Monthly Archives: November 2021

2021-11-28: News Headlines

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2021-11-28). "There's Something Rotten in Denmark": Frank Olson and the Macabre Fate of a CIA Whistleblower in the Early Cold War. covertactionmagazine.com "Frank Olson is flying and it's a long way down" — David Clewell, "CIA in Wonderland." In September 1994, the …

Dave DeCamp (2021-11-27). US Refuses to Engage With Marshall Islands on Damage Caused by Nuclear Weapons Tests. news.antiwar.com The US is refusing to engage with the Marshall Islands on compensation for environmental and health damage caused by the dozens of US nuclear weapons tests carried out in the 1940s and 50s, The Marshall Islands are home to a major US military base and are essentially treated as a US territory under an agreement known as the Compact of Free Association. But the agreement is due to expire soon, and the dispute over the nuclear weapons tes…

sputniknews (2021-11-27). Poking the Bear, US Warns Russia All Options on Table. sputniknews.com The Biden administration has threatened Russia with signature rhetoric for belligerence, declaring that the US has the right to use "all options on the table".

TASS (2021-11-27). Russia, China call for coexistence of countries with different ideologies – envoys. tass.com "Faced with an array of global challenges, countries urgently need to strengthen coordination and cooperation for common progress," the article says…

sputniknews (2021-11-27). Massive Asteroid Stronger Than a Nuclear Bomb Will Swoosh Past Earth in Late December, Report Says. sputniknews.com This will be not the first rendezvous between the celestial object named 2018 AH and our planet. In 2018, the asteroid flew past the Earth at a distance of 296,758 km, three-quarters of the distance from the Earth to the Moon. Despite its humongous size, it went unnoticed due to its dimness.

Editor2 (2021-11-27). The News from the Venezuela Election? Victory for the People of Venezuela and Defeat for the US (Statement). orinocotribune.com The news out of Venezuela related to the elections is that there is no news. All attempts to attack and delegitimize the process failed and the people of that beleaguered nation once again chose independence and dignity over surrendering to the imperialist gangsterism of the United States and their white supremacist, European colonial allies. | RELATED CONTENT: Russia's Zakharova: Countries Criticizing Venezuela's Elections Motivated…

Anonymous103 (2021-11-27). After U.S. Failed, Ukraine Takes Initiative In Anti-Russian Propaganda Campaign. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Following On November 27, the director of the Foreign Intelligence…

WSWS (2021-11-27). 51 workers die in Siberian mine disaster. wsws.org The deaths of 51 people at a Russian mine, at which 914 safety violations were registered this year alone, is a social crime.

sputniknews (2021-11-27). Russia Hopes AUKUS Will Abandon Nuclear Submarine Project, Envoy in Vienna Says. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Moscow expects that Australia, the UK and the US will abandon plans to implement the project on nuclear submarines as part of the AUKUS partnership, Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, said Saturday.

Fabian Van Onzen (2021-11-27). 'Karl Radek on China: Documents from the Former Secret Soviet Archives' — a review. mronline.org Sometimes, the greatest theoretical works come to us in the form of lectures rather than systemic books. This is the case with Karl Radek, whose lectures on the Chinese Revolution have recently been published by the Historical Materialism book series.

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2021-11-27: News Headlines

Dave DeCamp (2021-11-27). US Refuses to Engage With Marshall Islands on Damage Caused by Nuclear Weapons Tests. news.antiwar.com The US is refusing to engage with the Marshall Islands on compensation for environmental and health damage caused by the dozens of US nuclear weapons tests carried out in the 1940s and 50s, The Marshall Islands are home to a major US military base and are essentially treated as a US territory under an agreement known as the Compact of Free Association. But the agreement is due to expire soon, and the dispute over the nuclear weapons tes…

sputniknews (2021-11-27). Poking the Bear, US Warns Russia All Options on Table. sputniknews.com The Biden administration has threatened Russia with signature rhetoric for belligerence, declaring that the US has the right to use "all options on the table".

