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2020-11-23: Social Media Postees

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Venezuelan Elections: Maduro Requests Anti-Corruption ‘Help’ as APR Blasts ‘Censorship’
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-11-23
Centre-right and right-wing parties have also been campaigning hard for the December 6 contest.
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The Yemen Civil War Arms Bonanza
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-23
“Making billions from arms exports which fuel the conflict while providing a small fraction of that in aid to Yemen is both immoral and incoherent.” So thundered Oxfam’s Yemen Country Director, Muhsin Siddiquey after consulting figures from the Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) showing that members of the G20 have exported over $17 billion worth of arms to Saudi Arabia since the Kingdom entered the conflict in Yemen. “The world’s wealthiest nations cannot continue to put profits above the Yemeni people.”
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The Yemen Civil War Arms Bonanza
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-23
“Making billions from arms exports which fuel the conflict while providing a small fraction of that in aid to Yemen is both immoral and incoherent.” So thundered Oxfam’s Yemen Country Director, Muhsin Siddiquey after consulting figures from the Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) showing that members of the G20 have exported over $17 billion worth…
counterpunch.org/2020/11/23/the-yemen-ci…

What President Biden Simply Won’t Touch
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2020-11-23
The U.S. Army / CC BY 2.0] By Maj. Danny Sjursen / TomDispatch In this mystifying moment,…
scheerpost.com/2020/11/23/what-president…

A Man-Child in A Promised Land
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-23
The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg recently conducted a long and obsequious interview with Barack Obama. The interview was occasioned by the apparent defeat of Obama’s fascist successor Donald Trump and by the recent release of the first volume of Obama’s much-awaited presidential memoir A Promised Land — Obama’s third book about Obama, soon to be…
counterpunch.org/2020/11/23/a-man-child-…

Brazilian singer Vital Farias’ ‘An Amazon Tale’ in poetic new English translation
Peter Lownds | peoplesworld.org | 2020-11-23
Following are my English lyrics for Brazilian singer/songwriter Vital Farias’ “Saga da Amazà¥nia.” A poetic translation, especially of a complex lyric that employs many regionalisms, is necessarily and by definition a new work of art. I hope I have done justice to this beautiful song of protest dating back to 1982. If anything, it’s even …
peoplesworld.org/article/brazilian-singe…

Successful Not-for-Profit Oxford COVID Vaccine Threatens Big Pharma Profit Logic
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-11-23
“The Oxford vaccine is… striking, since the point was to pay researchers, but not to rely on patent monopolies to generate large profits.” – Economist Dean Baker…
mintpressnews.com/successful-not-for-pro…

UK Government Proposes “Freedom Passes” to Get ‘Safe’ People Back to Work
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-23
The rollout of COVID-19 immunity certificates across the UK could become a reality in 2021. A draft of the scheme, one where people who have contracted the virus and have recovered, or have naturally develop antibodies to fight the virus, …
globalresearch.ca/uk-government-proposes…

Future of American Democracy: On Inequality, Polarization and Violence
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-23
In January 2017, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)’s Democracy Index downgraded the state of democracy in the United States from “full democracy” to “flawed democracy”. The demotion of a country that has constantly prided itself, not only on being democratic but also on championing democracy throughout the world, took many by surprise. Some US pundits…
counterpunch.org/2020/11/23/future-of-am…

Biden to unveil cabinet picks: Hyper-militarist, pro-Wall Street administration takes shape
Walter Smolarek | liberationnews.org | 2020-11-23
Desperately-needed reforms under an administration so thoroughly imperialist and reactionary can only be secured through determined, militant struggle.
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Surprise! America Is Getting Another Psycho For Secretary Of State
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-11-23
Blinken is a liberal interventionist who has supported all of the most disgusting acts of US mass military slaughter this millennium, including the Iraq invasion. | Did you know the US Department of Defense used to be called the Department of War? It would be a much more honest label today for a military which virtually never operates in any way that could be described as defensive, with its operations focusing far outside of the nation’s borders against targets who pose no threat whatsoever to ordinary Americans. An even more suitable na…
thealtworld.com/caitlin_johnston/surpris…

COVID-19 infections spread rapidly in Spain amid government inaction
wsws.org | 2020-11-23
Despite the dangerously high infection figures, the Podemos-Socialist Party government has refused to take the action required to curb the pandemic, imposing only limited and ineffectual curfew measures, with some areas of the country beginning to scale back restrictions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/23/spai…

As demands for work stoppage grow, UAW officials tell Sterling Heights Assembly workers: “Don’t read the WSWS”
wsws.org | 2020-11-23
In the face of growing demands by Fiat Chrysler workers to halt production at the Sterling Height Assembly Plant to stop the spread of COVID-19, local United Auto Workers officials are lashing out at the World Socialist Web Site and rank-and-file workers who have turned to the WSWS to expose the deadly conditions at the suburban Detroit auto factory.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/23/shap…

Hey Joe, where you going with that Pentagon in your hands?
Norman Solomon | nationofchange.org | 2020-11-23
If past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior, there are ample reasons for apprehension about the top of the military and foreign-policy team that Biden has begun to install for his presidency.
nationofchange.org/2020/11/23/hey-joe-wh…

CIA’s New Big Tech Procurement Drive Brings War Economy Back to its Roots
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-11-23
The military industrial complex is returning to its roots as the CIA turns to big tech to maintain control and rebuild the war economy.
mintpressnews.com/cia-big-tech-cloud-com…

Trump’s Massive, Lawless, and Immoral Legacy to Our Country Will Continue Unless
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-23
Trump has gotten away with almost everything throughout his bankruptcy-driven business career and his corrupt, cruel, and costly political years in the White House. Things changed on November 3, when he was retired by the voters.
counterpunch.org/2020/11/23/trumps-massi…

Comment: The Damage Done, the Job Ahead
Bill Lueders | progressive.org | 2020-11-23
Expect Trump to keep lying from the sidelines, and for his followers to stand by him.
progressive.org/magazine/damage-done-job…

Successful Not-for-Profit Oxford COVID Vaccine Threatens Big Pharma Profit Logic
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-11-23
“The Oxford vaccine is… striking, since the point was to pay researchers, but not to rely on patent monopolies to generate large profits.” — Economist Dean Baker | MPN– The world is abuzz today after a team of medical researchers from Oxford University in the United Kingdom announced that advanced trials of their experimental coronavirus vaccine were a roaring success, with the vaccine possibly being rolled out before Christmas. Testing was done on 24,000 volunteers in t…
thealtworld.com/alan_macleod/successful-…

Tens of thousands made homeless in UK as winter looms and temperatures plummet
wsws.org | 2020-11-23
Research conducted by the Guardian among both UK-born and migrant rough sleepers found that many had been made homeless in recent months after losing their jobs in the service sector–especially restaurants, clubs and event security.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/23/home…

What If They Called an Election and Nothing Changed in the War State?
Danny Sjursen | commondreams.org | 2020-11-23
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To Protect Wild Steelhead, Salmon, Orcas, Environmental Groups Appeal Approval of Puget Sound Commercial Net Pen Aquaculture To Washington’s Supreme Court
commondreams.org | 2020-11-23
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From ‘Alarming Red Flag’ to ‘Something We Can Work With,’ Campaigners Respond to Kerry as Biden Climate Envoy
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-11-23
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It’s Time for the US to Face Its War Crimes
Joe Lauria | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-23
Australia had to reveal heinous crimes its troops committed in Afghanistan, even after it prosecuted a whistleblower and raided a TV station. It’s time for the U.S. to launch serious investigations of its own conduct in war, writes Joe Lauria….
globalresearch.ca/time-us-face-war-crime…

Uighur scholar arrested in Saudi Arabia at risk of deportation to China
Nadda Osman | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-23
Uighur scholar arrested in Saudi Arabia at risk of deportation to China | Activists and human rights advocates have raised concerns that Aimadoula Waili may be tortured in a ‘re-education’ camp if sent back to China | Nadda Osman | Mon, 11/23/2020 – 15: 48 | The scholar fears he could be deported back to China, where Uighurs face persecution (Supplied) | A Uighur Muslim religious scholar was arrested in Saudi Arabia o…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/china-uighur-…

