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Last week, two left-wing activists were sentenced in Stuttgart for their alleged involvement in the so-called Stuttgart riot night. The first of the two defendants was sentenced on October 24 to three years and nine months in prison, the second on October 26 to three years and two months in prison.

On October 24, there was a large-scale police presence in Rellinghauser Straße in Essen, right next to the main train station. The reason is said to have been an alleged spontaneous rally by angry workers after nine workers were fired.

We share an unofficial translation of an article by the Popular Women’s Movement – Brazil (MFP-Brasil) on the occasion of the still ongoing elections in Brazil.

We publish a declaration of comrades in Greece on the death of Comrade Andreas Vogiatzoglou and also an unofficial translation of a declaration by the Central Committee of the TKP/ML. We send to the Greek comrades and the family of the deceased our condolences. - Editorial Staff of "Dem Volke Dienen"

In Dortmund a week ago, a man was killed again during a police operation. The police had been called because a resident stated that the man was rioting in the street. When the cops arrived, the man allegedly punched their car. In addition, cops state that he allegedly overpowered an officer. The man was then assaulted with a Taser, after which he collapsed and " had to be re-animated."

Last weekend, the federal party conference of the Green Party took place in Bonn. Just how far the party has strayed from its most basic promises becomes clear when one looks at the bourgeois reporting. For example, ZDF asks the question "Where have the Greens gone?".

Several times, demonstrations against the gas levy and inflation have been held by revolutionaries and masses in the proletarian district of Altendorf in Essen. The gas levy has been overturned in the meantime, but with the new proposal of the federal government, the parts of the population that can most easily afford the crisis will benefit first. Meanwhile, the deepest and broadest masses are pacified with minimal payments in an attempt to keep them quiet, even though this does not even ensure their current living conditions. Oil consumers have been completely left out of the government financing question, even though they are similarly affected in terms of heating costs as gas users within the capitalist system.

In the last state election in Lower Saxony on Sunday, the 9th of October, the SPD emerged as the winner, if the bourgeois media have their way, even as the "clear winner".