Monthly Archives: May 2023

2023-05-19: News Headlines

Labor Video Project (2023-05-19). 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…

WSWS (2023-05-19). Hollywood's race and gender quotas, identity politics and the writers' strike. wsws.org Identity politics operates consciously to divide the working class, pitting blacks against whites, women against men and so on, and generally to inject as much confusion and ideological poison into the atmosphere as possible.

Fight Back (2023-05-19). The Tampa 5 are facing 10-plus years in jail! Drop the charges now! fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL — Florida state prosecutor Justin Diaz it trying to put the Tampa 5 in prison. The Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) members, arrested at a campus protest against the racist agenda of Governor Ron DeSantis, each face a trumped-up felony charge, alleging "battery on a police officer," carrying five years of jail time. When the activists rejected a plea deal requiring them to apologize for doing the right thing, the prosecutor added on more felony charges. This means that three of the activists are facing more than ten years behind bars. In addition, the activists face ten misdemeanor charges.

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…

Fight Back (2023-05-18). Supporters rally at first court date for Tampa 5. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – On May 17, over 40 people rallied outside a courthouse in support of the Tampa 5 during their arraignment. Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society and Tampa Bay Community Action Committee hosted a press conference followed by a protest against the attacks on protesters in Florida. | The Tampa 5 are Chrisley Carpio, Gia Davila, Laura Rodriguez, Jeanie Kida and Lauren Pineiro, students and workers beaten and arrested by University of South Florida police at a March 6 campus protest. | An hour before the 11 a.m. arraignment, the Tampa 5 spoke to the press about the case and the repression they expe…

WSWS (2023-05-18). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org National strike in Belgium against "social dumping" by Delhaize and other companies to drive down wages and conditions; continuing strikes and protests across Iran over cost of living, pay and conditions involving pensioners, Haft Tappeh sugarcane workers as strike leaders of offshore gas workers arrested; Nigerian doctors give union mandate for indefinite stoppage over pay, unions call five-day warning strike…


2023-05-19 19:26:04 | 19:26 EST | jz | 9 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 

2023-05-18: News Headlines

Labor Video Project (2023-05-18). 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…

teleSUR (2023-05-17). Racism Tool for US Politicians to Pursue Greedy Interests. telesurenglish.net U.S. politicians have been exploiting racism to pursue their "greedy" capitalist interests while encouraging inequalities between races in every sphere of life, said Baris Doster, a professor of communication and journalism with Istanbul-based Marmara University. | RELATED: | "White people have privileges over blacks in many domains like courts, political life, private sector and bureaucracy," the Turkish scholar said…

WSWS (2023-05-18). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org National strike in Belgium against "social dumping" by Delhaize and other companies to drive down wages and conditions; continuing strikes and protests across Iran over cost of living, pay and conditions involving pensioners, Haft Tappeh sugarcane workers as strike leaders of offshore gas workers arrested; Nigerian doctors give union mandate for indefinite stoppage over pay, unions call five-day warning strike…


2023-05-18 22:37:31 | 22:37 EST | tr | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 

2023-05-17: News Headlines

Jonathan Turley (2023-05-16). America's State Media: The Blackout on Biden Corruption Is Truly 'Pulitzer-level Stuff'. globalresearch.ca

Fight Back (2023-05-17). Denver continues fight for justice in case of mass police shooting. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – A dozen concerned residents rallied Saturday, May 13, to demand justice in the case of a police shooting that wounded seven last summer. As bars were letting out in Lower Downtown on the night of July 17, 2022, three DPD officers attempted to stop 21-year-old Jordan Waddy who they suspected of being involved in an altercation earlier that evening. | Bodycam footage shows that, after Waddy had disarmed himself and put his hands in the air, Officers Brandon Ramos, Meagan Lieberson and Kenneth Rowland opened fire on him with no regard for the large crowd of bystanders all around them. Ramos, the only of…

Fight Back (2023-05-17). Atlanta police doubles down on attacks on Cop City protesters. fightbacknews.org Atlanta, GA – Several activists were arrested and charged with felonies for the crime of hanging up flyers demanding justice for Manuel "Tortuguita'' Terán, a forest defender who was shot 57 times and murdered by Georgia State Patrol in January 2023. | The three people arrested are being charged with felony 'intimidation of an officer', which falls under Georgia's domestic terrorism laws, and are facing 20 years in jail for posting flyers on mailboxes in Cartersville, a suburb in north metro Atlanta. All three arrested are being denied bail and held in solitary confinement. The bogus charges and unjust…

2023-05-17 07:59:28 | 07:59 EST | jz | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 

2023-05-16: News Headlines

Grace Storrie (2023-05-15). The Weekly Round-up: Scrapping the 'sunset clause', the Public Order Act 2023, and Trump found liable for sexual assault and defamation. ukhumanrightsblog.com In the news On Wednesday, it was announced a committee of MPs will examine the Metropolitan Police's treatment of protesters at the Coronation of King Charles III on Saturday 6 May. A total of 64 people were arrested on the day of the coronation, 52 of which were made because police feared protesters intended to disrupt proceedings. …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-15). Bail for Imran Khan sparks protests by ruling coalition in Pakistan. peoplesdispatch.org The ruling coalition in Pakistan has launched a sit-in protest outside the Supreme Court to oppose the court's order granting relief to former Prime Minister Imran Khan after his arrest last week…

Grace Storrie (2023-05-15). The Weekly Round-up: Scrapping the 'sunset clause', the Public Order Act 2023, and Trump guilty of sexual abuse. ukhumanrightsblog.com In the news On Wednesday, it was announced a committee of MPs will examine the Metropolitan Police's treatment of protesters at the Coronation of King Charles III on Saturday 6 May. A total of 64 people were arrested on the day of the coronation, 52 of which were made because police feared protesters intended to disrupt proceedings. …


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