2020-12-12: Social Media Postees

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The planning and politics of conversion: World War II lessons for a Green New Deal–Part 1
Martin Hart-Landsberg | mronline.org | 2020-12-12
This post highlights the successful government directed wartime reorientation of the U.S. economy from civilian to military production, an achievement that both demonstrates the feasibility of a rapid Green New Deal transformation of the U.S. economy and points to the kinds of organizational capacities we will need to develop.
mronline.org/2020/12/12/the-planning-and-politics-of-conversion-world-war-ii-lessons-for-a-green-new-deal-part-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-planning-and-politics-of-conversion-world-war-ii-lessons-for-a-green-new-deal-part-1

Marxism vs the state
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-12-12
Karl Marx developed his theory of revolution by arguing against would-be progressives who looked to the capitalist state as a force for progress.
mronline.org/2020/12/12/marxism-vs-the-state/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=marxism-vs-the-state

Johnson and Macron governments step up collaboration in persecution of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
wsws.org | 2020-12-12
These extremely vulnerable people are fleeing from the wars, fratricidal conflicts, and economic and ecological destruction created and exacerbated by the world's imperialist powers, foremost in Europe by Britain and France.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/12/ukre-d12.html

Senators urge Army leadership to testify before Congress about Fort Hood firings
Andrew Emett | nationofchange.org | 2020-12-12
The U.S. Army failed Sergeant Elder Fernandes, Specialist Vanessa Guillen, and their families and they, like the families of all of the soldiers who have suffered at Fort Hood, deserve justice."
nationofchange.org/2020/12/12/senators-urge-army-leadership-to-testify-before-congress-about-fort-hood-firings/

FTC sues Facebook: What does it mean for social media users?
Tech for the People | liberationnews.org | 2020-12-12
The complaint is not about privacy or speech.
liberationnews.org/ftc-sues-facebook-what-does-it-mean-for-social-media-users/

Now In Print And Available: 'Capitalism On A Ventilator'
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-12
"Capitalism on a Ventilator: The Impact of COVID-19 in China & the U.S." is a new anthology contrasting the effective Chinese response to COVID-19 with the disastrous response here in the U.S. It pushes back against the racist anti-China campaign in the media. | Due to the growing hostility of the U.S. establishment toward China, and the accompanying surge in anti-Asian racism, it was an enormous challenge to find printers and distributors for this book. | The chapters include articles by many published authors, including: Ajamu Baraka, Monica Moorehead, Mumia Abu-Jamal…
popularresistance.org/now-in-print-and-available-capitalism-on-a-ventilator/

Foreign Minister Arreaza To US 'Ambassador'
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-12
Venezuela scoffed at the presentation of credentials by the person in charge of the US "virtual embassy" in Colombia, pointing out that his office in Caracas awaits him. | James Story, assigned as the supposed US ambassador to Venezuela, delivered his credentials to the fugitive Venezuelan opposition politician Julio Borges, "envoy" of the self-proclaimed president of Venezuela, coup leader Juan Guaidó, on Monday in Bogotá, the Colombian capital, reflecting the White House's commitment to the opposition and to regime change in Venezuela.
popularresistance.org/foreign-minister-arreaza-to-us-ambassador-your-office-in-caracas-awaits-you/

Nigeria's Security Agents Have Committed Crimes — ICC Prosecutor
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-12
She announced the conclusion of the preliminary examination in a statement Friday and recommended an investigation into the crimes committed. | "Following a thorough process, I can announce today that the statutory criteria for opening an investigation into the situation in Nigeria have been met", she said. | Her conclusion about Nigeria's security agents was at the heart of the #EndsARS protest in October, which the authorities also crushed. | Her finding verbatim: we have also found a reasonable basis to believe that members of the Nigerian Security Forces ("NSF") have committed the following acts constituting…
popularresistance.org/nigerias-security-agents-have-committed-crimes-icc-prosecutor/

[World Report] Cheaper HIV treatment for children
Talha Burki | thelancet.com | 2020-12-12
A new pricing agreement will bring the cost of treatment for children with HIV down from US$480 to less than $120. Talha Burki reports.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32665-9/fulltext?rss=yes

America Is Contributing to Iran's Shocking Covid-19 Death Toll
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2020-12-12
Farhad Babaei/ Magnus News] By Juan Cole / Informed Comment The US financial and trade blockade of Iran, which has strangled its economy, has also taken a heavy toll on the country's coronavirus response. Nick Paton Walsh, Jo Shelley, Ramin Mostaghim and Scott McWhinnie at CNN did a great story on this heartrending travesty. They write, "Retired teacher Khalif Farahani struggles to speak… | Source…
scheerpost.com/2020/12/12/america-is-contributing-to-irans-shocking-covid-19-death-toll/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=america-is-contributing-to-irans-shocking-covid-19-death-toll

British Government And Other Warnings Re Pfizer Covid Vaccine
AVFN | indybay.org | 2020-12-12
Warnings from UK health officials, CNN, NPR and other | sources re the covid vaccine.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/10/18838897.php

