Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-11-30). The Islamic State (ISIS), the Pentagon's "Caliphate Project" and the "Global War on Terrorism" globalresearch.ca The Al Qaeda legend and the threat of the "Outside Enemy" is sustained through extensive media propaganda. In…

Ben Norton (2023-11-29). West Votes Against Democracy, Human Rights, Cultural Diversity at UN; Promotes Mercenaries, Sanctions. orinocotribune.com By Ben Norton — Nov 26, 2023 | The West voted against the rest of the world on United Nations General Assembly resolutions, opposing democracy, human rights, and cultural diversity, while supporting mercenaries and unilateral coercive measures (sanctions). | Western governments frequently claim that their foreign and domestic policies are motivated by "human rights" and "democracy". They often even lecture their adversaries for purportedly failing to respect these concerns. | But on the international stage, Western capitals have shown their commitments to be merely rhetorical, as they have consistently voted…

Nashwa Bawab, In These Times. (2023-11-29). The Right's Persecution Of Palestine Supporters Looks Like A New Red Scare. popularresistance.org I attended the Janazah and burial of Wadea Al-Fayoume on October 16. In the first weeks of Israel's assault on Gaza, the six-year old Palestinian American boy, from a suburb of Chicago, was stabbed 26 times by his family's landlord in a hate crime. | The United States is currently awash in rhetoric justifying Muslim and Arab deaths. Joseph Czuba, 71, the landlord charged with killing Wadea and gravely injuring his mother, was on the receiving end of that rhetoric. | Czuba was reportedly an avid listener of conservative talk radio. According to Czuba's wife, he'd grown irate over supposed plans for a ‚Ä…

Editor (2023-11-29). John Kiriakou: Reflections on the Deep State's Media Watchdog Tool. scheerpost.com By John Kiriakou / Original to ScheerPost In early November, the leadership and board of Consortium News, the independent news site, filed a major lawsuit against the federal government and NewsGuard Technologies, Inc. NewsGuard at first glance looks like a media watchdog organization, a group that seeks to keep misinformation and disinformation out of the …

Robert Inlakesh (2023-11-29). Hamas Uses Human Shields? The Evidence. mintpressnews.com For years, we have heard in Western corporate media that Hamas uses civilians as human shields. So, what does the evidence show, and does Israel use Palestinian civilians as human shields?

Judith Saladin, Lukas Tobler (2023-11-30). Asylum policy: how to create a permanent crisis. indybay.org The principle of repression instead of adapting the asylum system to changing circumstances had long been established by this time. The discourse is being whipped up from the right. In its dispatch, the (German) Federal Council justifies its repressive package of measures with the dissatisfied mood among the population towards "delinquent asylum seekers."

Judith Saladin, Lukas Tobler (2023-11-29). Asylum policy: how to create a permanent crisis. indybay.org The principle of repression instead of adapting the asylum system to changing circumstances had long been established by this time. The discourse is being whipped up from the right. In its dispatch, the (German) Federal Council justifies its repressive package of measures with the dissatisfied mood among the population towards "delinquent asylum seekers."

Rhoda Wilson (2023-11-29). Two Australian researchers conclude "far-right" humour is a danger to democracy. expose-news.com Two Australian political researchers published a paper in Television & New Media to examine "the use of online humour and ridicule to promote and normalise far-right exclusionary discourses." Their examination is limited …

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2023-11-29). How Pfizer and Moderna Control Vaccine Discourse. globalresearch.ca

Vijay Prashad (2023-11-29). A New Mood in the World Will Put an End to the Global Monroe Doctrine. dissidentvoice.org Tagreed Darghouth (Lebanon), from the series The Tree Within, a Palestinian Olive Tree, 2018. Every day since 7 October has felt like an International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, with hundreds of thousands gathering in Istanbul, a million in Jakarta, and then yet another million across Africa and Latin America to demand an end to the brutal attack being carried out by …

Larry Johnson (2023-11-30). From Israeli Defense Force to Israeli Occupation force — Conduct Unbecoming. sonar21.com The two boys pictured above were murdered by Israeli Occupation Forces. I will no longer refer to the Israeli troops as IDF (Israeli Defense Forces). Israeli troops are not behaving like a disciplined army when they systematically are mistreating and shooting unarmed civilians. I recognize there are times in war when a soldier can make a mistake and, in the heat of battle, inadvertently kill a civilian. That is not what is going on here. I am posting this video evidence as circumstantial proof that these are not isolated incidents. It is a reprehensible policy and presents visual evidence of criminal beh…

Pressenza IPA (2023-11-30). New Report Highlights Severe Spikes in Arrests and Prosecutions of LGBT and Gender-diverse People in 2023. pressenza.com Geneva, 30 November 2023 — Arrests and prosecutions for consensual same-sex sexual acts, and on the grounds of diverse gender expressions, continued to take place across the world in 2023 and in previous years, a report by ILGA World revealed today. | Despite limited official data available, ILGA World has documented evidence of enforcement in at least 32 United Nations Member States in the first six months of 2023 alone. For the second edition of its

WSWS (2023-11-30). Israeli military kills two children in West Bank raid on last day of Gaza truce. wsws.org The continuation of daily raids on the West Bank during the six-day truce in the bombardment of Gaza underscores the commitment of the Israeli regime to a policy of genocide against the Palestinian people, for which it enjoys the support of the imperialist powers in North America and Europe.

WSWS (2023-11-30). Democratic Majority Leader Schumer libels anti-genocide student protesters as "aiders and abettors" of antisemitism. wsws.org Schumer's speech, which was warmly received by Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and the mainstream press, is an incitement to more intense repression of pro-Palestinian student groups and anti-genocide protesters.

Dean Baker (2023-11-30). Prescription Drugs, Free Trade and the Washington Post. counterpunch.org Like many self-imagined "free-traders," the Washington Post editorial board cannot even conceive of free trade when it comes to prescription drugs. They demonstrated this fact yet again in discussing ways to deal with the high price of effective weight-loss drugs like Wegovy. These drugs carry price tags of more than $1,000 a month, making them

geo.tv (2023-11-29). Washington Post axes X ads amid Elon Musk's antisemitism row. geo.tv The decision comes after Musk shared a meme endorsing the debunked "Pizzagate" conspiracy theory…

Editor (2023-11-28). Nov 28, 2023. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ Lou Rawls — You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine Gaza and the Anti-Semitism Hoax, by Ron Unz The Greatest Evil is War, by Chris Hedges (Video) The Unspoken Elephant in the Room of Netanyahu's Intent in Gaza, by Alastair Crooke Inside AIPAC's Strategy to Back Israel's Cheerleaders and Punish the Squad, by Naomi LaChance Hamas Before and After Oct. 7, by As'ad AbuKhalil Genocidal Zionists Reveal Their True, Hideous Faces, by Kevin Barrett More lies, unprecedented destruction… by Mazin Qumsiyeh The masterful propaganda of 'deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust,' by Tom Suarez Wh…

Robert Inlakesh (2023-11-28). "Hamas Bases In Hospitals": Exposing Israel's Propaganda. thelastamericanvagabond.com Since the beginning of its war on Gaza, Israel's propaganda has been outrageous, but it has since crossed a threshold into the genre of dark comedy. The most recent episode of Israel's "evidence"-saga has focused on the claim that Hamas uses Palestinian hospitals as bases, a narrative the US government has faithfully backed up. On

Ben Norton (2023-11-29). West Votes Against Democracy, Human Rights, Cultural Diversity at UN; Promotes Mercenaries, Sanctions. orinocotribune.com By Ben Norton — Nov 26, 2023 | The West voted against the rest of the world on United Nations General Assembly resolutions, opposing democracy, human rights, and cultural diversity, while supporting mercenaries and unilateral coercive measures (sanctions). | Western governments frequently claim that their foreign and domestic policies are motivated by "human rights" and "democracy". They often even lecture their adversaries for purportedly failing to respect these concerns. | But on the international stage, Western capitals have shown their commitments to be merely rhetorical, as they have consistently voted…

Nashwa Bawab, In These Times. (2023-11-29). The Right's Persecution Of Palestine Supporters Looks Like A New Red Scare. popularresistance.org I attended the Janazah and burial of Wadea Al-Fayoume on October 16. In the first weeks of Israel's assault on Gaza, the six-year old Palestinian American boy, from a suburb of Chicago, was stabbed 26 times by his family's landlord in a hate crime. | The United States is currently awash in rhetoric justifying Muslim and Arab deaths. Joseph Czuba, 71, the landlord charged with killing Wadea and gravely injuring his mother, was on the receiving end of that rhetoric. | Czuba was reportedly an avid listener of conservative talk radio. According to Czuba's wife, he'd grown irate over supposed plans for a ‚Ä…

Editor (2023-11-29). John Kiriakou: Reflections on the Deep State's Media Watchdog Tool. scheerpost.com By John Kiriakou / Original to ScheerPost In early November, the leadership and board of Consortium News, the independent news site, filed a major lawsuit against the federal government and NewsGuard Technologies, Inc. NewsGuard at first glance looks like a media watchdog organization, a group that seeks to keep misinformation and disinformation out of the …

Judith Saladin, Lukas Tobler (2023-11-28). Asylum policy: how to create a permanent crisis. indybay.org The principle of repression instead of adapting the asylum system to changing circumstances had long been established by this time. The discourse is being whipped up from the right. In its dispatch, the (German) Federal Council justifies its repressive package of measures with the dissatisfied mood among the population towards "delinquent asylum seekers."

