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2021-11-29: News Headlines

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-11-29). Honduras: Xiomara Castro de Zelaya Proclaimed President-Elect. libya360.wordpress.com Xiomara Castro, proclaimed president-elect of Honduras and first woman to govern the country, celebrated her triumph at the polls this Sunday and announced that she will form a government of "reconciliation", of "peace and justice". Although the scrutiny continues, the candidate of the Liberty and Refoundation Party (Libre) is imposed with a wide advantage to…

Staff (2021-11-29). Headlines for November 29, 2021. democracynow.org South Africa Blasts Travel Bans As Countries Race to Curb Spread of Omicron Variant, Federal Govt Sends Health Workers to Michigan, Which Leads U.S. COVID Surge, Jury Finds Ahmaud Arbery's Three White Killers Guilty of Murder, Shipwreck Kills 27 Refugees in Largest Recorded Tragedy in English Channel, Opposition Leader Xiomara Castro Claims Victory After Record Turnout in Honduras Election, Ukraine's Zelensky Says He is Target of Imminent Coup as Allies Warn of Possible Russian Invasion, High Death Toll Reported as Ethiopian Soldiers Press Offensive in Afar Region, Oil Well Rupture Leaves Niger Delta Residents Hu…

Staff (2021-11-29). Omicron variant poses 'very high' global risk — WHO. rt.com The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned countries to brace for the new Omicron Covid variant, urging them to boost vaccination for vulnerable groups. | The WHO released a technical brief on Omicron, which was classified as a variant of concern (VOC) on Friday. "The overall global risk related to the new VOC Omicron is assessed as very high," the brief said. | The agency described Omicron as a variant with a high number of mutations, some of which "may be associated with immune escape potential and higher transmissibility." At the same time, the WHO noted that there are "still considerable uncertainties"

Staff (2021-11-29). Health Justice Advocates Say Vaccine Equity, Not "Racist" Travel Bans, Will Stop the Omicron Variant. democracynow.org We go to Cape Town, South Africa, to speak with a leading health justice advocate about how scientists in the country have identified a new Omicron coronavirus variant, and the World Health Organization warns it could be more transmissible than previous variants. Against the advice of the WHO, several countries have closed their borders to foreign travelers. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa criticized the travel bans and called on wealthy nations to help poorer nations gain greater access to COVID vaccines. The bans are "actually quite racist," says Fatima Hassan, founder and director of Health Justice Ini…

Jason Ditz (2021-11-29). Saudi Coalition Kills Over 90 Houthis in Maarib Airstrikes. news.antiwar.com Though there are not always daily casualty reports out of Yemen's contested city of Maarib, that fight is still ongoing. On Friday, 16 strikes were reported around the contested province in the 24 hour period, and 12 military vehicles were claimed destroyed. The Houthis have not commented on the matter. | The Houthis have taken the vast majority of the Maarib Province in an offensive that has been ongoing since February. Maari…

Editor2 (2021-11-29). Years of Ongoing Violence: the Fragile Peace in Colombia. orinocotribune.com By Alejandra Garcia — Nov. 25, 2021 | Cuba oversaw, like no other nation, the peace process that Colombia experienced just five years ago. Havana hosted the first consensus between the government of then President Juan Manuel Santos and the leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) in August 2016. | Three months later—on November 24 of that year—Rodrigo Londoño Echeverri, leader of the defunct guerrillas, and former President Santos signed their names in Bogotá to pave the way for the implementation of the process negotiated for at least four years. | After the…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2021-11-29). Second Phase of Citizen Verification Audit Confirms Accuracy of 21N Elections. orinocotribune.com Auditors from political parties alongside technical personnel from Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE), external advisers, and assistants analyzed a sample of 206 polling stations from the election day on November 21, which is proportionally representative of the entire country. | According to the press release of the electoral body, on Friday, November 26, the Citizen Verification Audit Phase 2 was carried out in the facilities of Warehouse Number 3 of the Electoral Power in Filas de Mariche, Miranda state. The sample, using the boxes in which voting receipts and other materials are stored, was audited…

Kim Petersen (2021-11-29). Banging War Drums Down Under on the China Threat. dissidentvoice.org Right away, the Australian 60 Minutes Youtube video titled "Prepare for Armageddon: China's warning to the world" signals a polemic against China. The video's opening backdrop features chairman Xi Jinping with a slightly raised fist flanked by a jet, tank, and a battery of missiles. The program is rife with ad hominem, propaganda, disinformation, and …

Global Research News (2021-11-29). Video: 13 Year-old Canadian Girl Took the Covid-19 Vaccine. "Try Not to Cry, Her Heart Stopped and Now She is in Critical Condition" globalresearch.ca Forward Global Research articles. …

Mat Ward (2021-11-29). Looking for 2021's best protest music? Here are 10 albums. greenleft.org.au Mat Ward looks back at November's political news and the best new music that related to it.

