(2022-12-05). Scott Ritter: Merkel Reveals West's Duplicity. scheerpost.com 
(2022-12-05). Lloyd Austin Says the Pentagon Is 'Aligning' Its Budget Like Never Before to Face China. news.antiwar.com Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Saturday delivered a speech where he reaffirmed that the Pentagon's top priority is countering China, which he accused of seeking to reshape the so-called "international order." "Now, the National Defense Strategy is clear-eyed about our main competitors. And that starts with the People's Republic of China (PRC)," Austin said …
(2022-12-05). Russia Becomes No. 1 Oil Supplier for India. infobrics.org Russia has become India's Top Oil supplier, edging past the traditionally dominant suppliers Saudi Arabia and Iraq, according to the energy cargo tracker Vortexa…
(2022-12-05). Russia's war in the mirror of western international law nihilism and propaganda. indybay.org With Russia's war of aggression on Ukraine and the Western response, the world may be headed in leaps and bounds toward the nuclear abyss: The escalation dynamic is gaining speed. More and more conventional weapons with better and better effect are being moved by the West to Ukraine, while asserting that they are not a party to the war.
(2022-12-05). New Report Details How Vast Military Spending By the Richest Countries Greatly Accelerates Climate Crisis. covertactionmagazine.com So why do climate justice groups like 350.org support the war in Ukraine? While the world's climate negotiators gathered for the COP27 summit in Egypt, a new report published by the Transnational Institute, a Dutch think tank, emphasizes how rising global military spending is a great threat to efforts to combat climate change. According to …
(2022-12-05). Chris Hedges: Know Thine Enemy. scheerpost.com 
The expedited legislation passed by Congress to avert a strike by railroad unions dealt one more blow in the decades long war waged by the two ruling parties against the working class.
(2022-12-05). India joins US-led military exercises as Modi government doubles down on its support for Washington's preparations for war with China. wsws.org The Malabar naval and Himalayan "high-altitude" exercise took place as India's ongoing border dispute with China enters its third winter, with Delhi and Beijing arraying vast military forces in "forward deployment" against each other.
(2022-12-05). Indian government doubles down on support for US war drive against China. wsws.org The Malabar naval and Himalayan "high-altitude" exercise took place as India's ongoing border dispute with China enters its third winter, with Delhi and Beijing arraying vast military forces in "forward deployment" against each other.
(2022-12-05). Selected Articles: Who Needs or Wants GMOs? Not the Public, Not India's Farmers. globalresearch.ca 
By Many scientists lobbying for the deregulation of agricultural biotechnology 'new genomic techniques' (NGTs) in the European Union have either direct or indirect …
(2022-12-05). Will LA's New Mayor Karen Bass Reset the City's Labor and Housing Markets? scheerpost.com 
(2022-12-05). Chinese outlook on human rights enriches global cause. ecns.cn China has formed a contemporary Chinese outlook on human rights with "people" as the center, "development" as the driving force and "a life of contentment" as the goal, and has enriched the global human rights cause.
(2022-12-05). Worthy And Unworthy Protest. popularresistance.org The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is on the verge of effectively making protest illegal. The Public Order Bill has passed in the House of Commons and is expected to be approved in the House of Lords and become law. The bill will ban any protest that "interferes with national infrastructure" or blocks construction or transportation. It gives police powers to search without "reasonable grounds." It allows for Serious Disruption Prevention Orders (SDPO) which give police the right to arrest anyone who may have violated these deliberately vague rules and prevents them from attending another pro…
(2022-12-05). COP27 achieved nothing. No surprises there. greenleft.org.au The idea of trusting the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund with "innovative approaches" to funding arrangements to assist developing countries dealing with the effects of climate change is a recipe for disaster, writes Chris Lang.
(2022-12-05). Species that now enjoy improved protection in China's tropical island paradise. ecns.cn As the most important flagship species in the Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park, the Hainan gibbon is the world's rarest primate and the most endangered among all gibbon species in the world.
(2022-12-05). Central delegation visits HK, Macao to deepen understanding of Party congress. ecns.cn Representatives from Hong Kong and Macao gathered to discuss the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China as a central government delegation arrived in the two special administrative regions.
