(2020-07-15). Boston #SayHerName/Black women lead BLM march. workers.org 
By M. Skehan and G. Lechat — Over a thousand people took to the streets July Fourth to center Black women's role in the ongoing Black Lives Matter rebellion. Gathering in Boston's Nubian Square, recently stripped of its slaver name, the #SayHerName demonstration and march were organized by the initiative . . . |
(2020-07-15). Say Their Names. Black Lives Matter. thenation.com Say Their Names. Black Lives Matter.
(2020-07-15). Boston #SayHerNameBlack women lead BLM march. workers.org Over a thousand people took to the streets July Fourth to center Black women's role in the ongoing Black Lives Matter rebellion. Gathering in Boston's Nubian Square, recently stripped of its slaver name, the #SayHerName demonstration and march were organized by the initiative of Black women community leaders Daunasia Yancey, . . . |
(2020-07-15). Where I Live, Hostility Toward Black Lives Matter Is Often Indirect. thenation.com Where I Live, Hostility Toward Black Lives Matter Is Often Indirect…
(2020-07-15). Why Saying Black Lives Matter Isn't Enough. progressive.org White educators who say they support the movement need to show it by helping get rid of cops in schools.
(2020-07-15). The Left Remakes the World: Amna Akbar on Canceling Rent, Defunding Police & Where We Go from Here. democracynow.org 
We look at another looming crisis for the American public: mass evictions. More than four months into a pandemic that has left millions unemployed, eviction freezes across the country are ending, even as case numbers rise and states reimpose lockdown measures. As the Cancel the Rent movement inspires rent strikes and protests nationwide, a coalition of labor unions, workers and racial and social justice groups in 25 states plans to stage a mass walkout this Monday called the "Strike for Black Lives." We speak with Amna Akbar, law professor at Ohio State University, who wrote about how to respond to all of this in…
(2020-07-15). Monday 7/20: Nationwide Strike for Black Lives. indybay.org Nationwide car caravans, rallies, and protest actions…
(2020-07-15). Sculpture of Black protester installed on plinth on Edward Colston statue. thecanary.co 
A sculpture of a Black woman who took part in a Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol has been erected on the plinth where a statue of slave trader Edward Colston used to stand.Artist Marc Quinn created the life-size black resin and steel piece of Jen Reid, from Bristol, after seeing a photograph of her standing on the empty plinth after the Colston statue was toppled.The sculpture, entitled A Surge of Power (Jen Reid), was erected shortly before 5am on Wednesday by Quinn's team without the knowledge or consent of Bristol City Council.The black resin and steel statue by Marc Quinn is titled A Surge of Power (Jen…
(2020-07-15). Activists Fight to Cancel Rents as Pandemic Eviction Freezes Come to an End. truthout.org We look at another looming crisis for the American public: mass evictions. More than four months into a pandemic that has left millions unemployed, eviction freezes across the country are ending, even as case numbers rise and states reimpose lockdown measures. As the Cancel the Rent movement inspires rent strikes and protests nationwide, a coalition of labor unions, workers and racial and social justice groups in 25 states plans to stage a mass walkout this Monday called the "Strike for Black Lives.
(2020-07-15). 2009 H1N1 Vaccine Caused Brain Damage in Children. Dr. Anthony Fauci on "Vaccine Safety" Issues. globalresearch.ca A lawsuit against the Trudeau Government for its handling of the COVID-19 Crisis has been launched. What is at stake is the violation of fundamental rights of Canadians. | "The mass and indiscriminate containment of citizens, the restriction of access to …
(2020-07-15). Assange's father speaks out, calls oppression of WikiLeaks founder a "great crime of 21st century" thegrayzone.com An extended interview with Julian Assange's father John Shipton, who condemns the US, UK, and Australian governments for their "11…
(2020-07-15). New Restorative Justice Spaces Must Be Culturally Competent. therealnews.com 
Brandi Mack from Designing Justice talks about how their work designing restorative justice spaces centers people who have been directly impacted by the system.
(2020-07-15). Google faces $5 BILLION lawsuit over tracking users' activities even in 'private' mode. rt.com 
Google and its parent company Alphabet Inc have been accused of pervasively — and illegally — tracking the activities of millions of people even when they turn tracking off in a lawsuit demanding $5 billion in damages. | Filed with a US district court in San Jose on Tuesday, the complaint states that Google has violated the American federal wiretap law and the California privacy law by collecting information about what people look at in the news, search for online or do in their mobile apps — even when they turn off tracking in their account settings or switch browsers to private mode. | The l…
(2020-07-15). Independent rights expert says emerging technologies entrenching racism, discrimination. news.un.org An independent UN human rights expert is calling for greater scrutiny of emerging digital technologies which she said are being used to uphold racial inequality, discrimination and intolerance.
