(2022-05-07). Woman remanded over theft of Ug.Sh.1 bn. plusnews.ug 
The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has remanded Brender Nakalanzi, the Managing Director for Goshen Hope Enterprises to Luzira prison on charges of causing the government a financial loss of more than one billion shillings. Nakalanzi was on Friday afternoon arraigned before the Anti-Corruption Court Chief Magistrate Joan Aciro where she denied the charges against …
(2022-05-06). 45 Years of Defending Liberty. aclu.org 
When Stephen Pevar joined the ACLU in 1976, he was one of only 15 national staff attorneys. Over the next 45 years, he filed more than 175 cases — winning or settling more than 90 percent of them — as the organization expanded to a workforce that spans every state, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico, with more than 75 staff attorneys at the national office alone. Last month, he retired as one of the ACLU's longest-serving staff members. | Following his departure, we sat down with Stephen to discuss big wins and memorable moments from his decades-long career — almost half the ACLU's 102-year exi…
(2022-05-06). The Poor Peoples Campaign Dishonors Martin Luther King. popularresistance.org On April 4, 1967 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave one of the most significant speeches of his career. In "Beyond Vietnam – Time to Break Silence " King declared his unequivocal opposition to the war in Vietnam. His very public break with Lyndon Johnson was greeted with derision, including from his own allies, who believed that the president was an ally who should not be attacked. The NAACP board passed a resolution calling King's statement a "serious tactical mistake" that would neither "serve the cause of civil rights nor of peace." The media joined in the condemnation, with the New York Times characterizing his…
(2022-05-06). Familiares de detenidos salvadoreños presentan habeas corpus. telesurtv.net Los abogados defensores aseguran que no se han podido mostrar pruebas incriminatorias contra los detenidos injustamente.
(2022-05-06). Iwakuni residents fight back against US military presence. peoplesdispatch.org Residents of Iwakuni, which hosts one of the largest US foreign bases, recently announced that they will file a lawsuit that could have wider implications for foreign military bases in Japan…
(2022-05-06). Chicago: FRSO celebrates International Workers Day. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – 40 people gathered in the office of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR) to celebrate International Workers Day with Freedom Road Socialist Organization. Speakers included Maria Moreno, financial secretary of the CTU; Bassem Kawar, political director of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights; Frank Chapman of CAARPR, and Roni Thrailkill, the mother of Chaz Thrailkill, a prisoner in Menard Prison who is suffering abuse at the hands of the guards in addition to having been wrongfully convicted. | Dod McColgan of Freedom Road Socialist Organization deli…
(2022-05-06). For Mumia on his birthday. workers.org 
By Julia Wright To yet another Mumia generation: Mumia Abu-Jamal Children, did you hear of a Black man called Mumia ? for 40 years he has been taking us on a journey showing us the cruel and unusual imprisonment of a world shackled by made-in-U.S.A. imperialism ‚àí the poisoning of . . . |
(2022-05-06). With Gerardo Hernández of the Cuban 5 for May Day. workers.org 
Greetings from Cuba. I am meeting with Gerardo Hernandez of the Cuban 5 today. When he was asked about his time in prison, he told the international Brigadistas that one of the ways he had earned the respect of the other prisoners was by sharing his Workers World with them. . . . |