(2021-01-04). 'Batch testing' is reportedly limiting how fast we can roll the coronavirus vaccine out. thecanary.co 
Boris Johnson has suggested the limiting factor in expanding the UK's coronavirus vaccine rollout is waiting for batches of the jab to be tested.Batch testing: Ministers have said the NHS has the capacity to deliver two million doses a week of the Oxford vaccine once it receives supplies from the manufacturers. The prime minister claims the issue is not supply or staff but waiting for batch approval.He said: We have the capacity, the issue is to do with supply of the vaccine. It's not so much a manufacturing issue although that's part of it. Each batch needs to be properly approved and quality controlled.(P…
(2021-01-04). Taliban, US accuse each other of violating Doha peace deal. laprensalatina.com Kabul, Jan 4 (efe-epa).- The Taliban and the United States Monday accused each other of breaching the peace agreement signed between them last year in the Qatari capital. The Taliban said the US forces in the country were carrying out airstrikes in non-combat zones in the insurgent-controlled areas. The military forces returned the accusation, saying …
(2021-01-04). Donald Trump is Not Hungry. counterpunch.org Of one thing we can be sure. Donald Trump is not hungry. This is what the popular press -the occasional purveyor of fake news- tells us. And there is no reason not to believe it now, when it tells us that the EIC (Emperor-in-Chief) feasts on cheeseburgers and ice cream in his mansion of Mar-a-Lago.
(2021-01-04). The Irrelevance of Human Rights in US and British Foreign Policy. globalresearch.ca "We have to reserve the right to bomb N…" (British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, 1932(1)) | Historical human rights abuses are not explained well in most school textbooks or by the mainstream media. They celebrate Columbus as an explorer, …
(2021-01-03). Water Should Not Be Traded On Wall Street. popularresistance.org On December 8, 2020, several media sources reported that fresh water started to be traded on Wall Street as a commodity such as gold and wheat. This comes as water scarcity is increasing in California and many parts of the world and as we near a global water crisis. A water crisis is worrisome enough, yet more alarming is the fact that our Mother Water will be controlled by a privileged group of people who will determine its value to the world. | As Indigenous Peoples of Abya Yala (the Americas), we have seen how our territories were turned into private property for the benefit of settlers and their governments.
(2021-01-03). Science Is Conclusive: Masks and Respirators Do Not Prevent Transmission of Viruses. globalresearch.ca Abstract | Masks and respirators do not work. There have been extensive randomized controlled trial (RCT) studies, and meta-analysis reviews of RCT studies, which all show that masks and respirators do not work to prevent respiratory influenza-like illnesses, or respiratory illnesses …
(2021-01-02). India approves AstraZeneca vaccine as company still working on jab's efficacy of at least 62% after disappointing trial results. rt.com 
India has approved AstraZeneca's Covid-19 jab for emergency use, despite trials showing its efficacy to be 62 percent with two full shots. AstraZeneca claims to have discovered a new "winning formula," but hasn't revealed it yet. | India's information minister, Prakash Javadekar, announced on Saturday that the coronavirus vaccine, designed by the British-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca in collaboration with the University of Oxford, had been approved by regulators a day earlier for emergency use. Formal approval by the Drugs Controller General of India is expected in the coming days. | The news came as India sur…
(2021-01-02). Julian Assange's Imprisonment Exposes U.S. Myths About Freedom. scheerpost.com Assemblea Nacional Catalana / CC BY-NC 2.0] By Glenn Greenwald / SubStack Persecution is not typically doled out to those who recite mainstream pieties, or refrain from posing meaningful threats to those who wield institutional power, or obediently stay within the lines of permissible speech and activism imposed by the ruling class. Those who render themselves acquiescent and harmless that way… |
(2021-01-02). Yes, the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism is intended to censor political expression. zcomm.org 11 examples showing how the IHRA definition poses a threat to free speech and aims to silence Palestinian solidarity…
(2021-01-01). Venezuela: Opposition-Controlled Parliament To Fade Next Week. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's new Parliament will elect its Board of Directors on January 5, thus renewing the Legislative branch that has promoted foreign aggression and economic sanctions against the country over the last five years. | RELATED: | Since its installation in Jan. 2016, the outgoing opposition-controlled National Assembly advanced an agenda aimed at delegitimizing President Nicolas Maduro's administration and supporting for…
(2021-01-01). US Sanctions Cuban Bank for Alleged Ties With Military, Pompeo Says. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States has added Cuban Banco Financiero International to its list of sanctioned entities, saying it is controlled by the country's military, State Secretary Mike Pompeo said Friday.
(2021-01-01). US Senate overrides Trump's veto of bill funding the military. laprensalatina.com Washington, Jan 1 (efe-epa).- The Republican-controlled US Senate voted overwhelmingly Friday to override outgoing President Donald Trump's veto of the $741 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The House of Representatives, where Democrats are in the majority, overrode the veto on Monday, so the path is now clear for the bill to become law. Though …
(2020-12-31). Victories For Palestine Continued On US Campuses In 2020. popularresistance.org Despite the challenges of online/remote learning, campus activism has not stopped over the past year. National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) is currently planning their 2021 conference, celebrating 10 years of this annual reunion of SJP chapters from around the nation. And many student chapters have passed significant resolutions around some major issues, from censorship, to the International Holocaust Remembrance Association (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, to divestment and, most recently, the training of campus police by the Israeli military. As we wrap up 2020, here is a representative sample of…