(2021-11-24). Morally Bankrupt US Criticizes Venezuela's 21N Elections—Venezuela Responds. orinocotribune.com 
On Monday, November 22, Washington, through the US Department of State, issued a The new attack by Washington, this time against the regional and municipal elections of November 21, occurred while the international oversight teams continue to report with their observations on the process. | In the official statement, State Department spokesman Anthony Blinken accused…
(2021-11-24). "The War Party": Jeremy Scahill on How U.S. Militarism Unifies Democrats & Republicans. democracynow.org 
As Democrats in Congress struggle to pass the $1.75 trillion Build Back Better Act, there is large bipartisan consensus in the U.S. Congress to spend over $7 trillion over the next 10 years in military spending. The United States spends more each year on defense than China, Russia, India, the U.K., Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, and Australia combined. "Democrats have to engage in theater about human rights and international law and due process, but they ultimately, at the end of the day, are just as aggressive as Republicans," says investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill of the Intercept. His most recent p…
(2021-11-24). Dana Fort Wayne workers voice growing opposition as USW stonewalls on local contract. wsws.org After workers voted to reject the local contract at both the Dana Fort Wayne, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky plants, the United Steelworkers is keeping them in the dark on the status of a possible renegotiation of the agreement.
(2021-11-24). Climate injustice at Glasgow COP-out. mronline.org 
Former Irish President Mary Robinson observed, "People will see this as a historically shameful dereliction of duty,… nowhere near enough to avoid climate disaster."
(2021-11-24). Texas' abortion ban is having a 'domino effect' on clinics across the U.S. mronline.org 
"We are seeing massive ripple effects across the country for other states taking on displaced patients."
(2021-11-24). Rape suspect bounced off window trying to flee (VIDEO). rt.com 
A rape and kidnapping suspect tried to flee police officers from a sixth-floor Ohio hotel window but bounced off reinforced glass, bodycam video released by Blue Ash city police shows. | "When officers arrived at the hotel room Onjre Damon George, D.O.B. 01/06/2001, answered. During questioning he attempted to jump through a sixth-floor window before he was taken into custody," Blue Ash police said in a statement. | The video showing George's unsuccessful attempt to jump out of the window has since gone viral, with several international media outlets picking it up. | Blue Ash police were alerted by a front…
(2021-11-24). Fauci speaks of 'unfinished business' before he can retire. rt.com 
Top White House Covid adviser Anthony Fauci insisted his long career as a federal bureaucrat is far from over, saying retirement is simply out of the question as he looks to wrap up "unfinished business" in the world of medicine. | Asked whether he is thinking of leaving his long-held leadership post at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the 80-year-old health official said he's "not even remotely contemplating that right now." | "There's a lot of unfinished business right now, so I'm not even thinking about walking away," Fauci told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday, adding th…
(2021-11-24). Automakers & union reach deal on vaccine mandates. rt.com 
Automakers Ford, General Motors and Chrysler have agreed with the United Auto Workers union to require masking in the workplace and encourage vaccination and boosters against Covid-19, but will not mandate the jabs yet. | Detroit's big three — with Chrysler represented by the parent company Stellantis — and the union
(2021-11-24). Pentagon creates new UFO task force. rt.com 
The US Department of Defense has ordered the establishment of a specialized group for detecting unidentified airborne objects, which will become a successor to the US Navy's Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force. | Read more | | According to Pentagon's announcement, the new task force has been named the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group (AOIMSG) and will coordinate the US government's efforts "to d…
(2021-11-24). Future tech investment 'must support transition to green economy' – Alice Gast. imperial.ac.uk Imperial's President Alice Gast says investment in future technologies must not be overlooked as countries strive to meet climate goals.
