Monthly Archives: November 2022

2022-11-19: News Headlines

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-11-19). The Downing of Malaysian Airlines MH17: The Quest for Truth and Justice. Review of the Evidence. globalresearch.ca The MH17 Inquiry has been conducted in an insidious fashion. Important pieces of evidence including eye witness reports, audio & video material transmitted through Ukraine Intelligence (SBU) have been manipulated or excluded from the Dutch inquiry, which largely endorses Washington's accusations directed against Moscow.

Philip Ball (2022-11-19). [Perspectives] The evolution of a family. thelancet.com In 2021, a report prepared by a committee called the History Group at Imperial College London, UK, recommended that the name of the 19th-century naturalist Thomas Henry Huxley be removed from the college building that now houses the mathematics and computing department. Huxley's racist ideas, said the group, made it no longer appropriate, in the age of the Black Lives Matter movement, to celebrate him in this way. According to the report, he "espouse[d] a racial hierarchy of intelligence, a belief system of 'scientific racism' that fed the dangerous and false ideology of eugenics; legacies of which are still felt…

Anonymous669 (2022-11-19). Senior IRGC Intelligence Officer Stabbed To Death In Western Iran. southfront.org Colonel Nader Beirami. Source: the Tasnim News Agency. | On November 18, a senior intelligence officer of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was stabbed to death in the western Iranian province of Kermanshah. | According to the semi-official Tasnim News Agency, the officer, identified as Colonel Nader Beirami, was in charge of the IRGC intelligence service in the city of Sahneh. He was stabbed in the heart while trying to protect a pedestrian against protesters who were rio…

WSWS (2022-11-18). Build the Assange defence campaign in the working class! wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party (UK) Congress resolution states, "The international working class must take the lead in the fight to free Assange. It is the sole constituency for the defence of democratic rights, and it alone has the power to wrest the WikiLeaks founder from his captors."

Anonymous669 (2022-11-18). Central Syria: ISIS Terrorists Kill Or Wound Five Pro-Government Fighters In Two Separate Attacks. southfront.org . | On November 17, ISIS cells in Syria's central region killed or wounded five pro-government fighters in two separate attacks. | In the southeastern countryside of Raqqa, the terrorists ambushed a convoy of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the Military Intelligence Directorate (MID) near the town of al- Sabkhah. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said that an SAA soldier was killed. An army officer and another from the MID were also wounded. | At around the same time in…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-11-18). Was the CIA Behind the Jonestown Massacre? covertactionmagazine.com [This article continues CAM's series on political assassinations and CAM's inquiry into the CIA's criminal history.—Editors] "I think the Jonestown incident was an extension of In Search of the Manchurian Candidate. I think those people were conditioned to act in certain ways and would have probably just moved from Montreal [where CIA mind control experiments …

INDYRADIO (2022-11-18). Whistleblower Upends Berkeley Police. indybay.org "Despite these severe allegations, City Manager Dee Williams-Ridley concluded | that the City Council should still confirm Interim Chief Louis tomorrow." | – Nathan Mizell of the Berkeley Police Accountability Board, 14nov22…

Editor (2022-11-18). Senate Investigation: Doctor Contracted By ICE Medically Abused Dozens of Women. scheerpost.com By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter Following an 18-month investigation, a subcommittee in the United States Senate released a report that further confirmed whistleblower allegations that female detainees in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were subject to invasive, harmful, and often unnecessary gynecological procedures. Women in custody at the Irwin County Detention …

George D. O'Neill, Jr. (2022-11-17). Blame the Deep State for Carnage in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2022-11-17). Erdogan: US, Russia Have No Intention of Using Nuclear Weapons. news.antiwar.com Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that the US and Russia have no intention of using nuclear weapons and that Turkey is urging more dialogue between the two countries, Hurriyet Daily News reported. Erdogan's comments came after CIA Director William Burns and the head of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Sergei Naryshkin, held talks …

WSWS (2022-11-17). Democratic think tank plots war against Russia and China: What is the Center for a New American Strategy? wsws.org The Center for a New American Strategy is a Democratic think tank with close ties to the Biden administration, the military, the CIA and the defense industry. It has played a central role in the formulation of US imperialist strategy against Russia and China and Washington's drive for global hegemony.

WSWS (2022-11-17). US, Japan and South Korea pledge to improve intelligence sharing. wsws.org Such an agreement between the three countries has long been a key goal of Washington's war preparations in the Indo-Pacific region.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-11-17). Senate clears way for legalizing same-sex marriage. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—By a bipartisan 62-37 vote, including 12 Republicans, the evenly split U.S. Senate cleared the way for legalizing same-sex marriage throughout the U.S., heading off threats against it from the Republican-named U.S. Supreme Court majority. The Nov. 16 vote for cloture—to prevent a Republican filibuster—will be followed by actual passage of the measure, HR8404, although …

WSWS (2022-11-17). Supreme Court rejects request by Arizona Republican Party chair to shield phone records from January 6 Select Committee. wsws.org While Arizona Republican Party chairwoman Kelli Ward's request was denied, two conservative justices—Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas—indicated they would have protected Trump's co-conspirator.

