Jury throws out government’s case—finds FBI agents fabricated a kidnapping threat against Michigan governor so they could pretend to be heroes by foiling a “crime” of their own creation.
FBI director’s use of entrapment is part of a strategy designed to sow public fear and render support for draconian anti-terrorist legislation.
For 95 years—from J Edgar Hoover to Christopher Wray—the FBI has lied, cheated, threatened, and even murdered Americans. Is it beyond reform?
Should we replace it with a national police force that protects instead of persecutes those it is supposed to serve?
The Michigan bombing case is just the latest, but it is surely not the first example, of the FBI overstepping legal and ethical boundaries to burnish its public image by creating Bad Guys to scare the public and blackmail Congress into passing ever larger budgets to fight domestic terrorism.
Like the Pentagon and the CIA, the FBI needs Bad Guys to justify its existence—and it’s trampling on civil rights. So if villains do not exist, they will be created. In the case of the Governors bombing plot, the FBI cynically created “dangerous terrorists” out of “credulous weekend warriors, often stoned on marijuana and prone to big, wild talk.”
Eric King is an anarchist prisoner who was arrested in September 2014 after he carried out a solidarity action to support the Ferguson Uprising.
We speak again today with his lawyer, Lauren Regan, about the harsh violence and repression he has faced in prison, culminating in trumped-up charges of assaulting a guard, charges which he just defeated in court.
In further retaliation for his court victory, he is now being moved to a maximum-security facility with only two years left on his sentence.
This week, Regan describes the recent incident of abuse King suffered at the hands of guards. She tells the story of the trial itself, highlighting the pattern of guards closing ranks in moments like this.
Regan points to the broader picture of what motivates guards to lie, and what makes people often want to believe authority figures instead of their peers.
His supporters are requesting that people call the Mid-Atlantic Bureau of Prisons Regional Office and request answers about why he is being punitively transferred.
Eric King is an anarchist prisoner who was arrested in September 2014 after he carried out a solidarity action to support the Ferguson Uprising. We speak again today with his lawyer, Lauren Regan, about the harsh violence and repression he has faced in prison, culminating in trumped-up charges of assaulting a guard, charges which he just defeated in court. In further retaliation for his court victory, he is now being moved to a maximum-security facility with only two years left on his sentence. This week, Regan describes the recent incident of abuse King suffered at the hands of guards. She tells the story of the trial itself, highlighting the pattern of guards closing ranks in moments like this. Regan points to the broader picture of what motivates guards to lie, and what makes people often want to believe authority figures instead of their peers.
His supporters are requesting that people call the Mid-Atlantic Bureau of Prisons Regional Office and request answers about why he is being punitively transferred. Check out his support page for more information.
Posted on April 13, 2022 info from wikipedia and ELCOMUNISTA.NET
The civilian victims of the hostilities in Ukraine since last February 24 reached the figures of 1,932 dead and 2,589 wounded, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) reported on Wednesday.
This is a shocking disaster. All deaths statistics show 675,000 a year die of a;; causes in Ukraine (2015 figures https://voxukraine.org/en/mortality-in-ukraine-en/) which is about 112,500 deaths for a similar 2 month period, so the normal death rate would be about 58 times more.
In that context the disaster does not seem to merit 5 million people fleeing the country, especially since the ethnically Ukrainian West of the country is hardly touched by the war.
The capital city of Kiev, with 3,000,000 people reported less than 100 deaths attributable to the war, despite wild media reports of carpet bombing and hundreds of thousands sleeping underground for weeks. We don’t know if the UN statistica include the 400 people who died in the highly disputed Bucha attacks.
The United Nations civilian death and injuries stats may well be an underestimation, but the US has admitted that the torrent of 24/7 anti Russian ‘narrative’ is greatly exaggerated or invented, ‘for our own good’ a surprising admission which casts doubt on everything they claim or do, especially the Cpvid and vaccine ‘narratives’.US Officials Admit They’re Literally Just Lying To The Public About Russia
Three U.S. officials tell NBC News that U.S. claims based on “intelligence” on Russia were made up simply to “preempt the Russians”
One U.S. official: “It doesn’t have to be solid intelligence when we talk about it..” pic.twitter.com/Yv9udq05ex
Military deaths reports are even more politicized. Russia admits just a few hundred deaths and nearly 30,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed, and the Ukrainians claim the opposite, vice-versa.