Pressenza New York (2023-11-28). Europe worries about the rise of "populism", but real specter haunting EU is "maidanization" pressenza.com In the Netherlands, the PVV (Freedom Party), led by controversial politician Geert Wilders, often described as "far-right" and "populist", won about 37 of the 150 seats in the Dutch parliament. While talks have started to form the new government, Wilders and his party are now in a leading position. Predictably, much is being written now about the rise of "populism" in Europe, while Western discourses try to link it to far-right Nazi-Fascism. | Whether one likes the "populist" wave or not, this being an umbrella term for a variety of movements, it would be simply inaccurate to equate all such groups with Fascism i…

Vijay Prashad (2023-11-29). A New Mood in the World Will Put an End to the Global Monroe Doctrine. dissidentvoice.org Tagreed Darghouth (Lebanon), from the series The Tree Within, a Palestinian Olive Tree, 2018. Every day since 7 October has felt like an International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, with hundreds of thousands gathering in Istanbul, a million in Jakarta, and then yet another million across Africa and Latin America to demand an end to the brutal attack being carried out by …

presstv.ir (2023-11-28). Biden ditched staff advice to dismiss fake news on 'Hamas beheading babies'. presstv.ir The US president dismissed the recommendation that he cut a line about Hamas beheading babies "because those reports were unverified."

geo.tv (2023-11-28). India arrests Kashmiri students for raising pro-Pakistan slogans, celebrating World Cup defeat. geo.tv IIOJK police charge seven university students with draconian anti-terror laws…

Staff (2023-11-28). Softer provision of UAPA invoked against arrested students: J-K Police. muslimmirror.com Srinagar : After it faced flak from a section of politicians, the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday defended booking under UAPA seven university students who had raised objectionable slogans after the Indian cricket team's in the World Cup final, saying it had invoked a "softer provision" of the anti-terror law. Several politicians, including the …

Ann Brown (2023-11-28). Fact Check: A Record 40% Of All US Homes Currently Don't Have Mortgages. moguldom.com More American households are owning their homes free and clear with the burden of paying a mortgage out of the picture, according to a new data analysis from Zillow. The data reveals that 37 percent of homes in 2017 no longer had mortgages to pay. Zillow isn't the only one supporting this claim. Data from …

jamanetwork (2023-11-28). Review of Obesity Management in Adults. jamanetwork.com This Review summarizes current evidence regarding the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of obesity.

Staff (2023-11-28). Jeremy Scahill: Israel's "Lethal Lie" About Al-Shifa Hospital as Hamas Base Was Co-Signed by Biden. democracynow.org The Intercept's Jeremy Scahill deconstructs Israel's narrative around Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital, including unsubstantiated allegations Hamas uses tunnels under the hospital as its command center — tunnels that Israel itself built. "We were told that this was like a Hamas Pentagon," says Scahill, who describes how the Israeli military's own evidence disproves its allegations that the hospital was dangerous enough to justify its siege and bombardment. The World Health Organization says Al-Shifa, Gaza's largest hospital, "is no longer functioning." The Israeli d…

Staff (2023-11-28). Essequibo Dispute: Evidence Surfaces of ExxonMobil Payments to Guyana. orinocotribune.com

WSWS (2023-11-28). Censorship campaign against Roger Waters intensifies on his Latin American tour. wsws.org After the censorship campaign against Roger Waters in the US and Europe, the acclaimed singer has been targeted on the Latin American leg of his "This is Not a Drill" tour amid Israel's genocide in Gaza.

The Independent (2023-11-28). Hajji Kiyimba, son charged for inciting violence at UMSC. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Law Development Centre Court in Kampala has charged businessman Abdul Kiyimba and his son Hamuza Kiyimba with incitement to violence. He has been granted bail. On Monday, the two appeared before the Grade One Magistrate Martins Kirya and denied the charges. There was heavy security deployment at the …

WSWS (2023-11-28). Tens of thousands protest in Ottawa against Israel's genocidal assault on Gaza. wsws.org The protest was a repudiation of the political and media establishment's campaign to smear, intimidate and witch-hunt those opposing the genocide in Gaza.

Max Jones (2023-11-28). The New York Times Reports Gaza Civilians 'Are Being Killed at Historic Pace'. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-11-28). Nov 28, 2023. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ Lou Rawls — You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine Gaza and the Anti-Semitism Hoax, by Ron Unz The Greatest Evil is War, by Chris Hedges (Video) The Unspoken Elephant in the Room of Netanyahu's Intent in Gaza, by Alastair Crooke Inside AIPAC's Strategy to Back Israel's Cheerleaders and Punish the Squad, by Naomi LaChance Hamas Before and After Oct. 7, by As'ad AbuKhalil Genocidal Zionists Reveal Their True, Hideous Faces, by Kevin Barrett More lies, unprecedented destruction… by Mazin Qumsiyeh The masterful propaganda of 'deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust,' by Tom Suarez Wh…

Jeremy Scahill (2023-11-27). Al-Shifa Hosptial, Hamas's Tunnels, And Israeli Propaganda. indybay.org Al-Shifa's Tunnels Were Built by Israel…

Prof. Claudia von Werlhof (2023-11-27). Global WAR-NING! Geoengineering Is Wrecking Our Planet and Humanity. globalresearch.ca World leaders are meeting in Glasgow at COP-26. All eyes are now on "the imminent dangers of CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions". The "climate emergency" is a timely instrument of propaganda used to distract people from questioning "the real crisis", namely the Covid-19 "plandemic".

teleSUR, JCM (2023-11-27). Niña irlandesa liberada por Hamas había sido dada por muerta por Israel. telesurtv.net Israel inicialmente afirmó que encontraron el cadáver de Emily Hand, pero 30 días después dijeron que estaba viva. Hoy regresó con su familia.

WSWS (2023-11-27). Berlin: Humboldt University Student Parliament rejects Social Democratic motion in favour of solidarity with Israel. wsws.org Last week, the Student Parliament (StuPa) of Humboldt University (HU) rejected by a large majority a motion aimed at defending Israel's genocide in the Gaza Strip and suppressing criticism of it. Many visitors attended the public meeting and rejected the war propaganda in harsh terms.

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-11-27). West Votes Against Democracy, Human Rights, Cultural Diversity At UN. popularresistance.org Western governments frequently claim that their foreign and domestic policies are motivated by "human rights" and "democracy". They often even lecture their adversaries for purportedly failing to respect these concerns. | But on the international stage, Western capitals have shown their commitments to be merely rhetorical, as they have consistently voted against these noble causes and refused to support measures that would tangibly protect them, in flagrant violation of the will of the vast majority of the international community. | These stark double standards were on display on November 7 in the meeting of the…

John Whitbeck (2023-11-27). Two Solutions for the "Question of Palestine" counterpunch.org In these terrible times in the wake of October 7, there is one perception as to which the Israeli government and virtually all other governments now publicly profess to agree, sincerely and passionately in the Israeli case and at least rhetorically in the case of the Global West: The "Question of Palestine" can no longer

Amanda Yee (2023-11-27). Release every Palestinian prisoner held hostage by Israel now! liberationnews.org Since Oct. 7, Israel and its corporate news mouthpieces have whipped up a media frenzy over the 240 people detained by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, framing the situation as a "hostage crisis." But what corporate media doesn't acknowledge is that there was already a hostage crisis underway, well before the Palestinian Resistance counter-offensive began. In fact, Israel has been detaining thousands of Palestinian political prisoners — many of them children — in Zionist jails for decades.

Judith Saladin, Lukas Tobler (2023-11-28). Asylum policy: how to create a permanent crisis. indybay.org The principle of repression instead of adapting the asylum system to changing circumstances had long been established by this time. The discourse is being whipped up from the right. In its dispatch, the (German) Federal Council justifies its repressive package of measures with the dissatisfied mood among the population towards "delinquent asylum seekers."

David Rovics (2023-11-27). Dublin Riots: the Social Engineering of Xenophobia in Ireland. counterpunch.org In these days of a genocidal bombing campaign in Gaza and a widespread blackout in both the mainstream media in the west, and on social media, the choice between a news blackout on Facebook and a polarized, all-or-nothing "discourse" on X, trying to make sense of anything happening in the world that you're not directly

Judith Saladin, Lukas Tobler (2023-11-27). Asylum policy: how to create a permanent crisis. indybay.org The principle of repression instead of adapting the asylum system to changing circumstances had long been established by this time. The discourse is being whipped up from the right. In its dispatch, the (German) Federal Council justifies its repressive package of measures with the dissatisfied mood among the population towards "delinquent asylum seekers."

Editor (2023-11-27). A New Mood in the World Will Put an End to the Global Monroe Doctrine. scheerpost.com By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research Every day since 7 October has felt like an International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, with hundreds of thousands gathering in Istanbul, a million in Jakarta, and then yet another million across Africa and Latin America to demand an end to the brutal attack being carried out by Israel (with the collusion …

Josh White (2023-11-27). The Cameron Doctrine Revisited. counterpunch.org What Cameron really brings to the role is reassurance that the status quo is secure. He is a safe pair of hands for certain sections of the political and media establishment. But we can better understand Cameron's foreign policy via a series of snapshots.

Vijay Prashad (2023-11-27). A new mood in the world will put an end to the Global Monroe Doctrine: The Forty-Seventh Newsletter (2023). mronline.org No war in recent years—not even the 'shock and awe' campaign used by the United States against Iraq in 2003—has been as ruthless in its use of force.

presstv.ir (2023-11-27). Biden ditched staff advice to dismiss fake news on 'Hamas beheading babies'. presstv.ir The US president dismissed the recommendation that he cut a line about Hamas beheading babies "because those reports were unverified."

presstv.ir (2023-11-28). Biden ditched staff advice to dismiss fake news on 'Hamas beheading babies'. presstv.ir The US president dismissed the recommendation that he cut a line about Hamas beheading babies "because those reports were unverified."

Staff (2023-11-27). 7 Kashmiri students held under UAPA for 'celebrating' India's WC's loss. muslimmirror.com Srinagar : Seven students of an agricultural university have been arrested here under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for allegedly raising objectionable slogans and celebrating the Indian cricket team's loss in the World Cup final, officials said on Monday. The arrested youths are studying at the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) …

WSWS (2023-11-27). Vast scale of Gaza genocide comes into view. wsws.org Three days into the first letup in Israel's two-month-long bombardment of Gaza, film crews have begun to document the evidence left behind by the deliberate mass murder of Gaza's civilian population in what is the world's largest crime scene.

