(2022-12-09). NDAA Includes Unprecedented Military Support for Taiwan. news.antiwar.com The 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes legislation that will give unprecedented US military support to Taiwan, a step that Beijing will view as a major provocation and the US moving further away from the one-China policy. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said including the new support …
(2022-12-09). Indian students and workers support December 10 rally to build international anti-war movement. wsws.org Supporters of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) in India have received significant support from workers and students in their campaign to build the international online rally, "For a mass movement of youth and students to stop the war in Ukraine!" organized by the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) on December 10.
(2022-12-09). French students support December 10 IYSSE rally for an international anti-war movement. wsws.org Students who spoke to SEP members in France denounced the impact of the NATO-Russia war in Ukraine on inflation, energy supply and the threat of a nuclear escalation.
(2022-12-09). Zimbabwe Wants to Join BRICS. infobrics.org Originally comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, the group has over the years expanded to be known as BRICS Plus by incorporating other nations outside the five members…
(2022-12-09). New York City: Sick days are a human right! workers.org 
A coalition of unions, activists and workers' rights groups protested Dec. 7, outside and inside Grand Central Station in New York City, to demand full sick pay and labor rights for the 115,000 rail workers who transport essential goods. Their 11 unions were denied the constitutional right to strike by . . . |
(2022-12-09). Demolition of Stadium 974 for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 begins. ecns.cn The stadium was primarily built using 974 repurposed shipping containers – 974 is the dialing code for Qatar. It will be fully dismantled after the World Cup and could be shipped to countries that need the infrastructure.
(2022-12-09). Union strong at Houston Starbucks. workers.org 
credit: Houston DSA Supporters gathered at the Starbucks in Houston's huge medical center for a "Sip In" on Dec. 2 to support workers there who signed union cards. They are expected to have an election after the holidays. A vast majority of Starbucks workers signed union cards, and organizers . . . |
(2022-12-09). The torturous process of executions. workers.org 
During the 48 hours from the morning of Nov. 16 to the evening of Nov. 17, four men on death rows in four states — Arizona, Alabama, Oklahoma and Texas — were scheduled to be executed. Death by lethal injection. Credit: Al Jazeera English Three did take place, but in Alabama . . . |
(2022-12-09). Motorcycle popularity begins to accelerate. ecns.cn Nationally, 5.34 million motorcycles were newly registered for use in the first half of this year, an increase of 1.08 million or 25.38 percent compared with the number of the same period last year.
(2022-12-09). The geopolitical confrontation between China and the alliance of the West and Peace logic. indybay.org The main issue is monopolarity or multipolarity. And this also raises the question of geopolitical hegemony. In other words, whether Western interests will remain supreme and Western value systems will therefore be of universal significance? Or to what extent the emerging and developing countries are in a position to no longer be primarily the object of international events?>
(2022-12-09). At the behest of world capitalism, Chinese Communist Party opens China to COVID-19. wsws.org The demand for mass infection in China comes not from the Chinese people but from international finance capital.
(2022-12-09). Cuba and the Caribbean as One. orinocotribune.com By Gustavo A. Maranges Dec 6, 2022 | Usually, when we talk about international summits, the only thing we think about is G-7, G-20, NATO, BRICS, ASEAN, and some others—but we seldom think about the ones led by small states. These are maybe the most transparent, the most honest, and even the most productive for the states of the Global South. | A clear example is the 8th Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM)-Cuba Summit, which ended just a few hours ago. Unlike the big summits—which usually remain at the diplomatic level, the photo, the grandiloquent statements—this is a family me…
(2022-12-09). "If they use the nuclear bombs nothing will be left," Sri Lankan student tells IYSSE campaigners. wsws.org Campaigns by the SEP and IYSSE in Sri Lanka for the global IYSSE anti-war webinar have won significant support from youth and workers who were shocked to learn of the rising danger of a nuclear world war.
(2022-12-08). The ADL Declares Ukraine's Azov Battalion "No Longer 'Far-Right'" libya360.wordpress.com Alexander Rubinstein The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has emailed The Grayzone a defense of the Azov Battalion and refused to condemn the Pentagon for honoring a veteran of the group who sports Nazi-inspired tattoos. A November 9 email from the Anti-Defamation League to The Grayzone provided a twisted defense of Ukraine's Azov Battalion. Despite its self-proclaimed…
(2022-12-08). India Now Strong Trade Partner of Russia, Expected to Remain So in 2023. infobrics.org Amid significant bilateral trade volatility between Russia and nearly all other markets due to the war in Ukraine, India has emerged as a strong trade partner of Russia and is expected to remain so in 2023, according to a new S&P Global Market Intelligence report…
(2022-12-08). Senate Candidate Diane Sare Reveals How She Ended Up on Ukraine's Notorious 'Info Terrorist' Hit List. scheerpost.com 
Senate candidate Diane Sare has been very outspoken against US funding and arming the proxy war in Ukraine, landing her on the Ukrainian government's notorious list of "information terrorists."
