Peter Gelderloos looks critically at the media response to the eruption of rebellion in Ohio youth prisons.

by Peter Gelderloos at It’s Going Down via thefreeonline

On the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd of October, at least two protests broke out at the Indian River youth prison in Massillon, Ohio. In one protest, a guard was struck in the head and beaten down with a radio, and in another a dozen kids broke out of their cells, armed themselves, and set up barricades, which they defended until the following morning. Other protests and fights have occurred over the previous months.

In response to the riot, local media responded with systematic spins and manipulations to help spread calls by the guards for more physical violence against the children.

Two area papers, the Columbus Dispatch and the Canton Repository, as well as the local TV station, WKYC, referred to the children locked up at Indian River as “inmates,” “criminals,” or at best, “juveniles.”

They referred to their cells as “rooms.” They never referred to the prison as a prison, and they refused to interview any of the kids locked up there or any of their friends or family members.

They also refused to investigate or describe conditions at the youth prison, and they refused to do any fact-checking on any of the claims coming from guards or the family members of guards, while frequently repeating those claims.

These claims included the dubious assertion that guards at the facility are not allowed to use physical force, and that the kids were rioting and protesting “for fun.”

Please read & help!!!
Journalists in Ohio are platforming calls for violence against children. Predominantly Black kids locked up in Massillon Ohio have rebelled against terrible conditions at least 3 times in the last months.
They need support, not dehumanization!
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— PeterGelderloos (@PeterGelderloos) October 23, 2022

Media coverage was heavily focused on the family members of guards, humanizing them and also shielding them from legal consequences, as most of their more extreme statements came filtered through spouses who are not state employees.

With a perspective firmly and exclusively anchored on the side of the guards, multiple articles repeated claims coming from guards that the children locked up at the facility were not actually children but hardened criminals.

The purpose of this coverage was clearly to encourage and normalize the use of violence against imprisoned children, and to win more budget money for hiring more prison guards and buying them more weapons.

Continue reading “Media Spreads Call for Violence against Prisoners as Protests Erupt in Ohio Youth Prisons”

By Stockholm Center for Freedom October 25, 2022 via thefreeonline

Turkish police raided the premises of several pro-Kurdish media outlets and private residences, detaining 11 journalists, including the mother of a 45-day-old infant, according to media reports.

Journalist Zemo Ağgöz, was separated from her 45-day-old baby and taken into custody by the Erdoğan government, who ‘cares’ for children. They separated the mother of a 45-day-old baby who had to breastfeed. Erdogan advocates ‘Let’s strengthen the family’ and wants all women to have at least 3 children.

The Turkish Journalists Union (TGS) tweeted that the 11 journalists were taken into custody in İstanbul and Ankara as well as in other cities including Diyarbakır in the Southeast, although no reason was given for the detentions.

Eight of the detainees work for the pro-Kurdish Mezopotamya news agency and three for JINNEWS, according to the union.

Mezopotamya’s Ankara correspondent, Zemo Ağgöz, the mother of a 45-day-old baby, was among those detained.

Ağgöz was taken into custody by police during a raid on her apartment, as were the 10 other journalists, at around 6 in the morning. Ağgöz’s lawyer said they tried to reach Ağgöz so she could breastfeed the baby, but they were unable to determine which police station she had been taken to. The baby had been hungry since its mother was detained and needs to be breastfed every two hours, the lawyer added.

The detention of Ağgöz and the other journalists triggered reactions from international and Turkish media and human rights activists.

“They separated a mother from her 45-day-old baby who needed to be breastfed. Those who don’t talk about journalist Zemo Ağgöz’s need to breastfeed her baby should not walk among us as opposition journalists,” said sociologist, writer and activist Veli Saçılık.

Çağrı Sarı, an editor at the Evrensel daily, commented on Ağgöz’s detention, saying, “Journalist Zemo Ağgöz, the mother of a 45-day-old infant, was taken into custody by the Erdoğan government, which supposedly cares about children, suggesting that we should strengthen the ‘family structure’ and repeatedly saying that he wants every family to have at least three children.”

🔴#Turkey: IPI calls for release of 11 Kurdish journalists detained as part of an "anti-terror operation"

Turkey regularly abuses anti-terror law to target journalists, who are frequently subject to arbitrary charges & imprisonmenthttps://t.co/Mgq2AhCBXg #FreeTurkeyJournalists pic.twitter.com/8Yw9f6PJuC

— IPI – The Global Network for Independent Media (@globalfreemedia) October 25, 2022

The International Press Institute (IPI) called for the release of the 11 Kurdish journalists, tweeting, “IPI calls for release of 11 Kurdish journalists detained as part of an ‘anti-terror operation.’

