(2021-11-21). National defense and dead children. zcomm.org War dehumanizes everyone it touches…
(2021-11-21). WW says: Rittenhouse verdict promotes white supremacy. workers.org Workers World is outraged — along with the rest of the country and the world — with the devastating November 20 acquittal of 18-year-old, white vigilante Kyle Rittenhouse for the murders of two anti-racists, Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, and the wounding of a third anti-racist, Gaige Grosskreutz. These killings . . . |
(2021-11-21). The farmers in India have won. fightbacknews.org The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) led by Narendra Modi was forced to admit defeat at the hands of the protesting farmers, by repealing the three oppressive laws. | The farmer protests were sparked by these three oppressive bills that were introduced under false promises. One claimed to give farmers more leeway to sell crops outside the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee without paying the necessary taxes; that bill's official name is "The Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020." The second, called "The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and…
(2021-11-21). Biden wants an 'autonomous' Europe that spends more on defense. rt.com 
NATO members in Europe should "absolutely" become more autonomous from the US, meaning they should spend more on military and buy American weapons systems, a senior State Department official has said. | The continued failure by the Europeans to allocate a bigger share of their GDP on defense means that the gap between their combined military capability and that of the US only grows, State Department Counselor Derek Chollet
(2021-11-21). General explains why US lags behind China & Russia in hypersonic missiles. rt.com 
The US is behind China and Russia when it comes to hypersonic weapons, a top Space Force general has said, citing bureaucracy and concerns over spending as some of the reasons for the lag. | "We're not as advanced as the Chinese or the Russians in terms of hypersonic programs," General David Thompson, the vice chief of space operations, told an audience at the Halifax International Security Forum on Saturday. "We have catching up to do very quickly." | Read more | | Thompson mentioned bureaucrac…
(2021-11-21). Reasons why more Americans are unlikely to have kids revealed. rt.com 
The number of childless Americans who think they are unlikely to have kids in the future has jumped 7% in two years, a new poll has revealed. The majority of them say they just don't want children. | Some 44% of Americans aged between 18 and 49 who don't have children believe it's unlikely they will ever be parents, a new Pew Research Center About 23% of childless respondents seemingly ruled out ever having children, saying it was…
(2021-11-21). State offers thousands of dollars in vaccine jingle contest. rt.com 
South Carolina has launched a jingle contest for K-12 students, challenging them to write a song promoting Covid-19 vaccination, and offering thousands of dollars to the winner. | The South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) and South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced the 'Sing It to Win It' campaign this week, encouraging students "to channel their creativity for a Covid-19 vaccine campaign" and produce a short song praising the virtues of vaccination against Covid-19. | The campaign offers thousands in funds for the music programs of the top three schools. | Read m…
(2021-11-21). National SDS condemns Israel's attacks on Palestinian human rights organizations. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from Students for a Democratic Society (National). | National SDS unequivocally condemns Israel's designation of 6 Palestinian human rights organizations as "terrorist". The targeted organizations include the Bisan Center for Research and Development, Al-Haq, Addameer, the Union of Agricultural Work Committees, the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees and the Defense for Children International-Palestine. All of these organizations have longstanding roots among the Palestinian people. We see this as the US-backed Israeli apartheid regime paving the…
(2021-11-21). Guinness Confirms Venezuela's El Sistema Record as Largest Orchestra in the World. orinocotribune.com With a gala held this Saturday, November 20, at the headquarters of El Sistema, the official announcement of the results of the record attempt was made, as Venezuela's National System of Youth and Children's Orchestras and Choirs of Venezuela (El Sistema) obtained the Guinness World Record for "The Largest Orchestra in the World." | This record was held until Saturday by Russia, where in 2019, 8,097 musicians performed the Russian national anthem. Now the record belongs to Venezuela, where 12,096 musicians from El Sistema, in a new feat, performed various pieces at the Military University of Venezuela. The piece…
(2021-11-21). European Union Election Observation Mission Meets with Right-Wing Politicians: Guaidó, Capriles, Machado, Evans and Figuera. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, November 18, representatives of the European Union (EU) Elections Observation Mission (EOM) that is in Venezuela reported via Twitter on several meetings they held with spokespersons of Venezuela's extreme right, such as former deputy Juan Guaidó and the coordinator of the Vente Venezuela movement, María Corina Machado, in the hours before of the regional and municipal mega-elections. | In this regard, the international observers is maintaining their work schedule while the National Electoral Council's (CNE) schedule for the November 21 mega-elections advances with the objective to materialize the de…
