(2021-11-20). Freedom Road Socialist Organization condemns the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse. fightbacknews.org FRSO strongly condemns the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse on all charges. This verdict is another example of how the police and courts work hand in hand with racist vigilantes to kill and injure African Americans, other oppressed nationalities, and all who try to fight to end police crimes. | In August of 2020, Jacob Blake, a young African American man, was shot in the back four times and three times in the side in by a white police officer Kenosha, Wisconsin. Coming less than two months after the killing of George Floyd, another uprising took place, with the African American community and supporters battling poli…
(2021-11-20). Democratic Socialists of America congressman Jamaal Bowman votes for Israel's Iron Dome, visits with right-wing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. wsws.org The DSA's congressional support for Israel's Iron Dome armament program is further confirmation that the organization is a faction of the Democratic Party, a supporter of imperialism and a facilitator of war crimes against the population of Palestine.
(2021-11-20). New Union-Busting Tracker Debuts Online. popularresistance.org On Nov. 6, a group of volunteers launched a Web page called the Union-Busting Tracker to post examples of union-busting. Eleven days later, they'd listed 180 separate cases, naming the employers and the union-busting outfits they'd hired. The project is intended to "embolden" workers, says Bob Funk, who founded the LaborLab.us Website, which opened on May 1. "A shocking amount of young workers think unions are illegal and don't know their rights," says Funk, who by day is communications director for a Montana union. "The union-busting industry takes advantage of people's lack of knowledge."
(2021-11-20). نخستوزیر بریتانیا بر تعامل کشورش با امارت اسلامی تأکید کرد. tolonews.com 
PM Johnson: UK "Must Try to Engage" with Islamic Emirate | Youtube video URL | www.youtube.com/v/Pxaqlb02AS4 | Rajab.Taieb | Sat, 11/20/2021 – 18: 14 | Author | | Giti Rahimi | : | | Afghanistan | : | UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says that Britain must engage with the current Afghan government to tackle the existing crisis in the country. | He made the remarks in response to a question of a Labor Party member of the the UK parliament, Sarah Champion. | "Afghanistan looks like hell…
(2021-11-20). Australian state Labor government accelerates "reopening" amid fascistic anti-lockdown protests. wsws.org Trumpian protesters in Victoria, backed by key sections of the corporate elite, are setting an agenda that is in large part being implemented by the state Labor government.
(2021-11-20). طلوعنیوز- خبر ساعت شش- ۲۹ عقرب ۱۴۰۰. tolonews.com TOLOnews 6pm News – 20 November 2021 | Youtube video URL | www.youtube.com/v/l3Nco3l9_Qw | sami.amiry | Sat, 11/20/2021 – 19: 24 | | Nightly News | : | UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says that Britain must engage with the current Afghan government to tackle the existing crisis in the country. | He made the remarks in response to a question of a Labor Party member of the the UK parliament, Sarah Champion.
(2021-11-20). Thailand's Sufficiency Economy: Eliminating Poverty by Building Sustainable Wealth. newatlas.report 
Forward: This is an in-depth English language explanation of Thailand's New Theory and Sufficiency Economy principles, developed and promoted by King Bhumibol Adulyadej (King Rama 9) across the nation to eliminate poverty and create local, sustainable wealth. These principles live on under his son, King Vajiralongkorn (King Rama 10), who continues to promote these principles …
(2021-11-20). Video: #Yes, It's a "Killer Vaccine": Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca The unspoken truth is that the novel coronavirus provides a pretext to powerful financial interests and corrupt politicians to precipitate the entire World into a spiral of mass unemployment, bankruptcy, extreme poverty and despair.
(2021-11-20). COVID-19: Big Pharma's 'Obscene' Profits. orinocotribune.com By Jake Johnson — Nov 18, 2021 | Moderna, Pfizer and BioNTech rake in millions an hour while refusing to share manufacturing recipes with low-income countries. | Moderna, Pfizer and BioNTech — the makers of the two most successful coronavirus vaccines — are raking in a combined $65,000 in profits every minute as they refuse to share their manufacturing recipes with According to a new People's Vaccine All…
(2021-11-20). [Editorial] Afghanistan: the international community must act. thelancet.com "It is going to be hell on Earth." Afghanistan is set to become the world's worst humanitarian crisis according to David Beasley, head of the World Food Programme. Nearly half of Afghans need humanitarian aid. 22 ∑8 million people could face acute hunger this winter, with 8 ∑7 million at emergency levels of food insecurity. A resulting refugee crisis is likely to affect Afghanistan, the region, and the rest of the world. In desperation, people are selling their assets, and some are resorting to child labour and child marriage.