Peter Boyle (2021-11-29). Build the movement against the war drive with China. greenleft.org.au Peter Boyle argues AUKUS, the new military alliance between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, represents a deliberate and dangerous escalation of the US-led confrontation with China that must be challenged.

Global Research News (2021-11-29). Selected Articles: The WHO and the Road Towards a Fake Medical Dystopia. globalresearch.ca By Behind its development is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation — with support of the Rockefeller Foundation — …

WSWS (2021-11-29). Succession Season 3: The American elite lurches towards fascist conspiracy. wsws.org Season 3 of HBO's Succession, the black comedy-drama series created by Jesse Armstrong, brings out the anti-democratic rot at the heart of contemporary American politics, business and media.

imperial.ac.uk (2021-11-29). Four Imperial academics given Institute of Physics awards and fellowships. imperial.ac.uk Accolades go to experts in string theory, Mars missions, and particle accelerators, as well as the Mechanical Instrumentation Facility manager.

Ana Perdigón (2021-11-29). Diosdado Cabello: 21N Elections Showed that Chavismo Remains Solid & United. orinocotribune.com On Sunday, November 28, the First Vice President of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, stated that the November 21 elections demonstrated that Chavismo remains solid and united, while the opposition remains divided in the short and long term. | Cabello made the comments during an interview on the program Aqui Con Ernesto Villegas. "The victory of the 21N elections was whole, absolute, unquestionable, and indisputable, based on a strategy defined by the high command of the Revolution and President Nicolás Maduro," said Cabello. | The parliamentarian noted that without the excellent s…

Staff (2021-11-29). A Cold-Blooded Analysis of Venezuela's 21N Elections. orinocotribune.com I.Preface | In the Venezuela of the 21st century, perhaps now as never before, it is important to stop and observe the electoral results in detail. If we stick to the most visible result—despite the poor choice of the US government and the few who, counter to all political wisdom, continue supporting the fiction of the "interim government"—the official candidates of Chavismo won the majority of the contested positions. Quite significantly, the anti-Chavista opposition returned to the electoral fold, which undoubtedly constitutes extraordinary news for Venezuelan society. | That said, it is appropriate…

Staff (2021-11-29). President Maduro Accuses EU Electoral Mission of Espionage. orinocotribune.com The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, accused the European Union (EU) electoral observation mission (EOM) of being spies who tried to tarnish the November 21 election. | "Who arrived?" asked Maduro. "Spies! They tried to stain the impeccable electoral process of Venezuela and they could not. A delegation of spies." | The president made the comments Sunday during a working meeting to present the weekly report on Venezuela's battle against COVID-19, broadcast on publicly owned Venezolana de Televisión (VTV). | The national leader drew attention to the number of delegates throughout the country who utilized "a…

teleSUR (2021-11-28). UN Calls for Peaceful and Transparent Elections in Honduras. telesurenglish.net The United Nations (UN) called on political actors in Honduras to conduct peaceful and transparent General Elections this Sunday. | RELATED: | In a press release, the UN vowed for Hondurans to be able to exercise their right to vote in an "informed and peaceful manner, in conditions of equality, without any type of discrimination and with full guarantee of human rights." | The UN System in the Central American natio…

Manlio Dinucci (2021-11-28). America's New Nuclear Bomb Is Ready: The B61-12 has a Nuclear Warhead with 4 "Selectable Power Options" globalresearch.ca First published on December 3, 2020 A video was released on November 23 2020 by Sandia National Laboratories that shows a US F-35A fighter flying at supersonic speed 3000 meters above sea level, launching a B61-12 nuclear bomb (non-nuclear …

sputniknews (2021-11-28). Biden's Attempt at Sending Message of Return to Normalcy Thwarted by New COVID Variant. sputniknews.com Polls suggest that the handling of the pandemic in the US is one of the main reasons for the ongoing decline in Biden's approval ratings, which have dropped from around 55% to roughly 41.7% in less than a year.

Staff (2021-11-28). Keep borders open despite Covid variants, WHO pleads. rt.com The World Health Organization has encouraged countries to keep their borders open, despite fears about the Omicron variant of Covid-19, as South Africa denounces global travel restrictions that it has called "unjustified." | Avoiding shutting down borders, the WHO said, will prevent a "heavy burden on lives and livelihoods." | If restrictions are put in place, the organization warned, they should not be "unnecessarily invasive or intrusive." | .

