2022-09-14: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-09-14). SEP and IYSSE in Sri Lanka call public meeting to oppose state repression against anti-government protesters. wsws.org Amid a growing crackdown by President Wickremesinghe, the online public meeting entitled "Stop the repression of anti-government protesters! Release all political prisoners!" will be held at 4 p.m. on Sunday, September 25.

Bay Action To Free Julian Assange (2022-09-14). Thursday 9/22: Press Conference: SF Chronicle-End Your Silence On The Jailing And Extradition Of Julian Assange. indybay.org San Francisco Chronicle | 5th & Mission St. | San Francisco…

Labor Video Project (2022-09-14). Terrorism, Racism & Union Busting Against SEIU1021 SF General Hospital Workers By HR DPH. indybay.org Workers and SEIU 1021 SF General Hospital union leaders reported on the epidemic of bullying, racist discrimination and union busting by DPH and CCSF HR. The City has spent over $100 million on paying for illegal discrimination, defendant lawyers and City lawyers to defend illegal racist attacks and systemic racism.

Lee Siu Hin (2022-09-14). Fall 2022 National Immigrant Solidarity Network Immigrant Justice News Alert! indybay.org U.S. Political Prisoners Special Report: We Have Hundreds of Political Prisoners, Thousands of Asian-American Hate Victims, Half Million Child Farm Labors!

WSWS (2022-09-13). Socialism 2022 Conference: The pseudo-left promotes imperialist war. wsws.org The primary aim of the Socialism 2022 Conference was to promote the US-NATO war against Russia, in line with the policy of the Biden administration, while seeking to bolster the trade unions as instruments for the suppression of the class struggle.

Dana Sanchez (2022-09-13). US Government, DOJ Charge Memphis Executive With Falsifying Water Quality Records In 2 States, Sentenced To 3 Years. moguldom.com Memphis CEO DiAne Gordon, 61, was sentenced Sept. 12 to three years in prison on charges of fabricating hundreds of water monitoring reports and submitting fraudulent documents to state regulators in Mississippi and Tennessee since 2017. Gordon was the co-owner and CEO of Environmental Compliance and Testing (ECT), a company that presented itself as a full-service environmental …

Contributing Writers (2022-09-13). Remdesivir Wrongful Death Landmark Lawsuit Filed Against Three Hospitals in Fresno, California/ By Dr. Elizabeth Lee Vliet. marktaliano.net By Dr. Elizabeth Lee Vliet Global Research, September 13, 2022 Truth for Health Foundation 9 September 2022 Original Link Here: Remdesivir Wrongful Death Landmark Lawsuit Filed Against Three Hospitals in Fresno, California Global ResearchGlobal Research Centre for Research on Globalization ..]…

_____ (2022-09-13). The Genius Of Ella Jo Baker. popularresistance.org Ella Jo Baker will be inducted into the Cooperative Hall of Fame as an "Unsung Hero" at a ceremony at the National Press Club on Oct. 6 in Washington DC. | Ella Baker is well-regarded as a giant in the Civil Rights Movement, known for her unique participatory grassroots organizing style and also for her ability to galvanize young people to bring a militancy in the struggle to end segregation. But Baker is less known for her innovative organizing prowess before the 1960s — forming a network of self-help cooperatives to bring economic relief to black people during the Depression. | "Ella Baker was one of the…

_____ (2022-09-13). Venezuela Rejects Washington's Statement On Imprisoned US Citizens. popularresistance.org This Saturday, September 10, the Venezuelan government rejected, through a communique, the statement made on Friday by US Department of State spokesperson, Ned Price, labeling US Marine veteran and MVM Inc. "contractor" Matthew Heath's detention as wrongful and his arrest as based on specious charges. | At the time of his capture in September 2020, Heath had allegedly already taken photos of strategic military and oil refining facilities in Zulia and Falcón states. He entered Venezuela illegally from Colombia through Paraguachón (Zulia state) and his final destination was Aruba. To avoid being detained at checkpo…

Dr. Elizabeth Lee Vliet (2022-09-13). Remdesivir Wrongful Death Landmark Lawsuit Filed Against Three Hospitals in Fresno, California. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2022-09-13). Foreign Minister of Colombia Ratifies Withdrawal of Lawsuit Against President Maduro at International Criminal Court. orinocotribune.com The Foreign Affairs Minister of Colombia àÅlvaro Leyva stated that Colombia will seek to withdraw the lawsuit filed before the International Criminal Court (ICC) during former President Iván Duque's time, against the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro,. | In conversation with Colombian radio station

Kwjorinoco (2022-09-13). The US Against Assange: A Torrent of Evil. orinocotribune.com Few times has an empire demonstrated such cruelty and determination to destroy a single man as the US has in its crusade to silence Julian Assange, the activist who revealed the human rights abuses and permanent transgression of international law indulged in by the US throughout the world. | Interviewed by La Jornada during their visit to Mexico, John and Gabriel Shipton, the WikiLeaks founder's father and half-brother, respectively, told us of the inhumane treatment reserved for Julian in the UK's maximum security prison where he is fighting the near-complete attempt by the US to extradite him under the 1917 Esp…

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2022-09-13: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-09-13). Socialism 2022 Conference: The pseudo-left promote imperialist war. wsws.org The primary aim of the Socialism 2022 Conference was to promote the US-NATO war against Russia, in line with the policy of the Biden administration, while seeking to bolster the trade unions as instruments for the suppression of the class struggle.

