'Historic Victory for Working People'
Andrea Germanos | zcomm.org | 2020-07-09
Seattle City Council Passes Progressive Tax on Big Business to Fund Relief…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/historic-victory-for-working-people/

US Policy Toward China Wrecking Bilateral Relations
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-09
Both right wings of the US one-party state are of a single mind in wanting China's economic, industrial, technological, and military advancement undermined. | Obama's near-decade ago prioritization of asserting Washington's Asia/Pacific presence was and remains key Dem and GOP policy….
globalresearch.ca/us-policy-toward-china-wrecking-bilateral-relations/5718149

UK Complicity with Saudi War Crimes in Yemen
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-09
Britain operates as a US imperial project junior partner — allied with its preemptive wars against nonbelligerent nations threatening no one. | Both countries operate by a do what we say, not as we do standard. | While their lofty language expresses …
globalresearch.ca/uk-complicity-saudi-war-crimes-yemen/5718152

Guaido representative threatens FBI investigation into journalists exposing her dealings
Alan MacLeod | mronline.org | 2020-07-09
Juan Guaido's UK "ambassador" claims that she is working with the FBI in an investigation exposing a "transnational criminal network" of journalists and outlets, including Venezuelanalysis.
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Trump Is Trying to Hide US and Israeli War Crimes by Attacking the International Criminal Court
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-09
A war crimes complaint has been filed against Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump adviser Jared Kushner in the International Criminal Court (ICC). It is now up to the ICC's Office of the Prosecutor to decide whether …
globalresearch.ca/trump-trying-hide-us-israeli-war-crimes-attacking-international-criminal-court/5718136

The Global Reset — Unplugged. "The Deep State"
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-09
Imagine, you are living in a world that you are told is a democracy — and you may even believe it — but in fact your life and fate is in the hands of a few ultra-rich, ultra-powerful and ultra-inhuman oligarchs. They may be called Deep State, or simply the Beast, …
globalresearch.ca/global-reset-unplugged/5716178

Russia did it Again: Chasing the Bounty Hunters
Peter Koenig | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-07-09
Russia did it again. This time it's paying to kill Americans. How criminal! Such things only Americans would do — Washington, the Pentagon, CIA…. Because killing and have killed is in their mindset and bloodstream. That's what criminals do: They project their own crimes onto others. The latest NYT reporting is, "It's not the Taliban …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/07/russia-did-it-again-chasing-the-bounty-hunters/

Why the Bill Gates global health empire promises more empire and less public health
Michele Greenstein | thegrayzone.com | 2020-07-09
Behind a veil of corporate media PR, the Gates Foundation has served as a vehicle for Western capital while exploiting…
thegrayzone.com/2020/07/08/bill-gates-global-health-policy/

Columbus and the Beginning of the American Way of Life
Gary Leupp | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-07-09
As a Marxist agitator and lowlife who wants to, as Trump puts it in a recent teleprompted fascist address, "tear down our statues, erase our history, and indoctrinate our children" I feel obliged to make some remarks–to all the impressionable children of the world–about the moron president's ringingly stupid statement last week under Mt. Rushmore: …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/07/columbus-and-the-beginning-of-the-american-way-of-life/

"Pinning Down Putin" Biden, the Democrats and the Next War
Gary Leupp | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-09
The latest Foreign Affairs features a piece by former Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, "Pinning Down Putin: How a Confidant America Should Deal With Russia." A protege of former secretaries of state Madeleine Albright and Hillary Clinton, she is a notorious "liberal interventionist," married to neocon pundit Robert Kagan. She is perhaps best known…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/09/pinning-down-putin-biden-the-democrats-and-the-next-war/

The Long Goodbye to Organized Religion
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-09
It was the notice of an online meeting of a local chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace that made me think of my long and troubled relationship with organized religion. I grew up during a time in the 1950s and 1960s when membership in a temple or synagogue was a given for most Jews. And…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/09/the-long-goodbye-to-organized-religion/

Revolution and proletarian democracy
Makasi Motema | workers.org | 2020-07-09
A socialist revolution is an uprising of the proletariat — the working class, those who do not own the property necessary to run a business but must instead work for someone else. A socialist revolution is an awakening that causes the mass of workers to resist their oppression. In order . . . | Continue reading Revolution and proletarian democracy at Workers.org…
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CoronaShock and socialism
The Tricontinental | mronline.org | 2020-07-09
CoronaShock is a term that refers to how a virus struck the world with such gripping force; it refers to how the social order in the bourgeois state crumbled, while the social order in the socialist parts of the world appeared more resilient.
mronline.org/2020/07/09/coronashock-and-socialism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coronashock-and-socialism

Video: Turkish Proxies Create Chaos in Northeastern Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-09
Chaos is spreading through the Turkish-occupied part of northern Syria. | Late on July 7, a car bomb explosion rocked the town of Tell Abyad killing at least seven people. Pro-Turkish sources immediately accused the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) of …
globalresearch.ca/video-turkish-proxies-create-chaos-northeastern-syria/5718109

COVID-19 Exposes the Weakness of a Major Theory Used to Justify Capitalism
Richard D. Wolff | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-09
COVID-19 exposes the sham of orthodox economics. It was not profitable for capitalists to produce and stockpile adequate quantities of tests, masks, gloves, beds, etc., to be prepared for the virus. Given the costs to produce these commodities, there was no way of knowing how long they would need to be stockpiled before there would be a demand for and purchase of them. Stockpiling costs. So do monitoring stockpiles for deterioration and replacing deteriorated stocks or insuring against deterioration. There was, in short, no way to know (and thus be able to calculate) the costs in the manner fantasized by orthodox…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/09/covid-19-exposes-the-weakness-of-a-major-theory-used-to-justify-capitalism/

SCOTUS decides 5-4 win for abortion rights
Sue Davis | workers.org | 2020-07-09
SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective Executive Director Monica Simpson speaking at reproductive justice rally in Georgia, June 28, 2019. On June 29, the Supreme Court issued a much anticipated decision in June Medical Services v. Russo, the first reproductive justice case since anti-abortion Trump appointees Neil Gorsuch and . . . | Continue reading SCOTUS decides 5-4 win for abortion rights at Workers.org…
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Racism in America: Police Choke-hold is Not the Issue
Ahrar Ahmad | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-09
While the abject inhumanity of slavery may have been legally mitigated to some extent, the institutions, practices and values of exclusion, exploitation and devaluation were not. Constitutional guarantees, and Supreme Court decisions, could be cleverly subverted by States. For example, Black people were denied the right to vote through poll taxes, arbitrary registration requirements, literacy tests, grandfather clauses, white primaries and so on. In 1940, 70 years after they had received the right to vote, only 3% of Blacks in the South were registered as voters. Less overt voter suppression efforts continue to t…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/09/racism-in-america-police-choke-hold-is-not-the-issue/

Racism in America: Police Choke-Holds Are Not the Issue
Ahrar Ahmad | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-09
While the abject inhumanity of slavery may have been legally mitigated to some extent, the institutions, practices and values of exclusion, exploitation and devaluation were not. Constitutional guarantees, and Supreme Court decisions, could be cleverly subverted by States. For example, Black people were denied the right to vote through poll taxes, arbitrary registration requirements, literacy tests, grandfather clauses, white primaries and so on. In 1940, 70 years after they had received the right to vote, only 3% of Blacks in the South were registered as voters. Less overt voter suppression efforts continue to t…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/09/racism-in-america-police-choke-holds-are-not-the-issue/

Supreme Court rules today: Trump is not above the law!
Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-09
President Trump took to Twitter in a rant today after the Supreme Court, in two 7-2 decisions. said the president is not entitled to immunity from congressional and grand jury subpoenas for his tax and financial information. In his rant, Trump called the rulings rejecting his claims that he is essentially above the law "unfair." …
peoplesworld.org/article/supreme-court-rules-today-trump-is-not-above-the-law/

The most alarming detail in Rishi Sunak's coronavirus recovery speech yesterday
Tracy Keeling | thecanary.co | 2020-07-09
Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled his coronavirus (Covid-19) recovery plan on 8 July. Though the media is making much of measures he outlined to 'save jobs', the most alarming detail rested in what he didn't say. Namely, the fact that the chancellor only dedicated around 5% of his speech to the climate. | Within hours of his speech, experts revealed the world is likely to hit 1.5C warming within the next five years. Clearly, the UK's…
thecanary.co/discovery/analysis-discovery/2020/07/09/the-most-alarming-detail-in-rishi-sunaks-coronavirus-recovery-speech-yesterday/

How to Stop the Next Pandemic: U.N. Report Links Outbreaks to Climate Crisis & Industrial Farming
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-07-09
As the unprecedented global health emergency continues to unfold, a new United Nations report says humans must lower stress on the natural environment to prevent the next pandemic. COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has a zoonotic origin, meaning it jumped from animals to humans, and the U.N. report finds that such diseases are spreading with greater frequency due to human activity, including industrial farming and the climate crisis. "Rather than focusing on the symptoms, we were looking at the causes," says Delia Grace, lead author of the report, veterinary epidemiologist at the Internationa…
www.democracynow.org/2020/7/9/delia_grace_zoonotic_diseases_un_report

Supreme Court Rejects Effort To Greenlight Keystone XL Construction
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-09
The Supreme Court late Monday upheld a federal judge's rejection of a crucial permit for Keystone XL and blocked the Trump administration's attempt to greenlight construction of the 1,200-mile crude oil project, the third such blow to the fossil fuel industry in a day–coming just hours after the cancellation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the court-ordered shutdown of the Dakota Access Pipeline. | While the ruling was not a total victory for the climate–the high court said other pipeline projects can proceed as environmental reviews are conducted–green groups applauded the delay of Keystone…
popularresistance.org/supreme-court-rejects-effort-to-greenlight-keystone-xl-construction/

The Impact Of The Economic War On Venezuela
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-09
It would be impossible to count each and every one of the ways in which the war on Venezuela declared by imperialism has harmed the country. The aggressions that we, the Venezuelans, have experienced since 1999 have been not only economic; they have been psychological as well. There is no way to measure the consequences of the hate planted by the anti-democratic opposition, with its anti-socialist propaganda; it has extended to the point of burning people alive for being Chavistas. The outrage felt by the Venezuelan people when they see those who have sold out their native land while calling themselves Venezuelan…
popularresistance.org/the-impact-of-the-economic-war-on-venezuela/

Economic Justice Rally Pushes For City Level Reparations
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-09
St. Paul, MN — After weeks of intense protests following the murder of George Floyd by police, Minnesota organizers are pushing legislative changes to bring forth justice for the Black community. One of those items is a bill that would distribute reparations for descendants of slaves in Minnesota's capital city of Saint Paul. The St. Paul Recovery Act, spearheaded by Minnesota Green Party spokesman Trahern Crews and Ward 7 city councilor Jane Prince, is what the pair call "economic justice". The Recovery Act was created out of H.R. 40 which was passed in 2019 by Congress and commissioned research on discrim…
popularresistance.org/economic-justice-rally-pushes-for-city-level-reparations/

Kavanaugh & Gorsuch rule against Trump in Supreme Court tax returns case
rt.com | 2020-07-09
Trump's hotly-pursued tax returns may see the light of day, after the Supreme Court ruled that his financial records can be handed over to a New York grand jury in a decision supported by three conservative justices. | In a 7-2 ruling, the court found that a subpoena issued to Trump's accounting firm, Mazars LLP, can be enforced, and dismissed Trump's lawyers' argument that he is immune from criminal proceedings. The request was part of a criminal investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, and years of Trump's tax returns will now have to be turned over to a grand jury. | Justices Neil Gorsuch a…
rt.com/usa/494288-scotus-trump-tax-kavanaugh/

Manhattan next? US Supreme Court opens Pandora's box with ruling that half of Oklahoma is 'Indian country'
rt.com | 2020-07-09
While critics of US President Donald Trump gloated over the Supreme Court ruling in the matter of his taxes, another verdict returning much of Oklahoma to the Creek Nation has far bigger implications for the country down the line. | "On the far end of the Trail of Tears was a promise," Justice Neil Gorsuch — a Trump appointee presumed to be a conservative textualist — declared at the start of the majority opinion in McGirt v. Oklahoma, referring to the removal of Native Americans that began in 1831.
rt.com/usa/494321-supreme-court-oklahoma-indian/

Thursday 7/16: Organizing Meeting: Stop Police Violence — Slash the SFPD Budget
Freedom Socialist Party Bay Area | indybay.org | 2020-07-09
This meeting will be held on Zoom. | Register at bit.ly/Slash-SFPD-Budget…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/08/18834946.php

Belgian Princess Condemns Her Family's Brutal Colonial History in Congo & Calls for Reparations
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-07-09
Black Lives Matter protests in the U.S. have sparked a reckoning about racism and colonialism across the world, including in Belgium, where a growing movement is demanding the country address systemic racism and make amends for its violent colonial legacy. King Philippe issued an unprecedented statement "expressing regret" for Belgium's brutal colonial rule in Congo under Leopold II, who ran the country as his personal fiefdom and under whose command millions of Congolese were enslaved and killed. "It's an erased history," says Belgo-Congolese journalist and activist Gia Abrassart. We also speak with Princess Esm…
www.democracynow.org/2020/7/9/belgium_colonial_legacy_leopold_ii

Belgian Princess Condemns Her Family's Brutal Colonial History in Congo & Calls For Reparations
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-07-09
Black Lives Matter protests in the U.S. have sparked a reckoning about racism and colonialism across the world, including in Belgium, where a growing movement is demanding the country address systemic racism and make amends for its violent colonial legacy. King Philippe issued an unprecedented statement "expressing regret" for Belgium's brutal colonial rule in Congo under Leopold II, who ran the country as his personal fiefdom and under whose command millions of Congolese were enslaved and killed. "It's an erased history," says Belgo-Congolese journalist and activist Gia Abrassart. We also speak with Princess Esm…
www.democracynow.org/2020/7/9/belgium_colonial_legacy_leopold_ii

Viagra? Yes. Birth Control? No. SCOTUS Sides with Trump & Limits Free Contraception Under Obamacare
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-07-09
The Supreme Court dealt a major blow to reproductive rights when it sided with the Trump administration in letting employers deny people access to free birth control based on religious or moral grounds, hollowing out a mandate under the Affordable Care Act that requires most private health insurance plans to provide cost-free birth control. "It's a really deeply disappointing ruling," says Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women's Law Center. "These individuals are effectively on their own to find and pay for their contraception."
www.democracynow.org/2020/7/9/scotus_birth_control_obamacare

The U.S. and UK are a wrecking ball crew against the pillars of internationalism
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-07-09
In both the case of the sanctions against the ICC and the theft of Venezuela's gold, the United States and the UK demonstrate their disregard for international institutions and for international law.
mronline.org/2020/07/09/the-u-s-and-uk-are-a-wrecking-ball-crew-against-the-pillars-of-internationalism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-u-s-and-uk-are-a-wrecking-ball-crew-against-the-pillars-of-internationalism

