2020-12-14: News Headlines

John Pilger (2020-12-14). John Pilger: The Most Lethal Virus Is Not COVID. It Is War. mintpressnews.com In the midst of the greatest health emergency in modern times, with more than 4 million surgical procedures delayed by the National Health Service, Britain has announced a record increase of £16.5 billion in so-called defense spending.

Commonwealth Club (2020-12-14). Tuesday 1/5: "Caregiver: A Love Story": Screening & Talk on the Family Caregiver Burden w/ MD Filmmaker. indybay.org Online via livestream…

Geoff Beckman (2020-12-14). Hillbilly Happy Days: Lil' Opie Lost in Appalachia. counterpunch.org J.D. Vance's "Hillbilly Elegy" was published in June of 2016. It purports to be a memoir of the author's childhood, but reads more like a polemic written by a right-wing elite, who grew up in poverty in Southern Ohio, was able to graduate from Yale—and became a vulture capitalist and low-rent Ayn Rand acolyte.

_____ (2020-12-14). COVID-19 Exposes Need For Radical Policies To Tackle Inequality. popularresistance.org In the run-up to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris taking office on January 20, a key debate raging now is about what kind of change they will usher in. Some say it is clear from those two leaders' biographies that they herald the bold transformations needed to tackle the inequalities that scar society. Others say it is clear from their biographies that they will not. History suggests, however, that neither of those arguments gets it quite right. That key to what happens is what we do, together. | For my new book, How to Fight Inequality, I looked at what we could learn from how inequality had been tackled in the past.

David Skripac (2020-12-13). COVID-19: A Fabricated Second "Tidal Wave" of Poverty and Injustice. globalresearch.ca Here we are at the end of a year filled with upheaval, facing yet another round of lockdowns, this time ostensibly intended to fight off a supposed "second wave of COVID-19." | In the foreground, we have the completely co-opted mainstream …

Rocco Galati (2020-12-13). Video: Rocco Galati on COVID Lockdown Measures. Crimes against Humanity. Lawsuit against Government of Canada. globalresearch.ca "Politicians have not put forward any persuasive evidence that lockdowns have actually saved lives. At the same time, there is no question that lockdowns have caused grave harm to millions of Canadians suffering unemployment, poverty, cancelled surgeries, suicides, isolation …

Ralph Nader (2020-12-12). Go Vote Yourself a Raise, Georgia—You've Long Earned It. commondreams.org Candidates should be pushed to say if they stand with the super-rich profiteering, callous Big Business tycoons or with the people who work for pitiful wages, on the rugged frontlines, and keep our society running. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/georgia_primary.jpg

Bill Quigley (2020-12-12). Nineteen Tragic Facts About Covid 19. zcomm.org In 13 states, the unemployment benefits provided fall below the federal poverty line of $245 a week according to the Government Accountability Office…

Sam Pizzigati (2020-12-12). Our Youngest 'Self-Made' Billionaire, Our Wealthy's Oldest Bogus Claim. commondreams.org The super rich owe their super fortunes to factors that have little to do with their "genius." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-83010081_0.jpg