2021-02-13: News Headlines

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yenisafak (2021-02-13). Massive fire engulfs Afghan port bordering Iran. yenisafak.com A massive fire broke out on Saturday in a dry port in western Afghanistan, officials said.The fire engulfed scores of oil and gas tankers in the Islam Qala Port bordering Iran.Herat province's Governor Sayed Abdul Wahid Qatali said the reason of the fire and damage caused by it could not be immediately assessed. However, he added, the blaze was so big that neighboring Iran was asked for help in controlling it.Mohammad Rafiq Sherzai, spokesman for the Health Department, told Anadolu Agency that at least 10 people with fire burns were rushed to the public hospital. He feared the casualties could rise.Visuals circul…

Rabbi Alissa Wise (2021-02-13). Facebook might censor criticism of Zionists. That's dangerous. zcomm.org By making 'Zionists' a de facto protected category, Facebook would shield the Israeli government from accountability and harm efforts to dismantle antisemitism…

Robert Koehler (2021-02-13). Stealing the Vote, Building A Wall. zcomm.org One recent and shocking — but hardly surprising — piece of news is the huge scramble in legislatures, especially the Republican-controlled ones, all across the country to draft and pass legislation restricting the ability of Americans (some of them, anyway) to vote…

Change For The Better (2021-02-13). 15 Of Many Things We Can Learn From the European Union. indybay.org fewer wars, no executions, free health care, lower drug costs, better animal rights and environment legislation, less censorship etc…

WSWS (2021-02-12). Canadian educators denounce deadly reopening of schools amid COVID-19 pandemic. wsws.org "Whatever the capitalist politicians and corporate media say," warned an Ontario teacher, "scientific studies have shown that schools are one of the primary vectors of transmission for the virus."

Alan Macleod (2021-02-12). CNN Declares BBC 'Banned' but CGTN 'Withdrawn' as UK and China Fire off in Propaganda Battle. mintpressnews.com While this was clearly a tit-for-tat decision, many in the media still managed to frame it as a chilling blow for free speech in China, ignoring decades of media repression in the West.

Staff (2021-02-12). Ralph Nader: Biden Must Hold Boeing Accountable for Deaths Due to Faulty Planes. truthout.org Legendary consumer advocate Ralph Nader says the U.S. is experiencing a "corporate crime wave," and that the Trump administration's $2.5 billion settlement with Boeing over the manufacturer's faulty 737 MAX jets amounts to a "slap on the wrist." Boeing's faulty planes were involved in two fatal crashes that killed 346 people in 2018 and 2019, including Nader's 24-year-old grandniece Samya Stumo. Nader says the Biden Justice Department should reopen the previous administration's settlement and…

Staff (2021-02-12). Where Are the Witnesses? Ralph Nader Says Democrats' Impeachment Case Is "Prescription for Defeat" democracynow.org As the historic Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump continues, we speak with longtime consumer advocate, corporate critic and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader, who says Democrats have set themselves up for defeat by rushing proceedings and failing to call witnesses — including Trump himself. "The narrow approach of the articles of impeachment keep the Democrats from having a full hand," says Nader. "They have like 10 arrows in their quiver and they're using one or two."

Staff (2021-02-12). Ralph Nader on Corporate Crime, Holding Boeing Accountable for 737 MAX Deaths & Biden's First Weeks. democracynow.org Legendary consumer advocate Ralph Nader says the U.S. is experiencing a "corporate crime wave," and that the Trump administration's $2.5 billion settlement with Boeing over the manufacturer's faulty 737 MAX jets amounts to a "slap on the wrist." Boeing's faulty planes were involved in two fatal crashes that killed 346 people in 2018 and 2019, including Nader's 24-year-old grandniece Samya Stumo. Nader says the Biden Justice Department should reopen the previous administration's settlement and hold Boeing fully accountable. "This is just another example of giant companies getting away with their corporate criminal…

