Daily Archives: December 8, 2020

2020-12-08: News Headlines

MEE staff (2020-12-08). Palestinian writer Majd Kayyal arrested by Israeli police in Haifa. middleeasteye.net Palestinian writer Majd Kayyal arrested by Israeli police in Haifa | Novelist and journalist seized from family home alongside his brother at 6am, with charges unclear | Tue, 12/08/2020 – 09: 40 | Majd Kayyal was arrested in 2014 for travelling to Beirut for work (Adalah) | Palestinian writer, journalist and political activist

Media Lens (2020-12-08). Stuck in a Lift with John Pilger: News and How to Use It by Alan Rusbridger. dissidentvoice.org Noticing the way journalists seemed unable to resist commenting on our work, even if it was just to slag us off, Glenn Greenwald tweeted us in 2012: 'You are really deeper in the heads of the British establishment-serving commentariat than anyone else — congrats.' ((Greenwald, Twitter, 12 September 2012.)) If that was true then, our relationship …

Margaret Flowers (2020-12-08). Venezuela Votes To End Neocolonialism, Create Its Own Path. dissidentvoice.org On December 2, the Embassy Protection Collective (EPC) members, who were arrested in May 2019 when the United States illegally invaded the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, DC, completed their probation, ending the risk of the 30 days in prison that was being held over their heads. I am one of the four who were arrested. …

Ralph Nader (2020-12-08). Action for Change Starts in Congress. counterpunch.org We know their names! We've given immense power to Five Hundred and Thirty-Five People to do good or bad. One Hundred Senators and Four Hundred and Thirty-Five Representatives. Unfortunately, some 1500 corporations control most Members of Congress. Think about all the dreams for a better world that could come to be realized if our elected officials

Staff (2020-12-08). Black Mom Swarmed & Beaten by Philly Riot Police with Toddler in Car Demands Officers Be Fired. democracynow.org A Black mother who was attacked by a horde of Philadelphia police officers is speaking out about the harrowing experience. Rickia Young was driving an SUV with her 2-year-old son and teenage nephew on October 27 as the city was engulfed in protest over the police killing of Walter Wallace Jr. earlier that day. Officers descended on the vehicle, broke its windows, assaulted and arrested her and separated her from her child. Young's arrest went viral due to a shocking video of the police swarming her vehicle, and after the National Fraternal Order of Police — the country's largest police union — posted…

Gabbriel Schivone (2020-12-08). Screen Shot 2020-12-08 at 1.50.41 PM.png. progressive.org A look at the conscientious objectors of law enforcement.

WSWS (2020-12-08). UK's "spycops" inquiry continues coverup of Stephen Lawrence murder. wsws.org Undercover officers were told to undermine the campaign for "a better investigation" into the murder of Stephen Lawrence by digging up "dirt" and "disinformation".

Peoples Dispatch (2020-12-08). Chileans demand release of political prisoners arrested during October 2019 uprising. peoplesdispatch.org For the past two weeks, Chileans have been mobilizing in the capital to demand the release of young political prisoners and the national police force has been repressing them, on occasions with water mixed with chemicals…

RT (2020-12-07). Russian man wanted by Moscow, Paris & Washington handed five year sentence by French court for laundering bitcoin on behalf of mob. rt.com A Russian cryptocurrency entrepreneur has been sentenced by a French court to five years in prison and handed a hefty fine after it found him guilty of money laundering. Alexander Vinnik is also wanted by Washington and Moscow. | The Russian citizen was arrested in Greece in 2017 on a request from the US, which sought his extradition over money laundering and fraud charges. While in custody, Russia and France filed their own requests to have him handed over on different charges, but Paris' bid to try him carried more weight with its fellow EU member. | On Monday, a French court sentenced Vinnik to a five-year…

Staff (2020-12-07). Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson Wins "Alternative Nobel" for Work Against Mass Incarceration. democracynow.org Civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson, who founded the Equal Justice Initiative, was one of four human rights defenders to win this year's Right Livelihood Award on December 3. "I work in a country that has the highest rate of incarceration in the world. I work against a system that treats you better if you're rich and guilty than if you're poor and innocent," he said in accepting the honor. "We work to overturn this horrific era of mass incarceration in America that has been brought about by the politics of fear and anger." We feature his full acceptance speech of the Right Livelihood Award, widely known as the…

David Edwards (2020-12-07). Stuck In A Lift With John Pilger — 'News And How To Use It' by Alan Rusbridger. zcomm.org Pilger tells the unfiltered, uncompromised truth about the foundations of power. His focus is on speaking up for the victims of power, not on serving power…

Mehr News Agency (2020-12-07). Iraqi forces arrest ISIL element in Kirkuk province. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) — The Iraqi forces have arrested the intelligence chief of the ISIL terrorists in the Northern Province of Kirkuk.