Video: Race, Class and in the United States Today
Ajamu Baraka | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-12
American anti-war Ajamu Baraka has urged the public to stay vigilant against US "attempts to control the narrative" of the Black Lives Matter movement. | Speaking at an event organised by the Workers' Party, the national organiser of the Black …
globalresearch.ca/video-race-class–united-states-today/5718289
Better-Than-Before Climate Plans Still Aren't Good Enough
Mitch Jones | commondreams.org | 2020-07-12
Sunrise Movement campaigners call on Democratic House members to back a Green New Deal. (Photo: Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/covid-crisis-gnd_0.jpg …
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Humanity is an Endangered Species
Lawrence Wittner | zcomm.org | 2020-07-12
Have you noticed recently that things are collapsing? Sure, the rightwing, nationalist rulers of many countries never stop telling us that they have made their nations "great" again. But we would have to be dislocated from reality not to notice that something is wrong‚Äïvery wrong. After all, the world is currently engulfed in a coronavirus Read…
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Trump Suggested To Sell Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-12
Former U.S. Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Elaine C. Duke revealed that President Donald Trump suggested selling Puerto Rico to avoid the US from having the burden of helping it recover from the devastation of Hurricane Maria in September 2017. | RELATED: | Trump Plans To Meet With President Maduro, Bolton Says | "In the face of the devastation in Puerto Rico Island, Trump thought like a businessman. He asked if it was possible to 'sell the island or outsource the electricity ¥,…
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From bad to worse Lebanon
Abdel Bari Atwan | thealtworld.com | 2020-07-12
The US has deliberately engineered the country's economic collapse, but Hezbollah won't yield to it demands | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet sounded the alarm on Saturday that the economic situation in Lebanon was spiralling out of control and that many thousands of its people face destitution and starvation. The warning was stark. But it wasn't surprising given the relentless US pressure the country faces, which has more than crossed every conceivable red line. | Bachelet listed a number of reasons why she feared economic collapse was looming: thousands of businesses bankrupted, the Leba…
Looks Like Sweden Was Right After All
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-12
Why is the media so fixated on Sweden's coronavirus policy? What difference does it make? | Sweden settled on a policy that they thought was both sustainable and would save as many lives as possible. They weren't trying to 'show anyone …
globalresearch.ca/sweden-was-right-after-all/5718284
Palestinians Will Not Live in Until the Saudi Royal Family Is Gone
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-12
Palestine | 5 million Palestinians live under brutal 'Israeli' military occupation, without any human or civil rights. The call to "Free Palestine" is now over 70 years old, and the world and its leaders sit idly by without action. …
globalresearch.ca/palestinians-will-not-live–until-saudi-royal-family-gone/5718285
Trump's Defense of the South's Post Civil War Culture Goes Beyond Racism
Patrick Cockburn | zcomm.org | 2020-07-12
Trump's defense of Confederate culture is not only a defense of racism, but also of other Old South born attitudes towards women, guns, abortion, evangelical Christianity, paramilitary policing, crime and punishment, and the role of government…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/trumps-defense-of-the-souths-post-civil-war-culture-goes-beyond-racism/
25th Anniversary of the Srebrenica Massacre Big Lie that Won't Die
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-12
Big Lies and deception about what happened in Srebrenica a generation ago were part of the 1990s rape of Yugoslavia by the Clinton co-presidency and NATO killing machine. | Events of that time were and remain one of history's great crimes …
globalresearch.ca/25th-anniversary-srebrenica-massacre/5718292
US Hostility Toward China. Military Encirclement, Visa Bans, Backlash on US Economy
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-12
Geopolitics of both right wings of the US war party is polar opposite what just societies cherish — seeking dominance over other nations by brute force if other tactics to achieve its aims fail. | Mutual cooperation and respect for the …
globalresearch.ca/irreconcilable-differences-define-us-hostility-toward-china/5718226
Indictment of Kosovo establishment for war crimes has major implications for region
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-12
Recently, the Specialist Prosecutor's Office announced that it had filed indictments with the Kosovo Specialist Chambers against Kosovo president Hashim Thaci, former parliamentary speaker Kadri Veseli and others on charges of war crimes…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/12/indictment-of-kosovo-establishment-for-war-crimes-has-major-implications-for-region/
Covid-19, Hunger and Starvation in India. Globalist Takeover of India's Public Health Policy
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-12
Some might ask why India is in complete lockstep with global lockdown despite the very low COVID19-related mortality figures for 1.3 billion people. Following this introduction is a two-hour interview with investigative journalist Kapil Bajaj. It focuses on the …
globalresearch.ca/gates-foundation-subversion-public-health-policy-india/5718296
Why a 'New Deal' can't be just switched on today
Prabhat Patnaik | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-12
The globalization of finance means that any State that violates the dictates of finance, such as by attempting a New Deal financed by a larger fiscal deficit or taxes on the rich, runs the risk of a capital flight from its shores and hence a financial crisis…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/12/why-a-new-deal-cant-be-just-switched-on-today/
A taxing problem: how to ensure the poor and vulnerable don't shoulder the cost of the COVID-19 crisis
news.un.org | 2020-07-12
In the wake of the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis, tax systems should be reformed, and tax avoidance and evasion reduced, to ensure an economic recovery in which everyone pays their share, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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Iraq: US Military Convoy Attacked, No Casualties
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-12
A U.S. military convoy operated by Iraqi citizens was set on fire Saturday night in Al Diwaniyah city, Iraq. | RELATED: | The US Vows to Withdraw Troops From Iraq Without Deadline | "A group of attackers forced the four trucks in the convoy to stop," according to official sources. | The drivers were taken out of the vehicles as the attackers set the convoy's trucks on fire. | The convoy's operators were Iraqi citizens transporting supplies from Basra to one of the U.S. bases in I…
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Was Srebrenica a Hoax? Eye-Witness Account of a Former United Nations Military Observer in Bosnia
Carlos Martins Branco | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-12
The mass graves are filled by a limited number of corpses from both sides, the consequence of heated battle and combat and not the result of a premeditated plan of genocide.
globalresearch.ca/was-srebrenica-a-hoax-eye-witness-account-of-a-former-united-nations-military-observer-in-bosnia/731
The UK Reading Stabbings: Al Qaeda LIFG Terrorists Supported by UK. Product of British Foreign Policy
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-12
It should surprise no one paying attention that the suspect in the recent stabbing spree in Reading, UK was not only known to British security agencies as an extremist and security threat, but that he comes from the pool of …
globalresearch.ca/product-uk-foreign-policy/5718308
Breakups and leaks
Victor Grossman | mronline.org | 2020-07-12
Those still following international relations may have noticed an unusual tearing sound growing louder. Recent developments, not conclusive or complete and yet undeniable, suggest the painful ripping apart of that eternal brotherhood between the German Federal Republic and its great patron, provider and protector, the USA.
