PDF of December 10 issue
Workers World Party | workers.org | 2020-12-11
Download the 12-page PDF. Capitalist COVID catastrophe FIGHT or DIE! Message from Peltier; Reparations now! Justice for Breonna denied again; Disability rights; Workers demand justice; DEA surveillance; Editorial: New president — same wars; Commentary: Becoming a cadre; GLOBAL: China: global vaccines, science; India: worker & farmer uprising; Cuba; France; Palestine; Venezuela. . . . | Continue reading PDF of December 10 issue at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/12/53165/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pdf-of-december-10-issue
U.S. media, pols rage after Venezuelans defy U.S. empire to re-elect socialists
Alan MacLeod | mronline.org | 2020-12-11
Despite the fact that the election was overseen by 1,500 international observers, U.S. pols and media pundits alike labeled it a sham before it even took place.
mronline.org/2020/12/11/u-s-media-pols-rage-after-venezuelans-defy-u-s-empire-to-re-elect-socialists/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=u-s-media-pols-rage-after-venezuelans-defy-u-s-empire-to-re-elect-socialists
Free Elections In Venezuela Are A Blow To Regime Change
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-11
Venezuela held legislative elections on December 6 and, as has become the norm, the U.S. and sectors of the opposition that boycotted the election are claiming fraud without presenting evidence. The coalition of parties supporting President Maduro won 68% of the vote and a supermajority in the National Assembly. All the evidence suggests the elections were free and fair. However, turnout was only 31%, a participation rate that was hampered by a partial opposition boycott of the election. | This call to abstain was made by Juan Guaidó and his allies, but a different faction of the opposition participated fully.
popularresistance.org/free-elections-in-venezuela-are-a-blow-to-regime-change/
Venezuela: Socialist election win masks deeper problems
Peter Boyle | greenleft.org.au | 2020-12-11
The United Socialist Party of Venezuela's strategy has paid off, winning back control of the National Assembly in the December 6 elections. But it has come at a high price, writes Federico Fuentes.
greenleft.org.au/content/venezuela-socialist-election-win-masks-deeper-problems
Nicolás Maduro: Despite everything, we were able to carry out elections in peace
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-12-11
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro gave a press conference to international media on Tuesday, December 8 to discuss the parliamentary elections held last Sunday. During the press conference, which Peoples Dispatch participated in, Maduro discussed the electoral process wherein the alliance led by his party PSUV (United Socialist Party of Venezuela) won 68%. | In the press conference, Maduro celebrated the outcome of the elections, stating that beyond the electoral victory of PSUV, they marked a victory of the Venezuelan people who not only took part peacefully but also voted to constitute a plural and diverse Na…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/12/11/nicolas-maduro-despite-everything-we-were-able-to-carry-out-elections-in-peace/
'Long Live the (Dead) Peace Process'
Ramzy Baroud | zcomm.org | 2020-12-11
Abbas Prioritizes US Ties over Palestinian National Unity…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/long-live-the-dead-peace-process/
We don't listen to the dying Government of Donald Trump
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-12-11
The night before the National Assembly elections in Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro spoke to a group of visitors at Miraflores Palace in Caracas.
mronline.org/2020/12/11/we-dont-listen-to-the-dying-government-of-donald-trump/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=we-dont-listen-to-the-dying-government-of-donald-trump
Even the opposition believes Venezuela's election was legitimate
Vijay Prashad | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-12-11
Vijay Prashad spoke to leaders of five major opposition parties in Venezuela that participated in the elections on December 6 and rejected the boycott of the process promoted by US-backed Juan Guaidó.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/12/11/even-the-opposition-believes-venezuelas-election-was-legitimate/
Podcast Panel: US Meddling In Venezuela Elections, Economic Warfare & COVID-19
Mnar Muhawesh Adley | mintpressnews.com | 2020-12-11
Observed by 1,500 international election observers from 34 countries, elections in Venezuela handed Nicholas Maduro a clear victory, sending a message to the US that it failed to influence the same elections that Mike Pompeo called illegitimate.
mintpressnews.com/podcast-panel-us-meddling-in-venezuela-elections-economic-warfare-covid-19/273567/
COVID-19 shows 'urgent need' for solidarity, UN chief tells Nobel forum
news.un.org | 2020-12-11
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for global solidarity and greater international cooperation, and must be turned into an opportunity for fundamental change, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a keynote address to the Nobel Peace Prize Forum on Friday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/12/1079802
Bolivia: Lower Chamber Passes a Bill Taxing Large Fortunes
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-11
Bolivia's Lower Chamber Thursday approved a bill that seeks to establish a tax on large fortunes in order to support social programs. | RELATED: | Bolivia Reopens its Diplomatic Office in Venezuela | The tax will be applied to citizens who have fortunes exceeding US$4.3 million. Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) lawmaker Omar Yujra noted that it will reach around 150 citizens who currently have those fortunes. | Also, a quota of US$86,200 will be applied to fortunes between US$5.7 million…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolivia-Lower-Chamber-Passes-a-Bill-Taxing-Large-Fortunes-20201211-0001.html
$1.44 billion plan to respond to Venezuela refugee and migrant needs
news.un.org | 2020-12-10
In a $1.4 billion appeal launched on Thursday, the UN migration organization IOM and the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned that the pandemic has strained the capacity of Latin American and Caribbean countries to look after Venezuelan nationals.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/12/1079782
The UK Supreme Court To Decide on Dispute Over Venezuelan Gold
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-10