2023-11-09: News Headlines

David Cole (2023-11-09). We've Defended Trump's First Amendment Rights, but his Latest Jan. 6 Indictment Claims are Nonsense. aclu.org This editorial was Does the First Amendment shield Donald Trump from prosecution for conspiracy to obstruct the 2020 election results? | Trump's lawyer has proclaimed the indictment

Eric A. Gordon (2023-11-09). "Lines in the Dust" dramatizes endemic race discrimination in public education. peoplesworld.org LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Any number of milestones are marked with the current West Coast premiere production of Nikkole Salter's Lines in the Dust (seen opening night, Nov. 4). First, a word about the playwright, an OBIE Award-winner and author of eight full-length plays. Despite being a Los Angeles native—who is now Chair of the …

Juliana Broad (2023-11-08). New report reveals Big Oil's playbook to silence climate protests. nationofchange.org The new report exposes the strategic use of dissent-chilling lawsuits, and tight-knit relationships between fossil fuel representatives and law enforcement.

Sean Dougherty for Congress CA-19 (2023-11-09). Ceasefire Now: More Deaths Will Not Bring Peace to the Middle East. indybay.org November 4, 2023 – We need an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, a return of all prisoners, and a halt to all forms of violence against civilians and collective punishment, including bombing of ambulances and refugee camps, and deprivation of food, water, medicine, electricity, and outside communication.

Orisanmi Burton (2023-11-08). Notes on Archival War. counterpunch.org Orisanmi Burton's new book, Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt boldly and compellingly argues that prisons are a domain of hidden warfare within US borders. With this book, he explores what he terms the Long Attica Revolt, a criminalized tradition of Black radicalism that propelled rebellions in New

Sean Dougherty for Congress CA-19 (2023-11-08). Ceasefire Now: More Deaths Will Not Bring Peace to the Middle East. indybay.org November 4, 2023 – We need an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, a return of all prisoners, and a halt to all forms of violence against civilians and collective punishment, including bombing of ambulances and refugee camps, and deprivation of food, water, medicine, electricity, and outside communication.

WSWS (2023-11-09). UK government prepares crackdown on political opposition with new "extremism" definition. wsws.org The proposed definition is deeply authoritarian, providing a pretext for the suppression of virtually any form of political opposition and eviscerating the rights to free speech and political association.

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