Colombian Strikes, Developments in Bolivia and Chile, Corbyn Smeared & more -- The Week in News, Opinion and Videos November 24 - December 1

This week's list of articles, news items, opinion pieces and videos that I see as a must if you are looking for a roundup that should be of interest to The Left Chapter readers.

This list covers the week of November 24 - December 1.

We have changed the format of the round-up so that the links, videos and photos are presented in sections related to topic.


Bolivia Coup Updates:

- OAS Admits Absence of Final Report on Elections in Bolivia

- Crimes Against Humanity Reported in Bolivia: Int'l Delegation

- Bolivia Repeals Controversial Immunity Decree for Armed Forces

- Bolivia: Evo Morales Rejects Interpol Notice Issued Against Him

- 'The Struggle Doesn't End Here': President Evo Morales

- Reversing Pro-Palestinian Stance of Evo Morales, Bolivia's Coup Government Moves to Restore Ties With Israel

- What comes after the coup?

- The people will not allow the coup in Bolivia, says Venezuelan ambassador

- Bolivia: Police Demand to be Paid for Their Support for Coup

Caribbean: 

- Caribbean Leaders Reject OAS Attempts to Interfere in Dominica

- Cuba found to be the most sustainably developed country in the world, new research finds

- Díaz-Canel: Cuba will not renounce its sovereignty or independence

Colombia Protests: 

Footage of Colombian riot police repressing a peaceful demonstration by throwing tear gas into a crowd of protesters:



- One Dead, More Than 700 Injured in the 1st Week of Protests in Colombia

- Colombian national strike continues

- Colombia: Workers' Union Calls to Carry On Nationwide Strike Into Its 5th Day

Chilean Protests:

- Chile: People With Eye Injuries To File Lawsuit Against Piñera

- Chile’s Lawmakers Approve Impeachment of Interior Minister

- Chilean President Rejected by 84% of the Population

- Chilean Communists Reject Sebastian Piñera's Proposal

- Over 2,800 People Wounded in Chile Since Start of Protests

- Chilean Photojournalist Albertina Martínez Burgos Killed in Santiago

South and Central America:

- Martinez Concedes Uruguayan Presidency to Right-Wing Candidate

Europe: 

- Merkel government in peril as leftwing duo take charge of SPD

- Black Friday Protests Across Europe Demand Amazon 'Start Treating Workers Like Humans—Not Robots'

- Italian Authorities Uncover Plot to Create New Nazi Party

- Austrian communists make significant gains in Styrian state elections

- Protests grow in Ukraine against government’s decision to lift moratorium on land sales

UK Election:

- General election: Boris Johnson’s lead halved, putting UK in ‘hung parliament territory’, latest poll reveals

- Why he's voting Labour: Alan Moore, author Watchmen and V for Vendetta

- The Contract on Corbyn

- Chief Rabbi's ‘vote Tory’ call condemned by Jewish groups

- Rabbi Mirvis is overplaying his hand

- Lies, lies and more lies 

- Boris Johnson said children of single mothers were 'ill-raised, ignorant, aggressive and illegitimate' in newly unearthed column

- Boris Johnson said that Islamophobia is a 'natural reaction' to Islam and that 'Islam is the problem'

- BBC admits it made ‘mistake’ by editing Boris Johnson footage to remove audience laughing at him

India:

- Protests in India after woman gang raped and burned to death

Climate Emergency:

- Rivers in crisis: Amid drought, corporations are buying up Australia’s water

- Governments Need to Face Reality — the Fossil Fuel Industry Is Collapsing

- Firefighters union leader: ‘There are no climate sceptics on the end of a fire hose’

- 'Maybe It Will Destroy Everything': Pakistan's Melting Glaciers Cause Alarm

- Earth set to warm 3.2 C by 2100 unless efforts to cut emissions are tripled, new UN report finds

- Climate change: Greenhouse gas concentrations again break records

Canada:

- B.C. subsidizes fossil fuels to tune of hundreds of millions annually, according to study

- Activist says RCMP profile about her is 'kind of creepy and unsettling'

- Unions told thousands more job cuts coming to Alberta public service

- Jason Kenney’s UCP Under Fire For Accusing High School Teachers of Being Disloyal to Oil Industry

- Tent City Under Attack

- 'We are just going to take it away': City of Kelowna tells people not to donate supplies to homeless camp

- Federal Court strikes down request from Canada to have human rights tribunal ruling put on hold

- Supreme Court awards $20K to woman fined for refusing to hold escalator handrail

- Public high school teachers to hold 1-day province-wide strike on Dec. 4

- Ford Government Says It Spends ‘More on Education’ Than Any Government in Ontario’s History. That Claim is False.

- Energy minister cites climate change denial blog in defence of scrapping green energy projects

- ORGANIZING AGAINST PRECARITY: FOODORA COURIERS DELIVER BOLD VISION FOR LABOUR

York University Palestinian Solidarity Protests:

- Debunking Politicians’ Falsities About The York University Protest

- Israeli Soldier Who Accused PalSol Activists of Anti-Semitic Chants Specialized in Targeted Killings And Kidnapping of Palestinians

- Jerusalem Post admits to printing false info about York University protest

- Media Complicity in Demonizing Palestinians

- IJV Supports Palestine Solidarity Protestors at York and Denounces Smear Tactics From Government Leaders

- Justin Trudeau Sides With Pro-Israel Thuggery At York University

United States:

- Ohio bill orders doctors to ‘reimplant ectopic pregnancy’ or face 'abortion murder' charges

- Kshama Sawant Passes the Amazon Stress Test in Seattle

- America has an infant mortality crisis. Meet the black doulas trying to change that

Israel/Palestine:



- 16-year-old Palestinian Teen Said Killed by Live Israeli Fire in Gaza Protest

- Palestinians protest US recognition of illegal Israeli settlements on occupied land

- Israel Starts Building Largest Settlement in East Jerusalem

- The Israeli Army's Excuses Won't Help. Only War Criminals Kill Nine Innocent Civilians in Their Sleep

Middle East:

- Iraq PM resignation would only be 'first step', protesters say

- New sexed-up dossier furore: Explosive leaked email claims that UN watchdog's report into alleged poison gas attack by Assad was doctored - so was it to justify British and American missile strikes on Syria?

Asia:

- Health workers in Pakistan challenge government’s privatization drive

International:

- In pictures: Global protests denounce violence against women

Ideas:

- The Impunity Doctrine: The Meek Shall be Buried Beneath the Earth

- A letter to intellectuals who deride revolutions in the name of purity

- Let’s get off our knees and abolish the monarchy

Porn & Prostitution:

- Decriminalizing the Sex Trade Isn't the Answer—The Equality Model Is

- Trade unions that never fight the sex industry bosses

- Violence during consensual sex has become normalised, campaigners have warned.