(2022-12-05). Key project of China-Russia east-route natural gas pipeline is completed. ecns.cn A key construction project of the China-Russia east-route natural gas pipeline was completed on Saturday. It will allow Russian gas to cross the Yangtze River to reach Shanghai.
(2022-12-05). Arnold August: Dems Seek Political Gain by Pretending Opposition To Right-wing Fascism (Interview). orinocotribune.com A Canadian expert on American internal affairs, Arnold August, says the Democrats' opposition to the "right-wing fascism" is not genuine. | "The interest of the Democrats and its media, such as CNN, is not to oppose right-wing fascism but rather to build a straw man for political gain in order to cover their own traces," August, a member of the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP), tells the Tehran Times. | August also says people in Europe and the United States know that "the US/NATO war against Russia" is the cause of unprecedented inflation in recent decades. | Following is the text of the interview: | Q: Inflation…
(2022-12-05). Arnold August: Dems Seek Political Gain by Pretending Opposition To Right-wing Fascism. orinocotribune.com By Mohammad Hassan Nikbin — Nov 22, 2022 | A Canadian expert on American internal affairs, Arnold August, says the Democrats' opposition to the "right-wing fascism" is not genuine. | "The interest of the Democrats and its media, such as CNN, is not to oppose right-wing fascism but rather to build a straw man for political gain in order to cover their own traces," August, a member of the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP), tells the Tehran Times. | August also says people in Europe and the United States know that "the US/NATO war against Russia" is the cause of unprecedented inflation in recent decades. | Follow…
(2022-12-05). We Are Not Ghouls and The Corridors of Power: Two films probe or fail to probe US responsibility for genocide and torture. wsws.org We Are Not Ghouls is a valuable documenting of the violation of basic democratic rights that US authorities inflicted on its detainees during the "war on terror."
(2022-12-05). Biden & Republicrats Union Busting Bill Against Railway Workers & Their Fight For Sick Pay. indybay.org The Biden administration with the support of most of the Democrats and Republicans in Congress pushed a bill that imposes a reactionary contract that severely limits sick pay and benefits BNSF railroad owner Warren Buffet and the other railroad corporations.
(2022-12-05). Winter 2022 National Immigrant Solidarity Network Immigrant Justice News Alert! indybay.org Racist Hate and Migrantphobia Continues Under Biden…
(2022-12-05). Biden Has Handed America Over to the Biodefense Cartel. globalresearch.ca
(2022-12-05). Labor historians' "open letter" to Biden falls on deaf ears. wsws.org Instead of clarifying workers on the basic class and historical issues at stake in the present struggle, the letter provides political cover for Biden.
(2022-12-05). Blowback from US Midterm Elections for 2-Party System. journal-neo.org 
Much of what is published about the impact of the Midterm elections in the US must be taken with a grain of salt, not at face value. It is a lot more complicated than just that the Republicans have squeaked a majority in the House of Representatives and the Democrats in the Senate. Democrats may …
(2022-12-05). Musk's money is playing old games with new media. greenleft.org.au For the right-wing press, Elon Musk — who backed the Republicans in the recent midterm elections — is a social media saviour, writes Ari Paul.
(2022-12-05). Will Lehman demands that all candidates be on the ballot in second round of UAW elections. wsws.org United Auto Workers presidential candidate Will Lehman issued this statement in response to the UAW elections, which have been characterized by extremely low turnout due to voter suppression by the UAW apparatus.
(2022-12-05). Will Lehman, socialist candidate for UAW president, receives nearly 5,000 votes despite bureaucratic suppression of election turnout. wsws.org The substantial support Lehman received among rank-and-file workers across the US is an event with historic significance for the development of the class struggle globally.
(2022-12-05). Australian state election in Victoria deepens Liberal Party crisis. wsws.org The Liberal Party received just under 30 percent of the primary vote, its worst result in Victoria since 1952.
