Cancel the Rents builds people power to stop evictions in Boston
Cancel the Rents Boston | liberationnews.org | 2020-12-30
The following is a guest statement by Cancel the Rents Boston, a collective of activists and residents organizing to fight against housing displacement exacerbated by COVID-19, anchored in the heart of Roxbury. An estimated 337,900 jobs have been lost in Massachusetts due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The city of Boston has 38,872 confirmed COVID cases …
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Is Vaccine Distribution Trump’s Biggest Screw Up Yet?
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-30
The Washington Post tells us that 7.7 million first doses of vaccines have been shipped to date (two million shots have been given), with a target of 16 million by the end of the year. This is warp speed? By comparison, we manage to get over 170 million flu shots in people’s arms every year,…
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“It’s Now or Never”: A Call for Organizing Against Managerial Class
Left Voice | zcomm.org | 2020-12-30
Left Voice speaks with a caseworker* who works in an inpatient psychiatry unit about the situation that healthcare and essential workers are facing amidst a peak in the pandemic in Florida, now with over half a million cases…
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“Say Her Name: Dr. Susan Moore.” Black Female Doctors Condemn Racial Disparities in Healthcare
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-12-30
When Black doctor Susan Moore died from COVID-19 after posting a video from her hospital bed describing racist treatment by medical staff, her chilling message was compared to the video of George Floyd begging for his life as he was killed by Minneapolis police. We speak to two leading Black women doctors fighting racial disparities in healthcare who wrote The Washington Post opinion piece, “Say her name: Dr. Susan Moore.” “It is a typical and ongoing devaluation of our lives and distrust of our word,” says Dr. Camara Phyllis Jones, a family physician and former president of the American Public Health Association…
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“This Is How Black People Get Killed”: Dr. Susan Moore Dies of COVID After Decrying Racist Care
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-12-30
‚Ä®As the United States reports record deaths and hospitalizations from COVID-19 in the final days of 2020, we look at how the pandemic that ravaged the country this year has shone a stark new light on racism in medical care. In a viral video recorded by Black physician Dr. Susan Moore, she describes racist treatment by medical staff at a hospital in Indianapolis and says they did not respond to her pleas for care, despite being in intense pain and being a doctor herself. In the video, Dr. Moore says she had to beg to receive pain medication and the antiviral drug remdesivir, and accuses a doctor a…
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The Congress of Tours and the birth of the organized communist movement in France
Nicolas Maury | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-12-30
This December 30th marks the centenary of the foundation of the organized communist movement in France at the historic 18th national congress of the Socialist Party – French Section of the Workers’ International (SFIO), held in Tours in 1920…
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‘We Demand Tomorrow’: Marxist Documentary On The Climate Crisis
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-30
Kudos to Patreon for this brilliant production, well worth seeing, with its deep analysis of capitalism though I have some reservations to be noted below. I particularly applaud the presentation of Cuba’s socialist solutions in this current pandemic, in contrast to capitalist Britain, with Cuba being on the cutting edge of global ecosocialism. “We Demand Tomorrow” should trigger a lot of debate, and be a useful resource for wide-ranging discussion. I agree with the video’s support for a two-stage path out of capitalism. I have long argued that socialism in our epoch must confront the climate/ecological crisis wit…
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Why Senators Must Reject Avril Haines for Intelligence
Medea Benjamin | zcomm.org | 2020-12-30
Haines’s record on torture and drones alone should be enough for Senators to reject her nomination.
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Economic Matters in Ukraine Are at Standstill
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-30
It was a quiet year for Ukraine and its many issues compared to previous years, or at least in the eyes of most Westerners. Other global issues, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and elections in Belarus, took greater precedence and …
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Sound Grammar: the 25 Best Recordings of 2020
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-30
Pedernal Susan Alcorn Quintet (Relative Pitch) Fetch the Bolt Cutters Fiona Apple (Epic) Pursuance: the Coltranes Lakecia Benjamin (Bandcamp) Quarantine Tapes Dean & Britta (Bandcamp) The Unraveling Drive-By Truckers (ATO) Ghosts of West Virginia Steve Earle & The Dukes (New West) The Lost Berlin Tapes Ella Fitzgerald (Verve) America at War Joel Harrison (Sunnyside) Budapest…
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Sound Grammar: the 25 Best Recordings of 2020
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-30
Pedernal Susan Alcorn Quintet (Relative Pitch) Fetch the Bolt Cutters Fiona Apple (Epic) Pursuance: the Coltranes Lakecia Benjamin (Bandcamp) Quarantine Tapes Dean & Britta (Band Camp) The Unraveling Drive-By Truckers (ATO) Ghosts of West Virginia Steve Earle & The Dukes (New West) The Lost Berlin Tapes Ella Fitzgerald (Verve) America at War Joel Harrison (Sunnyside)…
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The American Money Tree: The Untold Story of US Aid to Israel
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-12-30
Congress quietly wedged billions of dollars of aid to Israel even as it debated for months over a measly $600 to help Americans endure the COVID downturn.
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Excess deaths in Russia spike
wsws.org | 2020-12-30
While Russia’s official death toll from coronavirus stands at just over 55,000, the real number of COVID-19 victims is likely at least double or triple those officially reported.
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Meet the pseudo-left imperialists fighting against universal healthcare
Dan Cohen | mronline.org | 2020-12-30
Since comedian Jimmy Dore called on progressive members of Congress to pressure Nancy Pelosi to hold a floor vote on Medicare For All, a collection of media personalities have launched vicious attacks against him while deflecting from his overwhelmingly popular argument.
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UK approves Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-30
London, Dec 30 (efe-epa).- The United Kingdom’s government on Wednesday accepted the medicines and health regulatory body’s recommendation to authorize the use of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, the health ministry said. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) gave the green light for the vaccine to be used on people 18 years and …
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The Numbers Add Up for “Child-Side” Tax Policies
Gerald E. Scorse | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-12-30
A weary America is suffering through the worst public health crisis in more than a century. Covid-19 has taken over 300,000 lives. Parts of the economy have effectively shut down, throwing millions out of work and bankrupting businesses large and small. In the richest country in the world, Thanksgiving dinner for tens of thousands came …
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COVID-19, Prison and Another Pandemic Clare Grady Made Me Remember
Susie Day | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-30
Clare Grady is going to prison. On February 10, this nice Irish Catholic lady of 62, who lives with her family in Ithaca, New York will enter Alderson Prison, West Virginia, to begin a one-year-and-one-day sentence. That’s because, on April 4, 2018, Clare and six cohorts, also white and Catholic, broke into the world’s largest…
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Overshadowed by COVID: The deadly extreme weather of 2020
Chloe Brimicombe, Elliott Sainsbury, Gabrielle Powel and Wilson Chan | nationofchange.org | 2020-12-30
So while attention was often focused elsewhere, perhaps understandably, here are some of the meteorological extremes recorded in 2020.
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The US Money Tree: The Untold Story of American Aid to Israel
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-12-30
On December 21, the United States Congress passed the COVID-19 Relief Package, as part of a larger $2.3 trillion bill meant to cover spending for the rest of the fiscal year. As usual, US representatives allocated a massive sum of money for Israel. While unemployment, thus poverty, in the US is skyrocketing as a result …
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Federal judge blocks strike by Union Pacific railroad workers over lack of pandemic protections
wsws.org | 2020-12-30
Workers at the country’s second largest railroad are threatening to strike after hundreds of railway workers across the industry have contracted COVID-19 and at least 10 have died.
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Native Youth provide for community and elders during COVID pandemic
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-12-30
2020 has been a year of many trials across Indian Country. Across our many Nations, rural, city and everywhere in between, we are all coping with the catastrophic effects of the COVID-19 virus.
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Gunshots, Motorcycle Deaths Count as COVID Casualties
Dr. Joseph Mercola | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-30
Since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, families have been separated, businesses have been shuttered and schools have been closed down. Many people are living their lives shrouded in fear of Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 — a direct response …
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Argentina 2nd to approve Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab, as EU expected to soon follow suit
rt.com | 2020-12-30
The coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca was approved by Argentina on Wednesday, the second nation to greenlight the jab after the UK. | The vaccine has been awarded emergency use authorization for one year, according to a statement by the National Administrator for Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT), Argentina’s health regulator. | It added that access to the jab will only be permitted by prescri…
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Bolivia signs contract to purchase 2.6mn doses of Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine
rt.com | 2020-12-30
Bolivia has become the third Latin American nation to strike an agreement with Russia’s Direct Investment Fund for supplies of its Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19. Under the deal, Bolivia will receive 2.6 million doses. | The contract between the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Bolivia’s Health Supply Center (CEASS) was signed during a videoconference, which was also attended by Bolivian President Luis Arce. | The president praised Sputnik V in a Twitter post, calling it a “safe and effective” vacc…
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1st deadly UK Covid-19 variant detected in Colorado
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-30
TEHRAN, Dec. 30 (MNA) — According to a report released by Colorado officials a 20-year-old young man is the first case infected with the highly infectious UK coronavirus variant in the state.
