(2021-07-13). Boxeo cubano por continuar tradición ganadora en Tokio. cubadebate.cu Dar continuidad a una historia de 37 títulos será el gran reto del boxeo cubano en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020. øSerá posible repetir las tres coronaciones de Río 2016? El palmarés de los aspirantes apunta al sí. øSe vislumbran clásicos 'paseos' hacia el podio? Categóricamente no. øQuiénes son los principales favoritos? Julio y Andy.
(2021-07-13). Cuban President's Statement to the People of Cuba. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-13). Cuban Leader Warns Of US-Backed Opportunists Seeking To Destabilise Country. popularresistance.org Mr Diaz-Canel, who spoke to protesters in the municipality of San Antonio de los Banos, said that US-backed opposition figures are using the situation to destabilise the country. "The protests involve many revolutionary citizens who want an explanation for the current situation in the country, but are also contaminated by groups of opportunists who take advantage of the current crisis to undermine order and generate chaos," he said in a televised address.
(2021-07-13). Pro-Revolutionary Forces Take to Streets of Cuba as More Details Revealed in Moise's Assassination. sputniknews.com More details emerge about Moise assassins; National strike in Colombia enters 10th week; 20 Years of endless war blows back on US society; and US targeting of Cuba and Haiti connected to imperialism hegemony.
(2021-07-13). Cuban leader warns of U.S.-backed opportunists seeking to destabilize country. peoplesworld.org
(2021-07-13). Haiti: Jovenel MoàØse's Head of Security Traveled to Colombia 6 Times — Linked to Miami-based CTU Security. orinocotribune.com 
Colombian authorities confirmed this Monday that the head of security at the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Dimitri Hérard, made several trips to Colombia and other Latin American countries in 2021, the purposes of which are unknown, reported the news agency EFE. | "We learned through Interpol's team in Colombia that Commissioner Dimitri Hérard, head of the general security unit of the National Palace of Haiti, had made trips to Ecuador, Panama, and the Dominican Republic, using Colombia as a stop off," said the director of the Colombian Police, General Jorge Luis Vargas, in a press conference abou…
(2021-07-13). Fears of US Intervention in Haiti Escalate After Dictator's Assassination. orinocotribune.com 
By C.J. Atkins — Jul 8, 2021 | UPDATE: On the evening of Friday, July 9, Haitian government officials announced they had requested that the United States dispatch military forces to their country, ostensibly to protect ports, airports, gasoline reserves, and other facilities. The White House said the Biden administration would be sending FBI and Department of Homeland Security officials to Haiti right away; neither the State Department nor the Defense Department have yet confirmed what forces may be deployed. | In the pre-dawn hours of July 7, the president-turned-dictator of Haiti, Jovenel MoàØse, wa…
(2021-07-13). Suspected Assassins of Haitian President MoàØse Trained by US, Linked to Pro-Coup Oligarchy. orinocotribune.com 
By Dan Cohen — Jul 9, 2021 | As the investigation into MoàØse's murder unfolds, the U.S. is laying the groundwork to deploy troops into Haiti for the fourth time in 106 years, at the request of a figure it has spent decades grooming. | PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI — As shock grips the Caribbean island nation of Haiti following the assassination of President Jovenel MoàØse, the Haitian government has carried out a campaign to arrest suspects it alleges are responsible for the murder. | Haitian Director of National Police Leon Charles announced at a press conference that the assassination squad th…
(2021-07-13). Washington has not ruled out sending troops to Haiti. wsws.org A US security delegation dispatched to Port-au-Prince brought together the three figures claiming to be head of state following the assassination of de facto president Jovenel MoàØse.
(2021-07-13). The Assassination of Jovenel Moise: What Next for Haiti? counterpunch.org Today, the people of Haiti are facing down the US-backed dictatorship of the ruling Haitian Tet Kale Party (PHTK) that came to power through the fraudulent election of Michel Martelly in 2010 and maintained its grip on power through the fraudulent election of Jovenel Moise in 2016, what Haitian activists refer to as electoral coup d'etats. Both elections were held under UN occupation and sponsored by the US government. As Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton detoured from her trip to the Middle East at the height of the Arab Spring uprising in Egypt and personally intervened to put Martelly into power. Similarly,…
(2021-07-13). The War against Petrocaribe: Examining U.S. Imperial Geopolitics on the Caribbean Spectrum. libya360.wordpress.com Misión Verdad Map of the Caribbean (Photo: Archive) Professor Jean-Claude Gerlus, in his research "The Effects of the Cold War on U.S.-Haitian Relationsos ", was correct in pointing out that the Caribbean Basin was transformed into an undeclared war zone during that period. Reminiscences continue to be experienced in the region. A few days ago,…
(2021-07-13). Talk World Radio: Brian Concannon: Haiti Has Had All the U.S. Help It Can Stand. warisacrime.org 
Talk World Radio is recorded as audio and video on Riverside.fm. Here is this week's video and all the videos on Youtube. This week on Talk World Radio, we're discussing Haiti with human rights lawyer and activist Brian Concannon. He is Executive Director of Project Blueprint, which promotes a progressive, human rights-based U.S. foreign policy …
(2021-07-13). UN, EU and World Bank back siege on Gaza. electronicintifada.net Regime change is the aim of Israel and its international supporters.
(2021-07-13). Webinar Thursday 15: Current Popular Struggles Against US Intervention: Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba, Colombia, Nicaragua, Peru and Chile. orinocotribune.com Join us in this new revised webinar with Dan Kovalik and please share this invitation. | We are faced with possible US intervention in Haiti after the murder of the president, a possible coup over the election results in Peru, new US backed protests in Cuba, the positive election results in Chile, the continued bloody repressions in Colombia, regime change plans against Sandinista Nicaragua, and the growing movement to free Venezuela's Alex Saab. Dan Kovalik, labor and human rights lawyer, has been on delegations to many of these countries, and he will review the present state of the popular struggles and Washing…
(2021-07-13). Let Cuba live! End the blockade now! workers.org 
July 12 — Today the capitalist media have turned their focus on anti-government demonstrators in Cuba, which the New York Times claimed to number in the "thousands," in a country of 11 million people. How many thousands, if there were really that many, isn't stated (nor were there any videos . . . |
(2021-07-13). End the damn US embargo on Cuba already. therealnews.com 
This story appeared in Progressives in the U.S. and around the world on Monday demanded the Biden administration lift the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba and hundreds of sanctions on the country after thousands of Cubans protested the country's economic crisis, which has been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. | The protests in Havana and s…
(2021-07-13). President Díaz-Canel Speaks with the People in Streets of Cuba & Repudiates Fake News. orinocotribune.com 
With a tour of the streets of Cuba, President Miguel Díaz-Canel sent a message of gratitude to the revolutionaries who came out to counter the manipulations of the national and international right wing promoting acts of violence. | In this way, the president joined the campaign in defense of peace and sovereignty on the Caribbean island, which has been threatened recently by what he denounced as "counterrevolutionary elements who receive money from US agencies." | Meanwhile, in the mainstream media and on social media networks, the usual suspects tried to disseminate fake news of an alleged mass mobilization agai…
(2021-07-13). 'Outside interference' in Cuban affairs is 'unacceptable' & foreign nations should let Havana solve its own issues, Moscow warns. rt.com 
Any foreign interference in the affairs of Cuba is completely unacceptable, Russia has declared, after the Caribbean country erupted in protest over an ever-worsening economy and the government's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. | In a comment published on its website, Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted that Moscow is "closely following the development of the situation in and around Cuba." | "We consider outside interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state, and any other destructive actions that would encourage destabilization of the situation on the island, t…
(2021-07-13). Cubans Demand Respect for Sovereignty & Self-Determination With Which They Decided to Build Socialism. orinocotribune.com 
Cuba demanded that its sovereignty and self-determination be respected, "with which we have decided to build socialism," said the president of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel, during a press conference offered this Monday, July 12, in a joint television and radio broadcast, joined by members of his government, regarding the situation in the country facing a US blockade and destabilization attempts that occurred over the weekend. | "The OAS (Organization of American States) has been empowered and trained to play its role in unconventional warfare. Why hasn't it been concerned about the negative effects of the bloc…
(2021-07-13). Cuba sees largest protests in decades as economy deteriorates and COVID-19 pandemic worsens. wsws.org Thousands protested in and near Havana and other cities throughout the country in the largest wave of demonstrations since 1994.
(2021-07-13). Stand with socialist Cuba! fightbacknews.org The working people of Cuba are mobilizing to defend the Cuban revolution and drive pro-U.S. reactionaries from the streets. The Cuban people are united in overcoming the costly U.S. economic embargo and subversion. Cubans steadfastly refuse to return to being a colony controlled by the U.S. Older Cubans remember when it was a playground for American millionaires and gangsters, with widespread poverty, abuse of workers and death an everyday part of life. | Back in 1959, the Cuban revolution shook the captains of Wall Street to their core. The rich have still have not gotten over it. With the working class and its…
(2021-07-13). Cuban president Díaz-Canel: Revolutionaries to the streets! mronline.org This speech provides crucial context and information being covered up by the corporate media in the United States. | July 13, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-07-13). PSUV Expresses Solidarity with Cuba in Face of US Imperialist Aggression — Demonstration in Support of Cuba in Caracas. orinocotribune.com Caracas, July 12, 2021 (Special for OrinocoTribune.com)—The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), in a public statement issued this Monday, July 12, expressed its solidarity with the people and government of Cuba, faced with a new onslaught by the US empire against the Cuban Revolution. | "We will accompany that brother people as another soldier to defeat the imperialist recolonizing plans with which they intend to overthrow the independence and sovereignty of our sister nation and establish, at an inopportune moment, the re-instatement of the nefarious Plan Condor that—violating democracy, inst…
(2021-07-13). The United States tries to take advantage of the price Cubans are paying for the blockade and the pandemic. peoplesdispatch.org Cuban government officials and activists have reiterated their demand for an end to the blockade imposed by the US which over six decades has cost Cuba $147.8 billion in damages…
(2021-07-13). The Miami-Haiti Connection: Another Mercenary, Another Day. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-13). Why Human Rights in China and Tigray, but Not in Haiti, Palestine or Colombia? globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-13). Ongoing Israeli Genocide of Palestinians. dissidentvoice.org 
The world needs to know the horrendous dimensions of the ongoing Palestinian Genocide, and of the gross Apartheid Israeli maltreatment of 5.2 million Occupied Palestinians and in particular of the 2 million inmates of the blockaded and bombed Gaza Concentration Camp. A numbers-based summary of these ongoing atrocities will strengthen global Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions …
(2021-07-13). Poor People's Campaign launches civil disobedience actions for voting rights. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Stepping up its drive to force Congress, and in particular the 50-50 Senate, to pass voting rights legislation, the Poor People's Campaign (PPC) announced July 12 it will launch a month of Moral Mondays, featuring peaceful civil disobedience in D.C. and state capitals, through August 2. The announcement was almost immediately followed by news that …
(2021-07-13). In 2020, rise in number of those affected by chronic hunger was more than last 5 years combined. peoplesdispatch.org 
The report underlines the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and conflicts as the major reasons for rising hunger in the world. It asks countries to increase social spending, end conflicts, and transform agriculture to let people grow what they can eat…
(2021-07-13). Ohio activists fight for unemployment benefits, housing for all. liberationnews.org 
On June 26, members of the Party for Socialism and Liberation from the Miami Valley and Columbus chapters came together outside the Ohio Statehouse to protest the end of Ohio's $300 pandemic unemployment subsidy.
