2022-11-29: News Headlines

____ (2022-11-29). U.S. warship tracked after illegally entering Chinese waters, PLA says. ecns.cn The Chinese military has been monitoring a United States guided-missile cruiser that illegally entered Chinese waters near the Nansha Islands on Tuesday morning, a spokesman from the People's Liberation Army said.

____ (2022-11-29). PLA Southern Theater Command troops warn away trespassing U.S. warship near Nansha Islands. ecns.cn PLA Southern Theater Command on Tuesday morning discovered that the vessel USS Chancellorsville had trespassed into waters around the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea without China's authorization, and followed and warned away the guided-missile cruiser.

WSWS (2022-11-29). Australians Against COVID holds vigil for 16,000 COVID deaths. wsws.org SEP National Secretary Cheryl Crisp told the vigil that the mass deaths were the result of "conscious, premeditated decisions in the interests of finance, production, profits and the wealth of the tiny elite."

Infobrics (2022-11-29). Nine Russian Banks Open Special Vostro Accounts for Trade in Rupees. infobrics.org Russia top two banks—Sberbank and VTB Bank —have emerged as the first foreign lenders to receive the approval. Russia's Gazprom, which does not have its branches in India, has also opened this account with state-run UCO Bank…

WSWS (2022-11-29). Sri Lankan Telecom workers protest against privatisation. wsws.org The unions are promoting the illusion that the Wickremasinghe government, which is carrying out an historic assault on workers' living standards and social rights, can be pressured to change course.

____ (2022-11-29). Reopening businesses eligible for tax refunds. ecns.cn Authorities in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, will help small and medium-sized businesses hit hard by the recent COVID-19 outbreak as the city steps up efforts to restore order in the lives of residents, the city government said.

C, C Butterwegge & Sybille Pirklbauer (2022-11-29). Social division in the schools and 7 challenges to the welfare state. indybay.org The most difficult task will be to redefine prosperity not only in philosophical concepts, but also in concrete tangible and experiential terms detached from consumption. Many are already working on this. The United Nations adopted a strategy for a "blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet" with the Sustainable Development Goals 2015.

____ (2022-11-28). Chinese gov't spokesperson stresses enforcement of HKSAR national security law. ecns.cn It is imperative to fully and faithfully enforce the law on safeguarding national security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

____ (2022-11-28). U.S. urged to stop politicizing economic, trade and sci-tech issues: spokesperson. ecns.cn It is imperative to fully and faithfully enforce the law on safeguarding national security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

____ (2022-11-28). China, Russia committed to safeguarding int'l justice. ecns.cn China and Russia have reaffirmed their commitment to rejecting unipolar hegemony and safeguarding international fairness and justice, a move that officials and scholars said is conducive to the peace and stability of the region and the world.

____ (2022-11-28). Uproar as HK court allows UK legal defense. ecns.cn Earlier on Monday, the Court of Final Appeal, Hong Kong's top court, upheld a lower court's decision to allow Lai to hire British barrister Timothy Owen as his counsel in his upcoming national security trial, which will start on Thursday.

____ (2022-11-29). Rare robin bird spotted in Qinghai. ecns.cn The red-breasted robin, Britain's National Bird, is 14-centimeter-long and weighs at about 16-22 grams. It was listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's red list of threatened species in 2012.

Infobrics (2022-11-29). BRICS Economies as a Basis for Creating or Developing National Digitalization. infobrics.org As the digital economy develops, new economic and political forces appear on the world stage that have to compete with the US and the EU. These economic systems are counterbalanced by the BRICS countries…

Peter Byrne (2022-11-29). The Befouling of Point Reyes National Seashore. indybay.org Author Peter Byrne exposes an environmental cover-up at Point Reyes National Seashore…

WSWS (2022-11-29). Warning strikes on Austria's railroads and in hospitals. wsws.org A national strike saw Austria's railways largely at a standstill on Monday. The last weeks have also seen strikes at several hospitals in the capital, Vienna.

