Venezuela’s PSUV Retakes Control of National Assembly Despite Low Turnout
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-12-07
With 99 percent of the votes counted, the PSUV has won 68 percent with a 30.5 percent participation rate.
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US Media, Pols Rage After Venezuelans Defy US Empire to Re-elect Socialists
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-12-07
Despite the fact that the election was overseen by over 4,500 international observers, US pols and media pundits alike labeled it a sham before it even took place.
mintpressnews.com/us-media-pols-bias-ven…
The unseen plight of undocumented workers in the US during the pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-12-07
Deemed “essential” workers, but denied legal recognition and financial or medical resources, the undocumented work in high-risk industries where COVID-19 spreads at unrivaled rates.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/07/immi…
In An Insane World, Revolution Is The Moderate Position
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-12-07
It should not be considered radical or extremist to oppose mass murder for profit and power. | It should not be considered radical or extremist to oppose the globe-spanning power alliance that is perpetrating most of that mass murder on the world stage today. | It should not be considered radical or extremist to oppose the existence of secretive government agencies which have extensive histories of committing horrific crimes. | It should not be considered radical or extremist to say that everyone ought to have a basic standard of living instead of being deprived of food, shelter and medicine if they have the wron…
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US, UK Governments Should Free Julian Assange
Reagan M. Sova | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-07
In Steven Spielberg’s 2017 historical thriller…
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‘Strong hearts to the front!’: Indigenous water protectors take direct action against Minnesota tar sands pipeline
Brett Wilkins | nationofchange.org | 2020-12-07
“Clean water and unpolluted land capable of providing sustenance is essential to our survival… [and] Line 3 poses an existential threat to our well-being.”
nationofchange.org/2020/12/07/strong-hea…
New coronavirus hotspots at German meatpacking plants and Amazon hubs
wsws.org | 2020-12-07
At least five Amazon employees are among those currently struggling for their lives in an intensive care unit while 172 workers at a large Tà∂nnies slaughterhouse tested positive for COVID-19 last week.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/07/amaz…
Thanking Essential Workers Is Not Enough
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2020-12-07
John Twohig / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0] By Janie Grice / OtherWords During the pandemic, essential workers have become public heroes. These frontline workers include tens of millions of retail employees, from those who stock our grocery shelves to those filling orders for Amazon. With so many people seeing firsthand how low-wage workers make our society function, we have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to… | Source…
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Should the left care about blockchain technology?
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-12-07
Despite its utopian promises of digital democracy, Thomas Redshaw argues socialists should be wary of embracing blockchain technology.
mronline.org/2020/12/07/should-the-left-…
Dutch socialists demand greater expenditure on municipal health services
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-12-07
Last week, the Socialist Party (SP) in the Netherlands demanded adequate funding for the Municipal Health Services (GGD) in the country to bolster preventive measures against any health crisis…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/12/07/dutch-soc…
Saturn Devours His Own
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-07
The Greek myth Titan Cronus has parallels in Freud, Shakespeare and elsewhere with differences in outcomes and motivation. The myth is represented majestically and horrifically by the Spanish artist Goya, and is housed in the Prado Museum in Madrid. The painting stops the museum visitor in his or her tracks because it is so powerful and frightening.
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Saturn Devours His Own
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-07
The Greek myth Titan Cronus has parallels in Freud, Shakespeare and elsewhere with differences in outcomes and motivation. The myth is represented majestically and horrifically by the Spanish artist Goya, and is housed in the Prado Museum in Madrid. The painting stops the museum visitor in his or her tracks because it is so powerful and frightening.
counterpunch.org/2020/12/07/saturn-devou…
Haftar’s forces intercept Turkish ship in Libya waters: Spokesman
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-07
Haftar’s forces intercept Turkish ship in Libya waters: Spokesman | LNA spokesman says Jamaican-flagged vessel did not respond to calls for communication before it was captured | MEE staff | Mon, 12/07/2020 – 23: 02 | Self-proclaimed LNA forces in the eastern city of Benghazi, 1 November (AFP/File photo) | Forces loyal to eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar have intercepted a Turkish ship off the North African country…
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US Congress And Corporate Media Claim Venezuela’s Government Threatened To Starve Non-Voters
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-07
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and US corporate media declared Venezuela’s legislative elections a “sham” before results were even announced, opening a new front in the propaganda war on the besieged country and its leftist government. | Among the most blatant distortions deployed against President Nicolas Maduro’s United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) was a claim first advanced by Leopoldo López, the far-right, US-backed opposition leader who recently fled to Spain. | On Twitter, López tweeted a deceptively edited clip of Constituent Assembly President Diosdado Cabello addressing an election rally, and accu…
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Parliamentary Elections In Venezuela: All You Need To Know
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-07
This December 6, Venezuela is holding its twenty-sixth election since Chavismo took political power in 1998. This time around, the people will elect a new National Assembly with one of the most diverse ballots seen in recent years, in which five major blocks — two from the left and three on the right – are competing. | Venezuelanalysis brings you this quick guide which explains everything you need to know before the vote, while also highlighting some key contests taking place. | Who is voting? 20.7 million people are registered, including 51,398 new voters.
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Venezuela; 6D Elections, What’s At Stake And Who Will Win?
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-07
Venezuelans once again headed to the polls on December 6 in what seems to be the mother of all battles for the National Assembly of Venezuela. Since 2015, this institution has been taken over by anti-Chavismo in what was not an anti-Chavismo vote, but instead of a vote of discontent with the economic situation Venezuela was at the time facing. Hugo Chavez said on March 26 of 2006, that “every revolution needs the whip of the counter-revolution, so strike with the whip, we can take it! To each whiplash we will respond with more revolution!”.
popularresistance.org/venezuela-6d-elect…
Indigenous-Led Patrol Keeps Peace, Assists People In Inner City
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-07
An Indigenous-led patrol in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is hoping for funding from the city so it can expand to provide services similar to a well-known patrol in Winnipeg. | The Sweet Grass Clan patrol was launched last summer through the Aboriginal Front Door Society at Hastings and Main Streets. It aims to establish a community-based, Indigenous-led patrol much like Winnipeg’s Bear Clan patrol, which started small but is now a major presence keeping the peace and assisting residents in inner-city communities. | During the COVID-19 pandemic, the group is connecting with people on the street, handing out essen…
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‘Venezuela Has Now a Legitimate Assembly’ Observers Note
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-07
The head of the delegation of Russian electoral observers Igor Ananskij highlighted that Venezuela’s National Assembly gained legitimacy after the elections that took place on Sunday, December 6. | RELATED: | Venezuela Election Update: PSUV Coalition Wins 67% of the Vote | “The most important result of these elections is that Venezuela now has a legitimate National Assembly,” Ananskij told Sputnik. | The vice president of the Russian Parliament’s Lower House (Duma) also expressed…
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Indigenous Water Protectors Take Direct Action Against Minnesota Tar Sands Pipeline
Brett Wilkins | zcomm.org | 2020-12-07
Construction on the Enbridge Line 3 extension–which will transport up to 760,000 barrels of the world’s dirtiest oil daily–began earlier this week, despite strong Native opposition…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/indigenous-water-p…
Stuck In A Lift With John Pilger — ‘News And How To Use It’ by Alan Rusbridger
David Edwards | zcomm.org | 2020-12-07
Pilger tells the unfiltered, uncompromised truth about the foundations of power. His focus is on speaking up for the victims of power, not on serving power…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/stuck-in-a-lift-wi…
What’s At Stake in Julian Assange’s Extradition Trial
Nancy Carolina Graterol | thenation.com | 2020-12-07
What’s At Stake in Julian Assange’s Extradition Trial…
thenation.com/article/society/wikileaks-…
Roberto Lovato’s Journalism of the Soul
Kyle Paoletta | thenation.com | 2020-12-07
Roberto Lovato’s Journalism of the Soul…
thenation.com/article/culture/roberto-lo…
Think Tankers Against China: The Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-12-07
Security think tanks are the leeches of industry. Attached to their appropriate field, they compile analysis that is supposedly masterful, insightful and even useful. Reports can recommend courses of action, from a troop surge in a failing war, to an increase of defence spending in bolstering cyber capabilities. Bunkered in these institutes, the think tanker …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/12/think-tankers…
Jab Me If You Can: How Political Endorsements Defeat Vaccinations
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-07
Will they ever learn? When former US Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton announced that they would publicly take a vaccine against COVID-19, National Public Radio seemed impressed. “Who better to promote a product than a former president? How about three?” On SiriusXM’s The Joe Madison Show, Obama held up his hand.