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US quitting WHO will hit global responses to pandemics, vaccine development
Newsclick | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-12
Newsclick's Prabir Purkayastha talks about the US decision to leave the World Health Organization. He points out that this is yet another instance of US exceptionalism and describes how the country iis one of the largest beneficiaries of WHO's vaccine program.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/12/us-quitting-who-will-hit-global-responses-to-pandemics-vaccine-development/
Chilean Arpilleras Sustain Political Momentum During Lockdown
Nathalia Santos Ocasio | zcomm.org | 2020-07-12
As Covid-19 interrupts months of mass mobilizations in Chile, women continue creating political tapestries to resist state violence and systemic inequalities.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/chilean-arpilleras-sustain-political-momentum-during-lockdown/
MN Freedom Fighters Form A Community Safety Net
Unicorn Riot | unicornriot.ninja | 2020-07-12
Minneapolis, MN — An armed security force, the MN Freedom Fighters, are now a regular sight providing security at s and patrolling Broadway Avenue. | It started via a call out for a community patrol group for the Northside from Minneapolis NAACP's President, Leslie Redmond, a…
unicornriot.ninja/2020/mn-freedom-fighters-form-a-community-safety-net/
Tens of thousands of Greeks agitate against law curbing s
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-12
Over the past few weeks, s have been held across Greece against a law introduced by the New Democracy government that will impose strict restrictions on demonstrations. The Communist Party of Greece and leftist trade unions have been in the forefront of these s.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/12/tens-of-thousands-of-greeks-agitate-against-law-curbing-s/
Iran and China Turbo-charge the New Silk Roads
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-12
This article was originally published on Asia Times. | Two of the US's top "strategic threats" are getting closer and closer within the scope of the New Silk Roads — the leading 21st century project of economic integration across …
globalresearch.ca/iran-china-turbo-charge-new-silk-roads/5718294
You Have the Right to Keep Silent If You Want to Remain Employed
Terry Everton | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-07-12
One of the most effective weapons in the corporate employer's fuck you arsenal is the employment at will clause. It's the trump card that stacks the deck against you regardless of the winning hand you think you're holding, relegating you instead to the chump pile of players who stayed in the game one bet too …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/07/you-have-the-right-to-keep-silent-if-you-want-to-remain-employed/
The Cure of the Earth
Charles Eisenstein | commondreams.org | 2020-07-12
"Those most capable of loving the Amazon are its most intimate companions: the people indigenous to that place, the cultures who have lived in and with it for thousands of years. That is why rainforest conservation and healing must be in intimate dialogue with the people who steward the land. They themselves understand this principle; hence the concept Brazil's Indigenous people use to describe themselves: "Cura Da Terra" (the Cure of the Earth)." (Photo: Catedral Verde – Floresta Amazonica/Wikimedia) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thum…
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Why and How SEIU Members Are Calling on Our Union to Expel Cops
Felix Thomson, Julia Wallace & Mark Ostapiak | zcomm.org | 2020-07-12
This is the moment for us as rank-and-file members to make clear that the priorities of our union should be the well-being of our fellow members and our common humanity…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/why-and-how-seiu-members-are-calling-on-our-union-to-expel-cops/
4 Afghan police forces killed in Daykundi Province
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-12
TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) — Four Afghan security forces have been killed in a Taliban attack on a police station on Sunday.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160875/4-Afghan-police-forces-killed-in-Daykundi-Province
Ajamu Baraka: Race, Class And US s Today
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-12
Speaking at an event organised by the Workers' Party, the national organiser of the Black Alliance for and the 2016 Green Party candidate for vice president said that: "The current ongoing capitalist crisis has created the most serious crisis of legitimacy since the collapse of the capitalist economy during the years referred to as the Great Depression. We are now seeing, within the economy, the genocidal implications of economic conditions in which young black workers have more value as human generators of profit locked up in prisons than as participants in the economy as low wage workers." | Founded in 20…
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On Contact: Collateral Murder Video
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-12
On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to journalist, Dean Yates, who, 13 years ago, was the head of Reuters' Baghdad bureau. On July 12, 2007, Yates learned two of his employees, Saeed Chmagh and Namir Noor-Eldeen, had been fired on and killed by the US Army. Their deaths, and those of others, were the focus of the now-infamous video Collateral Murder, leaked by Chelsea Manning and released by Wikileaks.
popularresistance.org/on-contact-collateral-murder-video/
The Fall of Plahotniuc and a New Hope for Moldova
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-07-12
In June 2019, the small landlocked nation of Moldova found itself in a life or death struggle between two opposing futures: Oligarchs like the notorious Vladimir Plahotniuc had worked diligently for years to bring this nation into the hull of the collapsing NATO-EU Titanic while nationalists sought to re-align Moldova's future with the new emerging Multipolar Alliance led by China and Russia. | The greatest moment of decision (until now) occurred in June 2019 when elections resulted in a three-way split between a pro-Russian Socialist Party, the pro-EU ACUM and another pro-western Democratic Party run by the arch…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/07/12/fall-plahotniuc-new-hope-for-moldova/
Seven Palestinians Abducted by Israeli Soldiers, Including those Assaulted by Settlers
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-07-12
The Israeli forces, at dawn Saturday, stormed several Palestinian-owned homes and abducted Palestinian civilians during invasions into different occupied West Bank towns, the Palestinian Information Center reported. Local sources said, Israeli soldiers stormed the Balata refugee camp in Nablus, in the northern West Bank and abducted two Palestinian young men …
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Unlikability: a Trait That Plagues Right-Wing Leaders
Wayne Madsen | thealtworld.com | 2020-07-12
Achieving popularity requires empathy and rationality, elements that politicians of the right-wing, many of whom believe they are "populists," lack. | Likability is a trait that politicians across the political spectrum seek to achieve during their careers. Achieving popularity among the masses requires empathy and rationality, two elements that politicians of the right-wing, many of whom believe they are "populists," lack. With the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, an overwhelming majority of those political leaders who have seen their popularity rise are those who cared more for the health and safety of…
Reversing the flow
Ewa Jasiewicz | zcomm.org | 2020-07-12
To undo prison culture, we need to reverse exclusionary, utilitarian, capitalist culture. This includes dismantling the school to prison pipeline…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/reversing-the-flow/
The ICTY Srebrenica Trials: The Unseen Evidence
Stephen Karganovic | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-12
Srebrenica: July 11, 1995. Twenty-five years ago | One of the key evidentiary issues that arose during several ICTY Srebrenica trials was the right of the accused to conduct an independent examination of the forensic evidence used against them. That right | …
globalresearch.ca/the-icty-srebrenica-trials-the-unseen-evidence/5681681
Racism in the U.S. Healthcare System Is Costing Black Lives
Tamika C.B. Zapolski, Ukamaka M. Oruche | commondreams.org | 2020-07-12
As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the U.S., the virus hit African Americans disproportionately hard. African Americans are still contracting the illness—and dying from it—at rates twice as high as would be expected based on their share of the population.