Billionaires made $1tn since Covid-19. They can afford to protect their workers
Chuck Collins | zcomm.org | 2020-12-12
The contrast between billionaires making no sacrifice and their essential workers making the ultimate sacrifice is both unethical and corrupt…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/billionaires-made-1tn-since-covid-19-they-can-afford-to-protect-their-workers/

An Icy Rally With Burning Demands
Victor Grossman | zcomm.org | 2020-12-12
The rally, organized by the peace movement with a motto best translated as "Don't Arm, Disarm!", called on legislators to reject a big hike in the armament budget, now up for debate…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/an-icy-rally-with-burning-demands/

Qatar: Between the Scylla of Coercion and the Charybdis of Accommodation: an inquiry into sub-regional geopolitics
Richard Falk | zcomm.org | 2020-12-12
Responses to Interview Questions on Sub-Regional Geopolitics in the Persian/Arab Gulf countries, Qods News Agency, 10 Dec 2020…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/qatar-between-the-scylla-of-coercion-and-the-charybdis-of-accommodation-an-inquiry-into-sub-regional-geopolitics/

How to Cure America's Vaccine Paranoia
Sonali Kolhatkar | zcomm.org | 2020-12-12
The vaccine refusers among us will likely continue to benefit from living in a largely vaccinated community, mooching off of the herd immunity they refuse to contribute to…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/how-to-cure-americas-vaccine-paranoia/

Antisemitism claims mask a reign of political and cultural terror across Europe
Jonathan Cook | zcomm.org | 2020-12-12
What we see here is an illustration of a principle at the heart of Israel's state ideology of Zionism: Israel needs antisemitism. Israel would quite literally have to invent antisemitism if it did not exist…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/antisemitism-claims-mask-a-reign-of-political-and-cultural-terror-across-europe/

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
Extinction Rebellion | zcomm.org | 2020-12-12
Governments are pledging to avert a climate crisis while their economies bankroll and intensify it.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/put-your-money-where-your-mouth-is/

[World Report] Humanitarian access deal for Tigray
Sharmila Devi | thelancet.com | 2020-12-12
Humanitarian groups will be allowed into Tigray, Ethiopia, where conflict has displaced thousands and strained health services. Sharmila Devi reports.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32669-6/fulltext?rss=yes

[Correspondence] Association of SARS-CoV-2 renal tropism with acute kidney injury
Kay Weng Choy | thelancet.com | 2020-12-12
In their report on the association of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) renal tropism with acute kidney injury, Fabian Braun and colleagues1 do not appear to have provided evidence for acute kidney injury as defined in the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) clinical practice guidelines–that is, an increase in serum creatinine (SCr) by 26 ∑5 Œºmol/L or more within 48 h; an increase in SCr to 1 ∑5 times or more from baseline, which is known or presumed to have occurred within the previous 7 days; or a urine volume of less than 0 ∑5 ml/kg per h f…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32588-5/fulltext?rss=yes

[Obituary] Valerie Curtis
Geoff Watts | thelancet.com | 2020-12-12
Engineer turned hygiene scientist and public health advocate. She was born in Seascale, UK, on Sept 20, 1958, and died of vaginal cancer in Haywards Heath, UK, on Oct 19, 2020, aged 62 years.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32591-5/fulltext?rss=yes

90 members of Taliban killed in Afghan's Kandahar prov
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-12
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — Afghanistan Ministry of Defense in a statement on Saturday announced that 90 members of Taliban were killed in the past 24 hours in Kandahar province.
en.mehrnews.com/news/167086/90-members-of-Taliban-killed-in-Afghan-s-Kandahar-prov

Russia urges Armenia, Azerbaijan to uphold Karabakh ceasefire
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-12
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — Russian peacekeepers called on Armenia and Azerbaijan Republic to uphold Karabakh ceasefire after violation claims.
en.mehrnews.com/news/167085/Russia-urges-Armenia-Azerbaijan-to-uphold-Karabakh-ceasefire

US to return 12 military bases to S Korea: Report
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-12
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — South Korean officials said in a virtual meeting with the United States on Friday that they had concluded that Washington would return 12 military bases to Seoul.
en.mehrnews.com/news/167081/US-to-return-12-military-bases-to-S-Korea-Report

Syrian envoy submits credentials to FM Zarif
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-12
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — Newly-appointed Syria's ambassador to Tehran Shafiq Dayoub submitted a copy of his credentials to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
en.mehrnews.com/news/167068/Syrian-envoy-submits-credentials-to-FM-Zarif

Iran monitoring US B52 bombers' movements
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-12
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — The Second-in-Command of Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base said all the movements of regional and supra-regional forces, including US B-52 bombers, are monitored at a distance of more than 150km away from Iranian borders.
en.mehrnews.com/news/167075/Iran-monitoring-US-B52-bombers-movements

Argentina: Acciones Plurinacionales en Defensa de la Vida
reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras | indybay.org | 2020-12-12
Argentina | Del 8 al 13 de diciembre | SEMANA DE ACCIONES PLURINACIONALES EN DEFENSA DE LA VIDA…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/10/18838901.php

Tuesday 12/15: Community Training: How to Request Release For Medically Vulnerable People in ICE Custody
United We Dream | indybay.org | 2020-12-12
Webinar online…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/10/18838900.php

