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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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2021-11-16: News Headlines

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.

Binoy Kampmark (2021-11-16). Manufactured Cruelties: Belarus, Poland and the Refugee Crisis. dissidentvoice.org Refugee crises are often manufactured by governments. They can be done at the source: war, famine, rapacious institutions. They can also be manufactured by the refusal of governments to accept those seeking asylum, sanctuary and refuge. The latter is very much in evidence in Europe: governments of the European Union are staring down desperate humans …

_____ (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…

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…

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…

WSWS (2021-11-16). Canada heads toward deadly winter surge of COVID-19. wsws.org Every Canadian province and territory is either in the midst of a deadly upsurge of COVID-19 or teetering precariously on the brink of one.

Staff (2021-11-16). US-based firm offers trans employees pay for sex change & new clothes. rt.com American software company Salesforce has introduced a $40,000 financial package for its transgender employees around the world, including money for sex change operations and hundreds of dollars for new clothes. | Salesforce will provide its package for employees globally after previously launching it in the United States and Canada. Transgender staff will be able to take four weeks of paid leave and receive $40,000 to pay for sex change surgery, hair transplants, hormone replacement, and legal fees, and will even receive a budget of up to $500 for new clothes "to help them look and feel their best" — one…

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.

Tom Engelhardt (2021-11-16). Tomgram: William Astore, Prefabricated War. warisacrime.org This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Back in 2007, in his first piece for TomDispatch, retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and historian William Astore focused on the proliferation of self-congratulatory ribbons and medals on the chests of America's generals. Here, for instance, was General …

WSWS (2021-11-15). Whistleblowers expose US mass murder of women, children in Syria. wsws.org For nearly three years, the US government has covered up calls by military officials for war crimes investigations of a US bombing that killed at least 80 people in 2019.

Editor2 (2021-11-15). TPLF's War on Ethiopian Gov't is a US-EU Backed Ploy to Thwart Cooperation in the Horn of Africa, Says Former Ethiopian Diplomat. orinocotribune.com The coalition of nine ethnic groups formed in Washington D.C to fight the Ethiopian government is merely a psy-op and does not exist on the ground, diplomat Mohamed Hassan told Pavan Kulkarni | Tens of thousands have been killed and millions are starving and have been displaced in the civil war in northern Ethiopia which passed the one year mark last week. The devastating war began with the attack on an army base of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) by the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) on November 4, 2020. | According to Ethiopian diplomat Mohamed Hassan, it was the US security establishment o…

teleSUR (2021-11-15). UN Human Rights Office Warns Of Political Violence in Honduras. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) expressed concerns over the increase in political violence in Honduras during its electoral process. | Related | This multilateral organization referred to the systematic murders of political figures, especially those that happened at public events. One of these cases happened on Saturday, when gunmen assassinated Luis Casaña…

Anonymous103 (2021-11-15). Russian Warplanes Pound Terrorists All Over Syria (Photos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On November 15th, another wave of airstrikes hit militants' positions in Syria's Greater Idlib region. | Warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) targeted militant's facilities near the village of Majalia in the Syrian Idlib governorate. According to local reports, at least three strikes were recorded in the area. Later, at least one airstrike was carried out near the village of Deir Sunbol. | Click to…

Anonymous103 (2021-11-15). Military Situation In Yemen On November 15, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 155 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours; | On November 14, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 9 airstrikes on the Jubah district; | On November 14, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 3 airstrikes on the Sarwah district; | On November 14, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 10 airstrikes on the Hays district; | On November 15, clashes between Ansar Allah and Saudi-led forces continued in the west of Marib city; | On November 15, clashes between Ansar Allah and Saudi-led forces continued…

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-15). Hybrid attack on Belarus, Russia: analyst says NATO's wars caused refugee crisis. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Opinion: West is using refugees for a hybrid attack on Belarus, Russia The West is using the refugee factor as an instrument of a hybrid attack on Belarus and Russia, Russian political scientist, Associate Professor Sergei Karnaukhov told the Belarus 1 TV channel….. "We see the Western countries going to extraordinary lengths to make the …

