2021-11-25: News Headlines

Leonardo Flores (2021-11-25). Five reasons the left won in Venezuela. canadiandimension.com A man casts his vote in front of a mural of late president Hugo Chávez in Caracas. Photo by LavraPalavra. | For the first time in four years, every major opposition party in Venezuela participated in elections. For the fifth time in four years, the left won in a landslide. Voters elected 23 governors, 335 mayors, 253 state legislators and 2,471 municipal councilors. The governing United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) won at least 19 of 23 governorships (one race remains too close to call) and the Caracas mayoralty in the November 21 "mega-elections." Of the 335 mayoral races, the vote count has been c…

In Defense of Liberation! (2021-11-25). Revolutionary Resistance Across the World. anchor.fm In this episode I go over a few different things; starting out with the true history of Amerikkka and "Thanksgiving". Settler-Colonialism, Capitalism and Imperialism are rampant everywhere, the world is dying and the only ones truly organized and fighting for an end to that system is Indigenous people. But people are standing up all over the world. The masses are never stopping their fight for liberation, it's time you and I join with them.

WSWS (2021-11-25). House Select Committee issues 10 new subpoenas targeting fascist militia group leaders, Trump political operative Roger Stone and InfoWars host Alex Jones. wsws.org The new subpoenas come as recent reporting in Rolling Stone and Pro Publica detail the high level coordination between the Trump White House and previously subpoenaed organizers of the Stop the Steal rallies .

Fidel Castro Ruz (2021-11-25). Fidel Castro Ruz. His Legacy Will Live Forever. Truth as A Revolutionary Instrument. globalresearch.ca Fidel Castro Ruz, leader of the Cuban Revolution has passed. The Cuban Revolution constitutes a fundamental landmark in the history of humanity, which challenges the legitimacy of global capitalism.

Eduardo Camín (2021-11-25). La OMC y la identidad oculta de los cuellos de botella: El capitalismo. globalizacion.ca El 10 de noviembre delegados de la Organización Mundial de Comercio (OMC) y representantes del mundo académico y el sector privado mantuvieron un intenso debate sobre las dificultades con que se enfrentan las economías debido al fuerte aumento registrado recientemente…

Editor2 (2021-11-25). Venezuela: Chavismo Triumphs Electorally Despite Difficulties. orinocotribune.com By Yoselina Guevara — Nov 22, 2021 | On Sunday, November 21, the candidates of the Gran Polo Patriotico coalition and the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), representing the political force of the current Venezuelan government, managed to defeat the opposition parties, which, although divided, participated again in the voting after they had successively withdrawn since 2017 in an effort to boycott the presidential and legislative elections. According to the first bulletin issued by the Venezuelan National Electoral Council the participation of voters was 41.8%, with an approximate of 8.1 million vot…

Caleb Nichols (2021-11-25). Public-Private Partnerships Are Quietly Hollowing Out Our Public Libraries. zcomm.org he for-profit, private company Library Systems and Services is a major threat to one of our most beloved, democratic and socialistic institutions…

Paul Dobson (2021-11-25). Venezuela: Socialists sweep 'mega-elections'. greenleft.org.au The United Socialist Party has landed a comprehensive victory in Venezuela's regional and local elections, winning 83% of the governorships, reports Paul Dobson.

ecns.cn (2021-11-25). China protests U.S. sanctions on 12 Chinese enterprises. ecns.cn China expressed strong protest against the U.S. sanctions on 12 Chinese enterprises, Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) spokesperson said at a regular news briefing on Thursday.

The Global Research Team (2021-11-25). This Holiday Season, Be Our Santa! Support Global Research. globalresearch.ca We are into the second year of this whole COVID-19 pandemic and instead of normalcy, "democratic governments" are sleep-walking into tyranny. People are stripped of their rights and freedoms. Those who resist the globalist agenda of mass vaccination suffer from …

Staff (2021-11-24). Can You Bankrupt White Supremacy? Jury Holds Charlottesville Organizers Liable for $26M in Damages. democracynow.org A federal jury has ordered a group of white supremacists to pay over $26 million in damages for their role in organizing the deadly 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. "Is bankrupting these organizations, is bankrupting these individuals enough to actually stop the growing threat … of white supremacy and Nazism in the United States?" asks Slate senior editor Nicole Lewis. "I don't think so." Lewis also discusses the Ahmaud Arbery murder case and why claims of self-defense from armed white people serve as a "racist dog whistle." She says it's inevitably a one-sided trial when "the McMichae…

Staff (2021-11-24). Headlines for November 24, 2021. democracynow.org Jury Finds "Unite the Right" Organizers Responsible for Deadly Violence, House Cmte Subpoenas Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers Over Jan. 6 Insurrection, Georgia Jury Deliberates For Second Day In Murder Trial of Men Who Killed Ahmaud Arbery, Kevin Strickland Exonerated and Freed 43 Years After He Was Wrongfully Convicted by All-White Jury, Ethiopian State TV: Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Has Gone to Battlefront in Escalating Conflict, Chun Doo Hwan, U.S.-Backed, Ex-Military Dictator in South Korea, Has Died, Portugal Shutters Last Coal-Fired Plant, U.S. and Other Nations To Tap Oil Reserves In Attempt To Lower Consum…

Fight Back (2021-11-24). Tallahassee protest Rittenhouse verdict. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – Tallahassee Community Action Committee, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, and Students for A Democratic Society held a protest, November 20, against the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse, who killed two protesters in Kenosha. TCAC called an emergency protest the night before, urging community members to come out and fight against the white supremacist vigilantism. | Regina Joseph, a member of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization denounced the acquittal, stating, "I am not surprised that this happened. That does not make my anger any less valid. Kyle Rittenhouse showed up to a protest, was met…

Pat Elder (2021-11-24). Former Naval Air Station Brunswick has Contaminated the Mussels in Maine. covertactionmagazine.com Environmental Destruction is Part of the Huge Human Costs of the American Military Empire Whenever I read or hear about …

WSWS (2021-11-24). Colonia Dignidad: Nazi criminality exported to Chile. wsws.org The Netflix documentary addresses the evangelical cult, run by the German psychopath and pro-fascist Paul Schà§fer, that participated in the torture of political prisoners and used slave labor to produce weapons for Chile's Pinochet dictatorship in the 1970s .

