(2021-11-24). Egypt targeted and killed civilians using French military intelligence, new report reveals. peoplesdispatch.org The report has sparked anger along with multiple calls for investigations amid revelations that France was directly responsible for 19 air strikes by Egyptian authorities which killed hundreds of people and destroyed several vehicles between 2016 and 2018…
(2021-11-24). Five Reasons the Left Won in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com By Leonardo Flores — Nov 22, 2021 | These elections should put the Biden administration on notice that continuing to support the MUD, and in particular, the fiction of Guaidó as "interim president," is a failed policy. | 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)…
(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…
(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…
(2021-11-24). Labor Notes, DSA cover up UAW betrayal of Deere strike. wsws.org The conflict between rank-and-file workers and the UAW is being swept under the rug and deliberately concealed by organizations which have long functioned as apologists for the pro-corporate union bureaucracies.
(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 .
(2021-11-24). Sparrow Health workers in Lansing, Michigan, vote overwhelmingly to authorize strike. wsws.org The demands of Sparrow workers include safe staffing levels, cost-of-living adjustments to wages, curtailing of ballooning health care costs, and sick time without fear of punishment.
(2021-11-24). Automakers & union reach deal on vaccine mandates. rt.com 
Automakers Ford, General Motors and Chrysler have agreed with the United Auto Workers union to require masking in the workplace and encourage vaccination and boosters against Covid-19, but will not mandate the jabs yet. | Detroit's big three — with Chrysler represented by the parent company Stellantis — and the union
(2021-11-24). PSOE-Podemos government cracks down on Spanish metal strike. wsws.org The Spanish government, presented as "progressive" in capitalist media, unleashed armoured vehicles and squads of riot police on striking metalworkers in Cádiz.
(2021-11-24). Dana Fort Wayne workers voice growing opposition as USW stonewalls on local contract. wsws.org After workers voted to reject the local contract at both the Dana Fort Wayne, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky plants, the United Steelworkers is keeping them in the dark on the status of a possible renegotiation of the agreement.
(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."
(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…
(2021-11-24). Is a 21st Century Revolution Already Happening? zcomm.org If revolution incorporates feminism it will transform itself. Only through such a transformation will revolutionary change be capable of meeting the broadest range of people's needs…
(2021-11-24). EU Observation Mission: Venezuela's Electoral Process was "Good or Very Good" orinocotribune.com After recognizing the balance of Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE), the head of the European Union's Electoral Observation Mission, Isabel Santos, earlier today presented the The EU's Electoral Observation Mission (EOM), which participated as an observer in last Sunday's elections on the invitation of Venezuela's government, will deliver its final report between January and February of next year, according to Santos. | "This is a pre…
(2021-11-24). Warrior Met miners face new attacks as pro company judge extends injunction against picketing. wsws.org Judge James Robert, Jr. has renewed a strikebreaking injunction barring all picketing within 300 feet of company property.
(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 …
(2021-11-24). Kingston, ON: Blockade of the LaSalle Causeway. itsgoingdown.org Report on march and action in Kingston, Ontario in solidarity with ongoing Wet'suwet'en struggle. Originally posted to North Shore Counter-Info. On the afternoon of Sunday November 21, about 100 people blocked the Lasalle Causeway in Kingston in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en land defenders and their supporters, following an RCMP raid on Thursday and multiple arrests. People…
(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…
(2021-11-24). Climate injustice at Glasgow COP-out. mronline.org 
Former Irish President Mary Robinson observed, "People will see this as a historically shameful dereliction of duty,… nowhere near enough to avoid climate disaster."
