(2021-11-13). Marx on the metabolic rift: How capitalism cuts us off from nature. mronline.org 
Marx and Engels were witnesses to and keen analysts of the environmental problems inherent in nineteenth-century capitalism. They wrote about the depletion of coal reserves, the destruction of forests, and, especially, about diminishing soil fertility, which Foster recognizes was the most pressing issue of the day.
(2021-11-13). Thursday 11/18: The Costs of War At Home w/ United for Peace & Justice and CODEPINK. indybay.org Online event…
(2021-11-13). Qué dolor que dolor que pena… (recuerda una vieja canción popular). cubadebate.cu Las redes "sociales" y sus algoritmos, utilizados como drones teledirigidos por las fuerzas del imperio, intentan lograr al peor estilo de Joseph Goebbels que las mentiras tantas veces repetidas se conviertan en verdades. Esto de intentar vulnerar a guayabazo limpio las neuronas hoy ansiosas del pueblo cubano, o al menos de una parte de este, es otro intento de una política fallida.
(2021-11-12). COP 26, soluciones tibias para problemas candentes. globalizacion.ca El planeta está en peligro y, por tanto, todos los seres vivos (animales y vegetales) que allí vivimos. Desde el inicio de la revolución industrial hace dos siglos, hoy ya extendida por todo el mundo, el capitalismo ha cambiado la…
(2021-11-12). Class Warfare and Socialist Resistance: Nicaragua, Cuba, Venezuela as Existential Threats to the US. dissidentvoice.org Why do Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela pose such an existential threat to the U.S.? The promise of socialism and their resistance to US class warfare. One of the extreme ironies of the latest attack by the settler-colonial regime of the United States against the national democratic project of Nicaragua is that in Nicaragua, the second …
(2021-11-12). Sheila Rowbotham's Dream Deferred. zcomm.org In her new memoir, Sheila Rowbotham writes about the radical aspirations of feminism and socialism in the 1970s — and how many of the decade's struggles remain to be won today…
(2021-11-12). Millionaire who flew to space on Bezos' rocket dies in plane crash. rt.com 
Glen de Vries, the businessman who visited space last month alongside 'Star Trek' lead & RT host William Shatner aboard a rocket produced by Jeff Bezos' aerospace firm, has died in a plane crash at the age of 49. | A small private plane carrying de Vries and another man, 54-year-old Thomas Fischer, crashed in Hampton Township, New Jersey near the border with New York on Thursday, killing both, the New Jersey state police told media outlets. | The 49-year-old had made a brief suborbital flight to space on October 13 with William Shatner, who hosts the talk show 'I Don't Understand' on RT America, as well as Pla…
(2021-11-12). US entrepreneur who flew to space on Bezos' rocket dies in plane crash. rt.com Glen de Vries, the businessman who visited space last month alongside 'Star Trek' lead William Shatner aboard a rocket produced by Jeff Bezos' aerospace firm, has died in a plane crash at the age of 49, according to police. | A small private plane carrying de Vries and another man, 54-year-old Thomas Fischer, crashed down in Hampton Township, New Jersey near the border with New York on Thursday, killing both, the New Jersey state police told media outlets. Bezos' company Blue Origin also noted the entrepreneur's passing, saying it was "devastated" by the news, which wasn't reported until Friday afternoon. | "H…
(2021-11-12). British train crash highlights safety threat posed by privatisation and destaffing. wsws.org The driver of the SWR train, 75-year-old Robin Tandy, with 50 years train driving experience, suffered injuries believed to be "life-changing" and had to be cut from his cab by emergency service workers.
(2021-11-12). Significance of Ukraine using Turkish combat drones against Russian allies in Donbass. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Eurasia Daily Monitor/Jamestown FoundationFirst Strike: The Political Consequences of Ukraine's Bayraktar Drone Attack on Russia-Backed Forces in DonbasYuri Lapaiev On October 26, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) for the first time used the Turkish-produced Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) to strike at forces. Donetsk People's Republic militia in Donbas. [T]he AFU's [Ukrainian …
(2021-11-12). Turkey Took Up the Use of Climate Weapons. journal-neo.org 
Because of drought, crop failures, and shortages of freshwater water wars are today becoming for the population of many regions as urgent as the dangers of wars involving nuclear bombs, chemicals, and other means of mass destruction. They cause mass migration, exacerbate the political situation, hostilities and wars. In this context, for example, the Nile …
(2021-11-12). US lawmaker unveils resolution to block 'unconscionable' $650m Saudi arms sale. middleeasteye.net 
US lawmaker unveils resolution to block 'unconscionable' $650m Saudi arms sale | Congresswoman Ilhan Omar says it is 'unconscionable to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia while they continue to slaughter innocent people and starve millions in Yemen' | Fri, 11/12/2021 – 20: 38 | After the announcement of the sale, Omar reintroduced legislation to exercise more control from the House over proposed arms sales (AFP)…