(2021-11-11). Venezuela: Upcoming mega elections dispel "dictatorship" myth. liberationnews.org 
On Nov. 21 "Mega Elections" will be held in Venezuela for the country's 23 governorships, 335 mayorships, 253 regional legislative and 2,471 municipal legislative seats — including 69 Indigenous communities.
(2021-11-11). Tens of thousands of CA healthcare workers ready strike vs. Kaiser greed. liberationnews.org 
Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers across California and Oregon gave their 10-day notice last week in preparation to go on strike Nov. 15 in response to a proposed two-tier wage system and critical staffing shortages during the pandemic.
(2021-11-11). Iran Puts US NAVY in a Peculiar Situation Yet Again. journal-neo.org 
On January 12, 2016, it was reported by international media that two US Navy riverine command boats were seized by a unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Iranian territorial waters and how the Iranians brought valiant American Marines to their knees, taking away their weapons. Tehran circulated a video of this detention …
(2021-11-11). Strikes planned by 100,000 Kaiser health care workers to begin next week. wsws.org The Service Employees International Union has been compelled to call a 24-hour sympathy strike by 58,000 workers next week, a clear indication of the uncontrollable growth of militancy among health care workers.
(2021-11-11). Nicaragua elections a defeat for U.S. empire. fightbacknews.org Tucson, AZ – For a small, largely agricultural country, Nicaragua has delivered several losses to the much larger, more militarily advanced U.S. empire. From Augusto Sandino's peasant army expelling the U.S. Marines in the 1930s, to the Sandinista Revolution of 1979 that toppled the U.S.-backed Somoza dictatorship, to the electoral return of the Sandinistas in 2006, to the defeat of the U.S.-coordinated soft coup attempt in 2018, the 2021 elections are another win for people of Nicaragua. | With over 65% of eligible voters participating, the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) won the presidency and v…
(2021-11-11). Australian prime minister promises big business there will never be another lockdown. wsws.org Morrison's program of forcing the population to "live with the virus" in the interests of corporate profit, is supported by the federal Labor opposition and all of the state administrations, most of them Labor-led.
(2021-11-11). Refuse collection workers strike across UK to demand better pay and conditions. wsws.org The GMB union is firefighting to prevent a national eruption of the class struggle in a heavily exploited section of the workforce which is now in a powerful position thanks to a tight labour market.
(2021-11-11). The surging cost of living and the class struggle. wsws.org Amid massive increases in the cost of groceries, housing and gas, workers are entering into struggle to defend their social and economic interests.
(2021-11-11). NLRB gives go-ahead to unionization vote at Starbucks locations in Buffalo, New York. wsws.org The support for the union campaign among Starbucks workers reflects a growing opposition, which the Workers United union, if elected, would immediately betray.
(2021-11-11). Video: The health crisis and Australia's new anti-democratic electoral laws. wsws.org "Health workers are rightly angry. They have witnessed decades of gutted health budgets that they are expected to compensate for with their intolerable workloads and hours."
(2021-11-11). John Deere workers in Orléans, France support strike by their American coworkers. wsws.org The Orléans Deere workers expressed their support and solidarity for their striking co-workers internationally and denounced the efforts of the company to pit workers against one another across national boundaries.
(2021-11-11). Detroit autoworkers back Deere strikers as UAW resumes talks with management to sell out struggle. wsws.org Detroit autoworkers expressed strong support for the joint action with the striking Deere workers to overturn decades of wage and benefit concessions the United Auto Workers has imposed in the auto and farm machinery industry.
(2021-11-11). Columbia University student workers speak out at second strike of 2021. wsws.org Columbia University graduate students spoke to the WSWS about the issues in their strike.
(2021-11-11). Immunologist Dr. Anthony Leonardi speaks on Long COVID and the dangers posed by SARS-CoV-2. wsws.org Concluding part of a two-part interview with the World Socialist Web Site.
(2021-11-11). The US Seeks To Defeat The Nicaraguan Revolution At All Costs. telesurenglish.net With the signing of the Reinforcing Nicaragua's Adherence to Conditions for Electoral Reform Act, President Joe Biden continues with his predecessors' line of disrespect for the Latin American peoples. This lascivious reality contrary to the validity of international law was recalled by Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Minister Felix Plasencia on Wednesday. | RELATED: | "This aggression seeks to defeat the Sandinista Revolutio…
(2021-11-11). New Zealand government lifts more restrictions, says COVID-19 will spread nationwide. wsws.org The government's reopening of retail and schools in Auckland, which will accelerate the spread of COVID-19, is being enforced by the trade unions.
