(2022-01-02). Protest calls for MITA detainees to be released. greenleft.org.au A protest inside two compounds of the Broadmeadows Immigration Detention Centre (MITA North) at the end of December prompted a solidarity rally calling for the detainees to be released. Chevy McBride reports.
(2022-01-02). Thursday 2/10: Executive Order 9066 at 80 Years: Incarceration and Reparations Then and Now. indybay.org Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 | Masks required and please be vaccinated/boosted. Proof of vaccine status required for cafe entry. Follow all COVID safety guidelines, especially w/ omicron variant: www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Omicron-Variant-Fact-Sheet.aspx…
(2022-01-02). Tuesday 2/8: Three Marches, Two Sisters, One Bridge: Memories of Voting Rights '60s & Suppression Today. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-01-01). 2022 Could Be the Year of Labor and Racial Justice Coalition-Building. truthout.org 
In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. published Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?, in which he assessed the state of the civil rights movement after the passage of the Voting Rights Act. In it, he argued that the movement had reached a crossroads. After winning civil rights legislation, Dr. King
(2022-01-01). Vulnerability Theory with Martha Fineman. mronline.org 
Money on the Left discusses "vulnerability theory" with Martha Fineman, Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law at Emory University. Going beyond the politics of non-discrimination and formal equality that animate liberal politics and policies, Fineman underscores the human being's embodied vulnerability throughout the life cycle in order to politicize, rather than pathologize prevailing structures of social dependence.
(2022-01-01). Balhaf: The Oil Port Where UAE Loots Yemen and Imprisons and Tortures Yemenis. orinocotribune.com 
By Ahmed Abdulkareem — Dec 21, 2021 | The UAE has not only prevented Yemenis from exporting their own natural gas from Balhaf and forcefully laid off hundreds of employees, it has converted the sprawling industrial complex into a private military camp and secret prison. | BALHAF, SHABWA, YEMEN — Al-Shabwani, a resident from Ateq city in Shabwa province who requested that only his nickname be used, told MintPress News that he was detained for months and tortured in a secret prison inside Balhaf. Since 2016, when the UAE first entered Yemen's most productive oil and gas areas in Shabwa, Abu Dhabi has car…
(2022-01-01). Two Attacks Against the Police in Two Days: Direct Action as a Voice Against Prison Abuse. itsgoingdown.org 
By: La Zarzamora The following is an English translation of an article from the independent feminist media outlet La Zarzamora, contextualizing two recent explosive attacks carried out against the prison system in Santiago and providing a wider view of the crisis inside the prisons in so-called Chile. The gendarmerie are one of two police forces…
(2022-01-01). In Contempt #12: New Year, Same Struggle for Abolition. itsgoingdown.org 
photo: Forest City Anarchists Happy new year! Welcome to 2022 and the first installment of In Contempt! In today's column, we have a lot of news to cover. From updates on political prisoners, to ways to support abolitionist projects, publications, and groups. There's so much going on, so let's dive right in. Political Prisoner News…