(2021-11-15). NATO push for dangerous escalation along its European border with Russia. wsws.org Military tensions between Russia and NATO at two major flashpoints, the Polish-Belarusian border and the Black Sea region in Ukraine, have escalated further over the weekend. Both Ukraine and Poland have for decades been cornerstones of the US-led NATO encirclement of Russia following the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union.
(2021-11-15). Victory For Palestinian Hunger Striker After 113 Days Without Food. popularresistance.org Israel agreed on Thursday to release a hunger-striking prisoner in four months after lengthy negotiations. | Miqdad Qawasmeh suspended his hunger strike on Thursday after refusing food for 113 days to protest his detention without charge or trial after Israel agreed to release him in February 2022. | His victory came after lengthy and arduous negotiations between the leadership of the Hamas prisoners' group and Israeli authorities. The 24-year-old was the youngest of six Palestinian men who have been refusing food for weeks and months in protest of Israel's detention of them without charge or trial. | Five others…
(2021-11-15). Military Situation In Yemen On November 15, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 155 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours; | On November 14, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 9 airstrikes on the Jubah district; | On November 14, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 3 airstrikes on the Sarwah district; | On November 14, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 10 airstrikes on the Hays district; | On November 15, clashes between Ansar Allah and Saudi-led forces continued in the west of Marib city; | On November 15, clashes between Ansar Allah and Saudi-led forces continued…
(2021-11-15). Headlines for November 15, 2021. democracynow.org COP26 Final Agreement Waters Down Coal Pledges, Leaves World on Track for Climate Disaster, NYT: U.S. Covered Up 2019 Syria Airstrikes That Killed 70 Women and Children, Austria Enacts Lockdown for the Unvaccinated as Europe Becomes Pandemic's Epicenter Again, COVID Cases Rising in Over Half of U.S. States; OK Nat'l Guard Defies Pentagon's Vaccine Mandate, Sudanese Military Kills Eight People During Latest Anti-Coup Protests, Detains Al Jazeera Bureau Head, Eight Refugees Found Dead, Dozens Others Rescued on Boat Near Canary Islands, U.S. Journalist Danny Fenster Freed from Burmese Prison, Journalist and Minority…
(2021-11-15). Russian Warplanes Pound Terrorists All Over Syria (Photos). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On November 15th, another wave of airstrikes hit militants' positions in Syria's Greater Idlib region. | Warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) targeted militant's facilities near the village of Majalia in the Syrian Idlib governorate. According to local reports, at least three strikes were recorded in the area. Later, at least one airstrike was carried out near the village of Deir Sunbol. | Click to…
(2021-11-15). Lukashenko's Threats To Cut Gas Supplies To Europe Go Against Russian Interests Too. southfront.org 
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) and his Belarus' counterpart Alexander Lukashenko walk in as they attend a session of the Supreme State Council of the Union State at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 3, 2015. AFP PHOTO / POOL / SERGEI KARPUKHIN (Photo credit should read SERGEI KARPUKHIN/AFP/Getty Images)Putin questions the seriousness of Belarus' threats to cut gas supplies to Europe. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst | Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko threatened on November 11 to s…
(2021-11-15). In Greece, LARCO workers intensify protest against government's privatization bid. peoplesdispatch.org Workers of the state-owned General Mining and Metallurgical Company SA (LARCO) in Greece have been resisting the government's bid to privatize the company for the past 22 months…
(2021-11-15). WA public sector workers demand a wage rise. greenleft.org.au The Public Sector Alliance, which brings together a number of trade unions, is fighting the WA government's wages cap. Janet Parker reports.
(2021-11-15). Injured Amazon worker in Florida denied workers' compensation and threatened with termination. wsws.org A worker employed at an Amazon facility in Ruskin, Florida, recounted a bureaucratic nightmare after being hurt on the job and denied workers compensation insurance.
(2021-11-15). Massachusetts nurses strike faces collapse due to union's isolation of their struggle. wsws.org Stifled by the MNA, and isolated from other health care workers' struggles, the Saint Vincent nurses strike is headed for what one academic commentator called a "natural death," with enough nurses being forced to cross or abandon the picket for jobs elsewhere.
