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2 months ago | 
smirkingchimp.com | Marjorie Cohn |Marjorie Cohn
— from Truthout Donald Trump’s outrageous plan to remove the Palestinian people from Gaza, assume U.S. ownership of the Gaza Strip and make it into the “Riviera of the Middle East” reveals his intent to commit a war crime and a crime against humanity.
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2 months ago | 
asianamericans.einnews.com | Marjorie Cohn |Amy Maxmen
Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. The life expectancy among Native Americans in the western United States has dropped below 64 years, close to life expectancies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Haiti. For many Asian Americans, it’s around 84 — on par with life expectancies in Japan and Switzerland.
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Jan 4, 2025 | 
smirkingchimp.com | Marjorie Cohn
— from Truthout On December 19, more than 500 federal taxpayers from 10 northern California counties filed an unprecedented class-action lawsuit against their congressional representatives. Seth Donnelly et. al. v.
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Jan 3, 2025 | 
truthout.org | Marjorie Cohn
Part of the Series Human Rights and Global Wrongs On December 19, more than 500 federal taxpayers from 10 northern California counties filed an unprecedented class-action lawsuit against their congressional representatives. Seth Donnelly et. al. v.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
smirkingchimp.com | Marjorie Cohn
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has just completed hearings on the climate crisis in a case that could have critical consequences for the survival of future generations. From December 2-13, more than 100 states and organizations argued before the ICJ in landmark litigation that began five years ago when Pacific Islander law students initiated a grassroots movement that persuaded the UN General Assembly to request an advisory opinion from the ICJ.
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Dec 16, 2024 | 
truthout.org | Marjorie Cohn
Help us Prepare for Trump’s Day OneTrump is busy getting ready for Day One of his presidency – but so is Truthout. Trump has made it no secret that he is planning a demolition-style attack on both specific communities and democracy as a whole, beginning on his first day in office.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
laprogressive.com | Marjorie Cohn |Rob Maurer
In the weeks since the presidential election, president-elect Donald Trump and his allies have made a series of moves that indicate their intent to dangerously consolidate executive power under the controversial “unitary executive” theory of the Constitution. During the presidential campaign, Trump posted a video on Truth Social that referred to his second administration as a “unified Reich,” invoking Adolph Hitler’s Third Reich in Nazi Germany.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
popularresistance.org | Marjorie Cohn
Above photo: General view with a sign with the official logo and inscription of the International Criminal Court, an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands, is pictured on September, 2024. Nicolas Economou / NurPhoto via Getty Images. “The Hague Invasion Act” authorizes the military to forcibly extract US and allied nationals if arrested for war crimes.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
laprogressive.com | Marjorie Cohn |Rob Maurer
The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) stunning issuance of arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity is a major game changer. After years of impunity, the chickens unleashed by Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza have finally come home to roost. These charges against Netanyahu and Gallant are momentous.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
znetwork.org | Marjorie Cohn |Justice Palestine
The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) stunning issuance of arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity is a major game changer. After years of impunity, the chickens unleashed by Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza have finally come home to roost. These charges against Netanyahu and Gallant are momentous.
