Big win for Venezuela's PSUV, assurance for President Maduro
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-12-09
In a compelling victory, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) and its allies won 68% of the vote for the Venezuelan National Assembly on December 6. This strengthens the position of President Nicolas Maduro and buries any hope the U.S. had of installing a right-wing pretender in office. | The PSUV and its allies will now take 189 of 277 seats in the National Assembly. Rightist opposition parties won only 28% of the vote and lost control of the body, which functions like a senate. Despite U.S. corporate media claiming the right-wing opposition boycotted the election, there was very public campaigning by…
fightbacknews.org/2020/12/9/big-win-venezuela-s-psuv-assurance-president-maduro

Big win for Venezuela's PSUV, assurance for President Maduro
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-12-09
In a compelling victory, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) and its allies won 68% of the vote for the Venezuelan National Assembly on December 6. This strengthens the position of President Nicholas Maduro and buries any hope the U.S. had of installing a right-wing pretender in office. | The PSUV and its allies will now take 189 of 277 seats in the National Assembly. Rightist opposition parties won only 28% of the vote and lost control of the body, which functions like a senate. Despite U.S. corporate media claiming the right-wing opposition boycotted the election, there was very public campaigning by…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/12/9/big-win-venezuela-s-psuv-assurance-president-maduro

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin: A Certain Kind of Diversity
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2020-12-09
by Maj. Danny Sjursen, USA (ret.) / Original to ScheerPost America's first black presumptive secretary of defense grew up in the same town — Thomasville, GA — as the first black West Point graduate, Henry O. Flipper. I actually took select cadets from my civil rights history class to visit the southwest Georgia city on an academic trip in the summer of 2016. In fact, I vaguely remember the owner… | Source…
scheerpost.com/2020/12/09/secretary-of-defense-lloyd-austin-a-certain-kind-of-diversity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=secretary-of-defense-lloyd-austin-a-certain-kind-of-diversity

Fed up with capitalism, young Chinese brush up on 'Das Kapital'
Wang Rui | mronline.org | 2020-12-09
With a new generation increasingly burned out by the "996" grind and liberal platitudes of their elders, can Marxism make a comeback?>…
mronline.org/2020/12/09/fed-up-with-capitalism-young-chinese-brush-up-on-das-kapital/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fed-up-with-capitalism-young-chinese-brush-up-on-das-kapital

Mészáros 90 — Eszmélet
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-12-09
The Eszmélet, a quarterly journal for social critique and culture will organise an international panel discussion on the occasion that István Mészáros, the great Marxist philosopher was born 90 years ago.
mronline.org/2020/12/09/meszaros-90-eszmelet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=meszaros-90-eszmelet

The "Great Reset" or the "Great Pretext" … for Dystopia
Diana Johnstone | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-09
In their World Economic Forum treatise Covid-19: The Great Reset, economists Klaus Schwab and Thierry Malleret bring us the voice of would-be Global Governance. | *** | By titling their recently published World Economic Forum treatise Covid-19: The Great Reset, the authors …
globalresearch.ca/great-pretext-dystopia/5731643

COVID Vaccines: Protection or Biohazard?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-09
All vaccines are hazardous to human health. | Annually, the US Vaccine Adverse Reporting System (VAERS) reports thousands of serious adverse vaccine reactions, including many deaths and disabling disabilities. | Instead of highlighting the danger, corporate-controlled establishment media suppress what's vital for …
globalresearch.ca/covid-vaccines-protection-biohazard/5731711

Venezuelan court convicts the CITGO Six
Lyn Neeley | workers.org | 2020-12-09
Venezuela's Supreme Court sentenced six top CITGO oil executives to prison for corruption, embezzlement, money laundering and conspiracy on Nov. 26. The former executives went behind the back of the Venezuelan state and signed an agreement with two U.S. based-international financial companies — for which they were detained in Nov. . . . | Continue reading Venezuelan court convicts the CITGO Six at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/12/53118/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuelan-court-convicts-the-citgo-six

"I Told You So. You Damned Fools": 75 Years of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-12-09
Leafing — or in this case scrolling through — the commemorative issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists after 75 years of publication is a tingling exercise of existence. The subject matter pushes you to the edge. You threaten to fall off. Death is promised; extinction contemplated. Nuclear holocaust. Your sanity is called into …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/12/i-told-you-so-you-damned-fools-75-years-of-the-bulletin-of-the-atomic-scientists/

Assassination of social activists continues in Colombia
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-12-09
The assassination of social activists in Colombia continues at a horrifying rate. Community leaders, environmentalists, land defenders, human rights activists and former combatants of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerilla group are relentlessly being targeted by illegal armed groups operating in the country. | Between November 30 and December 7, six Indigenous leaders, two Afro-descendant leaders, two environmentalists and one social leader were murdered. Additionally, in a massacre in Santander de Quilichao, on December 5, another Indigenous leader and one ex-combatant of the FARC were kille…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/12/09/assassination-of-social-activists-continues-in-colombia/

