Daily Archives: January 5, 2021

2021-01-05: News Headlines

Repost from IGD, Not The Author (2021-01-05). SF: Claim Of Responsibility For Vandalism Of Pelosi Mansion. indybay.org Repost from It's Going Down:…

Staff (2021-01-05). "Medical Apartheid": Israeli Vaccine Drive Excludes Millions of Palestinians in Occupied Territories. democracynow.org Israel has administered COVID-19 vaccines faster than any country in the world, with more than 14% of Israelis receiving vaccines so far. Despite the fast rollout, human rights groups are expressing alarm over Israel's decision not to vaccinate Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, where about 1,500 people have died during the pandemic. Israel has defended its actions citing the Oslo Peace Accords, which put Palestinian authorities in charge of healthcare in the West Bank and Gaza. Palestinian officials are facing a number of hurdles in launching their own vaccine campaign, including a shortage of mone…

Staff (2021-01-05). "This Is Voter Suppression": 198,000 Georgia Residents Were Illegally Purged from Voter Rolls. democracynow.org As voters in Georgia cast their ballots in two key runoff races that will determine control of the U.S. Senate, voting rights activists fear many eligible voters will be turned away at the polls. Georgia has been called "ground zero" for Republican voter suppression efforts in the U.S., and in September the ACLU of Georgia revealed 198,000 voters had been wrongly purged from the voting rolls. We air a report into voting in Georgia by investigative journalist Greg Palast, narrated by the actress Debra Messing, and speak with voting rights activist LaTosha Brown, co-founder of the Black Voters Matter Fund. "I think…

Norman Solomon (2021-01-05). In 2021, the best way to fight Neofascist Republicans is to fight Neoliberal Democrats. nationofchange.org What's imperative for progressives is not to "speak truth to power" but to speak truth about power — and to drastically change an economic system that provides humongous wealth to a very few and worsening misery to the countless many.

Norman Solomon (2021-01-05). In 2021, to Fight Neofascist Republicans, Fight Neoliberal Democrats. indybay.org Stop the economic wrecking crews…

Ariel Dorfman (2021-01-05). America Can't Hide From This Drastic Reckoning. counterpunch.org What happens to a nation incapable of healing itself? I ask as an American citizen concerned about our damaged democracy but also as someone with roots in Chile, which after many years of dictatorship suffered the harmful consequences of failing to fully complete its democratic transition.

Mike Kuhlenbeck (2021-01-05). Why the Biden Administration Must Abolish the Death Penalty. progressive.org Trump's increase in federal executions exposes the racism, classism, inability to deter crime, and high cost of capital punishment.

Rod Driver (2021-01-05). Brutal Human Rights Abuses: Torture, Sanctions and Failure to Address "Economic Rights" globalresearch.ca "Wrong things are done in the name of Islam, worse things are being done in the name of democracy and human rights" (Dr. Mohamed Mahathir, former Malaysian Prime Minister(1)) | Torture — Legal Black Holes | Some philosophers have suggested that …

Michael Harris (2021-01-05). Friday 1/15: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 2021 Birthday Celebration. indybay.org MLK Library | 24th Street Bypass | Sacramento, CA…

repost (2021-01-05). No Shame at KPFA!Falling In Line Supporting Receivership Like Republicans-Save KPFA & Comp. indybay.org The majority of the KPFA Local Station Board who are supporters the board chair Christina Huggins who sued Pacifica to put it in Receivership included supporters of Save KPFA, New Day Pacifica, Rescue Pacifica, Pacifica Protectors & Community For Independent Radio…

Brett Wilkins (2021-01-05). Google Workers Form Union. indybay.org Google workers have formed a union to promote solidarity, democracy, and social and economic justice. Reprinted here from Common Dreams under Creative Commons License. Photo by Ruth Robertson.

Amanda Marcotte (2021-01-05). Georgia runoffs reveal the total putrefaction of the GOP: Republicans are now openly anti-democratic. salon.com Democrats ran a normal campaign — but Republicans competed with each other to see who could be the most repugnant…

Mehr News Agency (2021-01-05). Democrats will not take the White House: Trump. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 05 (MNA) — US President Donald Trump, in continuation of his baseless election claims, insisted that he and his allies will keep fighting, saying that Democrats will not take the White House.

Online News Editor (2021-01-05). Democrats ask FBI to investigate Trump for trying to manipulate poll results. laprensalatina.com Washington DC, Jan 4 (efe-epa).- Two Democratic lawmakers asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Monday to open an investigation against outgoing President Donald Trump for pressuring the top election official in Georgia to reverse the outcome of the state's elections in his favor. In a letter sent to FBI Director Christopher Wray, Ted …

Online News Editor (2021-01-05). US Senate control up for grabs in Georgia runoffs. laprensalatina.com Washington, Jan 5 (efe-epa).- Voters in Georgia are heading to the polls on Tuesday in two pivotal Senate elections, a pair of runoff contests that will determine control of the upper chamber of the United States Congress in the first two years of President-elect Joe Biden's administration. Both outgoing President Donald Trump, a Republican, and …

Andrew Latham (2021-01-04). How 3 prior pandemics triggered massive societal shifts. zcomm.org Will the bumbling efforts of the open societies of the West to come to grips with the virus shattering already-wavering faith in liberal democracy, creating a space for other ideologies to evolve and metastasize?>

Jack Rasmus (2021-01-04). What Happens January 6th, 20th & After? zcomm.org America's Continuing Crisis of Democracy…