(2020-07-15). 'Bias, Racism, and Quiet Discrimination' at the State Department. progressive.org For decades, Black diplomats have been struggling to change the department's racist culture.
(2020-07-15). Philadelphia residents file lawsuits against city for police violence on protests. peoplesdispatch.org The lawsuit is the latest in a wave of class action taken against police departments across the US, as the George Floyd protests continue to grow…
(2020-07-15). US government carries out first execution of federal prisoner in 17 years. wsws.org In the modern history of the death penalty in the US, Daniel Lewis Lee's execution stands out as a particularly egregious affront to due process and basic human rights.
(2020-07-15). Israeli Soldiers Injure Many Detainees In Ofer Prison. imemc.org Israeli soldiers injured, late on Tuesday at night, many Palestinian political prisoners in Ofer prison, which is built on Palestinian lands west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, in addition to forcing one detainee in solitary confinement. The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that dozens of soldiers …
(2020-07-15). Modeling the health impact and cost threshold of long-acting ART for adolescents and young adults in Kenya. thelancet.com Providing LA-ART to AYA can be cost-effective in Kenya if it is less than twice the cost of oral ART. Long-acting injectable ART for priority populations with low viral suppression has the potential to cost-effectively avert disability and death.
(2020-07-15). Propaganda Will Not Be Enough to Win Joe Biden the White House. mintpressnews.com The biggest threat to Biden's chances is the continuing suppression of black votes and the refusal of the Democrats to do anything about it.
(2020-07-15). George Floyd's Family Files Lawsuit Against Minneapolis, Ex-Police Officers Over Fatal Arrest. sputniknews.com The killing of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis in May triggered nationwide anti-police-brutality protests in the US and in many major cities around the world. The four officers involved in the killing were fired and later charged with criminal counts, with the officer filmed kneeling on Floyd's neck charged with second-degree murder.
(2020-07-15). Terrorist regime vilifies human rights organizations and victims of human rights violations as terrorist. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement by Jose Maria Sison, National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Chief Political Consultant. | While it is frenziedly engaged in state terrorism and suppression of democratic rights in the Philippines, the Duterte regime has submitted to the UN Human Rights Office a 137-page report entitled "The Philippine Human Rights Situationer May 2020" to achieve two malicious purposes: | 1) to make false accusations against the Communist Party of the Philippines, New People' Army and the National Democratic Front; and | 2) to slander and vilify the human…
(2020-07-14). After Years of Advocacy, the House of Representatives Finally Cuts Funding to Trump's Deportation Force. aclu.org The Trump administration is infamous for its attacks on immigrants and their loved ones. The administration's cruelty has no bounds, as we've seen from its
(2020-07-14). ACLU Demands Special Counsel Investigate Barr for Federal Crimes, Firing Tear Gas on White House Protesters. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2020-07-14). 350.org supports the Movement For Black Lives' BREATHE Act. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2020-07-14). Black Lives and the Green New Deal. zcomm.org Photo by Amani A/Shutterstock.com We are in the midst of the largest mass uprising in half a century. It is a response to the killing of an unarmed Black man named George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. But it challenges a pattern of Black oppression that goes far beyond one cop killing one
(2020-07-14). Lone "All Lives Matter" Demonstrator at Black Lives Matter Protest in Novato, California. indybay.org Hundreds of BLM protesters and one white supremacist on July 11.
(2020-07-14). In Novato, BLM Protest Held in Response to Right Wing Rallies in their City. indybay.org Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at a Black Lives Matter rally and march in Novato on July 11. Young activists who organized the march from Slade Park to downtown Novato were countering a recent local rally supporting President Trump. There have been several right-wing demonstrations in Novato since May 23.
(2020-07-14). Healthcare Workers, Covid & Black Lives Matter with Luci Riley NNU CNA Alta Bates Hospital. indybay.org WorkWeek interviews NNU CNA Peralta Bates nurse Luci Riley about the Covid-19 pandemic and the effect on Blacks and other minorities. She discusses the systemic racism in healthcare and the healthcare crisis.
