2021-11-17: News Headlines

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-17). AP spreads canard of Belarus conducting cyber warfare against NATO. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Report Implicates Belarus in Anti-NATO Cyber Campaign Cybersecurity researchers say they have uncovered evidence that Belarus has been involved in a hybrid hacking and disinformation campaign against Eastern European NATO members since 2016 that aimed to sow discord in the military alliance, steal confidential information and spy on dissidents. Tuesday's report by the prominent U.S. …

Medea Benjamin (2021-11-17). Cubans More Excited About School Reopening Than Regime Change. zcomm.org "The US government misread Cuba when it decided to invest so heavily in trying to instigate insurrection. We Cubans want to improve our country & move forward, not back to the times when we were the friendly playground of US capital, corruption & ambition."

Lee Camp (2021-11-17). What Are the Prospects For Peace? zcomm.org Interview on the role of the U.S. in the escalating tensions and its capacity to reduce them…

WSWS (2021-11-17). Imperialist powers hold Libya "peace" conference, 10 years after NATO war. wsws.org The same powers professing their commitment to Libyan "self-determination" plunged what was previously among Africa's wealthiest countries into a bloody civil war.

Ann Brown (2021-11-17). 7 Things To Know About How Wallace/Warith Dean Muhammad Removed Nation-Building From NOI. moguldom.com During his tenure as the leader of the Nation of Islam from 1934 until his death in 1975, Elijah Muhammad promoted the philosophy of self-help, building the NOI into an economic powerhouse worth millions of dollars. He did so by encouraging members to grow their own personal wealth as well as the wealth of the …

Shriya Singh (2021-11-17). As farmers protest in Sri Lanka after fertilizer ban, experts warn of food crisis. peoplesdispatch.org Fresh protests by farmers took place on November 10 in the aftermath of the Rajapaksa government's ban on chemical fertilizers earlier this year which has added to the country's ongoing economic crisis…

teleSUR (2021-11-17). Honduras: Specialists Warn Pandemic to Worsen After Elections. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the College of Microbiologists President Marco Moncada warned that Honduras will face a resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic after the Nov. 28 elections. | Related | Even though the incidence of COVID-19 maintains a downward trend in this Central American country, authorities fear that a "fourth wave" might be imminent. A high concentration of people during the election will likely cause an increase in…

teleSUR (2021-11-17). COVID-19 Cases Rise In the US Amid Sustained Vaccination Push. telesurenglish.net White House advisor Anthony Fauci warned that COVID-19 cases are starting to climb again in select regions across the U.S. after stabilizing at a high level following this summer's surge of the Delta variant. | RELATED: | "The only thing that's a little bit disconcerting is that we're beginning to plateau," Fauci said addint that "the deceleration of cases is now plateaued, and in some areas of the country, we're starting t…

WSWS (2021-11-17). Biden-Xi summit: An impotent gesture before the danger of war. wsws.org The summit was an impotent, ritualized gesture, mouthing phrases of restraint and conducting diplomatic maneuvers, as the ruling classes stumble headlong towards war.

WSWS (2021-11-17). Ukrainian government deploys armed drones against separatists. wsws.org The Zelensky government's drone warfare demonstrates that it is committed to a dangerous policy of provocation and increased bloodshed.

Brett Wilkins (2021-11-17). 'We Need to Get Our Priorities Right'. zcomm.org "Isn't it strange how even as we end the longest war in our nation's history concerns about the deficit and national debt seem to melt away under the influence of the powerful military-industrial complex?"

