As Cost Of Climate Crisis Grows, Climate Movement Escalates
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-14
Activists run towards the Garzweiler open-cast mine (David Young/picture alliance via Getty Images) The warnings of climate chaos are coming so fast they are difficult to keep up with. Storms, heatwaves and climate-related weather disasters are increasing at a rapid pace. The leadership of the two corporate-dominated political parties are trying to keep the climate …
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Urgent Community Town Hall to Address Concerns about Patient Care with Impending Sale of Watsonville Community Hospital
California Nurses Association | indybay.org | 2019-07-14
Registered nurses, doctors, community activists, and residents are holding a town hall Sunday, July 14 to share concerns about patient care and strategize on action as Watsonville Community Hospital is up for sale, announced the California Nurses Association today.
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Nicki Minaj's Boycott of Saudi Arabia Sets a Moral Standard for Artists
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-14
CodePink's Ariel Gold discusses the decision of Nicki Minaj to withdraw from a festival in Saudi Arabia after a grassroots campaign among her fans made her aware of the human rights violations in the country…
therealnews.com/stories/nicki-minajs-boy…

Activists Demand Regulator Reject All New Energy Projects in Her Last Weeks on Job Because Planet Can't Wait
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-14
"We cannot lock our national energy grid into decades more of fossil fuels such as natural gas and oil." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Fresno's Radical Past
Mike Rhodes | indybay.org | 2019-07-14
This is an article about the 50 Years of Resistance event held on June 22, 2019 in Fresno. We brought together Anti-War and Draft Resistance activists who were active in Fresno 50 years ago. The photo below shows this young woman being arrested at an antiwar protest at Fresno State, probably on May 23, 1970. This photo is from the Special Collections department at Fresno State.
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CODEPINK Monthly Golden Gate Bridge WALK for PEACE
Martha Hubert | indybay.org | 2019-07-14
11: 45 am: Gather at the plaza at the SF end of the eastern walkway of the Golden Gate Bridge. | Arrive early for best parking. We'll take some photos while waiting for folks to show up. | Noon: Walk on the eastern walkway, from the south end to the middle of the bridge, where we'll stop and hold a 15 minute vigil, showing motorists our signs (Berma-shave style, | at least 10 feet between each sign/person). From there, we'll return to our starting point in the plaza at the south end of the bridge. | 1: 30 pm: Photo ops and Closing Circle/Open Mike (no megaphone) on the SF side after the bridge walk. We'll probably…
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Embargoes and Other Acts of War
David Rovics | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-13
The war between the United States and Japan began with a US-enforced oil embargo against the Japanese Empire. Right now, in the United States, huge detention camps are being constructed for the increasingly criminalized refugee and migrant population, a campaign of government-sponsored domestic terror run by a supposedly temporary, "acting" head of the department created …
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Empire's War under the Radar: Nicaragua
Roger Stoll | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-13
In April of 2018 armed and unarmed proxies of the US in collaboration with Nicaraguan elites launched a war against the Nicaraguan state, its government, its economy and its people. It disrupted transportation and communications throughout the country and sabotaged the economy. This was effected through acts of vandalism, arson, assault, beatings, killings, torture and …
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Rebelling From a Nonviolent Heart
Skeena Rathor | commondreams.org | 2019-07-13
Extinction Rebellion activists temporarily block the A23 at Lewisham Station on June, 14 2019 in London, England. (Photo: Ollie Millington/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Environmental Activists Claim Victory After Detroit Incinerator Closes
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-13
The recent shutdown of the largest municipal trash incinerator in the U.S. marks the end of a long-fought battle for a majority Black neighborhood that has for decades fought a constant stream of pollutants and pungent odors of trash. | Activists have spent decades fighting the incinerator, known as Detroit Renewable Power, which burned one million tons of solid waste from 13 counties in southeastern Michigan each year to create steam and electricity, according to Breathe Free Detroit. | "Most of the waste [came]…
