Daily Archives: January 20, 2022

2022-01-20: News Headlines

_____ (2022-01-19). There Must Be a Response to the Risk of Biological Catastrophe Posed by US Military Laboratories. journal-neo.org In light of the civil disturbances which have swept across Kazakhstan, the risk of a biological catastrophe is growing because of secret US military laboratories in regions of Central Asia and the South Caucasus, which are potentially susceptible to sociopolitical unrest. Aside from the fact that the USA's development of delayed-action bioweapons in Kazakhstan is …

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-01-19). US must abandon plans to supply arms to Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MNA) — The United States should reaffirm its interest in the diplomatic resolution of tensions around Ukraine by refusing to supply weapons to Kiev, the Russian Embassy in Washington said in a statement…

WSWS (2022-01-19). Winter storm wreaks havoc across Southeastern US. wsws.org Snowstorms and tornadoes blasted through the southeast region over the weekend, leaving dozens of homes destroyed and hundreds of thousands without power in several states, including Florida, the Carolinas and Georgia.

WSWS (2022-01-19). Nearly 1 million US children were infected with COVID-19 last week. wsws.org In the wake of school reopenings following the winter break in the US, child COVID-19 cases have risen dramatically, while the cumulative child deaths now stand at 1,127.

rebekah (2022-01-19). Report: Taxing the World's Richest Would Raise US $2.52 Trillion a Year. inequality.org

WSWS (2022-01-19). King Soopers strike enters second week as company seeks restraining order against strikers. wsws.org King Soopers has filed for a restraining order against striking workers, citing unproven allegations that workers have threatened and harassed customers.

WSWS (2022-01-19). COVID-positive health care workers in Washington state told to work while symptomatic. wsws.org A memo by MultiCare Health Systems modified its COVID-19 safety protocols to state that "some staff may return to work even if they are experiencing mild symptoms."

Ann Garrison (2022-01-19). Did WHO chief Tedros violate UN rules to advance TPLF interests in Ethiopia? thegrayzone.com In leaked audio, UN staffers accuse World Health Organization Secretary-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of violating UN code to further the objectives of his political allies in Ethiopia's conflict Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health Organization (WHO) Secretary-General and overseer of the UN's global coronavirus response, has established a shadow relief operation that sidesteps the authority of Ethiopia's sovereign government and directly coordinates with his political allies in the country's civil war. The alleged actions by Tedros, which have come to light …

_____ (2022-01-19). China and the Unrest in Kazakhstan. journal-neo.org Recent developments in Kazakhstan have attracted widespread attention. For a while they have been the main discussion point of the entire global community. This is understandable, since Kazakhstan is the largest country in Central Asia, a region that has a significant impact on the developments in the larger Indo-Pacific region, that has already overtaken the …

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-01-19). Iran-Russia interaction to create security in region. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MNA) — Iran-Russia relations will prevent unilateralism in the world and create security in the region, said Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi before leaving for the Russian capital of Moscow on Wednesday.

Staff (2022-01-19). Magnitude 4.4 earthquake shakes southwestern Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MNA) — An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale struck near Choram county in the Iranian province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad on Wednesday morning.

Staff (2022-01-19). Iranian President arrives in Moscow. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MNA) — The Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi arrived in Moscow a few minutes ago to meet with his Russian counterpart and was welcomed by senior Russian officials.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-01-19). Iran's Army naval fleet fulfilling mission in Red Sea: cmdr. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MNA) — Deputy Commander of Army Navy said that Iran's Army 79th Naval Fleet, consisting of Makran helicopter carrier and overhauled destroyer called "Bayandor" are present in Red Sea, escorting Iranian tankers along specified route.

Rick Rozoff (2022-01-19). Incoming Pentagon fury: we should have armed Ukraine for war eight years ago. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Amid Russia crisis, Pentagon nominee criticizes Obama response to Crimea A top Pentagon pick for President Joe Biden has criticized the Obama administration's response to Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine as "too slow and too incremental," at her confirmation hearing Thursday. GOP and Democratic members of the Senate Armed Services Committee grilled Celeste …

Rick Rozoff (2022-01-19). Secret senior State Department official: Russia could invade Ukraine through Belarus. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Though why it would go through a third country is anybody's guess. A Senior State Department Official on the Secretary's Upcoming Travel to Ukraine and Germany Moderator: [T]his briefing today is on background with a senior State Department official who will discuss Secretary Blinken's upcoming trip to Kyiv, Berlin, and an additional stop that has …