____ (2022-11-29). China welcomes Sri Lankan FM's rebuttal of so-called 'Chinese debt trap': spokesperson. ecns.cn

Editor (2022-11-28). VIDEO: Alex Rubinstein on Nazism in Ukraine, NAFO and Information Warfare. scheerpost.com By ScheerPost Staff ScheerPost's Diego Ramos and Max Jones talk to journalist Alex Rubinstein about his recent work. Alex is an investigative journalist whose work has appeared in publications like The Grayzone and MintPress News. He has written extensively and broken news about the international effects of neoliberalism and regime change policies of the United …

Editor (2022-11-28). The Chris Hedges Report: Ralph Nader Explains Why Democrats Lost the House. scheerpost.com

Editor (2022-11-28). Furious With Biden, Europe Says US Is Profiting Off Ukraine War. scheerpost.com

Editor (2022-11-28). John Kiriakou: Pardoning Turkeys Instead of Humans. scheerpost.com

Editor (2022-11-28). Biden's Response To the Rightwing Whirlwind in Israel—Weakness. scheerpost.com By Mitchell Plitnick / Mondoweiss At the beginning of November, when Israel and the United States held elections within days of each other, it seemed clear that the pull in opposite directions embodied in the disappointing showing for the American far-right and the strong showing for their Israeli counterparts portended tension in the "unshakeable" alliance …

Editor (2022-11-28). Beating around the bush: polycrisis, overlapping emergencies, and capitalism. mronline.org It is in vogue nowadays to describe the multifaceted and intertwined crises of capitalism without referring to capitalism itself. Obscure jargon of 'overlapping emergencies' and 'polycrisis' are brought up to describe the complexity of the situation, and they serve, with or without intention, to conceal the culprit, namely the totality of capitalist relations.

Editor (2022-11-28). Haiti in the Caribbean: A political economy perspective on the urgent crisis of imperialism. mronline.org If Haiti is "the poorest country in the hemisphere" it is because imperialist policies continue to impoverish and destabilize that nation.

Editor (2022-11-28). It's time to hold news media accountable for transphobia. mronline.org Five people are dead and more than a dozen others injured after a gunman opened fire at Club Q, a LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs in the early hours of November 20.

Editor (2022-11-28). The role of UK intelligence services in the abduction, murder of James Foley. mronline.org An investigation into British and American collusion with the terror groups that kidnapped and murdered western hostages in Syria.

Editor (2022-11-28). The Russian Winter offensive. mronline.org The only way Ukrainians will see anything approximating a holiday season is if a ceasefire can be arranged by New Year's Day, and it just might happen, regardless of President Volodomyr Zelenskiy's repeated assertions that there will be no negotiations with Russia until it withdraws all its troops from all occupied territories, including Crimea.

Maddi Johnson (2022-11-28). Portland Starbucks: Three-day strike. workers.org Portland, Oregon "Oh workers, can you stand it? Oh tell me how you can? We've got to stand up for our rights, not fall for Schultz's scam!" Singing a new verse to the old union standard "Which Side Are You On," voices harmonized in the cold, damp Portland air outside . . . |

Martha Grevatt (2022-11-28). Books, bathrooms, bills ‚àí and bullets. workers.org "Senseless." How many times have we heard that after a mass shooting? It's like a broken record. The word has been repeated many times after the Nov. 20 massacre of workers and customers at an LGBTQ+ bar in Colorado Springs, Colorado. President Joe Biden called the shootings at Club Q . . . |

Otis Grotewohl (2022-11-28). Strike wave rocks Britain. workers.org Workers in Britain have been in motion conducting walkouts and strikes, with hundreds of thousands of workers expected to carry out more labor actions before the new year. Rail workers have led the charge, encouraging workers in a range of occupations to follow suit. British Postal workers strike, Nov. 24. . . . |

Richie Merino (2022-11-28). Nicaragua's humane response to COVID-19 crisis. workers.org When Nicaragua identified its first COVID-19 case on March 18, 2020, President Daniel Ortega understood that shutting down the economy would be catastrophic for the country's informal farmworkers. In Nicaragua, three-quarters of all jobs are in farming. If workers don't work, they don't get paid. Public health care worker from . . . |

____ (2022-11-28). China ready to implement moon landing project. ecns.cn China has made breakthroughs in the development of the new-generation crewed spaceship, new-generation manned carrier rocket, moon lander, and moon landing spacesuit, stepping closer to its moon landing goal.