The U.S. and UK Are a Wrecking Ball Crew Against the Pillars of Internationalism
Vijay Prashad | zcomm.org | 2020-07-09
In both the case of the sanctions against the ICC and the theft of Venezuela's gold, the United States and the UK demonstrate their disregard for international institutions and for international law…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-u-s-and-uk-are-a-wrecking-ball-crew-against-the-pillars-of-internationalism/

As Long As Mass Media Propaganda Exists, Democracy Is A Sham
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-07-09
"A majority of Americans believe that Russia paid the Taliban to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan last year amid negotiations to end the war, and more than half want to respond with new economic sanctions against Moscow, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday," Reuters reports. | "Overall, 60% of Americans said they found reports of Russian bounties on American soldiers to be 'very' or 'somewhat' believable, while 21% said they were not credible and the rest were unsure," says Reut…

As Long As Mass Media Propaganda Exists, Democracy Is A Sham

The Latest 'Russiagate' Bombshell Took One Week To Be Exposed As Dud
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-09
Within just one week the recent attempt to revive 'Russiagate' has failed. It was an embarrassing failure for the media who pushed it. Their 'journalists' fell for obvious nonsense. They let their sources abuse them for political purposes. | On June 27 the New York Times and the Washington Post published stories which claimed that Trump was informed about alleged Russian bounty payments to the Taliban for killing U.S. soldiers and did nothing about it: | A Russian military spy unit offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants to attack coalition forces in Afghanistan, including U.S. and British troops, in a strik…
popularresistance.org/the-latest-russiagate-bombshell-took-one-week-to-be-exposed-as-dud/

Israel Annexation Plan: Jordan's Existential Threat
Emile Badarin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-09
More than any other Arab state, Jordan's past, present and future are inextricably linked to the question of Palestine. Jordan's emergence is an outcome of British imperialism, which imposed the infamous Balfour Declaration and the Zionist settler-colonial project on the …
globalresearch.ca/israel-annexation-plan-jordan-existential-threat/5718170

Strange Slow Dance Between Israel And The Gulf States, Despite Annexation
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-07-09
UAE ambassador Yousef al-Otaiba wrote an article promising normalization on the condition that Israel does not annex parts of the West Bank. Jamal Juma' of Stop The Wall pushed back with an opinion piece in Middle East Eye exposing the reality of Israeli apartheid.
therealnews.com/stories/strange-slow-dance-israel-gulf-states-despite-annexation-palestine

PDF of July 9 issue
A. Majumdar | workers.org | 2020-07-09
Download the 12-page PDF. End police brutality with union solidarity Who killed Vanessa Guillén? Empire's Mount Rushmore: Trump's trash talk; Indigenous blockade delays rally. Anti-racist actions; Boston offs Columbus. TEAR DOWN THE WALLS: Feds resume executions; FIRE on fire for BLM; Open San Quentin! Free Mumia! WORLD: Syria; Palestine. Download . . . | Continue reading PDF of July 9 issue at Workers.org…
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Meet the Venezuelan coup regime's 'UK ambassador,' a pampered US heiress who threatens journalists
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-07-09
Juan Guaidó's UK representative, a jet-setting US socialite named Vanessa Neumann, has threatened journalists with FBI investigations for reporting on…
thegrayzone.com/2020/07/09/vanessa-neumann-venezuela-uk-ambassador/

Meet the Venezuelan Coup Regime's 'UK Ambassador,' a Pampered U.S. Heiress Who Threatens Journalists
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-07-09
Juan Guaidó's UK representative, a jet-setting US socialite named Vanessa Neumann, has threatened journalists with FBI investigations for reporting on her unhinged behavior. The coup-plotting heiress made her name spinning out conspiracies at neoconservative think tanks. | Ben NORTON | Since the United States initiated a coup attempt against Venezuela's elected, internationally recognized government in January 2019, the gang of far-right opposition activists the Donald Trump administration recognized as the country's unelected representatives have racked up a series of embarrassing scandals. | Top aides of the
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/07/09/meet-venezuelan-coup-regime-uk-ambassador-pampered-us-heiress-who-threatens-journalists/

On Israel's Bizarre Definitions: The West Bank is Already Annexed
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-07-09
Wednesday, July 1, was meant to be the day on which the Israeli government officially annexed 30% of the occupied Palestinian West Bank and the Jordan Valley. This date, however, came and went and annexation was never actualized. "I don't know if there will be a declaration of sovereignty today," said Israeli Foreign Minister, Gabi …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/07/on-israels-bizarre-definitions-the-west-bank-is-already-annexed/

Biden's vision for Venezuela is virtually indistinguishable from Trump's
Leonardo Flores | thegrayzone.com | 2020-07-09
A recent Biden campaign event demonstrated that when it comes to Venezuela, policies of regime change, sanctions and a refusal…
thegrayzone.com/2020/07/09/bidens-venezuela-indistinguishable-trumps/

VenezolanosConBiden and MAGAzuela: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Leonardo Flores | mintpressnews.com | 2020-07-09
The Biden campaign held an online event on Wednesday, July 8 pitched as the former Vice President's "vision for Venezuela and Venezuelans in the U.S." Spoiler alert: his vision for Venezuela barely differs from President Trump. This event, which didn't merit an appearance from Biden himself, was aimed at getting Venezuelan-Americans to volunteer for "Uncle Joe," as Representative Darren Soto (D-Fl) called him. It was an hour and a half of shilling for votes and influence, and it demonstrated that when it comes to Venezuela, policies of regime change, sanctions and a refusal to engage in dialogue unite Venezolanos…
mintpressnews.com/venezuela-biden-trump-two-sides-same-coin/269292/

Bolsonaro Will Politicize His "Alleged" Coronavirus Infection to Regain Lost Popularity
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-09
It is only natural for many people to think Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro testing positive for COVID-19 is a karma for his insistence on minimizing the risks of the disease and a near non-existent management of the pandemic that has …
globalresearch.ca/bolsonaro-politicize-coronavirus-infection-regain-lost-popularity/5718158

Alternative "Declaration of Independence Day" on July 4
CEWPAPH | indybay.org | 2020-07-09
On the fourth of July, a CodePink caravan declared independence from racism, war, and climate devastation – all interconnecting systems of death. | Top Photo: Demonstrators use stencils to paint a message on the street in front of Nancy Pelosi's Pacific Heights Home. It reads, Pelosi Defund War $.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/09/18834970.php

UK Commits 'Highway Robbery' of Venezuelan Gold, Says Academic
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-09
When it comes to Venezuela, Britain is suffering from split personality disorder. While the UK Foreign Office reportedly maintains 'full, normal and reciprocal diplomatic relations' with legitimately elected President Maduro's government, and with Maduro's UK ambassador, the British government has …
globalresearch.ca/uk-commits-highway-robbery-venezuelan-gold-says-academic/5718166

'Israeli annexation plan formalises the system of apartheid'
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-09
Palestinian lawyer and activist Diana Buttu talks about what the Israeli administration may have in mind about implementing the annexation plans, the impact of this on the two-state theory, the future of Palestinian Authority, and…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/09/israeli-annexation-plan-formalises-the-system-of-apartheid/

Activist charged for pasting Governor Macquarie's words on his statue
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-07-09
Indigenous Jim McIlroyIssue 1272 Australia Governor Lachlan Macquarie statue colonialism SydneyJuly 9, 2020Long-time hum…
greenleft.org.au/content/activist-charged-pasting-governor-macquarie%E2%80%99s-words-his-statue

Peace network: Increase in military expenditure 'unjustified and destabilising'
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-07-09
Imperialism & war Vince ScappaturaIssue 1272 Australia Australian Defence Forces Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN)July 9, 2020The fe…
greenleft.org.au/content/peace-network-increase-military-expenditure-unjustified-and-destabilising

We know how to keep the peace, says Serbian president
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-09
Serbia's president on Thursday attested that his government would be able to maintain peace and stability in the country amid a second day of violent protests.In a video message recorded while en route to Paris, Aleksandar Vucic likened Wednesday's riots in the northern city of Novi Sad to an incursion of fascist units into the city in 1941. Vucic urged people in Novi Sad and the rest of the country to avoid confronting the "thugs.""We, as the state, will do that. We will work and we will win. We will preserve peace for our country. Surrender was never an option," Vucic said."I am now flying to Paris to fight for…
yenisafak.com/en/world/we-know-how-to-keep-the-peace-says-serbian-president-3534077

Pompeo says US continuing to work to establish dialogue with North Korea
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-09
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday that Washington is continuing to work to establish dialogue with North Korea and is very hopeful the conversation can continue, though he declined to comment on timing or specifics."We continue to work to establish dialogue and have substantive conversations about how we might deliver this really good outcome, this outcome of delivering peace and stability to the entire peninsula," Pompeo told reporters following U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun's three days of talks in Seoul.
yenisafak.com/en/world/pompeo-says-us-continuing-to-work-to-establish-dialogue-with-north-korea-3534079

Protesters say: 'Free Mumia!' in Philadelphia on July 4
Ted Kelly | workers.org | 2020-07-09
July 4, Philadelphia. Philadelphia, PA "Y'all are the ones we've been waiting for," Pam Africa from International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal and the MOVE Organization said to a crowd of hundreds outside Philadelphia City Hall on July 4th. "Y'all are the ones we've been waiting for. You're . . . | Continue reading Protesters say: 'Free Mumia!' in Philadelphia on July 4 at Workers.org…
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Facebook and Its Big Tech Cronies Are Upgrading Their Anti-Union Tools
John Logan | zcomm.org | 2020-07-09
If workers continue to organize, it's possible that Big Tech's big brother surveillance tools may not be sufficient to quell these collective voices of protest…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/facebook-and-its-big-tech-cronies-are-upgrading-their-anti-union-tools/

Greeks protest proposed wind farms in the Agrafa mountains
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-09
Despite the Agrafa mountains being home to several places of historical and environmental importance, the Greek government has planned to open up the region to business interests…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/09/greeks-protest-proposed-wind-farms-in-the-agrafa-mountains/

Racism, capitalism and rebellion
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-07-09
I want to start by acknowledging the significance of what has happened in the last ten days. We're now in the midst of what we can definitively say is the biggest wave of mass protests in the United States since the 1960's…
mronline.org/2020/07/09/racism-capitalism-and-rebellion/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=racism-capitalism-and-rebellion

Protest and Survive!
Gregg Gonsalves, The Nation | thenation.com | 2020-07-09
Protest and Survive!
thenation.com/article/society/protest-survive-aids-coronavirus/

Movements in the US continue on the streets in demand of structural changes
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-09
Protesters across the US have remained on the streets for over a month to demand justice for victims of police brutality and immediate structural changes to the capitalist racist system…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/09/movements-in-the-us-continue-on-the-streets-in-demand-of-structural-changes/

UN sends 71 truckloads of aid to Idlib, Syria
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-09
The UN on Thursday sent 71 truckloads of humanitarian aid to northwestern Syria, where millions of people are in need of assistance due to internal conflict in the country.The trucks carrying supplies entered Idlib province through the Cilvegozu border gate in Turkey's south.The aid will be distributed among residents of Idlib and nearby rural areas.Syria has been ravaged by civil war since early 2011, when the Assad regime cracked down on pro-democracy protesters.Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and more than 10 million displaced, according to UN estimates.Idlib falls within a de-escalation zone…
yenisafak.com/en/world/un-sends-71-truckloads-of-aid-to-idlib-syria-3534055

Rally Protests Anti-Racist Teacher's Suspension
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-09
Milton, MA – Hundreds rallied on Juneteenth (June 19) in Milton, Mass., calling for an end to systemic racism in school curriculum and voicing support for Zakia Jarrett, an African-American sixth-grade English teacher. Jarrett was briefly put on administrative leave June 5 for her remarks on police violence during a lesson on racism. | Jarrett, who has taught for 18 years, used the last line of the poem "Allowables" by Nikki Giovanni as a metaphor for racism. The line reads: "I don't think I'm allowed to kill something because I am afraid." | Jarrett explained that killing out of fear leads to systemic racism and…
popularresistance.org/rally-protests-anti-racist-teachers-suspension/

Economic crisis in Lebanon is politic at its core: Experts
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-09
The ongoing crisis in Lebanon is not economic as it seems but rather political from the outset, which hinders carrying out serious and swift reforms to ease woes of people, according to Lebanese political experts.The economy has been devastated even after the incumbent Cabinet led by Prime Minister Hassan Diab was formed in late January following the departure of Saad Hariri government in October because of unprecedented anti-government protests over an economic crisis, that was described as the worst since the 1975-1990 civil war.Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the Lebanese people continue taking to the street…
yenisafak.com/en/world/economic-crisis-in-lebanon-is-politic-at-its-core-experts-3534056

Elected Officials demand an end to the environmental injustices in communities of color
Ramona du Houx | indybay.org | 2020-07-09
From the heart of the city to the suburbs and rural communities, protesters have risen up against the systemic racism. One group of public servants from states across the country insist on legislative action to end to the environmental injustices in communities of color.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/08/18834948.php

Saturday 7/11: Justice for Sean Monterrosa Protest and March
Vessels of Vallejo | indybay.org | 2020-07-09
Vallejo City Hall | 555 Santa Clara St. | Vallejo, CA 94590…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/08/18834960.php

UK to resume arms sales to Saudi Arabia despite concerns on Yemen
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-09
The UK has supplied Saudi Arabia with at least 5.3 million British pounds worth of arms and ammunition since March 2015, when the Saudi-led coalition decided to militarily intervene in Yemen…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/09/uk-to-resume-arms-sales-to-saudi-arabia-despite-concerns-on-yemen/

The UN Has Found that the US Killing of Qassem Soleimani Broke International Law. It's Right, but Nothing Will Happen as a Result
Scott Ritter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-09
For America, international law has no meaning. In Washington's view, it applies to other countries, but not to them. Sadly, this well-reasoned UN declaration is simply an exercise in frustration and irrelevance. | On paper, it sounds very copesetic: "… a | …
globalresearch.ca/un-found-us-killing-qassem-soleimani-broke-international-law/5718146

Stir Crazy! Episode #64: Get On Board Or Get Out The Way
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-07-09
On today's show: Sociologist Taure Brown, YDSA Co-Chair Amelia Blair-Smith, and Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies Khury Peterson-Smith. Hosted by Kim Brown.
therealnews.com/stories/stir-crazy-episode-64-get-onboard-or-get-out-the-way

Deadly new sanctions on Syria
| workers.org | 2020-07-09
By Judy Bello This slightly edited guest article was originally published June 12 on the web site of the United National AntiWar Coalition (unac.notowar.net). On May 20, President Trump signed into law the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Embedded in this bill, a housekeeping bill of sorts where yearly . . . | Continue reading Deadly new sanctions on Syria at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/07/49897/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=deadly-new-sanctions-on-syria

