Category Archives: Newsletter and Updates

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 http://www.midnightsunmag.ca/the-student-encampment-movement-is-part-of-a-history-of-militant-struggle-against-settler-colonialism/

Thirteen individuals, including 12 protesters and a Daily reporter, were charged with felony burglary after being detained by police on Wednesday. Students were suspended and banned from campus for the rest of the quarter. — Read on stanforddaily.com/2024/06/07/protesters-who-occupied-presidents-office-receive-felony-charges/

The inhuman savagery of Israel’s genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza has shocked the conscience of millions of people around the world, including in the Caribbean. From a policy of deliberate starvation and blocking access to water to bombing hospitals and ambulances, even going so far as killing thousands of children, Israel’s crimes have hadContinue reading “CARICOM – Call to Break Diplomatic Relations with Apartheid Israel”

Over 50 pro-Palestine protesters entered the president’s office in Main Quad at 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning. They barricaded themselves in the building and told The Daily they intend to stay until the University meets demands, or they are forcibly removed. — Read on stanforddaily.com/2024/06/05/pro-palestine-protesters-occupy-presidents-office/

After seven dead, 600 injured, 7,000 unemployed, and an estimated €1 billion in damage, “what more is needed” to convince Emmanuel Macron to drop his reform? — Read on http://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2024/06/05/new-caledonia-insecurity-persists-as-radicals-continue-to-orchestrate-the-crisis_6673787_5.html

The members of the Hatuey group represent the true people of the United States, simple, hard-working and supportive, said Fernando González, president of ICAP, today in the delivery of medicines and supplies for Cuban children with cancer. — Read on http://www.hatueyproject.org/news/hatuey-groups-solidarity-for-cuban-children-with-cancer-highlighted/