Daily Archives: December 4, 2022

2022-12-04: News Headlines

Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center (2022-12-04). Saturday 12/17: 14th Annual Peace and Justice Awards Dinner. indybay.org

____ (2022-12-04). John Lee says next five years critical for Hong Kong's new leap forward. ecns.cn John Lee, chief executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), said on Saturday that the next five years are a critical period for Hong Kong to break new ground and make a new leap forward.

____ (2022-12-04). (100 great changes) Mobile Payments Inject New Momentum into China's Economy. ecns.cn China has also moved quickly in Digital Currency Electronic Payment, piloting the new money in major cities including Beijing and Shanghai. Transactions using the digital money has surpassed 100 billion yuan (13.9 billion dollars).China will move forward building infrastructure of the digital money and its ecosystem and improving the system's security and reliability.

Fuck TERFs (2022-12-04). Monday 12/5: Warning: Transphobes Kara Dansky and Lierre Kieth plan to stage protest in Oakland. indybay.org René C. Davidson Courthouse | 1225 Fallon Street | Oakland, CA 94612…

Labor Video Project (2022-12-04). Biden & Republicrats Union Busting Bill Against Railway Workers & Their Fight For Sick Pay. indybay.org The Biden administration with the support of most of the Democrats and Republicans in Congress pushed a bill that imposes a reactionary contract that severely limits sick pay and benefits BNSF railroad owner Warren Buffet and the other railroad corporations.

TeleSUR, YSM (2022-12-04). ONU condena asesinato de joven palestino en Huwwara, Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Ammar Mifleh murió luego de que un militar israelí le disparase a quemarropa. Otros uniformados impidieron que fuese socorrido y murió desangrado.

Felicity Arbuthnot (2022-12-03). Ukraine: US Launches a Fascist Government, and World War Three? globalresearch.ca It all started on March 5, 2014: a US sponsored fascist coalition government under the disguise of democracy was installed in Ukraine. | With historical foresight pertaining to the dangers of a Third World War, this article by Felicity Arbuthnot was …

_____ (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…

Yuri Rubtsov (2022-12-03). History: Hitler was Financed by the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England. globalresearch.ca Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | feature image: Hitler, Schacht and Prescott Bush | First published by Global Research in May 2016, Minor edits by Global Research. Title as in the original. | Incisive historical analysis. | From World War …

Kyle Anzalone (2022-12-03). Zelensky Looks To Ban Christian Denomination With Ties to Moscow. news.antiwar.com Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced he is seeking to ban all religions with ties to Russia. He claims the move is needed to "guarantee spiritual independence to Ukraine."This law will target millions of Ukrainians who identify as Russian Orthodox.During his nightly address on Thursday, Zelensky announced he was introducing legislation that would eliminate religious organizations …

_____ (2022-12-03). An African View On Ukraine. popularresistance.org First, let me say, it is very important to understand that no war is good. It is impossible not to be moved by the outrageousness of warfare. They grow some fears of civilians who are trapped between choices that are not their own, but was make very complicated historical processes that appear to be simple. The war in Ukraine is not merely about NATO, or about ethnicity. It is about many things. Every war must end at some point. And the diplomas must restart must come in. Africa and the Russian people share a history of struggle. When the African people were fighting for their independence for their liberation, t…

_____ (2022-12-03). No, Putin Did Not Start the War in Ukraine. strategic-culture.org

Anonymous103 (2022-12-03). What "Victory" and "Defeat" Would Mean in Ukraine's War. southfront.org | Written by In order to be able accurately to define "victory" in the war in Ukraine, the pre-requisite is to define whom the two sides are that wage this war. For example: when America fought in WW II, it was waging war in foreign battlefields and with its own troops and weapons, and even if America were to win in any of those battlefields, it still could have bee…

WSWS (2022-12-03). Timothy Snyder's Bloodlands: Right-wing propaganda disguised as historical scholarship—Part Two. wsws.org The role that Snyder is playing in justifying the imperialist proxy war against Russia in Ukraine and the alliance of US imperialism with the Ukrainian far right make it imperative to investigate his book more closely.

