Media's "Cancel Culture" Debate Obscures Direct Threats to First Amendment
Alan MacLeod | commondreams.org | 2020-08-02
A scene from the Netflix documentary Immigration Nation. (Image: screenshot/Netflix) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/immigration-nation.png …
commondreams.org/views/2020/08/02/medias-cancel-culture-debate-obscures-direct-threats-first-amendment?cd-origin=rss

Fake Coronavirus Data, Fear Campaign. Spread of the COVID-19 Infection
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-02
Do not let yourself be misled by the fear campaign, pointing to a Worldwide coronavirus calamity with repeated "predictions" that hundreds of thousands of people are going to die. | According to the WHO, the death rate pertaining to Seasonal Influenza globally is between 6 to 12 times higher than COVID-19.
globalresearch.ca/fake-coronavirus-data-fear-campaign-spread-of-the-covid-19-infection/5708643

'Trump's troops are breaking the law and creating chaos'
Janine Jackson | mronline.org | 2020-08-02
Janine Jackson interviewed legal scholar Marjorie Cohn about secret police in Portland for the July 24, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript.
mronline.org/2020/08/02/trumps-troops-are-breaking-the-law-and-creating-chaos/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trumps-troops-are-breaking-the-law-and-creating-chaos

Seattle's "Bolshevik Revolution"
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-02
"We are coming to dismantle this deeply oppressive, racist, sexist, utterly bankrupt system of capitalism. We cannot and will not stop until it is dismantled, and we replace it with a socialist world, based on solidarity, genuine democracy, and equality." …
globalresearch.ca/seattle-bolshevik-revolution/5719987

American Troops to Leave Germany: Is It Goodbye or Just Auf Wiedersehen?
Philip Giraldi | thealtworld.com | 2020-08-02
The continued presence of tens of thousands of American military personnel in Europe seventy-five years after the end of the Second World War is rarely questioned either by politicians or the mainstream media. Currently there is little recollection of how, after the war ended, soldiers from Britain, France, the U.S. and the Soviet Union occupied Germany, each in a designated zone. Germany's capital Berlin was divided into four sectors, each with a foreign military occupying force. I was a part of that occupation force from 1968 through 1971, serving in the U.S. Army's Berlin Brigade as part of the 430th Military…

American Troops to Leave Germany: Is It Goodbye or Just Auf Wiedersehen?

Human Rights Defenders
Ramzy Baroud | zcomm.org | 2020-08-02
Palestinian Eyewitness Testimony of the Execution of Abdul Fattah al-Sharif by Israeli Soldier, Elor Azaria…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/human-rights-defenders/

Pompeo, Trump unleash new phase of aggression vs. China
Ken Hammond | liberationnews.org | 2020-08-02
Pompeo openly called for regime change in China, saying that "if we don't change China, China will change us."
liberationnews.org/pompeo-trump-unleash-new-phase-of-aggression-vs-china/

Insurance industry profits over people's lives: Democrats reject Medicare for All
Elaheh Farmand | liberationnews.org | 2020-08-02
What people need is not more profits for private companies and corporate bailouts, but a universal, socialist healthcare system.
liberationnews.org/insurance-industry-profits-over-peoples-lives-democrats-reject-medicare-for-all/

Video: Turkey Cries Foul About Deployment of Egyptian Troops in Idlib. What's Going On?
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-02
The Egyptian military has deployed about 150 troops on the frontline in the Syrian region of Greater Idlib to support forces of the Damascus government, Turkish sources claimed on July 30. | "The troops were later deployed in the Khan al-Asal | …
globalresearch.ca/video-turkey-cries-foul-deployment-egyptian-troops-idlib/5719978

Video: That Sinking Feeling: Ukrainian Naval and Coastal Forces
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-02
In few areas are Russia's and Ukraine's divergent fortunes as evident as in naval armaments. Whereas the Russian Navy has overcome the malaise of the 1990s and went on to introduce new classes of warships, including state-of-the-art missile frigates, attack …
globalresearch.ca/video-sinking-ukrainian-naval-coastal-forces/5719992

Deteriorating Sino/US Relations: From Engagement to Containment and Confrontation
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-02
On Thursday during testimony before Senate Foreign Relations Committee members, Pompeo continued his militantly hostile war of words on China. See below. | *** | Commenting on his Chinaphobic remarks last week, former US diplomat who accompanied Richard Nixon on his 1972 …
globalresearch.ca/deteriorating-sino-us-relations-engagement-containment-confrontation/5719967

Congress Fails to Agree on Extending Aid to Jobless Americans
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-02
On Thursday, I emailed the information below to a retired physician/health and fitness expert friend I've known since the 1940s, explaining the following: | Like earlier coronavirus outbreaks (SARS-Cov 2002-04, MERS 2012), SARS-Cov-2 hysteria will pass in time. | Of far greater …
globalresearch.ca/congress-fails-agree-extending-aid-jobless-americans/5719968

Workers and supporters shut down San Leandro Amazon Warehouse
Noah Roberts | liberationnews.org | 2020-08-02
The facility has seen four workers fall ill to COVID-19 in the past month, but management has not taken responsible action to ensure the safety of their workers by stopping operations and cleaning the warehouse.
liberationnews.org/workers-and-supporters-shut-down-san-leandro-amazon-warehouse/

'Titans of tech' face grilling in US Congress
Newsclick | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-08-02
Newsclick's Prabir Purkayastha talks about the deposition of the heads of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Facebook before the US House of Representatives Committee that deals with anti-trust issues.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/08/02/titans-of-tech-face-grilling-in-us-congress/

Is a Second Trump Presidency a Lesser Evil Than a Biden Presidency?
Bob Scofield | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-08-02
In this essay I will sketch an outline for an argument that, from a left-wing and especially an environmentalist perspective, a second Trump presidency will be a lesser evil than a Biden presidency. Before doing so, I will discuss my personal views on lesser-of-two-evils voting, protest voting, and the article that led me to stumble …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/08/is-a-second-trump-presidency-a-lesser-evil-than-a-biden-presidency/

Virus statistics reveal class truth
Deirdre Griswold | workers.org | 2020-08-02
The following is a digest of articles on COVID-19 by Deirdre Griswold that appeared in Workers World from April to June, 2020. April 14 — Because China is the most populous country in the world, and also the first to become infected with the COVID-19 virus, it is revealing to . . . | Continue reading Virus statistics reveal class truth at Workers.org…
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Why the Idea of Jobless Benefits Scares the Conservative Mind
Sonali Kolhatkar | zcomm.org | 2020-08-02
The coronavirus pandemic has allowed us to conduct an experiment on how government assistance is good for people and the economy…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/why-the-idea-of-jobless-benefits-scares-the-conservative-mind/

Woe to You Who Legislate Evil and Rob the Poor of Their Rights
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Rev Dr Liz Theoharis | commondreams.org | 2020-08-02
A recipient carries a box of food as others wait in line at a Food Bank distribution for those in need as the coronavirus pandemic continues on April 9, 2020 in Van Nuys, California. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/food_trump_coronavirus_0_0_0.jpg …
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Leaving No Roma behind during a pandemic, and beyond: a UN Resident Coordinator's Blog
news.un.org | 2020-08-02
Roma people in Europe face widespread discrimination in many areas of life, including housing and health. In this opinion piece, Francoise Jacob, the UN Resident Coordinator in Serbia, explains how the UN is helping Roma communities, many of which have no access to safe water or electricity, to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/08/1069331

How Jared Kushner's Secret Testing Plan "Went Poof Into Thin Air"
Katherine Eban | zcomm.org | 2020-08-02
This spring, a team working under the president's son-in-law produced a plan for an aggressive, coordinated national COVID-19 response that could have brought the pandemic under control…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/how-jared-kushners-secret-testing-plan-went-poof-into-thin-air/

COVID-19 shows the need to rebuild public health systems in Central Asian countries
Abdul Rahman | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-08-02
Most of the countries in central Asia have been reluctant to reimpose restrictions due to the economic fallout. This has led to a massive jump in the total number of new infections and deaths in late June and July…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/08/02/covid-19-shows-the-need-to-rebuild-public-health-systems-in-central-asian-countries/

Early Outpatient Treatment of Symptomatic, High-Risk COVID-19 Patients that Should be Ramped-Up Immediately as Key to the Pandemic Crisis
Dr. Harvey Risch | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-02
Abstract | More than 1.6 million Americans have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 and >10 times that number carry antibodies to it. High-risk patients presenting with progressing symptomatic disease have only hospitalization treatment with its high mortality. An outpatient treatment that prevents …
globalresearch.ca/early-outpatient-treatment-symptomatic-high-risk-covid-19-patients-should-ramped-up-immediately-key-pandemic-crisis/5719999

Video: Covid-19 Lies and Fraud: How the Fear Campaign is Affecting US Hospitals and Clinics
Dr. Dareld Morris | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-02
In the following interview, Dr. Morris, a practicing physician in Florida, USA, explains how politics and fraud are root causes of the Fear campaign that is plaguing his state, and the country. | First, labs are faking COVID results. Some …
globalresearch.ca/dr-dareld-morris-lies-crimes-covid-operation/5719980

"Doctors for the Truth" Speak Out in Madrid, Denounce Covid-19 "False Pandemic"
Doctors for the Truth | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-02
With the participation of hundreds of professionals from all over the world, "Doctors for the Truth" stated that Covid-19 is a false pandemic created for political purposes. They urged doctors, the media and political authorities to stop the operation, by …
globalresearch.ca/more-doctors-truth-speak-out-madrid-dismantling-false-pandemic-covid-19/5719993

Are Russia And US Different When It Comes To Election Meddling?
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-02
On this week's installment of "Scheer Intelligence," Robert Scheer challenges guest David Shimer on the fundamental conclusions of his new book, "Rigged: America, Russia and 100 Years of Covert Electoral Interference," regarding the "intentions" for US covert operations versus those of the Soviet Union/Russia. | Excerpted and lauded in the New York Times and elsewhere in the mainstream media, "Rigged" outlines covert operations in various countries by both nation-states, including American interference in 1970s Chile and post-World War II Italy, among others, but has been best reviewed for its deep dive into Russ…
popularresistance.org/are-russia-and-us-different-when-it-comes-to-election-meddling/

Afghan government releases over 300 Taliban prisoners
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-02
On the third and last day of a cease-fire with the Taliban, the Afghan government on Sunday announced that it had released over 300 prisoners of the militant group in connection with ongoing peace efforts.Announcing the development, the Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) said in a statement that the government had released 317 more Taliban prisoners from Parwan and other provincial prisons, bringing the total to 4,917.Prisoner releases will continue until the total reaches 5,100 — 100 more than required by the US-Taliban peace deal signed in February, it said.The Taliban vowed to have already complet…
yenisafak.com/en/world/afghan-government-releases-over-300-taliban-prisoners-3535928

Trump is Mussolini, riots are peaceful, but federal agents are terrorists — top black Democrat turns to trite #Resistance rhetoric
rt.com | 2020-08-02
Rep. Jim Clyburn was a key figure behind securing Joe Biden's nomination, and will be instrumental in picking his running mate. However, his views of late are show denial of reality and falling back on #Resistance tropes. | Jim Clyburn's name carries gravitas in both Washington and his home state of South Carolina. Clyburn's endorsement is considered to have pushed Joe Biden ahead of Bernie Sanders in the state's primary election, securing him the black vote. The veteran lawmaker and House Majority Whip is expected to vet Biden's eventual choice of running mate, given Biden has promised to consider a black wom…
rt.com/usa/496923-clyburn-trump-mussolini-biden/

'Socialist Trump?' Trump says 'changes must be made soon' to tackle income disparity in rare dig at 1-percenters
rt.com | 2020-08-02
US President Donald Trump said he agrees that the income gap between billionaires and the rest of Americans has grown too big, vowing to take action "soon" in a tweet that left his detractors puzzled. | "I actually agree with this. Too much income disparity. Changes must be made, and soon!" Trump wrote on Saturday, retweeting a Business Insider clip that cites a recent report by the Institute for Policy Studies, claiming that total US billionaire wealth grew by $637 between March and June, while 40 million Americans lost their jobs. | I actually agree with this. Too much income disparity. Changes must be made,…
rt.com/usa/496878-trump-socialist-income-disparity/

Socialist Gloria La Riva Nominated by Peace and Freedom Party Convention
Maureen Smith | indybay.org | 2020-08-02
On August 1st, the Peace and Freedom Party State Central Committee nominated Socialist/Labor Activist Gloria La Riva to be on the California ballot in November as their candidate for U.S. President…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/02/18835616.php

'The Clock Is Ticking': Bernie Sanders Calls on Senate to Act Quickly on Covid Relief Bill
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-08-02
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Video: Hollywood Celebrities and the Covid-19 Fear Campaign
Timothy Alexander Guzman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-02
The controversial face-mask wearing and social- distance problem in the US has celebrities getting into the political aspect of shaming people like actor Tom Hanks who recently said that: | "There's really only three things we can do in order to …
globalresearch.ca/video-george-carlin-covid-19/5719974

"Doctors for the Truth" Speak Out in Madrid, Denounce Covid-19 "False Pandemic"
Doctors for the Truth | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-02
With the participation of hundreds of professionals from all over the world, "Doctors for the truth" denounced that the Covid-19 is a false pandemic created for political purposes. They urged doctors, the media and political authorities to stop the operation, …
globalresearch.ca/more-doctors-truth-speak-out-madrid-dismantling-false-pandemic-covid-19/5719993

The One Percent's Attack on Unemployment Benefits Shows How Broken Our Democracy Is
Adam Shah | zcomm.org | 2020-08-02
The dignity of work is restored when employment leads to working people securing living wages and having their voices heard…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-one-percents-attack-on-unemployment-benefits-shows-how-broken-our-democracy-is/

UK's Stunning Hypocrisy over Hong Kong
Joseph Thomas | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-02
Further evidence the UK hides behind "human rights" rather than stands for them was demonstrated when London laced sanctions on Hong Kong after the passing of a security law aimed at combating overt foreign interference in the special administrative region …
globalresearch.ca/uk-hypocrisy-hong-kong/5719973

Malaysia: Former Prime Minister Najib Razak Found Guilty in Fraud Trial
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-02
Malaysia's High Court Tuesday found former Prime Minister Najib Razak guilty of abuse of power, money laundering, and criminal violation of trust during the trial against him for a multi-million dollar defalcation. | The court ruled that the US$10 million transfer …
globalresearch.ca/malaysia-former-prime-minister-found-guilty-fraud-trial/5720001

Army Abducts A Mother, Her Son And Daughter, In Hebron, After Colonists Attempted to Kidnap A Child
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-08-02
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday evening, a Palestinian mother along with her son and daughter after they helped free a child after she was assaulted by illegal colonialist settlers who tried to kidnap her. According to human rights activist and a volunteer with the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights …
imemc.org/article/army-abducts-a-mother-her-son-and-daughter-in-hebron-after-colonists-attempted-to-kidnap-a-child/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=army-abducts-a-mother-her-son-and-daughter-in-hebron-after-colonists-attempted-to-kidnap-a-child

Meditations On Yemen
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-08-02
Yemen is the elephant in the room. | Yemen is the black eye on a child that everyone at church pretends to believe is from falling down the stairs again to avoid an uncomfortable confrontation. | Yemen is the incestuous molestation everyone knows has been happening but they just keep eating their Thanksgiving dinner and making small talk. | The mass atrocity that is happening in Yemen is the worst thing that is happening in our world, and it isn't even close. | It is worse than anything the mass media ever talk about. | It is worse than Donald Trump's rude tweets. | It is worse than immigrant kids in cages. | It…

Meditations On Yemen

Food consumption trends point at real income decline before pandemic
Prabhat Patnaik | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-08-02
Why has there been a tendency toward persistent 'excess supply' in the foodgrain market when growth rate of foodgrain output has barely exceeded the population growth rate?
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/08/02/food-consumption-trends-point-at-real-income-decline-before-pandemic/

Gloria La Riva Nominated by Peace and Freedom Party in CA
Liberation Staff | liberationnews.org | 2020-08-02
Longtime San Francisco labor and anti-war activist Gloria La Riva was chosen Aug. 1 as the Peace and Freedom Party nominee for U. S. President.
liberationnews.org/gloria-la-riva-nominated-by-peace-and-freedom-party-in-ca/

Federal Agents at Protests Renew Calls to Dismantle Homeland Security
Alice Speri | zcomm.org | 2020-08-02
After months of protests demanding the defunding of police, the abduction of protesters turns the focus to Homeland Security…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/federal-agents-at-protests-renew-calls-to-dismantle-homeland-security/

Large protests continue in Portland
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-08-02
Portland, OR — The chant of "Black lives matter!" echoed off the Federal Courthouse Friday, July 31, as nearly 3000 demonstrators assembled in downtown Portland. Federal agents and local police were not visible, but a number of protesters stated that agents remain inside the courthouse. Many rally participants were well prepared for an attack, wearing head protection and gas masks to lessen the impact of teargas and police projectiles. No clashes occurred. | The courthouse is covered with slogans and surrounded by concrete barriers topped by metal fencing. African Americans and other oppressed nationalitie…
fightbacknews.org/2020/8/1/large-protests-continue-portland

Thousands march and rally in Portland
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-08-02
Portland, OR – Large marches rocked downtown Portland, August 1, as thousands took to the streets in defense of Black lives. Trade unionists had a visible presence in the large protests. | Many rallied in front of the federal courthouse, which is surrounded by concrete and metal barriers. | The federal courthouse has been the scene of intense clashes between protesters and federal agents sent by the Trump administration. As of midnight, police had no visible presence. | According to reports, police declared an action in the Northeast Portland neighborhood to be an 'unlawful assembly' and arrested several people.
fightbacknews.org/2020/8/2/thousands-march-and-rally-portland

Large protests continue in Portland
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-08-02
Portland, OR — The chant of "Black lives matter!" echoed off the Federal Courthouse Friday, July 31, as nearly 3000 demonstrators assembled in downtown Portland. Federal agents and local police were not visible, but a number of protesters stated that agents remain inside the courthouse. Many rally participants were well prepared for an attack, wearing head protection and gas masks to lessen the impact of teargas and police projectiles. No clashes occurred. | The courthouse is covered with slogans and surrounded by concrete barriers topped by metal fencing. African Americans and other oppressed nationalitie…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/8/1/large-protests-continue-portland

Demands for Kushner to Resign Over 'Staggering' Level of 'Depravity'
Jon Queally | zcomm.org | 2020-08-02
"Holy hell. Jared Kushner reportedly abandoned a national testing plan because it was *politically advantageous* to sit back and let blue states be eviscerated by the virus."
zcomm.org/znetarticle/demands-for-kushner-to-resign-over-staggering-level-of-depravity/

Follow John Lewis: Don't Let Trump Provoke Violence
Miles Mogulescu | commondreams.org | 2020-08-02
John Lewis' message of nonviolent resistance lives on. (Photo: Spider Martin GPA photo archive/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/lewis.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/08/02/follow-john-lewis-dont-let-trump-provoke-violence?cd-origin=rss

Futile Dialogue: What Would Socrates Do?
Camillo Mac Bica | commondreams.org | 2020-08-02
President Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a 2016 campaign rally at Fountain Park in Fountain Hills, Arizona. (Photo: Gage Skidmore/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump_supporters_vs_elites_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/08/02/futile-dialogue-what-would-socrates-do?cd-origin=rss

The Trump and Taxpayer Relief Act
Christopher Brauchli | commondreams.org | 2020-08-02
President Donald Trump appears at a rally on the eve before the South Carolina primary on February 28, 2020 in North Charleston, South Carolina. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump_american_fuhrer_1_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/08/02/trump-and-taxpayer-relief-act?cd-origin=rss

Insurgents and Iconoclasts Needed (But for Now Lay Low)
Andrew Levine | zcomm.org | 2020-08-02
We need insurgency and iconoclasm, not acquiescence to mainstream Democratic politics…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/insurgents-and-iconoclasts-needed-but-for-now-lay-low/

Big Tech Moguls and Misdeeds in the Spotlight
Matt Stoller | zcomm.org | 2020-08-02
The five and a half hour long hearing on Capitol Hill offered a stunning illustration of the extent of misdeeds by big tech…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/big-tech-moguls-and-misdeeds-in-the-spotlight/

Cuba's medical brigades in Africa embody a long tradition of solidarity
Pan Africanism Today Secretariat | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-08-02
From medical to military, agricultural, educational, cultural support and more, the Cuban footprint in Africa dates back to the national struggles against colonialism. The work of the Henry Reeve Brigade is a continuation of this tradition…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/08/02/cubas-medical-brigades-in-africa-embody-a-long-tradition-of-solidarity/

With John Lewis in Stockholm 1969
Richard Falk | zcomm.org | 2020-08-02
Thinking back to that weekend in Stockholm I marvel at how John Lewis reinvented himself, and rose to a position of moral preeminence and unsurpassed political wisdom and maturity…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/with-john-lewis-in-stockholm-1969/

Mayo Clinic Expands Commitment To Serving Veterans By Participating In VA Community Care Network Beginning August 1, 2020
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-08-02
Veterans in the upper Midwest may now be eligible to receive care in their local communities from Mayo Clinic Health System providers; and veterans around the country may be eligible for unique care for complex health issues at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Mayo Clinic in Florida, and Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. This expanded access is …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-expands-commitment-to-serving-veterans-by-participating-in-va-community-care-network-beginning-august-1-2020/

"We Are On the Cusp of Something Great"
Nikita Mitchell | zcomm.org | 2020-08-02
"The demand to defund the police and fund the people has real traction. It's not a new demand, but it has become a unified rallying cry."
zcomm.org/znetarticle/we-are-on-the-cusp-of-something-great/