WSWS (2023-11-28). Censorship campaign against Roger Waters intensifies on his Latin American tour. wsws.org After the censorship campaign against Roger Waters in the US and Europe, the acclaimed singer has been targeted on the Latin American leg of his "This is Not a Drill" tour amid Israel's genocide in Gaza.

WSWS (2023-11-27). Australian protesters speak out: Gaza genocide "is about protecting US imperialist interests in the Middle East" wsws.org "It is limiting to look at it as a mere Israel/Gaza conflict because really, it is all about protecting American interests in the area, as Joe Biden said himself."

WSWS (2023-11-28). Tens of thousands protest in Ottawa against Israel's genocidal assault on Gaza. wsws.org The protest was a repudiation of the political and media establishment's campaign to smear, intimidate and witch-hunt those opposing the genocide in Gaza.

Dave DeCamp (2023-11-27). Israel Is Using US-Provided Weapons to Kill Palestinian Civilians at a Historic Pace. news.antiwar.com The New York Times reported Saturday that Israel is killing Palestinian civilians in Gaza at a historic pace. The huge civilian death toll in Gaza is explained by the scale of the bombing campaign and Israel's willingness to drop US-provided 2,000-pound bombs on densely populated areas that are packed with civilians. Marc Garlasco, a former …

Editor (2023-11-27). The New York Times Reports Gaza Civilians 'Are Being Killed at Historic Pace'. scheerpost.com By Max Jones / ScheerPost Staff Writer The New York Times reported on Saturday that "experts say that even a conservative reading of the casualty figures reported from Gaza shows that the pace of death during Israel's campaign has few precedents in this century." ScheerPost publisher Robert Scheer commented on the importance of the piece, …

Jake Johnson (2023-11-27). Biden Reportedly Plans to Skip COP28 Climate Summit Kicking Off This Week. truthout.org President Joe Biden is reportedly planning to skip the United Nations climate summit that kicks off later this week in Dubai, a decision sure to anger climate advocates and scientists who have pushed him to back a speedy fossil fuel phaseout at the talks. The New York Times was first to report the president's plans on Sunday, citing an unnamed White House official who did not provide a… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-11-27). Elon Musk's Backing of Antisemitic Content May Cost "X" Up to $75M in Ad Revenue. truthout.org Elon Musk, the owner of X (formerly known as Twitter) may have cost the company tens of millions of dollars in lost advertising revenue due to his recent comments endorsing an antisemitic and racist conspiracy theory, internal documents show. According to The New York Times, these documents find that the social media platform could lose as much as $75 million from advertising by the end of this… |

Dean Baker (2023-11-27). When It Comes to Prescription Drugs, the Washington Post Can't Even Conceive of Free Trade. cepr.net Like many self-imagined "free-traders," the Washington Post editorial board cannot even conceive of free trade when it comes to prescription drugs. They demonstrated this fact yet again in discussing ways to deal with the high price of effective weight-loss drugs like Wegovy. These drugs carry price tags of more than $1,000 a month, making them …

Dean Baker (2023-11-27). Social Security and Medicare: Fun with Numbers Time. counterpunch.org As a Thanksgiving present to readers, Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell decided to tell us again how old-timers are robbing from our children with their generous Social Security and Medicare benefits. This is always a popular theme at the WaPo, especially around the holiday season. The story is infuriating for four reasons: + Even by

Jeremy Scahill (2023-11-26). Al-Shifa Hosptial, Hamas's Tunnels, And Israeli Propaganda. indybay.org Al-Shifa's Tunnels Were Built by Israel…

Jeremy Scahill (2023-11-25). Al-Shifa Hosptial, Hamas's Tunnels, And Israeli Propaganda. indybay.org Al-Shifa's Tunnels Were Built by Israel…

Max Blumenthal (2023-11-25). Israeli October 7 posterchild was killed by Israeli tank, eyewitnesses reveal. thegrayzone.com Eyewitnesses to the October 7 hostage standoff in Kibbutz Be'eri have exposed Israel for misleading the world about the killings of 12-year-old Liel Hetzroni, her family and her neighbors. Update: A video transcript of Yasmin Porat's testimony translated by David Sheen for Electronic Intifada follows this article. In a desperate bid for international sympathy, the Israeli government has sought to stir outrage over the killing of a 12-year-old girl during the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on October 7. "This …

teleSUR, JCM (2023-11-26). Niña irlandesa liberada por Hamas había sido dada por muerta por Israel. telesurtv.net Israel inicialmente afirmó que encontraron el cadáver de Emily Hand, pero 30 días después dijeron que estaba viva. Hoy regresó con su familia.

Dr. William Makis (2023-11-26). Long COVID Propaganda and Fraud: It's Time to Push Back on Lies and Help Those Suffering from Spikeopathy. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-11-26). Dublin riots highlight far-right threat in Europe amid deep social crisis. wsws.org Groups of extreme nationalists, white supremacists, religious fundamentalists, anti-vaccine campaigners and COVID denialists come together around opposition to immigration and to a "weak" and "woke" establishment—in fact only magnifying the anti-migrant rhetoric of that same establishment.

Shealeigh (2023-11-26). #14 — Study Exposes Electric Utilities' Climate Disinformation Campaigns. projectcensored.org Electric utility companies have been knowingly spreading disinformation about climate change for decades, Grist and the Atlantic reported in September 2022, citing a report published earlier that month in Environmental…

Shealeigh (2023-11-26). #17 — Leaks Reveal Homeland Security Plans to Regulate Disinformation Online. projectcensored.org A series of leaks have exposed plans by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ramp up censorship of dangerous speech online. According to an October 2022 report from the…

Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. (2023-11-25). New Mood In The World Will Put An End To The Global Monroe Doctrine. popularresistance.org Every day since 7 October has felt like an International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, with hundreds of thousands gathering in Istanbul, a million in Jakarta, and then yet another million across Africa and Latin America to demand an end to the brutal attack being carried out by Israel (with the collusion of the United States). It is impossible to keep up with the scale and frequency of the protests, which are in turn pushing political parties and governments to clarify their stances on Israel's attack on Palestine. These mass demonstrations have generated three kinds of outcomes.

Shealeigh (2023-11-26). #22 — Public Health Threatened by Beef Suppliers' Continued Use of "Critically Important" Antibiotics. projectcensored.org Beef suppliers for major fast food and supermarket chains are sourcing meat from US farms that use antibiotics linked to the spread of "superbugs," bacteria strains that are resistant to…

The Lancet (2023-11-25). Editorial] Drug decriminalisation: grounding policy in evidence. thelancet.com The Global Commission on Drug Policy's latest report, published ahead of World AIDS Day on Dec 1, describes decriminalisation of drug use as an essential precursor to ending HIV and viral hepatitis as public health threats. Since its formation in 2011 by political, economic, and cultural leaders, the Commission has advocated for decriminalisation as part of a rights-based approach to drug policy, rooted in scientific evidence and principles of public health, to minimise the harms arising from drug use.

Editor (2023-11-25). Nov 25, 2023. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ Down By the Riverside feat. Grandpa Elliott | Playing For Change The Eviction Notice Is Being Written, and Will Come in Four Languages, by Pepe Escobar Scott Ritter: Hamas Winning Battle for Gaza Marching for Israel? American and Israeli war criminals celebrate together, by Philip Giraldi How Gaza United the World, by Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo Palestine Speaks! (Comment on Moon of Alabama post) Why Does the West Support the Genocide of Gaza? by Kevin Barrett Putin Was Declared A War Criminal For *Relocating* The Same Number Of Children Israel Just *Killed*, by Caitlin Johnstone Day…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-11-26). US, China, Israel and others are developing AI killer drones; this poses significant risks. expose-news.com The Pentagon's recent developments in AI technology have drawn concern and criticism as they approach the deployment of autonomous AI weapons systems capable of making lethal decisions independently. The New York Times …

Jeremy Scahill (2023-11-25). Al-Shifa Hosptial, Hamas's Tunnels, And Israeli Propaganda. indybay.org Al-Shifa's Tunnels Were Built by Israel…

Binoy Kampmark (2023-11-24). Pallywood Tactics: Al-Shifa Hospital and Israel's Propaganda Effort. dissidentvoice.org It resembles a chronology of desperation, shifting narratives, and schoolboy howlers. From the outset, the mass lethality of Israeli strikes against Gaza and the collective punishment of its populace needed some justification, however tenuous. If it could be shown, convincingly, that Hamas and its allies had militarised such civilian infrastructure as hospitals, they would become …

Binoy Kampmark (2023-11-24). Pallywood Tactics: Al-Shifa Hospital and Israel's Propaganda Effort. counterpunch.org It resembles a chronology of desperation, shifting narratives, and schoolboy howlers. From the outset, the mass lethality of Israeli strikes against Gaza and the collective punishment of its populace needed some justification, however tenuous. If it could be shown, convincingly, that Hamas and its allies had militarised such civilian infrastructure as hospitals, they would become

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2023-11-24). Pallywood Tactics: Al-Shifa Hospital and Israel's Propaganda Effort. globalresearch.ca

Gareth Porter, Consortium News. (2023-11-24). Israeli Forces Knew Real Hamas HQ While Lying About Al-Shifa. popularresistance.org Although corporate news media have made it clear they don't buy the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claim that al-Shifa Hospital has been a cover for a Hamas command and control center and weapons armory, Western media have failed to report a much bigger story. | The IDF and the Israeli government already knew when they launched their propaganda campaign about al-Shifa that Hamas had no military command and control facility hidden there because it had already found the complex kilometers away. | As Consortium News reported last week, for 15 years the Israelis claimed Hamas was operating its primary command and contro…

Jeremy Scahill (2023-11-24). Al-Shifa Hosptial, Hamas's Tunnels, And Israeli Propaganda. indybay.org Al-Shifa's Tunnels Were Built by Israel…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-11-24). Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger has started a database of encyclopaedias to challenge Wikipedia's dominance. expose-news.com Wikipedia has become a bastion of establishment propaganda that no longer even pretends to be neutral on the controversies of the day, and this is very dangerous to society, explained Wikipedia co-founder …

Richard Falk (2023-11-24). When is 'a Humanitarian Pause' Genocidal? counterpunch.org We know something about 'the fog of war,' its hidden motivations, its devious methods and justifications, and its subtle unacknowledged change of goals, but most of us trust mainstream media despite the 'discourse fog,' that is, the partisan use of language and 'facts' to twist 'the hearts and minds' of viewers and readers in. Even when, as during this period since October 7th, the events and images are so rending, there is a deliberate, unacknowledged, perhaps automatic, to create perceptions of ethical symmetry between antagonists and indulge 'war is hell' reactions in which both sides are locked in a death dan…

Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. (2023-11-25). New Mood In The World Will Put An End To The Global Monroe Doctrine. popularresistance.org Every day since 7 October has felt like an International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, with hundreds of thousands gathering in Istanbul, a million in Jakarta, and then yet another million across Africa and Latin America to demand an end to the brutal attack being carried out by Israel (with the collusion of the United States). It is impossible to keep up with the scale and frequency of the protests, which are in turn pushing political parties and governments to clarify their stances on Israel's attack on Palestine. These mass demonstrations have generated three kinds of outcomes.