(2022-12-08). US Weighs Giving Ukraine Cluster Bombs. news.antiwar.com According to a report from CNN, the Biden administration is considering a request from Ukraine to provide cluster bombs, munitions that are banned by over 100 countries under an international treaty due to the harm they cause to civilians. Cluster munitions scatter small bombs over large areas, making them more indiscriminate than other munitions. The …
(2022-12-08). West Ignores Evidence of Ukrainian Torture and Use of Prohibited Weapons When Making 'War Crimes' Claims. libya360.wordpress.com Olga Sukharevskaya, This week, Ukraine celebrated its Armed Forces Day. This public holiday was introduced in 1993 to replace Red Army Day, which was a Soviet holiday. Ironically, it also marks the anniversary of the 1240 fall of Kiev to the Mongol invasion led by Batu Khan. While not comparable to exploits of the Golden…
(2022-12-08). Indian and Chinese Drugmakers Eye More Active Expansion into Russian Market. infobrics.org Leading Indian and Chinese drugmakers are considering accelerating their expansion into the Russian market — in a move to fill vacant niches that appeared after the reduction of presence of Western pharmaceutical companies in recent months…
(2022-12-08). Northern Plains tribes bring back their wild 'relatives'. peoplesworld.org 
FORT BELKNAP AGENCY, Mont. (AP) — Native species such as swift foxes and black-footed ferrets disappeared from the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation generations ago, wiped out by poisoning campaigns, disease and farm plows that turned open prairie where nomadic tribes once roamed into cropland and cattle pastures. Now with guidance from elders and outside wildlife …
(2022-12-08). Elections in India: What Explains Three Different Outcomes—Delhi to Gujarat to Himachal? Modi's BJP is "Vulnerable"? globalresearch.ca
(2022-12-08). Nothing Good Will Come from the New Cold War with Australia as a Frontline State. libya360.wordpress.com Tricontinental The US Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), steams in formation with ships from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Royal Australian Navy, and Indian Navy during Exercise Malabar 2022. Photo: Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael B. Jarmiolowski/US Navy On 15 November 2022, during the G20 summit in Bali (Indonesia),…
(2022-12-08). Glenn Greenwald on the State of Free Speech In Our Monopolized Internet. scheerpost.com Glenn Greenwald delivers two astutely frightening monologues on the state of free speech in an internet space dominated by Big Tech monopolies.
(2022-12-08). Daniel Ellsberg: Indict Me Too. scheerpost.com 
Daniel Ellsberg has called on the U.S. to indict him for having the same unauthorized possession of classified material as Julian Assange. Ellsberg follows the Cryptome.org founder who has also invited prosecution, reports Joe Lauria.
(2022-12-08). Journalism Defenders Push for Passage of 'Game-Changing' PRESS Act. scheerpost.com 
"The PRESS Act is the most important free press legislation in modern times because it would finally stop the government from spying on journalists and threatening them with arrest for doing their jobs," explained one advocate.
(2022-12-08). Revealing New Evidence in Abu Akleh's Killing, Al Jazeera Sues Israeli Forces at ICC. scheerpost.com 
(2022-12-08). Decolonization, multipolarity, and the demise of the Monroe Doctrine. mronline.org 
December 3, 2023 marked the 200th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine.
(2022-12-08). Musk's Neuralink kills 1,500 animals in research rush, faces Federal probe. mronline.org 
The medical device company is facing staff backlash over animal testing and complaints that Elon Musk is pressuring them to accelerate experiments.
(2022-12-08). The China protests; legitimate grievances hijacked by outside elements. mronline.org 
In a classic color revolution style, the "A4 Revolution" has been given coordinated sympathetic coverage by the mainstream media.
(2022-12-08). Trump is the Opposable Thumb of the Establishment. scheerpost.com 
(2022-12-08). Black Market in broad daylight. mronline.org 
U.S. school kids, hospital patients, and prison inmates share food poisoning, while food liquidators boast they turn "trash into treasure."