(2021-11-20). New Zealand's Daily Blog seeks to legitimise anti-lockdown, anti-vaccination protests. wsws.org The Daily Blog, which supports the Labour Party-led government, published an article praising a recent rally organised by the far-right Destiny Church for raising "genuine, valid concerns" about COVID-19 vaccines.
(2021-11-20). House Democrats pass stripped-down social welfare bill with massive tax cut for the rich. wsws.org The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the tax windfall for the wealthy will cost the federal government $285 billion over the 10-year span covered by the bill, making it the second most costly item in the legislation.
(2021-11-20). Climate Justice Committee-MN: Statement on the COP 26 Summit. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Climate Justice Committee-MN. | The climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland ended with an agreement that leaves the earth on a disastrous track toward catastrophic warming and crisis. Once again, the interests of the fossil fuel companies, and wealthy countries were protected at the expense of most of the countries of the world. All the world, but particularly the Global South and island nations are already experiencing the most horrendous effects of climate change including floods, hurricanes, life threatening heat waves, food shortages and fire…
(2021-11-20). "Skimpflation," the Latest Effort to Hype Inflation Fears. cepr.net Yesterday I head a piece on NPR in which they highlighted "skimpflation." This is where there is a deterioration in service quality, like long waits for service at a restaurant, which are not picked up in our standard measures of inflation. The implication is that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is understating the true rate …
(2021-11-20). COP26: greenwashing and Plutocratic misadventures. mronline.org 
COP26 reaffirmed what has been obvious from the beginning: the Northern colonial and capitalist states most responsible for creating the climate crisis are unwilling to place people before profits in order to address the planet's looming ecological collapse and humanitarian catastrophe.
(2021-11-20). Philosophers with no clothes: A Review of 'The War Against Marxism'. mronline.org 
Tony McKenna's new book is an important defence of Marxism, against thinkers who have confused and obscured its revolutionary core, argues Chris Nineham…
(2021-11-20). Industrial Nations Value Capitalism Over People at Global Climate Conference. popularresistance.org When considering the need to end government subsidies for fossil fuels, especially coal, the language of the agreement was switched from "phase out," to "phase down." And while this language change was publicly attributed to India, the United States, which provides an estimated $22 billion annually in fossil fuel subsidies is culpable and certainly not beyond reproach. The tentacles of U.S. influence and coercion was present in every decision made at the COP.
(2021-11-20). [Correspondence] Long-term effects on survivors with COVID-19 — Authors' reply. thelancet.com Yan-Jie Zhao and colleagues and Chengliang Yang and colleagues all recommend specific questionnaires to evaluate depression and anxiety symptoms in hospital survivors with COVID-19 1 year after onset.1 We agree that the professional questionnaires could provide the actual prevalence of psychiatric symptoms. However, these questionnaires are somewhat complex and time-consuming. It is challenging to integrate all these assessments into our follow-up study.1 The EuroQol five-dimension five-level (EQ-5D-5L) questionnaire is commonly used to assess the quality of life from five domains in clinical studies.
(2021-11-20). Why Seed Companies Fear México. popularresistance.org Last month México's Supreme Court provided hope for biodiversity, especially in the Global South, while flaming fear for seed companies. In a historic step, it ruled for corn advocates and against genetically modified (GMO) corn. The decision was a momentous act in country where maíz (corn) carries daily and sacred significance. This promises a way out of stale GMO debates that plague us. One side argues that genetic changes to seeds increase harvests. Seed companies and industrial agriculture make up this side. Another side says GMOs damage plant DNA.