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2021-11-17). US Department of State Lashes Out at Venezuela's 21N Elections: President Maduro Responds. orinocotribune.com In an act of forceful repudiation, Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro expressed regret at the statements issued by spokespeople for the US Department of State, who tried to disparage the upcoming regional and municipal elections overseen by Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE). | Through the recent statement, the Biden administration once again assaulted Venezuelan sovereignty, meddling in the internal affairs of the South American nation by speaking aggressively and disrespectfully about the democratic process to be held next Sunday, November 21. | "It is shameful how the Department of State intends to…

teleSUR (2021-11-17). Belizian Observers To Engage In Venezuelan Elections. telesurenglish.net Invited by the National Electoral Council (CNE), five Belizean electoral experts arrived in Venezuela on Tuesday to participate in the Nov. 21 subnational elections as international observers. | RELATED: | The delegation is made up of Belize's Election Office Secretary Conrad Lewis, the Public Administration Ministry Secretary Michelle Rodriguez, Election Office Technician Orlando Espat, Elections Office Director…

teleSUR (2021-11-17). President Maduro Rejects US Interference In Upcoming Elections. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro rejected the statements of the U.S. State Department seeking to discredit the subnational elections that will be held on November 21, a day in which over 20 million citizens will go to the polls to elect 23 governors, 335 mayors, 253 state legislators, and 2,471 councilors. | RELATED: | Besides evidencing Washington's insolent and interventionist attitude, the Bolivarian leader recalled…

_____ (2021-11-16). Ethiopia at a Crossroads: Civil War or Peaceful Settlement? journal-neo.org The government of Ethiopia has declared a state of emergency in the country, as the rebel forces of Tigray threaten to attack the capital, and the war that has been going on for a year is rapidly escalating and brings more and more troubles and misfortunes to Ethiopians. The United States has stated that the danger …

_____ (2021-11-16). US Sends Clear Message To African Nations As It Turns Its Back On Ethiopia. popularresistance.org The corporate media in the United States is waging a misinformation campaign as part of the hybrid warfare being used to try to subjugate Ethiopia. Ajamu Baraka of the Black Alliance for Peace states there "is a coordinated effort to criminalize and delegitimize the Ethiopian state in order to cripple or balkanize it, maybe even to provide the political will for a direct military intervention." For 27 years, the United States-backed Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) ruled Ethiopia until it was overthrown by a popular movement in 2018. Ethiopians then elected their Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, who refuses to…

The Socialist Program (2021-11-16). Hidden U.S. War Crimes in Syria. liberationnews.org Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss a newly-revealed US war crime in Syria that took the lives of over 60 civilians, causing shock and outrage around the world.

_____ (2021-11-16). Syria Massacre Coverup Shows Danger Of Assange Precedent. popularresistance.org Julian Assange currently sits in Belmarsh Prison waiting to find out if British judges will overturn a lower court's ruling against his extradition to the United States to be prosecuted under the Espionage Act for journalistic activity which exposed U.S. war crimes. War crimes not unlike those that were just exposed by The New York Times in its reporting on the Baghuz massacre. The precedent the U.S. government is trying to set with its persecution of Assange will, if successful, cast a chilling effect over journalism which scrutinizes the U.S. war machine, not just in the United States but around the world.

Pivot to Peace (2021-11-16). Statement: Why President Biden Must Abide by the "One-China Policy" and Stop Meddling in the Affairs of China-Taiwan Relations. peacepivot.org Do we have better things to do than go to war with China over Taiwan, a mere province of China?

WSWS (2021-11-16). Media faithfully echoes US justifications for war crime at Baghuz, Syria. wsws.org A section of the media has decided that the atrocity cannot be entirely disappeared behind a wall of silence, but their reports are a concerted effort to contain the political fallout.

