2019-06-06: Social Media Postees

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UN Special Rapporteur on Torture warns Julian Assange could die in prison
wsws.org | 2019-06-06
The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture said in an Australian radio interview on June 1 that Julian Assange could die in jail if his persecution is not ended here and now.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/06/assa…

Clemency for the Lowly, Free Passes for the Mighty
Rebecca Gordon | commondreams.org | 2019-06-06
If the crime is big enough—like creating or countenancing a U.S. torture archipelago that stretched from Thailand to Poland to Guant√°namo Bay, or lying to the world to justify launching an aggressive war on Iraq—the risk of trial is nonexistent. No pardons required. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
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Activists Face Prison Time for Rescuing Ducks, Piglets From Factory Farms
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-06
Nearly 100 animal rights activists were freed today, after being arrested by police in riot gear for carrying out a rescue mission and protest at the Reichardt Duck Farm in Petaluma, California, which they accuse of engaging in animal torture. More than 600 activists with Direct Action Everywhere stormed the slaughterhouse Monday, fanning out in teams to chain themselves together at the entrance, freeing dozens of ducks and in some cases locking themselves by the neck to the slaughter line. Several of the activists made it inside the slaughterhouse, where they began trying to rescue ducks that were hanging ups…
truthout.org/video/activists-face-prison-time-for-rescuing-ducks-piglets-from-factory-farms/

Meet the Animal Rights Activists Facing Prison Time for Rescuing Ducks, Piglets from Factory Farms
MAIL | democracynow.org | 2019-06-06
Nearly 100 animal rights activists were freed today, after being arrested by police in riot gear for carrying out a rescue mission and protest at the Reichardt Duck Farm in Petaluma, California, which they accuse of engaging in animal torture. More than 600 activists with Direct Action Everywhere stormed the slaughterhouse Monday, fanning out in teams to chain themselves together at the entrance, freeing dozens of ducks and in some cases locking themselves by the neck to the slaughter line. Several of the activists made it inside the slaughterhouse, where they began trying to rescue ducks that were hanging upside…
www.democracynow.org/2019/6/6/direct_act…

WSJ Says CIA Chief Wouldn't Do Anything 'Inappropriate'–Despite Record of Torture and Coverup
Joshua Cho | fair.org | 2019-06-06
by Joshua Cho A Wall Street Journal report (5/25/19) by Warren Strobel whitewashed CIA Director Gina Haspel's career and put a positive spin on the CIA's insulation from public accountability with its turn towards its greatest opacity "in decades." While one might expect CIA officials to support greater secrecy around the organization, it's odd that …
fair.org/home/wsj-says-cia-chief-wouldnt-do-anything-inappropriate-despite-record-of-torture-and-coverup/

How ICE and other DHS agencies mine social media in the name of national security
Rachel Levinson-Waldman | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-06
Through its vast and deeply flawed social media monitoring, the Department of Homeland Security jeopardizes the rights of travelers, immigrants, refugees, and many others.
nationofchange.org/2019/06/06/how-ice-and-other-dhs-agencies-mine-social-media-in-the-name-of-national-security/

If corporations have rights, so does nature
Jim Hightower | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-06
From the very start of our nation, | the most popular forum for debating and shaping our democratic rights | was not stately legislative halls, but rowdy beer halls. | Indeed, "pub democracy" remains | strong across our country, as is now being shown by a hardy group of | democracy rebels in Toledo, Ohio. | The people of this city on the edge | of Lake Erie were literally sickened in 2014 when a toxic algae bloom | poisoned the lake, which is the source of their drinking water. People | were outraged that state officials, who were in the pocket of the | polluters, did nothing to protect the lake from more pois…
nationofchange.org/2019/06/06/if-corporations-have-rights-so-does-nature/

Internet brings down Coca-Cola partner farm after SHOCKING animal cruelty footage surfaces online
rt.com | 2019-06-06
The Coca-Cola corporation has been forced to cut its ties with a farm supplying its milk company, after animal-rights activists released horrifying footage of animal cruelty on the farm and public outcry ensued. | …
rt.com/usa/461256-coca-cola-farm-abuse/

Elizabeth Warren's Campaign Staff To Unionize
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-06
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren Thursday endorsed her campaign staff's decision to unionize, an expected move from the United States Senator from Massachusetts who has made workers' rights a major part of her 2020 platform. | RELATED: | US Election: Elizabeth Warren Proposes Canceling Students Debt for over 40M People | The staunchly pro-labor senator joins three other Democratic presidential candidates – U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Verm…
telesurenglish.net/news/Elizabeth-Warrens-Campaign-Staff-To-Unionize-20190606-0017.html

NAACP Preps Rally, Trains Volunteer Ahead of 110th National Convention
Vanessa Mbonu | naacp.org | 2019-06-06
Media Contact: Austyn Ross/aross@naacpnet.org, Aba Blankson/ablankson@naacpnet.org/443-462-7319 Detroit, MI (June 6, 2019) — The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the nation's premier civil rights organization will bring together hundreds of volunteers for a rally and training in preparation for its 110th Annual Convention in Detroit, July 20-24. The NAACP will …
naacp.org/latest/naacp-preps-rally-trains-volunteer-ahead-110th-national-convention/

