Staff (2021-11-23). Headlines for November 23, 2021. democracynow.org Jury to Decide Fate of Three White Men Charged With Murdering Black Jogger Ahmaud Arbery, Yemeni Protesters Condemn U.S. Support for Saudi-Led War and Blockade, Senators Move to Block Biden's Planned $650M Weapons Sale to Saudi Arabia, U.S. COVID-19 Cases Surge Ahead of Thanksgiving Holiday, Israel Arrests Relatives of Palestinian Man Behind Jerusalem Attack, El Salvador President Plans "Bitcoin City" as Government Cracks Down on NGOs, Driver of SUV That Plowed into Wisconsin Parade Has Record of Domestic Violence, Trump Allies Roger Stone and Alex Jones Subpoenaed by January 6th Panel, U.S. Added to List of "Bac…

WSWS (2021-11-23). Coronavirus pandemic in Austria runs out of control. wsws.org The unscrupulous policies of Austria's ruling parties in recent months have led to mass coronavirus infections and high death rates.

WSWS (2021-11-23). Europe's fascistic policy of mass infection: People will be "vaccinated, recovered or dead," German health minister says. wsws.org As the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic comes to a close, it is clear that governments across Europe and the world have no policy to halt mass deaths.

WSWS (2021-11-23). Video: The pandemic is a bonanza for Australia's billionaires. wsws.org "The 200 richest people in Australia increased their wealth by 40 percent, from $341.8 billion in May 2019 to $479.6 billion in May this year."

WSWS (2021-11-23). Australian university union calls for "consensus" with employers on pandemic reopening. wsws.org The return to campus push will endanger the health and lives of students and staff alike, and add to risk of wider community transmission.

WSWS (2021-11-23). An early winter storm of COVID-19 hits Michigan. wsws.org Michigan's COVID-19 surge reaches pandemic highs. Admission to state hospitals for COVID-19 are rapidly stressing health care systems once more.

WSWS (2021-11-23). Amid "enormous economic uncertainty," Biden reappoints Powell as Fed chair. wsws.org Having boosted the stock market to record highs by pouring trillions of dollars into the financial system, Powell received strong support from Wall Street with gushing praise for his management of the pandemic crisis.

WSWS (2021-11-23). Educators and a scientist react to Canadian government's belated admission COVID-19 is mainly transmitted through aerosols. wsws.org Prior to the November 12 statement from Canada's chief public health officer, the federal government had spent close to two years insisting that respiratory droplets are the main source of COVID-19 infections.

WSWS (2021-11-23). The deadly impact of COVID-19 in Peru: A health expert's perspective. wsws.org "Everything is being prepared to accept death. This is terrible. Why did I study medicine only then to accept death? Why would I do that?"

WSWS (2021-11-23). Emails reveal Australian state government rejected health officer's advice. wsws.org The NSW government refused to implement an adequate lockdown at the height of a Delta outbreak, while imposing draconian measures in working-class areas.

Alan MacLeod (2021-11-22). Documents show Bill Gates has given $319 million to media outlets to promote his global agenda. thegrayzone.com A look at the database of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation reveals how the oligarch influencing the global pandemic response has bankrolled hundreds of media outlets to the tune of at least $319 million. This article was originally published by Mint Press News. Read The Grayzone's investigation into Bill Gates' global public health empire and propaganda machine here. Up until his recent messy divorce, Bill Gates enjoyed something of a free pass in corporate media. Generally presented as a …

Staff (2021-11-22). Hepatitis A alert for thousands of Starbucks customers. rt.com Health officials in Camden County, New Jersey are urging people to get vaccinated against Hepatitis A after a Starbucks employee tested positive for the virus. Thousands of customers may have been infected. | The county health department reported last week that a food handler employed at a Starbucks restaurant in Gloucester Township was working for some time while infectious. People who were there on the correspondent dates are encouraged to get immunized "out of an abundance of caution," and the department is offering free shots. | "Our highest priority is ensuring everyone involved remains safe and healthy,"

Staff (2021-11-22). Headlines for November 22, 2021. democracynow.org Wisconsin Jury Acquits Kyle Rittenhouse For Killing 2 People, Injuring a Third | , Serial Rapist Who Pleaded Guilty To Sexually Assaulting 4 Teenagers Avoids Any Jail Time, White Missouri Police Detective Found Guilty in Fatal Shooting of Black Man, SUV Plows Through Christmas Parade in Waukesha, WI, Killing 5 People, Wounding At Least 40 | , Europe Sees Massive Protests Against COVID Restrictions As Cases Surge, U.S. Regulators Approve COVID Boosters For All Adults as Officials Warn of Possible Winter Surge | , Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok Reinstated As Teenager Killed in Ongoing Anti-Coup Protests | ,…

WSWS (2021-11-22). COVID-19 now the leading cause of death in Arizona. wsws.org Between mid-March 2020 and mid-October 2021, just short of 21,000 Arizonans succumbed to the coronavirus.

WSWS (2021-11-22). Herd immunity policy leads to four-digit COVID-19 incidence levels in German schools. wsws.org The catastrophic rise of coronavirus cases among largely unvaccinated school students is a result of the criminal herd immunity policy being followed by governments at federal and state levels.

_____ (2021-11-22). 'Ideological Fanatacism': The Folly of Seeing Human Systems as Hardware. strategic-culture.org The 'meme-politics of lockdown and vaccine mandates' may be fading, but the inflation meme and the economic aftermath meme has only just begun. | Fifteen years ago, a man who was head of the GW Bush White House bio-terrorism study group, and a special adviser to the President, unexpectedly found himself propelled into becoming the 'father' of pandemic planning, after Bush had come to his bioterrorism people to demand some huge plan to deal with some imagined calamity. "We need a whole-of-society plan. What are you going to do about foreign borders? And travel? And commerce?". From his perch of influence — s…

WSWS (2021-11-22). US 2021 COVID-19 death toll now tops 2020. wsws.org Despite the development and distribution of vaccines, the Delta variant and the reopening of schools and workplaces have exacted a terrible human cost.

Joris Leverink (2021-11-22). Economic Update: Chris Hedges & US Prisons. roarmag.org On this week's show, Prof. Wolff presents updates on how South Dakota is leading the US to become world's number-two tax haven; how the pandemic's economic shock was cut by very "uncapitalistic" means; why employers want the government to pay workers to go back to work; and how libertarians mistake puppets for puppeteers. | The second half of the show features an interview with Chris Hedges on lessons for us from US prisons and prisoners. | You can support this show on

WSWS (2021-11-22). Huntington West Virginia hospital strike enters third week. wsws.org Staff at the hospital are maintaining 24-hour picketing at the hospital battling short staffing and unsafe working conditions in the midst of the expanding pandemic.

WSWS (2021-11-22). For a Global Workers' Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic. wsws.org This Inquest is necessary to break through the cover-up, falsifications and misinformation that have been deployed to justify policies responsible for the avoidable deaths of millions since the initial detection of SARS-CoV-2.

Zane Alcorn (2021-11-22). We need to out mobilise the far-right conspiracists. greenleft.org.au There are valid concerns about pandemic lockdowns. But, as Zane Alcorn argues, so-called 'freedom' protestors have never marched for other's rights nor been concerned about keeping people safe from COVID-19.

JoNel Aleccia (2021-11-22). COVID Antiviral Pill Success Hinges on Access to Speedy and Accurate Tests. truthout.org Within a few weeks, perhaps before many Americans finish decorating for the holidays, the U.S. could have access to a new antiviral pill from Merck expected to alter the deadly trajectory of the covid-19 pandemic — with a second option from Pfizer to follow shortly after. | Now under federal review, both pills are being hailed by infectious-disease doctors not prone to superlatives. | "This is truly a game changer," said Dr. Daniel Griffin, an expert on infectious diseases and immunology…

Colin Todhunter (2021-11-22). A Rock and a Hard Place in India. dissidentvoice.org Prior to the COVID-related restrictions and lockdowns, I had spent a substantial part of every year in India since 1995 (25 consecutive years). Much has happened in that time and I have been observing, analysing and commentating extensively on developments there, especially the devastating agrarian crisis. While veteran rural affairs reporter P Sainath has described …

WSWS (2021-11-22). "The electoral laws are to stop and silence opposition to the reopening" — SEP electoral members oppose Australia's anti-democratic measures. wsws.org "My sister's daughter, who is a nurse, got COVID-19. She can't walk more than 50 metres and it's been six months!" — Tony…

Canadian Tire Fire (2021-11-22). Canadian Tire Fire #20: Floods in Southern BC, Raids on Wet'suwet'en Territory, #AllOutForWedzinKwa Solidarity Actions Spread. itsgoingdown.org Cover image: @Gidimten / @M_Tol In this week's column, we present an update on the recent wave of repression and arrests on Wet'suwet'en territory by the RCMP, as well as a roundup of solidarity actions across so-called Canada and beyond. Be sure to listen to a recent interview with Sleydo' of the Gidimt'en on a…

Ramzy Baroud, Romana Rubeo (2021-11-22). Raids, Arrests and Death Threats: Israel's Strategy of Silencing Human Rights Defenders. dissidentvoice.org On October 21, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz announced the issuance of a military order designating six prominent Palestinian human rights groups as 'terrorist organizations'. Gantz claimed that they are secretly linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a socialist political group that Israel considers, along with most Palestinian political parties, …

Paul C. West (2021-11-22). The win-wins of climate and biodiversity solutions. nationofchange.org We need all efforts, big and small, to solve the biodiversity and climate crises.

Alan MacLeod (2021-11-22). Documents show Bill Gates has given $319 million to media outlets to promote his global agenda. thegrayzone.com A look at the database of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation reveals how the oligarch influencing the global pandemic response has bankrolled hundreds of media outlets to the tune of at least $319 million. This article was originally published by Mint Press News. Read The Grayzone's investigation into Bill Gates' global public health empire and propaganda machine here. Up until his recent messy divorce, Bill Gates enjoyed something of a free pass in corporate media. Generally presented as a …

Staff (2021-11-22). Hepatitis A alert for thousands of Starbucks customers. rt.com Health officials in Camden County, New Jersey are urging people to get vaccinated against Hepatitis A after a Starbucks employee tested positive for the virus. Thousands of customers may have been infected. | The county health department reported last week that a food handler employed at a Starbucks restaurant in Gloucester Township was working for some time while infectious. People who were there on the correspondent dates are encouraged to get immunized "out of an abundance of caution," and the department is offering free shots. | "Our highest priority is ensuring everyone involved remains safe and healthy,"

WSWS (2021-11-22). Herd immunity policy leads to four-digit COVID-19 incidence levels in German schools. wsws.org The catastrophic rise of coronavirus cases among largely unvaccinated school students is a result of the criminal herd immunity policy being followed by governments at federal and state levels.

WSWS (2021-11-22). COVID-19 now the leading cause of death in Arizona. wsws.org Between mid-March 2020 and mid-October 2021, just short of 21,000 Arizonans succumbed to the coronavirus.

WSWS (2021-11-22). US 2021 COVID-19 death toll now tops 2020. wsws.org Despite the development and distribution of vaccines, the Delta variant and the reopening of schools and workplaces have exacted a terrible human cost.

Zane Alcorn (2021-11-22). We need to out mobilise the far-right conspiracists. greenleft.org.au There are valid concerns about pandemic lockdowns. But, as Zane Alcorn argues, so-called 'freedom' protestors have never marched for other's rights nor been concerned about keeping people safe from COVID-19.

WSWS (2021-11-22). Huntington West Virginia hospital strike enters third week. wsws.org Staff at the hospital are maintaining 24-hour picketing at the hospital battling short staffing and unsafe working conditions in the midst of the expanding pandemic.

WSWS (2021-11-22). For a Global Workers' Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic. wsws.org This Inquest is necessary to break through the cover-up, falsifications and misinformation that have been deployed to justify policies responsible for the avoidable deaths of millions since the initial detection of SARS-CoV-2.

WSWS (2021-11-22). "The electoral laws are to stop and silence opposition to the reopening" — SEP electoral members oppose Australia's anti-democratic measures. wsws.org "My sister's daughter, who is a nurse, got COVID-19. She can't walk more than 50 metres and it's been six months!" — Tony…

Canadian Tire Fire (2021-11-22). Canadian Tire Fire #20: Floods in Southern BC, Raids on Wet'suwet'en Territory, #AllOutForWedzinKwa Solidarity Actions Spread. itsgoingdown.org Cover image: @Gidimten / @M_Tol In this week's column, we present an update on the recent wave of repression and arrests on Wet'suwet'en territory by the RCMP, as well as a roundup of solidarity actions across so-called Canada and beyond. Be sure to listen to a recent interview with Sleydo' of the Gidimt'en on a…

_____ (2021-11-21). The UN's Criminal Enterprise and Ecological Catastrophe in Haiti. popularresistance.org When we consider the current ecological threat to the earth and its inhabitants, we cannot forget the outsized place of war and empire in exacerbating climate change and enabling environmental catastrophe. The ongoing United Nations occupation of Haiti provides an example. As does the introduction of a cholera epidemic by UN soldiers. Cholera is an extension of the totality of violence – material, political, and ecological — enacted by a presumably humanitarian peacekeeping mission.

teleSUR (2021-11-21). Cuba Ships 1,5 Million Abdala Vaccines To Venezuela. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, Cuba's Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) announced the delivery of 1,5 million Abdala COVID-19 vaccines to Venezuela. | RELATED: | "We want to cooperate with the coronavirus immunization of this brother country's people, who currently suffer the consequences of the U.S. blockade amidst the pandemic," the CIGB tweeted and recalled that other 5,4 million Abdala vaccines had previously been shipped to Venez…

Roselena Ramirez (2021-11-21). Venezuelans Entrepreneurship is on the Rise Despite All Odds. america.cgtn.com Venezuela has been in a deep recession since 2013. And like many other countries, it has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. But it's not all gloom and doom. Perhaps because of the crisis, Venezuelans are showing more resilience. Despite all odds, some entrepreneurs …

teleSUR (2021-11-21). US Sustains Vaccination Efforts In Lethal Shadow Of COVID-19. telesurenglish.net About 60 percent of the U.S. population is heading into the winter months with reduced protection against the coronavirus, according to data released this week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), while health experts warned that those who were vaccinated early in the year are likely to have waning immunity. | RELATED: | Currently, around 6 in 10 Americans are fully vaccinated with over half having received their last shot more than…

Staff (2021-11-21). State offers thousands of dollars in vaccine jingle contest. rt.com South Carolina has launched a jingle contest for K-12 students, challenging them to write a song promoting Covid-19 vaccination, and offering thousands of dollars to the winner. | The South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) and South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced the 'Sing It to Win It' campaign this week, encouraging students "to channel their creativity for a Covid-19 vaccine campaign" and produce a short song praising the virtues of vaccination against Covid-19. | The campaign offers thousands in funds for the music programs of the top three schools. | Read m…

Staff (2021-11-21). Fauci gives a 'perfectly honest' response to booster question. rt.com White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said that the "guidelines" for what makes someone 'fully vaccinated' against Covid-19 could soon be changing, depending on the "science." | Appearing on CNN on Sunday, Fauci was asked if booster shots would soon be required for someone to be considered fully inoculated, something required for many to work and enter certain businesses. While not giving a direct yes or no answer, the infectious disease expert said the current administration is open to it. | "We're going to be following that very carefully," Fauci said, adding that the Joe Biden administration "might m…

teleSUR (2021-11-21). The Bahamas To Resume Flights To Cuba & Haiti. telesurenglish.net After 10-month COVID-19 travel restrictions, the Bahaman government's spokesperson Clint Watson announced the resumption of flights from his country to Haiti and Cuba on Saturday. | RELATED: | "Bahamasair Airline will make four trips per week to Cuba, one trip every Friday to Cap Haitien and another to Port-au-Prince every Saturday," Watson explained, stressing that over 40 percent of Bahamans are already fully vaccinated against COVI…

_____ (2021-11-21). The Choking Of The Global Minotaur. popularresistance.org The supply disruptions plaguing the US economy are not the result of "excessive demand," "central planning," or a lack of efficiency. Rather, it is that a logistics ecosystem that was developed to feed the beast of American consumption was not designed for a pandemic.