Afghan Nat. Security Council urges UN sanctions on Taliban
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-23
TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) — The Afghan government has once again called on the UN Security Council to impose tough sanctions on the Taliban.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166230/Afghan-Nat-S…

Crashing Against the Glass Ceiling
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-23
During Bernie Sanders’ most recent run for the presidency, the issue of his religious/ethnic background raised a recurrent theme of Jews who are seen as too politically left to rise to the highest levels of the US government. Sanders considered himself a socialist, but his campaign policy positions and history place him in a mild…
counterpunch.org/2020/11/23/crashing-aga…

Tuesday 11/24: COVID-19 in the Amazon: Stories from the Fronlines of Indigenous & Traditional Communities
AEFAFA | indybay.org | 2020-11-23
Online event…
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Compromiso desde la Amazonía: La Carta de Mocoa
reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras | indybay.org | 2020-11-23
Compromiso desde la Amazonía: | La Carta de Mocoa…
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Hey Joe, Where You Going With That Pentagon in Your Hands?
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-11-23
War profiteers on the march…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/23/1883863…

A People’s Vaccine? Drugmakers Set to Profit from COVID Vaccines Made with Publicly Funded Research
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-11-23
With the world pinning its hopes on a successful coronavirus vaccine to curb the pandemic, corporate watchdogs say much of the research and development of the medicines rely on publicly funded research. “The investment in these vaccines, as for most drugs, has really been underwritten by the taxpayer, by the government,” says Robert Weissman, president of Public Citizen.
www.democracynow.org/2020/11/23/coronavi…

UK universities expose thousands of international students to raging pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-11-23
Such are the horrendous conditions, with the Conservative government set to end its national lockdown on December 2, that many international students will contract this deadly disease.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/23/ints…

What will American politics be like after Trump? First of all, he’s not going away
Andrew O’Hehir | salon.com | 2020-11-23
Trump’s coup is collapsing, but the damage is done. He’s shown us the system is broken. What will we do about it?>…
salon.com/2020/11/23/what-will-american-…

How do the dead celebrate? The bipartisan culture of death
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-11-23
Like most political formations in the United States, Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) members and supporters represent different tendencies.
mronline.org/2020/11/23/how-do-the-dead-…

Covid controls will be needed through the winter, warns Hancock
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-11-23
Measures to control coronavirus will be needed through the winter despite the latest successful vaccine trials, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has warned. | Hancock said the success of the lockdown in reducing case numbers in England meant the country will be able to return to a tiered system of local restrictions from December 2 as planned. | However, Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham warned continuing curbs on the hospitality sector in the worst-hit areas would have a “devastating” effect on many businesses. | Boris Johnson is due to set out details of the revised three-tier system of controls in a Commons s…
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Every Purple Dot
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-11-23
Water is Life — it is where we come from, who we are (both in a base physical sense and philosophically as fluid beings in space and time), how we and the ecosystems we depend on survive. And therefore, it is also of prime interest to a capitalist system desperate to commodify everything and everyone. Water is literally a traded commodity on the stock market , perhaps the most prime example of how our system treats finite entities like water as if they were infinitely marketable while treating infinite 1s and 0s on a screen as if they were essential to our survival as a species.
popularresistance.org/every-purple-dot/

Possible Trump Coup & Vermont AFL-CIO Call For General Strike with Vermont Fed Pres
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-11-23
The Vermont AFL-CIO has voted to possibly calling a general strike to stop any coup by Trump…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/22/1883862…

Saturday 12/5: The Covid Crisis: The Response in France (Online)
Speak Out Now | indybay.org | 2020-11-23
Online meeting, see website for details…
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Somalia at a crossroad, UN envoy urges ‘deepened’ political consensus
news.un.org | 2020-11-23
The “broad political consensus” reached in September that ended a two-year stalemate in Somalia must be “preserved and indeed deepened”, the country’s UN envoy told the Security Council on Monday.
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A Comic Display of Geopolitical Subservience: Mike Pompeo’s Visit to Israel
Richard Falk | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-23
Prefatory Note: Posted below is a greatly modified interview on the entirely inappropriate and distasteful visit of the U.S. Secretary of State to Israel for three days. It was distasteful and regressive to a degree that defied normal levels of …
globalresearch.ca/geopolitical-subservie…

Generation Numb: How Losing My Phone Exposed Me to the Pain of My Peers
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2020-11-23
By Ben Scheer / Original to ScheerPost I hadn’t planned to give up my smartphone. After all, I was starting my sophomore year of college and I had not met a single adult who lives without one and definitely no other 19-year-old. If you haven’t noticed, it is part of the culture . A few weeks into the semester, I forgot my phone (a Google Pixel 2, for all you phone nerds) in the backseat of an Uber… | Source…
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Report: Fossil Fuel Industry Received Up To $15 Billion in COVID-19 Direct Relief
commondreams.org | 2020-11-23
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Following air strikes, Iran warns Israel against violating Syria’s sovereignty
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-11-23
Israel carried out airstrikes inside Syria on November 18 and again on November 21. At least three Syrian soldiers and close to 15 militiamen were killed in the airstrikes…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/11/23/following…

A Comic Display of Geopolitical Subservience: Mike Pompeo’s Visit to Israel
Richard Falk | zcomm.org | 2020-11-23
Pompeo’s gratuitous remark is a gesture of solidarity with the Netanyahu government, and irresponsibly treats the BDS Campaign as antisemitic…
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Community and unions unite to save Willow Grove
Fred Fuentes | greenleft.org.au | 2020-11-23
Zebedee Parkes reports that community organisations and unions marched through Parramatta to protest the NSW government’s plan to move the heritage-listed Willow Grove building.
greenleft.org.au/content/community-and-u…

Federal police raid CFMEU offices
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-11-23
The federal government’s war on unions continues with the Australian Federal Police raid on CFMEU offices and official’s homes in Sydney. Jim McIlroy reports.
greenleft.org.au/content/federal-police-…

A Venezuelan view: Trump the fraudster
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-11-23
U.S. role in the world and its election | In spite of its decline as the superpower of the world, the United States continues to be the major imperial power of the planet. Its economic and military power allows the U.S. to influence and to even directly intervene in crucial scenarios of the world. | It is inevitable then, that most major mass media outlets of the world, as well as the world’s citizens, closely follow electoral processes in the U.S. In fact, after the November 3, 2020 election, street protests against police killings continue and there is no remedy at hand for the gross human rights violations in…
fightbacknews.org/2020/11/23/venezuelan-…

Will the Technocratic Coup Succeed?
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-11-23
“We’re not going back to the same economy”, Fed Chair Powell said recently: “We’re recovering, but to a different economy, and it will be one that is more leveraged to technology — and I worry that it’s going to make it even more difficult than it was, for many workers.” Klaus Schwab, the Davos Chair, was more blunt: “Nothing will ever return to the ‘broken’ sense of normalcy that prevailed [earlier]. We … will be surprised by both the rapidity and unexpected nature of these changes — as they conflate with each other, they will provoke cascading effects and unforeseen outcomes”. Schwab makes it clea…
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VIDEO: World’s deepest diving pool opens in Poland
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-23
TEHRAN, Nov. 24 (MNA) — A 45.5-metre (150-foot) deep diving pool on 8,000 square meters land with artificial underwater caves and Mayan ruins, the world’s deepest such structure, opened near Warsaw this weekend.
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Video: The Day of Democratic Shame. The Berlin November 18 Rally against The Lockdown. Police Repression
ibasid | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-23
18.11.2020 — Tag der demokratischen Schande — Die etwas andere Perspektive. | Police repression is being routinely carried out in response to Germany’s Infection Protection Law which denies fundamental rights to oppose the Merkel government’s lockdown policies, which have triggered unemployment …
globalresearch.ca/video-the-day-of-democ…

