2019-06-11: Social Media Postees

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Supreme Court justice questions endless detention at GITMO prison
rt.com | 2019-06-11
After the Supreme Court shot down an appeal from one of the few remaining captives in America's military prison in Guantanamo Bay, one justice has broken ranks and questioned the ongoing policy of indefinite detention. | …
rt.com/usa/461559-supreme-court-justice-questions-guantanamo/

French state demands four months' jail for "yellow vest" protester Eric Drouet
wsws.org | 2019-06-11
The charges against Drouet are unfounded and underscore that a police state is being built in France.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/11/vest-j11.html

In the Western Media Narrative, SAA-Targeted Underground Bunkers and Terrorist-Run Prisons Become "Hospitals"
Vanessa Beeley | mintpressnews.com | 2019-06-11
We should not allow ourselves to be collectively hypnotized into believing the media hype that would portray armed-group murderers as heroes, and the Syrian people and government struggling to expel them from their country as the villains.
mintpressnews.com/white-helmets-hospitals-idlib-syria/259111/

Tony Award for refugees rights musical
barry_h | greenleft.org.au | 2019-06-11
The highly topical musical Hadestown won eight awards at this year's annual Tony Awards ceremony in New York on June 9. The Tony's recognise excellence in live Broadway theatre. | The stage adaption is of the 2010 concept album by US singer Anais Mitchell. It uses the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus in the underground as a template for ripping open contemporary US life, particularly the racist treatment of Central American refugees. | The most powerful political and musical piece in the show is The Wall, which demonstrates the hypocrisy and shallowness of US demagogy about refugees. | While it is perfectly in…
greenleft.org.au/content/tony-award-refugees-rights-musical

'No Walls in the LGBTQ2S Struggle'
Workers World Boston bureau | workers.org | 2019-06-10
Workers' Solidarity Day was marked by a May 31 meeting titled "No Walls in the LGBTQ2S Struggle," sponsored by Stonewall Warriors, International Workers' Solidarity Network and Workers World Party. The meeting was dedicated to Roxanna Hernandez, a Honduran trans woman who died in detention at the border. Speaking about the . . . | Continue reading 'No Walls in the LGBTQ2S Struggle' at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/06/09/no-walls-in-the-lgbtq2s-struggle/

Racist Gerrymandering Created a GOP Stronghold in the South. We Must Fight Back
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-10
Longtime civil rights leader Rev. Dr. William Barber joins us to respond to his conviction Thursday for trespassing during a 2017 protest against gerrymandering and attacks on health care at the North Carolina Legislature. Barber had refused to leave the General Assembly as ordered, after he organized a sit-in at the legislative building when Republican leaders refused to meet with him about concerns with voter ID requirements and redistricting plans that would weaken the power of the black vote. "We must start connecting systemic racism, most seen through systemic voter suppression and gerrymandering, poverty…
truthout.org/video/racist-gerrymandering-created-a-gop-stronghold-in-the-south-we-must-fight-back/

Rev. William Barber: Racist Gerrymandering Created a GOP Stronghold in the South. We Must Fight Back
MAIL | democracynow.org | 2019-06-10
Longtime civil rights leader Rev. Dr. William Barber joins us to respond to his conviction Thursday for trespassing during a 2017 protest against gerrymandering and attacks on healthcare at the North Carolina Legislature. Barber had refused to leave the General Assembly as ordered, after he organized a sit-in at the legislative building when Republican leaders refused to meet with him about concerns with voter ID requirements and redistricting plans that would weaken the power of the black vote. "We must start connecting systemic racism, most seen through systemic voter suppression and gerrymandering, poverty, th…
www.democracynow.org/2019/6/10/rev_william_barber_racist_gerrymandering_created

Selected Articles: America's Intent is to Dominate China, Russia and the World
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-10
Online independent analysis of US-led wars, rampant corruption, corporate greed, civil rights and fraudulent monetary transactions is invariably relegated to the bottom rung of search engine results. | As a result we presently do not cover our monthly running costs which …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-americas-intent-is-to-dominate-china-russia-and-the-world/5680182

'When They See Us' Reminds Us To Turn Our Anger into Action
Vanessa Mbonu | naacp.org | 2019-06-10
In 1990, five teenage boys referred to as the "Central Park Five" were sentenced to prison for a heinous crime they did not commit. The basis of the conviction? Racial profiling. The stories of the wrongfully convicted, Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Yusef Salaam, and Kharey Wise, are re-told in the recently released series When They See Us. The film is …
naacp.org/latest/see-us-reminds-us-turn-anger-action/