(2021-11-15). Reno, Nevada bus drivers launch third strike in 4 months after rejecting Teamsters-backed contract. wsws.org Furious over miserly wage increases and dangerous working conditions exacerbated by the pandemic, 90 percent of bus drivers and transportation workers voted against the last offer negotiated by Teamsters union bureaucrats.
(2021-11-15). Thousands support SGP's lawsuit against the German secret service. wsws.org With the lawsuit filed by the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei against the Federal Republic of Germany set to be heard in court in the coming days, more than 5,300 workers and young people have expressed their support for the SGP's case and its fight to defend democratic rights.
(2021-11-15). Stellantis announces mass layoffs at Belvidere Assembly plant. wsws.org The UAW has remained silent as Stellantis announced it would lay off 400 workers at the Belvidere, Illinois Assembly Plant next year.
(2021-11-15). COVID-19 and disability residents: Australian health workers discuss worsening conditions. wsws.org The danger of disability residents or staff contracting COVID-19 has increased dramatically following the removal of basic safety measures by Australian governments.
(2021-11-15). "Modest modifications" to Deere-UAW deal mean more speedup, sweatshop conditions. wsws.org The CIPP incentive pay system has been "modified" to speed up operations, crank out more machines and parts and boost Deere's profits, while offering workers a few crumbs in exchange.
(2021-11-15). Thirteen theses of Marxism-Feminism. mronline.org 
The theses are a working tool and an insurance at the same time of what we are and where we want to go to, while both the path and the goal are open for joint discussion and thus for change.
(2021-11-15). FBI raids on Project Veritas 'could have serious consequences'. rt.com 
The Justice Department's recent raids on Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe and multiple associates "could have serious consequences for press freedom," the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has warned. | The ACLU "Project Veritas has engaged in disgraceful deceptions, and reasonable observers might not consider their activities to be journalism at all," the organization…
(2021-11-15). Canadian Union of Public Employees conspires with Higgs government to shut down New Brunswick public sector strike. wsws.org The backroom maneuvers between CUPE and the Conservative government resulted in a sudden end to the strike at the very point where it was starting to become a rallying point for broad popular opposition to low wages and austerity budgets.
(2021-11-15). Solidarity shown to Sudan's struggle against oppression. greenleft.org.au As hundreds of thousands of Sudanese continue to take to the streets to resist the attempted coup by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the Sudanese community and supporters demonstrated their support at a rally in Melbourne. Chevy McBride reports.
(2021-11-15). Glasgow Pact Slammed for Betraying the Global Poor Who Suffer Most from the Climate Emergency. democracynow.org 
The U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, ended Saturday with over 190 nations agreeing to the Glasgow Climate Pact, which calls on governments to return next year in Egypt with stronger plans to curb their emissions and urges wealthy nations to provide more funds to vulnerable countries in the Global South. It also pushes countries to phase out fossil fuel subsidies and reduce the use of coal, but activists say the final language of the agreement is too weak to meaningfully reduce emissions and limit global heating to 1.5 degrees Celsius, which scientists say is needed in order to avoid the most catastrophic…
(2021-11-14). US military covered up its 'war crime' in Syria — NYT. rt.com 
The US military tried to cover up a deadly attack on Syrian civilians that killed as many as 80 people, claiming that women and children could have been terrorist fighters, according to a New York Times investigation. | On March 18, 2019, a US F-15E fighter jet dropped a bomb on "a large crowd of women and children huddled against a river bank" near the town of Baghuz and then proceeded to drop several more, killing survivors, according to a New York Times The attack…
(2021-11-14). Capitalist leaders at COP26: "Full steam ahead to climate catastrophe!" liberationnews.org 
The people have the knowledge and skills to reverse climate change and these changes are already happening on a small scale around the globe, but the economic system of capitalism acts as a barrier to the wide scale shift that is needed.