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Tehran, Doha to make joint documatry on Covid-19
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-30
TEHRAN, Dec. 30 (MNA) — Iran’s Documentary & Experimental Film Center and the Qatari Al-Jazeera are to make a joint documentary on Covid-19.
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Harvard Workers Left Out In The Cold
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-30
Harvard University’s campus has been dormant since last spring, and as COVID-19 cases rise through the winter, it’s unclear when normal classes will resume. The administration recently announced that the majority of the university’s staff would continue to work remotely through June 2021. For the janitorial staff, however, work never ended. Roughly 700 janitorial workers have held onto their jobs through the pandemic, maintaining their full union wages, even though in some cases they are working on a reduced schedule. But for hundreds of subcontracted frontline workers, next year may bring a round of layoffs at t…
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Unreported COVID-19 Outbreak at Santa Rita Jail: 200+ Cases
Reparations Now | indybay.org | 2020-12-30
COVID-19 Outbreak happening Right Now in Santa Rita – Unreported, 200+ cases & Jail refuses to uphold safety policies…
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Invitation to New Thinking
Mechthild Schrooten and Michael Klundt | indybay.org | 2020-12-30
One virus changed everything. Covid-19 has managed to do what all the discussions about climate change and justice in recent years have failed to do. Phenomena that threaten humanity are no longer a theory. The pandemic has made the risk of our extensive lifestyle tangible. For this global crisis is not an exogenous shock. Rather, crass, profit-oriented globalization has fueled its spread.
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Mass-Vaxxing of US Military Forces for COVID
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-30
On December 9, the US war department announced its “distribution plan” for covid mass-vaxxing. | Service members to be vaxxed include active duty personnel — including National Guard troops — their family members, war department civilian personnel and their families. | “Distribution …
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Coronavirus vaccination gets under way in Argentina
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-30
Buenos Aires, Dec 29 (efe-epa).- Health care workers were at the head of the line Tuesday as Argentina began Covid-19 vaccination using Sputnik V, developed by Russia’s Gamaleya Research Institute, amid concerns about a second wave of infections in the South American country that has already lost nearly 43,000 lives to Covid-19. “It is a …
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New Strain of COVID-19 ‘Likely to Make it Here,’ Memphis Health Official Says
Rafael Figueroa | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-30
MEMPHIS, TN (WREG) — A new variant, or strain, of COVID-19 has been identified in the United States and linked to a Colorado man in his twenties with no travel history. The fact that Colorado has detected this variant, the first in the nation, has many wondering if has or will make its way to …
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China’s Sinopharm says its vaccine is over 79% effective against Covid-19
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-30
Shanghai, China, Dec 30 (efe-epa).- A vaccine developed by China’s state-run Sinopharm is 79.34 percent effective in protection against the Covid-19, the company said on Wednesday, seeking approval from the government for its general public use in the country. The vaccine, developed by a unit of the China National Biotec Group (CNBG), an affiliate of …
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US records 1st case of new Covid strain amid delays in vaccination campaign
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-30
Washington, Dec 30 (efe-epa).- The United States has detected the first case of the new Covid-19 strain in Colorado even as alarms have begun to sound about the difficulty of vaccinating 20 million people before the end of the year as promised by outgoing President Donald Trump. The first case of the mutant variant of …
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Biden blasts Trump for delays on vaccine distribution
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-30
Washington, Dec 29 (efe-epa).- President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday lambasted President Donald Trump for delays in the distribution of the vaccine against Covid-19 and promised that, when he takes office on Jan. 20, 2021, he will use a law dating back to the Cold War to force the private sector to accelerate the process. “The …
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Beale Street feeling blue after COVID cancels New Year’s Eve plans
Rafael Figueroa | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-30
MEMPHIS, TN (WREG) — The biggest New Year’s Eve celebration in Memphis was canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions. Any other year, Beale Street would be packed with people preparing for the annual guitar drop, the street filled with life and energy. But this year, there’s a cloud hanging over Beale. “I think it’s just where …
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Sniffing Our Way Back
John Scagliotti | thenation.com | 2020-12-30
Sniffing Our Way Back…
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Sniffing Our Way Back Home
John Scagliotti | thenation.com | 2020-12-30
Sniffing Our Way Back Home…
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Bias, racism and lies: facing up to the unwanted consequences of AI
news.un.org | 2020-12-30
Powerful digital tools using artificial intelligence (AI) software are helping in the fight against COVID-19, and have the potential to improve the world in many other ways. However, as AI seeps into more areas of daily life, it’s becoming clear that its misuse can lead to serious harm, leading the UN to call for strong, international regulation of the technology.
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The virus that shut down the world: Economic meltdown
news.un.org | 2020-12-30
With millions forced to work from home this year, offices and shops closing as part of containment measures, and travel severely curtailed everywhere, it was inevitable that the economy would suffer. In part five of our look back at 2020, we focus on the seismic effect that COVID-19 has had on the global economy.
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Ecosystem Destruction Fueled the Pandemic. Pollution Has Made It Worse
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-12-30
On December 30, 2019, an urgent email circulated on the internet, in which the Wuhan Municipal Health Committee noted the treatment of multiple patients with “pneumonia of unknown cause.” Since then, researchers have identified antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in blood and spit samples in the United Sta…
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Dr. Susan Moore Died of COVID 2 Weeks After Recording Video Decrying Racist Care
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-12-30
As the United States reports record deaths and hospitalizations from COVID-19 in the final days of 2020, we look at how the pandemic that ravaged the country this year has shone a stark new light on racism in medical care. In a viral video recorded by Black physician Dr. Susan Moore, she describes racist treatment by medical staff at a hospital in Indianapolis and says they did not respond to her pleas for care, despite being in intense pain and being a doctor herself. In the video, Dr. Moore says she had to beg…
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The New Strain of COVID May Have Already Coursed Through the US
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-12-30
The first confirmed case of a new and more transmissible strain of COVID-19 has appeared in the United States. While experts believe it is no more deadly than the prevalent strain, and expect that the vaccines will still be effective against it, this new strain could be up to 70 percent more contagious. | There are…
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“Mass Sterilization”: Kenyan Doctors Find Anti-fertility Agent in UN Tetanus Vaccine?
Brian Shilhavy | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-30
Global Research Editor’s Note | This article first published by Global Research on May 24, 2019 is of utmost relevance to the ongoing debate on the Covid Vaccine. | *** | In October 2014, the conference of Catholic bishops in Kenya released a …
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Spain Plans a “Registry” for Those Who Refuse COVID Vaccine
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-30
As Europe begins vaccinating the first wave of high-priority patients, a “glitch” has already emerged: many health-care workers and others have refused to take the vaccine, as skepticism and suspicion remain elevated. | A similar phenomenon has played out in the …
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The Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic: The Real Danger is “Agenda ID2020”
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-30
WHO has most likely received orders from “above”, from those people who also manage Trump and the “leaders” (sic) of the EU, European Union. The final decision to go ahead NOW with COVID-19 pandemic, was taken in January 2020 at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos – behind very much closed doors.
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Civil Rights Groups Fight Back Against Georgia’s Voter Purges
Marjorie Cohn | zcomm.org | 2020-12-30
The importance of the January 5 Senate runoff elections in Georgia cannot be overestimated…
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First Person: family tragedy and the UN as ‘saviour’ in Darfur
news.un.org | 2020-12-30
The people of the restive region of Darfur in Sudan have seen the joint United Nations and African Union peacekeeping mission (UNAMID) as a “saviour” according to a writer for UN News who grew up in Darfur.
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UN confirms closure of Darfur peacekeeping mission
news.un.org | 2020-12-30
The joint United Nations-African Union mission in the Darfur region of Sudan (UNAMID) will officially end operations on Thursday, when the Government of Sudan will take over responsibility for the protection of civilians in the area.
