(2021-11-18). President Maduro as 21N Elections Approach: 'This is Venezuelan Democracy'. orinocotribune.com 
As the protagonist of an intense and permanent battle in defense of the rights of oppressed peoples, President Nicolás Maduro defines the progressive forces of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Now, President Maduro is in the midst of the electoral process to choose regional and local offices. | The president addressed the issue this Wednesday, November 17, during his participation, via video-conference, in the World Day in Defense of Democracy and the Truth of Venezuela. The event was attended by more than 300 international guests of Maduro's United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) who arrived in Venezuel…
(2021-11-18). Climate Challenge Cannot be Overcome in an Unjust World. zcomm.org Can the world's awakening youth, exert enough pressure to make the political class in the Global North to cut themselves off from the militarized belief systems of political realism and capitalism…
(2021-11-18). Why It's So Hard to Tax Billionaires. scheerpost.com 
By Christopher Orlet / CounterPunch A recent NPR story attempted to explain why it is so hard to tax billionaires. The expert NPR interviewed for the story ticked off the usual ways the 1 percent avoids paying its fair share of taxes: Billionaires have the best accountants who know all the loopholes. Their wealth isn't in income, …
(2021-11-18). Three White Supremacy Trials: Dahlia Lithwick on Charlottesville, Rittenhouse & Arbery Murder Case. democracynow.org 
Jurors in Charlottesville, Virginia, are hearing closing arguments today in a civil trial that seeks to hold white supremacists accountable for organizing the deadly "Unite the Right" rally there in 2017, and conspiring to commit racially motivated violence. Two of the white supremacists have been defending themselves in the courtroom: Richard Spencer and Christopher Cantwell. They took the stand Tuesday, and tried unsuccessfully to have the judge dismiss the case for lack of evidence, even as they used racial slurs during the trial. Jurors are expected to begin deliberations Friday. Both Spencer and Cantwell hav…
(2021-11-18). 100,000 people have become literate through MST education programs in Brazil. peoplesdispatch.org 
In 37 years of struggle, the MST has already enabled more than 100,000 people throughout Brazil to become literate. The work has been based on the Cuban literacy method "Yes, I can" and Paulo Freire's Brazilian Cultural Circle…
(2021-11-18). Boston bus drivers take contract struggle to the street. workers.org 
WW photo credit: Steve Kirschbaum Executive Board, USW Local 8751 Boston, Nov. 14 — Banging drums and chanting "No contract, no work," hundreds of Boston school bus drivers from far-flung yards converged on their employer Transdev's office during their Nov. 9 morning break. With a week to go until their . . . |
(2021-11-18). Boston Museum of Fine Arts workers hold one-day strike. wsws.org MFA workers are fighting not just for themselves but against a wholesale attack on workers' living standards and their right to culture, which the pandemic has exacerbated.
(2021-11-18). COP26: Youth demand change, politicians protect fossil fuel industry. workers.org 
Two weeks of high-profile negotiations, against a background of climate catastrophes, ended Nov. 13 with little to show for the 26th "Conference of the Parties." Proposals included that "countries agree to accelerate the phasing out of coal and subsidies for fossil fuels — a potential first acknowledgment of fossil fuels' . . . |
(2021-11-18). Australian union sells out Toll warehouse strike. wsws.org The "indefinite" action was wrapped up by the United Workers Union in less than three days, despite few gains for workers.
(2021-11-18). Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE to hold online meeting on Rajapakse government's austerity budget. wsws.org World Socialist Web Site readers, workers, youth and intellectuals are invited to participate in this crucial meeting and discussion on how to fight Colombo's brutal social attacks.
(2021-11-18). 3.6 million UK families worse off after budget cuts. wsws.org The entire edifice of UC is based on workers receiving poverty level wages. The tapering system is effectively a tax on the lowest paid.
(2021-11-18). UAW says contract passed in re-vote, 61 to 39 percent, amid union threats: Updates from Wednesday's vote. wsws.org The United Auto Workers is claiming that its contract re-vote at Deere has passed by a margin of 61 to 39 percent, in a sham election marred by widespread intimidation and legitimate fears of ballot-rigging.
(2021-11-18). Australian Electoral Commission rejects SEP application for pandemic extension of registration deadline. wsws.org The AEC's pre-election refusal of an extension confirms the necessity for the determined campaign being conducted by the Socialist Equality Party against the new anti-democratic electoral laws.
