Daily Archives: November 16, 2021

2021-11-16: News Headlines

Binoy Kampmark (2021-11-16). Manufactured Cruelties: Belarus, Poland and the Refugee Crisis. dissidentvoice.org Refugee crises are often manufactured by governments. They can be done at the source: war, famine, rapacious institutions. They can also be manufactured by the refusal of governments to accept those seeking asylum, sanctuary and refuge. The latter is very much in evidence in Europe: governments of the European Union are staring down desperate humans …

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-16). Belarus: What's next? A humanitarian artillery bombardment of miserable women and children at the border? antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Several Iskander missile battalions to arrive in Belarus, if need be — top brass Belarus would like to have its own battalions of Iskander tactical missile systems, but several Russian battalions of these weapons will arrive in the republic, if need be, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said on Tuesday. "We have a regional group …

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). Headlines for November 16, 2021. democracynow.org Biden Signs $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill; Build Back Better Act Remains Stalled in Senate, Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping Pledge Cooperation in U.S.-China Virtual Summit, Three Killed and Dozens Wounded as Suicide Bombers Strike Ugandan Capital City, Spanish Coast Guard Rescues More Refugees in Waters Near Canary Islands , Polish Border Guards Fire Tear Gas and Water Cannons at Asylum-Seekers , Thai Protesters Call for Reforms to Monarchy After Court Rules Against Activists, U.S. Condemns Russia Over "Dangerous and Irresponsible" Anti-Satellite Missile Test, Biden Proposes Drilling Ban Near Sacred Indig…

Fight Back (2021-11-16). Chicano movie screening of Nicaragua's fight against U.S. imperialism. fightbacknews.org Lincoln Heights, CA – On Sunday, November 7, the Immigration Committee of the Community Service Organization (Centro CSO) hosted a screening of The screening, at the Church of the Epiphany in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, fell on the day of the Nicaraguan presidential elections, which resulted in the victory of leftist Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) with 75.96% of the vote. The country named these elections "Elecciones Soberanas 2021" (Sovereign Elections 2021) and invited int…

Staff (2021-11-16). Democrat Texas representative defects to Republicans over defunding of police, border crisis. rt.com Texas state Representative Ryan Guillen announced his defection from the Democratic Party to the Republicans this week, citing his opposition to Democrat policies on the southern border and defunding the police. | Guillen He added that the values of the Democrats sitting in the capital were not the values…

Anonymous765 (2021-11-16). EU Slaps On More Sanctions As Migrants Keep Coming. southfront.org | DEAR FRIENDS. IF YOU LIKE THIS TYPE OF CONTENT, SUPPORT SOUTHFRONT WORK : | MONERO (XMR): 49HqitRzdnhYjgTEAhgGpCfsjdTeMbUTU6cyR4JV1R7k2Eej9rGT8JpFiYDa4tZM6RZiFrHmMzg…

WSWS (2021-11-15). NATO push for dangerous escalation along its European border with Russia. wsws.org Military tensions between Russia and NATO at two major flashpoints, the Polish-Belarusian border and the Black Sea region in Ukraine, have escalated further over the weekend. Both Ukraine and Poland have for decades been cornerstones of the US-led NATO encirclement of Russia following the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-15). Blinken accuses Belarus of contriving migrant crisis to divert attention from Russian threat to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com If anyone hasn't read the handwriting on the wall by now they never will. NATO's eastern flank: from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea. Migration crisis in Belarus intended to divert attention from Russia's actions near Ukraine — Blinken The crisis with migrants on the border of Belarus and the EU was provoked by …

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-15). Poland, Latvia, Lithuania to appeal for NATO Article 4 intervention against Belarus. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Poland, Lithuania and Latvia are considering triggering NATO's Article 4 over the crisis unfolding at their borders with Belarus…. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told the Polish Press Agency on Sunday that the three countries were in talks on whether to trigger the article, which calls for consultation when "the territorial integrity, political independence or …

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-15). Polish prime minister calls for direct NATO intervention against Belarus. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish PM urges steps by NATO as Belarus border tensions rise The Polish prime minister has said that NATO must take "concrete steps" to help resolve a migrant crisis on the Belarus border, adding that Poland and the Baltic states of Lithuania and Latvia may ask for consultations under Article 4 of the alliance's treaty. …

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-15). Wars of the Soviet Succession: NATO accuses Russia of aggression against Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova, targets Belarus, Balkans. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba Stoltenberg: In recent weeks, we have seen large and unusual concentrations of Russian forces close to Ukraine's borders. Similar to Russia's build-up in Crimea and the Black Sea region earlier this year. NATO remains vigilant. We do …

teleSUR (2021-11-15). Belarus Tells EU About Measures To Curb Refugee Flow. telesurenglish.net Belarus Foreign Affairs Minister Vladimir Makei told the European Union (EU) that his country would try to reduce the migrant flows from Asia, Africa and the Middle East to the EU. | RELATED: | He made the remarks in a telephone conversation with Josep Borrell, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Both sides confirmed their intention to end the migration crisis in an early date. | The EU…

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-15). New Ukrainian defense chief, top army commander: we will retake Crimea, Donbass. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Reznikov: "We will return to internationally recognized borders of Ukraine in Crimea, Donbas" Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov is convinced that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will eventually regain territories up to the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine in Crimea, as well as in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. *** The statement came as Reznikov, together with …

teleSUR (2021-11-15). AMLO, Biden, Trudeau To Speak About Economy, Health, Migration. telesurenglish.net Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), U.S. President Joe Biden, and Canada's Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet on Thursday in Washington where they will discuss issues related to economic integration process between their countries. | RELATED: | "The meeting will revolve around three themes: economic relations, migration, and health," AMLO said during his morning press conference. After the bilater…

_____ (2021-11-15). Demographic Changes Pose Significant Challenges for Europe. journal-neo.org Europe today faces a demographic crisis. It is the great unmentionable in the current furore over migration from North Africa and the Middle East by persons seeking a better life, as they perceive it, in Europe. That migration is receiving significant resistance from a number of countries, although their demographic position would be much worse …

teleSUR, JCM (2021-11-15). Caravana migrante continúa su paso por el estado de Oaxaca, México. telesurtv.net Más de 1.000 migrantes centroamericanos lograron llegar al poblado de Matías Romero, Oaxaca.

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