(2023-09-01). 300 Black Lives Matter Protesters in Denver Awarded $4.7 Million Settlement. truthout.org On Monday, the city council of Denver, Colorado, unanimously approved a $4.72 million settlement that covers over 300 protesters in the movement for Black lives who were arrested by Denver police in the summer of 2020. "Tens of thousands of activists took to the streets of Denver to demand justice for Black lives and faced a massive, militarized response," Z Williams, director of client support… |
(2023-09-01). Arabic press review: Libyan local officials reject Israel normalisation. middleeasteye.net 
Arabic press review: Libyan local officials reject Israel normalisation | Meanwhile, Egypt launches mass arrest campaign targeting opponents and their relatives and Saudi Arabia provides food aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan | Fri, 09/01/2023 – 16: 36 | Palestinians participate in a protest supporting the Libyan people for standing against normalisation with Israel, in Gaza City on 31 Aug…
(2023-09-01). Enbridge Is the Guilty Party, Not Me: Meet the Pipeline Protester Facing 5 Years for Peaceful Action. democracynow.org 
We speak with climate activist and water protector Mylene Vialard, whose trial for peacefully protesting the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline began this week in Minnesota. Vialard faces up to five years in prison for her 2021 protest, when she attached herself to a 25-foot bamboo tower erected to block a pumping station in Aitkin County. Vialard, who lives in Colorado, had come to Minnesota to take part in a wave of Indigenous-led acts of civil disobedience to stop the pipeline. Between December 2020 and September 2021, police in Minnesota made more than 1,000 arrests. Mylene Vialard is just the second water protector fa…