2023-03-25: News Headlines

Sarah Taitz (2023-03-24). How Officials in Georgia are Suppressing Political Protest as 'Domestic Terrorism'. aclu.org

Fight Back (2023-03-24). Fight for Venezuelan diplomat's freedom intensifies due to health concerns. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – It has now been more than 1000 days since Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab was first kidnapped by the U.S. government on the island of Cabo Verde, off the west coast of Africa. Since then, he's been subjected to physical, psychological and chemical torture and moved to a federal detention center in Miami, Florida. | Two members of Minnesota's Anti-War Committee met with Saab's wife, Camilla Fabri Saab, on Tuesday, March 7, alongside a delegation from the Alliance for Global Justice and progressive lawyers with the Free Alex Saab Movement. Camilla, Fabri Saab, mother to their two young daug…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-03-24). Abu Ghraib: Horrors of US Occupation of Iraq. orinocotribune.com Abu Ghraib was a prison in the Iraqi city of the same name, located 32 kilometers west of Baghdad. The first buildings were constructed by a British contractor in the 1950s and were designed from the outset as a place of detention. | Under Saddam Hussein | During Saddam's leadership, the Mudiria al-Amn al-'Amm, or Directorate of General Security (DGS), operated the high-security prison where, according to Western media reports, mass torture and execution of political prisoners of the government took place. | In fact, however, there was no evidence that the prison was a political and not a conventional one. The la…

UFCLP (2023-03-25). Monday 3/27: Jail Former SF Federal Reserve Member & Silicon Valley Bank President/CEO Greg Becker. indybay.org San Francisco Federal Reserve | 101 California St. | San Francisco…

Unicorn Riot (2023-03-25). Eight Remain in Jail from March 5 Weelaunee Forest Raid, 15 Released. unicornriot.ninja

Amy Goodman (2023-03-24). Judge Denies Bond for 8 People Rounded Up in Mass Arrest for Opposing Cop City. truthout.org In Atlanta, a judge has denied bond for 8 of the people indiscriminately arrested at a music festival against the proposed "Cop City" police training facility in the Weelaunee Forest. Jailed since March 5, they are charged with domestic terrorism based on scant evidence like muddy clothes or simply being in the area at the time of the festival. We're joined by Micah Herskind… |

Sarah Taitz (2023-03-24). How Officials in Georgia are Suppressing Political Protest as 'Domestic Terrorism'. aclu.org

Fight Back (2023-03-24). Fight for Venezuelan diplomat's freedom intensifies due to health concerns. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – It has now been more than 1000 days since Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab was first kidnapped by the U.S. government on the island of Cabo Verde, off the west coast of Africa. Since then, he's been subjected to physical, psychological and chemical torture and moved to a federal detention center in Miami, Florida. | Two members of Minnesota's Anti-War Committee met with Saab's wife, Camilla Fabri Saab, on Tuesday, March 7, alongside a delegation from the Alliance for Global Justice and progressive lawyers with the Free Alex Saab Movement. Camilla, Fabri Saab, mother to their two young daug…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-03-24). Abu Ghraib: Horrors of US Occupation of Iraq. orinocotribune.com Abu Ghraib was a prison in the Iraqi city of the same name, located 32 kilometers west of Baghdad. The first buildings were constructed by a British contractor in the 1950s and were designed from the outset as a place of detention. | Under Saddam Hussein | During Saddam's leadership, the Mudiria al-Amn al-'Amm, or Directorate of General Security (DGS), operated the high-security prison where, according to Western media reports, mass torture and execution of political prisoners of the government took place. | In fact, however, there was no evidence that the prison was a political and not a conventional one. The la…

UFCLP (2023-03-25). Monday 3/27: Jail Former SF Federal Reserve Member & Silicon Valley Bank President/CEO Greg Becker. indybay.org San Francisco Federal Reserve | 101 California St. | San Francisco…

Unicorn Riot (2023-03-25). Eight Remain in Jail from March 5 Weelaunee Forest Raid, 15 Released. unicornriot.ninja

Amy Goodman (2023-03-24). Judge Denies Bond for 8 People Rounded Up in Mass Arrest for Opposing Cop City. truthout.org In Atlanta, a judge has denied bond for 8 of the people indiscriminately arrested at a music festival against the proposed "Cop City" police training facility in the Weelaunee Forest. Jailed since March 5, they are charged with domestic terrorism based on scant evidence like muddy clothes or simply being in the area at the time of the festival. We're joined by Micah Herskind… |

Staff (2023-03-24). Cop City: Judge Denies Bond to People Rounded Up in Mass Arrest for Opposing Police Training Facility. democracynow.org In Atlanta, a judge has denied bond for 8 of the people indiscriminately arrested at a music festival against the proposed "Cop City" police training facility in the Weelaunee Forest. Jailed since March 5, they are charged with domestic terrorism based on scant evidence like muddy clothes or simply being in the area at the time of the festival. We're joined by Micah Herskind, an Atlanta community organizer, who calls the charges "political prosecutions" and a blatant "attempt to repress this social movement that is trying to stop Cop City."…

