Daily Archives: August 14, 2021

2021-08-14: News Headlines

Fra Hughes (2021-08-14). Palestine Aid on the Ground in Gaza. orinocotribune.com By Fra Hughes Belfast — Aug 11, 2021 | In 2010 a group of international activists joined Mr. George Galloway on his Viva Palestina 5 medical aid convoy to Gaza. | Their aim was to break the illegal siege, bring much-needed aid, medical equipment, and supplies to the people in distress. To bring hope, help, solidarity, and compassion to those living under a brutal medieval siege illegally imposed upon them by the apartheid state of Israel. | Nearly 2 million souls hemmed into a piece of land the size of the Ards peninsula 26 miles by 6 miles surrounded by land, sea, and air by the Zionist army, navy, and air…

Editor2 (2021-08-14). 'Economic Warfare [Is] Designed to Starve the Cuban People Into Rebellion' (Interview). orinocotribune.com CounterSpin interview with James Early on Cuban blockade | Janine Jackson interviewed IPS's James Early about the Cuban blockade for the Janine Jackson: In the wake of Black Lives Matter and George Floyd protests, lawmakers in Florida—as elsewhere—passed legislation increasing penalties for blocking public streets, and offering protection to people who hit protesters with their car. But when people took to the street to show suppo…

WSWS (2021-08-14). Fiji opposition MPs arrested over criticism of land Bill. wsws.org The Bainimarama regime's anti-democratic measures are being intensified under the cover of the escalating COVID-19 crisis.

Asa Winstanley (2021-08-13). Israeli cities impose beach apartheid on Palestinians. electronicintifada.net Civil rights group slams "illegal measures" on the pretext of coronavirus.

Maureen Clare Murphy (2021-08-13). Apartheid tech is no climate change solution. electronicintifada.net Israel finds opportunity to rebrand itself in wake of new IPCC report.

John Pilger (2021-08-13). A Day in the Death of British Justice. counterpunch.org I sat in Court 4 in the Royal Courts of Justice in London yesterday with Stella Moris, Julian Assange's partner. I have known Stella for as long as I have known Julian. She, too, is a voice of freedom, coming from a family that fought the fascism of Apartheid. Today, her name was uttered in court by a barrister and a judge, forgettable people were it not for the power of their endowed privilege.

RobertAlvarez (2021-08-13). Two Years After the Largest Workplace Raid in U.S. History, a Path Forward for Undocumented Workers. ips-dc.org Immigration agents arrested over 600 undocumented workers at a poultry plant in Jackson, Mississippi two years ago in what remains the On the two-year anniversary of that raid, immigrant rights advocates are demanding that U.S. officials take action to repair the harms inflicted on the workers and their communities. | Some 230 of the workers have already been deported but another 400 are still waiting for their day in court. And while they wait, many are unable to provide for themselves because…

_____ (2021-08-13). Scheer Intelligence: Prisons Enable America's Obscene Wealth. popularresistance.org The story of Marshall "Eddie" Conway, a military veteran and former Black Panther who was imprisoned for 43 years for a crime he didn't commit, is one that gets to the heart of systemic racism in the United States. Despite grueling conditions, in prison Conway pursued three college degrees, and was considered an "exemplary" prisoner for starting a prison literacy program and organizing the prison library. On the other hand, his efforts to organize a union among his fellow convict laborers was crushed by the authorities. After being released in 2014 following an appellate court judgment that his jury had been give…

Moderator (2021-08-13). Eddie Conway: Prisons Enable America's Obscene Wealth. scheerpost.com Eddie Conway. [J.M. Giordano/City PaperCredits] Click to subscribe on: Apple / Spotify / Google Play The story of Marshall "Eddie" Conway, a military veteran and former Black Panther who was imprisoned for 43 years for a crime he didn't commit, is one that gets to the heart of systemic racism in the United States. Despite grueling conditions, in prison Conway pursued three college degrees… |

Isheka N. Harrison (2021-08-13). 10 Quotes From PowerNomics Pioneer Dr. Claud Anderson. moguldom.com Dr. Claud Anderson is a renowned intellectual, author and speaker who focuses his expertise on how Black people can empower themselves economically. He is the founder and president of PowerNomics Corporation of America, Inc. and The Harvest Institute, Inc. According to its website, "The PowerNomics concept and plan teach Blacks how to pool resources and aspects …

Staff (2021-08-13). Cops illegally took his camera … but they weren't ready for what happened next. therealnews.com Holding police accountable requires defending the First Amendment right to put them on camera. This is why Philip Turner, known on YouTube as The Battousai, fought to solidify that right in Turner v. Driver, a 2017 case decided by the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. However, a shocking video shows Texas police ignoring the law, detaining Turner, and confiscating his video equipment. What the officers didn't realize is that the case law resulting from the Turner v. Driver decision not only protects citizens' right to film the police, but was named after the very man whose rights they were violatin…

Monica Johnson (2021-08-13). #JusticeForDeaundrePhillips: Atlanta DA Fani Willis again declines to charge killer cops. liberationnews.org "How can this man change his story two and three times and not be charged… with this murder?" asked Tyvonna Phillips,mother of Deaundre Phillips.

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