(2021-10-05). Cherished citizen, NATO enhanced partners: Ukrainian council consoles Saakashvili in jail. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukrainian consul visits Saakashvili, his condition is satisfactory — MFA A Ukrainian consul has visited former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, a citizen of Ukraine, in the detention facility of the city of Rustavi in Georgia, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Oleh Nikolenko said. **** The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry and the Ukrainian embassy to Tbilisi will continue …
(2021-10-05). Russian Communist leader warns Putin that police 'brutality' & controversial online voting are 'bomb' waiting to 'blow up' society. rt.com 
The leader of Russia's Communists has written an open letter to President Vladimir Putin bemoaning the arrests of his comrades and what he sees as the "unjustified brutality" of the police, warning that trouble may lie ahead. | In the missive, published on the party's official website, Gennady Zyuganov complained about the detentions of Communists following protests on September 20 and 25. He described the arrests as "groundless" and "unlawful." | Last month, the party organized two demonstrations against the results of September's parliamentary election, which, for the first time, was held over multiple days.
(2021-10-05). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Sugar care workers for GuySuCo in Guyana protested over unpaid bonuses and discrimination while hospital workers in the Canadian province of New Brunswick have returned a massive strike vote in defense of wages, staffing and services.
(2021-10-05). Activists call for end to 'death by incarceration'. workers.org 
A movement of Pennsylvania activists are working to end the state's policy of sentencing incarcerated people to life without the possibility of parole (LWOP). They have coined the term 'death by incarceration' to describe this cruel punishment. "Free our Elders," Philadelphia, Sept. 30. WW Photo: Joe Piette The activists held . . . |
(2021-10-05). WikiLeaks Turns 15 With Founder Assange Behind Bars as Threat to Powers That Be. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – WikiLeaks marks its fifteenth anniversary with founder Julian Assange jailed in the UK awaiting a US appeal to extradite him to the United States, where he would face up to 175 years in solitary confinement for leaking classified information.
(2021-10-05). Peru: Ex-Dictator Fujimori Undergoes Heart Surgery. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the 83-year-old former dictator Alberto Fujimori underwent a coronary bypass to remove an arterial occlusion. | RELATED: | His daughter Keiko Fujimori said that his father's heart problems have worsened. Doctors found that "one of his arteries had a 70 percent blockage". | Last Friday, he was taken from Lima's Barbadillo prison to the Centenario Peruvian-Japanese clinic due to a sharp drop in his oxygen saturation. | "On Su…
(2021-10-05). Prisoners are 'sitting ducks' for COVID-19. greenleft.org.au Prisoner rights activists are demanding that authorities heed the health advice and protect people in prison. Adam Trumper and Rachel Evans report.
(2021-10-05). Saturday 12/18: Chris Hedges: OUR CLASS, Trauma & Transformation in an American Prison. indybay.org Online webinar | 1929 Martin Luther King Jr Way | Berkeley, CA 94704…
(2021-10-04). Horgan's Fairy Creek Excuses Betray Citizens. popularresistance.org The NDP government can't keep dodging responsibility for the debacle at Fairy Creek — or the much bigger questions about the RCMP's role in the province. | Especially as increasing RCMP resources — with provincial government approval — are devoted to shutting down protests, frequently by Indigenous people. | Last week, the BC Supreme Court refused to extend an injunction against protesters blocking logging, citing RCMP civil rights' abuses — facilitated by the provincial government — in enforcing the court order. | The dispute is about old-growth forests on southern Vancouver Island.
(2021-10-04). Bolivia: Añez's Pre-Trial Detention Extended By Five Months. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, Bolivia's Tenth Criminal Investigation Court extended by five months the pre-trial detention of the 2019 coup leader Jeanine Añez, Ex-Justice Minister Alvaro Coimbra, and Ex-Energy Minister Rodrigo Guzman. Imprisoned since March, these right-wing politicians face charges of terrorism, sedition, and conspiracy. | RELATED: | "The Tenth Court has extended the investigation into the coup d'état since many of…
(2021-10-04). Six-Month Sentence For Lawyer Who Took On Chevron Denounced. popularresistance.org The sentence, delivered by U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska in New York City, represents "an international outrage," tweeted journalist Emma Vigeland following its announcement. | Donziger's sentence came a day after the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said it was "appalled" by the U.S. legal system's treatment of the former environmental lawyer and demanded the U.S. government "remedy the situation of Mr. Steven Donziger without delay and bring it in conformity with the relevant international norms" by immediately releasing him. | Donziger represented a group of farmers and Indigenous peopl…
(2021-10-04). How a US lawyer's attempt to make Chevron pay for pollution landed him a jail sentence. peoplesdispatch.org Lawyer Steven Donziger was sentenced to jail by a federal judge despite a UN working group having found his detention to be in violation of international law…
(2021-10-04). Equal Opportunity Employment Commission sues Ford for pregnancy discrimination. wsws.org According to the lawsuit, Edwina Smith was given a conditional offer of hire by Ford which was effectively rescinded after she disclosed she was pregnant in a routine pre-employment physical.
(2021-10-04). After Saakashvili is jailed, U.S. denounces Georgian election. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com One must remember which nation is leveling the following denunciation. A nation that is is morally outraged by election irregularities. Indeed mortally wounded by such affronts to democracy. Where is Zeus with his thunderbolts? This is being posted in Chicago, the world capital of ballot box stuffing, chain voting, absentee ballots filled out by the …
(2021-10-04). Blazing sideshows of Oakland and the Bay Area. indybay.org Oakland Sideshow: The attacks on the organizers of sideshows have become so extreme locally, that in San Jose recently, it has been reported that a judge ordered the promoters of sideshows to stop organizing them on social media, and violators could face a $1,000 fine and six months in jail if caught!
(2021-10-04). Indonesia: A win for the right to clean air in Jakarta. greenleft.org.au This month, the Central Jakarta District Court ruled on a lawsuit accusing the Indonesian government of unlawfully permitting air pollution in the capital to exceed permissible, healthy limits, reports Binoy Kampmark.
(2021-10-04). Anti-Imperialism is Inseparable from Anti-Capitalism: A Socialist Feminist Perspective — Part 3. orinocotribune.com By Madeleine Freeman and Sou Mi — Sep 11, 2021 | With the narrative of justifying imperialist intervention in the name of women's rights called into question by 20 years of disastrous U.S. occupation in Afghanistan, the space is open for rethinking what it means to take up the fight for women's emancipation with a staunchly anti-imperialist perspective. | This article is the third in a Left Voice series on the situation of women in Afghanistan and the tasks of the international feminist movement in the fight against gender oppression. The return of Taliban rule in Afghanistan promises, and in many areas has…
(2021-10-04). Ecuador's Police Regain Control Over Prison Recently Hit by Deadly Riots. sputniknews.com MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) — The Ecuadorian police have regained control over a prison in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil, a site of riots between gangs that left at least 118 dead, Police Chief Tannya Varela, said.
(2021-10-04). Fifteen years since Assange established WikiLeaks. wsws.org The anniversary is being marked by Assange's continuing imprisonment and a media blackout of revelations that the American government plotted to assassinate the WikiLeaks founder.
(2021-10-04). Attorney Steven Donziger sentenced to six months for contempt of court in vindictive case brought by Chevron. wsws.org Donziger, who exposed the decades-long contamination of the Amazon rainforest by the oil giant and won a billion-dollar settlement against the company, was sentenced on Friday to a maximum of six months in prison.
(2021-10-04). NYPD cops arrested on bribery charges. nationofchange.org If convicted, the defendants face up to five years in prison.