(2021-07-13). Black Power And Anti-Carceral State Infrastructure. popularresistance.org It should not be surprising that last year, mutual aid groups in the United States had to step in where the government has historically failed. Groups like Black Lives Matter Nashville distributed dozens of micro-grants—even as, at the height of the pandemic, federal and state governments drug their feet to help everyday people. As we reel from the pandemic, instead of providing more resources, the Biden administration has pledged to devote more federal spending to police.
(2021-07-13). "Unchallenged Orientalism": Why Liberals suddenly love the lab leak theory. mronline.org The lab leak theory bears a striking resemblance to the WMD hoax of 2002, not only in the fact that one of its key players is literally the same journalist using potentially the same anonymous sources, but also in the bipartisan political and media support it enjoys. | July 13, 2021…
(2021-07-13). Palestinians appeal to the UN Security Council over further Israeli Land Theft, Squatter Settlement at Palestinian Beita. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that the government of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has agreed with Israeli squatter organizations on the Palestinian West bank to clear roughly 25 acres of land in the Palestinian-owned Jabal Sbeih hilltop area of the town of Beita between Ramallah and Nablus. The government …
(2021-07-13). Khalida Jarrar's letter from Damon Prison on the tragic death of her daughter Suha. samidoun.net 
Khalida Jarrar, the imprisoned Palestinian feminist, leftist and parliamentarian, a Palestinian national leader and prominent representative of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, issued the statement below from her prison cell in Damon Prison on Tuesday, 13 July, mourning her daughter Suha. Khalida Jarrar was denied early release or even furlough to attend her daughter's funeral by the Israeli occupation. Suha, 30, died tragically of a heart attack on Sunday, 11 July. Hundreds of Palestinians joined in her funeral procession in Ramallah. Letter of Khalida Jarrar from Damon Prison, Haifa, occupied…
(2021-07-13). The Afghan War Is Over, So What About Iraq and Iran? progressive.org It's time for President Biden to realize that the United States should stop invading and attacking other countries.
(2021-07-13). Honduras/Director of Berta Cáceres' assassination found guilty. workers.org 
Roberto David Castillo Mejía, accused by prosecutors of "masterminding" the assassination of beloved Honduran environmentalist and Indigenous leader Berta Cáceres, was found guilty of homicide July 5 by a three-judge panel. Feminist Encampment Viva Berta, set up and maintained during the trial of Roberto David Castillo Mejía, who was found . . . |
(2021-07-13). Israel denies Khalida Jarrar a final farewell to daughter. electronicintifada.net Suha Jarrar, who died unexpectedly, praised as innovative human rights defender.
(2021-07-13). Texas Dems stop GOP repression for now by fleeing to D.C. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—The nationwide war over voter repression, pitting the Republican racist right against the rest of us, is heating up. In an historic and dramatic move, more than 50 Texas Democratic state legislators fled Austin for Washington, on July 12 preventing the GOP majority there from having the quorum they needed to pass a vote suppression …
(2021-07-13). Action for Canada — Write a letter to Canadian government: Unconditional release of Khalida Jarrar to attend the funeral of her daughter, Suha Jarrar. samidoun.net 
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is joining with Just Peace Advocates and Al-Haq to call on Canadian government officials to pressure Israeli occupation officials to release Khalida Jarrar immediately: Write to Minister Garneau, Prime Minister Trudeau and UN Ambassador Bob Rae, calling them to work expeditiously to ensure from the Israeli authorities the immediate and unconditional release of Khalida Jarrar, so that she can attend the funeral of and mourn in dignity, her late daughter, Suha Jarrar. Write: actionnetwork.org/letters/write-letter-to-canadian-government-unconditional-release-o…
(2021-07-13). The Lie of the Booming Economy and "Operation Fear" dissidentvoice.org 
This Spring The Economist published various stories about the impending economic boom and I immediately wanted to know what planet (or drugs) these forecasters were on. Headlines of positive after-effects abound but read through to the end of some of these stories and the economic windfall is not all that the headlines have foretold: "Enjoy the coming boom while it lasts. …
(2021-07-13). How Not to Prevent U.S. Military Suicides. warisacrime.org 
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, July 13, 2021 If I were to just read the admirable recent study of U.S. military suicides from the Costs of War Project, my inclination would immediately be to join with President Biden and start proclaiming the war on Afghanistan a success, or with Obama in announcing that the …
(2021-07-13). Afghanistan: two decades of Nato help leaves a failed and fractured state on the brink of civil war. juancole.com 
By Natasha Lindstaedt | — ( The Conversation )- Afghanistan is falling apart. With US and Nato troops leaving the country earlier than planned, experts are warning that the Taliban could take control of the country within six months. Currently the insurgents control the strategically important province of Helmand, and control or contest territory nearly …
(2021-07-13). Home care workers hit the streets to demand living wages, respect. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Organized by the Service Employees, notably their Local 32BJ, thousands of home care workers and their allies took to the streets from coast to coast on July 13 to demand living wages and respect on the job. "Workers across the country are coming together. to demand jobs, care, and justice," SEIU posted as the logo …
(2021-07-13). A man's man: Tinseltown's gay star lives again in 'Taming the Lion'. peoplesworld.org 
By trade, I'm a full-time film historian/critic who has authored/co-authored four movie history books. I say this because at one point in the new play Taming the Lion Joan Crawford (as depicted by Marie Broderick) tells William Haines (Landon Beatty) he's the top box office movie star on Earth. Yet until I was invited to …
(2021-07-13). US sees biggest inflation surge in 30 yrs, with consumer prices rising 5.4%. rt.com 
The US consumer price index jumped higher than expected in June, rising 5.4% compared to the same time last year. This marks its largest monthly gain since 2008, and the biggest surge in inflation the country has seen in 30 years.
(2021-07-13). More Attacks on Palestine Solidarity from Green Party Leadership. dissidentvoice.org 
Annamie Paul's team have once again smeared Green MPs and party members as anti-Semitic for opposing the dispossessing of Palestinians. These ongoing attacks are part of the Green leader's broader commitment to Canadian imperialism. Last week Paul appointed Richard Zurawski to her shadow cabinet. Three weeks earlier the new party critic for Green Recovery publicly denounced …
(2021-07-13). Washington and Oregon plan to fully reopen schools this fall as Delta variant spreads. wsws.org The push to fully reopen schools coincides with the CDC's issuance of new guidelines that further relax already inadequate safety measures intended to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 on school campuses.
(2021-07-13). Amid warnings of 4,800 daily hospitalisations: UK prime minister Johnson green lights July 19 lifting of all COVID-19 restrictions. wsws.org What is being enforced is an upscaling of the social murder carried out by the Conservative government, which already taken the lives of over 152,000 people.
(2021-07-13). Australian epidemiologists call for tougher restrictions as NSW government admits Sydney COVID crisis is "out of control" wsws.org Ministers are admitting the inadequacy of their earlier policies, even as they resist expert calls for retail and workplace shutdowns as the only means of curbing Sydney's coronavirus outbreak.
(2021-07-13). Why we need a Debt Jubilee for Renters as the Covid eviction Moratorium expires. juancole.com Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) — What is going to happen when the eviction protections now scheduled to expire at the end of July finally do so? The rental deficits hanging over some tenants' heads are so extreme that default is virtually inevitable, and the numbers affected so many that rental debt is …
(2021-07-13). Educators angered over scrapping of COVID-19 mitigation measures in schools. wsws.org Teachers have voiced outrage over the CDC's reckless repudiation of safety measures, which by contrast has been championed by the corporate media, the teachers unions and the political establishment.
(2021-07-13). The Danger NATO Poses to Americans. counterpunch.org Imagine a massive nuclear exchange between the United States and China. That obviously would not be a pretty sight for the people of either nation. As the mushroom clouds arose over both nations, imagine thinking to yourself: "All this because of a socialist road." According to an article in the London Daily Mail, the governments
(2021-07-13). The War Economy Must End. Where Do These Aegis Naval Destroyers Go? globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-13). The Forever War in Afghanistan is Far From Over. counterpunch.org Over the last week, I have been watching the Taliban sweep across the map of northern Afghanistan, capturing places that I first visited in 2001 at the beginning of the US-backed war. Taliban fighters have seized the main bridge to Tajikistan on the Amu Darya, a river that I crossed on an unwieldy raft a few months into the conflict.
(2021-07-13). Bill to Stop UK Arms Trade with Israel: Britain Risks Charge of Accessory to War Crimes. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-13). Imagine a Nation Like This. counterpunch.org Imagine a nation so reactionary and racist that "Black Lives Matter" is considered a "radical slogan" inside its borders. Imagine a nation so economically unequal that its top one-thousandth has more wealth than its bottom 90 percent. Imagine a nation so racially unequal that the median household wealth of its Black households is equal to
(2021-07-13). Egypt's parliament passes law to dismiss government employees with alleged links to terrorist groups. peoplesdispatch.org Along with being fired, the employees in question will also be subject to asset freeze and a 60-day travel ban. The parliament also extended the country's state of emergency, in place since 2017, for another three months starting July 24…
(2021-07-13). Climate Breakdown And The Corporate Media. popularresistance.org In today's world, the prospects for human civilisation, never mind the existence of historians in the future, look bleak indeed. According to many leading climate scientists and biologists, the most likely outcome for humanity is the collapse of what is called 'civilisation'. They warn that it may already be too late to change course.
(2021-07-13). Breach of Faith on the Bridger-Teton: Forest Service Expands Grazing on Abandoned Allotments in the Upper Green River. counterpunch.org In a breach of trust and faith, the Bridger Teton National Forest (BTNF) proposes to stock 30,577 acres with cattle in the Elk Ridge area of the Gros Ventre Range, including the upper Tosi Creek, Lime Creek, Rock Creek, and Klondike Creek drainages. Approximately 44% of the site is within the Gros Ventre Wilderness. These
(2021-07-13). Coming to Grips With Inflation Fears. counterpunch.org There have been many warnings, most notably from former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, that President Biden's robust recovery package would lead to spiraling inflation. I have written several times that I don't think the inflation hawks are right, but their warnings deserve to be taken seriously. The most recent evidence supports the view that, for
(2021-07-13). Australia: Meeting at Newcastle University lays bare union's refusal to fight job cuts. wsws.org A call by a member of the International Youth and Students for Social Equality, for the rejection of enterprise bargaining, provoked an anxious response by National Tertiary Education Union representatives.
