(2021-11-29). Xiomara Castro Leading by Wide Margin in Honduras Elections. orinocotribune.com After a historic voter turnout of 62%, and despite attempts by the right-wing National Party (PAN) to claim an early victory, democratic socialist candidate Xiomara Castro de Zelaya is leading by a nearly 20% margin in the country's presidential elections. | Leading ovr Nasry Asfura, current mayor of the capital city Tegucigulpa and PAN candidate, as well as Yani Rosenthal, candidate for the Liberal Party, Castro is on track to become the first woman president of the Central American nation, and the first leftist leader of the country since her husband Manuel 'Mel' Zelaya was ousted in a U.S.-backed coup in 2009.
(2021-11-29). Honduras: 12 Years Later, Defeat of the Coup d'état Regime. libya360.wordpress.com Ollantay Itzamná Colors of the National party (blue) and Libre party (red). Drawing. Internet According to the preliminary computation of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal on the results of the 2021 general elections, after 40% of the vote tallies, Xiomara Castro, candidate of the Libre party, obtained more than 53% of the votes, followed by Nasry…
(2021-11-29). Honduras: Xiomara Castro de Zelaya Proclaimed President-Elect. libya360.wordpress.com Xiomara Castro, proclaimed president-elect of Honduras and first woman to govern the country, celebrated her triumph at the polls this Sunday and announced that she will form a government of "reconciliation", of "peace and justice". Although the scrutiny continues, the candidate of the Liberty and Refoundation Party (Libre) is imposed with a wide advantage to…
(2021-11-29). Headlines for November 29, 2021. democracynow.org South Africa Blasts Travel Bans As Countries Race to Curb Spread of Omicron Variant, Federal Govt Sends Health Workers to Michigan, Which Leads U.S. COVID Surge, Jury Finds Ahmaud Arbery's Three White Killers Guilty of Murder, Shipwreck Kills 27 Refugees in Largest Recorded Tragedy in English Channel, Opposition Leader Xiomara Castro Claims Victory After Record Turnout in Honduras Election, Ukraine's Zelensky Says He is Target of Imminent Coup as Allies Warn of Possible Russian Invasion, High Death Toll Reported as Ethiopian Soldiers Press Offensive in Afar Region, Oil Well Rupture Leaves Niger Delta Residents Hu…
(2021-11-29). Autoworkers speak on COVID-19 dangers as case numbers surge across Michigan and US Midwest. wsws.org Autoworkers spoke to the WSWS about the threat posed by the rise in cases, even as the discovery of the Omicron variant underscores the impossibility of "living with the virus."
(2021-11-29). Health Justice Advocates Say Vaccine Equity, Not "Racist" Travel Bans, Will Stop the Omicron Variant. democracynow.org 
We go to Cape Town, South Africa, to speak with a leading health justice advocate about how scientists in the country have identified a new Omicron coronavirus variant, and the World Health Organization warns it could be more transmissible than previous variants. Against the advice of the WHO, several countries have closed their borders to foreign travelers. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa criticized the travel bans and called on wealthy nations to help poorer nations gain greater access to COVID vaccines. The bans are "actually quite racist," says Fatima Hassan, founder and director of Health Justice Ini…
(2021-11-29). John Deere workers strike blow at corporate greed with contract victory. zcomm.org These workers will continue to fight for their future and inspire other workers to take their future into their own hands too…
(2021-11-29). Saudi Coalition Kills Over 90 Houthis in Maarib Airstrikes. news.antiwar.com Though there are not always daily casualty reports out of Yemen's contested city of Maarib, that fight is still ongoing. On Friday, 16 strikes were reported around the contested province in the 24 hour period, and 12 military vehicles were claimed destroyed. The Houthis have not commented on the matter. | The Houthis have taken the vast majority of the Maarib Province in an offensive that has been ongoing since February. Maari…
(2021-11-29). The peasantry's victory over imperialism. mronline.org 
One should scarcely be surprised therefore by the fact that the western media have been so critical of the Modi government for its climbdown.
