2022-11-22: News Headlines

Infobrics (2022-11-22). Algeria Applies to Join BRICS: What's Next. infobrics.org The announcement made by the Foreign Ministry's special envoy for international partnerships, Leila Zerrouki, seems to change the country's traditional Non-alignment stance…

Infobrics (2022-11-22). Russia Welcomes Algeria's Intention to Join BRICS. infobrics.org Moscow welcomes Algeria's intention to join the BRICS, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said…

Graham Peebles (2022-11-22). Ethiopia: peace agreed now the work begins. nationofchange.org

Walden Bello (2022-11-22). Ideas, Including Foolish Ones, Have Consequences. fpif.org Is the radical right pure hate and all emotion? | Well, they may start from that, but humans that they are, some of them try to rationalize their hates and fears into theories that, though detached from reality, literally provide the ammunition that enables their followers to wreak havoc, like the guy did who descended on a store frequented by Black people in Buffalo several months ago in order to kill as many African-Americans as possible. | Matthew Rose's A World After Liberalism (Yale University, 2021) brings together and critically analyzes the thoughts of people that most of us probably have not heard of but…

Staff (2022-11-22). Family of British-Egyptian Political Prisoner Alaa Abd El-Fattah on Their Struggle for His Freedom. democracynow.org In a wide-ranging interview recorded in Cairo, we speak with Laila Soueif and Sanaa Seif, the mother and sister of British-Egyptian political prisoner Alaa Abd El-Fattah, about his health, his case, his family and his hopes for freedom. After visiting him in prison, they describe how El-Fattah started a water strike on the first day of the U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh to draw international attention to the country's human rights violations and protest his seemingly indefinite imprisonment. He paused after collapsing and suffering a "near-death experience" when prison officials appe…

Staff (2022-11-22). Turkey leads NATO naval task force in Tunisian drills. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Operation Sea Guardian is the successor to Operation Active Endeavor, established under NATO's activation of its Article 5 mutual war clause in 2001.Turkey has recently sold Bayraktar TB2 combat drones of the sort used to deadly effect in Ukraine, Nagorno-Karabakh, Syria, Libya, Iraq and Ethiopia to Tunisia, a founding member of NATO's Mediterranean Dialogue military …

TeleSUR, jap, DRL (2022-11-22). Países Bajos triunfa por 2-0 sobre Senegal en Qatar 2022. telesurtv.net El resultado de este juego comienza a definir al Grupo A, luego que Ecuador venciera 2 goles por 0 a Qatar.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-11-22). Partido gobernante en Guinea Ecuatorial gana elecciones generales. telesurtv.net Aunque no sean han dado a conocer los resultados para elegir presidente, los datos preliminares apuntan a la reelección del mandatario Teodoro Obiang.

Amy Goodman (2022-11-21). 5 Dead in Colorado LGBTQ Club Shooting on Eve of Transgender Day of Remembrance. truthout.org A gunman wearing body armor and armed with an AR-15-style rifle attacked an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs late Saturday night, killing five people and injuring at least 25. Two Club Q patrons managed to disarm the shooter, a 22-year-old suspect with ties to an extremist family, before he was taken into police custody. The attack came on the eve of Transgender Day of Remembrance, and police are investigating the attack as a potential hate crime. "This was an intentional act to push LGBTQ people back into the shadows," says Denver mayoral candidate Leslie Herod, who is the first LGBTQ+ African American to hol…

Brittani Banks (2022-11-21). Across Africa, Water Conflict Threatens Security, Health, and the Environment. independentmediainstitute.org Water is a finite resource on our planet. We can only rely on what we have, which translates to about 2.5 percent of drinkable fresh water. Of that amount, only 0.4 percent currently exists in lakes, rivers, and moisture in the atmosphere. The strain of this limited supply grows by the day and as this …

