WSWS (2023-12-07). France: Protesters denounce the escalation of Gazan genocide. wsws.org Protesters denounced the bourgeois French media's role in promoting phony "humanitarian pauses" as Israeli prepared to expand its bombing campaign to justify their murderous assault on the Gazan population.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-12-08). Presidente de Portugal formaliza cese del Gobierno de António Costa. telesurtv.net Costa dijo en declaraciones a los periodistas que ahora es momento de esperar a la justicia y que después verá si todavía hay espacio para la política en su futuro.

WSWS (2023-12-07). Spain: Trade unions support Telefónica's scheme to lay off a third of its workforce. wsws.org Telefónica's announcement is part of a global offensive against telecommunications workers.

geo.tv (2023-12-07). New Denmark law makes desecration of Holy Quran in all forms punishable crime. geo.tv The legislation secured 94 votes in favour and faced opposition from 77 members…

Tom Kucharz (2023-12-07). Dos décadas de desencuentros entre la Unión Europea y el Mercosur para cerrar un tratado de libre comercio. globalizacion.ca La Unión Europea y los Estados del Mercosur (Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Paraguay y Uruguay) renuncian a cerrar un pacto comercial esta semana tras meses de una intensa diplomacia comercial. | Por segunda vez en cuatro años se alejan las perspectivas de…

noreply (2023-12-08). Some Numbers For America's European Lapdo… I mean "Allies". smoothiex12.blogspot.com

WSWS (2023-12-07). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Healthcare workers in Italy including doctors, nurses and midwives in 24-hour strike over staff shortages and austerity budget; three thousand workers at Isfahan Steel Company in Iran walk out for improved pay and pay parity with other steelworkers; doctors and dentists begin stoppage in six counties in Kenya for pay rise and improved conditions…

Screwston Antifascist Committee (2023-12-07). Pro-Israel Billboard Torn Down by Palestine Supporters in Houston. itsgoingdown.org Report on recent direct action in Houston, Texas against a pro-Israel billboard. The following report, alongside the footage seen above, was sent to Screwston Antifascist Committee anonymously: On Thanksgiving Thursday, 11/23/23, a day which commemorates genocide against indigenous Americans and European colonization, a prominent Zionist billboard was torn down in Southwest Houston. The billboard, which…

Ben Norton (2023-12-07). US-NATO Sabotaged Ukraine March 2022 Peace Deal with Russia. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-12-07). West sabotaged Ukraine peace deal with Russia, admit Zelensky official and Germany's ex leader. mronline.org Russia wanted to sign a peace deal with Ukraine in March 2022, but NATO countries sabotaged it, according to Germany's former Chancellor Gerhard Schrà∂der and the parliamentary faction leader of Zelensky's political party, Davyd Arakhamia.

Editor (2023-12-07). West Sabotaged Ukraine Peace Deal With Russia, Admit Zelensky Official and Germany's Ex Leader. scheerpost.com

infobrics (2023-12-07). Germany unstable in its position on Ukraine. infobrics.org German officials have made contradictory statements about what the country's position should be regarding the Ukrainian conflict.

Martin Edwin Andersen (2023-12-07). Dead to Rights: The Need to Remember Henry Kissinger for Who He Was. indybay.org "If certain acts in violation of treaties are crimes, they are crimes whether the United States does them or whether Germany does them, and we are not prepared to lay down a rule of criminal conduct against others which we would not be willing to have invoked against us." — Robert H. Jackson, chief prosecutor for the United States at the Nuremberg Trials…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-12-07). Ireland's "Hate Speech Bill" is a grotesque abuse of State power that will affect freedom of speech worldwide. expose-news.com Ireland's "Hate Speech Bill" or The Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022 is a radical update to Irish hate crime law. It is a blueprint for …

Editor (2023-12-07). Doctors in Italy strike against proposed pension cuts. mronline.org Some 85 percent of staff of the National Health Service and private medical facilities stayed away from work.