(2021-11-11). The Struggle for Socialism in Nicaragua and Honduras: Interview with Ramiro Sebastián Fúnez. orinocotribune.com Sunday November 7th
(2021-11-11). Cuba, Brazil, Argentina Scientists Win Chemistry Award For Women. telesurenglish.net At a virtual event to be held on Nov. 16, the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Latin American Federation of Chemical Associations (FLAQ) will honor scientists Clarissa Piccinin (Brasil), Hilda Garay (Cuba), and Marta Litter (Argentina) with the inaugural Latin American Women in Chemistry Award. | RELATED: | With this recognition, the ACS and FLAW seek to promote diversity and gender equity in Latin America's chemi…
(2021-11-10). Warsaw and Brussels intensify attacks on refugees at Polish-Belarusian border. wsws.org The Polish government, with the support of the European Union and NATO, is waging a veritable war against refugees.
(2021-11-10). Belarus, Russia alarmed over mounting NATO military buildup near their borders. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Belarus, Russia worried by NATO buildup near their borders — Minsk Moscow and Minsk have expressed concern over NATO's buildup near the borders of the Union State, while the alliance prefers not to pay attention to these concerns, Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei told a news conference following a joint board meeting of the Russian …
(2021-11-10). Editorial: Biden se somete a la capital. workers.org 
El gobierno de Joe Biden, habiendo prometido un elefante, está entregando un ratón. Hasta ahora el proyecto de ley "Reconstruir mejor" (Build Back Better) de Biden es sólo palabrería, y lo que promete disminuye día a día. Desaparecen más rápidamente los programas que podrían haber ayudado a la clase trabajadora . . . |
(2021-11-10). In OtherWords: November 10, 2021. otherwords.org The United States is one of just a handful of countries in the world that doesn't guarantee paid sick or family leave. For affluent workers, this isn't a big problem — in many cases, their employers offer it. | But for low-wage workers, as Sarah Anderson writes this week, it's another story. In an emergency, she writes, "people who are already earning less than a living wage may have no choice but to drop out of the workforce entirely." Could the Build Back Better Act change that? Maybe, she explains — but it's an uphill climb. | Speaking of the Build Back Better Act, do you know what's in it? If you…
(2021-11-10). Inflation Is Worse Than Expected: Consumer Prices Up 6.2 Percent From 2020, Most In 30 Years. moguldom.com Inflation went into overdrive in October, pushing up U.S. consumer prices by 6.2 percent compared to a year ago in the fastest annual increase since 1990, according to Labor Department statistics. The pace of inflation ate away at workers' ability to pay for food, shelter, electricity and cars, despite rising wages, removing any doubt that …
(2021-11-10). Liberian health workers organize amidst the pandemic. roarmag.org 
Ebola survivor Korlia Bonarwolo leads a training of health workers at a mock Ebola Treatment Unit in Monrovia, Liberia. November 2014. Photo: Morgana Wingard / Sarah Grile | This essay is published in collaboration with Public Services International | | On October 26, the Liberian government declared that the country no longer had any active COVID-19 cases. Dixon Korveh heard the news and felt good, "no active case is proof of the hard work we did, despite challenges, we did this" he says. | The challenges Dixon talks about are major. During the…
(2021-11-10). Bitcoin Reaches New Record $69,000+ As Inflation Hits 30-Year High. moguldom.com The price of Bitcoin rose to a new all-time high of $69,044.77 Wednesday morning within minutes of the Labor Department's monthly consumer price index report. The report showed consumer prices rose 6.2 percent in October on a yearly basis — the fastest pace in 30 years — and exceeded economists' expectations. An increasing number of …
(2021-11-10). We Won't Reestablish Haiti's Security: US Secretary Robinson. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Todd Robinson, U.S. assistant secretary for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, stressed that it is up to Haitian authorities to ensure their country's internal security. | RELATED: | "We have a long tradition of close collaboration with the Haitian police. Although we will continue such cooperation, we cannot rescue this Caribbean country from chaos. Haitian authorities m…
(2021-11-10). US consumers face highest inflation since 1990. rt.com 
Consumer prices in the US rose 6.2% in October compared with the same period last year, as Americans battle soaring food, gas and property costs, and the highest inflation rate since 1990. | Reporting the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures on Wednesday, the US Labor Department said soaring inflation has cut into the recent gains made in wages, as the country rebounds from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. | Read more | | The department's all-items index showe…
(2021-11-10). New Agers vs Neopagans: Can Either be Salvaged for Socialism? (Part II). dissidentvoice.org 
Is it possible or desirable for socialists to integrate pantheism into dialectical materialism? Can Wiccan covens be integrated into anarchist affinity groups? Can socialism improve itself by embracing celebratory Neopagan seasonal rituals? All this is possible if socialists could admit that being atheists has not been attractive, fun or inspiring in organizing the working class. …
(2021-11-10). "This party fights for a real democracy through the political organisation of the working class" wsws.org "COVID is eradicable, there is scientific evidence to be able to do so. No other political organisation adopts that position."
