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December 23, 2020

Against the witch-hunt | Morning Star
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Veteran of the fight against Apartheid RONNIE KASRILS warns that the IHRA is being used to suppress left-wing supporters of Palestine, just as anti-communist hysteria was used against the national-liberation movement in South Africa

Trump pardons Blackwater contractors jailed for massacre of Iraq civilians | The Guardian
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Four guards fired on unarmed crowd in Baghdad in 2007, killing 14 and sparking outrage over use of private security in war zones

Covid-19 catch-22: Regime-change policies come packed with US pandemic relief | The Grayzone
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The US Congress’ $900 billion Covid-19 relief bill was packaged with $1.4 trillion in omnibus spending that includes tens of billions for war, weapons, and regime change abroad, from anti-Russia and anti-China initiatives to $3.3 billion for Israel’s military.

Powerful Cellphone Surveillance Tool Operates in Obscurity
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CellHawk helps law enforcement visualize large quantities of information collected by cellular towers and providers.

Thank Socialism for the Vaccine. Blame Capitalism for Its Distribution.
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Leigh Phillips | The jaw-dropping speed of COVID-19 vaccine development is a glorious marvel of science, cooperation, and economic planning — a glimpse of how much more an egalitarian world could produce and achieve. But the lifeboat ethics of vaccine rollout is a horrifying display of the inefficiency and cruelty of capitalism.

Nationwide farmers struggle intensifies, gets ready for the long haul
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The peasants, the workers and the people of India will teach these modern Neros a lesson in this most peaceful and democratic and united resistance that is unfolding before our eyes.

No right to read: Profiteering corporations creep into prison libraries – People's World
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Exclusive-access contracts are leaving incarcerated persons and their families no choice but to pay exorbitant private company fees to access books and communicate with one another.