Daily Archives: November 10, 2021

2021-11-10: News Headlines

Fra Hughes (2021-11-10). Getting Away With Murder — Britain to Protect its War Criminals. orinocotribune.com By Fra Hughes — Nov 8, 2021 | Every Empire is guilty of war crimes. Executing enemy combatants on the battlefield. Destroying hospitals, watercourses, and infrastructure. Carpet bombing cities. Murdering civilians. Torture. Raping men, women, and children. Starving the enemy into submission. Genocide. Mass slaughter and ethnic cleansing. | The British Empire was no different. | From North America to Australia. From New Zealand to Zimbabwe. From Ireland to Palestine, Britain has been accused of heinous war crimes against indigenous populations while extracting the wealth, minerals, and natural resources of th…

MEE, agencies (2021-11-10). Yemen: Journalist dies in bomb attack on way to hospital to give birth. middleeasteye.net Yemen: Journalist dies in bomb attack on way to hospital to give birth | Husband of Rasha Abdullah, who was also injured in the explosion in Aden, says he suspects Houthis were responsible | Wed, 11/10/2021 – 08: 08 | The bombing took place in the southern city of Aden, the temporary seat of Yemen's government (Reuters) | A pregnant Yemeni journalist was killed and her reporter husband wou…

Staff (2021-11-10). 21N Elections: 1,895 Voting Machines Deployed in 19 States — EU Companions Work Without Restrictions. orinocotribune.com This Tuesday, November 9, a total of 1,875 voting machines were deployed across 19 of Venezuela's 24 states, for use in the upcoming regional and municipal elections to be held on November 21. | Through a press release, Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) reported that for the deployment of the machines, the fifteenth day of audit of the production of voting machines was carried out, and is ongoing in the industrial warehouse of the National Electoral Council in Filas de Mariche. | CNE indicated that on Tuesday, 35 teams corresponding to four municipalities in Anzoátegui state (Bolívar, Aragua, Diego Bau…

In Defense of Liberation! (2021-11-09). Some More Questions: Fascism, Revolution, and History. anchor.fm I mean I think the title says it all. US Empire and Imperialism need to come tumbling down, but how? Fascism, what is it? How is it connected to the US? What can/should we do about all of this? Please donate to the homie from Bands of Turtle Island, Zitkato's Patreon/Cashapp! Cashapp: $bandsofturtleisland…

Rainer Shea (2021-11-09). How Imperialist Propaganda Weaponizes Genocide to Justify War. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Nov 8, 2021 | The imperialists have a weapon more powerful than the atomic bomb. It's called propaganda. The type of propaganda that's been fine tuned by decades of practice in false flags, fabricated atrocity stories, and glorifications of militarism. With the onset of the new cold war, and its correlating advancements in the high-tech sector, the U.S. empire's cognitive warfare has taken on unprecedented scope and subtlety. Should aspiring U.S. revolutionaries succumb to the deceptions this manipulation matrix is laying down for us, the movement towards proletarian revolution in the imperi…

_____ (2021-11-09). Facebook Team That Tried To Swing Nicaragua's Election Is Full Of US Spies. popularresistance.org Managua, Nicaragua – Less than a week before Nicaragua's presidential election, social media giant Facebook deleted the accounts of hundreds of the country's top news outlets, journalists and activists, all of whom supported the ruling left-wing Sandinista government, a top Washington target for regime change. | Facebook claims that these accounts were bots engaged in "inauthentic behavior." Considering that around half of the country uses the platform for news and entertainment, the decision could barely have been more heavy-handed and intrusive. However, early reports show that if their goal was to swing the re…

KWORINOCO (2021-11-09). Vladimir Acosta Discusses his New Book 'Leaving the Colony' at Venezuela's National Book Fair. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan intellectual Vladimir Acosta was honored at the 17th International Book Fair of Venezuela (FILVEN), where he explained the content of one his four books, Leaving the Colony. | Acosta, speaking on the role of Catholicism both during colonialism and now under US imperialism, commented that "today we can see how a religion was used to impose culture and language on us. They took our consciousness from us. In three years we will be celebrating the bicentennial anniversary of the battle of Ayacucho, which was the decisive moment in the fight against Spanish colonialism, but we have to keep fighting. Now we…

Staff (2021-11-09). Headlines for November 9, 2021. democracynow.org Climate Activists Blast COP26 Draft Statement for Failing to Phase Out Fossil Fuels, Police Raid Glasgow Squat Housing Climate Activists Protesting COP26, Coronavirus Cases Surge to Record Highs Across Some European Nations, As U.S. Opens Borders to Vaccinated Travelers, Asylum Seekers Remain Trapped in Mexico, Poland Mobilizes Thousands of Troops to Belarus Border to Bar Entry to Refugees, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Wins Fourth Term After Arresting Opponents, Crushing Dissent, Israeli Spyware Found on Phones of Six Palestinian Human Rights Activists, Justice Department Brings New Charges Against Ransomwa…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-09). As petition against Thailand's lèse-majesté law receives over 200,000 signatures, pressure on government grows. peoplesdispatch.org As authorities in Thailand have escalated the political crackdown on activists through prosecutions and lawsuits, civil society groups and progressive movements continue demanding legal changes, accountability, and the release of political detainees…

