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Realpolitik Relegates Human Rights to the Background
Nyla Ali Khan | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-24
It is essential to create a non-militarized, non-militant and humane environment to ensure the rights of citizens to peacefully protest and to be heard by their political representatives. To that end, an environment that ensures all citizens that they have a voice and that their voices will not go unheard must be created. In any…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/24/realpolitik-relegates-human-rights-to-the-background/

The Prison Industry in the United States: Big Business or a New Form of Slavery?
Vicky Peláez | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-24
This incisive and carefully researched article was first published by Global Research ten years ago in March 2008. | Human rights organizations, as well as political and social ones, are condemning what they are calling a new form of inhumane exploitation … | The post The Prison Industry in the United States: Big Business or a New Form of Slavery? appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-prison-industry-in-the-united-states-big-business-or-a-new-form-of-slavery/8289

Saudi Arabia Imposes Travel Ban On Khashoggi's Family
Middle East Monitor | iranian.com | 2018-10-24
The Geneva Council for Human Rights and Justice yesterday called on the Saudi authorities to immediately lift a travel ban it has imposed on the family of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed inside his country's consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. The Geneva Council, an international human rights organisation, expressed in a statement to Al-Khaleej Online its […] | The post Saudi Arabia Imposes Travel Ban On Khashoggi's Family appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/10/24/saudi-arabia-imposes-travel-ban-on-khashoggis-family/

Song Byeok Longing for Freedom Exhibit – Opening Reception Nov 1, 6-8pm
Human Rights Foundation | indybay.org | 2018-10-24
Minnesota Street Project | 1275 Minnesota Street | San Francisco, CA 94107…
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/10/22/18818398.php

How Amazon, Microsoft and Tech Giants Are Powering Trump's Deportations
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2018-10-24
A shocking new investigation by immigrant rights groups reveals how corporations like Amazon, Palantir and Microsoft are profiting from and expediting Trump's incarceration and deportation operations. Some 10 percent of the Department of Homeland Security's $44 billion budget is dedicated to data management. The report was published as new documents obtained by the Project on Government Oversight show Amazon is pushing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to start using its controversial facial recognition technology that could identify immigrants in real time by scanning faces in a video feed. We speak with Ja…
truthout.org/video/how-amazon-microsoft-and-tech-giants-are-powering-trumps-deportations/

Blaming Saudis for Corrupting U.S
Adam Johnson | zcomm.org | 2018-10-24
Onee of the primary ideological functions of US corporate media is to maintain the mythology that the US is a noble protector of democracy and arbiter of human rights…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/blaming-saudis-for-corrupting-u-s/

Afro-Colombian Activist Marino Cordoba Nominated for Human Rights Award
teleSUR | telesurtv.net | 2018-10-24
The Ennals Award is considered the Nobel Prize for human rights.
www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Afro-Colo…

Privatisation harms poor and needy, says UN poverty expert
Eds. | mronline.org | 2018-10-24
Widespread privatisation of public goods in many societies is systematically eliminating human rights protections and further marginalising those living in poverty, according to a hard-hitting new report. The report was transmitted to the UN General Assembly on 19 October. | Source…
mronline.org/2018/10/24/privatisation-harms-poor-and-needy-says-un-poverty-expert/

Is America 'Civilized'? Not as Long as It Sanctions the Death Penalty
Kevin Cooper | truthdig.com | 2018-10-24
The ongoing support of capital punishment belies this country's claim to having moved past the primitive stage of human development. | The post Is America 'Civilized'? Not as Long as It Sanctions the Death Penalty. appeared first on Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists.
truthdig.com/articles/is-america-civilized-not-as-long-as-it-sanctions-the-death-penalty/

What Will the Next Year of #MeToo Bring?
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2018-10-24
It's one year since the #MeToo movement began — and we're still feeling the impact of survivors of sexual assault stepping forward and finally having their long-silenced voices heard. | From Hollywood actors shining a light on some rich and powerful abusers, to McDonald's workers coming together for a one-day-strike, to the thousands who took the streets to oppose Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, survivors have found their voice, supporters of women's rights have seen their power in numbers — and we've also learned how far we still need to go. | For all the people who sat glued to the Senate Jud…
truthout.org/articles/what-will-the-next-year-of-metoo-bring/

Who's Behind ICE? How Amazon, Palantir, Microsoft & Tech Giants Are Powering Trump's Deportations
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-24
A shocking new investigation by immigrant rights groups reveals how corporations like Amazon, Palantir and Microsoft are profiting from and expediting Trump's incarceration and deportation operations. Some 10 percent of the Department of Homeland Security's $44 billion budget is dedicated to data management. The report was published as new documents obtained by the Project on Government Oversight show Amazon is pushing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to start using its controversial facial recognition technology that could identify immigrants in real time by scanning faces in a video feed. We speak with Jacin…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/24/whos_beh…

The EU, Russia, China Plan To Avert Iran Oil Sanctions
F. William Engdahl | iranian.com | 2018-10-24
It may well be that the unilateral wrecking ball politics of the Trump Administration are bringing about a result just opposite from that intended. Washington's decision to abandon the Iran nuclear agreement and impose severe sanctions on companies trading Iran oil as of 4 November, is creating new channels of cooperation between the EU, Russia, […] | The post The EU, Russia, China Plan To Avert Iran Oil Sanctions appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/10/23/eu-russia-china-avert-iran-oil-sanctions/