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2020 Was Year Like Few in History. Social Isolation, Unemployment, Poverty
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-30
2020 is coming to an end and entering history as one of the most troubled years in recent decades, having caused structural changes in the global geopolitical balance. The “pandemic” of the new coronavirus brought a series of changes in …
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An exclusive look inside Iran’s supermarket in Venezuela
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-12-30
Red Lines host Anya Parampil visits Megasis, an Iranian supermarket which recently opened in Caracas, Venezuela, and explores cooperation between Tehran and Caracas against the US economic blockade. The Grayzone’s Anya Parampil provides an exclusive look inside a superstore which the US government and corporate media have condemned and attempted to link to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. She also speaks with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza about how increased cooperation between Tehran and Caracas is improving the material …
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Fingers Point to US-Backed Gov’t in Colombia’s Ninetieth Massacre of the Year
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-12-30
“The Trump administration waged a full scale campaign to undermine Colombia’s peace accords. We must not waste our time hoping the Biden administration might reverse course, we must demand it.” — James Jordan, Alliance for Global Justice…
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Killer Cops: Police Killed Over 1,000 Americans In 2020
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-30
American law enforcement officers have killed well over 1,000 people in 2020. Between January 1 and December 15 of this year, the Mapping Police Violence project has recorded 1,066 people nationwide killed at the hands of the police, an average of around three killings per day. Despite the fact that 2020 has brought with it a pandemic forcing Americans to stay off the streets (and, presumably, out of trouble) as much as possible, there have only been 17 days recorded this year where the police did not kill someone. | The project also compiled statistics on the racial backgrounds of the victims. Black people are t…
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Memphis Zoo Seeking Donations, Will Temporarily Close
Rafael Figueroa | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-30
MEMPHIS, TN (FOX 13) — The ongoing pandemic has hit businesses hard this year, and the Memphis Zoo is asking for donations. The Zoo is temporarily closing in accordance with the Shelby County Health Directive 16. The closure will go into effect Dec. 30. According to a Facebook post from the Zoo, the safety of …
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Patriarchy and the pandemic: Disentangling the web of oppression
Surangya | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-12-30
We discuss Coronashock and Patriarchy, a study done by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, with Renata Porto Bugni to understand the impact of the pandemic on women and the LGBTQIA+ community.
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We all have a role to play for a better tomorrow, UN Assembly President says in New Year message
news.un.org | 2020-12-30
The President of the United Nations General Assembly has urged everyone around the world “to continue to work together” to end the coronavirus pandemic, and to build an inclusive and sustainable future.
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Looking back at 2020, In Case You Missed It
news.un.org | 2020-12-30
At UN News, 2020 started with a hope that the year would be one of peace for Syria’s children. However, in the weeks that followed, the news cycle was upended by the coronavirus pandemic, that not only changed what we covered, but also how we covered UN-related news around the world.
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Stephen F. Cohen on Russia’s democratization and how US meddling undermines it
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-12-30
Pushback rounds out 2020 by airing an unpublished interview with Stephen F. Cohen, the eminent Russia historian and scholar who passed away in September at the age of 81. In an interview recorded one year before his death, Stephen F. Cohen discusses local elections and protests in Russia; opposition leader Alexei Navalny; as well as the state of Russia’s post-Soviet democratization and how US meddling undermines it. Guest: Stephen F. Cohen. Professor emeritus of Russian studies at New York University …
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“The Truth in Black and White”: The Kansas City Star Apologizes for History of Racist Coverage
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-12-30
In a historic step, The Kansas City Star, one of the most influential newspapers in the Midwest, has apologized for the paper’s racist history. The paper’s top editor, Mike Fannin, admitted the Star and a sister paper had reinforced segregation, Jim Crow laws and redlining, and “robbed an entire community of opportunity, dignity, justice and recognition” with its biased coverage over many decades. We speak with Fannin and Mará Rose Williams, a longtime education writer at the paper who led the effort to examine the newspaper’s coverage of the Black community following the police killing of George Floyd and the na…
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The Julian Assange Pardon Drive
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-30
The odds are stacked against Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks publisher who faces the grimmest of prospects come January 4. On that day, the unsympathetic judicial head of District Judge Vanessa Baraitser will reveal her decision on the Old Bailey …
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The Julian Assange Pardon Drive
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-12-30
The odds are stacked against Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks publisher who faces the grimmest of prospects come January 4. On that day, the unsympathetic judicial head of District Judge Vanessa Baraitser will reveal her decision on the Old Bailey proceedings that took place between September and October this year. Despite Assange’s team being able to …
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Never Belonging: George Blake’s Spy Exploits
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-30
Filling the espionage ranks with legions of the non-belonging comes with its share of risk. The process is counter-intuitive, putting stock in skill and aptitude above the potential compromise of loyalty and divergence. Eventually, such a recruit might find a set of closely guarded principles. The son of a Sephardic Jew and Dutch Protestant might…
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Video: Russia Suffers Casualties in Greater Idlib. Israeli Air Force Strikes Damascus Countryside
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-30
On the morning of December 30th, warplanes of the Israeli Air Force once again carried out strikes on alleged Iranian targets in the countryside of Damascus. According to reports one person was killed and 3 others injured in the attack….
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A rave, a DJ and a debate. Palestinians outraged over techno party at holy site
Akram Al-Waara | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-30
A rave, a DJ and a debate. Palestinians outraged over techno party at holy site | Despite issuing an event permit, the Palestinian government arrests renowned Palestinian DJ Sama Abdulhadi and extend her detention for 15 days | Akram Al-Waara | Wed, 12/30/2020 – 12: 26 | Palestinian DJ Sama Abdulhadi poses outside her Parisian flat during a photo session on 7 December 2017 (AFP) | A dance party on Saturday has c…
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Republican Sen. Hawley to tie up Jan. 6 Electoral College certification
John Wojcik | peoplesworld.org | 2020-12-30
In yet another attempt to overturn the results of a free and fair election, Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri announced Wednesday he will object on Jan. 6 to the certification of the Electoral College vote. Both houses of Congress meet that day to carry out their constitutional duty of certifying the Electoral College results …
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Engels was a bro!
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-12-30
A tribute to Friedrich Engels’ “The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State” and the groundwork for feminism by the jubilarian.
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Black Women, mothers, workers: The frontlines of the MTST
Camila Valle | mronline.org | 2020-12-30
The reason the MTST is overwhelmingly made up of Black women is precisely because of their role in society. Women are primarily responsible for home life.
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How youth turned the tide in the 2020 election
Levi Pulkkinen | nationofchange.org | 2020-12-30
It wasn’t just new voters that made this election the biggest ever: Youth turned out in droves to work on campaigns behind the scenes, too.
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Inviting Nuclear Disaster
Karl Grossman | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-30
Nuclear power plants when they began being constructed were not seen as running for more than 40 years because of radioactivity embrittling metal parts and otherwise causing safety problems. But in recent decades, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has extended the operating licenses of nuclear power plants from 40 years to 60 years and then…
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Washington state judge blocks release of public records in the police killing of Michael Reinoehl
wsws.org | 2020-12-30
Thurston County Superior Court Judge Carol Murphy ruled in favor of a motion by the sheriff’s office to stop the release of police records about the execution of Portland protester Michael Reinoehl on September 3.
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Inviting Nuclear Disaster
Karl Grossman | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-30
Nuclear power plants when they began being constructed were not seen as running for more than 40 years because of radioactivity embrittling metal parts and otherwise causing safety problems. But in recent decades, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has extended the operating licenses of nuclear power plants from 40 years to 60 years and then 80 years, and is now considering 100 years.
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UN human rights expert calls for withdrawal of US sanctions on Syria
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-12-30
Alena Douhan, the UN special rapporteur about the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures on human rights, said the US sanctions violated the human rights of the Syrian people…
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Syrian Refugees Flee as Their Tents Are Torched in Lebanon
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-30
On December 26, hundreds of Syrian refugees fled their refugee camp in the Miniyeh region near the coastal city of Tripoli in north Lebanon after their tents were burned when fighting broke out between local youths and camp residents. At …
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Abortion legalization marks historic win for feminist movements in Argentina
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-12-30
Thousands who had gathered in front of the Argentine Congress erupted in mass celebrations as the Senate voted in favor of the Bill approving the voluntary termination of pregnancy…
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The class dynamic of the massive Wall Street speculation
wsws.org | 2020-12-30
The year is ending amid the greatest economic contraction since the Great Depression of the 1930s, but Wall Street is finishing the year at a record high.