En.mehrnews (2022-11-28). Cameroon, Serbia draw 3-3 in World Cup Group G game. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 28 (MNA) — Serbia stormed ahead from a goal behind to make it 3-1, only for Cameroon to score twice to level the scores, in one of the most exciting games of this World Cup.

Jessica Corbett (2022-11-28). Citing Need for 'New, Inclusive Leadership,' Chuy García Files for Chicago Mayoral Race. commondreams.org "We have an opportunity to elect a trusted and experienced leader with a history of building coalitions and a vision for a brighter future for all Chicagoans," said the Democratic congressman.

Rqorinoco (2022-11-28). 'Strategic Mistake': Iran Strongly Condemns UNHRC Resolution as Politically-motivated. orinocotribune.com Iran's Foreign Ministry has vehemently condemned the meeting and resolution of the United Nations Human Rights Council, noting that "multifaceted political goals" are behind these anti-Iranian measures. | In a statement late on Thursday, the ministry blasted the measure of a few Western countries in "imposing" an anti-Iranian resolution to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) earlier that day. | "It is a source of regret that the UNHRC is being misused by few countries to pursue their short-term interests," read the statement. | "Undoubtedly, the measure adopted by the German regime and other founders of the UNHRC…

_____ (2022-11-28). Alex Rubinstein On Nazism In Ukraine, NAFO And Information Warfare. popularresistance.org ScheerPost's Diego Ramos and Max Jones talk to journalist Alex Rubinstein about his recent work. Alex is an investigative journalist whose work has appeared in publications like The Grayzone and MintPress News. He has written extensively and broken news about the international effects of neoliberalism and regime change policies of the United States.

_____ (2022-11-28). Bolivia: Far-Right Protesters Attack Ambulances And Health Workers. popularresistance.org Santa Cruz, Bolivia – Far-right opposition groups in the city of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, are violating international law by attacking health workers and hindering the passage of ambulances. The city's police have registered more than 20 cases of physical attacks against health workers and ambulances, many of them resulting in patients being unable to reach a medical center. | Protesters say they want the national census to be brought forward six months, and their preferred tactic is to block roads and demand payment from anyone who wants to pass through. Those who fail to comply are assaulted by young men armed with…

_____ (2022-11-28). Study Throws New Light On Impact Of Great Depression On Human DNA. popularresistance.org Did the Great Depression of 1929 have an impact on people's genetics? This sounds an enthralling question and scientists have now found more information on this issue. In research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), it was reported that the economic recession impacted how people would age, even before they are born. The findings suggest that the cells of those conceived during the Great Depression show signs of faster ageing. | The question arises as to how the scientists map the genes of people conceived almost a century ago and how did they come to this conclusion? The answer li…

_____ (2022-11-28). Pardoning Turkeys Instead Of Humans. popularresistance.org I apologize for complaining every year when the U.S. president, no matter who it is, pardons two turkeys just before Thanksgiving. I don't think it's funny or cute or festive. I think it's an insult to every person in America who actually deserves a pardon. | It's bad enough for people like me, (or Jeffrey Sterling, Thomas Drake, or any other national security whistleblower) who have done their time, have applied for pardons from multiple presidents, and have been ignored. | Imagine what it must be like for people who are innocent of the crimes for which they were convicted. What must go through Leonard Pelletier…

____ (2022-11-28). Indigenous People Push Back Against US 'Thanksgiving Mythology'. transcend.org 24 Nov 2022 – "We will not stop telling the truth about the Thanksgiving story and what happened to our ancestors," says Kisha James, whose grandfather founded the National Day of Mourning in 1970.

Brittani Banks (2022-11-28). Populist Climate Action Requires Thinking About Freedom From Specific Oppressors—Not Just Species Survival. independentmediainstitute.org In September 2022, an international group of climate scientists published a study showing that the world was close to, or in some cases had even surpassed, key tipping points in the climate crisis that would trigger irreversible changes in the world's ecosystems. These include the collapse of the Greenland and West Antarctic Ice Sheets, tropical …

____ (2022-11-28). MNC earnings reports put nation's appeal under spotlight. ecns.cn The Chinese market has proven to be a reliable earnings engine many multinational firms cannot afford to lose or even neglect in a tough time, as the latest financial reports from many world-renowned brands have revealed.

