2020-01-23: Social Media Postees

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"The New Colossus": In New Play, Tim Robbins Tackles Immigration & Xenophobia
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-23
President Trump said Wednesday that he would expand his highly controversial travel ban, which already bars citizens from seven countries, most of which have Muslim-majority populations

An Epic Act of Resistance and Trial of Our Times. "The Venezuela Embassy Protectors Collective"
Lauren Smith | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-23
On February 11th, four American peace activists, known as the Embassy Protectors Collective, will be tried before the U.S. empire for "interfering with certain protective functions" of its Federal government for their occupation of the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, …
globalresearch.ca/resistance-trial-times/5701515

Colombia's Indigenous Demand Justice After 20 Leaders Killed
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-23
Colombia's Indigenous people are outraged at the death of more than 20 social leaders inside South American country, the counselor of the Indigenous Youth of Colombia , Eliel Castillo, said this week. | RELATED: | Protests Continue In Colombia Against Ivan Duque's Policies | Castillo, who participates in the World Encounter Against Imperialism, remarked that there is a systematic massacre occurring in his country. A massacre which has largely been ignored by the Colombian gover…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombias-Indigenous-Demand-Justice-After-20-Leaders-Killed-20200123-0007.html

They cannot steal our joy
Macarena Gómez-Barris | zcomm.org | 2020-01-23
Authoritarianism and collective effervescence in Chile…
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Germany to Ask Bolivia's Next President to Revive Lithium Deal
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-23
German authorities and companies will seek talks with the next government of Bolivia to revive an agreement to jointly exploit the Andean country's huge lithium reserves. | RELATED: | 'Fascists, Racists Plotted the Lithium Coup in Bolivia' Morales | The state-owned enterprise Bolivian Lithium Deposits (YLB) and the German company ACI Systems Germany (ACISA) agreed to create a joint venture in 2018. | On November 3, 2019, however, seven days before leaving the country due to the…
telesurenglish.net/news/Germany-to-Ask-Bolivias-Next-President-to-Revive-Lithium-Deal-20200123-0008.html

Bolivia: As Elections Near, US-Backed Interim Government Mobilizes Military, Arrests Opposition Leaders
Alan MacLeod | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-23
Interim President of Bolivia Jeanine Añez has ordered troops to the streets and forced opposition candidates to organize abroad for fear of arrest ahead of the country's first elections since a US-backed coup last November. | *** | Wednesday, January 22 marks …
globalresearch.ca/bolivia-elections-near-us-backed-interim-government-mobilizes-military-arrests-opposition-leaders/5701496

Venezuela Must Remain Vigilant and On Guard Against US Hybrid Warfare
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-23
A meme circulating on social media shows the distraught gaze of Venezuela's opposition member Juan Guaidó with a caption that says in part, "he is not a head of State, he has no army, he has no ministers, he never …
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-remain-vigilant-guard-against-us-hybrid-warfare/5701458

Brazil's Bolsonaro government charges journalist Glenn Greenwald with "cybercrimes"
wsws.org | 2020-01-22
The trumped-up charges against Greenwald by Bolsonaro's fascistic government are of a piece with the global assault on free speech and democratic rights and the jailing of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/22/gree-j22.html

The People of Colombia are Cracking the Walls of War and Authoritarianism
Justin Podur | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-22
The protests that started with the national strike called by Colombia's central union on November 21 to protest pension reforms and the broken promises of the peace accords have persisted for two months and grown into a protest against the whole establishment. And the protests have continued into the new year and show no signs…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/22/the-people-of-colombia-are-cracking-the-walls-of-war-and-authoritarianism/

Protests Continue In Colombia Against Ivan Duque's Policies
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-22
Several clashes between demonstrators and the police took place during rallies in Bogotá and several regions of the country, in the context of a day of protest in Colombia, where isolated cases of repression were reported. | RELATED: | One More Social Leader Killed In Colombia, 21 So Far in 2020 | The most serious incident happened in Bogota, when a g…
telesurenglish.net/news/mobilizations-continue-in-colombia-against-ivan-duque-policies-20200121-0020.html

