Staff (2022-01-13). "The Coming Coup": Ari Berman on Republican Efforts to Steal Future Elections. democracynow.org Mother Jones reporter Ari Berman warns the Republican Party is laying the groundwork to steal the 2022 midterms and future elections through a combination of gerrymandering, voter suppression and election subversion, that together pose a mortal threat to voting rights in the United States. Republicans, many of whom are election deniers, are campaigning for positions that hold immense oversight over the election process. "What's really new here are these efforts to take over how votes are counted," says Berman. "That is the ultimate voter suppression method, because if you're not able to rig the election on the fr…

Amy Goodman (2022-01-13). There Are Many Ways to Steal a Midterm — and the GOP Is Laying the Groundwork. truthout.org Mother Jones reporter Ari Berman warns the Republican Party is laying the groundwork to steal the 2022 midterms and future elections through a combination of gerrymandering, voter suppression and election subversion, that together pose a mortal threat to voting rights in the United States. Republicans, many of whom are election deniers, are campaigning for positions that hold immense oversight over the election process. "What's really new here are these efforts to take over how votes are counted,…

Binoy Kampmark (2022-01-13). Julian Assange: A Thousand Days in Belmarsh. dissidentvoice.org Julian Assange has now been in the maximum-security facilities of Belmarsh prison for over 1,000 days. On the occasion of his 1,000th day of imprisonment, campaigners, supporters and kindred spirits gathered to show their support, indignation and solidarity at this political detention most foul. Alison Mason of the Julian Assange Defence Committee reiterated those observations …

_____ (2022-01-13). National Faith Groups Call On Congress And President To Close Guantanamo Bay Prison. popularresistance.org Washington, DC — On Tuesday, Jan. 11, twenty-nine national faith groups sent a letter to President Biden and all Members of Congress calling on them "to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and to ensure that all of the people held there are either released, agree to a plea deal, or receive a fair trial in a federal court." | Rev. Ron Stief, Executive Director of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, released the following statement: | "For twenty years our country has held people without charge or trial in Guantanamo. Some of the people we still hold there were tortured by the U.S. after the…

Anonymous Contributor (2022-01-13). Texas Prisoners Organize Strike and Boycott for Juneteenth 2022. itsgoingdown.org Call from Texas prisoners for actions leading up to Juneteenth. An organization of revolutionary Texas prisoners called T.E.A.M.O.N.E., alongside another prisoners' org titled the TX Liberation Collective, is calling for a "campaign to boycott, rally, and strike on the days approaching [Juneteenth] and on that day." The organizations write in their communique, "The premise of…

Editor (2022-01-13). Private SoCal Prison Remains Open Despite Ban. scheerpost.com Photo by By George Franco / A for-profit

Ramzy Baroud (2022-01-13). The Real "Doomsday Scenario": How Palestinian Hunger Striker, Abu Hawash, Forced Israeli Concession. dissidentvoice.org As soon as media reports emerged regarding a deal between Palestinian prisoner, Hisham Abu Hawash and the Israeli prison authorities, Israeli extremists, led by Knesset member Itamar Ben-Gvir, angrily raided the Assaf Harofeh Hospital where Abu Hawash was being held. A Palestinian political activist, Abu Hawash, 41, is a father of five. He was arrested by …

Brian Tashman (2022-01-12). Two-Thirds of Voters Want to Stop the Expansion of For-Profit Immigrant Detention. aclu.org A Preside…

Ben Jealous (2022-01-12). Biden Is Rising to the Moment on Voting Rights. Can Congress? otherwords.org President Joe Biden's recent visit to Atlanta, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s hometown, focused national attention on a somber fact: the legacy of the civil rights movement is threatened by Sitting on the campus of Morehouse College, Dr. King's

