(2019-07-06). Australian Student Expelled From North Korea For 'Spying Acts'. telesurenglish.net The official news agency for North Korea stated on Saturday that an Australian student was expelled from the country after spending ten days in detention for "spying acts" through his work with foreign media. | RELATED: | Nuclear Talks To Resume After Surprise Trump-Kim Meeting | The student,Alek Sigley, who had been held in North Korea since June 25, was an active social media user and also a regular contributor to international media organizations including NK News about his time in…
(2019-07-06). Lawsuit Seeks to Block Colorado Coal Mine Expansion Threatening Climate, National Forest. globalresearch.ca Five conservation groups sued the Trump administration late yesterday and called on a federal judge to block approval of Arch Coal's West Elk mine expansion, which would invade the wildlands of western Colorado's Gunnison National Forest. | The lawsuit and …
(2019-07-05). UK: Members of Polish Modern Slavery Ring Sentenced to 11 Years. telesurenglish.net The West Midlands Police (WMP) reported Friday that five men and three women from the Brzezinski family, a modern slavery network that operated in the United Kingdom, were sentenced to up to 11 years in prison due to the trafficking of more than 400 people. | RELATED: | British, Irish Businesses Explore Investment in Cuba | This Polish gang tricked vulnerabl…
(2019-07-05). Another Whitewashed Trial of War Crimes by USA Invader. indybay.org The latest acquittal (except for an "unauthorized posing of a photo of a prisoner" charge) of a Navy SEAL is another case of Imperialist impunity of war crimes in America's global "War on Terror." Special Op. Chief Edward Gallagher was cleared of all other far more serious charges, including one for killing an injured teenage ISIS fighter in Iraq in 2017. He was released without having to serve any more time, since his sentence of 4 months for the "photo posing" charge has been offset by his pretrial detention. Apparently, this is a prime example of "victor's justice" in America's long history of overseas Imperia…
(2019-07-05). Our Immigrant Prisons are an Atrocity. counterpunch.org Over the past several weeks, the brutal terror that immigrants face at the hands of our government has come into even sharper focus. As reports surface about immigrant children sleeping on concrete floors and people being forced to drink water from toilets, one fact has become unmistakably clear: It's well past time to demand an More
(2019-07-05). 'Tommy Robinson' faces jail after being found in contempt of court. thecanary.co 
Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (aka Tommy Robinson) faces jail after being found in contempt of court by High Court judges for filming defendants in a criminal trial and broadcasting the footage on social media.Two senior judges found the former English Defence League (EDL) leader was in contempt when he filmed defendants accused of the sexual exploitation of young girls and live-streaming the footage, in breach of a reporting ban, outside Leeds Crown Court in May 2018.Yaxley-Lennon greets supporters as he arrives at the Old Bailey (Yui Mok/PA)Yaxley-Lennon denied any wrongdoing, saying he did not believe he was breaching…
(2019-07-05). Bronx Borough President Diaz Jr. Remains "Steadfast" In Opposing Mayor De Blasio's Mott Haven Jail Plan. blackstarnews.com 
Today, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. has issued a negative recommendation on the de Blasio Administration's proposal to build borough-based jails in four boroughs, including a new jail in the Mott Haven neighborhood of The Bronx. | "Throughout this process the city has refused to address the concerns of The Bronx, nor has the administration adequately included our borough in its planning process. Although I adamantly support the closing of Riker's Island, I must remain steadfast in my opposition to any plan that not only builds a new jail at the wrong location but also refuses to address the legitimate…
(2019-07-05). Immigration Detention Center Conditions Cause Massive Outcry. therealnews.com 
The revelation of extreme immigration detention center conditions for exhausted asylum seeking children, who are separated from their relatives, sparked outrage nationwide. In Phoenix, Arizona, Jews for Justice demonstrated, demanding permanent medical staff for Border patrol's Provisional Detention Centers…
(2019-07-05). Six children among 53 confirmed fatalities after Libya detention centre airstrikes. un.org The toll from Tuesday's reported airstrikes on a detention centre in the suburbs of Tripoli has risen to 53 dead and more than 130 injured among the "severely traumatized" surviving migrants and refugees, UN aid agencies said on Friday, reiterating their appeal to close all such facilities in the embattled country.