(2022-12-05). Palestine to attend meeting of Assembly of States Parties of ICC: official. ecns.cn Palestine is to attend a meeting of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court (ICC) scheduled for Monday in The Hague, a senior Palestinian official announced on Sunday.
(2022-12-05). CPC is active promoter, staunch defender of human rights cause: report. ecns.cn The Communist Party of China (CPC) is an active promoter and staunch defender of the human rights cause, and has always included respecting and protecting human rights as a key part of national governance, says a report on China's human rights development.
(2022-12-05). Friday 12/9: Unite and Fight for our Rights, Lives, and planet. indybay.org Gather at the New Federal Building 7th and Mission | March to Powell and Market and Union Square…
(2022-12-05). Winter 2022 National Immigrant Solidarity Network Immigrant Justice News Alert! indybay.org Racist Hate and Migrantphobia Continues Under Biden…
(2022-12-05). Street Theater for Abortion Rights on Anniversary of Dobbs v. Jackson. indybay.org Street theater and songs for abortion rights | 1 min mp4 video by Lis Cox.
(2022-12-05). Resistance in Germany is growing to insolvencies, redundancies and wage dumping. wsws.org Resistance in the working class is increasingly international and directed against the sabotage of the trade union bureaucracies.
(2022-12-05). More world leaders mourn former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin. ecns.cn Leaders of many countries and international organizations continued to express their deep condolences via the phone, letters and other means to Chinese President Xi Jinping over the passing of former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin.
(2022-12-05). Whooper swans have fun in morning glow. ecns.cn Whooper swans dance with a flutter in the morning glow at Rongcheng Swan National Nature Reserve in Weihai, east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 5, 2022.
(2022-12-05). International Media Groups Urge US to Drop Julian Assange Charges in Letter. transcend.org Twelve years ago, on 28 Nov 2010, our five international media outlets–the New York Times, the Guardian, Le Monde, El País and Der Spiegel–published a series of revelations in cooperation with WikiLeaks that made the headlines around the globe. Our statement supporting the end of the US government's prosecution of Julian Assange.
(2022-12-04). Italy's Arms Lobby Won: Weapons In Kiev Throughout 2023. southfront.org 
Written by Piero Messina | Ensure the health of Calabrian citizens and supply arms to Ukraine. All in one law. This is how politics is done in Italy. When there is a goal to be achieved and a provision must be voted on, a single cauldron is created for the parliamentarians to vote on. Life and death seamless. | Someone had deluded himself that with the passage of the leadership of the Italian government from the hands of Mario Draghi to those of Giorgia Meloni the vision of the conflict in…
(2022-12-04). Raytheon Gets $1.2 Billion Contract to Produce Air Defense System for Ukraine. news.antiwar.com The US Army has awarded Raytheon a $1.2 billion contract to produce an air defense system for Ukraine as part of US military aid for the country. The contract is for six National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS), a system the US recently began providing Ukraine. The funds for the contract are coming from the …
(2022-12-04). An image of hope: Abahlali baseMjondolo's fight for dignity and land, 17 years on. peoplesdispatch.org 
On November 17, a photo exhibition titled 'Socialism or Death: Abahlali baseMjondolo on the Frontlines of Struggle' opened at The Forge in Johannesburg. The work displayed chronicles the years-long struggle of South Africa's shack dwellers movement to secure land and housing for the urban poor…
(2022-12-04). Clare Daly ripping NATO a new one. mronline.org 
Clare Daly Member of the European Parliament…
(2022-12-04). Matt Taibbi: Munk Debate on Mainstream Media. scheerpost.com 
(2022-12-04). The Chris Hedges Report: The Fed's Response to Inflation Is Another Upward Transfer of Wealth (With Richard Wolff ). scheerpost.com Capitalist profiteering is the real driver of the inflation crisis, and raising interest rates only passes the costs onto workers already overwhelmed by personal debt and stagnant wages.
(2022-12-04). US Youth Observe Cuba's Elections—and Learn About 'Real Democracy'. scheerpost.com 
A delegation of youth from the United States observed Cuba's November 2022 municipal elections and offer an inside look into a true people's democracy, where workers decide who will govern them, not wealthy oligarchs and corporations.
