Jewish People Worldwide Applaud Statement On Definition Of Anti-Semitism
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-12
We, Jewish groups and individuals from across the globe, applaud the recent powerful statement and set of principles signed by 122 Palestinian and Arab academics, journalists, and intellectuals regarding the definition of antisemitism by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) and the way this definition has been applied, interpreted and deployed. | As the letter states so compellingly: " The fight against antisemitism should not be turned into a stratagem to delegitimize the fight against the oppression of the Palestinians, the denial of their rights and the continued occupation of their land."
popularresistance.org/jewish-people-worldwide-applaud-statement-on-definition-of-anti-semitism/

Queens, NY man jailed on fake confession, community rallies to free Prakash Churaman
Sung Mo Jung | liberationnews.org | 2020-12-12
Even though his conviction was reversed this past June, Churaman remains at Rikers awaiting a new trial.
liberationnews.org/queens-ny-man-jailed-on-fake-confession-community-rallies-to-free-prakash-churaman/

Wednesday 12/16: NAACP Town Hall: Slowing Pandemic Spread, #COVID19 Vaccine, & Health of Black Community
NAACP | indybay.org | 2020-12-12
Online town hall…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/11/18838910.php

[World Report] Experts call to include prisons in COVID-19 vaccine plans
Nayanah Siva | thelancet.com | 2020-12-12
As some countries begin vaccination, experts are questioning the allocation and prioritisation lists. Nayanah Siva reports.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32663-5/fulltext?rss=yes

On International Human Rights Day, Chileans demand release of political prisoners
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-12-11
This December 10, on International Human Rights Day, hundreds of Chileans took to the streets to demand the release of all political prisoners in the country. There was special emphasis on the demand to release the protesters arrested during the protests of October 2019 and in demonstrations in the following months as well as the Indigenous Mapuche political prisoners. | Several small demonstrations were c…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/12/11/on-international-human-rights-day-chileans-demand-release-of-political-prisoners/

Go Vote Yourself a Raise, Georgia — You've Long Earned It
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-11
All political eyes are on Georgia's runoff election on January 5th, 2021. Two Senate seats are up for grabs and will decide whether the evil Trumpster and corporatist Senator Mitch McConnell stays in total control of the U.S. Senate or not. If the Democrats win both seats, the Senate would be split, 50-50. Vice President…
counterpunch.org/2020/12/11/go-vote-yourself-a-raise-georgia-youve-long-earned-it/

Migrant smugglers exploiting Covid-19 pandemic, Interpol warns
rt.com | 2020-12-11
Interpol has made more than 200 arrests as part of an international operation to bring down criminal smuggling networks, and warned human traffickers are exploiting the Covid-19 pandemic. | The one-week op, named Operation Turquesa II, saw officials in 32 countries conduct more than 50,000 checks. The massive crackdown lead to the identification of around 3,500 irregular migrants and the detention of over 200 people linked to migrant smuggling and human trafficking. | Interpol Secretary General Juergen Stock warned that the operation "shows how organized crime groups continue to take advantage of vulnerable pe…
rt.com/news/509429-migrant-smugglers-coronavirus-interpol/

Biden Must Restore Citizenship for Black and Brown People
Manar Waheed | aclu.org | 2020-12-11
President Trump's relentless destruction of our immigration system is well documented. However, the myriad ways in which he attacked and targeted Black and Brown people seeking immigration benefits or citizenship, and even U.S. citizens is less discussed. , , There have been three substantial attacks on citizenship for Black and Brown immigrants: | Indefinite delays of immigration benefits, including citizenship, through the Controlled Application Review and Resolution Program (CARRP), which has targeted Muslims and people from Muslim-majority countries since 2008;Blocking the expedited path to citizenship fo…
aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/biden-must-restore-citizenship-for-black-and-brown-people

Iran's 'Corpse Bride' Angelina Jolie look-alike sentenced to 10 YEARS in prison for 'corrupting the youth,' says journalist
rt.com | 2020-12-11
Claiming that the Instagram model whose heavily edited snaps made her world-famous as an Angelina Jolie lookalike was sentenced to a decade in prison by morality police, an Iranian journalist begged the actress for assistance. | Fatemeh Khishvand from Tehran, who goes by Sahar Tabar on Instagram, was just sentenced to ten years in prison for "promoting public corruption," journalist Masih Alinejad claimed on Friday. | I call on Angelina Jolie to help an Iranian 19-year-old girl who received 10 years prison sentence for using makeup & Photoshop to turn herself into Angelina. | Islamic Republic has a history of…
rt.com/news/509440-iran-angelina-corpse-bride-jailed/

PA prisons: Disdain, distrust and deprivation
Bryant Arroyo | workers.org | 2020-12-11
Incarcerated workers across Pennsylvania are demanding that Department of Corrections Secretary John Wetzel reverse his disastrous decision to begin mass transfers of prisoners during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The following commentary is part 2 from an interview by Joe Piette with jailhouse organizer and environmentalist Bryant Arroyo, who . . . | Continue reading PA prisons: Disdain, distrust and deprivation at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/12/53182/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pa-prisons-disdain-distrust-and-deprivation

McConnell's virus lawsuit ban far worse than advertised
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-12-11
WASHINGTON–Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell's ban on lawsuits through 2024 against firms that don't protect workers and consumers from the coronavirus is even worse than advertised, the National Council on Occupational Safety and Health reports, and an inspection of the measure's underlying text confirms. The GOP Majority Leader's bill is actually S4317, introduced July 27 by …
peoplesworld.org/article/mcconnells-virus-lawsuit-ban-far-worse-than-advertised/

Turkish lawyer on hunger strike sent back to prison after release
Alex MacDonald | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-11
Turkish lawyer on hunger strike sent back to prison after release | Aytac Unsal re-arrested as a flight risk despite being released on health grounds in September after 213-day hunger strike | Alex MacDonald | Fri, 12/11/2020 – 11: 44 | Aytac Unsal recovering in bed following his hunger strike (People's Law Bureau) | A Turkish lawyer who was released from prison on medical grounds after spending more than seven…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkish-lawyer-hunger-strike-released-rearrested

Wednesday 12/16: NAACP Town Hall: Slowing Pandemic Spread, #COVID19 Vaccine, & Health of Black Community
NAACP | indybay.org | 2020-12-11