(2021-11-30). Historic win of Xiomara Castro ends 12 years of far-right rule in Honduras. peoplesdispatch.org Castro's victory, with an historic turnout of over 68%, would end a dozen years of conservative and neoliberal rule. She has called for a government of reconciliation, peace and justice…
(2021-11-30). "A Moment of Hope": Xiomara Castro's Likely Win in Honduran Election Ends Years of Right-Wing Rule After Coup. democracynow.org 
We go to Honduras, where thousands took to the streets to celebrate the leftist presidential candidate Xiomara Castro's lead in the polls ahead of the right-wing National Party candidate Nasry Asfura. The historic election saw a record voter turnout and could signal the end of the 12-year brutal regime under the conservative National Party, which rose to power after a coup backed by the U.S. in 2009 overthrew democratically-elected leftist President Manuel Zelaya. Castro, who is Zelaya's wife, would become the first woman to serve as president of Honduras if her victory is confirmed. "It's brought hope to the ent…
(2021-11-30). Markets bounce back after Omicron shock as governments decide to let it rip. wsws.org Notwithstanding the rebound, Friday's sharp fall again underscored the fragility of the entire financial system and its dependence on the flow of cheap money from the world's central banks.
(2021-11-30). WHO Assembly Seeks 'Pandemic Treaty' Amid Omicron Concerns. telesurenglish.net On Monday, a special session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) kicked off amid growing concerns over the latest Omicron coronavirus variant, where the participants aim to negotiate a new "pandemic treaty." | RELATED: | The WHA May session this year decided to set up a working group to consider the findings and recommendations of a number of panels and committees on global preparedness for and response to COVID-19 before starting t…
(2021-11-30). G7 health ministers agree to do nothing over Omicron variant threat. wsws.org The Omicron variant has been detected in at least 17 countries, including five of the G7 nations. The US is one of the exceptions, likely due to its poor testing system.
(2021-11-30). German government rejects lockdown despite spread of Omicron variant. wsws.org Last weekend alone, 80 people from Bavaria, Saxony and Thuringia were flown out to the north and west of the country by air force troop carriers for treatment.
(2021-11-30). Omicron COVID-19 Variant Poses Downside Risks To US Economy. telesurenglish.net On Monday afternoon, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that the recent rise in COVID-19 cases and the emergence of the Omicron variant pose downside risks to U.S. employment and economic activity and increased uncertainty for inflation. | RELATED: | "Greater concerns about the virus could reduce people's willingness to work in person, which would slow progress in the labor market and intensify supply-chain disrup…
(2021-11-30). Headlines for November 30, 2021. democracynow.org World Health Organization Warns of "Very High" Risk Posed by Omicron Variant, Nurses Demand COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Waiver; China Pledges 1 Billion Doses for Africa, Centers for Disease Control Strengthens Vaccine Booster Recommendation for Adults, Federal Judge Blocks Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers in 10 States, Pentagon to Investigate U.S. Airstrike That Killed Dozens of Civilians in Syria, Iran Demands Sanctions Relief as Talks on Revived Nuclear Deal Resume in Vienna, Majority of Australian Parliament Workers Face Bullying, Sexual Harassment or Assault, Ghislaine Maxwell Sex Trafficking Trial Gets Und…
(2021-11-30). Los demócratas progresistas de la Cámara de Representantes quieren que el Senado agregue una reforma migratoria. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON — Habiendo tropezado en la Cámara dirigida por los demócratas, los progresistas allí y otros partidarios de la reforma migratoria integral esperan que el Senado la inserte en la legislación Build Back Better del presidente demócrata Joe Biden. Sin embargo, hay dos problemas: la oposición republicana histriónica y racista, y el parlamentario del Senado, …
(2021-11-30). What's That 'Surtax' Doing in Build Back Better? zcomm.org Congress may soon be delivering America's awesomely affluent an unpleasant tax-time surprise…
(2021-11-30). Estados Unidos — Reforma migratoria: 35 años de pretextos. globalizacion.ca Decirle adiós a los pretextos y abrirle la puerta a la reforma migratoria. La reciente propuesta de reforma migratoria que ha sido enviada al Senado dentro del plan "Build Back Better" (BBB, Reconstruir Mejor) de Joe Biden, es una propuesta…
(2021-11-30). Britain: Health and Care Bill — integration or imperialism? greenleft.org.au Britain's Health and Care Bill, which will undermine the country's National Health System, was effectively designed and fast-tracked by US insurer UnitedHealth, write Stewart Player and Bob Gill.
