It's Going Down (2023-05-22). "States of Incarceration": Abolition, Revolt, and Organization. itsgoingdown.org In this episode of the It's Going Down podcast, we present a recording from a recent speaking tour of the Pacific Northwest featuring authors Jarrod Shanahan and Zhandarka Kurti, who discuss their new book, States of Incarceration: Rebellion, Reform, and America's Punishment System. From the book's description: Inspired by the George Floyd Rebellion, States of…

Junaid S. Ahmad (2023-05-23). Following failed kidnapping of Imran Khan, Pakistan's regime desperately cracks down on dissent. geopoliticaleconomy.com Pakistan's toppled Prime Minister Imran Khan tried to defend himself against bogus corruption charges, but the military kidnapped him. The Supreme Court ruled it was an unlawful arrest and he was freed. So now the unelected regime is cracking down hard, threatening to prosecute protesters in army courts.

Labor Video Project (2023-05-21). Banko Brown Murder & License To Kill: SF Press Conference At DA Brook Jenkins Office. indybay.org The murder of Banko Brown by a Walgreen security guard in San Francisco and the failure to prosecute by the District Attorney Brook Jenkins backed up by Mayor London Breed has led to fury among people in San Franicsco. Many Democratic Party officials organized a rally at Jenkins office to protest and call for prosecution. There are over 61 billionaires in San Francisco and speakers charged that there is massive ethnic cleansing going on in San Francisco with Blacks being driven out of San Francisco by a Black Mayor, District Attorney and police chief. | There is also a campaign to drive Black workers from their p…

Press Associates (2023-05-19). NLRB: You can't discriminate by banning only Black Lives Matter masks. peoplesworld.org SEATTLE—Companies—in this case Fred Meyer and QFC stores in Washington state—can't cite dress codes to ban workers from wearing Black Lives Matter masks and buttons on the job and allow everything else. And they can't send "offending" workers home without pay, either. So said National Labor Relations Board Administrative Law Judge Mara-Louise Anzalone in a …

Labor Video Project (2023-05-20). Banko Brown Murder & License To Kill: SF Press Conference At DA Brook Jenkins Office. indybay.org The murder of Banko Brown by a Walgreen security guard in San Francisco and the failure to prosecute by the District Attorney Brook Jenkins backed up by Mayor London Breed has led to fury among people in San Franicsco. Many Democratic Party officials organized a rally at Jenkins office to protest and call for prosecution. There are over 61 billionaires in San Francisco and speakers charged that there is massive ethnic cleansing going on in San Francisco with Blacks being driven out of San Francisco by a Black Mayor, District Attorney and police chief. | There is also a campaign to drive Black workers from their p…

MEE staff (2023-05-19). Iran executes three anti-government protesters. middleeasteye.net Iran executes three anti-government protesters | Iranian authorities allegedly tortured the three men, who were arrested last November following deadly violence at protests | Fri, 05/19/2023 – 11: 00 | From left to right: Saleh Mirhashemi, Majid Kazemi, and Saeed Yaghoubi, who were all executed by Iran on 19 May for taking part in anti-government protests (Social Media) | Three men allegedly tortured by aut…