Brian K. Murphy

An immigrant detainee died Saturday morning at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego, marking the 61st such death under the Trump administration, and the 30th death this year. www.latimes.com/california/s...

U.S. has spent over $47b on its war against Iran, 25% higher than estimate in July, including more than $29b on expended munitions and $6b to replace military equipment but do not account for repairing U.S. military bases damaged by missile and drone attacks. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Robert Muggah writes: "this blog by Brazilians, Ilona Szabo and Jon Watts, is worth a read about what just happened in Brazil. Fascinating ,thrilling and instructive for everywhere: 'Brazil is writing the anti-authoritarian playbook.” sharingstrategies.sharepoint.com/:w:/s/Sharin...

The deep roots of Lula's victory are in movements for popular education, cultural action, and Christian base communities in the 50s and 60s. Passive no longer, they created the social movements that are the basis for this moment: a blow against Trump's imperial agenda.

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UAE-aligned Yemeni forces have been providing targeting assistance to Ansarallah against Saudi-backed government forces in Yemen. The UAE’s assistance has included sharing intelligence by the UAE itself for the purpose of targeting Saudi-backed forces. www.dropsitenews.com/p/uae-yemen-...

Guatemala's Prensa Comunitaria: “The Military Killing of Eight People in Huité that the Government Cannot Explain” Locals blames the Guatemalan Army and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for the attack. prensacomunitaria.org/2026/10/la-m...

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6 witnesses & accompanying organizations denounce Canadian mining harms in Latin America and the Caribbean, and Canada's accountability failure. They'll testify today at #IACHR. Listen LIVE to the press conference live in Spanish from the @SinMinería insta account. www.instagram.com/sinmineria/l...

Riding-by-riding, most provincial constituencies rejected most of Danielle Smith's ballot questions. Five takeaways from Alberta's referendum results: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Guatemala: El Faro's deep dive into murder of former anti-corruption prosecutor, Juan Francisco Solórzano Foppa: beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...

UN says Israel continued its genocide in Gaza since October's ceasefire. Israel has committed "genocidal acts with the...intent to destroy, ​in whole or in part, the Palestinians in Gaza”, also accusing Israel of crimes against humanity in the West Bank. www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...

Finally. Better late than never. The #NYTimes reports that #Netanyahu has been pushing to attack #Iran -- to improve his election chances. The NYT has ignored or downplayed his true motivation for years. #IsraelElection @mondoweiss.net

Israel has expanded settlements in the occupied West Bank, imposed restrictions on Palestinian movement, tightened control over vast areas, and reshaped the territory’s legal status, with villages increasingly isolated by the expanding Israeli presence. www.972mag.com/israel-gover...

Community leaders from Dominican Republic and Haiti are bringing their concerns directly to Ottawa regarding consequences of Canadian mining investment In their countries and demanding action from the federal government. canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

Canada Must Vote To End the Embargo charlieangus.substack.com/p/canada-mus...

TOMORROW: Community reps from 6 countries in Latin America & the Caribbean harmed by Canadian mining projects testify before the #IACHR. We'll be there, right alongside. Follow us on socials. @earthworks.bsky.social @cnca-rcrce.bsky.social @justice-project.bsky.social

srael is threatening “total war” against the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. Israel’s prime minister and defense minister have threatened a full-scale attack if an Israel settler or soldier is killed by a member of the Palestinian security forces. consortiumnews.com/2026/10/22/i...

Several outside actors have stoked the flames of war in Sudan, but none has had as great an impact as the United Arab Emirates. The evidence of its destructive role is overwhelming, but the Gulf kingdom’s Western allies have turned a blind eye to it. jacobin.com/2026/09/suda...

The burgeoning and cruel dominance of unaccountable billionaires lurks within the events in France and elsewhere. “...it takes a great deal of pain and hopelessness to force people in the streets to attempt to defy their governments with physical force.” consortiumnews.com/2026/10/21/c...

Donald Trump is losing ground among voters who returned him to the White House in 2024. But polling and interviews with white evangelical Christians show they remain his most reliable constituency and could prove crucial in the midterm elections. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Two years ago, we started the 3 month trial in Abdelrazik v. Canada regarding Canada's role in the arbitrary detention and torture of Montrealer Abousfian Abdelrazik in Sudan. Still waiting for judgment. The case was launched in 2009. Victims of torture deserve prompt justice.

Steel and aluminum prices in the U.S. have soared since Trump slapped tariffs on these critical industrial sectors, failing to create new jobs, and leading as well to higher prices on autos, aircraft, construction, machinery, and other products. ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-tariff...

Important new book from Daraja Press explores learnings from social movements in Ghana, South Africa, Guatemala and Canada darajapress.com/publication/...

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Drone strikes since Friday killed more than 160 people in western Sudan. Among the deadliest was near a market in RSF-controlled al-Dabba, West Kordofan, which hit a transport hub, instantaneously killing 80 people. 47 others were wounded in the attack: www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...

Bystander video does not corroborate police claims. Neither Ms Wiley nor Ms Ferrell has been charged and officials have not released evidence they engaged in shoplifting. The officer who shot the baby, Hunter Foster, is white; the baby and both women are Black. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Cuba says the operation included 10 Cuban exiles carrying ammunition, rifles, handguns, molotov cocktails, and Starlink equipment. 5 were killed and survivors detained to face charges. Some individuals who trained the group remain at large in the U.S. www.dropsitenews.com/p/inside-the...