(2021-07-13). Graphene Sensors Read Low-frequency Neural Waves Associated with Distinct Brain States. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-13). Death toll in Surfside, Florida condo tower collapse rises to 94. wsws.org Recovery teams working around the clock found four more victims overnight on Sunday, bringing the total confirmed killed in last month's devastating collapse to 94.
(2021-07-13). Auschwitz survivor and fighter against fascism Esther Bejarano has died. wsws.org With her inexhaustible verve, determination, and joie de vivre, Esther Bejarano is and will remain an inspiration in the struggles to come.
(2021-07-13). UN Report Calls for Reparations for Victims of Systemic Racist Police Violence. popularresistance.org Hailing the report as "a victory," the U.S. Human Rights Network (USHRN) issued a statement saying it "reflects the efforts of civil society to educate UN officials about human rights violations and the peoples' solutions … even convening a peoples' commission of inquiry to take on what the UN declined to do last year."
(2021-07-13). UK government refuses to reveal details of its support for the Saudi war machine. wsws.org The venal Saudi monarchy serves as a crucial custodian of Britain's geostrategic interests in the energy-rich region and a key partner in Washington and London's anti-Iranian axis.
(2021-07-13). Older people "escape death" at Israel's hands. electronicintifada.net Residents of al-Wafa nursing home were especially vulnerable during the May attack.
(2021-07-13). North America's heatwave hell. mronline.org As temperature records were smashed all up and down the Pacific coast in the last week of June, reports emerged of rolling blackouts, buckling roads, damaged wires and newly sparked wildfires. | July 13, 2021…
(2021-07-13). Strike by Cook County and Chicago workers in danger of another SEIU sellout. wsws.org The two-week strike by 2,500 Cook County government workers is a direct conflict with the Democratic Party and its allies in the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
(2021-07-13). Physicians Group Uncovers Evidence that 'Forever Chemicals' (PFAS) Have Been Used Extensively in Fracking Unbeknownst to Public. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-13). Burger King Workers Resign In Protest. popularresistance.org Burger King workers in Lincoln, Nebraska quit en masse when their general manager Rachael Flores gave her notice after months of mistreatment from higher ups. On the way out last week, Flores put up a message that went viral on social media, using the Burger King sign to announce: "We all quit. Sorry for the inconvenience."
(2021-07-13). Pennsylvania Town Battles To Shut Down Toxic Waste-To-Energy Plant. popularresistance.org So-called waste-to-energy plants are the waste management industry's way of describing toxic incinerators that burn trash and leave extremely toxic ash containing dioxin, mercury, arsenic and more. The Covanta incinerator in Chester, Pennsylvania, is the largest one of its kind in the U.S. Chester is a low-income community near Philadelphia, with a population of 33,000 people, 72 percent of whom are African American.
(2021-07-13). Hallan sin vida a desaparecidos durante protestas en Colombia. telesurtv.net Duván Felipe Barros Gómez y Alquimedez Santana se reportaron desaparecidos desde hace más de un mes.
(2021-07-13). Autoworkers voice support for Volvo strikers, oppose company-UAW strikebreaking: "All autoworkers should be on strike to support them" wsws.org Autoworkers in Detroit and Chicago responded with outrage upon learning of the union's attempt to shut down the five-week strike at Volvo Trucks in Dublin, Virginia.
(2021-07-13). Courtney Barnett — Rae Street. counterpunch.org
(2021-07-13). The Prevailing Corona Nonsense Narrative, Debunked in 10 or 26 Minutes. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-13). Tennessee workers at military research facility continue strike for health and safety. wsws.org Approximately 670 skilled workers at Arnold Engineering and Development Complex (AEDC) in Tullahoma, Tennessee, voted overwhelmingly Friday to reject a new contract proposal, choosing instead to continue a strike that began on July 2.
(2021-07-13). The CPAC conference and the fascist transformation of Trump's Republican Party. wsws.org Donald Trump is consolidating power over the Republican Party, transforming it from a conservative bourgeois party into a fascist party with a personalist leader and a paramilitary wing.
(2021-07-13). China-Russia-N.Korea Ties Reinforced on Equal Footing, Experts Believe. sputniknews.com China and its two neighbors with significant relations – Russia and North Korea – have been strengthening their ties recently, as Chinese analysts said that ties among China, Russia and North Korea are totally different in nature from the US-Japan-South Korea alliance.
(2021-07-13). The new 'Republic of Fear'. mronline.org The Indian state today seems to proclaim that everything in the country is in danger—whether it is religion, culture, communal harmony or public peace and tranquillity. | July 13, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-07-13). President Joe Biden Announces Door to Door Pursuit to Inoculate Millions of Americans Within Their Own Homes. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-13). Bangladesh factory owner among 8 detained on charge of murder after 52 workers die in fire. peoplesdispatch.org At least eight people have been detained by the Bangladeshi police under murder charges in connection with factory fire that broke out in a food processing factory in Rupganj. 52 people were killed in the incident…
(2021-07-13). Beijing mounts a diplomatic counteroffensive against Washington's aggressive stance. wsws.org The central thrust of Chinese President Xi's address to a global online gathering of 500 political parties was a barely concealed criticism of the hegemonic role of American imperialism.
(2021-07-13). UK Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee holds online forum as Johnson government lifts all safety restrictions. wsws.org "A government that claims to be acting in the interests of children is allowed to oversee the deaths and suffering of young children, with no challenge from what passes as the official organisations of the working class."
(2021-07-13). NATO Chief Meets with Egyptian, Israeli Foreign Ministers at Alliance Headquarters. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-13). China slams Washington's genocide claim as the 'biggest lie of the century'. ecns.cn China said on Tuesday that the Biden administration's report renewing genocide allegations against China in Xinjiang is the "biggest lie of the century."
(2021-07-13). Justicia de Bolivia extiende prisión preventiva a Jeanine àÅñez. telesurtv.net La expresidenta facto es investigada por su participación en el golpe de Estado perpetrado en esa nación en noviembre de 2019.
(2021-07-13). The Chinese Missile Crisis of 2026. scheerpost.com U.S. Pacific Fleet / CC BY-NC 2.0] By Michael Klare / TomDispatch It's the summer of 2026, five years after the Biden administration identified the People's Republic of China as the principal threat to U.S. security and Congress passed a raft of laws mandating a society-wide mobilization to ensure permanent U.S. domination of the Asia-Pacific region. Although major armed conflict between the… |
(2021-07-13). Tomgram: Michael Klare, An All-American Path to War? warisacrime.org This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. The single scariest night of my life may have been on October 22, 1962, when I thought that all the duck-and-cover moments of my childhood were coming home to roost. President John F. Kennedy appeared on national television …
(2021-07-13). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Nurses strikes loom in Canada, Dominican Republic; Miners continue strike in Mexico; and Health workers to begin strike in Bolivia…
(2021-07-13). Let's Get Rid of the Police. progressive.org In addition to physical violence perpetrated by police officers against Black and brown people, constant police presence in these neighborhoods inflicts psychological violence.
(2021-07-13). New York City flooding exposes failing infrastructure. wsws.org A few powerful thunderstorms left hundreds of motorists stranded and created dangerous conditions in the mass transit system.
(2021-07-13). Doctors Can Vaccinate Kids in DC Without Parental Knowledge. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-13). China urges relevant Western countries to tackle racial discrimination. ecns.cn
(2021-07-13). The Truth About Plastics And Why We Need To Stop Production Now. popularresistance.org More knowledge is being gained about and more attention is being given to the harm caused to our health and the planet by plastics, from the start of their production to their disposal as waste that doesn't ever go away. Clearing the FOG speaks with Yvette Arellano, the founder and director of Fenceline Watch, an environmental justice organization based in Houston, Texas. Yvette explains that the Gulf Coast is not only the home of the oil and gas industries, but also the plastic industries that use petroleum, and how they impact mostly Vietnamese and Spanish-speaking communities. They describe the global effects…
(2021-07-13). Pro-European party wins Moldovan elections, communists re-enter parliament. peoplesdispatch.org After two years of political instability and crisis, Moldovans voted in a snap parliamentary election on Sunday, July 11, where the pro-European Action and Solidarity Party (PAS) led by Igor Grosu won a majority and is set to form the new government…
(2021-07-13). France fines Google over news copyright. ecns.cn France on Tuesday fined Google 500 million euros (592 million U.S. dollars) for failing to offer a fair deal to local media companies for hosting their news content.
(2021-07-13). Volvo Trucks workers in US face uncertainty as company unilaterally imposes deal. peoplesdispatch.org Despite the third tentative agreement proposed by Volvo Trucks North America being rejected by the workers in a vote last week, the company has declared that it will unilaterally impose the deal effective on Monday…
(2021-07-13). Who is Volvo Group Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg? wsws.org From covering up the BP oil spill to mass layoffs at the electronics giant Ericsson, Svanberg is an enemy of the working class.
(2021-07-13). Jacobin whitewashes union sell-out at Australian General Mills factory. wsws.org The pseudo-left magazine's coverage of a small strike in Sydney demonstrates that developments in the Australian class struggle are being closely followed by the union bureaucracy and the Democratic Party in the US.
(2021-07-13). Peace on the Korean Peninsula Needs to Be a Priority. counterpunch.org President Joe Biden deserves credit for successfully re-engaging in international diplomacy. Extending the New START nuclear arms control agreement with Russia, rejoining the Paris Climate Accord, World Health Organization and UN Human Rights Council, and especially (hopefully soon) getting the U.S. back into the Iran anti-nuclear deal are significant achievements. Policy experts, grassroots organizations and
(2021-07-13). Volvo Trucks workers denounce UAW officials, call for decisive rejection in contract revote. wsws.org Hundreds of angry workers flooded the United Auto Workers Local 2069 union hall early Monday morning to confront UAW officials who agreed to hold a revote on a tentative agreement that nearly two-thirds of the workforce rejected.