counterpunch.org/2020/12/07/jab-me-if-yo…
To Turn Fear to Action, We Must Confront the Emotions of the Climate Emergency
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-12-07
Humans rely on core metaphors to make sense of the world. These metaphors have a powerful impact on our values. For example, if you believe “nature is a machine,” it’s easy to exploit the natural world without feeling any remorse; whereas if you believe, like many Indigenous communities, that all living beings are related, you naturally feel a moral compunction about how you treat your nonhuman relatives. | When The Climate Mobilization w…
truthout.org/articles/to-turn-fear-to-ac…
For the US in Afghanistan’s endless war, surrender is apparently not an option
Dave Lindorff | nationofchange.org | 2020-12-07
Withdraw? You can’t do that!
nationofchange.org/2020/12/07/for-the-us…
For the US in Afghanistan’s Endless War, Surrender is Apparently Not an Option
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-07
The US War in –or on–Afghanistan has rightly been called the “Forever War.” Launched on October 7, 2001, while the ruins of the World Trade Center were still smoldering from the 9/11 attacks five weeks earlier, the war is now in its 19th year, making it almost nine years longer than the Vietnam War. And yet,…
counterpunch.org/2020/12/07/for-the-us-i…
Supreme Court Again Rejects Challenge to Trans-Affirming School Policies
commondreams.org | 2020-12-07
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Why Jeh Johnson Would Be a Better Defense Secretary Than Michèle Flournoy
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies | commondreams.org | 2020-12-07
Flournoy has repeatedly demonstrated throughout her career, both in her official Pentagon positions in the Clinton and Obama administrations and in her published writings and statements, that she actually believes in the normalization of war. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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US Congress and corporate media deploy massive lie, claiming Venezuela’s gov’t threatened to starve non-voters
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-12-07
Max BLUMENTHAL, Anya PARAMPIL | Spun out by the US Congress and Wall Street Journal, the cynical deception is part of an assault on Venezuela’s legislative election, in which even opposition politicians were sanctioned for participating. | Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and US corporate media declared Venezuela’s legislative elections a “sham” before results were even announced, opening a new front in the propaganda war on the besieged country and its leftist government. | Among the most blatant distortions deployed against…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/12/07/us…
Massacre in Thunder Basin: Forest Service Seeks License to Kill Prairie Dogs
George Wuerthner | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-07
Years ago, I went out of my way to visit the Thunder Basin National Grassland. With a name like “Thunder Basin,” how could I resist. The Thunder Basin National Grassland is located in northeastern Wyoming in the Powder River Basin between the Big Horn Mountains and the Black Hills. Short-grass plains dominate it. The Medicine…
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Threat of More Illegal US Sanctions on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 Pipeline
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-07
The US under both right wings of the one-party state is waging a long war on Russia by other means — and all other nations unwilling to bow and scape to its imperial demands. | US aggression includes endless smashing of …
globalresearch.ca/us-fy-2021-ndaa-includ…
OPCW executives praised whistleblower and criticized Syria cover-up, leaks reveal
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-12-07
Exclusive: Documents obtained by The Grayzone show that OPCW executives privately criticized the manipulation of a Syria chemical weapons probe, and supported a dissenting veteran inspector. One official, however, feared helping the “Russian narrative.” These private admissions further expose the public whitewash of the Douma cover-up, and undermine the ongoing attacks on the whistleblowers who challenged it. Since the explosive revelation that an investigation by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in Syria was manipulated, a smear …
thegrayzone.com/2020/12/07/opcw-executiv…
Georgia Runoffs: Democrats Aim to Take Senate as Republicans Back Trump Attack on Election Integrity
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-12-07
Two Georgia Senate runoff elections on January 5 will decide who controls the upper chamber and whether the Biden administration will be able to pass its ambitious policy agenda. If Democrats succeed in unseating Georgia’s two senators, Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, the Senate will be split 50-50, with incoming Vice President Kamala Harris able to cast tie-breaking votes. In two debates Sunday night, Perdue skipped his debate with challenger Jon Ossoff, who took the stage opposite an empty podium, and Loeffler faced off against Reverend Raphael Warnock. We play excerpts and host a discussion with author and Em…
www.democracynow.org/2020/12/7/georgia_s…
Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson Wins “Alternative Nobel” for Work Against Mass Incarceration
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-12-07
Civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson, who founded the Equal Justice Initiative, was one of four human rights defenders to win this year’s Right Livelihood Award on December 3. “I work in a country that has the highest rate of incarceration in the world. I work against a system that treats you better if you’re rich and guilty than if you’re poor and innocent,” he said in accepting the honor. “We work to overturn this horrific era of mass incarceration in America that has been brought about by the politics of fear and anger.” We feature his full acceptance speech of the Right Livelihood Award, widely known as the…
www.democracynow.org/2020/12/7/bryan_ste…
Black Voters Matter: Group Sues Georgia for Purging 200,000 Voters Ahead of 2020 Election
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-12-07
On the voter registration deadline for Georgians who want to vote in two Senate runoff elections on January 5, we speak with Cliff Albright, co-founder and executive director of Black Voters Matter, about why the state is “ground zero” for Republican voter suppression efforts. Black Voters Matter has filed a federal lawsuit alleging Georgia’s current secretary of state improperly removed nearly 200,000 voters from the rolls. Those voters “were purged illegally” ahead of the 2020 election and almost certainly affected the results, says Albright. “At the end of the day, this election … should not have even been c…
www.democracynow.org/2020/12/7/georgia_v…
Voting Is Not the End of Our Work. It’s Only the Beginning
Noam Chomsky | zcomm.org | 2020-12-07
Once Trump is fully removed, the work will be to move forward to construct the better world that is within reach…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/voting-is-not-the-en…
54 million women and youth face staggering humanitarian challenges
news.un.org | 2020-12-07
As COVID-19 continues to disproportionately impact women and girls hit by multiple humanitarian crises, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency appealed on Monday for $818 million‚ÄØto provide 54 million women and youth with essential and life-saving services throughout 2021.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/12/1…
‘Trolling to another level’: Palestinians pose as Emiratis in Tel Aviv
Nur Ayoubi | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-07
‘Trolling to another level’: Palestinians pose as Emiratis in Tel Aviv | Israelis flock to Palestinian men in dishdashas for photographs in viral video praised for its humour | Nur Ayoubi | Mon, 12/07/2020 – 13: 14 | Palestinians wearing traditional Emirati clothes as they filmed themselves in Tel Aviv on Saturday (Screengrab/ Twitter) | Palestinian citizens of Israel are often subjected to hostility and suspicion in th…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palest…
COVID-19 is now the leading cause of death in the US
wsws.org | 2020-12-07
COVID-19 is inundating hospitals across the US. The case fatality rate is already seeing an upturn, which means that hundreds of patients who will die in the next few weeks would have survived had they been infected just a month ago.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/07/covi…
25 Progressive Organizations Call on Senate To Add Seats To the Circuit and District Courts
commondreams.org | 2020-12-07
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Iran, Italy seeking to expand bilateral relations
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-07
TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) — Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs and Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy held a videoconference for the second time on Monday.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166884/Iran-Italy-s…
Final Defense Bill Denies Military Request to Expand Nevada Bombing Ranges
Congress today moved to deny the Defense Department’s request to seize more than 1.7 million acres of public land in Nevada for bombing ranges, following a five-year grassroots campaign by public lands advocates to stop the land grab. | The Air …
globalresearch.ca/final-defense-bill-den…
There’s No Such Thing As Legitimate Rape, Because There’s No Such Thing As Rape
Lydia Sargent | zcomm.org | 2020-12-07
For weeks on end, we heard about no pregnancy rape, bad weather rape, no rape in marriage, forced rape, gray rape–sex that falls between consent and denial–and date rape.
zcomm.org/zmagazine/theres-no-such-thing…
Why we need the Communist Party USA
Joe Sims | peoplesworld.org | 2020-12-07
Fighting for reforms is an essential feature of the battle against capitalism. However, without the conscious, purposeful activity of a revolutionary working-class party, this essential work will only remain in the arena of reforms, that is, it will not touch the power of capital. I was reminded of this recently when speaking with a comrade …
peoplesworld.org/article/why-we-need-the…
Biden Rebuild Must Include Race
Adam Briones | progressive.org | 2020-12-07
Our President-elect seems to genuinely see racism and racial inequality as the moral and economic threat it is.