(2021-11-30). Backed by AFRICOM, corporations plunder DR Congo for "climate-friendly" materials and blame China. thegrayzone.com Cobalt, a key metallic element used in lithium batteries and other "green" technology, is sourced from slave labor in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As the West points the finger at China, the US Africa Command is indirectly policing mining operations that profit US corporations. Ever since Belgium's King Leopold II (1835-1909) established the Congo Free State in 1885, international powers have exploited the region's vast resources. Leading a regime that went on to kill an estimated eight million people …
(2021-11-30). What is the Kaiser Permanente Labor Management Partnership? wsws.org To understand the battle Kaiser workers face against both the company and the unions, it is necessary to review briefly the evolution of this incestous relationship.
(2021-11-30). New Zealand: Charter School Corruption. dissidentvoice.org 
The U.S. is home to the largest number of privately-operated charter schools in the world (about 7,400). While they take different forms and are called different things, charter schools also exist in much smaller numbers in New Zealand, England, United Arab Emirates, Australia, and Canada. Charter schools are privatized, marketized, corporatized school arrangements buttressed by …
(2021-11-30). Prestigious Weaponry Expert Censored. zcomm.org Their agenda is clear in trying to poison the debate about Syria and defame dedicated scientists like Postol whose research casts important light on the deceptions underlying U.S. policy…
(2021-11-30). Columbia's Student Workers Fight for a Fair Contract. inequality.org
(2021-11-30). How Community Schools Are Helping a Hard-Hit City Dig Out of Tough Times. independentmediainstitute.org Days after the GE Transportation plant in Erie, Pennsylvania, announced a round of crippling layoffs in 2013, an employee was found hanging from a crane in "Building 20," according to the Erie Times-News. The image of a dead worker dangling from a crane in a dying factory seemed symbolic of a city going ever deeper …
(2021-11-30). Help us defeat Israeli apartheid #GivingTuesday. electronicintifada.net 
30 November 2021 | Where can we find hope for liberation and justice in Palestine when the odds are so stacked against us? | Monday was the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People — a day for speeches at the United Nations but, as usual, no action to hold Israel accountable for violating countless resolutions. | Britain chose that day to sign a new "Strategic Partnership" agreement with Israel, following the trend of many other Western and Arab governments that have recently tighten…
(2021-11-30). COP26 and Pope Francis' Greening of Christianity. dissidentvoice.org Amidst the early days of the COP26 Summit in Glasgow, Pope Francis made several accolades to world leaders and the entire global Catholica community alike to take bold action in the face of anthropogenic climate change and drastically alter our entire system of values towards a new order. Referring to the COP21 Paris Accords, the …
(2021-11-30). When Have We Seen This Before? dissidentvoice.org 
Fifty years ago, global capitalism came to a crossroads. The enormous costs of the US's long, costly Asian war produced great debt and pressure on the gold-backed US dollar. The imperialist alliance with Israel brought a disruptive, unprecedented boycott on the part of the oil-producing nations resisting Israel's occupation of Arab territories. Intense competition between …
(2021-11-30). Project UATX: New Universities, Old Problems. dissidentvoice.org Among the motivations behind establishing a university is a desire to leave old ones. Old in tooth, depraved, decayed, the assumption is that a new institution will return to original purposes on the pretext that these are truly radical. This, on the face of it, is the purpose of The University of Austin (UATX) — …
(2021-11-30). Pathologized Totalitarianism 101. dissidentvoice.org 
Triumph of the Will (1935) So, GloboCap has crossed the Rubicon. The final phase of its transformation of society into a pathologized-totalitarian dystopia, where mandatory genetic-therapy injections and digital compliance papers are commonplace, is now officially underway. On November 19, 2021, the government of New Normal Austria decreed that, as of February, experimental mRNA injections …
(2021-11-30). Uncontacted Tribe's Land Invaded and Destroyed for Beef Production. dissidentvoice.org 
A recent overflight has revealed large-scale cattle ranching inside the Piripkura territory, a blatant violation of a new Land Protection Order. © Rogério Assis/ISA New overflight photos have revealed that the land of one of the world's most vulnerable uncontacted tribes is being illegally invaded and destroyed for beef production. The land invasion now underway …
(2021-11-30). Move On: New Song from Mistahi Corkill. dissidentvoice.org Dissident Voice is delighted to publish the just released (November 2021) second song/video by Ottawa musician, Mistahi Corkill, entitled Move On, a follow-up to his stirring debut single Rome is Burning released in March of 2021. In an email from Mistahi on November 29, 2021 he talks about the song and the accompanying video: The …
(2021-11-30). The IMF and Special Drawing Rights: Saving Lives, Backlash and Attempted Coup, and Structural Reform. cepr.net This was a speech delivered at the Arise Festival of Labour's Left Ideas on Saturday, November 17.