For Iran's Activists, Prison's Just The Start
Behrouz Javid Tehrani | iranian.com | 2018-10-24
Iranian officials, under international pressure and facing domestic unrest, have reacted by increasing their pressures on activists. It is unclear how many are behind bars, but Human Rights Watch has documented dozens of cases of people who have been sentenced or detained for merely exercising their freedom of expression by criticizing the government and engaging in peaceful […] | The post For Iran's Activists, Prison's Just The Start appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/10/24/for-irans-activists-prisons-just-the-start/

Why Do Yemen's Dead Not Merit the Attention of Jamal Khashoggi?
Pete Dolack | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-24
President Donald Trump's transparent attempts to exonerate Saudi Arabia's de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, by "speculating" that "rouge agents" might be behind Mr. Khashoggi's demise inside the consulate is beyond laughable, or would be if the issue weren't so serious. Billions of dollars of arms sales are at stake (not to mention a reliable supply of oil), so minor trifles like human rights or cold-blooded murder can be swept aside. Whatever evidence the Turkish government possesses has not been made public, and it would seem the most likely reason is because Ankara has bugged the Saudi consula…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/24/why-do-yemens-dead-not-merit-the-attention-of-jamal-khashoggi/

Stacey Abrams Stands By Burning the Racist, Segregationist Georgia State Flag in 1992
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-24
During Tuesday's debate, Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams defended her actions in 1992 when she helped burn the Georgia state flag, which at the time contained a prominent Confederate battle flag. In a victory for civil rights advocates, the flag was later changed. We speak to Leah Wright Rigueur, professor at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/24/stacey_a…

NAACP Sues Shelby County Over Allegedly Defective Voter Registration Applications
Rachel Johnson | naacp.org | 2018-10-24
Tennessee County Should Allow Voters to Fix Applications and Vote Regular Ballots on Election Day BALTIMORE (October 24, 2018) The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), America's foremost civil rights organization, announced today that its Memphis Branch filed suit yesterday against the Shelby County (TN) Election Commission for its refusal to allow […] | The post NAACP Sues Shelby County Over Allegedly Defective Voter Registration Applications appeared first on…
naacp.org/latest/naacp-sues-shelby-county-allegedly-defective-voter-registration-applications/

Thousands rally in Sydney for workers' rights
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2018-10-23
Thousands of trade unionists marched through Sydney streets on October 23 as part of nationwide "Change The Rules" mobilisations coordinated by the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU). | The spirit of the marchers was buoyed by the federal Coalition government's loss of its one-seat parliamentary majority after its defeat in the October 20 Wentworth byelection. | Several union leaders, including Maritime Union of Australia assistant national secretary Warren Smith and ACTU president Michele O'Neil, warned that this was not an "elect Labor campaign", but a campaign to change the rules that are currently stac…
greenleft.org.au/content/thousands-rally-sydney-workers-rights-change-the-rules

'Men's rights movement': A cover for violent misogyny
Maeve Mackinnon | peoplesworld.org | 2018-10-23
Let's talk sobering statistics. Every day, tens of thousands of men visit message boards which promote online male misogynist radicalization. Often under the banner of "men's rights," the movement is promoted by a collection of writers and YouTube broadcasters spreading reactionary and anti-feminist propaganda. Male misogynist online activity has also been linked to a number …
peoplesworld.org/article/mens-rights-movement-a-cover-for-violent-misogyny/

Updated: Israeli Navy Opens Fire At Fishing Boats, Abducts Four Fishermen In Gaza
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-23
The Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights issued a statement strongly condemning the ongoing Israeli violations against the Palestinian fishermen, and the illegal confiscation of their boats, and called for the release of four fishermen, who were taken prisoner by the navy, on Tuesday, in two separate attacks. Al-Mezan said its …

Updated: Israeli Navy Opens Fire At Fishing Boats, Abducts Four Fishermen In Gaza

Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Teen In Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-23
Israeli soldiers abducted, Tuesday, a Palestinian teen, identified as Wadea' Abu Turki, 17, near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank. The Israeli army claimed that the the teen refused to be searched, and went through a metal detector, when Israeli forces reported …

Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Teen In Hebron

Blaming Saudis For Corrupting Otherwise Human Rights–Loving US
Adam Johnson | iranian.com | 2018-10-23
As FAIR has noted for years, one of the primary ideological functions of US corporate media is to maintain the mythology that the US is a noble protector of democracy and arbiter of human rights. When material facts–like wars of aggression, massive spying regimes, the funding and arming right-wing militias and the propping up of […] | The post Blaming Saudis For Corrupting Otherwise Human Rights–Loving US appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/10/23/human-rights-loving-us/

Where Iran Stands With The Khashoggi Crisis
Kaveh Afrasiabi | iranian.com | 2018-10-23
The Trump administration has defied a recent International Court of Justice (ICJ) order not to take any action that would further complicate the US-Iran dispute. It has imposed a fresh round of sanctions that target more Iranian financial entities as a prelude to the November 4 oil sanctions. The action reflects the administration's unwavering, solid determination to […] | The post Where Iran Stands With The Khashoggi Crisis appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/10/23/where-iran-stands-with-the-khashoggi-crisis/

