Biden on Biodiversity: the Silence and the Promise
Subhankar Banerjee | counterpunch.org | 2021-01-22
On January 6, 2021, as many of us in the United States were glued to TV watching the horrors of the insurrection against the U.S Capitol, the AFP News in France posted, on its Facebook page, an infographic built with data provided by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which…
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The anticipated violence at Biden's inauguration never happened — thank Trump's Twitter ban
Amanda Marcotte | salon.com | 2021-01-21
Trump's incitement was crucial whipping right-wing mobs to violence. Muting him helped settle them down…
salon.com/2021/01/21/the-anticipated-violence-at-bidens-inauguration-never-happened–thank-trumps-twitter-ban/

Mike Pompeo Hints at 2024 Presidential Run in Cryptic Tweet
sputniknews.com | 2021-01-21
Mike Pompeo served as the 70th US Secretary of State from 2018 to 2021 under the leadership of Donald Trump. He also served as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2017 to 2018.
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Never-Trumper PAC Lincoln Project Parodies Trump Farewell Note to Biden
sputniknews.com | 2021-01-21
Donald Trump's farewell note to his successor Joe Biden, left on the Oval Office desk when the outgoing president left Washington before Wednesday's inauguration, remains confidential. But between making a blacklist of government officials and admitting to offering jobs for sex, the Lincoln Project tweeted its own parody.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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