(2022-11-29). Biden calls on Congress to impose rail contract, in a major assault on workers' democratic rights. wsws.org A congressional injunction would be an attack on the rights of all workers, including the basic right to strike and participate in meangingful contract vote.
(2022-11-29). Green Protest on Black Friday. indybay.org Green abortion rights balloons fly at Westfield mall…
(2022-11-29). Thursday 12/1: Protest: Legal Abortion Nationwide! The Overturning of Abortion Rights Was Illegitimate. indybay.org Philip Burton Federal Courthouse 450 Golden Gate, San Francisco, CA 940012…
(2022-11-29). Sri Lankan Telecom workers protest against privatisation. wsws.org The unions are promoting the illusion that the Wickremasinghe government, which is carrying out an historic assault on workers' living standards and social rights, can be pressured to change course.
(2022-11-29). Farewell to the unipolar world and Disaster capitalism: back to Marx! indybay.org The sanctions have already proved to be a dangerous boomerang because they hit Europe harder than Russia… It is a suicidal illusion to try to win a war against the raw materials giant Russia – which possesses more than a third of all fossil energies and raw materials on earth – and the world's largest high-tech workshop, China, which is united with it.
(2022-11-29). Tuvalu, Climate Change and the Metaverse. dissidentvoice.org When lost to climatic disaster and environmental turbulence, where does a whole nation go? History speaks about movements of people, whether induced by human agency or environment, finding sanctuary and refuge on other terrains, or perishing altogether. In the case of the Pacific Island state of Tuvalu, the response is seemingly digital or, as its …
(2022-11-28). Ajamu Baraka: An Objective Look At US Foreign Policy. popularresistance.org Ajamu Baraka, widely respected and acclaimed community organizer, human rights defender, and peace activist, shares his most current thoughts on U.S. empire and military aggression throughout the world, the monopoly and abuse of power by our nation's ruling elite, the evisceration of democratic institutions, the dwindling prospects for peace, and what needs to be done to reverse this the tragic, self-sabotaging trajectory of U.S. foreign policy, in this interview by John Rachel of the Peace Dividend Project.
(2022-11-28). World Cup in Qatar Is "Deadliest Major Sporting Event" in History, Built on a Decade of Forced Labor. transcend.org 21 Nov 2022 — A look into Qatar's labor and human rights record. Minky Worden, of Human Rights Watch, describes how millions of poor migrant workers have faced deadly, forced labor conditions on the $2 billion infrastructure. By one count, 6, 0 migrant workers have died in Qatar since 2010, when it was awarded the hosting of the games.
(2022-11-28). Iran not to cooperate with UN fact-finding mission. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 28 (MNA) — Referring to the recent anti-Iranian resolution issued at the UN Human Rights Council, the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman says that Iran will never cooperate with a such fact-finding mission on alleged human rights issues.
(2022-11-28). Defending human rights on Iran's foreign policy agenda. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 28 (MNA) — Hossein Amir-Abdollahianr expressed the Foreign Ministry's support for those Iranian journalists who have been subjected to the US cruel sanctions.
(2022-11-28). 90+ Groups Warn 'Kids Online Safety Act' Could Have 'Damaging' Effects. commondreams.org "Congress needs to pass real laws that rein in the abuses of Big Tech and protect everyone's privacy and human rights rather than using kids as pawns to advance poorly drafted legislation in order to score political points," said one critic.
(2022-11-28). 'Strategic Mistake': Iran Strongly Condemns UNHRC Resolution as Politically-motivated. orinocotribune.com Iran's Foreign Ministry has vehemently condemned the meeting and resolution of the United Nations Human Rights Council, noting that "multifaceted political goals" are behind these anti-Iranian measures. | In a statement late on Thursday, the ministry blasted the measure of a few Western countries in "imposing" an anti-Iranian resolution to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) earlier that day. | "It is a source of regret that the UNHRC is being misused by few countries to pursue their short-term interests," read the statement. | "Undoubtedly, the measure adopted by the German regime and other founders of the UNHRC…
(2022-11-28). Analysis Finds State Legislators Proposed 306 Bills Targeting Trans People in Past 2 Years. commondreams.org "Right-wing state lawmakers are obsessed with taking away the rights of trans people and we're obsessed with knocking them out of public office," said one rights group.
(2022-11-28). Attorney: Plenty To Uncover On CIA-Backed Spying That Violated Privacy Of Assange Visitors. shadowproof.com In August, a lawsuit against the CIA, former CIA director Mike Pompeo, UC Global, and UC Global director David Morales was filed that alleged Americans who visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange when he was living in the Ecuador embassy had their privacy rights violated.
