2021-10-11: News Headlines

Jim McIlroy (2021-10-11). Bernard Collaery trial secrecy orders removed. greenleft.org.au Bernard Collaery will be allowed to make public certain information in his trial. Even though he should not have to face a trial and possibly jail time for helping his client Witness K, this is a positive step writes Jim McIlroy.

Staff (2021-10-10). 16 October, Vancouver: Free Georges Abdallah! Free Palestine! Protest. samidoun.net Saturday, 16 October 2 pm Consulate of France in Vancouver 1130 W Pender Vancouver, BC, Canada Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/622303178937164/ Georges Abdallah, Lebanese Communist and struggler for Palestine, has been imprisoned in French jails for nearly 37 years, despite being eligible for release since 1999. Even when he has obtained rulings for his freedom through judicial processes, […] | The article

_____ (2021-10-10). 160,000 Metalworkers In South Africa Are On Strike. popularresistance.org On October 5, the South African National Union of Metalworkers (NUMSA) called for an indefinite strike (a strike without a set end date) to demand an 8-percent increase in wages — and 160,000 workers in the steel and engineering sector answered the call. The union, South Africa's largest, represents 400,000 workers in total. | The massive strike continues the tense social crisis that has rocked the country since riots broke out in July in two provinces over the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma. | "We're suffering," Sapelo, a metallurgy technician, told Radio France International. "I've been at this jo…

_____ (2021-10-10). On Contact: The Anonymous Executioners Of The Corporate State. popularresistance.org On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the ongoing persecution of human rights lawyer Steven Donziger. | Judge Loretta Preska, an adviser to the conservative Federalist Society, to which Chevron is a major donor, sentenced the human rights attorney and Chevron nemesis Stephen Donziger to six months in prison on October 1 for misdemeanor contempt of court after he had spent 787 days under house arrest in New York. | Preska's caustic outbursts — she said at the sentencing, "It seems that only the proverbial two-by-four between the eyes will instill in him any respect for the law" — capped a judicial farce…

_____ (2021-10-10). The Anonymous Executioners Of The Corporate State. popularresistance.org On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the ongoing persecution of human rights lawyer Steven Donziger. | Judge Loretta Preska, an adviser to the conservative Federalist Society, to which Chevron is a major donor, sentenced the human rights attorney and Chevron nemesis Stephen Donziger to six months in prison on October 1 for misdemeanor contempt of court after he had spent 787 days under house arrest in New York. | Preska's caustic outbursts — she said at the sentencing, "It seems that only the proverbial two-by-four between the eyes will instill in him any respect for the law" — capped a judicial farce…

sputniknews (2021-10-10). Wrongfully Convicted Man Sues Police After Spending 37 Years Behind Bars – Reports. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – A man who spent 37 years in a US prison for rape and murder he did not commit is suing police officials and a forensic dentist involved in his wrongful conviction, the Tampa Bay Times newspaper reports.

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