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The details of UN civilian death estimates
“From 04:00 local time (GMT+2) on February 24, 2022 (…) until midnight on April 12, Oacnudh registered 4,521 civilian victims in the country: 1,932 dead and 2,589 injured,” the statement said.
Among the deceased are 485 men, 313 women, 54 boys and 31 girls (85 in total), as well as another 977 adults and 72 minors whose sex is still unknown.
Regarding the wounded, 297 men, 222 women, 52 boys and 52 girls (104 in total) are reported, as well as 1,820 adults and 146 minors, whose gender is also unknown.
In Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, 698 people were killed and 1,296 others were injured. The note specifies that in the territory controlled by Kyiv, 621 deaths and 1,010 wounded were registered, while in the areas under the control of the Donbas republics, 77 dead and 286 wounded.
In the territories that were under the control of the Ukrainian government when the casualties occurred – the Ukrainian capital and the Kyiv, Cherkasi, Chernigov, Kharkiv, Kherson, Nikolaev, Odessa, Sumi, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro and Zhytomyr regions – 1,234 civilians and other 1,293 people were injured.
According to the OHCHR, most of the recorded casualties “were due to the use of explosive weapons with a wide impact area, including heavy artillery shelling and multiple launch rocket systems, air strikes and missile strikes.”
ONU reporta 1.932 civiles muertos y otros 2.589 heridos en Ucrania desde el 24 de febrero
Las víctimas civiles de las hostilidades en Ucrania desde el pasado 24 de febrero alcanzaron las cifras de 1.932 muertos y 2.589 heridos, informó este miércoles la Oficina del Alto Comisionado de la ONU para los Derechos Humanos (Oacnudh).
Este es un desastre impactante. En Ucrania las estadísticasmuestran 675.000 muertes al año por todas las causas (cifras de 2015 https://voxukraine.org/en/mortality-in-ukraine-en/) que son alrededor de 112 500 muertes naturales durante un período similar de 2 meses, por lo que la tasa de mortalidad normal sería unas 58 veces más que los 1.932 muertos causados por la guerra.
En ese contexto, el desastre no parece merecer que 5 millones de personas huyan del país, especialmente porque la guerra apenas afecta la parte étnicamente Ukraniana occidental del país
La capital, Kiev, con 3.000.000 habitantes, nos informó de menos de 100 muertes atribuibles a la guerra, a pesar de los informes continuos de los medios de comunicación sobre bombardeos y las cientos de miles de personas durmiendo bajo tierra durante semanas.
Las estadísticas de muertos y heridos civiles de las Naciones Unidas bien pueden ser una subestimación, pero también EE. UU. ha admitido que el torrente de ‘narrativa’ antirrusa 24 horas al día, 7 días a la semana, es muy exagerado o inventado, ‘por nuestro propio bien’, una admisión sorprendente que arroja dudas sobre todo lo que afirman o hacen, especialmente las ‘narrativas’ de Cpvid y vacunas.
Los informes de muertes militares están aún más politizados. Rusia admite solo unos pocos cientos de muertos y casi 30.000 soldados ucranianos asesinados, y los ucranianos afirman lo contrario, y viceversa.
«Desde las 04.00 hora local (GMT+2) del 24 de febrero de 2022 (…) hasta la medianoche del 12 de abril, Oacnudh registró 4.521 víctimas civiles en el país: 1.932 muertos y 2.589 heridos», dice el comunicado.
Entre los fallecidos figuran 485 hombres, 313 mujeres, 54 niños y 31 niñas (85 en total), así como otros 977 adultos y 72 menores cuyo sexo aún se desconoce.
En lo refrente a los heridos, se informa de 297 hombres, 222 mujeres, 52 niños y 52 niñas (104 en total), así como de 1.820 adultos y 146 menores, cuyo género tampoco se conoce.
En las provincias de Donetsk y Lugansk 698 personas perdieron la vida y otras 1.296 resultaron heridas. La nota precisa que en el territorio controlado por Kiev fueron registrados 621 muertos y 1.010 heridos, mientras que en las zonas bajo el control de las repúblicas de Donbás, 77 muertos y 286 heridos.
