Daily Archives: December 31, 2021

2021-12-31: News Headlines

WSWS (2021-12-31). UK Employment Tribunal rules against worker who refused to return to work over COVID safety concerns. wsws.org The corporate media are using the tribunal ruling, hinging on the question of what constitutes a philosophical belief, to assert that workers have no legal right against being forced to labour in unsafe conditions.

_____ (2021-12-30). Drone Warfare: The World Needs To End US Impunity. popularresistance.org A report by The New York Times (NYT) earlier this month revealed that at least 1,400 innocent civilians were killed in numerous airstrikes, mostly drones strikes, carried out by the US forces since 2014 in Afghanistan and some countries in West Asia. The civilian toll of the US drone strikes has already been widely reported, with several other sources such as Airwars citing a larger number of civilian casualties. The NYT report also revealed the extent of the failure of the international community to ensure accountability and justice for the victims of these war crimes. | The impunity enjoyed by the US is a key f…

Amy Goodman (2021-12-30). Chomsky: Rising Anti-Science Rhetoric Feeds the Pandemic and Climate Crisis. truthout.org Today, a special broadcast: an hour with Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author, who just turned 93 years old. Chomsky spoke to Democracy Now! prior to the discovery of the Omicron coronavirus variant, but he predicted new variants would emerge. "If you let the virus run rampant in poor countries, everyone understands that mutation is likely, the kind of mutation that led to the Delta variant, now the Delta Plus variant in India, and who knows what will develop,"

Staff (2021-12-30). Noam Chomsky: Corporate Patents & Rising Anti-Science Rhetoric Will Prolong Pandemic. democracynow.org Today, a special broadcast: an hour with Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author, who just turned 93 years old. Chomsky spoke to Democracy Now! prior to the discovery of the Omicron coronavirus variant, but he predicted new variants would emerge. "If you let the virus run rampant in poor countries, everyone understands that mutation is likely, the kind of mutation that led to the Delta variant, now the Delta Plus variant in India, and who knows what will develop," Chomsky said.

Amy Goodman (2021-12-30). Noam Chomsky: Corporate patents & rising anti-science rhetoric will prolong pandemic. nationofchange.org It's overwhelmingly a far-right phenomenon. Others have been drawn in. And I think there are many sources.

Staff (2021-12-30). Noam Chomsky on Rising Fascism in U.S., Class Warfare & the Climate Emergency. democracynow.org Noam Chomsky warns the Republican Party is "marching" the world to destruction by ignoring the climate emergency while embracing proto-fascism at home. Chomsky talks about the January 6 insurrection, how neoliberalism is a form of class warfare and how President Biden's climate plans fall short of what is needed.

Staff (2021-12-30). Chomsky Blasts the "Torture" of Julian Assange & Biden's Provocative Acts Against China. democracynow.org Noam Chomsky decries what he calls the torture of imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. He also critiques the Biden administration's reckless foreign policy. "The trajectory is not optimistic," Chomsky says. "The worst case is the increasing provocative actions towards China. That's very dangerous."

_____ (2021-12-30). Silicon Valley Should Not Restrict Public Discourse About Covid Measures Which Affect Everyone. strategic-culture.org By Caitlin JOHNSTONE | Twitter has

Jordan Schachtel (2021-12-30). Shell Game? There remains no FDA approved COVID vaccine in the United States. globalresearch.ca

| I fact checked the fact checkers and couldn't believe what I found. Despite the corporate press, Big Pharma, and the federal government telling us otherwise, it is absolutely true that there is no FDA approved COVID-19 vaccine available in the …

Kevin Mwanza (2021-12-30). Fact Check: Omicron Variant Has 50-70% Lower Hospitalization Risk Than Delta. moguldom.com The highly infectious omicron coronavirus variant was first identified in Botswana in November and South African scientists announced its arrival to the world in late November, but new studies have found that it may not be as deadly as the delta variant. U.S. health officials are reporting near-vertical case growth with positive test rates doubling every …

WSWS (2021-12-30). Man claiming to work for Turkish intelligence burned Syrian refugees to death. wsws.org This horrific triple murder is a product of the reactionary atmosphere incited by the ruling class and the entire political establishment against refugees in Turkey.

Dave Lindorff (2021-12-30). The Washington money pit: FLASH! Pentagon Fails Audit! (Again!). warisacrime.org By Dave Lindorff That's what should have been the biggest news of 2021. Instead, the story, which broke on November 17, was largely ignored or buried. The nation's two main newspapers, the Washington Post and the New York Times, have simply ignored it. Other news organizations stenographically quoted Pentagon officials as admitting that they "failed again" …

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