John Malamatinas, Unicorn Riot. (2023-12-07). International Solidarity At The First 'World Congress For Climate Justice'. popularresistance.org Milan, Italy — For many years, transnational movements like "Fridays for Future" or "Extinction Rebellion" have tried to push governments to comply with the 1.5 C climate threshold set in 2015 by the Paris Agreement, yet activists believe not enough has changed. The struggles against mega-projects — be it coal mines, pipelines, motorways, train lines, construction for Olympic games, or water privatization — are still happening in every continent, and many are crying out for an immediate reaction to a dystopian future. One such reaction happened in October in Milan, Italy: The World Congress for…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-12-07). Argentine film competes in Cuban Cinema Festival. plenglish.com The 180-minute feature film, released this year, tells the story of two bank employees who, at a certain point in their lives, question their existence and daily routine and decide to commit a crime. | Directed and written by filmmaker Rodrigo Moreno and co-produced with Brazil, Chile, and Luxembourg, the Argentinean film, which is now competing in Cuba's biggest film festival, has received positive reviews since its premiere on how it deals with robbery and theft. | With a nomination for the Cannes Film Festival 2023, "Los delincuentes" is also co-produced by Wanka Cine, Rizoma Films, Compañia Amateur, Jaque Pr…

Nauman Sadiq (2023-12-08). Sabotage of the Kiev-Moscow March 2022 Peace Agreement in Istanbul. The End Game is the Destruction and Privatization of Ukraine. globalresearch.ca Ukrainian negotiators said that under their proposals, Kyiv would agree not to join alliances or host bases of foreign troops. The proposals, which would require a referendum in Ukraine. They have essentially agreed to to reject NATO membership.

Staff (2023-12-08). Ground prepared for expanding cooperation between Iran, Russia: Raisi. muslimmirror.com Tehran : Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has stressed that "the ground is prepared" for taking more effective steps to expand cooperation between Iran and Russia in line with the interests of both sides. Raisi made the remarks in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday while commenting on the two countries' …

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-12-07). Officials Admit West Sabotaged Ukraine Peace Deal With Russia. popularresistance.org The United States has played a key role in fueling the wars in both Israel-Palestine and Ukraine. | The US government has sought to prevent peace in Gaza, vetoing resolutions in the UN Security Council that call for a ceasefire, while sending weapons to Israel to help it bomb densely populated civilian areas, contributing to the killing of more than 15,000 Palestinians, approximately 70% of whom are women and children. | Since 2022, Washington has done exactly the same in Ukraine, torpedoing peace proposals that Russia had supported. | This has been confirmed by numerous sources, including the former leader of Ge…

infobrics (2023-12-07). Envoy Claims Russia's Trade with Associate BRICS Nation Increasing. infobrics.org The impact of Western sanctions on Russia has inadvertently created a "window of opportunity" for Brazil, according to the country's ambassador, Rodrigo Baena Soares…

infobrics (2023-12-07). Washington Post tacitly admits Kiev regime is losing. infobrics.org The political West has been (ab)using hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians as cannon fodder against Russia while heavily exploiting their country. In addition, the weapons that were supposed to be "game changers" turned out to be nothing more than a ludicrous myth of the Western "technological superiority".

infobrics (2023-12-07). Baltika Beer to Sell & Distribute Beer to South Africa. infobrics.org Russia's BRICS trade extends to brewing and sales to Continental Africa…

noreply (2023-12-07). On A LIghter Note)). smoothiex12.blogspot.com I think this report is now in wide circulation in Washington;)) On a more serious note: Russians openly state now (Alexei Leonkov) that this whole "counter-offensive" clusterfuck was specifically Mark Milley's concept and he supervised it. Mind you, this was Chairman of JCS–this is everything you need to know about the professional lev…

Staff (2023-12-07). Putin says nothing can hinder development of Russian-Saudi relations. muslimmirror.com ISTANBUL : Russian President Vladimir Putin told Saudi Arabia's ruler Wednesday that nothing can prevent the development of their countries' relations. "While here in the region on a planned visit to the UAE, I took advantage of your invitation to meet with you and all the other friends we've been developing ties with for the …

Brenda Norrell (2023-12-08). Lithium Mine Battle at Paiute Massacre Site Links to Global Battle Against Greenwashing. indybay.org The struggle to protect Peehee Mu'huh, Thacker Pass, from lithium mine links the global struggles of uncontacted Indonesians battling nickel mining, child slaves in Congo's cobalt mines, and the peoples' battles against lithium mining in Serbia and Argentina. They are all battling the greenwashing of the false solution of electric vehicles for climate change.

Brenda Norrell (2023-12-07). Lithium Mine Battle at Paiute Massacre Site Links to Global Battle Against Greenwashing. indybay.org The struggle to protect Peehee Mu'huh, Thacker Pass, from lithium mine links the global struggles of uncontacted Indonesians battling nickel mining, child slaves in Congo's cobalt mines, and the peoples' battles against lithium mining in Serbia and Argentina. They are all battling the greenwashing of the false solution of electric vehicles for climate change.