____ (2022-11-28). Quake early warning system to be deployed in China. ecns.cn Earthquake early warning with countdown in seconds and instant seismic intensity reporting in minutes will be realized in key areas across China by the end of 2023, according to the 2022 National Conference on Seismological Science and Technology.

____ (2022-11-28). China rejects Canada's attack and smear in its newly released Indo-Pacific strategy: Embassy. ecns.cn Some Western countries, who at will undermine the international order and other countries' sovereignty, are the true disruptive force to global peace, security and development.

En.mehrnews (2022-11-28). Iran Karatekas snatch 10 medals in Russia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 28 (MNA) — Iranian karate fighters have collected a total of 10 medals in the Universe International Championship tournament held in Moscow.

En.mehrnews (2022-11-28). IRGC arrests ringleader of hostile UK-based TV channel in NW. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 28 (MNA) — One of the ringleaders of a hostile London-based TV channel calling itself "Iran International" has been arrested in Khoy City, northwestern Iran.

En.mehrnews (2022-11-28). Iran ranks 4th among top scorers in World Cup so far. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 28 (MNA) — The national Iranian men's football team has ranked the fourth among top scorers in World Cup so far.

En.mehrnews (2022-11-28). Iran experts able to repair optical fiber cables in high seas. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 28 (MNA) — Relying on their own indigenous expertise, an Iranian company could for the first time acquire the technical know-how to repair international optical fiber cables.

En.mehrnews (2022-11-28). Poland hopes Iran talks will yield results. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 28 (MNA) — The foreign ministers of Iran and Poland on Monday discussed bilateral relations, consular issues and some international developments in a telephone conversation.

En.mehrnews (2022-11-28). Training session of Team Melli before Tue. match. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 28 (MNA) — The national Iranian men's football team known as Team Melli in Iran held a training session on Tuesday a day before their match against United States.

En.mehrnews (2022-11-28). German, US companies should be brought to justice: Deputy FM. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 28 (MNA) — Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Reza Najafi said that German and American companies equipping ex-Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein with the chemical weapons must be brought to justice.

En.mehrnews (2022-11-28). Army Navy commanders meeting with Leader. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 28 (MNA) — The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei received a group of Army Navy commanders for a meeting on Monday, which marks the anniversary of the national Navy day.

Fight Back (2022-11-28). Red Theory: Socialism and the national question. fightbacknews.org The Russian Empire under the Tsar was rightly called a "prisonhouse of nations," because it oppressed, within its borders, whole nations of people. The Bolsheviks saw that it was a principal task of the socialist revolution to dismantle national oppression and support self-determination for the oppressed nations. | The United States is likewise a prisonhouse of nations, where the African American nation in the Black Belt South, the Chicano nation in the Southwest and the Hawaiian nation are all oppressed within the borders of the imperialist U.S. It will be a principal task of the socialist revolution in the U.S…

Infobrics (2022-11-28). Turkic nationalist battalion forms in Ukraine to "destroy the regime" in Russia. infobrics.org This suggests of a growing pan-Turkic ultra-nationalism emerging in the formerly communist Central Asia region.

International Women's Network for Democracy, Peace (2022-11-28). The Invasion of the Congo by Rwanda. globalresearch.ca

