Daily Archives: November 2, 2022

2022-11-02: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-11-02). Pentagon confirms deployment of active-duty military personnel in Ukraine. wsws.org In an extraordinary revelation Tuesday, US Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder admitted during an official briefing that active-duty US military personnel are not only deployed inside of Ukraine, but are operating throughout the country, far away from the US embassy.

Anonymous103 (2022-11-02). In Video: Ukrainian Serviceman Testified On War Crimes Against Civilians. southfront.org

WSWS (2022-11-02). Big oil, food giants, restaurant chains reap windfall profits as US real wages plunge. wsws.org Biden's feigned outrage over corporate price- and profit-gouging cannot conceal the fact that his administration is working relentlessly with the trade union apparatuses to impose the full inflationary impact of the war in Ukraine on the working class.

Anonymous103 (2022-11-02). Camelot's Slurs: The Libelling of Adlai Stevenson. southfront.org | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark | How do you bury responsibility for a decision inspired by a pilfered idea? Blame someone else, especially if that person came up with the idea to begin with. This tried method of distraction was used with invidious gusto by US President John F. Kennedy, who recast his role in reaching an agreement with the Soviet Union during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. | The stationing of Soviet nuclear capable missiles in Cuba, and the response of the Kennedy administration, too…

K Ehlers, A Baerbock & L Obrecht (2022-11-02). In the eye of the typhoon, Hardened fronts & The Nuclear War Bluff. indybay.org Nuclear war is a big bluff & the last means of the cult to enforce its Great Reset to control & decimate humanity. Now is the time to recognize this & not be fooled again by the dilettantes in the Western governments. The worldwide growing resistance will end all plans of the globalists & expose all deceptions. Those responsible will be exposed.Love remains when illusion & fear fall…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-11-02). Who's Afraid of US Troops in Ukraine? libya360.wordpress.com M. K. BHADRAKUMAR A T-72 tank of the Russian Armed Forces is pictured in Donetsk Very innocuously, the Biden Administration has 'sensitised' the world opinion that American troops are indeed present on Ukrainian soil in Russia's immediate neighbourhood. Washington made a "soft landing" with an unnamed senior Pentagon official making the disclosure to the Associated Press and…

WorkWeek (2022-11-02). Railworkers Support Rally at Oakland &SA Dockers Strike with ILWU, No War in Ukraine. indybay.org WorkWeek covers Railroad Workers Solidarity Rally At Port Of Oakland & SA Dockers Strike With ILWU, Oakland Rally Against War In Ukraine & The Life & Struggles of UFWA Founder Al Rojas…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-11-02). No Pain, No Grain: Putin's Black Sea Comeback. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar After the western military attack on Sevastopol briefly halted Russian grain transports, Moscow is back in business with a stronger hand and more favorable terms. So, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan picks up the phone and calls his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin: let's talk about the "grain deal." Putin, cool, calm and collected, explains…

Anonymous669 (2022-11-02). Eight Killed During New Anti-ISIS Operation In Syria's Daraa. southfront.org . | On August 31, former Syrian rebels kicked off a security operation to neutralize ISIS cells in the southern city of Daraa with direct support from the Syrian military and intelligence. | The security operation is reportedly being led by the 8th Brigade, a Russian-backed formation of the military's 5th Corps that is mainly made of up local fighters and former rebels from the countryside of Daraa. The military has been supporting the operation with artillery, while the intelligence has been…

John Feffer (2022-11-02). The Future of China's Green Revolution. fpif.org In the space of a single generation, China transformed itself into a global economic giant. Now, at the same rapid rate, it must lead the world by greening its enormous economy.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-11-02). China expresa su apoyo a Pakistán, asolado por las inundaciones. telesurtv.net Las recientes inundaciones en Pakistán mataron a más de 1.700 personas y afectaron a unos 33 millones.

Robert S. Becker (2022-11-02). A 'plague on both houses'—still ends up a plague. nationofchange.org Our planet is an imperfect place,/ A mirror to the human race.

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2022-11-02). Friday 12/2: 12/2/11 STOP US NATO Drive Toward World War-International Day Of Action. indybay.org San Francico Federal Building | 70 9th St. | San Francisco…

Brett Wilkins (2022-11-02). Banks and G20 Nations Spent at Least $55 Billion a Year Financing Fossil Fuels. truthout.org Group of 20 nations and major multilateral development banks spent nearly twice as much financing international fossil fuel projects as they did on clean energy alternatives during a recent two-year period, a Oil Change International and Friends of the Earth U.S., along with dozens of collaborating climate and environmental justice groups, found that from 2019 to 2021, members of the G20 and multilateral development banks (MDBs) including the World Ba…

Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik (2022-11-02). Corporate CEOs gone wild: Raking in inflation profits and busting unions. peoplesworld.org Democratic politicians who don't call out powerful corporations and their CEO's as the driving force behind inflation risk allowing the GOP, the party with no plan to combat the skyrocketing costs to consumers of almost everything, to take power in the elections next week. That is the message of former President Barack Obama, as he …

Ben Radford (2022-11-02). Fossil fuel companies, wealthy countries causing 'catastrophic' global warming. greenleft.org.au Ahead of the United Nations Climate Conference (COP27) on November 6, governments are making a big deal of their pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But, even if all the pledges were kept, global warming would still reach catastrophic levels by the end of the century, argues Ben Radford.

