(2021-01-12). UN agencies, partners establish global Ebola vaccine stockpile. news.un.org In a major milestone in the fight against deadly diseases, United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners announced on Tuesday, the establishment of a global Ebola vaccine stockpile, to help control future epidemics by ensuring timely access to vaccines for populations at risk, during outbreaks.
(2021-01-12). UN agencies and partners establish global Ebola vaccine stockpile. news.un.org In a major milestone in the fight against deadly diseases, United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners announced on Tuesday, the establishment of a global Ebola vaccine stockpile, to help control future epidemics by ensuring timely access to vaccines for populations at risk, during outbreaks.
(2021-01-12). Humanitarian crisis looms in Madagascar amid drought and pandemic. news.un.org In southern Madagascar, "famine-like conditions" have doubled the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance compared with last year, to more than 1.3 million. Successive droughts and a lack of jobs linked to COVID-19 restrictions are to blame, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
(2021-01-12). Humanitarians seek $1.3 billion to help millions in war-weary Afghanistan. news.un.org United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners in Afghanistan are seeking $1.3 billion to assist almost 16 million people in need of life-saving assistance as a result of decades of conflict, recurrent natural disasters, and the added health and socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2021-01-12). Bulldozed Mullivaikkal massacre memorial at Jaffna University to be rebuilt after protests. peoplesdispatch.org The memorial was dedicated to the thousands of Tamils who lost their lives in the final phase of the civil war. After attracting widespread protests and international condemnation, the VC agreed to rebuild the monument, pending approval from concerned authorities…
(2021-01-12). Kevin Gosztola and Michael D. Knox. projectcensored.org This week's program begins with Kevin Gosztola's analysis of the recent UK court rulings about Julian Assange; although the judge refused to allow Assange's extradition to the U.S., Gosztola says…
(2021-01-12). Israel Throttles Gazan Fishing. projectcensored.org In defiance of the Oslo Accord, Israel has consistently repressed Gaza's fishing industry by restricting access to the sea. On August 16th 2020, the Israeli navy declared that the Gaza Sea would be a closed military zone. As such, it is currently illegal for Gazans to fish off their shores, effectively starving Palestinians living in the already food insecure Gaza Strip. After the August closure, a group of fishermen from Gaza decided a few days later that they would take the chance and go fishing about three miles off the Gaza shore. The Israeli navy began blasting bullets as soon as the group of fishermen had c…
(2021-01-12). Can a Former US President be Impeached and Convicted? globalresearch.ca The Constitution is unclear on this issue. | Professor of Politics Keith Whittington argued as follows: | "Impeachments are to protect the republic from dangerous officeholders…" | "(T)he ability to disqualify a former officer who has been demonstrated to have committed grave abuses …
(2021-01-12). Um marxista da América ao mundo: Mariátegui vivo a 90 anos de sua morte (II). globalresearch.ca Apresentados o período de formaàßà£o e o panorama histórico em que viveu Mariátegui, vejamos agora alguns tópicos de sua interpretaàßà£o histórica da questà£o nacional peruana e latino-americana, bem como os principais traàßos de sua filosofia política. | Conforme já apontado, o …
(2021-01-12). Will Lisa Montgomery Die Tonight? Sister Helen Prejean Calls for Trump to Halt Execution Spree. democracynow.org 
A federal judge has granted a stay of execution for Lisa Montgomery, who was set to become the first woman executed by the federal government in 67 years, but the Trump administration is appealing the decision. Two men are also scheduled to die this week. Since July, when the Trump administration revived the federal death penalty, the U.S. government has executed 10 people — more than in any presidency since 1896. "Time is running out for the Trump administration to go through with these three executions, and they know that, which is why they're very insistent that they happen this week and not after Januar…
(2021-01-12). US backs al-Qaeda in Yemen while dubbing its Houthi enemies 'terrorists'. thegrayzone.com The US State Department designated Yemen's Houthi movement — the most effective force in fighting al-Qaeda — as a "terrorist" organization. Meanwhile Washington and Saudi Arabia have supported al-Qaeda. The United States government has designated the enemy of al-Qaeda in Yemen as a terrorist organization, after spending years backing al-Qaeda in the country. Like the US-led wars on Syria, Libya, former Yugoslavia, and 1980s Afghanistan, Yemen represents an example of an armed conflict where Washington has supported al-Qaeda and similar …
(2021-01-12). Transit Unions Join Forces To Win Safety Protections And Beat Back Layoffs. popularresistance.org Transit workers have been hit hard by the pandemic. Last year at least 100 from the Amalgamated Transit Union and 131 from the Transport Workers lost their lives to Covid-19. | Before Covid, transit unions in the Bay Area—six ATU locals, and one local each of TWU and the Teamsters—often faced their individual struggles in isolation. But during the pandemic, these locals united across the region and came together with riders to demand protections for all. | That unity forced reluctant politicians to make Covid safety a priority. It also set the stage for the unions and riders to team up again to stave…
(2021-01-12). Chicago Teachers Are Considering a Strike Amid Pandemic Surge. zcomm.org Over 10,000 CTU members have pledged their opposition to the reopening plan put forward by the mayor and Chicago Public Schools (CPS), citing serious concerns over safety and transparency…
(2021-01-12). Housing Is a Right. During a Pandemic, It's Also a Fight. thenation.com Housing Is a Right. During a Pandemic, It's Also a Fight.
(2021-01-12). UNICEF chief: Closing schools should be 'measure of last resort'. news.un.org The head of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) underscored on Tuesday that "no effort should be spared" to keep children in school, as the coronavirus pandemic continues into a second year.
(2021-01-12). COVID-19 Pandemic Spurs Rise in Hidden Foster Care. projectcensored.org The COVID-19 pandemic has "put roadblocks in the way of approval of family members as foster parents," Angie Schwartz and Cathy Krebs reported for the American Bar Association in June…
(2021-01-12). PREVIEW: What to Look for in the December Consumer Price Index. cepr.net The resurgence of the pandemic had a major impact on the economy last month, as we saw in the December jobs report. This means that we are likely to see some of the pandemic-specific price effects that occurred in the spring, although they will not be as pronounced, since the December hit was nowhere near …
(2021-01-12). Tenants' Right to Counsel is Critical to Fight Mass Evictions and Advance Race Equity During the Pandemic and Beyond. aclu.org As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches on and worsens, people across the country face the devastation left in its wake. The public health and economic consequences of the pandemic have cost millions of people their jobs and the ability to pay rent — leaving far too many renters facing the added threat of eviction and losing their homes., , The patchwork of responses has yet to slow down the eviction crisis thus far. Congress first responded through the CARES Act by putting a halt on evictions with a moratorium for a fraction of tenants across the country, but this expired in July 2020. In September, the Cent…
(2021-01-12). Online Monitoring of Students During Pandemic Raises Concerns. projectcensored.org As students across the nation attend school online via video sharing programs due to COVID-19 restrictions on in-person education, government officials are "being allowed carte blanche visual access" to students'…
(2021-01-12). Pandemic Spotlights In-home Colon Cancer Screening Tests. jamanetwork.com This article describes efforts to increase the use of in-home stool-based colon cancer screening during the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2021-01-12). Charter Schools "Highjacked" More Than $1 Billion in CARES Relief Intended for Small Businesses. projectcensored.org During the COVID-19 pandemic, the charter school industry has sought small business relief aid that was earmarked for minority-owned businesses and redirected it to schools that "further isolate Black families,"…
(2021-01-12). Restoring the Threat of Impeachment for Future Office Holders. counterpunch.org In the past 150 years, U.S. presidents have lied, cheated, stolen, warmongered, incited hatred and violence, driven inequality and corruption through the roof, taken over major powers from the Congress and abused them, gained the power of nuclear war and abused it through numerous threats, accelerated the destruction of the earth's environment, failed to protect
(2021-01-12). Grave Threats to Amazon Rainforest from Domestic Industries and Global Capital. projectcensored.org A 2020 report from Amazon Watch, titled "Complicity In Destruction III," shows how global corporations contribute to the violation of Indigenous peoples' rights in the Brazilian Amazon. The report identifies…
(2021-01-12). Prescription Drug Costs Set to Become Leading Cause of Death in the US. projectcensored.org More than 1.1 million seniors in the Medicare program could die prematurely over the next decade because they cannot afford the exorbitant prices of prescription medications. As Kenny Stancil reported…
(2021-01-12). Australian War Crimes in Afghanistan: Decivilizing the Coalition Troops. dissidentvoice.org The Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry — released in late 2020 — serves as a barometer for the level of savagery imbibed by imperialist countries in their unending reign of terror against the Global South. The document is the outcome of a four-year investigation, initiated by the military in 2016 and headed by retired …
(2021-01-12). The Moroccans of Jerusalem shocked by Rabat normalisation with Israel. middleeasteye.net 
The Moroccans of Jerusalem shocked by Rabat normalisation with Israel | Residents of the destroyed Old City neighbourhood recall the long history of their community as they reflect on Morocco's newly official ties with Israel | Tue, 01/12/2021 – 09: 59 | Abd al-Latif Sayyid, a member of Jerusalem's Moroccan-Palestinian community, was disappointed by news of Rabat's normalisation with Israel (MEE/As…
(2021-01-12). Palestinian activist wins legal battle to have name removed from World-Check 'terror list'. middleeasteye.net 
Palestinian activist wins legal battle to have name removed from World-Check 'terror list' | Zaher Birawi receives damages from financial database after it 'wrongly and unjustly' linked him to terrorism | Tue, 01/12/2021 – 16: 30 | Zaher Birawi, the chairman of London-based Palestine advocacy group Europal Forum, won a legal battle against World-Check financial database (Twitter/screenshot) | A Palest…
(2021-01-12). Israel is an 'apartheid' state, says the country's leading human rights group. middleeasteye.net 
Israel is an 'apartheid' state, says the country's leading human rights group | B'Tselem's latest report analyses Israel's efforts to cement 'supremacy of Jews over Palestinians' while operating under the veil of democracy | Tue, 01/12/2021 – 10: 55 | A member of Israel's security forces takes pictures as Palestinian demonstrators try to reach their lands confiscated by Israeli authorities during a protest in…
(2021-01-12). Colonial occupation and patriarchy in Palestine: interview with Ruba Odeh. peoplesdispatch.org The Capire team spoke with Ruba Odeh, from the International Committee of the World March of Women representing the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and member of the
(2021-01-12). Driver Lawsuit Says Uber And Lyft's Proposition 22 Is Unconstitutional. popularresistance.org A trio of ride-hail drivers filed a lawsuit in California's Supreme Court on Tuesday alleging Proposition 22 is unconstitutional. The proposition was voted into law by California residents in November and ensures gig workers in the state are classified as independent contractors, rather than employees. | Proposition 22 was authored by gig economy companies, including Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart, which spent more than $205 million to get the ballot measure passed. It exempts the companies from a state law requiring that they treat their workers as employees. | The proposition has only been in effect for one…
(2021-01-12). Indian farmers' organizations reject Supreme Court intervention, will continue protest. peoplesdispatch.org India's Supreme Court stayed the implementation of the three farm laws that have led to huge protests across the country. It also formed a committee to hold discussions. However, farmers' organizations say the onus is on the government to repeal the laws…
(2021-01-12). Africa to Become Testing Ground for "Trust Stamp" Vaccine Record and Biometric Digital Payment System. globalresearch.ca A new biometric identity platform partnered with the Gates-funded GAVI vaccine alliance and Mastercard will launch in West Africa and combine COVID-19 vaccinations, cashless payments, and potential law enforcement applications. | *** | A biometric digital identity platform that "evolves just as …
(2021-01-12). Africa to Become Testing Ground for "Trust Stamp" Vaccine Record and Biometric Digital Payment System. globalresearch.ca First published on July 10, 2020, this article reviews the biometric vaccine project sponsored by GAVI. | "A new biometric identity platform partnered with the Gates-funded GAVI vaccine alliance and Mastercard will launch in West Africa and combine COVID-19 vaccinations, …
(2021-01-12). January 6th at Capitol Hill: Blowback and the Ongoing Crisis of Legitimacy. globalresearch.ca Two Januarys ago, an obscure politician from a minor political party named Juan Guaido assumed a one-month chairmanship of the Venezuelan National Assembly. Then he promptly declared himself the interim president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. | The bizarre declaration …
(2021-01-12). As Sheriffs Quit ICE, Joe Biden Can Lead the Way in Restoring Trust. aclu.org This month, two newly-elected sheriffs canceled contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The sheriffs in Gwinnett County, Georgia and Charleston County, South Carolina were
(2021-01-12). In Search of Enemies. Joe Biden's Foreign Policy and National Security Team. globalresearch.ca What occurred at the United States Capitol last week was surely reprehensible, but to my mind the real enduring damage that was done to our form of government took place in a basement in Wilmington Delaware where president-designate Joe Biden…
(2021-01-12). Twitter "Nukes Trump". Accuses POTUS of "Incitement of Violence" globalresearch.ca This was Twitter Safety's January 8
(2021-01-12). Afghan forces accused of killing 18 civilians in night airstrike. peoplesdispatch.org Military officials claimed a day later that the airstrike carried out in southern Nimrud province had targeted Taliban insurgents. However, local authorities have refuted these claims and on Monday, the president expressed grief over the death of the civilians…
(2021-01-12). The World Economic Forum (WEF) and the "Jobs Reset Summit"- A New Outrage in Disguise. globalresearch.ca The World Economic Forum's (WEF) Jobs Reset Summit report (October 2020) starts out with some flowery wording. You have to give it to them. | They have a way with meaningless niceties, hardly anybody beats them. | Here we go for the …
(2021-01-12). The Global Reset — Unplugged. "The Deep State" globalresearch.ca Imagine, you are living in a world that you are told is a democracy — and you may even believe it — but in fact your life and fate is in the hands of a few ultra-rich, ultra-powerful and ultra-inhuman oligarchs. They may be called Deep State, or simply the Beast, …
(2021-01-12). Denouncing Republican Evils Isn't Enough. indybay.org Demanding progressive policies is essential…
(2021-01-12). Denouncing Republican evils can't do much for the Biden presidency without demanding progressive policies. nationofchange.org As Biden prepares to move into the White House, progressives are in much better shape to put up a fight — not only against the right wing but also against corporate Democratic elites.
(2021-01-12). Health checks for refugees at Bosnia camp after days in cold. thecanary.co 
Many refugees and refugees staying at a camp in northwestern Bosnia have complained of respiratory and skin infections after spending days in makeshift tents and containers amid freezing weather and snowstorms, aid workers warned.Military tents: Most of the hundreds of refugees stuck at the Lipa facility near Bosnia's border with Croatia have been accommodated in heated military tents following days of uncertainty after a fire gutted most of the camp on 23 December.Bosnia has faced sharp criticism for leaving around 1,000 people without shelter after the blaze.The authorities first said they would move the…
(2021-01-12). Marcus Rashford calls out 'not good enough' free school meal parcels. thecanary.co 
Marcus Rashford and other food poverty campaigners have called out inadequate free school meal parcels. | Several members of the public said the hampers did not contain enough food, and they would rather have vouchers. | The Department for Education has since Then imagine we expect the children to engage in learning from home. Not to mention the parents who, at times, have to teach them who probably haven't eaten at all so their chi…
(2021-01-12). London re-opens Nightingale field hospital as number of Covid-19 patients in capital doubles since Christmas. rt.com 
The Nightingale hospital in London has been reopened in an urgent bid to ease patient pressure on the capital's health system amid rising Covid-19 cases. However, the capital's health chief has warned the move may not be enough. | The number of people hospitalised with Covid in London is nearly at 8,000 — almost double what it was on Christmas Day, NHS England's Regional Medical Director for London Vin Diwakar said during a Downing Street news briefing on Tuesday. | In response to the caseload, he said the Nightingale field hospital in East London had been re-opened on Monday in an effort to ease some of…
(2021-01-12). The Hidden Workers of Silicon Valley. thenation.com 
Moira Weigel and Ben Tarnoff's Voices From the Valley examines how the tech world has redefined our understanding work.
