(2022-02-22). This Week in Fascism #127: Far-Right Gunman Attacks Portland Protest; Solidarity Roundup with June Knightly and PDX. itsgoingdown.org We got a massive column this week for you. First a report on the recent deadly shooting in Portland that targeted a Black Lives Matter demonstration and how people are showing solidarity with our comrades in PDX; a slew of news stories, and as always: doxxes, action, analysis, and updates. Let's dive right in! Action…
(2022-02-22). Revolutionary Optimism incoming! Help organize with the Spirit of Mandela! anchor.fm In this episode I talk about my experience with the webinar that was held to discuss political prisoners and colonialism between a group of 50 or so people led by the Spirit of Mandela and folks like Jalil Muntaqim today, along with a discussion I had with a comrade of mine.
(2022-02-21). "Who Killed Our Father?": 57 Years After Malcolm X Assassination, Family Wants Fed Probe into Cover-Up. democracynow.org 
On the anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X, we speak with the civil rights leader's daughter Ilyasah Shabazz about her family's call for a federal probe into his murder, following the exoneration of two men who were wrongfully convicted. "We want to know who killed our father, and we want to make sure that it is properly recorded in history," says Shabazz. "We want Congress to document the truth," says Benjamin Crump, who represents the family of Malcolm X.
(2022-02-21). Striking for Freedom: Why Palestinian Detainees are Boycotting Israeli Courts. orinocotribune.com 
Following hunger strike victories last year, Palestinians hope collective action will force Israel to abolish its practice of indefinite detention without trial. | By Yuval Abraham — Feb 17, 2022 | For the past six weeks, hundreds of Palestinian administrative detainees have been boycotting Israeli military courts over their indefinite imprisonment with no trial or indictment. Since January 1, the prisoners have announced that they will not arrive for hearings at courts, and that they are refusing to allow attorneys to represent them in absentia until Israel ceases its use of administrative detention. | Isra…
(2022-02-21). Danish Defense Intelligence Chief Is Jailed by Social Democratic Government — Possibly to Protect U.S. Spy Programs. strategic-culture.org 
Lars Findsen, Denmark's Defense Intelligence Service (FE) chief—the equivalent of the U.S.'s CIA director—walked into Copenhagen city court with three large police escorts pressed against the country's leading spy charged with treason. Findsen is forbidden to speak to reporters, but they understood his opinion about his arrest when they saw the paperback in his hand: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr.
(2022-02-21). Sri Lankan poet Ahnaf Jazeem jailed under anti-terror laws speaks with the WSWS. wsws.org The notorious Counter Terrorism and Investigation Department arrested Jazeem in May 2020, claiming that his poetry promoted extremism and falsely accused him of teaching extremism to his students.
(2022-02-21). Minnesota Judge Only Gives Minnesota Killer Cop 24 Months For Killing Daunte Wright. moguldom.com The punishment for former Minnesota cop Kim Potter, who killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop after claiming she grabbed her gun instead of her Taser, has triggered outrage after a judge sentenced her to less than 16 months in prison and a $1,000 fine for manslaughter. Minnesota Judge Regina Chu gave Potter 16 …
(2022-02-21). Ben Crump on Fighting for Justice for Daunte Wright, Ahmaud Arbery, Trayvon Martin & Z'Kye Husain. democracynow.org 
Former Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday for fatally shooting Black driver Daunte Wright after mistaking her gun for a Taser. We speak to Benjamin Crump, attorney for the Wright family, about Judge Regina Chu's sympathy expressed for Potter during closing statements and how white criminals tend to receive lighter sentences. "Police officers, when it comes to Black people, they always do the most," says Crump. Crump also weighs in on other clients he currently represents, such as the family of Ahmaud Arbery, the unarmed Black jogger who was fatal…
(2022-02-21). At OAS, Nicaragua condemns US police brutality, racism, torture in Guantánamo prison. multipolarista.com Nicaragua condemned the hypocrisy of the OAS "Ministry of the Colonies" for obsessively demonizing his country while doing nothing about racist US police brutality and torture at Guantánamo or the mass graves of Indigenous children in Canada.