(2021-07-13). Taking a Wrong Turn on Immigration Detention. counterpunch.org Last month, attorneys from the Department of Justice joined with counsel for the private prison corporation, the GEO Group, to present oral arguments supporting private immigration detention in California. Speaking before judges of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the attorneys appealed an earlier U.S. District Court ruling that largely upheld a 2019 California law
(2021-07-13). Strike by Cook County and Chicago workers strike in danger of another SEIU sellout. wsws.org The two-week strike by 2,500 Cook County government workers is a direct conflict with the Democratic Party and its allies in the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
(2021-07-13). The Military Wasn't a Way Out of Poverty For Me. scheerpost.com Morning Calm Weekly Newspaper Installation Management Command, U.S. Army / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0] By T.J. Thompson | Other Words I grew up on the edge of the Great Dismal Swamp in southern Virginia. We lived in a sewage-ravaged, bug-infested trailer park. I didn't realize we were poor at first — I thought that's just how things were. But it was a difficult place to grow up, and as I got older…
(2021-07-13). The Dollar's Final Crash Down a Golden Matterhorn. strategic-culture.org 
By Egon von GREYERZ | Was Richard Nixon a real gold friend who understood the futility of tying a weakening dollar to gold which is the only currency that has survived in history? | So was Nixon actually the instigator of the movement to FreeGold? | I doubt it. He was just another desperate leader who was running out of real money and needed to create unlimited amounts of fiat money. Although his fatal decision to close the gold window was clearly the beginning of the end of the current monetary system. | But although the decision was fatal, Nixon was clearly not personally responsible. What the world saw in Augu…
(2021-07-13). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: The new work-life balancing act. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the way people work. As vaccination rates increase, some people are returning to the office. But many companies have opted to keep their employees working from home permanently. This change has positive and negative side effects, including the mental health aspects of working from home. "Any time there are changes, it can be challenging for people, particularly when you're not used to working from home," says Dr. Greg Couser, a…
(2021-07-13). What holiday travelers need to know about COVID-19. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The July Fourth holiday is a time when many people travel or host summer parties. While the number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. is on the decline, health experts say with stagnating vaccination rates and the circulation of the more contagious Delta variant, the nation is not out of the woods yet, and everyone should still be cautious if they're planning a trip or getting together in large groups. "Anyone planning to have a…
(2021-07-13). New vaccine platform invented by Mayo enters COVID-19 clinical trial. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A Mayo Clinic lab member is purifying an adenovirus vector for preclinical testing. A novel single-cycle adenovirus vaccine platform developed by Mayo Clinic will be used to target multiple infectious diseases and cancer indications, beginning with a phase 1 clinical study using the platform as a vaccine for COVID-19. Developed to enhance the expression of target antigens, the single-cycle adenovirus platform is under investigation for its ability to amplify immune responses. In contrast to replication-defective…
(2021-07-13). Guide to safe grilling practices. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The July Fourth holiday weekend often means gatherings. Keep your gathering safe by following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's COVID-19 guidance for activities. If you are looking forward to a weekend cookout, make sure to keep foodborne bacteria and germs off your guest list. Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a Mayo Clinic pediatric infectious diseases physician, says warmer temperatures are when foodborne germs thrive and illnesses peak. Watch: Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse talks about safe grilling practices. www.youtube.com/watch?v=19v4oRLW-hw&t=3s Journalists: Broadcast-quality sound bites are…
(2021-07-13). Mayo Clinic Q and A: COVID-19 vaccination and precautions. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am due to get my second dose of COVID-19 vaccine in a few weeks. I understand this is an important step for me and my community, but I'm unsure what guidelines I should follow. Some of my friends are traveling, and they seem to have thrown all caution to the wind. What can I expect after being vaccinated for COVID-19, both physically and when in public? ANSWER: It is completely normal to have…
(2021-07-13). Sharing Mayo Clinic: Receiving care for COVID-19 while pregnant. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Last September, Kim and Lloyd Harter of Fairchild, Wisconsin, along with their daughter Eleanor Jacobo, tested positive for COVID-19. While they recovered, they also waited for a special new addition to their family: Kim was eight months pregnant. With pregnancy being a risk factor for complications due to COVID-19, a member of the COVID-19 Front-Line Care Team at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, called Kim to discuss her risks, as well as provide information about…
(2021-07-13). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Taking the fear out of cardiac testing. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org When it comes to the heart, it can be scary to seek care when you think you might be having a problem. Tests may be necessary to evaluate your heart, and the unfamiliar terminology associated with these tests can be confusing and intimidating. Understanding terms like electrocardiogram, echocardiogram, coronary angiogram or stress test may help alleviate the fear. "Whenever we order these tests, we don't want you to have anxiety," says Dr. Christopher DeSimone, a Mayo…
(2021-07-13). Consumer Health: The importance of sunscreen, sunglasses and protective clothing for adults and children. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org July is UV Safety Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about protecting yourself and your family from the harmful effects of ultraviolet, or UV, radiation from sunlight. Exposure to UV radiation from the sun damages your skin, and increases your risk of developing skin cancer, wrinkles and age spots. Children are especially vulnerable because they tend to spend more time outdoors and can burn easily. Here are four ways you can…
(2021-07-13). Mayo Clinic Minute: Tips to pick healthier oils. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Your body needs some fat to function normally. However, not all fats are created equal, and it's wise to choose healthier options whenever possible. Angie Murad, a licensed dietitian and patient educator with the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, offers these tips for selecting cooking oils. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/LXCJR38di5E Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of…
(2021-07-13). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Kidney stones and calcium. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have trouble with kidney stones and recently found out they are calcium oxalate stones. While I have stopped consuming all dairy products, I know that I need calcium as I age for bone health. Would adding in almond milk or another type of plant milk help? How do I take care of both my kidneys and bones? ANSWER: It sounds like your concern about milk and other dairy products is that their calcium may spur…
(2021-07-13). Mayo Clinic Minute: Should you open your eyes underwater? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org For many people, the hot summer days are often spent swimming at the pool. But even though the water is usually clear with chlorine, it doesn't mean you should be looking underwater. As reporter Jason Howland explains in this Mayo Clinic Minute, it could cause temporary damage to your eyes. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/JDEtRmoq3dg Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News…
(2021-07-13). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Keeping your fingernails in tip-top shape. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have noticed recently that my nails have an unusual color and shape, and I don't understand why. Although I do enjoy gardening, I don't have a job where I use my hands more than normal. I want my nails to be sturdy and healthy-looking. Can you provide some insight on how to achieve this and tips for properly taking care of my nails? ANSWER: For anyone concerned with nail health, the first step…
(2021-07-13). Mayo Clinic first to use next generation 4D ICE imaging to help patients with structural heart disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic recently became the first to use a next-generation 4D intracardiac echo (ICE) device in patients to guide heart procedures such as left atrial appendage closure, mitral valve repair and treatment of tricuspid valve regurgitation. The technology can also help physicians perform procedures without putting patients under general anesthesia. An echocardiogram is a noninvasive test that uses sound waves to produce detailed images of the heart's size, structure and function, as well as detailed images of…
(2021-07-13). Newly discovered genetic variants in a single gene cause neurodevelopmental disorder. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered that genetic variants in a neuro-associated gene called SPTBN1 are responsible for causing a neurodevelopmental disorder. The study, published in Nature Genetics, is a first step in finding a potential therapeutic strategy for this disorder, and it increases the number of genes known to be associated with conditions that affect how the brain functions. "The gene can now be included in genetic testing for people suspected of…
(2021-07-13). Mayo Clinic Minute: Fireworks and grilling safety reminders. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Fireworks, grilling and campfires are part of the summer experience. This holiday weekend, make sure you keep safety top of mind. Dr. Michael Boniface, a Mayo Clinic emergency medicine physician, explains that burn injuries from these activities go up in the summer, and these injuries often can be prevented. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/iv3wlwXYAyw Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 00) is in the downloads at the end of…
(2021-07-13). Denuncia canciller cubano campaña de desestabilización contra Cuba (+ Video). cubadebate.cu "Es sabido que el Gobierno de Estados Unidos identificó el impacto del virus y la pandemia como una oportunidad para reforzar el bloqueo con motivaciones políticas y aplicar lo que llamó medidas de máxima presión para reforzar la agresión a nuestro país. "Ha sido un intento deliberado, cruel, oportunista de aprovechar las condiciones de una pandemia para intentar estrangular nuestra economía", denunció Rodríguez Parrilla.
(2021-07-13). ONU alerta sobre el aumento del hambre en el mundo en pandemia. telesurtv.net El más reciente informe de la FAO apunta que la pandemia tiene repercusiones socioeconómicas en la población mundial.
(2021-07-13). US Offer On Assange Is New Evidence & Should Have Been Rejected. popularresistance.org Writing on his blog two days after District Court Judge Vanessa Baraitser on Jan. 4 in London denied the U.S. request to extradite WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange (on the grounds of his health and U.S. prison conditions that put him at extreme risk of suicide), former British diplomat Craig Murray made a prescient remark in light of what we know now.
(2021-07-13). Over 160 unmarked graves found on island where infamous residential school branded 'Canada's Alcatraz' stood — indigenous group. rt.com 
In the fourth such discovery in recent months, a Canadian indigenous group has said it has found over 160 "undocumented and unmarked" graves on Penelakut Island, which once housed a residential school dubbed 'Canada's Alcatraz'. | Representatives of the Penelakut tribe confirmed that the graves had been found on the "grounds and foreshore" of the territory, previously known as Kuper Island, located in the strait of Georgia between Vancouver Island and the western province of British Columbia on the mainland. | In a statement to "neighboring tribes and organizations" on July 8, the tribe's Chief Joan Brown and…
(2021-07-13). Over 160 unmarked graves found near former indigenous residential school in Canada. ecns.cn More than 160 unmarked graves have been found near a former indigenous residential school in Canada's British Columbia province, according to a Canadian television network.
(2021-07-13). Former British Ambassador to Damascus Says OPCW Mere 'Puppet' of West Against Syria. orinocotribune.com It is a "tragedy" that the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has been "corrupted" in a way that it is being used as a "puppet" by the West to exert pressure on Syria rather than being an international and technical monitoring organization, the former British ambassador to Syria tells Press TV. |
(2021-07-13). "Fly So Far": New Film Tells Stories of Women in El Salvador Jailed for Decades Under Abortion Ban. democracynow.org 
The award-winning documentary "Fly So Far" looks at the criminalization of abortion in El Salvador through the incredible story of Teodora Vásquez, a woman who in 2008 was sentenced to 30 years in prison after she had a stillbirth at nine months pregnant. Vásquez was released in 2018 after more than a decade behind bars. El Salvador has enforced a total ban on abortions since 1998, and dozens of people have been convicted and imprisoned after having miscarriages, stillbirths and other obstetric emergencies in the Central American country. The film highlights the stories of women convicted of aggravated homicide f…
(2021-07-13). The Hidden Hand of the US Blockade Sparks Cuba Protests. commondreams.org "If this oppressive law takes effect, it will decimate abortion access in Texas—and that's exactly what it is designed to do."
(2021-07-13). 'One Speech… Isn't Enough': Progressives Call on Biden to Get Tough on Voting Rights. commondreams.org "Children will die as a result," said U.K.-based group Save the Children.
(2021-07-13). 'A Truly Shameful Day': UK Government Condemned for Slashing Global Aid During Pandemic. commondreams.org
(2021-07-13). Manchin's Energy Bill Condemned as 'Kick in the Gut to Climate Justice'. commondreams.org "All of this will only grow more and more urgent and dangerous as the world grows hotter, countries in the Global South become more unstable, and more folks head north."
