Daily Archives: 2023-02-18

2023-02-18: News Headlines

splcenter (2023-02-17). SPLC wins Anthem Award for story about mistreatment of Black men in immigrant detention. splcenter.org

WSWS (2023-02-17). Disabled man starved to death in Arkansas jail in 2021. wsws.org Larry Eugene Price Jr., 51, diagnosed with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and PTSD, with a reported IQ of 55, was starved to death while in detention.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-17). Ali Wazir is free but his struggle continues. peoplesdispatch.org After 26 months of incarceration, Ali Wazir, leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, was finally released after getting bail. Wazir has been charged in a number of cases since December 2020 where he made a speech criticizing the Pakistani Army and establishment…

WSWS (2023-02-18). Alabama man froze to death after police shackled and left his naked body inside a "frigid environment" for hours. wsws.org The family of Anthony "Tony" Mitchell, a 33-year-old white man who was tortured for two weeks inside the Walker County jail before succumbing to his injuries, is suing over a dozen jail staff in connection with the death.

Dana Sanchez (2023-02-17). Former Top JP Morgan Executive Jes Staley's Emails Released Showing Links To Jeffrey Epstein. moguldom.com An unredacted lawsuit claims that a former top J.P. Morgan executive had a "profound" friendship with the disgraced pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, sharing emails coded "Snow White" that referred to sex with underage girls. Epstein operated a sex trafficking ring on his private island in the Virgin Islands. He died in a New York jail …

Protect Thacker Pass (2023-02-18). Three Tribes File New Lawsuit Challenging Thacker Pass Lithium Mine. indybay.org Late yesterday, three Native American Tribes — the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Burns Paiute Tribe, and Summit Lake Paiute Tribe — launched a major new lawsuit against the Thacker Pass lithium mine. | This new case contains major allegations that were not heard in the prior court case, and may be a significant roadblock for the mine.

splcenter (2023-02-17). SPLC wins Anthem Award for story about mistreatment of Black men in immigrant detention. splcenter.org

WSWS (2023-02-17). Disabled man starved to death in Arkansas jail in 2021. wsws.org Larry Eugene Price Jr., 51, diagnosed with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and PTSD, with a reported IQ of 55, was starved to death while in detention.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-17). Ali Wazir is free but his struggle continues. peoplesdispatch.org After 26 months of incarceration, Ali Wazir, leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, was finally released after getting bail. Wazir has been charged in a number of cases since December 2020 where he made a speech criticizing the Pakistani Army and establishment…

WSWS (2023-02-18). Alabama man froze to death after police shackled and left his naked body inside a "frigid environment" for hours. wsws.org The family of Anthony "Tony" Mitchell, a 33-year-old white man who was tortured for two weeks inside the Walker County jail before succumbing to his injuries, is suing over a dozen jail staff in connection with the death.

Dana Sanchez (2023-02-17). Former Top JP Morgan Executive Jes Staley's Emails Released Showing Links To Jeffrey Epstein. moguldom.com An unredacted lawsuit claims that a former top J.P. Morgan executive had a "profound" friendship with the disgraced pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, sharing emails coded "Snow White" that referred to sex with underage girls. Epstein operated a sex trafficking ring on his private island in the Virgin Islands. He died in a New York jail …

Protect Thacker Pass (2023-02-18). Three Tribes File New Lawsuit Challenging Thacker Pass Lithium Mine. indybay.org Late yesterday, three Native American Tribes — the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Burns Paiute Tribe, and Summit Lake Paiute Tribe — launched a major new lawsuit against the Thacker Pass lithium mine. | This new case contains major allegations that were not heard in the prior court case, and may be a significant roadblock for the mine.

Dana Drugmand (2023-02-17). Court hears appeal in Canadian youth climate lawsuit. nationofchange.org The case requests a court order declaring the government's conduct as unconstitutional and mandating the government implement a science-based climate recovery plan to reduce Canada's greenhouse gas emissions according to its fair share.

Gabriel Vera Lopes (2023-02-17). Tax haven investment fund charges Cuba for alleged debt from 1980s. peoplesdispatch.org Judge Sara Cockerill of the commercial division of England's High Court will have to decide in the coming weeks whether the investment fund CRF I Limited has standing to collect from the Cuban National Bank (BNC) and the state of Cuba. The legal dispute involves the fund, which is based in a tax haven and acquired Cuban debt securities in 2019, and, on the other side, the Cuban government itself, which accuses the alleged creditor of bad faith. | The magistrate's decision will respond to the lawsuit initiated by CRF I Ltd. in February 2020 in the London courts against the Cuban state. The court case ended its ora…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-02-17). Taking Down A Fascist: Interview. orinocotribune.com 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. Patty was among the Movement toward Socialism (MAS) parliamentarians who fought to preserve their majority through the coup year, when the right declared fraud on spurious evidence, then violently ousted MAS President Evo Morales. According to the Constitution, she was permitted to file the crimi…

Brenda Norrell (2023-02-17). The Long Journey Home: Peabody Coal removed 341 Navajo and Hopi from their burial places. indybay.org BLACK MESA, Arizona — Peabody Coal removed 341 Navajo and Hopi from their burial places for its coal mining, a tool of genocide, oppression and relocation. Southern Illinois University still has several million artifacts stolen from Black Mesa by Peabody Coal, some dating back 8,000 years.

Marie Kelly (2023-02-18). Interview with family and supporters of Kamau Sadiki. workers.org In 1999, the FBI threatened Kamau Sadiki with life in prison, if he did not assist in their attempt to recapture Assata Shakur. Shakur was a U.S. political exile living in Cuba and the mother of Kakuya Shakur, one of Kamau's daughters. When Kamau refused to betray his principles and . . . |

Nihonmachi Outreach Committee (2023-02-18). Sunday 2/19: "Reparatory Justice: Together We Rise": SJ Vigil for Japanese American Imprisonment WW2. indybay.org San Jose Buddhist Church | 632 N. Fifth Street | San Jose CA 95112 US…

Samidoun Deutschland (2023-02-18). Second Week of the Educational Campaign: Over 30 years — pre-Oslo Prisoners. samidoun.net "Deans of prisoners" is a term used by the Palestinian people for those who have been imprisoned by the Zionist occupation for more than 20 years continuously. Over the years, many Palestinian prisoners were liberated through prisoner exchange deals or other forms of political concession, such as those released in 1995 after the Oslo Accords; …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-02-17). Irvin Jim: "The Time Has Come, Justice Must Prevail, Mumia Abu-Jamal Must Be Set Free" libya360.wordpress.com Irvin Jim (From February 16 to March 16, trade unions and people's movements across the world are organizing a campaign to demand the release of US political prisoner, militant and journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, who has been in prison for over 41 years. The global action comes at a time when his defense is mounting a…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-02-17). "Justice Must Prevail": A Global Call for Freedom of Mumia Abu-Jamal. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch (Photo: The Campaign to Bring Mumia Home) A month-long solidarity campaign has been launched to demand the release of political prisoner and revolutionary Mumia Abu-Jamal just weeks before a court ruling in the US will determine if he will be granted a new trial, following decades of persecution The decades-long struggle for the…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-02-17). "Justice must prevail": a global call for freedom of US political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. peoplesdispatch.org A month-long solidarity campaign has been launched to demand the release of political prisoner and revolutionary Mumia Abu-Jamal just weeks before a court ruling in the US will determine if he will be granted a new trial, following decades of persecution…

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