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2022-12-02: News Headlines

TeleSUR, ev, MER (2022-12-02). Ghana y Uruguay jugarán por el Grupo H de Qatar 2022. telesurtv.net El conjunto africano llegará al encuentro tras una derrota ante Portugal en su debut, así como una victoria frente a Corea del Sur.

TeleSUR, as, MER (2022-12-02). Corea del Sur se enfrentará a Portugal en Mundial de Qatar. telesurtv.net Portugal ya se encuentra en la siguiente fase del torneo al tener dos victorias, la primera 3 2 contra Ghana y la segunda 2 0 ante Uruguay.

_____ (2022-12-01). Is The 'Conscience Of The Congress' Unconscious? popularresistance.org In the 1960s, Rep. Charles Diggs (D-Mich.) established the Democracy Select Committee (DSC) to bring the nine elected African American House members together. They were organized in order to help them strategize around their common issues and develop policy initiatives that would address the problems facing their African American constituents. "The sooner we get organized for group action, the more effective we can become," Diggs said. The operative words in Diggs' statement are "group", "action" and "effective". Is the current iteration of the CBC as a group taking effective action? | By the beginning of the 92n…

Editor (2022-12-01). 11 years on… UK gets what it was always after; Libya's oil. mronline.org British oil giants BP and Shell are returning to the oil-rich north African country just over a decade after the UK took part in destabilizing the nation with the 2011 military intervention.

Fight Back (2022-12-01). Dallas celebrates People's Thanksgiving. fightbacknews.org Dallas, TX – On Saturday, November 26, more than 60 activists gathered at the Pan-African Connection bookstore in Dallas to celebrate People's Thanksgiving, a celebration honoring those who struggle against imperialism, capitalism and national oppression. | The event was emceed by Ammar Hussein of Freedom Road Socialist Organization, who gave an opening speech welcoming the many organizations and participants to the event as well as praising the struggle of indigenous peoples for whom Thanksgiving is a national day of mourning. | "We reject the colonialist myth of Thanksgiving, and we stand in unwavering sol…

Nino Brown (2022-12-01). Interview with the Socialist Movement of Ghana: The IMF and the class struggle. liberationnews.org "We need to take control of our system, our resources, and distribute them for the benefit of the ordinary Ghanaian and the ordinary African."

Shadrack Omuka (2022-12-01). Kenyan Women Speak Out About Kafala Exploitation in Gulf States. towardfreedom.org As many as 89 Kenyan domestic workers have been killed in Saudi Arabia over the past two years. That's why former domestic workers warn others about traveling to the Gulf countries to work under the Kafala system. But change may be on the horizon with government officials discussing ways to mitigate migrant worker abuse and exploitation. Shadrack Omuka reports from Kenya.

WSWS (2022-12-01). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Healthcare workers across Europe strike to defend pay, public services and staffing; further strikes in UK by Royal Mail and railway workers as nurses and ambulance workers announce walkouts over pay and staff shortages; steel and car workers' pay strikes in Iran as protests continue over police murder of Mahsa Amini; public sector pay strikes to continue in South Africa as picketing resumes.

Rania Khalek (2022-12-01). US & Europe Want to Make Africa Cold War Battleground Against Russia & China w/Mikaela Nhondo Erskog. thealtworld.com The US and Europe have tried to make Africa a battleground in their Cold War against Russia and China. They've even labeled Africa as NATO's "Southern Neighborhood" and are using AFRICOM as a mechanism to control the continent under the guise of protecting it from malign Chinese and Russian influence. | What does this mean for sovereignty and independence across Africa and how are African countries pushing back? To help break it all down Rania Khalek was joined by Mikaela Nhondo Erskog, a researcher at the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research and a member of No Cold War and the Dongsheng News Collective.

