(2021-07-21). DEA agent arrested for participating in US Capitol riot, allegedly flashing his badge & firearm while off duty. rt.com An off-duty US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent who allegedly flashed his badge and gun while standing outside the Capitol during the January 6 riot has been arrested for entering a restricted area with a firearm. | The agent, Mark Sami Ibrahim of Orange County, California, also stands accused of making a false statement to Department of Justice investigators because he denied displaying his badge or pistol at the Capitol, according to an
(2021-07-21). DEA agent arrested for participating in Capitol riots. nationofchange.org U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Agent Mark Sami Ibrahim was arrested Tuesday and charged on several accounts for his participation in the Capitol riots on January 6.
(2021-07-21). Legalized Apartheid: The Israeli Supreme Court Just Cemented Jewish Supremacy into Law. orinocotribune.com By Jessica Buxbaum — Jul 16, 2021 | Only a few years old, the nation-state law has already proven it can serve as a legal tool for discrimination, racial segregation, and outright apartheid. | JERUSALEM — In November of last year, an Israeli judge invoked the controversial Jewish Nation-State Basic Law when striking down a lawsuit against the city of Karmiel over funding transportation for two Palestinian students. | In his ruling, the chief registrar of the Krayot Magistrate's Court, Yaniv Luzon, said that establishing an Arabic-language school in Karmiel or funding transportation for Palestinian Arab…
(2021-07-21). Colombia Erupts in Protest Again over Right-Wing Gov't Tax Plans Even as "Solidarity Is Criminalized" democracynow.org We go to Colombia for an update on anti-government protests in several cities on the country's Independence Day, when right-wing President Iván Duque presented a new tax reform bill to Congress. The last tax proposal failed in April after it prompted a general strike and massive demonstrations that focused on deepening economic inequality and human rights abuses. The latest demonstrations came after some of the organizers were arrested and harassed over the weekend and protesters have faced intense crackdowns and brutality from Colombian police forces in recent months. "It was amazing that it took place, notwiths…
(2021-07-21). Colombia's Export of Mercenaries Scrutinized After U.S.-Trained Soldiers Kill Haiti's President. democracynow.org The role of Colombian mercenaries in the assassination two weeks ago of Haitian President Jovenel MoàØse has come under scrutiny ater The Washington Post reported some of the Colombians received U.S. military training while they were part of the Colombian armed services. One of the mercenaries has been identified as former special commando Grosso Guarín, who was once assigned to a secretive elite military detachment of Colombia's Urban Counter-Terrorism Special Forces Group that carried out kidnappings and assassinations. Another Colombian mercenary arrested in Haiti was Francisco Eladio Uribe Ochoa, who w…
(2021-07-21). Advierten presión de EE.UU para que países declaren contra Cuba. telesurtv.net Las autoridades cubanas han denunciado que el Gobierno de EE.UU. recurre a maniobras injerencistas para recrudecer el bloqueo impuesto a la isla caribeña.
(2021-07-21). Denuncian represión a manifestantes en ciudades de Colombia. telesurtv.net En varias regiones se reportaron hechos represivos, donde el Esmad atacó con gases y bombas aturdidoras a los manifestantes.
(2021-07-21). US Attacks Sovereignty from Haiti to Cuba to China. sputniknews.com 'Core Group' just kinda decided who the Haitian government is; Dems push for decriminalizing marijuana; NSO spyware exposed; US attacks on Cuba and China connected…
(2021-07-21). Winona LaDuke and Water Protectors Arrested: Horse Nation to the Front Line. indybay.org Winona LaDuke, executive director of Honor the Earth, was among the women arrested today defending the Shell River from the construction of Enbridge Line 3.
(2021-07-20). 25 July, New Jersey/NYC: #BlockTheBoat — Mass Picket to Stop Apartheid Israel Zim Ship. samidoun.net Sunday, 25 July 6 am (updates TBA — subscribe for text alerts!) Maher Terminal 1210 Corbin St Elizabeth, NJ Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/500776417869221/ Alert: Ship schedules can change at the last minute. Please sign up for text updates. To sign up for SMS updates, text your name to 833-320-1973 The #BlockTheBoat NY-NJ Coalition is returning to Maher Terminal after leading the first ever Palestine protest at the Port of New York and New Jersey last month. Join us as we mobilize for another community picket line to let ZIM — apartheid Israel's largest shipping company — know that they…
(2021-07-20). Under imperialism, multiple crises deepen in Haiti. workers.org Haitian authorities have arrested Colombian mercenaries and Haitian-Americans and charged them with participating in the July 7 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel MoàØse. But murky questions still remain: Who organized the attempted coup? Who paid the mercenaries? Who will benefit? In Haiti, a crowd gathers around a car carrying the . . . |
(2021-07-20). 'Feed 'Em All!' Fridge With Free Food Now Open In Maywood. popularresistance.org On an early Saturday afternoon, about a dozen residents and local organizers gathered in Maywood outside of the childhood home of Black Panther icon Fred Hampton. Armed with boxes of fresh whole corn, cherries, peaches and greens, they stood ready to stock a new community fridge that will provide people access to food 24 hours a day, seven days a week. | "Maywood is a food desert," said Anthony Clark, an Oak Park activist and founder of Suburban Unity Alliance, a nonprofit that led the charge to open the community's first public refrigerator. | "It's all corner stores," Clark said. "For people to even think about…