(2021-11-30). Preview: What to Look for in the November Jobs Report. cepr.net We still have a large amount of sorting taking place as workers switch jobs and employers compete to find workers. This is largely a positive picture for workers, but this sorting process will likely continue well into 2022.
(2021-11-30). The Collapse of the US Submarine Fleet. journal-neo.org 
The submarine fleet has traditionally enjoyed the special favors of the top leaders in the United States. It is even known that in 1993 former US Vice President Al Gore made a trip to the Arctic aboard the USS Pargo nuclear submarine. According to The National Interest, the US Navy announced in December 2016 that …
(2021-11-30). Washington is Caught Up in the Middle East. journal-neo.org 
Even though the US has been seeking to withdraw from the Middle East to relocate its sources to the Indo-Pacific region to tackle China's growing influence in Southeast Asia, extricating itself from a region the US has been dominating since the end of the Second World War has proved to be a lot harder than …
(2021-11-30). Who Can Make an Atom Bomb Faster? Iran or Japan? journal-neo.org 
Tensions over the proliferation of nuclear weapons have recently increased significantly amid problems with the nuclear deal with Iran, of which one of the signatories to it, the United States, withdrew on the initiative of ex-President Donald Trump in 2018, and the current White House administration has so far unsuccessfully tried to restore it, but …
(2021-11-30). Belgian organizations protest spike in violence against women. peoplesdispatch.org According to a recent report by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), partner violence in families has shot up during the COVID-19 pandemic. 18 femicides have been recorded in Belgium since the beginning of 2021…
(2021-11-30). Hey Israel, leave the six alone: Roger Waters. peoplesdispatch.org On the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Roger Waters and Vijay Prashad discuss Israel's bid to brand human rights organizations as terrorists and its attack on every aspect of Palestinian life…
(2021-11-30). Protests demanding affordable housing surge in the Netherlands. peoplesdispatch.org On Sunday, November 28, housing rights groups and other progressive sections in the Dutch city of Groningen marched under the banner #Woonstrijd to protest the acute housing crisis in the city. Various groups including Shelter Our Students (SOS), International Socialists Groningen, New Communist Party of the Netherlands (NCPN), Communist Youth Movement (CJB), RED Groningen, Young Socialists Groningen, Democratic Academy Groningen, Groningen Feminist Network, and others, participated in the march while adhering to COVID-19 safety protocols. The protesters demanded a radical housing policy from the authorities whic…
(2021-11-30). Strike action in Clover South Africa enters second week, unions contemplate occupation. peoplesdispatch.org Demanding an end to retrenchments that could see over 2,000 job losses, unions have called on the South African government to take over Clover SA, the largest employer in the country's dairy industry…
(2021-11-30). Activists bring message of climate justice to Asheville Holiday Parade. liberationnews.org 
"We don't wanna take away from a good time, but we do want to take the opportunity to help people understand that there is a climate emergency in this world that we live in," said Ken Jones, a local organizer interviewed by Liberation.
