(2019-11-03). FBI only cares about 'protecting the ruling class': Lee Camp roasts feds for targeting left-wing groups that threaten status quo. rt.com 
A new report has accused the FBI of disproportionately targeting left-wing activists, even though right-wing extremism poses a far greater threat to national security. Par for the course, according to Lee Camp. | Defending Rights & Dissent, a civil liberties group, cataloged known instances of First Amendment abuses and political surveillance by the FBI since 2010. The organization found that the feds devoted disproportionate resources to spy on peaceful left-leaning civil society groups, including Occupy Wall Street, Abolish ICE, and various anti-war movements. | The bureau seemed less interested in right-win…
(2019-11-03). Australian Prime Minister Pledges to Outlaw Climate Boycotts. truthout.org Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison attacked environmental activists in a speech Friday, warning of a "new breed of radical activism" that was "apocalyptic in tone" and pledging to outlaw boycott campaigns that he argued could hurt the country's mining industry. | "We are working to identify mechanisms that can successfully outlaw these indulgent and selfish practices that threaten the livelihoods of fellow Australians, especially in rural and regional areas," Morrison said. "New threats to the future o…
(2019-11-03). As Europe Shuts Out Migrants, Activists Are Pushing Back. truthout.org In July, a nondescript blue vessel drifting along the Italian coast became the latest flashpoint in Europe's "migration crisis." For the people on board, mostly from African countries, the Sea-Watch 3 was their last hope for escaping desperate circumstances in their homelands. To many on shore, the humanitarian vessel was political contraband. The Italian authorities refused to let the boat do…
(2019-11-03). Environmental Activists Confront PG&E. indybay.org Fires and blackouts bring anger at PG&E.
(2019-11-03). Oil Companies Must Cut Production by 35% to Meet Paris Climate Accord. truthdig.com The news in a new report is met with a sense of urgency from activists, who say fossil fuel companies need to make a choice.
(2019-11-02). The Empire, Trump and Intra-Ruling Class Conflict. dissidentvoice.org Over the past few months President Trump has unilaterally by Tweet and telephone begun to dismantle the U.S. military's involvement in the Middle East. The irony is amazing, because in a general overarching narrative sense, this is what the marginalized antiwar movement has been trying to do for decades.1 Prof. Harry Targ, in his important …
(2019-11-02). Condemn mass arrest and Duterte regime's heightened fascist drive. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Nov. 2 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) condemns in the strongest terms the mass arrest of activist workers, peasants, women, and media practitioners over the past few days in Bacolod, Escalante and Manila. Police arrested and detained more than 60 people belonging to various sectoral organizations. More than five children were also accosted. | The CPP condemns the statement issued by Malacañang which makes the patently false claim that the arrested activists in Bacolod City were members of th…
(2019-11-02). God Save the Queen. The US Destruction of the British Empire. globalresearch.ca One of the major factors that propelled the US to its overwhelming economic supremacy after WWII was the final destruction of the British Empire. WWI caused Britain to lose about 40% of its former Empire, and WWII completed this task…
(2019-11-01). Venezuelan Leftist Parties and Unions Stage Protest, Demand Gov't Answers. venezuelanalysis.com Dozens of activists demanded better wages and respect for collective bargaining rights.
(2019-11-01). Argentines Demand Renewal of Food Emergency Bill. telesurenglish.net Activists marched in Buenos Aires on Thursday to demand that Argentina's outgoing conservative government act on lawmakers' vote last month to renew a 17-year-old emergency food law. | RELATED: | Argentina: Fernandez Thanks Maduro For Congratulating Him | Enacted in 2002 as Argentines are suffering from Depression-level unemployment and poverty after a financial collapse and a series of neoliberal economic reforms, the food emergency law was reauthorized every few years until last De…
(2019-11-01). No easy victories. workers.org 
The African Marxist and liberation leader of Guinea-Bissau, Amílcar Cabral, once said, most famously, "Tell no lies. … Claim no easy victories." Today's revolutionary activists looking at Latin America and the Caribbean should keep that phrase in mind as they review the month of October 2019. Massive popular struggles set . . . | Continue reading No easy victories at Workers.org
(2019-10-31). Weaponizing Venezuela's ex-ruling elite. mronline.org 
When we think "immigrants in America" we rarely consider those who are privileged and weaponized in service of American Empire. | Source
(2019-10-31). Headlines for October 31, 2019. democracynow.org Tens of Thousands Evacuate as New Blazes Erupt in Fire-Ravaged California, Chile Calls Off U.N. Climate Talks Amid Massive Protests Against Inequality, Protesters Confront JPMorgan Chase CEO Over Fossil Fuel Investments, Youth Climate Activists Stage Sit-In at House Speaker Pelosi's Office, Keystone Pipeline Breach Spills Oil in North Dakota, House Readies Vote to Formalize Impeachment Process, Top Immigration Official Grilled Over Move to Deport Critically Ill Immigrants, "Not Qualified" Rating from Bar Association Draws Tears from Judicial Nominee, India to Split Jammu and Kashmir Into Two Territories Controlle…
(2019-10-30). University of Illinois leadership attacks solidarity with Palestine. liberationnews.org 
Activists condemn false conflation of anti-zionism with anti-semitism.
