Brian Stull (2023-04-14). We're Challenging the Racist Practice That Excludes Black Jurors from Death Penalty Cases. aclu.org

Johanna Silver (2023-04-14). RuPaul's Drag Race Finale Highlights ACLU's Defense of Trans Rights. aclu.org

Dianne Mathiowetz (2023-04-13). Man dies in Georgia detention center — protest planned. workers.org Salvador Vargas, a 61-year-old Mexican man and incarcerated migrant, died April 4 at a hospital in Columbus, Georgia. He had been detained at the Stewart Detention Center, some 40 miles away in Lumpkin, Georgia. The hospital declared that the cause of death was complications from a stroke. Stewart has a . . . |

WSWS (2023-04-14). From Georgia to Indiana, inmates left by jailers to die in deplorable, inhumane conditions. wsws.org In Jackson County, Indiana, Joshua McLemore, a 29-year-old man who suffered from schizophrenia, died after 20 days in solitary confinement. In Fulton County, Georgia, horrifying photos show deceased 35-year-old Shawn Thompson, who also suffered from mental illness, covered in sores and bedbugs after being abandoned in a filthy jail cell for months.

Anish R M, People's Dispatch. (2023-04-13). Assange Completes Four Years In United Kingdom Jail. popularresistance.org April 11 marks four years since Julian Assange was forcibly dragged out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London in 2019 and put under arrest. Ever since his imprisonment, the Wikileaks founder has spent much of his time in the high-security prison in Belmarsh under judicial remand, without any charges or conviction, fighting a prolonged extradition process. | The extradition request from the United States began under the administration of former president Donald Trump, and continues under the present Joe Biden administration. From recent revelations, it is understood that the US attempt to prosecute Assange has been…

Igor Derysh (2023-04-14). Trump's Lawsuit Against Michael Cohen Could Badly Backfire, Experts Say. truthout.org Legal experts say former President Donald Trump's $500 million lawsuit accusing former attorney Michael Cohen of both revealing his confidences and "spreading falsehoods" about him "makes no sense." Trump on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against his former longtime fixer in federal court in Florida, days after the former president pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsification of business… |

Brian Stull (2023-04-14). We're Challenging the Racist Practice That Excludes Black Jurors from Death Penalty Cases. aclu.org

Johanna Silver (2023-04-14). RuPaul's Drag Race Finale Highlights ACLU's Defense of Trans Rights. aclu.org

Dianne Mathiowetz (2023-04-13). Man dies in Georgia detention center — protest planned. workers.org Salvador Vargas, a 61-year-old Mexican man and incarcerated migrant, died April 4 at a hospital in Columbus, Georgia. He had been detained at the Stewart Detention Center, some 40 miles away in Lumpkin, Georgia. The hospital declared that the cause of death was complications from a stroke. Stewart has a . . . |

WSWS (2023-04-14). From Georgia to Indiana, inmates left by jailers to die in deplorable, inhumane conditions. wsws.org In Jackson County, Indiana, Joshua McLemore, a 29-year-old man who suffered from schizophrenia, died after 20 days in solitary confinement. In Fulton County, Georgia, horrifying photos show deceased 35-year-old Shawn Thompson, who also suffered from mental illness, covered in sores and bedbugs after being abandoned in a filthy jail cell for months.

Anish R M, People's Dispatch. (2023-04-13). Assange Completes Four Years In United Kingdom Jail. popularresistance.org April 11 marks four years since Julian Assange was forcibly dragged out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London in 2019 and put under arrest. Ever since his imprisonment, the Wikileaks founder has spent much of his time in the high-security prison in Belmarsh under judicial remand, without any charges or conviction, fighting a prolonged extradition process. | The extradition request from the United States began under the administration of former president Donald Trump, and continues under the present Joe Biden administration. From recent revelations, it is understood that the US attempt to prosecute Assange has been…

