Daily Archives: December 29, 2020

2020-12-29: News Headlines

Ralph Nader (2020-12-29). Recidivist Criminal and Constitutional Outlaw Trump Rushes to Pardon Criminal Lawbreakers. counterpunch.org Serial lawbreaker Donald J. Trump is embarking on the most sordid presidential pardon spree in American history. He has already pardoned convicted crooks, thieves, and violent outlaws. Trump's pardon lawyers are frantically assembling more MAGA besotted individuals and groups to be pardoned wholesale. The number may climb into the hundreds. The queue is long. Trump

Paul Messersmith-Glavin (2020-12-29). Black Lives Matter and the Future of Humanity. zcomm.org Those of us organizing and theorizing need to see commonalities between movements and recognize we are in this for the long haul…

Alan Macleod (2020-12-28). Killer Cops: Police Killed Over 1,000 Americans in 2020. mintpressnews.com American police violence is off the charts compared to other developed countries, with homicides occurring at a per capita rate almost 70 times that of the UK, and nearly 170 times more than Japan.

Yanis Iqbal (2020-12-28). Corporate Dictatorship, Mass Incarceration, and Imperialism. dissidentvoice.org Settle your quarrels, come together, understand the reality of our situation, understand that fascism is already here, that people are already dying who could be saved, that generations more will live poor butchered half-lives if you fail to act. Do what must be done, discover your humanity and your love in revolution. — George Jackson, …

Kenny Stancil, staff writer (2020-12-28). 'A Tangible Way to Fight for the World I Want to Live In': Water Protector Arrested After Blockading Line 3 Pipe Yard. commondreams.org "Profits for a few are being privileged over the well-being of all communities near and far, present and future." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

_____ (2020-12-26). How COVID-19 Hollowed Out A Generation Of Young Black Men. popularresistance.org While COVID-19 has killed 1 out of every 800 African Americans, a toll that overwhelms the imagination, even more stunning is the deadly efficiency with which it has targeted young Black men like Bates. One study using data through July found that Black people ages 35 to 44 were dying at nine times the rate of white people the same age, though the gap slightly narrowed later in the year. And in an analysis for ProPublica this summer using the only reliable data at the time accounting for age, race and gender, from Michigan and Georgia, Harvard researcher Tamara Rushovich found that the disparity was greatest in B…

Mehr News Agency (2020-12-26). Four ISIL terrorists arrested in Republic of Dagestan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 26 (MNA) — Federal security Service (FSB) of Russian Federation revealed the arrest of four ISIL terrorists in the Republic of Dagestan before carrying out a terrorist operation.

sputniknews (2020-12-25). Armenian Opposition Says 34 Protesters Arrested by Police in Yerevan. sputniknews.com YEREVAN (Sputnik) – The Armenian police on Friday arrested 34 people during protests against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan, the opposition Homeland Salvation Movement said.

MEE staff (2020-12-24). Tunisian media mogul and ex-presidential candidate arrested for corruption. middleeasteye.net Tunisian media mogul and ex-presidential candidate arrested for corruption | Nabil Karoui was arrested last year but released during the presidential election in which he lost in a landslide defeat | Thu, 12/24/2020 – 18: 40 | Nabil Karoui founded Tunisia's main privately owned channel, Nessma TV (AFP/File photo) | Former Tunisian presidential candidate and media mogul Nabil Karoui has been arrested on charges…