Alastair Crooke (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…

Anonymous103 (2022-12-03). Military Situation In Syria On December 3, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org On December 3, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 5 times: 1 in Latakia province, 1 in Idlib province, 1 in Hama province; | Moscow is working to hold a presidential meeting between Turkey and Syria in Russia, according to Kremlin envoy to Syria; | On December 3, Turkish artillery shelled SDF positions near Tal Abyadh city; | On December 3, Russian warplanes struck positions of Turkish-backed forces in…

Anonymous349 (2022-12-03). Voices Of Decisive Part Of Russian Elite Become Louder. southfront.org Evgeny Prigozhin | Voices of the decisive part of the Russian elite are becoming louder and louder amid the slowly but steadily growing dissatisfaction of the society with the 'balanced approach' of the country's military political leadership towards the Kiev regime. | Evgeny Prigozhin, most widely known as the head of Wagner group, and Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Russia's Republic of Chechnya, are probably the public representatives of this part of the Russian elite. | In these context, it is interesting to take a look on…

Anonymous669 (2022-12-03). Russia Is Making Efforts To Arrange Turkish-Syrian Presidential Summit. southfront.org Syria is resisting Russian efforts to broker a summit between President Bashar al-Assad and Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan, Reuters reported on December 2. | Turkey is currently conducting an air operation against Kurdish forces in northern Syria, which are backed by the United States, and is threatening the war-torn country with a new ground invasion. | Three sources with knowledge of Syria's position on possible talks told the news agency that Assad had rejected a proposal to meet Erdogan with Russia…

Brian Berletic (2022-12-03). New US B-21 Raider Illustrates Waste in Western Defense Spending Giving Russia-China the Edge. thealtworld.com The US has unveiled the stealth B-21 Raider its newest bomber; | The B-21 Raider may cost over 700 million US dollars per warplane; | It will not fly until next year at the earliest and still requires extensive design reviews; | Western analysts admit it faces major challenges going against modern integrated air defense systems produced by nations like Russia and China; | Rather than depend on its stealth, analysts suggest it could use tactics already used by conventional aircraft to carry out standoff strikes using long-range precision guided weapons; | If used to carry…

Brett Wilkins (2022-12-03). Pentagon to Spend $200 Billion on New Nuclear Bomber as Millions Live in Poverty. truthout.org Peace and economic justice advocates responded to the imminent unveiling Friday of the United States Air Force's new $750 million-per-plane nuclear bomber by reiterating accusations of misplaced priorities in a nation where tens of millions of people live in poverty and lack adequate healthcare coverage. Military-industrial complex giant Northrop Grumman is set to introduce its B-21 Raider on… |

C, C Butterwegge & Sybille Pirklbauer (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.

En.mehrnews (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.

UnitedEditor (2022-12-03). Municipal elections in Taiwan: Big defeat for US policy in the region. uwidata.com By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein * The recently concluded 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) persisted in the guideline of peaceful reunification of the country under the idea of sustaining two political systems for a period of time. Under the one-China principle, the CPC has set out to promote "broad and in-depth consultations …

A Guest Author (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 . . . |

Anonymous103 (2022-12-03). Military Situation In Iraq On December 3, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org

Anonymous669 (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…

Ariadna Eljuri (2022-12-03). President of Bolivia Calls for Unity to Defeat Coup Attempts. orinocotribune.com On Friday, December 2, Bolivian President Luis Arce called for internal unity to defeat coup attempts in the country after recognizing the existence of conflicts within his own party, Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), the ruling party of Bolivia. | Arce said in a video message that both the right wing and "comrades from inside" are looking for ways for his government to fail. | The Bolivian president reiterated his fight for the Bolivian people and for the construction of a project that strengthens the nation's sovereignty. | "I know that there are those who want to see us fail, from outside, and unfortunately so…

Eco Central (2022-12-03). The Devastating Environmental Side Effects of the Electric Car Boom. globalresearch.ca First published on August 7 2020 | The United Nations (U.N.) announced in August 2020 that the electric car boom will result in a number of devastating ecological side effects for the planet. | While the shift to electric cars reflects ongoing …

Editor (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,

En.mehrnews (2022-12-03). 4 killed, injured in Turkish warplanes attack on Sulaymaniyah. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 03 (MNA) — Turkish warplanes' attack on Sulaymaniyah province in northern Iraq left one dead and three wounded.

