(2021-11-06). Alex Saab's case—Legally, politically damaging to the U.S. workers.org 
The following is based on a statement on the case of diplomatic Special Envoy Alex Saab — kidnapped by the U.S. for attempting to ameliorate the dire conditions wreaked on Bolivarian Venezuela by U.S. sanctions — and was issued Nov. 5 by the International Action Center. The statement has been . . . |
(2021-11-06). Assata Shakur: 'Fight tooth and nail to save Mumia's life and free him'. workers.org 
Note: This statement was recorded at Radio Havana in Cuba in 1998 and featured on "All Things Censored: Vol. 1, 1998" by Mumia Abu-Jamal. "The first time I heard a tape of one of Mumia's radio broadcasts, it was the first time I fully understood why the United States government . . . |
(2021-11-05). How US Interference in Cuba Creates a False Picture of its Society. orinocotribune.com By Manolo de Los Santos and Vijay Prashad — Oct 29, 2021 | U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) appears to be obsessed with Cuba. Every few days he takes to
(2021-11-05). Has Saudi Arabia Decided to Put an End to the Small and Defenseless Lebanon? journal-neo.org 
Recently, Saudi Arabia and its satellites Bahrain and Kuwait have decided to expel Lebanese ambassadors amid the rising tensions between Beirut and some countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC). In addition, Riyadh severed economic ties with Lebanon, which looks like a deliberately malicious move aimed at pushing Lebanon into a deeper …
(2021-11-05). Latin America: The Imperial Reconquest. orinocotribune.com By Atilio Boron — Nov 2, 2021 | The empire has lost all its composure. In a few days it has produced two very disturbing pieces of news, which speak of its sickening pretension to recapture total control of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, taking relations between them and the United States back to the point they were at before the triumph of the Cuban Revolution. | One of them has to do with Argentina, made in the scandalous statements by Joe Biden's nominee for Argentina, Ambassador Marc Stanley, at his confirmation hearing before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee. His words oozed…
(2021-11-05). Headlines for November 5, 2021. democracynow.org World's Biggest Polluters Remain on Sidelines as Over 40 Nations Pledge to Phase Out Coal, House Schedules Votes on Infrastructure Bill & Build Back Better Act, "We Want to Live!": Climate Activists Confront Sen. Joe Manchin over Climate Emergency, White House Announces Vaccine Mandate for Over 100 Million U.S. Workers by January 4, U.S. to Cancel Contract with COVID-19 Vaccine Maker That Ruined Millions of Doses, Moderna Reports $3.3B Third-Quarter Profit; Protesters Demand It Share Vaccine Recipe, U.S. Proposes New $650 Million Missile Sale to Saudi Arabia, Despite Yemen War Crimes, Two Indigenous Mapuche Leade…
(2021-11-05). Young people defy education secretary's plea for pupils not to miss school for climate protests. thecanary.co Youth climate protesters have defied the education secreatry's plea to demonstrate at the weekend rather than in school time. | Nadhim Zahawi urged young people not to miss school to protest about climate policies. | His plea came as youth activists are taking to the streets of Glasgow to demand action on climate change from leaders as the COP26 talks continue. | Campaigner Greta Thunberg, fellow activist Vanessa Nakate are among the young campaigners will speak to crowds at the end of the march through the city. | Asked on Times Radio whether he had been invited to join the marches, Zahawi said: No… I have to s…
(2021-11-05). FIFA Fines Scottish FA after Fans Booed Israeli National Anthem. palestinechronicle.com 
FIFA has fined the Scottish Football Association over £8,0oo($10,786) after Scotland supporters booed the Israeli national anthem during last month's World Cup qualifier, the BBC reported. The SFA was also sanctioned for an inappropriate flag
(2021-11-05). "Please Open Your Hearts": Kenyan Activist Elizabeth Wathuti Urges Leaders to Act on Climate Crisis. democracynow.org 
Youth activists are taking to the streets outside the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow to demand world leaders do more to avert a climate catastrophe. The protest is being organized by Fridays for Future, an international movement of students which grew out of Greta Thunberg's climate strike outside the Swedish parliament in 2018. We hear from Elizabeth Wathuti of Kenya. "Over 2 million of my fellow Kenyans are facing climate-related starvation," Wathuti said earlier this week. "The decisions you make here will determine whether the children will have food and water."
(2021-11-05). "Too Little, Too Late": Global South Activists Decry 2050 "Net Zero" Goal by Wealthy Nations. democracynow.org 
After nearly a week of speeches, negotiations and protests at the COP26 U.N. climate summit, we speak with Meena Raman, head of programs at Third World Network, who says developing countries need more time and resources to adapt to the climate crisis and end the use of fossil fuels. Without a just transition that addresses inequality, she says, many countries will continue to suffer from both poverty and environmental devastation. "When the rich world has not been able to phase out fossil fuels, … it's really dubious to preach to the developing world that they have to get out of fossil fuels," says Raman.
