Monthly Archives: December 2022

2022-12-05: News Headlines

Ari Paul (2022-12-05). Musk's money is playing old games with new media. greenleft.org.au For the right-wing press, Elon Musk — who backed the Republicans in the recent midterm elections — is a social media saviour, writes Ari Paul.

Matthew Johnson (2022-12-05). The Weekly Round-up: Legal but harmful content, ministerial breaches, and public record breaches. ukhumanrightsblog.com In the news The proposed requirement for social media platforms to delete 'legal but harmful' content has been partly removed from the Online Safety Bill. While the change affects adult users, the requirement to prevent children being exposed to harmful content remains in the Bill. Culture Secretary, Michelle Donelan, denied that this change was 'weakening' …

_____ (2022-12-04). Haiti: Neocolonial Dictatorship, Paramilitary And Police Terror. popularresistance.org On October 7th, in the face of massive and ever-growing demonstrations all across Haiti demanding the uprooting of the right-wing Haitian Tét Kale Party (PHTK) dictatorship, Prime Minister Ariel Henry exploited the fiction of a war between his regime and "gangs" to call for the intervention of foreign troops to expand the colonial occupation of Haiti. In doing so, he was echoing the tweet made the day before by OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro. Within days, the Biden Administration proceeded to draft a UN Security Council resolution calling for the expanded deployment of foreign troops in Haiti. To date, the UN…

Anonymous669 (2022-12-04). Two Attacks Hit Large Turkish Base In Northern Iraq Within 24 Hours (Video). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Via Twitter. | Late on December 4, a rocket attack targeted a large base of the Turkish military near the town of Zaylkan in Bashiqa district in the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh. | According to Iraqi media, as many as ten rockets struck the base and its vicinity, causing several fires. No casualties were reported, however. The rocket launchers were found by Iraqi security forces in the area of Agi Gokh in Bashiqa, not far away from the base. | This was th…

Agency (2022-12-03). Elon Musk's New Direction for Twitter: Not "Free Speech," but Banning the Left while Welcoming Fascists. itsgoingdown.org Agency looks at billionaire Elon Musk banning various anarchist and antifascist accounts on Twitter at the bequest of far-Right trolls as the social media giant moves to embrace the far-Right. On November 25, at the urging of a far-right troll, Elon Musk banned the @crimethinc Twitter account. The account had some 67,000 followers on the day of its…

Krish-rad_ind (2022-12-03). LEAKED: Twitter Censorship To Protect Biden Revealed. rumble.com

LaborFest (2022-12-03). Saturday 12/10: Get Your Ticket To Mars. indybay.org Twitter Headquarters San Francico | 1355 Market St. | San Francisco…

Staff (2022-12-03). Elon Musk revela cómo Twitter censuró escándalo sobre el hijo de Joe Biden. cubadebate.cu Elon Musk, dueño de Twitter, desató una nueva controversia al revelar el papel de esta red social para "suprimir" una nota sobre Hunter Biden, hijo del presidente estadunidense Joe Biden, semanas antes de las elecciones presidenciales de 2020. Las publicaciones, retuiteadas de la cuenta del periodista Matthew Taibbi, se han dado a conocer como "Twitter Files".

Scorinoco (2022-12-03). Bird Flu Virus Detected in Pelicans in Eastern Venezuela. orinocotribune.com On Friday, December 2, Venezuelan Minister for Science and Technology Gabriela Jiménez reported the detection of the AH5N1 avian influenza virus in pelicans in the eastern Venezuelan state of Anzoátegui. | "The Bolivarian Government of Venezuela reports the detection of the Avian Influenza AH5N1 virus in pelicans in the northern coastal region of Anzoátegui state," the minister wrote on social media. | She announced that "preventive measures and health alerts are being developed" in response to this situation. | La influenza aviar es una enfermedad viral contagiosa que afecta a las aves domésticas y silvestres. L…

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2022-12-04: News Headlines

Agency (2022-12-03). Elon Musk's New Direction for Twitter: Not "Free Speech," but Banning the Left while Welcoming Fascists. itsgoingdown.org Agency looks at billionaire Elon Musk banning various anarchist and antifascist accounts on Twitter at the bequest of far-Right trolls as the social media giant moves to embrace the far-Right. On November 25, at the urging of a far-right troll, Elon Musk banned the @crimethinc Twitter account. The account had some 67,000 followers on the day of its…

