Freddy Martinez, Nick Schwellenbach, POGO. (2023-08-22). DHS's Secret Reports On Ice Detention. popularresistance.org Previously confidential records from within the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) confirm years of inadequate medical care, extensive use of solitary confinement, mistreatment of transgender individuals, shortcomings in rape and sexual assault prevention and response, inaccessible services, and other problems disclosed by people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is making dozens of these reports public after a nearly five-year Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) legal battle ended with a judge or…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-08-22). Palestinian councils in Israel protest suspension of funds. peoplesdispatch.org Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has withheld allocations and payments worth 200 million Israeli shekels to Palestinian municipal councils. Residents of Palestinian-majority areas in Israel have been subject to decades of discrimination and marginalization…

Staff (2023-08-22). "Notorious": Inside the Fulton County Jail, Where Trump Will Surrender & 15 Prisoners Died Last Year. democracynow.org As former President Donald Trump prepares to surrender in Atlanta on Thursday to face charges related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, we speak with journalist George Chidi, who has documented the inhumane conditions inside the Fulton County Jail, where Trump will appear before a judge. "A lot of people are getting killed" inside the jail, says Chidi. "The jail is the largest mental health provider in this county, and that's a tragedy all on its own." He also discusses the death of Lashawn Thompson, who was found dead inside his cell after being eaten alive…

Kevin Gosztola (2023-08-22). Journalist Sues Over Gag Rules At County Jail In Pennsylvania. thedissenter.org Support independent journalism on whistleblowers, secrecy, and press freedom-related issues. Journalist Brittany Hailer has sued a county jail in Pennsylvania for "strictly enforcing" gag rules against prisoners and the jail's employees and contractors. Hailer claims the rules allegedly violate her constitutional rights to "gather news and receive information from otherwise willing speakers."The lawsuit is believed to be a first-of-its-kind lawsuit brought by a journalist against such speech restrictions, and Hailer is…

cameron orr (2023-08-22). Freeing our organizations from the culture of oppression requires vigilance. cpusa.org I was recently asked how I became a Marxist-Leninist and I feel like the simplest answer I can provide is my experience as a Black person, who is often perceived as a woman. Throughout my life, I have struggled tremendously with not feeling good enough, while simultaneously feeling like I'm too much. A lot of this comes down to the unfair expectations and standards people hold me to, as a Black femme, while also making me feel invisible for my achievements and accomplishments. I've noticed in school and work, I would always be doing more than my white peers, only to be less respected, acknowledged, and support…

Staff (2023-08-23). Maher al-Akhras, former long-term hunger striker, seized by occupation forces; launches immediate hunger strike. samidoun.net Occupation forces seized Palestinian leader Maher al-Akhras, a former prisoner and long-term hunger striker whose 103-day hunger strike won his freedom and galvanized Palestinian, Arab and international support, from his home in Silat al-Dhahr, south of Jenin, in the early morning hours of 23 August 2023. His family announced that he had immediately launched a …

Staff (2023-08-22). McCarthyism Is Back: Together We Can Stop It. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is one of hundreds of organizations and thousands of individuals who have already signed on to this statement against a red-baiting attack in the New York Times aiming to incite repression against anti-imperialist organizations in the United States. We urge you to sign on to the statement here: actionnetwork.org/forms/mccarthyism-is-back-together-we-can-stop-it McCarthyism …

Staff (2023-08-22). Headlines for August 22, 2023. democracynow.org Biden Pledges Federal Support to Maui Wildfire Survivors, House Democrats Demand Probe of Prisoner Deaths Amid Unrelenting Summer Heat, Ukraine's Zelensky Wins Promise of F-16 Fighter Jets as War Toll Nears 500,000 Soldiers, Real Estate Tycoon Srettha Thavisin Selected as Prime Minister of Thailand, Trump to Pay $200,000 Bail After Surrendering to Georgia Authorities on Thursday , Mike Pence and Mark Meadows Dispute Trump's Claim He Declassified Documents, Texas Authorities Reposition Deadly Floating Barrier in Rio Grande Ahead of Court Hearing, Atlanta Activists Gather 100,000+ Signatures for Referen…

San Francisco Solidarity Collective (2023-08-22). Solidarity With Anarchist Prisoners: A Message From Occupied Ohlone/Miwok Territory. indybay.org International Week of Solidarity With Anarchist Prisoners: A Message From Occupied Ohlone/Miwok Territory…

ecns.cn (2023-08-23). Four fraudsters sentenced as Beijing courts continue fight against personal data infringement. ecns.cn A Beijing court recently sentenced four people to prison for participating in telecom fraud. The case served as an example of the capital's determination to protect people's personal information through the judicial system.

