(2021-11-16). Autumn strike wave pits workers against the corporatist trade unions. wsws.org The resurgence of the class struggle has clearly exposed the real character of the "unions," which are better described as labor syndicates—corporatist instruments of management and the state dedicated to the suppression of working-class opposition.
(2021-11-16). Alex Jones loses final lawsuit on Sandy Hook massacre. rt.com 
Conspiracy pundit Alex Jones was ruled liable by default in a civil lawsuit filed in Connecticut by families of Sandy Hook massacre victims. Jones failed to provide documents related to his business. | The Monday ruling builds up on a previous decision by a Texas court, which last month likewise found Jones liable by default. In both matters, Jones stonewalled court discovery, defying court orders to provide relevant materials. | Families of 10 victims, two in Texas and eight in Connecticut, seek damages from the popular conservative host, who claimed that the 2012 mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut was sta…
(2021-11-16). Video: No new anti-socialist laws! Defend the SGP! wsws.org The deputy chairman of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (SGP, Socialist Equality Party), Christoph Vandreier, speaks about the importance of the lawsuit against the surveillance of the party by the German secret service.
(2021-11-16). Mayor charged with multiple counts of posting revenge porn. rt.com 
The mayor of a city in Maryland has been charged with 50 counts of distributing revenge porn after he allegedly posted intimate photos of a previous romantic partner with humiliating captions on Reddit. | Cambridge Mayor Andrew Bradshaw, 32, was arrested on Monday and charged with distributing the photos on multiple pornographic Reddit forums, or 'subreddits', without consent. If found guilty, Bradshaw could receive two years in prison and a $250,000 fine. | According to the
(2021-11-15). Censorship Is The Last Gasp Of The Liberal Class. popularresistance.org On November 8, 2021, Twitter locked my account for a period of one day for responding to corporate media darling and Russiagate fanatic Keith Olbermann's slanderous reply to journalist Wyatt Reed's coverage of the Nicaraguan election. The flagged tweet simply restated Olbermann's question, replacing "whore for a dictator" with "whoring for the American oligarchy." Twitter demanded that I delete the tweet or send a time-consuming, lengthy appeal with no assurances as to if or when my sentence in "Twitter jail" would end. This prompted me to delete the tweet and wait for the 12-hour suspension to end. Keith Olberma…
(2021-11-15). Victory For Palestinian Hunger Striker After 113 Days Without Food. popularresistance.org Israel agreed on Thursday to release a hunger-striking prisoner in four months after lengthy negotiations. | Miqdad Qawasmeh suspended his hunger strike on Thursday after refusing food for 113 days to protest his detention without charge or trial after Israel agreed to release him in February 2022. | His victory came after lengthy and arduous negotiations between the leadership of the Hamas prisoners' group and Israeli authorities. The 24-year-old was the youngest of six Palestinian men who have been refusing food for weeks and months in protest of Israel's detention of them without charge or trial. | Five others…
(2021-11-15). Activists slam state "necropolitics" as Ecuador prison riot kills 68 and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at the wave of prison massacres in Ecuador, a report on the cover-up of a major 2019 U.S. airstrike on Syria, and more…
(2021-11-15). Headlines for November 15, 2021. democracynow.org COP26 Final Agreement Waters Down Coal Pledges, Leaves World on Track for Climate Disaster, NYT: U.S. Covered Up 2019 Syria Airstrikes That Killed 70 Women and Children, Austria Enacts Lockdown for the Unvaccinated as Europe Becomes Pandemic's Epicenter Again, COVID Cases Rising in Over Half of U.S. States; OK Nat'l Guard Defies Pentagon's Vaccine Mandate, Sudanese Military Kills Eight People During Latest Anti-Coup Protests, Detains Al Jazeera Bureau Head, Eight Refugees Found Dead, Dozens Others Rescued on Boat Near Canary Islands, U.S. Journalist Danny Fenster Freed from Burmese Prison, Journalist and Minority…
(2021-11-15). FBI raids on Project Veritas 'could have serious consequences'. rt.com 
The Justice Department's recent raids on Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe and multiple associates "could have serious consequences for press freedom," the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has warned. | The ACLU "Project Veritas has engaged in disgraceful deceptions, and reasonable observers might not consider their activities to be journalism at all," the organization…
(2021-11-15). Boston authorities clearing homeless encampment despite protests by ACLU, public health experts. wsws.org While some homeless people have been referred to shelters, the ACLU notes that many shelters are not equipped for people with certain medical conditions or family situations. Throwing more people into congregate settings during the pandemic risks deadlier outbreaks.
(2021-11-15). Is It Fake Tuna? New Lawsuit Against Subway Says Chicken, Pork, Cattle DNA Found In Its Tuna. moguldom.com A new lawsuit against the Subway fast-food franchise says a lab test showed that its tuna products contain animal proteins such as chicken, pork, and cattle — not the advertised "100 percent tuna." Plaintiffs Karen Dhanowa and Nilima Amin filed the latest lawsuit On Nov. 8 against Subway in San Francisco federal court near their …
(2021-11-15). Thousands support SGP's lawsuit against the German secret service. wsws.org With the lawsuit filed by the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei against the Federal Republic of Germany set to be heard in court in the coming days, more than 5,300 workers and young people have expressed their support for the SGP's case and its fight to defend democratic rights.
(2021-11-15). Solidarity shown to Sudan's struggle against oppression. greenleft.org.au As hundreds of thousands of Sudanese continue to take to the streets to resist the attempted coup by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the Sudanese community and supporters demonstrated their support at a rally in Melbourne. Chevy McBride reports.
(2021-11-15). The 'Forgotten Fight' For Prison Abolition In France. popularresistance.org When I saw that Jaccques Lesage de La Haye had a new book called The Abolition of Prison, published by the French radical press, Éditions Libertalia, I reached out through my anarchist radio networks to find contact information for him. Jacques is a longtime anarchist and abolitionist in France, who for many years hosted the anti-prison radio show Ras les murs. His book promised to be a culmination of all of his experience writing and struggling against prisons and working to support people both inside and outside. | As a translator and an anarchist, I am always keeping an eye out for new texts to try to bring in…
(2021-11-15). Ecuador: Authorities Identify 34 of 68 Prisoners Killed In Riot. telesurenglish.net Ecuadorian authorities have identified 34 of the 68 prisoners killed in the violent clashes at Litoral Penitentiary, the General Secretariat of Communication for the Presidency reported on Sunday. | RELATED: | Their remains will be delivered to the victims' families in the next few hours, as authorities continue to work to identify the other deceased. Identifying the 68 bodies has been difficult as some inmates were burned a…