Trump forced to cancel RNC acceptance speech, Jacksonville wins showdown
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-24
Jacksonville, FL — Community members and activists are celebrating after Donald Trump's July 23 announcement that he is canceling the Jacksonville portion of the Republican National Convention, including the acceptance speech he intended to deliver. It is a great victory for all those who oppose Donald Trump and the Republican party, including the Coalition to March on the RNC. | The Coalition to March on the RNC is a national group that has experience organizing large marches against previous RNCs in Saint Paul (2008), Tampa (2012) and Cleveland (2016). The Coalition promised to march on the convention on…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/7/23/trump-forced-cancel-rnc-acceptance-speech-jacksonville-wins-showdown

Growing wave of educators' protests forces Trump to throw a financial sop to schools
wsws.org | 2020-07-24
Trump's apparent climbdown from his insistence that schools must "fully" open "ASAP" indicates the deep crisis of the administration and growing fears of the political mobilization of educators, parents and students.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/24/scho-j24.html

Tear Gas, Beatings and Projectiles in Portland
Mike Hastie | zcomm.org | 2020-07-24
The Feds and the News want to shape public opinion that these violent protests are being committed by mobs of anarchists and thugs…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/tear-gas-beatings-and-projectiles-in-portland/

Philadelphia DA Says Trump's Police Will Be Arrested If They Assault Protesters
Chris Walker | zcomm.org | 2020-07-24
"Anyone, including federal law enforcement, who unlawfully assaults and kidnaps people will face criminal charges from my office."
zcomm.org/znetarticle/philadelphia-da-says-trumps-police-will-be-arrested-if-they-assaulters/

From Portland to the World
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-07-24
Since the end of May, demonstrators opposing police violence and white supremacy have thronged the streets of Portland, Oregon, clashing with law enforcement officers. Last week, aspiring autocrat Donald Trump escalated the situation by announcing that he would be sending federal agents around the country to assert his authority through acts of violence against protesters.
mronline.org/2020/07/24/from-portland-to-the-world/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-portland-to-the-world

Uprising: Mass Protests Rock the Nation
David Rosen | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-24
In an act of political desperation, President Donald Trump ordered a contingent of federal law-enforcement officers to impose order in Portland, OR. Under the direction of Attorney General Bill Barr, agents from the FBI, Department of Homeland Security, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Bureau of Prisons were deployed to protect…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/24/uprising-masss-rock-the-nation/

How NOT to Resist Trump: Kayleigh McEnany's Anti-Science Comments
Alan MacLeod | zcomm.org | 2020-07-24
Yes, the White House is against science. No, McEnany didn't say it like that…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/how-not-to-resist-trump-kayleigh-mcenanys-anti-science-comments/

How to Steal an Election
Ted Rall, Greg Palast | thenation.com | 2020-07-24
How to Steal an Election…
thenation.com/article/politics/election-disenfranchise-voter-theft/

John Lewis & Making "Good Trouble"
Jesse Jackson | zcomm.org | 2020-07-24
May John's example — his courage, his devotion of nonviolence and to a lifetime of making "good trouble" — help inform that struggle as it goes forward.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/john-lewis-making-good-trouble/

Why Palestinian-Israeli Prisoners Exchange Deal Could Happen Soon?
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-24
For the first time since the Israeli war on Gaza in 2014, the Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is signaling its willingness to engage in negotiations regarding the release of the bodies of two Israeli soldiers believed to be held by resistance groups in Gaza. But will another prisoner exchange similar to that…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/24/why-palestinian-israeli-prisoners-exchange-deal-could-happen-soon/

Capitalism may not survive 2020 global crisis
Richard D. Wolff | zcomm.org | 2020-07-24
Crisis will cut deeper and last longer than many predict…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/capitalism-may-not-survive-2020-global-crisis/

Catalan politicians' phones hacked by government-grade spyware
wsws.org | 2020-07-24
The hacking occurred under the premiership of Pedro Sánchez of the Spanish Socialist Party, which is now backed by the pseudo-left Podemos party.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/24/cata-j24.html

Some Are in Super-Yachts and Others Are Clinging to Drifting Debris
Vijay Prashad | zcomm.org | 2020-07-24
It is beyond time for the cancellation of these odious debts, which cannot — in any case — be paid during the coronavirus recession…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/some-are-in-super-yachts-and-others-are-clinging-to-drifting-debris/

Reports on Twitter hack confirm existence of admin tool used for social media censorship
wsws.org | 2020-07-24
The revelations about Twitter's methods for manipulating the account activity of users show that censorship is a top level priority of the social media company.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/24/twit-j24.html

Berkeley City Council refuses to counter cops
Judy Greenspan | workers.org | 2020-07-24
Berkeley, Calif. "Don't Believe the Hype," released in 1988 by Public Enemy, still rings true today in Berkeley. Local media call the July 14 City Council decision to study and curtail police actions a victory. Black students, led by Youth Protect the Bay and a community coalition to defund the . . . | Continue reading Berkeley City Council refuses to counter cops at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/07/50217/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=berkeley-city-council-refuses-to-counter-cops

Trump orders federal police to more cities
wsws.org | 2020-07-24
The Trump administration is stepping up its unconstitutional moves toward dictatorial rule, tear gassing the mayor of Portland, Oregon and announcing the deployment of federal police to additional cities.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/24/trum-j24.html

The $24 an Hour Minimum Wage
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-24
The push for a $15 an hour minimum wage has developed considerable political momentum over the last decade. It is a very real possibility that we will see legislation imposing a national minimum wage of $15 an hour by 2024 if Joe Biden wins the election this fall. That would be a great thing, it…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/24/the-24-an-hour-minimum-wage/

Exist to Resist
Genay Markham | zcomm.org | 2020-07-24
Racism is exhausting to deal with because it affects every facet of our lives…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/exist-to-resist/

The Dark Side of Fredric Jameson's Moon
Tony McKenna | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-24
As I type out these words, my fingers are still trembling. I think what happened earlier today will go down in the annals of history, an event which was both awesome and terrifying in its implications. For the decades following, the chroniclers will write about it — it will provide the fodder for countless novels…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/24/the-dark-side-of-fredric-jamesons-moon/

Why Does Essential Work Pay So Little
Rebecca Gordon | zcomm.org | 2020-07-24
And Cost So Much?
zcomm.org/znetarticle/why-does-essential-work-pay-so-little/

2020 Vision Will Show You What is True, if You Can Keep Your Sanity
Kathleen Wallace | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-24
We've all been making jokes about how terrible 2020 has played out, but I think even those of us with a bit of an imagination for the absurd and ominous missed the mark as far as this ultimate level of governmental degeneracy we've been able to achieve. Dads backing up moms in Portland with leaf…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/24/2020-vision-will-show-you-what-is-true-if-you-can-keep-your-sanity/

Federal forces 'on standby' to enter Seattle, if protests turn violent & local cops need support
rt.com | 2020-07-24
A tactical unit of federal agents has been placed on standby in Seattle to aid police should protests there spiral into unrest or rioting, the New York Times reported, a move that comes amid heated objections from local officials. | A Special Response Team operating under the authority of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) was reportedly dispatched to Seattle on Thursday, as a 'precautionary' measure. | "The CBP team will be on standby in the area, should they be required," the Federal Protective Service said in a statement about the operation. An agency spokesman who declined to be named, told the NYT that t…
rt.com/usa/495686-seattle-federal-forcess/