(2021-11-10). Quebec's #MeToo movement joins government in attacking the presumption of innocence. wsws.org Like all measures that encroach upon judicial protections for the accused under the pretext of tackling crime or terrorism, the attack on the presumption of innocence will be used against the working class.
(2021-11-10). Museum Workers Say Fair Pay And Job Security Shouldn't Be A Privilege. popularresistance.org In 1930, Adelyn Dohme Breeskin became the Baltimore Museum of Art's first appointed curator of prints—and the first paid staff curator in the fine arts. A recent BMA exhibition, Adelyn Breeskin: Curating a Legacy, commended her work at the museum, which included helping to secure the Cone Collection and establish the print department. | According to curator Laura Albans, Breeskin was born into a wealthy Baltimore family, moved away for school, and later returned as a divorcee with three kids who needed a job. In 1942, when all the men had gone to war, Breeskin became interim director, and then in 1945 becam…
(2021-11-10). Kellogg's workers still on 'Str-r-r-ike!' in Strikevember. workers.org 
Battle Creek, Mich., Nov. 4 Battle Creek, Mich. Tony the Tiger's famous line — "Kellogg's Frosted Flakes, they're "grrr-eat" has been reworked. Lawn signs supporting the strike of 1,400 Kellogg's workers show an angry Tony with a picket sign saying "Kellogg's on strrr-ike!" The members of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers . . . |
(2021-11-10). Gender-based violence: root causes, root cures. workers.org 
Prisons, jails, and detention centers hold many survivors of violence, and these brutal institutions themselves reproduce that violence. One of the many ways they do so can be understood through the lens of people being criminalized simply for defending themselves against gender-based violence. Under international law, gender-based violence (GBV) includes: . . . |
(2021-11-10). Editorial/ Es hora de enterrar el 'chuzo. workers.org 
El béisbol -que durante mucho tiempo se ha promocionado como el "pasatiempo nacional de Estados Unidos"— acaba de dar a millones de personas de todo el mundo una mirada horrorosa al crudo racismo colonial de los colonos sobre el que se funda Estados Unidos. Un aficionado al deporte dice 'El . . . |
(2021-11-10). Defend Deere workers against company-UAW strikebreaking! Join the Deere Strike Rank-and-File Solidarity Committee! wsws.org On November 6, workers who have been involved at strikes and struggles at Deere, Volvo and Mack Trucks, Dana, the Detroit automakers, nurses and educators voted to establish the Deere Strike Rank-and-File Solidarity Committee.
(2021-11-10). United States tries to sabotage Nicaragua's elections — yet again. workers.org 
By Nan McCurdy The following edited article first appeared in Covert Action Magazine on Nov. 3. (Read the entire article at tinyurl.com/5482rum7.) Nan McCurdy is the editor of NicaNotes. Now working in Mexico, she lived over 30 years in Nicaragua and is currently there for the Nov. 7 elections, along . . . |
(2021-11-10). Pegasus: Israel designated Palestinian NGOs 'terrorist' to cover hacking tracks, report says. middleeasteye.net 
Pegasus: Israel designated Palestinian NGOs 'terrorist' to cover hacking tracks, report says | Sources tell Ynet that Israel rushed to label groups 'terrorist organisations' after realising that the hacking of NGO workers' phones would be made public | Wed, 11/10/2021 – 11: 48 | Israel is ready to press Washington to reverse its decision to blacklist the NSO Group, which produces…
(2021-11-10). John Deere strike at the crossroads. wsws.org In the week since workers voted down a second company proposal backed by the United Auto Workers union, Deere management has gone on the offensive. The path to the strike's victory exists, but only if workers take the initiative and break the UAW's isolation of the struggle.
