Monthly Archives: November 2022

2022-11-30: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-11-30). Australia: Qantas moves to overturn court ruling that outsourcing 2,000 workers was illegal. wsws.org The airline is set to appeal the 2021 Federal Court ruling, promoted by the Transport Workers' Union as "a watershed moment for workers in Australia," in order to set a legal precedent for further cost-cutting operations.

Editor (2022-11-30). New York Times Fails To See Its Own Hypocritical Practices. scheerpost.com In a long and detailed Twitter thread, Scott Hechinger dives into the malpractices of the New York Times when it comes to reporting on certain criminal justice elements.

Caitlin Johnstone (2022-11-29). China Keeps Aggressively Surrounding Itself With US Bases: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article: | Facts: | There are Chinese people with real grievances against their government. | The US empire's propaganda machine will spin current protests in China to advance imperial agendas. | Western intelligence agencies will become more and more involved in these protests the longer they go on. | ‚ùñ | It still amazes me how many people who fancy themselves anti-establishment critical thinkers will spend all day mindlessly regurgitating mainstream media lines about China. | I cannot emphasize enough how little respect I have for anyone who parrots US empire…

WSWS (2022-11-29). Faced with CUPE propaganda campaign endorsing sellout, Ontario education support workers determined to defeat concessions-filled contract. wsws.org "I was there at the picket lines supporting my co-workers for those two strike days in early November and the anger, resentment, and at times full-blown outrage was on display. Unions missed another opportunity to galvanize that anger and demand a better collective agreement with fair and equitable wages and stronger workplace protections," said a Toronto-based teacher.

_____ (2022-11-29). By Forcing A Contract On Railworkers, Biden Betrays Workers Everywhere. popularresistance.org Which side are you on? It's the most fundamental question in politics, and President Joe Biden has given us his answer. | Last night, the White House released a statement calling on Congress to impose a contract on railway workers, with more than a week remaining before the December 9 strike deadline. Describing himself as a "proud pro-labor president" and expressing his "reluctance," Biden nonetheless indicates his intention to try and force terms on workers that many already rejected earlier this year. The rhetorical triangulation was even more glaring in the statement released by outgoing House Speaker Nancy P…

_____ (2022-11-29). International Day Of Solidarity With Palestinians: Chasm Between Action And Rhetoric. popularresistance.org The world marked the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People on Tuesday, November 29. Countries and organizations from across the world reaffirmed their solidarity with Palestinians struggling to achieve their rights and independence from Israeli occupation. | UN Secretary General António Guterres issued a statement on the occasion, reiterating that "the peace must advance — the occupation must end." He emphasized that the UN is "steadfast in its commitment to realize the vision of two states — Israel and Palestine — living side by side in peace and security with Jerusalem as the…

Anonymous103 (2022-11-29). Why Does US Insist On Peace Talks Between Kiev And Moscow? southfront.org Faced with the possibility of a catastrophe, Washington changes its discourse on Ukraine. | Written by Recently, there has been a subtle pressure from the US for Kiev to resume peace talks with Russia. Despite the Western media insisting on spreading narratives about a "Ukrainian victory", Washington still seems to prefer that the negotia…

Infobrics (2022-11-29). Why does US insist on peace talks between Kiev and Moscow. infobrics.org Faced with the possibility of a catastrophe, Washington changes its discourse on Ukraine.

Staff (2022-11-29). Abdullah Al-Arian on First Middle East World Cup & Western Media's "Orientalist Outlook" democracynow.org As the 2022 World Cup plays out in Qatar, the first Arab country to host the major sporting event, we speak with history professor Abdullah Al-Arian, who says the international media is projecting an "Orientalist outlook" in its coverage of the games. Al-Arian says despite mainstream discourse, football in the Middle East has historically been used by nationalist movements as "a means of organizing collectively on the basis of achieving their own liberation against colonial rule." His recent New York Times opinion piece is "Why the World Cup Belongs in the Middle East."…

_____ (2022-11-29). ASEAN at the center of recent international fora. journal-neo.org In the second decade of November this year, the focus of international political life turned to Southeast Asia. There, in Cambodia, Indonesia and Thailand, calendar meetings of several international associations were held with the participation of leaders from the region and beyond. The very concentration of such events in Southeast Asia is further evidence of …

Dave DeCamp (2022-11-29). US Officials Pushing for Military Intervention in Haiti. news.antiwar.com Some top Biden administration officials are pushing for an international military intervention in Haiti over concerns of a migration crisis, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. The government of acting Prime Minister Ariel Henry has been under pressure over growing gang violence in the country and from demonstrators that are demanding Henry resign. Henry …

Editor (2022-11-29). New York Times and Other Major Media Urge US to Drop Charges Against Julian Assange. scheerpost.com

WSWS (2022-11-29). Paul Krugman defines one million US Covid deaths as a victory for democracy. wsws.org Princeton economist, New York Times columnist, and Biden administration flunkey Paul Krugman has posted a column titled, "How China Lost the Covid War." It is a devastating self-exposure of the intellectual, political and moral disintegration of American liberalism.

WSWS (2022-11-29). Press reports claim Liz Cheney blocks probe of FBI, Pentagon in January 6 attack. wsws.org The reports by NBC News and the Washington Post suggest that the House Select Committee is covering up key aspects of Trump's attempted coup d'etat.

Staff (2022-11-29). Hablar de las UMAP desde la Cuba de hoy. cubadebate.cu El silencio en torno a elementos históricos de la Revolución Cubana, siendo algunos de ellos poco mencionados y apenas explicados, ha tenido efectos muy negativos. Sobre las Unidades Militares de Apoyo a la Producción (UMAP), como de otros temas, es necesario hablar, investigar, debatir, publicar de forma esclarecedora y crítica en medios de comunicación para fomentar su conocimiento objetivo. No hacerlo permite su utilización como un mero elemento de propaganda.

WSWS (2022-11-29). What took them so long? New York Times, Guardian finally call for Assange's freedom. wsws.org Ten years after Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange was forced to seek refuge at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, and three years after he was arrested and subjected to solitary confinement, the editors and publishers of the New York Times, the Guardian, Le Monde, El País and Der Spiegel have issued an open letter calling on US President Joe Biden to end his prosecution.

Mac Slavo (2022-11-28). Facebook (Meta) Confirms It Has Ties to a U.S. Military Propaganda Campaign. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2022-11-28). Pro-NATO opposition's rhetoric fuels anti-Christian pogroms: Georgian prelate. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Civil GeorgiaNovember 28, 2022 Media Partly to Blame for Attack on Nunnery, says Archpriest Jagmaidze See also: U.S. escalates coup/war plans for Georgia NATO-standard special operations base being built in Georgia Georgia: American Alecto excoriates non-NED/Soros NGO/CSO Archpriest Andria Jagmaidze, Head of the Public Relations Department of the Georgian Orthodox Church, authored a Facebook post …

WSWS (2022-11-28). Anthony Fauci gives aid and comfort to COVID "lab leak" conspiracy theory. wsws.org Fauci's aim in lending credence to the conspiracy theory, which he knows to be a lie, is to distract attention from the antiscientific policies carried out under the Trump and Biden administrations that led to the deaths of over a million Americans.

WSWS (2022-11-28). Anthony Fauci gives aid and comfort to COVID-19 "lab leak" conspiracy theory. wsws.org Fauci's aim in lending credence to the conspiracy theory, which he knows to be a lie, is to distract attention from the antiscientific policies carried out under the Trump and Biden administrations that led to the deaths of over a million Americans.

Areeba Shah (2022-11-28). Trump Demands Election Loser Kari Lake Be "Installed" as Arizona Governor. truthout.org Former President Donald Trump called for Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake to be installed as governor after falsely claiming that the elections in Arizona were a "criminal voting operation." | Lake, who repeatedly refused to say she would accept the results of the governor's race in Arizona if she lost, still hasn't conceded to Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs. Still, several of her allies, including Trump, are claiming that the election was fraudulent despite no evidence of voter fraud. | "Massive numbers of 'BROKEN' voting machines in Republican Districts on Election Day. Mechanics sent in to 'FIX' th…

John Perry (2022-11-28). US sanctions and economic conditions drive Nicaraguan migration, while Washington blames repression. thegrayzone.com Blaming migration on "repressive dictatorships" allows Washington to pretend that its policies are helping Nicaraguans, when in fact they are impoverishing them. This article was originally published on November 23, 2022 by COHA. Why are more Nicaraguans heading north to the United States looking for jobs? Until July 2020, numbers were tiny. But in the last 1 Ω years numbers have increased sharply. Suddenly this has become a story, and government detractors argue, with little evidence, that people are fleeing political …

____ (2022-11-28). China rejects Canada's attack and smear in its newly released Indo-Pacific strategy: Embassy. ecns.cn Some Western countries, who at will undermine the international order and other countries' sovereignty, are the true disruptive force to global peace, security and development.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-11-28). The New York Times' Report: NATO's Military-Industrial Limitations. libya360.wordpress.com Andrew Korybko NATO's Anglo-American core evidently didn't expect that Russia would militarily react to their crossing of its national security red lines in Ukraine, instead predicting that it would strategically capitulate. This explains why they didn't scale up their military-industrial complex in advance nor advise their "junior partners" to do the same in preparation of…

Jake Johnson (2022-11-28). Because 'Publishing Is Not a Crime,' Major Newspapers Push US to Drop Assange Charges. commondreams.org "This indictment sets a dangerous precedent, and threatens to undermine America's First Amendment and the freedom of the press," The Guardian, The New York Times, and other media outlets warned.