Contributing Writers (2022-11-21). France Exposed — Exploitation of West and Central Africa Continues Way Beyond Colonial Times/ By Peter Koenig. marktaliano.net

Infobrics (2022-11-21). Algeria's Application to Join BRICS Shows the Group's Attractiveness. infobrics.org Algeria has submitted an official application to join the emerging-market bloc of BRICS, which groups Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, media reports said, citing Leila Zaruki, the Algerian Foreign Ministry special envoy for international partnership…

Peter Koenig (2022-11-21). France Exposed — Exploitation of West and Central Africa Continues Way Beyond Colonial Times. globalresearch.ca

Ramzy Baroud (2022-11-21). Liberating Africa from Poverty Requires Changing Power Relations with the West. mintpressnews.com The elevated political discourse emanating from African leaders and intellectuals gives one hope that the supposedly 'poor' continent is plotting an escape from the grip of western domination.

Staff (2022-11-21). "An Act of Hate": 5 Dead in Shooting at Colorado LGBTQ Club on Eve of Transgender Day of Remembrance. democracynow.org A gunman wearing body armor and armed with an AR-15-style rifle attacked an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs late Saturday night, killing five people and injuring at least 25. Two Club Q patrons managed to disarm the shooter, a 22-year-old suspect with ties to an extremist family, before he was taken into police custody. The attack came on the the eve of Transgender Day of Remembrance, and police are investigating the attack as a potential hate crime. "This was an intentional act to push LGBTQ people back into the shadows," says Denver mayoral candidate Leslie Herod, who is the first LGBTQ+ African…

_____ (2022-11-21). Daniel Ortega: What we are faced with is a gang of assassins who control the global economy, who control atomic weapons and who commit crimes every day. popularresistance.org I want to conclude by referring to a meeting currently taking place there in Egypt, they call it the COP. This is COP number I don't know what exactly, because since 1995 when they started doing these meetings there in Germany, because they were worried about global warming, about poisoning the planet, about the destruction of the planet. And they reach agreements, but they don't fulfill any of them, and then they get back together and they make more agreements, and they don't fulfill any of those either. Who does not comply? The countries that pollute the planet the most, the very ones that should comply with wh…

Infobrics (2022-11-21). Four BRICS Nations Call for Developed Countries not to Shift Climate Change Responsibilities onto Developing Countries. infobrics.org At the 27th Conference of Parties at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, four BRICS nations are gravely concerned that developed countries are still not showing leadership or responding with a matching progression of effort…

Staff (2022-11-21). U.N. Climate Summit Agrees to Historic Loss and Damage Fund But Rejects Calls to Phase Out Fossil Fuels. democracynow.org Rich countries agreed to establish a "loss and damage" fund at the close of the two-week-long U.N. climate summit in Egypt to help the Global South deal with the worst effects of the climate catastrophe. The fund is a major breakthrough for Global South countries, which have been demanding a similar mechanism for the past 30 years but faced opposition from the United States and other large polluting nations. Climate justice activist Asad Rehman says the fund is a "glimmer of hope" despite the summit ending with a massive expansion of carbon markets and delegates making "no progress&#…

UnitedEditor (2022-11-21). The handshake between al-Sisi and Erdogan: A goal scored by Qatar before the game started. uwidata.com Reporting from Cairo / Egypt The Qatari national team did not score in the opening match of the World Cup, which is currently being held in Qatar, any goal against Ecuador. But Qatar scored the most important political goal in the Middle East this year. A friendly handshake took place on the sidelines of the …

_____ (2022-11-21). COP27: Frontline Leaders Decry Lack Of Progress For Real Climate Justice. popularresistance.org Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt — As the UNFCCC 27th Conference of the Parties came to its conclusion with the adoption of the Sharm El-Sheikh Implementation Plan, climate-impacted peoples recognized critical progress while also decrying countries failing to confront the root causes of climate crisis at the scale required as the final decision maintained further openings for fossil fuels and false climate solutions that will devastate communities on the frontlines of extraction, climate crisis, and fossil-fueled violence. | Members of the 60-member It Takes Roots delegation, which includes Climate Justice Alliance,…