(2022-11-28). Portland Starbucks: Three-day strike. workers.org 
Portland, Oregon "Oh workers, can you stand it? Oh tell me how you can? We've got to stand up for our rights, not fall for Schultz's scam!" Singing a new verse to the old union standard "Which Side Are You On," voices harmonized in the cold, damp Portland air outside . . . |
(2022-11-28). Salting the Bird's Tail? The Online Safety Bill -v- Musk's Twitter. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter has made headline news over the past few months. Attention firstly focused on whether it would happen at all. Once the acquisition was completed, public opinion turned to Musk's plans for the platform: to make Twitter a bastion of free speech in opposition to an age of censorship. As these …
(2022-11-28). Leonard Peltier Supporters Walk Over 1,000 Miles To Demand Freedom For Native American Activist. shadowproof.com 
Hundreds of supporters of incarcerated Native American rights activist Leonard Peltier rallied at the nation's capital on Sunday to demand President Joe Biden grant clemency to the long-held prisoner. | "He's 78-years-old, he has type 2 diabetes and an abdominal aortic aneurysm that's fatal if it ruptures. He had a stroke where he lost 80 percent of the vision in one of his eyes," Rachel Thunder, one of the organizers for the rally, told Shadowproof. "He should be spending the remainder of his life with his family, not locked up in a cage." | Thunder was one of many Peltier supporters who walked across the cou…
(2022-11-28). Venezuelan Government And Opposition Sign 'Social Agreement'. popularresistance.org Following the renewed talks in Mexico, Washington issued an expanded sanctions waiver for Chevron to partly resume its Venezuela operations. | The Nicolás Maduro government and the US-backed rightwing opposition have signed a partial agreement focused on social issues following the resumption of the dialogue process. | After a year-long hiatus, the government delegation disclosed that the agreement had been "exhaustively discussed" in Caracas with Norway as a mediator. On Saturday, they traveled to Mexico City to present a new deal that relates to the management of US $3 billion in Venezuelan funds seized by Wash…
(2022-11-28). Sanctions: Another Form of War on Designated Enemies. transcend.org 18 Nov 2022 – Both the UN and illegal US sanctions have had disastrous effects on millions of people, effects that violate both the UN charter and the UDHR. Research in 69 countries showed that sanctions lowered infant weight and increased the likelihood of death before age three.
(2022-11-28). The US Is Determined to Drive a Wedge between Ethiopia and Eritrea. transcend.org 23 Nov 2022 – Thanks to the 21 Nov US-imposed sanctions, Eritrea has been excluded from the SWIFT system along with Russia, Iran, and North Korea. Now American Enterprise Institute fanatic Michael Rubin wants it on the US list of state sponsored terrorists along with Cuba, North Korea, and Syria—triggering sanctions that penalize persons and countries trading with Eritrea.
(2022-11-28). US Sanctions and Economic Conditions Drive Nicaraguan Migration. libya360.wordpress.com John Perry Blaming migration on "repressive dictatorships" allows Washington to pretend that its policies are helping Nicaraguans, when in fact they are impoverishing them. Why are more Nicaraguans heading north to the United States looking for jobs? Until July 2020, numbers were tiny. But in the last 1 Ω years numbers have increased sharply. Suddenly this…
(2022-11-28). US sanctions and economic conditions drive Nicaraguan migration, while Washington blames repression. thegrayzone.com Blaming migration on "repressive dictatorships" allows Washington to pretend that its policies are helping Nicaraguans, when in fact they are impoverishing them. This article was originally published on November 23, 2022 by COHA. Why are more Nicaraguans heading north to the United States looking for jobs? Until July 2020, numbers were tiny. But in the last 1 Ω years numbers have increased sharply. Suddenly this has become a story, and government detractors argue, with little evidence, that people are fleeing political …
(2022-11-28). Unilateral Coercive Measures: UN Expert Calls for Lifting of Illegal Sanctions on Syria. globalresearch.ca
(2022-11-28). UN Expert Weighs In on Self-Determination, Referenda and the Rights of Minorities in Our Troubled World. covertactionmagazine.com In the wake of the controversies and heated debate generated in the wake of the referenda held last September in the regions of the Donbas, it became necessary for me to get some clarity on the legal issues surrounding this event. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Dr. Alfred de Zayas served as the first UN …
(2022-11-28). Self-Determination, Referenda and the Rights of Minorities in Our Troubled World. libya360.wordpress.com Arnaud Develay In the wake of the controversies and heated debate generated in the wake of the referenda held last September in the regions of the Donbas, it became necessary for me to get some clarity on the legal issues surrounding this event. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Dr. Alfred de Zayas served as…
(2022-11-27). ISIS Terrorists Attacked Syrian Troops During Combing Operation In Central Region. southfront.org 
. | On November 27, ISIS terrorists attacked a large force of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies in the central region of Syria. | The terrorists took the force by surprise while it was conducting a combing operation near the city of Palmyra in the eastern Homs countryside. Heavy clashes broke out between the terrorists and SAA troops a few kilometers away from the ancient city. | According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a service member of the SAA was…
(2022-11-27). Xi vs Trudeau Exchange: China Now Sees Itself as a Superpower. commondreams.org Western powers have used the pretense of China's human rights record to provide a moral foundation for meddling…
(2022-11-27). Oppose US 'special measures' against sovereign Nicaragua! thecommunists.org The following statement was initiated by the US-based Nicaragua Advocacy Network and has been signed by our party. ***** On 10 November 2022, an online White House statement announced that President Biden had invoked emergency powers on 24 October, declaring Nicaragua a continuing "unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of …