New Stimulus Bill Lacks Teeth to Reverse 'Wave of Permanent Layoffs' in Ailing US Economy
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-24
Senate Republicans announced Wednesday a "fundamental agreement" for a $1 trillion coronavirus relief package. However, that is not sufficient to generate an economic recovery, Dr. Jack Rasmus, professor of economics at Saint Mary's College of California, told Sputnik.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202007241079969166-new-stimulus-bill-lacks-teeth-to-reverse-wave-of-permanent-layoffs-in-ailing-us-economy/

WATCH Portland protesters battling federal police to sound of Star Wars' Imperial March
rt.com | 2020-07-24
Chaotic scenes outside Portland's federal courthouse were given a snarky soundtrack by a demonstrator who showed up to the fracas armed with a stereo. The city has seen nightly clashes between police and protesters. | Footage taken by New York Times correspondent Mike Baker shows activists and federal agents fighting over control of a fence guarding the building in downtown Portland, which has been under siege by demonstrators for nearly two months. | Protesters used projectiles and laser pointers against federal law enforcement tasked with protecting the courthouse, who in turn deployed tear gas to keep the m…
rt.com/usa/495720-star-wars-portland-police/

Oregon judge bans feds from arresting or using force against 'journalists & legal observers' at Portland protests
rt.com | 2020-07-24
A judge has issued a temporary restraining order on federal agents deployed in Portland, ruling that they may not arrest, disperse or otherwise use force against reporters and legal observers covering ongoing protests there. | US District Court Judge Michael Simon ruled on Thursday that federal police must stop "arresting, threatening to arrest, or using physical force" on journalists and legal observers not suspected of a crime, following an injunction request from the Portlan…
rt.com/usa/495689-feds-barred-arrest-journalists-portland/

Police in Israel use water cannon on anti-Netanyahu protesters
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-24
Israeli police have used water cannons on protesters in central Jerusalem. It happened as clashes broke out overnight after thousands staged a demonstration against the prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Israelis have held a series of demonstrations in recent weeks calling on Netanyahu to resign. Protesters are citing his trial on corruption charges and his fractious unity government's poor handling of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic as reasons.Protests: The protest near the prime minister's residence began around sundown on Thursday 23 July. It was initially largely peaceful, but police said at least 5…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/07/24/police-in-israel-use-water-cannon-on-anti-netanyahuers/

Friday 7/24: March for C.T. Vivian and John Lewis
San Jose Peace & Justice Center | indybay.org | 2020-07-24
San Jose City Hall | 200 E. Santa Clara Street | San Jose CA 95113…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/22/18835275.php

Saturday 7/25: Race, Police, and Prisons: The American Gulag
Monterey Peace & Justice Center | indybay.org | 2020-07-24
Online webinar | Register in advance to get the Zoom details: | http: //tinyurl.com/Sharat-G-Lin-7-25-20…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/22/18835274.php

Wednesday 8/12: Online Study Group: What Will It Take to Save a World in Crisis? Reform vs. Revolution
Freedom Socialist Party Bay Area | indybay.org | 2020-07-24
Zoom (details in description)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/23/18835294.php

High and Dry in the Mojave
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-24
Let this be a lesson to you all: Don't try to con teenagers when it comes to spring break. It can be done, of course, but the consequences are bound to be unspeakably harsh. This winter when we were all sitting around the table in our house in Oregon City, facing the prospect of six…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/24/high-and-dry-in-the-mojave-2/

The New Cold War Heats Up
Brian Cloughley | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-24
At this time of all times, when the world is staggering from the shattering effects of the Coronavirus pandemic, it would be sensible for nations to pull together in order to devise policies and practicalities to counter and defeat the devastation that is taking place and seems likely to increase. Now is the time for cooperation, compromise and mutual assistance in all spheres of medical research and in devising protective measures which can be emplaced and enforced with the minimum of dislocation. Internationalism should be the norm, and the best brains in the world should be in harness, from Beijing to Boston a…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/24/the-new-cold-war-heats-up-2/

Mumia Abu-Jamal commentary: A crack in the wall
Mumia Abu-Jamal | workers.org | 2020-07-24
This column, posted initially on prisonradio.org, first appeared on workers.org on Jan. 4, 2017. For Dylann Roof, the next few days and weeks of his young life will prove his most memorable. That's saying something, considering his slaughter of nine sweet souls in a Black Charleston church. Mumia Abu-Jamal For, . . . | Continue reading Mumia Abu-Jamal commentary: A crack in the wall at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/07/50214/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mumia-abu-jamal-commentary-a-crack-in-the-wall

The Antifa Bogeyman
Eve Ottenberg | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-24
In an unparalleled assault on the Constitution recently, federal agents descended on Portland, Oregon. They behaved like storm troopers. They snatched people off the street, tossed them into unmarked vans and detained them without charge. This is what happens in a police state. Mindful of that, the governor and mayor implored the agents to leave.
counterpunch.org/2020/07/24/the-antifa-bogeyman/

Is Donald Trump Responsible for His Bad Behavior?
Ken Levy | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-24
Mary Trump, a clinical psychologist, confirms in her book Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man (Simon & Schuster, 2020) what many other psychologists and non-psychologists alike have concluded over the past three and a half years: Donald Trump is a psychopath. Trump amply exhibits nineteen of the twenty…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/24/is-donald-trump-responsible-for-his-bad-behavior/

Beyond work? The shortcomings of post-work politics
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-07-24
Mikael Lyngaas argues that post-work theorists ranging from Bob Black to Srnicek and Williams are utopian socialism for the current era.
mronline.org/2020/07/24/beyond-work-the-shortcomings-of-post-work-politics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beyond-work-the-shortcomings-of-post-work-politics

Israel's Jewish National Fund is Uprooting Palestinians — Not Planting Trees
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-24
Nazareth. The Jewish National Fund, established more than 100 years ago, is perhaps the most venerable of the international Zionist organisations. Its recent honorary patrons have included prime ministers, and it advises UN forums on forestry and conservation issues. It is also recognised as a charity in dozens of western states. Generations of Jewish families,…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/24/israelsjewish-national-fund-is-uprooting-palestinians-not-planting-trees/

Thawing Arctic Permafrost
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-24
It's no surprise that first prize, or the blue ribbon, for exceeding 2 ∞C above baseline goes to the Arctic with permafrost that covers 25% of the Northern Hemisphere. Recognition is long overdue, as it's been totally neglected far too long by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This crucial nugget of knowledge comes by…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/24/thawing-arctic-permafrost/

"We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident"
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-24
What Donald Trump says matters because of the office he holds and because of the cult-like following he has. But absolutely none of it, zilch, is worth being taken seriously on the merits. This is not to say that everything he says is false or that it is always more noxious than what the rival…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/24/we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/

A New Bill of Rights
Matthew Stevenson | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-24
Of the 27 existing amendments to the U.S. constitution, only two have passed in the last fifty years. In 1971, the 26th Amendment set the voting age at 18 (it had previously been 21), and in 1992 the constitution was amended to delay congressional pay rises to the term after they were enacted (to keep…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/24/a-new-bill-of-rights/