(2022-12-08). Mark Fiore: Fast Track to the Gilded Age (Video). scheerpost.com Republicans and Democrats in Congress recently joined together to force rail workers to accept a contract with exactly zero paid sick days and one measly "personal day." Thanks to the 1926 Railway Labor Act, lawmakers sided with (surprise, surprise!) multibillion dollar rail corporations instead of workers. If you're like me, you may have thought of freight rail …
(2022-12-08). New York Times Union Workers Plan Walkout Over Pay. scheerpost.com 
"Our collective action is working: Management backed off its attempt to kill our pension and agreed to expand fertility benefits," the union said of ongoing talks. "But management still barely budged on some of our most important priorities."
(2022-12-08). Will America's Forever Prison Finally Close on Biden's Watch? scheerpost.com 
(2022-12-08). Israel scores own goal with World Cup charm offensive. electronicintifada.net Solidarity with Palestine couldn't be missed in Qatar.
(2022-12-08). Media's Crime Hype And Scapegoating Led To Crackdown On Unhoused People. popularresistance.org New York City, New York – For some time now, news media have been conflating crime, homelessness and mental illness, demonizing and dehumanizing people without homes while ignoring the structural causes leading people to sleep on subways and in other public spaces. With New York City Mayor Eric Adams' latest announcement that he would hospitalize, against their will, unhoused people with mental health conditions—even those deemed to pose no risk to others—in the name of "public safety," the local papers once again revealed a propensity to highlight official narratives and try to erase their own role i…
(2022-12-08). Why America Aims to Deindustrialize Europe. southfront.org 
| Written by Imperialism has always been — and always is — control of foreign governments. This is especially control of those governments' foreign policies — international trade, military, diplomatic, etc., and not merely (if at all) domestic policies (which always are of far less concern to the rulers in the imperial nation — in this case, Am…
(2022-12-08). Five Militants Killed, Wounded Or Captured In Syrian Army Ambush In Northern Lattakia. southfront.org 
. | On December 8, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) ambushed a reconnaissance group of the 1st Coastal Division in the northern Lattakia countryside. | The reconnaissance group, which was made up of five militants, was scouting key frontline positions of the army near the village of al-Tuffahiyeh when it was ambushed. | The 1st Coastal Division is a key faction of the so-called National Front for Liberation, a coalition of Turkey's proxies in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater…
(2022-12-08). U.S. Internationalizes Iran's Unrest. independentmediainstitute.org The ongoing unrest in Iran since mid-September following the death of a Kurdish woman in police custody shows no signs of abating as of now. The unrest has drawn support from all social strata and assumed anti-government overtones. The efficacy of suppressing the unrest is doubtful. Iran is entering a period of turmoil. Indeed, the …
(2022-12-08). On International Human Rights Day, Canada Must Remember the Palestinians. globalresearch.ca
(2022-12-08). Primitive freshwater sponges found in SW China's nature reserve. ecns.cn A large number of freshwater sponges have been found recently in the Xishui national nature reserve of southwest China's Guizhou Province.
(2022-12-08). Xi sends congratulatory letter to association of PRC national history. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping has sent a congratulatory letter to the Association of National History of the People's Republic of China on its 30th founding anniversary.
(2022-12-08). One-year-on: China's first five national parks. ecns.cn China's first group of national parks, officially established last October, have made new progress in promoting ecological conservation.
(2022-12-08). Newly Found Secret Trump Docs Could Trigger New FBI Search, Experts Say. truthout.org Legal experts were stunned after former President Donald Trump's lawyers found more documents marked classified in his Florida storage facility months after the Justice Department launched its criminal investigation into national security documents Trump kept after leaving the White House. Lawyers for Trump in recent weeks found at least two items marked classified at a storage unit in West Palm… |
(2022-12-08). North-South ITC and Sea Line Between China and Saint-Petersburg to Unload Eastern Routes. infobrics.org North-South international transport corridor (ITC) and a sea container line between China and Saint-Petersburg will contribute to logistics optimization through unloading of the eastern routes…
(2022-12-08). CFMMEU opposes 'reckless AUKUS military alliance'. greenleft.org.au The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union adopted a resolution against AUKUS at its recent national conference. Kerry Smith reports.
