(2022-01-13). Confessions of a "Human Guinea Pig": Professor Quits Vaccine Trial over Moderna's Corporate Greed. democracynow.org 
Jeremy Menchik, a self-described "human guinea pig" who volunteered for Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine trials, dropped out to protest the company's greed in reaping profits from the ongoing pandemic while doing little to resolve global vaccine inequity. Menchik is launching a new website — mrna4all.org — where other vaccine trial participants can join the effort to pressure vaccine makers to scale up production to vaccinate the world. "That they have to be accountable to their guinea pigs and they have to advance policies for public health not just private profit … I think that must be unnerving to them…
(2022-01-13). Ethiopia Enjoys a Temporary Lull. journal-neo.org 
Ethiopian troops under the command of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won a military victory last December when they stopped a group of Tigray rebels from advancing on the country's capital, which could have led to the overthrow of his government. The Prime Minister wholly appreciated the bravery of his troops. "Ethiopia is proud of your …
(2022-01-13). #Ethiopia #TigrayGenocide #ExcuseForRegimeChangeWar. popularresistance.org While France steps up neocolonial aggression in its former North and West African colonies, the U.S. has set its sights on the elected government of Ethiopia in the geostrategic Horn of Africa. Ethiopia's growing ties with China and Russia and the Joint Declaration on Comprehensive Cooperation Between Ethiopia, Somalia and Eritrea so threaten U.S. global hegemony that a U.S. "regime change" campaign is well underway. | One of the first stages of any such campaign is, of course, massive disinformation. Mass media, human rights organizations, aid organizations, and, more recently, social media armies—especial…
(2022-01-13). No escaping the state: the story of Lovett Fort-Whiteman. roarmag.org To be free, to walk in dignity—for these precious privileges some men will go anywhere, sacrifice anything. | — Homer Smith | Black America is not guaranteed much, if anything, under the category of citizenship. It has never prevented us descendants of enslaved Africans from falling victim to repression, exclusion and constant infractions. Our supposed rights are rarely rights at all. They are bendable and disposable terms that are in constant need of defense. In the US court system, which is systematically structured against us, many have sought to strengthen — or at least maintain —…
(2022-01-13). Unions allege petrol bombs, intimidation as strike intensifies at South African Dairy giant. peoplesdispatch.org Amid threats and intimidation, the workers' action at Clover has been strengthened by worker solidarity as well as the increasing support of civil society for its boycott campaign.
(2022-01-13). Nigeria Ends 7-Month Suspension of Twitter. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Nigerian government ended its suspension of Twitter, seven months after it halted the operation of the California-based microblogging platform in Africa's most populous country. | RELATED: | The lifting of the ban in Nigeria would take effect from 12 a.m. local time on Thursday after the U.S. company had agreed to meet all the conditions set by the Nigerian government, said Kashifu Abdullahi, the director of the Nat…
(2022-01-13). How Bolivia's Economy Was Saved. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News We spoke to Zenón Mamani, Bolivia's Vice Minister for Budget and Public Accounts, about what the country's economic recovery looks like following the restoration of the socialist model at the end of 2020, with the landslide victory of Luis Arce and the Movement Towards Socialism. What are the core principles behind the economic…
(2022-01-13). As Omicron Surges: Teachers, Students Resist Dangerous School Conditions. libya360.wordpress.com Greg Butterfield Students at Lower East Side Prep High School joined a citywide walkout for COVID safety in New York, Jan. 11. Photo: Shawn Garcia Members of the Chicago Teachers Union voted to take classes remote for several days in defiance of the city administration. Thousands of New York City students walked out of classes to protest unsafe…
(2022-01-13). Somaliland: Unrecognized nation with all trappings of countryhood. plusnews.ug 
If a place with geographical and political boundaries, under normal circumstances, has a President, issues visa to incoming visitors through its consulates, has own flag, issues own number plates to motor vehicles and contains all other trappings of countryhood, then, it is an independent nation. But this, is not the case for Somaliland, located in …
(2022-01-12). Headlines for January 12, 2022. democracynow.org Biden Supports Senate Bypassing Filibuster Rule to Pass Voting Rights Legislation, FDA Head Says "Most People" Will Get COVID; Students Protest School Safety Protocols, Red Cross Warns of Blood Supply Crisis Amid Pandemic, Anthony Fauci Accuses Sen. Rand Paul of Endangering His Life by Spreading Lies Around Pandemic, 19 People Reported Killed in Tigray Airstrikes on Same Day Biden Speaks with Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed, Coast Guard Rescues 176 Haitian Migrants from Boat as Biden Admin Continues Mass Deportations, DOJ Forms Domestic Terrorism Unit, NC Protesters Demand Justice for Jason Walker, a Black Man Shot Dead…
(2022-01-12). Salah praised for response to rival coach's cheeky post-match request (VIDEO). rt.com 
Egyptian ace Mo Salah showed he was a good sport despite defeat | A member of Nigeria's coaching staff has made headlines for grabbing a cheeky post-game selfie with Liverpool star Mohamed Salah at the Africa Cup of Nations. | Record seven-time winners Egypt got off to the worst possible start in their opening Group D match at the State Roumde Adjia in Garoua on Tuesday. | Disappointing with their star man Salah restricted to 35 touches, two dribbles, and just one memorable shot, which was blocked, they were beaten 1-0 by Nigeria thanks to a strike on the edge of the box from Leicester City's Kelechi Ihenaho o…
(2022-01-12). Dr. Cheryl Grills Appointed to National Reparations Commission. indybay.org On the ground, in the streets of Sacramento County, seat of the Capitol of the Great State of California, "Racism" declared a Public Health Crisis by Sacramento County Supervisors. Slavery in California cloaked, authentic California History by people of African Descent distorted, discredited and being destroyed as Dr. Carter G. Woodson suggested in his seminal work, "Mis-Education of the Negro" – oftern it is darkest before the dawn.
(2022-01-12). The Pandemic Of The Injected: As The COVID Narrative Implodes The White House Doubles Down On Lies. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/12/22). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth
(2022-01-12). Somalia: At Least 10 Casualties from Car Bombing. telesurenglish.net Mogadishu, the Somali capital, was the scene on Wednesday of a suicide car bombing, in which at least ten people died, including five soldiers killed and nine injured. | RELATED: | Ali Abdi Wardhere, Deputy Governor of Banadir Region, in charge of security, stated that a suicide bomber targeted a security convoy near the heavily fortified international airport. | "The suicide car bomb attack left at least ten peo…
(2022-01-12). Sudanese Communist Party spokesperson: 'Organizing the masses'. workers.org 
The following are edited excerpts from an interview with an official spokesperson of the Sudanese Communist Party, Dr. Fathi al-Fadl, published in January in the International (English-language) section of the Turkish e-zine Kaldƒ±raàß (The Lever). Al-Fadl discusses current preparations for launching a general strike. A mass movement in spring 2019 . . . |