How Western Left Media Helped Legitimate US Regime Change in Venezuela
Lucas Koerner | commondreams.org | 2020-01-22
Western progressive outlets have a peculiar habit of rolling out their "critiques" of leftist or otherwise independent governments in the global South right at the moment when these states are under imperial assault, echoing the corporate media's unanimous regime-change chorus. (Photo: Screenshot) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2020-01-22_at_3.22.58_pm.png
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How Western Left Media Helped Legitimate US Regime Change in Venezuela
Lucas Koerner | commondreams.org | 2020-01-22
Western progressive outlets have a peculiar habit of rolling out their "critiques" of leftist or otherwise independent governments in the global South right at the moment when these states are under imperial assault, echoing the corporate media's unanimous regime-change chorus. (Photo: Screenshot) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2020-01-22_at_3.22.58_pm.png
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How Western Left Media Helped Legitimate US Regime Change in Venezuela
Lucas Koerner | fair.org | 2020-01-22
In Jacobin ( 2/5/19)… | It's been a year since Juan Guaidó began his US-anointed mandate as "interim president" of Venezuela. | Following the opposition leader's failure to secure reelection as National Assembly president this month, Washington and its corporate media stenographers have hysterically decried a "coup" (FAIR.org, 1/10/20) against the coup…
fair.org/home/how-western-left-media-helped-legitimate-us-regime-change-in-venezuela/

How Western Left Media Helped Legitimate US Regime Change in Venezuela
Lucas Koerner | fair.org | 2020-01-22
In Jacobin ( 2/5/19)… | It's been a year since Juan Guaidó began his US-anointed mandate as "interim president" of Venezuela. | Following the opposition leader's failure to secure reelection as National Assembly president this month, Washington and its corporate media stenographers have hysterically decried a "coup" (FAIR.org, 1/10/20) against the coup…
fair.org/home/how-western-left-media-helped-legitimate-us-regime-change-in-venezuela/

Our Statement on Brazil's Outrageous Charges Against Journalist Glenn Greenwald
commondreams.org | 2020-01-22
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Opening plenary kicks off World Anti-Imperialist Congress
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-22
Caracas, Venezuela – On January 22, hundreds of international delegates from 52 countries heard from leaders from Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and Brazil to kick off the World Anti-Imperialist Congress. | Starting with a professor from Syria who remarked that U.S. imperialism assassinated Iranian General Qassem Soleimani because the U.S. fears it is losing its grip on the Middle East, the crowd shouted "Viva Soleimani!" He added that, with the help requested by Syria from Russia, Iran and others, the Syrians have bravely declared "No pasarán!" | After the Syrian professor, an official from the Cuban Communist Party sha…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/1/22/opening-plenary-kicks-world-anti-imperialist-congress

Charges against Glenn Greenwald are a threat to press freedom everywhere
John McEvoy | thecanary.co | 2020-01-22
On 21 January, Brazilian federal prosecutors charged American journalist Glenn Greenwald for "cybercrimes". The prosecutors claim that Greenwald "helped, encouraged and guided" a group of hackers who leaked deeply embarrassing information about the Brazilian government. The move has shocked journalists and press freedom advocates worldwide. | Lava Jato: | Greenwald is co-founder of the Intercep…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2020/01/22/charges-against-glenn-greenwald-are-a-threat-to-press-freedom-everywhere/

Bolsonaro's Brazil Says Glenn Greenwald's Journalism Is a Cybercrime
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-22
In Brazil, federal prosecutors have filed a criminal complaint against journalist and Intercept co-founder Glenn Greenwald in connection to a major investigation he spearheaded that exposed misconduct among federal prosecutors and a former judge. Called "The Secret Brazil Archive," the series of pieces published in The Intercept and The Intercept Brasil used a trove of documents to offer new and damning insight into the sweeping anti-corruption campaign that brought down former President Luiz Inácio Lula…
truthout.org/video/bolsonaros-brazil-says-glenn-greenwalds-journalism-is-a-cybercrime/

Why Glenn Greenwald's Prosecution Is an Outrage
Ken Klippenstein | thenation.com | 2020-01-22
Why Glenn Greenwald's Prosecution Is an Outrage…
thenation.com/article/greenwald-brazil-bolsonaro-press/

Criminalizing Reporting: Glenn Greenwald Faces Cybercrime Complaint After Exposing Scandal in Brazil
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-22
In Brazil, federal prosecutors have filed a criminal complaint against journalist and Intercept co-founder Glenn Greenwald in connection to a major investigation he spearheaded that exposed misconduct among federal prosecutors and a former judge. Called "The Secret Brazil Archive," the series of pieces published in The Intercept and The Intercept Brasil used a trove of documents to offer new and damning insight into the sweeping anti-corruption campaign that brought down former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and paved the way for the election of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro. The investigation used pre…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/22/glenn_greenwald_cybercrimes_charges_brazil