Capitalist COVID catastrophe / FIGHT or DIE!
Martha Grevatt | workers.org | 2020-12-09
It's December 2020. The working class in the United States is facing a crisis of survival. It is the worst such crisis since the Great Depression, especially for the most oppressed. The statistics are damning: One in six households face hunger; one in five workers are out of work; some . . . | Continue reading Capitalist COVID catastrophe / FIGHT or DIE! at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/12/53129/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=capitalist-covid-catastrophe-fight-or-die

Why President Maduro Changed His Voting Center at the Last Minute. Planned Attempt on His Life?
Orinoco Tribune | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-09
This Sunday, December 6, Nicolás Maduro voted at the Simón Rodríguez Ecological Bolivarian School in Fuerte Tiuna, accompanied by Cilia Flores, candidate in these legislative elections and the president's wife. | Traditionally, Maduro voted at the Miguel Antonio Caro high school, …
globalresearch.ca/why-president-maduro-changed-voting-center-last-minute/5731677

Iran imposes sanctions on US envoy to Yemen
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-09
TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) — Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on Wed., emphasizing pivotal role of US Ambassador to Yemen Christopher Hansel in humanitarian crisis in Yemen, and placed his name on Iran's sanctions list.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166996/Iran-imposes-sanctions-on-US-envoy-to-Yemen

ICC drops probe into alleged UK war crimes in Iraq
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-09
ICC drops probe into alleged UK war crimes in Iraq | ICC prosecutor stresses, however, that there is 'reasonable basis' UK forces committed abuses, including willful killing and rape, in Iraq | MEE staff | Wed, 12/09/2020 – 19: 36 | Human Rights Watch voiced disappointment about the decision (AFP/File photo) | Despite finding "reasonable basis" for allegations of war crimes against British soldiers in Iraq, an Internation…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-iraq-war-crimes-icc-drops-probe

Elections And The Path To Socialism In Venezuela
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-09
On December 6, Venezuelans elected a new National Assembly with a left political majority. This election, which was well-run and legitimate despite what the imperialist media and countries say, reconstitutes the Venezuelan parliamentary body with participation from both the ruling and opposition parties. It marks the end of an era during which the National Assembly was a tool of the right wing agenda and US regime change efforts. To facilitate understanding of the current election and political climate in Venezuela, Vijay Prashad of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and Paul Dobson of Venezulanalysis…
popularresistance.org/elections-and-the-path-to-socialism-in-venezuela/

Think Tankers Against China: the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-09
Security think tanks are the leeches of industry. Attached to their appropriate field, they compile analysis that is supposedly masterful, insightful and even useful. Reports can recommend courses of action, from a troop surge in a failing war, to an increase of defence spending in bolstering cyber capabilities. Bunkered in these institutes, the think tanker…
counterpunch.org/2020/12/09/think-tankers-against-china-the-australian-strategic-policy-institute/

People's Vaccine: Calls Grow for Equal Access to Coronavirus Vaccine as Rich Countries Hoard Supply
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-12-09
While the United States, Britain and other wealthy countries race to vaccinate their populations against the coronavirus, a new report finds that as much as 90% of the population in dozens of poorer countries could be forced to wait until at least 2022 because wealthy countries are hoarding so much of the vaccine supply. A growing movement is calling for the development of a people's vaccine and the suspension of intellectual property rights to expand access. We speak with Dr. Mohga Kamal-Yanni, a policy adviser to the People's Vaccine Alliance, and Achal Prabhala, a public health advocate and coordinator of the…
www.democracynow.org/2020/12/9/coronavirus_vaccine_access

Trump Set to Execute Brandon Bernard Even as Jurors & Ex-Prosecutor Call for Clemency
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-12-09
President Trump has sent eight people to their deaths so far this year, breaking a 17-year hiatus in federal executions, and plans to execute five more in the final weeks of his administration. On December 10, International Human Rights Day, the federal government is scheduled to kill Brandon Bernard, a Black man who was 18 years old when he was convicted as an accomplice to the murder of a young white couple in Texas. Bernard did not kill either person and says he was a "getaway driver" during a robbery gone wrong. Citing moral reasons and new evidence, five of the nine surviving jurors have changed their minds,…
www.democracynow.org/2020/12/9/liliana_segura_brandon_bernard_execution

Is Washington Trying to Ruin Shinzo Abe's Legacy of Japan's Rapprochement with Russia?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-09
Recent reports from Japanese media alleging that US immigration authorities there consider Russian nationals in some of the Kuril Islands to legally be Japanese represent an attempt by the fading unipolar superpower to ruin former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's legacy …
globalresearch.ca/us-trying-ruin-shinzo-abe-legacy-rapprochement-russia/5731701