_____ (2021-02-12). Facebook Hires ex-NATO Press Officer and Social Media Censor Ben Nimmo as Intel Strategist. strategic-culture.org Nimmo has previously worked for NATO and the Integrity Initiative, a covert UK govt troll farm. His move to Facebook suggests more censorship on the way for anti-establishment voices. | By Alan MACLEOD | Ben Nimmo, a former NATO

Jonathan Cook (2021-02-12). The Guardian revealed its true face in sacking a columnist for criticizing US military aid to Israel. zcomm.org We must fight back. We need to understand that old corporate media like the Guardian are not an ally to the left, they are the enemy…

Jonathan Cook (2021-02-12). The Guardian Reveals Its True Face by Sacking Progressive Columnist Nathan Robinson for Criticizing US Military Aid To Israel. commondreams.org We need to understand that old corporate media like the Guardian are not an ally to the left, they are the enemy. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

Nino Pagliccia (2021-02-12). Venezuela — Food Security and Sovereignty to Fight Starvation Sanctions. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | Mainstream media references to Venezuela always focus on the devastating economic …

RT (2021-02-11). Instagram's crackdown on 'hateful' DMs speeds up the spiral of Anglocentric censorship on social media. rt.com The app founded to share cute photos is now using AI to censor "hate speech" in direct messages, enforcing an Anglo-American notion of banning the ever-increasing expanse of unapproved thoughts on the rest of the planet. | Anyone who sends direct messages containing "hate speech" or abuse shall henceforth be banned, Instagram

Jenny Farrell (2021-02-11). John Keats — A Revolutionary Romantic. peoplesworld.org George Bernard Shaw stated, "Keats achieved the very curious feat of writing a poem of which it may be said that if Karl Marx can be imagined writing a poem instead of a treatise on Capital, he would have written Isabella." Shaw's view clashes with that of most mainstream critics who deny Keats any political …

RT (2021-02-11). BBC World News banned from broadcasting in China, as London-Beijing media war heats up. rt.com BBC World News has been banned from the Chinese airwaves, Beijing's state-controlled TV network announced. The tit-for-tat move comes after the UK media regulator, Ofcom, revoked the broadcast license of the Chinese CGTN network. | China's National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) The "reports" in question likely refer to BBC News…

RT (2021-02-11). UK loses track of BILLIONS of pounds worth of crucial PPE, auditor says. rt.com The UK's national auditor says the government doesn't know where vital gloves, gowns and masks used to safeguard medics against Covid-19 are stored – and the missing personal protective equipment (PPE) is worth billions of pounds. | Gareth Davies, the Comptroller and Auditor General at the National Audit Office (NAO), told a parliamentary committee in London on Wednesday that outside consultants had to be engaged by the UK government to try and find the missing PPE. | In July, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) ordered up £15 billion in PPE to help hospital and care staff cope with the Covid…

WSWS repost (2021-02-11). Facebook's "depoliticization" aimed at censorship of left-wing and socialist organizations. indybay.org The recent announcement by Facebook that it would "reduce the amount of political content" on its platform is part of the drive by the US ruling establishment to block the spread of progressive, left-wing and socialist ideas on social media.

RT (2021-02-11). Liberal journos cheer as Twitter SUSPENDS Project Veritas account in wake of 'Facebook freezes comments' video. rt.com Conservative watchdog group Project Veritas has been banned from Twitter, hours after one of its tweets was blacklisted. The suspension came after Project Veritas revealed some of Facebook's censorship mechanisms. | Twitter suspended Project Veritas on Thursday evening, hours after it locked the conservative organization's account and the account of its founder, James O'Keefe. Screenshots posted by O'Keefe suggest the initial lockout came in response to the tweet containing a

Staff (2021-02-11). Fox News Cut Off an Impeachment Manager Mid-Sentence, Censoring the Trial. truthout.org On Wednesday, House impeachment managers laid out their case for convicting former President Donald Trump. When impeachment lead Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland) said, "You will not be hearing extended lectures from me because our case is based on cold, hard facts," in his opening remarks on Tuesday, he wasn't kidding. For hours, impeachment managers laid out