Humanitarian Camp Raided by Border Patrol and BORTAC, 30+ People Arrested
Unicorn Riot | unicornriot.ninja | 2020-08-02
Arivaca, AZ — The government ramped up its efforts to stop humanitarian workers on the U.S.-Mexico border and raided the 'No More Deaths' aid station, Byrd Camp, arresting over 30 people. | The Friday, July 31 raid featured the U.S. Border Patrol, an armored vehicle, two…
unicornriot.ninja/2020/humanitarian-camp-raided-by-border-patrol-and-bortac-30-people-arrested/

Harlem's Pearl — James Baldwin
Michael K. Smith | zcomm.org | 2020-08-02
Baldwin transformed a horrifying legacy of pain and rage into grace and light…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/harlems-pearl-james-baldwin/

Harlem's Pearl: James Baldwin
Michael K. Smith | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-08-02
The American idea of progress is how fast I become white. And it's a trick bag. Because they know perfectly well I can never become white. I have drunk my share of dry martinis; I have proven myself civilized in every way I can. But there is an irreducible difficulty: something doesn't work. Well, I …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/08/harlems-pearl-james-baldwin/

Billionaires Push To Reopen Schools Without A Plan
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-02
Schools in the U.S. provide students with much more than an education. They provide child care, meals (for 14 million students), medical services (mostly for students with disabilities), psychological counseling, supervised physical activity and social connections. | There are more than 135,000 educational institutions and 56.6 million students in grades K through 12. Since 2014 the majority of all public school students have been children of color. (National Center for Education Statistics) | While all parents want their children to be able to return to school, more than two-thirds polled want schools physically…
popularresistance.org/billionaires-push-to-reopen-schools-without-a-plan/

The Heart Of The Matter In The South China Sea
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-02
When the USS Ronald Reagan and USS Nimitz carrier strike groups recently engaged in "operations" in the South China Sea, it failed to escape cynics that the US Pacific Fleet was doing its best to turn the infantile Thucydides trap theory into a self-fulfilling prophecy. | The pro forma official spin, via Rear Admiral Jim Kirk, commander of the Nimitz, is that the ops were conducted to "reinforce our commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific, a rules-based international order, and to our allies and partners." | Nobody pays attention to these clichés, because the real message was delivered by a CIA operative posin…
popularresistance.org/the-heart-of-the-matter-in-the-south-china-sea/

The Space Wars Have Begun
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-02
"Space is now a distinct warfighting domain," says the U.S. Defense Space Strategy. | Last week, corporate media repeated U.S. military propaganda: that Russia had "tested new technologies that could lead to so-called 'killer satellites'" (ABC); the U.S. and Britain "accused Russia of testing a weapon-like projectile in space that could be used to target satellites in orbit" (BBC); "the US has publicly accused Russia of testing an 'orbit weapon'" (CNN); "The launch could represent a step towards the militarisation of space"(Sky News); and so on.
popularresistance.org/the-space-wars-have-begun/

Nicaragua Targeted For US Overthrow In 2020-21
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-02
The US has launched a brazen, criminal and arrogant plan to overthrow Nicaragua's government. A well orchestrated plan financed by the United States to launch a coup d'état in Nicaragua over the next two years was leaked in a document from the US embassy and presented July 31, 2020 by Nicaraguan journalist William Grigsby on his political analysis program "Sin Fronteras", on Radio La Primerísima. The new coup plan is in response to the fact that the US realizes President Daniel Ortega will likely win the November 2021 elections.
popularresistance.org/nicaragua-targeted-for-us-overthrow-in-2020-21/

COVID-19 Crisis Failure, People Must Save Themselves And The Economy
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-02
The US is at a moment of truth. This week, Congress has to face up to a pandemic that is out of control and an economy that is collapsing. The Republican's and Democrat's proposals show they will fail this test. The people will need to protect themselves and lead from below. Our actions need to be about building a people's movement that grows in power before and after the November elections. No matter who is elected, the people will need to resist, create new systems and rule from below.
popularresistance.org/covid-crisis-failure-people-must-save-themselves-and-the-economy/

'We Are On The Cusp Of Something Great'
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-02
Since the nation erupted after the May 25 police killing of George Floyd, Black organizers and community members have been working around the clock to channel mass protests into tangible victories. Nikita Mitchell, 26, is national coordinator of The Rising Majority, formed in 2017 by the Movement for Black Lives, a coalition that includes Black Lives Matter. Rising Majority is led by Black people and people of color, and brings social movements together in an anti-racist, anti-capitalist Left for radical democracy.
popularresistance.org/we-are-on-the-cusp-of-something-great/

Border Patrol Agents Raid No More Deaths Migrant Aid Camp
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-02
The humanitarian group No More Deaths said an aid camp it operates for migrants crossing the desert was raided and then surrounded by Border Patrol agents. The group said the move as an escalation of tensions at a time when the aid they provide is vital. | Byrd Camp is located near Arivaca and serves as a medical aid site for people passing through one of the deadliest desert corridors of the borderland. | No More Deaths volunteer Emily Saunders said Border Patrol usually allows activities there to continue. But in late July, agents entered the property and arrested a migrant receiving care.
popularresistance.org/border-patrol-agents-raid-no-more-deaths-migrant-aid-camp/

Law Enforcement Exposed: Massive Blue Leaks, Police Pentagon Papers
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-02
In an email message, Betsy Reed, the editor-in-chief of the Intercept reports, "Hundreds of thousands of files from the FBI and local police departments have been leaked, exposing serious abuses of power by law enforcement." She writes, Blue Leaks "are like the Pentagon Papers for U.S. law enforcement." The leaks show how political activists are targeted and monitored on social media, that there is widespread racial bias by police and that police exaggerate threats by antifa to justify violence against protesters.
popularresistance.org/law-enforcement-exposed-massive-blue-leaks-police-pentagon-papers/

On Medicare And Medicaid's 55th Birthday, Let's Expand Benefits
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-02
On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law. This crowning achievement was both the culmination of a decades-long effort to attain guaranteed universal health insurance and the first step in the quest for Medicare for All. | In the 55 years since the legislation was signed into law, both programs have proven their worth. Before Medicare, about half of seniors lacked health insurance. They were an illness away from bankruptcy. Today, 99.1 percent of Americans 65 and older are insured, thanks to Medicare.
popularresistance.org/on-medicare-and-medicaids-55th-birthday-lets-expand-benefits/

The Russians Are(n't) Coming!
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-02
In America's Emerald City these days, if there's even a hint of a war-wind-down, imperial-deescalation, or military budget-cuts, Washington's (non-dribbling) Wizards have a ready response: Russia! Indeed, these military's magicians have a far-simpler and more effective playbook than the city's aptly-named NBA franchise. Since President Donald Trump's election year, basketball's Wizards are a meager 148-162; the Wizards of Warfare are essentially undefeated — not a single war hath ended. The first-place War Wizards rely on two go-to moves to maintain militarism…
popularresistance.org/the-russians-arent-coming/

Turkish president greets Muslim leaders' Eid al-Adha
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-02
The president of Turkey on Sunday spoke over the phone with his counterparts from Afghanistan and Indonesia on the occasion of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha.According to a statement by Turkey's Directorate of Communications, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and Joko Widodo exchanged greetings for Eid, one of the two most important Muslim holidays.The leaders underscored their commitment to improve bilateral relations and strengthen cooperation on regional issues.Most of the Muslim-majority countries around the world, including Turkey, are observing the four-day holiday that started on Friday.
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkish-president-greets-muslim-leaders-eid-al-adha-3535937

Philippines' confirmed coronavirus cases exceed 100,000
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-02
The Philippines on Sunday reported 5,032 additional coronavirus infections, its largest single-day increase on record, taking the country's confirmed cases to 103,185.In a bulletin, the Department of Health also said the Southeast Asian country's coronavirus death toll had jumped by 20 to 2,059.President Rodrigo Duterte was scheduled to meet key cabinet members on Sunday to discuss a call by medical frontliners' groups to put the capital Manila, which accounts for the bulk of infections, back under a stricter lockdown, his spokesman said….
yenisafak.com/en/world/philippines-confirmed-coronavirus-cases-exceed-100000-3535927

India's interior minister tests positive for coronavirus, hospitalised
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-02
Amit Shah, a close aide to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and one of the country's most powerful politicians, heads a key ministry that has been at the forefront of managing India's coronavirus outbreak."I request all of you who came in contact with me in the last few days to isolate yourselves and get tested," Shah said in a tweet.
yenisafak.com/en/world/indias-interior-minister-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-hospitalised-3535932

Flights between Turkey, Iraq suspended over coronavirus
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-02
Iraq reopened Baghdad and southern airports last week for international travel after months of closure caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
yenisafak.com/en/world/flights-between-turkey-iraq-suspended-over-coronavirus-3535940

Doctors plight mounting in Bangladesh amid pandemic
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-02
The misery of doctors and frontline staff in the war against the novel coronavirus is surging in Bangladesh with at least 92 physicians having died due to the disease.The country reported 2,199 more infections as of Saturday with 21 additional deaths as the virus shows no indication of slowdown, according to the health ministry data.Deaths related to COVID-19 now stand at 3,132 and total infections stand at 240,000.Infections among doctors are raging and have already spread across the country as authorities allegedly failed to stop cases by taking proper measures even after the first COVID-19 case was detected Ma…
yenisafak.com/en/world/doctors-plight-mounting-in-bangladesh-amid-pandemic-3535930

Russia's coronavirus cases surpass 850,000
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-02
Russia reported 5,427 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Sunday, bringing its nationwide tally to 850,870, the fourth largest caseload in the world.Russia's coronavirus taskforce said 70 people had died over the last 24 hours, pushing the official death toll in the country of around 145 million people to 14,128.
yenisafak.com/en/world/russias-coronavirus-cases-surpass-850000-3535923

Indonesia reports 1,519 new coronavirus infections, 43 deaths
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-02
Indonesia reported 1,519 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, bringing the total to 111,455, data from the country's COVID-19 task force showed.The data also showed 43 new COVID-19 related deaths, bringing the toll to 5,236.
yenisafak.com/en/world/indonesia-reports-1519-new-coronavirus-infections-43-deaths-3535925

India's interior minister tests positive for coronavirus, hospitalised
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-02
India's Interior Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday that he had tested positive for coronavirus and had been admitted to hospital.Amit Shah, a close aide to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and one of the country's most powerful politicians, heads a key ministry that has been at the forefront of managing India's coronavirus outbreak."I request all of you who came in contact with me in the last few days to isolate yourselves and get tested," Shah said in a tweet.
yenisafak.com/en/world/indias-interior-minister-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-hospitalised-3535932

Top Iranian aide praises Turkey's Hagia Sophia move
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-02
A senior advisor to Iran's supreme leader on Sunday congratulated Turkey for reopening the Hagia Sophia Mosque after 86 years as a museum."We congratulate the Turkish people for this important Islamic success," Ali Akbar Velayati, an aide to Ali Khamenei told Iranian state television.Velayati also criticized US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for recent comments urging Ankara to reconvert the Hagia Sophia into a museum."His ancestors converted all museums of the world into churches. The Hagia Sophia, which has been a mosque for 500 years, will remain as a mosque until the apocalypse," Velayati stressed.Ankara has…
yenisafak.com/en/world/top-iranian-aide-praises-turkeys-hagia-sophia-move-3535931

Iran's stock market surges past key level to record high, as analysts warn of bubble
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-02
Iran's main stock index broke through the key 2 million point mark for the first time ever on Sunday, state media reported, amid warnings that the market is overheating.The Tehran Stock Exchange's benchmark TEDPIX index gained 46,844 points in early trading, the official IRNA news agency said, up 2.4%.The index closed at 1,961,649 on Saturday after surging by over 57,325 points, or 3.01%, on the day, according to the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) website.Iran's clerical rulers have been encouraging ordinary Iranians to invest in local stocks to boost the country's economy, which has been hard hit by the reimpositio…
yenisafak.com/en/world/irans-stock-market-surges-past-key-level-to-record-high-as-analysts-warn-of-bubble-3535926

Does all of India approve of the Kashmir annexation move?
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-02
Describing Aug. 5, when India annexed Jammu and Kashmir region, a day of "betrayal" and "blackest day", a pro-India Kashmiri politician said people were seething with anger against the move.A member of Indian parliament, representing Kashmiri's oldest political party the National Conference (NC), Hassnain Masoodi said oppressive machinery has prevented people to show their anger in streets."The disapproval continues. The state may choose not to see the anger but it is there. Oppressive machinery in place does not allow people to exercise their right to demonstrate and hold meetings. Hundreds of people are still j…
yenisafak.com/en/world/does-all-of-india-approve-of-the-kashmir-annexation-move-3535935

Saudi Arabia says dozens of soldiers killed in clashes
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-02
Saudi forces suffered dozens of casualties amid clashes in the country's southwest, according to news reports on Sunday by an outlet aligned with Yemeni Houthi rebels.Clashes broke out with Houthi forces in the city of Najran, the Ansarullah news website reported.Saudi authorities have yet to comment.Yemen has been beset by violence and chaos since 2014, when Houthi rebels overran much of the country, including Sanaa. The crisis escalated in 2015 when a Saudi-led military coalition launched a devastating air campaign aimed at rolling back Houthi territorial gains.Tens of thousands of Yemenis are since believed to…
yenisafak.com/en/world/saudi-arabia-says-dozens-of-soldiers-killed-in-clashes-3535934

Turkey-Azerbaijan joint military drills continue
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-02
Joint military exercises, which began on July 29 with the participation of Turkey and Azerbaijan's air and ground forces, are continuing."Another stage of the Azerbaijani-Turkish Live-Fire Joint Large-Scale Tactical Exercises held in our country in accordance with the Agreement on Military Cooperation was conducted," Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry said on Sunday."According to the plan, the efficiency and coordination of tasks, the organization of interoperability, the logistic support in the course of combat operations, as well as the effectiveness of military personnel activity and the use of weapons and military…
yenisafak.com/en/world/turkey-azerbaijan-joint-military-drills-continue-3535933

Eid al-Adha: Turkey donates meat to needy Gazans
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-02
Palestinian authorities on Sunday began distributing meat from livestock sacrificed with donations from Turkey on the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival to hundreds of families in need in the Gaza Strip.During the four-day holiday, the Ministry of Foundations and Religious Affairs aims to provide as many as 4,500 families with meat, Eshref Ismail, the director of the projects department at the ministry, told Anadolu Agency.The Turkiye Diyanet Foundation is financing the initiative.Most of the Muslim-majority countries around the world, including Turkey, are observing the four-day holiday that started on Friday.On Eid al…
yenisafak.com/en/news/eid-al-adha-turkey-donates-meat-to-needy-gazans-3535938

Teen suicides trigger debate on online gaming in Pakistan
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-02
Saad*, 18, was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his residence in southwestern Pakistan earlier this month.His brother says the teenager committed suicide after missing a task on a famous online video game.Over the next few days, three other youths reportedly committed suicide across the country for the same reason, triggering a debate on the psychological impact of the online games.Following the incidents, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), a state-run regulatory authority, which was already pressured by a series of complaints from parents, slapped a ban on several online games. But the ban was qu…
yenisafak.com/en/world/teen-suicides-trigger-debate-on-online-gaming-in-pakistan-3535924

Minister urges nation to observe health protocols in Muharram
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-02
TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) — Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli has called on the Iranian nation to fully observe anti-coronavirus health protocols during Muharram rituals.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161750/Minister-urges-nation-to-observe-health-protocols-in-Muharram

Iran COVID-19 update: 2,685 new cases, 208 deaths
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-02
TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) — The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has infected 2,685people in Iran in the past 24 hours, increasing the total cases to 309,437, said Health Ministry Spokesperson Sima Lari on Sunday.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161759/Iran-COVID-19-update-2-685-new-cases-208-deaths

VIDEO: Protests in Germany against COVID-19 restrictions
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-02
TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) — 18 police officers were injured during protests in Germany against the COVID-19 curbs. Several of the protesters were also arrested.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161770/VIDEO-Protests-in-Germany-against-COVID-19-restrictions

Army Ground Force signs MoU to receive geographical data
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-02
TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) — National Geography Organization and the intelligence branch of Iran Army's Ground Force signed an MoU to develop cooperation in the fields of science, education, and research interactions.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161749/Army-Ground-Force-signs-MoU-to-receive-geographical-data

Police seize over 631 kg of narcotics in central Iran
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-02
TEHRAN, Aug. 03 (MNA) — The police forces of Isfahan Province have seized over 631kg of illicit drugs in Nain County.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161779/Police-seize-over-631-kg-of-narcotics-in-central-Iran

2nd round of Iran-Ukraine talks to be held in Oct. in Tehran
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-02
TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) — Iranian Ambassador to Ukraine announced that the second round of talks between Iran and Ukraine over the issue of the Ukrainian aircraft's crash will be held in October 2020 in Tehran.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161754/2nd-round-of-Iran-Ukraine-talks-to-be-held-in-Oct-in-Tehran

Iranian Film Week to open in Japan
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-02
TEHRAN, Aug. 03 (MNA) — The third Iranian Film Week, organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Iran in Japan, is set to open in the Japanese city of Minato.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161755/Iranian-Film-Week-to-open-in-Japan

Promoting missile capability, defense ministry's top priority
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-02
TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) — Iranian Minister of Defense said that improving and promoting the missile capacity of the country is the main and top priority of his ministry.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161771/Promoting-missile-capability-defense-ministry-s-top-priority

Austria seeking cultural, economic ties with Iran
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-02
TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) — Austrian Ambassador to Iran Stefan Schulz said that Austria seeks to expand cultural and economic relations with Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province in Iran.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161766/Austria-seeking-cultural-economic-ties-with-Iran

Intelligence min. dismisses speculations on Sharmahd's arrest
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-02
TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) — Iranian Ministry of Intelligence has categorically dismissed any speculation on the arrest of the ringleader of a US-based terrorist group "Jamshid Sharmahd".
en.mehrnews.com/news/161777/Intelligence-min-dismisses-speculations-on-Sharmahd-s-arrest

Govt. to set up work group to remove production barriers
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-02
TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the government will establish a special workgroup for removing production barriers.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161776/Govt-to-set-up-work-group-to-remove-production-barriers

Sunflower farm in NE Iran
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-02
BOJNURD, Aug. 02 (MNA) — Some 15,000 hectares of farms in North Khorasan province, northeast Iran, are under cultivation of oily seeds, producing some 70,000 tons of different seeds including sunflower and rapeseed on an annual basis.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/161734/Sunflower-farm-in-NE-Iran

Zarif stresses need to update document on Iran-Russia coop
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-02
TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister in his meeting with with Chairman of the Russian Duma's Foreign Affairs Committee stressed the need to update the document of long-term cooperation between the two countries.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161762/Zarif-stresses-need-to-update-document-on-Iran-Russia-coop

Tehran, Seoul to launch humanitarian trade: Yonhap
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-02
TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) — A South Korean source has claimed that Tehran and Seoul have agreed to establish a working group on mutual humanitarian trade, according to Yonhap.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161745/Tehran-Seoul-to-launch-humanitarian-trade-Yonhap

Saudi fighter jets bombed Yemen 598 times last month
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-02
TEHRAN, Aug. 03 (MNA) — The fighter jets of Saudi-led coalition have bombed Yemen 598 times last month, A Yemeni military source said.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161775/Saudi-fighter-jets-bombed-Yemen-598-times-last-month

VIDEO: Wildfire sweeps southern California
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-02
TEHRAN, Aug. 03 (MNA) — A wildfire in southern California, which has been deemed the Apple fire, has forced evacuation orders in several neighborhoods after burning more than 4,000 acres and destroying at least one home Saturday.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161765/VIDEO-Wildfire-sweeps-southern-California

Yemen military shoots down US drone
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-02
TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) — The Spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, informed on Sunday that the Yemeni military forces have shot down an American spy drone.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161757/Yemen-military-shoots-down-US-drone

'Sleepy Joe' Biden 'never leaves his basement' and won't win Texas, Trump says
rt.com | 2020-08-02
President Donald Trump has bashed his basement-dwelling presidential opponent, Joe Biden, and touted his own support for "Oil, Gas, Guns, & God," after a fundraising trip to the Lone Star State. | "Was in the Great State of Texas this week and explained that the Radical Left Do Nothing Democrats, headed up by their great leader, Sleepy Joe Biden (who never leaves his basement), are strongly against 'Oil, Gas, Guns, & God," Trump tweeted on Sunday. | "Must be tough to win Texas on that platform!" he added. | Was in the Great State of Texas this week and explained that the Radical Left Do Nothing Democrats, hea…
rt.com/usa/496907-trump-texas-biden-basement/

Members of Congress returning to DC from Lewis funeral in Georgia won't have to follow quarantine rule made for everybody else
rt.com | 2020-08-02
Politicians who attended the funeral for congressman John Lewis in Georgia won't have to worry about Washington's new quarantine rules as they return to the city because they're deemed too essential to lock down. | A Who's Who of Democrat politicians attended Thursday's funeral in Atlanta, despite a state ban on gatherings of more than 50 people. Fifty members of Congress attended, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Kamala Harris, a leading candidate to be Joe Biden'…
rt.com/usa/496924-congress-quarantine-exempt/