(2021-11-20). What role does the military play in climate change? peoplesdispatch.org A gaping hole in the COP26 official agenda was the oversized role of the military industrial complex in environmental devastation. The US is a global leader on this front with the Pentagon being a bigger polluter than 140 countries combined…
(2021-11-20). No Trans Liberation without Socialism and No Socialism without Trans Liberation! workers.org 
Statement by the LGBTQ+ Caucus of Workers World Party Second Annual Boston Trans Resistance March, June 12. The LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer+) Caucus of Workers World Party condemns the ongoing murders of transgender, Two-Spirit and gender-variant people. We reaffirm our solidarity with transgender, Two-Spirit and gender-variant people, as . . . |
(2021-11-20). NAM and Nehru's Principled Stand. libya360.wordpress.com ND Jayaprakash One development that had a significant bearing on shaping a non-aligned policy was Nehru's visit to the United States in October 1949. The US administration timed the visit to coincide with the ascendancy of the Communist Party to power in China. According to Prof HW Brands of the University of Texas at Austin,…
(2021-11-19). PSL Statement: Rittenhouse acquittal hands racist vigilantes a license to kill. liberationnews.org 
The Party for Socialism and Liberation joins with millions of people across the country in expressing our complete outrage at the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse on all charges. Once again, the U.S. court system has functioned to protect a racist murderer…
(2021-11-19). WI FRSO: Sham Rittenhouse trial gets judge's desired verdict. fightbacknews.org The Wisconsin District of the Freedom Road Socialist organization rejects the sham trial and acquittal of racist murderer Kyle Rittenhouse. | From the moment 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse showed up in Kenosha, Wisconsin armed with an assault rifle, the state put him in a position to kill racial justice protesters and get away with it. | Rittenhouse was among dozens of armed racist vigilantes that confronted the righteous uprising last year that rocked Kenosha, after the police shooting of Jacob Blake. | Shocking video of Kenosha police officer Rusten Sheskey shooting Jacob Blake seven times in the back prompted ma…
(2021-11-19). China and Solutions to Climate Change. orinocotribune.com 
By K.J. Noh and Michael Wong — Nov 16, 2021 | The Earth's greenhouse gas concentrations are at their highest levels in 2 million years, driving catastrophic climate change, and creating an existential threat to the planet. But there is a way out. | Last year, President Xi Jinping, pledged that China's CO2 emissions would peak before 2030, and China would become carbon neutral before 2060. | China has a track history of setting ambitious, nearly impossible goals and then achieving them—often before deadline—so this pledge is significant. Under the CPC, China has already created "an economic miracl…
(2021-11-19). Federal agency reveals long-term consequences of Biden bill. rt.com 
A non-partisan agency has estimated that US President Joe Biden's massive infrastructure and climate spending package would increase the country's budget deficit by some $367 billion. | In a development that may put some moderate Democrats on the fence, the Congressional Budget Office, a non-partisan body in charge of estimating the cost of pending legislation, found that Biden's Build Back Better plan is likely to come at a heavy price for the US economy. | In its
(2021-11-19). House Passes Reconciliation Bill With Paid Leave, Universal Pre-K. truthout.org 
The House passed the Build Back Better Act on Friday morning, after negotiations that dragged on for the better part of this year. The bill, which now heads to the Senate, contains measures like expanding Medicare to include hearing, allowing Medicare to negotiate the prices of some prescription drugs, funding to combat the climate crisis and free pre-kindergarten for all. | The bill passed 220 to 213, with all Republicans voting no. Only one Democratic member ended up voting "no" on the bill — Rep…
(2021-11-19). Saudi attempts to play regional hegemon face tough resistance in Lebanon. peoplesdispatch.org Hezbollah's resistance to Israel and criticism of the war in Yemen has infuriated Saudi Arabia which is now using its economic leverage to punish the common Lebanese people at a time when they are going through the worst crisis in the history of the country since the civil war…
(2021-11-19). After Ida, This Louisiana Tribe Is Organizing Its Own Recovery. popularresistance.org After the hurricane, the garden took on a new role as a staging ground for the tribe's disaster response to distribute supplies, coordinate mutual aid groups and help tribal members, who, along with other Native people in south Louisiana, were among the hardest hit. In the long run, Aronson hopes Yakani Ekelanna can combine these functions to become a sort of "laboratory"— a place for building tribal sovereignty and resilience against an uncertain future.