(2021-11-24). "Furious and Disgusted": Teen Survivor Speaks Out After Wealthy White Serial Rapist Gets Probation. democracynow.org 
The survivor of a serial rapist who received probation joins us to speak out after a New York judge sparked international outrage when he ruled it is inappropriate to jail the man who attacked her. Christopher Belter pleaded guilty to raping and sexually assaulting her along with three other teenage girls age 15 and 16, but he will avoid serving time in prison, and instead receive 8 years of probation. Belter is white, and from a prominent family who lives in a wealthy neighborhood near Niagara Falls. "This sentencing is telling rapists it's OK to rape and telling victims that there's no point in coming forward,"
(2021-11-23). Brunswick, Georgia/Black pastors protest racism, gather to support Arbery family. workers.org 
Atlanta In the town of Brunswick, Georgia, Gregory McMichael, his son Travis McMichael and their neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryant, are on trial for the racist murder of unarmed 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery on Feb. 23, 2020. Arbery was chased and gunned down as he jogged past their Satilla Shores homes. Pastors, . . . |
(2021-11-23). John Deere strikers win against concessions. workers.org 
After a month-long strike, workers at 14 John Deere plants and warehouses are returning to work. Their new contract, ratified with 61% support, is a big improvement over the first two contracts a majority of the workers had rejected. The United Auto Workers represents 10,100 Deere workers in Iowa, Illinois, . . . |
(2021-11-23). Racist acquittedThe people's verdict: GUILTY! workers.org 
After a trial thoroughly tainted by racism, on Nov. 19 a jury acquitted white supremacist Kyle Rittenhouse on all counts in the murder of two people and shooting of a third at a Black Lives Matter protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Aug. 25, 2020. That rally was protesting the shooting of . . . |
(2021-11-23). Milwaukee protest says: "Indict, convict, send Kyle Rittenhouse to jail!" fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – Just after noon on November 20, over 120 people gathered at Red Arrow Park downtown to condemn the "innocent on all charges" verdict in the trial of vigilante murderer Kyle Rittenhouse. The protest was called for and organized by the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression, UW-Milwaukee Students for a Democratic Society, and the Wisconsin district of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. All three groups had a presence on the ground in Kenosha last summer in the midst of the uprising. | The rally began at Red Arrow Park, but organizers quickly took the streets with the gathered…
(2021-11-23). Rittenhouse's Trial Missed an Opportunity to Red-Pill the Public on Color Revolutions. strategic-culture.org 
This trial will not be over until the DNC and its foot-soldiers are put on trial for their color revolution scheme which led to not only the deaths of an agitated populace, but changed the course of the 2020 election. | Was Kyle Rittenhouse carrying out a premeditated act or protecting his own life when he shot three and killed two rioters in Kenosha last year? What does the trial say about the state of the criminal justice system in the U.S.? Was the November 22nd mass killing event in Waukesha the consequence of the Rittenhouse verdict? | Rittenhouse's verdict of "Not-Guilty" on all counts was a moment of shock…
(2021-11-23). Jacksonville demands DOJ charge Rittenhouse, stop racist vigilantism. fightbacknews.org Jacksonville, FL – Around 80 people gathered at the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Jacksonville, November 20 after the acquittal of racist vigilante Kyle Rittenhouse, demanding the Department of Justice file civil rights charges. Organized by the Jacksonville Community Action Committee, they were joined by Florida State Representative Angie Nixon (who spoke), members of the Northside Coalition of Jacksonville, UNF SDS, Take Em Down Jax, Florida Rising, DSA Jax, Our Revolution along with other community members and activists. | The rally was started with chants of, "Do your job, DOJ, don't let Kyle get away" along wi…
(2021-11-23). "Justice" in America: Rittenhouse Acquitted, Racist Vigilantes Can Kill with Impunity. liberationnews.org 
Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how the menace of racist vigilante violence received a dramatic boost by the U.S. court system with the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse on all charges. They also discuss how protesters took to the streets in outraged response to the verdict, the victory of pro-Revolution candidates in the Venezuelan election, the latest Jan. 6 attack court developments, demonstrations worldwide against U.S. intervention in Ethiopia, resistance to the coup in Sudan, and more.
