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2019-06-27: Social Media Postees

Boston: Hundreds protest Wayfair's profiting from sales to immigrant detention centers
wsws.org | 2019-06-27
Employees learned last week that a $200,000 order of bedroom furniture from Wayfair was placed by a private contractor for a detention facility.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/27/wayf-j27.html

American Concentration Camps
Robert C. Koehler | commondreams.org | 2019-06-27
A bus transporting immigrants leaves a temporary facility at a US Border Patrol Station in Clint, Texas, on June 21, 2019. – Lawyers who were able to tour the facility under the Flores Settlement, which governs detention conditions for migrant children, said they witnessed inhumane conditions of overcrowding, and about 250 children being held over the limit of 72 hours, some saying they were there for weeks in overcrowded cells. (Photo: Paul Ratje / AFP) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/american_concentration_camps.jpg
commondreams.org/views/2019/06/27/american-concentration-camps?cd-origin=rss

Join the Sydney rally this Saturday demanding freedom for Julian Assange!
wsws.org | 2019-06-27
The demonstration will insist that the Australian government take immediate action to prevent the WikiLeaks founder's extradition to the US, where he faces life imprisonment or the death penalty.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/27/rall-j27.html

For a global campaign to prevent Julian Assange's rendition to the US!
wsws.org | 2019-06-27
On June 20 the WSWS issued a call for the formation of a Global Defence Committee to secure freedom for Wikileaks founder and class-war prisoner Julian Assange.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/27/meet-j27.html

#NeverAgainIsNow: Vigil for Children Imprisoned at Border (San Jose)
San Jose Nikkei Resisters & others | indybay.org | 2019-06-27
Issei Memorial Building, 565 North Fifth Street, San Jose, CA…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/25/18824222.php

Progressive Leads Queens DA Race, Shocking the Establishment
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-27
31-year-old Public Defender Tiffany Caban ran an AOC-style grassroots campaign calling for an end to mass incarceration and radical reform to the prosecutor's office…
therealnews.com/stories/progressive-leads-queens-da-race-shocking-the-establishment

Raising our Voices for Equality at Stonewall and the Supreme Court
aclu.org | 2019-06-26
50 years after the riots at Stonewall, we are telling the Supreme Court not to roll back protections for LGBTQ people. | It's been half a century since the Stonewall uprising began on June 28, 1969, the reason we celebrate Pride each June. But there's another fitting date to commemorate this month, and it falls just two days before the 50th anniversary of Stonewall. | June 26 marks the anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision in 2003 striking down state laws that criminalized same-sex intimacy. T…
aclu.org/blog/lgbt-rights/raising-our-voices-equality-stonewall-and-supreme-court

Equity Must Be at the Heart of Marijuana Legalization
aclu.org | 2019-06-26
With an equity-centered bill, Illinois just became the 11th state to legalize marijuana for adults 21 and older. | Illinois just passed what may be the most progressive marijuana legalization bill in America. Gov. Pritzker didn't surprise anyone by signing the bill yesterday ( he campaigned on the issue), and with the work of the state legislature Illinois is the 11th state to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use. This is a deceptively momentous criminal justice reform whose nuances show ju…
aclu.org/blog/criminal-law-reform/drug-law-reform/equity-must-be-heart-marijuana-legalization

I've Lived on the Border My Entire Life. The Courts Must Shut Down Trump's Border Wall
aclu.org | 2019-06-26
Communities, public lands and property are threatened by the president's abuse of emergency powers. | The ecological destruction of Arizona, New Mexico, and California hangs in the balance as courts decide whether to block President Trump's abuse of emergency powers to secure funds for a border wall Congress denied. | On Feb. 15, 2019, President Trump declared a national emergency so that he could raid the military budget for billions of dollars for border wall construction. The declaration came after the president put the country through the longest government shutdown in U.S. history over Congress's refusal to…
aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/ive-lived-border-my-entire-life-courts-must-shut-down-trumps-border-wall

New Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Filed Against Macy's Over Criminal History Screening Policy
Special To The Black Star News | blackstarnews.com | 2019-06-26
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the law firm of Outten & Golden LLP (O&G), and Youth Represent (YR) filed a lawsuit today in the Southern District of New York against Macy's, Inc. (Macy's), challenging its use of an unnecessarily punitive criminal history screening policy. | According to the lawsuit, the policy disproportionately disqualifies Black and Latinx applicants and employees from job opportunities in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) and the New York City Human Rights Law. | Plaintiffs, The Fortune Society, Inc. (Fortune) and Ms. Jenetta Rolfer,…
www.blackstarnews.com/ny-watch/news/new-racial-discrimination-lawsuit-filed-against-macy%E2%80%99s-over-criminal

Congress Is Funding the Destruction of Kids' Lives
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-26
I came to this country from Mexico as a small child because my mother was escaping poverty and wanted to give my sisters and me a better life. She worked hard to make sure we had food on our table and a roof over our heads, often doing two and three jobs at a time. | Because of poverty and systemic racism, undocumented families like mine must work multiple jobs and get paid under the table, and that often comes with mistreatment and discrimination on the job. To get by, people in our community have to develop our own survival methods, such as getting together with neighbors to share meals or take care of each oth…
truthdig.com/articles/congress-is-funding-the-destruction-of-kids-lives/

It's 2019: Why Do LGBTQ Americans Still Lack Basic Civil-Rights Protections?
Senator Tammy Baldwin | thenation.com | 2019-06-26
It's 2019: Why Do LGBTQ Americans Still Lack Basic Civil-Rights Protections?
thenation.com/article/stonewall-equality-act-discrimination/

