UUSF Sensible Cinema, the IEC (2022-05-08). Friday 5/20: NASRIN story of a courageous Iranian lawyer and political prisoner. indybay.org VIA ZOOM | us02web.zoom.us/j/81874845936?pwd=Y2RCOVV2UDlCNVhjMUd6TGdmOHpqZz09 | Meeting ID: 818 7484 5936 Passcode: 205900…

JANET (2022-05-07). For Mumia on his birthday. iacenter.org By Julia Wright May 6, 2022 To yet another Mumia generation: Mumia Abu-Jamal Children, did you hear of a Black man called Mumia ? for 40 years he has been taking us on a journey showing us the cruel and unusual imprisonment of a world shackled by made-in-U.S.A. imperialism ‚àí the poisoning of the earth belonging to the damned, the hunger and the drought suffered by the underneath of the underneath at the hands of climate-blind corporate greed, the political incarceration of those who dare lift their voice against their own genocide . . . for forty years Mumia has been taking us on a journey i…

_____ (2022-05-07). Iwakuni Residents Fight Back Against US Military Presence. popularresistance.org Iwakuni, Japan – A group of residents of the city of Iwakuni, in the Yamaguchi Prefecture, announced plans to use a lawsuit to demand a ban on military aircraft flights in the city on May 2. Residents have long complained of noise pollution from both Japanese and US aircrafts in the city's military base, and have sought a ban on their activities as well as damages. The group is expected to file the lawsuit at the Yamaguchi District Court later in the month. | Once filed, the lawsuit will be the second of its kind to emerge from Iwakuni. According to reports, the same group of residents were plaintiffs or supporte…

Kungu Al-Mahadi Adam (2022-05-07). Kato Kajubi seeks Supreme Court review of Sentence. plusnews.ug Godfrey Kato Kajubi has applied to the Supreme Court asking the Justices to review their decision that upheld his conviction and subsequent life imprisonment for murdering a 12-year-old boy Joseph Kasirye. In July 2012, the then Masaka High Court Judge Mike Chibita found Kajubi guilty of murdering Kasirye on October 27, 2008. The court found …

Our Reporter (2022-05-07). Woman remanded over theft of Ug.Sh.1 bn. plusnews.ug The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has remanded Brender Nakalanzi, the Managing Director for Goshen Hope Enterprises to Luzira prison on charges of causing the government a financial loss of more than one billion shillings. Nakalanzi was on Friday afternoon arraigned before the Anti-Corruption Court Chief Magistrate Joan Aciro where she denied the charges against …

Our Reporter (2022-05-07). Woman remanded over theft of Ug.Sh.1 bn. plusnews.ug The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has remanded Brender Nakalanzi, the Managing Director for Goshen Hope Enterprises to Luzira prison on charges of causing the government a financial loss of more than one billion shillings. Nakalanzi was on Friday afternoon arraigned before the Anti-Corruption Court Chief Magistrate Joan Aciro where she denied the charges against …

Staff (2022-05-06). 45 Years of Defending Liberty. aclu.org When Stephen Pevar joined the ACLU in 1976, he was one of only 15 national staff attorneys. Over the next 45 years, he filed more than 175 cases — winning or settling more than 90 percent of them — as the organization expanded to a workforce that spans every state, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico, with more than 75 staff attorneys at the national office alone. Last month, he retired as one of the ACLU's longest-serving staff members. | Following his departure, we sat down with Stephen to discuss big wins and memorable moments from his decades-long career — almost half the ACLU's 102-year exi…

_____ (2022-05-06). The Poor Peoples Campaign Dishonors Martin Luther King. popularresistance.org On April 4, 1967 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave one of the most significant speeches of his career. In "Beyond Vietnam – Time to Break Silence " King declared his unequivocal opposition to the war in Vietnam. His very public break with Lyndon Johnson was greeted with derision, including from his own allies, who believed that the president was an ally who should not be attacked. The NAACP board passed a resolution calling King's statement a "serious tactical mistake" that would neither "serve the cause of civil rights nor of peace." The media joined in the condemnation, with the New York Times characterizing his…

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-05-06). Familiares de detenidos salvadoreños presentan habeas corpus. telesurtv.net Los abogados defensores aseguran que no se han podido mostrar pruebas incriminatorias contra los detenidos injustamente.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-05-06). Iwakuni residents fight back against US military presence. peoplesdispatch.org Residents of Iwakuni, which hosts one of the largest US foreign bases, recently announced that they will file a lawsuit that could have wider implications for foreign military bases in Japan…

Fight Back (2022-05-06). Chicago: FRSO celebrates International Workers Day. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – 40 people gathered in the office of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR) to celebrate International Workers Day with Freedom Road Socialist Organization. Speakers included Maria Moreno, financial secretary of the CTU; Bassem Kawar, political director of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights; Frank Chapman of CAARPR, and Roni Thrailkill, the mother of Chaz Thrailkill, a prisoner in Menard Prison who is suffering abuse at the hands of the guards in addition to having been wrongfully convicted. | Dod McColgan of Freedom Road Socialist Organization deli…

A Guest Author (2022-05-06). For Mumia on his birthday. workers.org By Julia Wright To yet another Mumia generation: Mumia Abu-Jamal Children, did you hear of a Black man called Mumia ? for 40 years he has been taking us on a journey showing us the cruel and unusual imprisonment of a world shackled by made-in-U.S.A. imperialism ‚àí the poisoning of . . . |

Bill Sacks (2022-05-06). With Gerardo Hernández of the Cuban 5 for May Day. workers.org Greetings from Cuba. I am meeting with Gerardo Hernandez of the Cuban 5 today. When he was asked about his time in prison, he told the international Brigadistas that one of the ways he had earned the respect of the other prisoners was by sharing his Workers World with them. . . . |