For today, links to commentary from Consortium News and an interview from Substack, both via ScheerPost, and to a documentary film and discussion of it from CN; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names below. (GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date and an ELECTION entry are HERE, HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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FROM NOV. 13  Thawing Russia-U.S. relations? by Ray McGovern | Consortium News / ScheerPost  A former and future U.S. president talked with Vladimir Putin on Thursday! At least that is what The Washington Post reported today. In a highly detailed account, the Post wrote: . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM NOV. 13  Israel’s war on the press (w/ Jeremy Loffredo). Chris Hedges of The Chris Hedges Report talks with Grayzone reporter Jeremy Loffredo about some of his war-related coverage in the United States, the Occupied territories and in Israel, and his arrest and detainment in Israel. Click HERE for video, intro and transcript.

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FROM NOV. 12  Watch: Pilger & the Palestinians. Joe Lauria and others at Consortium News salute the late journalist and filmmaker John Pilger and look at this month’s British Film Institute tribute to him for his more than 60 documentaries. One of them, “Palestine Is Still the Issue” (1974, updated in 2001), is followed by CN’s 2021 discussion with Pilger and historian Ilan Pappé, Click HERE for all of it.