Trump DHS Moves 100 Migrant Kids Back to "Child Jail" Despite Conditions
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-26
The Department of Homeland Security has moved 100 migrant children back to a Border Patrol facility in Clint, Texas, where infants and toddlers have been locked up without adequate food, water, sanitation or medical care, with older children having to care for the younger ones. Around 300 kids were removed from the facility Monday following widespread outrage over the reports, but Customs and Border Protection said some of the children are being sent back, claiming that the facility is no longer overcrowded. Lawyers who recently visited the facility described a scene of chaos and sickness, with children unable…
truthout.org/video/trump-dhs-moves-100-migrant-kids-back-to-child-jail-despite-conditions/

US Navy officer jailed for trying to arrange sex with deaf 12yo… is tapped for PROMOTION
rt.com | 2019-06-26
The Navy has included an officer imprisoned for attempting to arrange sex with a deaf child on its list of those eligible for a department head position — even though he's currently serving a 10-year sentence in federal prison. | …
rt.com/usa/462688-navy-officer-child-predator-promotion/

Trump DHS Moves 100 Migrant Kids Back to "Child Jail" Despite Conditions
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-26
The Department of Homeland Security has moved 100 migrant children back to a Border Patrol facility in Clint, Texas, where infants and toddlers have been locked up without adequate food, water, sanitation or medical care, with older children having to care for the younger ones. Around 300 kids were removed from the facility Monday following widespread outrage over the reports, but Customs and Border Protection said some of the children are being sent back, claiming that the facility is no longer overcrowded. Lawyers who recently visited the facility described a scene of chaos and sickness, with children unable…
truthout.org/video/trump-dhs-moves-100-migrant-kids-back-to-child-jail-despite-conditions/

Trump Admin Moves 100 Migrant Kids Back to "Child Jail" Despite Concern over Inhumane Conditions
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-06-26
The Department of Homeland Security has moved 100 migrant children back to a Border Patrol facility in Clint, Texas, where infants and toddlers have been locked up without adequate food, water, sanitation or medical care, with older children having to care for the younger ones. Around 300 kids were removed from the facility Monday following widespread outrage over the reports, but Customs and Border Protection said some of the children are being sent back, claiming that the facility is no longer overcrowded. Lawyers who recently visited the facility described a scene of chaos and sickness, with children unable to…
www.democracynow.org/2019/6/26/child_jail_facilities_at_us_border

Survivor of WWII Internment Camp Speaks Out: Japanese Americans Know the Trauma of Child Detention
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-06-26
Amid reports of inhumane and degrading conditions at child immigration jails along the southern border, we speak with Satsuki Ina, a Japanese-American psychotherapist who was born in the Tule Lake Segregation Center, a maximum-security internment camp for Japanese Americans during WWII. "After decades of living our lives as compliant and quiet, and demonstrating and proving ourselves as good citizens, many of us have felt that it's time for us to speak out, to protest, to resist, and to speak out in ways that we haven't in the past, because we know what these children are experiencing," Ina said. "We know what it…
www.democracynow.org/2019/6/26/japanese_americans_against_child_jails_at

AOC Joins Other Progressives to Vote Against Dems on Funding Bill for DHS, Call for Abolition of ICE
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-06-26
A divided House approved a contentious $4.5 billion emergency funding package to address the border crisis Tuesday, under growing pressure to address the Trump administration's inhumane treatment of migrants. The bill passed largely along party lines in a 230-195 vote, with some progressive Democrats voting in favor after negotiating to include provisions including new health and safety standards for jailed migrants. Four Democrats voted against the bill: Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib. Last week, the progressive congressmembers issued a statement condemnin…
www.democracynow.org/2019/6/26/house_progressives_vote_against_dhs_funding

DHS Whistleblower Who Spoke Out Against Obama-Era Immigration Jails Condemns Conditions on Border
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-06-26
Immigration jails along the southern border are facing heightened scrutiny following horrific reports of dirty and unhygienic conditions at a detention center in Clint, Texas, and other facilities. We speak with government whistleblower Dr. Scott Allen, who was hired in 2014 to inspect facilities where immigrant families are incarcerated, who says degrading conditions for jailed migrants date back to Obama's presidency. He is calling for more government transparency about conditions in immigration facilities, saying, "I think most Americans, if they were confronted with the humanity of what we are doing here, wou…
www.democracynow.org/2019/6/26/dhs_whistleblower_we_made_specific_warnings

Lawsuit Launched to Protect Critically Endangered Okinawa Woodpecker
commondreams.org | 2019-06-26
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/06/26/lawsuit-launched-protect-critically-endangered-okinawa-woodpecker?cd-origin=rss

CPUSA encourages building unity from the ground up in anti-oppression panel
Michelle Zacarias | peoplesworld.org | 2019-06-26
CHICAGO–Hundreds gathered here this past weekend to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). The party's 31st National Convention was held at the University of Illinois campus in Chicago and ran for three consecutive days. The event featured a variety of speakers, such as Samaria Rice, the mother of Tamir Rice, who …
peoplesworld.org/article/cpusa-encourages-building-unity-from-the-ground-up-in-anti-oppression-panel/

US border official resigns amid uproar over children in detention
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-06-26
The acting head of US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has resigned amid an uproar over the discovery of children being held in pitiful conditions at one of the agency's stations in Texas.John Sanders's departure deepened the sense of crisis and added to the rapid turnover inside the agencies responsible for enforcing President Donald Trump's immigration priorities as the US deals with record numbers of families coming across the southern border.In a message to employees, Mr Sanders said he would step down on July 5. He did not give a reason for leaving. | "Although I will leave it to you to determine whether…
thecanary.co/us/us-news-us/2019/06/26/us-border-official-resigns-amid-uproar-over-children-in-detention/