(2019-07-05). Trump Blames Migrants for Appalling Conditions at Detention Centers. indybay.org Reposted from Common Dreams under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License.
(2019-07-05). Abu Graib at Home in America. counterpunch.org "This is not what America is about" argues a U.S. reporter referring to revelations of misogynist, violent, racist behavior by employees of the U.S. Border Patrol 'guarding' migrants held in detention centers.Sorry Mr. Thompson (Pro Publica reporter who broke this story); THIS IS what America is about. Vulnerable people, i.e. women, men and children held More
(2019-07-05). The Nonprofits and Businesses Making Millions From Detaining Migrant Children. truthout.org This article was produced by Sludge, an independent, ad-free investigative news site covering money in politics. Click here to support Sludge.A new report from the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warns of "dangerous overcrowding" and "prolonged detention" at several Customs and Bor…
(2019-07-05). In Palo Alto, 300 Demonstrators Protest Detention Camps. indybay.org On July 2, tens of thousands of people attended over 175 protests across the US to call on the Trump administration to close detention camps where migrants are being held under horrific conditions. Palo Alto, California, the site of one such protest, is the location of grassroots effort Caravan to Clint, a group that goes on trips to a children's detention facility outside El Paso.
(2019-07-04). What Is The 4th Of July To Victims Of Oppression—Frederick Douglass Spoke Truth To Power. blackstarnews.com 
On July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York, the legendary Frederick Douglass delivered a stinging rebuke to America in a speech entitled "What To The Slave Is the Fourth of July?" The Speech was given at the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society. In remembrance of Douglass we reprint this important speech which is still relevant today. | See below YouTube link to hear the late actor Ossie Davis' chilling interpretation of Douglass' speech. | Mr. President, Friends and Fellow Citizens: | He who could address this audience without a quailing sensation, has stronger nerves than I have. I do not remembe…
(2019-07-04). Fund Head Start, Not Internment Camps. truthout.org I came to this country from Mexico as a small child because my mother was escaping poverty and wanted to give my sisters and me a better life. She worked hard to make sure we had food on our table and a roof over our heads, often doing two and three jobs at a time. | Because of poverty and systemic racism, undocumented families like mine must work multiple jobs and get paid under the table, and that often comes with mistreatment and discrimination on the job. To get by, people in our community have to develop our own survival methods, such as getting together with neighbors to share meals or take care of each…
(2019-07-04). California passes law to protect black people's 'natural hair' from discrimination. rt.com 
California has upheld its liberal image by officially making 'hair discrimination' a thing. "Natural" black hairstyles like dreadlocks and braids are now legally protected there against encroaching "Eurocentric" employers.
(2019-07-04). Greater Manchester mayor calls parliament 'poisonous', says northerners 'face discrimination' in London. thecanary.co Northerners "face discrimination" in London, according to Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham. Having left the Commons for his role as a regional mayor in 2017, he also claimed that Westminster was "deeply dysfunctional" and "poisonous". | In an interview for the August edition of GQ magazine, Burnham said: "I feel that northerners face discrimination in certain walks of life in London. | "How many Labour prime ministers have come from the north of England? | Harold Wilson, from Huddersfield, was the only Labour prime minister born in northern England. | Parliament "deeply dysfunctional" and "poisonous"
(2019-07-04). Pediatricians Release Migrant Children's Drawings of Their Time in US Border Prisons. theantimedia.com (TMU) — Pediatricians have shared harrowing images drawn by migrant children separated from their parents while in U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) detention camps that show people in prison-like conditions. The drawings were released by a social worker at the Catholic Charities Humanitarian Respite Center in McAllen, Texas to the American Academy of Pediatrics, who … (2019-07-04). There Are Alternatives to Caging Immigrants in Dehumanized Conditions. therealnews.com (2019-07-04). Plans for Prison on Mountaintop-Removal Site in Kentucky Scuttled. Maybe. truthout.org The Federal government's plan to build a maximum-security prison on a former mountaintop-removal coal-mining site in eastern Kentucky has been one of those zombie-like bad ideas that simply refuses to die. But after years of fierce opposition by environmental, prisoner rights, and local citizen rights groups, it appears that the controversial project might finally be buried forever. | Last month, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) formally withdrew its plan for the $510 million project in Kentucky's Letcher County based on what it clai… (2019-07-04). Tommy Robinson's broadcast 'subjectively reckless', High Court judges told. thecanary.co (2019-07-04). Trump Blames Migrants for Appalling Conditions at Border Patrol Migrant Jails. truthout.org In response to photos, news reports, and first-hand accounts of the horrific conditions inside Border Patrol detention centers in Texas, President Donald Trump on Wednesday fired off a tweet blami… (2019-07-04). Australian filmmaker James Ricketson calls on journalist Peter Greste to defend Assange. wsws.org Ricketson's "Open Letter" debunks Greste's claim that Assange is not a journalist and therefore not deserving of support, and calls on him to defend the WikiLeaks founder, as he did Ricketson who was wrongly jailed in Cambodia. (2019-07-04). American Concentration Camps, Then and Now. theantimedia.com (FPIF) — In our history textbooks, "Japanese internment," as it's carelessly called, features as a mistake, blunder, or brief departure from constitutional piety following the trauma of Pearl Harbor. The summary detention of 120,000 people of Japanese descent — around 80,000 of whom were American citizens — can be more accurately described as one of the worst … (2019-07-04). Paediatricians share children's drawings after release from 'inhumane' US detention camps. thecanary.co Pictures drawn by children recently detained by the United States border force depict their "inhumane" treatment, with figures of people in cages.The pictures were drawn by children following their release by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP).Detention centres are the first places children go after they are picked up by customs officials.Immediate past president of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Collen Kraft said: "The cages they are kept in are metal cells. They are kept cold, there is not enough food or water, and they are crowded. There are open toilets and the lights are kept on 24/7."A picture… (2019-07-04). New Poll: Most Americans Across Party Lines Against Trump's Racist Treatment Of Immigrants. blackstarnews.com (2019-07-04). Bombing of detention center in Libya kills at least 44 refugees. wsws.org The tragedy is the product of the 2011 US-backed war for regime change which has plunged Libya into nearly a decade of civil war and the EU's war on refugees. (2019-07-04). Libyan Guards Reportedly Shot at Migrants Fleeing Airstrike: UN. telesurenglish.net The United Nations (U.N.) Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said Thursday in a document published on its website, it had information that Libyan guards shot at migrants and refugees trying to flee from Tuesday's bombings on a migrant detention facility in Tripoli. | RELATED: | Air Strike on Libya's Migrant Center Is a 'War Crime': UN | "There a… (2019-07-04). Abu Graib at Home in America. globalresearch.ca "This is not what America is about" argues a reporter referring to revelations of misogynist, violent, racist behavior by employees of the U.S. Border Patrol 'guarding' migrants held in detention centers. | Sorry Mr. Thompson (Propublica journalist who broke this story); … (2019-07-04). Libya's Civil War is Becoming a Proxy War. therealnews.com (2019-07-04). Amid Revelations of Fascist Network at Customs and Border Protection, Ocasio-Cortez, Other Congress Members Threatened by Border Police. globalresearch.ca A delegation of more than a dozen members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus reported feeling unsafe and facing taunts and ridicule from Border Patrol agents during a visit Monday to immigrant detention facilities in Texas. | The Democratic legislators included Representative … (2019-07-04). Mexico deploys National Guard, detains immigrants at record levels. wsws.org Mexico launched its 70,000-member National Guard as immigrant detentions rose by a third since May. (2019-07-04). Latest Office of Inspector General report reveals inhumane conditions at US immigrant detention centers. wsws.org Children are being detained without access to showers or hot meals and in one instance adult immigrants were held in standing room only conditions for a full week. (2019-07-04). After Aerial Bombing Kills Dozens of Migrants in Libya, 82 More Reported Missing at Sea. commondreams.org On the heels of a fatal air raid on a migrant detention center in Libya that triggered fresh calls for the global community to improve its response to the refugee crisis, 82 migrants are missing and feared dead after a boat that departed from the North African country capsized in the Mediterranean Sea. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-9826480561.jpg … (2019-07-04). Jakarta Residents Sue Indonesian Government Over Air Pollution. telesurenglish.net Residents of Indonesia's capital on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the government over the toxic levels of air pollution that regularly blanket the city. | RELATED: | In Climate Apartheid World's Poor Will Be Left to Suffer: UN Report | Fed up with what they say is worsening air pollution, a group of 31 concerned residents has sued President Joko Widodo, as well as the ministry of environment and forestry, ministry of health, and Jakarta's governor. | The plaintiffs [mdas… (2019-07-04). Study Finds Holding Governments and Corporations Legally Accountable for Climate Crisis 'Has Become a Global Phenomenon'. commondreams.org An analysis published Thursday details how lawsuits that aim to push governments to more ambitiously the address climate emergency and make polluting corporations pay for the damage caused by their sizable contributions to the global warming are growing in popularity around the world. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/youth_climate_0.jpg … (2019-07-03). Thousands of Voices Are Telling the Supreme Court: Don't Roll Back LGBTQ Rights. aclu.org Businesses, women CEOs, civil rights organizations, Republicans tell the Supreme Court to protect LGBTQ employees like Aimee Stephens and Don Zarda. | President Trump has told the Supreme Court it should be legal to fire someone just because they're LGBTQ. The President may be a bully, but he's just one voice. Today, more than 2,000 voices from across the country joined together to tell the Supreme Court: Don't roll back our rights. | The message came in the form of friend-of-the-court briefs—nearly 50 in all—filed in a… (2019-07-03). How the Third Temple Movement in Israel Rebranded Theocracy as "Civil Rights" mintpressnews.com (2019-07-03). Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights "Pleased" Justice Department Will Print 2020 Census Questionnaire Without Bigoted Citizen Question. blackstarnews.com (2019-07-03). I Spent 16 Months in Solitary Confinement and Now I'm Fighting to End It. aclu.org A new report proves that the degrading conditions in solitary confinement continue to harm people and communities. | I was just 17 years old when I was sent to solitary confinement in "Camp J," one of the most severe lockdown units at one of America's most brutal prisons, the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. I languished in solitary for 16 months. | Back then I didn't know that Louisiana was the solitary confinement capital of the world. All I knew was that I'd been convicted of a crime I didn't commit, and I had to maintain my humanity in one of the most dehumanizing places on earth. | It's called "23 and… (2019-07-03). Everyone counts: Trump's census "citizenship question" is dead. peoplesworld.org (2019-07-03). Japanese Internment Camp Survivor: 'Never Again Is NOW!'. progressive.org A filmmaker and therapist tells of her family's internment in a maximum security camp during World War II, and her views on the current imprisonment of people from south of the border. (2019-07-03). Chicago: Book signing for Frank Chapman's autobiography. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Frank Chapman's new book, The Damned Don't Cry: Pages from the Life of a Black Prisoner and Organizer, is getting a great reception. About 30 people attended a book signing at the office of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, July 2. Chapman's autobiography is available here. (2019-07-03). Letter from prison: Communist leader Carl Winter on the 4th of July. peoplesworld.org (2019-07-03). Headlines for July 3, 2019. democracynow.org DHS Watchdog: "Dangerous Overcrowding" and Dire Conditions at Texas Migrant Jails, 30-Year-Old Honduran Migrant Dies in U.S. Custody, Federal Judge Blocks Trump Plan to Deny Bail to Asylum Seekers, DHS Fining Immigrants Up to $500,000 for Not Leaving the U.S., Nationwide Protests Demand Lawmakers #CloseTheCamps, Cory Booker Vows to End Immigrant Detention in 2020 Proposal, In Defeat for Trump Admin, 2020 Census Will Not Include Citizenship Question, House Dems Sue Treasury and IRS over Trump's Tax Returns, Airstrike Hits Migrant Detention Center in Libya, Killing At Least 40, Ethiopian-Israeli Community Protests… (2019-07-03). Libya detention centre airstrike could amount to a war crime says UN, as Guterres calls for independent investigation. un.org An airstrike on a detention centre in Tripoli that killed scores of migrants and refugees "deserves more than condemnation", UN agencies said on Wednesday, as both the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the head of the UN mission in Libya (UNSMIL), insisted that it may amount to a war crime. (2019-07-03). Tucson protest tells Trump: No raids! No deportations! No family separations! fightbacknews.org Tucson, AZ – Over 100 people braved the intense desert sun Tuesday morning, July 2, to demonstrate their anger at Trump's threat for ICE raids aimed at thousands of undocumented families. Many demonstrators also expressed their demand to reunite families and to close the concentration camps operating as detention centers. | Outside the federal building protesters held signs reading "Close the camps!" and "Dismantle ICE!" The group then marched to the Pima County Office to demand an end to the Sheriff's collaboration with ICE and Border Patrol. Organizer from Coalición de Derechos Humanos, Isabel Garcia, said "The… (2019-07-03). As Trump Announces Mass Immigration Raid, Documents