If corporations have rights, so does nature
Jim Hightower | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-06
From the very start of our nation, | the most popular forum for debating and shaping our democratic rights | was not stately legislative halls, but rowdy beer halls. | Indeed, "pub democracy" remains | strong across our country, as is now being shown by a hardy group of | democracy rebels in Toledo, Ohio. | The people of this city on the edge | of Lake Erie were literally sickened in 2014 when a toxic algae bloom | poisoned the lake, which is the source of their drinking water. People | were outraged that state officials, who were in the pocket of the | polluters, did nothing to protect the lake from more pois…
nationofchange.org/2019/06/06/if-corporations-have-rights-so-does-nature/

NYPD Apologizes for 1969 Raid of Stonewall Inn
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-06
NEW YORK — Nearly 50 years after a police raid at the Stonewall Inn catalyzed the modern LGBT rights movement, New York's police commissioner apologized Tuesday for what his department did. | "The actions taken by the NYPD were wrong, plain and simple," Commissioner James O'Neill said during a briefing at police headquarters. | "The actions and the laws were discriminatory and oppressive," he added. "And for that, I apologize." | The apology comes weeks ahead of the milestone anniversary of the raid and the rebellion it sparked the night of June…
truthdig.com/articles/nypd-apologizes-for-69-raid-of-stonewall-inn/

In memory of Degeufe Hailu
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-06-06
Everyone who met Deguefe Odysseas Hailu, who passed away after a short period of illness on May 22, remembers him as a quietly spoken and gentle person. | But he was also passionately committed to the struggle for democracy and social justice, a longstanding member of the Socialist Alliance and a writer of several articles on Ethiopian politics for Green Left Weekly. | Degeufe was born in Ethiopia on April 5, 1955, the eldest of four siblings. From a young age he was an avid reader and he became inspired by US Black rights activist Malcolm X and Belay Zeleke, a leader of the Ethiopian resistance to Italian coloni…
greenleft.org.au/content/memory-degeufe-hailu

In memory of Degeufe Hailu
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-06-06
Everyone who met Deguefe Odysseas Hailu, who passed away after a short period of illness on May 22, remembers him as a quietly spoken and gentle person. | But he was also passionately committed to the struggle for democracy and social justice, a longstanding member of the Socialist Alliance and a writer of several articles on Ethiopian politics for Green Left Weekly. | Degeufe was born in Ethiopia on April 5, 1955, the eldest of four siblings. From a young age he was an avid reader and he became inspired by US Black rights activist Malcolm X and Belay Zeleke, a leader of the Ethiopian resistance to Italian coloni…
greenleft.org.au/content/memory-degeufe-hailu

Dr. King and Mr. Garrow
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2019-06-06
Patrick Martin at the World Socialist Web Site responds to an incendiary smear campaign against the political legacy of the American civil rights movement and Martin Luther King, Jr.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/04/18823736.php

Fundamental Palestinian Rights: Trump's "Deal of the Century" "No-Peace/ Peace Plan", Derogating "The Right of Return"
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-06
From what's known about the scheme, subject to change, Trump's so-called "deal of the century" has nothing to do with regional peace or treating Palestinians equitably. | It has everything to with serving US and Israeli interests at the expense of …
globalresearch.ca/fundamental-palestinian-rights-trumps-deal-of-the-century-no-peace-peace-plan-derogating-the-right-of-return/5679711

Center for Constitutional Rights Alleges U.S. Interference Into International Criminal Court
commondreams.org | 2019-06-06
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/06/06/center-constitutional-rights-alleges-us-interference-international-criminal?cd-origin=rss

AOC Slams FBI for Racial Prejudice in Handling Terrorism Cases
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-06
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (AOC) questioned an FBI officer over not charging white supremacists' acts of violence as domestic terrorism in the United States but doing the same for violence carried out by Muslims. | RELATED: | Ocasio-Cortez: 'Time to Open Impeachment Inquiry Against Trump' | During a hearing before the House Oversight subcommittee on civil rights and civil liberties on "Confronting White Supremacy," various Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officia…
telesurenglish.net/news/AOC-Confronts-FBI-Over-Failing-To-Treat-White-Supremacists-Crimes-as-Domestic-Terrorism-20190606-0012.html

Harvard Was Wrong to Dismiss its Dean for Representing Harvey Weinstein
aclu.org | 2019-06-06
Our system of rights depends on the fundamental distinction between a lawyer and his client. | Last month, Harvard College Dean Rakesh Khurana announced that Ronald Sullivan, a professor in the law school, would no longer serve as faculty dean of Winthrop House, a residential dorm at Harvard. Sullivan was the first African American to serve as a faculty dean and had served in that role at Winthrop House for a decade. But when he chose to join the legal team defending Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein in his upcoming criminal trial on allegations of sexual assault, his decision sparked protests and sit-ins, as stud…
aclu.org/blog/free-speech/harvard-was-wrong-dismiss-its-dean-representing-harvey-weinstein

Elizabeth Warren Blasts Biden's Record on Abortion Rights
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-06
During a town hall, the senator decries the former vice president's support for the Hyde Amendment, calling it "wrong for a long time."
truthdig.com/articles/elizabeth-warren-blasts-bidens-record-on-abortion-rights/