(2021-07-13). Amid Extreme Heat, Humanitarian Group Reports Dozens of Migrant Deaths in Arizona Desert. commondreams.org If the filibuster can't be done away with or turned into a "Jimmy Stewart filibuster," then Congress has the obligation to Act on the "Nuclear Option."
(2021-07-13). Sports Teams: Congress Needs To Demolish the Everlasting Tax Shelter for Billionaires. commondreams.org One reporter described a new mailer, which falsely accuses Turner of opposing universal healthcare and a higher minimum wage, as "wildly dishonest."
(2021-07-13). 'Stop Blocking Global Covid Vaccines': Protests Greet Merkel's White House Visit. commondreams.org These state legislators are doing something brave and necessary on behalf of all people in the United States. They are exiting, for now, so that their counterparts in Washington can regain their backbones.
(2021-07-13). Dems Request Meeting With Merkel to Discuss Germany's 'Blockade' of Vaccine Patent Waiver. commondreams.org "Every day Chancellor Merkel delays global action on Covid vaccines costs thousands of lives."
(2021-07-13). The Filibuster Is Not Inviolable: Time to Trigger the Nuclear Option. commondreams.org AP's findings run counter to the president's campaign vow to end oil and gas extraction on public lands.
(2021-07-13). Texas Sued Over Law Enabling Harassment by Anti-Choice 'Vigilantes'. commondreams.org
(2021-07-13). 'Subsidizing the Climate and Ecological Crisis': Biden Approving Fossil Fuel Permits Faster Than Trump or Obama. commondreams.org An all-American path to war?
(2021-07-13). Democratic Super PAC Condemned for 'Sleazy' and False Attacks on Nina Turner. commondreams.org "The refusal to prosecute us just proves what we already knew: These critical infrastructure laws are unconstitutional. We have the right to resist and we will not be deterred."
(2021-07-13). In Texas, 'Fleeing' Democrats Take Courageous Stand for Democracy. commondreams.org "Instead of funding non-polluting alternatives, it throws public money at expensive, unproven technologies that will allow the fossil fuel industry to continue poisoning frontline communities and trashing the planet."
(2021-07-13). On the Brink in 2026: US-China Near-War Status Report. commondreams.org A perverse loophole allows owners of profitable teams—and their heirs—to lower their tax bills by claiming huge paper losses.
(2021-07-13). As DA Rejects Charges, Bayou Bridge Water Protectors Vow 'We Will Not Stop Our Work'. commondreams.org We must make those who would once more seek to suppress our votes pay for the insult big time.
(2021-07-13). Trump's Lies and GOP Cowardice Are Undermining Democracy. commondreams.org The protests should be understood in the context of a brutal economic war waged by the United States against the island nation for more than 60 years.
(2021-07-13). [Research Paper] Pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Survival analysis using visual and computer-based computed tomography assessment. thelancet.com PPFE quantification supports distinction of IPF patients with a worse outcome independent of established ILD severity measures. This has the potential to improve prognostic management and elucidate separate pathways of disease progression.
(2021-07-13). Sunday 7/25: San Francisco Caravan: End the U.S. Blockade of Cuba – U.S. Hands Off Cuba! indybay.org Gather at 1875 Marin Street, SF…
(2021-07-13). Sunday 7/11: Tell Pelosi: Stop Prosecutions of Assange & Hale; Stop Asian Hate. indybay.org Pelosi's residence, Broadway @ Normandie Terrace, Pacific Heights, San Francisco…
(2021-07-13). Saturday 7/17: Good Trouble Virtual Vigil for Democracy & Voting Rights. indybay.org Online call to action event…
(2021-07-13). Saturday 7/17: San Rafael: Good Trouble Vigil for Democracy & Voting Rights. indybay.org San Rafael City Plaza, 1000 4th Street, San Rafael 94901…
(2021-07-13). Saturday 7/17: Corte Madera: Good Trouble Vigil for Democracy & Voting Rights. indybay.org Corte Madera Town Park, 498 Tamalpais Dr., Corte Madera 94925…
(2021-07-13). Saturday 7/17: Oakland: Good Trouble Vigil for Democracy and Voting Rights. indybay.org Petaluma Fairgrounds Park & Ride, 100 Fairgrounds Dr., Petaluma 94952…
(2021-07-13). Psychology as a method of domination. indybay.org The current pandemic policy has given the world the ultimate understanding of how democracies (…) transform themselves into totalitarian because inhumane systems. (…) Long live the courage to resist and refute.
(2021-07-13). G20 Finance Ministers Meet in Venice on Global COVID Response. indybay.org G20 finance ministers begin two-day meetings in Italy on Friday on COVID response, economic recovery, vaccines, debt relief and global tax agreements. More than 265 groups signed a letter organized by Jubilee USA urging the G20 to act on debt relief, aid and COVID healthcare for developing countries.
(2021-07-13). Jubilee USA Statement on G20 Finance Ministers Meeting and Communiqué. indybay.org G20 finance ministers and central bank governors met in Venice, Italy, on COVID response, economic recovery, vaccines, debt relief and global tax agreements on July 9-10, 2021.
(2021-07-13). Wednesday 7/14: PUSH the film. indybay.org Tabby Cat Cafe | 1101 Cedar Street, Santa Cruz…
(2021-07-13). Capitalism is not natural. indybay.org Political programs in the 20th century, then, were meant to create equality, not merely alleviate poverty. How we live collectively, what we value as a society, and how we want to conceive of ourselves – all these questions were politicized by these programs and helped lay the foundation of a society based on solidarity.
(2021-07-13). Stop Line 3 call for frontliners to Minnesota. indybay.org There are over 20 river crossings in the headwaters of the Mississippi river, on unceded Anishinabe land, for the Line 3 tarsands pipeline which is currently be built in northern Minnesota. Construction (destruction) is ramping up and frontliners are needed to protect these river crossings and help stop construction of the pipeline.
(2021-07-13). Saturday 7/31: Rally to Protect the Unemployed! indybay.org Roosevelt Park | 19th and Santa Clara…
(2021-07-13). Tuesday 8/17: Lisa Wells + Joanna Manqueros: Believers: Making a Life at End World. indybay.org Online webinar…
(2021-07-13). The Chico Decision-Hope for the Homeless in Santa Cruz. indybay.org The grim news of sweeps removing homeless-run encampments in Sausalito and San Rafael, as well as the RV rousts in Seaside, in recent weeks is now counterbalanced by a ray of light from a federal court in the Warren v. City of Chico case, which I transcribe here.
(2021-07-13). North Dakota law enforcement admits critical failures at Standing Rock. indybay.org In an internal report, not meant for public view, North Dakota law enforcement admits that it lacked training and experience, and had no policies in place, when it fired rubber bullets, tear gas, and other chemical agents into Standing Rock Water Protectors.
(2021-07-13). IMF Executive Board Approves Creation of $650 Billion Global Reserve Funds. indybay.org The International Monetary Fund Executive Board agreed to create $650 billion of emergency currency known as Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to help countries deal with the fallout from the coronavirus health and economic crises. The IMF's main governing body, the Board of Governors, will take a final vote in coming weeks to move forward the SDRs creation. In a statement, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva indicated she expects the allocation as soon as August.
(2021-07-13). Saturday 7/31: Other Cinema: Radical Folk Music: Drews' Open Country + C/W Gems. indybay.org ATA Gallery 992 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA…
(2021-07-13). How the Sackler family got away with mass murder, and avoided prison in the process. indybay.org
(2021-07-13). Tuesday 7/13: #NoWayToTreatAChild Webinar. indybay.org
(2021-07-13). Friday 7/16: Stop Line 3 Protest. indybay.org 450 Golden Gate Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102…
(2021-07-13). Saturday 7/17: Virtual screening of the documentary film "My Jaffa" indybay.org
(2021-07-13). Tuesday 7/20: All Out To Stop Privatization Of Howard Terminal: Port Workers & Community Unite. indybay.org Oscar Grant Plaza Next To Oakland City Hall | Oakland, California…
(2021-07-13). East Bay Union Bureaucrats Support Billionaire Privatizer & GAP/A's Owner John Fisher. indybay.org The leadership of the Alameda Labor Council and the Alameda Building Trades are supporting Billionaire GAP & A's owner John Fisher who wants to privatize the Howard Terminal at the Port Of Oakland. This would destroy the working port and threaten 80,000 unionized jobs as well as escalate the gentrification of West Oakland with 3,000 million dollar condos. Despite massive community opposition they are siding with Fisher and his family who also run the union busting KIPP and Rocketship charter schools.