(2021-11-19). Amazon unleashes cops on union organizers. workers.org 
Nov. 18 press release from Movement Media has been slightly edited. The militant mood of workers, whose increasing strikes and union drives are making headlines, erupted Nov. 11 during a union-busting, captive-audience meeting called by Amazon bosses at the company's Staten Island facilities. Chris Smalls, president of Amazon Labor Union, . . . |
(2021-11-19). Staten Island, N.Y./Amazon unleashes cops on union organizers. workers.org Nov. 18 press release from Movement Media has been slightly edited. The militant mood of workers, whose increasing strikes and union drives are making headlines, erupted Nov. 11 during a union-busting, captive-audience meeting called by Amazon bosses at the company's Staten Island facilities. Chris Smalls, president of Amazon Labor Union, . . . |
(2021-11-19). Australian PM touts sweeping character of AUKUS pact aimed at preparing war with China. wsws.org Morrison stressed that Australia's acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines was just one aspect of an all-sided alliance with Britain and the US, which will involve stepped-up military-intelligence collaboration across the board.
(2021-11-19). Amazon Labor Union withdraws Staten Island certification petition. wsws.org In a half-year campaign that did not offer workers a true way forward, the ALU failed to gather the necessary minimum number of signatures to schedule an NLRB-sponsored union representation election at the Amazon warehouse complex on Staten Island.
(2021-11-19). پزشک ربوده شده در بلخ به قتل رسید. tolonews.com 
Abducted Psychiatrist Killed Despite Paid Ransom | Youtube video URL | www.youtube.com/v/5bnqThvCQ0w | Rajab.Taieb | Fri, 11/19/2021 – 20: 10 | Author | | Sayed Mohammad Aref Musavi | : | Profile Photo | Author Short Bio | Sayed Mohammad Aref Musavi reports on security, politics, economy and social stories for TOLOnews. | Author Job | TOLOnews Reporter | | Afghanistan | : | Mohammad Nader Alemi, a psychiatrist and head of the mental health department of Mazar-e-Sharif hospital, was ki…
(2021-11-19). ایجاد کمیتههای مشترک همکاری میان کابل و تهران. tolonews.com 
Kabul-Tehran Committees Formed on Trade, Infrastructure | zabi | Fri, 11/19/2021 – 13: 38 | Author | | Tamim Shaheer | : | | Business | : | The Ministry of Finance said Thursday that Afghanistan and Iran have created several committees to expand cooperation in various areas between the two countries. | According to the MoF, the newly established committees will work on the economy, agriculture, railways, trade and the investment sectors. | The joint committees were set up between these two countr…
(2021-11-19). Cuba Condemns US Blockade Before Eurasian Council. telesurenglish.net Before the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council on Friday, Cuba's Chief of the Council of Ministers Manuel Marrero denounced the U.S. strengthening of the economic blockade against his country. | RELATED: | "During almost six decades, this unilateral coercive policy has caused US$144 billion economy losses," Marrero stressed and thanked the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) for their continued sup…
(2021-11-19). Boosted economy and decentralised science: News from the College. imperial.ac.uk Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
(2021-11-19). Venezuela Condemns New EU Aggression Torpedoing 21N Elections. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, November 18, Venezuelan Minister for Foreign Affairs Félix Plasencia condemned a new aggression launched by the European Union (EU) against Venezuela, after it announced an extension of its illegal economic blockade against the people of Venezuela for one more year. | Through his Twitter account, the Foreign Minister stated that the extension of the blockade policy constitutes a new aggression against the Venezuelan people and an act of hostility on the part of the EU. | Plasencia condemned how, just a few days before the regional and municipal elections this Sunday, the EU regressed in its erratic…
(2021-11-19). Fact Check: Males In Iraq, Syria And North Korea Have Higher Life Expectancy Than Black American Men. moguldom.com The Gravel Institute tweeted on Nov. 17 that "Black men in the United States had a lower life expectancy in the first half of 2020, 68.3 years, than males in Syria, Uzbekistan, Iraq, and North Korea." But how true is it? The Gravel Institute is a progressive think tank that produces videos on history, economics, …
(2021-11-19). Researcher: Bitcoin Creator's Identity Is Not A Mystery, It's Canadian Cryptographer James A. Donald. moguldom.com There's been speculation about the true bitcoin creator's identity — who's only known only by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto — since the cryptocurrency was first introduced. Now one researcher now believes he's cracked the case. Quantum Economics' Director of GameFi Research Gerald Votta said bitcoin's true creator is Canadian cryptographer James A. Donald. Votta revealed …
