(2021-01-12). COVID Lesson: Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others. anti-empire.com 
After they successfully take over Manor Farm, the animals in George Orwell's Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. | Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend. | No animal shall wear clothes. | No animal shall sleep in a bed. | No animal shall drink alcohol. | No anima…
(2021-01-12). APOCALYPTIC PLAGUE: Sweden's Overall 2020 Death Rate Was Same as in 2015. anti-empire.com 
Behold: | Yes, it's a little higher than in 2018, 2019. Precisely because the flu seasons in those years were uncharacteristically mild and
(2021-01-12). A Malevolent Decision That Will Kill Countless Yemenis. anti-empire.com 
The Trump administration is
(2021-01-12). Lockdowns Destroy the Very Communities in Which Our Lives Have Meaning. anti-empire.com 
During this seemingly endless
(2021-01-12). Restoring the Threat of Impeachment for Future Office Holders. counterpunch.org In the past 150 years, U.S. presidents have lied, cheated, stolen, warmongered, incited hatred and violence, driven inequality and corruption through the roof, taken over major powers from the Congress and abused them, gained the power of nuclear war and abused it through numerous threats, accelerated the destruction of the earth's environment, failed to protect
(2021-01-12). Tehran Hits Back After Pompeo Makes Claims About Al Qaeda. popularresistance.org America's "declassifications" of information about Iran are "fictitious," Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has tweeted. It followed US State Secretary Mike Pompeo accusing Iran, without proof, of harboring Al-Qaeda's base. | "Mr. 'we lie, cheat, steal' is pathetically ending his disastrous career with more warmongering lies," Zarif wrote in a fiery message in the wake of Pompeo's statement, referring to the US State Secretary by his infamous 2019 quote. Zarif denounced the Iran "declassifications" and the claims Pompeo made about its links to Al-Qaeda, calling them "fictitious." He also condemned the US' dec…
(2021-01-11). Foreign Correspondent: U.S. Capitol Insurrection as Seen from Abroad. progressive.org Following last week's white nationalist mob in Washington, D.C., journalists and activists overseas share what the world is thinking about us.
(2021-01-11). Drop Charges Against the Indigenous People's Day 5. indybay.org On October 12, Indigenous People's Day, Northern California's Mission San Rafael Arcángel was the site of a protest where activists toppled a statue of Junípero Serra— known for his role in the Native genocide and colonization of California.
(2021-01-11). Brit State-Run Media Claims "Whole Wards of Children With COVID" Which Is Not at All an Attempt to Whip Up Hysteria. anti-empire.com 
BBC radio, part of the state-run media in the UK, rang in the new year with this little bit of agitprop."It was minimally affecting children in the first wave… we now have a whole ward of children here." | They may be filling up, but not with Covid. | Duffel also claimed, and the BBC reported uncritically,"And I know that some of my colleagues are in the same position where they have whole wards of children with Covid." | Except that
(2021-01-11). Vaccine Rollout Hits a 'Snag' as Health Workers Balk at Shots. anti-empire.com 
The desperately awaited vaccination drive against the coronavirus in the U.S. is running into resistance from an unlikely quarter: Surprising numbers of health care workers who have seen firsthand the death and misery inflicted by COVID-19 are refusing shots. | It is happening in nursing homes and, to a lesser degree, in hospitals, with employees expressing what experts say are unfounded fears of side effects from vaccines that were developed at record speed. More than three weeks into the campaign, some places are seeing as much as 80% of the staff holding back. | "I don't think anyone wants to be a guinea pig,"
(2021-01-11). Parler and the Problem of Escaping Internet Censorship. anti-empire.com 
Back when Parler was first taking off, I warned that its app-based dependency meant that two companies, Apple and Google, can eliminate it anytime they like. | It was only a matter of time. | The transition from desktops and laptops to Android and IOS devices mean that users are operating in a walled garden run by two very lefty companies. Those companies can do with the garden what they please. Those users who choose to jailbreak their devices have more options, but most don't. Conservatives can try to distribute the knowledge more widely and encourage that kind of self-empowerment. But the bottom line is most s…
(2021-01-11). REMINDER: Houthis Were a US Intelligence-Sharing Partner Right Up Until Saudi Invasion. anti-empire.com 
Originally ran in January 2015. | The U.S. has formed ties with Houthi rebels who seized control of Yemen's capital, White House officials and rebel commanders said, in the clearest indication of a shift in the U.S. approach there as it seeks to maintain its fight against a key branch of al Qaeda. | American officials are communicating with Houthi fighters, largely through intermediaries, the officials and commanders have disclosed, to promote a stable political transition as the Houthis gain more power and to ensure Washington can continue its campaign of drone strikes against leaders of the group al Qaeda in th…
(2021-01-10). Regime Change within Empire. dissidentvoice.org Hundreds of protesters breached the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, forcing lockdowns as the US Congress was convening a joint session to count the certified 2020 Electoral College votes. The entire episode, although with a few gaps, was in the mainstream media. Death number, arrests, etc. accompanied. There are some more things. What came out was …
(2021-01-10). Czechs Finish Gas Pipeline That Connects Them to Nord Stream 2. anti-empire.com 
The Czech Republic has put a new gas pipeline, which is connected to the EUGAL pipeline – a terrestrial extension of
(2021-01-09). Far-Right Activists on Social Media Telegraphed Violence Weeks in Advance of the Attack on the US Capitol. commondreams.org The siege was consistent with their openly expressed hopes and plans. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