(2022-12-05). Trump calls for "termination" of US Constitution to restore him to power. wsws.org Top Republican politicians have largely been silent on this extraordinary declaration, while Democrats have issued only perfunctory condemnations.
(2022-12-05). New York City mayor attacks the civil rights of the homeless. wsws.org The administration of New York Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, is using new legislation to forcibly remove homeless people whom it decides are mentally ill from the streets.
(2022-12-05). "All workers everywhere stand with railroad workers!": Workers denounce Washington's imposition of sellout contract on railroaders. wsws.org Democrats claimed the anti-strike law was needed to protect "working families," but workers have made clear they support railroaders, not Washington.
(2022-12-05). Golden Harvest Ceremony – Growing food in Historic Negro Bar, Lake Natoma, California. indybay.org 1848 Negro Hill, Mormon Island and Negro Bar Gold Mining District on Ancient Indigenous Lands in California. "It's important to keep the focus squarely on the culprit that brought us to this point today. And that's the US government. Its subtle and overt expansion of White supremacy is to blame here. These are two incredibly aggrieved, hyper-marginalized groups,"
(2022-12-05). Sunday 12/4: "Voting Rights: The Struggle To Be Counted" – History Film on Black Voter Suppression. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-12-05). Gobierno de Perú desmiente presuntos planes golpistas. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado peruano emitió una declaración para ratificar su compromiso "con la democracia, el Estado de derecho y la Constitución".
(2022-12-04). GOP Silence on Trump's Call to Axe Constitution Reveals 'Full Embrace of Fascism': House Dem. commondreams.org "Last week the leader of the Republican Party had dinner with a Nazi leader and a man who called Adolf Hitler 'great,'" said Rep. Bill Pascrell. "Yesterday Trump called for throwing out the Constitution and making himself dictator."
(2022-12-04). Rep. Adam Smith Says Calls for Ukraine Aid Oversight are 'Russian Propaganda'. news.antiwar.com Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), the head of the House Armed Services Committee, said Saturday that the growing calls for more oversight of the billions of dollars the US is spending on Ukraine are "part of Russian propaganda." While the majority of Republicans strongly favor continuing to arm Ukraine, even the more hawkish GOP members have …
(2022-12-04). US, China Defense Ministers meet on the sidelines of the 9th ADMM-Plus Forum. journal-neo.org 
The results of the meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden, which took place on November 14 on the sidelines of the G20 summit, have been given different evaluations. By official representatives of both countries and independent commentators alike. Which is natural, since, despite the highest level of representation of the …
(2022-12-04). Haiti: Neocolonial Dictatorship, Paramilitary And Police Terror. popularresistance.org On October 7th, in the face of massive and ever-growing demonstrations all across Haiti demanding the uprooting of the right-wing Haitian Tét Kale Party (PHTK) dictatorship, Prime Minister Ariel Henry exploited the fiction of a war between his regime and "gangs" to call for the intervention of foreign troops to expand the colonial occupation of Haiti. In doing so, he was echoing the tweet made the day before by OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro. Within days, the Biden Administration proceeded to draft a UN Security Council resolution calling for the expanded deployment of foreign troops in Haiti. To date, the UN…
(2022-12-04). The Volatility Of US Hegemony In Latin America, Part II. popularresistance.org The US has long considered Latin America and the Caribbean to be its "backyard" under the anachronist 1823 Monroe Doctrine. And even though current US President Biden mistakenly thinks that upgrading the region to the "front yard" makes any difference, Yankee hemispheric hegemony is becoming increasingly volatile. A "Pink Tide" of left electoral victories since 2018 have swept Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Honduras, Chile, Columbia, and Brazil. At the same time, China has emerged as an economic presence while tumultuously inflationary winds blow in the world economy. | In this larger context, the socialist tr…
(2022-12-04). US Railroad Workers 'Under The Thumb'. popularresistance.org Probably the most important US labor event of 2022 has been the 115,000 US railroad workers and their unions attempt to bargain a new contract with the super profitable Railroad companies. As of December 2, 2022, however, that negotiations has not turned out well for the workers. The US government—the Biden administration and Democrat controlled US Congress with the help of virtually all the Republicans—have repeatedly intervened on the side of the management in the negotiations. | Beginning last September, that intervention has ensured that the workers would not be able to strike in order to advance…
(2022-12-04). More Than 500 Labor Historians Condemn Biden's Freight Rail Intervention. progressivehub.net AARON GORDON | VICE…
