(2023-01-25). Protest of Ohio cop hitting women in face. fightbacknews.org Butler Township, OH – On Saturday January 21, a few dozen people gathered in protest outside a local McDonald's, chanting "Black lives matter," "Women's lives matter," "No justice, no peace, no racist police" and "Boycott McDonald's." The event was hosted by Black Lives Matter-Dayton with the intention of bringing community awareness to an incident of police excessive use of force that had occurred earlier that week. | Latinka Hancock was struck in the face and head three times by Sergeant Todd Stanley while Officer Tim Zellers had a stun gun aimed at her. After receiving an incorrect order at the McDonald's in B…
(2023-01-25). Charges dropped against organizers who confronted Philippines President Marco, Jr. fightbacknews.org New York, NY – Charges against the Makibeki NYC 3 have or will be dismissed, defeating legal attacks that came after the protests against the president of the Philippines this past fall. | That's when pro-democracy organizers held a week of demonstrations against Philippines President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr., who was visiting the United Nations. Marcos' father, Ferdinand Marcos Sr., declared martial law in the Philippines years ago, and reigned over a 20-year dictatorship. Now his son, Marcos Jr., is presiding over a period of rampant human rights abuses, including arbitrary arrests and detention of po…
(2023-01-25). Family of Cesar Rodriguez to be awarded $12M in wrongful death lawsuit. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA – After an eight-day trial, Los Angeles Superior Court on January 20 issued a $12.2 million verdict against the Long Beach police officer for killing Cesar Rodriguez, a 23-year-old Chicano. The jury unanimously found killer cop Martin Ron guilty of negligence and responsible for Rodriguez's death. It is a victory for the surviving family as it is the largest police misconduct verdict in history against the Long Beach Police Department. The law firm of Arnold Casillas represented the family in the successful lawsuit and trial. | The second phase of the lawsuit, where jurors would weigh how much the…
(2023-01-25). 'Freedom for Assange and Journalism Are at Stake': Belmarsh Tribunal Comes to DC. orinocotribune.com By Brett Wilkins Jan 20, 2023 | "As long as the Biden administration continues to deploy tools like the Espionage Act to imprison those who dare to expose war crimes, no publisher and no journalist will be safe," said one of the tribunal's co-chairs. |
(2023-01-25). Autoworkers in Detroit and Chicago support Will Lehman protest against voter suppression in UAW election. wsws.org Autoworkers in Detroit and Chicago have expressed support for the official protest filed by Mack Trucks workers and United Auto Workers presidential candidate Will Lehman over the results of the first round of the UAW election, which concluded in November 2022.
(2023-01-24). United States: Police killings rose in 2022 and Black people are the main targets. greenleft.org.au It took a mass civil rights movement to end legal racial segregation in the United States, writes Malik Miah. The same must happen to abolish policing and the corrupt criminal "justice" system.
(2023-01-24). Behrouz Boochani: 'Many people have been damaged because of indefinite detention: they use time to torture people'. greenleft.org.au Alex Bainbridge spoke with Kurdish-Iranian activist, author and film producer Behrouz Boochani about his latest book Freedom, Only Freedom and Australia's refugee detention regime.
(2023-01-24). Trends in Sexual Assault Against Detainees in US Immigration Detention Centers, 2018-2022. jamanetwork.com This study examines sexual assault allegations perpetrated against individuals detained across US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities from 2018 to 2022.
(2023-01-24). A message from Palestinian prisoners to internationalists in the Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa'adat and All Palestinian Prisoners. samidoun.net 
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network received this message from Palestinian prisoners in occupation jails to all of those who have participated in the international events and actions during the Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa'adat and All Palestinian Prisoners, 14-24 January 2023. The message was read aloud during the mass demonstration in Gaza, organized …
(2023-01-24). Dire need for accountability in Illinois county jails. peoplesworld.org 
On August 27, 2020 Jason Fancher, a person who was incarcerated at the Iroquois County Jail, was declared dead after being transported to a local hospital from the facility. Jason was a loving father. Not only did he love and cherish his daughter, Sheanice Fancher, but he was a parental figure to her partner and …
(2023-01-24). Lawsuit Against Alleged CIA Spying On Assange Visitors Will Be Revised. thedissenter.org 
This article was funded by paid subscribers of The Dissenter Newsletter. Become a As the Belmarsh Tribunal gathered in Washington, DC, to make the case for freeing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, there was a development in the lawsuit against the Central Intelligence Agency and former CIA director Mike Pompeo for allegedly spying on Americans who visited Assange in the Ecuador embassy in London. | Judge John Koeltl in the Southern District of New…
(2023-01-24). Lawsuit Could Break Up Google Over Anticompetitive Practices in Digital Ads Market. commondreams.org The U.S. Department of Justice and several states filed a lawsuit against Google alleging that it illegally monopolized the market for online ads through years of self-dealing, anticompetitive acquisitions, and forcing businesses to use the products and services that it offers. The lawsuit could lead to a breakup of Google's advertising business. Matt Kent, competition …
(2023-01-24). DOJ Suit Against Google Heralded as Among 'Most Important Antitrust Cases' in US History. commondreams.org 
Anti-monopoly advocates on Tuesday praised the Biden administration and eight states for launching a federal antitrust lawsuit that could break up Google, which is accused of illegally dominating the digital advertising market. "Competition in the ad tech space is broken, for reasons that were neither accidental nor inevitable," states the complaint filed by the U.S. …
(2023-01-24). FDA Can Curtail Antibiotic Crisis by Ending Misuse in Livestock Animals, Say Health Advocate Groups in New Lawsuit. commondreams.org
(2023-01-24). One of the Most Important Antitrust Cases in American History: Our Reaction to the DOJ's Historic Suit Against Google. commondreams.org Today, Open Markets Institute Executive Director Barry Lynn released the following statement on the Department of Justice's intent to bring suit against Google parent company, Alphabet, over its monopolization of digital advertising: | "Today's lawsuit by the Department of Justice against Google for the monopolization of advertising will be remembered as one of the most important antitrust cases in American history. No previous corporation has ever posed such a direct threat to U.S. democracy, or to individual freedom of expression, action, and thought. | All of us at the Open Markets Institute commend the en…
(2023-01-24). National Guard Seeks To Double Size Of Its Largest Training Site. popularresistance.org Michigan – Nestled near the headwaters of the Au Sable River in Northern Lower Michigan, in lands forcibly taken from the Odawa and Ojibwa, the Michigan Army National Guard (MIANG) currently operates the largest National Guard training site in the country, Camp Grayling. At 230 square miles, it could fit Detroit (139 sq. miles), Lansing (37 sq. miles), and Grand Rapids (45 sq. miles) safely within its footprint. In addition to the Army and National Guard, the area is used by police departments, prisons, private military contractors, and foreign military units. | In January of 2022, the National Guard proposed exp…
(2023-01-24). Australian neo-Nazi spared prison sentence after violent attack on security guard. wsws.org The lenient sentence will further embolden far-right forces in Australia.