Igor Derysh (2023-04-14). Trump's Lawsuit Against Michael Cohen Could Badly Backfire, Experts Say. truthout.org Legal experts say former President Donald Trump's $500 million lawsuit accusing former attorney Michael Cohen of both revealing his confidences and "spreading falsehoods" about him "makes no sense." Trump on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against his former longtime fixer in federal court in Florida, days after the former president pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsification of business… |

Fight Back (2023-04-14). Dallas protest against Israeli attacks on Al-Aqsa. fightbacknews.org Dallas, TX – On Saturday, April 8, over 150 members of the Palestinian diaspora and allies gathered at The Grassy Knoll at Dealey Plaza to protest the recent Israeli attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Al-Aqsa Mosque is the third holiest site in Islam and the attacks came during the height of Ramadan. Israeli forces have killed more than 90 Palestinians so far this year. | Speakers at the rally called for the end of U.S. financial support for Israel and an end to Israel's oppression of the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank. They chanted, "Not another penny, not another dime, no more money for Israe…

The Lancet (2023-04-15). [Editorial] Punishing the tortured: criminalisation of suicide. thelancet.com Providing care and treatment for people with suicidal ideas, rather than subjecting them to a criminal process, seems intuitively humane and appropriate. And yet, in more than 20 countries, suicide and attempted suicide remain an offence punishable by imprisonment and fines for those who survive, and financial penalties for the families of those who do not. The continuation of laws against suicide and attempted suicide is partly based on two contentious beliefs that need to be interrogated.

Abby Cunniff (2023-04-14). 2 California Prisons Face Imminent Flooding. They Must Be Evacuated Now. truthout.org California's prison system is in a state of crisis. Routine violations of incarcerated people's Eighth Amendment protections from cruel and unusual punishment — including a lack of medical care, overcrowding and ongoing endangerment of incarcerated people with dramatic COVID surges — are compounded by climate-induced disasters that result in losses of power, water and food. What's more… |

Martha Grevatt (2023-04-14). April 11: 30th anniversary of Lucasville prison uprising. workers.org April 11, 2023, marks the 30th anniversary of the heroic uprising at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio. The uprising began as Muslim inmates protested against being forced to take a tuberculosis test that violated their religious beliefs against alcohol. It quickly turned into a full-scale rebellion that . . . |

Staff (2023-04-14). 16 April, Online Event: Support Palestinian Political Prisoners. samidoun.net ÿ®ŸÖŸÜÿßÿ≥ÿ®ÿ© ŸäŸàŸÖ ÿߟÑÿßÿ≥Ÿäÿ± ÿߟџşÑÿ≥ÿ∑ŸäŸÜŸä ÿ™ÿØÿπŸàŸÉŸÖ ÿߟџÖÿ§ÿ≥ÿ≥ÿ© ÿߟџɟÜÿØŸäÿ© ÿߟџşÑ&y…

Staff (2023-04-14). 16 April, Online Event: The Palestinian Prisoners — An ongoing suffering and unbreakable resilience. samidoun.net On Palestinian Prisoner's Day Act For Palestine Foundation and Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network invite you to participate in a panel discussion titled : The Palestinian Prisoners — An ongoing suffering and unbreakable resilience Time: April 16, 2023 | 02: 00 PM (Jerusalem Time) Speakers: ▶ Imad Barghouthi: A Palestinian astrophysicist and ex-prisoner. ▶ Thomas Hofland: …

Anonymous Contributor (2023-04-14). Neither Condemned, Nor Persecuted: Call for Actions in Solidarity With Miguel Peralta. itsgoingdown.org Communique from the support group of Miguel Peralta calling for solidarity actions for the revocation of his fifty-year prison sentence. A half-century is what state and judicial power seek to take from the life of our compañero, Miguel Peralta Betanzos, Indigenous Mazatec of Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón, Oaxaca. The state seeks his imprisonment, to criminalize…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-04-14). 4 years of Assange's imprisonment. peoplesdispatch.org April 11 marked four years since Julian Assange was forcibly removed from the Ecuadorian embassy in London and imprisoned in the high security Belmarsh prison. He has spent much of his time in Belmarsh under judicial remand, without any charges or conviction, fighting a prolonged extradition process. The day witnessed demonstrations across the globe demanding his release.