progressive.org/op-eds/biden-rebuild-inc…
E3 react to Iranian parl. plan to set up new centrifuges
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-07
TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) — France, Germany and the UK have voiced their concern about a counteractive plan by the Iranian Parliament to set up new centrifuges at the Natanz nuclear facility.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166871/E3-react-to-…
India: Pesticide Takeover Spells Trouble for Bees
Phil Carter | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2020-12-07
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This week in history: December 7-13
wsws.org | 2020-12-07
25 years ago: Galileo spacecraft reaches Jupiter On December 7, 1995, the spacecraft Galileo reached Jupiter in a stable orbit around the giant plane, demonstrating the extraordinary capabilities of science and technology.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/07/twih…
Lebanese designer removes bag made from explosion debris after backlash
Nadda Osman | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-07
Lebanese designer removes bag made from explosion debris after backlash | The ‘Silo’ bag, which uses glass from August port blast, has been denounced as distasteful | Nadda Osman | Mon, 12/07/2020 – 15: 04 | The bag has been criticised online, with many calling it exploitative (Screengrab/Twitter) | A Lebanese accessories brand has come under fire after selling a “Silo” bag made from glass from the 4 August Beirut por…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/lebanon-beiru…
Tom Vilsack, a Friend of Big Ag, Is the Wrong Choice for USDA
commondreams.org | 2020-12-07
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The First Amendment Fight Against the WeChat Ban
Ashley Gorski | aclu.org | 2020-12-07
Imagine waking up one day, unlocking your phone, and realizing that you could no longer send or receive messages through your favorite app. Or make or receive calls. Or scroll through your social media feed. Imagine that all of these functions were rolled into one essential app that you and your friends, family, and co-workers depended on, and that the U.S. government had decided to ban it., , That’s exactly what the Trump administration is attempting to do with WeChat, a communications app that millions of people in the United States depend on to connect with friends, family, and business contacts across the…
aclu.org/news/free-speech/the-first-amen…
The Whitebark Pine Needs Your Help
Mike Garrity | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-07
Many of you know about whitebark pine — the high-elevation, slow-growing, five-needled pine trees that provide a critical fall food source for many grizzly bears. Whitebark pine has a typical life span of up to 500 years, and sometimes more than 1,000 years. Whitebark pine tolerates poor soils, steep slopes, and windy exposures and is found at alpine…
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Dr. Wodarg and Dr. Yeadon File Application for Suspension of All SARS CoV-2 Vaccine Studies and Call for Co-signing the Petition
2020 news | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-07
On December 1, 2020, the ex-Pfizer head of respiratory research Dr. Michael Yeadon and the lung specialist and former head of the public health department Dr. Wolfgang Wodarg filed an application with the EMA, the European Medicine Agency responsible …
globalresearch.ca/dr-wodarg-dr-yeadon-re…
Washington D.C. transit system proposes unprecedented cuts in response to severe budget shortfall
wsws.org | 2020-12-07
The transit system’s proposal would slash nearly a third of all jobs in its workforce and eliminate weekend rail service completely.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/07/wmat…
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: The joke’s on who?
wsws.org | 2020-12-07
Writer-performer Sacha Baron Cohen cannot resist mocking even the most undeserving targets, including a Holocaust survivor who tries to disabuse the title character of his (feigned) anti-Semitism.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/07/bora…
Cinema Verite announces lineup of “Special Display” film
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-07
TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) — A lineup of eight documentaries which will be displayed in the “Special Display” of a non-competing section of the 14th edition of Iran International Documentary Film Festival known as “Cinema Verite” has been abandoned.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166882/Cinema-Verit…
Millions of Tenants ‘Headed for Absolute Disaster’ After New Year, Owing Average of Nearly $6,000 in Rent and Utilities
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-12-07
“This is like a Charles Dickens novel. It’s an evolving story of how people at the bottom are suffering.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2020/12/07/million…
Thirteen thousand jobs threatened at UK’s Arcadia Group
wsws.org | 2020-12-07
Twenty-five thousand jobs are threatened with the collapse of Arcadia, which operates 500 retail chain stores and Debenhams which runs 124 stores.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/07/arca…
Labor needs to change policy on refugees
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-12-07
Polls show a majority of Australians are fed up with the waste of money and needless cruelty of immigration detention, argues Niko Leka.
greenleft.org.au/content/labor-needs-cha…
“Red-tagging” accusations at the centre of elite conflict in the Philippines
wsws.org | 2020-12-07
The McCarthyite accusations are an initial salvo between rival sections of the ruling class in the mounting political tensions leading up to the May 2022 presidential election.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/07/phil…
Student government delegates at the University of Michigan speak out against the administration’s COVID-19 policies
wsws.org | 2020-12-07
The decision to reopen the university residence halls and conduct in-person learning immediately provoked opposition from the student body, culminating in a nine-day strike in September by graduate student instructors.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/07/grad…
American Democracy Is a Fiction & Who Do Republicans Represent?
Paul Craig Roberts | thealtworld.com | 2020-12-07
As my article this morning on this 79th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor illustrates | thealtworld.com/paul_craig_roberts/pearl… | , governments use deception to bring people in agreement with the agendas of those who control government. The cost of such deceptions usually exceed the benefits. Ruinous wars result, and the unity required to cement a country together can be destroyed. | I believe the latter has happened with the stolen US presidential election. It is cer…
thealtworld.com/paul_craig_roberts/ameri…
This election can’t contain the rage of young Americans
Aaron White | zcomm.org | 2020-12-07
Since May, eight million Americans have fallen into poverty, with minorities and children being hit the hardest. | The crack at the center of America is growing…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/this-election-cant-c…
The Most Dangerous Thing About Marijuana
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-07
I’m writing this column as an open letter to my state’s US Senators (Republicans Marco Rubio and Rick Scott). I encourage you to write to yours as well, and if you like any of the language herein, feel free to “steal” it. Dear Senators Rubio and Scott, On December 4, the US House of Representatives…
counterpunch.org/2020/12/07/the-most-dan…
More Scandals on Dutch Government’s Involvement in Supporting Terrorism in Syria
SANA | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-07
A new chapter in the scandals of the Netherlands’s involvement in supporting terrorist organizations in Syria is unfolding in front of the world public opinion after Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has recently admitted that he personally intervened to obstruct …
globalresearch.ca/more-scandals-dutch-go…
Climate change is resulting in profound, immediate and worsening health impacts, over 120 researchers say
Celia McMichael, Ilan Kelman and Shouro Dasgupta, and Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson | zcomm.org | 2020-12-07
If responses to the economic impacts of COVID-19 align with an effective response to climate change, we’ll see immense benefits for human health, with cleaner air, healthier diets and more liveable cities…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/climate-change-is-…
Peru’s export agriculture workers win repeal of regressive labor law
Kimberly Villafuerte Barzola | liberationnews.org | 2020-12-07
Early in the morning on Nov. 30, thousands of export agricultural workers from the southern coastal region of Ica, Peru, blocked the Panamericana Sur highway, a major transportation artery, to protest their own precarious labor conditions and tax cuts for large export agricultural companies codified in the Agrarian Promotion Law. Also known as the “Chlimper …
liberationnews.org/perus-export-agricult…
COVID-19 Vaccination. “Coerced Consent”?
Bill Sardi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-07
A commonly heard presumption is that healthcare workers should be vaccinated first. But what if……. | ……….the vaccines induce immediate or latent adverse reactions that sideline these first responders and frontline workers? It could be a catastrophe. And if for …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-vaccination-b…
Araghchi stresses on Portugal role in Iran-Europe relations
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-07
TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) — Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister expressed hope that Portugal could play an active role in the relations of Iran and Europe when it takes over the presidency of the EU in 2021.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166872/Araghchi-str…
Deprived schools face a funding crisis as they continue to deal with coronavirus
Jasmine Norden | thecanary.co | 2020-12-07
Schools in poorer areas need “emergency support” due to a funding shortfall for schools dealing with the pandemic. | Research by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) has reported that lost income and additional coronavirus (Covid-19) expenses may leave a quarter of schools unable to meet their costs. Deprived schools were twice as likely to be affected. | The researchers suggested current government funding pro…
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As Sisi meets Macron, Egypt renews detention of human rights activist
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-07
As Sisi meets Macron, Egypt renews detention of human rights activist | A number of detained members of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights were released last week, but Zaki remains in custody pending similar charges | MEE and agencies | Mon, 12/07/2020 – 10: 39 | Patrick George Zaki has been in custody since 7 February upon his return from Italy, where he had been living and studying (Twitter) | A l…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/detention-egy…
US imposes sanctions on 14 Chinese officials over Hong Kong
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-07
TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) — The US Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on 14 Chinese officials over Hong Kong’s developments on Monday.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166887/US-imposes-s…
Belgian Workers Party holds country-wide solidarity initiative
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-12-07
The solidarity initiative of the Workers Party of Belgium (PTB/PVDA) is intended to support caregivers and other sections of the working class, the youth, elderly, and the poor during the winter months amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/12/07/belgian-w…
Iran-Romania ties not harmed under pressures: envoy
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-07
TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) — The Romanian envoy to Tehran likened the Iran-Romania relation to a tree whose root will not be hurt under the sanctions imposed by the arrogant powers of the world.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166870/Iran-Romania…
The Price of Publishing Independent Thought: We Need Your Support!