Show How ICE Uses Arrest Quotas. theintercept.com As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, at the behest of President Donald Trump, plans mass raids following the July Fourth holiday, newly released documents shed light on the tactics the agency employs during such operations. | The documents, released Wednesday by the immigrant rights groups Mijente, Just Futures Law, and Detention Watch Network, show that ICE officials are building arrest target lists for mass raids to meet specific numbers, even as the agency continues to internally and publicly stress a "public safety" rationale for immigration arrests. | Most… (2019-07-03). NAACP Responds to Trump Administration's Decision to Abandon Attempt to Add Citizenship Question to 2020 Census. naacp.org The following statement is from Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of NAACP on the Trump Administration's decision not to include the controversial citizenship question to the 2020 Census: "The Trump administration's decision today to abandon its attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census is a victory for democracy. It is the outcome … (2019-07-02). 2020 Census Form Will Not Include Citizenship Question, Trump Administration Says. theintercept.com The Trump administration admitted defeat on Tuesday, confirming that forms for the 2020 U.S. census will not include a question asking residents who respond to the survey if they are U.S. citizens. The change of plans follows last week's Supreme Court decision that the Commerce Department had failed to provide a valid reason for adding the question. | The news was conveyed in an email from the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division to lawyers who had contested the effort in lawsuits, and confirmed to The Intercept by…
We talk with Vicki Gaubeca from Southern Borders Community Coalition about the conditions in the immigration prison camps, the Border Patrol's FB page, and proposals for humane treatment of refugees…
Tommy Robinson's broadcasting of footage featuring defendants in a criminal trial was "subjectively reckless", High Court judges have been told.The former English Defence League (EDL) leader, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is said to have committed contempt of court by filming defendants accused of the sexual exploitation of young girls and livestreaming footage on social media, in breach of a reporting ban.Lawyers for the Attorney General Geoffrey Cox QC, whose application to have Robinson committed to prison is being heard at the Old Bailey, said a reporting restriction was put in place postponing th…
New CNN poll: Most Americans favor a more humane immigration policy than Trump's racist divisive child separation tactics… | Washington, DC — As President Trump gets ready for his tanks and airplane-filled ego trip on the National Mall, millions of Americans are rightfully outraged about the human rights crisis on display in detention facilities and holding cells along our border. | The report issued yesterday by the Department of Homeland Security's internal investigators adds ugly new details about the scope and nature of the squalor and is directly linked to the choices and callousness of this ad…
The shooting down of a Turkish drone near Tripoli and the capture of six Turkish sailors by Gen. Haftar's forces reveals the Turkey's and Egypt's involvement on both sides of the civil war. Meanwhile Haftar's forces are accused of bombing a migration detention center near Tripoli, killing 44 and injuring 130…
The Temple Activist movement is now more mainstream than ever before and its effort to destroy the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, the third holiest site in Islam, has advanced with great rapidity since the year began and has picked up precipitously in recent weeks.
In response to the Department of Justice confirming the decision has been made to print the 2020 Decennial Census questionnaire without a citizenship question, and that the printer has been instructed to begin the printing process, Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement: | "The Supreme Court's ruling left little opportunity for the administration to cure the defects with its decision to add a citizenship question and, most importantly, they were simply out of time given the impending deadline for printing forms. We are…
WASHINGTON—Lawmakers and state officials representing Hispanic-named citizens hailed the Trump Commerce Department's July 2 decision to throw in the towel and not add a "citizenship" question, one they deemed racist, to next year's census. So did the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which helped assemble the successful lawsuit against the query. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, …
Editor's Note: Carl Winter, who was an editor of The Worker (formerly the Daily Worker and later re-named People's World), was among the first group of defendants falsely convicted under the anti-communist Smith Act of conspiring to overthrow the United States Government in 1949. Winter would serve a five-year sentence in federal prison. Upon release, …