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Know your rights: How immigrant rights activists are preparing for looming ICE deportation raids
Amy Goodman | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-13
Immigrant communities across the country and their allies are preparing for nationwide raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement planned to begin Sunday that will target undocumented members of immigrant families in at least nine major cities. The cities where raids will take place are said to be Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York and San Francisco. New Orleans had been on the list, but the city announced this weekend that ICE was temporarily postponing the raids due to Tropical Storm Barry. We speak with a roundtable of immigrants' rights activists: Adelina Nicholls,…
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Philanthropists raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for groundbreaking Climate Emergency Fund
Alexandra Jacobo | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-13
Some of the wealthy are taking matters into their own hands when it comes to climate activism. A group of US philanthropists has created a Climate Emergency Fund (CEF) to help fund climate activists groups that are working hard for climate justice. | So far Trevor Neilson, an investor and philanthropist, Rory Kennedy, daughter of Robert Kennedy, and Aileen Getty, whose family is in the oil industry, have raised over $600,000. The group plans to raise at least 100 times that over the next several months. | The philanthropists have a wide range of wealthy contacts across the globe that they plan to appeal to for…
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House Passes Bill to Halt US Support for Yemen War, UAE Withdraws Troops
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-13
The war in Yemen could end, if U.S. and United Arab Emirates' support for Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen is truly over. However, the House NDAA bill still faces a major hurdle in the Senate. If those who want US military involvement to end pressure Congress, it can be done, says CodePink's Medea Benjamin…
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Know Your Rights: How Immigrant Rights Activists Are Preparing for Looming ICE Deportation Raids
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-12
Immigrant communities across the country and their allies are preparing for nationwide raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement planned to begin Sunday that will target undocumented members of immigrant families in at least nine major cities. The cities where raids will take place are said to be Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York and San Francisco. New Orleans had been on the list, but the city announced this weekend that ICE was temporarily postponing the raids due to Tropical Storm Barry. We speak with a roundtable of immigrants' rights activists: Adelina Nicholls, th…
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Puerto Rico: Rossello Refuses to Resign Amid Corruption Scandal
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-12
Despite mounting corruption allegations and arrests of his cabinet by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Puerto Rican Governor Ricardo Rossello told the press Friday he will not resign. | RELATED: | Puerto Rican Activists Reiterate Independence Call at UN Decolonization Committee | On Wednesday, a pair of ex-senior administration officials were arrested and charged with fraud, allegedly for abusing federal work contracts from the Department of Educatio…
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Djokovic says 'plant-based' diet helps him to 'recover well' and defeat allergies
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-12
Tennis player Novak Djokovic puts his good health and swift injury recovery times down to his plant-based diet. | The world number one says: I do eat plant-based. I think that's one of the reasons why I recover well. I don't have allergies that I used to have any more. | And I like it. | Over the course of the championships, activists have repeatedly chalked the words "Novak Djokovic is vegan" on the pavement around Wimbledon station. | But the 32-year-old insists: | I don't like the labels, to be honest. I do eat plant-based (food), for quite a few years already. | But because of the misinterpretations of labels…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2019/07/12/djokovic-says-plant-based-diet-helps-him-to-recover-well-and-defeat-allergies/

Restricted View: the British Legacy of Eugenics
Paul Tritschler | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-12
Looking across London's eastern expanse from our staffroom window in the district of E10 — sounds like Eton if you say it fast enough — Sean the sociology lecturer had a sudden urge to blurt out with the crumbs of his Empire biscuit one of those so-called universal truths:…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/12/restricted-v…