Open Letter to the President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and to the IACHR Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts on Nicaragua, the Argentinian Team of Forensic Anthropology and SITU Research of New York
Nicaraguan civil society | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-09
IACHR President: Sr. Joel Hernández García | IACHR First Vice-President: Sra. Antonia Urrejola Noguera | IACHR Second Vice-President: Sra. Flávia Piovesan | GIEI members: Sr. Amerigo Incalcaterra, Sra. Sofía Macher, Sr. Pablo Parenti and Sra. Claudia Paz y Paz Bailey | EAAF: Sra. Mercedes …
globalresearch.ca/open-letter-president-inter-american-commission-human-rights-iachr-interdisciplinary-group-independent-experts-on-nicaragua-the-argentinian-team-forensic-anthropology-situ-research-new-york/5718163

As coronavirus rages official jobless numbers near 33 million
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-09
WASHINGTON–The official number of unemployed people neared 33 million in the week ending in the real Independence Day, July 4, as 1,399,699 million more jobless workers sought state benefits and 850,461 asked for federal-only $600 weekly jobless checks. And in the week ending June 20, one of every four Puerto Ricans was jobless, as were …
peoplesworld.org/article/as-coronavirus-rages-official-jobless-numbers-near-33-million/

VenezolanosConBiden and MAGAzuela: Two sides of the same coin
Leonardo Flores | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-09
Leonardo Flores discusses how Venezuela plays into the upcoming elections in the US and highlights how there is little difference between Trump and Biden on the Bolivarian Republic…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/09/venezolanosconbiden-and-magazuela-two-sides-of-the-same-coin/

What It Means When You Wear a Mask–and When You Refuse To
Rhea Boyd | thenation.com | 2020-07-09
What It Means When You Wear a Mask–and When You Refuse To…
thenation.com/article/society/mask-racism-refusal-coronavirus/

Reply to the letter by Philippe, King of the Belgians, about Belgium's responsibility in the exploitation of the Congolese people
Éric Toussaint | mronline.org | 2020-07-09
On 30 June 2020, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the former Belgian Congo's independence, the news went viral over the planet: Philippe, King of the Belgians, had conveyed regrets for the colonial past, and particularly for the time when Leopold II owned the Congo as a personal possession (1885-1908), to the Congolese …
mronline.org/2020/07/09/reply-to-the-letter-by-philippe-king-of-the-belgians-about-belgiums-responsibility-in-the-exploitation-of-the-congolese-people/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reply-to-the-letter-by-philippe-king-of-the-belgians-about-belgiums-responsibility-in-the-exploitation-of-the-congolese-people

On UTA administration's inaction to ICE and the international student deportation
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-09
Arlington, TX – As an international student, I am frankly disillusioned at the silence of the University of Texas Arlington (UTA) administration as they failed to address the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) plan for the deportation of international students if they enroll in an online classes in the upcoming fall semester. As of yet no email has arrived from the acting provost's office to either calm international students or provide them with any sort of protections to assure their safety against these federal mandates. | There are 4887 international students at UTA presently out of a…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/7/9/uta-administration-s-inaction-ice-and-international-student-deportation

Looming Eviction Crisis Will Endanger Public Health And Economic Recovery
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-07-09
Last week, Baltimore housing advocates held a "Truth Commission" in front of Baltimore City Hall, declaring that elected officials had failed to protect residents from a housing crisis worsened by COVID-19. The group, which included members of Fair Development Roundtable, Housing Our Neighbors, and United Workers, warned of a looming eviction catastrophe if a city moratorium on evictions is allowed to expire on July 25 as currently planned. | Community members said they were putting the housing system on trial, and highlighting how official policy had failed to protect renters and the homeless. | "We're going to…
therealnews.com/columns/looming-eviction-crisis-will-endanger-public-health-and-economic-recovery

#WhiteCoatsForBlackLives Wants Racial Justice In The Medical Field
Randi Abramson | zcomm.org | 2020-07-09
The healthcare industry has a long and well-documented history of racist treatment of Black and Indigenous people. Now, doctors join the movement for Black lives…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/whitecoatsforblacklives-wants-racial-justice-in-the-medical-field/

Freedom Rider: The police defunding con game
Margaret Kimberley | mronline.org | 2020-07-09
Cutting police budgets without establishing public control over their behavior doesn't solve the problem, and invites politicians to shuffle budget numbers around like a three-card monte swindle.
mronline.org/2020/07/09/freedom-rider-the-police-defunding-con-game/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=freedom-rider-the-police-defunding-con-game

Facebook: "serious setbacks for civil rights"
Terry Everton | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-07-09
The Verge reports: A team of civil rights auditors has delivered a scathing and unexpected indictment of Facebook's recent moderation choices after a two-year examination of the platform's practices and internal policies. "While the audit process has been meaningful and has led to some significant improvements in the platform," the report reads, "we have also …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/07/facebook-serious-setbacks-for-civil-rights/

The Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team and Nicaragua — Science or Injustice?
Jorge Capelan | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-09
The Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team, EAAF1, created in the mid-1980s, is a very prestigious human rights organization in Argentina and Latin America2 for, among other things, having found the mortal remains of the founder of the Mothers …
globalresearch.ca/argentine-forensic-anthropology-team-nicaragua-science-injustice/5718139

What systemic really means
Serge Halimi | zcomm.org | 2020-07-09
Here is the core of the system: 'white privilege' means the power of money…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/what-systemic-really-means/

How 36 Reporters Brought Us the Twin Towers' Explosive Demolition on 9/11
Ted Walter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-09
Editor's Note: As of the publication of this article, Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth is awaiting a decision from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) regarding the request for correction that AE911Truth and ten family members of …
globalresearch.ca/how-36-reporters-brought-us-twin-towers-explosive-demolition-911/5718119

Our Toddler in Chief
Thomas Klikauer | zcomm.org | 2020-07-09
Trump Rules by Temper Tantrums and Bullying…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/our-toddler-in-chief/

Washington's War on Huawei Continues
Ulson Gunnar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-09
For Washington, Chinese telecommunication giant Huawei presents a nearly unsolvable problem. We can draw this conclusion by looking at how the US has chosen to compete, or rather, what it is substituting instead for what should be competition. | CNET in …
globalresearch.ca/washington-war-huawei-continues/5718110

Denton, Tx. organizers demand justice for Darius Tarver and defund the police
Cooper Feste | liberationnews.org | 2020-07-09
Killed Jan. 21, Darius Tarver's name has come back into conversation with the mass uprising taking place across the country.
liberationnews.org/denton-tx-demands-justice-for-darius-tarver-and-defund-the-police/

Not Catharsis but Vengeance: The Startling Fiction of Fernanda Melchor
Lucas Iberico Lozada | thenation.com | 2020-07-09
Not Catharsis but Vengeance: The Startling Fiction of Fernanda Melchor…
thenation.com/article/culture/hurricane-season-fernanda-melchor-novel/

Facebook Fuels Its Users' Ignorance With Lies
Eric Alterman | thenation.com | 2020-07-09
Facebook Fuels Its Users' Ignorance With Lies…
thenation.com/article/society/facebook-ads-politics/

'Strike for Black Lives': Planned July 20 walkout unites BLM and unions
Aaron Morrison | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-09
NEW YORK (AP)–A national coalition of labor unions, along with racial and social justice organizations, will stage a mass walkout from work this month, as part of an ongoing reckoning on systemic racism and police brutality in the U.S. Dubbed the "Strike for Black Lives," tens of thousands of fast food, ride-share, nursing home, and airport workers …
peoplesworld.org/article/strike-for-black-lives-planned-july-20-walkout-unites-blm-and-unions/

Chicago school votes to kick out police officers
Elias Decker, Northside College Prep, Class of 2018 | liberationnews.org | 2020-07-09
"Police in schools for some are a reminder of a larger force off-campus that threatens and intimidates certain races and ethnicities…"
liberationnews.org/chicago-school-votes-to-kick-out-police-officers/

Who killed Vanessa Guillén? Women of color devalued under capitalism
Teresa Gutierrez | workers.org | 2020-07-09
Houston, July 4. Thousands shout, 'Shut down Fort Hood.' The case of Pfc. Vanessa Guillén has sparked a movement. Since April 23, the family and friends of Guillén had been asking Army officials "Where is Vanessa?" Pfc. Vanessa Guillén went missing on April 22 from Ft. Hood, Texas, the Army . . . | Continue reading Who killed Vanessa Guillén? Women of color devalued under capitalism at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/07/49905/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=who-killed-vanessa-guillen-women-of-color-devalued-under-capitalism

Looming Eviction Crisis Will Endanger Public Health And Economic Recovery
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-07-09
Last week, Baltimore housing advocates held a "Truth Commission" in front of Baltimore City Hall, declaring that elected officials had failed to protect residents from a housing crisis worsened by COVID-19. The group, which included members of Fair Development Roundtable, Housing Our Neighbors, and United Workers, warned of a looming eviction catastrophe if a city moratorium on evictions is allowed to expire on July 25 as currently planned. | Community members said they were putting the housing system on trial, and highlighting how official policy had failed to protect renters and the homeless. | "We're going to…
therealnews.com/columns/looming-eviction-crisis-will-endanger-public-health-and-economic-recovery

UN investigator's report condemns US drone strike targeting Qassem Soleimani
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-09
The report by Agnes Callamard, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, is due to be presented at the UN Human Rights Council on Thursday…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/09/un-investigators-report-condemns-us-drone-strike-targeting-qassem-soleimani/

Beyond Depravity, Another World
Michael Albert | zcomm.org | 2020-07-09
How ironic it is to write an ode to participation and collectivity while hunkering down behind voluntarily closed doors enduring voluntarily welcomed isolation. Stupid hypocrisy? Marvelous victory? Maybe both. So it goes.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/beyond-depravity-another-world/

Post-COVID Prospects Assessed
Richard Falk | zcomm.org | 2020-07-09
Are we going for more convergence or divergence? More nationalism and divisiveness or more connectedness?>…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/post-covid-prospects-assessed/

U.S. claims religious repression underway in Vietnam, but where's the evidence?
Amiad Horowitz | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-09
Recently, the U.S. Department of State issued a report in which they claimed that religious freedom is being suppressed in Vietnam. The Vietnamese government is of course capable of speaking for itself and responding to this defamation. However, I think that Americans also have a responsibility to speak out against baseless claims made by our …
peoplesworld.org/article/u-s-claims-religious-repression-underway-in-vietnam-but-wheres-the-evidence/

Release San Quentin prisoners immediately!
Judy Greenspan | workers.org | 2020-07-09
Oakland, Calif. July 5 — After a large prisoner transfer to San Quentin State Prison dramatically increased the COVID infection rate there, prisoners and advocates have stepped up their campaign to win the release of thousands of elderly, ill and vulnerable people inside. COVID-19 infections are spiking at astronomical levels . . . | Continue reading Release San Quentin prisoners immediately! at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/07/49900/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=release-san-quentin-prisoners-immediately

Talks with North Korea figure prominently in US envoy's visit to Seoul
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-09
While the US has repeatedly attempted to downplay the significance of talks with North Korea, US envoy Stephen Biegun said on the day of his arrival to Seoul that the Trump administration is "open" to talks with the North…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/09/talks-with-north-korea-figure-prominently-in-us-envoys-visit-to-seoul/

TRS Radio Network Member Arrested in Virginia for Stickers Linking to Hate Site
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2020-07-09
Police in Norfolk, Virginia, have arrested a man affiliated with The Right Stuff (TRS) podcast network, a white nationalist hate group and propaganda organ.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/07/09/trs-radio-network-member-arrested-virginia-stickers-linking-hate-site

Trumka rips Senate GOP and its leader, McConnell
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-09
WASHINGTON–AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has had it up to here with the U.S. Senate's ruling Republicans and specifically with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. Listing the three big crises facing the country, Trumka wants the GOP majority to get off its butt and help the nation's workers. "Numbers of coronavirus infections are rising across large …
peoplesworld.org/article/trumka-rips-senate-gop-and-its-leader-mcconnell/

The "Second Wave": Politics Influences the "Science" of COVID-19. Flawed Data, Flawed Models
Josh Mitteldorf | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-09
Many of us are still shell-shocked by the changes in our lives that have been imposed this spring. We're reacting to each unexpected event as it comes. But to anyone who has stepped back to make sense of this web …
globalresearch.ca/politics-influences-covid-19/5718129

Firm Linked to HHS' Robert Kadlec Poised to Become Exclusive Manufacture of COVID-19 Vaccines
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-07-09
A pharmaceutical firm with a dark history and questionable ties to serving ASPR Robert Kadlec is poised to become the exclusive manufacturer of the COVID-19 vaccines now being funded through Trump's Operation Warp Speed.
mintpressnews.com/robert-kadlec-linked-emergent-biosolutions-exclusive-manufacture-covid-19-vaccines/269266/

Unions win better terms for South African Airways workers
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-09
A new agreement between unions and the South African government will see the ailing airline retain 2,000 jobs and offer better terms in the voluntary severance package…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/09/unions-win-better-terms-for-south-african-airways-workers/

Aldous Huxley's Programme
T.P. Wilkinson | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-07-09
There have been for some time, especially from libertarian quarters, accusations that the COVID-19 crisis has led to a state that has been called by some "medical martial law". I believe the more accurate term and point of departure is "medical social engineering and management". Martial law sounds more dramatic and seems simpler to understand. …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/07/aldous-huxleys-programme/

From Coincidences to Coincidences, Covid and the "Boston Connexion" Serves Gilead's Remdesivir?
Xavier Azalbert | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-09
We bring to the attention of our readers this important article of France Soir, translated from the French (by France Soir) | Each day brings new developments in what is now commonly known as the "LancetGate". The WHO's latest flip-flop, relayed …
globalresearch.ca/boston-connexion-serves-remdesivir/5717771

Delhi University students and faculty oppose implementation of online exam system
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-09
The University Grants Commission, which regulates higher education in India, and the government have declared that online end-term exams in Delhi University should be conducted by September. Students and faculty have opposed this…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/09/delhi-university-students-and-faculty-oppose-implementation-of-online-exam-system/

Black players demonstrate at Major League Soccer tourney
Anne M. Peterson | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-09
(AP)–Now that Major League Soccer has re-started, a group of Black Major League Soccer players is using the moment to call attention to systemic racism across sports and society. Black Players for Change was formerly the Black Players Coalition of MLS but changed its name this week while joining forces with the Players Coalition, the …
peoplesworld.org/article/black-players-demonstrate-at-major-league-soccer-tourney/

Portuguese communists slam government's supplementary budget
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-09
The Portuguese Communist Party said the proposals in the EUR 4.3 billion supplementary budget only favored big business with no significant provisions for workers and micro and small entrepreneurs…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/09/portuguese-communists-slam-governments-supplementary-budget/