(2022-12-04). They Begin To Suspect Something… smoothiex12.blogspot.com 
(2022-12-04). More Than 500 Labor Historians Condemn Biden's Freight Rail Intervention. progressivehub.net AARON GORDON | VICE…
(2022-12-04). Does Claiming 1.5 ∞ Is Unachievable Serve Fossil Fuel Interests? scheerpost.com 
By Mitchell Beer | The Energy Mix It's "factually incorrect and politically very wrong" to say a 1.5 ∞C limit on average global warming is no longer possible, International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol said this week, pushing back on the "unusual coalition" of scientists, activists, and fossil industry "incumbents" that have been carrying that …
(2022-12-04). Workers World Party statement Solidarity with railroad workers! workers.org 
President Joe Biden has just signed legislation, passed by both houses of Congress, imposing a contract between Class One freight rail companies and the 11 railroad unions. Thus with the stroke of a pen, the CEO of the capitalist state, Biden, stripped these unions of their most basic right: the . . . |
(2022-12-04). Workers World Party statement: Solidarity with railroad workers! workers.org President Joe Biden has just signed legislation, passed by both houses of Congress, imposing a contract between Class One freight rail companies and the 11 railroad unions. Thus with the stroke of a pen, the CEO of the capitalist state, Biden, stripped these unions of their most basic right: the . . . |
(2022-12-04). Video: Does the Virus Exist? Has SARS-CoV-2 Been Isolated? Interview with Christine Massey. globalresearch.ca "is there reliable evidence that SARS-CoV-2 has been isolated from an "unadulterated sample taken from a diseased patient"? | Christine Massey submitted Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to some 90 Health /Science institutions.
(2022-12-04). Latin America's Plan To Challenge US Dollar With New Currency. popularresistance.org The US dollar is used in the majority of international trade, and its status as the global reserve currency gives the United States an "exorbitant privilege" that underpins its geopolitical and economic dominance. | Yet opposition to Washington's hegemony is growing around the world. Institutions of Eurasian integration are proposing their own currencies and payment systems. Latin America, too, has ambitious plans to end its dependence on the US dollar. | Prominent economist Andrés Arauz, a leftist leader who came close to winning Ecuador's 2021 presidential elections, published a blueprint for a "new regional fi…
(2022-12-04). The Secret Reason The US Is Still In Syria. popularresistance.org Syria has drifted from the headlines, but the U.S. is still stealing their oil, occupying large swaths of their land, and economically obliterating them. | This month, UN special rapporteur Alena Douhan came back from Syria and demanded an end to all sanctions imposed by US and its allies. | In her statement, Douhan said, "The economy is hostage to a protracted economic crisis with growing inflation and frequent devaluation of the national currency" — Basically, most Syrians can do nothing but hope to survive. | These are not fighters, these are not terrorists hurling grenades at Americans. These are comple…
(2022-12-04). The Volatility Of US Hegemony In Latin America, Part III. popularresistance.org US and other western central banks — what Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega calls the "gang of assassins who control the global economy" — maintained low interest rates for much of the last decade which encouraged countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to take out large loans. | Starting around 2021, interest rates were slowly raised. Coincident, the pandemic hit and developing countries were forced to go further into debt to fund Covid measures and cushion the effects of the economic dislocation. In these volatile times, the value of the US dollar has increased on international markets. | For…
(2022-12-04). More world leaders mourn passing of former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin. ecns.cn Leaders of many countries and international organizations continued to express their deep condolences by phone, letter and other means to Chinese President Xi Jinping over the passing of former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin.
(2022-12-04). (100 great changes) The Yellow River: A 'mother river' benefiting its people. ecns.cn On October 30, 2022, the Yellow River Protection Law of China was approved at a meeting of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, which means the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River basin has become a law to abide by.
