Daily Archives: 2021-12-01

2021-12-01: News Headlines

Mario Gaona (2021-12-01). Muncie, Indiana, students protest censorship of BLM in school. liberationnews.org Students at Muncie Central High School marched from the school to Muncie City Hall Nov. 23 after their school's administration commanded a class to take down student posters that mention the Black Lives Matter social movement.

_____ (2021-11-30). 'Believing The Propaganda That The Government Follows The Law'. popularresistance.org Whistleblower David McBride faces life in prison for revealing war crimes in Afghanistan to the media. | Watch his story here. | David McBride, a former Australian military lawyer, tells journalist Michael West about alleged war crimes and a cover-up in Afghanistan. He faces trial for leaking hundreds of pages of defense force information to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (whose offices were then raided by federal police), offering insight on clandestine operations of Australia's elite special forces, including incidents of troops killing unarmed men and children.

_____ (2021-11-30). Interview: Wife Of Venezuelan Diplomat 'Kidnapped' By The US. popularresistance.org On Wednesday, November 24, MintPress News Editor in Chief Mnar Adley sat down to speak with Camila Saab, the wife of imprisoned Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab. | Saab was on a diplomatic mission to Iran in June 2020, where he was tasked with securing deals for food, medicine and personal protective equipment. His plane stopped off in Cabo Verde — a group of islands off the west coast of Africa — for a routine refueling. | He would never finish his journey, as, on orders from the United States government, local authorities stormed the vehicle, forcing him off the plane — an event that would begin…

Fight Back (2021-11-30). San Jose demands justice for murdered Kenosha BLM protesters. fightbacknews.org San Jose, CA – Community members rallied November 20 to demand justice for Black Lives Matter protesters who were gunned down by Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Rittenhouse was acquitted on all counts. | The community observed that this ruling sets a chilling precedent in murdering progressives. The only reasonable explanation for Rittenhouse's acquittal is a criminal justice system completely beholden to the racist status quo that rules the USA. | Only through joining an organization can individual build the collective power necessary to fight effectively for justice, equality and prosperity.

Dominic Ruck Keene (2021-11-30). Grace period in a time of Covid. ukhumanrightsblog.com In R (Babbage) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWHC 2995 (Admin), the Claimant applied for judicial review, claiming that his immigration detention from 27 February 2020 to 29 April 2021 had been unlawful and/or that there was a public law error relating to the delay in the provision of s.4 …

Staff (2021-11-30). Get Off Our Territory: Wet'suwet'en Land Defenders Condemn Canadian Police Raid on Pipeline Protest. democracynow.org Canadian police continue to arrest Indigenous land defenders blocking construction of Coastal GasLink, a 400-mile pipeline that would carry natural gas through Wet'suwet'en land. Police arrested two people Monday for blockading an access road, less than two weeks after arresting more than 30 in a violent raid on Coyote Camp and elsewhere that ended a 56-day blockade of a drilling site. We get an update from Wet'suwet'en land defender Molly Wickham, also known as Sleydo', just released from jail. "This is the third time they have come in and raided Wet'suwet'en territory," says Wickham. "We've never signed any doc…

Isheka N. Harrison (2021-11-30). Feds Sentence Houston Man To 9 Years In Prison For $1.6M PPP Loan Fraud, Purchased Lamborghini, Binged On Strip Clubs. moguldom.com A Houston man has been sentenced to 9 years and 2 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining over $1.6 million in loans from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), much of which he spent on lavish purchases — including a Lamborghini and trips to the strip club. Lee Price III, 30, pled guilty to wire fraud …

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