WSWS (2022-11-02). From the Archives: The betrayal of the 1997 Ontario teachers' strike. wsws.org This 1997 International Workers Bulletin editorial board statement drew lessons—that remain critical today—from the unions' sabotage of a militant two-week Ontario teacher strike that was rapidly becoming a mass working-class political challenge to the hated Tory government of Mike Harris and its class war agenda.

Brittani Banks (2022-11-02). Elon Musk Plans to Profit From Twitter, Not Create a Town Square for Global Democracy. independentmediainstitute.org

Ashley Curtin (2022-11-02). New survey reveals electronic waste a growing problem globally. nationofchange.org "We need to understand this growth and counter it with everyone involved: national authorities, enforcement agencies, Producer Responsibility Organizations, original equipment manufacturers, recyclers, researchers and consumers themselves."

Karim Doumar, Cynthia Gordy Giwa (2022-11-02). How to 'follow the money' in a political campaign. nationofchange.org The donors who help shape this country deserve as much scrutiny and publicity as the politicians they support. After all, this country belongs to us.

Anonymous669 (2022-11-02). Turkey's Proxies In Greater Idlib Kill Or Wound Several Syrian Soldiers With Guided Missile (Video). southfront.org . | On November 2, several soldiers of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) were killed or wounded near the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib when their vehicle was targeted by the Turkish-backed National Front (NFL) for Liberation. | NFL militants targeted the vehicle, a pickup truck, with an anti-tank guided missile as it was passing next to a military position located near the town of al-Shekh Aqeel in the western Aleppo countryside. The vehicle was completely destroyed as a resu…

Chris Walker (2022-11-02). Graham Must Testify Following Supreme Court's Rejection of Last-Ditch Appeal. truthout.org The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), who was seeking an injunction blocking him from having to appear before a grand jury to give testimony regarding an election interference inquiry in the state of Georgia. |

Jake Johnson (2022-11-02). Nobel Laureates, Climate Leaders Demand Egypt Free Alaa Abd el-Fattah Ahead of COP27. commondreams.org "If COP27 ends up a silent gathering, where no one risks speaking openly for fear of angering the COP presidency, then what future is it that will be being negotiated over?" asked 15 Nobel Literature Prize winners in a new letter.

Jake Johnson (2022-11-02). PA Supreme Court Ruling Over Technicality May Toss Thousands of Mail-In Ballots. truthout.org Just a week before the midterms, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that state election officials cannot count ballots submitted without a correct date on the outer envelope, siding with a coalition of Republican groups that sued to block undated mail-in ballots. | In a

Sarah Hathway (2022-11-02). Revived Victorian electricity commission a nod to privatisation failures, climate movement pressure. greenleft.org.au Daniel Andrew's energy announcement is both a nod to the failures of privatisating the energy sector and the growing pressure from the climate movement to speed up the transition, argues Sarah Hathway.

Ana Zorita (2022-11-02). Honduras: US ambassador accused of meddling. greenleft.org.au United States Ambassador to Honduras Laura Dogu was summoned by Honduran foreign minister Enrique Reina on October 31 for meddling in the country's internal affairs.

Allan Fisher (2022-11-02). Saturday 10/29: All Out for Palestine. indybay.org Corner of Ocean at Water Streets, Santa Cruz…

John Garcia (2022-11-02). Louis Kotra Uregei — Presente! greenleft.org.au Pro-Kanak independence leader Louis Kotra Uregei will be remembered as someone who all his life fought for the well-being of the Kanak people, writes John Garcia.

____ (2022-11-02). (100 great changes) Winter Olympics ignite Chinese passion for ice and snow sports. ecns.cn The 2022 Beijing Olympics witnessed eye-catching moments of breathtaking speed and the charm of ice and snow activities, including Alpine skiing, short track speed skating, figure skating, and ice hockey.

San Francisco Public Library (2022-11-02). Saturday 12/17: Author: Rage of Innocence by Kristin Henning and Reginald Dwayne Betts. indybay.org [ONLINE] San Francisco Main Library…

Martha Hubert (2022-11-02). Friday 11/4: Elect Justice, NOT Jenkins! indybay.org The San Francisco Police Officers Association | 800 Bryant @ 6th Street, SF…

Sharon Zhang (2022-11-02). Advocates: Supreme Court Should Nix Legacy Admissions, Not Affirmative Action. truthout.org Progressive advocates are calling for an end to legacy considerations in the college admissions process as the Supreme Court has indicated it is open to striking down a race-conscious admissions policy that advocates say has led to crucial advancements in equality in higher education. | As the Supreme Court

WSWS (2022-11-02). On fourth day of his private ownership, Elon Musk fires Twitter board of directors. wsws.org Financial concerns have quickly overtaken the hollow statements by Elon Musk that his takeover of Twitter was motivated by his drive to preserve the platform as a "digital town square."

