Monthly Archives: April 2021

2021-04-28: News Headlines

DMG (2021-04-29). Myanmar: Political Prisoners Association Declared An Unlawful Association. eurasiareview.com The State Administration Council's Ministry of Home Affairs on April 25 declared the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) an unlawful association. | The AAPP is not in conformity with the Law on the Registration of Organisations, the junta's Myawady TV reported. | The AAPP daily releases a list of civilian casualties during the protests since February 1, but their figures are exaggerated, the ministry claimed in a statement. | The death toll due to fatal crackdowns on the protest movement more than 80 days since the coup had reached 753, the AAPP said on April 26. | The ministry announcement a…

Paul Goble (2021-04-29). Moscow Thinking About Using Prison Labor Again For Major Construction Projects — OpEd. eurasiareview.com The Russian government is now thinking about reviving a practice associated with Stalinism: the use of prison labor to work on major construction sites in areas where free labor is scarce, such as the expansion of the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) railway. Legal experts say Moscow can do so as long as it arranges to pay those who take part. | Vladimir Putin is pushing for the expansion of the BAM but has come up against a problem that earlier Russian rulers have faced: there are too few workers in the region through which it passes and attracting more free laborers would require spending more money than the gover…

Stansfield Smith (2021-04-28). World police: Washington seeks to imprison foreign businesspeople for violating illegal US sanctions. thegrayzone.com In violation of international law, the US is seeking to extradite and imprison foreign businesspeople for circumventing its unilateral sanctions. Washington's targets include Venezuelan national Alex Saab, North Korean Mun Chol Myong, and Chinese Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. The United States uses economic sanctions as a weapon against states which choose a development path independent of US global domination. Sanctions can take the form of blocking a nation's financial and trade transactions, not allowing financial institutions to process them. The …

Birrion Sondahl (2021-04-28). Lessons from the Haymarket Affair. realprogressives.org May Day is celebrated internationally as a worker's holiday. The origin of this celebration came through the fight for the 8-hour workday. One of the greatest battles in this struggle was seen in the violent oppression of striking workers at the Haymarket Square in Chicago in 1886. A brief look at the history of the Haymarket Affair helps illustrate the class struggle that continues today. | May 1, 1886 was the start of a general strike with the demand of reduction of the workday from 10 hours to 8 hours. The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions declared in 1884 that "…eight hours shall constitute…

WSWS (2021-04-28). US Supreme Court makes it easier to sentence minors to life in prison. wsws.org A 6-3 decision by the conservative majority gives judges more power to sentence juveniles to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Andrew Cohen (2021-04-28). Supreme Court: Let's Make It Easier for Judges to Send Teenagers to Die in Prison. commondreams.org "[Supreme Court case] Jones will result in countless more young people being condemned to die in prison no matter how rehabilitated they may become." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/prison_6.jpg

Andrea Germanos, staff writer (2021-04-28). ACLU Urges Biden to Shut Down Detention Facilities 'Used to Abuse and Traumatize Immigrants'. commondreams.org "It's time to end our nation's newest system of mass incarceration of Black and Brown people," says the ACLU's Naureen Shah. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/aclu-biden-close-ice-detention.jpg

Brandeis Marshall, PhD (2021-04-28). How Broadband Access Advances Systemic Equality. aclu.org If you're reading this article, you're probably not one of the

Gloria Rubac (2021-04-28). Houston activists honor Mumia on his birthday. workers.org Supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal gathered in Houston on his birthday, April 24, to demand his immediate release and the release of all political prisoners. "Mumia is a freedom fighter. He is a Panther. He is a captive of the state, because they want to kill him. It is up to . . . |

Michael Winship (2021-04-28). An Ugly Picture as State-Level GOP Attempt to Strangle Dissent Nationwide. commondreams.org "Even as they resist a full-scale investigation of the extremists involved and the events leading up to January 6," writes Common Dreams' Michael Winship, "Republicans are using that right-wing riot as a Trojan horse to go after Black Lives Matter and other protesting activists from the left." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/potomac_crowd_0.jpg

Anferny Jimauri Moore (2021-04-28). A Year Later: The Black Lives Matter Movement in Sonoma County 2020. indybay.org BLM has become a "tool" social activist, the local government and political representatives sought to use the momentum of POC and the community to capitalize and align themselves with accountability, instead of the go-to white supremacy.