(2021-11-29). Communist playing a leading role in Spain's governing coalition. peoplesworld.org 
Spanish Communist Yolanda Díaz presently serves as minister of labor and social economy in the coalition government headed by Pablo Sanchez's Socialist Party (PSOE). It includes the United Podemos (UP) formation, with which Díaz's own Communist Party of Spain (PCE) is associated. (Podemos is "Yes, we can!) UP leader Pablo Iglesias in early 2021 resigned …
(2021-11-29). As U.S. Retailers Struggle Against Smash-and-Grab Flash Mobs, Liberals Blame 'White Supremacy'. strategic-culture.org How looting and stealing could help a person "imagine a world that could be" it is difficult to imagine, but the left must do better than merely coddling and apologizing for the criminals in their midst. | Americans are facing a new type of crime wave that got its start in the mad liberal laboratory, where the utopian notion that going soft on criminals is going terribly awry. While threatening the traditional brick and mortar shopping experience with extinction, and making communities a living hell, the left needs to stop trying to reinvent the wheel. | Apparently unwilling to wait for Black Friday discounts, ro…
(2021-11-29). Global Black Friday Strikes and Protests Seek to #MakeAmazonPay. zcomm.org "We are workers and activists divided by geography and our role in the global economy but united in our commitment to Make Amazon Pay fair wages, its taxes, and for its impact on the planet."
(2021-11-29). SEP Electoral Members speak out over exploitation and inequality. wsws.org "People should join the SEP because social equality is fair and for everybody" — Sally-Ann, a former aged care worker.
(2021-11-29). New Zealand Labour-led government continues attacks on immigrants. wsws.org The NZ Labour-Green Party government's record demonstrates that it has no concern for the rights of migrant workers, but the same is true for all the establishment parties.
(2021-11-29). Australian university union holds farcical online "sit-in" over casualisation. wsws.org This was not a "sit-in" in any real sense and the small audience further revealed the NTEU's loss of support among university workers.
(2021-11-29). Diosdado Cabello: 21N Elections Showed that Chavismo Remains Solid & United. orinocotribune.com 
On Sunday, November 28, the First Vice President of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, stated that the November 21 elections demonstrated that Chavismo remains solid and united, while the opposition remains divided in the short and long term. | Cabello made the comments during an interview on the program Aqui Con Ernesto Villegas. "The victory of the 21N elections was whole, absolute, unquestionable, and indisputable, based on a strategy defined by the high command of the Revolution and President Nicolás Maduro," said Cabello. | The parliamentarian noted that without the excellent s…
(2021-11-29). Video: How would socialists in government have handled the pandemic. greenleft.org.au Malaysian Socialist Party secretary general Sivarajan Arumugam addresses the question of how socialists in government would have handled the pandemic at the #Socialism2021 conference.
(2021-11-29). Years of Ongoing Violence: the Fragile Peace in Colombia. orinocotribune.com By Alejandra Garcia — Nov. 25, 2021 | Cuba oversaw, like no other nation, the peace process that Colombia experienced just five years ago. Havana hosted the first consensus between the government of then President Juan Manuel Santos and the leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) in August 2016. | Three months later—on November 24 of that year—Rodrigo Londoño Echeverri, leader of the defunct guerrillas, and former President Santos signed their names in Bogotá to pave the way for the implementation of the process negotiated for at least four years. | After the…
(2021-11-29). CIA's counterrevolution in Cuba continues. greenleft.org.au There is a well-orchestrated operation by the United States to bring down Cuba's political regime, writes Ian Ellis-Jones.
(2021-11-29). "Everyone Gets Rich… Except The People Who Put Money In." dailyposter.com 
(2021-11-29). The base-superstructure: a model for analysis and action. mronline.org 
Although Marx himself only mentioned the "base" and "superstructure" in (by my count) two of his works, the base-superstructure "problem" remains a source of serious contention for Marxists, our sympathizers, and our critics.