Brazil's Right-Wing Gov't Charges Journalist Glenn Greenwald with Cybercrimes
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-22
The Brazilian government of Jair Bolsonaro has charged investigative reporter Glenn Greenwald with cybercrimes– offenses he allegedly committed while reporting on the government's own high-level corruption. Prosecutors claim that the American journalist "helped, encouraged and guided" a group of hackers to gain access to cell phone messages between top government figures, using the information to undermine the image of Brazil's anti-co…
mintpressnews.com/brazil-charges-journalist-glenn-greenwald-cybercrimes/264260/

Scientists Discover Protein to Fight Brain Diseases
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-22
A team of Spanish scientists has discovered a protein (tau), the main suspect in causing Alzheimer's, that has a protective effect capable of slowing the development of brain cancer or glioma, Spanish Newspaper El Pais reports. | RELATED: | Brazil Fines Facebook US$1.6m in Cambridge Analytica Case | This discovery could clarify a process that is barely known and which determines whether a person with brain cancer will survive or not; because it's still a mystery why and how a glioma…
telesurenglish.net/news/scientists-discover-protein-to-fight-brain-deseases-20200122-0014.html

Brazil's minister of culture fired after fascist speech plagiarizing Joseph Goebbels
wsws.org | 2020-01-22
Alvim delivered his speech flanked by a Brazilian flag and a cross and with a Wagner opera that was reportedly Hitler's favorite playing in the background.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/22/nazi-j22.html

Criminalizing Reporting: Glenn Greenwald Faces Cybercrime Complaint After Exposing Scandal in Brazil
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-22
In Brazil, federal prosecutors have filed a criminal complaint against journalist and Intercept co-founder Glenn Greenwald in connection to a major investigation he spearheaded that exposed misconduct among federal prosecutors and a former judge. Called "The Secret Brazil Archive," the series of pieces published in The Intercept and The Intercept Brasil used a trove of documents to offer new and damning insight into the sweeping anti-corruption campaign that brought down former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and paved the way for the election of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro. The investigation used pre…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/22/glenn_greenwald_cybercrimes_charges_brazil

Evo Morales Celebrates 14th Anniversary of Cultural Revolution
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-22
The democratically elected president of Bolivia Evo Morales celebrated on Wednesday the 14th anniversary of the "Democratic and Cultural Revolution, and the Plurinational State Day," as social movements prepare several mobilizations in Bolivian territory to request the restoration of democracy. | RELATED: | Bolivia: MAS Presidential Candidate Becomes Target of Lawfare | "We are the unstoppable force of a people that has decided never to go back. We have shown that another Bolivia…
telesurenglish.net/news/Evo-Morales-Celebrates-14th-Anniversary-of-Cultural-Revolution-20200122-0005.html

US Style Democracy: Chronology of Bolivia's 'Slow Motion' Coup
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-22
On Sunday, November 10, 2019, Bolivia's Armed Forces Commander Williams Kaliman "recommended" President Evo Morales to present his resignation. | RELATED: | Bolivia: MAS Presidential Candidate Becomes Target of Lawfare | This was one of the last crucial moments in a coup d'etat that began long ago with the backing of the United States government and with the active participation of the Organization of American States (OAS). On that day, the Bolivian extreme right opened the door…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Style-Democracy-Chronology-of-Bolivias-Slow-Motion-Coup-20200122-0003.html

Evo Morales: Without Capitalism People Welfare Can Be Achieved
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-22
The former president of Bolivia and leader of the Movement to Socialism (MAS), Evo Morales, celebrated on Tuesday the ninth anniversary of the Plurinational State before millions of people in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he resides as a result of the illegal coup in his against last November. | RELATED: | Evo Morales Celebrates 14th Anniversary of Cultural Revolution | Morales stressed that young people are an indispensable engine for the conservation of the planet, without i…
telesurenglish.net/news/evo-morales-without-capitalism-people-welfare-is-achieved-20200122-0015.html

Guaido's Last Ride
Daniel McAdams | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
Remember Juan Guaido? Just a year ago the Venezuelan politician, unknown even in his own country, was tapped by the US government to lead a coup against the elected government of Nicolas Maduro. In a phone call with …
globalresearch.ca/guaido-last-ride/5701390

Syrian ambassador to Venezuela with FRSO delegation
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-22
Caracas, Venezuela – Members of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) delegation Sarah Martin and Jim Byrne, with Syrian Ambassador to Venezuela Khalil Bitar, attending World Anti-Imperialist Congress in Caracas.
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/1/22/syrian-ambassador-venezuela-frso-delegation