(2019-10-30). Chesa Boudin, Son of 1960s Radicals, Runs for San Francisco DA on Criminal Justice Reform Platform. democracynow.org 
Chesa Boudin is running for San Francisco district attorney as the latest candidate in a wave of decarceral prosecutors running for office across the United States. Bernie Sanders and other leading progressives have endorsed Boudin, who is a public defender and the child of Weather Underground activists Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert. His parents were imprisoned when Boudin was a toddler. These experiences have given him a first-hand view of "how broken our criminal justice system is," he says. "My earliest memories are going through steel gates and metal detectors just to see my parents, just to give them a hug.
(2019-10-29). How Soldiers Brought a Halt to the U.S. War Machine. progressive.org Opposition to the Vietnam war burst into a wide range of activism, including wearing anti-war buttons while in uniform, petitions and demonstrations, guerrilla theater, staging hearings about war crimes, and throwing away the medals they earned.
(2019-10-29). Salt Lake City: Demand charges be dropped against Inland Port protesters, end to police brutality. fightbacknews.org Salt Lake City, UT – Sixty people rallied at Library Square in Salt Lake City, October 26, for the National Day of Action Against Police Brutality and Repression. The event, hosted by Utah Against Police Brutality (UAPB), focused on the devastating year of police violence locally, with eight people killed by police in 2019 so far. Organizers also denounced the recent charges of 14 anti-Inland Port activists, including ten felony riot charges. | "Not only do we have killings nationwide, we have them here, police killings continue everywhere," said UAPB organizer Deb Blake, who emceed the event. "We know that polic…
(2019-10-29). Green Bay, WI: Justice needed for Jonathon Tubby, Native American man murdered by police. fightbacknews.org Green Bay, WI – On October 26, members of the Green Bay community and people of the Oneida Nation gathered together with the family of Jonathon Tubby, a 26-year-old Oneida man who was murdered by the Green Bay Police department on October 19, 2018. Among the speakers at the memorial were Jonathon Tubby's family and friends, the chairman of the Oneida Nation, and several activists from around Wisconsin. | The memorial included traditional Oneida Nation dances meant to celebrate the life of the departed, prayers, and a candlelight vigil. Speakers mourned the loss of their loved one, condemned the violent actions of…
(2019-10-29). The FBI Spends a Lot of Time Spying on Black Americans. theintercept.com 
The FBI has come under intense criticism after a 2017 leak exposed that its counterterrorism division had invented a new, unfounded domestic terrorism category it called " black identity extremism." Since then, legislators have pressured the bureau's leadership to be more transparent about its investigation of black activists, and a number of civil rights groups have filed publ…
(2019-10-28). Canada's Social Movements Face Challenge with Trudeau's New Government. therealnews.com 
Even though Justin Trudeau and his Liberal party had presented themselves as progressives, activists say they have betrayed promises. Activists will thus have to redouble their efforts for social change in Canada…
(2019-10-27). Protest demands justice for Brian Quinones. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Activists rallied then took to the streets, October 25, blocking light rail, dodging police, and delaying rush hour traffic to demand justice and transparency in the police murder of Brian Quinones. | Quinones was a father, a husband, a rapper, and a beloved member of the community. He was gunned down by five police officers in September. Officers waited only one second after shouting commands at Quinones before firing multiple rounds. After the shots dropped Brian to the ground, the officers inexplicably fired another set of bullets at his body. | Protesters demanded transparency from the citie…
(2019-10-25). Protests planned in 20 countries against PUMA's support for illegal Israeli settlements. bdsmovement.net 
Protests planned in 20 countries against PUMA's support for illegal Israeli settlements: UpdateActions in more than 50 locations are planned as part of a coordinated initiative to protest PUMA's sponsorship of the Israel Football Association (IFA), which includes football teams in illegal Israeli settlements. | Red Card Israel Boycott PumaOctober 26…
(2019-10-25). Do You Own Puma Sportswear? Join #RebrandPuma! bdsmovement.net 
Do You Own Puma Sportswear? Join #RebrandPuma! : Action AlertIf you purchased Puma gear before the company decided to support Israel's illegal settlements on stolen Palestinian land, rebrand it by writing "Boycott" over the logo! | Red Card Israel Boycott PumaOctober 25, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
(2019-10-18). Foreign Correspondent: Trump Dumps Kurds as the Empire Crumbles. progressive.org They say politics makes strange bedfellows. So does war.
(2019-10-17). Palestinian BDS National Committee's responses to UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief. bdsmovement.net 
Palestinian BDS National Committee's responses to UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief: In the NewsThe BDS movement does not tolerate any act or discourse which adopts or promotes, among others, anti-Black racism, anti-Arab racism, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, sexism, xenophobia, or homophobia. | Right To BoycottJuly 15, 20…
(2019-10-10). Bollywood: Stand Against Apartheid! bdsmovement.net 
Bollywood: Stand Against Apartheid! : Action AlertHelp appeal to Bollywood stars booked to perform in Tel Aviv | Cultural BoycottOctober 10, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
(2019-10-04). MSM "Protects" Fake Whistleblower, Twitter Bans Egypt Activists & Iraq In Chaos After Naming Israel. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (10/3/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
(2019-10-03). BDS co-founder Omar Barghouti not granted visa to speak at UK Labour Conference fringe events. bdsmovement.net 
BDS co-founder Omar Barghouti not granted visa to speak at UK Labour Conference fringe events: In the NewsPalestinian voices, including Mr. Barghouti, will still be heard at Conference | Right To BoycottSeptember 20, 2019 | By: | | Palestine Solidarity Campaign