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War in the Balkans, Srebrenica: The Memoirs of a Portuguese keeper
Stephen Karganovic | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-12
War pretext incidents. First published by SCF and Global Research in July 2017. Today July 11, 2020. 25 years ago Srebrenica, July 11, 1995 | Featured image: Gravestones at the Potoƒçari genocide memorial near Srebrenica (Source: Wikimedia Commons) | General Carlos Martins …
globalresearch.ca/war-in-the-balkans-was-srebrenica-a-hoax-the-memoirs-of-a-portuguese-keeper/5598755
How Many Ways Can Israel Wage War on Iran Before the Media Reports Israel Is Waging War on Iran?
Ted Snider | commondreams.org | 2020-07-12
Satellite images of Natanz Nuclear Plant. (Photo: Google [before] and Iran International [after]) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/natanz-iran_5031346-1024×576.jpg …
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Biden's New Economic Nationalism
Robert Kuttner | zcomm.org | 2020-07-12
Better Than You May Think. And some of it seems to have been inspired by Elizabeth Warren…
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Propaganda Brainwashing, And Other Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-07-12
~ | The focus shouldn't just be on bad things done by individual plutocrats — Gates did X, Bezos did Y etc. The primary focus should be on how we shouldn't have a system which allows any individual to have that much power over our world. No individual should have that much power to do that much harm. | ~ | You couldn't create a more perfect profit-generating scheme than war. Entire civilizations can be streamlined into the task of cranking out top-of-the-line, name-brand killing machines at the drop of a false flag. War will continue as long as human behavior is driven by profit. | ~ | If you want more of s…
Propaganda Brainwashing, And Other Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Russia Successfully Completes COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-12
Russia's health authorities Sunday announced that the country has successfully concluded the clinical trial of a vaccine against COVID-19 in a group of volunteers, becoming the first country to successfully complete this fase. | RELATED: | Russia Offers Latin America a Drug to Cure COVID-19 | "At this stage, the safety of the vaccine was demonstrated. It corresponds to the safety of vaccines that are currently on the market, " First Moscow State Medical University Sechenov's Institute o…
telesurenglish.net/news/russia-successfully-completes-covid-19-vaccine-trial–20200712-0004.html
Emirates may lay off 9,000 employees due to pandemic
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-12
Emirates president Tim Clark said that nearly 15% of the 60,000 staff would be laid off due to the pandemic-induced economic crisis. He said that already, a tenth had lost their jobs…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/12/emirates-may-lay-off-9000-employees-due-to-pandemic/
After the End of Native Mascots
Nick Martin | zcomm.org | 2020-07-12
Once the slurs and caricatures are gone, we're left to reconcile the erasure, tokenization, and colonization that exist beyond them…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/after-the-end-of-native-mascots/
Corporate Media Team With Trump to Disparage Public Health Experts
Julie Hollar | commondreams.org | 2020-07-12
As public health experts tirelessly work to unravel the mysteries of the Covid pandemic (and are increasingly burning out), the president of our country has constantly attacked and undermined them—and, lately, so have corporate media.
commondreams.org/views/2020/07/12/corporate-media-team-trump-disparage-public-health-experts?cd-origin=rss
Colombia: Another FARC ex-Combatant Killed in Meta
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-12
Colombia's Revolutionary Alternative Force of the Common (FARC) political party Saturday announced the murder of another ex-combatant in the municipality of La Uribe, department of Meta. | RELATED: | Another Signatory of the Agreement Killed in Colombia | "We denounce another murder. Fredy Fajardo Avila was killed in La Uribe, Meta. With this comrade, 217 signatories have been murdered in the last years," the political party announced on its Twitter account. | FARC deman…
telesurenglish.net/news/colombia-another-farc-excombatant-killed-in-meta-20200711-0014.html
Petition to UN on Afro-Bolivian Union Leader Elena Flores
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-12
A recent petition to the United Nations has called for attention to the political imprisonment and human rights abuses against Afro-Bolivian union leader Elena Flores. | RELATED: | International Organizations Call for Release of Elena Flores | Flores is the President of the Departmental Association of Coca Producers (Adepcoca) union of coca growers in her home territory of Yungas, where she's been a labour organizer since her youth. | The leader has been held as a political p…
telesurenglish.net/news/Petition-to-UN-on-Afro-Bolivian-Union-Leader-Elena-Flores-20200712-0003.html
Iran has no arms dependency on foreign countries
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-12
TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) — Deputy Commander of Mostazafin Basij (Volunteer Forces) Organization said that Islamic Republic of Iran has no arms dependency on foreign countries.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160841/Iran-has-no-arms-dependency-on-foreign-countries
Saudi-led coalition violates ceasefire in Yemen
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-12
TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) — Saudi mercenaries violated the ceasefire in Yemen and launched a series of attacks on Marib, Al-Jawf, and Al-Bayda provinces.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160862/Saudi-led-coalition-violates-ceasefire-in-Yemen
Police bust 389kg of opium in Kermanshah prov
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-12
TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) — The police forces of the western province of Kermanshah have busted two consignments of opium, with a combined volume of 398 kilograms, in the past day.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160857/Police-bust-389kg-of-opium-in-Kermanshah-prov
A closer look at Iran-Syria military cooperation agreement
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-12
TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) — The agreement on military, defense, and security cooperation between Iran and Syria has sent a wave of fear through the Zionist camp.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160845/A-closer-look-at-Iran-Syria-military-cooperation-agreement
Iraqi MP urges for issuing intl. arrest warrant for Trump
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-12
TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) — Iraqi lawmaker Hassan Salem has called for issuing an international arrest warrant for US President Donald Trump over his order to assassinate Lieutenant General Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160848/Iraqi-MP-urges-for-issuing-intl-arrest-warrant-for-Trump
Parl. to pursue 'look to East', diversifying trade partners
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-12
TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) — Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said that having a look to the East and diversifying trade partners of Iran are on the Parliament's agenda as factors that can solve the country's economic problems.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160861/Parl-to-pursue-look-to-East-diversifying-trade-partners
Ex envoy objects over US effort to extend arm embargo on Iran
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-12
TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) –The former Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan expressed his objection over US effort to extend the arms embargo on Iran, stressing that such futile efforts are not acceptable to the member States of the Security Council.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160831/Ex-envoy-objects-over-US-effort-to-extend-arm-embargo-on-Iran
Govt. ready to coop. with Parl. for country's development
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-12
TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that his administration is ready to establish fair cooperation and interaction with the Parliament for the development and progress of the country.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160873/Govt-ready-to-coop-with-Parl-for-country-s-development
Iran confirms 2,186 infections,194 deaths in 24 hours
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-12
TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) — The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has infected 2,186 people and claimed 194 lives in Iran in the past 24 hours, a senior health official said.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160858/Iran-confirms-2-186-infections-194-deaths-in-24-hours
Outgoing Spanish amb. meets with FM Zarif
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-12
TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) — Spain's ambassador to Iran Eduardo López Busquets met and held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160865/Outgoing-Spanish-amb-meets-with-FM-Zarif
Iran among leading Asian countries in FinTech: VP Sattari
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-12
TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) — The Vise President for Science and Technology, Sorena Sattari said that Iran is one of the leading countries in Asia in the field of FinTech (Financial Technology).
