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The Covid “Pandemic”: Destroying People’s Lives. Engineered Economic Depression. Global “Coup d’Etat”?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-05
Destabilizing in one fell swoop the national economies of more 190 countries is an act of “economic warfare”. This diabolical agenda undermines the sovereignty of nation states. It impoverishes people Worldwide. It leads to a spiralling dollar denominated global debt.
globalresearch.ca/the-second-wave-destro…

What’s Not Being Said About the Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine. “Human Guinea Pigs”?
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-05
The Pharma giant Pfizer use an experimental technology known as gene editing, specifically mRNA gene-editing, something never before used in vaccines. Before we rush to get jabbed in hopes of some immunity, we should know more about the radical experimental technology and its lack of precision.
globalresearch.ca/what-not-said-pfizer-c…

La Resistencia protest
Renée Feltz | progressive.org | 2020-12-05
Immigrant detainees are being punished for refusing to eat.
progressive.org/magazine/hunger-for-just…

The Great Reset, The Green New Deal, and Co-opted NGOs will not End Climate Change!
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-05
“Yet this depraved new global architecture, dangerous to life, human, sentient and biological, is pushed forward despite advanced knowledge of foretold tragedy — solely for the pursuit of money, profits and power. It is this very fact that shows …
globalresearch.ca/the-great-reset-the-gr…

With rent freezes about to expire, Mnuchin lobbies for more Wall Street bailouts
Raul Diego | mronline.org | 2020-12-05
As millions of Americans stand on the brink of economic annihilation, the money keeps flowing to Wall Street thanks to carefully contrived mechanisms to maintain a dying financial system afloat.
mronline.org/2020/12/05/with-rent-freeze…

Obama is wrong. ‘Defund the police’ continues to gain support despite former president’s patronizing remarks
Joe Tache | liberationnews.org | 2020-12-05
The demand to defund the police speaks to the heart of policing in this country.
liberationnews.org/obama-is-wrong-defund…

Turkey arrests Russian journalists on illegal filming charges
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-05
TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) — Turkey says it has detained two Russian journalists on charges of illegal filming near the country’s drone production facilities.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166777/Turkey-arres…

Abshineh Dam Lake of Hamadan Province
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-05
HAMADAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) — Located 15 kilometers away from Hamedan Province in Hamedan-Malayer Highway, west-central Iran, Abshineh pond is witnessing the return of migratory birds following the appropriate rainfall in autumn.
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[Viewpoint] Certifying Guinea worm eradication: current challenges
David H Molyneux, Mark L Eberhard, Sarah Cleaveland, Regina Addey, Robert Tinga Guiguemdé, Ashok Kumar, Pascal Magnussen, Joel G Breman | thelancet.com | 2020-12-05
The Guinea Worm Eradication Programme (GWEP) is, along with polio, one of two active eradication programmes endorsed by the World Health Assembly. Currently, smallpox is the only human infection to have been eradicated.1 Guinea worm disease, or dracunculiasis, is caused by infection with Dracunculus medinensis that is acquired by the ingestion of infected copepods (of the genera Cyclops and Mesocyclops) or by consuming viable infective larvae in fish or other paratenic hosts.2,3 Polio and Guinea worm programmes have made great progress; however, both programmes face major challenges as they progress towards eradi…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)32553-8/fulltext?rss=yes

[Perspectives] Things shameful to be spoken about
Suzanne Koven | thelancet.com | 2020-12-05
I’ll tell you a secret: the day I graduated from medical school was the happiest day of my life. I was happy on my wedding day, but I threw up as soon as my husband and I arrived at our hotel after the reception–something I’ve never confided to anyone before. I was happy, too, of course, on the days I gave birth to my children, but that happiness was alloyed with pain and fear. The day I became a doctor I experienced no pain or fear or even gastrointestinal upset–those would come just a few weeks later when I started internship.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)32538-1/fulltext?rss=yes

Michel Chossudovsky: CV Summary
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-05
There are a number of deliberate “errors” and omissions in Michel Chossudovsky’s wikipedia entry. Defamatory statements. | The same applies to the wikipedia entry for Global Research which has been merged with Chossudovsky’s entry. The objective is to smear GR. …
globalresearch.ca/michel-chossudovsky-bi…

Will the Supreme Court Overrule Farmworker Union Rights?
David Bacon | zcomm.org | 2020-12-05
“The federal government has excluded farmworkers from all labor law protections under the National Labor Relations Act for 85 years”
zcomm.org/znetarticle/will-the-supreme-c…