In late Sept, the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia & related intolerance, Dr. Ashwini K.P., visited Canada to meet with stakeholders and government officials to evaluate Canada’s efforts to counter racial discrimination. 1/

ICLMG met with Dr. Ashwini along with other NGOs, activists & academics to share our analysis. Following that, we submitted a brief for the Special Rapporteur’s study, which will result in a full report delivered at the 65th session of the Human Rights Council in June 2027. 2/

Click to read an excerpt of our submission to the UN Special Rapporteur: "National security, counterterrorism and systemic racism and Islamophobia in Canada", a summary of our recommendations and/or the full brief: iclmg.ca/submission-t... 3/3

NEW ON THE PODCAST: Tim McSorley of @iclmg-csilc.bsky.social on how Canada’s policies to counter terrorism financing are unfairly driving financial exclusion, without evidence or recourse. @timmcsorley.bsky.social tiny.cc/i82c101

With her very own CACCO on display, Costa Rican President Fernández apes the Salvadoran gorilla. It is not too soon to predict that ‘Caca’ will be the appellation of choice by discerning progressive Tic@s. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...

Israeli advertising technology company Discover-Tech helped place sophisticated spyware on dozens of devices used by Al Jazeera and other companies, according to an investigation by The Citizen Lab, a research unit at the University of Toronto. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...

A panel of experts on Canadian extradition law discusses what happens when a person in Canada is sought by another country. Panelists: Donald Bayne, counsel for Hassan Diab; J. Greenspan, J. Harrington. Moderator: R. Currie www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0ZM...

Israeli settlers carried out more than 200 attacks against Palestinians during the current olive harvest in the occupied West Bank, surpassing the 185 recorded in the 2025 season; approximately 80% of incidents have occurred over the past two weeks. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

CRA identified nearly $300 million in claims linked to the bogus 'sovereign citizens' tax scheme between May/23—Jan/24. It doesn't know how much it has paid out in bogus returns to 'sovereign citizens', as it does not track fraudulent returns by intent. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Untangling Yemen: understanding the antecedents of today's deadly crucible: Washington has supported "a rogues’ gallery of allies fighting the Houthis, even as evidence mounted that most of them were seeking to prolong the conflict for personal gain": www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Untangling Yemen: understanding the antecedents of today's deadly crucible: Washington has supported "a rogues’ gallery of allies fighting the Houthis, even as evidence mounted that most of them were seeking to prolong the conflict for personal gain": www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Yemen: The UN warns the fighting and road closures have cut off humanitarian assistance to some 800,000 people in Taiz and other affected areas. Wheat flour stocks are exhausted, while remaining food supplies in local markets may last only a short time. www.dropsitenews.com/p/yemen-taiz...

Foreign Minister Anita Anand told the U.N. that Canada is guided by ‘values-based realism.’ She needs to demonstrate what that means in practice. “Values-based realism” is just an empty phrase when in the Middle East, and elsewhere, Canada needs the policy. www.hilltimes.com/2026/10/15/t...

Drone strike killed 32 displaced people—26 women, four children and two elderly people—and wounded 43 others. Dr. Mustafa Jabrallah, Blue Nile State’s acting health minister. blamed the drone strike on the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). www.dropsitenews.com/p/sudan-stri...

The UN demands Ansarallah release all other detained personnel from the UN, NGOs, CSOs and diplomatic missions. AI and HRW are monitoring “the dozens of arbitrarily detained” and documented Ansarallah’s use of torture and abuse in its detention facilities. www.anews.com.tr/world/2026/1...

A BBC investigation found that Cambodian workers making official football shirts for the world’s biggest clubs earn basic wages equivalent to less than GBP1 (approx. USD1.32) an hour and endure unsafe and exploitative conditions at two Cambodian factories. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

U.S. sending a 600-soldier battalion to train and exercise with local forces in Latin America in a new jungle training facility in Panama, and will later train with forces in Colombia. apnews.com/article/trum...

U.S. Amb-ass-ador to Canada, Pete Hoekstra, should be cleaning his own toilet. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

In The Baffler, investigative journalist S. C. Cornell describes the wanton cruelty of the U.S. Border Patrol, and the extraordinary powers that it wields, even among other law enforcement agencies. thebaffler.com/salvos/the-r...

UN decries Israeli attacks and destruction in southern Lebanon since ceasefire. At least 4,387 people, including at least 660 women and children, and 135 healthcare workers, were killed between March 2 and October 11, 2026, with another 12,424 injured. news.un.org/en/story/202...

Over 2,000 Palestinians have died while waiting to be evacuated from Gaza for medical treatment since May 2024. 2,027 patients had died awaiting evacuation, while approx 21,000 others urgently require treatment outside the devastated Palestinian territory. www.newarab.com/news/over-20...

On 9/11 the U.S. had been involved in some kind of war in Afghanistan nearly 50 years, followed by a 'War on Terror' that killed nearly 4 million people across Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and Pakistan. lareviewofbooks.org/article/afgh...