(2021-11-20). Freedom Road Socialist Organization condemns the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse. fightbacknews.org FRSO strongly condemns the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse on all charges. This verdict is another example of how the police and courts work hand in hand with racist vigilantes to kill and injure African Americans, other oppressed nationalities, and all who try to fight to end police crimes. | In August of 2020, Jacob Blake, a young African American man, was shot in the back four times and three times in the side in by a white police officer Kenosha, Wisconsin. Coming less than two months after the killing of George Floyd, another uprising took place, with the African American community and supporters battling poli…
(2021-11-20). President Maduro addresses international allies during "Defense of Democracy and Truth in Venezuela" fightbacknews.org Tucson, AZ – On Wednesday November 17, former union bus driver and current president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, spoke to over 500 international solidarity activists from over 70 countries. | "Venezuela has been giving an intense battle against the aggression, siege, and lies from U.S. imperialism and its direct allies from the right on this continent and around the world," Maduro stated. Maduro also lambasted the "cowardly left, the new indirect allies of U.S. imperialism who hide behind their masks of progressivism threaten our noble peoples who have been fighting." Adding to the many achievements of the Bol…
(2021-11-20). Time to reset Canada-China relations on a path to peace. mronline.org 
To date, the Canadian government has acted as a reliable ally in the U.S.'s New Cold War against China. The need for Canada to change course is dire, but prospects are grim. Canada needs to break with this dangerous path and set course for peace and cooperation with China.
(2021-11-20). Industrial Nations Value Capitalism Over People at Global Climate Conference. popularresistance.org When considering the need to end government subsidies for fossil fuels, especially coal, the language of the agreement was switched from "phase out," to "phase down." And while this language change was publicly attributed to India, the United States, which provides an estimated $22 billion annually in fossil fuel subsidies is culpable and certainly not beyond reproach. The tentacles of U.S. influence and coercion was present in every decision made at the COP.
(2021-11-20). 'Farmers' victory will be a boost to all democratic struggles'. peoplesdispatch.org On 19 November 2021, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi announced that the government will be repealing the three controversial farm laws. Farmers have been protesting for close to a year against these laws…
(2021-11-20). After a year of struggle by farmers, Indian government forced to withdraw farm laws. mronline.org 
Movements across India celebrated the struggle by the farmers during which they faced great repression and vilification. Around 750 people are believed to have died during the agitation which saw thousands camp on the borders of Delhi…
(2021-11-20). Palestine's flag waves in Jersey City. workers.org 
On Nov. 15, the flag of Palestine waved in front of Jersey City's City Hall, an important first step to the recognition of the Palestinian people, said Ward D Councilperson Yousef Saleh. Saleh had suggested the flag raising to the Jersey City Cultural Affairs Department — saying it was . . . |
(2021-11-20). Majority of NYPD cops wouldn't join today — poll. rt.com 
The majority of officers with the NYPD have said they regret wearing their badges and fear actually fighting crime due to concerns they might face lawsuits or harsh disciplinary penalties for doing their job, a poll has found. | An internal poll conducted among New York cops, from captains down to street-level officers, was meant to help "improve" the department and policing in the city, but it has delivered some rather unexpected results. | The survey, which was conducted in March among approximately 6,000 NYPD officers, found 56% saying they would not choose to follow the same career path if they could do th…
(2021-11-20). Gunshot halts flights at Atlanta airport. rt.com 
Flights out of Atlanta airport were briefly halted after the "accidental discharge" of a gun. With the airport packed with travelers ahead of Thanksgiving, staff assured the public that there was no "active shooter." | Outbound flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport were briefly halted on Saturday, after a firearm went off near a security checkpoint. No injuries were reported, and police told reporters that the incident is being investigated. | Video footage shared on social media captured the chaos, with passengers running through crowd-control barriers and lying flat on the ground to p…
(2021-11-20). Pentagon chief promises Arab allies it will counter Iran. rt.com 
Iran and its drones are a threat to US troops and allies in the Middle East, and Washington will work to deter it, the Pentagon chief told Gulf officials amid concerns that US forces are being realigned away from the region.