Thursday 12/10: Nancy Pelosi Support US HR 1175/1162: Drop Charges Against Assange & Snowden
Bay Action2 Free Assange | indybay.org | 2020-12-05
Nancy Pelosi’s house – contact organizer for details or please show up if you know location…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/04/1883878…

Unions picket Coles warehouse, call for boycott
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-12-05
Unionists and supporters took action outside a temporary warehouse in Prospect to protest the supermarket giant Coles’ lock-out of 350 workers. Jim McIlroy reports.
greenleft.org.au/content/unions-picket-c…

Friday 12/11: Zoe Lofgren Support US HR 1175/1162: Drop Charges Against Assange & Snowden
Bay Action 2 Free Assange | indybay.org | 2020-12-05
Zoe Lofgren’s Congressional Office | 635 North First Street | San Jose, CA 95112…
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Saturday 12/5: “Bear Witness, Take Action 2”: Continuing the Conversation on Racial Injustice
YouTube Orginals | indybay.org | 2020-12-05
Online livestream at YouTube Originals channel…
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[Articles] Effectiveness of seasonal malaria chemoprevention at scale in west and central Africa: an observational study
ACCESS-SMC Partnership | thelancet.com | 2020-12-05
SMC at scale was effective in preventing morbidity and mortality from malaria. Serious adverse reactions were rarely reported. Coverage varied, with some areas consistently achieving high levels via door-to-door campaigns. Markers of resistance to sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine and amodiaquine remained uncommon, but with some selection for resistance to sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine, and the situation needs to be carefully monitored. These findings should support efforts to ensure high levels of SMC coverage in west and central Africa.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)32227-3/fulltext?rss=yes

[World Report] South Africa and India push for COVID-19 patents ban
Ann Danaiya Usher | thelancet.com | 2020-12-05
They want the WTO to temporarily suspend intellectual property rights so that COVID-19 vaccines and other new technologies are accessible for poor countries. Ann Danaiya Usher reports.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)32581-2/fulltext?rss=yes

2020 GITEX to host 20 Iranian Knowledge-based firms tomorrow
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-05
TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) — 20 Iranian knowledge-based firms and startups will participate at the 40th international exhibition of electronics, computers, and E-Commerce in West Asia tomorrow.
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[Research Paper] Longitudinal evaluation of risk factors and outcomes of blood stream infections due to Staphylococcus species in persons with HIV: An observational cohort study
Raynell Lang, M John Gill, Quang Vu, Jeannine Viczko, Chris Naugler, Deirdre Church | thelancet.com | 2020-12-05
Incidence rates of SBSI are high in PWH, with identified characteristics that further increase this risk. PWH who experience SBSI have a significant mortality risk within the first year of follow-up, however they also have greater long-term all-cause mortality compared to those with no SBSI. Further investigation is needed in PWH evaluating host, environment and pathogen differences that lead to differing rates of SBSI and mortality seen here.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PI…(20)30419-3/fulltext?rss=yes

Growing protests in Germany against lethal policy of opening schools
wsws.org | 2020-12-05
The decision by politicians to keep schools, day-care centres and businesses open under unsafe conditions is costing the lives of hundreds of people every day in Germany alone, who die a completely avoidable and agonizing death.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/05/scho…

Number of infections among UPS airline pilots doubled in one month
wsws.org | 2020-12-05
One hundred pilots for UPS Airlines were infected with coronavirus last month, double the amount for the rest of the year, the pilots’ union announced on Nov. 30.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/05/ups-…

As Private Cities Advance In Honduras, Hondurans Renew Their Opposition
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-05
Efforts to develop semi-privately governed jurisdictions called Economic Development and Employment Zones (ZEDEs) in Honduras have recently emerged anew. ZEDEs, first legislated as Special Development Regions (REDs) and informally known as “charter cities,” “model cities,” or “startup cities,” are a flexible territorial concession that can be used for city-scale real estate and tourism development, resource extraction, energy production, manufacturing, banking, and the expansion of deregulated digital markets.
popularresistance.org/as-private-cities-…

A Racist Endeavour: Zionist Israel’s Black Jewish Victims of Color
Gavin Lewis | mronline.org | 2020-12-05
Even when reports of its racism escape this ideological censorship, examples of racism in Israel are treated as isolated incidents, rather than systemic characteristics of the entire racist regime.
mronline.org/2020/12/04/a-racist-endeavo…