Cold War with China and the Thucydides Trap: a Conversation with Richard Falk
Daniel Falcone | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-09
Should there be a Second Cold War an alleged US concern for human rights would indeed become another ongoing tool of propaganda. In this interview, International Relations scholar Richard Falk breaks down the grave dangers and prospects for a New Cold with China. Falk worries that tensions and rivalries both regionally and economically could result…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/09/cold-war-with-china-and-the-thucydides-trap-a-conversation-with-richard-falk/

Ecuador's foreign minister José Valencia resigns
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-09
On the afternoon of July 8, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador, José Valencia, resigned from his position. Through a virtual press conference, Valencia, who had been in office for two years, explained that he presented his resignation "due to an entirely personal reason." | "I have the feeling, the perception, that I have already fulfilled the task that I had to carry out as the head of the Foreign Ministry," said Valencia in the conference. | Valencia was the second foreign minister of President Lenín Moreno's government so far. He was appointed in June 2018, after the resignation of María Fernanda Espin…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/09/ecuadors-foreign-minister-jose-valencia-resigns/

The World Can Show How Pharma Monopolies Aren't the Only Way to Fight COVID-19
Prabir Purkayastha | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-09
The U.S. has bought up almost all of the stock of remdesivir from Gilead, making it nearly impossible for this COVID-19 drug to be available anywhere else in the world. After making America sick again, Trump is trying to compensate for his administration's failure by buying Gilead's production for the next three months for the…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/09/the-world-can-show-how-pharma-monopolies-arent-the-only-way-to-fight-covid-19/

Shrink-Wrapped: Plastic Pollution and the Greatest Economic System Jesus Ever Devised
Daniel Beaumont | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-09
When exactly I began putting plastic items in a special tub for recycling I don't remember. Probably in the 1980s when I moved to Princeton. Then my wife and I separated plastic items, tin cans and newspapers from the regular garbage and put them in a special can to be recycled. Then too certain plastic…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/09/shrink-wrapped-plastic-pollution-and-the-greatest-economic-system-jesus-ever-devised/

Two months of gains, but a huge jobs deficit remains, and deepening pain is on the horizon
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-07-09
Today's jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows two months in a row of payroll employment gains, an increase in jobs of 4.8 million in June on top of 2.7 million in May. But, because so many jobs were lost in March and April, we are still 14.7 million jobs below where we …
mronline.org/2020/07/09/two-months-of-gains-but-a-huge-jobs-deficit-remains-and-deepening-pain-is-on-the-horizon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=two-months-of-gains-but-a-huge-jobs-deficit-remains-and-deepening-pain-is-on-the-horizon

Neoliberal Psychological Romanticism: From the Primal Scream to the Collective Unconscious Part II
Bruce Lerro | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-07-09
Orientation In Part I of this article, I begin by grounding neoliberal psychology in the political and economic reality of neoliberalism between 1970 to 2020. First, we discussed the historical origins of neoliberalism, and then its economic exploitation, mystification and ideological use to control people. I briefly discussed the realities of the practice of neoliberal …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/07/neoliberal-psychological-romanticism-from-the-primal-scream-to-the-collective-unconscious-part-ii/

Shrink Wall Street to Guarantee Good Jobs
Sarah Anderson | zcomm.org | 2020-07-09
A new House proposal would ensure that all Americans in hard-hit areas could have a job. A tax on Wall Street windfalls would pay for it…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/shrink-wall-street-to-guarantee-good-jobs/

Workers at the Ministry of Justice win campaign for 'full pay sick pay'
John Ranson | thecanary.co | 2020-07-09
The Ministry of Justice has been pressured into granting cleaners, security guards and other outsourced staff full pay for any coronavirus (Covid-19) related sick leave, backdated to 1 April. | Campaign: | This victory follows a high profile campaign by United Voices of the World (UVW) over the death of Emanuel Gomes, a cleaner at the Ministry of Justice who died in April with Coronavirus symptoms. | UVW is a trade union that "supports and empowers the most vulnerable groups of precarious, low-paid and predominantly migrant workers in the UK". | In a press r…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/07/09/workers-at-the-ministry-of-justice-win-campaign-for-full-pay-sick-pay/

Peru ranks oil production over pandemic threat and Indigenous rights
W. T. Whitney Jr. | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-09
As of July 7, 10,772 people had died of COVID 19 infection in Peru, which is the 8th most severely affected country in the world. The actual toll is assumed to be far greater, especially in Peru's Amazonian region. Indigenous inhabitants there, isolated from medical care, are vulnerable both to environmental abuses at the hands …
peoplesworld.org/article/peru-ranks-oil-production-over-pandemic-threat-and-indigenous-rights/

Evolving Global Crisis: Medical Social Engineering and Management
Dr. T. P. Wilkinson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-09
There have been for some time, esp. from libertarian quarters, accusations that the COVID-19 crisis has led to a state that has been called by some "medical martial law". I believe the more accurate term and point of departure is …
globalresearch.ca/aldous-huxley-programme/5718117

The "Second Wave": Politics Influences the "Science" of COVID-19. Flawed Data, Flawed Models
Josh Mitteldorf | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-09
Many of us are still shell-shocked by the changes in our lives that have been imposed this spring. To anyone who has stepped back to make sense of this web of contradictory messages that pour out of our newsfeeds, it is clear that the government agencies and corporate news media are slanting their message toward fear.
globalresearch.ca/politics-influences-covid-19/5718129

COVID-19 Cases in Africa Rising Sharply
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-09
Concerns are mounting across the African continent and internationally over the exponential growth in COVID-19 infections. | At the time of this writing the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC) reported a total of 508,584 cases resulting in 12,000 …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-cases-africa-rising-sharply/5718127

Grenfell Tower fire engineer claims alleged conversation approving cladding 'did not take place'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-09
An apparent telephone conversation during which a senior fire consultant allegedly approved the flammable materials used on Grenfell Tower "didn't take place", the inquiry into the disaster has heard.Terry Ashton was said to have provided "fairly emphatic confirmation" in September 2014 that it was acceptable to encase the block in aluminium composite material (ACM) and combustible Celotex insulation, according to the oral evidence of architect Neil Crawford of project architects Studio E.But Ashton, of fire engineering firm Exova, said the call "didn't take place as far as I was concerned" and said he only learn…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/07/09/grenfell-tower-fire-engineer-claims-alleged-conversation-approving-cladding-did-not-take-place/

COVID-19 Could Kill More People Through Hunger than the Disease Itself, Warns Oxfam
Oxfam International | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-09
More people could die as a result of hunger linked to COVID-19 than could die from the disease, warned Oxfam in a new report published today. | The report, The Hunger Virus, reveals how an estimated 122 million more people could …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-could-kill-more-people-hunger-disease-warns-oxfam/5718181

Historic Climate Liability Case In Colorado Against Exxon And Suncor
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-09
Washington, D.C.–Today, the United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit ruled that a case launched by Boulder County, San Miguel County, and the City of Boulder will proceed in state, rather than federal court. Marco Simons, General Counsel of EarthRights International, which is representing the municipalities in the case, issued the following statement in response: | "We applaud today's decision as an important step forward in our lawsuit against Suncor and Exxon. Federal courts have consistently ruled that these climate cases belong in state courts — which makes sense because these cases are about…
popularresistance.org/historic-climate-liability-case-in-colorado-against-exxon-and-suncor/

Libya's mufti hails cooperation with Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-09
Sadiq al-Ghariani said during a TV program that all civil organizations in Libya should organize mass demonstrations, adding that the residents of the capital, Tripoli, are well aware of who helped them get rid of the bombs and missiles that were being fired on them two months ago.Al-Ghariani was referring to Turkey's assistance in breaking a more than year-long offensive by Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar on the city.He stressed that the agreement concluded between Turkey and Libya was legal and legitimate and that countries like France and the UAE had unlawfully interfered in the war-torn North African country."R…
yenisafak.com/en/world/libyas-mufti-hails-cooperation-with-turkey-3534080

Israel's Attacks On Iran's Nuclear Sites Signal A New Phase Of Conflict
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-09
Over the past week, mysterious explosions and fires have wracked key infrastructure connected to Iran's nuclear programme at Natanz and Parchin, key facilities engaged in uranium enrichment and the production of rocket fuel for ballistic missiles. | The US and Israel have accused Iran of violating UN resolutions and the nuclear deal in testing new ballistic-missile technology. Although Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has repeatedly denied any intent to create nuclear weapons, even going so far as to issue a fatwa against it, Iran's enemies are convinced it plans to "go nuclear". | The recent attacks…
popularresistance.org/israels-attacks-on-irans-nuclear-sites-signal-a-new-phase-of-conflict/

US: American Journalist Has No Right To Challenge Decision To Assassinate Him
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-09
The US Government has asked the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to affirm the dismissal of American journalist Bilal Abdul Kareem's challenge to his Government's apparent decision to assassinate him without telling him why, or affording him the constitutional right to due process. | Mr Kareem is a recipient of the Edward R. Murrow and Peabody Awards, who grew up in Mount Vernon, New York, and used to be a stand-up comedian in New York City. He has been reporting on the conflict from Syria since it began. In 2016, he narrowly escaped being killed on five separate occasions, including two s…
popularresistance.org/us-american-journalist-has-no-right-to-challenge-decision-to-assassinate-him/

The State And White Supremacy
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-09
As an ongoing phenomenon, the analysis of what is referred to as the George Floyd, or now the "Black Lives Matter" demos, must be necessarily tentative. It has been instructive to observe how the energy and passion of the spontaneous militant response to the murder of George Floyd went from a movement that saw the burning of a police station transformed into one in which, according to Martin Schoots-McAlpine , the most militant demand was to make "minor amendments to municipal budgets." I will resist the temptation of attempting to address all the components and will only focus on one central element in this shor…
popularresistance.org/the-state-and-white-supremacy/

How Black And Brown Workers Are Redefining Strikes
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-09
During George Floyd's funeral on June 9th, Black dockworkers in Charleston, S.C., shut down the nation's 4th busiest port and gathered to show their solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. | "All operations stopped, the terminals were shut down, no machines were working, trucks were backed up for miles along the interstate because we weren't moving anything on the terminal," said Ken Riley, a Black dockworker and President of ILA Local 1422. | The actions were part of a nationwide effort in which the International Longshore Association, which is 65% Black, shut down all the ports on the East and Gulf Sho…
popularresistance.org/how-black-and-brown-workers-are-redefining-strikes/

Public housing residents speak out against being scapegoated for COVID-19 spread
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-07-09
Anti-racism Sue BoltonIssue 1272 Australia COVID-19 Racism MelbourneJuly 9, 2020The scapegoating of poor working class and migrant communities for…
greenleft.org.au/content/public-housing-residents-speak-out-against-being-scapegoated-covid-19-spread

Portuguese envoy praises Turkey's COVID-19 measures
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-09
The Portuguese ambassador to Turkey on Thursday expressed her satisfaction at the steps the Turkish government was taking to promote safe tourism amid the pandemic. Paula Leal Da Silva praised Turkey's safe tourism certificate program after a meeting held in the country's Mediterranean resort town of Antalya."We had the opportunity to see the measures taken at the airport with a view to ensure the necessary sanitary conditions for all the tourists who, hopefully, will soon resume their trips to Turkey," she said.Turkey issued a safety certificate to hotels and restaurants who were complying by safety measures and…
yenisafak.com/en/news/portuguese-envoy-praises-turkeys-covid-19-measures-3534059

Over 50 kg of heroin seized in southeastern Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-09
Police seized 52.4 kilograms (115.5 pounds) of heroin in southeastern Turkey's Hakkari province on Thursday, according to officials.Anti-drug police found heroin packages hidden inside the trunk of a truck stopped for snap checking in Yuksekova district, the provincial governorate said in a statement.While the contraband was seized, driver of the truck was detained.Crackdown on drugs, has, over the years, helped Turkey deal with narcoterrorism, or profits for terrorist groups from the illegal trade.
yenisafak.com/en/news/over-50-kg-of-heroin-seized-in-southeastern-turkey-3534060

Iran reports record deaths due to coronavirus
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-09
Iran on Thursday confirmed 221 more fatalities caused by the novel coronavirus, bringing the nationwide death toll to 12,305.A further of 2,079 people tested positive for COVID-19, raising the overall count to 250,458, Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said.A total of 212,176 people have recovered and been discharged from hospitals so far, while 3,324 patients remain in critical condition, the official said.The pandemic has claimed over 550,000 lives worldwide, while recoveries exceeded 6.6 million, according to figures compiled by the US-based Johns Hopkins University. Total confirmed cases topped 12 m…
yenisafak.com/en/world/iran-reports-record-deaths-due-to-coronavirus-3534074

Turkey neutralizes PKK terrorist in N. Iraq operation
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-09
Turkish security forces neutralized a PKK terrorist, and seized a large amount of arms and ammunition as part of an anti-terror operation in northern Iraq, the National Defense Ministry said on Thursday.The seized items included an AK-47 rifle, RPG-7 rocket launcher, 160 5.56 mm Kalashnikov ammunition, handmade and IED explosives, anti-tank rocket ammunition, ammonium nitrate and 60mm mortars, among others.The action was part of Operation Claw-Tiger, which was launched last month to ensure the safety of Turkish people, and the country's borders by neutralizing the threat of PKK and other terrorist groups in the…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-neutralizes-pkk-terrorist-in-n-iraq-operation-3534057

Iran denies US seizure of Iranian arms on way to Houthis in Yemen
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-09
Iran on Thursday denied that U.S. forces had seized a boat carrying Iranian weapons to Houthi rebels in Yemen, saying the charge was aimed at extending a U.N. arms embargo on Tehran.U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in Washington on Wednesday that U.S. and unidentified allied forces had interdicted a vessel off Yemen's coast on June 28 that was carrying Iranian arms to the Houthis."Lying, accusations and spreading hatred are key elements of America's foreign policy, especially in the current regime," Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said, quoted by state television. "Pompeo's remarks stem fr…
yenisafak.com/en/world/iran-denies-us-seizure-of-iranian-arms-on-way-to-houthis-in-yemen-3534054

Coronavirus fatalities rise in Oman, Libya
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-09
The coronavirus pandemic on Thursday claimed three more lives in Oman and one in Libya.Oman's Health Ministry said the nationwide death toll has risen to 236, while the tally of infections is at 51,725 with over 1,500 cases recorded in the last 24 hours.Libyan health authorities reported 86 new infections over the past day, the highest single-day rise since the start of the outbreak.With the new figure, the tally of cases in Libya has reached 1,268. The death toll is at 36, with 306 recoveries.In Morocco, the Health Ministry reported 178 more cases, bringing the count to 14,949. The country's death toll is 242 an…
yenisafak.com/en/world/coronavirus-fatalities-rise-in-oman-libya-3534078

