(2021-07-23). Headlines for July 23, 2021. democracynow.org Tokyo Olympics Kick Off Amid COVID Surge, Protests; Italy Unveils New Pass for Vaccinated People, Missouri Hospital Worker Warns COVID Surge Will Get Worse; 20% of L.A.'s Cases Are Vaccinated People | , U.S. Imposes New Cuba Sanctions as 400+ Noted Activists, Political Figures Call for End to Embargo, Rep. Hank Johnson, Prominent Black Voting Rights Advocates Arrested at Pro-Democracy Demonstration, Indian Farmworkers Renew Protests Against Neoliberal Agricultural Reforms, South Africa Updates Death Toll from Unrest to at Least 337 People, 20 Refugees Likely Dead After Mediterranean Shipwreck, U.S. Launches Airst…
(2021-07-23). Colombia: Selective Murders, Sexual Torture and Disappearances—the Horrors under the Duque Government. orinocotribune.com By Danilo Albín — Jul 20, 2021 | A report prepared by representatives of social organizations and human rights activists from 13 countries warns about the serious repression unleashed in Colombia, while calling for an urgent halt to the sale of European weapons to the government of right-wing President Iván Duque. | The savage repression against demonstrators on Colombian soil already has international witnesses. After carrying out an on-site verification, 41 representatives of social and human rights organizations from 13 countries have just launched a report in which they warn about the serious violations…
(2021-07-23). Local Organizing to Stop Line 3. indybay.org Calling All Santa Cruz Climate and Indigenous Rights Activists! We're trying to rapidly organize one or more Santa Cruz demonstrations for the efforts to #StopLine3, another disastrous tarsands oil pipeline violating treaty rights of Minnesota tribes. We need your help!
(2021-07-23). Wednesday 7/21: Haiti in Crisis: Teach-in w/ Human Rights Activists Pierre Labossiere & Seth Donnelly. indybay.org Online via Zoom…
(2021-07-22). Links between domestic civil rights and anti-colonial struggles explored in new book. peoplesworld.org 
The links between the struggle for domestic Black civil rights and decolonization were multifaceted and reciprocal, and they fostered an "activist and intellectual network that connected the African American quest for freedom to the empire question." In John Munro's excellent book, The Anticolonial Front: The African American Freedom Struggle and Global Decolonization, 1945-1960, these links …
(2021-07-22). Community rallies for two killed in Racine, Wisconsin, jail. liberationnews.org 
On July 18, activists rallied in front of the jail and courthouse in Racine County, Wisconsin, to demand justice for Malcolm James and Ronquale Ditello-Scott, as well as advocate for the necessity of the abolition of the deadly U.S. prison system.
(2021-07-22). Philly activists demand: 'Stop the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline!'. workers.org 
Members and friends of Philly Water Protectors, an environmental justice group, gathered July 16 outside a TD Bank in Philadelphia's Center City. TD Bank loaned Enbridge $10.8 billion for a pipeline project that threatens 200 bodies of water, including the Mississippi River's headwaters, and imperils Indigenous sites, waters and lands. . . . |
(2021-07-22). Samidoun delegation to Lebanon begins: Visit to Shatila camp, meeting with boycott campaign. samidoun.net 
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network's delegation to Lebanon, the "Ghassan Kanafani Brigade," officially kicked off its first day of activities on 22 July 2021, meeting with organizations in Shatila refugee camp and visiting with the Campaign to Boycott Supporters of "Israel" in Lebanon. The delegation is comprised of Samidoun activists and members based in Sweden, France, Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands. Before entering Shatila camp, the delegation visited Shatila's Martyrs Cemetery to pay their respects to those who dedicated their lives to the Palestinian liberation struggle. Shatila today is ho…
(2021-07-22). Ben & Jerry's divestment from part of occupied Palestine leads to Israeli government 'meltdown'. liberationnews.org 
Even though the divestment will not fully take effect until the end of next year, and Ben & Jerry's plans to continue sales inside the Israeli green line, the partial divestment has been interpreted by the Israeli government as a body blow.
