“Last week 16 men, including nine prominent reformists, were given sentences ranging from five to 30 years in prison. Amnesty said they were blindfolded and handcuffed during their trial, while their lawyer was not allowed to enter the court for the first three sessions.”

–And more on Indymedia UK.

–More coverage from the Socialist Worker UK.

–Looks like some very large demos.

“[B]ills aims to impose 45% tax on foreign funding to Israeli human rights groups.”

New research published by the Tax Justice Network shows that tax evasion costs governments around the world more than US$3.1 trillion annually. | Canadians for Tax Fairness

Public Dialogue
Situations: The Left’s Responses to the Crisis in Europe & North America

Leo Panitch, Stephanie Ross, Albert Scharenberg, Bill Fletcher

December 1, 7 PM
Wilson Hall, Room 1016

New College, University of Toronto
40 Willcocks Street, at the corner of Spadina.
Free admission

For info: northatlanticld@gmail.com
Left Dialogue Blog

Sponored by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, the Centre for Social Justice, and the Socialist Project.

A fairly lengthy article by Boris Kagarlitsky, if you have the time. | Links

“Up to 1,000 marches and rallies were due to take place across the UK.”

See also: Public sector strike to be ‘largest for a generation’ | BBC

–Iceland stepping-up.

A survey of the state of the Arab revolutions | Al-Akhbar
See also: The struggle to come after Egypt’s election | The Socialist Worker

J. Ghosh: A safety net helps to raise wages and create real demand | The Real News

–Orwell would have had a field day with this over the top nonsense coming from the Cons.

–Support the workers. Target needs to hear from the public.

“Early Monday morning, police surrounded the camp, but eventually said they would not evict the protesters. Reuters reports that around 2,000 protesters joined the camp to show their support.”

“The Bahraini report’s implication for the terror case against Iran, pending in a federal court in Manhattan, is clear; that is, if the Saudis are wrong about the involvement of the elite Iranian Quds Force in the Bahrain uprising, then they may be equally wrong about Iran’s involvement in a plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington.”

“[J]ust a few hours after talks began in the Durban conference hall, Canadian environment minister Peter Kent was confirming to reporters in the capital Ottawa that its involvement with Kyoto was over.”

“Econ4 [is] a new site aimed at popular economics education.”

See also: Occupy Wall Street and the Celebrity Economists | MRZine

“In the economics classes I teach to union members, I have found that Keynes and liberal economics resonate with the students. But Marx makes them stand up and take notice. So let’s stick to Marx and build as much as we can on his understanding of capitalism. This is the only economics that cannot be coopted by the 1 percent; it is the only one they fear.”

–Solidarity.

By Jim Stanford | Rabble.ca | “This month marks the 10th anniversary of the New Politics Initiative, an activist-oriented coalition of individuals and organizations that pushed for the formation of a new and more activist progressive political party.”

by Robert Fisk | The Independent

Video of a talk by Noam Chomsky.