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WHO-commissioned review of ivermectin trials finds 83% reduction in covid mortality. Dr Andrew Hill of the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Liverpool (UK) is currently performing a WHO-commissioned review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of ivermectin against covid. In the following 12-minute video, Dr Hill is presenting his preliminary results, which confirm […]

WHO preliminary review confirms Ivermectin effectiveness [in COVID-19] — The Most Revolutionary Act

Abolition Media Worldwide reports on recent hunger strike by ICE detainees in so-called New Jersey. Jan 2, 21 https://itsgoingdown.org/ice-new-jersey-hunger-strike/

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees at the Hudson County jail began a hunger strike Monday, demanding their release amid a coronavirus outbreak at the facility.

There are an estimated 25 to 28 detainees striking at the jail in Kearny. Detainees at the Essex County jail also launched a hunger strike on Monday.

The hunger strikes come on the heels of an outbreak of COVID-19 cases at the Hudson County jail. As of Christmas Eve, at least 16 county prisoners and one federal inmate had tested positive for the virus. By Sunday, that number rose to 33 prisoners. Hudson County spokesman Jim Kennelly noted on Monday that no ICE detainees are currently infected with the virus.

ICE pays Hudson County $120 a day per detainee as part of the agreement. All ICE detainees in the Hudson County jail are currently New York residents.

ICE detainees in Hudson and Essex counties went on hunger strike in March during the first wave of the coronavirus.

There was a hunger strike in August, as well as a suicide or self-harm attempt, the documents showed.

Meanwhile, a recent hunger strike at the Bergen County jail resulted in two detainee releases and several transfers to other facilities, including one as far as Miami. Those striking in Bergen County were at times denied water, medical care, heat, window access.

photo via: engin akyurt  on Unsplash

Abolition Media Worldwide is an online news source for revolutionary movements, with information about militant actions, analysis, and features about local struggles from around the world. Abolition Media is here to draw a clear line that separates anti-state struggle from annihilation. AMW stands in stark contrast to corporate and capitalist media, which push the disastrous agendas of nation states.

Feds’ Small Modular Reactor Action Plan is a dangerous distraction from climate change mitigation, Corporate Knights BY RICK CHEESEMAN, December 29, 2020 Attractive rhetoric around SMR’s does not equate to viability upon close examination   In December 18, the Government of Canada launched its Small Modular Reactor Action Plan, ramping up its support for a new generation of nuclear reactors that will be smaller than the existing fleet, and designed for assembly-line production.

Canada can be a world leader in this promising, innovative, zero-emissions energy technology, and this is our plan to position ourselves in an emerging global market,” Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan said in a statement.

Continue reading “Small modular reactor plan – a dangerous distraction from climate change action”

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Kurdish political prisoners accused of supporting the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK), in over 121 prisons in Turkey, are on Day 21 of their indefinite hunger strikes to break the isolation of the Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.

Support protest in :Lavrio refugee camp..The Kurdish refugees in the Lavrio camp stated that their action will continue every Tuesday and Saturday until the hunger strike in prisons achieves its goal and comes to an end

The Kurdish political prisoners began their hunger strike on 27 November 2020, the anniversary of the formation of the PKK, and are organising the hunger strikes on a 5 day rotation. The prisoners presented statements and the demands of their hunger strikes to the governors of each prison in which they are carrying out the political actions.

Continue reading “Day 21 of Hunger Strike in Turkish Prisons”

ANF | 1,200 women subjected to violence in occupied Afrin

Missing Afrin Women Project – Tracking kidnappings and disappearances of women in occupied Afrin, Syria.

https://missingafrinwomen.org/

much info from https://missingafrinwomen.org/ and Sky News Arabia – Lamar Arcandi – 23 December 2020

Kurdish women from Afrin, slaves of Erdogan’s militias

Shocking details recounted by Kurdish women fleeing the city of Afrin about the brutal rape crimes committed by pro-Ankara terrorist militias since the occupation of the city in March 2018.

Continue reading “Women are disappearing in occupied Afrin. Abducted, Murdered, Raped, some sold as slaves of Erdogan’s Militias”

by K.S. Jolly on Feminist Current! shared with thanks!

I think a lot of us are feeling pretty blue right now. COVID, stressful political transitions, lockdowns, having to wear a mask everywhere we go (and hardly ever leaving the house!)… I could go on.

But if there’s one bright spot in the midst of all this misery, it’s been the remarkable success of feminism worldwide — in particular, radical feminism. Don’t get me wrong: feminism still has its work cut out for it, whether in the ongoing fight for abortion rights in Argentina or the fight against spycam pornography in South Korea. But in these dismal times, some wins for the global women’s movement might cheer you up.

Radical feminism continues to grow in South Korea

Few places around the world have seen a radical feminist resurgence quite like South Korea. Earlier this year, Jen Izaakson and Tae Kyung Kim reported on the intense protests against molka, a particularly invasive form of spycam pornography. Although South Korea has made this form of voyeurism illegal, enforcement of the law has been virtually nonexistent. By 2016, when a woman was murdered by an incel in a mixed sex bathroom, South Korean women had had enough. Since 2018, over 360,000 women have participated in massive protests against molka, femicide, and other forms of male violence.

Continue reading “2020: Feminism ascendant in a dismal year”

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Kurdish woman writer sentenced to more than 6 years in prison.

By ANF Published on Dec 6, 2020

The writer Gulgeş Deryaspî, arrested in an operation in Bitlis a year and a half ago, is sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison.

Gulgeş Deryaspî, a Kurdish writer and PEN member, was arrested in the political genocide operations that took place in Tatvan and Güroymak districts in Birlis in June 2019.

Deryaspî was detained for five days and was then sent to Bitlis Type E closed prison on June 30, 2019 on terrorism charges for her participation in demonstrations and rallies. She was released 9 months later.

The latest hearing in the trial against the Kurdish writer was held at the 2nd Bitlis Criminal Court on Thursday.

While the writer and her lawyer Burhan Aksoy rejected her accusations and asked for her acquittal, the court sentenced her to 6 years and 3 months in prison, accusing her of “belonging to an illegal organization” with no evidence.

Deryaspî is an international PEN member, graduated from the Department of Kurdish Language and Literature at Alparslan University in Muş.

Por ANF Publicado el 6 Dic, 2020 Antifascismo

PEN International – Wikipedia

PEN International Writers in Prison Committee is a founding member of the IFEX – International Freedom of Expression Exchange Network , a global network of 90 non-governmental organisations that monitors censorship worldwide and defends journalists, writers, internet users and others who are persecuted for exercising their right to freedom of expression

Continue reading “Leyla jailed for 22 yrs!! Kurdish journalists get 6 and 7 yrs jail .. Eng/Esp”