Tanya Wadhwa (2022-01-19). Salvadorans commemorate 30th anniversary of peace accords. peoplesdispatch.org January 16 marked 30 years since the signing of peace accords between the government of El Salvador and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) guerilla group, ending 12 years of civil war. The Chapultepec peace accords paved the way for a transition to democracy after decades of military administrations. | This past Sunday, citizens from across the country traveled to the capital, San Salvador, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the historic agreements, despite the attempts by the far-right government of president Nayib Bukele to discredit the peace agreements and prevent the celebrations. In th…

Natalia Marques (2022-01-19). US Senate poised to strike down voting rights legislation a day after commemoration of MLK. peoplesdispatch.org Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema has dealt what many view as a deadly blow to proposed voting rights legislation in the United States. Last Thursday, Sinema

Deliver For Voting Rights (2022-01-19). Monday 1/17: MLK Day Peace Walk for Voting Rights in Washington D.C. w/ King Family (livestream). indybay.org Livestream of D.C. Voting Rights Event (recording to be available)…

Fight Back (2022-01-19). Chicago: Community and labor organizations mobilize for voting rights. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – On Martin Luther King Jr Day, January 17, the family of Dr. King led a march for voting rights across Frederick Douglass bridge in Washington DC. At the same time, a coalition of over a dozen community organizations and labor unions organized a caravan of over 100 cars up King Drive in Chicago for the same purpose. Activists in both cities and across the country have voiced their support of the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement (JLVRA) Act. | In a statement on the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression website, NAARPR executive director Frank Chapman…

Deliver for Voting Rights (2022-01-19). Monday 1/17: MLK Day Deliver for Voting Rights Rally in Washington D. C. (livestream). indybay.org Online via livestream…

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-01-19). Saudi fighter jets heavily bomb Yemen's Sanaa Intl. Airport. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MNA) — Fighter jets of Saudi-led coalition launched the heaviest airstrikes on Sanaa International Airport in Yemen on Wednesday.

C.J. Hopkins (2022-01-19). The Last Days of the Covidian Cult. dissidentvoice.org This isn't going to be pretty, folks. The downfall of a death cult rarely is. There is going to be wailing and gnashing of teeth, incoherent fanatical jabbering, mass deleting of embarrassing tweets. There's going to be a veritable tsunami of desperate rationalizing, strenuous denying, shameless blame-shifting, and other forms of ass-covering, as suddenly former …

David Cronin (2022-01-19). How Hungary's man in Brussels enabled lies about Palestinian school books. electronicintifada.net Olivér Várhelyi fails to correct false claims by lobbyists.

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-01-19). 1 killed, 9 inured in row house blast, fire in NY's Bronx. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MNA) — An explosion and fire gutted a row house in New York City's Bronx borough on Tuesday, killing at least one person and injuring nine, including five police officers, the city fire department said.

Binoy Kampmark (2022-01-19). One Drinks Party Too Many: Boris Johnson and Breaching Lockdowns. dissidentvoice.org It might not be quite within the bounds of good taste to compare military calculations of a bridge too far — the title used in Cornelius Ryan's work on the disastrous Allied airborne operation during the Second World War — with the latest foolish, mendacious and buffoonish efforts of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, but …

Staff (2022-01-19). Tech giant predicts 'malware' chaos. rt.com Apple says proposed antitrust laws would force it to allow 'sideloading' on iPhones | Having to sideload apps would pose a security risk to iPhone users, Apple warned as rivals and lawmakers push antitrust measures. | "The bills put consumers in harm's way because of the real risk of privacy and security breaches," Apple's senior director of government affairs, Timothy Powderly, wrote in a letter to the Senate Justice Committee, according to CNBC. If Apple is forced to enable "sideloading," Powderly added, "millions of Americans will likely suffer malware attacks on their phones that would otherwise have been…

Direct Action Everywhere (2022-01-19). Saturday 1/22: Meetup: What to do if You Find an Injured or Lost Animal. indybay.org Where: ONLINE on Zoom! Link: dxe.io/meetupzoom…

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-01-19). Iran warns against destructive effects of terrorism in WA. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MNA) — Iran's Permanent Ambassador to the United Nations warned the dire consequence of destructive effects of 'occupation' and 'terrorism' against rights of girls and women.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-01-19). Israeli forces demolish Palestinian a house in Sheikh Jarrah, arrest family members. peoplesdispatch.org The Salhiya family house was demolished early in the morning of Wednesday by Israeli security forces who also took over 20 people into custody. On Monday, the family members had thwarted a similar attempt by climbing on the roof and threatening to burn it down…

WSWS (2022-01-19). Workers reveal COVID-19 infections at Australia Post. wsws.org "The week before I tested positive, four drivers in my team were out sick or were covering for sick workers in other areas."

