(2024-11-22). From Gaza to COP29: The 9 Types of Violence Wealthy Countries are Inflicting on the Global South. counterpunch.org 
The wealthy, imperialist countries of the Global North are committing a long list of crimes against people in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. From bombing, to environmental destruction, through to media erasure, the powerful economic and political entities of the Global North are intentionally generating and maintaining catastrophe, then normalizing it. But
(2024-11-22). Cities Say They Store Property Taken From Homeless Encampments. popularresistance.org When Stephenie came upon workers in Portland, Oregon, who had bagged up all of her belongings in a homeless encampment sweep, she desperately pleaded to get one item back: her purse. It contained her cash and food stamp card — what she needed to survive. | The crew refused to look for it, she said. The items workers had put in clear bags were headed to a city warehouse. Those in black bags were headed to a landfill. | They handed her a card with a phone number to call if she wanted to pick up her things.
(2024-11-22). US Foreign Policy vs. China Continues Under Trump. libya360.wordpress.com Brian Berletic The incoming Trump administration is poised to pick up where the Biden administration has left off on the decades-spanning centerpiece of US foreign policy ‚Äí the encirclement and containment of China. This includes through an intense US military build up across the Asia-Pacific region, provocations over the island province of Taiwan, and continued…
(2024-11-22). Singapore hangs drug trafficker, third such execution in a week. aljazeera.com Southeast Asian city-state is among a handful of countries that impose the death penalty for drug offences.
(2024-11-22). JCB's literature prize sponsors violence from India to Palestine. newarab.com 
On November 23, the winner of India's JCB Prize for Literature is set to be announced. | The prize — an award of 2,500,000 rupees (almost $30,000) — is overseen by British construction company JCB and its eponymous literature foundation. | However, JCB has also played a disturbing role in carrying out the Hindu supremacist (or Hindutva) agenda of India's central government, led by Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). | Ahead of the announcement, an
(2024-11-22). South Korea says Russia sent North Korea missiles in exchange for troops. aljazeera.com South Korea's national security adviser says North plans to use the weapons to defend its airspace over the capital.
(2024-11-22). At least 42 killed in sectarian violence in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. aljazeera.com Gunmen open fire on buses carrying Shia pilgrims in Kurram, where clashes with Sunnis have escalated in recent months.
(2024-11-22). Three Hyundai Motor workers killed in South Korea. wsws.org Auto workers cannot place their faith in the company or any section of the ruling class to protect their safety on the job or conditions overall.