Editor (2023-10-28). ACLU files brief arguing Trump gag order violates the first amendment. mronline.org The order, issued in an ongoing election interference case, restricts constitutionally-protected speech. Case: United States v. Trump (Amicus Brief)…

Georgina Ferry (2023-10-28). Perspectives] May Edward Chinn: pioneer of early cancer detection. thelancet.com May Chinn (1896—1980), born in Great Barrington, MA, USA, in the late 19th century, needed all the advantages of an excellent brain and a determined personality to contend with the extreme disadvantage of rampant racial and gender discrimination. She became the first African American woman to graduate from Bellevue Hospital Medical College (now the New York University Grossman School of Medicine) in New York, NY, USA, and helped to drive improvements in cancer care through early diagnosis in her city.

Chicago Alba Solidarity, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-10-29). Medea Benjamin Reveals Details Of Visit To Venezuela's Diplomat Alex Saab. popularresistance.org Activist and founder of the CODEPINK women's group, Medea Benjamin, stated that the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, kidnapped by the United States, "has a commitment to himself, to his dignity, to his honor and his major commitment is with the Venezuelan people." | Benjamin, who had the opportunity to visit the special envoy in the Miami federal prison recently, commented on her impressions during the most recent webinar of Hands Off Venezuela, organized by the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign of the Fire This Time Movement of Canada. | Medea Benjamin highlighted that Saab remains "firm, with his head held high."

Editor (2023-10-29). The Hannibal Directive: What Really Happened On October 7th. scheerpost.com By Mnar Adley / MintPressNews We were told Hamas killed 1400 Israelis on October 7, that they carried out rapes and torture of civilians en masse and, of course, that they beheaded babies. These claims are being used to justify Israel's bombardment of Gaza — the world's largest open-air prison. Israel's bombing of the strip, …

presstv.ir (2023-10-29). Hamas says prepared for 'immediate' prisoner swap, but Israel stalling. presstv.ir Hamas says it is prepared to engage in an "immediate" prisoner exchange with the Israeli regime.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-10-29). When Free Speech ended. expose-news.com Many people believed that it was a victory when historian David Irving was sent to prison for questioning the extent of the Holocaust. But ironically, it was a victory for fascism and …

Editor (2023-10-28). What We Lose When People Overdose in Prison. scheerpost.com

Staff (2023-10-28). CODEPINK's Medea Benjamin Reveals Details of Visit to Venezuela's Diplomat Alex Saab. orinocotribune.com Activist and founder of the CODEPINK women's group, Medea Benjamin, stated that the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, kidnapped by the United States, "has a commitment to himself, to his dignity, to his honor and his major commitment is with the Venezuelan people." | Benjamin, who had the opportunity to visit the special envoy in the Miami federal prison recently, commented on her impressions during the most recent webinar of Hands Off Venezuela, organized by the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign of the Fire This Time Movement of Canada. | Medea Benjamin highlighted that Saab remains "firm, with his head held high," and…

Josephine Morris (2023-10-13). Offering treatment to drug users instead of arresting them reduces crime and addiction — new research into police diversion program shows. nationofchange.org Treatment programs rather than incarceration are far more effective for drug-related offenses.

Restore Oakland (2023-10-13). Wednesday 10/18: Stop the Santa Rita Jail Expansion! indybay.org Restore Oakland | 1419 34th Ave | Oakland…

ecns.cn (2023-10-12). TV host deported from China after serving jail time. ecns.cn China's State security agency said on Wednesday that it had deported Australian national Cheng Lei after she served a full sentence for illegally providing Chinese State security secrets abroad.