Wednesday 12/9: National Digital Rally to #StopLine3 w/ Indigenous Frontline Water Protectors & More
Stop the Money Pipeline & partners | indybay.org | 2020-12-09
Online rally against pipelines & dirty fossil fuels…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/08/18838842.php

Video: Turkey Strikes against Kurdish SDF Forces in Northern Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-09
The situation in the northern Syrian provinces of Aleppo and al-Hasakah is once again escalating amid speculations on the upcoming Turkish advance in the area. | In recent weeks, the Turkish military and its proxies increased the intensity of strikes on …
globalresearch.ca/video-turkey-strikes-against-kurdish-sdf-forces-in-northern-syria/5731653

Pearl Harbor: A Successful War Lie
David Swanson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-09
Commemorating Pearl Harbor, David Swanson's analysis first published on December 7, 2010 | One type of "defensive" war is one that follows a successful provocation of aggression from the desired enemy. This method was used to begin, and repeatedly to escalate, …
globalresearch.ca/pearl-harbor-a-successful-war-lie/22305

Beef, Banks and the Brazilian Amazon
Global Witness | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-09
Preserving tropical rainforests is critical to help stop climate breakdown and to safeguard the rights of the local communities and indigenous peoples who depend on and defend them. Moreover, the Covid-19 pandemic has brought into sharp relief the importance of …
globalresearch.ca/beef-banks-brazilian-amazon/5731672

China's Rise and Rise Proves a Winning Formula
James O'Neill | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-12-09
On the second of December this year the Chinese representative to the United Nations General Assembly addressed the meeting on the topic of Palestine and more particularly on his country's view of the ongoing disasters that daily inflict the Palestinians in that country. Unsurprisingly, the speech received no coverage in the Australian media. The continued …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/12/chinas-rise-and-rise-proves-a-winning-formula/

John Kerry's Think Tank Calls for War With Russia Over Climate Change
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-12-09
Recently-appointed Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry has announced his intention of dealing with the pressing issue of global warming as a national security concern. "America will soon have a government that treats the climate crisis as the urgent national security threat it is," the 76-year-old former Secretary of State wrote. "I am proud to partner with the President-elect, our allies, and the young leaders of the climate movement to take on this crisis." | The announcement drew praise from many prof…
mintpressnews.com/john-kerry-think-tank-calls-for-war-with-russia-over-climate-change/273480/

Bolivia: New Gov't Sets to Work Undoing Damage Left by US-Backed Añez Regime
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-12-09
The Movement to Socialism party is already enacting widespread changes to Bolivia in an attempt to undo the damage of one year of US-backed austerity and military rule.
mintpressnews.com/bolivia-sets-to-work-undoing-damage-left-by-us-backed-anez-regime/273494/

Amazon Is Facing an Unprecedented Union Vote in the Right-to-Work South
Alex N. Press | zcomm.org | 2020-12-09
Workers at Amazon's new Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse have filed for a union election. They're taking on one of the most virulently anti-union companies in the United States…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/amazon-is-facing-an-unprecedented-union-vote-in-the-right-to-work-south/

UN's Bachelet slams 'reprehensible' political leadership during pandemic, sees hope in new US administration
news.un.org | 2020-12-09
Some political leadership during the pandemic has been "reprehensible", UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said on Wednesday, while holding out hope of a better 2021 as US President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/12/1079622

The new-style pop histories making socialism cool again
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-12-09
Online and on social media, popular historians are helping young Chinese reframe the country's leftist past in a more positive light.
mronline.org/2020/12/09/the-new-style-pop-histories-making-socialism-cool-again/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-new-style-pop-histories-making-socialism-cool-again

The Collapse of Michèle Flournoy's Hopes for Top Pentagon Job
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-12-09
Much can be achieved when progressives put up a fight…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/08/18838846.php

China's global vaccines — a game changer
Sara Flounders | workers.org | 2020-12-09
In the U.S., with less than 5% of the world's people, there is little concern for the fate of the globe's other 95% who are facing the pandemic. When, how and under what conditions a vaccine will be distributed in the U.S. is the overwhelming U.S. concern. Rates of COVID-19 . . . | Continue reading China's global vaccines — a game changer at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/12/53125/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chinas-global-vaccines-a-game-changer

US judge orders for partial disclosure of Khashoggi assassin
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-09
TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) — Khashoggi murder probe is set for partial disclosure in the US under the direct order of District Judge Paul Engelmayer in New York.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166983/US-judge-orders-for-partial-disclosure-of-Khashoggi-assassin

Anti-Iran Terrorist Group Mojahedin-e Khalq's Ties to Iraqi Army in 1980s
Yaghout Meraji | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-09
Below is an interview with Mr. Yaghout Meraji, a former member of the anti-Iran terrorist group the Mojahedin-e Khalq MEK, conducted November 24 and 25, 2020. | *** | Robert Fantina: The participation of the MEK in the joint operation …
globalresearch.ca/anti-iran-terrorist-group-mojahedin-e-khalqs-ties-iraqi-army-delegation-european-parliament/5731640

