(2022-01-24). MLK Day Strike By NUHW Kaiser Mental Healthcare Workers To Stop Systemic Racism. indybay.org A strike was held by National Union Of Healthcare Workers NUHW healthcare workers at Kaiser on MLK day. They were protesting the failure of Kaiser to honor their pledge to make it a holiday. They also talked about the systemic racism at Kaiser.
(2022-01-24). Texas fascist indicted for calling for assassination of Georgia officials one day before Trump's coup attempt. wsws.org Trump supporter Chad Clark is facing up to five years in prison after his arrest for posting an online ad the day before the attack on the US Capitol calling for "patriots" to kill election officials and politicians.
(2022-01-24). Calls Pour in for Islamophobia Probe Into Tories Amid Nusrat Ghani 'Muslimness' Claims. sputniknews.com On Sunday, Tory Chief Whip Mark Spencer identified himself as the person ex-Transport Minister Nusrat Ghani made claims about when she argued that she was sacked from her post in 2020 because of her Muslim faith. Spencer rejected Ghani's claims as "completely false".
(2022-01-24). Israel planning to evacuate Ukrainian Jews — media. rt.com Israel is said to be contemplating a mass airlift of those eligible for Israeli citizenship in the case of a Russian invasion | Top officials in Israel are said to be preparing for a scenario in which will they fly out thousands of Jewish people from Ukraine in the event of a Russian invasion, a top local newspaper has reported amid persistent Western speculation that Moscow could be planning an all-out offensive. | In a report on Sunday, Haaretz claimed that representatives from several government offices had met over the weekend to discuss the risk of the Jewish community in the Eastern European nation poten…
(2022-01-24). Thursday 1/27: Defend 5,000 Striking South African Clover Workers. indybay.org San Francisco Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery St San Francisco, CA 94104…
(2022-01-24). Headlines for January 24, 2022. democracynow.org U.K. High Court Rules Assange Can Request Appeal of Extradition to U.S., U.S. Judge Blocks Vaccine Mandate for Federal Workers, U.S. Reduces Kyiv Embassy Staff, Weighs Sending Troops to Region as Tensions Mount with Russia, Saudi-Led Airstrikes Kill at Least 82 People in Yemen, Including African Migrants, 150 People Killed in Attack on Syrian Prison, Bus Bomb Kills 7 People in Afghanistan; Taliban Officials Arrive in Olso for International Talks, Reports: Burkina Faso's President Detained by Soldiers Amid Growing Unrest, Armed Men Detain Sudanese Women's Rights Activist Amira Osman, Palestinians Call for Probe in…
(2022-01-24). British High Court Opens Door For Assange To Appeal To Supreme Court. shadowproof.com WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange prevailed in his effort to obtain certification from the British High Court of Justice, which would allow him to appeal their prior decision to the Supreme Court.
(2022-01-24). Jueces deciden hoy si Assange puede apelar ante Corte Suprema británica. cubadebate.cu El fundador de WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, sabrá hoy lunes si podrá apelar ante la Corte Suprema del Reino Unido un veredicto anterior que lo tiene a las puertas de ser extraditado a Estados Unidos. | La decisión será anunciada por los mismos jueces que en diciembre pasado aceptaron un recurso presentado por los fiscales estadounidenses contra la negativa de una magistrada de primera instancia a extraditar al periodista australiano.
(2022-01-24). Former supreme court official expelled from CPC, office. ecns.cn Meng Xiang, former chief of the enforcement bureau of the Supreme People's Court, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and dismissed from public office over serious violations of Party discipline and laws.