James A. Lucas (2022-12-03). The U.S. Has Killed More Than 20 Million People in 37 "Victim Nations" Since World War II. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-12-03). "Economic Warfare" Directed against China? The Shanghai "Covid Zero Tolerance Mandate" Extends its Grip to Major Industrial Cities. globalresearch.ca "Covid Tolerance Zero" has contributed to destabilizing Shanghai's financial sector as well as China's buoyant export economy. It has created social havoc for millions of people, requiring the imposition of PCR tests, using the QR code as a means of social control.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-12-03). "Wiki-Gate": Julian Assange Was Framed by the People Who Supported Him. globalresearch.ca Assange has been the object of an all out smear campaign by those who supported him. The Economist which granted Assange the New Media Award in 2008 intimates that he is an "enemy agent" responsible for "information anarchy … culminating in the destabilization of American democracy"

Prof Peter Dale Scott (2022-12-03). What is the Deep State? The Doomsday Project and Deep Events: JFK, Watergate, Iran-Contra, and 9/11. globalresearch.ca The Doomsday Project is the Pentagon's name for the emergency planning "to keep the White House and Pentagon running during and after a nuclear war or some other major crisis."

San Francisco is Pro-Choice (2022-12-03). Cleverly Executed Demo for Abortion Rights in Top San Francisco Mall. indybay.org Award winning Westfield Mall was already decorated in lights and Christmas colors when demonstrators arrived to "green it up" for abortion rights on busiest shopping day of the year.

En.mehrnews (2022-12-03). Venezuela, Chevron sign oil production contracts. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 03 (MNA) — Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA signed contracts with the American oil company Chevron on Friday, media have reported.

Scorinoco (2022-12-03). Venezuela: Opposition Pencil Alliance Willing to Join Dialogue with Government. orinocotribune.com

Victoria Torres (2022-12-03). Venezuela's Tax Revenue Grows 93% During January November 2022. orinocotribune.com

TeleSUR, MER (2022-12-03). Presidente venezolano sostiene reunión con sector de oposición. telesurtv.net Este encuentro se enmarca en el contexto del diálogo de paz con los sectores de oposición del país.

TeleSUR, MER (2022-12-03). Venezuela logra récord Guinness con rueda de salsa casino más grande. telesurtv.net Los bailarines superaron el récord que tenía España desde 2019, cuando fue establecido con 1.291 participantes.

Staff (2022-12-03). PDVSA and Chevron Sign Contracts for Oil Production in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com On Friday, December 2, Venezuelan state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) signed a series of contracts with US oil company Chevron for oil production in Venezuela. | These agreements will also allow promoting the development of join ventures in the country. | The signing of the contracts took place at the PDVSA headquarters in La Campiña, Caracas. On behalf of Venezuela, the president of PDVSA, Asdrubal Chávez, and Petroleum Minister Tareck El Aissami signed the contract. | On behalf of Chevron signed the president of Chevron for Venezuela, Javier La Rosa. | Minister El Aissami stated that these contract…

Scorinoco (2022-12-03). Bird Flu Virus Detected in Pelicans in Eastern Venezuela. orinocotribune.com On Friday, December 2, Venezuelan Minister for Science and Technology Gabriela Jiménez reported the detection of the AH5N1 avian influenza virus in pelicans in the eastern Venezuelan state of Anzoátegui. | "The Bolivarian Government of Venezuela reports the detection of the Avian Influenza AH5N1 virus in pelicans in the northern coastal region of Anzoátegui state," the minister wrote on social media. | She announced that "preventive measures and health alerts are being developed" in response to this situation. | La influenza aviar es una enfermedad viral contagiosa que afecta a las aves domésticas y silvestres. L…

_____ (2022-12-02). Maligned in Western Media, Donbass Forces are Defending their Future from Ukrainian Shelling and Fascism. popularresistance.org Smeared, stigmatized, and lied about in Western media propaganda, the mostly Russian-speaking people of the Donbass region were being slaughtered by the thousands in a brutal war of "ethnic cleansing" launched against them by the neo-Nazi regime in Kyiv, which the U.S. installed after the CIA overthrew Ukraine's legally elected president in a 2014 coup. | Although the Donbass people had been pleading for Russian military aid to defend them against the increasingly murderous military assaults by the Ukraine government forces, which killed more than 14,000 of their people, Russian President Vladimir Putin declined…

