Repression

Wave Of Arrests Of Journalists, Website Blocking In Egypt

September 30, 2019 Staff, Rsf.org Educate! Censorship, Egypt, Journalism, Repression

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the latest attempts by the Egyptian authorities to gag the media, in which at least six journalists have been detained in a week-old wave of anti-government protests. The reporters detained since the protests began on 20 September, in response to the actor Mohamed Ali’s accusations of governmental corruption, have brought the total number journalists imprisoned in Egypt to 31. One of the first reporters to be arrested was Engy Abdel Wahab, who began working as a trainee with the newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm just weeks ago.

On Fifth Anniversary Of Mexico’s Missing 43 Students, Anguished Families Still Seek Answers

September 30, 2019 By Arturo Conde, Nbcnews.com Resist! Mexico, Repression, Student Activism

When Antonio Tizapa’s 20-year-old son Jorge disappeared with 42 other teacher’s college students in Iguala, Mexico, he did not think that they would still be missing five years later. “We still don’t know what happened. We are overwhelmed, stuck,” Tizapa told NBC News in New York, where he lives. “And after five years of demanding justice, five years fighting to keep the case open, it’s unreal that we still can’t find them.” The Mexican government initially concluded that 43 students from a teacher's college in Ayotzinapa were arrested by local authorities in southwest Mexico on Sept. 26, 2014, and turned over to drug traffickers who then murdered and incinerated them at a garbage dump.

They’re Murdering My Son: Father Of Julian Assange Tells Of Pain And Anguish

September 26, 2019 By Finian Cunningham, Mintpressnews.com Educate! Julian Assange, Repression, Wikileaks

Julian Assange’s father, John Shipton, gave an interview to Strategic Culture Foundation over the weekend. After arriving from his home country of Australia, Shipton is visiting several European states, including Russia, to bring public attention to the persecution of Julian Assange by British authorities over his role as a publisher and author. First though an introduction to the Assange case. Few media figures can be attributed to transforming international politics and the global media landscape.

Chelsea Manning Imprisoned Without Charge For Six Months

September 24, 2019 Kevin Reed and James Cogan, Wsws.org Resist! Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange, Political Prisoner, Repression, Whistleblowers

The courageous whistleblower Chelsea Manning has now been held in a federal detention center in Alexandria, Virginia for more than six months. Manning has not been charged with or committed any crime. She was sent to jail on March 8, 2019 for refusing to testify before a secret grand jury that has indicted persecuted WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange, who published the information she leaked exposing rampant US imperialist criminality.

The US Has “Disappeared” More Than 42,000 Migrants. Where’s the Outrage?

September 20, 2019 By David L. Wilson, Truthout.org Educate! Borders, Immigration, Migrants, Nationalism, Racism, Repression, Undocumented

The most successful of Trump’s anti-immigrant measures up until now — and possibly the most vicious — hasn’t been getting the attention it deserves. In operation since late January, Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), originally called “Remain in Mexico,” allows the U.S. government to push most non-Mexican asylum seekers into Mexico once immigration officials have cleared them to make an asylum claim. As of early September, the number of people forced into Mexico under MPP had reportedly risen to more than 42,000. Immigration authorities say that these migrants are able to pursue their asylum cases while waiting in Mexico, but this is nonsense.

GM Just Took Away Our Insurance, But They Can’t Stop Our Strike

September 19, 2019 Steve Frisque, Inthesetimes.com Resist! Class Struggle, General Motors, Repression, Strikes, Workers

Just after midnight on September 15, nearly 50,000 members of the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) walked off their jobs at 33 General Motors (GM) plants across the Midwest and South. For two days, workers have been picketing against GM’s dismal wages and two-tier contracts. Steve Frisque was among them. Frisque is a full-time union steward and committee lead at the GM parts plant in Hudson, Wisconsin.

Texas Charges Oil Port Protesters Under New Fossil Fuel Protection Law

September 18, 2019 BY Nicholas Kusnertz, Insideclimatenews.org Resist! Fossil Fuels, Oil, Protests, Reform, Repression, Texas

A group of activists who shut down one of the nation's largest oil ports by hanging off a bridge over the Houston Ship Channel have been charged under a new Texas law that imposes harsh penalties for disrupting the operations of fossil fuel infrastructure. The charges could present the first test for a wave of similar state laws that have been enacted around the country over the past three years in response to high-profile protests against pipelines and other energy projects.