Chilean Embraces Environmental Ethos on Oregon Coast
Paul Haeder | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-12-12
Before heading over to interview this subject, I was thinking of a possible epigraph for the piece. One from a Chilean: Discovery is not seeing what there is (that is impossible at any level), but rather allowing oneself to converge towards a continually freshly-created reality. ‚Äï Chilean economist, Manfred Max-Neef, From the Outside Looking In: Experiences …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/12/chilean-embraces-environmental-ethos-on-oregon-coast/

UN climate report calls out global elite as cause of the crisis
Tina Landis | liberationnews.org | 2020-12-12
The report takes a surprisingly class perspective by pointing out that the one percent richest people on the planet are responsible for emissions equal to that of the poorest 50 percent of the world's population.
liberationnews.org/un-climate-report-calls-out-global-elite-as-cause-of-the-crisis/

Araghchi meets with former Afghan president in Kabul
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-12
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for the Political Affairs met and held talks with former President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai in Kabul on Saturday.
en.mehrnews.com/news/167077/Araghchi-meets-with-former-Afghan-president-in-Kabul

Wednesday 12/16: NAACP Town Hall: Slowing Pandemic Spread, #COVID19 Vaccine, & Health of Black Community
NAACP | indybay.org | 2020-12-12
Online town hall…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/11/18838910.php

Victory! Seville Cancels Electronic Warfare Europe Arms Fair
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-12
In a press release issued today by the City Council of Seville, the Councilor of Urban Housing, Tourism and Culture, Antonio Muñoz, announced the cancellation of the Electronic Warfare Europe arms fair which was scheduled to take place at the Palace of Exhibitions and Congresses of Fibes in Seville in May 2021. | The same fair had been cancelled in Liverpool, UK, where Elbit Systems, Israel's largest private weapons manufacturer whose arms are regularly used by the Israeli military to kill and maim Palestinian civilians, was a partner.
popularresistance.org/victory-seville-cancels-electronic-warfare-europe-arms-fair/

Pres. Rouhani to hold press conference on Dec. 14
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-12
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — An official with Iranian President's Office said that President Hassan Rouhani will hold a press conference on Monday, Dec. 14.
en.mehrnews.com/news/167076/Pres-Rouhani-to-hold-press-conference-on-Dec-14

How could a no-deal Brexit affect UK healthcare?
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-12-12
Preparations are already being made, with the stockpiling of medicines and provision of alternative freight routes aimed at ensuring as little disruption as possible to healthcare in the event of a no-deal Brexit.Here is a look at some of the main issues: — Medical supplies and equipmentMedical suppliers have been encouraged to try and stockpile six weeks' worth of stock, with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) describing such actions as a "key part of contingency plans".In a letter to medicines and medical product suppliers, the department advised that having extra stocks "provides a further buf…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/12/12/how-could-a-no-deal-brexit-affect-uk-healthcare/

[Perspectives] Protecting our second harvest
Desmond O'Neill | thelancet.com | 2020-12-12
Among the saddest aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic was the laying bare of how older people are devalued by our politicians and the medical establishment. Although older people, and particularly those resident in care homes, were the demographic group most affected by mortality and morbidity from COVID-19, in the early stages of the pandemic advisory sites from many international and national medical organisations and professional bodies did not sufficiently prioritise effective prevention and management for older people in COVID-19 guidance documents and educational updates.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32590-3/fulltext?rss=yes

Climate Ambition Summit: What is it and can it achieve where other summits have failed?
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-12-12
Countries are coming together this weekend to ramp up plans to cut their carbon emissions, following recent revelations that the world is still on course for a catastrophic 3C of global warming.Five years after the Paris Agreement, a virtual summit co-hosted by the UK, France, and the United Nations will see decision-makers outline new efforts to try to limit warming to between 1.5C and 2C.But what's at stake and have we left it too late? Here are some of the key questions answered. | #ClimatePromise into climate action. Our leadership explains how we're raising the ambition:
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/12/12/climate-ambition-summit-what-is-it-and-can-it-achieve-where-other-summits-have-failed/

The Fight Against Line 5 Intensifies
Patrick Shea | progressive.org | 2020-12-12
Enbridge goes to court to challenge Michigan governor's shutdown order.
progressive.org/dispatches/fight-against-line5-shea-201212/

[Correspondence] One Health or Planetary Health for pandemic prevention?
Courtney Waugh, Su Shiung Lam, Christian Sonne | thelancet.com | 2020-12-12
It is a well accepted narrative that the disruption of forests, rapid urbanisation, and population growth are driving zoonotic events simply by increasing close contact between people and animals.1 However, these predictor variables (eg, urbanisation, land usage, human population density) only explain about 30% of the total variation in zoonotic potential.2 With advancing technologies, it has been shown that vertebrate RNA viruses, despite transmitting between species, have co-evolved with their hosts for millions of years, which only strengthens the theory that zoonotic diseases caused by RNA virus spillover, su…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32387-4/fulltext?rss=yes