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Selling Weapons — The Most Corrupt Industry in the World
Rod Driver | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-30
“In his [1996] arms-to-Iraq enquiry, Lord Richard Scott heard evidence that an entire tier of the Thatcher government, from senior civil servants to ministers, had lied and broken the law in selling weapons to Saddam Hussein…Thumb through old copies of …
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Russia-China Civilian Aviation Production Challenges Boeing-Airbus Dominance
Ulson Gunnar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-30
For decades US-based Boeing and European aerospace giant, Airbus, have dominated global civilian aviation in what many in the industry describe as a duopoly. But as is the case in so many other industries as of late, China’s economic and …
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A matter of survival of the peasantry
Prabhat Patnaik | mronline.org | 2020-12-30
The kisans gathered around the Delhi border have unerringly put their fingers on the real issue confronting them, namely their very survival as peasants.
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Here we go: Another IRS problem (and a Bank of America problem)
Michael T. Hertz | nationofchange.org | 2020-12-30
“I don’t know if you have IRS problems; I do.”
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Amid repression and setbacks, people’s movements in north Africa continue struggles
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-12-30
North Africa in 2020 was both a site of armed conflict and repression, and yet, also an example of the determined resistance of the people to the forces of repression…
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It’s legal! Argentine Senate approves abortion bill
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-12-30
The Argentine senate passed the Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy bill with 38 votes in favor and 29 against. This is a major victory for feminist movements who have been organizing for over a decade for the right to abortion…
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Taking a Stand Against Extremism
Saskia Hostetler Lippy | progressive.org | 2020-12-30
In this time of great darkness, there must also be an opposing force of light. That force must come from us.
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Australia: Victorian Hotel Quarantine Inquiry finds “failure of governance”
wsws.org | 2020-12-30
Predictably, the report is a whitewash with the recommendations calling for little more than further investigation “as to the lines of accountability and responsibility between Departmental heads and Ministers.”
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Most Popular Articles in December 2020
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California legislature introduces bill for cops to hold bachelor’s degrees to join police force
Ashley Curtin | nationofchange.org | 2020-12-30
“This could be the beginning of changing the entire way that policing is done on the front end. Then we can let the bad cops retire on the back end.”
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To reflect, to breathe, to hope and to stay human: Review of Hybrid War poster exhibition
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-12-30
The Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and International Week of Anti-Imperialist Struggle organized four poster exhibitions over the last year on different themes related to imperialism…
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Remington workers terminated without severance, billionaire owners not accountable
Keegan Quinn and Liberation Staff-Albany, NY | liberationnews.org | 2020-12-30
Bankruptcy laws favor the bosses, leave workers in the cold.
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Who Will Guard the Space Guardians?
Christopher Brauchli | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-30
We have decided to call to call the entire field of control and communication theory whether in the machine or in the animal, by the name of “Cybernetics”, which we form from the Greek [for] steersman. — Norbert Wiener, Cybernetics It was a joyous occasion and it was only too bad that the trump was unable…
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Smart Ass Cripple: Madison Cawthorn Is Not My Wheelchair Brother
Mike Ervin | progressive.org | 2020-12-30
If Cawthorn carries his campaign image and agenda to Congress, it would be better for disabled folks if he wasn’t there at all.
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Thousands of Rohingya refugees relocated
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-12-30
The Bangladeshi government dispatched 1,800 Rohingya refugees on Tuesday, December 29, to the island of Bhasan Char. The island is said to have emerged from the sea just 20 years ago and is prone to flooding.
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The New Film “Seven”. Scientific Study of WTC Building 7
Kevin Ryan | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-30
The new film Seven (trailer above), directed by Dylan Avery, examines the story of the scientific study of World Trade Center building 7 (WTC 7) recently published by the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The study was led by structural engineering …
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US Government Role in Thailand’s “Student Protests”
Tony Cartalucci | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2020-12-30
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UK lawmakers pass Brexit deal with ample majority
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-30
London, Dec 30 (efe-epa).- Members of the United Kingdom’s Parliament on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly in favor of the government’s post-Brexit deal with the European Union. Following a fast-tracked debate, a total of 521 lawmakers in the House of Commons, the majority of whom took part remotely, voted to write the EU (Future Relationship) into UK …
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Pray, What Is This ‘Reform’ That the Rightwing Peddles?
Badri Raina | zcomm.org | 2020-12-30
How is it that ‘reform’ only means throwing the food-grower open to the cut-throat vagaries of a so-called ‘free-market’ always in the clutches of the corporate?>…
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Britain Prepares for Increased Isolation in Wake of Brexit Deal
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-12-30
The grim realities of the Brexit deal announced on Christmas Eve are beginning to sink in as British voters face the impending implementation of an arrangement that leaves Britain poorer and more isolated — both economically and culturally — than it would have been had voters in 2016 opted to stay in the European Union (EU). Provided that both the U.K. and the European Parliaments ratify the deal as expected, the new arrangement will take effect in the new year. | The new U.K.-EU relationship…
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Kushner family business plans $100m bond sale in Israel: Report
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-30
Kushner family business plans $100m bond sale in Israel: Report | Kushner Companies filed paperwork with the Israeli Securities Authorities earlier this month, with the sale to take place in 2021, Wall Street Journal reports | MEE staff | Wed, 12/30/2020 – 15: 30 | Jared Kushner resigned from his family’s real estate business in 2016 after joining the White House (AFP) | The family business of senior White House adviser J…
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Kushner family business plans $100m bond sale in Israel: Report
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-30
Kushner family business plans $100m bond sale in Israel: Report | Kushner Companies filed paperwork with Israeli Securities Authorities earlier this month, with sale to take place in 2021, Wall Street Journal says | MEE staff | Wed, 12/30/2020 – 15: 30 | Jared Kushner resigned from his family’s real estate business in 2016 after joining White House (AFP) | The family business of senior White House adviser Jared Kushner ha…
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Iranian company exports 1st cargo of MEG to Istnbul by train
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-30
TEHRAN, Dec. 31 (MNA) — The first export consignment of mono ethylene glycol (MEG) produced by Shazand Petrochemical Co. was exported from Iran’s Arak to Istanbul by train on Wednesday.
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US police kill a black man in LA
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-30
TEHRAN, Dec. 30 (MNA) — US police once again killed a black man in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
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Basiji ladies donate blood in Tabriz
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-30
TEHRAN, Dec. 30 (MNA) — A group of Basiji ladies donated blood in Tabriz, the capital city of East Azerbaijan Province, in northwestern Iran.
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Iran has promoted combat capability proportionate to threats
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-30
TEHRAN, Dec. 30 (MNA) — The Second-in-Command of the Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base said that the base has upgraded its combat capability proportionate to the existing threats.
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Araghchi holds talks with Qatari Foreign Minister
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-30
TEHRAN, Dec. 30 (MNA) — Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs held talks with the Foreign Minister of Qatar on Wednesday.
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World has refused to be held hostage to US bullying
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-30
TEHRAN, Dec. 30 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman pointed to four years of “Maximum Failure” of Trump administration and said that people are not naàØve and the world has refused to be held hostage to your bullying.
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25 Killed, 13 injured in terrorist attack on bus in Syria
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-30
TEHRAN, Dec. 30 (MNA) — At least 25 civilians have been killed and 13 others injured after a bus was attacked on the M20 highway in the Deir ez-Zor province of Syria.
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VIDEO: Symbolic funeral of Gen. Soleimani, Cmdr. al-Muhandis
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-30
TEHRAN, Dec. 30 (MNA) — On the eve of the first anniversary of the martyrdom of Lt. General Soleimani and Commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Karbala witnessed the symbolic funeral of these two martyrs and other Iraqi martyrs of Resistance.
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Culprits of Gen. Soleimani’s terror to be held accountable
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-30
TEHRAN, Dec. 30 (MNA) — Iran’s Judiciary Chief said that the perpetrators of the Martyrdom of Lt. General Soleimani will be punished and no one is allowed to obstruct the relevant investigations.
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Martyr Soleimani defended resistance under any circumstance
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-30
TEHRAN, Dec. 30 (MNA) — The Head of Iraq’s Fatah (Conquest) Alliance Hadi al-Ameri said Martyr Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani was responsible for defending ‘resistance movement’ everywhere.