(2021-11-05). COP26 climate summit only scratching surface of what's needed, activists charge. peoplesworld.org 
Tens of thousands of young people took to the streets of Glasgow, Scotland, Nov. 5, demanding world leaders gathered at the U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP26) take urgent action against the climate emergency. The protest, part of the weekly global "Fridays for the Future" climate strike of young people, includes thousands of local youth who …
(2021-11-05). Arabic press review: Algeria makes international complaints over Morocco incident. middleeasteye.net 
Arabic press review: Algeria makes international complaints over Morocco incident | Meanwhile, Egypt's spy chief plans trip to Israel, Sky News Arabia closes in Turkey and BDS lawsuit filed in Texas | Fri, 11/05/2021 – 16: 30 | A UN helicopter flies near the Morocco-Mauritania border in the Western Sahara (AFP) | Algeria issues international complaints about Morocco: | Algerian Minister…
(2021-11-05). US Peace Prize Awarded To World Beyond War. popularresistance.org Above photo: US Peace Prize. The 2021 US Peace Prize has been awarded to World BEYOND War "for exceptional global advocacy and creative peace education to end war and dismantle the war machine." Michael Knox, Chair of the US Peace Memorial Foundation, thanked World BEYOND War and its members "for years of outstanding and prolific antiwar actions and extensive peace educational projects involving …
(2021-11-05). Yemen: Unsung local mediators help return bodies of fallen soldiers to families. middleeasteye.net 
Yemen: Unsung local mediators help return bodies of fallen soldiers to families | Hadi Jumaan is one of a number of volunteers in Yemen whose mediation efforts have led to the retrieval of bodies and prisoner exchanges | Fri, 11/05/2021 – 11: 58 | The bodies of victims lie in the rubble of a detention centre used by Yemen's Houthi rebels, hit by an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition,…
(2021-11-05). US takes a U-turn, approves $650 million weapons sales to Saudi Arabia. peoplesdispatch.org The sale of air-to-air missiles to Saudi Arabia will mark a U-turn in US president Joe Biden's foreign policy declared in the first week of February. At that point, he had promised to end the US role in the war in Yemen and the sale of all offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia…
(2021-11-05). Iranian press review: Air pollution 'kills more' than Covid-19 in Tehran. middleeasteye.net 
Iranian press review: Air pollution 'kills more' than Covid-19 in Tehran | Elsewhere, a conservative politician says atomic bomb best response to US sanctions, three workers die of suffocation in Abhar, and newspaper demands end to sanctions | Fri, 11/05/2021 – 15: 37 | An Iranian woman looks towards Tehran from the Saad Abad mountain north of the Iranian capital as smog engulfs the cit…
(2021-11-05). Iraq: Protests against election results turn violent. middleeasteye.net 
Iraq: Protests against election results turn violent | At least one killed after supporters of Iranian-backed political parties, which suffered losses in last month's polls, clash with security forces near heavily fortified Green Zone | Fri, 11/05/2021 – 17: 34 | Iraqi protesters near Baghdad's Green Zone raise national flags during a demonstration against last month's election result, on 5 N…
(2021-11-05). Attorney General Saab: ICC Agreement a Victory for Venezuelan Democratic Institutions. orinocotribune.com "Venezuela has solidly advanced all the work that the ICC will be informed about," said Tarek William Saab, attorney general of Venezuela, referring to the government's signing, this Wednesday, November 3, of a Memorandum of Understanding with the International Criminal Court (ICC). Saab characterized the agreement as a success for the nation. | "This memorandum is a victory for the Venezuelan democratic institutions, with an international body with which we have worked," said Saab. | "The ICC prosecutor trusts the Venezuelan justice system and this is established in the memorandum," added the Venezuelan prosecut…
(2021-11-05). Has Fuel Distribution in Venezuela Improved? This is what Venezuelans Say. orinocotribune.com A tour made of service stations in Caracas and its surroundings this Thursday, November 4, by Laiguana.tv's team of reporters, led by the journalist Mirelvis Gutiérrez, found two contrasting realities. On the one hand, at the pumps that sell fuel at international prices, queues are practically non-existent and the supply is constant. Alternately, where subsidized gasoline is sold, long lines persist. | On Victoria Avenue in Caracas an interviewee told Gutiérrez that, although they still have to wait several hours to refuel, the situation has improved in comparison to previous months. | Since June 1, 2020, Venezue…
(2021-11-05). Inauguration of FILVEN 2021, Venezuela's International Book Fair: 100 New Books to be Launched. orinocotribune.com Thursday, November 4, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced that during the 17th Venezuelan International Book Fair (FILVEN), 100 new books will be launched and issued to readers. President Maduro made the statements during the inauguration of FILVEN 2021, which takes place this year at the Federal Legislative Palace in Caracas, headquarters of the National Assembly. | "100 books will be christened within the framework of FILVEN 2021," said President Maduro from the National Assembly, "and we are going to deliver them to the people, to the readers, so that they can come to refresh their reading li…
(2021-11-05). Jorge Rodríguez: ICC Chief Prosecutor Visited in Order to Recognize Venezuela's Government. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela's National Assembly (AN), Jorge Rodríguez, highlighted this Thursday, November 4, that International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan came to Venezuela to recognize the Venezuelan government, at the invitation of Attorney General Tarek William Saab. | "The government has always wanted to investigate any improper action in the country against human rights—that is nothing new—but when the truth is known, Venezuela will be able to continue telling the world: we have never knelt and we will never kneel in front of any action of any de facto power that exists on t…
(2021-11-05). Venezuela's 21N Regional Elections: 56% of Voting Machines Ready, CNE says. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's National Electoral Council has readied 56% of its voting machines for the regional elections to be held on November 21, said the president of the electoral body, Pedro Calzadilla. | "We have completed 56% of the machines," Calzadilla said. "We are doing pretty well. We are complying precisely with our schedule." | In this sense, he explained that the voting machines have already arrived in 13 states of the country, and that details are being refined to begin deployment in capitals and municipalities for the electoral day, when new governors, mayors, state legislators, and city counselors will be elect…