Democracy Now! 2022-01-26 Wednesday

• Headlines for January 26, 2022
• Africa CDC Director: Vaccine Inequity Prolongs the Pandemic. Global Cooperation Can Stop New Variants.
• "Gangsters of Capitalism": Jonathan Katz on the Parallels Between Jan. 6 and 1934 Anti-FDR Coup Plot
• "Takeover": Young Lords' Juan González on Hospital Protest Doc. Shortlisted for Academy Award

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In an extended interview, Father John Dear, longtime peace activist and former director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, recalls the lives and impact of his close friends Thich Nhat Hanh and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who corresponded with him regularly. Thich Nhat Hanh, the world-renowned Buddhist monk, antiwar activist, poet and teacher, died Saturday at the age of 95, and South African anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Tutu died last month at the age of 90. Dear is the former director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, which first brought Thich Nhat Hanh to the United States in the 1960s, and is now executive director of the Beatitudes Center.

Democracy Now! 2022-01-25 Tuesday

• Headlines for January 25, 2022
• U.S. Puts 8,500 Troops on High Alert as Tension Rises Between NATO & Russia over Ukraine
• Nuclear Disarmament Urged by Catholic Archbishop in New Mexico, Birthplace of Nuclear Weapons
• Thich Nhat Hanh After 9/11: Ignorance, Discrimination, Fear & Violence Are Real Enemies of Humanity

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Democracy Now! 2022-01-24 Monday

• Headlines for January 24, 2022
• Buddhist Monk Thich Nhat Hanh, Hailed by MLK as "Apostle of Peace & Nonviolence," Dies at 95
• "The Whole Country Is Covered with Ash": Tongan Journalist Describes Devastation from Volcano
• "The Janes": Meet the Women Who Formed a Collective to Provide Safe Abortions Before Roe v. Wade
• Julian Assange Wins Right to Appeal Extradition; Stella Moris Blasts "Politically Motivated Prosecution"

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Brexit har av mange EU-motstandere blitt løftet som en viktig seier. Også i Norge. Realiteten er likevel at det er frihandelsavtaler vi må til livs.

Democracy Now! 2022-01-21 Friday

• Headlines for January 21, 2022
• "Davos Man": How Billionaires Devour the World & Fuel Global Inequality, Prolonging the Pandemic
• Afghanistan Faces "Tsunami of Hunger" as U.S. Sanctions Crash Country's Economy
• ACLU Lawyer: Biden Is "Hiding Behind CDC" to Keep Pushing Trump-Era Anti-Immigrant Title 42 Policy

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Democracy Now! 2022-01-20 Thursday

• Headlines for January 20, 2022
• As U.S.-Russia Tensions Escalate over Ukraine, U.S. May Stumble into War, Warns Katrina vanden Heuvel
• Setback for Democracy: Manchin & Sinema Join Senate Republicans to Block Voting Rights Legislation
• Ralph Nader: Biden's First Year Proves He Is Still a "Corporate Socialist" Beholden to Big Business

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Democracy Now! 2022-01-19 Wednesday

• Headlines for January 19, 2022
• Judge Approves Puerto Rico Debt Restructuring, But Unelected "Junta" Could Remain for Years Longer
• Scholars Angela Davis, Gina Dent & Beth Richie on Why the World Needs "Abolition. Feminism. Now."
• Angela Davis on Reissue of Her 1974 Autobiography, Her Editor Toni Morrison, Internationalism & More

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Democracy Now! 2022-01-18 Tuesday

• Headlines for January 18, 2022
• "There Must Be a Moral Shift": Bishop Barber Calls on Democrats to Pass Voting Rights, Protect Poor
• Texas Rabbi: Despite False Media Narratives, Synagogue Attack Brought Jewish & Muslim Communities Together
• Who Is Aafia Siddiqui? Synagogue Attack Renews Focus on Pakistani Neuroscientist Imprisoned in Texas

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Democracy Now! 2022-01-17 Monday

