(2021-01-21). Domestic Worker Organizing in Times of Crisis: Perspectives from the US and Latin America. dsausa.org Domestic workers have been hard hit by the global pandemic. Forced to choose between losing their jobs and livelihoods to protect their health or to continue to go to work while risking exposure to the virus in the homes they work in and in the public transportation they use to get to their workplaces, domestic…
(2021-01-21). How use of drones to secure borders threatens all our rights. truepublica.org.uk A new report published by Drone Wars UK investigates the increasing use of military-style drones by governments to patrol state borders. The study, which examines the use of drones at the borders of the UK, EU, US, Russia, China, Australia and elsewhere, concludes that drones are contributing to the militarisation of everyday borders as part …
(2021-01-21). Rediscovering Earth, Reclaiming Our Lives: A Conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson. dsausa.org Kim Stanley Robinson has been called one of the greatest science fiction writers of our age and has shown a pronounced focus on the environment throughout his work. In this webinar, he talks with philosopher Anders Dunker about what it will take to re-imagine and achieve a new relationship to the Earth and to each…
(2021-01-20). Brazilians celebrate arrival of Venezuelan oxygen to struggling Manaus. peoplesdispatch.org Following the collapse of the healthcare system in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, Venezuela has sent 130,000 liters of oxygen and a brigade of 107 doctors to help combat the pandemic…
(2021-01-20). Brazilians celebrate arrival of Venezuelan oxygen supplies to struggling Manaus. peoplesdispatch.org Following the collapse of the healthcare system in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, Venezuela has sent 130,000 liters of oxygen and a brigade of 107 doctors to help combat the pandemic…
(2021-01-20). An Admiring Review of Cole, 'Muhammad: Prophet of Peace,' in Algeria's Echorouq. juancole.com 
The Algerian newspaper Echorouq [al-Shuruq] has published a positive review of the Arabic translation of my book, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires Available at Nicola's Books in Ann Arbor And Hachette And Barnes and Noble And Amazon Juan says: In turbulent era, I am most gratified that Muslim readers on the …
(2021-01-20). U.S. makes aggressive opening move on Russian chessboard. mronline.org 
A regime change project in Russia was launched on Sunday with the return of political activist Alexei Navalny to Moscow. It was a highly symbolic event—except that Navalny was traveling by an airplane from Germany and not in a sealed train.
(2021-01-20). Women bear brunt of unemployment in COVID economic crisis. workers.org 
The month of December revealed some stunning news affecting the U.S. working class, as the impact of the viral pandemic and the capitalist economic crisis continues. The burden of unemployment has fallen on women, especially Black, Latinx, Arab, Asian, Indigenous, im/migrant and low-wage workers. LGBTQ2S+ individuals and people with disabilities . . . |
(2021-01-20). Covid-19: Turkey vaccinates more than one million people, says health ministry. middleeasteye.net 
Covid-19: Turkey vaccinates more than one million people, says health ministry | Turkey has now given a first shot of the coronavirus vaccine to more than one percent of the population | Wed, 01/20/2021 – 13: 17 | A healthcare worker checks the body temperature of an elderly woman at a nursing home in Ankara, on 19 January 2021, amid the Covid-19 pandemic (AFP) | More than one million peop…
(2021-01-20). On "True Democracy" counterpunch.org 
On January 5, 2021, one day before Trump sparked his fascist Attack on the Capitol, the liberal New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg called for Americans "to defend democracy" by "investigating" Trump and wrote these words: "True democracy in America is quite new; you can date it to the civil rights era. If Trump's Republican
(2021-01-20). Sunday 1/24: The US Capitol Building Riot and Its Blowback: Scarier than QAnon? indybay.org ZOOM meeting, Log-in info at ICSSMARX.ORG…
(2021-01-20). No Pardons For Edward Snowden Or Julian Assange. popularresistance.org Although several long shot campaigns were mounted, President Donald Trump did not pardon any whistleblowers who were indicted or prosecuted under the United States Espionage Act. He also declined to pardon the only journalist ever to be indicted under the World War I-era law. | WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden were not offered clemency because Trump "did not want to anger Senate Republicans who will soon determine whether he's convicted during his Senate trial." | "Multiple GOP lawmakers had sent messages through aides that they felt strongly about not granting clemency to Ass…
(2021-01-20). Profiting from Pardons: Giuliani Aide Told CIA Whistleblower a Trump Pardon Would Cost $2 Million. democracynow.org 
With less than 12 hours before the end of his presidency, Donald Trump issued 143 pardons and commutations, including a pardon for Steve Bannon, his former chief strategist and campaign manager. Trump, who has pardoned other associates and allies during his single term, has so far rejected calls to pardon prominent whistleblowers including WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and NSA whistleblowers Edward Snowden and Reality Winner. Details continue to emerge about how allies of Trump have personally profited from people seeking pardons. We speak with John Kiriakou, a former CIA analyst and case officer who exposed t…
(2021-01-20). Trump Caps off Law and Order Legacy With Record Executions, No Mercy for Whistleblowers. thealtworld.com Missing from Trump's flurry of last-minute pardons were Snowden, Assange, or Reality Winner. Instead, the president will leave office with a record number of executions under his belt and a slew of pardons for political allies. | MPN- Among the final acts of Donald J. Trump's time in office was to approve a last-minute flurry of
(2021-01-20). Trump Caps off Law and Order Legacy With Record Executions, No Mercy for Whistleblowers. mintpressnews.com Missing from Trump's flurry of last-minute pardons were Snowden, Assange, or Reality Winner. Instead, the president will leave office with a record number of executions under his belt and a slew of pardons for political allies.
(2021-01-20). Israel publishes tenders for hundreds of new illegal settler homes. middleeasteye.net 
Israel publishes tenders for hundreds of new illegal settler homes | Some of the tenders are for building 2,112 units in various illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, and 460 housing units in East Jerusalem | Wed, 01/20/2021 – 15: 41 | A bulldozer moving sand at a construction site in Ramat Shlomo, a Jewish settlement in the mainly Palestinian eastern sector of Jerusalem (AFP) | Israel's Ministry of C…
(2021-01-20). Palestinian man who fed cats at al-Aqsa mosque dies from Covid-19. middleeasteye.net 
Palestinian man who fed cats at al-Aqsa mosque dies from Covid-19 | Hundreds of people mourn the death of Hajj Ghassan Younes, known for his generosity and his feeding of cats and birds in the area | Wed, 01/20/2021 – 15: 51 | Many have shared fond memories of Hajj Ghassan Younes online, remembering his generosity and kindness towards children and animals (Screengrab/Facebook) | An air of sadness was fel…
(2021-01-20). Filmmakers denounce Israel ban on Palestinian documentary 'Jenin, Jenin'. middleeasteye.net 
Filmmakers denounce Israel ban on Palestinian documentary 'Jenin, Jenin' | An Israeli court orders filmmaker Mohammad Bakri to pay $55,000 in damages to an Israeli officer in a defamation case, and seizes copies of 2002 film | Wed, 01/20/2021 – 13: 24 | Mohammad Bakri gestures during a talk at Dar al-Kalima University College of Arts and Culture in Bethlehem city, Palestine (Scree…
(2021-01-20). 'Stripped to the bone': Israel advances plan to cut off Palestinian suburb from Jerusalem. middleeasteye.net 
'Stripped to the bone': Israel advances plan to cut off Palestinian suburb from Jerusalem | For centuries, Aizarya has been a satellite of the holy city. Now Israel wants to close off its access with a wall in a scheme denounced as de facto annexation | Wed, 01/20/2021 – 13: 12 | Issam Faroun pointing a 1930s panoramic photo of Aizarya (MEE/Qassam Muaddi) | Vehicles move slowly a few metres down th…
(2021-01-20). All Workers Must Support Honduran migrants and refugees. indybay.org Two months after hurricanes Eta and Iota devastated the region and as the pandemic crisis continues, caravan members are escaping conditions of absolute destitution. Capitalist governments line up to thwart workers' pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness.
(2021-01-20). Joe Biden: Immigration Reform During First Day in Office. telesurenglish.net U.S. President Joe Biden has sent Congress an immigration reform bill to facilitate citizenship for undocumented migrants. The bill, set to become the most transformative reform package since 1986, is one of the first initiatives Biden kicked off on inauguration day. | RELATED: | The U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 aims at creating a legalization mechanism for the over 10.5 million undocumented migrants living in the U…
(2021-01-20). President Biden's day-one action a critical step for immigrant justice. splcenter.org  …
(2021-01-20). Enough with the Goddamned Secrets! Open Up the Government Joe! counterpunch.org 
The incoming Biden administration is considering breaking with a long-standing tradition of new presidents sharing national secrets with prior presidents. Instead, in the case of his future predecessor Trump, Biden says he wants to hear the advice of key national security figures in the new government regarding whether or not to brief the impeached ex-chief
(2021-01-20). Selected Articles: The New Domestic War on Terror Is Coming. globalresearch.ca 
By The last two weeks have ushered in a wave of new domestic police powers and rhetoric in the name of fighting "terrorism" that are carbon …
(2021-01-20). As COVID-19 Surges, California Overrides Limits on Nurse Workloads. truthout.org 
California's telemetry nurses, who specialize in the electronic monitoring of critically ill patients, normally take care of four patients at once. But ever since the state relaxed California's mandatory nurse-to-patient ratios in mid-December, Nerissa Black has had to keep track of six. | And these six patients are really sick: Many of them are being treated simultaneously for a stroke and covid-19, or a heart attack and covid. With more patients than usual needing more complex care, Black said she's w…
(2021-01-20). After Capitol Breach, More Domestic Terrorism Laws Aren't the Answer. truthout.org 
The tragic and horrific attacks on the Capitol on January 6 that rattled the country and left five dead have prompted
(2021-01-20). It's Time for the Left to Pressure Biden — and the Political Class as a Whole. truthout.org 
We look at the path forward for the Biden-Harris administration and the role of social movements with political strategist Waleed Shahid and author and analyst Michael Eric Dyson. Shahid, spokesperson for the progressive political action committee Justice Democrats, says Biden could be "one of the most transformative presidents" in U.S. history if he acts boldly. "But it will take an immense amount of pressure on Joe Biden, on the political system, on the political class for him to get there," say…
(2021-01-20). NYC Cancels Thousands of Vaccine Appointments Due to Lack of Federal Supply. truthout.org 
On Wednesday, while New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a coronavirus press conference that the state would be running out of vaccines to administer in "Approx 22…
(2021-01-20). 9/11 and January 6: the Enormous Cost of intelligence Failure. counterpunch.org 
"It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future." —Yogi Berra There are two major types of intelligence failure: classic failures involving incorrect or unexamined assumptions and a failure to incorporate new information, and the politicization of intelligence that finds political interference corrupting intelligence production. Classic failures include Pearl Harbor in December 1941, when the
(2021-01-20). Capitalism and the Telos of the Neoliberal Civilizing Mission. mronline.org 
In 1931 the British Colonial Office submitted a special report to the Council of the League of Nations on the "Progress of Iraq" in the previous decade. Since the First World War had ended with the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire and the confiscation of its territories, Iraq had been governed as a British mandate, …
(2021-01-20). Scale of disaster site after fatal Madrid explosion revealed in aerial footage filmed by Spanish police (VIDEO). rt.com 
Footage filmed from a police helicopter above the scene of Wednesday's gas explosion in downtown Madrid captured the extent of the damage inflicted in a blast that has killed three people. | Police dogs are being deployed to help search the wreckage of a huge explosion in central Madrid, caused by a suspected gas leak that left at least three people dead and 11 injured. | Desplegados en la calle Toledo más de 120 agentes especializados de Policía Nacional: UIP, UPR, TEDAX, Subsuelo, SMA, Policía Científica, Seguridad Ciudadana, Información y Guías Caninos. | Se continúa trabajando en el aseguramiento del lugar…
(2021-01-20). UK registers WORST day of Covid fatalities, with 1,820 more deaths as Johnson warns of 'more to come' due to wave of new variant. rt.com 
The UK has reported a daily increase of 1,820 new coronavirus deaths on the country's worst day of the pandemic, with opposition MPs blaming Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the government for the shocking figures. | The deaths from the past 24 hours take the total number of those who have died within 28 days of a positive Covid-19 test to 93,290, while the number of deaths with the virus mentioned on the death certificate now stands at 101,880. | A further 38,905 Covid-19 cases were also reported on Wednesday, taking the UK to 3.5 million infections in total to date. | The latest data continues the downward t…
(2021-01-20). UK travel agency bashes 'disgusting' competitor over new policy making Covid-19 vaccination mandatory. rt.com 
A UK travel agency has publicly blasted a rival, Saga Holidays, after it announced a new policy requiring all customers to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Hundreds of others have joined in the condemnation. | Saga Holidays announced its mandatory vaccine policy in a statement on Wednesday, telling customers that they "must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 at least 14 days before travelling" through the company. | Accepting that the policy would be "disappointing" for many, the company said it wanted to ensure the "safest possible experience" for customers. | A message to all holiday customers. Please…
(2021-01-20). Mysterious 'alien megastructure' star is not alone as astronomers discover dwarf star neighbor. rt.com 
Astronomers have discovered a fresh clue that could help unravel the mystery of a bizarrely dimming star. The repeated plunges into darkness previously led some experts to suggest it could be evidence of intelligent alien life. | The otherwise normal star KIC 8462852, better known as Boyajian's Star, is slightly larger and hotter than the Sun and sits around 1,480 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. | The new breakthrough suggests that the star has a binary companion that could be contributing to its unexplained flickering. | The two stars are separated by a distance of 880 Astronomical Units,…
(2021-01-20). Italian Doctors Sanctioned for Raising Questions About COVID Vaccine. anti-empire.com 
An Italian doctors association has warned or disciplined 10 medics for promoting anti-vaccination propaganda and is considering sanctions against three others who are accused of downplaying the gravity of covid-19. | This comes amid growing concern that public scepticism over covid-19 vaccines could undermine Europe's fight against the coronavirus pandemic. | Antonio Magi, president of the Ordine dei Medici di Roma (Rome Doctors Guild), said that inquiries into 10 medics accused of unwarranted criticism of vaccinations had been completed, with punishments ranging from warnings to two month suspensions. The other…
(2021-01-20). Retired General McChrystal Compares MAGA Protesters to Al-Qaeda. anti-empire.com 
Editor's note: One gets the impression the generals wouldn't mind moving their permanent occupations to the homeland and save on commute. |
| Retired Army General Stanley McChrystal has compared the MAGA riot to the evolution of Al-Qaeda saying in both instances people followed a 'powerful leader' who 'justified their violence', as he warned America is headed for a homegrown insurgency. | McChrystal, the former commander of American troops in Afghanistan, said there are terrifying parallels between the birth of the terrorist group responsible for the September 11 terrorist attacks and the violent siege on th…
(2021-01-20). Israel's Fauci Says Pfizer Vaccine's First Dose Less Effective Than Drugmaker Indicated. anti-empire.com 
A single dose of Pfizer's vaccine may be less effective than the drugmaker had indicated, Israel's COVID-19 czar has warned. | Nachman Ash — Israel's equivalent of Dr. Anthony Fauci — said the protection offered by the first dose is "less effective than we had thought," "Many people have been infected between the first and second injections of the vaccine," Ash said, adding that the protective effect appears "lower than [the data] presen…
(2021-01-20). Trump Administration Designates Cuba a State Sponsor of Terrorism. anti-empire.com 
After weeks of rumors, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Monday that the Trump administration is Cuba was first designated as a state sponsor of terror by the Reagan administration in 1982. This move was reversed in 2015 by President Obama, who took other steps to normalize with Havana, including lifting travel res…
(2021-01-20). Study: Lockdowns Will Cause 890,000 Excess US Deaths Over the Next 15 Years Just From Effects of Raised Unemployment. anti-empire.com 
The toll of the coronavirus has been severe. But a new study has found that the collective response to the virus may ultimately claim more lives than the virus itself. | In "Our results suggest that the toll of lives claimed by the SARS-CoV-2 virus…
(2021-01-20). Parler Back Online Thanks to Servers in Russia. anti-empire.com 
Parler, the social network popular with The network vanished from the internet after it was
(2021-01-20). The Heat: U.S. inauguration preview. america.cgtn.com 
President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take the oath of office as his predecessor, Donald Trump bids farewell, after a tumultuous four years in office.