Democrats Confront a Dilemma at the Border
Zoà´ Carpenter | thenation.com | 2019-06-26
Democrats Confront a Dilemma at the Border…
thenation.com/article/democrats-house-emergency-funding-immigration-detention/

Refugees in Desperate Need of Help in Airports Across the United States
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-26
Co-host Juan González was at the Dallas/Fort Worth airport this past Sunday, where he encountered Central American refugee families recently released from detention centers. The families, who were from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, had been left there by Immigration and Customs Enforcement without guidance or a translator to help them navigate their flight information. The families were likely traveling to cities where they could reunite with loved ones already in living in the U.S. In the case of the Guatemalan families, most of them didn't speak Spanish, but indigenous languages. None of them s…
truthout.org/video/refugees-in-desperate-need-of-help-in-airports-across-the-united-states/

Democrats Confront the Horror at the Border
Zoà´ Carpenter | thenation.com | 2019-06-26
Democrats Confront the Horror at the Border…
thenation.com/article/democrats-house-emergency-funding-immigration-detention/

The Problem With Child Detention Isn't That It's Private. It's That It Exists
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-26
The House passed a bill on Tuesday that would allocate $4.5 billion to cover the burgeoning costs of Trump's internment of migrant children, teens and adults along the border. While the legislation was characterized as an "aid package," Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ihan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib voted against the bill. In a statement explaining her position, Omar stated, "Throwing more money at the very organizations committing human rights abuses — and the very Administration directing these human rights abuses — is not a solution." This congressional drama occurred on the same da…
truthout.org/articles/the-problem-with-child-detention-isnt-that-its-private-its-that-it-exists/

Vile act of torture prohibited 'under all circumstances', UN chief affirms on International Day to support victims
United Nations | un.org | 2019-06-26
While the prohibition of torture is "absolute, under all circumstances", UN Secretary-General António Guterres bemoaned the fact that "this core principle is undermined every day" – in detention centres, prisons, police stations, psychiatric institutions and other places where captor can prey on captive.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/06/1041381

Juan González: There Are Refugees in Desperate Need of Help in Airports Across the United States
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-06-26
Co-host Juan González was at the Dallas/Fort Worth airport this past Sunday, where he encountered Central American refugee families recently released from detention centers. The families, who were from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, had been left there by Immigration and Customs Enforcement without guidance or a translator to help them navigate their flight information. The families were likely traveling to cities where they could reunite with loved ones already in living in the U.S. In the case of the Guatemalan families, most of them didn't speak Spanish, but indigenous languages. None of them spoke Engli…
www.democracynow.org/2019/6/26/juan_gonzalez_migrants_chaos_at_airports

Fund Head Start, Not Internment Camps
Kenia Alcocer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-26
Reports of sickening conditions in children's detention facilities, along with renewed threats by the administration to attack migrant families, have cast a dark shadow over the lives of families like mine. (Photo: Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/shutterstock_1229072188.jpeg
commondreams.org/views/2019/06/26/fund-head-start-not-internment-camps?cd-origin=rss

At #WayfairWalkout Actions, Workers Denounce Company Profiting From Child Detention
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-26
"The safety and well-being of immigrant children is always worth fighting for." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/wayfair_walkout_0.jpg
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/26/wayfairwalkout-actions-workers-denounce-company-profiting-child-detention?cd-origin=rss

'It is a Stain on Our Country': Warren Joins Protest Outside Child Detention Facility in Florida
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-26
"There are a lot of different ways that we get in the fight. And one of them is that you show up." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/warren_homestead.jpg
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/26/it-stain-our-country-warren-joins-protest-outside-child-detention-facility-florida?cd-origin=rss

Horrific detention center conditions expose Trump's true immigration policy: unmitigated, unrelenting cruelty
splcenter.org | 2019-06-26
A year ago, America awoke to the shocking images of children being held in cages — children who had been stolen from their asylum-seeking parents at the border by an administration that had no plan to reunite them.
splcenter.org/news/2019/06/26/horrific-detention-center-conditions-expose-trumps-true-immigration-policy-unmitigated

Navy SEAL Court-Martial Witness Could Face Perjury Charges
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-26
SAN DIEGO–A Navy SEAL witness could face a perjury charge after testifying that he — and not Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher– had killed a young Islamic State prisoner in Iraq, according to an email sent to a lawyer for the witness. | Officials are considering charging Special Operator First Class Corey Scott with lying under oath during Gallagher's court-martial, said the email sent Tuesday by Navy Capt. Donald King, a lawyer for the senior commander who convened the war crimes proceedings. | Scott "testified directly contrary to previous official statements — thus exposing him…
truthdig.com/articles/navy-seal-court-martial-witness-could-face-perjury-charges/

#NeverAgainIsNow: Vigil for Children Imprisoned at Border (San Jose)
San Jose Nikkei Resisters & others | indybay.org | 2019-06-26
Issei Memorial Building, 565 North Fifth Street, San Jose, CA…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/25/18824222.php

Migrant Rescue Boat Defies Racist Ban, Heads for Italian Coast
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-26
The Sea-Watch 3 ship carrying 42 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean said Wednesday it was headed for the island of Lampedusa despite the threat of hefty fines from Italy's far-right interior minister. | RELATED: | German Boat Captain Faces 20 Yrs in Prison for Saving Refugees | "I've decided to enter the port of Lampedusa," Sea-Watch Captain Carola Rackete said, adding that they were still waiting for the coast guards to react. "I know this is risky, but the 42 shipwrecked o…
telesurenglish.net/news/Migrant-Rescue-Boat-Defies-Racist-Ban-Heads-for-Italian-Coast-20190626-0017.html