Paul Jay (2021-02-11). Trump's Treason and McConnell's Mayhem — Paul Jay. theanalysis.news (This video is based on the article released earlier.) Did Donald Trump attempt a military coup against the incoming Biden administration? Did Mitch McConnell, as majority leader of the Senate and the person who is ultimately responsible for the Capitol Hill Police, deliberately allow the protestors into the Capitol Buildings? Why is mainstream media so quiet about what's so obvious?>

T. Charles Witzel, Talen Wright, Leanne McCabe, Michelle M. Gabriel, Aedan Wolton, Mitzy Gafos, Denise Ward, Fiona C. Lampe, Andrew N. Phillips, Roy Trevelion, Yolanda Collaco-Moraes, Justin Harbottle, Andrew Speakman, Chris Bonell, David D. Dunn, Sheena McCormack, Fiona M. Burns, Peter Weatherburn, Alison J. Rodger (2021-02-11). Impact and acceptability of HIV self-testing for trans men and trans women: A mixed-methods subgroup analysis of the SELPHI randomised controlled trial and process evaluation in England and Wales. thelancet.com HIVST significantly increased testing uptake and frequency in trans men and trans people overall, although recruitment and retention of trans women was low. HIVST acceptability was high and indicates easy access to this novel technology may increase HIV testing access for this key population.

teleSUR (2021-02-11). Mexico's President AMLO Opposes Social Media Regulation Bill. telesurenglish.net Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) rejected the "Social Media Regulation" bill proposed by Morena Party Senator Ricardo Monreal. | RELATED: | The Senate assured that the initiative seeks to deal with 'fake news', considering it a risk to national security. However, AMLO assured it is an attempt to censor the press. | "The Senator has the right to propose bills. However, lawmakers still must debate them and consider…

Devin Cole (2021-02-10). LGBTQ2S+ youth targeted again in Florida: Defeat HB241/SB582! workers.org Occupied Muscogee Creek/Seminole/Timucua Land In January of 2020, Florida LGBTQ+ organizers mobilized thousands of people against 10 anti-LGBTQ2S+ bills. Introduced into the Florida House of Representatives and with identical accompanying bills in the state Senate, they constituted a gross, blatant attack on LGBTQ2S+ people. They mainly targeted youth, from censoring . . . |

Alan Macleod (2021-02-10). Media Frames Teen Using College Savings To Save Mom From Eviction as Uplifting Puff Piece. mintpressnews.com Corporate media outlets appear to have so completely internalized the grim logic of neoliberal capitalism that they see single mothers being evicted, children in debt, or octogenarians working in the gig economy as unremarkable facts of life, not damning indictments of a broken system.

WSWS (2021-02-10). London bus workers denounce Facebook censorship: "Hands off the WSWS!" wsws.org A resolution protesting Facebook censorship of the World Socialist Web Site and Socialist Equality Party has been received from the London Bus Rank-and-File Committee, along with statements of support from bus drivers.

Paul Jay (2021-02-10). Trump Should be Charged with Sedition and Treason; McConnell's Role Should be Investigated — Paul Jay. theanalysis.news Did Donald Trump attempt to organize a military coup against the incoming Biden administration? Did Mitch McConnell, as majority leader of the Senate and the person who is ultimately responsible for the Capitol Hill Police, deliberately allow the protestors into the Capitol Buildings? Why is mainstream media so quiet about what's so obvious?

Project Censored (2021-02-10). The "Deplatforming" of the Critical Media Literacy Conference of the Americas. projectcensored.org Last October, Project Censored cosponsored the Critical Media Literacy Conference of the Americas, an online academic conference examining content-censorship by tech giants, among many other media issues. The proceedings of the…

Nowick Gray (2021-02-10). The Narrative Coup. Real News vs. Fake News. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | Too much propaganda is merely propaganda. —Wm. T. Vollman, Europe Central…