(2022-10-21). Oklahoma executes Benjamin Cole, a severely mentally ill inmate, after US Supreme Court denies appeal. wsws.org Cole's attorney said following his execution, "As Oklahoma proceeds with its relentless march to execute one mentally ill, traumatized man after another, we should pause to ask whether this is really who we are, and who we want to be."
(2022-10-20). Germany Pays For Support Of Ukraine By Increasing Prices And Falling Prosperity Of Citizens. southfront.org 
Germany faces its biggest crisis since the 19 s | In October, more and more information is emerging about Germany's final inclination away from neutrality in the war in Ukraine toward its full support. Beginning with the deployment of the U.S. Central Command on its territory and the transfer of intelligence information to the SSU and MDI of Ukraine, to the transfer of actual weapons (Iris-T air defense) all this expresses the real position of Berlin at the moment. | At the same time, aga…
(2022-10-20). It's Time to Reaffirm Our First Amendment Right to Boycott. aclu.org From the Boston Tea Party to the Montgomery bus boycott to the boycott of apartheid South Africa, politically motivated consumer boycotts have long been part and parcel of American politics. But are they protected by the First Amendment? For 40 years, the answer has been an unequivocal "yes." But in a recent case from Arkansas, a federal court of appeals ruled otherwise. If the right to boycott is to be preserved, the Supreme Court must step in. | In NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co., the Supreme Court in 1982 unanimously upheld the First Amendment right of Black Mississippians to boycott local busin…
(2022-10-20). Lawyer Jennifer Robinson gives powerful defence of Assange at Australia's National Press Club. wsws.org The address was subjected to a virtual boycott by Australia's official media, demonstrating its alignment with the state and with imperialist war.
(2022-10-20). Mexican Military Targets Zapatistas and Yaqui in Deadly Spying, Hacktivists Reveal. indybay.org