Daily Archives: November 15, 2022

2022-11-15: News Headlines

Anonymous103 (2022-11-15). U.S. Now Has Spent $60B for Ukraine's War. southfront.org | Written by On October 11th, the Kiel Institute for World Economy's "Ukraine Support Tracker" headlined The US has again significantly expanded its pledges of support for Ukraine in recent weeks. European countries, on the other hand, have made only a few new ple…

Federico Fuentes (2022-11-15). Ukraine: Peace in Donbas 'requires the complete withdrawal of Russian armed forces'. greenleft.org.au Ukrainian socialist Hanna Perekhoda discusses Russia's relationship with Ukraine, the role of language in the conflict and the realities of the Donbas.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-11-15). More Investment, Less Interference: How China Is Moving Into 'Washington's Hemisphere'. orinocotribune.com By Timur Fomenko Nov 10, 2022 | After decades of abuse by the US, some Latin American countries seem to find Beijing's approach attractive | As a Forbes article, published on Monday, sets out, China's "list of Latin American inroads is long and striking" and "Washington has yet to manage much of a response." It goes on to note that in the 21 years that have passed since China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO), "Chinese trade with Latin America has increased at a striking 31% annual rate on average to the equivalent of about $4 billion a year." | China is now "South America's largest trading partner…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-11-15). China is Not an Enemy of Africa. libya360.wordpress.com (Playlist of the complete interview) If the West really thinks China helping Africa to gain influence is a bad thing, the best thing it can do is help Africa even more. President of the Socialist Party of Zambia, Fred M'membe, and the convener of the Socialist Movement of Ghana, Kyeretwie Opoku share with us an…

____ (2022-11-15). China's fixed-asset investment up 5.8 pct in first 10 months. ecns.cn China's fixed-asset investment went up 5.8 percent year on year in the first 10 months of this year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Tuesday.

____ (2022-11-15). Impact of COVID-19 on Chinese market sales short-term, external: official. ecns.cn China's market sales will go through the impact brought by the epidemic, but it is generally short-term and external, and the recovery of consumption enjoys more favorable conditions now, said a spokesperson for the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday.

____ (2022-11-15). China's surveyed urban unemployment rate at 5.5 pct in October. ecns.cn China's surveyed urban unemployment rate stood at 5.5 percent in October, flat from the September level, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Tuesday.

WSWS (2022-11-15). Biden pledges to "manage" economic war with China. wsws.org US president Joe Biden had his first face-to-face meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping since his inauguration, pledging to "manage" the United States' trade war with China, which he referred to as "competition."

____ (2022-11-15). Xinjiang's cotton harvest has largely completed, with mechanization rate hitting 95%: local newspaper. ecns.cn The cotton harvest in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has largely completed, with above 90 percent of regional cotton having been picked, the Xinjiang Daily reported on Tuesday.

____ (2022-11-15). China sees 5.6% urban unemployment rate over past 10 months: data. ecns.cn China's average urban unemployment rate over the past 10 months was 5.6 percent, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday.

____ (2022-11-14). China's policies open, transparent with clearly stated strategic intentions, Xi says. ecns.cn The domestic and foreign policies of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Chinese government are open and transparent, with clearly stated and transparent strategic intentions and great continuity and stability.

____ (2022-11-14). AI gaining more ground in China. ecns.cn Artificial intelligence, a key technology for driving digital transformation, is playing an increasingly vital role in accelerating China's push for industrial upgrading and promoting the in-depth integration of the digital economy and real economy.

____ (2022-11-15). China's industrial output up 5 pct in October. ecns.cn China's value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, went up 5 percent year on year in October, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Tuesday.

_____ (2022-11-15). Why Does the Queen of the EU Really Demand Our Solidarity? journal-neo.org No, she's not simply an idiot. Nor do the Hansiatic elites consider us to be so stupid. The nuclear dystopia or frozen future we may all soon experience is all about economics. So, they have us over a barrel, so to speak. Since they control the distribution of energy, which is the only true measure …

Paul Gregoire (2022-11-15). Greens senator Lidia Thorpe pushes Labor over sovereignty and Treaty. greenleft.org.au "In our negotiations with Labor, I've asked for their evidence that the Voice will not cede our sovereignty. To date, no one has responded to this request," Senator Lidia Thorpe told Paul Gregoire.

