Why did I organize a #ForceTheVote Protest
Debra Rosario | realprogressives.org | 2021-01-26
#ForceTheVote was an idea started by YouTube podcaster Jimmy Dore and taken up by social media and grassroots activists to persuade Congressional Progressive Legislators to withhold their support from Nancy Pelosi for Speaker of the House, as a negotiation tactic, in order to force her to hold a vote for Medicare-For-All. "If there is no struggle, there is no progress." Frederick Douglass | Human emotions are a natural motivator for change. My motivation was w…
realprogressives.org/organize-forcethevote-protest/
Facebook escalates attack on socialist left
WSWS repost | indybay.org | 2021-01-26
Facebook is engaged in an escalating campaign of state-backed internet censorship targeting socialist organizations, including the International Youth and Students for Social Equality.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/01/25/18839546.php
California Man Dies Several Hours After Receiving COVID Vaccine, Cause of Death Unclear
Children's Health Defense | globalresearch.ca | 2021-01-26
Multiple local, state and federal agencies are investigating the Jan. 21 death of a California man several hours after receiving the COVID vaccine. | Placer County Sheriff's office said in a Jan. 23 Facebook post that agencies are "actively investigating this …
globalresearch.ca/california-man-dies-several-hours-receiving-covid-vaccine-cause-death-unclear/5735480
BBC Caught Mixing Up Protests by Indian Farmers With Italian Gov't Deadlock
sputniknews.com | 2021-01-26
The awkward blunder must have occurred unintentionally, apparently because of a TV operator's failure to duly replace the news spiegel, but it was quick to cause quite a few smiles.
sputniknews.com/viral/202101261081884027-bbc-caught-mixing-up-protests-by-indian-farmers-with-italian-govt-deadlock/
'MBS, they killed my daughter': Outcry after missing woman found dead in Saudi desert
Rayhan Uddin | middleeasteye.net | 2021-01-26
'MBS, they killed my daughter': Outcry after missing woman found dead in Saudi desert | Arrests made after two brothers allegedly killed their sister after she opened a public Snapchat account | Rayhan Uddin | Tue, 01/26/2021 – 12: 37 | Manal (centre) posted a childhood photo on social media of her deceased sister Qamar (left), and her brother Ahmed (right), who she accused of murder (Screenshot/Twitter) | The disap…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-arabia-woman-killed-desert-snapchat
Simplified Regimen Expands Options for Dual-Therapy HIV Maintenance
Slomski A. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-01-26
As a preferred HIV drug based on its efficacy and high barrier to drug resistance, dolutegravir has been combined in treatment regimens with several other anti-HIV agents. Now investigators in Switzerland have reported in PLOS Medicine that dolutegravir taken with emtricitabine was noninferior to standard combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), and it improved patients' quality of life.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2775442
Facebook shuts down community, women's groups and activists' pages without cause
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-01-26
Minneapolis, MN – On January 22, Facebook disabled the main pages of two major community organizations, Peoples Power Assembly and Women In Struggle/Mujeres En Lucha, as well as activists around the country who have played roles in either group, including Puerto Rican activist Berta Joubert-Ceci; Greg Butterfield, Struggle La Lucha writer; Cheryl La Bash, co-chair, National Network on Cuba; Maggie Vascassenno, Los Angeles Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice; and others. | It also banished Peoples Power Assembly page editor Charlene Lady J. Jenkins, a founder of "What's Up Baltimore," whose Baltimore grassroo…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/1/25/facebook-shuts-down-community-women-s-groups-and-activists-pages-without-cause
Facebook shuts down community, women's groups and activists' pages without cause
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-01-26
Minneapolis, MN – On January 22, Facebook disabled the main pages of two major community organizations, Peoples Power Assembly and Women In Struggle/Mujeres En Lucha, as well as activists around the country who have played roles in either group, including Puerto Rican activist Berta Joubert-Ceci; Greg Butterfield, Struggle La Lucha writer; Cheryl La Bash, co-chair, National Network on Cuba; Maggie Vascassenno, Los Angeles Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice; and others. | It also banished Peoples Power Assembly page editor Charlene Lady J. Jenkins, a founder of "What's Up Baltimore," whose Baltimore grassroo…