Charter School Promoters Complain About Inability to Pilfer More Public Funds
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-11-23
While they have constantly been at it, every now and then charter school advocates self-servingly complain more vociferously than usual about how they are unable to funnel even more public funds from public schools into the hands of narrow private interests. A quick review of charter school news in recent days shows no fewer than …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/11/charter-schoo…

Iran exports to CIS hit $692mn in six months: TPO
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-23
TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) — An official in Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization said that Iran’s exports, in the first 6 months of the current Iranian year, hit $13.57 billion, of which $692 were exported to CIS.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166232/Iran-exports…

Pompeo says US restricted Iran’s access to oil revenues
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-23
TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) — The US Secretary of State claimed that US sanctions have prevented Iran from directly accessing 70 billion dollars in oil revenues.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166247/Pompeo-says-…

Gantz, Ashkenazi not-informed of Netanyahu visit to S. Arabia
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-23
TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) — Netanyahu informed neither Gantz nor Ashkenazi of his secret visit to Saudi Arabia.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166254/Gantz-Ashken…

COVID 2021: More calamity ahead?
Michael Roberts | mronline.org | 2020-11-23
The death rate from these new infections may be lower than in the first wave last March-April, but hospitalizations are reaching new peaks in the U.S. and parts of Europe.
mronline.org/2020/11/23/covid-2021-more-…

Inter-Afghan talks can lead to establish ‘peace’, ‘stability’
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-23
TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) — Iranian Parliament Speaker said that inter-Afghan talks can lead to the establishment of peace and stability.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166256/Inter-Afghan…

Global Research: Unprecedented Times, Unprecedented Challenges
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-23
We are, indeed, in unprecedented times, and we face unprecedented challenges. | To say that the public has become disillusioned and wary of constant doomsday media reports and news coverage that adhere to corporate agendas is a gross understatement — people …
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Faecal microbiota transplantation for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis
Simon Mark Dahl Baunwall, Mads Ming Lee, Marcel Kjà¶rsgaard Eriksen, Benjamin H. Mullish, Julian R. Marchesi, Jens Frederik Dahlerup, Christian Lodberg Hvas | thelancet.com | 2020-11-23
High-quality evidence supports FMT is effective for recurrent CDI, but its effect varies with the delivery method and the number of administrations. The superior NNT for FMT compared with antibiotics suggests that patients may benefit from advancing FMT to all instances of recurrent CDI.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PI…(20)30386-2/fulltext?rss=yes

Vox Populist: After the Election, a Note of Hope
Jim Hightower | progressive.org | 2020-11-23
A truly great American majority might yet be forged–not around some politician, but around our people’s basic shared values of fairness, justice, and equal opportunity for all.
progressive.org/magazine/after-election-…

Resistance FilmFest to display selected Films on online plat
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-23
TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) — Several selected films of the second round of the 16th Resistance International Film Festival will be displayed online on the Ammaryar Platform on the 3rd day of the event.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166243/Resistance-F…

Iraqi army launches anti-ISIL operation in Al Anbar province
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-23
TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) — Iraqi army launched a large-scale military operation against ISIL terrorist elements in Al Anbar province.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166262/Iraqi-army-l…

The Krugman Boom? Don’t Count on It
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-23
I have largely been in agreement with Paul Krugman in his assessment of the economy over the last dozen years or so, but I think in his latest column he let the promise of a post-Trump era get the better of him. Krugman notes that the distribution of effective vaccines should allow people to return…
counterpunch.org/2020/11/23/the-krugman-…

No Platform by Evan Smith
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-11-23
Smith’s book demonstrates that the far-right has always played the victim card when it comes to free-speech, writes Houman Barekat.
mronline.org/2020/11/23/no-platform-by-e…

I travelled to visit the Narrabri gas protesters. Here’s what I found
Mat Ward | greenleft.org.au | 2020-11-23
Green Left’s Mat Ward was as pissed off as most people when Santos’ coal seam gas project was approved in Narrabri, despite 98% of peopl…
greenleft.org.au/content/i-travelled-vis…

Egyptian officials to face trial over torture and murder of Giulio Regeni
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-23
Egyptian officials to face trial over torture and murder of Giulio Regeni | After disappearing in Cairo, the 28-year-old doctoral researcher’s body was later discovered by the Cairo-Alexandria highway | MEE staff | Mon, 11/23/2020 – 21: 03 | The trial will likely reveal more details about Regeni’s horrific death, with his body badly mutilated by torture (AFP/File photo) | Egyptian security officials will likely face trial…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-officia…

“Murder on Middle Beach” and the frustrations of trying to solve your family’s own true crime story
Ashlie D. Stevens | salon.com | 2020-11-23
In looking into his mother’s murder, Madison Hamburg uncovers secrets, financial ruin, and shady pyramid schemes…
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This week in history: November 23-29
wsws.org | 2020-11-23
On November 29, 1945, the Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia was proclaimed following the successful repulsion of Nazi Germany’s attempt to subjugate the country, and Germany’s defeat in World War II in May. The establishment of the republic involved the deposing of King Peter II and the end of the Karaƒëorƒëeviƒá dynasty that he headed. It was the outcome of a mass partisan struggle against fascism.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/23/twih…

Afghanistan: UN’s Grandi and Bachelet put plea for lasting ceasefire top of their wishlist
news.un.org | 2020-11-23
Two top UN officials called for an end to the long-running conflict in Afghanistan on Monday, telling a major conference in Geneva that normality could only return to the country if there was a sustained ceasefire.
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The use of Forex signals for fundamental trading
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-23
TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) — Forex signals are a great guide and help to those traders who use the scalping technique…
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Middle America: A Bridge to a New Era
Ruth Conniff | progressive.org | 2020-11-23
Finally, we’ve made it to the other side–to a vision of America that includes powerful women and people of color, that looks to the future instead of wallowing in our racist past.
progressive.org/magazine/bridge-to-new-e…

Biden’s Appointment of John Kerry as Climate Czar Is Alarming Red Flag
commondreams.org | 2020-11-23
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Demonstrators Deliver 800 ‘Failing Report Cards’ To Iowa Governor
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-11-23
As confirmed coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to increase in Iowa, activists and community members sent Gov. Kim Reynolds nearly a thousand “failing report cards” during a Friday afternoon demonstration to speak out against the governor’s response to the pandemic. | Over a dozen demonstrators gathered in front of the Governor’s Terrace Hill mansion for a planned action by community organization Iowa CCI demanding a statewide mask mandate and more leadership from the governor.
popularresistance.org/demonstrators-deli…

Human rights organizations condemn police repression of protests in Guatemala
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-11-23
Various national and international human rights organizations rejected the excessive use of force by the Guatemalan state security forces against protesters during an anti-government protest in the capital Guatemala City, on November 21. | The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), through a series of tweets on November 22, condemned the violent police repression of peaceful demonstration. The Family Association of the Detained Disappeared of Guatemala (FAMDEGUA), Impunity Watch Guatemala, Former Guatemalan attorney general, Claudia Paz, and the Human Rights Ombudsman, Jordán Rodas, among others, also…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/11/23/human-rig…

57 Years Since 11/22/63 Kennedy Assassination
Never Forgive, Never Forget | indybay.org | 2020-11-23
We managed to get rid of the worst president in memory, Nazi Trump, in this year’s election, but the nuclear holocaust threat remains. Instructive to all in public speaking and war & peace as a basic issue is Pres. John Kennedy’s speech on 6/10/63 at American University, now on Youtube, at www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZsG4qbw_tY&#038…
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The Liberal Establishment Is ‘a Stranger to Self-Examination’
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins | thenation.com | 2020-11-23
The Liberal Establishment Is ‘a Stranger to Self-Examination’…
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Pollard for President of Israel
Ariel Natan Pasko | indybay.org | 2020-11-23
Pollard for President of Israel, Give Him Justice…
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Discrimination and bias in economics, and emerging responses
Jayati Ghosh | mronline.org | 2020-11-23
Recently, mainstream economics has been forced to acknowledge some of the explicit and implicit forms of discrimination and bias that are rampant in the discipline, thanks in particular to some brave interventions by some women economists.
mronline.org/2020/11/23/discrimination-a…