Contributing Writers (2022-11-28). The mRNA Vaccine Is a Killer: According to the Washington Post the Vaccinated Account "For a Majority of Americans Dying from the Coronavirus"/ By Prof Michel Chossudovsky. marktaliano.net

Dave DeCamp (2022-11-28). Major News Organizations Finally Urge US to Drop Charges Against Julian Assange. news.antiwar.com Five major Western news organizations have finally spoken out for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and are calling on the US government to drop the charges against him. In a letter to the US government, the editors and publishers of The New York Times, The Guardian, Le Monde, DER SPIEGEL, and El País said that "publishing …

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2022-11-29: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-11-29). Faced with CUPE propaganda campaign endorsing sellout, Ontario education support workers determined to defeat concessions-filled contract. wsws.org "I was there at the picket lines supporting my co-workers for those two strike days in early November and the anger, resentment, and at times full-blown outrage was on display. Unions missed another opportunity to galvanize that anger and demand a better collective agreement with fair and equitable wages and stronger workplace protections," said a Toronto-based teacher.

Caitlin Johnstone (2022-11-29). China Keeps Aggressively Surrounding Itself With US Bases: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article: | Facts: | There are Chinese people with real grievances against their government. | The US empire's propaganda machine will spin current protests in China to advance imperial agendas. | Western intelligence agencies will become more and more involved in these protests the longer they go on. | ‚ùñ | It still amazes me how many people who fancy themselves anti-establishment critical thinkers will spend all day mindlessly regurgitating mainstream media lines about China. | I cannot emphasize enough how little respect I have for anyone who parrots US empire…

WSWS (2022-11-29). Press reports claim Liz Cheney blocks probe of FBI, Pentagon in January 6 attack. wsws.org The reports by NBC News and the Washington Post suggest that the House Select Committee is covering up key aspects of Trump's attempted coup d'etat.

Staff (2022-11-29). Hablar de las UMAP desde la Cuba de hoy. cubadebate.cu El silencio en torno a elementos históricos de la Revolución Cubana, siendo algunos de ellos poco mencionados y apenas explicados, ha tenido efectos muy negativos. Sobre las Unidades Militares de Apoyo a la Producción (UMAP), como de otros temas, es necesario hablar, investigar, debatir, publicar de forma esclarecedora y crítica en medios de comunicación para fomentar su conocimiento objetivo. No hacerlo permite su utilización como un mero elemento de propaganda.

WSWS (2022-11-29). What took them so long? New York Times, Guardian finally call for Assange's freedom. wsws.org Ten years after Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange was forced to seek refuge at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, and three years after he was arrested and subjected to solitary confinement, the editors and publishers of the New York Times, the Guardian, Le Monde, El País and Der Spiegel have issued an open letter calling on US President Joe Biden to end his prosecution.

Mac Slavo (2022-11-28). Facebook (Meta) Confirms It Has Ties to a U.S. Military Propaganda Campaign. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2022-11-28). Pro-NATO opposition's rhetoric fuels anti-Christian pogroms: Georgian prelate. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Civil GeorgiaNovember 28, 2022 Media Partly to Blame for Attack on Nunnery, says Archpriest Jagmaidze See also: U.S. escalates coup/war plans for Georgia NATO-standard special operations base being built in Georgia Georgia: American Alecto excoriates non-NED/Soros NGO/CSO Archpriest Andria Jagmaidze, Head of the Public Relations Department of the Georgian Orthodox Church, authored a Facebook post …

WSWS (2022-11-28). Anthony Fauci gives aid and comfort to COVID "lab leak" conspiracy theory. wsws.org Fauci's aim in lending credence to the conspiracy theory, which he knows to be a lie, is to distract attention from the antiscientific policies carried out under the Trump and Biden administrations that led to the deaths of over a million Americans.

WSWS (2022-11-28). Anthony Fauci gives aid and comfort to COVID-19 "lab leak" conspiracy theory. wsws.org Fauci's aim in lending credence to the conspiracy theory, which he knows to be a lie, is to distract attention from the antiscientific policies carried out under the Trump and Biden administrations that led to the deaths of over a million Americans.

Areeba Shah (2022-11-28). Trump Demands Election Loser Kari Lake Be "Installed" as Arizona Governor. truthout.org Former President Donald Trump called for Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake to be installed as governor after falsely claiming that the elections in Arizona were a "criminal voting operation." | Lake, who repeatedly refused to say she would accept the results of the governor's race in Arizona if she lost, still hasn't conceded to Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs. Still, several of her allies, including Trump, are claiming that the election was fraudulent despite no evidence of voter fraud. | "Massive numbers of 'BROKEN' voting machines in Republican Districts on Election Day. Mechanics sent in to 'FIX' th…

John Perry (2022-11-28). US sanctions and economic conditions drive Nicaraguan migration, while Washington blames repression. thegrayzone.com Blaming migration on "repressive dictatorships" allows Washington to pretend that its policies are helping Nicaraguans, when in fact they are impoverishing them. This article was originally published on November 23, 2022 by COHA. Why are more Nicaraguans heading north to the United States looking for jobs? Until July 2020, numbers were tiny. But in the last 1 Ω years numbers have increased sharply. Suddenly this has become a story, and government detractors argue, with little evidence, that people are fleeing political …

____ (2022-11-28). China rejects Canada's attack and smear in its newly released Indo-Pacific strategy: Embassy. ecns.cn Some Western countries, who at will undermine the international order and other countries' sovereignty, are the true disruptive force to global peace, security and development.

Jake Johnson (2022-11-28). Because 'Publishing Is Not a Crime,' Major Newspapers Push US to Drop Assange Charges. commondreams.org "This indictment sets a dangerous precedent, and threatens to undermine America's First Amendment and the freedom of the press," The Guardian, The New York Times, and other media outlets warned.

Contributing Writers (2022-11-28). The mRNA Vaccine Is a Killer: According to the Washington Post the Vaccinated Account "For a Majority of Americans Dying from the Coronavirus"/ By Prof Michel Chossudovsky. marktaliano.net

Dave DeCamp (2022-11-28). Major News Organizations Finally Urge US to Drop Charges Against Julian Assange. news.antiwar.com Five major Western news organizations have finally spoken out for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and are calling on the US government to drop the charges against him. In a letter to the US government, the editors and publishers of The New York Times, The Guardian, Le Monde, DER SPIEGEL, and El País said that "publishing …

Brian Berletic (2022-11-27). Russia Ops in Ukraine (Update): Western Propaganda Implodes as War of Attrition Grinds On. thealtworld.com Update on Russian military operations in and around Ukraine for November 28, 2022. | Battle front is stable, Russian forces are pushing back amid stalled Ukrainian offensives; | Russia continues dismantling Ukraine's power grid, leaving millions without electricity; | US claims Russia is committing "war crimes" despite the US having targeted power grids repeatedly amid multiple wars of aggression; | Western sources claim Russia is running out of cruise missiles because of older cruise missiles allegedly turning up in Ukraine; | Using older cruise missiles and target drones to spoof e…

_____ (2022-11-27). Rebellion Against The Legalized Robbery. popularresistance.org The following commentary was written by Marxist economist, politician and former Finance Minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis. He follows the first part of the debate "Ecological Catastrophe, Collapse, Democracy and Socialism" between the renowned American intellectual Noam Chomsky, the Chilean exponent of the new ideology of Collapsist Marxism Miguel Fuentes and climate scientist Guy McPherson. One of the main characteristics of Varoufakis' comment (who describes himself as a "Libertarian Marxist") is offering a balanced review of some of the main ideas expressed earlier in this debate. The latter from the perspe…

_____ (2022-11-27). Haiti: A Political Economy Perspective On The Urgent Crisis Of Imperialism. popularresistance.org Often, when you mention Haiti in conversation and the anti-imperial struggle that has consistently been waged by the Haitian people against imperialist forces for centuries, you are met with minor acknowledgement and some confusion by the listener. Even in cases where there are those who understand Haiti's battle against imperialist interventions and incursions — many people are still unclear about: "why Haiti." This is especially true in the present, where there exists a propagandized belief that there are no broader imperialist aspirations in the Caribbean, insofar as those interests cannot be tied to int…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-11-27). The mRNA Vaccine Is a Killer: According to the Washington Post the Vaccinated Account "For a Majority of Americans Dying from the Coronavirus" globalresearch.ca

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2022-11-28: News Headlines

Staff (2022-11-28). Pro-NATO opposition's rhetoric fuels anti-Christian pogroms: Georgian prelate. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Civil GeorgiaNovember 28, 2022 Media Partly to Blame for Attack on Nunnery, says Archpriest Jagmaidze See also: U.S. escalates coup/war plans for Georgia NATO-standard special operations base being built in Georgia Georgia: American Alecto excoriates non-NED/Soros NGO/CSO Archpriest Andria Jagmaidze, Head of the Public Relations Department of the Georgian Orthodox Church, authored a Facebook post …

WSWS (2022-11-28). Anthony Fauci gives aid and comfort to COVID "lab leak" conspiracy theory. wsws.org Fauci's aim in lending credence to the conspiracy theory, which he knows to be a lie, is to distract attention from the antiscientific policies carried out under the Trump and Biden administrations that led to the deaths of over a million Americans.

WSWS (2022-11-28). Anthony Fauci gives aid and comfort to COVID-19 "lab leak" conspiracy theory. wsws.org Fauci's aim in lending credence to the conspiracy theory, which he knows to be a lie, is to distract attention from the antiscientific policies carried out under the Trump and Biden administrations that led to the deaths of over a million Americans.

John Perry (2022-11-28). US sanctions and economic conditions drive Nicaraguan migration, while Washington blames repression. thegrayzone.com Blaming migration on "repressive dictatorships" allows Washington to pretend that its policies are helping Nicaraguans, when in fact they are impoverishing them. This article was originally published on November 23, 2022 by COHA. Why are more Nicaraguans heading north to the United States looking for jobs? Until July 2020, numbers were tiny. But in the last 1 Ω years numbers have increased sharply. Suddenly this has become a story, and government detractors argue, with little evidence, that people are fleeing political …

____ (2022-11-28). China rejects Canada's attack and smear in its newly released Indo-Pacific strategy: Embassy. ecns.cn Some Western countries, who at will undermine the international order and other countries' sovereignty, are the true disruptive force to global peace, security and development.