"Reminiscent of South Africa's Grand Apartheid": Israeli Human Rights Group Slams Israel at U.N
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-22
Shortly after Israel announced a new "zero tolerance" policy toward demonstrations in Gaza, some 130 Palestinians were injured Friday while protesting ongoing Israeli occupation and demanding the right of return. Four paramedics and 25 children were among the injured. Ten thousand protesters gathered along Israel's heavily militarized separation barrier with Gaza as part of the weekly Great March of Return protests that began March 30. Since then, Israeli forces have killed at least 170 Palestinians, including more than 30 children, and injured thousands more. We speak with Hagai El-Ad, the executive director of…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/22/reminisc…

Trump Admin Attempts to Erase Existence of Trans People After Years of GOP-Led Attacks on Freedoms
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-22
The New York Times reports that the Trump administration is attempting to eliminate the rights of transgender people by creating a narrow legal definition of gender. Citing a government memo, the Times reveals that the Department of Health and Human Services has undertaken an effort across several government agencies to establish a legal definition of sex under Title IX, the federal civil rights law that bans discrimination on the basis of sex. That definition would be either male or female, unchangeable, and determined by the genitals a person is born with. The Times reports that the memo says, "Sex means a pers…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/22/trump_ad…

SPLC statement on Trump administration's efforts to remove civil rights protections from transgender Americans
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-10-22
The Trump administration has apparently redoubled its efforts to exclude transgender Americans from the protection of federal civil rights laws.
splcenter.org/news/2018/10/22/splc-statement-trump-administration%25E2%2580%2599s-efforts-remove-civil-rights-protections-transgender

The Trump Administration Is Trying to Erase Trans People, but the Law Clearly Protects Them
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-22
A recently leaked memo is attempting to undermine decades of court decisions saying federal law protects transgender and nonbinary people. | Over the weekend, The New York Times revealed that officials within the Trump administration are pushing for a definition of the term "sex" in federal civil rights laws that would eliminate non-discrimination protections for transgender people. Transgender people and their families understandably panicked at that news. | The reality, though, is that transgender pe…
aclu.org/blog/lgbt-rights/transgender-rights/trump-administration-trying-erase-trans-people-law-clearly

Children march for refugees in Melbourne
kathy_f | greenleft.org.au | 2018-10-22
More than 2000 young people and adults packed into Birrarung Marr Park on October 21 for a Children's March for Nauru, to demand all refugees imprisoned on the Pacific island be resettled in Australia. | Chanting "nurture not torture" and "kids out, all out", participants marched into the city. | They were prevented from occupying the Flinders Street and St Kilda Road intersection as planned by an intimidating police presence including mounted and riot cops. | The action was organised by the Artists' Committee and Melbourne Youth with Refugees. | Ref…
greenleft.org.au/content/children-march-refugees-melbourne

Trump NLRB moves to restrict unions right to picket
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2018-10-22
Tampa, FL – A recent ruling of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) said that janitors who were picketing for better working conditions were not protected from unfair labor practices committed by their employer. The Board ruled that the janitors, who were being contracted by a building management company, were engaged in secondary picketing. With a Trump-appointed NLRB, workers fighting for rights on the job will be facing new challenges. | The janitors were working for Rafael Ortiz, under a company called Ortiz Janitorial Services (OJS), which was hired by Preferred Building Services to fulfil a contract wi…
www.fightbacknews.org/2018/10/22/trump-n…

FRSO leader condemns Trump administration's attacks on transgender rights
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2018-10-22
Minneapolis, MN — Steff Yorek, the Political Secretary of Freedom Road Socialist Organization, sharply condemned the Trump administration, October 22, for orchestrating attacks on the democratic rights of transgender people. | According to widespread media reports, officials in the Trump admiration are moving to alter Title IX rules to exclude transgender people for any legal protections. | "The reactionary and right-wing bigots of the Trump administration are preparing an attack on the democratic rights of transgender people. They are attempting to erase people's existence, and roll back the framework fo…
www.fightbacknews.org/2018/10/22/frso-le…

Venezuela ditches dollar after U.S. sanctions hit private sector
Eds. | mronline.org | 2018-10-20
International financial transactions using foreign currency were reportedly blocked, agroindustrial and pharmaceutical sectors said. | Source…
mronline.org/2018/10/20/venezuela-ditches-dollar-after-u-s-sanctions-hit-private-sector/

Netanyahu Attacks Israeli Human Rights Group B'Tselem for Criticizing Israeli Occupation at U.N
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-19
Fears are growing as Israel escalates its military presence along its heavily militarized separation barrier with Gaza. Israel has deployed 60 tanks to meet Palestinian protesters gathering today to protest the ongoing Israeli occupation and demand the right of return for those displaced from their homes. Israel has announced it is implementing a "zero tolerance" policy toward protesters in Gaza, who have been staging weekly Friday protests since March 30 under the banner of the Great March of Return. Since then, Israeli forces have killed at least 170 Palestinians, including more than 30 children, and injured at…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/19/netanyah…

