A Jewish person is going to court in Germany this week to challenge a conviction for illegally attending a demonstration in support of Palestinian rights on last year’s Nakba Day.
A Jew in Germany is fined for supporting Palestinian rights
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Ecuador: Lasso’s Masquerade vs. People’s Real Demands
Today marks 15 days since the beginning of the demonstrations against the neoliberal government of Guillermo Lasso. During that time over 15,000 indigenous people and representatives of social movements have joined the protests to demand urgent actions to stop the collapse of the living conditions of the poorest and the entire working class. However, the response has been violence and police repression, which has already caused six deaths, hundreds of wounded, and over 200 imprisonments.
Ecuador: Lasso’s Masquerade vs. People’s Real Demands
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Reaction to Haitian strike exposes Liberal lie on ‘feminist foreign policy’
A government truly committed to a “feminist foreign policy” would support Haitians striking to boost their 70-cents-per-hour wage. But thus far Canadian officials have responded to the workers’ action by paying a celebratory visit to a sweatshop and ignoring protests repressed by Canadian-funded police.
Reaction to Haitian strike exposes Liberal lie on ‘feminist foreign policy’
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