_____ (2022-11-27). Rebellion Against The Legalized Robbery. popularresistance.org The following commentary was written by Marxist economist, politician and former Finance Minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis. He follows the first part of the debate "Ecological Catastrophe, Collapse, Democracy and Socialism" between the renowned American intellectual Noam Chomsky, the Chilean exponent of the new ideology of Collapsist Marxism Miguel Fuentes and climate scientist Guy McPherson. One of the main characteristics of Varoufakis' comment (who describes himself as a "Libertarian Marxist") is offering a balanced review of some of the main ideas expressed earlier in this debate. The latter from the perspe…

_____ (2022-11-27). Haiti: A Political Economy Perspective On The Urgent Crisis Of Imperialism. popularresistance.org Often, when you mention Haiti in conversation and the anti-imperial struggle that has consistently been waged by the Haitian people against imperialist forces for centuries, you are met with minor acknowledgement and some confusion by the listener. Even in cases where there are those who understand Haiti's battle against imperialist interventions and incursions — many people are still unclear about: "why Haiti." This is especially true in the present, where there exists a propagandized belief that there are no broader imperialist aspirations in the Caribbean, insofar as those interests cannot be tied to int…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-11-27). The mRNA Vaccine Is a Killer: According to the Washington Post the Vaccinated Account "For a Majority of Americans Dying from the Coronavirus" globalresearch.ca

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2022-11-27: News Headlines

_____ (2022-11-27). Haiti: A Political Economy Perspective On The Urgent Crisis Of Imperialism. popularresistance.org Often, when you mention Haiti in conversation and the anti-imperial struggle that has consistently been waged by the Haitian people against imperialist forces for centuries, you are met with minor acknowledgement and some confusion by the listener. Even in cases where there are those who understand Haiti's battle against imperialist interventions and incursions — many people are still unclear about: "why Haiti." This is especially true in the present, where there exists a propagandized belief that there are no broader imperialist aspirations in the Caribbean, insofar as those interests cannot be tied to int…

En.mehrnews (2022-11-26). US grossly interferes in Russia's internal affairs. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 26 (MNA) — American officials are grossly interfering in the affairs of the Russian Federation, criticizing the law banning LGBT propaganda, the Russian Embassy in the US said.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-11-26). The Covid "Killer Vaccine". People Are Dying All Over the World. It's A Criminal Undertaking. globalresearch.ca We are being accused of "spreading disinformation" regarding the Covid-19 vaccine. | The Reuters and AP media "trackers" will be out to smear the testimonies of parents who have lost their children. | "Once the Lie becomes the Truth, there is no …

Editor (2022-11-26). The Corporate Media Deference That Endangers Us All. scheerpost.com

Sophia Davis (2022-11-26). [Perspectives] Rosa Ritunnano: champion of phenomenology in psychiatry. thelancet.com Rosa Ritunnano would usually be the one posing the questions, but it was my turn when we met at Birmingham University's leafy campus. Ritunnano is part of a movement championing the relevance of phenomenology for psychiatry. "Phenomenology can offer psychiatry a conceptual toolbox that can allow us to co-construct meaning and create a channel of dialogue between clinicians and patients, because when we use very medicalised language that neglects the experience, then that doesn't really reflect what the person is living, so there's a dissonance that gets in the way of the therapeutic process", she explains.

Contributing Writers (2022-11-26). The Covid "Killer Vaccine". People Are Dying All Over the World. It's A Criminal Undertaking/ By Prof Michel Chossudovsky. marktaliano.net By Prof Michel Chossudovsky Global Research, November 26, 2022 We are being accused of "fake news". The Reuters and AP media "trackers" will be out to smear this report as well as the testimonies of parents who have lost their children. It is happening all over the World. Let us be under no illusions, the Covid …

Richard Horton (2022-11-26). [Comment] Offline: The distance between us. thelancet.com 1000 people gathered in the magnificent Light auditorium at Friends House on a bleak winter evening in London. They were there to hear Dr Aseem Malhotra, a cardiologist, answer the question, "Has Big Pharma Hijacked Evidence-Based Medicine?" Most of those assembled wanted to know Malhotra's views about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines. Critics might argue that his pronouncements on vaccines should be dismissed. But to understand why vaccine hesitancy has become such an important public health challenge, one must study his arguments and claims, even if one finds them misplaced.

En.mehrnews (2022-11-26). MP slams Western countries use of human rights as tool. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 26 (MNA) — The Chairman of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission says that western countries prove their trustworthiness by using and considering human rights as a tool.

Staff (2022-11-26). Meta desarticula red de propaganda engañosa para promover narrativas prooccidentales. cubadebate.cu Se trataba de "una red interconectada de cuentas" en plataformas de redes sociales que "utilizaban tácticas engañosas para promover narrativas prooccidentales".

Media Lens (2022-11-25). The Medium: An Appeal For Support. dissidentvoice.org On November 15, as 90 Russian cruise missiles struck at Ukraine's energy network, a companion US-UK propaganda blitz blamed the Russian missiles for the deaths of two workers on a farm in Poland. This was a big deal. Poland is a member of Nato and Article 5 of Nato's treaty reads: 'The Parties agree that …

Chris Hedges (2022-11-25). Ralph Nader explains why Democrats lost the House. therealnews.com The midterm elections are over, and two more years of Congressional gridlock are likely in store. Republicans have taken a narrow majority in the House, while Democrats have held the Senate. What do we make of the current political landscape, where rhetoric runs so hot but so little gets done? And what can we expect from the 2024 presidential elections? Studio: Adam Coley…

_____ (2022-11-25). Why I'm Thankful For 500 Years Of Indigenous Resistance. popularresistance.org Starting in 1452, under the guise of the Papal Bull Romanus Pontifex and later the 1493 Papal Bull Inter Cetera, the Christian Doctrine of Discovery, European Christians began their efforts to expand colonial rule, and the Christian Empire, throughout the world. | These Papal Bulls sanctioned European Christian Nations to "capture, vanquish, and subdue the saracens, pagans, and other enemies of Christ, to put them into perpetual slavery, and to take all their possessions and property" and were authorized "to take possession of any lands discovered that were not under the dominion of any Christian rulers." | Early…

Fight Back (2022-11-25). Twin Cities activists hold vigil to demand end to endless U.S. wars. fightbacknews.org Saint Paul, MN – On Wednesday, November 23, more than 40 peace activists from around the Twin Cities gathered on the Lake Street Marshall Bridge to demand an end to all U.S. interventions around the globe. The event was initiated by the Minnesota Peace Action Coalition (MPAC) in partnership with Women Against Military Madness (WAMM). WAMM has been holding weekly protests on the Lake Street/Marshall Avenue Bridge for 23 years, consistently calling for an end to U.S. wars ever since NATO
| began bombing Yugoslavia in 1999. | The call for action put forward a range of slogans, including "Say no to World War III,…

_____ (2022-11-25). European Parliament Smears Russia While Bankrolling Nazi Terrorism. strategic-culture.org European politicians are once again fueling war with their calumnies against Russia and their deliberate stoking of Nazi embers. | One would think, perhaps, that with a perilous war raging on the European continent, the European Union's parliament might want to show some leadership in promoting diplomatic solutions to end that conflict. No, not a bit of it. | The European Parliament has shown itself again this week to be nothing more than a giant reactionary talking shop whose proclaimed democratic values have an inverse relationship to its copious chamber of 705 parliamentarians. | Only three years ago, the sam…

CounterSpin (2022-11-25). Milton Allimadi on Media in Africa. fair.org New York Times ( This week on CounterSpin: According to Techcrunch, before its ignominious flameout, the cryptocurrency firm FTX had acquired more than

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2022-11-26: News Headlines

Sophia Davis (2022-11-26). [Perspectives] Rosa Ritunnano: champion of phenomenology in psychiatry. thelancet.com Rosa Ritunnano would usually be the one posing the questions, but it was my turn when we met at Birmingham University's leafy campus. Ritunnano is part of a movement championing the relevance of phenomenology for psychiatry. "Phenomenology can offer psychiatry a conceptual toolbox that can allow us to co-construct meaning and create a channel of dialogue between clinicians and patients, because when we use very medicalised language that neglects the experience, then that doesn't really reflect what the person is living, so there's a dissonance that gets in the way of the therapeutic process", she explains.

Richard Horton (2022-11-26). [Comment] Offline: The distance between us. thelancet.com 1000 people gathered in the magnificent Light auditorium at Friends House on a bleak winter evening in London. They were there to hear Dr Aseem Malhotra, a cardiologist, answer the question, "Has Big Pharma Hijacked Evidence-Based Medicine?" Most of those assembled wanted to know Malhotra's views about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines. Critics might argue that his pronouncements on vaccines should be dismissed. But to understand why vaccine hesitancy has become such an important public health challenge, one must study his arguments and claims, even if one finds them misplaced.