What's Trending: Black News Recap
Vanessa Mbonu | naacp.org | 2019-06-10
HuffPost: Philadelphia's First Openly Gay Deputy Sheriff Found Dead Ahead Of Pride Parade Philadelphia's first openly gay deputy sheriff apparently died by suicide just before the city's annual Pride parade and festival, authorities said. Dante Austin, 27, was found dead from what authorities said appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his desk …
naacp.org/latest/whats-trending-black-news-recap-5/

NAACP Trains Volunteers Ahead of 110th National Convention
Austyn Ross | naacp.org | 2019-06-10
Detroit — On June 8, 2019 the NAACP brought together hundreds of volunteers for a rally and training in preparation for its 110th Annual Convention in Detroit, July 20-24. The Focus H.O.P.E. Center in Detroit hosted enthusiastic volunteers from all over the city who learned the Do's and Don'ts for volunteering at convention. Volunteers were …
naacp.org/latest/naacp-trains-volunteers-ahead-110th-national-convention/

Attorney General James And NYC Comptroller Stringer Announce Sentencing Of Contractors Who Ripped-off Workers
Special To The Black Star News | blackstarnews.com | 2019-06-10
Attorney General James and NYC Comptroller Stringer announce sentencing of "unscrupulous" contruction company owners who robbed workers… | Attorney General Letitia James and New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer today announced the sentencings of Vickram Mangru, his wife Gayatri Mangru, and AVM Construction Corp., of Valley Stream, NY, for failing to pay proper prevailing wages to workers related to a publicly-funded New York City construction project. | The defendants were sentenced today in Bronx County Supreme Court in front of Justice James A. McCarty. Vickram Mangru will serve 30 days in jail, followed…
www.blackstarnews.com/ny-watch/crime/attorney-general-james-and-nyc-comptroller-stringer-announce

Lula Is a Political Prisoner: Brazil Workers' Party
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-10
Brazilian Workers' Party (PT) reacted Monday to reports published by news website The Intercept saying that they evidence the judicial persecution of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. | RELATED: | Politics, Lack of Evidence Behind Lula Trial: Intercept Expose | "Contrary to what they affirm today in a bid to downplay their illegal moves, (Judge Sergio) Moro and the prosecutors of the Car Wash commission are transcending all the limits of legality and the limits of the r…
telesurenglish.net/news/Lula-Is-a-Political-Prisoner-Victim-of-Lawfare-Brazil-Workers-Party-20190610-0012.html

'Truth Will Prevail,' Says Lula, After Leaked Documents Suggest He Was Imprisoned to Prevent Victory in Brazil's Presidential Election
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-10
"There is no question the procedures against former President Lula are tainted by extremely serious issues when it comes to violations of fundamental guarantees and denial of one's rights." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/lula_brazil.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/10/truth-will-prevail-says-lula-after-leaked-documents-suggest-he-was-imprisoned?cd-origin=rss

Top Brazilian Judge Clears For Trial Lula's Request for Freedom
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-10
The Supreme Federal Court (STF) judge, Gilmar Mendes, cleared for trial on Monday the request for freedom of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, according to Brazilian media. | RELATED: | Politics, Lack of Evidence Behind Lula Trial: Intercept Expose | The habeas corpus (HC) was presented by Lula's defense last year when then-judge Sergio Moro accepted Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's appointment to lead the Justice Ministry. This time around it is expected that the r…
telesurenglish.net/news/Top-Brazilian-Judge-Clears-For-Trial-Lulas-Request-for-Freedom-20190610-0019.html

Americans' Extinction Denial Syndrome
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-10
Most of Europe has banned Roundup because of both a determination that is carcinogenic and because its widespread use has been linked to the decimation of the world's bees, essential for the pollination of some 90 percent of all plants and of 30 percent of food crops, and Monsanto/Bayer has so far lost three major lawsuits levying a total of over $2.4 billion in punitive damages against the company for cancers found caused by their glyphosate herbicide. Yet despite all this, the American public wants its pristine green lawns, unblemished by dandelions and other transgressors like violets, buttercups and wild stra…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/10/americans-extinction-denial-syndrome/

