(2021-11-03). US Economic Warfare vs China: Adrian Zenz & Xinjiang Cotton Lies. newatlas.report November 3, 2021 (The New Atlas — Brian Berletic) — Adrian Zenz is regularly cited as the source regarding alleged abuses in Xinjiang, China. More recently, his reports have become the cornerstone of not only accusations against China regarding supposed "forced labor," but also the justification for sanctions imposed by the US. He is regularly …
(2021-11-03). The Situation in Syria Continues to Escalate. journal-neo.org 
The situation in Syria in the coming days could seriously heat up due to several factors. In the north of the country, this is due to Turkey's active redeployment of hundreds of soldiers and military equipment to the border in recent days, in particular tanks, artillery, multiple rocket launchers, and air defense systems. This military …
(2021-11-03). Hunger strike by New York City taxi drivers against crushing debt nearing the end of its second week. wsws.org New York City taxi drivers are suffering under horrendous debt loads due to predatory lending practices compounded by the effects of the pandemic.
(2021-11-03). Democratic Party suffers debacle in gubernatorial elections. wsws.org The Democrats' emphasis on identity politics is opening the door for Trump, whose political fortunes were substantially strengthened by Tuesday's vote.
(2021-11-03). FBI Sat On Bombshell Footage From Kyle Rittenhouse Shooting. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Originally published on ZeroHedge | On Tuesday, opening statements in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, an18-year-old aspiring police officer accused of fatally shooting two men and wounding a third on the night of Aug. 25, 2020, as BLM riots raged in the streets of Kenosha in response to a white-on-black police shooting. | While prosecutors have slapped the teen with two counts of homicide and one count of attempted homicide, Rittenhouse has pleaded not guilty to all charges, claiming self…
(2021-11-03). Facebook Censors Sandinistas in Nicaragua Days Before Presidential Elections. orinocotribune.com Social media corporation Facebook, now called Meta, reported that it eliminated an alleged network of trolling accounts aimed at national audiences in Nicaragua. However, activists and supporters of Daniel Ortega's government allege that their accounts were closed without prior notice and clarified that they are not trolls. | This was stated by Sandinista activist Ligia Sevilla, who reported that she was censored by the social media platform due to content she posted in support of the government of Daniel Ortega, and against the interests of the right-wing opposition in the Central American country, but above all…
(2021-11-03). Socialist International's Parroting of US Line on Nicaragua Shows What a Worthless Fossil It's Become. orinocotribune.com By Peter Bolton — Nov 1, 2021 | On October 25, about two weeks before Nicaragua's 2021 presidential election, the Socialist International (SI) released a statement titled Nicaragua: A Contemporary Victim of Absolute Power. Given the steady stream of tendentious twaddle about Nicaragua that's been disseminated from Washington and dutifully repeated by the corporate-owned media, one might reasonably assume that the global federation of social democratic and labor parties would at least provide some semblance of balance. | But far from adding nuance, the statement reads as if it were a press release sent direct…
(2021-11-03). Facebook whistleblower's revelation on 'profits over safety' model. peoplesdispatch.org Senior journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and tech expert Bappa Sinha discuss the Frances Haugen revelations on Facebook, the perils of its business model and what can be done to regulate the company…
(2021-11-03). La caja de bobos más grande que pueda existir: El METAverso de Facebook. globalizacion.ca Mark Zuckerberg acaba de anunciar que desde el 1 de diciembre la empresa Facebook pasará a llamarse META. Esto tiene dos implicaciones, una de carácter empresarial para legitimar y construir viabilidad jurídica a una de las operaciones más importantes que…
(2021-11-03). The Manufacture of Decline. strategic-culture.org Americans suffer the same disabilities as the Europeans of 1919: They cannot think. They cannot speak plainly among themselves. | By Patrick LAWRENCE"We modern civilizations have learned to recognize that we are mortal like the others. We had heard tell of whole worlds vanished, of empires foundered … sunk to the inexplorable depths of the centuries with their gods and laws, their academies and their pure and applied sciences, their grammars, dictionaries, classics … their critics and the critics of their critics…. We could not count them. But these wrecks, after all, were of no concern of ours." | That is…
(2021-11-03). US-led media campaign to "open up" China—an echo of the Opium Wars. wsws.org While the US is not at this point resorting to military force, the media campaign to demand an end to China's COVID-19 public health restrictions does recall the barbaric methods employed by imperialism in the 19th Century.