Police dismantle drug-trafficking band in S Iran
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-05
TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) — Police forces of the Sistan and Baluchestan province, southeastern Iran, have dismantled a drug-trafficking band and seized over 1 ton of narcotics in Iranshhahr County.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166772/Police-disma…

Namibian Rà∂ssing Mine Workers Face Covid-19 & Attacks From State Owned China State Owners
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-12-05
Namibian Rà∂ssing mine workers face the Covid-19 pandemic & attacks from state owned China National Uranium Corporation Limited. They have tried to intimidate and bribe union leaders and also have fired the Namibian Miner’s Union Rà∂ssing Union branch.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/03/1883878…

The Mao-Roosevelt No meeting, 1945
Tony Norfield | mronline.org | 2020-12-05
In January 1945, Mao Tse-tung sent a message to U.S. President Roosevelt asking to visit the U.S. and discuss future relationships with China. The message got blocked by a U.S. diplomat in China, and Roosevelt apparently did not receive it.
mronline.org/2020/12/05/the-mao-roosevel…

Liverpool mayor is out on bail after being arrested in bribery investigation
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-12-05
Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson has been released on bail after being arrested by detectives investigating allegations of bribery and witness intimidation. The allegations are linked to building deals in the city. Anderson was arrested with four other people. | Conditional bail: | Merseyside Police said in a statement on Saturday 5 December: We can confirm that five people arrested in connection with offences of bribery and witness intimidation as part of an investigation on into building and development contracts in Liverpool have been released on conditional bail, pending further inquiries. | Anderson, 62,…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/12/05/liverpoo…

Iran-Armenia railway to change Yerevan’s economy
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-05
TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) — Armenian Prime Minister said that the implementation of the Iran-Armenia railway will fundamentally change Yerevan’s economy.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166776/Iran-Armenia…

[World Report] UN leaders call for key worker recognition for seafarers
John Zarocostas | thelancet.com | 2020-12-05
Seafarers are critical to the pandemic response and their hardships have been ignored. The UN is calling for them to be designated as key workers. John Zarocostas reports.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)32582-4/fulltext?rss=yes

Thursday 12/17: ACLU Webinar on Alternative Response to 911 Calls
ANCSCC | indybay.org | 2020-12-05
Online Event: | us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_m4PG……
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One year later: Demand justice for Frank Ordonez, Teamster killed by police
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-12-05
Los Angeles, CA – December 5 will mark a year since the murder of UPS driver Frank Ordonez. Last year, Ordonez, while delivering on route, was kidnapped by jewel thieves and held hostage in the delivery vehicle. The truck was pursued by police for hours. The pursuit came to a slowdown at a busy intersection, where police opened fire on the vehicle. The police fired over 200 rounds, killing Ordonez, the thieves and a bystander. The bystander, Rick Cutshaw, was a business rep for OPEIU Local 100. A year later, no one has been charged for the murders, and the officers still remain on active duty. And none of the pol…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/12/5/one-year…

[Comment] Seasonal malaria chemoprevention: closing the know–do gap
Elizabeth A Ashley, Adoke Yeka | thelancet.com | 2020-12-05
Malaria continues to impact on young lives, causing sickness, impaired school performance, disability, and preventable death, with little progress made to reduce the overall burden since 2014.1,2 In 2019, 274‚Äà000, or 67%, of all malaria deaths were in children younger than 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa.2 WHO has recommended seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) for malaria control in areas across the Sahel sub-region since 2012.3 These areas are characterised by a unimodal rainfall pattern, with the majority (at least 60%) of confirmed malaria cases in children younger than 5 years occurring…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)32525-3/fulltext?rss=yes

15 Reasons Not To Deforest The Woods For Xmas Trees
SNS | indybay.org | 2020-12-05
Preserve trees, prevent fires and accidents, save money, avoid landfill clogging by substituting a lasting tree for a dead one.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/04/1883878…

Former Chief Science Officer for Pfizer Says “Second Wave” Faked on False-Positive COVID Tests, “Pandemic Is Over”
Ralph Lopez | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-05
First published by Global Research on September 24, 2020 | In a stunning development, a former Chief Science Officer for the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer says “there is no science to suggest a second wave should happen.” The “Big Pharma” insider asserts …
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[Correspondence] Freedom from coercion is not discrimination
Jeff Barrows | thelancet.com | 2020-12-05
In the World Report about LGBTQ discrimination in US health care,1 the new US Department of Health and Human Services ruling and the Texas federal court ruling from 2019 are inaccurately portrayed. The Christian Medical & Dental Associations (CMDA) was one of the plaintiffs in the case.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)32534-4/fulltext?rss=yes