Tragedy and Art in the South Caucasus
Paul Von Blum | progressive.org | 2020-12-09
Protest art from Armenia highlights the resilience of a people in the face of war.
progressive.org/dispatches/tragedy-and-art-south-caucasus-blum-201209/

Labor to the front in the battle against COVID-19
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-12-09
As of December 1, 2020, the coronavirus pandemic is in an uncontrollable spread in 49 out of 50 states. Our country has over 10 million confirmed cases and over 270,000 deaths. With more than 100,000 new cases a day, hospitalizations and deaths will grow exponentially. Today over 1000 deaths are happening each day. The death rate, even with improved treatments since March, will likely grow significantly as hospitals and health care workers are already becoming overwhelmed. That is the best-case scenario in the large cities. Rural areas are entirely unprepared, lacking equipment and knowledge of the most up-to-dat…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/12/9/labor-front-battle-against-covid-19

Iran stresses need for permanent solution to Nagorno-Karabakh
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-09
TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said that Iran emphasizes the need for a permanent solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh crisis.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166976/Iran-stresses-need-for-permanent-solution-to-Nagorno-Karabakh

'Green recovery' from COVID-19 can slow climate change: UN environment report
news.un.org | 2020-12-09
Despite a brief dip in global carbon dioxide emissions as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the planet is still heading for a global temperature rise in excess of 3 degrees Celsius this century, a new United Nations report has revealed.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/12/1079602

Russia making constructive efforts to counter US sanctions
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-09
TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) — Iranian Parliament Speaker's Special Aide for International Affairs said that Russia and China are making constructive efforts to counter US unilateral sanctions.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166995/Russia-making-constructive-efforts-to-counter-US-sanctions

Saturday 1/9: Book Talk: Women and the Legacy of Imperialism in the Pacific
Oakland Asian Cultural Center | indybay.org | 2020-12-09
Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/07/18838833.php

Selected Articles: How to Get Saved from COVID-19 Under Nuclear Bombs
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-09
Pearl Harbor and the Bay of Pigs | By Jacob G. Hornberger, December 09 2020 | Given the outrage over what the court historians and the U.S. mainstream press have long maintained was an unprovoked attack by Japan on the United | …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-how-to-get-saved-from-covid-19-under-nuclear-bombs/5731732

Wednesday 12/9: Book Talk: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City" w/ author Matthew Desmond
Multiple community partners | indybay.org | 2020-12-09
Online event (FREE)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/09/18838866.php

Tibetan Delek Children's Foundation
Mike Raccoon Eyes Kinney | indybay.org | 2020-12-09
Non Profit helps Tibetan children with health care & education…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/08/18838849.php

Is the coronavirus recession really over?
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-12-09
The recession, we're told, is over. But, as Graham Matthews details, Australia's unemployed and underemployed are about to face more pain as the COVID-19 subsidies are withdrawn.
greenleft.org.au/content/coronavirus-recession-really-over

Smoking Gun: Dr. Fauci States COVID Test Has Fatal Flaw; Confession from the "Beloved" Expert of Experts
Jon Rappoport | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-09
This article was originally published on November 9. | OK, here we go. Smoking gun. Jackpot. | Right from the horse's mouth. Right from the man we're told is the number-one COVID expert in the nation. What Fauci says is golden truth….
globalresearch.ca/smoking-gun-fauci-states-covid-test-fatal-flaw-confession-beloved-expert-experts/5728933

China Shoots the Moon
Philip J Cunningham | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-09
China's Challenge to US-Russia Space Exploration Hegemony | China is taking aim at the moon, establishing itself as a space power to be reckoned with. While currently playing catch-up behind the space accomplishments of the US and Russia, it is rapidly …
globalresearch.ca/china-shoots-moon/5731685

Iran Arrests People Involved in Killing of Nuclear Scientist
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-09
The Special Aide to the President of the Parliament in International Affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, claimed that Iranian authorities had arrested people involved in the murder of scientist nuclear Mohsen Fakhrizadeh on Nov. 27. | RELATED: | The US Imposes Sanctions on Iran's Ambassador to Yemen | "The perpetrators of this assassination, some of whom have been identified and even arrested by our security apparatus, will not escape justice and will be dealt with severely," Abdollahia…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-Arrests-People-Involved-in-Killing-of-Nuclear-Scientist-20201209-0008.html

Raging Pandemic, Anemic Response
Sue Coe | thenation.com | 2020-12-09
Raging Pandemic, Anemic Response…
thenation.com/article/activism/raging-pandemic-anemic-response/

Report: WWF Knew About Rights Abuses by Park Rangers, but Didn't Respond Effectively
Ashoka Mukpo | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2020-12-09
asia-pacificresearch.com/report-wwf-knew-about-rights-abuses-park-rangers-didnt-respond-effectively/5629549