(2021-07-13). 1923 Beer Hall Putsch to 1933 Nazi Germany. indybay.org The 1923 Beer Hall Putsch was Hitler's failed attempt to overthrow the Weimar Republic. By 1933, he was Chancellor of Germany. That lesson of history is being repeated with Nazi Trump and his praise of the Jan 6, 2021 insurrection and Nazi Trump's current election campaign for 2024, aided by his Death Cult Nazi Republican Party. For more on the Beer Hall Putsch, …
(2021-07-13). Saturday 7/10: 'I Am…' 2nd Saturday Opening & Closing Receptions. indybay.org Root Division | 1131 Mission St. | San Francisco, CA 94103…
(2021-07-13). Sunday 7/18: Book Sale for the Revolution Tour & Revolution Books. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…
(2021-07-13). Enlaces Red Latina sin fronteras 13.07.2021. indybay.org ENLACES de Red Latina sin fronteras 13.07.2021 | comunicaciones e información para la liberación…
(2021-07-13). Tuesday 8/10: Jeremy Lent & Joanna Manqueros: The Web of Meaning. indybay.org Online webinar | 1929 Martin Luther King Jr Way | Berkeley, CA 94704…
(2021-07-13). Saturday 7/24: A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff – Live Screening with Q&A. indybay.org The Castro Theatre – 429 Castro St, San Francisco, CA 94114…
(2021-07-13). Wednesday 7/21: Views from An Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body. indybay.org
(2021-07-13). Australia's Hermit Nation Strategy Unravels. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark. | Australia, like other island states, has had spells of isolationist fancy and hermit dispositions. Protected by geography, distant and vast, the country's first bit of legislation in 1901 was the Immigration Restriction Act. This nasty little statute came to be colloquially known as the White Australia Policy. Doors would remain open to Europeans and preferably those of Western stock. | Fortress Australia has also had a few modern manifestations. Refu…
(2021-07-13). Poland To Purchase Hundreds Of U.S. M1A2 Abrams Tanks. southfront.org 
Illustrative image | The United States is allegedly going to sign another major contract on supply of military equipment to Europe. Reports on Poland's plans to buy several hundred U.S. tanks now sound with renewed vigor. | According to the Polish web site
(2021-07-13). Military Situation In Afghanistan On July 13, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On July 12, Taliban reportedly captured the districts of Kahmard and Sayghan in Bamyan province | On July 12, Taliban captured Alingar district in Laghman province | On July 12, Taliban captured Malistan district in Ghazni province | 267 Taliban militants were killed, 119 wounded and 4 others were arrested as a result of Afghan Army operations in Nangarhar, Laghman, Kandahar, Herat, Balkh, Faryab, Jowzjan, Helmand, Badakhshan, Kunduz, Takhar, Kapisa and Kabul provi…
(2021-07-13). U.K. Royal Navy Allegedly Hunted For Russian Submarines In The Mediterranean. southfront.org 
On June 27th, the UK's Royal Navy allegedly evaded Russian submarine that were stalking the flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier. | It was just revealed that the UK Navy's flagship was allegedly being tailed by Russian submarine, while it was sailing near Cyprus. | Upon realising that they were being followed, the Royal Navy scrambled two Merlin Mk2 helicopters to search for the submarine, the Daily Telegraph The helicopters then dropped sonobuoys into the water, which use…
(2021-07-13). Locations Of US Carrier Strike Groups — July 13, 2021. southfront.org 
This is the newest update of the 'U.S. Carrier Strike Groups Locations Map' exclusive series showing the approximate locations of U.S. Carrier Strike Groups. SouthFront: Analysis & Intelligence tracks locations of U.S. aircraft carriers using the available open-source information. No classified information was used in production of the map. | click to see the full-size image | Carrier strike group (CSG) is an operational formation of the United States Navy. It is centered on an aircraft carrier and a carrier ai…
(2021-07-13). Getting Started with Cryptocurrency Investment. southfront.org 
SPONSORED: | BERLIN, GERMANY — FEBRUARY 15: In this photo illustration model Bitcoins lying on Dollar bills on February 15, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images) | Although we know how volatile digital currencies like Bitcoin are, there seems to be a mania in investing in them. Ever since 2019, there seems to be steady growth in its value with breaking all shackles this year, reaching the extent of 64K USD per bitcoin. The current price might be on the lower…
(2021-07-13). At Least 64 Dead, Hundreds Injured In Iraq Hospital Fire (Videos). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On July 12th, a fire that broke out in the coronavirus ward of a hospital in southern Iraq has killed at least 64 people and injured dozens more, according to Iraqi health officials. | Flames swept through outbuildings of the al-Hussein Teaching Hospital in the southern city of Nasiryah on Monday that had been set up to isolate those sick with COVID-19. | Patients became trapped inside, with rescue teams struggling to reach them in time. | Photographs from the scene showed onlookers silhouet…
(2021-07-13). Military Situation In Syria On July 13, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On July 12, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 36 times: 17 — in Idlib province, 10 — in Latakia province, 6 — in Hama province, 3 — in Aleppo province | On July 12, one SAA member was killed by an IED blast near Palmyra | On July 12, the US forces conducted a military patrol in the Jamaya neighborhood at the entrance to the city of Qamishli | On July 12, the US Army brought 37 vehicles, including tru…
(2021-07-13). US Withdrawal From Afghanistan Is The Sun Setting On Western Hegemony. southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageAmerican retreat from the region is symbolic of a broader trend of waning western influence on the world stage… | Written by Johanna Ross, journalist based in Edinburgh, Scotland. | It was America's longest war, and a war which ultimately it has lost. The US withdrawal from Afghanistan has begun, and will be completed by 11th September this year. It will be exactly 20 years to the day after the Al-Qaeda attacks on the World Trade Centr…
(2021-07-13). U.S. Diplomat Steals Russian Railroad Sign, For Some Reason, Gets Deported. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | A US embassy employee stole a railroad sign in Russia's Tver R…
(2021-07-13). Military Situation In Yemen On July 13, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 86 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours | On July 12, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 5 airstrikes on the Madghal area | On July 12, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 2 airstrikes on the Sarwah area | On July 12, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted an airstrike on the Najran area | On July 12, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 3 airstrikes on…
(2021-07-13). Israel Blocks Aid Delivery, Demolishes Palestinian Structures. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On July 13th, the Palestinian Information Center According to
(2021-07-13). In Video: Turkish Military Convoy Entered Syria, Ran Over Civilian — SOHR. southfront.org 
ILLUSTRATIVE IMAGE: Turkish troops | A Turkish military convoy was spotted entering Syria through the Kafr Lousin border crossing in northern Idlib countryside. It was heading towards the frontlines in eastern Idlib to reinforce Turkish military posts located in the region. |
(2021-07-13). Unearthing the horror of Native American boarding schools. therealnews.com 
Calls for deeper investigations rise after hundreds of unmarked graves were recently discovered at Canadian boarding schools used to assimilate Native children; Jews against Israeli apartheid say "Not in our name."
(2021-07-13). Biden Urged to Lift US Embargo on Cuba as Thousands Protest Critical Shortages. truthout.org 
Progressives in the U.S. and around the world on Monday demanded the Biden administration lift the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba and hundreds of sanctions on the country after thousands of Cubans protested the country's economic crisis, which has been worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic. | The protests in Havana and several smaller cities and towns made headlines Sunday, with major international outlets reporting on Cubans taking to the streets to express outrage over food and medicine shortages…
(2021-07-13). House Democrats Push for Voting Rights Exception to Filibuster. truthout.org 
House leaders led by Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-South Carolina) are launching a campaign to urge the Senate and President Joe Biden to support carving out an exception to the filibuster rule in order to pass legislation protecting voting rights and other measures related to the Constitution. | As Republicans in state legislatures are slowly
(2021-07-13). Texas Gov Threatens to Arrest Dem Lawmakers Fleeing to Block Voter Restrictions. truthout.org 
Gov. Greg Abbott, the Republican governor of Texas, threatened to arrest Democratic legislators who have left the state to prevent quorum on a bill that would restrict voting rights. | Appearing on Fox News's "The Ingraham Angle,"
(2021-07-13). Roe v. Wade Is Under Attack. Organizers Say We Must Take Action Beyond the Court. truthout.org 
Image Credit: Facebook: Center for Reproductive Rights | The Supreme Court is set to review a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy that intends to challenge Roe v. Wade, raising concern for advocates about how reproductive rights can be preserved without the landmark ruling. "I think it's very, very likely that the court will either eradicate the right to choose abortion as we now know it completely or so undermine it to make it meaningless for most of American women,"
(2021-07-13). "Just Say We Won": How Trump's Big Lie Started, and Why It Won't End Soon. truthout.org 
It all started on election night 2020 with four words from Rudy Giuliani: "Just say we won." According to I Alone Can Fix It, Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker's
(2021-07-13). Russian Guantánamo Prisoner Released to UAE at Risk of Torture Upon Repatriation. truthout.org 
United Nations human rights special rapporteurs One of the last prisoners to be released the day before Obama's presidency ended in 2017, and o…
(2021-07-13). Right Wingers Are Taking Over Library Boards to Remove Books on Racism. truthout.org 
When Joe Makula decided to run for the board of the Niles-Maine Public Library in Niles, Illinois, this spring, a community member asked him how he thought the library could better serve the area's increasingly diverse community. | Many were stunned by
(2021-07-13). Koreans in Japan face new wave of discrimination. answercoalition.org
(2021-07-13). Ahora la urgencia es la Patria. cubadebate.cu Busquemos urgente en cada página de nuestra historia, para recordar que detrás de la Revolución, detrás y debajo, en cada horcón que la sostiene, hay mucha sangre de mártir joven, y de toda edad. Como decía Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, para arrebatar a millones una Revolución tan valiosa y costosa, habrá que pasar por sobre el cadáver de millones.
(2021-07-13). Cuba presentará en la ONU informe sobre implementación de la Agenda 2030. cubadebate.cu En cumplimiento de sus responsabilidades y compromisos internacionales Cuba presentará este martes, en el Foro Político de Alto Nivel sobre Desarrollo Sostenible de la ONU, su primer informe nacional voluntario sobre la implementación de la Agenda 2030. Serán expuestos de manera virtual los resultados, acciones y desafíos de ese programa.
(2021-07-13). El tiempo: Chubascos y tormentas eléctricas en la región occidental. cubadebate.cu Amanecerá parcialmente nublado en la mitad oriental del país, con poca nubosidad en el resto. Desde el final de la mañana se nublará en localidades del interior y la costa norte occidental con algunos chubascos y tormentas eléctricas, que se extenderán al resto de la región occidental y hacia el interior y sur del centro.
(2021-07-13). Todo intento por perturbar la tranquilidad en Pinar del Río encontrará la respuesta del pueblo. cubadebate.cu Todo intento por perturbar la tranquilidad que siempre ha primado en Cuba encontrará una respuesta del pueblo revolucionario en las calles, idea impulsora de la concentración de un centenar de pinareños en el parque de la Independencia, de la ciudad capital de ese territorio. El reclamo sigue siendo exigir el cese del genocida bloqueo.
(2021-07-13). Del mundo para Matanzas: Médicos de la Henry Reeve. cubadebate.cu En la noche de este lunes, arribaron a la ciudad de Matanzas 182 nuevos profesionales de la salud que se sumarán a la lucha que libra este territorio contra la Covid-19.De ellos, 103 se encontraban cumpliendo colaboración médica en la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, mientras que los otros 79 lo hacían en Azerbaiyán, como parte del contingente internacionalista Henry Reeve.
(2021-07-13). Devuelven libro que había sido tomado prestado de una biblioteca hace 300 años. cubadebate.cu El personal de la catedral de Sheffield (Reino Unido) recibió de vuelta un libro que, aparentemente, fue retirado de la biblioteca del templo hace más de 300 años. El volumen llegó en un paquete por correo de primera clase junto a una nota escrita por una mujer de Gales que explicaba que lo había encontrado entre las pertenencias de su abuela fallecida.
(2021-07-13). Raúl participa en reunión del Buró Político. cubadebate.cu En el día de ayer, el Buró Político del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba sostuvo una reunión presidida por el compañero Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, primer secretario del Comité Central y presidente de la República, la cual contó con la participación del General de Ejército Raúl Castro Ruz.
(2021-07-13). China apoya a Cuba y rechaza injerencia de E.E U.U en temas internos. cubadebate.cu China confirmó este martes su firme apoyo a Cuba en la protección de la estabilidad social, rechazó cualquier acto injerencista en sus asuntos internos y exigió a Estados Unidos levantar ya el bloqueo económico, comercial y financiero. Zhao Lijian, vocero del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, aseguró que su Gobierno respalda a la isla.
(2021-07-13). Hoy en la Mesa Redonda: Segunda parte de la comparecencia especial del presidente y miembros del gobierno. mesaredonda.cubadebate.cu La Mesa Redonda transmitirá hoy los análisis que sobre la situación epidemiológica del país, las nuevas cepas y la obtención de las vacunas cubanas hicieran ayer el Primer Secretario del Partido y Presidente de la República Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, el Ministro de Salud Pública y la Directora General del CIGB.