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-07
Dear readers, | With freedom of speech continually being curtailed, running an independent counter-current news media in 2020 is no easy feat. | We have always operated on a shoestring budget, but the last year has been a financial struggle for us. …
globalresearch.ca/the-price-of-publishin…
Tens of Thousands Rally in France Against Security Law as Police and Protesters Clash Again
Ben Chacko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-07
French protesters clashed with police in Paris and other cities including Marseille, Lyon, Rennes and Nantes yesterday as tens of thousands took to the streets in further mass demonstrations against an authoritarian new security law. | The weekly rallies each Saturday …
globalresearch.ca/tens-thousands-rally-f…
Transfer of Rohingya refugees to Bay of Bengal island ‘must be voluntary’: UN refugee agency
news.un.org | 2020-12-07
The head of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), has voiced concerns over the reported relocation of some Rohingya refugees by Bangladeshi authorities, to an island off the country’s coast, in the Bay of Bengal.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/12/1…
Listening to the Silence with Don DeLillo
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-07
In 1997, Don DeLillo, the author of seventeen novels, published what many consider his masterpiece, Underworld. It was a prophetic book in many ways, especially with its focus on the World Trade Towers and the way the book’s …
globalresearch.ca/listening-silence-don-…
Voters Complained About Threats, Aggressive Electioneering and Racism at Polls
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-12-07
While the 2020 election went more smoothly than most had dared to hope, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a nonpartisan election protection group, nonetheless received a steady drumbeat of complaints to its hotline about voter intimidation and harassment during early voting and on Election Day. | Since Nov. 3, ProPublica has followed up on these reports, attempting to verify details with complainants and other witnesses and to review available documentation, including videos…
truthout.org/articles/voters-complained-…
Iran’s aviation industry has made significant progress
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-07
TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) — Deputy Coordinator of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Army said that Iranian aviation industry has made eye-catching progress and development despite sanctions imposed against the country.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166866/Iran-s-aviat…
COVID-19: Deadliest day recorded
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-12-07
The number of recorded infections now tops 14 million and the total official death toll stands at more than 274,000.
mronline.org/2020/12/07/covid-19-deadlie…
In Historic First, House Votes to Decriminalize Marijuana
Mike Ludwig | zcomm.org | 2020-12-07
With 68 percent of Americans opposed to marijuana prohibition, and with legalization spreading on the state level, Congress is under mounting pressure to reconcile state and federal cannabis regulation…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/in-historic-first-…
Prioritize health workers, at-risk groups, for COVID-19 vaccines: WHO chief
news.un.org | 2020-12-07
As countries plan to roll out COVID-19 vaccines in the coming days, weeks and months, health workers and other at-risk populations should be prioritized for vaccination, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/12/1…
Going Green? Personal Car Seems to Be a Cheaper Alternative to Public Transport in Too Many Places
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-12-07
In too many places around the world driving a car is cheaper than using public transport. This is especially true for the era of cheap oil. How are we going to get green then? | (Click on the image to enlarge)…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/12/07/go…
Pearl Harbor: An Orchestrated Event?
Paul Craig Roberts | thealtworld.com | 2020-12-07
In November, 1944, US Secretary of War, Henry Stimson snapped to the US Secretary of the Treasury that he was worn out “from working the last two weeks on the Pearl Harbor report to keep out anything that might hurt the President.” — Churchill’s War, Vol. II | December 7, 2020. Today is the 79th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the event that brought the US into the war against Germany and Japan. Eight American battleships were sunk or put out of action, and about 3,600 American sailors were killed or wounded. | Washington needed scapegoats, and Admiral Husband Kimmel and General Walter S…
thealtworld.com/paul_craig_roberts/pearl…
UK People’s Assembly talk “Zero Covid” while doing nothing
wsws.org | 2020-12-07
Silence on the criminal role of the Labour and trade union bureaucracy is fundamental to the purpose of the People’s Assembly. Though it presents itself as a “grassroots” movement, it is the construct of pro-capitalist tendencies, hostile to socialism and the working class…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/07/zeco…
Argentina Passes “Millionaire’s Tax” to Fund Covid-19 Recovery
Kenny Stancil, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-12-07
“We’re coming out of this pandemic like countries come out of world wars, with thousands of dead and devastated economies,” said one senator. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Biden’s Iran Deal Faces Iran’s ‘Red Pill’
Alastair Crooke | thealtworld.com | 2020-12-07
Does Biden’s Team ‘A’ believe that a limited strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities is realistic, without triggering wider war? | Biden says he wants — through diplomacy — to achieve a nuclear deal with Iran — i.e. a JCPOA ‘Plus + Plus’. The Europeans desperately concur with this aspiration. But the ‘deal protocols’ that his ‘A-Team’ inherits from the…
thealtworld.com/alastair_crooke/bidens-i…
Decommissioning Civil Nuclear Sites Will Take 120 Years, MPs Warn
Engineering and Technology | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-07
According to a report from the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC), decommissioning the UK’s civil nuclear sites will cost £132bn of public money, and will not be completed for a further 120 years. | *** | The report blamed a …
globalresearch.ca/decommissioning-civil-…
Guterres spotlights ‘critical role’ of aviation in pandemic recovery, marking International Day
news.un.org | 2020-12-07
The UN Secretary-General has called for greater support for the aviation sector, badly hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, to allow it to better weather the global economic crisis sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/12/1…
Shutting school systems, wrong response to COVID-19, UNICEF says
news.un.org | 2020-12-07
Countries fighting the coronavirus should not impose nationwide or large-scale school closures, which is the wrong response and compounds the societal cost of the disease, with 320 million children locked out of school at the start of December, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said on Tuesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/12/1…
Political Crisis under the Guise of a Health Crisis: Face Masks, Social Distancing and Limit on Gatherings: Colorado Diner Defies Lockdown
Renee Parsons | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-07
It comes as no surprise that simultaneous with President Donald Trump’s declaration that the voter fraud election of 2020 was a coordinated Democratic jihad, the next ‘ dark winter’ of Covid 19 “outbreaks” arrived just in time to distract …
globalresearch.ca/political-crisis-under…
Improved Afghan law still fails victims of sex crimes and violence against women, UN report finds
news.un.org | 2020-12-07
Afghanistan’s justice system is continuing to fail female victims of violence and sex crimes, despite a 2009 law that was hailed as a significant step forward in legal efforts to protect them, according to a UN report published jointly on Monday by the UN human rights office (OHCHR) and the UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
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We’ve Had Enough Death in 2020. Why Add More?
Yusuf Ahmed Nur | aclu.org | 2020-12-07
I was in the middle of reciting Ya Seen, the 36th chapter of the Quran, when the executioner signaled to me that was enough. It was time to kill Orlando Hall. Across a strip of tape dividing us, Orlando received a shot of lethal injection before I could finish the verse’s final, essential line. “So glory be to Him in whose hand is the dominion of everything, and to Him you will be returned.”, , Orlando lost consciousness while reciting the Shahada, as I, his spiritual advisor, had instructed him., , The execution of Orlando Hall on Nov. 19 was the first I had ever witnessed. As a business professor at Indiana…
aclu.org/news/capital-punishment/weve-ha…
Arabic press review: Family of Egypt’s Mubarak to sue EU over ‘illegal sanctions’
Mohammad Ayesh | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-07
Arabic press review: Family of Egypt’s Mubarak to sue EU over ‘illegal sanctions’ | Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia prepares for reconciliation with Qatar, Bashir’s health deteriorates in jail, and video of Egyptian man throwing cash from balcony goes viral | Mohammad Ayesh | Mon, 12/07/2020 – 16: 38 | Gamal Mubarak (seen to right of his late father Hosni) said he will sue the Council of the European Union after winning…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/arabic-press-…
John Brown’s Maid: Brown as Buffoon in The Good Lord Bird vs. Brown as Radical in “Underground”
Dennis Broe | peoplesworld.org | 2020-12-07
While the last two episodes of Ethan Hawkes’ recounting of the John Brown story have some emotional resonance, the series as a whole, derived from a National Book Award winning novel by James McBride, is a postmodern mocking of Brown and Frederic Douglas. John Brown’s incendiary raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859 was the event …
peoplesworld.org/article/john-browns-mai…
Trump’s pernicious military legacy
Michael T. Klare | nationofchange.org | 2020-12-07
People seldom notice that Trump’s approach to military policy has always been two-faced.
