2023-12-03: News Headlines

Pete Dolack (2023-12-03). If Capitalism is 'Natural,' Why Was so Much Force Used to Build it? counterpunch.org Image by Etienne Girardet. | If capitalism is such a natural outcome of human nature, why were systematic violence and draconian laws necessary to establish it? And if greed is the primary motivation for human beings, how could the vast majority of human existence have been in hunter-gatherer societies in which cooperation was the most valuable behavior? | Cheerleaders for capitalism — who generate endless arguments that greed is not only good but the dominant human motivation — tend to not dwell on the origination of the system, either implying it has always been with us or that it is the "natural…

Editor (2023-12-02). Despicable derailment of UN Climate negotiations. mronline.org Capitalism is taking humanity to disaster with a tiny minority doing most of the damage.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-12-02). Presidenta de Honduras culpa al capitalismo de la crisis climática. telesurtv.net La presidenta Xiomara Castro dijo que el 10 por ciento del Ejército nacional ahora está dedicado a la protección de los bosques.

Students for a Democratic Society, Fight Back News!. (2023-12-03). Statement On FSU's Attempted Repression Of Pro-Palestinian Activism. popularresistance.org Tallahassee, Florida — Since October 11th, Florida State University SDS has been involved in actions in support of Palestine and the Palestinian people. Throughout this campaign, the students at FSU have made specific demands of our university. Our demands are that President Richard McCullough rewrite the shameful letter to FSU students that only mentioned Israeli students' grief and trauma, that the university cut all ties with Boeing which builds the airplanes that drop bombs on innocent Palestinians, and that FSU ends its support of Zionist organizations like Hillel & Chabad and their birthright pro…

mforinoco (2023-12-02). Gaza, Venezuela, and Collective Punishment: A Conversation With Medea Benjamin. orinocotribune.com The co-founder of CODEPINK draws parallels between the plight endured by Palestinians and Venezuelans. | In Venezuela, the expressions of solidarity with the people of

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2023-12-03). Israel Reopens The Gaza Slaughterhouse. popularresistance.org The skies over Gaza are filled — after a seven-day truce — with projectiles of death. Warplanes. Attack helicopters. Drones. Artillery shells. Tank shells. Mortars. Bombs. Missiles. Gaza is a cacophony of explosions and forlorn screams and cries for help beneath collapsed buildings. Fear, once again, is coiling itself around every heart in the Gazan concentration camp. | By Friday evening, 184 Palestinians — including three journalists and two doctors — had been killed by Israeli air strikes in the north, south and central Gaza, and at least 589 injured, according to the Ministry of Health…

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-12-02). Evacuan decenas de escuelas en India tras amenazas de bomba. telesurtv.net El comisionado de Policía de la ciudad informó que fueron desplegados escuadrones antisabotaje y de detección de bombas.

Palestine Action. (2023-12-03). Recruiters Drop Elbit Systems After Campaign. popularresistance.org After weeks of action, the sole recruiters for the British operations of Israel's largest weapons company, Elbit Systems, have confirmed via email to Palestine Action that they ended their association with Elbit on the evening of the 29th November. For two months, activists in the Palestine Action network had disrupted iO Associates at their premises across the country, to impede their ability to recruit roles for Israel's war machine. | iO Associates recruited the likes of engineers, software developers, and finance staff for positions across the sites of the British branch of Israel's largest weapons company, E…

Angela (2023-12-02). Friday 12/1: Peace Vigil — Call for Ceasefire + Diplomacy Not More Weapons for Ukraine or Israel! indybay.org in front of MLK Library | 4th and San Fernando | San Jose, CA…

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-12-02). Lebanon's Hezbollah keeps conducting operations against Israeli sites (+Photos). plenglish.com Before midday, Hezbollah missiles hit Israeli artillery bunkers at the Khirbet Ma'er' position on the southern border of the country. Right afterwards, they conducted an action against Al-Raheb spot while they attacked on the headquarters of the 91st Brigade in the Israeli military Branit base at once.Likewise, they launched with appropriate weapons an operation "on the enemy sites of Rouweisat Al-Alam and Jal Al-Alam." | In this scenario, the Resistance announced the death of fighter Khodor Salim Abboud (Fidaa), from Deir 'Ames in southern Lebanon, who was killed on duty in his attempt to liberate Al-Quds &#150…

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