en.mehrnews.com/news/160863/Iran-among-leading-Asian-countries-in-FinTech-VP-Sattari
Air Force opens new hospital in Tehran for COVID-19 patients
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-12
TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) — Deputy Coordinator of the Iranian Army Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari cut the ribbon on a new hospital in Tehran on Sunday, which has been established by tIslamic Republic of Iran Air Force for treatment of COVID-19 patients.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/160846/Air-Force-opens-new-hospital-in-Tehran-for-COVID-19-patients
Iranian airline to resume Tehran-Istanbul flights on Monday
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-12
TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) — Iran Air, the airline of the Islamic Republic of Iran, will resume flights between Tehran and Istanbul as of Monday, July 13, according to an official.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160844/Iranian-airline-to-resume-Tehran-Istanbul-flights-on-Monday
Tehran-Dubai tourist flights resumed amid outbreak
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-12
TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) — The tourist flights of Tehran and Dubai have been resumed since July 09 during the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, by observing health protocols.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160853/Tehran-Dubai-tourist-flights-resumed-amid-outbreak
If JCPOA obligations were fulfilled, world could be different
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-12
TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) — On the eve of the anniversary of JCPOA, Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Seyyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini said that the world could be different if the obligations were fulfilled.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160843/If-JCPOA-obligations-were-fulfilled-world-could-be-different
Iran issues license for 14 crypto mining centers
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-12
TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) — According to the deputy head of Tavanir company, the Islamic Republic has issued permits for the activity of 14 cryptocurrency mining centers, each with a capacity of 300 megawatts.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160866/Iran-issues-license-for-14-crypto-mining-centers
'279 shipments of oil products loaded under sanctions'
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-12
TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) — The Managing Director of Hormozgan PMO announced that despite the US sanctions, 279 shipments of oil products and hydrocarbons have been loaded at the Persian Gulf Oil Port as of March 20 to be exported to the world.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160847/279-shipments-of-oil-products-loaded-under-sanctions
Parliament open session on Sunday
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-12
TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) — The open session of the Iranian Parliament was held in the presence of Vice Speaker Seyyed Amir Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi and 195 lawmakers on Sunday.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/160874/Parliament-open-session-on-Sunday
Leader urges unity as key to overcome enemies' plots
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-12
TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) — Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said unity among people and the authorities is the key to overcoming the plots of the enemies.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160859/Leader-urges-unity-as-key-to-overcome-enemies-plots
Vale Pat Zinn 1928–2020
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-07-12
Anti-racism Vivienne PorzsoltIssue 1273 Australia anti-apartheid Jews Against the OccupationJuly 12, 2020Pat Zinn was a longstanding member of Jews against the Occupati…
greenleft.org.au/content/vale-pat-zinn-1928%E2%80%932020
Capitalism, Coronavirus and the Road to Extinction
Eren Duzgan | indybay.org | 2020-07-12
The only way to 're-embed' our economies and save our lives from ecological collapse is by intervening in the very heart of the beast: land and human beings need to be taken out of the market. The beast is not tameable; it needs to be killed.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/12/18835028.php
Tuesday 7/14: Women Voters: Intersection of Gender, Race & Voting in the 2020 Election
Women's March Action | indybay.org | 2020-07-12
Online via Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/11/18835020.php
Paycheck Protection Program loans to local nonprofit housing organizations
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-07-12
PPP Loans During The Coronavirus Covid-19 Pandemic:…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/12/18835025.php
Unemployment Claims Still Not Paid; Picketlines Needed
Register & Freedom or Green | indybay.org | 2020-07-12
Today's check of the Twitter, twitter.com/search?q=%23EDDFailOfTheDay&src=typed_query&f=live, shows that the Unemployment office is still not paying claims dating back to March and private profit contractor Deloitte is still allowed to touch confidential information and pretend to process these basic claims when Deloitte should be fired immediately for obvious violation of its contract to pay the claims immediately.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/12/18835027.php
Mysterious National Police Group Wants Palo Alto to Remove Assata Shakur from BLM Mural
TAECI | indybay.org | 2020-07-12
In recent days a national police group contacted the city of Palo Alto. They want the depiction of 1970's Black Liberation Army Assata Shakur removed from the 17 foot high BLM mural in front of City Hall. Assata happens to be Tupac Shakur's aunt.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/11/18835021.php
Thursday 7/16: "Capturing The Flag" Voter Suppression Film & Town Hall w/ Starring Voting Rights
Feminist Majority Foundation & others | indybay.org | 2020-07-12
Online…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/10/18835009.php
Financial Markets and National Socialism
Stephan Kaufmann and Susanne Hahn | indybay.org | 2020-07-12
Joseph Goebbels was appointed "Reich Minister for National Enlightenment and Propaganda " on March 15, 1933. "The people should begin to think and react in a unified way […]" He wanted them to stand behind the actions of the government with full sympathy and support.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/11/18835016.php
Tuesday 7/21: Community Meeting on Police Brutality and the George Floyd s Pt. 4
The Revolutionary United Front | indybay.org | 2020-07-12
Willow Park | Oakland, CA 94607…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/11/18835023.php
Saturday 7/11: Why There Should be a Pivot to , Not War with China
Pivot to | indybay.org | 2020-07-12
Online via livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/10/18835015.php
Saturday 8/15: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group – The Deficit Myth
Strike Debt Bay Area | indybay.org | 2020-07-12
Online via zoom. | EMAIL STRIKE.DEBT.BAY.AREA@GMAIL.COM FOR ZOOM INFO A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/12/18835026.php
What's In A Name? $$$!
ADAM | indybay.org | 2020-07-12
Desperate for funding, Caltrain hires a consultant to find out if slapping on some new names will help it out.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/10/18835010.php
Operation Twilight Lockdown: Occupying Mayor Lily Mei's House (Fremont, CA)
Justin Valenzuela | indybay.org | 2020-07-12
We, the people of Fremont, took direct action by occupying space on July 6th, from 8pm till past midnight at the Mayor Lily Mei's neighborhood. Drawing attention to #blacklivesmatter, #landback, and demanding to #defundfremontpd.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/11/18835022.php
Hoy todo listo para ver filme ´Hugo Blanco, Río Profundo ª
reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras | indybay.org | 2020-07-12
Hoy 11 de Julio °Todo listo para ver el filme ´Hugo Blanco, Río Profundo ª! -via internet-…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/11/18835018.php
Roots of Slavery, Black Lives Matter, Defund Police – Gerald Horne Interview
John Malkin | indybay.org | 2020-07-12
Interview with historian Gerald Horne on the roots of slavery, current Black Lives Matters uprisings, calls to defund police and Horne's latest book, "The Dawning of the Apocalypse: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long Sixteenth Century."
