Daily Archives: January 26, 2021

2021-01-26: News Headlines

Editor (2021-01-26). Corporate Media Become Deficit Hawks When It Comes to Progressive Legislation. scheerpost.com By Alan MacLeod / FAIR A Democrat has assumed office, and so, like clockwork, corporate media are here to play their favorite game of pretending to suddenly be deeply concerned with the deficit and the national debt. Debt has risen sharply after a Covid-induced economic crash and rounds of enormous Trump tax cuts (the last of which gave 82% of the benefits to the richest 43,000 Americans… |

WSWS repost (2021-01-26). Facebook escalates attack on socialist left. indybay.org Facebook is engaged in an escalating campaign of state-backed internet censorship targeting socialist organizations, including the International Youth and Students for Social Equality.

VINS (2021-01-26). Monopoly Chokes Oxygen Supply to African Hospitals Amid Covid-19 Pandemic. projectcensored.org As Covid-19 spreads across Africa, corporate-manufactured oxygen shortages in the continent's hospitals are leading to preventable deaths. Madlen Davies of The Bureau of Investigative Journalism reports that ex-employees, industry insiders,…

VINS (2021-01-26). Philippines' National Biometric ID System Raises Concerns over Privacy. projectcensored.org The Philippines is on track to register 9 million low-income households for their national biometric ID system. In October 2020, Raul Diego reported for MintPress News that this ID system…

VINS (2021-01-26). Pro-BDS Activists Blacklisted and Labeled as Terrorist Supporters by Canary Mission. projectcensored.org Created in 2015, the anonymously-run, pro-Israel website CanaryMission.org aims to "document individuals and organizations that promote hatred of the USA, Israel and Jews on North American college campuses." The site is being used to…

VINS (2021-01-26). Civil Commitment: The New Double Jeopardy. projectcensored.org After completion of a prison sentence, individuals considered a danger to society can continue to be held indefinitely under what is called "civil commitment." Civil commitment, which has been instituted…

VINS (2021-01-26). Undocumented Workers Go Unprotected During California Wildfires. projectcensored.org The rise in severity and frequency of wildfires ravaging California has magnified the failure of employers and state agencies to protect workers' health in fire zones. Alleen Brown's September 2020…

VINS (2021-01-26). The "Forever Compound" PFAS Found in Arctic Waters. projectcensored.org A family of potentially toxic chemicals, known as polyfluoroalkyl substances (or PFAS), are widespread in our environment due to their use in a range of products including carpet, furniture, clothing,…

VINS (2021-01-26). Tribal Colleges and Universities Face Inadequate Funding. projectcensored.org The United States is failing to fund Tribal Colleges and Universities across the country. As Cheryl Crazy Bull and Sara Goldrick-Rab reported for The Hechinger Report in September 2020, Tribal…

VINS (2021-01-26). Unwanted Police Surveillance on US Citizens. projectcensored.org Police are expanding their ability to spy on citizens through the use of sophisticated and pervasive surveillance technology in cities across the country. The police are using mass surveillance technology…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-01-25). Human rights groups urge new US administration to reverse Houthi 'terrorist' tag. peoplesdispatch.org The groups warn that the decision could have serious negative consequences, such as affecting the import and supply of humanitarian goods, medicines, fuel, and other essential items to Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen…

Amiad Horowitz (2021-01-25). With COVID controlled and economy growing, Vietnam's Communists plan for future. peoplesworld.org HANOI—With only 35 recorded deaths, Vietnam has managed the coronavirus pandemic better than almost any other country on earth. And, unlike other nations, where mass unemployment and recession are the norm, Vietnam's economy is actually growing. That's the context in which the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) is set to …

Thomas Larson (2021-01-25). I Assert the Right to Live Free From Disinformation. counterpunch.org For those of us who classify ourselves as Nones—about 27 percent of the population, a broadminded, semi-coalition of nonreligious people—we must often remind the God-fearing that our goal is to live free from the fake martyrdom of those who say their right to worship and proselytize their faith is being denied. The allegation of censorship

The Global Research Team (2021-01-25). Global Research: How To Help Us Circumvent Censorship. globalresearch.ca Dear Readers, | Global Research is a small team that believes in the power of information and analysis to bring about far-reaching societal change. Do you value the reporting and in-depth analysis we provide, free of charge, on a daily basis? …

teleSUR (2021-01-24). Venezuela Decries Another Terrorist Attack to Its Oil Industry. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro Saturday denounced a terrorist attack aimed at disrupting gas supplies in the northern department of Anzoategui. | RELATED: | Maduro informed that the sabotage was carried out by unknown individuals in a gas pipeline section of the Anaco-Jose Industrial Complex. | The terrorist attack caused a massive fire controlled by the pipeline's workers, who managed to close the valves…

MEE and agencies (2021-01-24). Western Sahara rebels launch attack and warn Morocco of escalation. middleeasteye.net Western Sahara rebels launch attack and warn Morocco of escalation | Polisario Front claims to have bombarded Morocco-controlled area of Guerguerat and says 'this is only the beginning' | Sun, 01/24/2021 – 18: 17 | Moroccan soldier on guard duty near a road between Morocco and Mauritania in Guerguerat, Western Sahara, 23 November 2020 (AFP) | Pro-independence rebels fighting Morocco over t…

sputniknews (2021-01-24). China Authorises Coast Guard to Fire on Foreign Vessels as US Sends Carrier Strike Group to Region. sputniknews.com On Sunday, a US carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt entered the South China Sea for "routine operations." Earlier, Japan issued a rebuke of China's claims in the strategic body of water. The Pentagon reciprocated by promising to protect the Senkakus — the East China Sea islands controlled by Tokyo but also claimed by Beijing.

Joachim Hagopian (2021-01-24). One World Governance and the Council on Foreign Relations. "We Shall have World Government… by Conquest or Consent." globalresearch.ca The fact is the Council on Foreign Relations has been controlling US foreign policy for almost a century, and chief among its most obvious agendas has been building and maintaining US Empire's global unipolar hegemony and military strength at all cost.