Activists Walk "Cease and Desist" Order into Nuclear Weapons Base
Kathy Kelly | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-11
Media Advisory/For Immediate Release/July 10, 2019 BàúCHEL, Germany — Eleven international peace activists entered the Bàºchel Air Base southwest of Frankfurt early this morning to deliver what they called a "Treaty Enforcement Order" declaring that the sharing of US nuclear weapons at the base is a "criminal conspiracy to commit war crimes." Upon entering the …
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Activists, students protest outside largest ICE prison in California
Cristian Alcaraz | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-11
Demonstrators call for the abolition of ICE, closure of concentration camps.
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After Finding Refuge in the US, Asylum Seeker Now Fears Deportation
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-11
Home to an estimated 20,000 undocumented immigrants, activists and local officials say they won't comply with ICE raids targeting one million people…
therealnews.com/stories/baltimore-rebuke…

"Go Forth and Lie" Israel Rolls Out Mandatory Course for Students Travelling Abroad
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-09
Israel new course to prepare high school students traveling overseas to be good "ambassadors" includes training on how to combat BDS, claims of apartheid and…
mintpressnews.com/israel-mandatory-cours…

DSA/Jacobin/Haymarket-sponsored 'Socialism' conference features US gov-funded regime-change activists
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-06
The 2019 Socialism Conference, sponsored by American leftist juggernauts the DSA, Jacobin magazine, and ISO's Haymarket Books, features regime-change activists…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/06/dsa-jacobin-i…

Statement on Affiliation with the BDS Movement and the Use of the BDS Acronym
FADI | bdsmovement.net | 2019-07-05
Statement on Affiliation with the BDS Movement and the Use of the BDS Acronym : BNC Statement1 July 2019 | January 7, 2019 | By: | | BNC …
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New report: French Insurer AXA Complicit in Israel's War Crimes
PACBI | bdsmovement.net | 2019-07-05
New report: French Insurer AXA Complicit in Israel's War Crimes: UpdateGlobal coalition demands AXA divest from companies violating Palestinian rights | Economic Boycott Military EmbargoJuly 8, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) …
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Join the Global BDS Week of Action Against HP
ziyaad | bdsmovement.net | 2019-07-05
Join the Global BDS Week of Action Against HP: UpdateFrom July 10th – 15th, groups from across the world are coming together to send a powerful message to HP companies, HP Inc and HP-E, demanding that they stop profiteering from Israel's apartheid, occupation and colonisation. | Boycott HPJuly 5, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) …
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British Society for Middle Eastern Studies Endorses Palestinian Call to Boycott Complicit Israeli Academic Institutions
PACBI | bdsmovement.net | 2019-06-26
British Society for Middle Eastern Studies Endorses Palestinian Call to Boycott Complicit Israeli Academic Institutions: UpdateIn a historic vote, the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies joins a growing number of academic associations refusing to be complicit in Israel's grave violations of international law. | Academic BoycottJune 24, 2019 | By:…
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Milton Nascimento fans urge him to cancel Israel show
SAMIR | bdsmovement.net | 2019-06-20
Milton Nascimento fans urge him to cancel Israel show: UpdateFans attending European tour dates join Palestinian and Brazilian arts organizations in urging star to cancel apartheid Tel Aviv show | Cultural BoycottJune 20, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) …
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U.S. Sanctions: Economic Sabotage That Is Deadly, Illegal, and Ineffective
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J S Davies | commondreams.org | 2019-06-17
On the eve of renewed sanctions by Washington, an Iranian protester holds a burning picture of President Donald Trump outside the former US embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran on November 4, 2018. (Photo: Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
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'Everybody Has the Right to Live': The Visionary Budget at the Heart of Our Moral Uprising
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Rev Dr Liz Theoharis | commondreams.org | 2019-06-17
In 2018, the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, led by Rev. Dr. William Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, released a Moral Agenda and set of demands to address systemic systemic, poverty, ecological devastation, militarism and the war economy. This year, the Poor People's Campaign and the Institute for Policy Studies has released a Moral Budget outlining how those demands can be paid for and achieved. (Image: Poor People's Campaign/Institute for Policy Studies) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
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MintCast Episode 4: The Real Motivation behind Russiagate, the Global War on Journalism and the Hidden Face of American Empire
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2019-06-17
MintCast hosts Alan MacLeod and Whitney Webb discuss current events including reactions to Trump's Iran policy, the U.S. military base in the Chagos Islands and John Bolton's storied history of hawkishness.
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A 'Poor People's Moral Budget' because 'everybody has the right to live'
Ruth Milka | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-17
This week another new budget proposal was released. This time it didn't come from campaigning politicians or corrupt administrations but rather from two groups — the Poor People's Campaign and the Institute for Policy Studies — in an effort to show the people of the United States how to "invest in life." | The 'Poor People's Moral Budget' demands a "comprehensive response to the systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, militarism, and war economy plaguing our country today." It includes seven sections that detail…
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Climate protesters force BP oil rig to make second U-turn amid ongoing direct action
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-06-17
An oil rig at the centre of a protest by environmental campaigners has been forced to make a second 'U-turn' on its way to a North Sea field. | The Transocean PBLJ rig was heading to the Vorlich oil field after being occupied by activists in the Cromarty Firth, north of Inverne…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2019/06/17/climate-protesters-force-bp-oil-rig-to-make-second-u-turn-amid-ongoing-direct-action/

