September 2022 Archives

Staff (2022-09-30). Nicaragua's President Ortega Calls Chile's President Boric a White House 'Lapdog'. orinocotribune.com Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega calls his Chilean counterpart a US "lapdog" after Boric attacked Nicaragua at the United Nations (UN). | "The government that wants to receive applause from the Yankee empire and from some governments of the European Union goes out there, like a lapdog, to talk about the need to release the political prisoners in Nicaragua, and they forget about the political prisoners that they have in their country in Chile," Ortega said on Wednesday, September 28, during a ceremony on the occasion of the 43rd anniversary of the founding of Nicaragua's National Police. | The Sandinista leader…

_____ (2022-09-30). US Hybrid War Against Venezuela Goes To Court. popularresistance.org Ambassador Alex Saab, a victim of the US economic war to achieve regime change in Venezuela, has been under arrest for over two years. This article recounts the developments in the diplomat's court case. Saab is fighting against his illegal detention and extradition before the 8th District Court in Miami. | As Venezuela's special envoy and a deputy ambassador to the African Union, Saab has diplomatic immunity from arrest and detention under the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Although a party to the convention, the US has flouted this principle of international law. Alex Saab was targeted by the U…

Lev Koufax (2022-09-30). Philippines administration displays hypocrisy on political prisoners. struggle-la-lucha.org

Staff (2022-09-30). 1 October, Manchester: Freedom for all Palestinian prisoners Solidarity with the Hunger Strike. samidoun.net Saturday, 1 October 12 pm Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester More info: www.facebook.com/386682871406134/posts/pfbid02P2LszbkrSejqb9MGtkJzvVvnAfE4sGU7cthQ317dnrPNkJs4wv7yLVfgFbVWaDy4l/ Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! and the Revolutionary Communist Group are organizing to support the Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Manchester. We'll be out on the streets this week supporting the hunger strike of Palestinian political prisoners, building for the Walking tour of Engels' …

Mark Trahant (2022-09-30). Leonard Peltier, longest serving U.S. political prisoner, should be free. peoplesworld.org Leonard Peltier's name has become a story that reflects other stories. One narrative describes Peltier as America's longest political prisoner, serving more than 46 years in a federal maximum security prison. In that telling, Peltier has become a humanitarian and a 78-year-old Turtle Mountain elder who has been incarcerated for far too long. There is …

WSWS (2022-09-30). Thousands of Virginia students from almost one hundred schools walk out in protest over new proposed anti-transgender school policies. wsws.org Students from across the state responded to far-right governor's attempt to undermine the civil rights of transgender students.

Center for Biological Diversity (2022-09-30). Lawsuit Challenges Outdated Offshore Oil Plans in California. indybay.org Year After Huntington Beach Spill, Federal Officials Still Haven't Acted…

Jake Kallio (2022-09-29). US and UK undermining Bosnian democracy with sectarian electoral law changes. multipolarista.com Bosnia and Herzegovina is already governed by a neocolonial system, but the US, UK, and Israel are further undermining democracy by pushing for sectarian election law amendments that could weaken the civil rights of minorities like Jews and Roma.

WSWS (2022-09-29). Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE meeting discusses a socialist program to fight state repression. wsws.org Speakers explained that the fight against state repression, and for the release of all political prisoners, had to be based on mobilising the working class against capitalism.

Staff (2022-09-29). Inter-American Development Bank Ousts Trump-Appointed President Mauricio Claver-Carone. orinocotribune.com Mauricio Claver-Carone was removed from the presidency of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for violating the institution's code of ethics. The departure from the position was promoted by the governors of the institution after it was discovered that he was having intimate relations with a close collaborator and coworker. | The now former president denied the accusations and threatened the bank with filing a lawsuit. For the moment, the executive vice president, the Honduran Queen Irene Mejía Chacón, will hold the presidency of the institution until the election of a new president. | The media is reporting…

Ayomikun Idowu (2022-09-29). Three People Share How Ankle Monitoring Devices Fail, Harm, and Stigmatize. aclu.org In 2020, as the world grappled with the emergence of COVID-19, prisons and jails became Electronic monitoring typically uses GPS tracking systems in devices referr…

Jonathan Blazer (2022-09-29). Five Things to Know About the Right to Seek Asylum. aclu.org

Yazmine Nichols (2022-09-29). For Defense Attorneys: Tips for Effectively Challenging Pretrial Electronic Monitoring. aclu.org

Staff (2022-09-29). 2 October, Vancouver: End Administrative Detention! Outreach and rally for justice in Palestine. samidoun.net Sunday, 2 October 2 pm Vancouver Art Gallery (Howe Side/Robson Square) Vancouver Facebook Join us on Sunday, October 2 outside the Vancouver Art Gallery (Howe Street Side) to support 30 Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike for freedom. They are putting their bodies and lives on the lines to demand an end to administrative detention, Israeli …

Dennis Broe (2022-09-29). Collectivizing and yanking art out of its commodified prison: The 'lumbung' Documenta. peoplesworld.org KASSEL, Germany — This two-part article will consider the impact of a monumental event in the art world, the turning over of the every-five-year art festival Documenta, in Kassel, to a series of collectives under the organizational framework of the Indonesian group Ruangrupa, the first such direction of a major art festival in the West …

WSWS (2022-09-29). Lawsuits on mRNA technology show profit-driven struggle for control over vital scientific discoveries. wsws.org Recent lawsuits on mRNA technology are attempts by various corporations to take control of these vital discoveries for their own enrichment. Recent advances in molecular technology that allows for gene editing and protein manufacturing portend a revolution in medicine that can offer personalized treatments for a broad array of diseases.

