The War on Drugs Takes a Hit! Positive Leftist News - Nov 2020

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Sources:

10,000 people gathered to protect new Bolivian president:
https://www.workers.org/2020/11/52516/

Evo Morales returns to Bolivia:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/11/evo-morales-is-back-in-bolivia-now-what

LaPaz recovers Venezuelan Embassy: https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Bolivarian-Government-of-Venezuela-Recovers-Embassy-in-La-Paz-20201109-0010.html

French Senate agreed to return 27 pieces of African heritage back to Benin and Senegal:
https://twitter.com/ptr_yeung/status/1326615857095729152
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2020/11/11/emery-mwazulu-diyabanza

Finland’s Supreme Court bans Nordic Resistance Movement: https://apnews.com/article/finland-archive-courts-959402562fc46f29ac4a7fbf21fa6615

Other good news from the US election: https://jacobinmag.com/2020/11/downballot-socialist-elected-election-day-dsa

Including weed legal, shrooms decriminalized in Oregon:
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/2020-election-results-prove-america-s-war-drugs-finally-ending-ncna1247141
Socialist Jorge Jorquera elected as Maribyrnong Councillor: https://maribyrnonghobsonsbay.starweekly.com.au/news/maribyrnong-councillor-jorge-jorquera-makes-history/

Vienna elections: https://www.dw.com/en/vienna-voters-deal-blow-to-the-far-right-in-local-elections/a-55236783

Trans socialist candidates win in Sao Paulo city council: https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/historic-wins-for-transgender-candidates-in-brazil-vote-916339.html

Colin Kapernick & Angela Davis join call to Free Mumia: https://www.workers.org/2020/11/52494/

Geneva sets world’s highest minimum wage: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54745033

Washtington farmworkers to get overtime pay: https://m.startribune.com/washington-supreme-court-farmworkers-to-get-overtime-pay/572985142/?clmob=y&c=n

Workers at 2 Indigo stores vote to unionize: https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/10/27/workers-at-two-more-indigo-bookstores-vote-to-unionize-bringing-total-to-three.html

Housing activists take over school in Tacoma: https://www.democracynow.org/2020/11/23/headlines/housing_activists_in_tacoma_take_over_empty_school_building_for_emergency_pandemic_housing

Polish government stalls abortion ban: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/03/poland-stalls-abortion-ban-amid-nationwide-protests

President of Argentina moves to legalize abortion: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-54980266

Scotland makes period products free! https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/24/uk/scotland-period-products-vote-scli-gbr-intl/index.html
https://beta.parliament.scot/bills/period-products-free-provision-scotland-bill

Mi’kmaq acquire Clearwater Seafoods: https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/clearwater-seafoods-incorporated-to-be-acquired-by-premium-brands-holdings-corporation-and-a-mi-kmaq-first-nations-coalition-846191150.html

Rapid City Council votes in favor of returning land to native community: https://www.kotatv.com/2020/11/17/rapid-city-council-votes-in-favor-of-returning-1200-acres-to-native-american-community/

Nova Scotia begins covering breast reduction surgery for nonbinary people: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/msi-begins-covering-breast-reduction-surgery-non-binary-1.5796325

EU hits Amazon with antitrust charges: https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/10/tech/amazon-eu-antitrust/index.html

World’s largest fur auction house will close as demand for animal pelts drops: https://blog.humanesociety.org/2020/11/worlds-largest-fur-auction-house-will-close-as-demand-for-animal-pelts-drops.html

Endangered sea turtle rebounding thanks to covid19 and Indigenous people: https://boingboing.net/2020/11/04/endangered-sea-turtle-rebounding-thanks-to-covid-19-and-indigenous-peoples.html