(2021-07-22). Minneapolis Pushes Activists to Their Limits. unicornriot.ninja
(2021-07-22). Pride parades held in Croatian cities of Split and Zagreb. peoplesdispatch.org LGBTQ rights activists and groups in Croatia organized this year's pride parade in two major cities, Zagreb and Split. On Saturday, July 17, the tenth pride parade in Split was held from Bedem Cornaro to Riva. It was attended by Workers Front (RF) leader and member of parliament, Katerina Peovic. In the capital Zagreb, the pride parade was held on July 3. It was attended by the city's mayor, Tomislav Toma≈°eviƒá, and other politicians from the left including the president of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP), Pedja Grbin. Two incidents of homophobic attacks were reported during th…
(2021-07-22). Why I Cannot Sign a Letter From Some Fellow Activists Critical of the Nicaraguan Government. counterpunch.org In reply to friends who have asked that I sign a letter criticizing the Nicaraguan government for gross human rights violations and (absurdly) "crimes against humanity." I cannot sign this letter. I am sad to see it promoted by some longtime friends who have been in solidarity with Nicaragua since the 1980s. But other longtime
(2021-07-22). The Worst Countries for Women (Afghanistan Isn't on the List). scheerpost.com Marius Arnesen / CC 2.0] By Ted Rall Concern-trolling over the dismal plight of women in Afghanistan is powerfully appealing to liberals who look for reasons for the United States to maintain a military presence there. If and when the Taliban return to power, the warmongers argue, the bad old days of stonings, burqas and girls banned from school will come back—and it'll be our fault because we… |
(2021-07-22). 26 arrested in police crackdown on homeless encampment in Toronto. peoplesdispatch.org A violent crackdown on a major homeless encampment in Toronto, Canada, led to 26 arrests and several injuries. On Wednesday, July 21, at the orders of the conservative Toronto city administration, the police broke through the fence and barricades to evict an encampment at the park of the Lamport Stadium where several homeless people had been staying for weeks. The violence follows a similarly forceful eviction of dozens of homeless people at the city's Alexandra Park. | The Encampment Support Network Toronto, a coalition of activists that has been mobilizing support for the inhabitants of the city's homeless enca…
(2021-07-22). Climate Activists Celebrate Dismissal of Charges in the Midst of the Hottest Summer on Record. counterpunch.org Vancouver, Washington As the Pacific Northwest reels from record-breaking heat and braces itself for another fire season, four climate activists cases were dismissed on Wednesday in Clark County Circuit Court in Vancouver, Washington. The defendants, Kelsey Baker, Mike Hastie, Samantha Krop, and Bruce Watt, faced criminal charges after participating in an action that attempted to
(2021-07-22). Excerpt: New Ottoman empire advances in the Caucasus and Central Asia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Erdogan's new Ottoman empire advances in the Caucasus and Central AsiaVladimir Rozanskij Russia has only obtained a fragile armistice in Nagorno Karabakh, and was forced to cede the role of main protagonist of the Caucasian games on the border between Europe and Asia. The influence of Turkey, which explicitly supported the Azeris in word and …
(2021-07-22). We Have Work to Do — The Threat of a US-Sponsored Counter Revolution in Cuba Calls us to Strengthen our Solidarity with the Cuban Revolution. orinocotribune.com By Nino Pagliccia — Jul 20, 2021 | The events that recently took place in Cuba involving protests by small groups of Cubans, mostly young artists, in several cities have nothing really to do with Cuba. Those events are the sickly brain waves of a U.S. violence-prone ruling class obsessed by their nightmarish dreams of power, control and exploitation as a response to their irrational insatiable capitalist accumulation syndrome. Their political bullying power has been built over years of practice through warmongering military and covert interventions, greedy pillage of resources, and through the enforcement of…