nationofchange.org/2020/12/07/trumps-per…
Syrain FM holds talks with Ghalibaf
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-07
TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) — Syrian FM Faisal Mekdad met and held talks with Iranian Parliament’s spox Mohamamd Bagher Ghalibaf on Monday.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166877/Syrain-FM-ho…
Listening to the Silence with Don DeLillo
Edward Curtin | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-12-07
In 1997, Don DeLillo, the author of seventeen novels, published what many consider his masterpiece, Underworld. It was a prophetic book in many ways, especially with its focus on the World Trade Towers and the way the book’s cover, front and back, pictured the towers shrouded in smoke or clouds with what seemed like a …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/12/listening-to-…
Afghanistan refutes reports of insulting to Afghans in Iran
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-07
TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) — Afghanistan Foreign Ministry has dismissed as untrue the reports and alleged videos of insulting some Afghan nationals in Iran.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166874/Afghanistan-…
Saturday 12/12: People Get Ready: Beating the Right, Strengthening the Left, and Building Power
Center for Political Education & Haymarket | indybay.org | 2020-12-07
Online/virtual symposium…
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Why Contrary to Normal Patterns, the Workweek has Actually Gotten Longer in the Pandemic Recession
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-07
The rebound slowed sharply in November, with the economy adding just 245,000 jobs. This would ordinarily be a very respectable gain, but with the economy still down almost 10 million jobs from the pre-pandemic level, it is not a pace that gets us back to full employment any time soon. If we need 100,000 jobs…
counterpunch.org/2020/12/07/why-contrary…
John Brown’s maid: Brown as buffoon in ‘The Good Lord Bird’ vs. Brown as radical in ‘Underground’
Dennis Broe | peoplesworld.org | 2020-12-07
While the last two episodes of Ethan Hawkes’ recounting of the John Brown story have some emotional resonance, the series as a whole, derived from a National Book Award winning novel by James McBride, is a postmodern mocking of Brown and Frederic Douglas. John Brown’s incendiary raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859 was the event …
peoplesworld.org/article/john-browns-mai…
‘Refusing to Serve in the Army is My Small Act of Making Change’
Hallel Rabin | zcomm.org | 2020-12-07
Hallel Rabin spent 56 days in an Israeli military prison for refusing to serve in the Israel Defense Force. Rabin, 19, talks about her time behind bars, conversations with her fellow inmates, and talking to young Israelis about the occupation…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/refusing-to-serve-…
Iran’s Leader in good health
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-07
TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) — An informed source affiliated to the office of Iran’s Leader rejected the failing health rumors about the Leader of the Islamic Revolution underlining that Ayatollah Khamenei is in good health.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166881/Iran-s-Leade…
Transfer of Rohingya refugees to Bay of Bengal island ‘must be voluntary’: UN refugee agency
news.un.org | 2020-12-07
The head of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), has voiced concerns over reported relocation of Rohingya refugees, by Bangladeshi authorities, to an island off the country’s coast.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/12/1…
Turkey’s cities face drought as lack of rain hits water levels in dams
Ragip Soylu | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-07
Turkey’s cities face drought as lack of rain hits water levels in dams | Concerns running high as rainfall drops to five-year lows in western and central parts of the country | Ragip Soylu | Mon, 12/07/2020 – 11: 35 | Cracked soil after a drought at the Dikilitas Pond in the Golbasi district of Ankara, 23 July 2020 (AFP) | Mayors of the largest cities in Turkey are concerned by the lack of rainfall since the summer, w…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-drough…
John Lennon Still Lives Among Us
Joshua Meyrowitz | commondreams.org | 2020-12-07
When icons become “media friends,” their impact can be unexpected and powerful. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2020/12/06/john-l…
France’s weapons sales to Egypt won’t be conditioned on human rights, says Macron
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-07
France’s weapons sales to Egypt won’t be conditioned on human rights, says Macron | Despite criticism from rights groups for hosting Sisi, the French leader said the two countries were ‘united’ in building ‘a space of civilisation’ | MEE and agencies | Mon, 12/07/2020 – 13: 30 | French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the Elysee Palace in Paris on 7 December 2020…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-france-…
DR Congo: Political tensions, armed attacks, displacement and COVID threats continue
news.un.org | 2020-12-07
There is a critical need for State institutions in the Democratic Republic of the‚ÄØCongo‚ÄØ(DRC) to provide more stability and safety for citizens facing multiple threats, the head of the UN mission there told the Security Council on Monday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/12/1…
Alabama loses two more educators to COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-12-07
A veteran teacher recalls the victims and calls for uniting workers against the deadly return to in-person schools.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/07/alab…
Macron greets butcher of Cairo al-Sisi for three-day state visit to Paris
wsws.org | 2020-12-07
Sisi is coming to give Macron a tutorial on how to run a fascistic authoritarian regime, amid mounting social anger at the French president’s police state agenda.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/07/macr…
“Chilean Building” to be screened in Cinema Verite
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-07
TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) — The “Chilean Building” is slated to be screen at the 14th Iran International Documentary Film Festival known as “Cinema Verite”.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166876/Chilean-Buil…
Trump Administration Is Spending Its Last Weeks in Office Cutting Social Security Benefits
commondreams.org | 2020-12-07
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EPA Leaves Unsafe Health Standard for Soot Emissions in Place
commondreams.org | 2020-12-07
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The Most Dangerous Thing About Marijuana
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-07
I’m writing this column as an open letter to my state’s US Senators (Republicans Marco Rubio and Rick Scott). I encourage you to write to yours as well, and if you like any of the language herein, feel free to “steal” it. Dear Senators Rubio and Scott, On December 4, the US House of Representatives…
counterpunch.org/2020/12/07/the-most-dan…
Citizen scientists help accelerate COVID-19 research with their phones
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-12-07
Almost one million people around the world have helped Imperial accelerate COVID-related research by recruiting their smartphones while they sleep.
imperial.ac.uk/news/210153/citizen-scientists-help-accelerate-covid-19-research
Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank announce new round of job cuts
wsws.org | 2020-12-07
At a time when the German DAX index approaches a historic high of over 13,000 points with shareholders swimming in money, tens of thousands of white-collar and blue-collar workers are paying the price for this orgy of enrichment with their jobs and livelihoods.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/07/bank…
‘Quickly restore the rule of law’ in Ethiopia’s Tigray, urges Guterres
news.un.org | 2020-12-07
The UN Secretary-General said on Monday it was “essential to quickly restore the rule of law” in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray, where Government forces and those loyal to the ruling Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) have been engaged in fighting for more than a month.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/12/1…
Biden’s economic adviser picks are underwhelming the left, to say the least
Matthew Rozsa | salon.com | 2020-12-07
Biden chooses a team that is sympathetic to corporations, many of whom have questionable ties to finance…
salon.com/2020/12/07/biden-neoliberal-pi…
NATO Craving Conflict
Finian Cunningham | thealtworld.com | 2020-12-07
The US-led NATO military alliance is like a war junkie — it needs to inject conflict and tensions in order to get a “fix” for its existence. | NATO’s pathological addiction was all the more apparent with the publication of its mission document last week entitled ‘NATO 2030 — United for a New Era’.Reading between the lines, it is evident that the alliance’s planners are desperately seeking a public rationale “to stay relevant” — more than 70 years after the military bloc was founded in 1949 at the beginning…
thealtworld.com/finian_cunningham/nato-c…
COVID-19 spikes four times higher in prisons and jails: ‘This lack of concern for human lives is calculated’
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-12-07
As COVID-19 cases explode exponentially in the U.S., a glaring component of this public health crisis is being ignored: Prisoners are contracting the virus at four times the national rate, and these spikes will spread to the larger community.
therealnews.com/covid-19-spikes-four-tim…
“Awkwafina is Nora from Queens” demonstrates the depths of New Cold War propaganda against China
Danny Haiphong | mronline.org | 2020-12-07
In the season finale, the liberal mask comes off and the program morphs into a screed for the U.S.’s New Cold War on China.
