(2020-12-23). US Airports Are Portals for Disease Spread. Venezuela Shows Another Way. truthout.org I recently traveled to Venezuela to be an observer for its National Assembly election and was struck by a stark difference between the ways Venezuela and the United States are handling the COVID-19 pandemic. | My experience at the airport in Caracas, Venezuela, gave me a taste of what a coordinated public health approach looks like in practice, compared to the disjointed politicized approach in the United States. Airports in the United States are currently serving as uncontrolled portals of disease…
(2020-12-23). It Is Time For The One State Solution To Go Mainstream. popularresistance.org The "Palestinian-Israeli conflict" has often been presented as one of the most intractable in modern world history. | But one reason for this is precisely that it has been wrongly analyzed as a conflict and thus the "solutions" offered and the "peace processes" for getting there fail. | This is not a conflict. There are not two sides fighting over some issue that can be resolved through technical negotiations and compromise. Rather, Zionism was — and is — a settler-colonial project. | Jewish settlers arrived in Palestine from Europe with the intention of taking over the country and making it their own…
(2020-12-23). Sharyl Attkisson and Rachael Jolley. projectcensored.org In the first half of the show, award-winning journalist and bestselling author Sharyl Attkisson shares ideas from her new book "Slanted. " She contends that in recent years corporate and government forces have dramatically expanded their intervention into the conduct of journalism, to the extent that some types of investigative stories can no longer be reported. | Then Rachael Jolley, former editor-in-chief for the Index on Censorship, joins the program from the UK to explain how the coronavirus pandemic has changed the work of reporters — in Europe and elsewhere. She notes that even while the pandemic has…
(2020-12-23). Turkey sentences former Kurdish parliamentarian to 22 years in prison. peoplesdispatch.org Leyla Gàºven — former Kurdish parliamentarian in Turkey has been sentenced to over 22 years in prison for alleged links with a "terrorist group" and disseminating "terrorist propaganda." Gàºven has been vocal about the plight of Kurdish people.
(2020-12-23). Russia imposes sanctions on German officials as Navalny story assumes farcical character. wsws.org For the imperialist powers, no lie is too big, and no story too absurd, to not be employed in the service of war propaganda.
(2020-12-22). Big Pharma Business Model Is Serious Obstacle to Wiping Out COVID-19: Report. globalresearch.ca New research released today by Global Justice Now examines the history of some of the leading corporations producing coronavirus medicines, warning that their business model is likely to make controlling the pandemic more difficult, despite the rapid production of vaccines….
(2020-12-22). U.S.-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act: US Congress Votes $4 Billion to Israel for 2021. globalresearch.ca Congress just voted billions of dollars of U.S. tax money to Israel, No mainstream US media appear to have told Americans that both houses of Congress just voted massive aid to Israel, a tiny country with a long record …
(2020-12-21). Egypt to open diplomatic mission in Western Sahara's Laayoune. middleeasteye.net 
Egypt to open diplomatic mission in Western Sahara's Laayoune | Cairo follows Bahrain, the UAE and the United States by opening consulate in disputed Morocco-controlled territory | Mon, 12/21/2020 – 15: 29 | Moroccans celebrate in Rabat after the US adopted a new official map of Morocco that includes the disputed territory of Western Sahara, 13 December 2020 (AFP) | Egypt is planning to open a general consulat…
(2020-12-21). Propaganda Pandemic: The Craziest COVID Claims Of The Year. mintpressnews.com No matter how many Americans die, corporate media is desperate to shore up support at home and attempt to discredit foreign countries for handling the pandemic properly. Behind The Headlines' Dan Cohen reviews the most absurd COVID propaganda of the year.
(2020-12-21). Chile Opens New Investigation Into Corruption in The Army. telesurenglish.net Chile's Public Ministry and the Investigation Police opened an investigation against nearly 800 serving and retired army officials on corruption charges. | RELATED: | Over 500 retired officials and 270 in practice have been subjected to an investigation into alleged fraud to the treasury committed from 2007 until 2017 after the Mutual Aid Fund (FAM) was closed. | The Comptroller's and the Prosecutor's Offices are se…