(2021-11-29). President Maduro Accuses EU Electoral Mission of Espionage. orinocotribune.com The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, accused the European Union (EU) electoral observation mission (EOM) of being spies who tried to tarnish the November 21 election. | "Who arrived?" asked Maduro. "Spies! They tried to stain the impeccable electoral process of Venezuela and they could not. A delegation of spies." | The president made the comments Sunday during a working meeting to present the weekly report on Venezuela's battle against COVID-19, broadcast on publicly owned Venezolana de Televisión (VTV). | The national leader drew attention to the number of delegates throughout the country who utilized "a…
(2021-11-29). 2.5 Million Nurses Demand UN Probe Into 'Covid-19 Criminals' Blocking Patent Waiver. zcomm.org The European Union, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, and Singapore "must be investigated for blocking a faster global vaccine rollout leading to the loss of countless lives."
(2021-11-29). Palestinian administrative detainee Loay al-Ashqar ends hunger strike after deal on release. peoplesdispatch.org Two other administrative detainees, Hisham Abu Hawwash and Nidal Ballout, continue to be on hunger strike against their illegal administrative detention by Israel. They have been on hunger strike for 104 and 31 days, respectively…
(2021-11-29). Two Palestinian prisoners continue hunger strike for freedom; Louay al-Ashqar suspends strike after 49 days. samidoun.net 
Palestinian prisoner Louay al-Ashqar suspended his hunger strike after 49 days with an agreement to set a specific date for the end of his administrative detention, Israeli imprisonment without charge or trial. Hisham Abu Hawash, on hunger strike for 104 days, and Nidal Ballout, on hunger strike for 30 days, are continuing to refuse food […] | The article
(2021-11-29). Video: Jeff Sparrow discusses 'Crimes Against Nature: Capitalism and Global Heating'. greenleft.org.au Jeff Sparrow sits down with Green Left to speak about his new book Crimes Against Nature: Capitalism and Global Heating.
(2021-11-29). How U.S. media got China's history resolution — and everything else — wrong. peoplesworld.org 
Even before the sixth plenary session of the Communist Party of China's 19th Central Committee had begun, media outlets in the U.S. had their takes at the ready. Headlines blared with pronouncements about the historical resolution that would be discussed at the session. This, they declared, would be the moment in which President Xi Jinping …
(2021-11-29). Canadian Tire Fire #21: #AllOutForWedzinKwa Repression Update, Wet'suwet'en Solidarity Heats Up, Encampment Defence News. itsgoingdown.org 
photo: @Gidimten Following last week's brutal 2-day raid of Gidimt'en Checkpoint and Coyote Camp, as well as several days of widespread solidarity actions in response, this week we bring you an update on the situation in Wet'suwet'en territory and the continued outpouring of support and solidarity. We also bring you updates on encampment eviction defense…
(2021-11-29). Hundreds Take to the Streets in Montreal in Solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en. itsgoingdown.org Action report on march in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en struggle in so-called Montreal. Originally posted to Montreal Counter-Info. This November 27th, 2021, the Convergence des luttes anticapitalistes (CLAC) called for a demonstration in front of the RCMP offices near the Atwater metro in solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en people. This call was supported by over twenty Montreal…
(2021-11-29). Supporters of Wet'suwet'en Shut Down Shell Terminal in Hamilton. itsgoingdown.org Action in Hamilton in solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en shuts down Shell terminal. Originally posted to North-Shore Counter-Info. On Tuesday, November 23rd, around 7 am, about 40+ community members gathered at the gates of the Shell terminal in Hamilton located at 391 Burlington St E, blocking refuelling tankers from entering or leaving the facility. Royal Dutch…
(2021-11-29). South Africa puts Canada to shame regarding Palestine. dissidentvoice.org 
Like Canada, South Africa is a former British colony and settler state. But the divide between these two countries regarding the world's most aggressive ongoing European colonialism is stark. While Pretoria assists Palestinians by advocating the boycott of a cultural event, Canadians subsidize huge private donations to a wealthy apartheid state. On November 13 the …
(2021-11-29). They knew industrial pollution was ruining the neighborhood's air. If only regulators had listened. nationofchange.org Barbara Weckesser and her neighbors told regulators that air pollution was making them sick. The law let them ignore her.
