Daily Archives: December 6, 2020

2020-12-06: News Headlines

Dave Markland (2020-12-06). Review of Hensman's 'Indefensible'. zcomm.org Defense of the Easily Defensible By Dave Markland In 2018 Haymarket Books published Rohini Hensman's Indefensible: Democracy, Counter-revolution and Anti-imperialist Rhetoric. Its focus is on left journalists and analysts like John Pilger and the late Edward S. Herman who have committed the inexcusable sin of being overly suspicious of United States foreign policy. Many readers

Harvey Goldberg (2020-12-06). Ecuador's Democracy Threatened by Efforts to Exclude Popular Presidential Candidate Andrés Arauz. 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…

Steve Topple (2020-12-06). The 'witch hunt' against the socialist left continues on Twitter. thecanary.co People are

Ralph Nader (2020-12-05). The Road to a More Just Society Runs Through Congress. commondreams.org Think about all the dreams for a better world that could come to be realized if our elected officials worked for the big majority of Americans instead of for Big Business interests. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/congress_5.jpg

WSWS (2020-12-05). New Zealand government denounces China's condemnation of Australian war crimes. wsws.org Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern did not condemn the murder of at least 39 unarmed people in Afghanistan by Australian special forces, but denounced a Chinese official's tweet that drew attention to these war crimes.

RT (2020-12-05). WATCH: Man climbs Montparnasse Tower in Paris with BARE HANDS. rt.com YouTube athlete Leo Urban skillfully climbed Paris' huge Montparnasse skyscraper with only his bare hands and no safety harness on Saturday, as daunting footage filmed by captivated eyewitnesses attests. | Impressively, Urban free-climbed the 58-floor building in less than an hour, as onlookers viewed the daring feat from below. | Multiple reporters captured footage of Urban scaling the massive building. | Certains profitent du confinement pour escalader la Tour

sputniknews (2020-12-05). Video of Alleged Killing of 'Mossad Commander' in Tel-Aviv Goes Viral. sputniknews.com According to unconfirmed reports, the killing of a man who was reportedly identified as a 45-year-old Israeli and a senior Mossad official, occurred in the Israeli capital city of Tel Aviv on Thursday evening.

Kenny Stancil, staff writer (2020-12-05). Trump Demands Names of 27 Congressional Republicans Who Acknowledged Biden's Victory. commondreams.org Two right-wing lawmakers insist Trump won the election, while 220 GOP members of the House and Senate—roughly 88 percent of congressional Republicans—refuse to say either way. "Send me a list," Trump tweeted, "of the RINOs" who recognize Biden as the winner. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/trump_melania.jpg

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…

sputniknews (2020-12-05). Video: Japan's Hayabusa2 Capsule With Asteroid Samples Successfully Lands on Earth. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Hayabusa2 capsule containing samples from near-Earth asteroid Ryugu has been located in Australia after a successful landing, the Hayabusa2 sample return mission operated by the Japanese space agency, JAXA, said on Twitter.

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.

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…

2020-12-06: Social Media Postees

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Review of Hensman's 'Indefensible'
Dave Markland | zcomm.org | 2020-12-06
Defense of the Easily Defensible By Dave Markland In 2018 Haymarket Books published Rohini Hensman's Indefensible: Democracy, Counter-revolution and Anti-imperialist Rhetoric. Its focus is on left journalists and analysts like John Pilger and the late Edward S. Herman who have committed the inexcusable sin of being overly suspicious of United States foreign policy. Many readers Read…
zcomm.org/zblogs/review-of-hensmans-indefensible/

The 'witch hunt' against the socialist left continues on Twitter
Steve Topple | thecanary.co | 2020-12-06
People are claiming there's a coordinated " witch hunt" to silence left-wing voices on Twitter. The platform has been issuing suspensions, some of them high profile accounts. The latter included The Canary's editor-at-large Kerry-Anne Mendoza. But are people falling foul of Twitter's algorithms? Or is it something more sinister? And, is it really anything new, an…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/12/06/the-witch-hunt-against-the-socialist-left-continues-on-twitter/