RCEP creates world’s largest free trade zone, but where does U.S. stand?
Amiad Horowitz | peoplesworld.org | 2020-11-23
HANOI–On Nov. 15, a group of 15 countries, including the 10 members of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and other regional powerhouses like China, Japan, and Australia, made history by signing the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). The agreement establishes the world’s largest free trade zone, covering almost a third of the …
peoplesworld.org/article/rcep-creates-wo…

Tuesday 11/24: Mission Creek real estate and the mystery of the divine
David Giesen | indybay.org | 2020-11-23
ZOOM: | zoom.us/j/94388878587?pwd=RFdxQUdqcVlqSG…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/23/1883863…

‘No Time to Lose for Climate Action’: Atmospheric CO2 Continued to Rise in 2020 Despite Covid-19 Lockdowns
Kenny Stancil, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-11-23
The World Meteorological Organization called for “more sustained and ambitious climate action to reduce emissions to net zero through a compete transformation of our industrial, energy, and transport systems.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
commondreams.org/news/2020/11/23/no-time…

Carbon dioxide levels hit new record; COVID impact ‘a tiny blip’, WMO says‚ÄØ
news.un.org | 2020-11-23
Levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere hit a new record of 410.5 parts per million in 2019, and are expected to keep rising this year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in its annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin on Monday.‚Ä&Oslash…
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Human Rights tool to put pressure on ‘independent’ states
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-23
TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) — Terming Canada as a human rights violater, Judiciary Chief noted that today, the notion of human rights has become a tool for putting pressure on independent states.
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Greenpeace Response To John Kerry’s Appointment as Special Presidential Envoy on Climate
commondreams.org | 2020-11-23
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Egypt: Activists and former presidential candidate put on terror list
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-23
Egypt: Activists and former presidential candidate put on terror list | Abdelmoneim Aboul Fotouh, Alaa Abdel Fattah and Muhammad al-Qassas among those designated by Cairo Criminal Court | MEE staff | Mon, 11/23/2020 – 15: 23 | The terror list includes a number of activists and former politicians (AFP) | High-profile activists and a former presidential candidate are among 28 people an Egyptian court placed on a state terro…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-activis…

“Coup 1953” Documentary Opens Up Wounds Over Britain’s Criminal Role in Iran’s History
Hamid Dabashi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-23
“Angry TV film-makers stop release of lauded Iranian documentary,” ran the headline of a recent Guardian news story. What documentary exactly is this? We learn: “Coup 53, which charts MI6’s role in the shah’s restoration, has been blocked by makers …
globalresearch.ca/coup-1953-film-opens-u…

Protest demands an end to strip searches in NSW
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-11-23
Rachel Evans reports on a protest outside Silverwater Correctional Services to demand an end to strip searches on female detainees.
greenleft.org.au/content/protest-demands…

President John F. Kennedy was assassinated 57 years ago
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-11-23
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated 57 years ago. President John F. Kennedy (JFK) spent his last night alive at the Texas Hotel in Ft. Worth, Texas. When morning came there was a light rain falling on Ft. Worth as the JFK entourage, including JFK’s wife Jackie, prepared to take a thirteen minute flight to Dallas for a limo ride through the city. It proved to be a very fateful day!
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/22/1883862…

UN ‘extremely concerned’ for safety of Tigray civilians in regional capital, as refugee numbers grow
news.un.org | 2020-11-23
The UN on Monday said it was “extremely concerned” over the safety of civilians across Ethiopia’s Tigray region, as fighting between Government troops and those loyal to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) reportedly continued, with the Ethiopian Prime Minister having called on opposition forces to surrender the capital Mekelle, by Wednesday.
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‘Donbass’: The ‘People’s Republic of Donetsk’ and more in the Wild East
Ed Rampell | peoplesworld.org | 2020-11-23
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The Olympic Machine Meets With Protest in Tokyo
Dave Zirin, Jules Boykoff | thenation.com | 2020-11-23
The Olympic Machine Meets With Protest in Tokyo…
thenation.com/article/activism/tokyo-oly…

IRGC planning to carry out trans-regional missions
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-23
TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) — IRGC Navy Commander Rear Admiral Ali Reza Tangsiri said the body plans to carry out trans-regional missions in the future.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166242/IRGC-plannin…

What Could be Better Than a Drug That Can Stop Covid? A Society That Doesn’t Let Some Make Billions off a Drug Millions Can’t Access
Sam Pizzigati | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-23
Who doesn’t like a race? A grand global race, like the competition to run the first mile under four minutes. Or the race to scale the world’s highest mountain. Or be the first to walk on the moon. Now we find ourselves in a race of much greater import: the dash to develop an effective…
counterpunch.org/2020/11/23/what-could-b…

I travelled to visit the Narrabri gas protesters. Here’s what I found (Part 3)
Mat Ward | greenleft.org.au | 2020-11-23
Green Left’s Mat Ward was as pissed off as most people when Santos’ coal seam gas project was approved in Narrabri, despite 98% of peopl…
greenleft.org.au/content/i-travelled-vis…

All intensive care beds occupied in Switzerland after COVID-19 infections explode
wsws.org | 2020-11-23
Triage–treating some but not others–is now a major topic of discussion in one of the wealthiest countries in the world. The elderly and those with pre-existing conditions are being called on to make a living will and forgo treatment.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/23/swit…

Pompeo’s Attack on BDS Is an Assault on Free Speech
Mitchell Plitnick | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-23
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo broke a long-standing taboo and became the first American secretary of state to visit an Israeli settlement. Then, Pompeo announced that the United States would recognize products made in West Bank settlements as “made in …
globalresearch.ca/pompeo-attack-bds-assa…

“Time to Cut Dirty Energy’s Lifeline”: Report Details How Fossil Fuel Industry Feasted on Covid-19 Relief Programs
Brett Wilkins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-11-23
“By artificially delaying the industry’s inevitable decline at taxpayers’ expense, the government has made it that much harder to make the necessary transition to clean energy sources.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
commondreams.org/news/2020/11/23/time-cu…

How the ‘Russian Threat’ Is Being Used to Scare Scots Away from Independence
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-23
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has — albeit inadvertently — single-handedly done his utmost to encourage the Scottish independence movement since he took office, even last week causing more offence north of the border with his ‘devolution was a disaster’ …
globalresearch.ca/how-russian-threat-use…

National Congress of American Indians Calls on Insurance Companies to Adopt Free, Prior and Informed Consent Policies
commondreams.org | 2020-11-23
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Former supervisory corrections officer sentenced to prison for tasing restrained teen
Andrew Emett | nationofchange.org | 2020-11-23
“Our citizens have a fundamental and constitutional right to ethical treatment by employees of federal, state, and local government.”
nationofchange.org/2020/11/23/former-sup…

Iran keen on coop. for boosting peace, stability in Syria
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-23
TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) — Addressing Syrian officials in messages, the senior assistant to the Iranian FM in special political affairs stressed Iran’s readiness to cooperate in strengthening peace and stability in Syria.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166248/Iran-keen-on…

Police bust over 26 tons of narcotics in a week: official
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-23
TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) — According to the International Deputy of Iran Drug Control Headquarters, over 26 tons of illicit drugs have been seized by Iran’s anti-narcotics police forces in the country in the last week.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166245/Police-bust-…

The Power Behind the Win
Luis Feliz Leon | progressive.org | 2020-11-23
Black and Latinx voters helped deliver the nation to Joe Biden–now, he owes them.
progressive.org/dispatches/power-behind-…

Epidemiologist warns of “contagion” of violent speech coming “from the White House”
Igor Derysh | salon.com | 2020-11-23
Dr. Gary Slutkin says violence is like a contagious disease — and our current president is a super-spreader…
salon.com/2020/11/23/epidemiologist-warn…

Nigerian government goes on offensive against youth protesting police brutality
wsws.org | 2020-11-23
The repression is aimed at criminalising peaceful protests in the interest of Nigeria’s kleptocrats and the transnational energy corporations that have looted the country.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/23/nige…