Editor (2022-11-15). Imperialist powers abandon climate pledges at COP 27 summit. mronline.org According to a new study by Oxfam, 125 billionaires and their investments are responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than countries such as France, Egypt or Argentina. One of these billionaires emits 393 million tonnes of CO2 a year, a million times more than any member of the lower 90 percent of society.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-11-15). Towards a Just Transition: Breaking with the Existing Order. libya360.wordpress.com Hamza Hamouchene, Ouafa Haddioui and Katie Sandwell The action proposed by world leaders, their advisors, and corporate lobbyists at the climate talks (COP27) in Egypt are neoliberal, market-based, and focused on preserving a racist and capitalist global order. Introducing a collection of papers on the climate emergency in North Africa, Hamza Hamouchene, Ouafa Haddioui and…

____ (2022-11-14). Fine-tuned anti-virus measures expected to boost economic activity. ecns.cn More precise COVID-19 containment is expected to buffer the downward pressures on the Chinese economy by minimizing disruptions to economic activity while avoiding large-scale waves of infection, economists said on Monday.

WSWS (2022-11-15). New York Times warns right-wing political violence from within the US military and police "put the nation at risk" wsws.org Days after leading Times columnists David Brooks and Thomas Friedman published columns promoting the midterm election results as a "return to normalcy," the Times editorial board warned that the proliferation of "extremists" in American police departments and the US military, "put the nation at risk."

Infobrics (2022-11-15). Soft Power with a Chinese Specificity, Or How Beijing Is Gaining Influence in BRICS. infobrics.org Nowadays, the influence of states in the international arena is determined not only by their economic and political but also by their cultural potential. The question of alternative sources of resolution of various issues and conflicts is of particular relevance…

Editor (2022-11-15). Millions suffer as junk food industry rakes in profit. mronline.org Increased consumption of ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) was associated with more than 10% of all-cause premature, preventable deaths in Brazil in 2019. That is the finding of a new peer-reviewed study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

En.mehrnews (2022-11-15). 7 Zionists killed, injured in martyrdom-seeking operations. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 15 (MNA) — News sources say that 7 Zionists were killed and injured during two separate operations in the industrial area of Ari'el town.

____ (2022-11-15). 17th G20 summit kicks off with focus on economic recovery, climate change. ecns.cn The 17th Group of 20 (G20) Summit kicked off on Tuesday, with issues pertaining to world economic recovery, world health systems and climate change taking the center stage.

____ (2022-11-15). High hopes on G20, APEC for stronger solidarity in stormy age. ecns.cn The 17th Group of 20 (G20) Summit will be hosted on Tuesday and Wednesday in Indonesia's resort island of Bali. It is followed by the 29th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting in the Thai capital of Bangkok.

____ (2022-11-14). RMB recovers on economic resilience. ecns.cn The RMB's spot rate against the U.S. dollar also jumped more than 300 basis points as soon as trading started on Monday morning to touch 7.0652.

____ (2022-11-15). 20 new measures against COVID-19 conducive to production and life: official. ecns.cn The 20 measures of joint prevention and control mechanism against COVID-19 newly released by the State Council is beneficial for maintaining the normal order of production and life, recovering market demands as well as for smoothing economic circulation, said a spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday.

____ (2022-11-15). Bangkok, host of APEC 2022 meeting. ecns.cn The 29th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting will be held in Bangkok, Thailand from Nov. 18 to 19.

WSWS (2022-11-15). FTX collapse: A damning exposure of the criminality of capitalism. wsws.org The fraudulent operations of the FTX crypto exchange would not have even made it to first base had it not been for the promotion it received from top levels of the media, political, financial, and even sporting establishment.

Suitbert Cechura, Guido Speckmann (2022-11-15). Who can afford capitalism anymore? and Why are prices rising? indybay.org When the state now debates the need to create relief packages for employees, pensioners, unemployment benefit recipients, trainees and families, this is official confirmation that the result of wage labor is also poverty. The majority of citizens, however, find themselves in a dual role in the market economy: as workers & as King Customer, they are supposed to buy, to return the money.

WSWS (2022-11-15). "A way to tell the story of how the United States operates in the world": An interview with Jonathan M. Katz, author of Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire. wsws.org Through recounting Butler's life and military career, Katz offers a brief but indelible history of the emergence of American imperialism in the first decades of the 20th century.

____ (2022-11-15). Beijing stock exchange marks 1st anniversary. ecns.cn As of November 11, the exchange had 123 listed companies, of which SMEs accounted for 77 percent and private enterprises for 86 percent.

WSWS (2022-11-15). Public sector workers across Tasmania, Australia, strike against government austerity measures. wsws.org Educators, health workers, firefighters, cleaners, park rangers and child protection officers rallied last week, demanding higher wages and improved working conditions.

Arie Huybregts (2022-11-15). How progressive is Daniel Andrews' government? greenleft.org.au Labor has done very little to reverse the Kennett-era health and education privatisation spree, the consequences of which have led to a overloaded health system and a crisis-ridden education system. Arie Huybregts reports.