Fourth steelworker in three years dies at ArcelorMittal in East Chicago, Indiana
wsws.org | 2020-07-24
ArcelorMittal is seeking to offset financial setbacks from the pandemic by increasing the exploitation of its global workforce.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/24/arce-j24.html

Ohio Nuclear Power Scandal
Karl Grossman | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-24
The U.S. Attorney's Office and FBI this week charged the speaker of the Ohio House of Representative and four others in a $61 million scheme to use $1 billion in ratepayers money to keep two decrepit nuclear power plants operating. And, said the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, David DeVillers, at a…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/24/ohio-nuclear-power-scandal/

Quick Reminder: Casey Mulligan Argued that a Main Factor Pushing Unemployment Higher in the Great Recession Was Food Stamps
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-07-24
This is worth keeping in mind when reading a New York Times article discussing Republican plans to cut the weekly $600 supplement to unemployment insurance benefits. The piece cites Mulligan as a conservative economist who argues that this supplement is discouraging people from working and therefore keeping unemployment high. In this context, it is worth …
cepr.net/quick-reminder-casey-mulligan-argued-that-a-main-factor-pushing-unemployment-higher-in-the-great-recession-was-food-stamps/

The Making of Oliver Stone, the Unmaking of Hollywood
Dan Kovalik | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-24
When I think about Oliver Stone, I imagine a gambler at a craps table who bets every chip he's got, every time, and usually comes out a winner. And, his gain is ours as well, for he has gambled everything on making some of the best films of our generation. Check out Stone's oeuvre, and…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/24/the-making-of-oliver-stone-the-unmaking-of-hollywood/

Decline in global poverty is a farce perpetuated by World Bank's poverty line
Prabhat Patnaik | mronline.org | 2020-07-24
The real problem with the World Bank's poverty estimates, is that its International Poverty Line is set at an impossibly low level, which greatly underestimates world poverty.
mronline.org/2020/07/24/decline-in-global-poverty-is-a-farce-perpetuated-by-world-banks-poverty-line/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=decline-in-global-poverty-is-a-farce-perpetuated-by-world-banks-poverty-line

US coronavirus hospitalizations surge back to April highs
wsws.org | 2020-07-24
The spike in hospitalizations is the result of infections surging nationally, including more than 69,000 new cases today, along with 1,150 deaths, bringing the total known case count and death toll to 4.17 million and 147,000, respectively.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/24/covi-j24.html

Teachers mount campaign to roll back school opening in South Africa
Pavan Kulkarni | zcomm.org | 2020-07-24
The Educators Union of South Africa (EUSA) alleges that money meant for PPEs for students and teachers is being looted through corrupt tenders given at exaggerated prices by the department of basic education and that they are being sent back to schools in an unsafe manner…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/teachers-mount-campaign-to-roll-back-school-opening-in-south-africa/

Portland's movement is fighting back! Defend Portland, Ore.! Defend People's Resistance! No Police State!
Workers World Party | workers.org | 2020-07-24
Workers World Party Statement Despite the brutal attempt of the White House to crush the heroic Black Lives Matter movement by sending camouflaged federal agents — secret police — to Portland, Ore., Chicago and other U.S. cities, the movement and all who support it have been fighting back. The initial . . . | Continue reading Portland's movement is fighting back! Defend Portland, Ore.! Defend People's Resistance! No Police State! at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/07/50220/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=portlands-movement-is-fighting-back-defend-portland-ore-defend-peoples-resistance-no-police-state

PCHR: Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (16– 22 July 2020)
PCHR | imemc.org | 2020-07-24
Summary Israeli military forces continued to commit crimes and multi-faceted violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that are characterized with excessive use of force, assault, abuse and attacks on civilians. This week, the Israeli army's excessive use of force rendered 5 injuries among Palestinian …
imemc.org/article/pchr-weekly-report-on-israeli-human-rights-violations-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-16-22-july-2020/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pchr-weekly-report-on-israeli-human-rights-violations-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-16-22-july-2020

Parents oppose dangerous UK nursery and pre-school reopening
wsws.org | 2020-07-24
A report by the Sutton Trust highlights the devastating impact of decades of austerity by Tory and Labour governments, with the pandemic triggering an existential crisis for early years education.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/24/sutt-j24.html

How Covid-19 Is Changing the Way We Work
Rebecca Gordon | thenation.com | 2020-07-24
How Covid-19 Is Changing the Way We Work…
thenation.com/article/economy/coronavirus-labor-work/

We Don't Need No Stinkin' Oil Money to Fund Public Lands
Christopher Ketcham — Jimmy Tobias | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-24
What does it take to get the Sierra Club, the Wilderness Society, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the League of Conservation Voters in bed with anti-conservation Republicans like Cory Gardner of Colorado, the fossil fuel lobby group Western Energy Alliance, and President Trump, whose tenure has brought a wrecking ball to environmental law? Behold the Great American Outdoors Act. The legislation passed the Senate in June and the House this week with ringing bipartisan support.
counterpunch.org/2020/07/24/we-dont-need-no-stinkin-oil-money-to-fund-public-lands/

Unfit to Lead and Unqualified to Serve: Why William Perry Pendley Cannot be the Head of the Bureau of Land Management
Tim Whitehouse — Erik Molvar | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-24
Amid the COVID-19 crisis and the uprisings against police brutality and systemic racism, it is understandable if many Americans overlooked the Trump administration's continued attacks on the management of public lands and the Constitution's mandates about how our leaders are appointed. The most recent attack of this type came with President Trump's June 30, 2020,…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/24/unfit-to-lead-and-unqualified-to-serve-why-william-perry-pendley-cannot-be-the-head-of-the-bureau-of-land-management/

Class Struggle and the Parable of an Environmental Victory
Rob Urie | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-24
The great mystery of the neoliberal takeover of the American left lies in differing class outcomes being attributed to ideology. The liberal view of ideology is classless– the rich, PMC, working class and poor can be right or left as is their predilection. Quite remarkably, given how insistently differences have been proclaimed, this is the…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/24/class-struggle-and-the-parable-of-an-environmental-victory/

UK-Russia Report: the Integrity Initiative Strikes Again!
T.J. Coles | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-24
On October 17th, 2019, Britain's Intelligence and Security Committee sent the final draft of its report on Russia to the ruling Tory government. In accordance with the Justice and Security Act 2013, passed by the Tory-Liberal coalition government (2010-15), the incumbent could withhold the report in the name of national security. On 29th, British MPs…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/24/uk-russia-report-the-integrity-initiative-strikes-again/

Greek, Turkish warships nearly clash in Aegean over Mediterranean gas fields
wsws.org | 2020-07-24
Conflicts unleashed by decades of imperialist war in the Middle East and the Mediterranean are now threatening to blow up the NATO alliance.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/24/aege-j24.html

Trump Is Flailing, and the Country Is Paying the Price
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2020-07-24
Trump Is Flailing, and the Country Is Paying the Price…
thenation.com/article/politics/china-consulate-executive-orders-trump/

