Daily Archives: November 15, 2023

2023-11-15: News Headlines

Pacifica's CRD (2023-11-15). Protests against AFL-CIO Support for Palestinian Genocide; No to APEC in San Francisco. indybay.org Pacifica's Capitalism, Race & Democracy covers Protests against AFL-CIO Support for Palestinian Genocide; No to APEC in San Francisco; Panama on Fire; US Blockade Strangling Cuba…

Frank Cappello (2023-11-14). MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: Clueless (w/ Karen DiConcetto). levernews.com

Bennett Shoop (2023-11-15). How Lenin (and International Publishers) changed my mind about Marxism. peoplesworld.org When I was just 18, I began to develop an interest in studying Marxism. I had been left-leaning in my political outlook for a few years before that, having a vague understanding of the inequalities of capitalism and professing a similarly vague opposition to it, but I lacked any kind of strong theoretical foundation that …

jamanetwork (2023-11-14). LSD Use Increasing More Among People With Depression. jamanetwork.com The proportion of people in the US who report using the hallucinogenic drug lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in the past year has increased more among those with depression than those without the condition, based on National Survey on Drug Use and Health data from nearly half a million US adults.

John Feffer (2023-11-15). How long can America maintain a war economy? nationofchange.org The major challenge for the United States is the perennial trade-off between guns and butter.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-11-15). Walter Rodney and Palestinian Liberation. libya360.wordpress.com Chinedu Chukwudinma During my visit to the Atlanta Archive last autumn, I noticed some scribbled notes on the back of Walter Rodney's draft syllabus for his 1970-71 course on the Russian Revolution at the University of Dar Es Salaam. "September 12th, 1970", read his handwriting, "Hijackings — T.W.A Boeing + Swissair DC 8 to Jordan"….

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2023-11-15). Chris Hedges: The War According To Hamas. popularresistance.org Cairo, Egypt: Basel al-Araj, a Palestinian resistance leader, shortly before Israel's 2014 invasion of Gaza, laid down the fundamental rules for warfare against the Israel. | The rules by al-Araj, not a member of Hamas, provide the Palestinian lens for the incursion by Israeli forces in Gaza. While Israel's superior firepower — its air force, missiles, tanks, armored personnel carriers, drones, naval forces, mechanized units and artillery — make it possible to inflict huge numbers of Palestinian casualties, most of them civilians, while Israel can level whole neighborhoods and turn hospitals, schools,…

ecns.cn (2023-11-15). Smart grids boost digitalization efforts for stable energy supply. ecns.cn State Grid Shandong Electric Power Co's Laiwu branch conducted autonomous grid inspections using drones in some of its grid networks, further expanding the scope of drone inspection operations and broadening the application scenarios for smart grids.

Pressenza New York (2023-11-14). Nonviolent Activists Shutdown General Dynamics, Nuclear Submarine Facility in New London, CT. pressenza.com Holding long banners spanning the driveways, the activists blocked cars of employees entering the facility for the morning shift. The 24-foot banners read "Building Nuclear Weapons is Illegal, Abide By Our Treaties, Stop Building Weapons of Mass Destruction." | At each entrance one activist wheat-pasted on the driveway Article 6 from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, ratified by the United States in 1968, which commits us to nuclear disarmament. | "We are seeking to make connections between General Dynamics' preparation for nuclear war here in New London and Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza," said Mark Colvi…

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2023-11-14). The Militarised University: Where Secrecy Goes to Thrive. "The Military University Industrial Complex" globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-11-14). Nov 14, 2023. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ John Prine on Austin City Limits "Jesus: The Missing Years" (1992) Vengeance or Eschatological Rage? Both Are Genocide in Gaza, by Karl Sanchez Jews and Nazis: The Hidden History of the 1930s and 1940s, by Ron Unz Gaza: A Filler War Between Ukraine and China, by Fred Reed Bad Times in Gaza and Ukraine: Good Times for the Military-Industrial Complex, by William Hartung Zionism, Anti-Semitism, and Racialism, by Ron Unz The October 7 Hamas Assault on Israel, by Scott Ritter Netanyahu makes Zionist permanent occupation plans clear, by Lucas Leiroz From Proud Irish Son to Genocide Joe… Biden De…