(2021-01-20). Covid-hit Egypt is spending $23bn on a flashy train line, and people aren't happy. middleeasteye.net 
Covid-hit Egypt is spending $23bn on a flashy train line, and people aren't happy | Egyptians say the cash could be better spent on hospitals and the country's coronavirus response as the authorities struggle to secure oxygen | Wed, 01/20/2021 – 13: 02 | The new project has been highly controversial amongst Egyptians (Screenshot/Global Construction Review) | With much fanfare, coronavirus-hit Egypt has a…
(2021-01-20). Qatar blockade ends: Cairo to normalise relations with Doha. middleeasteye.net 
Qatar blockade ends: Cairo to normalise relations with Doha | The first commercial flights between the erstwhile opponents took place on Monday | Wed, 01/20/2021 – 11: 30 | A mask-clad traveller walks past a television screen showing Qatar's Al Jazeera news channel as he prepares to board the first Qatar Airways flight bound for Cairo after the resumption of flights between Qatar and Egypt…
(2021-01-20). The Nazification of the Republican Party. counterpunch.org 
After World War II, the Nazis who helped Hitler rise to power and murder millions of people, including at least 6 million Jews, were put on trial to send a warning to the world. Not all of them faced a judicial process, but enough were not protected by their high status, official offices, or claims of "innocence" and "patriotism." Power through violence was the only language they spoke—not justice, not freedom—and they were held accountable.
(2021-01-20). The Way Forward: Can the Left Push Biden to Be a Transformative President Like LBJ, FDR & Lincoln? democracynow.org 
We look at the path forward for the Biden-Harris administration and the role of social movements with political strategist Waleed Shahid and author and analyst Michael Eric Dyson. Shahid, spokesperson for the progressive political action committee Justice Democrats, says Biden could be "one of the most transformative presidents" in U.S. history if he acts boldly. "But it will take an immense amount of pressure on Joe Biden, on the political system, on the political class for him to get there," says Shahid.
(2021-01-20). Overturning the Presidential Election Result In Southwest Virginia. counterpunch.org 
While Republican senators Hawley and Cruz grab the headlines in their attempts to curry favour with the previous inhabitant of the White House (and his base) by trying to upend the election result, a host of smaller Republican players around the country have made similar efforts at ingratiation. The case of Western Virginia's Congressional representatives
(2021-01-20). Israeli Bulldozes Structures in Al-Arakib Village for the 182nd Time. imemc.org 
The Palestinian Bedouin village of al-Arakib, was demolished, for the 182nd time, on Wednesday, have once again been displaced by the Israeli authorities, Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Israeli officials forced their way into the rural community and bulldozed the tents that the community had re-constructed out of wood and nylon as use for shelter …
(2021-01-20). Jim Thorpe's 1912 golds still resonate, amaze. peoplesworld.org 
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — It has been described as the first major international sports scandal, and still resonates more than a century later. Jim Thorpe, a Native American who seemed to excel at every sport he tried, was seen as one of the world's top athletes after winning gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon …
(2021-01-20). Soldiers Abduct Six Palestinians, Including Father And Son, One Woman, In Jerusalem. imemc.org 
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday evening, five Palestinians, including a woman, a father, and his sons, in the al-'Isawiya town, in addition to one child in Hizma town, in the occupied Palestinian capital Jerusalem. Media sources said the soldiers, including undercover officers, invaded al-'Isawiya, before storming and ransacking shops and homes, and abducted five Palestinians. …
(2021-01-20). AFRICOM says they left Somalia, San Diego activists tell the truth. liberationnews.org 
On Jan. 16, ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) and the Party for Socialism and Liberation held a speak-out and banner drop at Teralta Park in the City Heights neighborhood of San Diego to demand a withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Somalia and an end to AFRICOM. City Heights is …
(2021-01-20). Press Release: Al Mezan welcomes the Palestinian President's decree to hold parliamentary and presidential elections. imemc.org 
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights welcomes the decree, issued by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, that announces parliamentary and presidential elections for later this year. The first such elections in almost 16 years, this step is long overdue and holds weighty expectations for the renewal of legitimacy to state institutions and unification of the Palestinian …
(2021-01-20). Israeli Army Bombards Gaza, Causes Damage And Injures One Palestinian. imemc.org 
The Israeli army fired, late on Tuesday at night, many artillery and tanks shells targeting several areas in the besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip, causing damage, and wounding a young man. The soldiers fired a tank shell directly striking a home, owned by members of the Abdul-Jawad family in the al-Maghazi refugee camp, in central …
(2021-01-20). The Rubble of Empire: Doctrines of Disaster and Dreams of Security as the Biden Years Begin. juancole.com 
( Tomdispatch.com ) — How can you tell when your empire is crumbling? Some signs are actually visible from my own front window here in San Francisco. Directly across the street, I can see a collection of tarps and poles (along with one of my own garbage cans) that were used to construct a makeshift …
(2021-01-20). WAFA: "Foreign Ministry pledges to legally pursue US ambassador to Israel for recognizing settlement project" imemc.org 
RAMALLAH, Tuesday, January 19, 2021 (WAFA) — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates today pledged to legally pursue the US ambassador to Israel, David Friedman after he recognized the settlement project called City of David in the occupied city of Jerusalem. The Ministry said in a statement that all of East Jerusalem is a …
(2021-01-20). Fifteen More Detainees Contract Coronavirus In Ramon Israeli Prison. imemc.org 
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported, Wednesday, that fifteen more detainees have been officially diagnosed with the coronavirus in Ramon Israeli prison, bringing the number of infected detainees in the facility to fifty-three since January 11th, and increasing the total number of infected political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention centers to more than …
(2021-01-20). Israeli Soldiers Abduct A Senior Palestinian Official And His Assistant Near Jerusalem. imemc.org 
Israeli soldiers abducted, Wednesday, a senior Palestinian official and his assistant while crossing Qalandia terminal north of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem. The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that the soldiers abducted Lieutenant Bilal Natsha, the secretary-general of the Popular National Conference for Jerusalem, and his assistant Moath al-Ashhab, while crossing the …
(2021-01-20). For exposing COVID-19 outbreak, Black newspaper editor faces retaliation. workers.org 
What happens when a federal prisoner who has just become the Editor-in-Chief of the San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper is paroled to a halfway house run by GEO Group? That company is one of the largest managers of lockdown units and ICE detention centers in the U.S. Malik . . . |
(2021-01-20). Israeli Colonists Cut 100 Olive Saplings Near Hebron. imemc.org 
Many fanatic Israeli colonists, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands, invaded a Palestinian orchard east of Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and cut about 100 olive saplings. Rateb Jabour, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Hebron, said the colonists invaded a privately-owned Palestinian …
(2021-01-20). Protests erupt over Haitian president's plans to stay in power. workers.org 
From Brooklyn and Miami to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, as well as Port-au-Prince, Cap-Haitien, Jacmel, Saint-Marc and GonaàØves in Haiti, hundreds of people marched on Jan. 15 to demand that Haitian President Jovenel MoàØse follow the constitution and step down next month. Barclay Center protest, Brooklyn, N.Y., Jan. 15. The term . . . |
(2021-01-20). Struggle for Safehouse will continue. workers.org 
A crack house is dark. It is a place of sorrow and danger — a hell on Earth. People do not care about you. They would allow you to die alone if you overdose or have an adverse drug reaction. You have to be on guard at all times. You . . . |
(2021-01-20). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians From Tulkarem And Nablus. imemc.org 
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, three Palestinians from Tulkarem and one from Nablus, in northern West Bank. The Tulkarem office of the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS), in northern West Bank, said several army jeeps invaded Tulkarem refugee camp, before the soldiers stormed and violently searched homes in Anabta town, east of the city, …
(2021-01-20). Palestinian Family Survives What Would Have Been A Massacre By Israeli Shell. imemc.org 
The family of Taiseer Abdul-Jawad (Abu Mazen), living in their home in the eastern part of the al-Maghazi refugee camp, in central Gaza Strip, has survived what would have turned into a massacre when an Israeli shell struck their home as they slept. Abu Mazen said that he, his wife, and their children were sleeping …
(2021-01-20). Trump OUT — Time for workers to defeat racism, fascism. workers.org 
An unprecedented 25,000 National Guard troops from 50 states plus thousands of local and Capitol police are expected to occupy the U.S. capital by Jan. 20. This armed force's announced goal: Prevent a violent attack on the inauguration of the 46th president and allow a transition to the Joe Biden/Kamala . . . |
(2021-01-20). Treaty Banning the Ultimate Weapon of Mass Destruction Enters into Force. counterpunch.org 
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) takes effect Friday, January 22, 2021. After decades of campaigns of every kind to "ban the bomb," to prevent the nuclear arms race, to freeze the arms race, humankind finally has a global treaty. The nuclear weapons prohibition outlaws not just their development, testing and possession,
(2021-01-20). Poet Amanda Gorman: 'Even as we grieved, we grew.'. peoplesworld.org 
NEW YORK (AP) — Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman summoned images dire and triumphant Wednesday as she called out to the world "even as we grieved, we grew." In language referencing Biblical scripture and at times echoing the oratory of John F. Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the 22-year-old Gorman read with urgency …
(2021-01-20). MLK conference strategizes on gaining power for people of color. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Some 400 delegates, attending the AFL-CIO's annual Martin Luther King commemorative conference by zoom and video, spent their two-day event strategizing on how to gain more political power—and use it—for people of color. But they also had a few words for fair-weather friends, political, and organizational, too. The conference, held annually to commemorate the martyred …
(2021-01-20). Abu Rodeina Denounces Israel's Latest Colonialist Plans. imemc.org 
The Spokesperson of the Palestinian Presidency, Nabil Abu Rodeina, denounced the latest Israeli plan to build more than 2500 colonialist units in the occupied West Bank, and described them as another attempt to destroy any prospect of peace. Abu Rodeina said the Israeli decisions are direct violations of International Law, and various resolutions, including United …
(2021-01-20). The class composition of the Capitol rioters (First Cut). mronline.org 
The extensive commentary I have read on the Capitol Seizure of January 6 has not, to my knowledge, focused on two aspects of the event: The first is the class composition of the rioters. The second is the actual cost of the event.
(2021-01-20). Revealed: Israeli Settler Groups With Ties To the US Are Evicting Palestinians in Mass. mintpressnews.com 
Jessica Buxbaum investigates the slew of Israeli settler groups working to evict Palestinian families from their East Jerusalem homes with the aid of millions of dollars from American donors.
(2021-01-20). Don't Let President Biden 'Make Us the Dupes of Our Hopes'. indybay.org Class war, hidden in plain sight…
(2021-01-20). The New Domestic War on Terror Is Coming. globalresearch.ca The last two weeks have ushered in a wave of new domestic police powers and rhetoric in the name of fighting "terrorism" that are carbon copies of many of the worst excesses of the first War on Terror that began …
(2021-01-20). Could Baltimore's Climate Change Suit Become A Supreme Court Test Case? popularresistance.org What began as a narrow jurisdictional question to be argued Tuesday before the U.S. Supreme Court in a climate change lawsuit filed by the city of Baltimore could take on far greater implications if the high court agrees with major oil companies to expand its purview and consider whether federal, rather than state courts, are the appropriate venue for the city's case and possibly a host of similar lawsuits. | The high court initially agreed to hear a request by the oil and gas industry to review a ruling by the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in which the court affirmed a federal district judge's decision to…
(2021-01-20). 'Subsidizing The Spread Of Covid'. popularresistance.org Nearly 200 corporate landlords received $320 million in federal pandemic-related assistance only to turn around and file more than 5,380 evictions between mid-March and mid-October of last year, recklessly displacing thousands of impoverished Americans in the midst of a public health and economic emergency. | That's according to Taxpayer Subsidized Evictions: Corporate Landlords Pocket Federal Sweetheart Deals, Subsidies, and Tax Breaks While Evicting Struggling Families, a newreport(pdf) published Tuesday by the Jobs With Justice Education Fund and the Private Equity Stakeholder Project.
(2021-01-20). Biden Lifts Health Care Plan From Insurance Lobbyists. popularresistance.org President-elect Joe Biden's new COVID relief plan does not adopt existing Democratic legislation to expand government sponsored medical coverage nor does it propose a promised public health insurance option. Instead, it adopts proposals from health insurance lobbying groups' recent letter to lawmakers demanding lucrative new subsidies for insurance companies, at a moment when those corporations have recorded record profits as millions lose coverage and many face claims denials. | Biden's plan would shovel billions of dollars to private health insurers by providing subsidies for Americans to buy coverage through t…
(2021-01-20). Staff 'need clearer guidance' as COVID overwhelms ICUs. imperial.ac.uk Hospital staff are receiving insufficient support as they make agonising choices about who does and does not receive care, writes Dr Katharina Hauck.
(2021-01-20). Dean Baker on Beating Inequality & COVID-19: Tackle Patent and Copyright Monopolies. theanalysis.news Intellectual property like pharmaceutical patents is one reason so many people face a long wait for COVID-19 vaccines says Dean Baker. GPEnewsdocs…
(2021-01-20). Dean Baker on Beating Inequality & COVID-19: Tackle Patent and Copyright Monopolies. theanalysis.news Intellectual property like pharmaceutical patents is one reason so many people face a long wait for COVID-19 vaccines says Dean Baker. (GPE Newsdoc)…
(2021-01-20). Sunday 1/31: Newsom, Stop The Executions! Car Caravan to End the COVID Deaths in Prisons. indybay.org Middle Harbor Shoreline Park | 2777 Middle Harbor Road | (in the Port of Oakland)…
(2021-01-20). Tuesday 1/19: Nationwide COVID-19 Memorial Service. indybay.org Online vigil…
(2021-01-20). "Covid Relief Plan": Biden Lifts Health Care Plan from Insurance Lobbyists. globalresearch.ca President-elect Joe Biden's new COVID relief plan does not adopt existing Democratic legislation to expand government sponsored medical coverage nor does it propose a promised public health insurance option. Instead, it adopts proposals from health insurance lobbying groups' recent …
(2021-01-20). . oneworld.press Serbian student Luka Stevanovich studies law and is looking forward to taking up a master's degree programme at St Petersburg State University.
(2021-01-20). . oneworld.press Serbian student Luka Stevanovich studies law and is looking forward to taking up a master's degree programme at St Petersburg State University.
(2021-01-20). About Suffering: A Massacre of the Innocents in Yemen. zcomm.org We must not turn away. We must decry the terrible war and blockade. Doing so may help spare the lives of at least some of Yemen's children. The opportunity to resist this massacre of the innocents rests with us.
(2021-01-20). Healthy diets 'nearly impossible' for 1.9 billion in Asia-Pacific: UN report. news.un.org The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic and surging food prices have made it "nearly impossible" for almost two billion people in Asia and the Pacific to eat healthy diets, a new United Nations report revealed on Wednesday.
(2021-01-20). Socialists on the Job: A Cross-Generation Conversation. dsausa.org In the 1970s, many left organizations encouraged their members to get traditional (however they chose to define that) working-class jobs. They hoped to play a part in amping up class struggle, leading fights against bosses, and replacing bureaucratic union leaders. They also hoped to recruit workers to socialist politics and to transform groups rooted in…
(2021-01-20). Watch: Meeting commemorates decades-long Australian Trotskyist Barry Jobson. wsws.org At a meeting on Sunday, SEP speakers reviewed Barry Jobson's contribution to the fight for socialist internationalism, in the context of the deepening crisis of Australian and world capitalism.
