(2020-12-09). Capitalist COVID catastrophe / FIGHT or DIE! workers.org 
It's December 2020. The working class in the United States is facing a crisis of survival. It is the worst such crisis since the Great Depression, especially for the most oppressed. The statistics are damning: One in six households face hunger; one in five workers are out of work; some . . . |
(2020-12-09). The "Great Reset" or the "Great Pretext" … for Dystopia. globalresearch.ca In their World Economic Forum treatise Covid-19: The Great Reset, economists Klaus Schwab and Thierry Malleret bring us the voice of would-be Global Governance. | *** | By titling their recently published World Economic Forum treatise Covid-19: The Great Reset, the authors …
(2020-12-09). Beef, Banks and the Brazilian Amazon. globalresearch.ca Preserving tropical rainforests is critical to help stop climate breakdown and to safeguard the rights of the local communities and indigenous peoples who depend on and defend them. Moreover, the Covid-19 pandemic has brought into sharp relief the importance of …
(2020-12-09). U.S. companies sold more than 60% of all arms in the international market in 2019. peoplesworld.org 
In the run up to its annual yearbook next year, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released its first set of data on the international arms sales by the top 25 companies in the world on Monday, December 7. According to the report, U.S. companies dominated the rising international trade with a share of over …
(2020-12-09). Why President Maduro Changed His Voting Center at the Last Minute. Planned Attempt on His Life? globalresearch.ca This Sunday, December 6, Nicolás Maduro voted at the Simón Rodríguez Ecological Bolivarian School in Fuerte Tiuna, accompanied by Cilia Flores, candidate in these legislative elections and the president's wife. | Traditionally, Maduro voted at the Miguel Antonio Caro high school, …
(2020-12-09). COVID Vaccines: Protection or Biohazard? globalresearch.ca All vaccines are hazardous to human health. | Annually, the US Vaccine Adverse Reporting System (VAERS) reports thousands of serious adverse vaccine reactions, including many deaths and disabling disabilities. | Instead of highlighting the danger, corporate-controlled establishment media suppress what's vital for …
(2020-12-09). Anti-Iran Terrorist Group Mojahedin-e Khalq's Ties to Iraqi Army in 1980s. globalresearch.ca Below is an interview with Mr. Yaghout Meraji, a former member of the anti-Iran terrorist group the Mojahedin-e Khalq MEK, conducted November 24 and 25, 2020. | *** | Robert Fantina: The participation of the MEK in the joint operation …
(2020-12-09). Smoking Gun: Dr. Fauci States COVID Test Has Fatal Flaw; Confession from the "Beloved" Expert of Experts. globalresearch.ca This article was originally published on November 9. | OK, here we go. Smoking gun. Jackpot. | Right from the horse's mouth. Right from the man we're told is the number-one COVID expert in the nation. What Fauci says is golden truth….
(2020-12-09). Pathologist Petitions FDA to Halt Pfizer Emergency Use Authorization Until Vaccine Efficacy Confirmed. globalresearch.ca Connecticut pathologist Dr. Sin Hang Lee and Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN) have "Until an accurate count of …
(2020-12-09). Whistleblower: FDA Failed to Address 'Biohazard Nightmare' at Merck Vaccine Plant. globalresearch.ca A former FDA employee-turned-whistleblower says the agency downgraded his report on safety violations at a Merck vaccine plant. The allegation raises questions about how the FDA will monitor safety of COVID vaccine manufacturers. | *** | A former employee of the U.S. …
(2020-12-09). China's Spacecraft Takes off from Moon with Samples. globalresearch.ca The China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced that Change-5 probe carrying the country's first lunar samples blasted off from the moon at 11: 10 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Thursday. | Launched on Nov. 24, the Chinese spacecraft comprises an orbiter, a lander, …
(2020-12-09). First-Person Singular: My Students, the Police. progressive.org After sixteen years of teaching, I'm continually stunned by how many students cite criminal justice, and policing, as their career goal.