Standing Rock gana la victoria legal contra Oleoducto
Stephanie Tromblay | workers.org | 2020-07-24
En una victoria para la tribu Sioux de Standing Rock contra el oleoducto Dakota Access, el juez de distrito de los Estados Unidos James Boasberg dictaminó el 6 de julio que las operaciones del oleoducto DAPL deben cerrarse mientras el gobierno realiza un análisis ambiental completo que examina los riesgos . . . | Continue reading Standing Rock gana la victoria legal contra Oleoducto at Workers.org…
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UK manufacturers warn of "jobs bloodbath"
wsws.org | 2020-07-24
More than half of manufacturing companies said they will make redundancies in the next six months, with a further 20.1 percent saying they might.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/24/jouk-j24.html

Teachers and staff organize in New York City during Covid-19
G. Dunkel | workers.org | 2020-07-24
The Professional Staff Congress, the American Federation of Teachers union representing 30,000 faculty and staff at the City University of New York, held four simultaneous car and bike caravans July 18, plus a Zoom meeting with nearly 700 participants. The caravans took place in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Staten . . . | Continue reading Teachers and staff organize in New York City during Covid-19 at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/07/50211/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=teachers-and-staff-organize-in-new-york-city-during-covid-19

"There'll Be Some Changes Made": Current and Future American Policing
Gene Glickman | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-24
Introduction Let's establish some First Principles. 1) The slogan "Black Lives Matter" arose after repeated, unpunished killings of unarmed Black people by police. If the standards are "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," life comes first. Without life, a person cannot achieve liberty or pursue happiness. As a pure expression, "Black Lives Matter" is…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/24/therell-be-some-changes-made-current-and-future-american-policing/

COVID-19 and why we need to aim for elimination
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-07-24
Healthcare Sue BullIssue 1274 Australia COVID-19 suppression elimination Geelong…
greenleft.org.au/content/covid-19-and-why-we-need-aim-elimination

Russia resuming flights to Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-24
Russia on Aug. 1 will resume flights to Turkey, officials announced Friday.After flights were suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak, service will resume from three Russian cities — the capital Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Rostov-on-Don — Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova told a news conference in Moscow.Flights to Turkey will start with the capital Ankara and the metropolis of Istanbul from Aug. 1, and then add the coastal resort destinations of Antalya, Bodrum, and Dalaman on Aug. 10.Flight service to the UK and the East African nation of Tanzania is also restarting.Passengers coming to Rus…
yenisafak.com/en/news/russia-resuming-flights-to-turkey-3535292

People of all walks of life say prayers at Hagia Sophia
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-24
People of all walks of life attended Friday prayers at Istanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia Mosque as it reopened for worship after 86 years.Men, women, the elderly and children were seen waiting at the 11 checkpoints in place. Police searched worshippers, while health workers checked their temperature and masks in line with COVID-19 measures.To save time, some people performed their ablution in the surrounding mosques. Many were seen carrying Turkish flags and prayers mats.A shuttle service was launched to carry foreigners and others from a designated parking space in Yenikapi district.Hitchhiking for first prayerAli…
yenisafak.com/en/news/people-of-all-walks-of-life-say-prayers-at-hagia-sophia-3535297

COVID-19 and Bioweapons Research
Seiji Yamada | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-24
The anthrax attacks of 2001 were carried out via mail. Anthrax was sent via the US Postal Service to members of Congress and media executives together with notes reading "Death to America," and "Allah is great." Five died. In the weeks following the September 11 attacks, the intent of the perpetrators was to make it…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/24/covid-19-and-bioweapons-research/

Iran reports 215 more deaths from coronavirus
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-24
Iran on Friday confirmed 215 more fatalities from the novel coronavirus, bringing the nationwide death toll to 15,289, according to an official.A further 2,489 people tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, raising the overall count to 286,523, Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said.She said more than 249,212 people have so far recovered and been discharged from hospitals, adding that 3,653 patients remain in critical condition.Over 2.27 million tests have been conducted in the country to date, Lari stated.The alarming surge in daily fatalities has sent shockwaves across Iran as the health ca…
yenisafak.com/en/world/iran-reports-215-more-deaths-from-coronavirus-3535291

COVID-19 cases in Africa surpass 787,500
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-24
The death toll from the virus in the continent reached 16,697, the latest figures indicate, while a total of 446,082 patients have recovered so far.The Southern Africa region has recorded 424,200 cases, North Africa 143,300, West Africa 114,000, East Africa 61,800 and Central Africa 42,200.At least 6,400 people have died in Southern Africa, 6,100 in North Africa, 1,800 in West Africa, 1,500 in East Africa and 871 in Central Africa.More than 241,600 patients have recovered in Southern Africa, 72,800 in West Africa, 69,600 in North Africa, 34,200 in East Africa and 27,800 in Central Africa.
yenisafak.com/en/world/covid-19-cases-in-africa-surpass-787500-3535298

'Digital security for social media should be on G20 agenda'
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-24
Turkey is urging the G20 digital economy ministers to tackle the issue of digital security for social media platforms.The recent hacking of high-profile Twitter accounts "clearly shows that global technology giants can be an enormous problem," Mustafa Varank, Turkey's technology and industry minister, said in his speech at the virtual G20 Digital Economy Ministers meeting this week. | In the face of various motives "to use these accounts to spread global disorder, we should put this issue on our agenda," he told the closed-door gathering in remarks released late Thursday. | Last week, several prominent Twitter ac…
yenisafak.com/en/news/digital-security-for-social-media-should-be-on-g20-agenda-3535290

UK PM Johnson says we will be past coronavirus by mid-2021
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-24
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday he thought the country would be through the novel coronavirus crisis by mid-2021 but his fear was that there would be second spike."Whether it came from… a bat, a pangolin or however it emerged, it was a very, very nasty thing for the human race. And I think by the middle of next year we will be well on the way past it," he told reporters.Speaking a year since he became prime minister, Johnson said his experience was that government needed "to move faster and be more responsive to the needs of the people."He mentioned that people were unable to get their passp…
yenisafak.com/en/news/uk-pm-johnson-says-we-will-be-past-coronavirus-by-mid-2021-3535284

S. Korea to train hundreds of doctors to battle future epidemics
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-24
South Korea will add 4,000 medical students over the next 10 years to swell the number of its doctors and strengthen the response to future public health crises, government and ruling party officials say.Authorities flagged the need to train doctors for potential outbreaks of infectious disease worse than COVID-19, which is caused by the coronavirus, pointing to the risk of more frequent epidemics and limited numbers of beds for the sick.To fill the gap, officials said they plan to step up admissions to medical schools using a combination of new quotas, incentives for students in less lucrative specialities and t…
yenisafak.com/en/world/s-korea-to-train-hundreds-of-doctors-to-battle-future-epidemics-3535296

Turkey: Hotel occupancy rate down by half in H1
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-24
The hotel occupancy rate across Turkey was 33.4% in the first half of 2020, during the peak period of the coronavirus pandemic, down 47.3% from the same period last year, a hotel association said on Friday.The sector's revenue per available room (RevPAR) and average daily rate (ADR) for rooms also posted decreases, according to the Turkish Hotel Association (TUROB).RevPAR stood at ‚Ǩ19.2 ($21.1), down 56%, while ADR for rooms dropped by 16.6% to ‚Ǩ57.7 year-on-year in January-June period.In Europe on average, the hotel occupancy rate was 21.6% and RevPAR was ‚Ç&uml…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-hotel-occupancy-rate-down-by-half-in-h1-3535294

