News 11/12

After campaign of threats and intimidation, Teamsters announces “yes” vote on sellout UPS Freight contract
In a conference call last night, the Teamsters announced that its concessions contract covering 11,600 UPS Freight workers was approved by 77 percent.Far from being an endorsement of the sellout agreement, the vote—to the extent that the figures reported by the union are accurate—is the outcome of a campaign of blackmail, intimidation and threats by the Teamsters and UPS management against workers. It is a declaration of no confidence in the Teamsters by workers, who know that the union would not wage any struggle for their interests.
wsws.org/en/articles/2018/11/12/frei-n12.html

Hamas Military Leader Killed in Gaza Strip
A commander from the Hamas’ military group was killed by Israeli forces along the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials reported Sunday.At least six Palestinians were killed and seven wounded during air strikes and a gunfire exchanged between the Israeli Defense Forces and militia from the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam group on Sunday night in Khan Yunis.
telesurenglish.net/news/Breaking-Hamas-Military-Leader-Killed-on-Gaza-Strip-20181111-0013.html?fbclid=IwAR34poaQuBSLGTFAj1JeKvxl3fyg1wosFCWK-PhfXHjAbMj6Ux2XiirlHQY

Hamas, Israel trade heavy fire after deadly incursion
Palestinian militants on Monday fired some 200 rockets into Israel, a day after a senior Israeli army officer and seven militants, including a Hamas commander, were killed in a botched mission in the Gaza Strip, according to reports.
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'It's a comfy plane': Mexico's Amlo seeks buyer for presidential jet
Selling Mexico’s presidential jet was part of a package of populist pledges that López Obrador – or Amlo, as he is best known – made ahead of his landslide election victory in July.In line with his promise to rule with frugality and restraint, the 64-year-old leftist has promised to travel on commercial flights rather than a luxury aircraft for which he said Mexico had paid up to 8bn pesos ($392m) and cost 500m pesos a year to maintain.
theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/12/mexico-amlo-presidential-jet-sale

National Action: The new parents and the neo-Nazi terror threat
Three people have been convicted of belonging to the banned neo-Nazi group National Action. Adam Thomas, 22, and his partner Claudia Patatas, 38, were found guilty with Daniel Bogunovic, 27, of being members of the far-right group - which was proscribed under anti-terror laws after it celebrated the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox.
bbc.com/news/stories-45919730

thousands of far-right marchers light a SEA OF FLARES in Poland as police look on (VIDEO)
The ultra-nationalist crowds that flocked to Poland for its independence day march were seen performing Nazi salutes and burning flares at the event attended by staggering 200,000 people. Police, however, stood idly by.Crowds of people, including various far-right groups, unleashed a sea of fire and smoke on the streets and squares of the Polish capital of Warsaw during an event marking a centenary of Poland's independence on Sunday.
rt.com/news/443697-far-right-independence-march-poland/

Bulgaria becomes latest EU state to shun U.N. migration pact
Bulgaria on Monday joined the growing ranks of European Union nations opposed to a United Nations pact that aims to regulate the treatment of migrants worldwide.The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migrationwas approved in July by all 193 member nations except the United States, which backed out last year. It followed the biggest influx of migrants into Europe since World War Two, many fleeing conflicts in the Middle East and beyond.
reuters.com/article/us-un-migrants-bulgaria/bulgaria-becomes-latest-eu-state-to-shun-u-n-migration-pact-idUSKCN1NH1D9

Young Activists Go Missing in China, Raising Fears of Crackdown
Unidentified men in at least five Chinese cities rounded up the activists, who are recent graduates of elite universities, over the past few days, according to friends of the activists. The men beat several activists before pushing them into cars and driving away, the friends said.The activists, describing themselves as ardent communists who fervently believe in the ideals of Marx and Mao, have waged an unusual campaign against inequality and corporate greed that has gained traction at some of China’s top schools.
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France to 'embed' regulators at Facebook to combat hate speech
Facebook (FB.O) will allow French regulators to “embed” inside the company to examine how it combats online hate speech, the first time the wary tech giant has opened its doors in such a way, President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday….
reuters.com/article/us-france-facebook-macron/france-to-embed-regulators-at-facebook-to-combat-hate-speech-idUSKCN1NH1UK

