The Hudak Report 11/13/24
News Featured On Social Media
The NYT Version of the Big Lie: Technology Created Inequality (CounterPunch)
The Military-Industrial Complex Is Fueling Climate Catastrophe (Antiwar.com)
Israel fails to meet US deadline to increase Gaza aid, rights groups say (Al Jazeera)
Hague throws Shell an emissions lifeline (Common Dreams)
Labour minister sends ports dispute to binding arbitration, orders end to lockouts (CBC News)
Other News
American restaurants: One reason for the good fortune in the restaurant industry may be the election of Donald Trump, which threatens to transfer billions of dollars from workers to larger restaurant operators through Department of Labor rule changes.
“Working people in the restaurant industry and beyond sent a clear message to all politicians on November 5 that they don’t feel their needs and interests are being heard. Trump will roll back their protections.” Saru Jayaraman, president of the labor advocacy group One Fair Wage, told More Perfect Union in a telephone interview after Trump won a second term in office. “Blue state Democrats need to hear the call and pass protections.” (Read more at More Perfect Union)
Armenia: The Office of the Representative on International Legal Matters has welcomed the Judgment of 12 November 2024 of the International Court of Justice, which completely rejected all preliminary objections raised by Azerbaijan in the case concerning the Application of the Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Armenia v. Azerbaijan). (Read more at Public Radio of Armenia)
Canada Post: The union representing Canada Post workers said it will be in a legal strike position on Friday, exactly one year after talks on a new contract began.
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) said in a statement early Tuesday that its executive board was giving the required 72-hours notice for both its rural and urban mail carrier bargaining units. (Read more at Winnipeg News)
China: Thirty-five people were killed and another 43 were injured when a driver deliberately rammed his car into a crowd outside a sports center in southern China, police said Tuesday.
A 62-year-old man was detained at the scene after he drove his small off-road vehicle into people exercising at Zhuhai Sports Center late Monday, the Zhuhai Public Security Bureau said in a statement, calling the incident “serious and vicious.” (Read more at NBC News)
Iran & Russia: Speaking at the launch ceremony, Mohammad Reza Farzin, the Governor of Iran's Central Bank proudly stated, “Today, we take a major step toward dollarization reduction and enhancing economic ties between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation.
He emphasized that by connecting the two countries' national payment networks, electronic payment barriers have been eliminated, opening a new chapter in the economic and cultural cooperation between the two nations. (Read more at Iran Press Agency)
Massachusetts: Teachers’ strikes have begun in three districts on the North Shore of Massachusetts. Strikes began Friday, November 8, by about 800 educators in Beverly and 1,000 in Gloucester. Five hundred Marblehead teachers are set to strike beginning Tuesday, November 12.
Teachers in the three districts, who are members of affiliates of the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) and the National Education Association (NEA), voted overwhelmingly for strike action after working without contracts for at least two months. (Read more at World Socialist Web Site)
Mauritius: Mauritius’ opposition coalition has won the country’s election by a landslide, taking all seats in the country’s parliament in a major rejection of the current government.
According to results released at various constituencies across the country throughout Monday, the governing coalition led by Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth failed to get any of the 62 seats available for voters to directly decide on. (Read more at Associated Press)
New Zealand: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has addressed the survivors of abuse gathered at Parliament and watching from around the country, acknowledging horrific heartbreak.
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The acknowledgement and apology has been a long time coming. While far more action - including appropriate compensation and redress - was needed, this was a start - something Luxon himself also acknowledged.
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He said many survivors did not want to engage with the current compensation process - but more than 3500 were - and he signalled there would be an extra $32 million funnelled into that system "while we work on the new redress system". (Read more at Radio New Zealand)
What I’m Reading
Biden (maybe) wants Israel to stop using US bulldozers for ethnic cleansing
What’s Really Going On In the South China Sea Between the Philippines and China
Why common sense, progressive criminal justice policies failed in California