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-15). Wars of the Soviet Succession: NATO accuses Russia of aggression against Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova, targets Belarus, Balkans. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba Stoltenberg: In recent weeks, we have seen large and unusual concentrations of Russian forces close to Ukraine's borders. Similar to Russia's build-up in Crimea and the Black Sea region earlier this year. NATO remains vigilant. We do …

Mark Gruenberg (2021-11-15). Fight over public-supported Build Back Better plan heats up. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—As Congress returned to D.C. the week of Nov. 15, the continuing war over President Biden's Build Back Better agenda—an agenda that would enact the large expansion of the social safety net the U.S. has needed for years—heated up. Biden signed the first part of his big-ticket program, the five-year $1.2 trillion "hard infrastructure" bill …

_____ (2021-11-15). TPLF's War On Ethiopian Government Is A US-EU Backed Ploy. popularresistance.org Tens of thousands have been killed and millions are starving and have been displaced in the civil war in northern Ethiopia which passed the one year mark last week. The devastating war began with the attack on an army base of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) by the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) on November 4, 2020. According to Ethiopian diplomat Mohamed Hassan, it was the US security establishment of president-elect Joe Biden that had advised the TPLF to launch this attack.

_____ (2021-11-15). TPLF's War On Ethiopian Gov't Is A US-EU Backed Ploy To Thwart Cooperation In The Horn Of Africa. popularresistance.org Tens of thousands have been killed and millions are starving and have been displaced in the civil war in northern Ethiopia which passed the one year mark last week. The devastating war began with the attack on an army base of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) by the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) on November 4, 2020. According to Ethiopian diplomat Mohamed Hassan, it was the US security establishment of president-elect Joe Biden that had advised the TPLF to launch this attack.

_____ (2021-11-15). Greenpeace Says Shell Is Tricking Drivers With Its Carbon Neutral Campaign. popularresistance.org The advertisements are for Shell Canada's Drive Carbon Neutral program, which launched in November 2020. A company press release said from Dec. 31, 2020 onwards, customers at its pumps can contribute two cents per litre to various carbon offset projects. That program and its claims of carbon neutrality will be challenged Wednesday when environmental group Greenpeace is set to file a complaint to the Competition Bureau of Canada. The group argues the Drive Carbon Neutral program is greenwashing and is therefore tricking customers into participating in an initiative with false claims, which it says goes against the…

_____ (2021-11-15). Shell Is Tricking Drivers With Its Carbon Neutral Campaign. popularresistance.org The advertisements are for Shell Canada's Drive Carbon Neutral program, which launched in November 2020. A company press release said from Dec. 31, 2020 onwards, customers at its pumps can contribute two cents per litre to various carbon offset projects. That program and its claims of carbon neutrality will be challenged Wednesday when environmental group Greenpeace is set to file a complaint to the Competition Bureau of Canada. The group argues the Drive Carbon Neutral program is greenwashing and is therefore tricking customers into participating in an initiative with false claims, which it says goes against the…

_____ (2021-11-15). Why Is The US Fueling The November 15 Cuba Protests? popularresistance.org On September 20, letters began to arrive at eight Cuban municipal or provincial government headquarters announcing the holding of "peaceful" marches on November 15 by a group called Archipiélago. The motivation for these marches was a call for change. The letter was not a formal request to occupy the busiest streets of some cities in Cuba, but rather a notification by the group that they would do so and they also demanded that the authorities provide them with security for these marches. By virtue of Cuban laws and obsessive American support for the marches, the Cuban government denied permission for holding the…

Editor (2021-11-15). Long live the Cuban Revolution! workers.org When on Jan. 8, 1959, a triumphant Fidel Castro entered Havana, he called on Cuban revolutionaries to "settle down to the peaceful aims of the Revolution." He spoke with a white dove on his shoulder, a symbol associated with Fidel throughout his long life. People show solidarity with socialist Cuba . . . |

teleSUR (2021-11-15). Young Cubans Take Part In Sit-In To Reject US Blockade. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, over 70 young Cubans took part in a sit-in at Havana's Central Park to reject the U.S. blockade, recent destabilization attempts, and smear campaigns in social media against Cuba. | RELATED: | "These actions are part of the strategy of unconventional war against our people. We deserve to live in peace and without the obstacles imposed by unilateral coercive measures," President Miguel Diaz-Canel stated. | The initiative known as "Red Sc…