[Seminar] Bipolar disorders
Roger S McIntyre, Michael Berk, Elisa Brietzke, Benjamin I Goldstein, Carlos López-Jaramillo, Lars Vedel Kessing, Gin S Malhi, Andrew A Nierenberg, Joshua D Rosenblat, Amna Majeed, Eduard Vieta, Maj Vinberg, Allan H Young, Rodrigo B Mansur | thelancet.com | 2020-12-05
Bipolar disorders are a complex group of severe and chronic disorders that includes bipolar I disorder, defined by the presence of a syndromal, manic episode, and bipolar II disorder, defined by the presence of a syndromal, hypomanic episode and a major depressive episode. Bipolar disorders substantially reduce psychosocial functioning and are associated with a loss of approximately 10–20 potential years of life. The mortality gap between populations with bipolar disorders and the general population is principally a result of excess deaths from cardiovascular disease and suicide.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)31544-0/fulltext?rss=yes

The pillage of resources: A glimpse into the lives and labor of marginalized women
Sujata Gothoskar | mronline.org | 2020-12-05
Lives of women dependent on natural resources, such as land, forests, rivers, and mountains, are being tossed asunder by the appropriation and expropriation of these resources by corporations and the state.
mronline.org/2020/12/04/the-pillage-of-r…

[Editorial] An African plan to control COVID-19 is urgently needed
The Lancet | thelancet.com | 2020-12-05
As governments in countries hit hardest by COVID-19 prepare vaccination programmes against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), other nations face a more uncertain future. In Africa, for example, the pandemic continues to grow, but heterogeneously. Cases are rising sharply in Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, and South Africa. But in Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria, WHO reports only 1173 deaths from COVID-19. Although data are sparse, the first wave of the pandemic seemed to peak in early August.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)32580-0/fulltext?rss=yes

America Wants Marijuana Reform. Congress Shouldn’t Stand in the Way
Barbara Lee | zcomm.org | 2020-12-05
Investing in local communities and rolling back the criminalization of marijuana is exactly what the country needs right now.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/america-wants-mari…

Colombian Lives Matter: For peace and social justice in Colombia
Joan Pedro | zcomm.org | 2020-12-05
It is past time for the international community to cease colluding with, or blithely ignoring, what is going on in Colombia.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/colombian-lives-ma…

[Comment] Offline: COVID-19–what have we learned so far?
Richard Horton | thelancet.com | 2020-12-05
COVID-19 has left little time for reflection about lessons to be learned. This coronavirus has provoked us, mobilised us, and distracted us. But with a vaccine on the horizon, it’s perhaps time to pause. What have we discovered this past year? And how do these discoveries inform our future? Our annual Lancet–Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences conference–held virtually last week–provided a moment for such contemplation.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(20)32584-8/fulltext?rss=yes

‘H2 Hope’ to go on screen at SIGGRAPH Asia 2020
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-05
TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) — The short animation ‘H2 Hope’, co-directed by Ashkan Rahgozar and Negin Khajehaei, will be screened at the 13th ACM SIGGRAPH Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Asia in South Korea.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166756/H2-Hope-to-g…

The Problem With Hashtag Activism
Amber A’Lee Frost | zcomm.org | 2020-12-05
While hashtags may be the quickest way for anyone to tap into the turbulent and frenetic world of online social justice discourse, their record for building the sort of institutions that can boost popular power is an unbroken pattern of defeat.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-problem-with-h…

One year later: Demand justice for Frank Ordonez, Teamster killed by police
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-12-05
Los Angeles, CA – December 5 will mark a year since the murder of UPS driver Frank Ordonez. Last year, Ordonez, while delivering on route, was kidnapped by jewel thieves and held hostage in the delivery vehicle. The truck was pursued by police for hours. The pursuit came to a slowdown at a busy intersection, where police opened fire on the vehicle. The police fired over 200 rounds, killing Ordonez, the thieves and a bystander. The bystander, Rick Cutshaw, was a business rep for OPEIU Local 100. A year later, no one has been charged for the murders, and the officers still remain on active duty. And none of the pol…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/12/5/one-year…

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