____ (2022-07-17). Iran calls for urgent release of Iranian citizen from UK jail. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 17 (MNA) — While criticizing British government's opposition to return an Iranian citizen imprisoned in UK prison, the Deputy Chief of Iranian Judiciary for International Affairs called for his immediate release.

_____ (2022-07-16). Houston's Fight To Decriminalize Mental Illness And Homelessness. popularresistance.org While Harris County is spending millions of dollars on mental health services and service-providing agencies to reduce the number of mentally ill people entering its county jails, activists on the ground are tackling the problem from another angle—by providing direct support to the county's homeless population. | "We don't have the best safety nets in Texas, and from the mental health standpoint, there really aren't the mental health services available that people need," Catherine Villarreal, director of communications at the Coalition for the Homeless, told TRNN. But Villarreal also stressed that, for peop…

Ron Ridenour (2022-07-16). Julian: Let's Take a Stand! thiscantbehappening.net Julian Assange is the most important political prisoner in the world today, and we need to act in a myriad of ways to get him freed from the torturers' prisons. As he faces extradition from a supine and accommodating Britain to the waiting assassins in Washington who already stand exposed for plotting to murder … |

Ron Ridenour (2022-07-16). Julian: Let's Take a Stand. thiscantbehappening.net Julian Assange is the most important political prisoner in the world today, and we need to act in a myriad of ways to get him freed from the torturers' prisons. We need to spread the word and be on the streets. Here is a new song for Julian written by my friend, the journalist-musician Finian … |

_____ (2022-07-16). Assange Defense Files Appeals On 16 Grounds; Granted Time Extension. popularresistance.org London, U.K. – Following a June 17 decision from British Secretary of State Priti Patel approving the order to extradite Julian Assange to the United States, lawyers for the imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher have since submitted filings indicating they intend to fight the decision on 16 legal grounds. | As first revealed by The Wall Street Journal, lawyers for Assange submitted two separate appeal applications: one against Patel's decision, the second against a January 2021 ruling from the lower courts that originally barred the extradition on mental health considerations, but agreed with prosecutors on behalf of th…

JANET (2022-07-16). On her 75th birthday — Assata Shakur: 'I am a 20th century escaped slave'. iacenter.org By Mirinda Crissman July 15, 2022 In honor of Assata Shakur's 75th birthday on July 16, the IAC is reprinting this slightly edited version of her open letter, first posted on Dec. 30, 2014. The FBI put out a $2 million bounty for her recapture almost 50 years ago. My name is Assata Shakur, and I am a 20th century escaped slave. Because of government persecution, I was left with no other choice than to flee from the political repression, racism and violence that dominate the U.S. government's policy toward people of color. I am an ex-political prisoner, and I have been living in exile in Cuba since 1984. I have be…

Mark Gruenberg (2022-07-15). Interviews with AFSCME workers: Mixed election outlook, major voter suppression worries. peoplesworld.org PHILADELPHIA—With approximately four months to go until the November off-year election, interviews with a selection of union members—whose organization, AFSCME, is among the most politically active in the U.S.—show a mixed outlook. Several cited instances of voter repression in Texas and Florida as particularly worrying. The talks with the unionists about their views and especially …

Fight Back (2022-07-15). Minneapolis police murder Tekle Sundberg. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Minneapolis police once again proved that Black lives in this city do not matter when they shot and killed a 20-year-old man, Tekle Sundberg, who was having a mental health crisis, July 14. MPD officers Aaron Pearson and Zachary Seraphine shot him early Thursday morning after a six-hour standoff at an apartment building in the Seward neighborhood of Minneapolis. Both officers were also part of the SWAT team that murdered Amir Locke in Minneapolis in February of this year. | A vigil Thursday night outside the apartment building where Tekle was killed and was attended by around 100 people. Tekle'

_____ (2022-07-15). FBI Still Targets Black People For Entrapment. popularresistance.org Romeo Langhorne is the latest victim of an FBI phony terror entrapment scheme. On July 7, 2022 he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for uploading a bomb making video. Langhorne didn't make a bomb. He uploaded a video while under the direction of an FBI informant. The video had in fact been produced by the government. | More than 20 years after September 11, 2001 Americans are still being told that they are at risk of terrorist attacks. The color coded risk assessments, NSA surveillance of all electronic and internet activity continues. The threat of terror attacks is the justification for encroaching on civil l…

Staff (2022-07-15). The Biden-Lapid "Jerusalem Declaration": Strategic partnership of imperialism, Zionism and settler colonialism. samidoun.net Below are key points identified by Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network in responding to the Biden-Lapid Declaration ("The U.S.-Israel Strategic Partnership Joint Declaration") issued on Thursday, 14 July 2022. While the declaration largely holds nothing new, it once again reveals the joint commitment to imperialism and Zionism that is responsible for the past 75 years …

Jay Stanley (2022-07-15). Six Questions to Ask Before Accepting a Surveillance Technology. aclu.org If police in your community are saying they want to install a new surveillance technology — face recognition, cameras, or license plate scanners, for example — they're likely to be touted as the way to prevent all manners of evil, from terrorism to street crime to fraud to package theft. If we just record everything, surveillance boosters would have us believe, we can stop or solve crimes and life will be better. The authorities will also probably have specific stories they tell you — hypothetical or real — in which the technology saved the day. | How should we process those claims? If…

Editor (2022-07-15). UK bill threatens journalist with life in prison. mronline.org Journalists And Publishers Could Face Life Sentences If National Security Bill 2022, Being Debated In The U.K. Parliament, Becomes Law.

Ann Brown (2022-07-15). Black America Goes Off Over Hunter Biden's Flamboyant Crack Use And Joe Biden-Led Mass Incarceration. moguldom.com It's no secret that President Joe Biden's son Hunter battled a crack cocaine addiction. Dr. Boyce Watkins recently wondered in an article for LinkedIn how Hunter would have been treated if he were a Black man. Dr. Watkins earned a Ph.D. in finance and founded the podcast, "The Dr. Boyce Breakdown." He's asking the question out loud …

Ann Brown (2022-07-15). Black Man Who Did 25 Years In Prison To Get $7.5M Settlement, Crooked Cops Planted Fake Bullets. moguldom.com Desmond Ricks spent 25 years in prison, and he claims police set him up for a murder he didn't commit in 1992. Detroit has now agreed to settle a lawsuit he filed against the city. Detroit will pay $7.5 million to Ricks, who said police switched bullets that were used as evidence against him. He was released …

Brett Wilkins (2022-07-15). Calling On Russia to Free Brittney Griner, Bishop Barber Seeks 'Humanitarian Visit'. commondreams.org "She's been kept from her family. From her wife. From her profession. From her friends," the activist pastor said of the U.S. Olympian jailed in Russia. "It's time for her to come home."

Mark Gruenberg (2022-07-15). Interviews with AFSCME workers: Mixed election outlook, major voter suppression worries. peoplesworld.org PHILADELPHIA—With approximately four months to go until the November off-year election, interviews with a selection of union members—whose organization, AFSCME, is among the most politically active in the U.S.—show a mixed outlook. Several cited instances of voter repression in Texas and Florida as particularly worrying. The talks with the unionists about their views and especially …