Mészáros 90 — Eszmélet
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-12-09
The Eszmélet, a quarterly journal for social critique and culture will organise an international panel discussion on the occasion that István Mészáros, the great Marxist philosopher was born 90 years ago.
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Fed up with capitalism, young Chinese brush up on ‘Das Kapital’
Wang Rui | mronline.org | 2020-12-09
With a new generation increasingly burned out by the “996” grind and liberal platitudes of their elders, can Marxism make a comeback?>…
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Why President Maduro Changed His Voting Center at the Last Minute. Planned Attempt on His Life?
Orinoco Tribune | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-09
This Sunday, December 6, Nicolás Maduro voted at the Simón Rodríguez Ecological Bolivarian School in Fuerte Tiuna, accompanied by Cilia Flores, candidate in these legislative elections and the president’s wife. | Traditionally, Maduro voted at the Miguel Antonio Caro high school, …
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Assassination of social activists continues in Colombia
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-12-09
The assassination of social activists in Colombia continues at a horrifying rate. Community leaders, environmentalists, land defenders, human rights activists and former combatants of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerilla group are relentlessly being targeted by illegal armed groups operating in the country. | Between November 30 and December 7, six Indigenous leaders, two Afro-descendant leaders, two environmentalists and one social leader were murdered. Additionally, in a massacre in Santander de Quilichao, on December 5, another Indigenous leader and one ex-combatant of the FARC were kille…
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Beef, Banks and the Brazilian Amazon
Global Witness | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-09
Preserving tropical rainforests is critical to help stop climate breakdown and to safeguard the rights of the local communities and indigenous peoples who depend on and defend them. Moreover, the Covid-19 pandemic has brought into sharp relief the importance of …
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Big win for Venezuela’s PSUV, assurance for President Maduro
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-12-09
In a compelling victory, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) and its allies won 68% of the vote for the Venezuelan National Assembly on December 6. This strengthens the position of President Nicolas Maduro and buries any hope the U.S. had of installing a right-wing pretender in office. | The PSUV and its allies will now take 189 of 277 seats in the National Assembly. Rightist opposition parties won only 28% of the vote and lost control of the body, which functions like a senate. Despite U.S. corporate media claiming the right-wing opposition boycotted the election, there was very public campaigning by…
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COVID Vaccines: Protection or Biohazard?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-09
All vaccines are hazardous to human health. | Annually, the US Vaccine Adverse Reporting System (VAERS) reports thousands of serious adverse vaccine reactions, including many deaths and disabling disabilities. | Instead of highlighting the danger, corporate-controlled establishment media suppress what’s vital for …
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin: A Certain Kind of Diversity
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2020-12-09
by Maj. Danny Sjursen, USA (ret.) / Original to ScheerPost America’s first black presumptive secretary of defense grew up in the same town — Thomasville, GA — as the first black West Point graduate, Henry O. Flipper. I actually took select cadets from my civil rights history class to visit the southwest Georgia city on an academic trip in the summer of 2016. In fact, I vaguely remember the owner… | Source…
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin: A Certain Kind of Diversity
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2020-12-09
by Maj. Danny Sjursen, USA (ret.) / Original to ScheerPost America’s first black presumptive secretary of defense grew up in the same town — Thomasville, GA — as the first black West Point graduate, Henry O. Flipper. I actually took select cadets from my civil rights history class to visit the southwest Georgia city on an academic trip in the summer of 2016. In fact, I vaguely remember the owner… | Source…
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Capitalist COVID catastrophe / FIGHT or DIE!
Martha Grevatt | workers.org | 2020-12-09
It’s December 2020. The working class in the United States is facing a crisis of survival. It is the worst such crisis since the Great Depression, especially for the most oppressed. The statistics are damning: One in six households face hunger; one in five workers are out of work; some . . . | Continue reading Capitalist COVID catastrophe / FIGHT or DIE! at Workers.org…
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Bolivia: New Gov’t Sets to Work Undoing Damage Left by US-Backed Añez Regime
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-12-09
The Movement to Socialism party is already enacting widespread changes to Bolivia in an attempt to undo the damage of one year of US-backed austerity and military rule.
