(2022-11-24). Thanksgiving Can Never Be Redeemed From Its Colonial Past. Let's Abolish It. truthout.org Decolonization — the act of rejecting colonial oppression — requires the abolition of that which is harmful. Decolonization is not reform nor recuperation. It involves Ashes are complicated. Depending on what was burned and how, ashes can be sacred,…
(2022-11-24). Close the Spigot/ By Tara Reade. marktaliano.net READ MORE: Scott Ritter Says The U.S. Is Sending Billions of Dollars To Support Nazis In Ukraine Ukrainians from 80th Airborne Brigade brutally execute Russian prisoners of war/ Commentary by Max Blumenthal NY Times Takes Rare Look at Apparent Ukrainian War Crimes…
(2022-11-23). Two Cups of Broth and Rotting Sandwiches: The Reality of Mealtime in Prisons and Jails. aclu.org 
(2022-11-23). 20 Years Later, It's Time to Overhaul the Department of Homeland Security. aclu.org 
Twenty years ago, President George W. Bush signed legislation authorizing the largest reorganization of the federal government in more than half a century — piecing 22 offices from five departments into one enormous bureaucracy: the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). | In a
(2022-11-23). Election Denialism Lost in Key Midterm Races, but the Fight is Far From Over. aclu.org 
In the days and weeks after the 2020 presidential election, outright lies peddled on the national stage about the validity and security of state-administered elections proliferated. Politicians and political commentators
(2022-11-23). Warrantless Pole-Camera Surveillance by Police is Dangerous. The Supreme Court Can Stop It. aclu.org Every fan of old crime novels or cop movies is familiar with the classic police "stakeout": round-the-clock surveillance by police hiding in a car or camped out in an apartment across the street, watching a suspect's home. In both fact and fiction, stakeouts don't last long — even with rotating shifts, police get tired; the costs pile up, and after a while, people start to notice that they're being watched. | In 2022, though, technology allows police to avoid these practical limitations, conducting surveillance for months on end using small, hidden digital cameras that can be panned and zoomed from afar…
(2022-11-23). Your Mini Guide to Discussing Abortion Rights at the Dinner Table. aclu.org 
Following the Supreme Court's shameful overturning of Roe v. Wade earlier this year, voters overwhelmingly showed up and showed out to protect reproductive freedom during the midterm elections. With the holiday season fast approaching, abortion is likely to come up in conversations about the news — including among friends and family. | Here, we share a handy reference guide on this timely issue — full of the quick, crucial facts on abortion rights you'll want to be equipped with if it comes up at your dinner table. |
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(2022-11-23). Noam Chomsky on Legacy of Radical Historian Staughton Lynd, Who Protested Korea, Vietnam & Iraq Wars. democracynow.org 
Noam Chomsky remembers the life and legacy of longtime peace and civil rights activist, lawyer and author Staughton Lynd, who has died at the age of 92. Lynd faced professional blowback after he was a conscientious objector during the Korean War and an outspoken critic of the Vietnam War, and later supported U.S. soldiers who refused to fight in Iraq. We feature an extended interview excerpt from when he appeared on Democracy Now! in 2006 to discuss the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq, his conscientious objector status and the 1993 Ohio prison uprising in Lucasville.
(2022-11-23). Beating of Black man in Georgia jail goes viral: Just the tip of the iceberg. workers.org As we go to print, three of the prison guards who beat Jarrett Hobbs have been arrested on charges of "Battery of an Inmate and Violating the Oath of Office" according to a Nov. 22 statement from the Camden County Sheriff's Office. The same three were also fired. The savage beating . . . |
(2022-11-23). Faced With 'Baseless Political Lawsuits,' Biden Extends Student Loan Payment Freeze. scheerpost.com 
"This pause extension is necessary, but also the bare minimum," said one activist. "What 45 million borrowers truly need is a Biden administration that won't allow fringe lawsuits and right-wing courts to undermine economic relief that's already been approved."
(2022-11-23). Federal judge hears Will Lehman's lawsuit demanding extension of UAW election. wsws.org Lehman is requesting that the judge order a one-month extension of UAW election deadlines and additional measures to ensure that all workers in the UAW have the right to vote.
(2022-11-23). Biden Extends Student Loan Payment Freeze Amid Republican Lawsuits. truthout.org 
Student debt relief campaigners on Tuesday welcomed U.S. President Joe Biden's decision to yet again extend a temporary pause on federal loan payments in response to Republican lawsuits targeting his cancellation plan. | "I'm completely confident my plan is legal. But right now it's on hold because of these lawsuits. We're not going to back down though, on our fight to give families breathing room," Biden said in a video, noting his administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in. | Stressing that "it isn't fair to ask tens of millions of borrowers eligible for relief to resume their student debt paym…
(2022-11-23). In Video 18+: Another Evidence Of Mass Execution Of Russian POWs By Ukrainian Nazis. southfront.org
(2022-11-23). Prisoners in their own home. electronicintifada.net Decades of being surrounded by Israeli settlements have left the Gharib family stuck in a cage.
(2022-11-23). Verdict in neo-Nazi trial maintains the fairy tale of a lone perpetrator. wsws.org The Frankfurt Regional Court has sentenced the 54-year-old fascist Alexander M. to five years and 10 months imprisonment. However, the far-right networks, which reach deep inside the state, remain in the dark.