Hundreds of Animal Rights Activists Descend on Slaughterhouse, Locking Necks to Slaughter Line
DXE | indybay.org | 2019-06-06
Over 600 activists with the animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) are marching to a massive duck slaughterhouse (facebook live video), with dozens planning to lock their necks to the slaughterhouse shackles and other machinery.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/03/18823714.php

Lutheran student pastor Betty Rendón deported back to Colombia less than a month after being detained by ICE
wsws.org | 2019-06-06
Pleas from community members and family fell on deaf ears as the Trump administration escalates its war on immigrants.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/06/brco…

SPLC sues Trump administration for detaining immigrants who cannot afford bail
splcenter.org | 2019-06-06
The SPLC and its allies sued the Trump administration today for holding people in Georgia immigration prisons just because they do not have enough money to pay for bail.
splcenter.org/news/2019/06/06/splc-sues-trump-administration-detaining-immigrants-who-cannot-afford-bail

Lutheran student pastor Betty Rendón deported back to Columbia less than a month after being detained by ICE
wsws.org | 2019-06-06
Pleas from community members and family fell on deaf ears as the Trump administration escalates its war on immigrants.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/06/brco…

Lutheran student pastor Betty Rendón deported back to Colombia less than a month after being detained by ICE
wsws.org | 2019-06-06
Pleas from community members and family fell on deaf ears as the Trump administration escalates its war on immigrants.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/06/brco…

Three immigrants die in US custody in three days
wsws.org | 2019-06-06
Immigrants are being subjected to inhumane treatment all along the line, guaranteeing that there will be more deaths in federal detention centers across the US.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/06/immi…

Warren and Jayapal Launch Probe into 'Rapid, Cynical, and Unethical' Profiteering Off Trump Child Detention Policy by Former Top Aide John Kelly
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-06
The former White House chief of staff and former head of DHS is specifically advising the company on child detention | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/06/warren-and-jayapal-launch-probe-rapid-cynical-and-unethical-profiteering-trump-child?cd-origin=rss

Sanctions Are Genocidal, and They Are the US's Favorite Weapon
Justin Podur | commondreams.org | 2019-06-06
U.S. sanctions against Venezuela have already killed 40,000 people between 2017 and 2018, according to a report by Mark Weisbrot and Columbia University's Jeffrey Sachs. (Photo: Courtesy of the authors) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/views/2019/06/06/sanctions-are-genocidal-and-they-are-uss-favorite-weapon?cd-origin=rss

US Forces Destroy Syrian Oil While Enforcing Sanctions
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-06
The U.S. military attacked three Syrian oil tankers, destroying all and killing four of their drivers. The tankers were carrying Syrian oil, pumped from Syrian oil wells, and driving on Syrian territory. The U.S. justified the attack and murders …
globalresearch.ca/us-forces-destroy-syrian-oil-enforcing-sanctions/5679710

Guaido Relies on Personal Astrologer for Political Guidance
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-06
The self-proclaimed 'President' of Venezuela, Juan Guaido, does not travel without his personal astrologer and spiritual guru, Jon Lee Anderson of The New Yorker recounted in a new article. | RELATED: | Desperate Guaido Asks EU To Impose More Sanctions On Venezuela | According to the article, a "man in owlish glasses" introduced himself to Anderson as 'David' during the author's visit to Venezuela in March of this year. | David then proclaimed that Venezuelan President Nicolas…
telesurenglish.net/news/Guaido-Relies-on-Personal-Astrologer-for-Political-Guidance-20190606-0001.html

Trump Targets Cuba's Tourism and Small Businesses
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-06
Trump administration sanctions that impose new travel restrictions on Cuba are aimed at Cuba's economy and will have no effect on Cuba's support for Venezuela, says Nefta Freeman of IPS…
therealnews.com/stories/trump-targets-cubas-tourism-and-small-businesses

Australian government forces refugees back to face repression in Sri Lanka
wsws.org | 2019-06-05
At least 20 more asylum seekers have been detained by the Australian navy and deported to Sri Lanka to face possible torture and imprisonment.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/05/refu…

Calling Solitary Confinement 'Government Torture,' Ocasio-Cortez Says 'Release Everyone'
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-05
In tweet commenting on upcoming "protective custody" of Paul Manafort, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez says prison sentences don't provide license to commit "human rights violations" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/05/calling-solitary-confinement-government-torture-ocasio-cortez-says-release-everyone?cd-origin=rss

Trump Moves To End Research Using Fetal Tissue From Abortions
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-05
The Trump administration Wednesday said it would end scientific research at the National Institutes of Health that relies on fetal tissue from elective abortions, a move decried by scientists and rights groups. | RELATED: | Disney, Netflix, Warner to Leave Georgia If Abortion Ban Passes | The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services also said Wednesday it ended a US$2 million-a-year contract with the University of California, San Francisco…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-Moves-To-End-Research-Using-Fetal-Tissue-From-Abortions-20190605-0029.html

Attacks Mount Against Philippine Human Rights Advocates
Seiji Yamada — John Witeck | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-05
Approximately 300,000 or one-fourth of Hawaii's population is Filipino. Hawaii's substantial economic, personal, and family ties with the Philippines means that all of us here have a great stake in what is happening there. The government of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has been threatening and attacking a growing number of human rights advocates, labor, church…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/05/attacks-mount-against-philippine-human-rights-advocates/