Trump's prisons for migrant children are "torture chambers" — shut them down
Albert Bender | peoplesworld.org | 2019-06-26
peoplesworld.org/article/trumps-prisons-for-migrant-children-are-torture-chambers-shut-them-down/

For-profit company makes $750 per day, per immigrant child yet maintains deplorable conditions
Alexandra Jacobo | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-26
Private prisons have become notorious in the US for making billions of dollars off the incarcerated. Now private for-profit companies are expanding their services and getting rich off of immigrant children. | Caliburn International Corp., the company in charge of a temporary influx shelter in Homestead, Florida charges an outrageous $750 per child, per day to house immigrant children at their facility. Compared to the approximate cost of housing a migrant child at a standard, permanent shelter ($250), you would think that the children at the Homestead shelter would be well taken care of. | For $750 a day a chi…
nationofchange.org/2019/06/26/for-profit-company-makes-750-per-day-per-immigrant-child-yet-maintains-deplorable-conditions/

Egyptian Officials Threatened Morsi Days Before Death in Court
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2019-06-26
(MEE) — Mohamed Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood leaders in prison in Egypt were given an ultimatum by top officials to disband the organisation or face the consequences, Middle East Eye has learned. They had until the end of Ramadan to decide. Morsi refused and within days he was dead. Brotherhood members inside and outside Egypt now fear for the lives …
theantimedia.com/egyptian-officials-threatened-morsi-days-before-death-in-court/

'Shocking Blow to the Queens Democratic Machine' as Progressive Tiffany Cab√°n Declares Victory in District Attorney Race
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-26
"A victory for working people everywhere who are fighting for real political change and demanding we end cash bail, mass incarceration, and the failed war on drugs." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/tiffany_caban.png
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/26/shocking-blow-queens-democratic-machine-progressive-tiffany-caban-declares-victory?cd-origin=rss

Federal Judges Send 2020 Census Lawsuit Back to Lower Court
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-25
BALTIMORE — A lawsuit that alleges a 2020 census question pushed by the Trump administration violates minorities' rights will be sent back to a federal court in Maryland so new evidence can be considered, U.S. appeals judges ruled Tuesday. | The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals' decision comes a day after U.S. District Judge George Hazel of Maryland suggested in an opinion that racial discrimination and partisan power plays could be the underlying motives in asking everyone in the country about citizenship status. The 4th Circuit's order sending the case back to Hazel could be pivotal. | "The decision today ope…
truthdig.com/articles/federal-judges-send-2020-census-lawsuit-back-to-lower-court/

Italian Mafia Boss Escapes Prison in Uruguay, Manhunt Ensues
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-25
A manhunt was organized in Uruguay Tuesday after an Italian mob boss, who had been imprisoned in the country since 2017, escaped from jail overnight as he was waiting to be extradited back to Italy. | RELATED: | Dozens of Mafia Suspects Held in Europe, South American Sting | Rocco Morabito and three other inmates "escaped through a hole in the roof" Sunda…
telesurenglish.net/news/Italian-Mafia-Boss-Escapes-Prison-in-Uruguay-Manhunt-Ensues-20190625-0011.html

Italian Mafia Boss Escapes Prison in Uruguay, Manhunt Ensues
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-25
A manhunt was organized in Uruguay Tuesday after an Italian mob boss, who had been imprisoned in the country since 2017, escaped from jail overnight as he was waiting to be extradited back to Italy. | Rocco Morabito and three other inmates "escaped through a hole in the roof" Sunday according to authorities. He had been the most wanted fugitive member of the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta, Italy's most powerful organized crime group and one of Europe's biggest importers of South American cocaine. | Dubbed the "cocaine king of Milan," the 52-year-old Morabito had been arrested after more than two decades on the run fro…
telesurenglish.net/news/Italian-Mafia-Boss-Escapes-Prison-in-Uruguay-Manhunt-Ensues-20190625-0011.html

Banning Private Prisons—and Prisoner Exploitation
Kalena Thomhave | commondreams.org | 2019-06-25
The two largest private prison companies, GEO Group and CoreCivic, have seen business swell due to increased ICE detention of immigrants. (Photo: Ted S. Warren/AP Photo) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/prisons.jpeg
commondreams.org/views/2019/06/25/banning-private-prisons-and-prisoner-exploitation?cd-origin=rss

AOC leads Twitter rage-mob over furniture company Wayfair supplying beds to migrant centers
rt.com | 2019-06-25
A protest by employees of discount furniture retailer Wayfair against the sale of beds to migrant detention centers has gone viral, forcing Twitter users to argue over the morality of supplying furniture to "concentration camps." | …
rt.com/usa/462681-aoc-wayfair-walkout-migrants-viral/

Behind the Syrian Network for Human Rights: How an Opposition Front Group Became Western Media's Go-to monitor
Max Blumenthal | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-25
Top media outlets turn to the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) for figures on deaths and detentions, never noting the group's seamless connection to Syria's opposition, the support it receives from states that waged war on the country, or …
globalresearch.ca/behind-syrian-network-human-rights-how-opposition-front-group-became-western-medias-go-to-monitor/5681631

U.S. Border Chief Abruptly Resigns Amid Public Outrage
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-25
The agency has been under fire since it was revealed that migrant children have been living in squalor at a Texas detention center.
truthdig.com/articles/u-s-border-chief-abruptly-resigns-amid-public-outrage/

'This Is What Solidarity Looks Like,' Says Ocasio-Cortez, as Wayfair Workers Vow Walkout to Protest Company for Working With Child Detention Centers
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-25
"We believe that the current actions of the United States and their contractors at the southern border do not represent an ethical partnership Wayfair should choose to be a part of." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/wayfair_0.jpg
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/25/what-solidarity-looks-says-ocasio-cortez-wayfair-workers-vow-walkout-protest-company?cd-origin=rss