Nitza Soledad Perez (2021-11-21). U.S. shoppers face "meatflation" following economy reopening. america.cgtn.com The supply chain issues and high prices on goods ranging from electronics to produce have become all-too common for U.S. families as the economy emerges from pandemic shutdowns. Meat is part of this trend — with meat prices rising at their fastest rate in …

Sandipan Talukdar (2021-11-21). COVID-19 worsened seepage of plastic into oceans. peoplesdispatch.org Scientists say that 193 countries have produced around 9.2 million tons of plastic waste associated with the pandemic. 87.4% of this was generated by hospitals while a small fraction (7.6%) was generated by individuals…

Editor2 (2021-11-21). The Situation in this Sunday's Elections in Chile. orinocotribune.com By Resumen Latinoamericano — Nov 17, 2021 | Chileans will go to the polls today to elect a new president against the backdrop of allegations of human rights violations by the government and the challenge of keeping the Covid-19 pandemic under control. | The elections, in which the entire Chamber of Deputies, part of the Senate and the regional councilors will also be renewed, will take place within the framework of the Constitutional Convention that arose from the social outburst of October 2019, which seeks for the country to abandon the remnants of Pinochet's military dictatorship. | The exercise of the ri…

Laurie J. Beyranevand (2021-11-21). Biden's Call for Racial Equity Lacks Protections for Marginalized Workers. truthout.org It was already clear that meatpacking plants hosted some of the country's worst COVID-19 outbreaks. But a

_____ (2021-11-21). On Contact: Struggle Against Industrial Agriculture. popularresistance.org On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the struggle against industrial agriculture with author Daniel J. O'Connell. The San Joaquin Valley in California is the most agriculturally productive farmland in the United States, but it is also plagued by high levels of poverty and water pollution, as well as the serious health risks that come with …

Staff (2021-11-21). State offers thousands of dollars in vaccine jingle contest. rt.com South Carolina has launched a jingle contest for K-12 students, challenging them to write a song promoting Covid-19 vaccination, and offering thousands of dollars to the winner. | The South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) and South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced the 'Sing It to Win It' campaign this week, encouraging students "to channel their creativity for a Covid-19 vaccine campaign" and produce a short song praising the virtues of vaccination against Covid-19. | The campaign offers thousands in funds for the music programs of the top three schools. | Read m…

Sandipan Talukdar (2021-11-21). COVID-19 worsened seepage of plastic into oceans. peoplesdispatch.org Scientists say that 193 countries have produced around 9.2 million tons of plastic waste associated with the pandemic. 87.4% of this was generated by hospitals while a small fraction (7.6%) was generated by individuals…

James K. Galbraith (2021-11-21). The Choking of the Global Minotaur. zcomm.org The supply disruptions plaguing the US economy are the result of a logistics ecosystem that was developed to feed the beast of American consumption was not designed for a pandemic…

WSWS (2021-11-20). Death of UAW steward from COVID underscores danger in John Deere plants. wsws.org If a UAW steward contracted the virus outside of working in a plant, what of the Deere workers who are now returning to the factories, working side by side, as the pandemic continues to rage?

WSWS (2021-11-20). Death of UAW official from COVID underscores danger in John Deere plants. wsws.org If a UAW official contracted the virus outside of working in a plant, what of the Deere workers who are now returning to the factories, working side by side, as the pandemic continues to rage?

Fight Back (2021-11-20). President Maduro addresses international allies during "Defense of Democracy and Truth in Venezuela" fightbacknews.org Tucson, AZ – On Wednesday November 17, former union bus driver and current president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, spoke to over 500 international solidarity activists from over 70 countries. | "Venezuela has been giving an intense battle against the aggression, siege, and lies from U.S. imperialism and its direct allies from the right on this continent and around the world," Maduro stated. Maduro also lambasted the "cowardly left, the new indirect allies of U.S. imperialism who hide behind their masks of progressivism threaten our noble peoples who have been fighting." Adding to the many achievements of the Bol…

Martina E McMenamin, Benjamin J Cowling (2021-11-20). [Correspondence] CoronaVac efficacy data from Turkey. thelancet.com Mine Tanriover and colleagues1 report that the efficacy of CoronaVac against laboratory-confirmed symptomatic COVID-19 in a trial in Turkey is 83 ∑5% (95% CI 65 ∑4—92 ∑1). By contrast, the efficacy of CoronaVac against symptomatic COVID-19 has been estimated at 50 ∑7% (36 ∑0—62 ∑0) in a Brazilian trial and at 65 ∑3% (20 ∑0—85 ∑1) in an Indonesian trial.2,3 Noting that post-vaccination neutralising antibody titres are quite strongly associated with vaccine efficacy against symptomatic infection,4,5 the efficacy estimated from the Turkish dataset is much higher…

Staff (2021-11-20). Spiky death: how long will Covid remain a threat? rt.com Covid-19 variants keep emerging in different parts of the world, causing experts to ask how long the pandemic will last, and how effective the current methods of protection really are. | Since the pandemic started in 2019, people have referred to the disease which has paralyzed the world simply as 'coronavirus'. Now, in 2021, when we talk about it, we mean not just the original variant, but also its numerous mutations. | Read more | | In May, the WHO decided to label the key vari…

Jake Johnson (2021-11-20). COVID-19: Big Pharma's 'Obscene' Profits. orinocotribune.com By Jake Johnson — Nov 18, 2021 | Moderna, Pfizer and BioNTech rake in millions an hour while refusing to share manufacturing recipes with low-income countries. | Moderna, Pfizer and BioNTech — the makers of the two most successful coronavirus vaccines — are raking in a combined $65,000 in profits every minute as they refuse to share their manufacturing recipes with According to a new People's Vaccine All…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-11-20). Video: #Yes, It's a "Killer Vaccine": Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca The unspoken truth is that the novel coronavirus provides a pretext to powerful financial interests and corrupt politicians to precipitate the entire World into a spiral of mass unemployment, bankruptcy, extreme poverty and despair.

Brian Williams (2021-11-20). Moderna fights US gov't over patent and profits. themilitant.com Profit-driven bosses at Moderna have iced out of the main patent for its COVID-19 vaccine the scientists from the federal government's National Institutes of Health, which helped pay for and develop it. The fight over this patent exposes the dog-eat-dog morality of capitalism, where all so-called health care is a business organized primarily to maximize profits, not save lives. | Moderna filed for the patent in July, claiming the company invented the mRNA technology used in its vaccine. It entirely excluded the scientists from the federal agency's Vaccine Research Center who helped develop the genetic sequence th…

WSWS (2021-11-20). New Zealand's Daily Blog seeks to legitimise anti-lockdown, anti-vaccination protests. wsws.org The Daily Blog, which supports the Labour Party-led government, published an article praising a recent rally organised by the far-right Destiny Church for raising "genuine, valid concerns" about COVID-19 vaccines.

Talha Burki (2021-11-20). [World Report] mRNA discoveries earn the 2021 Prince Mahidol Award. thelancet.com Katalin Karikó, Drew Weissman, and Pieter Cullis have been recognised for their work that led to the development of COVID-19 vaccines. Talha Burki reports.

Janine Jackson (2021-11-20). Moderna Vaccine Should Be For the People — Not Just Rich People. truthout.org Janine Jackson interviewed Public Citizen's Peter Maybarduk about the NIH/Moderna vaccine patent for the | Janine Jackson: The front-page November 10 New York Times told us, "Moderna Moves for Total Credit in Vaccine Patent; Won't Share With US." It's an odd thing to read, but corporate news media often present readers w…

Susan Jaffe (2021-11-20). [World Report] Legal challenges threaten Biden's COVID-19 vaccine rule. thelancet.com Critics want to block a safety rule requiring employees of large companies to get vaccinated or be tested weekly for COVID-19 and wear masks. Susan Jaffe reports from Washington, DC.

Alex Bainbridge (2021-11-20). Photos: Don't fall for far right lies: vaccines save lives. greenleft.org.au Photos by Alex Bainbridge from the Brisbane counter protest against the anti-vaccination rally on November 20.

Anis Chowdhury (2021-11-20). WTO finished without TRIPS waiver. mronline.org The World Trade Organization (WTO) will soon decide on a conditional temporary waiver of Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS).

Ana Perdigón (2021-11-20). UN Rejects One US Coercive Measure Against Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the United Nations, Samuel Moncada, announced that the UN has rejected one of the coercive measures imposed by the United States on Venezuela, which denies the Bolivarian Republic its right to health. | Moncada made this comment after the UN General Assembly approved the Resolution on Equitable, Affordable, Timely and Universal Access of all Countries to Vaccines in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, on Thursday, November 18. | Moncada informed that "in the resolution, there is an important paragraph for Venezuela, for it rejects one of the criminal measures of the US…

Janine Jackson (2021-11-20). 'Moderna is trying to turn this people's vaccine into a rich people's vaccine'. mronline.org CounterSpin interview with Peter Maybarduk on NIH/Moderna patent…

Mine Durusu Tanriover, Hamdi Levent Doƒüanay, Serhat Unal, Murat Akova (2021-11-20). [Correspondence] CoronaVac efficacy data from Turkey — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank Martina McMenamin and Benjamin Cowling for raising important issues on vaccine trials in the context of our Article.1 The work they refer to by Palacios and colleagues2 has not been published in a peer reviewed journal; thus we cannot comment on the accuracy or the comparability of its methods. The Indonesian trial data have been published,3 and although the main method of this study was similar to ours, the case definition of COVID-19 and the methods used for active surveillance were different.

Makia Freeman (2021-11-20). Ten Things You Need to Know about the Experimental COVID mRNA Vaccines. globalresearch.ca With foresight, this article was published on January 13, 202 at the very outset of the Vaccine program. Experimental COVID Vaccines are coming to town, being rolled out worldwide as the transhumanistic New World Order (NWO) agenda dictates. This …

MAMER (2021-11-20). Study on Electromagnetism of Vaccinated Persons. globalresearch.ca First published by Global …

Gàºnter Kampf (2021-11-20). [Correspondence] COVID-19: stigmatising the unvaccinated is not justified. thelancet.com In the USA and Germany, high-level officials have used the term pandemic of the unvaccinated, suggesting that people who have been vaccinated are not relevant in the epidemiology of COVID-19. Officials' use of this phrase might have encouraged one scientist to claim that "the unvaccinated threaten the vaccinated for COVID-19".1 But this view is far too simple.

Staff (2021-11-20). Fauci comes up with new 'rule' to wear masks. rt.com White House health adviser Anthony Fauci was seen at an elite book party regularly taking his mask on and off, confusing many attendees. An author says Fauci explained to her why he chose to wear it around some and not others.

news.un (2021-11-20). First Person: 'Bridge the gap between indigenous youth and the world'. news.un.org Nadya Zafira, an international relations student at Indonesia's Gadjah Mada University, won a writing competition for her letter to UN chief António Guterres, in which she addressed the inequalities laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic, and how indigenous communities and youth are marginalized in global conversations on climate crisis.

Seth Galinsky (2021-11-20). US-organized provocation against Cuba 'fizzles out'. themilitant.com U.S.-government-organized provocations planned in Cuba for Nov. 15 were a failure, as were "sympathy" actions denouncing Cuba's socialist revolution around the world. Opponents of the revolution had hoped to create incidents on the island that would disrupt the reopening of schools and businesses and expanded tourism scheduled that day. | Striking a blow to the U.S. rulers' plans, Cubans celebrated the tremendous progress the country has made in confronting the COVID-19 pandemic despite Washington's stepped-up sanctions, which make it difficult to purchase raw materials and even syringes. Tens of thousands of ele…

_____ (2021-11-20). Industrial Nations Value Capitalism Over People At Climate Conference. popularresistance.org The cataclysms of the interlinked crises of COVID and climate change were elucidated this past year in ways that cannot be repudiated. Following the release of the International Panel on Climate Change's (IPPC) most recent report on the state of global warming, UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres characterized it as, "a code red for humanity ." In short, the report found that absent immediate and decisive measures to address planetary warming, the worst-case scenarios of climate change will be soon realized for both the physical environment and the social systems that depend on it. These admonishments should h…

Elizabeth Woodworth (2021-11-20). COVID-19 and the Shadowy "Trusted News Initiative" globalresearch.ca Exposing this uncanny censorship of eminent voices is especially vital to the fate of children and youth, who are being aggressively targeted for low-benefit, sometimes lethal, inoculations.

Roger Kneebone, Will Houstoun, Natasha Houghton (2021-11-20). [Perspectives] Medicine, magic, and online performance. thelancet.com COVID-19 has transformed clinical practice; online consultation has become a daily reality for many doctors and clinicians have had to rethink what it means to perform. Patient-centred consulting requires the integration of knowledge, technical skill, and expert communication. This integration is partly achieved through performance. Yet clinical work is seldom framed in such terms within mainstream clinical curriculums. As part of the Royal College of Music—Imperial College London Centre for Performance Science, UK, our interdisciplinary research group investigates how skilled performers from diverse fields…

Chengliang Yang, Hedi Zhao, Scott J Tebbutt (2021-11-20). [Correspondence] Long-term effects on survivors with COVID-19. thelancet.com The conditions that linger after recovery from COVID-19 are commonly referred to as the long-term effects of COVID-19 (long COVID). The risk for sequelae varies according to the severity of the initial acute SARS-CoV-2 infection.1…

WSWS (2021-11-20). Austria re-imposes partial lockdown as COVID-19 surges across Europe. wsws.org European governments' politically criminal policy of "living with the virus" despite a surge of infections has created a disaster, costing hundreds of thousands of lives.

WSWS (2021-11-20). New study supports natural origins of COVID-19, sources close to WHO team say. wsws.org A landmark new study published in Science is another nail in the coffin of the Wuhan lab conspiracy theory, concocted by the fascist ideologue Stephen K. Bannon and promoted by the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal.

Lixue Huang, Xiaoying Gu, Bin Cao (2021-11-20). [Correspondence] Long-term effects on survivors with COVID-19 — Authors' reply. thelancet.com Yan-Jie Zhao and colleagues and Chengliang Yang and colleagues all recommend specific questionnaires to evaluate depression and anxiety symptoms in hospital survivors with COVID-19 1 year after onset.1 We agree that the professional questionnaires could provide the actual prevalence of psychiatric symptoms. However, these questionnaires are somewhat complex and time-consuming. It is challenging to integrate all these assessments into our follow-up study.1 The EuroQol five-dimension five-level (EQ-5D-5L) questionnaire is commonly used to assess the quality of life from five domains in clinical studies.

WSWS (2021-11-20). COVID patient in California dies after maggots found in mouth and nose. wsws.org A woman recovering from COVID-19 at South Coast Global Medical Center in Santa Ana passed away only days after family members found her in a state of neglect, discovering maggots in her mouth and nose.