(2021-11-19). 21N Electoral Campaign Ends: Venezuelan Political Forces Ready for Elections. orinocotribune.com 
In the midst of a process of economic recovery following the blows inflicted by the United States and the European Union's criminal blockade, Venezuelan political parties complied with the close of the electoral campaign, and citizens prepared to participate in the regional and municipal mega-elections to be held on Sunday, November 21. | With multiple political rallies throughout the national territory, the revolutionary forces and all the opposition currents participated in the closing of their respective campaigns. | On this subject, the Samuel Robinson Institute for Original Thought, a research and analysis c…
(2021-11-19). President Maduro Urges Venezuelans To Attend Sunday Elections. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro urged citizens to vote in the Nov. 21 subnational elections peacefully and back the process of political understanding with the opposition. | RELATED: | "Now, more than ever, our people must stand united to fight the U.S. economic blockade and financial persecution," he stated and welcomed that the opposition organizations abandoned electoral abstention and registered over 6…
(2021-11-19). Lula & Sanchez Agree On Strengthening Spain-Brazil Cooperation. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Brazil's former President Lula da Silva (2003-2011) met the Spanish government's President Pedro Sanchez in the Moncloa Palace in Madrid to discuss bilateral issues such as European and Latin American integration, climate change, and social policies to fight inequalities. | RELATED: | Lula stressed the need to strengthen Spain-Brazil cultural and economic cooperation and share experiences in building strategies to counteract far-right policies. | "I…
(2021-11-19). Jon Schwarz on Inflation, Enrique Armijo on Alex Jones. fair.org 
The Wall Street Journal ( This week on CounterSpin: If you read a paper, you know that inflation is a dire, important thing right now, a problem for the Biden administration, for economic policymakers, and for…regular folks who want to buy milk? You don't need to understand it, elite media seem to say, but you do need to be mad about it, and direct blame for it toward…yourself? Jon Schwarz writes about elite media's confusing and conflicting instructions around inflation, among other things,…
(2021-11-19). "Hell on Earth": Millions of Afghans Face Starvation. zcomm.org The country has fallen into an economic crisis after the U.S. and other Western countries cut off direct financial assistance to the government following the Taliban takeover in August…
(2021-11-19). In The Name Of Saving The Climate, They Will Uberise The Farmlands. popularresistance.org Ag Tech and Big Tech firms are championing a kind of uberisation of farmlands in an effort to dominate all aspects of food production. This ensures that it is the powerless smallholders and agricultural workers who take on all the risks. The German pharmaceutical company Bayer's partnership with the US non-profit Precision Agriculture for Development (PAD) intends to use e-extension training to control what and how farmers grow their produce, as agribusinesses reap the benefits without taking on risk. This is another instance of neoliberalism at work, displacing the risk onto workers whose labour produces vast pr…
(2021-11-19). Conference produces no solution for Treasury market shocks. wsws.org While the onset of the pandemic was the trigger for the March 2020 crisis, it was not the underlying cause, with two previous incidents raising considerable concerns in financial regulatory circles.
(2021-11-19). South Asian leaders join other heads of state to back bogus climate targets at COP26. wsws.org The ruling classes in South Asia see investment in renewable energy and climate adaptation measures not as essential steps to save the planet's ecosystem, but as financial lifelines for their failing business interests.
(2021-11-19). In OtherWords: November 24, 2021. otherwords.org We're off for Thanksgiving this week, so I hope these recent favorites can tide you over. | If you missed them, Domenica Ghanem's explainer on inflation and Scott Klinger's on…
(2021-11-19). سازمان ملل: بهای تریاک افغانستان در دو ماه اخیر افزایش یافته است. tolonews.com 
Opium Price Spikes in Recent Months: UNODC | Youtube video URL | www.youtube.com/v/18IMAEi17V0 | mujeeb | Fri, 11/19/2021 – 20: 02 | Author | | Abdullah Hamim | : | | Afghanistan | : | The farmers in the southern province of Helmand say that they will cultivate opium as its products make better profits than other crops, especially as the price of opium has increased compared to the previous years. | "When we plant the seeds, it takes six to seven months to grow fully. The people here…