(2022-12-04). Workers World Party statement Solidarity with railroad workers! workers.org 
President Joe Biden has just signed legislation, passed by both houses of Congress, imposing a contract between Class One freight rail companies and the 11 railroad unions. Thus with the stroke of a pen, the CEO of the capitalist state, Biden, stripped these unions of their most basic right: the . . . |
(2022-12-04). Workers World Party statement: Solidarity with railroad workers! workers.org President Joe Biden has just signed legislation, passed by both houses of Congress, imposing a contract between Class One freight rail companies and the 11 railroad unions. Thus with the stroke of a pen, the CEO of the capitalist state, Biden, stripped these unions of their most basic right: the . . . |
(2022-12-04). Latin America's Plan To Challenge US Dollar With New Currency. popularresistance.org The US dollar is used in the majority of international trade, and its status as the global reserve currency gives the United States an "exorbitant privilege" that underpins its geopolitical and economic dominance. | Yet opposition to Washington's hegemony is growing around the world. Institutions of Eurasian integration are proposing their own currencies and payment systems. Latin America, too, has ambitious plans to end its dependence on the US dollar. | Prominent economist Andrés Arauz, a leftist leader who came close to winning Ecuador's 2021 presidential elections, published a blueprint for a "new regional fi…
(2022-12-04). The Narrative Of Sham Elections. popularresistance.org Every mainstream media outlet described the referenda in September in the Donetsk, Lugansk People's Republics (LPR and DPR), Kherson Region and part of Zaporozhye as a "sham" and therefore "rigged." The results were certainly not what one finds in Western style party political contestations. So, it is very easy to pass these results off as "rigged" to an audience that has not investigated beyond what main stream Western media choose to report. But to equate what was going on there with what is going on in the West is sheer idiocy. To see why the vote went the way it did, follow the reports of Patrick Lancaster, E…
(2022-12-04). US Youth Observe Cuba's Elections—and Learn About 'Real Democracy'. scheerpost.com 
A delegation of youth from the United States observed Cuba's November 2022 municipal elections and offer an inside look into a true people's democracy, where workers decide who will govern them, not wealthy oligarchs and corporations.
(2022-12-04). Reformers Win Big in United Auto Workers Election, Reject Entrenched Leadership. truthout.org Originally published by Labor Notes What is the mood at United Auto Workers headquarters today? Day drinking? Shopping for retirement condos? Dunning staff for money to try desperately to win the run-off? Shredding documents? Reformers in the United Auto Workers are jubilant as they seem set to make a historic change in the top leadership of their union, ending 70 years of one-party top-down rule. |
(2022-12-04). Israel's war on the Palestinian narrative. thealtworld.com Brandishing the sword of anti-Semitismto suppress the truth won't work forever | Israel's lobbyists in the West are in a frenzy these days. They are desperate to discredit and denounce any political act or artistic work that exposes the ugly criminal face of Israeli occupation, especially in the Western world and its festivals, forums, universities, and media. This is an assault on freedom of expression which used to be a mainstay of Western democracy but is regrettably no longer the case. | A ferocious campaign is currently being waged against the film Farha by Jordanian director Darin Sallam, which tells the st…
(2022-12-04). SDF Commander Among Two Killed In Turkish Drone Strike On Northern Syria (Video). southfront.org 
Late on December 3, at least two people were killed when a Turkish drone strike hit a truck in the northern region of Syria. | The truck was reportedly moving near the village of Sanjaq Sadoun in the northern al-Hasakah countryside, which is controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), when it was targeted by a Turkish combat drone. | One of the casualties was identified as Hussein Sheikh Mamd, a field commander of the SDF, while the other was just a driver. | This was the…
(2022-12-04). International lawyers' organization adopts resolutions to free Salah Hamouri and the Holy Land Five, condemn German anti-Palestinian repression. samidoun.net 
The International Association of Democratic Lawyers, an international alliance of lawyers and legal organizations accredited to ECOSOC and UNESCO, convened its Council meeting virtually on 3-4 December 2022, considering a number of important issues. The IADL, which brings together progressive lawyers and legal organizations from all continents, addressed a wide variety of global topics during …
(2022-12-04). The Republican War on Democracy Has Spread to Ballot Measures. commondreams.org Time and again, when Republicans hold power, they wield it to silence the will of the people by making it harder for citizens to pursue direct democracy.