Peter Certo (2022-01-12). In OtherWords: January 12, 2021. otherwords.org Our country has changed a lot in the last half-century since the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. — but not in every way. | As our contributors note this week, there's plenty the late civil rights giant would recognize about our country in 2022 — from poverty and inequality to a sustained assault on voting rights and a federal government that still puts militarism before human needs. And there are newer, potentially more serious challenges as well, from climate change to the pandemic. | It's a lot to live with, more still to overcome. But as Dedrick Asante-Muhammad writes this week, that never…

teleSUR (2022-01-12). Guantanamo Is a Global Symbol of US Torture and Power Abuse. telesurenglish.net The notorious Guantanamo Bay detention facility, a symbol of U.S. torture and abuse of prisoners, marked on Tuesday the 20th anniversary of the first prisoners' arrival, amid renewed calls that it be shut down and America reflect on its poor human rights record. | RELATED: | "Today is a day to reflect, and to act," U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar wrote in an op-ed published in Teen Vogue on Tuesday. "For those of you who don't know much about…

Paul Armentano (2022-01-12). It's Time for Biden to Keep His Promises On Marijuana. otherwords.org Politicians are no strangers to making campaign promises. Delivering on those promises? Well, that's often another story. | Such is the case thus far with President Biden's campaign pledge to reform America's archaic and "No one should be in jail because of marijuana," Biden

Lynda Carson (2022-01-12). Trump wants Judge to dismiss Jan. 6 lawsuit involving Congresswoman Barbara Lee. indybay.org Trump Wants To Believe That He Had Absolute Immunity For All Of His Despicable Actions During His Presidency!

sputniknews (2022-01-12). Netizens Mock Eric Trump Complaining About 'Mean Lady Suing His Dad' Amid Letitia James' Probe. sputniknews.com Last month, Donald Trump filed a lawsuit in an attempt to block Letitia James' investigation into his business, accusing the New York AG of violating his constitutional rights.

WSWS (2022-01-12). Virginia legal aid groups drop lawsuit against unemployment agency despite massive backlog of unresolved claims. wsws.org The dropping of the lawsuit comes as the Democratic Party statewide and nationally seeks to accustom the population to an unending pandemic in which nearly 900,000 Americans have lost their lives and over 500,000 people contract COVID-19 daily.

Mirinda Crissman (2022-01-12). Comentario: Necesitamos la abolición de las prisiones, no la reforma. workers.org Credit: Lauren Walker for Truthout Casi 2,3 millones de personas encarceladas cada día en prisiones, cárceles y centros de detención de Estados Unidos, se enfrentan a posibles condenas de muerte mientras están encerradas durante una pandemia respiratoria mortal. A pesar de enfrentarse a condiciones inhumanas e insalubres, han mostrado una . . . |

teleSUR (2022-01-12). Ecuador: Gang Clash In Esmeraldas Prison Leaves 3 Convicts Dead. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Ecuador's Comprehensive Care Service for Adults Deprived of Liberty (SNAI) informed that a drug-trafficking gang clash in Esmeraldas City prison left three convicts dead. | RELATED: | "We lament the prisoners' death and assure that the Attorney General's Office will coordinate the necessary actions to find out this crime's material and intellectual authors as soon as possible," the SANI stated. | In 20…

A Guest Author (2022-01-12). Letters from incarcerated readers: 'A glimpse into my struggle'. workers.org Dear Workers World, I ran across an ad you all wrote about Russell Maroon Shoatz, and I became interested in finding out more about your organization and the things you all do. Please put me on your mailing list and send me any publications and resources you have for prisoners. . . . |

Anand Naidoo (2022-01-12). The Heat: Guantanamo Prison. america.cgtn.com The infamous U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is now in operation for 20 years. Hundreds of men, suspected of terrorism, were rounded up in Afghanistan, Pakistan and other countries after 9/11 as the U.S. pursued its "war on terror." They were sent to …

Lynda Carson (2022-01-12). Trump wants Judge to dismiss Jan. 6 lawsuit involving Congresswoman Barbara Lee. indybay.org Trump Wants To Believe That He Had Absolute Immunity For All Of His Despicable Actions During His Presidency!

