Daily Archives: November 20, 2021

2021-11-20: News Headlines

WSWS (2021-11-19). Eastern Europe teeters on war. wsws.org Tensions over refugees at the Polish-Belarus border, Ukraine's conflict with Russia, and NATO's aggressive actions in the Black Sea threaten to provoke a military conflict involving the world's major powers.

WSWS (2021-11-19). Australian PM touts sweeping character of AUKUS pact aimed at preparing war with China. wsws.org Morrison stressed that Australia's acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines was just one aspect of an all-sided alliance with Britain and the US, which will involve stepped-up military-intelligence collaboration across the board.

Danny Shaw (2021-11-19). Book Review: 'Is Russia Fascist?' Fails to Debunk Western Misinformation. towardfreedom.org Behind a veneer of so-called academic objectivity on Russia, French historian Marlene Laruelle directly and indirectly propagandizes on behalf of U.S. imperialist interests, which seek to encroach upon and control Ukraine, Crimea and the entire landmass that was the Soviet Union.

Danny Shaw (2021-11-19). Book Review: Is Russia Fascist? Fails to Debunk Western Misinformation. towardfreedom.org Behind a veneer of so-called academic objectivity on Russia, French historian Marlene Laruelle directly and indirectly propagandizes on behalf of U.S. imperialist interests, which seek to encroach upon and control Ukraine, Crimea and the entire landmass that was the Soviet Union.

_____ (2021-11-19). Turkey Aims to Be at the Forefront of the Unmanned Systems of the Future. journal-neo.org Unmanned military technology is increasingly being introduced by various armies worldwide, whether in the air, at sea, or on the ground. Therefore, weapons such as unmanned combat vehicles and combat robots are becoming a development priority for many countries. Along with such established global producers of unmanned military equipment as Russia, the US, and Israel, Turkey …

teleSUR (2021-11-19). US Sanctions Make The Iranian Currency Lose Value. telesurenglish.net The Iranian currency's value has continued to fall as the U.S. dollar is trading at over 280,000 rials on the free market. Before the reinstatement of U.S. sanctions, however, the figure was about 32,000 rials. | RELATED: | Ever since May 2018, when the United States, under former president Donald Trump, pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal, and reimposed its unilateral sanctions on Iran, the rial has constantly been…

Staff (2021-11-19). Biden's pick for bank regulator grilled over Soviet past. rt.com US President Joe Biden's pick to be America's next Comptroller of the Currency, the country's top banking regulator, has faced down accusations that she is a communist, telling lawmakers that you can't choose where you're born. | At a hearing on Thursday, Dr Saule Omarova, Biden's nominee to be chief of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, received a grilling from Republicans, who accused the Kazakh-born lawyer of being a communist. | Three decades after the fall of the Iron Curtain…

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