Monthly Archives: March 2022

2022-03-05: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-03-05). Supreme Court reinstates death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzohkhar Tsarnaev. wsws.org The 6—3 ruling, divided between the conservative and moderate liberal justices, reversed a 2020 federal appeals court decision that would have kept Tsarnaev imprisoned for life.

A'niya Robinson (2022-03-04). The Governor of Louisiana Must Veto the Proposed Redistricting Maps. aclu.org The governor of Louisana has a unique chance to ensure that Black Louisianans have an equal opportunity to participate in the political process and elect candidates of their choice to Congress. That's why the ACLU and our coalition partners in the region are calling on Gov. Jon Bel Edwards to veto the proposed congressional and state legislative districting plans, submitted to his office by the Louisiana State Legislature. | HB 1 and SB 5, the proposed congressional districting plans passed by the Louisiana State Legislature, as well as HB 14 and SB 1, the proposed state legislative plans, violate Section 2 of…

Maureen Clare Murphy (2022-03-04). International silence fuels Israeli persecution. electronicintifada.net Deprived of a fair trial, jailed human rights defenders take plea deals.

ecns.cn (2022-03-04). China's anti-foreign sanctions law 'defensive measure' to counter containment, oppression: spokesperson. ecns.cn China's Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law is a defensive measure to counter containment and oppression, and is essentially different from the unilateral sanctions pursued by some countries.

_____ (2022-03-04). People's Movements Across The World Demand Freedom For Julian Assange. popularresistance.org On the streets of Brasilia and Accra, Johannesburg and New York City, people's movements and organizations demanded on February 25 that publisher and political prisoner Julian Assange be released immediately. The call for mobilizations was issued by the International Peoples' Assembly (IPA) which launched a permanent campaign this month to call for Assange's immediate release and the rejection of his extradition request.

IGD Worldwide (2022-03-04). Mapuche Political Prisoners José and Luis Tralcal Declare Hunger Strike. itsgoingdown.org The following is a communique from Mapuche political prisoners José Tralcal Coche and Luis Tralcal Quidel, who are currently imprisoned in CET Victoria (CET stands for "Center for Work and Education," a Chilean government euphemism for prison). On June 11, 2018, José and Luis were sentenced to 18 years in prison for the notorious Luchsinger-Mackay…

Kevin Gosztola (2022-03-04). State Secrets Ruling By US Supreme Court Helps CIA Conceal Torture At Black Site Prison. thedissenter.org Photo of the US Supreme Court from the US Government and in the public domainThis article was funded by paid subscribers of The Dissenter Newsletter. Take 25 percent off and become a The "state secrets privilege" stems from a 1953 case known as United States v. Reynolds, where the government essentially lied and claimed if relatives of victims of a military plane crash were informed of how their loved ones died it would compromise "secrets." | U.S. Air Force documents declassified decades later showed accident reports…

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2022-03-04: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2022-03-04). China's anti-foreign sanctions law 'defensive measure' to counter containment, oppression: spokesperson. ecns.cn China's Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law is a defensive measure to counter containment and oppression, and is essentially different from the unilateral sanctions pursued by some countries.

Bethany Rielly (2022-03-03). Black Refugee Lives Matter: U.N. urged to act on Ukraine border racism. peoplesworld.org An international coalition of renowned human rights lawyers has launched an urgent appeal to the United Nations to act over "abominable" racism at Ukraine's borders. Black people and other ethnic minorities fleeing Ukraine are facing "two wars"—one inflicted by the Russians and another over racial discrimination by Ukrainian and Polish officials, the new coalition said …

Ann Brown (2022-03-03). Remembering Black Nationalist Jaramogi Agyeman (Albert Cleage), Pastor Of The Shrine Of The Black Madonna: 7 Things To Know. moguldom.com Albert Cleage, who later changed his name to Jaramogi Agyeman, was the paster of The Shrine of The Black Madonna, where he encouraged Black Nationalism. The Shrine of the Black Madonna is a pan-African Orthodox Christian Church in Detroit that became the location of many significant 20th century Black civil rights activities. In 2021, the …

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-03-03). Congresswoman Maxine Waters Leads Effort For Policy Action Against Anti-Black Home Appraisals. moguldom.com Congresswoman Maxine Waters is on a mission to help end racial discrimination in home appraisals. The longtime California representative wrote a letter announcing her intention to propose legislation to combat the issue to Marcia Fudge, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as well as the Appraisal Subcommittee, the Appraisal Foundation, …

Benjamin Norton (2022-03-03). It's a jailable crime to support Russia's Ukraine war in EU members Slovakia and Czech Republic. multipolarista.com The European Union claims to represent freedom and democracy, but EU/NATO members Czech Republic and Slovakia made it a crime for citizens to support Russia's war in Ukraine, punishable with years in prison. Latvia has a police hotline and encourages people to report neighbors suspected of sympathizing with Moscow.

In Defense of Liberation! (2022-03-03). Happy Women's Liberation Month, Stand with the Sudanese People, Denounce + Defund NATO, and More! anchor.fm What's going on folks? So this episode is quite a hodgepodge of many different subjects. We begin with a discussion about women's liberation month, and we make our way into discussion of the ongoing resistance movement in Sudan. Then we talk about the issues facing people of Palestine, Nepal, Yemen, and plenty of places across the world while the US empire is hyper focused on condemning Russia, they continue to fund, arm, train, and allow for the Saudi Arabian, UAE, Israeli, and other regimes to oppress and exploit people every day. We must build a mass movement to end all forms of oppression, today. Long live re…

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