California passes law to protect black people's 'natural hair' from discrimination
rt.com | 2019-07-04
California has upheld its liberal image by officially making 'hair discrimination' a thing. "Natural" black hairstyles like dreadlocks and braids are now legally protected there against encroaching "Eurocentric" employers. | …
rt.com/usa/463332-california-protects-black-hair-crown/

Australian filmmaker James Ricketson calls on journalist Peter Greste to defend Assange
wsws.org | 2019-07-04
Ricketson's "Open Letter" debunks Greste's claim that Assange is not a journalist and therefore not deserving of support, and calls on him to defend the WikiLeaks founder, as he did Ricketson who was wrongly jailed in Cambodia.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/04/rick-j04.html

Latest Office of Inspector General report reveals inhumane conditions at US immigrant detention centers
wsws.org | 2019-07-04
Children are being detained without access to showers or hot meals and in one instance adult immigrants were held in standing room only conditions for a full week.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/04/repo-j04.html

Bombing of detention center in Libya kills at least 44 refugees
wsws.org | 2019-07-04
The tragedy is the product of the 2011 US-backed war for regime change which has plunged Libya into nearly a decade of civil war and the EU's war on refugees.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/04/liby-j04.html

American Concentration Camps, Then and Now
Foreign Policy in Focus | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-04
(FPIF) — In our history textbooks, "Japanese internment," as it's carelessly called, features as a mistake, blunder, or brief departure from constitutional piety following the trauma of Pearl Harbor. The summary detention of 120,000 people of Japanese descent — around 80,000 of whom were American citizens — can be more accurately described as one of the worst …
theantimedia.com/american-concentration-camps-then-and-now/

Another Whitewashed Trial of War Crimes by USA Invader
DLI | indybay.org | 2019-07-04
The latest acquittal(except for an "unauthorized posing of a photo of a prisoner" charge) of a Navy SEAL is another case of Imperialist impunity of war crimes in America's global "War on Terror." Special Op. Chief Edward Gallagher was cleared of all other far more serious charges, including one for killing an injured teenage ISIS fighter in Iraq in 2017. He was released without having to serve any more time, since his sentence of 4 months for the "photo posing" charge has been offset by his pretrial detention. Apparently, this is a prime example of "victor's justice" in America's long history of overseas Imperial…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/04/18824437.php

Libya's Civil War is Becoming a Proxy War
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-04
The shooting down of a Turkish drone near Tripoli and the capture of six Turkish sailors by Gen. Haftar's forces reveals the Turkey's and Egypt's involvement on both sides of the civil war. Meanwhile Haftar's forces are accused of bombing a migration detention center near Tripoli, killing 44 and injuring 130…
therealnews.com/stories/libyas-civil-war-is-becoming-a-proxy-war

UN says Libyan guards reportedly shot at migrants during airstrikes
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-07-04
The United Nations said on Thursday it had information that Libyan guards shot at refugees and migrants trying to flee from airstrikes that killed at least 53 people, including six children, in a migrant detention centre late on Tuesday. | Blood stains are seen at a detention centre for mainly African migrants that was hit by an airstrike in the Tajoura suburb of Tripoli, Libya July 3, 2019. | A U.N. humanitarian report said there were two airstrikes, one hitting an unoccupied garage and one hitting a hangar containing around 120 refugees and migrants. | "There are reports that following the first impact, some re…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/07/04/un-says-libyan-guards-reportedly-shot-at-migrants-during-airstrikes/

'Monstrous': Trump Blames Migrants for Appalling Conditions at Border Patrol Detention Centers
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-04
"It's hard to overstate the level of venality and depravity this man is capable of." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/donald_trump.jpeg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/04/monstrous-trump-blames-migrants-appalling-conditions-border-patrol-detention-centers?cd-origin=rss

Mexico deploys National Guard, detains immigrants at record levels
wsws.org | 2019-07-04
Mexico launched its 70,000-member National Guard as immigrant detentions rose by a third since May.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/04/mexi-j04.html

