Joe Emersberger (2020-12-24). UN agencies not above playing politics with statistics. zcomm.org It's clear that technical departments within the UN have their work corrupted by the US government and its allies. Consider recent reporting by the Grayzone on OPCW whistleblowers who exposed manipulation of an investigation into alleged chemical weapons use in Syria in 2018. Going further back, Hans Blix, the Swedish diplomat who was in charge

WSWS (2020-12-23). Congress to America's workers: "Let them eat cake" wsws.org While the government spends money like water to prop up big business and the Federal Reserve funnels trillions into the stock market, nothing is being done to spare the working class.

South Front (2020-12-22). Video: Turkish Attack on Ain Issa Turns into Failure. globalresearch.ca The last few days in Syria was marked by a serious military escalation in the north of the country. | Members of pro-Turkish militant groups, supported by Turkish combat drones and artillery, launched an attack on the town of Ain Issa, …

Richard Moser (2020-12-22). What We Have Here is a Failure to Negotiate. zcomm.org Once the CARES Act showered trillions on the corporations and starved the states and cities, it could only trigger a cascade of cutbacks and austerity measures. Did the politicians vote for it not knowing that CARES would reinforce austerity and corporate power?

_____ (2020-12-22). What We Have Here Is A Failure To Negotiate. popularresistance.org The first and worst failure to do a damn thing for the working class was the multi-trillion-dollar corporate bailout of the CARES Act. If you walk into the first bargaining session with the bosses and give them everything they want, throw a few scraps to the workers, and agree to come back to the table later — you have surrendered all leverage and sold out. Why would the billionaires and their faithful servants in government agree to anything more? | Most government services are provided at the state and local levels. Once the CARES Act showered trillions on the corporations and starved the states and citie…

Henry Lowendorf (2020-12-22). 'Ban the Bomb' becomes international law, but U.S. doesn't sign on. peoplesworld.org Arguably the first step in half a century to eliminate nuclear weapons, the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) makes it internationally illegal to "develop, test, produce, manufacture, otherwise acquire, possess, or stockpile nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices." At the United Nations in 2017, 122 countries, none of them possessing nuclear …

South Front (2020-12-22). Video: Turkish Attack on Ain Issa Turns into Failure. globalresearch.ca The last few days in Syria was marked by a serious military escalation in the north of the country. | Members of pro-Turkish militant groups, supported by Turkish combat drones and artillery, launched an attack on the town of Ain Issa, …

_____ (2020-12-22). What We Have Here Is A Failure To Negotiate. popularresistance.org The first and worst failure to do a damn thing for the working class was the multi-trillion-dollar corporate bailout of the CARES Act. If you walk into the first bargaining session with the bosses and give them everything they want, throw a few scraps to the workers, and agree to come back to the table later — you have surrendered all leverage and sold out. Why would the billionaires and their faithful servants in government agree to anything more? | Most government services are provided at the state and local levels. Once the CARES Act showered trillions on the corporations and starved the states and citie…

Richard Moser (2020-12-22). What We Have Here is a Failure to Negotiate. zcomm.org Once the CARES Act showered trillions on the corporations and starved the states and cities, it could only trigger a cascade of cutbacks and austerity measures. Did the politicians vote for it not knowing that CARES would reinforce austerity and corporate power?

Mehr News Agency (2020-12-20). WMD producers, sellers not eligible to defend Human Rights. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (MNA) — Reacting to the anti-Iran resolution of the EU Parliament, the Iranian lawmakers said that sellers of weapons of mass destruction to dictator Saddam who killed many Iranian youths are not eligible to defend the human rights.

Rod Driver (2020-12-19). Scary 'R' Us 3 — The Exaggerated Threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction. zcomm.org The term WMD is propaganda to confuse chemical weapons with nuclear weapons, in order to exaggerate a threat…