No press allowed at GOP convention, Trump to be nominated behind closed doors — reports
rt.com | 2020-08-02
This month's Republican National Convention will take place behind closed doors and with no press present, reports suggest. The move is the latest in a series of twists and changes to the convention. | Originally slated to take place in Jacksonville, Florida, the Republican National Convention was canceled last month due to a rise in coronavirus cases. Beforehand, it had been moved there from Charlotte due to virus restrictions applied by North Carolina Governor Ray Cooper, a Democrat. After canvassing a number of other cities as potential hosts, the GOP has fallen back on Charlotte, albeit for a convention wi…
rt.com/usa/496905-republican-convention-no-press/

Two guards stabbed during Georgia prison riot. Purported footage of violent uprising spreads on social media (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-08-02
Two guards have been injured in a riot at Georgia's Ware State Prison, local media reported. Purported videos of the chaotic rebellion show inmates covered in blood, holding tasers, and even frog-marching handcuffed prison staff. | The situation is now under control and the facility, located near Waycross, has been put on lockdown, according to local media, citing a statement from the Georgia Department of Corrections. | "Two staff members received minor, non-life-threatening injuries and there are no reported inmate injuries at this time," the statement read. | Local reports also shared a statement from the W…
rt.com/usa/496884-prison-riot-georgia-ware-videos-stabbings/

Trump will act on TikTok and other Chinese software companies 'in the coming days' — Pompeo
rt.com | 2020-08-02
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has vowed that President Donald Trump will take action "in the coming days" to deal with Chinese software companies that the White House claims are feeding data to Beijing. | Appearing on Fox News' 'Sunday Morning Futures' show, Pompeo claimed the practices of the Chinese tech companies currently in the administration's sights, including TikTok and WeChat, pose "true privacy issues for the American people." | "For a long time the US just said 'Well, goodness, if we're having fun with it, or if a company can make money off of it, we're going to permit that to happen,'" he expla…
rt.com/usa/496919-trump-pompeo-chinese-tiktok-apps/

'Do as they say': Minneapolis police warn people to obey criminals for their own safety as violent crime surges amid BLM protests
rt.com | 2020-08-02
Embattled Minneapolis police are advising residents on survival skills amid a wave of violent crime, offering such tips as "be prepared to give up your cell phone and purse/wallet" to robbers and "do not walk alone." | "Do not argue or fight with the criminal," police said in a July 28 letter to Third Precinct residents. "Do what they say. Your safety is most important." | The Third Precinct, southeast of downtown, was one of the areas hardest hit by the protests-tur…
rt.com/usa/496922-minneapolis-police-obey-criminals/

Microsoft says talks over TikTok's potential purchase to wrap up by September 15 in 'any event' after CEO speaks with Trump
rt.com | 2020-08-02
Microsoft has said they would "move quickly" in their talks with ByteDance to buy TikTok, after CEO Satya Nadella discussed the issue with US President Donald Trump, who threatened to ban the popular Chinese app. | In a statement on its official blog on Sunday, Microsoft has confirmed that the discussions between them and the owner of TikTok, Chinese company ByteDance, have been underway, vowing to complete them "no later than September, 15" w…
rt.com/usa/496927-tiktok-purchase-microsoft-talks-deadline/

Joe says no: Trader Joe's stands up to outrage mob, proving the impotence of online activism
rt.com | 2020-08-02
Grocery chain Trader Joe's won't be changing its supposedly "racist" product labels. In an era where suspect tweets can ruin careers, the decision is a reminder that online activism doesn't always matter in real life. | According to more than 5,000 signatories of an online petition, some of the chain's branding — which sees its Italian range labeled 'Trader Giotto's', its Mexican range called 'Trader Jose's', and its Chinese food named 'Trader Ming's' — is racist. | The branding "exoticizes other cultures," the petition states. Furthermore, the petition alleges that the company's founder Joe Coulombe…
rt.com/usa/496917-trader-joes-racist-statement/

Unnamed Conservative MP arrested after rape accusation from former parliamentary aide
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-08-02
A Conservative MP has been arrested after a former parliamentary aide accused him of rape, sexual assault and coercive control, according to reports. | The ex-minister, who's not been named, is alleged to have assaulted and raped a woman. The abuse allegedly took place during a relationship, the Sunday Times and Mail on Sunday reported. | The investigation comes days after former Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke was convicted at Southwark Crown Court in a separate case of sexually assaulting two women, one of them a parliamentary worker. | Released on bail: | The Metropolitan Police said it received alleg…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/08/02/unnamed-conservative-mp-arrested-after-rape-accusation-from-former-parliamentary-aide/

Unite chief Len McCluskey fires warning shot over Labour antisemitism payout
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-08-02
The chief of Labour's biggest union backer said his organisation would "no doubt" review its financial support for the party in the wake of the decision to offer payouts to whistleblowers who accused the party of failing to tackle antisemitism.Payouts: General secretary of Unite Len McCluskey used an interview with the Observer to issue a warning to Labour leader Keir Starmer. It came after the party agreed to pay "substantial damages" to whistleblowers who contributed to a TV expose of its handling of antisemitism.McCluskey, an ally of former leader Jeremy Corbyn, said the payouts were "an abuse of member…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/08/02/unite-chief-len-mccluskey-fires-warning-shot-over-labour-antisemitism-payout/

Shut It Down! Workers Shut Amazon DSF4 For Health/Safety & Living Wages
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-08-02
Amazonians and workers shutdown the Amazon DSF4 warehouse on August 1, 2020 to protest the lack of health and safety and slave labor wages…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/02/18835579.php

Music Video – Vitamin Em's version of Never Tear Us Apart (INXS)
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-08-02
Vitamin Em – Quarantine Music Video – Released July 29, 2020 – Performed While Sheltering-In-Place During The Coronavirus Covid-19 Pandemic:…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/31/18835549.php

Monday 8/3: #MoralMonday Action: Demand COVID Relief & Stop McConnell's Misery, Meanness & Mayhem Now!
Poor People's Campaign | indybay.org | 2020-08-02
Online via livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/01/18835564.php

Saturday 8/8: Shut Down CA's Concentration Camps: Statewide Day of Action for Immigrant Justice (SF)
Free Them All Coalition- Bay Area | indybay.org | 2020-08-02
There will be an initial meeting/rally at Justin Herman Plaza and then we will march to the ICE building for another rally. | Please stay tuned for details on a supporting car caravan, led by the SF LowRider Council, which will likely start in the mission and meet up with the march at the ICE building. | Please also stay tuned for actions you can take from home in the days before the action. | Thank you for taking action! #FreeThemAll…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/01/18835565.php

Saturday 8/8: COULD THE 2020 ELECTION BE STOLEN? Webinar August 8th
Allan Rees | indybay.org | 2020-08-02
Live Interactive Online Webinar Saturday, August 8th…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/02/18835593.php

Wednesday 8/5: Yes on Prop. 16 Kickoff Rally: Equal Opportunity for All Californians
Yes on Prop 16 and others | indybay.org | 2020-08-02
Online via Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/02/18835615.php

Monday 8/3: We Are All Learning: Practical Futures For Public Safety in Santa Cruz
Kayla Kumar | indybay.org | 2020-08-02
Online Event | stanford.zoom.us/j/92675673025?pwd=dmVRYXZOdEE0c0lyVHdnSFJXRnFWdz09+Passcode%3A+752542…
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Trump and the GOP are suppressing the vote for November election
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-08-02
Mark Dimondstein Testimony, President Of American Postal Workers Union:…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/02/18835577.php

Saturday 8/8: Support Haiti's Campaign for Dignity! Virtual Fundraiser for UNIFA's Teaching Hospital
Haiti Emergency Relief Fund | indybay.org | 2020-08-02
Online via livestream…
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Black Women's March in Vallejo
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-08-02
Rally and march on Vallejo waterfront…
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Monday 8/3: Remove George Washington Statue: Watsonville Parks & Recreation Commission Meeting
Remove George Washington Bust | indybay.org | 2020-08-02
City of Watsonville Parks & Recreation Commission Meeting | (Online)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/01/18835562.php

Housing Emergency Prevails Over Contracts
Legal Beagle | indybay.org | 2020-08-02
Home Building and Loan Association vs. Blaisdell, 290 U.S. 398 (1934) stated in an appeal of the Minnesota Mortgage Moratorium Law of 1933, during the emergency declared to exist, relief may be had through authorized judicial proceedings with respect to foreclosures of mortgages, and execution sales, of real estate; that sales may be postponed and periods of redemption may be extended. In other words, the emergency took precedence over the contracts clause of the Constitution.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/02/18835589.php

Monday 8/3: Rally and March for the UCSC 41
USWUSC | indybay.org | 2020-08-02
UC Santa Cruz | 1156 High St, Santa Cruz…
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How Covid-19 Could Upend Geopolitics
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-08-02
John FEFFER | I don't trust you. | Don't take it personally. It doesn't matter whether you're a friend or a stranger. I don't care about your identity or your politics, where you work or if you work, whether you wear a mask or carry a gun. | I don't trust you because you are, for the time being, a potential carrier of a deadly virus. You don't have any symptoms? Maybe you're an asymptomatic superspreader. Show me your negative test results and I'll still have my doubts. I have no idea what you've been up to between taking the test and receiving the results. And can we really trust that the test is accurate? | Fra…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/08/02/how-covid-19-could-upend-geopolitics/

U.S. Troop Removal From Germany: a NATO-Skeptic POTUS Always Wins
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-08-02
Is there any good reason why Germany is still occupied by the United States? After 75+ years one could make a strong argument that the Nazi threat is over. Donald Trump would seem to agree with this sentiment and directly stated that he wants to continue to reduce the number of American soldiers on the territory of today's friendlier tolerant and geopolitically submissive Deutschland. The logic by which U.S. forces are stationed across the globe has been called into question many times and very often has no sellable answer. Trump himself agrees with the dubious nature of the need to have an American army base in…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/08/02/us-troop-removal-from-germany-nato-skeptic-potus-always-wins/

The Battle of Kursk
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-08-02
The Battle of Kursk in central Russia unfolded at almost the same time that the allied landing in Sicily, which largely eclipses it in the western popular memory. But it is impossible to compare these operations, whether in terms of scale, the forces and equipment involved, or outcome. While the Sicilian operation allowed for the landing of allied troops in continental Italy, the failure of German Operation Citadel resulted in the complete collapse of the Wehrmacht's offensive strategy.
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/08/02/the-battle-of-kursk/

We Are in the Process of Completely Losing America
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-08-02
Michael SNYDER | When I was growing up, I was taught to love America. My father was in the U.S. Navy, our family spent six years overseas as he served at a military base in a foreign land, and every day I would say the Pledge of Allegiance at the local school for military children that I attended. It was during this period of time that Ronald Reagan was first elected president of the United States, and the things that he said about the greatness of America's values really inspired me. Of course no nation has ever been perfect, but at one time the United States was united by a common set of values that we were con…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/08/02/we-are-in-process-completely-losing-america/

Woolworths workers locked out in bid for wage parity
Kathy Fairfax | greenleft.org.au | 2020-08-02
Workers & unions Kathy FairfaxIssue 1275 Australia United Workers Union Woolworths WyongAugust 2, 2020More than 500 workers at th…
greenleft.org.au/content/woolworths-workers-locked-out-bid-wage-parity

'We Can Do This': Elections Advocate Says Measures Must Be Taken to Help States and Post Office Handle Surge in General Election Vote-By-Mail
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-08-02
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'Picking Up At a Dangerous Pace': 1.9 Million New Covid Cases in US in July
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-08-02
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'This Is Terrorism': With No Face Masks and No Warrant, Border Patrol Agents Raid Humanitarian Aid Station in Arizona and Detain 30 Migrants
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-08-02
"As always when humanitarian aid in the borderlands is targeted, those who seek care are the ones that face the brunt of these violent escalations." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/bp_agents.jpeg …
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Fun With Numbers
Futher Column, By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer | commondreams.org | 2020-08-02
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A "brazen giveaway" GOP HEALS Act is a $30 billion bonanza for the Pentagon
Alan MacLeod | mronline.org | 2020-08-01
The new $1 trillion GOP HEALS act includes billions for F-35 fighters, Apache Helicopters, and other welfare programs for the Pentagon.
mronline.org/2020/08/01/a-brazen-giveaway-gop-heals-act-is-a-30-billion-bonanza-for-the-pentagon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-brazen-giveaway-gop-heals-act-is-a-30-billion-bonanza-for-the-pentagon

2009 H1N1 Vaccine Caused Brain Damage in Children. Dr. Anthony Fauci on "Vaccine Safety" Issues
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-01
A lawsuit against the Trudeau Government for its handling of the COVID-19 Crisis has been launched. What is at stake is the violation of fundamental rights of Canadians. | "The mass and indiscriminate containment of citizens, the restriction of access to …
globalresearch.ca/video-dr-anthony-fauci-on-the-2009-h1n1pandemic-the-2009-h1n1-vaccine-caused-brain-damage-in-children/5711540

Who is Behind "Fake News"? Mainstream Media Use Fake Videos and Images
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-01
The mainstream corporate media is desperate. They want to suppress independent and alternative online media, which they categorize as "fake news". Readers on social media are warned not to go onto certain sites. Our analysis confirms that the mainstream media are routinely involved in distorting the facts and turning realities upside down.
globalresearch.ca/who-is-behind-fake-news-mainstream-media-use-fake-videos-and-images/5557580

Journalist in Portland says federal police have been dishing out 'collective punishment' during protests
Slava Zilber | thecanary.co | 2020-08-01
On 27 July The Canary spoke to journalist Wyatt Reed, who is a contributor for the Roanoke Times, MintPress News and the Grayzone. He's been covering the protests in Portland, Oregon. | Wyatt, where are you right now?: | Right now, I'm outside the federal courthouse here in Portland…
thecanary.co/feature/2020/08/01/journalist-in-portland-says-federal-police-have-been-dishing-out-collective-punishment-during-protests/

The Venezuelan government's latest move exposes the falsehoods in the US narrative
Peter Bolton | thecanary.co | 2020-08-01
Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro recently confirmed that his government has made contact with Norwegian counterparts so they can resume their role as a mediator in dialogue between his government and Juan Guaidó's hardline opposition faction. Guaidó is the US-backed leader of the coup in Venezuela. The move shows that there is, and always has been, a peaceful way out of the political conflict that's been roiling the country since the beginning of the coup attempt in January 2019. | But you wo…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2020/08/01/the-venezuelan-governments-latest-move-exposes-the-falsehoods-in-the-us-narrative/

Speaker Nancy Pelosi Writes to Me!
Ralph Nader | commondreams.org | 2020-08-01
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaks during a weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol May 7, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/pelosi_coronavirus.jpg …
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Human Rights Defenders: Palestinian Eyewitness Testimony of the Execution of Abdul Fattah al-Sharif by Israeli Soldier, Elor Azaria
Ramzy Baroud | commondreams.org | 2020-08-01
Israeli occupation forces attack Palestinian demonstrators during a protest against the illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank and the Jordan Valley, in Hebron on July 17, 2020. (Photo: Mamoun Wazwaz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-1227670297.jpg …
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Socialist Equality Party (US) National Congress adopts resolution on the coronavirus pandemic and the fight for socialism
wsws.org | 2020-08-01
The Congress resolution provides an unequaled analysis of the crisis triggered by the pandemic, directed toward the development of socialist class consciousness and the independent action of the working class.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/01/pers-a01.html

The global pandemic, the class struggle, and the tasks of the Socialist Equality Party
wsws.org | 2020-08-01
This resolution was adopted unanimously by the Sixth National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party in the US, held from July 19–24, 2020.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/01/reso-a01.html

The global pandemic, the class struggle, and the tasks of the Socialist Equality Party
wsws.org | 2020-08-01
This resolution was adopted unanimously by the Sixth National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party in the US, held July 19–24, 2020.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/01/reso-a01.html

Sri Lankan SEP to hold online meeting to conclude its election campaign
wsws.org | 2020-08-01
The SEP is the only party fighting for an international socialist perspective against deepening social inequality, the danger of imperialist war and the threat of dictatorship.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/01/slmt-a01.html

Sonia & Shaun 04: Maxwell's Docs & Coronavirus Act with special guest Whitney Webb
Whitney Webb | thealtworld.com | 2020-08-01

Sonia & Shaun 04: Maxwell's Docs & Coronavirus Act with special guest Whitney Webb

acism, Sexism, Classism — The Necessary Incoherence Of 'Mainstream' Ethical Debate
David Edwards | zcomm.org | 2020-08-01
What does it mean when journalists who spent the last two decades promoting wars of aggression on brown- and black-skinned people in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen take a knee?>…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/acism-sexism-classism-the-necessary-incoherence-of-mainstream-ethical-debate/

Take On the Tech Mob Now or Perish
Laura Flanders | commondreams.org | 2020-08-01
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos testifies before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law hearing on "Online Platforms and Market Power" in the Rayburn House office Building on Capitol Hill on July 29, 2020. (Photo by Graeme Jennings/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/jeff_b.jpg …
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Bernie groups break free of Dems: New party rising?
Jonathan H. Martin | zcomm.org | 2020-08-01
The beauty of the foregoing strategy is that it seeks a viable new party through a graduated series of accomplishable, grassroots-based electoral successes…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/bernie-groups-break-free-of-dems-new-party-rising/

Remdesivir for Covid-19: $1.6 Billion for a "Modestly Beneficial" Drug?
Elizabeth Woodworth | globalresearch.ca | 2020-08-01
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has recently "bought" all of Gilead Science's Remdesivir for $1.6 billion. "500,000 doses at $3,200 per patient — to be available to American hospitals but not for other countries"[6] | That's $1.6 …
globalresearch.ca/remdesivir-covid-19-1-6-billion-modestly-beneficial-drug/5717690

As COVID-19 ravages Brazil, governments promote homicidal reopening of schools
wsws.org | 2020-08-01
The attempt by big business politicians to reopen schools in the country faces massive opposition from educators and working-class families.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/01/braz-a01.html

Could the Duterte Regime Be COVID-19's Next Victim?
Walden Bello | zcomm.org | 2020-08-01
Like Trump in the U.S. and Bolsonaro in Brazil, the Philippine strongman's utter failure to contain COVID-19 may kneecap his authoritarian ambitions…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/could-the-duterte-regime-be-covid-19s-next-victim/

The US tech war on China and the 5G battlefield
Prabir Purkayastha | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-08-01
It is certainly not game over for Huawei, as many tech analysts are concluding. They have already pronounced the game over twice, once over Google's Android system denial, later on ARM processor ban…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/08/01/the-us-tech-war-on-china-and-the-5g-battlefield/

Fossil fuel industry engaging in 'pervasive fraud' that threatens global economy, report warns
Dana Drugmand | nationofchange.org | 2020-08-01
Warning of an impending financial implosion driven largely by fossil fuel industry deception, a recent report calls on fossil fuel insiders and other potential whistleblowers to help expose and prosecute this fraud. According to this new report from the National Whistleblower Center (NWC) published July 23, fossil fuel executives' deception on the financial risks of climate …
nationofchange.org/2020/08/01/fossil-fuel-industry-engaging-in-pervasive-fraud-that-threatens-global-economy-report-warns/

COVID-19, capitalism and climate
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-08-01
No one should have been surprised by COVID-19. Epidemiologists have been warning for decades about the increasing danger of novel virus pandemics that could cause major human suffering, disrupt the economy and exacerbate the growing inequalities that characterizes the modern world.
mronline.org/2020/08/01/covid-19-capitalism-and-climate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=covid-19-capitalism-and-climate

UK & Sweden's carbon targets half what is needed for 1.5C
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-08-01
Climate progressive countries United Kingdom and Sweden have to ramp up their commitments to reach the Paris Agreement goal, according to a new study led by Kevin Anderson of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of Manchester and Upsalla University.
mronline.org/2020/08/01/uk-swedens-carbon-targets-half-what-is-needed-for-1-5c/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=uk-swedens-carbon-targets-half-what-is-needed-for-1-5c

How the government scapegoated minorities with its lockdown announcement for northern areas
Imaan Asim | thecanary.co | 2020-08-01
For Muslims up and down the country, Friday 31 July would have been a particularly special Eid to celebrate, being able to spend it with family after the last Eid was in stricter lockdown conditions, and coming together as many have lost loved ones to coronavirus (Covid-19). | However, mere hours before midnight on 30 July, the government announced that "members of separate households are banned" from meeting indoors from midnight "in Greater Manchester, parts of Lancashire and parts of West Yorkshire". | Racis…
thecanary.co/opinion/2020/08/01/how-the-government-scapegoated-minorities-with-its-lockdown-announcement-for-northern-areas/

Lula and other international personalities join call to give Nobel Peace Prize to Cuban doctors
Brasil de Fato | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-08-01
The solidarity of Cuban doctors, once again, has gained international recognition. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, 1,800 healthcare professionals have been sent by the island's government to 27 countries to help contain the spread of the virus. | In response, everyday the campaign to award the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize to the Cuban doctors gains strength, through petitions endorsed by a variety of organizations and personalities (the US-based campaign's petition can be found here). | Among those who have signed the petition a…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/08/01/lula-and-other-international-personalities-join-call-to-give-nobel-peace-prize-to-cuban-doctors/

Ford Dearborn Truck Plant workers launch rank-and-file safety committee to save lives amid COVID-19 pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-08-01
The committee has appealed to its 5,000 co-workers, who build F-150 pickup trucks, to prepare joint action to fight the coronavirus and save lives.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/01/dtpr-a01.html

Ford Dearborn Truck Plant workers launch rank-and-file safety committee to save lives amid COVID-19 pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-08-01
The committee has appealed to their 5,000 co-workers, who build F-150 pickup trucks, to prepare joint action to fight the coronavirus and to save lives.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/01/dtpr-a01.html