Ben Radford (2022-11-15). Gustavo Petro, Nicolás Maduro at COP27: 'Capitalism will not cure the climate crisis'. greenleft.org.au Latin American leaders have used COP27 in Egypt to highlight the global capitalist system as the cause of the climate crisis and demand that rich countries take meaningful action, reports Ben Radford.

Labor Video Project (2022-11-15). Union Busting Attack on PNWU2015 Staff By SEIU 2015 President/SEIU Sec. Treasurer Verrett. indybay.org In a union busting attack the management of the 400,000 SEIU 2015 tried to run over PNWU2015 staff workers who are on an unfair labor strike and also have refused to bargain and are implementing a contract without negotiation. This union busting tactic is under the president April Terrell who has also been appointed the SEIU International Secretary Treasurer by Mary Kay Henry in June 2022.

En.mehrnews (2022-11-15). Iran's trade with EAEU hit $1.8 bn. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 15 (MNA) — Trade between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) member states exceeded 3.38 million tons.

En.mehrnews (2022-11-15). Iran, Venezuela sign economic document in various fields. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 15 (MNA) — The signing ceremony of several economic documents between Iran and Venezuela was held in the presence of Iran's Minister of Defense Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani and a number of Venezuelan authorities.

DLI (2022-11-15). On Nov. 8, U.S. voters had a "Sophie's Choice" of NeoFascist "wave" or NeoLiberal morass. indybay.org This week, the Status Quo of a "Manufactured Consent"–not "democracy"–won BIG! Even though the final tallies of some key Congressional races won't be clear for weeks, the domestic mid-term elections proved. once again, that the 2 major parties–the GOP "elephants" and the Dem "asses"–will ensure that the rancorous, chaotic and do-nothing process of domestic infighting and log-jam will continue for years to come.

____ (2022-11-15). G20 summit kicks off with economic recovery, climate change high on agenda. ecns.cn The 17th Group of 20 (G20) Summit kicked off here on Tuesday, with issues pertaining to world economic recovery, world health systems and climate change taking the center stage.

____ (2022-11-15). Xi Attends G20 Summit, APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting and Visits Thailand. ecns.cn

____ (2022-11-15). Xi calls on main creditors to take part in debt reduction, suspension for developing countries. ecns.cn International financial institutions and commercial creditors, which are the main creditors of developing countries, should take part in the debt reduction and suspension for developing countries, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday.

Rachel Evans (2022-11-15). COP27 protest calls on Labor to stop expanding fossil fuels. greenleft.org.au A climate protest calling on Labor to stop expanding fossil fuels attracted more than 400 people. Rachel Evans reports.

____ (2022-11-14). B20 calls for unity, cooperation to drive global economic recovery. ecns.cn BALI, Indonesia, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) — World business leaders have called for stronger international cooperation to push for stronger recovery and inclusive and sustainable growth at a summit of the Business 20 (B20), which represents the business' voice of the Group of 20 (G20).

WSWS (2022-11-15). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Health workers in Buenos Aires held a strike and protest over wages and insurance November 9, while the US Department of Labor has charged Packer Sanitation Services with using workers as young as 13 to clean kill floors.

_____ (2022-11-14). IMF Warns Of 'Wave Of Debt Crises' Coming In Global South. popularresistance.org The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said a "wave of debt crises" may be coming in the Global South, and "the global economy is headed for stormy waters," as the world faces a "geopolitical realignment" that will be "permanent." | The US-dominated financial institution warned "the worst is yet to come," as the depreciation of most currencies against the dollar and rising interest rates make it hard for both governments and companies to service their dollar-denominated debt. | The director of the IMF's research department, Pierre‚ÄëOlivier Gourinchas, made these comments in a press briefing on…

_____ (2022-11-14). Commoning Our Way Through The Climate Crisis. popularresistance.org In early 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic forced a retreat into our homes in a grand finale of our atomization and separation from nature — a separation that was exacerbated by enclosures. Yet physically distanced (and with the fragility of the economic system exposed) we remembered our interdependence. Many of us rediscovered ways of self-organizing and returned to the culture of commoning that has been overlooked as a vital way to address many issues, like climate change. | Across countries, collective responses to the climate crisis have flourished at local levels, particularly where there were existing netwo…

_____ (2022-11-14). US Media Searched For Crisis At China Party Congress. popularresistance.org For the Western press, the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party offered a number of signals which—if read in good faith—could have been perceived as reassuring. | Instead, establishment outlets reverted to familiar narratives regarding China's Covid mitigation strategy and tied these into renewed predictions of a long-prophesied economic disaster—one that would inevitably befall China as a result of its government's decision to forsake the orthodoxy of open markets. | More than anything else, corporate media fixated on Hu Jintao's departure from the congress hall, engaging in ta…

