(2022-04-18). Remembering When The US Government And FBI Put A Snitch-Jacket On Kwame Ture, Alleging He Was CIA. moguldom.com Civil rights activist Kwame Ture, who was born Stokely Carmichael, was a key leader in the development of the Black power movement. Early in his career, he led the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), before becoming "honorary prime minister" of the Black Panther Party (BPP) in the late 1960s. He was still part of SNCC …
(2022-04-18). Colombia's frontrunner accused of making deal with corrupt politicians, drug lord. colombiareports.com Colombia's election campaign got dirty after frontrunner Gustavo Petro was accused of making a deal with jailed politicians and a drug lord. Petro claimed that he and his brother Juan…
(2022-04-18). Federal judge in Hawaii extends order blocking Trump's travel ban. news.xinhuanet.com A U.S. federal judge in Hawaii on Wednesday extended his previous nationwide order blocking the implementation of President Donald Trump's revised travel ban while the lawsuit continues.
(2022-04-18). Mayo Clinic, Rochester branch of NAACP seek mentors for RISE for Youth program. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org This summer, 40 high school and college students will be the first participants in RISE for Youth, a strategic collaboration between Mayo Clinic and the Rochester branch of the NAACP. The program is designed to help Black and underrepresented students find pathways to success in education and employment. "Not all students have the same opportunities to realize their full potential," says Dr. Anjali Bhagra, medical director of Mayo Clinic's Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion….
(2022-04-18). Sweden morphing into a prison for Muslims: Gharibabadi. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (MNA) — Reacting to the desecration of Holy Quran in Sweden, Secretary of Iran Judiciary's Human Rights Council said that Sweden has become a prison for Muslims.
(2022-04-17). Black lives never mattered in so-called Land of Dreams. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) — In reaction to the killing of another black man by US police, Iran's Secretary of Judiciary Human Rights Council said that black lives have never mattered and will never matter in the so-called Land of Dreams.
(2022-04-17). Gross Negligence In For-Profit Prison Health Care. popularresistance.org By law, people in prison have a right to get the health care they need. In the late 1970s, the U.S. Supreme Court decision Estelle v Gamble set the standard for medical rights of prisoners. But prison authorities are being criminally negligent in not providing adequate health care to incarcerated people. | As the jailed population ages, 40% have chronic health conditions. The cost of providing health care has skyrocketed and local, state and federal governments have contracted with for-profit prison health care companies as a way of tightening their budgets. | Private companies give a per diem rate for basic and…
(2022-04-17). Georges Abdallah joins one-day hunger strike for political prisoners in Turkey. samidoun.net 
On Saturday, 16 April, Georges Abdallah, the Lebanese Arab Communist struggler for Palestine imprisoned in France for over 37 years despite being eligible for release since 1999, announced a one-day hunger strike in support of Sibel Balaàß and Gà∂khan Yildirim, two political prisoners in Turkish jails. Both have been on an open-ended hunger strike — …
(2022-04-17). Federal judge in Hawaii extends order blocking Trump's travel ban. news.xinhuanet.com A U.S. federal judge in Hawaii on Wednesday extended his previous nationwide order blocking the implementation of President Donald Trump's revised travel ban while the lawsuit continues.
(2022-04-17). Hannover, Germany. Ukrainian Refugees Burn Cars Belonging To Germans Who Immigrated From Russia In 1990s. southfront.org
(2022-04-17). Prison Guards in Illinois Used Prison Labor to Raise Money for Golf Tournaments. truthout.org A recent investigation into the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) revealed that prison guards there have been using incarcerated individuals to wash their personal cars, give haircuts and shine shoes at fundraisers to benefit the prison staff — in other words, they have been using the labor of incarcerated people for their own personal gain. | One senior IDOC staff member admitted to state-employed investigators that these fundraisers were "bad optics." | "It's really hard for me to just honestly stomach the idea," he told an investigator, that "employees benefit from offender labor." | This informa…
(2022-04-17). 'Save our children' ‚àí from bigotry and hatred! iacenter.org By Minnie Bruce Pratt March 16, 2022 Right-wing forces are generating legalized hatred and bigotry in the U.S. under the banner of "Save Our Children!" In Texas, parents arranging medical and mental health support for their trans children can now be prosecuted as "child abusers." In Florida, teachers and school systems with a curriculum of LGBTQ+ sexuality and gender issues can be sued by parents under a "Don't Say Gay" state law. In Idaho, a pending bill would sentence medical professionals to life in prison, if found "guilty" of providing gender-affirming care to youth. Hillsborough High School walkout against…
(2022-04-17). Emir of Qatar agrees to extradite 28 Iranian inmates. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) — Iranian Ambassador to Doha announced that the Emir of Qatar agreed to extradite 28 Iranian prisoners to the country.