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Never be deceived that the rich will permit you to vote away their wealth. — Lucy Parsons ### Aug. 2016: In my administration, I’m going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information. No one will be above the law. Sep. 2016: We can’t have someone in the Oval Office who doesn’t understand […]
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Following the overwhelming success of the book’s launch event in July, we are happy to announce a follow up talk for Anarchist Popular Power: Dissident Labor and Armed Struggle in Uruguay 1956-76, this time in Los Angeles. The book, published by and available from AK Press, chronicles the history of a critical period for the…
Event Announcement (Los Angeles, CA): Anarchist Popular Power Book Talk
1. The USA Los Angeles, Aug 23rd, 12 – 1 PM @ Japanese Consulate New York, Aug 23rd, 12 – 1 PM @ Japanese Consulate (E 49th St & Park Ave.) Washington DC, Aug 25th, 11am @ Japanese Embassy Seattle, Washington, Aug 26th, 2pm @ Seattle Downtown ‘West Lake Park’ Organized by Global Candlelight Action 2. UK North Wales, Aug 25th, 5pm @ Bangor pier Organized […]
Global Campaign Against Ocean Dumping of Nuclear Wastewater Worldwide Urgent Actions against Japan’s ocean dumping of nuclear wastewater on Aug 24th.
A soldier walks past a line of M1 Abrams tanks at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, Colo. The bloated Pentagon budget fills the war chests of major military contractors and weapons makers. | Christian Murdock / The Gazette via AP Originally published in the People’s World on August 21, 2023 If there’s one thing that should be […]
Congress passes bloated military budget, dodges real debate over corporate war profits / by Jyotsna Naidu
On Tuesday morning, an underground group dubbed the ‘Doncaster Dismantlers’ took action at the site of two companies with links to Israel’s war machine.
‘Doncaster Dismantlers’ target Israeli weapons suppliers
THE STEVE IGNORANT BAND release a new CD on Friday (25 August) capturing the sound of their live performance at The Fleece on 30 March 2023. From 17:00 (UK time) this Friday, the CD will be available to buy through Steve Ignorant’s web shop and the Overground Record site. The release will be limited to […]
Steve Ignorant band to release ‘Crass songs live in Bristol’ CD
Kadir Koç, a local journalist, will serve the sentences for telling the truth – “insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan“
/from thefreeonline on 24th Aug 2023 by Turkish Minute
A local Turkish journalist will start serving a prison sentence on Thursday on three convictions of insulting the president and two former ministers following a controversial decision by a court to merge the sentences for each conviction, thus denying him the possibility of probation, the Serbestiyet news website reported on Wednesday.
Journalist will go to prison for insulting Erdoğan, former ministers: report
Kadir Koç, a local journalist, will serve the sentences for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, former finance minister Nurettin Nebati and former interior minister Süleyman Soylu.
Turkey’s leading press union puts number of jailed journalists at 21.. August 18, 2023
The act deemed an “insult” of former minister Nebati involves an imitation broadcast on YouTube.
Koç announced that he would be imprisoned following the merger of the execution of sentences that stem from three separate convictions: a one-year, 11-month sentence, an 11-month 20-day sentence and an eight-month sentence.
Turkey jails 16 Kurdish journalists over propaganda charges
These were imposed on him for alleged insults of former ministers Soylu and Nebati and President Erdoğan, respectively. When handled separately, the files would have qualified for probation, but the combination results in at least a two-year prison term.
TORTURES IN TURKEY’S PRISONS – YouTube
Koç plans to surrender to the prison on Thursday, Serbestiyet reported. Previously, referring to a visit by former interior minister Soylu to Silivri Prison, Koç stated that “the criminal eventually returns to the scene of the crime,” which led to his conviction on insult charges.
22,000 inmates sleep on jail floors in Turkey’s overcrowded prison Gulag ..
Addressing the situation Koç tweeted, “I thought about leaving the country, but I will face this bravely so they won’t say I ran away.”
In Turkey thousands of people are investigated, prosecuted or convicted of insult charges against the president, which is a crime in Turkey, according to the controversial Article 299 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK).
Whoever insults the president can face up to four years in prison, a sentence that can be increased if the crime was committed through the mass media.
Erdogan arrests 735 more Kurds as Peace Hunger Strikers near Death – The Free
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