John Kerry's Think Tank Calls For War With Russia Over Climate Change
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-12
Recently-appointed Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry has announced his intention of dealing with the pressing issue of global warming as a national security concern. "America will soon have a government that treats the climate crisis as the urgent national security threat it is," the 76-year-old former Secretary of State wrote. "I am proud to partner with the President-elect, our allies, and the young leaders of the climate movement to take on this crisis." | The announcement drew praise from many professional climate activists and groups, perhaps assuming that Kerry was taking his lead from Berni…
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Go Vote Yourself a Raise, Georgia — You've Long Earned It
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-11
All political eyes are on Georgia's runoff election on January 5th, 2021. Two Senate seats are up for grabs and will decide whether the evil Trumpster and corporatist Senator Mitch McConnell stays in total control of the U.S. Senate or not. If the Democrats win both seats, the Senate would be split, 50-50. Vice President…
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U.S. media, pols rage after Venezuelans defy U.S. empire to re-elect socialists
Alan MacLeod | mronline.org | 2020-12-11
Despite the fact that the election was overseen by 1,500 international observers, U.S. pols and media pundits alike labeled it a sham before it even took place.
mronline.org/2020/12/11/u-s-media-pols-r…

The Empire Doubles Down: Open Society Foundations Will Now Be Run by Lord Malloch Brown
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-12-11
The hubris of empire has always struck me with shock and awe. | I mean it really takes balls to get caught with a prostitute and instead of apologizing to your wife, to instead buy the hooker a new fur coat and parade her publicly at a public event. | Such has been the case with George Soros' long time bosom buddy Lord Mark Malloch Brown who after being revealed as a leading force behind the software used by the infamous Dominion Voting systems via Smartmatic (which transferred its operating systems to Dominion via Sequoia Inc), has now been made the president of Soros' global Open Society Foundations. | What is…
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PW Podcast: Rev. Liz Theoharis talks voter suppression and poverty
Chauncey K. Robinson, Matt Bernico | peoplesworld.org | 2020-12-11
Beyond the Page is a companion podcast to the award-winning publication People's World. With every episode, we'll take you deeper into the topics covered at PeoplesWorld.org. Our program brings you in-depth interviews with journalists and activists on the most pressing stories in progressive politics, labor, and the struggle for socialism in the United States. As …
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Climate Activists Announce National 'Covid-Safe' Day of Action Push Back against Wall Street's financing of Keystone XL and Minnesota Line3 Tar Sands Pipelines
commondreams.org | 2020-12-11
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Jon Wiener: What Aaron Sorkin Got Wrong in 'The Trial of the Chicago 7'
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2020-12-11
Click to subscribe on: Apple / Spotify / Google Play " The Trial of the Chicago 7," an Aaron Sorkin film that recently aired on Netflix, brought an important chapter in the history of American activism to screens around the globe. Based on real events, the film dramatizes the 1969 trial of eight activists who were arrested during the Vietnam War protests that took place in Chicago at the 1968… | Source…
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UAE arms deal: Critics turn to Biden as Senate fails to block $23bn sale
Ali Harb | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-11
UAE arms deal: Critics turn to Biden as Senate fails to block $23bn sale | US Senate narrowly votes against measure to halt enormous arms deal with Abu Dhabi; activists want Biden to cancel or revise sale | Ali Harb | Fri, 12/11/2020 – 00: 13 | Deal includes advanced F-35 jets and killer drones (AFP/File photo) | After the US Senate failed to block an enormous arms deal with the United Arab Emirates, opponents of the sale a…
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Nineteen Tragic Facts About The COVID-19 Economy
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-11
Above photo: Activists in the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston rally against evictions. In 24 states, eviction moratoriums have expired. Michael Dwyer/The Associated Press. NOTE: These are important numbers to know as the year comes to a close and Congress continues to fail to provide what people need to survive this pandemic and recession/depression. This is …
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New York state's pension fund will divest from fossil fuel
Ashley Curtin | nationofchange.org | 2020-12-11
This is being hailed as "the most aggressive divestment target set by any U.S. pension fund by a decade."
nationofchange.org/2020/12/11/new-york-s…

Thai democracy activists defy escalating repression
Peter Boyle | greenleft.org.au | 2020-12-11
Despite growing number of democracy activists facing charges under Thailand's notorious lèse majesté law, the youth-led movement keeps up its mass mobilisations, reports Peter Boyle.
greenleft.org.au/content/thai-democracy-activists-defy-escalating-repression

Will Joe Biden Stop Funding the Saudi-UAE War on Yemen?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-10
Pro-Yemeni activists hope that Biden will stay true to his prior promise to stop funding the GCC's War on Yemen, but even if he does what's arguably the morally right thing, he'll probably be doing it for geopolitical reasons even …
globalresearch.ca/biden-yemen-will-he-do-right-thing-wrong-reasons/5731784

Anti-imperialists around the world extend solidarity for Assange
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-12-10