(2022-12-04). Rosa Louise McCauley Parks – Patron Saint – Women's Political Council of Montgomery, AL. indybay.org If the Women's Political Council of Montgomery, Alabama is known, then the efficacy of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement is placed in proper context, #Womanity.
(2022-12-04). The Volatility of US Hegemony in Latin America The Pink Tide Surges, 2018-2022 (Part 1). orinocotribune.com
(2022-12-04). Chinese people mourn Jiang Zemin. ecns.cn Chinese people were saddened to hear the news of the passing of their former leader Jiang Zemin, who died Wednesday in Shanghai at the age of 96.In the city of Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, flower bouquets lined the entrance to the former residence of Jiang.
(2022-12-04). Cradle of Civilization: Ancient Luoyang City of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. ecns.cn The ancient Luoyang City of the Sui and Tang dynasties is now part of Luoyang City and its outskirts in Henan Province. Built in 605, the ancient city was the eastern capital of the Sui and Tang dynasties.
(2022-12-04). Cuba Goes on a Diplomatic Tour In An Increasingly Multipolar World. progressivehub.net MANOLO DE LOS SANTOS | INDEPENDENT MEDIA INSTITUTE…
(2022-12-03). Ukraine: US Launches a Fascist Government, and World War Three? globalresearch.ca It all started on March 5, 2014: a US sponsored fascist coalition government under the disguise of democracy was installed in Ukraine. | With historical foresight pertaining to the dangers of a Third World War, this article by Felicity Arbuthnot was …
(2022-12-03). America's Fate: Revolution or Fascism? strategic-culture.org Daniel Lazare is a journalist, author and commentator who specializes in critically analyzing the politics and Constitution of the United States. He has authored several books, including The Velvet Revolution and the Decline of American Democracy. | The Covid-19 pandemic over the past two years exposes the pathological diseased state of US capitalism where private profit is prioritized over public health. Over one million people have died in the US, by far the biggest death toll of any other nation. | By contrast, China's death toll from Covid-19 stands at around 5,200, or 0.5 percent of the US. That shows tha…
(2022-12-03). Assad rejects requests to meet with Erdogan: report. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 03 (MNA) — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has rebuffed Russia's efforts to arrange a meeting with Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan, citing Turkey's upcoming elections and the presence of Turkish troops on Syrian soil.