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Soleimani blood united regional nations against US arrogance
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-30
TEHRAN, Dec. 30 (MNA) — In a tweet on early Wednesday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry stated that the blood of Martyr General Soleimani united regional nations against the US arrogance and presence.
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Afghanistan urges connecting Khaf-Herat Railway to Chabahar
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-30
TEHRAN, Dec. 30 (MNA) — Minister of Industry and Commerce of Afghanistan called for connection of Khaf-Herat Railway to Chabahar Port and termed it as a great achievement for the people of Afghanistan and business community of the country.
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US has a lot to do to remedy its reputation of foreign policy
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-30
TEHRAN, Dec. 30 (MNA) — Russia’s Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna says the US has a lot to do to remedy to a certain extent the reputation of US foreign policy.
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Sudan-Ethiopia border conflict escalates
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-12-30
On Tuesday, December 29, the Ethiopian foreign ministry warned of a “counter-offensive” after the Sudanese army announced that it had recaptured an area in the contested Al-Fashaga region near the border between the two countries. | The Al-Fashaga region falls on the Sudanese side of the border delineated by the British in 1902, who had colonized Sudan at the time. The Ethiopian delegation refused to recognize this border in the recently held talks in Sudanese capital Khartoum, which ended on December 23 without an agreement on the demarcation of land. | Ethiopian farmers have been settled in Al-Fashaga, which is…
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Iraq: ‘British Company G4S Implicated In Assassination Of Soleimani’
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-30
An Iraqi politician accused the UK private security company G4S of being involved in the assassination of Iranian Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani. | The commander of the Quds Force of the Corps of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution (IRGC) of Iran, Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani, and the deputy commander of the Popular Mobilization Units of Iraq (Al-Hashad Al-Shabi in Arabic), Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, were martyred on January 3 in a drone strike perpetrated by the US in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. | This Monday the leader of the Iraqi political party Asaib Ahl al-Haq, Qais Al-Jazali, accused the British co…
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Best of 2020: I tried to call my mother to say goodbye
Mary Elizabeth Williams | salon.com | 2020-12-30
Our 2020 retrospective continues with this meditation on one last chance to connect as the world falls apart…
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Climate Activists Mount Utility Strike
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-30
Santa is not the only one giving out coal this year. Climate activists like Johnny Sanchez and Sonja Birthisel in Portland, Maine, recently sent their utility company an envelope of coal instead of payment towards their electric bill. This symbolic act of defiance, organized by the No Coal No Gas coalition, is part of a broad New England consumer strike against utility payments to protest the continued burning of coal. | The Strike Down Coal campaign launched on Sept. 1 and aims to continue until ISO New England — the system operator responsible for running New England’s energy grid and power system –…
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The Activist Roots Of Black Feminist Theory
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-30
The idea that race, class and gender are interrelated dynamics of power and oppression has gained sufficient currency in the academic world to go by the shorthand “intersectionality,” or “intersection theory.” But the origins of contemporary Black feminist theory are not sufficiently known or acknowledged, and, given the invaluable work of university-based theorists, too many assume that the core concepts of Black feminism were born in the academy. In fact, much can be traced to activists in groups including the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Third World Women’s Alliance, and the Combahee…
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Yazidi survivors of ISIS want to go back to school
Al-Thawra | indybay.org | 2020-12-30
Young people who survived Islamic State (ISIS) captivity say they have not been able to resume their formal education for years while living at camps for the internally displaced in the Kurdistan Region.
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Tuesday 1/12: Together Against Factory Farming – January Day of Action
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2020-12-30
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Saturday 1/2: Meetup: Start the Year Strong – Creative Actions You Can Take for Animals
Direct Action Everywhere | indybay.org | 2020-12-30
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WorkWeek Exposes Racist & Corrupt SF City Health Service System Boss Mitch Griggs
WorkWeek | indybay.org | 2020-12-30
WorkWeek on Thursday 12/31/20 at 12 noon on San Francisco’s KPOO 94.1 FM www.kpoo.com will have guests who expose the systemic racism and corruption at the San Francisco City Health Service System run by Mitch Griggs and also at the Department of Public Health. Joining the show will be the new editor of the SF Bay View Malik Washington who broke the story of the racist terrorism against SF City Health Service worker Malika Alima. Also joining the show will be SFCC Department of Public Health nurse and whistleblower W.D. Flient.
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Wednesday 2/3: We Want to Do More than Just Survive
Otter Cross Cultural Center, CSUMB | indybay.org | 2020-12-30
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Working on a History of Protest Power Around Shelter and Sweeps in Santa Cruz
Robert Norse | indybay.org | 2020-12-30
In light of the current community support for the San Lorenzo Survival Campers, I thought it might be helpful to post a partial history of the changes and services created by protest and direct action in the past. I distributed this flyer at the Park today. If Chief Mills word is to be believed, the protests Monday have already extended the Final Sweep “Solution” deadline to late January.
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Kidney On Sale: Economic fallout of back-to-back lockdowns in Indian Kashmir
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-30
By Sarwar Kashani Qazigund, India, Dec 30 (efe-epa).- Nearly two years ago, Sabzar Khan, a 26-year-old businessman, expanded his construction business that was already growing rapidly in Qazigund, the gateway to the idyllic Kashmir Valley, nestled in the Indian Himalayas. But soon after he raised funds by securing loans from a bank and local lenders, …
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Argentina waiting tensely to learn if Senate approves abortion law
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-30
By Rodrigo Garcia Buenos Aires, Dec 29 (efe-epa).- Argentines are waiting with bated breath in the coming hours to find out whether the Senate approves a bill legalizing abortion up until the 14th week of pregnancy, which although it is being supported by the government is sparking differences between government backers and the political opposition, …
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Magnitude-5.1 earthquake shakes parts of Japan
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-30
Tokyo, Dec 30 (efe-epa).- An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Ritcher scale shook eastern Japan on Wednesday but there was no tsunami alert and the authorities did not report any human or material losses. The earthquake shook the capital Tokyo at 9.35 am local time (0.35 GMT) with its epicenter in Ibaraki prefecture, northeast of …
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Sydney tightens coronavirus restrictions on New Year’s Eve
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-30
Sydney, Australia, Dec 30 (efe-epa).- The New South Wales government tightened social distancing restrictions on New Year’s Eve after health authorities on Wednesday reported 18 new local cases of coronavirus and a possible cluster around Sydney, the most populated city in the country. Half of the new infections are linked to the Northern Beaches, a …
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EU and China conclude negotiations on investment deal
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-30
(Update 1: Adds detail) Brussels/Beijing, Dec 30 (EFE) — The European Union and China reached an investment agreement Wednesday that, once in force, will improve European investors’ access to the Chinese market and give them more guarantees to compete on equal terms with local companies. Brussels and Beijing thus put an end to seven years …
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One Person Dead After Vehicle Goes in Shelby Farms Lake
Rafael Figueroa | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-30
SHELBY COUNTY, TN (WREG) — One person was killed after a vehicle plunged into a lake out at Shelby Farms. According to authorities, first responders received a call that a vehicle had gone into Patriot Lake around 7 a.m. Wednesday. The person was dead when emergency crews arrived. Español: CONDADO DE SHELBY, TN …
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Biden complains of roadblocks to transition placed by Trump administration
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-30
Washington, Dec 28 (efe-epa).- President-elect Joe Biden on Monday complained of “roadblocks” to the transition of power process he said are being placed by the outgoing Donald Trump administration, and specifically in the way of his picks for top Pentagon and Office of Management and Budget posts. “We’ve encountered roadblocks with the political leadership at …
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UN mission leaves Darfur amid security concerns
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-30
By al-Nur al-Zaki Khartoum, Dec 30 (efe-epa).- The United Nations peace mission to Darfur’s (UNAMID) mandate ends on Thursday, 13 years after its launch, despite several persistant challenges. A rebel group is still active in the Sudanese region, 1.8 million people are displaced and tribal violence is not rare although the civil war that hit …
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Croatians remain on edge as aftershocks follow major quake
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-30
Zagreb, Dec 30 (efe-epa).- Three minor earthquakes Wednesday rattled the nerves of inhabitants of central Croatia a day after the region was struck by a magnitude-6.2 temblor that left seven people dead and 26 others injured. The strongest of the aftershocks was a magnitude-4.8. In Petrinja, the town nearest the epicenter of Tuesday’s quake, rescue …
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Proud and patriotic, Wuhan boasts of virus defeat
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-30
By Jesús Centeno Wuhan, China, Dec 30 (efe-epa).- At 85-years-old, Korean war veteran Chen Jixian cannot hold back his emotions when he recalls the calamities that struck Wuhan when the new coronavirus first emerged a year ago and led to the deaths of 3,869 people, according to official figures. Chen was visiting People First, Lives …
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Outrage in India-administered Kashmir over alleged extra-judicial killings
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-30
Srinagar, India, Dec 30 (efe-epa).- Security forces in India-administered Kashmir on Wednesday gunned down three alleged militants, sparking outrage and allegations that the troops had staged a gunfight to hide civilian killings. “Three militants have been killed in an overnight operation in the Lawaypora area of Srinagar,” an officer at the police control room told …
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Islamist mob razes Hindu temple in Pakistan
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-30
