2021-11-05: News Headlines

WSWS (2021-11-05). Widespread support for Socialist Equality Party's lawsuit against the German secret service. wsws.org The SGP's complaint against its surveillance by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Germany's secret service, is of great political importance, because the government wants to criminalize socialist ideas. Hundreds of WSWS readers and workers have quickly recognized this fact.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-05). Administrative detention of Miqdad al-Qawasmeh, who is on hunger strike, reactivated. peoplesdispatch.org Miqdad al-Qawasmeh has been on hunger strike for 106 days. According to his family, he is experiencing symptoms such as memory loss, body pain and liver issues…

WSWS (2021-11-05). Judge acknowledges "intentional discrimination" in jury selection for Ahmaud Arbery case. wsws.org Judge Timothy R. Walmsley admitted defense attorneys struck many potential black jurors from the case but claimed the court did not have the authority to intervene.

Kite Line (2021-11-05). Kite Line: Interview on Close Rosie's Campaign at Riker's Island. itsgoingdown.org Kite Line presents an interview with the co-creator of the Close Rosie's campaign, which aims to shut down the all-women's jail on Rikers Island. Listen and Download HERE This week, we hear from Kelly Grace Price, a co-creator of the Close Rosie's campaign. Rosie's refers to the Rose M. Singer Facility, an all-women's jail on…

Global Research News (2021-11-05). Selected Articles: An Australian Horror Story. globalresearch.ca By Can you imagin…

Victoria Valenzuela (2021-11-05). A Staggering Number of Inmates Have Died in Louisiana Prisons. scheerpost.com By Eddie Conway / | In the state of Louisiana, 786 inmates—none of whom were ever sentenced to death—died behind bars between 2015-2019 while serving out their prison sentences. Since Black people are already incarcerated at disproportionate rates, these deaths have been disproportionately among Black inmates. This information has not been publicly available until now, because no single authority in Louisiana is required to collect such data. When law professor Andrea Armstro…

John Pilger (2021-11-04). Why Julian Assange's inhumane prosecution imperils justice for us all. mronline.org The damage done to the Wikileaks co-founder in his decade of incarceration and uncertainty, including more than two years in Belmarsh is beyond doubt. But so, too, is his courage beyond doubt.

Fred Weir (2021-11-04). Communists face rare crackdown in Russia, upending old balance. zcomm.org Boris Kagarlitsky, a veteran left-wing dissident, holds the distinction of having been a political prisoner under the regimes of Leonid Brezhnev and Boris Yeltsin. Now he can add President Vladimir Putin to that list…

Doctors for Assange (2021-11-04). Doctors for Assange Say UK May be Liable for His Torture. globalresearch.ca Important text first published on June 22, 2020 In a new letter to the British Medical journal The Lancet, Doctors for Assange say that the British government may be held legally responsible for the torture of the imprisoned WikiLeaks …

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