WSWS (2022-09-13). Socialism 2022 Conference: The pseudo-left promotes imperialist war. wsws.org The primary aim of the Socialism 2022 Conference was to promote the US-NATO war against Russia, in line with the policy of the Biden administration, while seeking to bolster the trade unions as instruments for the suppression of the class struggle.

WSWS (2022-09-13). Sri Lanka: Stop the repression of anti-government protesters! Release all political prisoners! wsws.org President Wickremesinghe is stepping up the arrest of anti-government protesters in preparation for state repression against the working class.

Bay Action To Free Julian Assange (2022-09-13). Thursday 9/22: Press Conference: SF Chronicle-End Your Silence On The Jailing And Extradition Of Julian Assange. indybay.org San Francisco Chronicle | 5th & Mission St. | San Francisco…

Staff (2022-09-12). While US Leaders Moralize About Alleged Human Rights Abuses in Russia and China To Justify Proxy Wars, Prisoners in the US Routinely Suffer From Inhumane Treatment (Alex Saab Prison). orinocotribune.com By Lauren Smith Sep 7, 2022 | A Miami Prisoner is Among Those Who Believe That U.S. Prison Authorities Are Trying to Kill Them | While U.S. leaders denounce Russia and China, and other official enemies for alleged human rights violations daily, they are silent about the massive human rights abuses that occur routinely in the U.S. prison system—the largest and most oppressive in the world. | Jonny, a pseudonym for a 45-year-old man currently being held in pretrial detention in Miami's Federal Detention Center (FDC Miami), believes that prison authorities are trying to kill him. Maria, Jonny's partner o…

____ (2022-09-12). Let's Stop Pretending America Is a Functioning Democracy. transcend.org 4 Sep 2022 – The U.S. posits itself as a champion of opportunity, freedom, human rights and civil liberties, even as half the country struggles at subsistence level, militarized police gun down and imprison the poor with impunity, and the primary business of the state is war. This collective self-delusion masks who we have become. Under inverted totalitarianism, there is no attempt, unlike fascism and state socialism, to address the needs of the poor.

Staff (2022-09-12). After 37 days of hunger strike, Adal Musa secures his freedom in victory. samidoun.net On 12 September, after 37 days of hunger strike, Adal Musa has suspended his strike with another defeat for the colonial jailers. He will be released from administrative detention (Israeli imprisonment without charge or trial) on 6 November 2022, as confirmed by Muhja al-Quds. He joined his brother, Ahmad Musa, on a hunger strike (which …

Staff (2022-09-12). Venezuela Rejects Washington's Statement on Imprisoned US Citizens. orinocotribune.com Caracas, September 11, 2022 ( At the time of his capture in September 2020, Heath had allegedly already taken photos of strategic m…

Udi Ofer (2022-09-12). Despite Backlash, Voters and Lawmakers Continue to Choose Criminal Justice Reform. aclu.org Last month, voters in Shelby County, Tennessee, ousted an 11-year incumbent district attorney with a national reputation for being overly-punitive. Amy Weirich aggressively pursued the death penalty, fought against bail reform, sent more children to adult court than any other prosecutor in the state, and had been admonished in the past for prosecutorial misconduct. She also Voters in one of t…

Mumia Abu-Jamal (2022-09-12). A turning point in American corrections. workers.org first posted September 9, 2021 The following lightly edited commentary by Mumia Abu-Jamal aired as part of the "50 Years of Resistance: Black August and Attica" live broadcast, hosted by the Prisoners Solidarity Committee of Workers World Party, Sept. 2, 2021. In my mind, Attica was a turning point in . . . |

Justin Wetherell (2022-09-12). Gendered Dress Codes Hurt Everyone — Especially Non-Binary People Like Me. aclu.org I started working as a Flight Attendant for Alaska Airlines in July of 2014. I grew up by the airport in Anchorage, with Alaska Airlines planes constantly flying overhead. Every summer when visiting family, we flew on Alaska Airlines. I wanted to work for the airline for as long as I can remember and was ecstatic when I got the position. I always felt a sense of belonging — being part of a close-knit community with a huge impact on my home state. | For the past eight years, I've given a lot to the company. I participated in many community events and promotional activities and was hired to be a flight att…

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