Staff (2021-11-19). 19 November, Toulouse: Palestine Stand — Solidarity with the Hunger Strikers! samidoun.net Friday 19 November 2021 From 11 a.m. to 12: 30 p.m. Metro Bagatelle — Toulouse, France Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/594854881756808 Friday November 19 from 11 a.m. to 12: 30 p.m., Collectif Palestine Vaincra is organizing a Palestine Stand at the exit of the Bagatelle metro in Toulouse in support of the 5 Palestinian prisoners currently on hunger strike for their release […] | The article

Prensa Latina (2021-11-19). Cuba is under attack on social media. liberationnews.org Rodríguez stressed that most of the toxic content that accompanies the tag promoting destabilization in Cuba originates in the United States and that there is no doubt about the viciousness and interference of imperialism against Cuba.

Medea Benjamin (2021-11-19). Cubans More Excited About School Reopening Than Regime Change. orinocotribune.com By Medea Benjamin — Nov 16, 2021 | Even if they blame their government for mismanagement, corruption, and a system that stifles private enterprise, few fail to recognize the enormous impact of U.S. sanctions. | "If you build it, they will come," said Kevin Costner in the Field of Dreams. In Cuba, they didn't come. Dissidents on the island, with their U.S. backers, had been working feverishly for months to turn the unprecedented July 11 protests into a crescendo of government opposition on November 15. They built a formidable structure, with sophisticated social media (including an abundance of fake news), pi…

Staff (2021-11-19). Comedian Ron Placone talks cancel culture on Tara Reade's RT podcast. rt.com Slaying sacred cows is a comedian's job, funnyman Ron Placone told Tara Reade on RT's podcast, and being offensive goes with the territory. | 'Cancel culture' and its impact on comedy is once again in the news thanks to the furore over Dave Chappelle's latest Netflix special. In the latest episode of 'The Politics of Survival,' Placone told Reade how thanks to the ubiquity of social media, it's never been easier for people to complain about jokes they don't like. | Read more | | "I remember somebody,…

Ann Brown (2021-11-19). Fact Check: Males In Iraq, Syria And North Korea Have Higher Life Expectancy Than Black American Men. moguldom.com The Gravel Institute tweeted on Nov. 17 that "Black men in the United States had a lower life expectancy in the first half of 2020, 68.3 years, than males in Syria, Uzbekistan, Iraq, and North Korea." But how true is it? The Gravel Institute is a progressive think tank that produces videos on history, economics, …

Ana Perdigón (2021-11-19). Venezuela Condemns New EU Aggression Torpedoing 21N Elections. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, November 18, Venezuelan Minister for Foreign Affairs Félix Plasencia condemned a new aggression launched by the European Union (EU) against Venezuela, after it announced an extension of its illegal economic blockade against the people of Venezuela for one more year. | Through his Twitter account, the Foreign Minister stated that the extension of the blockade policy constitutes a new aggression against the Venezuelan people and an act of hostility on the part of the EU. | Plasencia condemned how, just a few days before the regional and municipal elections this Sunday, the EU regressed in its erratic…

Staff (2021-11-19). Reuters says Biden still 'the real president' despite VIDEO. rt.com Joe Biden is the real US president and not a computer-generated image, Reuters and AP have declared in fact-checks, after the presidential seal was blurred in one video that came from the Democratic National Committee (DNC). | Fact-checks of online commentary about Monday's signing of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill were the top Twitter trend on Friday morning. They addressed the questions and speculation about why the great seal of the US was blurred in one particular bit of footage. | "Claims that Biden event to sign a bipartisan bill used CGI or that he is not the real US president are baseless," Reut…

Staff (2021-11-19). Opposition Candidates Fight in Front of EU Chief Observer. orinocotribune.com Dirty laundry is washed at home, the saying goes. But the opposition candidates did not mind resolving their differences with blows in the presence of the head of the European Union (EU) mission. | The incident was reported by Telesur journalist Madelein García, who was in Bolívar state covering a meeting of the EU representatives with political sectors, and was able to record the moment in which the MUD candidate Raúl Yusef and his team physically assaulted another opposition candidate, Américo De Grazia. | #Sucedió en el estado

Staff (2021-11-19). 19 November, Toulouse: Palestine Stand — Solidarity with the Hunger Strikers! samidoun.net Friday 19 November 2021 From 11 a.m. to 12: 30 p.m. Metro Bagatelle — Toulouse, France Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/594854881756808 Friday November 19 from 11 a.m. to 12: 30 p.m., Collectif Palestine Vaincra is organizing a Palestine Stand at the exit of the Bagatelle metro in Toulouse in support of the 5 Palestinian prisoners currently on hunger strike for their release […] | The article

Staff (2021-11-18). Gosar Censured Over AOC Murder Video, As AOC Slams GOP: "What Is So Hard About Saying This Is Wrong?" democracynow.org Republican Congressmember Paul Gosar is the first lawmaker to be censured in more than a decade for posting an animated video on social media where he murders Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and attacks President Biden. The U.S. House of Representatives also voted Tuesday to censure Gosar and strip him of committee assignments. He has refused to apologize and after the vote he retweeted the video. Speaking from the House floor before the vote Congressmember Ocasio-Cortez said: "This is not about me. This is not about Representative Gosar. This is about what we are willing to accept." The co-sponsor of the…

WSWS (2021-11-18). House censures Gosar while Republicans defend fascist threats. wsws.org Gosar provoked the censure motion nine days ago by posting on his official Twitter account an edited video that depicted him killing Ocasio-Cortez with a sword and then brandishing the weapon in the face of President Biden. The response of Republicans marks a further step in the fascistic transformation of the party.

Staff (2021-11-18). Black teens caught beating up Asians in viral subway VIDEO. rt.com Philadelphia cops are probing a violent brawl involving teen students on a train. During the melee, one girl's head was brutally slammed against train doors, though police said there were no serious injuries. | A group of girls on board a SEPTA train attacked two others while the train was passing through a tunnel on Wednesday. The footage was apparently shot by a bystander as the train traveled by Erie Station. | The video shows one group repeatedly yelling at and punching another group of teens until one falls over. She is repeatedly whacked with a shoe after being brutally smashed into the train door, the a…

Staff (2021-11-18). Pfizer gets new $5.3bn boost over Covid. rt.com US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has agreed a $5.29 billion deal with the American government to provide 10 million doses of its new Covid-19 oral antiviral drug, Paxlovid. | "This promising treatment could help accelerate our path out of this pandemic by offering another life-saving tool for people who get sick with Covid-19," Xavier Becerra, secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, said on Thursday. | Read more | | Under the deal, Pfizer is to deliver some 10 mil…

WSWS (2021-11-18). German Social Democrats-Left Party coalition in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Social attacks, state armament and viral spread. wsws.org After governing the state with the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) for four years, the SPD is now forming a coalition with the Left Party to advance and intensify the policies of fiscal austerity, state rearmament and allowing the coronavirus to spread unchecked.