Christine Massey (2021-11-20). The Identity of the Virus: Health/ Science Institutions Worldwide "Have No Record" of SARS-COV-2 Isolation/Purification. globalresearch.ca First published by GR …

_____ (2021-11-20). Why Seed Companies Fear México. popularresistance.org Last month México's Supreme Court provided hope for biodiversity, especially in the Global South, while flaming fear for seed companies. In a historic step, it ruled for corn advocates and against genetically modified (GMO) corn. The decision was a momentous act in country where maíz (corn) carries daily and sacred significance. This promises a way out of stale GMO debates that plague us. One side argues that genetic changes to seeds increase harvests. Seed companies and industrial agriculture make up this side. Another side says GMOs damage plant DNA.

WSWS (2021-11-20). Death of UAW steward from COVID underscores danger in John Deere plants. wsws.org If a UAW steward contracted the virus outside of working in a plant, what of the Deere workers who are now returning to the factories, working side by side, as the pandemic continues to rage?

WSWS (2021-11-20). Death of UAW official from COVID underscores danger in John Deere plants. wsws.org If a UAW official contracted the virus outside of working in a plant, what of the Deere workers who are now returning to the factories, working side by side, as the pandemic continues to rage?

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-11-20). Video: #Yes, It's a "Killer Vaccine": Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca The unspoken truth is that the novel coronavirus provides a pretext to powerful financial interests and corrupt politicians to precipitate the entire World into a spiral of mass unemployment, bankruptcy, extreme poverty and despair.

Jake Johnson (2021-11-20). COVID-19: Big Pharma's 'Obscene' Profits. orinocotribune.com By Jake Johnson — Nov 18, 2021 | Moderna, Pfizer and BioNTech rake in millions an hour while refusing to share manufacturing recipes with low-income countries. | Moderna, Pfizer and BioNTech — the makers of the two most successful coronavirus vaccines — are raking in a combined $65,000 in profits every minute as they refuse to share their manufacturing recipes with According to a new People's Vaccine All…

Mine Durusu Tanriover, Hamdi Levent Doƒüanay, Serhat Unal, Murat Akova (2021-11-20). [Correspondence] CoronaVac efficacy data from Turkey — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank Martina McMenamin and Benjamin Cowling for raising important issues on vaccine trials in the context of our Article.1 The work they refer to by Palacios and colleagues2 has not been published in a peer reviewed journal; thus we cannot comment on the accuracy or the comparability of its methods. The Indonesian trial data have been published,3 and although the main method of this study was similar to ours, the case definition of COVID-19 and the methods used for active surveillance were different.

Alex Bainbridge (2021-11-20). Photos: Don't fall for far right lies: vaccines save lives. greenleft.org.au Photos by Alex Bainbridge from the Brisbane counter protest against the anti-vaccination rally on November 20.

Talha Burki (2021-11-20). [World Report] mRNA discoveries earn the 2021 Prince Mahidol Award. thelancet.com Katalin Karikó, Drew Weissman, and Pieter Cullis have been recognised for their work that led to the development of COVID-19 vaccines. Talha Burki reports.

Makia Freeman (2021-11-20). Ten Things You Need to Know about the Experimental COVID mRNA Vaccines. globalresearch.ca With foresight, this article was published on January 13, 202 at the very outset of the Vaccine program. Experimental COVID Vaccines are coming to town, being rolled out worldwide as the transhumanistic New World Order (NWO) agenda dictates. This …

Anis Chowdhury (2021-11-20). WTO finished without TRIPS waiver. mronline.org The World Trade Organization (WTO) will soon decide on a conditional temporary waiver of Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS).

WSWS (2021-11-20). New Zealand's Daily Blog seeks to legitimise anti-lockdown, anti-vaccination protests. wsws.org The Daily Blog, which supports the Labour Party-led government, published an article praising a recent rally organised by the far-right Destiny Church for raising "genuine, valid concerns" about COVID-19 vaccines.

Ana Perdigón (2021-11-20). UN Rejects One US Coercive Measure Against Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the United Nations, Samuel Moncada, announced that the UN has rejected one of the coercive measures imposed by the United States on Venezuela, which denies the Bolivarian Republic its right to health. | Moncada made this comment after the UN General Assembly approved the Resolution on Equitable, Affordable, Timely and Universal Access of all Countries to Vaccines in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, on Thursday, November 18. | Moncada informed that "in the resolution, there is an important paragraph for Venezuela, for it rejects one of the criminal measures of the US…

Janine Jackson (2021-11-20). 'Moderna is trying to turn this people's vaccine into a rich people's vaccine'. mronline.org CounterSpin interview with Peter Maybarduk on NIH/Moderna patent…

Susan Jaffe (2021-11-20). [World Report] Legal challenges threaten Biden's COVID-19 vaccine rule. thelancet.com Critics want to block a safety rule requiring employees of large companies to get vaccinated or be tested weekly for COVID-19 and wear masks. Susan Jaffe reports from Washington, DC.

MAMER (2021-11-20). Study on Electromagnetism of Vaccinated Persons. globalresearch.ca First published by Global …

Gàºnter Kampf (2021-11-20). [Correspondence] COVID-19: stigmatising the unvaccinated is not justified. thelancet.com In the USA and Germany, high-level officials have used the term pandemic of the unvaccinated, suggesting that people who have been vaccinated are not relevant in the epidemiology of COVID-19. Officials' use of this phrase might have encouraged one scientist to claim that "the unvaccinated threaten the vaccinated for COVID-19".1 But this view is far too simple.

Staff (2021-11-20). Fauci comes up with new 'rule' to wear masks. rt.com White House health adviser Anthony Fauci was seen at an elite book party regularly taking his mask on and off, confusing many attendees. An author says Fauci explained to her why he chose to wear it around some and not others.

news.un (2021-11-20). First Person: 'Bridge the gap between indigenous youth and the world'. news.un.org Nadya Zafira, an international relations student at Indonesia's Gadjah Mada University, won a writing competition for her letter to UN chief António Guterres, in which she addressed the inequalities laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic, and how indigenous communities and youth are marginalized in global conversations on climate crisis.

Elizabeth Woodworth (2021-11-20). COVID-19 and the Shadowy "Trusted News Initiative" globalresearch.ca Exposing this uncanny censorship of eminent voices is especially vital to the fate of children and youth, who are being aggressively targeted for low-benefit, sometimes lethal, inoculations.

Roger Kneebone, Will Houstoun, Natasha Houghton (2021-11-20). [Perspectives] Medicine, magic, and online performance. thelancet.com COVID-19 has transformed clinical practice; online consultation has become a daily reality for many doctors and clinicians have had to rethink what it means to perform. Patient-centred consulting requires the integration of knowledge, technical skill, and expert communication. This integration is partly achieved through performance. Yet clinical work is seldom framed in such terms within mainstream clinical curriculums. As part of the Royal College of Music—Imperial College London Centre for Performance Science, UK, our interdisciplinary research group investigates how skilled performers from diverse fields…

Lixue Huang, Xiaoying Gu, Bin Cao (2021-11-20). [Correspondence] Long-term effects on survivors with COVID-19 — Authors' reply. thelancet.com Yan-Jie Zhao and colleagues and Chengliang Yang and colleagues all recommend specific questionnaires to evaluate depression and anxiety symptoms in hospital survivors with COVID-19 1 year after onset.1 We agree that the professional questionnaires could provide the actual prevalence of psychiatric symptoms. However, these questionnaires are somewhat complex and time-consuming. It is challenging to integrate all these assessments into our follow-up study.1 The EuroQol five-dimension five-level (EQ-5D-5L) questionnaire is commonly used to assess the quality of life from five domains in clinical studies.

WSWS (2021-11-20). New study supports natural origins of COVID-19, sources close to WHO team say. wsws.org A landmark new study published in Science is another nail in the coffin of the Wuhan lab conspiracy theory, concocted by the fascist ideologue Stephen K. Bannon and promoted by the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal.

Chengliang Yang, Hedi Zhao, Scott J Tebbutt (2021-11-20). [Correspondence] Long-term effects on survivors with COVID-19. thelancet.com The conditions that linger after recovery from COVID-19 are commonly referred to as the long-term effects of COVID-19 (long COVID). The risk for sequelae varies according to the severity of the initial acute SARS-CoV-2 infection.1…

WSWS (2021-11-20). Austria re-imposes partial lockdown as COVID-19 surges across Europe. wsws.org European governments' politically criminal policy of "living with the virus" despite a surge of infections has created a disaster, costing hundreds of thousands of lives.

WSWS (2021-11-20). COVID patient in California dies after maggots found in mouth and nose. wsws.org A woman recovering from COVID-19 at South Coast Global Medical Center in Santa Ana passed away only days after family members found her in a state of neglect, discovering maggots in her mouth and nose.

Christine Massey (2021-11-20). The Identity of the Virus: Health/ Science Institutions Worldwide "Have No Record" of SARS-COV-2 Isolation/Purification. globalresearch.ca First published by GR …

_____ (2021-11-20). Why Seed Companies Fear México. popularresistance.org Last month México's Supreme Court provided hope for biodiversity, especially in the Global South, while flaming fear for seed companies. In a historic step, it ruled for corn advocates and against genetically modified (GMO) corn. The decision was a momentous act in country where maíz (corn) carries daily and sacred significance. This promises a way out of stale GMO debates that plague us. One side argues that genetic changes to seeds increase harvests. Seed companies and industrial agriculture make up this side. Another side says GMOs damage plant DNA.

Staff (2021-11-19). Headlines for November 19, 2021. democracynow.org House to Vote on Build Back Better Act After Filibuster-Style Delay by Republican Leader, Julius Jones Granted Clemency Hours Before Scheduled Execution, Henry Montgomery, Sentenced to Life Term at 17, Leaves Angola Prison on Parole, Belarus Shelters Some Asylum Seekers on Polish Border, Deports Iraqi Refugees, As COVID Surges in Europe, Austria Orders New Lockdown and National Vaccine Mandate, 18,000 Cut Off by Flooding in British Columbia; Millions of Kenyans at Risk of Hunger Amid Drought, Amazon Deforestation in Brazil Hits 15-Year Peak; Indigenous Groups in Ecuador Oppose Mining Plans, Delhi School Shutdown…

Medea Benjamin (2021-11-19). Cubans More Excited About School Reopening Than Regime Change. orinocotribune.com By Medea Benjamin — Nov 16, 2021 | Even if they blame their government for mismanagement, corruption, and a system that stifles private enterprise, few fail to recognize the enormous impact of U.S. sanctions. | "If you build it, they will come," said Kevin Costner in the Field of Dreams. In Cuba, they didn't come. Dissidents on the island, with their U.S. backers, had been working feverishly for months to turn the unprecedented July 11 protests into a crescendo of government opposition on November 15. They built a formidable structure, with sophisticated social media (including an abundance of fake news), pi…

Ediz Tiyansan (2021-11-19). Los Angeles International Auto Show returns. america.cgtn.com The Los Angeles International Auto Show is back again in person, after last year's virtual event due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Jyotsna Singh (2021-11-19). Vaccine inequity persists as African continent yet to surpass 10% vaccination rate. peoplesdispatch.org While the world is discussing ways to move on from the pandemic and return to normalcy, an entire continent is struggling to get even the first dose of vaccine, with little concern expressed by international bodies…

Peoples Health Dispatch (2021-11-19). The struggle for vaccine equity intensifies in Italy. peoplesdispatch.org The European Union has been at the forefront of the opposition that rich countries have shown towards the TRIPS waiver proposal for COVID-19 medical products. However, the EU's position in the international arena is not shared by the people of Europe, who wish to see vaccines accessible in the Global South…

teleSUR (2021-11-19). Over 80% of Cuba's Population Fully Vaccinated Against COVID-19. telesurenglish.net At the end of November 17, 27,741,924 doses of the Cuban vaccines Soberana 02, Soberana Plus and Abdala had been administered in the country. | RELATED: | To date, 10,110,794 people have received at least one dose of one of the Cuban vaccines Soberana 02, Soberana Plus and Abdala. Of these, 9,146,468 people have already received a second dose and 8,484,662 people have received a third dose. | El 80% de la población cubana ha re…

Global Research News (2021-11-19). Selected Articles: More People Died in the Key Clinical Trial for Pfizer's COVID Vaccine than the Company Publicly Reported. globalresearch.ca By Pfizer told the world 15 people who received the vaccine in its trial had died as …

Paulo Cabral (2021-11-19). Is a COVID-19 vaccine nasal spray in our future? america.cgtn.com In the ongoing fight against COVID-19 – work goes on to find even more effective vaccines and therapeutics.

Staff (2021-11-19). NIH director wants consequences for vaccine conspiracy theorists. rt.com National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins thinks that people who spread misinformation about Covid-19 online and Dr. Anthony Fauci should be identified and "brought to justice." | "Conspiracies are winning here. Truth is losing. That's a really serious indictment of the way in which our society seems to be traveling," Collins, who will soon step down from his post at the head of the NIH, told the Describing an onslaught of angry m…

Staff (2021-11-19). Punishments set for US troops who refuse vaccination. rt.com The US Army has threatened repercussions for soldiers who decline to receive Covid-19 vaccinations, saying that insubordinate troops will be barred from promotions, reenlistment, and a number of special military services. | Army personnel who refuse the jab, including reservists and Army National Guard troops, will now have their service records "flagged," preventing them from receiving "favorable personnel actions" such as reenlistment bonuses, promotions to higher ranks, decorations and other awards, attending military academies, as well as tuition assistance with higher education, according to an official m…

Peter Koenig (2021-11-19). Switzerland: The World's Last Bastion of Democracy? dissidentvoice.org In a lively rally under full autumn sun, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addressed a crowd of about 10 to 20 thousand people in Bern. He talked about the covid lies in the US, as well as around the globe. He did not spare Europe, which allows kids being vaccinated from an age as low as …

Thomas Klikauer (2021-11-19). Who Resists Corona Vaccination in Germany? zcomm.org There are two views of the world opposing one another, and the anti-vaxxers belong to a shrinking minority…

Matt Sedlar (2021-11-19). September Data Shows Countries Continue to Use Special Drawing Rights to Stabilize Their Economies and Address the Pandemic. cepr.net This post analyzes SDR holdings as reported by the IMF at the end of September and compares them to previous months' reports.

WSWS (2021-11-19). Rail and airport workers strike in France for wage increases. wsws.org The strikes are part of an international resurgence of working-class struggle against the attacks by the state and employers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

WSWS (2021-11-19). Conference produces no solution for Treasury market shocks. wsws.org While the onset of the pandemic was the trigger for the March 2020 crisis, it was not the underlying cause, with two previous incidents raising considerable concerns in financial regulatory circles.

Newsclick (2021-11-19). COVID-19 affected the treatment of tuberculosis, cancer. peoplesdispatch.org What is the long view of COVID-19 as we have seen and are likely to see going forward? How were various aspects of our life affected by the pandemic, what are the changes we have had to make, and how has the treatment of other diseases been affected?

WSWS (2021-11-19). Pentagon dispatching emergency medical teams to Minnesota as another winter surge of COVID-19 infections takes hold in the US. wsws.org Developments in the upper Midwest—Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan—represent the leading edge of the wave of illness and death that will hit the country in the latest phase of the pandemic.

WSWS (2021-11-19). Savage exploitation at flagship plant of "green" Canadian capitalism. wsws.org The dangerous conditions described by the worker at the Gaspé, Quebec, plant of the General Electric subsidiary LM Wind Power were exacerbated by management's decision to keep the plant open during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-11-19). The Pandemic Treaty Proposal Expands Global Health Inequities. libya360.wordpress.com Nithin Ramakrishnan Meeting room at WHO headquarters. Photo : WHO The World Health Assembly Special Session in November will be considering the benefits of developing a new international instrument on pandemic preparedness and response. Rich countries are using the opportunity to sideline discussions on equity in public health The World Health Organization (WHO) is convening…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-11-19). The WHO Confirms that the Covid-19 PCR Test is Flawed: Estimates of "Positive Cases" are Meaningless. The Lockdown Has No Scientific Basis. globalresearch.ca One year later the WHO retracts. They don't say "We Made a Mistake". It's carefully formulated. While they do not officially deny the validity of their misleading January 2020 guidelines, they recommend RT-PCR "Re-testing" (which everybody knows is an impossibility).