_____ (2022-11-14). Haitian Journalists To Mobilize Against Attacks. popularresistance.org On Sunday, November 13, dozens of journalists and communicators will mobilize in the center of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. The press professionals will march to the Delmas 33 police station where the journalist Romelson Vilsaint of Radio Télé Zenith was executed on October 30 by the Haitian National Police when he denounced the arbitrary detention of journalist Dimanche Robeste and four others. | In recent months, in the midst of strong protests and mobilizations of the Haitian people against the economic crisis, the de facto government of Ariel Henry, and the threat of foreign intervention, the attacks…

____ (2022-11-14). Germany: Is the Chancellor Betraying the US Emperor? The New Germany-China "Connection" transcend.org 9 Nov 2022 – Before Olaf Scholz and Ursula von der Leyen, two Germans, were chosen to economically destroy Europe, they were indeed vetted for months by the neoliberal hegemons in Washington and the Pentagon/NATO.

____ (2022-11-14). Nation to strive for world free from hunger. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping said on Saturday that China will work with all countries to make greater contributions to building a world free from hunger and poverty.

____ (2022-11-14). New CPC chiefs named for Beijing and Fujian. ecns.cn Yin Li, former Party chief of Fujian province, has been appointed by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China as Party chief of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee, replacing Cai Qi, according to a report from Xinhua News Agency.

____ (2022-11-14). More Party regulations to tighten up discipline. ecns.cn The Communist Party of China believes that its commitment to continuously improve conduct and enforce discipline is a major reason it has won the full support of the people.

____ (2022-11-14). New regulation to boost self-employed businesses, support their development. ecns.cn China's push for more irrigated farmland over the past seven decades has resulted in a quadrupling of such areas, which now account for about half of the country's arable land, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

____ (2022-11-14). Artworks worth 490 mln yuan transacted at CIIE. ecns.cn A batch of artworks has been purchased at the just-concluded fifth China International Import Expo (CIIE), with the turnover reaching 490 million yuan (about 69.1 million U.S. dollars).

____ (2022-11-14). China sees strong investment in VR in 2021. ecns.cn China's virtual reality (VR) industry attracted strong investment and financing last year as market players raced to tap the burgeoning high-tech sector.

Infobrics (2022-11-14). Russian Business Explores India. infobrics.org Russia is increasingly strengthening its relations with the East and boosting contacts, including with the BRICS members. Faced with sanctions, the Middle Eastern and Indian markets look very favourable for Russia, and because of their high population size, benefit from the overall background…

Dave DeCamp (2022-11-14). US Announces New Russia Sanctions Targeting Alleged Military Network. news.antiwar.com The US on Monday announced new Russia-related sanctions that target a network of people and companies accused of helping Moscow procure weapons. The Treasury Department said that 14 individuals and 28 entities were targeted by the new sanctions that are allegedly helping Russia procure weapons or providing financial assistance to Moscow. Unlike previous sanctions, the …

Medea Benjamin (2022-11-14). Congressional Amendment Opens Floodgates for War Profiteers and a Major Ground War on Russia. globalresearch.ca

Thecommunists (2022-11-14). Harpal Brar: Lenin on party building (One Step Forward). thecommunists.org Comrade Harpal Brar, founding chair of the CPGB-ML, gives a presentation on VI Lenin's work One Step Forward, Two Steps Back. Written to address a specific crisis in the Russian communist movement of the early 20th century, the book remains relevant for the ground-breaking theoretical work that Lenin did in explaining exactly how workers need …

____ (2022-11-14). Market Lords, Much more than a War, behind World's Food Crisis. transcend.org 11 Nov 2022 – While grain exports continue to flow to world's markets, and Turkey-brokered agreement between Russia and Ukraine to resume cereals and fertilisers shipments from both countries, food prices are still skyrocketing. How come? "In each of the three global food crises studied, financial speculation has caused steep increases in prices, making food inaccessible to hundreds of millions of people."

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies (2022-11-14). Reed/Inhofe Amendment Would Open Floodgates for War Profiteers. commondreams.org And possibly signals a major ground war against Russia.

TeleSUR (2022-11-14). 9 Percent of Italy's GDP in 2021 Came From Immigrant Workers. telesurenglish.net According to the annual report "Economics of Immigration" by the Leone Moressa Foundation, 9 percent of Italy's gross domestic product in 2021 was provided by immigrant workers. | Immigrant workers contributed some 148 billion dollars to Italy's gross domestic product in 2021, according to a report by the Leone Moressa Foundation. Nov. 14, 2022.