Activists think it really is time for Tom Watson to 'f**k off' out of the Labour Party
Fréa Lockley | thecanary.co | 2019-06-17
As the Conservative leadership contest trundles on, now is the perfect time for unity in the Labour Party. The UK's divided; and with many wannabe PM candidates threatening a no-deal Brexit, the stakes get higher each day. And Labour is the only party trying to bridge this divide and appeal to both Leave and Remain vot…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/06/17/activists-think-it-really-is-time-for-tom-watson-for-fk-off-out-of-the-labour-party/

Instead of Death and Destruction, Poor People's Moral Budget Shows What It Looks Like to 'Invest in Life'
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-17
A new report released Monday by the Poor People's Campaign and the Institute for Policy Studies declares that "the United States has abundant resources for an economic revival that will move towards establishing a moral economy" and details policies the country can pursue to combat systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, the war economy, and "the distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files……
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The Young Iraqi Voices Our Leaders Don't Want You to Hear
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-16
Two Iraqi activists talk about the rising threat of another U.S. war in the Middle East and their collective two decades of peace work.
truthdig.com/articles/the-young-iraqi-vo…

Video from Animal Rights Activists Convergence at Petaluma Slaughterhouse
DXE | indybay.org | 2019-06-16
Over 75 Arrested on Felony Charges as 600 Animal Rights Activists Converge on Slaughterhouse, Lock Necks to Slaughter Line, Rescue Ducklings…
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Kingston Isn't Sure About the Finale of "Empire"
Futher Column, By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-16
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Palestinian and Jewish activists call on musician and social justice activist Xavier Rudd to cancel concerts in Israel
Tom Anderson | thecanary.co | 2019-06-15
Australian Palestinian and Jewish activists have called on singer and songwriter Xavier Rudd to cancel his planned concert in Israel: We are Australians, some of Palestinian background, some Jewish, and all for universal and equal human rights, who support the Palestinian call for artists, sportspeople, and others to boycott Israel until indigenous Pales…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2019/06/15/palestinian-and-jewish-activists-call-on-musician-and-social-justice-activist-xavier-rudd-to-cancel-his-concerts-in-israel/

Assange is being prosecuted for 'exposing the crimes of empire', says award winning journalist
Mohamed Elmaazi | thecanary.co | 2019-06-15
Award-winning journalist Christopher Hedges accused the UK and US authorities of 'judicially lynching' Julian Assange. Speaking outside Westminster Magistrates' Court, Hedges said he came to London from the US "to speak out against"
thecanary.co/trending/2019/06/15/assange-is-being-prosecuted-for-exposing-the-crimes-of-empire-says-award-winning-journalist/