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John Kerry’s Think Tank Calls for War With Russia Over Climate Change
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-12-09
Recently-appointed Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry has announced his intention of dealing with the pressing issue of global warming as a national security concern. “America will soon have a government that treats the climate crisis as the urgent national security threat it is,” the 76-year-old former Secretary of State wrote. “I am proud to partner with the President-elect, our allies, and the young leaders of the climate movement to take on this crisis.” | The announcement drew praise from many prof…
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The new-style pop histories making socialism cool again
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-12-09
Online and on social media, popular historians are helping young Chinese reframe the country’s leftist past in a more positive light.
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German workers not allowing COVID to dampen their struggles
Victor Grossman | peoplesworld.org | 2020-12-09
BERLIN — The survival of polar bears, we know, is sadly threatened. The survival of a more colorful bear species seems assured. HARIBO (an acronym of HAns RIegel BOnn), which makes those little “gold bears” sweets, was founded in a laundry room in 1920. A century later, its jolly producers assure us, 100 million Goldbears …
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Venezuelan court convicts the CITGO Six
Lyn Neeley | workers.org | 2020-12-09
Venezuela’s Supreme Court sentenced six top CITGO oil executives to prison for corruption, embezzlement, money laundering and conspiracy on Nov. 26. The former executives went behind the back of the Venezuelan state and signed an agreement with two U.S. based-international financial companies — for which they were detained in Nov. . . . | Continue reading Venezuelan court convicts the CITGO Six at Workers.org…
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People’s Vaccine: Calls Grow for Equal Access to Coronavirus Vaccine as Rich Countries Hoard Supply
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-12-09
While the United States, Britain and other wealthy countries race to vaccinate their populations against the coronavirus, a new report finds that as much as 90% of the population in dozens of poorer countries could be forced to wait until at least 2022 because wealthy countries are hoarding so much of the vaccine supply. A growing movement is calling for the development of a people’s vaccine and the suspension of intellectual property rights to expand access. We speak with Dr. Mohga Kamal-Yanni, a policy adviser to the People’s Vaccine Alliance, and Achal Prabhala, a public health advocate and coordinator of the…
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Trump Set to Execute Brandon Bernard Even as Jurors & Ex-Prosecutor Call for Clemency
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-12-09
President Trump has sent eight people to their deaths so far this year, breaking a 17-year hiatus in federal executions, and plans to execute five more in the final weeks of his administration. On December 10, International Human Rights Day, the federal government is scheduled to kill Brandon Bernard, a Black man who was 18 years old when he was convicted as an accomplice to the murder of a young white couple in Texas. Bernard did not kill either person and says he was a “getaway driver” during a robbery gone wrong. Citing moral reasons and new evidence, five of the nine surviving jurors have changed their minds,…
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China’s Rise and Rise Proves a Winning Formula
James O’Neill | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-12-09
On the second of December this year the Chinese representative to the United Nations General Assembly addressed the meeting on the topic of Palestine and more particularly on his country’s view of the ongoing disasters that daily inflict the Palestinians in that country. Unsurprisingly, the speech received no coverage in the Australian media. The continued …
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UN’s Bachelet slams ‘reprehensible’ political leadership during pandemic, sees hope in new US administration
news.un.org | 2020-12-09
Some political leadership during the pandemic has been “reprehensible”, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said on Wednesday, while holding out hope of a better 2021 as US President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
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Video: Turkey Strikes against Kurdish SDF Forces in Northern Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-09
The situation in the northern Syrian provinces of Aleppo and al-Hasakah is once again escalating amid speculations on the upcoming Turkish advance in the area. | In recent weeks, the Turkish military and its proxies increased the intensity of strikes on …
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Wednesday 12/9: National Digital Rally to #StopLine3 w/ Indigenous Frontline Water Protectors & More
Stop the Money Pipeline & partners | indybay.org | 2020-12-09
Online rally against pipelines & dirty fossil fuels…