(2022-12-08). Digital Currency "Goes Live" in Africa? Nigeria Limits ATM Withdrawals to Promote Digital Currency. globalresearch.ca
(2022-12-08). Confronting the IHRA definition and the attack on the Palestine movement: Israel is a racist endeavour. samidoun.net 
For several years, apologists and supporters of colonialism and Zionism in Palestine have promoted the adoption of the "International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism." The primary function of the IHRA definition serves to link anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism. Rather than addressing the main sources of anti-Semitism today (primarily the Western far right), seven of …
(2022-12-08). International Pandemic Treaty: WHO Meets to Impose Censorship of "Misinformation" globalresearch.ca
(2022-12-08). UK government mounts state offensive against striking workers. wsws.org The struggle by workers in Britain is an advanced expression of a developing movement of the working class internationally. In every country, the working class is fighting back against the demands by governments and corporations that they sacrifice their living standards, working conditions, pensions and jobs.
(2022-12-08). IYSSE campaigns at UK universities and town centres for international anti-war rally on December 10. wsws.org Thousands of copies of the statement, "
(2022-12-08). House Passes Record $858 Billion NDAA. news.antiwar.com The House on Thursday passed the massive $858 billion 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in a vote of 350-80, sending the bill to the Senate, where a vote is expected to be held next week. The $858 billion NDAA is $45 billion more than President Biden asked for, marking the second year in a …
(2022-12-08). Fort Worth protest demands justice for Atatiana Jefferson. fightbacknews.org Fort Worth, TX – On Saturday, December 5, over 20 protesters showed up at the Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center in downtown Fort Worth, where Fort Work police officer Aaron Dean was on trial for the murder of Atatiana Jefferson. | Jefferson, an African-American woman was shot by Dean, who fired through her window with no warning while she was playing videogames with her nephew. The protest demanded justice for her and condemned the court for not including any African Americans on the jury. The rally was organized by the National Alliance Against Racism and Political Repression – Dallas. | Rick Majumdar of NAARPR…
(2022-12-08). More of the Absurd: US May Reject Underwater Cable with Cuba due to 'National Security Risks'. orinocotribune.com By Alejandra Garcia Dec 4, 2022 | Cuba is once again at the center of Washington's hostilities. Last week, it was news that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) suggested rejecting the installation of an undersea telecommunications cable connecting the two countries, which would help facilitate internet access for Cubans. The justification: The White House fears that this deployment would endanger the national security of the North American country. | The recommendation was made to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The DOJ asked the FCC Telecom team to deny the ARCOS-1 underwater cable network to d…
(2022-12-07). A Fascist Alliance that Threatens World War. libya360.wordpress.com Thierry Meyssan Capable of the Worst, the Union of Certain Rulers Makes World War Possible The Second World War can serve as a lesson to us. It did not appear in a serene sky. It was not a battle of the Good guys against the Bad guys. It was triggered by an unforeseen gathering of…
(2022-12-07). Daniel Kovalik: 'World War III Has Begun'. orinocotribune.com The US lawyer and peace activist Dan Kovalik visited Donetsk, where the Ukrainian army bombed a school, a football stadium, and a monastery without the Western media reporting these war crimes. | The author of the book The Plot To Overthrow Venezuela: How The US Is Orchestrating a Coup for Oil reveals that the US military is directly involved in the war in Ukraine. | Mohsen Abdelmoumen: You are in Russia at the moment and you are following the conflict in Ukraine. Can you give us an update on the situation in the field? | Daniel Kovalik: I was in Donetsk and can say that the situation there is very stable. While…
(2022-12-07). Daniel Kovalik: World War III Has Begun (Interview). orinocotribune.com Algerian journalist Mohsen Abdelmoumen interviewed US lawyer and peace activist Dan Kovalik who recently visited Donetsk, where the Ukrainian army bombed a school, a football stadium, and a monastery, without the Western media reporting these war crimes. | The author of the book The Plot To Overthrow Venezuela: How The US Is Orchestrating a Coup for Oil reveals that the US military is directly involved in the war in Ukraine. | Mohsen Abdelmoumen: You are in Russia at the moment and you are following the conflict in Ukraine. Can you give us an update on the situation in the field? | Daniel Kovalik: I was in Donets…
(2022-12-07). Russian Army Targets Ukrainian Radars, Air-Defense Systems With Lancet Drones (Video). southfront.org 
MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA JUNE 25, 2019: A ZALA Lancet-3 attack drone developed by Kalashnikov Concern on display at the Army 2019 International Military Technical Forum at Patriot Park. Marina Lystseva/TASS | On December 5, Russia's Izvestia released footage documenting recent strikes with Lancet loitering munitions on Ukrainian radars and air-defense systems in the special military operation zone. | The footage shows strikes on a P-18 long-range VHF radar and a 36D6 long-range surveillance and mi…