_____ (2021-04-28). Race, Poverty, Farming And A Natural Gas Pipeline. popularresistance.org Five years ago, the mayor of Hopkins Park, a Black, rural community in Kankakee County, Illinois, argued for building an immigration detention center there to boost the economy. The people who lived there said: No, thanks. | Mayor Mark Hodge now has another idea for new development in his town and the surrounding, historic farming community of Pembroke Township, south of Chicago. He's backing a proposal for a pipeline, built by the utility Nicor, that would run through the area and, he hopes, bring with it natural gas and a boost to taxes and the local economy. And again, some residents are not pleased. | "People…

Clark Randall, Luce Curtis (2021-04-28). At the St. Louis City Jail, Inmates Have Been Pushed to the Brink. thenation.com At the St. Louis City Jail, Inmates Have Been Pushed to the Brink…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-04-28). Activists demand the release of Mumia Abu-Jamal. peoplesdispatch.org On 24th April, the 67th birthday of the longtime political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal, hundreds of people hit the streets of the United States demanding his release. Demonstrations were held through the weekend in Oakland and Philadelphia.

Staff (2021-04-28). Police & Prison Abolition — YDSA Reading Group. dsausa.org Join YDSA members from across the country for a series of discussions about police & prison abolition and how it relates to our vision and strategy for winning socialism. RSVP here…

Konrad Gruettner, C.J. Hopkins (2021-04-28). The Invention of Reality and the Second Phase. indybay.org Being human thus becomes an unsolvable task in the technocratic society… An immense pressure to conform can arise in a technocratic society, since the devaluation of the subjective is accompanied by a suppression of needs, which, when an entire population is affected, leads less to rebelliousness than to compulsive social conformity in order not to be excluded.

Joseph Stiglitz, Lori Wallach (2021-04-27). Any Delay in Ensuring the Greatest Availability of Vaccines Worldwide Is Morally Wrong and Foolish. commondreams.org "There is no way to beat Covid-19 without increasing vaccine production capacity. And some production must be in the Global South for a host of reasons, including that prompt suppression of new variants is how we avoid more deaths and quarantines." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/kenya-1.jpg

Badri Raina (2021-04-27). A New Custodian in the Supreme Court: A Hope for India's Broken Democracy? zcomm.org Justice Ramana takes over as the chief justice of India at a time when democratic freedoms have been clamped down, indeed the right of habeas corpus itself has come to be in jeopardy…

Electronic Frontier Foundation (2021-04-27). EFF and ACLU Ask Supreme Court to Review Case Against Warrantless Searches of International Travelers' Phones and Laptops. globalresearch.ca The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the American Civil Liberties Union, and …

Rabbi Jill Maderer (2021-04-27). People of Minority Faiths Could Be Turned Away From Taxpayer-Funded Programs. aclu.org Any moment now the Supreme Court could issue a decision that would permit taxpayer-funded government programs to turn people away because they are Jewish, Muslim, Mormon, or otherwise do not meet a government contractor's religious requirements. | In

_____ (2021-04-27). Focusing Purely on Injustices in China and Russia With a Cold War Mindset Damages Human Rights Everywhere. strategic-culture.org By Patrick COCKBURN | During the first The essence of such propaganda is not lies or even exaggeration, but selectivity. To give one example, the focus was kept on very real Soviet oppression in Eastern Europe and away from the savage rule of Wes…

Anzy Adams (2021-04-27). San Diego protest calls to end barrio warfare. liberationnews.org The April 24 event began in Golden Hill Park, where speakers talked about the effects of police terror, mass incarceration, racial profiling, gang enhancements, horizontal violence and other issues affecting the Chicano community.