• MLK Day Special: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words

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Democracy Now! 2022-01-14 Friday

• Headlines for January 14, 2022
• Afghanistan in Freefall: Deadly U.S. Sanctions Blamed for Shocking Humanitarian Crisis
• "Who We Are": New Film Chronicles History of Racism in America Amid Growing Attack on Voting Rights

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Democracy Now! 2022-01-13 Thursday

• Headlines for January 13, 2022
• "The Coming Coup": Ari Berman on Republican Efforts to Steal Future Elections
• Confessions of a "Human Guinea Pig": Professor Quits Vaccine Trial over Moderna's Corporate Greed
• John Nichols on How "Coronavirus Criminals & Pandemic Profiteers" Hurt World's Response to COVID-19

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Siden 1998 har det i WTO vært opprettholdt et midlertidig moratorium på toll på elektroniske overføringer. I de plurilaterale forhandlingene om regelverk for e-handel er det foreslått fra flere parter å gjøre moratoriet permanent.

Democracy Now! 2022-01-12 Wednesday

• Headlines for January 12, 2022
• Biden Backs Filibuster Reform to Pass Voting Rights Bills After Sustained Grassroots Pressure
• As Officials Blame Tenants After 17 Die in Bronx Fire, Activists Say Greed & Neglect Are to Blame
• Environmental Justice Activists Want NJ Gov. to Vote No New Gas-Fired Power Plant in Newark

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Democracy Now! 2022-01-11 Tuesday

• Headlines for January 11, 2022
• Guantánamo Turns 20: Ex-Prisoner Moazzam Begg Calls on Biden to Close Site & End Legacy of Torture
• Meet the Muslim Army Chaplain Who Condemned Torture of Guantánamo Prisoners & Then Was Jailed Himself
• Guantánamo 2.0: Former Prisoner Mansoor Adayfi Says Injustice Continues Even After Release

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Democracy Now! 2022-01-10 Monday

• Headlines for January 10, 2022
• Putin Unlikely to Invade Ukraine Despite Overheated U.S. Rhetoric, Says Khrushchev's Great-Granddaughter
• Nina Khrushcheva: Putin Could Be Kingmaker in Kazakhstan Power Struggle as Russia Helps Quell Protests
• As Djokovic Leaves Australian Detention Hotel, Refugees Held There Urge World Not to Forget Them
• Breaking Point: Ed Yong Says Omicron Is Straining Hospitals & Schools Amid Vaccine Mandate Pushback

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Democracy Now! 2022-01-07 Friday

• Headlines for January 07, 2022
• Biden Warns of "Dagger at the Throat of America"; Fascism Expert Says Trump's Personality Cult Growing
• WHO Says Omicron Variant Is Not "Mild" as ER Doctor Describes New COVID Wave Overwhelming Hospitals
• Sudan Protests Demand End to Military Rule: "No Negotiation, No Partnership, No Legitimacy"

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Democracy Now! 2022-01-06 Thursday

• Headlines for January 06, 2022
• Elie Mystal: AG Garland Must Be More Aggressive, Hold Trump & Allies Accountable for Insurrection
• "White Rage" Author Carol Anderson: GOP Attack on "Election Fraud" Really an Attack on Black Voters
• "Why Was the Federal Gov't So Unprepared?" Newsweek Reporter William Arkin on Jan. 6
• Reform the Insurrection Act: Former Pentagon Adviser Says Trump Almost Used It to Subvert Election

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Democracy Now! 2022-01-05 Wednesday

• Headlines for January 05, 2022
• "American Insurrection": How Far-Right Extremists Moved from Fringe to Mainstream After Jan. 6 Attack
• Columnist Will Bunch: Trump Came Much Closer to Pulling Off a January 6 Coup Than People Realize

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Det er fint at Norge leverer på sine lovnader om å dele vaksinedoser gjennom ACT-A. Men det er jo ikke bistand det bes om. Det kreves rettferdighet.