(2021-01-12). Symbolic moment as Russian cosmonauts get jabs of Sputnik V — named for first space satellite — ahead of latest ISS mission. rt.com 
Cosmonauts traveling to the International Space Station (ISS) in April have been inoculated against Covid-19 with the Sputnik V vaccine, named after the world's first artificial Earth satellite, which was launched by the USSR. | The first shots of the pioneering jab were administered to members of both the main and substitute crews on Tuesday, the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center said. The course of Sputnik V requires two injections, with the follow-up administered around 21 days after the initial one. | The men who received the vaccine were Oleg Novitsky, Pyotr Dubrov, Anton Shkaplerov and Dmitry Peteli…
(2021-01-12). Spain pushes to vaccinate all nursing home residents within a week. rt.com 
All nursing home residents in Spain are expected to be vaccinated against Covid-19 this week, Health Minister Salvador Illa announced on Tuesday after the government's weekly cabinet meeting. | The country launched its mass vaccination program shortly after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved the use of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 jab in December. | As of Monday, Spain has successfully inoculated 406,000 with the first dose of the two-part vaccine, and health officials are expected to begin the second round of doses from January 18 for patients who fall into the most vulnerable and elderly group. | A…
(2021-01-12). 'Biden won't save us!'. workers.org 
Chants of "Cops and Klan work hand-in-hand" and "No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA" filled the air outside Philadelphia City Hall Jan. 9. Dozens of anti-fascist, pro-socialist demonstrators gathered there for a demonstration denouncing white supremacy and the failed Jan. 6 fascist insurrection in Washington, D.C. Philadelphia, Jan. 9. . . . |
(2021-01-12). Free Maroon! Jan. 18 day of actions. workers.org 
Prison abolitionists in several Northeast cities are organizing "Justice Is Dead" car caravans on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to demand an end of "Death by COVID" in prisons. The Jan. 18 actions will target governors in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, who have allowed genocidal prison neglect to . . . |
(2021-01-12). Lockdowns Destroy the Very Communities in Which Our Lives Have Meaning. anti-empire.com 
During this seemingly endless
(2021-01-12). APOCALYPTIC PLAGUE: Sweden's Overall 2020 Death Rate Was Same as in 2015. anti-empire.com 
Behold: | Yes, it's a little higher than in 2018, 2019. Precisely because the flu seasons in those years were uncharacteristically mild and
(2021-01-12). A Malevolent Decision That Will Kill Countless Yemenis. anti-empire.com 
The Trump administration is
(2021-01-12). COVID Lesson: Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others. anti-empire.com 
After they successfully take over Manor Farm, the animals in George Orwell's Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. | Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend. | No animal shall wear clothes. | No animal shall sleep in a bed. | No animal shall drink alcohol. | No anima…
(2021-01-12). Towards a geopolitics of popular power. mronline.org 
Lecture given at the event: "The Collapse of the Unlawful State and the Recovery of Democracy", held in La Paz, on December 14, 2020, in the auditorium of the Vice Presidency of the Plurinational State of Bolivia.
(2021-01-12). Behind These Prison Walls. counterpunch.org 
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(2021-01-12). Facebook reinstates Press TV page with 4 million subscribers, hours after mysterious 'FINAL' deletion. rt.com 
Iranian news outlet PressTV has had its Facebook page restored after appealing the platform's decision to remove it. Boasting over four million followers, the page had been deleted without warning earlier on Tuesday. | The English-language outlet revealed its appeal to Facebook had been successful on Tuesday, just hours after the page had vanished without warning or explanation. | The platform had initially claimed the deletion was not only "final" but that it could not provide any more information than that the page had been removed for "safety and security reasons," Press TV reported earlier in the day. | Al…
(2021-01-12). DarkMarket goes down: Europol closes largest dark web marketplace trading in drugs & malware. rt.com 
The largest illegal marketplace on the dark web for selling drugs, counterfeit money and malware, DarkMarket, has been taken offline, in a major international operation, the EU's law enforcement agency Europol said on Tuesday. | The law enforcement operation against DarkMarket involved security agencies from Germany, Australia, Denmark, Moldova, Ukraine and the UK, as well as the US, with Europol coordinating their actions and providing operational analysis. | In Germany, officers arrested a 34-year-old Australian man suspected of being the operator of the illegal marketplace. He was taken into custody near th…
(2021-01-12). Gym, spa and snooker: Egyptians condemn 'seven-star prison' for Mubarak officials. middleeasteye.net 
Gym, spa and snooker: Egyptians condemn 'seven-star prison' for Mubarak officials | Former prisoner reveals Mubarak's sons and aides were in luxury jails, prompting accusations of discrimination against prisoners of conscience | Tue, 01/12/2021 – 14: 49 | Alaa (left) and Gamal Mubarak, the sons of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, arrive for their trial on corruption charges in Cairo, 9 July 2012. They were rele…
(2021-01-12). Egypt: Prison sentences overturned for TikTok influencers. middleeasteye.net 
Egypt: Prison sentences overturned for TikTok influencers | Young women originally convicted of 'violating public morals' in case internationally condemned | Tue, 01/12/2021 – 14: 39 | The Egyptian content creators were originally charged with 'violating public morals' (AFP) | Cairo's Economic Appeals Court overturned the prison sentences of TikTok content creators Haneen Hossam and Mowada al-Adham on Tu…
(2021-01-12). 'Horrific barbarism': UK to ban Chinese imports linked to forced Uighur labour. middleeasteye.net 
'Horrific barbarism': UK to ban Chinese imports linked to forced Uighur labour | Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab says China's use of forced Uighur prison labour is 'truly horrific barbarism we had hoped lost to another era' | Tue, 01/12/2021 – 18: 41 | Protesters at a rally in Hong Kong in support of the Uighur minority in China, December 2019 (AFP/File photo) | The United Kingdom has accused China of human rig…
(2021-01-12). Covid-19: Lebanon tightens restrictions as cases soar. middleeasteye.net 
Covid-19: Lebanon tightens restrictions as cases soar | Health officials have warned that Lebanon is quickly running out of beds as coronavirus spread intensifies | Tue, 01/12/2021 – 07: 59 | People wait to get tested for coronavirus at the Covid-19 department of the Nabih Berri university hospital, in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh, on 9 January 2021 (AFP) | Lebanon has imposed a…
(2021-01-12). Raskolnikov's Dream Come True. dissidentvoice.org 
Something is happening here, But you don't know what it is, Do you, Mr. Jones? — Bob Dylan, Ballad of a Thin Man, 1965 It's hard. Life today seems like a dream, doesn't it? Surreal to the point where everything seems haunted and betwixt and between, or this against that, or that and this against …
(2021-01-12). Selected Articles: Can a Former US President be Impeached and Convicted? globalresearch.ca 
By Professor of Politics Keith Whittington argued as follows: "(T)he ability to disqualify a former officer who has been demonstrated to have committed grave abuses …
(2021-01-12). Off-duty Austin cop kills Alex Gonzales, shoots fiancé, endangers their baby. liberationnews.org 
Austin PD's version of events is contradictory and nonsensical on multiple levels.
(2021-01-12). Soldiers Confiscate Heavy Machinery In Jordan Valley. imemc.org 
Israeli soldiers invaded, Tuesday, the village of Kardala, in the northern Jordan Valley of the occupied West Bank, and confiscated equipment, including heavy machinery, while working on rehabilitating a road. Aref Daraghma, a local nonviolent activist, said several army jeeps invaded the village, and confiscated the machinery and equipment, belonging to a contracting company tasked …
(2021-01-12). Off-duty Austin, Texas cop kills Alex Gonzales, shoots fiancé, endangers their baby. liberationnews.org Austin PD's version of events is contradictory and nonsensical on multiple levels.
(2021-01-12). German communists hit out at police brutality on Rosa Luxemburg march. peoplesworld.org 
Police have been condemned for brutality after attacking a peaceful demonstration in the capital Berlin with pepper spray after communist groups gathered for the annual commemoration of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht who were murdered the same day. Some 3,000 people attended Sunday's annual march despite coronavirus restrictions; the official ceremony has been delayed until …
(2021-01-12). Former Political Prisoner Dies From Cancer That Went Untreated In Prison. imemc.org 
The Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Committee has reported that a young Palestinian man who was only released from Israeli detention camps a few months ago, had died, on Monday evening, from cancer that went untreated while he was held captive. The Committee stated that Mohammad Eyada Salahuddin, 20, from Hizma town, east of the occupied …
(2021-01-12). 133,010 steps to take back the Senate. peoplesworld.org 
Marcey Lynn Jones was one of 70 UNITE HERE volunteers from New Haven, Conn., who spent one month knocking on doors to speak with voters in Georgia about how they could make a difference in the Senate runoff elections. She shares her experience below. In the beginning, when I arrived in Georgia from New Haven, …
(2021-01-12). Israeli Soldiers Bulldoze Palestinian Lands Near Nablus. imemc.org 
Israeli soldiers bulldozed, Tuesday, large areas of Palestinian farmlands in Einabus village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official in charge of monitoring Israel's illegal colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said the Israeli bulldozers uprooting the lands in the Abu Miladi area, north of the village. He …
(2021-01-12). In the UK too, teachers lead the way on Covid safety. peoplesworld.org 
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(2021-01-12). Health professionals issue dire warning that NHS faces biggest crisis since its inception. mronline.org 
THE NHS is facing its biggest ever crisis, medical professionals and unions warned today, with hospitals at risk of being swamped by coronavirus admissions.
(2021-01-12). Israeli Colonists Attack Cars, Injure Palestinian In The Eye, Near Nablus. imemc.org 
Dozens of fanatic illegal Israeli colonists attacked, on Monday evening, many Palestinian cars, west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, causing damage and wounding one man in the eye. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel's colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said the colonists hurled rocks at Palestinian cars near Surra …
(2021-01-12). An Exhausted Planet Limps Into 2021. counterpunch.org 
Early this new year, the Alliance of World Scientists (13,700 strong) delivered a biting report, not mincing words: "Scientists now find that catastrophic climate change could render a significant portion of the Earth uninhabitable consequent to continued high emissions, self-reinforcing climate feedback loops and looming tipping points." (Source: William J. Ripple, et al, The Climate Emergency: 2020 in Review, Scientific American, January 6, 2021)
(2021-01-12). The fascists, the FBI — and legislators. workers.org 
Following the right-wing fascist coup attempt — Donald Trump's version of a Nazi "putsch" — one Republican lawmaker was arrested and charged with "entering a restricted area of the U.S. Capitol." On Jan. 8, the FBI arrested Derrick Evans — recently elected into the West Virginia House of Delegates — . . . |
(2021-01-12). Legislation opens path to removing insurrectionist Senators Hawley and Cruz. peoplesworld.org 
At least partially under the radar yesterday was a move by a newly elected member of the House that has opened the door to use of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution to remove from office two top instigators of the fascist insurrection at the Capitol last week. That section of the …
(2021-01-12). The fascists, the FBI — and legislators. workers.org Wheeling, W.Va. Following the right-wing fascist coup attempt — Donald Trump's version of a Nazi "putsch" — one Republican lawmaker was arrested and charged with "entering a restricted area of the U.S. Capitol." On Jan. 8, the FBI arrested Derrick Evans — recently elected into the West Virginia House of . . . |
(2021-01-12). PPS: "Israeli Soldiers Abduct Fourteen Palestinians In West Bank" imemc.org 
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, fourteen Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, after the army broke into and ransacked dozens of homes. The PPS office in Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, said the soldiers abducted Mohammad Wasfi Jallad, 54, …
(2021-01-12). A victory for the movement in the streets: inside Argentina's abortion win. mronline.org 
On 30 December, Argentina's Senate voted to legalise abortion after many years of mass protests around the issue. In the wake of this important victory, Red Flag spoke to Cele Fierro, an activist with the anti-capitalist feminist group Juntas a la Izquierda and a member of the national leadership of the Movimiento de los Trabajadores (MST) …
(2021-01-12). Protesters take to the streets of Modesto to demand justice for Trevor Seever. liberationnews.org 
Protesters marched alongside the family of Trevor Seever to demand justice and an end to police brutality.
(2021-01-12). An Exhausted Planet Limps Into 2021. dissidentvoice.org 
Early this new year, the Alliance of World Scientists (13,700 strong) delivered a biting report, not mincing words: Scientists now find that catastrophic climate change could render a significant portion of the Earth uninhabitable consequent to continued high emissions, self-reinforcing climate feedback loops and looming tipping points.1 The mission: "We scientists have a moral obligation …
(2021-01-12). Can newly elected Brandon Scott be the mayor Baltimore needs? therealnews.com 
Brandon Scott won his mayoral election. Now he's tasked with getting a city in the midst of crisis running again as progressive demands for bold action grow.
(2021-01-12). How Socialists Resist Rightist Coups: Lessons from the Early Communist International. socialistproject.ca 
Parliaments and elections are no guarantee of democratic rights and fair treatment for working people. Capitalist forces displeased with an electoral outcome are all too likely to take direct action to impose their will, whether by financial manipulations, economic blockades, or military coups. Even apparently stable parliamentary regimes in dominant countries can be challenged in …
(2021-01-12). Sexual assault rampant in ICE detention centers across Texas. liberationnews.org 
Across the state of Texas, women have been brutalized, beaten and deported before they were able to testify against their abusers.
(2021-01-12). The armed Accelerationists are Coming. zcomm.org Neo-Nazis and Boogaloo Bois plan another Insurrection Jan. 20…
(2021-01-12). The mainstream media shows its usual racial bias around Covid policing. thecanary.co You will have probably seen the recent news Derbyshire police sent seven officers to confront two women on a walk at a reservoir. | Jessica Allen and Eliza Moore were read their rights and fined £200 each…
(2021-01-12). COVID Scientist Condemns Armed Police Raid on Her Home. zcomm.org As Florida sets new records for daily coronavirus cases, we speak with a whistleblower who was fired in May from the Florida Department of Health after she refused to censor information…
(2021-01-12). COVID-19 Vaccine Producers Seek Liability Immunity. projectcensored.org Hyun Jung Kim reported in a November 2020 report for the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists that adopting Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to speed development of a vaccine for COVID-19 entails…
(2021-01-12). COVID-19 Precautions Hamper Breastfeeding Support. jamanetwork.com Nearly 1 in 5 hospitals reduced in-person lactation support and nearly three-quarters discharged new mothers in less than 48 hours to lessen the risk of contracting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, according to a CDC report.
(2021-01-12). COVID Tests Scientifically Fraudulent, Epidemic of "False Positives" globalresearch.ca First published by GR on August 5, 2020 | Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests are used worldwide to "diagnose" Sars-Cov-2 infection. An in-depth investigation reveals clear scientific evidence proving that these tests are not accurate and create a statistically significant …
(2021-01-12). Hyperbolic COVID Modelling Oracle Predicts Nothing More than Typical Winter Flu Season. globalresearch.ca Yesterday, the "We are in a desperate situation, and when you see the [COVID] modelling, you'll fall off your chair," [Ontario Premier] Ford said Friday during a news conference filled with dire warnings of what Ontario faces …
(2021-01-12). National Security Alert: COVID Tests Scientifically Fraudulent, Epidemic of False Positives. globalresearch.ca First published by GR on August 5, 2020 | Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests are used worldwide to "diagnose" Sars-Cov-2 infection. An in-depth investigation reveals clear scientific evidence proving that these tests are not accurate and create a statistically significant …
(2021-01-12). Google engineers form CWA-affiliated union. indybay.org Kevin Reed at the World Socialist Web Site reads the fine print behind the creation of the new Google employee union. | He explains why Google employees and other tech workers should organize independently and refuse being manipulated by ruling class interests.