(2021-07-13). CTC condena manifestaciones de desorden en ciudades cubanas. cubadebate.cu La CTC rechazó las protestas ocurridas en varias ciudades cubanas como parte de la campaña mediática que se trata de imponer para deslegitimar al Gobierno. El movimiento sindical expresa su apoyo incondicional a la respuesta revolucionaria y ratifica el compromiso de los colectivos laborales de elevar la eficiencia en la producción.
(2021-07-13). En Haití sólo la primera frase se repite. globalizacion.ca El miércoles siete, el presidente de Haití fue muerto a tiros en su residencia, por una cuadrilla de exmilitares colombianos bien pertrechados, que arribados a través de la vecina República Dominicana. Ninguno de los anillos de seguridad del Presidente ofreció…
(2021-07-13). 11 claves del exito de la República Popular China. globalizacion.ca El 1 de julio de 2021 se cumplió el Centenario de fundación del Partido Comunista de China y el 6 de julio se llevó a cabo una Conferencia virtual del Secretario General del PCCh y presidente de la República Popular…
(2021-07-13). México — øY después de la consulta? globalizacion.ca Como ya se ha estado divulgando profusamente, los ciudadanos mexicanos estamos siendo convocados a una nueva cita con las mesas de votación para el próximo 1 de agosto. Se efectuará en esa fecha, por primera vez en nuestra historia de…
(2021-07-13). Refugees and the UK: Welcome to Blighty, Now Piss Off. counterpunch.org United Kingdom home secretary Priti Patel's proposed changes to that country's asylum law are not a victimless crime. She has advanced from bullying her own staff to bullying governments of poor nations full of brown people without her privileged background. Patel wants the power to punish states refusing re-entry to the asylum-seekers she wants to
(2021-07-13). UN appeals for faster passage for aid convoys to Ethiopia's Tigray. news.un.org UN humanitarians appealed on Tuesday for far quicker access to Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region, after the first aid trucks in days to reach the local capital, Mekelle, encountered multiple checks delaying their arrival.
(2021-07-13). How to Dull People's Minds and Then Kill Them. dissidentvoice.org Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt, born in Berlin in 1950, is a German medical doctor, a scientist and teacher. He practices foremost in the US, but also gives regular seminars in Germany. In the following one-and-a-half-minute video, Dr. Klinghardt says it all. What to do to totally control, dumb and eventually kill people: You spray their food …
(2021-07-13). The Heat: Climate change crisis. america.cgtn.com 
Extreme weather and the climate crisis.
(2021-07-13). How the United States punishes Cuba's people. greenleft.org.au For six decades now, the United States has unsuccessfully sought to achieve regime change in Cuba, writes Ian Ellis-Jones.
(2021-07-13). Julian Assange and the culture of revenge. greenleft.org.au To lessen the macabre prospect of Julian Assange spending 175 years in a United States maximum security prison, the US Department of Justice has suggested that he could serve prison time in Australia. Stuart Rees writes that this latest development is part of a culture of revenge.
(2021-07-13). Cashless debit card fast-tracks economic apartheid. greenleft.org.au Activists are continuing to organise against the cashless debit card, which is being rolled out in lower socio-economic communities. Bernadette Smith reports.
(2021-07-13). Solidarity grows with stood-down pool workers. greenleft.org.au Workers at Annette Kellerman Aquatic Centre in Marrickville who have been stood down without pay during the lockdown are organising for their rights. Isaac Nellist reports.
(2021-07-13). Cuba y la compleja situación creada por EE.UU. globalizacion.ca El domingo 11 de julio fue un festival mediático contra Cuba. La prensa de Estados Unidos y las redes sociales controladas por ellos presentaron los conatos de presuntas protestas en San Antonio de los Baños y algunas otras localidades como…
(2021-07-13). Cuba, el bloqueo y la crisis. globalizacion.ca Washington cree que ha llegado el momento de intensificar sus ataques a cuanto gobierno díscolo ante sus órdenes existe en la región. En los últimos días hemos visto el sospechoso asesinato del presidente de Haití, con un modus operandi que…
(2021-07-13). Brasil, próximo golpe de Estado. globalizacion.ca Huelga decirlo pero lo dejo claro en la primera frase para que no quede absolutamente ninguna duda: espero que el titular no se cumpla. Pero mucho me temo que la extrema derecha nunca dejará el poder de forma pacífica y…
(2021-07-13). La suplantación del pensamiento crítico. globalizacion.ca En su libro Crítica y verdad, el filósofo y semiólogo francés Roland Barthes (1915-1980) argumentó que la crítica es una acción social creativa orientada a discernir o distinguir y a desdoblar con miras a hacer inteligible la realidad. De tal…
(2021-07-13). Letters From the July 26/August 2, 2021, Issue. thenation.com Letters From the July 26/August 2, 2021, Issue…
(2021-07-13). Saudi Arabia: New Details of Alleged Torture Leaked. juancole.com ( Human Rights Watch ) — (Beirut) — New accounts have emerged of alleged torture of high-profile political detainees in Saudi prisons, Human Rights Watch said today. Saudi authorities failed to independently and credibly investigate allegations that Saudi authorities tortured Saudi women's rights activists and others detained in early 2018, including with electric shocks, beatings, …
(2021-07-13). Cuba en el guión fabricado de las redes sociales. peoplesworld.org 
La Habana, 12 jul (Prensa Latina) Laboratorios mediáticos, noticias fabricadas y publicaciones que incitan al caos desde el exterior inundan hoy el entorno sobre Cuba en redes sociales para la promoción de una 'intervención humanitaria' con el manual de golpes blandos. En una comparecencia especial, el presidente Miguel Díaz-Canel llamó a enfrentar las provocaciones, al …
(2021-07-13). Cuba denuncia hipocresía y cinismo de Biden respecto a la isla. telesurtv.net Bruno Rodríguez respondió así a las más recientes declaraciones sobre Cuba del mandatario estadounidense.
(2021-07-13). Destacamento sanitario reforzará lucha en Ciego de àÅvila contra la COVID-19. cubadebate.cu Este martes comenzará a llegar a Ciego de àÅvila un destacamento sanitario compuesto por personal médico y de enfermería para reforzar en esta provincia la lucha contra la COVID-19. En reunión del Grupo temporal de trabajo, José Ramón Machado Ventura, llamó a extremar las medidas en el tratamiento a los contagiados.
(2021-07-13). Canciller cubano rechaza postura de presidente de Brasil. cubadebate.cu Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba, rechazó la postura del presidente de Brasil Jair Bolsonaro, quien realizó valoraciones en la red social Twitter sobre la supuesta situación en la mayor de las Antillas. Bolsonaro publicó la víspera un mensaje en el que supuestamente ofrecía todo el apoyo y solidaridad al pueblo cubano.
(2021-07-13). Definen en Cienfuegos prioridades ante la COVID-19. cubadebate.cu Crear nuevas capacidades y mejorar la atención institucional de los casos, tanto en la hospitalización como en el aislamiento, deviene prioridad del trabajo intersectorial en Cienfuegos en medio de una compleja situación epidemiológica provocada por la COVID-19. La provincia inicia el período con 1 518 casos activos; de ellos 266 niños.
(2021-07-13). Diario estadounidense critica plan para desestabilizar a Cuba. cubadebate.cu La campaña de desestabilización contra Cuba forma parte de un plan orquestado por las fuerzas más reaccionarias y ultraderechistas de Estados Unidos, aseveró este martes el diario Latinoamericano. Señala la publicación que desde hace unas semanas se articula la campaña SOS Cuba que pretende ayudar a los cubanos a enfrentar la COVID-19.
(2021-07-13). Cuba reporta 5 613 nuevos casos positivos a la COVID-19, 3 662 altas y 29 fallecidos ( +Video). cubadebate.cu Al cierre de este lunes 12 de julio, Cuba confirmó 5 613 nuevos casos positivos a la COVID-19 y 29 fallecidos, según el parte diario publicado por el Ministerio de Salud Pública (Minsap). En la jornada se dieron 3 662 altas, una cifra por debajo de los contagios. El llamado de las autoridades es a continuar extremando las medidas.
(2021-07-13). Cuba ha aplicado más de 7.5 millones dosis de candidatos vacunales anticovid. cubadebate.cu Al cierre del 11 de julio se acumulan en Cuba 7 507 406 dosis administradas con los candidatos vacunales cubanos anti-COVID-19, informó el Ministerio de Salud Pública. Hasta la fecha, 3 047144 personas han recibido al menos una dosis, 2 565 754 ciudadanos una segunda dosis y un millón 894 mil 508 sujetos la tercera.
(2021-07-13). Haiti's White Rulers Have Spoken On Haiti's Political Future. popularresistance.org The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) condemns the arrogance and illegality of United Nations Special Envoy for Haiti Helen La Lime's July 8 statement that Haitian Prime Minister Claude Joseph will be the new president, just one day after the assassination of President Jovenel MoàØse.
(2021-07-13). Una historia marxista del VIH/SIDA. workers.org 
Hace cuarenta años, el 5 de junio de 1981, se informó del primer caso de lo que llegó a conocerse como VIH/SIDA en un comunicado de prensa semanal de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades. Una manifestación de 2017 de ACT UP (Coalición contra el sida . . . |
(2021-07-13). Accelera la corsa nucleare. globalresearch.ca Nella base di Redzikowo in Polonia sono iniziati i lavori per l'installazione del sistema Aegis Ashore, con una spesa di oltre 180 milioni di dollari. Sarà la seconda base missilistica Usa in Europa, dopo quella di Deveselu in Romania divenuta …
(2021-07-13). Unequal Justice: Don't Count on the Supreme Court to Curb Gun Violence. progressive.org Now that conservatives hold a solid majority of the U.S. Supreme Court, we can expect that they will extend gun rights under the Second Amendment in the court's upcoming term.
(2021-07-13). Cuba and HIV/AIDS: How to combat an epidemic. workers.org 
By àÜzra EL Boston This is an edited version of a talk given July 9 at a Workers World Party‚àíBoston meeting on the theme "Cops and Colonizers Out of Pride." Pride 2021, when we celebrated the 52nd anniversary of the righteous Stonewall Rebellion, also rang with inspiring calls from the . . . |
(2021-07-13). Stop privatizing Puerto Rico! workers.org 
The U.S.-imposed Fiscal Control Board continues to try to impose all possible neoliberal policies of privatization on the people and island of Puerto Rico. The people have continued to fight back, most recently against LUMA Energy, the private contractor that took over operation of Puerto Rico's electrical grid June 1. . . . |
(2021-07-13). 11 Charts on Taxing the Wealthy and Corporations. counterpunch.org President Joe Biden and Congressional progressives have responded to public pressure by putting bold spending proposals on the table that would make our economy more fair, sustainable, and resilient in the face of future crises. The chances of these proposals passing depends largely on whether lawmakers can reach consensus around tax increases on wealthy individuals,
(2021-07-13). My Black Generation Is Fighting Like Hell to Stop the Whitelash. thenation.com My Black Generation Is Fighting Like Hell to Stop the Whitelash…
(2021-07-13). Fauci's Truths and Half-Truths About Gain-of-Function Research. thenation.com Fauci's Truths and Half-Truths About Gain-of-Function Research…
(2021-07-13). Cortés Burning the Aviaries. thenation.com Cortés Burning the Aviaries…
(2021-07-13). Is There No Way Out of the Climate Crisis? thenation.com Is There No Way Out of the Climate Crisis?