Citing Threats to Abortion Rights, Sanders Endorses Marie Newman's Democratic Primary Challenge Against Anti-Choice Incumbent Dan Lipinski
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-05
In a clear rebuke of Democratic Party leadership and the mounting threats to abortion rights across the United States, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday endorsed Marie Newman, who is challenging anti-choice Illinois Congressman Dan Lipinski in the 2020 primary after she narrowly lost to the Blue Dog Democrat in the last cycle. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/05/citing-threats-abortion-rights-sanders-endorses-marie-newmans-democratic-primary?cd-origin=rss

Attacks Mount Against Philippine Human Rights Advocates
Seiji Yamada — John Witeck | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-05
by John Witeck & Seiji Yamada Approximately 300,000 or one-fourth of Hawaii's population is Filipino. Hawaii's substantial economic, personal, and family ties with the Philippines means that all of us here have a great stake in what is happening there. The government of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has been threatening and attacking a growing number…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/05/attacks-mount-against-philippine-human-rights-advocates/

Global Gag Rule Depriving of Healthcare, Killing Women: IWHC
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-05
U.S. President Donald Trump's "global gag rule" is depriving "women of essential healthcare" and "ultimately killing" women around the world, the International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC) said in a report Wednesday. | RELATED: | Women Rights Groups Decry Expansion of US 'Global Gag Rule' on Abortion | In a statement,…
telesurenglish.net/news/Global-Gag-Rule-Depriving-of-Healthcare-Killing-Women-IWHC-20190605-0030.html

"We're Left to Defend Ourselves on the Margins": 8 Black Trans Women Have Been Murdered This Year
MAIL | democracynow.org | 2019-06-05
The body of 26-year-old Chynal Lindsey was recovered Saturday from a lake in Northeast Dallas. Police said they are investigating her death as a homicide. Chynal is the third transgender black woman killed in Dallas since October, including the high-profile death of Muhlaysia Booker just two weeks ago. Another Dallas trans woman was stabbed multiple times in April but survived. Trans rights activists say the violence in Dallas is indicative of the larger threat to black transgender women. At least eight black trans women have been murdered in the U.S. this year. According to the Human Rights Campaign, at least 26…
www.democracynow.org/2019/6/5/were_left_…

Australian Federal Police raid journalists over exposures of government spying, war crimes
wsws.org | 2019-06-05
The raids, targeting a News Corp journalist and the Sydney offices of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, are part of an expanding assault on democratic rights and press freedom.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/05/raid…

How to Arm Nature Against Corporate Profiteers
Jim Hightower | commondreams.org | 2019-06-05
The Rights of Nature movement is asserting the obvious: Earth's biosphere is not a free candy store for our taking. (Photo: Flickr/ChrisA1995/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/views/2019/06/05/how-arm-nature-against-corporate-profiteers?cd-origin=rss

Global Gag Rule Is Depriving Healthcare, Killing Women: IWHC
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-05
U.S. President Donald Trump's "global gag rule" is depriving "women of essential healthcare" and "ultimately killing" women around the world, the International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC) said in a report Wednesday. | RELATED: | Women Rights Groups Decry Expansion of US 'Global Gag Rule' on Abortion | In a statement,…
telesurenglish.net/news/Global-Gag-Rule-Is-Depriving-Healthcare-Killing-Women-IWHC-20190605-0030.html

More Than 100 Commercial, Cultural and Sporting Activities in Italy Declare Themselves Free of Israeli Apartheid
PACBI | bdsmovement.net | 2019-06-05
More Than 100 Commercial, Cultural and Sporting Activities in Italy Declare Themselves Free of Israeli Apartheid: In the NewsTrade unions, movements, artisans, businesses and cultural, recreational and sports centers join campaign for Palestinian rights in what is also a clear stand against the mounting racism and nationalist closure that is fomenting hatred and intolerance across Europ…
bdsmovement.net/news/more-100-commercial-cultural-and-sporting-activities-italy-declare-themselves-free-israeli

Fifty years after Stonewall, the real fight for LBGTQ rights is local
Alex Myers | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-05
The U.S. House of Representatives last month passed the Equality | Act–more than four decades after it was first introduced–extending civil | rights protections to LGBTQ+ people. | This vote should give us some hope. Its passage–236-173–was | bipartisan, a rare feat these days; its provisions are expansive, | granting protection in the areas of employment, housing and public | accommodations; and its language includes both sexual orientation as | well as gender identity, allowing for explicit inclusion of transgender | individuals. | Yet to each hopeful sign, there's a caveat. Only eigh…
nationofchange.org/2019/06/05/fifty-years-after-stonewall-the-real-fight-for-lbgtq-rights-is-local/

Dr. King and Mr. Garrow
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2019-06-05
Patrick Martin at the World Socialist Web Site responds to an incendiary smear campaign against the political legacy of the American civil rights movement and Martin Luther King, Jr.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/04/18823736.php

Trump Moves To End Research Using Fetal Tissue From Abortions
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-05
The Trump administration Wednesday said it would end scientific research at the National Institutes of Health that relies on fetal tissue from elective abortions, a move decried by scientists and rights groups. | RELATED: | Disney, Netflix, Warner to Leave Georgia If Abortion Ban Passes | The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services also said Wednesday it ended a US$2 million-a-year contract with the University of California, San Francisco…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-Moves-To-End-Research-Using-Fetal-Tissue-From-Abortions-20190605-0029.html