Bosnia pays tribute to 1995 Srebrenica genocide victims
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-09
Bosnia and Herzegovina on Thursday bid farewell to nine newly identified victims of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide. | The remains of the genocide victims were placed on minivans laden with flowers in the Bosnian city of Visoko on Thursday morning for their final journey to rest in a cemetery. | The victims will be buried in the village of Potocari, northwest of Srebrenica, on Thursday to mark the genocide's 25th anniversary. | A truck carrying the victims' remains arrived at the Presidential Council Building in the capital Sarajevo. Bosnian officials and members of the public prayed for the victims and placed flowe…
yenisafak.com/en/news/bosnia-pays-tribute-to-1995-srebrenica-genocide-victims-3534075

Turkey's speaker chairs Asian Parliamentary Assembly
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-09
"COVID-19 essentially reminded us once again that we were a big family and we had a joint destiny and future," Mustafa Sentop said.The APA gathered for the first time since the 12th APA Plenary Session held last December in Turkey's Mediterranean resort city of Antalya.Turkey will serve as the term president in 2020-2021.Sentop recalled that more than 10 million people were infected with COVID-19 and the death toll from the pandemic rose to more than 500,000."We have experienced a common trouble and pain, and continue to experience it. So we should relieve it and find the solution together," he said.Sentop also n…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkeys-speaker-chairs-asian-parliamentary-assembly-3534062

'Negative trend in EU-Turkey relations must stop'
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-09
Negative trend in EU-Turkey relations must stop, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Thursday.Speaking at a European Parliament session called by the conservative European People's Party, Borrell said: "Turkey is an important partner, candidate country, and a NATO ally. The current negative trend in our relations needs to be stopped and reversed."Borrell said he recently visited Turkey after visiting Greece and the Greek Cypriot administration, adding that "stability and security in the Mediterranean requires collective engagement."Conflicts in Syria and Libya directly affecting the security and interes…
yenisafak.com/en/news/negative-trend-in-eu-turkey-relations-must-stop-3534072

Turkey, Latvia agree to boost mutual trade, investment
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-09
Turkey and Latvia on Thursday agreed to boost bilateral trade and investment ties, according to the Turkish trade minister.After holding the First Term Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) virtual meeting with her Latvian counterpart Janis Vitenbergs, Ruhsar Pekcan said the officials addressed steps to reach a bilateral trade volume target of $1 billion.The second JETCO meeting is planned to be held next week in Turkey, Pekcan noted.Pointing to the current bilateral trade volume of $293 million, Pekcan said: "We identified the sectors where we can increase cooperation and bilateral trade and investment area…
yenisafak.com/en/world/turkey-latvia-agree-to-boost-mutual-trade-investment-3534073

Pakistan slams 'mischievous' rumors of official's death
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-09
Pakistan on Thursday denounced "mischievous" attempts to change the Wikipedia page of its top diplomat to say he had died a day after testing positive for the novel coronavirus."We strongly condemn attempts by mischievous elements to hack Wikipedia page of FM Shah Mahmood Qureshi spread rumours on social media about his health well-being," tweeted Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Aisha Farooqui, underlining that Qureshi was quickly recovering from the virus.The ministry posted the screenshot of the edited version of Qureshi's page reading that he died on July 4.On July 3, Qureshi tested positive for the coronavirus a…
yenisafak.com/en/world/pakistan-slams-mischievous-rumors-of-officials-death-3534071

Fashion giant apologizes for selling Muslim prayer mats with Kaaba motif as 'Greek carpets'
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-09
Online fashion retailer Shein has issued a public apology after facing fierce backlash for selling Muslim prayer mats as a home decorative item on its official site, despite many of the rugs bearing motifs of Islamic holy sites.The fast-fashion retailer came under fire after its products caught the eye of a journalism student from the University of Salford, Khadija Rizvi, who posted now-viral screenshots of the mats on social media. Many of the Muslim mats, which were advertised as "frilled Greek carpets," bore motifs of mosques and the Ka'aba, which is considered the most sacred Islamic site by Muslims around th…
yenisafak.com/en/technology/fashion-giant-apologizes-for-selling-muslim-prayer-mats-with-kaaba-motif-as-greek-carpets-3534058

What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-09
Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Worsening U.S. outbreak prompts tough actionsNew Jersey adopted a stringent coronavirus face-mask order on Wednesday, and New York City unveiled a plan to allow public school students back into classrooms for just two or three days a week, as newly confirmed U.S. COVID-19 cases soared to a daily global record.More than 47,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the two northeastern states, accounting for more than a third of the 132,000-plus Americans killed by the virus, according to a Reuters tally.New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy unveiled an ex…
yenisafak.com/en/life/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-coronavirus-right-now-3534061

China against full confrontation with US, says minister
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-09
China does not want a full confrontation with the US and seeks a bilateral relationship based on mutual respect and cooperation, the country's top diplomat said on Thursday.Addressing the China-US Think Tanks Media Forum, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing and Washington's relations are "faced with the most severe challenge since the establishment of diplomatic ties," state-run daily Global Times reported.He said certain quarters in the US were trying "to portray China as an adversary, and even an enemy.""I'd like to stress here again that China never intends to challenge or replace the US, or have full confro…
yenisafak.com/en/world/china-against-full-confrontation-with-us-says-minister-3534076

Turkey provides medical support to Bangladesh hospitals
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-09
Turkey's state-run aid body provided on Thursday medical supplies to hospitals in Bangladesh to help the South Asian country tackle the coronavirus outbreak.The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) said it donated two medical ventilators, 1,000 protective overalls, 1,000 N95 masks and 5,000 surgical masks to two hospitals in Chittagong, the country's second largest city.Salahuddin Kasem Khan, Turkey's honorary consul in Chittagong, said Turkey has stood by Bangladesh and helped Bangladeshis for a long time.Brig. Gen. Humayun Kabir, director of Chittagong State Hospital, thanked Turkey for its suppor…
yenisafak.com/en/world/turkey-provides-medical-support-to-bangladesh-hospitals-3534053

Chabahar Port's place in Iran's "looking to the East" policy
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-09
TEHRAN, Jul. 10 (MNA) — The strategic port of Chabahar in southeastern Iran has a special place in the country's "looking to the East" strategy and can link India to Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Persian Gulf littoral states.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160743/Chabahar-Port-s-place-in-Iran-s-looking-to-the-East-policy

Iran futsal maintains 1st in Asia
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-09
TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) — Iranian futsal team has maintained its first position in Asia, according to the latest report by Futsal World Ranking on Thursday.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160748/Iran-futsal-maintains-1st-in-Asia

1,048 kg of illicit drugs seized in Yazd
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-09
TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) — The police forces of Yazd province in Iran have seized over 1 ton of illicit drugs in the province in the past 24 hours.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160752/1-048-kg-of-illicit-drugs-seized-in-Yazd

The Heat: COVID-19 surges in United States and Brazil
Mike Walter | america.cgtn.com | 2020-07-09
The United States and Brazil lead the world with the highest number of coronavirus cases. The U.S. now topping three million infections — just what's behind the surge?
america.cgtn.com/2020/07/09/the-heat-covid-19-surges-in-united-states-and-brazil

'Coping' mechanism: Ford workers request company stops providing US police with vehicles amid reckoning on cop violence
rt.com | 2020-07-09
The Great Awokening has finally pulled into the automobile industry amid the growing Black Lives Matter movement. Ford's CEO is apparently not on board with the idea though, praising the role of law enforcement. | In the United States, two-thirds of police cars are Fords. Now, some Ford employees want to put a stop to that, with a number of black and white workers penning a letter demanding that the car manufacturer backs out of the police market. | The internal letter is…
rt.com/usa/494278-ford-workers-request-stop-police-cars/

At least 1 dead, 2 injured as ferocious tornado rips through Minnesota countryside (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-07-09
At least one person was killed, two others injured and several buildings were destroyed after a ferocious tornado ripped through the Minnesota countryside Wednesday evening. | Three farms were hit and one of the farmhouses were flattened, as two twisters touched down one after the other, crushing cars and snapping trees like twigs. One even drained some of the water from the nearby Pelican Lake. | Eyewitness footage captured the sheer power of the 'EF-3' category tornadoes, which boast winds of 136 to 165mph, which scarred up to nine miles of farmland, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. | #tornad…
rt.com/usa/494235-minnesota-killer-tornado-videos/

Princeton University faculty seek to establish racial thought police & punish insufficiently diverse disciplines
rt.com | 2020-07-09
Professors at prestigious Princeton University have assailed the school for its alleged "anti-Black racism," issuing a lengthy list of demands including bribing departments to hire minorities (and punishing those that don't). | Over 350 Princeton faculty members have signed on to an open letter demanding the university prioritize the fight against "anti-Black racism," which the writers insist "has a visible bearing upon Princeton's campus makeup and its hiring practices." Members of every department of the Ivy League school except Chemical and Biological Engineering and Operations Research and Financial Engine…
rt.com/usa/494205-princeton-faculty-demands-racial-bribes/

Pokemon Go players spend almost $4bn on app in just 4 YEARS in bid to catch 'em all
rt.com | 2020-07-09
Four years after it bamboozled the world with its augmented-reality gameplay, 'Pokemon Go' is still attracting billions of dollars' worth of in-game spending. | The free-to-play app, based on the best-selling original video game title and corresponding film and television series, was met with widespread acclaim upon its release four years ago, and boasted one billion downloads as of March 2019. | Created by Niantic and released in 2016, the game involves users searching the real world to find Pokemon through their smartphones via augmented reality (AR). Since its launch, players have walked a cumulative 23 bil…
rt.com/news/494315-pokemon-go-revenue-app/

'Do they care?' Minneapolis business owner left with nothing after riots calls out city officials for failing to help
rt.com | 2020-07-09
A salon owner in Minneapolis has been left with "nothing" after her business was "burned to the ground" in riots after the killing of George Floyd, and she says the city has done nothing to help with her predicament. | "It hurts to know that I have no business. I have nothing," Fiona Westbrooks told Fox and Friends on Thursday. "I don't even have a styling chair anymore, you know." | Westbrooks owned Flora's Hair Designs in north Minneapolis for four decades before it was destroyed in riots on May 29. After hearing that her…
rt.com/usa/494295-minneapolis-business-burn-riots/

Lab worker killed by brain-destroying disease 7 YEARS after accidental jab
rt.com | 2020-07-09
A new study has shed light on why a woman developed a fatal brain disease linked to mad cow disease several years after piercing her skin with contaminated laboratory equipment. | A woman in France who developed a rare and fatal brain disease did so via accidental lab exposure to the proteins that cause mad cow disease, a new study has found. | The initial exposure happened in May 2010, as the then-24-year-old technician "handled frozen sections of brain of transgenic mice that overexpressed the human prion pro…
rt.com/news/494302-lab-worker-disease-7years-after-work/

MADE IN CHINA: Contractor indicted for defrauding US Navy about origin of armor & helmets
rt.com | 2020-07-09
A grand jury indictment of a Virginia man whose company allegedly sold Chinese-made helmets and body armor to the government is challenging President Donald Trump's claim the Pentagon gets only the best American-made goods. | Surveillance Equipment Group Inc. (SEG) CEO Arthur Morgan was charged with two counts of federal wire fraud this week, over some $660,000 worth of ballistic vests, helmets, riot gear, and other items his company sold to six fed…
rt.com/usa/494202-contractor-navy-armor-china/

'Pull up your pants & finish school': Would CNN's Don Lemon cancel himself over shockingly unwoke 2013 tips to black community?
rt.com | 2020-07-09
A vintage clip of CNN anchor Don Lemon telling black people to act civilized and disregard "street culture" has the woke pundit's detractors' jaws on the floor, wondering what happened to him over the intervening seven years. | In the 2013 clip, Lemon praises Fox News host Bill O'Reilly as the Republican pundit decries the "disintegration of the African-American family," even arguing O'Reilly "doesn't go far enough" when he denounces "street culture." The video was posted to social media by "Panda Tribune" on Wednesday and quickly circulated among conservatives, who had a hard time reconciling this Lemon with…
rt.com/usa/494206-lemon-black-advice-canceled/

George Floyd's harrowing final moments revealed in new transcripts as rookie cop asks court to dismiss manslaughter case
rt.com | 2020-07-09
Transcripts of body camera videos reveal that the officer who pressed his knee against George Floyd's neck was dismissive of the man's pleas for help. One cop charged in the incident has petitioned the court to dismiss his case. | The footage, taken from body cameras worn by officers Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng, reportedly shows Floyd pleading for his life in the minutes before he became unresponsive. | "You're going to kill me, man," the Minneapolis resident said, according to a transcript of Lane's body camera video. | "Then stop talking, stop yelling. It takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk," repl…
rt.com/usa/494218-george-floyd-transcripts-court-dismiss/

Internet witch hunts derive from 'profound' desire for self-purpose, signatory of open letter critical of cancel culture tells RT
rt.com | 2020-07-09
Cancel culture attracts people who feel isolated by society and want to be part of a rigid orthodoxy that gives their lives meaning, according to a signatory of a controversial open letter that was also endorsed by J.K. Rowling. | Growing intolerance towards ideas and views deemed impermissible swells from a yearning to belong to something bigger than ourselves, said Roger Berkowitz, a professor of political studies and human rights at Bard College. In an interview with RT, he explained that "widespread mass existential loneliness of our culture" has eroded social traditions to the point where many people feel…
rt.com/usa/494254-berkowtiz-letter-cancel-culture-interview/

Lady Antebellum, renamed 'Lady A' in woke PR move, sues black artist who already has the name
rt.com | 2020-07-09
Tennessee country rock band Lady A — known as Lady Antebellum before officially renaming itself amid 2020's cultural purge of references to the Confederacy — is suing a black artist with the same name in a case of peak woke irony. | …
rt.com/usa/494203-lady-antebellum-lawsuit-woke-hypocrisy/

'Glee' star Naya Rivera feared drowned in lake as her son found in boat ALONE
rt.com | 2020-07-09
A search and rescue operation has been launched after former 'Glee' star Naya Rivera reportedly went missing while swimming in a lake in Ventura County, California with her son. It's feared that she may have drowned. | The Ventura County sheriff's department said that a search is underway at Lake Piru. A video posted by the department shows a helicopter hovering over the lake as it looks for the actress. Emergency responders are using helicopters, drones, and dive teams in an attempt to locate Rivera. | According to local media reports, Rivera rented a boat with her 4-year-old son but disappeared in the lake a…
rt.com/usa/494208-naya-rivera-missing-search-lake/

9/11 memorial to lost firefighters destroyed by vandals in New York State
rt.com | 2020-07-09
Police in Washingtonville, New York, are searching for vandals who tore down the flagpole at a 9/11 memorial built in honor of five local firefighters who died in the World Trade Center collapse. | The village woke up to the desecrated monument on Wednesday. Police Chief Brian Zaccaro told the local paper that the culprits must have used a tool to cut through the flagpole's metallic frame. The vandals also wrote a message on the remaining base &#15…
rt.com/usa/494311-memorial-to-firefighters-vandalized/