WSWS (2021-11-19). Shut down Michigan schools to in-person learning! Stop the winter of death! wsws.org COVID-19 cases are now at an all-time high in Michigan, and schools are the top source of spread. The youth and the working class must unite to end this madness.

WSWS (2021-11-19). More New York City schools forced to close amid mounting COVID-19 outbreaks. wsws.org According to the city's Department of Education, there are currently 176 classroom closures for public schools and 17 for charter schools, while at least 6,193 students have been infected since the start of the school year.

WSWS (2021-11-19). Seattle, Washington parents speak out on their fight for remote learning for their autistic child. wsws.org Two Seattle parents describe their legal and political nightmare battling to keep their seven-year-old daughter safe from COVID-19 and at home with remote instruction.

WSWS (2021-11-19). Johnson government lies that main danger of COVID spread comes from Europe. wsws.org Britain's huge toll of disease and death is not a foreign import, but the product of the government's own policies, carried out with the declared aim of making the UK the first country in which COVID is endemic in the population.

Staff (2021-11-19). Headlines for November 19, 2021. democracynow.org House to Vote on Build Back Better Act After Filibuster-Style Delay by Republican Leader, Julius Jones Granted Clemency Hours Before Scheduled Execution, Henry Montgomery, Sentenced to Life Term at 17, Leaves Angola Prison on Parole, Belarus Shelters Some Asylum-Seekers on Polish Border, Deports Iraqi Refugees, As COVID Surges in Europe, Austria Orders New Lockdown and National Vaccine Mandate, 18,000 Cut Off by Flooding in British Columbia; Millions of Kenyans at Risk of Hunger Amid Drought, Amazon Deforestation in Brazil Hits 15-Year Peak; Indigenous Groups in Ecuador Oppose Mining Plans, Delhi School Shutdown…

Global Research News (2021-11-19). Selected Articles: More People Died in the Key Clinical Trial for Pfizer's COVID Vaccine than the Company Publicly Reported. globalresearch.ca By Pfizer told the world 15 people who received the vaccine in its trial had died as …

Staff (2021-11-19). Punishments set for US troops who refuse vaccination. rt.com The US Army has threatened repercussions for soldiers who decline to receive Covid-19 vaccinations, saying that insubordinate troops will be barred from promotions, reenlistment, and a number of special military services. | Army personnel who refuse the jab, including reservists and Army National Guard troops, will now have their service records "flagged," preventing them from receiving "favorable personnel actions" such as reenlistment bonuses, promotions to higher ranks, decorations and other awards, attending military academies, as well as tuition assistance with higher education, according to an official m…

Thomas Klikauer (2021-11-19). Who Resists Corona Vaccination in Germany? zcomm.org There are two views of the world opposing one another, and the anti-vaxxers belong to a shrinking minority…

WSWS (2021-11-19). Conference produces no solution for Treasury market shocks. wsws.org While the onset of the pandemic was the trigger for the March 2020 crisis, it was not the underlying cause, with two previous incidents raising considerable concerns in financial regulatory circles.

WSWS (2021-11-19). Pentagon dispatching emergency medical teams to Minnesota as another winter surge of COVID-19 infections takes hold in the US. wsws.org Developments in the upper Midwest—Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan—represent the leading edge of the wave of illness and death that will hit the country in the latest phase of the pandemic.

WSWS (2021-11-19). Savage exploitation at flagship plant of "green" Canadian capitalism. wsws.org The dangerous conditions described by the worker at the Gaspé, Quebec, plant of the General Electric subsidiary LM Wind Power were exacerbated by management's decision to keep the plant open during the COVID-19 pandemic.

WSWS (2021-11-19). Rail and airport workers strike in France for wage increases. wsws.org The strikes are part of an international resurgence of working-class struggle against the attacks by the state and employers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

WSWS (2021-11-19). Shut down Michigan schools to in-person learning! Stop the winter of death! wsws.org COVID-19 cases are now at an all-time high in Michigan, and schools are the top source of spread. The youth and the working class must unite to end this madness.

WSWS (2021-11-19). Shutdown Michigan schools to in-person learning! Stop the winter of death! wsws.org COVID-19 cases are now at an all-time high in Michigan, and schools are the top source of spread. The youth and the working class must unite to end this madness.

WSWS (2021-11-19). New Zealand's COVID-19 outbreak grows as schools reopen. wsws.org The trade unions are playing a key role in enforcing the reopening of schools, which will accelerate the spread of COVID-19 across the country.

WSWS (2021-11-19). Johnson government lies that main danger of COVID spread comes from Europe. wsws.org Britain's huge toll of disease and death is not a foreign import, but the product of the government's own policies, carried out with the declared aim of making the UK the first country in which COVID is endemic in the population.

Michael Sainato (2021-11-19). U.S. School Bus Drivers in Nationwide Strikes over Poor Pay and Covid Risk. zcomm.org U.S. school bus drivers in nationwide strikes over poor pay and Covid risk Drivers are left 'begging for better pay' even as the school bus driver shortage is worsening in the new school year…

WSWS (2021-11-19). More New York City schools forced to close amid mounting COVID-19 outbreaks. wsws.org According to the city's Department of Education, there are currently 176 classroom closures for public schools and 17 for charter schools, while at least 6,193 students have been infected since the start of the school year.

WSWS (2021-11-19). Seattle, Washington parents speak out on their fight for remote learning for their autistic child. wsws.org Two Seattle parents describe their legal and political nightmare battling to keep their seven-year-old daughter safe from COVID-19 and at home with remote instruction.

Staff (2021-11-18). Headlines for November 18, 2021. democracynow.org White House Plan Would Expand U.S. Vaccine Production by One Billion Doses a Year, House Censures Arizona Republican Rep. Paul Gosar for Violent Video Targeting AOC, "QAnon Shaman" Jacob Chansley Gets 41 Month Prison Term for Role in Capitol Riot, Attorneys for Teen Gunman Kyle Rittenhouse Ask Judge to Declare Mistrial, Travis McMichael, Who Shot and Killed Ahmaud Arbery, Testifies in Own Defense , Students Walk Out of Oklahoma Schools to Protest Planned Execution of Julius Jones, Two Men Convicted of Killing Malcolm X Will Be Exonerated, Biden Administration to Hold Massive Auction for Oil and Gas Leases in Gulf…

WSWS (2021-11-18). German Social Democrats-Left Party coalition in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Social attacks, state armament and viral spread. wsws.org After governing the state with the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) for four years, the SPD is now forming a coalition with the Left Party to advance and intensify the policies of fiscal austerity, state rearmament and allowing the coronavirus to spread unchecked.

ecns.cn (2021-11-18). More US states offer COVID-19 boosters to all adults as federal govt grabs more vaccines, pills amid fear of winter surge. ecns.cn A growing number of US governors from both political parties and other officials are circumventing a federal guidance to offer boosters to anyone over 18 in hopes of staving off a spike in cases over the holidays, while the Joe Biden administration is purchasing more vaccines and pills in preparation for future pandemics, especially a potential surge of the coronavirus this winter.

Mark Gruenberg (2021-11-18). U.S. court ban forces OSHA to suspend anti-virus test/mask mandate. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—A federal appeals court ban has forced the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to suspend its mandate, known as an Emergency Temporary Standard, that businesses develop and implement plans to protect workers against the rampant coronavirus. Such plans require masking, vaccinations and frequent testing for the unvaccinated. The ETS stays on the books for public …

Staff (2021-11-18). Florida's DeSantis travels to Brandon to sign bills restricting Covid mandates. rt.com Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis has signed legislation barring private employers in the state from imposing Covid-19 vaccine mandates on their workers unless generous opt-out provisions are offered. | "Florida is leading," DeSantis told reporters on Thursday. "This is the strongest piece of legislation that's been enacted anywhere in the country in this regard." | The package of bills signed by DeSantis marked the governor's latest pushback against President Joe Biden, who announced an executive order in September requiring large employers to force their workers to get vaccinated against Covid-19. DeSantis, wh…

Staff (2021-11-18). Another governor courts unvaccinated cops with relocation offer. rt.com Tennessee's Republican governor is calling on police officers across the US to join the state's highway patrol to skirt vaccine mandates elsewhere in the country, even offering to assist with moving expenses. | Governor Bill Lee made his pitch to out-of-state cops in a video message earlier this week, saying Tennessee's highway patrol "won't get between you and your doctor" with vaccination requirements, and offers a "full benefits package" along with free training, uniforms and gear. | "I've got a message today for cops in New York all the way to sheriff deputies out in Los Angeles: We want you to join the Te…

Andrea Germanos (2021-11-18). 'We Need a Global Solution'. zcomm.org Critics Say Biden Plan to Boost Vaccine Supply Not Nearly Enough…

John Feffer (2021-11-18). If You Think Vaccine Mandate Pushback Is Bad… zcomm.org At some point, governments will start using more sticks than carrots to break our deadly dependence on fossil fuels. How will humanity respond?>

ecns.cn (2021-11-18). Pfizer bullies governments worldwide in COVID-19 vaccine contracts: report. ecns.cn U.S. multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporation Pfizer has been bullying governments around the world in COVID-19 vaccine contracts, said a recent report.

Staff (2021-11-18). Release of US vaccine data 'may take till 2076'. rt.com The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may take 55 years to release all the documents it used to declare Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine safe, a group of doctors and professors claim. | The FDA approved Pfizer/BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine for people aged 16 and over in August, and, last month, extended its emergency-use authorization to children as young as five. This week, FDA regulators are expected to permit booster doses of Pfizer's product for adults aged 18 and over. | Read more | | When a group of doctors, prof…

Global Research News (2021-11-18). Selected Articles: Vaccinated People Are Up to Nine Times (9X) More Likely to be Hospitalized than Unvaccinated People. globalresearch.ca By In the spring of 2021, before the emergence of the Delta variant, Israel had been the first country in …

_____ (2021-11-18). Student Loan Payments Resume Soon, But Working Borrowers Aren't Ready. popularresistance.org On February 1, 2022, the relief student-loan borrowers have had since the start of the pandemic will be stripped away and they will be thrown back into repayment — whether they're ready or not. | And most of them are not. | The Student Debt Crisis Center, in partnership with Savi — a social impact technology startup — released the results of the fourth installment of the Student Debt x COVID-19 series on Wednesday examining the impact of the pandemic on student-loan borrowers. It found that although student-loan company communication to borrowers has improved since June, 89% of fully-employed bo…

_____ (2021-11-18). The World Stands With Cuba. popularresistance.org The US-backed counter-revolutionary protests planned for November 15 in Cuba fell flat as the Caribbean country reopened its borders to tourists and its schools on the same day. The Cuban people blatantly rejected being a part of the US destabilization attempt and proved that they are more concerned about the reopening of the economy and the return to normalcy after a year and a half of restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | A small number of people in a few cities took to the streets as a part of the "Civic March for Change", called for by an NGO called Archipiélago in 10 cities across Cuba. Videos shared…

Misión Verdad (2021-11-18). November 15 in Cuba: A Brief Report. orinocotribune.com Through what anti-Castroism called the "Civic March for Change," elements of the soft coup carried out against the Cuban government since 2018 were visibly reactivated. Neither the movements financed from exile in Miami nor the characters who led the calls for protests received the expected outcome. Compared to the events of July 11, 2021, Cuba experienced a calm November 15 (15N), while significant sectors paralyzed by the pandemic were reactivated. | New actors: Archipiélago, a platform created after the protests last July, displaced the San Isidro Movement in the media. Its leader, the playwright Yunior García…

WSWS (2021-11-18). Washington Post calls for a COVID-19 cover-up. wsws.org The commission advocated by the Washington Post will be aimed at shielding the government and corporate officials responsible for the deaths of more than one million Americans, while scapegoating China for the pandemic.

WSWS (2021-11-18). Australian establishment legitimises fascist political violence with anti-lockdown protests. wsws.org Demonstrations against proposed pandemic laws in the state of Victoria are being used to integrate an extreme-right-wing and fascistic anti-lockdown milieu into the official political establishment.

Editor2 (2021-11-18). No One is Going to Rain on Our Party! orinocotribune.com By Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, President of the Republic of Cuba — Nov 12, 2021 | On November 15, Cuba will reopen its borders, students will return to school; Havana, the capital of dignity, will await its 502nd anniversary, to celebrate as it has not been able to do in the last two years. National life will resume its course, with the greatest joy, but alert. | In direct contradiction with President Biden's recent declarations before the United Nations General Assembly in support of multilateralism and cooperation in the global struggle against the pandemic at a global level, the blockade of Cuba has been…

WSWS (2021-11-18). Students and teachers walk out at Detroit high school over COVID-19 policies. wsws.org Students and teachers at Martin Luther King High School walked out on Wednesday to protest the school administration's COVID-19 policies and failure to stop the pandemic, which is now surging in Detroit and Michigan.

WSWS (2021-11-18). US drug overdose deaths surged to 100,000 in first year of pandemic. wsws.org The staggering death toll from drug overdoses, a new record, coincides roughly with the first year of the pandemic in the US, when about 509,000 people lost their lives. Those dying from drug overdoses and from COVID-19 are both victims of government and corporate indifference.

Staff (2021-11-18). Pfizer gets new $5.3bn boost over Covid. rt.com US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has agreed a $5.29 billion deal with the American government to provide 10 million doses of its new Covid-19 oral antiviral drug, Paxlovid. | "This promising treatment could help accelerate our path out of this pandemic by offering another life-saving tool for people who get sick with Covid-19," Xavier Becerra, secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, said on Thursday. | Read more | | Under the deal, Pfizer is to deliver some 10 mil…

WSWS (2021-11-18). Boston Museum of Fine Arts workers hold one-day strike. wsws.org MFA workers are fighting not just for themselves but against a wholesale attack on workers' living standards and their right to culture, which the pandemic has exacerbated.

Sharon Zhang (2021-11-18). Agency Tasked by Trump With $100M to Boost Supply Chain Hasn't Spent a Penny. truthout.org In 2020, former President Donald Trump tasked a government agency with giving loans to help ease supply chain issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic — but that agency hasn't spent a single penny of the $100 million it received, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) In a report released on Wednesday, the GAO found that the International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has received 178…

Joshua Cho (2021-11-18). US and UK Press Mock New Zealand's Incredibly Successful Covid Response. zcomm.org One gets the sense that corporate media outlets in countries like the US and Britain mocking or criticizing New Zealand's pandemic response are following a "misery loves company" ethos…

WSWS (2021-11-18). Australian Electoral Commission rejects SEP application for pandemic extension of registration deadline. wsws.org The AEC's pre-election refusal of an extension confirms the necessity for the determined campaign being conducted by the Socialist Equality Party against the new anti-democratic electoral laws.

ecns.cn (2021-11-18). New drug shows promise in treating COVID-19. ecns.cn DXP-604, a new neutralizing antibody medicine to treat COVID-19 which has been approved for compassionate use with patients at the Beijing Ditan Hospital, has shown good results in phase 2 clinical trials, Science and Technology Daily reported on Thursday.

WSWS (2021-11-18). Michigan nurse speaks on the conditions in hospitals as COVID-19 cases surge. wsws.org Danielle, a nurse at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor recently discussed staffing shortages, working conditions and the impact of the profit motive on health care with the WSWS.