Washington Office on Latin America gets behind U.S. regime change agenda in Venezuela
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-06-05
WOLA's hawkish stance on Venezuela may seem surprising for a "human rights" organization, but it is less of a surprise for those familiar with WOLA's history. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/06/05/washington-office-on-latin-america-gets-behind-u-s-regime-change-agenda-in-venezuela/

Hundreds of Animal Rights Activists Descend on Slaughterhouse, Locking Necks to Slaughter Line
DXE | indybay.org | 2019-06-05
Over 600 activists with the animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) are marching to a massive duck slaughterhouse (facebook live video), with dozens planning to lock their necks to the slaughterhouse shackles and other machinery.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/03/18823714.php

'Straight-Up Cruel': Trump Admin Condemned for Canceling Education, Recreation, and Legal Services for Detained Migrant Children
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-05
Human rights advocates responded with outrage Wednesday to the Trump administration's decision to start canceling education, recreation, and legal services for unaccompanied migrant children in federal shelters across the country, purportedly because of high detention rates and low funds. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/05/straight-cruel-trump-admin-condemned-canceling-education-recreation-and-legal?cd-origin=rss

Social Movements Protest Bolsonaro's Environmental Policies
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-05
Indigenous people, environmental activists, and other rights groups protested Tuesday in Brasilia against the government's far-right policies targeting environmental preservation and nature, and coinciding with the launch of Environment Week in the capital. | RELATED: | 'Told You, I Don't Understand the Economy': Bolsonaro | Elisabeth Uema, president of the National Association of Environmental Servants (Ascema) and a member of the grassroots environmental Mare movement, said that the protes…
telesurenglish.net/news/Social-Movements-Protest-Bolsonaros-Environmental-Policies-20190605-0017.html

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2019-06-05: News Headlines

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2019-06-05). 'Straight-Up Cruel': Trump Admin Condemned for Canceling Education, Recreation, and Legal Services for Detained Migrant Children. commondreams.org Human rights advocates responded with outrage Wednesday to the Trump administration's decision to start canceling education, recreation, and legal services for unaccompanied migrant children in federal shelters across the country, purportedly because of high detention rates and low funds. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

MAIL (2019-06-05). "We're Left to Defend Ourselves on the Margins": 8 Black Trans Women Have Been Murdered This Year. democracynow.org The body of 26-year-old Chynal Lindsey was recovered Saturday from a lake in Northeast Dallas. Police said they are investigating her death as a homicide. Chynal is the third transgender black woman killed in Dallas since October, including the high-profile death of Muhlaysia Booker just two weeks ago. Another Dallas trans woman was stabbed multiple times in April but survived. Trans rights activists say the violence in Dallas is indicative of the larger threat to black transgender women. At least eight black trans women have been murdered in the U.S. this year. According to the Human Rights Campaign, at least 26…

Andrea Germanos, staff writer (2019-06-05). Calling Solitary Confinement 'Government Torture,' Ocasio-Cortez Says 'Release Everyone'. commondreams.org In tweet commenting on upcoming "protective custody" of Paul Manafort, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez says prison sentences don't provide license to commit "human rights violations" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

Eds. (2019-06-05). Washington Office on Latin America gets behind U.S. regime change agenda in Venezuela. mronline.org WOLA's hawkish stance on Venezuela may seem surprising for a "human rights" organization, but it is less of a surprise for those familiar with WOLA's history. | Source

Seiji Yamada — John Witeck (2019-06-05). Attacks Mount Against Philippine Human Rights Advocates. counterpunch.org by John Witeck & Seiji Yamada Approximately 300,000 or one-fourth of Hawaii's population is Filipino. Hawaii's substantial economic, personal, and family ties with the Philippines means that all of us here have a great stake in what is happening there. The government of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has been threatening and attacking a growing number More

WSWS (2019-06-05). Australian government forces refugees back to face repression in Sri Lanka. wsws.org At least 20 more asylum seekers have been detained by the Australian navy and deported to Sri Lanka to face possible torture and imprisonment.

teleSUR (2019-06-05). EU Could Fine Italy US$3.9 Billion Over Heavy National Debt. telesurenglish.net The European Commission (EC) has proposed to open an Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP) against Italy for not having sufficiently reduced its public debt, which reached 132.2 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018. This EDP could lead to sanctions of up to US$3.9 billion. | RELATED: | US Tells Italy to Stay Away From China and Russia | "The 2018 Italian data is…

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2019-06-05). Citing Threats to Abortion Rights, Sanders Endorses Marie Newman's Democratic Primary Challenge Against Anti-Choice Incumbent Dan Lipinski. commondreams.org In a clear rebuke of Democratic Party leadership and the mounting threats to abortion rights across the United States, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday endorsed Marie Newman, who is challenging anti-choice Illinois Congressman Dan Lipinski in the 2020 primary after she narrowly lost to the Blue Dog Democrat in the last cycle. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

