A Coalition of Support: Parliamentarians for Julian Assange
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-14
Australian politicians, and the consular staff of the country, are rarely that engaged on the subject of protecting their citizens. In a couple of notorious cases, Australian authorities demonstrated not only an indifference, but a consciously venal approach to its citizens in overseas theatres. Mamdouh Ahmed Habib, a dual Australian-Egyptian national, was detained in Pakistan …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/a-coalition-of-support-parliamentarians-for-julian-assange/

Obituary: A. Grace Lee Mims: a cultural treasure
Martha Grevatt | workers.org | 2019-10-14
People filled St. James African Methodist Episcopal church in Cleveland on Oct. 11 to celebrate the life of Dr. A. Grace Lee Mims. She was remembered as a gifted musical artist, educator, librarian, music scholar, radio host, aunt, sister, cousin, neighbor, friend, church member and more. Tributes and anecdotes painted . . . | Continue reading Obituary: A. Grace Lee Mims: a cultural treasure at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/10/44014/

State Capitol Camellia Grove – Pan African Global Trade and Investment Press Conference
Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2019-10-14
California State Capitol Park | Pioneer Camellia Grove | Near L Street and 12th Street | Sacramento, California…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/14/18827273.php

California organizing to show support for HE Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao, AU Ambassador
Khubaka, Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2019-10-14
Full Moon, Maafa Commemoration and 2019 Pan African Global Trade and Investment Week are aligned to show broadbased support for Her Excellency Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao, African Union Ambassador to the United States of America…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/12/18827226.php

Global Climate Strike: From Protest To Power?
Mike Miller | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-14
Climate justice advocates enthusiastically report that the recent Global Climate Strike involved 7.6 million people in 6,500 events that took place in 185 countries, supported by 8,500 websites, 3,000 companies, and 73 trade unions. Behind the headlines is this fact: with the exception of Morocco, no country in the world is complying with its Paris…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/14/global-climate-strike-from-protest-to-power/

Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed, Awarded Nobel Prize, Celebrated for "Remarkable Change" in Horn of Africa
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-10-14
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was awarded the 100th Nobel Peace Prize in an announcement Friday morning. The prime minister last year helped broker a historic peace deal between Ethiopia and Eritrea, where leaders of the neighboring countries signed a "Joint Declaration of Peace and Friendship" and declared an end to nearly two decades of a "state of war" that lasted from 1998 to 2000 and killed 70,000 people. Soon after the peace declaration was signed, the first direct flights between Ethiopia and Eritrea in 20 years took off from Addis Ababa, headed to Eritrea's capital Asmara. Ahmed has also lifted the…
www.democracynow.org/2019/10/14/awol_allo_abiy_ahmed_nobel_prize

Tunisian Election: Kais Saied Elected New President
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-13
Tunisian independent candidate Kais Saied won the presidential election runoff held Sunday in the North African country, with more than 72 percent of the popular vote, according to two exit polls agencies. | RELATED: | Canadian PM Justin Trudeau Under Fire During Election Debate | Saied, a retired law professor gently nicknamed "Robocop," for his particular…
telesurenglish.net/news/Tunisian-Election-Kais-Saied-Elected-New-President-20191013-0011.html

Tunisians Vote for 2nd Round of Presidential Elections
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-13
Tunisians were choosing Sunday between two political outsiders to be their next president, in a free election that has seen voters ditch top politicians after years of declining living standards following a 2011 revolution. | RELATED: | Top Tunisian Presidential Candidate Freed Days Before Election | Media mogul Nabil Karoui and his opponent, retired law profes…
telesurenglish.net/news/Tunisians-Vote-for-2nd-Round-of-Presidential-Elections-20191013-0001.html

UN chief condemns deadly Burkina Faso mosque attack
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-13
UN chief António Guterres has strongly condemned Friday's attack on a mosque in northern Burkina Faso, in a statement released on Saturday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/10/1049161

Trump Spouts Conspiracy Theories and Attacks Omar at Minnesota Rally
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-10-12
Trump's attacks on the impeachment process and Minnesota's Somali-refugee community are an appeal to America's far-right militia movement, say professors Joe Lowndes and Gerald Horne.
therealnews.com/stories/trump-conspiracy-theories-attacks-omar-minnesota-rally