(2021-11-18). Sri Lankan teachers' unions shut down all protests. wsws.org Contrary to the unions' claims, the deal is a betrayal of the teachers, with a paltry wage increase that has already been wiped out by rampant inflation and the government's removal of price controls on all essentials.
(2021-11-18). Kaiser nurses furious at unions' decision to call off strike. wsws.org Despite their powerful position, the nurses unions called off the strike Saturday morning after they reached an eleventh-hour deal and announced a deal which amounts to a four-year decline in real wages, in exchange for millions of dollars in corporate funding for the unions.
(2021-11-18). Union calls off University of California lecturers strike at eleventh hour. wsws.org Lecturers were set to walk out only hours after the tentative deal was announced.
(2021-11-18). German Social Democrats-Left Party coalition in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Social attacks, state armament and viral spread. wsws.org After governing the state with the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) for four years, the SPD is now forming a coalition with the Left Party to advance and intensify the policies of fiscal austerity, state rearmament and allowing the coronavirus to spread unchecked.
(2021-11-18). Leading Bahraini human rights activist launches hunger strike demanding communication with family. peoplesdispatch.org Abdulhadi al-Khawaja is serving the tenth year of his life sentence after his conviction on charges including "organizing and managing a terrorist organization," which human rights groups have slammed as unfair and oppressive…
(2021-11-18). Greeks mark 48th anniversary of Polytechnic uprising with massive mobilizations. peoplesdispatch.org 
The Athens Polytechnic uprising of 1973 started as a student strike which escalated into a massive demonstration of popular rejection of the US-backed right-wing military junta. The uprising was brutally suppressed on November 17…
(2021-11-18). B-52s join fellow nuclear-capable U.S. bombers in skies of Europe. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com B-52 Stratofortress aircraft from Minot Air Force Base's 5th Bomb Wing join the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron's B-1B Lancers to support the Bomber Task Force Europe mission series, Nov. 10, during a targeting mission throughout the North Sea region. Air Force Global Strike Command's strategic bomber platforms were joined by Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon …
(2021-11-18). COP26: Greenwashing, Plutocratic Misadventures and the Possibilities of Radical Transformation. dissidentvoice.org COP26 reaffirmed what has been obvious from the beginning: the Northern colonial and capitalist states most responsible for creating the climate crisis are unwilling to place people before profits in order to address the planet's looming ecological collapse and humanitarian catastrophe. We need justice. But that word — Justice! — despite all of the philosophical …
(2021-11-17). Military Situation In Yemen On November 17, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 130 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours; | On November 16, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 13 airstrikes on the Jubah district; | On November 16, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 12 airstrikes on the Sarwah and district; | On November 16, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 3 airstrikes on the Haradh district; | On November 17, clashes between…
(2021-11-17). Greater Idlib: Russian Airstrikes Hit Militant Positions Near Turkish Military Post (Videos). southfront.org 
A Russian Su-24 takes off on a combat mission at Hemeimeem airbase, Syria, on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015. IMAGE: AP PHOTO/VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | On November 17, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out four airstrikes on the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib which is ruled by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and several other terrorist groups. | The airstrikes targeted positions in the outskirts of the town of Ablin in the southern countryside of Idlib. The Turkish military maintains a po…
(2021-11-17). NATO, EU military staffs meet against backdrop of Belarus-Poland, Ukraine-Russia crises. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The NATO International Military Staff hosts the EU Military Staff for second edition of joint meeting On 16 November 2021, the Director General of the NATO International Military Staff (IMS), Lieutenant General Hans-Werner Wiermann welcomed the Deputy Director General of the European Union Military Staff (EUMS), Lieutenant General Giovanni Manione and his staff to NATO …
(2021-11-17). NATO chief meets EU defense ministers, throws down gauntlet to Belarus, Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO Secretary General meets with European Union Defence Ministers NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg joined EU Defence Ministers on Tuesday (16 November 2021) to address issues including Belarus, Ukraine, Russia and NATO-EU cooperation. The Secretary General underlined that NATO stands in full solidarity with Poland and other Allies affected by the Belarusian regime's use of …
(2021-11-17). Mali's people mobilize against imperialism. workers.org 
Although French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that his government is winding down its intervention in Mali, French imperialism is still carrying out an active policy of raids and assassinations. Mali's people are resisting. Africans target imperialist intervention through MINUSMA. The United States is supplying France with intelligence and logistical . . . |
(2021-11-17). FBI & CDC investigate 'smallpox' vials at big pharma facility — media. rt.com 
The FBI and CDC have launched a probe after several "questionable vials" labeled as "smallpox" were discovered in a freezer at a lab near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, according to an alert obtained by Yahoo News. | The 15 mysterious vials were found on Tuesday night at a Merck laboratory,
(2021-11-17). School Bus Drivers In Nationwide Strikes Over Poor Pay And Covid Risk. popularresistance.org Yellow school buses are part of the American streetscape, familiar to families across the US and an easily recognizable symbol the world over. | But the drivers of the vehicles that shuttle America's children to and from school are now caught up in the wave of labor unrest sweeping across the US in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. | Strikes, walkouts, protests or sick-outs among school bus drivers have taken place this fall in many states including North Carolina, New Mexico, Maryland, Florida, Indiana, Georgia Pennsylvania and New York among others. | Some school districts have periodically closed schools due…
(2021-11-17). Governments reject pandemic controls amid record COVID-19 surge in Europe. wsws.org Only a struggle by the working class to impose scientific policies to eliminate the virus can end the current massive surge of deaths.