WSWS (2021-11-18). The growing toll of COVID-19 on children in North Carolina. wsws.org Neither Democratic Governor Roy Cooper nor the state's Republican-dominated legislature have taken any significant action to protect the lives of the population from COVID-19.

WSWS (2021-11-18). Biden infrastructure bill nixes all education funding as schools remain epicenter of COVID-19 spread. wsws.org The Biden administration's infrastructure bill puts to rest any claims that this president or the Democratic party as a whole has any real concern for the needs of public schoolchildren.

Jacob Andrewartha (2021-11-18). Stand up against the 'freedom' movement. greenleft.org.au A rise in the number of people attending the right-wing "freedom" protests in Melbourne since the lift of COVID-19 restrictions is a concern, writes Jacob Andrewartha.

Isheka N. Harrison (2021-11-18). US Drug Overdose Deaths Top 100,000 In 1 Year, 30 Percent Increase. moguldom.com The U.S. is losing the war on drugs terribly as drug overdose deaths topped 100,000 in a one-year period for the first time. This is up 30 percent from the previous year, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday. Data from April 2020 to April 2021 reveals …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-11-18). A Dirty Occupation: The UN's Criminal Enterprise and Ecological Catastrophe in Haiti. libya360.wordpress.com Jemima Pierre UN tanker truck offloading the raw sewage of MINUSTAH Peacekeepers at Morne Cabrit sewage treatment plant in January 2013. Photo: Isabeau Doucet What are the environmental and ecological impacts of large-scale military occupations by the United Nations "peacekeeping" missions? The deadly cholera epidemic unleashed on the Haitian people by UN soldiers is an…

Pavan Kulkarni (2021-11-18). Panel says Nigerian army and police were responsible for death of over 100 EndSARS protesters. peoplesdispatch.org A leaked report of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry which inquired into the killing of civilians in Lagos State in October 2020 indicted the army, police and other government institutions in the murder of over 100 protesters and its cover-up…

Staff (2021-11-18). Pfizer gets new $5.3bn boost over Covid. rt.com US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has agreed a $5.29 billion deal with the American government to provide 10 million doses of its new Covid-19 oral antiviral drug, Paxlovid. | "This promising treatment could help accelerate our path out of this pandemic by offering another life-saving tool for people who get sick with Covid-19," Xavier Becerra, secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, said on Thursday. | Read more | | Under the deal, Pfizer is to deliver some 10 mil…

WSWS (2021-11-18). Biden infrastructure bill nixes all education funding as schools remain epicenter of COVID-19 spread. wsws.org The Biden administration's infrastructure bill puts to rest any claims that this president or the Democratic party as a whole has any real concern for the needs of public schoolchildren.

ecns.cn (2021-11-18). New drug shows promise in treating COVID-19. ecns.cn DXP-604, a new neutralizing antibody medicine to treat COVID-19 which has been approved for compassionate use with patients at the Beijing Ditan Hospital, has shown good results in phase 2 clinical trials, Science and Technology Daily reported on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2021-11-18). Pfizer bullies governments worldwide in COVID-19 vaccine contracts: report. ecns.cn U.S. multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporation Pfizer has been bullying governments around the world in COVID-19 vaccine contracts, said a recent report.

Staff (2021-11-18). Headlines for November 18, 2021. democracynow.org White House Plan Would Expand U.S. Vaccine Production by One Billion Doses a Year, House Censures Arizona Republican Rep. Paul Gosar for Violent Video Targeting AOC, "QAnon Shaman" Jacob Chansley Gets 41 Month Prison Term for Role in Capitol Riot, Attorneys for Teen Gunman Kyle Rittenhouse Ask Judge to Declare Mistrial, Travis McMichael, Who Shot and Killed Ahmaud Arbery, Testifies in Own Defense , Students Walk Out of Oklahoma Schools to Protest Planned Execution of Julius Jones, Two Men Convicted of Killing Malcolm X Will Be Exonerated, Biden Administration to Hold Massive Auction for Oil and Gas Leases in Gulf…

ecns.cn (2021-11-18). More US states offer COVID-19 boosters to all adults as federal govt grabs more vaccines, pills amid fear of winter surge. ecns.cn A growing number of US governors from both political parties and other officials are circumventing a federal guidance to offer boosters to anyone over 18 in hopes of staving off a spike in cases over the holidays, while the Joe Biden administration is purchasing more vaccines and pills in preparation for future pandemics, especially a potential surge of the coronavirus this winter.

WSWS (2021-11-18). German Social Democrats-Left Party coalition in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Social attacks, state armament and viral spread. wsws.org After governing the state with the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) for four years, the SPD is now forming a coalition with the Left Party to advance and intensify the policies of fiscal austerity, state rearmament and allowing the coronavirus to spread unchecked.

John Feffer (2021-11-18). If You Think Vaccine Mandate Pushback Is Bad… zcomm.org At some point, governments will start using more sticks than carrots to break our deadly dependence on fossil fuels. How will humanity respond?>

Andrea Germanos (2021-11-18). 'We Need a Global Solution'. zcomm.org Critics Say Biden Plan to Boost Vaccine Supply Not Nearly Enough…

Global Research News (2021-11-18). Selected Articles: Vaccinated People Are Up to Nine Times (9X) More Likely to be Hospitalized than Unvaccinated People. globalresearch.ca By In the spring of 2021, before the emergence of the Delta variant, Israel had been the first country in …

Joshua Cho (2021-11-18). US and UK Press Mock New Zealand's Incredibly Successful Covid Response. zcomm.org One gets the sense that corporate media outlets in countries like the US and Britain mocking or criticizing New Zealand's pandemic response are following a "misery loves company" ethos…

WSWS (2021-11-18). Washington Post calls for a COVID-19 cover-up. wsws.org The commission advocated by the Washington Post will be aimed at shielding the government and corporate officials responsible for the deaths of more than one million Americans, while scapegoating China for the pandemic.

WSWS (2021-11-18). Boston Museum of Fine Arts workers hold one-day strike. wsws.org MFA workers are fighting not just for themselves but against a wholesale attack on workers' living standards and their right to culture, which the pandemic has exacerbated.

WSWS (2021-11-18). Students and teachers walk out at Detroit high school over COVID-19 policies. wsws.org Students and teachers at Martin Luther King High School walked out on Wednesday to protest the school administration's COVID-19 policies and failure to stop the pandemic, which is now surging in Detroit and Michigan.

WSWS (2021-11-18). Australian Electoral Commission rejects SEP application for pandemic extension of registration deadline. wsws.org The AEC's pre-election refusal of an extension confirms the necessity for the determined campaign being conducted by the Socialist Equality Party against the new anti-democratic electoral laws.

WSWS (2021-11-18). Australian establishment legitimises fascist political violence with anti-lockdown protests. wsws.org Demonstrations against proposed pandemic laws in the state of Victoria are being used to integrate an extreme-right-wing and fascistic anti-lockdown milieu into the official political establishment.

WSWS (2021-11-18). The growing toll of COVID-19 on children in North Carolina. wsws.org Neither Democratic Governor Roy Cooper nor the state's Republican-dominated legislature have taken any significant action to protect the lives of the population from COVID-19.

WSWS (2021-11-18). Michigan nurse speaks on the conditions in hospitals as COVID-19 cases surge. wsws.org Danielle, a nurse at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor recently discussed staffing shortages, working conditions and the impact of the profit motive on health care with the WSWS.

Jacob Andrewartha (2021-11-18). Stand up against the 'freedom' movement. greenleft.org.au A rise in the number of people attending the right-wing "freedom" protests in Melbourne since the lift of COVID-19 restrictions is a concern, writes Jacob Andrewartha.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-11-18). A Dirty Occupation: The UN's Criminal Enterprise and Ecological Catastrophe in Haiti. libya360.wordpress.com Jemima Pierre UN tanker truck offloading the raw sewage of MINUSTAH Peacekeepers at Morne Cabrit sewage treatment plant in January 2013. Photo: Isabeau Doucet What are the environmental and ecological impacts of large-scale military occupations by the United Nations "peacekeeping" missions? The deadly cholera epidemic unleashed on the Haitian people by UN soldiers is an…

Staff (2021-11-17). Headlines for November 17, 2021. democracynow.org Pfizer Seeks Approval For COVID Pill, Agrees to Deal To Make it Available in 95 Poorer Countries, Record Flooding Kills One Person, Displaces 1,000s in British Columbia, Climate Activists Disrupt Operations at World's Largest Coal Port For 11 Straight Days, Jury in Rittenhouse Trial Enters Second Day of Deliberations, Medical Examiner Says Ahmaud Arbery Shot at Close Range as Prosecution Rests Case, Julius Jones Set to Be Executed on Nov. 18 Unless Clemency Granted, Despite Evidence of Innocence, U.S. and China Agree to Hold Nuclear Talks, Burmese Coup Leaders Levy New Charges Against Aung San Suu Kyi; Freed U.S.

G. Dunkel (2021-11-17). Mali's people mobilize against imperialism. workers.org Although French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that his government is winding down its intervention in Mali, French imperialism is still carrying out an active policy of raids and assassinations. Mali's people are resisting. Africans target imperialist intervention through MINUSMA. The United States is supplying France with intelligence and logistical . . . |

Staff (2021-11-17). FBI & CDC investigate 'smallpox' vials at big pharma facility — media. rt.com The FBI and CDC have launched a probe after several "questionable vials" labeled as "smallpox" were discovered in a freezer at a lab near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, according to an alert obtained by Yahoo News. | The 15 mysterious vials were found on Tuesday night at a Merck laboratory,

_____ (2021-11-17). School Bus Drivers In Nationwide Strikes Over Poor Pay And Covid Risk. popularresistance.org Yellow school buses are part of the American streetscape, familiar to families across the US and an easily recognizable symbol the world over. | But the drivers of the vehicles that shuttle America's children to and from school are now caught up in the wave of labor unrest sweeping across the US in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. | Strikes, walkouts, protests or sick-outs among school bus drivers have taken place this fall in many states including North Carolina, New Mexico, Maryland, Florida, Indiana, Georgia Pennsylvania and New York among others. | Some school districts have periodically closed schools due…

Staff (2021-11-17). Biden admin suspends vaccine mandate for businesses. rt.com Enforcement of President Joe Biden's Covid-19 vaccine mandate for large employers has been suspended, 11 days after a US appeals court froze the order on "grave statutory and constitutional issues." | The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has posted a notice on its website, saying the agency

Chris Walker (2021-11-17). Fauci Says Booster Shots May Become New Definition of Being Fully Vaccinated. truthout.org Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden, issued a warning Tuesday that breakthrough cases of COVID-19 for people who are vaccinated may increase during the winter, and that the best way to prevent such outcomes might be expanding who is eligible for a booster shot of a vaccine. | Fauci, who made the comments during a pre-taped interview for the 2021 STAT Summit this week, said that, while unv…

Staff (2021-11-17). US state representatives vote to compensate 'vaccine-related injuries' due to mandates. rt.com The Idaho state house passed legislation that would enable people to receive workers' compensation if they fall ill due to a mandated Covid-19 shot, with the bill finding bipartisan support in the Republican-dominated state. | Approved overwhelmingly in a 67-3 "If the empl…

Staff (2021-11-17). Nasal vaccine for Alzheimer's to be tested on people. rt.com A Boston hospital will conduct human trials to test the safety and efficacy of a vaccine to counter Alzheimer's disease next month. It will mark the first clinical trial of a nasal vaccine for the dementia-causing disorder. | In a

teleSUR (2021-11-17). COVID-19 Cases Rise In the US Amid Sustained Vaccination Push. telesurenglish.net White House advisor Anthony Fauci warned that COVID-19 cases are starting to climb again in select regions across the U.S. after stabilizing at a high level following this summer's surge of the Delta variant. | RELATED: | "The only thing that's a little bit disconcerting is that we're beginning to plateau," Fauci said addint that "the deceleration of cases is now plateaued, and in some areas of the country, we're starting t…

Global Research News (2021-11-17). Selected Articles: Trends in Mortality and Morbidity in the Most Vaccinated Countries. globalresearch.ca By The stakes of this summit were high. The meeting can be summed up as 'one point five to …

Domenica Ghanem (2021-11-17). Inflation Is Complicated, But Making It Better Doesn't Have to Be. otherwords.org Many Americans are noticing the rising price of goods from sour cream to carburetors as politicians sound the alarm on an inflation crisis. | You may be wondering what single force would cause the cost of a dairy product to go up at the same time as the cost of a car part. The truth is that not all inflation is the same. Each sector has its own issues. | And none of it is solved by less government funding for our safety net, as some politicians have proposed. | Some of it is what we can call pandemic inflation. Because our economy bounced back quicker after the COVID-19 shutdowns than anyone predicted — tha…

Isheka N. Harrison (2021-11-17). Popular Democrat MSNBC Host Says Americans Can Pay Higher Prices With Inflation Due To Record Savings During Pandemic. moguldom.com Popular MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle has come under fire for being tone-deaf and out of touch after saying Americans can actually afford rising prices on basic goods due to inflation because of record savings during the pandemic. During an appearance on "Sunday Today," Ruhle told host Willie Geist that Americans needed to put the rising …

Matt Sedlar (2021-11-17). Recognizing Native American Frontline Workers. cepr.net As Native American Heritage Month draws to a close and people around the United States celebrate another pandemic-era Thanksgiving, it is worth reflecting on the lack of visibility afforded to Native American people—including those who have worked on the frontlines of the crisis despite inadequate pay and health care.

Peter Certo (2021-11-17). In OtherWords: November 17, 2021. otherwords.org We're still a week out of Thanksgiving, but many of us have gotten an early start on holiday shopping. Why? Because even with the economy recovering and the pandemic easing, inflation, supply chain unpredictability, and expected postal delivery delays could make this year's giving season more difficult than usual. | This week in OtherWords, we tackle a few sides of the problem. | First, Domenica Ghanem explains the causes of inflation — from pandemic disruptions to plain old greed — and explains why passing the administration's jobs and infrastructure package is the simplest solution in sight. Then, S…

Staff (2021-11-17). Drug overdose deaths in US hit all-time record. rt.com A record 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses between April 2020 and April 2021. The soaring death count was driven by the availability of highly toxic fentanyl and social isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic. | Some 100,306 Americans lost their lives to drug overdoses in the 12 months leading up to April 2021, according to

WSWS (2021-11-17). Governments reject pandemic controls amid record COVID-19 surge in Europe. wsws.org Only a struggle by the working class to impose scientific policies to eliminate the virus can end the current massive surge of deaths.

teleSUR (2021-11-17). Honduras: Specialists Warn Pandemic to Worsen After Elections. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the College of Microbiologists President Marco Moncada warned that Honduras will face a resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic after the Nov. 28 elections. | Related | Even though the incidence of COVID-19 maintains a downward trend in this Central American country, authorities fear that a "fourth wave" might be imminent. A high concentration of people during the election will likely cause an increase in…

WSWS (2021-11-17). Canada admits aerosols are major source of COVID-19 transmission after nearly two years of denying it. wsws.org Canada's government has hitherto dismissed the role of aerosols in COVID-19's spread, because to do so underlines the reckless and homicidal character of its drive to "reopen" the economy in the midst of a deadly pandemic.

Paul Oboohov (2021-11-17). ACTU: Insecure jobs means people have to work more. greenleft.org.au A new ACTU report states poor pay, a lack of hours and employer responses to the pandemic are driving insecure work. Paul Oboohov reports.