Black Powder Press (2023-11-14). Barricades, Rocks and Blockades Shut Down Defense Contractor Raytheon in El Segundo. itsgoingdown.org Report from Black Powder Press on recent direct action and blockade in Southern California against defense contractor, Raytheon. On Monday, November 13th at 7am, hundreds of people converged on defense contractor Raytheon's sprawling southern California campus in an autonomous action that blockaded the facility for upwards of 7 hours, effectively shutting down operations for the…

Maureen Clare Murphy (2023-11-15). Palestinians sue Biden to stop Gaza genocide. electronicintifada.net Suit seeks to stop transfer of weapons to Israel.

presstv.ir (2023-11-15). Iran warns against grave threat posed by nuclear-armed Israel to region. presstv.ir Iran's UN ambassador warns against the threat posed by Israel to regional stability as the illegitimate regime maintains a policy of deliberate ambiguity regarding its nuclear weapons.

presstv.ir (2023-11-15). Pro-Palestine activists shut down BAE factory in England. presstv.ir Pro-Palestinian protesters block the entrances to the UK's BAE Systems weapons factory, calling for an end to arms sales to Israel.

presstv.ir (2023-11-15). Washington 'quietly' ramps up weapons transfers to Israel amid Gaza war: US media. presstv.ir The US has "quietly" increased its military aid to Israel amid the occupying regime's brutal onslaught against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Scott Ritter (2023-11-15). Israel's Nuclear Weapons in the Spotlight. Scott Ritter. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2023-11-14). Ilhan Omar to Introduce Bill to Block Weapons Transfer to Israel. news.antiwar.com Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is expected this week to introduce a bill to block an arms transfer to Israel, which will mark the first piece of legislation aimed at reining in President Biden's strong support of Israel's brutal war on Gaza. The bill will target a planned $320 million transfer of Spice Family Gliding Bomb …

Jon Elmer (2023-11-14). How Gaza-made weapons are impacting the battle against Israeli armored vehicles. electronicintifada.net The Israeli military has not offered a definitive overall casualty tally since the ground invasion began.

Staff (2023-11-14). Antony Loewenstein: Israel Is Testing New Weapons on Gaza as Arms Dealers Profit from Gaza War. democracynow.org Worldwide protests calling for a ceasefire are drawing attention to the role of weapons manufacturers and distributors supplying machinery to Israel's assault on Gaza, with demonstrators blocking shipping tankers and entrances to weapons factories, and unionized workers refusing to handle military materiel over the war in Gaza. There is "a growing public awareness and anger" about the global connection between Western powers and the Israeli military industry, says Antony Loewenstein, who has investigated how Israeli weaponry and surveillance technology are used on Palestinians and exported aroun…

infobrics (2023-11-15). Russian defense industry powers through sanctions as its weapons dominate in Ukraine. infobrics.org Despite the March data published by the Swedish SIPRI which claims that the US share of global arms exports rose from 33% to 40%, while Russia's supposedly fell from 22% to 16% during the 2013-17 and 2018-22 period, respectively, the portfolio of orders of Rosoboronexport is stable and currently stands at over four trillion rubles (roughly $45-50 billion).

Democracy Now! (2023-11-14). Democracy Now! 2023-11-14 Tuesday. democracynow.org Headlines for November 14, 2023; We Are Not Numbers: Palestinian Journalist Ahmed Alnaouq Mourns 21 Family Members Killed by Israel; NY Times Writers Jazmine Hughes & Jamie Keiles Resign After Signing Letter Against Israeli War on Gaza; Antony Loewenstein: Israel Is Testing New Weapons on Gaza as Arms Dealers Profit from Gaza War | Headlines for November 14, 2023; We Are Not Numbers: Palestinian Journalist Ahmed Alnaouq Mourns 21 Family Members Killed by Israel; NY Times Writers Jazmine Hughes & Jamie Keiles Resign After Signing Letter Against Israeli War on Gaza; Antony Loewenstein: Israel Is Testing New Weapons o…

Dave DeCamp (2023-11-15). Report Details Arms the US Has Shipped to Israel to Support Gaza Onslaught. news.antiwar.com A report from Bloomberg published on Tuesday detailed some of the weapons the US has shipped to Israel to support its onslaught in Gaza. The Pentagon has refused to detail the arms it has been providing Israel since October 7. The only weapons shipments that have been publicized were interceptors for the Iron Dome air …

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