Johanna Kichton (2022-11-14). Health Care Advocates Risk Arrest to Takeover Elevance Health HQ & Demand Care. peoplesaction.org Elevance Denies Medically Necessary Care; Profited $2.3 Billion in Grotesque Q3 Earnings Report INDIANAPOLIS, IN—70 health care advocates with People's Action's Care Over Cost campaign today risked arrest to fill the lobby at Elevance Health's headquarters and demand they provide the care their policyholders were promised. The Care Over Cost campaign helps people nationwide appeal …

The Global Research Team (2022-11-14). "The Worldwide Corona Crisis, Global Coup d'Etat Against Humanity" by Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca My objective is to inform people worldwide and refute the official narrative which has been used as a justification to destabilize the economic and social fabric of entire countries, followed by the imposition of the "deadly" COVID-19 "vaccine". This crisis affects humanity in its entirety: almost 8 billion people.

Johanna Kichton (2022-11-14). Homes Guarantee Campaign Demands Federal Action on Rents; Brings 100 Tenants to DC to Present President Biden With Rent Executive Order. peoplesaction.org Rent Inflation Climbed to 7.7% Over the Past Year; Recent Fed Hikes Will Continue to Squeeze Tenants Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 202.660.0605 WASHINGTON, D.C. — People's Action's Homes Guarantee campaign is bringing 100 tenants to Washington, D.C. to present President Biden with language for an executive order to protect tenants and stabilize the economy. 250 …

WSWS (2022-11-14). Tax rises and severe cuts expected in autumn budget as Britain enters longest ever recession. wsws.org This is nothing short of a declaration of war against the working class. It is not a plan for a one-off slash and burn budget, but an annual program of spending cuts and tax rises set to last at least five years.

Media Lens (2022-11-14). "On The Highway To Climate Hell": The Climate Crisis, Activism And Broken Politics. dissidentvoice.org Last month, the United Nation's environment agency issued arguably its starkest warning yet about the climate crisis. The failure by governments around the world to cut carbon emissions means there is 'no credible pathway to 1.5C in place'. Limiting the rise of global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels was the international agreement at COP21, …

____ (2022-11-14). 'On the Highway to Climate Hell' — The Climate Crisis, Activism and Broken Politics. transcend.org 14 Nov 2022 – Last month, the UN Environment Agency issued its starkest warning yet about the climate crisis. The failure by governments around the world to cut carbon emissions means there is 'no credible pathway to 1.5C in place'. Limiting the rise of global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels was the international agreement at COP21, the UN Climate Summit in Paris in 2015.

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2022-11-14). The Global Economic and Social Crisis Is a "Crime of Unimagined Proportions" globalresearch.ca

TeleSUR (2022-11-14). Indonesia is Ready for the Start of the G20 Summit. telesurenglish.net The 17th Group of 20 (G20) Summit is going to take place on Tuesday and Wednesday in Bali, Indonesia. The summit, themed "Recover Together, Recover Stronger," will focus on global economic recovery, global health architecture, digital transformation, sustainable energy transition and climate change, among other topics. | RELATED: | The summit will be held in person this year after being held virtually in 2020 with Saudi Arabia as the cha…

Dana Sanchez (2022-11-14). Amazon Follows Meta, Will Drop 10,000 Employees: 3 Things To Know About More Signs Of Economic Downturn. moguldom.com Amazon, which doubled its workforce when business boomed after the onset of the covid pandemic, is laying off less than 1 percent of its 1.54 million employees worldwide during the holiday season who work in tech and corporate jobs. This would be the largest round of firings in the history of the 28-year-old company founded …

Editor (2022-11-14). US Labor Agency's Top Lawyer Fights Corporate Spying That Discourages Whistleblowers. scheerpost.com By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter The top lawyer for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in the United States has come out strongly against workplace surveillance and management technology that may be used to disrupt union organizing and discourage whistleblower complaints. Jennifer Abruzzo, who is general counsel for the NLRB, wrote a memo in …

TeleSUR (2022-11-14). Oil Prices Drop as OPEC Cuts Demand Growth Forecasts. telesurenglish.net The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for December delivery decreased by 3.09 U.S. dollars, or 3.5 percent, to settle at 85.87 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude for January delivery lost 2.85 dollars, or 3 percent, to close at 93.14 dollars a barrel on the London ICE Futures Exchange. | RELATED: | In its closely-watched monthly report released Monday, the OPEC lowered 2022 global oil demand growth and further…

Dean Baker (2022-11-14). Crypto Meltdown is a Great Time to Eliminate Waste in Bloated Financial Sector. cepr.net I remember talking to a progressive group a bit more than a decade ago, arguing for the merits of a financial transactions tax (FTT). After I laid out the case, someone asked me if we had lost the opportunity to push for an FTT, now that the financial crisis was over. I assured the person …