(2022-01-24). Assange To Defy His Extradition To US Before UK Supreme Court. telesurenglish.net On Monday, London's High Court authorized WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to challenge his extradition to the United States before the British Supreme Court. This decision temporarily blocks his transfer to that country. | RELATED: | British judges Ian Burnett and Tim Holroyde denied Assange permission to appeal their extradition approval before the Supreme Court. However, they validated his legal team's challenge…
(2022-01-24). "The Janes": Meet the Women Who Formed a Collective to Provide Safe Abortions Before Roe v. Wade. democracynow.org As conservative justices on the Supreme Court threaten to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortions nationwide, we speak to the filmmakers and a subject of "The Janes" about life before Roe, when a collective of women in Chicago built an underground service for women seeking an abortion. Heather Booth, who founded the Jane Collective as a college student, speaks about adopting lessons from the civil rights movement and antiwar sentiments of the time. "You have to stand up to illegitimate authority," says Booth. The directors of the film, Emma Pildes and Tia Lessin, speak about their m…
(2022-01-24). Iran's UN Rights Restored After Paying Off Membership Arrears. telesurenglish.net Iran's ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi announced that his country regained its right to vote at the UN General Assembly after its membership dues to the organization were paid by South Korea with frozen Iranian funds. | RELATED: | He said that as soon as Iran's arrears are received in New York, the country's voting rights should naturally be restored. South Korea confirmed on Sunday that it has paid Tehran's m…
(2022-01-23). Patriot Front Fascist Leak Exposes Nationwide Racist Campaigns. popularresistance.org The detailed inner workings and operations of neo-Nazi organization Patriot Front have come to light after a massive leak from their chat servers. The exposed communications show coordination with their leader Thomas Rousseau to deface murals and monuments to Black lives across the United States, and intimate struggles to bolster morale through group activities like hiking and camping. | This release includes more than 400 gigabytes of data published by Unicorn Riot. Ostensibly private, unedited videos and direct messages reveal a campaign to organize acts of racial hatred while indoctrinating teenagers into nati…
(2022-01-23). Biden's First Year in Office Saw 5,000 More Gun Killings Than Trump's, Monitor Finds. sputniknews.com 2020 saw several Democrat-controlled city councils across the US vote to cut their police department budgets in response to the Black Lives Matter "Defund the Police" campaign. Crime has since reportedly soared in some of those areas.
(2022-01-23). Palestinians Call For Investigation Into Israeli Massacre In Tantura. popularresistance.org Occupied Palestine – Palestinians has called on Saturday for the formation of an international commission to investigate massacres committed by 'Israel' in the Palestinian village of Tantura in 1948. | The international investigation was called for following revelations by Israeli newspaper Haaretz that a mass grave had been discovered at Dor Beach, where Tantura once stood before it was destroyed. | Palestinians say multiple massacres of Palestinians by Zionist gangs took place in Palestinian villages during the 1948 war in a bid to forcefully displace at least 750,000 Palestinians from their homes and lands, a…
(2022-01-23). Brooklyn rally demands Israel release Palestinian political prisoner. liberationnews.org Sa'adat is the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and has been a political prisoner for nearly two decades.
(2022-01-23). Israeli Occupation forces in East Jerusalem demolish Salhiyah family home for second time. liberationnews.org Sheik Jarrah became a flashpoint of struggle in May when occupation forces attempting to expel Palestinian families and replace them with Israeli settlers.
(2022-01-23). Thursday 1/27: Defend 5,000 Striking South African Clover Workers. indybay.org San Francisco Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery St San Francisco, CA 94104…
(2022-01-23). Pfizer CEO paints 'ideal' future of Covid vaccination. rt.com Albert Bourla hopes the idea of annual vaccinations will be far easier to sell to the public | The CEO of Pfizer has tried to appease vaccine skeptics with an idea of Covid-19 booster shots only once a year — instead of every few months — all while attacking the most vocal anti-vaxxers as "criminals" who "profit from circulating misinformation." | In a series of interviews with Israeli TV channels, Albert Bourla
(2022-01-23). Israel insists it only 'legally' spies on citizens. rt.com Israel did not deny using "advanced technology" to track the population, and rejected allegations that the practice was illegal | An Israeli minister has denied reports that police illegally used Pegasus surveillance software to spy on the country's own citizens, calling the "central claim" — that the practice was illegal — "not true." | Several government investigations were launched this past week after the Israeli newspaper Calcalist reported that law enforcement had been using NSO Group's infamous Pegasus spyware to illegally intercept the calls of citizens. | The newspaper claimed that police ha…
(2022-01-23). Thursday 1/27: Defend 5,000 Striking South African Clover Workers. indybay.org San Francisco Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery St San Francisco, CA 94104…
(2022-01-23). Pfizer CEO paints 'ideal' future of Covid vaccination. rt.com Albert Bourla hopes the idea of annual vaccinations will be far easier to sell to the public | The CEO of Pfizer has tried to appease vaccine skeptics with an idea of Covid-19 booster shots only once a year — instead of every few months — all while attacking the most vocal anti-vaxxers as "criminals" who "profit from circulating misinformation." | In a series of interviews with Israeli TV channels, Albert Bourla
(2022-01-23). More Trouble Lurking for Netanyahu? Israeli Authorities May Open Probe Into Sub Affair. sputniknews.com Previously, neither the police nor the Jewish state's attorney general had found enough evidence to link the former prime minister with what could potentially be the biggest scandal in Israeli history. But if the government ends up launching an official investigation, that may all change.