(2022-11-23). Alabama Pauses Executions After Numerous Prisoners Survive Attempts to Kill Them. truthout.org Alabama Republican Gov. Kay Ivey has paused the use of lethal injections for executing people in the state, a move that comes after at least three individuals in recent years endured painful ordeals in which the state tried to kill them but they survived and were re-imprisoned. | Advocates for abolishing the death penalty say Ivey's order is a positive step but doesn't go far enough. | On Monday,
(2022-11-23). Seven Indigenous Political Prisoners from Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón Launch Hunger Strike. itsgoingdown.org The following article by Gloria Muñoz Ramírez, published in Desinformémonos and translated by Scott Campbell, notes the launching of a hunger strike by seven Indigenous political prisoners from Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón. Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón | Desinformémonos. The demand for the freedom of the seven Mazateco political prisoners was the focus of the international…
(2022-11-22). The Club Q Shooting Took Trans Lives and Destabilized a Community. aclu.org 
When you talk to transgender people who came of age before the internet, you'll hear a common refrain: "I thought I was the only one." The experience of growing up transgender is most often a very lonely one, every childhood memory and familial relationship shaded by the pain of lacking the vocabulary to even ask for help, much less seek it out. Transgender people often grow up with the sullen certainty that no one will ever understand us, a sense of social isolation that, combined with widespread poverty, homelessness, and harassment, can often prove deadly. | All of this makes safe places for transgender peo…
(2022-11-22). Black Woman Wins Massive $366 Million Racial Discrimination Payout Against FedEx. moguldom.com A Black woman received a $366 million dollar jury award after suing her former employer for racial discrimination and retaliation. Jennifer Harris of Fort Worth, Texas, won the judgment after suing FedEx, her employer of 12 years, whom she accused of terminating her unjustly after she reported a supervisor's hostile behavior towards her. Harris worked …
(2022-11-22). Judge deals latest blow to Big Oil in DC climate fraud caseÔøº. nationofchange.org Fossil fuel defendants in climate liability lawsuits keep losing in their bids to keep cases in federal courts.
(2022-11-22). "Somebody needs to stand up to all this": Workers back Will Lehman's lawsuit demanding extension of vote deadline in UAW election. wsws.org As a federal judge prepares to rule on a lawsuit defending the right to vote, autoworkers voiced their support for the stand being taken by Mack Trucks worker Will Lehman.
(2022-11-22). Anti-Imperialist Youth Intensify Campaign To Free Kononovich Brothers. popularresistance.org The World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) and its federating progressive youth groups across the world have intensified their campaign for the immediate release of Aleksander Kononovich and his brother Mikhail Kononovich, communist youths imprisoned by Ukrainian authorities. Both the Kononovich brothers belong to the leadership of the Leninist Communist Youth Union of Ukraine (LKSMU), a member organization of the WFDY. | The WFDY leadership also demanded an end to all deadly, imperialist wars raging across the world. | November 21 marked 260 days since the arrest and imprisonment of the Kononovich brothers…
(2022-11-22). COP27 Is Over But Alaa Abd El-Fattah Remains a Political Prisoner. truthout.org Image Credit: Courtesy: Moh Atef | In a wide-ranging interview recorded in Cairo, we speak with Laila Soueif and Sanaa Seif, the mother and sister of British-Egyptian political prisoner Alaa Abd El-Fattah, about his health, his case, his family and his hopes for freedom. After visiting him in prison, they describe how El-Fattah started a water strike on the first day of the U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh to draw international attention to the country's human rights violations and protest his seemingly indefinite imprisonment. He paused after collapsing and suffering a "near-death experience" when pris…
(2022-11-22). Naomi Klein Calls for a "True People's Summit" in Wake of COP27 Failure. truthout.org 
Author and environmentalist Naomi Klein on Monday urged civil society organizations to boycott the 2023 COP climate summit in the United Arab Emirates — one of the world's largest oil producers — after this year's summit concluded without any concrete action to phase-out fossil fuels, despite the Listing off some of the marked failures of COP27 — from the host government of Egypt's refusal to release political prisoner Alaa…
(2022-11-22). Family of British-Egyptian Political Prisoner Alaa Abd El-Fattah on Their Struggle for His Freedom. democracynow.org 
In a wide-ranging interview recorded in Cairo, we speak with Laila Soueif and Sanaa Seif, the mother and sister of British-Egyptian political prisoner Alaa Abd El-Fattah, about his health, his case, his family and his hopes for freedom. After visiting him in prison, they describe how El-Fattah started a water strike on the first day of the U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh to draw international attention to the country's human rights violations and protest his seemingly indefinite imprisonment. He paused after collapsing and suffering a "near-death experience" when prison officials appe…
(2022-11-22). Sri Lankan police brutally attack student protest demanding the release of political prisoners. wsws.org The fight against the repressive Wickremesinghe government is a political struggle against the capitalist system itself, which is in deep crisis.
(2022-11-22). The Suppression of Free Speech Has Close to Majority Support in America. "The Suppression of Truth is the Road to Tyranny" globalresearch.ca