TeleSUR (2022-11-14). US Under Secretary Nuland Travels to Jamaica, Ecuador, Colombia. telesurenglish.net The U.S. State Department announced that the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland will travel to Jamaica, Ecuador, and Colombia. | RELATED: | On Tuesday, Nuland will meet with Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Foreign Minister Kamina Johnson-Smith, with whom she will discuss issues related to fostering bilateral trade and investment, strengthening regional security, and fighting transnationa…

Colin Todhunter (2022-11-14). Digitized "Ready to Eat", Ultraprocessed Foods (UPFs) Worldwide: Millions Suffer as Junk Food Industry Rakes in Global Profits. globalresearch.ca

Infobrics (2022-11-14). India's Foreign Policy Dilemmas: Protecting National Interests. infobrics.org The events of recent years, and especially this year have taken India out of its comfort zone, writes Valdai Club expert Alexey Kupriyanov. India felt quite comfortable in the previous reality; the new one puts it before a large number of challenges, which the Indian leadership has so far successfully overcome, once again demonstrating an exceptional ability not to quarrel with anyone more than necessary and to extract maximum profit from the conflicts between other great powers…

TeleSUR (2022-11-14). Cost of Living: Spanish Truckers on Strike Again. telesurenglish.net The strike by the unofficial Platform for the Defense of the Transport Sector, which brings together self-employed drivers and small transport companies, demands changes in road freight transport regulations while protesting the cost of living. | RLATED: | Demonstrators marched through the center of Madrid from the Atocha train station to the Parliament. They are seeking changes in the regulation of road freight transport to p…

Dana Sanchez (2022-11-14). FTX Files For Bankruptcy: How Alameda And FTX Blew Up Defending The $22 Price Floor For FTT Coin. moguldom.com FTT, the token at the heart of Sam Bankman-Fried's collapsed crypto exchange and trading empire, peaked at around $78 in September 2021 but its founder was unable to sustain interest in a potential firesale last week at $22 a coin, triggering a selloff that ended in a bankruptcy filing. The native token of the FTX …

Editor (2022-11-14). 'Red Valkyries: Feminist Lessons from Five Revolutionary Women' by Kristen Ghodsee — Review. mronline.org In exploring the lives of the revolutionary socialist feminists of the past, Red Valkyries demonstrates the value and importance of feminism in the 21st century, argues Rachel Collett…

Dan Collyns (2022-11-14). Indigenous Amazonian leaders demand withdraw of oil company from rainforest. america.cgtn.com Native leaders from the Peruvian Amazon travel to the United States next week to lobby banks to cut financial ties with Peru's state-run oil company Petroperú.

____ (2022-11-14). Efforts urged to help global economy revive. ecns.cn Governments and the private sector need to work more closely together to help the global economy recover sustainably from the damage inflicted on it by the pandemic, speakers at the Group of 20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia, said.

WSWS (2022-11-14). Socialist Equality Party (UK) holds Sixth National Congress. wsws.org The party's sixth congress was held under conditions of an extraordinary political, economic and social crisis gripping British and world capitalism.

Jon Queally (2022-11-14). Revolution—Not 'Dash for Gas'—Best Course for Africa's Economic Future: Analysis. commondreams.org New analysis says "electricity will be the backbone of Africa's economic future, with leading the way."

Tim Wheeler (2022-11-14). Labor-fueled 'blue wave' crushes Republicans in Washington State. peoplesworld.org SEATTLE—The surprise election of Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez in the 3rd Congressional District was the high point of a sweeping statewide victory over the Trump Republicans in the Evergreen State on Nov. 8. Gluesenkamp Perez will take the seat in Congress now held by Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, one of 10 Republicans who voted to impeach …

WSWS (2022-11-14). Peru hit with credit rating downgrade over deepening political and economic crises. wsws.org The credit rating agency Fitch put Peru on "negative" outlook on October 20 due to the political instability of the government of pseudo-left populist Pedro Castillo.

____ (2022-11-14). Energy Bills in Europe Are 90% Higher Than Last Year. transcend.org 8 Nov 2022 – Electricity and gas prices are soaring across Europe, with bills close to double from last year in most European capitals, according to new data from the Household Energy Price Index—a monthly tracker of energy prices for households across 33 European capitals, including the 27 EU member states and several non-members.

En.mehrnews (2022-11-14). TPOI stresses launching joint CC to enhance trade with Africa. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 13 (MNA) — The Head of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) emphasized the need for setting up joint chambers of commerce in order to increase Iran's trade and economic trade with the African countries.