(2021-11-24). Libya, on the Eve of Complex and Challenging Elections. journal-neo.org 
The Paris International Conference for Libya, which concluded on November 12, was an important milestone ahead of the long-awaited presidential and parliamentary elections of December 24. Participants, including almost all international and regional stakeholders, reiterated their support for the timely conduct of elections. But they also expressed their view of the vote. However difficult and …
(2021-11-24). Canadian Anti-Semites and Far-Right Conspiracy Theorists Try New Tactic: Aligning with Indigenous Communities. itsgoingdown.org 
An antifascist report from Canada about how some white nationalist and far-Right conspiracy theorists are attempting to make inroads into Indigenous communities. While the Covid pandemic may or may not be coming to an end, various anti-fascist twitter accounts have been trying to guess where the Canadian far-Right will focus their attention on next. I…
(2021-11-24). EU Observation Mission: Venezuela's Electoral Process was "Good or Very Good" orinocotribune.com After recognizing the balance of Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE), the head of the European Union's Electoral Observation Mission, Isabel Santos, earlier today presented the The EU's Electoral Observation Mission (EOM), which participated as an observer in last Sunday's elections on the invitation of Venezuela's government, will deliver its final report between January and February of next year, according to Santos. | "This is a pre…
(2021-11-24). "Furious and Disgusted": Teen Survivor Speaks Out After Wealthy White Serial Rapist Gets Probation. democracynow.org 
The survivor of a serial rapist who received probation joins us to speak out after a New York judge sparked international outrage when he ruled it is inappropriate to jail the man who attacked her. Christopher Belter pleaded guilty to raping and sexually assaulting her along with three other teenage girls age 15 and 16, but he will avoid serving time in prison, and instead receive 8 years of probation. Belter is white, and from a prominent family who lives in a wealthy neighborhood near Niagara Falls. "This sentencing is telling rapists it's OK to rape and telling victims that there's no point in coming forward,"
(2021-11-23). Armed New Black Panther Party At Ahmaud Arbery Trial: We Need Undercover Hitmen To Go After Them. moguldom.com Armed protesters, many fully masked and carrying assault rifles, rallied on Nov. 22 outside the Georgia courthouse where the Ahmaud Arbery murder trial is taking place. The groups claimed to be from the New Black Panther Party and the New Black Liberation Militia. The New Black Panther Party is a Black nationalist organization founded in Dallas, Texas, …
(2021-11-23). Brunswick, Georgia/Black pastors protest racism, gather to support Arbery family. workers.org 
Atlanta In the town of Brunswick, Georgia, Gregory McMichael, his son Travis McMichael and their neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryant, are on trial for the racist murder of unarmed 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery on Feb. 23, 2020. Arbery was chased and gunned down as he jogged past their Satilla Shores homes. Pastors, . . . |
(2021-11-23). John Deere strikers win against concessions. workers.org 
After a month-long strike, workers at 14 John Deere plants and warehouses are returning to work. Their new contract, ratified with 61% support, is a big improvement over the first two contracts a majority of the workers had rejected. The United Auto Workers represents 10,100 Deere workers in Iowa, Illinois, . . . |
(2021-11-23). Racist acquittedThe people's verdict: GUILTY! workers.org 
After a trial thoroughly tainted by racism, on Nov. 19 a jury acquitted white supremacist Kyle Rittenhouse on all counts in the murder of two people and shooting of a third at a Black Lives Matter protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Aug. 25, 2020. That rally was protesting the shooting of . . . |
(2021-11-23). A Land Where Justice is a Game. scheerpost.com 
A Kyle Rittenhouse supporter holds a sign in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Sept. 1, 2020. (Lightburst — By Ron Jacobs / Another right-wing vigilante walks free in the USA. The fact that I was even mildly hopeful Kyle Rittenhouse would get some prison time only proves my eternal optimism. Once again, that optimism w…
(2021-11-23). Another fascist acquitted/Rittenhouse verdict sparks outrage. workers.org 
Workers World expressed outrage — along with the rest of the country and the world — over the devastating Nov. 19 acquittal of 18-year-old white vigilante Kyle Rittenhouse for the murder of two anti-racists, 36-year-old Joseph Rosenbaum and 26-year-old Anthony Huber, and the wounding of a third, Gaige Grosskreutz. These . . . |
(2021-11-23). Anti-communism, anti-Blackness, and imperialism. mronline.org 
In this talk prepared for the Albuquerque Anti-War Coalition's Anti-Communism & Imperialism panel discussion, Dr. Charisse Burden Stelly discusses how anti-communism and anti-Blackness are intrinsically intertwined structures of white supremacist and capitalist control.