teleSUR (2022-01-12). Guantanamo Is a Global Symbol of US Torture and Power Abuse. telesurenglish.net The notorious Guantanamo Bay detention facility, a symbol of U.S. torture and abuse of prisoners, marked on Tuesday the 20th anniversary of the first prisoners' arrival, amid renewed calls that it be shut down and America reflect on its poor human rights record. | RELATED: | "Today is a day to reflect, and to act," U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar wrote in an op-ed published in Teen Vogue on Tuesday. "For those of you who don't know much about…

sputniknews (2022-01-12). Netizens Mock Eric Trump Complaining About 'Mean Lady Suing His Dad' Amid Letitia James' Probe. sputniknews.com Last month, Donald Trump filed a lawsuit in an attempt to block Letitia James' investigation into his business, accusing the New York AG of violating his constitutional rights.

WSWS (2022-01-12). Virginia legal aid groups drop lawsuit against unemployment agency despite massive backlog of unresolved claims. wsws.org The dropping of the lawsuit comes as the Democratic Party statewide and nationally seeks to accustom the population to an unending pandemic in which nearly 900,000 Americans have lost their lives and over 500,000 people contract COVID-19 daily.

WSWS (2022-01-12). Virginia legal aid groups drop lawsuit against unemployment agency despite massive backlog of unresolved claims. wsws.org The dropping of the lawsuit comes as the Democratic Party statewide and nationally seeks to accustom the population to an unending pandemic in which nearly 900,000 Americans have lost their lives and over 500,000 people contract COVID-19 daily.

teleSUR (2022-01-12). Ecuador: Gang Clash In Esmeraldas Prison Leaves 3 Convicts Dead. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Ecuador's Comprehensive Care Service for Adults Deprived of Liberty (SNAI) informed that a drug-trafficking gang clash in Esmeraldas City prison left three convicts dead. | RELATED: | "We lament the prisoners' death and assure that the Attorney General's Office will coordinate the necessary actions to find out this crime's material and intellectual authors as soon as possible," the SANI stated. | In 20…

Staff (2022-01-11). Headlines for January 11, 2022. democracynow.org U.S. Coronavirus Cases and Hospitalizations Soar to Record Highs, Warming Oceans Set New Temperature Records in 2021 as Climate Crisis Worsened, U.N. Appeals for Nearly $5 Billion in Afghanistan Aid as 1 Million Children Face Severe Malnutrition, Amid Talks with U.S., Russia Says Ukraine Must Never Be Allowed to Join NATO, North Korea Tests Hypersonic Missile for Second Time in a Week, Lithuania Pays $113,000 to Guantánamo "Forever Prisoner" Tortured at CIA Black Site, Former DEA Informant Arrested over Alleged Role in Plot That Assassinated Haiti's President, El Salvador Reopens Probe into 1989 Massacre of Jesui…

Staff (2022-01-11). Meet the Muslim Army Chaplain Who Condemned Torture of Guantánamo Prisoners & Then Was Jailed Himself. democracynow.org Twenty years ago today, the U.S. military began imprisoning Muslim men at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba. We speak with the prison's former Muslim chaplain, James Yee, who was jailed and held in solitary confinement for 76 days after being falsely accused of espionage. All charges were eventually dropped, and he received an honorable discharge. Yee describes how boys as young as 12 to 15 years old were treated as enemy combatants on the prison complex and the widespread Islamophobia that put even Muslim Americans under heavy surveillance. "During my time I was there, it was clear that these individuals were not in any wa…

Staff (2022-01-11). Guantánamo Turns 20: Ex-Prisoner Moazzam Begg Calls on Biden to Close Site & End Legacy of Torture. democracynow.org On the 20th anniversary of the first prisoner's arrival at Guantánamo Bay, we spend the hour with former detainees, starting with Moazzam Begg, who was imprisoned for three years at the military prison and eventually released without ever being charged with a crime. He now advocates on behalf of victims of the so-called war on terror, calling on the Biden administration to follow through on promises to shut down the military prison and release the remaining 39 prisoners. Twenty years after the detention center opened, Begg reflects on the absurdity and lawlessness of Guantánamo, describing how its torture methods…

Staff (2022-01-11). Guantánamo 2.0: Former Prisoner Mansoor Adayfi Says Injustice Continues Even After Release. democracynow.org Former Guantánamo Bay detainee Mansoor Adayfi was imprisoned for 14 years without charge before being released in 2016 to Serbia. Adayfi says those released from Guantánamo become "stateless men" who experience a brutal legal limbo even after being cleared of all charges, often released to countries where they have no history or connection with their families. Even exonerated former detainees of Guantánamo "live in the stigma of Guantánamo, viewed by the hosting countries as terrorists, as killers," says Adayfi. He joins advocates everywhere in calling for President Biden to shut the prison down.