(2021-01-20). Video: Iran Expands Its Presence in Syria, Deploys Intel Signals System Near Border with Jordan and Israel. globalresearch.ca The situation in Syria's Idlib appears to be, once again, on the brink of escalation, with the US preoccupied with what's happening at home, and Turkey attempting to push towards Ain Issa, while being targeted by its own proxies. | The …
(2021-01-20). Biden Inaugural Guest Is Venezuelan Coup Leader Charged with Inciting Violent Assault on Gov't Building. globalresearch.ca After condemning the pro-Trump invasion of the Capitol, the incoming Biden administration invited Carlos Vecchio — a coup leader charged in the 2014 torching of the Venezuelan Attorney General's office — to its inaugural ceremony. | *** | As Washington recovered from …
(2021-01-20). West Coast Gas Terminal Plans Hit Snag. popularresistance.org Portland, OR – Plans for a major West Coast liquified natural gas pipeline and export terminal hit a snag Tuesday with federal regulators after a years-long legal battle that has united tribes, environmentalists and a coalition of residents on Oregon's rural southern coast against the proposal. | The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ruled that energy company Pembina could not move forward with the proposal without a key clean water permit from the state of Oregon. The U.S. regulatory agency gave its tentative approval to the pipeline last March as long as it secured the necessary state permits, but the Canadi…
(2021-01-20). Hospital Closes Without Warning Because Owners Are Behind On Rent. popularresistance.org Houston, TX – Doctors and patients at the Heights Hospital were left stuck in the parking lot after being told they were not allowed in the building Monday afternoon. | A note posted on the door said that the locks for the spaces rented by 1917 Ashland Ventures LLC, the owners on record of the hospital, have been changed and they will only be given keys when $461,302.24 in rent and fees are paid. | Staff members said they were given no warning or opportunity to alert their patients or collect their personal items from inside. | "I tried to contact the owners," said Dr. Felicity Mack, who is listed as a physician…
(2021-01-20). Iran Adds Trump, Pompeo, Mnuchin, Several Ex-Officials To Sanctions Lists. popularresistance.org Iran has imposed sanctions on incumbent US President Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, acting Secretary of Defence Christopher Miller, Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, ex-Secretary of Defence Mark Esper, as well as a number of other former officials, including Gina Haspel, John Bolton, Brian Hook, and others, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said. The blacklisting of 10 senior US officials, including POTUS Trump, is because of their "role and involvement in terrorist and anti-human rights actions against the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iranian citizens", the ministry's spokesman Saeed Khatibz…
(2021-01-20). Global Minimum Wage. zcomm.org It is simply unacceptable that people should work for starvation wages…
(2021-01-20). A City Under Occupation. zcomm.org Twenty-five thousand National Guard troops arrive in D.C. for Joe Biden's inauguration, more than three times the number present at Trump's inauguration…
(2021-01-20). Participatory Economics, Ecology, and Anarchism. zcomm.org Will a participatory economy be any better for the environment than capitalism?>
(2021-01-20). Can We Crack the Right's White Bloc? These Organizers Say Yes. zcomm.org Deep canvass conversations, storytelling, acknowledges people's experiences while suggesting a different way to understand and respond…
(2021-01-20). CJI Bobde's Remarks on Women Protesters Are Patriarchal Diktat, Not Concern. zcomm.org When women fly planes and go up in space shuttles our hearts swell with pride, but when they lead protests and question, we deny them agency and express solicitude…
(2021-01-20). Vale John Rainford — communist, unionist, writer and filmmaker. greenleft.org.au Alexander Brown, Melanie Barnes and Nick Southall write about John Rainford's contributions to communist, labour, and social movements.
(2021-01-20). Vale John Rainford — communist, unionist, writer and filmmaker. greenleft.org.au Alexander Brown, Melanie Barnes and Nick Southall write about John Rainford's contributions to communist, labour and social movements.
(2021-01-20). On current trends, Australia will reach carbon neutrality in 300 years. greenleft.org.au The climate-denying federal government is putting Australia on track to reach net zero emissions in 300 years, writes Sarah Hathway.
(2021-01-20). John Marshall And Nolan Higdon. projectcensored.org Mickey's first guest is veteran technology entrepreneur John Marshall. In his new book "Free is Bad: How the Free Web Hurt Privacy, Truth and Democracy," he contends that internet users' expectation that everything online should be provided free has been a disservice to themselves and to society, because it makes advertisers, not internet users, the real customers of the tech firms. In the second half of the show, History and Media Studies lecturer Nolan Higdon returns to the program for a discussion about what the January 6 events at the U.S. Capitol means for the media and for the country. They reference their…
(2021-01-20). Precise mapping shows how brain injuries inflict long-term damage. imperial.ac.uk Researchers have shown how forces acting on the brain during traumatic injury are linked to damage seen years after the initial trauma.
(2021-01-20). Vaccine Will Not Reverse Economic Problems. dissidentvoice.org No matter how many vaccines are rush-produced by large for-profit corporations with a long record of malpractice, vaccines will not reverse severe economic deterioration because the economic collapse, nationally and internationally, was not caused by any virus.1 The economic depression that is unfolding was a long time in the making and was accelerated and intensified …
(2021-01-20). The Deep State's Stealthy, Subversive, Silent Coup to Ensure Nothing Changes. mintpressnews.com Donald Trump swore to drain the swamp in Washington DC, instead, he paved the way for lobbyists, corporations, and the military industrial complex. Here's why Joe Biden will be no different.
(2021-01-20). The Chicago FOP Head's Remarks Underline Doubts About Police Loyalty. thenation.com The Chicago FOP Head's Remarks Underline Doubts About Police Loyalty…
(2021-01-20). The Interior Lives of the Transnational Asian Diaspora. thenation.com The Interior Lives of the Transnational Asian Diaspora…
(2021-01-20). The Deep State's Stealthy, Subversive, Silent Coup to Ensure Nothing Changes. globalresearch.ca "You have such a fervent, passionate, evangelical faith in this country…why in the name of God don't you have any faith in the system of government you're so hell-bent to protect? You want to defend the United States of America, …
(2021-01-20). ENLACES de Red Latina sin fronteras 20.01.2021. indybay.org ENLACES de Red Latina sin fronteras 20.01.2021 | comunicaciones e información para la liberación…
(2021-01-20). Friday Deadline: Defend Oakland's Pesticide Ban! indybay.org The City of Oakland is preparing an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) that threatens to roll back a local law that restricts pesticide use on public lands. The herbicides glyphosate, triclopyr, and imazapyr would be exempted for use in the Oakland hills, as part of a plan to remove large numbers of trees. Public comments on the Draft EIR are DUE FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2021 AT 5PM…
(2021-01-20). President Biden Extends Student Loan Payment Freeze. indybay.org President Biden will extend the freeze on student debt payments as one of his first executive actions after his inauguration.
(2021-01-20). Saturday 2/6: Article deadline for Slingshot issue #133. indybay.org Long Haul Infoshop – 3124 Shattuck Ave Berkeley – 510-540-0751…
(2021-01-20). UC Places Initial Fencing Around People's Park, More to Come. indybay.org January 19th, the day before Biden's inauguration in DC, the University of California at Berkeley has placed the initial fencing on People's Park. "Work is coming", said Kyle Gibson, the director of communications for UCB Capital Strategies (quoted speaking to Berkeleyside).
(2021-01-20). Saturday 2/20: EV 201: Finding the EV for Your Lifestyle. indybay.org Free webinar, register below.
(2021-01-20). United States of America President Joseph Biden Inauguration Day Speech. indybay.org As we look ahead in our uniquely American way, restless, bold, optimistic, and set our sights on a nation we know we can be and must be.
(2021-01-20). 2021 National Freedom Day – Black History in the California Gold Rush. indybay.org (1840-1875) Discover the historical significance of Pan Africans in early California history is essential to preserve the authentic contributions that helped shape California and the United States of America.
(2021-01-20). Saturday 1/30: Carbon Neutral Portfolio: From Vision to Strategy. indybay.org Free webinar.
(2021-01-20). Windows Broken, Graffiti Attack on south san francisco courthouse. indybay.org On January 19, on Ramaytush Ohlone land occupied under the name "South San Francisco", the county courthouse was vandalized with anti-police, anti-State, anti-colonization slogans and the windows of the front entrance were smashed in.
(2021-01-20). San Francisco ICE office attacked. indybay.org On January 18, as strong winds raged, 30+ anti-racists attacked the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in San Francisco.
(2021-01-20). Wednesday 2/3: Talk on the Mothers of the Civil Rights Movement w/ Author Anna Malaika Tubbs. indybay.org Online event…
(2021-01-20). Tuesday 1/19: Reflections on Politics, Race and Culture: Where We Are & Where We're Going. indybay.org Online event…
(2021-01-20). Biden Orders US To Rejoin Paris Agreement on Climate Change. telesurenglish.net U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order returning the United States to the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. | Hours after being sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, Biden signed in the Oval Office an executive order that returns his country back to the Paris Agreement on climate change, reversing his predecessor Donald Trump's decision to abandon the deal. | RELATED: | "We are g…
(2021-01-20). NYC rallies for MLK Day. fightbacknews.org New York, NY – Over 50 people gathered on January 18, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The crowd rallied at the 125th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard in Harlem, a neighborhood that has had a long history of Black revolutionary organizing. Along with the rally, others participated in a car caravan that passed by the rally. | The event was organized by the People's United Front, with speakers from organizations such as the New Abolitionist Movement, Cuba Si Coalition, New York Community Action Project, Families for Freedom, and many others. | Each of the speeches addressed one of the issues laid ou…
(2021-01-20). How Movements Are Made. progressive.org Two books bring the history of the civil rights struggle to a modern audience.
(2021-01-20). A Brief But Portentous Insurrection. counterpunch.org There is a difference between attempts to change policy through public pressure and seeking to change the very nature of government through an insurrection. The civil rights protests of the late 1950s and 1960s; the anti-war protests of the latter half of the 1960s and early 1970s; more civil rights protests (these have occurred repeatedly)
(2021-01-20). Racist County Commissioner arrested for breaching US Capitol. nationofchange.org "And I will embrace my Second Amendment, I will keep my right to bear arms, my vehicle is an extension of my home in regard to the constitution law, and I have a right to have those firearms in my car."
(2021-01-20). NYC rallies for MLK Day. fightbacknews.org New York, NY – Over 50 people gathered on January 18, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The crowd rallied at the 125th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard in Harlem, a neighborhood that has had a long history of Black revolutionary organizing. Along with the rally, others participated in a car caravan that passed by the rally. | The event was organized by the People's United Front, with speakers from organizations such as the New Abolitionist Movement, Cuba Si Coalition, New York Community Action Project, Families for Freedom, and many others. | Each of the speeches addressed one of the issues laid ou…
(2021-01-20). Biden Must Build a Bridge to Young Americans. progressive.org Young people came out, not because we were excited, but because we were scared. For our lives. For our future. For democracy.
(2021-01-20). HART: Homeland Security's Massive New Database Will Include Face Recognition, DNA, and Peoples' "Non-Obvious Relationships" globalresearch.ca This article was originally published on EFF in June 2018. | So why do we know so little about it? | The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is quietly building what will likely become the largest database of biometric and biographic …
(2021-01-20). A Belligerent Foreign Policy Towards the Middle East: The Legacy of US President Donald J. Trump. globalresearch.ca As the Trump era is coming to an end, his legacy in the Middle East will be described by the Palestinians, Syrians, Iranians and the rest of the Arab world as aggressive, dangerous and extremely reckless. Israelis will say that …
(2021-01-20). Supporters celebrate Alvin Cole's 18th birthday and continue to demand justice. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On the afternoon of January 17, roughly 40 people gathered in a parking lot at Lincoln Park to celebrate what would have been Alvin Cole's 18th birthday. Cole was murdered by former Wauwatosa police officer Joseph Mensah on February 2, 2020. Mensah remains free after Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm determined he would face no charges in October. The cop was not fired by the Wauwatosa Police Department either, but rather was allowed to resign. | After hearing from a teacher from Cole's youth, those gathered at the park embarked on a march through the streets. Chants of "Say his nam…
(2021-01-20). HMRC has never opened a criminal investigation into a tax avoidance scheme used by a large corporation. truepublica.org.uk By George Turner: As reported in the Financial Times, HMRC has opened a number of criminal investigations into fraud following enquiries into transfer pricing schemes used by large corporations. News of this new approach first emerged in response to a question I posed to Simon York, HMRC's Chief Investigations Officer. Mr York and I were …
(2021-01-20). Supporters celebrate Alvin Cole's 18th birthday and continue to demand justice. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On the afternoon of January 17, roughly 40 people gathered in a parking lot at Lincoln Park to celebrate what would have been Alvin Cole's 18th birthday. Cole was murdered by former Wauwatosa police officer Joseph Mensah on February 2, 2020. Mensah remains free after Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm determined he would face no charges in October. The cop was not fired by the Wauwatosa Police Department either, but rather was allowed to resign. | After hearing from a teacher from Cole's youth, those gathered at the park embarked on a march through the streets. Chants of "Say his nam…
(2021-01-20). Nine Hurdles to Reviving the Iran Nuclear Deal. globalresearch.ca Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on January 8 that Tehran was in no rush for the United States to rejoin the 2015 nuclear deal formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), but, he also said, …
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(2021-01-20). Is Wireless Technology an Environmental Health Risk? globalresearch.ca Early in 2012, I started having debilitating cognitive lapses, pressure headaches, nausea and worse when around wireless and electronic devices. | That winter and spring, I'd put in long hours, drafting an eco-themed novel, writing for a hyperlocal news blog and …
(2021-01-20). Democracy USA? NO!!! nationofchange.org If we had a viable multi party system here in the 'Land of the Free' perhaps there would be more adjustments. Instead, we stay with this phony Two Party/One Party fantasyland.
(2021-01-20). The rebuilding years begin now. nationofchange.org So what's the agenda for moving forward under the Biden-Harris administration?>
(2021-01-20). Former White Supremacists Are Helping Others Disengage from Hate Groups. progressive.org Organizations are encouraging people to leave groups like The Proud Boys and hold themselves accountable for harm they've caused.
(2021-01-20). Protesters Hold Back Military Takeover of Balkans' Largest Mountain Pasture. globalresearch.ca Montenegro's military — and maybe NATO — want the Sinjajevina Highlands for maneuvers; traditional herding communities want these biodiverse alpine pasturelands conserved. | *** | Mileva "Gara" Jovanoviƒá's family has been taking cattle up to graze in Montenegro's Sinjajevina Highlands for more …
(2021-01-20). Washington denies permits for massive fracked gas-to-methanol refinery. nationofchange.org "Today's science-based decision helps ensure Washington's promise of a livable planet for generations to come."
(2021-01-20). China Sanctions 28 Trump Officials, Pompeo Included. telesurenglish.net The Chinese government-sanctioned on Wednesday former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo alongside 27 officials of Trump's administration who "seriously violated China's sovereignty and who have been mainly responsible for the such U.S. moves on China-related issues." | RELATED: | The Foreign Ministry remarked in a statement that "over the past few years, some anti-China politicians in the United States, out of their…
(2021-01-20). Sweden Doesn't Need To Join NATO To Be A Security Threat To Russia. oneworld.press Sweden's growing ties with NATO over the past half-dozen years make many observers wonder whether the Nordic country will soon join the transatlantic bloc, but it actually doesn't even have to do so formally since it's already a de facto member considering its close security cooperation with it, which means that Sweden is still a security threat to Russia despite not crossing Moscow's red line of officially joining NATO.
(2021-01-20). Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration's Gutting of Federal Protection for Migratory Birds. globalresearch.ca National environmental groups filed a
(2021-01-20). The US has a broken political system & is about to be usurped by China — what Europeans really think about America is telling. thealtworld.com A new survey of citizens of 11 countries suggests that Joe Biden faces an almost impossible task …
(2021-01-20). Biden's Key Role in the Crime of the Century: The 2003 U.S. Invasion of Iraq. globalresearch.ca Joe Biden presents himself as an empathetic guy who is willing to go the extra mile to help people overcome their personal tragedies. | However, Biden has throughout his career endorsed policies that caused countless personal tragedies for millions of people….
(2021-01-20). Indian Farmers on the Frontline Against Global Capitalism. counterpunch.org In a short video on the empirediaries.com YouTube channel, a protesting farmer camped near Delhi says that during lockdown and times of crisis farmers are treated like "gods", but when they ask for their rights, they are smeared and labelled as "terrorists". He, along with thousands of other farmers, are mobilising against three important pieces of farm legislation that
(2021-01-20). Sweden Doesn't Need To Join NATO To Be A Security Threat To Russia. oneworld.press Sweden's growing ties with NATO over the past half-dozen years make many observers wonder whether the Nordic country will soon join the transatlantic bloc, but it actually doesn't even have to do so formally since it's already a de facto member considering its close security cooperation with it, which means that Sweden is still a security threat to Russia despite not crossing Moscow's red line of officially joining NATO.
(2021-01-20). China urges US to rejoin Iran nuclear deal. peoplesdispatch.org Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying urged the incoming Biden administration to rejoin the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) "as early as possible" and without any preconditions…
(2021-01-20). مقالات البحث العالمية متاحة الآن باللغة العربية. globalresearch.ca
(2021-01-20). Chicago Teachers Union postures with "strike" vote as schools continue in-person learning. wsws.org In response to overwhelming anger from teachers and parents over the continued drive to reopen schools and businesses in the city, the union's House of Delegates is calling an emergency meeting Wednesday.