(2021-11-23). NATO launches war games in Latvia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Latvia Kickstarts The NATO Baltic Winter Shield 2021 Military Exercises The annual international military exercises of NATO Baltic Winter Shield 2021, kicked off in Latvia on Monday and will witness the Baltic state's military along with allied forces bolster their combat capabilities. The collaborative exercise will include military personnel from Land Force Mechanised Infantry Brigade, …
(2021-11-23). Victory for farmers in India!! workers.org 
On Nov. 19, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, leader of the fascist Bharatiya Janata Party, declared that he would concede to protesting farmers' demands to repeal three pro-capitalist farm laws. For over a year, farmers have engaged in coordinated acts of resistance across India. Farmers in India celebrate victory on . . . |
(2021-11-23). NAM: How the Military-Industrial Complex Sidelined Peace and Disarmament. libya360.wordpress.com ND Jayaprakash The untiring efforts of Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Indonesian President Sukarno, Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, and Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah, salvaged the objects and purpose of the Bandung Conference in 1961. That year, 25 countries—eleven each from Asia and Africa and Yugoslavia, Cuba, and Cyprus—formed the Non-Aligned Movement…
(2021-11-23). Orgullo, poder y protesta indígenas: Más fuertes que nunca en el Día Nacional del Duelo. workers.org 
Por K. James øCuáles son los mitos fundacionales de Estados Unidos? øQuién los creó, y a quiénes borran y perjudican? Durante los últimos 51 años, United American Indians of New England (UAINE) y sus partidarios se han reunido en el llamado Día de Acción de Gracias en Plymouth, Massachusetts, . . . |
(2021-11-23). Obama receives largest ever gift from Jeff Bezos. rt.com 
Amazon mogul Jeff Bezos has given a $100 million gift to the Obama Foundation, which will finance its global leadership programs and see the plaza at their lavish Chicago presidential center named after a civil rights leader. | The foundation headed by former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle
(2021-11-23). US destroyer sails through Taiwan Strait. rt.com 
An American warship has again sailed through the disputed Taiwan Strait, a move sure to enrage Beijing after repeat warnings over previous transits, which Washington deems "routine" missions to ensure a "free and open" Pacific. | A US guided-missile destroyer made its way through the strait on Tuesday local time, the Navy's 7th Fleet announced in a
(2021-11-23). Americans advised to avoid 2 more EU countries. rt.com 
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended Americans not go to Germany and Denmark due to the rise in Covid-19 cases in both countries. | The CDC added Germany and Denmark to the list of countries with a 'very high' risk of contracting Covid-19. The travel advisory for both nations was elevated to Level 4, the highest threat level in the CDC's four-tier assessment system. | Read more | | The agency advises Americans to 'avoid travel' to Level 4 countries…
(2021-11-23). New York City Hall gets rid of Thomas Jefferson statue. rt.com 
A statue of America's third president, Thomas Jefferson, which has resided in New York's City Hall for 187-years, has been removed because he owned slaves, with workers boxing it up and dragging it out the back door on Monday. | The statue's unceremonious removal came after the Public Design Commission voted to send it from City Hall to the New York Historical Society, where a plaque will be added to it to provide historical context. | Read more | | The monument had been present in City H…
(2021-11-23). Catholic university shows off Jesus looking like George Floyd. rt.com 
Leadership at a prominent Catholic university in the US is being accused of blasphemy over its endorsement of a painting that depicts Jesus with the face of George Floyd. | The painting, 'Mama' by iconographer Kelly Latimore, evokes the Christian imagery of Pieta, showing the Virgin Mary mourning with the dead body of Jesus in her arms. Latimore's version depicts the two as black people, and Jesus has the features of Floyd. The Catholic University of America (CUA)
(2021-11-23). Biden's new $200mn helicopter grounded. rt.com 
US President Joe Biden's newly-built helicopter has been grounded after a Pentagon test failure, and there is no certainty on when or if its issues can be fixed. | Biden's first flight on the chopper, built by Lockheed Martin Corp., was delayed after testing found it to be not "operationally suitable" and unreliable for emergency situations, according to Bloomberg. | The $217 million VH-92 helicopter is part of a $5 billion program replacing vehicles used by the president and other officials, but an unnamed source told Bloomberg there was no timeline for when or if the grounded helicopter will be operational.