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Amazon Is Facing an Unprecedented Union Vote in the Right-to-Work South
Alex N. Press | zcomm.org | 2020-12-09
Workers at Amazon’s new Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse have filed for a union election. They’re taking on one of the most virulently anti-union companies in the United States…
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Pearl Harbor: A Successful War Lie
David Swanson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-09
Commemorating Pearl Harbor, David Swanson’s analysis first published on December 7, 2010 | One type of “defensive” war is one that follows a successful provocation of aggression from the desired enemy. This method was used to begin, and repeatedly to escalate, …
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Elections And The Path To Socialism In Venezuela
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-09
On December 6, Venezuelans elected a new National Assembly with a left political majority. This election, which was well-run and legitimate despite what the imperialist media and countries say, reconstitutes the Venezuelan parliamentary body with participation from both the ruling and opposition parties. It marks the end of an era during which the National Assembly was a tool of the right wing agenda and US regime change efforts. To facilitate understanding of the current election and political climate in Venezuela, Vijay Prashad of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and Paul Dobson of Venezulanalysis…
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Is Washington Trying to Ruin Shinzo Abe’s Legacy of Japan’s Rapprochement with Russia?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-09
Recent reports from Japanese media alleging that US immigration authorities there consider Russian nationals in some of the Kuril Islands to legally be Japanese represent an attempt by the fading unipolar superpower to ruin former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s legacy …
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The Collapse of Michèle Flournoy’s Hopes for Top Pentagon Job
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-12-09
Much can be achieved when progressives put up a fight…
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ICC drops probe into alleged UK war crimes in Iraq
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-09
ICC drops probe into alleged UK war crimes in Iraq | ICC prosecutor stresses, however, that there is ‘reasonable basis’ UK forces committed abuses, including willful killing and rape, in Iraq | MEE staff | Wed, 12/09/2020 – 19: 36 | Human Rights Watch voiced disappointment about the decision (AFP/File photo) | Despite finding “reasonable basis” for allegations of war crimes against British soldiers in Iraq, an Internation…
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The “Great Reset” or the “Great Pretext” … for Dystopia
Diana Johnstone | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-09
In their World Economic Forum treatise Covid-19: The Great Reset, economists Klaus Schwab and Thierry Malleret bring us the voice of would-be Global Governance. | *** | By titling their recently published World Economic Forum treatise Covid-19: The Great Reset, the authors …
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Iran imposes sanctions on US envoy to Yemen
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-09
TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) — Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on Wed., emphasizing pivotal role of US Ambassador to Yemen Christopher Hansel in humanitarian crisis in Yemen, and placed his name on Iran’s sanctions list.
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China’s global vaccines — a game changer
Sara Flounders | workers.org | 2020-12-09
In the U.S., with less than 5% of the world’s people, there is little concern for the fate of the globe’s other 95% who are facing the pandemic. When, how and under what conditions a vaccine will be distributed in the U.S. is the overwhelming U.S. concern. Rates of COVID-19 . . . | Continue reading China’s global vaccines — a game changer at Workers.org…
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“I Told You So. You Damned Fools”: 75 Years of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-12-09
Leafing — or in this case scrolling through — the commemorative issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists after 75 years of publication is a tingling exercise of existence. The subject matter pushes you to the edge. You threaten to fall off. Death is promised; extinction contemplated. Nuclear holocaust. Your sanity is called into …
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Think Tankers Against China: the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-09
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…
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Khaji, Pedersen discuss latest Syrian affairs
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-09
TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister’s Senior Assistant for Special Political Affairs held a phone conversation with the UN Special Envoy for Syria when the two sides conferred on Syrian affairs.