Staff (2023-04-14). Headlines for April 14, 2023. democracynow.org Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Bill Banning Abortions at Just Six Weeks, Federal Judge Issues Conflicting Ruling on Abortion Medication, Setting Up Supreme Court Fight, ProPublica: Clarence Thomas Failed to Disclose Sale of Property to Billionaire GOP Donor , 21-Year-Old Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira Arrested over Leaked Classified Documents, Leaked Documents Show U.S. Spied on U.N. Leader, Reveal Russian Infighting over Ukraine, Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny May Have Been Poisoned in Prison, Supporters Say, Saudi Arabia Restores Ties with Syria, Swaps POWs with Yemen's Houthi Rebels,…

Editor (2023-04-13). Politicians Around the World Demand US Drop Charges Against Assange. scheerpost.com By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter Elected politicians in Australia, Brazil, Mexico, and the United Kingdom signed on to letters to United States Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding that the Justice Department drop the charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. A letter of opposition signed by four members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including …

Morning Star (2023-04-13). 35 MPs and Lords Demand US Attorney General Drops Charges Against Assange on Fourth Anniversary of His Imprisonment. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-04-13). Shameful Attack by the German State: Palestinian Prisoners' Day Demonstrations in Berlin Banned by Police. samidoun.net On 13 April 2023, the Berlin police banned two demonstrations marking the Palestinian Prisoners' Day on 15 and 16 April, including the 16 April demonstration organized by Samidoun Deutschland. This heinous attack by the German state against Palestinian rights, freedoms, expression and existence, is in accordance with Germany's support for and admiration of the ethnostate …

Amanda Yee (2023-04-13). Containment, encirclement, and suppression: U.S. policy and the new Cold War on China. liberationnews.org Through its containment strategy of military encirclement and cutting off access to tech and key markets, the U.S. seeks to obstruct China's economic development to secure the dominance of a U.S.-led world imperialist system—a dangerous and belligerent policy which will only lead us on a path to war.

Gillian Thomas (2023-04-12). The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: How We Got Here. aclu.org Although the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade cast a long shadow over reproductive rights, there were some victories to cheer in 2022. Among them was the culmination of a long, hard-fought campaign to sign the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act into law. A win

Leila Rafei (2023-04-12). This Deceptive ICE Tactic Violates the Fourth Amendment. aclu.org There's a knock at your door. It's the police. They say they are investigating a crime and would like to ask a few questions. It's alarming, but you want to help, so you let them in. | But what if these officers are not who they say they are? | For years, agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have impersonated the police and used other deceptive tactics to gain warrantless entry into people's homes, or lure them out — a practice that the ACLU, in collaboration with others, has challenged in court as a violation of the Fourth Amendment. | ICE's goal is to arrest and deport undocumented immig…

Ann Brown (2023-04-12). Texas Governor: I Don't Care About The Jury Verdict, I Am Going To Pardon Killer Of BLM Protester. moguldom.com Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has announced on social media he wants to find a way to pardon Daniel Perry, a Fort Hood Army sergeant who was tried and found guilty of murdering a protester in Austin during the Black Lives Matter protests after the police killing of George Floyd. Perry, 35, was found guilty on …

People's Dispatch. (2023-04-12). 87% Of Service Workers In US South Were Injured On The Job Last Year. popularresistance.org A March survey of 347 service workers in the US South found that a shocking 87% were injured on the job in the last year. The workers surveyed came from eleven states across the "Black belt," or Southern states with historically large Black populations: North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, and Arkansas. Workers organized under the Union of Southern Service Workers filed a landmark civil rights complaint against South Carolina's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (SC OSHA), alleging that the agency "discriminates by disproportiona…

