Daily Archives: November 26, 2022

2022-11-26: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-11-26). The Will Lehman campaign marks a new stage in the development of the class struggle. wsws.org The UAW apparatus opposed a 30 day extension of the election deadline because it assumed, correctly, that it would result in a substantial increase in the opposition vote, and that many of those votes would be for the socialist candidate, Will Lehman.

Richard Horton (2022-11-26). [Comment] Offline: The distance between us. thelancet.com 1000 people gathered in the magnificent Light auditorium at Friends House on a bleak winter evening in London. They were there to hear Dr Aseem Malhotra, a cardiologist, answer the question, "Has Big Pharma Hijacked Evidence-Based Medicine?" Most of those assembled wanted to know Malhotra's views about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines. Critics might argue that his pronouncements on vaccines should be dismissed. But to understand why vaccine hesitancy has become such an important public health challenge, one must study his arguments and claims, even if one finds them misplaced.

_____ (2022-11-25). European Parliament Smears Russia While Bankrolling Nazi Terrorism. strategic-culture.org European politicians are once again fueling war with their calumnies against Russia and their deliberate stoking of Nazi embers. | One would think, perhaps, that with a perilous war raging on the European continent, the European Union's parliament might want to show some leadership in promoting diplomatic solutions to end that conflict. No, not a bit of it. | The European Parliament has shown itself again this week to be nothing more than a giant reactionary talking shop whose proclaimed democratic values have an inverse relationship to its copious chamber of 705 parliamentarians. | Only three years ago, the sam…

Editor (2022-11-25). Patrick Lawrence: Why Do Nations Erase the Past? scheerpost.com By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost A recent report by the German news agency DPA has had me thinking ever since about various small, inconsequential matters: war, nationalism, identity, history, memory. It seems the people who manage the German gravesites of those who fell fighting the German army during World War II propose to …

Socialist Alliance (2022-11-25). Australia must condemn Turkey, Iran dictatorships' war against Kurds, says Socialist Alliance. greenleft.org.au The Socialist Alliance (Australia) released the following statement in response to Turkey's genocidal attacks on North East Syria and Northern Iraq and attacks on Kurdish populations inside Iran.

Speak Out Socialists (2022-11-25). Saturday 12/10: Iran: A Mass Uprising … Where Could it Lead? indybay.org Online Zoom Event…

Fight Back (2022-11-25). Freedom Road Socialist Organization mourns the passing of Jean Pestieau, of the Workers Party of Belgium. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following message of condolences from the leadership of Freedom Road Socialist Organization to the Workers Party of Belgium. | November 16, 2022 | To: Workers Party of Belgium | From: Freedom Road Socialist Organization | Dear Comrades, | We were saddened to hear the news of the passing of Jean Pestieau, and we send out condolences to the Workers Party of Belgium and Jean's family and friends. | As a leading comrade in the PTB International Department, comrade Jean was friend, advisor and inspiration to revolutionaries around the world. He had was extremely knowledgeabl…

Staff (2022-11-25). Tiny remnant of NATO-dismantled Yugoslavia backs Ukraine's territorial integrity, NATO bid. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Montenegro was a republic in the Federal Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia, then one of two republics in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, later in the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. In 2006 its Western masters reduced it to a tiny statelet (600,000 people) on the Adriatic Sea, its "independence" rendering Serbia a landlocked nation …

Fight Back (2022-11-25). China committed to support for socialist Cuba. fightbacknews.org Talks took place November 25 between General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping and First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez. The discussions took place in Beijing's Great Hall of the People. | According to the New China News Agency, Xi stated, "Cuba is the first country in the Western Hemisphere that established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. Our ties have become an example of solidarity and cooperation between socialist countries, as well as an example of sincere mutual assistance between developing count…

_____ (2022-11-25). Why I'm Thankful For 500 Years Of Indigenous Resistance. popularresistance.org Starting in 1452, under the guise of the Papal Bull Romanus Pontifex and later the 1493 Papal Bull Inter Cetera, the Christian Doctrine of Discovery, European Christians began their efforts to expand colonial rule, and the Christian Empire, throughout the world. | These Papal Bulls sanctioned European Christian Nations to "capture, vanquish, and subdue the saracens, pagans, and other enemies of Christ, to put them into perpetual slavery, and to take all their possessions and property" and were authorized "to take possession of any lands discovered that were not under the dominion of any Christian rulers." | Early…

____ (2022-11-25). Six major Chinese state banks sign agreements to boost real-estate market. ecns.cn China's six major state-owned commercial banks have signed agreements with high-quality real estate enterprises, aiming to facilitate the stable and healthy development of the real-estate market.

Eva Bartlett (2022-11-24). Maligned in Western Media, Donbass Forces are Defending their Future from Ukrainian Shelling and Fascism. ingaza.wordpress.com

WSWS (2022-11-24). NUS President Shaima Dallali sacked on bogus allegations of anti-Semitism—Oppose the witch-hunt! wsws.org The fraudulent campaign against "left-wing anti-Semitism" undermines the ability of the working class and youth to conduct a struggle against fascism and anti-Semitism where it really exists.

