(2021-11-06). Alex Saab's case—Legally, politically damaging to the U.S. workers.org 
The following is based on a statement on the case of diplomatic Special Envoy Alex Saab — kidnapped by the U.S. for attempting to ameliorate the dire conditions wreaked on Bolivarian Venezuela by U.S. sanctions — and was issued Nov. 5 by the International Action Center. The statement has been . . . |
(2021-11-06). Reject Howard University's attempts to blame students for cafeteria layoffs! wsws.org The attempt by administrators to blame student protesters for the layoff of school cafeteria workers is a provocative attack on the rights of workers and students alike and must be actively opposed.
(2021-11-05). Washington Piles On Pressure Ahead Of Nicaraguan Elections. popularresistance.org Washington has ratcheted up the pressure just days before Nicaragua's presidential and parliamentary elections, approving legislation calling for more sanctions and other punitive measures. | The bipartisan Renacer Act was passed by 387 votes to 35 on Wednesday evening and will be sent to President Joe Biden to pass into law. | It is expected to be introduced ahead of Sunday's poll to pile additional pressure on President Daniel Ortega and his Sandinista government. | The Senate foreign relations committee welcomed the passing of the draconian and reactionary Bill. | Senator Bob Menendez said that he was proud to…
(2021-11-05). Israel's secret 'evidence' against rights groups is based on torture and lies, and Europeans rejected it—Palestinian leaders tell a DC audience. mronline.org 
Leaders of the six Palestinian human rights organizations that Israel has declared to be "terrorist" spoke to a global audience last Friday on a webinar convened by mainstream Washington thinktanks and they repudiated the secret dossiers that Israel has circulated in seeking to ban the organizations.
(2021-11-05). Jorge Rodríguez: ICC Chief Prosecutor Visited in Order to Recognize Venezuela's Government. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela's National Assembly (AN), Jorge Rodríguez, highlighted this Thursday, November 4, that International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan came to Venezuela to recognize the Venezuelan government, at the invitation of Attorney General Tarek William Saab. | "The government has always wanted to investigate any improper action in the country against human rights—that is nothing new—but when the truth is known, Venezuela will be able to continue telling the world: we have never knelt and we will never kneel in front of any action of any de facto power that exists on t…
(2021-11-05). Israel: Sally Rooney's books removed from stores following publication boycott. middleeasteye.net 
Israel: Sally Rooney's books removed from stores following publication boycott | Bookstores Steimatzky and Tzomet said they would be removing author's works after she turned down Israeli publisher's request to translate one of her books | Fri, 11/05/2021 – 10: 45 | Rooney said she decided not to sell the rights to her third book to an Israeli publishing house following human rights reports that said Israel met…
(2021-11-05). A Torture Survivor Speaks At The Guantanamo Military Commissions. popularresistance.org "I have a story that I have waited almost two decades to tell, so I want to thank you for taking the time to listen to my statement." For the next two hours, Majid Khan spoke to a panel of military jurors, and to his family—especially his father and sister, who had hugged their son and brother that morning for the first time in nineteen years and sat just feet away in the spectator gallery, visibly suffering through the horror of what they heard. | Mr. Khan described brutality and its effects even beyond the heinous acts detailed in the executive summary of the Senate Intelligence Committee's 2014 oversight…
(2021-11-05). Israeli Authorities Reinstate Detention of Hunger-Striking Prisoner Qawasmeh. palestinechronicle.com 
Israeli occupation authorities reinstated on Thursday the administrative detention of Palestinian prisoner Meqdad Qawasmeh, who has been on hunger strike for 106 days demanding his freedom, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. On October
(2021-11-05). Palestinians in West Bank Rally in Support of Hunger-Striking Prisoners (VIDEO). palestinechronicle.com 
Palestinians rallied in several West Bank cities on Wednesday in support of six prisoners on hunger strike, demanding the end of their administrative detention, the New Arab reported. In Nablus, Palestinians gathered at the local
(2021-11-05). Yemen: Unsung local mediators help return bodies of fallen soldiers to families. middleeasteye.net 
Yemen: Unsung local mediators help return bodies of fallen soldiers to families | Hadi Jumaan is one of a number of volunteers in Yemen whose mediation efforts have led to the retrieval of bodies and prisoner exchanges | Fri, 11/05/2021 – 11: 58 | The bodies of victims lie in the rubble of a detention centre used by Yemen's Houthi rebels, hit by an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition,…
(2021-11-05). Administrative detention of Miqdad al-Qawasmeh, who is on hunger strike, reactivated. peoplesdispatch.org Miqdad al-Qawasmeh has been on hunger strike for 106 days. According to his family, he is experiencing symptoms such as memory loss, body pain and liver issues…
(2021-11-05). Protect Our Children Against the COVID Jab, Support the Constitutional Rights of Parents. globalresearch.ca Big Pharma with the support of national governments is waging a Worldwide crusade to enforce the inoculation of our children, despite ample evidence that the Covid-19 experimental "vaccine" is resulting in a wave of injuries and deaths. | Global Research has …
(2021-11-05). Wall Street's Latest Scheme Is Monetizing Nature Itself. popularresistance.org A month before the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (known as COP26) kicked off in Scotland, a new asset class was launched by the New York Stock Exchange that will "open up a new feeding ground for predatory Wall Street banks and financial institutions that will allow them to dominate not just the human economy, but the entire natural world." So writes Whitney Webb in an article titled "Wall Street's Takeover of Nature Advances with Launch of New Asset Class": | Called a natural asset company, or NAC, the vehicle will allow for the formation of specialized corporations "that hold the rights to the e…
(2021-11-05). University of Florida bans professors from giving expert testimony against state. zcomm.org The University of Florida barred three of its professors from serving as paid experts in a Florida voting rights case – sparking outrage within academia and in the news media…
(2021-11-05). FIFA Fines Scottish FA after Fans Booed Israeli National Anthem. palestinechronicle.com 
FIFA has fined the Scottish Football Association over £8,0oo($10,786) after Scotland supporters booed the Israeli national anthem during last month's World Cup qualifier, the BBC reported. The SFA was also sanctioned for an inappropriate flag
(2021-11-05). Iranian press review: Air pollution 'kills more' than Covid-19 in Tehran. middleeasteye.net 
Iranian press review: Air pollution 'kills more' than Covid-19 in Tehran | Elsewhere, a conservative politician says atomic bomb best response to US sanctions, three workers die of suffocation in Abhar, and newspaper demands end to sanctions | Fri, 11/05/2021 – 15: 37 | An Iranian woman looks towards Tehran from the Saad Abad mountain north of the Iranian capital as smog engulfs the cit…