US sanctions against independent countries failed policy
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-23
TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) — In a meeting with the Turkish Ambassador, the Iranian Parliament Speaker said that US sanctions against independent countries are a failed policy.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166253/US-sanctions…

Biden Administration Must Remove Trump Holdovers On Day One
commondreams.org | 2020-11-23
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No time to waste, as Yemen inches towards famine: UN Children’s Fund
news.un.org | 2020-11-23
Raising alarm over “an imminent catastrophe” in war-ravaged Yemen, the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reiterated the urgent need for combatants to stop the fighting.
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Thanksgiving in America: Massive food lines and evictions as benefits expire
wsws.org | 2020-11-23
As the rise of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths continues unabated, working-class families across the US are facing hunger and poverty on a scale not seen since the Great Depression.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/23/pers…

Trump to Ease Sage Grouse Protections on Western Lands
commondreams.org | 2020-11-23
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Severe infections wreak havoc on mouse blood cell production
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-11-23
Severe infections like malaria cause short and long-term damage to precursor blood cells in mice, but some damage could be reversed, find researchers.
imperial.ac.uk/news/209093/severe-infections-wreak-havoc-mouse-blood

Mass opposition among healthcare workers as estimated deaths exceed 20,000
wsws.org | 2020-11-23
Over 800 St. Mary’s nurses in Pennsylvania returned to work on Sunday with no evidence of a contract deal, just one example of various unions strangling strikes as health care workers face death on a massive scale.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/23/nurs…

Isfahan to host Iran-Qatar joint economic commission meeting
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-23
TEHRAN, Nov. 24 (MNA) — The 7th Iran-Qatar Joint Economic Commission Meeting will be held in historic city of Isfahan on Tue. Nov. 24 in the presence of Reza Ardakanian and Ahmed Al Kuwari chairmen of Iran and Qatar joint economic commission meeting.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166260/Isfahan-to-h…

How do the dead celebrate? The bipartisan culture of death
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-11-23
Like most political formations in the United States, Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) members and supporters represent different tendencies.
mronline.org/2020/11/23/how-do-the-dead-…

I travelled to visit the Narrabri gas protesters. Here’s what I found (Part 2)
Mat Ward | greenleft.org.au | 2020-11-23
Green Left’s Mat Ward was as pissed off as most people when Santos’ coal seam gas project was approved in Narrabri, despite 98% of peopl…
greenleft.org.au/content/i-travelled-vis…

The Blizzard of Bogus Journalism on COVID
Jeffrey A. Tucker | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-23
This game of hunt-and-kill Covid cases has reached peak absurdity, especially in media culture. | Take a look at Supermarkets are the most common place to catch Covid, new data reveals. It’s a story on a “study” assembled by Public …
globalresearch.ca/blizzard-bogus-journal…

Drugmakers Will Profit Off COVID Vaccines Generated by Taxpayer-Funded Research
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-11-23
With the world pinning its hopes on a successful coronavirus vaccine to curb the pandemic, corporate watchdogs say much of the research and development of the medicines rely on public funding. “The investment in these vaccines, as for most drugs, has really been underwritten by the taxpayer, by the government,” says Robert Weissman, president of Public Citizen. | TRANSCRIPT: | This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. | AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! The Quarantine Report. I’m Amy Goodma…
truthout.org/video/astrazeneca-pledges-n…

Aramco rocket attack coincides secret talks in S. Arabia
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-23
TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) — Saudi Arabia was surprised when Jedda’s ARAMCO distribution facilities were hit by rockets of Houthis on Monday morning a while after Pompeo, Netanyahu, and MBS were holding secret talks in the country.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166249/Aramco-rocke…

Backed by the union, Mercedes plans to close its oldest factory in Berlin
wsws.org | 2020-11-23
For many decades, every corporate decision affecting the workforce made at Marienfelde and all other Mercedes factories has been discussed beforehand with the works councils, which then develop strategies for their implementation.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/23/merc…

Report: Government Spies Are Tracking Brits Movements to Check if They’re Complying with Lockdown
Steve Watson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-23
GCHQ spooks are monitoring the movement of British people minute by minute to check if they are complying with government restrictions, according to reports. | The London Telegraph (Paywall) reports that spies from Britain’s most secretive intelligence and security organisation, Government …
globalresearch.ca/government-spies-track…

Israel invites Lebanese president for direct talks over maritime dispute
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-23
Israel invites Lebanese president for direct talks over maritime dispute | No indication on whether Michel Aoun intended to respond to the invitation by Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz | MEE and agencies | Mon, 11/23/2020 – 11: 51 | President Michel Aoun delivering a televised address on the eve of the country’s 77th independence day, at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of the capital (AFP) | I…
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The Art of Political Lying
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-11-23
With idle tales this fills our empty ears; | The next reports what from the first he hears; | The rolling fictions grow in strength and size, | Each author adding to the former lies. | Here vain credulity, with new desires, | Leads us astray, and groundless joy inspires; | The dubious whispers, tumults fresh designed, | And chilling fears astound the anxious mind. | -Ovid’s Metamorphosis | While the foundations of the USA tremble under the force of unprecedented vote fraud, color revolutionary operations, and the danger of a renewed fascist takeover of the Wall Street-Big Tech-NSA/FBI/CIA combine, certain…
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What Will a Biden Presidency Mean for the Asia-Pacific Region?
Walden Bello | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-23
Assuming Joe Biden will take the reins of the presidency on January 20, 2021, what will his likely policies toward the Asia-Pacific region look like? It is unlikely that Joe Biden will continue Trump’s trade war with China. That would simply be too destabilizing for everyone. Not only is the U.S. greatly dependent on China…
counterpunch.org/2020/11/23/what-will-a-…

UNICEF planning ‘mammoth operation’ to deliver COVID-19 vaccines
news.un.org | 2020-11-23
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is working with more than 350 partners, including major airlines, shipping lines and logistics associations from around the world, to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to over 92 countries, as soon as doses become available, the agency said on Monday.
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‘Real hope’ surrounding COVID vaccines ‘cannot be overstated’ — WHO chief
news.un.org | 2020-11-23
Along with other tried and tested public health measures, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists on Monday that “there is now real hope” that vaccines will play an essential part in helping end the COVID pandemic.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/11/1…

Saturday 12/12: Human Rights Day 2020: Racial Justice & Human Rights in the 21st Century
United Nations Assoc. San Francisco | indybay.org | 2020-11-23
Online event…
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U.S. Set To Retake Global Leadership on Climate With Choice of John Kerry as Biden’s “Climate Czar”
commondreams.org | 2020-11-23
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I travelled to visit the Narrabri gas protesters. Here’s what I found (Part 4)
Mat Ward | greenleft.org.au | 2020-11-23
Green Left’s Mat Ward was as pissed off as most people when Santos’ coal seam gas project was approved in Narrabri, despite 98% of peopl…
greenleft.org.au/content/i-travelled-vis…

Will Turkey intervene in Yemen?
Abdel Bari Atwan | thealtworld.com | 2020-11-23
and how will Riyadh react to Ankara’s growing regional and Islamic role? | On the eve of the G-20 summit hosted by Saudi Arabia, King Salman phoned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and they agreed to resolve outstanding differences between their two countries through dialogue. This move not only reflected the kingdom’s eagerness to ensure that Erdogan would personally take part in the ‘virtual’ gathering, Turkey being the only other Muslim member of the G-20. It was also an attempt to offset the danger posed by Turkey’s growing role in the Islamic world to Saudi Arabia’s perceived interests and presumed…
thealtworld.com/abdel_bari_atwan/will-tu…

Implementation of coronavirus restrictions at Tehran Bazaar
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-23
TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) — As of the first Azar (Nov. 21), tough restrictions have been implemented across the country for a period of two weeks in order to control and contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/166257/Implementat…

Guatemalan government cracks down on anti-austerity protests
wsws.org | 2020-11-23
Protests broke out over the weekend against austerity measures being brutally imposed during a social crisis exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic and Hurricanes Eta and Iota.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/23/guat…

For Some Workers, Schools Never Closed
Michelle Chen | thenation.com | 2020-11-23
For Some Workers, Schools Never Closed…
thenation.com/article/society/covid-scho…