(2021-01-12). Secret Teacher | The exhausting reality of school life under lockdown. thecanary.co What. A. Week. | Teaching in inner London is exhausting at the best of times, and these times are anything but the best of anything. | Mixed messages: | The week before the festive break, my primary school was informed that we were to stay open, no matter what. Planning was undertaken and arrangements made for thirty children to arrive back in each classroom come January 4th. Having already been threatened with legal action by our beloved education minister if we failed to open, it was a no-brainer that we'd have to have our classrooms ready for physical sessions. All this despite the fact that our boroug…
(2021-01-12). It's just days into 2021, and already a Black man has died after being in police custody. thecanary.co This is 24-year-old Mohamud Mohammed Hassan. On the evening of Saturday 9 January, Mohamud died suddenly, after being released from police custody earlier that day. | Mohamud had been arrested on Friday night and was released
(2021-01-12). Fresh strikes by British Gas engineers announced. thecanary.co British Gas engineers are to stage a series of fresh strikes in a dispute over pay and conditions. Members of the GMB union will walk out for 24 hours on 20, 22, 25 and 29 January and 1 February. | The announcement was made at the end of a five-day stoppage by thousands of engineers whose jobs include servicing boilers. | Strike: | They previously voted by 9-1 in favour of industrial action in protest at changes to their pay and conditions. British Gas maintains it is trying to protect jobs, insisting basic pay and pensions are being protected. | A spokesperson for British Gas parent firm Centrica said: We…
(2021-01-12). US Cancer Death Rate Fell by Record 2.4% From 2017 to 2018 – Report. sputniknews.com The latest data reveals that there were an estimated 1.8 million new cancer cases diagnosed and more than 600,000 cancer deaths in the US in 2020. The American Cancer Society predicts that 1.9 million new cancer cases will be diagnosed this year and that more than 600,000 Americans will die from cancer in 2021.
(2021-01-12). Syrian State Media Reports 'Israeli Aggression' on Areas in Deir Ezzor, Abu Kamal. sputniknews.com Earlier in the month, Syrian state media reported that the country's Air Defense systems responded to an Israeli attack in the southern part of the city of Damascus.
(2021-01-12). US Designates Cuba As A 'Sponsor Of Terrorism'. popularresistance.org The United States announced on Monday January 11 that it will designate Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism. The move came hours after Secretary of State of the Trump administration, Mike Pompeo, announced that the Yemeni militant group Ansar Allah, commonly known as the Houthis, would be designated as a "foreign terrorist organization." The announcement has been met by widespread condemnation by authorities within Cuba and political leaders and movements worldwide. | Foreign minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla wrote on Twitter, "We condemn the hypocritical and cynical announcement by the US to designate Cuba as a…
(2021-01-12). Tehran Hits Back After Pompeo Makes Claims About Al Qaeda. popularresistance.org America's "declassifications" of information about Iran are "fictitious," Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has tweeted. It followed US State Secretary Mike Pompeo accusing Iran, without proof, of harboring Al-Qaeda's base. | "Mr. 'we lie, cheat, steal' is pathetically ending his disastrous career with more warmongering lies," Zarif wrote in a fiery message in the wake of Pompeo's statement, referring to the US State Secretary by his infamous 2019 quote. Zarif denounced the Iran "declassifications" and the claims Pompeo made about its links to Al-Qaeda, calling them "fictitious." He also condemned the US' dec…
(2021-01-12). You Say You Want A Revolution. zcomm.org The revolution is bigger than any of us. So we must go on, in spite of ourselves, to a better tomorrow…
(2021-01-12). New Mexico's Economists: "Like It or Not, We're at the Tail End of the Fossil Fuel Age." zcomm.org Right now, more than 40% of the state's income relies on the boom-and-bust fortunes of oil and gas. Now, according to a trio of New Mexico's leading economists, the time has come to change course…
(2021-01-12). In the Epoch of Bronze. thenation.com In the Epoch of Bronze…
(2021-01-12). Letters From the January 25/February 1, 2021, Issue. thenation.com Letters From the January 25/February 1, 2021, Issue…
(2021-01-12). Broad, Durable Antibody Response in Universal Flu Vaccine Trial. jamanetwork.com An experimental flu vaccine regimen induced lasting antibodies against a range of influenza strains, according to the final results of a phase 1 trial.
(2021-01-12). Video: Masked Agenda: Dystopian Sci-Fi Short Film. globalresearch.ca Masked Agenda is a dystopian sci-fi short film set after the masks were introduced into society to prevent the spread of the virus. | The vaccine has been found, but is only successful on a few… | Kain is a survivor after …
(2021-01-12). Palestinians oppose announcement of fresh illegal Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank. peoplesdispatch.org Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, faced with elections in March and prospects of a less friendly Biden administration, announced expedited construction of 800 new illegal Jewish homes inside the West Bank…
(2021-01-12). Friday 1/15: Honoring MLK Jr. & Movement to End Poverty Then and Now w/ NUH, NVMA & PPC. indybay.org Online event via livestream…
(2021-01-12). Strengthening the Welfare State. indybay.org Resist the beginnings of fascism, manipulation and control! Trump's smear campaigns, scapegoating, fear mongering, $8-trillion tax heists, corporate welfare, attacking the poor, minorities, seniors, disabled, children and students have left democracy in intensive care. Helicopter money, a Marshall Plan for journalism and ending wars could revive the indispensable debate culture.
(2021-01-12). Monday 1/18: Mass Caravan to Reclaim MLK's Radical Legacy. indybay.org We will meet at the Oakland Port, near Middle Harbor Shoreline Park, and drive in a car caravan to East Oakland. Online stream w/ ASL interpretation will be available.
(2021-01-12). Biden Asked To Withdraw ProExecution Garland As AG. indybay.org Biden chose for AG Merrick Garland, who as a prosecutor called for the death penalty and was instrumental in the passage of the unconstitutional 96 pro execution law, who denied GTMO prisoner rights, upheld draconian marijuana regulations, denied most prisoner mercy appeals, and paved the way for Citizens United ruling that $ is speech.
(2021-01-12). Friday 1/22: Indigemedia: Navigating Native American Representation in Film and Media. indybay.org Online, register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7y2STbsh4KQuoLiZr34ayudlDWwHtH3S5lXYjpMRXpI-ddA/viewform…
(2021-01-12). Monday 1/18: ZAP-ATHON Online Action to Cancel Rent and Ban Evictions! indybay.org Virtual!
(2021-01-12). Saturday 2/6: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Re-enchanting the World… indybay.org Online, via Zoom…
(2021-01-12). Life Today Seems Like a Dream, Surreal. globalresearch.ca "Something is happening here, | But you don't know what it is, | Do you, Mr. Jones?" | — Bob Dylan | It's hard. | Life today seems like a dream, doesn't it? Surreal to the point where everything seems haunted and betwixt and between, …
(2021-01-12). State Propaganda in Action — Boris Johnson the 'Liberal'. truepublica.org.uk By Sam Fowles: Those saying that what's happening in the US couldn't happen here should take a look at the record of Boris Johnson. In the past fortnight the UK has left the EU and plunged into a third lockdown (the latter some two weeks after doing so was recommended by the government's medical advisers), …
(2021-01-12). Twitter's Ban on Trump Will Deepen the US Tribal Divide. globalresearch.ca Anyone who believes locking President Donald Trump out of his social media accounts will serve as the first step on the path to healing the political divide in the United States is likely to be in for a bitter disappointment….
(2021-01-12). Trent'anni fa la guerra del Golfo. globalresearch.ca Trent'anni fa, nelle prime ore del 17 gennaio 1991, iniziava nel Golfo Persico l'operazione ´Tempesta del deserto ª, la guerra contro l'Iraq che apriva la sequenza delle guerre del dopo guerra fredda. Essa viene lanciata dagli Usa e dai loro alleati …
(2021-01-12). UN refugee agency calls for 'new chapter for refugee protection' across Europe. news.un.org As Portugal assumes the presidency of the European Union (EU), to be followed by Slovenia later this year, the UN refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Tuesday called on them to lead the effort to forge a better protection system for those seeking refuge across the continent and beyond.
(2021-01-12). UN counter-terrorism chief urges continued vigilance against 'real' ongoing threat. news.un.org Despite important strikes against terrorism over the past two decades, including in bringing perpetrators to justice and disrupting additional attacks, countries cannot afford to let down their guard, the UN's counter-terrorism chief told a virtual meeting of the Security Council on Tuesday.
(2021-01-12). Peru: UN rights office decries excessive use of force in November protests. news.un.org Police in Peru used unnecessary and excessive force during protests in the capital last November challenging the legitimacy of the interim President, a report published on Tuesday by the UN Human Rights Office, OHCHR has found.
(2021-01-12). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Some 5,000 workers at Interjet airlines struck airports in four cities to demand back wages while hospital nurses in Boston are staging pickets to demand safe staff to patient ratios…
(2021-01-12). Securing a Quantum Security Ecosystem. projectcensored.org Quantum computing threatens "the security on which our digital ecosystem is built," Vikram Sharma and William Dixon wrote for the World Economic Forum in August 2020. To counter this threat, they wrote, requires a "global community of stakeholders" to promote safe, secure quantum applications. | Quantum computers use quantum mechanics to perform computations much more efficiently, and therefore faster, than standard ("classical") computers can. The enhanced power of quantum computers puts at risk much of the cryptography that underpins our global digital security system. | New quantum-enabled technologies "can pr…
(2021-01-12). Global Research: The Silencing of Independent Media. We Need Your Help. globalresearch.ca We are currently facing an unprecedented threat to the independent media and freedom on the Internet. An increasing number of search engines & social media implement algorithms which are negatively biased against independent news and analysis websites such as Global …
(2021-01-12). Video: Police Allowing Some People into the Capitol. globalresearch.ca More video footage of Wednesday January 6, 2021 | VIDEO | . | . …
(2021-01-12). "The Guts to Really Look at It"—Medicine and Race in Robert Colescott's Emergency Room. jamanetwork.com This Arts and Medicine feature describes the use of the painting Emergency Room, by Robert Colescott, to broach uncomfortable discussions with emergency medicine trainees and faculty about organized medicine's contribution to racial injustice and inequity, past and present.
(2021-01-12). Digital Health—The Need to Assess Benefits, Risks, and Value. jamanetwork.com This Viewpoint reviews the regulatory, ethical, and security issues attending the explosive growth in digital health technologies (apps, devices, and systems) and proposes a framework for evaluating the benefits, risks, and value of these new tools before recommending them for routine clinical care.
(2021-01-12). Legal Loopholes Allow US Arms Dealers to Profit from "Atrocities" in Yemen. projectcensored.org For a nation that identifies itself as "protector of the Free World," the United States has been more than willing to sell arms to Saudi Arabia for its war with…
(2021-01-12). California Overlooks Formerly Incarcerated Firefighters. projectcensored.org During California's 2020 wildfire crisis, the state exploited prison labor to meet a labor shortage in fire fighters. As VICE's Motherboard reported in September 2020, even as California recruited fire crews from six other states and from Israel, Mexico, and Australia, the current labor shortage was "brought on by the state itself." Though California's reliance on low-paid incarcerated firefighters is "well documented," after they are released from prison "institutional barriers" prevent them from becoming full-time professional firefighters. | As Motherboard reported, inmate firefighters typically make up betwee…
(2021-01-12). Trump's Riot Could Expand Security State. progressive.org The tools we create in response to the January 6 insurrection will be used to tamp down mass protest from the left.
(2021-01-12). Oath Keepers Mobilize Police and Militia Members Nationwide. projectcensored.org The Oath Keepers, founded in 2009, is a right-wing militant group that now has some 25,000 members. Founder Steven Rhodes told journalist Mike Giglio, who reported for The Atlantic in…
(2021-01-12). Payments to Alaskans are Not a UBI. realprogressives.org Supporters of a federally funded Universal Basic Income (UBI) often incorrectly point to the dividends paid from Alaska's Permanent Fund Corporation (APFC) as a proof of concept. This view is detached from reality in both scale and operation. Looking at Alaska for a federal model does not utilize our existing capability to provide a better life for all people and looking elsewhere for a federal model requires the study of macroeconomics and oppression. Further, calls for a UBI should not be conflated with a basic income underneath the umbrella of a Federal Job Guarantee (FJG), and alongside enshrined universal…
(2021-01-12). Mothers in Israel Hold Police Accountable for Inaction on Murdered Palestinians. projectcensored.org Palestinians account for approximately twenty percent of Israel's total population, but in 2019 more than 67% of the officially reported murders in Israel involved Palestinian victims. In response, Palestinian mothers…
(2021-01-12). Effect of Out-of-Hospital Sodium Nitrite on Survival to Hospital Admission After Cardiac Arrest. jamanetwork.com This randomized trial compares the effects of paramedic-administered parenteral sodium nitrite (45 mg vs 60 mg) vs placebo on survival to hospital admission among adult patients with out-of-hospital pulseless collapse and cardiac arrest.
(2021-01-12). Slovenian constitutional court stays massive arms procurement proposal by government. peoplesdispatch.org The right-wing government in Slovenia had planned the procurement of arms worth EUR 780 million for the military to cater to NATO. This had strongly been opposed by the left which had called the proposal unwarranted…
(2021-01-12). Milwaukee car caravan says: "No to COPS grant, yes to CPAC!" fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On January 9, nearly 100 people joined a car caravan starting at Kops Park put on by the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (MAARPR) to say no to the COPS grant and yes to CPAC (Civilian Police Accountability Council). | The COPS grant would give the Milwaukee Police Department $9.7 million to dedicate 30 officers to Operation Legend, a program that unfairly targets Black and Latino communities. The Milwaukee Common Council voted no to the COPS grant in December only to have Alderperson Nikiya Dodd put it back up for reconsideration. That revote is scheduled for later this…
(2021-01-12). Pharmacologic Treatment of Schizophrenia in 2021. jamanetwork.com This JAMA Insights review summarizes medication options for patients with schizophrenia, including formulations and adverse effects of first- and second-generation antipsychotic drugs, and the psychosocial and rehabilitation interventions to improve treatment adherence and outcomes.
(2021-01-12). For Whom the Bell Tolls: The State of Planet Earth at Year's End 2020. globalresearch.ca In 1624, English poet John Donne penned his famous poem
(2021-01-12). A Bill for a Democracy in Crisis. progressive.org Our clearest pathway toward a new and more equitable democracy would be to pass the 'For The People Act.'
(2021-01-12). US air pollution regulation saved over 1.5 billion birds. nationofchange.org "Our research shows that the benefits of environmental regulation have likely been underestimated."
(2021-01-12). Mixed Findings in Pediatric Neuroblastoma CAR-T Therapy Trial. jamanetwork.com An experimental chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy was well tolerated without off-tumor effects in a trial involving children with relapsed or refractory neuroblastoma. Although the treatment did not achieve a prespecified clinical response, and some participants have since died, the research suggests a way forward for solid tumor CAR T-cell therapy, a major oncology goal.
(2021-01-12). Partners and Pardners. jamanetwork.com In the pre-op room, my wife was given a scalene block for a brief procedure. She had shoulder surgery three months back,…
(2021-01-12). US designates Cuba as a "sponsor of terrorism" peoplesdispatch.org The United States Foreign minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla wrote on
(2021-01-12). By Any Means Necessary: The FBI vs. Civil Rights. progressive.org This new documentary offers a behind-the-scenes look at the agency's dirty war against the 'Black Messiah.'
(2021-01-12). Association of Fresh vs Cryopreserved-Thawed Embryo Transfers With Live Birth Rate After Assisted Reproduction. jamanetwork.com This cohort study uses US national registry data to compare the association of fresh vs cryopreserved-thawed embryo transfer and live birth rates among women undergoing assisted reproduction technology (ART) procedures using freshly retrieved donor oocytes between 2014 and 2017.
(2021-01-12). Police Drone Surveillance Raises Constitutional Concerns. projectcensored.org Police surveillance by drones is on the rise, posing threats to citizens' rights to free assembly and undermining constitutional protections against unwarranted searches or seizures. As Nick Mottern reported in August…
(2021-01-12). Long-term Complications of Bariatric Surgery—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply Dr Weiss calls attention to 2 health conditions—nephrolithiasis and osteoporosis—after bariatric procedures, which we did not cover in our review.
