(2025-12-04). DAILY MEMO: Feds Detain U.S. Citizens and Take Street Vendor's Cash Box. lataco.com Federal immigration raids are escalating in intensity, with more people being profiled and taken without due process.
(2025-12-04). Bangladesh's Gen-Z Revolution Hits an Election Wall. moderndiplomacy.eu The National Citizen Party (NCP) emerged directly from the youth-led uprising that forced Sheikh Hasina from power in 2024. Formed by students and young activists who had become the face of the mass revolt, the party sought to translate protest momentum into a formal political movement capable of breaking Bangladesh's long-entrenched two-party dominance. The NCP …
(2025-12-03). I Bet I Know Where You Got Your Jackboots: Immigration Sweeps in New Orleans. counterpunch.org 
Another city is readying itself to be the recipient of an immigration force "deployment". This time, it's the Crescent City that's up to bat. The details on the New Orleans plan aren't entirely clear yet, but indications are leaking out that the forces that were in Charlotte earlier this year may be coming to Southeast Louisiana in December—snowbirds of the very worst kind.
(2025-12-03). Solidarity on Trial in Greece. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Protesters hold signs outside a Greek court in Mytilene, January 13, 2023, in support of 24 activists who were prosecuted for helping rescue migrants and asylum seekers in the Mediterranean Sea. | © 2023 MANOLIS LAGOUTARIS/AFP via Getty Images…
(2025-12-03). EPA Employees Challenge Firings for Signing Dissent Letter. commondreams.org Today, six former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees filed First Amendment legal challenges to their recent firings for signing a letter of dissent. The six employees were among approximately 160 EPA employees who publicly signed a June 30th open letter to Administrator Lee Zeldin and members of Congress protesting the politization of science at EPA and warning that EPA's actions under this administration were endangering public health and the environment.The EPA employees filed their claims before the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), a federal agency that resolves appeals from ter…
(2025-12-03). Western Cuba faces blackout as government seeks to update energy grid. aljazeera.com Electrical failures due to ageing infrastructure, hurricanes and a struggling economy have prompted widespread protests.