(2023-05-03). UN Human Rights Council begins U.S. tour focusing on racial justice and policing. america.cgtn.com 
An independent panel of experts, appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council, is on a six-city tour of the United States. Their focus is on racial justice and equality in the U.S. On Tuesday, the group stopped in Minneapolis, Minnesota, CGTN's Dan Williams …
(2023-05-03). There is a palpable sense of anger among people of Balochistan, says fact finding report. peoplesdispatch.org 
The latest report by Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) notes that there is no respite in rights abuse which has led to palpable sense of anger among the people of Balochistan…
(2023-05-03). Remembering The Civil Rights Movement As A Labor And Economic Movement. moguldom.com The civil rights movement was, of course, a push for equal human rights, but the scope was much more extensive. The push encompassed economic equality as well. It was, in true essence,a labor and economic movement. Just examine the context of the speeches by civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., and there is evidence …
(2023-05-02). Trans Teen Receiving Award From Iowa Gov. Shouts "Trans Rights Are Human Rights" truthout.org On Sunday, a transgender student in Iowa used an award ceremony as an opportunity to protest Gov. Kim Reynolds (R), who earlier this year signed two bills into law that attack trans kids across the state. Davenport West High School senior Clementine Springsteen, a transgender woman, was one of hundreds of students who received an Iowa Governor's Scholar Program honor this year. |
(2023-05-02). Julian Assange: Public Pressure Is Working but Media Must Stop Being Prostitutes and Demand Freedom. strategic-culture.org Distinguished independent journalists Dave Lindorff and Ron Ridenour gave their takes in this interview with Finian Cunningham. | The Australian government is finally responding to growing public protests to get Julian Assange freed from his British torture dungeon. | Distinguished independent journalists Dave Lindorff and Ron Ridenour gave their takes in this interview with Finian Cunningham. | As the world marks World Press Freedom Day on May 3, the most appropriate result would be the immediate release of Julian Assange. It is a travesty to 'celebrate' this day while he is incarcerated. | Australian-born As…
(2023-05-02). DeSantis role in Guantanamo Bay killings exposed with a holed report. mronline.org 
The height of inhumane treatment and systemic torture in the camp was during DeSantis' term serving as a JAG officer, whose main task was to identify the weaknesses of the detainees and to "tighten the screws" on them.
(2023-05-03). UN Human Rights Council begins U.S. tour focusing on racial justice and policing. america.cgtn.com An independent panel of experts, appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council, is on a six-city tour of the United States. Their focus is on racial justice and equality in the U.S. On Tuesday, the group stopped in Minneapolis, Minnesota, CGTN's Dan Williams …
(2023-05-03). There is a palpable sense of anger among people of Balochistan, says fact finding report. peoplesdispatch.org The latest report by Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) notes that there is no respite in rights abuse which has led to palpable sense of anger among the people of Balochistan…
(2023-05-03). Remembering The Civil Rights Movement As A Labor And Economic Movement. moguldom.com The civil rights movement was, of course, a push for equal human rights, but the scope was much more extensive. The push encompassed economic equality as well. It was, in true essence,a labor and economic movement. Just examine the context of the speeches by civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., and there is evidence …
(2023-05-02). Trans Teen Receiving Award From Iowa Gov. Shouts "Trans Rights Are Human Rights" truthout.org On Sunday, a transgender student in Iowa used an award ceremony as an opportunity to protest Gov. Kim Reynolds (R), who earlier this year signed two bills into law that attack trans kids across the state. Davenport West High School senior Clementine Springsteen, a transgender woman, was one of hundreds of students who received an Iowa Governor's Scholar Program honor this year. |
(2023-05-02). Julian Assange: Public Pressure Is Working but Media Must Stop Being Prostitutes and Demand Freedom. strategic-culture.org Distinguished independent journalists Dave Lindorff and Ron Ridenour gave their takes in this interview with Finian Cunningham. | The Australian government is finally responding to growing public protests to get Julian Assange freed from his British torture dungeon. | Distinguished independent journalists Dave Lindorff and Ron Ridenour gave their takes in this interview with Finian Cunningham. | As the world marks World Press Freedom Day on May 3, the most appropriate result would be the immediate release of Julian Assange. It is a travesty to 'celebrate' this day while he is incarcerated. | Australian-born As…
(2023-05-02). DeSantis role in Guantanamo Bay killings exposed with a holed report. mronline.org The height of inhumane treatment and systemic torture in the camp was during DeSantis' term serving as a JAG officer, whose main task was to identify the weaknesses of the detainees and to "tighten the screws" on them.
