed by Iran. | Then at the last minute, Michael …
globalresearch.ca/trump-wants-walk-back-iran-crisis-he-created-severe-us-sanctions/5681391

Sanctions that cause hunger and kill-join us in a Food Sovereignty Delegation to Caracas
Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle | indybay.org | 2019-06-22
What's going on right now in Venezuela? Come see for yourself how Venezuelans are coping with US economic sanctions designed to cause a social implosion. According to the Independent of England, in Venezuela people hunt the animals of the zoo to eat them. According to the mainstream media, Venezuelans also eat rottten meat and garbage. these reports, give a distorted picture of what is happening in Venezuela . The media also omits serious analysis of the role of the government–community partnership "CLAP" food distribution program that reaches millions of Venezuelans. There is no doubt as indicated in a rec…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/20/18824133.php

"Never Again" Means Act Now
Jenny Kurzweil | indybay.org | 2019-06-22
As the national conversation escalates around what to appropriately call the detention centers at the southern border, the humanitarian crisis continues. | Here are tangible actions the local Santa Cruz community can take to protest America's immigration policies and support relief efforts at the border.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/21/18824168.php

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2019-06-23: News Headlines

Jenny Kurzweil (2019-06-23). "Never Again" Means Act Now. indybay.org As the national conversation escalates around what to appropriately call the detention centers at the southern border, the humanitarian crisis continues. | Here are tangible actions the local Santa Cruz community can take to protest America's immigration policies and support relief efforts at the border.

Staff (2019-06-23). Are Immigration Detention Centers Concentration Camps? therealnews.com Aviva Chomsky discusses the reality of refugees coming to the U.S in light of the controversial statement of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that refugees are kept in concentration camps…

Staff (2019-06-23). Venezuelan Community Builds Solidarity Pharmacy to Counter Sanctions. therealnews.com The economic sanctions have severely affected Venezuela's ability to import life-saving medicines. Some communities, however, are responding by creating their own solidarity pharmacies. Michael Fox reports…

ANSWER Coalition (2019-06-23). Emergency Rally – No U.S. War on Iran! End the Sanctions Now! indybay.org 24th and Mission St. BART Plaza…

teleSUR (2019-06-22). Maduro Highlights Visit by Michelle Bachelet to Venezuela. telesurenglish.net Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Friday celebrated the conclusion an official state visit to the South American nation by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) Michelle Bachelet, after an almost two-hour meeting at the Presidential Palace of Miraflores. | RELATED | UN Human Rights Commissioner Meets Venezuelan Ministers | "We have taken a first step towards a smoother, more cooperative relationship on the human rights of the Venezuelan people," said the head of…

United Nations (2019-06-22). In Venezuela, Bachelet calls on Government to release prisoners, appeals for 'bold steps towards compromise'. un.org Speaking at the end of the first-ever official mission to Venezuela by a UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet called on the Government to release all those detained for peacefully protesting and announced that a team from her office would remain in Caracas to monitor the human rights situation.

Jenny Kurzweil (2019-06-22). "Never Again" Means Act Now. indybay.org As the national conversation escalates around what to appropriately call the detention centers at the southern border, the humanitarian crisis continues. | Here are tangible actions the local Santa Cruz community can take to protest America's immigration policies and support relief efforts at the border.

Mark Gruenberg (2019-06-22). Communist Party USA celebrates its 100th birthday at Chicago convention. peoplesworld.org CHICAGO—More than 300 delegates and guests opened the Communist Party USA's 100th anniversary convention in Chicago on Friday, emphasizing their backing of the Green New Deal, full legalization of all immigrants, protecting voting rights, and other issues. That agenda developed through speeches and in the discussion of resolutions put before the convention. But no one …

Staff (2019-06-22). Activists Step Up Trainings in Wake of Deportation Threats. truthdig.com CHICAGO—Ceci Garcia believes that if her husband had a better understanding of his rights, he would have avoided deportation to Mexico after telling a suburban Chicago police officer during a 2012 traffic stop that he was living in the U.S. illegally. | "He failed to remain silent," said the U.S. citizen mother of five. "He proceeded and told the truth." | The Chicago woman now spends her time teaching others how to avoid her husband's fate, part of a growing national effort since President Donald Trump took office that has taken on new urgency in recent days. As he kicked off his 2020 campaign, Trump had p…