[Clinical Picture] Occult fracture in teenager's tibia revealed by MRI
Zeng Li, Bin Feng, Xisheng Weng | thelancet.com | 2020-12-12
A 13-year-old girl presented with a 2-week history of mild pain in her right knee. She reported no recent injury. x-rays showed a high-density linear abnormality with a periosteal reaction in the proximal right tibia (figure), which medical staff, at the hospital where she was first seen, thought might have been a tumour of the bone.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32516-2/fulltext?rss=yes

French journalists in forefront of upsurge against Global Security Bill
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-12-12
Pablo Aiquel of the French journalists' union SNJ-CGT talks about the massive upsurge against the government's Global Security Bill which gives greater powers to the police…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/12/12/french-journalists-in-forefront-of-upsurge-against-global-security-bill/

The Heat: China Economic Strategy
Sean Callebs | america.cgtn.com | 2020-12-12
Policy, pandemic and politics are on the agenda as Chinese leaders get set to meet to chart the way forward.
america.cgtn.com/2020/12/12/the-heat-china-economic-strategy

Tory anger over Navy no-deal threat as trade negotiations enter crunch stage
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-12-12
Senior Conservatives have reacted angrily to Boris Johnson's handling of the Brexit trade negotiations and the threat to deploy Royal Navy gunboats to patrol UK fishing waters in the event of no-deal.Dad's Navy: The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that four 80-metre armed vessels have been placed on standby to guard British waters from EU trawlers in the event that there is no new agreement on fishing rights after 31 December when transitional arrangements end.Reports also suggested that military helicopter surveillance will be made available and that ministers are considering beefing-up Navy powers in l…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/12/12/tory-anger-over-navy-no-deal-threat-as-trade-negotiations-enter-crunch-stage/

LIVE: Climate Ambition Summit
news.un.org | 2020-12-12
Live coverage of the Climate Ambition Summit 2020, an important step forward in the battle against the climate crisis, with several major economies announcing new commitments to cut their carbon footprints and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. | What is the Climate Action Summit? | UN Secretary-General declares "state of climate emergency" | What is net zero? | What comes next?>…
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/12/1079862

Progress of Iranian nation not to stop by scientist assaults
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-12
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — Brigadier General Ismail Kowsari said that not only scientist assassinations do not hinder the progress of the Iranian nation, but also increase their determination and awareness to stand up and resist global arrogance.
en.mehrnews.com/news/167048/Progress-of-Iranian-nation-not-to-stop-by-scientist-assaults

World must invest in strong health systems that protect everyone — now and into the future
news.un.org | 2020-12-12
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed just how important it is for all countries to have strong health systems that provide the entire population with quality services when and where they need them, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has stressed.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/12/1079902

Queens, NY man jailed on fake confession, community rallies to free Prakash Churaman
Sung Mo Jung | liberationnews.org | 2020-12-12
Even though his conviction was reversed this past June, Churaman remains at Rikers awaiting a new trial.
liberationnews.org/queens-ny-man-jailed-on-fake-confession-community-rallies-to-free-prakash-churaman/

Friday 12/11: Solidarity Rally! Support Bookshop Santa Cruz Union!
Support Bookshop Santa Cruz Union | indybay.org | 2020-12-12
Pacific Avenue and Locust Street, Santa Cruz…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/10/18838896.php

Dutch documentary 'Punks' to be reviewed in Cinema Verite
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-12
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — The Punks is slated to be reviewed in the World's Best section of the 14th Iran Intl. Documentary Film Festival is known as Cinema Verite is scheduled to be organized totally online from December 15 to 22 in Tehran.
en.mehrnews.com/news/167057/Dutch-documentary-Punks-to-be-reviewed-in-Cinema-Verite

Araghchi meets with Afghan nat. security adviser
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-12
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — Iranian Deputy FM Abbas Araghchi met and held talks with the National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib in Kabul on Saturday.
en.mehrnews.com/news/167067/Araghchi-meets-with-Afghan-nat-security-adviser

[Articles] First-attempt success rate of video laryngoscopy in small infants (VISI): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial
Annery G Garcia-Marcinkiewicz, Pete G Kovatsis, Agnes I Hunyady, Patrick N Olomu, Bingqing Zhang, Madhankumar Sathyamoorthy, Adolfo Gonzalez, Siri Kanmanthreddy, Jorge A Gálvez, Amber M Franz, James Peyton, Raymond Park, Edgar E Kiss, David Sommerfield, Heather Griffis, Akira Nishisaki, Britta S von Ungern-Sternberg, Vinay M Nadkarni, Francis X McGowan, John E Fiadjoe, PeDI Collaborative investigators | thelancet.com | 2020-12-12
Among anaesthetised infants, using video laryngoscopy with a standard blade improves the first-attempt success rate and reduces complications.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32532-0/fulltext?rss=yes

Time to Grow Up: Ending Divisions Creating Peace
Graham Peebles | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-12-12
There are said to be around 30 armed conflicts currently taking place in the world, some large, some small, all deadly. The warring factions of today are more likely to be insurgent groups — 'rebels' (sometimes fighting proxy wars for a regional or global power) or terrorists, extremists — right and left, battling with a …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/12/time-to-grow-up-ending-divisions-creating-peace/

