Largest Strike in History! Positive Leftist News, December 2020

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India Strike:
-https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/08/nationwide-farmers-strike-shuts-down-large-parts-of-india

Wistron: https://www.timesnownews.com/business-economy/article/apple-supplier-wistron-removes-india-vp-admits-to-lapses-in-paying-workers/696567

Brazil Housing Occupation:
https://diariodonordeste.verdesmares.com.br/metro/integrantes-da-ocupacao-carlos-marighella-iniciam-transicao-para-terreno-cedido-pela-prefeitura-1.3024676

San Francisco overpaid tax: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/21/shocking-inequality-why-san-francisco-voted-for-overpaid-executive-tax?fbclid=IwAR1079AgKoVWybfi2vMUVGxDnnVJ70JNYKozQOouJTzggw75FnUrbhdYT-A

Netherlands minimum wage:
https://www.voor14.nl/overwinningen https://twitter.com/y_thechemist/status/1340672471503138817

Argentina tax the rich to fight COVID: https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/1336023729835569153

COVID vaccine free for Indonesians: https://jakartaglobe.id/news/jokowi-decides-covid19-vaccine-is-free-for-all

Verso Books union: https://lithub.com/verso-books-just-announced-a-union-and-they-have-advice-for-other-publishing-workers/

Amazon Alabama union vote: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/23/amazon-warehouse-workers-union/
https://twitter.com/delvethedragon/status/1340670027410845699

Amazon strike in Germany:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-germany-strike/german-union-extends-strike-at-amazons-leipzig-warehouse-until-december-24-idUSKBN1YO1KI

France drops law banning filming police: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/30/french-government-drops-draft-law-curbing-filming-of-police?fbclid=IwAR15FxNEkpQAUKgVhjIHyKRWJ9K3BXQFMxzzwSdG3H6-3xYQ7y2zZA7ERro

Guantanamo inmate release: https://www.wfdd.org/story/us-clears-release-longtime-guant%C3%A1namo-inmate-never-charged-crime

Elliot Page: https://twitter.com/TheElliotPage/status/1333820783655837701

Bolivia same-sex union: https://www.reuters.com/article/bolivia-lgbt-civil-union/bolivia-approves-first-same-sex-union-following-legal-battle-idUSL1N2IR2T5

Switzerland same-sex marriage: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-switzerland-lgbt-lawmaking-trfn/switzerland-votes-for-same-sex-marriage-easing-legal-gender-change-idUSKBN28S2T5

Bhutan decriminalizes homosexuality: https://twitter.com/stonewalluk/status/1337324126315352065

Romania gender identity: https://twitter.com/ILGAEurope/status/1339242696263798784

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DACA: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-orders-daca-restored-immigration-program/

Argentina legalized abortion: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/11/argentina-lower-house-approves-abortion-bill-legal

France extends legal abortions: https://www.liberation.fr/france/2020/12/11/ivg-le-comite-d-ethique-favorable-a-une-extension-du-delai-a-14-semaines_1808369

Land Back New Zealand: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/433111/at-ihumatao-after-the-breakthrough-relief-exhaustion-but-work-not-over-yet

Australia sacred trees: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-17/federal-court-overturns-sussan-leys-decision-on-sacred-trees/12970540

Latin American Indigenous social movements: https://twitter.com/KawsachunNews/status/1339985820837695489

Cleveland to drop “Indians”: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/13/sports/baseball/cleveland-indians-baseball-name-change.html

Mexico restricts DEA: https://boingboing.net/2020/12/16/mexico-restricts-deas-operations-in-its-country.html

3D printing prosthetics: https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgzddw/3d-printing-is-helping-amputees-make-their-own-prosthetics?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Supreme Court ruled in favor or religious freedom for Muslims: https://boingboing.net/2020/12/11/the-supreme-court-ruled-8-0-against-the-fbi-in-favor-of-religious-freedom-for-muslims.html

Euthanasia bill Spain: https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Bill-Legalizing-Euthanasia-Approved-In-Spanish-Parliament-20201217-0017.html

Puerto Rico votes left: https://jacobinmag.com/2020/11/puerto-rico-is-moving-left

Kerala elections: https://www.thetricontinental.org/newsletterissue/52-kerala/

UK halt fossil fuel subsidies abroad: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/world/europe/UK-fossil-fuel-subsidies.htm

Denmark stop oil and gas exploration in North Sea: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55184580 l

Good conservation stories of 2020: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/these-conservation-storeis-prove-2020-was-not-all-bad-news-180976512/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+smithsonianmag%2Fscience-nature+%28Science+%26+Nature+%7C+Smithsonian.com%29