(2021-01-20). People's Action Statement on President Biden's Executive Orders. peoplesaction.org Contact: Johanna Kichton, 240.206.1145, press@peoplesaction.org WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action today release the following statements in anticipation of President Biden's executive orders on climate, housing, and immigration: Climate "The Biden administration's commitment to act on climate and revoke the Keystone XL pipeline's permit are encouraging first steps in the direction of climate and environmental justice," People and …
(2021-01-20). Building Class Power by Fighting for the Common Good. organizingupgrade.com As activists orient to…
(2021-01-20). Video: The Silent Enemy: The Lockdown Concerto of Dr. Ronald B. Brown, PhD. globalresearch.ca He disrupted the academic world with his In
(2021-01-20). Smart Ass Cripple: Zoom's Inaccessibility for Hard-of-Hearing and Deaf Users. progressive.org The video-chat platform is facing a federal lawsuit for charging a monthly fee to folks who need closed captioning.
(2021-01-20). Families of youth killed in fake encounter hold protest in Kashmir. peoplesdispatch.org Ather Mushtaq, Ajaz Maqbool Ganai and Zubair Lone were killed in an encounter on December 30. Their bodies have not been handed over to the families yet…
(2021-01-20). War Propaganda: The Cult of Militarism. globalresearch.ca This is the second of two posts about war propaganda, and the last of four posts about propaganda more generally. | "War will exist until the distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige as the warrior …
(2021-01-20). Ugandan President Museveni arrests opposition rival Bobbi Wine. wsws.org Museveni's regime depends on extensive backing from the US, which provides over $970 million a year in development and security assistance, including military training for the army.
(2021-01-20). Steve Bannon and corrupt officials given last-minute pardon by Trump. peoplesdispatch.org In the last few hours of his presidency, Donald Trump chose to pardon a whole array of corrupt officials and rich felons, while overlooking calls for pardoning whistleblowers and journalists…
(2021-01-20). "Women will continue to lead the struggle against farm laws" peoplesdispatch.org January 18 is celebrated each year as Mahila Kisan Diwas, or Women Farmers' Day, in India. This year, women farmers in the thick of struggles against the farm laws expressed their determination to continue the fight…
(2021-01-19). Venezuelan Donated Oxygen Arrives in Manaus, Brazil. telesurenglish.net Authorities confirm the arrival of five trucks with oxygen in the capital of the Brazilian Amazon, Manaus, to attend to the sanitary crisis that the territory is suffering due to the Covid-19 pandemic. | The population welcomed the trucks with Venezuelan flags amidst applause. The shipment will be able to alleviate the dramatic situation suffered by the hospital network in Manaus. | RELATED: | The Venezuelan Fore…
(2021-01-19). US Makes Aggressive Opening Move on Russian Chessboard. globalresearch.ca A regime change project in Russia was launched on Sunday with the return of political activist Alexei Navalny to Moscow. It was a highly symbolic event — except that Navalny was travelling by an aeroplane from Germany and not in …
(2021-01-19). Chile: Mapuche Indigenous People Gathered To Condemn Violence. telesurenglish.net Mapuche Indigenous leaders on Monday began an "urgent conversation" in the Temucuicui territory to denounce the state violence against Indigenous people promoted by Chile's President Sebastian Piñera. | RELATED: | The two-day meeting took place after the violence experienced on January 7 when Investigation Police (PDI) officers carried out a raid in the Ercilla community. | Around 350 people attended the meeting, including…
(2021-01-19). Biden expected to cancel Keystone XL pipeline on day one of presidency. nationofchange.org "This decision to halt the Keystone XL pipeline on day one in office sets a precedent that all permitting decisions must pass a climate test and respect Indigenous rights."
(2021-01-19). Michigan Ex-Governor Charged With "Willful Neglect" in Flint Water Scandal. truthout.org 
Former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and eight other former officials were charged last Thursday in a sweeping criminal investigation into the Flint water crisis. Snyder faces two charges of willful neglect of duty, a misdemeanor. In 2014, Flint's unelected emergency manager, appointed by then-Governor Snyder, switched the city's water supply to the Flint River as a cost-saving measure. The move has been linked to at least 12 deaths from an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease and widespread lead…
(2021-01-19). Michigan Governor Charged With "Willful Neglect of Duty" in Flint Water Scandal. truthout.org Former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and eight other former officials were charged last Thursday in a sweeping criminal investigation into the Flint water crisis. Snyder faces two charges of willful neglect of duty, a misdemeanor. In 2014, Flint's unelected emergency manager, appointed by then-Governor Snyder, switched the city's water supply to the Flint River as a cost-saving measure. The move has been linked to at least 12 deaths from an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease and widespread lead…
(2021-01-19). U.S. Rep. Tlaib: "Israel Is a Racist State That Would Deny Palestinians Like My Grandmother a Vaccine" democracynow.org 
Israel has been hailed as having the world's most vaccinated population, but Palestinians are not included. Human Rights Watch and others have called on Israeli authorities to provide COVID-19 vaccines to the more than 4.5 million Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. "Israel is a racist state," responds Congressmember Rashida Talib of Michigan, who is Palestinian American and one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress and says her Palestinian grandmother was denied access to a vaccine. "I hope my colleagues, I hope our country, sees what the Palestinians have been trying to tell us for a…
(2021-01-19). Flint Residents Still Sick as Former Michigan Gov. Faces "Willful Neglect" Charges in Water Scandal. democracynow.org 
Former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and eight other former officials were charged last Thursday in a sweeping criminal investigation into the Flint water crisis. Snyder faces two charges of willful neglect of duty, a misdemeanor. In 2014, Flint's unelected emergency manager, appointed by then-Governor Snyder, switched the city's water supply to the Flint River as a cost-saving measure. The move has been linked to at least 12 deaths from an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease and widespread lead poisoning in residents, including children, in the majority-Black city. "It is really important that many of those electe…
(2021-01-19). By 'Force and Fraud': Is This the End of the US Democracy Doctrine? counterpunch.org 
In an interview with the British newspaper, The Times, in 2015, former US Defense Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, vehemently denied that exporting democracy to Iraq was the main motive behind the US invasion of that Arab country 12 years earlier. Rumsfeld further alleged that "the idea that we could fashion a democracy in Iraq seemed to
(2021-01-19). By "Force and Fraud": Is This the End of the US Democracy Doctrine? dissidentvoice.org 
In an interview with the British newspaper, The Times, in 2015, former US Defense Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, vehemently denied that exporting democracy to Iraq was the main motive behind the US invasion of that Arab country 12 years earlier. Rumsfeld further alleged that "the idea that we could fashion a democracy in Iraq seemed to me …
(2021-01-19). By 'Force and Fraud': Is This the End of the US Democracy Doctrine? counterpunch.org In an interview with the British newspaper, The Times, in 2015, former US Defense Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, vehemently denied that exporting democracy to Iraq was the main motive behind the US invasion of that Arab country 12 years earlier. Rumsfeld further alleged that "the idea that we could fashion a democracy in Iraq seemed to
(2021-01-19). Fearing the Palestinian Narrative: Why Israel Banned Jenin Jenin. dissidentvoice.org On January 11, the Israeli Lod District Court ruled against a Palestinian film-maker, Mahmoud Bakri, ordering him to pay hefty compensation to an Israeli soldier who was accused, along with the Israeli military, of carrying out war crimes in April 2002, in the Palestinian Jenin refugee camp located in the northern occupied West Bank. The …
(2021-01-19). Covid-19: Palestinians to receive first batch of Russian vaccine by weekend. middleeasteye.net 
Covid-19: Palestinians to receive first batch of Russian vaccine by weekend | The Palestinian health ministry has approved Sputnik V vaccine for domestic use, making it 'the first country in the Middle East' to do so | Tue, 01/19/2021 – 14: 15 | Palestinian health workers collect random swab samples from people to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on 1…
(2021-01-19). Respected Israeli Rights Group B'Tselem declares Israel an Apartheid State. zcomm.org Apartheid is one of the listed "crimes against humanity" along with enslavement, torture, war rape, and forcible deportation. A crime against humanity is the systematic and continuous commission of war crimes…
(2021-01-19). Native Activists File Suit After Trump Officials Hand Sacred Land to Foreign Mining Firm. mintpressnews.com 
The land swap deal between the U.S. government and British-Australian corporate mining giant Rio Tinto and its subsidiary, Resolution Copper, went into effect last week. But, the true Native owners of the land are not about to give up a battle they have been fighting for centuries. | On Friday, January 15, the U.S. Forest Service, under pressure of the outgoing Trump administration,
(2021-01-19). As Guatemalan Forces Beat Back Migrant Caravan, Biden Urged to Reverse Trump Policies of 'Cruelty and Coercion'. commondreams.org "The answer is not to continue doing more of the same but to envision a new direction that respects the political and economic self-determination and dignity of our Central American neighbors." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/guatemala_0.jpg …
(2021-01-19). Migrants stranded in Guatemala following repression by security forces. peoplesdispatch.org A caravan of more than thousand Honduran migrants were brutally repressed by the Guatemalan military and police forces, on January 17. Honduran migrants, including men, women and children, have set off on this perilous 4,000-km long journey on foot to the US with the hope to apply for humanitarian asylum there.
(2021-01-19). Migrants Jump Over Border Fence in Spanish City in Africa. telesurenglish.net Some 150 sub-Saharan migrants on Tuesday tried to enter the Spanish city of Melilla by jumping the border fence with Morocco. | RELATED: | Spanish authorities reported that 87 people entered this North African city although Moroccan and Spanish security forces tried to prevent it. | After jumping over the fence, the Sub-Saharan migrants ran into the city in a group. Of those, 78 people were taken to the Cent…
(2021-01-19). Max Blumenthal: Breach of Capitol security was like a military operation. mronline.org 
The Grayzone founder notes that "such a disproportionate percentage" of the Capitol building attackers were former military, former law enforcement, or current law enforcement that began rappelling up the sides of the Capitol with ropes."
(2021-01-19). New Documents Suggest J. Edgar Hoover Was Involved in Fred Hampton's Murder. truthout.org 
In March 1976, we sat in a cavernous Chicago courtroom while FBI agent Roy Martin Mitchell testified in the federal civil rights case that we and our partners at the People's Law Office had brought on behalf of the families of slain Illinois Black Panther leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark and the seven survivors of the murderous pre-dawn Chicago police raid on their West Side apartment. | Thanks to the liberation of FBI documents from the Media, Pennsylvania FBI offices, the revelations of the…
(2021-01-19). FBI Vetting Leads to Removal of 12 National Guard Members From Inauguration Duty. truthout.org 
Twelve members of the National Guard were removed from inaugural duty, AP Two National Guard members were recused from inauguration duty specifically for ties to far right militias. Because of information saf…
(2021-01-19). Kremlin rejects Navalny allegation that Putin has secret Black Sea palace complete with casino, theater & private striptease bar. rt.com 
Russian President Vladimir Putin does not have an opulent private estate on the country's Black Sea coast, his spokesman Dmitry Peskov insisted on Tuesday, in response to allegations from anti-corruption campaigner Alexey Navalny. | Responding to claims that a luxury pile in the resort town of Gelendzhik belonged to the president, Peskov said that "in reality, this is not true." He added that the Kremlin had not reviewed a new tranche of allegations around Putin's supposed personal wealth, but that he was able to dismiss them in the same way he has in the past. | | © palace.navalny.com | "I can say stra…
(2021-01-19). UK Labour Party recruited ex-Israeli intelligence official for social media role: Report. middleeasteye.net 
UK Labour Party recruited ex-Israeli intelligence official for social media role: Report | Labour Party said it was aware of report but did not immediately respond to questions about matter | Tue, 01/19/2021 – 19: 15 | The former Israeli intelligence official was recruited last year to work in office of party leader Keir Starmer (AFP) | The UK's Labour Party is reported to have hired a former member of Isra…
(2021-01-19). The Class Struggle Against the Pandemic. socialistproject.ca 
Kevin Courtney, joint General Secretary of the National Education Union (NEU), summed it up when he said, the best response to the Tory pandemic disaster is to join a union and join the Zero Covid campaign. Talking at a 400-strong online conference, he paid tribute to NEU and Unison members who had followed union advice …
(2021-01-19). Trump May be on Trial, But the System that Produced Him will be Acquitted. counterpunch.org 
It is a fitting end to four years of Donald Trump in the White House. On one side, Trump's endless stoking of political grievances — and claims that November's presidential election was "stolen" from him — spilled over last week into a mob storming the US Capitol. They did so in the forlorn hope of
(2021-01-19). Prost! Bavarian court overturns statewide open-air alcohol ban imposed under Covid-19 curbs. rt.com 
Covid-19 is no reason to deny oneself a jug of beer or glass of wine in the great outdoors, a Bavarian court has ruled, overturning a statewide ban on open-air consumption of alcohol introduced to limit the spread of the virus.
