Inequality Gone Viral: The Obscene Numbers
Paul Buchheit | zcomm.org | 2020-12-02
Something has to be done to heal the rupture in the sickened body of our nation…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/inequality-gone-viral-the-obscene-numbers/
"I spoke to impoverished families in 1975 and little has changed since then"
John Pilger | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-12-01
A British family from the film Smashing Kids, 1975. Photograph: John Garrett John Pilger interviewed Irene Brunsden in Hackney, east London about only being able to feed her two-year-old a plate of cornflakes in 1975. Now he sees nervous women queueing at foodbanks with their children as it's revealed 600,000 more kids are in poverty …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/12/i-spoke-to-impoverished-families-in-1975-and-little-has-changed-since-then/
"I spoke to impoverished families in 1975 and little has changed since then"
John Pilger | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-12-01
A British family from the film Smashing Kids, 1975. Photograph: John Garrett John Pilger interviewed Irene Brunsden in Hackney, east London about only being able to feed her two-year-old a plate of cornflakes in 1975. Now he sees nervous women queueing at foodbanks with their children as it's revealed 600,000 more kids are in poverty …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/12/i-spoke-to-impoverished-families-in-1975-and-little-has-changed-since-then/
"I spoke to impoverished families in 1975 and little has changed since then"
John Pilger | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-12-01
A British family from the film Smashing Kids, 1975. Photograph: John Garrett John Pilger interviewed Irene Brunsden in Hackney, east London about only being able to feed her two-year-old a plate of cornflakes in 1975. Now he sees nervous women queueing at foodbanks with their children as it's revealed 600,000 more kids are in poverty …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/12/i-spoke-to-impoverished-families-in-1975-and-little-has-changed-since-then/
New Zealand's PM sides with Australia after Chinese diplomat tweets brutal image condemning war crimes against Afghan civilians
rt.com | 2020-12-01
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has come to Australia's defense after a Chinese diplomat shared an illustration showing an Aussie soldier with an Afghan child at knifepoint, saying the government has chided Beijing for…
rt.com/news/508288-ardern-china-australia-meme/
New Zealand's PM sides with Australia after Chinese diplomat tweets brutal image condemning war crimes against Afghan civilians
rt.com | 2020-12-01
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has come to Australia's defense after a Chinese diplomat shared an illustration showing an Aussie soldier with an Afghan child at knifepoint, saying the government has chided Beijing for…
rt.com/news/508288-ardern-china-australia-meme/
Venezuela Rejects US Harassment Against Chinese Tech Company
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-01
Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza called harassment the new U.S. sanctions against China Corporation of Electronic Imports and Exports (CEIEC), which provides telecommunications services in the Latin American country. | RELATED: | Hostilities Won't Stop Venezuela's Upcoming Elections | "We denounce the U.S. government's coercive measures which were imposed to affect projects in favor of the Venezuelan people ahead of the parliamentary elections," Arreaza tweeted. | On Mond…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-Rejects-US-Harassment-Against-Ceiec-Chinese-Company-20201201-0004.html
Egypt: Photographer and model arrested over pyramid photoshoot
Nur Ayoubi | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-01
Egypt: Photographer and model arrested over pyramid photoshoot | Latest instance of detentions by Egyptian forces over images of women deemed too 'provocative' has garnered mixed reactions online | Nur Ayoubi | Tue, 12/01/2020 – 13: 52 | Model Salma al-Shimi in one of the images taken at the Saqqara site (Screengrab/Twitter) | Photos of an Egyptian model have sparked intense debate online, after both the photographer an…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-pyramid-saqqara-photoshoot-arrested
After Months of Obstructing Covid Relief, GOP Has Left 'Children Begging Santa for Their Basic Needs'
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-12-01
A collection of letters from American children to Santa Claus, sent through the U.S. Postal Service's Operation Santa program and posted on social media Tuesday, revealed the despair millions of children are facing amid the coronavirus pandemic, months after any federal aid has been offered to the public. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1209343229_1.jpg …
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Friday 12/4: Alec Karakatsani on "Usual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers…"
Revolution Books | indybay.org | 2020-12-01