Failing Students Need Support, Not Blame
Jill Richardson | zcomm.org | 2020-12-12
Students don't fail because they are lazy. They fail because something is wrong in their lives — and right now, so much is wrong…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/failing-students-need-support-not-blame/

[Correspondence] Maintaining a gendered perspective in scientific meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic
Berit Lange | thelancet.com | 2020-12-12
Several studies have pointed towards the COVID-19 pandemic's potential to negatively affect career paths of women in science.1,2 Although the impact on manuscript submissions and publications, as one career path mechanism, has been well documented,3 an area that is often difficult to elucidate as part of the mechanisms underlying differential progress of male and female researchers is that of invitations to give scientific talks and to chair scientific meetings. Here, the merit of such an invitation is not always transparent or as easy to assess as a publication record.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32512-5/fulltext?rss=yes

[Seminar] Primary biliary cholangitis
Ana Lleo, Giu-Qiang Wang, Merrill Eric Gershwin, Gideon M Hirschfield | thelancet.com | 2020-12-12
Primary biliary cholangitis is an autoimmune liver disease that predominantly affects women. It is characterised by a chronic and destructive, small bile duct, granulomatous lymphocytic cholangitis, with typical seroreactivity for antimitochondrial antibodies. Patients have variable risks of progressive ductopenia, cholestasis, and biliary fibrosis. Considerations for the cause of this disease emphasise an interaction of chronic immune damage with biliary epithelial cell responses and encompass complex, poorly understood genetic risks and environmental triggers.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31607-X/fulltext?rss=yes

Resistance in the face of repression: stories from protesting farmers at Delhi's border
Pavan Kulkarni | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-12-12
Hundreds of thousands of farmers have been protesting at the borders of Delhi for two weeks. We talk to some of them who describe the mobilization leading up to this massive protest…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/12/12/resistance-in-the-face-of-repression-stories-from-protesting-farmers-at-delhis-border/

Military-Grade Weapons Do Not Make Cops Or Cities Safer
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-12
Over the last forty years, state and local police budgets have increased at astounding rates, with billions of dollars going toward military-grade equipment for law enforcement. The premise is simple: a better-equipped police force ought to be able to do their job–protecting the public–better, as well as offer more protection for the officers themselves. But two independent studies have punctured those ideas, finding that militarizing police forces does not reduce crime, nor does it increase officer safety. | As ABC News reports, the two peer-reviewed studies, one coming from the University of Michiga…
popularresistance.org/military-grade-weapons-do-not-make-cops-or-cities-safer/

No-deal Brexit 'could cost Scottish food and drink industry £2bn'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-12-12
A no-deal Brexit would be an "act of huge economic negligence" that could cost Scotland's food and drink industry £2bn, an industry leader has warned."Huge losses": James Withers, the chief executive of Scotland Food and Drink, said the ongoing uncertainty over the UK's future relationship with the EU means some businesses are already stopping selling products there.Coronavirus (Covid-19) has also caused "huge losses for businesses who are way more fragile going into 2021 than they otherwise would have been", he said. He warned a no-deal Brexit on top of that could push some firms out of business.
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/12/12/no-deal-brexit-could-cost-scottish-food-and-drink-industry-2bn/

Iranian Parliamentary Members condemn Erdogan's remarks
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-12
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — Iranian Parliamentary Members condemned the Turkish President's remarks on Iran in a statement on Saturday.
en.mehrnews.com/news/167078/Iranian-Parliamentary-Members-condemn-Erdogan-s-remarks

[Perspectives] Is my cough COVID-19?
Eric J Topol | thelancet.com | 2020-12-12
Imagine that even if you have no symptoms of COVID-19, the sound of your forced cough transmitted to your smartphone or smart speaker, processed by an algorithm, could provide a 98 ∑5% accurate diagnosis. That's what a study involving more than 4000 people suggested might be possible. And it could be done anytime, free of charge, with immediate turnaround of results. It's one of many proposed uses of artificial intelligence (AI) for COVID-19. However, such technology will clearly require further research and independent replication to be refined, accepted, or implemented.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32589-7/fulltext?rss=yes

Iran not like regional countries that are subject to US will
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-12
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — In reaction to Pompeo's recent remarks on Iran's parliamentary nuclear bill, Guardian Council spokesman said that Iran is not like the countries in the region that are subject to the illegitimate will of the American regime.
en.mehrnews.com/news/167049/Iran-not-like-regional-countries-that-are-subject-to-US-will

Taxi Drivers Caravan To DC Demanding Relief
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-12
Taxi drivers from New York City, Philadelphia, and Maryland joined together in a caravan to Wasington, D.C. demanding relief during the COVID19 pandemic. Ridership has declined up to 80% in cities like New York and many drivers are drowning in debt. BT's labor beat reporter Monica Cruz brings you this story on the road with the New York Taxi Workers Alliance.
popularresistance.org/taxi-drivers-caravan-to-dc-demanding-relief/

To the Barricades: The Red House and the Future of Eviction Defense
David Rovics | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-12-12
Portland, Oregon has been in the headlines again over the last few days, and this trend will continue. The reasons for the headlines will vary depending on who you ask. If you ask the far right they will say something about Antifa terrorists having violent confrontations with the police because they hate law and order. …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/12/to-the-barricades-the-red-house-and-the-future-of-eviction-defense/