Paul Craig Roberts (2023-08-22). Republican Party Sets Up Trump for Democrats. thealtworld.com Just think of the many years and the many iterations the Democrats and their FBI and presstitute media have given to their attempts to frame up President Trump beginning with the "Russiagate" hoax in 2016 seven years ago. After "Russiagate," which even the Democrat anti-Trump special prosecutor had to dismiss, there were two phony impeachments, both rejected by the Senate, an "insurrection" hoax which has left 1,000 American patriots and military veterans in prison on false convictions orchestrated by a black anti-Trump judge, strippergate in which a woman who performs in pornographic films, likely a false charge…

San Francisco Solidarity Collective (2023-08-22). Solidarity With Anarchist Prisoners: A Message From Occupied Ohlone/Miwok Territory. indybay.org International Week of Solidarity With Anarchist Prisoners: A Message From Occupied Ohlone/Miwok Territory…

ecns.cn (2023-08-23). Four fraudsters sentenced as Beijing courts continue fight against personal data infringement. ecns.cn A Beijing court recently sentenced four people to prison for participating in telecom fraud. The case served as an example of the capital's determination to protect people's personal information through the judicial system.

Paul Craig Roberts (2023-08-22). Republican Party Sets Up Trump for Democrats. thealtworld.com Just think of the many years and the many iterations the Democrats and their FBI and presstitute media have given to their attempts to frame up President Trump beginning with the "Russiagate" hoax in 2016 seven years ago. After "Russiagate," which even the Democrat anti-Trump special prosecutor had to dismiss, there were two phony impeachments, both rejected by the Senate, an "insurrection" hoax which has left 1,000 American patriots and military veterans in prison on false convictions orchestrated by a black anti-Trump judge, strippergate in which a woman who performs in pornographic films, likely a false charge…

Mark Gruenberg (2023-08-18). Teachers, civil rights leaders fight DeSantis history whitewash. peoplesworld.org TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Right-wing Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's whitewash—the word is deliberate—of U.S. history is upsetting teachers, students, civil libertarians, and civil rights leaders. A dark cloud of racism, they say, has descended on the Sunshine State's schools. But teachers, students, and civil liberties groups are fighting back, with rallies, lobbying, and, for the ACLU, a …

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-08-18). US Soldier Sought Asylum in North Korea To Flee Racism, Injustice in Army: Pyongyang. orinocotribune.com The African American soldier that crossed the border from South Korea last month to seek asylum in the North did so to escape "inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination" in the US military, Pyongyang has declared. | The statement, released Wednesday by North Korea's official KCNA news agency, are the country's first public assertions on the defection of the South Korea-based US soldier Travis King, who crossed into North Korea on July 18 while on a tourist tour of the Joint Security Area (JSA) that separates the two rival countries. | The statement further noted that King had confessed to crossing the border…

_____ (2023-08-18). Imran, Army, and Pakistan's Hope for a Better World. strategic-culture.org As Imran Khan's supporters continue to throng the towns and cities of Pakistan demanding his release from jail and reinstatement as prime minister, the country's key allies are keeping their distance. | Join us on , , and .

Global Research News (2023-08-18). Selected Articles: The Day American Journalism Died. globalresearch.ca By Julian Assange sits in jail.

Khalil Bendib (2023-08-18). From the White House to the jailhouse. peoplesworld.org

Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik (2023-08-18). Trump threats endanger jurors, judges, prosecutors, lawmakers, citizens. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Despite judges' warnings of potential fines and jail terms, including for his lawyers and adherents, former Oval Office occupant Donald Trump and his followers are threatening a judge, plus prosecutors and grand jurors involved in bringing Trump and his schemers to justice. And it's with more than just words against individuals. Some Trumpite backers mutter …

Amy Goodman (2023-08-17). Leaked State Department Cable Shows US Pressuring Pakistan to Oust Imran Khan. truthout.org An explosive leaked document obtained by The Intercept appears to show direct U.S. involvement in former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's ouster in 2022 because of his stance on the war in Ukraine. Khan is currently jailed and facing trial over a slew of corruption charges that his supporters say are intended to keep him from running for office again. The former cricket star was elected in… |

Staff (2023-08-17). Did the U.S. Push Imran Khan from Power? Leaked Cable Shows How State Dept. Pressured Pakistan. democracynow.org An explosive leaked document obtained by The Intercept appears to show direct U.S. involvement in former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's ouster in 2022 because of his stance on the war in Ukraine. Khan is currently jailed and facing trial over a slew of corruption charges that his supporters say are intended to keep him from running for office again. The former cricket star was elected in 2018 but lost power in 2022 after a no-confidence vote in Parliament, which he says was engineered by the country's powerful military with support from the U.S. The diplomatic cable published by The Intercept s…

CounterSpin (2023-08-18). Baher Azmy on Abu Ghraib Torture Lawsuit, Thomas Germain on Online History Destruction. fair.org

Dana Drugmand (2023-08-17). Montana youth activists win historic climate change lawsuit. nationofchange.org This ruling "may inspire similar lawsuits around the world."