(2021-11-14). Military Situation In Yemen On November 14, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 454 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours | On November 13, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 15 airstrikes on the Jubah district | On November 13, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 4 airstrikes on the Sarwah district | On November 13, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 3 airstrikes on the Kataf district | On November 13, four civilian were killed…
(2021-11-14). The Only Legally Recognized Fast Food Union In The US Reaches Tentative Agreement. popularresistance.org The Burgerville Workers Union — Industrial Workers of the World (BVWU) has reached a tentative agreement with Burgerville on a historic contract to be ratified by a vote of workers in represented shops. Upon ratification, workers at Burgerville will become the only fast food workforce in the U.S. covered by a Collective Agreement. A milestone in one of the longest standing labor disputes in the Portland, OR area, this Agreement will set out a range of improvements in wages and working conditions for approximately 100 workers across five Burgerville locations. Burgerville and the BVWU have been in contract n…
(2021-11-14). The Only Legally Recognized Fast Food Union Reaches Tentative Agreement. popularresistance.org Portland, OR — The Burgerville Workers Union — Industrial Workers of the World (BVWU) has reached a tentative agreement with Burgerville on a historic contract to be ratified by a vote of workers in represented shops. Upon ratification, workers at Burgerville will become the only fast food workforce in the U.S. covered by a Collective Agreement. A milestone in one of the longest standing labor disputes in the Portland, OR area, this Agreement will set out a range of improvements in wages and working conditions for approximately 100 workers across five Burgerville locations. Burgerville and the BVWU ha…
(2021-11-14). ACT UP Boston charges city with mass violations of human rights. workers.org 
Boston On Nov. 5, ACT UP Boston, labor leaders, frontline harm reductionists, housing advocates, contingents of students, folks who have been houseless and people who use drugs converged on City Hall for a protest press conference and speak-out. Days earlier, city officials began waging their "sheriff's plan," setting up kangaroo . . . |
(2021-11-14). Amid rising tide of labor actions, Starbucks workers set to vote on unionizing. peoplesdispatch.org Starbucks workers in New York vote for what could be the first union at the company's corporate-owned stores. Workers in three more stores in upstate New York have filed petitions to hold union elections as well…
(2021-11-14). How to fix climate activism. zcomm.org Interview on tactics, messaging, and how to bring the working class into climate activism — who have so far been excluded…
(2021-11-14). The Only Legally Recognized Fast Food Union In The US Reaches Tentative Agreement With Company. itsgoingdown.org Report from the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) on Burgerville workers reaching a tentative agreement on a historic contract. Portland, OR — The Burgerville Workers Union — Industrial Workers of the World (BVWU) has reached a tentative agreement with Burgerville on a historic contract to be ratified by a vote of workers in represented…
(2021-11-14). Health care unions call off Kaiser strike, announce four-year agreement with real wage cuts. wsws.org Saturday's move is the latest betrayal by the unions in the United States, which are working to sabotage a growing movement by workers against wage stagnation and unsafe working conditions.
(2021-11-14). John Deere workers: Vote NO to the UAW's sellout on Wednesday! We have the power to win our demands! wsws.org "It is our duty to stand up to this blackmail and vote this down again, not only for ourselves but for all workers who are watching and supporting our struggle."
(2021-11-14). Striking John Deere Workers Hold Out for Better Deal. zcomm.org One hundred members joined the November 8 picket, including members from each of the eight UAW locals at Deere in Iowa and Illinois…
(2021-11-14). November 15: Nationwide Actions To Demand Let Cuba Live. popularresistance.org Donald Trump imposed 243 additional coercive measures aimed at tightening the U.S. economic blockade against Cuba. Increased economic suffering for ordinary Cubans is the consequence of this policy. President Biden has not lifted even one of the additional sanctions imposed by Trump. Instead of treating Cuba as a neighbor and resuming the process towards normalization between U.S. and Cuba, the Biden White House is working overtime to promote a counterrevolution inside of Cuba. | The State Department, the CIA, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and other U.S. agencies are working to organize anti-governme…
(2021-11-14). Why Western Marxism Misunderstands China's Usage of Markets. orinocotribune.com By Carlos L. Garrido — Nov 12, 2021 | I have elsewhere
(2021-11-14). Brexit is the Burning Question: Burning Busses Appears to be the N. Ireland Loyalist Answer. orinocotribune.com By Fra Hughes — Nov 12, 2021 | Brexit might be the catalyst to reunify Ireland sooner rather than later, but have no doubt reunification is coming. |