Online event accessible through www.facebook.com/revbooksnyc/live/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/30/18838723.php
#12. Police Officers Implicated in Online Hate Groups as Facebook Profits
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-12-01
According to an investigation by Reveal, the media platform for the nonprofit Center for Investigative Reporting, hundreds of US police officers are members of misogynistic, homophobic, racist, anti-Muslim, Confederate, or…
projectcensored.org/12-police-officers-implicated-in-online-hate-groups-as-facebook-profits/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=12-police-officers-implicated-in-online-hate-groups-as-facebook-profits
Egypt: Photographer and model arrested over pyramid photoshoot
Nur Ayoubi | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-01
Egypt: Photographer and model arrested over pyramid photoshoot | Latest instance of detentions by Egyptian forces over images of women deemed too 'provocative' has garnered mixed reactions online | Nur Ayoubi | Tue, 12/01/2020 – 13: 52 | Model Salma al-Shimi in one of the images taken at the Saqqara site (Screengrab/Twitter) | Photos of an Egyptian model have sparked intense debate online, after both the photographer an…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-pyramid-saqqara-photoshoot-arrested
Therapy for Early COVID-19–A Critical Need
Kim PS, Read SW, Fauci AS. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-12-01
In this Viewpoint, Fauci and NIAID colleagues review leading candidates for treatment of mild to moderate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to prevent disease progression and longer-term complications, including emerging antiviral drugs, immune-modulating agents, and antibody-based therapies, and the challenges of developing randomized trials to rapidly evaluate the safety and efficacy of each.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2773058
#12. Police Officers Implicated in Online Hate Groups as Facebook Profits
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-12-01
According to an investigation by Reveal, the media platform for the nonprofit Center for Investigative Reporting, hundreds of US police officers are members of misogynistic, homophobic, racist, anti-Muslim, Confederate, or…
projectcensored.org/12-police-officers-implicated-in-online-hate-groups-as-facebook-profits/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=12-police-officers-implicated-in-online-hate-groups-as-facebook-profits
Venezuela Rejects US Harassment Against Chinese Tech Company
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-01
Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza called harassment the new U.S. sanctions against China Corporation of Electronic Imports and Exports (CEIEC), which provides telecommunications services in the Latin American country. | RELATED: | Hostilities Won't Stop Venezuela's Upcoming Elections | "We denounce the U.S. government's coercive measures which were imposed to affect projects in favor of the Venezuelan people ahead of the parliamentary elections," Arreaza tweeted. | On Mond…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-Rejects-US-Harassment-Against-Ceiec-Chinese-Company-20201201-0004.html
WATCH police arrest driver who plowed through pedestrians in central Trier, Germany
rt.com | 2020-12-01
The moment police arrested a car driver who sped though a pedestrian area in the German town of Trier, killing at least four people and injuring several others, has been allegedly caught on video and shared online. | The clip circulating on social media appears to show three officers pinning the suspect to the ground and handcuffing him as several others secure the perimeter. | The dark grey Range Rover, which was apparently used in the attack, was also captured in the footage. The police allegedly had to ram the vehicle with a car in order to stop it. | WATCH police arrest driver who plowed through pedestrian…
rt.com/news/508348-trier-car-ramming-suspect-arrested/
'Integrity of US Electoral System as a Whole is Completely Down in Flames' – Retired US Diplomat
sputniknews.com | 2020-12-01
Matt Braynard, who runs the Voter Integrity Project, has recently taken to Twitter to claim that the FBI was "proactively and directly" requesting files from the initiative's independent probe into allegations of voter fraud in the US presidential election.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202012011081323889-integrity-of-us-electoral-system-as-a-whole-is-completely-down-in-flames—retired-us-diplomat/
LGBT activists demand boycott of cosmetics chain Lush over donation to 'anti-trans' group Woman's Place UK
rt.com | 2020-12-01
Activists are calling for cosmetics brand Lush to be 'cancelled' over the discovery that its UK arm donated £3,000 to Woman's Place UK, a women's rights group that has been accused of stoking anti-trans sentiment. | Women's Place UK received the donation for "events organisation," according to a financial filing published by the group over the weekend. All hell broke loose when LGBT outlet Pink News revealed the grant and claimed it came from Lush's "charity pot," despite supposedly violating the company's donation rules. Woke Twitter erupted in a cancellation frenzy. | Will be not buying a single thing…