Iran COVID-19 update: 10,223 infections, 295 deaths
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-09
TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) — The Iranian Health Ministry has confirmed 10,223 COVID-19 infections and 295 deaths due to the respiratory disease in the past 24 hours.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166975/Iran-COVID-19-update-10-223-infections-295-deaths

Intelligence min. disbands three drug-trafficking gangs in SE
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-09
TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) — The intelligence forces of the Ministry of Intelligence in southern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, in three separate operations, dismantled three major drug-trafficking gangs over the past two days.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166992/Intelligence-min-disbands-three-drug-trafficking-gangs-in-SE

Spilling Ink and Spilling Blood
William J. Astore | zcomm.org | 2020-12-09
Fighting and Writing Against America's Forever Wars…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/spilling-ink-and-spilling-blood/

Human rights must be 'front and centre' of COVID-19 response: Secretary-General
news.un.org | 2020-12-09
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for human rights to be put "front and centre" of COVID-19 response and recovery globally in order to achieve a better future for people everywhere.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/12/1079632

Gen. Salami vows IRGC's commitment to defend, serve people
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-09
TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) — Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami reiterated the force's commitment to defend the Iranian nation and serve their interests through all ups and down.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166971/Gen-Salami-vows-IRGC-s-commitment-to-defend-serve-people

Saturday 12/12: Reconciling Trump's $750 in taxes with SF's high rents: a tutorial
David Giesen | indybay.org | 2020-12-09
Join Zoom Meeting: | zoom.us/j/95767093113?pwd=M1Z4WkVoNEV4VktERGtSVlc5eWdjdz09…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/08/18838855.php

Coronavirus vaccines weren't tested on pregnant women — here's why that's a problem
Nicole Karlis | salon.com | 2020-12-09
"Pregnant immune systems are a little different … we don't have any direct data on whether it's safe," one doc said…
salon.com/2020/12/09/coronavirus-vaccines-werent-tested-on-pregnant-womenheres-why-thats-a-problem/

What exactly is Erdoganism?
Ahmet Insel | zcomm.org | 2020-12-09
What exactly is Erdoganism?>…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/what-exactly-is-erdoganism/

Obama's Memoir Offers Insights Into Major Shortcomings
Melvin Goodman | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-09
We have a complicated country and Barack Obama was a complicated president. In terms of presidential performance and temperament, Obama was one of our best. His inheritance from the mediocre George W. Bush was wretched, and, in view of the ugly racist opposition that he faced, Obama played his political and economic hand better than…
counterpunch.org/2020/12/09/obamas-memoir-offers-insights-into-major-shortcomings/

Top Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi quits PLO amid rumours of rift
Sheren Khalel | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-09
Top Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi quits PLO amid rumours of rift | The politician says speculation her resignation is due to Palestinian Authority's resumption of coordination with Israel last month is 'misleading and irresponsible' | Sheren Khalel | Wed, 12/09/2020 – 18: 33 | Ashrawi served on executive committee of PLO for more than a decade (AFP) | Prominent Palestinian politician Hanan Ashrawi has confirm…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestinian-ashrawi-plo-quits-rift-israel

More uprooted, fewer return, pushing forcibly displaced above 80 million
news.un.org | 2020-12-09
The number of people forcibly displaced around the world has doubled in the past decade and is estimated to have passed 80 million in mid-2020, as few could go home and more were uprooted, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said in a report published on Wednesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/12/1079642

Over 250 Scientists and Scholars Warn of Full-Fledged 'Societal Collapse'
Jessica Corbett | zcomm.org | 2020-12-09
"It is time to invite each other into difficult conversations, so we can reduce our complicity in the harm, and be creative to make the best of a turbulent future."
zcomm.org/znetarticle/over-250-scientists-and-scholars-warn-of-full-fledged-societal-collapse/

Those Who Don't Fear the Lobby
Craig Wood | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-12-09
With the encouragement of friends and after serving eleven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives (1961-1983), Congressman Paul Findley (R-IL) wrote a book, They Dare to Speak Out, about influences and pressures inside the Israeli lobby. His was the first book to point out ways the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), along with …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/12/those-who-dont-fear-the-lobby/

Poor people don't have to pay for the pandemic. A one-off 'wealth tax' would raise £260bn
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-12-09
A one-off "wealth tax" should be implemented in preference to increasing general taxes on work or spending, a report has recommended. | This should happen if the government decides to raise taxes as part of its response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis, the Wealth Tax Commission, a body made up of academics, policymakers, and tax practitioners said. | Inequality: | There have already been indications that the coronavirus crisis has exacerbated existing financial inequalities. | People in professional or managerial jobs may have found it easier to continue their work from home during the pandemic than…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/12/09/poor-people-dont-have-to-pay-for-the-pandemic-a-one-off-wealth-tax-would-raise-260bn/