En los territorios que estaban bajo el control del Gobierno ucraniano cuando se produjeron víctimas –la capital ucraniana y las regiones de Kiev, Cherkasi, Chernígov, Járkov, Jersón, Nikoláev, Odesa, Sumi, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipró y Zhitómir– fallecieron 1.234 civiles y otras 1.293 personas resultaron heridas.
Según la Oacnudh, la mayoría de las víctimas registradas «se debieron al uso de armas explosivas con una amplia zona de impacto, incluidos los bombardeos de artillería pesada y sistemas de lanzamiento múltiple de cohetes, ataques aéreos y con misiles».
from kaosenlared.net/brasil Brazil-Original Peoples-Pará. Juma Xipaya’s complaint..shared with thanks! April 16, 2022 / By Osmar Gomes
Indigenous leader and activist Juma denounces that her father was attacked by the men, who took a ferry with machinery to the Xipaya Indigenous Land region.
AT THIS MOMENT, THE KARIMÃA VILLAGE, IN THE XIPAYA INDIGENOUS TERRITORY OF ALTAMIRA/PARÁ, IS BEING INVADED BY GARIMPEIROS! THEY ARE DESTROYING EVERYTHING AND THREATENING TO KILL THE FATHER OF CACICA JUMA XIPAYA, WHO TRIED TO DEFEND THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE.
@ApibOficial@ApibOficial Armed prospectors invade Xipaya indigenous village in Pará
@fiscaldoibama@MPF_PA NESTE MOMENTO, A ALDEIA KARIMÃA, DO TERRITÓRIO INDÍGENA XIPAYA DE ALTAMIRA/PARÁ, ESTÁ SENDO INVADIDA POR GARIMPEIROS! ELES ESTÃO DESTRUINDO TUDO E AMEAÇAM MATAR O PAI DA CACICA JUMA XIPAYA, Q TENTOU DEFENDER A TERRA E O SEU POVO.@ApibOficial@AnmigaOrgpic.twitter.com/0ATiqbOvyo
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Chief Juma Xipaya denounced last Thursday night (14), in a video posted on a social network, that the Karimaa village, in the Xipaya Indigenous Land, was invaded by armed miners.
According to the leadership, a large ferry, with machinery for extracting gold, went down the Iriri River towards the territory. Her father, Francisco Kuruaya, was punched and shoved. The Xipaya territory, where about 200 people live, is 400 kilometers away from Altamira, in the southeast of the state of Pará.
CGT remains committed to the social revolution of democratic confederalism in North and East Syria, Kurdistan, peace and freedom!
It is always advisable to differentiate between what is urgent and what is important, because although both assessments can converge, on numerous occasions, what the media puts in the arena of what is urgent, is not always what is important for the social change that we promote. An example of this is the social revolution in Rojava, or the democratic confederalism of North and East Syria.
Although these days, the exodus of Syrian refugees has become visible again, in light of the flagrant difference in treatment of Ukrainian refugees who, like the previous ones, are fleeing a war they have not sought, it has not been for recognize the shame that the European fortress of capital continues to detain Syrian refugees in concentration camps in Greece and Turkey, out in the open, at the mercy of the fascist forces that burn refugee camps and without recognizing their right to asylum that they equally deserve as human beings.
And this, moreover, boasting of the enormous effort deployed to shelter those who fled the war in Ukraine, in order to blind the eyes of the working class that could turn against their governments for such hypocritical management of what is important, what is humanitarian.
Well, the Rojava Social Revolution continues from minute zero -and there have been more than 10 years of war in Syria-, welcoming the displaced Syrians who have chosen the lands of democratic confederalism as a refuge area. And this in addition to receiving the hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons from the regions of Afrin, Serekaniye and Gire Spi, whose exodus has been caused by the Turkish NATO partner, who, at the same time, receives billions of euros for retain Syrian refugees at its borders.
Thus, Europe finances Turkey’s war in northern and eastern Syria and does business by selling it the weapons that cause the increase in refugees.
The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) also maintains several refugee camps for combatants of the defeated Islamic State and their families, which house some 80,000 people -70% minors-, as well as different detention centers of dangerous ISIS jihadists.
Despite spending years asking the international community for a solution to this situation, a serious effort to solve it has still not been made, or even considered. These camps and detention centers are a time bomb waiting to explode, as was demonstrated last January with the attempted escape of 4,000 ISIS members from al-Sinaa prison, in the city of Hasakah, managed by AANES.