US will BAN government contractors from using Chinese tech, including Huawei — report
rt.com | 2020-07-09
The Trump administration is reportedly finalizing a rule that would prevent any firm using products from five Chinese tech companies — including telecoms giants Huawei and ZTE — from winning government contracts. | The rule will be announced this week, an anonymous official told Reuters on Thursday. It follows a 2019 law that forbids the US government from buying technology directly from Huawei, ZTE, Hikvision, Hytera, and Dahua. | The Chinese firms have been accused by the Trump administration of gathering data from global users for the benefit of the Chinese government — a charge denied both…
rt.com/usa/494283-huawei-government-equipment-ban/

'Liberating 5th Avenue': New York mayor paints BLACK LIVES MATTER outside Trump Tower
rt.com | 2020-07-09
Signaling where his priorities lie amid an epidemic of coronavirus and violence, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ordered a stretch of 5th Avenue outside Trump Tower to be painted with the words 'Black Lives Matter'. | City workers closed off the street on Thursday morning and began painting the mural, as De Blasio boasted about "liberating 5th Avenue" and finally giving credit to African-Americans for building New York and the US. | | "We are not denigrating anything, we are liberating Fifth Avenue." | New York City Mayor Bill de Blasi…
rt.com/usa/494303-trump-tower-blm-deblasio/

Not a 'racist' plan anymore? Democrats rejoice over Biden's $700bn 'Buy American' promise
rt.com | 2020-07-09
Joe Biden unveiled a $700 billion 'Buy American' initiative, drawing praise from both liberals and conservatives on social media, but some noted that similar plans by the Trump administration were previously framed as 'racist.' | Biden's economic pitch includes plans for a $400 billion, four-year increase in government spending on US-made goods and services — topped by a $300 billion investment in research and development for US technology. | "This will be the largest mobilization of public investments in procurement, infrastructure and (research and development) since World War II," Biden's senior advise…
rt.com/usa/494290-biden-buy-america-trump-racist/

Toyota fires employees for making fun of George Floyd killing with 'that will keep them down' kneeling
rt.com | 2020-07-09
Toyota has fired two high-level employees from a plant in Indiana, after they allegedly mocked the killing of George Floyd. Though their jokes got them the sack, Toyota itself has been in the spotlight for racism before. | In a video filmed by his colleagues, supervisor Patrick Talley knelt on a binder full of documents, exclaiming "that will keep them down." The onlooker who filmed the video told Yahoo News that Talley was referencing Floyd's murder, and "everyone who saw him do it was disgusted." | "It was a disgusting gesture Talley made to imply that kneeling on a black man's neck until he dies is a great…
rt.com/usa/494310-toyota-fires-george-floyd-joke/

Seismic societal engagement activity recognised in the 2020 President's Awards
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-07-09
From a citizen science project with a local school to inspiring global audiences with volcanoes, we celebrate the achievements of this year's winners.
imperial.ac.uk/news/199453/seismic-societal-engagement-activity-recognised-2020

The number of foodbank parcels given out has skyrocketed during pandemic
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-09
The number of emergency food parcels distributed by foodbanks in the UK more than doubled between the start of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and May, providers say. | There were almost two-and-a-half times as many parcels distributed in May than in February, according to a survey of 191 foodbanks who are part of the Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN). | Some 36,445 three-day packages were given out in February, rising to 90,400 in May. | 26,623 people used the participating foodbanks in February, rising to 56,023 people in May. | Comparing May 2020 with May 2019, the number of emergency food parcels distri…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/07/09/the-number-of-foodbank-parcels-given-out-has-skyrocketed-during-pandemic/

Coronavirus puts more strain on NHS waiting lists
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-09
The number of people waiting longer than 18 weeks for hospital treatment in England is now almost 1.45 million. That's the highest figure since December 2007. It's also more than double the number in May 2019. | Data from NHS England shows 1,448,357 people had to wait more than 18 weeks to start hospital treatment in May this year. People face long waits for cancer treatment to start, while hundreds of thousands are waiting for scans. | Records for May show that just 62.2% of people waiting to be seen got their appointment within 18 weeks. The target is 95%. Meanwhile the number of people waiting more than a year…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/07/09/coronavirus-puts-more-strain-on-nhs-waiting-lists/

India records almost 25,000 new coronavirus cases
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-09
India has reported nearly 25,000 new coronavirus infections as the disease continues to spread through the nation of nearly 1.4 billion people.The virus is showing no signs of slowing in the worst-affected countries — the United States, Brazil and India.The three nations account for more than 60% of new cases, according to recent tallies from Johns Hopkins University.The US reported nearly 59,000 new daily cases, just short of the record 60,000 cases set a day earlier, as president Donald Trump insisted that schools reopen in the autumn.President Donald Trump said schools should reopen in the autumn (Evan Vu…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/07/09/india-records-almost-25000-new-coronavirus-cases/

South African province prepares graves as coronavirus hits 'full speed'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-09
The coronavirus pandemic in Africa is reaching "full speed" and it is good to prepare for the worst-case scenario, the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention has said.It comes after a South African official said a single province is preparing 1.5m graves.The number of confirmed virus cases across Africa surpassed the half-million milestone on 8 July, with more than 12,000 deaths.With testing levels low, the real numbers are unknown.South Africa has the most confirmed cases with more than 224,000. | For the first time, Gauteng province — home to Johannesburg and the capital, Pretoria — h…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/07/09/south-african-province-prepares-graves-as-coronavirus-hits-full-speed/

2020 LaborFest Art Gallery Focusing On Covid-19
LaborFest.net | indybay.org | 2020-07-09
LaborFest Art Gallery on Covid-19 and working people.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/08/18834949.php

Corrupt Pelosi & Here Wealthy Husband Get PPP-Nancy Pelosi's husband among lawmaker-linked
repost | indybay.org | 2020-07-09
Corrupt Nancy Pelosi's wealthy husband received PPP loan funds.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/07/18834944.php

Wednesday 7/8: #Repro Rundown: The Role Misogyny Has Played in the 2020 Election (NARAL)
NARAL Pro-Choice America | indybay.org | 2020-07-09
Online via livestream @ Instagram…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/07/18834943.php

Saturday 7/11: Black Lives Matter
Amy Porte, Meg Brizz | indybay.org | 2020-07-09
Slade Park, Novato…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/09/18834996.php

Saturday 7/11: Bring Trump Pence OUT NOW! to the Great Highway
Refuse Fascism Bay Area | indybay.org | 2020-07-09
Great Highway at Lincoln Way, San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/09/18834997.php

Saturday 7/11: Indians of All Tribes & the Occupation of Alcatraz 1969-1971 (webinar)
San Francisco Library | indybay.org | 2020-07-09
Online…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/09/18834994.php

Thursday 7/16: Jewish Film Institute presents Truth To Power: Barbara Lee Speaks For Me, Opening Night of
Jewish Film Institute | indybay.org | 2020-07-09
West Wind Solano Drive-In | 1611 Solano Way | Concord, CA 94520…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/09/18835001.php

United Airlines threatens to axe 36,000 jobs
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2020-07-09
In the interest of profit, United Airlines seems to be taking former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's infamous words to heart: "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste."
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/09/18834995.php

"Tales Of The Resistance" Radio Show With SF Mime Trouper Michael Sullivan
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-07-09
SF Mime trouper Michael Sullivan is interviewed about their new radio show "Tales of Resistance" and the struggles going on in the US and around the world.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/08/18834966.php

Newsom helps the failing fracking industry — a business that endangers our health
Ramona du Houx | indybay.org | 2020-07-09
Amid a global health pandemic, Californian residents may soon be exposed to compounding respiratory threats from the result of more fracking operations. More than 310 Elected Officials from across the state demand that Governor Newsom stop issuing fracking permits immediately.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/08/18834947.php

Lawsuit Launched to Protect Endangered Wildlife in California Redwood Forest
Center for Biological Diversity | indybay.org | 2020-07-09
GUALALA, Calif., July 9, 2020 — Conservation groups today filed a formal notice of intent to sue the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and a timber company for failing to protect threatened and endangered fish, birds and frogs from a redwood logging project near northern California's Gualala River.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/09/18835000.php

"Tales Of The Resistance" Radio Show With SF Mime Trouper Michael Powell
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-07-09
SF Mime trouper Michael Sullivan is interviewed about their new radio show "Tales of Resistance" and the struggles going on in the US and around the world.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/08/18834966.php

California Reparations Bill AB 3121 – Senate Process in flow
Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2020-07-09
The signs and symbols surrounding the California State Capitol are coming down and few know the reason they were put in place. Reparative Justice hidden, cloaked in secrecy and does not mention Slavery thoroughout the State of California… limited narrow focus may do additional harm… yet not sure it matters because the Black Lives "in the building" is all that matters.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/08/18834945.php

Saturday 7/11: Demand that Palo Alto Open City Park to All
Vigil for Democracy, Raging Grannies, More | indybay.org | 2020-07-09
Foothills Park, 3300 Page Mill Rd, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022. | See parking directions below.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/08/18834965.php

Santa Cruz Grand Jury Suggests Transitioning Juvenile Hall into a Homeless Services Center
Santa Cruz News | indybay.org | 2020-07-09
In it's report, "Homelessness: Big Problem, Little Progress: It's Time To Think Outside The Box," the 2019-2020 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury suggests transitioning Juvenile Hall in Felton into a, "treatment and multi-faceted supportive services center for homeless individuals". The Civil Grand Jury report cited low incarceration numbers at Juvenile Hall in Felton compared to the number of staff members required to operate the facility, and noted that decreasing youth incarceration rates across the State of California has led to other counties closing their juvenile detention centers. "The Grand Jury believe…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/08/18834961.php

The economy for faith healers
Tomasz Konicz | indybay.org | 2020-07-09
Due to the sharpening contradictions of late capitalist socialization, barbarism, not reason, is increasing. Reason is not advancing in the overall historical movement, as once postulated by Hegel. Only the overcoming of this false whole, which is decaying openly, would offer humankind a chance of survival.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/09/18834990.php

Wednesday 7/15: LaborFest 2020: A free one hour concert by Grup Yorum
Laborfest | indybay.org | 2020-07-09
This is a free event. You can be anywhere to view the concert. Please visit the LaborFest 2020 website URL in order to watch the concert event.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/09/18834999.php

California Coastal Commission Orders Oceano Dunes to Remain Closed to Vehicles to Protect Nesting Shorebirds
Center for Biological Diversity | indybay.org | 2020-07-09
Snowy Plovers Thriving During Vehicle Closure Despite State Parks Interference…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/08/18834964.php

Wednesday 7/8: End the War on the Poor: Rev. Dr. William Barber II and Robert Reich
Robert Reich | indybay.org | 2020-07-09
Online…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/08/18834958.php

ENLACES de Red Latina sin fronteras 09.07.2020
Red Latina sin fronteras | indybay.org | 2020-07-09
ENLACES de Red Latina sin fronteras 09.07.2020 | comunicaciones e información para la liberación…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/09/18834985.php

Wednesday 7/15: LaborFest 2020: US Public Health System, COVID, Racism & Capitalism
Laborfest | indybay.org | 2020-07-09
This is a free Zoom based event. You can be anywhere to view and participant. Please visit the LaborFest 2020 website URL to register and to receive a Zoom invitation to the event.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/09/18834998.php

World Leaders Meet to Tackle COVID Debt and Development Crises
Zach Conti | indybay.org | 2020-07-09
The G20 and Paris Forum convened a global virtual High-Level Ministerial conference for 39 countries focused on the economic, debt and development impacts of the coronavirus.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/08/18834956.php

The World Can Show How Pharma Monopolies Aren't the Only Way to Fight COVID-19
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-07-09
Prabir PURKAYASTHA | The U.S. has bought up almost all of the stock of remdesivir from Gilead, making it nearly impossible for this COVID-19 drug to be available anywhere else in the world. After making America sick again, Trump is trying to compensate for his administration's failure by buying Gilead's production for the next three months for the U.S., leaving nothing for the rest of the world. | This makes it all the more urgent for India and other countries that featured prominently in previous drug license…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/07/09/the-world-can-show-how-pharma-monopolies-arent-the-only-way-to-fight-covid-19/

Joe Biden as a Stealthy Bigot
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-07-09
The New York Times Sunday Magazine on July 5th headlined its cover-story "America's Enduring Caste System" and presented Isabel Wilkerson's masterful, even profound, 12,000-word history of America's racial caste system. She also presented it in the broader historical context. She said: "Throughout human history, three caste systems have stood out. The lingering, millenniums-long caste system of India. The tragically accelerated, chilling and officially vanquished caste system of Nazi Germany. And the shape-shifting, unspoken, race-based caste pyramid in the Uni…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/07/09/joe-biden-as-a-stealthy-bigot/

The Colonial Politics Appropriating Mount Rushmore
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-07-09
As colonial monuments are being destroyed in the U.S. and Europe, Mount Rushmore so far remains untouched and a news item since U.S. President Donald Trump visited the site on July 4 to commemorate Independence Day. Fireworks and fighter jets dominated a territorial space that is laden with the memory of colonial violence against the indigenous American Indians. | A treaty signed in 1868 between the U.S. government and the Sioux people recognised the Black Hills in South Dakota as exclusive to the indigenous. The agreement was to…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/07/09/the-colonial-politics-appropriating-mount-rushmore/

Melbourne towers hard lockdown: How a preventable disaster became a nightmare — and how to stop it happening again
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2020-07-09
Healthcare Housing Fred FuentesIssue 1272 Australia COVID-19July 9, 2020The scale of the COVID-19 outbreak — and potential for tragedy — among 3000 residents living in nine closely-located public hous…
greenleft.org.au/content/melbourne-towers-hard-lockdown-preventable-disaster-nightmare-stop-happening-again

Selected Articles: Flawed COVID-19 Data, Lockdown and Its Global Impacts
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-09
If you look to Global Research as a resource for information and understanding, to stay current on world events, or to experience honesty and transparency in your news coverage, please consider making a donation or becoming a member. Your …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-flawed-covid-19-data-lockdown-global-impacts/5718183

TikTok Could Become Latest Victim of US War on Chinese Competition
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-07-08
A potential US ban on TikTok comes amid a rise in anti-China warmongering that suggests the move has more to do with re-establishing American dominance over social media than concerns over privacy.
mintpressnews.com/pomepo-hints-at-tiktok-ban-as-us-war-on-chinese-tech-heats-up/269245/

Democratic Candidate James Averhart Personally Oversaw Solitary Confinement of Chelsea Manning
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-07-08
Alabama congressional candidate James Averhart led a campaign to punish soldiers who deserted the Vietnam war and personally oversaw the brutal imprisonment of whistleblower Chelsea Manning.
mintpressnews.com/chelsea-manning-jailer-war-campaigner-james-averhart-congress-daemocrat/269235/