Don't Board Our Buses Without Probable Cause or a Warrant
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-19
The president of the Greyhound bus drivers' union urges management to stand up to Trump's deportation machine. | When I first started working at Greyhound 28 years ago, I was told that I would never be able to drive a bus. I'm a woman of color. But I got trained, and I became a bus driver. Soon after, I joined Local 1700 of the Amalgamated Transit Union, and today I am the local's president. | Local 1700 represents 3,500 Greyhound drivers, mechanics, and terminal workers. My job, as the president, is to advocate on behalf of our members for fair pay, safety, and wellbeing. But today, I'm advocating for our custom…
aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/ice-and-border-patrol-abuses/dont-board-our-buses-without-probable-cause-or

Dissident Saudi Academic Madawi Al-Rasheed on Khashoggi's Disappearance, U.S.-Saudi Relations & More
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-19
Evidence is mounting that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is directly implicated in the assassination of Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Turkish officials say Khashoggi was tortured and murdered by a squad of 15 Saudi hit men shortly after entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on October 2. Four of the men implicated in Khashoggi's death are reportedly linked to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's security detail. After weeks of defending Saudi Arabia, President Trump said Thursday that he believes Khashoggi is dead, and acknowledged allegations against the Saudis. W…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/19/dissiden…

Abortion safe access zones challenged in High Court
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2018-10-19
Abortion rights advocates are hoping the High Court's findings will support laws that have assisted access to abortion clinics, after it heard a challenge to safe access zone laws over October 9-11. | Kathleen Clubb and John Graham Preston are challenging Victoria's and Tasmania's safe access zone laws, claiming they violate free speech. | Clubb, who is linked to the United States anti-choice group Helpers of God's Infants, was convicted in Victoria in 2016 of communicating about abortion in a manner "reasonably likely to cause distress or anxiety" to a couple trying to enter the Melbourne Fertility Control Clini…
greenleft.org.au/content/abortion-safe-access-zones-challenged-high-court

Louisiana's Infamous Angola Prison Goes on Trial
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-18
Angola prison is home to horrific constitutional violations that threaten the health and welfare of people incarcerated in the facility. | In November 2012, Shannon Hurd, who was serving a life sentence for stealing $14, began losing weight and experiencing flu-like symptoms. His symptoms worsened, and he developed a pain in his side. But doctors at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as "Angola," repeatedly dismissed his medical complaints. | He did not receive medical care in the weeks that followed. He did not receive medical care in the months that followed. And as he waited for basic medical care, a…
aclu.org/blog/prisoners-rights/cruel-inhuman-and-degrading-conditions/louisianas-infamous-angola-prison-goes

Spain Pushes Dialogue Instead of Sanctions Against Venezuela
TeleSur English | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-10-17
The policy represents a radical change from the sanctions wanted by previous Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, imposed by Brussels last January, and reinforced last June.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14100

Venezuela Ditches Dollar as US Sanctions Hit Private Sector
TEV | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-10-17
International financial transactions using foreign currency were reportedly blocked, agroindustrial and pharmaceutical sectors said.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14102

Venezuela Takes Center Stage in Brazilian Far Right Presidential Campaign
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-10-11
Frontrunner Bolsonaro has vowed to sever diplomatic relations with Caracas and back sanctions while establishing closer ties with the ultra-right government in Israel.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14095

Venezuela's Maduro Rejects US Interventionism in UN Speech
TeleSur English | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-09-27
Maduro blasted the recent round of sanctions, and yet again reiterated his willingness to talks with Trump.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14071

Maduro in NY: Harlem Stands with Venezuela as US Allies Appeal to ICC
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-09-27
Venezuela also received the backing of a number of governments who denounced the latest round of sanctions from the Trump administration.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14074

Trump Sets Sights on Venezuela with New Sanctions and Coup Threats
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-09-26
Speaking on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, President Trump said the Maduro government could be "toppled very quickly."
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14070

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2018-10-23: News Headlines

teleSUR (2018-10-23). Ecuador: Transgender Rights Coalition Decries Lynching of Trans Woman. telesurtv.net Despite the passing of a unique constitution in 2008 that granted trans people various fundamental rights, they still face stigma and discrimination.

Kaveh Afrasiabi (2018-10-23). Where Iran Stands With The Khashoggi Crisis. iranian.com The Trump administration has defied a recent International Court of Justice (ICJ) order not to take any action that would further complicate the US-Iran dispute. It has imposed a fresh round of sanctions that target more Iranian financial entities as a prelude to the November 4 oil sanctions. The action reflects the administration's unwavering, solid determination to […]

Human Rights Foundation (2018-10-23). Song Byeok Longing for Freedom Exhibit – Opening Reception Nov 1, 6-8pm. indybay.org Minnesota Street Project | 1275 Minnesota Street | San Francisco, CA 94107…

Fred_F (2018-10-23). Thousands rally in Sydney for workers' rights. greenleft.org.au Thousands of trade unionists marched through Sydney streets on October 23 as part of nationwide "Change The Rules" mobilisations coordinated by the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU). | The spirit of the marchers was buoyed by the federal Coalition government's loss of its one-seat parliamentary majority after its defeat in the October 20 Wentworth by-election. | Several union leaders, including Maritime Union of Australia assistant national secretary Warren Smith and ACTU president Michele O'Neil, warned that this was not an "elect Labor campaign", but a campaign to change the rules that are currently sta…

