http://www.prisonradio.org/media/audio/mumia/health-news-240-mumia-abu-jamal

The International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity along with other organizations in solidarity with Cuba in the United States, are planning the Third Days of Action Against the Blockade for September 11 – 16, 2017. Learn more on our EVENTS page or download the flyer.

http://iacenter.org/4716/defend-venezuela/

According to a May 3 Reuters article, “An influential group of Republican and Democratic U.S. senators introduced sweeping legislation … to address the crisis in Venezuela, including sanctioning individuals responsible for undermining democracy or involved in corruption.”

The quote cited needs translation, as it really means: Some top Senate millionaire hawks want to grab workers’ taxes to overthrow the elected, popular government of Venezuela.

That U.S. imperialism works to undermine the Bolivarian government in Caracas is nothing new. Washington even promoted a military coup against Hugo Chávez in 2002. The Venezuelan people smashed the coup and strengthened Venezuela’s revolution.

Earlier and much greater funding for the U.S. efforts at regime change — that is, counterrevolution — have been buried in the budgets of the CIA, AID and other organs of undercover imperialist intervention disguised as promoters of “democracy.” Now, Senate promoters of imperialist intervention like Republicans Marco Rubio and John McCain and Democrats Ben Cardin and Dick Durbin are giving the U.S. covert effort the Senate’s open blessing.

Anyone who thinks the Senate aims to save democracy should think again about its agenda. Soon, the Senate will reach some rotten compromise on the new “Health Care” Act. The millionaire senators will determine how many million U.S. residents too poor to pay medical costs should be kicked into the nearest grave.

Does the Senate really aim to stop governmental corruption? It could start by doing something to stop the Trump family gang from profiting on everything from casinos to golf courses to stays at hotels with the presidential brand.

No, what the Senate is taking aim at is Venezuela’s sovereignty and independence. The Senate hates any attempt by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to better the lives of the poor people of that country at the cost of the oligarchs and imperialism.

In collusion with Venezuela’s rich and reactionaries, U.S. imperialism has disrupted the country’s economy. In collusion with the corporate media, it has exaggerated the depth of the crisis to create a pretext for intervention. In collusion with the Organization of American States — another U.S. creation — it has targeted the Venezuelan government for “regime change.”

For those who want to defend the independence of countries to the south of the United States, it is essential at this time to defend the Bolivarian government of Venezuela from this imperialist attack.

Down with the Senate plan for sanctions!

U.S. hands off Venezuela!

¡Chávez presente! ¡Maduro presidente!

https://bdsmovement.net/news/urgent-call-day-40-mass-palestinian-hunger-strike-advocate-military-embargo-israel

Hundreds of Palestinian political prisoners are now approaching their critical sixth week on hunger strike, and they have made an urgent appeal for international solidarity. As they hit Day 40 of their courageous Dignity Strike on May 26, the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) calls for intensifying global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns to amplify the prisoners’ legitimate and just demands.

ACT NOW. Click here or see below for some ideas on what you can do.

In particular, the BNC calls for immediate international action towards implementing a comprehensive military embargo on Israel, similar to that imposed against apartheid South Africa in the past. International bodies — including banks, private military corporations, research centers, universities and governments — must stop enabling Israel’s military and security apparatus, and stop facilitating the development of Israeli military technology. As long as military ties continue, the international community is effectively sending Israel a clear message of approval to continue its severe violations of international law, including its violations of basic prisoners’ rights.

This is a critical moment — with every passing hour, Palestinian hunger strikers are risking death. Their health is rapidly deteriorating as they maintain their commitment to assert their dignity and win their internationally recognized rights. A comprehensive military embargo on Israel is long overdue and as urgent as ever.

Palestinians have come together in remarkably strong support of the Dignity Strike. There have been two general strikes with mass participation across historic Palestine. The general strike on Monday, May 22 was the largest since the first Intifada (1987-1993). Rallies and creative actions are happening on a daily basis in Palestinian refugee camps across the region. Those living under Israeli military occupation are also demonstrating in the streets, shutting down Jewish-only settlers’ roads, bringing work and traffic to a standstill and refusing the entry of Israeli products into supermarkets. Across solidarity tents the slogan “boycott your jailer” rings loud.

International action is needed to support and sustain these inspiring grassroots mobilisations as Israel has responded with its predictable use of brutal military force and repression. At least one demonstrator, 23-year old Saba Abu Ubeid, has been killed by an Israeli sniper. A second young man at a solidarity march was shot in the head by an Israeli settler.

ACT to support the Dignity Strike. There are many ways. On May 26, Day 40 of the Dignity Strike:

1. Join the #BDS4DignityStrike social media campaign. Share this image widely using the hashtag #BDS4DignityStrike.
2. Organize a banner drop or street action in your community or campus to raise awareness about the Dignity Strike and call for a military embargo. Use #BDS4DignityStrike to share pictures from your action.
3. Do your research and launch a divestment campaign. Your bank or pension fund are likely to have collaboration with Israeli military companies. Pressure them to divest.
4. Start a campaign for your university to cut all ties with Israel’s military industry. Universities often conduct joint military or dual-use research with Israel or with weapons companies that supply the Israeli military.
5. Write to your elected officials, multilateral bodies and the UN to raise the issue of the Dignity Strike and build pressure to exclude Israeli military companies from contracts and eventually impose a military embargo on Israel.
6. Create your own BDS-related action. Don’t limit yourself to this list.