Kenny A. Rodriguez-Wallberg, Helle Kieler, Theodoros Foukakis, Jiong Li, Mika Gissler, Anna Sara Oberg, Jonas Bergh, Frida E. Lundberg (2023-12-07). Articles] Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone agonist (GnRHa) during chemotherapy and post-cancer childbirths — a Nationwide population-based cohort study of 24,922 women diagnosed with cancer in Sweden. thelancet.com We did not find evidence of improved or maintained fertility, estimated as childbirth rates post-cancer, in women who received GnRHa during cancer treatment.

ecns.cn (2023-12-08). Chinese envoy to UN calls for increase in humanitarian aid for people affected by Ukraine conflict ahead of winter. ecns.cn Chinese envoy to the UN called for an increase in humanitarian aid efforts ahead of winter, and reiterated that China's stance on the Ukraine issue has not changed, emphasizing its commitment to mediation and promoting dialogue.

Brian Berletic (2023-12-07). US Shapes Philippines into Southeast Asia's "Ukraine" asia-pacificresearch.com

Dave DeCamp (2023-12-07). Senate Republicans Block $111 Billion Military Aid Bill Over Border Dispute. news.antiwar.com Senate Republicans blocked a motion to advance a massive $111 billion spending package that includes military aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan over a partisan dispute on border issues. The effort failed in a vote of 49-51, with every Republican voting against the measure. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) also voted "no" due to his opposition …

Drago Bosnic (2023-12-07). The War In Ukraine Would Have Been Over in March 2022, if the U.S. Had not Sabotaged the Istanbul Peace Negotations. Washington Post. globalresearch.ca

infobrics (2023-12-07). Western defence industry not ready for high-intensity warfare — SIPRI. infobrics.org Ukraine sinks deeper into the abyss as the West loses interest.

Staff (2023-12-07). Headlines for December 7, 2023. democracynow.org More Palestinian Civilians Killed as Israel's Assault on Gaza Enters Third Month, As Israeli Siege Continues, U.N. Warns 97% of Gazans Have "Inadequate" Food Supplies, Reuters Investigation Reveals Israeli Tank Killed Journalist Issam Abdallah and Injured 6 Others, U.N. Chief António Guterres Invokes Article 99 in Rare Move to Force Debate on Gaza Ceasefire, Doctors Without Borders Holds Vigil for Medical Workers Killed in Gaza, Senate GOP Blocks $111 Billion Package with Military Funding for Ukraine, Taiwan and Israel, Gunman Kills 3 People on University of Nevada, Las Vegas Campus, Kevin McCar…

Unver Sel (2023-12-07). "The US and the UK prefer a long war in Ukraine rather than peace," Interview with Unver Sel. globalresearch.ca

Larry Johnson (2023-12-08). Dissecting the Washington Post's "analysis" of Ukraine's Failed Counter Offensive — Part 1. sonar21.com

Larry Johnson (2023-12-08). Dissecting The Washington Post's "Analysis" Of Ukraine's Failed Counter Offensive — Part 2. sonar21.com This two part series in the Washington Post is a must read because of what it tells the reader about the abysmal performance of the White House and the Department of Defense. I found it genuinely shocking. I knew that Biden, Austin and Milley were bad. I just did not appreciate how bad. On a scale of 1 to 10, with a 10 marking the biggest fuck up in history, these guys rate an 11. | Part two,

Dave DeCamp (2023-12-07). US Looks to Help Ukraine Increase Its Own Weapons Production. news.antiwar.com Ukrainian officials traveled to Washington this week to attend a conference on building up Ukraine's own military industrial complex to reduce its reliance on the West for military equipment. Opening the conference on Wednesday, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said the US and its allies would work to strengthen "Ukraine's defense industrial base, both to …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-12-07). Senate Republicans block $111 billion aid package for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan. peoplesdispatch.org The Democratic Party's latest effort to fund proxy conflicts is thwarted by conservatives, who argued that there was not enough funding allocated to the US-Mexico border…

Olivia Rosane (2023-12-07). More Than 1,000 UK Union Workers Blockade 4 Weapons Factories That Arm Israel. truthout.org More than 1,000 union members with Workers for a Free Palestine blockaded four weapons factories in the United Kingdom Thursday that make components for planes being used by Israel to bomb Gaza. The workers, who include teachers and healthcare and hospitality professionals, said they had shut down plants in Bournemouth, Lancashire, Brighton, and Glasgow. "As healthcare workers, we are tired of… |