2023-09-18: News Headlines

Kate Horgan (2023-09-18). Unveiling Maui's Unheard Voices: Indigenous and Mutual Aid Activists Speak Out. projectcensored.org You've likely heard a lot about Maui in recent weeks but chances are you haven't heard a lot from Indigenous or frontline mutual aid activists working to protect and support…

Dan Feidt, Unicorn Riot. (2023-09-18). Prisoners Strike At Oak Park Heights Canteen. popularresistance.org Oak Park Heights, MN — Just days after prisoners at the Stillwater prison staged civil disobedience actions by refusing a staff lockdown, incarcerated workers at the nearby 'level 5' MCF-Oak Park Heights prison canteen have staged a work strike, according to activists who regularly stay in touch with prisoners. | The use of segregation, or sending prisoners to 'the hole,' has increased in recent years. Oak Park Heights administrators sent prisoners there 694 times in 2018, according to state Department of Corrections (DOC) data. | The Twin Cities branch of the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC…

Ariadna Eljuri (2023-09-18). President Maduro: Venezuela a Beacon in the Fight for Equality and Social Justice. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, spoke about his historic official visit to the People's Republic of China, to Algeria, and the results of the G77+China Summit that recently concluded in Cuba. | He made the statements on Sunday, September 17, at the Maiquetía International Airport in La Guaira, upon his return to Venezuela following the tour, which concluded with agreements for the development and benefit of Venezuela. | President Maduro stated that during the G77+China meeting, held in Havana, Cuba during September 15-16, he felt "the admiration and love of the world for the Venezuelan people." | "All…

Mansa Musa (2023-09-18). The Cop City RICO charges and America's road to fascism. therealnews.com After two years of resistance against the proposed "Atlanta Public Safety Training Center," more commonly known as Cop City, more than 60 activists associated with the movement have been indicted on RICO charges. The push to build Cop City and the heavy-handed state response to local protests cannot be separated from the past decade of neoliberal crisis and anti-police protests rocking Atlanta and the country at large.


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