(2021-08-06). Daniel Hale is Biden's latest political prisoner. workers.org 
Former U.S. Air Force intelligence analyst and whistleblower Daniel Hale was sentenced to 45 months in prison on July 27 in the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va. Hale pled guilty in March for charges related to leaking classified information about U.S. drone assassinations to reporters. The documents revealed that . . . |
(2021-08-06). It's Not Enough To Restore Eviction Protections. popularresistance.org On Tuesday, popular pressure won out over threats by the US Supreme Court and the Biden administration re-imposed a moratorium on evictions for another 60 days, protecting many Americans behind on rent from losing their homes until October 3. However, the Court is sure to act quickly against this defiance.
(2021-08-06). Steven Donziger, Lawyer Who Sued Chevron over Amazon Oil Spills, Marks 2 Years Under House Arrest. democracynow.org 
Protests across the United States are calling for the immediate release of environmental and human rights lawyer Steven Donziger, who has been held under house arrest in New York for two years after being targeted by the oil giant Chevron. Donziger sued the oil giant in Ecuador on behalf of 30,000 Amazonian Indigenous people for dumping 16 billion gallons of oil into their ancestral lands. Ecuador's Supreme Court ordered Chevron to pay $18 billion a decade ago, a major victory for the environment and corporate accountability. But Chevron refused to pay or clean up the land, and instead launched a legal attack tar…
(2021-08-06). MLK's Family and Civil Rights Leaders Call for Voting Rights March on Washington. truthout.org 
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is 56 years old today, but instead of simply celebrating the historic law that helped combat Jim Crow-era suppression of Black voters, civil rights leaders are busy organizing mass actions to bring a fresh slate of voting rights legislation to President Biden's desk. | The nation has reached a tipping point, they say, and the fight to save democracy from modern forms of voter suppression has never been more urgent. An increasingly conservative Supreme Court ha…
(2021-08-05). Palestinians Refuse To Concede Land Rights To Israelis In Sheikh Jarrah. popularresistance.org Palestinian families facing ethnic cleansing from their Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem on Monday rejected a so-called "compromise" offer from Israel's Supreme Court, which would allow them to remain in their homes if they recognize as rightful owners the Israeli settler group trying to steal the properties. | Under the Israeli high court proposal, four Palestinian families and dozens of others threatened with forced expulsion from the Sheikh Jarrah area would remain in the neighborhood as "protected tenants" who could not be evicted, as long as they acknowledged that Nahalat Shimon Company[…
(2021-08-05). Washington's Terrorist Friends: Prominent Americans Continue to Support a Murderous Cult. strategic-culture.org MEK is a curious hybrid creature that pretends to be an alternative government option for Iran even though it is despised by nearly all Iranians. | One might ask if Washington's obsession with terrorism includes supporting radical armed groups as long as they are politically useful in attacking countries that the US regards as enemies? It is widely known that the American CIA worked with Saudi Arabia to create al-Qaeda to attack the Russians in Afghanistan and the same my-enemy's-enemy thinking appears to drive the current relationships with radical groups in Syria. | Given the fact that Iran continues to be the…
(2021-08-05). Biden administration orders short-term delay in evictions. wsws.org The action, announced Tuesday, is almost certain to be overturned by the federal courts, based on a Supreme Court ruling last June 29.
(2021-08-05). Pegasus: why the booming surveillance software industry is vulnerable to abuse; also: Snowden interview. mronline.org 
The world's most sophisticated commercially-available spyware may be being abused, according to an investigation by 17 media organisations in ten countries.
(2021-08-05). Comicomment: In origin tracing, U.S. leads a 'blaming chorus'. ecns.cn The COVID-19 origin tracing is a serious scientific issue that must be studied by scientists and medical experts around the world through cooperation. However, some U.S. politicians placed their hope on the intelligence community, trying to answer a science question with political means.
(2021-08-05). Judicial Decision on Alex Saab's Extradition Expected Next Week. orinocotribune.com 
The Constitutional Court (TC) of Cape Verde scheduled a hearing on the constitutional appeal of the special envoy of Venezuela, Alex Saab Morán, for next August 13 at 9: 00 a.m. Saab has been held in Cape Verdean prison for 410 days under an arbitrary measure emanating from the United States, victim of a flawed process denounced by the diplomat, his defense, and activists and legal experts worldwide. | "We inform you that by order of the Venerable Presiding Counselor Judge in the file of the Concrete Inspection of Constitutionality No. 2/2021, in which Alex Nain Saab Moran is appellant and the Supreme Court of Jus…
(2021-08-05). Meng extradition case concluding. ecns.cn Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou was back in British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver on Wednesday for the final stretch of extradition proceedings that could send her to the U.S.
(2021-08-05). Craig Murray joins Julian Assange behind bars. wsws.org The sentencing of Murray has set a dangerous precedent above all in its singling out of independent media.
(2021-08-05). Los campamentos de verano donde se aprende a ser espía. globalizacion.ca Los campamentos de verano funcionan como el semillero de la Agencia Nacional de Seguridad (NSA) y de la CIA estadounidenses. Durante julio y agosto, estos laboratorios trabajan a pleno. Miles de alumnos y profesores, en 45 de los 50 estados…