Eugene Ruyle (2018-10-23). Hardships imposed on the Venezuelan people by US-Canadian Sanctions. indybay.org NPML, 6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland (just North of Alcatraz Ave.)…

Fred_F (2018-10-23). Fred Nile's foetal personhood bill could be put to parliament again this week. greenleft.org.au News that NSW MLC Fred Nile is using the last sitting weeks of state parliament before the March 2019 election to push his "Zoe's law" bill — which would give foetuses legal rights — should alarm us all. | This is his fourth attempt to pass legislation that would criminalise women for having an abortion, and potentially their doctor. Abortion is already criminalised under the Crimes Act in NSW. | Nile is opportunistically using the tragic case of a pregnant woman who was killed in a car crash on September 28 in Sydney's west as an excuse to relaunch his quest for foetal personhood. The driver responsi…

True Publica (2018-10-23). Nottingham – Steals From the Poor – Gives to the Rich. globalresearch.ca Human rights campaigning organisation Liberty has called on Nottingham City Council to abandon plans which will penalise some of the city's most vulnerable people – and anyone trying to help them. | The organisation responded to a consultation on the …

DEJ (2018-10-23). Chief Injustice John Roberts, Advocate Of Torture, War, Execution, Racist Gerrymandering. indybay.org The United States in 1789 led the world in democracy. Now the first has become the last | among those claiming to be democracies.

Democracy Now! (2018-10-22). Headlines for October 22, 2018. democracynow.org Trump to Withdraw from 1987 U.S.-Russia Nuclear Deal, Plans to Establish Biological Definition of Gender Threatens Trans Rights, Saudi Arabia Says Khashoggi Killed in "Fistfight" Amid Mounting U.S. Pressure, NYT: Saudi Troll Farm Targeted Khashoggi, Other Critics on Twitter, Afghanistan: 27 Killed, 100 Injured as Voters Head to Polls, Gaza: Israeli Forces Shoot and Injure 130 Palestinian Protesters, Israel Delays Plans to Evict Bedouin Village in West Bank, Central American Caravan Crosses into Mexico as Trump Threats Mount, Honduras: Lawyers for Victim Berta Cáceres Removed from Murder Trial, Florida: $339 Milli…

Democracy Now! (2018-10-22). Trump Admin Attempts to Erase Existence of Trans People After Years of GOP-Led Attacks on Freedoms. democracynow.org The New York Times reports that the Trump administration is attempting to eliminate the rights of transgender people by creating a narrow legal definition of gender. Citing a government memo, the Times reveals that the Department of Health and Human Services has undertaken an effort across several government agencies to establish a legal definition of sex under Title IX, the federal civil rights law that bans discrimination on the basis of sex. That definition would be either male or female, unchangeable, and determined by the genitals a person is born with. The Times reports that the memo says, "Sex means a pers…

Fight Back (2018-10-22). FRSO leader condemns Trump administration's attacks on transgender rights. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN — Steff Yorek, the Political Secretary of Freedom Road Socialist Organization, sharply condemned the Trump administration, October 22, for orchestrating attacks on the democratic rights of transgender people. | According to widespread media reports, officials in the Trump admiration are moving to alter Title IX rules to exclude transgender people for any legal protections. | "The reactionary and right-wing bigots of the Trump administration are preparing an attack on the democratic rights of transgender people. They are attempting to erase people's existence, and roll back the framework fo…

splcenter (2018-10-22). SPLC statement on Trump administration's efforts to remove civil rights protections from transgender Americans. splcenter.org The Trump administration has apparently redoubled its efforts to exclude transgender Americans from the protection of federal civil rights laws.

Staff (2018-10-22). Reported Federal Plan Targeting Transgender People Sparks Fury. truthdig.com "We will stand up and be resilient, and we will be here long after this administration is in the trash heap," says the executive director of the National Center for Transgender Rights.

Democracy Now! (2018-10-22). "Reminiscent of South Africa's Grand Apartheid": Israeli Human Rights Group Slams Israel at U.N. democracynow.org Shortly after Israel announced a new "zero tolerance" policy toward demonstrations in Gaza, some 130 Palestinians were injured Friday while protesting ongoing Israeli occupation and demanding the right of return. Four paramedics and 25 children were among the injured. Ten thousand protesters gathered along Israel's heavily militarized separation barrier with Gaza as part of the weekly Great March of Return protests that began March 30. Since then, Israeli forces have killed at least 170 Palestinians, including more than 30 children, and injured thousands more. We speak with Hagai El-Ad, the executive director of…

aclu (2018-10-22). The Trump Administration Is Trying to Erase Trans People, but the Law Clearly Protects Them. aclu.org A recently leaked memo is attempting to undermine decades of court decisions saying federal law protects transgender and nonbinary people. | Over the weekend, The New York Times revealed that officials within the Trump administration are pushing for a definition of the term "sex" in federal civil rights laws that would eliminate non-discrimination protections for transgender people. Transgender people and their families understandably panicked at that news. | The reality, though, is that transgender pe…

Marjorie Cohn (2018-10-22). Khashoggi's Murder and Saudi War Crimes in Yemen Were Facilitated by US. zcomm.org The alleged torture, dismemberment and killing of Saudi citizen and US permanent resident Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi embassy in Istanbul has triggered justifiable outrage throughout the United States and around the world. But amid the outcry over Khashoggi's death, many media and public figures still fail to acknowledge the war crimes Saudi Arabia is committing in Read more…

RT (2018-10-22). #MeToo's Alyssa Milano accused of hypocrisy over links to 'Sharia law-supporting' Muslim activist. rt.com Actress Alyssa Milano has been asked to disavow her friend and fellow #MeToo movement supporter Linda Sarsour, a controversial Muslim women's rights activist who has been accused of antisemitism and support for Sharia law.

