Daily Archives: 2021-07-18

2021-07-18: News Headlines

sputniknews (2021-07-18). Man with Down Syndrome Awarded $125 Mln by Jury in Lawsuit Against Walmart. sputniknews.com The jury found that Walmart had violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when it failed to accommodate the woman's disability and fired her because of it.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2021-07-18). Iran ready to swap prisoners with US, UK "today" en.mehrnews.com

Art Persyko (2021-07-18). Tuesday 7/20: What Can We Do About Voter Suppression & The Threat To Democracy? Activists Respond. indybay.org Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/86273983265; Meeting ID: 862 7398 3265; | call in: 1 669 900 9128, then enter 862 7398 3265 ##…

Women's March (2021-07-18). Tuesday 7/20: Fighting Racist Voter Suppression Laws Webinar w/ Women's March. indybay.org Online discussion…

Staff (2021-07-18). Detroit's Prison Population Will Soon Be Stuck Living Next to a Toxic Site. truthout.org "It felt all too real," Siwatu-Salama Ra said from her home in Detroit, Michigan. Her lifelong struggles against two injustices plaguing her community — pollution and incarceration — had become fused in a surreal way. | Three years ago, Ra,

Joe Piette (2021-07-17). °Liberación Sí! °Traslados No! Liberation Yes! Transfers No! workers.org After years of protests, York Prison, near Philadelphia, will no longer be housing ICE detainees after Aug. 12. But instead of releasing those incarcerated, prison authorities are sending them to other states, far away from their families and their legal service providers. Members and supporters of Movement of Immigrant Leaders . . . |

_____ (2021-07-17). Lawsuit Filed By Indigenous Water Protectors Against Sheriff. popularresistance.org Indigenous environmental protectors opposing the expansion of Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline, Tara Houska and Winona LaDuke, represented by the Center for Protest Law and Litigation, a project of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, and EarthRights International, today filed for a restraining order against Hubbard County, Sheriff Cory Aukes and the local land commissioner in northern Minnesota. | The Hubbard County Sheriff has unlawfully blockaded access to a camp serving as a convergence space and home for Indigenous-led organizing, decolonization and treaty rights trainings, and religious activities by water pro…

_____ (2021-07-17). Lawsuit Filed By Indigenous Water Protectors Against MN Sheriff. popularresistance.org Indigenous environmental protectors opposing the expansion of Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline, Tara Houska and Winona LaDuke, represented by the Center for Protest Law and Litigation, a project of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, and EarthRights International, today filed for a restraining order against Hubbard County, Sheriff Cory Aukes and the local land commissioner in northern Minnesota.

_____ (2021-07-17). Documents Point To US Hand In Cuba Protests. popularresistance.org "For those new to the issue of Cuba, the protests we are witnessing were started by artists, not politicians. This song 'Patria y Vida' powerfully explains how young Cubans feel. And its release was so impactful, you will go to jail if caught playing it in Cuba," said Florida Senator Marco Rubio, referencing a track by rapper Yotuel.

Staff (2021-07-17). Black Feminist "Back Talk" Anchors Resistance on Both Sides of the Atlantic. truthout.org "Britain demands that I give up my back talk and 'know my place,'" sociologist Akwugo Emejulu tells me. "I've been told to shut up, directly or indirectly, more times than you would imagine. But how could I when there's so much to be said, plainly and without artifice?" | In her work, Emejulu — a Black feminist scholar at the University of Warwick in England — provides us with an unfiltered look at the racism and oppression faced by Black British women across significant domains of u…

Anonymous103 (2021-07-17). New Round Of Inter-Afghan Talks Began In Doha As Taliban Captures More Strategic Areas (Video 18+). southfront.org Source: Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera | A new round of inter-Afghan talks began in the Qatari capital Doha amid the advance of Taliban militants all over Afghanistan. | The negotiations are held behind closed doors. The delegations should discuss the establishment of transitional government, the exchange of prisoners and a ceasefire agreement. | The delegation of the Afghan government includes senior politicians for the first time since the first official meeting in September 2020.Head of the Supreme Council for National Re…

Editor2 (2021-07-17). Defend the Cuba Revolution and Struggle for More Socialism, Not Less! orinocotribune.com By Ajamu Baraka — Jul 15, 2021 | Millions have turned away from the illusions and corruption of capitalism toward the possibility of organizing a society informed by the values of cooperation, equality, community, peace, and life. | "Capitalism transforms water into a commodity, food into a luxury, education into an impossibility and basic healthcare into a distant dream.' | Hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths, an economic crisis, broken supply chains, killer cops, mass incarceration, government s…

WSWS (2021-07-17). Texas Democrats meet with Senator Manchin, backtrack on voting rights bills. wsws.org Texas state legislators met with leading Democrats in Washington but received little practical support for blocking voter suppression bills in their home state or anywhere else.

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