(2022-12-07). Report: Ukraine Asks NATO For Leftover Afghanistan Funds. news.antiwar.com NATO is considering using a $3.4 billion fund that was meant to support the now-defunct US-backed Afghan government to provide more aid for Ukraine, POLITICO reported on Wednesday. Known as the Afghan National Army Trust Fund, the money was donated by individual NATO countries. The report said that Kyiv has asked NATO to consider using …
(2022-12-07). India Categorically Rules Out Imposing The West's Price Cap On Russian Oil. southfront.org 
Jaishankar highlights that Europe imports more Russian energy than India. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar shut down any ideas of implementing the West's price cap on Russian oil when speaking to his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock. He also highlighted the fact that his country's procurement of Russian oil was just one-sixth of the European purchase in the last nine months. | At a media briefing followi…
(2022-12-07). Russian Envoy Quotes Popular Hindi Saying to Describe India Ties. infobrics.org During the inauguration, the Russian envoy Denis Alipov also hoped that the Indian public will be impressed by the flavour and culture of Russia…
(2022-12-07). EXCERPT: Brussels Conference Act of 1890. mronline.org 
The 1890 Brussels Act provided Europeans with the legal and humanitarian justification for the colonization of Africa. Why have so few heard of it?>
(2022-12-07). Merkel reveals West's duplicity. mronline.org 
War, it seems, was the only option Russia's opponents had ever considered.
(2022-12-07). Goa Welcomes Russian Tourists Again as Direct Flight from Moscow Resumes. infobrics.org Russia's largest airline Aeroflot has resumed regular flights to Goa with an Airbus A330 arriving at the Dabolim Airport…
(2022-12-07). Meet the Brutal Proxy Force Fighting the Russians. libya360.wordpress.com Evan Reif [Source: greydynamics.com] The story of the Georgian Legion is more than just battles and atrocities. Far from the battlefield, thousands of people are now soldiers on a second, digital front. They are engaged in both propaganda and attack, relentlessly swarming anyone who dares to question approved narratives. These are not random Internet trolls;…
(2022-12-07). Campaign for December 10 rally to build international anti-war movement reaches students across Canada. wsws.org Canadian imperialism is playing a major role in the US-led war, which is aimed at subordinating Russia to the status of a semi-colony, plundering its rich natural resources, and extending the control of the Western imperialist powers over the Eurasian landmass.
(2022-12-07). Bombshell. India's "Shock" and Sudden Excess Mortality (April-July 2021), Caused by Covid Vaccine Rollout In its Early Stages? globalresearch.ca
(2022-12-07). 1st Tsinghua Higher Education Forum Explores New Role of Universities in A Changing World. ecns.cn The evening of November 29 saw the 1st Tsinghua Higher Education Forum initiated by Tsinghua University in Beijing, themed by "New role of universities in a changing world: Big issues to shape emerging futures". Du Yubo, President of the China Association of Higher Education, Wang Xiqin, President of Tsinghua University, and Nicholas B. Dirks, the 10th Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley attended the opening ceremony of the Forum, presided over by Yang Bin, Vice President of Tsinghua University.
(2022-12-07). Sudan's Revolutionary Forces Reject Transition Deal, Vow to Continue Resistance. libya360.wordpress.com Tanupriya Singh The Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) and Sudan's military junta have signed an initial framework agreement for a 'civilian-led' transition. However, the agreement has been rejected by the country's revolutionary forces as a betrayal of the December Revolution On Monday, December 5, the Forces of Freedom and Change (FCC) in Sudan, a…
(2022-12-07). Biden and the Progressive Caucus smash labour strike on behalf of railway barons. mronline.org 
By rejecting paid sick leave for rail workers, Congress put profits over people.
(2022-12-07). Ellen Brown: What Does the Fed's Jerome Powell Have Up His Sleeve? scheerpost.com 
(2022-12-07). How Houston Halved Homelessness—and What California Can Learn From It. scheerpost.com 
(2022-12-07). US Railroad Workers 'Under the Thumb'. scheerpost.com 
By Jack Rasmus / CounterPunch Probably the most important US labor event of 2022 has been the 115,000 US railroad workers and their unions attempt to bargain a new contract with the super profitable Railroad companies. As of December 2, 2022, however, that negotiations has not turned out well for the workers. The US government—the …
(2022-12-07). Warnock Defeats Walker in Georgia, Giving Democrats 51-49 Senate Majority. scheerpost.com 
(2022-12-07). International Day of Solidarity with Palestine. workers.org 
Credit: Joe Piette Philadelphia City officials and other political leaders and community activists celebrated a city proclamation recognizing Nov. 29 as International Day of Solidarity with Palestine. The event featured speakers as well as placards and huge Palestinian flags. When a small number of pro-Israel reactionaries turned out to harass . . . |
(2022-12-07). Rich nations doubly responsible for greenhouse gas emissions. mronline.org 
Natural flows do not respect national boundaries. The atmosphere and oceans cross international borders with little difficulty, as greenhouse gases (GHGs) and other fluids, including pollutants, easily traverse frontiers.
