Philadelphia For 41 years, journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal has been unjustly imprisoned for the murder of a Philadelphia police officer. His case comes before Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Lucretia Clemons on Dec. 16 for what may well be a final appeal hearing. Demonstration in Philadelphia, April 24, 2021. WW Photo: . . .
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Several authors of the new book, “Sanctions: A Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy,” discussed the destructive effect of sanctions on over 40 countries in a webinar on Dec. 10. More than 1,000 people registered for the webinar. (View at youtube.com/watch?v=6_ro7VTvOc8.) Sara Flounders, contributing editor in Workers World Newspaper, organizer . . .
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Projection on the U.N. General Assembly building, December 9. Credit: Lee Siu Hin Alex Saab, diplomat and Special Envoy for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, was placed on trial Dec. 12 in Miami for defying U.S. sanctions. For making trade arrangements for food, medicine, technology and other things which benefit . . .
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New union wants to raise up Southern workers A new generation of labor activists has formed the Union of Southern Service Workers (USSW). The union will work to organize the most oppressed, underpaid and exploited workers in service industries, like fast food, retail and home care; the majority are Black . . .
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On Sept. 18, President Joe Biden declared: “The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with COVID. We’re still doing a lot of work on it. But the pandemic is over.” Symptoms of long COVID The U.S. had an average daily rate of 207 deaths from COVID-19 as of . . .
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