Lynda Carson (2022-01-11). Trump wants Judge to dismiss Jan. 6 lawsuit involving Congresswoman Barbara Lee. indybay.org Trump Wants To Believe That He Had Absolute Immunity For All Of His Despicable Actions During His Presidency!

Chris Walker (2022-01-11). "Stick to the Facts" — Judge Rejects Claim That Trump Urged "Peace" on Jan. 6. truthout.org On Monday, a federal judge rejected several assertions from a lawyer for Donald Trump, and questioned whether the former president's inaction during the January 6 Capitol attack amounted to an endorsement of the violence that took place that day. | U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta for the District of Columbia did not indicate how he plans to rule on a number of civil lawsuits where plaintiffs — including several members of Congress and Capitol Police officers — allege that Trump and many…

_____ (2022-01-11). When Revolutionary Moments Arise Again — What Will We Do? popularresistance.org The world is in a prolonged period of global unrest. Since the financial crisis of 2008, every region of the planet has experienced levels of mass protest unprecedented in recent history, from the Arab Spring in the Middle East and Black Lives Matter in the U.S., to the farmers' protests in India and the recent upheaval in Kazakhstan. | Yet decades of social movement struggle haven't produced a break from capitalist domination, and in most places they have failed to even accomplish the more modest aims of reform. Meanwhile, the global climate crisis has added another layer of urgency to the task of social transfo…

Hina Shamsi (2022-01-11). 20 Years Later, Guantánamo Remains a Disgraceful Stain on Our Nation. It Needs to End. aclu.org Twenty years have passed since the first detainees arrived in Guantánamo Bay, making it the longest-standing war prison in U.S. history. Since 2002, 779 Muslim men and boys have been held at Guantánamo, nearly all of them without charge or trial. Today, 39 men remain indefinitely detained there, and 27 of them have never even been charged with any crime. Fourteen of those 27 have been cleared for transfer or release, some for years. Many of the remaining men are torture survivors; the CIA formerly disappeared some of them at "black sites" before our government sent them to Guantánamo. All of the prisoners have…

Ann Brown (2022-01-11). Black America Rallies Behind Georgia Activist LaTosha Brown As She Refuses To Tap Dance For Biden And Democrats. moguldom.com Georgia activist LaTosha Brown is not shy when it comes to speaking out and her latest comments about voting rights have attracted attacks by supporters of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. The co-founder of Black Voters Matter, Brown is helping lead a coalition of Georgia voting and civil rights groups that planned …

Staff (2022-01-11). 20 years of Gitmo an affront to 'all humanity,' never-charged ex-prisoner tells RT. rt.com Yemeni man who was thrown into notorious US prison in his late teens and spent over 14 years there pleads for its belated shutdown | The abuses and injustices committed at Guantanamo Bay military prison hurt not only people locked up there, but the world in general, former prisoner Mansoor Adayfi believes. He spoke to RT as the jail turned 20. | Adayfi was one of hundreds of Muslim men sent to the infamous US offshore detention facility under the George W. Bush administration only to be held for years without trial and subjected to torture and other forms of degrading treatment. | "As prisoners, we lost years…

Mustafa Ali-Smith (2022-01-11). Police-Led Youth Programs Don't Actually Combat the School-to-Prison Pipeline. truthout.org Diversion programs are presented as exit ramps to incarceration, offering alternatives to life behind bars and providing resources to individuals who would have otherwise been arrested and sentenced to prison. | When an individual commits a crime, they are arrested as an entry point into the criminal legal system and transitioned through a traditional court trial and sentencing. Through diversion, individuals avoid this process altogether or partially by instead receiving treatment or rehabil…