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-11-28). EU Accuses the US of Profiteering from the Ukraine Crisis. libya360.wordpress.com Drago Bosnic When talking about the political West, one of the most common misconceptions is that the thalassocratic power pole is a giant geopolitical monolith with a near-constant consensus on all matters. One of the pillars of the political West's power is creating an illusion that precisely this is the case. By creating a semblance…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-11-28). Two Thirds of NATO Countries Have Depleted Their Arms Stockpiles for Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Pierre Duval The conflict in Ukraine is draining the arms stocks of Western countries. The situation has become critical for the arms and ammunition stocks held by Western countries. The military engagement of the West in Ukraine is threatening their security. A financial and military stockpile drain The conflict in Ukraine, an abyss: "The war…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-11-28). Ukrainian War Crimes Become the Burden for Europe. libya360.wordpress.com Slavisha Batko Milacic The crimes of the Ukrainian army, which we can often see on social networks, horrify the entire civilized world. And if the West is the main financier and logistics provider for the Ukrainian army, the crimes committed by Ukrainian soldiers appalled even them. After the recent Ukrainian war crime in Makiivka, it…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-11-28). US Sanctions and Economic Conditions Drive Nicaraguan Migration. libya360.wordpress.com John Perry Blaming migration on "repressive dictatorships" allows Washington to pretend that its policies are helping Nicaraguans, when in fact they are impoverishing them. Why are more Nicaraguans heading north to the United States looking for jobs? Until July 2020, numbers were tiny. But in the last 1 Ω years numbers have increased sharply. Suddenly this…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-11-28). Washington is Running Out of Weapons to Give Ukraine. Is This Checkmate for U.S. Imperialism? libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea The imperialist media's big secret at the moment is that Washington is exhausting its arms supply for Ukraine. With a global series of occupations to maintain, and a military-industrial complex that prioritizes profits over outcome, the U.S. can no longer keep sending optimal or sufficiently numerous equipment. It's having to tap into its lower-quality spare…

Staff (2022-11-28). "A Forgotten Conflict": Sahrawi Activists Slam Moroccan Greenwashing Amid Western Sahara Occupation. democracynow.org As climate Sahrawi activists in occupied Western Sahara accuse Morocco of greenwashing, the Spanish Film Academy, the Spanish equivalent to the Oscars, has just given its social justice award to the Western Sahara International Film Festival and its film school. We feature our interview at the U.N. climate summit with Mahfud Bechri, who explains how Morocco sells the natural resources and wealth of Western Sahara without the consent of the Sahrawi people as part of an effort to greenwash its military occupation of Western Sahara, and his larger campaign to demand companies end complicity with the occupation. The…

Staff (2022-11-28). Minister of Culture at the International Book Fair of Venezuela: Cancellation of Russia Is Absurd & Decolonization Is a Permanent Task. orinocotribune.com "No part of the cultures of humanity can be erased or excluded and therefore the cancellation of Russian media in other countries is absurd," said Venezuela's Minister of Culture Ernesto Villegas in an exclusive interview with, in response to a question asked about and RT being banned in the West. | In the corridors of the International Book Fair of Venezuela (FILVEN) the minister highlighted that: "The cancellation of a political and cultural actor such as Russia from the international communication scene is, let us say, absurd. And we, who are always advocating for peace, believe that all voices…

Staff (2022-11-28). Venezuela to Sign Tourism Cooperation Agreement With ALBA-TCP. orinocotribune.com At the upcoming International Tourism Fair of Venezuela (Fitven 2022), Venezuela is planning to sign a cooperation agreement on tourism with the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America Peoples' Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP). | The Venezuelan Minister for Tourism, Alí Padrón, explained that the agreement will enable the identification of tourist attractions offered by each of the alliance's member nations. | A Nov…

WSWS (2022-11-28). Strong support for an international mass movement against war at Germany's University of Leipzig. wsws.org In the run-up to the international anti-war webinar hosted by the IYSSE on December 10, IYSSE members spoke to workers and young people in Leipzig about the danger of nuclear war.

Asad Ismi (2022-11-28). Sri Lanka's Neoliberal Nightmare, Widespread Famine Triggered by Covid-19 Lockdown and an Unpayable External Debt. globalresearch.ca

Martha Grevatt (2022-11-28). Día de la 'Rebelión de la Taza Roja': Los trabajadores de Starbucks hacen huelga en más de 110 tiendas. workers.org Cleveland Como explicaron los miembros en huelga de Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) mientras estaban en la línea de piquete, el Día de la Taza Roja es "como el Viernes Negro de Starbucks". En todo el mundo, la promoción atrae a un número de clientes superior a la media para el . . . |

