2021-11-23: News Headlines

Editor (2021-11-23). Anti-communism, anti-Blackness, and imperialism. mronline.org In this talk prepared for the Albuquerque Anti-War Coalition's Anti-Communism & Imperialism panel discussion, Dr. Charisse Burden Stelly discusses how anti-communism and anti-Blackness are intrinsically intertwined structures of white supremacist and capitalist control.

WSWS (2021-11-23). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Uruguayan secondary school teachers struck November 18 against cuts in education and in support of colleagues unjustly fired for opposing right-wing "reforms."

Editor (2021-11-23). What role does the military play in climate change? mronline.org A gaping hole in the COP26 official agenda was the oversized role of the military industrial complex in environmental devastation. The US is a global leader on this front with the Pentagon being a bigger polluter than 140 countries combined.

Helena Sheehan (2021-11-23). Helena Sheehan — 'Science and Technology Studies: A Marxist Narrative'. mronline.org The author of several books, including the definitive study 'Marxism and the Philosophy of Science: A Critical History', Professor Sheehan traces the historical entanglements of Science and Technology Studies with Marxist thought, as well as her own biography as a scholar and activist.

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2021-11-23). Sino-Russian collusion over Taiwan, Ukraine seems improbable but isn't. mronline.org U.S. has whipped up war hysteria over satellite image of Russian military camp in Yelnya, over 500 kms from Ukraine border, to allege Moscow's invasion plans and to justify NATO involvement.

Staff (2021-11-23). Is China Really a Threat? Noam Chomsky Slams Biden For Increasingly Provocative Actions in Region. democracynow.org We feature an excerpt from our recent interview with world-renowned scholar and political dissident Noam Chomsky about how the Biden administration is continuing a reckless foreign policy, despite taking a softer tone than the Trump administration. "The trajectory is not optimistic," Chomsky says. "The worst case is the increasing provocative actions towards China. That's very dangerous." Chomsky will join us on our 25th anniversary online celebration on the evening of December 7.

Editor (2021-11-22). 'Saddening, infuriating, and utterly unsurprising': Rittenhouse acquitted. mronline.org The verdict, said the Huber family, sends the "unacceptable message" that armed vigilantes can "use the danger they have created to justify shooting people in the street."

Stan Cox (2021-11-22). To Keep Fossil Carbon Out of the Air, Just Stop Pulling It Out of the Earth. zcomm.org Ending the extraction of fossil fuels from the Earth while achieving material sufficiency, equity, and justice would move us a long way toward the more livable future…

WSWS (2021-11-22). Behind Chinese President Xi's populism, mounting social inequality. wsws.org Xi's calls for "common prosperity," philanthropy from the super-rich and the need to reduce social inequality are aimed at deflecting mounting discontent among workers and young people.

Sarah Anderson (2021-11-22). In the Latest Round of Budgetary Chess, Progressive Caucus Leader Jayapal Played a Shrewd Gambit. inequality.org

Chris Walker (2021-11-22). Petition Drive Seeks End to Nebraska Education Board Over LGBTQ-Inclusive Ideas. truthout.org A petition drive in Nebraska is trying to change the state's constitution to eliminate the Nebraska State Board of Education and replace it with a new department accountable solely to the governor. | The petition is sponsored by Kelli Brady and Michael Connely, who want to change how the state board of education functions because of its recent attempts to implement more inclusive curricula in health education classes, including discussions on gender identity and sexual orientation. | "It's…

Staff (2021-11-22). Fox News contributors quit over Tucker Carlson's Capitol riot special. rt.com Two longtime paid contributors have decided to call it quits with Fox News. Both were outraged by the network's "irresponsible" hosts and a controversial new documentary about the aftermath of the storming of the US Capitol. | Steve Hayes and Jonah Goldberg, who joined Fox News in 2009 as regular contributors, announced they have cut ties with the network on Sunday. | "Fox News still does real reporting, and there are still responsible conservatives providing valuable opinion and analysis. But the voices of the responsible are being drowned out by the irresponsible," the authors wrote in online magazine the Di…

Editor (2021-11-22). UN Commission objects to OPCW report on Syria. mronline.org The UN Commission on Syria does not consider as proven the alleged chemical weapons attack in April 2018.

Editor (2021-11-22). Millions more want to quit. mronline.org The "Great Resignation" refers to the millions of people who have quit their job over the past 20 months, "more than 4.4 million alone in September" which is about the same as the previous month.

Editor (2021-11-22). New 'Union-Busting Tracker' debuts online. mronline.org On Nov. 6, a group of volunteers launched a Web page called the 'Union-Busting Tracker' to post examples of union-busting. Eleven days later, they'd listed 180 separate cases, naming the employers and the union-busting outfits they'd hired.

Editor (2021-11-22). African Feminisms—a decolonial history: an interview with Rama Salla Dieng. mronline.org In her new book 'African Feminisms — a decolonial history', the Senegalese scholar-activist Rama Salla Dieng interviews feminist activists about their work, struggles and lives. Interviewed by Coumba Kane, Dieng speaks about what it means to be a feminist in Africa today.

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