(2022-12-04). International lawyers' organization adopts resolutions to free Salah Hamouri and the Holy Land Five, condemn German anti-Palestinian repression. samidoun.net 
The International Association of Democratic Lawyers, an international alliance of lawyers and legal organizations accredited to ECOSOC and UNESCO, convened its Council meeting virtually on 3-4 December 2022, considering a number of important issues. The IADL, which brings together progressive lawyers and legal organizations from all continents, addressed a wide variety of global topics during …
(2022-12-04). Britain uses "aid" to Afghanistan as a cover for imperialist domination. wsws.org Far from providing humanitarian aid and relief in the aftermath of the NATO-led war and occupation, these financial flows served the imperialist powers' geostrategic and military agenda. International institutions such as the World Bank and United Nations were mobilized in this endeavour.
(2022-12-04). UNE no prevé afectaciones por déficit de capacidad de generación en el horario diurno este domingo. cubadebate.cu La Unión Eléctrica informó que la disponibilidad del SEN a las 07: 00 de este domingo era de de 2 270 MW y la demanda, de 1 780 MW, con toda la demanda servida. No se prevén afectaciones por déficit de capacidad de generación en el horario diurno durante la jornada dominical. Para el pico nocturno se estima una disponibilidad de 2 544 MW y una afectación de 326 MW.
(2022-12-04). Cuba Goes on a Diplomatic Tour In An Increasingly Multipolar World. progressivehub.net MANOLO DE LOS SANTOS | INDEPENDENT MEDIA INSTITUTE…
(2022-12-03). Alastair Crooke: Europe a VASSAL of the US, Destroying Itself Over Ukraine-Russia War! thealtworld.com Going Underground is back on air for the first time since April, now broadcasting to you from Dubai, the heart of the Middle East! For our return episode we speak to Alastair Crooke, the Founder and Director of Conflicts Forum. | He discusses Europe's and the US' declining narrative hegemony with China, India and Brazil taking their own independent positions on the Russia-Ukraine War, the coming showdown with China and the US using Europe as pawns in heating up the rivalry and attempts, the economic self-destruction of Europe via sanctions on Russia and economic divorce with China resulting in the US plucking non…
(2022-12-03). NATO exists to solve the problems created by NATO's existence. mronline.org 
NATO has doubled down on its determination to eventually add Ukraine to its membership, renewing its 2008 commitment to that goal in a meeting between the foreign ministers of the alliance in Bucharest, Romania this past Tuesday.
(2022-12-03). New York Times Has Found New Neo-Nazi Troops To Lionize In Ukraine. popularresistance.org The New York Times has found another neo-Nazi militia to fawn over in Ukraine. The Bratstvo battalion "gave access to the New York Times to report on two recent riverine operations," which culminated in a piece (11/21/22) headlined "On the River at Night, Ambushing Russians." | Since the US-backed Maidan coup in 2014, establishment media have either minimized the far-right ideology that guides many Ukrainian nationalist detachments or ignored it completely. | Anti-war outlets, including FAIR (1/28/22, 3/22/22), have repeatedly highlighted this dynamic—particularly regarding corporate media's lionization of…
(2022-12-03). Sri Lankan president hints at dangers of conflict in Indian Ocean. wsws.org Sri Lanka is coming under intensifying pressure to line up with the US-led confrontation with China in the Indo-Pacific.
(2022-12-03). They want to lead us into war — interview with historic African leader from Mali. workers.org 
By Raphaà´l Schmeller This interview with Aminata Dramane Traoré was first published Nov. 30 in the German newspaper junge Welt (jW). Traoré is an author, human rights activist and former Minister of Culture in Mali. She discusses the chaos caused by Western states in the Sahel and the interests of . . . |
(2022-12-03). Cops are asking to kill people with robots. What could go wrong? mronline.org 
The U.S. military has been killing people with robots for decades now, and the nation's local police now seem eager to get in on the action.