IMEMC (2018-10-22). Erekat: Abduction of Jerusalem Governor a New Step Against Palestinian Presence. globalresearch.ca On Saturday, October 20, at around 7: 00 pm, three vehicles carrying Israeli occupation authorities intercepted the car of the governor of Jerusalem, Mr. Adnan Ghaith, pulling him out of the vehicle and taking him to an unknown location. Governor Ghaith …

IMEMC News (2018-10-22). Israel Releases Jerusalem Governor, Holds Him Under House Arrest. imemc.org The Israeli Authorities released, on Monday at night, the governor of occupied East Jerusalem, Adnan Gheith, after ordering him to pay a 20.000 Shekels fine, and forcing him under house arrest to seven days. Mohammad Mahmoud, a lawyer with the Palestinian Detainees Committee, said the Central Court in occupied Jerusalem, …

Adam Johnson (2018-10-22). Blaming Saudis for Corrupting Otherwise Human Rights—Loving US. fair.org As FAIR has noted for years, one of the primary ideological functions of US corporate media is to maintain the mythology that the US is a noble protector of democracy and arbiter of human rights. When material facts—like wars of aggression, massive spying regimes, the funding and arming right-wing militias and the propping up of dictators—get in the way of this mythology the response by most pundits is to wave away these inconsistencies (FAIR.org, 2/1/09), ignore them altogether (FAIR.org, Middle East Eye (2018-10-22). Assange Should Be Thanked — Not Smeared — for WikiLeaks' Service to Journalism. theantimedia.com (MEE Op-ed) — Twelve years ago this month, WikiLeaks began publishing government secrets that the world public might otherwise never have known. What it has revealed about state duplicity, human rights abuses and corruption goes beyond anything published in the world's "mainstream" media. After over six months of being cut off from outside world, on 14 October Ecuador has partly …

Shared by britney (2018-10-22). Israeli Human Rights Group Slams Country's New "Zero Tolerance" Policy at UN. truthout.org Shortly after Israel announced a new "zero tolerance" policy toward demonstrations in Gaza, some 130 Palestinians were injured Friday while protesting ongoing Israeli occupation and demanding the right of return. Four paramedics and 25 children were among the injured. Ten thousand protesters gathered along Israel's heavily militarized separation barrier with Gaza as part of the weekly Great March of Return protests that began March 30. Since then, Israeli forces have killed at least 170 Palestinians, including more than 30 children, and injured thousands more. We speak with Hagai El-Ad, the executive director of…

Fight Back (2018-10-22). Trump NLRB moves to restrict unions right to picket. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – A recent ruling of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) said that janitors who were picketing for better working conditions were not protected from unfair labor practices committed by their employer. The Board ruled that the janitors, who were being contracted by a building management company, were engaged in secondary picketing. With a Trump-appointed NLRB, workers fighting for rights on the job will be facing new challenges. | The janitors were working for Rafael Ortiz, under a company called Ortiz Janitorial Services (OJS), which was hired by Preferred Building Services to fulfil a contract wi…

kathy_f (2018-10-22). Children march for refugees in Melbourne. greenleft.org.au More than 2000 young people and adults packed into Birrarung Marr Park on October 21 for a Children's March for Nauru, to demand all refugees imprisoned on the Pacific island be resettled in Australia. | Chanting "nurture not torture" and "kids out, all out", participants marched into the city. | They were prevented from occupying the Flinders Street and St Kilda Road intersection as planned by an intimidating police presence including mounted and riot cops. | The action was organised by the Artists' Committee and Melbourne Youth with Refugees. |

Laura Gottesdiener (2018-10-22). Debora Barrios-Vasquez Took Sanctuary in a Manhattan Church to Avoid Deportation. thenation.com Debora Barrios-Vasquez Took Sanctuary in a Manhattan Church to Avoid Deportation…

RT (2018-10-21). 'Premature' to talk Saudi sanctions, says US amid calls to ban oil imports over Khashoggi killing. rt.com One day after Saudi Arabia admitted that journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed during a fight inside its consulate, the US says it's still too early to comment on possible sanctions against Riyadh.