Liberation Staff (2021-11-28). John Deere workers strike blow at corporate greed with contract victory. liberationnews.org The strike, made up of production and warehouse workers across 14 facilities in Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas, was the largest in the private sector since 2019 and the first strike by Deere workers since 1986.

Anonymous103 (2021-11-28). Military Situation In Yemen On November 28, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 98 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah in the past 24 hours; | On November 27, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 10 airstrikes on the Jubah district; | On November 27, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 2 airstrikes on the Sanaa city; | On November 28, clashes between Ansar Allah and Saudi-led forces continued in the west of Marib city; | On November 28, clashes between Ansar…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2021-11-28). "There's Something Rotten in Denmark": Frank Olson and the Macabre Fate of a CIA Whistleblower in the Early Cold War. covertactionmagazine.com "Frank Olson is flying and it's a long way down" — David Clewell, "CIA in Wonderland." In September 1994, the …

Dr. Jacques R. Pauwels (2021-11-28). 80 Years Ago: Pearl Harbor and The Wars of Corporate America. globalresearch.ca Washington knew a Japanese fleet was on its way to Pearl Harbor, but welcomed the attack since a Japanese aggression would make it possible to "sell" the war to an anti-war American public.

_____ (2021-11-28). Bolivia: Massive Six Day March To Defend Democracy. popularresistance.org Bolivia – On Monday, November 29, the massive "March for the Country" led by social movements and indigenous peoples will culminate in the capital, La Paz, for a large rally in defense of democracy. Just over a year ago, the Bolivian people overthrew a violent US-backed coup regime at the ballot box with the election of President Luis Arce. The Bolivian people have continued to fight off attempts by the US government to undermine their restored government. | To raise awareness of the attack on democracy and to show the great support for the current government within the country, tens of thousands of people have b…

Peter Koenig (2021-11-28). Video: Digital Tyranny and the Rockefeller-Gates WHO "Vaxx-Certificate Passport": Towards a World War III Scenario. globalresearch.ca It's an electronic ID-program using the Covid-19 "vaccine as a platform for digital identity, linking everything to everything of each individual (records of health, banking, personal and private, etc.), managed by a state agency or in extremis, by the private sector.

Anonymous103 (2021-11-28). Military Situation In Syria On November 28, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On November 28, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 5 times: 1 — in Idlib province, 1 — in Hama province, 3 — in Aleppo province; | On November 28, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Ruwayha village; | On November 28, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SAA positions in Hantunin area; | On November 27, an Iraqi refugee was killed in al-Hol camp by unknown gunmen. | MO…

Edward Curtin (2021-11-28). The Elephant in the Room: Cell Phones. globalresearch.ca Important article first published by GR on June 13, 2021 It is difficult to talk to addicts about addictions and it is even harder to do so when their embrace of the drug of choice has dire consequences. | I …

teleSUR (2021-11-28). UN Women Demands Sanctioning Gender-based Violence in Honduras. telesurenglish.net The UN Women representative in Honduras, Margarita Bueso, demanded national laws establishing gender-based political violence against women as a crime. | RELATED: | Women's Political Observatory reported 19 attacks on female candidates for public elected posts between September and November this year. | "There are no channels for legalizing and sanctioning this type of violence," Bueso warned. | She highlighted the nee…

F. William Engdahl (2021-11-28). "We are Human Guinea Pigs": Alarming Casualty Rates for mRNA Vaccines Warrant Urgent Action. globalresearch.ca Official US and EU data confirm alarming numbers of deaths and permanent paralysis as well as other severe side effects from the experimental mRNA vaccines. It is now clear that we are being asked to be human guinea pigs in an experiment that could alter the human gene structure and far worse.

Moderator (2021-11-28). What Our Forever Wars Really Cost You. scheerpost.com [ By Andrea Mazzarino / As a Navy spouse of 10 years and counting, my life offers an up-close view of our country's priorities when it comes to Recently, my husband, a naval officer currently serving with the Department of Energy, spent a wee…

sputniknews (2021-11-28). Germany Warns US Congress Nord Stream 2 Sanctions Will 'Damage Transatlantic Unity', Docs Show. sputniknews.com The German Embassy in Washington reportedly handed American congressmen a document saying that the pipeline poses no threat to Ukraine or the EU and arguing that new restrictions could undermine US-German ties and weaken the credibility of the US government.

