Daily Archives: December 5, 2020

2020-12-05: News Headlines

YouTube Orginals (2020-12-05). Saturday 12/5: "Bear Witness, Take Action 2": Continuing the Conversation on Racial Injustice. indybay.org Online livestream at YouTube Originals channel…

Harvey Goldberg (2020-12-05). Ecuador's Democracy Threatened by Efforts to Exclude Popular Presidential Candidate Andrés. indybay.org "It is important to understand the goals of the current government in regards to the election. First, they want to stop our presidential ticket from being on the ballot…removing us from the ballot would set a disastrous precedent for all of our Americas," said Andres Arauz, leading candidate for President of the Union for Hope. | Photo credit: @ecuarauz Twitter…

MEE staff (2020-12-04). US rights group demands government disclose user data purchased from Muslim Pro app. middleeasteye.net US rights group demands government disclose user data purchased from Muslim Pro app | American Civil Liberties Union files FOIA request regarding records of acquisition of mobile phone location data | Fri, 12/04/2020 – 19: 58 | Muslim Pro denies it sold data to US military but says it is cutting ties with company found to be selling the data (Muslim Pro/Facebook) | The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) fil…

RT (2020-12-04). 'Ugly reality': Iran's FM spokesman accuses Saudi Arabia of being chief source of 'bigotry, hatred & terrorism' in region. rt.com The spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry, Saeed Khatibzadeh, has accused Saudi Arabia of being the main hub for training terrorists in the region, while responding angrily to earlier critical remarks by his Saudi counterpart. | "For decades, Wahhabism — nurtured by colonial powers — has been the source of bigotry, hatred & terrorism in our region — and beyond," he tweeted on Thursday. "Fact: Every terrorist group in our region has graduated from Saudi-funded Madrassas." | 1/ For decades, Wahabism—nurtured by colonial powers—has been *the* source of bigotry, hatred & terrorism in our…

WSWS (2020-12-04). Australian soldiers drank alcohol from prosthetic leg of dead Afghan. wsws.org Politicians and corporate journalists have maintained a stony silence on the gruesome revelation, while waging a furious campaign against a Chinese tweet condemning the war crimes.

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2020-12-04). Trump—Consumed With 'Narcissistic Crusade' Over Election Loss—Slammed for Silence on Surging Pandemic. commondreams.org As U.S. daily deaths set a new record on Wednesday, topping 2,800, the president posted an "unhinged" 46-minute-long rant on Facebook, claiming without any evidence that "this election was rigged." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12299267691.jpg

Andrea Germanos, staff writer (2020-12-03). 'You Alone Can Save His Life': Edward Snowden Urges Trump to Pardon Julian Assange. commondreams.org "Mr. President, if you grant only one act of clemency during your time in office, please: free Julian Assange," the NSA whistleblower tweeted. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/julian_assange_1_0.jpg

Nadda Osman (2020-12-03). Labour's Starmer urged to return donations from 'Islamophobic' businessman. middleeasteye.net Labour's Starmer urged to return donations from 'Islamophobic' businessman | A number of Muslim organisations have highlighted comments made by supporter and property developer David Abrahams | Thu, 12/03/2020 – 14: 01 | The businessman has since deleted the social media posts which have been called Islamophobic (Screengrab/BBC) | Labour leader Keir Starmer is facing a backlash for accepting donations fr…

Dean Baker (2020-12-03). Repeal Section 230 and Never Again Have to Worry About What Mark Zuckerberg Thinks About Anything. cepr.net Apparently Donald Trump has gotten into his head that he wants to repeal Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act. Apparently he is upset that Facebook and Twitter have pointed out that much of what he posts is not true. It's not clear what Trump thinks he would accomplish by repealing this provision of …

Norman Stockwell (2020-12-03). Facebook's "ad" ban hurts political magazines. progressive.org If Facebook truly wants to "Give people the power to build community" perhaps it should consider allowing fact-based, truth-seeking publications to share content.