Eds. (2018-10-20). Venezuela ditches dollar after U.S. sanctions hit private sector. mronline.org International financial transactions using foreign currency were reportedly blocked, agroindustrial and pharmaceutical sectors said. | Source

wsws (2018-10-20). Nauru expels another doctor amid growing protests over Australia's refugee detention centres. wsws.org International rights organisations and thousands of doctors have condemned the persecution of refugees.

pip.hinman (2018-10-19). Abortion safe access zones challenged in High Court. greenleft.org.au Abortion rights advocates are hoping the High Court's findings will support laws that have assisted access to abortion clinics, after it heard a challenge to safe access zone laws over October 9-11. | Kathleen Clubb and John Graham Preston are challenging Victoria's and Tasmania's safe access zone laws, claiming they violate free speech. | Clubb, who is linked to the United States anti-choice group Helpers of God's Infants, was convicted in Victoria in 2016 of communicating about abortion in a manner "reasonably likely to cause distress or anxiety" to a couple trying to enter the Melbourne Fertility Control Clini…

RT (2018-10-19). 'Hope we can keep it': Trump touts Saudi arms deal while talking sanctions over Khashoggi death. rt.com US President Donald Trump has again warned that Saudi Arabia will face consequences if it was behind the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi — but he also suggested that Washington will not be axing its arms deal with Riyadh.

Democracy Now! (2018-10-19). Netanyahu Attacks Israeli Human Rights Group B'Tselem for Criticizing Israeli Occupation at U.N. democracynow.org Fears are growing as Israel escalates its military presence along its heavily militarized separation barrier with Gaza. Israel has deployed 60 tanks to meet Palestinian protesters gathering today to protest the ongoing Israeli occupation and demand the right of return for those displaced from their homes. Israel has announced it is implementing a "zero tolerance" policy toward protesters in Gaza, who have been staging weekly Friday protests since March 30 under the banner of the Great March of Return. Since then, Israeli forces have killed at least 170 Palestinians, including more than 30 children, and injured at…

Democracy Now! (2018-10-19). Dissident Saudi Academic Madawi Al-Rasheed on Khashoggi's Disappearance, U.S.-Saudi Relations & More. democracynow.org Evidence is mounting that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is directly implicated in the assassination of Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Turkish officials say Khashoggi was tortured and murdered by a squad of 15 Saudi hit men shortly after entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on October 2. Four of the men implicated in Khashoggi's death are reportedly linked to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's security detail. After weeks of defending Saudi Arabia, President Trump said Thursday that he believes Khashoggi is dead, and acknowledged allegations against the Saudis. W…

aclu (2018-10-19). Don't Board Our Buses Without Probable Cause or a Warrant. aclu.org The president of the Greyhound bus drivers' union urges management to stand up to Trump's deportation machine. | When I first started working at Greyhound 28 years ago, I was told that I would never be able to drive a bus. I'm a woman of color. But I got trained, and I became a bus driver. Soon after, I joined Local 1700 of the Amalgamated Transit Union, and today I am the local's president. | Local 1700 represents 3,500 Greyhound drivers, mechanics, and terminal workers. My job, as the president, is to advocate on behalf of our members for fair pay, safety, and wellbeing. But today, I'm advocating for our custom…

Robert Fantina (2018-10-19). Trump, Human Rights and the Middle East. counterpunch.org There is little that is reported in what passes for 'news' today that astounds this writer. Having lived through several presidential administrations, countless U.S. wars, and who knows how many political campaigns, he had thought, for some time, that he'd seen it all. But no, Stephen Collinson, writing for CNN, has caused him to realize More

Pepe Escobar (2018-10-19). US Sanctions on Russia and China Are About More Than Total War. mintpressnews.com The US Department of Commerce has imposed restrictions on 12 Russian corporations that are deemed to be "acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the US."

Zaid Jilani (2018-10-18). Professor Was Improperly Punished for Israel Boycott Actions, Says Academic Group Cited in Punishment. theintercept.com The University of Michigan sanctioned a professor for not writing a recommendation letter based on AAUP rules. The AAUP now backs the professor.

pip.hinman (2018-10-18). Kids off Nauru campaign grows. greenleft.org.au The #KidsOffNauru campaign is gaining momentum with a range of protests organised across Australia in recent days. | Three Liberal MP's urged Prime Minister Scott Morrison to transfer children and families on Nauru to Australia to receive urgent medical attention on October 16. | However, a motion put by the Greens in the Senate on October 17 calling for all refugee children on the Pacific island to be brought to Australia was voted down by the Coalition and Labor. | Activists placed 85 candles in a Perth playground to symbolise the 85 children still held on Nauru at a vigil called by the Refugee Rights Acti…

RT (2018-10-18). Israel overturns deportation order, will allow detained US student Alqasem to enter. rt.com Lawyers for a US student refused entry to Israel for allegedly supporting a boycott movement against the Jewish state have declared victory, after she had her deportation order overturned by Israel's Supreme Court. |

aclu (2018-10-18). Louisiana's Infamous Angola Prison Goes on Trial. aclu.org Angola prison is home to horrific constitutional violations that threaten the health and welfare of people incarcerated in the facility. | In November 2012, Shannon Hurd, who was serving a life sentence for stealing $14, began losing weight and experiencing flu-like symptoms. His symptoms worsened, and he developed a pain in his side. But doctors at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as "Angola," repeatedly dismissed his medical complaints. | He did not receive medical care in the weeks that followed. He did not receive medical care in the months that followed. And as he waited for basic medical care, a…

TeleSur English (2018-10-17). Spain Pushes Dialogue Instead of Sanctions Against Venezuela. venezuelanalysis.com The policy represents a radical change from the sanctions wanted by previous Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, imposed by Brussels last January, and reinforced last June.