_____ (2022-12-02). Maligned In Western Media, Donbass Forces Are Defending Their Future. popularresistance.org Smeared, stigmatized, and lied about in Western media propaganda, the mostly Russian-speaking people of the Donbass region were being slaughtered by the thousands in a brutal war of "ethnic cleansing" launched against them by the neo-Nazi regime in Kyiv, which the U.S. installed after the CIA overthrew Ukraine's legally elected president in a 2014 coup. | Although the Donbass people had been pleading for Russian military aid to defend them against the increasingly murderous military assaults by the Ukraine government forces, which killed more than 14,000 of their people, Russian President Vladimir Putin declined…

Finian Cunningham (2022-12-02). America's Fate: Revolution or Fascism? thealtworld.com Daniel Lazare in this interview with Finian Cunningham says that the United States of America is locked in a fateful political and economic crisis that will produce either of two outcomes. Either the country is heading towards more authoritarian rule or there will be a second American revolution. | Daniel Lazare is a journalist, author and commentator who specializes in critically analyzing the politics and Constitution of the United States. He has authored several books, including The Velvet Revolution and the Decline of American Democracy. | The Covid-19 pandemic over the past two years exposes the pathological…

_____ (2022-12-02). NATO Expands but Original Anti-Russia Mission Is Static 73 Years On. strategic-culture.org The organization is the heir to the throne that was vacated after Nazi Germany's defeat. | The foreign ministers of the NATO military alliance met this week for a summit in the Romanian capital Bucharest for what was a celebration of the bloc's expansion. | The anti-Russia rhetoric and hostility were also effervescent. "Russia does not have a veto," It's astounding how such ghoulish warmongering…

Anonymous587 (2022-12-02). Foreign Mercenaries: Kiev Regime's War Is Full Of Corruption, Deceit And Dirty Deals. southfront.org | With the beginning of the war in Ukraine, President Zelensky launched a full-scale campaign to attract foreign military volunteers to strengthen the capabilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Citizens of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, and Israel were among the first to arrive. Later, entire squads of foreign soldiers of fortune were formed, equipped with the most advanced Western weapons. However, it soon became clear that this war is not 'a walk in the Ukrainian fields' but a fierce battle un…

Dave DeCamp (2022-12-02). Russia Says US, NATO Directly Involved in Ukraine War. news.antiwar.com The US and NATO are directly involved in the war in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday. "You shouldn't say that the US and NATO aren't taking part in this war. You are directly participating in it," Lavrov said at a press conference. "And not just by providing weapons but also by …

WSWS (2022-12-02). Sri Lankan SEP and IYSSE campaign for global anti-war webinar. wsws.org Students in Colombo, Sri Jayewardenapura, Moratuwa, Peradeniya, Ruhuna and Jaffna, expressed support for the global webinar being held by the IYSSE on December 10 to oppose the war in Ukraine and the drive by the imperialist powers towards a third world war.

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies (2022-12-02). Eight reasons why now is a good time for a Ukraine ceasefire and peace talks. nationofchange.org People all over the world are calling for a Christmas truce, harkening back to the inspirational Christmas Truce of 1914.

Anonymous103 (2022-12-02). Russia Now Says US & NATO "Directly Participating" In Ukraine War. southfront.org Source: AP | Originally published by Earlier this week CNN reported that the Biden administration is

En.mehrnews (2022-12-02). Anti-Iran claims aim to legitimize West arms flow into Kyiv. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 02 (MNA) — Rejecting claims about Iran's arms sales to Russia to be used in the Ukraine war, Iranian Foreign Minister said that such allegations are aimed at legitimizing the West's military assistance to Kyiv.