PACBI (2019-06-05). More Than 100 Commercial, Cultural and Sporting Activities in Italy Declare Themselves Free of Israeli Apartheid. bdsmovement.net More Than 100 Commercial, Cultural and Sporting Activities in Italy Declare Themselves Free of Israeli Apartheid: In the NewsTrade unions, movements, artisans, businesses and cultural, recreational and sports centers join campaign for Palestinian rights in what is also a clear stand against the mounting racism and nationalist closure that is fomenting hatred and intolerance across Europ…

Jim Hightower (2019-06-05). How to Arm Nature Against Corporate Profiteers. commondreams.org The Rights of Nature movement is asserting the obvious: Earth's biosphere is not a free candy store for our taking. (Photo: Flickr/ChrisA1995/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

WSWS (2019-06-05). Australian Federal Police raid journalists over exposures of government spying, war crimes. wsws.org The raids, targeting a News Corp journalist and the Sydney offices of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, are part of an expanding assault on democratic rights and press freedom.

WSWS Repost (2019-06-05). Dr. King and Mr. Garrow. indybay.org Patrick Martin at the World Socialist Web Site responds to an incendiary smear campaign against the political legacy of the American civil rights movement and Martin Luther King, Jr.

RT (2019-06-05). Record 144,000 people detained at US-Mexico border in May. rt.com The number of people entering the US from Mexico illegally has skyrocketed, with more than 144,000 detained or turned away just last month. Overwhelmed US authorities are cutting back on non-essential services at migrant shelters.

Rachel Levinson-Waldman (2019-06-05). How ICE and Other DHS Agencies Mine Social Media in the Name of National Security. commondreams.org ICE operates under a decade-old policy allowing its agents to "search, detain, seize, retain, and share" electronic devices and any information on them—including social media—without individualized suspicion. (Photo: ICE/Reuters) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

Special To The Black Star News (2019-06-05). This is What Donald Trump's Failed and Cruel Border Policy Looks Like. blackstarnews.com The Trump Administration's polices have everything to do with racism not border security… | On Friday, the Inspector General (IG) for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a management alert requiring "immediate attention and action…to alleviate dangerous overcrowding at the El Paso Del Norte Processing Center (PDT)." | In unannounced visits to the PDT, the IG observed that DHS was housing 6 to 7 times the maximum capacity of detainees, including: some detainees "in standing-room-only conditions for days or weeks…;" with other "detainees standing on toilets in the cells to make room and ga…

Dianne Mathiowetz (2019-06-05). Activists close down Atlanta Detention Center. workers.org The multistory Atlanta City Detention Center was built prior to the 1996 Olympics to house the hundreds of poor and homeless people that the image-conscious corporate elite were determined to banish from the sight of a global audience. At that time the City Council passed a series of "quality of . . . | Continue reading Activists close down Atlanta Detention Center at Workers.org

Julia Conley, staff writer (2019-06-04). Top UN Human Rights Expert Decries 'Extremist Hate' Campaign Behind Escalated Attack on Reproductive Rights. commondreams.org A top United Nations official on human rights said Tuesday that recent escalated attacks on reproductive rights in the U.S. must be categorized in the same way as other many attacks on basic rights—as part of an "extremist hate" campaign. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

RT (2019-06-04). Controversial new US abortion laws akin to 'torture' — UN Commissioner. rt.com Recently passed abortion legislation in several US states equates to violence against women, according to UN human rights commissioner Kate Gilmore, who also called out what she termed the "extremist hate" behind the measures.

teleSUR (2019-06-04). US Bans Educational and Recreational Travel to Cuba. telesurenglish.net As of June 5, U.S. citizens will be prohibited from making group educational and cultural trips known as "people to people" travel to Cuba, Secretary of Commerce Steve Mnuchin of the U.S. Treasury Department confirmed in a statement Tuesday. | RELATED: | US Sanctions Violate Human Rights, International Law: UN Expert | According to the commercial director at Cuba's tourism ministry, Michel Bernal, the island nation received about 250,000 U.S. visitors in the first four months of…

Alexander Rubinstein (2019-06-04). Washington Office on Latin America Gets Behind US Regime Change Agenda in Venezuela. mintpressnews.com WOLA's hawkish stance on Venezuela may seem surprising for a "human rights" organization, but it is less of a surprise for those familiar with WOLA's history.

United Nations (2019-06-04). Newly-elected Nigerian UN General Assembly President pledges focus on 'peace and prosperity' for most vulnerable. un.org The global reach of the United Nations makes it "the world's best hope for peace and security, sustainable development and the promotion and protection of human rights and social progress", said the top Nigerian diplomat who will be the next President of the General Assembly.

United Nations (2019-06-04). Colombia: Rights experts condemn killing of reintegrated former rebel fighter, call for respect of peace process. un.org Against a backdrop of challenges in implementing the peace process in Colombia, six independent UN human rights experts condemned on Tuesday the killing of a former member of the FARC-EP guerilla movement, which they said constitutes a "violation" of the guarantees made by the Government in the 2016 peace agreement.