Tennessee Passes Law Designed to Intimidate Black Voters
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-09
Successful voter registration drives among Blacks have motivated Tennessee lawmaker to pass bill with onerous fines for simple registration mistakes, which will cause voters to think twice about registering. We speak to Ezra Rosenberg of the Voting Rights Project at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law…
therealnews.com/stories/tennessee-passes-law-designed-to-intimidate-black-voters

Family Member Believes Man who Died in Police Custody was Denied Proper Medical Care
Santa Cruz Police News | indybay.org | 2019-06-09
On June 1, 40-year-old Kevin Allen died while in custody of the Santa Cruz Police. A SCPD press release states officers were responding to a report that a man had fallen to the ground near Water Street and River Street in Santa Cruz when they found and took Kevin Allen into custody and transported him to jail, claiming he was intoxicated. Once at the jail, medical staff there determined Allen would need to be taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead after suffering cardiac issues on the ride over. Community members have questioned why Allen was not given medical attention immediately instead of being a…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/05/18823756.php

Exclusive: Leaked Chats Between Brazilian Judge and Prosecutor Who Imprisoned Lula Reveal Prohibited Collaboration and Doubts Over Evidence
Andrew Fishman | theintercept.com | 2019-06-09
Judge Sergio Moro repeatedly counseled prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol via Telegram during more than two years of Operation Car Wash.
theintercept.com/2019/06/09/brazil-lula-operation-car-wash-sergio-moro/

British Writer Launches Poetry Show Based On "New Cross Massacre" Which Killed 13 Blacks
Colin Benjamin | blackstarnews.com | 2019-06-09
Black British poet Jay Bernard revisits the 1981 New Cross Fire which killed 13 Blacks… | Award-winning Black British writer Jay Bernard has recently launched a theatrical multimedia poetry show based on London's deadly New Cross Fire, notoriously known as the "New Cross Massacre" which killed 13 young Blacks in 1981. | In this work, Bernard, 31, conjures the voices of the victims by using stage poetry fused with archival audios and videos, related to the event, to tell the story of this disaster–an apparent racist firebombing attack. | In this new show "Surge," Bernard revisits the tragic topic of the Ne…
www.blackstarnews.com/entertainment/theater/british-writer-launches-poetry-show-based-on-%E2%80%9Cnew-cross

Trump Admin Prioritizes Border Wall Makeover As Children Lose Resources & Detention Conditions Worsen
Special To The Black Star News | blackstarnews.com | 2019-06-08
Trump immigration detention policy is inhumane says America's Voice… | This week, the Trump administration announced the gutting of resources for migrant children in detention while at the same time continuing to unconstitutionally direct money to the ineffective border wall. | This is only one of the many attacks the Trump administration has carried out on migrant children, as DHS Watch, a project of America's Voice, laid out in detail today. And while these children stand to lose schooling, legal aid, access to sports and outside activities, active-duty troops are assigned a border wall makeover to "impr…
www.blackstarnews.com/us-politics/news/trump-admin-prioritizes-border-wall-makeover-as-children-lose

Racism as a public health crisis
Jessicah Pierre | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-08
Racism is often viewed as an action performed by individuals. But even if we got rid of all America's prejudiced individuals, racism would still exist in the systems they built. | Systemic racism, writer Jenee Desmond-Harris explains, refers to how racial disparities operate "in major parts of U.S. society: the economy, politics, education, and more." | Racism, in other words, isn't just someone using a racial slur. It's also the poor schooling in predominantly black and brown neighborhoods, the racial wealth gap, housing discrimination, mass incarceration, police killings of unarmed black and brown people, hi…
nationofchange.org/2019/06/08/racism-as-a-public-health-crisis/

Wear Orange to Raise Awareness for Gun Violence
Vanessa Mbonu | naacp.org | 2019-06-08
June is Gun Violence Awareness Month. On average, 100 Americans are killed with guns each day, and many of the victims are young and Black. Hadiya Pendleton was one of these victims. At the age of 15, she was shot and killed. To honor her and speak up for gun safety, her friends wore orange–and now so …
naacp.org/latest/wear-orange-day/

Minnesota cop sentenced to 12+ years for killing unarmed woman who called 911
rt.com | 2019-06-08
A former Minneapolis, Minnesota police officer convicted of shooting an unarmed woman in an alley behind her home was given a 12.5 year prison sentence, in a controversial case that had the ACLU crying racism. | …
rt.com/usa/461354-police-shooting-prison-sentence/