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/10/18835011.php
Bolivia's Struggle To Restore Democracy After OAS Instigated Coup
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-12
Today, Bolivia stands at a crossroads. In June 2020, popular calls were mounting for new elections and the restoration of democracy, despite the ongoing repression. In response to this pressure, on June 22, àÅñez signed off on legislation to hold new elections in September. Former president Carlos Mesa (2003-2005) of the right-wing Citizens Community Party would face off against the MAS candidate, former Minister of Finance (2006-2019), Luis Arce. àÅñez's decision drew the ire of Minister of Government, Arturo Murillo, who characterizes the most popular political party in the country as narco-terroris…
popularresistance.org/bolivias-struggle-to-restore-democracy-after-oas-instigated-coup/
The Struggle For No Police In Los Angeles Schools: Victory In Sight
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-12
On Tuesday, June 23, in Los Angeles, the decade's long struggle for No Police in the Schools had a major breakthrough. Los Angeles School Board member Monica Garcia introduced the most structural and hopeful motion to make "defund the police" a reality. Her motion, expressing gratitude to the national Black uprising, called for cutting the $70 million budget of the Los Angeles School Police Department–with 350 armed officers–by 50% in 2021, 75% in 2022, and 90% in 2023–essentially phasing out the entire department. We think "50%, 75%, 90%" is a model for the "Defund the Police" movement national…
popularresistance.org/the-struggle-for-no-police-in-los-angeles-schools-victory-in-sight/
How The FBI 'Toppled Presidents' In Brazil
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-12
Natalia Viana, editor from the respected Brazilian investigative journalism site Agência Pública, recently published a 5 part series based on information shared from leaked Telegram conversations revealed by Intercept Brasil as part of the Vaza Jato scandal. | In the series, she shows how Lava Jato task force director, public prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol, received financial compensation through an asset sharing scheme based on kickbacks from fines that the US Government collected from Brazilian companies and individuals. According to Viana, during a meeting in which they negotiated the asset sharing deal, Deltan r…
popularresistance.org/how-the-fbi-toppled-presidents-in-brazil/
Seattle: Get Police Out Of Handling Homeless
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-12
The National Coalition to End Urban Indigenous Homelessness wrote to the mayor of Seattle this week demanding the removal of the Seattle police department from a team handling homelessness. | It recommended that the $2.6 million that goes to police to address the issue instead go to organizations that specialize in serving Indigenous people experiencing homelessness. | Coalition partners Chief Seattle Club, Mother Nation, Seattle Indian Health Board and United Indians of All Tribes Foundations signed the Wednesday letter. | "Police officers are not the best-suited to respond to our homeless community's needs," Mi…
popularresistance.org/seattle-get-police-out-of-handling-homeless/
Symbolism And African (Black) Men (Mostly) With Guns
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-12
The video was circulating endlessly this past weekend. Seemingly dozens of primarily African men (with a sprinkling of women) carrying semi-automatic weapons, marching, and chanting, in formation. Apparently, headed for the Ku Klux Klan headquarters in rural Georgia, U.S. It wasn't clear what happened once or if they reached their destination, but its safe to say that the centuries old vision of African people putting the Klan out of their misery once and for all didn't take place. | For the most part, the reaction, primarily from colonized people, particularly African women, was support for this action. And, for…
popularresistance.org/symbolism-and-african-black-men-mostly-with-guns/
US Blockade Over Cuba Grows During The COVID-19 Pandemic
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-12
Havana, Cuba – The US does not skimp on means to stop Cuba's development by imposing unilateral measures of extraterritorial blockade, the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) denounced. | So far the year, a period marked by the Covid-19 pandemic as well as a strengthening of calls to end the US economic and commercial blockade against Cuba, Washington applied another eleven regulations, noted Johana Tablada, deputy director for the United States at MINREX. | With those restrictions, the White House obstructed banking operations and limited the arrival in this country of medical supplies, fuel, donation…
popularresistance.org/us-blockade-over-cuba-grows-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/
COVID19 Corruption: Wealthy And Well Connected Get Rich While People Suffer
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-12
While corrupt elected officials and elites feed at the public trough, the economic collapse is hitting people in the United States hard. According to the newly released Bureau of Labor Statistics figures 47.2 percent of working-age people are without work and businesses are finding it impossible to pay their rent or keep their employees. The basic ability to feed children is in crisis, as nearly 14 million children in the United States went hungry in June, an increase of 10 million since 2018, and nearly three times the number of children who went hungry during the Great Recession, according to an analysis of Cen…
popularresistance.org/covid-corruption-wealthy-and-well-connected-get-rich/
Nurse Strike Wave Grows
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-12
As the country undergoes a severe surge of COVID cases, many hospitals are still short of PPE. Nurses across the country went on strike this week demanding these vital protections. | This week, nurses at the AMITA Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, Ill. continued the strike they began on Saturday. In response, the hospital has even brought in "scab replacement" nurses to keep the hospital staffed. | The nurses report making progress at the bargaining table and feel confident they are close to a deal. | "It's getting better," union leader Pat Meade told the Joliet Herald-News, but she warned that they gave up…
popularresistance.org/nurse-strike-wave-grows/
Man plows minivan into packed Florida church, starts fire & leads cops on high-speed chase (PHOTOS)
rt.com | 2020-07-12
A driver tried to burn down a Catholic church in Florida after ramming his vehicle into the building's lobby as worshipers were gathering for Mass. The suspect was arrested after a high-speed chase. | The man rammed his minivan through the front doors of the Queen of Catholic Church in Ocala, Florida on Saturday morning, local media reported, citing police. The driver then got out and threw some kind of incendiary device, starting a fire inside the church lobby. He fled the scene in his vehicle, but was pursued by police in a high-speed chase before being stopped and arrested. | The name of the suspect h…
rt.com/usa/494513-florida-ocala-church-attack/
18 sailors injured as US military ship catches fire & is covered in massive plume of smoke in San Diego (PHOTO, VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-07-12
The USS Bonhomme Richard has caught fire at a naval base in San Diego. Footage from the scene shows a large plume of smoke emitting from under the ship's deck; one explosion and injuries among the crew have been confirmed. | The fire triggered a massive response, with multiple fire engines and ambulances seen at the pier. | "Eighteen Sailors have been transferred to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries," US Naval Surface Forces wrote on Twitter a while later. | Officials also announced that…
rt.com/usa/494549-navy-ship-fire-san-diego/
Burning barricades, 'sound weapon': at Oregon courthouse continues as arrests, injuries mount
rt.com | 2020-07-12
The now-nightly standoff between BLM ers and officers guarding the courthouse in downtown Portland remains intense. On Saturday, s attempted to block the area, and accused their opponents of using a 'sound weapon.' | The Hatfield Federal Courthouse in Portland, Oregon has been in the focus of s against racism and police brutality for more than 40 days, with tension escalating into violence on numerous occasions. On Saturday night, the demonstrators used benches to block streets around the courthouse and lit several small fires. | This is footage from last night at SW 3/Main. Some fires we…
rt.com/usa/494519-portland–street-barricade-courthouse/
Jake Tapper says Trump would have 'saved lives' if he'd worn mask earlier, is shown 'no need for masks' clip from his own show
rt.com | 2020-07-12