The Day After
Steve Brodner | thenation.com | 2020-11-23
The Day After…
thenation.com/article/politics/the-day-a…

Ever-Growing Millions of Americans Face Eviction and Hunger. Will Congress Act?
Sasha Abramsky | zcomm.org | 2020-11-23
The last nine months have peeled back the veneer on a society so vastly unequal that it no longer has either the ability or the will to do right by those at the bottom of the economic pyramid…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/ever-growing-milli…

US Must Halt Renewed War Between Morocco and Polisario
Michael Beer, Mohamed Brahim | commondreams.org | 2020-11-23
We must act swiftly to prevent war and further conflict, end the occupation, and allow Sahrawis to make their decision on union with Morocco or independence. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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The Smoke Rings of My Mind
Manuel García, Jr. | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-23
I landed in college as a green wide-eyed freshman, at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia (NOT Penn State!), in September 1968. This was an explosive year, to my mind the most pivotal one in the United States since 1945. My dorm room was in a short cul-de-sac second floor hallway of the large antique…
counterpunch.org/2020/11/23/the-smoke-ri…

Biometric Police State? DHS Plans to Start Collecting Eye Scans and DNA — With the Help of Defense Contractors
Felipe De La Hoz | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-23
Through a little-discussed potential bureaucratic rule change, the Department of Homeland Security is planning to collect unprecedented levels of biometric information from immigration applicants and their sponsors — including U.S. citizens. While some types of applicants have long been required …
globalresearch.ca/dhs-plans-start-collec…

Unspeakable Memories: The Day John Kennedy Died
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-11-23
So today, on this anniversary, another November 22, I have chosen to try to speak of what it felt like once upon a time on the chance that it might encourage others to do the same with our shared hidden history. Only by speaking out is hope possible. Only by making the hidden manifest.
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/11/23/un…

Saturday 12/12: Virtual Festival Celebration of International Human Rights Day
International Human Rights Art Festival | indybay.org | 2020-11-23
Virtual event…
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350.Org on Biden Appointing John Kerry as International Climate Envoy
commondreams.org | 2020-11-23
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E3 foreign ministers to discuss Iran nuclear deal
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-23
TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) — Foreign ministers of Germany, UK and France in a trilateral meeting on Monday will review the latest development on Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal, JCPOA.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166255/E3-foreign-m…

TEDPIX grows 16,000 points on Monday
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-23
TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) — Tehran Stock Exchange’s (TSE) main index (TEDPIX) gained 16,690 points to hit a record of 1.37 million points on Monday.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166250/TEDPIX-grows…

High Drug Prices Could Result in Premature Deaths of More Than 1.1 Million Seniors in Next Decade: Analysis
Kenny Stancil, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-11-23
“The costs of doing nothing about high drug prices are too high.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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Priti Patel might be a bully, but she’s also so much worse than that
Wilson Belshaw | thecanary.co | 2020-11-23
If the allegations are to be believed, then Priti Patel — ” intentionally” or not — is a bully. And that’s terrible — it truly is — but given everything we know about her, should we be surprised? | I’d say not. I’d also argue that bullying civil servants is at the lesser end of her faults. The only surprising thing is that people in the media expected her to lose her job given the behaviour that put her there in the first place. | The life and should-be-crim…
thecanary.co/opinion/2020/11/23/priti-pa…

Portugal Court Decides that Quarantine in State of Alert Is Illegal
The Portugal News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-23
The PCR test “is unable to determine, beyond reasonable doubt, that such positivity result corresponds, in fact, to the infection of a person by the SARS-CoV-2 virus”, said the Lisbon Court of Appeal. | *** | The Lisbon Court of Appeal also …
globalresearch.ca/court-decides-quaranti…

Have You Ever Loved Someone?
Scott Owen | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-23
Have you ever loved someone or something so much that when that time comes, when you can no longer take the sadness of their betrayal and the mental agitation that they bring, with the distress of the deep worry and concern that their actions demand of you, that you simply must leave and let go?
counterpunch.org/2020/11/23/have-you-eve…

General Motors Commits To All-Electric Car Future
commondreams.org | 2020-11-23
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Crying Wolf On Election Fraud Is OK At NYT
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-11-23
President Donald Trump’s categorical refusal to accept what seems like an inevitable and increasingly crushing election loss has many in media rightly worried about the political repercussions of such a move, with some sounding the alarm over a potential coup d’etat in the US (e.g., Salon, 11/11/20; Washington Post, 11/12/20; Guardian, 11/13/20; New Republic, 11/13/20). | The New York Times, the country’s flagship print publication, has been leading the condemnations, accusing the president of “vandaliz[ing] our country” (11/11/20), diagnosing him as a narcissist and a sociopath, and citing his attempts to cling…
popularresistance.org/crying-wolf-on-ele…

Bad Leadership Drove Schools into Crisis
Jeff Bryant | progressive.org | 2020-11-23
COVID-19 exposed how important teachers are to students and families–but politicians and policy leaders are still not listening to them.
progressive.org/magazine/bad-leadership-…

First autumn snow in Mashhad
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-23
MASHHAD, Nov. 22 (MNA) –The first autumn snow in November has covered Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province on Sunday.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/166217/First-autum…

Israel’s Netanyahu made secret trip to Saudi Arabia to meet crown prince, say reports
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-23
Israel’s Netanyahu made secret trip to Saudi Arabia to meet crown prince, say reports | Saudi foreign minister denies meeting or any visit by Israeli officials, despite anonymous confirmations to US media | MEE staff | Mon, 11/23/2020 – 07: 37 | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, L, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrive to make a joint statement after meeting in Jerusalem on 19 November 2020 (AFP) | Israeli…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/benjamin-neta…

UK government blacklisted journalists over freedom of information requests
Ian Cobain | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-23
UK government blacklisted journalists over freedom of information requests | Cabinet Office kept list of names also including activists and campaigners in possible breach of data privacy laws | Ian Cobain | Mon, 11/23/2020 – 13: 13 | British government departments are granting fewer and refusing more Freedom of Information Act requests than at any time in the law’s 15-year history (AFP) | The UK government has created a…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-government…

E3 Foreign Ministers seeking to cooperate on Iran: UK FM
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-23
TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) — British Foreign Secretary said that E3 Foreign Ministers reaffirmed their commitments to cooperate on Iran in a meeting on Monday.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166261/E3-Foreign-M…

Should Michèle Flournoy be Secretary of Defense?
Winslow Wheeler, Pierre Sprey | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-23
President-elect Joe Biden faces monumental challenges, left to him by an exceptionally dysfunctional administration now heading for the exits–despite temper tantrums en route. Among those challenges, one hardly mentioned during the campaign is stemming the runaway appetite in the Pentagon, the defense industry, and Congress for never-ending increases in the military budget. The president-elect’s apparent…
counterpunch.org/2020/11/23/should-miche…

Sustainable peace in Afghanistan requires regional consensus
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-23
TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) — Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said that attaining sustainable peace in Afghanistan requires a regional consensus.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166258/Sustainable-…

UN expert calls for urgent action to end ‘pandemic of femicide and violence against women’
news.un.org | 2020-11-23
COVID-19 is overshadowing what has become a “pandemic of femicide” and related gender-based violence against women and girls, said independent UN human rights expert Dubravka ≈ imonoviƒá on Monday, calling for the universal establishment of national initiatives to monitor and prevent such killings.‚Ä&Oslash…
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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s This Side of Paradise at 100
wsws.org | 2020-11-23
The 1920 novel rewards the contemporary reader with its psychological complexity, with Fitzgerald’s characteristically glittering lyrical sentences and with his equally characteristic trenchant insight into American class society.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/23/para…

A Lot More to Afghanistan Than the Current Distractions Would Imply
James O’Neill | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-11-23
It seems fitting that I write this on 22 November 2020, the 57th anniversary of the assassination of John F Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. The murder of Kennedy was lied about from day one. That comes as no surprise to those who follow geopolitics. What the JFK assassination tells us, however, is that the powers …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/11/a-lot-more-to…