Family Member Believes Man who Died in Police Custody was Denied Proper Medical Care
Santa Cruz Police News | indybay.org | 2019-06-08
On June 1, 40-year-old Kevin Allen died while in custody of the Santa Cruz Police. A SCPD press release states officers were responding to a report that a man had fallen to the ground near Water Street and River Street in Santa Cruz when they found and took Kevin Allen into custody and transported him to jail, claiming he was intoxicated. Once at the jail, medical staff there determined Allen would need to be taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead after suffering cardiac issues on the ride over. Community members have questioned why Allen was not given medical attention immediately instead of being a…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/05/18823756.php

Free Reis Morris! Grenfell Tower campaigner imprisoned while those guilty of social murder walk free
wsws.org | 2019-06-08
Morris's jailing is a vicious act of class justice aimed at suppressing opposition and protecting those responsible for 72 deaths in the Grenfell Tower inferno two years ago.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/08/reis-j08.html

Revisiting the Central Park Five case in the #MeToo era
wsws.org | 2019-06-08
Thirty years after the New York Times and Washington Post helped railroad five innocent teenagers to prison, these newspapers continue to wage a campaign against the presumption of innocence.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/08/pers-j08.html

High court allows racist gerrymandering in Ohio, Michigan
Martha Grevatt | workers.org | 2019-06-08
In 2004, Ohio became notorious for the deliberate suppression of Black voters. The racist disenfranchisement, called "Ohio's first poll tax," may have given the state's 20 electoral votes to George W. Bush. — without which he would have lost to John Kerry. Not much has changed in 15 years. Only . . . | Continue reading High court allows racist gerrymandering in Ohio, Michigan at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/06/07/high-court-allows-racist-gerrymandering-in-ohio-michigan/

Trump admin argues no constitutional right to a safe climate two years after ditching Paris Accord
Dana Drugmand | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-08
Almost exactly two years after President Trump announced his plans to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, a groundbreaking youth climate change lawsuit challenging the federal government's promotion of fossil fuel energy was back in court for a long-awaited hearing. Before a three-judge panel in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Trump administration, which has tried numerous times to derail the suit, argued t…
nationofchange.org/2019/06/08/trump-admin-argues-no-constitutional-right-to-a-safe-climate-two-years-after-ditching-paris-accord/

Racism as a Public Health Crisis
Jessicah Pierre | commondreams.org | 2019-06-08
Racism is often viewed as an action performed by individuals. But even if we got rid of all America's prejudiced individuals, racism would still exist in the systems they built.
commondreams.org/views/2019/06/08/racism-public-health-crisis?cd-origin=rss

Trump administration cuts education and recreation funding for immigrant children in detention centers
wsws.org | 2019-06-07
The Office of Refugee Settlement has halted the flow of funding for any activities they consider "not directly necessary for the protection of life and safety," including legal aid and recreation.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/07/chil-j07.html

Libya's migrants and refugees with tuberculosis 'left to die' in detention centres
United Nations | un.org | 2019-06-07
Migrants and refugees suffering from tuberculosis are being left "effectively to die" in a Libyan detention centre south of Tripoli, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday, citing reports that those returned to shore by the coastguard have been disappeared or sold to traffickers.
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Assemblyman Weprin, State Senator Liu, and Amnesty International Introduce Immigration Customs Oversight Bill
Special To The Black Star News | blackstarnews.com | 2019-06-07
Assemblyman David Weprin, at the microphones, with immigration advocates seeking proper treatement of detained immigrants… | Assemblyman David I. Weprin (D-Queens) and Senator John C. Liu (D-Queens), with support from Amnesty International, have introduced the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Oversight Act, A 7853 / S 6107. The law's purpose is to ensure that immigrants detained in county jails in New York are held in accordance with legal detention standards and to limit the expansion of immigration detention facilities in New York unless approval can be gained from the legislature. | This action was s…
www.blackstarnews.com/ny-watch/politics/assemblyman-weprin-state-senator-liu-and-amnesty-international

Predicting Even More Horrifying Conditions, Historical Journalist Describes Parallels Between Trump Migrant Detention and Concentration Camps
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-07
The administration's treatment of migrants is part of a pattern of dehumanization that has disturbing precedent for what could come next | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/pitzer.png…
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/07/predicting-even-more-horrifying-conditions-historical-journalist-describes-parallels?cd-origin=rss