Pediatricians Release Migrant Children's Drawings of Their Time in US Border Prisons
The Mind Unleashed | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-04
(TMU) — Pediatricians have shared harrowing images drawn by migrant children separated from their parents while in U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) detention camps that show people in prison-like conditions. The drawings were released by a social worker at the Catholic Charities Humanitarian Respite Center in McAllen, Texas to the American Academy of Pediatrics, who …
theantimedia.com/pediatricians-release-migrant-children-drawings/

Democrats of the World Lift Your Heads: Kurds Have Arrived!
Kani Xulam | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-04
You could say that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan played with fire–and got burned. Even better–it was Kurds who lit the flame. It started when Mr. Erdogan noticed his handpicked candidate for mayor of Istanbul, Binali Yildirim, was losing in the polls. In desperation, he turned to Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), for help.
counterpunch.org/2019/07/04/democrats-of-the-world-lift-your-heads-kurds-have-arrived/

Let Us Reject the Ugly Nationalism of Independence Day
Sonali Kolhatkar | truthdig.com | 2019-07-04
The United States' Independence Day celebrations are marked each year by gaudy displays of red, white and blue, violent-sounding fireworks and inaccurate claims of America being the world's greatest country. | It is as though we as a nation are trying so hard to prove our greatness to ourselves and to the world that we manufacture an alternate reality. In our flag-waving imagination, we are a nation of prosperous innovators and potential billionaires. The meritocracy is alive and well, no one dies of preventable illnesses, all those who end up in prison deserve their fate, immigrants who simply follow the laws ar…
truthdig.com/articles/let-us-reject-the-ugly-nationalism-of-independence-day/

There Are Alternatives to Caging Immigrants in Dehumanized Conditions
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-04
We talk with Vicki Gaubeca from Southern Borders Community Coalition about the conditions in the immigration prison camps, the Border Patrol's FB page, and proposals for humane treatment of refugees…
therealnews.com/stories/there-are-alternatives-to-caging-immigrants-in-dehumanized-conditions

AMA Abortion Lawsuit Puts Doctors in the Thick of Debate
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-03
The American Medical Association is suing North Dakota to block two abortion-related laws, the latest signal the doctors' group is shifting to a more aggressive stance as the Trump administration and state conservatives ratchet up efforts to eliminate legal abortion. | The group, which represents all types of physicians, has tended to stay on the sidelines of many controversial political issues, and until recently has done so concerning abortion and contraception. Instead, it has focused on legislation that affects the practice and finances of large swaths of its membership. | But, said AMA President Patrice H…
truthout.org/articles/ama-abortion-lawsuit-puts-doctors-in-the-thick-of-debate/

"We won't stop fighting": Groups file new lawsuit to fight Keystone XL
Ruth Milka | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-03
"The Trump administration has proven to be just as reckless with our Constitutional separation of powers as this dangerous Keystone XL pipeline is to the safety of our water and climate."
nationofchange.org/2019/07/03/we-wont-stop-fighting-groups-file-new-lawsuit-to-fight-keystone-xl/

"We won't stop fighting": Groups file new lawsuit to fight Keystone XL
Ruth Milka | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-03
"The Trump administration has proven to be just as reckless with our Constitutional separation of powers as this dangerous Keystone XL pipeline is to the safety of our water and climate."
nationofchange.org/2019/07/03/we-wont-stop-fighting-groups-file-new-lawsuit-to-fight-keystone-xl/

Florida makes the restoration of voting rights contingent on criminal debt payments
Victoria Shineman | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-03
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a measure approved by state lawmakers that makes the restoration of voting rights for people convicted of felonies contingent on having paid off all criminal debt associated with their conviction. A coalition of civil rights groups immediately filed a lawsuit in federal court to block the new law by having it declared unconstitutional. I'm …
nationofchange.org/2019/07/03/florida-makes-the-restoration-of-voting-rights-contingent-on-criminal-debt-payments/

Everyone counts: Trump's census "citizenship question" is dead
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-03
WASHINGTON–Lawmakers and state officials representing Hispanic-named citizens hailed the Trump Commerce Department's July 2 decision to throw in the towel and not add a "citizenship" question, one they deemed racist, to next year's census. So did the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which helped assemble the successful lawsuit against the query. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, …
peoplesworld.org/article/everyone-counts-trumps-census-citizenship-question-is-dead/