Restore Oakland (2023-10-12). Wednesday 10/18: Stop the Santa Rita Jail Expansion! indybay.org Restore Oakland | 1419 34th Ave | Oakland…

Tim Wilkins (2023-10-12). Illinois: First in the Nation to End Cash Bail! peoplesaction.org In a tremendous victory for organizers, Illinois became, on September 18, the first state in the nation to end cash bail! Other states have sought to limit this widespread practice, which forces people to pay for release from jail while they await trial, but Illinois is the first to fully ban money bonds. This is …

Juan Cole (2023-10-12). Is California's Climate Lawsuit against Big Oil a Gamechanger? counterpunch.org The depths of depravity into which unvarnished capitalism can plunge mortal souls is incalculable. It should come as no surprise then that oil company executives and the officials of petrostates like Saudi Arabia have so assiduously lied to us about the catastrophic effects of climate change. After all, the executives of tobacco firms have been perfectly content

Phyllis Bennis (2023-10-12). Both Israelis and Palestinians Are Victims of Israel's Apartheid System. fpif.org The violence in Gaza and Israel is bringing horrifying new levels of human suffering to both Israelis and Palestinians. | Both sides have committed heinous violations of international law, and all attacks on civilians must be condemned. But if we're serious about preventing such horrors in the future, we have to go beyond condemnation. | A lesson we ignore at our peril is that oppression undermines not only the rights, dignity, and lives of the oppressed, but eventually the security of the oppressors as well. The apartheid system that's been suffocating Palestinians for so long is now also undermining the safety…

Editor (2023-10-13). Oct 13, 2023. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ An Cailin Alainn — Sibéal The geopolitics of Al-Aqsa Flood, by Pepe Escobar The God of War Consumes All, by Bill Astore Biden Invokes Mystery Evil to Cover Up U.S. Criminal Responsibility, by Finian Cunningham People Have A Serious Case Of 9/11 Brain Right Now, And It's Scary, by Caitlin Johnstone Jewish Voice for Peace: The Root of Violence is Oppression The New Gaza Generation: Rising Against Desperation and Defying Israel, by Ramzy Baroud Day Six: Mass Displacement; Thousands Dead, Wounded; Resistance Continues — Palestine Chronicle Report from Gaza: fears that Israeli army is…

Mnar Adley (2023-10-13). Explained: The Gaza Concentration Camp. mintpressnews.com You heard it. Media have decided that this attack was "unprovoked," casually leaving out decades of occupation and oppression that have turned Gaza into the world's largest concentration camp and open-air prison. | In fact, this attack was very much provoked. And the violence did not just start on October 7th. | To be clear, Israel and Gaza are not two countries at war. Gaza is a territory under siege, where Israel controls every aspect of life. Palestinians didn't break through a "border" to enter Israel. They destroyed a fence separating them from the homes they were forced out of. | Over 75% of Palestinians in…

Ray McGovern, Consortium News. (2023-10-13). A Matter Of Justice. popularresistance.org I was nine years old (1948) when there was HUGE celebration in the Bronx at the founding of the state of Israel. No one told me that Arabs had lived on that land for centuries and were displaced by force, tens of thousands of them crammed into postage-stamp-size Gaza, now host to two million Palestinians. | The Religious 'Justification': Zionist Jews, like the ones now in power in Israel, claim God gave them the land they now occupy. They cite Deuteronomy. But given the way they treat Arabs, they ignore the fact that, according to Deuteronomy, it was a two-part 'deal'. By their oppression of the Arab population,…

WSWS (2023-10-13). Reject all capitalist parties in New Zealand's crisis election! Join the Socialist Equality Group! wsws.org For workers and young people who want to fight against war and oppression, and for an end to capitalism, the only option is to oppose Labour, National and all their allies and build the Socialist Equality Group.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-12). From River to Sea: Interview with a Comrade of the PFLP. libya360.wordpress.com Beir Bua Resistance Reports Q: The PFLP is of course a socialist, Marxist-Leninist political party, and generally aims for a Palestine free from both national and class oppression. What is the specific program of the PFLP, and also what separates the PFLP from other Palestinian factions? A: The Arab popular movement, with its different nationalist,…

Revolution Books (2023-10-12). Saturday 10/14: Film/Discussion–BEHIND THE ISRAEL GAZA CLASH – No to US-Israeli Oppression of the Palest. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