Cuba Ratifies Solidarity With Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-22
The member of the secretariat of the Communist Party of Cuba, Victor Gaute, today ratified the firm and unchanging solidarity of the island with the Bolivarian Revolution and President Nicolás Maduro. | RELATED: | Network for Defence of Humanity Voices Support for teleSUR | During the inauguration of the World Anti-Imperialist Meeting held in Caracas, Gaute expressed that the Caribbean nation brings to this event a message of unity, cooperation and solidarity with Venezuela and all…
telesurenglish.net/news/cuba-ratifies-solidarity-with-venezuela-20200122-0017.html

Delegates arrive in Venezuela on eve of World Anti-Imperialist Congress
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-22
Caracas, Venezuela – Hundreds of delegates arrived in Caracas from around the world, January 21, the eve of the World Anti-Imperialist Congress. The Congress is being held January 22-24 in Caracas and is hosted by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Venezuela's governing party, which has been under sharp attack by U.S. imperialism. | The congress is bringing together a broad range of anti-imperialist organizations, movements and governments from around 100 countries. At the congress they will exchange views and experiences and will strategize about strengthening the struggle against U.S. imperia…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/1/22/delegates-arrive-venezuela-eve-world-anti-imperialist-congress

Brazil's Greenwald Prosecution Evokes Assange's Continued Imprisonment in UK, Say Advocates
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-01-22
"Shame on everyone including many journalists and Trump supporters who tried to defend the indictment of Assange." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/free_assange_0.jpg
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Brazil's Greenwald Prosecution Evokes Assange's Continued Imprisonment in UK, Say Advocates
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-01-22
"Shame on everyone including many journalists and Trump supporters who tried to defend the indictment of Assange." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/free_assange_0.jpg
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FRSO Delegation Visits Bolivarian University of Venezuela
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-21
Caracas, Venezuela–A Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) delegation visited the Bolivarian University of Venezuela on January 20, speaking to political science classes. | "Students asked about the movements for change in our country. They definitely had the impression people are protesting Trump, and movements are growing stronger. They are excited that socialist ideas are becoming popular in the U.S.," said Brad Sigal, a delegation member from Minneapolis. | Sigal continued, "Many of the students are attending the university because of the Bolivarian Revolution and the opportunities it opens up fo…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/1/20/frso-delegation-visits-bolivarian-university-venezuela

Netflix, Iran and the Documentary as Geopolitical Weapon
Brian Mier | fair.org | 2020-01-21
Netflix's Nisman: The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy | Like The Mechanism before it, Netflix's new series Nisman: The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy is an entertainment product that advances US interests through character assassination of a popular left-wing Latin American leader. | "Try saying this," the director said: "'In the '80s, Rio de Janeiro was a land of the haves and the have nots. I was a have not.'" In 2016, I was working as a fixer on an episode of a Netflix documentary crime series, and the main character was not cooperating with the script. | He was Afro-Brazilian, but he was not the…
fair.org/home/netflix-iran-and-the-documentary-as-geopolitical-weapon/

Vale Mining Charged for Murder After Tragedy Leaves 270 Dead
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-21
The Brazilian Prosecutor's Office filed a complaint for homicide on Tuesday against the mining company Vale and the German firm TàúV SàúD for their responsibility in the collapse of a mineral dam that left at least 270 dead. | RELATED: | Brazil: Prosecutors Charge Journalist Greenwald With Hacking | In addition to the crime of intentional…
telesurenglish.net/news/vale-mining-charged-for-murder-after-tragedy-leaving-270-dead-20200121-0016.html

Argentine Executive Project Aims To Restore Debt Sustainability
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-21
The bill to "restore the sustainability of Argentina's public foreign debt" sent to Parliament on Tuesday empowers Economy Minister Martín Guzmán to take a series of actions to restructure bonds issued under foreign legislation. | RELATED: | Lacalle Looks to Turn Uruguay Into Tax Haven Again | The initiative was announced on Tuesday morning by Guzmán himself in a press c…
telesurenglish.net/news/argetine-executive-project-aims-to-restore-debtsustainability-20200121-0018.html

Hillary Clinton Won't Help Bernie Sanders Win 2020 Election
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-21
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she would not commit to back Sen. Bernie Sanders should he win the Democratic nomination this year and declared in a forthcoming documentary that "nobody likes" the Vermont senator. | RELATED: | Sanders 1st Democratic Candidate to Criticize Coup in Bolivia | Her comments were made in an interview with The Hollywood Repo…
telesurenglish.net/news/Hillary-Clinton-Wont-Help-Bernie-Sanders-Win-2020-Election-20200121-0014.html