Media Lens (2022-11-25). The Medium: An Appeal For Support. dissidentvoice.org On November 15, as 90 Russian cruise missiles struck at Ukraine's energy network, a companion US-UK propaganda blitz blamed the Russian missiles for the deaths of two workers on a farm in Poland. This was a big deal. Poland is a member of Nato and Article 5 of Nato's treaty reads: 'The Parties agree that …

Chris Hedges (2022-11-25). Ralph Nader explains why Democrats lost the House. therealnews.com The midterm elections are over, and two more years of Congressional gridlock are likely in store. Republicans have taken a narrow majority in the House, while Democrats have held the Senate. What do we make of the current political landscape, where rhetoric runs so hot but so little gets done? And what can we expect from the 2024 presidential elections? Studio: Adam Coley…

_____ (2022-11-25). Why I'm Thankful For 500 Years Of Indigenous Resistance. popularresistance.org Starting in 1452, under the guise of the Papal Bull Romanus Pontifex and later the 1493 Papal Bull Inter Cetera, the Christian Doctrine of Discovery, European Christians began their efforts to expand colonial rule, and the Christian Empire, throughout the world. | These Papal Bulls sanctioned European Christian Nations to "capture, vanquish, and subdue the saracens, pagans, and other enemies of Christ, to put them into perpetual slavery, and to take all their possessions and property" and were authorized "to take possession of any lands discovered that were not under the dominion of any Christian rulers." | Early…

Fight Back (2022-11-25). Twin Cities activists hold vigil to demand end to endless U.S. wars. fightbacknews.org Saint Paul, MN – On Wednesday, November 23, more than 40 peace activists from around the Twin Cities gathered on the Lake Street Marshall Bridge to demand an end to all U.S. interventions around the globe. The event was initiated by the Minnesota Peace Action Coalition (MPAC) in partnership with Women Against Military Madness (WAMM). WAMM has been holding weekly protests on the Lake Street/Marshall Avenue Bridge for 23 years, consistently calling for an end to U.S. wars ever since NATO
| began bombing Yugoslavia in 1999. | The call for action put forward a range of slogans, including "Say no to World War III,…

_____ (2022-11-25). European Parliament Smears Russia While Bankrolling Nazi Terrorism. strategic-culture.org European politicians are once again fueling war with their calumnies against Russia and their deliberate stoking of Nazi embers. | One would think, perhaps, that with a perilous war raging on the European continent, the European Union's parliament might want to show some leadership in promoting diplomatic solutions to end that conflict. No, not a bit of it. | The European Parliament has shown itself again this week to be nothing more than a giant reactionary talking shop whose proclaimed democratic values have an inverse relationship to its copious chamber of 705 parliamentarians. | Only three years ago, the sam…

CounterSpin (2022-11-25). Milton Allimadi on Media in Africa. fair.org New York Times ( This week on CounterSpin: According to Techcrunch, before its ignominious flameout, the cryptocurrency firm FTX had acquired more than

WSWS (2022-11-24). Sir Keir Starmer spouts anti-immigration rhetoric, offers "productivity" partnership between Labour, business and trade unions. wsws.org UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer's speech before the annual conference of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) shifted the party's stance on immigration even further to the right.

Marwa Osman (2022-11-24). Syrians Suffer Inside TurkeyMES EP.185. thealtworld.com Efforts to raise awareness about the seriousness of hate speech to which Syrians in Turkey are subjected have not limited violent incidents. Some of them held the government and organizations responsible for their insufficient interest in curbing this discourse. | The fears of Syrian refugees in Turkey are increasing in light of the growing hate speech against them to the point of threatening their lives, and the country has recorded several murders due to hate and racism. In this context, they call on those who defend them and their right to live away from the dangers of arrest or killing. | To discuss this issu…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-11-24). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.

_____ (2022-11-24). Media Regurgitates Fake News From US Spies. popularresistance.org Top Western media outlets published a false report claiming Russia attacked Poland with a missile. This fake news originated with an anonymous US intelligence official, whose unsubstantiated accusations were mindlessly regurgitated by the press. | On November 15, two people in Poland were killed in a missile attack that crossed over Ukraine's western border. | NATO and Polish officials later admitted that this missile was likely fired by accident by Ukrainian authorities. But soon after it happened, many Western media outlets blamed Russia. Given that Poland is a member of the US-led NATO military cartel, a Russi…

_____ (2022-11-24). Nicaraguan Migrants At US border — Are They Being 'Pushed' Or 'Pulled'? popularresistance.org Why are more Nicaraguans heading north to the United States looking for jobs? Until July 2020, numbers were tiny. But in the last 1 Ω years numbers have increased sharply. Suddenly this has become a story, and government detractors argue, with little evidence, that people are fleeing political repression. "They'd rather die than return to Nicaragua," is a typical headline. Manuel Orozco, a Nicaraguan based in Washington who strongly opposes the Sandinista government, told The Hill that "Nicaragua's dictatorship is criminalizing democracy and fueling migration to the U.S." Then, on September 20, this became…

Anonymous103 (2022-11-24). Howls Of Outrage After New York Times Confirms SBF To Speak Alongside Zelenskyy, Yellen. southfront.org Originally published on ZeroHedge As we discussed last night, Sam Bankman-Fried has now demonstrated that he is both a pathological liar and a…

Paul Craig Roberts (2022-11-24). How Much Longer Will Thanksgiving Be a National Holiday? thealtworld.com This is a legitimate question. According to the New York Times' 1619 Project, according to what is taught in US universities and public schools, and according to what the American left and those influenced by them believe, to celebrate Thanksgiving is to celebrate the racism of white supremacy. As this belief is growing and not shrinking, how much longer before Thanksgiving becomes a day of atonement for racist sins? | Erasing national holidays is a way of erasing a culture. As Thanksgiving grows increasingly offensive to people of color, as Easter, once a Christian celebration of the Resurrection, disappears int…

2022-11-26 07:31:46 | 07:31 EST | jz | 18 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 

2022-11-25: News Headlines

Media Lens (2022-11-25). The Medium: An Appeal For Support. dissidentvoice.org On November 15, as 90 Russian cruise missiles struck at Ukraine's energy network, a companion US-UK propaganda blitz blamed the Russian missiles for the deaths of two workers on a farm in Poland. This was a big deal. Poland is a member of Nato and Article 5 of Nato's treaty reads: 'The Parties agree that …

Chris Hedges (2022-11-25). Ralph Nader explains why Democrats lost the House. therealnews.com The midterm elections are over, and two more years of Congressional gridlock are likely in store. Republicans have taken a narrow majority in the House, while Democrats have held the Senate. What do we make of the current political landscape, where rhetoric runs so hot but so little gets done? And what can we expect from the 2024 presidential elections? Studio: Adam Coley…

Fight Back (2022-11-25). Twin Cities activists hold vigil to demand end to endless U.S. wars. fightbacknews.org Saint Paul, MN – On Wednesday, November 23, more than 40 peace activists from around the Twin Cities gathered on the Lake Street Marshall Bridge to demand an end to all U.S. interventions around the globe. The event was initiated by the Minnesota Peace Action Coalition (MPAC) in partnership with Women Against Military Madness (WAMM). WAMM has been holding weekly protests on the Lake Street/Marshall Avenue Bridge for 23 years, consistently calling for an end to U.S. wars ever since NATO
| began bombing Yugoslavia in 1999. | The call for action put forward a range of slogans, including "Say no to World War III,…

WSWS (2022-11-24). Sir Keir Starmer spouts anti-immigration rhetoric, offers "productivity" partnership between Labour, business and trade unions. wsws.org UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer's speech before the annual conference of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) shifted the party's stance on immigration even further to the right.

Marwa Osman (2022-11-24). Syrians Suffer Inside TurkeyMES EP.185. thealtworld.com Efforts to raise awareness about the seriousness of hate speech to which Syrians in Turkey are subjected have not limited violent incidents. Some of them held the government and organizations responsible for their insufficient interest in curbing this discourse. | The fears of Syrian refugees in Turkey are increasing in light of the growing hate speech against them to the point of threatening their lives, and the country has recorded several murders due to hate and racism. In this context, they call on those who defend them and their right to live away from the dangers of arrest or killing. | To discuss this issu…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-11-24). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.

_____ (2022-11-24). Media Regurgitates Fake News From US Spies. popularresistance.org Top Western media outlets published a false report claiming Russia attacked Poland with a missile. This fake news originated with an anonymous US intelligence official, whose unsubstantiated accusations were mindlessly regurgitated by the press. | On November 15, two people in Poland were killed in a missile attack that crossed over Ukraine's western border. | NATO and Polish officials later admitted that this missile was likely fired by accident by Ukrainian authorities. But soon after it happened, many Western media outlets blamed Russia. Given that Poland is a member of the US-led NATO military cartel, a Russi…

_____ (2022-11-24). Nicaraguan Migrants At US border — Are They Being 'Pushed' Or 'Pulled'? popularresistance.org Why are more Nicaraguans heading north to the United States looking for jobs? Until July 2020, numbers were tiny. But in the last 1 Ω years numbers have increased sharply. Suddenly this has become a story, and government detractors argue, with little evidence, that people are fleeing political repression. "They'd rather die than return to Nicaragua," is a typical headline. Manuel Orozco, a Nicaraguan based in Washington who strongly opposes the Sandinista government, told The Hill that "Nicaragua's dictatorship is criminalizing democracy and fueling migration to the U.S." Then, on September 20, this became…

Anonymous103 (2022-11-24). Howls Of Outrage After New York Times Confirms SBF To Speak Alongside Zelenskyy, Yellen. southfront.org Originally published on ZeroHedge As we discussed last night, Sam Bankman-Fried has now demonstrated that he is both a pathological liar and a…

Paul Craig Roberts (2022-11-24). How Much Longer Will Thanksgiving Be a National Holiday? thealtworld.com This is a legitimate question. According to the New York Times' 1619 Project, according to what is taught in US universities and public schools, and according to what the American left and those influenced by them believe, to celebrate Thanksgiving is to celebrate the racism of white supremacy. As this belief is growing and not shrinking, how much longer before Thanksgiving becomes a day of atonement for racist sins? | Erasing national holidays is a way of erasing a culture. As Thanksgiving grows increasingly offensive to people of color, as Easter, once a Christian celebration of the Resurrection, disappears int…

2022-11-25 21:52:33 | 21:52 EST | jz | 13 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 

2022-11-19: News Headlines

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-11-19). Zelensky, media lackeys caught in most dangerous lie yet. thegrayzone.com With Kiev exposed for a lie that could have triggered a third world war, it is time to examine past deceptions that Western media promoted. A missile that exploded on Polish soil on November 15 killed two civilians and destroyed farm equipment. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Western corporate media rushed to blame the explosion on Russia in apparent hopes of triggering NATO's Article 5, which requires NATO states to defend one another militarily when attacked by a hostile force. …

Colin Todhunter (2022-11-19). What Was Covid Really About? Triggering A Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. "Ramping up an Imperialist Strategy"? globalresearch.ca If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the implications would be? And why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations…

WSWS (2022-11-19). Corporate media fears rail strike as major unions close contract vote. wsws.org The two largest rail unions are set to finish their contract votes and announce the results this Monday.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-11-19). Fact Check — Iran Has Not Sentenced '15,000' Protesters to Death. orinocotribune.com

WSWS (2022-11-19). Washington Post backs Republican-led witch-hunt against scientists. wsws.org On Thursday, the Washington Post published an editorial renewing its promotion of the Wuhan lab conspiracy theory, presenting an absurd, semi-literate attack on the research of scientists Michael Worobey and Kristian Andersen.