(2021-11-03). Prisoners win minimum wage victory. workers.org 
Incarcerated workers on strike against horrific conditions at the Northwest Detention Center were supported by La Resistencia, Dec. 15, 2020. Seattle After years of hunger strikes, immigrant workers detained at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Wash., have won the right to be paid for their labor at the same . . . |
(2021-11-03). Preview: What to Look for in the October Jobs Report. cepr.net (The monthly Employment Situation is scheduled for release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday, November 5 at 8: 30 AM Eastern Time.) | The rate of employment growth has slowed sharply in the last two months, averaging just 280,000 jobs a month. However, this is not a story of weak demand for labor. The index of aggregate weekly hours rose by 0.8 percent in September. This suggests that employers who were unable to hire more workers instead met their demand by increasing hours. The September increase in hours would be equivalent to adding 1.2 million workers if the average workweek had remained unchanged.
(2021-11-03). Chile: Laboratorio de experiencias políticas de América Latina. globalizacion.ca Engels llamó a Francia el laboratorio de experiencias políticas, donde los acontecimientos se desarrollarían de la forma más radical, desde la Revolución de 1789, pasando por la Revolución de 1848, hasta llegar a la Comuna de París. Chile es el…
(2021-11-03). Jordan: Journalists calling out corruption muzzled by cybercrime laws. middleeasteye.net 
Jordan: Journalists calling out corruption muzzled by cybercrime laws | Much of the media, and many ordinary citizens, forced to self censure as thousands find themselves in court for stating their views on social media | Wed, 11/03/2021 – 12: 05 | Political activists outside detained owner Kameel al-Zoubi's coffee stand in Ramtha District gather to buy drinks as a token of their support (MEE/Ja…
(2021-11-03). University of Florida bars professors from testifying in lawsuit against right-wing voting rights bill. wsws.org The move by the university is a blatant attack on free speech and democratic rights in line with the fascistic strategy being pursued by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis.
(2021-11-03). Dana fires temps en masse in apparent retaliation for leak that revealed they were making $25 per hour. wsws.org The revelation sparked outrage among full-time Dana workers at management and the UAW and USW unions, who had bullied them into accepting a contract with wages far below what Dana has been compelled to pay temps to maintain production.
(2021-11-03). Strikers vote down second contract at John Deere. workers.org 
John Deere strikers in Waterloo, Iowa, with supporters from Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union who brought food and supplies Oct. 29. Bulletin: This article was written before the contract vote. On Nov. 2 John Deere UAW members voted down the second contract, 55% against. They remain on strike. Members . . . |
(2021-11-03). High quality documentaries at Toronto International Film Festival. peoplesworld.org 
Documentaries are always of high quality at the Toronto International Film Festival, selected by a stellar team of programmers. Some of the highly recommended docs were reviewed in previous columns including Attica, Wochiigii lo: End of the Peace, Memory Box: Echoes of 9/11 and Oscar Peterson: Black + White. The Oscar doc was only one …
(2021-11-03). No empty slogans needed in addressing climate change: China's UN envoy. ecns.cn Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to the United Nations (UN), said on Tuesday that tackling climate change needs firm commitment and continued actions, not empty slogans.
(2021-11-03). IS claims attack on Afghan military hospital in Kabul. ecns.cn Militants of Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack against a military hospital in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, according to a statement from the group cited in multiple reports on Wednesday.
(2021-11-03). Black girls top list of teens hurt by the police. peoplesworld.org 
HAGERSTOWN, Md. — On a warm September Sunday in 2016, a small Black teenager in a pink T-shirt biked through narrow city streets and rolled into an intersection. So did a Chevy Cruze, driven by an 85-year-old man heading home from church. The next thing 15-year-old Brianna Stuart knew, she was lying dazed on the …
(2021-11-03). Final Straw: Asheville Survival Program. itsgoingdown.org Long-running anarchist radio and podcast show, Final Straw, presents a interview with the autonomous mutual aid project, Asheville Survival Program. Listen and Download HERE Asheville Survival Program is an autonomous mutual aid network formed in early 2020 at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in so-called Asheville, NC. They are building mutual aid with oppressed…
(2021-11-03). Election 2021: Republicans make some major gains but not everywhere. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Except for the Boston and Atlanta mayoral races and numerous local elections scattered around the country, Election 2021 was not the night the Democratic Party and many of the people's movements had hoped for. Pro-worker candidates especially in Virginia but elsewhere took major hits. In Boston, however, there was an outstanding victory by the progressive …
(2021-11-03). Iran claims to have thwarted US attempt to steal oil from its ship in Sea of Oman. peoplesdispatch.org According to the Tasnim News Agency, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel landed on a tanker which the US was trying to confiscate and later steered it into Iranian waters…
(2021-11-03). Free Game: 6 Tips From 'Bitcoin & Black America' Author Isaiah Jackson. moguldom.com Crypto expert Isaiah Jackson has been very successful with bitcoin and he wants to help the Black community do the same. It's why he published "Bitcoin & Black America" in 2019 and continues to be an influential thought leader who gives free game on how best to move in the space. Through his book, his …
(2021-11-03). Cuban Leader: The U.S. Government is the true organizer and promoter of the provocation planned for November in Cuba (+video). mronline.org 
Polanco Fuentes drew attention to how as soon as the march was announced, it received public support from U.S. legislators, political operators and the media that encourage actions against the Cuban people, try to destabilize the country and urge military intervention.
