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  • On 11 December 2019 one of the largest peaceful Civil Disobedience Movements in India after Indian Independence in defence of the Constitution and Constitutional rights.

    Indian women revive non-violent civil disobedience movements against the extinguishment of citizenship rights

    Originally published: International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) on December 19, 2020 by Niloufer Bhagwat (more by International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL))  | (Posted Dec 24, 2020)

    On 11 December 2019 one of the largest peaceful Civil Disobedience Movements in India after Indian Independence in defence of the Constitution and Constitutional rights, began under the leadership of Indian Muslim women in Delhi.

  • The White Helmets fraud in Syria

    The White Helmets fraud in Syria

    Originally published: Prensa Latina on December 22, 2020 by Pedro Gomez (more by Prensa Latina)  | (Posted Dec 24, 2020)

    The most recent denunciation from Syria confirms the support of Western powers to the alleged humanitarian organization of the White Helmets which is also a fraud of crude media manipulation.

  • Sailors observe the USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Groups steam in formation as the Nimitz Carrier Strike Force (CSF) in the South China Sea. Photo by 3rd Class Dalton Reidhead/Flickr.

    Why is the Guardian promoting more Pentagon propaganda?

    Originally published: Canadian Dimension on December 19, 2020 by Dimitri Lascaris (more by Canadian Dimension)  | (Posted Dec 24, 2020)

    Recent reporting reinforces the false impression that the United States is threatened by Chinese and Russian expansionism.

  • Dennis Broe compares and contrasts two images of John Brown in recent TV series. Image above: John Brown at his zaniest, in The Good Lord Bird

    John Brown as buffoon in ‘The Good Lord Bird’, vs. Brown as radical in ‘Underground’

    Originally published: Culture Matters on December 9, 2020 by Dennis Broe (more by Culture Matters)  | (Posted Dec 23, 2020)

    Dennis Broe compares and contrasts two images of John Brown in recent TV series. Image above: John Brown at his zaniest, in The Good Lord Bird 

  • Nationwide Farmers Struggle Intensifies, Gets Ready for the Long Haul

    Nationwide farmers struggle intensifies, gets ready for the long haul

    Originally published: Peoples Democracy on December 20, 2020 (more by Peoples Democracy)  | (Posted Dec 23, 2020)

    THE historic nationwide farmers struggle that began on November 26 entered the fourth week on December 17. It was intensified and broadened even further after the unprecedented support that was expressed by the people of India through the Bharat Bandh on December 8.

  • LEO PANITCH, LEADING SCHOLAR OF THE GLOBAL DEPREDATIONS OF NEOLIBERALISM AND CANADA RESEARCH CHAIR IN COMPARATIVE POLITICAL ECONOMY AT YORK UNIVERSITY IN TORONTO, IN BANFF IN 2019 (PHOTO: DAVID J. CLIMENHAGA).

    Leo Panitch, intellectual pillar of the Canadian left, dead at 75 of COVID-19

    Originally published: Alberta Politics on December 21, 2020 by David Climenhaga (more by Alberta Politics) (Posted Dec 22, 2020)

    Leo Victor Panitch, one of the intellectual pillars of the Canadian left and a leading scholar of the global depredations of neoliberalism, died Saturday from COVID-19. He was 75.

  • Jim Crow Caste Wilkerson

    Caste does not explain race

    Originally published: Boston Review on December 15, 2020 by Charisse Burden-Stelly (more by Boston Review)  | (Posted Dec 22, 2020)

    The celebration of Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste reflects the continued priority of elite preferences over the needs and struggles of ordinary people.

  • Golden Dawn members at rally in Athens 2015 (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

    After the verdict in the Golden Dawn trial

    Originally published: International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) on December 19, 2020 by Ezgi Cakir interviews Thanasis Kampagiannis (more by International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL))  | (Posted Dec 21, 2020)

    The penal prosecution against the Golden Dawn was done through the Article 187 of the Greek Penal Codes, the article for forming a criminal organisation. The Golden Dawn leadership was accused of directing a criminal organisation.

  • Tom Vilsack in 2012. U.S. Department of Agriculture

    Joe Biden wants racist servant of big business in charge of U.S. agriculture

    Originally published: Liberation News on December 14, 2020 by Sameena Rahman (more by Liberation News)  | (Posted Dec 19, 2020)

    President-elect Joe Biden’s recent nomination of Tom Vilsack to serve as the next Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is causing widespread outrage among food justice activists and Black farmers.