"Never Again" Means Act Now
Jenny Kurzweil | indybay.org | 2019-06-25
As the national conversation escalates around what to appropriately call the detention centers at the southern border, the humanitarian crisis continues. | Here are tangible actions the local Santa Cruz community can take to protest America's immigration policies and support relief efforts at the border.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/21/18824168.php

Bangladeshi Migrants in Tunisia Forced to Go Back Home
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-25
More than 30 Bangladeshi migrants were sent back to their home country Wednesday, against their will, say relatives and aid groups. The migrants had been adrift in a merchant ship off the Tunisian coast for weeks. | RELATED: | Migrant Children in US Detention Center Face 'Inhumane' Conditions | The Bangladeshi refugee seekers were among 75 people saved May 31 by the China-owned ship, Maridive 601, a vessel assisting offshore oil platforms. The rescused had spent the last 20…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bangladeshi-Migrants-in-Tunisia-Forced-to-Go-Back-Home-20190625-0024.html

#NeverAgainIsNow: Vigil for Children Imprisoned at Border (San Jose)
San Jose Nikkei Resisters & others | indybay.org | 2019-06-25
Issei Memorial Building, 565 North Fifth Street, San Jose, CA…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/25/18824222.php

2019-06-26: News Headlines

RT (2019-06-26). US Navy officer jailed for trying to arrange sex with deaf 12yo… is tapped for PROMOTION. rt.com The Navy has included an officer imprisoned for attempting to arrange sex with a deaf child on its list of those eligible for a department head position — even though he's currently serving a 10-year sentence in federal prison.

The Canary (2019-06-26). US border official resigns amid uproar over children in detention. thecanary.co The acting head of US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has resigned amid an uproar over the discovery of children being held in pitiful conditions at one of the agency's stations in Texas.John Sanders's departure deepened the sense of crisis and added to the rapid turnover inside the agencies responsible for enforcing President Donald Trump's immigration priorities as the US deals with record numbers of families coming across the southern border.In a message to employees, Mr Sanders said he would step down on July 5. He did not give a reason for leaving. | "Although I will leave it to you to determine whether…

San Jose Nikkei Resisters & others (2019-06-26). #NeverAgainIsNow: Vigil for Children Imprisoned at Border (San Jose). indybay.org Issei Memorial Building, 565 North Fifth Street, San Jose, CA…

Middle East Eye (2019-06-26). Egyptian Officials Threatened Morsi Days Before Death in Court. theantimedia.com (MEE) — Mohamed Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood leaders in prison in Egypt were given an ultimatum by top officials to disband the organisation or face the consequences, Middle East Eye has learned. They had until the end of Ramadan to decide. Morsi refused and within days he was dead. Brotherhood members inside and outside Egypt now fear for the lives …

Senator Tammy Baldwin (2019-06-26). It's 2019: Why Do LGBTQ Americans Still Lack Basic Civil-Rights Protections? thenation.com It's 2019: Why Do LGBTQ Americans Still Lack Basic Civil-Rights Protections?

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-06-26). 'Shocking Blow to the Queens Democratic Machine' as Progressive Tiffany Cab√°n Declares Victory in District Attorney Race. commondreams.org "A victory for working people everywhere who are fighting for real political change and demanding we end cash bail, mass incarceration, and the failed war on drugs." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/tiffany_caban.png

plenglish (2019-06-25). Supreme Court Surprisingly Decides to Analyze Lula's Release. plenglish.com 25 de junio de 2019, 16: 12Brasilia, Jun 25 (Prensa Latina) Unexpectedly, Brazil"s Federal Supreme Court (STF) has decided to analyze this Tuesday the habeas corpus trial for the release of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

teleSUR (2019-06-25). Italian Mafia Boss Escapes Prison in Uruguay, Manhunt Ensues. telesurenglish.net A manhunt was organized in Uruguay Tuesday after an Italian mob boss, who had been imprisoned in the country since 2017, escaped from jail overnight as he was waiting to be extradited back to Italy. | Rocco Morabito and three other inmates "escaped through a hole in the roof" Sunday according to authorities. He had been the most wanted fugitive member of the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta, Italy's most powerful organized crime group and one of Europe's biggest importers of South American cocaine. | Dubbed the "cocaine king of Milan," the 52-year-old Morabito had been arrested after more than two decades on the run fro…

teleSUR (2019-06-25). Italian Mafia Boss Escapes Prison in Uruguay, Manhunt Ensues. telesurenglish.net A manhunt was organized in Uruguay Tuesday after an Italian mob boss, who had been imprisoned in the country since 2017, escaped from jail overnight as he was waiting to be extradited back to Italy. | RELATED: | Dozens of Mafia Suspects Held in Europe, South American Sting | Rocco Morabito and three other inmates "escaped through a hole in the roof" Sunda…

Staff (2019-06-25). U.S. Border Chief Abruptly Resigns Amid Public Outrage. truthdig.com The agency has been under fire since it was revealed that migrant children have been living in squalor at a Texas detention center.