(2021-11-23). Another fascist acquitted/Rittenhouse verdict sparks outrage. workers.org 
Workers World expressed outrage — along with the rest of the country and the world — over the devastating Nov. 19 acquittal of 18-year-old white vigilante Kyle Rittenhouse for the murder of two anti-racists, 36-year-old Joseph Rosenbaum and 26-year-old Anthony Huber, and the wounding of a third, Gaige Grosskreutz. These . . . |
(2021-11-23). 27 November, Toronto: Resistance And Solidarity Until Liberation. samidoun.net 
Saturday, 27 November 2 pm 2 Bloor St E Toronto, ON Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/405277304417689 The Zionist state of Israel operates with complete impunity, from its embedded legal framework to the massive military and diplomatic support it receives from Western governments, particularly, the US and Canada. Its decades-long colonization of Palestine, home demolitions and ongoing ethnic cleansing […] | The article
(2021-11-23). Anti-communism, anti-Blackness, and imperialism. mronline.org 
In this talk prepared for the Albuquerque Anti-War Coalition's Anti-Communism & Imperialism panel discussion, Dr. Charisse Burden Stelly discusses how anti-communism and anti-Blackness are intrinsically intertwined structures of white supremacist and capitalist control.
(2021-11-23). Unions weigh in for reproductive rights in key Mississippi case. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—When it comes to defending women's reproductive rights, there's no question where the nation's union women stand: 100% for their sisters and against the mostly male repressive forces who would strip those rights away. Which is why the Coalition of Labor Union Women and individual unions, including the four largest, joined friend-of-the-court briefs on the …
(2021-11-23). Cuba rechaza inclusión del país en el informe del Departamento de Estado sobre trata de personas. cubadebate.cu El ministro de Justicia de Cuba, Oscar Silvera Martínez, rechazó la inclusión injustificada y discriminatoria de la Isla en el Informe de Trata de Personas, elaborado por el Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos. "Es inaceptable que EE. UU. acuse a Cuba de fomentar la trata de personas o la práctica de la esclavitud", puntualizó.
(2021-11-23). NATO launches war games in Latvia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Latvia Kickstarts The NATO Baltic Winter Shield 2021 Military Exercises The annual international military exercises of NATO Baltic Winter Shield 2021, kicked off in Latvia on Monday and will witness the Baltic state's military along with allied forces bolster their combat capabilities. The collaborative exercise will include military personnel from Land Force Mechanised Infantry Brigade, …
(2021-11-23). Weeks after sellout of Seattle carpenters strike, union officials ousted over corruption allegations. wsws.org The Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters was put under trusteeship shortly after ending a three-week strike by Washington state construction workers, who rejected four consecutive sellout agreements.
(2021-11-23). The Imperial Legacy Of Climate Change. popularresistance.org The student movement is no stranger to protests and direct action. From marching against South African apartheid to fighting for justice for workers, students have a long history of daring to reimagine the world we want to live in and uncompromisingly working towards it. Perhaps it is unsurprising then that students and young people are once more at the forefront of a campaign—one fighting for climate justice and our very ability to exist. | For several decades we have been told that our individual actions alone can reverse the climate crisis. The truth is paper straws and bags for life cannot compensate fo…
(2021-11-23). Senators challenge hedge fund backers of anti-miner Warrior Met. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Just days after hundreds of Mine Workers and their allies descended on financiers' offices from coast to coast for demonstrations, three prominent Senate Democrats challenged the secretive hedge funds whose dollars finance Warrior Met coal bosses, and the eight-month strike they've forced on their workers. In letters to Apollo Global Management and others, Sens. Elizabeth …
(2021-11-23). Temporary Relief for Millions of Essential Immigrant Workers Could Be a Reality — Fingers Crossed. inequality.org
(2021-11-23). New York City Hall gets rid of Thomas Jefferson statue. rt.com 
A statue of America's third president, Thomas Jefferson, which has resided in New York's City Hall for 187-years, has been removed because he owned slaves, with workers boxing it up and dragging it out the back door on Monday. | The statue's unceremonious removal came after the Public Design Commission voted to send it from City Hall to the New York Historical Society, where a plaque will be added to it to provide historical context. | Read more | | The monument had been present in City H…