Special To The Black Star News (2019-06-22). Adoptee Rights Bill Passes After Decades Long Struggle. blackstarnews.com Assemblyman Weprin helped spearhead passage of Clean Bill of Adoptee Rights bill which now heads to Governor Cuomo's desk… | The Clean Bill of Adoptee Rights, A5494/S3419, passed the Assembly after a decade's long push by advocates and lawmakers. | It now heads to Governor Andrew Cuomo for a signature. | The legislation sponsored by Assemblyman David I. Weprin in the Assembly, and Senator Velmanette Montgomery in the Senate, establishes the right of adoptees to receive a certified copy of their birth certificate upon reaching the age of 18. Weprin has sponsored the bill since 2011, during his earliest days…

Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle (2019-06-22). Sanctions that cause hunger and kill-join us in a Food Sovereignty Delegation to Caracas. indybay.org What's going on right now in Venezuela? Come see for yourself how Venezuelans are coping with US economic sanctions designed to cause a social implosion. According to the Independent of England, in Venezuela people hunt the animals of the zoo to eat them. According to the mainstream media, Venezuelans also eat rottten meat and garbage. these reports, give a distorted picture of what is happening in Venezuela . The media also omits serious analysis of the role of the government—community partnership "CLAP" food distribution program that reaches millions of Venezuelans. There is no doubt as indicated in a rec…

Juan Cole (2019-06-22). Back from Iran War Brink: Trump Wants to Walk Back Iran Crisis that He Created with Severe US Sanctions. globalresearch.ca The warmongers on Trump's national security team apparently convinced him to set in motion an aerial strike against Iran Thursday in retaliation for the downing of a US drone over waters claimed by Iran. | Then at the last minute, Michael …

WSWS (2019-06-22). Report highlights mistreatment of refugee children in US internment camps. wsws.org A team of lawyers interviewed 60 young detainees being held outside El Paso, Texas, who reported neglect as well as the provision of inadequate food, water and sanitation.

Jon Queally, staff writer (2019-06-22). 'Not One More Dollar': Even as Trump Postpones Raids, Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Pressley, and Tlaib Vow to Oppose All Funding for 'Hateful Border Agenda'. commondreams.org "The Trump Administration would rather criminalize immigrants, separate families, and detain refugees than practice empathy and compassion," the group of four lawmakers said. "Recent reports of a massive deportation operation, targeting thousands of immigrant families in major cities across the country are further evidence that this President will stop at nothing in order to carry out his hateful agenda." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

RT (2019-06-22). Et tu, Ilhan? Twitter goes bananas as Omar explains why detention centers are 'concentration camps'. rt.com Rep. Ilhan Omar has argued that US immigrant detention centers fit the definition of concentration camps, eliciting both applause and eye-rolling on social media as debate over immigration continues to polarize the country.

Staff (2019-06-21). Human Rights Lawyer Condemns Canada's Support For Honduras's Repressive Regime (2/2). therealnews.com Prisilla Alvarado, a lawyer acting for imprisoned human rights defender Edwin Espinal, condemns Canadian support for the regime of Juan Orlando Hernandez…

Staff (2019-06-21). Human Rights Lawyer Condemns Canada's Support For Honduras's Repressive Regime (2/2). therealnews.com Prisilla Alvarado, a lawyer acting for imprisoned human rights defender Edwin Aspinal, condemns Canadian support for the regime of Juan Orlando Hernandez…

Brett Wilkins (2019-06-21). A Brief History of US Concentration Camps. counterpunch.org Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has ignited a firestorm of criticism, from both the left and the right as well as the mainstream media, for calling US immigrant detention centers "concentration camps." To her credit, Ocasio-Cortez has refused to back down, citing academic experts and blasting the Trump administration for forcibly holding undocumented migrants "where they are brutalized with dehumanizing conditions and dying." She also cited history. "The US ran concentration camps before, when we rounded up Japanese people during World War II," she tweeted. "It is such a shameful history that we largely igno…

Staff (2019-06-21). How the Media Misrepresents the Debate Over the Green New Deal. truthout.org A recent Politico article about the Green New Deal resolution put forward in February by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) features many grumblings from blue-collar union members about the potential economic disruption and the loss of jobs — even though the resolution calls for union rights and a federal jobs guarantee for workers. The article opens with Robbie Hunter, the president of the State Building and Construction T…