India's Largest Vaccine Manufacturer to Provide 50% of Anti-COVID Doses to Poorer GAVI Nations
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-24
New Delhi (Sputnik): While potential COVID-19 vaccines are reaching their final trial stages, society faces two dangers: price gouging and the stockpiling of the cure by rich countries. Nevertheless, Serum Institute of India has vowed to ensure that 50% of its COVID vaccinations go to poorer nations.
sputniknews.com/world/202007241079969951-indias-largest-vaccine-manufacturer-to-provide-50-of-anti-covid-doses-to-poorer-gavi-nations/

European Shares Shrivel Amid US-China Consulate War
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-24
China's Foreign Ministry ordered Washington to close down the US Consulate in the city of Chengdu, with the tit-for-tat move coming days after US officials moved to shutter the Chinese Consulate in Houston, Texas amid allegations that its employees were engaged in systemic espionage and theft of US intellectual property.
sputniknews.com/business/202007241079974385-european-shares-shrivel-amid-us-china-consulate-war/

Pentagon's UFO hunter dept may soon be forced to make findings PUBLIC
rt.com | 2020-07-24
Amid mounting pressure from the government, the Pentagon could soon be forced to discuss its oft-denied, highly secretive UFO hunter operations publicly and on a biannual basis. | The Pentagon previously claimed it had disbanded its UFO-hunting Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Programme (AATIP), run by the Defence Intelligence Agency from 2007 to 2012. | However, the existence of an Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Task Force (UAPTF) run by the Office of Naval Intelligence, whose aim is "to standardize collection and reporting" of "unidentified aerial phenomenon," was revealed in a Senate 2021 intelligen…
rt.com/usa/495702-pentagons-ufo-hunters-release-findings/

Texas congressman proposes to cancel DEMOCRATS over support of slavery and Confederacy (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-07-24
If Congress is purging all things related to slavery and the Confederacy in the name of battling bigotry, the Democratic Party should be among them, says a resolution proposed in all seriousness by Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas). | Gohmert's resolution, proposed on Thursday, would mandate that "any political organization or party that has ever held a public position that supported slavery or the Confederacy shall either change its name or be barred from participation in t…
rt.com/usa/495688-gohmert-cancel-racist-democrats/

Appeasing the crowds? Chicago pulls down embattled Columbus statue days after mayor agrees to let feds in
rt.com | 2020-07-24
Shortly after Mayor Lori Lightfoot conceded to allow the federal government to deploy their agents to Chicago, the city has removed the bronze Columbus statue which has been vandalized amid massive Black Lives Matter rallies. | The removal operation started at Chicago's Grant Park in the middle of the night on Friday. Workers used two heavy-duty cranes to attach metal ropes to the Christopher Columbus monument, which was wrapped tight in white tarpaulin. | The statue of the Italian explorer, erected in the 1930s with funding and blessing from Chicago's Italian-American community, was then brought down in front…
rt.com/usa/495718-chicago-removes-columbus-statue/

Imperial COVID-19 vaccine trial expands to additional sites
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-07-24
Imperial College London's COVID-19 vaccine trial is expanding to additional sites throughout England.
imperial.ac.uk/news/200435/imperial-covid-19-vaccine-trial-expands-additional

Cellular partnerships and EU innovators: News from the College
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-07-24
Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
imperial.ac.uk/news/200573/cellular-partnerships-eu-innovators-news-from

Campaigners raise over £129k for Jeremy Corbyn 'legal fund' amid anti-Semitism row
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-24
Campaigners have contributed more than £129,000 to a "legal fund" for Jeremy Corbyn as he faces being sued by Panorama presenter John Ware. | The GoFundMe page was created by campaigner Carole Morgan on Wednesday 22 July. It came shortly after Corbyn had criticised the Labour Party's decision to pay "substantial damages" to former party employees who took part in the BBC programme's expose on anti-Semitism claims under Corbyn's leadership. | Ware, who made the programme, is said to be taking legal action after Corbyn's claim that the Labour…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/07/24/campaigners-raise-over-128k-for-jeremy-corbyn-legal-fund-amid-anti-semitism-row/

Ada Mills Young – A new look 2020 National Buffalo Soldiers Day Weekend
Khubaka, Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2020-07-24
Ada Mills Young, born in our California Gold Rush District offers a new and facinating journey into the extended families of our Buffalo Soldiers.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/23/18835295.php

Joaquin Murrieta and the Road to Three Rocks
Stan Santos | indybay.org | 2020-07-24
In 1980 farm workers fight for their homes and dignity near Arroyo de Cantua, where the Murrieta band and California Rangers had their last, violent clash in 1853. For forty years, horse riders memorialize both events in Valley history.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/22/18835276.php

Mayors sign letter to oppose Trump's unidentified jack booted storm troopers
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-07-24
7/22/2020 Updated Letter Signed By Mayors:…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/24/18835296.php

Tuesday 7/28: LaborFest 2020 presents: Off the Meter, a play by John McDonagh, cab driver & storyteller
Laborfest | indybay.org | 2020-07-24
This is a free LIVE Zoom event. You can be anywhere to view and participant. Please visit the LaborFest 2020 website URL to register and to receive a Zoom invitation to the event.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/23/18835289.php

Monday 7/27: LaborFest 2020 presents: People's Park and the Overreach of UC Berkeley
Laborfest | indybay.org | 2020-07-24
This is a free LIVE Zoom event. You can be anywhere to view and participant. Please visit the LaborFest 2020 website URL to register and to receive a Zoom invitation to the event.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/23/18835288.php

Sunday 8/2: Sit. Walk. Listen. Because Black Lives Matter
Sit. Walk. Listen organizing team | indybay.org | 2020-07-24
"The Pergola at Lake Merritt" (599 El Embarcadero) | Oakland, California…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/22/18835270.php

Trump Administration Deploys Federal Forces into Major U.S. Cities
Black Alliance for Peace | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-23
The repressive U.S. state's chickens have come home to roost with President Donald Trump announcing federal troops will be deployed to several U.S. cities. This comes after federal agents reportedly disappeared protesters last week off the streets of Portland, Oregon….
globalresearch.ca/black-alliance-condemns-trump-administration-deploying-federal-forces-major-us-cities/5719233

Defund the Police State, Before It's Too Late
William Boardman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-23
The American police state is currently making its boldest test run to date in Portland, Oregon, escalating violence and lawlessness against the peaceful population of an American city. The people of Portland have responded with increased resistance, but support from …
globalresearch.ca/defund-police-state-before-too-late/5719241

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough calls Portland protests 'peaceful'… despite footage of escalating violence
rt.com | 2020-07-23
Joe Scarborough has called protests in Portland "peaceful for the most part," less than a day after the mayor was tear-gassed in the face amid escalating violence following more than two months of demonstrations. | On his Morning Joe show Thursday, Scarborough railed against the deployment of federal agents to the city of Portland, saying they have launched "deeply disturbing attacks" against "peaceful protests, for the most part." | The MSNBC host has no doubt seen footage of federal agents arresting protesters and proceeding to throw them into unmarked vans — but perhaps he missed the videos of demonstr…
rt.com/usa/495653-morning-joe-portlandsful/

