(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…
(2021-11-29). Military police raid plane to arrest couple trying to flee quarantine. rt.com 
A married couple who fled a quarantine hotel for suspected Omicron strain carriers in the Netherlands have been removed from a flight by the Dutch military police just as their plane was about to take off. | The dramatic incident unfolded at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on board a flight that was set to depart for Spain at around 6pm on Sunday, the Netherlands armed forces confirmed in a statement. | The Royal Netherlands Marechaussee at Schiphol has arrested a couple this evening who had fled from a quarantine hotel… The arrests took place on a plane that was about to take off. | The identities of the detai…
(2021-11-29). Herd immunity policy creates explosion of COVID-19 infections in German nurseries and schools. wsws.org Although the number of official coronavirus deaths in Germany has exceeded 100,000, the infection figures are escalating and a new, dangerous variant (Omicron) of the virus is spreading, all the bourgeois parties refuse to take the necessary protective measures.
(2021-11-29). Communist playing a leading role in Spain's governing coalition. peoplesworld.org 
Spanish Communist Yolanda Díaz presently serves as minister of labor and social economy in the coalition government headed by Pablo Sanchez's Socialist Party (PSOE). It includes the United Podemos (UP) formation, with which Díaz's own Communist Party of Spain (PCE) is associated. (Podemos is "Yes, we can!) UP leader Pablo Iglesias in early 2021 resigned …
(2021-11-29). Erdogan's Expansion into Africa intensifies. journal-neo.org 
After the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in Turkey in 2002, became one of the main priorities of Erdogan's foreign policy. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan does not spend a year without touring Africa: since coming to power in 2002, he has visited 31 African countries, some more than once, notably Algeria, Senegal, …
(2021-11-29). Negotiations between Iran, P4+1 in Vienna kick off. en.mehrnews.com The Vienna talks on the removal of sanctions against Iran have started in the Austrian capital on Monday.
(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…
(2021-11-29). 2.5 Million Nurses Demand UN Probe Into 'Covid-19 Criminals' Blocking Patent Waiver. zcomm.org The European Union, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, and Singapore "must be investigated for blocking a faster global vaccine rollout leading to the loss of countless lives."
(2021-11-29). South Africa puts Canada to shame regarding Palestine. dissidentvoice.org 
Like Canada, South Africa is a former British colony and settler state. But the divide between these two countries regarding the world's most aggressive ongoing European colonialism is stark. While Pretoria assists Palestinians by advocating the boycott of a cultural event, Canadians subsidize huge private donations to a wealthy apartheid state. On November 13 the …
(2021-11-29). Ukraine Is Not Russia. That Is for Sure, but How Do the Two Countries Compare? strategic-culture.org 
In 2003, the then Ukrainian president, Leonid Kuchma, authored a book titled "Ukraine Is Not Russia," formulating the basic principle of Ukrainian identity — being different from Russia. In the subsequent years, Ukrainian politicians continued to implement this principle, which culminated in the installment of a radically pro-Western and anti-Russian government on the back of a Western-supported coup in 2014 The new government promised to bring Ukraine closer to Europe, however, eight years later the nation ranks as the second poorest European country amid deindustrialization and depopulation. In economic t…
(2021-11-29). Activists block European Amazon warehouses on Black Friday. peoplesworld.org 
Climate activists blockaded Amazon warehouses in three European countries on Friday, part of a global effort to pressure the e-commerce giant on one of its busiest days of the year to improve working conditions and end business practices that hurt the environment. Members of Extinction Rebellion targeted 13 Amazon fulfillment centers in the United Kingdom …
(2021-11-29). Anti-fascist sections in Germany protest spike in police brutality. peoplesdispatch.org The media has exposed private chats between police officers in Cologne supporting violence against suspects. The North Rhine-Westphalian (NRW) State authorities have initiated an investigation against six police officers involved…
(2021-11-29). Russia remains cautiously optimistic ahead of Vienna talks. en.mehrnews.com Russian representative at the Vienna talks Mikhail Ulyanov has said that Moscow is cautiously optimistic ahead of today's Vienna talks, adding no reasonable and acceptable alternative to a successful conclusion of the talks.