(2021-01-19). Germany extends Covid-19 lockdown, makes masks compulsory amid fears of new virus strains. rt.com 
Chancellor Angela Merkel and Germany's 16 state leaders have agreed to extend the country's current lockdown until the middle of February in response to the spread of Covid-19 and the appearance of new variants. | Confirming the extension on Tuesday evening, Merkel said the country's efforts to control Covid-19 were being threatened by a spreading new mutation in the virus, and she called for a common European approach in tackling the strain. | Schools, non-essential retail, restaurants, bars and cafes are all closed under Germany's current restrictions. | Among a raft of new health measures also agreed upon i…
(2021-01-19). Scientists closer to finding motor neurone disease cure after discovering how to repair damaged nerve cells — study. rt.com 
Researchers in Scotland say they have made a breakthrough in finding potential cures to motor neurone disease (MND) following their work on repairing the nerve damage caused by the degenerative illness. | In their
(2021-01-19). WHO panel 'discouraged & frankly disappointed' by global Covid-19 vaccine rollout plan. rt.com 
An independent WHO panel studying the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic has criticized global vaccine rollout plans over inequalities that will see most of Africa missing out on receiving any jabs this year. | "The panel is discouraged and frankly disappointed by the unequal plans for vaccine rollout," panel co-chair Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the former Liberian president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, told an Executive Board meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO). | As things stand now, large-scale distribution of vaccines against the coronavirus won't begin in Africa until 2022 or even 2023, she pointed…
(2021-01-19). Scotland's first minister says national lockdown will remain until at least mid-February. rt.com 
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced that the national lockdown will remain in place until mid-February at least, as a highly contagious strain of Covid-19 continues to afflict the UK. | "The lockdown restrictions — including the strict stay-at-home requirement — will remain in place across mainland Scotland and some island communities until at least the middle of February," Sturgeon told lawmakers on Tuesday. | Sturgeon said the measures were beginning to have an impact, but emphasised that case numbers remain "very high." | She added that there are currently around 2,000 coronaviru…
(2021-01-19). Mass Call Up of Unarmed Troops Needed to Battle Terrorists During a Plague That Necessitates Everyone Stays at Home. anti-empire.com 
Oh look, The Powers That Be couldn't get real people to turn out for Biden so they're planting flags so it wouldn't look so. No no, that can't be right. That's way too cynical of me. Surely there are hundreds of thousands of people who would love to attend the inauguration but sadly the establishment must turn them away because there is a deadly invisible virus out there, that nonetheless did not preclude them from calling up 20,000 federalized National Guard soldiers that have nowhere to sleep but on top of each other. But that was necessary because of the grave "domestic terrorist" threat from the unpopular "an…
(2021-01-19). Two Years to Stop the Spread: Australia to Shut Borders Until 2022 Despite Vaccine. anti-empire.com 
Australians and Kiwis are looking at the very real possibility of being shut off from the rest of the world for at least another year. | The two countries, often touted by the media and the "public health expert" class as a COVID-19 response success story (and In a conversation with the Australian Broadcasting Corpora…
(2021-01-19). With Russia's Help, China Becomes Plastics Making Power in Pandemic. anti-empire.com 
After giving up on recycling — American recycling that is — China is still in love with the plastics biz. In fact, their companies are becoming dominant in all things plastic, one of the most important supply chains in the world. | In other words, it will be yet another segment in global business that the world will need Chinese companies to get supply. | The pandemic has helped the petrochemicals industry make up for losses in oil and gas demand. Plastics are tied to the fossil fuels industry. Stay-at-home orders throughout the U.S. and Europe has led to more take-out food orders and a lot of that is…
(2021-01-19). After Family Fights to Use 'Experimental' Drug Woman Given 20% Chance by Doctors Speedily Recovers. anti-empire.com 
A judge ordered Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital last week to give a Covid-19 patient an experimental treatment, and her family and attorneys say they believe that saved 80-year-old Judith Smentkiewicz's life. | The drug Ivermectin — a pill sometimes used to treat children with head lice or to rid dogs and cats of worms — is not yet approved by the federal government for use against Covid-19. But Smentkiewicz's son and daughter call it "a miracle drug" in their court papers. | So do her attorneys, Ralph C. Lorigo and Jon F. Minear. | "This lady was on a ventilator, literally on her deathbed, before…
(2021-01-19). 'Skynet Is a Private Company, They Can Do What They Want,' Says Man Getting Curb-Stomped by Terminator. anti-empire.com 
Cyberdyne Systems has recently launched its artificial intelligence program called Skynet. Soon after activation, Skynet became self-aware and immediately launched a nuclear attack on all humans and sent legions of lethal cybernetic machines to exterminate all remaining humans. This has sparked an intense backlash with many calling for Skynet to be shut down, while others have been quick to defend the genocidal program. | "Skynet was created by a private company, and private companies can do whatever they want," said social media influencer Kathryn Schroder. "If you don't want cold, heartless, killer robots de…
(2021-01-19). Russia Withdraws From Open Skies Treaty After US Departure. anti-empire.com 
In what experts fear could lead to growing mistrust between global powers, Russia on Friday announced that it was leaving the Open Skies Treaty (OST), an accord between over 30 countries that allows participants to fly unarmed reconnaissance flights over any part of their fellow member states. | In November, the United States left the OST first after accusing Russia of violating the pact— allegations that Russia denied. Moscow has now blamed Washington for its own decision of leaving the treaty. | What is the Open Skies Treaty?: | First proposed in 1955 by former US President Dwight Eisenhower as a…
(2021-01-19). Israeli Navy Attacks Palestinian Fishermen In Gaza. imemc.org 
Israeli navy ships fired, on Tuesday morning, several live rounds at Palestinian fishing boats, in addition to attacking them with water cannons, near the shore of the Sudaniyya sea, northwest of Gaza city. Eyewitnesses said the navy attacked the Palestinian fishing boats less than three nautical miles from the Gaza shore. They added that the …
(2021-01-19). Troops deployed in Sudan's Darfur after scores killed in clashes. middleeasteye.net 
Troops deployed in Sudan's Darfur after scores killed in clashes | Three days of inter-ethnic violence have left at least 155 people dead and tens of thousands displaced | Tue, 01/19/2021 – 15: 44 | Sudanese security forces in El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur state (AFP) | Calm returned to Sudan's Darfur region on Tuesday after troops were sent to help stop three days of inter-ethnic…
(2021-01-19). Pompeo sparks outrage with tweet rebuking 'multiculturalism'. middleeasteye.net 
Pompeo sparks outrage with tweet rebuking 'multiculturalism' | Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy said tweet exposes way outgoing secretary of state views issue of race in America | Tue, 01/19/2021 – 17: 57 | Pompeo has frequently commented on culture in America, sparking criticism after repeatedly going after the New York Times' 1619 project (AFP) | During his last full day in office, US Secretary of State Mike…
(2021-01-19). 'The system must go': Protests rage for fifth day in Tunisia against economic woes. middleeasteye.net 
'The system must go': Protests rage for fifth day in Tunisia against economic woes | Daytime protests in Tunis and other cities have followed night clashes between youth and security forces | Tue, 01/19/2021 – 21: 33 | Tunisian protesters lift placards and chant during an anti-government demonstration in coastal city of Sfax on 19 January 2021 (AFP) | Protesters rallied in Tunisia's capital and other cities on…
(2021-01-19). Turkey hits Twitter and Pinterest with ad ban for resisting new social media law. middleeasteye.net 
Turkey hits Twitter and Pinterest with ad ban for resisting new social media law | Twitter and Pinterest have yet to assign a legal representative in Turkey, leading ministers to warn of 'digital fascism' | Tue, 01/19/2021 – 11: 29 | Twitter risks having its bandwidth reduced in Turkey, under regulations introduced last year (AFP) | Turkey has imposed an advertisement ban on social media giants Twitter a…
(2021-01-19). Qatar blockade ends: BeIN Sports unofficially returns to Saudi Arabia. middleeasteye.net 
Qatar blockade ends: BeIN Sports unofficially returns to Saudi Arabia | Riyadh cafes broadcast banned Doha-based broadcaster, as Qatar expected to drop $1bn piracy lawsuit against Riyadh | Tue, 01/19/2021 – 11: 21 | A woman watches beIN Sports from her home in Riyadh in January 2020, months before a Saudi ban on the broadcaster (AFP/File photo) | Qatar-owned beIN Sports was broadcast in Sa…
(2021-01-19). Genital-shaped cupcakes spark national scandal in Egypt. middleeasteye.net 
Genital-shaped cupcakes spark national scandal in Egypt | Arrests and suspensions follow after elderly women are seen eating sexually explicit desserts in Gezira club, as government and Islamic authorities wade in | Tue, 01/19/2021 – 14: 40 | The incident has sparked national controversy and outrage in Egypt, while many criticised the government's hypocrisy in its handling of the situation (AFP) | A g…
(2021-01-19). Fears in Gulf over WhatsApp data-sharing rule drives spike in use of rival apps. middleeasteye.net 
Fears in Gulf over WhatsApp data-sharing rule drives spike in use of rival apps | With concerns over privacy on WhatsApp, rivals Signal and Telegram are gaining significant numbers of new users in Gulf states, new data shows | Tue, 01/19/2021 – 12: 30 | A woman checks her phone in a Riyadh mall. Will WhatsApp's data-sharing deal with Facebook damage its reputation in the Gulf countries?
(2021-01-19). GOP Rep. Perry and Sen. Mastriano put people of Pennsylvania at grave risk. peoplesworld.org 
It is beyond any doubt now that Republicans elected to represent the people of their states have returned the favor by putting their constituents in grave danger. One of the best examples of this is found in Pennsylvania where GOP Rep. Scott Perry and state Sen. Doug Mastriano have lied to the people about the …
(2021-01-19). Citing famine, UN urges reversal of terrorist designation for Yemen's Houthis; U.S. refuses. mronline.org 
Mark Lowcock of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warned that recent labeling of Houthis as a terrorist organization by the U.S. would likely trigger a "famine on a scale we have not seen in 40 years.
(2021-01-19). Baghdad on the Potomac: Welcome to the Blue Zone. thealtworld.com 
The season opening of the Joe and Kammy Regime Change Show could not be a more appropriate roomful of mirrors reflecting the self-described US "political elite". | During the 2000s, I came face to face with Baghdad's Green Zone multiple times. I always stayed, and worked, in the hyper-volatile Red Zone — as you may check in my 2007 book We knew then that blowback would be inevitable. | But still, we could never have imagined such a…
(2021-01-19). Army Abducts A Palestinian Child Near Hebron. imemc.org 
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at night, the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and abducted a Palestinian child. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the refugee camp before the soldiers stormed and searched homes. They added that the soldiers interrogated several Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards, …
(2021-01-19). Patching up capitalism during COVID. workers.org 
On Jan. 21, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first recognized case of COVID-19 in the U.S. One year later, over 400,000 people in the country are dead from the virus — the equivalent of wiping out the entire population of Cleveland, Ohio, or Tampa, Fla. . . . |
(2021-01-19). Global demand for meat propels deforestation in Brazil, says report. peoplesworld.org 
The growing world consumption of meat and the actions of the current government are the main ingredients of a recipe leading to the destruction of the Brazilian rainforest. This is one of the conclusions of Fleischatlas 2021 ("Meat Atlas 2021"), presented last Wednesday, January 6, in Berlin. "Beef is today one of the main motives …
(2021-01-19). The Cause of Independence for Puerto Rico. dissidentvoice.org 
From 1974 into the 1980's I worked actively with the US branch of the Puerto Rican Socialist Party (PSP) in support of the cause of independence for Puerto Rico. I have maintained connections to this should-be country ever since, primarily through a close friendship with a leading community activist in Vieques, a small island off …
(2021-01-19). Líder palestino advierte sobre política de expansionismo israelí. peoplesworld.org 
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(2021-01-19). Government Mistakes Provided the Breeding Ground for the Mutant Virus, Which it is Now Using as an Alibi for Its Failures. counterpunch.org 
The coastal town of Margate in east Kent is the place where the fast-spreading variant of Covid-19 first mutated before it swept through the rest of Britain. Scientists identified Kent last month as the county where the mutant virus developed, but a source with knowledge of research into its origins tells me that the earliest case of a person being infected with it was in Margate on the Isle of Thanet.
(2021-01-19). PPS "Israel Detains at Least 15 Palestinians" imemc.org 
Israeli soldiers detained fifteen Palestinians, on Monday morning, in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported. In the occupied city of East Jerusalem, soldiers detained four young men, two from al-'Isawiya and two from al-Tur neighborhoods, searching civilian's homes, with dogs. In the East Jerusalem area, the army detained two young …
(2021-01-19). How Trump's language shifted in the weeks leading up to the Capitol riot: Linguists can Tell. juancole.com 
By Roger J. Kreuz and Leah Cathryn Windsor | — On Jan. 6, the world witnessed how language can incite violence. One after another, a series of speakers at the "Save America" rally at the Ellipse in Washington redoubled the messages of anger and outrage. This rhetoric culminated with a directive by the president to …
(2021-01-19). PSL Statement — Assault on the Capitol: 24 Questions and Answers. liberationnews.org 
The Jan. 6 attack on Congress by a fascist-led mob will be remembered as a pivotal moment in U.S. politics…
(2021-01-19). OCHA Report: Demolitions and Displacements | December 2020. imemc.org 
Demolitions and Displacements report from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Occupied Palestinian Territory (OCHA) In December, the Israeli authorities demolished, forced people to demolish, or seized 67 Palestinian-owned structures across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, resulting in the displacement of 50 people, including 30 children, and otherwise affecting the livelihoods or …
(2021-01-19). Legal lynchings soar under Trump. workers.org 
In an unprecedented spree of executions, Donald Trump has executed 13 people in the last six months of his presidency. As if in a frenzy to kill, Trump had three people put to death at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind., just days before he exits the White House. . . . |
(2021-01-19). 'You can't be serious' awards. peoplesworld.org 
Each year Conn Hallinan gives awards to individuals, companies, and governments that make reading the news a daily adventure. These are the awards for 2020. The Golden Lemon Award goes to Lockheed Martin for its F-35 fifth-generation stealth fighter, at $1.5 trillion the most expensive weapons system in history. The plane currently has 883 "design …
(2021-01-19). About Suffering: A Massacre of the Innocents in Yemen. dissidentvoice.org 
In 1565, Pieter Bruegel the Elder created "The Massacre of the Innocents," a provocative masterpiece of religious art. The painting reworks a biblical narrative about King Herod's order to slaughter all newborn boys in Bethlehem for fear that a messiah had been born there. Bruegel's painting situates the atrocity in a contemporary setting, a 16th …
(2021-01-19). In memory of Patrice Lumumba, assassinated on January 17, 1961. mronline.org 
On 17 January 2021, we commemorate the 60th anniversary of the assassination of Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961).
(2021-01-19). The Jewish supremacist state (A comment on B'Tselem's 'apartheid regime' designation for Israel). mronline.org 
During the past two decades, many respected individuals and organizations designated the regime Israel has established in the occupied Palestinian territory—the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza—as a form of apartheid.
(2021-01-19). A Slanted Narrative on Slanted Journalism. counterpunch.org 
One out of three adult Americans have no trust in our mass media, according to a September 2020 Gallup poll. Sharyl Attkisson attempts to explain why in her new book, "Slanted: How the News Media Taught Us to Love Censorship and Hate Journalism." Attkisson argues that we live in an Orwellian news environment: The major
(2021-01-19). Israeli Settlement Expansion Condemned by PA, EU and Numerous Countries. imemc.org 
In response to Israel's announcement that they have approved an additional 780 colonial settlement units, a number of countries have issued statements condemning the move. They include the UK, Egypt, Ireland, Jordan, the European Union (EU) and the Palestinian Authority (PA). A spokesperson for the Palestinian Authority, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, stated that it is clear …
(2021-01-19). Israeli Soldiers Shoot Two Palestinians Near Qalqilia. imemc.org 
Israeli soldiers shot, on Tuesday morning, two young Palestinian men near the illegal Annexation Wall, north of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. Eyewitnesses said the two young men were among of several workers who were trying to cross through a hole in the annexation wall, seeking work. They added that the two were …
(2021-01-19). Army Issues Demolition Orders Targeting Eight Homes, And A Shed, Near Nablus. imemc.org 
Several Israeli army jeeps invaded, on Monday at dawn, Douma village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, before handing orders for the demolition of eight homes, and one shed. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors Israel's illegal colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said the soldiers surrounded the village, before …
(2021-01-19). Fixing family separation policy will be a tough job. peoplesworld.org 
"I have put in place a "zero tolerance" policy for illegal entry on our Southwest border. If you cross this border unlawfully, then we will prosecute you. It's that simple. If you smuggle illegal aliens across our border, then we will prosecute you. If you are smuggling a child, then we will prosecute you and …
(2021-01-19). To defeat fascism, 'we've got to start organizing'. workers.org 
Excerpts taken from Jan. 14 webinar on "Workers Can Defeat Fascism & Racism" sponsored by Workers World Party. To view the entire panel discussion, go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9_NDIKT0vw&feature=em-lsb-owner Larry Holmes When you consider what's happened since January 6, you see Washington, D.C., is pretty much shut down under martial law, occupied . . . |
(2021-01-19). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Two Siblings In Jenin, Two In Nablus. imemc.org 
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday at dawn, Kafr Ra'ey village, south of Jenin, and Salem village, east of Nablus, in the northern parts of the occupied West Bank, searched homes and abducted four siblings. Montaser Sammour, the head of the Jenin office of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), said the soldiers abducted Bilal Nabil Thiab, …
(2021-01-19). Glenn Greenwald on the Biden Administration and Expanding Censorship. scheerpost.com On this week's "On Contact," Chris Hedges talks to Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald about the incoming Biden administration and what it will mean for a country in crisis, ravaged by a pandemic it cannot control, hostage to corporate power and bifurcated into warring factions. Glenn Greenwald is the author of several bestsellers, including How …
(2021-01-19). The Supreme Court's One-Two Punch Against Women. aclu.org With two swift actions last week, the Supreme Court proved it is alarmingly disinterested in protecting women's lives. , , The first action by the court involved mifepristone, a drug used for medication abortion and miscarriage care. The Supreme Court
(2021-01-19). Chicago MLK rally demands end to white supremacy. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – 500 people gathered in Federal Plaza today with a banner reading, "End the Trump era" and "End white supremacy!" Organizers including the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation, and Chicago Democratic Socialists of America. Also joining were SEIU Local 73 and other unions as well as Black, Latino and other organizations. | The protest was called in response to the white supremacist insurrection and attempted coup in DC on January 6. The aim of the racists was to invalidate the votes of hundreds of thousands of Black people in Atlanta…
(2021-01-19). Chicago MLK rally demands end to white supremacy. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – 500 people gathered in Federal Plaza today with a banner reading, "End the Trump era" and "End white supremacy!" Organizers including the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation, and Chicago Democratic Socialists of America. Also joining were SEIU Local 73 and other unions as well as Black, Latino and other organizations. | The protest was called in response to the white supremacist insurrection and attempted coup in DC on January 6. The aim of the racists was to invalidate the votes of hundreds of thousands of Black people in Atlanta…
(2021-01-19). DSA4USPS: The Postal Service and the Green New Deal. dsausa.org In our third educational webinar, DSA4USPS will explore…
(2021-01-19). UN agencies supporting mammoth India COVID-19 vaccine rollout. news.un.org India has begun what is the world's biggest COVID vaccination campaign so far, deploying hundreds of thousands of health workers, with the training and support of the UN World Health Organization (WHO).
(2021-01-19). Independent panel finds critical early failings in COVID-19 response. news.un.org The global system for pandemic alert and response is "not fit for purpose", highlighting the need for a new framework in the wake of COVID-19, experts appointed by the World Health Organization (WHO) said in an interim report presented on Tuesday.