(2021-11-03). What happened to the party of limited government? nationofchange.org The Republican Party now poses a clear and present threat even to the values it once espoused.
(2021-11-03). The Bubble Pumps Of Shiba And Doge Meme Coins Could Have Psychological Bias. moguldom.com A low-priced coin can make investors feel a little richer when they first start buying crypto with a relatively small amount of money. For example, $100 will buy 0.0016 of a single Bitcoin or 1.574 million Shiba Inu (SHIB). It's called unit bias, and it's a natural tendency and way of thinking about value among …
(2021-11-03). Combatting Global Warming: The Solution to China's Demographic "Crisis" cepr.net There have been numerous news articles in recent years telling us that China faces a demographic crisis. The basic story is that the market reforms put in place in the late 1970s, together with country's one-child policy, led to many fewer children being born in the last four decades. As a result, the number of current workers entering retirement, exceeds the size of the cohorts entering the workforce, leading to a stagnant or declining workforce. This is supposed to be a crisis. | I used the word "supposed" because it is not in any way obvious that a declining workforce is any sort of crisis. We see shifts of po…
(2021-11-03). Biden's 'Global Tax' And The 40-Year US Corporate Tax 'Shell Game'. popularresistance.org The corporate media in recent days has been busy resurrecting and re-reporting the deal negotiated weeks ago by Janet Yellen, US Treasury Secretary, to get 100+ other nations to sign on to and introduce a 15% global corporate alternative tax in their countries. | But why is the mainstream media bringing it up again now? Is it to soften the blow of Biden's repeal of his proposal to hike corporate taxes in the US from Trump's 21% to 26%? (It was 35% pre-Trump)? Or is there something else as well that explains why the media is running the global tax story that's already weeks old? | The global sign on to Biden's 15%…
(2021-11-03). Palestine in Pictures: October 2021. electronicintifada.net A monthly roundup of photographs documenting Palestine, Palestinian life, politics and culture, and international solidarity with Palestine.
(2021-11-03). The homogenisation of education. mronline.org 
Education in post-independence India was supposed not just to provide knowledge and skills to students, but also to facilitate the process of "nation-building" (to use a clumsy word).
(2021-11-03). Economic inequality means retirement insecurity for most U.S. households. mronline.org 
This is far from a "hot take": financial wealth in the United States is highly concentrated, with most households, especially Black and Hispanic households, owning few financial assets…
(2021-11-03). Likhts'amisyu Territory: Report on Blockade Erected in Response to Arrest of Chief Dtsa'hyl. itsgoingdown.org The following action report was submitted anonymously to Montreal Counter-Info, and details a blockade erected on Wet'suwet'en territory following ongoing repression by RCMP and Coastal Gaslink. For more background, go here. photo: @M_Tol On Wednesday morning an action was put into effect in response to…
(2021-11-03). COP26: Will Humanity's 'Last and Best Chance' to Save Earth's Climate Succeed? | Take Action Tuesday @EarthFoodLife. independentmediainstitute.org 
There is a chance we can prevent the worst impacts of the climate crisis, but world leaders must hold businesses accountable and listen to Indigenous communities. By Reynard Loki, Independent Media Institute 11 min read It would be an understatement to say that there is a lot riding on COP26, the international climate talks currently …
(2021-11-03). A Mississippi City Blocked a Proposed Mosque Due to Anti-Muslim Prejudice, We're Suing. aclu.org 
There are 13 churches in Horn Lake, Mississippi. But there are no mosques, and there never will be if city officials get their way. Earlier this year, the city's Planning Commission and Board of Aldermen denied site-plan approval for the Abraham House of God mosque, even though the property for the proposed mosque is zoned for houses of worship and the city's own staff determined that the application met or exceeded all requirements. One Alderman ominously warned, "if you let them build it, they will come," exhorting his fellow board members to "stop it before it gets here." | This type of bigotry has no place…
(2021-11-03). Democrats can avoid midterm election disaster by running on their actual agenda. peoplesworld.org 
(2021-11-03). 10 Things To Know About Cancer Risks And Black America. moguldom.com Chadwick Boseman changed the face of pop culture in his role as the Marvel Comics superhero the Black Panther in the groundbreaking 2018 film, but he was already sick with colon cancer and did not have long to enjoy his spectacular success. Boseman died in 2020 at age 43 after a four-year battle with the …
(2021-11-03). Disposable income rises in China's Tibet. ecns.cn Rural and urban residents of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region witnessed rapid growth in disposable income in the first nine months of the year, according to local authorities.