Anonymous103 (2021-11-16). Military Situation In Yemen On November 16, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 127 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours; | On November 15, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 7 airstrikes on the Jubah district; | On November 15, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 27 airstrikes on the Sarwah and Madghal districts; | On November 15, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 6 airstrikes on the Hays district; | On November 15, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted an airstrike on the Muqbana district; | On November 16, clashes between Ansar Alla…

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-16). As war wages, CSTO again forgets that Armenia is a member state. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com As it did last year and this July. Heaven help CSTO members Belarus and Tajikistan. === CSTO says the conflict should be solved through only political — diplomatic methods "The CSTO attentively follows the situation. The Secretariat has not received an official application from Armenia. We think the conflict should be solved only through political …

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-16). Guns of November: war against Belarus may be mere hours away. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com That Belarus with a population of 9 million would provoke an armed conflict with Poland, which has one of 38 million, with NATO — having a collective population of a billion people — backing it up is ludicrous to the ultimate degree. Just as absurd as accusing Armenia, with under 3 million people, of initiating …

Sonali Kolhatkar (2021-11-16). 'Build Back Better will worsen inflation': Another lie about the Biden agenda. peoplesworld.org The drama over the Build Back Better Act has revealed the power of narrative in our political landscape. It is not enough to put forward policy proposals that actually help people, pay for them with taxes on the wealthiest, and then try to pass those proposals into law. You also need to fight a destructive, …

Susana Khalil (2021-11-16). XXI Century: The Abolition of Israeli Expansionist Colonial Anachronism. orinocotribune.com By Susana Khalil — Nov 13, 2021 | There will be no free and peaceful Arab-Persian world as long as the Israeli colonial Euro-Zionist regime exists. | I. By way of dialogue | 1907 | ABDALLAH: Mustafa, British colonialism prepared a scientific report (Bannerman), in order to prolong itself as an empire. The report says that the Arab world is an obstacle to the European colonial order, and for this, it is necessary to articulate our disintegration, division, and separation. Imposing politicians to serve imperial interests. To combat any movement of unity, whether intellectual, cultural, ethnic, historical, pol…

Staff (2021-11-16). Historian Alfred McCoy Predicts the U.S. Empire is Collapsing as China's Power Grows. democracynow.org President Joe Biden's virtual summit Monday with Chinese President Xi Jinping follows the two countries' announcement just days earlier they will work together to confront the climate emergency after Xi did not attend the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow. Tension has been mounting between the two superpowers, especially over Taiwan and Hong Kong, with some speculating that a new Cold War is developing. "The United States, in the immediate future, is faced with the possibility of fighting a war over Taiwan … that it would probably lose," says Alfred McCoy, professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madiso…

Jamshid Ahmadi (2021-11-16). German Left Party election loss lessons: 'Focus on social justice and peace'. peoplesworld.org The results of the parliamentary elections in Germany in late September surprised many observers and political commentators. Were these results unexpected by the left forces in Germany, and by Die Linke in particular? This drop is a brutal and bitter disappointment for the Left Party. Yet at the same time, the signs were there. The …

teleSUR (2021-11-16). President Diaz-Canel: Cuba Is a Peaceful Tourist Destination. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero highlighted the work by health and scientific personnel, who made it possible for the country to receive tourists and travelers safely. | After November 15th, the "Biggest of the Antilles" is opening borders for international tourism. Our turism industry is ready to welcome you in a safe and healthy Cuba. #CubaEsSegura #CubaIsSafe…

_____ (2021-11-16). BAP Condemns U.S. Sponsorship Of Reactionary Anti-Government Protests Against Cuba. popularresistance.org The US government continues to amplify its war on the Cuban people through political, economic, and media efforts. In their own words, the US State Department has announced its role in organizing reactionary protests in Cuba, scheduled for November 15 as a continuation of the #SOSCuba campaign that began in July. The US has also preemptively threatened to place even more sanctions on Cuba if it deems that the Cuban government has interfered with the protests. As we know, sanctions kill, and while these will be framed as supporting human rights, the 60+-year long blockade and recent Trump and Biden administration…

_____ (2021-11-16). BAP Condemns US Sponsorship Of Anti-Government Protests Against Cuba. popularresistance.org The US government continues to amplify its war on the Cuban people through political, economic, and media efforts. In their own words, the US State Department has announced its role in organizing reactionary protests in Cuba, scheduled for November 15 as a continuation of the #SOSCuba campaign that began in July. The US has also preemptively threatened to place even more sanctions on Cuba if it deems that the Cuban government has interfered with the protests. As we know, sanctions kill, and while these will be framed as supporting human rights, the 60+-year long blockade and recent Trump and Biden administration…

Bharat Dogra (2021-11-16). Linking Climate Change Agenda to Sustainable Livelihoods for Small Farmers & Workers Is the Way Forward In the Global South. towardfreedom.org The concerns of the poorer and vulnerable sections of the Global South have been the least heard in negotiations at COP26. Yet, climate innovations can come from small farmers, if they are included in the process.