Islamabad, Dec 30 (efe-epa).- A mob of around 2,000 people on Wednesday destroyed a Hindu temple in northwestern Pakistan, reacting in rage to the religious premises being expanded, in the latest act of violence against a religious minority in the Muslim-dominated country. The act of vandalism took place around noon in the Karak district of …
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Bangladesh urges UN to participate in Rohingya relocation process
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-30
Dhaka, Dec 30 (efe-epa).- The government of Bangladesh said on Wednesday that it was ready to involve the United Nations in the process of relocating Rohingya refugees to a remote island, after a barrage of criticism by rights groups over the lack of transparency in the transfers. The government urged the UN to join the …
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EU and China conclude negotiations on investment deal
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-30
Brussels, Dec 30 (efe-epa).- The European Union and China concluded negotiations on a long-awaited investment deal designed to lower business barriers to European companies in China and push toward leveling the playing field between the two economic powers. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen tweeted: “The EU has the largest single market in the …
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Argentine Senate passes landmark bill to legalize abortion
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-30
Buenos Aires, Dec 30 (efe-epa).- The Argentinean Senate on Wednesday passed a landmark bill allowing voluntary termination of pregnancy up to the 14th week. The legislation, which sailed through the house after a marathon session running until the early hours, was backed by the government of President Alberto Fernandez to fulfill the long-pending demand of …
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Brazilian graffiti phenom Thales Pomb inspired by Goya, the color blue
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-30
By Antonio Torres del Cerro Sao Paulo, Dec 30 (efe-epa).- He paints a 35-meter (115-foot) mural with the same care he gives to an oil portrait. The color blue inspires him, and the work of Spain’s Francisco Goya is in the forefront of his artistic references. His name is Thales Fernando “Pomb,” he’s 31 and …
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Over 20 killed in attack on new Yemeni government in Aden
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-30
By Khaled Abdullah Sana’a, Dec 30 (efe-epa).- At least 22 people were killed and 50 others injured on Wednesday when three explosions rocked the airport of the southern Yemeni city of Aden upon the arrival of members of the new government. The internationally-recognized government blamed the attack on the Houthi rebels, with whom it has …
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Democrats relying on Latino vote in key Georgia Senate elections
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-30
By Marcelo G. Wheelock Atlanta, Dec 30 (efe-epa).- Democrats want to repeat the formula that led them to victory in the Nov. 3 presidential election in Georgia and they are relying on the local Hispanic vote in the crucial runoffs for the state’s two US Senate seats in early January, races that will decide which …
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North Korea’s ruling party to hold 8th congress in early January
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-30
Seoul, Dec 30 (efe-epa).- The eighth congress of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party, which is expected to decide the regime’s economic and foreign policy goals, will be held in early January, state media KCNA reported Wednesday. The agency did not specify an exact date for the event. The decision to hold the party congress early …
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‘Sold out’: Uighurs fear deportation as China ratifies extradition treaty with Turkey
Amandla Thomas-Johnson | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-30
‘Sold out’: Uighurs fear deportation as China ratifies extradition treaty with Turkey | Uighur activists urge Turkish government not to abide by agreement that could put tens of thousands at risk of being detained in internment camps | Amandla Thomas-Johnson | Wed, 12/30/2020 – 10: 17 | Supporters of China’s Muslim Uighur minority protest in Istanbul against B…
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Argentina Passes Bill to Legalize Abortion
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-12-30
Thousands of women gathered in Buenos Aires erupted with joy early Wednesday after Argentina’s Senate voted to approve legislation that would legalize abortion, the culmination of a years-long grassroots fight for reproductive rights in the Latin American nation. | The bill permitting elective abortions up to the 14th week of a pregnancy passed by a vote of 38 to 29, and President Alb…
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Increasing Pentagon Spending When People Are Going Hungry Is Madness
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2020-12-30
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UN Yemen envoy condemns deadly Aden airport attack
news.un.org | 2020-12-30
The UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, has strongly condemned Wednesday’s deadly attack on Aden airport, which is reported to have resulted in the deaths of at least 26 people, and injured more than 50.
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UN chief and Yemen Envoy condemn deadly Aden airport attack
news.un.org | 2020-12-30
The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, and the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, have strongly condemned Wednesday’s deadly attack on Aden airport, which is reported to have resulted in the deaths of at least 26 people, and injured more than 50.
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Questions and answers about the UN mission to the SAFER oil tanker in Yemen
news.un.org | 2020-12-30
1. What is the SAFER oil tanker? | SAFER is a Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) oil vessel moored off Yemen’s west coast, approximately 8 kilometers (4.8 nautical miles) South West of the Ras Isa peninsula on the West coast of Yemen, permanently anchored at the same location for more than 30 years without any dry-docking or shipyard repairs.
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Women Ran, Won and Donated in Record Numbers in 2020
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-12-30
Women broke barriers in the 2020 elections, both at the ballot box and as political donors. Unprecedented numbers of women ran for office and won their races. Come January, Congress and many state legislatures will become more representative of the nation as a whole, with women holding more seats than ever before. And in both state and federal races, women raised more money than in any prior cycle. | That’s according to an analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics and the National Institute on Money in Politics.
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Women Ran for Office, Won and Donated in Record Numbers in 2020
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-12-30
Women broke barriers in the 2020 elections, both at the ballot box and as political donors. Unprecedented numbers of women ran for office and won their races. Come January, Congress and many state legislatures will become more representative of the nation as a whole, with women holding more seats than ever before. And in both state and federal races, women raised more money than in any prior cycle. | That’s according to an analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics and the National Institute on Money in Politics.
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Pompeo and State Department face legal action over $23bn UAE arms sale
Sheren Khalel | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-30
Pompeo and State Department face legal action over $23bn UAE arms sale | New York Center for Foreign Policy Affairs claims in lawsuit that massive weapons sale violates US Arms Export Control Act | Sheren Khalel | Wed, 12/30/2020 – 17: 05 | The $23bn arms sale to UAE includes sale of killer drones and American-made F-35 jets (AFP/File photo) | An American NGO has filed a lawsuit against the State Department and it…
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Prominent Moroccan historian and human rights activist arrested in Rabat
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-30
Prominent Moroccan historian and human rights activist arrested in Rabat | Maati Monjib, who has been targeted by authorities using Israeli spyware, is accused of money laundering | MEE staff | Wed, 12/30/2020 – 11: 36 | Maati Monjib, a Moroccan historian, political analyst and human rights activist, speaks in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, 20 February 2014 (AFP) | Moroccan historian and human rights activist Maati Monjib w…
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US sends dozens of armoured vehicles to Iraq ahead of Soleimani death anniversary
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-30
US sends dozens of armoured vehicles to Iraq ahead of Soleimani death anniversary | Provision comes amid frequent rocket attacks targeting Green Zone which is home to US embassy and other foreign diplomatic missions | MEE staff | Wed, 12/30/2020 – 17: 18 | Rocket attacks have been launched at Baghdad’s Green Zone in the weeks leading up to anniversary of Qassem Soleimani’s assassination (AFP/File photo) | The United State…
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US sends dozens of armoured vehicles to Iraq ahead of Soleimani death anniversary
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-30
US sends dozens of armoured vehicles to Iraq ahead of Soleimani death anniversary | Provision comes amid frequent rocket attacks targeting Baghdad’s Green Zone, which is home to US embassy and other foreign diplomatic missions | MEE staff | Wed, 12/30/2020 – 17: 18 | Rockets have been fired at Baghdad’s Green Zone in weeks leading up to anniversary of Qassem Soleimani’s assassination (AFP/File photo) | The United States a…
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Giulio Regeni murder: Egypt clears officers and slams Italian accusations
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-30
Giulio Regeni murder: Egypt clears officers and slams Italian accusations | Prosecutor says Italian accusations against Egyptian security officers are based on ‘false assumptions rejected by logic’ | MEE staff | Wed, 12/30/2020 – 22: 40 | Giulio Regeni, 28-year-old doctoral researcher at Cambridge University, disappeared in Cairo in January 2016. His body was discovered nine days later and showed extensive marks of tortur…
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Pompeo and State Department face legal action over $23bn UAE arms sale
Sheren Khalel | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-30
Pompeo and State Department face legal action over $23bn UAE arms sale | New York Center for Foreign Policy Affairs claims in lawsuit that massive weapons sale violates US Arms Export Control Act | Sheren Khalel | Wed, 12/30/2020 – 17: 05 | The $23bn arms sale to UAE includes killer drones and American-made F-35 jets (AFP/File photo) | An American NGO has filed a lawsuit against the State Department and its head,…
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Uproar in Kuwait as minority Bidoon man attempts self-immolation in protest
Nur Ayoubi | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-30
Uproar in Kuwait as minority Bidoon man attempts self-immolation in protest | The 27-year-old had recently been dismissed from his job for not renewing his security card, without which Bidoon are not allowed to work | Nur Ayoubi | Wed, 12/30/2020 – 14: 44 | In 2012, Bidoon protested against their living conditions, insisting that the only solution to their plight was to gain Kuwaiti citizenship (AFP) | A Kuwaiti man att…
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The UK’s Brexit Shoddy Deal Surrenders More Than It Receives
Kenneth Surin | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-30
Faced with the grim reality of leaving the EU without a deal, Boris Johnson was always going to hail any “least-worst” deal as a “victory”. And so he did. A jubilant BoJo, ever the lying blusterer, claims his deal is everything the electorate voted for in the 2016 referendum and in last year’s general election. It certainly isn’t, if one scrutinizes the details.