Coronavirus shines light on zoos as danger zones for deadly disease transmission between humans and animals
Marilyn Kroplick | nationofchange.org | 2020-08-01
The pandemic makes one thing clear: We must change our relationship with wildlife or suffer the consequences.
nationofchange.org/2020/08/01/coronavirus-shines-light-on-zoos-as-danger-zones-for-deadly-disease-transmission-between-humans-and-animals/

Coronavirus is unleashing righteous worker anger and a new wave of unionism
Steven Greenhouse | zcomm.org | 2020-08-01
We may look back on this calamitous year as a pivotal moment when unions regained support as being critically important to building a fairer economy and society…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/coronavirus-is-unleashing-righteous-worker-anger-and-a-new-wave-of-unionism/

The coronavirus pandemic and the growing mental health crisis
wsws.org | 2020-08-01
Dealing with the insidious uncertainty of COVID-19's spread is more like living with a domestic abuser or being deployed to a war zone.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/01/ment-a01.html

Reopening of schools in Germany puts the lives of children and educators at stake
wsws.org | 2020-08-01
The situation is highly dangerous. Since the easing of the coronavirus restrictions, the number of cases in Europe, and in Germany, is once again on the rise.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/01/scho-a01.html

COVID-19 infections rapidly spread across Bangladesh
wsws.org | 2020-08-01
The worsening coronavirus crisis in Bangladesh is a direct result of inadequate public health spending by successive governments.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/01/bang-a01.html

A UK-funded contractor is providing intelligence support to Trump's protester-attacking paramilitaries
Tom Coburg | thecanary.co | 2020-08-01
Paramilitary units deployed by Donald Trump to the US city of Portland, in response to Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests, have been identified. Interestingly, intelligence for one of the units is handled by a multinational corporation that recently won a UK contract to manage NHS data. | Federal units identified: | Units engaging with protesters in Portland have been identified in a New York Times video. They include US Marshals, Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC), and Immig…
thecanary.co/us/us-analysis/2020/08/01/a-uk-funded-contractor-is-providing-intelligence-support-to-trumps-protester-attacking-paramilitaries/

Grenfell Tower inquiry reveals more criminality by corporations involved in refurbishment
wsws.org | 2020-08-01
An entire culture within corporations, built up over decades, which viewed regulations as impediments to reaping greater profits was evident in Rydon's testimony.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/01/gren-a01.html

[Perspectives] Why vaccine rumours stick–and getting them unstuck
Bruce Gellin | thelancet.com | 2020-08-01
Infectious diseases have long shaped human history, from the plague of Athens (430–427 BCE) that killed around a third of the Athenian population, the Black Death in the 14th century that killed about 30–60% of all Europeans, and the 1918–19 influenza pandemic that took the lives of at least 50 million people globally. In the 8 months since the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, more than 600‚Äà000 people worldwide have died from COVID-19 as of July 21, 2020. No sector of society has been spared and the full economic and societal reckoning will be grim by any account.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31640-8/fulltext?rss=yes

UK government forced to enact new restrictions after pandemic let loose
wsws.org | 2020-08-01
Around 4,200 people are catching COVID-19 each day in England, up 68 percent on the estimated 2,500 daily infections two weeks ago.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/01/lock-a01.html

[Editorial] The truth is out there, somewhere
The Lancet | thelancet.com | 2020-08-01
The tidal wave of information on the internet concerning the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in difficulties in discerning truth from fiction. This so-called infodemic, defined by WHO as an "overabundance of information–some accurate and some not–that makes it harder for people to find trustworthy sources and reliable guidance when needed", has become a major threat to public health. Infection rates will rise if people are confused about restrictions and patients may be harmed if they use unproven treatments or bogus remedies.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31678-0/fulltext?rss=yes

Lawsuit exposes massive COVID-19 outbreak at privately-run immigrant detention center in Virginia
wsws.org | 2020-08-01
The Farmville Detention Center has the largest COVID-19 outbreak of all immigrant detainment facilities in the United States.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/01/immi-a01.html

It's Easy to Laugh at Louie Gohmert. But
Michael Winship | commondreams.org | 2020-08-01
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) questions Attorney General William Barr who appears before the House Oversight Committee on July 28, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. (Photo: Matt McClain-Pool/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gohmert_covid19.jpg …
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[World Report] COVID-19 has "devastating" effect on women and girls
Sophie Cousins | thelancet.com | 2020-08-01
Natalia Kanem, executive director of the UN Population Fund, is among experts warning about disrupted health services and a surge in gender-based violence. Sophie Cousins reports.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31679-2/fulltext?rss=yes

No end in sight to COVID crisis, and its impact will last for 'decades to come'
news.un.org | 2020-08-01
Expressing "appreciation for WHO and partners' COVID-19 pandemic response efforts", the emergency committee convened by the UN health agency's chief, made it clear that there is not yet an end in sight to the public health crisis that has so far infected more than 17 million and killed over 650,000 people.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/08/1069392

Six months since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global public health emergency
wsws.org | 2020-08-01
Nearly 700,000 people have succumbed to the pandemic over the past six months.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/01/covi-a01.html

Universities prepare to blame students for COVID-19 outbreaks
wsws.org | 2020-08-01
Universities are hoping the personal responsibility of students will be sufficient enough to contain outbreaks on campuses.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/01/uptb-a01.html

The 1 Percent's Attack on Unemployment Benefits is a Sign of Our Broken Democracy
Adam Shah | commondreams.org | 2020-08-01
The long-term systemic reason that working people are willing to accept jobs that cannot provide enough income to cover basic needs is because they are unable to organize and demand higher wages. Unionization is clearly tied to higher and more equal wages. (Photo: SEIU via Twitter) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/union_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/08/01/1-percents-attack-unemployment-benefits-sign-our-broken-democracy?cd-origin=rss

Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian In Nablus, Injure Many In Jenin
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-08-01
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday at dawn, one Palestinian in Nablus, and injured several others in Jenin, in northern West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded Nablus city, stormed and searched homes, before abducting one Palestinian, identified as Islam al-Qadah. The soldiers also invaded Zabbouba village, west of Jenin, …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-abduct-a-palestinian-in-nablus-injure-many-in-jenin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=soldiers-abduct-a-palestinian-in-nablus-injure-many-in-jenin

Israeli Forces Shoot, Injure 7 Palestinians at Weekly Kufur Qaddoum March
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-08-01
Seven Palestinian young men were shot and injured by Israeli forces, on Friday, while dozens more suffocated on tear-gas at the weekly march in Kufur Qaddoum village, east of Qalqilia, in the northern occupied West Bank, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. The coordinator of the Popular Resistance in the …
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Israeli Soldiers Abduct Three Teenage Boys Near Jenin
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-08-01
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday evening, Ya'bad town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, searched homes, and abducted three teenage boys. The soldiers also invaded Zabbouba nearby village. Media sources in Jenin said several army vehicles invaded Ya'bad, especially the al-Ba'ajwa neighborhood, before abducting three teenage boys …
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[Correspondence] Cardiovascular risk in hypertension: open questions about HOPE 4 — Authors' reply
Jon-David Schwalm, Tara McCready, Shofiqul Islam, Martin McKee, Salim Yusuf | thelancet.com | 2020-08-01
We thank Marleen Hendriks and colleagues and Adam Richards for their comments regarding the HOPE 4 trial.1 Hendriks and colleagues draw attention to the generalisability of our findings as the non-physician health workers were paid by the project and the study medications were provided to the intervention group free of charge. Although working within the infrastructure of existing health-care systems might be theoretically optimal for uptake and sustainability, most health systems do not adequately address cardiovascular disease control.
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[Correspondence] Individual patient risk assessment and cost–benefit analysis of patiromer in AMBER
Eoin D O'Sullivan, Iain M MacIntyre | thelancet.com | 2020-08-01
We commend Rajiv Agarwal and colleagues1 for completion of the AMBER phase 2 trial. This is an important contribution to a habitually understudied patient population. However, their results raise challenging questions regarding both individual patient risk assessment and future cost–benefit analysis of patiromer use in this setting.1…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30545-6/fulltext?rss=yes

[Correspondence] Managing late preterm pre-eclampsia
Lionel Carbillon | thelancet.com | 2020-08-01
I read with particular interest Lucy C Chappell and colleagues'1 findings from the PHOENIX study, which clarifies issues about whether planned delivery or expectant management has better outcomes for mothers and their babies if the woman has pre-eclampsia or superimposed pre-eclampsia between 34 and 37 weeks' gestation.2 However, classical components of severe maternal morbidity, such as haemolysis elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets syndrome, are not specified or even mentioned in the primary outcome, which is a heterogeneous composite variable with both some obvious severe maternal complications and one i…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30622-X/fulltext?rss=yes

[Correspondence] Individual patient risk assessment and cost–benefit analysis of patiromer in AMBER — Authors' reply
Rajiv Agarwal, Patrick Rossignol, William B White, Bryan Williams | thelancet.com | 2020-08-01
Eoin O'Sullivan and Iain MacIntyre raise important questions about the relevance of the AMBER study, relating to individual-level decision making and the cost–benefit of our approach.1…
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[Correspondence] Cardiovascular risk in hypertension: open questions about HOPE 4
Marleen Hendriks, Judith van Andel, Gershim Asiki, Catherine Kyobutungi | thelancet.com | 2020-08-01
With great interest we read the encouraging results of the HOPE 4 trial by Jon-David Schwalm and colleagues.1 However, we agree with Tanzeen H Jafar and colleagues2 that the generalisability of the findings is limited because the non-physician health workers were privately paid by the study, and drugs were provided for free. Our work in Kenya shows that non-physician health workers are often overburdened, and that drugs are frequently out of stock in public facilities and pricey in private health facilities, leading to high out-of-pocket expenditure.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30612-7/fulltext?rss=yes

[Correspondence] Asphyxia of Italian academia in medicine and political deference
Pasquale Gallina, Oreste Gallo | thelancet.com | 2020-08-01
The Gelmini law, which reformed the Italian university system, aimed to promote academic meritocracy and independence (article 1).1 These issues were crucial for medicine, which was particularly afflicted by academic malpractice.2 Regrettably, expectations of reform have been unmet on many grounds.2 We have identified flaws in the recruitment of academics and the detrimental effects that result.
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[Correspondence] Cardiovascular risk in hypertension: open questions about HOPE 4
Adam Richards | thelancet.com | 2020-08-01
Congratulations to Jon-David Schwalm and colleagues1 of the HOPE 4 study team for convincingly showing that a non-physician health worker care model reduces 10-year cardiovascular disease risk in middle-income countries. However, the reduction in risk attributable to the care model is almost certainly larger than the ‚àí6 ∑40% points reported for the primary outcome for two reasons.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30613-9/fulltext?rss=yes

[Seminar] Atopic dermatitis
Sinéad M Langan, Alan D Irvine, Stephan Weidinger | thelancet.com | 2020-08-01
Atopic dermatitis is a common inflammatory skin disorder characterised by recurrent eczematous lesions and intense itch. The disorder affects people of all ages and ethnicities, has a substantial psychosocial impact on patients and relatives, and is the leading cause of the global burden from skin disease. Atopic dermatitis is associated with increased risk of multiple comorbidities, including food allergy, asthma, allergic rhinitis, and mental health disorders. The pathophysiology is complex and involves a strong genetic predisposition, epidermal dysfunction, and T-cell driven inflammation.
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[Correspondence] Managing late preterm pre-eclampsia
Yuto Maeda, Kohei Ogawa, Yuki Kamihara, Tetsuya Tanimoto, Haruhiko Sago | thelancet.com | 2020-08-01
Lucy C Chappell and colleagues1 showed that, at the expense of increased neonatal unit admissions related to premature births, immediate planned delivery reduced maternal morbidity and severe hypertension compared with expectant management among women with late preterm pre-eclampsia. Although the authors conclude that their trial supports this strategy in favour of initiation of delivery in women with late preterm pre-eclampsia, we are concerned about the underestimation of long-term neonatal morbidities.
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[Correspondence] Managing late preterm pre-eclampsia — Authors' reply
Lucy C Chappell, Edmund Juszczak, Andrew Shennan | thelancet.com | 2020-08-01
Lionel Carbillon queries the choice of composite maternal outcome in the PHOENIX trial,1 a Delphi consensus derived composite outcome reflecting the spectrum of pre-eclampsia multiorgan complications (including hepatic dysfunction typical of haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets syndrome),2 together with severe maternal hypertension (associated with maternal adverse cerebrovascular events). Hepatic dysfunction was more common in the PHOENIX expectant management group (63 [14%] of 451 participants) than the planned delivery group (44 [10%] of 448 participants), in keeping with the HYPITAT-II trial3…
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[Comment] Screening for Barrett's oesophagus: is now the time?
Yuri Hanada, Kenneth K Wang | thelancet.com | 2020-08-01
Screening for cancer is an important aspect of medical practice in this new millennium. It is well accepted that to decrease mortality due to oesophageal carcinoma, it is necessary to identify the malignancy at earlier, curable stages. In The Lancet, Rebecca Fitzgerald and colleagues1 report the results of a prospective, multicentre, pragmatic, randomised controlled trial, done at 109 sociodemographically diverse general practice clinics in England, which investigated whether offering the Cytosponge-trefoil factor 3 (TFF3) procedure to patients on medication for gastro-oesophageal reflux would increase the detect…
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A Portland 'Sit-Down' Can Rock Trump's Boat
Barbara G. Ellis | zcomm.org | 2020-08-01
Where used, the sit-down has always instantly, clearly and visually separated the oppressed from the oppressors, the peaceful from the violent…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/a-portland-sit-down-can-rock-trumps-boat/

Department of Homeland Security assembles "intelligence reports" on US journalists covering Portland protests
wsws.org | 2020-08-01
Such reports have been traditionally used to share information regarding wanted criminals or terrorists across federal and local law enforcement agencies.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/01/dhsi-a01.html

Portland anti-racist protesters undeterred by repression
Lily Cooper | liberationnews.org | 2020-08-01
For 63 days, every possible attempt to derail a people's movement in defense of Black lives has been made against protesters in Portland, Oregon. Every red-baiting, reactionary talking point has been deployed. On the ground, the Portland Police Bureau, the National Guard and three different types of federal paramilitary police have attempted to crush dissent. …
liberationnews.org/portland-anti-racist-protesters-undeterred-by-repression/

Health workers in the UK protest demanding wage hike
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-08-01
Thousands of health workers, including thousands of nurses, marched in London protesting their exclusion from the pay rise announced by the government. The call for the march was given by the Unite union…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/08/01/health-workers-in-the-uk-protest-demanding-wage-hike/

Department of Homeland Security assembles intelligence reports on US journalists covering Portland protests
wsws.org | 2020-08-01
Such reports have been traditionally used to share information regarding wanted criminals or terrorists across federal and local law enforcement agencies.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/01/dhsi-a01.html

Venezuela Requests Extradition of Former Oil Minister
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-08-01
Rafael Ramirez has been accused of corrupt dealings during his tenure as oil minister.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14957

US unemployment supplement expires, setting the stage for mass hunger and homelessness
wsws.org | 2020-08-01
The congressional stalemate over an extension of the unemployment pay supplement, which is certain to result in the total elimination or a major cut in the benefit, is a declaration of war against the entire working population.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/01/unem-a01.html

Masks are a Psychological Preparation for Mandatory Vaccinations
Bill Willers | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-08-01
This respirator does not protect against the risk of contracting disease or infection. –Warning with a box of N-95 respirators. You have no right not to be vaccinated. You have no right not to wear a mask. You have no right to open up your business …. If you refuse to be vaccinated, the state …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/08/masks-are-a-psychological-preparation-for-mandatory-vaccinations/

US unemployment supplement expires, setting the stage for mass hunger and homelessness
wsws.org | 2020-08-01
The Congress stalemate over an extension of the unemployment pay supplement, which is certain to result in a total elimination or a major cut in the benefit, is a declaration of war against the entire working population.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/01/unem-a01.html

Black Lives Matter Coalition calls for termination of 21 officers involved in 2019 drowning of Keshawn Stewart
ANSWER Indiana | liberationnews.org | 2020-08-01
We demand an end to the war on Black America!
liberationnews.org/black-lives-matter-coalition-calls-for-termination-of-21-officers-involved-in-2019-drowning-of-keshawn-stewart/

Humanity Protests Against The Crimes Of Death
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-01
On 23 July, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced that the world now has 15 million people infected by COVID-19. 'The pandemic has disrupted the lives of billions of people. Many have been at home for months', he said. The trauma of the Great Lockdown is taking a serious psycho-social toll. 'It's completely understandable that people want to get on with their lives', Dr. Ghebreyesus said. 'But we will not go back to the "old normal". The pandemic has already changed the way we live our lives.
popularresistance.org/humanity-protests-against-the-crimes-of-death/

Trump's Golden Era Of Energy Is Turning To Lead
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-01
It was just over a year ago that President Trump announced, "The golden era of American energy is now underway," saying that his policies focused on exploiting oil, gas, and coal were "unleashing energy dominance." | What a difference a year makes. On July 10, the Financial Times ran an article with a headline that asked, "Is the party finally over for U.S. oil and gas?" And there is no doubt that it has been quite a party for the last decade. At least, for the fracking executives who have enriched themselves while losing hundreds of billions of dollars investors gave them to produce oil and gas.
popularresistance.org/trumps-golden-era-of-energy-is-turning-to-lead/

No To The New Cold War With China
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-01
China's Ambassador to the United States posed a very simple question: "Is the United States ready or willing to live with another country with a very different culture, a very different political and economic system … in peace?" | The answer to this question must be that despite the intentions of the U.S. rulers, the people must opt for peace. For the Black liberation and anti-imperialist movement in the U.S., we are clear: War is a class issue and we say not one drop of blood from the Black working class and poor to defend the capitalist oligarchy.
popularresistance.org/no-to-the-new-cold-war-with-china/

Yemen: A Torrent Of Suffering In A Time of Siege
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-01
In war-torn Yemen, the crimes pile up. Children who bear no responsibility for governance or warfare endure the punishment. In 2018, UNICEF said the war made Yemen a living hell for children. By the year's end, Save the Children reported 85,000 children under age five had already died from starvation since the war escalated in 2015. By the end of 2020, it is expected that 23,500 children with severe acute malnutrition will be at immediate risk of death. | Cataclysmic conditions afflict Yemen as people try to cope with rampant diseases, the spread of COVID-19, flooding, literal swarms of locusts, rising displaceme…
popularresistance.org/yemen-a-torrent-of-suffering-in-a-time-of-siege/

Honestly, People In The US Couldn't Care Less About Hong Kong
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-01
I just spent two weeks in the United States, investigating, analyzing the situation there. | I worked in Washington D.C., Minneapolis, where Mr. George Floyd was murdered by deranged cops, in New York City and Boston. COVID-19 was at my tail, as the states kept opening and closing, frantically. Demonstrations were shaking the country, protests against endemic racism and discrimination have been erupting in hundreds of cities and towns. | In several of my reports, I described confusion and deep contradictions, which have been devastating this, still the most powerful nation in the Western world.
popularresistance.org/honestly-people-in-the-us-couldnt-care-less-about-hong-kong/

Hold The Halos
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-01
Last week I received an invitation to attend the annual whistleblowers luncheon hosted by the National Whistleblower Center (NWC). The luncheon is always a big deal. It's held in Washington, D.C., in the Russell Senate Office Building's Kennedy Caucus Room, the same room that hosted the Watergate hearings, the Army-McCarthy hearings, the Iran-Contra hearings and other momentous events in American political history. | It's attended by hundreds of whistleblowers from all over government and the private sector, as well as more than a few politicians.
popularresistance.org/hold-the-halos/

The Kurdish Freedom Movement, Rojava And The Left
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-01
The revolution in the Kurdish region of Syria called Rojava has generated significant enthusiasm among broad segments of the left in Europe and North America. The heroic resistance by Kurdish forces in Kobane, Syria during the siege by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in late 2014 and into early 2015 proved to be a pivotal moment. Images of revolutionary fighters, and particularly of armed women, engaged in a life-and-death struggle, bravely resisting the vicious onslaught by Islamist thugs, caught the attention and imagination of many on the so-called international left.
popularresistance.org/the-kurdish-freedom-movement-rojava-and-the-left/

Crisis In Portland Did Not Start With Trump's Shock Troops
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-08-01
By now, you've very likely seen startling footage of armed federal officers storming through the streets of downtown Portland and abducting protesters with unmarked vehicles. Maybe you've watched the live streams of them indiscriminately lobbing tear gas into crowds of people calmly standing on the sidewalk. Perhaps you saw a gruesome photo of critically injured young man, struck in the face by a munition while holding a speaker over his head. | Since then, several others have been hit in the face by impact munitions and flash bangs, and there exists extensive footage, photos, and firsthand accounts of the mayhem…
popularresistance.org/crisis-in-portland-did-not-start-with-trumps-shock-troops/

The Biden Rule: 'No Men Need Apply!'
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-08-01
Patrick BUCHANAN | There is a real possibility that, this coming week, Joe Biden will be selecting the 47th president of the United States. | For the woman Biden picks — he has promised to exclude from consideration all men, black, brown, white or Asian — has a better chance of succeeding to the presidency than any vice presidential nominee in U.S. history, other than perhaps Harry Truman. | In 1944, the Democratic establishment engineered the dumping of radical Henry Wallace from Roosevelt's ticket. They could see from FDR's physical deterioration that he would not last through a full fourth term.
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/08/01/the-biden-rule-no-men-need-apply/