(2021-11-23). Victory for farmers in India!! workers.org 
On Nov. 19, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, leader of the fascist Bharatiya Janata Party, declared that he would concede to protesting farmers' demands to repeal three pro-capitalist farm laws. For over a year, farmers have engaged in coordinated acts of resistance across India. Farmers in India celebrate victory on . . . |
(2021-11-23). Delaware County, Pennsylvania/Cops kill 8-year-old girl, teens framed. workers.org 
Philadelphia Police gunfire outside a high school football game in Sharon Hill, a Philadelphia suburb, killed 8-year-old Fanta Bility August 27 and wounded four others, including her older sister. Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer admits the three officers' culpability; however, he chose to file first degree murder charges against . . . |
(2021-11-23). Bolivian Workers March To La Paz In Defense Of Democracy. telesurenglish.net This Tuesday, the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) and dozens of workers' organizations began a seven-day march from Caracollo to La Paz city. Its purpose is to defend Bolivia's President Luis Arce, who is being harassed by destabilization attempts led by the Santa Cruz Civic Committee, a far-right organization that has openly spoken in favor of a new coup | RELATED: | "We are not alone. Here, Bolivians are united a…
(2021-11-23). UPMC hospital workers in Pittsburgh demand better wages and staffing. wsws.org Several hundred staff at UPMC hospitals in Pittsburgh staged a one-day strike Thursday called by the Service employees International Union, which is seeking union recognition at the giant hospital chain.
(2021-11-23). Orgullo, poder y protesta indígenas: Más fuertes que nunca en el Día Nacional del Duelo. workers.org 
Por K. James øCuáles son los mitos fundacionales de Estados Unidos? øQuién los creó, y a quiénes borran y perjudican? Durante los últimos 51 años, United American Indians of New England (UAINE) y sus partidarios se han reunido en el llamado Día de Acción de Gracias en Plymouth, Massachusetts, . . . |
(2021-11-23). CVS announces 900 US store closures over next three years. wsws.org The planned closures, which amount to about 9 percent of all US CVS stores, will affect thousands of CVS workers and impact access to health services across the country.
(2021-11-23). Warren, Sanders, and Baldwin: Investors 'Made Off Like Bandits' at Expense of Striking Alabama Miners. scheerpost.com 
Met Warrior coal miners in Alabama affiliated with the United Mine Workers of America have been on strike for over seven months. (Photo: By Brett Wilkins / As Alabama miners continue their seven…
(2021-11-23). Enthusiastic support for SEP's forthcoming public meeting on Sri Lankan government's austerity budget. wsws.org Teachers, health employees, port workers, export processing zone employees and farmers, denounce Rajapakse government's brutal austerity budget.
(2021-11-23). NYC Black Friday Action: "Make Amazon Pay" workers.org 
Workers Assembly Against Racism issued the following news release Nov. 22. New York City Amazon workers and supporters, left, Buffalo Starbucks workers, right. Global Day of Protest, Black Friday ‚àí Nov. 26, 6: 00 P.M. (new time), 212 Fifth Avenue, NYC Amazon workers to march from Jeff Bezos' $119 million Manhattan . . . |
(2021-11-23). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Uruguayan secondary school teachers struck November 18 against cuts in education and in support of colleagues unjustly fired for opposing right-wing "reforms."
(2021-11-23). Five Reasons Why The Left Won In Venezuela. popularresistance.org 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 completed in 322 of them, with PSUV and its coalition taking 205, opposition coalitions 96 and other parties 21. Ove…
(2021-11-23). Venezuela: Chavismo Wins Governorships In 20 Of 23 States. popularresistance.org Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) President Pedro Calzadilla reported a 41.80 percent turnout in Sunday's Subnational elections. | Having counted 90.21 percent of the ballots cast in the elections, Calzadilla reaffirmed that the elections took place in a peaceful environment. | The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) candidates hold leads in 20 out of 23 states for the governor's race. | Meanwhile, the opposition coalition United Democratic Table (MUD) candidates secured a lead in the Cojedes and Zulia states. Neighbors Force (FV) party secured the other governor post for opposition sectors in t…