Daily News Digest January 8, 2021

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Another Example Capitalism as a Failed System: World Capilalism Was Aware of the Danger of Cornovavirus Threat Over 4 Years Ago and Did Nothing!:  Under Capitalism — Human Lives Don’t Matter  Capitalism Does Not, and Never Has, Worked for the Masses! In Its Death Agony, Capitalism Is Traveling About The World Like The Four Horsemen of the The Apocalypse, Spreading  Racism,  War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death. The future of Humanity Is Now At stake!Since World War I, ‘the war to end all wars’, there have been perpetual wars for perpetual peace, this Laura Gray’s cartoon from the front page of The Militant August 18, 1945, Under the Banner Headline: “There Is No Peace”During This Economic Crisis, Capitalism’s Three-Point Political Program: 1.Austerity,2. Scapegoat Blacks, Minorities, and ‘Illegal’ Immigrants for Unemployment, and 3.  The Iron Heel!    For Decades, Blacks Have Been Subjected to The Iron Heel!   Currently, the US Capitalist Class is Divided Over When — Not If, to Apply It to Everyone!

Due to Years of Austerity, Cuts to Public Health Care, And An Anti-Science and Profiteering President, The United States Now Leads the World In  Coronavirus Cases and Deaths in the World!

Always Remember:  That President Obama, With a Majority Democrat Legislature Supported the Wall Street Bailout and Remember, That he Established, in writing,  the United States Capitalist Austerity Program. —  The Race to the Bottom/Pauperization of the 99%!

Democracy?: As the Capitalist Robber Barons Steal from the 99%,  Only the 1% Voted For Austerity!   The 99% Should Decide On Austerity — Not Just The 1% Who, Profit From Austerity!!  Under Austerity, All of the World Will Eventually Be Pauperized, Humbled, and Desecrated Like Greece and Puerto Rico.!   Socialism Means True Democracy, that the 99% Will Rule, Not the Few!

Images  of the Day:

Cops (They saw Their Fellow Hate Gang Brothers and Sisters!)Quotes 0f the Day:

What is Not Reported by The Media Monopoly:  The Base of Trump’s Armed Support is the Armed Militarized Police Forces of the United States! 2016 Article FBI Warned of White Supremacists in Law Enforcement 10 Years Ago. Has Anything Changed? Increased attention toward the killing of black men and women by police throughout the past year has ignited national conversations on racism and law enforcement. From Freddie Gray in April 2015 to Deborah Danner — an “emotionally disturbed” woman fatally shot this week by an NYPD officer — protests around the country have forced many Americans to reassess how police engage with communities of color. (2016) — Daily News Digest January 6, 2021

Scarborough also demanded the immediate arrest of the president, his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and his son Donald Trump Jr. for insurrection against the United States ― citing their outrageous rhetoric that stirred rioters. “So I wanna know from the Capitol Hill police, what is it? Is it just white people? Or is it Donald Trump supporters? Why do you scream at people for walking across the street, three blocks away from the Capitol? Why are you not as badasses around the Capitol, but then Trump supporters come in and you open the fucking doors for them, you open the doors for them and let them breach the people’s house?” asked the indignant anchor. — Joe Scarborough Drops F-Bomb In Fiery On-Air Takedown Of Donald Trump, Capitol Police

Senator Romney: What happened here today was an insurrection. Incited by the president of the United States.” He says this was a “legitimate democratic election” and those who keep objecting “will forever be seen as being complicit in an unprecedented attack against our democracy. —Romney Calls Capitol Violence ‘An Insurrection’

Videos of the Day:

White Supremacy in Action: Police Stand Down as Trump Mob Storms Capitol to Disrupt Election Vote

Historian: White Terrorist Groups Attacked Democracy During Reconstruction, They Are Doing It Again

“Unprecedented Moment”: Far-Right Forces Swarm D.C. to Back Overturning Election, Egged On by Trump

Facing a Climate Catastrophe: We Need a Planned Economy!

