People's Dispatch. (2023-10-06). International Uproar Following Mass Raids And Arrest Of Indian Journalists. popularresistance.org In the hours following the raids of over 100 journalists affiliated with Indian leftist outlet Newsclick, international outlet Peoples Dispatch, and Tricontinental Research Services, and the detention of around 50, leading academics and journalists from across the world have expressed solidarity and outrage. | The coordinated repressive action was carried out as part of an investigation under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, a draconian law which has been widely criticized by human rights organizations in India and internationally as it undermines civil liberties and rights. Newsclick editor-in-chief Pra…

Staff (2023-10-06). Escalating struggle in the occupation prisons: Administrative detainees conduct solidarity strike with Kayed Fasfous as Ben Gvir raids Gilboa prison. samidoun.net The Palestinian prisoners' movement is continuing to resist occupation attacks behid bars as Kayed Fasfous enters his 65th day on hunger strike. On Thursday, 5 October, the Israeli occupation's Ofer military court yet again rejected Kayed Fasfous' appeal against his administrative detention, imprisonment without charge or trial, even as his health has continued to deteriorate. …

Editor (2023-10-05). United States: End detention of Venezuelan Special Envoy, UN experts say. mronline.org Saab was appointed as a Special Envoy by the Government of Venezuela in April 2018 to undertake official missions in Iran to secure humanitarian deliveries to Venezuela, including of food and medicine.

Karen J. Greenberg (2023-10-05). Why Is the US Taking So Long to Close Guantánamo? truthout.org For 18 years, I've been writing articles for TomDispatch on the never-ending story of the Guantánamo Bay Detention Facility. And here's my ultimate takeaway (for the moment): 21 years after that grim offshore prison of injustice was set up in Cuba in response to the 9/11 attacks and the capture of figures supposedly linked to them, and despite the expressed desire of three presidents — George W. |

OHCFHR (2023-10-05). United States: End Detention of Venezuelan Special Envoy, UN Experts Say. globalresearch.ca

Peoples Dispatch (2023-10-05). Palestinian administrative detainees launch solidarity hunger strike amid concerns over health of Kayed al-Fasfous. peoplesdispatch.org Palestinians held under illegal and arbitrary administrative detention across Israeli jails carried out a one-day hunger strike on October 4, in solidarity with fellow detainee Kayed al-Fasfous. 34-year-old Fasfous entered his 63rd day on hunger strike on Wednesday in protest of his continued detention by the Israeli occupation, amid growing concerns over his physical and mental health. | In a statement on October 3, the National Committee for the Prisoners' Movement stated, "After our bitter experience in the assassination of the heroic martyr, Khader Adnan… the prisoners' movement of all kinds and in all pris…

teleSUR, rzr, MS (2023-10-05). Familiares presentan recursos para liberar detenidos en El Salvador. telesurtv.net De todos los detenidos documentados, solo uno fue indultado por problemas de salud, mientras de los demás no se ha recibido respuesta por parte del Gobierno de Bukele.

Eve Ottenberg (2023-10-06). Past Time to End the Persecution of Julian Assange. counterpunch.org It's long past time for the U.S. and U.K. to free Julian Assange. His flagrantly unjust incarceration is a global scandal, and the world is quite upset about it. Indeed, on September 19 at the United Nations, heads of state denounced this phony prosecution for the fraud and subterfuge it is — an assault on

Staff (2023-10-06). As Fraud Trial Gets Underway, Trump Tries to Provoke Judge to Jail Him: David Cay Johnston. democracynow.org We get an update on Donald Trump's civil fraud trial with Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter David Cay Johnston. New York Attorney General Letitia James is seeking to fine Trump $250 million and is asking for a permanent ban on Trump family members running a business in New York. The outcome of the trial could put the future of the Trump Organization in jeopardy. Trump himself has already been barred from posting or speaking publicly about the trial after his public comments about James, which she described as "race-baiting," and about Judge Arthur Engoron. Johnston, the author of thr…

Staff (2023-10-06). Medical Students & Survivors Demand Columbia U. Notify All Patients of Jailed OB-GYN Sex Abuse Record. democracynow.org On Wednesday, hundreds of medical students and sexual assault survivors of former university obstetrician Robert Hadden protested at Columbia University's campus calling for accountability during the inauguration ceremony of the university's first woman president. We speak with medical students and survivors demanding Columbia take action to notify all former patients of Hadden about his previous sexual assault convictions by the November 23 deadline of New York's Adult Survivors Act. "Wouldn't you want to know if your OB-GYN had sexually assaulted 500 other patients?" asks survivor…

