Daily Archives: 2022-06-14

2022-06-14: News Headlines

The Mapping Project (2022-06-14). Massachusetts' Imperialist Landscape. mronline.org "Cannibalism," as writer Jack Forbes (Powhatan-Renapé/Delaware-Lenápe) defined it, "is the consuming of another's life for one's own private purpose or profit."

WSWS (2022-06-14). Los Angeles Unified School District to cut at least a dozen special education classes. wsws.org This cynical attack on a vulnerable section of the student body follows an agreement between the district and the Office for Civil Rights, which investigated LAUSD for violating the civil rights of students with disabilities and special needs.

Fight Back (2022-06-13). Interview with Black Lives Matter organizer at Workers' Summit of the Americas. fightbacknews.org Fight Back! interviews Josh Higginbotham, Organizer and Director of Research and Development for Black Lives Matter-Oklahoma City, at the Workers' Summit of the Americas which took place June 10-12 in Tijuana, Mexico. | Fight Back!: Why are you here? | Josh Higginbotham: I am here to stand in solidarity with the nations that were excluded from the summit of the Americas, that are specifically targeted by USA sanctions, bureaucratic terrorism. We are the BLM presence from Oklahoma. | Fight Back!: Why should BLM stand in solidarity with these countries? | Higginbotham: It is very easily recognizable that U.S. forei…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-06-13). Colombia's first lady, slush funds and organized crime. colombiareports.com A Supreme Court investigation against a Liberal Party senator put the pet project of Colombia's first lady at the center of a corruption scandal. The Supreme Court investigation against jailed…

WSWS (2022-06-13). Emails confirm pro-NATO warmonger Paul Mason works with intelligence agencies. wsws.org Mason's programme is for total war against Russia, which requires the relentless suppression of any political or journalistic organisation inconvenient to British imperialism and of anti-imperialist sentiment in the population.

_____ (2022-06-13). Bolivian Court Sentences Jeanine àÅñez To 10 Years In Prison. popularresistance.org The First Anti-Corruption Sentencing Court of La Paz sentenced former de-facto Bolivian President Jeanine àÅñez to 10 years in prison in the 'Coup d'état II' case on Friday, June 10. In the case, àÅñez stood accused of crimes of acting against the constitution and illegally assuming the presidency of the country in November 2019, following a right-wing civic-military coup that overthrew democratically elected socialist President Evo Morales. The court found her guilty of "breach of duties" and "resolutions contrary to the Constitution and the Law" in her capacity as the former second Vice President of…

Splcenter (2022-06-13). Weaponizing Race: School board districts in Georgia county challenged by SPLC lawsuit. splcenter.org

WSWS (2022-06-13). Australian Labor government stonewalls demands to free Assange. wsws.org Labor's position is identical to that of the previous conservative government—it refuses to defend Assange because it is fully committed to militarism and the suppression of anti-war opposition.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-06-13). Mayo Clinic, NAACP to welcome inaugural RISE for Youth cohort on June 6. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic and NAACP Rochester Branch will welcome 40 promising high school and college students to RISE for Youth, on Monday, June 6. This program, which is in its inaugural year, is designed to help Black and underrepresented students find pathways to success in education and employment. RISE stands for Reflect, Inspire, Strengthen and Empower, and is an approach developed by Anjali Bhagra, M.D., medical director of Mayo Clinic's Office of Equity,…

A Guest Author (2022-06-13). Two years after a deadly COVID-19 outbreak and not one lesson learned. workers.org By Steve Brooks This article previously ran as an op-ed piece in the Sacramento Bee. For six and a half hours, the Greyhound-size prison bus bounced precariously along a highway from Chino north toward San Quentin. Incarcerated men in orange jumpsuits were tightly packed inside, with metal restraints uncomfortably wrapped . . . |

Editor (2022-06-12). The Chris Hedges Report: The Long Road Home (Part 2). scheerpost.com By Chris Hedges / Editor's note: This video is the second in a two-part series by Chris Hedges. Click In the conclusion of The Long Road Home, Chris Hedges looks at the numerous hurdles faced by prisoners released into society, the toll of reentry on their families, the importance of educational programs in restoring self-esteem an…

Anaiz Alegria, Marcos Perez (2022-06-12). San Diego coalition hosts 'Pilgrimage for a Better Future' actions. liberationnews.org From May 28 to June 1, Dignity Not Detention and Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity held the Pilgrimage for a Better Future, an interfaith, spiritual pilgrimage stopping at seven California immigration detention facilities.

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