Elliot Murphy (2023-10-13). Conflict in the Gulag Archipelago. counterpunch.org Israel-Palestine is one of those issues that looks like it has a simple solution, but the more you read about it the more complex you realize the situation is — but then if you read even more about it you conclude that it does have a simple solution after all. Iran-backed Hamas is resisting the

greenleft.org.au (2023-10-13). Kurdish community calls for freedom for political prisoner Abdullah àñcalan. greenleft.org.au

Jeffrey St. Clair (2023-10-13). Roaming Charges: Gaza Without Mercy. counterpunch.org When you declare total war against Gaza, which has been under perpetual siege since 1967 after being seized by Israel during the Six Day War, what is it you're going to war against? There are no airbases, no army bases, no tank battalions, no air defense systems, no naval ports, no oil refineries, no rail system, no troop barracks, no armored personnel carriers, no howitzers, no satellite systems, no attack helicopters, no fighter jets, no anti-tank batteries, no submarines, no command-and-control centers. Just people, most of them women and kids. It's why the entire population must be dehumanized, turned into "h…

Kenn Orphan (2023-10-13). Israel and the Gaza Prison Break. counterpunch.org There are some are saying that the recent Hamas attack in southern Israel was that country's 9/11. It's hard to miss the inference there. A gruesome and "unprovoked" attack on innocent people. An outpouring of grief and international solidarity. A demand for retaliation. As in those attacks over 20 years ago, these were no less

midwesternmarx (2023-10-13). Israeli terror against Palestinians is behind the war in the Mideast By: John Wojick. midwesternmarx.com People stand outside a mosque destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Oct.8, 2023. AP Photo/Yousef Masoud At a minimum hundreds of Israelis and even more Palestinians have already been killed in violence now marked by constant barbaric air raids Israel has unleashed on the territory of Gaza, a small enclave near the southern tip of Israel that is literally an outdoor prison for its 2 million Palestinian inhabitants.​People in Gaza cannot leave there a …

WSWS (2023-10-13). Australian Labor government bans pro-Palestinian protest, threatens police rampage in Sydney. wsws.org Police are threatening to invoke "extraordinary powers" against a Sydney protest this Sunday, which could include mass searches, enormous fines and terms of imprisonment.

Chris Gilbert (2023-10-12). Venezuelan Migrants: Survivors from a Passenger Ship That You Sunk. counterpunch.org The empire throws the stone but hides its hand, and the obedient mass media (The New York Times included) follows suit by telling only of the reactions provoked by repeated imperial stonings. Two million Palestinians have been made hostage in the world's largest open-air prison for decades, where they are subjected to repeated attacks and humiliations. Then, lo

Dave DeCamp (2023-10-12). US, Qatar Agree to Deny Iran Access to $6 Billion of Its Funds. news.antiwar.com The US and Qatar have agreed to deny Iran access to $6 billion of its own funds that were recently released as part of a prisoner swap deal with the US, The New York Times reported on Thursday. The $6 billion was frozen in South Korea due to US sanctions on Iran that were re-imposed …

Editor (2023-10-12). Israeli Journalist Gideon Levy: Israel Should Lift Siege & Call Off Plans for Ground Invasion of Gaza. scheerpost.com By DemocracyNow! From Tel Aviv, we hear from award-winning Israeli journalist and author Gideon Levy, whose recent column for Haaretz is headlined "Israel Can't Imprison Two Million Gazans Without Paying a Cruel Price." Levy discusses the reaction within Israeli society toward Hamas's unexpected attack and condemns the Netanyahu government for only mobilizing for further warfare rather than …

Staff (2023-10-12). Statement: Germany announces ban on Samidoun Network — we remain steadfast! samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is outraged at the statement of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in the Bundestag on 12 October 2023 where he declared his intention to ban Samidoun Network as an organization in Germany, which was supported by the ministry of interior shortly after. As we write this message, Palestinians in Gaza are …