Aviva Stahl (2019-06-04). Force-Feeding Is Cruel, Painful, and Degrading—and American Prisons Won't Stop. thenation.com Force-Feeding Is Cruel, Painful, and Degrading—and American Prisons Won't Stop…

Sara Roy (2019-06-04). On Equating BDS With Anti-Semitism: a Letter to the Members of the German Government. counterpunch.org To the Members of the German Government: I write to you regarding the motion recently passed by the Bundestag that equated BDS with anti-Semitism. I also write to you as Jew, a child of Holocaust survivors and as a scholar of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. My mother, Taube, and father, Abraham, survived Auschwitz among other horrors. More

Staff (2019-06-04). U.S. Prepares Sanctions to Block Food Program for Millions of Venezuelans. therealnews.com The United States is preparing sanctions against a major Venezuelan government subsidized food program that distributes important food staples to over half of Venezuelans each month. The impact would be devastating. Mike Fox reports from Venezuela…

Staff (2019-06-04). U.S. Prepares Sanctions to Block Food Subsidy for Millions of Venezuelans. therealnews.com Over half of Venezuelans currently receive a direct food subsidy delivered to their neighborhoods. Trump officials say that they are looking for ways to sanctions these. Mike Fox reports from Venezuela about the program…

teleSUR (2019-06-04). Iran Sues UK for $1.6B over Wrongful Sanctions. telesurenglish.net Iranian Mellat bank's trial against the United Kingdom is expected to start on June 17 where judges will hear that Britain's actions "substantially damaged the bank's reputation" and led to the loss of profits, customers and access to international banking services for which the lender is demanding US$1.6 billion in compensation, Iranian Press TV reported Tuesday. | RELATED: | If US Refrains from Bullying, Iran May Initiate Talks: Rouhani | The bank says the U.K. government also…

Serge Halimi (2019-06-04). US Gears Up for War With Iran. counterpunch.org Can a state that condemns, without real justification, an international disarmament treaty it spent years negotiating then threaten a co-signatory with military aggression? Can it order other countries to fall into line with its capricious, bellicose stance or face punitive sanctions? The US can. It's pointless trying to argue with the Trump administration's claimed reasons More

WSWS (2019-06-04). Dr. King and Mr. Garrow. wsws.org The historian and King biographer David Garrow has unleashed a #MeToo-style slander campaign against the martyred civil rights leader.

splcenter (2019-06-04). SPLC to Congress: Myth of 'white genocide' driving white nationalist terror attacks. splcenter.org The SPLC's Lecia Brooks testified today before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (Committee on Oversight and Reform) about the need for federal action to confront the deadly white nationalist movement. Brooks delivered the following oral remarks to the subcommittee chaired by U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, in addition to written testimony.

Eric A. Gordon (2019-06-04). Breaking ground for gay rights in the Communist press. peoplesworld.org I am told by People's World Managing Editor C.J. Atkins, who enjoys rummaging around in the history of Communist Party publications, that the opinion piece republished below, almost 30 years since its first appearance in People's Daily World, was the first head-on article—apart from the occasional letter to the editor or incidental mention in other writing—in …

Bryan Wall (2019-06-04). Over a dozen Irish groups and individuals explain why Trump isn't welcome in their country. thecanary.co Over a dozen prominent Irish organisations and individuals have criticised Donald Trump ahead of his planned visit to the country on 5 June. In separate open letters p…

commondreams (2019-06-04). Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Celebrates Anniversary of Historic 19th Amendment Securing the Right for Women to Vote. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Ashley Curtin (2019-06-04). 'GOP retaliates against the people who educate our children:' West Virginia passes education bill that bans teacher strikes. nationofchange.org Lawmakers in West Virginia recently passed an education bill with an amendment that would ban teachers strikes. The legislation, which passed the Senate, heads to the state's House of Delegates later this month. | While the right-to-work state already doesn't give employees collective bargaining rights, many call the amendment "pure retribution, retaliation." | "This is just I think another stab at trying to punish us, making the law perhaps a little more severe with such language," Fred Albert, president of the West Virginia chapter of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). | The amendment would "specify…

teleSUR (2019-06-04). UN Calls for Probe Into Sudan Army's Killing of 35 Protesters. telesurenglish.net The United Nations' rights agency (OHCHR) Tuesday called on Sudanese security forces to halt attacks on Khartoum protest camps and to allow for negotiations for a transition to civilian-led power in the nation to continue. | RELATED: | Sudan Transitional Gov't Bans Al Jazeera, Revokes Staff Permits | OHCHR spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said between 30 and 35 people have been killed and several others injured in the violence. She called for a "de-escalation" in the country, warni…

John Wojcik (2019-06-04). Black women display leadership during presidential forum attack. peoplesworld.org A white male protester grabbed the microphone from Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., after he jumped onto the stage last Saturday during a presidential candidates' forum sponsored by MoveOn. Harris was in the middle of remarks about student loans for black students when the animal rights activist lunged toward her and grabbed her mic. In an …

Alex Myers (2019-06-04). Fifty Years After Stonewall, the Real Fight for LBGTQ Rights Is Local. commondreams.org The annual Pride Parade makes its way past the Stonewall Inn on June 24, 2018, in New York City. The Greenwich Village tavern was the site of the Stonewall riots of 1969, widely considered to be the beginning of the fight for gay and lesbian rights in the U.S. (Photo: Kena Betancur/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

Bryan Wall (2019-06-04). Irish civil rights NGO calls Trump's policies 'unethical and unlawful' as he prepares to visit the country. thecanary.co An Irish civil rights organisation, along with its US counterpart, has criticised Donald Trump ahead of his trip to Ireland on 5 June. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties ( ICCL) and the American Civil Lib…

