NEW: Asylum Seekers Stranded Along Border Wall Near Sasabe, Arizona

Aid workers say Border Patrol is intentionally neglecting its humanitarian duties to asylum seekers arriving in the harsh Arizona desert after the border wall.

"When you see what the companies are doing the mountains around you it’s hard to quit fighting, even with the increased state repression. This fight is also not solely about this pipeline. It’s not solely about how many trees they cut, or streams they poison, or cubic feet of gas they will transport. It’s a fight against what the pipeline represents and for a better world. And a lot of things, like judges and lawsuits, really pale in comparison to that."

https://itsgoingdown.org/mvp-resistance-interview-aap-2024/

Seven years ago, on January 20, 2017, police surrounded and arrested over 200 people in the vicinity of a confrontational march against the inauguration of Donald Trump. Prosecutors brought identical felony charges against almost every single arrestee in one of the most dramatic escalations of state repression of the Trump era. For a year and a half, people around the United States mobilized to support the defendants and beat back this attempt to set a new precedent in repression. The J20 case was one of the most important court cases about the freedom to protest in modern US history—and the defendants won.

Now, in response to the movement to #StopCopCity, prosecutors in Georgia are trying something similar, pressing RICO and domestic terrorism charges against dozens of people who were arrested at random. We strongly recommend reading this overview of the legal support strategy that defeated the J20 prosecution.

"We’ve Got Your Back: The Story of the J20 Defense"

https://crimethinc.com/J20legal

Canada: Sarah Ben Sabat was forced to quit her job after her boss told her she can’t wear a mask at work.

#COVID is one of the biggest worker safety and labor justice issues of our time. Where are the labor unions? Where is the left?

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2262883907506