2021-01-21: Social Media Postees

Please be social by posting these 'POSTEES' on social media! (Copy the text of the postee below, then paste it on social media and the story images will also appear.)

Tunisian groups say police arrested 1,000 people over six days of protests
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2021-01-21
Tunisian groups say police arrested 1,000 people over six days of protests | Rights groups said civilians who voiced support for protests on Facebook during the crackdown were also detained | MEE and agencies | Thu, 01/21/2021 – 14: 17 | Police used rubber bullets and water cannons against anti-government protests who hurled rocks and petrol bombs (AFP) | Tunisian security forces have arrested at least 1,000…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/tunisia-protests-police-arrested-six-days

Tribes To Joe Biden: Stop Dakota Access Pipeline
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-01-21
Emboldened by President Joe Biden's action to rescind former President Donald Trump's presidential permit to the Keystone XL pipeline project, leaders of four Sioux tribes are requesting Biden take action on the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline. | Leaders of the Yankton Sioux Tribe, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Standing Rock Tribe sent a letter to Biden on Tuesday requesting he take quick and decisive action on the Dakota Access Pipeline within the first 10 days of his administration. | A copy of the four-page letter is posted on the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's Facebook page. | The l…
popularresistance.org/tribes-to-joe-biden-stop-dakota-access-pipeline/

A united working class can defeat fascism
Ted Kelly | workers.org | 2021-01-21
Excerpts taken from Jan. 14 webinar on "Workers Can Defeat Fascism & Racism" sponsored by Workers World Party. o view the entire panel discussion, go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9_NDIKT0vw Ted Kelly "At the moment that the 'normal' police and military resources of the bourgeois dictatorship, together with their parliamentary screens, no longer . . . | Continue reading A united working class can defeat fascism at Workers.org
workers.org/2021/01/53972/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-united-working-class-can-defeat-fascism

Women bear brunt of unemployment in COVID economic crisis
Kathy Durkin | workers.org | 2021-01-20
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 . . . | Continue reading Women bear brunt of unemployment in COVID economic crisis at Workers.org
workers.org/2021/01/53913/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=women-bear-brunt-of-unemployment-in-covid-economic-crisis

Palestinian man who fed cats at al-Aqsa mosque dies from Covid-19
Nadda Osman | middleeasteye.net | 2021-01-20
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 | Nadda Osman | 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…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/covid-palestine-ghassan-younes-aqsa-cats-dies

NYC Cancels Thousands of Vaccine Appointments Due to Lack of Federal Supply
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-01-20
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 two to three days, thousands of New York City (NYC) residents were getting their vaccine appointments rescheduled. The city's 15 vaccine hubs, as NYC Councilmember Mark Levine tweeted, would be closing on Thursday and Friday because of a shortage of supply. | "Approx 22…
truthout.org/articles/nyc-cancels-thousands-of-vaccine-appointments-due-to-lack-of-federal-supply/

Indian Farmers on the Frontline Against Global Capitalism
Colin Todhunter | counterpunch.org | 2021-01-20
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…
counterpunch.org/2021/01/20/indian-farmers-on-the-frontline-against-global-capitalism/

"I Am Open": 50,000 Italian Restaurant Owners Plan to Ignore Lockdown
OffGuardian | globalresearch.ca | 2021-01-19
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 …
globalresearch.ca/i-am-open-50000-italian-restaurant-owners-plan-ignore-lockdown/5734833

UK Labour Party recruited ex-Israeli intelligence official for social media role: Report
Ian Cobain | middleeasteye.net | 2021-01-19
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 | Ian Cobain | 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…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-labour-party-hired-ex-israeli-military-intelligence-official-report

Fears in Gulf over WhatsApp data-sharing rule drives spike in use of rival apps
AP Muhammed Afsal | middleeasteye.net | 2021-01-19
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 | AP Muhammed Afsal | 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?
www.middleeasteye.net/news/gulf-whatsapp-signal-telegram-data-sharing

Turkey hits Twitter and Pinterest with ad ban for resisting new social media law
Ragip Soylu | middleeasteye.net | 2021-01-19
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' | Ragip Soylu | 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…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-twitter-pinterest-ad-ban-social-media-law

Friday 2/12: Welcome the Year of the Ox with Oakland Asian Cultural Center!
Akemi Imai-Chan | indybay.org | 2021-01-19
Virtual Event on YouTube Live…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/01/17/18839423.php

'Skynet Is a Private Company, They Can Do What They Want,' Says Man Getting Curb-Stomped by Terminator
The Babylon Bee | anti-empire.com | 2021-01-19
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…
anti-empire.com/skynet-is-a-private-company-they-can-do-what-they-want-says-man-getting-curb-stomped-by-terminator/

'Skynet Is a Private Company, They Can Do What They Want,' Says Man Getting Curb-Stomped by Terminator
The Babylon Bee | anti-empire.com | 2021-01-19
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 destr…
anti-empire.com/skynet-is-a-private-company-they-can-do-what-they-want-says-man-getting-curb-stomped-by-terminator/

To defeat fascism, 'we've got to start organizing'
Larry Holmes | workers.org | 2021-01-19
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 . . . | Continue reading To defeat fascism, 'we've got to start organizing' at Workers.org
workers.org/2021/01/53889/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=to-defeat-fascism-weve-got-to-start-organizing