(2021-01-12). Hummingbird Lessons—Limits and Beauty of End-of-Life Interventions. jamanetwork.com In this narrative medicine essay, a critical care and palliative care physician draws a valuable lesson about the limits and beauty of last-ditch interventions after failing to save a fledgling hummingbird chick in its nest.
(2021-01-12). The Prevention of Diabetes Mellitus. jamanetwork.com Elliott P. Joslin, M.D., Boston…
(2021-01-12). Uncouth Uncoup Televised. counterpunch.org On January 6, 2021, my housemate took a break from watching TV and told me "There's a revolution in the nation's capital." I knew not to trust her words. She's 85, has memory loss and also suffers from dementia. Some of the pundits who called the dramatic events in Washington, D.C. that day "a coup"
(2021-01-12). The Origins of America's Secret Police. dissidentvoice.org Nothing to Excess, Surety Brings Ruin — inscribed at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi Many are aware of the Apollo at Delphi inscription and associate it as words of wisdom; after all, the Temple at Delphi was at the center of global intelligence. Kings, emperors, statesmen, generals from all quarters of the ancient world …
(2021-01-12). The Collective Shame of Global Hunger. dissidentvoice.org We live in a world of plenty, resource rich, financially wealthy, but, despite this abundance an estimated 700 million people go hungry every day. Millions more are food insecure, meaning they may have food today, but have no idea if they will have any tomorrow or next week. Additional millions can only afford nutritionally barren, …
(2021-01-12). Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and Maternal Opioid-Related Diagnoses in the US, 2010-2017. jamanetwork.com This study uses US national hospital database data to update estimates of prevalence of neonatal abstinence syndrome and maternal opioid-related diagnoses between 2010 and 2017, and to describe state-level variation and associated lengths of stay and costs.
(2021-01-12). Amid political chaos, people's issues take a backseat in Ghana. peoplesdispatch.org Kwesi Pratt Jnr. of Pan African Television talks about the political situation in Ghana in the aftermath of last month's presidential and parliamentary elections and the issues faced by the people amid this chaos…
(2021-01-12). How feminists in Argentina organized and won the right to abortion. peoplesdispatch.org On December 30, Argentina's Senate Peoples Dispatch spoke to Agostina Betes from the Movimiento Popular La Dignidad and Frente Patria Grande the day after the vote to discuss the impressive struggle waged by femi…
(2021-01-12). The Leopard Doesn't Change its Spots: US Foreign Policy Under Biden. dissidentvoice.org It is a great pity that the Australian mainstream media is so narrow in its choice of sources for stories to appear on its pages and in its telecasts. This point was vividly brought home to me when I read in the English language version of the Russian website Pravda.ru (truth) about the alleged killing …
(2021-01-12). Loophole in New Jersey Law Protects Police Officers from Misconduct Charges. projectcensored.org A 2007 state law inadvertently protects police officers in New Jersey from accountability for misconduct, Andrew Ford reported for ProPublica and the Asbury Park Press in September 2020. Between 2013…
(2021-01-12). Health Workers' Antibody Levels Wane After SARS-CoV-2 Infection. jamanetwork.com Antibodies to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) decline during the weeks after infection, in some cases falling below the threshold for seropositivity within 2 months, according to a national study of health care workers.
(2021-01-12). SPLC Senior Fellow: Racial bias in U.S. policing is a national security threat. splcenter.org  …
(2021-01-12). Popular Seafood Contaminated with Microplastics, Australian Study Finds. projectcensored.org Researchers at the University of Exeter and the University of Queensland's QUEX Institute have found microplastics in crabs, oysters, prawns, squid, and sardines sold as seafood in Australian markets, according…
(2021-01-12). The Main Form of Media Deception: Censorship by Omission. globalresearch.ca "We don't understand how your government gets the media to repeat propaganda without question. In our country we have to tear finger nails out to get this level of co-operation."(1) (Russian journalists visiting America during the cold war) | Censorship By …
(2021-01-12). Glaucoma—Topical Drug Summary. jamanetwork.com This Medical Letter review summarizes topical drug treatments for glaucoma by class, formulation, dosage, and cost.
(2021-01-12). Patient Information: Prolactinomas. jamanetwork.com This JAMA Patient Page describes the symptoms of prolactinomas, benign tumors of the pituitary gland, and explains how they are diagnosed and treated.
(2021-01-12). Glaucoma in Adults—Screening, Diagnosis, and Management. jamanetwork.com This narrative review provides an update on the epidemiology, pathophysiology, screening, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of glaucoma.
(2021-01-12). Promising Strategies for Sickle Cell Disease and β-Thalassemia. jamanetwork.com Genetic approaches against sickle cell disease (SCD) and transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia (TDT) increased fetal hemoglobin and appeared to improve clinical outcomes in 2 small early trials, researchers reported in the New England Journal of Medicine.
(2021-01-12). Eternal Damn Nation. scheerpost.com Mr. Fish Dwayne Booth (a.k.a., Mr. Fish) is a cartoonist, freelance writer, and ScheerPost's artistic director, and he has been published in many reputable and prestigious magazines, journals and newspapers. In addition to Harper's Magazine, his work has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, The Village Voice, Vanity Fair, Mother Jones Magazine, the Advocate, Z Magazine, the Utne Reader, Slate.com… |
(2021-01-12). "Beyond Vietnam", Silence is Betrayal: Martin Luther King's Historic 1967 Speech. globalresearch.ca Very few Americans are aware of the historical 1999 civil law suit of the King Family against the US Government. (Shelby County Court, Tenn.), Martin Luther King was assassinated in a high level conspiracy on the orders of key agencies of the US government…
(2021-01-12). Workers Struggles, the Americas. wsws.org Some 5,000 workers at Interjet airlines struck airports in four cities to demand back wages while hospital nurses in Boston are staging pickets to demand safe staff to patient ratios…
(2021-01-11). In Response To US Secretary of State Pompeo's Decision To Designate the Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and Specially Designated Global Terrorist, Oxfam America's Humanitarian Policy Lead Scott Paul Said. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-01-11). Serious repercussions likely to follow US plan to designate Yemen combatants terrorists, UN warns. news.un.org The United States government's decision to designate Ansar Allah, more commonly known as the Houthi rebel group in Yemen, as terrorists, is likely to have "serious humanitarian and political repercussions", the UN spokesperson said on Monday.
(2021-01-11). Bloodshed continues in Colombia. peoplesdispatch.org The massacres and assassination of social leaders in Colombia did not end in 2020. The violence and humanitarian crisis continues into 2021. On January 10, human rights organizations denounced that two massacres took place and two social leaders were assassinated. | The first massacre of this year was registered in the Florencia municipality, in the Caquetá department. At around 2 am, two unidentified armed men entered a cockfighting pit in the Tres Esquinas sector and indiscriminately fired at those who were inside the premises. In the incident, three people were killed and seven others were wounded. Two of the…
(2021-01-11). "One State is a Game Changer" dissidentvoice.org As the US ruling elites have fully succumbed to Israel's political discourse on Palestine, the Israeli government of right-wing Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, may feel that it, alone, is capable of determining the future of the Palestinian people. This conclusion is, perhaps, gleaned from Israel's behavior in recent years and months. The expansion of illegal …
(2021-01-11). Remove Trump Now! counterpunch.org Donald J. Trump is a malignant fascist lunatic who must be removed from office immediately. The notion of letting him remain in the White House for nine more days is criminally insane. Donald J. Trump is a clear and present danger to the nation and the world in his final days. The notion of this
(2021-01-11). Colombia's Antioquia Department Saw Its First Massacre in 2021. telesurenglish.net Colombia's Police Commander Jorge Cabra reported the first massacre of this year in the Antioquia department where three people were killed on Sunday. | RELATED: | The massacre occurred in Betania and was attributed to the Gulf Clan gang, which is considered by the Peace and Reconciliation Foundation (PRF) as the largest illegal armed group in the country. | Armed men murdered 23-year-old Jonathan Acevedo, his mother Maria Londoño, and his st…
(2021-01-11). What Assange's Victory Really Means. counterpunch.org 
The 10-year campaign by the US government to criminalise reporting critical of its actions has failed in rather peculiar circumstances, with the unexpected decision by the court in London to reject the US demand for Julian Assange's extradition. Judge Vanessa Baraitser gave as the reason for her decision Assange's mental health and possible suicide risk,
(2021-01-11). Covid-19: Palestine first in Middle East to register for Russian vaccine, says wealth fund. middleeasteye.net 
Covid-19: Palestine first in Middle East to register for Russian vaccine, says wealth fund | With delivery expected 'within a month', Russia's Sputnik V will be the first shipment of coronavirus vaccine for the Palestinians | Mon, 01/11/2021 – 13: 27 | A Palestinian health worker collects random swab samples from people to test for the coronavirus in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on 1…
(2021-01-11). Netanyahu government denies vaccine to Palestinians as it lauds mass rollout to Israelis. wsws.org Israel's COVID-19 vaccination program does not include the five million Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza, which Israel has illegally occupied since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
(2021-01-11). Millions Of Palestinian Refugees Suffer As UN Aid Is Collapsing. thelastamericanvagabond.com This Saturday, rumours began to spread amongst Palestinians on social media of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) cutting aid to 400,000 refugees living in the Gaza Strip. This coupled with the lack of funds available to the UN Agency have sparked anxiety that the situation in the illegally besieged Gaza Strip will
(2021-01-11). Soldiers Open Fire At Palestinian Farmers in Gaza. imemc.org 
Israeli soldiers fired, Sunday, many live rounds at Palestinian farmers on their lands, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip. Media sources said the soldiers, stationed across the perimeter fence, fired the live rounds at the Palestinians in Abasan area, in Khan Younis. The attack did not lead to …
(2021-01-11). Palestine Prepares for Its First Elections in 15 Years. telesurenglish.net The Palestinian Central Elections Commission (PCEC) on Sunday started technical meetings over preparations for the first Palestinian general elections after a 15-year hiatus. | RELATED: | The PCEC Chairman Hana Nasser convened an online meeting with the Commission's members in the Gaza Strip to discuss the latest developments of the planned legislative and presidential elections. | During a meeting with Palestinia…
(2021-01-11). Stark warning from Chris Whitty — UK has not yet hit the peak of Covid-19 infection. thecanary.co 
The UK has not yet hit the peak of the current wave of Covid-19 infection, with the next few weeks being "the worst" of the pandemic for the NHS, England's chief medical officer has warned.Professor Chris Whitty said the vaccine rollout offered hope that lockdown restrictions could be lifted in the coming months, but described the current UK death rate as "appalling". | During a BBC phone-in on the current high case rates, he said: "I don't think we're yet at the peak, I'm afraid."I think we will be at the peak if everybody can double down and absolutely minimise their contacts."The point of the lockdown is to br…
(2021-01-11). Egypt Health Minister Claims COVID-19 Death Rate in Nation Dropping. sputniknews.com CAIRO (Sputnik) – The coronavirus death rate during the second wave of the pandemic in Egypt appears to be half that of the first wave, according to Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed.
(2021-01-11). Montana's Face-Off Over Face Masks. thenation.com Montana's Face-Off Over Face Masks…
(2021-01-11). Economists, scientists say the government should pay you to stay home to end the pandemic. salon.com Public health and economic evidence suggest a strict lockdown plus being paid to stay in would end this thing…
(2021-01-11). 70,000 Households in UK Made Homeless During the War on Death. anti-empire.com 
More than 70,000 households have been made homeless since the start of the pandemic, with tens of thousands more threatened with homelessness, despite government pledges to protect tenants and prevent evictions, according to figures compiled by the Observer. | The housing secretary, Robert Jenrick, But despite the government banning evictions for most of the last 10 months, the Observer's figures…
(2021-01-11). Acting US AG Rosen Urged to Postpone Three Executions Planned for This Week Due to Pandemic. commondreams.org The outgoing Trump administration has killed 10 death row inmates since resuming federal executions after a 17-year hiatus. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12300051531.jpg …
(2021-01-11). Japanese prime minister declares state of emergency amid rapid spread of COVID-19. wsws.org The Suga government is using the state of emergency to cover up its own incompetence and refusal to take any real measures to address the pandemic.
(2021-01-11). COVID-19 recovery offers 'chance to change course', Guterres tells One Planet Summit. news.un.org The process of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic offers the chance to change course, and put humanity on a path on which it is not in conflict with nature, the United Nations Secretary-General said on Monday, urging greater efforts by everyone to protect biodiversity and step up climate action.
(2021-01-11). Australia hit by more infectious coronavirus strains, B117. wsws.org Nearly twelve months into the global pandemic, the failure of state and federal governments to enact the most basic of precautions continues to be exposed.
(2021-01-11). California virus deaths surpass 30,000 after deadliest weekend. peoplesworld.org 
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California's coronavirus catastrophe reached a staggering new level Monday as Johns Hopkins University data showed the nation's most populous state has recorded more than 30,000 deaths since the pandemic started nearly a year ago. Deaths have exploded since a COVID-19 surge began in October. It took California six months to record …
(2021-01-11). German schools and day-care centres to reopen despite record death rates and new infections. wsws.org Despite schools being the central driver of the pandemic, the education ministers in Germany's federal states have decided on a "resumption of face-to-face teaching" as soon as possible.
(2021-01-11). We're Suffering the Economic Equivalent of an Invasion From Mars. scheerpost.com Kevin Gill / CC BY 2.0] By Nomi Prins / TomDispatch Sometimes things only make sense when seen through a magnifying lens. As it happens, I'm thinking about reality, the very American and global reality clearly repeating itself as 2021 begins. We all know, of course, that we're living through a once-in-a-century-style pandemic; that millions of people have lost their jobs, a portion of which will… |
(2021-01-11). Japan notifies WHO of new Covid-19 variant found in travelers arriving from Brazil. rt.com 
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said it was notified by Japan about the detection of a new Covid-19 variant there, as the government extends the state of emergency declared to control the virus in Tokyo to other areas. | WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday that the Japanese health authorities had informed the UN health agency of the new strain at the weekend, after it was detected in four travelers from Brazil's Amazonas state. | The variant has 12 mutations, one of which has been found in the strains discovered in South Africa and the UK. The Brazilian Health Ministry said t…
(2021-01-11). Israel 'declined WHO request' to provide Covid-19 vaccine for Palestinian medics. middleeasteye.net 
Israel 'declined WHO request' to provide Covid-19 vaccine for Palestinian medics | Israeli authorities accused of 'racial discrimination' for refusing to provide Palestinians with jabs | Mon, 01/11/2021 – 13: 22 | An Israeli senior citizen receives his second Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in the northern coastal city of Haifa on 11 January 2021 (AFP) | An official at the World Health Organisatio…
(2021-01-11). Reflection on the Events of January 6th 2021. counterpunch.org Since the insurrection at the Capitol Building I keep thinking about my Dad and wondering what he would have thought. Frank J. Pace, son of Italian immigrants, joined the National Guard at 19 and almost lost a leg during World War II. Then he volunteered to fight in Korea when his unit was called up.
(2021-01-11). Foreign Correspondent: U.S. Capitol Insurrection as Seen from Abroad. progressive.org Following last week's white nationalist mob in Washington, D.C., journalists and activists overseas share what the world is thinking about us.
(2021-01-11). Patriot Act 2, Censorship, and Other Notes from the Edge of the Narrative Matrix. globalresearch.ca Patriot Act 2.0
(2021-01-11). Video: Trump's coup and Biden's corporate cabinet. greenleft.org.au Democratic Socialists of America member Isaac Silver addressed the Socialist Alliance national conference about Donald Trump inciting his base to storm Capitol Hill and more.
(2021-01-11). Trump's coup and Biden's corporate cabinet. greenleft.org.au Democratic Socialists of America member Isaac Silver addressed the Socialist Alliance national conference about Donald Trump inciting his base to storm Capitol Hill and more.