Venezuela: New Parliament Needs To Solve a Way Out To Sanctions
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-09
Over 6 million 200 thousand voters headed to the polls in Venezuela's parliamentary elections that took place under a climate of normality and total transparency as reported by international observers on December 6. | RELATED: | Venezuela: Constituent Assembly Will Cease Functions This Month | With 98.63 percent of the electoral records transmitted by the National Electoral Council (CNE) on Monday, the Great Patriotic Pole (GPP) coalition secured a majority in the new Parliame…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-New-Parliament-Needs-To-Solve-a-Way-Out-To-Sanctions-20201209-0002.html

Terrorists' presence in Azerbaijan, threat to region security
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-09
TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) — Iranian Parliament Speaker said that the presence of terrorists and movements of the Zionist regime in the Republic of Azerbaijan is a threat to regional peace and security.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166989/Terrorists-presence-in-Azerbaijan-threat-to-region-security

First-Person Singular: My Students, the Police
Eleanor J. Bader | progressive.org | 2020-12-09
After sixteen years of teaching, I'm continually stunned by how many students cite criminal justice, and policing, as their career goal.
progressive.org/magazine/my-students-the-police-bader/

Wednesday 12/9: The Climate Convergence: Uniting For Victory in 2021 Symposium (Day 1)
ClimateCrisisPolicy | indybay.org | 2020-12-09
Online symposium (free or donation)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/08/18838835.php

Pathologist Petitions FDA to Halt Pfizer Emergency Use Authorization Until Vaccine Efficacy Confirmed
Informed Consent Action Network | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-09
Connecticut pathologist Dr. Sin Hang Lee and Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN) have petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to require accurate counts of COVID-19 cases in the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine trial. | "Until an accurate count of | …
globalresearch.ca/pathologist-petitions-fda-halt-pfizer-emergency-use-authorization-vaccine-efficacy-confirmed/5731639

The Georgia GOP's Fight Against Voter Registration
Timothy Pratt | thenation.com | 2020-12-09
The Georgia GOP's Fight Against Voter Registration…
thenation.com/article/politics/the-georgia-gops-fight-against-voter-registration/

Florida state agents raid home of COVID-19 whistleblower
Sameena Rahman | liberationnews.org | 2020-12-09
This raid comes at a time when the most recent CDC data indicates that Florida surpassed 19,000 deaths due to the coronavirus, and last week, Florida became the third state in the United States to exceed 1 million cases.
liberationnews.org/florida-state-agents-raid-home-of-covid-19-whistleblower/

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia: Why Kashmir won't stop Riyadh's rush to embrace India
Suddaf Chaudry | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-09
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia: Why Kashmir won't stop Riyadh's rush to embrace India | Pakistan's old relationship with Saudi Arabia has deteriorated under Imran Khan as India draws closer to the Gulf kingdom | Suddaf Chaudry | Wed, 12/09/2020 – 15: 30 | Pakistan's army chief was snubbed by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman when he was sent to apologise for its foreign minister's criticism (Reuters) | Pakistan'…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/pakistan-saudi-arabia-kashmir-embrace-india

We cannot allow corruption to infest COVID-19 recovery, UN chief says
news.un.org | 2020-12-09
Corruption has thrived under the coronavirus pandemic and anyone involved in graft must be prevented from exploiting the rollout of new vaccines, the UN Secretary-General has said.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/12/1079582

World Press Freedom Conference spotlights dangerous job of separating 'truth from falsehood'
news.un.org | 2020-12-09
Prominent journalists and champions of press freedom from across the world are examining ways to overcome increasing challenges facing the media during a two-day online conference organized jointly by the UN's cultural and educational agency, UNESCO, and the Netherlands.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/12/1079682

Central Africa and South Asia: World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Knew About Rights Abuses by Park Rangers, but Didn't Respond Effectively
Ashoka Mukpo | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2020-12-09
asia-pacificresearch.com/report-wwf-knew-about-rights-abuses-park-rangers-didnt-respond-effectively/5629549

Cinema Verite to commemorate 4 late veteran doc. filmmakers
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-09
TEHRAN, Dec. 10 (MNA) — Four late veteran Iranian documentary filmmakers will be commemorated in the 14th Iran International Documentary Film Festival known as "Cinema Verite".
en.mehrnews.com/news/166978/Cinema-Verite-to-commemorate-4-late-veteran-doc-filmmakers

The Heat: US hospitals overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-12-09
Hospitals across the United States are being overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients. The seven-day average hits more than 200,000 cases a day.
america.cgtn.com/2020/12/09/the-heat-us-hospitals-overwhelmed-with-covid-19-patients

Khaji, Pedersen discuss latest Syrian affairs
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-09
TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister's Senior Assistant for Special Political Affairs held a phone conversation with the UN Special Envoy for Syria when the two sides conferred on Syrian affairs.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166972/Khaji-Pedersen-discuss-latest-Syrian-affairs

