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2024-02-07: News Headlines

Ari Paul, Fairness, Accuracy in Reporting. (2024-02-07). He Revealed How Taxes Steal For The Rich And Got Five Years In Prison. popularresistance.org Because of Charles Littlejohn, we know that former President Donald Trump and a whole bunch of other rich people pay next to nothing in taxes, while the rest of us frantically file tax returns and see our wages sucked away to fund the military, aid for Israel and corporate subsidies. Littlejohn, a former consultant at the Internal Revenue Service, leaked these tax returns, which resulted in major investigative findings for the New York Times and ProPublica. | For leaking this sensitive information, Littlejohn has been sentenced to five years in federal prison, the maximum jail term.

newarab (2024-02-07). Israel to jail anyone who denies 7 October 'Hamas massacre'. newarab.com

Mustafa Abu Sneineh (2024-02-06). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 123: New testimonies emerge of Israel torturing detained Palestinians in Gaza. mondoweiss.net Euro-Med publishes new testimonies of Palestinian detainees subjected to dog attacks, forced nudity, and sexual harassment in Israeli jails, as Israeli soldiers continue posting images and videos of themselves committing atrocities in Gaza.

Philip A. Faruggio (2024-02-06). Zoom or You Won't See Me! dissidentvoice.org If you have a friend or loved one in the Volusia Cty Jail here in the Daytona Beach area of Florida, get ready to play the man's game of Telephone. Until you have someone close to you incarcerated there you cannot believe how this current penal system works. Bottom line: They forbid any in person …

Shannon Gibson (2024-02-07). Radical Spectacles: the Strategies Driving the New Climate Activism. counterpunch.org Climate activism has been on a wild ride lately, from the shock tactics of young activists throwing soup on famous paintings to a surge in climate lawsuits by savvy plaintiffs. While some people consider disruptive "antics" like attacking museum artwork with food to be confusing and alienating for the public, research into social movements shows

Tony Cook, Vernal Coleman, ProPublica. (2024-02-06). Lawmakers Trying To Kill Historic Suit Seeking Gun Industry Accountability. popularresistance.org For nearly a quarter century, some of the world's largest gunmakers have tried unsuccessfully to beat back a lawsuit brought by the city of Gary, Indiana, accusing them of turning a blind eye to illegal gun sales. | The lawsuit was one of dozens that cities filed against gun manufacturers in the late 1990s, but it is the only one to survive a barrage of legal challenges and legislation aimed at limiting the gun industry's liability for crimes committed with their products. | Now, facing the prospect of turning over internal documents that gun-control advocates believe could contain damning evidence, the industry…

Abba A. Solomon (2024-02-07). American Jewish Committee Recognized Dangers of Zionism. indybay.org Mainstream Jewish organizations knew endless violence and oppression would result from imposing a Jewish state in Palestine against the stated wishes of its non-Jewish inhabitants.

Abba A. Solomon (2024-02-06). American Jewish Committee Recognized Dangers of Zionism. indybay.org Mainstream Jewish organizations knew endless violence and oppression would result from imposing a Jewish state in Palestine against the stated wishes of its non-Jewish inhabitants.

Angela (2024-02-06). Sunday 2/18: Virtual Q&A Discussion of 4 Short Films about Oppression and Violence in the West Bank. indybay.org

geo.tv (2024-02-07). Michigan court convicts woman for her son's manslaughter at Oxford High School. geo.tv 45-year-old's son is in prison serving a life sentence for a shooting at Oxford High School that also injured seven…

Jeffrey Sterling (2024-02-07). A Visit to Julian Assange in Prison. counterpunch.org In Mid-December 2023, Charles Glass, the esteemed writer, journalist, broadcaster, and publisher visited with Julian Assange, an inmate at Belmarsh Prison in the U.K. Assange has been confined there since April, 2019. He is awaiting his final appeal to quash U.S. efforts to extradite him to face some of the same Espionage Act charges I

Andy Higginbottom (2024-02-06). Mapuche Hunger Strike Reaches Crisis Point: Political Prisoners Fight for Madre Tierra. mronline.org The renewed hunger strike of fifteen political prisoners of the Mapuche resistance movement in Chile has reached a highly critical stage. Their loved ones are calling for a week of action in the lead up to their appeal hearing on February 9.

Editor (2024-02-06). Source Who Revealed How Taxes Steal for the Rich Rewarded With Five Years in Prison. scheerpost.com By Ari Paul / Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) Because of Charles Littlejohn, we know that former President Donald Trump and a whole bunch of other rich people pay next to nothing in taxes, while the rest of us frantically file tax returns and see our wages sucked away to fund the military, aid …

krish-rad_ind (2024-02-06). EXPOSED: U.S. Prisoners Are Farming Your Food. youtu.be

Mary Kostakidis, Consortium News. (2024-02-06). Assange's Very Life Is At Stake. popularresistance.org In Julian Assange's extradition case, Magistrate Judge Venessa Baraitser determined he would not survive imprisonment in a U.S. Supermax facility — that he is very likely to commit suicide. | One of the final witnesses in the 4 week extradition trial in 2020 was an American lawyer whose client Abu Hamza was held in ADX Colorado where Julian is likely to be sent. Abu Hamza has no hands. He was extradited from the U.K. following assurances by the U.S. that the prison system was able to deal with the special requirements of such a prisoner. | His lawyer testified that despite assurances he would not be placed…

Roger Harris (2024-02-06). Why the US Is Reimposing Sanctions on Venezuela. counterpunch.org The State Department accused the Venezuelan government of actions that are "inconsistent" with the Barbados agreement, negotiated last October. This accord arranged a prisoner exchange with the US and the issuance of licenses allowing Venezuela to sell some of its own oil and gold. The agreement promised temporary and partial sanctions relief for Venezuela, although major coercive economic provisions were still left in place.

Sam Pizzigati (2024-02-06). The Penalty for Exposing How Our Plutocracy Operates? Five Years Behind Bars. counterpunch.org U.S. federal district court has just sentenced Charles Littlejohn to five years in prison. What exactly did Littlejohn — a contractor for the IRS — do? He committed a public service. He revealed just how astoundingly little America's richest are paying in federal taxes. In 2019, after Donald Trump had reneged on his campaign pledge

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2024-02-06). Resistance Says No Deal Without Permanent Ceasefire. orinocotribune.com Sources tell Al Mayadeen that the Palestinian Resistance has received a ceasefire proposal that does not go with its vision for ending the war and would enable "Israel" to continue its hostilities. | Negotiations are taking place over a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and a complete withdrawal of the Israeli occupation forces, sources told Al Mayadeen on Sunday. | The stipulations of the agreement being drawn up include the issues of the ceasefire, withdrawal, prisoner exchange, reconstruction, displaced people, the entry of aid, and the lifting of the siege imposed on Gaza. | Intelligence obtained by Al Mayadeen ind…

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