CNN's Jake Tapper was confronted with coverage from his own show claiming masks were "not needed" during the Covid-19 pandemic, after he tweeted Donald Trump may have saved lives if he'd worn them in public months ago. | "Some day someone will do a study on how many lives might have been saved if this happened in February or March," Tapper tweeted, reacting to the president being pictured for the first time wearing a mask. | Shaming citizens for refusing to wear masks in public — despite many states and businesses requiring them — has become commonplace on social media, but in "February or March," he…
rt.com/usa/494553-jake-tapper-trump-mask-coronavirus/
In biggest daily increase among ALL states since start of Covid-19 epidemic, Florida confirms over 15,000 new infections
rt.com | 2020-07-12
The US state of Florida reported a record spike in coronavirus cases since the outbreak of the pandemic, officials announced on Sunday, as the World Health Organization (WHO) confirms a record rise in global cases as well. | The US reported a massive 66,500 new cases in 24 hours, and, in Florida, 15,299 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed on Sunday. | Florida's record figure, the highest among all states reported since the start of the epidemic, would rank it fourth in the world after the US, Brazil and India, if it were a country. | The state's daily new cases have also passed the highest recorded daily rate…
rt.com/usa/494546-florida-record-coronavirus-who/
'KKK number behind white power gesture' spotted by Portland er was actually poster celebrating basketball star
rt.com | 2020-07-12
A sharp-eyed er in Portland claimed she spotted a white supremacist hate symbol taunting her from a window of the BLM-besieged federal court. Further investigation, though, showed it was actually a basketball fan's poster. | The picture showing a hand gesturing "OK" was spotted inside the Hatfield Courthouse by one of the people ing against racism and police brutality in downtown Portland, Oregon. It may seem innocent enough, but the gesture stands for "White Power," according to the A…
rt.com/usa/494520-white-supremacy-blazers-poster-portland/
Gun store offers free rifle to Missouri couple seen guarding their home from BLM ers, after police confiscate theirs
rt.com | 2020-07-12
Mark and Patricia McCloskey, now infamous for a video in which they're seen brandishing firearms at Black Lives Matter supporters, were offered a free AR-15 by a local gun store, after their own was confiscated by police. | "This couple did what they needed to do to protect private property, as the property was being ambushed. I've seen videos, and some of these so-called ers were carrying firearms, and they clearly broke the gate to make way on to the private property (A THREAT)," the owner of Alien Armory Tactical, in St. Charles, Missouri, posted on Facebook, asking followers to share his message so…
rt.com/usa/494535-mcckloskeys-black-lives-matter-ar-15/
'Hannibal Lecter or Darth Vader'? Trump wears mask in public for 1st time, providing meme fodder for critics
rt.com | 2020-07-12
US President Donald made his first public appearance wearing a mask (dressed up with a presidential seal), during a visit to a military hospital where he met wounded soldiers and healthcare workers. | On his way to Walter Reed Army Medical Center outside Washington, the US leader explained why he finally decided to don a face covering, arguing that he's "never been against masks but I do believe they have a time and a place." | So there's this video of trump finally wearing a mask, and I just had to add this song to it pic.twitter.com/YvwcIbNV5j– Gustavo &uum…
rt.com/usa/494509-trump-coronavirus-mask-memes/
Adding Insult to the 'Injury of Colonialism,' Trump Suggested Selling Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria, Former Advisor Says
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-07-12
According to a New York Times interview with Elaine Duke, who served as Homeland Security Secretary from 2017 to 2018, the president suggested selling Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria when it became clear the federal government would have to assist with a major recovery effort. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/hurricane_maria_puerto_rico_1.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/07/12/adding-insult-injury-colonialism-trump-suggested-selling-puerto-rico-after-hurricane?cd-origin=rss
Nation's Teachers and Pediatricians Demand Major Federal Investment In Schools to Allow for Safe Reopening
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-07-12
"It's incredible to me that the federal government would see the necessity of bailing out airlines and banks and not see the need to do something similar for the public schools in this country," said one San Diego teacher. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1226007164_1.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/07/12/nations-teachers-and-pediatricians-demand-major-federal-investment-schools-allow?cd-origin=rss
Trump's Postcard to America From the Shrine of Hypocrisy
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-07-12
Lynnette Grey BULL | "This monument will never be desecrated," Donald Trump bloviated at his second rally during the COVID-19 pandemic, a 4th of July white supremacy-fest held in the shadow of Mount Rushmore. The mask-less crowd roared its approval. This is his response to a nation roiled by the dual crisis of an unprecedented pandemic and the racial reckoning rumbling through our nation in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. In a time of unparalleled crisis, he chooses to make a promise to our nation. But not a promise to use his office to defend the country from a virus that has killed more than 130,000 of…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/07/12/trumps-postcard-america-from-shrine-hypocrisy/
Unlikability: a Trait That Plagues Right-Wing Leaders
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-07-12
Likability is a trait that politicians across the political spectrum seek to achieve during their careers. Achieving popularity among the masses requires empathy and rationality, two elements that politicians of the right-wing, many of whom believe they are "populists," lack. With the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, an overwhelming majority of those political leaders who have seen their popularity rise are those who cared more for the health and safety of their constituents than in the value of stock market shares. | The linkage between political likability and possessing empathy for others is routinely see…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/07/12/unlikability-trait-that-plagues-right-wing-leaders/
As infection rate rises, government urging people to return to work and looking to ease public transport rules
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-12
The R number in England — that is the rate at which the infection is spreading — has risen this week since the government eased lockdown. It's now estimated at between 0.8 and 1.1 with regional variations. It was between 0.8 and 0.9 in England last week.If the R number surpasses 1, it means the number of infections will increase exponentially. In the South West region, where the upper limit was 1 last week, it has now risen to 1.1 according to data from the government's Scientific A…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/07/12/as-infection-rate-rises-government-urging-people-to-return-to-work-and-looking-to-ease-public-transport-rules/
Following evictions in France, refugees risk hypothermia and worse in Channel crossings
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-12
Refugees rescued after their boat capsized were among several groups to have tried to cross the English Channel on 11 July.The four individuals were spotted by a passing passenger ferry and were picked up by the French navy. They were found to have severe hypothermia and were taken to the French port of Calais.Nowhere to go: French authorities say they are now safe and well, but repeated warnings about the dangers of crossing the narrow strait. Meanwhile, evictions are leaving refugees with few other options.Crossings have continued as risk to refugees in the French camps considerably worsened in the wake…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/07/12/following-evictions-in-france-refugees-risk-hypothermia-and-worse-in-channel-crossings/
Poland holds momentous presidential election run-off
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-12
Voting is under way in Poland's knife-edge presidential election. It's set to be a run-off between the conservative incumbent Andrzej Duda and liberal, pro-European Union (EU) Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski.Duda is backed by the ruling right-wing party and the government, as he seeks a second five-year term. Meanwhile, Trzaskowski, a former European Parliament politician, is running for the main opposition Civic Platform party.A close race: Latest polls show that the race may be decided by a very small margin. Both sides are calling to some 30 million eligible voters to cast their ballots. Turnout is expec…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/07/12/poland-holds-momentous-presidential-election-run-off/
