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Kansas Department of Corrections Letter

Ethiopian Israelis fight police brutality, racism

Thousands of Ethiopian Israelis have taken to the streets across Israel since June 30, when an off-duty cop shot and killed unarmed 19-year-old Solomon Tekah in Haifa. “Since I’m 13, I’ve been beaten by cops,” Aviel, 19, told Haaretz at…

Sudan military lifts siege, agrees to rule with opposition

The military rulers in Sudan agreed July 5 to form a joint military-civilian government set to last three years and three months with opposition leaders who’ve been mounting mass protests for weeks. After this “transition” to civilian rule, the agreement…

50,000 New Zealand teachers shut the schools down, win higher pay

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — After flexing their muscles in a national strike at the end of May, New Zealand teachers at government-run primary and secondary schools voted to approve a new three-year contract that included pay increases of 3 percent…

UN committee backs Puerto Rico fight for independence

UNITED NATIONS — This year’s U.N. decolonization hearings on the status of Puerto Rico June 24 reflected the growing anger at Washington and the colonial government among millions of Puerto Ricans on the island and in the U.S. over the…

Join ‘Militant’ in fight against censorship in Florida prisons

The Florida prison system’s Literature Review Committee upheld the ban on four more issues of the Militant June 20, despite the fact it hadn’t yet received the paper’s appeal of the impoundments. They had previously agreed to extend the deadline…

Calif. Fresh Express workers walk out, win wage raise

SALINAS, Calif. — Some 200 workers walked off the job here June 11 at Fresh Express, a large fruit and vegetable processing plant, after the company abruptly cancelled contract negotiations with Local 5 of the United Food and Commercial Workers…

Oberlin says its smears of bakery were just ‘students free speech’

Oberlin College President Carmen Twillie Ambar and other officials have launched a media blitz to falsely portray the June 7 verdict by a Lorain County jury as a dangerous attack on free speech. The jury found the college guilty of…

1,000 in Australia rally for right to abortion

SYDNEY — Over 1,000 supporters of women’s right to choose abortion marched through the central city here June 9 amid a sea of homemade signs. They chanted, “my body, my choice” and “our bodies, our rights.” The action was initiated…

SWP candidates step up campaigning, demand ‘US rulers’ hands off Iran!’

Socialist Workers Party candidates and their supporters across the country are stepping up efforts to introduce the party, its working-class program and activities to workers and youth coming out of the party-sponsored 2019 International Active Workers Conference held June 13-15.…