Staff (2023-11-24). Cuba Marches in Support of Palestine. orinocotribune.com The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, marched at the forefront of a mass demonstration down the central Malecón boardwalk in Havana, the capital of Cuba, to support the cause of Palestine and condemn the crimes against humanity committed by the Israeli settler regime. | Convened by the Union of Young Communists (UJC) of the island, thousands of people marched down the streets chanting slogans in favor of the occupied Palestinian people this Thursday, November 23. | Hoy acompañamos la marcha de los jóvenes palestinos y cubanos en La Habana. Nuestros corazones y también nuestros actos están y estarán siempre ju…

The Lancet (2023-11-25). Editorial] Drug decriminalisation: grounding policy in evidence. thelancet.com The Global Commission on Drug Policy's latest report, published ahead of World AIDS Day on Dec 1, describes decriminalisation of drug use as an essential precursor to ending HIV and viral hepatitis as public health threats. Since its formation in 2011 by political, economic, and cultural leaders, the Commission has advocated for decriminalisation as part of a rights-based approach to drug policy, rooted in scientific evidence and principles of public health, to minimise the harms arising from drug use.

Editor (2023-11-25). Nov 25, 2023. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ Down By the Riverside feat. Grandpa Elliott | Playing For Change The Eviction Notice Is Being Written, and Will Come in Four Languages, by Pepe Escobar Scott Ritter: Hamas Winning Battle for Gaza Marching for Israel? American and Israeli war criminals celebrate together, by Philip Giraldi How Gaza United the World, by Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo Palestine Speaks! (Comment on Moon of Alabama post) Why Does the West Support the Genocide of Gaza? by Kevin Barrett Putin Was Declared A War Criminal For *Relocating* The Same Number Of Children Israel Just *Killed*, by Caitlin Johnstone Day…

presstv.ir (2023-11-24). America's youth name Biden 'Genocide Joe'. presstv.ir Biden has earned a new nickname among America's youth which reveals the depth of support for Israel: 'Genocide Joe'.

The Independent (2023-11-24). China rejects EU's allegations of EV overcapacity export. independent.co.ug Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | Chinese Ambassador to the European Union (EU) Fu Cong on Thursday dismissed a recent claim that China is exporting its overcapacity of electric vehicles (EV) to the European market. "I want to emphasize the fact that the Chinese companies are selling cars in Europe does not by itself signify an …

Ralph Nader (2023-11-24). Israel's Genocidal Antisemitism Against the Arab Civilians of Gaza. counterpunch.org "It should never have happened," an elderly Holocaust survivor of a Nazi death camp told the New York Times. He was referring to the colossal failure on October 7th, of Israel's touted high-tech military and intelligence operations that opened the door to Hamas' attack on Israeli soldiers and civilians. In many parliamentary countries, the government

WSWS (2023-11-22). Australia uses minor naval incident to condemn China for "unsafe and unprofessional conduct" wsws.org The latest unsubstantiated accusations against Beijing are part of a broader US-led propaganda campaign to vilify and heighten tensions with China in preparation for war.

WSWS (2023-11-22). Thanksgiving travel fuels latest COVID-19 wave amid collapse of public health. wsws.org The objective reality of the pandemic has been deliberately distorted by every capitalist government and corporate media outlet in the world, who have instead promoted disinformation to lull the population into believing that COVID-19 is now harmless and the pandemic is over.

Pressenza London (2023-11-22). Israel & Palestine: Possible Futures — a Discussion with Noam Chomsky. pressenza.com Professor Noam Chomsky discuss in May 23, 2023, Israel-Palestine conflict which he describes as "the main issue of my life" with academics Dylan Rodriguez, Michael Alexander and Mohamad Ali. | With incomparable precision and detail professor Chomsky re-defines concepts such as "genocide" and "apartheid" in relation to the conflict; points the finger to the US as main instigator and supporter, and dwells into its history. | He expresses hope in the power of the people who historically have proven able to reverse situations apparently insurmountable… | The "Israel & Palestine: Possible Futures" series, co-spon…

WSWS (2023-11-22). Facebook blocks page of the Palestine Committee of Norway. wsws.org The shutdown of the page joins a whole flood of acts of censorship and bans around the world. These target social media, events, public appearances and even opinions and slogans condemning the genocide in Gaza.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-11-22). Baroness Hallet's Covid Inquiry is a waste of time and money; here's what we should be doing. expose-news.com After a few months of the Hallett pantomime, we are quite clear what the Inquiry is not about evidence-based policy, Dr. Tom Jefferson and Prof. Carl Heneghan wrote. "Let's stop wasting money …

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-11-22). Lebanon files complaint at UN for Israeli crimes. plenglish.com According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Lebanese State condemned Israel's genocidal action after directly attacking correspondent Farah Omar, photographer Rabih Al-Maamari and his collaborator Hussein Aquil, while they were covering events in the south of the country. | In the text, the Foreign Ministry included evidence that Tel Aviv forces committed this crime inside Lebanese territory and at a great distance from the Blue Line on the border with occupied Palestine. | At the same time, he stressed that the Israeli crime represents an attack against civilians and journalists while carrying out their n…

Independent Media Institute (2023-11-22). The New Grand Tour. pressenza.com Six million years of human evidence offers a powerful universal education to address humanity's most significant challenges and opportunities. | By Jan Ritch-Frel | All of humanity can now take the Grand Tour: a travel circuit of global sites that help us understand ourselves and our history, made increasingly clear thanks to recent advances in archaeology and the sciences. The stops on this tour include archeological sites key to understanding the stages of human history starting six million years ago and leading up to the dawn of the modern era. Other sites include museums and spaces that educate visitors about…

Ben Lorber (2023-11-22). The ADL Smears Anti-Zionist Jews Like Me While Overlooking True Antisemitism. truthout.org Every morning, when I open my laptop to start the workday, I look at Nazis. Sometimes I'm tracking young "suit-and-tie" white nationalists working to infiltrate conservative campus organizations and spread their worldview. Other times I'm monitoring street-fighting white power groups rallying to terrorize Jewish, Muslim, LGBTQ+, Black and other marginalized folks. Sometimes the work leaves me… |

Dan Lieberman (2023-11-22). Shaping the Political Race. dissidentvoice.org The divisive America of today longs for the time when the country united in one mission and selected a leader it could trust to accomplish the mission. The year is 1940 and the New York Times estimates that incumbent president, Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. (FDR), a non-declared and drafted candidate for the Democratic Party (D) …

Editor (2023-11-22). Farewell to the New York Times Sports Department? scheerpost.com

Melvin Goodman (2023-11-22). Biden and the Washington Post Combine to Argue for War. counterpunch.org David Ignatius, the Washington Post's national security columnist, has been an apologist for the Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency for the past several decades. In the past, he has defended the CIA's political assassination program as well as its torture and abuse program. He never condemned the CIA training of death squads in Central America and never deplored the Phoenix program during the Vietnam War, when the CIA ran a paramilitary campaign of interrogation, torture, and assassination that targeted many innocent victims. Now, he has a new client—the Israeli Defense Forces—and the IDF co…

Dean Baker (2023-11-22). Trade, Climate Change and the Press. counterpunch.org Eduardo Porter had an interesting column in the Washington Post last week in which he argued that trade will be important in slowing climate change. The basic point is that we could do a lot to reduce emissions by encouraging people to buy items where they are produced with the least emissions. The point is

Dean Baker (2023-11-22). Social Security and Medicare: Fun with Numbers Time. cepr.net As a Thanksgiving present to readers, Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell decided to tell us again how old-timers are robbing from our children with their generous Social Security and Medicare benefits. This is always a popular theme at the WaPo, especially around the holiday season. The story is infuriating for four reasons: Even by the …

Editor (2023-11-20). Nov 20, 2023. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ The Snake Charmer x Goddesses of Bagpipe A World Without a Moral Conscience, by Paul Craig Roberts Israel Doesn't Have A Gen-Z Problem, It Has A Morality Problem, by Caitlin Johnstone Craig Murray: Activating the Genocide Convention The Duran: Malta resolution moves UN closer to binding ceasefire (Video) Don't be fooled. Biden is fully signed up to genocide in Gaza, by Jonathan Cook Washington's approval of unending massacre is a 'stain upon our souls,' by Phil Weiss Israel Propaganda Vs Palestine Propaganda, by Caitlin Johnstone No Room at the Inn for Roger Waters, by Eduardo Fabregat The N…

Ramzy Baroud, Romana Rubeo (2023-11-20). Rape, ISIS, Mein Kampf and other Lies: How Israel Lost All Credibility. counterpunch.org On Saturday, November 11, Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari claimed in a press conference that Israel had killed a "terrorist" who had prevented 1,000 civilians from escaping the Shifa Hospital. The allegations made little sense. Even by the standards of Israeli propaganda, falsifying such a piece of information while providing no context and no evidence,

