(2021-11-15). TPLF's War on Ethiopian Gov't is a US-EU Backed Ploy to Thwart Cooperation in the Horn of Africa, Says Former Ethiopian Diplomat. orinocotribune.com The coalition of nine ethnic groups formed in Washington D.C to fight the Ethiopian government is merely a psy-op and does not exist on the ground, diplomat Mohamed Hassan told Pavan Kulkarni | Tens of thousands have been killed and millions are starving and have been displaced in the civil war in northern Ethiopia which passed the one year mark last week. The devastating war began with the attack on an army base of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) by the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) on November 4, 2020. | According to Ethiopian diplomat Mohamed Hassan, it was the US security establishment o…
(2021-11-15). Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon taken into custody. rt.com 
Steve Bannon, longtime adviser to former President Donald Trump, has surrendered himself to authorities to face contempt charges following his refusal to comply with a congressional investigation into the January 6 Capitol riot. | Speaking to reporters on his way to the courthouse on Monday, Bannon urged his followers to remain focused on the "signal" rather than the "noise" which he said was obscuring the important events surrounding his arrest. | Bannon was indicted by a federal grand jury on Friday, having been held in contempt by Congress for ignoring a subpoena in October. | He is facing two contempt char…
(2021-11-15). Headlines for November 15, 2021. democracynow.org COP26 Final Agreement Waters Down Coal Pledges, Leaves World on Track for Climate Disaster, NYT: U.S. Covered Up 2019 Syria Airstrikes That Killed 70 Women and Children, Austria Enacts Lockdown for the Unvaccinated as Europe Becomes Pandemic's Epicenter Again, COVID Cases Rising in Over Half of U.S. States; OK Nat'l Guard Defies Pentagon's Vaccine Mandate, Sudanese Military Kills Eight People During Latest Anti-Coup Protests, Detains Al Jazeera Bureau Head, Eight Refugees Found Dead, Dozens Others Rescued on Boat Near Canary Islands, U.S. Journalist Danny Fenster Freed from Burmese Prison, Journalist and Minority…
(2021-11-15). Sri Lanka: Tamil resistance continues despite repression. greenleft.org.au Despite ongoing repression, Tamils continue to fight for their rights, including over the seizure of Tamil land for military bases, reports Chris Slee.
(2021-11-15). COP26 was a failure. But the people's alternative can still be a success. mronline.org 
Has COP26, which has wound up in Glasgow after two weeks of political showboating and grassroots protest, been a failure?>
(2021-11-15). Thirteen theses of Marxism-Feminism. mronline.org 
The theses are a working tool and an insurance at the same time of what we are and where we want to go to, while both the path and the goal are open for joint discussion and thus for change.
(2021-11-15). US & Israel launch joint cybersecurity force. rt.com 
The US Treasury Department announced a new cybersecurity partnership with Israel's Ministry of Finance, saying that the two nations would work together to protect the global economy from ransomware and other tech-related threats. | The partnership was announced in a US Treasury Department press release on Sunday, which
(2021-11-15). Bolton predicts whether Trump will run in 2024. rt.com 
John Bolton, a former national security adviser to Donald Trump, has predicted that the former president won't run for office in 2024, instead preferring to act as the kingmaker among vying Republican candidates. | Speaking to Sky News on Monday, Bolton Read more | | "He's deeply afraid of losing again, he doesn't wan…
(2021-11-15). GOP senator claims Biden behind gas price hikes. rt.com 
Joe Biden's administration wants Americans to switch from pickup trucks to electric compacts and is letting gas prices run rampant to coerce fans of gallon-guzzlers, Senator Tom Cotton has claimed. | Speaking to conservative outlet Breitbart News, the Republican senator alleged that rising gasoline prices in the US are "the intended effect of Joe Biden's energy policy," rather than "some accident." | "They want gas to cost $4 a gallon because they want all of us to get out of pickup trucks and SUVs and get into small electric compacts or bicycles or scooters or whatever else Pete Buttigieg takes to work," Cott…
(2021-11-15). FBI raids on Project Veritas 'could have serious consequences'. rt.com 
The Justice Department's recent raids on Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe and multiple associates "could have serious consequences for press freedom," the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has warned. | The ACLU "Project Veritas has engaged in disgraceful deceptions, and reasonable observers might not consider their activities to be journalism at all," the organization…
(2021-11-15). Is Sabotage Needed To Save The Earth? popularresistance.org Imagine you are a climate-change campaigner. You've studied research findings and know that unless greenhouse gas emissions are greatly reduced very soon, future generations will likely suffer catastrophic impacts. You've protested for years, yet governments and companies continue to invest in fossil fuels, and emissions keep going up. You are especially annoyed at those who are rich and privileged and who seem not to care that with their SUVs and international flights they are causing more damage to the climate than thousands of ordinary people in Bangladesh or Burundi. You don't want to give in to desperation.