fightbacknews.org/2021/1/25/facebook-shuts-down-community-women-s-groups-and-activists-pages-without-cause
New Auto Safety Report Demands Biden Strengthen Federal Programs Now
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2021-01-25
Today the New York Times rediscovered its previous auto safety news beat that blossomed in the 1960s after my book, Unsafe at Any Speed (1965) caused an uproar in Detroit. Reporter Christopher Jensen told New York Times readers about a new report by a coalition of six automotive safety groups demanding that the new Biden Administration recharge the moribund, industry-dominated National Highway Traffic…
counterpunch.org/2021/01/25/new-auto-safety-report-demands-biden-strengthen-federal-programs-now/
New Auto Safety Report Demands Biden Strengthen Federal Programs Now
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2021-01-25
Last week, the New York Times rediscovered its previous auto safety news beat that blossomed in the 1960s after my book, Unsafe at Any Speed (1965) caused an uproar in Detroit. Reporter Christopher Jensen told New York Times readers about a new report by a coalition of six automotive safety groups demanding that the new Biden Administration recharge the moribund,…
counterpunch.org/2021/01/25/new-auto-safety-report-demands-biden-strengthen-federal-programs-now-2/
Facebook Purges Left-Wing Pages And Individuals
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-01-25
On Friday, Facebook carried out a purge of left-wing, antiwar and progressive pages and accounts, including leading members of the Socialist Equality Party. Facebook gave no explanation why the accounts were disabled or even a public acknowledgement that the deletions had occurred. At least a half dozen leading members of the Socialist Equality Party had their Facebook accounts permanently disabled. This included the public account of Genevieve Leigh, the national secretary of the International Youth and Students for Social Equality, and the personal account of Niles Niemuth, the US managing editor of the World S…
popularresistance.org/facebook-purges-left-wing-pages-and-individuals/
Facebook escalates attack on socialist left
wsws.org | 2021-01-25
Facebook is engaged in an escalating campaign of state-backed internet censorship targeting socialist organizations, including the International Youth and Students for Social Equality.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/01/25/pers-j25.html
Facebook escalates attack on socialist left
WSWS repost | indybay.org | 2021-01-25
Facebook is engaged in an escalating campaign of state-backed internet censorship targeting socialist organizations, including the International Youth and Students for Social Equality.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/01/25/18839546.php
Striking Workers in New York City Win Wage Hike After Surge of Solidarity
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-01-25
Image Credit: Twitter: @TeamstersJC16 | Workers at the Hunts Point Produce Market in New York City have overwhelmingly approved a new three-year contract, ending a week-long strike that captured national attention and galvanized the community behind the essential workers at the Bronx-based business. Some 1,400 members of the Teamsters Local 202 union walked off the job on January 17, demanding a $1 raise and recognition for their work to keep New Yorkers fed during the pandemic, with the Hunts Poin…
truthout.org/video/striking-workers-in-new-york-city-win-wage-hike-after-surge-of-solidarity/
Mexico To Get 24 Million Doses of Russia's Sputnik V Vaccine
telesurenglish.net | 2021-01-25
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) on Monday spoke by phone with Russia's President Vladimir Putin who agreed to deliver 24 million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine in the next two months. | RELATED: | Mexico's President AMLO Tests Positive for COVID-19 | "Putin was genuinely affectionate. I invited him to visit Mexico and thanked him for the decision to send us 24 million doses," tweeted AMLO, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday. | Besides confirming that these dos…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-To-Get-24-Million-Doses-of-Russias-Sputnik-V-Vaccine-20210125-0014.html
Dominion Sues Giuliani Over "Big Lie" Involving Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2021-01-25