Sarah Anderson (2022-11-14). Global Climate Talks Spark Action Against Investment Treaties Favoring Fossil Fuel Corporations Over People and Planet. inequality.org

WHO ACTION Trials Collaborators (2022-11-14). [Articles] Effect of dexamethasone on newborn survival at different administration-to-birth intervals: A secondary analysis of the WHO ACTION (Antenatal CorticosTeroids for Improving Outcomes in Preterm Newborn)-I trial. thelancet.com In women at risk of preterm birth prior to 34 weeks' gestation, the neonatal benefits of antenatal dexamethasone appear to increase with longer administration-to-birth intervals than previously thought. This knowledge can support clinical assessment and estimation of the risks of adverse preterm newborn outcomes at the time of birth, and the potential benefits of antenatal dexamethasone treatment for a known administration-to-birth interval.

WSWS (2022-11-14). Australian industrial court imposes real wage cut on NSW public school teachers, union accepts ruling. wsws.org New South Wales Teachers Federation bureaucrats have responded by affirming their previous raising of a white flag—no action whatsoever will be organised against the government or the IRC ruling.

WSWS (2022-11-14). Obituary: Australian Socialist Equality Party member Virginia Grenfell (May 2, 1953—November 11, 2022). wsws.org A Socialist Equality Party member for 15 years, Virginia was 69 years old when she succumbed to an aggressive, inoperable and untreatable cancer, only three months after receiving the diagnosis.

WSWS (2022-11-14). "These living conditions are without dignity": University of California academic workers begin powerful strike across 10 campuses. wsws.org On Monday, 48,000 academic workers throughout the entire University of California (UC) school system will launch a powerful, indefinite strike. Workers are protesting poverty wages and the soaring cost of living in one of the most expensive parts of the world.

____ (2022-11-14). Stop Funding Climate Disaster. transcend.org 2 Nov 2022 – Big Bankers Are Part of the Problem, Not the Solution — Declaration: We cannot save the planet from disastrous climate change without tackling financial markets. As long as trillions of dollars go unhindered to fund yet more fossil fuels and deforestation, it will not be possible to halt climate change or enable communities to adapt.

WSWS (2022-11-14). Obituary: Australian Socialist Equality Party member Virginia Grenfell (May 2, 1953—November 8, 2022). wsws.org A Socialist Equality Party member for 15 years, Virginia was 69 years old when she succumbed to an aggressive, inoperable and untreatable cancer, only three months after receiving the diagnosis.

Dan Collyns (2022-11-14). Indigenous Amazonian leaders demand withdrawal of oil companies from rainforest. america.cgtn.com Native leaders from the Peruvian Amazon travel to the United States next week to lobby banks to cut financial ties with Peru's state-run oil company Petroperú.

____ (2022-11-14). Stimulating shopper appetite, boosting consumption. ecns.cn This year's festival has confirmed that consumers have become more rational and are carefully reviewing their needs, with focus on purchasing daily necessities and high-quality products, experts said.

Aram Aharonian (2022-11-14). El nuevo capitalismo de plataformas y vigilancia, øEl adiós a la esperanza? globalizacion.ca El contexto de la pandemia de la covid-19 creó las condiciones adecuadas para disponer de un marco institucional y normativo capaz de modificar las mentalidades, costumbres y valores de nuestras sociedades, impulsando nuevos deseos, hábitos y valores, pero, sobre todo,…

____ (2022-11-14). (Italiano) Non c'è pace senza giustizia. Ma non c'è giustizia senza pace. transcend.org La violenza ha più forme: è bellica, armata, omicida, invasiva; ma c'è anche la violenza strutturale, incarnata nelle strutture economiche e sociali; e c'è anche, più profonda, la violenza culturale, quando è insediata nelle menti, nelle tradizioni onorate, nelle teorie, nelle antropologie che riconoscono fatale e insuperabile la violenza in tutte le sue forme. La violenza bellica è la più visibile, fragorosa e dolorosa…

Mforinoco (2022-11-13). US Wants to Build Military Bases in Uruguay. orinocotribune.com A draft defense cooperation agreement between Washington and Montevideo, which could allow the installation of US military bases in Uruguay, is once again being considered in the Uruguayan Parliament. Allowing US military bases would effectively damage the sovereignty of Uruguay, a country which currently maintains good relations with both Russia and China. | Senator Gustavo Penadés, from Uruguay's ruling center-right National Party, claimed that the project only involves "some type of investment in construction" and not the permanent presence of US forces in Uruguayan territory. For his part, the president of th…

Staff (2022-11-13). Lo dice el FMI: Tensiones entre Pekín y Washington dividirá al mundo en dos bloques económicos adversarios. cubadebate.cu La economía mundial se está separando en bloques adversarios como producto de la rivalidad entre EE.UU. y China, lo que podría conducir a una nueva Guerra Fría, advirtió la directora general del Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI), Kristalina Georgieva, en entrevista con el diario The Washington Post.

