(2024-03-29). Mountaintop Removal: David Brooks and the Elite Consensus on Gaza. counterpunch.org 
In his March 24th opinion piece for the Times, David Brooks agrees with a "broad consensus atop the Democratic Party" (is there room for such breadth on the peak of that lofty mountain?) saying that Israel has the right to defend its apartheid regime by killing, banishing or imprisoning not only Gaza's entire military but its entire elected government
(2024-03-29). What did 'Crypto King' Sam Bankman-Fried do. geo.tv 
Sam Bankman-Fried has been sentenced to 25 years in prison…
(2024-03-29). Tennessee State University Hosts Protests After Governor Strips HBCU Of Its Board Of Trustees. newsone.com 
Source: Art Wager / Getty | School leaders at Tennessee State University are hosting a national press conference to address the recent extremist Republican legislatures across the country that are attacking and defunding historically black colleges and universities. | The press conference, which will take place this Monday, April 1, at 11 a.m. CST, will include national faith and civil rights leaders such as Bishop William J. Barber, II, Latosha Brown, Rev. Dr. Frederick Douglass Haynes III, Tamika Mallory and Roland Martin. | It will be located at the Rotunda of the Tennessee State Capitol, 600 Dr. Martin L King…
(2024-03-29). 'No one safe in jail', says SP MP Ram Gopal Yadav on death of Mukhtar Ansari. muslimmirror.com Lucknow : Samajwadi Party MP Ram Gopal Yadav said on Friday that the circumstances under which former MLA Mukhtar Ansari died are "extremely worrying," questioning whether the Uttar Pradesh government "will order a judicial inquiry." Mukhtar Anasri died in a hospital in Banda, Uttar Pradesh, on Thursday. In a post on X in Hindi, the …
(2024-03-29). South African gets 40 years in jail over kidnap case in Uganda. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A South African national, Joachim Ugochukwu Onyeako has been sentenced to 30 years in jail for kidnapping with the intention to procure a ransom. Onyeako was sentenced by a panel of three Court of Appeal Justices comprised of Deputy Chief Justice Richard Buteera, Justices Christopher Gashirabake, and Oscar …
(2024-03-29). NUP: Kateregga does not speak for our party. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Unity Platform- NUP President Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has distanced the party from comments by Ali Kateregga, a NUP Councilor from Masaka who pleaded with President Yoweri Museveni to release the jailed NUP party supporters. At the swearing-in ceremony of new ministers at State House on …
(2024-03-29). Unicor is sodomized by "Rape Club' culture at FCI, Dublin women's prison. indybay.org Unicor Is Sodomized By "Rape Club," Culture At Women's Prison:…
(2024-03-29). Oppn in UP seeks high-level probe in Mukhtar Ansari's death. muslimmirror.com Lucknow : Opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh are demanding a high-level probe into the death of jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who had earlier alleged that he was being given slow poison in his food in jail. In a post on X, Bahujan Samaj Party President Mayawati said that a high-level inquiry should be set up …
(2024-03-29). Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison for FTX crimes. albawaba.com Former billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried has been convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison for orchestrating a massive financial fraud that led to the downfall of the crypto trading platform FTX.Bankman-Fried was found guilty of seven counts of fraud, including stealing customer funds from FTX accounts and lying to investors and creditors. The total amount believed to have been stolen was at least $8 billion.Prosecutors argued that the embezzled funds were used for a lavish lifestyle in the Bahamas, political lobbying, and investments in other companies. In court, Bankman-Fried expressed remorse for the collapse…
(2024-03-29). Ralph Poynter — A revolutionary life. workers.org 
Ralph Poynter speaking at a rally for political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. By Mumia Abu-Jamal The English Poet William Wordsworth once said, "The child is the father of the man." Rarely has such an anecdote been so true as in the wild, rebel life of Ralph Poynter. Poynter, a member of . . . |
(2024-03-29). Women's History Month: Fannie Lou Hamer And How The Civil Rights Icon Challenged The Status Quo. newsone.com 
It wasn't called voter suppression back then, but civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer knew exactly how white authorities in Mississippi felt about Black people voting in the 1960s.
(2024-03-29). How Sam Bankman-Fried went to 25 years in prison from a $32B crypto king. albawaba.com 
ALBAWABA – The founder of the cryptocurrency exchange platform and coin FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, 32, has been found guilty on Thursday and given a 25-year jail term for defrauding investors out of nearly $8 billion, according to New York Times, ending one of the biggest rise and fall stories in crypto.The Bahamas-based FTX peaked at an evaluation of $32 billion earlier in 2022 according to CNBC, becoming one of the largest crypto currency marketplaces in the globe, offering providing spot trading in alongside derivatives products, before seeing a downfall that lead to the incarceration of its founder Sam Bankman-F…
(2024-03-29). Free Boris Kagarlitsky and all Russian anti-war political prisoners! cadtm.org
(2024-03-29). Who is Tunisia's jailed candidate for presidential election. newarab.com 
In The proposal, put forward by former minister Ayachi Hammami, intends "to put an end to the state of confusion and silence in the public scene…
(2024-03-29). Swedish police arrest Iranian prisoner's son: Daughter. presstv.ir Sweden's police reportedly arrest the son of an Iranian prisoner, who has been sentenced to life in prison based on complaints filed by anti-Iran figures.