mronline.org/2020/12/07/awkwafina-is-nor…
More Australian university workers speak out on the loss of jobs and conditions
wsws.org | 2020-12-07
With the COVID-19 pandemic being exploited by governments and managements to accelerate pro-market restructuring, affected university workers condemn the NTEU’s response.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/07/unis…
Netanyahu’s trial to face delay
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-07
TEHRAN, Dec. 06 (MNA) — Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial resumed on Sunday but it will probably face a delay for judges hint indictment must be revised.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166863/Netanyahu-s-…
Iraqi forces arrest ISIL element in Kirkuk province
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-07
TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) — The Iraqi forces have arrested the intelligence chief of the ISIL terrorists in the Northern Province of Kirkuk.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166879/Iraqi-forces…
Egypt’s new crackdown on powerful businessmen sparks criticism
Nadda Osman | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-07
Egypt’s new crackdown on powerful businessmen sparks criticism | The arrest of the owner of a major chain of stores in Egypt follows a pattern of arrests of influential businessmen once allied with the Sisi government | Nadda Osman | Mon, 12/07/2020 – 13: 33 | Sayed Sowerky’s Al-Tawhid wel Noor stores, selling household items and clothing, are found across Egypt (Screengrab/Social media) | The arrest of a prominent Eg…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-busines…
Thursday 12/17: Activist Artists Shifting Perspectives on Climate Change w/ Earth Day Network
Earth Day Network | indybay.org | 2020-12-07
Online via FB livestream and Zoom…
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Iranians airlines to replace foreign peers during pandemic
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-07
TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) — Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development said that Iranian airlines will replace foreign airline companies during the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166855/Iranians-air…
Biodiversity is not ‘cute’
Extinction Rebellion | zcomm.org | 2020-12-07
‘Humanity is waging war on nature,’ he said, ‘This is suicidal.’…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/biodiversity-is-no…
FAO ready to back Iran to ensure healthy biodiverse soils
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-07
TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has expressed readiness to help Iran develop and adopt policies and programs to promote sustainable agricultural systems and nurture soil biodiversity.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166868/FAO-ready-to…
Talks underway between Iran, Iraq to boost mutual trade tie
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-07
TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) — Islamic Republic of Iran and Iraq poised to strengthen bilateral ties in the fields of trade and commerce.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166862/Talks-underw…
Alberta’s UCP government plans field hospitals as it allows COVID-19 infections to soar
wsws.org | 2020-12-07
The catastrophe now unfolding in Alberta is the direct result of Premier Kenney’s adamant refusal to heed doctors’ repeated calls for emergency lockdown measures.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/07/albe…
In sickness and health, Fresno Food Not Bombs turns 25!
Kelly Borkert | indybay.org | 2020-12-07
January 2021 will mark the 25th anniversary of Fresno Food Not Bombs Saturday meal serving, an unbroken string of free meals over 25 years. Will that string be broken?>…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/06/1883881…
Food prices, waste rise as food insecurity affects tens of millions in the US
wsws.org | 2020-12-07
Supply chain disruptions caused by the pandemic have forced farmers to destroy food and prices to rise while tens of millions of people struggle to put enough food on the table.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/07/food…
Republican Senator Tries to Prevent the US from an Alliance with the Muslim Brotherhood
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-07
US Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee reintroduced the Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act, on Wednesday. The bill urges the US State Department to designate the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) as …
globalresearch.ca/republican-senator-tri…
“I Never Climbed Provincia” to be displayed in Cinéma Vérité
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-07
TEHRAN, Dec. 08 (MNA) — The “I Never Climbed the Provincia” is slated to be reviewed in the Chilean Films Panorama at the 14th Iran International Documentary Film Festival known as “Cinema Verite” in Tehran on Dec. 15-22 online.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166883/I-Never-Clim…
Georgia Senate Peach
Melinda Beck | thenation.com | 2020-12-07
Georgia Senate Peach…
thenation.com/article/politics/georgia-s…
Poster of Martyr Avini Award was unveiled
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-07
TEHRAN, Dec. 08 (MNA) –…
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Iran supporting Astana Peace Process: Zarif
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-07
TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister stressed the support of the Islamic Republic of Iran for the Astana Peace Process in a meeting with his Syrian counterpart on Monday.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166873/Iran-support…
Former police officer pleads guilty to federal extortion
Andrew Emett | nationofchange.org | 2020-12-07
“Bringing corrupt officials to justice is one of the highest priorities of this office, and we will continue to ensure that the public is protected and that criminals answer for their crimes.”
nationofchange.org/2020/12/07/former-pol…
Trump Plan to Revive the Gallows, Electric Chair, Gas Chamber and Firing Squad Recalls a Troubled History
Prof. Austin Sarat | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-07
The way the federal government can kill death row prisoners will soon be expanded to ghoulish methods that include hanging, the electric chair, gas chamber and the firing squad. | Set to take effect on Christmas Eve, the new regulations authorizing…
globalresearch.ca/trump-plan-revive-elec…
What We Know So Far About U.S. Government’s Plan to Track COVID Vaccine Recipients
Dr. Joseph Mercola | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-07
To track COVID vaccine recipients, Operation Warp Speed has resurrected a program devised after the September 11 attacks that was quickly defunded following public backlash over privacy concerns. | *** | Operation Warp Speed, a joint operation between U.S. Health and …
globalresearch.ca/what-we-know-about-us-…
A Brief History Of US Military Poisoning Of Hawai’i
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-07
Poisoning the Pacific: The US Military’s Secret Dumping of Plutonium, Chemical Weapons, and Agent Orange, a new book by Japan-based journalist Jon Mitchell, is a detailed investigation and documentation of U.S. and Japanese military chemical and biological poisoning and pollution across the Pacific, Asia and South East Asia. Mitchell’s work doesn’t cover the U.S. military poisoning of Hawai’i as that would require a separate volume due to the concentration of the U.S. military bases and their pollution in the state.
popularresistance.org/a-brief-history-of…
French workers take to the barricades against Security Bill that would criminalize filming police violence
Kaleigh O’Keefe | liberationnews.org | 2020-12-07
A “Global Security Bill” that is on its way to becoming law in France has incited a new wave of militant protests across the country.
liberationnews.org/french-workers-take-t…
Biden’s Iran Deal Faces Iran’s ‘Red Pill’
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-12-07
Biden says he wants — through diplomacy — to achieve a nuclear deal with Iran — i.e. a JCPOA ‘Plus + Plus’. The Europeans desperately concur with this aspiration. But the ‘deal protocols’ that his ‘A-Team’ inherits from the Obama era have always contained seeds to failure. | And now, four years on, the prospect of failure seems assured — firstly by the hostages to…
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Citing ‘Historic Abuse’ of Judicial Process, Over 1,500 Attorneys Call for Sanction of Trump Campaign’s Legal Team
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-12-07
“Every attorney, including the organized bar and disciplinary authorities, should disavow lawyers who trample the truth and undermine democracy through their false statements.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Beating Up on Finance
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-12-07
When I do one of my diatribes about how our protectionist barriers allow U.S. doctors to earn twice as much as doctors in other wealthy countries, I invariably get complaints from doctors and their friends asking why I don’t go after the really big bucks people on Wall Street. The answer of course is that …
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Chinese defence minister visits Nepal to boost political and military ties
wsws.org | 2020-12-07
The landlocked and poverty-stricken Himalayan country has become another focal point in the dangerous geo-political rivalry between India and the US on one side, and China on the other.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/07/nepa…
Center for Food Safety Decries EPA Proposed Interim Decision on Brain-Damaging Pesticide Chlorpyrifos
commondreams.org | 2020-12-07
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As World Teeters on Brink, Over 250 Scientists and Scholars Warn of Full-Fledged ‘Societal Collapse’
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-12-07
“It is time to invite each other into difficult conversations, so we can reduce our complicity in the harm, and be creative to make the best of a turbulent future.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Iranian animation ‘Eaten’ wins at Greek fest
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-07
TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) — Iranian short animation ‘Eaten’ by Mohsen Rezapour has won a prize at the 15th Athens Animfest, an international animation festival in Greece, which was held in November.
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SEIU Healthcare reaches tentative agreement with management in Illinois nursing home strike
wsws.org | 2020-12-07
The union abandoned wage demands and any meaningful protections for workers in order to herd them back into facilities with active COVID-19 outbreaks.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/07/illi…
‘Transformative Change’ Proves Elusive
Sarah Lahm | progressive.org | 2020-12-07
Police reform efforts falter in Minneapolis, yet hope persists.
