Daily Archives: October 24, 2022

2022-10-24: News Headlines

Connor Freeman (2022-10-24). As Winter Approaches and Inflation Rises, Social Unrest Boils in Europe. news.antiwar.com As inflation and energy prices continue skyrocketing in Europe, people across the continent are protesting against the war in Ukraine and the anti-Russian sanctions, which have raised living costs to intolerable levels, the New York Times reported Friday. This is making politicians nervous, as winter approaches. "The resignation on Thursday of Prime Minister Liz Truss …

Fight Back (2022-10-24). Students for a Democratic Society 16th Annual Convention say, 'Not another step back!'. fightbacknews.org Kent, OH – On October 15 and 16, members of the New Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) from across the United States gathered for their annual national convention at Kent State, Ohio. | Roughly 90 students from SDS chapters and affiliates listened to speakers and gave workshops, summing up their victories and losses over the past year. The convention was united under the slogan of, "Not Another Step Back!" in reference to the year-long fight to keep rights such as the right to an abortion, but also to win even more. They featured national SDS' commitments to, "Fight for Black lives, defend Roe v. Wade, and…

W Herzberg, U Sander, B Trautvetter (2022-10-24). Negotiated solution – No alternative! indybay.org Does anyone really believe that more and more state-of-the-art weapons, no matter how tough sanctions and huge financial injections could produce peace? …The survival of humanity depends in part on this business of death no longer having a future, and it begins at any moment. Prospects are rising as the forces for survival come together.

En.mehrnews (2022-10-24). Iran, Oman FMs mull over developing coop. at regional level. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) — The Iranian foreign minister and his Omani counterpart discussed the latest developments in negotiations to lift sanctions on Iran and improve the relations between the two countries in various fields.

WSWS (2022-10-24). New York begins sheltering refugees in tent city. wsws.org The isolated tent facility for up to 1,000 migrants exemplifies the bipartisan nature of the attack on immigrants and refugees.

Labor Video Project (2022-10-24). Bosses & Managers In SF Using Restraining Orders To Shut Workers Up. indybay.org Bosses and managers are using court restraining orders to shut down unionists, whistleblowers and workers who are fighting for worker rights and against corruption.

_____ (2022-10-23). Lawyer Jennifer Robinson Gives Powerful Defence Of Assange. popularresistance.org Robinson's speech, which was broadcast live on the state-funded Australian Broadcasting Corporation, contained a sharp warning on Assange's plight and the implications of the US attempt to prosecute him. | Assange, she said, would not survive years' more incarceration and "persecution by process." And if he were extradited from Britain to the US and hauled before a kangaroo court for publishing true information, it would be a dagger blow to freedom of the press and democratic rights. | The address was a rare breach in a wall of silence on the Assange case in Australia. His various court dates have been given curs…

_____ (2022-10-23). Leonard Peltier's 46 Years In Prison: 'What Else Do You Want?'. popularresistance.org Leonard Peltier's name has become a story that reflects other stories. One narrative describes Peltier as America's longest political prisoner, serving more than 46 years in a federal maximum security prison. In that telling, Peltier has become a humanitarian and a 78-year-old Turtle Mountain elder who has been incarcerated for far too long. | There is a long list of people, tribes and organizations that have called for Peltier's freedom. The former prosecutor in the case. Members of Congress. Amnesty International USA. Pope John Francis. The Dalai Lama. The National Congress of American Indians. Dozens of tribal…

En.mehrnews (2022-10-23). Beijing opposes EU illegal, unilateral sanctions on Tehran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 23 (MNA) — China's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson expressed China's opposition to the EU's illegal unilateral sanctions imposed on Tehran without the mandate of the UN Security Council.

En.mehrnews (2022-10-23). Iraqi, Kurdish forces detain 7 terrorists in Erbil, Kirkuk. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 23 (MNA) — Iraq's counterterrorism forces detained seven terrorist elements in Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Kirkuk provinces on Sunday.

Anonymous669 (2022-10-23). U.S. Is Rebranding Its Proxies In Syria's Al-Tanf As FSA V2.0. southfront.org The U.S.-led coalition is rebranding its main proxy in the southeastern Syrian area of al-Tanf, Maghaweir al-Thowra (MaT), the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on October 23. | According to the London-based monitoring group, the coalition will change the name of the proxy group to the "Army of Free Syria". The decision was made during a recent meeting between senior officers from the coalition and MaT leader Muhammad Farid Qassem at al-Tanf garrison. | The new name resembles that of…

En.mehrnews (2022-10-23). Iraqi security forces detain 7 terrorists in Erbil, Kirkuk. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 23 (MNA) — Iraq's counterterrorism forces detained seven terrorist elements in Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Kirkuk provinces on Sunday.

TeleSUR, lvm, JGN (2022-10-23). Defienden proyecto sobre comunidad LGBTIQ+ en Costa Rica. telesurtv.net Bajo el lema "No hay nada que curar", más de 130 organizaciones defensoras de los derechos humanos exigieron a los diputados suprimir lo que consideran tortura.

Staff (2022-10-23). Un bloqueo que niega derechos (+ Video). cubadebate.cu Cuando en marzo de 2020 fueron detectados los primeros casos de covid-19 en Cuba y comenzó a extenderse la pandemia en todo el territorio nacional, ya pesaban sobre la economía y el pueblo cubano 243 medidas que hasta hoy golpean las fuentes de ingresos, las operaciones financieras así como las exportaciones y el turismo.

JANET (2022-10-22). All out for Mumia hearing Oct. 26. iacenter.org October 19, 2022 A hearing scheduled for Oct. 19 to determine whether Pennsylvania political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal will get a new trial on recently discovered evidence was rescheduled to Oct. 26 in Philadelphia's Criminal Justice Center. The following commentary explains what is at stake regarding new legal filings by attorneys for Mumia Abu-Jamal. It first appeared on the International Action website on Jan. 4, 2022. Mumia Abu-Jamal By Johanna Fernández Campaign to Bring Mumia Home In her novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God," Zora Neale Hurston wrote, "There are years that ask questions, and years that answer…

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