In this prison I have not been able to resume my studies because, according to what was reported by the gendarmerie personnel, the only thing missing is the authorization of the Regional Director, who can take as much time as he deems appropriate to simply manage the continuity of something that has already been going on for years.

It seems incredible that the facilities are not given and that impediments are put against something that seems to be as basic and essential as studying, we cannot ignore that power structures are capable of breaking their own rules over and over again, according to their convenience.

— Read on abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/post/2024/06/10/chile-autonomy-and-persistence-against-prisons-words-from-comrade-monica-caballero/

Today, an eight-member jury in West Palm Beach, Florida, found Chiquita Brands International liable for funding a violent Colombian paramilitary organization, the United Self-defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), that was responsible for major human rights atrocities during the 1990s and 2000s.
— Read on nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/colombia-chiquita-papers/2024-06-10/chiquita-found-liable-colombia-paramilitary-killings

Names matter to anyone, but in prison they can make the difference between safety and risk, between dignity and degradation, and between privacy and notoriety.
— Read on june11.noblogs.org/post/2024/05/07/2024-statement-from-marius-mason/

The State Department claims that it found “no evidence” of human rights violations committed by Azov; WashPo adds that Ukrainian officials saw the ban lift as “a top priority” during their lobbying attempts.
— Read on english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/us-greenlights-weapon-transfer-to-ukraine-s-neo-nazi-azov-ba

The United States will allow Ukraine’s Azov Brigade to use weapons provided by the U.S. to fight Russia’s full-scale invasion, the U.S. State Department announced on June 10, reversing a long-standing policy.
— Read on kyivindependent.com/us-lifts-weapons-ban-for-ukraines-azov-brigade/

John Carlson on the links between the student encampment movement for Palestinian liberation and Indigenous-led struggle against settler colonialism from Turtle Island to Palestine.
— Read on www.midnightsunmag.ca/the-student-encampment-movement-is-part-of-a-history-of-militant-struggle-against-settler-colonialism/