(2021-11-15). Anti-ADOS Reparations Group NBCIT Is Funded By Billion-Dollar Philanthropy Fund: Is Grant Money Used To Undermine And Police ADOS? moguldom.com Back in July, the National Black Cultural Information Trust Inc. (NBCIT) was awarded a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to help the organization correct cultural disinformation, advance reparatory justice, and share cultural information with stories and resources that uplift the collective freedom of Black communities. But some reparations advocates are …
(2021-11-15). Top Religious Council In Indonesia Rules Crypto Is Forbidden For Muslims. moguldom.com The top religious council in Indonesia has declared trading cryptocurrency haram or forbidden for Muslims under Shariah law, a religious law forming part of Islamic tradition that is derived from interpretations of the Quran. The Southeast Asian country's National Ulema Council — a semi-official body of Islamic scholars who issue religious edicts — has banned cryptocurrency because …
(2021-11-15). The United States has an unhealthy obsession with Cuba. canadiandimension.com 
Illustration by Brazilian political cartoonist Carlos Latuff/ The piggy bank was rattled again. In September 2021, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) gave $6,669,000 in grants for projects aimed at "regime change" in Cuba, a euphemism to avoid saying "direct intervention by a foreign power." The United States' current Democratic administration has especially favored the International Republican Institute (IRI) with a bipartisan generosity that Donald Trump never had. Other groups in Miami, Washington and Madr…
(2021-11-15). CNE: Audit Number 11 on Voting Machines Concludes Successfully (100% Deployment). orinocotribune.com One week before the November 21 Regional and Municipal elections in Venezuela, the 11th audit (pre-production audit) of 155 voting machines (0.5% of the total number) was carried out this Sunday, November 14, in the warehouses of the National Electoral Council (CNE) in Mariche, Miranda state. These machines were chosen at random for evaluation, in order to provide greater assurance and security to voters, and the audit was carried out in the presence of accredited witnesses from all political parties and international observers. | The information was released by the president of the National Electoral Council, Pe…
(2021-11-15). Macron's Recent Pronouncement Creates Unnecessary Tensions With Russia. southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageAfter a recent meeting between Emmanuel Macron and Kamala Harris, Paris seems interested in resuming expansionist policies in North Africa. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. | Tensions between Russia and France may increase in the coming days due to impolite words by Emmanuel Macron. The French president, during a recent speech, called on Moscow and Ankara to immediately withdraw their forces from the Libyan territory. Using an extr…
(2021-11-15). COP26: The climate cost of war. greenleft.org.au Military carbon emissions have largely been exempted from international climate treaties, dating back to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, reports Barry Sheppard.
(2021-11-15). New Ukrainian defense chief, top army commander: we will retake Crimea, Donbass. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Reznikov: "We will return to internationally recognized borders of Ukraine in Crimea, Donbas" Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov is convinced that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will eventually regain territories up to the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine in Crimea, as well as in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. *** The statement came as Reznikov, together with …
(2021-11-15). More Azerbaijani troops, armor enter Armenia; war budget increased by 16%. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azerbaijan's military budget to amount to $1.7 billion in 2022 Azerbaijan will spend 2‚ħ89 billion manats ($1.7 billion) on defense and national security, up by 16.3% year-on-year. In addition, In addition, 1.6 billion manats ($942 million) will be allocated for "special purchases." ==== Pashinyan confirms Azerbaijan invaded Armenia's territory again Authorities in Armenia have been …
(2021-11-15). VIDEO: David Swanson Discusses Syria on RT International. warisacrime.org
(2021-11-15). France deploys large security force ahead of New Caledonian independence referendum. wsws.org While French forces are being mobilised to suppress simmering social unrest, pro-and anti-independence factions of the local ruling elite are exploiting the referendum to channel rising class anger into rival forms of nationalism.
