Daily Archives: January 29, 2022

2022-01-29: News Headlines

Editor (2022-01-29). Havana Syndrome, the U.S.'s Monumental Hoax. mronline.org Last week, the United States decided to recognize for the first time in five years that the phenomenon baptized as "Havana Syndrome" is nothing more than a big farce. On Thursday, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) admitted that its allegations against Cuba for the so-called "health incidents" suffered by CIA officials in La Havana back in 2016 were not caused by "a deliberate attack."

Anonymous Contributor (2022-01-29). Indigenous Prisoner in Struggle Marcelino Ruíz Gómez Shows Solidarity with Journalists Under Attack in Mexico. itsgoingdown.org Statement from Indigenous prisoner in struggle Marcelino Ruíz Gómez showing solidarity with journalists in Mexico after three journalists have already been killed just this year To the Zapatista Army of National Liberation To the Human Rights Defenders To the National and International Sixth To the National Indigenous Congress To the Indigenous Governing Council To the…

Bryant Arroyo (2022-01-29). Time for justice / Urgent need for change in PA sentencing system. workers.org The writer is currently incarcerated at Pennsylvania's SCI Coal Township. The Families Against Mandatory Minimum (FAMM) report points out the "irrational and ineffective" sentencing laws in Pennsylvania, which send too many people to prison for far longer than necessary. Sentencing laws that severely limit pathways to relief from excessive and . . . |

scorinoco (2022-01-29). Jeanine àÅñez and Juan Guaidó: Professional Swindlers. orinocotribune.com By José Llamos Camejo — Jan 25, 2022 | Miserably infamous, Juan Guaidó, self-proclaimed "president" of Venezuela, on Washington's orders, makes no secret of his nature. He is a hybrid of kleptomania and submission, two elements valued by his imperialist puppet master. | From the beginning, he has operated with bravado, carefully honoring his position, follwoign the two "algorithmic" elements of his status: "Steal and obey." | He carried out his first assignment to the letter, proclaiming himself president—in charge of what, who? The answers were anticipated by the facts. The Trump administration arbitr…

Staff (2022-01-28). Honduras hacia una refundación socialista y democrática. cubadebate.cu Junto a Bolivia y Venezuela, Cuba estuvo entre las naciones hermanas de Honduras que más fue vitoreada por los miles y miles de personas que desde la noche del miércoles hicieron filas en las entradas del principal estadio de fútbol de Tegucigalpa para participar en la toma de posesión de la primera mujer en asumir ese cargo en la historia local.

_____ (2022-01-28). From Rikers To Santa Rita: Close The Death Camps! popularresistance.org January 27, 2022/25th Sh'vat 5782, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, is the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camps, where so many of our ancestors were incarcerated and enslaved, raped and robbed, maimed and murdered. | We are an anonymous collective of Jewish New Yorkers who are striking this day, across the five boroughs of NYC/across occupied Lenapehoking, in solidarity with the hunger strikers at Rikers Island and with all who are resisting this genocidal regime. This is a regime which took the lives of 15 fellow New Yorkers last year alone — a number which has c…

_____ (2022-01-28). Palestinians Continue Boycott Of Israeli Military Courts. popularresistance.org Around 500 Palestinians currently incarcerated in Israel under the illegal policy of administrative detention have been boycotting Israeli military courts to protest their detention since January 1. The detainees have since refused to appear for court hearings and sessions regarding the approval or renewal of their administrative detention orders. They are also boycotting appeal hearings, including those in higher courts. According to Palestinian prisoners' rights groups, among those participating in the boycott are three minors and one woman. All of them are being detained without charge or trial by the Israeli…

Fight Back (2022-01-28). Protest demands freedom for prisoners facing COVID outbreak. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – On the afternoon of January 22, organizers shut down the city block in front of Governor Pritzker's Gold Coast mansion for 15 minutes, demanding immediate action to address the surging COVID cases in Illinois prisons and jails. Organizers dropped a letter on Pritzker's doorstep calling for a mass release of those incarcerated, beginning with the elderly and those with underlying medical conditions who are especially at risk. | The call to decarcerate correctional facilities has been sounded since the rise of COVID-19 and was repeated as further surges and variants put those inside at risk. The gover…

Editor (2022-01-28). Reimagining the relationship between care and power. mronline.org Abolition. Feminism. Now. has everything I have come to expect from abolitionist literature: a solid critique of carceral feminism, passionate archiving of black and brown struggle against state control, and a good dose of hope. But also a big dose of U.S.-centrism and a hesitancy to outline a plan to win.

ecns.cn (2022-01-28). U.S.-planned 'authorized departures' a political farce. ecns.cn The U.S. State Department is considering whether to authorize departures for U.S. diplomats and their families in China, according to U.S. media reports. The move, in the name of "China's COVID-19 situation," is another "political farce" directed by the U.S. since the Biden Administration announced that it would not send any diplomatic or official representation to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in December 2021.

Daniel Campione (2022-01-28). Argentina — Contra el pago de la deuda, la movilización es el camino. globalizacion.ca En estos días varias agrupaciones que pertenecen al Frente de Todos (FMI), entre ellas el Movimiento Popular La Dignidad y parte de los "metrodelegados" emitieron en conjunto un documento crítico del Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI). | Entre las reivindicaciones contenidas en…

teleSUR, yart, JDO (2022-01-28). Golpistas anuncian hoja de ruta a la normalidad en Burkina Faso. telesurtv.net El presidente burkinés fue depuesto el pasado domingo por el autodenominado Movimiento Patriótico de Salvación y Restauración.

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