Sick Migrants Being Left To Die in Libyan 'Hellhole': UN
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-07
The United Nations (U.N.) denounced the atrocious conditions of migrant detention centers in Libya with reports of dozens left untreated and dying from tuberculosis and hundreds of others trying to survive on starvation rations. | RELATED: | At Least Two Migrants Die, 25 Missing in Boat Crash off Libya | U.N. rights office spokesman Rupert Colville made a statement to the press about a recent visit by the OHCHR to the Zintan detention center, where 654 refugees and migrants are b…
telesurenglish.net/news/Sick-Migrants-Being-Left-To-Die-in-Libyan-Hellhole-UN-20190607-0009.html

Dr. King and Mr. Garrow
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2019-06-07
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

James Jackson: Communist leader and pioneer fighter for civil rights
Tim Wheeler | peoplesworld.org | 2019-06-07
James E. Jackson Jr., (1914-2007), a leader of the Communist Party USA for many years, began his eventful life in political action at age 16 and he remained an unwavering fighter for equality, democracy, world peace, and socialism all his days. Not the least of Jackson's achievements was his role in the early 1960s as …
peoplesworld.org/article/james-jackson-communist-leader-and-pioneer-fighter-for-civil-rights/

Weekend Read: The Changing Demographics of Mass Incarceration
splcenter.org | 2019-06-07
After decades of constructing a system of mass incarceration, it appears that our nation is beginning to turn the tide.
splcenter.org/news/2019/06/07/weekend-read-changing-demographics-mass-incarceration

U.S. House passes relief for Dreamers and TPS/DED holders
Adam Lee | naacp.org | 2019-06-07
On June 4, 2019, the U.S. House passed, by a bipartisan margin of 237 yeas to 187 nays, H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act. This bill builds on the 2001 DREAM Act by combining protections for Dreamers with those who have Temporary Protected Status (TPS) or Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) because they have fled …
naacp.org/latest/u-s-house-passes-relief-dreamers-tpsded-holders/

"Straight Pride Parade": When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression
Michelle Zacarias | peoplesworld.org | 2019-06-07
Boston may be gearing up to host the first-ever "Straight Pride Parade" this summer after a group of men allegedly filed a discrimination complaint against the city. City officials have confirmed the group contacted them, but say that they haven't yet received the permits required to host a parade. The official "straight pride" website currently …
peoplesworld.org/article/straight-pride-parade-when-youre-accustomed-to-privilege-equality-feels-like-oppression/

Family Member Believes Man who Died in Police Custody was Denied Proper Medical Care
Santa Cruz Police News | indybay.org | 2019-06-07
On June 1, 40-year-old Kevin Allen died while in custody of the Santa Cruz Police. A SCPD press release states officers were responding to a report that a man had fallen to the ground near Water Street and River Street in Santa Cruz when they found and took Kevin Allen into custody and transported him to jail, claiming he was intoxicated. Once at the jail, medical staff there determined Allen would need to be taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead after suffering cardiac issues on the ride over. Community members have questioned why Allen was not given medical attention immediately instead of being a…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/05/18823756.php

Bring Julian Assange home appeal
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-06-07
Below is an appeal, initiated by Michael Rubbo and signed by many journalists, to the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) to pull out all stops to do more to get Julian Assange released. | * * * | We are a diverse group of people, many of whom originally came together in 2018 to work for the release of James Ricketson from his Cambodian jail. We now reunite to push for the release of Julian Assange who is currently very ill in Britain's Belmarsh prison as he awaits extradition to either the United States or Sweden. | On May 9, he was visited by UN Special Rapporteur on torture Nils Melzer: "Our finding…
greenleft.org.au/content/bring-julian-assange-home-appeal

'Disgusting': Trump slams 'Nervous Nancy' Pelosi over jail-not-impeach comment
rt.com | 2019-06-07
US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, calling her a "disgrace" and a "disaster" for wanting to see him "in prison" rather than impeached — and suggesting the idea is "disgusting." | …
rt.com/usa/461340-trump-pelosi-disgusting-prison/

NYC communities fight jail project and score wins
Monica Cruz | liberationnews.org | 2019-06-07
New Yorkers do not need more cages for our communities.
liberationnews.org/nyc-communities-fight-jail-project-and-score-wins/

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