Ecuador's Democracy Threatened by Efforts to Exclude Popular Presidential Candidate Andrés Arauz
Harvey Goldberg | indybay.org | 2020-12-06
"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

The Road to a More Just Society Runs Through Congress
Ralph Nader | commondreams.org | 2020-12-05
Think about all the dreams for a better world that could come to be realized if our elected officials worked for the big majority of Americans instead of for Big Business interests. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/congress_5.jpg
commondreams.org/views/2020/12/05/road-more-just-society-runs-through-congress?cd-origin=rss

New Zealand government denounces China's condemnation of Australian war crimes
wsws.org | 2020-12-05
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern did not condemn the murder of at least 39 unarmed people in Afghanistan by Australian special forces, but denounced a Chinese official's tweet that drew attention to these war crimes.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/05/nzaf-d05.html

Video: Japan's Hayabusa2 Capsule With Asteroid Samples Successfully Lands on Earth
sputniknews.com | 2020-12-05
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Hayabusa2 capsule containing samples from near-Earth asteroid Ryugu has been located in Australia after a successful landing, the Hayabusa2 sample return mission operated by the Japanese space agency, JAXA, said on Twitter.
sputniknews.com/science/202012051081372169-japans-hayabusa2-capsule-with-asteroid-samples-successfully-lands-on-earth/

Video of Alleged Killing of 'Mossad Commander' in Tel-Aviv Goes Viral
sputniknews.com | 2020-12-05
According to unconfirmed reports, the killing of a man who was reportedly identified as a 45-year-old Israeli and a senior Mossad official, occurred in the Israeli capital city of Tel Aviv on Thursday evening.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202012051081371710-video-of-killing-of-alleged-mossad-commander-in-tel-aviv-goes-viral/

Trump Demands Names of 27 Congressional Republicans Who Acknowledged Biden's Victory
Kenny Stancil, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-12-05
Two right-wing lawmakers insist Trump won the election, while 220 GOP members of the House and Senate—roughly 88 percent of congressional Republicans—refuse to say either way. "Send me a list," Trump tweeted, "of the RINOs" who recognize Biden as the winner. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/trump_melania.jpg
commondreams.org/news/2020/12/05/trump-demands-names-27-congressional-republicans-who-acknowledged-bidens-victory?cd-origin=rss

MASSIVE blaze, EXPLOSIONS at gas plant near shopping mall in El Salvador (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)
rt.com | 2020-12-05
A gas plant just outside the country's capital San Salvador went up in flames on Saturday afternoon. Videos and photos of the blaze quickly surfaced on social media. There have been no reports of any victims or injuries. | A massive fire combined with explosions has been filmed near the Plaza Mundo mall, with authorities urging residents to avoid the area. | Nadie debe estar cerca de la zona, fuera de los cuerpos de socorro. | Las explosiones muy probablemente continuarán. Todos deben evacuar inmediatamente. pic.twitter.com/vmceoX6Flx– üá∏&#6…
rt.com/news/508808-gas-plant-fire-salvador-explosion/

WATCH: Man climbs Montparnasse Tower in Paris with BARE HANDS
rt.com | 2020-12-05
YouTube athlete Leo Urban skillfully climbed Paris' huge Montparnasse skyscraper with only his bare hands and no safety harness on Saturday, as daunting footage filmed by captivated eyewitnesses attests. | Impressively, Urban free-climbed the 58-floor building in less than an hour, as onlookers viewed the daring feat from below. | Multiple reporters captured footage of Urban scaling the massive building. | Certains profitent du confinement pour escalader la Tour #Montparnasse à mains nues… üôà&#63743…
rt.com/news/508805-climber-scales-paris-montparnasse-tower/

#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

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