TEV (2018-10-17). Venezuela Ditches Dollar as US Sanctions Hit Private Sector. venezuelanalysis.com International financial transactions using foreign currency were reportedly blocked, agroindustrial and pharmaceutical sectors said.

Molly Minta (2018-10-17). Israel Detained This Palestinian-American Student—Now She's Challenging the State in Court. thenation.com This isn't the first time Israel has denied entry to a prospective student, but Lara Alqasem is the first to challenge it. | The post Israel Detained This Palestinian-American Student—Now She's Challenging the State in Court…

Democracy Now! (2018-10-16). Desmond Meade Hopes to Win Voting Rights for 1.4M Floridians with Felony Convictions—Including Himself. democracynow.org Voters in Florida are preparing to vote on a measure that would restore voting rights to 1.4 million people with nonviolent felonies who have fully completed their sentences. One in five African Americans in Florida and 10 percent of the state's adult population are ineligible to vote because of a criminal record. Across the United States, more than 6.1 million people with felony convictions are not eligible to vote. Florida is one of just four states that bar ex-felons from voting for life. The other states are Iowa, Kentucky and Virginia. The Brennan Center for Justice reports that Florida disenfranchises more…

Democracy Now! (2018-10-16). Stacey Abrams Runs to Become Georgia's First Black Governor as Her Opponent Suppresses the Vote. democracynow.org With the midterm elections just three weeks away, voting rights advocates are accusing Republican officials in several states of orchestrating a campaign of voter suppression targeting people of color. In Georgia, the Democratic candidate for governor, Stacey Abrams, is calling on her Republican opponent, Brian Kemp, to step down as secretary of state for placing 53,000 voter applications on hold. Seventy percent of the applicants are African-American. Abrams has accused Kemp of using the state's "exact match" system to disenfranchise voters. With exact match, even a minor discrepancy in a voter's registration an…

Democracy Now! (2018-10-16). Trump Won in 2016 Thanks to Voter Suppression Says Carol Anderson, Author of "One Person, No Vote" democracynow.org Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election due to voter suppression. That's what professor Carol Anderson argues in her new book "One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy," which tracks the rise of restrictive voting laws across the United States. In it, Anderson examines how African-American voter participation has been systematically compromised since a 2013 Supreme Court decision that gutted the 1965 Voting Rights Act. By the 2016 election, turnout among black voters nationwide dropped from 66 percent to under 60 percent. The discrepancy was even larger in key areas like Milw…

Democracy Now! (2018-10-15). Trump Admin Hints It May Resume Family Separation at Border; ACLU Says "Public Outcry Is Critical" democracynow.org The Trump administration is reportedly considering plans to resume its policy of forcibly separating migrant children from their families along the U.S.-Mexico border, even as the full number of people torn apart the last time it carried out the widely condemned practice remains unclear. A new report by Amnesty International suggests immigration officials separated some 6,000 families between April and August, a far higher number of children and parents torn apart than previously thought. Trump administration officials are now considering plans to detain asylum-seeking families together for up to 20 days and then…

Democracy Now! (2018-10-15). Vatican Canonizes Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, Who Was Killed by a U.S.-Backed Death Squad. democracynow.org Pope Francis has named Salvadoran Archbishop àìscar Romero a saint. Romero was a champion for the poor and oppressed who was murdered by a U.S.-backed right-wing death squad in 1980 at the beginning of the brutal U.S.-backed military campaign in El Salvador. Wearing the blood-stained rope belt that Romero wore when he was assassinated, Pope Francis praised Romero for disregarding his own life "to be close to the poor and to his people." We speak with Matt Eisenbrandt, a human rights lawyer and the author of "Assassination of a Saint: The Plot to Murder àìscar Romero and the Quest to Bring His Killer…

Democracy Now! (2018-10-12). Rep. Ro Khanna Condemns Saudi Barbarity from Disappearance of Saudi Journalist to War in Yemen. democracynow.org President Donald Trump is rejecting calls to cut off arms sales to Saudi Arabia following the disappearance and probable murder of the Saudi-born Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The Washington Post is reporting the Turkish government told U.S. officials it has audio and video evidence that Khashoggi was killed last week inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Officials say the recordings confirm that a Saudi security team detained Khashoggi after he walked into the consulate on October 2, before killing him and dismembering his body. We speak with Ro Khanna, Democratic congressmember from California.

Democracy Now! (2018-10-12). Rep. Ro Khanna Introduces Internet Bill of Rights as Facebook & Google Admit Privacy Breaches. democracynow.org Facebook and Google recently admitted major privacy breaches. Facebook says the personal information of nearly 50 million users were exposed after an online attack. Meanwhile, Google is shutting down its social network Google Plus after revelations of a data breach that exposed the private data of hundreds of thousands of users. The breach was discovered in March but was not disclosed to the public. We speak to Rep. Ro Khanna, who recently introduced an Internet Bill of Rights.

Ricardo Vaz (2018-10-11). Venezuela Takes Center Stage in Brazilian Far Right Presidential Campaign. venezuelanalysis.com Frontrunner Bolsonaro has vowed to sever diplomatic relations with Caracas and back sanctions while establishing closer ties with the ultra-right government in Israel.

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