(2020-07-14). Texas Progressives Eye GOP House Seat That Got Away in 2018. truthout.org The primary race between Democratic candidates Mike Siegel and Pritesh Gandhi is coming down to a competition between progressive endorsements and a well-funded opponent in Siegel, a former civil rights attorney and public school teacher, is considered the progressive in the race with his support of hallmark progressive policies, such as universal healthcare and a Green New Deal. He won endo…
(2020-07-14). In Yemen, thousands of Ethiopian migrants stranded, COVID-19 likely widespread. news.un.org Tens of thousands of Ethiopian migrants have been stranded in war-ravaged Yemen where they continue to be subjected to arbitrary detention and exposure to COVID-19 infection, forcible relocation and abuse, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
(2020-07-14). Listen to the Brave Hunger Strikers in ICE Detention. commondreams.org There have been over 2,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in ICE detention. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-1192337815_1_0.jpg …
(2020-07-14). "Release Is Only Way to Save Lives": Migrant Families Face Separation as COVID Spreads in ICE Jails. democracynow.org 
As the United States leads the world in coronavirus infections, we go behind the walls of immigrant jails, where infection rates are also soaring, and also look at how thousands more jailed migrant parents may be separated from their children starting Friday. "Release is the only way to save the lives of people in custody," says reporter Jacob Soboroff, who went inside these ICE jails and first witnessed kids in cages in 2018, which he writes about in his new book, "Separated: Inside an American Tragedy."
(2020-07-14). 'Threat to the community'? Detroit student sent to DETENTION CENTER during pandemic for not doing her homework. rt.com 
A Michigan teenager was incarcerated during the Covid-19 outbreak for breaching probation, despite the governor's moratorium on locking up youthful violators who weren't "threats to the community." Her crime? Not doing homework. | A 15-year-old black girl has spent over a month in the Children's Village juvenile detention facility outside Detroit, after being deemed a "threat to the community" by Oakland County Family Court Judge Mary Ellen Brennan for merely failing to do her homework while attending high school remotely during the pandemic. Shot through with hints of racism and discrimination against a child…
(2020-07-14). US Judge Incarcerates Juvenile With Learning Disability Over Missing Schoolwork. sputniknews.com A 15-year-old Michigan girl with a learning disability has been incarcerated at a juvenile detention center amid the pandemic after a judge ruled that she violated her probation by not completing online schoolwork assigned by her teacher.
(2020-07-14). Iranian union members given 74 lashes and jail for demanding unpaid wages. peoplesworld.org 
Iranian unions have called on the government to cease its oppression yesterday after 42 workers at the Azarab Industries manufacturing plant were jailed earlier this month for a year and sentenced to 74 lashes for protesting against unpaid wages. The Arak Criminal Court also sentenced the trade unionists to a month of forced labor after …
(2020-07-14). Trump admin rescinds directive barring some foreign students from staying in US while taking online courses. rt.com 
The Trump administration has dropped a proposed policy that would have seen thousands of international students deported if their schools were offering only online courses in the fall, following a massive lawsuit. | US District Judge Allison Burroughs announced Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology had reached a settlement with the administration on Tuesday to cancel the new policy, which required non-resident international students to take at least one in-person class or face deportation. | The two Cambridge universities, bolstered by amicus briefs from hundreds of other schools and man…
(2020-07-14). Seventeen states and tens of universities file lawsuits against ICE attack on international students. wsws.org Even if the current set of lawsuits are successful, the immigration and educational rights of international students remain under threat.
(2020-07-14). The Halted Progress of Criminal-Justice Reform. zcomm.org Prosecutors are charging protesters with federal crimes, exposing them to long prison sentences, in another example of the Justice Department's grotesque overreach under Attorney General William Barr…
(2020-07-14). PPS: Israeli Troops Abduct Several Palestinians in the West Bank. imemc.org The Ramallah-based Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) stated, on Tuesday, that Israeli troops abducted ten Palestinian residents from the occupied West Bank, late Monday, early Tuesday. In a statement, issued Tuesday, the PPS added that among those abducted were five youths in the central West Bank city of East Jerusalem, identified …
(2020-07-14). 2,574 prisoners of unintentional crimes to be freed. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) — Through a scheme titled as 'plan to release prisoners of unintentional crimes', 2,574 prisoners of unintentional crimes are to be freed within a month from the jails all across Iran.