(2022-12-03). Zero Covid And The Protests In China. popularresistance.org Establishment media have seized on protests over Covid lockdowns to rehearse their favourite anti-China narratives. | Ever since the world's first Covid outbreak in Wuhan, the virus has been used as a stick to beat China. | Donald Trump cynically portrayed the pandemic as a Chinese weapon — "the worst attack we've ever had on our country … worse than Pearl Harbour." | Trump's ravings were seldom taken seriously even by US allies. But the resurrection of the "lab leak" conspiracy theory by the Joe Biden administration made it respectable, and the judgement of a World Health Organisation scientific team, th…
(2022-12-03). SDS stands with railroad workers. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement by Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). | Students for a Democratic Society stands in unconditional solidarity with the railroad workers of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division (BMWED-IBT), SMART-TD, the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, and the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen as they fight determinedly for a fair contract and livable conditions on and off the job. We stand with them in their rejection of the appalling deal crafted by the Biden Administration, and we stand with them in defending their right to strike…
(2022-12-03). LEAKED: Twitter Censorship To Protect Biden Revealed. rumble.com
(2022-12-03). Railroad Workers Slam Biden for Siding With Bosses to Avoid Strike. truthout.org Railroad workers lashed out at both Republicans and Democrats on Friday after Congress and President Joe Biden blocked their unions from striking over paid sick leave and unsafe work scheduling, with militant workers calling for the various railroad craft unions to unite under one organization and consider allying with a third political party. Biden signed legislation on Friday finalizing a labor… |
(2022-12-03). "The political parties don't represent the people": US workers furious after Biden signs bipartisan anti-strike legislation. wsws.org The rapid move by both parties to impose a contract rejected by workers has shocked and angered workers across the country.
(2022-12-03). US Midterms and What They REALLY Mean For the Rest of USEveryone Else. journal-neo.org 
US midterm elections don't usually have much relevance outside the country. A change of President can have a profound effect on the world around, but the composition of Congress is much more of an internal matter, until recently. Americans are very proud of their democratic system, which can be regarded as the world's first liberal …
(2022-12-03). Challengers Win Big in UAW Elections; Presidency Headed To Run-Off. popularresistance.org What is the mood at United Auto Workers headquarters today? Day drinking? Shopping for retirement condos? Dunning staff for money to try desperately to win the run-off? Shredding documents? | Reformers in the United Auto Workers are jubilant as they seem set to make a historic change in the top leadership of their union, ending 70 years of one-party top-down rule. As mail-ballot votes were counted this week, it appeared very possible that the UAW Members United slate would eventually take all seven of the seats it contested, out of 14 on the union's executive board. | This is nothing short of an earthquake in one…
(2022-12-03). Urumqi Fire and New Covid Outbreak. dissidentvoice.org This week's News on China in 2 minutes. ‚Ä¢ Urumqi Fire and new Covid outbreak ‚Ä¢ Pop singer sentenced to 13 years in prison ‚Ä¢ Local elections in Taiwan ‚Ä¢ New findings from the frontal region of the brain…
(2022-12-03). Right-Wing Extremist Lauren Boebert to Guide Policy on House GOP Leadership Team. truthout.org Despite winning reelection by just 550 votes in a race that's now undergoing a recount, Rep. Lauren Boebert this week won a vote of confidence from her fellow Republican members of the U.S. House as she was elected to join the party's policy committee. The office of Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold on Thursday announced Boebert's unexpectedly close race with her Democratic challenger… |
(2022-12-03). Understanding the challenges before Malaysia's public health system. peoplesdispatch.org Ahead of the country's election, Dr. Lim Chee Han of of the People's Health Forum-Malaysia and Third World Network talks about the characteristics of Malaysia's health system and the challenges before it. | He explains how the country's health system dealt with COVID-19 and how the private sector has been privileged over the public sector. He explains how there is a need for greater public spending on health care and the difference it can make to the requirements of the people.
(2022-12-03). Municipal elections in Taiwan: Big defeat for US policy in the region. uwidata.com By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein * The recently concluded 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) persisted in the guideline of peaceful reunification of the country under the idea of sustaining two political systems for a period of time. Under the one-China principle, the CPC has set out to promote "broad and in-depth consultations …
(2022-12-03). Will Lehman, socialist candidate for UAW president, wins 4,777 votes amid anemic turnout. wsws.org Despite a massive effort at voter suppression by the United Auto Workers bureaucracy in the union's presidential election, Lehman won 4.6 percent of the vote, having run on an explicitly socialist and internationalist program.