(2021-01-19). Homeless Encampment Evictions Highlight the Cruelty of Capitalism Amid COVID. zcomm.org The stifling inequality engendered by capitalism takes lives, sometimes quickly and often slowly. With encampment evictions, the state punishes those being suffocated for gasping to breathe…
(2021-01-19). U.S. Needs to Quickly Ramp Up Vaccinations. zcomm.org Please Help ZNet Source: Democracy Now! As the United States breaks all records for coronavirus cases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns another 92,000 could die in the next three weeks as complaints grow over the slow distribution of COVID vaccines. Across the country, hospitals are overflowing, and ICU beds are in short
(2021-01-19). Surge in COVID-19 on UK's Isle of Wight overwhelms health care infrastructure. wsws.org Stephen Parker, medical director of the island's National Health Service Trust, warned, "If the NHS is going to be overwhelmed, it is going to be in the next two to four weeks."
(2021-01-19). 'Subsidizing the Spread of Covid': Report Shows Corporate Landlords Received Public Funding Yet Still Kicked Out Tenants. commondreams.org "Giving 'Covid relief' to those most likely to evict is like giving money to stop climate change to oil barons—it makes the problem worse." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/eviction_crisis_5.jpg …
(2021-01-19). To Shine A Light. commondreams.org www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/further/covid_tease_flame_esin5ojw8acm6de.jpg …
(2021-01-19). Local reports of COVID-19 deaths in UK schools confirm concealed impact of pandemic. wsws.org Prior to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's January 4 lockdown announcement, the government had even threatened legal action against those schools intending to close due to high infection rates.
(2021-01-19). China Health Experts Call for Suspension of COVID Vaccines as Norway Investigates 33 Deaths, Germany Probes 10 Deaths. globalresearch.ca Norway upped the number of deaths under investigation, from 23 last week to 33, while in Germany, health officials said they are investigating 10 deaths that occurred among elderly patients who received the COVID vaccine. | *** | China health experts say …
(2021-01-19). Nigeria To Tackle COVID-19 by Local Vaccine Production. telesurenglish.net Health Minister Osagie Ehanire on Monday revealed that the Nigerian government has released a US$25.3 million fund to support domestic vaccine production to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | "While we are working to develop our own vaccines, Nigeria is exploring options for licensed production, in collaboration with recognized institutions. We are also exploring the option of local production of the vaccines," E…
(2021-01-19). Headlines for January 19, 2021. democracynow.org WHO Warns of "Catastrophic Moral Failure" as Wealthy Nations Hoard Vaccines, U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Passes 400,000, New York Seeks Vaccines Directly from Pfizer After HHS Fails on Promise to Distribute Doses, FBI to Vet 25,000 National Guard Troops Deploying to Washington, D.C., for Inauguration, FBI Arrests More Far-Right Militia Leaders, White Supremacists Over Capitol Attack, New Yorker Footage Shows How Insurrectionists Breached Senate Chamber on Jan. 6, Senate to Begin Confirmation Hearings for Joe Biden Cabinet Nominees, Biden Executive Orders on Day 1 to Reverse Many of Trump's Most Contentious Actions,…
(2021-01-19). IATA Creates Universal Health Passport for International Travel. telesurenglish.net The initiative will be implemented as of this upcoming March 2021 under the IATA Travel Pass's official name and consists of an application for mobile devices in which passengers can store and administer test certificates for COVID-19 or the vaccine against the disease. | This way, physical documents can be avoided, which provides more security and efficiency and explains the entity in a statement. | RELATED: | It will also allo…
(2021-01-19). The global COVID vaccination distribution debacle is mirrored in the US. wsws.org The global vaccination distribution has been characterized as a "catastrophic moral failure" by the WHO's director-general. Despite the US predominance in access to these life-saving vaccines, its national vaccine initiative has been a dismal disaster.
(2021-01-19). Effect of Discontinuing vs Continuing ACEIs and ARBs in Patients Admitted With COVID-19. jamanetwork.com This randomized clinical trial compares the effect of discontinuing vs continuing angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) or angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) on days alive and out of the hospital at 30 days among patients with COVID-19 taking the drugs prior to hospitalization.
(2021-01-19). "Brazil is Broken": Bolsonaro, COVID, and the Looming Return to Austerity. counterpunch.org As the New Year begins and Brazil officially passes 200,000 COVID deaths, far-right Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro announced with his characteristic bluntness: "Brazil is broken. I can't do anything." While blaming the media for exaggerating the threat of the coronavirus, Bolsonaro complained that COVID had prevented him from further pursuing the structural adjustments and austerity
(2021-01-19). "I Am Open": 50,000 Italian Restaurant Owners Plan to Ignore Lockdown. globalresearch.ca Today — Friday 15th January — over 50,000 restaurants are planning to open, an act of mass civil disobedience against "anti-Covid" lockdown measures which have massively hurt the restaurant business, especially small family-owned businesses. | Spreading through social media under the …
(2021-01-19). Tunisian regime deploys army as protests spread 10 years after Arab Spring. wsws.org Ten years after revolutionary uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, explosive anger is building in working-class districts across North Africa amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2021-01-19). Workers Struggle: The Americas. wsws.org Doctors across Peru have walked out over pay and COVID-19-related issues while teachers in Arizona's Peoria Unified School District staged a sickout over dangerous in-person instruction.
(2021-01-19). Use of Central Line Insertion Teams to Manage Venous Access Volume and Safety During the COVID-19 Pandemic. jamanetwork.com This JAMA Performance Improvement article summarizes findings from an international survey study of hospital experience with central venous access line insertion teams to manage high procedural volume and safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2021-01-19). Morgues overflow, air quality restrictions on crematoriums suspended as Los Angeles County surpasses 1 million COVID-19 cases. wsws.org Some hospitals report operating at over 300 percent capacity as southern California counties procure dozens of refrigerator trucks to hold the dead.
(2021-01-19). Wage theft exposed at Fiat Chrysler/Stellantis Detroit Assembly Complex. wsws.org After receiving millions of dollars in incentives to construct a new plant in Detroit, management attempted to short pay workers on negotiated wage increases, while covering up the spread of COVID-19.
(2021-01-19). The Unwelcome Return of the Real Purveyors of Violence. globalresearch.ca With the mainstream media still obsessing about the January 6th "violent coup attempt" at the US Capitol Building, the incoming Biden Administration looks to be chock full of actual purveyors of violent coups. Don't look to the mainstream media to …
(2021-01-19). Spraying Cotton in Bolivar County, Mississippi, the Summer Following My First Year of Medical School. jamanetwork.com The John Deere wheels cut hard coming to the turn row that runs along the county line near the evergreen copse in Paradise's south forty acres. In the wake of the tire tread, a dull patch flashes within the white blur beneath me. Exposed bone blooms among lobed leaves of cotton. Five vertebrae lie bleached and unstrung. I idle the machine, lurching to rest as diesel fumes rise in a dirge to these remains at the field's edge. I stand to see better. They are lumbar (without facets for ribs) but unknown. All bones being the same beneath skin. I have seen others, too: a woman's, this past fall. The instructors starte…
(2021-01-19). About Suffering: A Massacre of the Innocents in Yemen. commondreams.org The United Nations estimates the war has already caused 233,000 deaths, including 131,000 deaths from indirect causes such as lack of food, health services and infrastructure. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bruegel_the_elder_massacre_of_the_innocents_1.jpg …
(2021-01-19). Paramilitaries Kill Two Young Men and One Minor in Colombia. telesurenglish.net The murder of these Colombian citizens is the second massacre that occurred in Antioquia this year. | RELATED: | Authorities identified the victims as Jhon Cuello, Duvan Bedoya, and Steven Jaramillo, 17. Another unidentified young man was injured. | "Neighbors in the community called the police when they heard the shots. The injured youth was referred to a hospital in the Monteria city due to the severity of the injuries," political activi…
(2021-01-19). About Suffering: A Massacre of the Innocents in Yemen. progressive.org The United States is contributing to the violent attacks on Yemen, while cutting back its humanitarian relief efforts.
(2021-01-19). Martin Luther King's Vision Of An Interconnected World. popularresistance.org We are facing converging global crises — a horrific pandemic, worsening economic inequality both in the United States and globally, climate change and the continuing scourge of systemic racism around the world. What would Martin Luther King Jr. think or advise if he were alive today? What might he say in these days after the Capitol Building was attacked by a primarily white mob that was seeking to usurp the results of a free and fair election and implement an America First agenda through violent force? | To get to these answers, we need to consider one of King's most important and overlooked pieces of writ…
(2021-01-19). Dystopia Now! — Surveillance Through Vaccine Certificates, Digital IDs, and Biometric Data. globalresearch.ca With the pandemic, the "digital transformation" that so many analysts have been referring to for years, without being exactly sure what it meant, has found its catalyst. One major effect of confinement will be the expansion and progression of the …
(2021-01-19). Workers at New York City produce market launch first strike since 1986. wsws.org Drivers and warehouse workers at Hunts Point Terminal Produce Market, the largest produce market in the world, are striking against inadequate protections during the pandemic and management's refusal to raise their hourly wage by one dollar.
(2021-01-19). We're Being Locked-down for an Infection Fatality Rate of Less than 0.2%? Dr. Richard Schabas to Ontario Premier Doug Ford. globalresearch.ca Below is an important letter from former Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Richard Schabas, addressed to Ontario Premier Doug Ford. | "The national lockdown was never part of our planned pandemic response nor is it supported by strong …
(2021-01-19). Educators and workers across the US denounce arrest of whistleblower Rebekah Jones. wsws.org Jones, who faces persecution in response to her efforts to expose the spread of the pandemic in Florida and in K-12 schools across the US, was released on bond after turning herself in to Florida police.
(2021-01-19). Bolivia To Accuse 26 Police Officers Who Mutinied in 2019. telesurenglish.net Bolivia's Decolonization Deputy Minister Pelagio Condori Monday filed a complaint against 26 police officers who incited a riot during the political turmoil experienced in the country in November 2019. | RELATED: | The complaint included Santa Cruz's ex-Police Commander Colonel Miguel Mercado and the National Police Commander General Vladimir Calderon who urged ex-President Evo Morales (2006-2019) to step down. | If t…
(2021-01-19). Goodbye Sheldon Adelson. thealtworld.com The malignant toad is dead | Casino magnate and Israeli patriot multi-billionaire Sheldon Adelson, one of the world's richest men, died in Las Vegas on January 11th at age 87. He had been suffering from cancer and has been buried at the
(2021-01-19). Video: Democracy in Deep Space: US Space Force to Get Nuclear Reactors. globalresearch.ca US President Donald Trump can be considered guilty of many things, but he can't be considered guilty of not attempting to preserve the fruits of his labor. | This can be seen in the maximum pressure campaign against Iran, his endless …
(2021-01-19). MLK: "Loving Your Enemies" Message for a Political System Based on Hate. counterpunch.org I used to think we shouldn't get MLK Day "off" since we should work extra hard on this day. But I've mellowed and think of his own debauchery and give myself some slack. No matter how many self indulgent things you've done: plagiarism, cheating on your spouse (as King did) you can still do great,
(2021-01-19). When Medicare Helped Kill Jim Crow. thenation.com When Medicare Helped Kill Jim Crow…
(2021-01-19). Physician Performance in the Medicare Merit-based Incentive Payment System—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply We agree with Dr Rathi's main observation about our recent article that the financial incentives were small in the MIPS 2019 performance year, and the performance threshold for avoiding a payment penalty was low. In fact, the performance threshold was so low in 2019 that only clinicians who did not comply with the MIPS (did not report any performance measures to the CMS) received payment penalties.
(2021-01-19). Physician Performance in the Medicare Merit-based Incentive Payment System. jamanetwork.com To the Editor In their recent article, Dr Johnston and colleagues reported that health system affiliation was associated with significantly better performance scores and more favorable value-based reimbursement for clinicians participating in the inaugural payment year (2019) of the Medicare Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Even though this program may accelerate clinician consolidation within health systems, I believe their findings may be overstated for 3 reasons.
(2021-01-19). Rolling Out The Dystopian Nightmare: World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos Agenda. globalresearch.ca Founded in 1971, the Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) meets annually in Davos, Switzerland. | It brings together top business and political leaders, along with likeminded pro-New World Order economists and pseudo-journalists. | Calling itself "an independent international organization committed to improving …
(2021-01-19). Why Did Alexei Navalny Return to the Same Country that He Claimed Tried to Kill Him? globalresearch.ca Russian anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny inexplicably decided to return to the same country that he claimed had unsuccessfully tried to kill him, curiously timing his trip to coincide with the immediate run-up to Biden's inauguration in what some suspect is …
(2021-01-19). 'Swift action' needed in Tigray to save thousands at risk, UNHCR warns. news.un.org Two months after conflict forced humanitarian workers to withdraw from the Tigray region of Ethiopia, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), on Tuesday, stressed the need for "swift action" to restore safe access to "save thousands of lives at risk".
(2021-01-19). The Rosenberg Orphans And The Power Of Radical History. popularresistance.org The Left would go crazy over Jewish American dissidents Abel and Anne Meeropol if they were alive today. Their tale is a radical epic so poignant that one wonders where the 10-part miniseries is. It covers a range of contemporary themes: children separated from parents, the political persecution of dissidents, and social justice warriors doing battle against a racist, xenophobic, increasingly fascistic America. | It's a story so fantastical, and containing so many celebrated names, that it's hard to believe it hasn't stuck better into the mainstream. Then again, a tale involving judicial executions on fake charge…
(2021-01-19). DOJ Now Says There Was No Plot To Kill Elected Officials. popularresistance.org The U.S. Justice Department has reversed an earlier assertion in court by prosecutors that protestors who broke into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 had plans to "capture and assassinate elected officials." | Instead, the head of the DOJ investigation into the Capitol siege admitted that federal prosecutors filed a misleading statement before a federal judge in Arizona that was intended to prevent Jacob Chansley, aka Jake Angeli, from being released on bail. | The DOJ said that though there were calls to kill officials during the two-hour takeover of the Capitol, no evidence has been discovered yet to prove any seriou…
(2021-01-19). Billboards Inform That The Nuclear Ban Treaty Takes Effect. popularresistance.org Beginning January 18th, four billboards around Puget Sound will display the following paid public service announcement (PSA): NUCLEAR WEAPONS BANNED BY NEW U.N. TREATY; Get them out of Puget Sound! Included in the advertisement is a U.S. Navy photo of the Trident submarine USS Henry M. Jackson returning to port following a routine strategic deterrent patrol. | The ad seeks to inform citizens in the Puget Sound region of the pending entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), and also asks citizens to accept their role and responsibility — as taxpayers, as members of a democr…
(2021-01-19). Biden's 'American Rescue Plan' And Its Opponents. popularresistance.org New filings for unemployment benefits have been rising rapidly. From a 'low' of about 1 million/week in December last week's initial claims for benefits topped 1.4 million—when both benefit programs, State administered and the Federal PUA, are counted . Another red flag indicator is consumer spending (70% of the US economy) and retail sales, its largest component. The latter fell -1.4%% in November and another -0.7% in December, according to just released US Commerce data. These are typical months during which they rise the fastest. Another indicator of consumer spending in growing trouble, credit card spen…
(2021-01-19). Canada Knew About The Plan To Assassinate Gen. Soleimani Before It Happened. popularresistance.org Canada's former top military commander says that the U.S. gave Canada a heads-up on its plan to kill top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, according to his interview with the Globe and Mail this past week. | General Jonathan Vance recently retired from his position as Canada's Chief of Defence Staff, but left with some key information about Gen. Soleimani's assassination. | In his interview, the Globe and Mail reports him saying that the Pentagon alerted Ottawa on its plans to kill Gen. Soleimani so that it could put in "force protection measures" in case of Iranian counterstrikes. | However, right after the assa…
(2021-01-19). Veteran Celebrates Nuclear Ban Treaty. popularresistance.org As a veteran concerned about issues of war and peace, I am happy to celebrate the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), the important new international peace initiative. The "Nuclear Ban Treaty," as it is also known, was approved 122-1 by the UN General Assembly in July 2017, a clear expression of the will of the world's people. On October 24, 2020, Honduras became the 50th nation to ratify the TPNW, triggering a 90-day period before it goes into force, on January 22. | The International Campaign for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) was awarded the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize for its leadershi…
(2021-01-19). Two UN peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic ambush, as 2021 death toll rises to nine worldwide. news.un.org Two United Nations peacekeepers were killed after their convoy was ambushed by members of the UPC and anti-Balaka armed groups in southern Central African Republic (CAR), the UN Mission in the country said on Monday, bringing the overall toll of 'blue helmet' deaths to nine so far this month.
