Daily Archives: November 24, 2021

2021-11-24: News Headlines

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-24). Egypt targeted and killed civilians using French military intelligence, new report reveals. peoplesdispatch.org The report has sparked anger along with multiple calls for investigations amid revelations that France was directly responsible for 19 air strikes by Egyptian authorities which killed hundreds of people and destroyed several vehicles between 2016 and 2018…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-24). Working class sections in Portugal hit the streets demanding better wages and job security. peoplesdispatch.org The workers' mobilization was called by the General Confederation of the Portuguese Workers (CGTP) to reiterate their demand for increasing the national minimum wage to 850 euros (USD 954.97) per month…

Staff (2021-11-24). EU Observation Mission: Venezuela's Electoral Process was "Good or Very Good" orinocotribune.com After recognizing the balance of Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE), the head of the European Union's Electoral Observation Mission, Isabel Santos, earlier today presented the The EU's Electoral Observation Mission (EOM), which participated as an observer in last Sunday's elections on the invitation of Venezuela's government, will deliver its final report between January and February of next year, according to Santos. | "This is a pre…

WSWS (2021-11-24). US stokes tensions with Russia over claims of an impending invasion of Ukraine. wsws.org On Monday, Russia's foreign intelligence agency compared the current tensions in the Black Sea to the build-up to the 2008 war between Russia and Washington-backed Georgia in the Caucasus.

Editor (2021-11-23). Anti-communism, anti-Blackness, and imperialism. mronline.org In this talk prepared for the Albuquerque Anti-War Coalition's Anti-Communism & Imperialism panel discussion, Dr. Charisse Burden Stelly discusses how anti-communism and anti-Blackness are intrinsically intertwined structures of white supremacist and capitalist control.

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-23). NATO launches war games in Latvia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Latvia Kickstarts The NATO Baltic Winter Shield 2021 Military Exercises The annual international military exercises of NATO Baltic Winter Shield 2021, kicked off in Latvia on Monday and will witness the Baltic state's military along with allied forces bolster their combat capabilities. The collaborative exercise will include military personnel from Land Force Mechanised Infantry Brigade, …

_____ (2021-11-23). Erdogan's Policies Lead to Failure. journal-neo.org cGeneral elections in Turkey are scheduled for June 18, 2023, but due to the initiative of political forces opposed to Erdogan, it may occur earlier. Voters will elect a new president and 600 members of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, each for a five-year term. Therefore, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is already actively …

WSWS (2021-11-23). Coronavirus pandemic in Austria runs out of control. wsws.org The unscrupulous policies of Austria's ruling parties in recent months have led to mass coronavirus infections and high death rates.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-11-23). NAM: How the Military-Industrial Complex Sidelined Peace and Disarmament. libya360.wordpress.com ND Jayaprakash The untiring efforts of Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Indonesian President Sukarno, Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, and Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah, salvaged the objects and purpose of the Bandung Conference in 1961. That year, 25 countries—eleven each from Asia and Africa and Yugoslavia, Cuba, and Cyprus—formed the Non-Aligned Movement…

Staff (2021-11-23). Americans advised to avoid 2 more EU countries. rt.com The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended Americans not go to Germany and Denmark due to the rise in Covid-19 cases in both countries. | The CDC added Germany and Denmark to the list of countries with a 'very high' risk of contracting Covid-19. The travel advisory for both nations was elevated to Level 4, the highest threat level in the CDC's four-tier assessment system. | Read more | | The agency advises Americans to 'avoid travel' to Level 4 countries…

Andreas Thomsen (2021-11-23). Denmark: Red-Green Alliance strongest party in Copenhagen following local elections. greenleft.org.au Following the recent Danish municipal elections, the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation's Andreas Thomsen interviewed Eva Milsted Enoksen, a long-time member of the Red Green Alliance (Enhedslisten) and a former member of the party's Copenhagen leadership.

Alice Kuzmenko (2021-11-23). Detention of a minor for his own protection — round two. ukhumanrightsblog.com The Court of Appeal has recently upheld the High Court decision that Section 38 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 ("PACE") is not incompatible with Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights ("ECHR") insofar as it purports to authorise the detention of minors for their own protection, in the case of Archer v Commissioner …

Anand Naidoo (2021-11-23). The Heat: COVID-19 in Europe. america.cgtn.com Violent protests rock cities across Europe as governments impose new restrictions to try to counter new spikes in COVID-19.

_____ (2021-11-23). Refugees, Coal and Conflict in Europe. strategic-culture.org Refugees must be treated with compassion and coal-mining phased out. And conflict must be avoided, Brian Cloughley writes. | In the depths of eastern Europe's bitter winter, Polish troops

WSWS (2021-11-23). Europe's fascistic policy of mass infection: People will be "vaccinated, recovered or dead," German health minister says. wsws.org As the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic comes to a close, it is clear that governments across Europe and the world have no policy to halt mass deaths.

Finian Cunningham (2021-11-23). Is There Much Point in Putin or Xi Talking With Biden? dissidentvoice.org © Mandel Ngan If a dialogue produces positive results then of course such dialogue should be pursued earnestly. That's a general rule. But what about in the case of dialogue between the US president Joe Biden and his Russian or Chinese counterparts? Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, is due to hold a virtual face-to-face meeting …

Manlio Dinucci (2021-11-23). All'armi, il nemico è alle porte. globalresearch.ca Il segretario generale della Nato Stoltenberg ha incontrato il presidente Draghi, il 17 novembre a Roma, per affrontare ´le attuali sfide alla sicurezza ª, provenienti dal ´rafforzamento militare della Russia in Ucraina e attorno ad essa ª. Stoltenberg ha ringraziato l'Italia perché …

_____ (2021-11-23). The U.S.-Russia Confrontation Over Ukraine. strategic-culture.org Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies say Americans should hope that the CIA director's recent visit to Moscow helped Washington understand the stakes. | By Medea BENJAMIN and Nicolas J. S. DAVIES | A report in Covert Action Magazine from the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic in Eastern Ukraine

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2021-11-23). Sino-Russian collusion over Taiwan, Ukraine seems improbable but isn't. mronline.org U.S. has whipped up war hysteria over satellite image of Russian military camp in Yelnya, over 500 kms from Ukraine border, to allege Moscow's invasion plans and to justify NATO involvement.

MK Bhadrakumar (2021-11-23). US stance on Ukraine, Taiwan uniting China, Russia. asiatimes.com The "feel-good" from the virtual meeting on November 16 between President Joe Biden and President Xi Jinping is declining like that after the US-Russian summit in Geneva in June. Biden's talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin apparently sought to create a "stable and predictable" relationship with Russia, but there is talk of war now. On …

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