Fight Back (2021-01-04). Political prisoner Facundo Molares wins freedom! fightbacknews.org Political prisoner Facundo Molares, an Argentinian photojournalist who was incarcerated by the Bolivian Añez regime, is now safely home in his native Argentina. | Molares was arrested during a violent incident between armed forces backing the coup d'etat and protests for democracy in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia on November 19, 2019, two days after the unelected Añez government took over. Molares was documenting the confrontation for the magazine Centenario, but during this incident he had a health crisis and was rushed to the hospital. | The Añez coup regime arrested Facundo in his hospital bed. It is widely…

Zach D. Roberts (2021-01-04). Coming Down to the Wire in Georgia. progressive.org Scenes from an election that will decide control of the Senate, and maybe the future of American democracy.

KPFA Radio 94.1 FM (2021-01-04). Monday 1/25: Claire Wasserman & Her Father, Steve Wasserman: 'Ladies Get Paid'. indybay.org Online webinar…

Mehr News Agency (2021-01-04). Iran missile program must be 'on the table' for JCPOA talks. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 04 (MNA) — Jake Sullivan, Biden's incoming national security adviser, says Iran's missile program should be on the table when talking about probable US's return to the nuclear deal.

Michael Winship (2021-01-04). Old Congress, New Congress: Profiles in Sore Losing. commondreams.org The open sedition of so many Republican members is a crime and a national disgrace. They're attempting a clumsy coup d'etat. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/hawley_cruz.jpg

Brett Wilkins, staff writer (2021-01-04). Google Workers Form Union to 'Promote Solidarity, Democracy, and Social and Economic Justice'. commondreams.org The tech titan "has a responsibility to its thousands of workers and billions of users to make the world a better place," two of the union's leaders wrote. "We can help build that world." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-11723000711_0.jpg

Staff (2021-01-04). Sanders, Other Critics Denounce GOP Senators' Attempt to Undermine Election. truthout.org Eleven Republican senators and senators-elect drew accusations of "sedition" and "treason" on Saturday and Sunday when they released a statement Sen. Ted Cruz…

Mehr News Agency (2021-01-03). Protesters vandalize Pelosi's garage door. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 03 (MNA) — The US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's house in San Francisco was vandalized overnight on New Year's Day and graffiti was found on the garage door with the phrases "$2K", "Cancel rent!" and "We want everything."

sputniknews (2021-01-03). US House of Representatives Re-Elects Nancy Pelosi as Speaker. sputniknews.com Earlier in the day, the 117th Congress convened to swear in new congressional members. Democrats have remained in control of the House of Representatives, but it will be the 5 January runoff election in Georgia that decides the fate of the Senate.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2021-01-03). Black Agriculture vs. Black Farmer: Remembering George Washington Carver Recognition Day. indybay.org The National Holiday Recognizing George Washington Carver remains cloaked in mystery. Hint: It not USDA Secretary Thomas Vilsack the problem, few "Black Farm Leaders" will even will say George Washington Carvers's name or share his journey.

Roger Harris (2021-01-03). 2020 Latin America and the Caribbean in Review: the Pink Tide May Rise Again. zcomm.org The US continues to try to dominate Latin America and the Caribbean…

Julia Conley, staff writer (2021-01-03). Sanders, Other Critics Denounce GOP Senators' 'Pathetic' Attempt to Undermine Biden's Election Victory. commondreams.org "It is a sad and tragic day for our country that 140 members of the House of Representatives, 13 senators and a defeated president are attempting to undermine American democracy and our Constitution." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1229654645_1.jpg

Ryan Cooper (2021-01-03). America Was Always Going to Bungle the Vaccine Rollout. commondreams.org "It isn't hard to think up a simple set of rules that would ensure shots are going into arms as quickly as possible." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-12914227871.jpg

sputniknews (2021-01-03). Biden's National Security Adviser Says Iran's Missile Program Must Be 'On the Table' in JCPOA Talks. sputniknews.com In December 2020, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the issue of Tehran's ballistic missile program is "non-negotiable", outlining that the US president-elect, Joe Biden, is "well aware of it".

Edwin Nieblas-Bedolla (2021-01-02). [Correspondence] Legalisation of undocumented immigrants in the USA. thelancet.com In November, 2020, Joseph R Biden Junior was elected to become president of the USA. During his presidential campaign, Biden placed great emphasis on immigration and vowed to reverse many of the existing policies that were enacted under the leadership of President Donald Trump.

Paul Rosenberg (2021-01-02). Donald Trump's gift to America: Realizing we've never been a liberal democracy. salon.com Is Trump a threat to liberal democracy, as elite voices tell us — or a reminder that we've never gotten there?>

Mehr News Agency (2021-01-02). 140 Republicans to vote to bolster Trump, stop biden. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 02 (MNA) — To disrupt Congress, bolster Trump, and avoid Biden to become the next US President, around 140 Republicans are expected to vote against the counting of Electoral College votes.

Online News Editor (2021-01-02). One year after Soleimani's assassination, Iraq remains in cross fire. laprensalatina.com By Nawar Alrikabi and Francesca Cicardi Baghdad/Cairo, Jan 2 (efe-epa).- A year after the assassination of Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani by the United States in Baghdad, Iraq remains caught in crossfire between the US and Iran. Similar attacks could still play out, although the arrival of the more moderate Joe Biden in the White …