Paul Buchheit (2020-12-02). Inequality Gone Viral: The Obscene Numbers. zcomm.org Something has to be done to heal the rupture in the sickened body of our nation…

sputniknews (2020-12-01). Paris Vows to Seek Immediate EU Retaliation if US Sanctions France for New Digital Tax. sputniknews.com Last year, Paris approved a 3 percent revenue tax, dubbed "GAFA" (meaning Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon) on companies with profits of more than €25 million ($28 million) in France and corporations making over €750 million (around $890 million) worldwide, resulting in a harsh reaction from the Trump administration.

John Pilger (2020-12-01). "I spoke to impoverished families in 1975 and little has changed since then" dissidentvoice.org 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 …

Nur Ayoubi (2020-12-01). Egypt: Photographer and model released after arrest over pyramid photoshoot. middleeasteye.net 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 | 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…

Project Censored (2020-12-01). #12. Police Officers Implicated in Online Hate Groups as Facebook Profits. projectcensored.org 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…

teleSUR (2020-12-01). Venezuela Rejects US Harassment Against Chinese Tech Company. telesurenglish.net 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: | "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…

Kim PS, Read SW, Fauci AS. (2020-12-01). Therapy for Early COVID-19—A Critical Need. jamanetwork.com 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.

Revolution Books (2020-12-01). Friday 12/4: Alec Karakatsani on "Usual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers…" indybay.org Online event accessible through www.facebook.com/revbooksnyc/live/

Julia Conley, staff writer (2020-12-01). After Months of Obstructing Covid Relief, GOP Has Left 'Children Begging Santa for Their Basic Needs'. commondreams.org 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

MEE and agencies (2020-11-30). Egyptian man returns to Australia after 10 month imprisonment in Egypt over Facebook post. middleeasteye.net 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

| 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…

Alan Macleod (2020-11-30). France's New Security Law May Have Just Sparked a "George Floyd" Moment. mintpressnews.com Sparked by a new bill that would make publishing photos of police illegal and a viral video soon after that shows French police brutally beating a black man, it appears that France may be headed for its own "George Floyd" moment.

Brett Wilkins, staff writer (2020-11-30). Amnesty International Reveals Extent of Facebook, YouTube Complicity in Vietnamese State Repression. commondreams.org "For millions of Vietnamese netizens, Facebook was the great hope for helping to build a free and open society—and it still has the power to be," said Amnesty's lead regional campaigner. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/viet.jpg

Sophia Purdy-Moore (2020-11-29). Black Friday sales reveal how far we are from an ethical, sustainable future. thecanary.co Black Friday saw flash sales in fashion, beauty, technology, and beyond, in which corporations encouraged consumers to buy products at heavily reduced prices. While many took part in the nationwide spending spree, others highlighted the social and environmental costs of the mass consumption these dramatic sales encouraged. | Some took to social media to share their concerns; the GMB Union staged a protest outside Amazon's London HQ highlighting "dehumanising" working conditions at the company's warehouses. This year's Black Friday highlighted the extent of exploitative corporate behaviour. | Black Friday sale…

Steve Topple (2020-11-29). A Tory MP just took 'tone deaf' to a whole new level. thecanary.co A tweet by a Conservative MP seemed rather tone deaf. Because the seeming ignorance he displayed in just a few characters was quite something to behold — even by Tory standards. But delving deeper, was he actually using the NHS and its staff to make a political point against his own government? | 'Doing a Redwood': | Veteran MP John Redwood is clearly not happy with his government's approach to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Because he

2020-12-05: Social Media Postees

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Saturday 12/5: "Bear Witness, Take Action 2": Continuing the Conversation on Racial Injustice
YouTube Orginals | indybay.org | 2020-12-05
Online livestream at YouTube Originals channel…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/04/18838792.php
Ecuador's Democracy Threatened by Efforts to Exclude Popular Presidential Candidate Andrés
Harvey Goldberg | indybay.org | 2020-12-05
"It is important to understand the goals of the current government in regards to the election. First, they want to stop our presidential ticket from being on the ballot…removing us from the ballot would set a disastrous precedent for all of our Americas," said Andres Arauz, leading candidate for President of the Union for Hope. | Photo credit: @ecuarauz Twitter…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/05/18838801.php