Network for Defence of Humanity Voices Support for teleSUR
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-21
Our America, January 20, 2020 | Compañera Patricia Villegas | President of TELESUR | Caracas, Venezuela | Dear Patricia, | It is difficult to gather together so many elements and of such weak credibility, as those used today by the empire's lackeys with threats and attempts to silence Telesur. These efforts only reaffirm the certainty of the value of this station in the battle of the peoples for their right to truth. | How many times have we, as spectators, felt comforted to see that a Telesur team is in the place where transcendental events are happening for those who have been silenced, for those who ha…
telesurenglish.net/news/Network-for-Defence-of-Humanity-Voices-Support-for-teleSUR-20200121-0012.html

Bolivia: New election date announced amidst persecution and threats
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-21
Bolivia coup Fernando MolinaIssue 1250 Bolivia 2020 Bolivian elections Movement Towards Socialism (MAS)January 21, 2020Bolivians will return to the polls on May 3, almost fi…
greenleft.org.au/content/bolivia-new-election-date-announced-amidst-persecution-and-threats

Brazil's far-right government backed terror plot against Venezuela, top newspaper reveals
Ben Norton | mronline.org | 2020-01-20
Brazil's extreme Bolsonaro government backed an attack on Venezuela in a plot to overthrow its elected president. The shocking terror operation has received no coverage in mainstream U.S. media. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/20/brazils-far-right-government-backed-terror-plot-against-venezuela-top-newspaper-reveals/

Embassy Protectors speak out in Fort Lauderdale
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-20
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Cómo Juan Guaidó perdió el control de la Asamblea Nacional en Venezuela
Orlenys Ortiz | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-20
øNo entiendes lo sucedido el 5 de enero en la Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela? Echemos un vistazo cronológico al fracaso…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/20/juan-guaido-asamblea-nacional-venezuela/

Cómo Juan Guaidó perdió el control de la Asamblea Nacional en Venezuela
Orlenys Ortiz | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-20
øNo entiendes lo sucedido el 5 de enero en la Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela? Echemos un vistazo cronológico al fracaso…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/20/juan-guaido-asamblea-nacional-venezuela/

The people of Colombia are cracking up the walls of war and authoritarianism
Justin Podur | mronline.org | 2020-01-20
The protests that started with the national strike called by Colombia's central union on November 21 to protest pension reforms and the broken promises of the peace accords have persisted for two months and grown into a protest against the whole establishment. And the protests have continued into the new year and show no signs […] | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/20/the-people-of-colombia-are-cracking-up-the-walls-of-war-and-authoritarianism/

Bolivia: As Elections Near, US-Backed Interim Gov't Mobilizes Military, Arrests Opposition Leaders
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-20
Interim President of Bolivia Jeanine Añez has ordered troops to the streets and forced opposition candidates to organize abroad for fear of arrest ahead of the country's first elections since a US-backed coup last November.
mintpressnews.com/bolivia-election-government-mobilizes-military-arrests-opposition-leaders/264240/

Bolivia: As Elections Near, US-Backed Interim Gov't Mobilizes Military, Arrests Opposition Leaders
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-20
Interim President of Bolivia Jeanine Añez has ordered troops to the streets and forced opposition candidates to organize abroad for fear of arrest ahead of the country's first elections since a US-backed coup last November.
mintpressnews.com/bolivia-election-government-mobilizes-military-arrests-opposition-leaders/264240/

Brazil's far-right government backed terror plot against Venezuela, top newspaper reveals
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-17
Brazil's extreme Bolsonaro government backed an attack on Venezuela in a plot to overthrow its elected president. The shocking terror…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/17/brazil-paper-reveals-bolsonaro-terror-plot-venezuela/

Tackling femicide in Argentina: a UN Resident Coordinator blog
news.un.org | 2020-01-17
Tackling violence against women is crucial to realizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In January, the United Nations launched a Decade of Action to support meeting the 17 goals by 2030.
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Under US pressure, social media companies censor critical content and suspend Venezuelan, Iranian, and Syrian accounts
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-13
As the US escalates its hybrid wars, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram are suspending accounts and censoring content that conflicts with…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/12/us-pressure-social-media-censoring-suspending-venezuela-iran-syria/