And to the silenced enormous reception effort, in the midst of their self-defense and self-management, the peoples of northern and eastern Syria in resistance, defended by their self-defense brigades, continue to expose the silence of the reviled world geopolitics, continuing in their example of living revolution.
It is not easy to give an effective and supportive response from this €urope in recession, which is laconically suffering from the different capitalist attacks that continue to bleed the working class through its garbage contracts, the increases in spending on the supplies it needs to survive and the effort it makes to welcome Ukrainian refugees, while calibrating day by day how it will cover the costs of gasoline, diesel, electricity, gas, food, clothing and footwear that it needs to live .
From CGT, we continue to support and make visible the social revolution of Rojava and democratic confederalism in the north and east of Syria.
A few weeks ago, we joined the visibility campaign against the femicides of the Turkish State, specifically, to demand truth and justice in the murder of Sara, Rojbîn and Ronahî, on January 9, 2013 in Paris.
In addition to the explicit requests addressed to the French authorities, the headquarters of the Confederation displayed the banner of the campaign promoted by Women Defend Rojava Madrid to make this just demand visible.
In the same way, CGT stands in solidarity with the campaign demanding freedom for the Kurdish political prisoners, most of whom are imprisoned in the prisons of the interested Turkey and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
This campaign began on March 28 and will continue throughout the month of April. Among the cases that are made visible in the campaign is the call by Hatice Durak, to urge the Turkish administration to release her daughter, imprisoned since 2015 for interpreting Kurdish songs with political content.
According to Rojava Azadí Madrid, “the mother of Kurdish musician Nudem Durak, imprisoned since 2015, calls on all artists, musicians and officials from foreign states to urge the Turkish authorities to release her daughter, who suffers from serious health problems, such as goiter and osteolysis.
Speaking to Jin News, Hatice Durak says that the only crime Nudem Durak has committed was singing in her mother tongue, Kurdish, and singing Kurdish songs.
“That’s it. They imprisoned her only for her work », she declared. “She didn’t do anything wrong, she didn’t break any rules. She only sang, and actually not only Kurdish songs, but sometimes also Turkish ones».
Hatice points out her daughter’s deteriorating health; she suffers from goiter, a weakening of the bones due to osteolysis, and vision problems. And she adds: “They are subjected to a lot of oppression in their cells. She doesn’t want to let us know what they’re up against because of her pride, but we know it just the same.
It is enough to know that their cells are searched by the guards every day and that they are thoroughly searched each time. They put their hands in all the objects, books, notes, in what they want. They try to intimidate prey on and annoy them however they can. Once even she told me that they are not able to sleep at night because of records ».
She thanked the international solidarity campaign that many intellectuals, musicians, actors and politicians from various countries have supported. “I greatly appreciate and send my respectful gratitude to all the people who have called for Nudem’s freedom. I kindly ask all artists, musicians, prominent people and states to urge the Turkish government to release Nudem from jail.”
1 – On the surface, the sanctions imposed on Russia appear to be part of a new type of warfare – designed to punish innocent Russian people. Putin and his pals aren’t going to be hurt by sanctions but ordinary people will be.
Politicians and journalists complain bitterly when civilians are bombed but don’t seem to care about civilians being impoverished or starved to death.
Nor do politicians or journalists care that the sanctions were also designed to bring in a global recession that will result in billions of deaths. The sanctions brought in by leaders around the world such as Johnson and Biden have caused massive price rises for fuel and food.
The sanctions will cause most damage to the very poor in Africa and Asia. Huge numbers will die in Africa and Asia as a direct result of these sanctions which were designed by mad, bad, dangerous people. Why aren’t Biden, Johnson et al being treated as war criminals?
2 – Governments have created a perfect storm for travellers. Flights have been cancelled because of the millions of people unable to work because they have colds or think they have a disease called ‘long covid’ (which good research has shown is either malingering or hypochondria).
The cost of fuel has risen to the highest price ever known, and motorists are unable or unwilling to buy enough fuel to take them more than a few miles from home.
Even when motorists can afford to buy fuel there may not be any available because refineries have been shut by insane and woefully ignorant and selfish protestors who want to make people as miserable as they are and to bring about economic ruin.
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