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Friday, February 05, 2021
Anne Feeney Goes Out Fighting
Wednesday, February 03, 2021
Ecuador Elections: "A Tipping Point for Democracy"
We are Mobilizing to Ecuador. Here’s Why
Between violent crackdowns on IMF protests in 2019 to persistent threats to cancel next month’s election, Ecuador’s democracy is on the brink. The vigilance of the world will be critical to preserve it — and help restore democracy to a region in the midst of an authoritarian backslide.
Listen to Progress International's David Adler from Ecuador here.
Unmasking Navalny: The New York Times Doesn't Need to Know
Who Is Aleksei Navalny? NYT Once Knew, but Has Since Forgotten
by Jim Naureckas - FAIR
Which is a good question, given that the Russian activist has been mentioned more than 300 times in the paper, and has become the undisputed poster child for opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Tuesday, February 02, 2021
Indian Farmers' Fight from There and Here
The fight over agriculture in India, and how Punjabis in Canada are supporting farmers
by Vandana K - Media Co-Op
February 1, 2021
Farmers are demanding repeal of new laws gutting agricultural protections, and Punjabis in Canada are supporting their protest The fight over agriculture in India, and how Punjabis in Canada are supporting farmers.
Listen, Hear Vandana K. discuss her article.
Memo: Pentagon Stood Down National Guard Ahead of January 6 Mobbing of Capitol
Trump’s acting secretary of defense disarmed D.C. National Guard 48 hours before the fascist assault
by Jacob Crosse - WSWS
1 February 2021
The memo ensured that soldiers would be unable to protect themselves, much less the Capitol, allowing thousands of pro-Trump neo-Nazis and white supremacists to overwhelm the Capitol Police, who themselves had been deliberately underdeployed.
Monday, February 01, 2021
Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Jeremy Kuzmarov, Joe Emersberger February 4th, 2021
This Week on GR
by C. L. Cook - Gorilla-Radio.com
Well barring a Trump return to political life with the full moon, we can now safely say America has turned a new page; if “new” is the appropriate descriptor for the new president, a man who’s been at this game longer than most Americans have been alive.
Though some may feel near-octagenarian Joe is a less than inspiring figure to lead an American renaissance, at least he arrives with an unprecedented amount of policy baggage; more than ample provenance to measure the man from his acts, and his fictions.
Jeremy Kuzmarov is a journalist and serves as Managing Editor of CovertAction Magazine. He is too the author of four books on U.S. foreign policy, including: ‘Obama’s Unending Wars’, and ‘The Russians Are Coming, Again’ co-authored with John Marciano.
Kuzmarov's latest at CovertAction is the series, ‘Biden’s Foreign Policy History and What it Portends for his Presidency‘.
And; February 7th, Ecuadorians will go to the polls to decide who will succeed Lenin Moreno. Moreno may be remembered as the protege of leftist president and thorn in the side of America, Raphael Correa, who upon election himself undid his predecessors progressive policies, (and threw Wikileaks publisher, Julian Assange to the wolves). Early polling suggests Correa loyalist, Andree Arauz will take the post, perhaps in a first round landslide.
Joe Emersberger is a Canada-based writer whose articles appear at VenezuelAnalysis, CounterPunch, and The Canary, among other places. Joe will be taking part tomorrow in the Webinar, ‘Ecuador’s Presidential Election’ interviewing Monica Palacios, UNES candidate for North America. Emersberger is too author, with Justin Podur, of the forthcoming book, ‘Extraordinary Threat: The U.S. Empire, the Media, and Twenty Years of Coup Attempts in Venezuela’.
Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, airing live every Thursday between 11-Noon Pacific Time. In Victoria at 101.9FM, and on the internet at: https://cfuv.ca. He also serves as a contributing editor to the web news site, http://www.pacificfreepress.com. Check out the GR blog at: http://gorillaradioblog.blogspot.com
Watching Democracy Unfold in Ecuador
With Anti-IMF Candidate Surging in Polls, Ecuador’s Moreno Flies To DC Amid Talk of Suspending Election
by Alan Macleod - MintPress News
Polls show socialist, anti-imperialist candidate Andrés Arauz to be the clear frontrunner in Ecuador’s presidential elections slated to take place this Sunday, February, 7. Some even suggest the 35-year-old might receive double the votes of his nearest competitor in the first round of voting. Yet it now appears that the greatest danger to Arauz is not his rival candidates, but the threat of authorities canceling the election to prevent his victory.
Undoing Ecuador: Turncoat Moreno Seeking to Deep-Six Democracy
Fears of US Interference in Ecuadorean Elections
by TeleSur
Andres Arauz has 37 percent of voting intention in the most recent polls, compared to 24 percent of the banker Guillermo Lasso, his main competitor, who seeks to banish once and for all the failed model of 21st Century socialism. In the elections, it is necessary to reach 40 percent of the votes and 10 points of difference from the second candidate to win in the first round, and if not, there will be a second round on April 11.
Sunday, January 31, 2021
Rejecting a Reckless Apparatchik: Power's Past Plays Wreaked Havoc and Death
Why Samantha Power Should Not Hold Public Office
by David Swanson - World BEYOND War
Then did she learn? No, she took an explicit position against learning, publicly arguing for the duty not to dwell on the results in Libya as that might impede willingness to wage war on Syria.