Amy Goodman (2022-01-11). Former Army Chaplain at Guantánamo Was Jailed There Himself. truthout.org Twenty years ago today, the U.S. military began imprisoning Muslim men at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba. We speak with the prison's former Muslim chaplain, James Yee, who was jailed and held in solitary confinement for 76 days after being falsely accused of espionage. All charges were eventually dropped, and he received an honorable discharge. Yee describes how boys as young as 12 to 15 years old were treated as enemy combatants on the prison complex and the widespread Islamophobia that put even Muslim Americans under…

teleSUR (2022-01-11). Lithuania: Al-Qaeda Suspect at CIA Jail Compensated. telesurenglish.net The European Court of Human Rights granted 100,000 euros, paid by the Lithuanian government in compensation, to a suspected high-ranking al-Qaeda figure in Guantanamo Bay held in a secret CIA prison in the country almost two decades ago. | The European Court of Human Rights awards 100,000 euros as compensation to an alleged senior Al Qaeda official, paid by Lithuania. January 11, 2022.

Staff (2022-01-11). Ivy League schools acting like 'price-fixing cartel,' lawsuit says. rt.com Lawsuit alleges that 16 major US universities are 'conspiring' to limit financial assistance packages for needy students | Sixteen top US universities, including a number of prestigious Ivy League schools, have been accused of violating antitrust laws by working together to decide how much financial help should be awarded to prospective students. | The

teleSUR (2022-01-11). Boric Urges Chilean Senate To Pardon 2019 Protests Prisoners. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Chile's President-elect Gabriel Boric asked the Senate to approve before February a bill to pardon the citizens who were detained during the 2019 protests. | RELATED: | "Our team spoke with the prisoners' relatives and understood that their loved-ones situation is difficult and cannot wait any longer," Boric highlighted, adding that the bill shall also repair citizens whose businesses were affected during the de…

Kite Line (2022-01-11). Kite Line: We Understand How They'll Play with Our Lives in Here. itsgoingdown.org Long-running abolitionist radio show and podcast Kite Line looks at the explosive spread of the Omicorn variant within the prison system. Listen and Download HERE The explosive spread of the Omicron variant has brought our focus back to the COVID-vulnerability the prison system imposes on its captives. This week, we speak to two people —…

Betsey Piette (2022-01-11). 40 years unjustly incarcerated/ Mumia petitions for new trial. workers.org Attorneys for imprisoned journalist and veteran Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal filed a petition Jan. 4 for a Post-Conviction Relief Appeal (PCRA), based on evidence found in six case file boxes they were first able to review in January 2019. The boxes were discovered in a remote storage room in the . . . |

Staff (2022-01-11). Millionaire murderer caught on hot mic dies in prison. rt.com Robert Durst's death, months after he was indicted for murder, was announced by the lawyer who represented him during the trial | The disgraced multimillionaire real-estate heir and convicted murderer died at 78 in a California hospital of natural causes "associated with the litany of medical issues" that had previously been reported. | Durst died at the San Joaquin General Hospital, where he was being treated in the custody of California's Department of Corrections, after suffering "difficulty breathing" and "difficulty communicating." | "We understand that his death was due to natural causes associated with…

teleSUR (2022-01-11). Cuba Urges The US To Close Guantanamo Bay Prison. telesurenglish.net On the 20th anniversary of the first detainees' arrival to the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay on Tuesday, the Cuban government called for the closure of this atrocious prison, which is illegally located in its national territory. | RELATED: | "Of the 780 prisoners who have ever passed through the base, 429 detainees committed no hostile action against the United States or its allies and only 12 of them have been charged with crimes,…

WSWS (2022-01-11). The Unforgivable: A woman leaves prison and the punishment begins. wsws.org Nora Fingscheidt's The Unforgivable could have probed social life thoughtfully, but ends up staying the course of a conventional crime and family drama.