(2021-11-30). Australia Served US Interests as Anti-China Riots Gripped the Solomon Islands. asia-pacificresearch.com
(2021-11-30). Get Off Our Territory: Wet'suwet'en Land Defenders Condemn Canadian Police Raid on Pipeline Protest. democracynow.org 
Canadian police continue to arrest Indigenous land defenders blocking construction of Coastal GasLink, a 400-mile pipeline that would carry natural gas through Wet'suwet'en land. Police arrested two people Monday for blockading an access road, less than two weeks after arresting more than 30 in a violent raid on Coyote Camp and elsewhere that ended a 56-day blockade of a drilling site. We get an update from Wet'suwet'en land defender Molly Wickham, also known as Sleydo', just released from jail. "This is the third time they have come in and raided Wet'suwet'en territory," says Wickham. "We've never signed any doc…
(2021-11-30). Quebec government left seniors' homes unprotected at start of COVID-19 pandemic. wsws.org "It's not just science that decides," said Quebec's director of public health, Horacio Arruda, in defense of the government's policy of putting profits before human lives.
(2021-11-30). Chinese study warns ending zero-COVID policy would be "a great disaster" wsws.org The report conservatively estimates that if China followed the US "herd immunity" policy the number of daily cases would exceed 637,000, and the daily tally of serious cases would be more than 22,000, quickly overloading the country's health system.
(2021-11-30). A phase 2/3, participant-blind, observer-blind, randomised, controlled study to assess the safety and immunogenicity of SII-ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (COVID-19 vaccine) in adults in India. thelancet.com SII-ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 has a non-inferior immune response compared to AZD1222 and an acceptable safety/reactogenicity profile. Pharmacovigilance should be maintained to detect any safety signals.
(2021-11-30). The Indian Farmers' Movement Has Shattered Narendra Modi's Strongman Image. zcomm.org After a yearlong battle, Indian farmers have forced Narendra Modi to repeal his neoliberal farm laws. The movement that took on Modi and won is a powerful blow against India's ruling Hindu nationalists…
(2021-11-30). The US is destroying the people of Afghanistan. greenleft.org.au When the United States left Afghanistan in August it also froze almost all foreign aid to the country. Now, Afghanistan is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe, writes Barry Sheppard.
(2021-11-30). Win for Alabama Workers as NLRB Orders New Union Vote After Amazon's Alleged Misconduct. scheerpost.com 
( By Jessica Corbett / In a victory for e…
(2021-11-30). AOC's District Has Opinions. zcomm.org Her ability to capture the limelight makes it easy to suggest she isn't the working-class defender she says she is. But again and again, these attacks fall flat under scrutiny…
(2021-11-30). Brazil To Remove Barriers To The Use Of Sputnik V Vaccine. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Brazil's Foreign Affairs Ministry Carlos Franca indicated that his country will use the Sputnik V vaccine as soon as the World Health Organization (WHO) approves it. | RELATED: | "We must bring positions between our regulatory agencies to withdraw the current demand," he said after a meeting with the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry Sergey Lavrov, with whom he signed a diplomatic consultation agreement that…
(2021-11-30). SEP electoral members oppose Australian governments' dangerous COVID-19 reopening drive. wsws.org "This disease is not to be taken lightly. We need to find a way to eradicate it."
(2021-11-30). #Disrupt Texts' assault on Shakespeare and other classics: Money, ignorance and social backwardness. wsws.org The #Disrupt Texts website is a pernicious advocate of displacing Shakespeare and other significant figures and works, including F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird and Arthur Miller's The Crucible.
(2021-11-30). Vale Stuart Macintyre, historian of Australian communism. greenleft.org.au Stuart Macintyre was a major contributor to the history of Australian communism and played an important role in documenting the history of the left and labour movement, writes Jim McIlroy.
(2021-11-30). As NATO Weighs Expansion in Eastern Europe, Russia Amasses Military on Ukraine Border. democracynow.org 
As U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Latvia for a meeting of NATO foreign secretaries, is war on the horizon? The meeting comes as tension continues to mount between Russia and Ukraine, while how to resolve the countries' differences remains an open question. Russia has reportedly amassed 100,000 troops on its border with Ukraine, and aggressions have also recently intensified in eastern Ukraine between Moscow-backed separatists and government forces. "Russia is just trying to send a message of its absolutely inflexible opposition to NATO membership for Ukraine and is also trying to extract conces…
(2021-11-30). Michigan COVID-19 hospitalizations hit new pandemic record. wsws.org Hospitalizations of those infected with coronavirus reached a record high of 4,185 people across the state of Michigan on Monday.