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Why Contrary to Normal Patterns, the Workweek has Actually Gotten Longer in the Pandemic Recession
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-07
The rebound slowed sharply in November, with the economy adding just 245,000 jobs. This would ordinarily be a very respectable gain, but with the economy still down almost 10 million jobs from the pre-pandemic level, it is not a pace that gets us back to full employment any time soon. If we need 100,000 jobs…
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Peru’s export agriculture labor movement wins repeal of regressive labor law
Kimberly Villafuerte Barzola | liberationnews.org | 2020-12-07
Early in the morning of Nov. 30, thousands of export agricultural workers from the southern coastal region of Ica, Peru, blocked the Panamericana Sur highway, a major transportation artery, to protest their own precarious labor conditions and tax cuts for large export agricultural companies codified in the Agrarian Promotion Law. Also known as the “Chlimper …
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Israeli envoy and UK Jewish group slammed for ‘racist’ Nakba comments
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-07
Israeli envoy and UK Jewish group slammed for ‘racist’ Nakba comments | Activists condemn Board of Deputies for inviting Tzipi Hotovely to event, after she calls the expulsion of 700,000 Palestinians a ‘very popular Arab lie’ | MEE staff | Mon, 12/07/2020 – 14: 57 | Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely gives a press conference (AFP) | Activists have criticised the UK’s main Jewish community organisation for host…
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About Those Vaccine ID Cards
Charles Hugh Smith | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-07
An idea that’s simple as an abstraction–vaccine ID cards–turns out to be extremely difficult once real-world operational realities must be dealt with. | Authorities around the world have made it clear that they will do “whatever it takes” to vaccinate their …
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‘The Future We Are Looking At’: Wall Street to Begin Betting on Water Scarcity
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-12-07
Though the international community recognizes water access as an essential human right, hedge fund managers and public water agencies are poised to begin profiting off water scarcity, which experts say will worsen in the coming years in the U.S. as well as other countries. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Armed Individuals Surround MI Sec of State’s Home Demanding Overturn of Election
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-12-07
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said protesters demanding the overturning of the state’s presidential election results threatened her family with violence on Sunday. | In a statement detailing the ordeal, Benson said that “dozens of armed individuals stood outside” her home “shouting obscenities and chanting into bullhorns” their demand for her to use her powers as secretary of state to overturn the will of…
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Human Society And The Biosphere
John Scales Avery | zcomm.org | 2020-12-07
As the greenhouse gas emissions of human society push the earth towards catastrophic climate change, rates of extinction in the biosphere will certainly become higher…
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Last breath of Autumn in Gilan
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-07
GILAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) — Natural landscapes of Gilan Province of Iran is witnessing the last days of Autumn in December.
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Soon To Be Former EPA Administrator Burns the American People One More Time Before Leaving
commondreams.org | 2020-12-07
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Ireland and U.S. Imperialism
Ireland University Student | mronline.org | 2020-12-07
When discussing Ireland’s role in imperialism today it is vital to highlight the role Ireland plays in assisting the U.S. to extract profits from ‘poorer nations’. That is to say nations that have abundant natural resources that the mass of the local population do not get to reap the benefits of.
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One-quarter of Macomb County Jail inmates test positive for coronavirus
wsws.org | 2020-12-07
The county as a whole has had more than 39,000 cases throughout the year, equal to nearly 4.5 percent of the entire population.
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Want Vaccines Fast? Suspend Intellectual Property Rights
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-12-07
The New York Times See article on original site As some reports would have it, this is the beginning of the end. Three coronavirus vaccines have posted excellent results, with more expected to come. But this is not the beginning of the end; it is only the beginning of an endless wait: There aren’t enough …
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America-prompted Color Revolution in Thailand
Dr. Ejaz Akram | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2020-12-07
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If Biden wants to unite the country, one thing is clear: Dump the corporate lobbyists
Sean McElwee | salon.com | 2020-12-07
Americans are divided and polarized, yes. But large majorities want to curb corporate influence in government…
salon.com/2020/12/07/if-biden-wants-to-u…
Group Sues Georgia for Purging 200,000 Voters Ahead of 2020 Election
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-12-07
On the voter registration deadline for Georgians who want to vote in two Senate runoff elections on January 5, we speak with Cliff Albright, co-founder and executive director of Black Voters Matter, about why the state is “ground zero” for Republican voter suppression efforts. Black Voters Matter has filed a federal lawsuit alleging Georgia’s current secretary of state improperly removed nearly 200,000 voters from the rolls. Those voters “were purged illegally” ahead of the 2020 election and almost ce…
truthout.org/video/group-sues-georgia-fo…
China calls on US to return to JCPOA, lift sanctions on Iran
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-07
TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) — Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson called on the United States to return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) as soon as possible and without preconditions.
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Earth to Portland: Dispatch from the nation’s problem child
THHSHLM | nationofchange.org | 2020-12-07
It’s time for us to show the world that Portland is a town of peace warriors. Let’s practice activism that everyone can participate in, including our children.
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New Study Claims Vaccinated Children Appear to be “Significantly Less Healthy” than Unvaccinated
Arjun Walia | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-07
What Happened: A new study published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health has, according to the authors, discovered that vaccinated children require far more healthcare than unvaccinated children. At least that’s what they found from the …
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OPCW director worried truth about Syria ‘chemical attack’ report would feed ‘Russian narrative’
rt.com | 2020-12-07
While praising the OPCW whistleblower’s integrity and professionalism, one director worried that seeking truth about the altered report on a ‘chemical attack’ in Syria might help Russia, which he denounced as the enemy. | “I fear there is little one can do since the report is final and out — unless one wants to feed in the Russian narrative and that I would never do as they really are not bona fide friends of this organization, that’s for sure,” was the message of one director to Dr. Brendan Whelan, one of the whistleblowers who challenged the ‘interim’ report by the Organization for the Prohibition of Ch…
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Syria plays a very crucial role in resistance front: Velayati
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-07
TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) — Adviser to the Leader of Islamic Revolution for International Affairs said that Syria plays a very crucial and decisive role in the Resistance Front.
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Pope Francis will make ‘historic’ trip to Iraq in March
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-07
Pope Francis will make ‘historic’ trip to Iraq in March | Iraqi government says trip by the pope will be a message of ‘support for all Iraqis’ | MEE staff | Mon, 12/07/2020 – 21: 58 | The pope will visit Mosul, which had been under IS control as recently as 2017 (AFP/File photo) | Pope Francis will make a “historic” trip to Iraq in March where he will visit Baghdad, Erbil as well as the northern cities of Mosul and Qaraqo…
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Working for the ‘Man’: ‘Getting a Job’ in America
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-07
Spanning some 60 years of employment, this writer has some conclusions. Of course, these are from my own personal experiences. Yet, having spoken with a myriad of working stiffs over the years, perhaps this analysis is valid. | During those 60 …
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Xavier Becerra for HHS: Great News for Seniors, Terrible News for Big Pharma
commondreams.org | 2020-12-07
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Toward a ‘New Normal’ in Post-Covid U. S. Health Care
John P. Geyman | zcomm.org | 2020-12-07
Although most medical organizations in the U. S. have long opposed national health insurance, there has been a sea change in that pattern with the endorsement of Medicare for All by the American College of Physicians in 2019…
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Citizen scientists help accelerate COVID-19 research with their phones
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-12-07
Almost one million people around the world have helped Imperial accelerate COVID-related research by recruiting their smartphones while they sleep.