Family of Victim in Deadly Vegas Shooting Suing Gun-Makers
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-03
LAS VEGAS–The parents of a young woman killed in the 2017 Las Vegas massacre said Wednesday his family is blaming gun manufacturers for their daughter's death. | "Someone murdered our daughter," said James Parsons, whose 31-year-old daughter Carrie Parsons was one of 58 people killed when a gunman rained down gunfire from a high-rise hotel. "Someone should be held accountable for that." | A wrongful death lawsuit filed Tuesday targets Colt and seven other gun manufacturers, along with gun shops in Nevada and Utah, arguing their weapons are designed to be easily modified to fire like automatic weapons. | "It…
truthdig.com/articles/family-of-deadly-vegas-shooting-victim-suing-gun-makers/

Ecuador: Security Forces Deployed Against Illegal Gold Mining
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-03
More than two thousand police and military were deployed Tuesday for an operation against illegal mining in the Imbabura province, just a few hours after President Lenin Moreno decreed a 60-day state of emergency at the Buenos Aires parish. | RELATED: | Ecuador: Ola Bini Released as Court Grants Habeas Corpus | Interior Minister Maria Paula Romo admitted…
telesurenglish.net/news/Ecuador-police-military-illegal-gold-mining-lenin-moreno-20190703-0007.html

NAACP Responds to Trump Administration's Decision to Abandon Attempt to Add Citizenship Question to 2020 Census
Austyn Ross | naacp.org | 2019-07-03
The following statement is from Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of NAACP on the Trump Administration's decision not to include the controversial citizenship question to the 2020 Census: "The Trump administration's decision today to abandon its attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census is a victory for democracy. It is the outcome …
naacp.org/latest/naacp-responds-trump-administrations-decision-abandon-attempt-add-citizenship-question-2020-census/

How the Third Temple Movement in Israel Rebranded Theocracy as "Civil Rights"
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-03
The Temple Activist movement is now more mainstream than ever before and its effort to destroy the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, the third holiest site in Islam, has advanced with great rapidity since the year began and has picked up precipitously in recent weeks.
mintpressnews.com/third-temple-activist-movement-israel-theocracy-civil-rights/260142/

Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights "Pleased" Justice Department Will Print 2020 Census Questionnaire Without Bigoted Citizen Question
Special To The Black Star News | blackstarnews.com | 2019-07-03
In response to the Department of Justice confirming the decision has been made to print the 2020 Decennial Census questionnaire without a citizenship question, and that the printer has been instructed to begin the printing process, Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement: | "The Supreme Court's ruling left little opportunity for the administration to cure the defects with its decision to add a citizenship question and, most importantly, they were simply out of time given the impending deadline for printing forms. We are…
www.blackstarnews.com/us-politics/white-house/lawyers%E2%80%99-committee-for-civil-rights-%E2%80%9Cpleased%E2%80%9D-justice

How the Third Temple Movement in Israel Rebranded Theocracy as "Civil Rights"
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-03
The Temple Activist movement is now more mainstream than ever before and its effort to destroy the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, the third holiest site in Islam, has advanced with great rapidity since the year began and has picked up precipitously in recent weeks.
mintpressnews.com/third-temple-activist-movement-israel-theocracy-civil-rights/260142/

Thousands of Voices Are Telling the Supreme Court: Don't Roll Back LGBTQ Rights
aclu.org | 2019-07-03
Businesses, women CEOs, civil rights organizations, Republicans tell the Supreme Court to protect LGBTQ employees like Aimee Stephens and Don Zarda. | President Trump has told the Supreme Court it should be legal to fire someone just because they're LGBTQ. The President may be a bully, but he's just one voice. Today, more than 2,000 voices from across the country joined together to tell the Supreme Court: Don't roll back our rights. | The message came in the form of friend-of-the-court briefs–nearly 50 in all–filed in a…
aclu.org/blog/lgbt-rights/lgbt-nondiscrimination-protections/thousands-voices-are-telling-supreme-court-dont