Ryan Cristián (2023-11-20). Israel Says "There's No Humanitarian Crisis In Gaza" & More Debunked Israeli Propaganda. 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 (11/20/23). 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

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-11-20). Beyond Rhetoric: Iraq's Resistance Front Expands to US-Israeli War on Gaza. orinocotribune.com By The Cradle's Iraq Correspondent — Nov 16, 2023 | For the first time ever, the Iraqi resistance is throwing its military weight directly behind its Palestinian counterpart by positioning troops on two of Israel's borders and intensifying strikes on US occupation forces. | Since 17 October, Operating as part of the region's Axis of Resista…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-11-20). Beyond Rhetoric: Iraq's Resistance Front Expands to US-Israeli War on Gaza. orinocotribune.com By The Cradle's Iraq Correspondent — Nov 16, 2023 | For the first time ever, the Iraqi resistance is throwing its military weight directly behind its Palestinian counterpart by positioning troops on two of Israel's borders and intensifying strikes on US occupation forces. | Since 17 October, Operating as part of the region's Axis of Res…

Yuri Rubtsov (2023-11-21). History: Hitler was Financed by the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England. globalresearch.ca Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | feature image: Hitler, Schacht and Prescott Bush | Global Research Introduction: | First published by Global Research in May 2016, this carefully researched article by Yuri Rubtsov sheds light on the role of …

Yuri Rubtsov (2023-11-21). History: Hitler was Financed by the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England. globalresearch.ca Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | feature image: Hitler, Schacht and Prescott Bush | First published by Global Research in May 2016, Minor edits by Global Research. Title as in the original. | Incisive historical analysis. Of relevance to …

Larry Johnson (2023-11-20). More Delusional Nonsense From Richard Haas and Charles Kupchan. sonar21.com If you are looking for more evidence of the panic that has seized the Washington foreign policy elite then the latest offering by Richard Haas and Charles Kupchan is a slam dunk. Haas has been a foreign policy guru since the 1980s. Kupchan is just an academic with nice pedigree but no clout: |

Staff (2023-11-20). Israel's Raid on Al-Shifa Questioned as IDF Fails to Present Hard Evidence Linking Hamas to Hospital. democracynow.org We continue our coverage of Israel's unrelenting 45-day bombardment of Gaza, where health officials say the overall death toll has topped 13,000 since October 7. Writer and analyst Muhammad Shehada joins Democracy Now! to discuss the global protests calling for a ceasefire, the ongoing hostage negotiations, and Israel's failure to prove Hamas ran a command post underneath Al-Shifa Hospital.

Democracy Now! (2023-11-20). Democracy Now! 2023-11-20 Monday. democracynow.org Headlines for November 20, 2023; Palestinian Death Toll in Gaza Tops 13,000 as Israel Repeatedly Strikes U.N. Schools Housing Refugees; Israel's Raid on Al-Shifa Questioned as IDF Fails to Present Hard Evidence Linking Hamas to Hospital; Palestinian Activist Remembers Vivian Silver, Israeli Canadian Peace Activist Killed in Hamas Attack | Headlines for November 20, 2023; Palestinian Death Toll in Gaza Tops 13,000 as Israel Repeatedly Strikes U.N. Schools Housing Refugees; Israel's Raid on Al-Shifa Questioned as IDF Fails to Present Hard Evidence Linking Hamas to Hospital; Palestinian Activist Remembers…

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-11-21). Americans are Bankrolling Israel's Unfolding Genocide in Gaza. counterpunch.org Palestinians, on the basis of their legal right against being wiped out, have filed a major lawsuit against President Joe Biden's administration for funding Israel's ongoing pogrom in Gaza, one that has killed more than 11,000 people, including 4,700 children. Represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the plaintiffs include Palestinians who have collectively lost at least 116 family members to U.S.-funded Israeli military attacks.

Colonel Ann Wright, Popular Resistance. (2023-11-20). Gaza, The Ghetto. popularresistance.org The intention of Israel and the United States is now very clear–ethnic cleansing and genocide of Palestinians in Gaza –as the world watches. | The impunity of Israel and the U.S. is startling and dangerous for the security of the State of Israel and the United States of America as it perpetrates an unforgivable and unforgettable criminal act against Palestinians and all of humanity. The world will remember forever what Israel and the U.S. have done! | "Genocide Joe" Biden is the willing enabler of Israel as it conducts genocide on Palestinians in Gaza and terrorizes Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusa…

J. B. Gerald (2023-11-20). Legal Challenge to U.S. Government's Endorsement of Genocide. California District Court "Complaint" against Biden, Austin and Blinken. globalresearch.ca

Zero Hedge (2023-11-20). Fake January 6 "Insurrection": J6 Footage Shows Capitol Police May Have Incited Riot by Firing Munitions Into Peaceful Crowd. globalresearch.ca

Andy Kroll (2023-11-21). Farewell to the New York Times Sports Department. tomdispatch.com In the spring of 1957, in search of a summer job before heading west to graduate school, I answered a classified New York Times ad for an editorial assistant. The personnel clerk at the paper was condescending. Bachelor's degrees are a dime a dozen, she told me. For their newsroom, she said, they were looking for Ph.D. candidates and Rhodes scholars. Still, sighing at her own generosity, she let me fill out the paperwork. I did so, but not being much of a Times reader then, I quickly moved on. I spent the rest of that day filling out other applications around town. When I got home my mother said, "You had a crank…

Anne Boyer (2023-11-21). Read Anne Boyer's Extraordinary New York Times Resignation Letter. globalresearch.ca

James K. Galbraith, Portside. (2023-11-20). Why Mainstream Economics Got Inflation Wrong. popularresistance.org Austin – In his November 7, 2023 New York Times newsletter, the economist Paul Krugman asks a good, albeit belated, question: Why did so many economists get the inflation outlook wrong? After all, the near-consensus among mainstream economists in recent years was that inflation would persist — and even accelerate — and that this justified substantial interest-rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve. Yet the quasi-inflation of 2021-22 proved transitory. | Krugman poses his question with impeccable diplomacy, professing "respect" for three authors of a September 2022 paper published by the Brookings Instit…

Staff , Scheer Post. (2023-11-20). Ann Boyer's Powerful New York Times Resignation Letter. popularresistance.org According to Literary Hub, "[Early on November 16, 2023], the news broke that Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, essayist, and poetry editor of the New York Times Magazine, Anne Boyer, has resigned from her post, writing in her resignation letter that 'the Israeli state's U.S.-backed war against the people of Gaza is not a war for anyone…'" | The letter in full is written below: | I have resigned as poetry editor of the New York Times Magazine. | The Israeli state's U.S-backed war against the people of Gaza is not a war for anyone. There is no safety in it or from it, not for Israel, not for the United States or Euro…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-11-20). Britain's SAS Abetting Gaza Genocide. libya360.wordpress.com Kit Klarenberg Effects of destruction from Israeli bombing of the Al-Najjar family's home, east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, on 12 November 2023. (Loay Ayyoub for The Washington Post via Getty Images) On October 28th, the DSMA's chief wrote to editors of major British news outlets, demanding they not report or in any way…

WSWS (2023-11-20). Biden's plan for "peace" through war and genocide. wsws.org On Saturday, US President Joe Biden published an op-ed in the Washington Post explaining that the United States' support for Israel's genocide in Gaza is part of an integrated plan of world domination through military violence.

midwesternmarx (2023-11-19). Israeli War Crimes and Propaganda Follow US Blueprint. By: MEDEA BENJAMIN AND NICOLAS DAVIES. midwesternmarx.com The wars and the killing go on, day after day, year after year, out of sight and out of mind for most Americans. ​We have both been reporting on and protesting against U.S. war crimes for many years, and against identical crimes committed by U.S. allies and proxies like Israel and Saudi Arabia: illegal uses of military force to try to remove enemy governments or "regimes"; hostile military occupations; disproportionate military violence justified by claims of "ter …

Editor (2023-11-18). Nov 18, 2023. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ Hauser — Air on the G String (J. S. Bach) Are we in a countdown to all-out nuclear war? by Gilbert Doctorow Europe Is Burning, by Joel Kotkin Why Ridiculous Official Propaganda Still Works, by CJ Hopkins SC Edit'l: U.S.-China Reset? Biden Offers Hand of Friendship to Xi While Holding Enmity in the Other Xi Outmaneuvers Biden in San Francisco, by Pepe Escobar Speech: Galvanizing Our Peoples into a Strong Force For China-U.S. Friendship, by Xi Jinping Russian Hard Power & Chinese Soft Power Can't Trump the Fairy Tales of NATO & Israel, by Declan Hayes The empire sails into a hurricane of…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-11-18). A List of Israeli Lies, Propaganda and Genocidal Intent. orinocotribune.com By Hebh Jamal — Nov 15, 2023 | There's so much maybe you need a recap. | We know Israel lies. Did you know how much? Here's a list of just some of the debunked propaganda released by the genocidal state followed by evidence that there IS intent to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. | The Propaganda: | 1- Israel's military and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office claimed that Hamas fighters beheaded up to 40 children during their October 7 attack on the town of Kfar Aza. The incendiary allegations spread quickly and were widely repeated in the media and by President Joe Biden, who falsely cla…

Philip Ball (2023-11-18). Perspectives] Phage stories. thelancet.com It is hardly surprising that viruses do not have a good press. The very name is derived from the Latin word for a poisonous and perhaps slimy substance. In a medical context, the word originally connoted a putrid excrescence caused by an infectious disease that could transmit the disease to others. The image of viruses as agents apt to spread and cause suffering has been secured in recent times by lethal influenza strains, HIV, and now of course SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that stopped the world.

