(2021-10-13). Julian Assange's Father, John Shipton, on the U.S. Government's 'Scandalous' Plan to 'Murder' His Son. scheerpost.com One of the biggest moments in Julian Assange's trial is slated to happen next month, when the embattled and imprisoned WikiLeaks founder's final extradition hearing is held in Great Britain. And as host Lee Camp points out before introducing his guest in this clip from "Redacted Tonight," there have been some stunning developments recently in …
(2021-10-12). The People of South Carolina Deserve Fair Maps — And a Fair Process to Get There. aclu.org As redistricting ramps up nationwide following the U.S. census, the state of South Carolina has not been forthcoming about its schedule for drawing new electoral lines. In fact, even though this process only happens once a decade and determines the political power of millions, the legislature just adjourned for the fall, delaying the process by months as the 2022 election cycle fast approaches. And we don't know when they are coming back. That's why the ACLU and NAACP Legal Defense Fund filed a federal lawsuit demanding that the state establish a concrete, transparent redistricting schedule. South Carolinians…
(2021-10-12). What to Know About the Abortion Case Before the Supreme Court Today. aclu.org Across the country, politicians are using every trick in the book in their attempts to ban abortion and force people to stay pregnant against their will — and they're trying to recruit the Supreme Court to help them. Today the Supreme Court will review a case — brought by EMW Women's Surgical Center, which is represented by the ACLU — about one of those attempts: Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron's last-minute effort to intervene in a case challenging a Kentucky abortion ban already declared unconstitutional by two courts. | The specific question before the court is a narrow, procedura…
(2021-10-12). Italian S.I.Cobas FedEx Workers Face Attack As Leader Is Released & 10/11 Gen Strike On. indybay.org Italian SI Cobas FedEx workers are under attack and the government is also jailing their leaders. They celebrated as a leaders was released and prepared for a general strike on October 11, 2021. There will be a solidarity action at the Italian consulate in San Francisco.
(2021-10-12). Dayton Police Dragged Paraplegic Man Clifford Owensby from His Car; NAACP Says Arrest Was "Unlawful" democracynow.org 
Clifford Owensby says Dayton police violently arrested him last month even though he is paraplegic and repeatedly told them he could not use his legs to get out of the car during a traffic stop. New police bodycam video shows the officers dragging Owensby out of his car and yanking him by his hair as he shouted for help. Owensby had his 3-year-old child in the car at the time of arrest. He has now filed a complaint with Dayton's branch of the NAACP. "The officers should be placed at least on administrative leave," says Derrick Foward, president of the Dayon Unit NAACP. Foward says that Owensby is expected to brin…
(2021-10-12). Free Indigenous Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier. dissidentvoice.org In this special Indigenous Peoples' Day episode of Rattling the Bars, TRNN Executive Producer Eddie Conway speaks with author and activist Ward Churchill about the wrongful imprisonment and deteriorating health of Indigenous political prisoner Leonard Peltier. A member of the American Indian Movement who was sent to prison in 1977 after a dubious trial sentenced …
(2021-10-12). 78th birthday of Imam Jamil Al-Amin. workers.org 
The 78th birthday of political prisoner Imam Jamil Al-Amin (formerly known as the Black militant activist, H. Rap Brown) was commemorated by a rally and delivery of 78,000 signatures on petitions calling for his freedom to the Fulton County District Attorney's office in Atlanta, Oct. 4. Rally outside courthouse in . . . |