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Biden needs to go big to rebuild America
Neil M. Maher | nationofchange.org | 2020-12-09
While this perfect storm of social, economic, and environmental emergencies may feel unprecedented, Americans during the 1930s faced a similar triple threat.
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A statement from The Real News
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-12-09
As a grassroots left media organization, The Real News Network has, up until now, been comparatively well-resourced financially, thanks to generous foundation support, as well as the support of our viewers and readers. Unfortunately, the financial realities of COVID-19 have changed our situation, making some very hard decisions necessary. The leadership of The Real News …
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First-Person Singular: My Students, the Police
Eleanor J. Bader | progressive.org | 2020-12-09
After sixteen years of teaching, I’m continually stunned by how many students cite criminal justice, and policing, as their career goal.
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Shamed Tory ex-minister asked judge to show mercy to ‘sexual predator’ Charlie Elphicke
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-12-09
Disgraced former cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken was among those leaping to the defence of ex-Tory MP Charlie Elphicke after his conviction for sexually assaulting women, court documents show.”Sexual predator”: Aitken, who was jailed in 1999 after admitting perjury and perverting the course of justice, was among those who sent testimonies on behalf of his friend ahead of Elphicke’s sentencing at Southwark Crown Court in September.Aitken also said he offered Elphicke “some advice” about being a prisoner, but pleaded for the court to exercise “mercy”.Elphicke, the former MP for Dover, was jailed for two yea…
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Intelligence min. disbands three drug-trafficking gangs in SE
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-09
TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) — The intelligence forces of the Ministry of Intelligence in southern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, in three separate operations, dismantled three major drug-trafficking gangs over the past two days.
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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to Hold Hearing on Haiti
Jake Johnston | cepr.net | 2020-12-09
The follow is a guest post from the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti. On Thursday, December 10, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) will hold a hearing on pervasive impunity and a lack of judicial independence in Haiti. The event will be broadcast live here. The Commission, a quasi‚Äêjudicial body of the …
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The Heat: US hospitals overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-12-09
Hospitals across the United States are being overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients. The seven-day average hits more than 200,000 cases a day.
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Demanding Safeway Put an End to Restrictive Covenants this Human Rights Day
Food Empowerment Project | indybay.org | 2020-12-09
North Bay Labor Council Joins Food Empowerment Project on Human Rights Day in Demanding Safeway Put an End to Their Restrictive Covenants!
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Wednesday 12/9: Stand Together SF: Systemic Racism and How it has Affected the Asian and Black Communities
San Francisco Human Rights Commision | indybay.org | 2020-12-09
Online via Zoom…
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The U.S. ‘War on Terror’ Has Displaced 37 Million People
David Vine | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-09
Over the last week, considerable debate arose around a calculation I helped produce showing that the wars the U.S. government has fought since the attacks of September 11, 2001, have forced at least 37 million people — and perhaps as …
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US court orders CIA to explain withholding of Khashoggi report
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-09
US court orders CIA to explain withholding of Khashoggi report | Court ruling follows lawsuit by Open Society Justice Initiative regarding CIA report on Jamal Khashoggi and tape recording of murder | MEE staff | Wed, 12/09/2020 – 16: 54 | The CIA reportedly concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing (AFP/FIle photo) | A US judge has ordered that the CIA and Office of the Director of National…
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Is the coronavirus recession really over?
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-12-09
The recession, we’re told, is over. But, as Graham Matthews details, Australia’s unemployed and underemployed are about to face more pain as the COVID-19 subsidies are withdrawn.
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World Press Freedom Conference spotlights dangerous job of separating ‘truth from falsehood’
news.un.org | 2020-12-09
Prominent journalists and champions of press freedom from across the world are examining ways to overcome increasing challenges facing the media during a two-day online conference organized jointly by the UN’s cultural and educational agency, UNESCO, and the Netherlands.
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