Gypsy Taub (2022-12-02). Hope a Poem By Gypsy Taub. indybay.org Gypsy Taub is an activist in California. She was born and raised in Russia. She is half Russian, half Ukrainian. Her poem "Hope" is about the war in the Ukraine. You can find more of Gypsy's poetry and more info about Gypsy at MyNakedTruth.TV or MyNakedTruth-TV.blogspot.com. Gypsy's BIO is posted on JerryGarciaFamilyClinic.org

James Carden (2022-12-02). Writing the Ukraine War History, As It Happens. globalresearch.ca

Manuel Raposo (2022-12-02). Is Ukraine war at a turning point? workers.org Published on jornalmudardevida.net on Nov. 21, 2022. Translation: John Catalinotto. Lloyd Austin and Mark Milley said: Ukraine cannot expect a military victory. The information released in recent days about the war in Ukraine, although fragmentary and even contradictory, seems to point in one direction: the U.S. is pressuring Ukrainian leaders . . . |

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-12-02). Ukrainian War Crimes Become the Burden for Europe. orinocotribune.com By Slavisa Milacic Nov 28, 2022 | 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 was the Western media that put pressure to launch an investigation. Unfortunately, despite the pressure from the West, it is difficult to expect that the Ukrainian army will respect the Geneva Convention in the future. It is more realistic to expect that they will c…

Ramzy Baroud (2022-12-02). 'Deliberate ambiguity': Israel's nuclear weapons are greatest threat to Middle East. peoplesworld.org As Western countries are floating the theory that Russia could escalate its conflict with Ukraine to a nuclear war, many of those governments continue to turn a blind eye to Israel's nuclear weapons capabilities. Luckily, many other countries around the world do not subscribe to this endemic hypocrisy. The Conference on the Establishment of a …

Staff (2022-12-02). 21st Georgian soldier killed in Ukraine war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Could provide another photo-op for the never-camera-shy Kelly Degnan, who has encouraged Georgians to fight and die for NATO and the West in Ukraine with her unrelenting vitriol against all things Russian going back over two centuries. ==== Civil GeorgiaDecember 2, 2022 Georgian Fighter Killed in Ukraine See also: U.S. to use "all tools" to …

Staff (2022-12-02). Whatever it takes to win war in Ukraine: Finnish PM says Pentagon is Europe's savior, takes jibe at China. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com YLE NewsDecember 2, 2022 Sanna Marin: Europe is not strong enough to stand against Russia alone See also: Pentagon, Raytheon supply Finland with ‚Ǩ1.7 billion worth of missiles for use against Russia In an address on Friday in Australia, Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) said that Russia's attack on Ukraine has exposed European weaknesses …

WSWS (2022-12-02). Timothy Snyder's Bloodlands: Right-wing propaganda disguised as historical scholarship—Part One. wsws.org The role that Snyder is playing in justifying the imperialist proxy war against Russia in Ukraine and the alliance of US imperialism with the Ukrainian far right make it imperative to investigate his book more closely.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-12-02). Why Does the EU Need its Own Army? libya360.wordpress.com Olivier Renault The EU wants to wage war against Russia for a long time. All the military forces of the EU countries have taken a military and financial position in this direction and this is not just since last February. A long-standing project Last November, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,…

Ron Ridenour (2022-12-02). Can An American Scientist Who Smuggled Critical Nuclear Secrets to the Russians After World War II Be Considered a "Good Guy"? New Film Says Yes. covertactionmagazine.com Controversial New Documentary Reveals How A Teenage Army Physicistnewsauthor">D Ted Hall Saved The Russian People From A Treacherous U.S. Sneak Attack In 1950-51—And May Well Have Prevented A Global Nuclear Holocaust The provocative documentary "A Compassionate Spy" tells the amazing but almost unknown story of a "near-genius" 16 year-old Harvard junior physics major who …

WSWS (2022-12-02). Macron warns of "fracturing" of NATO alliance on state visit to Washington. wsws.org Amid mounting economic conflicts between US and European imperialism, and fears of an energy crisis this winter, Biden and Macron united on escalating the war against Russia.