'They've come for SpongeBob': Twitter weirded out by professor calling beloved cartoon character 'RACIST COLONIZER'
rt.com | 2019-10-12
Who lives in a klavern under the sea? SpongeBob SquarePants, apparently. Beloved by children and stoners the world over, the wacky adventures of the animated sea sponge actually mask a "violent," "racist" message, one prof claims. | "SpongeBob Squarepants and his friends play a role in normalizing the settler colonial takings of indigenous lands while erasing the ancestral Bikinian people from their nonfictional homeland," University of Washington anthropology professor Holly M. Barker wrote in her paper called 'Unsettling SpongeBob and the Legacies of Viol…
rt.com/usa/470813-spongebob-squarepants-racist-colonizer/

Ethiopian Prime Minister awarded Nobel Peace Prize: Guterres hails his 'people first' agenda
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-11
The winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize has been praised by the UN Secretary-General for creating a pathway to stability in the Horn of Africa region.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/10/1049071

Friday's Daily Brief: Day of the Girl Child, mayors lead on climate emergency, Turkey Syria offensive, new statelessness pledges, extremism in social media
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-11
Our top stories for Friday: Day of the Girl Child celebrated around the world; city mayors lead on climate fight; humanitarian alarm rising over Turkey's Syria offensive; history's made as countries step forward to tackle global statelessness; Burkina Faso violence forces 500,000 from their homes; 'white extremist' use of social media in attacks must be curbed.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/10/1049101

Ebola on the run in DR Congo, 'now we have to kill the virus': UN health agency
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-10
Efforts to eradicate the deadly Ebola epidemic in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are proving successful but "now we have to kill the virus", the UN health agency said on Thursday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/10/1048951

Tunisian Elections Marked by Disappointment With Arab Spring Aftermath
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-10-10
Even though the 2011 Arab Spring began in Tunisia and was arguably more successful there than anywhere else, Tunisians are disappointed and not interested in the upcoming presidential runoff vote, says Angela Joya.
therealnews.com/stories/tunisia-elections-arab-spring-aftermath

New Clashes Erupt in Libya; Fighting Reported in South Tripoli
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-10-10
Launched in April, Khalifa Hafter's bid to take over Libya, and the capital of Tripoli, looks to be breaking out again.

New Clashes Erupt in Libya; Fighting Reported in South Tripoli

Algerians Protest Against Government-Organized Elections
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-10-09
Algerian youth are fed up with Algeria's post-independence old guard and after succeeding with Bouteflika's resignation, they continue to push for a purging of the government's old guard before new elections are held.
therealnews.com/stories/algerians-protest-government-organized-elections

Vigil: Justice for Nebane Abienwi! Cameroonian migrant dies in ICE custody
Nicole Roussell | liberationnews.org | 2019-10-07
On October 7, protesters gathered in front of immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in Washington, D.C. for a candlelight vigil in response to the death of a 37-year-old Cameroonian asylum seeker who died in ICE custody.
liberationnews.org/vigil-justice-for-nebane-abienwi-cameroonian-migrant-dies-in-ice-custody/

Africa is Becoming the Latest Battleground in the Struggle for Palestinian Freedom
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2019-10-04
Israel has successively driven a wedge between African countries, which, at one point, were united in their unconditional support of the Palestinian struggle against Israeli military occupation and apartheid.
mintpressnews.com/africa-battleground-struggle-palestinian-freedom/262198/

Palestinian civil society calls on Egyptian authorities to immediately release activist Ramy Shaath
patrick | bdsmovement.net | 2019-10-02
Palestinian civil society calls on Egyptian authorities to immediately release activist Ramy Shaath: Open Letter30 Palestinian civil society organizations call on the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release human rights activist Ramy Shaath, and call on all Palestinian, Arab and international organizations to show solidarity with Ramy's just cause and also…
bdsmovement.net/news/palestinian-civil-society-calls-egyptian-authorities-immediately-release-activist-ramy-shaath

Opinion by Legal Scholar Prof. John Dugard on Relations Between University of Cape Town and Israeli Universities
PACBI | bdsmovement.net | 2019-09-24
Opinion by Legal Scholar Prof. John Dugard on Relations Between University of Cape Town and Israeli Universities : AnalysisAs the University of Cape Town weighs refraining from relations with Israeli Universities enabling the gross violation of Palestinian human rights, renowned South African international law scholar Prof. John Dugard finds that UCT "would be acting in accordance with So…
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