Dozens killed in Uganda as police and military carry out brutal crackdown on protests
wsws.org | 2020-11-23
The largest unrest in the East African country in a decade was sparked by the arrest of presidential candidate Bobi Wine during a campaign rally Wednesday.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/23/ugan…

Enlaces de Red Latina sin fronteras 23.11.2020
Red Latina sin fronteras | indybay.org | 2020-11-23
ENLACES de Red Latina sin fronteras 23.11.2020 | comunicaciones e información para la liberación…
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Protests against proposed ‘global security’ law continue in France
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-11-23
The French government introduced a bill which grants more autonomy to local police, expands use of surveillance drones and portable cameras by police patrols, and makes illegal the dissemination of images where police officers can be identified…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/11/23/protests-…

New Report Finds that a “Delinquent Dozen” Pandemic Profiteers Failed Essential Workers and Forced Them to Risk Their Health, While Still Profiting Immensely
commondreams.org | 2020-11-23
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The spy cops inquiry protects abusers of women and glosses over police corruption
Eliza Egret | thecanary.co | 2020-11-23
For those of us following the undercover policing inquiry, it is becoming increasingly obvious that the state isn’t interested in upholding its own laws, so hell-bent it is on protecting police staff. We have watched as it continues to protect the anonymity of the undercover police who abused women. And we have seen the inquiry gloss over police corruption. We have even heard an ex-police officer liken having sex with women to sampling drugs. | Protecting a man who incited arson…: | It’s absurd that the chair of the inquiry, John Mitting, still insists on protecting the anonymity of spy cop Carlo Soracc…
thecanary.co/opinion/2020/11/23/the-spy-…

Reports of Meeting Between Netanyahu, Pompeo, bin Salman Spark Fear of Iran War
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-11-23
The alarming possibility of a military attack on Iran — a nation that has long been in the sights of war hawks in the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Israel — was immediately invoked by foreign policy analysts Monday following reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in secret late Sunday with Saudi Crown Prince Moh…
truthout.org/articles/reports-of-meeting…

Massive Protests In Guatemala Against President And The Congress
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-11-23
At least 10,000 people rallied in the central square of the country’s capital, in front of the seat of government, to express their dissatisfaction after 10 months of President Alejandro Giammattei’s administration and the approval of the 2021 budget — the largest budget in the country’s history. These latest events are part of rising discontent in the country in response to the policies of Giammeattei’s government and the right-wing party he represents, Vamos, as well as the deteriorating economic situation in Guatemala, which has been devastated by the pandemic and back-to-back hurricanes this fall.
popularresistance.org/massive-protests-i…

Obama Admits His Failure in Syria. The Sarin Gas Saga. Obama Supported Al Qaeda
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-23
Former US President Barack Obama has admitted in an interview with German channel NTV on Wednesday, November 18, that his administration failed to deal with Syria during his presidency. | He was asked about the failures in his administration, and he …
globalresearch.ca/obama-admits-failure-s…

‘Driving Lessons’ wins at Hebden Bridge filmfest
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-23
TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) — Iranian Short ‘Driving Lessons’ has won an award at the 2nd edition of Hebden Bridge Film Festival in the UK.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166234/Driving-Less…

Trump’s United States looks more and more like a banana republic
M Kilian, H Wetzer and C Zaschke | indybay.org | 2020-11-23
“The country that was once an exemplary democracy is becoming a Third World banana republic,” he says.For a week now, Joe Biden has been declared the winner of the election and future president. But the loser and previous incumbent Donald Trump refuses to acknowledge this. Trump claims he won the election and Biden wants to take the victory away from him. Trump calls the votes that cast for him “legal.”
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/22/1883861…

Trump’s on his way out, but leaves a lasting legacy: The right’s open embrace of terrorism
Amanda Marcotte | salon.com | 2020-11-23
How did the Kenosha shooter post $2 million in bail? Because conservatives are normalizing right-wing terrorism…
salon.com/2020/11/23/trumps-on-his-way-o…

Federal police raid CFMEU offices
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-11-23
The federal government’s war on unions continues with the Australian Federal Police raid on CFMEU officals in Sydney. Jim McIlroy reports.
greenleft.org.au/content/federal-police-…

Quick guide to explaining left and right wings to kids
Ronald Cain | nationofchange.org | 2020-11-23
As you keep this guide in mind, just remember that you’re not expecting your child to fully understand the Left and the Right, and then pick a side.
nationofchange.org/2020/11/23/quick-guid…

A people’s vaccine? Drugmakers set to profit from COVID vaccines made with publicly funded research
Amy Goodman | nationofchange.org | 2020-11-23
“The investment in these vaccines, as for most drugs, has really been underwritten by the taxpayer, by the government.”
nationofchange.org/2020/11/23/a-peoples-…

Defense Ministry to unveil Dena destroyer
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-23
TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) — Iran’s defense minister says a state-of-the-art domestic destroyer dubbed “Dena” will join the Navy’s fleet in the near future.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166251/Defense-Mini…

People of Color Need Healthier Food
Molly Cottrill | progressive.org | 2020-11-23
We have the power to improve health outcomes by addressing a root cause of racial health disparities.
progressive.org/op-eds/people-of-color-h…

Where does Joe Biden’s cabinet stand on Middle East issues?
Umar A Farooq | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-23
Where does Joe Biden’s cabinet stand on Middle East issues? | From crafting drone policies to defending Israel, Middle East Eye takes a look at some of Biden’s cabinet picks and their record in relation to the region | Umar A Farooq | Mon, 11/23/2020 – 20: 30 | President-elect Joe Biden released an array of nominees to head foreign policy and national security agencies under his incoming administration (AFP) | Pre…
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Iowa hospitals overwhelmed, Wisconsin health care system on brink of collapse amid exponential rise in COVID-19 cases
wsws.org | 2020-11-23
Nearly every intensive care unit bed and every medical-surgical bed is full in the majority of hospitals throughout the state, and over a third of all hospitals in Wisconsin are operating at peak capacity and are unable to admit new patients.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/23/wisc…

Statement by the Party for Socialism and Liberation in solidarity with the CP of Greece (KKE)
Party for Socialism and Liberation | liberationnews.org | 2020-11-23
We know the KKE and the workers’ and people’s movement more broadly will not be demoralized, but instead strengthened by these outrageous and likely unconstitutional attacks.
liberationnews.org/statement-by-the-part…

State Department’s attack on the BDS Movement Violates Freedom of Expression and Endangers Human Rights Protection
Amnesty International | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-23
Responding to the United States Department of State announcement designating the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement as antisemitic and planning to identify organizations supporting BDS with a view to reviewing and halting their funding, Bob Goodfellow, the Interim …
globalresearch.ca/state-department-attac…

Oxfam Reaction To Astrazeneca/Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Results
commondreams.org | 2020-11-23
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Who Pressed the Great Reset Button?
Dr. Joseph Mercola | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-23
What is this “Great Reset” we’re now hearing about? In a nutshell, the Great Reset refers to a global agenda to monitor and control the world through digital surveillance. | As explained by journalist James Corbett in his October 16, 2020, …
globalresearch.ca/who-pressed-great-rese…

Thursday 11/26: Protest for the 46 Million #NoThanks
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2020-11-23
This November we will take action to elevate the stories of the 46 million turkeys who are killed for Thanksgiving.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/22/1883861…

Embattled Australian Labor Party leader appeals for business support
wsws.org | 2020-11-23
Albanese used a corporate fundraiser to declare Labor is “pro-aspiration, pro-entrepreneurship, pro-wealth creation and pro-growth.”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/23/labo…

The Germans are Back!
C.J. Hopkins | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-11-23
Break out the Wagner, folks … the Germans are back! No, not the warm, fuzzy, pussified, peace-loving, post-war Germans … the Germans! You know the ones I mean. The “I didn’t know where the trains were going” Germans. The “I was just following orders” Germans. The other Germans. Yeah … those Germans. In case you …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/11/the-germans-a…