(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.
(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 …
(2021-11-28). As Omicron spreads in Europe, Paris commits to mass COVID-19 infections. wsws.org As infections reach new highs and the highly-mutated Omicron variant appears in Europe, the French government aims to let the virus spread.
(2021-11-28). US, European Diplomats Secretly Plan Ethiopian 'Transition Government' With TPLF Leader. orinocotribune.com 
Video footage has emerged of several Western diplomats meeting with leaders of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), showing them frankly discussing plans to overthrow Ethiopia's democratically-elected president, Abiy Ahmed. Abiy arrived at the front lines on Wednesday to take personal control over the effort to halt the TPLF's offensive. | Top US, UK and European Union diplomats with longstanding connections to Ethiopia during its 27 years of TPLF rule met on Zoom on Sunday with a "chief representative" of the TPLF, trading ideas about the group's potential to seize power and the Ethiopian National Defens…
(2021-11-28). Tech Workers, Bigger Than Big Tech. popularresistance.org Tech companies are the new empires of today: Alphabet annual revenue surpassed Hungary's GDP, Facebook employs over 15000 content moderators around the world, and Microsoft has built datavcenters in nearly every corner of our planet. Yet we continue to be sold the myth that the workers of the tech industry, which spans every corner of the globe, have nothing to do with each other. | To hold these tech companies accountable, tech workers in the United States have begun to organize. "Help us be Alphabet's conscience", proclaimed the recently-formed Alphabet Workers Union, a minority union composed of full-time empl…
(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 …
(2021-11-28). Trees and Crops Don't Have to Compete. Climate Crisis Calls for Agroforestry. zcomm.org Now that the climate crisis calls for vastly more trees, it's time to take in the good news that trees and crops can do well together…
(2021-11-28). Turkey's Expansion into Central Asia Intensifies. journal-neo.org 
Under the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, claiming the role of a new regional superpower, Turkey has been increasingly active in recent decades pursuing an independent foreign policy with an attempt to position itself as the key state of the so-called "Afrasia," that is, as a link between Africa, Asia, and Europe. Recently the Turkish …
(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…
(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.
(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…
(2021-11-28). Russia running out of 'easy' oil. rt.com 
Nearly all of Russia's oil production will consist of the so-called hard-to-recover crude reserves unless the country speeds up and incentivizes exploration, Russia's Deputy Energy Minister Pavel Sorokin said on Wednesday. | "Almost 100% of our production will be hard to recover over the term of ten years," Sorokin said, as quoted by news agency TASS. | The hard-to-recover reserves will have much higher lifting costs than conventional reserves, according to the deputy energy minister. | This is a problem for Russia, one of the world's biggest oil producers, as it would see the quality of its reserves decline a…
(2021-11-28). Amid record deaths from COVID-19, Ukrainian president accuses Russia of planning a "coup" wsws.org Russia and Ukraine have been reporting record deaths as NATO and the US stoke a dangerous military crisis in the Black Sea.
(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…
(2021-11-28). Dystopian "Great Reset": "Own Nothing and Be Happy", Being Human in 2030. globalresearch.ca With foresight, this incisive article by Colin Todhunter was published by Global Research on November 9, 2020 The World Economic Forum's (WEF) annual meeting at the end of January in Davos, Switzerland, brings together international business and political leaders, …
(2021-11-28). Military Situation In Donetsk People's Republic On November 28, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see ful-size image | DPR forces shelled UAF positions in Maryinka with 120-mm mortar launchers; | DPR forces shelled UAF positions in Pivdenne with 120-mm mortar launchers; | DPR forces shelled UAF positions in Novoluhanske with high caliber machine guns; | The UAF shelled positions of DPR forces in Trudovskaya settlement with 82 mm mortars; | The UAF shelled positions of DPR forces in Staromikhailovka village with 82 mm mortars, grenade launchers and high caliber machine guns;…