Monthly Archives: January 2022

2022-01-27: News Headlines

Binoy Kampmark (2022-01-27). Off to the Supreme Court: Assange's appeal continues. greenleft.org.au Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's legal team has been granted leave to appeal to Britain's Supreme Court against his extradition to the United States, reports Binoy Kampmark.

Ashley Curtin (2022-01-27). Justice Stephen Breyer to retire from the Supreme Court. nationofchange.org U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement. After serving for 27 years, Breyer, 83, will step down from his lifetime position at the end of the term in June.

Binoy Kampmark (2022-01-26). Off to the Supreme Court: Assange's Appeal Continues. dissidentvoice.org With December's High Court decision to overturn the lower court ruling against the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States, lawyers of the WikiLeaks founder immediately got busy. The next avenue of appeal, strewn less with gold than obstacles, would be to the Supreme Court. The central question remained: Should the publisher be extradited …

Steve Sweeney (2022-01-26). Pelosi fast-tracks bill to funnel more weapons to Ukraine. peoplesworld.org U.S. officials are planning to rush through a major bill that will dramatically bolster weapons allocations for Ukraine and increase funding for anti-Russian propaganda and intelligence, it was announced on Tuesday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she was fast-tracking the bill, called the "Defending Ukraine Sovereignty Act of 2022," straight to the House of Representatives. …

Marissa Rodriguez (2022-01-26). Supreme Court allows Texas abortion ban to stand for the fourth time. liberationnews.org Clinics in states that border Texas have seen a massive influx of patients from Texas, resulting in weeks-long wait times for all patients since SB 8 became law.

Martha Burk (2022-01-26). To Protect Women's Health, Pass the Equal Rights Amendment. otherwords.org Late January marked the 49th anniversary of Roe. V. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide. It could very well be the last. | In 1973, Roe codified the right to terminate a pregnancy up until viability — around 23-26 weeks. Anti-abortion forces have fought to negate the decision ever since, and now they appear to be winning. | Two cases are now pending before the right-wing Supreme Court, and either or both could mark the end of safe and legal abortion in the United States. | Texas has outlawed abortion after six weeks, before many women know they're pregnant, and turned to vigi…

PAI (2022-01-26). OSHA kills emergency anti-COVID standard on order of right-wing Supreme Court. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON (PAI)—The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has permanently yanked its Emergency Temporary Standard requiring firms with at least 100 workers to develop and implement plans to protect employees against the coronavirus. But it'll keep working on a permanent standard to achieve that goal. OSHA's January 26 decision obeys the January 13 ruling by the …

David Sirota (2022-01-26). Another Supreme Court Corporatist Would Be A Disaster. dailyposter.com

Moderator (2022-01-26). Biden Urged to Nominate Black Woman to Supreme Court as Breyer Says He'll Retire. scheerpost.com By Brett Wilkins / Common Dreams Reports that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer plans to retire prompted progressives Wednesday to urge President Joe Biden to fulfill a campaign promise and nominate a progressive Black woman who will counter the high court's right-wing supermajority and protect democracy, human rights, and the climate. CNN reports a "well-placed" unnamed source said …

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2022-01-26: News Headlines

Binoy Kampmark (2022-01-26). Off to the Supreme Court: Assange's Appeal Continues. dissidentvoice.org With December's High Court decision to overturn the lower court ruling against the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States, lawyers of the WikiLeaks founder immediately got busy. The next avenue of appeal, strewn less with gold than obstacles, would be to the Supreme Court. The central question remained: Should the publisher be extradited …

Marissa Rodriguez (2022-01-26). Supreme Court allows Texas abortion ban to stand for the fourth time. liberationnews.org Clinics in states that border Texas have seen a massive influx of patients from Texas, resulting in weeks-long wait times for all patients since SB 8 became law.

_____ (2022-01-25). Prosecution Of Ola Bini In Ecuador Threatens Digital Rights Everywhere. popularresistance.org Last week, one of the most important digital rights cases took place in Quito, Ecuador. Ola Bini, a software designer who makes tools for activists to protect their privacy, was arrested at the Quito airport in April, 2019 just hours after Julian Assange was taken from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Bini has been detained in Quito for almost three years. His prosecution has been fraught with irregularities. Clearing the FOG speaks with Veridiana Alimonti, a human rights lawyer and the Associate Director for Latin American Policy for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, about the case, its connections to the Jul…

Marjorie Cohn (2022-01-25). Julian Assange Can Now Seek Appeal Against US Extradition to Top UK Court. truthout.org On January 22, 2022, the British High Court of Justice Following a three-week evidentiary hearing, Baraitser concluded that if extradited to the United Stat…

WSWS (2022-01-25). Canada's state broadcaster CBC peddles lies and slanders about jailed journalist Julian Assange. wsws.org Following last month's calamitous British High Court ruling ordering Julian Assange extradited to face US espionage charges, the CBC aired deceitful and manipulative reports that lent support to Washington's efforts to persecute and silence the award-winning journalist.

sputniknews (2022-01-25). LPR Defense Ministry Says Detected Armoured Vehicles of Ukrainian Forces Near Contact Line. sputniknews.com LUHANSK (Sputnik) — The intelligence services of the People's Militia of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) detected armoured vehicles of the Ukrainian security forces in a residential area of the town of Schastia, controlled by Kiev, near the line of contact in Donbass, the LPR defence ministry said on Tuesday.

sputniknews (2022-01-25). Lithuania Prepares to Sell Former CIA 'Extraordinary Rendition' Site Where Abu Zubaydah Was Tortured. sputniknews.com The Lithuanian government said it will soon put on the market a barn where it once allowed the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to torture kidnapped terror suspects.

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