United We Dream (2022-01-21). Thursday 1/20: Call to Action: Twitter Storm Demanding Immigrant Rights w/ United We Dream. indybay.org Online action for immigrant rights…
Staff (2022-01-20). Thursday January 27 Webinar with María Páez Victor: Venezuela's Recent Progress and Political Advances. orinocotribune.com 
Venezuela's Recent Progress and Political Advances | With María Páez Victor | Thursday January 27, 4: 00 pm PST / 7: 00 pm EST: | The webinar will be recorded and sent it out to all registrants following the event. We'll also be live streaming on Facebook. FB event page can be found Despite the US-Canada-European Union economic blockade and robbery of its overseas resources, Venezuela has made notable progress in economic recovery…
Staff (2022-01-20). 22 January, Canberra: Free Ahmad Saadat! Join an action in solidarity with the struggles of all Palestinian Prisoners! samidoun.net 
Saturday, 22 January 2 pm Garema Place, Civic Canberra, Australia Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/2021889451321806 Palestinian prisoners are consistently engaged in a difficult struggle inside Israeli jails against arbitrary laws and unrestrained brutality. Prisoners are regularly forced to go beyond the accepted limits of human endurance to assert their dignity and the most basic of rights, often with …
Staff (2022-01-20). 23 January, Stockholm: Film Screening: Fedayin, Georges Abdallah's Fight. samidoun.net 
Sunday, 23 January 3: 30 pm Kafé 44, Tjà§rhovsgatan 46, 116 28 Stockholm, Sweden Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/182672827385341/ Samidoun Stockholm invites you to a screening of the film "Fedayin, le combat de Georges Abdallah" ("Fedayin, Georges Abdallah's Fight"), which is about Abdallah and his life in struggle. The film is shown with English subtitles. Georges Abdallah, the Lebanese …
sputniknews (2022-01-20). Woman in Pakistan Sentenced to Death for 'Blasphemous' WhatsApp Status. sputniknews.com Blasphemy remains a highly sensitive and controversial matter in Pakistan. In 2017, Taimur Raza became the first person sentenced to death for allegedly committing blasphemy on the social media platform Facebook.
Andrew Wright (2022-01-20). COVID testing scam hits Michigan, contributing to pandemic fatigue. peoplesworld.org 
DETROIT—The Better Business Bureau has begun investigating the Center for Covid Control, an Illinois-based organization claiming it partners with the CDC to offer free COVID testing. According to its website, the company also offers workplace testing, has job opportunities for those interested, and advertises social media links on its "Contact Us" page. At first glance, …
It's Going Down (2022-01-20). Resistance to 'Cop City' in Atlanta Heats Up as Construction is Halted, Trees Occupied. itsgoingdown.org On Tuesday, January 18th, tree-cutting was reported on social media in the Atlanta Forest, an area of highly contested green-space where both a movie studio and the local police are attempting to clear-cut trees to build expanded studio lots and a state of the art police training facility, which will include a "mock city for…
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-01-20). ASPI — The Gov't-Funded Conspiracist Think Tank Now Controlling Your Social Media Feed. libya360.wordpress.com Alan Macleod That ASPI is now partially in charge of Twitter's moderation, influencing what hundreds of millions of people see daily, is a grave threat to the free flow of information, as well as to the chances for a peaceful 21st century. CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA —Social media giant Twitter raised many eyebrows recently when it announced…
José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-01-20). Anti-Chavista Economist Demonstrates Link Between Illegal Sanctions & Drop in Oil Production. orinocotribune.com 
A recent study by anti-Chavista economist Francisco Rodríguez confirmed the negative effects that illegal sanctions imposed by the United States government had on the drop in Venezuelan oil production from 2017 to 2020. | Rodríguez mentioned via Twitter that he was interviewed by renowned US journalist Anya Parampil, during which he summarized the conclusions of his report, "Sanctions, Economic Actions and the Venezuelan Crisis." | The director of the Petróleo por Venezuela Foundation stated that the document addresses the financial impact of unilateral coercive measures. It also outlines recommendations to prote…
United We Dream (2022-01-20). Thursday 1/20: Call to Action: Twitter Storm Demanding Immigrant Rights w/ United We Dream. indybay.org Online action for immigrant rights…
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-01-20). Barbados: Mia Mottley Wins Second Term. libya360.wordpress.com Barbadians gave Mia Mottley and the BLP a decisive victory in Wednesday's General Election. The BLP is projected to win all 30 seats. Leader of the opposition DLP has conceded defeat. pic.twitter.com/pttaBvmVke — Kawsachun News (@KawsachunNews) January 20, 2022 üáßüáß Prime Minister Mia Mottley addresses Barbados, declaring victory with a total sweep of all 30…
It is ironic that even former right-wing Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had rejected a Knesset (Israeli Parliament) bill which proposed to give the government greater power to control and suppress online content. This was in 2016, and the bill was introduced by Netanyahu's Likud party rival, Gideon Sa'ar. Some analysts argued that Netanyahu had feared …