(2021-11-20). Armored truck scatters cash on freeway (VIDEO). rt.com 
Traffic down a California freeway was paralyzed when people scrambled to get their hands on the dollar bills flying out of an armored truck. Authorities asked the public to return the cash or risk criminal charges. | The California Highway Patrol (CHP) told local news stations that when the vehicle was driving down the Interstate 5 in Carlsbad, near San Diego, on Friday morning, one of its doors popped open and bags of cash flew out. | "People stopped in the lanes, completely blocked the lanes, started picking up the cash," a CHP spokesperson said. | A video on social media shows jubilant drivers and passenger…
(2021-11-20). Tesla sued over 'nightmarish conditions' at California factory. rt.com 
A former Tesla employee has sued the firm, claiming she experienced "rampant sexual harassment" at the factory where she worked while describing "frat-house"-like conditions. | Former Tesla employee Jessica Barraza filed a lawsuit against Tesla on Thursday, claiming she was subject to catcalling and "aggressive physical touching," as well as a slew of inappropriate comments when working at the carmaker's factory in Fremont, California, the Washington Post reported. | In an interview with…
(2021-11-20). Spiky death: how long will Covid remain a threat? rt.com 
Covid-19 variants keep emerging in different parts of the world, causing experts to ask how long the pandemic will last, and how effective the current methods of protection really are. | Since the pandemic started in 2019, people have referred to the disease which has paralyzed the world simply as 'coronavirus'. Now, in 2021, when we talk about it, we mean not just the original variant, but also its numerous mutations. | Read more | | In May, the WHO decided to label the key vari…
(2021-11-20). Russia-NATO war over Ukraine is becoming increasingly unavoidable. rt.com 
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that the West isn't taking his country's "red lines" seriously and the US and its allies could be about to sleepwalk into a dangerous conflict with the world's largest nuclear power. | Red lines are about deterrence. The purpose of drawing them in the first place is to communicate crucial security interests and the severe consequences that would ensue if they were undermined. In essence, Moscow's ultimatums are intended to stop the West from making a dangerous miscalculation. | Deterrence rests on the three Cs: capability, credibility, and communication. Russia has t…
(2021-11-20). Fauci comes up with new 'rule' to wear masks. rt.com 
White House health adviser Anthony Fauci was seen at an elite book party regularly taking his mask on and off, confusing many attendees. An author says Fauci explained to her why he chose to wear it around some and not others.
(2021-11-20). Musk vows mass Tesla server outage won't happen again. rt.com 
A problem with Tesla servers on Friday once again left hundreds of drivers unable to enter and operate their electric cars. CEO Elon Musk said the company would do its best to prevent outages happening in the future. | Tesla cars require the use of a cell phone to gain access, though other options such as a keycard are available as backup. Since Friday evening, as many as 500 people worldwide reported on social media that they couldn't access their vehicle by either method and were receiving a server error message. | Musk responded to one such complaint from South Korea with a "Checking" tweet. Hours later, he…
(2021-11-20). 'Moderna is trying to turn this people's vaccine into a rich people's vaccine'. mronline.org 
CounterSpin interview with Peter Maybarduk on NIH/Moderna patent…
(2021-11-20). COP26: greenwashing and Plutocratic misadventures. mronline.org 
COP26 reaffirmed what has been obvious from the beginning: the Northern colonial and capitalist states most responsible for creating the climate crisis are unwilling to place people before profits in order to address the planet's looming ecological collapse and humanitarian catastrophe.
(2021-11-20). Philosophers with no clothes: A Review of 'The War Against Marxism'. mronline.org 
Tony McKenna's new book is an important defence of Marxism, against thinkers who have confused and obscured its revolutionary core, argues Chris Nineham…
(2021-11-20). Historia colonial de Nicaragua: Perpectiva de un sandinista. workers.org 
Por: Johnny Hodgson Lo que sigue es parte de una presentación realizada por Johnny Hodgson, Secretario Político del Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional para la Región Autónoma del Caribe Sur (RACCS), el 6 de octubre en Managua, Nicaragua, a una delegación estadounidense compuesta por Coleen Littlejohn, Sara Flounders, Monica Moorehead, . . . |
(2021-11-20). WTO finished without TRIPS waiver. mronline.org 
The World Trade Organization (WTO) will soon decide on a conditional temporary waiver of Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS).