(2021-01-11). Trump, Insurrections and the 25th Amendment. globalresearch.ca How strange it must have seemed for US lawmakers to be suddenly facing what was described as a "mob", not so much storming as striding into the Capitol with angry purpose. A terrified security force proved understaffed and overwhelmed. Members …
(2021-01-11). China's Mission to Nepal Gains Traction. asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2021-01-11). Detention of Venezuelan Abortion Activist Prompts Continental Pressure Campaign. venezuelanalysis.com Vannesa Rosales is facing charges for counselling a pregnant 13-year-old rape victim.
(2021-01-11). The UN Convention on War Crimes should be applied to the United States. mronline.org 
Despite the measures taken by the international community to reinforce global security and protect civilians from the relentless increase in the number of armed conflicts, unjustified civilian casualties are not decreasing, and not only in the tinder box that is the Middle East, but also in Asia, Latin America, Africa, and even in Europe.
(2021-01-11). Biggest rises in Covid cases now happening outside southern and eastern England. thecanary.co 
The biggest increases in Covid-19 case rates are now happening outside the south and east of England, latest figures show.The Liverpool City Region and parts of the West Midlands have seen particularly sharp rises.In Knowsley on Merseyside the rate has soared from 455.4 cases per 100,000 in the seven days to December 30 to 1,263.4 per 100,000 in the seven days to January 6 — the biggest week-on-week rise for any local authority area in England.Halton in Cheshire, which is also part of the Liverpool City Region, saw the second biggest jump, from 533.2 to 1,220.2.And Liverpool itself recorded the third largest…
(2021-01-11). Republicans Can Say What They Want, But They Created This Monster. truthout.org 
The consequences of Wednesday's frontal assault on Congress continue to pile up in snowdrifts, but it is far too early to talk about "aftermath." In fact, Wednesday appears to be only the beginning. | Parler, the web platform that saw its user numbers surge after Facebook and Twitter increased restrictions on false stories of a stolen election,
(2021-01-11). 'Do as I say, not as I do': BoJo blasted for hypocrisy as leisurely lockdown-breaching cycle infuriates cooped-up Brits. rt.com 
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has freewheeled into his latest controversy after being spotted cycling more than seven miles away from Downing Street, despite Covid-19 rules restricting people to their local area. | Johnson was seen cycling around London's Olympic Park on Sunday afternoon along with his security detail. The prime minister and his bodyguards would have had to traverse across a swath of the British capital to get from his home in the city center to the park in east London's Stratford area. | The jaunt appears to have contravened the advice from Johnson's own government, which says exercise shou…
(2021-01-11). Starving Yemenis fearful of Houthi terror designation's consequences. middleeasteye.net 
Starving Yemenis fearful of Houthi terror designation's consequences | NGOs warn US move could affect vital aid and plunge 24 million people reliant on assistance into greater suffering | Mon, 01/11/2021 – 17: 18 | A woman holds a child suffering from malnutrition while sitting on a bed at a treatment centre in al-Sabeen Maternal Hospital in Sanaa (AFP) | Like millions of Yemenis, Abdul…
(2021-01-11). English hospitals won't see reduction in Covid admissions until FEBRUARY, health service chief warns. rt.com 
Number of Covid-19 patients in English hospitals isn't going to drop in the coming weeks as the country hasn't yet seen the full impact of the Christmas loosening of restrictions, NHS England's National Medical Director warned. | Coronavirus infections and the death rate remain "stubbornly high," putting hospitals in England under "significant and sustained" pressure, Professor Stephen Powis said during a Downing Street press conference on Monday. | There are now over 13,000 more Covid-19 patients in hospital than there were on Christmas Day, he pointed out. According to official data, the number of people hos…
(2021-01-11). Overwhelmed hospitals in Lebanon forced to treat Covid patients in cars. middleeasteye.net 
Overwhelmed hospitals in Lebanon forced to treat Covid patients in cars | The country has seen a surge in coronavirus in recent weeks, with many angry at the lax rules over Christmas | Mon, 01/11/2021 – 13: 41 | Patients in Beirut are treated in their cars, after a hospital ran out of beds (Screengrab/Facebook) | A video from Lebanon showing queues of patients waiting outside a hospital and being treated…
(2021-01-11). Brit State-Run Media Claims "Whole Wards of Children With COVID" Which Is Not at All an Attempt to Whip Up Hysteria. anti-empire.com 
BBC radio, part of the state-run media in the UK, rang in the new year with this little bit of agitprop."It was minimally affecting children in the first wave… we now have a whole ward of children here." | They may be filling up, but not with Covid. | Duffel also claimed, and the BBC reported uncritically,"And I know that some of my colleagues are in the same position where they have whole wards of children with Covid." | Except that
(2021-01-11). Vaccine Rollout Hits a 'Snag' as Health Workers Balk at Shots. anti-empire.com 
The desperately awaited vaccination drive against the coronavirus in the U.S. is running into resistance from an unlikely quarter: Surprising numbers of health care workers who have seen firsthand the death and misery inflicted by COVID-19 are refusing shots. | It is happening in nursing homes and, to a lesser degree, in hospitals, with employees expressing what experts say are unfounded fears of side effects from vaccines that were developed at record speed. More than three weeks into the campaign, some places are seeing as much as 80% of the staff holding back. | "I don't think anyone wants to be a guinea pig,"
(2021-01-11). REMINDER: Houthis Were a US Intelligence-Sharing Partner Right Up Until Saudi Invasion. anti-empire.com 
Originally ran in January 2015. | The U.S. has formed ties with Houthi rebels who seized control of Yemen's capital, White House officials and rebel commanders said, in the clearest indication of a shift in the U.S. approach there as it seeks to maintain its fight against a key branch of al Qaeda. | American officials are communicating with Houthi fighters, largely through intermediaries, the officials and commanders have disclosed, to promote a stable political transition as the Houthis gain more power and to ensure Washington can continue its campaign of drone strikes against leaders of the group al Qaeda in th…
(2021-01-11). Parler and the Problem of Escaping Internet Censorship. anti-empire.com 
Back when Parler was first taking off, I warned that its app-based dependency meant that two companies, Apple and Google, can eliminate it anytime they like. | It was only a matter of time. | The transition from desktops and laptops to Android and IOS devices mean that users are operating in a walled garden run by two very lefty companies. Those companies can do with the garden what they please. Those users who choose to jailbreak their devices have more options, but most don't. Conservatives can try to distribute the knowledge more widely and encourage that kind of self-empowerment. But the bottom line is most s…
(2021-01-11). Israeli Set To Approve 850 Units In Illegal West Bank Colonies. imemc.org 
The Israeli government, headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is set to approve 850 new units in illegal colonies, built on stolen Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank, this week. According to Israeli Channel Seven, the Netanyahu-led government intends to approve 500 units in Itamar, Shave Shomron, Oranit, Beit El, and Givat Ze'ev colonies. …
(2021-01-11). Ukrainian neo-Nazi 'thought leader' fired from prestigious Vienna fellowship as outcry over far-right links goes viral. rt.com 
A prominent ultranationalist activist has lost her role at a prestigious Austrian research institute after evidence arose linking her with a far-right Ukrainian group, known for extremism and antisemitism. | Olena Semenyaka, who has been called "The First Lady of Ukrainian Nationalism," was due to take up a Junior Visiting Fellowship at the Vienna-based Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) in January. | However, on Monday, the college told RT that the arrangement was now under review in response to allegations raised online. "The jury of the Ukraine in European Dialogue fellowship program has been requested by t…
(2021-01-11). Police in England apologise after outcry for fining women who drove FIVE miles for countryside walk. rt.com 
Derbyshire police and the region's crime commissioner have apologised to two women who were fined £200 each for driving five miles to go for a walk while England is in a national lockdown. | Jessica Allen and her friend Eliza Moore were fined by police after they each travelled separately from their Leicestershire homes to meet for a quiet walk five miles away in neighbouring Derbyshire last week. They later said they'd been "surrounded" by police officers who handed them fines and told them the peppermint teas they were carrying were classed as an unlawful picnic. | Under England's national lockdown ru…
(2021-01-11). UK turns to emergency mortuary amid overwhelming surge in Covid-19 cases and fatalities. rt.com 
As the nation's hospitals begin to run out of beds and morgues reach capacity amid a continued spike in Covid-19 cases and fatalities, authorities in the UK have been forced to turn to a temporary mortuary in a Surrey woodland. | Around 170 bodies are currently being stored at the site in Leatherhead, England, although only half of those kept at the temporary mortuary are believed to have died from Covid-19. The site, set up during the first wave of the virus in the UK, has capacity to accommodate 800 bodies — extra space which will be required now that the county's hospital mortuary has hit its limit.
(2021-01-11). Turkey invites Greece to resume talks amid Eastern Mediterranean Sea dispute. rt.com 
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday that Turkey has offered to resume exploratory talks with Greece on hydrocarbon resources in the Eastern Mediterranean, as Ankara wants to improve ties with the European Union. | The two neighbors and NATO members have been at loggerheads over maritime exploration rights in the Mediterranean, among other issues. "We want to make an official invitation. As of today, we urge Greece to start exploratory talks, with the first meeting to be held within the month of January," Cavusoglu said. "So Greece has no excuse right now." | Athens and Ankara held 60 rounds of tal…
(2021-01-11). In first meeting since bloody 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, Putin brings together leaders of Armenia & Azerbaijan for Moscow talks. rt.com 
Three months after Russia oversaw a ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan, President Vladimir Putin has welcomed the two countries' leaders to Moscow to negotiate the next steps in keeping the peace in Nagorno-Karabakh. | The four-hour discussion represented the first time Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had met face to face since the end of the six-week war, which concluded in a clear victory for Baku. Following the meeting, Putin revealed that a joint statement on the development of Karabakh had been signed by all three parties. Although not yet published, t…
(2021-01-11). US begins process to establish consulate in disputed Western Sahara. middleeasteye.net 
US begins process to establish consulate in disputed Western Sahara | American ambassador to Morocco makes visit to Western Sahara port city of Dakhla | Mon, 01/11/2021 – 15: 29 | The US recognised Rabat's claim to Western Sahara on same day Morocco announced it would normalise ties with Israel (AFP) | The United States ambassador to Morocco began the process of establishing a consulate in the disputed territo…
(2021-01-11). Jordan teachers' union threatens escalation after renewed tensions with government. middleeasteye.net 
Jordan teachers' union threatens escalation after renewed tensions with government | Teachers decry the forced retirement of 62 colleagues, and accuse the government of attempting to eliminate the union | Mon, 01/11/2021 – 13: 05 | Public school teachers demonstrate and demand pay raises at the Professional Associations Complex in Amman on 3 October 2019 (AFP) | In the latest round of tensions,…
(2021-01-11). Another Muslim prayer app found to be tracking users' locations: Report. middleeasteye.net 
Another Muslim prayer app found to be tracking users' locations: Report | Vice's Motherboard reports that Salaat First sold users' data to firm linked to US contractor that works with FBI | Mon, 01/11/2021 – 16: 45 | Salaat First tracks prayer times based on location of user and also shows direction of Holy city of Mecca (MEE/Faisal Edroos) | Another popular Muslim prayer app has been accused of selling users'
(2021-01-11). UAE open to normalising relations with Turkey, top diplomat says. middleeasteye.net 
UAE open to normalising relations with Turkey, top diplomat says | Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash says normalisation deal would 'respect mutual sovereignty', but also calls on Turkey to halt 'support to Muslim Brotherhood' | Mon, 01/11/2021 – 19: 50 | The UAE's foreign affairs minister, Anwar Gargash, said Turkey could 'recalibrate its relations with Arabs' if it were to cut off its 'suppo…
(2021-01-11). Michigan evictions continue despite CDC moratorium. liberationnews.org 
Violent police-led evictions are being carried out in Michigan despite a Centers for Disease Control eviction moratorium meant to slow the spread of COVID-19. Legal loopholes and non-compliant judges make the moratorium easy to circumvent. While the CDC issued this order "because evictions threaten to increase the spread of COVID-19," it offers extremely limited protection. …
(2021-01-11). Socialist Ernesto Huerta runs for California State Senate (District 30). liberationnews.org 
The people of South Central Los Angeles need a representative in the California State Senate who will advocate for the working class. This fact became more evident over the past year as the government sat idly by while people suffered. Tens of thousands of Californians have died after contracting COVID-19. Many more have lost their …
(2021-01-11). Israeli Colonists Uproot 130 Olive Saplings Near Nablus. imemc.org 
Many fanatic illegal Israeli colonists invaded, Sunday, Palestinian olive orchards in Qusra village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and uprooted 130 olive saplings. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel's colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said the assailants came from Esh Kodesh illegal outpost, which was installed on stolen …
(2021-01-11). Cedric Robinson, racial capitalism and the return of black radicalism. mronline.org 
The terms "black radicalism" and "racial capitalism" have become buzzwords in the revitalised international discussion about race that has arisen in parallel with the Black Lives Matter movement since 2013.
(2021-01-11). Vietnam without deaths from COVID-19 in over three months. mronline.org 
Vietnam's death toll from COVID-19 has stood at 35 since last September, and none of those hospitalized due to this disease risks death, the Ministry of Health reported on Sunday.
(2021-01-11). Socialist Ernesto Huerta runs for California State Senate District 30. liberationnews.org The people of South Central Los Angeles need a representative in the California State Senate who will advocate for the working class. This fact became more evident over the past year as the government sat idly by while people suffered. Tens of thousands of Californians have died after contracting COVID-19. Many more have lost their …
(2021-01-11). European Union drops fictional claim that Juan Guaidó is president of Venezuela. peoplesworld.org 
The European Union has de-recognized Juan Guaidó as the "Interim President" of Venezuela as of Wednesday, Jan. 6. The move came after Guaidó lost his position as the head of the Venezuelan National Assembly following the December 2020 parliamentary elections. The European Commission declared that this was the will of all EU governments. Commission spokesman …
(2021-01-11). Las historias ambientales más importantes de 2020. peoplesworld.org 
Puede que haya sido un año espantoso, terrible, pero hubo algunos aspectos positivos. øPodemos darle la vuelta al calendario ya? Apenas habíamos terminado enero cuando comenzaron los memes sobre cómo los días parecían semanas y las semanas parecían meses, por toda la Internet. Una pandemia mortal y un cierre internacional, asesinatos policiales de estadounidenses negros, …
(2021-01-11). Long March to Peasant Unity in India. socialistproject.ca 
The unprecedented unity among peasant organizations is not a sudden development. It has been built over several struggles, which have expanded the base of the peasant movement and snowballed into the massive protests against the new farm laws. The talks between farmers' organizations and the Union government over the controversial pieces of legislation governing agricultural …
(2021-01-11). Syrian Refugees Excluded from Lebanese Labor Market. counterpunch.org 
When the civil war broke out in Syria in 2011, many Syrians fled across the western border to Lebanon. Thousands now live in Arsal, a remote town in the Bekaa valley, not far from the Syrian border. Lebanon, a country of 6 million, hosts a large refugee population estimated at 1.5 million. As the economic
(2021-01-11). TRNN's Eddie Conway: Prisoners have power in their own words. therealnews.com 
Forty years ago, Eddie Conway spoke to fellow prisoners at the Maryland Penitentiary as part of the "Say Their Own Word" program, which he helped organize as an inmate. A free man now, Conway reflects on the program and the ongoing struggle against the carceral state.