(2022-12-03). War Is a Cancel Culture [VIDEO]. scheerpost.com People working within the US government or military who report something wrong related to their work can face a life of ostracization,
(2022-12-03). The fiscal requirement of a welfare state. mronline.org 
(2022-12-03). Nuclear Waste Still Pollutes Vast Swaths Of The U.S. Landscape. progressivehub.net MARK OLALDE, MOLLIE SIMON AND ALEX MIERJESKI | PROPUBLICA…
(2022-12-03). The Railway Labor Crisis Tells Us A Lot About Democrats' Priorities. progressivehub.net LUKE SAVAGE | JACOBIN…
(2022-12-03). Who Will Pay for an Overheating Earth. scheerpost.com 
Unlike the northern powers largely responsible for the greenhouse gases that created this growing set of disasters, as Stan and Priti Gulati Cox explain, the countries of the Global South can't afford to pay for what's happening to them.
(2022-12-03). 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.
(2022-12-03). [Comment] Monkeypox virus infection in women and non-binary people: uncommon or neglected? thelancet.com In 2022, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, monkeypox re-emerged globally as a new and additional infectious threat for countries outside Africa, and it was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by WHO.1,2 During this multicountry monkeypox outbreak, which has comprised more than 80‚Äà488 cases to Nov 21, 2022 according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, new epidemiological and clinical features have been observed, including genital primary presentation, an association with sexual activity, and a predominance among men, particularly adult men who have sex with m…
(2022-12-03). Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant In Center Of Military & Diplomatic Storm. southfront.org 
| The security situation around Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant remains very tense amid reports on the talks on the establishment of a 'safe zone' around the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant has been developing. | On December 3, Rafael Grossi Director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency claimed that IAEA expects that the safe zone agreement could be reached in the nearest future. According to him, the agreement is 'on the table'. | Earlier, the head of Rosatom Aleksey Likhachev stated that tha…
(2022-12-03). In Video: Turkey's Akƒ±ncƒ± Combat Drone Tests New Miniature Glide Bomb. southfront.org A Bayraktar Akƒ±ncƒ± combat drone. Source: the Turkish Ministry of National Defense. | On December 2, Turkey's major drone manufacturer Bayraktar announced that the Bayraktar Akƒ±ncƒ± combat drone has successfully test-fired Aselsan's Miniature Bomb, also known as Tolun. | During the live-fire test, an Akƒ±ncƒ± drone, carrying four Tolun bombs on a single hardpoints, flew from Tekirdag towards the Karapƒ±nar sh…
(2022-12-03). Snow leopard spotted in China's giant panda national park. ecns.cn Images of a snow leopard has been captured by two infrared cameras in the Wenchuan area of the Giant Panda National Park in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
(2022-12-03). Iran condemns US sanctions at UN BWC Revision Conference. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 03 (MNA) — Managing director of the Foreign Ministry International Peace and Security Office in a speech at the Ninth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention condemned US sanctions, which he said breach conventions.
(2022-12-03). US, European countries have never been trustworthy. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 03 (MNA) — The deputy Iranian parliament speaker has said the US and European countries have never been trustworthy, adding US's withdrawal from the JCPOA is a clear example of Washington's disrespect for international agreements.
(2022-12-03). SDS stands with railroad workers. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement by Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). | Students for a Democratic Society stands in unconditional solidarity with the railroad workers of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division (BMWED-IBT), SMART-TD, the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, and the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen as they fight determinedly for a fair contract and livable conditions on and off the job. We stand with them in their rejection of the appalling deal crafted by the Biden Administration, and we stand with them in defending their right to strike…
(2022-12-03). ICJ rules that Bolivia and Chile both have right to use disputed river. peoplesdispatch.org The International Court of Justice (ICJ), on Thursday, December 2, delivered its verdict on the dispute between Bolivia and Chile over the use of the waters of the Silala river, which originates in Bolivia and crosses Chile. The Hague-based United Nations court ruled that "Silala is an international watercourse," and that both countries have "the right to an equitable and reasonable use" of its waters. | The ICJ also established that Bolivia has the sovereign right over the Silala spring as well as the right to dismantle or make modifications to the artificial channels that carry water from its territory to the n…
(2022-12-03). Will Lehman, socialist candidate for UAW president, wins 4,777 votes amid anemic turnout. wsws.org Despite a massive effort at voter suppression by the United Auto Workers bureaucracy in the union's presidential election, Lehman won 4.6 percent of the vote, having run on an explicitly socialist and internationalist program.