Ryan Cristián (2022-11-18). The Poland Lie Exposed The Propaganda Pipeline & Israel Sent Secret "Strategic Materials" To Ukraine. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (11/18/22). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

Anonymous767 (2022-11-18). Video Evidence Confirms Mass Execution Of Russian POWs By Kiev Forces In Makeevka. southfront.org A screenshot from the video | A new video evidence has appeared online showing the mass execution of captured unarmed Russian soldiers by Kiev's troops. | The Russian Defense Ministry said that this situation "confirms the atrocious nature of the current Kiev regime led by Zelensky and those who protect and support him.""Nobody will succeed in presenting the intentional and methodical murder committed by the degenerates from the Armed Forces of Ukraine through direct head-shots 10 immobilised Russian servicemen as a 'trag…

Infobrics (2022-11-18). How are FTX crypto exchange, DNC corruption and 'Ukraine aid' connected. infobrics.org Fox News political commentator Jesse Watters thinks the evidence, although not conclusive at the moment, cannot be ignored and that the DNC's motives to send billions of dollars to the Kiev regime are not so altruistic after all.

Contributing Writers (2022-11-18). Italian Activists Against Anti-Russian Propaganda. marktaliano.net

Alan Macleod (2022-11-18). Call of Duty is a Government Psyop: These Documents Prove It. mintpressnews.com A closer inspection of Activision Blizzard's key staff and their connections to state power, as well as details gleaned from documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, reveal that Call of Duty is not a neutral first-person shooter but a carefully constructed piece of military propaganda, designed to advance the interests of the U.S. national security state.

En.mehrnews (2022-11-18). US sanctions on IRIB in violation of Iranian nation's rights. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 18 (MNA) — In a post on Twitter, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan'ani lambasted the United States for sanctioning Iranian national TV while letting anti-Iran TV channels wage propaganda warfare against the country.

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-11-18). Top Zelensky Advisor Threatens War With Iran. orinocotribune.com By Alexander Rubinstein Nov 12, 2022 | Mykhailo Podolyak, an advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, has called for attacks inside Iran as the country's drones cause setbacks for the Ukrainian military. | On November 5, Mykhailo Podolyak, an advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, has advocated for military strikes on drone production sites located in Iran. President Zelensky echoed Podolyak's belligerent rhetoric the following day,

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-11-18). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.

Adam Johnson (2022-11-18). New York Times draws sweeping conclusions when reform district attorneys lose, ignores them entirely when they win. therealnews.com

Zack Linly (2022-11-18). Florida Judge Blocks Gov. Ron DeSantis' 'Stop WOKE Act' For The 2nd Time Calling It 'Positively Dystopian'. newsone.com Source: The Washington Post / Getty | I just want to give a quick shoutout to Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker, because the Obama-appointed Florida judge keeps putting the kibosh on Accor…

Jessica Corbett (2022-11-18). 'Egregious': Kaine Slams Biden Move to Shield Saudi Prince for Khashoggi Murder. commondreams.org "I am deeply disappointed in the State Department's decision to intervene in a federal lawsuit filed by the friends and family of Virginia resident and Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi against Saudi defendants responsible for his gruesome execution."

Shannon Dawson (2022-11-18). Tiffany Cross Hires Gabrielle Union's Former Attorney Amid MSNBC Dispute. newsone.com Earlier this month, Tiffany Cross was ousted from her anchor position at MSNBC. Now, the fiery on-air host has sought out legal representation to fight back against the network.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-11-17). The Uyghurs and Anti-China Propaganda. orinocotribune.com By Christopher Black Nov 10, 2022 | On August 26th 2022 as the US-NATO directed counter-offensive against the Donbass Republics and other Ukrainian regions resisting the NATO installed Nazi friendly regime in Kiev began to take place, the NATO states, led by the United States and Britain, escalated their aggression against China. | The Donbass Republics and Russian forces broke the Kiev offensive in Kherson and inflicted heavy losses on the Kiev regime as they did in the past several days in the Kiev attack in the Kharkov region. Western propaganda was awash in claims of a Russian defeat, but they were the…

Caitlin Johnstone (2022-11-17). US Empire Views Ukrainians And Russians As Lab Rats For Weapons Testing. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article: | A surprisingly frank article by The New York Times titled " "Ukraine has become a testing ground for state-of-the-art weapons and information systems, and new ways to use them, that Western political officials and military commanders predict could shape warfare for generations to come," write's NYT's Lara Jakes. | Jakes writes that "new advances in tech…

Brian Berletic (2022-11-17). Collective West's PATHETIC Atrocity Propaganda Against Russia Debunked w/ Brian Berletic. thealtworld.com

_____ (2022-11-17). How Brazil's Electoral Court Took Action Against Bolsonaro's Fake News. popularresistance.org Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has often been described as the "Trump of the tropics," in reference to the former leader of the United States. But this has led to superficial comparisons between the two countries. | It is true that the Bolsonaro family and members of Steve Bannon's ultra-conservative "Movement" have worked together closely, and social media disinformation tactics were imported from the US and became a key factor in Bolsonaro's 2018 electoral victory. | However, Brazil's electoral system is completely different. Many things that are illegal in US elections — especially regarding…

Brian Mier (2022-11-17). How Brazil's electoral court took action against Bolsonaro's fake news campaigns. multipolarista.com Targeted disinformation campaigns on social media were key in getting Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro into power in 2018. A law professor explains how the Superior Electoral Court took action to prevent him from manipulating the 2022 vote.

Michael Fox (2022-11-17). How Steve Bannon is influencing Bolsonaro's playbook. therealnews.com Brazil has a new president-elect. | Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won the Brazilian presidency on Oct. 30. He defeated far-right president Jair Bolsonaro by just over 2 million votes. Tens of thousands of Lula supporters descended on Sao Paulo's Paulista Avenue for huge celebrations. Brazil on Fire host Michael Fox was there and he takes us to the streets. | But Bolsonaro supporters were also mobilizing. They shut down highways and called for the military to intervene. | In this second update to Brazil on Fire, we look at Lula's victory, Bolsonaro's disinformation campaign that is keeping Bolso…

Contributing Writers (2022-11-17). The "Fact Check" Scam. Who Checks the "Fact Checkers?"/ By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts. marktaliano.net

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2022-11-17). The "Fact Check" Scam. Who Checks the "Fact Checkers?" globalresearch.ca

En.mehrnews (2022-11-17). Biden contests Zelensky claims on missile that hit Poland. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 17 (MNA) — US President Joe Biden said the comments by his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky that the missile that landed in Poland was not Ukrainian was no evidence, according to reporters accredited with the White House.

Monet Bailey (2022-11-17). Fetal balloon procedure is safe during an emergency c-section. healtheuropa.com New evidence by NICE indicates that fetal balloon procedure during an emergency c-section to safely deliver the baby. The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) interventional procedures advisory committee showed the procedure was safe and effective to be used by maternity staff trained in managing impacted babies' heads during an emergency c-section. …

Jembendell (2022-11-17). Climate Honesty are we 'beyond catastrophe'? jembendell.com Critical response to the piece in the New York Times that appears to be calming the nerves of climate professionals at COP27.