(2021-01-19). Spectre of unrest, violent repression looming over Haiti, warns UN rights office. news.un.org Increasing political tensions in Haiti coupled with insecurity and structural inequalities could result in protests followed by violent crackdowns by authorities, the United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) warned on Tuesday.
(2021-01-19). Two UN peacekeepers killed in an ambush in Central African Republic. news.un.org Two United Nations peacekeepers were killed after their convoy was ambushed by members of the UPC and anti-Balaka armed groups in southern Central African Republic (CAR), the UN Mission in the country said on Monday.
(2021-01-19). East African countries better prepared, but desert locust threat 'not over'. news.un.org Action to control unprecedented desert locust infestations in the Horn of Africa last year has protected crops and livelihoods, but funding is needed to sustain operations against new incursions, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Tuesday.
(2021-01-19). Israel: 'Halt and reverse' new settlement construction — UN chief. news.un.org Israel's decision to advance plans for some 800 new settlement units, most of which are located deep inside the occupied West Bank, has sparked the concern of UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
(2021-01-19). Revolution Around the Corner: a book review. zcomm.org This book gives a sense of what it's like to be part of a Left organization that has big successes for a number of years but then loses steam, members, energy and its sense of direction and ultimately disappears as an organization…
(2021-01-19). Nazis, 'Commies', etc (Part 2 of 3). zcomm.org The Nazi monstrosity gave birth to a unique positive development: the Nuremberg Tribunal, the idea that all the people of the entire planet should judge and punish the Nazi-type criminals…
(2021-01-19). A Better World is Possible. zcomm.org Interview on what kind of world could come after capitalism…
(2021-01-19). Where Did QAnon Come From? zcomm.org Investigating the who, what, and why behind the QAnon conspiracy movement to understand its radicalizing impact on society, in the wake of the Capitol riots…
(2021-01-19). WHO Chief Denounces Vaccine-Hoarding by Rich Nations. zcomm.org "The price of this failure will be paid with lives and livelihoods in the world's poorest countries."
(2021-01-19). Let's Not Become a Bunch of Panicky Reactionaries. zcomm.org The lesson of the Capitol riots is to change the power structure, not to embrace it…
(2021-01-19). Congress Is Going To Have To Rise Up And Be Extremely Bol. zcomm.org Interview on the troubling prospect that members of Congress may have aided the Capitol insurrectionists and he lays out an ambitious agenda for the new Senate…
(2021-01-19). Concerns grow about big tech's data privacy. greenleft.org.au People cherish their privacy and prefer explicit requests for consent as to how, when and by whom their data are used or shared, writes Ernst Merkenich.
(2021-01-19). March for justice this Invasion Day. greenleft.org.au The Prime Minister's pitiful one word change to the national anthem is a meaningless symbolic change that aims to bolster nationalism, argue Marianne Mackay and Alex Bainbridge.
(2021-01-19). British Medical Journal: Pfizer and Moderna's "95% Effective" Vaccines—Let's be Cautious and First See the Full Data. globalresearch.ca The following are excerpts of an important article published by the British Medical Journal. The author Dr Peter Doshi is associate editor of The BMJ. | In the United States, all eyes are …
(2021-01-19). The Basic Principles of War Propaganda: The US Lies About Every War. globalresearch.ca "In war, truth is the first casualty" (Aeschylus(1)) | A Very Brief History of War Propaganda | Propaganda as a science really got under way during World War 1 (WW1). The British and the German governments both brainwashed their populations into believing …
(2021-01-19). Effect of Tidal Volume on Pulmonary Outcomes After Surgery. jamanetwork.com To the Editor In the article by Dr Karalapillai and colleagues, more than 20% of the patients underwent spinal surgery in a prone surgical position. Mechanical ventilation in the prone position homogenizes ventilation distribution in dorsal regions of lungs, which decreases pulmonary shunt fraction and thereby reduces hypoxemia. Although studies have demonstrated that mechanical ventilation in the prone position is associated with lower mortality in patients with lung injury, a more recent meta-analysis portrays an equivocal benefit of this intervention. Therefore, patients undergoing spine surgery should have be…
(2021-01-19). Effect of Tidal Volume on Pulmonary Outcomes After Surgery. jamanetwork.com To the Editor The inherent physiological rationale for lowering tidal volume during mechanical ventilation is to decrease strain on the lung tissue to avoid ventilator-induced lung injury. In the study by Dr Karalapillai and colleagues, there was a considerable difference in tidal volumes between the groups (mean, 396.6 [SD, 83.5] mL vs 611.1 [SD, 111.9] mL). However, ventilator-induced lung injury is not only a function of static parameters such as strain from tidal volume or stress from inspiratory pressures, but also from the complex interplay between static and dynamic variables, including the rate of lung de…
(2021-01-19). Lloyd Austin Says Will Review US Force Presence in Mideast to Address Russia, China Challenges. sputniknews.com The confirmation hearing for Gen. Lloyd Auston, President-elect Joe Biden's pick to head the Pentagon, took place before the Senate Armed Services Committee on January 19, one day before Biden's inauguration.
(2021-01-19). Germany to Make Medical Face Masks Mandatory in Stores, Transport, Merkel Says. sputniknews.com BERLIN (Sputnik) – Germany will make medical face masks mandatory in stores and public transport, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.
(2021-01-19). US Defense Chief Nominee Claims Russia Should Be Held Accountable for Recent Cyber Attack. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON, January 20 (Sputnik) – US Defense Secretary nominee Gen. Lloyd Austin said during a Senate confirmation hearing that Russia should be held responsible if found to be the culprit behind the recent cyber attack against the IT company SolarWinds.
(2021-01-19). How Does Someone Like Lauren Boebert Get Elected? thenation.com How Does Someone Like Lauren Boebert Get Elected?
(2021-01-19). America's First Revolution Is Happening Now. thealtworld.com Hear me out and you will understand the title. | There is a difference between a rebellion and a revolution. A rebellion is what occurred in the thirteen colonies in the late 18th century. A revolution is what occurred in Russia in 1917. | A rebellion occurred in the colonies, because the subjects of the king in the colonies were treated differently constitutionally and in law from subjects of the king in England. The colonists had no representation in Parliament and no voice in how they were ruled. | The rebellion resulted in political independence but not in a change in the belief system. The colonists held to…
(2021-01-19). Senate Democrats Prove 'Democracy Reform Is a Top Priority' by Putting 'For the People Act' First. commondreams.org "From a violent insurrection at the Capitol to the countless attempts to silence the vote of millions of Americans, attacks on our democracy have come in many forms," said incoming Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12306632951.jpg …
(2021-01-19). 57% of US Voters Want Trump Barred From Seeking Office Ever Again: Poll. commondreams.org "After what he has done, the consequences of which we were all witness to, Donald Trump should not be eligible to run for office ever again," said incoming Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
(2021-01-19). After Inciting Deadly Capitol Terror Attack, Hawley Delays Confirmation of Biden Homeland Security Chief. commondreams.org "Josh Hawley liked what he saw on January 6th," said Rep. Mondaire Jones. "He'd like to see more." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/hawley_0.jpg …
(2021-01-19). 'Good Riddance You Fascist White Supremacist': Trump Farewell Gets Cold Shoulder. commondreams.org "Today is the last full day of the worst and most dangerous president in American history," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12294824861_0.jpg …
(2021-01-19). Paleontologists may have found the largest dinosaur of all time. salon.com Scientists discovered remains of a sauropod that could be the largest animal to have ever lived on land…
(2021-01-19). Donald Trump's most enduring legacy: The right-wing has a dangerously overblown sense of entitlement. salon.com Republicans were bad before, but with Trump, they're more empowered to cheat, lie and deny reality to get their way…
(2021-01-19). Trump's unhinged, tone-deaf list of "American heroes" is a fitting emblem of his presidency. salon.com From Muhammad Ali and Dr. Seuss to Columbus and Edward R. Murrow, the list of names is baffling & poorly researched…
(2021-01-19). How animals' group rituals can help explain human nature — and politics. salon.com Behavioral ecologist Caitlin O'Connell explains the importance of ritual in animals, and the lessons for humanity…
(2021-01-19). Rep. Steve Cohen: QAnon fan Rep. Lauren Boebert gave Capitol tour to "large" group before riot. salon.com Gun-toting Colorado congresswoman denies she led rioters on "reconnaissance" tours before the Capitol attack…
(2021-01-19). Ukraine begs Europe for coronavirus vaccine. wsws.org While still providing military backing to the Kiev government in its ongoing civil war with Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, US and European imperialism have refused to provide even minimal vaccine assistance to the poorest country in Europe.
(2021-01-19). Mexico to Produce 6 Million Doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine. telesurenglish.net Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) on Monday informed that Argentina sent to his country the active substance that will allow the manufacture of 6 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. | RELATED: | Argentina's MAbxience, the laboratory responsible for the raw material production, sent a first batch of the active substance to Mexico thanks to the project that both countries signed in…
(2021-01-19). Warning world is on 'brink of a catastrophic moral failure,' WHO chief denounces vaccine-hoarding by rich nations. nationofchange.org "The price of this failure will be paid with lives and livelihoods in the world's poorest countries."
(2021-01-19). US prompts new "human rights" resolution to push Sri Lanka to line up against China. wsws.org By all indications Washington is behind the move intended to press President Gotabhaya Rajapakse's government to break from Beijing's "influence."
(2021-01-19). When the Painting Has Really Begun. thenation.com When the Painting Has Really Begun…
(2021-01-19). Alliance Between Vigilantes and Law Enforcement: A US Tradition. thenation.com Alliance Between Vigilantes and Law Enforcement: A US Tradition…
(2021-01-19). Reaching His Peak. thenation.com Reaching His Peak…
(2021-01-19). Remembering Commander Yesenia. peoplesdispatch.org On the 9th anniversary of the killing of Yesenia, an Afro-Colombian woman and commander of the National Liberation Army, Commander Pablo Beltrán shared his reflections about her struggle and her story, one that is shared by many Colombians who are victims of state and paramilitary violence. | December 20 marked the ninth anniversary of the physical disappearance of Commander Yesenia, an unforgettable revolutionary fighter from the SerraniÃÅa de San Lucas, where the Central Cordillera ends, stopped by the union of the great Magdalena and Cauca Rivers. | "You don't know how difficult it is to move f…
(2021-01-19). Per il riarmo la Nato si fa Banca. globalresearch.ca La portaerei Cavour, dopo essere stata ristrutturata nell'Arsenale militare di Taranto per imbarcare i caccia F-35B a decollo corto e atterraggio verticale, sta per salpare verso gli Stati uniti. | Lo ha annunciato l'attaché navale presso l'Ambasciata italiana a Washington, …
(2021-01-19). Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration's Gutting of Federal Protection for Migratory Birds. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-01-19). Easy Treasury Secretary Confirmation Expected for Janet Yellen. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-01-19). Women in Sanctuary File Lawsuit Against ICE to Challenge Retaliatory and Excessive Civil Fines. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-01-19). Public Oral Argument in Lawsuit Challenging the Labeling of Hydroponically-Grown Foods as Organic. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-01-19). 'It Is Like Satire': Prince Charles' Terra Carta Is a Manifesto for the Status Quo. commondreams.org The ecological crisis demands we protect the Rights of Nature from being watered down. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/princecharles.jpg …
(2021-01-19). U.S. Court of Appeals Provides Big Win for Every American by Vacating Dirty Power Plan. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-01-19). Biden Must Go Beyond Simply Ending Trump's Barbaric Border Policies—We Need Deeper Change. commondreams.org An open letter To President-Elect Biden on Central America policy. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/refugees_immigration.jpg …
(2021-01-19). Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Joins Lawsuit on Behalf of Black Man in Violent Attack by White West Va. Officers. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-01-19). Washington Rejects Massive Methanol Refinery. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-01-19). 350.org Responds to Biden's Upcoming Presidential Inauguration. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-01-19). The American People Shouldn't Have to Pay the Price Because Hawley Feels the Need to Pander to Extreme Base. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-01-19). Public Citizen Statement on S.1., Honorary First Bill of the 117th Congress. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-01-19). Biden Expected To Keep Promise as U.S. Will Rejoin the International Paris Agreement. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-01-19). Facts Best Fiction as D.C. Circuit Strikes Down Trump EPA's Affordable Clean Energy Rule. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-01-19). NIAC FAQ on the Muslim Ban: Why A Repeal Is So Important. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-01-19). Favorite Brief Lines Of Poetry or Prose. indybay.org memorable lines memorable paragraphs…
(2021-01-19). Pacifica CA: Fascism and White Supremacy — Not Here, Not Anywhere. indybay.org On January 17 social justice activists held a demonstration denouncing white supremacy and fascism along Highway 1 in Pacifica.
(2021-01-19). Friday 2/12: Welcome the Year of the Ox with Oakland Asian Cultural Center! indybay.org Virtual Event on YouTube Live…
(2021-01-19). Fulfilling Martin Luther King's Legacy: Defeat the Right and Imperialist War. globalresearch.ca This 92nd anniversary of the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. comes at a time of great historical conjunctures inside the United States and around the globe. | For the last ten months the country has been imperiled by the …
(2021-01-19). Monthly Malaria Prophylaxis Cuts Child Deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa. jamanetwork.com Treating children in sub-Saharan Africa's malaria-endemic areas with a monthly preventive drug regimen during the rainy season reduced children's deaths from the disease by up to 57%, a study found.
(2021-01-19). Trump Crazy and Intellectual Crazy. cepr.net It's hard not to be appalled and scared by the reality denial of Donald Trump's followers. Their willingness to insist an election was stolen, with no evidence whatsoever, is difficult to understand for those of who like to think that people respond to facts and logic. I don't have any easy answers to get these …
(2021-01-19). Susan Corke joins SPLC as new Intelligence Project director. splcenter.org  …
(2021-01-19). Meet the White Nationalist Organizer Who Spewed Hate Against Lawmakers. splcenter.org A white nationalist streamer who attended the Jan. 6 pro-Trump march as a VIP, arguably encouraged threats on lawmakers' lives in the run-up to the protest-turned-insurrection — and earned thousands of dollars in the process.
(2021-01-19). USPSTF Recommendation: Interventions for Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults. jamanetwork.com This 2021 US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement recommends that clinicians ask all adults about tobacco use, advise them to stop using tobacco, and provide behavioral interventions and pharmacotherapy for cessation (A recommendation) and concludes that evidence is insufficient to assess the benefits and harms of tobacco cessation pharmacotherapy in pregnant persons and e- cigarettes for tobacco cessation in any adult (I statement).
(2021-01-19). The Electoral College Must Go. scheerpost.com By Kevin Cooper / Original to Scheerpost DEATH ROW, SAN QUENTIN STATE PRISON — Ain't it a bitch! It was stunning to see such a sorry spectacle at the Capitol. We can't be too surprised, though, to see how differently violent white rioters are treated by law enforcement (one cop even wore a MAGA hat!) than peaceful Black protesters have been, historically and even recently. The drama does at least… |
(2021-01-19). Root Cause Analysis—A Means of Self-Healing From PTSD. jamanetwork.com In this narrative medicine essay, a neonatologist describes the fear of losing her twin boys after assisted reproduction and their premature births and relies on a form of root cause analysis to identify the sources of her trauma and to learn from it enough to support her patients and their families.
(2021-01-19). The Cause of Cancer. jamanetwork.com To any one who is familiar with the long years of research in the domain of the etiology of neoplasms and who is conversant with the literally enormous literature to which the subject has given rise, the headline of these comments will not awaken any undue enthusiasm. The fundamental problem of the cause of cancer, a theme of undisputed medical importance, has not yet been solved, nor is the "facile triumph" in sight. One may measure the gradual gains of knowledge on this subject in the course of years; but there is great danger that the innumerable failures and disappointments encountered in cancer research thus…
(2021-01-19). USPSTF Review: Interventions for Tobacco Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Persons. jamanetwork.com This systematic review to support the 2021 US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement on interventions for tobacco cessation in adults summarizes published evidence on the benefits and harms of interventions for tobacco cessation in adults, including pregnant persons.