Reporting a Rape in Immigration Jail: One Asylum Seeker's Fight for Justice
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-03
Content note: This article contains detailed descriptions of sexual assault.In a shaky, melancholy voice over a staticky phone line from the Yuba County Jail in northern California, Rene Lopez told Rewire.News she is depressed, scared, and alone. | The gender-nonconforming 24-year-old, who identifies as a gay boy and uses she/her pronouns, said she was raped by another detainee this past spring. | Lopez and her attorney have sought justice without success. They have struggled to access basic information from officials at the jail and within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) who are investigating t…
truthout.org/articles/reporting-a-rape-in-immigration-jail-one-asylum-seekers-fight-for-justice/

SF PRIDE 2019 "One Job Is Enough!" Unite Here Local 2 & Free Chelsea & Assange
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-07-03
At San Francisco PRIDE march and rally on June 30, 2019, Unite Here Local 2 workers and leaders talked about why they support PRIDE and also supporters of Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange marched and talked about the jailin of Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/30/18824321.php

As Trump Announces Mass Immigration Raid, Documents Show How ICE Uses Arrest Quotas
Maryam Saleh | theintercept.com | 2019-07-03
As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, at the behest of President Donald Trump, plans mass raids following the July Fourth holiday, newly released documents shed light on the tactics the agency employs during such operations. | The documents, released Wednesday by the immigrant rights groups Mijente, Just Futures Law, and Detention Watch Network, show that ICE officials are building arrest target lists for mass raids to meet specific numbers, even as the agency continues to internally and publicly stress a "public safety" rationale for immigration arrests. | Most…
theintercept.com/2019/07/03/ice-raids-arrest-quotas/

'This Attack Clearly Could Constitute a War Crime,' Says UN Envoy After at Least 44 Killed in Bombing of Libyan Migrant Detention Center
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-03
The overnight bombing of a migrant detention center in Tajoura, Libya that killed at least 44 people and severely injured 130 more elicited sharp criticism from United Nations officials and drew global attention to the war-torn North African nation's role in the global refugee crisis. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/libya_1.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/03/attack-clearly-could-constitute-war-crime-says-un-envoy-after-least-44-killed?cd-origin=rss

'Chuck Schumer Has Some Dinner Guests': Protesters Outside of Minority Leader's Home Demand Action on Detention Camps
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-03
"He's afraid to take a stand for immigrants, because he's afraid of how it's going to come off to white moderates." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/schumer_close_camps.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/03/chuck-schumer-has-some-dinner-guests-protesters-outside-minority-leaders-home-demand?cd-origin=rss

American Concentration Camps, Then and Now
Harry Blain | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-03
In our history textbooks, "Japanese internment," as it's carelessly called, features as a mistake, blunder, or brief departure from constitutional piety following the trauma of Pearl Harbor. The summary detention of 120,000 people of Japanese descent — around 80,000 of whom were American citizens — can be more accurately described as one of the worst…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/03/american-concentration-camps-then-and-now/

Airstrike on a Detention Centre in Tripoli Leave More Than Forty Migrants Dead Hundreds Injured
commondreams.org | 2019-07-03
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/07/03/airstrike-detention-centre-tripoli-leave-more-forty-migrants-dead-hundreds?cd-origin=rss

Tucson protest tells Trump: No raids! No deportations! No family separations!
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-03
Tucson, AZ – Over 100 people braved the intense desert sun Tuesday morning, July 2, to demonstrate their anger at Trump's threat for ICE raids aimed at thousands of undocumented families. Many demonstrators also expressed their demand to reunite families and to close the concentration camps operating as detention centers. | Outside the federal building protesters held signs reading "Close the camps!" and "Dismantle ICE!" The group then marched to the Pima County Office to demand an end to the Sheriff's collaboration with ICE and Border Patrol. Organizer from Coalición de Derechos Humanos, Isabel Garcia, said "The…
fightbacknews.org/2019/7/2/tucson-protest-tells-trump-no-raids-no-deportations-no-family-separations

