(2023-05-22). Honoring the Past, Paving the Future: Enhancing Voter Registration. aclu.org Last week marks the 30th anniversary of the Signed by President Bill Clinton in 1993, the voting rights law strengthened American democracy. From enabling eligible voters to simultaneously register to vote when they apply for or renew a driver's license, to offering voter registration opportunities via mail-in application opportunities, the NVRA helps make the promise of democracy real. The…
(2023-05-22). Ed Department Says GA District May Have Violated Students' Rights With Book Bans. truthout.org The Department of Education's (DOE) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) said in a letter sent on Friday that book bans implemented last year by a school district in Georgia may have violated students' rights. OCR recognized that Forsyth County School District, which banned a number of books containing LGBTQ themes and characters of color, was already implementing corrective actions to address the… |
(2023-05-22). Digital Privacy Legislation Is Civil Rights Legislation. transcend.org 18 May 2023 – Our personal data and the ways private companies harvest and monetize it plays an increasingly powerful role in modern life. Corporate databases are vast, interconnected, and opaque. The movement and use of our data is difficult to understand, let alone trace.
(2023-05-22). How one organization is training formerly incarcerated leaders to fight mass incarceration. therealnews.com 
Editor's note: At 00: 56, host Mansa Musa misspeaks when quoting a report and says that 55 million people are in the system of mass incarceration; the correct number is 5.5 million. | Over 1.9 million people are incarcerated in the US today, and even greater 5.5 million people are subjected to the wide-ranging system of mass punishment from parole, probation, and beyond. One organization,
(2023-05-22). Thursday 6/1: Jail Former SF Fed Member & Silicon Valley CEO Gregory Becker! Bankers Out Of Fed Reserve. indybay.org San Francisco Federal Reserve | 101 Market St. | San Franciso…
(2023-05-21). 'We were just singing': Tunisian students stunned after satirical song imprisonment. middleeasteye.net 
(2023-05-22). NAACP Issues Travel Advisory to Florida Over Anti-Black History Education Laws. truthout.org Over the weekend, the NAACP Board of Directors voted to issue a formal travel advisory warning people of color and LGBTQ people about "hostile" conditions in the state of Florida. The advisory, which was published on Saturday, was originally proposed by the Florida chapter of the NAACP, which asked the national organization to issue such an advisory in March. The advisory comes just a week after… |
(2023-05-22). Suicidal Rethugs gift Dems by reducing elections to absurdly simple choices: Want truth or lies? Democracy or oppression? Consensus or disorder? nationofchange.org Dems should simply repeat, "Do you want Trump in charge when the next global disease event strikes"?
(2023-05-22). Walid Daqqah transferred to Assaf Harofeh hospital after health deterioration. samidoun.net 
The family of Walid Daqqah, the imprisoned Palestinian intellectual and freedom fighter suffering from a rare form of cancer (myelofibrosis) and subjected to years of Israeli medical neglect inside occupation prisons, announced on Monday, 22 May that he had been transferred once again from the Ramle prison clinic to Assaf Harofeh civilian hospital. The family …
(2023-05-22). 31 May, Ottawa: Stop CANSEC — Shut Elbit Down! samidoun.net 
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network joins ILPS Canada and many other organizations to say: Canada, stop profiting off the arms trade! In 2022 the Canadian military spending reached over $36 billion which is set to increase by $8 billion over the next 5 years. Canada's involvement in the war industry and arms trades culminates every …
(2023-05-22). Texas rally demands 'Free condemned prisoner Rodney Reed now!'. workers.org 
Austin, Texas Rodrick Reed, told a crowd demonstrating for his brother Rodney Reed's freedom May 19: "Twenty-five years is a long time to have your family ripped apart and unjustly so. Twenty-five years is a long time for anybody to be down there on death row for a crime they . . . |
(2023-05-21). Samidoun joins #Nakba75 events in Switzerland highlighting 75 years of Palestinian, Arab and international resistance. samidoun.net 
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is currently participating in a series of events organized by a coalition of groups in Switzerland. The week of action, for #Nakba75, includes exhibitions, cultural events, demonstrations and political events highlighting the Palestinian people's liberation struggle through 75 years of ongoing Nakba. As the call to the week noted, "The …