(2023-05-03). Israel agrees to ceasefire after bombing Gaza overnight, one Palestinian killed and five injured. peoplesdispatch.org 
Israel started bombing the besieged Palestinian territory after Hamas and Islamic Jihad launched rockets inside Israel following the death of Khader Adnan. Adnan, an administrative detainee, was on a hunger strike in prison for 87 days…
(2023-05-03). '501s' demand Labor keep its promise to end indefinite detention. greenleft.org.au People in indefinite detention across the country held peaceful protests demanding their release, reports Chloe DS.
(2023-05-03). Singapore youth who planned to attack Jews released from ISA detention, placed on restriction order. channelnewsasia.com Amirull Ali made "good progress" in his rehabilitation, says the Internal Security Department.
(2023-05-03). Tuesday 5/9: Realizing American Democracy: Climate Justice & Voting Rights. indybay.org Online teach-in…
(2023-05-03). Thursday 4/27: #ERANow: Historic Senate Vote on Equal Rights Amendment & Press Conference Livestreams. indybay.org Online via livestream…
(2023-05-03). Disarm the IRS, De-Militarize the Bureaucracy, and Dismantle the Standing Army. dissidentvoice.org 
There are instruments so dangerous to the rights of the nation and which place them so totally at the mercy of their governors that those governors, whether legislative or executive, should be restrained from keeping such instruments on foot but in well-defined cases. Such an instrument is a standing army. — Thomas Jefferson, 1789 What …
(2023-05-03). Over 300 Missourians rally in support of trans rights at State Capitol. liberationnews.org 
Demonstrators opposed an order meant to stop gender affirming care to any trans people, including adults.
(2023-05-03). Hundreds march in Minneapolis on International Workers Day. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On May 1, International Workers Day, approximately 500 people marched in support of immigrant workers, unions and indigenous sovereignty, in the East Phillips neighborhood of Minneapolis. | On a very windy day, hundreds gathered together in front of the Minneapolis Public Schools Adult Education Center, where just over a year ago the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers were striking. The crowd listened to speakers including Rachel Thunder from the American Indian Movement, William Martinez of the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, Greg King of the Interfaith Coalition on Immigration, a…
(2023-05-03). Milwaukee: Hundreds march for immigrant rights on May Day. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – As has been the case all spring across the Midwest, cold rain and winds greeted hundreds of youth, workers and trade unionists, community organizers and faith leaders on May 1 as they gathered outside the headquarters of Voces de la Frontera (VDLF) for their annual May Day "Day Without Latinx and Immigrants'' action. All told, more than 400 people joined the ensuing march that ended downtown at Zeidler Square. | The primary demands of this year's rally and march related to a number of campaigns being organized by VDLF and their student arm, Youth Empowered in the Struggle (YES). The…
(2023-05-03). Indian workers remain alive to the class struggle despite decades of neoliberal onslaught. peoplesdispatch.org A new dossier by the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research examines the impact of years of neoliberal policies on the Indian working class and the long struggle by workers across sectors to protect their basic rights…
(2023-05-03). The Artist Who Taught Me About Justice. otherwords.org Some know the late Harry Belafonte for his In activist circles, he's revered for supporting his good friend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the civil rights movement, funding voter registration drives in Mississippi, and financing the Freedom Riders and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), among…
(2023-05-03). Now Reintroduced, The Kids Online Safety Act is Still A Huge Danger to Our Rights Online. scheerpost.com 
KOSA's burdens will affect adults, too, who will likely face hurdles to accessing legal content online as a result of the bill.
(2023-05-02). State Supreme Courts Offer the Best Chance to Advance Rights. aclu.org 
Recent decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court are, to use a complex legal term, not great. In many areas, from abortion to voting rights to tribal sovereignty, the current court has curtailed civil rights and individual freedom, even at the expense of longstanding precedent. In other areas, such as policing and qualified immunity, the court has shown that it can move very slowly, or not at all, when it is apparently unbothered by harsh and legally indefensible precedent. | This erosion of our most cherished rights is disturbing, but we are not without hope. The ACLU has long worked in both federal and state cou…
(2023-05-02). We Must Not Dance, Harry Belafonte Understood, to a Billionaire Beat. scheerpost.com 
(2023-05-03). A new world order is emerging. journal-neo.org 
The special military operation in Ukraine has served as a watershed moment in the evolution of new international relations. The West, led by the United States, was able to rally behind the imposition of unprecedentedly broad sanctions against Russia. At the same time, our adversaries applied immense strain on emerging economies, coercing them to align […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ
(2023-05-03). Threats to the hegemony of the dollar. mronline.org 
JANET Yellen, the U.S. treasury secretary, has finally acknowledged what has been obvious to most people for quite some time, namely that the imposition of sanctions against countries that the U.S. is hostile to, runs the risk of jeopardizing the hegemony of the dollar as the world's reserve currency.