rt.com/uk/508384-lush-boycott-trans-womans-place/
Egypt: Photographer and model released after arrest over pyramid photoshoot
Nur Ayoubi | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-01
Egypt: Photographer and model released after arrest over pyramid photoshoot | Latest instance of detentions by Egyptian forces over images of women deemed too 'provocative' has garnered mixed reactions online | Nur Ayoubi | Tue, 12/01/2020 – 13: 52 | Model Salma al-Shimi in one of the images taken at the Saqqara site (Screengrab/Twitter) | Photos of an Egyptian model have sparked intense debate online, after both the ph…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-pyramid-saqqara-photoshoot-arrested
Egypt: Photographer and model released after arrest over pyramid photoshoot
Nur Ayoubi | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-01
Egypt: Photographer and model released after arrest over pyramid photoshoot | Latest instance of detentions by Egyptian forces over images of women deemed too 'provocative' has garnered mixed reactions online | Nur Ayoubi | Tue, 12/01/2020 – 13: 52 | Model Salma al-Shimi in one of the images taken at the Saqqara site (Screengrab/Twitter) | Photos of an Egyptian model have sparked intense debate online, after both the ph…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-pyramid-saqqara-photoshoot-arrested
Terrorism Against Cuba Instigated from Abroad on Social Media
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-01
Frustrated that their votes did not work to keep the "worst government" in U.S. history in power for another four years and that during their term, they could not bring the Cuban Revolution to its knees, the anti-Cuban extremist forces in Miami are once again betting on the tactic of outrights terrorism against Cuba. | RELATED: | Cuba Condemns US Operation in Havana's San Isidro | Parallel to the attempts at a soft coup that are being rehearsed these days in Havana, under the observation and…
telesurenglish.net/news/Terrorism-Against-Cuba-Instigated-from-Abroad-on-Social-Media-20201201-0015.html
Friday 12/4: Alec Karakatsani on "Usual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers…"
Revolution Books | indybay.org | 2020-12-01
Online event accessible through www.facebook.com/revbooksnyc/live/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/11/30/18838723.php
LGBT activists demand boycott of cosmetics chain Lush over donation to 'anti-trans' group Woman's Place UK
rt.com | 2020-12-01
Activists are calling for cosmetics brand Lush to be 'cancelled' over the discovery that its UK arm donated £3,000 to Woman's Place UK, a women's rights group that has been accused of stoking anti-trans sentiment. | Women's Place UK received the donation for "events organisation," according to a financial filing published by the group over the weekend. All hell broke loose when LGBT outlet Pink News revealed the grant and claimed it came from Lush's "charity pot," despite supposedly violating the company's donation rules. Woke Twitter erupted in a cancellation frenzy. | Will be not buying a single thing…
rt.com/uk/508384-lush-boycott-trans-womans-place/
'Integrity of US Electoral System as a Whole is Completely Down in Flames' – Retired US Diplomat
sputniknews.com | 2020-12-01
Matt Braynard, who runs the Voter Integrity Project, has recently taken to Twitter to claim that the FBI was "proactively and directly" requesting files from the initiative's independent probe into allegations of voter fraud in the US presidential election.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202012011081323889-integrity-of-us-electoral-system-as-a-whole-is-completely-down-in-flames—retired-us-diplomat/
WATCH police arrest driver who plowed through pedestrians in central Trier, Germany
rt.com | 2020-12-01
The moment police arrested a car driver who sped though a pedestrian area in the German town of Trier, killing at least four people and injuring several others, has been allegedly caught on video and shared online. | The clip circulating on social media appears to show three officers pinning the suspect to the ground and handcuffing him as several others secure the perimeter. | The dark grey Range Rover, which was apparently used in the attack, was also captured in the footage. The police allegedly had to ram the vehicle with a car in order to stop it. | WATCH police arrest driver who plowed through pedestrian…
rt.com/news/508348-trier-car-ramming-suspect-arrested/
Egyptian man returns to Australia after jailing in Egypt over Facebook post
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-30
Egyptian man returns to Australia after jailing in Egypt over Facebook post | Waled Youssef was accused of belonging to a banned political group and imprisoned in the notorious Tora prison in Cairo | | MEE and agencies | Mon, 11/30/2020 – 07: 35 | Youssef's return home comes as Egypt continues to imprison rights activists from the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights after meeting with European dip…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-egyptian-man-returns-australia-after-10-month-imprisonment-over-facebook-post