Secret police in Portland violated human rights of peaceful protesters
DLI | indybay.org | 2020-07-23
Videos showing U.S. Federal secret police(with no badges and riding in unmarked vehicles)inflicting massive violence on mostly peaceful protesters are running viral across the Globe. Yet the Federal governing regime brazenly avows that this will be the "new normal" in major cities from now on…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/21/18835237.php

Cities challenge Trump's dispatch of federal law enforcement officers
Marilyn Bechtel | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-23
OAKLAND, Calif. — Outrage is growing throughout the country over Donald Trump's use of federal law enforcement against protesters in Portland, Oregon, and his threats to dispatch federal officers to other U.S. cities. On July 20, Trump told reporters he might send federal "law enforcement" to cities he claimed were experiencing heightened violence, naming cities …
peoplesworld.org/article/cities-challenge-trumps-dispatch-of-federal-law-enforcement-officers/

The Federal Response to Protests Extends Far Beyond Portland
Ken Klippenstein | thenation.com | 2020-07-23
The Federal Response to Protests Extends Far Beyond Portland…
thenation.com/article/society/cbp-deployment-harris/

Stand with the resistance in Portland!
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-23
Protesters grabbed off the streets by federal agents who refuse to identify themselves, placed unmarked vehicles, and taken to undisclosed locations. These same agents nearly killed a young man holding part of a sound system at a demonstration. This is the outrageous reality in Portland today, were Trump has deployed a paramilitary police force to carry out a wave of repression. The good news is that the resistance in Portland has been nothing short of heroic, as thousands have taken to the streets in a powerful display of opposition. | The Trump administration has repeatedly stated that it is deploying federal a…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/7/23/stand-resistance-portland

U.S. Navy veteran speaks out about being attacked by Trump's secret police in Portland this past weekend
Marlee Kokotovic | nationofchange.org | 2020-07-23
It isn't about me getting beat up. It's about focusing back on the original intention of all of these protests, which is Black Lives Matter.
nationofchange.org/2020/07/23/u-s-navy-veteran-speaks-out-about-being-attacked-by-trumps-secret-police-in-portland-this-past-weekend/

Portland's Mayor Tear-Gassed By Militarized US Police
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-23
The mayor of Portland, Oregon was tear-gassed by U.S. government agents as he stood outside a federal courthouse during another night of protests against the presence of federal police sent by President Donald Trump to quell the city's ongoing unrest. | Mayor Ted Wheeler, a Democrat, appeared slightly dazed and coughed and said Wednesday night it was the first time he'd been tear-gassed. | He put on a pair of goggles someone handed him and drank water but did not leave his spot at the front of the protest and continued to take tear gas as the demonstration raged — with protesters lighting a large fire betwe…
popularresistance.org/portlands-mayor-tear-gassed-by-militarized-us-police/

What Are Trump And His Goons Up To?
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-23
First and foremost, it is a political stunt to capture the law and order crowd and press on divides between the coastal cities and inland voters. But it's also more sinister than that. The use of federal forces is designed to weaken local accountability by freezing out local government that constituents can reach. Portland's mayor might not even have opposed some "help" from the feds, but he wasn't asked. In other words, this wasn't mutual aid. This was indeed an invasion. An alphabet soup of federal agencies have been employed to crack down on police brutality protests, including the National Guard, the US Marsh…
popularresistance.org/what-are-trump-and-his-goons-up-to/

Federal Agents Retreat To Portland Base As Protesters Control Streets
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-23
The DHS officers dispatched by the president to put down the demonstrations have instead become prisoners of the building they are ostensibly there to defend. | "The feds don't have control of the streets," said a woman holding a sign "100% not a terrorist", who gave her name only as Shannon. "I think they're more scared than us. They're hiding in there. They don't know what they're doing." If the intent was to intimidate the protesters into abandoning the few square blocks of downtown Portland under their control, it backfired spectacularly. | Residents of a city with a long history of radical street protest wer…
popularresistance.org/federal-agents-retreat-to-portland-base-asers-control-streets/

New Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed Against Federal Law Enforcement
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-23
The Western States Center, the First Unitarian Church of Portland, two state representatives and an ACLU legal observer are listed as plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which alleges the federal government has violated protesters' 10th Amendment rights. It was filed Tuesday in federal court. | The 10th Amendment delineates the separation of powers between federal and state governments. | "The power to engage in ordinary law enforcement is one of the long-recognized powers that belong to the states and to their municipalities," said Cliff Davidson, an attorney with Snell & Wilmer, the firm filing the lawsuit. | The W…
popularresistance.org/new-civil-rights-lawsuit-filed-against-federal-law-enforcement/

In another night of unrest in Portland, tear gas hits mayor
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-23
The mayor of the U.S. city of Portland, Ted Wheeler, was stung by tear gas early on Thursday morning after he joined demonstrators protesting against racial injustice and police brutality.Protests have rocked Portland every night for weeks, with security forces often tear-gassing and clubbing demonstrators.Visiting the protest site, Wheeler was jeered at by some demonstrators who called on him to resign and chanted "Shame on You". They said he should have done more to protect Portland's citizens.However, as he stood amongst the crowd outside Portland's Justice Center, Wheeler, who was wearing a face mask, was him…
yenisafak.com/en/news/in-another-night-of-unrest-in-portland-tear-gas-hits-mayor-3535206

Portland mayor cheers protesters & joins them to face tear gas, gets calls to resign anyway (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-07-23
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler failed to win over a crowd of angry anti-police protesters despite rooting for their cause. But rather than seeing him as an ally against federal agents, some said he's part of the problem and has to go. | …
rt.com/usa/495580-portland-mayor-appearance/

Paramilitary-Style Tactics in Portland Mirror Decades of U.S. Violence on the Border & Abroad
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-07-23
The harrowing scenes of paramilitary-style units in the streets of American cities like Portland has shocked mainstream America, but award-winning independent journalist Todd Miller, who has reported on border security and immigration for over a decade, says it's a reflection of how the U.S. has operated around the world. We also speak with Cecilia Menjívar, UCLA sociology professor, who says the image of unmarked vans snatching people from the streets "brings back memories to Latin Americans who lived through disappearances of families and friends and co-workers."
www.democracynow.org/2020/7/23/federal_agents_paramilitary_tactics_us_imperialism

Defend Portland! Defend People's Resistance! No Police State!
Editor | workers.org | 2020-07-23
Despite the brutal attempt of the White House to crush the heroic Black Lives Matter movement by sending camouflaged federal agents ‚àí secret police ‚àí to Portland, Chicago and other U.S. cities, the movement and all who support it have been fighting back. The initial response to the threat of . . . | Continue reading Defend Portland! | Defend People's Resistance! No Police State! at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/07/50190/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=defend-portland-defend-peoples-resistance-no-police-state