Tanya Wadhwa (2021-11-17). The world stands with Cuba. peoplesdispatch.org The US-backed counter-revolutionary protests planned for November 15 in Cuba fell flat as the Caribbean country reopened its borders to tourists and its schools on the same day. The Cuban people blatantly rejected being a part of the US destabilization attempt and proved that they are more concerned about the reopening of the economy and the return to normalcy after a year and a half of restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | A small number of people in a few cities took to the streets as a part of the "Civic March for Change", called for by an NGO called Archipiélago in 10 cities across Cuba. Videos shared…

WSWS (2021-11-17). Major staffing shortages at schools throughout the US due to COVID-19 pandemic. wsws.org As a result of widespread infections and a mass exodus of teachers from the profession, roughly 40 percent of all district leaders describe their current staff shortages as "severe" or "very severe," according to a recent survey.

_____ (2021-11-17). US School Bus Drivers In Nationwide Strikes Over Poor Pay And Covid Risk. popularresistance.org Strikes, walkouts, protests or sick-outs among school bus drivers have taken place this fall in many states including North Carolina, New Mexico, Maryland, Florida, Indiana, Georgia Pennsylvania and New York among others. Some school districts have periodically closed schools due to bus driver shortages or changed school schedules to accommodate the shortage. Other districts have raised pay and offered sign-on bonuses to try to lure workers into vacant school bus driver positions.

Juan Torres López (2021-11-17). Economía mundial, el riesgo de una tormenta perfecta. globalizacion.ca Cuando las economías se hundieron a causa de la Covid-19, los líderes políticos y los economistas de los grandes organismos internacionales decían que no se sabía cuándo llegaría la recuperación pero que, una vez que comenzara, las economías registrarían una…

WSWS (2021-11-17). Fourteen consecutive weeks with more than 100,000 cases of COVID among US children. wsws.org In its latest update, the American Academy of Pediatrics noted that more than 122,000 US children were infected with SARS-CoV-2 over the past week, a 22 percent rise from two weeks ago.

WSWS (2021-11-17). Profit instead of science: The German government's COVID-19 policy. wsws.org A letter signed by dozens of prominent scientists and sent to Germany's federal government sharply criticized the political establishment's failure to prevent mass infection and deaths.

Editor (2021-11-17). The eco-politics of the sublime: nature, environmentalism, and Covid-ecology. mronline.org A conception of the sublime, liberated from its racist, sexist and domineering classic form, should form a part of any ecosocialist imaginary.

WSWS (2021-11-17). Mounting pressure on China to abandon its zero-COVID policy. wsws.org Amid all the talk in the media that it is impossible to eliminate COVID-19, the experience in China demonstrates the opposite. Elimination is possible, but only if carried out on a co-ordinated international basis.

Mark Gruenberg (2021-11-17). UFCW hits tiny fine of Smithfield for Sioux Falls virus rampage. peoplesworld.org

imperial.ac.uk (2021-11-17). Nature is trying to kill you, but science has your back. imperial.ac.uk A new book explores disease-causing microbes, the tools we've developed to fight them, and the scientists who've advanced infectious disease research.

Medea Benjamin (2021-11-17). It Turns Out Cubans Are More Excited About School Reopening Than Regime Change. fpif.org "If you build it, they will come," said Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams. In Cuba, they didn't come. | Dissidents on the island, with their U.S. backers, had been working feverishly for months to turn the unprecedented July 11 protests into a crescendo of government opposition on November 15. They built a formidable structure, with sophisticated social media (including an abundance of fake news), piles of cash from Cuban Americans and the U.S. government, and declarations of support from a bipartisan Congress and all the way up to the White House. | Even after the Cuban government denied the protesters a permit o…

Staff (2021-11-17). Headlines for November 17, 2021. democracynow.org Pfizer Seeks Approval For COVID Pill, Agrees to Deal To Make it Available in 95 Poorer Countries, Record Flooding Kills One Person, Displaces 1,000s in British Columbia, Climate Activists Disrupt Operations at World's Largest Coal Port For 11 Straight Days, Jury in Rittenhouse Trial Enters Second Day of Deliberations, Medical Examiner Says Ahmaud Arbery Shot at Close Range as Prosecution Rests Case, Julius Jones Set to Be Executed on Nov. 18 Unless Clemency Granted, Despite Evidence of Innocence, U.S. and China Agree to Hold Nuclear Talks, Burmese Coup Leaders Levy New Charges Against Aung San Suu Kyi; Freed U.S.

Staff (2021-11-17). FBI & CDC investigate 'smallpox' vials at big pharma facility — media. rt.com The FBI and CDC have launched a probe after several "questionable vials" labeled as "smallpox" were discovered in a freezer at a lab near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, according to an alert obtained by Yahoo News. | The 15 mysterious vials were found on Tuesday night at a Merck laboratory,

G. Dunkel (2021-11-17). Mali's people mobilize against imperialism. workers.org Although French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that his government is winding down its intervention in Mali, French imperialism is still carrying out an active policy of raids and assassinations. Mali's people are resisting. Africans target imperialist intervention through MINUSMA. The United States is supplying France with intelligence and logistical . . . |

Staff (2021-11-17). US state representatives vote to compensate 'vaccine-related injuries' due to mandates. rt.com The Idaho state house passed legislation that would enable people to receive workers' compensation if they fall ill due to a mandated Covid-19 shot, with the bill finding bipartisan support in the Republican-dominated state. | Approved overwhelmingly in a 67-3 "If the empl…

Staff (2021-11-17). Nasal vaccine for Alzheimer's to be tested on people. rt.com A Boston hospital will conduct human trials to test the safety and efficacy of a vaccine to counter Alzheimer's disease next month. It will mark the first clinical trial of a nasal vaccine for the dementia-causing disorder. | In a

Chris Walker (2021-11-17). Fauci Says Booster Shots May Become New Definition of Being Fully Vaccinated. truthout.org Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden, issued a warning Tuesday that breakthrough cases of COVID-19 for people who are vaccinated may increase during the winter, and that the best way to prevent such outcomes might be expanding who is eligible for a booster shot of a vaccine. | Fauci, who made the comments during a pre-taped interview for the 2021 STAT Summit this week, said that, while unv…

Global Research News (2021-11-17). Selected Articles: Trends in Mortality and Morbidity in the Most Vaccinated Countries. globalresearch.ca By The stakes of this summit were high. The meeting can be summed up as 'one point five to …

teleSUR (2021-11-17). COVID-19 Cases Rise In the US Amid Sustained Vaccination Push. telesurenglish.net White House advisor Anthony Fauci warned that COVID-19 cases are starting to climb again in select regions across the U.S. after stabilizing at a high level following this summer's surge of the Delta variant. | RELATED: | "The only thing that's a little bit disconcerting is that we're beginning to plateau," Fauci said addint that "the deceleration of cases is now plateaued, and in some areas of the country, we're starting t…

_____ (2021-11-17). Workers At HelloFresh Speak Up Against Anti-Union Scare Tactics And Dangerous Conditions. popularresistance.org Facing unlivable wages, higher-than-average injury rates, and a union-busting campaign, workers at two HelloFresh factories are pushing forward union drives. If successful, workers would form the first union in the nation's growing meal-kit industry. Around 400 workers in Aurora, Colorado are currently casting votes, which are set to be counted on November 22. Another 850 workers in Richmond, California will receive ballots by November 18. In a petition to the company, workers say that while HelloFresh "profited from the pandemic, employees faced disrespect, a COVID-19 outbreak, and preventable injuries."

Staff (2021-11-17). Drug overdose deaths in US hit all-time record. rt.com A record 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses between April 2020 and April 2021. The soaring death count was driven by the availability of highly toxic fentanyl and social isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic. | Some 100,306 Americans lost their lives to drug overdoses in the 12 months leading up to April 2021, according to

Tanya Wadhwa (2021-11-17). The world stands with Cuba. peoplesdispatch.org The US-backed counter-revolutionary protests planned for November 15 in Cuba fell flat as the Caribbean country reopened its borders to tourists and its schools on the same day. The Cuban people blatantly rejected being a part of the US destabilization attempt and proved that they are more concerned about the reopening of the economy and the return to normalcy after a year and a half of restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | A small number of people in a few cities took to the streets as a part of the "Civic March for Change", called for by an NGO called Archipiélago in 10 cities across Cuba. Videos shared…

WSWS (2021-11-17). Canada admits aerosols are major source of COVID-19 transmission after nearly two years of denying it. wsws.org Canada's government has hitherto dismissed the role of aerosols in COVID-19's spread, because to do so underlines the reckless and homicidal character of its drive to "reopen" the economy in the midst of a deadly pandemic.

Paul Oboohov (2021-11-17). ACTU: Insecure jobs means people have to work more. greenleft.org.au A new ACTU report states poor pay, a lack of hours and employer responses to the pandemic are driving insecure work. Paul Oboohov reports.

WSWS (2021-11-17). Governments reject pandemic controls amid record COVID-19 surge in Europe. wsws.org Only a struggle by the working class to impose scientific policies to eliminate the virus can end the current massive surge of deaths.

WSWS (2021-11-17). Major staffing shortages at schools throughout the US due to COVID-19 pandemic. wsws.org As a result of widespread infections and a mass exodus of teachers from the profession, roughly 40 percent of all district leaders describe their current staff shortages as "severe" or "very severe," according to a recent survey.

teleSUR (2021-11-17). Honduras: Specialists Warn Pandemic to Worsen After Elections. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the College of Microbiologists President Marco Moncada warned that Honduras will face a resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic after the Nov. 28 elections. | Related | Even though the incidence of COVID-19 maintains a downward trend in this Central American country, authorities fear that a "fourth wave" might be imminent. A high concentration of people during the election will likely cause an increase in…

Editor (2021-11-17). The eco-politics of the sublime: nature, environmentalism, and Covid-ecology. mronline.org A conception of the sublime, liberated from its racist, sexist and domineering classic form, should form a part of any ecosocialist imaginary.

_____ (2021-11-17). US School Bus Drivers In Nationwide Strikes Over Poor Pay And Covid Risk. popularresistance.org Strikes, walkouts, protests or sick-outs among school bus drivers have taken place this fall in many states including North Carolina, New Mexico, Maryland, Florida, Indiana, Georgia Pennsylvania and New York among others. Some school districts have periodically closed schools due to bus driver shortages or changed school schedules to accommodate the shortage. Other districts have raised pay and offered sign-on bonuses to try to lure workers into vacant school bus driver positions.

WSWS (2021-11-17). Fourteen consecutive weeks with more than 100,000 cases of COVID among US children. wsws.org In its latest update, the American Academy of Pediatrics noted that more than 122,000 US children were infected with SARS-CoV-2 over the past week, a 22 percent rise from two weeks ago.

WSWS (2021-11-17). Mounting pressure on China to abandon its zero-COVID policy. wsws.org Amid all the talk in the media that it is impossible to eliminate COVID-19, the experience in China demonstrates the opposite. Elimination is possible, but only if carried out on a co-ordinated international basis.

Juan Torres López (2021-11-17). Economía mundial, el riesgo de una tormenta perfecta. globalizacion.ca Cuando las economías se hundieron a causa de la Covid-19, los líderes políticos y los economistas de los grandes organismos internacionales decían que no se sabía cuándo llegaría la recuperación pero que, una vez que comenzara, las economías registrarían una…

WSWS (2021-11-17). Profit instead of science: The German government's COVID-19 policy. wsws.org A letter signed by dozens of prominent scientists and sent to Germany's federal government sharply criticized the political establishment's failure to prevent mass infection and deaths.

_____ (2021-11-17). Cubans Say They Are More Excited About School Reopening Than Regime Change. popularresistance.org Dissidents on the island, with their U.S. backers, had been working feverishly for months to turn the unprecedented July 11 protests into a crescendo of government opposition on November 15. They built a formidable structure, with sophisticated social media (including an abundance of fake news), piles of cash from Cuban Americans and the U.S. government, and declarations of support from a bipartisan Congress and all the way up to the White House.

imperial.ac.uk (2021-11-17). Podcast: HIV tests, infectious reading, and the fight for cheaper drugs. imperial.ac.uk In this edition: A new test to monitor treatment-resistant HIV, a book tracing the fight against infection, and how the NHS can make cheaper drugs.

Moderator (2021-11-16). Why Are Moderna's Billionaires Airbrushing Scientists Out of the Vaccine Patent Picture? scheerpost.com By Sam Pizzigati / Moderna, the world's hottest new Big Pharma giant, now has four of its top players sitting on the annual Forbes list of America's 400 richest. In early 20…

William Rivers Pitt (2021-11-16). Massive COVID Surge Rattles Europe, Putting US at Risk Ahead of Thanksgiving. truthout.org Trump fans who spend their days yowling about the tyranny of face masks and vaccine mandates should look up from grubbing in the right-wing news trough and encompass what is happening in Austria. "Under new rules announced by the government on Sunday,"

teleSUR (2021-11-16). US Entangled In COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Dispute. telesurenglish.net As the cold days set in, the United States is again seeing a surge of COVID-19 cases, though deaths and hospitalizations trend lower, while the federal government's vaccine mandate consistently faces legal challenges and resistance. | RELATED: | The seven-day average of confirmed cases of the pandemic stood at 80,885 nationwide on Sunday, with its 14-day change striking an 11-percent rise. COVID-19-related deaths were 1,13…

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.

Staff (2021-11-16). More states sue Biden's White House over Covid-19 vaccine mandate. rt.com A dozen states have filed a lawsuit against President Joe Biden's Covid-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, arguing the administration is trying to "federalize public health policy." | Plaintiffs in the lawsuit, filed this week, include attorney generals for the states of Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, South Carolina, Utah, and West Virginia. | The lawsuit blasts the Biden administration for "playing statutory shell games with the courts" and "straining to justify an unjustifiable and unprecedented attempt to federalize public health policy and diminish the sovereign States' const…

Global Research News (2021-11-16). Selected Articles: New Zealand Tells Schools to Phone the Police if Unvaccinated Staff Show Up. globalresearch.ca By Any staff member who hasn't had the COVID vaccine by November 15th who tries to enter school grounds will …

Jake Johnson (2021-11-16). Concerning New Covid Variant Spotlights Dangers of Vaccine Apartheid. zcomm.org "This variant exemplifies that if you leave some of the world's population without access to vaccines, then the virus will continue to multiply and it will lead to more variants."

Staff (2021-11-16). No Times Square NYE celebration for unvaccinated. rt.com Those planning on celebrating New York City's iconic New Year's Eve party in Times Square will need to be fully vaccinated against Covid or provide proof of a negative test to join in on the festivities. | Mayor Bill De Blasio announced on Tuesday that crowds will be allowed back into Times Square this year to ring in 2022 — but there will be strict Covid-19 vaccination guidelines in place. | De Blasio said the city wants to invite "hundreds of thousands of folks," as long as each one is inoculated against Covid-19. | "Join the crowd, join the joy, join a historic moment as New York City provides further…

Staff (2021-11-16). China's Xi outlines vision for relations with US in 1st virtual sit-down with Biden. rt.com Chinese President Xi Jinping urged for closer ties and improved cooperation with the United States during his first formal meeting with President Joe Biden, but said that any change in relations must be based on mutual respect. | The two leaders sat down for virtual talks on Monday to discuss a range of issues, with both Xi and Biden opening the meeting on a cordial note. Calling his US counterpart an "old friend," Xi argued that a "healthy and stable" relationship is needed to address global challenges like the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change, noting that he would like to steer US-China ties in a "positi…

WSWS (2021-11-16). Australian big business and anti-lockdown movement unite against state government's pandemic bill. wsws.org The hysterical campaign is directed against any, even minimal, public health measures, amid the profit-driven reopening of the economy.

