(2021-09-20). Democrats Urged to 'Ignore' Parliamentarian's Advice Against Path to Citizenship. commondreams.org Either Joe Biden and Democratic senators actually stand for the principle that "Black Lives Matter" or they stand for Rahm Emanuel. They can't stand for both.
(2021-09-20). Thursday 9/23: National Day of Action to Shut Down Detention Centers. indybay.org In-person actions; or join in phonebanking and/or Twitter storm…
(2021-09-20). The "United States" isn't a Nation, it's a Terrorist Organization. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Sep 16, 2021 | The idea that the United States represents an actual nation is a myth designed to comfort us in the face of the horrifying reality we on this continent are living out. This is a reality where an entire landmass has been illegally annexed, and put under an occupation which continues throughout the vast majority of Native territory. A reality where this occupation is used to perpetuate a matrix of inhumane detention centers and militarized police state subjugation of this continent's African population, as well as against the brown indigenous peoples from south of the arbitraril…
(2021-09-20). Germany's New Neo-Nazis: The Reichsbàºrger. counterpunch.org Only a few weeks ago, a Reichsbàºrger in Germany shot a police officer with a crossbow during a house's search in a remote town called Linden, in the north of Hessen. The Reichsbàºrger is accused of attempted manslaughter and he was sent to a prison until his court hearing. Violent attacks by the right-wing extremist Reichsbàºrger is nothing out of the ordinary in Germany. Germany's antisemitic and semi-fascistic Reichsbàºrger, also known as sovereign citizens — were at the forefront when a mob of right-wing extremists attacked Germany's parliament, the Bundestag in August 2020. Like man…
(2021-09-20). Saturday 9/25: Heroism for Our Times-Free Iran's Political Prisoners NOW: An Afternoon of Solidarity. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…
(2021-09-19). China Firmly Rejects Illegal Detention of Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab. orinocotribune.com On Friday, September 17, the People's Republic of China firmly rejected the illegal detention of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab and urged the United States to respect the norms that govern international law. | Zhao Lijian, spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry, stated at a press conference that the US "has been playing a shameful role in regard to Venezuela. The US has constantly abused political and judicial maneuvers, including sanctions and extraditions; with the purpose of meddling in the internal affairs of Venezuela." | Lijian went on to point out that the US harassment policy "affects the…
(2021-09-19). Canadian Amazon Warehouse Could Be First To Unionize In North America. popularresistance.org The struggle to unionize Amazon is shifting to Canada, where workers in Alberta could soon be the first to unionize an Amazon warehouse in North America. Workers at the "YEG1" facility in Nisku, Alberta, just outside Edmonton, filed for a union election on Monday, September 13. The election could be held in mere weeks, once the Alberta Labour Relations Board approves the application. | Workers at the relatively new facility in Nisku, which employs between 600 to 800 Amazon "associates," have described rampant favoritism and discrimination against marginalized workers of color and immigrants. Job security, the pac…
(2021-09-19). Jail Killer Drone Operators Instead Of Drone Whistleblowers. popularresistance.org For decades the U.S. has been murdering innocent civilians, including U.S. citizens, in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Libya, Mali and who knows where else. Not one person in the military has been held accountable for these criminal acts. Instead, drone whistleblower Daniel Hale is sitting in prison with a 45 month sentence. | The August 29, 2021 deaths of ten innocent civilians, including seven children, in a family compound in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan by a hellfire missile fired from a U.S. military drone has brought the U.S. assassination program into massive public view. The photos of the blo…
(2021-09-19). Prisoners' Lawyer: Mohammad Arda was Severely Beaten, Denied Food, Water. orinocotribune.com Attorney Khaled Mahajna, a lawyer with the Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs Commission, revealed after meeting with Mohammad Arda, one of four re-captured Palestinian prisoners, that since his re-arrest on Friday, Arda has been subjected to physical abuse, deprivation of sleep, denial of food and water, and humiliation, that caused him injuries to his head and face. | Mahajna recounted the details of his visit to Arda at dawn today after an Israeli court lifted the ban imposed by the Israeli Security Services on visits by the lawyers to the four prisoners. The Security Services nevertheless allowed only one law…
(2021-09-19). Northeastern Syria: US Helicopters Moved Iraqi, Saudi & Tunisian Terrorists Out From SDF Prison. southfront.org File image. | US helicopters transported dozens of ISIS terrorists from a prison run by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the city of al-Qamishli in the northern countryside of Syria's al-Hasakah to a US base located in the governorate's southern countryside, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported on September 19. | Citing local sources, the state-run agency said that around 60 terrorists were transported by two US military helicopters from the prison, known as Nafkar, to al-Shaddadi base. | "Most of the terrorists…