(2023-12-11). Candidate of Political Sciences Leonid Isaev: BRICS topics are high on the agenda of Russia and Iran. tvbrics.com 
In an exclusive interview with TV BRICS, experts shared their views on the prospects for expanding co-operation between Russia and Iran…
(2023-12-11). Netanyahu's National Security Advisor Says Israel Ready to Act Against Houthis. news.antiwar.com Israeli National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi said on Saturday that Israel was ready to act against the Houthis in Yemen if the US and its allies do not. "Israel is giving the world some time to organize in order to prevent this but if there isn't to be a global arrangement, because it is a global …
(2023-12-11). Houthis enforce embargo on ships heading to or leaving Israel. peoplesdispatch.org The Houthi-led government in Yemen announced that it had forced an Israel-bound ship to turn back as it was sailing through the Red Sea in violation of the warnings issued on Saturday…
(2023-12-11). The New McCarthyism on US Campuses. counterpunch.org 
In several cases, these virulent campaigns to tarnish Palestinian human rights advocates have led to calls for the firing of tenured distinguished scholars (a prominent case in point being Joseph Massad of Columbia University)–whilst many faculty without the protection of tenure have been fired, student activists have been doxxed by pro-Israeli donors and their acolytes and hired thugs (in several cases leading to a withdrawal of job offers) and some elite universities have banned Palestinian student organizations such as SJP (Brandeis was the first to do so)–as well as progressive Jewish organizations like Jew…
(2023-12-11). Headlines for December 11, 2023. democracynow.org Displacement, Disease and Death Plague Gazans as Israel Continues Its Genocidal Assault, UNGA to Convene on Gaza Ceasefire After U.S. Vetoes Security Council Resolution, UPenn President Steps Down Amid Right-Wing Firestorm over Pro-Palestinian Movement on Campuses, COP28 Seeks Agreement on Fossil Fuel Phaseout Amid OPEC Pushback, TX Supreme Court Blocks Emergency Abortion; Kentucky Patient Challenges Abortion Ban, Oxford High School Shooter Sentenced to a Life Behind Bars, "There Is No Alternative to Shock": Far-Right Javier Milei Sworn In as President of Argentina, Children of Jailed Iranian Activist…
(2023-12-11). AB, Rusya'ya ƒ∞HA saƒüladƒ±ƒüƒ± gerekàßesiyle ƒ∞ran'a kar≈üƒ± yeni yaptƒ±rƒ±m kararƒ± aldƒ±. aa.com.tr Avrupa Birliƒüi (AB), ƒ∞ran'a Ukrayna'daki sava≈üta kullanmasƒ± iàßin Rusya'ya insansƒ±z hava araàßlarƒ± (ƒ∞HA) saƒüladƒ±ƒüƒ± gerekàßesiyle yaptƒ±rƒ±m uygulama kararƒ± aldƒ±.
(2023-12-11). Essequibo and ExxonMobil: A Tale of Imperialism and Undermining of the Bolivarian Revolution By: Lema Maiwand. midwesternmarx.com 
As a collective, we need to seriously re-evaluate the contexts in which we use the terms "sovereignty", "self-determination", and "imperialism", especially when it's devoid of historical analysis/context and in service of imperialist designs. We are at the point of the news cycle (again), where every two years or so, there is global denunciation and vilification of Venezuela, and even stronger calls for military intervention in the country. F …
(2023-12-11). Venezuela's Foreign Minister Thanks CELAC and CARICOM for Supporting Dialogue with Guyana. orinocotribune.com CELAC and CARICOM helped to bring about the high-level meeting between the presidents of Venezuela and Guyana on December 14. | Venezuela's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yván Gil, thanked the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for the efforts these organizations took to promote dialogue between Venezuela and Guyana. | The chancellor emphasized that the intervention of both multilateral bodies made possible the high-level meeting to be held by presidents Nicolás Maduro and Irfaan Ali next Thursday, December 14, in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. | In a m…
(2023-12-11). Could the U.S. Become Involved in a War Between Venezuela and Guyana? fpif.org The United States has taken the first steps in becoming involved in a potential war between Venezuela and Guyana. President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela is claiming the territory of the oil-rich Essequibo region of neighboring Guyana, a claim recently backed by a referendum. Maduro then produced a new Venezuelan map that includes Essequibo as a new state. A 1996 agreement between the two countries gives the United Nations International Court of Justice the power to resolve disputes, but Maduro has rejected its involvement. All of this is seen as a prelude to military action to take over the province and its petrol…
(2023-12-11). Essequibo Dispute: Venezuela and Guyana Agree on Presidential Meeting. orinocotribune.com
(2023-12-11). Guyana, Venezuela Presidents To Meet Thursday On Border Row. latintimes.com Tension has soared over Essequibo, which has historically been controlled by Guyana, since Maduro's government held a controversial referendum last weekend in which 95 percent of voters supported declaring Venezuela its rightful owner, according to official results.
(2023-12-11). Henry Kissinger y el apartheid. globalizacion.ca Henry Kissinger, que no descansará en paz, propuso en 1976 bombardear a La Habana, someter la ciudad a un bloqueo naval y minar los puertos de Cuba. Fantaseó con ello seriamente, según documentos desclasificados hace casi una década y publicados…
(2023-12-11). Cuba bloqueada, no embargada, por Estados Unidos. globalizacion.ca Por una abrumadora mayoría de 187 votos a favor, dos en contra, Estados Unidos e Israel, con la abstención de Ucrania, se aprobó por trigésimo primera vez la resolución que pide a EEUU acabar con el bloqueo de Cuba. | Año…
(2023-12-11). Celebran juicio contra acusados de terrorismo en Cuba. telesurtv.net La petición fiscal fue de treinta, veinticinco y veinte años de privación de libertad para cada uno de los imputados.
(2023-12-11). Cuba frustra plan violento de terroristas radicados en EE.UU. telesurtv.net Ministerio del Interior detuvo e investiga a grupo de personas vinculadas a planes para realizar acciones terroristas y desestabilizadoras durante las celebraciones de fin de año…
(2023-12-11). Presidentes de Venezuela y Guyana abordarán cara a cara tema sobre el Esequibo. telesurtv.net Dirigentes de la Celac y el Caricom han evaluado "la necesidad urgente de reducir la escalada del conflicto e instituir un diálogo apropiado cara a cara" entre los presidentes.
(2023-12-11). 2024 California Black History Month – Pan African Presence in Early California History. indybay.org Pan Africans migrated to California in significant numbers. By 1790, they made up nearly 20 percent of California's population, or one out of every five residents. More importantly, the concept of "race" had far less significance in California than in the United States. While European-born Spaniards controlled California society, Afro-Latinos and mestizos did manage to gain political and economic influence during the Spanish and Mexican periods of California history. African Cuban, Danish Jewish first elected Treasurer of San Francisco, Honorable William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr. and several other "hidden figure…