_____ (2021-11-15). Rebuild America and Fight China? strategic-culture.org By Eric MARGOLIS | In an age of TV politicians, President Joe Biden is a figure from another age. He is deeply unexciting and suffering from advanced age — a time in life which the great Charles de Gaulle compared to a 'shipwreck.' | No mobs of baseball hat-wearing yahoos are about to storm the Capitol for Biden's sake. However unexciting he may be, President Biden has acted with courage and foresight to enact what America so badly needed: moving away from a wartime to a peacetime economy. | America's economy has been on a full wartime footing since the Vietnam War. The US Navy alone operates 11 big deck at…

_____ (2021-11-15). Ex-CIA Analyst On Hidden Realities Of Syria War. popularresistance.org As a CIA analyst, David McCloskey covered Syria from 2008 to 2014. He draws on his experience for his new spy thriller, "Damascus Station," set during the early years of the Syrian war. | David McCloskey joins Aaron Maté to discuss "Damascus Station"; the early years of the Syrian war; the role of foreign powers including the US; the US decision to support the insurgency despite knowing that Al Qaeda and other Salafi jihadist groups were its "primary engine"; allegations of chemical weapons attacks in Syria; and the direction of US policy in post-war Syria. | Guest: David McCloskey. Former CIA analyst who covered…

Ann Brown (2021-11-15). Anti-ADOS Reparations Group NBCIT Is Funded By Billion-Dollar Philanthropy Fund: Is Grant Money Used To Undermine And Police ADOS? moguldom.com Back in July, the National Black Cultural Information Trust Inc. (NBCIT) was awarded a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to help the organization correct cultural disinformation, advance reparatory justice, and share cultural information with stories and resources that uplift the collective freedom of Black communities. But some reparations advocates are …

Isheka N. Harrison (2021-11-15). Howard University Students Formally End Blackburn Takeover Protest. moguldom.com Howard University students have officially ended their occupation of the school's Blackburn Center, where they remained for more than a month to protest unsuitable living conditions — such as claims that their dorms were infested with mold, rodents and insects — and other issues. The students' attorney said they finally reached a satisfactory resolution with …

Staff (2021-11-15). CNE: Audit Number 11 on Voting Machines Concludes Successfully (100% Deployment). orinocotribune.com One week before the November 21 Regional and Municipal elections in Venezuela, the 11th audit (pre-production audit) of 155 voting machines (0.5% of the total number) was carried out this Sunday, November 14, in the warehouses of the National Electoral Council (CNE) in Mariche, Miranda state. These machines were chosen at random for evaluation, in order to provide greater assurance and security to voters, and the audit was carried out in the presence of accredited witnesses from all political parties and international observers. | The information was released by the president of the National Electoral Council, Pe…

Staff (2021-11-15). US & Israel launch joint cybersecurity force. rt.com The US Treasury Department announced a new cybersecurity partnership with Israel's Ministry of Finance, saying that the two nations would work together to protect the global economy from ransomware and other tech-related threats. | The partnership was announced in a US Treasury Department press release on Sunday, which

Staff (2021-11-15). FBI raids on Project Veritas 'could have serious consequences'. rt.com The Justice Department's recent raids on Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe and multiple associates "could have serious consequences for press freedom," the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has warned. | The ACLU "Project Veritas has engaged in disgraceful deceptions, and reasonable observers might not consider their activities to be journalism at all," the organization…

Kim Petersen (2021-11-15). Planning for a New, Better Future. dissidentvoice.org As the world prepares to depart 2021 and head into 2022, it is clear that the United States is a declining economic power and that China continues its rapid upward trajectory. While homelessness and poverty sully the debt-laden US, China has eliminated extreme poverty. What is the American response to economic disparities domestically? Institute a …

Barry Sheppard (2021-11-15). COP26: The climate cost of war. greenleft.org.au Military carbon emissions have largely been exempted from international climate treaties, dating back to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, reports Barry Sheppard.