Michelle Borbon (2021-04-27). New ACLU Report Finds Debt-Based Driver's License Suspension Laws Impose Harm and Waste Resources. aclu.org In the tragic killing of

Tom Anderson (2021-04-27). White prison officers at HMP Full Sutton accused of assaulting a Black Muslim prisoner. thecanary.co Content warning — this article contains a description of violence by prison officers | Allegations have emerged that a group of white officers assaulted a Black Muslim prisoner at HMP Full Sutton on Thursday 22 April. | A police complaint has been made after Dwayne Fulgence was left bleeding on the floor of his cell in HMP Full Sutton's Segregation Unit. Fulgence was reportedly not given medical treatment for a considerable time after the attack. The Canary has been told he's effectively been denied food since the attack. | This is the second complaint that The Canary has seen from inside HMP Full Sutton in…

Alice Kuzmenko (2021-04-27). The missing Rule 35 mechanism for immigration detention in prison. ukhumanrightsblog.com The Court of Appeal in MR (Pakistan) and Another v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWCA Civ 541 recently dealt with appeals regarding the absence of a process to assess the vulnerability of a person detained under immigration powers at Her Majesty's Prisons ("HMPs"). This absence remains despite such a process existing …

Brian Stull (2021-04-27). The Unhappy 25th Birthday of Two Tough-on-Crime Era Laws That Have Deadly Consequences for Incarcerated People. aclu.org This week, 25 years ago, Congress enacted a pair of laws that severely restricted the ability of incarcerated people to raise constitutional challenges against egregious conditions of their confinement, as well as unjust and wrongful convictions. In doing so, it furthered its

Anferny Jimauri Moore (2021-04-27). A Year Later: The Black Lives Matter Movement in Sonoma County 2020. indybay.org BLM has become a "tool" social activist, the local government and political representatives sought to use the momentum of POC and the community to capitalize and align themselves with accountability, instead of the go-to white supremacy.

DMG (2021-04-27). Myanmar: Only 32 Of 70 Journalists Detained Post-Coup Released. eurasiareview.com As of April 19, a total of 70 journalists have been arrested since Myanmar's military staged a coup on February 1, with only 32 of them released from detention so far, Burma News International (BNI) said on Friday. | The 57 male journalists and 12 female journalists are from 33 news outlets, with 16 freelance journalists among those detained, according to BNI. (The 70th individual's information could not be confirmed, BNI said.) | Among the detained journalists, 19 have been charged; most of them have been charged under Section 505(a) of the Penal Code, covering incitement. | "Previously, journalists were arre…

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2021-04-27). With 300,000 Deported in First 100 Days, Rights Group Warns Biden 'Well on Track to Repeat' Obama Failures. commondreams.org Biden "must make a choice," argues United We Dream: "repeat the mistakes of the Obama administration or do everything in his power to end the cruelty of detentions, expulsions, and deportations." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-13023134511.jpg

EMMA (2021-04-27). The People's Party has officially registered in Oregon! peoplesparty.org The timber-rich state is plundered on an industrial scale by Wall Street corporations, leaving rural communities impoverished in the east. Meanwhile, staggering rents have forced thousands of unhoused people into the streets in the cities to the west. | The People's Party will end those injustices. Our representatives will guarantee EVERY American housing, food, a good-paying job, a basic income, a college education, expanded social security, strong unions, and a livable climate. We will guarantee freedom from militarized police, mass incarceration, war, and monopolies and trusts. | If you live in Oregon, we need…

sputniknews (2021-04-27). Project Veritas Launches Lawsuit Against CNN Over 'Misinformation' Slur. sputniknews.com Twitter blocked the Project Veritas account in February after it posted video of a reporter questioning a Facebook executive outside his home, but days later two CNN reporters claimed the ban was for spreading "misinformation" and breaking "multiple" Twitter rules.

sputniknews (2021-04-27). Elon Musk Trolls Jeff Bezos' Space Company After It Files Lawsuit Against NASA Over SpaceX Contract. sputniknews.com This is not the first time that Musk's SpaceX is battling with Bezos' Blue Origin over contracts with NASA. In 2013, Bezos' company filed a protest after NASA leased Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Centre to SpaceX.

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network (2021-04-27). Palestinian Prisoners' Action Week 2021: Global Action Report and Growing Solidarity. globalresearch.ca Organizations and activists around the world demanded freedom for Palestinian political …

Konrad Gruettner, C.J. Hopkins (2021-04-27). The Invention of Reality and the Second Phase. indybay.org Being human thus becomes an unsolvable task in the technocratic society… An immense pressure to conform can arise in a technocratic society, since the devaluation of the subjective is accompanied by a suppression of needs, which, when an entire population is affected, leads less to rebelliousness than to compulsive social conformity in order not to be excluded.

