(2023-07-14). How Michiganders Showed Up for Reproductive Freedom and Won. aclu.org 
Last year's decision overturning Roe v. Wade proved to be a major galvanizing moment for people who support abortion rights in communities across the country as bans began to go into effect. One of those states is Michigan, where a grassroots coalition had growing concerns about an archaic 1931 abortion ban that could take effect if the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and had already been working to prepare for that possibility. Their tireless work put abortion rights on the ballot with
(2023-07-13). Groups File Lawsuit to Block Newly Passed 6-Week Abortion Ban in Iowa. truthout.org Less than one day after the Republican-controlled Iowa state legislature passed a six-week abortion ban, lawyers from Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, the Emma Goldman Clinic and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Iowa filed a lawsuit on behalf of clinicians and reproductive health care specialists in the state to block the ban from being signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds (R). |
(2023-07-13). The UK Online Safety Bill poses grave threats to free speech, House of Lords told. expose-news.com "A wide range of policy analysts, civil rights groups, academics, lawyers, free speech campaigners and industry representatives have [suggested] ways of mitigating some of the grave threats to free speech in this …
(2023-07-14). Ten years too long: End offshore detention. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-07-14). Federal Court judge rules hotel detention inhumane but legal. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-07-14). Takeaways from the UN Special Rapporteur report on Guantanamo. mronline.org 
On June 26—the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture—the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism, released the final report of her technical visit to the United States, which included unprecedented access to the Guantanamo detention facility.
(2023-07-14). NSW legal groups call for new religious discrimination amendments to be rejected. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-07-14). Minneapolis protest against U.S. Supreme Court decisions. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – 30 protesters gathered in front of Mayday Books in the West Bank neighborhood on July 8 to oppose the recent U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decisions that end affirmative action, enable LBGTQ discrimination, and block student loan forgiveness. | Activists also commemorated the first anniversary of the June 24, 2022, overturn of Roe v. Wade by the SCOTUS in the Dobbs v. Jackson decision. In the year since, 14 states now have near, or total, abortion bans while six states have gestational restrictions. | "When Roe was overturned, many activists sensed that this was only the beginning. Unfortunately…
(2023-07-14). Daniel Ellsberg is Lauded in Death by the Same Media that Lets Assange Rot in Jail. dissidentvoice.org 
Rightly, there's been an outpouring of tributes to Daniel Ellsberg following the announcement of his death last Friday, aged 92. His leaking of the Pentagon Papers in 1971 revealed that Washington officials had systematically lied for decades about US military conduct in Vietnam. The disclosure of 7,000 pages of documents, and subsequent legal battles to …
(2023-07-14). Pedro Castillo Claims He Was Victim of a Plot. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Pedro Castillo, Peru's former president, during a new virtual appearance from the jail where he is serving an 18-month prison sentence on charges of rebellion after the failed attempt to shut down the parliament, affirmed that he was victim of a plot by the Prosecutor's Office and his country's Congress. | Related: | "I am convinced that the Prosecutor's Office is a real effective collaborator of this Con…
(2023-07-13). How Walid Daqqah has kept the struggle for dignity alive behind the bars of Israeli prison. peoplesdispatch.org A global campaign is demanding the freedom of Palestinian writer, intellectual, and activist Walid Daqqah, who has been imprisoned in Israeli jails for over 37 years, and is facing severe health issues. Sahar Francis, the General Director of Ramallah-based Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, talks about Daqqah's life of resistance and the importance of the campaign…
(2023-07-14). Accessibility Lawsuits Bring Slow But Steady Wins For Disabled City Residents. popularresistance.org In 2019, just months after New York City opened the new, eye-catching Queens library to much fanfare from the design world, local library patron Tanya Jackson filed a lawsuit against the library and the city. As architecturally interesting as the library was, her lawsuit claimed, it was inaccessible to her and other patrons who use mobility devices. | In May 2023, city officials filed another lawsuit—this time against the architectural firm, for "professional malpractice" in developing inaccessible designs. | "It's really a shame," says Sharon McLennon-Wier, the executive director of the Center for Independ…
(2023-07-14). Accessibility Lawsuits Are Bringing Slow But Steady Wins For Disabled City Residents. nextcity.org
(2023-07-13). Stop Cop City goes to the people in petition push, opens federal lawsuit. workers.org 
Atlanta Hundreds of volunteers, operating in three shifts daily, can be found all across Atlanta collecting signatures of residents to push for a ballot referendum in November on the construction of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, better known as "Cop City." They can be found at farmers markets, grocery . . . |
(2023-07-13). Families and Health Care Workers Are Suing Texas Over Gender-Affirming Care Ban. truthout.org Five families of transgender youth in Texas, plus three health care workers, are suing the state in an attempt to block its ban on gender-affirming care for minors from taking effect at the start of September. The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas and national legal groups are leading the lawsuit, which was filed late on Wednesday and names the state, the Texas attorney general and state… |
(2023-07-13). Twitter Refused to Pay Ex-Employees $500 Million in Severance, Lawsuit Says. truthout.org A new lawsuit filed against Twitter claims that the company has refused to pay out severance payments after it laid off thousands of workers when right-wing billionaire Elon Musk took over. The proposed class action lawsuit, filed on behalf of former employee Courtney McMillian in a federal district court in California on Wednesday, claims that the company has failed to pay at least $500 million… |
(2023-07-14). Kurds protest death threat to imprisoned leader Abdullah àñcalan. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-07-14). Gary Tyler art exhibit in Detroit: "Everyone should see Gary's work and learn about his case" wsws.org Gary Tyler, a class war prisoner for nearly 42 years in Angola State Penitentiary, Louisiana, has opened his first solo gallery exhibit of representational quilt work, paying tribute to those who were part of the long struggle for his freedom.