Kalena Thomhave (2019-06-25). Banning Private Prisons—and Prisoner Exploitation. commondreams.org The two largest private prison companies, GEO Group and CoreCivic, have seen business swell due to increased ICE detention of immigrants. (Photo: Ted S. Warren/AP Photo) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/prisons.jpeg

teleSUR (2019-06-25). Bangladeshi Migrants in Tunisia Forced to Go Back Home. telesurenglish.net More than 30 Bangladeshi migrants were sent back to their home country Wednesday, against their will, say relatives and aid groups. The migrants had been adrift in a merchant ship off the Tunisian coast for weeks. | RELATED: | Migrant Children in US Detention Center Face 'Inhumane' Conditions | The Bangladeshi refugee seekers were among 75 people saved May 31 by the China-owned ship, Maridive 601, a vessel assisting offshore oil platforms. The rescused had spent the last 20…

Eoin Higgins, staff writer (2019-06-25). 'This Is What Solidarity Looks Like,' Says Ocasio-Cortez, as Wayfair Workers Vow Walkout to Protest Company for Working With Child Detention Centers. commondreams.org "We believe that the current actions of the United States and their contractors at the southern border do not represent an ethical partnership Wayfair should choose to be a part of." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/wayfair_0.jpg

RT (2019-06-25). AOC leads Twitter rage-mob over furniture company Wayfair supplying beds to migrant centers. rt.com A protest by employees of discount furniture retailer Wayfair against the sale of beds to migrant detention centers has gone viral, forcing Twitter users to argue over the morality of supplying furniture to "concentration camps."

Max Blumenthal (2019-06-25). Behind the Syrian Network for Human Rights: How an Opposition Front Group Became Western Media's Go-to monitor. globalresearch.ca Top media outlets turn to the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) for figures on deaths and detentions, never noting the group's seamless connection to Syria's opposition, the support it receives from states that waged war on the country, or …

Jenny Kurzweil (2019-06-25). "Never Again" Means Act Now. indybay.org As the national conversation escalates around what to appropriately call the detention centers at the southern border, the humanitarian crisis continues. | Here are tangible actions the local Santa Cruz community can take to protest America's immigration policies and support relief efforts at the border.

Staff (2019-06-25). Federal Judges Send 2020 Census Lawsuit Back to Lower Court. truthdig.com BALTIMORE — A lawsuit that alleges a 2020 census question pushed by the Trump administration violates minorities' rights will be sent back to a federal court in Maryland so new evidence can be considered, U.S. appeals judges ruled Tuesday. | The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals' decision comes a day after U.S. District Judge George Hazel of Maryland suggested in an opinion that racial discrimination and partisan power plays could be the underlying motives in asking everyone in the country about citizenship status. The 4th Circuit's order sending the case back to Hazel could be pivotal. | "The decision today ope…

teleSUR (2019-06-25). Peru: Fujimori Returns to Prison After Brief Hospitalization. telesurenglish.net Former right-wing Peruvian President and dictator Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) returned to prison Tuesday after being hospitalized Sunday night. | RELATED: | Alberto Fujimori's Son Set to Return to Peruvian Politics | The 80-year-old former head of state was transported from the National Penitentiary Institute (INPE) to a private clinic in Lima due to high blood…

San Jose Nikkei Resisters & others (2019-06-25). #NeverAgainIsNow: Vigil for Children Imprisoned at Border (San Jose). indybay.org Issei Memorial Building, 565 North Fifth Street, San Jose, CA…

teleSUR (2019-06-25). Brazil Supreme Court Justices Weigh Appeals to Free Lula. telesurenglish.net Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday will consider two serperate appeals by imprisoned former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is seeking release, alleging that the judge behind his conviction was not impartial. | RELATED: | Lula's Lawyers to Take Case to UN in Wake of New Revelations | Lula, Brazil's famous leftist leader from 2003-2010, left office with an 87 percent approval rating. But the Workers Party he founded fell hard when Brazilian prosecutors in 2014 began the "Ca…

Vanessa Mbonu (2019-06-24). What's Trending: Black News Weekly. naacp.org Blavity: Atlanta Mayor Launches 100 Men To Mentors Challenge To Find 100 Men To Give Guidance To Atlanta Boys Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has issued a call to action asking for 100 male volunteers to mentor Atlanta youth. Earlier this year, local officials met with leaders of Big Brothers and Big Sisters …

teleSUR (2019-06-24). Brazil: Supreme Court Postpones Review of Lula's Habeas Corpus. telesurenglish.net Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (SFT) has decided to delay former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's Habeas Corpus Trial. The hearing which was supposed to examine Lula's defense request for his freedom, and was initially scheduled to start Tuesday. | RELATED: | Bolsonaro: Car Wash Exposé Is 'Gay Plot' Against Gov't | According to Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo, STF judge, Gilmar Mendes, said the case will be postponed for the second semester of the year because of a l…

Staff (2019-06-24). Ola Bini, Privacy Activist and Julian Assange Friend, Speaks Out After Release from Ecuadorian Jail. democracynow.org Last week, an Ecuadorian judge ordered the release of Swedish programmer and data privacy activist Ola Bini, who spent more than two months in jail without charge. Bini is a friend of WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange. He was arrested in Quito on the same day that Assange was forcibly taken by British authorities from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. We speak with Ola Bini in Quito, where he remains under investigation for allegedly hacking the Ecuadorian government. He says, "Through the whole process, 70 days in prison, and all of the days since, we've been asking the prosecution to tell us what it is I have don…

Jerry Omondi (2019-06-24). Former IAAF chief to go on trial for corruption, money laundering. cgtn.com Lamine Diack [Gallo Images]Former president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Lamine Diack will be tried in France for graft and money laundering, judicial sources said on Monday. | The trial will commence after a four-year investigation into doping cover-ups, extortion and bribe-taking in world athletics. | Diack and his son Papa Massata were last month formally accused by financial prosecutors of a host of illicit doings during his time with the world athletics organization. | Money laundering alone carries a jail term of up to 10 years. | Diack led the IAAF from 1999-2015, and wa…