Esther Schrader (2021-04-27). Georgia Muslim Voter Project: Nonprofit that provides refreshments to voters in line joins suit against new suppression law. splcenter.org &nbsp…

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2021-04-27: News Headlines

Gloria Rubac (2021-04-28). Houston activists honor Mumia on his birthday. workers.org Supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal gathered in Houston on his birthday, April 24, to demand his immediate release and the release of all political prisoners. "Mumia is a freedom fighter. He is a Panther. He is a captive of the state, because they want to kill him. It is up to . . . |

WSWS (2021-04-28). US Supreme Court makes it easier to sentence minors to life in prison. wsws.org A 6-3 decision by the conservative majority gives judges more power to sentence juveniles to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Anzy Adams (2021-04-27). San Diego protest calls to end barrio warfare. liberationnews.org The April 24 event began in Golden Hill Park, where speakers talked about the effects of police terror, mass incarceration, racial profiling, gang enhancements, horizontal violence and other issues affecting the Chicano community.

Alice Kuzmenko (2021-04-27). The missing Rule 35 mechanism for immigration detention in prison. ukhumanrightsblog.com The Court of Appeal in MR (Pakistan) and Another v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWCA Civ 541 recently dealt with appeals regarding the absence of a process to assess the vulnerability of a person detained under immigration powers at Her Majesty's Prisons ("HMPs"). This absence remains despite such a process existing …

Electronic Frontier Foundation (2021-04-27). EFF and ACLU Ask Supreme Court to Review Case Against Warrantless Searches of International Travelers' Phones and Laptops. globalresearch.ca The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the American Civil Liberties Union, and …

Badri Raina (2021-04-27). A New Custodian in the Supreme Court: A Hope for India's Broken Democracy? zcomm.org Justice Ramana takes over as the chief justice of India at a time when democratic freedoms have been clamped down, indeed the right of habeas corpus itself has come to be in jeopardy…

Joseph Stiglitz, Lori Wallach (2021-04-27). Any Delay in Ensuring the Greatest Availability of Vaccines Worldwide Is Morally Wrong and Foolish. commondreams.org "There is no way to beat Covid-19 without increasing vaccine production capacity. And some production must be in the Global South for a host of reasons, including that prompt suppression of new variants is how we avoid more deaths and quarantines." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/kenya-1.jpg

Anferny Jimauri Moore (2021-04-27). A Year Later: The Black Lives Matter Movement in Sonoma County 2020. indybay.org BLM has become a "tool" social activist, the local government and political representatives sought to use the momentum of POC and the community to capitalize and align themselves with accountability, instead of the go-to white supremacy.

DMG (2021-04-27). Myanmar: Only 32 Of 70 Journalists Detained Post-Coup Released. eurasiareview.com As of April 19, a total of 70 journalists have been arrested since Myanmar's military staged a coup on February 1, with only 32 of them released from detention so far, Burma News International (BNI) said on Friday. | The 57 male journalists and 12 female journalists are from 33 news outlets, with 16 freelance journalists among those detained, according to BNI. (The 70th individual's information could not be confirmed, BNI said.) | Among the detained journalists, 19 have been charged; most of them have been charged under Section 505(a) of the Penal Code, covering incitement. | "Previously, journalists were arre…

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2021-04-27). With 300,000 Deported in First 100 Days, Rights Group Warns Biden 'Well on Track to Repeat' Obama Failures. commondreams.org Biden "must make a choice," argues United We Dream: "repeat the mistakes of the Obama administration or do everything in his power to end the cruelty of detentions, expulsions, and deportations." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-13023134511.jpg

EMMA (2021-04-27). The People's Party has officially registered in Oregon! peoplesparty.org The timber-rich state is plundered on an industrial scale by Wall Street corporations, leaving rural communities impoverished in the east. Meanwhile, staggering rents have forced thousands of unhoused people into the streets in the cities to the west. | The People's Party will end those injustices. Our representatives will guarantee EVERY American housing, food, a good-paying job, a basic income, a college education, expanded social security, strong unions, and a livable climate. We will guarantee freedom from militarized police, mass incarceration, war, and monopolies and trusts. | If you live in Oregon, we need…

sputniknews (2021-04-27). Project Veritas Launches Lawsuit Against CNN Over 'Misinformation' Slur. sputniknews.com Twitter blocked the Project Veritas account in February after it posted video of a reporter questioning a Facebook executive outside his home, but days later two CNN reporters claimed the ban was for spreading "misinformation" and breaking "multiple" Twitter rules.

sputniknews (2021-04-27). Elon Musk Trolls Jeff Bezos' Space Company After It Files Lawsuit Against NASA Over SpaceX Contract. sputniknews.com This is not the first time that Musk's SpaceX is battling with Bezos' Blue Origin over contracts with NASA. In 2013, Bezos' company filed a protest after NASA leased Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Centre to SpaceX.

