Alison Mollman (2024-01-19). Alabama Plans To Execute A Man With Nitrogen Gas Despite Jury's Life Verdict. aclu.org On January 25, the state of Alabama will attempt to execute Kenneth Smith using nitrogen hypoxia, forcing him to inhale pure nitrogen through a mask until he suffocates. This will be the first time in United States history that nitrogen gas has ever been used to execute a person. | Earlier this month,

Mark Gruenberg, Portside. (2024-01-19). At MLK Conference, Unionists Strategize On Organizing The South. popularresistance.org Unionists at the AFL-CIO's annual Martin Luther King conference, held January 12-14 in Montgomery, Ala., tackled what one panelist called a decades-long problem for the labor movement: Organizing the South. | And that means both for more union victories, and members, and politically, too. | The conference, in a birthplace of the modern civil rights movement, preceded the first actual voting of the 2024 presidential campaign: The January 15 Iowa Republican caucuses, pitted former GOP Oval Office occupant Donald Trump—a self-professed authoritarian who'd rip up the U.S. Constitution—against the rest of…

Democracy Now! (2024-01-19). Democracy Now! 2024-01-19 Friday. democracynow.org Headlines for January 19, 2024; Uvalde Failure: DOJ Report Finds 377 Officers Waited 77 Mins as 19 Kids, 2 Teachers Killed by 1 AR-15; Texas Sen. Gutierrez Slams Gov. Abbott Immigration Crackdown After Mom & 2 Children Drown in Rio Grande; Meet Tal Mitnick, 18, the First Israeli Jailed for Refusing Military Service in "Revenge War" on Gaza; Horrific Traumatic Injuries of Children: British Dr. Witnesses Israel's Destruction of Gaza Hospitals | Headlines for January 19, 2024; Uvalde Failure: DOJ Report Finds 377 Officers Waited 77 Mins as 19 Kids, 2 Teachers Killed by 1 AR-15; Texas Sen. Gutierrez S…

Staff (2024-01-19). Meet Tal Mitnick, 18, the First Israeli Jailed for Refusing Military Service in "Revenge War" on Gaza. democracynow.org As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to continue the assault on Gaza, we speak with the first Israeli to refuse mandatory military service since Israel's offensive began over three months ago. Last month, 18-year-old Tal Mitnick announced he would refuse military service in what he called a "revenge war" on Gaza, and was sentenced to 30 days in a military prison. Just released from jail, Mitnick faces another draft summons and says he will refuse "over and over until someone gives up, until the army gives me an exemption." Mitnick says the October 7 Hamas attack on south…

Staff (2024-01-19). Bilkis Bano case: SC dismisses convicts' pleas seeking more time to surrender. muslimmirror.com New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the applications filed by convicts in Bilkis Bano case seeking an extension of four to six weeks to surrender before the concerned jail authorities. A bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan said that the applications filed by gang-rape and murder convicts seeking permission to …

Staff (2024-01-19). Bilkis Bano case: SC dismisses convicts' pleas seeking more time to surrender. muslimmirror.com New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the applications filed by convicts in Bilkis Bano case seeking an extension of four to six weeks to surrender before the concerned jail authorities. A bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan said that the applications filed by gang-rape and murder convicts seeking permission to …

Angela (2024-01-19). Friday 1/26: Teach-In and Rally for Biden Federal Court Lawsuit. indybay.org Oscar Grant Plaza | 14th & Broadway | Oakland, CA | Rain location: | First Unitarian Church of Oakland | 685 14th St | Oakland, CA…

The Independent (2024-01-19). Museveni blasts West about oppression and lectures on democracy. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni has emphasized the need for the free association of nations, people of a common or shared origin interacting for mutual advantage with the Peoples of the World. Museveni made the call at the opening of the Non-Aligned Movement Heads of State and Government Summit in Kampala. Museveni in …

The Independent (2024-01-19). MPs call for construction of mini-max prison in Mbarara. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee have asked the Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development to prioritize funding the construction of a mini-max prison facility in Mbarara District. The recommendation is contained in the Committee's report on the National Budget Framework Paper for the Financial …

6abc digital staff (2024-01-18). Temple University joins list of colleges under investigation for alleged discrimination. whyy.org This story originally appeared on The U.S. Department of Education opened its probe into several schools and universities in November. | The department says the investigation comes after a rise in antisemitism and Islamophobia since the Israel-Hamas war began in October. | Officials have not relea…

aljazeera (2024-01-18). Israeli arrests of Palestinian journalists soared in 2023: CPJ. aljazeera.com More than a dozen Palestinian journalists held in Israeli jails since the start of the Gaza war on October 7.