(2021-01-11). Israeli Soldiers Shoot Six Palestinian Workers Near Tulkarem. imemc.org 
Israeli soldiers shot, Monday, six Palestinian workers near the gate of the illegal Annexation Wall, west of Far'un town, south of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired many live rounds at the Palestinian workers, waiting near the gate to be allowed through, wounding six of them in their lower …
(2021-01-11). Echo Theater Company offers readings of new plays about sexuality and identity. peoplesworld.org 
The Echo Theater Company, dedicated to creating new work for the theater, presents LABFest 2021, a virtual reading festival of three new plays by Brian Otaño, Roger Q. Mason, and Christopher Sullivan that were developed in the company's 2020 Playwright's LAB. LABFest takes place with two offerings on Sat., Jan. 16, and one on Sun., …
(2021-01-11). Are You Ready for Total (Ideological) War? dissidentvoice.org 
So, welcome to 2021! If last week was any indication, it is going to be quite an exciting year. It is going to be the year in which GloboCap reminds everyone who is actually in charge and restores "normality" throughout the world, or at least attempts to restore "normality," or the "New Normality," or the …
(2021-01-11). Soldiers Abduct Twelve Palestinians In West Bank, Sunday. imemc.org 
Israeli soldiers abducted, Sunday, twelve Palestinians, and assaulted five of them, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem. The soldiers invaded Wadi ar-Rababa neighborhood, in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, before assaulting and abducting five Palestinians who tried to prevent the army from bulldozing …
(2021-01-11). Faith and the Fight Against Climate Change. therealnews.com 
In a society increasingly driven by science and technology, world religions and the communities they inspire remain a rock-solid political force. In this series, faith leaders explore the intersection of religion and the politics of climate change.
(2021-01-11). Palestinians Prevent Soldiers From Uprooting Their Lands In Jerusalem. imemc.org 
Israeli soldiers invaded large areas of Palestinian lands, and attempted to uproot them in Wadi ar-Rababa area in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem before the locals managed to intercept and stop them. Khaled Abu Tayeh, a member of the Silwan Land Defense Committee, stated that the soldiers and the police …
(2021-01-11). Israel Continues Closure Of al-Mughayyir Village, Near Ramallah. imemc.org 
Israeli soldiers continued, Monday, the closure of the al-Mughayyir Palestinian village, northeast of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, for the fifth consecutive day, preventing the residents from entering or leaving it. Amin Abu Alia, the mayor of al-Mughayyir, said the soldiers closed the entrances of the village with sandhills and concrete blocks, forcing …
(2021-01-11). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Sixteen Palestinians In West Bank. imemc.org 
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Monday at dawn, at least sixteen Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, during violent invasions of dozens of homes across the occupied territory. In occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers invaded and searched many homes in the al-'Isawiya town, before abducting five teenage boys, identified …
(2021-01-11). Yes It Was Attempted by Wingnuts, But It Was a Coup Attempt Just the Same. commondreams.org Over 140 Republican congressmen and 8 senators joined the attempt to overturn the election even after the mob tried to kill or kidnap them. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/capital-1.jpg …
(2021-01-11). Chris Hedges & Ramesh Srinivasan Debate Twitter & Facebook Banning Trump. scheerpost.com Twitter, Facebook and other social media companies have removed President Trump from their platforms, after years of debate about the disinformation he shared to millions of followers from his accounts. While many are applauding the bans, author Chris Hedges warns they could backfire on a new episode of DemocracyNow! "To allow these companies to essentially function as de facto platforms for… |
(2021-01-11). 'No One Is Safe': First Gorillas in the US Test Positive for COVID-19. sputniknews.com While there is yet no credible scientific information regarding the role of animals in spreading the COVID-19 coronavirus to humans, it is known that humans can transmit the disease to animals in the event of close contact.
(2021-01-11). South Africa to Receive at Least 20Mln Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine by July. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday that his country is expected to receive at least 20 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine within the next six months.
(2021-01-11). How To Keep On Keeping On. popularresistance.org Even asking the questions is exhausting. | Who's making the Covid decisions, and why do they change every day? How has the workload doubled? What about the new extremes of micro-management? Which of my co-workers, or their families, or my customers or patients or students are going to get sick? | And why can't we seem to do anything to stop all this suffering? | The pull to give up, to withdraw, to hunker down and "just survive" is almost irresistible—even for a committed activist like you. | But here we are. We are connecting to one another at work, even if just through images on a screen.
(2021-01-11). My Brother Was Condemned to Death—Then He Was Condemned to Covid-19. thenation.com My Brother Was Condemned to Death—Then He Was Condemned to Covid-19…
(2021-01-11). Cuban Abdala Vaccine to End Its First Phase of Clinical Trial. telesurenglish.net Abdala, one of the four Cuban COVID-19 vaccines, will finish its first phase of clinical trials with scarce adverse reactions and an adequate security profile. | RELATED: | "So far, the volunteers only manifest discomfort in the area of vaccine administration," Saturnino Lora Hospital's director Rafael Suarez said. | The first phase of the clinical trial started in a hospital in Santiago de Cuba province in December. I…
(2021-01-11). Congresswoman contracts COVID after House Republicans refused to wear masks during Capitol riot. salon.com Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman said she tested positive after video showed Republicans refusing to wear face coverings…
(2021-01-11). The Martians of Wall Street Have Invaded. commondreams.org As Covid-19 grew ever worse while 2020 ended, the stock market reached heights that hadn't been seen before. Ever. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/stockmarket_1.jpeg …
(2021-01-11). Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman Has Covid-19 After Hiding From Trump Mob With Maskless GOP Lawmakers. commondreams.org A statement from the 75-year-old cancer survivor says "she believes she was exposed during protective isolation in the U.S. Capitol building as a result of insurrectionist riots." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/bwc.jpg …
(2021-01-11). 'Despicable': Outgoing Trump Administration to Designate Cuba a 'State Sponsor of Terrorism'. commondreams.org "Cuba has been sending doctors around the world to combat Covid-19," one observer pointed out, while another said the "Trump administration should add itself as a state sponsor of terrorism." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/cuba_medical_brigade.jpg …
(2021-01-11). The Orchestrated "Insurrection" That Wasn't & Experts Say Lockdown Harm '10x Greater" Than COVID. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/11/21). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth
(2021-01-11). Blood plasma treatment has limited effect for sickest COVID-19 patients. imperial.ac.uk Treating critically ill COVID-19 patients with blood plasma from people who have fought off the disease has limited impact on patient outcomes.
(2021-01-11). Get COVID-19 vaccinations for 'high-risk' populations underway within 100 days worldwide, Tedros urges. news.un.org There needs to be a "collective commitment" to get vaccinations underway worldwide for health workers and others who are at high risk of catching COVID-19, within the next 100 days, said the UN health agency chief on Monday.
(2021-01-11). Spain passes two million coronavirus cases as infection rates surge. wsws.org After a lull in new daily infections and deaths, the holidays saw a renewed surge of COVID-19 in Spain, with cases returning to levels last seen in late October.
(2021-01-11). Nearly 30,000 Americans have died of COVID-19 in the past 10 days. wsws.org At the current rate, more than a quarter million people will die across the globe before the end of January, including more than 60,000 in the US alone.
(2021-01-11). Mexico Resumes Remote Learning Amid COVID-19 Surge. telesurenglish.net Mexico's Education Minister Esteban Moctezuma Sunday informed that the new school year will resume remotely due to the current COVID-19 surge. | RELATED: | "We are working to achieve a safe return to classrooms. Student community's health and safety are priorities for the government," Moctezuma assured. | On Monday, over 25 million elementary students nationwide assisted the "Learn at Home" television program, an initiativ…
(2021-01-11). Hundreds of workplace outbreaks of COVID-19 along US West Coast. wsws.org In California, there are 511 active workplace outbreaks connected to the infections of 10,000 employees in service, logistics, food processing and other industries.
(2021-01-11). Ford's Louisville Assembly Plant shut down due to part global semiconductor shortage. wsws.org It is noteworthy that the plant shutdown came not in response to the spread of covid, but due to a lack of parts.
(2021-01-11). Video: Senator Jensen Under Investigation For Telling the Truth About COVID-19. globalresearch.ca In the following video, Senator Scott Jensen of Minnesota warns of a "danger that we need to talk about." | "The cancel culture is happening, … but the fact of the matter is COVID-19 has opened a door into a tremendously …
(2021-01-11). Canada's health care system overwhelmed by COVID-19 surge. wsws.org "We've lost control of the epidemic," exclaimed Dr. Antoine Delage, a pulmonologist at a hospital south of Montreal.
(2021-01-11). Congressional Aid for COVID Victims Takes Lessons from Parliament's Stingy Aid to Irish in the Great Famine of the 1840s. globalresearch.ca The parallel of the American economic landscape from COVID's deathly sweep seems far more like Ireland's in the
(2021-01-11). Is Latin America's 'pink tide' advancing or retreating? greenleft.org.au Fred Fuentes speaks about contemporary politics in Latin America at the Socialist Alliance national conference on January 9.
(2021-01-11). Video: Is Latin America's 'pink tide' advancing or retreating? greenleft.org.au Federico Fuentes speaks about contemporary politics in Latin America at the Socialist Alliance national conference on January 9.
(2021-01-11). Over 14 Million People to Participate in Chile's Next Elections. telesurenglish.net Chile's Election Service (Servel) Monday reported that over 14 million people have registered to vote in the April 11 election that will decide new subnational authorities and the representatives for the Constitutional Convention. | RELATED: Chile: | Servel officials noted that 49 percent of the voters are men, while 51 percent are women. Likewise, over 1.2 million people represent Indigenous communities. | As of January 6, a total…
(2021-01-11). Drop Charges Against the Indigenous People's Day 5. indybay.org On October 12, Indigenous People's Day, Northern California's Mission San Rafael Arcángel was the site of a protest where activists toppled a statue of Junípero Serra— known for his role in the Native genocide and colonization of California.
(2021-01-11). Gas to Green: Blocked From Exporting Petroleum, Iran Looks to Spark Domestic Electric Car Industry. sputniknews.com Iran has some of the world's cheapest gasoline prices, but nonetheless, a promising domestic electric car design began introduction several years ago. However, the program was effectively canceled after the US reimposed economic sanctions, making buying parts for the vehicle both difficult and expensive.
(2021-01-11). Kissinger Claims Return to JCPOA Would 'Bring Nuclear Weapons All Over Middle East'. sputniknews.com In 2015, when the so-called Iranian nuclear deal was under negotiation, Nixon-era US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was reluctant to meet it with enthusiasm, suggesting that the talks intended to "prevent an Iranian capability to develop a nuclear arsenal" had ended with "an agreement that conceded this very capability".
(2021-01-11). $5,000 Reward Offered for Info on 'TRUMP' Carved Into Florida Manatee's Back. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-01-11). War of the (Financial) Worlds. zcomm.org Or Let the Markets Go Wild While the People Go Down…
(2021-01-11). Questions in the Wake of the Beer Belly Putsch. zcomm.org No group of white anarchists has ever tried to do what they did. If we did, we'd be shot…
(2021-01-11). Rev. Raphael Warnock's Bend-the-Arc Faith Is Precisely What the Senate Needs. thenation.com Rev. Raphael Warnock's Bend-the-Arc Faith Is Precisely What the Senate Needs…
(2021-01-11). Anne Applebaum and the Crisis of Centrist Politics. thenation.com Anne Applebaum and the Crisis of Centrist Politics…
(2021-01-11). No, We Do Not Need New Anti-Terrorism Laws to Combat Right-Wing Extremists. thenation.com No, We Do Not Need New Anti-Terrorism Laws to Combat Right-Wing Extremists…
(2021-01-11). The GOP's Moral Gap. thenation.com The GOP's Moral Gap…
(2021-01-11). Video: The Great Reset: Dystopian. globalresearch.ca The Great Reset had to happen so the cashless society could be brought in and the one world government could be introduced… | With society now in a Police state and a Mandatory Vaccine now in place, Kain is finding refuge …
(2021-01-11). Brazilian Lab to Produce Sputnik V for Sale in Latam. telesurenglish.net The Russian Sputnik V vaccine developers informed that a Brazilian laboratory will launch the drug's production and distribution throughout Latin America as of January 15. | RELATED: | The Brazilian Chemical Union company confirmed the news by announcing that it will produce 8 million doses per month in the first semester of 2021. | "On Monday, a company delegation will travel to Russia to finish validating the manufac…
(2021-01-11). Video: Focus on Fauci. "This is Not A Vaccine" globalresearch.ca " Let's make sure we are clear… This is not a vaccine. They are using the term "vaccine" to sneak this thing under public health exemptions. This is not a vaccine." Dr David Martin | This means that all those 'pushing …
(2021-01-11). MAGA-approved social media platform Parler is taken down — but its demise may be short-lived. salon.com Hacked data from the (temporarily?) defunct site may help law enforcement identify perpetrators of the Capitol Riot…
(2021-01-11). Penny dreadfuls were the true crime podcasts of their time. salon.com From their complicated relationship with journalism to their love of sensationalism, the two have a lot in common…
(2021-01-11). Melania speaks out about Trump's coup, mourns fallen Capitol cops after rioters. salon.com The first lady finally breaks her silence on Capitol riot to decry "salacious gossip" about her…
(2021-01-11). Is fonio the ancient grain of the future?>. salon.com Yolélé hopes this crop will compete with quinoa globally, while supporting smallholder farms in West Africa…
(2021-01-11). America the undead: Trump's mob attacked a democracy already weakened by his war on reality. salon.com What do you see when you look — really look — at the images of pro-Trump fascist goons trashing the Capitol?
(2021-01-11). What the heck is Vegemite (and how do you eat it)?>. salon.com Salty, umami-rich, with a hint of bitterness, Vegemite is an Australian obsession. But it wasn't always this way…
(2021-01-11). "Cautious optimism" about fighting climate change: Salon talks with author of "The New Climate War" salon.com Climate scientist Dr. Michael E. Mann tells Salon that we aren't doomed — but we need to hold polluters accountable…
(2021-01-11). Republicans are gaslighting America about Trump's coup: Only impeachment can set the record straight. salon.com Impeachment establishes a formal record, making it harder for the right to pressure media to downplay January 6…
(2021-01-11). Delays on Biden's Secretary of State Nominee Put National Security At Risk. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-01-11). International Commission of Inquiry to Open Hearings on Racist Police Violence in the US on MLK Day. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-01-11). Muslim Advocates Calls on Facebook's New Civil Rights VP to Ban Trump, Prioritize Anti-Muslim Hate. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-01-11). 7,000+ Lawyers, Law Students Demand Hawley and Cruz Resign for Inciting 'Violence and Terror'. commondreams.org "Hawley and Cruz directly incited the January 6th insurrection, repeating dangerous and unsubstantiated statements regarding the election and abetting the lawless behavior of President Trump." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/sens_1.jpg …
(2021-01-11). Marijuana Legalization Central to Cuomo's State of the State Address. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-01-11). 350 Action on NYC Mayoral Candidate Scott Stringer Climate Platform. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-01-11). CEPR Publishes Guide to Federal Budget Activism. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-01-11). 47 Lawmakers Join Rep. Cori Bush's Resolution to Remove GOP Members for Inciting Attack on Capitol. commondreams.org "This is sedition," said the freshman Democrat. "We must hold these Republicans accountable for their role in this insurrection." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12296857061.jpg …
(2021-01-11). Trump Admin's Terrorist Designation of Houthis in Yemen 'Reckless and Destructive'. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-01-11). FBI Memo Warns Pro-Trump Extremists Plan Armed Insurrections in State Capitols Across US. commondreams.org An agency memo states that "if Congress attempts to remove POTUS via the 25th Amendment, a huge uprising will occur." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/riot.jpg …
(2021-01-11). Former Corrections Officers Petition Acting AG Rosen to Halt Federal Executions. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-01-11). Bad Acting Big Oil Corporations Stockpiling Permits Before Trump Goes. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-01-11). Justice Democrats Endorses Nina Turner for Congress Based on Record of 'Fighting to Uplift' Working People. commondreams.org The Ohio Democrat and former Bernie Sanders campaign advisor "has stood with our progressive movement since day one," said Alexandra Rojas. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/nina-turner-practical-candidate_0.jpg …
(2021-01-11). Education and Civil Rights Groups Send Letter to Biden Education Transition Team, Urging Them to Protect English Learners by Postponing Proficiency Testing. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-01-11). As 'Dark Stain' of Guant√°namo Begins 20th Year, Groups Demand Biden Close Offshore Prison. commondreams.org "Biden must reaffirm his commitment to closure and take the necessary action to accomplish it before we have to mark the 20th anniversary next year," says the Center for Constitutional Rights. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/huovu_ou.jpg …
(2021-01-11). PGA Terminates Agreement With Trump, 2022 Championship From Trump Bedminster. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-01-11). Guant√°namo Advocates Condemn 19th Anniversary of Indefinite Detention. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-01-11). Continued Delays to Confirmation Process of Biden Nominees Are A Threat to National Security and Public Safety. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-01-11). Acrolein and other toxicant exposures in relation to cardiovascular disease among marijuana and tobacco smokers in a longitudinal cohort of HIV-positive and negative adults. thelancet.com Smoke-related toxicants, including acrylonitrile and acrylamide metabolites, are detectable in exclusive marijuana smokers, but exposures are lower compared with tobacco or dual smokers. Acrolein exposure is increased by tobacco smoking but not exclusive marijuana smoking in HIV+ and HIV- adults, and contributes to cardiovascular disease in tobacco smokers.