Staff (2021-11-24). Pfizer employee 'stole vaccine secrets'. rt.com Pfizer has accused a departing employee of making off with a massive trove of confidential documents, including trade secrets related to its Covid-19 vaccine and other drugs, and then attempting an elaborate cover-up. | The Big Pharma firm

Canadian Tire Fire (2021-11-24). Canadian Anti-Semites and Far-Right Conspiracy Theorists Try New Tactic: Aligning with Indigenous Communities. itsgoingdown.org An antifascist report from Canada about how some white nationalist and far-Right conspiracy theorists are attempting to make inroads into Indigenous communities. While the Covid pandemic may or may not be coming to an end, various anti-fascist twitter accounts have been trying to guess where the Canadian far-Right will focus their attention on next. I…

WSWS (2021-11-24). Australian government in turmoil as MPs orient to fascistic anti-vaccination movement. wsws.org Government MPs are threatening to block legislation unless Prime Minister Scott Morrison overrides state vaccination mandates.

Jon Skolnik (2021-11-24). Jury Finds "Unite the Right" Organizers Liable for $25.3 Million in Damages. truthout.org On Wednesday, a federal jury found all defendants in a lawsuit stemming from the "Unite the Right Rally" — a violent demonstration led by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia — guilty of violating a Virginia state conspiracy law. | The suit, whose plaintiffs argued that they had violated an 1871 bill designed protect African Americans from vigilante terrorism, took aim at a number of white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and members of the alt-right who attended or organized the r…

Paul Haeder (2021-11-24). Everything goes Better with Coca Cola: Hitching Capitalism to Sweet Slow Death. dissidentvoice.org "When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe." — John Muir "All things are connected like the blood that unites us. We do not weave the web of life, we are merely a strand in it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to …

WSWS (2021-11-24). Australian electoral members explain why they support the SEP. wsws.org "Oppression is an inexorable process under capitalism—there is no escape from it unless socialist governments of the people, by the people and for the people take over."

Robert Reich (2021-11-24). How unaccountable institutions are shaping your life. nationofchange.org Three centers of power increasingly dominate our lives: The Supreme Court, the Federal Reserve, and Big Tech.

Jim McMahan (2021-11-24). Oppose the racist recall of Kshama Sawant! workers.org Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant with supporters. Seattle The ruling class from Seattle and beyond is trying to get rid of socialist City Council member Kshama Sawant in a recall election Dec. 7. They charge she supports the Black Lives Matter movement and opposes policies of big business and . . . |

Fight Back (2021-11-24). Tallahassee activists honor trans people on Trans Day of Remembrance. fightbacknews.org On November 22, Tallahassee activists gathered on Transgender Day of Remembrance. Tallahassee Community Action Committee. Florida Coalition for Transgender Liberation, Planned Parenthood, Students for A Democratic Society, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, and the Pride Student Union held a march and vigil for Transgender Day of Remembrance, an international day of solidarity and remembrance of the transgender lives lost every year. | "We have to fight every day and mourn every day. I don't get a day when I can just mourn and not fight," said Lakey Love, co-founder of the Florida Coalition for Trans Liberatio…

WSWS (2021-11-24). UK Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee denounces court ruling upholding designation of Germany's Socialist Equality Party as "left wing extremists" wsws.org The Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee (UK) passed a resolution Monday condemning the ruling of the Berlin Administrative Court, which on November 18, 2021, upheld the designation of the German security service of the German section of the ICFI as "left wing extremists".

A Guest Author (2021-11-24). The Cuban people have the right to defend themselves. workers.org Signs of pro-socialist sentiment in Havana, in the neighborhood where a U.S. sympathizer lived before opting for exile in Madrid after Nov. 15 actions flopped. By Yisell Rodríguez Milán This article was published in Granma Nov. 18 and republished in CubaNews after translation. The protest actions that U.S.-backed counterrevolutionaries attempted . . . |

Editor (2021-11-24). Totalitarian cyber-creep: Mark Zuckerberg in the Metaverse. mronline.org Never leave matters of maturity to the Peter Panners of Silicon Valley. At their most benign, they are easily dismissed as potty and keyboard mad.

teleSUR (2021-11-24). Chilean Dictatorship Agent Rivas To Be Extradited From Australia. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the Australian Federal Court approved the Chilean government's extradition request of former Intelligence Directorate (DINA) agent Adriana Rivas, who disappeared seven Communist Party's members during the Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship (1974-1990). | RELATED: | "Justice is finally imposed," the victims' lawyer Adriana Navarro stated, recalling that defendant lawyer Frank Santisi delayed the extradition of Rivas to Chile for over two…

Medea Benjamin (2021-11-24). The High Stakes of the U.S.-Russia Confrontation Over Ukraine. zcomm.org Risking a nuclear holocaust to appease the military-industrial complex is as insane as destroying the climate and the natural world to appease the fossil fuel industry…

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