Daily Archives: November 20, 2021

2021-11-20: News Headlines

Kim Petersen (2021-11-20). The Baghuz Massacre Underlines the Necessity for Freeing Julian Assange. dissidentvoice.org The implications of the Baghuz Massacre should deeply underscore the integrity, morality, and vital importance of WikiLeaks and its heroic publisher and political prisoner Julian Assange. The Baghuz Massacre was a failed cover-up by the United States. WikiLeaks is the journalistic enterprise that shines a spotlight on the egregious crimes of states. Assange is imprisoned …

_____ (2021-11-20). California's Grim Genocidal Past Implicates The University Of California. popularresistance.org On this week's "Scheer Intelligence," Platt joins Robert Scheer to discuss his book "Grave Matters: The Controversy over Excavating California's Buried Indigenous Past," which examines the history of the Yurok people whose ancestors' remains were excavated by UC Berkeley for use in its research without any consent, or, as Scheer indicates, respect. "Grave Matters," which was first released in 2011 and has recently been re-issued by Heyday Books, reveals many uncomfortable truths at the core of America's past and present, while prompting crucial questions about the country's future.

Constance D Lehman, Eric J Topol (2021-11-20). [Perspectives] Readiness for mammography and artificial intelligence. thelancet.com One area that has attracted great attention for the use of deep learning artificial intelligence (AI) in health care is medical imaging, especially mammography. Many initial AI studies proclaimed remarkable improvement in accuracy over the performance of radiologists, but a recent systematic review highlighted there is insufficient scientific evidence to support such findings. The UK National Screening Committee commissioned Freeman and colleagues to review the quality and results of studies that assessed the accuracy of AI algorithms, alone or in combination with radiologists, to detect cancer in digital mammogr…

Zoe Alexandra (2021-11-20). What role does the military play in climate change? peoplesdispatch.org A gaping hole in the COP26 official agenda was the oversized role of the military industrial complex in environmental devastation. The US is a global leader on this front with the Pentagon being a bigger polluter than 140 countries combined…

_____ (2021-11-20). Why Seed Companies Fear México. popularresistance.org Last month México's Supreme Court provided hope for biodiversity, especially in the Global South, while flaming fear for seed companies. In a historic step, it ruled for corn advocates and against genetically modified (GMO) corn. The decision was a momentous act in country where maíz (corn) carries daily and sacred significance. This promises a way out of stale GMO debates that plague us. One side argues that genetic changes to seeds increase harvests. Seed companies and industrial agriculture make up this side. Another side says GMOs damage plant DNA.

WSWS (2021-11-19). Australian PM touts sweeping character of AUKUS pact aimed at preparing war with China. wsws.org Morrison stressed that Australia's acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines was just one aspect of an all-sided alliance with Britain and the US, which will involve stepped-up military-intelligence collaboration across the board.

_____ (2021-11-19). New Files Expose Australian Govt's Betrayal of Julian Assange and Detail His Prison Torment. strategic-culture.org Documents provided exclusively to The Grayzone detail Canberra's abandonment of Julian Assange, an Australian citizen, and provide shocking details of his prison suffering | By Kit KLARENBERG | Was the government of Australia aware of the US Central Intelligence Agency plot to assassinate Julian Assange, an Australian citizen and journalist arrested and now imprisoned under unrelentingly bleak, harsh conditions in the UK? | Why have the country's elected leaders refused to publicly advocate for one of its citizens, who has been held on dubious charges and subjected to torture by a foreign power, according to UN S…

Jorge Majfud (2021-11-19). Masacre que no se filtra no existe. globalizacion.ca "Si las guerras pueden comenzar con mentiras, la paz bien puede comenzar con la verdad": Julian Assange. | El 8 de marzo de 2019 los analistas de un comando militar estadounidense localizado en la millonaria península de Catar, se encontraban observando…

teleSUR (2021-11-19). Fujimori Dictatorship Advisor Montesinos Sentenced To 17 years. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Peruvian justice condemned Vladimiro Montesinos to 17 years in prison for having ordered the kidnapping of El Pais journalist Gustavo Gorriti on April 5, 1992. At that time, he was intelligence adviser to the Alberto Fujimori dictatorship (1990-2000). | RELATED: | The court, however, ruled that the punishment has been served given that Montesinos was imposed a 25-year sentence for human rights violations…

Derek Royden (2021-11-19). The scary rise of private intelligence companies. nationofchange.org In almost every aspect of life, things that used to be done by governments are being outsourced to the private sector with often predictably bad results.

_____ (2021-11-19). Nicaraguan Supreme Court Backs Possible Exit From The OAS. popularresistance.org The magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) of Nicaragua released this Wednesday the agreement which aligns with the Sovereign Declaration of the National Assembly of Nicaragua, which urged the Executive to leave the Organization of American States (OAS). The so-called agreement 126, issued in support of the Parliament, condemns the OAS's unjust actions in Nicaragua's internal affairs. The text was read by the acting secretary of the CSJ, Geraldo àÅreas Lacayo, who highlighted the independence of the Legislative, Executive, Judicial and Electoral powers, which coordinate harmoniously and subordina…

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