Zack Linly (2022-11-17). Black Twitter Ponders Whether Kari Lake Is A White-Passing Black Woman. newsone.com Republican candidate for Arizona governor Kari Lake speaks during the Republican Party election night event on November 8, 2022, in Scottsdale, Arizona. | Source: The Washington Post / Getty | Former right-wing news anchor Kari Lake has lost her bid to become governor of Arizona to Democrat Katie Hobbs. Now, the MAGA Trump-humper-in-chief is

Galo Amusquivar (2022-11-17). Santa Cruz intenta separarse de Bolivia. globalizacion.ca El año 2008 desde la ciudad de Santa Cruz, a la cabeza del grupo "La Torre", se organizaron varias campañas de propaganda de la derecha, con apoyo de la Embajada de Estados Unidos en Bolivia. En esas campañas participaron varias…

2022-11-19 11:36:21 | 11:36 EST | tr | 32 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 0 

2022-11-18: News Headlines

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-11-18). Top Zelensky Advisor Threatens War With Iran. orinocotribune.com By Alexander Rubinstein Nov 12, 2022 | Mykhailo Podolyak, an advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, has called for attacks inside Iran as the country's drones cause setbacks for the Ukrainian military. | On November 5, Mykhailo Podolyak, an advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, has advocated for military strikes on drone production sites located in Iran. President Zelensky echoed Podolyak's belligerent rhetoric the following day,

Contributing Writers (2022-11-18). Italian Activists Against Anti-Russian Propaganda. marktaliano.net

En.mehrnews (2022-11-18). US sanctions on IRIB in violation of Iranian nation's rights. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 18 (MNA) — In a post on Twitter, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan'ani lambasted the United States for sanctioning Iranian national TV while letting anti-Iran TV channels wage propaganda warfare against the country.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-11-18). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-11-17). The Uyghurs and Anti-China Propaganda. orinocotribune.com By Christopher Black Nov 10, 2022 | On August 26th 2022 as the US-NATO directed counter-offensive against the Donbass Republics and other Ukrainian regions resisting the NATO installed Nazi friendly regime in Kiev began to take place, the NATO states, led by the United States and Britain, escalated their aggression against China. | The Donbass Republics and Russian forces broke the Kiev offensive in Kherson and inflicted heavy losses on the Kiev regime as they did in the past several days in the Kiev attack in the Kharkov region. Western propaganda was awash in claims of a Russian defeat, but they were the…

Caitlin Johnstone (2022-11-17). US Empire Views Ukrainians And Russians As Lab Rats For Weapons Testing. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article: | A surprisingly frank article by The New York Times titled " "Ukraine has become a testing ground for state-of-the-art weapons and information systems, and new ways to use them, that Western political officials and military commanders predict could shape warfare for generations to come," write's NYT's Lara Jakes. | Jakes writes that "new advances in tech…

Brian Berletic (2022-11-17). Collective West's PATHETIC Atrocity Propaganda Against Russia Debunked w/ Brian Berletic. thealtworld.com

Brian Mier (2022-11-17). How Brazil's electoral court took action against Bolsonaro's fake news campaigns. multipolarista.com Targeted disinformation campaigns on social media were key in getting Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro into power in 2018. A law professor explains how the Superior Electoral Court took action to prevent him from manipulating the 2022 vote.

_____ (2022-11-17). How Brazil's Electoral Court Took Action Against Bolsonaro's Fake News. popularresistance.org Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has often been described as the "Trump of the tropics," in reference to the former leader of the United States. But this has led to superficial comparisons between the two countries. | It is true that the Bolsonaro family and members of Steve Bannon's ultra-conservative "Movement" have worked together closely, and social media disinformation tactics were imported from the US and became a key factor in Bolsonaro's 2018 electoral victory. | However, Brazil's electoral system is completely different. Many things that are illegal in US elections — especially regarding…

Michael Fox (2022-11-17). How Steve Bannon is influencing Bolsonaro's playbook. therealnews.com Brazil has a new president-elect. | Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won the Brazilian presidency on Oct. 30. He defeated far-right president Jair Bolsonaro by just over 2 million votes. Tens of thousands of Lula supporters descended on Sao Paulo's Paulista Avenue for huge celebrations. Brazil on Fire host Michael Fox was there and he takes us to the streets. | But Bolsonaro supporters were also mobilizing. They shut down highways and called for the military to intervene. | In this second update to Brazil on Fire, we look at Lula's victory, Bolsonaro's disinformation campaign that is keeping Bolso…

Contributing Writers (2022-11-17). The "Fact Check" Scam. Who Checks the "Fact Checkers?"/ By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts. marktaliano.net

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2022-11-17). The "Fact Check" Scam. Who Checks the "Fact Checkers?" globalresearch.ca

En.mehrnews (2022-11-17). Biden contests Zelensky claims on missile that hit Poland. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 17 (MNA) — US President Joe Biden said the comments by his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky that the missile that landed in Poland was not Ukrainian was no evidence, according to reporters accredited with the White House.

Galo Amusquivar (2022-11-17). Santa Cruz intenta separarse de Bolivia. globalizacion.ca El año 2008 desde la ciudad de Santa Cruz, a la cabeza del grupo "La Torre", se organizaron varias campañas de propaganda de la derecha, con apoyo de la Embajada de Estados Unidos en Bolivia. En esas campañas participaron varias…

Dave DeCamp (2022-11-16). Poland, NATO Say Missile That Hit Poland Was Likely Ukrainian. news.antiwar.com Poland's president and the leader of NATO both said on Wednesday that Ukrainian air defenses, not Russia, likely fired the missile that hit Polish territory on Tuesday, killing two people. "We have no evidence at the moment that it was a rocket launched by Russian forces," Polish President Andrzej Duda said. "However, there are many …

Andrew Korybko (2022-11-16). Ukraine's Accidental Bombing Of Poland Exposed The Logical Fallacies Of A Top Pro-Kiev Blogger. thealtworld.com According to this former Italian serviceman who presently serves as a film industry executive in Kiev and Vienna according to his Twitter bio, "Poland called the russian ambassador in & asked for Article IV, and the G7 got together for an emergency meeting. Poland, G7, NATO would not do all this if this was just an errant interceptor missile." Actually, it turns out that they did do all this despite Tuesday evening's incident being caused by an errant Ukrainian interceptor missile as is now known. | Nobody's perfect and even the most well-intended people make mistakes, especially when covering a military conflict…

C.J. Polychroniou (2022-11-16). Chomsky: Options for Diplomacy Decline as Russia's War on Ukraine Escalates. truthout.org Russia's war in Ukraine has gone on for nearly nine months, and it has now escalated to highly lethal levels. Putin is targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure and has repeatedly raised the specter of nuclear weapons. The Ukrainians, on the other hand, continue to believe that they can defeat the Russians on the battlefield and even retake Crimea. Indeed, the war in Ukraine has no endgame in sight. As Noam Chomsky points out in the exclusive interview for Truthout that follows, the escalation of the conflict has pushed diplomatic options even further into the background. | Chomsky is institute professor emeritus…

En.mehrnews (2022-11-16). Poland calls missile attack 'unfortunate accident'. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (MNA) — Poland's President Andrzej Duda says there is no evidence a missile that hit Poland near its border with Ukraine was an "intentional attack."

Alex Bainbridge (2022-11-16). Behind Australia's China reset. greenleft.org.au After years of bellicose anti-China rhetoric from Australian and US elites, the fact that Xi Jinping, Joe Biden and Anthony Albanese did actually meet does seem positive. Alex Bainbridge looks at what it really represents.

Benjamin Norton (2022-11-16). Corruption Exposed: US Meddled in Ecuador's Election, Using Julian Assange as Bargaining Chip. orinocotribune.com By Ben Norton Nov 12, 2022 | A former minister of Ecuador testified that the US government conspired with a right-wing political party to run a disinformation campaign against the leftist Correísta movement, backing a millionaire banker for president in exchange for giving up journalist Julian Assange, who had asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy. | Ecuador's former energy minister testified that the US government conspired with a right-wing political party to run a disinformation campaign against the leftist Correísta movement of ex President Rafael Correa. | He said that US "federal agents" pledged to help "i…

Dave DeCamp (2022-11-16). US, Israel Claim Without Evidence Iran Was Behind a 'Drone Attack' on Tanker Near Oman. news.antiwar.com US and Israeli officials have accused Iran of being behind an attack off the coast of Oman without providing evidence for the claim. Late Tuesday, the Liberian-flagged tanker Pacific Zircon was hit by an explosive-laden drone, causing a hole in the hull but resulting in no injuries to the crew. The tanker is operated by …

En.mehrnews (2022-11-16). Mossad spy arrested in S Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (MNA) — A Mossad spy who was planning a subversive operation was arrested by the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Kerman province, southern Iran.

TeleSUR (2022-11-16). Amazon Reportedly Begins Layoffs. telesurenglish.net The New York Times said earlier this week that Amazon was planning to lay off approximately 10,000 employees in corporate and technology roles, adding that the cuts would be the largest in the company's history. | Photo taken on May 7, 2020 shows a window of a temporarily closed Amazon bookstore in Washington D.C., the United States.

Staff (2022-11-16). Con Filo: Necrópolis digital (+ Video). cubadebate.cu De nuestros adversarios, de la emigración en Miami que vota junto a neonazis y supremacistas blancos, de la nueva ruptura de Sabina con la Revolución cubana y, como de costumbre, de fake news, se habló en el programa Con Filo este martes.

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2022-11-17: News Headlines

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-11-17). The Uyghurs and Anti-China Propaganda. orinocotribune.com By Christopher Black Nov 10, 2022 | On August 26th 2022 as the US-NATO directed counter-offensive against the Donbass Republics and other Ukrainian regions resisting the NATO installed Nazi friendly regime in Kiev began to take place, the NATO states, led by the United States and Britain, escalated their aggression against China. | The Donbass Republics and Russian forces broke the Kiev offensive in Kherson and inflicted heavy losses on the Kiev regime as they did in the past several days in the Kiev attack in the Kharkov region. Western propaganda was awash in claims of a Russian defeat, but they were the…

Brian Mier (2022-11-17). How Brazil's electoral court took action against Bolsonaro's fake news campaigns. multipolarista.com Targeted disinformation campaigns on social media were key in getting Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro into power in 2018. A law professor explains how the Superior Electoral Court took action to prevent him from manipulating the 2022 vote.