On Israel's Bizarre Definitions: The West Bank is Already Annexed
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-07-08
The truth is that Israel rarely behaves as an 'Occupying Power', but as a sovereign in a country where racial discrimination and apartheid are not only tolerated or acceptable but are, in fact, 'legal' as well.
mintpressnews.com/on-israels-bizarre-definitions-the-west-bank-is-already-annexed/269254/

China-India Onset of "Cold Peace"? Mutual Disengagement Decision, Pull Back from the Line of Control
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-08
China accepts that India already made its geopolitical choice to become the US' proxy in "containing" the People's Republic, but it would prefer for their seemingly inevitable "decoupling" to be as manageable as possible, hence why it's helping its rival …
globalresearch.ca/indo-sino-disengagement-decision/5718044

Lopez Obrador's Visit to Trump is a Betrayal of the U.S. and Mexican People
Laura Carlsen | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-08
To praise a tyrant is to insult a people. López Obrador's proposed visit to Washington is an insult to the American people, and especially to the 37 million Mexican migrants who live in the United States. The purpose of the state visit with Donald Trump on July 8 is to celebrate the entry into force of the Mexico-United States-Canada Treaty (T-MEC) on July 1. It comes at the worst possible time.
counterpunch.org/2020/07/08/lopez-obradors-visit-to-trump-is-a-betrayal-of-the-u-s-and-mexican-people/

Russia-Baiting Is the Only Game in Town
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-08
There is particular danger at the moment that powerful political alignments in the United States are pushing strongly to exacerbate the developing crisis with Russia. | The New York Times, which broke the story that the Kremlin had been paying the …
globalresearch.ca/russia-baiting-only-game-town/5718026

120 Covid-19 Vaccine Projects are Underway
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-08
Discussing permissible medical practices, the Nuremberg Code mandates consent and prohibits coercion, following Hippocratic Oath principles of doing no harm. | What is the Significance Of The Nuremberg Code | The Nuremberg Code is one of several foundational documents that influenced the …
globalresearch.ca/mass-vaxxing-breach-nuremberg-code/5718027

UN So-called Committee of Inquiry (COI) Casually Blames Bashar Al-Assad for US-Sponsored High Crimes Committed by Terrorist Proxies Against the People of Syria
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-08
Launched preemptively in March 2011 by the Obama regime, escalated by Trump, US direct and proxy aggression in Syria will likely continue indefinitely no matter which right wing of its war party is in charge ahead. | Formed in September 2011, …
globalresearch.ca/un-coi-blames-syria-us-sponsored-high-crimes-against-state-people/5718050

21 Years Ago, NATO's War on Yugoslavia: Kosovo "Freedom Fighters" Financed by Organized Crime
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-08
Twenty-one years ago, June 10 1999, marks the end of NATO's aerial bombardment of Yugoslavia (March 24, 1999- June 10, 1999). The bombings which lasted for almost three months, were followed by the military invasion (under a bogus UN mandate) …
globalresearch.ca/remembering-the-1999-nato-led-war-on-yugoslavia-kosovo-freedom-fighters-financed-by-organized-crime/12806

Remember the "Fake" 2009 H1N1 Swine Flu Pandemic: Manipulating the Data to Justify a Worldwide Public Health Emergency
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-08
A Worldwide public health emergency is unfolding, 4.9 billion doses of H1N1 swine flu vaccine are envisaged by the WHO.
globalresearch.ca/the-h1n1-swine-flu-pandemic-manipulating-the-data-to-justify-a-worldwide-public-health-emergency/14901

The US and UK are a wrecking ball crew against the pillars of internationalism
Vijay Prashad | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-08
Vijay Prashad writes on the imperialist actions led by the US and the UK against Venezuela and the emptiness of their commitment to international law…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/08/the-us-and-uk-are-a-wrecking-ball-crew-against-the-pillars-of-internationalism/

How the Pentagon failed to sell Afghan government's bunk 'Bountygate' story to US intelligence agencies
Gareth Porter | thegrayzone.com | 2020-07-08
Another New York Times Russiagate bombshell turns out to be a dud, as dodgy stories spun out by Afghan intelligence…
thegrayzone.com/2020/07/07/pentagon-afghan-bountygate-us-intelligence-agencies/

'Either you are fighting to eliminate exploitation or not': A leftist critique of the Green New Deal
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-07-08
Canadian Dimension in conversation with essayist, researcher and historian Max Ajl…
mronline.org/2020/07/08/either-you-are-fighting-to-eliminate-exploitation-or-not-a-leftist-critique-of-the-green-new-deal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=either-you-are-fighting-to-eliminate-exploitation-or-not-a-leftist-critique-of-the-green-new-deal

Arrest of Shi'ite Militias in Iraq Is Part of Iranian-US Proxy Struggle
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-08
New Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kazemi faces many challenges to his authority, including from powerful pro-Iranian Shi'ite militias like Kata'ib Hezbollah. On June 26, 14 militiamen of Kata'ib Hezbollah, commonly known as the Iraqi Hezbollah, were apprehended by Iraqi security …
globalresearch.ca/arrest-shiite-militias-iraq-part-iranian-us-proxy-struggle/5718030

Illinois Supreme Court rules Chicago police can't destroy disciplinary records
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-08
CHICAGO–"No matter whether th' Constitution follows th' flag or not, th' Supreme Court follows th' election returns," Chicago Daily News columnist Finley Peter Dunne, speaking as his favorite character, Mr. Dooley, told his friend Hennessy in 1900. Dunne was talking of the U.S. Supreme Court, but his line could just as easily have applied to …
peoplesworld.org/article/illinois-supreme-court-rules-chicago-police-cant-destroy-disciplinary-records/

Israeli Bulldozers Raze Land for Settler only Road near Nablus
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-07-08
Israeli bulldozers continued razing, on Monday, Palestinian-owned lands in the northern occupied West Bank, town of Huwara, south of Nablus, to allow for the construction of an Israeli settler-only bypass road, Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Ghassan Daghlas, a local official monitoring illegal Israeli settlement construction, said that Israeli bulldozers …
imemc.org/article/israeli-bulldozers-raze-land-for-settler-only-road-near-nablus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-bulldozers-raze-land-for-settler-only-road-near-nablus

Trophy hunters' core argument for killing is laid to waste in a staggering new book
Tracy Keeling | thecanary.co | 2020-07-08
To say trophy hunting is controversial would be a gross understatement. The question of whether the practice has any validity in an ecological sense has divided the conservation community. Indeed, it's divided…
thecanary.co/discovery/analysis-discovery/2020/07/08/trophy-hunters-core-argument-for-killing-is-laid-to-waste-in-a-staggering-new-book/

Video: The US Air Force's "Swarm Approach". Toward Aerospace Warfare Model of the 21st Century
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-08
While the phrase "system of systems" has entered relatively common usage some years ago as a reflection of the need to field systems and assets with complementary capabilities that will operate as part of a synergistic whole in their respective …
globalresearch.ca/video-aerospace-warfare-model-21st-century/5717978

Video: Turkish Forces Lick Wounds After Airstrikes Hit Their Base in Libya
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-08
After a short break, the military confrontation between the Libyan National Army mainly backed up by Egypt and the UAE and the Turkish-backed Government of National Accord has once again entered an open phase. | On July 5, aircraft of the …
globalresearch.ca/video-turkish-forces-lick-wounds-after-airstrikes-hit-base-libya/5718036

FRSO condemns Duterte's terror law, demands U.S. out of Philippines
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-08
The U.S.-backed government of Philippines and its President Duterte is putting in place the legal framework to carry out a wave of repression against activists in the popular movements who are fighting for social and national liberation. Freedom Road Socialist Organization condemns the recently signed Republic Act 1147, also called Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, for what it is: an attempt to criminalize trade unionists, environmentalists, women's groups, student organizations or anyone else who wants to challenge the cruel rule of Duterte. | Duterte is using an old trick — a slight of hand utilized for years b…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/7/8/frso-condemns-dutertes-terror-law-demands-us-out-philippines

Israeli Authorities to Demolish 30 Palestinian Homes, Structures in East Jerusalem
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-07-08
The Israeli municipal staff handed demolition orders to thirty Palestinian households in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of al-"Isawiya, under the pretext of construction without a permit, Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Local activist, Muhammad Abu al-Hummus, and member of the follow-up committee, stated that staff of the Israeli municipality of …
imemc.org/article/israeli-authorities-to-demolish-30-palestinian-homes-structures-in-east-jerusalem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-authorities-to-demolish-30-palestinian-homes-structures-in-east-jerusalem

Separation of Trump and state: Blocking Republicans' evangelical election strategy
John Bachtell | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-08
On Monday, June 1, President Donald Trump stood in front of St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., awkwardly clutching a Bible. Moments earlier, military police had forcibly cleared peaceful demonstrators from Lafayette Park with pepper spray, flash and smoke grenades, truncheons, and rubber bullets. Outraged religious leaders across denominations immediately condemned Trump for his …
peoplesworld.org/article/separation-of-trump-and-state-blocking-republicans-evangelical-election-strategy/

Oneida Nation holds memorial ride, rally, for indigenous man killed by Green Bay police
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-08
Green Bay, WI – On Sunday, July 5, the Oneida Nation held a memorial ride and rally for Jonathon Tubby, an Oneida man killed in police custody nearly two years ago. Jonathon's family, which has filed a civil lawsuit against members of the Green Bay Police Department, had requested a one-year mourning period before beginning public advocacy. That one-year period ended in November 2019 and the family has been pursuing justice ever since. | Approximately 100 vehicles were in a procession through the Oneida reservation with signs reading, "No justice – no peace" and "Justice for Jonathon." They made stops in residen…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/7/8/oneida-nation-holds-memorial-ride-rally-indigenous-man-killed-green-bay-police

Bolivian Polls Show Socialist Candidate To Win Elections In First Round
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-08
The U.S.-backed, interim president Jeanine Añez only has 13 percent of the voting intention. | The Latin America Strategic Center for Geopolitics (CELAG) Tuesday published the results of a survey according to which the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) presidential candidate Luis Arce would get 41.9 percent of the votes in the upcoming elections in September. | This percentage of popular support would allow him to win the elections in the first round, far exceeding the Bolivian right-wing candidate, Carlos Mesa, who would barely get 26.8 percent of the vote.
popularresistance.org/bolivian-polls-show-socialist-candidate-to-win-elections-in-first-round/

US must tear down 'whole system of oppression,' says Democrat Ilhan Omar. Dems have 'given up' on America, Republicans reply
rt.com | 2020-07-08
Ilhan Omar has called on the US "to tear down systems of oppression." But the Minnesota Democratic representative's remarks have outraged Republicans, who say she wants to ruin the whole American system. | Oppression is seen pretty much across the board in the American system, Omar claimed in a speech in Minnesota on Tuesday. | "We are fighting to tear down systems of oppression that exist in housing, in education, in healthcare, in employment, in the air we breathe," she said. | "We cannot stop at the criminal justice system. We must begin the work of dismantling the whole system of oppression wherever we fin…
rt.com/usa/494174-ilhan-omar-system-oppression/

Thursday 7/16: Organizing Meeting: Stop Police Violence — Slash the SFPD Budget
Freedom Socialist Party Bay Area | indybay.org | 2020-07-08
This meeting will be held on Zoom. | Register at bit.ly/Slash-SFPD-Budget…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/08/18834946.php

Is China the New Indispensable Nation?
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-07-08
Usually when there are protests, however minor, happening in a nation that has run afoul of the United States the "International Community" and "Human Rights Activists" rally to push for regime change. However, now that there are mass protests exploding over the United States these types of voices are completely silent. American police are free to destroy CHAZ and other camps however they see fit. This is the power of America, however this time around there sure are a lot of red flags and Communist sentiments in the mouths of the protestors. If we were still in the Cold War the Soviet Union would have been instan…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/07/08/is-china-new-indispensable-nation/

ICE Threatens to Deport or Bar International Students If Schools Move Classes Online Due to Pandemic
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-07-08
As President Trump pressures states to reopen schools in the fall despite an alarming surge in new coronavirus cases, ICE says international students studying at U.S. universities could face deportation if their schools switch to online-only courses. The U.S. issues more than a million student visas a year, and international students account for as much as a third of the undergraduate student body at many colleges and universities and often constitute the majority of graduate students. "I have yet to see a justification for this," says immigration attorney Fiona McEntee, who notes that international students cont…
www.democracynow.org/2020/7/8/ice_international_students

COVID Exposes "Significant Racial Health Inequities" as Black, Brown & Indigenous People Suffer Most
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-07-08
The coronavirus continues to hit communities of color the hardest, with federal data showing African American and Latinx people are nearly three times more likely to be infected and twice as likely to die from the virus compared to their white neighbors. There were "pretty significant racial health disparities" even before COVID-19 ravaged the country, says Dr. Uché Blackstock, emergency medicine physician in New York and founder and CEO of Advancing Health Equity, a company working to fight racism and bias in health services. "What we saw in the pandemic these first few months is these really significant racial…
www.democracynow.org/2020/7/8/racial_disparities_healthcare_coronavirus

The New NYC? Houston Hospitals Struggle with "Astonishing" Rise in Coronavirus Cases
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-07-08
As COVID-19 cases rise and hospitalizations are soaring, hospitals in Florida, Texas, Arizona and California are running out of ICU beds. On Tuesday, Texas set a grim new record of 10,000 new cases in a single day. "It's been astonishing," says Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times correspondent Dr. Sheri Fink, who has been reporting from Houston's largest hospital. "They've been adding unit after unit after unit just to care for coronavirus patients."
www.democracynow.org/2020/7/8/houston_coronavirus_surge

Thursday 7/9: Scotts Valley: Black Lives Matter Peaceful Protest
Black Lives Matter Scotts Valley | indybay.org | 2020-07-08
5: 30pm: Meet at Skypark, 361 Kings Village Rd, Scotts Valley | March to MacDorsa Park, 1 Civic Center Drive, Scotts Valley…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/07/18834939.php

Milton, Mass.: Rally protests anti-racist teacher's suspension
Lyn Neeley | workers.org | 2020-07-08
Hundreds rallied on Juneteenth (June 19) in Milton, Mass., calling for an end to systemic racism in school curriculum and voicing support for Zakia Jarrett, an African-American sixth-grade English teacher. Jarrett was briefly put on administrative leave June 5 for her remarks on police violence during a lesson on racism. . . . | Continue reading Milton, Mass.: Rally protests anti-racist teacher's suspension at Workers.org…
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Black Lives Matter protests continue in cities across the US
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-08
Over a month after the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers, protests continue to rage on in dozens of cities across the United States with demands for structural change…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/08/black-lives-matter-protests-continue-in-cities-across-the-us/

