2021-11-17: News Headlines

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-17). Polish defense chief: armed standoff at Belarusian border could last for months, years. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Poland's defence minister on Wednesday said that the migrant crisis on his country's border with Belarus could drag on for months…. Mariusz B≈Çaszczak's words came after Polish officials said a day earlier that 12 security force members suffered injuries as large groups of migrants bombarded them with stones at the Poland-Belarus border crossing in Ku≈∫nica. …

Editor2 (2021-11-17). The People vs. COP26: Time for Politicians, Billionaires to Listen. orinocotribune.com By Ramzy Baroud — Nov 14, 2021 | Of all the speeches and political grandstanding at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26), the words of Mexican President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, were the most profound and least hypocritical. | Lopez Obrador

_____ (2021-11-17). US School Bus Drivers In Nationwide Strikes Over Poor Pay And Covid Risk. popularresistance.org Strikes, walkouts, protests or sick-outs among school bus drivers have taken place this fall in many states including North Carolina, New Mexico, Maryland, Florida, Indiana, Georgia Pennsylvania and New York among others. Some school districts have periodically closed schools due to bus driver shortages or changed school schedules to accommodate the shortage. Other districts have raised pay and offered sign-on bonuses to try to lure workers into vacant school bus driver positions.

Mouris Salloum George (2021-11-17). México — Las arengas, mitos extravagantes. globalizacion.ca Los mitos extravagantes, el repertorio falaz de arengas, han sido utilizados como verdaderas armas de destrucción masiva contra la razón colectiva, han rebajado la moral pública hasta el grado de convertirla en simple comparsa de vaciedades, consignas insulsas contra el…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-16). China, U.S. discuss cooperation and communication in virtual meet and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at the virtual summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden; the condition of migrants stranded at the Poland-Belarus border as the European Union announces sanctions against Minsk; an ongoing strike by MSRTC bus drivers in the Indian state of Maharashtra to demand their company's merger with the state government for better salaries, etc.; and the eviction being enforced by Indigenous peoples in the Wet'suwet'en territory against the Coastal GasLink pipeline in British Columbia, Canada.

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-16). Poland, Ukraine deploy 30,000 troops to Belarusian border with more on way. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com In addition to troops deployed by Lithuania and Latvia to their respective borders with Belarus, and the 4,500-troop Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian Brigade which was recently trained by U.S. forces in the Three Swords 2021 exercise in Ukraine. ==== Ukrainian border guards preparing for possible breakthrough by illegal migrants The Polish border is protected by 20,000 military, border …

teleSUR (2021-11-16). EU Foreign Ministers Agree On New Sanctions Against Belarus. telesurenglish.net Foreign ministers of the European Union (EU) have agreed on new sanctions against Belarus over the migrant crisis, the bloc's top diplomat Josep Borrell said on Monday. | RELATED: | Addressing a press conference after the ministers' meeting, he said the new set of sanctions had been "politically adopted" and "will be finalized in the coming days." The sanctions will affect "quite an important number" of individuals and entities, he a…

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-16). White House appeals to Russia to pressure Belarus. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The White House is not appealing to Russia to protect refugees attacked by Polish security forces or to protect Armenia, currently under attack by Azerbaijan. For days there have been indications that the Kremlin is not averse to rendering such aid. ==== US urges Russia to press Belarus over migrants at Polish border: spokeswoman The …

Staff (2021-11-16). Mandatario mexicano ratifica su rechazo al bloqueo de Estados Unidos a Cuba. cubadebate.cu El presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) expresó este lunes su respaldo al pueblo cubano y reiteró su rechazo al ilegal bloqueo económico, financiero y comercial impuesto por Estados Unidos contra la isla. "Estoy en contra del bloqueo, creo que es inhumano. Nadie tiene derecho de asfixiar a un pueblo (…) eso es vil, canallesco", declaró.

teleSUR (2021-11-16). Mexico's President AMLO Slams US Sanctions Against Cuba. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) decried the U.S.-led economic blockade against Cuba. | RELATED: | "I think that Cuba should not be isolated, politically speaking. You shouldn't strangle Cubans for deciding to stay in Cuba," Lopez Obrador said, referring to the sanctions the United States has imposed on the island for over half a century. | "I am against the blockade, I think it…

_____ (2021-11-16). Militant Solidarity With Cuba On Display In 80+ Cities Worldwide. popularresistance.org Solidarity movements with Cuba, political parties, social groups, and Cuban emigrants in other countries celebrated on Monday the restart of the school year on the island, its economic-productive revival, and the Cuban people's determination to defend their Revolution against destabilizing attempts plotted from the United States. Cuban President, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, said through Twitter that "solidarity actions in more than 80 cities support the will of the Cuban people to build their own future."

Staff (2021-11-16). Ted Cruz clashes with Homeland Security chief over 'Biden cages'. rt.com US Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) confronted Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the nation's border crisis, including detention of migrant children in what he described as "Biden cages." | "How many children have been in the Biden cages in calendar year 2021?" Cruz asked Mayorkas on Tuesday in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Mayorkas rejected the term "cages," but Cruz continued: "Fine, you can disagree with it. How many children have been in the Biden cages? I've been to the Biden cages. I've seen the Biden cages. How many children have you detained at the Donna (Texas) tent facility in the…

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