Staff (2023-10-06). 300+ More Sex Abuse Survivors Sue Columbia U. & Jailed OB-GYN Robert Hadden. democracynow.org We speak to the attorney suing Columbia University and its affiliated hospitals on behalf of some 300 more patients who say they were sexually assaulted by former Columbia University obstetrician Robert Hadden over two decades while Columbia shielded the sexual predator. Anthony T. DiPietro filed a new lawsuit against the university and its affiliated hospitals earlier this week. "Columbia knew from the beginning," DiPietro says of Hadden's abuse and its subsequent cover-up. Survivors, he continues, "shouldn't be having to carry this burden around with them for their entire lives.&#8…

Staff (2023-10-06). Woman, Life, Freedom: Narges Mohammadi, Imprisoned Iranian Activist, Awarded 2023 Nobel Peace Prize. democracynow.org Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi has been awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her work fighting against women's oppression in Iran. Mohammadi will not be able to personally receive the prize because she is currently incarcerated in Iran for her protest activities. To share more about Mohammadi, the "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement and the potential impact of the Nobel on Mohammadi's imprisonment, we speak with Negar Mortazavi, an Iranian American journalist, host of The Iran Podcast and senior fellow at the Center for International Policy.

Jeffrey St. Clair (2023-10-06). The Mind-Breakers: the Case of Ramzi Bin al-Shibh. counterpunch.org On the first anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Pakistani ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence) forces raided several houses in Karachi, hunting for suspected members of Al Qaeda. In one of the incursions, the Pakistanis captured a young Yemeni man named Ramzi bin Al-Shibh. Three days later, the Pakistanis turned Bin al-Shibh and Hassan bin Attash, a 17-year-old Saudi, over to the CIA, who renditioned the pair into what was known as the Dark Prison outside Kabul, where, according to an account Bin al-Shibh later gave to the International Red Cross, he was stripped of his clothes, denied food and water and kept shackled…

Animal Liberation Press Office (2023-10-05). California "Game Breeders" Who Hold Native Wildlife Captive. indybay.org The following businesses profit from imprisoning thousands of Pheasants, Ducks, Doves, Pigeons, Partridges, Quail, Turkey, and Geese.

Editor (2023-10-05). As a Black Woman Accused of Killing a White Man, I Was Never Innocent Until Proven Guilty. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-10-05). As Incarcerated Women, We're Subjected to State Rape. scheerpost.com

Staff (2023-10-05). Joint Statement: We Denounce UN Security Council's Approval to Send a Kenya-led Mission to Haiti. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is one of many signatories to the statement below, issued by the Black Alliance for Peace: WE DENOUNCE UN SECURITY COUNCIL'S APPROVAL TO SEND A KENYA-LED MISSION TO HAITI We, the undersigned, strongly condemn the decision by the United States and its allies to deploy a foreign military force to …

Staff (2023-10-05). Musaab Abu Atta speaks to "Palestine Today" about political bans in Germany. samidoun.net Musaab Abu Atta, a leading member of Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network and the Masar Badil, the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement, spoke to "Palestine Today" TV today during their news update, speaking about the political repression he and his comrades are facing in Germany. The Berlin immigration office imposed a comprehensive political ban …

Yasmin Abusayma (2023-10-05). Israel blocks families from burying dead prisoners. electronicintifada.net Policy of withholding bodies worsens grief.

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2023-10-02). Why Our Popular Mass Movements Fail. popularresistance.org There was a decade of popular uprisings from 2010 until the global pandemic in 2020. These uprisings shook the foundations of the global order. They denounced corporate domination, austerity cuts and demanded economic justice and civil rights. There were nationwide protests in the United States centered around the 59-day Occupy encampments. There were popular eruptions in Greece, Spain, Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Syria, Libya, Turkey, Brazil, Ukraine, Hong Kong, Chile and during South Korea's Candlelight Light Revolution. Discredited politicians were driven from office in Greece, Spain, Ukraine, South Korea,…

Sara Luterman (2023-10-02). Could This Supreme Court Case Gut the Americans With Disabilities Act? truthout.org On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments for Acheson Hotels LLC v. Laufer. The court will examine whether Deborah Laufer, a disabled advocate, can sue hotels for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), despite having no intention to visit them. Civil rights advocates fear that the court has the potential to gut one of the main enforcement mechanisms of the ADA. |

