2021-11-16: News Headlines

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-16). Belarus: What's next? A humanitarian artillery bombardment of miserable women and children at the border? antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Several Iskander missile battalions to arrive in Belarus, if need be — top brass Belarus would like to have its own battalions of Iskander tactical missile systems, but several Russian battalions of these weapons will arrive in the republic, if need be, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said on Tuesday. "We have a regional group …

Joris Leverink (2021-11-16). Economic Update: Germany Shifts Left. roarmag.org On this week's show, Prof. Wolff presents updates on Biden's and the Democrats' fading tax reforms; the German and Austrian political shift to the left; Yale's sell-out to rich donors; how product shortages are often deliberate; wages for housework; and real US food inflation. | You can support this show on

Ian Angus (2021-11-16). Ecosocialist Bookshelf, November. greenleft.org.au Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents five new books for reds and greens.

WSWS (2021-11-16). Video: Capitalism, the climate-change catastrophe and the fight against Australia's anti-democratic electoral laws. wsws.org IYSSE members explain that the environmental crisis is a product of the capitalist system, and its subordination of all aspects of life to the profit interests of a tiny corporate elite.

Katie Miernicki (2021-11-16). Vaccine capitalism: Moderna takes public money, demands private profit. liberationnews.org Despite the ongoing need for emergency action to address the pandemic, pharmaceutical giant Moderna is focused on asserting its property rights over the COVID-19 vaccine. Moderna would like to take full credit — and profit — for the vaccine's invention.

Editor2 (2021-11-16). "I am Lenin" — Remembering the Bolshevik Revolution from India. orinocotribune.com By Suryashekhar Biswas — Nov 8, 2021 | In 1917, the worker-peasant alliance in economically-backward Russia began the formation of the first state in the world that truly belonged to the hardworking masses. The Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin, displayed to the whole world that it was possible for ordinary people to achieve self-determination. With counter-revolutionaries, loyalists, monarchists and revivalists attempting to purge Russia from within and imperialists waging war from outside, the tale the first "Really Existing Socialism" began under circumstances of great challenge. Nonet…

_____ (2021-11-16). Will the Military Industrial Complex Permit Good Relations Between the U.S. and China? strategic-culture.org The world would benefit enormously if Joe Biden terminated its ascent by coming to terms with China and Russia, Brian Cloughley writes. | At the recent semi-successful United Nations COP26 conference on climate change there was an unexpected revelation that the U.S. and China had

WSWS (2021-11-16). New neo-Nazi weapons cache discovered in Austria. wsws.org The third such weapons cache found within a year underlines the extent of far-right terrorist activities in the Alpine Republic.

Zoe Alexandra (2021-11-15). At COP26, the only person arrested and charged was a Communist. peoplesdispatch.org Amid the deepening climate crisis, it has become increasingly clear that capitalism is not only the root of the problem, but it also offers no viable solutions. Police cracked down on those that bore the clarion call "socialism or extinction"

_____ (2021-11-15). Ex-CIA Analyst On Hidden Realities Of Syria War. popularresistance.org As a CIA analyst, David McCloskey covered Syria from 2008 to 2014. He draws on his experience for his new spy thriller, "Damascus Station," set during the early years of the Syrian war. | David McCloskey joins Aaron Maté to discuss "Damascus Station"; the early years of the Syrian war; the role of foreign powers including the US; the US decision to support the insurgency despite knowing that Al Qaeda and other Salafi jihadist groups were its "primary engine"; allegations of chemical weapons attacks in Syria; and the direction of US policy in post-war Syria. | Guest: David McCloskey. Former CIA analyst who covered…

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