(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…
(2022-09-30). Philippines administration displays hypocrisy on political prisoners. struggle-la-lucha.org 
(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' …
(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 …
(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.
(2022-09-30). Lawsuit Challenges Outdated Offshore Oil Plans in California. indybay.org Year After Huntington Beach Spill, Federal Officials Still Haven't Acted…
(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.
(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.
(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…
(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…
(2022-09-29). Five Things to Know About the Right to Seek Asylum. aclu.org
(2022-09-29). For Defense Attorneys: Tips for Effectively Challenging Pretrial Electronic Monitoring. aclu.org
(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 …
(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 …
(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.
(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.
(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 …
(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.
(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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