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Brazil: Bolsonaro’s Remarks Targeting Rousseff Spark Critics
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-30
Brazil’s former President Dilma Rousseff (2011-2016) on Tuesday condemned spiteful comments made by far-right President Jair Bolsonaro who discarded acts of torture committed against her during the dictatorship’s rule (1964-1985). | RELATED: | ‘Laboratories Should Rush To Sell Vaccines’ Bolsonaro Says | Previously, through a video posted on social networks, Bolsonaro cast doubts on acts of torture committed against Rousseff during her years of imprisonment and requested an X-ray sho…
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Blame Mitch for the Lack of Federal Relief
Bryce Covert | thenation.com | 2020-12-30
Blame Mitch for the Lack of Federal Relief…
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Out of the Ether
Stuart Klawans | thenation.com | 2020-12-30
Out of the Ether…
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Look Beyond the Media Frenzy and Focus on the Fundamentals
Eric Alterman | thenation.com | 2020-12-30
Look Beyond the Media Frenzy and Focus on the Fundamentals…
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Don the Con
Karen Fiorito | thenation.com | 2020-12-30
Don the Con…
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Can We Finally Stop Marching to Disaster?
Rebecca Gordon | thenation.com | 2020-12-30
Can We Finally Stop Marching to Disaster?
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Open Mike Eagle’s Songs of Redemption
Stephen Kearse | thenation.com | 2020-12-30
Open Mike Eagle’s Songs of Redemption…
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Iran to Pay $150,000 to Each Family of Victims Killed in Downed Ukrainian Flight
sputniknews.com | 2020-12-30
Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was downed on January 8, 2020, by a pair of missiles deployed by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) moments after the airliner took off from the Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport. All 176 passengers and crew were killed. Iranian officials have blamed the downing on human error.
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The NDAA, Trump and the Military Industrial Complex
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-29
For decades, the National Defense Authorization Act has been the lifeblood of the US imperium, guaranteeing a flow of money across the military. A better term for such a bill would use the word offence in it, but lawmakers and …
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California educators, healthcare and logistics workers: Unite to stop COVID-19 and save lives now!
wsws.org | 2020-12-29
Urgent and far-reaching action is needed to prevent the reopening of schools and stop the spread of the pandemic across California this winter. Join our committee now!
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A Nasty Shot in the Arm — RT-PCR Kits and Vaccines Unlicensed by Britain’s MHRA
John Goss | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-29
Aware of the forthcoming vaccine roll-out aimed, it is said, to protect against a disease (COVID-19) that reached its apex almost nine months ago, I emailed the MHRA (Medical and Healthcare Regulatory Authority) on 20 November 2020. | My main concern …
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Israel’s fourth election in two years dominated by far-right forces
wsws.org | 2020-12-29
Netanyahu faces a strong challenge from the far right, his former colleagues. These forces have moved to fill the vacuum left after Benny Gantz joined and served as Netanyahu’s political accomplice in imposing the government’s “herd immunity” policies that have created a healthcare and social disaster for Jewish Israelis and Palestinians alike.
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The Imperative To Achieve National Improved Medicare For All
Margaret Flowers | zcomm.org | 2020-12-29
This time around, the “Yes we can” slogan so common under Obama must mean that, yes, the people can overcome the plutocrats and put people over profits…
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Why Senators Must Reject Avril Haines for Intelligence
Medea Benjamin | mintpressnews.com | 2020-12-29
This unassuming spy may look and sound like your favorite college professor, but that facade masks a ruthless wolf in sheep’s clothing who enabled murder by remote control and wielded a thick black pen to cover-up CIA torture.
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Why Senators Must Reject Avril Haines for Intelligence
Medea Benjamin, Marcy Winograd | commondreams.org | 2020-12-29
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The Fate Of Press Freedom To Be Decided On January 4
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-29
Judge Vanessa Baraitser will announce her decision on the United States’ request to extradite Julian Assange on January 4. Assange faces 18 charges, 17 of them under the Espionage Act, which has been weaponized to go after journalists who expose war crimes and other truths the United States wants to keep secret. If he is extradited, it will end press freedom as we know it. Any journalist anywhere in the world will know they could face similar consequences if they expose the US government. I speak with Kevin Gosztola of Shadowproof, who has been following the extradition process closely, about what is likely to ha…
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Cuban doctors will begin treating COVID-19 patients in Panama
Prensa Latina | mronline.org | 2020-12-29
The dozen of Cuban medical brigades recently arrived in Panama will be deployed to the places assigned to fight COVID-19.
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Ford Kansas City Assembly worker dies after testing positive for COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-12-29
The worker had been at KCAP over a decade and was employed by a cleaning vendor at the plant, workers said.
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Full details of COVID-19 infections at Cricklewood garage must be published
wsws.org | 2020-12-29
Despite the preventable deaths of 35 London bus workers, a new wave of infections has struck, with information about garage outbreaks deliberately concealed in the interests of “operational efficiency”, i.e., profits.
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Masking the COVID-19 Virus in this ‘Pandemic’
Dr. David Halpin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-29
There is no logic, nor reason based in medical science, for the wearing of paper or cloth masks in the context of the epidemic of this virus — Covid_19 (C19) . The virus, though likely altered in laboratories, is part …
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Anti-Vaxxers are gaining dangerous ground in the Latinx community
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-12-29
COVID-19 is a new disease, but many of us from immigrant families know all too well the trauma of having our livelihood threatened and our lives put in imminent danger of death. The pandemic situation is not too dissimilar to our life experiences. It is natural, especially for those who have been politicized, to look …
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One year into the pandemic, 65,000 deaths in the US in one month
wsws.org | 2020-12-29
One year after the first cases of COVID-19 were identified in China, December was the deadliest month of the pandemic both in the United States and the world.
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China Beefs up Anti-COVID-19 Measures as Local Cases Emerge
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-29
Beijing has expanded its nucleic acid testing and tightened COVID-19 prevention measures following new reports of local COVID-19 infections. | RELATED: | China: Alibaba Under Further Scrutiny as Regulations Tighten | “The city faces a grim and complicated situation with risks of further infections still present,” Beijing municipal government spokesperson Xu Hejian said. | Several locally transmitted cases have recently emerged in Chaoyang, Xicheng and Shunyi districts of Beijing…
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COVID-19 cases skyrocket in South Korea and Japan
wsws.org | 2020-12-29
As in countries around the world, the inadequate responses of Tokyo and Seoul to the pandemic have been driven by concerns for big business.
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Workers demand answers over COVID-19 infections at Cricklewood garage
wsws.org | 2020-12-29
Despite the preventable deaths of 35 London bus workers, a new wave of infections has struck, with information about garage outbreaks deliberately concealed in the interests of “operational efficiency”, i.e., profits.
