Wendy Craig (2023-01-14). Press Conference: Defend the African Community's Right to Economic Self-Determination. indybay.org What: Press Conference: Defend the African Community's Right to Economic Self-Determination, and Human and Civil Rights on this MLK Day! | When: Friday, January 13th, 2023 at 10am | Where: Uhuru Furniture & Collectibles, 3742 Grand Ave., Oakland, CA 94610 | Who: African People's Education & Defense Fund and Uhuru Furniture & Collectibles | Black Star Industries and Uhuru Foods and Pies…
WSWS (2023-01-14). Sri Lankan government endorses arrest and detention of YouTuber. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) condemns the arrest of Sepal Amarasinghe, demands his immediate release and the abolition of the draconian laws used to detain him.
Kevin Gosztola (2023-01-14). CIA Pushes For Dismissal Of Lawsuit Against Alleged Spying On Assange Visitors. shadowproof.com The Central Intelligence Agency and former CIA director Mike Pompeo notified a federal court in New York that they intend to push for the dismissal of a lawsuit that alleges that they were involved in spying against attorneys and journalists who visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Ecuador's London embassy.
Leon Kunstenaar (2023-01-14). Local Code Pink Joins Organizations World Wide To Demand Closure of US Guantanamo Prison. indybay.org Action at UC Berkeley law school also demands prosecution for John Yoo, provider of legal "rational" for torture…
WSWS (2023-01-14). Workers back Will Lehman protest over voter suppression in UAW election. wsws.org "My local can get the word out to every member about a golf outing," one worker said, "but they couldn't inform us about the election."
Jake Johnson (2023-01-13). Keenan Anderson, Cousin of Black Lives Matter Cofounder, Killed by LAPD. truthout.org Harrowing video footage released this week shows officers with the Los Angeles Police Department forcibly restraining and repeatedly using a Taser on 31-year-old Keenan Anderson — a high school teacher and cousin of Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors — following a traffic accident. Soon thereafter, Anderson was transported to a local hospital where he suffered cardiac arrest and died. |
WSWS (2023-01-13). Los Angeles police begin new year killing 3 people in just over 24 hours. wsws.org Takar Smith and Oscar Leon Sanchez were both shot and killed by police while Keenan Anderson, a teacher and cousin of Black Lives Matter Founder, Patrice Cullors, suffered a cardiac arrest after he was repeatedly choked and tased while in police custody.
WSWS (2023-01-13). Los Angeles police begin new year killing three people in just over 24 hours. wsws.org Takar Smith and Oscar Leon Sanchez were both shot and killed by police while Keenan Anderson, a teacher and cousin of Black Lives Matter Founder, Patrice Cullors, suffered a cardiac arrest after he was repeatedly choked and tased while in police custody.
| AFP | (2023-01-13). At least 7 killed as tornadoes strike southern US. tribune.com.pk 
Severe storms lashed the southern United States on Thursday evening, unleashing dozens of damaging tornadoes and leaving at least seven people dead in their wake. | The National Weather Service reported 45 possible tornadoes over the course of the day, though that number could be revised. | Six people were killed due to the storms in Alabama's central Autauga County, deputy director of emergency services Gary Weaver told AFP, without further details. | In the nearby city of Selma, a key location in the 1960s civil rights movement, a tornado ripped through the downtown area, tearing off rooftops and downing tre…
Marjorie Cohn (2023-01-13). The Supreme Court Is About to Eviscerate the Right to Strike. truthout.org The right to strike is on trial in the Supreme Court. At stake is a 64-year-old precedent that shields workers and unions from state lawsuits while they pursue unfair labor practice claims in the federal National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). If unions have to defend against costly lawsuits, it will likely discourage them from going on strike. On January 10, the high court heard oral arguments in… |
Mark Gruenberg (2023-01-13). The right to strike in danger at the U.S. Supreme Court. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON —In a complex case from Washington state, the right-wing dominated U.S. Supreme Court tackled the right to strike and whether corporate lawsuits can stop it. "The right to strike is on trial today at the U.S. Supreme Court," AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler warned in a Jan. 10 tweet about the case, Glacier Northwest, Inc. …
Michael Sainato (2023-01-13). From Tesla to Twitter, wherever Elon Musk goes, lawsuits and alleged worker abuses follow. therealnews.com 
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_____ (2023-01-13). The case of Virgil Griffith and other affairs of "the accomplices of the Pyongyang hackers" journal-neo.org 
On April 12, 2022, the Southern District Court of New York sentenced American programmer and former Ethereum cryptocurrency developer Virgil Griffith to 5 years and 3 months in prison for visiting DPRK and giving a lecture on cryptocurrency technologies. He initially received 20 years in prison, but his sentence was reduced after he pleaded guilty …
_____ (2023-01-13). On Prison Journalism: 'The Lesson Here Is That the System Is Cruel'. popularresistance.org From 2010 to 2012, Keri Blakinger was incarcerated in state and county correctional facilities for possessing a "tupperware of heroin." Since then, she has gone on to work as a prison reporter at the Houston Chronicle, The Marshall Project and, most recently, the Los Angeles Times. In June 2022, Blakinger published Corrections in Ink, a memoir about her experience in the prison system. The book shows how Blakinger and fellow incarcerated people navigated the New York state prison system, profiling their resilience in the face of dehumanizing conditions. | Since its release, Blakinger has shared notes on Twitter f…
Amy Mek (2023-01-13). British Protest 15-Minute Cities Where They Will Become Prisoners of the State. globalresearch.ca
Amy Mek (2023-01-13). The WEF's "Net Zero Carbon" Lockdown Fraud: British Protest "15-Minute Cities" Where They Will Become Prisoners of the State. globalresearch.ca
Rick Rozoff (2023-01-13). Turkey's Tatar kinsmen: Ankara continues to stir Crimea separatist pot. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Hàºrriyet Daily NewsJanuary 12, 2023 Tàºrkiye voices concern over prison sentence of Crimean Tatars The Foreign Ministry expressed "concern" on prison sentences of 13 years against Tàºrkiye's Crimean Tatar kinsmen Cemil Gafarov, Servet Gaziyev, Erfan Osmanov, Alim Karimov and Seyran Murtaza. "We reiterate our support to Crimean Tatars' right to live freely and safely in …
15 January 2023 marks the 21st anniversary of the abduction of Palestinian leader Ahmad Sa'adat by the Palestinian Authority — at the behest of and as part of "security coordination" with the Israeli occupation in 2002. Sa'adat, the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, has now been imprisoned consistently since …