Fuel truck rams into plane at Russia's largest airport on the day international flights resume (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-08-01
The resumption of international flights in Russia after the hiatus caused by Covid-19 has been marred by an accident at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport, where a fuel truck collided with an Airbus A321. | The truck crashed into a plane belonging to Russia's top air carrier, Aeroflot, early on Saturday. It happened on a remote parking lot, and no crew or passengers were on board the Airbus, which was preparing for a flight to the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Sheremetyevo Airport's press service said. | Both the plane and the truck suffered damage in the collision. Photos and videos from the scene published by RT's R…
rt.com/russia/496839-russia-airport-truck-plane-crash/

USSR's unique Cold War-era flying ship 'Caspian Sea Monster' to become main star of military theme park in Russia (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-08-01
A one-of-a-kind and bizarre-looking ekranoplan vehicle, which looks like a plane but is actually a military super ship, has arrived in the city of Derbent on the Caspian Sea where it will be the highlight of Patriot Park. | Built in the Soviet Union in 1986, 903 Lun became the first and only missile-carrying ekranoplan in the world. It joined the Caspian Flotilla in the early 1990s and remained in service for a decade. | The 74-meter vehicle used the lift generated by the ground effect of its huge wings to fly several meters above the water surface. Despite closely resembling a plane, Lun was classified as a s…
rt.com/russia/496846-caspian-sea-monster-russia-military/

'Caspian Sea Monster': Unique Soviet Cold War-era flying ship to become main attraction at military theme park in Russia (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-08-01
A one-of-a-kind bizarre ekranoplan vehicle, which looks like a plane but is actually a military super ship, has arrived in the city of Derbent on the Caspian Sea. It will eventually be the highlight of its 'Patriot Park.' | Built in the Soviet Union in 1986, 903 Lun became the first and only missile-carrying ekranoplan in the world. It joined the Caspian Flotilla in the early 1990s and remained in service for a decade. | The 74-meter vehicle used the lift generated by the ground effect of its huge wings to fly several meters above the water surface. Despite closely resembling a plane, Lun was classified as a s…
rt.com/russia/496846-caspian-sea-monster-russia-military/

Turkey: 1.2M families get financial aid during pandemic
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-01
The Turkish state has provided financial support to over a million families during the COVID-19 outbreak, a top government official said on Saturday.The government launched the Social Protection Shield program in March to cater to citizens' needs during the pandemic, Zehra Zumrut Selcuk, Turkey's family, labor, and social services minister, said in a statement.She said over 2 billion liras (over $286 million) have been distributed among citizens so far, with at least 1.2 million families each having received 1,000 Turkish liras ($143) in financial support.According to the minister, the government has extended soc…
yenisafak.com/en/world/turkey-12m-families-get-financial-aid-during-pandemic-3535900

Kuwait bans flights to 31 'high risk' countries due to coronavirus
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-01
Kuwait has banned until further notice commercial flights to 31 countries it said that it regarded as high risk due to the spread of the coronavirus, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said on Saturday.The countries include India, Pakistan, Egypt, the Philippines, Lebanon and Sri Lanka, which all have large numbers of expatriates in Kuwait. The list also includes China, Iran, Brazil, Mexico, Italy and Iraq.The ban was announced the same day Kuwait began a partial resumption of commercial flights. The authorities have said Kuwait International Airport would run at about 30% capacity from Saturday, gradually…
yenisafak.com/en/world/kuwait-bans-flights-to-31-high-risk-countries-due-to-coronavirus-3535898

Environmental disasters across world in July 2020
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-01
Numerous environmental disasters occurred across the world in the month of July which included forest fires in Ukraine, a storm in Russia, landslides in Myanmar, Nepal, China and many flash floods caused by heavy rains.Here is a timeline compiled by Anadolu AgencyJuly 1: – Powerful floods affect over 1.4 million people in the state of Assam, northeast India, according to the country's disaster authorities.July 2: – At least 110 miners are killed in a landslide, caused by heavy rain, at a jade mine in the state of Kachin, northern Myanmar, according to the country's emergency services.July 3: – At least eight people…
yenisafak.com/en/world/environmental-disasters-across-world-in-july-2020-3535899

Thousands march in Berlin to protest coronavirus curbs
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-01
Thousands of demonstrators rallied in Berlin on Saturday to protest against measures imposed in Germany to stem the coronavirus pandemic, saying they violated people's rights and freedoms.The loose gathering, estimated by police at 15,000, included libertarians, constitutional loyalists and sceptics of the science behind policies to fight the pandemic. There was also a small far-right presence with some marchers carrying Germany's imperial flag.Protesters danced and sang 'We are free people!' to the tune of rock band Queen's 'We Will Rock You'. Others marched with placards saying 'We are making a noise because yo…
yenisafak.com/en/world/thousands-march-in-berlin-to-protest-coronavirus-curbs-3535896

Japan's kabuki theatre resumes, socially distanced, after coronavirus hiatus
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-01
Japan's stately traditional kabuki theatre resumed performances on Saturday after a five-month break due to the novel coronavirus, with musicians in masks, actors farther apart on stage and only half the usual number of seats.The re-opening of Tokyo's famed Kabukiza Theatre, which called off performances from March due to the spread of the coronavirus, came even as new cases have spiked to record highs around the country."We're re-opening based on guidelines from infectious disease experts, paying attention to audience safety from the time they enter until the time they leave," Kabukiza manager Yoshitaka Hashimot…
yenisafak.com/en/world/japans-kabuki-theatre-resumes-socially-distanced-after-coronavirus-hiatus-3535890

Vietnam says up to 800,000 have left virus epicentre Danang
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-01
Vietnam's health ministry said on Saturday up to 800,000 visitors to Danang city, the country's new novel coronavirus epicentre, have left for other parts of the country since July 1.Vietnam last week detected its first locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in more than three months in Danang, a tourism hot spot.The total number of infections in the country has since risen to 558 from 413, with most of the new cases linked to three hospitals in Danang.More than 41,000 people have visited the three hospitals since July 1, the ministry said in a statement.The Southeast Asian country reported its first two COVID-19 dea…
yenisafak.com/en/world/vietnam-says-up-to-800000-have-left-virus-epicentre-danang-3535888

Poland reports record rise in virus cases for third day
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-01
Poland reported its highest number of new daily coronavirus cases since the global pandemic started for the third day in a row on Saturday, with 658 new infections, the Health Ministry said.More than 200 cases were reported in the Silesia mining region in southern Poland, which has been grappling with an outbreak amongst miners.The ministry also reported five new deaths.Poland has now reported a total of 46,346 coronavirus cases and 1,721 deaths.
yenisafak.com/en/world/poland-reports-record-rise-in-virus-cases-for-third-day-3535889

Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 955 to 209,653
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-01
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 955 to 209,653, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Friday.The reported death toll rose by 7 to 9148, the tally showed.
yenisafak.com/en/world/germanys-confirmed-coronavirus-cases-rise-by-955-to-209653-3535885

Russia's coronavirus death toll exceeds 14,000
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-01
Russia reported 95 new deaths from the novel coronavirus on Saturday, pushing its national tally to 14,058.Officials also reported 5,462 new cases of the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, pushing the country's tally to 845,443.
yenisafak.com/en/world/russias-coronavirus-death-toll-exceeds-14000-3535884

Iran arrests head of US-based anti-regime group
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-01
"Jamshid Sharmahd, the ringleader of the Tondar terrorist organization, was arrested by Iranian security forces," the Iranian Intelligence Ministry said in a written statement that did not contain more details of the arrest.Tehran accuses the US-based pro-monarchy organization, known in English as Kingdom Assembly of Iran, of conducting attacks and sabotage acts in Iran, including an April 2018 terror attack in the city of Shiraz that killed 14 people and injured 215 others.Sharmahd, who was based in the US state of California, was also reportedly responsible for anti-Iran media coverage. | * Writing by Zehra Nur…
yenisafak.com/en/news/iran-arrests-head-of-us-based-anti-regime-group-3535902

'Kashmiri feel humiliated by India's annexation move'
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-01
Former Indian government mediator for Kashmir Radha Kumar has said that Kashmiri people are feeling humiliated by India's decisions taken last year on Aug. 5, involving repealing the special status and dividing of the region into two centrally administered territories.She said there was a great deal of fear in the Kashmir Valley.In an exclusive interview with Anadolu Agency, she said the Indian government's arguments that revocation of special status will accelerate development and end militancy have not come true."There is hardly any development on the ground and militancy continues to remain there. Figures for…
yenisafak.com/en/world/kashmiri-feel-humiliated-by-indias-annexation-move-3535894

'India's actions in Kashmir, part of majoritarian agenda'
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-01
The annexation of the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir on Aug. 5 last year has evoked international anguish against India, said Pakistan's former top diplomat.In an interview with Anadolu Agency on the eve of the first anniversary of India's revoking the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, former Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry said this controversial move has violated international law embodied in the UN Security Council resolutions."There is a growing international reaction to Indian atrocities in the occupied Kashmir. The UN Human Rights Commissioner has published reports documenting the violat…
yenisafak.com/en/news/indias-actions-in-kashmir-part-of-majoritarian-agenda-3535892

Eid al-Adha: Aid distributed to 4,000 families in Gaza
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-01
A Turkish charity on Saturday distributed meat to nearly 4,200 families in need in the Gaza Strip on the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival.Nearly 25,000 people will receive the meat distributed by Turkey's Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) for the holiday, also known as the feast of sacrifice.A total of 37 cattle were slaughtered by the IHH in the Gaza Strip, media manager at IHH's Gaza Office, Muhammad es-Shurefa, told Anadolu Agency.Most Muslim-majority countries around the world are observing the four-day holiday starting on Friday.On Eid al-Adha, one of the two main yearly Muslim holidays, people who can afford…
yenisafak.com/en/world/eid-al-adha-aid-distributed-to-4000-families-in-gaza-3535887

Turkish beauty who stole hearts | as Halime Sultan becomes face of Pakistan
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-01
Turkish actress Esra Bilgiàß whom we have all come to know and love as Halime Sultan in Turkey's globally-acclaimed TV series Ertugrul: Resurrection announced that she will be collaborating with Pakistani mobile company Jazz.Taking to her social media accounts, Bilgiàß posted a stunning picture of herself in red to her 3.8 million followers and wrote: "I think its time to tell the world #Dunyakobatado #JazzSuper4G," revealing her collaboration with Pakistan's leading telecommunication network.Who is Halime Sultan's No.1?In a separate tweet, Bilgiàß wrote, "I found my no.1 in Pakistan," sending f…
yenisafak.com/en/life/turkish-beauty-who-stole-heartsas-halime-sultan-becomes-face-of-pakistan-3535891

Erdogan says Eid more joyous with Hagia Sophia Mosque
yenisafak.com | 2020-08-01
The president of Turkey on Saturday said the reopening of the Hagia Sophia as a mosque made the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha even more joyous."The reopening of the Hagia Sophia grand Mosque — an 86-year wound in the heart of our nation — has added to the joy of our Eid," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, greeting local officials of his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party for the holiday via video-link.Erdogan said he sought to hold an upcoming party congress as a "new resurrection, a new rising milestone."The next AK Party congress is expected to be held towards the end of 2020 while observing health and safet…
yenisafak.com/en/news/erdogan-says-eid-more-joyous-with-hagia-sophia-mosque-3535901

UK Wants US to Take Up Part of Spending Burden for Trident Missile's New Warhead, Report Says
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-01
The Pentagon leaked the UK's plans to purchase a new generation of W93 nuclear warheads for its submarine-based Trident weapons system earlier this year, with the upgrade expected to cost in excess of £11 billion ($14 billion) for the warheads alone, and £31 billion ($40 billion US) total.
sputniknews.com/military/202008011080034940-uk-wants-us-to-take-up-part-of-spending-burden-for-new-warhead-for-trident-missile-report-says/

Mysterious 'Biowarfare Seeds' From China Sowing Panic in US Turn Out to Be…Veggies and Herbs
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-01
Last week, residents of dozens of US states reported receiving suspicious, unsolicited packages of seeds from China, with fear mongers online immediately asking whether their delivery was a form of "biological warfare" by the People's Republic against the United States.
sputniknews.com/us/202008011080032800-mysterious-biowarfare-seeds-from-china-sowing-panic-in-us-turn-out-to-beveggies-and-herbs/

Japanese Reportedly Receive Mysterious Seed Parcels From China
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-01
TOKYO (Sputnik) – Japanese nationals report receiving unsolicited mysterious seed parcels that appear to be coming from China, national media reported on Saturday, citing the Kanagawa prefecture authorities.
sputniknews.com/asia/202008011080034997-japanese-reportedly-receive-mysterious-seed-parcels-from-china-/

Apple Becomes World's Most Valuable Company, Outstrips Saudi Aramco
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-01
On Thursday, Apple released its results for its fiscal 2020 third quarter, announcing that the company's revenue increased by 11% over the year despite the negative economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
sputniknews.com/business/202008011080032588-apple-becomes-worlds-most-valuable-company-outstrips-saudi-aramco/

Bottle Episode: COVID-19 Pandemic Hits Champagne Producers
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-01
France's GDP plunged 13.8 percent in April-June 2020, reflecting the effect of the coronavirus outbreak and related health crisis, the statistics agency INSEE reported earlier.
sputniknews.com/europe/202008011080032576-bottle-episode-covid-19-pandemic-hits-champagne-producers/

Balancing on the Edge: UK Gov't May Need to Call In Military to Quell 'Public Disorder'
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-01
There have been months long concerns around whether harsher measures may be needed to impose the coronavirus social distancing measures across the UK as the population grows weary. However, many are likely to be surprised at the extent to which the government's scientific advisors are now saying enforcement measures should be taken.
sputniknews.com/uk/202008011080032838-UK-public-disorder-military/

Protests Against Tighter Coronavirus Measures in Berlin – Video
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-01
Earlier this week, Robert Koch Institute president Lothar Wieler stressed that German citizens must abide by the coronavirus measures "for the upcoming months," adding that the rules should not be questioned.
sputniknews.com/europe/202008011080032497-protests-against-tighter-coronavirus-measures-in-berlin-video/

Hong Kong Chief Says Only Beijing Able to Resolve Legislative Limbo of Delayed Election
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-01
BEIJING (Sputnik) – Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam believes it's reasonable to extend the term of the current Legislative Assembly for a year as the legislative elections were postponed by over a year.
sputniknews.com/asia/202008011080032866-hong-kong-chief-says-only-beijing-able-to-resolve-legislative-limbo-of-delayed-election/

EU's Cybersanctions Against Russian Citizens Politically Motivated, Foreign Ministry Says
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-01
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The political connotations of the European Union's decision to impose sanctions against Russian, Chinese, and North Korean citizens and entities for alleged cyberattacks are obvious, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
sputniknews.com/world/202008011080034928-eus-cybersanctions-against-russian-citizens-politically-motivated-foreign-ministry-says/

'Without a Doubt, an Alien Craft': UFO Gets Spotted by Security Cam, Conspiracy Theorist Claims
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-01
In his blog, Waring argued that the object in the video appears to be way slower than a meteor, and that it even ends up changing its shape during flight.
sputniknews.com/viral/202008011080034905-without-a-doubt-an-alien-craft-ufo-gets-spotted-by-security-cam-conspiracy-theorist-claims/

'Social Murder': Ex-NYT Editor Bari Weiss Denounces 'Cancel Culture' After Quitting Outlet
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-01
Opinion editor Bari Weiss quit her New York Times job over claims of a "hostile work environment" created by fellow journalists in the editorial section, claiming that she was discriminated against over her conservative viewpoint.
sputniknews.com/us/202008011080035466-social-murder-ex-nyt-editor-bari-weiss-denounces-cancel-culture-after-quitting-outlet/

Muslim Celebrations of Eid al-Adha Around the Globe Amid Pandemic
sputniknews.com | 2020-08-01
Usually this holiday is one of the most widespread in all countries where a significant number of Muslims live, including Russia. In Moscow alone, more than 300,000 believers take part in it.
sputniknews.com/photo/202008011080031156-Muslims-Celebrate-Eidal-Adhain-Russia-and-Around-Globe-Pandemic/

Iran plays important role in Afghan peace as global actor
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-01
TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) — The Secretary-General of National Authority Party of Afghanistan said that Tehran has been Afghanistan's important neighbor in the past 40 years, stressing it will play a key role in securing the country.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161695/Iran-plays-important-role-in-Afghan-peace-as-global-actor

This year's Hajj rites differ from previous yr. due to corona
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-01
TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) –This year's Hajj rites and rituals differ from the previous year due to the spread of the coronavirus global pandemic, COVID-19.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/161702/This-year-s-Hajj-rites-differ-from-previous-yr-due-to-corona

Iran COVID-19 cases pass 306,000
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-01
TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) — The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has infected 2,548 people in Iran in the past 24 hours, increasing the total cases to 306,752, said Health Ministry Spokesperson Sima Lari on Saturday.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161712/Iran-COVID-19-cases-pass-306-000

IKAC makes COVID19 PCR test mandatory for incoming passengers
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-01
TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) — All passengers coming from abroad to Imam Khomeini International Airport will need a negative COVID-19 PCR test proof as of August 5, an airport official said.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161718/IKAC-makes-COVID19-PCR-test-mandatory-for-incoming-passengers

Iran hopes inter-Afghan talks would lead to peace
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-01
TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani hoped that inter-Afghan talks with the centrality of the Afghan government would lead to peace.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161726/Iran-hopes-inter-Afghan-talks-would-lead-to-peace

Iran's non-oil exports via SP Customs increase in 4 months
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-01
TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) – According to the Department General of South Pars Customs, 6,036,447 tons of non-oil goods, valued at $1,467,652,224, were exported via this customs office in first four months of the current year (from March 21 to July 22).
en.mehrnews.com/news/161708/Iran-s-non-oil-exports-via-SP-Customs-increase-in-4-months

Iran to chair a council at UN Human Settlements Program
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-01
TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) — The Islamic Republic of Iran has become the presidet of Executive Council of the United Nations Human Settlements Program for one year.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161724/Iran-to-chair-a-council-at-UN-Human-Settlements-Program

Enemies cannot believe Sharmahd arrested inside Iran
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-01
TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) — Iran's Intelligence Minister said that some enemies do not believe that Jamshid Sharmahd, the ringleader of a terror group supported by the US, has been arrested inside Iran.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161729/Enemies-cannot-believe-Sharmahd-arrested-inside-Iran

Deep Iran-Iraq bonds supporting implementation of agreements
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-01
TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani described deep bonds between the two neighboring countries of Iran and Iraq as supporting implementation of the agreements between the two countries in various fields.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161725/Deep-Iran-Iraq-bonds-supporting-implementation-of-agreements

Ghalibaf meets chair of Russian Duma's Foreign Affairs Cmte
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-01
TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) — Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf met and held talks with Chairman of the Russian Duma's Foreign Affairs Committee Leonid Slutsky on Saturday.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161717/Ghalibaf-meets-chair-of-Russian-Duma-s-Foreign-Affairs-Cmte

Iran's steel producing capacity grows: CEO
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-01
TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) — Chief Executive of Kaveh Pars Mining Industries Development Holding revealed the growth of steelmaking capacity in the country in the current year (started March 21, 2020).
en.mehrnews.com/news/161696/Iran-s-steel-producing-capacity-grows-CEO

Iran-Russia coop. expected to be promoted: Ghalibaf
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-01
TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) — Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said that comprehensive cooperation between Islamic Republic of Iran and Russian Federation is expected to be enhanced.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161723/Iran-Russia-coop-expected-to-be-promoted-Ghalibaf

Toronto Intl. Filmfest. to host two Iranian titles
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-01
TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) — Two Iranian title, namely 'Bandor Band' and '180 Degree Rule' will take part at the 45th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161689/Toronto-Intl-Filmfest-to-host-two-Iranian-titles

Intelligence forces dismantle intl. drug smuggling band in NW
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-01
TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) — Iran's Intelligence forces have identified and dismantled an international drug smuggling band in West Azarbaijan Province, northwest Iran.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161714/Intelligence-forces-dismantle-intl-drug-smuggling-band-in-NW

Iran dismantles US-based terrorist group
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-01
TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) — Iran's Ministry of Intelligence announced on Saturday that its forces have dismantled a US-based terrorist group.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161713/Iran-dismantles-US-based-terrorist-group

IRGC's military exercise serious warning to enemies
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-01
TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) — Colonel Anatoly Tsyganok, a member of the Russian Center for Political-Military Studies believes that the recent IRGC's military exercise was a serious warning to the enemies of Iran, especially the United States.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161705/IRGC-s-military-exercise-serious-warning-to-enemies

Iraqi army arrests ISIL membrs in Nineveh
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-08-01
TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) — Iraqi Army has arrested some ISIL terrorists forces in Nineveh Governorate.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161703/Iraqi-army-arrests-ISIL-membrs-in-Nineveh

The Heat: China's Navigation System & U.S. Politics
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-08-01
China charts its own course with a new satellite navigation system. And, the surge of COVID-19 cases in the United States. Why health experts say it may only get worse in the weeks ahead.
america.cgtn.com/2020/08/01/the-heat-chinas-navigation-system-u-s-politics

ACLU gets to decide who's a journalist? Judge suggests having group vet reporters to protect press covering Portland protests
rt.com | 2020-08-01
A federal judge in Portland has proposed making the American Civil Liberties Union an arbiter to distinguish between legitimate journalists and protesters-in-disguise — a move with important implications for press protections. | The issue stems from an order by US District Judge Michael Simon last week banning federal officers from arresting or assaulting journalists covering the ongoing protests in Portland. Federal agencies said the ruling was untenable because some protest…
rt.com/usa/496874-aclu-press-judge/