As Trump threatens secret police deployment nationwide, Democrats debate expanding surveillance powers and new money for DHS
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-07-23
The rogue deployment of secret federal police forces in Portland, Oregon, has added a new complication to negotiations over reauthorizing the Trump administration's vast surveillance powers and appropriating new money for the Department of Homeland Security.
mronline.org/2020/07/23/as-trump-threatens-secret-police-deployment-nationwide-democrats-debate-expanding-surveillance-powers-and-new-money-for-dhs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=as-trump-threatens-secret-police-deployment-nationwide-democrats-debate-expanding-surveillance-powers-and-new-money-for-dhs

Guns? Yes. Masks? No. And Gestapo in Portland
Max Elbaum | zcomm.org | 2020-07-23
The toxic mix of valuing gun ownership over protecting public health, conspiracism, and reactionary movements glued together by white supremacy and national chauvinism are too deeply rooted to be ended any time soon…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/guns-yes-masks-no-and-gestapo-in-portland/

Paramilitary-Style Tactics in Portland Mirror Decades of Global US Violence
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-07-23
The harrowing scenes of paramilitary-style units in the streets of American cities like Portland has shocked mainstream America, but award-winning independent journalist Todd Miller, who has reported on border security and immigration for over a decade, says it's a reflection of how the U.S. has operated around the world. We also speak with Cecilia Menjívar, UCLA sociology professor, who says the image of unmarked vans snatching people from the streets "brings back memories to Latin Americans wh…
truthout.org/video/paramilitary-style-tactics-in-portland-mirror-decades-of-global-u-s-violence/

The Wisconsin District of FRSO condemns the deployment of federal agents to Milwaukee
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-22
Milwaukee, WI – Last week, unmarked federal agents in military uniforms grabbed protesters off the streets of Portland, Oregon, and threw them into unmarked black vans. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claimed responsibility for the shadowy operation, citing "graffiti" as their justification for snatching activists off the street and interrogating them. | Now, Milwaukee has been named by the Trump administration as one of the cities that would likely be targeted for deployment of Homeland Security Investigation agents. Some Milwaukee activists have reported spotting unidentified agents in military gear n…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/7/21/wisconsin-district-frso-condemns-deployment-federal-agents-milwaukee

The Wisconsin District of FRSO condemns the deployment of federal agents to Milwaukee
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-22
Milwaukee, WI – Last week, unmarked federal agents in military uniforms grabbed protesters off the streets of Portland, Oregon, and threw them into unmarked black vans. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claimed responsibility for the shadowy operation, citing "graffiti" as their justification for snatching activists off the street and interrogating them. | Now, Milwaukee has been named by the Trump administration as one of the cities that would likely be targeted for deployment of Homeland Security Investigation agents. Some Milwaukee activists have reported spotting unidentified agents in military gear n…
fightbacknews.org/2020/7/21/wisconsin-district-frso-condemns-deployment-federal-agents-milwaukee

Secret police in Portland violated human rights of peaceful protesters
DLI | indybay.org | 2020-07-22
Videos showing U.S. Federal secret police(with no badges and riding in unmarked vehicles)inflicting massive violence on mostly peaceful protesters are running viral across the Globe. Yet the Federal governing regime brazenly avows that this will be the "new normal" in major cities from now on…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/21/18835237.php

Federal officers seen dragging protesters into unmarked vans in Portland
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-22
Portland, OR – For weeks now, officers under the oversight of the Department of Homeland Security have been terrorizing the residents of Portland Oregon in new attempts to stamp out the protest movement that has been ongoing since the killing of George Floyd. These officers can be seen in various videos wearing nondescript camo fatigues with no markings indicating who they are or, or what agency they are working for. These same federal officers nearly killed a protester in Portland last week after shooting him in the head with a 'less-lethal' impact device. | In an intensification of an already overzeal…
fightbacknews.org/2020/7/21/federal-officers-seen-draggingers-unmarked-vans-portland

Outrage over Trump attack: Portland movement fights back
Joshua Hanks | workers.org | 2020-07-22
Federal officers were deployed to "quell" Portland's protests beginning the weekend of July 10 and continuing the following week. Camouflaged unidentified agents arrested and detained demonstrators without even a pretext. The Trump administration has escalated the confrontation between the people and the state apparatus, bringing a whiff of fascism to . . . | Continue reading Outrage over Trump attack: Portland movement fights back at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/07/50136/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=outrage-over-trump-attack-portland-movement-fights-back

Federal officers seen dragging protesters into unmarked vans in Portland
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-22
Portland, OR – For weeks now, officers under the oversight of the Department of Homeland Security have been terrorizing the residents of Portland Oregon in new attempts to stamp out the protest movement that has been ongoing since the killing of George Floyd. These officers can be seen in various videos wearing nondescript camo fatigues with no markings indicating who they are or, or what agency they are working for. These same federal officers nearly killed a protester in Portland last week after shooting him in the head with a 'less-lethal' impact device. | In an intensification of an already overzeal…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/7/21/federal-officers-seen-draggingers-unmarked-vans-portland

Portland: "Wall of Moms" mobilizes to protect protests from police violence
Alan MacLeod | mronline.org | 2020-07-22
Chanting, "Feds stay clear! Moms are here!," groups of women congregated at the Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse and other locations in Central Portland. They were met with tear gas, flashbangs, and pepper round bullets, injuring many.
mronline.org/2020/07/22/portland-wall-of-moms-mobilizes-to-protects-from-police-violence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=portland-wall-of-moms-mobilizes-to-protects-from-police-violence

Trump deploying 150 federal agents in Chicago to repress our movement
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-22
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. | What we have watched in Portland is the dress rehearsal for what Trump is preparing for Chicago: an effort to squash the Black Lives Matter protests flowing from this uprising by violent military means. He claims he is targeting the cities controlled by Democrats because of the chaos caused by the largest rebellion in U.S. history. | In truth, broad democratic forces have come together to exercise their right to protest against police murder and violence. We've had signals this was…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/7/21/trump-deploying-150-federal-agents-chicago-repress-our-movement

Trump deploying 150 federal agents in Chicago to repress our movement
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-22
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. | What we have watched in Portland is the dress rehearsal for what Trump is preparing for Chicago: an effort to squash the Black Lives Matter protests flowing from this uprising by violent military means. He claims he is targeting the cities controlled by Democrats because of the chaos caused by the largest rebellion in U.S. history. | In truth, broad democratic forces have come together to exercise their right to protest against police murder and violence. We've had signals this was…
fightbacknews.org/2020/7/21/trump-deploying-150-federal-agents-chicago-repress-our-movement

Over 100 US Lawmakers Ask Barr to Explain Unidentified Federal Officers in Portland
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-22
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US law enforcement chiefs need to explain the activities of unidentified federal personnel in Portland, Oregon, during the protests there, 114 members of the House of Representatives wrote in a letter to Attorney General William Barr and Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf on Wednesday.
sputniknews.com/us/202007221079959199-over-100-us-lawmakers-ask-barr-to-explain-unidentified-federal-officers-in-portland/

'We won't retreat': DHS chief defends 'proactive arrests' amid Portland riots, stokes Minority Report dystopia outcry (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-07-22
The head of the Department of Homeland Security set off alarms after saying that federal agents were making 'proactive' arrests in Portland amid heated protests, drawing comparisons to the dystopian "pre-crime" of Minority Report. | Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf appeared on a Fox News segment on Tuesday night, discussing the ongoing protests and rioting across Portland, which he says have continued for "52 nights in a row" as federal officers there are stretched to the limit. | "Because we don't have that local law enforcement support, we are having to go out and proactively arrest individuals, and we need…
rt.com/usa/495456-portland-proactive-arrests-dhs/