Sharon Zhang (2023-08-17). Biden Admin Tried to Block Landmark Climate Lawsuit as July Heat Scorched US. truthout.org As a record-breaking heat wave boiled the world in July, the Biden administration argued that the United States Constitution doesn't guarantee the right to a liveable planet in a recent court filing, newly unveiled documents show. According to court records obtained this week by The Lever, the Department of Justice asserted that "there is no constitutional right to a stable climate system… |

Andrew L. Seidel (2023-08-17). The Battle Over a 'Catholic Public School' in Oklahoma. progressive.org A school board's approval of St. Isidore, a virtual charter school, violated church-state separation; now, a lawsuit could help prevent it from moving forward.

Fight Back (2023-08-18). "They Cloned Tyrone": On national oppression. fightbacknews.org Warning: Major spoilers for They Cloned Tyrone | They Cloned Tyrone is a peculiar little science fiction movie set in the Glen, a fictional poor Black community existing in the South. It follows the life of the protagonist Fontaine, a drug dealer without any particular flair or personality. | The Glen is rife with poverty, inequality and unfairness. For an individual not well versed in political theory, these problems might seem interpersonal or individualistic. For a Marxist-Leninist, this could only be described as one thing: national oppression. | Now you may ask: is the movie operating from a Marxist-Leninist…

Editor (2023-08-18). Junk Science Is Putting Innocent People in Prison. scheerpost.com

Kit Klarenberg, MintPress News. (2023-08-18). CIA Fingerprints Are All Over Brazil's Indigenous Genocide. popularresistance.org From April 1964 to March 1985, a military junta ruled Brazil with an iron fist. Its crimes against humanity throughout this period were extensive, including institutionalized torture, imprisonment, forced disappearances and mass murder. Typically, the victims were political opponents of the regime, although the country's indigenous population was a specific, dedicated target. | In most cases, their crime was objecting to economic "reform" projects that destroyed their homes or simply living in the wrong place at the wrong time. With the backing and direction of the World Bank, the junta forcibly displaced indigen…

repost (2023-08-18). Why Is KPFA's Manager Keeping Mark Mericle On The Air & Costing the Station Thousands? indybay.org KPFA's manager continues to keep KPFA news director on the air even though he faces serious charges of sexual harassment. The same KPFA manager put pro-war propagandist and Philadelphia police supporter Ian Masters on the air or 9 hours a week. Masters is for the continued imprisonment of Mumia Abu-Jamal. What is going on at KPFA?>

Fidencio Aldama Support Group (2023-08-18). Fidencio Aldama: Freedom as a Bargaining Chip used by the Government. indybay.org So long as Fidencio has to set foot in a prison, he is not free and remains a political prisoner and a hostage of the state.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-08-18). Over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike against increased violence by Israeli prison authorities. peoplesdispatch.org Nine Palestinian administrative detainees are on a separate indefinite hunger strike to demand their release and better treatment of fellow prisoners…

Canadian Tire Fire (2023-08-17). Canadian Tire Fire #23: Resisting the World Police and Fire Games, Prisoner Justice Day and Tenant Actions. itsgoingdown.org This week we bring you news from Winnipeg, where folks gave a defiant welcome to cops from over 70 countries. We also have a roundup of Prisoner Justice Day events, and news from tenant actions in Toronto, Hamilton and Montreal! Winnipeg Resists the World Police and Fire Games In late July, Winnipeg hosted the World…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-08-17). Israeli court sentences Palestinian activist to four years in prison. peoplesdispatch.org

Peoples Dispatch (2023-08-17). Rights groups call on UAE government to release unjustly held prisoners ahead of COP28. peoplesdispatch.org According to a letter by over 20 rights groups, 58 detainees are being held by the UAE authorities despite their prison sentences being over, in some cases for years, in clear violation of international law…

Staff (2023-08-17). "We are still on the front lines:" Palestinian prisoners launch collective response after occupation forces attack detainees. samidoun.net Palestinian prisoners are engaged in a sharp confrontation with the Israeli occupation regime, after repressive forces invaded the Naqab desert prison on Thursday, 17 August and attacked the prisoners. Approximately 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in all prisons announced that they would start a hunger strike at 7 pm Palestine time to confront the aggression of the …

Yves Engler (2023-08-17). Paper of Record tells Tall Tale of Canada Pushing Democracy. dissidentvoice.org Globe and Mail omissions enable its wild foreign policy claims. By failing to mention crucial history Canada's 'paper of record' can claim the military spreads the "democratic gospel" in Africa. A recent front page Globe story headlined "Honduran women risk death and imprisonment as they try to access reproductive care" discussed the plight of women …

teleSUR (2023-08-17). Ecuadorian Elections Begin With the Vote of Prisoners. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the voting for the extraordinary presidential and legislative elections in Ecuador kicked off with the participation of incarcerated individuals awaiting a final verdict. | RELATED: | This process is taking place across 39 prisons, where 4,756 citizens are eligible to exercise their right to vote at 62 polling stations. | Upon inaugurating the voting process, Diana Atamaint, the president of the National Elec…