(2021-07-13). Brandon Taylor's Potlucks and Parties. thenation.com Brandon Taylor's Potlucks and Parties…
(2021-07-13). Kim Jong Un Drops Some Weight. thenation.com Kim Jong Un Drops Some Weight…
(2021-07-13). With historic win in elections, Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed consolidates power. peoplesdispatch.org Despite the numerous shortcomings, the participation of 46 political parties in an election with a voter registration of 78% and voter turnout of above 90%, was a major milestone in Ethiopia's democratization…
(2021-07-13). The Julian Assange Media Blackout Must End. zcomm.org Stunning revelations have emerged overseas about the reckless and duplicitous methods used by US law enforcement against Julian Assange – in the US, almost total media blackout…
(2021-07-13). Why America Can't Have "Nice Things" zcomm.org So, if the majority of Americans want Scandinavian/European healthcare, schools, unions, wages and taxes-on-the-rich, why don't we have these things?
(2021-07-13). America's Afghan War Is Over, So What About Iraq — and Iran? zcomm.org Let's hope Biden has learned another history lesson: that the United States should stop invading and attacking other countries…
(2021-07-13). Sydney Mockdown: The Delta Variant Strikes. zcomm.org The Delta variant of the disease has proved viciously wily in Sydney, New South Wales…
(2021-07-13). A Democratic Socialist Agenda Is Possible in Buffalo. zcomm.org With the Democratic nomination secured, and in the absence of any Republican challenger, the path to the inauguration of a socialist mayor, a vanishingly rare event in major U.S. cities, seems clear…
(2021-07-13). Frito-Lay Workers Strike Over 84-Hour Weeks, Meager Raises. zcomm.org 'We Want to See Our Families'
(2021-07-13). The Delusion of Infinite Economic Growth. zcomm.org The real question is this: how do we transition to alternative economic paradigms founded on the reconciliation of equitable human well-being with ecological integrity?>
(2021-07-13). Why we need a Debt Jubilee for Renters. zcomm.org What is going to happen when the eviction protections now scheduled to expire at the end of July finally do so?>
(2021-07-13). Efficacy of 91.2% with two Doses of Soberana 02 and one of Soberana Plus. orinocotribune.com 
Results of clinical trials of this combination of Soberana candidate vaccines were announced yesterday at a meeting of the government's COVID-19 task force, led by First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez | The combination of two doses of the candidate vaccine Soberana 02 and one of Soberana Plus, administered in a 0-28-56 day regimen, was found to have an efficacy of 91.2 percent, in preventing symptomatic cases of COVID-19, reported Dr. Vicente Vérez Bencomo, director of the Finlay Vaccine Institute (IFV), at Thursday's meeting of the Cuban government's COVID-19 prevention and c…
(2021-07-13). Headlines for July 13, 2021. democracynow.org Texas House Democrats Flee State to Stop GOP-Backed Voter Suppression Bills, Dozens Killed, 100+ Injured as Fire Tears Through COVID Ward in Iraq, Conflict, Climate Crisis and COVID-19 Cause Sixfold Rise in People Suffering Famine , WHO Blasts Calls for Extra Booster Shots While Billions Lack Vaccine Access, FDA Warns of Very Rare Guillain-Barré Cases Tied to Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine, Suspects in Assassination of Haitian President Had Ties to U.S. Law Enforcement, Cuban President Calls for End to Blockade as Biden Voices Support for Cuban Protesters, 32 Killed Across South Africa in Protests That Erupte…
(2021-07-13). "Pulled from YouTube": Mantra of Our Age. dissidentvoice.org 
I am of the opinion that people have the right to decide whether to accept vaccines or not, especially since these are experimental vaccines … My concern is I know there are risks but we don't have access to the data … We don't really have the information we need to make a reasonable decision. …
(2021-07-13). Unvaccinated people continue to get sick and die from COVID. peoplesworld.org 
A double dose of the Covid-19 vaccine means a return to (somewhat) normalcy. It is the moment we have all been anxiously waiting for, and it has been a long wait. So, by that logic, one would assume everyone would see compelling reasons behind getting vaccinated, taking off those face coverings, and breathing in a …
(2021-07-13). Post-COVID Vaccine Deaths Are Not Being Autopsied — Why? globalresearch.ca Dr. Jane Orient, …
(2021-07-13). Letter to Physicians: Four New Scientific Discoveries Regarding the Safety and Efficacy of COVID-19 Vaccines. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-13). COVID Vaccine Manufacturer Johnson and Johnson Ordered to Pay $263 Million for Role in Opioid Overdose Epidemic. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-13). Worst "Side Effect" Ever: Heart Inflammation Happening All Over the World Due to Blood Clotting Caused by COVID-19 Vaccines. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-13). Video: CNN Doctor Says It's "Time to Start Mandating" COVID Vaccines. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-13). Video: Electromagnetic Properties of the Vaccine: The Magnet Challenge. We Want Answers. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-13). Vaccines given in last 20 years could prevent 50 million deaths in LMICs. imperial.ac.uk Vaccinations given in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the last 20 years will prevent 50 million deaths from infectious diseases.
(2021-07-13). FDA to Add Warning to J&J Vaccine of 'Serious but Rare' Autoimmune Disorder. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-13). Metal-based molecules show promise against the build-up of Alzheimer's peptides. imperial.ac.uk In lab tests, Imperial researchers have created a metal-based molecule that inhibits the build-up of a peptide associated with Alzheimer's disease.
(2021-07-13). Venezuela Reports 1,200 New COVID-19 Cases, 12 Deaths & a 94% Recovery Rate on Sunday. orinocotribune.com 
On the 483rd day of the pandemic in Venezuela, Sunday, July 11, the nation reported 1,200 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours—all due to community transmission—in addition to 12 deaths. The details were announced by the Executive Vice President, Delcy Rodríguez, through her Twitter account. | With this update, Venezuela reaches a total of 284,942 infections and 3,290 deaths through almost 16 months of the pandemic. Of these, 14,024 are active cases, of whom 7,389 are receiving care in hospitals, 5,995 in Comprehensive Diagnostic Centers, and 640 in private clinics. The number of individuals…
(2021-07-13). Sri Lankan government to remove pandemic restrictions despite continuing Delta variant infections. wsws.org The Rajapakse government is moving to do away with existing restrictions defying numerous warnings from the World Health Organization and Sri Lankan health experts.
(2021-07-13). Controlling Women: With Roe v. Wade in Peril, Authors Say Move Past Court to Save Reproductive Rights. democracynow.org 
The Supreme Court is set to review a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy that intends to challenge Roe v. Wade, raising concern for advocates about how reproductive rights can be preserved without the landmark ruling. "I think it's very, very likely that the court will either eradicate the right to choose abortion as we now know it completely or so undermine it to make it meaningless for most of American women," says Kathryn Kolbert, longtime public interest attorney who argued the case of Planned Parenthood v. Casey before the Supreme Court in 1992, which is credited with saving Roe v. W…
(2021-07-13). Suppression Session: Texas Democrats Flee to D.C. to Block State Republican Voting Restriction Bill. democracynow.org 
We speak with one of the Texas Democrats who has fled the state to block the Republican-dominated Legislature from passing new voter restrictions in the battleground state, which already has some of the toughest voting rules in the country. Without the Democratic lawmakers, the Texas House won't have enough members present to reach a quorum. "Republicans have turned a deaf ear and a blind eye to the needs of the citizens of Texas," says Texas state Representative Jarvis Johnson. "We realized at that point there was no more negotiation that could be done, and we took the last tool in our toolbox." We also speak wi…
(2021-07-13). Díaz-Canel slams US for 'suffocating' Cuba's economy. en.mehrnews.com Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermudez slammed the cruel blockade imposed by the US against the island as the main cause behind recent economic problems.
(2021-07-13). 2 US police informants suspects in Haitian President's murder. en.mehrnews.com According to some reports, two suspects in the Haitian President's assassination were the US law enforcement informants.
(2021-07-13). Biden ally denies links to group formerly on US terrorism list after she appears at their event to endorse Iran regime change. rt.com 
Michele Flournoy, an ex-Obama official and a close ally to President Biden, issued a mea culpa after addressing an event held by an Iranian group formerly on the US terrorism list, claiming she was "unaware" of its involvement. | Flournoy — who served as Barack Obama's undersecretary of defense for policy and now heads up a major consulting firm with close ties to the Biden administration —
(2021-07-13). 'Several' suspects in Haiti's presidential assassination were informants for US drug agency, FBI — reports. rt.com 
The US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) confirmed that at least one of the men arrested for the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moise was their informant, according to CNN, while several others may have had ties to the FBI. | Moise was gunned down at dawn last Wednesday by attackers who reportedly claimed to be DEA agents raiding his home. Responding to an inquiry by CNN on Monday, the agency officially denied that the attackers were acting on its behalf, but confirmed that "at times, one of the suspects" detained by the Haitian authorities "was a confidential source to the DEA." | JUST IN: Several of the m…
(2021-07-13). Black academic Cornel West hammers 'spiritual rot' of Harvard in fiery resignation letter. rt.com 
Leftist philosopher Cornel West has decried the "spiritual rot" of Harvard University in a resignation letter to the elite school. West, who has clashed with Harvard before, said race and politics influenced his departure. | "How sad it is to see our beloved Harvard Divinity School in such decline and decay," West wrote in a resignation letter from the Ivy League institution, penned in June but posted to his Twitter account on Tuesday. Continuing to air his grievances at the school, West claimed that the "shadow of Jim Crow" looms over its campus, and slammed the "superficial diversity" apparently embraced by…
(2021-07-13). What should progressives be insisting on? nationofchange.org This is going to be a list, borrowed from other lists…
(2021-07-13). Let them suck Sikorskys, let them eat pork. nationofchange.org The Pentagon consumes more fossil fuel than any other entity on Earth.
(2021-07-13). Wildfires threaten homes, land across 10 Western states. peoplesworld.org 
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wildfires that torched homes and forced thousands to evacuate burned across 10 parched Western states on Tuesday, and the largest, in Oregon, threatened California's power supply. Nearly 60 wildfires tore through bone-dry timber and brush from Alaska to Wyoming, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. Arizona, Idaho, and Montana accounted for …