Turkey regularly abuses anti-terror law to target journalists, who are frequently subject to arbitrary charges & imprisonment” and “#FreeTurkeyJournalists now!”

“The Turkish dictator has increased repression of the 17 million ethnic Kurds, ahead of elections next year, labelling even verbal resistance as ‘PKK terrorism’ sanctioned by endless prison sentences.

Oppression and killings of minorities and women have been a common way for the neo-fascist government to garner nationalist support. Currently Erdogan stands accused of killing with banned chemical weapons in invaded areas of Syria, Iraq and in Turkey itself.“

Turkey’s parliament this month approved a tough pre-election law that could see reporters and social media users jailed for up to three years for spreading “fake news.”

The new measures for the media come before a general election that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan enters trailing in the polls.

“At a time when the censorship law had just come into effect, many journalists’ homes were raided and the journalists were detained during the dawn operation,” the TGS said.

Opposition parties and journalists unions protested the new rules before and during the debates in the parliament.

Most Turkish newspapers and television channels fell under the control of government officials and their business allies during a sweeping crackdown that followed a failed coup in 2016.

But social networks and internet-based media remained largely free of oversight — much to the growing annoyance of Erdoğan.

Turkey is ranked 149th out of 180 countries in the annual media freedom index published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) earlier this year.

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Ateneu llibertari de Gracia Neither God. Nor state. Nor Homeland. . Neither Party Nor husband.

10.28.22 by Ateneu llibertari de Gracia via thefreeonline

Saturday 29 October, marchagainst airports and the society that needs them. In the Delta del Llobregat area affected by the expansion.
We will meet at 10:00 at the Les Moreres exit of the L-9 Sud del Prat metro.
If you haven’t had breakfast at home, it’s a good idea to bring something to eat, although there are network water points at several points along the route, it would be good to bring, at the very least, a small canteen, comfortable shoes, maybe also a hat and cream solar If all goes well we will be back in Moreres around 14:00

The route first skirts the river and then enters the area of ​​the Sabogal protected area, Ca l’Arana. On the way back, if the weather and spirits are good, we can go down the Bunyola path to the Semàfor viewpoint, which would be the end of the extension and which will allow us a look at the Cal Tet wetlands.

In total it is about 12 km, but if necessary you can do only one of the two parts.

The situation of the possible expansion seemed to have ended in an operetta of hypocrisy, staged by the metropolitan councils, Barcelona, ​​the Generalitat, the State Government and all the parties.

The same ones that allowed the Baix Llobregat to be dug up, with other expansions of the airport, the expansion of the port, the diversion of the Llobregat, motorways, AVE, the Plan Ponent, the ARE Eixample Sud del Prat…

The possible “environmental victory” is relativized by several issues:

1.-There is a parliamentary majority in favor of the airport (at least PSC+PP+JxC…)
2.-Some of the opponents are more than dubious, thus the “commoners” who have governed the Party since the first elections after having preached their opposition accepted the deviation and the last extension… in exchange for funding.
3.-The Catalan economic powers are moving in favor, led by Foment and with the competition of the CECOT (Terracenca employer), the CCOC (Chamber of Works Contractors of Catalonia), the RAAC, the Chamber of Commerce… (the complete list at , https://www.foment.com/es/constitucion-comision-ampliacion-aeropuerto-ba/ ) a “Commission for the expansion of the Airport” has been constituted of this Commission ( with more political tasks) would derive a “Technical Table” that would present an “alternative project” to everyone’s taste, initially a deadline of 9 months was given.
Towards the middle of November, a meeting of the “civil society” convened by National Employment Promotion and IESE (the OPUS business school) is to be held.

So we see that the project has been suspended but not dismissed, and it is only a matter of time before it is revived again.

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Ateneu llibertari de Gràcia

Ni Déu. Ni Estat. Ni Pàtria. Ni patró. Ni Partit. Ni Marit.

10.28.22

por ateneullibertarigracia

Dissabte dia 29 d’octubre, passejada contra els aeroports i la societat que els necessita. A la zona del Delta afectada per l’aeroport.