The U.S. technology company Dominion Voting System issued a lawsuit for defamation on Monday against Donald Trump's former lawyer. | RELATED: | Trump's Lawyer Rudy Giuliani Hospitalized Due To COVID-19 | The company demands over $1.3 billion in damages after Guiliani spread the so-called Big Lie that Dominion was owned by Venezuelan authorities and claimed that the company had "stolen the votes" from Trump. The conspiracy theory went viral on social media. | Today legal representativ…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Dominion-Sue-Giuliani-Over-Big-Lie-Involving-Venezuela-20210125-0019.html
Facebook BLOCKS Israeli PM Netanyahu's chatbot over 'offending post'
rt.com | 2021-01-25
Facebook has suspended a chatbot used by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which asked unvaccinated seniors to give it their phone number for a potential 'surprise' call from the PM. | In a video posted to Twitter last week, Netanyahu encouraged Israeli seniors to get vaccinated, and told his followers: "If you know someone who is nervous about getting vaccinated, send me their name and phone number, maybe they'll get a surprise phone call from me and I'll convince them." | ◊ê◊ ◊ô ◊®◊ï◊¶◊î ◊ú◊¢◊ï◊ì&loz…
rt.com/news/513589-facebook-blocks-netanyahu-bot/
Egypt: Animation artist arrested for video commemorating revolution
Nadda Osman | middleeasteye.net | 2021-01-25
Egypt: Animation artist arrested for video commemorating revolution | The arrest of Ashraf Hamdi coincides with the 10th anniversary of Egypt's 25 January revolution | Nadda Osman | Mon, 01/25/2021 – 12: 55 | Hamdi has a large following on his YouTube channel, where he regularly uploads animated videos (Screengrab/YouTube/Instagram) | Egyptian authorities arrested caricature artist and animated film director Ashraf Ha…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-cartoonist-arrested-video-january-revolution
Facebook purges left-wing pages and individuals
WSWS repost | indybay.org | 2021-01-24
On Friday, Facebook carried out a purge of left-wing, antiwar and progressive Facebook pages and accounts, including members of the Socialist Equality Party. There must be a unified response by all left-wing organizations against this type of censorship. It is precisely in this situation that the historic slogan of the labor movement must be brought forward: "An injury to one is an injury to all!"
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/01/23/18839526.php
Why is False News about Iran All Right? No, Khamenei didn't Threaten Trump on Golf Course, and no, his Twitter account wasn't Banned
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-01-24
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — No, Ayatollah Ali Khameni's twitter account did not carry an image of Donald Trump being droned on a golf course, and no, his twitter account was not canceled. A small twitter account run by unknown persons with only 8,000 followers posted the image of someone (it wasn't a picture of …
juancole.com/2021/01/khamenei-threaten-account.html
What Biden's Warmongering Will Actually Look Like
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2021-01-24
There's a news story about a US military convoy entering Syria being shared around social media with captions claiming that President Biden is already "invading" Syria which is getting tons of shares in both right-wing and left anti-imperialist circles. The virality of these shares has inspired clickbait titles like " Joe Biden Invades Syria with Convoy of US Troops and Choppers on First Full Day as President", which are being shared with equal virality. | But…
thealtworld.com/caitlin_johnston/what-bidens-warmongering-will-actually-look-like
UAE To Set up Embassy in Israel's Tel Aviv
telesurenglish.net | 2021-01-24
The Council of Ministers of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has approved the establishment of the UAE embassy in the city of Tel Aviv in Israel, the UAE government's official Twitter said on Sunday. | During the cabinet meeting on Sunday, the decision was made chaired by UAE's Vice President, Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. | The UAE and Israel normalized bilateral ties with Abraham Accord's signing in September last year in Washington. | Since then, several delegations from the UAE and Israel have met to sign bilateral agreements on trade and investment, tourism, direc…
telesurenglish.net/news/UAE-To-Set-up-Embassy-in-Israels-Tel-Aviv-20210124-0005.html
Did America really Duck the Dark Night of Fascism? The delusion of normalcy that haunts the United States
The Conversation | juancole.com | 2021-01-24
By Liam Kennedy | — The election of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States was received across much of the world with a mixture of relief and exuberance, though often laced with apprehension. A common theme in news headlines and Twitter feeds was that normal service was being resumed in the …
juancole.com/2021/01/fascism-delusion-normalcy.html