(2023-07-12). Otorgan a Julian Assange Premio Konrad Wolf en Alemania. telesurtv.net El comité del Konrad Wolf 2023 destacó que Assange encarna "la esencia de crear conciencia a través del periodismo".
(2023-07-11). Chris Hedges: Journalists abandoned Julian Assange and slit their own throats. therealnews.com 
(2023-07-12). Russia's Spy Chief Says He Spoke With CIA Director About Ukraine. news.antiwar.com Sergey Naryshkin, the head of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), confirmed on Wednesday that he spoke with CIA Director William Burns after Yevgeny Prigozhin's short-lived rebellion. US media outlets reported at the end of June that Burns phoned Naryshkin to assure that the US was not involved in Prigozhin's mutiny. But Naryshkin said the two …
(2023-07-11). British intelligence in the dock for CIA torture. thegrayzone.com Recent developments raise the prospect that British intelligence agents could finally face justice for their little-known role in the CIA's global torture program. Britain's foreign and domestic intelligence apparatus is facing scrutiny by a tribunal tasked with intelligence oversight. On May 26, London's infamously opaque Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) unanimously issued a landmark ruling which means the complaints of two Saudis brutally tortured at CIA black sites and jailed for years in Guantanamo Bay can finally be heard, at least …
(2023-07-11). US Intelligence Report Says Iran Is Not Trying to Make Nuclear Weapons. news.antiwar.com A new US intelligence report has reaffirmed that Iran is not trying to build nuclear weapons despite constant claims made by Israel and Western media outlets to the contrary. "Iran is not currently undertaking the key nuclear weapons-development activities that would be necessary to produce a testable nuclear device," an unclassified summary of a report …
(2023-07-12). China's further development has priority. indybay.org The focus of Chinese policy remains the economic and social development of the country… Despite the enormous successes in economic and social development, there is still a long way to go before China catches up and can also keep up with the rich industrialized countries in terms of per capita economic output.
(2023-07-12). The Supreme Court's Gone Rogue and Americans Are Suffering For It. otherwords.org An older generation remembers President Richard Nixon desperately insisting, during the Watergate scandal, "I am not a crook." Along the same lines, right-wing Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett implores, "this court is not comprised of a If you have to say it, it's too late. | The Supreme Court is under attack these days. A solid majority of Americans
(2023-07-12). Cartoon: Affirmative Reaction. otherwords.org The Supreme Court preserved affirmative action for wealthy families while abandoning it for everyone else — with one telling exception.
(2023-07-12). Moving Beyond the Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Rulings. aclu.org At the end of its term, the Supreme Court upended established equal protection law with its decision in SFFA v. Harvard and SFFA v. UNC, effectively eliminating the use of affirmative action in college admissions. The court's decision disregards prior precedent, as well as the societal realities of race discrimination and inequality. | Many schools, as well as the courts, recognize that diversity exposes students to new ideas and ways of thinking, prepares them to live and work with one another in a diverse society, and increases understanding and respect across differences. Those findings have not changed, al…
(2023-07-12). Lawyer in Affirmative Action SCOTUS Case Paid Clarence Thomas Aide on Venmo. truthout.org One of the lawyers who successfully convinced the Supreme Court to strike down affirmative action in college admissions two weeks ago once made a payment over the mobile app Venmo to an aide to far right Justice Clarence Thomas, a new report finds. The Guardian reported on Wednesday that in November and December of 2019, former Thomas aide Rajan Vasisht received several payments from lawyers who… |
(2023-07-12). America vs. the Supreme Court. fpif.org After last year's NATO summit, Joe Biden talked to reporters about the war in Ukraine, U.S. military assistance to the government in Kyiv, the invitations to Sweden and Finland to join NATO, and the global economy. | The message that the U.S. president emphasized, on all of these issues, was that "America is back." After the isolationist rhetoric of the Trump years, the United States was once again participating in multilateral initiatives and shouldering its share of alliance burdens. It was the defining message of his presidency from day one. | But the first question Biden fielded at the press conference was no…
(2023-07-12). Fallout From Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Decision Has Begun. popularresistance.org After the Supreme Court's ruling last month effectively ending affirmative action in higher education, lawmakers and organizations on both sides of the ideological divide strategized next steps ranging from challenging legacy admissions to barring minority scholarships. | In a consolidated decision in two cases — Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. University of North Carolina and Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College — the Supreme Court decided that affirmative action is unconstitutional. | Harvard is now under fire for admissions policies that activist gro…
(2023-07-12). The United States: Prison house of Indigenous nations. peoplesworld.org 
The recent Supreme Court decision on the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) addressed the most pressing, immediate issue facing Indigenous children and Tribal sovereignty, but it left some serious loopholes. The important point is that it left the ICWA intact, while not addressing a number of important questions, which is par for the course for the American judicial system …
(2023-07-12). Venezuela's Communist Party Members Request Supreme Court to Appoint Special Board for Party Restructuring. orinocotribune.com A group of Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) members requested the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) to appoint a special board for restructuring the party. | The group's spokesperson, Victor Parra, spoke to the media outside the court. He explained that they went to the court to "ask for justice regarding the administration of the party." | Parra reported that the group filed an appeal before the Constitutional Chamber of the TSJ asking for a special board because they consider the current PCV leadership illegitimate and illegal for having been elected in a party congress where "more than 80% of the party members…
(2023-07-11). Looking Beyond Haaland v. Brackeen. aclu.org 
Last month, the Supreme Court issued a The ACLU submitted…
(2023-07-11). Pride and Prejudice: Returning to Our Roots in Wake of Anti-LGBTQ Ruling. truthout.org This past Pride month started off like any other for me, with celebrations, advocacy events and parades. However, on the last day of Pride month, the Supreme Court delivered a devastating blow to LGBTQ+ rights, with its ruling on 303 Creative v. Elenis. To me, it felt like this ruling was stealing the joy and resistance LGBTQ+ folks harnessed and celebrated all month long. I was overwhelmed with… |
(2023-07-11). Democrats Set Up Vote on Bill to Rein In Supreme Court Corruption. truthout.org Democrats in the Senate Judiciary Committee are taking steps to address corruption on the Supreme Court at a time when the Court is eroding the public's rights at an unprecedented rate. On Monday, Judiciary Committee Chair Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) and Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights Chair Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) announced in a… |
(2023-07-11). From Affirmative Action To Reparations: Bridging Racial Economic Inequality. inequality.org The Supreme Court's latest attempt to mandate colorblindness amidst the reality of deep and widespread racial inequality has dealt another strong blow against affirmative action in higher education. Yet at the same time communities across the country are recognizing that racial inequality will only be addressed if policies are specifically designed to repair these divisions. …
(2023-07-11). Nebraska mother faces two-year sentence for providing daughter with abortion pills. wsws.org The prosecution of Jessica Burgess and her daughter demonstrates that the aggressive criminalization of abortion is on the rise one year after of the illegitimate and undemocratic US Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
(2023-07-11). The Fallout From the Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Decision Has Already Begun. scheerpost.com 
Diversity advocates are pushing to end legacy admissions while conservatives are taking steps that will make it harder for students of color to go to college, critics say.
(2023-07-11). Obstacles to Care Mount 1 Year After Dobbs Decision. jamanetwork.com This Viewpoint discusses the ramifications of the Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization decision by the US Supreme Court and the state of reproductive health care in the US.
(2023-07-11). US Watchdog Validates Whistleblower Claims Against Agriculture Department's Largest Research Facility. thedissenter.org 
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