Xenugate: Resurfaced VIDEO of top contender for Biden's VP pick addressing Scientology church in LA goes viral
rt.com | 2020-08-01
California Rep. Karen Bass, thought to be on the shortlist of potential running mates for Joe Biden, has appeared in a resurfaced clip giving a glowing speech to a new Scientology church — a group widely deemed a predatory "cult." | Dated from the 2010 ribbon-cutting ceremony at a newly renovated Scientology church in Los Angeles, Bass is seen lavishing praise on the group's founder L. Ron Hubbard, who parlayed a faltering career as a science fiction writer into a successful new religious movement, starting with his 1950 work…
rt.com/usa/496823-biden-vp-candidate-scientology/

'We're here for the long run': TikTok's US general manager dismisses Trump's ban plan
rt.com | 2020-08-01
As the clock runs down on Friday night's vow by President Donald Trump to ban TikTok in the US, the Chinese-owned social media platform has responded by insisting that it's not going anywhere and plans to create more US jobs. | "We've heard your outpouring of support and we want to say thank you, we're not planning on going anywhere," TikTok US General Manager Vanessa Pappas said in a video message on Saturday morning. | She added that TikTok already has 1,500 employees in the US, plans to hire an additional 10,000 over the next three years, and has a billion-dollar fund to support creators on the massively po…
rt.com/usa/496869-tiktok-manager-dismisses-ban-plan/

Trump says he will BAN TikTok in US within 24 hours
rt.com | 2020-08-01
US President Donald Trump has vowed to prohibit the Chinese-owned video sharing platform TikTok in the United States, saying that he might do this via an executive order the next day, amid allegations of IP theft by Beijing. | "As far as TikTok is concerned, we're banning them from the United States," Trump told reporters on board Air Force One on Friday, according to NBC News, adding that he may do so as early as Saturday. Trump indicated that he might use an executive order or invoke emergency powers to effect the ban. | I have that authority. I can do it with an executive order or that. | The proposal comes…
rt.com/usa/496822-tiktok-trump-ban-china/

Next-level protection: Anti-Covid HELMET uses space technologies to stop virus in its tracks (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-08-01
Forget about face masks, engineers from Colombia have designed a special helmet similar to those used by astronauts to work as a protection bubble against the coronavirus infection. | The futuristic headgear is intended for use by people who are most vulnerable and who "really live their daily lives with a lot of risk" of getting sick, aeronautical engineer, Andres Felipe Giraldo, told RT's Ruptly video agency. | Yet, according to the helmet's co-creator, Ricardo Andres Conde, it will also fit "anyone who wants to protect him or herself" from the disease, which has already infected around 296,000 and killed ov…
rt.com/news/496867-covid19-protective-helmet-colombia/

Russia aims to begin public Covid-19 vaccinations in October, starting with medical workers & teachers — Minister of Health
rt.com | 2020-08-01
Russia expects to start mass anti-coronavirus vaccinations, across the country, by October, the country's health minister has said. Mikhail Murashko added that medical workers and teachers will be given first priority. | Murashko announced on Saturday that clinical trials of a vaccine developed by the Moscow-based Gamalei Institute have been completed and that the health ministry is aiming to begin a public vaccination program in October. Medical personnel and teachers will be the first to receive immunization, he said. "Now, the package of documents for the procedure of registration [of the vaccine] is being…
rt.com/russia/496833-russia-vaccine-program-ready-october/

UK government advisers issue stark warning: Avoid local lockdowns or unleash total anarchy
rt.com | 2020-08-01
As Britain imposes local lockdowns, a newly released study suggests the UK is a hair's breadth away from devastating riots. However, the government was warned about this a long time ago, and apparently chose to proceed anyway. | When the British government's policing and security advisers met in London on July 2, their tone was serious. Racial and societal tensions, they warned, had reached boiling point in the UK, and the re-imposition of coronavirus lockdown measures could ignite this powder keg and trigger riots unseen since the mass unrest of 2011. | If this happens, the advisers warned, police would be un…
rt.com/uk/496857-coronavirus-lockdowns-riots-uk/

Okinawa declares state of emergency as spike in Covid-19 cases traced to US military bases
rt.com | 2020-08-01
Japan's Okinawa Prefecture has declared a state of emergency and urged residents to stay home after the region experienced an uptick in coronavirus cases, most of them linked to US military facilities. The guidelines, which will remain in place for two weeks but are non-compulsory, ask people to avoid non-essential activities in an effort to stop the spread of the virus. The measures including restricting operating hours for restaurants and discouraging people from unnecessary travel. | Okinawa registered 71 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, bringing its total to 395. US military personnel stationed on the island…
rt.com/newsline/496832-okinawa-state-of-emergency-coronavirus/

Iran says leader of US-based 'terror group' arrested in intelligence operation
rt.com | 2020-08-01
Iran has nabbed the alleged ringleader of a group of Iranian exiles in California accused of carrying out terrorist attacks against the Islamic Republic, the country's ministry of intelligence announced. | The leader of Tondar (Persian for 'thunder'), identified as Jamshid Sharmahd, was captured in an intelligence operation, state media reported on Saturday. The US-based group seeks the overthrow of the Iranian government and the return of the country's monarchy that ruled the country prior to the Revolution and the fall of the Shah in 1979. | Sarmahd was apprehended while "leading armed and sabotage operation…
rt.com/news/496843-iran-us-terrorist-group-arrest/

Wife arrested on suspicion of murder after Ukrainian rapper Cartwright's corpse found chopped into pieces in fridge
rt.com | 2020-08-01
The wife of Ukrainian rapper Andy Cartwright, who dismembered her deceased husband and placed his body parts in their apartment fridge, has been detained on suspicion of murder. | She had claimed he died of an overdose. | Russia's Investigative Committee charged Marina Kokhal with murder and believes she killed her husband during a quarrel, although how is unknown. She then cut up the body "in order to hide the traces of the crime," investigators said. Kokhal maintains that she did not kill the artist, whose…
rt.com/russia/496861-cartwright-murder-wife-arrested/

UAE becomes first Arab country to harness nuclear power following successful reactor launch
rt.com | 2020-08-01
The United Arab Emirates has become the first nation in the Arab world to produce nuclear energy, following the start-up of a newly constructed plant in Abu Dhabi. | The Barakah Nuclear Power Plant's Unit 1 is now using nuclear fuel to produce energy after the facility successfully executed initial tests on Saturday. Three other reactors are still under construction and the plant still needs to be connected to the country's power grid, local media reported. | The #UAE is the first in the Arab world and the 33rd in the world to produce e…
rt.com/news/496835-uae-nuclear-energy-first-arab-world/

US 'working on nuclear non-proliferation agreement with Russia,' Trump says after discussing New START with Putin
rt.com | 2020-08-01
US President Donald Trump has said that "it would be great" if Moscow and Washington agreed on a new nuclear non-proliferation deal. The admission comes after rare phone talks between the Russian and US leaders last week. | Trump has not provided any details as to the current state of the negotiations, which have been underway for quite some time. | Last Thursday, Trump held a rare phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which the two touched on a range of issues, among them the New Start Treaty, the last standing pillar upholding the nuclear arms control framework in…
rt.com/usa/496821-nuclear-proliferation-trump-russia-deal/

Federal agents won't leave Portland until 'anarchists and agitators' are properly dealt with — Trump
rt.com | 2020-08-01
Portland must be free of violent protesters before federal officers operating in the city can leave, Donald Trump has warned, after the Oregon government announced that agents would be replaced by state police. | "Homeland Security is not leaving Portland until local police complete cleanup of Anarchists and Agitators!" the US president tweeted on Saturday. | Local media reported that Friday night's protest in the city was attended by several thousand people and was largely peaceful. | Department of Homeland…
rt.com/usa/496827-trump-portland-anarchists-federal-agents/

WATCH 'peaceful' Portland protesters burn Bible & flag, 24 hours after torching pig's head in cop hat
rt.com | 2020-08-01
Demonstrators in Portland set Bibles and US flags on fire amid protests that have spanned nearly 2 months. The day before, protesters torched a pig's head with police clothing, though they still claim their movement is peaceful. | Footage published by RT's Ruptly video agency shows a group of protesters on Friday night gathered around a burning Bible, with several individuals mockingly warming their hands around the fire. Laughter and shouts of "F**k Trump" can be heard in the background. | US flags were also burned by the protesters, who were seen crowding around the fire and taking photographs. | The prov…
rt.com/usa/496847-portland-protests-burn-bible-flag-pig/

Portland man faces up to 20 years in prison after throwing explosive at federal courthouse, ID'd by vest his grandma bought him
rt.com | 2020-08-01
A young man in Portland faces up to 20 years in prison on arson charges, accused of hurling a bomb at a courthouse amid ongoing police brutality protests. He was identified by a tactical vest gifted to him by his grandmother. | …
rt.com/usa/496820-portland-charged-arson-explosive/

As rain falls & holiday season begins, Khabarovsk protests start to peter out. But thousands still march in support of ex-governor
rt.com | 2020-08-01
Residents of the Far Eastern Russian city of Khabarovsk took to the streets for the 22nd day in a row, as thousands of locals protested against the arrest of former Governor Sergey Furgal, accused of ordering killings in the 2000s | But the crowd was significantly smaller than in previous weeks. Around 3,500 people gathered in the center of the former Far Eastern capital, according to official estimates of the regional government. This contrasts with an implausible opposition claim that 90,000 took part last week, althou…
rt.com/russia/496855-khabarovsk-protest-furgal-continue/

Da, Da, Da! As flights reopen, research reveals Russian women prefer Turkish delights for extramarital holiday fling
rt.com | 2020-08-01
Are you thinking what she's thinking? Some women were undoubtedly overjoyed when it was announced that flights to Turkey are back on. A study has revealed the country is the most popular destination for Russians seeking to stray. | Specialists from the psychological training website 'Know Yourself' analyzed women's online communities, telegram chats, and popular forums, and identified 16 different resort locations where women admitted to cheating on their spouse. | The psychologists discovered that Russian women cheat on their husbands in Turkey more than any other resort location, ahead of Crimea and Sochi, a…
rt.com/russia/496856-turkey-favorite-place-survey/

If she's keen on Turkey, this may be why: Research says it's Russian women's favorite place for extramarital holiday fling
rt.com | 2020-08-01
Are you thinking what she's thinking? Some women were undoubtedly overjoyed when it was announced that flights to Turkey are back on. A study revealed the country is the most popular infidelity destination for Russians. | Specialists from the psychological training website 'Know Yourself' analyzed women's online communities, telegram chats, and popular forums, and identified 16 different resort locations where women admitted to cheating on their spouse. | The psychologists discovered that Russian women cheat on their husbands in Turkey more than any other resort location, ahead of Crimea and Sochi, as well as…
rt.com/russia/496856-turkey-favorite-place-survey/

Moscow slams Polish claims that it planted explosives on late President Kaczynski's plane as 'endless fantasy-making'
rt.com | 2020-08-01
Polish allegations that Russia planted TNT aboard the ill-fated plane of former President Lech Kaczynski are a figment of their imagination, Moscow has said, advising Warsaw to listen to the pilots' communications again. | "Reality has firmly intertwined with fiction, turning it into an endless fantasy-making process," Maria Zakharova, Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, wrote on Facebook about the freshly released preliminary results of Poland's second probe into the 2010 tragedy. | This investigati…
rt.com/news/496862-kaczynski-plane-crash-zakharova/

Moscow calls Polish claims it planted explosives on crashed president Kaczynski's plane 'endless fantasy-making'
rt.com | 2020-08-01
Polish allegations that Russia planted TNT aboard the plane of President Lech Kaczynski that crashed in 2010 are a figment of their imagination, Moscow said, advising Warsaw to listen to the pilots' communications again. | "Reality has firmly intertwined with fiction, turning it into an endless fantasy-making process," Maria Zakharova, Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, wrote on Facebook about the freshly released preliminary results of Poland's second probe into the decade old tragedy. | This inves…
rt.com/news/496862-kaczynski-plane-crash-zakharova/

Anti-Semitism payouts are an 'abuse of members money,' trade union warns Labour Party
rt.com | 2020-08-01
Britain's Labour party is dishing out "substantial damages" to staffers who accused the party of anti-Semitism. However, new Labour leader Keir Starmer is facing backlash for this tactic of handling the issue. | Labour's opponents have long accused the party of anti-Semitism, and a BBC documentary last year promised to shed light on these accusations. In it, seven former party members and a host of Israel advocates claimed that the party had stymied investigations into anti-Jewish sentiment within its ranks. The party condemned the documentary as "biased," and accused the former members of having "personal and…
rt.com/uk/496873-labour-antisemitism-payouts-union/

From the frontline of Portland's resistance to Trump's occupation
Andrew Butler | thecanary.co | 2020-08-01
The Canary's Slava Zilber spoke with journalist Wyatt Reed, who has been covering the Black Lives Matter protests in Portland, Oregon. Federal officers, deployed by Donald Trump, have been targeting both protesters and journalists in Portland in an increasingly authoritarian clampdown. | At the time of publication, federal officers appear to have stepped back from their frontline…
thecanary.co/video/2020/08/01/from-the-frontline-of-portlands-resistance-to-trumps-occupation/

Boris Johnson accused of 'worst kind of cronyism' after Lords appointments revealed
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-08-01
Prime minister Boris Johnson has been accused of "the worst kind of cronyism" following his latest appointments to the House of Lords. | The criticism comes after an announcement that peerages have been granted for the prime minister's brother and former Tory minister Jo Johnson. Tory grandees and Brexit backers have also been awarded peerages. | Jobs for life as unaccountable legislators: | The SNP's Cabinet Office spokesperson Pete Wishart said the prime minister is "handing out jobs for life in the unelected House of Lords to friends and those who have done him favours". He added: | The Prime Minister'…
thecanary.co/uk/2020/08/01/boris-johnson-accused-of-worst-kind-of-cronyism-after-lords-appointments-revealed/

House Approves $740 Billion Pentagon Budget While Millions Can't Afford Rent
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-08-01
Win Without War was among the anti-war voices on Friday issuing blistering condemnations of the passage in the U.S. House of a $740 billion defense bill as part of the 2021 Appropriations Minibus. | "A $740 billion Pentagon budget is inhumane at any time," said the group's executive director, Stephen Miles. "In the midst of a pandemic–as people across the country…
truthout.org/articles/house-approves-740-billion-pentagon-budget-while-millions-cant-afford-rent/

Mass Arrests in 2020 Echo the Brutality Endured by RNC Protesters 20 Years Ago
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-08-01
Police surrounded a West Philadelphia warehouse on the afternoon of August 1, where more than 70 protesters were making puppets. Multiple Pennsylvania state police officers infiltrated the group of "puppetistas" days earlier and, that afternoon, the deputy police commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) claimed that protesters had bomb-making materials inside. Everyone w…
truthout.org/articles/mass-arrests-in-2020-echo-the-brutality-endured-by-rnc-protesters-20-years-ago/

Black Teen Jailed for Not Doing Her Online Schoolwork Is Released
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-08-01
A Michigan teenager who has been detained since mid-May after not doing her online schoolwork was set free on Friday, after the Michigan Court of Appeals ordered her immediate release from a juvenile facility in suburban Detroit. | Grace, a high school sophomore, spent 78 days at the Children's Village after an Oakland County family court judge found she had violated her probation on earlier charges of assault and theft. Friday's decision comes a week after that judge denied her lawyer's request to set…
truthout.org/articles/black-teen-jailed-for-not-doing-her-online-schoolwork-is-released/

Music Video – Vitamin Em's version of Never Tear Us Apart (INXS)
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-08-01
Vitamin Em – Quarantine Music Video – Released July 29, 2020 – Performed While Sheltering-In-Place During The Coronavirus Covid-19 Pandemic:…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/31/18835549.php

Friday 7/31: Protest the COVID Spreading Homeless Sweep and Repressive City Managed Camp
Keith McHenry | indybay.org | 2020-08-01
San Lorenzo River and Park at Water Street in Santa Cruz, California…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/31/18835540.php

Report on J25 Protest/Police Response in NLG-SF Newsletter
Oakland Rose Up | indybay.org | 2020-08-01
Shortly after midnight police charged the crowd for several blocks from Oakland PD and approximately four arrests were made.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/31/18835539.php

Monday 8/3: Protest To Stop Evictions By UC Berkeley
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-08-01
1111 Franklin Street Oakland, CA: OUTSIDE in front of the building…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/30/18835538.php

The Sprit of Apollo-Soyuz Is Alive… With the Russia/China Space Alliance
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-08-01
Forty five years ago, Cold Warriors in the Pentagon and CIA shook their fists angrily at the stars- and for good reason. | On July 17, 1975 the first international handshake was occurring in space between Russian Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov and American astronaut Thomas Stafford as the first official act kicking off the historic Apollo-Soyuz cooperative mission. Taking place during age of nuclear terror on Earth, the Apollo-Soyuz represented a great hope for humankind and was the first ever international space mission leading the way to the MIR-…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/08/01/sprit-apollo-soyuz-is-alive-with-russia-china-space-alliance/

When Corporate Power Is Your Real Government, Corporate Media Is State Media
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-08-01
Caitlin JOHNSTONE | astonishingly horrible article the other day titled "Latin America Is Facing a 'Decline of Democracy' Under the Pandemic" accusing governments like Venezuela and Nicaragua of exploiting Covid-19 to quash opposition and oppress democracy. | The article sources its jarringly propagandistic claims in multiple US government-funded narrative management operations like the Wilson Center and the National Endow…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/08/01/when-corporate-power-is-your-real-government-corporate-media-is-state-media/

Moncada's Significance in Cuban Revolutionary History
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-08-01
"When Batista's coup took place in 1952, I'd already formulated a plan for the future. I decided to launch a revolutionary programme and organise a popular uprising. From that moment on, I had a clear idea of the struggle ahead and of the fundamental revolutionary ideas behind it, the ideas that are in History Will Absolve Me." | Just one year later, Fidel Castro would lead the attack on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba on July 26, 1953. It was a failed military attempt and 70…
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'Continued Kindergarten-Level Logic': As Covid Cases Surge Across US, Trump Repeats False Claim Rise Is Result of More Testing
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-08-01
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A "Brazen Giveaway" GOP HEALS Act Is a $30 Billion Bonanza for the Pentagon
Alan MacLeod | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-31
On Monday the Senate GOP released their outline for a new $1 trillion coronavirus stimulus package. A successor to March's CARES Act, the 177-page document, named the HEALS Act, includes no funding for hazard pay,…
globalresearch.ca/gop-heals-act-30-billion-bonanza-pentagon/5719929

Trump: Young People 'Almost Immune' to Coronavirus. WHO Chief: No
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-07-31
The contrasting statements about the risk of Covid-19 to children came as the U.S. president continued to push for a full reopening of schools. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/trump-kids-immune-who-chief-no.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/07/31/trump-young-people-almost-immune-coronavirus-who-chief-no?cd-origin=rss

Bernie Groups Break Free of Dems: New Party Rising?
Jonathan H. Martin | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-31
When will the organized Bernie Sanders base lose patience with the Democrats and strike out on its own? That question has captivated the independent left in the US since the 2016 election. Now, in the wake of Bernie Sanders's second presidential primary loss, and as hopes of progressives taking over a largely impervious Democratic Party…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/31/bernie-groups-break-free-of-dems-new-party-rising/

Why Bernie Sanders Delegates Should Keep Fighting
Norman Solomon | commondreams.org | 2020-07-31
Just as Biden's chances of winning the presidency would improve if he embraced Medicare for All, his prospects would also be enhanced by adopting popular positions that are especially important to racial minorities. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/biden_sanders_cd_0.jpg …
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Here's How We Remake The Economy
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-31
To defend the $600 unemployment payments as both morally and economically necessary is not to suggest that the CARES Act is a sufficient solution to our economic problems. Nor, says Pavlina Tcherneva, Associate Professor of Economics at Bard College and a Research Scholar at the Levy Economics Institute and advisor to Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign, is the Democratic-led HEROES Act, which would extend the payments through January 2021 if Senate Republicans and the Trump administration would support it. Dr. Tcherneva studies the impact of unemployment on growth, income inequality and public health, an…
popularresistance.org/heres-how-we-remake-the-economy/

Barack Obama: Honor John Lewis by Renewing Voting Rights Act & Ballot Access in the U.S
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-07-31
In his stirring eulogy at the funeral service for Congressmember John Lewis, President Barack Obama said expanded voting rights would be the greatest way to honor the civil rights icon's legacy. In a speech that condemned the status of American democracy without ever naming the sitting president, Obama called for election day to be declared a national holiday, full Congressional representation for Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, and the end of the filibuster, which he called a "Jim Crow relic." "You want to honor John? Let's honor him by revitalizing the law he was willing to die for," Obama said in reference…
www.democracynow.org/2020/7/31/john_lewis_funeral_barack_obama_eulogy

Headlines for July 31, 2020
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-07-31
U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Top 1,000 for Fourth Consecutive Day, U.S. Economy Recorded Worst Quarterly Drop on Record as Coronavirus Spread, New Orleans Protesters Block Eviction Court Proceedings as Rent Comes Due, Brazil's First Lady Tests Positive for COVID-19 as Deaths Top 91,000, Coronavirus Cases Spike in European Countries that Lifted Lockdowns, Donald Trump Suggests Election Delay, Sparking Bipartisan Outrage, U.S. Postal Delays Spark Fears Over Mail-In Ballots in November Election, Civil Rights Icon and Georgia Congressmember John Lewis Laid to Rest, Herman Cain, Co-Chair of Black Voices for Trump, Dies of…
www.democracynow.org/2020/7/31/headlines