Staff (2023-03-24). Headlines for March 24, 2023. democracynow.org Netanyahu Shielded from Charges as Protests Rage Against Far-Right Judicial Reforms, Millions Join General Strike in France After Macron Uses Executive Fiat to Slash Pensions, Biden and Trudeau to Announce Deal to Block Asylum Seekers at U.S. Northern Border, U.S. Warplanes Strike Syria After Drone Attack on U.S. Base Kills Contractor, Indian Opposition MP Rahul Gandhi Jailed for Criticizing Modi, House Panel Grills TikTok CEO as Progressives Warn Against Anti-Chinese Scapegoating, Utah Passes Law Requiring Parental Consent for Minors Using Social Media, GA and IA Ban Healthcare for Trans Youth; World Athletics B…

WSWS (2023-03-25). Lawsuit over Vermont Law School murals depicting slavery lands in Court of Appeals. wsws.org Kerson's mural, comprising two 8'àó24′ panels titled Vermont, the Underground Railroad and Vermont and the Fugitive Slave, is significant from a historical, political and artistic perspective.

Dana Sanchez (2023-03-24). Soulja Boy, Lil Yachty, Ne-Yo And Akon Targeted By SEC, US Government For Illegally Pumping Crypto Tokens To Fans. moguldom.com Four black music and recording artists are among eight celebrities who have been targeted by the SEC in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for promoting crypto tokens to fans without disclosing that they were paid to do so. The lawsuit, filed on Wednesday in federal court in New York, names …

Kevin Gosztola (2023-03-24). In Push To Dismiss Lawsuit, CIA Says Americans Who Visited Assange Had No Privacy Rights. thedissenter.org This article was funded by paid subscribers of The Dissenter. To support journalism on whistleblowers and related press freedom issues, The Central Intelligence Agency and former CIA director Mike Pompeo contend that attorneys and journalists, who visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, had no "legitimate expectation of privacy" when it came to conversations with a "notorious wanted fugitive in a foreign embassy." | "There is no plausible argument that it would be unreasonable or indiscriminate…

A Guest Author (2023-03-25). Antiwar statement from inside Ukraine. workers.org The statement below is from the Union of Political Emigrants and Political Prisoners of Ukraine to the March 18 antiwar rally organizers and "to all participants of the peace-supporting events in the U.S. and the E.U. on March 18 and after." Dear Friends! WW PHOTO: Workers World Dear comrades in . . . |

Fight Back (2023-03-24). PFLP: We salute the victory of the prisoners. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine | We salute the victory of the prisoners in this battle and call for the continuation of a broader process of political, on the field, media, and popular support, considering that their cause is one of the main issues of the struggle against the enemy. | The participation of the Palestinian Authority in the Aqaba-Sharm el-Sheikh meeting is a coup against the popular will and a rebellion against the decisions of the national consensus that reject this participation and warn of its consequences. | T…

It's Going Down (2023-03-24). This Is America #184: Eric King Prepares for Release; Interview with Directors of "Elements of Mutual Aid" itsgoingdown.org Welcome, to This Is America, March 24th, 2023. On this episode, we speak with two members of the support crew for anarchist political prisoner, Eric King, who talk about a current fundraiser to help Eric get back on his feet as his release at the end of the year nears. We discuss how Eric has…

Naveena Sadasivam (2023-03-24). Pipeline Protests in Utah Could Now Get You at Least Five Years in Prison. truthout.org In Utah, protests that hinder the functioning of fossil fuel infrastructure could now lead to at least five years in prison. The new rules make Utah the 19th state in the country to pass legislation with stiffer penalties for protesting at so-called critical infrastructure sites, which include oil and gas facilities, power plants, and railroads. The new laws proliferated in the aftermath of the… |

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-24). Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi expelled from parliament after defamation conviction. peoplesdispatch.org The move came a day after Rahul Gandhi was sentenced to two years in prison in a defamation case. His conviction, as well as his expulsion, has been criticized by the opposition, civil society and legal experts…

scorinoco (2023-03-24). Alex Saab's Life Is in Danger (Statement by Puerto Rican Activists). orinocotribune.com By àìscar López Rivera, Luis Rosa Pérez, Adolfo Matos Antorgiorgi — Mar 23, 2023 | The Venezuelan diplomat, Alex Saab, is still imprisoned in the prisons of the United States of America. His health has deteriorated. His life is in danger. We urge you to join the campaign for his immediate release. | As Puerto Ricans who love justice and freedom, we demand that the government of the United States of America immediately release Alex Saab. | It has been two years and eight months since the US government kidnapped Alex Saab in a gross violation of human rights and international law. The kidnapping and imp…

Staff (2023-03-24). Munther Khalaf Mufleh: Prisoners' movement victory is an implementation of unity and true partnership. samidoun.net The following article, by Palestinian prisoner leader Munther Khalaf Mufleh, is republished from the original Arabic, from the Handala Center. After the escalation of Zionist attacks against the achievements gained by the prisoners' movement over the years, and the attempts of the fascist Ben Gvir to seize our rights by enacting laws and policies such …

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