  • Philonise Floyd, left, brother of George Floyd, speaks via video message at the Human Rights Council of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 17, during an urgent debate on current racially inspired human rights violations, systematic racism, police brutality against people of African descent and violence against peaceful protests (Photo: Martial Trezzini/Keystone/Pool/AP)

    International lawyers and activists organize independent inquiry into U.S. police violence

    Originally published: The World on December 14, 2020 by Rupa Shenoy (more by The World)  | (Posted Dec 19, 2020)

    The Trump administration thwarted an investigation specifically into the US. But that didn’t deter those who believe an independent inquiry is necessary.

  • RESIST AFRICOM

    RESIST AFRICOM

    Originally published: Ellie Walton Youtube Channel on October 28, 2008 (more by Ellie Walton Youtube Channel) (Posted Dec 18, 2020)

    AFRICOM: The expansion of U.S. military interests on African soil

  • President Nicolas Maduro participates at the ALBA XVIII virtual Summit (Prensa Latina)

    Venezuela’s Maduro proposes joint ALBA COVID-19 vaccination

    Originally published: Venezuelanalysis.com on December 16, 2020 by Manuela Sole (more by Venezuelanalysis.com)  | (Posted Dec 18, 2020)

    The Venezuelan president announced a strict quarantine for January.

  • Kwame Ture

    Becoming Kwame Ture

    Originally published: ROAPE on December 15, 2020 by Amandla Thomas-Johnson (more by ROAPE)  | (Posted Dec 17, 2020)

    In Guinea, doors fly open at the mere mention of Kwame Ture’s name. A senior government minister met me within a few hours’ notice.

  • Dashiell Hammett

    Originally published: The Social Science Collective on December 14, 2020 by Balaji (more by The Social Science Collective) (Posted Dec 17, 2020)

    He was recognized immediately for lifting a previously disreputable style of fiction into literary prominence.

  • Glenn Greenwald 2017 Allard Prize ceremony (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

    Who’s afraid of Glenn Greenwald?

    Originally published: Dissident Voice on December 14, 2020 by Todd Smith (more by Dissident Voice)  | (Posted Dec 17, 2020)

    Today, swarms of Corporate Media “self-limiting mosquitoes” are rejoicing–in their small buzzing ways–over the self-banishment of that notorious gadfly Glenn Greenwald from the Kingdom of Left-Liberal-“Woke!” orthodoxical rectitude.

  • Wikimedia Commons File:Lethal injection table (11501354666).jpg

    Lynchings by law

    Originally published: Hood Communist on December 10, 2020 by Aaron Greene (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Dec 16, 2020)

    The U.S. death penalty has always been a symbol of white supremacy and a violation of human rights law.  Having already executed 11 people this year, the Trump administration plans to execute five people (four of them Black) during a lame-duck session.

  • The exterior of an Amazon fulfillment center in Tracy, California. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)

    Resisting Amazon is not futile

    Originally published: Jacobin on December 5, 2020 by Jonathan Rosenblum (more by Jacobin)  | (Posted Dec 16, 2020)

    Amazon represents the pinnacle challenge to union organizers and socialists throughout the country. Are we in a 1919 moment, still a generation of failures away from breakthrough success? Or closer to 1935, approaching the tipping point of winning real worker power?

  • How the rich are cashing in on pandemic pain

    How the rich are cashing in on pandemic pain

    Originally published: Red Flag on November 26, 2020 by Tyler Ray (more by Red Flag)  | (Posted Dec 15, 2020)

    Millions of day labourers in India lost their jobs overnight earlier this year when Narendra Modi’s central government hastily announced a national lockdown.

  • Painting by John Everett Millais

    Regicide or Revolution? What petitioners wanted, September 1648 – February 1649 by Nora Carlin

    Originally published: Red Pepper Magazine on November 29, 2020 by John Rees (more by Red Pepper Magazine)  | (Posted Dec 15, 2020)

    Norah Carlin’s analysis of the Levellers’ petitions reaffirms the radical nature of the English revolution, argues John Rees.

  • Palestine flags at Labour Conference, September 2018. Photo: James Thomas Griffiths

    Starmer’s purge turns against Palestine solidarity

    Originally published: Counterfire on December 10. 2020 by Sybil Cock (more by Counterfire)  | (Posted Dec 15, 2020)

    The ongoing attack on the left in Labour is increasingly targeting those who are vocal in support for Palestine, writes Sybil Cock.

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