Elaine Meyer (2021-11-28). How Gen Z Is Fighting Back Against Big Tech. zcomm.org Many in this generation are aware of what they have lost by having grown up on social media, so they're logging off and working to create a safer, healthier future…

_____ (2021-11-28). Venezuela's Socialists Win Elections In Landslide. popularresistance.org After years of boycotting previous votes, Venezuela's right-wing opposition parties agreed to participate in these elections, through a series of negotiations that were held in Mexico and sponsored by Norway and the Netherlands. | A delegation of US National Lawyers Guild members traveled to Venezuela to monitor the elections, visiting 12 voting sites in Caracas and other states. They reported, "We observed a balanced and transparent voting process which voters expressed confidence in." | "From a technical point of view, we observed an electoral system that was fundamentally transparent and facilitated by a workf…

Staff (2021-11-28). Electoral Observers Participate in Venezuela's Indigenous Elections. orinocotribune.com A group of international observers, invited by the National Electoral Council (CNE) to take part in Venezuela's recent November 21 mega-elections, also served as observers for the election of Indigenous legislative and municipal councils members. These elections were held on Friday, November 25 in accordance with the customary forms of government of the first nations. The elections took place in the states of Amazonas, Anzoátegui, Apure, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Monagas, Sucre, and Zulia. | Representatives of the Latin American Council of Electoral Experts (CEELA), as well as observers from the European Union elec…

teleSUR, drl, JCM (2021-11-28). Venezuela celebra aniversario de rebelión militar del 27N. telesurtv.net En 1992 se produjo la segunda parte de rebelión articulada del movimiento cívico-militar contra Carlos A. Pérez.

teleSUR, JL (2021-11-28). Venezuela rechaza injerencia de España sobre comicios. telesurtv.net "Los observadores han calificado al sistema electoral venezolano como uno de los más modernos y confiables del mundo", acotó la Cancillería en Caracas.

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2021-11-28: News Headlines

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-11-28). The Covid-19 Omicron Variant: Towards a Fourth Wave Lockdown? Pretext to Introduce New Repressive Policy Measures. globalresearch.ca Both the governments and the media in chorus are now engaged in a renewed fear campaign focussing on the emergence of a new "deadly" SARS-CoV-2 variant. | Last May it was the Delta variant (B.1.617.2), which allegedly originated in …

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2021-11-28). "There's Something Rotten in Denmark": Frank Olson and the Macabre Fate of a CIA Whistleblower in the Early Cold War. covertactionmagazine.com "Frank Olson is flying and it's a long way down" — David Clewell, "CIA in Wonderland." In September 1994, the …

Dave DeCamp (2021-11-27). US Refuses to Engage With Marshall Islands on Damage Caused by Nuclear Weapons Tests. news.antiwar.com The US is refusing to engage with the Marshall Islands on compensation for environmental and health damage caused by the dozens of US nuclear weapons tests carried out in the 1940s and 50s, The Marshall Islands are home to a major US military base and are essentially treated as a US territory under an agreement known as the Compact of Free Association. But the agreement is due to expire soon, and the dispute over the nuclear weapons tes…

sputniknews (2021-11-27). Poking the Bear, US Warns Russia All Options on Table. sputniknews.com The Biden administration has threatened Russia with signature rhetoric for belligerence, declaring that the US has the right to use "all options on the table".

Jason Ditz (2021-11-27). Captured by Israel, Palestinian Children Held Outdoors in the Cold. news.antiwar.com Israeli media outlet Haaretz offered a troubling look at the treatment of Palestinian civilians, children no less, by the Israeli military in the occupied West Bank. | Troops warned 12-year-old Yasser that if he didn't confess they would "take" him. He confessed, they took him anyway. They went to his friend Yazen's house and took him too, along with his father. | They were all taken, without a warran…

Fight Back (2021-11-27). People's Thanksgiving celebrates advances for labor, Black liberation movements. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – The 30th Annual People's Thanksgiving was held in Chicago on November 21, a fundraiser for Fight Back! and Freedom Road Socialist Organization in Chicago. More than 100 people attended, and the event raised over $4000. | The room in Teamsters City featured some of the most prominent leaders in the movements for Black liberation, Palestinian liberation, and the labor movement. | An historic event was marked when Juan Campos, a newly elected vice president of the Teamsters United slate, was given the Pete Camarata Award for class struggle unionism. Campos joins General President Sean O'Brien and Gener…