TASS (2021-11-27). Russia, China call for coexistence of countries with different ideologies – envoys. tass.com "Faced with an array of global challenges, countries urgently need to strengthen coordination and cooperation for common progress," the article says…

sputniknews (2021-11-27). Massive Asteroid Stronger Than a Nuclear Bomb Will Swoosh Past Earth in Late December, Report Says. sputniknews.com This will be not the first rendezvous between the celestial object named 2018 AH and our planet. In 2018, the asteroid flew past the Earth at a distance of 296,758 km, three-quarters of the distance from the Earth to the Moon. Despite its humongous size, it went unnoticed due to its dimness.

Editor2 (2021-11-27). The News from the Venezuela Election? Victory for the People of Venezuela and Defeat for the US (Statement). orinocotribune.com The news out of Venezuela related to the elections is that there is no news. All attempts to attack and delegitimize the process failed and the people of that beleaguered nation once again chose independence and dignity over surrendering to the imperialist gangsterism of the United States and their white supremacist, European colonial allies. | RELATED CONTENT: Russia's Zakharova: Countries Criticizing Venezuela's Elections Motivated…

Anonymous103 (2021-11-27). After U.S. Failed, Ukraine Takes Initiative In Anti-Russian Propaganda Campaign. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Following On November 27, the director of the Foreign Intelligence…

sputniknews (2021-11-27). Russia Hopes AUKUS Will Abandon Nuclear Submarine Project, Envoy in Vienna Says. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Moscow expects that Australia, the UK and the US will abandon plans to implement the project on nuclear submarines as part of the AUKUS partnership, Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, said Saturday.

WSWS (2021-11-27). 51 workers die in Siberian mine disaster. wsws.org The deaths of 51 people at a Russian mine, at which 914 safety violations were registered this year alone, is a social crime.

Fabian Van Onzen (2021-11-27). 'Karl Radek on China: Documents from the Former Secret Soviet Archives' — a review. mronline.org Sometimes, the greatest theoretical works come to us in the form of lectures rather than systemic books. This is the case with Karl Radek, whose lectures on the Chinese Revolution have recently been published by the Historical Materialism book series.

_____ (2021-11-26). From 'Saddam Has WMDs' To 'Russia Is Preparing To Invade Ukraine'. popularresistance.org Following Saturday's news report by corporate-owned US media outlet CBS, which outlined alleged plans by Russia to invade Ukraine in the coming weeks as the Winter sets in, based on unverified information given to the media network by unnamed US Intelligence officials, anti-Russian hysteria in the Western mainstream media has again stepped up a notch — with Moscow already being accused of playing a key role in the ongoing migrant crisis at the Belarus-Poland border, where thousands of immigrants, many of whom are fleeing the wars and colour revolutions imposed on their countries by the US-NATO hegemony, are…

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-26). NATO HQ: Poland calls for escalation of NATO forces on Belarus, Russia borders. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish President Andrzej Duda said he had proposed increasing NATO's military presence in eastern Europe during a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels on Thursday. "In connection with Russia's activities near Ukraine, I made a proposal to increase the readiness of NATO forces in this part of Europe and consider strengthening their presence, …

Danny Shaw (2021-11-26). "Vladimir the Terrible" Fit the Needs of the U.S. Military-Industrial Complex for an "Evil Foreign Enemy"—But the Real Putin Is Well-Regarded by Many Russians for Standing Up to U.S. Imperialism and Reviving the Russian Economy. covertactionmagazine.com Putin is considered a threat because he restored Russian sovereignty, erased the humiliation of the Boris Yeltsin era, and championed …

Danny Shaw (2021-11-26). "Vladimir the Terrible" Fits the Needs of the U.S. Military-Industrial Complex for an "Evil Foreign Enemy"—But the Real Putin Is Well-Regarded by Many Russians for Standing Up to U.S. Imperialism and Reviving the Russian Economy. covertactionmagazine.com Putin is considered a threat because he restored Russian sovereignty, erased the humiliation of the Boris Yeltsin era, and championed …