(2020-07-14). 'New McCarthyism'? Conservative NYT Op-Ed Journo Resigns Over 'Unlawful Discrimination', 'Bullying'. sputniknews.com American opinion writer Bari Weiss, who sees herself as a centrist and a conservative, joined The New York Times in 2017 after working for The Wall Street Journal. The Jerusalem Post named her among the world's 50 most influential Jews in 2019.
(2020-07-14). Judge Blocks Harvey Weinstein's Proposed $18.9 Million Settlement For Accusers. sputniknews.com Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison in March for rape and sexual assault after being accused by multiple women. The Weinstein trial fueled the #Metoo movement, encouraging sexual assault survivors to speak out as a means of identifying root causes of the problem.
(2020-07-14). 'We Will Never Back Down': Landowners and Green Groups File New Lawsuit Against Keystone XL. commondreams.org "The Keystone XL project was never in the public interest, and the administration continues to flout key environmental laws to promote this dirty and dangerous pipeline." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/white_house_kxl_0_0_0.jpg …
(2020-07-14). Thousands More Families May Face Separation as COVID Spreads in ICE Jails. truthout.org As the United States leads the world in coronavirus infections, we go behind the walls of immigrant jails, where infection rates are also soaring, and also look at how thousands more jailed migrant parents may be separated from their children starting Friday. "Release is the only way to save the lives of people in custody," says reporter Jacob Soboroff, who went inside these ICE jails and first witnessed kids in cages in 2018, which he writes about in his new book, Separated: Inside an American Tra…
(2020-07-14). Republicans Seek Immunity for Employers From Lawsuits Related to Pandemic. truthout.org Congressional leaders are squaring off over the next pandemic relief bill in a debate over whom Congress should step up to protect: front-line workers seeking more safeguards from the ravages of COVID-19 or beleaguered employers seeking relief from lawsuits. | Democrats want to enact an emergency standard meant to bolster access to protective gear for health care and other workers and to bar employers from retaliating against them for airing safety concerns. | Republicans seek immunity for emplo…
(2020-07-13). Dallas Police Killed My Unarmed Son. Their Brutality is a Global Problem. aclu.org 
In 2013, I founded Mothers Against Police Brutality (MAPB) after my only son Clinton Allen was extra-judicially murdered by a Dallas police officer. Clinton was unarmed. He was just 25-years-old, and had grown from being a delightful and curious child into an avid reader who dreamed of becoming the fifth generation of our family to be a rancher. His dreams were extinguished with his life. He should be alive today. , , The officer shot my son seven times, once at close range in the back. Clinton's death at the hands of police is far from uncommon. Rather, it is something almost commonplace in communities of col…
(2020-07-13). 'I hope someone kills your whole f***ing family!': Disabled BLM protester berates police at Portland riot. rt.com 
Shocking eyewitness footage captured during this past weekend's unrest in Portland shows a Black Lives Matter protester, who claimed to be disabled, wishing death on police officers and their families. | As police were clearing the streets of Portland amid ongoing Black Lives Matter protests Saturday, one man was hospitalized with a fractured skull, caused by non-lethal munitions fired to disperse crowds on the 45th consecutive day of protests. Donavan La Bella, 26, underwent emergency surgery Sunday to treat his head wounds, sustained outside the city's Justice Center. | Elsewhere in the city, another protest…
(2020-07-13). Black and blue: BLM and NYPD supporters duke it out on NYC streets for 2nd night in a row (VIDEOS). rt.com 
At least two protesters were arrested and two NYPD officers injured as pro-cop demonstrators and Black Lives Matters supporters faced off in street clashes for the second day in a row. | Dozens of Black Lives Matter protesters clashed with members of a pro-NYPD rally held in the Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn at approximately 5: 30pm local time Sunday. | The BLM counter protest began a mile away on 86th Street but it wasn't long before the two sides came to blows for the second day in a row as eyewitness footage from the scene shows. | #brooklyn (2020-07-13). Ecuador: New Arrests in COVID-19 Supplies Corruption Case. telesurenglish.net An Ecuadorean judge Monday ordered the preventive detention of five people to investigate the alleged sale of drugs that were donated to Guayaquil city during the pandemic. | RELATED: | The State Attorney General's Office tweeted that Judge Marco Guerra ordered preventive prison for "Abraham and Moises M., and Alvaro P., Victor Ch. and Erick P. for the alleged organized crime to commercialize COVID-19 medicines," which were…