United States:

The United States is not a Democracy (A government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly)! Only the 1%, through their ownership of the Reublicrats and who profit from war and the war budget, vote for War and the war budget — A policy, which Gore Vidal called a  Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace. — The 99% Should Decide On War — Not Just The 1% Who Profit From War!  Under a Democracy, The 99% would have the right to vote on the policy of Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace! The United States takes from the poor and gives to the Rich. Rax the Rich!  — They Can Afford To Pay

The Legal Wing of the Capital Mobsters: ‘Co-Conspirators in Sedition’: Here Are the Names of Every Republican Who Voted to Overturn Election Results “Trump and members of Congress must face consequences for inciting an attempted coup to stop the peaceful transition of power.” By Jake Johnson

‘Unacceptable!’: Probe Demanded After Footage Shows Capitol Police Standing Aside for Pro-Trump Mob “The images of police officers calmly allowing barricades open, letting the crowd enter, and taking selfies inside the building with those who have stormed it cannot go without investigation and penalty.” By Jake Johnson The 1% Embarrassed by Trump’s Mobsters: Business Leaders Condemn Violence on Capitol Hill: ‘This Is Sedition’ Hours after supporters of President Trump stormed the Capitol, industry groups and C.E.O.s called for an end to the chaos. … The National Association of Manufacturers, one of the country’s largest lobbying groups, suggested that Vice President Mike Pence should consider invoking a provision of the 25th Amendment that allows members of the president’s cabinet to temporarily remove him from power. By Emily FlitterGillian FriedmanKellen Browning and David GellesAssange Extradition Denial Indicts US Prison System But Imperils Journalism Trump pardoned individuals who committed war crimes but indicted Assange who revealed them Julian Assange’s legal victory this week was bittersweet. In a stunning decision, British judge Vanessa Baraitser denied Donald Trump’s request for extradition of Assange to the United States, ruling that he was at high risk of suicide if he were extradited because the U.S. prison system could not protect him.But at the same time, Baraitser spent most of her 132-page decision supporting the Trump administration’s case against Assange, which amounts to the criminalization of national security journalism By  Marjorie CohnTrump Is Guilty of Sedition and Must Be Brought to Justice “Trump will go down in history as the worst and most dangerous president in history.” Amid urgent calls for President Donald Trump’s immediate arrest, removal from office under the 25th Amendment, and impeachment following Wednesday’s violent storming of the U.S. Capitol building by a right-wing mob intent on interrupting the certification by Congress of the 2020 election results, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont charged that the president remains “directly responsible” for the day of chaos. Sanders accused Trump of making it clear “he will do anything to remain in power—including insurrection and inciting violence.” By Jon Queally, staff writerEnvironment:

Ecosocialism Will Be the Future or Capitalism Will Kill the Habitat for Hamnity!: Climate Change and Capitalism The 5th report by the International Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) was released this weekend (http://www.climatechange2013.org/images/uploads/WGIAR5-SPM_Approved27Sep2013.pdf).  The IPCC brings together hundreds of scientists in the field of climate change to cooperate in drawing up a comprehensive analysis of the state of the earth’s climate and forecasts about its future.  The IPCC report raised its estimate of the probability that human activities, led by the burning of fossil fuels, are the main cause of global warming since the mid-20th century to “extremely likely”, or at least 95 percent, from “very likely” (90 percent) in its previous report in 2007 and “likely” (66 percent) in 2001. By Michael Roberts

Ecosocialism is Needed to Solve This Emerengcy!  It is Necessary for One, Two, Three, or More of the Larger Left Organizations  to Call A World Ecosocalist Conference to Organized  It. Tomorrow Will  Maybe Too Late, For What Should Have Been Done Yesterday!    One Year After Declaring Climate Emergency, Scientists Say ‘Massive-Scale Mobilization’ Necessary “Aggressive, transformative change, framed against the backdrop of social justice, can ignite an enormous deployment that will let us avert the worst of the climate emergency.” By Jessica CorbettDeceptions for Logging the Ochoco National Forest The Ochoco National Forest proposes what they call a “dry forest restoration” on approximately 23,015 acres in the Mill Creek Dry Forest Restoration Project area east of Prineville, Oregon. As with almost everything the Forest Service does these days, the Mill Creek “Restoration” is emblematic of the agency’s narrow perspective on what constitutes a healthy forest ecosystem. They see a “problem” where none exists and propose a “solution” that will not achieve positive results. But if you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail. By George WuerthnerCaspian Sea Loss Puts Asian Water Supplies At Risk The Caspian Sea’s decline means a climate-led water crisis for at least five Asian nations as inland seas dry up.   The Caspian Sea − the world’s largest lake − is about to go down in the world. And with it could go the fortunes of some of the people of at least five nations. New research suggests that the Caspian Sea, already getting lower at the rate of several centimetres a year, is to go into even faster decline: later this century, it could be nine metres lower than it is now. Or even 18 metres lowerCivil Rights/Black Liberation:Glen Ford, BAR Executive Editor: The Squad Won’t Fight Pelosi and Corporate Power For the first time in this century, significant numbers of young people of all races are expressing raw hatred for the Democrats and denouncing “The Squad” for collaborating with the oligarchy.

Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist: Freedom Rider: Let the Black Caucus Be Black Black people suffer because they have no real representation in Congress. The Congressional Black Caucus takes its orders from Nancy Pelosi, who serves corporations, not people.

Ben Passmore: BAR Welcomes Political Cartoonist Ben Passmore Philadelphia-based, award-winning artist is the newest member of the Black Agenda Report team.

Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor:  Will COVID-19 Contact Tracing Expand State Surveillance?The US remains wholly incapable of tracing Covid-19 contagion, but if it tried, we might wind up with “the worst of both worlds” – a horror of coercion and confusion that still failed to stop the epidemic.

Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor: Capitalism on a Ventilator: A New Book Analyzes the Impact of COVID-19 on the U.S. and China While China contained Covid-19 and preserved its economy, the U.S. spins lies while hundreds of thousands of its people die for lack of even a semblance of a national health system.

Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence: Think… Think of peoples having the most tanks, the most drones, the most missiles, bombs, aircraft carriers,  guns, ammo and night vision goggles.

Charisse Burden-Stelly, PhD:Caste Does Not Explain Race The celebration of Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste reflects the continued priority of elite preferences over the needs and struggles of ordinary people.

Gustavus Griffin: Freddie Gray and Why the Wealth of Sports Franchises Matter A significant portion of sports franchise wealth can be traced directly to the oppression and displacement of Black and Brown bodies.

Akilah Johnson and Nina Martin: How COVID-19 Hollowed Out a Generation of Young Black Men Jan 2021To understand why COVID-19 killed so many young Black men, you need to know the legend of John Henry. “Covid-19 is a new gear in an old machine.”

Robin D.G. Kelley: The Freedom Struggle Is a Labor Struggle, Then and Now Black labor militants, many of whom were Communists, were the key to building the CIO in the South.

Linda Burnham: The Activist Roots of Black Feminist Theory Intersection theory insists on the simultaneity of condition, the both/and of Black women’s oppression.

John Ross and Vijay Prashad: China and US relations in Latin America China will find itself engaged in an international struggle between its “win-win” approach to international policy and the US’s attempted “anti-China” policy. Labor:

Economy:

Death and Mayhem Inside the Capitol Building and the Stock Market Gains 437.8 Points. Why? As a violent mob of Trump’s citizen militia scaled walls, broke windows and seized control of the Capitol building yesterday around 2 p.m., the Dow Jones Industrial Average set a new intraday high of 31,022.65. It gave up very little by the 4 p.m. close, gaining 437.8 points on the day. By Pam Martens and Russ Martens

World:

After Coup Effort in DC, Venezuela Offers Sympathy for US Suffering What ‘It Has Generated’ Elsewhere The government of President Nicolás Maduro condemned “the political polarization and the spiral of violence” fueled by a “deep” political and social crisis in the U.S.  While Democratic and Republican lawmakers, political pundits, and angered U.S. citizens of all stripes rightly condemned Wednesday’s violent coup attempt by a pro-Trump mob in the nation’s capital, at least one foreign government offered its sympathy for the assault while also pointing out that U.S.-backed efforts to subvert democracy abroad are all too common. By Kenny Stancil

Mexico Offers Asylum to Assange: a Step Forward for Government Accountability and Press Freedom On Monday January 4 a British court denied a U.S. request to extradite world renowned journalist and Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, to face charges in the U.S. under the Espionage Act. Shortly after this breaking news, President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), urged the U.K. to consider the possibility of freeing Assange and announced that Mexico “offers political asylum” to the activist. By Frederick B. Mills, Alina Duarte, and Patricio ZamoranoEducation, Health, Science, and Welfare:

The government of the United States can pass laws in a few days to spend tens of trillions of dollars for war and the bailout of Wall Street and the bankers. Yet, those who pass universal healthcare for themselves, but cannot spend even one trillion dollars for universal health for those who are ‘governed’! This is what is considered, by the powers to be,  a democracy and part of the democratic way. — Roland Sheppard, Let the People  Vote on Healthcare 

There were  4,1000 Coronavirus Deaths YesterdayAs Trump Incited the Riot!