Daily Archives: 2021-12-14

2021-12-14: News Headlines

Staff (2021-12-14). Headlines for December 14, 2021. democracynow.org Eight Killed by Tornado at Kentucky Factory Whose Workers Were Ordered to Remain on Site, Ice Sheet Holding Back Vast Antarctic Glacier Poised to Collapse Within Five Years, U.K. Reports First Death Linked to Fast-Spreading Omicron Coronavirus Variant, New York City to Require Proof of Vaccination for Kids 5 and Up to Enter Public Spaces, Pentagon Won't Punish Anyone over Kabul Drone Strike That Killed 10 Civilians, Sudanese Police Fire Tear Gas at Protesters Demanding End to Military Rule, Report: Colombian Police Killed at Least 11 People Protesting Police Brutality, Danish Ex-Minister Gets Prison for Illegally…

Mark Hallim (2021-12-14). Nationalism and Liberal Democracies: The Rise of Nationalism in Brazil. moderndiplomacy.eu Twenty-five years ago, liberal democracies rose; the Berlin Wall had fallen, the Soviet Union collapsed, and new democracies emerged in Europe. In South Africa, the apartheid regime was removed. Even though the Chinese government brutally crushed a democracy, the belief existed that a more educated and wealthy middle class would demand democratic reforms. The 2008 …

Ramzy Baroud (2021-12-14). The Omicron Shame: Why is the World Punishing Instead of Helping Africa? zcomm.org Helping Africa in its critical fight against the pandemic should have been done in a more systematic fashion as part of an inclusive global strategy…

imperial.ac.uk (2021-12-14). How African countries are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. imperial.ac.uk We take a deep dive into how three African nations have dealt with the pandemic so far, and how they are rolling out vaccine programmes.

Abayomi Azikiwe (2021-12-14). Africa-China Relations Could Serve as Bulwark Against Imperialist Hegemony? globalresearch.ca To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected articles), Visit …

Fight Back (2021-12-14). Sudanese people's struggle against the military dictatorship. fightbacknews.org Dallas, TX – On April 11, Omar al-Bashir, the military leader of Sudan for over 20 years, from 1989 to 2019, was deposed in a military coup. The coup occurred amidst largescale protests calling for the overthrow of al-Bashir, demanding democracy and an end to austerity measures enacted by the government in response to the country being over $60 billion in debt to the International Monetary Fund and France. | The protests were largely led by the National Consensus Forces (NCF), an alliance consisting of political parties including the Sudanese Communist Party, the Sudanese Baath Party, the National Umma Party, and…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-12-14). Tunisian president announces constitutional referendum and general elections in 2022. peoplesdispatch.org The constitutional referendum is scheduled to be held on July 25, 2022, exactly a year after president Kais Saied took control of all executive and legislative powers in Tunisia through a series of exceptional measures. Critics and opposition political parties have called his actions a "presidential coup"

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-12-13). Guernica, Lidice, My Lai … and Now Talon Anvil. libya360.wordpress.com Patrick Martin US MQ-9 Reaper Drone (Image credit: U.S. Air Force/Paul Ridgeway public domain) On Sunday, the New York Times published a detailed report chronicling the systematic, years-long mass murder of civilians by the United States in Iraq and Syria, carried out by a death squad called Talon Anvil. The unit directed air strikes and…

Staff (2021-12-13). Headlines for December 13, 2021. democracynow.org Biden Declares Major Federal Disaster in KY; 100+ Feared Dead After Tornadoes Rip Through 8 States, U.S. Health Officials Say Boosters Could Curb Winter COVID Surge as NY Tightens Mask Rules, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa Tests Positive for COVID-19, Over Half a Billion People Faced Extreme Poverty Due to Healthcare Costs During Pandemic, SCOTUS Says Providers Can Sue over Texas Abortion Law But Limits Scope and Keeps Ban in Place, Gov. Gavin Newsom Says He Will Use Texas Abortion Ban as Model for CA Gun Control Laws, NYT: Secret Unit Launched 10,000s of Strikes Against ISIS, Killing Syrian Civilians in…

Alan MacLeod (2021-12-13). "Every option is on the table": U.S. prepping for Libya-style intervention in Ethiopia. mronline.org A considerable military buildup is now underway. Last week, the U.S. military announced it was sending over 1,000 National Guard members to nearby Djibouti.

_____ (2021-12-13). US Prepping For Libya-Style Intervention In Ethiopia. popularresistance.org Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — Amid a bloody civil conflict and increasing great-power competition between the United States and China, there are a number of alarming signs that Ethiopia will become the next Libya — an African nation where the U.S. intervenes militarily under the pretext of stopping an impending genocide. | A considerable military buildup is now underway. Last week, the U.S. military announced it was sending over 1,000 National Guard members to nearby Djibouti. This is on top of the special operations forces already sent in November. Perhaps most notably, a government official told CNN that…

