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2024-11-22: News Headlines

Tamara Pearson (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

Nicole Santa Cruz, Asia Fields, Ruth Talbot, Pro Publica. (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.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (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…

aljazeera (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.

newarab (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

aljazeera (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.

aljazeera (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.

WSWS (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.

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2024-11-21: News Headlines

Brian Berletic (2024-11-21). US Foreign Policy vs. China Continues Under Trump. thealtworld.com 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 interference in nations along China's periphery. | It also means a continuation of opposing cooperation between China and nations around the globe seeking alternatives to the debt, division, and destitution decades of US domination have imposed upo…

Hugo GABBERO (2024-11-21). India: Three years of arbitrary detention of Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez. fidh.org November 21, 2024 – On November 22, 2024, Khurram Parvez, a prominent Kashmiri human rights defender, will mark three years of wrongful incarceration on unsubstantiated charges of terrorism and related offences. His arrest is a deliberate act of reprisal for his work documenting severe human rights violations in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. The continued judicial harassment of Khurram Parvez is a calculated assault on civil society and dissent in Kashmir. We, the undersigned human (…) | – |

Hugo GABBERO (2024-11-21). India: Three years of arbitrary detention of Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez. fidh.org On November 22, 2024, Khurram Parvez, a prominent Kashmiri human rights defender, will mark three years of wrongful incarceration on unsubstantiated charges of terrorism and related offences. His arrest is a deliberate act of reprisal for his work documenting severe human rights violations in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. The continued judicial harassment of Khurram Parvez is a calculated assault on civil society and dissent in Kashmir. We, the undersigned human rights (…) | – |

UMMID (2024-11-21). Jamia hosts gender critical analysis of India's Oscar pick 'Laapataa Ladies'. ummid.com The Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women's Studies (SNCWS) at Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) organized an online film discussion analyzing noted film maker Kiran Rao's directed and critically acclaimed Indian film and India's Oscar entry 'Laapataa Ladies' through a gender-critical lens.

UMMID (2024-11-21). 'Where're you last 5 years': Asaduddin Owaisi faces backlash in Malegaon. ummid.com All India Malis e Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President and Hyderabad MP, Asaduddin Owaisi, faced backlash and greeted with black flags when he visited Malegaon to campaign for the party candidate Mufti Ismail Qasmi Saturday November 17, 2024.

infobrics (2024-11-21). BRICS+: Towards a New International Order. infobrics.org Are we heading for an alternative international order? What are the strategic advantages of the BRICS+? Can they embody the voice of the global South? Interview with Jean-Joseph Boillot, Associate Research Fellow at IRIS, specialised in the Indian economy and the emerging world…

Juan M. Garcia (2024-11-21). Cuba and Laos recall 50 years of friendship and common challenges. plenglish.com Havana, Nov 21 (Prensa Latina) The strong friendship between Cuba and the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR) was celebrated in this capital on Thursday, during the cancellation of a commemorative postage stamp on the 50th anniversary of bilateral relations.

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