(2021-11-20). No Trans Liberation without Socialism and No Socialism without Trans Liberation! workers.org 
Statement by the LGBTQ+ Caucus of Workers World Party Second Annual Boston Trans Resistance March, June 12. The LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer+) Caucus of Workers World Party condemns the ongoing murders of transgender, Two-Spirit and gender-variant people. We reaffirm our solidarity with transgender, Two-Spirit and gender-variant people, as . . . |
(2021-11-20). There's a Good Case to Be Made for Central Bank Digital Currencies. scheerpost.com 
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. ( By Ellen Brown | Whether the U.S. should have its own central bank digital currency (CBDC) is hotly debated. Several countries, including China, already have CBDCs in operation; but the U.S. Federal Reserve is proceeding with caution. Prof. Saule Omarova, President Biden's nominee for Comptroller of the Currency, is in favor of a CBDC and has made a strong case for it; but many conservative commentators are opposed, and her nomination remains in doubt. | Omarova sees the CBDC as an e…
(2021-11-20). 'We became visible' — a Sandinista's view on autonomy. workers.org 
By Johnny Hodgson The following is part two of a presentation given by Johnny Hodgson, Sandinista National Liberation Front's Political Secretary for the Autonomous Region of the South Caribbean (RACCS), on Oct. 6 in Managua, Nicaragua, to a U.S. delegation comprised of Coleen Littlejohn, Sara Flounders, Monica Moorehead, Joav Elinevsky . . . |
(2021-11-20). [Comment] Offline: The flies of our remorse. thelancet.com Eugene Richardson's Epidemic Illusions (2020) is subtitled On the Coloniality of Global Public Health. Although listed as the book's author, he prefers to describe himself as "a single node in a vast, interconnected net of support, mentoring, toleration, encouragement, inspiration, and generosity". He lists over 140 "other nodes"—individuals, organisations, and groups—to whom he owes a debt, with "the twin goals of epistemic reconstitution and improvement of human well-being". Although not a handbook explaining how to decolonise medicine and global health, Richardson has delivered what may be the firs…
(2021-11-20). The Final Solution. Full Digitization. "The QR Codification of the World" globalresearch.ca You have no idea what is or what will eventually be put on this QR-code. The goal is all your personal information, your complete health record, your bank accounts — just everything. But you wouldn't know. You cannot read what is on the QR-code.
(2021-11-20). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org Striking Chinese taxi drivers demand lower contract fees; 95,000 Maharashtra state transport workers continue strike; Around 50,000 paramedical professionals protest in Sri Lanka; New Zealand rail workers vote for national strike.
(2021-11-20). Industrial Nations Value Capitalism Over People At Climate Conference. popularresistance.org The cataclysms of the interlinked crises of COVID and climate change were elucidated this past year in ways that cannot be repudiated. Following the release of the International Panel on Climate Change's (IPPC) most recent report on the state of global warming, UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres characterized it as, "a code red for humanity ." In short, the report found that absent immediate and decisive measures to address planetary warming, the worst-case scenarios of climate change will be soon realized for both the physical environment and the social systems that depend on it. These admonishments should h…
(2021-11-20). Teamsters United Takes The Wheel. popularresistance.org A new administration will soon take the helm of the 1.3 million-member Teamsters union. The Teamsters United slate swept to victory in this week's vote count, beating out their rivals 2 to 1. | It's the first time in almost a quarter-century that a coalition backed by Teamsters for a Democratic Union has taken the driver's seat in the international union. | The incoming president is Sean O'Brien, leader of New England Joint Council 10. He says his top priorities are to unite the rank and file to take on employers, organize Amazon and other competitors in the union's core industries, and withdraw support from poli…
(2021-11-20). Venezuela Provides Spain Information on Terrorists who Attacked CNE Headquarters. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Félix Plasencia provided the Spanish Chargé d'Affaires in Venezuela, Ramón Santos, with information on the terrorist gang from Spain that attacked the headquarters of Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE). Minister Plasencia informed this through a post on his Twitter account. | "At the headquarters of the Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Ministry," wrote Plascencia, "we delivered a formal note to the Chargé d'Affaires of Spain, Ramón Santos, with documentation confirming the existence of terrorist gangs in that country that are trying to attack Venezuelan public institutions…
(2021-11-20). 21N: 99% of Voting Stations Already Installed in Preparation for Elections. orinocotribune.com On Friday, November 19, the president of the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela, Pedro Calzadilla, informed that by Friday noon, 90% of the voting stations had been installed for the regional and municipal elections to be held this Sunday, November 21. | "The electoral material is already deployed, it is ready," said Calzadilla in a television interview. "So far we have 90% of the tables installed." | He assured that for this election, the international monitoring, accompaniment and observation program is very broad, given the importance of the elections in the political stability of Venezuela. | "We h…
(2021-11-20). Venezuelans to vote in regional elections. america.cgtn.com 
Venezuelans go to the polls on Sunday, November 21. This marks the return of the opposition to run in local polls and these elections are being carefully monitored by international observers.