Walaa Sabah (2024-01-18). War on Gaza: Palestinians fear ground raid on Nasser Hospital. middleeasteye.net War on Gaza: Palestinians fear ground raid on Nasser Hospital | Situation in Khan Younis rapidly deteriorating under intensified bombardment, as Arab nations develop 'plan to create Palestinian state' | Thu, 01/18/2024 – 15: 16 | This handout picture released on 18 January 2024 shows Israeli soldiers in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip (AFP/Handout/Israeli army) | Two consecutive nights of he…

The Independent (2024-01-18). CONFIRMED: President Museveni pardons ex-NSSF MD Jamwa, 12 others. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has pardoned 13 convicts including the former Managing Director of National Social Security Fund (NSSF) David Chandi Jamwa who has been serving a 12-year jail term handed to him for causing government a financial loss of sh3 billion. Others pardoned are Vincent Ntale, Nelson Drabo …

Ann Brown (2024-01-18). After Settling Explosive Lawsuit From Cassie, Diddy, And CàÆroc Owner Diageo Settle Lawsuit. moguldom.com Hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs has withdrawn his lawsuit against Diageo, marking the end of a legal battle that stirred controversy in the spirits industry. The settlement, announced through a joint statement on Jan.17, sees Diageo emerging as the sole owner of CàÆroc vodka and DeLeon tequila, brands that were previously co-owned and promoted by …

MEE staff (2024-01-18). Lawsuit accuses New York County police of forcibly removing Muslim woman's hijab. middleeasteye.net Lawsuit accuses New York County police of forcibly removing Muslim woman's hijab | During an arrest, the Suffolk County Police Department allegedly took off a woman's hijab and did not give it back until her release | Thu, 01/18/2024 – 17: 03 | Two girls stand outside of a mosque on Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn during funeral of a police officer on 09 February 2023 in New York City (AFP) | New York's…

Angela (2024-01-18). Friday 1/26: Teach-In and Rally for Biden Federal Court Lawsuit. indybay.org Oscar Grant Plaza | 14th & Broadway | Oakland, CA | Rain location: | First Unitarian Church of Oakland | 685 14th St | Oakland, CA…

C.J. Atkins (2024-01-18). Gerald Horne endows International Publishers research prize on Indigenous dispossession and Black oppression. peoplesworld.org At International Publishers' 100th anniversary symposium in New York in October, Dr. Gerald Horne announced a research prize for the best new manuscript submitted to International that reflects the links between Indigenous dispossession and slavery/Jim Crow. The Jerry and Flora Horne Scholarship will award $1,000 to the winning applicant. Horne—known for such books as Revolting …

Eds. (2024-01-18). Commune or Nothing! Communes Against Capitalism. mronline.org In this panel, Kali Akuno, John Bellamy Foster, Chris Gilbert, and M.E. O'Brien examine the commune and communal organizing as part of the project of revolutionary social transformation. The speakers address how socialist communes can be used to abolish the logic of capitalism, which is based on the exploitation of human beings, the expropriation of nature, and oppression.

Wyatt Reed (2024-01-18). Israeli army gassed my son 'like Auschwitz,' mother of slain Israeli soldier says. thegrayzone.com An outraged Israeli mom has sparked an uproar after accusing the Israeli army of deliberately gassing her son to death while he was being held in a Gaza tunnel. Now she says the Israeli military had her son's gravestone removed after her critical message went viral. His killing follows a pattern of Israeli military attacks on Israeli captives in Gaza, raising questions about the existence of a friendly fire policy to prevent prisoner swaps. The mother of a now-dead Israeli …

Staff (2024-01-18). US citizen Gonzalo Lira abandoned to die in Ukraine. youtube.com The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate cover the shocking death of Gonzalo Lira, a US citizen imprisoned by Ukraine's regime for criticizing Kiev's war effort, and the Biden administration's abject refusal to intervene on his family's behalf. ||| The Grayzone ||| Find more reporting at thegrayzone.com Support our original journalism at Patreon: patreon.com/grayzone Facebook: …

Editor (2024-01-18). Food Insecurity in Prison Makes People Like Me Vulnerable to Labor Exploitation. scheerpost.com

Ajamu Baraka (2024-01-18). Sekou Odinga has joined the ancestors but the spirit of the Black Liberation Army and African Resistance lives on! mronline.org A commemoration of the life of comrade Sekou Odinga, a lifelong New African revolutionary, former political prisoner, and unstoppable force in the Black liberation movement.

Staff (2024-01-17). 18 January, Athens: Free them All: Political Prisoners of Palestine and the Internationalist Struggle Against Imperialism. samidoun.net ATHENS, GREECE — Join us on Thursday, 18 January in Athens, Greece for a special panel on Palestinian political prisoners and the international struggle against imperialism, Zionism and Colonialism. Mohammed Khatib, Europe coordinator of Samidoun, will speak on the panel with Fouad Baker, DFLP international relations officer, and Salah Hamouri, Palestinian lawyer and former political …

Mick Hall, Consortium News. (2024-01-18). Journalists Rebel Over Gaza Coverage In Australia. popularresistance.org A rash of Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) staff departures and the suppression of journalists critical of their organisations' reporting on Gaza has been called a betrayal of the role of journalism in democracy. | Former Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) presenter Mary Kostakidis says the state-funded broadcaster and other news groups in Australia have refused to hold power to account by challenging official narratives by Israel and Western states supporting its attack on Gaza since Oct. 7. | Instead, the professional integrity of news staff battling to tell the truth is being challenged by their emplo…