(2021-11-14). US military covered up its 'war crime' in Syria — NYT. rt.com 
The US military tried to cover up a deadly attack on Syrian civilians that killed as many as 80 people, claiming that women and children could have been terrorist fighters, according to a New York Times investigation. | On March 18, 2019, a US F-15E fighter jet dropped a bomb on "a large crowd of women and children huddled against a river bank" near the town of Baghuz and then proceeded to drop several more, killing survivors, according to a New York Times The attack…
(2021-11-14). Despite US Led Dirty Campaign, Nicaraguans Came Out In Force To Support The FSLN. popularresistance.org Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council declared President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) winners in an election that drew 65% of the eligible 4.4 million voters. Although Washington and its allies in the region denounced the election as a fraud preceded by repression of the opposition, there was significant participation of the electorate; moreover, despite claims that Ortega ran virtually unopposed, his ticket was contested by several long-standing opposition parties. Winning 75% of the vote, the FSLN demonstrated solid strength despite the U.S.
(2021-11-14). The Book 'Letters of Alex Saab from Kidnapping' to be Given for Free to FILVEN 2021 Attendees (+ Pro-Saab Street Mobilizations Throughout North America Scheduled for Monday). orinocotribune.com The book Letters of Alex Saab from Kidnapping, which describes Saab's torture and plight during his illegal detention in Cape Verde, as well as his love for the people of Venezuela and support for its government, will be given away to attendees this Sunday, November 14, at the International Book Fair of Venezuela (FILVEN). The book fair is being held in Caracas, at the Federal Legislative Palace, which is the headquarters of the National Assembly of Venezuela. | As part of the programed activities for FILVEN 2021, Alex Saab's wife, Camilla Fabri, will attend a press conference scheduled to begin at 11: 00 a.m (Car…
(2021-11-14). Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi to run for president. middleeasteye.net 
Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi to run for president | Son of dictator Muammar Gaddafi registers for December elections despite being wanted by International Criminal Court | Sun, 11/14/2021 – 11: 55 | Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (left) in Sebha, Libya, registering to run in the country's December presidential polls, 14 November 2021 (AFP/Libyan High National Election Commission Facebook page) | Sa…
(2021-11-14). ACT UP Boston charges city with mass violations of human rights. workers.org 
Boston On Nov. 5, ACT UP Boston, labor leaders, frontline harm reductionists, housing advocates, contingents of students, folks who have been houseless and people who use drugs converged on City Hall for a protest press conference and speak-out. Days earlier, city officials began waging their "sheriff's plan," setting up kangaroo . . . |
(2021-11-14). Food banks struggle to feed hungry Americans. rt.com 
Food banks across the United States are struggling to keep up with the number of Americans in need of assistance amid record inflation and the supply chain crisis, which have gripped the nation ahead of the holiday season. | The Alameda County, California Community Food Bank was forced to "make a lot of really tough choices" due to inflation and the rising costs of food, its executive director, Regi Young,
(2021-11-14). Unvaccinated Americans being banned from family parties — poll. rt.com 
A majority of vaccinated Americans do not want unvaccinated relatives attending their holiday parties, and almost half have cut off family members over their vaccination status, according to a new poll. | According to a survey of 2,000 Americans conducted by
(2021-11-14). Cops probe school board head over eerie 'dossier' on parents. rt.com 
Scottsdale, Arizona Police are investigating a school board president after he was found to have access to a digital dossier which included social security numbers and divorce records of parents who held opposing views. | Jann-Michael Greenburg, the president of the Scottsdale Unified School District board, made headlines this week after he was allegedly found to have access to an eerie | Social security nu…
(2021-11-14). Trump attacks Congress' 'subversion of justice' while US 'is going to hell'. rt.com 
Former President Donald Trump has blasted the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot, saying "American patriots" will not "allow this subversion of justice" to continue. | The former president once again blasted the House investigation into January 6, with a Sunday statement asking why that "protest" continues to be investigated, but those who "violently burned down and took over Democrat-run cities" are not, referring to 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in cities like Portland, Oregon. | "If anybody was near the Capitol waving an American flag" on January 6, Trump claims, "they've had…
(2021-11-14). Greenwald explains how America's new 'War on Terror' targets own citizens. rt.com 