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Indigenous movements and the struggle in defense of land in 2020
Anish R M | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-12-29
On top of the existing violence and institutional impediments, this year was particularly taxing for the defenders of land and environment as they had to face double whammy of COVID-19 pandemic and the intensification of neoliberalism under it…
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South Africa: COVID-19 Second Wave Hits Harder Than The First
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-29
The South African government announced on Monday the country’s return to the level three lockdown as COVID-19 infections surpassed the first wave with 7000 new cases reported in the last 24hrs. | RELATED: | COVAX Facility: Africa’s Greatest Hope | “Yesterday we reported 1,011,871 cumulative cases with over 7,000 new cases. In this last epidemiological week, we have surpassed the peak of the first wave and we had indicated that the epidemiological picture would compel us to tighten restrictions,” the gov…
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Argentineans to Hold Vigil in Support of Safe Abortion Bill
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-29
Argentina’s feminist movements Tuesday called for a vigil in front of Congress to accompany the Senate vote on the Safe Abortion bill. | RELATED: | Argentina To Start National COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign | The vote, which will begin on Tuesday afternoon and end on Wednesday morning, will also be accompanied by anti-abortion demonstrations. | The square in front of the Congress will be divided with a fence. The left side will be set for women’s rights activists, while the right si…
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Uruguay: Circus Artists Demand Work Amid New COVID-19 Measures
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-29
Dozens of Uruguayan circus companies demanded jobs during the summer period, after President Luis Lacalle’s administration prevented them from performing due to the new anti-COVID-19 measures. | RELATED: | Economic Crisis Makes Community Pots Reappear in Uruguay | “Summer is the time of greatest demand for the sector. We claim our right to work,” the artists stated as they called “extremist and unilateral” the new health policies. | In a statement released through social networks, th…
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‘Lockdown With No Wages’ Is Rejected by Panamanian Workers
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-29
Panama’s National Union of Construction Workers (Suntracs) on Tuesday took to the streets to demand that President Laurentino Cortizo not suspend wages during the quarantine that will be established in the first two weeks of January. | RELATED: | 220 Cuban Doctors To Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic in Panama | “The problem here is not the quarantine… The problem is that they send people penniless to their homes. That is why we are protesting,” Suntracs Secretary Saul Mendez explained…
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“The working conditions are hell”–Ontario allows COVID-19 to run rampant through workplaces
wsws.org | 2020-12-29
Hundreds have been infected with COVID-19 in recent weeks in a series of major outbreaks at a Cargill meatpacking plant and four Amazon distribution facilities.
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6.2 Earthquake Hits Croatia, at Least 7 Dead
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-29
At least 7 people died on Tuesday during a 6.2 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale, in Petrinja city, central Croatia, southeast of the capital, Zagreb. | RELATED: | Croatia: COVID-19 Cases Spike During Summer Tourism Season | Croatian Defense Minister Tomo Medved reported six deaths including a 12 year old girl. “We have a lot of victims. In the vicinity of Glina, in the town of Majske Poljane, five deaths have been confirmed so far. With a girl from Petrinja, a total of six…
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‘Extreme concern’: UK reports record 53,000 Covid-19 cases as experts warn of ‘dangerous new phase’ in pandemic
rt.com | 2020-12-29
The UK reported 53,135 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, its highest daily total of the entire pandemic, as the country braces for the tightening of health measures in a renewed effort to stem the rising tide of infections. | There were also a further 414 deaths reported within 28 days of a positive test for the virus, compared to 357 on Monday, according to official government data. | On Monday, the UK reported 41,385 new infections, the country’s previous 24-hour high of the pandemic. | “We are continuing to see unprecedented levels of Covid-19 infection across the UK, which is of extreme concern – particularly…
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Argentina launches Covid-19 immunization campaign using Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine
rt.com | 2020-12-29
Argentina has launched a nationwide campaign to vaccinate the public against Covid-19, deploying 300,000 doses of Russia’s pioneering Sputnik V vaccine. Medics are the primary recipients. | The first shipment of the vaccine arrived in Argentina last Thursday. On Tuesday, it commenced vaccinations in 23 provinces and in the city of Buenos Aires, local media reported. Most of the doses are meant for frontline workers — doctors and nurses working with Covid-19 patients in hospitals. Dr. Francisco Traverso, who works at the Posadas Hospital in the capital was the first to get the vaccine to the applause of hi…
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‘Stay at home’: Sturgeon calls on Scots to ditch NYE parties in Covid-19 plea, as cases hit record high
rt.com | 2020-12-29
Amid soaring case numbers, Scotland’s first minister has called on its people to “sit up and take notice” of Covid-19, and do their bit to fight the virus by staying home on New Year’s Eve instead of partying. | “I know we’re all desperate to kick 2020 into touch but we must do that safely, and the safest way to do that this year is to be in our own homes,” Nicola Sturgeon told the BBC on Tuesday. | Sturgeon said it was not safe to celebrate the coming of the new year in the normal manner, amid a surge in Covid-19 cases which has seen the entire Scottish mainland hit by Tier Four restrictions. | Tight restrict…
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VIDEO with Jeremy Corbyn recorded by brother Piers prompts discussions on whether ex-Labour leader broke Covid-19 restrictions
rt.com | 2020-12-29
Piers Corbyn and a friend dressed as Santa Claus turned up at the former Labour Party leader’s door with little social distancing. | In a Christmas video published on Saturday, which was flagged by British newspapers, Piers Corbyn and a friend dressed as Santa Claus turned up at the former Labour Party leader’s door with little social distancing. | Piers shook hands with his brother, b…
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Pakistan confirms first cases of new Covid variant from UK
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-29
Islamabad, Dec 29 (efe-epa).- Pakistani authorities on Tuesday confirmed the first three cases of the new British strain of the novel coronavirus after testing 12 passengers who had arrived from the United Kingdom. “The Health Department of Sindh (province) took samples of UK returnees for genotyping, out of 6 were positive and 3 showed the …
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India finds 6 cases of new covid variant among travelers from Britain
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-29
New Delhi, Dec 29 (efe-epa).- Six people who flew in from Britain recently have tested positive for the more contagious strain of the coronavirus that has prompted fresh border closures across the world after it was first detected in the United Kingdom. “All these persons have been kept in single room isolation in designated health …
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New Covid cases in UK skyrockets to over 53,000
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-29
London, Dec 29 (efe-epa).- The United Kingdom on Tuesday registered its highest daily number of newly confirmed coronavirus infections — 53,135 — and added another 414 Covid-19 deaths to its dire pandemic tally, the British government reported. The number of new cases exceeds by almost 12,000 the previous single-day record, which had been set on …
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COVID-19 Learns From Experience, Unlike Boris Johnson and His Crew
Patrick Cockburn | zcomm.org | 2020-12-29
Traditional English deference towards the powers-that-be is wearing thin but, even so, many people resist facing up to the comic opera inadequacy of British leadership at a time of such extreme national peril — understandably so since it is a truly frightening sight…
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Workers Struggles: The Americas
wsws.org | 2020-12-29
Air traffic controllers in Peru held a three-day strike over the Christmas holiday to protest lack of COVID protection, while Ecuador police attacked workers occupying the Explocen mining explosives plant south of Quito.
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Unreported COVID-19 Outbreak at Santa Rita Jail: 200+ Cases
Reparations Now | indybay.org | 2020-12-29
COVID-19 Outbreak happening Right Now in Santa Rita – Unreported, 200+ cases & Jail refuses to uphold safety policies…
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Invitation to New Thinking
Mechthild Schrooten and Michael Klundt | indybay.org | 2020-12-29
One virus changed everything. Covid-19 has managed to do what all the discussions about climate change and justice in recent years have failed to do. Phenomena that threaten humanity are no longer a theory. The pandemic has made the risk of our extensive lifestyle tangible. For this global crisis is not an exogenous shock. Rather, crass, profit-oriented globalization has fueled its spread.
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Nearly 282,000 vaccinated against Covid-19 in eastern China
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2020-12-29
Shanghai, China, Dec 29 (efe-epa).- A province in eastern China has already inoculated nearly 282,000 people from risk groups who have received emergency Covid-19 vaccines so far, the official Global Times reported Tuesday. The region was the first to start the vaccination campaign in China. Regional authorities said hundreds of health workers have administered nearly …
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