Roselena Ramirez (2022-12-01). "Hinchada Argentina" is hopeful of winning the 2022 FIFA World Cup. america.cgtn.com Football is deeply rooted in the hearts of Argentineans. Stadiums are always packed with fans, and people even wear their team jerseys to the office. Argentina won the World Cup in both 1978 and in 1986. And there are big hopes for them this year, …

Rima Najjar (2022-12-01). In the World Cup Arena and in Israel, Might Makes Right. orinocotribune.com By Rima Najjar Nov 26, 2022 | Marco Balich, the creative director of the opening ceremony of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, probably has no idea that "bridging distances" when it comes to Palestinians and Israelis is a euphemism for normalizing Israel's apartheid and settler colonialism, its brutal subjugation and dispossession of Palestinians. | For Palestinians and their supporters, more than football is afoot at the games. The World Cup has presented a great opportunity to raise international awareness of the Palestinian struggle for liberation and return. Several campaigns have been launched on social media…

UnitedEditor (2022-12-01). Mali strikes back at French NGOs and at Francafrique. uwidata.com Mali has banned NGOs financed or supported by France. The country's leadership, led by Prime Minister Colonel Abdoulaye MaàØga took such a decision due to the attempt of Paris to influence the internal situation despite the withdrawal of its troops, as well as the general growth of anti-French sentiment in the country. The ban will …

En.mehrnews (2022-12-01). Morocco and Croatia advance to World Cup knockout stage. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 01 (MNA) — Morraco and Croatia qualified for the knockout stage of the 2022 World Cup on Thursday.

Staff (2022-12-01). Estrenarán obra sobre la esclavitud y la herencia africana en la cultura cubana. cubadebate.cu "Alma: La revolución de un sueño", una saga musical y danzaria, tendrá su estreno mundial el viernes 16 de diciembre a las 8: 30 p.m. en la Sala Avellaneda del Teatro Nacional. La protagonista es Yaya, una mujer guerrera, líder de una aldea africana, que es capturada y llevada por la fuerza como esclava a Cuba a fines del siglo XVI.

_____ (2022-12-01). China To Run United Nations Biodiversity Conference. popularresistance.org As the world parses what was achieved at the U.N. climate change conference in Egypt, negotiators are convening in Montreal to set goals for curbing Earth's other crisis: loss of living species. | Starting on Dec. 7, 196 nations that have ratified the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity will hold their 15th Conference of the Parties, or COP15. The convention, which was adopted at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, is designed to promote sustainable development by protecting biodiversity — the variety of life on Earth, from genes up to entire ecosystems. | Today, experts widely agree that biodivers…

En.mehrnews (2022-11-30). S. African envoy urges boosting trade ties. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 30 (MNA) — South African Ambassador in Tehran has called for further boosting bilateral relations in the trade sphere with Iran.

En.mehrnews (2022-11-30). Iran's trade with Africa surpasses $990 mn in 7 months. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 01 (MNA) — Trade between Iran and African countries reached 1.89 million tons worth $992.77 million during the first seven months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Oct. 22).

Dan Beeton (2022-11-30). Preview: What to Expect in the November Jobs Report. cepr.net The November jobs report should provide further evidence of the economy normalizing after its rapid bounce back from the pandemic recession. The big questions will be whether wage growth has slowed to a pace consistent with the Fed's inflation target and whether job growth has slowed to a sustainable pace. Wage Growth Likely to Remain …

En.mehrnews (2022-11-30). Iraqi PM visits holy Iranian city of Mashhad. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 30 (MNA) — On a visit to Iran, Iraqi prime minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani visited the holy city of Mashhad to pay a pilgrimage visit to the holy shrine of 8th Shia Imam, Reza (AS) on Wednesday.

En.mehrnews (2022-11-30). Iraqi premier's visit to Imam Reza holy shrine. en.mehrnews.com MASHHAD, Nov. 30 (MNA) — On a visit to Iran, Iraqi prime minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani visited the holy city of Mashhad to pay a pilgrimage visit to the holy shrine of 8th Shia Imam, Reza (AS) on Wednesday.

En.mehrnews (2022-11-30). Spectator runs onto pitch in Wed. match with Palestinian flag. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 30 (MNA) — A supporter wearing a Tunisia shirt and holding a Palestinian flag ran on to the pitch at Education Stadium during the second half of the World Cup Group D game between Tunisia and France on Wednesday.

TeleSUR, em, JCM (2022-11-30). Senegal clasifica a octavos de final tras eliminar a Ecuador. telesurtv.net En juegos amistosos, ambas selecciones se enfrentaron en dos ocasiones que terminaron con victorias para la oncena africana.

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