The UK is already in recession according to Jeremy Hunt, PM Rishi Sunak’s chancellor.

£54 billion in tax rises and spending cuts has been outlined.

Around 1 in 5 in the UK now live in poverty, including 1 in 4 children. The result of 12 years of Conservative rule.

On this day in 1933, the United States under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt recognised the Soviet Union and established diplomatic and trade relations after extensive negotiations with Joseph Stalin’s Foreign Minister Maxim Litvinov.

George H W Bush bombed Iraqi hospitals, sewage systems, schools & power plants

Post-war Iraq could only produce 4% of its pre-war electrical capacity, destroying its healthcare system

Why only war crimes labels for Russia’s strikes in Ukraine, and never those labels for the US?

The world’s billionaires have a collective wealth of $12.7 trillion in 2022

2.3 billion people faced moderate or severe food insecurity in 2021

The World Bank says the 2030 goal of ending extreme poverty worldwide is unlikely to be achieved

⚡️🔥FIFA boss Gianni Infantino on the Qatar World Cup: ‘I am European. For what we have been doing for 3000 years around the world, we should be apologising for the next 3000 years before giving moral lessons’

Palestinian factions staged a protest in the Arab city of Yafa against the Israeli plan to ethnically cleanse 1,400 Arabs from the city.

*The UK, US and EU arm and diplomatically support Israel’s expanding occupation and persecution of Palestinians

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20221119-arabs-in-yafa-protest-against-israels-plans-to-evict-1400-arab-citizens/

Macron:"Russia is fueling anti-French propaganda in Africa in order to satisfy its"predatory ambitions" in African states,relations with which France has spoiled."

Continuing to exploit Africa through colonial tax via the CFA Franc may not be Russian propaganda, just a thought🤷‍♂️

While England has been slamming Qatar’s human rights record & treatment of migrant workers…

England has also been exploiting South Asian workers, selling their official kit for £160 while paying the Bangladeshi workers who produce them 21p an hour.

Same old hypocrisy?

#WorldCup: An Israeli journalist speaks to Lebanese fans in Arabic, tells them he’s from Israel. The Lebanese fans walk off refusing to do the interview before coming back and saying it’s called Palestine🇵🇸, not Israel.

Renewable energy 🌳🔋:

China’s🇨🇳 installed renewable energy capacity is more than 3x that of the United States🇺🇸

China’s solar and wind capacity will exceed the entire EU🇪🇺 power grid by 2025

China produces at least 75% of every key stage of solar panel manufacturing on Earth

If the UK cared so much about human rights in Qatar🇶🇦 why did it license more than £3.4 billion in arms sales to them?

Why did it accept payment of £400,000 from Qatar to train its police officers?

#WorldCup

The EU has de-facto killed thousands of refugees, fuelling chaos in their home countries, then leaving them to drown at sea.

By some estimates, thousands of migrant workers have died building Qatar’s #WorldCup stadiums.

Why does one have more of a right to criticise the other?

On this day in 1970: Hafez Al-Assad becomes the President of Syria🇸🇾 following a military coup. Prior to this, Syria had been rocked by 16 military coups since its independence in 1946, 9 of which were successful-many of which had foreign hands involved-including the CIA.

Deepening of BRICS ties?

Russia🇷🇺 has become the largest supplier of fertilizers to India🇮🇳 for the first time,overtaking China. India has increased fertilizer imports from Russia by 371% since April 1. Fertilizers are supplied to India at a discount.

Israeli journalists and broadcasters continue to be bombarded by pro-Palestinian comments and displays of support for Palestine🇵🇸, which Israel illegally occupies, while trying to cover the #WorldCup. This time by what appears to be Brazilian fans.

France🇫🇷 has had a hand in the assassination of 22 African leaders since 1963, preventing former African colonies from achieving full economic independence.

Macron: Anti-French sentiment growing in Africa is a result of Russian propaganda!

History is now Russian propaganda🤡

Ukraine🇺🇦 has used the cover of Russia’s🇷🇺 Invasion to:

-De-facto ban trade unions, depriving 73% of workers from union representation

-Green-light mass privatisation

-Voted to legalise exploitative zero-hours contracts

-Consider scrapping the minimum wage in some industries