Colin Todhunter (2021-11-16). Saving Capitalism or Saving the Planet? dissidentvoice.org The UK government's Behavioural Insights Team helped to push the public towards accepting the COVID narrative, restrictions and lockdowns. It is now working on 'nudging' people towards further possible restrictions or at least big changes in their behaviour in the name of 'climate emergency'. From frequent news stories and advertisements to soap opera storylines and …

Editor2 (2021-11-16). "I am Lenin" — Remembering the Bolshevik Revolution from India. orinocotribune.com By Suryashekhar Biswas — Nov 8, 2021 | In 1917, the worker-peasant alliance in economically-backward Russia began the formation of the first state in the world that truly belonged to the hardworking masses. The Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin, displayed to the whole world that it was possible for ordinary people to achieve self-determination. With counter-revolutionaries, loyalists, monarchists and revivalists attempting to purge Russia from within and imperialists waging war from outside, the tale the first "Really Existing Socialism" began under circumstances of great challenge. Nonet…

Editor2 (2021-11-16). 'I am Lenin' — Remembering the Bolshevik Revolution from India. orinocotribune.com By Suryashekhar Biswas — Nov 8, 2021 | In 1917, the worker-peasant alliance in economically-backward Russia began the formation of the first state in the world that truly belonged to the hardworking masses. The Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin, displayed to the whole world that it was possible for ordinary people to achieve self-determination. With counter-revolutionaries, loyalists, monarchists and revivalists attempting to purge Russia from within and imperialists waging war from outside, the tale the first "Really Existing Socialism" began under circumstances of great challenge. Nonet…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2021-11-16). Meet the Terrorists Conspiring Against Venezuela's National Electoral Council. orinocotribune.com A few hours after the authorities thwarted the latest terrorist attack, which was planned by the far-right and targeted buildings belonging to the National Electoral Council (CNE) in Mariches, in the state of Miranda, it became clear who was behind the violent plot. | Once the Vice President of Citizen Security, Remigio Ceballos Ichaso, had formally denounced the attack, the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela announced that it would request the extradition of William Ricardo Sánchez Ramos, otherwise known as "Antorcha" ["Torch"], identified as the intellectual author of the plot, and currently res…

Mark Gruenberg (2021-11-16). Poor People's Campaign warns of moral crisis facing U.S. peoplesworld.org

Olivia Rosane (2021-11-16). Wildfires may be spewing three times more soot into Arctic than previously thought. peoplesworld.org The Arctic is warming three times faster than the global average, and new research finds that wildfires further south may be contributing. How? Soot, or black carbon, from wildfires can enter the atmosphere and travel long distances, reaching the Arctic where it can encourage ice melt, Insider explained. Now, new research published in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Thursday found that …

Robert Hunziker (2021-11-16). The Woody Biomass Blunder. dissidentvoice.org One of the most controversial fixes for global warming is the use of woody biomass, cutting trees, burning trees to achieve "carbon neutral" status in the worldwide battle to conquer climate change/global warming. The term carbon neutral (which is not the same as zero carbon and not a scientific term) when used to distinguish a …

Staff (2021-11-16). FBI targeted unruly parents with counter-terrorism tools, whistleblower reveals. rt.com Attorney General Merrick Garland was either unaware that the FBI Counterterrorism division was targeting parents critical of school boards, or lied about it to Congress, House Republicans argued citing whistleblower revelations. | An FBI email from early October "provides specific evidence that federal law enforcement operationalized counterterrorism tools at the behest of a left-wing special interest group against concerned parents," Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee said on Tuesday. The disclosure "calls into question the accuracy and completeness" of Garland's testimony before the committee, they…