(2022-12-07). Capitalists have two parties, can't we workers have at least one? peoplesworld.org 
There are a variety of economic classes in the United States today. We have our big capitalists who employ hundreds of thousands of workers, our medium-size capitalists who have hundreds of workers, and our small capitalists who may have anywhere from one to several dozen employees. Then we have our petty-bourgeoisie, who own their own …
(2022-12-07). We Need a Smaller Pentagon. otherwords.org Can you imagine the audacity to fail a multi-trillion dollar audit of public funds, and then ask for even more of those taxpayer dollars? | Pentagon leaders just did exactly that. | This month news broke that the agency once again failed to pass a basic audit showing that it knows where its money goes. And instead of holding out for any kind of accountability, Congress stands
(2022-12-07). Members elect militants 'A new, more aggressive UAW'. workers.org 
Striking UAW-represented student workers at University of California-San Diego, Nov. 14. For over 70 years, the International Executive Board (IEB) of the United Auto Workers union has been dominated almost exclusively by the same class-collaborationist faction. A new militant team — UAW Members United, which ran on a platform of . . . |
(2022-12-07). Forces behind the escalation of anti-Semitism. workers.org 
Ever since extreme right-wing multibillionaire Elon Musk bought Twitter on Oct. 27, there has been an alarming increase of anti-Semitic attacks online and threats of physical violence at synagogues and other places. While laying off a huge sector of workers who helped monitor hate speech, Musk reinstated the Twitter accounts . . . |
(2022-12-07). Good News for the 65 Million Americans Who Rely on Social Security. otherwords.org Social Security was on the ballot in Georgia's December 6 run-off election. | Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock's re-election victory there should be good news for Gold Star families, paralyzed veterans, seniors, and indeed all of Social Security's over 65 million beneficiaries. | It's bad news for the Wall Street-backed politicians who are determined to reach into our pockets and steal our hard earned benefits. | Defeated Republican nominee Herschel Walker
(2022-12-07). New School adjunct faculty strike enters third week. workers.org 
New York City Dec. 5 — Raucous twin picketlines at the New School University Center and at neighboring Parsons School of Design in support of striking faculty declared their anger at the intransigence of the school administration. Honking cars and trucks, banging on buckets, tambourines and trumpets accompanied chants of . . . |
(2022-12-07). In OtherWords: December 7, 2022. otherwords.org Last night in Georgia, Democrats cemented a 51-vote Senate majority with the runoff re-election victory of Senator Raphael Warnock, who is also pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church once led by Martin Luther King, Jr. The news comes as Congress confronts a packed lame duck agenda before Republicans take over the House next year. | This week in OtherWords, Nancy J. Altman explains why
(2022-12-07). Why Iran's National Strike Is a Huge Deal. scheerpost.com 
As Iranians in 23 provinces join in on national strikes and truckers and shopkeepers walk out, the Iranian government has plenty of reasons to fear the staying power of these protests.
(2022-12-07). Amazon Labor Union calls out CEO Jassy. workers.org 
New York City Nov. 30 — In Manhattan today, Amazon Labor Union President Chris Smalls led a picket line outside the New York Times' DealBook Summit, where Amazon CEO Andy Jass was a scheduled speaker. President Chris Smalls leads Amazon Labor Union members and supporters in chants Nov. 30, Columbus . . . |
(2022-12-07). Remilitarized Japan: NATO's linchpin in the East. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com National DefenseDecember 6, 2022 Japan Seeks Deeper Defense Ties with NATO ,,,Tokyo is…seeking a stronger relationship with NATO that benefits Japan's defense needs and the alliance's goals…. Japan has been building its collaboration with NATO for a little more than a decade….The country participated in a NATO summit for the first time when Japanese Prime …
(2022-12-07). An overview of the situation in Pakistan. journal-neo.org 
NEO has frequently reported on the situation in Pakistan, which has been in a highly unstable situation for most of this year, and at the time of this author's last article supporters of Imran Khan, the former Prime Minister who stood down this spring, were gathering for a protest march to Pakistan's first national capital, Rawalpindi …
(2022-12-07). Of Course Trust in the Military Has Declined. strategic-culture.org The American armed forces, though they remain among the most respected institutions in the country, are set to be a casualty of polarization. The Reagan Foundation released its annual National Defense Survey last week and reported that trust and confidence in the military has declined by a staggering 22 points in recent years. The principal driver of diminished trust in the armed forces was their perceived politicization.