_____ (2022-11-21). Egypt's Repressive Regime Is Enabled By US And Allies. popularresistance.org Rania Khalek of BreakThrough News talks about the repressive Egyptian regime and how it is enabled by the US, its European allies and Israel. She explains the role played by the Egypt as a US proxy in the region and its role in various conflicts, including the brutal siege of Gaza. She also talks about how this enables the el-Sisi regime to continue its suppression of activists and clampdown of democracy.

Scorinoco (2022-11-21). Attempt to Try Russian Leaders for War Crimes is Part of the West's Weaponization of the International Criminal Court. orinocotribune.com By Robin Philpot — Nov 14, 2022 | International Criminal Court (ICC) continues to serve as a "battering ram for US and NATO policy," as the former US ambassador-at-large for war crimes in the Clinton administration defined it. | The quote above does not come from President Putin of Russia or from President Xi of China. It comes from David Scheffer, former US Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues (1997-2001) in the Clinton administration and lead negotiator for the United States during the creation of not fewer than five international criminal tribunals, namely for ex-Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Ca…

Staff (2022-11-21). Países Bajos se impone a Senegal en un tenso duelo en Catar 2022. cubadebate.cu Victoria de Países Bajos gracias a un gol de cabeza de Gakpo y otro de Klaasen. Senegal plantó cara, pero se llegó a topar con un gran Noopert bajo palos. También gran Frenkie de Jong, que además asistió en el primer gol. El portero del Chelsea falló en la salida en el primer gol y no atrapó un disparo en el segundo.

TeleSUR, jaa, JDO (2022-11-21). Elecciones en Guinea Ecuatorial concluyen en ambiente de calma. telesurtv.net Comenzó escrutinio de los votos. Teodoro Obiang Nguema busca ocupar por sexta vez el puesto de jefe de Estado de la nación africana.

Branko Marcetic (2022-11-21). La decepción de los republicanos y la desorientación de los demócratas. globalizacion.ca Los republicanos desperdiciaron una gran oportunidad. Pero los demócratas pueden haber desaprovechado la reacción de los votantes al extremismo repúblicano al carecer de un mensaje económico. | Mientras los resultados siguen definiéndose lentamente, podemos decir dos cosas sobre las elecciones de…

Staff (2022-11-21). EN VIVO: Senegal vs. Países Bajos en el Grupo A de Qatar 2022. telesurtv.net El resultado de este juego irá definiendo al Grupo A, luego que Ecuador venciera 2 goles por 0 a Qatar.

TeleSUR, em, MER (2022-11-21). Senegal jugará contra Países Bajos en Mundial Qatar 2022. telesurtv.net De existir un ganador, el Grupo A comenzará a definirse de cara a las dos últimas fechas de esta fase.

Brandee Sanders (2022-11-20). Getty Research Institute Acquires Archive Of Renowned Artist Richard Hunt. newsone.com Source: Ann E. Zelle / Getty | Prolific sculptor Richard Hunt has used his artistry to celebrate the enduring legacies of influential Black trailblazers. The Hunt's work intertwines historic recollection and modern-day references that symbolize the diversity of experiences within the African diaspora. His pieces explore the concepts of tradition, identity, heritage, and mythology. He launched his art career in 19 . Upon graduating from the…

_____ (2022-11-20). COP-OUT27 Hastens Climate Catastrophe. popularresistance.org Following international climate summit COP26 in Glasgow, with a parallel People's Summit I participated in, the focus on military emissions and their lethal undercount has faded in the war fever of the alleged battle for "democracy" and "freedom" in Ukraine. | COP27, held in the especially brutal police state of Egypt (thanks, "Arab Spring" color revolution) was swarmed by both fossil fuel lobbyists and private jets. | Following international climate summit COP26 in Glasgow, with a parallel People's Summit I participated in, the focus on military emissions and their lethal undercount has faded in the war fever of…