People gather in front of Turkish Consulate in Tabriz
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-12
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — A number of people in Tabriz gathered in front of the Turkish Consulate on Saturday to condemn Erdogan's remarks.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/167083/People-gather-in-front-of-Turkish-Consulate-in-Tabriz

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestlé are worst plastic polluters of 2020, have made 'zero progress,' new report finds
Tiffany Duong | nationofchange.org | 2020-12-12
"The world's top polluting corporations claim to be working hard to solve plastic pollution, but instead they are continuing to pump out harmful single-use plastic packaging."
nationofchange.org/2020/12/12/coca-cola-pepsico-nestle-are-worst-plastic-polluters-of-2020-have-made-zero-progress-new-report-finds/

Nineteen Tragic Facts About Covid 19
Bill Quigley | zcomm.org | 2020-12-12
In 13 states, the unemployment benefits provided fall below the federal poverty line of $245 a week according to the Government Accountability Office…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/nineteen-tragic-facts-about-covid-19/

OAS's New Attempt To Interfere In Venezuela Rejected
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-12
On Wednesday, the representatives of Argentina, Mexico, and Bolivia to the Organization of American States (OAS) rejected a new resolution that disregards Venezuela's Sunday elections and calls for a transitional government. | The representatives condemned the new attempts of destabilization against Venezuela, noting the belligerent strategy promoted by the OAS resolution that claimed the elections did not observe International Law's guarantees. | Argentina's ambassador to the OAS Carlos Raimundi rejected both the calls to not recognize the elections' results and the imposition of conditions to the Venezuelan gov…
popularresistance.org/oass-new-attempt-to-interfere-in-venezuela-rejected/

CBO Shows Medicare For All Could Cover Everyone For Less Per Year
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-12
The Congressional Budget Office on Thursday released a report examining the costs associated with universal healthcare proposals that are based on Medicare's fee-for-service program and found that implementing a single-payer health insurance program in the United States would not only guarantee coverage for every person in the country but would also reduce overall healthcare spending nationwide. | In the words of researcher Matt Bruenig–founder and president of the progressive think tank People's Policy Project who called the CBO's working paper (pdf) on the topic…
popularresistance.org/cbo-shows-medicare-for-all-could-cover-everyone-for-less-per-year/

[Review] Retinal vascular occlusions
Ingrid U Scott, Peter A Campochiaro, Nancy J Newman, Valérie Biousse | thelancet.com | 2020-12-12
Acute retinal vascular occlusions are common causes of visual impairment. Although both retinal artery occlusions and retinal vein occlusions are associated with increased age and cardiovascular risk factors, their pathophysiology, systemic implications, and management differ substantially. Acute management of retinal artery occlusions involves a multidisciplinary approach including neurologists with stroke expertise, whereas treatment of retinal vein occlusions is provided by ophthalmologists. Optimisation of systemic risk factors by patients' primary care providers is an important component of the management of…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31559-2/fulltext?rss=yes

Many Workers at Largest Corporations in US Depend on Federal Benefits to Survive
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-12-12
Millions of Americans employed at some of the country's largest companies have had to rely on food stamps and Medicaid, with giants like Walmart and McDonald's employing the most workers whose income is subsidized by taxpayers, according to a new study. | The Government Accountability Office, a nonpartisan congressional watchdog, released a study commissioned by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., last month based on data provided by 11 states.
truthout.org/articles/many-workers-at-largest-corporations-in-us-depend-on-federal-benefits-to-survive/

JCPOA should not be revised: Lavrov
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-12
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) –Blaming the US for the current situation the world is facing in regards to the Iranian nuclear deal, Russian Foreign Minister said that the JCPOA should not be revised.
en.mehrnews.com/news/167069/JCPOA-should-not-be-revised-Lavrov

[World Report] Bolivia's new health minister promises universal health care
Amy Booth | thelancet.com | 2020-12-12
Once implemented, the system will guarantee free health care to Bolivians, but critics say more funding is needed. Amy Booth reports.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32664-7/fulltext?rss=yes

Erdogan unaware of sensibility of poem he recited: Cavusoglu
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-12
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — Turkish Foreign Minister said that Recep Tayyip Erdogan was unaware of the sensibility of the poem he recited during the ceremony on Thursday.
en.mehrnews.com/news/167080/Erdogan-unaware-of-sensibility-of-poem-he-recited-Cavusoglu

English schools could face legal action if they plan to shut early for Christmas
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-12-12
Schools in England planning to allow pupils to learn remotely in the run-up to Christmas could face legal action to force them to remain open."Directions": New powers introduced through the Coronavirus Act allow the government to issue "directions" to headteachers around education provision during the pandemic.But should schools fail to comply after being directed to remain open, education secretary Gavin Williamson could apply for a High Court injunction forcing them to do so.Education Secretary Gavin Williamson pictured with a riding whip (Stefan Rousseau/PA)It's understood that directions under the act…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/12/12/english-schools-could-face-legal-action-if-they-plan-to-shut-early-for-christmas/