(2022-12-07). Turkey Lost Two Soldiers In Northern Iraqi In Single Week. southfront.org 
Turkish forces are seen near Mount Barsaya, northeast of Afrin, Syria January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi | Turkey acknowledged losing two soldiers in Iraq's northern region within a week to attacks carried out by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). | On November 30, the Turkish Ministry of National Defense said that Artillery Master Sergeant Nedim Korkmaz was killed during clashes with the PKK in the Operation Claw-Lock zone. Later on December 5, the ministry announced that Infantry Commando Major Mehme…
(2022-12-07). CEO Thought To Be The Modern Crypto Madoff Hires Former Lawyer Of Ghislaine Maxwell. moguldom.com While U.S. authorities investigate the collapsed FTX crypto exchange, its founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has hired Mark S. Cohen, a former federal prosecutor whose law firm represented Ghislaine Maxwell. Cohen, a partner at the international law firm Cohen & Gresser, recently defended socialite Maxwell in her sex trafficking trial. He is a former …
(2022-12-07). Congress Unveils $858 Billion NDAA. news.antiwar.com Congress on Tuesday night unveiled the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), worth $858 billion, $45 billion more than what President Biden requested for the military spending bill. The House is expected to vote on the legislation this week, and it could be brought to the floor as soon as Thursday. Once the House approves …
(2022-12-07). Satellite tracking finds migration area of Chinese oriental white storks expanding. ecns.cn Eight years of satellite tracking have found that oriental white storks in Honghe National Nature Reserve in northeast China's Heilongjiang are expanding their migration area beyond China, said an official from the reserve.
(2022-12-07). Ministry slams U.S. report on China military. ecns.cn China strongly opposes a report on Chinese military development released by the United States, which distorts China's national defense policy and military strategy, a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense said in a statement on Tuesday.
(2022-12-07). Asia's largest offshore oil production platform put into operation. ecns.cn Asia's largest offshore oil production platform is now fully operational, China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) said on Wednesday.
(2022-12-07). COP27 Recap and response: Green capitalism as class warfare. fightbacknews.org To no one's surprise, the COP27 conference has left the world much in the same place that COP26 did the year before, and COP25 before it, and so on. This November, world leaders convened in Egypt to discuss and debate what an international response to climate action could look like (or so they would like you to believe). | Some new measures were begrudgingly adopted, others swiftly shot down, and ultimately many attendees left exhausted and unenthused. For every step forward, there was a step back, as was summed up by chief Mexican climate negotiator Camila Zepeda, who said with quiet resignation, "you take a wi…
(2022-12-07). Aminata Dramane Traoré: "They Want to Lead Us Into War" libya360.wordpress.com Raphaà´l Schmeller Aminata Dramane Traoré is an author, human rights activist and former Minister of Culture of Mali. She will be a guest speaker at the upcoming "International Rosa Luxemburg Conference. (Internationale Rosa-Luxemburg-Konferenz XXVIII. 2023)" An interview with Aminata Dramane Traoré on the chaos caused by Western states in the Sahel and the interests of…
(2022-12-07). Open Veins of Africa Bleeding Heavily. libya360.wordpress.com Ndongo Samba Sylla and Jomo Kwame Sundaram Africa's 'Black Gold' The ongoing plunder of Africa's natural resources drained by capital flight is holding it back yet again. More African nations face protracted recessions amid mounting debt distress, rubbing salt into deep wounds from the past. With much less foreign exchange, tax revenue, and policy space to face…
(2022-12-07). President Castillo Installs a 'Government of Exception' in Peru. libya360.wordpress.com UPDATE: President Pedro Castillo Arrested The President of Peru, Pedro Castillo, has been arrested and is being held in the police station located on Avenida España in the city of Lima. This is following a vote by the majority right-wing congress to oust him in a legislative coup. The Military and the Police have declared…
(2022-12-07). Railroad workers speak out after Congress and Biden block rail strike. therealnews.com 
After a 3-year saga of stalled contract negotiations between the country's freight rail carriers and the 12 unions representing over 100,000 railroad workers, "pro-union" President Biden and Congress last week "averted" a national rail shutdown by overriding the democratic will of rail workers and forcing a contract down their throats. So, what happens now? We convene a special all-railroader panel to break down the events of the last week and to discuss where railroad workers and the labor movement go from here. | Panelists include: Jay, a qualified conductor who was licensed to operate locomotives at 19 y…