Rev. James Lawson: John Lewis's Life Is Call to Action Against U.S. Violence & Plantation Capitalism
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-07-31
As mourners gathered at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta to honor the life of Georgia Congressmember John Lewis, among those who spoke was civil rights icon Rev. James Lawson, who helped to train John Lewis in nonviolence when Lewis was a student in Nashville. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once described Rev. Lawson as "the leading theorist and strategist of nonviolence in the world." Lawson invoked John Lewis's life as a call to action. "We will not be quiet as long as our nation continues to be the most violent culture in the history of humankind," Lawson said. We feature his extended remarks.
www.democracynow.org/2020/7/31/john_lewis_funeral_rev_james_lawson

Civil Rights Hero John Lewis Remembered at Funeral as "Patriot Who Risked His Life" for Democracy
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-07-31
As family, friends and dignitaries paid their final respects at the Atlanta funeral of John Lewis, the civil rights leader and 17-term Georgia Congressmember was remembered as a singular force for equality and justice. The funeral took place at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, once led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., where senior pastor Rev. Raphael Warnock contrasted Lewis' legacy with "some in high office who are much better at division than vision," and described the late politician as "a true American patriot who risked his life and bled for the hope and promise of democracy."
www.democracynow.org/2020/7/31/john_lewis_funeral_rev_raphael_warnock

Turkey's Erdogan: From Haga Sophia to the Shores of Tripoli and Beyond
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-31
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has clearly decided to launch an offensive on multiple fronts, taking advantage of what he clearly perceives as a geopolitical vacuum. From his recent call to Islamic prayer at the Haga Sophia in Istanbul, to …
globalresearch.ca/turkey-erdogan-haga-sophia-tripoli-beyond/5719883

How AFRICOM Is Working To Destabilize Africa
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-31
This episode we were joined by the editor of the Pan African Newswire, Abayomi Azikewe. Mr. Azikewe gave detailed critical analysis regarding the ongoing imperialist wars waged on Africa by way of Western nations like the US and France. This is an absolute must listen for anyone interested in humanity, peace, justice and an end to western aggression and imperialism on the Global South. This is a MUST LISTEN!
popularresistance.org/how-africom-is-working-to-destabilize-africa/

How the Billionaires Control American Elections
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-07-31
The great investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald gave an hour-long lecture on how America's billionaires control the U.S. Government, and here is an edited summary of its opening twenty minutes, with key quotations and assertions from its opening — and then its broader context will be discussed briefly: | — | "How Congress Maintains Endless War — System Update with Glenn Greenwald" | The Intercept, 9 July 2020 | 2: 45: There is "this huge cleavage between how members of Congress present themselves, their…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/07/31/how-the-billionaires-control-american-elections/

Ilhan Omar under fire after campaign paid over $1.6 million to husband's firm
rt.com | 2020-07-31
Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's re-election campaign paid out more than $600,000 to a consulting firm headed by her husband in July, bringing the total disbursements to the company to over $1.6 million this election cycle. | According to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings released on Thursday, Omar has paid more than $1.6 million to eStreet Group, a DC consulting firm run by Tim Mynett, her husband. | The payments, which account for 77 percent of the disbursements from the congresswoman's campai…
rt.com/usa/496799-ilhan-omar-husband-campaign/

Roaming Charges: Demon Seeds
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-31
They came for Portland and Portland didn't back down in the face of extreme state-sponsored violence. Instead, the resistance grew every night. The Feds got their asses kicked, here and in Seattle. Let's hope it provides a model for the people of Cleveland, Chicago, Kansas City, and ABQ.
counterpunch.org/2020/07/31/demon-seeds/

Roaming Charges: Demon Seed
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-31
They came for Portland and Portland didn't back down in the face of extreme state-sponsored violence. Instead, the resistance grew every night. The Feds got their asses kicked, here and in Seattle. Let's hope it provides a model for the people of Cleveland, Chicago, Kansas City, and ABQ.
counterpunch.org/2020/07/31/demon-seed/

How Trump Broke America: A Story of Unparalleled Economic Pain and Human Death
Juan Cole | commondreams.org | 2020-07-31
Herman Cain, who died this week from complications related to Covid-19, pictured at President Donald Trump's campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma in June. (Credit: Herman Cain) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/hermain_cain_trump_broke_america.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/07/31/how-trump-broke-america-story-unparalleled-economic-pain-and-human-death?cd-origin=rss

"Operation Gideon": The Amphibious Assault against Venezuela
Jack Delaney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-31
On May, 3, U.S. mercenaries and the American-backed Venezuelan opposition launched a half-baked coup d'etat attempt to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro and the ruling Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV). Dubbed Operation Gideon, the "amphibious assault" was headed up …
globalresearch.ca/operation-gideon-remind-americans-that-us-aggression-against-venezuela-isnt-about-human-rights/5719902

The Twitter Virus Task Force
Mark Fiore | progressive.org | 2020-07-31
Besides the laughable and fantastical, Trump crew's latest miracle doctor happens to have some pretty horrible anti-LGBTQ views that don't exactly fit the mold of sound science.
progressive.org/dispatches/twitter-virus-task-force-fiore-200731/

Systemic Racism And Progressive Reconstruction
John O'Kane | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-31
President Trump christened the activist authority behind the recent protests in his 4th of July Mount Rushmore speech: "We are now in the process of defeating the radical left, the Marxists, the anarchists, the agitators, the looters, and people who in many instances have absolutely no clue what they are doing" (Annie Karni and Maggie…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/31/systemic-racism-and-progressive-reconstruction/

Decades of "the Neoliberal Plague" Left U.S. Unprepared for COVID-19 Outbreak
Noam Chomsky | zcomm.org | 2020-07-31
"We should understand the roots of this pandemic"
zcomm.org/znetarticle/decades-of-the-neoliberal-plague-left-u-s-unprepared-for-covid-19-outbreak/

Reps. Ocasio-Cortez, Lieu Introduce Amendment to Curtail Federal Crackdown on Protesters
Aída Chávez | zcomm.org | 2020-07-31
The amendment would prohibit funds from being used to send federal agents into American cities…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/reps-ocasio-cortez-lieu-introduce-amendment-to-curtail-federal-crackdown-on-protesters/

War IS a game? US House rejects AOC's amendment to bar Pentagon from recruiting on Twitch as over 100 Dems side with GOP
rt.com | 2020-07-31
Congress has voted to kill an amendment that would have blocked the military from recruiting through streaming platforms like Twitch, with nearly half of Democrats in the House joining the effort to strike down the measure. | A House vote of 196-292 easily quashed the appropriations bill amendment on Thursday, a measure introduced by New York Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to bar military funding for outreach to young gamers. While Republicans opposed the amendment unanimously, Democrats were split do…
rt.com/usa/496709-aoc-amendment-pentagon-twitch/

"The people of Bolivia will no longer be intimidated"
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-31
Bolivian journalist Ollie Vargas talks about the massive protests that have broken out in the country following the authorities' decision to postpone the presidential elections yet again…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/31/the-people-of-bolivia-will-no-longer-be-intimidated/

Activists worldwide demand immediate release of BDS coordinator Mahmoud Nawajaa
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-31
Mahmoud Nawajaa, general coordinator of the national committee of the BDS in Palestine, was arrested by the Israeli occupation forces early in the morning of July 30. His whereabouts remain unknown…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/31/activists-worldwide-demand-immediate-release-of-bds-coordinator-mahmoud-nawajaa/

List of Israeli Targets Leaked: Tel Aviv Fears the Worst in ICC Investigation of War Crimes
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-31
When International Court of Justice (ICC) Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, confirmed last December that the Court has ample evidence to pursue a war crimes investigation in occupied Palestine, the Israeli government responded with the usual rhetoric, accusing the international community of bias and insisting on Israel's 'right to defend itself.' Beneath the platitudes and typical Israeli…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/31/list-of-israeli-targets-leaked-tel-aviv-fears-the-worst-in-icc-investigation-of-war-crimes/

Palestine Celebrates the 'Festival of Sacrifice' Amid Pandemic
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-31
Amid the COVID-19 rebound in the West Bank, Palestine's people Friday commemorated the Eid al-Adha which is the most important holiday in the Muslim world. | RELATED: | On the 72nd Nakba Palestine Faces Its Biggest Threat | During Eid al-Adha, families gather to slaughter a lamb. This animal is divided into three pieces: one is for self-consumption, a second part is given to family members, and the last one is for the people in need. | This Festival is celebrated with joy as thousan…
telesurenglish.net/news/palestine-celebrates-festival-of-sacrifice-amid-covid19-20200731-0016.html

Australia: Doctors Infected With COVID-19 as Cases Increase
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-31
Australian Medical Association (AMA) Victoria's office director Julian Rait Friday briefed local healthcare workers who contracted COVID-19 while working. | RELATED: | Palestine Celebrates the 'Festival of Sacrifice' Amid Pandemic | "The AMA is aware of reports of several early-career doctors who are in intensive care (ICU) following presumed workplace exposure to Covid-19," Rait said. | Three doctors from Victoria entered Intensive Care Units, and a South Australian paramedic tested…
telesurenglish.net/news/australia-doctors-infected-with-covid19-as-cases-increase-20200731-0019.html

Malaysian Parliament Calls for the Expulsion of Israel from the United Nations
Days of Palestine | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-31
The Parliament of Malaysia unanimously agreed today on submitting a notice for emergency motion to urge the government to work with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in demanding the expulsion of Israel from the United Nations. | Syed Ibrahim Syed …
globalresearch.ca/malaysian-parliament-calls-expulsion-israel-united-nations/5719942

Will Hezbollah Seek Revenge Against Israel?
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-31
Tensions on the Israel-Lebanon border flared up in recent days due to a confusing July 27 incident near the Sheba'a Farms, a Syrian area occupied by Israel since the 1967 war but is also claimed by Lebanon. Tensions erupted when …
globalresearch.ca/will-hezbollah-seek-revenge-against-israel/5719958

"Time to Say the F-Word": Why Now?
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-31
Better late than never, I suppose. I am referring to the flood of recent references in liberal mainstream media to Donald Trump as a fascist. It is remarkable. In the last two months, I've read essays and seen television segments and online posts by numerous liberal luminaries describing Trump as an agent and example of…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/31/time-to-say-the-f-word-why-now/

Foreign Interference in Elections: Is It Real or Just Political Noise?
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-31
A recently concluded British Parliamentary inquiry has determined that Russia may have interfered in the 2016 Brexit referendum, which resulted in the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union. But, ironically, it also concluded that Russia might …
globalresearch.ca/foreign-interference-elections-real-political-noise/5719876

Trump's Desperate, Last-Ditch Effort to Hike Tensions with Iran
Reese Erlich | commondreams.org | 2020-07-31
"I'm optimistic. Trump's policies are not working. The U.S. will have to change, and the change will be for the best." (Photo: CC) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2020-07-30_at_11.02.31_am.png …
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The Consequences of Inequality Can Be Fatal
Richard D. Wolff | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-31
Capitalism, as Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century shows, relentlessly worsens wealth and income inequalities. That inherent tendency is only occasionally stopped or reversed when masses of people rise up against it. That happened, for example, in western Europe and the U.S. during the 1930s Great Depression. It prompted social democracy in Europe and…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/31/the-consequences-of-inequality-can-be-fatal/

Video: Syrian Army Uncovers Organ Trading Hub of Turkish-backed Militants in Southern Idlib
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-31
The joint Russian-Turkish patrol set to be held in southern Idlib on July 29 was delayed due to increased military tensions and the inability of Ankara to ensure the security of the patrol in its area of responsibility. And the …
globalresearch.ca/video-syrian-army-uncovers-organ-trading-hub-turkish-backed-militants-southern-idlib/5719890

Venezuela Requests Italy To Extradite Former PDVSA President
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-31
Venezuela's Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) declared admissible the extradition request submitted to Italy against PDVSA former president Rafael Ramirez. | RELATED: | Third Iranian Tanker Reaches Venezuelan Waters | Ramirez must return to Venezuela to be subjected to criminal proceedings, for the alleged commission of fraudulent embezzlement and evasion of the bidding procedure. | In the request, Venezuelan authorities committed to judging Ramírez only for…
telesurenglish.net/news/venezuela-requests-italy-to-extradite-former-pdvsa-president-20200731-0015.html

In 'Disheartening' Ruling, US Supreme Court Halts Citizen Initiative to Fund Education in Idaho
Lisa Newcomb, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-07-31
The order is the latest in a string of opinions overruling lower court orders to relax state election procedures due to Covid-19 | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/reclaim_education.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/07/31/disheartening-ruling-us-supreme-court-halts-citizen-initiative-fund-education-idaho?cd-origin=rss

Humanity Protests Against the Crimes of Death
Vijay Prashad | zcomm.org | 2020-07-31
Even in the gloom, the poet reminds us that 'humanity protests against the crimes of death'.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/humanity-protests-against-the-crimes-of-death/

Boeing Posts Massive Loss, Burns $5.3 Billion as Aircraft Production Slows and Debt Explodes
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-31
Boeing reported another dismal quarter, helping the company emerge as one of the companies most directly impacted by the global covid pandemic. | For the second quarter Boeing, which said that results are still significantly impacted by Covid-19, reported a 25% …
globalresearch.ca/boeing-posts-massive-loss-burns-5-3-billion-aircraft-production-slows-debt-explodes/5719923

Prosecutors Disappoint During the Pandemic — 3rd Edition
Nicole Zayas Fortier | aclu.org | 2020-07-31
As the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to become a death sentence for people trapped in prisons and jails across the U.S., the actions — or inaction — of prosecutors to decarcerate have had a tangible life or death impact. We examined the responses from prosecutors in the 20 biggest cities in this country. This is the third post in the series — you can also read the first and second.
aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/prosecutors-disappoint-during-the-pandemic-3rd-edition

Police Divestment Efforts Must Include Universities
Sanjali De Silva | aclu.org | 2020-07-31
Despite their intended role as peacekeepers, private university officers are often responsible for violence against students and local residents alike. In July 2015, a University of Cincinnati police officer fatally shot unarmed 37-year-old Sam DuBose. Tyrone West, a 44-year-old Black man, was killed by Morgan State University police in 2013 during a traffic stop. And in 2018, a University of Chicago poli…
aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/police-divestment-efforts-must-include-universities

Racism, Sexism, Classism: Incoherence of 'Mainstream' Ethical Debate. Obfuscating Crimes against Humanity
Media Lens | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-31
What does it mean when journalists who spent the last two decades promoting wars of aggression in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen take a knee? | The Observer commented: | 'There is a dreadful familiarity about the killing of an | …
globalresearch.ca/racism-sexism-classism-incoherence-mainstream-ethical-debate/5719938

Car explosion in Afghanistan after truce announcement
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-31
Days after the announcement of a truce ahead of Eid (July 31), violence continued in Afghanistan with at least 18 people killed and 21 critically hurt in a car bomb blast. The explosion took place in Pul-e-Alan, the capital of eastern Logar province, on July 30, Thursday. | As per reports, a car laden with explosives blew up in a crowded area near the governor's office in Pul-e-Alan. The target was reportedly Afghan security forces. Government officials are yet to ascertain whether the explosion was carried out through suicide bombing. | No insurgent group has so far accepted responsibility for the attack. The Ta…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/31/car-explosion-in-afghanistan-after-truce-announcement/

Racism, Sexism, Classism: The Necessary Incoherence of "Mainstream" Ethical Debate
Media Lens | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-07-31
What does it mean when journalists who spent the last two decades promoting wars of aggression on brown- and black-skinned people in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen take a knee? The Observer commented: 'There is a dreadful familiarity about the killing of an unarmed black man, George Floyd, by white police officers in Minneapolis …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/07/racism-sexism-classism-the-necessary-incoherence-of-mainstream-ethical-debate/

The Future of Trust-Busting Is in Joe Biden's Hands
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-07-31
The New Republic See article on original site Pigs are flying! Up is down! The public approves of how Congress handled something! After Wednesday's much-anticipated hearing with the chief executive officers of Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Apple, onlookers in the media and activist community generally thought that the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust members showed …
cepr.net/the-future-of-trust-busting-is-in-joe-bidens-hands/

EU Shares Blame For Amazon's Destruction, Research Shows
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-07-31
EU countries are responsible for promoting deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions in the Brazilian Amazon by importing and consuming agricultural products contaminated with illegal deforestation, new research has found. | Published in research journal Science, the study points out that "as much as 22% of the soy and upwards of 60% of the beef exported annually to the EU may be contaminated with illegal deforestation." | In a classic example of doublespeak, the EU has also been vocal about boycotting products from Brazil over spiking deforestati…
therealnews.com/columns/eu-shares-blame-for-amazons-destruction-research-shows

Bay Area Amazon workers fight for safe working conditions
Rosa Astra | liberationnews.org | 2020-07-31
On Aug. 1, Amazon workers and community supporters in the Bay Area will hold an early-morning car caravan to deliver a petition to the San Leandro Amazon Warehouse.
liberationnews.org/bay-area-amazon-workers-fight-for-safe-working-conditions/

Julian Assange's Political Indictment: Old Wine in Older Bottles
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-31
The book of hours on Julian Assange is now being written. But the scribes are far from original. Repeated rituals of administrative hearings that have no common purpose other than to string things out before the axe are being enacted. Of late, the man most commonly associated with WikiLeaks' publication project cannot participate in any…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/31/julian-assanges-political-indictment-old-wine-in-older-bottles/

Journalism Under Attack in Assange Case
Asad Ismi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-31
In a letter to the New York Times in 1970, British historian Arnold Toynbee said the United States "has become the world's nightmare." It turned out they were just getting started. Through its many wars, covert operations and economic destabilizations, …
globalresearch.ca/journalism-attack-assange-case/5719907

#FreeMahmoud: Israeli occupation forces arrest BDS coordinator Mahmoud Nawajaa during night raid
Staff | imemc.org | 2020-07-31
July 30, 2020: Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC): Tens of Israeli occupation soldiers stormed the home of Mahmoud Nawajaa, the General Coordinator of the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), near Ramallah, handcuffing, blindfolding and taking him away from his wife and three young children.
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Democrats Criticize Trump for Raising Funds in Florida
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-31
Democratic leaders and the presidential candidate Joe Biden Friday criticized President Donald Trump for a private fundraising event scheduled this Friday in Florida. | RELATED: | Trump Suggests Postponing Elections in the United States | Trump was expected in Tampa for a meeting with sheriffs, a round table on COVID-19, and a fundraising event for his reelection campaign. | Previously, Biden said that the U.S. President has repeatedly downplayed the problems caused by the pandemic.
telesurenglish.net/news/Democrats-Criticize-Trump-for-Raising-Funds-in-Florida–20200731-0012.html

Canada: The 'WE Charity' Scandal Shakes Trudeau's Government
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-31
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Thursday denied before a parliamentary committee playing any role in picking a charity with ties to his family to manage a major public program. | RELATED: | Canadian Court Rules Asylum Pact With the US Unconstitutional | He was questioned by opposition MPs about his government's decision to award a billionaire contract to the "WE Charity", which has ties to the ruling Liberal Party and hired his mother, brother, and wife. | Trudeau acknow…
telesurenglish.net/news/Canada-The-WE-Charity-Scandal-Shakes-Trudeaus-Government-20200731-0008.html

We Have Entered the "End Game" for Oil—With "Permanent Demand Destruction"
Andy Rowell | commondreams.org | 2020-07-31
Oil giant Shell, a titan of the industry, revealed a net loss of USD 18.3 billion for the second quarter of this year, down from a net profit of USD 3 billion over the same period last year. This means Shell business is down USD 20 billion from last year.(Photo: arbyreed/Flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/oil_rig_0_0.jpg …
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House Passes $740 Billion Defense Appropriations in the Middle of a Pandemic
commondreams.org | 2020-07-31
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GOP sneaks $8 billion for military weapons into coronavirus relief bill
Andrew Taylor | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-31
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new $1 trillion COVID-19 response package by Senate Republicans is supposed to give the government more weapons to battle the surging coronavirus pandemic. But GOP lawmakers have more than just the "invisible enemy" in mind. The Republican measure includes billions for F-35 fighters, Apache helicopters and infantry carriers sought by Washington's powerful defense …
peoplesworld.org/article/gop-sneaks-8-billion-for-military-weapons-into-coronavirus-relief-bill/

A Teacher Strike Wave?
Eric Blanc | zcomm.org | 2020-07-31
Teachers across the country are insisting that schools should only be reopened when it can be done safely — and they might just go on strike to fight back against the billionaires…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/a-teacher-strike-wave/

Trump has floated idea of postponing the 2020 election. But it's not like the US was ever a democracy in the first place
Peter Bolton | thecanary.co | 2020-07-31
US President Donald Trump has sparked outrage by suggesting the US presidential election should be postponed. Though he later seemingly back-pedaled the idea, the comments nonetheless faced fierce criticism from Democratic and Republican political figures alike.
thecanary.co/us/us-analysis/2020/07/31/trump-has-floated-idea-of-postponing-the-2020-election-but-its-not-like-the-us-was-ever-a-democracy-in-the-first-place/

WHO Reports Record Daily Rise In Global Covid-19 Cases
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-31
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases, with the worldwide total rising by 292,527 on Friday. | RELATED: | Australia: Doctors Infected With COVID-19 as Cases Increase | According to a daily report, the most significant increases were from the United States, Brazil, India, and South Africa. The four countries have dominated global headlines with large outbreaks, while India recorded its highest daily infection rate, with more th…
telesurenglish.net/news/Who-Reports-Record-Daily-Rise-In-Global-Covid-19-Cases-20200731-0023.html