Dave DeCamp (2022-12-02). Draft NDAA Includes $3 Billion in Annual Military Aid for Taiwan. news.antiwar.com A draft of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes billions in military aid for Taiwan, but Congress isn't sure if the funds will be approved, Defense News reported on Thursday. The funding includes $10 billion in the State Department's Foreign Military Financing (FMF) program over five years, giving Taiwan $2 billion each year …

Otis Grotewohl (2022-12-02). Staughton Lynd: lifelong advocate for liberation. workers.org Longtime anti-racist and antiwar activist turned labor lawyer, Staughton Lynd died Nov. 17, five days before his 93rd birthday. (Left to right) Staughton Lynd, Workers World Party co-founder Ted Dostal and WW contributor 'Mose Peterson,' Youngstown, Ohio, circa 1995. WW PHOTO Born in Philadelphia in 1929, Staughton Lynd was raised . . . |

Fight Back (2022-12-02). Wisconsin: Banner drops in Milwaukee and Appleton in solidarity with Palestine. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On November 29, activists in both Milwaukee and Appleton dropped banners over busy highways with a message that read "Long live the popular Palestinian resistance, from Milwaukee to Palestine." The banner drops coincided with the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People and were intended to raise awareness about the ongoing resistance to U.S.-backed Israeli occupation. | "We're came out today to show solidarity to the people of Palestine and support their struggle for freedom," said Farzad Ghodsi, a member of the newly formed Milwaukee Anti-war Committee. "And with the recent i…

_____ (2022-12-02). Who prevents Palestine from becoming a full member of the UN? journal-neo.org Granting Palestine full member state status at the UN would, according to many politicians, be a practical step that could preserve the two-state solution and help reinvigorate the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians. And this view is constantly making its way on the world stage and within the UN walls. Several consultations have been …

Editor (2022-12-02). Peace Candidate, Ex-Marine Captain Matthew Hoh: War Is a Bipartisan Cancel Culture. scheerpost.com

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-12-02). OSCE Nothing More Than a Branch of NATO. libya360.wordpress.com Ahmed Adel The West is attempting to turn the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) into a subsidiary organisation of NATO, which is paradoxical because it is meant to be concentrated on peacebuilding, unlike the Atlantic Alliance which fosters tensions to justify its existence in a post-Soviet world. It is for this reason,…

W. T. Whitney Jr. (2022-12-02). Mexico's left takes to the streets, celebrates achievements. peoplesworld.org "Sometimes there are revolutions, but people keep on thinking the same way. But now we are seeing a peacetime transformation process and there is a change of mentality…. I said yesterday that we are winning the battle against racism, classism, discrimination. This is not about material things, not about welfare programs. There's been a change …

_____ (2022-12-02). US Airline Workers Join Railroaders In Fight Against Abusive Work Conditions. popularresistance.org Growing militancy among US airline workers over intolerable work conditions and low pay is fusing with the rebellion by railroad workers, who are heading toward an historic confrontation with the Biden administration and the US Congress with the passage of legislation imposing a contract that workers have rejected. | Airline workers are in virtually the same situation as railroaders, with flight crews facing short staffing leading to overwork and potentially catastrophic pilot fatigue. While airlines are raking in bumper profits, boosted by massive government subsidies, airline workers, whose pay has long been st…

Ajamu Baraka (2022-12-02). The crisis of Western imperialism and the imperative of war and repression. mronline.org The world as we know it must change. Humanity cannot survive under imperialist and capitalist structures.

Anonymous669 (2022-12-02). Houthis Are Preparing To Attack Oil Facilities With Support From Iran: Yemeni Army. southfront.org , source: the Houthis media wing. | The Houthis (Ansar Allah) are preparing to launch more attacks on Yemeni oil facilities, terminals and tankers, a spokesman for the Saudi-backed wing of the Yemeni Armed Forces warned on November 30. | The spokesman, Brigadier General Abdo Magali, said that the Houthis are currently preparing to attack with help from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and are sending repeated warnings and threats. | The Houthis have already launched several attacks…

Anonymous669 (2022-12-02). Identity of ISIS Slain Leader Finally Revealed. southfront.org The identity of ISIS former leader Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi who was recently killed in Syria has been finally revealed. | On December 1, Al-Quds Al-Arabi's journalist Wael Essam revealed on Twitter that Abu al-Hasan real name was Nour Karim al-Mutni. According to the prominent Arab journalist, Abu al-Hasan was originally from the town of Rawa in the western Iraqi province of al-Anbar. He was a member of the Bu Obaid tribe. | After ISIS rise to power in 2014, Abu al-Hasan worked as…