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-11-28). Self-Determination, Referenda and the Rights of Minorities in Our Troubled World. libya360.wordpress.com Arnaud Develay In the wake of the controversies and heated debate generated in the wake of the referenda held last September in the regions of the Donbas, it became necessary for me to get some clarity on the legal issues surrounding this event. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Dr. Alfred de Zayas served as…

Tom Athanasiou (2022-11-28). COP27: Almost nothingbut something realchanged. fpif.org There is something in the modern radical mind that wants the climate negotiations to fail. Such a failure, after all, would seem to prove that this wretched system cannot be reformed, that only a revolutionary break can save humanity's future. | COP27, the climate conference in Sharm El Sheik in Egypt, was not, however, a failure. I say this despite the fact that my inbox contains, among much else, an alert from an international organization I generally support (and will not name) that tells me that "For the 27th time in its history, COP, the United Nations Convention on Climate Change, has failed. The rapid degr…

En.mehrnews (2022-11-27). Iran's Kurash fighter grabs gold medal in world competitions. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 27 (MNA) — Iran's athlete received a gold medal in the 13th World Senior Kurash Championship 2022 underway in Pune, India.

Staff (2022-11-27). Turkish-Pakistani military integration strengthens Three Brothers (nuclear) bloc against several targets. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The targeted nations are Afghanistan, Armenia, Cyprus, Greece, India, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh, Syria and Tajikistan, with Crimea and the Russian North Caucasus in the emerging bloc's large-range gunsights. RR === Also see: Three Brothers unveil world's newest military bloc Iran moves military to border in response to Azerbaijan-Turkey-Pakistan war games Nagorno-Karabakh model: Azerbaijan, …

Editor (2022-11-27). Congress' Pandemic Insider Trading. scheerpost.com

Editor (2022-11-27). Ultra-Far-Right Ben-Gvir Given National Security Ministry. scheerpost.com By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that the Likud Party of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu signed a deal on Friday with what the paper calls the "fascist" Jewish Power party of Itamar Ben-Gvir giving the latter…

Editor (2022-11-27). Patrick Lawrence: Biden Sides With Trump in Killing Obama's Iran Nuclear Deal. scheerpost.com By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost Among our mentally impaired president's more prominent campaign pledges during the 2020 political campaigns was that his national security people would negotiate America's return to the multi-sided accord governing Iran's nuclear programs. Without hesitation, I offered excellent odds that this would stand tall in Joe Biden's forest of …

Editor (2022-11-27). Their Children Struggled With Addiction. Now They're Fighting Against the War on Drugs. scheerpost.com

En.mehrnews (2022-11-27). Resolute Costa Rica snatch surprise win against Japan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 27 (MNA) — Japan missed a golden opportunity to confirm their place in the last 16 of the World Cup after suffering a surprise defeat to Costa Rica at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium.

En.mehrnews (2022-11-27). DPRK's ultimate goal is world's most powerful strategic force. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 27 (MNA) — North Korea's ultimate goal is to possess the world's most powerful strategic nuclear force, unprecedented in the last century, the country's leader, Kim Jong-un, said in a document.

Anonymous103 (2022-11-27). Iranian Parliament Approves Accession To Shanghai Cooperation Organization. southfront.org SCO summit in Dushanbe | The Iranian parliament has approved a bill on the country's accession to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). On November 27, the report of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission on the draft law on the accession of the Government of Iran to the SCO was considered at an open session of the parliament. Representatives of the Islamic Council approved the entry into the SCO by a majority vote. 205 deputies voted for the adoption of the bill. | Tehran received obser…

Dongsheng News (2022-11-27). Qatar World Cup and Panda Diplomacy. dissidentvoice.org This week's News on China in 2 minutes. ‚Ä¢ New international mediation center in Hong Kong ‚Ä¢ Growth of state-owned enterprise assets ‚Ä¢ Scientists clone mutant gene of a corn variety ‚Ä¢ Qatar World Cup and panda diplomacy…

En.mehrnews (2022-11-27). Over 100 al-Shabab terrorists killed in central Somalia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 27 (MNA) — 100 al-Shabab terrorists were killed during planned operations by Somali National Army and its international partners, days after another 49 al-Shabab militants were killed in the southern part of the lower Shabelle region.