United Nations (2019-06-21). Crackdown on Christians in Eritrea spurs UN expert to press Government 'to live up to its international commitments'. un.org Cracking down on Catholic Church activities, arbitrary arrest and imprisonment of Orthodox and Christian congregation members in Eritrea, prompted a call from a UN independent rights expert on Friday for the Government to respect citizens' freedom of religion and to "release those who have been imprisoned for their religious beliefs".

pip.hinman (2019-06-21). Defend the CFMMEU — but Setka should resign. greenleft.org.au The Socialist Alliance National Executive released this statement on June 17. | *** | The Socialist Alliance will always fight for and defend the rights of workers and their unions, including the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU). This union has faced relentless attacks from the capitalist class and the Coalition — including through the introduction of the Australian Building and Construction Commission — because it is a militant union. | The Australian Labor Party has done little to undo the anti-union laws that successive governments have introduced, dating back to t…

Julia Conley, staff writer (2019-06-21). 'Not On Our Watch': Rights Groups Rally to Help Immigrant Communities Ahead of Reported Weekend Raids by ICE. commondreams.org Ahead of planned pre-dawn immigration raids the Trump administration is set to begin on Sunday morning, rights groups on Friday circulated information for immigrants to prepare families and communities for what was to come, and ensure their rights in the event of government raid were known. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

United Nations (2019-06-21). Crackdown on Christians in Eritrea spurs UN expert to press Government 'to live up to its international commitments'. un.org Cracking down on Catholic Church activities, arbitrary arrest and imprisonment of Orthodox and other Christian congregation members in Eritrea, prompted a call from a UN independent rights expert on Friday for the Government to respect citizens' freedom of religion and to "release those who have been imprisoned for their religious beliefs".

Mark Gruenberg (2019-06-21). Pro-choice groups fear for abortion rights. peoplesworld.org SAN FRANCISCO—-Millions of low-income women nationwide face a GOP Trump administration gag rule on their abortion rights following a federal appeals court ruling on June 20 — maybe. That's because while a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld, at least for now, Trump's gag rule, the panel's decision isn't permanent. …

Matt Higgins (2019-06-21). Fed up with the system, young voters engage for 2020. nationofchange.org Despite this being an off-election year, voting rights organizations are quickly mobilizing to expand voting access, ensure voting rights and educate citizens on their age-old civic responsibility. Now, in what may provide a shakeup to the 2020 elections, a recent poll confirmed that a majority of young Americans want to "reform of replace" the current voting system …

Brian Cloughley (2019-06-21). Trump's Sanctions are Sadistic and Spiteful. counterpunch.org The history of sanctions is grim, and it is generally acknowledged that they penalize ordinary people to an unjustifiable degree. It is difficult to forget the excruciating pronouncement by Madeleine Albright, President Clinton's Secretary of State, when she was ambassador to the UN and commented on their effects in Iraq in the 1990s, in the More

Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle (2019-06-21). Sanctions that cause hunger and kill-join us in a Food Sovereignty Delegation to Caracas. indybay.org What's going on right now in Venezuela? Come see for yourself how Venezuelans are coping with US economic sanctions designed to cause a social implosion. According to the Independent of England, in Venezuela people hunt the animals of the zoo to eat them. According to the mainstream media, Venezuelans also eat rottten meat and garbage. these reports, give a distorted picture of what is happening in Venezuela . The media also omits serious analysis of the role of the government—community partnership "CLAP" food distribution program that reaches millions of Venezuelans. There is no doubt as indicated in a rec…

teleSUR (2019-06-21). US: Trump Sanctions More Chinese Tech Companies for 'Security'. telesurenglish.net The United States Commerce Department says it's adding several Chinese high tech companies to its national security "entity list" that bars them from buying U.S. parts without government approval. | RELATED: | Facebook Removes Its Apps From Huawei Phones | The department said Friday it will include Sugon, the Wuxi Jiangnan Institute of Computing Technology, Higon, Chengdu Haiguang Integrated Circuit and Chengdu Haiguang Microelectronics Technology along with the DBAs of these five companies to i…

teleSUR (2019-06-21). 'Lies, Slander': Cuba Rejects US Trafficking Blacklist. telesurenglish.net Cuba denounced a decision by the United States to blacklist the island nation for allegedly contributing to human trafficking as based on "lies and slander." | RELATED: | Cuban Doctors Restore Sight to Brazilian Community in Bolivia | The U.S. State Department's annual report on human trafficking released Thursday added Cuba and Saudi Arabia to the list of countries allegedly "not doing enugh" to prevent human trafficking and warned sanctions could follow. To add insult to injur…