(2022-12-07). William Robinson: Global revolts in the age of COVID capitalism. therealnews.com 
Capitalism's response to the COVID-19 pandemic has come at the expense of the lives, health, and freedom of millions of poor and working people around the world. While corporations guzzle profits at every opportunity, governments have been ready to discipline workers to keep profits churning, and cooperation between capitalist states and the transnational capitalist class during COVID-19 has led to the erection of a global police state. What forms of resistance are taking shape around the globe to the emerging post-pandemic police state and a capitalist order dead set on destroying our shared planet and eve…
(2022-12-07). "One Army! One Power! One Fist! Long live Turkish-Azerbaijani brotherhood!" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azeri Press AgencyDecember 6, 2022 Turkish Defence Minister: We will be one Army, one force, and one fist wheneever threat comes against Azerbaijan Whenever threat comes against Azerbaijan, we will be one Army, one force, and one fist, said Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, APA reports. ==== Azeri Press AgencyDecember 6, 2022 Turkish MoD …
(2022-12-07). Manchin's "Dirty" Big Oil Giveaway Defeated Again After Progressive Opposition. truthout.org A last ditch push from conservative coal baron Sen. Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) and Democratic leaders to force a giveaway package for the fossil fuel industry through Congress has failed after climate activists and progressives united against it. The text of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was released Tuesday night without the text of the side deal that Democratic leaders struck… |
(2022-12-07). Australia: Supermarket cleaner Malerato Harrison dies in workplace accident. wsws.org Harrison, a migrant worker from South Africa, had been working for a third-party cleaning service contracted to Woolworths Jesmond for ten months. She leaves behind a husband, two stepchildren, and an international list of loving family and friends.
(2022-12-07). Peru: First Woman President Offers Broad-Based Government. libya360.wordpress.com Lima, Dec 7 (Prensa Latina) Today, lawyer Dina Boluarte assumed the presidency of Peru and promised to appoint a ministerial cabinet "of all bloods", for its diversity, while asking for a truce, dialogue and unity for her administration. BREAKING: Vice President Dina Boluarte is sworn in as President of Peru following the legislative coup against…
(2022-12-07). Sri Lankan workers need action committees to fight IMF austerity measures. wsws.org The trade unions have called limited and scattered protests in a bid to defuse the mounting anger in the working class over the government's ruthless budget attacks on jobs, conditions and essential services.
(2022-12-07). 'Free Julian Assange!' Say Latin America's Leftist Leaders: Lula, AMLO, Petro, Maduro, Ortega, Kirchner, Evo, Zelaya. scheerpost.com 
Latin America's leftist presidents are leading the campaign to free Julian Assange. The WikiLeaks journalist has the support of Brazil's Lula da Silva, Mexico's Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Argentina's Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Colombia's Gustavo Petro, Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro, Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega, Bolivia's Evo Morales, and Honduras' Manuel Zelaya.
(2022-12-07). Colombia-Venezuela Border: Vehicular Passage on Tienditas International Bridge to Reopen. orinocotribune.com On December 15, Venezuela and Colombia will reopen vehicular passage through the Tienditas International Bridge. | The information was released by Colombian ambassador to Venezuela Armando Benedetti, who indicated that the Tienditas International Bridge will be reopened after the Venezuelan government completes the infrastructure to make it functional. | "On December 15, it will be authorized after the Venezuelan government finishes completing the infrastructure to allow for it," Benedetti said on social media. "The government of Gustavo Petro continues to promote economic and social integration." | El 15 de dici…
(2022-12-07). Lawfare in Argentina: VP Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Sentenced to Six Years in Prison. libya360.wordpress.com Tanya Wadhwa Cristina Fernández de Kirchner surrounded by supporters on the streets of Buenos Aires. Photo: Itai Hagman/Twitter The lawfare against Argentina's most prominent and loved Peronist leader and one of the towering figures of Latin America's political left has evoked widespread condemnation in the country as well as across the region On Tuesday, December…