(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,
(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…
(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…
(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…
(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 …
(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 …
(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…
(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 …
(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 …