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Training kids to kill: Ukrainian nationalist group's summer camp
The campers, some clad in combat fatigues, carefully aim their assault rifles. Their instructor offers advice: Don’t think of your target as a human being.So when these boys and girls shoot, they will shoot to kill.most are in their teens, but some are as young as 8 years old. They are at a summer camp created by one of Ukraine’s radical nationalist groups, hidden in a forest in the west of the country, that was visited by The Associated Press. The camp has two purposes: to train children to defend their country from Russians and their sympathizers — and to spread nationalist ideology.
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Retailers Plan To Clear Deadly Paint Removers From Shelves, As EPA Delays Ban
In October 2017, Drew Wynne collapsed inside a walk-in refrigerator at his coffee business in North Charleston, S.C. By the time his business partner found him crumpled on the floor, Wynne was dead. He had suffocated on a chemical called methylene chloride.The 31-year-old's death is one of dozens blamed on popular paint removers sold under the brand names Goof-Off, Strypeeze, Klean Strip and Jasco among others.
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Steve King dared a conservative outlet to release audio of him calling immigrants ‘dirt.’ It did.
Rep. Steve King, the newly reelected Iowa Republican with a history of incendiary comments about race and immigration, dared a conservative magazine to show evidence that he had called immigrants “dirt.”“Just release the full tape,” King, who eked out a narrow victory last week despite affiliations with white nationalism, told the Weekly Standard’s online managing editor Saturday on Twitter. Days earlier, the magazine published a story saying that King had made an inflammatory joke about immigrants.
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Trump points to possible antitrust problems for Comcast
'President Donald Trump on Monday suggested possible antitrust scrutiny for Comcast, which owns one of Trump's frequent targets, NBC News.“American Cable Association has big problems with Comcast,” Trump tweeted. “They say that Comcast routinely violates Antitrust Laws.”The association, which represents smaller cable companies, has asked the Justice Department’s antitrust division to investigate Comcast's merger with NBCUniversal, saying it poses a threat to competition.
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Several UK businesses are discussing implanting microchips in their employees' hands
Workers at some UK businesses may soon be able to demonstrate that they're dedication to the job is literally skin deep.Biohax, a Swedish microchip company, is currently discussing with several prominent UK companies the possibility of offering microchip implants to employees, The Telegraph reports.
businessinsider.com/biohax-uk-businesses-microchip-implants-employees-2018-11

China calls for open world economy but work remains on landmark trade pact
China will further open its economy in the face of rising protectionism, Premier Li Keqiang said as he arrived in Singapore on Monday for meetings with Asia-Pacific leaders that will focus on speeding up work on a major new trade pact.
reuters.com/article/us-asean-summit/china-calls-for-open-world-economy-but-work-remains-on-landmark-trade-pact-idUSKCN1NH07B

Stocks Start The Week With A Plunge, Dragged Down By Tech Shares
Investors worried about a slowdown in global growth helped push stocks sharply lower Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 602 points, or 2.3 percent.Technology stocks fared especially badly, with Apple down 5 percent, after a report it was cutting orders for iPhone parts. The decline knocked 100 points off the Dow and helped lead to a broader rout. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell almost 2.8 percent., wiping out its gains for November.
npr.org/2018/11/12/667153216/stocks-start-the-week-with-a-plunge-dragged-down-by-tech-shares

OP/ED

China’s Balancing Act Will Fail in Middle East
This painful reality has weakened Palestine's position in China, which, at least for now, values its relationship with Israel at a higher level than its historical bond with Palestine and the Arab people.
telesurenglish.net/opinion/Chinas-Balancing-Act-Will-Fail-in-Middle-East-20181104-0007.html

Comrades at War
Governments want us to respect World War I veterans in an apolitical way. But we should not forget the thousands of veterans who returned home to fight for their rights.
jakkkobinmag.com/2018/11/remembrance-day-november-11-soldiers-red-poppy

Criminal war, poverty at the heart of European & US migration turmoil
Europe has certainly adopted more fortress-like controls against would-be refugees. A concomitant rise in anti-immigrant political parties has in turn fueled popular resentment towards EU institutions.
But the debate requires much more than “moral appeals.”A recent study entitled ‘Building Walls’ puts the growth of EU internal and external border barriers into stark perspective. In the 1990s, there were two border walls. Now the number has grown to a total of 17, with most of the structures built over the past three years.
rt.com/op-ed/443776-migratns-poverty-war-eu-soros/

The armistice of November 11, 1918 and the lessons for today
Yesterday marked the 100th anniversary of the armistice which finally brought an end to World War I. Nothing like it had ever been seen in human history—a bloody inferno costing the lives of more than ten million soldiers and six million civilians with millions more permanently maimed, disfigured and injured.But the silencing of the guns, in what was later to be falsely labelled as the “war to end all wars,” was not the end of the bloodshed and carnage. It was simply the conclusion of the first phase of what was to become a thirty-year international war between the major capitalist powers—the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Japan and their allies for control and domination of the world—that only came to an end in 1945, culminating in the dropping of two atomic bombs by the US on Japan.
wsws.org/en/articles/2018/11/12/pers-n12.html

Nuclear Treaties: Unwrapping Armageddon
The decision by the Trump administration to withdraw from the Intermediate Nuclear Force Agreement (INF) appears to be part of a broader strategy aimed at unwinding over 50 years of agreements to control and limit nuclear weapons, returning to an era characterized by the unbridled development weapons of mass destruction…
counterpunch.org/2018/11/12/nuclear-treaties-unwrapping-armageddon/

Red governor: Communist to lead Russia’s region in Siberia after being only runner on ballots
In classic Soviet style, a Communist party candidate was elected head of the Republic of Khakassia after running with no other candidates on the ballot. The candidate defeated the incumbent from United Russia in round one.
During runoff elections for the head of the Siberian Republic of Khakassia, voters were asked to mark if they were for or against Communist Party candidate Valentin Konovalov, the only one on the ballot. After votes were tallied on Sunday, the Central Election Commission declared Konovalov the winner with 57.5 percent of the vote. Despite being the sole candidate, Konovalov needed to receive at least 50 percent of voters' support to be named the winner. 41.1 percent of participants voted against the 30-year-old politician.
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"China is socialist!" - a cretin

This is why I somewhat support right to work laws simply to destroy these corporate unions.

Find unionized places and get them in the IWW instead.

you'd be better off attempting mount everest

It's a better plan than getting right to work in because all the unions have been captured.

neither plan are any good since the timescales this cowardly class needs to start having independent thought is far more than we have left as a species.