(2021-01-11). Monday 1/11: Pen Pal Scrub the White House Hour. indybay.org zoom.us/j/97280835866?pwd=eU90RXgrbmxjWU04RW4yRDJKUXg0dz09…
(2021-01-11). Join the Worldwide Celebration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris's Victory. indybay.org Join the world in the celebration that Trump is no longer is the President of the United States and replaced with Joe Biden.
(2021-01-11). Sunday 1/17: BCAF2021: Black & Brown Comix Arts Virtual Festival San Francisco (1/17). indybay.org Virtual festival online (FREE)…
(2021-01-11). Saturday 1/16: BCAF2021: Black & Brown Comix Arts Virtual Festival San Francisco (1/16). indybay.org Virtual festival online (FREE)…
(2021-01-11). 45th Anniversary of UNA saved AIM. indybay.org Celebrate The 45th Anniversary of United Native Americans Saving AIM | #January 25, 2020 | #Globally | #HistoricalVideo | 45th Anniversary of UNA saving AIM | youtu.be/ldfuwWYroPs…
(2021-01-11). MLK Sacramento Library Golden Anniversary – Farm to Fork Friday. indybay.org Join us as we continue the journey celebrating the Golden Anniversary of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Liberary in the Meadowview Community of Sacramento, California.
(2021-01-11). Monday 1/18: BCAF2021: Black & Brown Comix Arts Virtual Festival San Francisco (1/18). indybay.org Virtual festival online (FREE)…
(2021-01-11). àönase a la celebración mundial de la victoria de Joe Biden y Kamala Harris. indybay.org àönase al mundo en la celebración de que Trump ya no es el presidente de los Estados Unidos y es reemplazado por Joe Biden.
(2021-01-11). Tuesday 1/12: Bookshop Union Solidarity Rally. indybay.org Locust Street & Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz…
(2021-01-11). Newsom's 2021 Budget Doesn't Address Fossil-Fueled Public Health & Climate Crises. indybay.org The response to the budget by environmental, climate and environmental justice groups was mixed. The Sierra Club praised the funding of incentives to replace fossil fuel vehicles with electric vehicles, while the Last Chance Coalition, a coalition of more than 750 public health, environmental justice, climate, and labor organizations, said the budget fails to directly address the extraction and production of fossil fuels in California after a year during which the state's oil and gas regulators approved thousands of drilling permits.
(2021-01-11). Only The Chinese Govt And Bankers Benefit From Our Internal Strife. indybay.org We need to make internal peace to avoid being an occupied power…
(2021-01-11). Opportunity or Race to the Bottom? truepublica.org.uk Let's not forget what really happened. It was former Prime Minister David Cameron who recklessly gambled the future of the United Kingdom in order to contain some rampant right-wing whingers. It led to a politically toxic and divisive atmosphere where an opportunistic Boris Johnson, who merely attached himself to the Brexit bandwagon, arrived at the …
(2021-01-11). You Say You Want A Revolution. counterpunch.org You say you want a revolution Well, you know We all want to change the world You tell me that it's evolution Well, you know We all want to change the world But when you talk about destruction Don't you know that you can count me out — The Beatles We said we wanted a
(2021-01-11). Twitter's ban on Trump will only deepen the US tribal divide. dissidentvoice.org Anyone who believes locking President Donald Trump out of his social media accounts will serve as the first step on the path to healing the political divide in the United States is likely to be in for a bitter disappointment. The flaws in this reasoning need to be peeled away, like the layers of an …
(2021-01-11). Kombucha-inspired microbial mixture lets scientists create 'living materials'. imperial.ac.uk Imperial and MIT researchers have made smart living materials by engineering microbes to detect and react to their environment.
(2021-01-11). UN chief calls for 'urgent transition' from fossil fuels to renewable energy. news.un.org Building a global coalition for carbon neutrality by mid-century will be the UN's "central objective", the world body's top official told a conference on climate action on Monday.
(2021-01-11). Guterres to seek second five-year term as UN Secretary-General. news.un.org António Guterres confirmed on Monday that he will be seeking a second five-year term as UN Secretary-General, which would begin in January 2022.
(2021-01-11). State of the ocean will 'ultimately determine the survival of our species': UN Special Envoy. news.un.org The health of the ocean will ultimately determine the survival of humankind on Earth, according to the UN Special Envoy for the Ocean, Peter Thomson. Marking the opening of the International Decade for Ocean Science, the former top Fijian diplomat and General Assembly president, told UN News that a healthy planet is inextricably linked to a healthy ocean.
(2021-01-11). West Africa: Democracy 'a constant process' top UN official tells Security Council. news.un.org While elections are one-time events, "democracy is a constant process of deliberation and consultation" where dialogue provides an "important arena for the building of national consensus", the top UN official in West Africa told the Security Council on Monday.
(2021-01-11). Uganda Beefs up Security in Its Capital City Ahead of Polls. telesurenglish.net Uganda's military and police have stepped up security in and around Kampala ahead of the presidential and parliamentary elections slated for this Thursday. | RELATED: | "The campaign period is coming to an end and we are now proceeding to the next level of voting. We have now upgraded our security and deployed police officers who are being supported by the army," Patrick Onyango, Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson said. | There a…
(2021-01-11). The UN to Accelerate Political and Military Dialogue in Libya. telesurenglish.net The United Nations Special Mission for Libya (UNSMIL) will speed up its activity to ensure the ceasefire and promote the formation of a new transitional government and elections in December. | RELATED: | UNSMIL Deputy Head Stephanie Williams will preside over virtual meetings of the Libyan Forum for Political Dialogue (FLDP), an "ad hoc" institution formed by 75 elected officials from all over Libya with whom the UN has been wo…
(2021-01-11). Peru: Ex-President Fujimori Sued Over Forced Sterilizations. telesurenglish.net The Peruvian Attorney General's Office on Monday will present charges against former president Alberto Fujimori, his health ministers, and other former officials over the forced sterilizations of thousands of women from 1996 to 2000. | RELATED: | The hearing, which will be presided over by Judge Rafael Martin, will begin at 9h30 local time and will be broadcast on social networks through the Justicia TV account. | The for…
(2021-01-11). Boeing 737-500 crashes after takeoff from Jakarta, Indonesia. wsws.org The tragedy coincides with a $2.5 billion legal settlement between Boeing and the US Department of Justice ending a federal criminal investigation stemming from two crashes of Boeing's 737 Max 8 aircraft.
(2021-01-11). Ahead of Ugandan presidential elections, violence against opposition, journalists continues. peoplesdispatch.org Due to sustained repression, Bobi Wine, the main challenger to president Yoweri Museveni in the upcoming January 14 election, has appealed to the International Criminal Court to investigate government officials…
(2021-01-11). 7 ways to make your small business greener. nationofchange.org Once you have these new and greener practices down, not only will your office residents thank you for them, but so will the environment.
(2021-01-11). Native Americans on police response to Capitol insurrection. nationofchange.org "No way would Black or Brown people be treated that way had they attacked a symbol of our democracy."
(2021-01-11). India to Go Ahead with Purchase of Russia S-400 Air Defense System Despite US Sanctions Threat. asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2021-01-11). The Mandalorian (Season Two): Indulging nostalgia and setting up even bigger paydays. wsws.org Disney and Lucasfilm aired the second season of their Star Wars television series on Disney Plus at the end of 2020, setting the stage for the launch of several spinoff series to swell the portfolios of their stockholders.
(2021-01-11). End of the Saudi Blockade of Qatar: Will Syria Benefit from the "Renewed Gulf Unity"? globalresearch.ca With an end to the Qatar blockade and a possible rapprochement with Turkey, Saudi Arabia may soon move towards reconciliation with Syria. | The Persian Gulf states' opposition to Iran's role in the region, while limiting Turkey's influence, may bring Saudi …
(2021-01-11). Police attack demonstration commemorating Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht in Berlin. peoplesdispatch.org Police in Berlin tried to disrupt a rally attended by more than 3,000 people in memory of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht who were murdered on January 15, 1919. Protesters were injured due to police violence on Sunday and many were arrested…
(2021-01-11). I Was at the Washington, D.C. "Save America" Rally. globalresearch.ca GR Editor's Note | With regard to the coverage of the Wednesday Capitol Event, Global Research will be publishing opposing and contradictory points of view by several of our authors. | We are dealing with a complex and far-reaching political process. We …
(2021-01-11). Economic Nightmare Shows Need for New Aim and Direction for the Economy. dissidentvoice.org The U.S. labor force participation rate stood at 61.5% in November 2020, the lowest rate in 44 years. According to Investopedia: The labor force participation rate is a measure of an economy's active workforce. The formula for the number is the sum of all workers who are employed or actively seeking employment divided by the …
(2021-01-11). Honduras: President JOH Denies Drug Trafficking Accusations. telesurenglish.net Honduras' President Juan Orlando Hernandez (JOH) refuted corruption allegations voiced at a New York Court where he was accused of receiving bribes from drug trafficking networks to allow illicit exports to the U.S. | RELATED: | The accusations were brought by prosecutors working on investigations against drug trafficker Geovanny Ramirez who was captured in Miami in March 2020. | According to the prosecutors,…
(2021-01-11). Former police officer pleads guilty to pistol-whipping motorists. nationofchange.org "Most police officers honorably serve and uphold their mission to protect the citizens of Michigan, but this is a rare example of an officer who has fallen far below his duty."
(2021-01-11). Communist Party of the Philippines resurrects urban hit squads. wsws.org The CPP's resurrection of Sparrow Units is bound up with its efforts to seek bourgeois allies even as the ruling class as a whole is seeking the means to suppress unrest and secure a firm hold on power.
(2021-01-11). Google engineers form Communications Workers of America-affiliated union. wsws.org A group of 200 employees have formed a union called the Alphabet Workers Union that is open to all employees and contractors at the parent company of the tech giant Google and is affiliated with the Communications Workers of America of the AFL-CIO.
(2021-01-11). Bolivia and Spain Re-Establish Diplomatic Relations. telesurenglish.net Bolivia's President Luis Arce on Monday received the credentials of Spain's Ambassador Francisco Gasso, thus putting an end to diplomatic tensions experienced since the U.S.-backed coup led by Jeanine Añez in 2019. | RELATED: | The appointment of the Spanish ambassador comes after several months without diplomatic relations between both countries as a result of the expulsion of the Charge d'Affaires and Consul officers in De…
(2021-01-11). UK government figures hide £800 billion hoarded by super-rich. wsws.org The wealthiest one percent owns 23 percent, almost one quarter of the country's aggregate wealth, rather than 18 percent stated by the government.
(2021-01-11). Members of several well-known hate groups identified at Capitol riot. nationofchange.org Several participants ProPublica and FRONTLINE identified from video have direct links to the white nationalist movement.
(2021-01-11). Past Time to Remember Thousands Displaced and Left Behind by Hurricanes Laura and Delta. dissidentvoice.org Four-and-a-half months after two hurricanes ripped apart Louisiana, tens of thousands of people are still suffering. While the national election has absorbed the attention of the nation, thousands of people are still not back in their homes. Many have had to move a half dozen times. Some are living in tents. It is past time …
(2021-01-11). Haiti: Opposition Rejects Call for Referendum and Elections. telesurenglish.net Opposition politicians Sunday rejected the announcement by Haiti's Provisional Electoral Committee (CEP) regarding the holding of a Constitutional referendum and general elections to take place this year. | RELATED: | Haiti in Action party (HA) Coordinator and former Senator Youri Latortue described the electoral process as "unserious" and "absurd" while reiterating the calls on President Jovenel Moise to resig…
(2021-01-11). People of Milwaukee respond to right-wing seizure of Capitol building in D.C. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On the morning of January 10, a coalition of left-wing organizations and community groups came together in downtown Milwaukee to put forward a people's alternative to the chaos of the past week in the U.S. Capitol. The protest featured a speaker officially representing the Milwaukee Area Labor Council. The event, called "Rally Against the Far-Right – Build the People's Movements," drew nearly 100 people on foot and in cars. | There were three points put forward by the coalition: 1) "Trump out" and all who are complicit in his crimes; 2) Relief for the people now; and 3) End police crimes, includin…
(2021-01-11). No Safe Options: A Conversation with Andreas Malm. lareviewofbooks.org Nothing could be more dangerous at this moment in human history than a blind faith in politics – or activism – as usual.
(2021-01-11). As Enbridge races to build Line 3 Pipeline, resistance ramps up in the courts and on the ground. nationofchange.org Meanwhile, the fight against Line 3 in Minnesota is continuing on the ground as Enbridge plows ahead with construction.
(2021-01-11). Ford Announces the Closure of Its Factories in Brazil. telesurenglish.net The measure should impact the company about $ 4.1 billion and affect about 5,000 workers, according to Bloomberg. "We know that these actions are very difficult, but necessary, to create a healthy and sustainable business," Ford President Jim Farley was quoted as saying in a company statement. | RELATED: | Production will cease "immediately" at the Camacari and Taubaté plants, although they will continue to supply p…
(2021-01-11). Venezuela Accuses the US of Backing ExxonMobil in the Essequibo. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza on Sunday accused the United States of protecting ExxonMobil in the Essequibo, an area that has been in dispute between his country and Guyana since the 19th century. | RELATED: | "This is how the U.S. confesses its complicit participation in the conspiracy that intends to seize the territory of Guayana Esequiba from Venezuela. It protects the predatory interests of the tran…
(2021-01-11). Tell Congress to #StopLine3. nationofchange.org Congress must stop the expansion of a dying tar sands industry and #StopLine3 construction immediately.
(2021-01-11). Impeachment motion against Trump tabled in US Congress. peoplesdispatch.org The impeachment motion will be the second presented in the four years since Trump has been in office. If successful, it can lead him to being barred from elections in the future…
(2021-01-11). Biden Chooses Iran Nuclear Deal Negotiator as His CIA Director. telesurenglish.net After serving as ambassador to Russia, Burns led the Obama administration's negotiations with Iran to reach the historic nuclear deal in 2015. | Burns currently serves as the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, an international think-tank. | RELATED: | If confirmed by the Senate, he would be the first career diplomat to serve in…
(2021-01-11). Attack on rally in memory of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht. peoplesdispatch.org Thousands of communists, youth and antifa groups who hit the streets of Berlin commemorating the martyrdom of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht were brutally repressed by the Berlin police.