(2022-12-03). Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals slams Trump, vacates special master for Mar-a-Lago state secrets documents. wsws.org A three-judge panel of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered the dismissal of Trump's lawsuit challenging the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago resort.
(2022-12-03). Bringing The People's Voices Into Government. popularresistance.org This episode was broadcast LIVE FROM BOGOTàÅ with guest Lilia Solano, Vice Minister of Social Dialogue and Equality for the government of Colombia | Host Teri Mattson has been in Bogotá since 24 November attending several encuentros organized by Vice Minister Lilia Solano. In this episode Teri and Lilia discuss the Petro government's vision of bringing the 1991 Constitutional reform of direct democracy to reality among the Colombian people and the creation of social movements to develop informed citizens, build political formation and continue to create electoral candidates for the continuation of the Pacto…
(2022-12-03). Syria's Elite Tiger Forces Deploys Along Euphrates River Amid Threats By Turkey (Photos). southfront.org 
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has deployed the 25th Special Mission Forces Division, mostly known by their former name the Tiger Forces, along the western bank of the Euphrates River in Aleppo and Raqqa, different Syrian news sources reported on December 1 and 2. | The elite force was deployed in areas held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the northeastern Aleppo countryside and the southern countryside of Raqqa. According to unverified reports, some of the force units have…
(2022-12-03). Haitian Democracy. Under the Thumb of UN, US and Canadian (White) Saviors! globalresearch.ca
(2022-12-03). Hype About Democrats Passing the Torch: Don't Get Fooled Again. indybay.org The past masquerading as the future…
(2022-12-03). "Wiki-Gate": Julian Assange Was Framed by the People Who Supported Him. globalresearch.ca Assange has been the object of an all out smear campaign by those who supported him. The Economist which granted Assange the New Media Award in 2008 intimates that he is an "enemy agent" responsible for "information anarchy … culminating in the destabilization of American democracy"
(2022-12-03). The Railway Labor Crisis Tells Us A Lot About Democrats' Priorities. progressivehub.net LUKE SAVAGE | JACOBIN…
(2022-12-03). Jacobin promotes student debt bankruptcy. wsws.org Students are evidently expected to be grateful for the chance, compliments of the Democratic Party, to go into bankruptcy to avoid penury and homelessness.
(2022-12-03). Dr. Lamont Hill: My Bookstore Was Burglarized In Philly And I Wouldn't Press Charges, I Met With The 2 Brothers. moguldom.com Dr. Marc Lamont Hill recently shared he doesn't just preach decriminalization, he practices it. "My store WAS burglarized during the pandemic. The police caught the 2 brothers who did it. They asked me to press charges. I said no. They charged them anyway. They asked me to come to court. I refused. Instead I found …
(2022-12-03). The Volatility of US Hegemony in Latin America (Part III). dissidentvoice.org A surging Pink Tide has brought left electoral victories in Latin America and the Caribbean protesting the neoliberal model imposed by the US and its collaborators. Neoliberalism has failed to meet the needs of the peoples of the region and is losing its legitimacy as a prototype for development. However, the countries of the region …
(2022-12-03). Con Fidel y sin parálisis. globalizacion.ca La cercanía de Fidel Castro en el tiempo debe favorecer el cuidado con que nos corresponde tratar sus textos y librarlo de falsificaciones. Si queremos citarlo, ahí está un caudal que lo propicia sin que tengamos que inventar lo que…
(2022-12-03). Elon Musk revela cómo Twitter censuró escándalo sobre el hijo de Joe Biden. cubadebate.cu Elon Musk, dueño de Twitter, desató una nueva controversia al revelar el papel de esta red social para "suprimir" una nota sobre Hunter Biden, hijo del presidente estadunidense Joe Biden, semanas antes de las elecciones presidenciales de 2020. Las publicaciones, retuiteadas de la cuenta del periodista Matthew Taibbi, se han dado a conocer como "Twitter Files".