(2023-07-14). Accessibility Lawsuits Are Bringing Slow But Steady Wins For Disabled City Residents. nextcity.org
(2023-07-13). Stop Cop City goes to the people in petition push, opens federal lawsuit. workers.org Atlanta Hundreds of volunteers, operating in three shifts daily, can be found all across Atlanta collecting signatures of residents to push for a ballot referendum in November on the construction of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, better known as "Cop City." They can be found at farmers markets, grocery . . . |
(2023-07-13). Families and Health Care Workers Are Suing Texas Over Gender-Affirming Care Ban. truthout.org Five families of transgender youth in Texas, plus three health care workers, are suing the state in an attempt to block its ban on gender-affirming care for minors from taking effect at the start of September. The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas and national legal groups are leading the lawsuit, which was filed late on Wednesday and names the state, the Texas attorney general and state… |
(2023-07-13). Twitter Refused to Pay Ex-Employees $500 Million in Severance, Lawsuit Says. truthout.org A new lawsuit filed against Twitter claims that the company has refused to pay out severance payments after it laid off thousands of workers when right-wing billionaire Elon Musk took over. The proposed class action lawsuit, filed on behalf of former employee Courtney McMillian in a federal district court in California on Wednesday, claims that the company has failed to pay at least $500 million… |
(2023-07-14). Kurds protest death threat to imprisoned leader Abdullah àñcalan. greenleft.org.au
(2023-07-14). Gary Tyler art exhibit in Detroit: "Everyone should see Gary's work and learn about his case" wsws.org Gary Tyler, a class war prisoner for nearly 42 years in Angola State Penitentiary, Louisiana, has opened his first solo gallery exhibit of representational quilt work, paying tribute to those who were part of the long struggle for his freedom.
(2023-07-14). White House Deploys Troops To Bolster Right-Wing Coup Regime in Peru. orinocotribune.com By Abayomi Azikiwe — Jul 12, 2023 | As unrest continues the United States-backed government of Dina Boluarte commits atrocious human rights violations | Geostrategic analysis | In early December of 2022, the socialist president of Peru, Pedro Castillo, was overthrown in a political coup engineered by the conservative-dominated Congress and immediately thrown into prison. | Vice-President Dina Boluarte was installed as the new leader having received the endorsement of the military and the police. | Simultaneously, the United States administration of President Joe Biden recognized the new political order makin…
(2023-07-14). The Prison State Just Got Even Worse. leecamp.com
(2023-07-14). Macron marks Bastille Day by signing arms deal with India's Modi. thecanary.co Bastille Day marks the storming of the notorious Parisian fortress and political prison in 1789. The day is meant to embody the liberal and egalitarian values of the French Republic. On 14 July that year, locals rose up against monarchy and totalitarianism. The French stormed the fortress, killed its governor, and freed prisoners from their …
(2023-07-13). North Carolina neo-Nazi sentenced to three years in prison for assaulting police on January 6. wsws.org While on bail for attempted murder after shooting a 17-year-old Hispanic teenager in the head, then 20-year-old Beddingfield travelled to D.C. with his father to participate in the coup.
(2023-07-13). Global lawyers' association says: Free Walid Daqqah and all Palestinian prisoners. samidoun.net 
The International Association of Democratic Lawyers adopted a resolution at its Council meeting on 2 July 2023, calling for freedom for Palestinian prisoner, intellectual and freedom fighter Walid Daqqah, suffering from myelofibrosis, a rare bone marrow cancer, repeatedly denied release and subjected to systematic Israeli medical neglect. Read the resolution full text below: Resolution of the …
(2023-07-14). China: U.S. should lift sanctions before visit. ecns.cn China has urged the United States to abandon irrational suppression of Chinese companies and lift unilateral sanctions on them ahead of a possible visit by the U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.