WSWS (2021-11-16). A comparative analysis of COVID-19 and the flu highlights the immense dangers of the pandemic. wsws.org The facile equation of COVID and the flu made by right-wing politicians are lies on both sides of the comparison. The flu is nothing to trifle with, but COVID is infinitely worse, a brutal killer with incalculable consequences even for those who survive its initial ravages.

teleSUR (2021-11-16). Cuba Enters New Normal With Mask Mandates. telesurenglish.net Bernardo Sosa, a Cuban national residing in the United States, was happy to be back on the island after 20 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | He was among passengers who arrived at Havana's Jose Marti International Airport as Cuba has entered a new normal period following the government's announcement of its success in controlling the spread of the disease. | RELATED: | Sosa, who lives in Florida with his family, t…

Colin Todhunter (2021-11-16). Saving Capitalism or Saving the Planet? dissidentvoice.org The UK government's Behavioural Insights Team helped to push the public towards accepting the COVID narrative, restrictions and lockdowns. It is now working on 'nudging' people towards further possible restrictions or at least big changes in their behaviour in the name of 'climate emergency'. From frequent news stories and advertisements to soap opera storylines and …

WSWS (2021-11-16). Leaked "Operation Rampdown" document insists nothing will be done to stop spread of COVID in UK. wsws.org The Mail on Sunday 's exclusive featured a picture of a face mask being burnt and commented that the plans "will be hailed by business owners".

WSWS (2021-11-16). Canada heads toward deadly winter surge of COVID-19. wsws.org Every Canadian province and territory is either in the midst of a deadly upsurge of COVID-19 or teetering precariously on the brink of one.

teleSUR (2021-11-16). India Reports The Lowest COVID-19 Contagions in Nine Months. telesurenglish.net India on Tuesday reported 8,865 new Covid-19 cases, the lowest figure recorded in the last 287 days. | With these statistics from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India has accumulated 34,456,401 contagions since the disease broke out in January 2020. | Meanwhile, 1…

F. William Engdahl (2021-11-16). "The Great Reset" Is Here: Follow the Money. "Insane Lockdown" of the Global Economy, "The Green Agenda" globalresearch.ca The top-down reorganization of the world economy by a technocratic cabal led by the group around the Davos World Economic Forum— the so-called Great Reset or UN Agenda 2030— is no future proposal. It is well into actualization as the world remains in insane lockdown for a virus…

WSWS (2021-11-16). Teachers and parents respond powerfully to Committee for Public Education public meeting in Australia. wsws.org The engaged reaction of participants highlighted the deep political gulf between teachers, students and parents, and the murderous official "live with the virus" agenda that has bipartisan and union support.

_____ (2021-11-16). Israeli Officials Barring Palestinian Farmers From Their Land. popularresistance.org In response to the outbreak of the Second Intifada (the Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation), Israel decided to erect a wall separating the Occupied West Bank from the rest of Palestine in 2002. | The government justified the move as a way to block so-called terrorists from crossing the Green Line (1949 armistice line serving as the de facto border between the state of Israel and its occupied territories). However, most of the apartheid wall wasn't constructed along the Green Line, instead, it was built inside the West Bank — essentially fragmenting the region. The space between the wall and the…

Moderator (2021-11-16). Why Are Moderna's Billionaires Airbrushing Scientists Out of the Vaccine Patent Picture? scheerpost.com By Sam Pizzigati / Moderna, the world's hottest new Big Pharma giant, now has four of its top players sitting on the annual Forbes list of America's 400 richest. In early 20…

Global Research News (2021-11-16). Selected Articles: New Zealand Tells Schools to Phone the Police if Unvaccinated Staff Show Up. globalresearch.ca By Any staff member who hasn't had the COVID vaccine by November 15th who tries to enter school grounds will …

Jake Johnson (2021-11-16). Concerning New Covid Variant Spotlights Dangers of Vaccine Apartheid. zcomm.org "This variant exemplifies that if you leave some of the world's population without access to vaccines, then the virus will continue to multiply and it will lead to more variants."

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.

Staff (2021-11-16). China's Xi outlines vision for relations with US in 1st virtual sit-down with Biden. rt.com Chinese President Xi Jinping urged for closer ties and improved cooperation with the United States during his first formal meeting with President Joe Biden, but said that any change in relations must be based on mutual respect. | The two leaders sat down for virtual talks on Monday to discuss a range of issues, with both Xi and Biden opening the meeting on a cordial note. Calling his US counterpart an "old friend," Xi argued that a "healthy and stable" relationship is needed to address global challenges like the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change, noting that he would like to steer US-China ties in a "positi…

WSWS (2021-11-16). A comparative analysis of COVID-19 and the flu highlights the immense dangers of the pandemic. wsws.org The facile equation of COVID and the flu made by right-wing politicians are lies on both sides of the comparison. The flu is nothing to trifle with, but COVID is infinitely worse, a brutal killer with incalculable consequences even for those who survive its initial ravages.

WSWS (2021-11-16). Australian big business and anti-lockdown movement unite against state government's pandemic bill. wsws.org The hysterical campaign is directed against any, even minimal, public health measures, amid the profit-driven reopening of the economy.

WSWS (2021-11-16). Leaked "Operation Rampdown" document insists nothing will be done to stop spread of COVID in UK. wsws.org The Mail on Sunday 's exclusive featured a picture of a face mask being burnt and commented that the plans "will be hailed by business owners".

WSWS (2021-11-16). Canada heads toward deadly winter surge of COVID-19. wsws.org Every Canadian province and territory is either in the midst of a deadly upsurge of COVID-19 or teetering precariously on the brink of one.

WSWS (2021-11-16). Teachers and parents respond powerfully to Committee for Public Education public meeting in Australia. wsws.org The engaged reaction of participants highlighted the deep political gulf between teachers, students and parents, and the murderous official "live with the virus" agenda that has bipartisan and union support.

WSWS (2021-11-15). Survey reveals one in three Texas children have had COVID-19. wsws.org The Texas CARES report exposes the lies of the state government, in line with the entire political establishment and corporate media, which have covered up the scope of child infections and deaths.

WSWS (2021-11-15). New Mexico hospitals enact crisis standards of care amidst jump of COVID-19 cases. wsws.org The southwestern state has reported some of the highest rates of increase of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations in the US in recent days.

Staff (2021-11-15). Headlines for November 15, 2021. democracynow.org COP26 Final Agreement Waters Down Coal Pledges, Leaves World on Track for Climate Disaster, NYT: U.S. Covered Up 2019 Syria Airstrikes That Killed 70 Women and Children, Austria Enacts Lockdown for the Unvaccinated as Europe Becomes Pandemic's Epicenter Again, COVID Cases Rising in Over Half of U.S. States; OK Nat'l Guard Defies Pentagon's Vaccine Mandate, Sudanese Military Kills Eight People During Latest Anti-Coup Protests, Detains Al Jazeera Bureau Head, Eight Refugees Found Dead, Dozens Others Rescued on Boat Near Canary Islands, U.S. Journalist Danny Fenster Freed from Burmese Prison, Journalist and Minority…

teleSUR (2021-11-15). We Have Enough Vaccines To Immunize 95% of Venezuelans: Maduro. telesurenglish.net Upon the arrival of 2,5 million Sinopharm vaccines through the COVAX mechanism on Saturday, President Nicolas Maduro announced that Venezuela has already enough doses to immunize 95 percent of the population against COVID-19. | RELATED: | "Despite the sanctions and financial persecution implemented by the United States, we got the money to purchase vaccines," Maduro stated, stressing that humanitarian issues should not…

Global Research News (2021-11-15). Selected Articles: Graphene Oxide: A Toxic Substance in the Vial of the COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine? globalresearch.ca By The patent proposes col…

Isheka N. Harrison (2021-11-15). No Jab, No Fly: Democrats Ask Biden To Require Vaccine To Fly In US. moguldom.com As the conflict continues to mount between the vaccinated and unvaccinated, dozens of Democrats are urging U.S. President Joe Biden to require Americans to get the covid-19 vaccine before being allowed to fly domestically. More than 30 Democrats signed a letter sent to Biden on Nov. 11 urging him to implement the vaccine mandate as …

WSWS (2021-11-15). COVID cases surge through northern US states before the holiday season begins. wsws.org Cases across the Midwest, the Mountain West and the Northeast are surging despite high rates of fully vaccinated people. The Delta variant's virulent nature and waning immunity are combining to provide a preview of the surge expected this winter.

Anonymous103 (2021-11-15). Technology Patent Suggests Tech Overlords Are Planning to Digitally Surveil People, Grant "Freedoms" Based on Vaccination Status. southfront.org Written by Ethan Huff; originally published on Global Research. Dr. Gal Ehrlich and Maier Fenster of Ehrlich & Fenster have uncovered…

IGD Worldwide (2021-11-15). The Real Covid Conspiracies. itsgoingdown.org Our latest anonymous contribution is a blazing hot anarchist analysis of the mainstream worldwide "anti-vax" movement and the conspiracies that animate it — as well as a survey of some REAL conspiracies brought about during the pandemic. First let me say: I do not blindly support science as it is known in the world today….

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-11-15). The Covid-19 Pandemic Does Not Exist. globalresearch.ca At the outset of the corona crisis, the number of confirmed cases was abysmally low. 83 positive cases outside China (6.4 billion people), were used to justify a Worldwide Public Health Emergency, leading up to the official announcement of a pandemic in March 2020…

WSWS (2021-11-15). Boston authorities clearing homeless encampment despite protests by ACLU, public health experts. wsws.org While some homeless people have been referred to shelters, the ACLU notes that many shelters are not equipped for people with certain medical conditions or family situations. Throwing more people into congregate settings during the pandemic risks deadlier outbreaks.

WSWS (2021-11-15). Reno, Nevada bus drivers launch third strike in 4 months after rejecting Teamsters-backed contract. wsws.org Furious over miserly wage increases and dangerous working conditions exacerbated by the pandemic, 90 percent of bus drivers and transportation workers voted against the last offer negotiated by Teamsters union bureaucrats.

_____ (2021-11-15). The Economic Dimension of China-North Korea Relations. journal-neo.org Much of the talk about how long the DPRK regime will last under sanctions and the country's "self-isolation" in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic is rooted in the question of what role Beijing will play in supporting Pyongyang. In 2019, China accounted for about 95 per cent of North Korea's total trade, according to …

WSWS (2021-11-15). Biden administration ramps up drive to get women "back into the workforce" wsws.org The Biden administration is intent on getting women back on the job amid a raging pandemic.

Andrew Wright (2021-11-15). Housing is a big part of the ongoing 'Battle of Detroit'. peoplesworld.org DETROIT — If there is anything overshadowing the focus on COVID-19 and other anxieties this year, it's that the real estate market has been booming. We've been assured this is, in fact, a "boom" not another "bubble"—experts citing reasons like underbuilding housing needs over the last 20 years in the U.S. as the cause for …

WSWS (2021-11-15). COVID-19 and disability residents: Australian health workers discuss worsening conditions. wsws.org The danger of disability residents or staff contracting COVID-19 has increased dramatically following the removal of basic safety measures by Australian governments.

WSWS (2021-11-15). Dutch caretaker government imposes partial lockdown as COVID-19 surges. wsws.org As daily COVID-19 infections reached record levels of over 16,000 last week, The Hague went back on its vow not to impose any further lockdowns to halt contagion.

Susan Price (2021-11-15). Kanaky: Independence vote to proceed on December 12. greenleft.org.au Kanaky New Caledonia's referendum on self-determination will proceed on December 12, despite calls from independence forces for a delay until next year due to COVID-19, reports Susan Price.

WSWS (2021-11-15). Covid-19 deaths and illness of UK children justified in the interests of big business. wsws.org In 2020, elderly deaths were justified on the grounds that nature was taking its course. Now those of children and young people are usually met with silence. When they do get a mention, it is to minimise and rationalise deaths.

WSWS (2021-11-15). With COVID-19 out of control, German infectious disease agency expects ICUs to be overwhelmed. wsws.org Germany's COVID-19 infection rate has hit a new record every day for the past week, with the seven-day incidence Sunday reaching 289 infections per 100,000 inhabitants.

Staff (2021-11-15). FBI raids on Project Veritas 'could have serious consequences'. rt.com The Justice Department's recent raids on Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe and multiple associates "could have serious consequences for press freedom," the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has warned. | The ACLU "Project Veritas has engaged in disgraceful deceptions, and reasonable observers might not consider their activities to be journalism at all," the organization…

WSWS (2021-11-15). Survey reveals one in three Texas children have had COVID-19. wsws.org The Texas CARES report exposes the lies of the state government, in line with the entire political establishment and corporate media, which have covered up the scope of child infections and deaths.

WSWS (2021-11-15). New Mexico hospitals enact crisis standards of care amidst jump of COVID-19 cases. wsws.org The southwestern state has reported some of the highest rates of increase of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations in the US in recent days.

Staff (2021-11-15). Headlines for November 15, 2021. democracynow.org COP26 Final Agreement Waters Down Coal Pledges, Leaves World on Track for Climate Disaster, NYT: U.S. Covered Up 2019 Syria Airstrikes That Killed 70 Women and Children, Austria Enacts Lockdown for the Unvaccinated as Europe Becomes Pandemic's Epicenter Again, COVID Cases Rising in Over Half of U.S. States; OK Nat'l Guard Defies Pentagon's Vaccine Mandate, Sudanese Military Kills Eight People During Latest Anti-Coup Protests, Detains Al Jazeera Bureau Head, Eight Refugees Found Dead, Dozens Others Rescued on Boat Near Canary Islands, U.S. Journalist Danny Fenster Freed from Burmese Prison, Journalist and Minority…

Isheka N. Harrison (2021-11-15). No Jab, No Fly: Democrats Ask Biden To Require Vaccine To Fly In US. moguldom.com As the conflict continues to mount between the vaccinated and unvaccinated, dozens of Democrats are urging U.S. President Joe Biden to require Americans to get the covid-19 vaccine before being allowed to fly domestically. More than 30 Democrats signed a letter sent to Biden on Nov. 11 urging him to implement the vaccine mandate as …

teleSUR (2021-11-15). We Have Enough Vaccines To Immunize 95% of Venezuelans: Maduro. telesurenglish.net Upon the arrival of 2,5 million Sinopharm vaccines through the COVAX mechanism on Saturday, President Nicolas Maduro announced that Venezuela has already enough doses to immunize 95 percent of the population against COVID-19. | RELATED: | "Despite the sanctions and financial persecution implemented by the United States, we got the money to purchase vaccines," Maduro stated, stressing that humanitarian issues should not…

Global Research News (2021-11-15). Selected Articles: Graphene Oxide: A Toxic Substance in the Vial of the COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine? globalresearch.ca By The patent proposes col…

WSWS (2021-11-15). COVID cases surge through northern US states before the holiday season begins. wsws.org Cases across the Midwest, the Mountain West and the Northeast are surging despite high rates of fully vaccinated people. The Delta variant's virulent nature and waning immunity are combining to provide a preview of the surge expected this winter.

Anonymous103 (2021-11-15). Technology Patent Suggests Tech Overlords Are Planning to Digitally Surveil People, Grant "Freedoms" Based on Vaccination Status. southfront.org Written by Ethan Huff; originally published on Global Research. Dr. Gal Ehrlich and Maier Fenster of Ehrlich & Fenster have uncovered…

IGD Worldwide (2021-11-15). The Real Covid Conspiracies. itsgoingdown.org Our latest anonymous contribution is a blazing hot anarchist analysis of the mainstream worldwide "anti-vax" movement and the conspiracies that animate it — as well as a survey of some REAL conspiracies brought about during the pandemic. First let me say: I do not blindly support science as it is known in the world today….