Galo Amusquivar (2022-11-17). Santa Cruz intenta separarse de Bolivia. globalizacion.ca El año 2008 desde la ciudad de Santa Cruz, a la cabeza del grupo "La Torre", se organizaron varias campañas de propaganda de la derecha, con apoyo de la Embajada de Estados Unidos en Bolivia. En esas campañas participaron varias…

Dave DeCamp (2022-11-16). Poland, NATO Say Missile That Hit Poland Was Likely Ukrainian. news.antiwar.com Poland's president and the leader of NATO both said on Wednesday that Ukrainian air defenses, not Russia, likely fired the missile that hit Polish territory on Tuesday, killing two people. "We have no evidence at the moment that it was a rocket launched by Russian forces," Polish President Andrzej Duda said. "However, there are many …

Andrew Korybko (2022-11-16). Ukraine's Accidental Bombing Of Poland Exposed The Logical Fallacies Of A Top Pro-Kiev Blogger. thealtworld.com According to this former Italian serviceman who presently serves as a film industry executive in Kiev and Vienna according to his Twitter bio, "Poland called the russian ambassador in & asked for Article IV, and the G7 got together for an emergency meeting. Poland, G7, NATO would not do all this if this was just an errant interceptor missile." Actually, it turns out that they did do all this despite Tuesday evening's incident being caused by an errant Ukrainian interceptor missile as is now known. | Nobody's perfect and even the most well-intended people make mistakes, especially when covering a military conflict…

C.J. Polychroniou (2022-11-16). Chomsky: Options for Diplomacy Decline as Russia's War on Ukraine Escalates. truthout.org Russia's war in Ukraine has gone on for nearly nine months, and it has now escalated to highly lethal levels. Putin is targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure and has repeatedly raised the specter of nuclear weapons. The Ukrainians, on the other hand, continue to believe that they can defeat the Russians on the battlefield and even retake Crimea. Indeed, the war in Ukraine has no endgame in sight. As Noam Chomsky points out in the exclusive interview for Truthout that follows, the escalation of the conflict has pushed diplomatic options even further into the background. | Chomsky is institute professor emeritus…

En.mehrnews (2022-11-16). Poland calls missile attack 'unfortunate accident'. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (MNA) — Poland's President Andrzej Duda says there is no evidence a missile that hit Poland near its border with Ukraine was an "intentional attack."

Alex Bainbridge (2022-11-16). Behind Australia's China reset. greenleft.org.au After years of bellicose anti-China rhetoric from Australian and US elites, the fact that Xi Xingping, Joe Biden and Anthony Albanese did actually meet does seem positive, argues Alex Bainbridge.

Benjamin Norton (2022-11-16). Corruption Exposed: US Meddled in Ecuador's Election, Using Julian Assange as Bargaining Chip. orinocotribune.com By Ben Norton Nov 12, 2022 | A former minister of Ecuador testified that the US government conspired with a right-wing political party to run a disinformation campaign against the leftist Correísta movement, backing a millionaire banker for president in exchange for giving up journalist Julian Assange, who had asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy. | Ecuador's former energy minister testified that the US government conspired with a right-wing political party to run a disinformation campaign against the leftist Correísta movement of ex President Rafael Correa. | He said that US "federal agents" pledged to help "i…

Dave DeCamp (2022-11-16). US, Israel Claim Without Evidence Iran Was Behind a 'Drone Attack' on Tanker Near Oman. news.antiwar.com US and Israeli officials have accused Iran of being behind an attack off the coast of Oman without providing evidence for the claim. Late Tuesday, the Liberian-flagged tanker Pacific Zircon was hit by an explosive-laden drone, causing a hole in the hull but resulting in no injuries to the crew. The tanker is operated by …

En.mehrnews (2022-11-16). Mossad spy arrested in S Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (MNA) — A Mossad spy who was planning a subversive operation was arrested by the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Kerman province, southern Iran.

TeleSUR (2022-11-16). Amazon Reportedly Begins Layoffs. telesurenglish.net The New York Times said earlier this week that Amazon was planning to lay off approximately 10,000 employees in corporate and technology roles, adding that the cuts would be the largest in the company's history. | Photo taken on May 7, 2020 shows a window of a temporarily closed Amazon bookstore in Washington D.C., the United States.

Staff (2022-11-16). Con Filo: Necrópolis digital (+ Video). cubadebate.cu De nuestros adversarios, de la emigración en Miami que vota junto a neonazis y supremacistas blancos, de la nueva ruptura de Sabina con la Revolución cubana y, como de costumbre, de fake news, se habló en el programa Con Filo este martes.

_____ (2022-11-15). UN Envoy Admits Fabricating Claim of Viagra-Fueled Rape as 'Russian Military Strategy'. strategic-culture.org UN envoy admits fabricating claim of Viagra-fueled rape as 'Russian military strategy' | By Alexander RUBINSTEIN | UN Special Representative Pramila Patten has been exposed for fabricating her claim that Russia was supplying its troops with Viagra as a part of its "military strategy" in the Ukraine conflict. The widely publicized lie was recycled from baseless NATO propaganda deployed during its 2011 Libyan regime change war. | In a

_____ (2022-11-15). Umpteen Shades of NATO False Flags. strategic-culture.org Warmongering rhetoric is alive and kicking on the part of the Collective West and surely not dying down with time but quite the opposite. | With a hindsight to the past month or so, one gets to hear that the Russian intelligence can say without fear of contradiction that they have got hold of conclusive evidence that the British military experts coordinated the attacks on Nord Stream 1 and 2. | On a related note the Turkish President Erdogan appears to have been very active these days on this political front. The famous and infamous grain deal has been agreed on at last. Some tend to think it surely is long overd…

Paul Gregoire (2022-11-15). Greens senator Lidia Thorpe pushes Labor over sovereignty and Treaty. greenleft.org.au "In our negotiations with Labor, I've asked for their evidence that the Voice will not cede our sovereignty. To date, no one has responded to this request," Senator Lidia Thorpe told Paul Gregoire.

Dave DeCamp (2022-11-15). US Looking to Send Weapons From Its Own Military Stockpiles to Taiwan. news.antiwar.com The Washington Post reported Sunday that Congress drafted a plan with input from the White House to authorize $1 billion in military aid for Taiwan annually under the presidential drawdown authority, which allows the US to ship weapons directly from Pentagon stockpiles. The US has employed this authority to arm Ukraine, and the bulk of …

Anonymous103 (2022-11-15). The Lies That All Pro-U.S.-Government Media Spread. southfront.org | Written by First here, are a group of lies that all are false, all for the very same reason — that they all blatantly contradict the actual (as is to be documented here) history (just click onto each given lying phrase below, to see instances in which the given false phrase has been reported as being instead true — and, then, I shall here do…

Contributing Writers (2022-11-15). Debunking Western Media's Latest Mariupol Mass Grave Hoax, By Actually Going to the Cemeteries in Question/ By Eva Bartlett. marktaliano.net Eva K Bartlett @EvaKareneBartlett 1,770 followers In recent days Western media have resurrected the "mass graves" near Mariupol claims, and since—unlike any of the people behind those claims, I'm actually in the Donetsk People's Republic and actually went to the sites in question—I made this video to debunk the propaganda. RELATED LINKS: -Western Claims of …

Editor (2022-11-15). Voters Didn't Buy the 'Crime Panic' Narrative. Democrats Should Take Note. scheerpost.com Americans around the country were unmoved by tough-on-crime rhetoric, and instead voted in a string of reform-minded candidates. The results show that it's time for Democrats to rethink their approach on public safety.

_____ (2022-11-15). On Iran — Fakenews From Newsweek. popularresistance.org How fake news is made. "The Iranian parliament has voted overwhelmingly to execute 15,000 protesters – and all because they dared to protest for the rights and freedoms of women not to wear a headscarf." The above was retweeted more than 3,300 times. It is fake news. But you only learn that when you go back to the sources. | The Newsweek report linked in the tweet, though full of lies, does not say that the Iranian parliament "voted overwhelmingly to execute 15,000 protesters". | But it comes near to that: | After numerous calls for harsh punishments in recent days, the Iranian parliament on Tuesday voted overwhe…

WSWS (2022-11-15). New York Times warns right-wing political violence from within the US military and police "put the nation at risk" wsws.org Days after leading Times columnists David Brooks and Thomas Friedman published columns promoting the midterm election results as a "return to normalcy," the Times editorial board warned that the proliferation of "extremists" in American police departments and the US military, "put the nation at risk."

Staff (2022-11-15). Amazon prevé el recorte de personal más grande en la historia de la empresa. cubadebate.cu Amazon tiene previsto despedir a unos 10.000 empleados a partir de esta semana, informa The New York Times citando a fuentes familiarizadas con la situación. Sería el recorte de personal más grande en la historia de la empresa.Según las fuentes anónimas, los despidos afectarán a los trabajadores de los dispositivos electrónicos de Amazon.

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2022-11-16: News Headlines

Alex Bainbridge (2022-11-16). Behind Australia's China reset. greenleft.org.au After years of bellicose anti-China rhetoric from Australian and US elites, the fact that Xi Xingping, Joe Biden and Anthony Albanese did actually meet does seem positive, argues Alex Bainbridge.

Benjamin Norton (2022-11-16). Corruption Exposed: US Meddled in Ecuador's Election, Using Julian Assange as Bargaining Chip. orinocotribune.com By Ben Norton Nov 12, 2022 | A former minister of Ecuador testified that the US government conspired with a right-wing political party to run a disinformation campaign against the leftist Correísta movement, backing a millionaire banker for president in exchange for giving up journalist Julian Assange, who had asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy. | Ecuador's former energy minister testified that the US government conspired with a right-wing political party to run a disinformation campaign against the leftist Correísta movement of ex President Rafael Correa. | He said that US "federal agents" pledged to help "i…

En.mehrnews (2022-11-16). Poland calls missile attack 'unfortunate accident'. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (MNA) — Poland's President Andrzej Duda says there is no evidence a missile that hit Poland near its border with Ukraine was an "intentional attack."