Who Watches… Y'know (2022-11-17). Berkeley PD Whistleblower Leads to Call in Delaying Confirmation of Police Chief. indybay.org An unnamed whistleblower, formerly from the ranks of the Berkeley Police Department, has come forward with allegations against department members and the interim police chief. The whistleblower has been in contact with the Police Accountability Board. The board is now asking Berkeley city council to delay the promotion of the interim police chief to permanent status.

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2022-11-18: News Headlines

INDYRADIO (2022-11-18). Whistleblower Upends Berkeley Police. indybay.org "Despite these severe allegations, City Manager Dee Williams-Ridley concluded | that the City Council should still confirm Interim Chief Louis tomorrow." | – Nathan Mizell of the Berkeley Police Accountability Board, 14nov22…

George D. O'Neill, Jr. (2022-11-17). Blame the Deep State for Carnage in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2022-11-17). Erdogan: US, Russia Have No Intention of Using Nuclear Weapons. news.antiwar.com Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that the US and Russia have no intention of using nuclear weapons and that Turkey is urging more dialogue between the two countries, Hurriyet Daily News reported. Erdogan's comments came after CIA Director William Burns and the head of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Sergei Naryshkin, held talks …

WSWS (2022-11-17). Democratic think tank plots war against Russia and China: What is the Center for a New American Strategy? wsws.org The Center for a New American Strategy is a Democratic think tank with close ties to the Biden administration, the military, the CIA and the defense industry. It has played a central role in the formulation of US imperialist strategy against Russia and China and Washington's drive for global hegemony.

WSWS (2022-11-17). US, Japan and South Korea pledge to improve intelligence sharing. wsws.org Such an agreement between the three countries has long been a key goal of Washington's war preparations in the Indo-Pacific region.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-11-17). Senate clears way for legalizing same-sex marriage. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—By a bipartisan 62-37 vote, including 12 Republicans, the evenly split U.S. Senate cleared the way for legalizing same-sex marriage throughout the U.S., heading off threats against it from the Republican-named U.S. Supreme Court majority. The Nov. 16 vote for cloture—to prevent a Republican filibuster—will be followed by actual passage of the measure, HR8404, although …

WSWS (2022-11-17). Supreme Court rejects request by Arizona Republican Party chair to shield phone records from January 6 Select Committee. wsws.org While Arizona Republican Party chairwoman Kelli Ward's request was denied, two conservative justices—Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas—indicated they would have protected Trump's co-conspirator.

Who Watches… Y'know (2022-11-17). Berkeley PD Whistleblower Leads to Call in Delaying Confirmation of Police Chief. indybay.org An unnamed whistleblower, formerly from the ranks of the Berkeley Police Department, has come forward with allegations against department members and the interim police chief. The whistleblower has been in contact with the Police Accountability Board. The board is now asking Berkeley city council to delay the promotion of the interim police chief to permanent status.

Benjamin Norton (2022-11-16). Corruption Exposed: US Meddled in Ecuador's Election, Using Julian Assange as Bargaining Chip. orinocotribune.com By Ben Norton Nov 12, 2022 | A former minister of Ecuador testified that the US government conspired with a right-wing political party to run a disinformation campaign against the leftist Correísta movement, backing a millionaire banker for president in exchange for giving up journalist Julian Assange, who had asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy. | Ecuador's former energy minister testified that the US government conspired with a right-wing political party to run a disinformation campaign against the leftist Correísta movement of ex President Rafael Correa. | He said that US "federal agents" pledged to help "i…

Joe Lauria (2022-11-16). A Father Fights for His Son & What's Left of Democracy. orinocotribune.com By Joe Lauria Nov 11, 2022 | The film Ithaka, about the quest of Julian Assange's father to save his son, made its U.S. premiere on Sunday in New York City. It is reviewed by Joe Lauria. | To the extent that the media has covered the tragedy of Julian Assange at all, the focus has been on politics and the law. | Consortium News, which has provided perhaps the most comprehensive coverage of the prosecution under the Espionage Act of the WikiLeaks publisher, has also focused more on the case and less on the man. | The great issues involved transcend the individual: war, diplomacy, official deception, high cri…

En.mehrnews (2022-11-16). Mossad spy arrested in S Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (MNA) — A Mossad spy who was planning a subversive operation was arrested by the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Kerman province, southern Iran.

Editor (2022-11-16). Haunted by the ghost of "Marbury v. Madison:" Judicial review and abolishing the Supreme Court. mronline.org In 2022, after a handful of unelected judges serving lifetime terms in the U.S. Supreme Court eviscerated the hard-won and overwhelmingly popular right to abortion, masses of people took to the streets to defend this democratic right to bodily autonomy.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-11-16). Democrats move now to protect same sex marriage and much more. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—The number one bill lawmakers will consider this month, thanks to Senate Democrats newly energized after maintaining control of that body last week, will be a bill that protects same-sex marriage rights nationwide with a new federal law. The move by the Senate Democrats is designed to beat the right-wing dominated Supreme Court to the …

Kevin Gosztola (2022-11-16). Senate Investigation: Doctor Contracted By ICE Medically Abused Dozens Of Women. thedissenter.org This article was funded by paid subscribers of The Dissenter Newsletter. Become a Following an 18-month investigation, a subcommittee in the United States Senate released a report that further confirmed whistleblower allegations that female detainees in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were subject to invasive, harmful, and often unnecessary gynecological procedures. | Women in custody at the Irwin County Deten…

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