Egyptian man returns to Australia after 10 month imprisonment in Egypt over Facebook post
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-30
Egyptian man returns to Australia after 10 month imprisonment in Egypt over Facebook post | Waled Youssef was accused of belonging to a banned political group and imprisoned in the notorious Tora prison in Cairo | | MEE and agencies | Mon, 11/30/2020 – 07: 35 | Youssef's return home comes as Egypt continues to three rights activists from the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights after meeting with E…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-egyptian-man-returns-australia-after-10-month-imprisonment-over-facebook-post
Egyptian man returns to Australia after jailing in Egypt over Facebook post
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-30
Egyptian man returns to Australia after jailing in Egypt over Facebook post | Waled Youssef was accused of belonging to a banned political group and imprisoned in the notorious Tora prison in Cairo | | MEE and agencies | Mon, 11/30/2020 – 07: 35 | Youssef's return home comes as Egypt continues to three rights activists from the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights after meeting with European diplom…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-egyptian-man-returns-australia-after-10-month-imprisonment-over-facebook-post
Inequality Gone Viral: The Obscene Numbers
Paul Buchheit | commondreams.org | 2020-11-30
Something has to be done to heal the rupture in the sickened body of our nation. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-6185857502.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/11/30/inequality-gone-viral-obscene-numbers?cd-origin=rss
Bolivia: Gov't To Implement New Economic Measures
telesurenglish.net | 2020-11-30
Bolivia's government announced last Sunday that it would take a series of economic measures to reactive the economy to tackle the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | House Arrest for Bolivian Military Officer Accused of Murder | President Luis Arce said via Twitter that his cabinet "will define the new measures to boost the domestic economy from next December." Arce also assured that the government "will optimize expenses and reactivate public investment to generate job…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolivia-Govt-To-Implement-New-Economic-Measures-20201130-0014.html
Egyptian man returns to Australia after jailing in Egypt over Facebook post
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-30
Egyptian man returns to Australia after jailing in Egypt over Facebook post | Waled Youssef was accused of belonging to a banned political group and imprisoned in the notorious Tora prison in Cairo | | MEE and agencies | Mon, 11/30/2020 – 07: 35 | Youssef's return home comes as Egypt continues to three rights activists from the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights after meeting with European diplom…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-egyptian-man-returns-australia-after-10-month-imprisonment-over-facebook-post
Inequality Gone Viral: The Obscene Numbers
Paul Buchheit | commondreams.org | 2020-11-30
Something has to be done to heal the rupture in the sickened body of our nation. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-6185857502.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/11/30/inequality-gone-viral-obscene-numbers?cd-origin=rss
Egyptian man returns to Australia after 10 month imprisonment in Egypt over Facebook post
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-11-30
Egyptian man returns to Australia after 10 month imprisonment in Egypt over Facebook post | Waled Youssef was accused of belonging to a banned political group and imprisoned in the notorious Tora prison in Cairo | | MEE and agencies | Mon, 11/30/2020 – 07: 35 | Youssef's return home comes as Egypt continues to three rights activists from the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights after meeting with E…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-egyptian-man-returns-australia-after-10-month-imprisonment-over-facebook-post
Bolivia: Gov't To Implement New Economic Measures
telesurenglish.net | 2020-11-30
Bolivia's government announced last Sunday that it would take a series of economic measures to reactive the economy to tackle the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | House Arrest for Bolivian Military Officer Accused of Murder | President Luis Arce said via Twitter that his cabinet "will define the new measures to boost the domestic economy from next December." Arce also assured that the government "will optimize expenses and reactivate public investment to generate job…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolivia-Govt-To-Implement-New-Economic-Measures-20201130-0014.html