(2020-12-09). Celebrated Artist Mira Lehr Confronts 2020 with New Planetary Visions. globalresearch.ca During the pandemic quarantine this year, the celebrated artist Mira Lehr has created more work now than ever before in her six decades of artmaking. Her new series, called Planetary Visions, represents a bold departure for the artist. | She has …
(2020-12-09). Is Washington Trying to Ruin Shinzo Abe's Legacy of Japan's Rapprochement with Russia? globalresearch.ca Recent reports from Japanese media alleging that US immigration authorities there consider Russian nationals in some of the Kuril Islands to legally be Japanese represent an attempt by the fading unipolar superpower to ruin former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's legacy …
(2020-12-09). How to Get Saved from COVID-19 Under Nuclear Bombs. globalresearch.ca FEMA — the United States Government Emergency Management Federal Agency — updated instructions to the population on how to behave in the event of a nuclear attack. The new instructions, provided by the Ready Campaign, keep in mind the Covid-19 …
(2020-12-09). Georgia Moves to Shut Down Early Voting Sites Ahead of Senate Runoff. truthout.org Civil rights groups warned on Monday that a decision by election officials in Georgia to shutter numerous early-voting sites ahead of the state's Senate runoff elections would disproportionately impact people of color. | The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the ACLU's Georgia branch and other groups
(2020-12-09). World Press Freedom Conference spotlights dangerous job of separating 'truth from falsehood'. news.un.org Prominent journalists and champions of press freedom from across the world are examining ways to overcome increasing challenges facing the media during a two-day online conference organized jointly by the UN's cultural and educational agency, UNESCO, and the Netherlands.
(2020-12-09). Monday 12/21: Annual National Homeless Virtual Memorial & Teach-in w/ National Union for the Homeless. indybay.org Online via livestream…
(2020-12-09). Tibetan Delek Children's Foundation. indybay.org Non Profit helps Tibetan children with health care & education…
(2020-12-09). Pearl Harbor and the Bay of Pigs. globalresearch.ca U.S. officials have long criticized Japan for its supposedly unprovoked military attack on Pearl Harbor, which enabled President Roosevelt to fulfill his desire to intervene into World War II. As I showed in
(2020-12-09). Elections And The Path To Socialism In Venezuela. popularresistance.org On December 6, Venezuelans elected a new National Assembly with a left political majority. This election, which was well-run and legitimate despite what the imperialist media and countries say, reconstitutes the Venezuelan parliamentary body with participation from both the ruling and opposition parties. It marks the end of an era during which the National Assembly was a tool of the right wing agenda and US regime change efforts. To facilitate understanding of the current election and political climate in Venezuela, Vijay Prashad of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and Paul Dobson of Venezulanalysis…
(2020-12-09). Video: Turkey Strikes against Kurdish SDF Forces in Northern Syria. globalresearch.ca The situation in the northern Syrian provinces of Aleppo and al-Hasakah is once again escalating amid speculations on the upcoming Turkish advance in the area. | In recent weeks, the Turkish military and its proxies increased the intensity of strikes on …
(2020-12-09). Pearl Harbor: A Successful War Lie. globalresearch.ca Commemorating Pearl Harbor, David Swanson's analysis first published on December 7, 2010 | One type of "defensive" war is one that follows a successful provocation of aggression from the desired enemy. This method was used to begin, and repeatedly to escalate, …
(2020-12-09). German Doctors Letter to Chancellor Merkel, Put an End to the Covid "Fear Machine" globalresearch.ca This article was originally published on November 8. | Dear Chancellor Dr. Merkel, | We, the signatories, are doctors from all areas of healthcare, who have been serving people in practices and clinics for decades. During this time, we have witnessed more …
