(2023-02-09). State Lawmakers Must Protect the Cultural and Religious Expression of Indigenous Students. aclu.org "I hadn't felt that powerful before that moment, standing up with my diploma, with my Native cap on and then shaking my principal's hand." | These are the Efforts to stop students from wearing tribal regalia can't be viewed in a vacuum. Indigenous students have long been mistreated and disadvant…
(2023-02-09). The FBI Infiltrated And Sabotaged Black Lives Matter Activists. progressivehub.net TREVOR AARONSON | THE INTERCEPT…
(2023-02-09). Activist Investors Are Suing Shell Board for Failing on Fossil Fuel Transition. truthout.org A group of activist investors sued Shell's board of directors on Wednesday for failing to "deliver the reduction in emissions that is needed to keep global climate goals within reach." ClientEarth, an environmental law charity and institutional investor in Shell, described the case as the first time a company board is facing a shareholder lawsuit for inadequately preparing to transition away from… |
(2023-02-09). Trump-Appointed Judge Could Impose Extreme Restrictions on Abortion Meds. truthout.org A federal judge appointed by former President Donald Trump could upend decades of policy on abortion medication, reversing the loosening of restrictions made in the past year and potentially outlawing the drug altogether. Federal District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who is based in Texas, will soon decide on a lawsuit brought forward by the far right legal organization Alliance Defending… |
(2023-02-09). State Lawmakers Must Protect the Cultural and Religious Expression of Indigenous Students. aclu.org "I hadn't felt that powerful before that moment, standing up with my diploma, with my Native cap on and then shaking my principal's hand." | These are the Efforts to stop students from wearing tribal regalia can't be viewed in a vacuum. Indigenous students have long been mistreated and disadvant…
(2023-02-09). The FBI Infiltrated And Sabotaged Black Lives Matter Activists. progressivehub.net TREVOR AARONSON | THE INTERCEPT…
(2023-02-09). Activist Investors Are Suing Shell Board for Failing on Fossil Fuel Transition. truthout.org A group of activist investors sued Shell's board of directors on Wednesday for failing to "deliver the reduction in emissions that is needed to keep global climate goals within reach." ClientEarth, an environmental law charity and institutional investor in Shell, described the case as the first time a company board is facing a shareholder lawsuit for inadequately preparing to transition away from… |
(2023-02-09). Trump-Appointed Judge Could Impose Extreme Restrictions on Abortion Meds. truthout.org A federal judge appointed by former President Donald Trump could upend decades of policy on abortion medication, reversing the loosening of restrictions made in the past year and potentially outlawing the drug altogether. Federal District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who is based in Texas, will soon decide on a lawsuit brought forward by the far right legal organization Alliance Defending… |
(2023-02-09). Lidia Patty Mullisaca: Taking Down a Fascist. libya360.wordpress.com Cindy Forster Over two years ago, Lidia Patty Mullisaca of the indigenous Kallawaya nation, in rural La Paz, formally accused the leaders of Bolivia's 2019 coup for terrorism. This lawsuit led to the recent arrest of far-right leader Fernando Camacho. No one coached her. Her decisions hold a mirror to the thinking of Bolivia's masses….
(2023-02-10). Thursday 2/16: Free CWA NABET Journalist & Political Prisoner Mumia: An Injury To One Is An Injury To All. indybay.org ILWU Local 10 | 400 NorthPoint St | San Francisco, CA | March to Harry Bridges Plaza next to Ferry Building…
(2023-02-10). Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Abu Ali dies in occupation prisons amid ongoing policy of medical neglect. samidoun.net 
On Friday, 10 February, Palestinian prisoner Ahmed Badr Abu Ali, 48, from Yatta, al-Khalil, lost his life inside the occupation's Naqab desert prison, once again linked directly to the policy of medical neglect, delay and mistreatment to which the Palestinian prisoners are subjected to on an ongoing and systematic basis. Abu Ali was transferred to …
(2023-02-10). Call for Art & Essay Submissions for 2024 Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoner Calendar. itsgoingdown.org Announcing the Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar for 2024 and calling for submission of art and essays. The Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar collective is releasing its 23rd calendar in 2024. With twelve pieces of beautiful art and twelve essays, these radical calendars have a history of hanging in thousands of…
(2023-02-09). Sam Marcy clarified Marx for us. workers.org 
The following message was from a study group of prisoners on Texas Death Row at the Ellis I Unit, Huntsville, Texas, on the occasion of the 85th birthday celebration of the late chairperson of Workers World Party, Sam Marcy, Oct. 5, 1996. Both Emerson Rudd and Ponchai Wilkerson were legally . . . |
(2023-02-09). Thursday 2/16: Free CWA NABET Journalist & Political Prisoner Mumia:An Injury To One Is An Injury To All. indybay.org ILWU Local 10 | 400 NorthPoint St | San Francisco, CA | March to Harry Bridges Plaza next to Ferry Building…
(2023-02-09). Canadian Tire Fire #53: Bail Reform For the Worse, Drug Decriminalization, and Prison Construction Updates. itsgoingdown.org This week we look at a call from politicians to make it harder for prisoners to get bail, updates on prison construction in Ontario, drug decriminalization in BC, and deaths in prisons across so-called Canada. Bail Reform for the Worse Earlier in January, all 13 premiers across so-called Canada signed a letter to the federal…
(2023-02-09). Ortega Is Exploiting Nicaragua's Revolutionary Past to Crush Internal Struggles. truthout.org In early January, Nicaraguan officials assaulted political activist Edder Muñoz Centeno in La Granja, a prison in the department of Granada. First, they confiscated his food and medicine. Then after handcuffing him, guards reportedly hoisted him in the air while pummeling his body like a boxing bag. Muñoz Centeno is a member of the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy, a diverse coalition of… |
(2023-02-09). Years of Foreign Intervention in Syria Made Recent Earthquakes More Destructive. truthout.org As the death toll tops 17,000 in Turkey and Syria from Monday's twin earthquakes, we look at the situation in Syria, where 12 years of brutal war have left the country's institutions in tatters, further complicating aid efforts. Syrian writer, dissident and former political prisoner Yassin al-Haj Saleh describes how the war has killed about 2% of Syrians and displaced 7 million more… |
(2023-02-11). [Articles] An investigational oral plasma kallikrein inhibitor for on-demand treatment of hereditary angioedema: a two-part, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover phase 2 trial. thelancet.com Oral administration of sebetralstat was well tolerated and led to rapid suppression of plasma kallikrein activity, resulting in increased time to use of conventional attack treatment and faster symptom relief versus placebo. Based on these results, a phase 3 trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of two dose levels of sebetralstat in adolescent and adult participants with hereditary angioedema has been initiated (NCT05259917).
(2023-02-10). "We never got a ballot": Kentucky Ford workers denounce illegitimate UAW election. wsws.org Ford workers in Kentucky expressed strong support for Will Lehman's protest over voter suppression by the UAW bureaucracy.