Man Killed by Mexican Police for Not Wearing Mask Sparks Movement
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-07-12
In Mexico the police will kill you for not wearing a mask and the state will disappear you for demanding justice. This is the conclusion drawn by Alejandro Puerto, a young grassroots political in the state of Jalisco, who spoke with Truthout about the violence and repression doled out by the state government of Gov. Enrique Alfaro. | Inspired by the uprising against police brutality happening in the United States and tired of the regular abuses committed by state security forces at home…
truthout.org/articles/man-killed-by-mexican-police-for-not-wearing-mask-sparks–movement/
Trump Commutes 40-Month Sentence of Longtime Ally Roger Stone
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-07-12
Government ethics watchdogs and congressional Democrats were among those outraged late Friday after President Donald Trump announced his commutation of his longtime associate Roger Stone's 40-month sentence, in what Democratic leaders called a "transparently corrupt" move. | Trump announced Stone would not be repo…
truthout.org/articles/trump-commutes-40-month-sentence-of-longtime-ally-roger-stone/
More Than 20 Million People in US Face Eviction by the End of September
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-07-12
One in five Americans who live in rentals could face eviction by the end of September as Congressional Republicans move to cut off unemployment assistance and other coronavirus relief, according to an analysis by the Aspen Institute. | More tha…
truthout.org/articles/more-than-20-million-people-in-us-face-eviction-by-the-end-of-september/
Post-Pandemic Education Must Move Beyond Mere Job Training
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-07-12
Roughly 11 years after the Great Recession, the social and economic inequality of the U.S. has been laid bare by a pandemic. This time, however, there is no skills gap to blame for job losses and unemployment: Workers in all sectors of the workforce are lo…
truthout.org/articles/post-pandemic-education-must-move-beyond-mere-job-training/
COVID Crisis Highlights Urgency of Canceling All Student Debt
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-07-12
44 million Americans hold over 1.6 trillion dollars of student debt and the cost of higher education continues to skyrocket. And it's the poor, people of color and women who are most severely impacted. The COVID-19 crisis highlights the vulnerability of debt when people are unable to find jobs or pay off loans. We look at two urgent solutions to the debt crisis. First, reporter Kathryn Styer Martinez takes a look at a free school called Berea College in Kentucky. Then, we discuss the politics of debt and how t…
truthout.org/audio/covid-crisis-highlights-urgency-of-canceling-all-student-debt/
Kissinger's Adoration of the 1815 Congress of Vienna: A Master Key into Universal History
Matthew Ehret-Kump | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-12
The incredibly shrinking Henry Kissinger is known for many things, but a revolutionary is not one of them. Over the years of service to the empire, the career geopolitician has been consistent in his unfailing commitment to | 1) destroy the …
globalresearch.ca/kissinger-1815-congress-vienna/5718304
Education Secretary wants US schools open, offers no safety plan
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-12
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos kept up the administration's push to reopen U.S. schools in the fall on Sunday, but failed to embrace any blueprint – including federal health guidelines – for how that could be done safely."We know that children get the virus at a far lower rate than any other part of the population. There is nothing in the data that would suggest that kids being back in school is dangerous to them," DeVos told CNN's "State of the Union."She did not offer any details on how her department would advise or help school districts and states with their reopenings amid a resurgence in coronavirus cases…
yenisafak.com/en/news/education-secretary-wants-us-schools-open-offers-no-safety-plan-3534252
Lebanese Christian cleric seen to criticise Hezbollah, allies over crisis
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-12
Lebanon's top Christian cleric stepped up criticism of the Iran-backed Shi'ite group Hezbollah and its allies without naming them on Sunday, saying Lebanese rejected being isolated from their allies and driven into decline.Lebanon is suffering a financial meltdown which marks the biggest threat to its stability since the 1975-90 civil war.For the second sermon in a row, Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai stressed the importance of Lebanon's neutrality, implicit criticism of the heavily armed Hezbollah over its support for Iran in conflicts with Sunni-led Gulf Arab states.Rai carries weight as the head of t…
yenisafak.com/en/news/lebanese-christian-cleric-seen-to-criticise-hezbollah-allies-over-crisis-3534253
Casualties feared in Azerbaijan-Armenia border clash
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-12
Casualties are feared as an armed conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia broke out in the border region on Sunday, Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry said.In a statement it said that Armenian army fired at positions held by Azerbaijan in the Tovuz region.The conflict continues, it said, adding that the situation is in control of Azerbaijani army.Additional information would be provided to the public in due course, the ministry added. There are no diplomatic relations between the two neighboring countries.*Writing by Dilara Hamit in Ankara…
yenisafak.com/en/news/casualties-feared-in-azerbaijan-armenia-border-clash-3534249
Hungary imposes border checks, quarantine to prevent spread of virus
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-12
Hungary has imposed new restrictions on cross-border travel as of next Wednesday in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus after a surge in new cases in several countries, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff said on Sunday.Under the new rules, Hungarian nationals returning from high risk countries listed as "yellow" and "red" will have to go through health checks at the border and will have to go into quarantine. The same applies to foreigners coming from "yellow" countries, but their entry will be banned from "red" countries.Countries in the Balkans and neighbouring Ukraine belong to the red cat…
yenisafak.com/en/news/hungary-imposes-border-checks-quarantine-to-prevent-spread-of-virus-3534236
Bangladesh: Over half of virus patients have recovered
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-12
The number of coronavirus infections and death toll is climbing in Bangladesh — but so is its recovery rate. More than 50% of all patients have regained health since the virus was first reported in the country earlier this year, authorities said on Sunday. | The number of recoveries stand at 93,614 with 5,580 additions in the past 24 hours, latest figures by the Health Ministry show. | As many as 2,666 more people tested positive, while 47 succumbed to the virus, taking the caseload to 183,795 including 2,352 deaths. | Some 11,059 samples were tested in 77 labs across the country in the said period, bringin…
yenisafak.com/en/world/bangladesh-over-half-of-virus-patients-have-recovered-3534247
Libya, UN discuss reform of security sector
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-12
Libya's Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha held talks via video conference on Sunday with the acting head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, Stephanie Williams, to discuss Libyan plans to reform the security sector."We are determined to move forward in implementing the reform programs in the security sector, which must be locally-designed and nationwide under the Libyan leadership for the security and welfare of the citizens," Bashagha said on Twitter.Since April 2019, warlord Khalifa Haftar's illegitimate forces have launched attacks on the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and other parts of northwestern Liby…
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UK examining infrastructure to smooth flow of EU trade: Gove
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-12
Britain is looking at developing infrastructure in south-east England to stop the major freight crossing to France becoming blocked when the transition deal with the European Union expires at the end of the year, Cabinet Secretary Michael Gove said."There will be specific pieces of infrastructure that we put in place in order to smooth the flow of traffic," he told the BBC's Andrew Marr.He said the British government would be saying more about the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland later this month.