‘The Moron Fascists’: ICE Fails To Properly Redact Document Proposing ‘Hyper-Realistic’ Urban Warfare Training Facility

September 18, 2019 Eoin Higgins, Commondreams.org Educate! Fascism, ICE, Immigration, Repression, Undocumented

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the federal agency which carries out the bulk of President Donald Trump's war on immigrants, is building a "hyper-realistic" urban training ground in Fort Benning, Georgia. The information was revealed in a poorly redacted acquisition form document posted online that was copy and pasted by Newsweek, revealing the camp's location and details. "They really are the moron fascists," tweeted podcast host Michael Brooks.

Federal Judge Rebukes Houston DA For Using The Willie Horton Strategy

September 13, 2019 Daniel Nichanian, Appealpolitics.org Create! Reform, Repression, Texas

U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal gave preliminary approval last week to a settlement that restructures the bail system and provides for the pretrial release of most people charged with misdemeanors in Texas’s Harris County, the nation’s third most populous county and home of Houston. And she did it over the objections of Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg. Rosenthal offered a stern rebuke of Ogg’s bid to stop the settlement by reviving the Willie Horton strategy, so named because of an ad that George Bush’s allies ran during the 1988 presidential campaign to portray Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis as soft on crime.

Justice Department To Force Imprisoned Hackivist Jeremy Hammond To Testify Against Wikileaks

September 7, 2019 Kevin Gosztola, Shadowproof.com Educate! Repression, Whistleblowers, Wikileaks

FBI informant Hector Xavier Monsegur was instrumental in targeting and carrying out a cyberattack on the private intelligence firm, Stratfor, in 2011. The FBI allowed several individuals to submit stolen information from the firm to WikiLeaks, and it ultimately led to the prosecution of hacktivist Jeremy Hammond, who was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison in 2013. Now, the Justice Department has transferred Hammond from the Federal Correctional Institution Milan in Michigan to the William G. Truesdale Adult Detention Center in Alexandria, Virginia so they can force him to testify before a grand jury investigating WikiLeaks.

ICE Agent Opens Fire on Immigrants Outside a South Nashville Grocery Store

September 7, 2019 Staff, Latinorebels.com Educate! ICE, Immigration, Repression, Tennessee, Undocumented

NASHVILLE — On Thursday September 5, 2019, an Immigration Customs and Enforcement agent approached three men in a white work van parked in the Food Lion located in Antioch, TN. The Food Lion parking lot is used as an informal rideshare parking. Neighbors have expressed fear and anxiety over the fact that ICE has escalated a civil matter into the use of deadly force. The MIX denounces terrorizing of community members, using lethal force against our neighbors, and calls on our local elected officials to end cooperation with ICE.

Document Reveals The FBI Is Tracking Border Protest Groups As Extremist Organizations

September 6, 2019 Jana Winter and Hunter Walker, Yahoo.com Resist! Borders, Class Struggle, FBI, Immigration, Repression, Undocumented

The FBI has gathered intelligence from people with “direct access” to the organizations and is monitoring their social media, according to the document, called an “external intelligence note,” that was obtained by Yahoo News. The note, which was produced by the FBI office in Phoenix and sent to other law enforcement and government agencies, said there are indications these groups are “increasingly arming themselves and using lethal force to further their goals.” However, almost all of the evidence cited in the report involved nonviolent protest activity.

Roger Waters And John Pilger Make Powerful Defence Of Julian Assange In London

September 4, 2019 Staff, Wsws.org Resist! Julian Assange, Protests, Repression, Whistleblowers

Up to 1,000 people gathered last night in central London to hear internationally acclaimed musician Roger Waters deliver a musical tribute to imprisoned WikiLeaks’ publisher Julian Assange. Performing outside the UK Home Office, just miles from Belmarsh Prison where Assange is being held as a Category A prisoner, Waters sang Pink Floyd’s iconic song “Wish You Were Here.” He was accompanied by guitarist Andrew Fairweather Low. Supporters filled the forecourt and pavement on both sides of Marsham Street, many carrying banners and placards demanding Assange’s freedom and the release of imprisoned whistleblower Chelsea Manning.

NLRB Reversing Important Labor Law Precedents

September 4, 2019 By Bobbi Murray, Capitalandmain.com Educate! Labor, NLRB, Reform, Repression

Employee rights advocates say this Labor Day’s family barbecues and union solidarity picnics will take place in the shadow of a Trump administration that has quietly stacked the National Labor Relations Board with anti-labor members. The federal agency is far less well-known than the IRS or EPA, but its five presidential appointees issue rulings with often far-reaching consequences for America’s working men and women. The NLRB was created in 1935 to oversee collective bargaining and protect labor standards...

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