midwesternmarx (2023-11-19). Provocations by the U.S. State Department Can Chill Press Freedom in Latin America. By: Vijay Prashad. midwesternmarx.com Provocations by the U.S. State Department Can Chill Press Freedom in Latin America ​The headline is provocative: "The Kremlin's Efforts to Covertly Spread Disinformation in Latin America." This was a statement on the U.S. State Department website, posted on November 7, 2023. The United States government accused two companies—Social Design Agency and Structura National Technologies—of being the main agents of what it alleged is Russian-backed …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-11-19). The Covid "Killer Vaccine". People Are Dying All Over the World. It's A Criminal Undertaking. globalresearch.ca First published on November 26, 2022 | *** | We are being accused of "spreading disinformation" regarding the Covid-19 vaccine. | The Reuters and AP media "trackers" and "fact checkers" will be out to smear the testimonies of parents who have lost their …

Ryan Cristián (2023-11-19). The Pirate Stream: Dialectical Dissidents — Episode 21. thelastamericanvagabond.com Join us on today's episode of The Pirate Stream — Dialectical Dissidents. Pirate Stream Media is a new platform of dedicated content creators focused on circumventing the tightly controlled, manipulated, and outright censored media space of today (both corporate and independent media) with a commitment to objectivity, integrity, and a stark awareness of the two

The Exposé (2023-11-18). Orange is the new Black: How a mug shot turned Trump into a Brother. expose-news.com There are 3 types of journalists in the mainstream media. There is the loud-mouthed, knee-jerking, hot-button-pushing tabloid journalist, who surfs every wave of public opinion breaking onto the beach of fake news, …

Brett Wilkins (2023-11-19). Colorado Judge Labels Trump's Actions as Insurrection. truthout.org A Colorado judge on Friday ruled that former U.S. President Donald Trump "engaged in insurrection" on January 6, 2021 but allowed him to remain on the state's 2024 presidential ballot due to a disupted technicality that critics hope will be reversed on appeal. Judge Sarah Wallace's 102-page ruling states that Trump's January 6 speech near the White House "incited imminent lawless violence. |

Juan M. Garcia (2023-11-18). Cuban residents abroad raise their voices in defense of Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, Nov 18 (Prensa Latina) For Vivian Paneque, a Cuban writer who lives in France, raising her voice in defense of her country is an imperative amid the smear campaigns against the process of transformations being done in Cuba.

WSWS (2023-11-18). US Department of Education announces probe into alleged antisemitism on college campuses. wsws.org The Biden administration's investigations follow the month-long campaign to smear the growing opposition to the war crimes of the US and Israel as "antisemitic."

Editor (2023-11-18). Ann Boyer's Powerful New York Times Resignation Letter. scheerpost.com

WSWS (2023-11-18). In a stinging rebuke to the New York Times, poetry editor Anne Boyer resigns over Gaza genocide. wsws.org In her resignation letter, Anne Boyer wrote: "No more ghoulish euphemisms. No more verbally sanitized hellscapes. No more warmongering lies."

Dean Baker (2023-11-19). Trade Is Important for Dealing with Climate Change, but the Media Won't Let Us Talk About the Most Important Form of Protection. cepr.net Eduardo Porter had an interesting column in the Washington Post last week in which he argued that trade will be important in slowing climate change. The basic point is that we could do a lot to reduce emissions by encouraging people to buy items where they are produced with the least emissions. The point is …

Dean Baker (2023-11-19). Washington Post Does Its Trash the Biden Economy Piece of the Day. cepr.net The Washington Post ran another "trash the Biden economy, let the facts be damned" piece today. The theme is that the economy is really awful for new college grads. The paper finds us a few real-life examples of struggling recent grads to make its case. The problem is that the data in the article actually …

Editor (2023-11-18). Nov 18, 2023. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ Hauser — Air on the G String (J. S. Bach) Are we in a countdown to all-out nuclear war? by Gilbert Doctorow Europe Is Burning, by Joel Kotkin Why Ridiculous Official Propaganda Still Works, by CJ Hopkins SC Edit'l: U.S.-China Reset? Biden Offers Hand of Friendship to Xi While Holding Enmity in the Other Xi Outmaneuvers Biden in San Francisco, by Pepe Escobar Speech: Galvanizing Our Peoples into a Strong Force For China-U.S. Friendship, by Xi Jinping Russian Hard Power & Chinese Soft Power Can't Trump the Fairy Tales of NATO & Israel, by Declan Hayes The empire sails into a hurricane of…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-11-18). A List of Israeli Lies, Propaganda and Genocidal Intent. orinocotribune.com By Hebh Jamal — Nov 15, 2023 | There's so much maybe you need a recap. | We know Israel lies. Did you know how much? Here's a list of just some of the debunked propaganda released by the genocidal state followed by evidence that there IS intent to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. | The Propaganda: | 1- Israel's military and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office claimed that Hamas fighters beheaded up to 40 children during their October 7 attack on the town of Kfar Aza. The incendiary allegations spread quickly and were widely repeated in the media and by President Joe Biden, who falsely cla…

Editor (2023-11-17). Patrick Lawrence: The Banality of Propaganda. scheerpost.com

Larry Johnson (2023-11-17). the Danger of Eschatology and Israel's Al Shifa Propaganda Fail. sonar21.com If you are not a muslim, pretend for a moment that you are. Listen to the following sermon from a ultra conservative Pastor in Tennessee and let me know how this might influence your interaction with Christians. | Extremist Pastor Hoping for Armageddon | Got your attention? This is the extreme version of the eschatological theology embraced by many evangelical Christians. There is no grace, there is no mercy. Only wrath of God stuff. I worry than most secular Americans who have never experienced this kind of religious fervor fail to appreciate that this vision of what should happen in Israel is playing a…

Patrick Lawrence, Consortium News. (2023-11-17). The Banality Of Propaganda. popularresistance.org Propaganda is about forceful impact, subtlety the last thing on the propagandist's mind. The banal will always do. The Japanese during the Pacific war were "Japs" or "Nips," and in the plentitude of American propaganda images they had buck teeth and pencil mustaches and wore round glasses over their evil Asiatic eyes. | After watching the Herzog video I went in search of footage from London the previous day. There have been many demonstrations against Israel's savage military campaign in Gaza since hostilities erupted Oct. 7, and may there be many more, but London last Saturday looks like the biggest to date.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-11-17). Tedros the Terrorist urges countries to launch propaganda campaigns to foist WHO's Pandemic Treaty onto citizens. expose-news.com Ethiopian terrorist and human rights abuser Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus inverts the truth and outright lies about the Pandemic Treaty in an attempt to get countries to assist him in "actively countering false …

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-11-17). Political campaigning is on halt in Argentina. plenglish.com Propaganda campaigns, surveys publication and dissemination, and parties near the polling stations are strictly forbidden from 08: 00 hours, local time, this Friday to 21: 00 hours, local time on November 19. | Voters' meetings, shows, sports activities, and selling alcoholic beverages are also banned. | Carrying weapons and using flags, badges, or others are also punished. | Over 35 million Argentinian citizens will vote on Sunday to elect the nation's president and vice president. | The Unión por la Patria (Union for the Homeland, UP) alliance with Sergio Massa and Agustín Rossi and La Libertad Avanza (Liberty A…

WSWS (2023-11-17). Erdoğan calls Israeli state "terrorist," maintains flow of Turkish military supplies to Israel. wsws.org As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ratchets up his rhetoric against Israel, new revelations are emerging that trade with Israel continues apace.

Editor (2023-11-17). Everyone is Hitler, when it suits—just not Western leaders. mronline.org A few signs depicting Benjamin Netanyahu as Adolf Hitler were postered in Sydney over the weekend. The police reportedly are investigating and urging people to contact Crime Stoppers if they have any "information in relation to the incident".

Philip Ball (2023-11-18). Perspectives] Phage stories. thelancet.com It is hardly surprising that viruses do not have a good press. The very name is derived from the Latin word for a poisonous and perhaps slimy substance. In a medical context, the word originally connoted a putrid excrescence caused by an infectious disease that could transmit the disease to others. The image of viruses as agents apt to spread and cause suffering has been secured in recent times by lethal influenza strains, HIV, and now of course SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that stopped the world.

Vijay Prashad, People's Dispatch. (2023-11-17). Provocations By US State Department Chill Press Freedom In Latin America. popularresistance.org The headline is provocative: "The Kremlin's Efforts to Covertly Spread Disinformation in Latin America." This was a statement on the US State Department website, posted on November 7, 2023. The United States government accused two companies—Social Design Agency and Structura National Technologies—of being the main agents of what it alleged is Russian-backed disinformation. The statement named the heads of both of the firms, Ilya Gambashidze of Social Design Agency and Nikolay Tupkin of Structura. On July 28, 2023, the European Union sanctioned several Russian individuals and firms, including SDA and S…

Eve Ottenberg (2023-11-17). U.S.-China Extinction-Level Event Narrowly Averted. counterpunch.org We humans came within ten feet of extinction on October 24. That's when World War III almost erupted due to a near collision between American and Chinewarplanesnes over the South China Sea. U.S. corporate media was quick to blame Beijing for the Chinese pilot's "dangerous maneuvers," but such accusations beg the question: What in God's name were American fighter jets doing there, near Chinese airspace, eight thousand miles from U.S. borders in the first place? Their very presence is a provocation, aka military aggression. It could easily ignite war and thence nuclear Armageddon. And that first step, starting a wa…

Tyler Walicek, Truthout. (2023-11-17). US Foreign Policy Establishment Is Instrumentalizing Islamophobia. popularresistance.org An incisive new report released by researchers affiliated with Rutgers University lays out in detail the many ways in which the U.S. political establishment has instrumentalized anti-Muslim bigotry and disingenuously redefined the idea of "antisemitism" in order to defuse criticisms of the Israeli government and justify dehumanizing policies toward Palestinians. | Titled "Presumptively Antisemitic: Islamophobic Tropes in the Palestine-Israel Discourse," the 68-page report offers a thorough examination of how the domestic foreign policy establishment and the associated Israel lobby employ Islamophobia as a tool of…

The Exposé (2023-11-18). Orange is the new Black: How a mug shot turned Trump into a Brother. expose-news.com There are 3 types of journalists in the mainstream media. There is the loud-mouthed, knee-jerking, hot-button-pushing tabloid journalist, who surfs every wave of public opinion breaking onto the beach of fake news, …

Derrick Broze (2023-11-17). Yet Another Study Links Lower Sperm Count with Pesticides. thelastamericanvagabond.com Evidence that pesticides are impacting sperm concentration continues to pile up as the world moves closer to an underpopulation crisis. A new review of existing studies on insecticides has found "sufficient evidence" that exposure to high levels of insecticides is associated with lower sperm concentration in men. The review focused on organophosphate (OP) and N-methyl

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-11-17). Israel Continues Terrorizing Al-Shifa Hospital, Dozens of Refugees Taken to 'Unknown Areas'. orinocotribune.com A day and a half after violently taking control of Gaza's largest medical complex, the Israeli army has provided little to no evidence of the 'Hamas command center' allegedly located under Al-Shifa Hospital | Israeli tanks and jets continued to bombard Al-Shifa Hospital on 16 November, with bulldozers destroying large sections of the medical complex as the invading forces continued their search for an alleged "Hamas command center." | Sources inside the complex revealed on Thursday that about 200 Palestinians were taken from the complex to "unknown areas" by Israeli forces after being blindfolded and interrogated…

presstv.ir (2023-11-17). UN experts point to evidence of Israel's 'genocidal incitement' against Gaza. presstv.ir Israel has been targeting hospitals and medical facilities in Gaza in defiance of international condemnations.