(2022-01-23). Sheikh Jarrah is the Frontline of Israel's Colonialism. orinocotribune.com By Hamza Ali Shah — Jan 20, 2022 | Yesterday, the Palestinian Salhiya family was forcibly evicted from the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah — the destruction of their home was just the latest example of Israel's colonial violence. | Last May, Jerusalem's District Court
(2022-01-23). Sheikh Jarrah is the Frontline of Israel's Colonialism. orinocotribune.com By Hamza Ali Shah — Jan 20, 2022 | Yesterday, the Palestinian Salhiya family was forcibly evicted from the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah — the destruction of their home was just the latest example of Israel's colonial violence. | Last May, Jerusalem's District Court
(2022-01-23). Israel insists it only 'legally' spies on citizens. rt.com Israel did not deny using "advanced technology" to track the population, and rejected allegations that the practice was illegal | An Israeli minister has denied reports that police illegally used Pegasus surveillance software to spy on the country's own citizens, calling the "central claim" — that the practice was illegal — "not true." | Several government investigations were launched this past week after the Israeli newspaper Calcalist reported that law enforcement had been using NSO Group's infamous Pegasus spyware to illegally intercept the calls of citizens. | The newspaper claimed that police ha…
(2022-01-23). Samidoun Netherlands holds Palestine Stand for Ahmad Sa'adat in Amsterdam. samidoun.net On Saturday, 22 January, Samidoun Nederland organized a Palestine stand next to a busy marketplace in Amsterdam-West. The stand was part of the international week of action to free Ahmad Sa'adat, the imprisoned General Secretary of the PFLP. This initiative was a part of the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the arrest of the …
(2022-01-23). Vancouver rally calls for freedom for Ahmad Sa'adat, liberation for Palestine. samidoun.net Crowds of activists gathered outside the Commercial-Broadway Skytrain station in Vancouver on a sunny Saturday afternoon to call for freedom for Ahmad Sa'adat and all Palestinian prisoners. The rally expressed support for Palestinians struggling for return and liberation in al-Naqab, Jerusalem, and throughout occupied Palestine as well as in exile and diaspora. The protest was …
(2022-01-23). Week of action to free Ahmad Sa'adat: RCG responds to Samidoun call for action. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network received the following report from the Revolutionary Communist Group on their activities across Britain for the Week of Action to free Ahmad Sa'adat and all Palestinian Prisoners, including events in London, Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle and West London. Read the full report below: Supporting the call of the Samidoun network for action …
(2022-01-23). With action in Belgium for Ahmad Sa'adat, Samidoun welcomes the Plate-forme Charleroi-Palestine to the network. samidoun.net On Saturday, 22 January, Plate-forme Charleroi-Palestine in Charleroi, Belgium, visited the Chatelineau open-air market as part of the campaign to free Ahmad Sa'adat, a leader of the Palestinian prisoners' movement and the national liberation movement as a whole. A team of activists carried a large sign and distributed materials and information as part of the …
(2022-01-23). Palestinians hold rally in support of Yemen. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) — Palestinian people on Saturday evening staged a rally in support of the Yemeni people and the Ansarullah movement.
(2022-01-23). WEEKEND READER: The Far-Right Extremist Tied To The Supreme Court. dailyposter.com
(2022-01-23). Abortion Rights Defenders Are Calling on Legislators to Codify Roe. truthout.org As reproductive freedom is imperiled by the U.S. Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority and Republican-led state legislatures, advocates rallied in Washington, D.C. on Saturday — the 49th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling — while abortion rights supporters called on lawmakers to pass legislation to codify Roe as the "law of the land." | Rights defenders gathered outside the U.S. Supreme Court in the nation's capital, where Sam Goldman of Rise Up for Abortion Rights and Refuse…