WSWS (2022-01-19). January 6 Committee announces new subpoenas targeting Giuliani and other Trump coup lawyers. wsws.org Following Trump's November 2020 defeat, the far-right lawyers propagated his bogus claims of election fraud while helping orchestrate his legal and extra-legal efforts to remain in power.

Sarah Hathway (2022-01-19). Omicron: As inequalities grow unions must fight back. greenleft.org.au Workers have been forced to bear the cost of the COVID-19 recession while corporations have raked in huge profits. Sarah Hathway argues that unions are in a good position to make demands on the state and bosses for protections.

Party for Socialism & Liberation (2022-01-19). Friday 1/21: Virtual Forum: The Crisis in SF Public Education. indybay.org Virtual event. Register here…

Michael Lyon (2022-01-19). Tuesday 1/18: Opportunities and Dangers for Medicare and Guaranteed Healthcare in California. indybay.org Zoom info: us02web.zoom.us/j/2880330680?pwd=VXlSdVBERFM3OFVuVGdrampVQkovUT09. ID 288 033 0680 Password 131457. Phone in at 1-669 900 9128, then punch in 288 033 0680 and #, then 131457 and punch # again.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-01-19). Civil society and rights groups raise concern over rising state repression in Tunisia. peoplesdispatch.org In a press conference Tuesday, the groups expressed alarm over the rapidly declining status of human rights and civil liberties in the country, days after security forces violently attacked anti-government protesters and made dozens of arrests…

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-01-19). Iran's exports to ECO member states up 52% in 9 months: IRICA. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MNA) — Spokesman for Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) said that country's exports of products to Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)'s member states registered a 52 percent growth in current year.

Nayvin Gordon (2022-01-19). U.S. COVID-19 POLICY: PRISONERS OF FEAR—THE ELDERLY, THE SICK, AND VULNERAB. indybay.org The only way out of the Covid pandemic prison is by fighting for ZERO-COVID…

Revolution Club, Bay Area (2022-01-19). Saturday 1/22: Break all the Chains, Unleash the Fury of Women as a Mighty Force for Revolution! indybay.org Powell and Market Streets, San Francisco…

Ian Ellis-Jones (2022-01-19). Guantanamo: US condemned for human rights abuses on Cuban soil. greenleft.org.au According to a new UN Human Rights Council report, the worst human rights violations on Cuban soil take place at the hands of United States agents at the US Guantánamo Bay prison in Cuba's easternmost province, reports Ian Ellis-Jones.

WSWS (2022-01-19). Turkish iron miners launch wildcat strike for wages and benefits. wsws.org These nonunion miners' wildcat strike is part of an emerging international movement of workers against rising living costs and deadly pandemic policies.

Haymarket Books (2022-01-19). Tuesday 1/18: Understanding E-Carceration: Punitive Survelliance & Carceral Technologies. indybay.org Online event…

Revolution Books (2022-01-19). Tuesday 1/25: The Art of Winfred Rembert: Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist's Memoir of the Jim Crow. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

William Briggs (2022-01-19). Sub-Saharan Africa and the degeneration of capitalism. greenleft.org.au Africa ought to be the richest continent on Earth. Its natural resources alone make this a fact and yet it remains oppressed and prey to exploitation. William Briggs explains why.

Lyynda Carson (2022-01-19). Internal peek into Oath Keepers after Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Building. indybay.org Mugshot of Elmer Stewart Rhodes founder of the Oath Keepers:…

WSWS (2022-01-19). Anger, grief among autoworkers following COVID death of young Chicago Ford worker. wsws.org Workers who spoke out placed the blame of Caleb Dye's death on the unions, the auto companies and the profit system.

WSWS (2022-01-19). The Lost Daughter and the challenges of motherhood. wsws.org Maggie Gyllenhaal shows talent as a director and storyteller, but the ideas behind the film are confused.

Congresswoman Barbara Lee (2022-01-19). Tuesday 1/18: Racial Healing for Justice: Reparations and Transformation hosted by Rep. Barbara Lee. indybay.org Online event…

Haymarket Books (2022-01-19). Wednesday 1/19: US Labor on the Move: The Union Labor Fights Ahead in 2022. indybay.org Online event…

United We Dream (2022-01-19). Thursday 1/20: Call to Action: Twitter Storm Demanding Immigrant Rights w/ United We Dream. indybay.org Online action for immigrant rights…

Angela Carr (2022-01-19). We need to step up the fight against inequality. greenleft.org.au Angela Carr is a union delegate, community services worker, housing justice campaigner and a Socialist Alliance candidate for the Victorian Senate. She says collectivist, socialist solutions are needed for the multiple crises we face.

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