Peoples Dispatch (2023-10-02). Palestinian-Italian researcher Khaled El Qaisi released on bail pending further hearings by Israeli court. peoplesdispatch.org After a month in detention, Palestinian-Italian activist and researcher Khaled el Qaisi has been released on bail by an Israeli court although he has been banned from traveling outside Palestine. As uncertainty remains regarding El Qaisi's freedom and safety, his family and those campaigning for his release have urged people to remain vigilant…

Staff (2023-10-02). Kayed Fasfous on 60th day of hunger strike: Freedom Now! samidoun.net Palestinian political prisoner Kayed Fasfous is on his 60th day of hunger strike in occupation prisons against his administrative detention, imprisonment without charge or trial. Fasfous, 34, entered his third month of hunger strike on 1 October 2023. On Monday, 2 October, an Israeli occupation military court is scheduled to hear another appeal by Fasfous …

Patricia Harrity (2023-10-03). TECH EXPERTS CALL FOR A STOP TO FACIAL RECOGNITION SURVEILLANCE. expose-news.com There has been a surge in police use of facial recognition technology despite independent reviews citing human rights concerns, discrimination, and many incidences of innocent people being wrongly identified as criminals. Despite …

Amari Butler (2023-10-02). MIT graduate workers win precedent-setting first contract. liberationnews.org On September 22, 2023 the MIT Graduate Student Union (GSU) – UE Local 256 ratified their first contract by a margin of 95.8%. After years of building their union and a year of contract negotiations, MIT graduate workers won a historic victory including protections from harassment, discrimination and bullying, an economic package with a net compensation improvement of more than 10% on average, and union security, which will allow for a strong union that can effectively enforce their contract.

Dana Sanchez (2023-10-02). U.S. Government Sues Tesla For Anti-Black Discrimination Against Workers. moguldom.com Twitter owner Elon Musk's electric car maker Tesla, one of the largest employers in Silicon Valley, has been sued by the federal government for discrimination and racial harassment against Black employees and for retaliating against those who complained about their treatment. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for enforcing federal laws that …

Amy Goodman (2023-10-02). Criminalized Survivor Tracy McCarter Discusses the Movement to Free Her. truthout.org October is National Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, and we look at how Black and Brown survivors of domestic abuse are further criminalized by police and prisons — and how activists have been organizing to win their freedom. In her first broadcast interview, we speak with Tracy McCarter, a nurse and grandmother who was jailed after her abusive husband, a white man, died of a stab… |

MEE staff (2023-10-02). Tunisian President Kais Saied guilty of 'murder' if jailed opponent dies, predecessor says. middleeasteye.net

Staff (2023-10-02). Survived & Punished: Meet Tracy McCarter, a Nurse Jailed, Then Cleared, for Stabbing Abusive Husband. democracynow.org October is National Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, and we look at how Black and Brown survivors of domestic abuse are further criminalized by police and prisons — and how activists have been organizing to win their freedom. In her first broadcast interview, we speak with Tracy McCarter, a nurse and grandmother who was jailed after her abusive husband, a white man, died of a stab wound when she defended herself during an altercation. McCarter, who is Black, describes being a criminalized survivor of both domestic violence and the criminal legal system. She was held at the notorious Rikers…

Staff (2023-10-02). In Toulouse and elsewhere, the launch of the international month of action for Georges Abdallah. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges all to participate in the month of action to free Georges Abdallah, the Lebanese Arab struggler for Palestine jailed in France for 39 years. On 19-20 October, the Masar Badil, the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement, will hold two days of meetings in Toulouse, capped by a public event …

MEE staff (2023-10-02). US lawsuit claims Chipotle manager forcefully removed employee's hijab. middleeasteye.net US lawsuit claims Chipotle manager forcefully removed employee's hijab | He allegedly demanded to see her hair at least 10 times over course of one month, until one day he pulled her hijab off | Mon, 10/02/2023 – 18: 49 | A man walks past a Chipotle restaurant in the Columbia Heights neighbourhood of Washington DC, on 8 February 2016 (AFP) | A federal agency filed a lawsuit against Chipotle, alleging re…

WSWS (2023-10-02). Pro-Zionist film smears Roger Waters as an "antisemite" wsws.org Roger Waters responded on Friday to the new slanderous film defaming him as an antisemite. Waters defended his support of Palestinian rights against Zionist violence and oppression by the state of Israel.

Animal Liberation Press Office (2023-10-03). California "Game Breeders" Who Hold Native Wildlife Captive. indybay.org The following businesses profit from imprisoning thousands of Pheasants, Ducks, Doves, Pigeons, Partridges, Quail, Turkey, and Geese.