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network (2021-04-27). Palestinian Prisoners' Action Week 2021: Global Action Report and Growing Solidarity. globalresearch.ca Organizations and activists around the world demanded freedom for Palestinian political …

Esther Schrader (2021-04-27). Georgia Muslim Voter Project: Nonprofit that provides refreshments to voters in line joins suit against new suppression law. splcenter.org &nbsp…

Konrad Gruettner, C.J. Hopkins (2021-04-27). The Invention of Reality and the Second Phase. indybay.org Being human thus becomes an unsolvable task in the technocratic society… An immense pressure to conform can arise in a technocratic society, since the devaluation of the subjective is accompanied by a suppression of needs, which, when an entire population is affected, leads less to rebelliousness than to compulsive social conformity in order not to be excluded.

samidoun (2021-04-26). Palestinian Prisoners' Action Week 2021: Global action report and growing solidarity. samidoun.net Organizations and activists around the world demanded freedom for Palestinian political prisoners as part of the Palestinian Prisoners' Week of Action between 17 and 23 April. Every year, since 1974, Palestinians, Arabs and internationalists commemorate a day of action on 17 April, Palestinian Prisoners' Day. This week of action involves protests, boycott actions, mobilization and education to demand freedom for all Palestinian prisoners jailed by Israel, expose the complicity of imperialist and reactionary regimes and stand with the Palestinian people and the Palestinian resistance. The Week of Action also comes…

Staff (2021-04-26). Palestinian Prisoners' Action Week 2021: Global action report and growing solidarity. samidoun.net Organizations and activists around the world demanded freedom for Palestinian political prisoners as part of the Palestinian Prisoners' Week of Action between 17 and 23 April. Every year, since 1974, Palestinians, Arabs and internationalists commemorate a day of action on 17 April, Palestinian Prisoners' Day. This week of action involves protests, boycott actions, mobilization and education to demand freedom for all Palestinian prisoners jailed by Israel, expose the complicity of imperialist and reactionary regimes and stand with the Palestinian people and the Palestinian resistance. The Week of Action also comes…

Staff (2021-04-26). When prisoners met to discuss fascism, freedom, and revolution. therealnews.com In this rare photo collection, we get a glimpse into the energy and camaraderie of the 1980 "To Say Their Own Word" program, when prisoners and radicals met inside the Maryland Penitentiary to discuss fascism, capitalism, and the prison-industrial complex.

Staff (2021-04-26). Justice Department Investigations Don't Actually Challenge Police Violence. truthout.org George Floyd's family lawyer and famous civil rights attorney Ben Crump hailed the recent conviction of Derek Chauvin as "

webdev (2021-04-26). GOP Criminalizes Dissent with Anti-Riot Laws Targeting Black Lives Matter & Anti-Pipeline Protests. democracynow.org We look at a slew of anti-protest laws pending in Republican-led states, and some that have already passed, such as in Florida, where Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed a controversial measure known as the "anti-riot bill" that is widely viewed as a response to the Black Lives Matter movement and calls to "defund the police." Under the new law, a public gathering of three or more people can be classified as a "riot," and anyone who "willingly" participates in such a gathering can be charged with a third-degree felony. Many of the anti-protest bills pending in other states have the exact same language as the…

Staff (2021-04-26). GOP Criminalizes Dissent with Anti-Riot Laws Targeting Black Lives Matter & Anti-Pipeline Protests. democracynow.org We look at a slew of anti-protest laws pending in Republican-led states, and some that have already passed, such as in Florida, where Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed a controversial measure known as the "anti-riot bill" that is widely viewed as a response to the Black Lives Matter movement and calls to "defund the police." Under the new law, a public gathering of three or more people can be classified as a "riot," and anyone who "willingly" participates in such a gathering can be charged with a third-degree felony. Many of the anti-protest bills pending in other states have the exact same language as the…