(2021-11-17). Wet'suwet'en Land Defenders Say B.C., Federal Inaction Prompted Enforcement Of Coastal GasLink Eviction. popularresistance.org Wet'suwet'en land defenders and supporters say inaction from B.C. and Canada left them no choice but to enforce an eviction order against Coastal GasLink workers and deactivate road access to the project, a pair of measures that have prompted the provincial and federal governments to call for a peaceful resolution to the blockades.
(2021-11-17). Wet'suwet'en Land Defenders Say Inaction Prompted Enforcement Of Coastal GasLink Eviction. popularresistance.org Wet'suwet'en land defenders and supporters say inaction from B.C. and Canada left them no choice but to enforce an eviction order against Coastal GasLink workers and deactivate road access to the project, a pair of measures that have prompted the provincial and federal governments to call for a peaceful resolution to the blockades. | "We were sending a clear message to the province, to Canada, and they weren't acting on it — they weren't hearing what we were saying — so we had to get a little bit louder," Gidimt'en camp spokesperson Sleydo' Molly Wickham told The Narwhal in an interview. "They're dest…
(2021-11-17). It's a #Strikesgiving parade in New York City! peoplesworld.org 
NEW YORK—From the recent Amazon organizing efforts on Staten Island to the successful contract that NYC Taxi Drivers won after a two-week-long hunger strike, it's clear that New York is becoming a primary battleground for what the AFL-CIO has called #Strikesgiving and perhaps even a "Strikesmas" after a productive Striketober. From Chipotle workers to Columbia …
(2021-11-17). Recognizing Native American Frontline Workers. cepr.net As Native American Heritage Month draws to a close and people around the United States celebrate another pandemic-era Thanksgiving, it is worth reflecting on the lack of visibility afforded to Native American people—including those who have worked on the frontlines of the crisis despite inadequate pay and health care.
(2021-11-17). California fast food workers walk off the job to demand dignity. liberationnews.org 
kers went on strike on November 9th, walking out from the job for a day in at least five major cities including Sacramento, Oakland, San Diego, San Jose, and Los Angeles.
(2021-11-17). US School Bus Drivers In Nationwide Strikes Over Poor Pay And Covid Risk. popularresistance.org Strikes, walkouts, protests or sick-outs among school bus drivers have taken place this fall in many states including North Carolina, New Mexico, Maryland, Florida, Indiana, Georgia Pennsylvania and New York among others. Some school districts have periodically closed schools due to bus driver shortages or changed school schedules to accommodate the shortage. Other districts have raised pay and offered sign-on bonuses to try to lure workers into vacant school bus driver positions.
(2021-11-17). Bolivian government rejects far-right destabilization attempts and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at Law 1386 repealed by the Bolivian Senate amid protests led by far-right civic committees; a leaked judicial panel report on the violence by police and armed forces during the #EndSARS protests in Nigeria; the tentative agreement reached between student workers and the Harvard University administration in the US; and the political alliance announced by Sara Duterte and Ferdinand Marcos Junior ahead of the 2022 general elections in the Philippines.
(2021-11-17). Deere workers denounce UAW sellout deal and call for continued strike action. wsws.org Despite intense pressure and intimidation by Deere, the UAW and the corporate media, there remains broad opposition among workers to the proposed contract, which is virtually identical to one they voted to reject two weeks ago.
(2021-11-17). What's in the Kaiser tentative agreement? wsws.org The unions that comprise the Alliance of Health Care Unions are pushing for a "yes" vote on a tentative agreement with Kaiser that does nothing to address health care workers' grievances but promises lucrative payouts to the union bureaucracy.