(2021-11-14). Inside Nicaragua's 2021 elections — and the latest US/OAS coup attempt. thegrayzone.com The US, EU, and OAS are launching a new coup attempt against Nicaragua's Sandinista government, refusing to recognize its 2021 elections. The Grayzone's Ben Norton observed the vote on the ground, and filed this report. Transcript BEN NORTON: Millions of Nicaraguans went to the polls on November 7, 2021, re-electing the leftist Sandinista Front and President Daniel Ortega by a large margin. The United States refused to recognize the results, however. Washington and its allies in the European Union and …
(2021-11-14). The Ouroboros Has Bitten His Own Tail: The Agony Of The American Liberalism. southfront.org 
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(2021-11-14). Guatemala: Indigenous Peoples, Peasants and Social Sectors Go On Plurinational Strike for the Constituent Assembly Process. libya360.wordpress.com Ollantay Itzamná Peasant demonstration. Guatemala City They know that their demands will not be met by the government, nor by public institutions. But they are also aware that, despite the denigration they suffer from the corporate media, and the silence of several alternative media, the acclaim of the Popular and Plurinational Constituent Assembly process continues…
(2021-11-14). Syrian Army Strikes HTS Police Station In Eastern Idlib With Laser-Guided Artillery Rounds (Video). southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | Late on November 14, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) shelled a police station of al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in the town of Taftanaz in the eastern part of the Greater Idlib region. | The station was reportedly targeted with a number of Russian-made 2K25 Krasnopol laser-guided 155 mm artillery rounds. | According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, three of the station's personnel were wounded in the artillery strike. | #ÿ™ŸÅÿ™&Y…
(2021-11-14). Against the "Colonizer's Burden": Climate Justice Means Anti-Colonial and Anti-Capitalist Struggle. itsgoingdown.org New editorial from Indigenous Action on the need to confront root ideologies and structures of colonialism and capitalism. Global warming is a direct consequence of war against Mother Earth. Unless the root ideologies and structures that precipitate this crisis are confronted and done away with, we condemn ourselves and future generations to non-existence. "Big Green"…
(2021-11-14). Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell speaks to press for first time since arrest. rt.com 
Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who faces a possible life sentence for her involvement with the pedophile millionaire, has spoken out for the first time about her conditions in prison, claiming she has been abused. | Speaking to the Daily Mail from her cell at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, Maxwell called her incarceration a "living hell," claiming she had been kept in solitary confinement, deprived of sleep, and fed rotten food. | "I have been assaulted and abused for almost a year and a half," she said. She further alleged she was not allowed to exercise or have the lig…
(2021-11-14). Imagine if Stopping Climate Change Was More Important than Making Climate Change Billionaires. cepr.net We are still getting through a worldwide pandemic that has taken tens of millions of lives. While we did develop effective vaccines, they were not produced and distributed quickly enough to prevent enormous loss of life. This is a tragedy that should force us to ask how we could have done better. On the other …
(2021-11-14). The People vs. COP26: Time for Politicians, Billionaires to Listen. zcomm.org Expecting COP26 to save the world is wishful thinking. Our fate is truly in our own hands. It always has been. It is high time for politicians to stop talking and, for once, truly listen…
(2021-11-14). Reasons to Love Cuba, its People and its Leadership. libya360.wordpress.com Stella Calloni Cuba has been the heart and beacon of Latin America since the beginning of 1959, when we saw those who some called the bearded "angels" come down from the Sierra Maestra mountain range, who had accomplished the greatest feat in our history, defeating the imperial power in the middle of the 20th century,…
(2021-11-14). Libya: The High Electoral Commission Announces the Acceptance of the Papers of the Presidential Candidate Saif Al-Islam Qaddafi. libya360.wordpress.com Libyan Position The High Electoral Commission announced that its headquarters are witnessing the progress of new candidates for the position of the Presidency of the State. Today, Sunday, November 14, 2021, the Sebha Electoral Management Office witnessed the acceptance of the papers of the candidate Dr. Saif Al-Islam Qaddafi, to be the second candidate for…
(2021-11-14). The gap between climate rhetoric and reality: The Fossil Fuelled 5. nationofchange.org Among those five wealthy countries analyzed, the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Norway and Australia, all plan to approve and subsidize new fossil fuel projects despite their claims of leading in the climate fight, the report concluded.
(2021-11-14). Corrupt Science and Elite Power: Covid-19 "Techno-Slavery" and the "Great Reset" Are Now Imminent. globalresearch.ca Do you like to believe that scientists are studying the evidence — whether in relation to Covid-19 or anything else — and delivering high quality knowledge that can be used to guide public policymaking so that it might better serve …