Brazilian unions reject return to classes without safe conditions
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-31
Brazilian educational and healthcare workers took to the streets on July 29 to denounce the decision by the state government to return to in-person classes while the pandemic rages on…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/31/brazilian-unions-reject-return-to-classes-without-safe-conditions/

Brazil: COVID-19 Cases Increase, Bolsonaro Tours Country
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-31
According to the Ministry of Health's daily report, the country registered 91,263 deaths, while the total number of infections rose to 2,610,102 cases. | RELATED: | Brazil Reopens Its Borders to Tourists Arriving by Air | After testing positive three times, President Jair Bolsonaro announced Thursday he is taking antibiotics for a lung infection and continues to downplay social distancing measures while resuming his work schedule. | He also said that his wife, Michelle Bolsonaro, test…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-COVID-19-Cases-Increase-Bolsonaro-Tours-Country-20200731-0018.html

China: All In All, Just Another BRIC in the Wall
John Hawkins | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-07-31
Chief of Police: One man cannot move a mountain. Charlie Chan: No, but two men can start digging. — Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935) calling a spade a spade Fifty years ago, Capitalists Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger initiated their rapprochement with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) after 25 years of total silence between the …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/07/china-all-in-all-just-another-bric-in-the-wall/

The Democratic Platform on China Is a Failure of Imagination
Tobita Chow | thenation.com | 2020-07-31
The Democratic Platform on China Is a Failure of Imagination…
thenation.com/article/politics/democratic-platform-china/

China Calls to Confront US Bullying and Uphold Multilateralism
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-31
China seeks the support of the European Union (EU) countries to counter the hegemonic behavior of the United States, which could generate a new cold war, an interruption of globalization, and situations of risk for all humanity. | The U.S. is …
globalresearch.ca/china-calls-confront-us-bullying-uphold-multilateralism/5719926

China's Ultimatum to Europe
Finian Cunningham | thealtworld.com | 2020-07-31
Ultimatums are usually considered to be imperious and impolite. But in the case of China's latest demand on the European Union, one can view Beijing's approach as apt and just right. | Foreign Minister Wang Yi left his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian in no doubt in a phone call this week about the current international tensions and what needs to be done. | He said all nations must "resist any unilateral or h…

China’s Ultimatum to Europe

Does The Left Stand With Uighurs?
Nick Pemberton | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-31
As the American left forces itself to reckon with its neglect of the minority underclass in its central planning of democratic socialism, a similar reckoning should be happening in relation to China and its treatment of the Muslim minority population and its increasing reach in Africa. Under the guise of economic empowerment for the upper…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/31/does-the-left-stand-with-uighurs/

Does The Left Stand With Uighurs?
Nick Pemberton | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-31
As the American left forces itself to reckon with its neglect of the minority underclass in its central planning of democratic socialism, a similar reckoning should be happening in relation to China and its treatment of the Muslim minority population and its increasing reach in Africa. Under the guise of economic empowerment for the upper…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/31/does-the-left-stand-with-uighurs/

The epistemic tragedy of coronavirus misinformation
Jon Allsop | zcomm.org | 2020-07-31
Without wishing to sound defeatist, it strikes me that our present information climate is yet another tragedy in this year of tragedies…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-epistemic-tragedy-of-coronavirus-misinformation/

Video: "Planet of the Humans": Michael Moore's Documentary
Michael Moore | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-31
Michael Moore presents Planet of the Humans, a documentary that dares to say what no one else will — that we are losing the battle to stop climate change on planet earth because we are following leaders who have taken …
globalresearch.ca/video-planet-humans-full-documentary/5719903

House Spending Bill Goes Big on Climate, Clean Energy and Transportation
commondreams.org | 2020-07-31
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212 Land Defenders were killed in 2019
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-31
A recent report shows that 2019 was the most dangerous year for land defenders with over 200 activists being murdered this year. Colombia and the Philippines were the worst affected.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/31/212-land-defenders-were-killed-in-2019/

The Unemployed vs. the Coronavirus Depression
Jeremy Brecher | zcomm.org | 2020-07-31
Whether their needs are addressed in the Coronavirus Depression is likely to depend largely on whether the unemployed organize themselves to demand it…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-unemployed-vs-the-coronavirus-depression/

The school transportation crisis in the age of coronavirus
wsws.org | 2020-07-31
School bus drivers in Pennsylvania and New York spoke with the WSWS about the conditions they face amid the escalating campaign to reopen schools.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/31/busd-j31.html

UK prisoners are stuck in solitary confinement in extreme heat as UK temperatures reach 37 ∞C
Eliza Egret | thecanary.co | 2020-07-31
While parts of the UK basked in 37 ∞C sun on 31 July, prisoners were stuck in inhumane, overheated conditions without ventilation. | As the Independent reported, since the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic began, prisoners have been "effectively held in solitary confinement" and some only leave their cells for half an hour each day. These measures have been in place for almost four month…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/07/31/uk-prisoners-are-stuck-in-solitary-confinement-in-extreme-heat-as-uk-temperatures-reach-37c/

UN Officials Cite Study that Finds Lockdowns, School Closures Killing More Children than COVID
Steve Watson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-31
UN officials have pointed to a study that reveals lockdowns and school closures are doing more harm to children than the coronavirus itself, with many more deaths expected to come from the reaction to the outbreak, rather than the pandemic …
globalresearch.ca/un-officials-cite-study-finds-lockdowns-school-closures-killing-more-children-covid/5719931

Transportation unions demand Trump's DOT mandate masks
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-31
WASHINGTON–Fed up with Trump regime inaction to protect frontline transportation workers, their unions formally petitioned Trump Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao to order the nation's airlines and subway, bus and commuter rail companies, to force passengers to wear anti-coronavirus protective masks all the time. The penalty if the patrons don't: They get booted off the subway, …
peoplesworld.org/article/transportation-unions-demand-trumps-dot-mandate-masks/

Moderna Shows Those Lazy Unemployed Workers How to Rip Off the Government
Dean Baker | zcomm.org | 2020-07-31
Source: Center for Economic and Policy Research Moderna, a relatively new biotech company, has generally been seen as the leading U.S. contender to develop a coronavirus vaccine, although it trails several Chinese companies. Whether or not its vaccine pans out, it should certainly get an award for milking the government. It was the big winner Read…
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Peru's corporate-controlled health system crumbling under stress of COVID-19
Yanis Iqbal | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-31
On March 11, Peru declared a 90-day national sanitary emergency to deal with the emerging coronavirus crisis. Subsequently, the country announced a total lockdown beginning from March 16. But despite implementing one of the earliest and strictest COVID-19 containment regimes in Latin America, Peru has become trapped in the turmoil of rising COVID-19 cases. With …
peoplesworld.org/article/perus-corporate-controlled-health-system-crumbling-under-stress-of-covid-19/

When Corporate Power Is Your Real Government, Corporate Media Is State Media
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-07-31
astonishingly horrible article the other day titled "Latin America Is Facing a 'Decline of Democracy' Under the Pandemic" accusing governments like Venezuela and Nicaragua of exploiting Covid-19 to quash opposition and oppress democracy. | The article sources its jarringly propagandistic claims in multiple US government-funded narrative management operations like the Wilson Center and the National End…

When Corporate Power Is Your Real Government, Corporate Media Is State Media

When Corporate Power Is Your Real Government, Corporate Media Is State Media
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-07-31
The New York Times published an astonishingly horrible article the other day titled "Latin America Is Facing a 'Decline of Democracy' Under the Pandemic" accusing governments like Venezuela and Nicaragua of exploiting Covid-19 to quash opposition and oppress democracy. | The article sources its jarringly propagandistic claims in multiple US government-funded narrative management operations like the Wilson Center and the

When Corporate Power Is Your Real Government, Corporate Media Is State Media

The Space Wars Have Begun
T.J. Coles | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-31
"Space is now a distinct warfighting domain," says the U.S. Defense Space Strategy. Last week, corporate media repeated U.S. military propaganda: that Russia had "tested new technologies that could lead to so-called 'killer satellites'" (ABC); the U.S. and Britain…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/31/the-space-wars-have-begun/

Congressional Primary Challengers Seek to Keep Progressive Tide Going
Karma Samtani | progressive.org | 2020-07-31
Two leftwing, underdog candidates in Missouri and Massachusetts have a real chance of unseating their corporate-funded Democratic opponents.
progressive.org/dispatches/congressional-primary-challengers-progressive-samtani-200731/

Tear Gas and Thugs at the BLM Protests in Portland
Bette Lee | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-31
On the 59th night of BLM protests on July 25th at the federal courthouse, I was one of the thousands of protestors who went there. It took me a while to struggle through my fears of getting infected with the virus and the limits to my mobility due to old age and hip arthritis. But…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/31/tear-gas-and-thugs-at-the-blm-protests-in-portland/

Could the Duterte Regime be COVID-19's Next Victim?
Walden Bello | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-31
In his fifth State of the Nation (SONA) address on July 27, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte tried to live up to his old form: by turns menacing, double-talking, cursing, dripping with cynical humor, digressing, and irreverent. Instead he came across as uninspiring, unimaginative, and perhaps overwhelmed by the realization that a formula which might have…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/31/could-the-duterte-regime-be-covid-19s-next-victim/

Never Forget August 3 in El Paso
Kent Paterson | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-31
On August 3, 2019, a man who had driven hundreds of miles across Texas to the city of El Paso carried out his plan to kill as many Mexicans as possible. Armed with an assault rifle, the killer opened fire at the Cielo Vista Walmart, slaughtering mothers and fathers and sons and daughters. Grandparents, cousins…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/31/never-forget-august-3-in-el-paso/

Tear Gas and Thugs at the BLM Protests in Portland
Bette Lee | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-31
On the 59th night of BLM protests on July 25th at the federal courthouse, I was one of the thousands of protestors who went there. It took me a while to struggle through my fears of getting infected with the virus and the limits to my mobility due to old age and hip arthritis.
counterpunch.org/2020/07/31/tear-gas-and-thugs-at-the-blm-protests-in-portland/

Hunting with the Father
Ron Jacobs | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-31
Dean Kuipers' 2019 book, The Deer Camp: A Memoir of a Father, a Family and the Land that Healed Them, is a book about Michigan. Its unique forests, its lakes and rivers, its settler population descended from Calvinist Dutch men and women, and that population's stubbornness. Like a Jim Harrison novel featuring a hopelessly ornery…
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The Bologna Massacre, the 'Strategy of Tension' and Operation Gladio
Brett Wilkins | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-31
On the sweltering morning of August 2, 1980, a powerful explosion blew apart the central train station in Bologna, Italy, killing 85 people and wounding 200 more. To this day, it is uncertain exactly who is behind the deadliest terrorist attack in modern Italian history. It is clear that right-wing extremists including neo-fascists, Italian secret…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/31/the-bologna-massacre-the-strategy-of-tension-and-operation-gladio/

Every Step the EU Takes Toward Financial Unity Sows New Seeds of Its Potential Collapse
Marshall Auerback | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-31
Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" is a play featuring two characters waiting for a character, Godot, who never arrives. As such, it is a useful metaphor for the goings-on of the European Union (EU). Observers of the EU's evolution in the capital of Brussels have witnessed a Godot-like experience of the promised arrival of the…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/31/every-step-the-eu-takes-toward-financial-unity-sows-new-seeds-of-its-potential-collapse/

Donald Trump's Misguided Attacks on WHO
Cesar Chelala | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-31
As an international public health consultant, I have carried out several public health missions for the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Latin America and the Caribbean. I am aware of WHO's shortcomings, but also of its contribution to world health. President Donald Trump's remarks and…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/31/donald-trumps-misguided-attacks-on-who/

Inside Trump's Attack on America's Environmental Charter
Erik Molvar | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-31
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is America's environmental charter. Signed into law by Richard Nixon, it has three central tenets. First, federal agencies must look before they leap and examine the full environmental impacts of most major actions that receive federal funding, including the direct, indirect, and cumulative effects those actions will have. Second,…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/31/inside-trumps-attack-on-americas-environmental-charter/

The Triple Antagonist of the Police, Policing, and Policy
Matthew Scully | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-31
In 1967, Chester Himes wrote, "Police brutality toward black people in the United States is of such common usage and longstanding to have attained acceptance as proper behavior." On the one hand, not much has changed. Every day we see the virulent and repressive state violence against Black Lives Matter protestors marching, occupying space, and…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/31/the-triple-antagonist-of-the-police-policing-and-policy/

Russiagate, Nazis, and the CIA
Rob Urie | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-31
The political success of Russiagate lies in the vanishing of American history in favor of a faàßade of liberal virtue. Posed as a response to the election of Donald Trump, a straight line can be drawn from efforts to undermine the decommissioning of the American war economy in 1946 to the CIA's alliance with Ukrainian fascists in 2014. In 1945 the NSC (National Security Council) issued a series of directives that gave logic and direction to the CIA's actions during the Cold War. That these persist despite the 'fall of communism' suggests that it was always just a placeholder in the pursuit of other objectiv…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/31/russiagate-nazis-and-the-cia/

Fascist Ohio's Bribed $60 Million Nuke Reactor Meltdown
Bob Fitrakis, Harvey Wasserman | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-31
While Trump pumps his private gestapo into cities like Portland and Seattle, Ohio's homegrown fascist legions launched a blitzkrieg of their own. On Saturday, July 18, about a thousand heavily armed militia members, white nationalists and Trump supporters showed their lack of color at a statehouse rally in downtown Columbus. The "Stand for America 2020"
counterpunch.org/2020/07/31/fascist-ohios-bribed-60-million-nuke-reactor-meltdown/

The Inner Chronicle of What We Are — Understanding Werner Herzog
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-31
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"We Charge Genocide:" Forerunner at UN of Black Lives Matter
W. T. Whitney | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-31
The police killing of George Floyd on May 25 provoked demonstrations worldwide. The United Nations Human Rights Council on June 17 debated a draft resolution introduced by the "African Group" of nations that condemned "structural racism endemic to the criminal justice system in the United States." The African nations were responding to a letter from…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/31/we-charge-genocide-forerunner-at-un-of-black-lives-matter/

On Medicare and Medicaid's 55th Birthday, Let's Expand Benefits–Not Cut Them
Nancy J. Altman | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-31
On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law. This crowning achievement was both the culmination of a decades-long effort to attain guaranteed universal health insurance and the first step in the quest for Medicare for All. In the 55 years since the legislation was signed into law, both programs…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/31/on-medicare-and-medicaids-55th-birthday-lets-expand-benefits-not-cut-them/

Insurgents and Iconoclasts Needed (But for Now Lay Low)
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-31
Even before Donald Trump and his trophy bride rode down that gilded escalator in Trump Tower, launching his campaign for the White House by denouncing "Mexican rapists," it was plain as day that he was, at best, a sick joke, unfit for the office he would go on to win in the Electoral College after…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/31/insurgents-and-iconoclasts-needed-but-for-now-lay-low/

Feds Give In, Maybe
Richard C. Gross | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-31
It's possible someone finally persuaded President Donald Trump that sending to Portland federal agents outfitted in military camouflage to confront civilians with tear gas and other devices during two months of nightly street demonstrations won't win him voters beyond his followers. It's good bet his supporters, allies, followers, cultists, white supremacists, the "some very good people"
counterpunch.org/2020/07/31/feds-give-in-maybe/

Feds Give In, Maybe
Richard C. Gross | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-31
It's possible someone finally persuaded President Donald Trump that sending to Portland federal agents outfitted in military camouflage to confront civilians with tear gas and other devices during two months of nightly street demonstrations won't win him voters beyond his followers. It's good bet his supporters, allies, followers, cultists, white supremacists, the "some very good people"
counterpunch.org/2020/07/31/feds-give-in-maybe/

A Portland 'Sit-Down' Can Rock Trump's Boat
Barbara G. Ellis | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-31
For the last five weekends, I and my dozen BLM sign-waving, curbside cohorts–mine now has an addenda ("Trump's Latest Crime: Secret Police in PDX")–do hour-long shifts on a traffic-heavy corner of Portland's Holgate/Caesar Chavez Boulevards. We're one of several groups dotting the city with our post located nearly five miles East from Trump's notorious secret-…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/31/a-portland-sit-down-can-rock-trumps-boat/

Alex Main on Bolivia Coup, Carol Anderson on Voter Suppression
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-07-31
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Chile Records The Highest Unemployment Rate In A Decade
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-31
Chile reached the highest overall unemployment rate in a decade amid the COVID-19 pandemic, 12.2 percent, the National Statistics Office (INE) revealed on Friday. | RELATED: | Chile: Workers Call for a Pot-Banging Protest Against Piñera | According to the institution during the second quarter of this year, from April to June, the number of unemployed people soared to 996.900, an increment of 299.100 compared to the same period in 2019. | "The national unemployment rate was 12.2 pe…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chile-Records-The-Highest-Unemployment-Rate-In-A-Decade-20200731-0020.html

The Federal Government Is Denying COVID-19 Aid to Black Farmers
Jordan Walker | progressive.org | 2020-07-31
Many are struggling, still waiting for promised emergency assistance.
progressive.org/dispatches/fed-denying-covid-aid-black-farmers-walker-200731/

COVID-19 vaccine may come, but what about equitable distribution?
Sandipan Talukdar | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-31
An effective and safe vaccine is probably the easiest way to beat the pandemic. However, the vaccine will take its own time to reach the people in general. We may get it soon or we may not. Meanwhile, widespread concern has emerged about the vaccine in the context of widening inequalities in the world. | Predictably, the rich countries are already going for deals with vaccine manufacturers even before all phases of clinical trials are completed. Will the world have a situation where a few countries will hoard most of the doses of the vaccine and poorer countries will have to wait? The chances are high. | Let's ta…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/31/covid-19-vaccine-may-come-but-what-about-equitable-distribution/

Health must come before the economy, insists top UN official for Latin America and the Caribbean
news.un.org | 2020-07-31
In Latin America, where much of the region has dealt with years of sluggish growth, the economic crisis brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic is pushing millions more into poverty, says Alicia Bárcena, the head of the UN regional body for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
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Toledo Jeep Rank-and-File Safety Committee calls for emergency measures as COVID-19 surges in the plant
wsws.org | 2020-07-31
As reports of COVID-19 cases at the Toledo Assembly Complex escalate, workers are demanding the closure of the facility for deep cleaning and disinfection.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/31/jeep-j31.html

Ecuador: Prohibition And Curfew In 18 Provinces Amid Covid-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-31
The National Emergency Operations Committee (EOC) established as of Friday, July 31, a new curfew in Quito, the capital, and the cantons of 18 of 24 provinces of Ecuador to prevent the spread of Covid-19. | RELATED: | Ecuador to Take Part in Clinical Trials for COVID-19 Vaccine | As reported by El Comercio newspaper, the restriction on the movement of people was extended by the EOC in the face of the spread of Covid-19, which on Friday exceeded 85 000 cases in the country. | Acco…
telesurenglish.net/news/Ecuador-Prohibition-And-Curfew-In-18-Provinces-Amid-Covid-19-20200731-0028.html

Panama's Parliament Approves Labor Reform Opposed By Unions
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-31
Panama's National Assembly approved on Friday a bill to relax labor regulations amid the COVID-19 pandemic despite ongoing protests by several unions. | RELATED: | Panama: Unions and Students Protest Against Labor Law Reform | On Thursday, workers demonstrated before the headquarters of the parliament and several parts of the country against bill 354. The bill reforms the current Labor Code and establishes measures such as the reduction of the working day and the amount of the ext…
telesurenglish.net/news/Panamas-Parliament-Approves-Labor-Reform-Opposed-By-Unions-20200731-0024.html

US COVID-19 death toll soars past 151,000, with one death every minute
wsws.org | 2020-07-31
Deaths have risen in the US for three weeks in a row, with the biggest hotspots in Florida, Arizona, California and Texas.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/31/usco-j31.html

US COVID-19 death toll soars past 155,000, with one death every minute
wsws.org | 2020-07-31
Deaths have risen in the US for three weeks in a row, with the biggest hotspots in Florida, Arizona, California and Texas.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/31/usco-j31.html

Argentina Prolongs Quarantine Until August 16
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-31
Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez Friday announced that the quarantine will be extended until August 16. This announcement was made after this country recorded its highest COVID-19 infection figures on Thursday. | RELATED: | Argentina: Bondholders Reject Debt Restructuring Proposal | "The virus is increasingly circulating in the country. This new measure is an effort to reduce the infections," Fernandez explained. | Over the last 24 hours, Argentina recorded 153 deaths and 6,37…
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Mexico Signs "Historic" Agreement To Access Medicines
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-31
The government of Mexico signed on Friday an agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) to guarantee access to 3.643 drug codes in the world market to be distributed from 2021. | RELATED: | COVID-19: Mexico Reaches World's Third-Highest Death Toll | "It is a historical fact because we are going to obtain all the medicines in the world, of good quality, at low prices and we will solve the problem of shortages of medicin…
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Federal $600 a week addition to unemployment insurance runs out
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-31
San José, CA – 25 million Americans or more are losing their additional $600 a week in unemployment insurance benefits even as the number of people applying for unemployment benefits continues to rise. Up to one-third of all renters have already lost eviction protection from the federal government, and the Republican proposal does not include extending it. Millions of other households are under threat of losing their electrical power for not paying their bills. | The depth of the economic crisis stoked by the uncontrolled COVID-19 pandemic was shown this morning, July 30, in the Commerce Department's report on Gr…
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