Anonymous669 (2022-12-02). Israeli Border Police Officer Shot, Killed Alleged Palestinian Attacker In West Bank (18+ Videos). southfront.org Screen grab, via Twitter. | On December 2, an officer of the Israeli Border Police shot and killed a Palestinian man who alleged carried out a stabbing attack in the northern West Bank town of Hawara. | The Border Police said in an initial statement that one of its teams was operating in Hawara when the suspect attacked with a knife and managed to wound an officer, adding that the suspect was later "neutralized" by other officers. | In a later statement, the police said that the suspect tried to enter a…

Binoy Kampmark (2022-12-02). Gallic Rebuke: France and the US Rules-based Order. dissidentvoice.org Gérard Araud was not mincing his words. As France's former ambassador to Washington, he had seen enough. At a November 14 panel hosted by the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft titled "Is America Ready for a Multipolar Word?", Araud decried the "economic warfare" being waged by the United States against China, expressing the view that …

Chris Hedges (2022-12-02). Richard Wolff: The Fed's response to inflation is another upward transfer of wealth. therealnews.com The Federal Reserve has responded to runaway inflation by hiking up interest rates at the same time that Americans are drowning in historic levels of personal debt. With interest rates up, prices will only rise faster than wages, hitting the vast majority of people with stagnant or declining wages in real terms. The result is yet another upward transfer of wealth to the minority of capitalists responsible for the crisis in the first place. Economist Richard Wolff joins The Chris Hedges Report to discuss the origins of the inflation crisis, the Fed's response, and what this all means for working people. | <...

Chris Walker (2022-12-02). Kevin McCarthy Vows to Investigate January 6 Committee Once GOP Takes the House. truthout.org On Wednesday, House Republican leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-California), the next presumptive Speaker of the House, issued a warning to members of the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, telling them to preserve their records and expect to be investigated once the GOP assumes power in the House of Representatives next month. |

Editor (2022-12-02). The Global South births a new game-changing payment system. mronline.org Challenging the western monetary system, the Eurasia Economic Union is leading the Global South toward a new common payment system to bypass the U.S. Dollar.

Fight Back (2022-12-02). Chicago: Community Commission halts launch of police gang database. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Monday, November 21 marked an important day in the fight for community control of Chicago's police on two fronts. | First, Monday was the last day for candidates running for District Council to file to be on February's upcoming ballot for election. The newly created positions, established by the ordinance for Empowering Communities for Public Safety (ECPS), are a central part of the mechanism to move towards community control over the police in Chicago. Once elected, the District Councilors will represent their communities on policing issues and implement public safety initiatives. | As petitioning…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-12-02). Surrounded: An Ethnography of New Colonialism. libya360.wordpress.com Yusuf Serunkuma Julius Nyerere demanding complete independence from the British Empire in 1961 ROAPE contributor Yusuf Serunkuma asks if the pillage we are witnessing on the African continent—mostly from the 1980s-onwards—is worse than the exploitation of the 1884-1960s, where is the resistance? Serunkuma writes that even after decolonisation has been achieved (the academy decolonised, stolen artefacts…

Magally A. Miranda Alcázar (2022-12-02). As a UC Academic Worker, I Need a Contract That Addresses the Cost of Living. truthout.org Earlier this year, I passed a major milestone in my graduate education: I passed my qualifying exams and defended my prospectus. I had just begun looking seriously at my data and engaging with a new set of literature with an eye toward completing the dissertation when my union, UAW 2865, voted to go on strike. The vote was nearly unanimous. Of 48,000 academic workers at the University of… |

Michael Berkowitz (2022-12-02). 'Bad Sisters' is very good! peoplesworld.org After Thanksgiving—it's the perfect time to reconsider what should be done about the painfully obnoxious right-wing relative who casts a pall over family festivities! Sharon Hogan's clever, often uproarious, slightly dark new comedy Bad Sisters provides one answer. The brilliant Irish comedienne (Catastrophe, Pulling and Divorce) has previously won Britain's Comedy Award for Best TV …