(2021-11-10). Trials highlight racism — Black Lives Matter. workers.org 
Two high-profile murder trials are taking place simultaneously in the U.S. — one in the Deep South and the other in the Midwest. Despite the obvious distance in miles, both trials have two main political themes in common: The first is the prevalence of white supremacy and the second is . . . |
(2021-11-10). Film industry workers speak out against IATSE sell-out contract ahead of November 12 vote. wsws.org World Socialist Web Site reporters spoke to IATSE members who are outraged with the contract being presented to them as a "Hollywood Ending" by the IATSE leadership…
(2021-11-10). Lasso Does Not Allow Press In Dialogue With Indigenous Peoples. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, militants from the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) and the United Workers Front (FUT) will be mobilized in the streets of Quito while their leaders meet with President Guillermo Lasso to discuss solutions to the country's economic crisis. | Related | As a condition of attending the government's headquarters, CONAIE requested that the meeting be public so that citizens can see what really…
(2021-11-10). Daily Mirror boosts Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham's "crack squad" wsws.org The article is an exercise in selective reporting to make the case that Unite is transforming the lives of workers for the better, which ignores its broader record.
(2021-11-10). The Toronto International Film Festival and the world. peoplesworld.org 
One of the most revolutionary films at TIFF this year was Tug of War from the relatively unknown autonomous region of Zanzibar. There's never been a major movie from this island that lies just off the coast of mainland Tanzania, and certainly not one that makes communists the heroes. It's based on socialist Adam Shafi's …
(2021-11-10). On American Patriotism: A Marxist Polemic. orinocotribune.com By Danny Haiphong — Nov 5, 2021 | The embrace of American patriotism, what some are calling "proletarian patriotism" within online circles, is yet another attempt to rebrand American nationalism. It is similar in character but different in form to the ongoing effort to rebrand the two-party system through the development of a "socialist" bloc within the Democratic Party's corporate jaws. Ideology is rendered an abstraction in each case rather than a reflection of the material conditions of society. The Democratic Party is a capitalist-owned party and therefore cannot but serve the interests of the capitalist…
(2021-11-10). Cabello Warns of Attempts to Destabilize 21N Elections. orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, November 9, United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) vice president and campaign manager Diosdado Cabello warned about possible attempts by some electoral observers to destabilize the November 21 elections in which Venezuelans will elect new governors and mayors. | While on visit to the state of Anzoátegui, Cabello recalled the events that took place in Bolivia in 2019, when an Observation Commission of the Organization of American States (OAS) promoted a coup against Evo Morales, president at that time. | "I want to publicly denounce the people who came as observers to Venezuela, from the highly ci…
(2021-11-10). Letter from a Brooklyn teacher on the conditions in New York City schools. wsws.org A Brooklyn, New York, middle school teacher and member of the New York City Educators Rank-and-File Safety wrote the following letter to the World Socialist Web Site about conditions in city schools and the fight to eliminate COVID-19.
(2021-11-10). World Leaders Sign up to End Subversion and Blockade on Cuba. telesurenglish.net teleSUR English reproduces in full a letter signed by hundreds of world leaders and personalities in solidarity with the Cuban people and government up against the full-fledged destabilization attempts planned for November 15. | The US government has been investing millions of dollars in the creation of "dissidents," irrelevant inside Cuba but extolled by the international press with the purpose of damaging the image of the Revolution and justifying the application of the criminal blockade.
(2021-11-10). US-led Coalition Held Joint Live-Fire Drills With Its Proxies In Syria's Al-Tanf (Video). southfront.org 
Green Berets and their partner force, the Maghaweir al-Thowra (MaT), during a joint patrol mission near At-Tanf Garrison, Syria, April 29, 2020. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. William Howard) | The US-led coalition and its proxies have held joint live-fire drills in the southeastern Syrian area of al-Tanf, which came under attack less than a month ago. | On November 10, the coalition's main proxy group in al-Tanf garrison, the Revolutiona…
(2021-11-10). As strike movement grows, DSA-aligned groups push dead end of UAW "reform" wsws.org The corporate media has given prominent treatment to various "left" groups in the orbit of the UAW leadership and the Democratic Party promoting union reform.
(2021-11-10). First Blood On The Way To Deadlock Of Refugee Crisis On Polish Border. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Following the first attempts to storm the Polish border on November 9, the crowds of refugees were forced to establish a tent city near the fence, while the temperature is sharply decreasing. Hundreds of people, including women and children, are huddling round campfires, as Polish security forces block their way 'to a dream life in the European Union'. | While Polish and Belorussian officials continue to exchange threats, blaming each other for the escalation of the crisis, the situation on the bo…