Low sick pay is stopping workers from self-isolating
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-12-09
The UK's unusually low sick pay is preventing some workers who need to self-isolate from doing so — and could be contributing to the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19), a new study has claimed. | And it's a study health secretary Matt Hancock should read given his comments last month that: We are peculiarly unusual and outliers in soldiering on and still going to work, and it kind of being the culture that 'as long as you can get out of bed you still should get into…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/12/09/low-sick-pay-is-stopping-workers-from-self-isolating/

Demanding Safeway Put an End to Restrictive Covenants this Human Rights Day
Food Empowerment Project | indybay.org | 2020-12-09
North Bay Labor Council Joins Food Empowerment Project on Human Rights Day in Demanding Safeway Put an End to Their Restrictive Covenants!
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/08/18838839.php

The Moroccan Monarchy's War on Journalism
Matthew Collado | zcomm.org | 2020-12-09
Politically, the Moroccan state likes to present itself as a dependably tolerant and reformist regime. In reality, it is currently waging a fiercely illiberal campaign against journalists who expose the economic corruption and malfeasance of the royal palace and its crony elite…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-moroccan-monarchys-war-on-journalism/

Como salvar-se da Covid-19 perante as bombas nucleares
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-09
A FEMA — Agência Federal para a Gestà£o de Emergências, dependente do governo dos Estados Unidos — actualizou as instruàßàµes para a populaàßà£o, sobre como se comportar em caso de ataque nuclear. As novas instruàßàµes têm em consideraàßà£o a Covid-19, …
globalresearch.ca/como-salvar-se-da-covid-19-perante-as-bombas-nucleares/5731725

The long struggle for a post-capitalist society
Klaus Wagener and Hermann Klenner | indybay.org | 2020-12-09
The (Corona) crisis has relentlessly exposed the inability of neoliberal capitalism and its political personnel to meet the elementary needs of the people. Even if it is not felt to the same extent in Germany due to the depressing political conditions: the neoliberal offensive is in a deep existential crisis after 40 years in which it was able to achieve global hegemony.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/09/18838862.php

China reiterates call for lifting Iran sanctions
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-09
TEHRAN, Dec. 10 (MNA) — Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson once again called for lifting sanctions on Iran and return of US to Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
en.mehrnews.com/news/166988/China-reiterates-call-for-lifting-Iran-sanctions

German workers not allowing COVID to dampen their struggles
Victor Grossman | peoplesworld.org | 2020-12-09
BERLIN — The survival of polar bears, we know, is sadly threatened. The survival of a more colorful bear species seems assured. HARIBO (an acronym of HAns RIegel BOnn), which makes those little "gold bears" sweets, was founded in a laundry room in 1920. A century later, its jolly producers assure us, 100 million Goldbears …
peoplesworld.org/article/german-workers-not-allowing-covid-to-dampen-their-struggles/

Don't Withhold Hazard Pay
Andrew Moss | zcomm.org | 2020-12-09
The effort to secure just compensation for millions more, along with the dignity and respect that goes with it, will require substantial, continued struggle — and a much deeper public understanding of the profound inequality affecting us all…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/dont-withhold-hazard-pay/

VIDEO: Covering Russia: What Sucks About The New York Times
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-12-09
There are nations on Earth that can in theory pose a threat to the U.S.A. But dangers from modern Russia are vastly overblown. Watch the video and read more in the article by Michael Averko.
strategic-culture.org/video/2020/12/09/video-covering-russia-what-sucks-about-new-york-times/

We Can't Message Our Way Out of a Public Health Crisis
Abdullah Shihipar | thenation.com | 2020-12-09
We Can't Message Our Way Out of a Public Health Crisis…
thenation.com/article/society/public-health-messaging-covid/

Pearl Harbor and the Bay of Pigs
Jacob G. Hornberger | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-09
U.S. officials have long criticized Japan for its supposedly unprovoked military attack on Pearl Harbor, which enabled President Roosevelt to fulfill his desire to intervene into World War II. As I showed in my blog post yesterday, the Japanese …
globalresearch.ca/pearl-harbor-bay-pigs/5731666

Where's the Hitler?
C.J. Hopkins | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-12-09
All right, that's it. I've run out of patience. No more excuses. Where's the Hitler? Yes, you heard me. I'm talking to you. You respectable journalists and political pundits. You Intelligence officials and politicians. You fanatical liberals. You pseudo anti-fascists. All you members of the GloboCap "Resistance" who have been hysterically shrieking that "Trump is …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/12/wheres-the-hitler/

"Alabama Snake" can't out-weird "Tiger King," even if a preacher tried to murder his wife via snake
Ashlie D. Stevens | salon.com | 2020-12-09
From "Justified" to "X-Files," snake handlers hold a special place in pop culture, but HBO Max's doc lacks bite…
salon.com/2020/12/09/alabama-snake-review-hbo-max-preacher-appalachia/