Pavan Kulkarni (2021-12-13). 'UN WFP and USAID have been using humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia to prepare grounds for Western intervention'. peoplesdispatch.org Horn of Africa TV's editor, Elias Amare, talks to Peoples Dispatch on the latest military developments in Ethiopia, the setbacks faced by the TPLF and the collusion of international aid agencies…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-12-13). Ethiopia: 'UN WFP and USAID Have Been Using Humanitarian Crisis to Prepare Grounds for Western Intervention'. libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni People participate in a rally to condemn the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and Western intervention in the internal affairs of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Dec. 5, 2021. Photo: Xinhua/Wang Ping Horn of Africa TV's editor, Elias Amare, talks to Peoples Dispatch on the latest military developments in Ethiopia, the setbacks faced…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-12-13). Paper Tiger Imperialism and the US-Beijing Boycott. libya360.wordpress.com Miguel Garcia On Monday, December 6, 2021, the United States government announced they would not be sending government officials to the upcoming 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in February 2022. The diplomatic boycott is the latest move by Washington and the Biden administration in their all-out-blitz smear campaign against the People's Republic of China. White House…

Black Alliance for Peace (2021-12-13). Black Alliance for Peace Condemns the U.S. National Guard Deployment to Horn of Africa. globalresearch.ca To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected articles), Visit …

Joris Leverink (2021-12-13). Mutual aid and solidarity in Nigeria's #EndSARS protests. roarmag.org Young people joining the #EndSARS protesters in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. October 20, 2020. Photo: Emmage / Shutterstock.com | On October 18, 2020, during the #EndSARS protests against police violence and state corruption in Nigeria's capital Abuja, a photo was shared on social media that quickly drew nationwide attention. The image showed passionate protesters with their fists pumped in the air, mouths wide open singing songs and chanting slogans. Some were holding placards that read "Our Lives Matter." | What drew the attention of the public, however, was the woman right at the center of the image. With a small N…

Norman Markowitz (2021-12-13). Rittenhouse acquittal is latest chapter in long and sinister history of racism. peoplesworld.org A jury in Kenosha, Wisc., on Nov. 19 acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse, who was 17 years old when he murdered two unarmed men and wounded a third. Rittenhouse was participating in an armed group of "volunteers" to "aid" the police and "protect property" from people protesting the shooting of Jacob Blake. Blake was an unarmed African-American …

Amy Goodman (2021-12-13). There Will Never Be Climate Justice If African Activists Keep Being Ignored. truthout.org We go to Kampala, Uganda, to speak to climate activist Vanessa Nakate on the occasion of her first book being published, A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis. In an extended interview, she describes the challenges of being a young Ugandan woman from a continent that contributes less than 4% of the world's carbon emissions yet suffers the worst consequences of the climate crisis and is often ignored by the Global North. "There won't be climate justice if sp…

Staff (2021-12-13). "A Bigger Picture": Ugandan Activist Vanessa Nakate on Bringing New Voices to the Climate Fight. democracynow.org We go to Kampala, Uganda, to speak to climate activist Vanessa Nakate on the occasion of her first book being published, "A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis." In an extended interview, she describes the challenges of being a young Ugandan woman from a continent that contributes less than 4% of the world's carbon emissions yet suffers the worst consequences of the climate crisis and is often ignored by the Global North. "There won't be climate justice if specific groups of people are being left behind," says Nakate, founder of the Africa-based Rise Up Movement. "We are fa…

Dr.Basel Haj Jasem (2021-12-13). New page in Turkey-UAE ties: Why now? moderndiplomacy.eu Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed's (MBZ) recent visit to Ankara came after a long period of frozen relations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE). For years, the two have held different positions on several regional and international developments including the 2013 Egypt events, the Libya crisis and the tensions in the Middle East …

Global Research Noticias (2021-12-13). Bomba: Documentos sobre datos de vacunas de Pfizer. globalizacion.ca " øHa visto el volcado de documentos sobre los datos de la vacuna de Pfizer? Es una bomba. No es de extrañar que la FDA haya luchado por mantenerlo oculto durante 55 años. | Aquí está la conclusión rápida: | Para febrero de…

WSWS (2021-12-13). Papua New Guinea: Ongoing catastrophe amid third wave of Delta virus. wsws.org Public health specialists have criticised "crippling failures" in the government's pandemic response, amid extremely low vaccination rates.

teleSUR (2021-12-13). EU Sanctions PMC Wagner for Interfering in Mali's Transition. telesurenglish.net The decision on sanctions against the Wagner company for impeding Mali's democratic transition was approved without any discussion at Brussels' meeting. They will be effective after being publicized in the Official Journal of the European Union. | RELATED: | The individuals listed on the sanctions will be prohibited from using the European Union banking systems and legal entities from making borrowings in the EU countries.

Newsroom (2021-12-13). Sudan: Mistrust deepens following military takeover. moderndiplomacy.eu In the wake of the 25 October military takeover in Sudan, discussions on the way forward are underway but restoring trust will be a challenge, the top UN official in the country, Volker Perthes, told the Security Council on Friday. The UN Special Representative briefed ambassadors on a deal last month under which civilian Prime …

teleSUR (2021-12-13). Tunisian President Announces Referendum and Elections for 2022. telesurenglish.net President Kais Saied announced on Monday that Tunisia would hold a constitutional referendum next July, months after he seized broad powers in moves his opponents called a coup. | In a national address, President Saied announced that parliament will remain suspended until fresh elections are held a year from now on December 17, 2022 and that there will be a national referendum on July 25 after public consultations next month.

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