Whatever Pompeo says, there is no certainty Iran mined the Tankers
Juan Cole | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-15
The mysterious mines that blew up two tankers, one of them Japanese-owned and operated, on Wednesday, sent a frisson of fear through the Gulf, since it was clear that Trump warmongers would blame Iran and then use the incident as a springboard to war. | Despite the confident pronouncements of "Benghazi Mike" Pompeo at his brief news conference, the fact is that US intelligence hasn't had time or access to come to a firm conclusion about the author of the mine attack. | Pompeo's people put out grainy video of some sort of small ship coming alongside one of the tankers and then leaving peacefully. Since this doe…
nationofchange.org/2019/06/15/whatever-p…

Hong Kong Leader Delays Extradition Bill Amid Mass Protests
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-15
Activists say it falls short and plan more demonstrations as many fear for freedoms enjoyed in the former colony but not in mainland China.
truthdig.com/articles/hong-kong-leader-d…

Why the UAW Lost Again in Chattanooga
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-15
This article was originally published at Labor Notes.It was a bad sign. On the day voting began at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the shift change suddenly turned blue. | Throngs of workers were passing through the factory turnstiles in both directions, as the day shift ended and the night shift began. On the preceding days, handfuls of union supporters in bright green shirts were there to hand out flyers and banter with their co-workers. | But on Wednesday, instead of bustling union activists, a sea of workers passed quietly through the turnstiles wear…
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75+ Arrested as 600 Animal Rights Activists Converge on Petaluma Slaughterhouse
DXE | indybay.org | 2019-06-15
Over 75 Arrested on Felony Charges as 600 Animal Rights Activists Converge on Slaughterhouse, Lock Necks to Slaughter Line, Rescue Ducklings…
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Video from Animal Rights Activists Convergence at Petaluma Slaughterhouse
DXE | indybay.org | 2019-06-15
Over 75 Arrested on Felony Charges as 600 Animal Rights Activists Converge on Slaughterhouse, Lock Necks to Slaughter Line, Rescue Ducklings…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/13/1882393…

Two Young Iraqi Activists Insist on Peace
Laura Gottesdiener | thenation.com | 2019-06-14
Two Young Iraqi Activists Insist on Peace…
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NAACP to Mobilize Millennials & Youth at 110th Annual Convention
Austyn Ross | naacp.org | 2019-06-14
BALTIMORE –The NAACP prepares to mobilize thousands of millennials and youth activists within the black community at the upcoming 110th National Convention, taking place in Detroit, Michigan from July 20 to 24. The convention will feature a wide variety of events and workshops that will empower the leaders of tomorrow to create a better world …
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Prisoners, Grassroots Activists Halt Construction Of Federal Prison On Former Coal Mine
Brian Sonenstein | shadowproof.com | 2019-06-14
Federal prisoners and grassroots activists defeated plans by the United States government to embark on the most expensive prison construction project in the country's history. The plans for a federal prison and labor camp in Letcher County, Kentucky, would have cost at least $444 million and resulted in serious and…
shadowproof.com/2019/06/14/prisoners-act…

Oppose Inequality, Not Cops
Michael Schwalbe | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-14
Even people doing their best to improve the world make mistakes. This was evident in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, last month during a public clash on the town's Peace and Justice Plaza between defenders of Confederate statuary and anti-racist activists. Before the police arrived to insulate the two groups, mutual yelling had begun to escalate…
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COINTELPRO 2.0: Fighting Government Surveillance of Black and Muslim Organizations
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-14
The Black Identity Extremist Abolition Coalition (BIEAC) convenes its first conference to collaborate on efforts to fight FBI surveillance and targeting of Black and Muslim activists and communities as "Black Identity Extremists."
therealnews.com/stories/cointelpro-2-0-f…

75+ Arrested as 600 Animal Rights Activists Converge on Petaluma Slaughterhouse
DXE | indybay.org | 2019-06-14
Over 75 Arrested on Felony Charges as 600 Animal Rights Activists Converge on Slaughterhouse, Lock Necks to Slaughter Line, Rescue Ducklings…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/13/1882392…