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Four-point plan led Moro to get autonomy in Philippines
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-12
A four-point program helped the Moro people living in the southern Philippines achieve their goal, said the chief minister of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).Addressing an international webinar — titled An Islamic Way of Struggle: Bangsamoro Perspective — on Saturday, Chief Minister Murad Ebrahim said the plan formed the basis of his struggle."There were disagreements over the administration of the MNLF [Moro National Liberation Front] and ideological impasses," he said, referring to a division in the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in 1978, seven years after its foundation.Ebr…
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COVID-19 sickens Palestinian detainee in Israel
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-12
A Palestinian detainee in Israel has contracted coronavirus, according to the Commission of Palestinian Affairs on Sunday.In a statement, the commission said Kamal Abu Wa'er, 46, was diagnosed with the virus, blaming the Israeli policy of "medical negligence" for his illness.The Israeli "policy of deliberate and systematic medical negligence has made [Palestinian] detainees vulnerable to the coronavirus and other epidemics and diseases which threaten their lives," the commission said.According to the statement, Abu Wa'er, from the town of Qabatiya in the northern West Bank, suffers from a throat cancer and is now…
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Lebanon records new coronavirus infection high with more than 100 cases
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-12
Lebanon has recorded more than 100 new coronavirus infections in the last day, its highest daily increase yet, with most of the cases among workers of a cleaning company, the health minister said on Sunday."To reassure people, the source is known," health minister Hamad Hassan told broadcaster LBC. He added that up to 75% of the cases were linked to what he described as a big cleaning company, were symptom-free and non-Lebanese.Hassan said 800 workers from the cleaning company in question needed to be tested, along with another 1,000 workers from two other companies with whom they were connected."The number will…
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Turkey revokes experience requirement for central bank deputy governor
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-12
According to a decree published on the gazette, signed by President Tayyip Erdogan, the phrase "worked for at least ten years in relation to their professions" in the central bank law, was removed.The provision, which envisages 20% of the bank's annual profit to be reserved as a reserve fund, has been repealed, the same decree said."The accumulated reserve funds can be distributed annually by participating in the profit, except for the reserve fund set aside from the last year's profit," the decree said.In May, the bank announced it had an annual net profit of 44.73 billion lira ($6.52 billion) in 2019.Last month…
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Over 500,000 Hong Kongers cast " vote against new security laws
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-12
Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong citizens queued to cast ballots over the weekend in what the Chinese-ruled city's opposition camp says is a symbolic vote against tough national security laws directly imposed by Beijing.The unofficial poll will decide the strongest pro-democracy candidates to contest Legislative Council elections in September, when they aim to ride a wave of anti-China sentiment stirred by the law to seize control for the first time from pro-Beijing rivals.While the primaries are only for the opposition camp, observers are watching closely as they say the turnout will serve as a test of…
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Iran reports 194 more fatalities from coronavirus
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-12
A further 2,186 people tested positive for COVID-19, raising the overall count to 252,720, Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said.She added that a total of 219,993 people have so far recovered and been discharged from hospitals, adding that 3,359 patients remain in critical condition.Iran's Khuzestan, Razavi Khorasan, West Azerbaijan and Mazandaran provinces are in the red zone, the most serious indicator. The capital Tehran, Fars, Kerman, Alborz, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Golestan, Bushehr, Hormozgan and East Azerbaijan provinces are among the high-risk regions.Since originating in China last Decembe…
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Pope 'very pained' by decision to turn Istanbul's Hagia Sophia museum into mosque
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-12
Pope Francis said on Sunday he was hurt by Turkey's decision to make Istanbul's Hagia Sophia museum a mosque, the latest religious leader to condemn the move."My thoughts go to Istanbul. I think of Santa Sophia and I am very pained," he said during his weekly blessing in St. Peter's Square.
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Russia's Nornickel reports another fuel leak in Arctic
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-12
A subsidiary of Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel said on Sunday that up to 20 tonnes of aviation fuel had leaked from its pipeline in the Arctic.Arctic environment security has been in the spotlight at Nornickel's assets since another leak of 21,000 tonnes of diesel from Nornickel's power plant near the city of Norilsk on May 29."A pipeline owned by Norilsktransgaz was depressurized while pumping aviation fuel in the area of Tukhard settlement," Norilsktransgaz said in a statement."According to the preliminary data, as a result of the depressurization, which lasted about 15 minutes, there was a spill of up to…
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Foreign doctors' hopes for fast-track pandemic licenses in Canada fading
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-12
Canada's effort to fast-track careers of foreign-trained doctors to meet growing patient numbers during the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in only about two dozen licenses approved in Ontario and none in British Columbia, according to medical colleges in both provinces.As Canada faced the prospect of the pandemic swamping the country's healthcare system, British Columbia created a new class of license that would allow overseas-trained doctors to practice under the supervision of a fully licensed doctor, similar to licenses that exist in other provinces, such as Alberta.In Ontario, the medical college activated a…
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Senior military officer dies of coronavirus in Iraq
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-12
A senior Iraqi military officer has succumbed to coronavirus, the army said on Sunday.A military statement said Maj.-Gen Murad al-Rabi'e, commander of the infantry corps of the Iraqi army, died from COVID-19.The statement did not give any further details.Al-Rabi'e is the highest-ranking military officer to have died of the virus in Iraq since the outbreak hit the country in March.Iraq has so far recorded 75,194 infections, including 3,055 deaths and 43,079 recoveries, according to its Health Ministry.Authorities have imposed a partial curfew, banned gatherings and made the wearing of masks mandatory in an effort…
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Yemen army seizes arms shipment to rebels in Hodaydah
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-12
Yemeni forces seized an arms shipment to Houthi rebels in Al-Hudaydah province in western Yemen, according to the army on Sunday.A military statement said the shipment included light and medium weapons, ammunition and mortar shells.According to the statement, government forces had aborted several attempts to smuggle weapons and explosives to Houthi rebels, but without giving further details.There was no comment from the Houthi group on the claim.Yemen has been devastated by a conflict that escalated in March 2015 after Iran-backed Houthi rebels seized the capital Sanaa and forced President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi…
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Iran reports 194 more fatalities from coronavirus
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-12
Iran on Sunday confirmed 194 more fatalities from the novel coronavirus, bringing the nationwide death toll to 12,829.A further 2,186 people tested positive for COVID-19, raising the overall count to 252,720, Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said.She added that a total of 219,993 people have so far recovered and been discharged from hospitals, adding that 3,359 patients remain in critical condition.Iran's Khuzestan, Razavi Khorasan, West Azerbaijan and Mazandaran provinces are in the red zone, the most serious indicator. The capital Tehran, Fars, Kerman, Alborz, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Golestan, Bu…
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Trump's push to reopen schools part of bid to boost suburban standing
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-12
President Donald Trump's demand for U.S. schools to fully reopen this fall amid the coronavirus pandemic is central to an emerging re-election strategy that seeks to resuscitate his flagging support in the nation's critical suburbs.Trump in recent weeks has taken stances on hot-button issues his campaign hopes will appeal to suburban voters, particularly women, who have soured on the Republican president since his 2016 election and continue to move away as the virus rages across the country and the economy sputters.Along with aggressively pushing for students to return to classrooms – "Schools must be open in the…
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