Staff (2019-06-21). My Grandmother's 20-Year Fight for Prison Phone Justice. truthout.org Imagine having to choose between purchasing groceries or making a phone call to speak with your incarcerated loved one this week. That's the dilemma facing thousands of families across the country bearing the burden of high-cost prison phone calls. | In states like Arkansas, according to the Prison Policy Initiative, it can still cost up to $24 for a 15-minute phone call with someone detained at a jail — a plight po…

Staff (2019-06-21). Headlines for June 21, 2019. democracynow.org Report: Trump Ordered Military Strikes on Iran But Then Pulled Back, Democrats: Congressional Approval Is Needed Before Attacking Iran, Senate Votes to Block Weapons Sales to Saudi Arabia & UAE over Yemen War, U.K. Court Rules British Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia Were Unlawful on Humanitarian Grounds, Federal Court Rules in Favor of Trump Administration Title X Abortion "Gag Rule", Detained Migrant Children Denied Adequate Food, Water & Sanitation in Texas, Trump Administration Says Detained Children Not Entitled to Soap, Toothbrushes & Beds, Protest Planned over U.S. Plan to House Children at Site of Former WWII I…

Staff (2019-06-21). Key Witness in Navy SEAL Case Stuns Court by Taking Blame. truthdig.com SAN DIEGO — When prosecutors called a special forces medic to testify, they expected him to bolster their case against a decorated Navy SEAL accused of stabbing an Islamic State fighter in his care. | Corey Scott delivered in part, saying Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher unexpectedly plunged a knife into the adolescent detainee in 2017 after treating his wounds in Iraq. | But the government was floored by what came next: Scott took the blame for the killing, saying he suffocated the boy in an act of…

Naureen Shah (2019-06-21). As Trump Tweets Hateful Threats, States are Protecting Immigrant Rights. commondreams.org The wave of pro-immigrant legislation in the states — and the recent passage in the House of Representatives of the American Dream and Promise Act — represents a powerful cross-current to the Trump administration's increasingly anti-immigrant rhetoric and policy. (Photo: via ACLU) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

teleSUR (2019-06-20). UN Human Rights Commissioner Meets Venezuelan Ministers. telesurenglish.net U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet met with senior members of Venezuela's Bolivarian government as part of her official visit that began Wednesday, following an invitation from President Nicolas Maduro. | RELATED: | US Plans in Venezuela Have Failed: Cuban President | On Wednesday evening Bachelet held a meeting with Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza, who explained how the government hopes to draw Bachelet's attention to the crippling effects of Unit…

plenglish (2019-06-20). Maduro Praises Bachelet's Visit to Strengthen Human Rights System. plenglish.com 20 de junio de 2019, 15: 17Caracas, Jun 20 (Prensa Latina) The visit to Venezuela by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, will contribute to improving the national system, President Nicolas Maduro said.

Ajamu Baraka (2019-06-20). In the U.S. They Are Never Called Human Rights Violations. globalresearch.ca Trump's 2020 budget proposal reflects another significant increase in military spending along with corresponding cuts in spending by Federal agencies tasked with the responsibility for providing critical services and income support policies for working class and poor people. Trump's call …

teleSUR (2019-06-20). UK Broke the Law by Shipping Weapons to Saudi Arabia. telesurenglish.net The United Kingdom broke international law by allowing arms exports to Saudi Arabia that might have been used in Yemen's war, a court ruled on Thursday, after activists argued the weapons were likely operated in violation of human rights legislation. | RELATED: | Saudi Crown Prince Liable for Murder of Khashoggi: UN Expert | While the court's decision does not mean Britain must immediately halt arms exports to Saudi Arabia, it does mean that there is a stay on the granting of new…

plenglish (2019-06-20). Bachelet Holds Meetings with Venezuelan Governmental Representatives. plenglish.com Caracas, Jun 20 (Prensa Latina) The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has held meetings with Venezuelan governmental representatives on Thursday as part of her work agenda in Venezuela.