Staff (2019-06-04). Do We Have a Right to a Livable Climate? truthout.org The climate is changing, the changes are human-caused, and most of them will be detrimental to people and ecosystems. But while public sentiment and plausible policy measures on these threats have been maturing in recent years, the law has not kept up. | Today climate change as a legal matter remains blurry and disconnected from the principles our system of government aspires to follow. The question remains unanswered: Do we — including future generations — have a legal right to a climate in which we can pursue our rights to life, liberty, property and happiness? | This is the question that a case…

Eds. (2019-06-04). Constitution — Title I: Fundamental Principles (Art. 1-9). mronline.org Article 1: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is irrevocably free and independent, basing its moral property and values of freedom, equality, justice and international peace on the doctrine of Simón Bolívar, the Liberator. Independence, liberty, sovereignty, immunity, territorial integrity and national self-determination are unrenounceable rights of the Nation. | Source

Marc Morial (2019-06-04). The Countdown: Trump Regime's Census Ploys Will Promote Gerrymandering And Resource Diversion from Blacks and Latinos. blackstarnews.com Marc Morial. Photo: Facebook | | A leadership gap, inadequate funding and staffing and a deliberate campaign to intimidate immigrants and communities of color all make the 2020 Census among the most challenging in American history. | | This was my testimony last week before a special field hearing of the US House Committee on Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties regarding the upcoming Census. | | The hearing, entitled "Getting Counted: The Importance of the Census to State and Local Communities," was held at Queens Community College at the request of Congress Members Caroly…

Bill Van Auken (2019-06-04). Pentagon Fires Guantanamo Prison Commander for Calling Attention to US Crimes. globalresearch.ca The Pentagon has announced the abrupt firing of the commander of the infamous US prison camp at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. | In a statement released Sunday, the US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), which oversees the extra-legal detention center, …

United Nations (2019-06-04). Tuesday's Daily Brief: Bicycles for the environment, new leader for the UN General Assembly, UN values, Ebola, Syria and Libya. un.org This Tuesday, we cover: Bicycles in China; a new President elected for the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, to start in September; vital food crops destroyed in Syria; migrants and refugees in Libya's detention centres; Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo surpasses 2,000 cases; and the UN deputy chief in London pushes for UN values.

MAIL (2019-06-04). Headlines for June 4, 2019. democracynow.org CBP Confirms 2 More Migrants' Deaths in Recent Days, Judge Denies Dem Request to Block Funding of Border Wall, Mexico, U.S. Lawmakers Hope to Avert Trump Tariff on Mexican Goods, U.S. Sends Border Patrol Agents to Guatemala, Trump Meets with Theresa May as Protesters Blast His U.K. Visit, Sudan: Death Toll from Anti-Protest Raid Mounts, as Transitional Gov't Sets Timeline for Election, Reports: Car Bomb Kills At Least 14 People in Northern Syria, Swedish Court Rejects Detention Request for Julian Assange, New Images Appear to Contradict Reports of Killings of High-Level North Korean Officials, House Passes Disast…

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-06-04). Nearly 100 Animal Rights Activists Arrested for Protesting 'Torturous Practices' at Duck Slaughterhouse. commondreams.org "The real criminality is the systemic torture and slaughter of billions of animals in the cruelest, filthiest, most sadistic conditions. But the police protect the corporate criminals." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……

Jerry Omondi (2019-06-04). President Kenyatta holds talks with Canadian PM in Vancouver. cgtn.com Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday held talks with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the sidelines of the 2019 Global Women Deliver Conference in Vancouver. | The Global Women Deliver Conference is the world's largest conference on gender equality and the health, rights, and well-being of girls and women. It has brought together over 8,000 world leaders and players in the academic fields as well as various change-makers. | This year's Conference focuses on the key role of power for progress and change, how power operates at three levels: individual power, structural power and the power of movem…

Middle East Eye (2019-06-03). Israeli Strikes Hit Iranian and Hezbollah Positions in Syria, Killing 10. theantimedia.com (MEE) — Israeli strikes on positions in Syria killed 10 people on Sunday, including three Syrian soldiers and seven foreign fighters, according to an activist group, and they were later followed by further strikes in Homs province, state media said. According to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Israeli missiles fired from warplanes struck areas south …

Brian Cloughley (2019-06-03). Human Rights, The Expelled Chagos Islanders, and Britain's Hypocrisy. counterpunch.org On May 20 the United Kingdom appointed its first human rights ambassador to the United Nations and two days later the General Assembly of the United Nations overwhelmingly condemned the UK for its continuing colonial treatment of the Chagos Islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean, whose inhabitants it expelled fifty years ago. The irony escaped the UK's More

United Nations (2019-06-03). With a premature death every five seconds, air pollution is violation of human rights, says UN expert. un.org An independent UN expert said on Monday that the failure of governments across the world to ensure clear air, constitutes a "violation of the rights to life, health and well-being, as well as the right to live in a healthy environment."

WSWS (2019-06-03). Britain and Australia dismiss UN report that Assange has been tortured. wsws.org The brazen responses demonstrate the criminality of the US-led vendetta against Assange, which is proceeding in violation of due process and the fundamental tenets of international law.

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