Ecuador's Democracy Threatened by Efforts to Exclude Popular Presidential Candidate Andrés
Harvey Goldberg | indybay.org | 2020-12-05
"It is important to understand the goals of the current government in regards to the election. First, they want to stop our presidential ticket from being on the ballot…removing us from the ballot would set a disastrous precedent for all of our Americas," said Andres Arauz, leading candidate for President of the Union for Hope. | Photo credit: @ecuarauz Twitter…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/05/18838801.php

Ecuador's Democracy Threatened by Efforts to Exclude Popular Presidential Candidate Andrés
Harvey Goldberg | indybay.org | 2020-12-05
"It is important to understand the goals of the current government in regards to the election. First, they want to stop our presidential ticket from being on the ballot…removing us from the ballot would set a disastrous precedent for all of our Americas," said Andres Arauz, leading candidate for President of the Union for Hope. | Photo credit: @ecuarauz Twitter…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/05/18838801.php
Saturday 12/5: "Bear Witness, Take Action 2": Continuing the Conversation on Racial Injustice
YouTube Orginals | indybay.org | 2020-12-05
Online livestream at YouTube Originals channel…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/04/18838792.php
Saturday 12/5: "Bear Witness, Take Action 2": Continuing the Conversation on Racial Injustice
YouTube Orginals | indybay.org | 2020-12-05
Online livestream at YouTube Originals channel…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/04/18838792.php

Australian soldiers drank alcohol from prosthetic leg of dead Afghan
wsws.org | 2020-12-04
Politicians and corporate journalists have maintained a stony silence on the gruesome revelation, while waging a furious campaign against a Chinese tweet condemning the war crimes.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/04/sasr-d04.html

Australian soldiers drank alcohol from prosthetic leg of dead Afghan
wsws.org | 2020-12-04
Politicians and corporate journalists have maintained a stony silence on the gruesome revelation, while waging a furious campaign against a Chinese tweet condemning the war crimes.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/04/sasr-d04.html

US rights group demands government disclose user data purchased from Muslim Pro app
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-04
US rights group demands government disclose user data purchased from Muslim Pro app | American Civil Liberties Union files FOIA request regarding records of acquisition of mobile phone location data | MEE staff | Fri, 12/04/2020 – 19: 58 | Muslim Pro denies it sold data to US military but says it is cutting ties with company found to be selling the data (Muslim Pro/Facebook) | The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) fil…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-aclu-user-location-data-muslim-pro-app

Trump—Consumed With 'Narcissistic Crusade' Over Election Loss—Slammed for Silence on Surging Pandemic
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-12-04
As U.S. daily deaths set a new record on Wednesday, topping 2,800, the president posted an "unhinged" 46-minute-long rant on Facebook, claiming without any evidence that "this election was rigged." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12299267691.jpg
commondreams.org/news/2020/12/04/trump-consumed-narcissistic-crusade-over-election-loss-slammed-silence-surging?cd-origin=rss
Mohammed bin Nayef threatened by social media campaign, say Saudi prince's lawyers
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-04
Mohammed bin Nayef threatened by social media campaign, say Saudi prince's lawyers | Online trolls trying to paint deposed crown prince as part of a plot to destabilise Saudi Arabia, representatives say | MEE staff | Fri, 12/04/2020 – 15: 35 | Saudi Arabia's former crown prince, Mohammad bin Nayef Abdulaziz, sitting next to the winner's trophy after the final competition of the King's Cup season in the Red Sea city of Jed…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-former-crown-prince-bin-nayef-social-media-threatened

'Ugly reality': Iran's FM spokesman accuses Saudi Arabia of being chief source of 'bigotry, hatred & terrorism' in region
rt.com | 2020-12-04
The spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry, Saeed Khatibzadeh, has accused Saudi Arabia of being the main hub for training terrorists in the region, while responding angrily to earlier critical remarks by his Saudi counterpart. | "For decades, Wahhabism — nurtured by colonial powers — has been the source of bigotry, hatred & terrorism in our region — and beyond," he tweeted on Thursday. "Fact: Every terrorist group in our region has graduated from Saudi-funded Madrassas." | 1/ For decades, Wahabism–nurtured by colonial powers–has been *the* source of bigotry, hatred & terrorism in our…
rt.com/news/508718-iran-accuses-saudi-terrorist-region/

Mohammed bin Nayef threatened by social media campaign, say Saudi prince's lawyers
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-04