(2022-01-27). Exposing the massive hypocrisy of international insurance companies. nationofchange.org Despite the pro-climate rhetoric of the insurance industry—and warnings by the world's climate scientists calling for an end to fossil fuel exploration—leading global insurers are backing the Brazilian government's massive offshore oil expansion, according to a new report titled, "Fueling Climate Change: The Insurers Behind Brazil's Offshore Oil Expansion." Released on January 20 by Insure …
(2022-01-27). Un año después del ataque fascista: El capital y el Capitolio. workers.org 
Los United Auto Workers hacen una huelga en Ford para que se reconozca el sindicato, 1941. Henry Ford se alió abiertamente con Hitler. Hoy, Ford financia a candidatos ultraderechistas para cargos políticos. 6 de enero de 2021. Esta fecha está grabada en nuestra psique colectiva como el día en que . . . |
(2022-01-27). Tariq Ali: 'Democracy is largely a set of rituals now'. canadiandimension.com 
Tariq Ali speaking at the 2013 Subversive Festival in Zagreb. Photo from Tariq Ali is an internationally known public intellectual, columnist and political activist. Born in pre-partition India in 1943, Ali studied at Oxford University and was elected as students' union president there. He has been involved in political activism since then. He was one of the most prominent figures of the civil society coalition against the United States' war in Vietnam. He was also there at the forefront of agitation against the war…
(2022-01-27). Washington Post Tries to Tell Readers that Fourth Quarter Jump In Inventories Was Due to Higher Prices. cepr.net Pretty much everyone looking at the 4th quarter GDP report ( "'The real driver of the retail inventory measurement was the dollar value, driven by new vehicle price inflation,' Smoke said. 'This does not mean that real…
(2022-01-27). Despite U.S. Embargo, Cuba Aims to Share Homegrown Vaccine with Global South. democracynow.org 
A 60-year U.S. embargo that prevents U.S.-made products from being exported to Cuba has forced the small island nation to develop its own COVID-19 vaccines and rely on open source designs for life-saving medical equipment such as ventilators. We speak to leading Cuban scientist Dr. Mitchell Valdés-Sosa about how massive mobilization helped produce three original vaccines that have proven highly effective against the coronavirus. "In a moment that the whole world was mobilizing to face this tremendous menace that was killing people around the world, the U.S. administration did not lift any of the 400 sanctions tha…
(2022-01-26). Pelosi fast-tracks bill to funnel more weapons to Ukraine. peoplesworld.org 
U.S. officials are planning to rush through a major bill that will dramatically bolster weapons allocations for Ukraine and increase funding for anti-Russian propaganda and intelligence, it was announced on Tuesday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she was fast-tracking the bill, called the "Defending Ukraine Sovereignty Act of 2022," straight to the House of Representatives. …
(2022-01-26). Protest Song Of The Week: 'Landlord Of The Gentriflies' By Calm. (Featuring Lee Reed and Buddha). shadowproof.com Calm is a hip-hop duo featuring rapper Time and producer Awareness. Time has also done engineering work for Common and is a journalist who has worked with Noam Chomsky.
(2022-01-26). Guaidó Knew About Operation Gideon, Claims His Strategist Rendón. orinocotribune.com Far-right propagandist Juan José Rendón has confirmed that former deputy Juan Guaidó was aware of Operation Gideon as it was being planned. He made such statements during an Rendón affirmed that he contacted SilverCorp security company, directed by former US military officer Jordan Goudreau, and spoke with him of a "military plot to overthrow, kill, capture" President Nicolás Maduro. | Rendón declared that, initially, they had studied all the possible "soft cou…
(2022-01-26). The Neocons' Primary War Tactic: Branding Opponents of U.S. Intervention as Traitors. scheerpost.com 
Former Bush White House speechwriter David Frum speaks to MSNBC's Joe Scarborough about Russia, Nov. 30, 2021 | By Glenn Greenwald / One of the most bizarre but important dynamics of Trump-era U.S. politics is that the most fanatical war-hungry neocons, who shaped Bush/Cheney militarism, have become the most popular pundits and thought leaders in American liberalism. They have not changed in the slightest — they are employing the same tactics they have always invoked, and for the same causes — but they…
(2022-01-26). What "endemic" COVID-19 really means: Mass infection and death forever. wsws.org Government officials and the corporate media want to declare COVID-19 "endemic," to enforce policies that will have disastrous consequences for the working class.