(2020-12-09). Central Africa and South Asia: World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Knew About Rights Abuses by Park Rangers, but Didn't Respond Effectively. asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2020-12-08). Gangsterism as Foreign Policy: Assassinations are Becoming the New Norm. counterpunch.org 
I was in Israel on 4 November 1995 when a student named Yigal Amir assassinated the Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin as he left a peace rally in Tel Aviv. A video shows Amir loitering by an exit to the square for 40 minutes before Rabin appears, when his killer takes out a pistol and
(2020-12-08). Action for Change Starts in Congress. counterpunch.org 
We know their names! We've given immense power to Five Hundred and Thirty-Five People to do good or bad. One Hundred Senators and Four Hundred and Thirty-Five Representatives. Unfortunately, some 1500 corporations control most Members of Congress. Think about all the dreams for a better world that could come to be realized if our elected officials
(2020-12-08). Stuck in a Lift with John Pilger: News and How to Use It by Alan Rusbridger. dissidentvoice.org 
Noticing the way journalists seemed unable to resist commenting on our work, even if it was just to slag us off, Glenn Greenwald tweeted us in 2012: 'You are really deeper in the heads of the British establishment-serving commentariat than anyone else — congrats.' ((Greenwald, Twitter, 12 September 2012.)) If that was true then, our relationship …
(2020-12-08). The Crack-Up at the Federal Reserve Is Coming. Decline of US Dollar, Rejection of Its World Reserve Currency Status. globalresearch.ca Some Federal Reserve officials are calling for tougher banking regulations in order to prevent the Fed's low interest rate policy from leading investors to take "excessive" risks that will create asset bubbles. The Fed is understandably worried that these bubbles …
(2020-12-08). OPCW Executives Praised Whistleblower and Criticized Syria Cover-up, Leaks Reveal. globalresearch.ca Exclusive: Documents obtained by The Grayzone show that OPCW executives privately criticized the manipulation of a Syria chemical weapons probe, and supported a dissenting veteran inspector. One official, however, feared helping the "Russian narrative." These private admissions further expose the …
(2020-12-08). Relations Between Colombia and China Are on the Rise. globalresearch.ca China is about to accomplish a historic act in Colombia. In 1942, when Bogotá had 380,000 inhabitants, a project was launched to build the urban metro. After more than 75 years and with 8 million people, the work finally seems …
(2020-12-08). Students at the Most Expensive University in America Are Going on Tuition Strike. zcomm.org With an $11 billion endowment, Columbia University has been fleecing students during the pandemic. Now students are fighting back…
(2020-12-08). Invasion of the Body Snatchers: Psychological Warfare Disguised as a Pandemic Threat. globalresearch.ca "Look! You fools! You're in danger! Can't you see? They're after you! They're after all of us! Our wives…our children…they're here already! You're next!"—Dr. Miles Bennell, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) | It's like
(2020-12-08). Evolving Strategies for Long-term Asthma Management. jamanetwork.com Research in the 1960s and 1970s revealed increasing prevalence of asthma in the US and internationally, the importance of airway inflammation in asthma, and the role of indoor aeroallergens as causal or aggravating environmental factors in many patients with asthma. The introduction of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) treatment for asthma in the 1970s provided an effective approach to long-term pharmacologic therapy. In 1991, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute sponsored the development of the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma, off…
(2020-12-08). 2020 Asthma Guideline Update From the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program. jamanetwork.com This guideline summarizes updated recommendations for management of asthma in adolescents and adults, focusing on evidence for use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs), add-on long-acting muscarinic antagonists (LAMAs), fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) testing, indoor allergen mitigation, immunotherapy, and evidence against use of bronchial thermoplasty.