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-27). NATO builds Georgia's cyber warfare capacity. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Estonia hosts the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence. Cyber security training for IT specialists was conducted at the Defense Institution Building School At the School of Defense Institution Building (DIBS), cyber security training was conducted in collaboration with the Cyber Security Bureau and the Estonian side…..The training was led by Estonian cyber experts …

_____ (2021-11-27). CAR is Fighting against Both the Domestic and Foreign Enemies. journal-neo.org For four centuries African nations suffered from the evils of the slave trade, until, in the mid-19th Century Europeans discontinued this commerce, no longer seeing it as profitable. But the decline of the slave trade saw the dawn of another terrible time for Africa — the colonial period. African warriors were unable to resist attacks …

Mid County Democratic Club (2021-11-27). Thursday 12/2: Amah Mutsun Tribal Band: History and Current Efforts to Steward Ancestral Lands. indybay.org Register in advance for this free event: | us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwtdO6tqj0sE9wvvfugmcm0cx6o7_hEFKwV

Brett Wilkins (2021-11-27). Investors 'Made Off Like Bandits' at Expense of Striking Alabama Miners. zcomm.org Writing to the CEOs of two private equity firms, Warren, Sanders, and Baldwin decried the "blatant mistreatment" of miners, including forced 12-hour shifts and seven-day workweeks…

Richard Horton (2021-11-27). [Comment] Offline: The real meaning of decolonisation. thelancet.com The most dangerous threat to health and health equity today is anti-globalism—a denial of evidence pointing to the intrinsic interdependence of human beings; a refusal to accept the transnational nature of risks to our wellbeing; and an antipathy to institutions and individuals promoting cosmopolitan values. Anti-globalism lies behind the failure of governments to accelerate actions to address the climate crisis, is responsible for the failure of nations to coordinate their responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, and underlies the savage xenophobia directed towards those fleeing conflict and repression.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2021-11-27). Climate Change 2021, 40 pp. indybay.org It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land. Widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere have occurred. A.1.1 Since 2011 (measurements reported in AR5), concentrations have continued to increase in the atmosphere, reaching annual averages of 410 parts per million (ppm) for carbon dioxide (CO2)…

A Guest Author (2021-11-27). The role of Black radicals ‚àí Civil War to the carceral state. workers.org The following slightly edited testimony was presented by Dr. Johanna Fernandez, an associate professor of history at Baruch College of the City University of New York. She is also the author of the book, "The Young Lords: a Radical History." Dr. Fernandez spoke at the Oct. 23-25, 2021 "Spirit of . . . |

Alexander Milev (2021-11-27). Anti capitalistic currency. indybay.org A time based regional currency, that is issued by people themselves with the help of a software (in development). It is regional, imposes a limit on income and is still to be used worldwide.

The Green Arcade (2021-11-27). Sunday 12/12: Richard Schwarzenberger Reads From His New Book The Trick Clock and Other Stories. indybay.org The Green Arcade | 1680 Market Street | SF, CA 94102…

WSWS (2021-11-27). Jury awards $26 million to victims of 2017 neo-Nazi riot in Charlottesville, Virginia civil trial. wsws.org The far-right organizers of the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally knowingly engaged in a conspiracy to commit violent acts.

Andrew Green (2021-11-27). [Perspectives] A history of US engagement in the HIV/AIDS response. thelancet.com >In late September, 2021, US President Joe Biden tapped John Nkengasong to lead the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). If approved for the role as Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator of US Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally, Nkengasong will inherit a programme at a point of inflection. PEPFAR has been leaderless since Deborah Birx decamped in February, 2020, to coordinate the White House's COVID-19 response under the administration of Donald Trump. She left PEPFAR ahead of the findings from UNAIDS in July, 2020, that highlighted uneven progress towards 2020 milestones in the…

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-27). Key architect of 2014 Ukrainian coup, Biden "concerned" over current coup canard. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Biden "concerned" over reports of Ukraine coup plot See: Biden's Real Ukraine Scandal: Regime Change and War U.S. President Joe Biden has expressed concern in the wake of reports of an alleged plot being worked out to topple President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine. "I am concerned," President Biden told journalists on Friday, November 26. "Look, …

Editor2 (2021-11-27). The News from the Venezuela Election? Victory for the People of Venezuela and Defeat for the US (Statement). orinocotribune.com The news out of Venezuela related to the elections is that there is no news. All attempts to attack and delegitimize the process failed and the people of that beleaguered nation once again chose independence and dignity over surrendering to the imperialist gangsterism of the United States and their white supremacist, European colonial allies. | RELATED CONTENT: Russia's Zakharova: Countries Criticizing Venezuela's Elections Motivated…

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