Abhorrent Attack on Migrant Detention Center in Libya Must Be Investigated as a War Crime
commondreams.org | 2019-07-03
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/07/03/abhorrent-attack-migrant-detention-center-libya-must-be-investigated-war-crime?cd-origin=rss

Libya detention centre attack could amount to a war crime says UN, as Guterres calls for independent investigation
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-03
A missile attack on a detention centre in Tripoli that killed scores of migrants and refugees "deserves more than condemnation", UN agencies said on Wednesday, as both the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the head of the UN mission in Libya (UNSMIL), insisted that it may amount to a war crime.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1041792

Tucson protest tells Trump: No raids! No deportations! No family separations!
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-03
Tucson, AZ – Over 100 people braved the intense desert sun Tuesday morning, July 2, to demonstrate their anger at Trump's threat for ICE raids aimed at thousands of undocumented families. Many demonstrators also expressed their demand to reunite families and to close the concentration camps operating as detention centers. | Outside the federal building protesters held signs reading "Close the camps!" and "Dismantle ICE!" The group then marched to the Pima County Office to demand an end to the Sheriff's collaboration with ICE and Border Patrol. Organizer from Coalición de Derechos Humanos, Isabel Garcia, said "The…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/2/tucson-protest-tells-trump-no-raids-no-deportations-no-family-separations

Tucson protest tells Trump: No raids! No deportations! No family separations!
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-03
Tucson, AZ – Over 100 people braved the intense desert sun Tuesday morning, July 2, to demonstrate their anger at Trump's threat for ICE raids aimed at thousands of undocumented families. Many demonstrators also expressed their demand to reunite families and to close the concentration camps operating as detention centers. | Outside the federal building protesters held signs reading "Close the camps!" and "Dismantle ICE!" The group then marched to the Pima County Office to demand an end to the Sheriff's collaboration with ICE and Border Patrol. Organizer from Coalición de Derechos Humanos, Isabel Garcia, said "The…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/2/tucson-protest-tells-trump-no-raids-no-deportations-no-family-separations

Air Strike on Libya's Migrant Center Is a 'War Crime': UN
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-03
United Nations Libya envoy Ghassan Salame condemned Tuesday an attack on a migrant center which killed 44, saying it "clearly amounts to the level of a war crime." | RELATED: | Libya: UN-Backed Gov't Retakes Key City South of Tripoli | An air strike hit a detention center for mainly African migrants in a suburb of the Libyan capital Tripoli late Tuesday, killing at lea…
telesurenglish.net/news/libya-un-haftar-tripoli-migrant-center-44-dead-war-crime–20190703-0002.html

In photos: As fury grows, tens of thousands rally across us demanding immediate action to #ClosetheCamps
Julia Conley | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-03
Tens of thousands of Americans showed up at rallies across the country on Tuesday to demand the Trump administration close the detention centers and prison camps where migrants are being held. The "Close the Camps" rallies were organized by MoveOn and other progressive organizations in response to growing public outrage over the Trump administration's treatment of asylum …
nationofchange.org/2019/07/03/in-photos-as-fury-grows-tens-of-thousands-rally-across-us-demanding-immediate-action-to-closethecamps/

In photos: As fury grows, tens of thousands rally across us demanding immediate action to #ClosetheCamps
Julia Conley | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-03
Tens of thousands of Americans showed up at rallies across the country on Tuesday to demand the Trump administration close the detention centers and prison camps where migrants are being held. The "Close the Camps" rallies were organized by MoveOn and other progressive organizations in response to growing public outrage over the Trump administration's treatment of asylum …
nationofchange.org/2019/07/03/in-photos-as-fury-grows-tens-of-thousands-rally-across-us-demanding-immediate-action-to-closethecamps/

Libya detention centre airstrike could amount to a war crime says UN, as Guterres calls for independent investigation
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-03
An airstrike on a detention centre in Tripoli that killed scores of migrants and refugees "deserves more than condemnation", UN agencies said on Wednesday, as both the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the head of the UN mission in Libya (UNSMIL), insisted that it may amount to a war crime.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1041792