Staff (2019-06-24). Japanese-American Internment Survivors Protest Plan to Jail Migrant Kids at WWII Prison Camp. democracynow.org Democracy Now! was there when five Japanese-American elders, survivors of U.S. internment camps, engaged in civil disobedience Saturday outside the Fort Sill Army post in Oklahoma, where the Trump administration plans to indefinitely detain 1,400 immigrant and refugee children starting next month. Fort Sill was an internment camp for 700 Japanese-American men in 1942. It was one of more than 70 sites where the U.S. government incarcerated about 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, including one of 14 U.S. Army bases. President Obama first used Fort Sill in 2014 to detain migrant children seeking asylum…

Staff (2019-06-24). "Somebody Is Going to Die": Lawyer Describes Chaos, Illness & Danger at Migrant Child Jail in Texas. democracynow.org Outrage is mounting over a shocking Associated Press report published late last week revealing that at least 250 migrant infants, children and teenagers have been locked up for nearly a month without adequate food, water or sanitation at a Border Patrol station in Clint, Texas, near the city of El Paso. Lawyers who visited the facility described a scene of chaos and sickness, with children unable to shower or change into clean clothes for weeks on end. The AP report came the same week that the Trump administration argued in federal court that the government is not required to provide toothbrushes, soap or beds to…

United Nations (2019-06-24). Statelessness for terrorists' families, never an acceptable option, urges UN rights chief. un.org Thousands of suspected foreign ISIL terrorist fighters and their families who are being held in detention in Syria and Iraq, must be treated fairly by their captors and taken back by their home countries, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Monday.

Paul Dobson (2019-06-24). UN Human Rights Head Visits Venezuela, Meets Maduro and Guaido. venezuelanalysis.com Michelle Bachelet commented on access to food and medicine, allegations of political prisoners, and the impact of sanctions, among other issues.

Staff (2019-06-24). Cop Caught on Body Cam Arresting a Man for Talking. therealnews.com The illegal arrest by a Baltimore City cop has lead to charges of false imprisonment and misconduct, but also reveals a deep-rooted reason why police seek to silence critics…

Andrew Emett (2019-06-24). Former police officer sentenced to prison for excessive force and obstruction. nationofchange.org A former Massachusetts police officer was recently sentenced to more than a year in federal prison after breaking a man's nose without legal justification and lying in his report of the incident in order to obstruct an investigation into the assault. Earlier this year, a jury found the ex-cop guilty of one count of deprivation of rights under color of law and one count of falsification of a document. | On April 3, 2017, the victim, Nickolas Peters, was reportedly sitting on a bench in the Hadley Police Department booking area when Hadley Police Officer Christopher Roeder suddenly struck Peters in the face with…

plenglish (2019-06-24). Alleged Threat against Jorge Glas Raises Requests for Prison Transfer. plenglish.com Quito, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) A video threatening the life of former Ecuadorian President Jorge Glas, broadcast from the Latacunga prison, where he is serving time for alleged illegal association, has raised requests to transfer him to another prison.

plenglish (2019-06-24). International Jurists Manifesto Calls for Lula's Release. plenglish.com 24 de junio de 2019, 15: 18Brasilia, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) At least 13 international lawyers and jurists have described on Monday former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as a political prisoner, asked for his sentence annulment and for being released as well.

Staff (2019-06-24). Buttigieg Criticized at Emotional Town Hall After Shooting. truthdig.com SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg faced criticism Sunday from angry residents of South Bend, Indiana, at an emotional town hall meeting a week after a white police officer fatally shot a black man in the city where he is mayor. | Buttigieg (BOO'-tuh-juhj) said he would call for an outside investigation of the shooting of 54-year-old Eric Logan by Sgt. Ryan O'Neill. | The 37-year-old mayor said he would send a letter to the federal Department of Justice's civil rights division and notify the local prosecutor that he'd like an independent investigator appointed. He conceded t…

Staff (2019-06-23). Are Immigration Detention Centers Concentration Camps? therealnews.com Aviva Chomsky discusses the reality of refugees coming to the U.S in light of the controversial statement of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that refugees are kept in concentration camps…

RT (2019-06-23). 400+ 737 MAX pilots sue Boeing over 'unprecedented cover-up' that led to crashes & grounding. rt.com A class-action lawsuit against Boeing reportedly accuses the US aviation giant of covering up the faulty sensor issue and keeping pilots in the dark about the feature in the pursuit of quick returns.

United Nations (2019-06-22). In Venezuela, Bachelet calls on Government to release prisoners, appeals for 'bold steps towards compromise'. un.org Speaking at the end of the first-ever official mission to Venezuela by a UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet called on the Government to release all those detained for peacefully protesting and announced that a team from her office would remain in Caracas to monitor the human rights situation.

Austyn Ross (2019-06-21). NAACP Invites Detroit and Surrounding Cities Residents to 110th National Convention Events. naacp.org NAACP Experience Hall, Health Pavilion and Career Fair to headline free events at Convention. BALTIMORE‚ÄØ— Families, students, professionals and residents of Detroit, MI and surrounding areas are invited to attend the NAACP Experience taking place Saturday, July 20 through Tuesday, July 23. Hosted at the COBO Center, hundreds of partners, companies, civic organizations, and vendors …

Staff (2019-06-21). Billionaires Can Buy Sex and Not Go to Jail. Why Can't You? therealnews.com A new law introduced in New York state would decriminalize all sex work, but it faces pushback from the NY National Organization of Women and others groups. The law follows in the wake of last year's FOSTA SESTA, which has negatively impacted sex workers and online free speech advocates…

Murtaza Hussain (2019-06-21). In Guantánamo Case, U.S. Government Says It Can Indefinitely Detain Anyone — Even U.S. Citizens. theintercept.com The Supreme Court declined to hear the case of Moath al-Alwi, in which the government has made some eyebrow-raising claims about detention and rendition.