imperial.ac.uk/news/210153/citizen-scientists-help-accelerate-covid-19-research
1st online platform to accept Chinese crypto launched
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-07
TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) — China hands out $3 million of digital yuan as JD.com becomes the first online platform to accept it.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166867/1st-online-p…
Mother whose child died of asthma calls for education on air pollution
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-12-07
The mother of a girl who died following a chronic asthma attack has said she would have moved house immediately had she known the effects of dangerous levels of air pollution on her daughter’s health.Nine-year-old Ella Kissi-Debrah died in February 2013 after suffering numerous seizures and making almost 30 visits to hospital with breathing problems over the previous three years.An inquest at Southwark Coroner’s Court is investigating whether dangerous levels of air pollution in the London Borough of Lewisham, where Ella lived with her family, may have contributed to her death.Desperate: Speaking at the in…
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The Crack-Up is Coming
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Ron PAUL | Some Federal Reserve officials are calling for tougher banking regulations in order to prevent the Fed’s low interest rate policy from leading investors to take “excessive” risks that will create asset bubbles. The Fed is understandably worried that these bubbles will burst leading to another market meltdown. However, the boom-and-bust cycle will not end because regulators stop investors from taking “excessive” risks. Almost every bubble and economic downturn America has experienced over the past 107 years was caused by the Federal Reserve’s manipulation of the money supply. | The Federal Reserve’s act…
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Selected Articles: India: Largest Strike in World History
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-07
India: Largest Strike in World History : Over 200 Million Workers and Farmers Protest against Poverty and Unemployment Triggered by Covid Lockdown | By Global Research News, December 06 2020 | The general strike occurred…
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Romania Holds Parliamentary Election Amid Pandemic
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-06
18 million Romanians are called to cast their ballots this Sunday to elect a new bicameral parliament that will serve for the next four years. They will exercise their vote under special protective measures due to the Covid-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | Venezuela: Parliamentary Elections Kick off Without Setbacks | As many as 18,802 polling stations opened at 7: 00 a.m. local time (0500 GMT) and will close at 9: 00 p.m. (1900 GMT) in 42 constituencies in the country, while 748 statio…
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US Observers Endorse Venezuela’s Election Legitimacy
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-06
U.S. political actors observing Venezuela’s parliamentary elections Sunday ratified the process’ legitimacy, despite the U.S. administration’s attempts to discredit it. | RELATED: | Traditional Morning Reveille Opened Elections Day in Venezuela | After visiting several voting centers in Caracas, New York Public University professor Danny Shaw highlighted the people’s massive turnout on Election Day. | Taking part as an observer in these elections “has been an interesting exper…
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Millions of Venezuelans are set to vote today in historic National Assembly elections
Zoe PC | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-12-06
The election for the 277-member National Assembly is vital considering how sections of the legislature were in the forefront of coup attempts against the democratically elected government of Nicolás Maduro…
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PSUV Vice President Diosdado Cabello: Elections “Satisfactory”
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-06
The first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, urged people to vote as he cast his vote at “Rafael María Baralt” Basic School in Monagas state. | RELATED: | Venezuela Election Update: Polls To Close at 7PM Local Time | “No one should stay at home; voting today is an instrument of rebellion against imperialism, of raising the voice of Venezuelans and clearly expressing their political preference, that’s how it is in democracy, and that’…
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Caracas Metro to Provide Free Service to Ease Voters Mobility
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-06
Venezuela’s subway and surface transportation system, Caracas Metro, informed that it will provide free service to facilitate the citizens’ mobility to the voting centers this December 6. | RELATED: | Venezuela Announces International Lawsuit Against US | The decision was taken to ease the participation in the parliamentary elections in which over 20 million Venezuelans are called to vote. | “Inhabitants will have free access to the subway transportation from 5h00 local time until 22h0…
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Venezuela Election Update: PSUV Coalition Wins 67% of the Vote
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-06
On Sunday, Venezuela holds elections for the renewal of the Parliament, a process where about 14,400 candidates will participate from 107 political organizations. | About 90 percent of the political organizations registered with the National Electoral Council (CNE) are taking part in the D6 elections. The Venezuelan opposition is represented by 98 of those 107 political groups. | 1: 00 AM (Monday): Following Peaceful Vote, Venezuela’s Gran Polo Patriotico Wins Legislative Majority: | Among the winners elected to the newly conformed National Assembly are Venezuela’s First Combatant Cilia Flores, Vice Pre…
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Venezuela Implements Biosecurity Protocols in Elections
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-06
Venezuela’s authorities of the National Electoral Council (CNE) on Sunday will implement the Strategic Biosafety Plan designed to prevent the spread of Covid-19 during the elections through which the new National Assembly (AN) will be elected. Previously, the CNE held two mock votings to familiarize people with biosafety protocols. | RELATED: | Evo Morales Arrives in Venezuela to Observe Sunday’s Election | “Health is our premise …. in these elections, a health audit protects us…
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Venezuela Votes To End Neocolonialism, Create Its Own Path
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-06
On December 2, the Embassy Protection Collective (EPC) members, who were arrested in May 2019 when the United States illegally invaded the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, DC, completed their probation, ending the risk of the 30 days in prison that was being held over their heads. The three who remain marked their freedom this week by traveling on December 3 to Venezuela to serve as official international election observers invited by the National Electoral Council. Travel to Venezuela is challenging at the moment due to the United States’ illegal economic blockade.
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Eyewitness Venezuela: Hundreds of labor and left leaders from around world observe elections
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-12-06
Caracas, Venezuela – Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs Jorge Arriaza spoke to the international observers of the elections to the National Assembly, December 4. He said to us, “The town is not full of only resistance and consciousness, they are on the offensive. They have been attacked by the World Bank and other capitalists. The Venezuelan people are working, they are creative. It’s impressive how creative they are to fix the problems. We couldn’t do this without the people.” | He went on, “Imperialism has only increased the people’s resistance. The opposition said, ‘It wasn’t a movement, it was just a lead…
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Eyewitness Venezuela: Hundreds of labor and left leaders from around world observe elections
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-12-06
Caracas, Venezuela – Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs Jorge Arriaza spoke to the international observers of the elections to the National Assembly, December 4. He said to us, “The town is not full of only resistance and consciousness, they are on the offensive. They have been attacked by the World Bank and other capitalists. The Venezuelan people are working, they are creative. It’s impressive how creative they are to fix the problems. We couldn’t do this without the people.” | He went on, “Imperialism has only increased the people’s resistance. The opposition said, ‘It wasn’t a movement, it was just a lead…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/12/6/eyewitne…
Venezuela’s Elections Update: Rodriguez Casts Her Vote
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-06
Venezuela on Sunday holds elections for the renewal of the Parliament, a process where about 14,400 candidates from 107 political organizations | About 90 percent of the political organizations registered with the National Electoral Council (CNE) will take part in the D6 elections. The Venezuelan opposition is represented by 98 of those 107 political groups. | RELATED: | African Observers Present in Venezuela’s Parliamentary Elections | 10H15: Defense Minister Stresses tha…
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Traditional Morning Reveille Opened Elections Day in Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-06
Hundreds of people attended the traditional morning reveille ceremony to show support for the parliamentary elections taking place in Venezuela this Sunday. | RELATED: | Venezuela’s D6 Elections in a Nutshell | Waiting for the opening of the voting centers, supporters of the Great Patriotic Pole (GPP) took to the streets across the country to also perform a firework display. | Polling stations opened at 06.00 local time and are set to remain active until 18.00 or until no one is left in line. | Over…
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Dans quelle mesure les sanctions américaines sur le Venezuela et le Moyen-Orient sont-elles similaires?
Elijah Magnier | thealtworld.com | 2020-12-06
Le Venezuela est mobilisé en vue des élections de ce dimanche qui éliront 277 députés parmi les 14 400 candidats rattachés à 107 partis ou groupes et candidats indépendants. L’administration américaine et les dirigeants de la communauté européenne ont déjà rejeté et condamné les résultats de ces élections qui n’ont pas encore eu lieu. C’est qu’ils s’attendent à ce que le président Nicolà s Maduro et son groupe politique l’emportent, grâce au soutien dont ils bénéficient auprès de la population. Washington accuse Maduro de truquer les élections qui approchent, alors que sa propre maison de verre s’est profondément…
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African Observers Present in Venezuela’s Parliamentary Elections
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-06
African electoral observers invited to Venezuela’s parliamentary elections signed a declaration that condemned the U.S. sanctions against the country. | RELATED: | CNE: Voting Machines Are 100% Installed in All Polling Stations | “When we were fighting against Apartheid, Venezuela was there with us. Today we come to show them our solidarity, now that they are under the siege of unilateral coercive measures, and we support all the efforts they make to overcome them”, African ele…
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Venezuela’s Legislative Elections
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-06
Latin America has caught the world’s attention as it has become the electoral battleground between progressive movements and the neo-colonial aspirations of the Washington Consensus. In Bolivia, Luis Arce, the candidate from Evo Morales’s Movement Towards Socialism, won the presidential election, reverting the bloody coup that, to the convenience of transnational lithium interests, had forced the indigenous leader out of office only a year before. A week later, neoliberalism’s birthplace became its next burial ground, as Chileans approved a historic referendum to change the Constitution left in place by Augusto P…
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CNE: Voting Machines Are 100% Installed in All Polling Stations
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-06
Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) President Indira Alfonzo informed that all the voting machines were installed in the 29,622 electoral tables to ensure the security and transparency of the parliamentary elections. | RELATED: | Hostilities Won’t Stop Venezuela’s Upcoming Elections | “The technological and electoral infrastructure is guaranteed in the 14,221 voting centers,” Alfonzo explained, emphasizing that the new lawmakers will be elected in a free, secure, direct, and secre…
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