Dissabte dia 29 d’octubre, passejada contra els aeroports i la societat que els necessita. A la zona del Delta del Llobregat afectada per l’ampliació.
Ens trobarem a les 10:00 a la sortida les Moreres del metro L-9 Sud del Prat.
Si no has esmorzat a casa es convenient portar alguna cosa de menjar, malgrat que hi ha punts d’aigua de la xarxa a diversos punts del recorregut seria bo portar, si més no, una cantimplora petita, sabates còmodes, potser també barret i crema solar. Si tot va be cap a les 14:00 tornarem a estar a Moreres

El recorregut voreja primer el riu i desprès entrarà a la zona de l’espai protegit del Sabogal, Ca l’Arana. En tornar si el temps i els ànims acompanyen podem baixar per el camí de la Bunyola fins el mirador del Semàfor, que seria l’extrem de l’ampliació i que ens permetrà una mirada als aiguamolls de Cal Tet. En total son uns 12 km, però en cas de necessitat es pot fer sols una de les dues parts.

La situació de la possible ampliació semblava haver acabat en una opereta d’hipocresia, escenificada per els ajuntaments metropolitans, Barcelona, la Generalitat, el Govern de l’Estat i tots els partits. Els mateixos que van permetre que es trinxes el Baix Llobregat, amb altres ampliacions de l’aeroport, l’ampliació del port, el desviament del Llobregat, autopistes, AVE, el Pla Ponent, l’ARE Eixample Sud del Prat…

La possible “victòria ambiental” queda relativitzada per diverses qüestions:
1.-Hi ha una majoria parlamentària favorable a l’aeroport (com a mínim PSC+PP+JxC…)
2.-Alguns dels opositors son més que dubtosos, així els “comuns” que han governat el Part des de les primeres eleccions desprès d’haver predicat la seva oposició van acceptar el desviament i la darrera ampliació… a canvi de finançament.
3.-Els poders econòmics catalans s’estan movent a favor, liderada per Foment i amb el concurs de la CECOT (patronal Terrassenca), la CCOC (Cambra de Contractistes d’Obres de Catalunya), el RAAC, la Cambra de Comerç… (la llista completa a , https://www.foment.com/es/constitucion-comision-ampliacion-aeropuerto-ba/ ) s’ha constituït una “Comissió per l’ampliació de l’Aeroport” d’aquesta Comissió (amb tasques més polítiques) derivaria una “Mesa Tècnica” que presentaria un “projecte alternatiu” al gust de tots, inicialment s’han donat un termini de 9 mesos.
Cap a mitjans de novembre es vol fer un acta de la “societat civil” convocat per Foment del treball Nacional i l’IESE (la escola de negocis de l’OPUS).

Veiem doncs que el projecte s’ha suspès però no s’ha desestimat, i sols és qüestió de temps que torni a revifar-se.

War between Ethiopia and the TPLF may be coming to an end, but the US is using sanctions to have the final word despite the apparent defeat of its proxy.

by Ann Garrison, 26 Oct 2022 at Black Agenda Report shared with thanks via thefreeonline

Rally for Ethiopian sovereignty, Meskel Square, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10.22.2022

Ethiopia Nears Victory in its Civil War, US Scrambles to Control the Outcome

The Ethiopian and Eritrean armies now seem close to winning a two-year war with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF,) a US-backed clique that ruled Ethiopia brutally for 27 years, from 1991 to 2018.

As I write this, on October 24, 2022, Ethiopian and Eritrean forces are in control of most major cities in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region. They are reported to have surrounded Mek’ele, the Tigrayan Region’s capital, but it’s not clear whether or not they are inside.

Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor Democrats Aren’t the Only Game in Town for Ethiopian American Voters

On Saturday, October 22nd, huge crowds rallied for Ethiopian sovereignty in Addis Ababa and across the country, holding up signs that read “No More to a Proxy War,” “USA Respect Ethiopian Sovereignty,” and “No Intervention in the Name of Humanitarian Aid.” Establishment outlets including the Associated Press and Bloomberg News felt compelled to report the rallies.

The West, most of all the US, has given political, diplomatic, and narrative support to the TPLF throughout the war, and now they’re scrambling. UN Secretary General António Guterres and Western officials and NGOs keep calling for a “cessation of hostilities,” which seems to be a demand that Ethiopia and Eritrea stop short of victory. 

Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor .. US Threatens Ethiopia and Eritrea with “Genocide Designation”

Every day the propagandistic attacks on both Ethiopia and Eritrea become more shrill and extreme.

Former US diplomat Elizabeth Shackelford wrote, in the Chicago Tribune , “[Anonymous] sources from the area claim Ethiopian and Eritrean forces (their allies) have been instructed to kill three Tigrayans each, including elderly and children, and that victims’ limbs and skulls are on display.”

Continue reading “Ethiopia Govt and Eritrea near Victory over TPLF / USA Intervenes to Control Outcome with Punitive Sanctions”