(2021-11-23). 'Take some time off oil and gas,' White House says. rt.com 
US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm has once again angered critics over her handling of the gas price crisis, chalking soaring prices up to an "energy transition." | Speaking during a White House event on the administration's readiness for the winter months, Granholm addressed skyrocketing gas prices around the country by saying they are part of a "transition" and people need "to take some time off of oil and gas." | "We recognize this," Granholm said. "This is a transition." | Biden Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm: "We're working through an energy transition. And we've got to start by adding energy, a…
(2021-11-23). Mask up, even in your own house, city orders. rt.com 
Santa Cruz, California has enacted a mask mandate that controversially even requires face coverings in private homes, regardless of vaccination status. | The order, which went into effect this week, comes in response to rising Covid-19 cases in the city. The indoor masking requirement covers not only public spaces and businesses, but also private homes. Residents are required to mask up, regardless of vaccination status, if anyone is in the home who does not regularly live there — something that is highly common during the holiday season. | If one is around people from other households, it is recommended…
(2021-11-23). Trump team's polls hint at 2024 strategy — media. rt.com 
Former US President Donald Trump is reportedly putting out feelers to determine how likely he is to win an electoral rematch against President Joe Biden, should the two have another go at it in 2024. | Trump's team is focusing on the five states he lost to Biden in 2020: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, according to polls conducted by Fabrizio, Lee & Associates and
(2021-11-23). WATCH: Doorbell cam shows Waukesha parade deaths suspect in moments before arrest. rt.com 
A doorbell camera filmed Darrell Brooks shortly before he was arrested as the chief suspect in the killing of multiple people at a parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The homeowner unwittingly offered help, thinking Brooks homeless. | In the video, captured on November 21 and obtained by NBC, Brooks can be seen on a porch in a t-shirt, shivering. He tells the owner of the home he is waiting for an Uber. | "Can you call it for me please? I'm homeless," Brooks tells the resident, Daniel Rider, who told NBC he offered Brooks a jacket and food and let him use his phone. Rider says he was unaware of the incident at the…
(2021-11-23). Top pharma chains held responsible for opioid crisis. rt.com 
Three major pharmacy chains are being charged for their alleged role in Ohio's opioid crisis, a federal jury has declared, setting the stage for further verdicts as more states seek to prosecute drugmakers and distributors. | CVS, Walmart, and Walgreens have been found guilty of "recklessly" distributing massive amounts of pain pills across a pair of Ohio counties, a federal jury declared on Tuesday in a first-of-its-kind verdict. The ruling represents the first time pharmacy companies had been held legally responsible for the crisis that has wreaked havoc across the US over the last two decades, killing over…
(2021-11-23). Child dies, bringing parade massacre toll to six as suspect charged. rt.com 
The death toll in the Waukesha, Wisconsin Christmas parade massacre has risen to six, after one of the injured children passed away. Prosecutors revealed the death in a court hearing to charge the suspect with intentional murder. | Darrell Brooks, 39, was charged with killing six and injuring 62 people during the parade on Sunday. At Tuesday's arraignment hearing, prosecutors said he "appeared to rapidly accelerate" and "took an abrupt left turn into the crowd of parade participants," even after a police officer pounded on the door of his SUV and yelled at him to stop. | The SUV "appeared to be intentionally m…
(2021-11-23). Delaware County, Pennsylvania/Cops kill 8-year-old girl, teens framed. workers.org 
Philadelphia Police gunfire outside a high school football game in Sharon Hill, a Philadelphia suburb, killed 8-year-old Fanta Bility August 27 and wounded four others, including her older sister. Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer admits the three officers' culpability; however, he chose to file first degree murder charges against . . . |
(2021-11-23). DOJ to pay millions over FBI failure. rt.com 
The US Justice Department (DOJ) has agreed a settlement that will see the government pay a reported $127.5 million to victims and survivors of the Parkland school shooting, over its failure to investigate tips about the attacker. | In a joint court filing on Monday, lawyers representing families of those killed and injured during the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in 2018 confirmed that a financial settlement had been reached with the US government. Although they did not specify the figures involved, according to the Associated Press, the DOJ has agreed to pay out so…
(2021-11-23). NYC Black Friday Action: "Make Amazon Pay" workers.org 
Workers Assembly Against Racism issued the following news release Nov. 22. New York City Amazon workers and supporters, left, Buffalo Starbucks workers, right. Global Day of Protest, Black Friday ‚àí Nov. 26, 6: 00 P.M. (new time), 212 Fifth Avenue, NYC Amazon workers to march from Jeff Bezos' $119 million Manhattan . . . |