CounterSpin (2019-06-21). Brian Mier on Brazilian Political Scandal. fair.org The Brazilian anti-corruption crusade, called Car Wash or Lava Jato, that put popular ex-president Lula da Silva in prison and paved the way for fascist president Jair Bolsanaro—all while being celebrated in the US corporate press—was actually, as critics contended, less interested in corruption than in keeping Lula's Workers Party out of power.

Alex Kane (2019-06-21). This Palestinian Activist Got Swept Up in the War on Terror. Decades Later, ICE Tried to Secretly Deport Him to Israel. theintercept.com Abdelhaleem Ashqar was targeted in a trifecta of post-9/11 prosecutions. He spent 11 years in federal prison before ending up in ICE's custody.

Staff (2019-06-21). Human Rights Lawyer Condemns Canada's Support For Honduras's Repressive Regime (2/2). therealnews.com Prisilla Alvarado, a lawyer acting for imprisoned human rights defender Edwin Espinal, condemns Canadian support for the regime of Juan Orlando Hernandez…

United Nations (2019-06-21). Crackdown on Christians in Eritrea spurs UN expert to press Government 'to live up to its international commitments'. un.org Cracking down on Catholic Church activities, arbitrary arrest and imprisonment of Orthodox and other Christian congregation members in Eritrea, prompted a call from a UN independent rights expert on Friday for the Government to respect citizens' freedom of religion and to "release those who have been imprisoned for their religious beliefs".

ACLU (2019-06-20). Supreme Court Undermines Religious Neutrality In Permitting Giant Governmental Cross. aclu.org The decision ignores our constitutional commitment to official religious neutrality. | Today, the Supreme Court announced that a governmental display of a 40-foot-tall Latin cross as a war memorial for all veterans does not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The decision ignores our constitutional commitment to official religious neutrality and is a slap in the face to non-Christian veterans.

Shaun King (2019-06-20). Sudan's Military Is Killing Pro-Democracy Protesters. Trump Doesn't Care — but We Should. theintercept.com A group of Sudanese women protest against the military junta in Khartoum, Sudan, on April 26, 2019. | at least 100 young civil rights protesters were shot or bludgeoned to death in Khartoum; many of their bodies were tossed into the Nile River. Hundreds of other protesters were shot or critically injured. Experts believe that at least 70 women

Austyn Ross (2019-06-19). Stacey Abrams to Speak at Clarence Mitchell Luncheon during NAACP's 110th National Convention. naacp.org The Honorable Stacey Abrams will speak on the importance of ending voter suppression during the annual NAACP Convention in Detroit BALTIMORE — The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the nation's foremost civil rights organization, has announced that politician, lawyer and author Stacey Abrams will be speaking at the prestigious Clarence Mitchell …

Staff (2019-06-19). Headlines for June 19, 2019. democracynow.org Shanahan Withdraws from Defense Sec. Consideration over Domestic Violence Past, U.N. Finds "Credible Evidence" of MBS's Responsibility in Khashoggi Murder, U.S. Excludes Saudi Arabia from List of Countries Using Child Soldiers, DOJ Intervenes to Keep Paul Manafort Out of Rikers, Trump Taps Anti-Muslim Katharine Gorka for CBP Press Sec., Acting Head of USCIS Tells Agency Staff to Crack Down on "Frivolous" Asylum Claims, AOC Calls Immigration Prisons "Concentration Camps", AOC Calls Out Amazon's Poor Labor Practices, Gunmen Kill At Least 40 People in Mali Amid Mounting Ethnic Conflict, Trump Launches 2020 President…

ACLU (2019-06-18). Black Boys Aren't "Wolf Packs" and Abusive Prosecutors Aren't "Lone Wolves" aclu.org Ava Duvernay's "When They See Us" brings to light the racism that turned five innocent boys into the so-called "Central Park Five." | Ava Duvernay's new miniseries, When They See Us, retells the harrowing story of the five Black and Latinx boys wrongfully imprisoned for the rape and near murder of a young woman in New York's Central Park in 1989. In this telling, she tackles racist practices that echo to the past, but are very much present in the current era of mass incarceration. | The story is as complex as it is damning. Duvernay chronicles how police, prosecutors, judges, jailers, and the media worked in conc…

Staff (2019-06-18). Mohamed Morsi: Six Years After Coup, Egypt's First Democratically Elected President Dies in Court. democracynow.org Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, 67, died Monday after collapsing while in a glass cage inside a Cairo courtroom. The Muslim Brotherhood leader was elected in 2012 in Egypt's first, and still only, democratic election. He was overthrown a year later in a military coup led by Egyptian army chief General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Morsi's death comes as el-Sisi continues to jail tens of thousands of people in what the Associated Press has described as the heaviest crackdown on dissent in Egypt's modern history. In his final comments, Morsi insisted he was still Egypt's legitimate president. Morsi spent the last…

Staff (2019-06-18). Julian Assange Indictment "Criminalizes the News Gathering Process," Says Pentagon Papers Lawyer. democracynow.org A London judge has ordered WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to appear before a court in February 2020 to face a full extradition hearing. Prosecutors in the U.S. have indicted Assange on 18 counts, including 17 violations of the Espionage Act. This is the first-ever case of a journalist or publisher being indicted under the World War I-era law. Assange said that his life was "effectively at stake" if the U.K. honors a U.S. request for his extradition. Assange is currently serving a 50-week sentence in London's Belmarsh Prison for skipping bail in 2012. We speak with James Goodale, former general counsel of The Ne…