Philadelphia DA Says Trump's Police Will Be Arrested If They Assault Protesters
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-07-22
As President Donald Trump defends his questionable use of federal agents to arrest and detain protesters in Portland, Oregon, in recent weeks, suggesting also that such actions could happen in other places across the country, one district attorney of a city Trump said might be next said he'd take direct action against any federal officers that unlawfully detained individuals. | Trump appeared to cite partisan politics on Monday as part of the reason he felt the need to take action against c…
truthout.org/articles/philadelphia-da-says-trumps-police-will-be-arrested-if-they-assaulters/

Another Long Day of GOP Disrespect for Women
Joan Walsh | thenation.com | 2020-07-22
Attacks on AOC, Liz Cheney, and Portland's "Wall of Moms" make it seem like Republicans don't care about women. Except Ghislaine Maxwell.
thenation.com/article/politics/gop-women-aoc-moms/

Trumpfen Sturmabteilung (Trump's Stormtroopers)
Ron Jacobs | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-22
It is not hard to see the forces kidnapping individuals and teargassing Portland's streets as the Trump administration's private stormtroopers. Although they are operating under the aegis of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the truth is it is the Executive Branch that issued their orders.
counterpunch.org/2020/07/22/trumpfen-sturmabteilung-trumps-stormtroopers/

Why Portland Became the Test Case for Trump's Secret Police
Zoà´ Carpenter | thenation.com | 2020-07-22
Why Portland Became the Test Case for Trump's Secret Police…
thenation.com/article/activism/portland-secret-police-trump/

Tear Gas, Beatings and Projectiles in Portland
Mike Hastie | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-22
The last couple of nights I have been heavily involved in demonstrations in Portland, Oregon. ( July 18-19, 2020.) As most of you probably know these demonstrations have been going on in front of the Federal Justice Center for over 50 straight nights. Since Trump called in the Feds, the turmoil and violence has escalated. We…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/22/tear-gas-beatings-and-projectiles-in-portland/

Portland's Wall Of Moms Joined By Dads With Leaf Blowers
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-22
In response to the use of tear gas being utilized by federal officers against demonstrators, including a group of moms, in an uprising in Portland, Oregon, this week, a like-minded dads' group encouraged others to show up to the event with leaf blowers in order to dissipate the chemical agents. | Uprisings in Portland have happened nightly since the end of May, in response to police violence against Black Americans, including renewed attention to Jason Washington, a Black resident of the city who was shot and killed by police in 2018. | Tensions have escalated in recent weeks as federal officers began appearing a…
popularresistance.org/portlands-wall-of-moms-joined-by-dads-with-leaf-blowers/

ACLU Sues Federal Agents Over "Unconstitutional Nightmare" in Portland
ACLU Foundation of Oregon | indybay.org | 2020-07-22
Organization Seeks to Block Federal Law Enforcement Attacks on Journalists, Legal Observers in Portland…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/21/18835229.php

Reject the "Exigency Clause" Measure — No Martial Law in Oakland
Coalition for Police Accountabiity | indybay.org | 2020-07-22
This letter was written by Cathy Leonard on behalf of CPA in response to the Police Union's addition to a Measure LL [Police Commission] clean-up measure which would allow the city administrator to declare a version of martial law. If Mayor Schaaf really opposes the Portlandization of Oakland, she needs to demand this addition be removed from any police accountability measure now.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/21/18835222.php

Portland: A Harbinger Of Things To Come?
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-21
Militarized federal agents deployed by the president to Portland, fired tear gas against protesters again overnight as the city's mayor demanded that the agents be removed and as the state's attorney general vowed to seek a restraining order against them. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP) | Masked men in unrecognizable police uniforms jump out of unmarked vans and grab an activist who has been involved in demonstrations against a repressive state. That person is disappeared. Is this Pinochet's Chile, apartheid South Africa or a scene from a John Clancy novel? | No, this is happening in Portland, Oregon, a major…
popularresistance.org/portland-a-harbinger-of-things-to-come/

Portland Protests Grow Despite Violent Crackdown from Militarized Federal Agents & Local Police
Democracy Now! | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-07-21
Heavily armed federal officers without name tags have carried out nightly attacks on antiracist demonstrations in Portland, Oregon, and snatched people off the streets into unmarked vans, sparking widespread outrage. "What we've seen is a continuous escalation in violence against our protesters," says Lilith Sinclair, an Afro-Indigenous local organizer in Portland. They note the federal …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/07/portlands-grow-despite-violent-crackdown-from-militarized-federal-agents-local-police/

"Camouflaged Goon Squads": Outrage, Legal Challenges in Portland as Federal Agents Snatch Protesters
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-07-21
The U.S. attorney for the District of Oregon has called for an investigation into the conduct of federal officers deployed to protests in Portland, calling their behavior "unlawful." Local officials are also mounting legal challenges to remove the agents from city streets. Juan Chavez, project director and attorney at the Oregon Justice Resource Center, says it's a terrifying situation for Portland residents who face "these camouflaged goon squads" who often refuse to identify themselves or their agencies. "They just appear in the middle of the night next to people who are in and around downtown who then get corr…
www.democracynow.org/2020/7/21/portland_oregon_legal_challenges_federal_agents

Portland Protests Grow Despite Violent Crackdown from Militarized Federal Agents & Local Police
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-07-21
Heavily armed federal officers without name tags have carried out nightly attacks on antiracist demonstrations in Portland, Oregon, and snatched people off the streets into unmarked vans, sparking widespread outrage. "What we've seen is a continuous escalation in violence against our protesters," says Lilith Sinclair, an Afro-Indigenous local organizer in Portland. They note the federal violence follows many years of "severe police brutality" from local police.
www.democracynow.org/2020/7/21/portland_protests_federal_response

New Local Lawsuit Challenges 'Violent and Unlawful' Attacks on Portland Protesters by Trump's Secret Police Force
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-07-21
"There is no positive delegation of authority in any law that makes the federal government's recent forays into general policing in Portland either legal or constitutional." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12277186951_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/07/21/new-local-lawsuit-challenges-violent-and-unlawful-attacks-portlanders-trumps?cd-origin=rss

The Tactics of Terror in Portland
Kenn Orphan | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-21
"There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen." — Vladimir Lenin Between 1973 and 1990 scores of people were disappeared by the US supported fascist regime of Augusto Pinochet in Chile. They were incarcerated, tortured and thousands were murdered. In fact, the official total of those killed by the regime…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/21/the-tactics-of-terror/

ACLU Sues Federal Agents Over "Unconstitutional Nightmare" in Portland
ACLU Foundation of Oregon | indybay.org | 2020-07-21
Organization Seeks to Block Federal Law Enforcement Attacks on Journalists, Legal Observers in Portland…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/21/18835229.php

Saturday 7/25: Solidarity with Portland! Bay Area March Against Fed Occupation of Portland and Repression
West Coast United Against Authoritarians | indybay.org | 2020-07-21
Oscar Grant Plaza…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/20/18835177.php