Kroger workers demand a just contract
Gloria Rubac | workers.org | 2020-12-09
Houston Essential workers at Kroger grocery stores in Houston have been campaigning for public support outside stores this fall. Kroger workers are members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 455, which covers parts of Texas and Louisiana. Gloria Rubac on the picket line with Kroger workers. "Kroger is trying . . . | Continue reading Kroger workers demand a just contract at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/12/53122/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kroger-workers-demand-a-just-contract

At least eight people killed in anti-government protests in Iraq's Kurdistan region
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-12-09
At least eight people have been killed by security forces in violence against the protestors in Iraqi Kurdistan which continued on Tuesday, December 8. On Monday, six people were killed when security forces and some cadres of the ruling parties opened fire on the protesters demanding timely disbursal of their salaries and more employment. Two more people died in similar incidents on Tuesday. | The peaceful protests in different districts of Iraq's Kurdistan region started on December 3 when thousands of teachers and other government employees demonstrated against the delay in their salaries accusing the regional…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/12/09/at-least-eight-people-killed-in-anti-government-protests-in-iraqs-kurdistan-region/

UK government make final Brexit deal preparations
Ralph Underhill | thecanary.co | 2020-12-09
Image descriptionBoris Johnson, wearing a Union Jack tie and blue suit, is standing by a cannon holding a match about to light the fuse. The text on the cannon reads "Blame the EU". Michael Gove, also wearing a Union Jack tie, is loading a bomb into the cannon. The text on the bomb reads "No Deal". | By Ralph Underhill…
thecanary.co/cartoons/2020/12/09/uk-government-make-final-brexit-deal-preparations/

Mickey Huff and Andy Lee Roth discuss the New Project Censored Book
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-12-09
Today on the Project Censored Show Mickey Huff and Andy Lee Roth discuss the new Project Censored book, and explain its analytical approach. Project Censored's new annual volume, "State of…
projectcensored.org/mickey-huff-and-andy-lee-roth-discuss-the-new-project-censored-book/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mickey-huff-and-andy-lee-roth-discuss-the-new-project-censored-book

Azeri FM meeting with Shamkhani
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-09
TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) — Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov met and held talks with the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani in Tehran on Wednesday.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/166986/Azeri-FM-meeting-with-Shamkhani

Nineteen Tragic Facts About Covid 19
Bill Quigley | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-12-09
87 million. 87 million workers will lose federally mandated COVID sick leave at the end of December unless Congress acts to extend the law. 50 million. 50 million people are now facing hunger at least once a month, including 1 in 4 children. The rate of adults who sometimes or often do not have …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/12/nineteen-tragic-facts-about-covid-19/

Embassy Protection Collective will help monitor Venezuelan elections
| workers.org | 2020-12-09
By Jose Szepara On Dec. 6, Venezuelans will turn out to vote in the country's National Assembly elections, and the world waits with bated breath as observers from all over the world wait for the final results. Election monitoring groups have made their way to Venezuela to act as impartial . . . | Continue reading Embassy Protection Collective will help monitor Venezuelan elections. at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/12/53114/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=embassy-protection-collective-will-help-monitor-venezuelan-elections

Iran ready to strengthen economic ties with Bolivia
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-09
TEHRAN, Dec. 10 (MNA) — The Ambassador of the Islamic Republic to La Paz voiced Iran's readiness to expand cooperation with Bolivia in the field of production.
en.mehrnews.com/news/166987/Iran-ready-to-strengthen-economic-ties-with-Bolivia

Ayatollah Yazdi's funeral ceremony in Qom
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-09
QOM, Dec. 10 (MNA) — Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, who was the chairman of Iran's Assembly of Experts, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 89 and his funeral ceremony was held in Qom on the same day.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/166998/Ayatollah-Yazdi-s-funeral-ceremony-in-Qom

Why America's future depends on rebuilding our factories
Tom Conway | nationofchange.org | 2020-12-09
Biden's Build Back Better campaign will make commonsense investments in U.S. manufacturing that put millions to work and ensure a reliable, high-quality supply of critical goods.
nationofchange.org/2020/12/09/why-americas-future-depends-on-rebuilding-our-factories/

Israeli 'anti-terrorism' lawyer was convicted over attacks on Palestinians
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-09
Israeli 'anti-terrorism' lawyer was convicted over attacks on Palestinians | Aviel Leitner, who works for Shurat HaDin, was jailed over 1980s attacks linked to far-right Kach party in East Jerusalem and West Bank | MEE staff | Wed, 12/09/2020 – 16: 54 | Aviel Leitner (L) pictured next to Israeli Minister of Public Security Amir Ohana (C) and Nitsana Darshan-Leitner at a Shurat HaDin conference in February 2020 (Facebook)…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-anti-terrorism-lawyer-shurat-hadin-convicted-attacks-palestinians

Covid-19: UAE officially registers Chinese-produced vaccine for use
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-09