BAN Toxics (2023-11-17). Advocate Mothers Urge Government to Prohibit Banned Toxic Chemicals used in Plastic Toys, Amid New Evidence. pressenza.com "We unknowingly expose our children to plastic toys contaminated with toxic chemicals, which have been prohibited worldwide since 2017. Soft plastic toys like inflatable hopping horses, squeaky toy animals, shrilling chickens, rubber duckies, and dolls containing harmful chemicals called short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) remain unregulated in our local markets, posing a significant risk to our children's health," said Thony Dizon, Campaigner for Safe Toys for Kids of BAN Toxics. | BAN Toxics expresses serious concerns as recent evidence suggests the continued proliferation of plastic toys and consumer pro…

Ariadna Eljuri (2023-11-17). Venezuela Rejects Israeli Entity's Position Against Latin American Countries Opposing Genocide. orinocotribune.com Venezuela has issued a condemnation of the statements and actions made by the president of the Israeli settler colonial entity, Isaac Herzog, who has made verbal attacks against different nations in Latin America and the Caribbean for their positions against the genocidal Israeli entity's attacks against Palestinians in Gaza. | During an

Marjorie Cohn (2023-11-17). Palestinians File Emergency Motion to Block US Aid for Israel's Genocide in Gaza. truthout.org On November 16, two Palestinian human rights organizations, three Palestinians and five Palestinian Americans brought an emergency motion in United States federal court to immediately force President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to stop providing additional weapons, money, and military and diplomatic support to Israel, which is committing genocide… |

Codepink (2023-11-17). CODEPINK Launches International Campaign Urging ICC Investigation into Israel's Alleged War Crimes in Gaza. dissidentvoice.org THE HAGUE — In the wake of alarming statements by Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which have been perceived as incitement to genocide in Palestine, CODEPINK and its international partners are spearheading a global letter-writing initiative calling for an investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) into Israel's actions in Gaza. Since the …

WSWS (2023-11-18). US Department of Education announces probe into alleged antisemitism on college campuses. wsws.org The Biden administration's investigations follow the month-long campaign to smear the growing opposition to the war crimes of the US and Israel as "antisemitic."

WSWS (2023-11-17). US Capitol Police attack peaceful Jewish protesters and their allies at vigil against Gaza genocide. wsws.org In addition to endorsing the violent police crackdown, Democratic and Republican Party politicians smeared peaceful protesters, many whom were Jewish, as "antisemites" and supporters of Hamas.

Editor (2023-11-18). Ann Boyer's Powerful New York Times Resignation Letter. scheerpost.com

WSWS (2023-11-18). In a stinging rebuke to the New York Times, poetry editor Anne Boyer resigns over Gaza genocide. wsws.org In her resignation letter, Anne Boyer wrote: "No more ghoulish euphemisms. No more verbally sanitized hellscapes. No more warmongering lies."

Areeba Shah (2023-11-17). Trump's Election Interference Trial May Stretch Past Election, Legal Experts Say. truthout.org Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said in an interview Tuesday that the sprawling racketeering case against Trump and his co-defendants could extend past the presidential election into early 2025. "I believe in that case there will be a trial," Willis said during an interview at the Washington Post global women's summit. "I believe the trial will take many months. And I don't expect that… |

WSWS (2023-11-18). In a stinging rebuke to the New York Times, poetry editor Anne Boyer resigns over Gaza genocide. wsws.org In her resignation letter, Anne Boyer wrote: "No more ghoulish euphemisms. No more verbally sanitized hellscapes. No more warmongering lies."

Areeba Shah (2023-11-17). Trump's Election Interference Trial May Stretch Past Election, Legal Experts Say. truthout.org Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said in an interview Tuesday that the sprawling racketeering case against Trump and his co-defendants could extend past the presidential election into early 2025. "I believe in that case there will be a trial," Willis said during an interview at the Washington Post global women's summit. "I believe the trial will take many months. And I don't expect that… |

Editor (2023-11-17). Patrick Lawrence: The Banality of Propaganda. scheerpost.com

Patrick Lawrence, Consortium News. (2023-11-17). The Banality Of Propaganda. popularresistance.org Propaganda is about forceful impact, subtlety the last thing on the propagandist's mind. The banal will always do. The Japanese during the Pacific war were "Japs" or "Nips," and in the plentitude of American propaganda images they had buck teeth and pencil mustaches and wore round glasses over their evil Asiatic eyes. | After watching the Herzog video I went in search of footage from London the previous day. There have been many demonstrations against Israel's savage military campaign in Gaza since hostilities erupted Oct. 7, and may there be many more, but London last Saturday looks like the biggest to date.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-11-17). Tedros the Terrorist urges countries to launch propaganda campaigns to foist WHO's Pandemic Treaty onto citizens. expose-news.com Ethiopian terrorist and human rights abuser Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus inverts the truth and outright lies about the Pandemic Treaty in an attempt to get countries to assist him in "actively countering false …

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-11-17). Political campaigning is on halt in Argentina. plenglish.com Propaganda campaigns, surveys publication and dissemination, and parties near the polling stations are strictly forbidden from 08: 00 hours, local time, this Friday to 21: 00 hours, local time on November 19. | Voters' meetings, shows, sports activities, and selling alcoholic beverages are also banned. | Carrying weapons and using flags, badges, or others are also punished. | Over 35 million Argentinian citizens will vote on Sunday to elect the nation's president and vice president. | The Unión por la Patria (Union for the Homeland, UP) alliance with Sergio Massa and Agustín Rossi and La Libertad Avanza (Liberty A…

Larry Johnson (2023-11-17). the Danger of Eschatology and Israel's Al Shifa Propaganda Fail. sonar21.com If you are not a muslim, pretend for a moment that you are. Listen to the following sermon from a ultra conservative Pastor in Tennessee and let me know how this might influence your interaction with Christians. | Extremist Pastor Hoping for Armageddon | Got your attention? This is the extreme version of the eschatological theology embraced by many evangelical Christians. There is no grace, there is no mercy. Only wrath of God stuff. I worry than most secular Americans who have never experienced this kind of religious fervor fail to appreciate that this vision of what should happen in Israel is playing a…

WSWS (2023-11-17). Erdoğan calls Israeli state "terrorist," maintains flow of Turkish military supplies to Israel. wsws.org As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ratchets up his rhetoric against Israel, new revelations are emerging that trade with Israel continues apace.

The Independent (2023-11-16). Justice Minister Mao calls for decency from human rights fighters. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Norbert Mao has urged opposition figures and human rights activists to refrain from using political rhetoric when advocating for human rights. He accused some activists and politicians of employing derogatory language when referring to government leaders, institutions, and President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Mao made …

Editor (2023-11-17). Everyone is Hitler, when it suits—just not Western leaders. mronline.org A few signs depicting Benjamin Netanyahu as Adolf Hitler were postered in Sydney over the weekend. The police reportedly are investigating and urging people to contact Crime Stoppers if they have any "information in relation to the incident".

Philip Ball (2023-11-18). Perspectives] Phage stories. thelancet.com It is hardly surprising that viruses do not have a good press. The very name is derived from the Latin word for a poisonous and perhaps slimy substance. In a medical context, the word originally connoted a putrid excrescence caused by an infectious disease that could transmit the disease to others. The image of viruses as agents apt to spread and cause suffering has been secured in recent times by lethal influenza strains, HIV, and now of course SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that stopped the world.

