Daily Archives: 2022-03-01

2022-03-01: News Headlines

Poor People's Campaign (2022-03-01). Friday 3/4: Lessons from Selma Bridge Crossing & Civil Rights Movement for Moral Action Today w/ PPC. indybay.org Online via livestream…

Carlos Osorio (2022-03-01). Rally in solidarity with detained immigrants in Tacoma, Washington not dampened by rain. liberationnews.org On Feb. 26, over 100 community members showed up at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, to loudly stand in solidarity with those detained just a few feet behind them.

Families United for Equity (2022-03-01). Monday 2/28: Discrimination Protest against RCEB. indybay.org 500 Davis Street | Corner of San Leandro Blvd & Davis Street…

In Contempt (2022-03-01). In Contempt #14: Political Prisoner Updates; Hunger Strikes in New York, North Carolina and Bay Area. itsgoingdown.org As always, we have a lot going on this month. There are several major political prisoner updates — Eric King is set to go to trial in several weeks, Sundiata Acoli's parole case has reached the New Jersey Supreme Court, and Doug Wright of the Cleveland 4 is set to be released to a halfway…

Editor2 (2022-03-01). US Foreign Policy is a Cruel Sport. orinocotribune.com By Diana Johnstone — Feb 23, 2022 | Bear baiting was long ago banned as inhumane. Yet today, a version is being practiced every day against whole nations on a gigantic international scale. | In the time of the first Queen Elizabeth, British royal circles enjoyed watching fierce dogs torment a captive bear for the fun of it. The bear had done no harm to anyone, but the dogs were trained to provoke the imprisoned beast and goad it into fighting back. Blood flowing from the excited animals delighted the spectators. | This cruel practice has long since been banned as inhumane. | And yet today, a version of bear…

sputniknews (2022-03-01). Scientists Propose Measures to Ensure Well-Being of Gene-Edited Babies. sputniknews.com Chinese experts suggest surveillance and protection measures for the world's first three gene-editing babies, as well as their descendents, while He Jiankui, who created the these babies, would be reportedly released soon after three years in prison.

WSWS (2022-03-01). Coroner's inquiry begins into New Zealand's far-right terror attack. wsws.org Lawyers for the families of some of the 51 people killed in the 2019 massacre in Christchurch criticised the suppression of evidence by the royal commission of inquiry, which whitewashed the government, police and intelligence agencies.

Black Lives Matter, Demand Justice, more (2022-02-28). Monday 2/28: Have Her Back: Organizing Call to Support First Black Woman for SCOTUS. indybay.org Online via Zoom…

Staff (2022-02-28). In the Footsteps of Constance Motley Brown, Supreme Court Pick Ketanji Brown Jackson Makes History. democracynow.org President Biden on Friday nominated federal Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court to fill Justice Stephen Breyer's pending vacancy. If confirmed, she would be the first Black woman to serve as a Supreme Court justice. We speak with Harvard constitutional law professor Tomiko Brown-Nagin about the nomination of the 51-year-old federal judge and the parallels between her and the first Black woman federal judge and civil rights legal icon Constance Baker Motley, who was at one point eyed for a Supreme Court nomination.

Guest Contributor (2022-02-28). Human rights and a divorce or civil partnership dissolution statement. ukhumanrightsblog.com Statement as 'conclusive evidence' The European Convention 1950 guarantees the right to a fair trial. Everyone knows that. At article 6.1 the Convention says: Right to a fair trial 1. In the determination of his civil rights and obligations or of any criminal charge against him, everyone is entitled to a fair and public hearing …

_____ (2022-02-28). Anti-Asian Racism is Still a Dominant Force of the US Political Ideology. journal-neo.org Although the associations with racial discrimination in the US are primarily related to the country's black population, the problem is much deeper and more serious. Even The Guardian, which is "friendly" to the current government in Washington, stresses that racism is rampant in the United States and that from the very beginning the US was …

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-02-28). Black America Responds To Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Receiving NAACP Image Award. moguldom.com The NAACP Image Awards, one of the most anticipated annual events celebrating Black excellence, left many people scratching their heads when Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, received the President's Award during the 53rd annual show on Saturday, Feb. 26. Hosted by its namesake organization, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, …

_____ (2022-02-28). Efforts at Upholding Oblivion Over Dictatorship Crimes in Uruguay. strategic-culture.org Requesting clemency on humanitarian grounds when Uruguayans are still searching for answers is a political imbalance that needs to be addressed, Ramona Wadi writes. | The U.S.-backed Latin American dictatorships are still tarnishing their respective countries with the legacy of oblivion. Earlier this month, Uruguay's "Relatives of the Disappeared" cautioned that President Luis Lacalle is "whitening the history of Juan Bordaberry's dictatorship" by holding a meeting with the "Representatives of Political Prisoners" group who are claiming an infringement of liberty in terms of the prison sentences meted out to the…

Tanya Wadhwa (2022-02-28). Guapinol environmental defenders released from prison after long battle for freedom. peoplesdispatch.org The environmental activists from the village of Guapinol in northern Honduras were finally released on February 24, two weeks after the Supreme Court of Honduras dismissed the case against them and ordered their release. The environmentalists left the Olanchito prison, in the Yoro municipality, late on the night of February 24. | Since the week prior, family members of the environmentalists and members of the Municipal Committee in Defense of Common and Public Assets, the organization the environmentalists belong to, had been protesting demanding their freedom. On February 24, the relatives and the committee's me…

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