Andrew Korybko (2022-11-16). Ukraine's Accidental Bombing Of Poland Exposed The Logical Fallacies Of A Top Pro-Kiev Blogger. thealtworld.com According to this former Italian serviceman who presently serves as a film industry executive in Kiev and Vienna according to his Twitter bio, "Poland called the russian ambassador in & asked for Article IV, and the G7 got together for an emergency meeting. Poland, G7, NATO would not do all this if this was just an errant interceptor missile." Actually, it turns out that they did do all this despite Tuesday evening's incident being caused by an errant Ukrainian interceptor missile as is now known. | Nobody's perfect and even the most well-intended people make mistakes, especially when covering a military conflict…

En.mehrnews (2022-11-16). Mossad spy arrested in S Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (MNA) — A Mossad spy who was planning a subversive operation was arrested by the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Kerman province, southern Iran.

Staff (2022-11-16). Con Filo: Necrópolis digital (+ Video). cubadebate.cu De nuestros adversarios, de la emigración en Miami que vota junto a neonazis y supremacistas blancos, de la nueva ruptura de Sabina con la Revolución cubana y, como de costumbre, de fake news, se habló en el programa Con Filo este martes.

Anonymous103 (2022-11-15). The Lies That All Pro-U.S.-Government Media Spread. southfront.org | Written by First here, are a group of lies that all are false, all for the very same reason — that they all blatantly contradict the actual (as is to be documented here) history (just click onto each given lying phrase below, to see instances in which the given false phrase has been reported as being instead true — and, then, I shall here do…

_____ (2022-11-15). Umpteen Shades of NATO False Flags. strategic-culture.org Warmongering rhetoric is alive and kicking on the part of the Collective West and surely not dying down with time but quite the opposite. | With a hindsight to the past month or so, one gets to hear that the Russian intelligence can say without fear of contradiction that they have got hold of conclusive evidence that the British military experts coordinated the attacks on Nord Stream 1 and 2. | On a related note the Turkish President Erdogan appears to have been very active these days on this political front. The famous and infamous grain deal has been agreed on at last. Some tend to think it surely is long overd…

Editor (2022-11-15). Voters Didn't Buy the 'Crime Panic' Narrative. Democrats Should Take Note. scheerpost.com Americans around the country were unmoved by tough-on-crime rhetoric, and instead voted in a string of reform-minded candidates. The results show that it's time for Democrats to rethink their approach on public safety.

_____ (2022-11-15). On Iran — Fakenews From Newsweek. popularresistance.org How fake news is made. "The Iranian parliament has voted overwhelmingly to execute 15,000 protesters – and all because they dared to protest for the rights and freedoms of women not to wear a headscarf." The above was retweeted more than 3,300 times. It is fake news. But you only learn that when you go back to the sources. | The Newsweek report linked in the tweet, though full of lies, does not say that the Iranian parliament "voted overwhelmingly to execute 15,000 protesters". | But it comes near to that: | After numerous calls for harsh punishments in recent days, the Iranian parliament on Tuesday voted overwhe…

Paul Gregoire (2022-11-15). Greens senator Lidia Thorpe pushes Labor over sovereignty and Treaty. greenleft.org.au "In our negotiations with Labor, I've asked for their evidence that the Voice will not cede our sovereignty. To date, no one has responded to this request," Senator Lidia Thorpe told Paul Gregoire.

WSWS (2022-11-15). New York Times warns right-wing political violence from within the US military and police "put the nation at risk" wsws.org Days after leading Times columnists David Brooks and Thomas Friedman published columns promoting the midterm election results as a "return to normalcy," the Times editorial board warned that the proliferation of "extremists" in American police departments and the US military, "put the nation at risk."

Dave DeCamp (2022-11-15). US Looking to Send Weapons From Its Own Military Stockpiles to Taiwan. news.antiwar.com The Washington Post reported Sunday that Congress drafted a plan with input from the White House to authorize $1 billion in military aid for Taiwan annually under the presidential drawdown authority, which allows the US to ship weapons directly from Pentagon stockpiles. The US has employed this authority to arm Ukraine, and the bulk of …

Staff (2022-11-15). Amazon prevé el recorte de personal más grande en la historia de la empresa. cubadebate.cu Amazon tiene previsto despedir a unos 10.000 empleados a partir de esta semana, informa The New York Times citando a fuentes familiarizadas con la situación. Sería el recorte de personal más grande en la historia de la empresa.Según las fuentes anónimas, los despidos afectarán a los trabajadores de los dispositivos electrónicos de Amazon.

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-11-14). UN envoy admits fabricating claim of Viagra-fueled rape as 'Russian military strategy'. thegrayzone.com UN Special Representative Pramila Patten has been exposed for fabricating her claim that Russia was supplying its troops with Viagra as a part of its "military strategy" in the Ukraine conflict. The widely publicized lie was recycled from baseless NATO propaganda deployed during its 2011 Libyan regime change war. In a November 10 call with Russian pranksters Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov, better known by their aliases Vovan and Lexus, UN Envoy on Sexual Violence Pramila Patten admitted that there …

Chase Strangio (2022-11-14). Some of the Most Rabidly Anti-Trans Politicians Won Reelection in the Midterms. truthout.org In the days that have followed the 2022 midterm elections, much of the coverage has focused on the balance of power in Congress, which, days after the election, was still up in the air. And though, for Democrats, the failed "red wave" has been largely celebrated as a success story, there is much to be concerned about in the wake of the 2022 elections: Some of the most rabidly anti-trans politicians won reelection, paving the way for another year of anti-trans bills in state legislatures and a national landscape of anti-trans rhetoric in the lead-up to the 2024 presidential election. In other words, this election…

_____ (2022-11-14). Surovikin's Difficult Choice. strategic-culture.org Russia Abandons Kherson | By Big SERGE | In January, 1944, the newly reconstituted German Sixth Army found itself in an operationally cataclysmic situation in the southern bend of the Dnieper River, in the area of Krivoi Rog and Nikopol. The Germans occupied a dangerous salient, jutting out precariously into the Red Army's lines. Vulnerable on two awkward flanks, and facing an enemy with superiority in manpower and firepower, any general worth his salt would have sought to withdraw as soon as possible. In this case, however, Hitler insisted that the Wehrmacht hold the salient, because the region was Germany's las…

Editor (2022-11-14). Canadian journalist added to Ukrainian hitlist. mronline.org It's no secret that Ukraine's so-called "Center to Control Disinformation" operates a database which publicizes the private information of thousands of journalists worldwide.

Ken Klippenstein (2022-11-14). Truth Cops: Leaked Documents Outline DHS's Plans to Police Disinformation. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2022-11-14). US Media Searched For Crisis At China Party Congress. popularresistance.org For the Western press, the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party offered a number of signals which—if read in good faith—could have been perceived as reassuring. | Instead, establishment outlets reverted to familiar narratives regarding China's Covid mitigation strategy and tied these into renewed predictions of a long-prophesied economic disaster—one that would inevitably befall China as a result of its government's decision to forsake the orthodoxy of open markets. | More than anything else, corporate media fixated on Hu Jintao's departure from the congress hall, engaging in ta…

SP Editor (2022-11-14). The Midterms Are Proof the Dems Need to Fire Their Corporate-Conflicted Political Consultants. scheerpost.com By Ralph Nader The mid-term congressional elections are over, but the counting in some very close races continues, which extends the time for determining the margins of control over the Senate and the House. What is known is that the Red Wave predicted by pollsters and trumpeted by the New York Times and other media …

Paul Craig Roberts (2022-11-14). The Evidence Is In — Another Stolen Election. thealtworld.com Americans, not all of them but most, are too proud of their country and too protective of its reputation as "the world's best democracy" to admit it, but they have just experienced another stolen election. All the telltale signs are there—just as they are for the 2020 presidential election that was stolen from President Trump. Ballot count delays while Democrats round up sufficient fraudulent ballots to offset the Republican's victory. Sudden upward spikes of 100,000 votes in one moment of time to push a Democrat candidate on a losing path ahead of the Republican. It is not possible for that number of ballo…

Paul Craig Roberts (2022-11-14). The "Trump Insurrection" — a Fantasy that Did Not Happen. thealtworld.com On October 11, FBI Special Agent Justin Eller testified at the seditious conspiracy trial of four Oath Keepers in federal court. An attorney for the defense asked Eller if in the Oath Keepers' communications that he reviewed there was any indication that the Oath Keepers intended to storm the Capitol or stop the certification of the stolen presidential election. He answered "no" to both questions. | In other words, the FBI and the federal prosecutor had no evidence in support of the charges against the Oath Keepers who were on trial. | Today this is commonplace in America. | Before we go further, let us establish…

____ (2022-11-14). American-Born Canadian Professor Attacked by Mainstream Media for Opposing NATO Narrative on Ukraine. transcend.org 6 Nov 2022 – A highly regarded Russia specialist in Canada, Prof. Michael Carley at the Univ. of Montreal, has refused to support the NATO narrative on the Ukraine conflict and has since been subjected to a vicious smear campaign. The "Carley Affair" can act as a warning of what to expect as the U.S. harbors more Ukrainian refugees.

Chris Walker (2022-11-14). Former Chief of Staff: Trump Wanted to Use IRS to Get Back at Political Enemies. truthout.org A chief of staff to former President Donald Trump revealed to The New York Times this week that Trump frequently insinuated that his perceived political adversaries should be subject to IRS tax audits. | John Kelly, who served as White House chief of staff from mid-2017 to the end of 2018, said that Trump repeatedly told him of his desire to have individuals he believed were against him audited, Among those who Trump said "we ought to investigate" and "get the IRS on" were former FBI director…

Editor (2022-11-14). Emirates Has Spent $154 Million on Lobbying in US Since 2016, Illegally Influenced US Politics. scheerpost.com By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The intrepid John Hudson at the Washington Post reports that the US National Intelligence Council has produced a secret report detailing the ways in which the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has intervened in US politics, sometimes in ways that appear to be illegal and to shade over …

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