_____ (2021-11-16). COP26: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back. journal-neo.org Despite the significance attached to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) recently held in Glasgow — in particular, how it represents a major step forward from the Paris Agreement — the COP26 has not been able to produce a major, meaningfully actionable inter-state, multilateral consensus of global scale. Notwithstanding the critical nature of the issues …

Editor (2021-11-16). Opening this article voids warranty. mronline.org Repair, as an act of reclaiming technology, is ongoing in the Global North and South with complementary driving forces and problems.

WSWS (2021-11-16). Howard University students announce agreement to end campus occupation. wsws.org The administration has refused to reveal the contents of the agreement that has ended the protest against unsanitary dorms at the historically black college in Washington D.C.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-11-16). COP26: Success or Failure? libya360.wordpress.com Yoselina Guevara The 26th United Nations Climate Conference (COP26), which ended in Glasgow on November 14, was described by its organizers as "a huge step forward" in the fight against climate change. The final agreement, reached after more than two weeks of negotiations and signed by almost 200 countries, explicitly mentions for the first time…

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-16). You don't have to thank us for the 78-day air war. NATO hails "partnership" with Serbia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com It took the first war against a European nation since World War II and the "color revolution" of 2000, the world's first, to achieve Serbia becoming a NATO partner. ==== NATO Deputy Secretary General highlights 15 years of NATO-Serbia partnership On 15 November 2021, NATO's Deputy Secretary General Mircea GeoanƒÉ spoke virtually at the 2021 …

Aaron Maté (2021-11-16). Syria's My Lai? US Massacred 70 Civilians and Covered it up. orinocotribune.com By Aaron Maté — Nov 14, 2021 | After killing dozens of Syrian civilians in a 2019 bombing, the US military exonerated itself and concealed evidence. It's the latest scandal for a shadowy US war in Syria that has evaded oversight. | The On March 18, 2019, amid a battle with Islamic State fighters, the US Air Force bombed a crowd of civilians taking shelter near the town of Baghuz, Syria, killing a rep…

Edward Curtin (2021-11-16). U.S. Terrorism 101: The Bert Sacks Story. dissidentvoice.org Since the annual U.S. Veterans Day holiday honoring military veterans was just observed on November 11, it seems more than appropriate to suggest the creation of a U.S. Victims Day, just as in a similar effort at truth in labeling, the Defense Department should be renamed the Offensive War Department. For the victims of American …

Anonymous103 (2021-11-16). Military Situation In Syria On November 16, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On November 15, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 12 times: 10 — in Aleppo province, 2 — in Latakia province; | On November 16, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in al-Barah village; | On November 16, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Maarat Naasan village; | On November 15, intra clashes between the Turkish-backed militants were reported in the town of Ras…

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-16). "Extremely serious consequences for Russia": France, Germany condemn Russia over Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Berlin and Paris warn Moscow about consequences of aggression against Ukraine "Against the backdrop of renewed concerns about Russian movements of troops and hardware near Ukraine, we call on Russia to adopt a posture of restraint and provide transparent information about its military activities. Any new attempt to undermine Ukraine's territorial integrity would have serious …

John Feffer (2021-11-16). European Green Deal: Step Forward, Backward, or Sideways? zcomm.org Europe is ahead of much of the world in combining decarbonization with an equitable shift to clean energy. And it's still not enough…

Mike Ludwig (2021-11-16). Elizabeth Warren Urges Biden to Free People Imprisoned on Marijuana Charges. truthout.org Citing "over a century of failed and racist cannabis policies," Sen. Elizabeth Warren and two other leading Democrats have joined a growing chorus of Warren joined fellow Massachusetts Sen. Ed…

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