Staff (2021-04-26). 1 May, Online Event: The Liberation of Palestine, Towards an Arab and Internationalist Vision. samidoun.net Saturday, 1 May 11 am Pacific — 2 pm Eastern — 8 pm central Europe — 9 pm Palestine Join on Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/87340050132 Join on Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/507170580285099 Long live the first of May: a day of struggle against exploitation, colonization and zionism Join Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network and the Alternative Palestinian Path (Masar Badil) for a public symposium on International Workers' Day: The Liberation of Palestine and the Alternative Revolutionary Path — towards an Arab and internationalist vision. With speakers: Charlotte Kates,…

Alethea Redfern (2021-04-26). The Weekly Round-up: Home Office deaths and Post Office "thefts" ukhumanrightsblog.com This week's Round-Up looks at Priti Patel's Article 2 breach in respect of deaths in immigration detention,…

The Canary (2021-04-26). 'Urgent explanation' is demanded as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe sentenced to a another year in Iranian jail. thecanary.co British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been given an additional jail term in Iran. | Zaghari-Ratcliffe has already completed a five-year sentence on charges levied by Iranian authorities, the last year of which was spent under house arrest due to the pandemic. | Her lawyer Hojjat Kermani said she received the second sentence on a charge of spreading "propaganda against the system" for participating in a protest in front of the Iranian Embassy in London in 2009. | As well as the one-year jail term she has also been banned from leaving the country for a year. | Thank you for all the messages r…

Anders Bloomquist (2021-04-26). We Kicked the National Guard Out of Labor's Hall. zcomm.org Unions must support the struggles for Black lives and against wars and military occupations, here and abroad…

Arab News (2021-04-26). Turkey Says It 'Respects' Court Decision Regarding Khashoggi. eurasiareview.com Turkey is looking to repair relations with Saudi Arabia, Erdogan's spokesman and adviser Ibrahim Kalin said Monday. | Trade between the two countries has dropped by 98% since last year, following an unofficial boycott of Turkish goods by businesses in the Kingdom in response to what they called hostility from Ankara. | Expressing hope the boycott could be lifted, Kalin said: "We will seek ways to repair the relationship with a more positive agenda with Saudi Arabia as well." | Kalin also said the Turkish presidency welcomed the trial in Saudi Arabia which last year jailed eight people for between seven and 20…

Staff (2021-04-26). Sana'a announces release of more than of its 20 inmates. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) — The Head of Yemeni National Committee for Prisoners Affairs announced that 22 prisoners from Yemeni Army and Popular Committees have been released in a process of swapping prisoners with the Saudi coalition.

sputniknews (2021-04-26). Lead Prosecutor in George Floyd Case Says He Felt a 'Little Bad' Over Derek Chauvin's Guilty Verdict. sputniknews.com The jury found Chauvin guilty on three charges – third-degree murder, manslaughter, and second-degree murder. Chauvin faces up to a maximum of 75 years in prison. The sentencing is expected to take place in the next two months.

Lisa Leonard (2021-04-26). Killer Cop Derek Chauvin is Guilty, But the Struggle Continues! counterpunch.org Thousands celebrated in the streets of Minneapolis after the judge in Derek Chauvin's trial announced the jury's guilty verdict for the murder of George Floyd. Chauvin was convicted of all three charges, including second and third degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. In Minnesota, second-degree murder carries a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison; third

Konrad Gruettner, C.J. Hopkins (2021-04-26). The Invention of Reality and the Second Phase. indybay.org Being human thus becomes an unsolvable task in the technocratic society… An immense pressure to conform can arise in a technocratic society, since the devaluation of the subjective is accompanied by a suppression of needs, which, when an entire population is affected, leads less to rebelliousness than to compulsive social conformity in order not to be excluded.

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2021-04-26). 'Stop This Bill': GOP-Led Florida Senate Sparks Alarm With Attack on Voting Rights. commondreams.org "Instead of upholding the fundamental right to vote, certain Florida senators have decided to become accomplices to the nationwide voter suppression scheme underway by passing this undemocratic bill." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12652816651.jpg

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