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald spoke to RT's Chris Hedges about the eerie similarities between the US government's legally excessive actions after the 9/11 terror attacks and the Capitol riot earlier this year. | Those who "questioned" measures taken in the name of combating terrorism were treated as terrorist sympathizers in the months following the 9/11, Greenwald told Hedges during an appearance on RT's 'On Contact', and the same argument is being made now by the media and Congress against anyone questioning the government's response to January 6. | "Exactly the same thing is happening no…
(2021-11-14). US inflation to get even worse, Fed banker predicts. rt.com 
A Federal Reserve official has warned that inflation is only bound to get worse for Americans, at least for the next few months, before it "likely" begins to "taper off." | "The math suggests we're probably going to see somewhat higher readings over the next few months before they likely start to taper off," Minneapolis Federal Reserve Chairman Neel Kashkari told 'Face the Nation' on Sunday. | According to Kashkari, current inflation and supply chain issues are a result of a "surge in demand for goods," as well as the Covid-19 pandemic, both problems the Federal Reserve official refers to as "temporary." The i…
(2021-11-14). Elon Musk keeps forgetting Bernie Sanders is still alive. rt.com 
Billionaire Elon Musk responded to a call by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) for the wealthy to pay their "fair share" by claiming to forget the 80-year-old democratic socialist was alive. | "We must demand that the extremely wealthy pay their fair share. Period," Sanders tweeted on Saturday, to which Musk replied, "I keep forgetting you're still alive." | He followed up by floating the idea of selling Tesla stock. Musk previously sold billions in shares after putting out a poll asking if he should sell 10% of his holdings, to which over 50% of people said yes. | I keep forgetting that you're still alive[m…
(2021-11-14). Ralph Nader: Ways to Save Our Historic Postal Service. scheerpost.com 
[ By Ralph Nader | The preventable plight of the U.S. Postal Service, with its over 30,000 post offices, is an important issue for all Americans. When President Donald J. Trump's donor and henchman Louis DeJoy became postmaster general in 2020, he started to dismantle the agency. Thousands of citizens responded by participating in demonstrations that revealed a deep civic commitment to preserving the people's post office. | While DeJoy triggered a crisis that threatened the presidential election process, attacks on…
(2021-11-14). Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell speaks to press for first time since arrest. rt.com 
Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who faces a possible life sentence for her involvement with the pedophile millionaire, has spoken out for the first time about her conditions in prison, claiming she has been abused. | Speaking to the Daily Mail from her cell at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, Maxwell called her incarceration a "living hell," claiming she had been kept in solitary confinement, deprived of sleep, and fed rotten food. | "I have been assaulted and abused for almost a year and a half," she said. She further alleged she was not allowed to exercise or have the lig…
(2021-11-14). Nov 15 Nationwide Actions To Demand Let Cuba Live! NO To CIA Plots! popularresistance.org The State Department, the CIA, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and other U.S. agencies are working to organize anti-government protests in Cuba on Monday, November 15. The organizers of the November 15 demonstrators are the same players who led violent attacks on people and public facilities on July 11. One such person, Yunior García Aguilera, has been exposed in recent weeks as having direct links with notorious Miami-based terrorist Ramón Saúl Sánchez, and CIA plots to try to create conflict within Cuba. The ANSWER Coalition is calling on people to show their support for the right of Cuba to retain i…
(2021-11-14). November 15: Nationwide Actions To Demand Let Cuba Live. popularresistance.org Donald Trump imposed 243 additional coercive measures aimed at tightening the U.S. economic blockade against Cuba. Increased economic suffering for ordinary Cubans is the consequence of this policy. President Biden has not lifted even one of the additional sanctions imposed by Trump. Instead of treating Cuba as a neighbor and resuming the process towards normalization between U.S. and Cuba, the Biden White House is working overtime to promote a counterrevolution inside of Cuba. | The State Department, the CIA, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and other U.S. agencies are working to organize anti-governme…
(2021-11-14). Terrorist Plot Targeting 21N Elections Uncovered. orinocotribune.com 
Venezuela's Minister for Interior Relations, Justice and Peace, Remigio Ceballos, announced on Saturday, November 13 that intelligence services dismantled a terrorist plan that sought to sabotage the regional and municipal elections to be held on November 21. | Ceballos reported that intelligence and citizen security organizations managed to neutralize a terrorist group that was attempting to commit sabotage at the facilities of the National Electoral Council (CNE), at its main warehouse in Mariche, Miranda state. All voting machines are kept in this warehouse, and are currently being distributed all over Venezue…