(2021-11-29). Ukraine Is Not Russia. That Is for Sure, but How Do the Two Countries Compare? strategic-culture.org 
In 2003, the then Ukrainian president, Leonid Kuchma, authored a book titled "Ukraine Is Not Russia," formulating the basic principle of Ukrainian identity — being different from Russia. In the subsequent years, Ukrainian politicians continued to implement this principle, which culminated in the installment of a radically pro-Western and anti-Russian government on the back of a Western-supported coup in 2014 The new government promised to bring Ukraine closer to Europe, however, eight years later the nation ranks as the second poorest European country amid deindustrialization and depopulation. In economic t…
(2021-11-29). Latin America: Why the Elections in Chile, Brazil and Colombia are Crucial. libya360.wordpress.com Emir Sader Latin America has become the epicenter of the greatest political struggles of the 21st century because it was the epicenter of neoliberalism in the world. It was the region with the most neoliberal and radical governments. Therefore, it became the region where the anti-neoliberal governments developed, thus becoming the fundamental scenario of the…
(2021-11-28). Honduras: Polls Close in Hard-Fought Elections. telesurenglish.net Fourteen political parties and twelve presidential candidates are participating in the race, of which the current mayor of Tegucigalpa, Nasry Asfura, of the ruling National Party, and Xiomara Castro, leader of the Liberty and Refoundation Party (Libre), in alliance with the National Opposition Union of Honduras (UNOH), are the candidates with the best chances of winning | Hondurans are voting this Sunday for a successor to deeply unpopular President Juan Orlando Hernández in elections that could oust his National Party after 12 years in power.
(2021-11-28). America's New Nuclear Bomb Is Ready: The B61-12 has a Nuclear Warhead with 4 "Selectable Power Options" globalresearch.ca First published on December 3, 2020 A video was released on November 23 2020 by Sandia National Laboratories that shows a US F-35A fighter flying at supersonic speed 3000 meters above sea level, launching a B61-12 nuclear bomb (non-nuclear …
(2021-11-28). Military Situation In Yemen On November 28, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 98 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah in the past 24 hours; | On November 27, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 10 airstrikes on the Jubah district; | On November 27, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 2 airstrikes on the Sanaa city; | On November 28, clashes between Ansar Allah and Saudi-led forces continued in the west of Marib city; | On November 28, clashes between Ansar…
(2021-11-28). Workers Deserved Bernie's Build Back Better, But They'll Likely Get Manchin's. truthout.org 
"Fuck the managers. Fuck this company. Fuck this position," Blackwell's Quit-Heard-Round-the-World was followed by Beth McGrath…
(2021-11-28). US, European Diplomats Secretly Plan Ethiopian 'Transition Government' With TPLF Leader. orinocotribune.com 
Video footage has emerged of several Western diplomats meeting with leaders of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), showing them frankly discussing plans to overthrow Ethiopia's democratically-elected president, Abiy Ahmed. Abiy arrived at the front lines on Wednesday to take personal control over the effort to halt the TPLF's offensive. | Top US, UK and European Union diplomats with longstanding connections to Ethiopia during its 27 years of TPLF rule met on Zoom on Sunday with a "chief representative" of the TPLF, trading ideas about the group's potential to seize power and the Ethiopian National Defens…
(2021-11-28). Pittsburgh medical workers fight for dignity and respect. zcomm.org The workers, who are facing poor conditions and low wages, are fighting again to unionize their workplace, after a defeated attempt a few years ago…
(2021-11-28). Reminder: The Rich are Vampires. dissidentvoice.org 
Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Rich Boy," published in 1926 by Red Book magazine The rich are vampires. In 2020, for example, workers lost $3.7 trillion while billionaires gained $3.9 trillion. Some 493 individuals became new billionaires while an additional 8 …
(2021-11-28). University workers in UK set to strike over pay, terms, conditions and pensions. wsws.org The willingness to fight by Higher Education staff is combined with a growing understanding that the University College Union will not wage a serious struggle.