Hainan Intl Film Fest to host "Bandar Band"
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-12
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — The Iranian film "Bandar Band" is scheduled to be screened at the Chinese Hainan International Film Festival in the current month.
en.mehrnews.com/news/167062/Hainan-Intl-Film-Fest-to-host-Bandar-Band

Church Buys And Forgives $5 Million In Medical Debt
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-12
A church in Des Moines, Iowa, bought and forgave $5 million worth of medical debt owed by Iowans ahead of the upcoming holidays. | Rev. Minna Bothwell of the Capitol Hill Lutheran Church requested suggestions from her congregation about which local causes to focus on as part of the church's fundraising missions, Des Moines Register reported. | Church members suggested Bothwell contact RIP Medical Debt, a nonprofit charity focused on buying debt from collection agencies rather than asking the afflicted individuals to pay the price. | "We asked them how much money it would take to forgive all the medical debt in Po…
popularresistance.org/church-buys-and-forgives-5-million-in-medical-debt/

Qiao Collective on challenging U.S. aggression on China, the role of the Western left
Qiao Collective | mronline.org | 2020-12-12
On the domestic front, the U.S. propaganda machine mostly works instead to position China as this great, menacing oriental Other. We've seen this during the COVID-19 pandemic in Trump's rhetoric about the "China virus" and in Biden's attempts at one-upmanship.
mronline.org/2020/12/12/qiao-collective-on-challenging-u-s-aggression-on-china-the-role-of-the-western-left/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=qiao-collective-on-challenging-u-s-aggression-on-china-the-role-of-the-western-left

[Comment] Offline: The coming technocracy
Richard Horton | thelancet.com | 2020-12-12
As 2020 draws to a close, one trend among nations most severely hit by COVID-19 bears some discussion. It is that democracies are evolving into technocracies, by which I mean a form of governance where those with political power are appointed on the basis of their scientific expertise. It would be hard to deny that scientists have assumed a role in political decision making unparalleled in recent memory. The French public intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy was the first to raise the issue of medical power.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32668-4/fulltext?rss=yes

Christmas easing of restrictions a 'mistake which will have consequences'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-12-12
Relaxing coronavirus restrictions throughout the UK over Christmas is a "mistake" which will have "consequences", a public health expert has said.Christmas: Linda Bauld, professor of public health at the University of Edinburgh, said she was concerned about people travelling from areas with high infections to parts of the country with lower prevalence of the virus.The UK government and devolved administrations have agreed a joint plan to relax social distancing rules for five days over the festive period, between 23 and 27 December, allowing friends and family to hug for the first time in months.But Bauld…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/12/12/christmas-easing-of-restrictions-a-mistake-which-will-have-consequences/

[World Report] Experts call to include prisons in COVID-19 vaccine plans
Nayanah Siva | thelancet.com | 2020-12-12
As some countries begin vaccination, experts are questioning the allocation and prioritisation lists. Nayanah Siva reports.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32663-5/fulltext?rss=yes

John Kerry's Think Tank Calls For War With Russia Over Climate Change
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-12
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 professional climate activists and groups, perhaps assuming that Kerry was taking his lead from Berni…
popularresistance.org/john-kerrys-think-tank-calls-for-war-with-russia-over-climate-change/

Iran-Pakistan library cooperation to expand
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-12
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — In a meeting between the Director-General of the National Library of Pakistan and Iran's cultural attache in the country, it was decided to expand library cooperation between the two countries.
en.mehrnews.com/news/167055/Iran-Pakistan-library-cooperation-to-expand

Saturday 12/12: SC1.5NCE Not SILENCE: Five-year Anniversary of Paris Agreement Climate Emergency Forum
March for Science | indybay.org | 2020-12-12
Online via livestream or Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/11/18838906.php

[Articles] Genome-edited, donor-derived allogeneic anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T cells in paediatric and adult B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: results of two phase 1 studies
Reuben Benjamin, Charlotte Graham, Deborah Yallop, Agnieszka Jozwik, Oana C Mirci-Danicar, Giovanna Lucchini, Danielle Pinner, Nitin Jain, Hagop Kantarjian, Nicolas Boissel, Marcela V Maus, Matthew J Frigault, André Baruchel, Mohamad Mohty, Athos Gianella-Borradori, Florence Binlich, Svetlana Balandraud, Fabien Vitry, Elisabeth Thomas, Anne Philippe, Sylvain Fouliard, Sandra Dupouy, Ibtissam Marchiq, Maria Almena-Carrasco, Nicolas Ferry, Sylvain Arnould, Cyril Konto, Paul Veys, Waseem Qasim, UCART19 Group | thelancet.com | 2020-12-12
These two studies show, for the first time, the feasibility of using allogeneic, genome-edited CAR T cells to treat patients with aggressive leukaemia. UCART19 exhibited in-vivo expansion and antileukaemic activity with a manageable safety profile in heavily pretreated paediatric and adult patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. The results this study are an encouraging step forward for the field of allogeneic CAR T cells, and UCART19 offers the opportunity to treat patients with rapidly progressive disease and where autologous CAR-T-cell therapy is unavailable.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32334-5/fulltext?rss=yes

