Daily Archives: December 1, 2023

2023-12-01: News Headlines

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-11-30). Unemployment rate continues upward trend in Chile. plenglish.com The institution pointed out in a press release that in the Metropolitan Region, where the capital is, the unemployment rate is even higher and reached 9.8 percent. | As usual, women are the most affected by the lack of jobs, with a nationwide indicator of 9.1 percent compared to men (8.7 percent). | According to INE, the growth of Chile's working age population remains above the capacity to create new jobs. | The economic sectors with the highest employment during the analyzed quarter were health care, public administration and commerce. | Informal employment fell slightly to 27.0 percent, with a 0.2-percent dro…

Staff (2023-11-30). Uttarakhand tunnel rescue operation has imprints of Hindu-Muslim unity. muslimmirror.com By Syed Ali Mujtaba In a befitting reply to the Hindutva forces who are working overtime to ostracize Muslims from India, seven Muslims and three Hindu workers united together to rescue 41 men trapped in in Silkyara-Barkot tunnel in Uttarakhand on November 28. The 41 persons were trapped for 17 days since November 12. These …

Staff (2023-11-30). Uttarakhand tunnel rescue operation has imprints of Hindu-Muslim unity. muslimmirror.com By Syed Ali Mujtaba In a befitting reply to the Hindutva forces who are working overtime to ostracize Muslims from India, seven Muslims and three Hindu workers united together to rescue 41 men trapped in in Silkyara-Barkot tunnel in Uttarakhand on November 28. The 41 persons were trapped for 17 days since November 12. These …

Yumna Patel (2023-11-30). Israel has a long history of taking Palestinian children captive. mondoweiss.net Israel has a long history of taking Palestinian children captive, abusing and scarring them in the process. This mass incarceration of children living under occupation boils down to one thing: control and the deprivation of liberty.

WSWS (2023-12-01). Wilders' election victory in the Netherlands: How can war and fascism be stopped? wsws.org The election victory of the right-wing extremist Geert Wilders in the Dutch parliamentary elections is the product of the complete bankruptcy of the former left-wing forces and at the same time expresses the shift to the right of the entire political establishment.

Staff (2023-11-30). Historian Greg Grandin: Glowing Obituaries for Henry Kissinger Reveal "Moral Bankruptcy" of U.S. Elites. democracynow.org Henry Kissinger is dead at the age of 100. The former U.S. statesman served as national security adviser and secretary of state at the height of the Cold War and wielded influence over U.S. foreign policy for decades afterward. His actions led to massacres, coups and and even genocide, leaving a bloody legacy in Latin America, Southeast Asia and beyond. Once out of office, Kissinger continued until his death to advise U.S. presidents and other top officials who celebrate him as a visionary diplomat. Yale historian Greg Grandin says those glowing obituaries only reveal "the moral bankruptcy of the political…

Democracy Now! (2023-11-30). Democracy Now! 2023-11-30 Thursday. democracynow.org Headlines for November 30, 2023; "Horror Show": Doctors Without Borders Demands Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza, Medical Aid for Wounded; "This Is Genocide": Attorney Raji Sourani on Israeli War Crimes & Fleeing Gaza After Home Was Bombed; Historian Greg Grandin: Glowing Obituaries for Henry Kissinger Reveal "Moral Bankruptcy" of U.S. Elites | Headlines for November 30, 2023; "Horror Show": Doctors Without Borders Demands Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza, Medical Aid for Wounded; "This Is Genocide": Attorney Raji Sourani on Israeli War Crimes & Fleeing Gaza After H…

Democracy Now! (2023-11-30). Democracy Now! 2023-11-30 Thursday. democracynow.org Headlines for November 30, 2023; "Horror Show": Doctors Without Borders Demands Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza, Medical Aid for Wounded; "This Is Genocide": Attorney Raji Sourani on Israeli War Crimes & Fleeing Gaza After Home Was Bombed; Historian Greg Grandin: Glowing Obituaries for Henry Kissinger Reveal "Moral Bankruptcy" of U.S. Elites | Headlines for November 30, 2023; "Horror Show": Doctors Without Borders Demands Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza, Medical Aid for Wounded; "This Is Genocide": Attorney Raji Sourani on Israeli War Crimes & Fleeing Gaza After H…

Bella DeVaan, Inequality. (2023-12-01). Red Cup Rebellion Redux: An Interview With Starbucks Workers United. popularresistance.org The Starbucks Workers United are here to stay. After Buffalo-area stores organized in 2021, unionization caught on like wildfire at franchise locations across the nation. (That year, the median Starbucks employee made under $13,000 while the company's then-CEO Kevin Johnson took home $20.4 million) | Since then, the organizing workers haven't let up, roasting former CEO Howard Schultz in a high-profile Senate hearing and escalating their campaign. President Biden's National Labor Relations Board has issued landmark rulings in the union's favor against the company's cruel union busting. Now, over 9,000 workers con…

SAM (2023-12-01). Sick of Outrageously Excessive CEO Compensation? inequality.org

presstv.ir (2023-11-30). Actress Cynthia Nixon launches hunger strike calling for permanent ceasefire in Gaza. presstv.ir Cynthia Nixon, joined by state legislators and activists, launches a hunger strike calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.

Staff (2023-11-30). Headlines for November 30, 2023. democracynow.org Israel and Hamas Agree to Last-Minute Deal Extending Truce by 24 Hours, Decomposing Bodies of Premature Babies Discovered in Besieged Gaza Hospital, Israeli Forces Kill Two Palestinian Children in Raid on Jenin Refugee Camp, Palestinian Gunmen Kill 3 at Jerusalem Bus Stop; Netanyahu Pledges Gaza Assault Will Resume, "Christmas Is Canceled": Protesters at NYC Tree-Lighting Ceremony Call for End to Israeli Occupation, House Progressives Join White House Hunger Strikers in Call for Gaza Ceasefire, Prominent Law Firm Rescinds Job Offer to Arab American Attorney Who Supports Palestinian Rights, Henry Kissi…

Staff (2023-11-30). Headlines for November 30, 2023. democracynow.org Israel and Hamas Agree to Last-Minute Deal Extending Truce by 24 Hours, Decomposing Bodies of Premature Babies Discovered in Besieged Gaza Hospital, Israeli Forces Kill Two Palestinian Children in Raid on Jenin Refugee Camp, Palestinian Gunmen Kill 3 at Jerusalem Bus Stop; Netanyahu Pledges Gaza Assault Will Resume, "Christmas Is Canceled": Protesters at NYC Tree-Lighting Ceremony Call for End to Israeli Occupation, House Progressives Join White House Hunger Strikers in Call for Gaza Ceasefire, Prominent Law Firm Rescinds Job Offer to Arab American Attorney Who Supports Palestinian Rights, Henry Kissi…

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