_____ (2021-11-15). Researchers Urge World Leaders At COP26 To Act On Science. popularresistance.org Glasgow, Scotland – As COP26 delegates went into overtime Friday night, shaping the language of their final climate communiques into something all 197 countries could agree on, scientists from around the world issued their latest, and perhaps starkest warning. | "We, climate scientists, stress that immediate, strong, rapid, sustained and large-scale actions are necessary to hold global warming to well below 2 ∞C and pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5 ∞C," they wrote in a Nov. 11 letter to the conference. | More than 200 scientists from every continent signed the letter to remind delegates at the confer…

Anonymous103 (2021-11-15). Military Situation In Syria On November 15, 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 15, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Kafr Nouran village; | On November 15, Russian warplanes attacked positions of Turkish-backed forces in Deir Sunbol village; | On November 15, Russian Military Police and Turkish Army carried out a patrol near Ain al-Arab…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-11-15). What if Qaddafi's Son Won the Presidency of Libya? libya360.wordpress.com The problem of Libya is not the candidacy of Saif al-Islam, but the continued rule of militias No one can predict what the situation in Libya will be like in the next few days, especially after Saif al-Islam Qaddafi submitted his candidacy for the presidential elections. Warlords, militia leaders, Brotherhood activists and those who describe…

WSWS (2021-11-15). Tim Page, veteran Vietnam war photographer, opposes MGM's Minamata censorship. wsws.org "A beautifully crafted film that everyone should see and one with a message more important than some sort of alleged scandal over a marriage break-up."

Anonymous103 (2021-11-15). Pulling Back From The Brink. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by The family of nations is balancing on the edge of an abyss as mushrooming religious and ethnic intolerance becomes the norm. | Western as well as non-Western societies have helped paved the road towards the abyss: the West by abandoning…

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-15). More Azerbaijani troops, armor enter Armenia; war budget increased by 16%. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azerbaijan's military budget to amount to $1.7 billion in 2022 Azerbaijan will spend 2‚ħ89 billion manats ($1.7 billion) on defense and national security, up by 16.3% year-on-year. In addition, In addition, 1.6 billion manats ($942 million) will be allocated for "special purchases." ==== Pashinyan confirms Azerbaijan invaded Armenia's territory again Authorities in Armenia have been …

David Swanson (2021-11-15). VIDEO: David Swanson Discusses Syria on RT International. warisacrime.org

Tom Engelhardt (2021-11-15). Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, American Politics Hits the Wall. warisacrime.org This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. What a burst of attention, analysis, and fretting in the mainstream media about the election of Republican Glenn Youngkin as governor of Virginia! The shock was so great you might almost have thought this country had never elected …

Moderator (2021-11-15). Chris Hedges and Glenn Greenwald on the Second War on Terror (Video). scheerpost.com The liberal and Democratic Party elites have seized on the January 6 mob assault on the U.S. Capital as the domestic equivalent of the attacks of 9/11. Joe Biden calls the storming of the Capitol "the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War." Rep. Liz Cheney, a right-wing Republican whose animus towards Donald Trump has seen her join forces with the Democratic Party leadership, said that the forces behind January 6 represent "a threat America has never seen before." The enabling resolution that created the Select Committee that is investigating the events of January 6 calls the mob assault as "one…

George Monbiot (2021-11-15). After the failure of Cop26, there's only one last hope for our survival. zcomm.org It's too late for incremental change. By mobilising just 25% of people, we can flip social attitudes towards the climate…

Paul Dobson (2021-11-15). Venezuela's El Sistema Attempts 'Largest Orchestra' Guinness World Record. venezuelanalysis.com Over 12,000 young musicians played Tchaikovsky's Marche Slave simultaneously in Caracas.

teleSUR (2021-11-15). We Have Enough Vaccines To Immunize 95% of Venezuelans: Maduro. telesurenglish.net Upon the arrival of 2,5 million Sinopharm vaccines through the COVAX mechanism on Saturday, President Nicolas Maduro announced that Venezuela has already enough doses to immunize 95 percent of the population against COVID-19. | RELATED: | "Despite the sanctions and financial persecution implemented by the United States, we got the money to purchase vaccines," Maduro stated, stressing that humanitarian issues should not…

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