Dianne Mathiowetz (2023-04-13). Man dies in Georgia detention center — protest planned. workers.org Salvador Vargas, a 61-year-old Mexican man and incarcerated migrant, died April 4 at a hospital in Columbus, Georgia. He had been detained at the Stewart Detention Center, some 40 miles away in Lumpkin, Georgia. The hospital declared that the cause of death was complications from a stroke. Stewart has a . . . |

The Associated Press (2023-04-12). Mexican Immigration Agency Chief to Be Charged in Fatal Fire. latinorebels.com Mexico's top immigration official will face criminal charges in a fire that killed 40 migrants in Ciudad Juárez last month, with federal prosecutors saying he was remiss in not preventing the disaster despite earlier indications of problems at his agency's detention centers.

Gillian Thomas (2023-04-12). The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: How We Got Here. aclu.org Although the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade cast a long shadow over reproductive rights, there were some victories to cheer in 2022. Among them was the culmination of a long, hard-fought campaign to sign the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act into law. A win

Leila Rafei (2023-04-12). This Deceptive ICE Tactic Violates the Fourth Amendment. aclu.org There's a knock at your door. It's the police. They say they are investigating a crime and would like to ask a few questions. It's alarming, but you want to help, so you let them in. | But what if these officers are not who they say they are? | For years, agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have impersonated the police and used other deceptive tactics to gain warrantless entry into people's homes, or lure them out — a practice that the ACLU, in collaboration with others, has challenged in court as a violation of the Fourth Amendment. | ICE's goal is to arrest and deport undocumented immig…

Ann Brown (2023-04-12). Texas Governor: I Don't Care About The Jury Verdict, I Am Going To Pardon Killer Of BLM Protester. moguldom.com Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has announced on social media he wants to find a way to pardon Daniel Perry, a Fort Hood Army sergeant who was tried and found guilty of murdering a protester in Austin during the Black Lives Matter protests after the police killing of George Floyd. Perry, 35, was found guilty on …

People's Dispatch. (2023-04-12). 87% Of Service Workers In US South Were Injured On The Job Last Year. popularresistance.org A March survey of 347 service workers in the US South found that a shocking 87% were injured on the job in the last year. The workers surveyed came from eleven states across the "Black belt," or Southern states with historically large Black populations: North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, and Arkansas. Workers organized under the Union of Southern Service Workers filed a landmark civil rights complaint against South Carolina's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (SC OSHA), alleging that the agency "discriminates by disproportiona…

Dianne Mathiowetz (2023-04-13). Man dies in Georgia detention center — protest planned. workers.org Salvador Vargas, a 61-year-old Mexican man and incarcerated migrant, died April 4 at a hospital in Columbus, Georgia. He had been detained at the Stewart Detention Center, some 40 miles away in Lumpkin, Georgia. The hospital declared that the cause of death was complications from a stroke. Stewart has a . . . |

The Associated Press (2023-04-12). Mexican Immigration Agency Chief to Be Charged in Fatal Fire. latinorebels.com Mexico's top immigration official will face criminal charges in a fire that killed 40 migrants in Ciudad Juárez last month, with federal prosecutors saying he was remiss in not preventing the disaster despite earlier indications of problems at his agency's detention centers.

Chris Walker (2023-04-12). Manhattan DA Sues Trump Loyalist Jim Jordan to Stop Interference in Indictment. truthout.org Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has filed a lawsuit against House Judiciary chair Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), accusing the federal lawmaker of engaging in a "brazen and unconstitutional attack" against the New York prosecutor through his attempts to investigate the inquiry and indictment of former President Donald Trump. Beginning in the middle of last month, prior to Trump even being… |

Derrick Broze (2023-04-12). Second Phase of Fluoride Lawsuit Set to Begin in January 2024. thelastamericanvagabond.com The U.S. government and plaintiffs have agreed to begin a second phase of the long-delayed fluoride lawsuit in January 2024. On Tuesday Judge Edward Chen, the Fluoride Action Network (FAN), and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency set a date of January 29, 2024 for the second phase of the ongoing fluoride lawsuit. The second phase

