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** Jalil Muntaqim scheduled for release — Free them all! ([link removed] )
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The New York State Parole Board has finally ordered the release of Jalil Muntaqim, aka Anthony Bottom, a former member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army. Imprisoned for nearly 50 years, since he was 19, Muntaqim is one of the longest-held political prisoners in the world. . . .
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** 400,000 seafarers around the world stuck on board ships ([link removed] )
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An unjust hardship faces 800,000 workers worldwide. Some 400,000 seafarers whose work contracts have expired are still stuck on their ships in the COVID-19 pandemic. Another 400,000 workers are stuck on shore, unemployed, waiting to replace the workers on the ships. Credit: Maritime News Getting off a ship and going . . .
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** A second chance for Kushal ([link removed] )
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By Kushal K. Shah As a child, I was a loner. I was not popular with my peers and I was the black sheep of my family. I had a speech issue and because of that I was picked on and made fun of. When it came to family outings, . . .
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** Breonna’s deathbed ([link removed] )
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Taken from a Sept. 23 audio column on prisonradio.org. Her name, Breonna Taylor, has become a chanted and shouted call in protests, along with those of many other Black people killed by the state with absolute impunity. In a recent decision, a grand jury* in the state of Kentucky did . . .
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** Ren Zhiqiang was not arrested for ‘anti-communism’ ([link removed] )
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When influential, former property executive Ren Zhiqiang was given an 18-year sentence in China, the Western media were quick to label his imprisonment as due to alleged “anti-communist” activity. The Washington Post, CNN, the Guardian, and the New York Times parroted the same message: that Zhiqiang was imprisoned for being . . .
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