Anonymous103 (2022-11-24). In Video 18+: Russian Fighters Do Not Surrender. southfront.org

Contributing Writers (2022-11-24). Close the Spigot/ By Tara Reade. marktaliano.net READ MORE: Scott Ritter Says The U.S. Is Sending Billions of Dollars To Support Nazis In Ukraine Ukrainians from 80th Airborne Brigade brutally execute Russian prisoners of war/ Commentary by Max Blumenthal NY Times Takes Rare Look at Apparent Ukrainian War Crimes…

Infobrics (2022-11-24). Westerners insult Qatari culture by imposing their ideological agenda against local traditions. infobrics.org Gay flags and neo-Nazi symbols are used by Western tourists and journalists to offend Qatari people.

Staff (2022-11-24). Dr. Gabor Maté on "The Myth of Normal," Healing in a Toxic Culture & How Capitalism Fuels Addiction. democracynow.org In an extended interview, acclaimed physician and author Dr. Gabor Maté discusses his new book, "The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture." "The very values of a society are traumatizing for a lot of people," says Maté, who argues in his book that "psychological trauma, woundedness, underlies much of what we call disease." He says healing requires a reconnection between the mind and the body, which can be achieved through cultivating a sense of community, meaning, belonging and purpose. Maté also discusses how the healthcare system has harmfully promo…

WSWS (2022-11-24). What do Americans have to be thankful for this Thanksgiving? wsws.org Daily mass shootings, skyrocketing inflation, unending pandemics and the threat of nuclear war is what capitalism has to offer workers and their families in 2022.

WSWS (2022-11-24). Eight billion people on Earth: A milestone for humanity. wsws.org It is capitalism, not the increase in human population, that is the cause of economic upheaval and environmental crisis.

Freedom Socialist Party Bay Area (2022-11-24). Sunday 12/11: Conversation with an Australian Feminist: Fight the Far Right to Win Reproductive Justice. indybay.org New Valencia Hall | 747 Polk St (@ Ellis), SF | (7 blocks from Civic Center BART, on/near #5, 19, 27, 31, 38 Muni bus lines) | Also online (REGISTER: bit.ly/Dec11AussieFeminist)…

WSWS (2022-11-24). The political crisis in Brazil and the fight for the revolutionary party. wsws.org These remarks were delivered by Tomas Castanheira to the Sixth National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (Australia), held from September 24 to 27, 2022.

_____ (2022-11-24). Nicaraguan Migrants At US border — Are They Being 'Pushed' Or 'Pulled'? popularresistance.org Why are more Nicaraguans heading north to the United States looking for jobs? Until July 2020, numbers were tiny. But in the last 1 Ω years numbers have increased sharply. Suddenly this has become a story, and government detractors argue, with little evidence, that people are fleeing political repression. "They'd rather die than return to Nicaragua," is a typical headline. Manuel Orozco, a Nicaraguan based in Washington who strongly opposes the Sandinista government, told The Hill that "Nicaragua's dictatorship is criminalizing democracy and fueling migration to the U.S." Then, on September 20, this became…

Staff (2022-11-24). Germany to criminalize denial of genocide in Ukraine, elsewhere — as defined by Berlin. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Deutsche WelleNovember 24, 2022 Germany to criminalize denying war crimes, genocide Holocaust denial has long been illegal in Germany. A new amendment aims to criminalize denial of other war crimes and genocides wherever they happen and would apply to denying atrocities committed in Ukraine. Alleged war crimes in Bucha, Ukraine. Genocide of the Yazidi. Human …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-11-24). How Ukraine's Corrupt Elites are Profiting from the Conflict. libya360.wordpress.com Olga Sukharevskaya Ukraine's newly elected President Volodymyr Zelensky (C) walks to his Presidential office after a ceremony of his oath in the Ukrainian Parliament, in Kiev, Ukraine. © STR / NurPhoto via Getty Images Officials and oligarchs have diverted much of the financial support sent to Kiev Since the beginning of Russia's military offensive in Ukraine, the…

____ (2022-11-24). Core control system of China's hydropower station achieves localized production. ecns.cn A new generation relay protection system independently developed by Chinese enterprises was launched on Tuesday at Xiaowan Hydropower Station in the middle and lower reaches of Lancang (Mekong) River, marking the core control system of China's hydropower station achieving localized production, a major breakthrough.

WSWS (2022-11-24). Sri Lankan unions shut down government press workers' strike. wsws.org The Government Press plant is one of many state-owned enterprises being targeted for privatisation and associated attacks on wages, conditions and jobs.

Peter Koenig (2022-11-24). "Ein Schritt zur weiteren Unterdràºckung und Tyrannei": Offener Brief an die Redaktion der NZZ. globalresearch.ca Alle Artikel von Global Research kà∂nnen in 51 Sprachen gelesen werden, indem Sie die Schaltflà§che Website àºbersetzen unterhalb desnewsauthor">Ns des Autors aktivieren. | Um den tà§glichen Newsletter von Global Research (ausgewà§hlte Artikel) zu erhalten, Folgen Sie …

Dave DeCamp (2022-11-24). Hungary to Approve Sweden, Finland NATO Memberships Early Next Year. news.antiwar.com Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Thursday that Hungary supports Sweden and Finland joining NATO and that the parliament will formally ratify their memberships early next year. "As we have already informed Sweden and Finland, Hungary supports the NATO membership of these two countries. It will be on the agenda of the first session of …

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