WSWS (2022-09-29). Inmate strike spreads to all major Alabama prisons. wsws.org Republican Governor Kay Ivey has refused to enter discussion with the inmates and has said that their demands for better treatment and legal reform will not be considered.

Deweylaura (2022-09-29). Wokeness and the struggle for Black liberation. cpusa.org In the early to mid-2010s, a new generation of Black people in America began to understand the connectivity of police violence, economic oppression, and disenfranchisement under the capitalist system. In 2012 we saw a child, Trayvon Martin, murdered at the hands of a vigilante wannabe cop. In 2014 we saw the murder of Mike …

Rajaa Salah (2022-09-28). Why won't Israel release Gaza prisoner Ahmed Abu Jazar? electronicintifada.net Israel has once again extended the detention of Ahmed Abu Jazar, who has been in prison for nearly two decades.

Staff (2022-09-28). Join the Social Media Storm to #EndAdministrativeDetention on Friday, 30 September. samidoun.net There are currently 30 Palestinian prisoners on an open hunger strike to bring an end to administrative detention, Israeli imprisonment without charge or trial. They are putting their bodies and lives on the line to take a stand for freedom and against this arbitrary form of detention used to routinely attack Palestinian community, student, farmer …

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Fight Toxic Prisons (2022-09-29). Hurricane Ian Devastates Florida Prisons. itsgoingdown.org Fight Toxic Prisons reports on fight to get prisoners in the path of Hurricane Ian evacuated in so-called Florida. As Hurricane Ian continues striking Florida following landfall as a Category 4 hurricane Wednesday afternoon, over 176,000 people behind prison bars lie directly in the storm's path. While some units have evacuated, others have gone on…

It's Going Down (2022-09-29). Officials Move to Squash Massive Strike Across Alabama Prisons. itsgoingdown.org Thousands of prisoners have launched a historic work strike across what even the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) is admitting is "most major male facilities," throwing the system into a form of modified lockdown, as prison authorities attempt to break the strike by bringing in prisoners from other facilities. "This is a huge thing, this…

Center for Biological Diversity (2022-09-29). Lawsuit Challenges Outdated Offshore Oil Plans in California. indybay.org Year After Huntington Beach Spill, Federal Officials Still Haven't Acted…

Toni Webb (2022-09-28). Friends Ask Friends to Vote. aclu.org The midterm elections are coming, but voting can be confusing and overwhelming. People want to be good voters. They want to make informed choices about who to vote for and how to vote on issues. The rise of election disinformation, coupled with the billions of dollars spent on campaign advertisements, make it hard to sort through the facts. Voters are looking for trusted sources for information about what issues and candidates are on their ballots. That's where you come in. | Successful campaigns are created by a blend of political art and science. Magic happens when a candidate connects with voters through pa…

Monica Moorehead (2022-09-28). Amazon hires a former prison manager. workers.org Amazon, with its notorious multibillionaire owner Jeff Bezos, is universally known as one of the world's largest union-busting conglomerates. It is well documented that workers there have passed out due to heat and suffered physical injuries, mental anguish and other horrific working conditions that accompany the frenzied pace of packing, . . . |

Shreya Tewari (2022-09-28). How to Navigate Mental Health Apps That May Share Your Data. aclu.org If you have ever assumed that information shared on a mental health app was confidential, you are in good company with many others who likely assume that sensitive medical information is always protected. This is Many of us are familiar with or active users of some type of digital health application. Whether it is nutrition, fitness, sleep tracking, or mindfulness, the arena for apps that can help us track aspects of our healt…

_____ (2022-09-28). Incarcerated Workers Go On Strike In Alabama's Correctional Facilities. popularresistance.org Incarcerated workers at all of Alabama's major correctional facilities have begun a general strike and protest of conditions and legislation that organizers believe have created "a humanitarian crisis" within the state prison system, according to sources within the correctional system and the Alabama Department of Corrections. | Last week, sources within the Alabama correctional system told APR that the strike and peaceful protest would begin on Sept. 26. An additional protest of non-incarcerated individuals, many with friends and family in state prison facilities, occurred concurrently with the strike inside.

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-09-28). Lawsuit Alleges Zillow Wiretaps Website Visits, Records User Activity. moguldom.com A new class action lawsuit accuses Zillow of using tech that is the equivalent of wiretapping the activity of users who visit the company's website. The class action complaint was filed in a federal court in Seattle, Washington on behalf of Natalie Perkins and Kenneth Hasson and other plaintiffs with similar grievances. According to court documents, the session-replay technology …

Julia Conley (2022-09-28). Demanding Broad Reforms, Thousands of Inmate Workers on Strike at Alabama Prisons. commondreams.org "The DOJ's intervention has done nothing to shift conditions inside Alabama prisons," said one supporter. "They remain incredibly unsafe, inhumane, and exploitative."

Editor (2022-09-28). 'Habitual Offender' Laws Imprison Thousands for Small Crimes — Sometimes for Life. scheerpost.com Left: Fate Winslow eats a pastry and drinks coffee. Right: Winslow and his daughter Faith Canada share a hug. (The Appeal) | By Tana Ganeva / For most of her life, Faith Canada had only known her father, Fate Winslow, behind bars. She didn't have much hope she'd see him as a free man—thanks to Louisiana's so-called

WSWS (2022-09-27). Alabama calls off execution after failing to access veins for lethal injection. wsws.org Prison authorities called off the execution of Alan Eugene Miller after it became clear that they would not be able to carry out the state killing before the death warrant expired at midnight.

Christian Pena (2022-09-27). Brazil's Racial Discrimination Dates Back Centuries. america.cgtn.com One of the concerns addressed here at UNGA 77 is that discrimination and racism could lead to violence.

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