The Associated Press (2022-11-02). Brazil's Bolsonaro Tells Supreme Court Election 'Is Over'. latinorebels.com Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's administration signaled a willingness to hand over power, two days after a nail-biting election loss to leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and amid speculation the far-right incumbent might fight the result.

Chris Slee (2022-11-02). After a 40-day picket, Knauf workers win. greenleft.org.au Plasterboard workers at Knauf returned to work after winning their demands for permanency and a pay rise. Chris Slee reports.

Kenny Stancil (2022-11-02). Biden Treasury Urged to Act as US Banks Help Big Oil 'Torch Our Planet'. commondreams.org "Until Wall Street firms are held to account," says a new letter, "no amount of investment in renewables can credibly undo the damage that their fossil fuel financing does to the climate."

Anonymous669 (2022-11-02). Israeli Officer Seriously Wounded In New West Bank Ramming Attack (Video). southfront.org . Source: the Israeli Defense Forces. | On November 2, an officer in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) was seriously wounded in a car-ramming attack at a checkpoint located near the West Bank settlement of Beit Horon. | Footage of the attack showed a van ramming the officer who was manning the checkpoint, that is locally known as the "Bell". The Palestinian driver then gets out of the vehicle and attempts to attack the officer with a pickaxe. The wound…

Emily Janakiram (2022-11-02). Abortion Rights Opponents Are Targeting Patients Seeking Care in Blue States. truthout.org

Bevan Ramsden (2022-11-02). Peace conference to launch inquiry into Australia's growing militarism. greenleft.org.au The Independent and Peaceful Australia Network is hosting its national conference as well as launching the results of its people's inquiry into militarism. Bevan Ramsden reports.

Dave Kellaway (2022-11-02). 'Love defeats hatred' — Victory for Lula and the Brazilian people. greenleft.org.au Following Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva's victory, the key to defending his government and ensuring progress will be the revitalisation of the popular organisations, indigenous movements and labour movement, argues Dave Kellaway.

Direct Action Everywhere (2022-11-02). Saturday 11/12: November Day of Action: Costco Drop Smithfield. indybay.org 2500 17th St ∑ San Francisco, CA…

Jake Johnson (2022-11-02). Bolsonaro Drove Brazil's 2021 Emissions to Highest Level in Nearly Two Decades. commondreams.org Leftist President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has vowed to reverse Bolsonaro's harmful deforestation policies, declaring, "A standing tree is worth more than tons of wood illegally harvested by those who think only of easy profit."

Climate Creative (2022-11-02). Friday 11/4: The Climate Gallery Launch: An Interactive Night For Art and Environment. indybay.org CounterPulse 80 Turk Street San Francisco, CA 94102…

Jake Johnson (2022-11-02). PA Supreme Court Ruling Could Toss Thousands of Ballots Over 'Irrelevant Technicality'. commondreams.org Siding with a coalition of Republican groups, Pennsylvania's high court ruled a week before the midterms that mail-in ballots received without a correct date on the outer envelope cannot be counted.

Jeff Shantz (2022-11-02). Canada: Education workers announce wildcat action after Ontario suspends human rights to crush their union. greenleft.org.au Ontario's heavy-handed attack on workers' rights, which circumvents Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms, poses a serious threat to labour movements and could set a precedent for dismantling the foundations of collective bargaining, reports Jeff Shantz.

Kerry Smith (2022-11-02). Calls grow for justice for Cassius Turvey. greenleft.org.au Thousands of people are turning out across the country to celebrate and mourn Noongar boy Cassius Turvey, who died after being set upon and beaten by youths with an iron bar on October 13.

California Democratic Party (2022-11-02). Monday 10/31: Prop 1 Rally at USF. indybay.org On top of Lone Mountain at University of San Francisco!

Jake Johnson (2022-11-02). Snowden Says Shut Down DHS After Report Revealed Secretive Effort to Police Online Speech. commondreams.org The NSA whistleblower said creating the Department of Homeland Security "was always a mistake," but "its plan to become the Speech Police is the final straw."

Allan Fisher (2022-11-02). Sunday 11/13: Learn about El Salvador. indybay.org Namaste Lounge, College Nine and John R. Lewis College, UC Santa Cruz…

Karl Kramer (2022-11-02). Saturday 11/12: El Salvador update (CISPES tour). indybay.org Answer Coalition hall. 2969 Mission Street, San Francisco…

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-11-02). Al menos 14 personas heridas tras tiroteo en Chicago, EE.UU. telesurtv.net La versión oficial indica que desde un vehículo en marcha un hombre armado disparó contra la multitud reunida en East Garfield Park.

SouthFront5 (2022-11-01). Once Upon A Time In Russia (Video, Humor). southfront.org

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