Staff (2021-11-26). Russia's Zakharova: Countries Criticizing Venezuela's Elections Motivated Only by Politically Motivated Hopes to Destabilize Venezuela. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, November 25, Russia welcomed the broad participation of Venezuela's opposition in the regional and local elections held last Sunday, and described the intentions of the countries that refuse to recognize the results as "politically motivated hopes to destabilize," reported the EFE news agency. | "We welcome the participation in the elections of representatives of a broad sector of the opposition," said Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at a press conference. | According to the Russian diplomat, this "demonstrates the maturity of the political process in Venezuela and…

Staff (2021-11-26). Putin reveals steps to fix Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict. rt.com Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to properly demarcate their border, Russia's President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, following Sochi talks with the leaders of each nation, aimed at bringing the decades-long conflict to an end. | Read more | | Armenia's PM Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev were hosted by Putin in the southern Russian resort city of Sochi on Friday. Ahead of the trilateral talks, Putin held separate talks with Aliev, and later spoke tete-a-tete with Pashi…

teleSUR (2021-11-26). Russia Opposes Politicizing Beijing Winter Olympics. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said her country opposes the politicization of the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. | RELATED: | "We believe that sports should remain separate from politics. We have no doubt that China will be able to host the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the highest level in the context of existing anti-epidemic restrictions," Zakharova said, pointing out th…

Staff (2021-11-26). Sanctions on Venezuela to Blame for US Purchasing More Fuel from Russia. orinocotribune.com While Washington urges its European allies to reduce their dependence on Russian energy resources and imposes sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the US itself urges Russia to supply it with more fuel, and even made its largest diesel purchase in three years. Experts on the subject explain why this trend is happening. | Four Russian tankers with a total of two million barrels of diesel fuel made from natural gas left for the United States to help mitigate the energy crisis in the North American country. This represents the highest purchase of this type since 2018, reported the Bloomberg agency, citing re…

Staff (2021-11-26). Give Covid-recovered same rights as vaccinated — Sputnik V distributor. rt.com People who have high levels of antibodies after recovering from Covid should have the same rights as those fully vaccinated, and the same indicator should apply to vaccines, the head of the fund backing Russia's Sputnik V told RT. | "The world needs to come to an understanding that it's not about vaccine brands — it's about the level of antibodies" a person has, Kirill Dmitriev, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which bankrolled the development of Sputnik V vaccine and now oversees its distribution, told RT on Friday. | The international restrictions, based on the approval of specific…

_____ (2021-11-26). U.S., Russia Top Generals Hold Critical Talks Amid Dangerous Tensions… Can Pentagon Chiefs Call Out Politicization of Intel Inciting War? strategic-culture.org It behooves the Pentagon chief and his aides to scrutinize the alleged U.S. intel and to weigh up the political games of who is playing who. | The two most senior military commanders of the United States and Russia engaged in phone talks this week as dangerous tensions between the nuclear superpowers escalate. | A shaky ceasefire in Ukraine between U.S.-backed Kiev regime forces and Russia-backed separatists is parlously close to outright collapse while NATO warships and warplanes increase aggressive maneuvers in the Black Sea on Russia's southern flank. | For the top-level talks on the American side was Chairman…

Dave DeCamp (2021-11-26). Report: Israel Warns US Not to Settle for 'Partial' Nuclear Deal With Iran. news.antiwar.com The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Israel is warning Last week, reports said National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan

Dave DeCamp (2021-11-26). Ahead of Nuclear Deal Talks, Iran's FM Calls for US to Lift Sanctions. news.antiwar.com Ahead of fresh nuclear deal negotiations between Tehran and Washington, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian "If the opposing sides are prepared to return to their full obligations and the lifting of sanctions, a good and even immediate agreement can be reached," Amirabdollahian said in a call with Josep Borrell, the EU's foreign policy chief, according to Reuters. | "Iran wants a go…

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