(2020-12-08). 'It's the Right Thing to Do': Schumer, Incoming NY Reps Urge Biden to Cancel Student Loan Debt. commondreams.org "You don't need Congress, all you need is the flick of a pen and President-elect Biden—then President Biden—can make this happen," the Senate minority leader said. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2020-12-08). Using Smartwatch Data to Detect COVID-19 Cases Early. jamanetwork.com Early this year, investigators at the Scripps Research Translational Institute found that resting heart rate and sleep data from wearable sensors could predict population-level trends in influenza-like illness. Now, a new study from the same team suggests that wearable sensor data combined with self-reported symptoms might aid in the early detection of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
(2020-12-08). Improving Care for Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)—A Polypill-Based Strategy. jamanetwork.com This Viewpoint proposes that a polypill combination of a Œ≤-blocker, renin angiotensin inhibitor, mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, and sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor might be the most efficient way to deliver guideline-directed HFrEF therapy, and proposes a research roadmap to design and evaluate the pill and implementation strategies for getting it to patients.
(2020-12-08). US Sanctions Have Caused Iranians Untold Misery — And Achieved Nothing. globalresearch.ca "My young cousin passed away last week," an Iranian Twitter user recently lamented. "She needed medication for her cancer that doctors said can't be found." | The tweet tragically went on: "Maybe she'd be alongside her little daughter now if she …
(2020-12-08). Palestinians: Victims of 'Cancel Culture'. globalresearch.ca In the very month in which I read articles condemning the "cancel culture," which some apply exclusively to the "left's efforts to silence or shame views with which they disagree," several disturbing incidents caught my attention. | A Palestinian American Congresswoman …
(2020-12-08). Sorry, Boris Johnson Will Not Disappear. globalresearch.ca It is currently popular among those who make money writing media articles about politics, to argue that Boris Johnson will implode next year and be replaced as Tory leader by someone more rational and conventional. I very much doubt this: …
(2020-12-08). Plans by University of Colorado at Boulder to cut 50 tenured jobs evoke opposition. wsws.org The threat to eliminate tenured faculty positions and hire adjuncts in their place has created a backlash among staff and students at the school.
(2020-12-08). Derek Black: We Need Public Schools Now More than Ever. progressive.org The author of Schoolhouse Burning explains why public education is fundamental to American democracy and the nation's founding principles.
(2020-12-08). Everyone Is Already Wearing a Mask. They Just Don't Work. globalresearch.ca One of the most common pro-mask arguments I've heard over the course of the past year, both from "public health experts" and your average citizen, sounds similar to the following statement: | "If only everyone would just wear a mask, we …
(2020-12-08). Saturday 12/12: People Get Ready: Beating the Right, Strengthening the Left, and Building Power. indybay.org Online/virtual symposium…
(2020-12-08). Intravenous Acetaminophen in Postoperative Patients. jamanetwork.com To the Editor In the randomized clinical trial on the effect of intravenous acetaminophen (paracetamol) on postoperative hypoxemia after abdominal surgery, the authors did not find a significant opioid-sparing effect of intravenous acetaminophen and therefore no statistically significant reduction in the adverse effect of hypoxemia.
(2020-12-08). Data Inaccuracies in Text and Tables. jamanetwork.com In the Research Letter titled "Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in Health Care Personnel in the New York City Area," published online first on August 6, 2020, and in the September 1, 2020, issue of JAMA, there were inaccuracies that resulted from a coding error. The errors, once corrected, affect the relative risks and 95% CIs for the associations reported in the tables. Working in direct patient care (but not intensive care) is now significant in bivariable but not multivariable analysis, and several demographic variables (including increasing age and non-White race or ethnicity) that were previously reported…
(2020-12-08). Canadian Organizations Urge Canada to Vote for a Shared Jerusalem at the United Nations. globalresearch.ca Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) and the Coalition of Canadian Palestinian Organizations (CCPO) are urging the Canadian government to vote in support of an upcoming
(2020-12-08). China Overtakes the US to Become EU's Biggest Trade Partner as Beijing's Economy Continues to Boom Post-COVID while the Rest of the World Slides into the Red. asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2020-12-08). Gas production from SPGF hits 139% growth annually. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 08 (MNA) — Statistics have shown that gas production from South Pars Gas Field has registered a 139 percent growth annually from 2013 to 2019.