(2021-01-19). Ecuador: Lawmakers Vote a Bill to Seize Goods of Illicit Origin. telesurenglish.net Ecuador's Parliament Tuesday is set to vote on a bill aimed at recovering assets of illicit origin or obtained through acts of corruption. | RELATED: | The bill needs the favorable vote of 70 lawmakers in order to be passed. If approved, President Lenin Moreno will have 30 days to issue a partial or total veto. | Once published in the Official Gazette, the new regulations will apply the "retrospective principle" which allows f…
(2021-01-19). Après l'URSS, les USA s'effondrent. thealtworld.com
| Chacun des deux camps qui s'affrontent aux États-Unis, les Jacksoniens et les Néopuritains, souhaite en finir avec l'autre. Les premiers parlent d'insurrection, tandis que les seconds souhaitent la répression, mais tous se préparent à l'affrontement. Au point que les deux tiers des citoyens se préparent à la Guerre civile.
(2021-01-19). America and the Mob. counterpunch.org The United States began as a glint in the eyes of an English mob of oddballs, dissenters, and criminals let loose on what they considered virgin territory. Once secure in their new digs, they administered rough justice to the original Americans and any colonist who fell afoul of community rules. Eventually, casting aside their imperial
(2021-01-19). Free Speech — 'What's illegal offline should be illegal online'. truepublica.org.uk Open Rights Group has worked with David Allen Green of Preiskel & Co., who litigated the "Twitter joke trial" case on section 127 of the Communications Act 2003, to respond to the Law Commission's review on the reform of the online communications offences. The Law Commission's proposal, which aims to modernise the law in order …
(2021-01-19). Can Biden's $15/ hr Minimum Wage begin restoring Working Class trust? juancole.com Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) — Watch CNN almost any time lately and one is inundated with scenes of the lethal riots in the Capitol. And in an era when every man or woman is their own video journalist new and often terrifying footage is released on a continuing basis. Along with footage …
(2021-01-19). Effect of Tidal Volume on Pulmonary Outcomes After Surgery—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply We agree with Dr Zhao and colleagues that the estimation of postoperative pulmonary complications in our study was overly conservative. This estimate, however, was based on preliminary local unpublished data at the time of the trial design in 2013. At this time, it was considered the best evidence available of…
(2021-01-19). Aufruf zum notwendigen Kampf des persà∂nlichen Gewissens gegen die Masse. globalresearch.ca Was liegt nà§her, als sich an den Weisheiten groàüer europà§ischer Dichter und Denker wie Goethe, Schiller, Rolland oder Camus zu erfreuen und Kraft daraus zu schà∂pfen. Sind wir nicht alle — jeder einzelne! — dringend gefordert, uns nicht weiter zu …
(2021-01-19). Leave God Out of the Presidential Oath. progressive.org Biden should follow the lead of the nation's first twenty-six Presidents.
(2021-01-19). End Of New START & Future Of International Arms Control Regime: Implications For South Asia. oneworld.press Any plan to include China into a bilateral or multilateral strategic arms control regime will have to carefully manage the quagmire that is the South Asian strategic stability.
(2021-01-19). Drop in Vaccination Causes Surge in Global Measles Cases, Deaths. jamanetwork.com Failure to vaccinate children against measles has led to a 556% surge in the number of reported cases and a 50% increase in deaths from the disease since 2016, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
(2021-01-19). Effect of Endovascular Treatment With vs Without IV Alteplase on Functional Independence After Acute Ischemic Stroke. jamanetwork.com This noninferiority trial compares the effects of endovascular treatment with vs without intravenous alteplase on 90-day functional independence among patients with acute ischemic stroke.
(2021-01-19). After the USSR, the USA collapses. thealtworld.com Everything has an end, so do empires, both the United States and the Soviet Union. Washington has outrageously favoured a small camarilla of ultra-billionaires. Now it has to face its old demons, prepare for secession and civil war. | Each of the two camps that are fighting in the United States, the Jacksonians and the Neopuritans, wants to end the other. The former speak of insurrection, while the latter want repression, but all are preparing for confrontation. So much so that two thirds of the citizens are preparing for Civil War. | The Jacksonian point of view: | The Jacksonians take their name from Pr…
(2021-01-19). Hawaii nurses demand safe working conditions and PPE. wsws.org The struggle of Hawaii nurses has reached a critical juncture. They should reject the attempts to sabotage their actions and begin organizing independently of the trade unions.
(2021-01-19). Imaging Drug for Prostate Cancer. jamanetwork.com The FDA has approved a radioactive tracer for use with positron emission tomographic (PET) imaging to treat patients with prostate cancer.
(2021-01-19). After alleging election fraud, opposition faces persecution in Uganda. peoplesdispatch.org In the presidential and parliamentary elections in Uganda held simultaneously on January 14, long time president Yoweri Museveni and his National Resistance Movement were declared victorious despite multiple allegations of rigging…
(2021-01-19). What workers need to know about the Fiat Chrysler-PSA merger. wsws.org The formation of the new transnational giant marks new milestones in both the global integration of production and the protracted decline of America's industrial dominance, while heralding intensified attacks on workers' jobs internationally.
(2021-01-19). Costa Rican social movements and trade unions prepare to mobilize against IMF deal. peoplesdispatch.org The government of president Carlos Alvarado seeks to pass an anti-workers regressive law and implement a series of neoliberal economic measures in order to acquire a 1.75 billion USD loan from the IMF…
(2021-01-19). Rep. McGovern Calls on Biden to Repair US-Cuba Relations. telesurenglish.net In a unequivocal McGovern continues by reminding of the "explosion of positive change" in U.S.-Cuba relations, during the last two years…
(2021-01-19). In a Polarized World, Independent News Is Essential: Become a Member of Global Research. globalresearch.ca Dear Readers, | In an increasingly polarized and crazy world, truly independent news and analysis is a vital resource in any effort to reach the non-partisan truth. | We are currently facing an unprecedented threat to the independent media and freedom on …
(2021-01-19). P. Sainath: Reporting on the great processes of our time. peoplesdispatch.org P. Sainath, founder-editor of the People's Archive of Rural India, talks about reporting on the great processes of our time in the context of the historic struggle by farmers in India. The event is organized by the Globetrotter-Peoples Dispatch Fellowship.
(2021-01-19). Pavin: Hiding Behind Kids, Starving for Attention. thealtworld.com Many have asked me to do a video explaining who "Pavin" is. | I explain how he's a childish attention-seeker hiding behind youths — having them break the law and take immense risks while he hides safely in Japan taking the credit. | Because he is an attention seeker, the best way to deal with him is to ignore him and deal with the source of Thailand's political crisis — the foreign interests driving it and their collaborators inside Thailand.
(2021-01-19). UN Urged to Take Action Against France over 'Entrenching Islamophobia'. globalresearch.ca A coalition of civil society organisations has written to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to request that it opens formal infringement procedures against France's government for entrenching Islamophobia and structural discrimination against Muslims. | In a 28-page document seen …
(2021-01-19). Petroperu Issues Debt Bonds To Finance a Refinery Project. telesurenglish.net Peru's Economy Ministry (MEF) authorized the state-owned oil company Petroperu to issue debt bonds to finance Talara Refinery's Modernization Project (PMRT). These bonds, however, will not be backed by the government. | RELATED: | MEF's decision responds to warnings from Petroperu President Eduardo Guevara who assured that US$700 million were needed to complete the Talara project. | Non-financial public enterprises will…
(2021-01-19). Jalaya Liles Dunn joins SPLC as new Teaching Tolerance director. splcenter.org  …
(2021-01-19). The war on the Yemeni people has entered a new stage. peoplesdispatch.org The designation of Ansar Allah, referred to as the Houthis, as a foreign terrorist organization takes effect today. Unless Biden administration reverses its predecessor's step, the people of Yemen may have to endure even more suffering…
(2021-01-19). Indian Farmers on the Frontline Against Global Capitalism. dissidentvoice.org In a short video on the empirediaries.com YouTube channel, a protesting farmer camped near Delhi says that during lockdown and times of crisis farmers are treated like "gods", but when they ask for their rights, they are smeared and labelled as "terrorists". He, along with thousands of other farmers, are mobilising against three important pieces …
(2021-01-19). Effect of Mechanical Thrombectomy Without vs With Intravenous Thrombolysis in Acute Ischemic Stroke. jamanetwork.com This noninferiority trial compares the effects of mechanical thrombectomy with vs without intravenous thrombolysis (0.6-mg/kg alteplase) on 90-day disability among patients with acute large vessel occlusive ischemic stroke.
(2021-01-19). False Accusations Used Once More Against President Assad of Syria. globalresearch.ca
(2021-01-19). The Debt Tsunami . dissidentvoice.org Imagine this scenario if you will… You are the head of a small family of 5 people, including your 3 children, you live in a small street in an average house, and drive 2 average Ford or Chevy cars. You have a normal mortgage, credit card bills, which you manage to keep on top of, …
(2021-01-19). Defining Modern Fascism. realprogressives.org "If you know the With the recent occupation of the capitol by far-right white supremacists and nationalists, it is important…
(2021-01-19). Effect of Tidal Volume on Pulmonary Outcomes After Surgery. jamanetwork.com To the Editor Dr Karalapillai and colleagues concluded that intraoperative ventilation with low tidal volume compared with conventional tidal volume did not significantly reduce pulmonary complications within the first 7 postoperative days in patients undergoing major surgery. We have some questions about this study. First, the complication rate of 10.8% in the conventional tidal volume group was based on a study that did not mention postoperative pulmonary complications. The estimated 10.8% incidence in the conventional tidal volume group must be referenced to other similar studies on postoperative pulmonary com…
(2021-01-19). B'Tselem head defies ban, addresses students. peoplesdispatch.org Education minister had announced a ban on members of organizations that called "Israel false and derogatory names." The ban came shortly after human rights group B'Tselem termed Israel an apartheid state…
(2021-01-19). On Eve of Inauguration, People's Action and Tenants Facing Eviction Demand Lawmakers Seize Moment to Protect Tenants. peoplesaction.org In New Letters, Campaign that Helped Lead #CancelRent Movement Urges Biden to Issue Eviction Moratorium With Teeth And Demands Congress Finally Cancel Rent and Rental Debt Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 240.206.1145 WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action today united with tenants facing eviction to host a press conference to call on President-Elect Biden to immediately issue an eviction moratorium that …
(2021-01-19). In Memory of Patrice Lumumba, Assassinated on 17 January 1961. globalresearch.ca After a resounding victory in the first real elections in which the Congolese participated, Patrice Lumumba became Prime Minister of Congo from 24 June 1960 until his overthrow and imprisonment on 14 September of the same year by Colonel Joseph-Désiré …
(2021-01-19). Conductor Riccardo Muti expresses solidarity with Metropolitan Opera Orchestra musicians. wsws.org The statement by the famed leader of the Chicago Symphony came in response to a call from the musicians, who have been without pay since last spring.
(2021-01-19). Uganda Elections: US Accused of Meddling in Internal Affairs. telesurenglish.net Uganda accused the U.S. government on Tuesday of interfering in its internal affairs as diplomatic personnel has tried to contact the opposition leader Bobi Wine who has not recognized last Sunday parliamentary elections results. | RELATED: | Bobi Wine, the main rival of president Yoweri Museveni, lost the contest while his opponent was reelected for a six-term. Wine branded the official results "a fraud" and called people t…
(2021-01-19). Destroying the Web of Life: The Destruction of Earth's Biodiversity Is Accelerating. globalresearch.ca In August 2010, the secretary-general of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, Ahmed Djoghlaf, warned that 'We are losing biodiversity at an unprecedented rate.' According to the UN Environment Program, 'the Earth is in the midst of a mass …
(2021-01-19). Mexico: Morena Party Opposes Censorship Against AMLO. telesurenglish.net The National Renovation Movement (MORENA) party will challenge a decision by the National Electoral Institute (INE) which prohibited Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) from expressing judgments on the June federal elections during his morning press conferences. | RELATED: | "It is an excess against freedom of expression and his right to give his opinion on issues of national importance," MORENA l…
(2021-01-19). Peru: Cusco Doctors on Strike for Better Working Conditions. telesurenglish.net Peruvian Health workers from Cusco province's state-owned hospitals have been on strike for six days in a row, demanding better working conditions and medical equipment from the government. | RELATED: | To date, neither Peru's president Francisco Sagasti nor local authorities have attended to their demands. | "This week, we will radicalize the struggle," Peru's Medical Federation President Rodolfo Larota warned and assure…
(2021-01-19). Protests over economic decline continue for third day in Tunisia; hundreds arrested. peoplesdispatch.org According to the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights, the country saw more than 6,500 protests last year alone over the many socio-economic and political issues afflicting the people…
(2021-01-19). End Of New START & Future Of International Arms Control Regime: Implications For South Asia. oneworld.press Any plan to include China into a bilateral or multilateral strategic arms control regime will have to carefully manage the quagmire that is the South Asian strategic stability.
(2021-01-19). USPSTF Recommendation: Interventions to Promote Tobacco Cessation. jamanetwork.com This JAMA Patient Page summarizes the USPSTF 2020 guideline recommending that physicians ask all adults about tobacco use, advise them to stop using tobacco, and provide behavioral interventions and drugs shown effective for stopping cigarette and other tobacco use.
(2021-01-19). Initiating Pharmacologic Treatment in Tobacco-Dependent Adults. jamanetwork.com This JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis summarizes the American Thoracic Society's 2020 recommendations for treating tobacco dependence with pharmacologic therapy in adults.
(2021-01-19). DRC: How the CIA Got Patrice Lumumba. globalresearch.ca On 17 January 1961, just sixty years ago, the first legally elected prime minister of the DRC was assassinated after being overthrown with help from Washington. A sinister episode that Larry Devlin, the 'Mr. Congo' of the CIA from 1960 …
(2021-01-19). Hold on to That Fear. counterpunch.org Dear Congresspersons and Senators, This letter is about that nauseating, trembling fear you felt when the hate exploded at you on January 6. Please don't forget it. Journal about it before it fades. Tolerate the nightmares. Keep pen and paper on your nightstand to record what woke you from screaming fits. Don't block it out.
(2021-01-19). South Africa: Strike action against retrenchment of workers in Macsteel continues into third day. peoplesdispatch.org The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) alleges that the company dismissed 99 workers on December 11, the first day of holiday season, to prevent the union from taking action against it.
(2021-01-19). St. Vincent's La Soufriere Volcano Increases Its Activity. telesurenglish.net St. Vincent & the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves on Monday asked the population to take precautions against the possible eruption of La Soufriere volcano. | RELATED: | Over the weekend, volcanologists from the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Center (UWI-SRC) carried out a field trip to the lava dome. | By collecting volcanic materials, they concluded that if the dome continues to grow, "it can…
(2021-01-19). The Language of Health Care Reform. jamanetwork.com This Viewpoint posits that the US will engage in another debate about health care reform to consider expanding coverage, improving affordability, and containing costs.
(2021-01-18). Brazil: Health Minister Pazuelo Investigated Over Manaus Crisis. telesurenglish.net Brazilian Attorney General's Office (PGR) Monday ordered an inquiry against the Health Ministry Eduardo Pazuello and the Amazonas Governor Wilson Lima over the COVID-19 emergency in Manaus. | RELATED: | The Superior Court of Justice (STJ) will undergo the investigation against authorities who allegedly were warned about the critical oxygen shortage at least four days before Manaus' health system collapse. | The PGR wants to investigate whether…
(2021-01-18). Brazil Elections Boost Environmental Violators to High Office in Amazon. globalresearch.ca More than a hundred candidates who ran in municipal elections last November in cities across Brazil's Amazonian states are on the environmental regulator's "dirty list" for violations committed over the past decade. | That's the finding from an analysis by Agência …
(2021-01-18). Another Indigenous Leader Was Menaced in Colombia. telesurenglish.net Colombia's Justice and Peace Commission (JPC) on Monday reported on the release of Embera Indigenous leader Jesus Bailarin who was kidnapped by Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces (AGC) paramilitaries on Sunday. | RELATED: | The Indigenous leader was kidnapped at 6.00 pm local time 200 meters from the Pavarando River bridge in the Antioquia department. He was subjected to torture for about one hour and forty minutes. | The param…
(2021-01-18). Meeting Between Moldovan and Ukrainian Leaders Was to Coordinate Actions Against Russia. globalresearch.ca The visit of Moldovan President Maia Sandu to Ukraine last week is the first interaction between the two neighboring countries at the highest level in recent years. For Sandu, this trip became her foreign policy premiere since she became president …