Amy Goodman (2021-11-09). US Military Is Fueling Climate Crisis — It Emits More Carbon Than 140 Nations. truthout.org Image Credit: @codepink | Climate activists protested outside the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow Monday spotlighting the role of the U.S. military in fueling the climate crisis. The Costs of War project estimates the military produced around 1.2 billion metric tons of carbon emissions between 2001 and 2017, with nearly a third coming from U.S. wars overseas. But military carbon emissions have largely been exempted from international climate treaties dating back to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol after lo…

Staff (2021-11-09). War Helps Fuel the Climate Crisis as U.S. Military Carbon Emissions Exceed 140+ Nations. democracynow.org Climate activists protested outside the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow Monday spotlighting the role of the U.S. military in fueling the climate crisis. The Costs of War project estimates the military produced around 1.2 billion metric tons of carbon emissions between 2001 and 2017, with nearly a third coming from U.S. wars overseas. But military carbon emissions have largely been exempted from international climate treaties dating back to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol after lobbying from the United States. We go to Glasgow to speak with Ramón Mejía, anti-militarism national organizer of Grassroots Global Justice Allian…

I.J. (2021-11-09). Pittsburghers rally to support Pillsbury boycott in solidarity with Palestine. liberationnews.org On October 24, the Party for Socialism and Liberation's Pittsburgh branch joined with the Pittsburgh BDS Coalition for a demonstration promoting the boycott of Pillsbury.

_____ (2021-11-09). Kansas City Tenants Union: Organizing At The Speed Of Trust. popularresistance.org Our tenant union network currently supports three tenant unions in the city. So that's Gabriel Towers Tenant Union, McGee-Shiffman, Tenant Union, and the KC Homeless Union with plans to support the creation of many more unions. I'm sure that a lot of listeners of this podcast already know about the power that unions can wield. Lastly, our peoples Housing Trust Fund is a vision/ policy proposal that would make housing in KC truly and permanently affordable by divesting from our oppressors, namely gentrifiers and the police, and investing in our communities by funding social housing, rehabilitation to make homes mo…

Staff (2021-11-09). Yemeni Army shoots down US spy drone. en.mehrnews.com A spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces announced the downing of a US spy drone over Ma'rib province.

Anonymous007 (2021-11-09). Military Situation In Yemen On November 9, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 228 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours | On November 8, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 40 airstrikes on the Jubah and Sarwah districts | On November 8, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 3 airstrikes on the Khab and Shaaf district | On November 8, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 2 airstrikes on the Kitaf district | On November 9, clashes be…

James J. Zogby (2021-11-09). Refocus on Iran's Behaviour. globalresearch.ca To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected articles), Visit …

MEE staff (2021-11-09). COP26: Saudi Arabia and China resist climate deal over emissions data. middleeasteye.net COP26: Saudi Arabia and China resist climate deal over emissions data | Both countries stall efforts at climate conference over concerns about sharing economic growth data | Tue, 11/09/2021 – 11: 20 | Employees of Aramco oil company work in Saudi Arabia's Abqaiq oil processing plant on 20 September 2019 (AFP) | Saudi Arabia and China have been accused of blocking progress at COP26 in Glasgow after refusing to…

Staff (2021-11-09). Empresas emergentes esperan una revolución de la telemedicina tras la pandemia. cubadebate.cu Desde aplicaciones de salud mental a cascos que realizan en remoto descargas eléctricas en el cerebro de un paciente, las empresas emergentes en la Web Summit de Lisboa apuestan por una revolución en la telemedicina una vez el mundo deje atrás la pandemia. Usar la tecnología para tratar pacientes virtualmente ha sido una cuestión destacada.

Staff (2021-11-09). En Nicaragua, los yanquis nunca más organizarán las elecciones (+ Video). cubadebate.cu Aquí está Carlos, en estas Luchas, en estas Batallas que venimos librando, en estas Luchas que gracias a la Conciencia, a la Mística, al Ejemplo de nuestro Hermano Carlos Fonseca, que "es de los muertos que nunca mueren", como lo dijo Tomás, de ahí viene la energía que nos permite alcanzar grandes Victorias.

Editor2 (2021-11-09). Bolívar and Chávez in the Present Time. orinocotribune.com By Adán Chávez Frías — Nov 5, 2021 | During our recent tour of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, we had the opportunity to meet with authorities from the Executive and Legislative Powers of these countries; as well as with representatives of political organizations, the Movement of Solidarity with Venezuela, and cultural and academic institutions of both nations. | We also established contact with Venezuelan scholarship holders and work closely with the media, in order to continue bringing the truth about Venezuela to the world. | In all these meetings, references to El Libertador Simón Bol…

José Mireles Alcalá (2021-11-09). En apoyo a los proyectos de ley de indexación salarial y rescate de prestaciones sociales. peoplesworld.org CARACAS—La Central Unitaria de Trabajadores de Venezuela (CUTV) inicio este jueves 4 de noviembre desde la Plaza Caracas en la capital venezolana, la jornada de recolección de firmas de la población en apoyo proyecto al proyecto de Ley de Indexación Salarial y de Las Prestaciones Sociales. ´En estos momentos los trabajadores y trabajadoras de la …

Ana Perdigón (2021-11-09). Vice President Rodríguez Announces Which Vaccines will be Given to Venezuelan Children. orinocotribune.com With the immunization campaign beginning to target a wider sector of the Venezuelan population, Executive Vice President Delcy Rodríguez informed the public which vaccines would be authorized for children between two and eleven years old. | This Monday marked the

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