2022-11-25: News Headlines

Staff (2022-11-25). "You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train": Remembering the People's Historian Howard Zinn at 100. democracynow.org In a special broadcast, we remember the legendary historian, author, professor, playwright and activist Howard Zinn, who was born 100 years ago this August. Zinn was a regular guest on Democracy Now!, from the start of the program in 1996 up until his death in 2010 at age 87. After witnessing the horrors of World War II as a bombardier, Zinn became a peace and justice activist who picketed with his students at Spelman College during the civil rights movement and joined in actions such as opposing the Vietnam War. He later spoke out against the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. "I believe neutrality is impo…

Staff (2022-11-25). Ahmed Manasra once again ordered to four more months in solitary confinement. samidoun.net In the latest outrage in a case that has come to exemplify the Israeli occupation's war on Palestinian childhood, Ahmed Manasra — now 20 — was ordered to another four months in solitary confinement on 24 November 2022 by an occupation court. Manasra has been imprisoned for over seven years, since he was 13 years …

WSWS (2022-11-25). UK strike wave escalates as over 200,000 walk out this week. wsws.org In every country the working class confronts in a union apparatus made up of well-paid bureaucrats a force dedicated to the suppression of the class struggle on behalf of the corporations and the state.

Amrah Salomón (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,…

Contributing Writers (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…

Laith Fadel (2022-11-24). Justice in America: Prisons. america.cgtn.com Cooks, nurses and teachers guarding inmates, while those that can't be guarded are simply kept in their cells around the clock, while scores of homicides and suicides are often unreported. The U.S. federal prison system had already been suffering from a legacy of mismanagement before …

Staff (2022-11-24). Free the Holy Land 5! Join the global campaign to liberate these Palestinian prisoners in the U.S. #FreeTheHLF5. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is honoured to join with Within Our Lifetime-United for Palestine and the Coalition for Civil Freedoms to launch a campaign to free the three remaining Holy Land Foundation 5 prisoners in the United States: Ghassan Elashi, Shukri Abu Baker and Mufid Abdelqader. 24 November 2022 marks 14 years since the …

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