_____ (2022-11-20). Greenwashing Governments And Oil Companies Turned COP27 Into A Disaster. popularresistance.org The international climate talks in Egypt — the 27th Conference of Parties to the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP27 — have become a dystopian nightmare: Oil companies, dictators and greenwashers captured the process more effectively than ever. | But there is hope: Alliances are taking shape — between civil society, scientists and labor — that aim to break the fossil fuel companies' deathly grip on climate policy. This year's United Nations climate summit, which ends on November 17 at the luxury Sharm el-Sheikh resort, is the first to which oil and gas companies were i…

Brenda Norrell (2022-11-20). Indigenous Women at COP27: No More Stolen Relatives, No Greenwashing. indybay.org Native women from North America joined Indigenous women from around the world and spoke out against greenwashing and false solutions, including carbon credits, at the UN Climate Summit in Egypt. Pointing out that fossil fuel man camps have become clusters of abusers, they sent their voices out to the world: "No More Stolen Sisters," and "No More Stolen Relatives."

By Brenda Norrell (2022-11-20). Speaking for the Water: Indigenous Women Speak for the Children and Rivers at COP27. indybay.org Indigenous women held a Water Ceremony at the United Nations Climate Summit in Egypt and spoke out against the oil and gas industry, and gold mining, which is destroying their lives and rivers, and the future for their children.

Dave DeCamp (2022-11-20). US, Russia to Hold New START Talks in Egypt Starting November 29. news.antiwar.com The US and Russia will hold talks on the last nuclear arms control treaty that remains between the powers, the New START, from November 29 to December 6 in Cairo, Egypt. The dates were announced by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, who said Friday that the talks could lead to higher-level negotiations with the …

Contributing Writers (2022-11-20). Maligned in Western Media, Donbass Forces Are Defending Their Future from Ukrainian Shelling and Fascism/ By Eva Bartlett. marktaliano.net

Eva Bartlett (2022-11-20). Maligned in Western Media, Donbass Forces are Defending their Future from Ukrainian Shelling and Fascism. dissidentvoice.org The author with Pyatnashka commanders at outpost near Avdeevka, Donetsk People's Republic. [ Source: Photo courtesy of Eva Bartlett] America is widely understood to be a key instigator behind conflict in Ukraine that has pitted brother against brother Smeared, stigmatized, and lied about in Western media propaganda, the mostly Russian-speaking people of the Donbass region …

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-11-20). Nepal acude a las urnas para elegir nueva Cámara de Representantes. telesurtv.net El proceso de votación concluyó a las 17H00 horas locales, y salvo algunos incidentes en algunos centros de votación, la jornada transcurrió con normalidad.

Staff (2022-11-20). Fallece Hebe de Bonafini, presidenta de Madres de Plaza de Mayo. cubadebate.cu Hebe de Bonafini, luchadora por la defensa de los derechos humanos y presidenta de Madres de Plaza de Mayo, falleció este domingo a los 93 años de edad. El Gobierno argentino decretó tres días de duelo en "homenaje a Hebe, su memoria y su lucha que estarán siempre presentes como guía en los momentos difíciles", según un comunicado de la Casa Rosada.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-11-20). Argentina declara tres días de duelo por muerte de Hebe de Bonafini. telesurtv.net Lo decretó el presidente Alberto Fernández, en homenaje a "una luchadora incansable por los derechos humanos" que "puso luz en medio de la oscura noche de la dictadura militar".

TeleSUR, ab, MER (2022-11-20). Qatar y Ecuador darán inicio a Copa Mundial de la FIFA. telesurtv.net Este es el primer partido del Mundial Qatar 2022 y del Grupo A, que también está conformado por Países Bajos y Senegal.

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