(2021-01-11). US move to designate Houthis in Yemen as terrorist organization raises concern. peoplesdispatch.org The Houthis control a majority of Yemen, including the capital Sanaa. Their designation as a terrorist organization will make it difficult for international agencies to engage with the group which could harm millions…
(2021-01-11). Questions n the Wake of the Beer Belly Putsch. counterpunch.org After seeing some very strange, amnesiac discussion threads on social media, I have a few words to consign to the screen. Naturally, social media and the media media are all going nuts since the more or less successful far right siege of the Capitol. There are a variety of talking points that I've been hearing
(2021-01-11). Papal Decree Enables Women to Occupy Higher Posts in the Church. telesurenglish.net He did so through a Motu Proprio modifying canon 230 of the Code of Canon Law, in force since 1972, which restricted access to "suitable male faithful." He explained that this decision "makes the participation of all in the work of evangelization more effective in the Church." | RELATED: | The decision, published this Monday in the official commentary of the Acta Apostolicae Sedis – the official bulletin of the Holy See -…
(2021-01-11). None dare call it treason. nationofchange.org What, pray tell, did Roger Marshall manage to do in so short a time?>
(2021-01-11). A Catastrophic Indifference to Human Need. truepublica.org.uk A project that took ten years of research has unearthed an alarming trend by successive governments since 1992, for UK social policy reforms to create preventable harm in areas as sensitive as welfare claims management. Just as alarming, these policies have been heavily influenced by a notorious American insurance corporation that promoted fiscal priority over health …
(2021-01-11). West Virginia schools slated to return to in-person instruction next week. wsws.org West Virginia Governor Jim Justice has ordered elementary and middle schools to reopen for daily in-person instruction beginning January 19, even as infections and deaths surge.
(2021-01-11). New Zealand inquiry covers up police dismissal of anti-Muslim threats prior to 2019 terror attack. wsws.org The royal commission accepted all the claims by Australian and New Zealand agencies that they could not have prevented the Christchurch terror attack, and dismissed evidence to the contrary.
(2021-01-11). Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee in US holds first national meeting of 2021. wsws.org The first ERFSC meeting of 2021 was attended by over 150 educators and other workers from across the US and around the globe.
(2021-01-11). Costa Rican Workers Reject "Obstinate" Agreement With IMF. telesurenglish.net Costa Rican National Association of Public and Private Employees (ANEP) negotiations hold on Monday between the government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that could lead to severe cuts in public spending and a considerable reduction of the financial help for public workers. | RELATED: | "There is no need for them to make us deal with social stress from an 'agreement' with the IMF. It is shockingly obstinate f…
(2021-01-11). For Martin Luther King Day: Let Us End His "Second Assassination" globalresearch.ca Martin Luther King Jr. day has been celebrated every January 18 since it was a made a national holiday through the tireless efforts of Martin's widow Coretta in 1983. | While many people take the opportunity to treat Martin's life as …
(2021-01-11). False Positives: Evidence Based Fact, What is the Reliability of the PCR Test? globalresearch.ca "It is easier to deceive people than to convince them that they have been deceived." — Mark Twain | * | We bring to the attention of our readers a series of quotations by the CDC, FDA, scientists and medical doctors (emphasis …
(2021-01-10). The Failed Fascist Coup and the Futility of "Reconciliation" counterpunch.org 
It is possible to be simultaneously unsurprised and jolted by an event. It was one thing to know that the wannabe dictator Donald Trump and his shrinking band were going to pull some demented stunt in a last-ditch attempt to reverse the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. It was another thing to watch his
(2021-01-10). Dems Preparing Phony Impeachment Charges Against Trump. globalresearch.ca At this late stage, days before Trump's tenure ends, what's going on aims to discredit and humiliate him more than already — for unjustifiable reasons, not the other way around. | On Friday, Dem House Speaker Pelosi said the following: …
(2021-01-10). As Pandemic Rages, Trump Admin. Approves Tennessee's "Reckless" Plan to Slash Medicaid. commondreams.org The eleventh-hour safety net attack is being met with outrage from advocates of strengthening the healthcare program. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/trump-approves-tennessee-medicaid-overhaul-reckless.jpg …
(2021-01-10). Letter: The demonisation of Assange paves the way for more rape and murder by the State. thecanary.co We are relieved the court ruled not to extradite Julian Assange to the US. His immediate release from Belmarsh, classified as torture by the UN Special Rapporteur, especially under coronavirus, must follow. The refusal of bail must be reversed immediately. | As an anti-rape organisation, we resent the original use of alleged sex offences to facilitate Assange's extradition to the US via Sweden. Knowing the evidence, that case was never viable, but it initiated and fuelled a witch-hunt against Assange and diverted from the real target: his Wikileaks reporting. | Assange and Chelsea Manning exposed rape, torture, a…
(2021-01-10). Assange Ruling Is A Blow Against A Free Press — A Closer Look. popularresistance.org Judge Vanessa Baraitser's decision to prevent Julian Assange's extradition to the United States to face trial on espionage-related criminal charges is a partial victory for Assange, his family, and his supporters. Baraitser was not satisfied that US prison authorities would be able to prevent the award-winning journalist from taking his life, given the conditions of solitary confinement and isolation that he would likely face during pre-trial detention and in the event of his conviction. | However, in her ruling, the judge made clear that Assange would have been extradited, if it weren't for his "substantial risk…
(2021-01-10). UN torture expert on Julian Assange's persecution and the lies behind it. thegrayzone.com As a UK judge rejects Julian Assange's extradition but keeps him caged in Belmarsh prison, UN Special Rapporteur on torture Nils Melzer discusses Assange's persecution and the lies used to wage it. A UK judge has rejected a US attempt to extradite Julian Assange, citing the Wikileaks founder's risk of suicide and the poor conditions of US prisons. But Judge Vanessa Baraitser accepted the basis for the US government's espionage case against Assange and ruled against releasing him on bail. …
(2021-01-10). COVID Has Underscored the Need for Safe Drinking Water. But Not Everyone Has It. truthout.org 
When the COVID-19 outbreak swept across the U.S., toilet paper, hand sanitizer and Clorox wipes flew off store shelves. But shopping carts have also been full of something that most Americans get supplied straight to their home: water. Shoppers emptied store shelves of bottled water while stockpiling during the initial months of the pandemic.
(2021-01-10). UN chief highlights need for climate action, pandemic response, in commemorating 75th anniversary of the General Assembly. news.un.org In his first major speech of the year, the UN Secretary-General underlined the need for global cooperation to address today's challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change.
(2021-01-10). Why Modi govt. looked the other way on giving cash relief during pandemic. peoplesdispatch.org Timidity vis-à -vis international finance capital, callousness toward people, and cynicism in manipulating the electorate and legislators, have made the Modi government one of the most ultra-Right governments in the world…
(2021-01-10). Communist youth mobilize across Italy demanding safety in schools. peoplesdispatch.org On Thursday, January 7, Communist Youth Front (FGC) organized demonstrations in several cities across Italy demanding safer classrooms. Schools across Italy were supposed to be reopened on that day but the government postponed the reopening to Monday. The FGC organized protests in the cities of Rome, Milan, Naples, Turin, Florence, Perugia, Catania, Padova, Salerno, Taranto, Cosenza, Gorizia and Ascoli. The protesters said that since the beginning of the pandemic, nothing substantial has been done to ensure safety in schools and respect for students' rights during online lessons. | FGC also gave a call for a nati…
(2021-01-10). Regime Change within Empire. dissidentvoice.org Hundreds of protesters breached the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, forcing lockdowns as the US Congress was convening a joint session to count the certified 2020 Electoral College votes. The entire episode, although with a few gaps, was in the mainstream media. Death number, arrests, etc. accompanied. There are some more things. What came out was …
(2021-01-10). Saturday 1/9: Fightback Town Hall Meeting On Palestine & The Attacks On Pacifica. indybay.org Meeting Registration | us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYtc-ihrjsrGdyVPXpExBHN1Ltp-TPzQAis…
(2021-01-10). U.S. shouldn't have double standards on weaponized protest movements. thealtworld.com 
Russian Deputy Envoy to the United Nations Dmitry Polyanskiy made a powerful point on Twitter earlier this week when he asked, "Why do you call storming by protesters of the U.S. Capitol 'domestic terrorism' and similar and much more bloody events in Kiev in 2014 'revolution of dignity'?" | Many remember how America praised the Orange Revolution in Ukraine, which overthrew President Viktor Yanukovich, in the aftermath of a run-off vote. | In fact, not only did the U.S. politically support that infamous governmental reshuffle which forever changed the face of European history by consequently leading to Crimea's…
(2021-01-10). What would life on Mars be like? Looking for answers in my family's immigrant past. salon.com A novelist considers her Finnish immigrant ancestors when writing about fictional Mars colonists…
(2021-01-10). Iran nuclear deal: What happens next? peoplesdispatch.org Former Indian Ambassador M.K. Bhadrakumar and Newsclick's Prabir Purkayastha discuss what lies ahead in West Asia as a new US administration takes charge. Will the US return to following the provisions of the Iran nuclear deal? How are relations between key players in West Asia likely to develop? What will be the role of the United States?
(2021-01-10). A sociologist just slammed Starmer's new paywalled Telegraph article. thecanary.co 
Keir Starmer has once Starmer in the T…
(2021-01-10). New Google Union Will Help Build Labor Struggle Against Technological Oppression. truthout.org 
Last Monday, workers at Google and other companies under the umbrella company Alphabet formed a "minority union," affiliated with the Communications Workers of America (CWA). This Alphabet Workers Union (AWU) claims it aims to include workers of all job descriptions at Alphabet, including temps and contractors, who are normally excluded from union activities recognized by the National Labor Relations Board. These workers have explicitly said why they are unionizing: thousands of workers a…
(2021-01-10). After Attempted Coup, We Must Fight White Supremacy and Sow Revolutionary Love. truthout.org 
Years ago my friend and teacher Mia Herndon listened patiently as I railed against capitalism and how broken the system was. Then she said, clearly, "Capitalism is not broken. It is working exactly as it was designed to work." A light bulb went on in my head that has illuminated how so many things we want to call dysfunction are actually oppressive and inhumane systems functioning exactly as they were intended to work. | This line of thinking beamed through the performative shock of the atte…
(2021-01-10). Czechs Finish Gas Pipeline That Connects Them to Nord Stream 2. anti-empire.com 
The Czech Republic has put a new gas pipeline, which is connected to the EUGAL pipeline – a terrestrial extension of
(2021-01-10). Algeria becomes first African nation to approve Russia's Sputnik V vaccine. rt.com 
Algeria is going to vaccinate its population against the coronavirus with Sputnik V after the Russian drug received official approval from the North African country's health authorities. | A registration certificate for Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine was shared by the country's Ministry of Pharmaceutical Industry on Facebook. The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which finances the development of the vaccine, also confirmed the news, saying that it was approved under the emergency use authorization. | Algiers and Moscow inked a deal for Sputnik V shortly before the New Year. The supplies of Russian…
(2021-01-10). Israelis resume corruption protests against Netanyahu amid third Covid-19 lockdown. middleeasteye.net 
Israelis resume corruption protests against Netanyahu amid third Covid-19 lockdown | Protests taking place as trial approaches and with race on to deliver vaccine ahead of March election | Sun, 01/10/2021 – 14: 22 | Prime minister has centred focus on vaccination programme ahead of latest nationwide vote (Reuters) | Thousands of Israelis have restarted protests against Prime Minister Benja…
(2021-01-10). Scanning digital health QR code becomes OBLIGATORY for passengers using ride-hailing services in Beijing. rt.com 
Using a ride-hailing service in Beijing, such as Uber or local Didi Chuxing, won't be possible without scanning your health QR code, the city authorities said amid a spike in Covid-19 cases in nearby Hebei province. | Starting from Monday, drivers will be able to deny services to those who refuse to show and scan their QR codes, the state-run Global Times newspaper reported. | The color-based health QR code system was introduced in Beijing and more than 100 other cities in February to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, which was first reported in China's Wuhan more than a month earlier. | The app automat…
(2021-01-10). Turkish government calls on Turks to dump WhatsApp, switch to local apps. middleeasteye.net 
Turkish government calls on Turks to dump WhatsApp, switch to local apps | New terms of service led to privacy concerns while Turkey has blasted a UK-EU exemption from data-sharing changes | Sun, 01/10/2021 – 15: 50 | Logos of social networking websites displayed on a mobile phone's screen in Istanbul (AFP) | The Turkish government has called on its citizens to stop using WhatsApp and instead us…
(2021-01-10). COVID-19 Slaughter, CDC Tragedy, and One U.S. Authority without Blood on His Hands. counterpunch.org 
It is easy for progressives to blame the staggering calamity of U.S. COVID-19 deaths solely on Trump. Yes, Donald Trump is a self-serving liar, and his vice president, Mike Pence, as chair of the President's Coronavirus Task Force and Trump henchman, has blocked life-saving guidance from scientific authorities. There is smoking-gun evidence (some of which
(2021-01-10). Pope Francis' personal doctor dies of Covid-19, as Pontiff misses scheduled baptism. rt.com 
Pope Francis' personal doctor has died from coronavirus complications, according to the Vatican's newspaper. It is unknown when he was last in contact with the pope, who missed a baptism ceremony hours after the news broke. | Francis' doctor, Fabrizio Soccorsi, died on Saturday, Catholic News Agency Covid-19 complications were cited as the cause of the 78-year-old's death, but Soccorsi had been receiving tr…
(2021-01-10). Erdogan's press office ditches WhatsApp as Ankara urges Turks to use domestic apps in fight against 'digital fascism'. rt.com 
The media office of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is reportedly shutting down its WhatsApp groups over privacy concerns. The move comes after Ankara called for a nationwide boycott of the Facebook-owned messaging app. | Starting on Monday, the office is switching over to encrypted messaging app BiP, which is developed by Turkish firm Turkcell, Bloomberg reported, citing internal messages posted to the WhatsApp groups. | The decision comes amid growing consternation over WhatsApp's plan to begin sharing personal data with its parent company, Facebook. The policy comes into effect on February 8, and use…
(2021-01-10). New coronavirus variant with similarities to UK & South Africa strains discovered in Japan. rt.com 
The Japanese Health Ministry said it has tracked down yet another variant of Covid-19 partly similar to the UK and South Africa strains, which are believed to be more contagious and linked to a spike in infections in Britain. | The mutant strain was found in four people who flew into Japan from Brazil. The passengers tested positive for Covid-19 in airport quarantine, the ministry said. | One of them was a man in his 40s, who showed no symptoms on arrival, but was later hospitalized with breathing difficulties. Another was a woman in her 30s who reported having a headache. A male, aged between 10 and 19, had f…
(2021-01-10). Russia reports first case of mutated UK coronavirus variant. rt.com 
A new, more infectious variant of Covid-19, which was discovered in Britain in mid-December, has reached Russia, the country's wellbeing and consumer-rights watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, said. | The mutated strain was found in the samples taken from a Russian man who had returned from a trip to the UK before the New Year, Rospotrebnadzor's head Anna Popova told the Rossiya 1 channel on Sunday. | He didn't show symptoms of the disease and isn't contagious anymore. "The man was feeling and is currently feeling fine," Popova said. | The new Covid-19 variant has led in recent weeks to a spike in cases in Britain, par…
(2021-01-10). Iraqi policeman shot dead, dozens wounded in Nasiriyah protests. middleeasteye.net 
Iraqi policeman shot dead, dozens wounded in Nasiriyah protests | Witnesses said security forces opened fire to disperse demonstrators from the city's Haboubi Square, after third consecutive day of protests | Sun, 01/10/2021 – 17: 41 | Iraqi protesters are pictured next to burning tyres during clashes with police during anti-government demonstrations in Nasiriyah, southern Iraq, on 10 Janu…
(2021-01-10). Burlington, Vermont, Harbinger of Change? counterpunch.org 
Burlington, Vermont saw its second snowfall of the 2020-2021 winter on January 2, 2021. The five-inch covering wasn't much by Vermont standards and it certainly didn't stop the city from functioning. In fact, it can even be seen as a welcome diversion in these days of quarantine and COVID-19. It did remind me of another
(2021-01-10). Palestinians Demonstrate Against Israeli Settlements in Kafr Thuluth Village. imemc.org 
Palestinian civilians held a demonstration, on Saturday, in Kafr Thuluth village, southeast of Qalqilia, in the northern occupied West Bank, in rejection of Israel's accelerated settlement expansion, the Palestinian Information Center reported. The participants marched from the center of the town, toward the Separation Barrier, built on Palestinian village lands, flying the national flag and …