LaborFest (2022-12-03). Saturday 12/10: Get Your Ticket To Mars. indybay.org Twitter Headquarters San Francico | 1355 Market St. | San Francisco…

Staff (2022-12-03). Elon Musk revela cómo Twitter censuró escándalo sobre el hijo de Joe Biden. cubadebate.cu Elon Musk, dueño de Twitter, desató una nueva controversia al revelar el papel de esta red social para "suprimir" una nota sobre Hunter Biden, hijo del presidente estadunidense Joe Biden, semanas antes de las elecciones presidenciales de 2020. Las publicaciones, retuiteadas de la cuenta del periodista Matthew Taibbi, se han dado a conocer como "Twitter Files".

Scorinoco (2022-12-03). Bird Flu Virus Detected in Pelicans in Eastern Venezuela. orinocotribune.com On Friday, December 2, Venezuelan Minister for Science and Technology Gabriela Jiménez reported the detection of the AH5N1 avian influenza virus in pelicans in the eastern Venezuelan state of Anzoátegui. | "The Bolivarian Government of Venezuela reports the detection of the Avian Influenza AH5N1 virus in pelicans in the northern coastal region of Anzoátegui state," the minister wrote on social media. | She announced that "preventive measures and health alerts are being developed" in response to this situation. | La influenza aviar es una enfermedad viral contagiosa que afecta a las aves domésticas y silvestres. L…

WSWS (2022-12-02). UK: BT workers denounce Communication Workers Union sellout deal seeking end of national strike. wsws.org The two main responses to the deal among the more than 1, 0 postings by BT employees on Twitter and Facebook were that they would vote to reject the deal in ballot this month, and that many would leave the union.

Editor (2022-12-02). Mali's Break With France Is a Symptom of Cracks in the Transatlantic Alliance. scheerpost.com By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research On 21 November 2022, Mali's interim prime minister, Colonel Abdoulaye MaàØga, issued a statement on social media announcing the government's decision 'to ban, with immediate effect, all activities carried out by [French] NGOs operating in Mali'. This announcement came a few days after the French government cut Official …

Vijay Prashad (2022-12-02). Mali's bBreak with France is a symptom of cracks in the Transatlantic Alliance: The Forty-Eighth Newsletter (2022). mronline.org On 21 November 2022, Mali's interim prime minister, Colonel Abdoulaye MaàØga, issued a statement on social media announcing the government's decision 'to ban, with immediate effect, all activities carried out by [French] NGOs operating in Mali'.

Vijay Prashad (2022-12-02). Mali's break with France is a symptom of cracks in the Transatlantic Alliance: The Forty-Eighth Newsletter (2022). mronline.org On 21 November 2022, Mali's interim prime minister, Colonel Abdoulaye MaàØga, issued a statement on social media announcing the government's decision 'to ban, with immediate effect, all activities carried out by [French] NGOs operating in Mali'.

En.mehrnews (2022-12-02). Iran envoy condemns Afghanistan religious school attack. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 02 (MNA) — Special envoy of the Iranian President for Afghanistan Hassan Kazemi Qomi in a tweet on Friday condemned the recent terrorist attack on a religious school in Afghanistan's Samangan province.

Anonymous669 (2022-12-02). Identity of ISIS Slain Leader Finally Revealed. southfront.org The identity of ISIS former leader Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi who was recently killed in Syria has been finally revealed. | On December 1, Al-Quds Al-Arabi's journalist Wael Essam revealed on Twitter that Abu al-Hasan real name was Nour Karim al-Mutni. According to the prominent Arab journalist, Abu al-Hasan was originally from the town of Rawa in the western Iraqi province of al-Anbar. He was a member of the Bu Obaid tribe. | After ISIS rise to power in 2014, Abu al-Hasan worked as…

Anonymous669 (2022-12-02). Israeli Border Police Officer Shot, Killed Alleged Palestinian Attacker In West Bank (18+ Videos). southfront.org Screen grab, via Twitter. | On December 2, an officer of the Israeli Border Police shot and killed a Palestinian man who alleged carried out a stabbing attack in the northern West Bank town of Hawara. | The Border Police said in an initial statement that one of its teams was operating in Hawara when the suspect attacked with a knife and managed to wound an officer, adding that the suspect was later "neutralized" by other officers. | In a later statement, the police said that the suspect tried to enter a…

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