Stephen W Enciso (2022-09-07). NT Labor conference passes three motions to close Don Dale. greenleft.org.au Pressure is mounting on the NT Labor government to close Don Dale Youth Detention Centre sooner than it said it would. Stephen W Enciso reports.

_____ (2022-09-06). From Coast to Coast: Open Letter by Anarchist Prisoner Toby Shone. popularresistance.org I've previously written about the need to recreate an Atlantic bridge, based on international revolutionary solidarity and reciprocal knowledge, that moves towards affinity and direct action in support of our imprisoned comrades. Since then, I was recently visited by a comrade from Anarchist Black Cross Philadelphia here at the G4S facility in which I'm held. G4S is originally an American company, Wackenhut, which has pioneered the private prison and security industry all over the world. As part of our discussion between the comrade from ABC Philadelphia and myself, we spoke of the need to prevent our groups and…

Staff (2022-09-06). One year on the Freedom Tunnel: Palestinian prisoners leading the resistance. samidoun.net Historic Palestinian prisoner escapes Inside prisons: confronting the occupier The Freedom Tunnel and the resistance Internationalism and the Freedom Tunnel The Freedom Tunnel Prisoners Mahmoud al-Ardah Mohammed al-Ardah Yaqoub Qadri Munadil Naf'at Ayham Kamamji Zakaria Zubaidi Samidoun statements on the Freedom Tunnel Today, 6 September, marks the one-year anniversary of the Freedom Tunnel, when six …

Mirinda Crissman, Workers World Texas Bureau (2022-09-06). Texas prison abolitionists confront the state. workers.org Abolitionists from the Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement traveled from Houston to Galveston on Aug. 26 to address the Texas Board of Criminal Justice (TBCJ) about issues affecting those incarcerated in Texas. TBCJ is in charge of nearly 1 ,000 imprisoned people. The families and friends of these people went to . . . |

Deweylaura (2022-09-06). LGBTQ+ theory, history, and the CPUSA (part 2). cpusa.org The following article has been adapted from a talk presented at the Little Red Schoolhouse in New York City, July 28, 2022. Part 1 was published here. Like other forms of oppression under capitalism, the oppression of gay people gave rise to resistance and struggle. Now let's quickly survey a few of the landmarks …

Editor (2022-09-04). Major Criminal Justice Reform is on the Docket in California. scheerpost.com Solitary Housing Unit at Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent City, Calif. ( By Victoria Valenzuela /…

____ (2022-09-04). Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to 3 more years in prison, totaling 20 years. ecns.cn Myanmar's former State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday has been sentenced to three years in jail for electoral fraud in 2020, increasing her total prison term to 20 years.

_____ (2022-09-03). Why I Interrupted A Major Funding Announcement. popularresistance.org On Wednesday, August 31, I interrupted a major funding announcement at McGill to ask the head of the university about her suppression of Palestine solidarity. | As she spoke from the Faculty Club's stage I asked Principal Suzanne Fortier, "Do McGill students have the right to oppose the killing of Palestinian children? Do they have the right to oppose Israeli colonialism and apartheid?" McGill's principal failed to respond. | I then stated that her administration's threat to cancel the student union's funding after students voted overwhelmingly for a "Palestine Solidarity Policy" was "anti-democratic and anti-Pal…

Eforinoco (2022-09-03). President Maduro Reiterates Commitment to Fight Against Racial Discrimination. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro reiterated the commitment of the Bolivarian government in the fight against racial discrimination. . | The president made this comment on the occasion of the International Day for People of African Descent, celebrated on August 31. He stated that the Venezuelan state will continue its fight against all sorts of inequality that Afro-descendant communities face. |

Scorinoco (2022-09-03). Colombia May Withdraw Complaint Against Maduro at International Criminal Court. orinocotribune.com The Colombian ambassador to Venezuela, Armando Benedetti, said that the Colombian government of President Gustavo Petro is planning to withdraw the lawsuit against President Nicolás Maduro before the International Criminal Court, presented by former Colombian President Iván Duque. | "I believe that yes, what Duque did was a mistake in foreign relations," Ambassador Benedetti commented to Bloomberg when asked about the issue. | In 2017, Iván Duque, then a member of the Colombian Senate, presented a formal complaint at the Hague, against alleged "crimes against humanity" committed by the government of Venezuela hea…

_____ (2022-09-03). Leonard Peltier's Walk To Justice demands Release Of Political Prisoner. popularresistance.org On September 1, Leonard Peltier's Walk to Justice departed from Minneapolis, Minnesota. The march will pass through multiple cities, finally ending in Washington, DC on November 14. Rallies and prayer sessions will be held along the route. The walk is being coordinated by the American Indian Movement Grand Governing Council to demand elder Leonard Peltier's release from federal prison. Leonard Peltier has been unjustly held as a political prisoner by the U.S. government for over 46 years, making him one of the world's longest incarcerated political prisoners. He is the longest held Native American political priso…

____ (2022-09-03). Retired police officer sentenced to 10 years in prison for actions related to U.S. Capitol breach. ecns.cn A retired New York police Department officer was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday for assaulting a law enforcement officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon and related charges for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-09-03). Daily Round-Up | Argentina's Cristina Fernández survives assassination attempt and more. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we take a look at the assassination of Argentine vice-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, protests by Palestinian prisoners, a new US policy of Afghan refugees, and a verdict against Shell in South Africa…