The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) again and again reaffirms its full support for the Dignity Strike. We call on people of conscience and citizen groups to take urgent action, mainstreaming and escalating military embargo campaigns as an effective nonviolent means of holding Israel accountable to international law and ending its fatal impunity.

The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) is the largest coalition in Palestinian civil society. It leads and supports the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. Visit our website and follow us @BDSmovement

https://solitarytorture.blogspot.com/2017/05/hunger-strike-renewed-at-gbci-wci-and.html

HUNGER STRIKE RENEWED at GBCI, WCI and WSPF

Message:PLEASE HELP US Get out of this torture!!
Many under 25 Years old, soon to be released after having no treatment or training while in prison and will get very little support upon leaving prison.

1)(coming)Sign our petition- 290 signatures so far -we are going for 1000(started with hunger strike last year but still relevant)

2)Help us strategize on how to build an effective campaign that will bring treatment and rehabilitation back to WI prisons. (email FFUP at pgswan3@aol.com if interested in working with us)

3) help us spread the word- send this link to your contacts and local media . This site will evolve as we gather more :
click here https://solitarytorture.blogspot.com/2017/05/hunger-strike-renewed-at-gbci-wci-and.html

or type  this in your browser: http://www.solitarytorture.blogspot.com

3) send a prisoner a nurturing note/letter
you can use FFUP’s address for your return address, just make sure we have your real address if you want to read inmate’s response/we will forward.
your name; c/o FFUP ;29631 Wild Rose Drive; Blue River, WI 53518
Names of strikers we have so Far

A) Green Bay Correctional Institution(GBCI); PO Box 19033, Green Bay, WI 54301

B) Waupun Correctional Institution (WCI);PO Box 351; Waupun, WI 53963
David Claudio 289694,

Timothy Sidney 480019,

Jack Williams 271433

Alex Javier Lopez-Smith 559448

C)WSPF;PO Box 9900; Boscobel, WI 53805
Jimmy Chandler describes conditions, “about ten on strike”(typing coming)

SOME DETAILS:

WCI:

Alex javier Lopez-Smith 559448, WCI  22 Years old!!

Birth year 1995/out date 6 10 2018

Jovan Williams 575056, GBCI born 1993 out date 10 17 27

https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/jovan-williams-affidavit-ac-all.pdf (typing coming)

Luis C Granados  1991. GBCI   out date :6 16 17 OUT IN A MONTH!!

https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/luis-c-granados-affidavit-and-letter-4-15-17.pdf
(Typing coming)

From a letter by Jose Gonzalez to Warden WCI and all concerned

http://wisaflcio.typepad.com/

Brothers and Sisters,

Today, 40,000 AT&T workers, including many in Wisconsin, walked off the job after failure to reach a fair union contract with AT&T Mobility. Workers have been at the bargaining table for months fighting for good jobs against a company dead set on lining its pockets at the expense of the workers who make them billions.

Join Communication Workers of America (CWA) families on the picket line in Wisconsin Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Find a picket line near you.

This will be the biggest strike in the United States since 40,000 Verizon workers walked out last year, and may be the biggest strike of retail workers at a national company in U.S. history. The strike would include 21,000 retail and call center workers at AT&T Wireless across the country, and 17,000 AT&T West landline and DIRECTV workers in California and Nevada, along with landline workers in Connecticut. Workers will return to work on Monday.

CWA families are striking to protect their jobs (which are being outsourced left and right), preserve affordable health care, and stop their wages from stagnating.

Please sign up here to join a picket line either Friday, Saturday or Sunday! http://tinyurl.com/lkylyzd

If you can’t join us on the picket line, click here now to send an email to CEO Randall Stephenson to say you stand with workers fighting for good jobs.

Wireless workers at AT&T have seen their salaries eroded year after year and their benefits get more and more expensive. It’s getting almost impossible to make ends meet working at AT&T Mobility.

And this isn’t just about AT&T, which is the 10th largest company in the country and made $13 billion in profits last year – we have to take a stand to say working people can’t be used and abused while companies make billions off our backs.

This fight is bigger than AT&T, this is about working people standing up to corporate power for good jobs and a better future. I hope you’ll join AT&T workers on the picket line this weekend.

In Solidarity,

Phil Neuenfeldt, President

Stephanie Bloomingdale, Secretary-Treasurer

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The UNAC conference is approaching fast June 16-18, 2017 Greater Richmond Convention Center 403 North 3rd Street, Richmond, VA 23219 ​               Have you registered yet?  Register here:                                       http://www.unacconference2017.org/p/registration_7.html This will be the place where the antiwar and social justice movement will come together this spring to discuss, map strategy and organize for the coming period.  Antiwar leaders from across the country and across the world will be in attendance including: Ajamu Baraka, Medea Benjamin, Glen Ford, Bernadette Ellorin, Bruce Gagnon, Lawrence Hamm, Jaribu Hill, Jonathan W. Hutto, Sr, Margaret Kimberley, Ray McGovern, David Swanson, Ann Wright, Kevin Zeese and many more.  For a more complete list of participants, please go to http://www.unacconference2017.org/p/blog-page_4.html. See the conference web site:  http://www.unacconference2017.org Join and share the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1208020632638814/ To see a report on UNAC’s last conference, please go here: http://nepajac.org/UNAC_052015.html

To mark the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, teleSUR reflects on the values and achievements of the revolution and what it means to today’s revolutionaries. http://www.telesurtv.net/english/index.html