2021-11-24: News Headlines

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-24). Egypt targeted and killed civilians using French military intelligence, new report reveals. peoplesdispatch.org The report has sparked anger along with multiple calls for investigations amid revelations that France was directly responsible for 19 air strikes by Egyptian authorities which killed hundreds of people and destroyed several vehicles between 2016 and 2018…

WSWS (2021-11-24). US stokes tensions with Russia over claims of an impending invasion of Ukraine. wsws.org On Monday, Russia's foreign intelligence agency compared the current tensions in the Black Sea to the build-up to the 2008 war between Russia and Washington-backed Georgia in the Caucasus.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-23). Israel threatens Iran again as nuclear deal talks set to resume and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at Israel's recent threats against Iran as JCPOA talks resume, a report on Egypt's use of French intelligence to kill civilians, and more…

Editor (2021-11-23). What role does the military play in climate change? mronline.org A gaping hole in the COP26 official agenda was the oversized role of the military industrial complex in environmental devastation. The US is a global leader on this front with the Pentagon being a bigger polluter than 140 countries combined.

Staff (2021-11-23). Your Mini Guide to Discussing Abortion Rights at the Dinner Table. aclu.org With multiple abortion cases at the Supreme Court and a continuing onslaught of anti-abortion restrictions sweeping the states, abortion is likely to come up in conversations about the news — including among friends and family during the holidays. | Here, we share a handy reference guide on this timely issue — full of the quick, crucial facts on abortion rights you'll want to be equipped with if it comes up at your dinner table. | Abortion is The right to abortion…

_____ (2021-11-23). The U.S.-Russia Confrontation Over Ukraine. strategic-culture.org Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies say Americans should hope that the CIA director's recent visit to Moscow helped Washington understand the stakes. | By Medea BENJAMIN and Nicolas J. S. DAVIES | A report in Covert Action Magazine from the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic in Eastern Ukraine

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