(2021-11-14). El Sistema Prepares to Break World Record — Largest Orchestra Ever in Venezuela (Video and Photos). orinocotribune.com Caracas, November 13, 2021 (special for OrinocoTribune.com)—This Saturday, November 13, the courtyard of the military academy of Venezuela in Caracas was the setting for more than 12,000 young musicians from the Venezuelan orchestra system, internationally known as El Sistema, to come together from more than 400 El Sistema nodes from all over Venezuela, to try for the Guinness World Record as "The Largest Orchestra in the World." | The official ceremony began with the words of Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, who highlighted the perseverance and dedication of the musicians and the faculty of El Sistema as we…
(2021-11-14). Dystopian "Great Reset": "Own Nothing and Be Happy", Being Human in 2030. globalresearch.ca With foresight, this incisive article by Colin Todhunter was published by Global Research on November 9, 2020 The World Economic Forum's (WEF) annual meeting at the end of January in Davos, Switzerland, brings together international business and political leaders, …
(2021-11-14). European Army: Rhetoric versus Reality. southfront.org 
Pictured: Soldiers of the Franco-German brigade, a military unit founded in 1989, jointly consisting of units from the French Army and German Army. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) | Written by Soeren Kern ; originally published on The call for a supranational army, part of a push for Europe to achieve "strategic autonomy" from the United States, is being spearheaded by French President Emmanuel Macron, who, as part of his ree…
(2021-11-14). Guatemala: Indigenous Peoples, Peasants and Social Sectors Go On Plurinational Strike for the Constituent Assembly Process. libya360.wordpress.com Ollantay Itzamná Peasant demonstration. Guatemala City They know that their demands will not be met by the government, nor by public institutions. But they are also aware that, despite the denigration they suffer from the corporate media, and the silence of several alternative media, the acclaim of the Popular and Plurinational Constituent Assembly process continues…
(2021-11-14). Reasons to Love Cuba, its People and its Leadership. libya360.wordpress.com Stella Calloni Cuba has been the heart and beacon of Latin America since the beginning of 1959, when we saw those who some called the bearded "angels" come down from the Sierra Maestra mountain range, who had accomplished the greatest feat in our history, defeating the imperial power in the middle of the 20th century,…
(2021-11-14). Venezuela Spoils Attempt to Sabotage the Nov. 21 Elections. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's Interior Minister Remigio Ceballos reported the neutralization of a terrorist attack on the National Electoral Council (CNE) Mariche facility in Caracas on Saturday. | RELATED: | He announced the seizure of 95 subversive pamphlets, 10 improvised explosive devices, and five drums with gasoline. | Showing the connection between the criminal group with those people who tried to sabotage the 2020 legislative el…
(2021-11-14). Normality Marks Election Day in Argentina. telesurenglish.net Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez celebrated that normality marked Election Day to renew half of the seats in the Lower Chamber and one-third of the Senate. | RELATED: | "We have just cast our vote, a day of democracy… Everything is going smoothly and what we are asking Argentineans to do is to go and express themselves," Fernandez said. | The National Electoral Chamber (CNE) reported that 30.5 percent of…
(2021-11-14). Libya: The High Electoral Commission Announces the Acceptance of the Papers of the Presidential Candidate Saif Al-Islam Qaddafi. libya360.wordpress.com Libyan Position The High Electoral Commission announced that its headquarters are witnessing the progress of new candidates for the position of the Presidency of the State. Today, Sunday, November 14, 2021, the Sebha Electoral Management Office witnessed the acceptance of the papers of the candidate Dr. Saif Al-Islam Qaddafi, to be the second candidate for…
(2021-11-14). Anti-fascist rally in Madrid commemorates 14th anniversary of Carlos Palomino's martyrdom. peoplesdispatch.org 16-year-old Carlos Palomino Munoz was stabbed and killed on a train by Josué Estébanez de la Hija, who was on his way to attend a rally organized by the extremist National Democracy party. Carlos himself was heading to a counter-rally…
(2021-11-14). Germany's PEN Centre nominates Julian Assange as honorary member. wsws.org The action by the German branch of the international writers group PEN was accompanied by a call for the unconditional release of the WikiLeaks founder from prison.
(2021-11-14). After COP26, Biden Under Fire For 'Failing To Act On Fossil Fuels'. popularresistance.org As climate campaigners worldwide on Saturday slammed the United Nations summit in Scotland and its resulting Glasgow Climate Pact as betrayals of the Global South by rich countries that have polluted the planet, U.S. President Joe Biden faced growing pressure to improve both his national and global policies. | The fresh demands built on previous comments and calls throughout COP26—such as a Friday statement Food & Water Watch, whose policy director Mitch Jones said that "this White House should fulfill its campaign promise to stop oil and gas drilling on public lands, put an end to oil and gas exports,…