RT (2019-06-20). Ilhan Omar re-tweets video of CNN contributor claiming US could be on the road to 'death camps'. rt.com Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar appears to be supporting fellow representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, after AOC sparked uproar for comparing detention centers at the US border to Nazi concentration camps.

RT (2019-06-20). Israeli Holocaust museum schools AOC on concentration camps after comparison to migrant facilities. rt.com The Israeli Holocaust memorial center Yad Vashem lit up US Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez online for comparing US migrant detention centers to fascistic concentration camps, even offering to help educate her. |

United Nations (2019-06-20). Khashoggi murder 'an international crime', says UN-appointed rights investigator: Special in-depth UN News interview. un.org In an interview with UN News, Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard recounted her nearly week-long mission to Turkey searching for the truth surrounding the death of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last October.

Ed Sykes (2019-06-20). Global poll ranks countries 'using their influence for bad', and the US sits close to the top. thecanary.co In a poll of people from 24 countries, the US has ranked near Saudi Arabia, Israel, Russia, and Iran in terms of using its global influence for bad purposes. | The poll: | The Ipsos Mori study for King's College London surveyed 17,000 people online in 24 countries. | People saw Iran as the most likely to use its influence for bad, at 31%. Russia and Saudi Arabia followed close behind on 25% each, while Israel r…

plenglish (2019-06-20). Cuban Foreign Minister Highlights Commitment to Workers' Rights. plenglish.com Havana, June 20 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez confirmed on Thursday the island's commitment to protecting workers' rights, social justice and decent jobs for all.

teleSUR (2019-06-20). General Strike in Peru Against Neoliberal Labor 'Reform'. telesurenglish.net Peru's largest labor unions have launched a general strike across the country to protest a neoliberal labor law passed last December as part of a month-long campaign and work stoppages against the 'reforms' that will reduce workers' rights in the South American country. | RELATED: | Peru: Alan Garcia's Once-Revolutionary Party Hopes To Make A Comeback | On Thursday, workers from the General Confederation of Workers in Peru (CGTP) whose members hail from the construction,…

Eoin Higgins, staff writer (2019-06-20). Trump Prepares to Open New 'Captured Children' Facility in Texas as Hundreds of Rights Groups Call for Decriminalizing Migration. commondreams.org Federal policies on immigration continue trending in a more punitive direction | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

United Nations (2019-06-20). Journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder 'an international crime', says UN-appointed rights investigator. un.org In an interview with UN News, Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard recounted her nearly week-long mission to Turkey searching for the truth surrounding the death of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last October.

Jonathan Cook (2019-06-20). Annexation: How Israel Already Controls More Than Half of the West Bank. mintpressnews.com Almost two-thirds of the Palestinian territory, including most of its most fertile and resource-rich land, is under full Israeli control and about 400,000 Jewish settlers living there enjoy the full rights and privileges of Israeli citizens.

plenglish (2019-06-20). Mobilization in Colombia against the US Blockade on Cuba. plenglish.com Bogota, June 20 (Prensa Latina) Colombian political and social personalities and organizations called for demonstrations in different cities across the country to reject the escalation of US sanctions, which intensify the prolonged and criminal blockade against Cuba.

Justin Podur (2019-06-20). Sanctions Are "Genocidal", and They Are America's "Favorite Weapon" globalresearch.ca After withdrawing from the nuclear deal with Iran last year and resuming sanctions last November, the White House in April announced that its goal was to "drive Iranian exports to zero." To make this drive happen, the White House stopped …

teleSUR (2019-06-20). Chinese President Makes Historical Visit to North Korea. telesurenglish.net Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in North Korea on Thursday as Beijing looks to bolster its neighbor, hit by U.N. sanctions over its nuclear and missile programs, a week before Xi and U.S. President Donald Trump meet amid a bitter trade dispute. | RELATED: | China Reiterates Support for North Korea's 'Correct Direction' | North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife, Ri Sol Ju, greeted Xi at the airport, Chinese state TV said. Kim's sister, Kim Yo Jong, and officials who playe…

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