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-11-15). The Covid-19 Pandemic Does Not Exist. globalresearch.ca At the outset of the corona crisis, the number of confirmed cases was abysmally low. 83 positive cases outside China (6.4 billion people), were used to justify a Worldwide Public Health Emergency, leading up to the official announcement of a pandemic in March 2020…

WSWS (2021-11-15). Reno, Nevada bus drivers launch third strike in 4 months after rejecting Teamsters-backed contract. wsws.org Furious over miserly wage increases and dangerous working conditions exacerbated by the pandemic, 90 percent of bus drivers and transportation workers voted against the last offer negotiated by Teamsters union bureaucrats.

WSWS (2021-11-15). Biden administration ramps up drive to get women "back into the workforce" wsws.org The Biden administration is intent on getting women back on the job amid a raging pandemic.

WSWS (2021-11-15). Boston authorities clearing homeless encampment despite protests by ACLU, public health experts. wsws.org While some homeless people have been referred to shelters, the ACLU notes that many shelters are not equipped for people with certain medical conditions or family situations. Throwing more people into congregate settings during the pandemic risks deadlier outbreaks.

Andrew Wright (2021-11-15). Housing is a big part of the ongoing 'Battle of Detroit'. peoplesworld.org DETROIT — If there is anything overshadowing the focus on COVID-19 and other anxieties this year, it's that the real estate market has been booming. We've been assured this is, in fact, a "boom" not another "bubble"—experts citing reasons like underbuilding housing needs over the last 20 years in the U.S. as the cause for …

Susan Price (2021-11-15). Kanaky: Independence vote to proceed on December 12. greenleft.org.au Kanaky New Caledonia's referendum on self-determination will proceed on December 12, despite calls from independence forces for a delay until next year due to COVID-19, reports Susan Price.

WSWS (2021-11-15). Covid-19 deaths and illness of UK children justified in the interests of big business. wsws.org In 2020, elderly deaths were justified on the grounds that nature was taking its course. Now those of children and young people are usually met with silence. When they do get a mention, it is to minimise and rationalise deaths.

WSWS (2021-11-15). COVID-19 and disability residents: Australian health workers discuss worsening conditions. wsws.org The danger of disability residents or staff contracting COVID-19 has increased dramatically following the removal of basic safety measures by Australian governments.

WSWS (2021-11-15). With COVID-19 out of control, German infectious disease agency expects ICUs to be overwhelmed. wsws.org Germany's COVID-19 infection rate has hit a new record every day for the past week, with the seven-day incidence Sunday reaching 289 infections per 100,000 inhabitants.

WSWS (2021-11-15). Dutch caretaker government imposes partial lockdown as COVID-19 surges. wsws.org As daily COVID-19 infections reached record levels of over 16,000 last week, The Hague went back on its vow not to impose any further lockdowns to halt contagion.

Staff (2021-11-15). FBI raids on Project Veritas 'could have serious consequences'. rt.com The Justice Department's recent raids on Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe and multiple associates "could have serious consequences for press freedom," the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has warned. | The ACLU "Project Veritas has engaged in disgraceful deceptions, and reasonable observers might not consider their activities to be journalism at all," the organization…

Nadda Osman (2021-11-14). Earthquakes, floods, wildfires and a scorpion plague: The Middle East's weekend of climate chaos. middleeasteye.net Earthquakes, floods, wildfires and a scorpion plague: The Middle East's weekend of climate chaos | Region hit by extreme conditions, as scorpions wash up in people's homes and cars are covered in ash
| Sun, 11/14/2021 – 15: 03 | Wildfires rage across Lebanon's Beit Meri, a village close to the country's capital, on 15 November 2021 (Screengrab/Twitter) | People in several Middle Eastern countries wer…

Dr. Charles Hoffe (2021-11-14). Video: The mRNA Vaccine Generates Microscopic Blood Clots: Dr. Charles Hoffe. globalresearch.ca First published on July …

Dean Baker (2021-11-14). Imagine if Stopping Climate Change Was More Important than Making Climate Change Billionaires. cepr.net We are still getting through a worldwide pandemic that has taken tens of millions of lives. While we did develop effective vaccines, they were not produced and distributed quickly enough to prevent enormous loss of life. This is a tragedy that should force us to ask how we could have done better. On the other …

Ricardo Delgado (2021-11-14). Video: Graphene Oxide: A Toxic Substance in the Vial of the COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine? globalresearch.ca The results of their analysis by electron microscopy and spectroscopy are far-reaching. Graphene oxide is a toxin which triggers thrombi and blood coagulation. It also has an impact on the immune system. Graphene oxide accumulated in the lungs can have devastating impacts.

Joel Warner (2021-11-14). WEEKEND READER: Learning To Live With Forever COVID. dailyposter.com

Staff (2021-11-14). Unvaccinated Americans being banned from family parties — poll. rt.com A majority of vaccinated Americans do not want unvaccinated relatives attending their holiday parties, and almost half have cut off family members over their vaccination status, according to a new poll. | According to a survey of 2,000 Americans conducted by

Staff (2021-11-14). US inflation to get even worse, Fed banker predicts. rt.com A Federal Reserve official has warned that inflation is only bound to get worse for Americans, at least for the next few months, before it "likely" begins to "taper off." | "The math suggests we're probably going to see somewhat higher readings over the next few months before they likely start to taper off," Minneapolis Federal Reserve Chairman Neel Kashkari told 'Face the Nation' on Sunday. | According to Kashkari, current inflation and supply chain issues are a result of a "surge in demand for goods," as well as the Covid-19 pandemic, both problems the Federal Reserve official refers to as "temporary." The i…

Robert J. Burrowes (2021-11-14). Corrupt Science and Elite Power: Covid-19 "Techno-Slavery" and the "Great Reset" Are Now Imminent. globalresearch.ca Do you like to believe that scientists are studying the evidence — whether in relation to Covid-19 or anything else — and delivering high quality knowledge that can be used to guide public policymaking so that it might better serve …

_____ (2021-11-14). Another Housing Crisis in America Is Coming. strategic-culture.org There is now an unprecedented spike in housing costs while COVID-19 has driven down the wealth of the average American. | Let's begin our discussion of the next Housing Crisis with a relevant personal anecdote, that is a microcosm of what is happening all over the United States right now. | Some of my relatives made the wise decision to live within their means and build a smaller (by American standards) house in the early 2000s. They live in the Midwest which means there is generally plenty of space for a big house even within city limits. Mortgages and loans were super easy to get for even fantastically large su…

Staff (2021-11-14). Unvaccinated Americans being banned from family parties — poll. rt.com A majority of vaccinated Americans do not want unvaccinated relatives attending their holiday parties, and almost half have cut off family members over their vaccination status, according to a new poll. | According to a survey of 2,000 Americans conducted by

Sam Pizzigati (2021-11-13). Why are Moderna's billionaires airbrushing scientists out of the vaccine patent picture? nationofchange.org Moderna has now filed for a patent on the key vaccine breakthrough these scientists helped produce.

_____ (2021-11-13). China And Solutions To Climate Change. popularresistance.org Last year, President Xi Jinping, pledged that China's CO2 emissions would peak before 2030, and China would become carbon neutral before 2060. | China has a track history of setting ambitious, nearly impossible goals and then achieving them–often before deadline–so this pledge is significant. Under the CPC, China has already created "an economic miracle" in transforming China into the largest economy in the world. It ended extreme poverty while creating the largest middle class in the world. It has virtually eradicated Covid through non-pharmaceutical methods, while vaccinating up to 20 million people daily, an…

Staff (2021-11-13). US appeals court rejects Biden's vaccine mandate. rt.com A US federal appeals court has again ruled against President Joe Biden's national vaccine mandate for companies with 100 or more workers, shredding the policy as "staggeringly overbroad" and an abuse of "extraordinary power." | The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stark rebuke to Biden's vaccine requirement for larger American companies in a

Prakash Bhuyan, Jennie Medin, Hugo Gomes da Silva, Madhavi Yadavalli, Magnus Nord (2021-11-13). [Correspondence] Just how common is TTS after a second dose of the ChAdOx1 nCov-19 vaccine? — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We agree with Sue Pavord and colleagues about our analysis1 of very rare cases of potential thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) after a second dose of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222)—that is, that most of the 13 cases do not fulfil the criteria to be catagorised as definite or probable vaccine-induced thrombosis with thrombocytopenia (VITT), as defined by the UK Expert Haematology Panel criteria.2 This failure to meet the criteria for definite or probable VITT is because crucial information regarding clinical and laboratory parameters was missing, which remains the key limitation of assessing…

David Skripac (2021-11-13). "Our Species is Being Genetically Modified": Humanity's March Toward Extinction? Analysis of the Microbiome and Virome. globalresearch.ca This year marks a turning point in human history. For the first time since human civilization began, our species is being genetically modified. Vaccine manufacturers have now made it possible for the human genome to be permanently altered —and humanity's relationship with nature forever changed.

WSWS (2021-11-13). Canada's two largest provinces reject vaccine mandates for health workers. wsws.org Ontario's and Quebec's refusal to adopt this vital public health measure will result in still more unnecessary deaths. It is also a political gift to the far right.

Gérard Delépine (2021-11-13). Covid-19 Vaccines Lead to New Infections and Mortality: The Evidence is Overwhelming. globalresearch.ca Vaccination has spread worldwide. And everywhere it has been followed by a dramatic rise in new infections and mortality. How many deaths and severe accidents will it take for governments, WHO, health agencies FDA, EMA, to look at the proven results of this experimental pseudo-vaccination?

Staff (2021-11-13). YouTube suspends senator over Covid-19 vaccine video. rt.com Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson was temporarily suspended from YouTube for allegedly spreading "harmful misinformation" after he published a video discussing injuries related to Covid-19 vaccination. | Johnson accused YouTube of "censoring the truth" on Friday evening after his roundtable discussion video, which featured "stories from doctors, scientists and the vaccine injured," was taken off the platform and led to his temporary suspension. | For the 5th time this year, This time they don't want…

Makia Freeman (2021-11-13). The mRNA COVID Vaccine Is Not a Vaccine. globalresearch.ca First posted by Global Research on January 15, 2021 | It's NOT a vaccine. The mRNA COVID vaccine now being militarily deployed in many nations around the world, is NOT a vaccine. I repeat: it is not a vaccine. It is …

Dongsheng News (2021-11-13). News on China | No. 75. dissidentvoice.org China is now the world's largest exporter of vaccines. China's earlier smog problems caused the Chinese leadership to aim for high-quality economic growth, thereafter easing particulate emissions.

Celeste McGovern (2021-11-13). Vaccine Researcher Admits 'Big Mistake,' Says Spike Protein Is Dangerous 'Toxin'. globalresearch.ca First published in …

Staff (2021-11-13). National Guard general defies Pentagon's Covid-19 vaccine mandate for soldiers. rt.com Brigadier General Thomas Mancino has informed National Guard soldiers under his command in Oklahoma they can ignore the Defense Department's Covid-19 vaccine mandate with no repercussions. | Mancino released his anti-mandate memo this week shortly after being appointed to his position as Adjutant General of 10,000 National Guard troops by Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican who has previously blasted the vaccine mandate for military personnel. | The memo from the newly-appointed commander of Oklahoma's National Guard was first reported on by The Oklahoman on Friday. It states that "no negative administrative or leg…

WSWS (2021-11-13). Travel nursing demand reaches all-time high amidst nursing shortage and Delta surge should be in pandemic. wsws.org While demand for travel nurses has spiked multiple times throughout the pandemic, the spread of the Delta variant has put an unprecedented strain on staffing levels, causing hospitals to contract out to private agencies.

WSWS (2021-11-13). Travel nursing demand reaches all-time high amidst nursing shortage and Delta surge. wsws.org While demand for travel nurses has spiked multiple times throughout the pandemic, the spread of the Delta variant has put an unprecedented strain on staffing levels, causing hospitals to contract out to private agencies.

WSWS (2021-11-13). Scranton teachers union seeks to divert strike with fruitless appeals to the Democrats. wsws.org The unions are seeking to divert and end the first teachers strike since the beginning of the pandemic, organizing a stunt protest outside the state capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday.

teleSUR (2021-11-13). UNESCO Marks Anniversary In Defense of Solidarity and Culture. telesurenglish.net UNESCO's General Assembly addresses the challenges of global education in the wake of the impact of the pandemic and other issues of global concern. | Forest Whitaker: "Today, I had the privilege to speak at UNESCO's 75th anniversary ceremony. Its purpose to build the defenses of peace in the minds of people is a universal mission that can speak to the heart of every human being."

WSWS (2021-11-13). School bus drivers launch wildcat strikes across the United States. wsws.org In recent weeks, school bus drivers in multiple states across the US have engaged in strikes, including numerous wildcat actions independent of the unions, to protest abysmal pay and workloads exacerbated by the pandemic.

WSWS (2021-11-13). Over 40 killed by floods in South India and Sri Lanka. wsws.org Most affected are working people and the poor, in urban as well as rural areas, who have already been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and hikes in the prices of essentials.

Ethan Huff (2021-11-13). If You Take the COVID Vax, You Can Never Achieve Full Immunity Again — Government Stats Unveil the Horrifying Truth. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2021-11-13). Vuelta a la Patria Program Returns 250 Venezuelan Migrants from Peru. orinocotribune.com A total of 250 additional Venezuelans returned to their homeland from Peru through the Vuelta a la Patria program, in an Airbus 340-200 flight of the Venezuelan Consortium of Aeronautical Industries and Air Services (CONVIASA), under strict COVID-19 biosecurity measures. | This was reported by the Foreign Ministry through its Twitter account and through a press release. |

Staff (2021-11-13). Yale researchers detect 'Remdesivir-resistant' Covid mutation. rt.com Researchers have discovered what's believed to be the first Covid-19 mutation resistant to the antiviral drug Remdesivir outside of the lab, according to a new preprint study. | In Though such mutations have been produce…

Staff (2021-11-13). Celebration of Kamala Harris' trip as 'gaffe-free' stuns conservatives and liberals alike. rt.com A White House reporter's description of Vice President Kamala Harris' recent trip overseas as "gaffe-free" left conservative critics lauding accusations of bias while outraged liberals cried racism. | "VP Harris ends 5-day (gaffe-free) Paris trip [with] multiple themes," Jennifer Jacobs, Bloomberg's senior White House reporter tweeted after Harris' trip was complete, noting her time spent attending forums and speaking with French president Emmanuel Macron. | VP Harris ends 5-day (gaffe-free) Paris trip w multiple themes—hours w Macron (global stage/sub tiff amends), research lab (covid/cancer/science), A…

Editor2 (2021-11-13). Cuba's 2020 Containment of COVID-19. orinocotribune.com By Charles McKelvey — Nov 5, 2021 | Cuba was as prepared for COVID-19 as any nation could be. It formulated a comprehensive plan, with various institutions working together to formulate and implement a plan, prior to the arrival of the virus on the island. As a result, the virus was effectively contained in 2020, with two relatively mild peaks. But in 2021, due to various external and internal factors, there occurred an explosion of cases. This high third peak reached its highest level in August 2021, which now appears to be under control. In both stages of the struggle against COVID, Cuba has demonstrated t…

WSWS (2021-11-13). Kaiser workers must take up the fight to eliminate COVID-19! wsws.org Nearly 32,000 nurses and other Kaiser Permanente health workers are set to strike next Monday in southern California, Oregon, Washington state and Hawaii.

WSWS (2021-11-13). Striking Kaiser workers must take up the fight to eliminate COVID-19! wsws.org Nearly 32,000 nurses and other Kaiser Permanente health workers are set to strike next Monday in southern California, Oregon, Washington state and Hawaii.