[Correspondence] Cardiovascular preventive strategies are not conflicting
Rod Jackson, Sue Wells, Anthony Rodgers | thelancet.com | 2020-12-12
We agree with Michael Brainin and Karen Sliwa1 about the urgent need to improve the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease but would like to correct some other points they raise. Brainin and Sliwa suggest that we2 promoted high-risk approaches over population-based approaches; however, we stated that "Too often debate about prevention of cardiovascular disease is polarised between opposing evangelists for the high-risk and population-wide approaches. An agnostic approach based on effectiveness and cost-effectiveness is preferable.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32587-3/fulltext?rss=yes

A North Las Vegas Homeless Camp Was Bulldozed
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-12
Monday November 30, officials bulldozed an encampment that houseless people had been living in along a wash near Lake Mead Boulevard and Losee Road. | The cities of Las Vegas and North Las Vegas, as well as the Department of Transportation, cited unsafe conditions at the camp. The three public entities share jurisdiction of the area. | But advocates for the people living in the camp say the government's action was not only heartless, but it actually made the situation much worse by displacing people who have nowhere else to go — and went against CDC pandemic guidelines.
popularresistance.org/a-north-las-vegas-homeless-camp-was-bulldozed/

Tuesday 12/15: Solicitud de Liberación de ICE para Personas Médicamente Vulnerables en Custodia de ICE
United We Dream | indybay.org | 2020-12-12
En linea webinar…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/10/18838899.php

Biden solidifying a more aggressive neoliberal and militarist administration
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-12-12
From former war commanders and representatives of the military-industrial complex to Clinton loyalists to oil lobby-funded, the appointments made so far gives us very little change to be expected from the upcoming Biden administration.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/12/12/biden-solidifying-a-more-aggressive-neoliberal-and-militarist-administration/

Congress Passes Shell Company Accountability Bill
Jubilee USA Network | indybay.org | 2020-12-12
By a vote of 84 to 13, the Senate passed corporate transparency legislation as part of the annual vote on the National Defense Authorization Act.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/11/18838912.php

Iran registers 8,201 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-12
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — The Iranian Health Ministry has confirmed 8,201 COVID-19 infections and 221 deaths due to the disease in the past 24 hours.
en.mehrnews.com/news/167064/Iran-registers-8-201-COVID-19-cases-in-24-hours

Two in three students do not think government is acting in their best interests
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-12-12
Nearly two in three students do not think the government is acting in their best interests and it has not adequately considered the difficulties they may face as a result of coronavirus (Covid-19), a survey suggests. | Political awakening: | A growing proportion (52%) of students say they feel more political due to coronavirus, according to the poll by the National Union of Students (NUS). | Larissa Kennedy, the NUS national president, said the government's failures were "politicising a generation" and prompting rent strikes across the country as anger grows among the student population. She said: Whether…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/12/12/two-in-three-students-do-not-think-government-is-acting-in-their-best-interests/

Yet Another Major Escalation In Establishment Internet Censorship
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-12
YouTube, whose corporate owner Google is arguably the most powerful company on earth, is now deleting user videos which claim the US election was fraudulent. | YouTube's official statement on its decision to do this is very revealing, not so much for what it says as for what it does not say. | At no point does the video publishing platform attempt to argue that it is removing these videos because they jeopardize anyone's health or safety, as it did when it began deleting videos deemed to be spreading misinformation about Covid-19. | At no point does it attempt to argue that these videos are inciting violence, as…
popularresistance.org/yet-another-major-escalation-in-establishment-internet-censorship/

Texas educators demand halt to in-person state standardized testing
wsws.org | 2020-12-12
Texas educators are demanding that students not be forced to take in-person state assessments as a prerequisite for graduation during the pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/12/txrf-d12.html

Predicting hyperprogressive disease in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma treated with anti-programmed cell death 1 therapy
Lu Zhang, Lingeng Wu, Qiuying Chen, Bin Zhang, Jing Liu, Shuyi Liu, Xiaokai Mo, Minmin Li, Zhuozhi Chen, Luyan Chen, Jingjing You, Zhe Jin, Xudong Chen, Zejian Zhou, Shuixing Zhang | thelancet.com | 2020-12-12
We identified three clinical variables as risk factors for HPD, providing an opportunity to aid the pre-treatment evaluation of the risk of HPD in patients treated with immunotherapy.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30417-X/fulltext?rss=yes

"There is no vaccine to save the planet"
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres | indybay.org | 2020-12-12
In the Arctic, 2020 has seen exceptional warmth, with temperatures more than 3 degrees Celsius above average – and more than 5 degrees in northern Siberia. Arctic sea ice in October was the lowest on record – and now re-freezing has been the slowest on record. Greenland ice has continued its long-term decline, losing an average of 278 gigatons a year.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/12/18838913.php

Iran to conduct human test of domestic COVID-19 vaccine
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-12
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — The head of the Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order (EIKO) said that Iran will conduct the human test of domestic COVID-19 vaccine for the first time in two weeks.
en.mehrnews.com/news/167066/Iran-to-conduct-human-test-of-domestic-COVID-19-vaccine

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