(2021-11-03). COP 26: Can a singing, dancing rebellion save the world? nationofchange.org COP Twenty-six! That is how many times the UN has assembled world leaders to try to tackle the climate crisis. But the United States is producing more oil and natural gas than ever; the amount of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere and global temperatures are both still rising; and we are already experiencing the …
(2021-11-03). Ecuador's neoliberal government announces state emergency to impose austerity. peoplesdispatch.org On October 18, 2021, Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso
(2021-11-03). MAGA Ain't Playin': New Poll Shows 30 Percent Of Republicans Say Violence May Be Necessary To Save United States. moguldom.com Almost one in three Republicans polled in a recent study agree with this statement, "Because things have gotten so far off track, true American patriots may have to resort to violence to save our country." The findings come from the Public Religion Research Institute, a nonprofit research and education organization that studies political issues as they …
(2021-11-03). People's Action and TakeAction Minnesota Statement on Minneapolis Public Safety Charter Amendment. peoplesaction.org Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 202.660.0605 WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action and its member organization, TakeAction Minnesota, today released the following statement by Movement Politics Director Brooke Adams and TakeAction Minnesota Executive Director Elianne Farhat after results came in on a charter amendment in Minneapolis that would transform public safety by replacing the Minneapolis Police Department with a new department …
(2021-11-03). Jacksonville demands police accountability, demands reinstatement of Safer Together Committee. fightbacknews.org Jacksonville, FL — Around 50 community members came together outside of City Hall, October 26, to rally for the re-instatement of the "Safer Together Committee" by the City Council. The rally was led by the Jacksonville Community Action Committee (JCAC) and joined by the Northside Coalition of Jacksonville, Students for A Democratic Society, Take Em Down Jax, Florida Rising, and Women's March Jacksonville. | The rally began at 4 p.m. with the crowd chanting "People! Power!" while various news stations set up to collect footage of the event. Michael Sampson, a leader of JCAC, kicked off the rally by demandi…
(2021-11-03). What to expect from COP26: climate action, climate justice or greenwashing? mronline.org 
If Karl Marx and Frederick Engels were writing the Communist Manifesto today, it is not inconceivable that they would begin with the sentence: "A spectre is haunting humanity—the spectre of extinction."
(2021-11-03). Impasse in talks may force 6,300 U of C faculty, 500 librarians to strike. peoplesworld.org 
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.—A university system-declared impasse after two years of bargaining may force some 6,300 teaching, non-tenured faculty, plus 500 librarians, at the University of California system to strike. Though yet another bargaining session is scheduled for Nov. 10—and is open to the public and supporters via Zoom starting at 2 pm Pacific Time—the two …
(2021-11-03). Oil companies are ploughing money into fossil-fueled plastics production at a record rate—new research. nationofchange.org Around the world, around the clock, the plastics we use every day are produced at facilities on an almost incomprehensible scale that some suggest we now live in an era best labelled the plasticene.
(2021-11-03). Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah facing forced expulsion reject Israeli court's 'compromise deal'. peoplesdispatch.org The Israeli supreme court had offered the Palestinians 'protected tenants' status in exchange for them recognizing temporary Jewish ownership of their homes and paying a symbolic rent to the Israeli settler organization involved in the so-called 'property dispute' in Sheikh Jarrah…
(2021-11-03). Scranton School System forces teachers to strike. peoplesworld.org 
SCRANTON, Pa. —After years with no contract, and school board demands for big increases in teachers' share of health care costs, teachers and staff in the Scranton, Pa., school district, members of Teachers (AFT) Local 1147, were forced to strike Nov. 3. "See us on the picket lines. Scranton educators, parents, and students have sacrificed …