Staff (2022-11-13). Lo dice el FMI: Tensiones entre Pekín y Washington dividirán al mundo en dos bloques económicos adversarios. cubadebate.cu La economía mundial se está separando en bloques adversarios como producto de la rivalidad entre EE.UU. y China, lo que podría conducir a una nueva Guerra Fría, advirtió la directora general del Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI), Kristalina Georgieva, en entrevista con el diario The Washington Post.

Dave DeCamp (2022-11-13). Yellen Says Some Sanctions Will Stay on Russia Even After War in Ukraine. news.antiwar.com Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that she believes some sanctions will remain on Russia even if Moscow reaches a peace deal with Kyiv, demonstrating that the US wants to keep pressure on Russia's economy for the long term. In the wake of Russia announcing it was withdrawing from Kherson, there has been more talk …

Contributing Writers (2022-11-13). Ukrainian troops Rounding Up Kherson civilians/ Commentary by Murado. marktaliano.net Ukrainian troops have begun rounding up Kherson locals, who are suspected of having "collaborated" and supported Russian forces. In previous instances, civilians detained for such "crimes", which include even accepting a salary from local Russian administrations, simply disappeared.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-11-13). America's Neo-Nazi Bedfellows in Ukraine are the Latest in a Long Line of Odious Allies Washington Has Used against Russia. libya360.wordpress.com Tony Cox From pogrom-mongers to Hitlerites to radical Islamists, the US has collaborated with repugnant partners for more than a century Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was furious when he found out in March 1945 that his supposed World War II ally, Washington, was negotiating with the German Nazis behind his back. In fact, by the…

Ben Norton (2022-11-13). IMF warns of 'wave of debt crises' coming in Global South, with war, interest rate hikes, overvalued dollar. multipolarista.com The IMF said a "wave of debt crises" may be coming in the Global South, and "the global economy is headed for stormy waters," due to war, rising US interest rates, and many currencies depreciating against the dollar.

Thecommunists (2022-11-13). Czech communist leader on the mass movement against Nato's war. thecommunists.org The following interview with Josef Skála, vice-chairman of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM) and the party's candidate for the upcoming presidential election in the Czech Republic, was given to Greek anti-imperialist journalist Panagiotis Papadomanolakis. ***** We are seeing huge demonstrations in the Czech Republic. Could you explain the people's demands? People are …

WSWS (2022-11-13). ATU ends Toronto-area GO Bus workers strike, seeks to impose Ford's wage-cutting Bill 124. wsws.org Although inflation is officially running at over 7 percent, the ATU bureaucrats have accepted an agreement that would impose a 1 percent annual pay cap for Go bus workers.

Editor (2022-11-13). Four States Voted to End Slavery — But Not Louisiana. scheerpost.com Wardens and industries that rely on prison labor will undoubtably argue that their "work programs" do not constitute slavery, but it should be up to the courts, the public and incarcerated people to decide.

TeleSUR (2022-11-13). President Luis Arce Approves Decree on Census in Bolivia. telesurenglish.net The Bolivian government has considered the census process as a national priority, so they will guarantee its coverage throughout the country. | According to the letter of Supreme Decree 4824, the results of the census will make it possible to "adjust, define, implement and evaluate plans, programs and strategies for human, economic and social development". Nov. 13, 2022.

TeleSUR (2022-11-13). Mozambique Starts Exporting Liquefied Natural Gas. telesurenglish.net Mozambique made the first export of liquefied natural gas under the Coral Sul project, in the Rovuma basin, announced President Filipe Nyusi. | RELATED: | "Today Mozambique enters the annals of world history as one of the countries exporting liquefied natural gas, which in addition to representing an alternative source of supply, contributes greatly to the energy security of the countries with the highest consumption," Nyusi said, quoted by Noticias ne…

____ (2022-11-13). Chinese premier meets IMF chief. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva here on Saturday on the sidelines of the leaders' meetings on East Asia cooperation.

En.mehrnews (2022-11-13). Iran-Venezuela relations grown in recent years. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 13 (MNA) — The relations between Iran and Venezuela have grown in the framework of the 20-year development roadmap of the two countries in recent years, said the head of the Joint Economic Commission of Iran and Venezuela.

____ (2022-11-13). Democrats to retain control of U.S. Senate: media. ecns.cn Democrats will retain control of the U.S. Senate in the new Congress as some media outlets called the Nevada race on Saturday night.

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