Abuses In Palm Oil Fields Linked To Top Beauty Brands
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-11-23
Sumatra, Indonesia – With his hand clamped tightly over her mouth, she could not scream, the 16-year-old girl recalls — and no one was around to hear her anyway. She describes how her boss raped her amid the tall trees on an Indonesian palm oil plantation that feeds into some of the world’s best-known cosmetic brands. He then put an ax to her throat and warned her: Do not tell. | At another plantation, a woman named Ola complains of fevers, coughing and nose bleeds after years of spraying dangerous pesticides with no protective gear. Making just $2 a day, with no health benefits, she can’t afford to see a d…
popularresistance.org/abuses-in-palm-oil…

Can’t pay, won’t pay: Building a debtor’s union in D.C
Jamal Rich | peoplesworld.org | 2020-11-23
The student debt crisis in the United States has reached a whopping $1.7 trillion, which sharpens the contradictions of so-called ‘American exceptionalism.’ After hosting an event with organizers from the Debt Collective and the Poor People’s Campaign, organizers from the Claudia Jones School for Political Education interviewed an organizer from the newly established D.C. Chapter …
peoplesworld.org/article/cant-pay-wont-p…

On Contact: Covid-19 And America’s Health Care Crisis
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-11-22
On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to Dr. Margaret Flowers about the Covid-19 pandemic and the catastrophic response to the public health crisis under America’s for-profit healthcare system. Without national coordination, or universal and free national health care, Americans are faced with uneven or absent care due to hospital closures, reductions in hospital beds and services. Lawmakers and hospital administrators compete to purchase basic supplies leading manufacturers to hike prices.
popularresistance.org/on-contact-covid-1…

The Yemen “Civil War” Arms Bonanza. Mammoth Weapons Sales to UAE, Saudi Arabia and Israel
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-22
“Making billions from arms exports which fuel the conflict while providing a small fraction of that in aid to Yemen is both immoral and incoherent.” So thundered Oxfam’s Yemen Country Director, Muhsin Siddiquey after consulting figures from the Stockholm Peace …
globalresearch.ca/yemen-civil-war-arms-b…

Saturday 11/21: Town Hall on Indigenous Rights, Sovereignty, and Self Determination
CIRRG | indybay.org | 2020-11-22
Online town hall…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/21/1883860…

The War Crimes of Bush and Blair — Afghanistan and Iraq
Rod Driver | zcomm.org | 2020-11-22
For all practical purposes, Iraq has now been destroyed. It no longer exists as a single country and has disintegrated into regional power bases, with widespread ethnic cleansing in each region…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-war-crimes-of-…

Comment l’Iran peut-il convaincre que le règlement de la question du nucléaire iranien est une priorité? (2)
Elijah Magnier | thealtworld.com | 2020-11-22
De nombreux pays du Moyen-Orient estiment que les conflits actuels en Syrie, en Irak, au Yémen, en Palestine et au Liban pourraient être résolus si les USA et l’Iran s’assoyaient à la table des négociations, même si l’Arabie Saoudite et Israà´l préféreraient une guerre contre l’Iran afin de paralyser ses capacités militaires et économiques. | La ´ pression maximale ª exercée par les USA, la plus dure subie par un pays dans le monde, n’a pas réussi à soumettre l’Iran au diktat américain, ni à réduire le programme de missiles de l’Iran, ni à modifier son soutien à ses puissants alliés au Moyen-Orie…
thealtworld.com/elijah_magnier/comment-l…

Compromiso desde la Amazonía: La Carta de Mocoa
reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras | indybay.org | 2020-11-22
Compromiso desde la Amazonía: | La Carta de Mocoa…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/22/1883861…

An American Amazon?
Susanna Hecht | counterpunch.org | 2020-11-22
When the American gunboat “Wilmington” steamed through the Amazon in 1899 with a secret US-Bolivian treaty aimed at “Americanizing” the Acrean territory, (Bolivian at the time) the Brazilians, though outraged, were not exactly surprised. The antecedents to the “Wilmington” affair– and the revolutionary response to it, lay in a set of long-held schemes, conceptions and…
counterpunch.org/2020/11/22/an-american-…

Video: Azerbaijani Troops Enter First of Districts that Are Set to be Returned Under Karabakh Deal
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-11-22
Late on November 19, Azerbaijani troops started entering the district of Agdam in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Agdam is one of the districts surrounding the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic that Azerbaijan lost to Armenian forces after …
globalresearch.ca/video-azerbaijani-troo…

Israeli jets strike Gaza after rocket fire hits factory
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-22
Israeli jets strike Gaza after rocket fire hits factory | Israel and Hamas trade blame for fire exchanged over Gaza just a week after similar strikes | MEE and agencies | Sun, 11/22/2020 – 10: 30 | Smoke rises over Gaza buildings after an Israeli air strike on 22 November 2020 (Reuters) | Israel carried out air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Sunday morning after rockets from the blockaded territory hit an Isra…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-jets-…

Parties unite to call for Pat Finucane killing public inquiry
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-11-22
Four political parties in the north of Ireland have united to call for a public inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane. | Mr Finucane, 39, was murdered by loyalist terrorists in front of his family in 1989 amid claims of collusion with state security forces. | In February last year, the Supreme Court ruled that investigations into the fatal shooting of the solicitor have not been effective and fell short of international human rights standards. | BREAKING: Letter from the four parties to Brandon Lewis calling on the British Government to hold a public inquiry into the killing of human rights l…
thecanary.co/uk/2020/11/22/parties-unite…

While the Supreme Court deliberates on the ACA, Congress and the White House may act
Zack Buck | salon.com | 2020-11-22
The Affordable Care Act’s third date with the Supreme Court was Nov. 10, and it will be months before a decision…
salon.com/2020/11/22/while-the-supreme-c…

The US’ Support Of Tibetan Splittism Is Troublesome
Andrew Korybko | thealtworld.com | 2020-11-22
This is a very unfriendly move which hints that the President pays credence to Sangay’s claims of leading a so-called “government in exile”. In effect, it amounts to tacit support for his political agenda and hints that the US no longer abides by its One China policy. | The White House hosted Lobsang Sangay, the head of the self-proclaimed Tibet “government in exile”, on Friday. The media reported that it was the first time in six decades that the US government has don…
thealtworld.com/andrew_korybko/the-us-su…

Karabakh Leader Thanks Russia, Putin for Helping End Violence in Unrecognized Republic
sputniknews.com | 2020-11-22
YEREVAN (Sputnik) – Arayik Harutyunyan, the president of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, on Sunday thanked Russia and its President Vladimir Putin for providing assistance in ending the six-week conflict between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the disputed region.
sputniknews.com/world/202011221081244748…

CORE Nigeria: “We Will Fight For Our Total Liberation”
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-11-22
Nigeria – On 3 October, a young man was killed by the police in Ughelli, a town in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. A video of this incidence was circulated by residents of the city on WhatsApp and also posted on Twitter. This sparked the #EndSARS revolt of youths in the country, which was drowned in blood with the massacre of at least 36 people on 20 October. The bulk of these was at the Lekki tollgate, in Lagos state — one of the two main centres of the uprising in that mega-city where one-tenth of the country’s population resides.
popularresistance.org/core-nigeria-we-wi…

A. Ocasio-Cortez Addresses Failure of U.S. Gov’t to Address Poverty
repost | indybay.org | 2020-11-22
As New York Congressperson Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated to an empty congressional room, on YouTube, the Senate broke for a holiday week while the workingclass of the USA starves. See www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNBeI-G3eQQ&#038… and www.commondreams.org/news/2020/11/20/bre…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/21/1883860…

Here are 10 things Joe Biden can do immediately to create a safer, better world
Medea Benjamin | salon.com | 2020-11-22
Much of Trump’s foreign policy has been conducted by executive order — Biden can undo the worst of it right away…
salon.com/2020/11/22/here-are-10-things-…

Shooting in US leaves 2 killed, 2 injured on Saturday
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-11-22
TEHRAN, Nov. 22 (MNA) — Two people were killed and two others wounded after a shooting Saturday night in Nebraska, police said.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166199/Shooting-in-…