Vijay Prashad, People's Dispatch. (2023-11-17). Provocations By US State Department Chill Press Freedom In Latin America. popularresistance.org The headline is provocative: "The Kremlin's Efforts to Covertly Spread Disinformation in Latin America." This was a statement on the US State Department website, posted on November 7, 2023. The United States government accused two companies—Social Design Agency and Structura National Technologies—of being the main agents of what it alleged is Russian-backed disinformation. The statement named the heads of both of the firms, Ilya Gambashidze of Social Design Agency and Nikolay Tupkin of Structura. On July 28, 2023, the European Union sanctioned several Russian individuals and firms, including SDA and S…

Paul Craig Roberts (2023-11-16). Amazing how gullible Russian media is about reporting US disinformation. thealtworld.com A fake news story planted two days ago, more than a month after Hamas' attack, on the Washington Post is another building block of the narrative that supports the removal of Gazans to the Sinai Desert. According to the Washington Post, unidentified "intelligence officials" told…

Eve Ottenberg (2023-11-17). U.S.-China Extinction-Level Event Narrowly Averted. counterpunch.org We humans came within ten feet of extinction on October 24. That's when World War III almost erupted due to a near collision between American and Chinewarplanesnes over the South China Sea. U.S. corporate media was quick to blame Beijing for the Chinese pilot's "dangerous maneuvers," but such accusations beg the question: What in God's name were American fighter jets doing there, near Chinese airspace, eight thousand miles from U.S. borders in the first place? Their very presence is a provocation, aka military aggression. It could easily ignite war and thence nuclear Armageddon. And that first step, starting a wa…

Tyler Walicek, Truthout. (2023-11-17). US Foreign Policy Establishment Is Instrumentalizing Islamophobia. popularresistance.org An incisive new report released by researchers affiliated with Rutgers University lays out in detail the many ways in which the U.S. political establishment has instrumentalized anti-Muslim bigotry and disingenuously redefined the idea of "antisemitism" in order to defuse criticisms of the Israeli government and justify dehumanizing policies toward Palestinians. | Titled "Presumptively Antisemitic: Islamophobic Tropes in the Palestine-Israel Discourse," the 68-page report offers a thorough examination of how the domestic foreign policy establishment and the associated Israel lobby employ Islamophobia as a tool of…

Alastair Crooke (2023-11-17). 'Israel's' 'Nakba Doctrine'. thealtworld.com As "Israel" swings towards a Biblical "Greater Israel", the Islamic world turns increasingly uncompromising. | "We are now actually rolling out the Gaza Nakba", says Avi Dichter, "Israel's" Minister for Agriculture and former head of Shin Bet. The Israeli cabinet has been briefed that To project the image of the Israeli military as 'b…

Elliott Colla (2023-11-16). On the history, meaning, and power of "From the River To the Sea" mondoweiss.net Slogans are never just statements etched in stone and "From the River to the Sea" is no exception. Its history, use, and the controversy it generates, reflects the liberatory aspirations, and backlash against, the movement for Palestinian freedom.

Ann Brown (2023-11-16). Fact Check: The 'Dollar Only Stays In Black Community 6 Hours' Is Urban Myth. moguldom.com The claim that a dollar circulates within the Black community for only six hours has been widely circulated, but is it actually true? This myth has been debunked by TruthBeTold.news, an initiative out of Howard University's Department of Media, Journalism, and Film in the School of Communications, which aims to fact-check claims about the African-American community. …

Staff (2023-11-16). Headlines for November 16, 2023. democracynow.org Israel Orders Palestinians to Flee Parts of Southern Gaza, Continues Attacks on Hospitals, Without Citing Evidence, Biden Backs Israel's Claim That Hamas Used Hospital as Base, Biden Calls Xi Jinping a "Dictator" After APEC Meeting, U.N. Security Council Passes Resolution Calling for "Humanitarian Pauses" in Gaza, Protesters Take Over Strategic Sites in D.C., Los Angeles, Oakland to Call for End to Gaza Assault, Majority of National Book Award Finalists Call for Ceasefire During Prize Ceremony, 24 House Lawmakers Call for Gaza Ceasefire, Citing Violation of Children's Rights, S…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-11-17). Israel Continues Terrorizing Al-Shifa Hospital, Dozens of Refugees Taken to 'Unknown Areas'. orinocotribune.com A day and a half after violently taking control of Gaza's largest medical complex, the Israeli army has provided little to no evidence of the 'Hamas command center' allegedly located under Al-Shifa Hospital | Israeli tanks and jets continued to bombard Al-Shifa Hospital on 16 November, with bulldozers destroying large sections of the medical complex as the invading forces continued their search for an alleged "Hamas command center." | Sources inside the complex revealed on Thursday that about 200 Palestinians were taken from the complex to "unknown areas" by Israeli forces after being blindfolded and interrogated…

presstv.ir (2023-11-17). UN experts point to evidence of Israel's 'genocidal incitement' against Gaza. presstv.ir Israel has been targeting hospitals and medical facilities in Gaza in defiance of international condemnations.

Andy Kroll (2023-11-16). In the Shadow of War. tomdispatch.com I'm a voracious reader of American fiction and I've noticed something odd in recent years. This country has been eternally "at war" and you just wouldn't know that — a small amount of veteran's fiction aside — from the novels that are generally published. For at least a decade, Americans have been living in the shadow of war and yet, except in pop fiction of the Tom Clancy variety (where, in the end, we always win), there's remarkably little evidence of it. As for myself — I'm a novelist — I find that no matter what I chose to write about, I can't seem to avoid that shadow. My first novel…

Leila Warah (2023-11-16). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 41: Israel ignores legally binding UNSC resolution, saying 'it will not happen.'. mondoweiss.net Following Israel's refusal to comply with a new UNSC resolution, the Israeli military stormed Al-Shifa Hospital for the second time, terrorizing civilians and finding no evidence of a Hamas command center.

Leila Warah (2023-11-16). Israel Raids Hospital Again, Demands Palestinians Evacuate Southern Gaza. truthout.org This figure covers the casualties from October 7 to November 14. Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip, has been stormed twice by Israeli forces in the last 24 hours, even though they have only found civilians, including medical staff, patients, and displaced persons. Evidence of an alleged Hamas command center is also absent. The first military incursion started at dawn on… |

Pepe Escobar (2023-11-16). This Ain't No 'Stalemate': Ukrainian Frontline Breakdown, Revisited. orinocotribune.com By Pepe Escobar — Nov 14, 2023 | Evidence keeps piling up, via leaked reports, of an across-the-board breakdown in the Ukrainian frontlines. | Evidence keeps piling up, via leaked reports, of an across-the-board breakdown in the Ukrainian frontlines. | Previously, The attached document, fully verified for authenticity, is a July report to the Chief of Staff of the operational-ta…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-11-16). UKHSA was given £2 billion in funding for COVID but did not have the "resources" to review the evidence on Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions. expose-news.com At the end of September, UKHSA published a "rapid mapping review" which identifies and categorises evidence on the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions ("NPIs") to reduce covid-19 transmission. However, as Professor Carl Heneghan …

Sharon Zhang (2023-11-16). George Santos Is Not Running for Reelection After Scathing House Ethics Report. truthout.org Rep. George Santos (R-New York) has announced that he will not seek reelection to the House after a damning House Ethics Committee report released on Thursday found "substantial evidence" of improprieties concerning his campaign finances, including findings that he "blatantly stole" campaign funds. The long-awaited 56-page report, prepared by Ethics investigators, lays out a number of findings… |

BAN Toxics (2023-11-17). Advocate Mothers Urge Government to Prohibit Banned Toxic Chemicals used in Plastic Toys, Amid New Evidence. pressenza.com "We unknowingly expose our children to plastic toys contaminated with toxic chemicals, which have been prohibited worldwide since 2017. Soft plastic toys like inflatable hopping horses, squeaky toy animals, shrilling chickens, rubber duckies, and dolls containing harmful chemicals called short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) remain unregulated in our local markets, posing a significant risk to our children's health," said Thony Dizon, Campaigner for Safe Toys for Kids of BAN Toxics. | BAN Toxics expresses serious concerns as recent evidence suggests the continued proliferation of plastic toys and consumer pro…

Derrick Broze (2023-11-17). Yet Another Study Links Lower Sperm Count with Pesticides. thelastamericanvagabond.com Evidence that pesticides are impacting sperm concentration continues to pile up as the world moves closer to an underpopulation crisis. A new review of existing studies on insecticides has found "sufficient evidence" that exposure to high levels of insecticides is associated with lower sperm concentration in men. The review focused on organophosphate (OP) and N-methyl

Ariadna Eljuri (2023-11-17). Venezuela Rejects Israeli Entity's Position Against Latin American Countries Opposing Genocide. orinocotribune.com Venezuela has issued a condemnation of the statements and actions made by the president of the Israeli settler colonial entity, Isaac Herzog, who has made verbal attacks against different nations in Latin America and the Caribbean for their positions against the genocidal Israeli entity's attacks against Palestinians in Gaza. | During an

Marjorie Cohn (2023-11-17). Palestinians File Emergency Motion to Block US Aid for Israel's Genocide in Gaza. truthout.org On November 16, two Palestinian human rights organizations, three Palestinians and five Palestinian Americans brought an emergency motion in United States federal court to immediately force President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to stop providing additional weapons, money, and military and diplomatic support to Israel, which is committing genocide… |

krish-rad_ind (2023-11-17). Venezuela Rejects Israeli Entity's Position Against Latin American Countries Opposing Genocide. orinocotribune.com

Codepink (2023-11-17). CODEPINK Launches International Campaign Urging ICC Investigation into Israel's Alleged War Crimes in Gaza. dissidentvoice.org THE HAGUE — In the wake of alarming statements by Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which have been perceived as incitement to genocide in Palestine, CODEPINK and its international partners are spearheading a global letter-writing initiative calling for an investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) into Israel's actions in Gaza. Since the …

WSWS (2023-11-17). US Capitol Police attack peaceful Jewish protesters and their allies at vigil against Gaza genocide. wsws.org In addition to endorsing the violent police crackdown, Democratic and Republican Party politicians smeared peaceful protesters, many whom were Jewish, as "antisemites" and supporters of Hamas.

Dean Baker (2023-11-16). New York Times Publishes Hit Piece on Bidenomics. cepr.net Can you imagine doing a 1300-word piece on how ordinary people are faring in the economy and never once mentioning unemployment? Apparently, the New York Times opinion page editors don't think jobs matter to people, since they ran a column by Karen Petrou (the managing partner of Federal Financial Analytics) that didn't mention unemployment once. …

Kyle Anzalone (2023-11-16). Israel Attacked Shifa Hospital To Pressure Hamas Into Accepting Hostage Agreement. news.antiwar.com The New York Times reports Israel attacked the largest hospital in Gaza in hopes the raid would cause Hamas to relent and accept a hostage deal on terms proposed by Tel Aviv. An Israeli official said that if Hamas accepts the agreement, Tel Aviv will resume the war in Gaza after the exchange of captives. …

Areeba Shah (2023-11-17). Trump's Election Interference Trial May Stretch Past Election, Legal Experts Say. truthout.org Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said in an interview Tuesday that the sprawling racketeering case against Trump and his co-defendants could extend past the presidential election into early 2025. "I believe in that case there will be a trial," Willis said during an interview at the Washington Post global women's summit. "I believe the trial will take many months. And I don't expect that… |