(2021-11-28). Venezuela's Socialists Win Elections In Landslide. popularresistance.org After years of boycotting previous votes, Venezuela's right-wing opposition parties agreed to participate in these elections, through a series of negotiations that were held in Mexico and sponsored by Norway and the Netherlands. | A delegation of US National Lawyers Guild members traveled to Venezuela to monitor the elections, visiting 12 voting sites in Caracas and other states. They reported, "We observed a balanced and transparent voting process which voters expressed confidence in." | "From a technical point of view, we observed an electoral system that was fundamentally transparent and facilitated by a workf…
(2021-11-28). Read some Engels on Engels's 201 birthday. fightbacknews.org To mark the Nov. 28, 1820 birthday of the revolutionary Frederick Engels, Fight Back News Service is circulating one of his writings — On Authority. | On Authority | A number of Socialists have latterly launched a regular crusade against what they call the principle of authority. It suffices to tell them that this or that act is authoritarian for it to be condemned. This summary mode of procedure is being abused to such an extent that it has become necessary to look into the matter somewhat more closely. | Authority, in the sense in which the word is used here, means: the imposition of the will of another u…
(2021-11-28). US-led Coalition Held Another Live-Fire Exercise At Syria's Al-Tanf (Video). southfront.org 
U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force, Crisis Response-Central Command, engage targets during a live-fire demonstration near At-Tanf Garrison, Syria, Sept, 7, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Carlos Lopez) | The US-led coalition and its proxy, the Revolutionary Commando Army (MaT), have held another joint live-fire exercise in the southeastern Syrian area of al-Tanf where they maintain a large garrison. | In the course of the exercis…
(2021-11-28). Women Have Always Been at the Forefront of Sudanese Resistance. libya360.wordpress.com Shadia Abdel Moneim Women protesters in Khartoum, Sudan April 2019 | Ala Kheir/DPA/PA Images. All rights reserved A military coup carried out last month threatens to roll back the gains made in the 2019 revolution that overthrew al-Bashir's brutal regime Protests against authoritarianism and military regimes are not new to Sudan. Even the revolution that…
(2021-11-28). Legado y vigencia del pensamiento del alemán Friedrich Engels. telesurtv.net La amistad entre Karl Marx y Engels se vio plasmada en la realización y publicación de uno de los escrito más emblemático de la humanidad El Capital.
(2021-11-28). Electoral Observers Participate in Venezuela's Indigenous Elections. orinocotribune.com A group of international observers, invited by the National Electoral Council (CNE) to take part in Venezuela's recent November 21 mega-elections, also served as observers for the election of Indigenous legislative and municipal councils members. These elections were held on Friday, November 25 in accordance with the customary forms of government of the first nations. The elections took place in the states of Amazonas, Anzoátegui, Apure, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Monagas, Sucre, and Zulia. | Representatives of the Latin American Council of Electoral Experts (CEELA), as well as observers from the European Union elec…
(2021-11-28). Bridges of Love Solidarity Caravans Take The Streets in the US. telesurenglish.net As is a tradition every month since the beginning of the year, the promoter of the initiative, Cuban-American Carlos Lazo, summoned all those who advocate for the end of the Washington sanctions that suffocate Cuban families to meet in Miami. | Bridges of Love, Puentes de Amor, led by Carlos Lazo, delivered 28,000 petitions by Cuban Americans to the State Department calling for an end to the embargo.
(2021-11-28). Barbados Is Throwing Off its Colonial Shackles. Now the Real Change Must Come. libya360.wordpress.com Kareem Smith Mia Mottley was criticised for involving Prince Charles in the republic celebration | PA Images/Alamy Stock Photo. All rights reserved Next week, Barbados will remove the Queen as its head of state, as it begins a new national journey to remove any lingering British influence Barbados is in the final stages of completing…