(2021-11-17). Gidimt'en Evict Coastal GasLink from Wet'suwet'en Territory. dissidentvoice.org Members of the Gidimt'en clan ordered all Coastal GasLink employees to leave the Wet'suwet'en territory in the interior of British Columbia on Sunday in a move the company said contradicts a court order. Starting at 5 am Sunday, the clan told workers they had eight hours to "peacefully evacuate" the area before the main road …
(2021-11-17). Indigenous pride, power and protest: Strong as ever at National Day of Mourning. workers.org 
By K. James What are the United States' foundational myths? Who created them, and who do they erase and harm? Plymouth, Massachusetts, November 2019 For the past 51 years, United American Indians of New England (UAINE) and supporters have gathered on so-called Thanksgiving Day in Plymouth, Massachusetts, to ask these . . . |
(2021-11-17). Deere workers vote again today on contract they already rejected: Live updates. wsws.org Opposition remains high as the UAW forces a re-vote by 10,000 striking Deere workers on a contract they rejected two weeks ago by 55 to 45 percent.
(2021-11-17). US state representatives vote to compensate 'vaccine-related injuries' due to mandates. rt.com 
The Idaho state house passed legislation that would enable people to receive workers' compensation if they fall ill due to a mandated Covid-19 shot, with the bill finding bipartisan support in the Republican-dominated state. | Approved overwhelmingly in a 67-3 "If the empl…
(2021-11-17). "This TA is an insult:" ÔªøÔªøKaiser health care workers respond with outrage to sellout contract announced by unions. wsws.org Workers report being blindsided by Saturday's announcement, which also canceled a strike by 32,000 workers in Southern California which had been scheduled to begin Monday.
(2021-11-17). Latin America Must Unite To Face Coup Threats: President Arce. telesurenglish.net During a meeting held on Tuesday at Brazil's Single Central Workers Union (CUT) headquarters in Sao Pablo, Bolivian President Luis Arce suggested that regional progressive governments and politicians unite to confront the destabilizing attempts of right-wing sectors. | RELATED: | "The challenge for the revolutionary parties is to make regional integration and cooperation a reality amidst the harassment of extremist ant…
(2021-11-17). "This TA is an insult": ÔªøÔªøKaiser health care workers respond with outrage to sellout contract announced by unions. wsws.org Workers report being blindsided by Saturday's announcement, which also canceled a strike by 32,000 workers in Southern California which had been scheduled to begin Monday.
(2021-11-17). New film on Attica uprising shows a fight for human rights. workers.org 
The Prisoners Solidarity Committee of Workers World Party will be sponsoring a free zoom showing Dec. 10 of the new documentary, "Attica," directed by Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry, which premiered on Showtime. One of the surviving participants of the rebellion and a member of the Young Lords, Che . . . |
(2021-11-17). Anti-socialist protests flop in Havana; pro-Cuba solidarity on display in NYC. peoplesworld.org 
NEW YORK—For months, opponents of Cuba's socialist government have been calling for protests on Nov. 15th. Archipelago, the largely internet-confined Cuban activist-led "initiative" organizing what they called a "Civic March for Change" or "N15" protests, promised to flood the streets of Cuba demanding political liberty—and regime change. These calls quickly found amplifiers in the United …
(2021-11-17). The eco-politics of the sublime: nature, environmentalism, and Covid-ecology. mronline.org 
A conception of the sublime, liberated from its racist, sexist and domineering classic form, should form a part of any ecosocialist imaginary.
(2021-11-17). Cuba defeats US destabilization attempts. peoplesdispatch.org The people of Cuba outrightly rejected US-backed counter-revolutionary protests planned for November 15 called the "Civic March for Change." Solidarity actions were organized in more than 80 cities across the globe in defense of the Cuban Revolution on the same day.
(2021-11-17). Reactionary SOS Cuba movement falls on its face. fightbacknews.org The SOS Cuba movement, which called for pro-US protests in Cuba on November 15, has fallen on its face. Protests were reported in several Florida cities, but there were none in Cuba. Despite backing from the U.S. government and heavily sympathetic coverage from every major U.S. news outlet, the small group of U.S.-funded counterrevolutionaries in Cuba were not able to organize even a single, small protest. American peace activist Medea Benjamin reported that the main protest site designated by the counterrevolutionaries was occupied only by two clowns, entertaining passersby. | U.S. media placed the blame on supp…