Joseph Winters (2023-04-12). 13 Groups Sue the EPA for Failing to Update Regulations on Water Pollution. truthout.org Industrial facilities produce millions of pounds of hazardous chemical waste every year and dump it directly into U.S. waterways. Environmental advocates say the government isn't doing enough to stop them. A coalition of 13 green groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday arguing that the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, has violated federal law by repeatedly failing to update regulations on water… |

Indigenous Action (2023-04-12). No Pardon for Genocide: Rejecting the Catholic Church's "Repudiation" of the Doctrine of Discovery. itsgoingdown.org Editorial from Indigenous Action rejecting the Catholic Church's so-called 'repudiation' of genocide and colonialism. On March 30th, 2023 a joint statement was released by administrative departments of the Vatican City-State condemning "acts of violence, oppression, social injustice and slavery, including those committed against indigenous peoples." The Catholic Church stated that it "…repudiates those concepts that…

Morning Star (2023-04-13). 35 MPs and Lords Demand US Attorney General Drops Charges Against Assange on Fourth Anniversary of His Imprisonment. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-04-13). Politicians Around the World Demand US Drop Charges Against Assange. scheerpost.com By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter Elected politicians in Australia, Brazil, Mexico, and the United Kingdom signed on to letters to United States Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding that the Justice Department drop the charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. A letter of opposition signed by four members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including …

Anonymous Contributor (2023-04-12). Art and Anarchy Against the Settler State: "The Blue Agave Revolution," New and Original Work from Indigenous Anarchist Political Prisoner Oso Blanco. itsgoingdown.org The following is a selection from the upcoming book, The Blue Agave Revolution: Poetry of The Blind Rebel, from anti-colonial political prisoner Oso Blanco. The Blue Agave Revolution: Poetry of The Blind Rebel is a collaboration among radical author, indigenous freedom-fighter, and political prisoner Oso Blanco (aka Byron Shane Chubbuck, aka Robin The Hood) and…

John Feffer (2023-04-12). Donald Trump and America's Democratic Reputation. fpif.org Donald Trump is currently facing 34 charges of tax and accounting fraud in a New York trial. It is the first time that an American president has faced criminal charges. The United States now joins a number of democratic countries where the chief executive has been put on trial. In some of these countries—South Korea, Peru, Malaysia, Brazil—the leader has ended up in prison. | The latest charges against Trump might seem rather trivial. Most of the headlines, after all, have focused on the money that Trump paid to a porn star to keep her quiet about the brief affair that they had. | But the focus of the…

Staff (2023-04-12). "Terrorism from the Sky": Burmese Junta Bombs Civilians, Killing 100, Escalating Attack on Resistance. democracynow.org Burma's military junta carried out its deadliest attack yet on civilians in rebel-held areas when it bombed a meeting of community leaders Tuesday in the Sagaing region, killing an estimated 100 people, including 30 children. The military junta has increasingly used airstrikes to crush the resistance since it seized power in 2021, often targeting schools and clinics run by the opposition. The United Nations has warned of worsening humanitarian and human rights crises in Burma, with mass arrests, torture of prisoners, the killing of civilians, and media repression. To discuss this latest attack and the ongoi…

Staff (2023-04-12). Free Walid Daqqah! Palestinian prisoner in intensive care after lung surgery. samidoun.net Palestinian prisoner, revolutionary intellectual and writer Walid Daqqah is currently in intensive care in Barzilai Hospital after a surgery to remove part of his lung, a statement by his family, his family reported in a new statement on 12 April. Daqqah, 62, has been imprisoned since 25 March 1986 and has been diagnosed with a …

Taroa Zúñiga Silva (2023-04-12). Chile: 50 years after the coup, looking back at the first year of Popular Unity. greenleft.org.au Miguel Lawner — architect and former political prisoner — speaks to Taroa Zúñiga Silva about how Salvador Allende's government improved the lives of Chileans in its first year.