Nurses Redouble Commitment to Provide Critical Medical Aid to Migrants and Asylum Seekers as Details Emerge of Inhumane and Brutal Conditions in Federal Detention
commondreams.org | 2019-07-03
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/07/03/nurses-redouble-commitment-provide-critical-medical-aid-migrants-and-asylum?cd-origin=rss

Migrants Denounce 'Psychological Abuse' in US Detention Centers
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-03
Central Americans allege they were victims of "psychological abuse" by U.S. federal authorities at detention centers in Arizona, which human rights defenders have described as "concentration camps." | RELATED: | 'Help, 40 Days Here!', Migrants in US Border Facilities: Images | Javier Torres, a Honduran father who crossed the border with his wife and his 5-year old son, stayed at three detention centers, where he was kept in extremely cold rooms, with music at full volume, perm…
telesurenglish.net/news/Migrants-Denounce-Psychological-Abuse-in-US-Detention-Centers-20190703-0010.html

I Spent 16 Months in Solitary Confinement and Now I'm Fighting to End It
aclu.org | 2019-07-03
A new report proves that the degrading conditions in solitary confinement continue to harm people and communities. | I was just 17 years old when I was sent to solitary confinement in "Camp J," one of the most severe lockdown units at one of America's most brutal prisons, the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. I languished in solitary for 16 months. | Back then I didn't know that Louisiana was the solitary confinement capital of the world. All I knew was that I'd been convicted of a crime I didn't commit, and I had to maintain my humanity in one of the most dehumanizing places on earth. | It's called "23 and…
aclu.org/blog/prisoners-rights/solitary-confinement/i-spent-16-months-solitary-confinement-and-now-im

Chicago: Book signing for Frank Chapman's autobiography
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-03
Chicago, IL – Frank Chapman's new book, The Damned Don't Cry: Pages from the Life of a Black Prisoner and Organizer, is getting a great reception. About 30 people attended a book signing at the office of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, July 2. Chapman's autobiography is available here.
fightbacknews.org/2019/7/3/chicago-book-signing-frank-chapman-s-autobiography

Letter from prison: Communist leader Carl Winter on the 4th of July
Carl Winter | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-03
Editor's Note: Carl Winter, who was an editor of The Worker (formerly the Daily Worker and later re-named People's World), was among the first group of defendants falsely convicted under the anti-communist Smith Act of conspiring to overthrow the United States Government in 1949. Winter would serve a five-year sentence in federal prison. Upon release, …
peoplesworld.org/article/letter-from-prison-communist-leader-carl-winter-on-the-4th-of-july/

Chicago: Book signing for Frank Chapman's autobiography
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-03
Chicago, IL – Frank Chapman's new book, The Damned Don't Cry: Pages from the Life of a Black Prisoner and Organizer, is getting a great reception. About 30 people attended a book signing at the office of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, July 2. Chapman's autobiography is available here.
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/3/chicago-book-signing-frank-chapman-s-autobiography

Japanese Internment Camp Survivor: 'Never Again Is NOW!'
Dennis J Bernstein | progressive.org | 2019-07-03
A filmmaker and therapist tells of her family's internment in a maximum security camp during World War II, and her views on the current imprisonment of people from south of the border.
progressive.org/dispatches/never-again-is-now-internment-camps-protest-bernstein-190703/

Border Patrol Is Using "Virtual Wall" Technology Israel Uses in Palestine
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-03
Off a shrubby desert rural roadway about 10 miles north of Nogales, Arizona, a surveillance tower's metallic glare beamed in the sun, sticking out like a cellular antenna from a distant bluff about a mile away. "There it is up ahead," I pointed, leaning forward from the back seat of the car. | In the driver's seat and passenger side sat two visitors on a national speaking tour for the Addameer prisoner support group based in Ramallah, Palestine. One of them, Lana Ramadan, had expressed astonishment when I'd met her the night before about what she had learned during her visit to Southern Arizona, where she'd me…
truthout.org/articles/border-patrol-is-using-virtual-wall-technology-israel-uses-in-palestine/