Minnie Bruce Pratt (2022-12-02). Sanctions: Dec. 10 webinar exposes U.S. economic warfare. workers.org Intensifying U.S. sanctions, imposed on a third of humanity, are sending shock waves through the world economy. Sanctions have boomeranged on the U.S. and EU countries through inflation, supply chain shortages and a looming recession — causing hardship at home. But by far the greatest burden is borne by the . . . |

Paulo Cabral (2022-12-02). HIV/AIDS progress in Brazil. america.cgtn.com December 1 is World AIDS Day, a time to raise awareness and show support for those living with AIDS or HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

Staff (2022-12-02). Poland: 4th-, 5th-generation warplanes support "U.S.'s forward fighter presence along NATO's Eastern Flank" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Air Forces in Europe & Air Forces AfricaNovember 29, 2022 Lakenheath F-15Es swap Alaska F-22s on NATO's Eastern Flank Royal Air Force Lakenheath's F-15E Strike Eagle fighters from the U.S. Air Force's 48th Fighter Wing are scheduled to begin deterrence operations at ≈Åask Air Base, Poland, November 29…in support of the U.S.'s forward fighter …

Staff (2022-12-02). Poland: U.S. Army leads NATO "multinational, combat-ready force" in war drills. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Army EuropeNovember 25, 2022 eFP Battle Group Poland, Combined Arms, Combined Strength NATO's enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battle Group Poland was established in 2017 as a multinational combined force that included units from the United States, Poland, the U.K., Romania, and Croatia. The mission of the eFP Battle Group Poland is to strengthen the …

Stephanie Hedgecoke (2022-12-02). Indigenous California peoples fight to save ancient burial mounds. workers.org Some 400 supporters joined Ohlone organizers and community Nov. 25 for the annual Shellmound Walk in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since 2005, Shellmound Walks are held the day after "Unthanksgiving" to raise awareness of the struggle of the Native California coastal nations to save the ruins of their ancient . . . |

Ted Kelly (2022-12-02). Free Leonard Peltier and all Native prisoners. workers.org The slightly edited article first appeared online Oct. 13, 2021. During the era of colonial theft and conquest, North America became a proving ground for European imperialists. This was where strategies of biological warfare and genocide were honed, as well as the industry that has become a pillar of modern . . . |

_____ (2022-12-02). The Volatility Of US Hegemony In Latin America, Part I. popularresistance.org Latin America and the Caribbean have again began to take on a becoming pink complexion, all the more so with June's historic electoral victory in Colombia over the country's long-dominant US-backed rightwing and a similar reverse in Brazil in October. These electoral rejections of the rightwing followed left victories last year in Peru, Honduras, and Chile. And those, in turn, came after similar routs in Bolivia in 2020, Argentina in 2019, and Mexico in 2018. | This electoral wave, according to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, speaking at the Climate Summit in November, "open[s] a new geopolitical age to Lati…

Ana Perdigón (2022-12-02). Venezuela's Manufacturing Sector Grew 13.6% in Third Quarter of 2022 (Conindustria Report). orinocotribune.com On Wednesday, November 30, the ultra-conservative Venezuelan Confederation of Industrialists (Conindustria) The president of Conindustria, Luigi Pisella, noted that this represents an increase of 13.6 points in this sector as compared with the same period in 2021. | In 2021, the operation of the i…

En.mehrnews (2022-12-02). Iran, Venezuela oil ministers discuss energy cooperation. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 02 (MNA) — Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji and his Venezuelan counterpart in a phone conversation on Thursday night discussed the Tehran-Caracas bilateral cooperation in the field of energy.

Scorinoco (2022-12-02). Venezuela Backs Regional Integration to Boost Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. orinocotribune.com

Staff (2022-12-02). Venezuela's National Assembly Approves Communal Economic System Reform Law in First Discussion. orinocotribune.com

TeleSUR, lvm, MER (2022-12-02). AN de Venezuela ratifica segundo acuerdo parcial firmado en México. telesurtv.net Los parlamentario destacaron que se han retomado los caminos de la paz y el diálogo.

TeleSUR, SH (2022-12-02). Regresen a Venezuela 266 connacionales desde Perú. telesurtv.net De acuerdo al gobierno venezolano alrededor de 30.000 ciudadanos han retornado al país suramericano en los últimos cuatro años.

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