Staff (2023-10-03). Headlines for October 3, 2023. democracynow.org U.N. Approves Armed Intervention Force for Haiti, U.N. Mission Arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh as Some 120,000 Ethnic Armenians Flee Azerbaijan's Takeover, Supreme Court Opens New Term with Case on Reduced Sentences for Nonviolent Offenders, Supreme Court Won't Halt Execution of Texas Prisoner Sentenced over "Junk Science" Testimony, Clarence Thomas Recuses Self from Appeal of Trump Legal Adviser Who Communicated with Ginni Thomas, GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz Files Resolution to Remove Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker, Laphonza Butler to Be Sworn In as First-Ever Out Lesbian Black Senator, Trump Assail…

Animal Liberation Press Office (2023-10-02). California "Game Breeders" Who Hold Native Wildlife Captive. indybay.org The following businesses profit from imprisoning thousands of Pheasants, Ducks, Doves, Pigeons, Partridges, Quail, Turkey, and Geese.

Elizabeth Hawes (2023-10-02). As Incarcerated Women, We're Subjected to State Rape. truthout.org "The first time I was raped I was eleven." Crystal did not know her first rapist. She was also raped several times by her uncle when she was fifteen. "And when I was between 18 and 22. I was raped about ten times." Later, when she entered prison, sexual violence followed her. "Being stripped here, in prison — even though I know the outcome will not be sexual — still feels the same as being raped… |

In Contempt (2023-10-02). In Contempt #33: Prisoner Strikes & Rebellions, Running Down the Walls Report Backs, Hands off Lief. itsgoingdown.org In this column, we present our monthly roundup of political prisoner, prison rebel, and repression news, happenings, announcements, action and analysis. Packed in as always are updates, fundraisers, and birthdays. There's a lot happening, so let's dive right in! Political Prisoner News September saw Running Down the Walls events held in a number of cities,…

John Helmer (2023-10-02). Canada and the NATO Alliance Hunker Down to Defend Race War Against Russia. dissidentvoice.org MOSCOW — North Bay, Ontario, is a small Canadian city of immigrants from Europe, their upwardly mobile children, and their children's children. It's the town where Yaroslav Hunka lives after he left the British prisoner of war camp where he and other Ukrainian soldiers of the SS Waffen Grenadier Galician Division were held after the …

MEE staff (2023-10-02). Tunisia: More political prisoners announce hunger strike. middleeasteye.net Tunisia: More political prisoners announce hunger strike | Five senior political detainees join Rached Ghannouchi, leader of the Ennahda party who announced a strike on Friday | Mon, 10/02/2023 – 14: 47 | People lift placards demanding the release of political prisoners during an anti-government protest organised by the opposition National Salvation Front coalition in Tunis on 25 July 2023 (AFP) | More…

Staff (2023-10-02). All out to Lannemezan! All out to Toulouse! Free Georges Abdallah and all Palestinian Prisoners. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network calls on Palestinian communities in exile and diaspora, organizers and activists in solidarity with the Palestinian cause, anti-imperialist movements, and all people of conscience to join us this October 19-21, 2023 in Toulouse and Lannemezan, France, to mobilize for the liberation of Georges Abdallah and all Palestinian prisoners. For those …

Staff (2023-10-02). Berlin rally for Palestine confronts police repression: From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free! samidoun.net German police again demonstrated their dedication to repressing Palestinian organizing in the city — home to the largest Palestinian community in Europe — on Saturday, 30 September 2023, when over 200 Berlin police surrounded a rally in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners and against anti-Palestinian repression. Watch the video: Ôªø In a move clearly aimed at …

Staff (2023-10-02). Misbah al-Suri and the Gaza prison break of 1987: Sparks toward the Intifada. samidoun.net October 2023 marks the 36th anniversary of the martyrdom of Misbah al-Suri, the leader of a daring escape from the Israeli occupation's Gaza Central Prison in May 1987, one of the sparks of the great popular Intifada of 1987. Al-Suri was one of the leaders of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement and one of its …

Staff (2023-10-02). Palestine and the Palestinian prisoners' movement at the Spanish Communist Party's 2023 Fiesta. samidoun.net From 29 September through 1 October, the Spanish Communist Party (PCE) organized its annual festival, the Fiesta, in Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Spain. As in past years, the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement (Masar Badil) and Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network had a strong presence at the Fiesta, together with Al-Yudur, the Palestinian Youth Mobilization in the Spanish …

WSWS (2023-10-02). Pro-Zionist film smears Roger Waters as an "antisemite" wsws.org Roger Waters responded on Friday to the new slanderous film defaming him as an antisemite and defending his support of Palestinian rights against Zionist violence and suppression by the state of Israel.