(2021-11-20). String of Pearls: Yemen Could Be the Arab Hub of the Maritime Silk Road. strategic-culture.org 
By Pepe ESCOBAR | The usual suspects tried everything against Yemen. | First, coercing it into 'structural reform.' When that didn't work, they instrumentalized takfiri mercenaries. They infiltrated and manipulated the Muslim Brotherhood, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), ISIS. They used US drones and occasional marines. | And then, in 2015, they went Total Warfare: a UN-backed rogue coalition started bombing and starving Yemenis into submission — with barely a peep from the denizens of the 'rules-based international order.' | The coalition — House of Saud, Qatar, UAE, US, UK — for all p…
(2021-11-20). Moderna fights US gov't over patent and profits. themilitant.com Profit-driven bosses at Moderna have iced out of the main patent for its COVID-19 vaccine the scientists from the federal government's National Institutes of Health, which helped pay for and develop it. The fight over this patent exposes the dog-eat-dog morality of capitalism, where all so-called health care is a business organized primarily to maximize profits, not save lives. | Moderna filed for the patent in July, claiming the company invented the mRNA technology used in its vaccine. It entirely excluded the scientists from the federal agency's Vaccine Research Center who helped develop the genetic sequence th…
(2021-11-20). USDA announces proposal to reinstate protections for Tongass National Forest. nationofchange.org While the Trump administration tried to open 9.2 million acres of the forest to logging and roadbuilding, the USDA's proposal will effectively reinstate the protections for Tongass National Forest.
(2021-11-20). [World Report] Brazilian scientists reject national award. thelancet.com 21 scientists have rejected one of Brazil's highest scientific honours, after President Bolsonaro vetoed two recipients. Lise Alves reports from Sà£o Paulo.
(2021-11-20). [Perspectives] Readiness for mammography and artificial intelligence. thelancet.com One area that has attracted great attention for the use of deep learning artificial intelligence (AI) in health care is medical imaging, especially mammography. Many initial AI studies proclaimed remarkable improvement in accuracy over the performance of radiologists, but a recent systematic review highlighted there is insufficient scientific evidence to support such findings. The UK National Screening Committee commissioned Freeman and colleagues to review the quality and results of studies that assessed the accuracy of AI algorithms, alone or in combination with radiologists, to detect cancer in digital mammogr…
(2021-11-20). First Person: 'Bridge the gap between indigenous youth and the world'. news.un.org Nadya Zafira, an international relations student at Indonesia's Gadjah Mada University, won a writing competition for her letter to UN chief António Guterres, in which she addressed the inequalities laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic, and how indigenous communities and youth are marginalized in global conversations on climate crisis.
(2021-11-20). [Editorial] Afghanistan: the international community must act. thelancet.com "It is going to be hell on Earth." Afghanistan is set to become the world's worst humanitarian crisis according to David Beasley, head of the World Food Programme. Nearly half of Afghans need humanitarian aid. 22 ∑8 million people could face acute hunger this winter, with 8 ∑7 million at emergency levels of food insecurity. A resulting refugee crisis is likely to affect Afghanistan, the region, and the rest of the world. In desperation, people are selling their assets, and some are resorting to child labour and child marriage.
(2021-11-20). NAM and Nehru's Principled Stand. libya360.wordpress.com ND Jayaprakash One development that had a significant bearing on shaping a non-aligned policy was Nehru's visit to the United States in October 1949. The US administration timed the visit to coincide with the ascendancy of the Communist Party to power in China. According to Prof HW Brands of the University of Texas at Austin,…