(2021-11-23). Biden admin makes move on paused vax mandate. rt.com 
The Justice Department is seeking an immediate lift of an order halting the Biden administration's Covid-19 vaccine mandate for businesses, claiming delays will cost "many lives per day." | "Delaying the Standard would likely cost many lives per day, in addition to large numbers of hospitalizations, other serious health effects," the Department of Justice wrote to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. | The request comes as President Joe Biden's vaccine mandate faces emergency hearings, after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a temporary halt to the controversial order, citing "serious constitutional co…
(2021-11-23). Americans got richer thanks to vaccines & Covid policies, Biden claims. rt.com 
US citizens are wealthier 20 months after the Covid-19 pandemic than they were before, President Joe Biden has insisted, as many in the country check their pockets and find them still empty. | The president praised his economic leadership during a press conference on Tuesday, declaring the US was the only country whose residents could count themselves richer than they had been before the pandemic. However, while the Federal Reserve may have printed up a (digital) storm of new money to keep the economy afloat, ordinary Americans haven't seen much of it. | Biden says people have more money than before the pandem…
(2021-11-23). Warren, Sanders, and Baldwin: Investors 'Made Off Like Bandits' at Expense of Striking Alabama Miners. scheerpost.com 
Met Warrior coal miners in Alabama affiliated with the United Mine Workers of America have been on strike for over seven months. (Photo: By Brett Wilkins / As Alabama miners continue their seven…
(2021-11-23). What role does the military play in climate change? mronline.org 
A gaping hole in the COP26 official agenda was the oversized role of the military industrial complex in environmental devastation. The US is a global leader on this front with the Pentagon being a bigger polluter than 140 countries combined.
(2021-11-23). White House assesses lockdown possibility. rt.com 
A top White House Covid-19 response coordinator said that the US is likely not headed for more lockdowns, arguing that vaccines and other "tools" in health officials' arsenal would be sufficient to battle the virus. | Asked about whether future shutdown orders could be on the horizon during a Monday "We are not headed in that direction… We can curb the spread of the virus without having to in a…
(2021-11-23). The U.S. Was Not Prepared for a Pandemic — Free Market Capitalism and Government Deregulation May Be to Blame. scheerpost.com 
Elanah Uretsky / By Viacheslav Lopatin on It's unclear when the pandemic will come to an end. What may be an even more important question is whether the U.S. will be prepared for the next one. The past year and a half suggests that the answer may be no. | As a
(2021-11-23). America's first openly transgender mayor dies. rt.com 
Stewart Rasmussen, America's first openly transgender mayor, has passed away at 73, having lost a fight with cancer. The death was announced by Kyle Palmer, who currently holds the office. | Rasmussen died last Wednesday, Silverton, Oregon mayor Kyle Palmer "His longtime love Victoria (Sage) noted that 'he went bravely into the unknown on his own terms,'" Palmer added. | Oregon's Stu Rasmussen…
(2021-11-23). Helena Sheehan — 'Science and Technology Studies: A Marxist Narrative'. mronline.org 
The author of several books, including the definitive study 'Marxism and the Philosophy of Science: A Critical History', Professor Sheehan traces the historical entanglements of Science and Technology Studies with Marxist thought, as well as her own biography as a scholar and activist.
(2021-11-23). Venezuela: Chavismo Wins Governorships In 20 Of 23 States. popularresistance.org Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) President Pedro Calzadilla reported a 41.80 percent turnout in Sunday's Subnational elections. | Having counted 90.21 percent of the ballots cast in the elections, Calzadilla reaffirmed that the elections took place in a peaceful environment. | The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) candidates hold leads in 20 out of 23 states for the governor's race. | Meanwhile, the opposition coalition United Democratic Table (MUD) candidates secured a lead in the Cojedes and Zulia states. Neighbors Force (FV) party secured the other governor post for opposition sectors in t…
(2021-11-23). World Misses Israel's Hebrew-Language Incitement Against Palestinians. popularresistance.org Zionist incitement against Palestinians is at an all-time high but you wouldn't know it by reading the international press because it is all done in Hebrew. The violent, racist-supremacist discourse that takes place in the Israeli media and among Israeli politicians is also done in Hebrew and so it gets little or no attention. And so, as the world remains comfortably numb, the Zionist apartheid state is wiping Palestine — or what remains of it — off the face of the earth. The intent is to push Palestinians out of their homes, to take their land, to erase their history, and eventually, to come to the m…