infobrics (2023-12-26). Ukraine has civil rights problems that relegate Russians to second-class status — US expert. infobrics.org Even after peace is achieved, as long as the Russian minority remains marginalized in Ukraine and as long as NATO expansion goes on, there will still be room for tension and conflict – internally and internationally. It is about time we have a wide and honest discussion about post-Maidan Ukraine.

Editor (2023-12-26). Pressley Bill Would Classify Discriminatory Book Bans as Civil Rights Violations. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-12-26). Santa Was in Solitary and Jesus Got the Death Penalty. scheerpost.com By Jean Casella / Solitary Watch It's Christmastime once again in Incarceration Nation. Amid the celebrations, fears, and hopes the season brings this year, it is worth stopping for a moment to remember certain things about the two figures who dominate this holiday. As the year ends with some 2,300 Americans sitting on death row …

Staff (2023-12-26). Headlines for December 26, 2023. democracynow.org Hundreds of Palestinian Civilians Killed as Israel Steps Up Attacks on Gaza Strip, Israel PM Netanyahu Says Gaza Assault "Isn't Close to Finished", U.N. Security Council Passes Watered-Down Gaza Aid Resolution Following U.S. Veto Threat, Baghdad Condemns U.S. Strikes on Northern Iraq, Says Civilians Among the Dead, Israel Assassinates Senior Adviser to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps in Syria, Pope Calls for Gaza Ceasefire as Palestinians Cancel Christmas Celebrations in Bethlehem, Ukraine Weighs Lowering Age of Conscription as It Seeks Half-Million More Soldiers, Jailed Kremlin Critic Al…

ecns.cn (2023-12-26). Micron, Fujian Jinhua to settle lawsuits. ecns.cn U.S. chip company Micron Technology Inc has settled an intellectual property lawsuit with Chinese company Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co, which experts said can pave the way for positive development of the firms in the future.

jamanetwork (2023-12-26). Blood and Hyacinths: The Human Condition in Poetry. jamanetwork.com "Browsing the Journal of Gastrointestinal Distress" might seem an odd title for a poem, but not one written to honor the acclaimed Serbian American poet Charles Simic, who died in January 2023. Simic's poetry was colored by his early years in then-Yugoslavia amidst the specter of bloody political oppression, and was also distinctly American in its belief that art could be liberating. Thus "Browsing" tells of hyacinths planted among lyrically inscribed gravestones, the first in a series of juxtapositions that suggest beauty amidst darkness. Similarly, the speaker's fascination with the strange loveliness of the bo…

ecns.cn (2023-12-25). U.S. chip company Micron settles IP lawsuit with Chinese firm. ecns.cn The U.S. chip company Micron Technology Inc said it has settled an intellectual property theft lawsuit with Chinese company Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co.

Center for Biological Diversity (2023-12-25). Lawsuit: Huge California Reservoir Proposal Threatens River, Climate, Fish. indybay.org WOODLAND, Calif., December 20, 2023 — Conservation and environmental justice groups filed a legal challenge today to the largest reservoir project approved in California in decades. The Sites Reservoir would harm the Sacramento River ecosystem, threaten already imperiled fish species, and release greenhouse gas pollution, today's lawsuit says.

_____ (2023-12-25). TMS End of the Year Fundraising: Keeping TMS Alive. transcend.org As Marin Luther King, Jr said, "The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people (governments) but the silence over that by the good people." This silence is too loud. Please be counted. Donate to TMS Peace Journalism or we will fold—for the delight of the very bad warriors and oppressors.

People's Dispatch. (2023-12-25). 78 Palestine Solidarity Activists Face Charges For Civil Disobedience. popularresistance.org 78 Palestine solidarity activists are facing charges following a mass civil disobedience action staged on November 16, in which protesters shut down San Francisco's Bay Bridge in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. | Over 150 demonstrators blocked the Bay Bridge on November 16, while US President Joe Biden was in San Francisco for the APEC Summit. Several activists blocked the bridge with cars, and, highlighting their commitment, proceeded to throw their keys into the San Francisco Bay. | Protesters are facing charges ranging from unlawful public assembly, false imprisonment, refusing to comply with a…

krish-rad_ind (2023-12-25). Julian Assange & Gonzalo Lira Are in Prison Because of Biden. theduran.com

Brian Mier, Fairness, Accuracy in Reporting. (2023-12-25). US Media Suppressed Government's Role In Ousting Brazil's Government. popularresistance.org In a new peer-reviewed academic article in Latin American Perspectives (11/19/23), "Anticorruption and Imperialist Blind Spots: The Role of the United States in Brazil's Long Coup," Sean T. Mitchell, Rafael Ioris, Kathy Swart, Bryan Pitts and I prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the US Department of Justice was a key actor in what we call Brazil's "long coup." This was the period from 2014, beginning with the lead up to the illegitimate 2016 impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, to the November 2019 release of then-former, now-current President Lula da Silva from political imprisonment.

Editor (2023-12-25). In Prison, Christmas Can Help You Feel Human. scheerpost.com

Staff (2023-12-25). In Prison, Christmas Can Help You Feel Human. scheerpost.com Photo on left by LaChandra Moore; all other photos by Gem Jones via Prison Journalism Project By Gem Jones and Joybelle Phelan / Prison Journalism Project The holidays are one of the hardest times of the year for people inside prison. Gem Jones has never forgotten how alienated she felt during the 21 1/2 years …

Roger Harris (2023-12-24). How the Campaign to Free Political Prisoner Alex Saab Succeeded. counterpunch.org Alex Saab and President Maduro, Youtube screengrab. | Alex Saab was freed from US captivity in what Venezuelan Prof. Maria Victor Paez described as "a triumph of Venezuelan diplomacy." The diplomat had been imprisoned for trying to bring humanitarian supplies to Venezuela in legal international trade but in circumvention of Washington's illegal economic coercive measures, also known as sanctions. | To read this article, log in If you are logged in but can't read CP+ articles, ch…