En.mehrnews (2022-11-27). Raeisi arrives in Jask to attend Army Navy parade. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 27 (MNA) — On the occasion of the National Day of the Navy, Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi arrived in Jask in Hormozgan Province to attend the Army Navy parade.

En.mehrnews (2022-11-27). Raeisi pays visit to Army Navy parade in S Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 27 (MNA) — On the occasion of the National Day of the Navy, Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi paid a visit to the parade of subsurface, surface, and flying units of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army in the second marine area of Jask.

Fight Back (2022-11-27). Seattle students hold banner drop in protest of national 'Don't Say Gay' bill. fightbacknews.org Seattle, WA – On November 18, the University of Washington's Progressive Student Union (PSU) held a banner drop in protest of the national "Don't Say Gay" bill, introduced by Congressional Republicans last month. Officially titled the "Stop the Sexualization of Children Act of 2022," this is a national version of Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill, signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis earlier this year. The D.C. bill prohibits the use of federal funds for any topic or program related to sex education in schools. It also prohibits access of library books with LGBTQ topics to children. | Raymond Chen of PSU said,…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-11-27). Circuits of War: Biden's Technological Offensive against China. libya360.wordpress.com This article by Italian social theorist Marco d'Eramo, which originally appeared in Sidecar (a blog published by New Left Review), provides a detailed and insightful analysis of the "chip war" being waged by the US as part of its broader New Cold War on China. D'Eramo explains the profound importance of the semiconductor industry to the overall…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-11-27). Iran: From Social Mobilizations to the Direct Armed Phase. libya360.wordpress.com Mission Verdad The classic sequence of a destabilization process established in Iran under the codification of color revolution. Since mid-September, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been subjected to a new cycle of destabilization. The death of a young Kurdish-Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini (22), on September 16 was the starting point. Amini, who had been…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-11-27). The Billionaire Plot to Impose Full Corporate Dictatorship in the Core of a Declining Empire. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea The arc of capitalism is one where the system contracts, losing the robustness that it had when it was in the process of replacing feudalism. Its demand for limitless growth inevitably runs into obstacles, and that forces it to eat itself. Because there's no way for capital to reverse its decline, and the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-11-27). Weapons Handed Over to Ukraine Returned to Western Terrorists and Criminal Gangs. libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Platov A year ago, the whole world was actively debating the fate of United States weapons supplied to Afghanistan, which ended up in the hands of terrorists and criminal gangs. It should be recalled that according to Joe Biden, the total US military spending in 2001-2021 on military operations in Afghanistan exceeded $2 trillion,…

Matthew Cunningham-Cook (2022-11-27). LEVER WEEKLY: Medicare Disadvantage. levernews.com This is Lever Weekly, a recap of our work from the past week. If you only read one email from us all week, this should be it.Below you will find a breakdown of our reporting, podcasts, videos, and live events — a feature now open to all subscribers. Following that, we are providing paid subscribers with an original column, written by a member of The Lever, connecting the dots on our coverage to deliver important takeaways. In this week's column, exclusively for paid subscribers, Matthew Cunningham-Cook explores the privatization of the country's national health insurance program for seniors under the gui…

Thecommunists (2022-11-27). Oppose US 'special measures' against sovereign Nicaragua! thecommunists.org The following statement was initiated by the US-based Nicaragua Advocacy Network and has been signed by our party. ***** On 10 November 2022, an online White House statement announced that President Biden had invoked emergency powers on 24 October, declaring Nicaragua a continuing "unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of …

Ana Perdigón (2022-11-27). Venezuela and Belize Sign Agreement to Revitalize Petrocaribe. orinocotribune.com On Friday, November 25, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, and the prime minister of Belize, John Briceño, signed a joint cooperation agreement during a meeting held in the Sol del Perú Hall in Miraflores Palace to strengthen binational ties and to revitalize the Petrocaribe program. | President Maduro announced that Venezuela and Belize would be reinforcing their cooperation in the energy industry. He then added that the two leaders discussed the relaunching of Petrocaribe and analyzed the effects of the climate crisis in the region. | "We have reached a positive agreement for our countries and our peop…

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