Cops dismantle CHOP, Seattle anti-racist protests continue
Jim McMahan | workers.org | 2020-07-08
After 3 1/2 weeks of anti-racist organizing at the Capital Hill Organizing Protest (CHOP), Seattle cops raided and closed the six-block encampment on July 1. They invaded with a massive force of police and the FBI. Over 40 people were arrested during the raid, but arrestees totaled at least 69 . . . | Continue reading Cops dismantle CHOP, Seattle anti-racist protests continue at Workers.org…
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Filipinos take to the streets opposing Duterte's Anti-Terror Law
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-08
Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte received widespread condemnation for passing the controversial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, which he signed unto law on July 3. Protests against the law were registered at the University of Philippines Diliman in Manila on Saturday. These were organized by the youth faction of the Gabriela Women's Party (GWP), an affiliate of the left-wing Makabayan bloc.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/08/filipinos-take-to-the-streets-opposing-dutertes-anti-terror-law/

Three Books on the 2020 Presidential Election and Their Relevance to the Black Live Matter Protests
Nick Licata | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-08
Each discusses strategies how the election could address minority and racial injustices that have long been ignored. The recent killings of unarmed Black citizens by police or white vigilantes has initiated the largest national outpouring of angry protests since Martin Luther King's assassination in 1968. With less than five months until the 2020 presidential election,…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/08/three-books-on-the-2020-presidential-election-and-their-relevance-to-the-black-live-matter-protests/

Vibrant Community Of Resistance Behind New Orleans' Historic Protests
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-08
New Orleans has recently seen some of the largest protests in the city's modern history — with thousands of people taking to the streets daily to demand systemic change, including defunding police and money for housing, healthcare and jobs. These protests are the visible manifestation of grassroots organizing that has been going for decades and did not stop with COVID-19. | This video highlights just a few of the many organizations that have built and organized for this moment — even as the city was under quarantine — culminating not only in mass protests, but also direct action that seized an e…
popularresistance.org/vibrant-community-of-resistance-behind-new-orleans-historic-protests/

US affirms Lebanon support as Hezbollah steps up criticism
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-08
A U.S. general voiced Washington's backing for Lebanese stability on Wednesday on a visit that triggered a protest by demonstrators including supporters of the Iran-backed Hezbollah against U.S. policies in the country.General Kenneth McKenzie's visit to Beirut, a big recipient of U.S. military aid, comes after Hezbollah stepped up criticism of U.S. ambassador Dorothy Shea on Tuesday, accusing her of blatant interference in Lebanese affairs.Lebanon is in throes of an acute financial crisis seen as the biggest threat to its stability since the 1975-90 civil war.The heavily armed Hezbollah, founded by Iran's Revolu…
yenisafak.com/en/world/us-affirms-lebanon-support-as-hezbollah-steps-up-criticism-3533995

Riot in Serbia as crowd protests COVID-19 restrictions
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-08
At least 23 demonstrators have been detained in the Serbian capital of Belgrade, after a crowd, attempted to enter the National Assembly building late Tuesday evening.The crowd was peeved at the announcement made by President Aleksandar Vucic to enforce a weekend curfew to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.In pitched battles, 43 police personnel were also injured.Serbian Police Chief Vladimir Rebic on Wednesday said that the police officials were injured because the hard objects were thrown at them.Rebic said that five police vehicles were torched, forcing the police to fire tear gas shells to disperse demonstrators.H…
yenisafak.com/en/world/riot-in-serbia-as-crowd-protests-covid-19-restrictions-3533969

VIDEO: US protesters deplore Israeli regime's annexation plan
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-08
TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) — American protesters gathered on Tuesday outside Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's home in Washington DC to protest his talks involving the Israeli regime's occupation.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160701/VIDEO-US-protesters-deplore-Israeli-regime-s-annexation-plan

WATCH: SUV drives through crowd of BLM protesters in New York, but driver released without charge
rt.com | 2020-07-08
A motorist panicked after being surrounded by Black Lives Matter protesters in New York's Times Square, speeding through the crowd and trapping a bicycle under the vehicle's chassis. No charges have been filed as yet, however. | "We have bikes that go in the front and block off the intersection and redirect traffic so we don't have to worry about things happening like what just happened," one protest organizer explained after protesters pursued the driver for two blocks. | The group of cyclists were attempting to stop traffic to allow the BLM protesters through when the driver suddenly panicked after their Dod…
rt.com/usa/494138-suv-rams-blm-protesters-nyc/

SECOND night of clashes in Serbia as government & opposition blame each other for protests over Covid-19 lockdown
rt.com | 2020-07-08
Thousands of people gathered in Belgrade and other major cities to protest the Serbian government's intent to reimpose coronavirus lockdowns. Stones and teargas flew as they clashed with riot police long into the night. | Police in Belgrade have reportedly dispersed the bulk of the demonstrators by midnight local time on Wednesday, after nearly five hours of standoffs and clashes with a crowd of mostly young men and women. | What started on Tuesday as a protest against the announced second round of Covid-19 lockdowns quickly turned into an attempt to storm the parliament and fights with the police. | Also on r…
rt.com/news/494201-belgrade-protests-covid-escalate/

Tractors in go-slow protest outside Parliament
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-08
Farmers protesting about threats to food standards brought their tractors to Westminster.Around 20 vehicles slowly made their way through the streets around Parliament in a noisy demonstration ahead of the Agriculture bill's return to the Lords on Thursday.People during a demonstration organised by Save British Farming (Stefan Rousseau/PA)Campaigners from Save British Farming dressed as fruit and vegetables to highlight their concerns about the risk of food standards being lowered in the pursuit of a trade deal with the United States.Tractors on the streets around Parliament as part of the protest (Stefan Roussea…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/07/08/tractors-in-go-slow-protest-outside-parliament/

Saturday 7/11: Justice for Sean Monterrosa Protest and March
Vessels of Vallejo | indybay.org | 2020-07-08
Vallejo City Hall | 555 Santa Clara St. | Vallejo, CA 94590…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/08/18834960.php

Elected Officials demand an end to the environmental injustices in communities of color
Ramona du Houx | indybay.org | 2020-07-08
From the heart of the city to the suburbs and rural communities, protesters have risen up against the systemic racism. One group of public servants from states across the country insist on legislative action to end to the environmental injustices in communities of color.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/08/18834948.php

Canada's membership in the Five Eyes alliance promoting conflict with China
Yves Engler | mronline.org | 2020-07-08
It is time Canadians debate whether they want to be part of an intelligence group driving hostile relations with China.
mronline.org/2020/07/08/canadas-membership-in-the-five-eyes-alliance-promoting-conflict-with-china/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=canadas-membership-in-the-five-eyes-alliance-promoting-conflict-with-china

Arizona teachers want to tax the rich for their students
Joe Bernick | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-08
The Arizona Chamber of Commerce and the ultra-right-wing state legislature were hoping that the COVID-19 pandemic would save them from those pesky citizen initiatives that regular citizens can place on the ballot to be voted into law. The corporate interests and their right-wing backers are especially fearful of a proposed initiative that would raise over …
peoplesworld.org/article/arizona-teachers-want-to-tax-the-rich-for-their-students/

Cuba exhorta a ayuda de OIT para dejar atrás crisis por COVID-19
Prensa Latina | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-08
LA HABANA–El presidente de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, exhortó hoy a la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) a ayudar al mundo para superar la crisis causada por la pandemia de COVID-19. La OIT puede contribuir con su amplia obra en favor de la justicia social, la promoción del empleo digno y la protección de los derechos …
peoplesworld.org/article/cuba-exhorta-a-ayuda-de-oit-para-dejar-atras-crisis-por-covid-19/

The Breonna Taylor Bridge
Elliot Sperber | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-08
The Breonna Taylor Bridge If you've ever wondered why The circle's so defined Blame those damn Babylonians Thinking that there Were just that many days in a year And, so, we circle And search the block The dolphin barrette — it's lost Perhaps it's in the pickle shop Such cool and salty things taste good…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/08/the-breonna-taylor-bridge/

If Governments Believe So Much in Nonviolence, They Should Try It
Jakeet Singh | zcomm.org | 2020-07-08
Important questions are being raised about why the police seem so much less skilled in nonviolent techniques of de-escalation and conflict resolution than the average bartender, ambulance attendant and social worker…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/if-governments-believe-so-much-in-nonviolence-they-should-try-it/

Macri is further implicated in the case investigating an illegal spying network
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-08
Former Argentine president Mauricio Macri is eagerly watching the progress of a lawsuit in which 22 people were arrested on June 30, including former officials of his government, which links intelligence agents to political power…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/08/macri-is-further-implicated-in-the-case-investigating-an-illegal-spying-network/

Israeli Court Orders Muslim Cemetery Destroyed to Build Homeless Shelter
Celine Hagbard | imemc.org | 2020-07-08
In Tel Aviv on Tuesday, an Israeli court rejected an appeal by the Islamic Council of Jaffa to preserve a 200-year old Muslim cemetery, ruling instead that the municipality of Tel Aviv can move forward with plans to build a homeless shelter on the site. The ruling followed weeks of …
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Defund the Pentagon, Too
William D. Hartung | thenation.com | 2020-07-08
Defund the Pentagon, Too…
thenation.com/article/society/defund-police-pentagon/

A New Tonkin Gulf Incident in the Making?
Michael T. Klare | zcomm.org | 2020-07-08
Halt Trump's rush to war in the Pacific…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/a-new-tonkin-gulf-incident-in-the-making/

'End police brutality' with new forms of union solidarity
Ed Childs and G. Lechat | workers.org | 2020-07-08
A rally and march against police brutality called by UNITE HERE Local 26 — a union representing hotel, casino and school dining hall workers — drew upwards of 500 to the Commons in the center of this working-class immigrant city on June 26. A former manufacturing center that fell on . . . | Continue reading 'End police brutality' with new forms of union solidarity at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/07/49878/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=end-police-brutality-with-new-forms-of-union-solidarity

Canadian establishment downplays failed attempt to assassinate Trudeau
wsws.org | 2020-07-08
Hurren's assassination attempt raise troubling questions about his political motivations, the degree to which he was active in far-right circles and whether he acted alone.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/08/trud-j08.html

Invisible Rainbow: 5G Electromagnetic Radiation and the Evolution of Life on Planet Earth
Robert J. Burrowes | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-08
In his recently revised and updated book The Invisible Rainbow: A History of Electricity and Life, scientist Arthur Firstenberg has made both science and history comprehensible by explaining the importance and significance to life on Earth of a vital …
globalresearch.ca/invisible-rainbow-5g-electromagnetic-radiation-and-the-evolution-of-life-on-planet-earth/5718033

Palestinian from Gaza Abducted by Israeli Forces at Erez Crossing
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-07-08
The Israeli forces abducted , on Monday evening, a Palestinian passenger at the Beit Hanoun (Erez) border crossing, in northern besieged Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Information Center reported. The young man, Abdullah Shaker, was on his way to request permission to travel to Israel, in order to donate bone marrow …
imemc.org/article/palestinian-from-gaza-abducted-by-israeli-forces-at-erez-crossing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=palestinian-from-gaza-abducted-by-israeli-forces-at-erez-crossing

Transform Unions and Organize the Unemployed
Sam Gindin | zcomm.org | 2020-07-08
Workers still have the power to shut down production but unions must have a class consciousness, including organizing the unemployed…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/transform-unions-and-organize-the-unemployed/

Netanyahu's Annexation Drive
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-08
Land seizures, annexations, and conquest. These are words axiomatic to the state of Israel. In the main, the state has maintained an uncomfortable position based on patience and attrition. We have waited this long; you will wait longer. Be it …
globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-annexation-drive/5718041

The National Institute of Health (NIH) Owns Half of Moderna Vaccine: Robert F. Kennedy Jr
Robert F. Kennedy Jr | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-08
New documents obtained by Axios and Public Citizen suggest that the National Institute of Health (NIH) owns half the key patent for Moderna's controversial COVID vaccine and could collect half the royalties. | In addition, four NIH scientists have filed their …
globalresearch.ca/new-docs-nih-owns-half-moderna-vaccine/5718062

PCHR: "Israeli Occupation Authorities Arrest Civilian Travelling to Donate Bone Marrow for His Brother in Tel HaShomer Hospital"
PCHR | imemc.org | 2020-07-08
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the arrest of a civilian from the Gaza Strip by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stationed at Beit Hanoun "Erez" Crossing. The civilian was traveling to Tel HaShomer Hospital as he is scheduled for a bone marrow donation for his ill brother, …
imemc.org/article/pchr-israeli-occupation-authorities-arrest-civilian-travelling-to-donate-bone-marrow-for-his-brother-in-tel-hashomer-hospital/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pchr-israeli-occupation-authorities-arrest-civilian-travelling-to-donate-bone-marrow-for-his-brother-in-tel-hashomer-hospital

Social Distancing for Mega-Million Fun and Profit
Sam Pizzigati | zcomm.org | 2020-07-08
Stocks are soaring, auctioneers are hammering, and the awesomely affluent are feeling no pain…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/social-distancing-for-mega-million-fun-and-profit/

Lawmaker Says Union Fired Him For Pushing Police Reform
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-07-08
Organized labor must confront police unions' opposition to meaningful accountability, says Delegate Gabriel Acevero.
therealnews.com/stories/lawmaker-says-union-fired-for-pushing-police-reform

The Tory children's minister was just branded a 'liar' over free school meals claims
Steve Topple | thecanary.co | 2020-07-08
The Tory government's children's minister has been repeatedly accused of lying over claims she made that parents were spending free school meals (FSM) eGift cards during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.The Tory chi…
thecanary.co/opinion/2020/07/08/the-tory-childrens-minister-was-just-branded-a-liar-over-free-school-meals-claims/

Propaganda and the Fragility of Hope
Mark Petrakis | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-07-08
In my experience, big events (like THIS one) and powerful social movements (like THAT one, oh you know, back a ways ago) do not appear out of nowhere, but can rather be traced back to what first appears as imperceptible shifts in the narrative ethers and in each of our views of the world around …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/07/propaganda-and-the-fragility-of-hope/

Cornel West interview on the Clintons and "Race Matters" (1993)
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-08
counterpunch.org/2020/07/08/cornel-west-interview-on-the-clintons-and-race-matters-1993/

A new Michigan rally for 'HEROES Act now' set for July 15
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-08
Grand Rapids, MI – After a lively rally on June 24 with nearly 100 workers, the stagehands union IATSE is calling a new rally on the steps of the Michigan State Capitol for July 15. The stagehands and other gig workers are demanding the passage of the HEROES (Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions) Act by the U.S. Senate. July 25 is looming as the $600 per week unemployment boost that keeps people paying their bills is set to run out. Tensions are rising not just in Michigan, but also for stagehands from New York City to Hollywood, across the whole country. | "The U.S. House of Representatives…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/7/8/new-michigan-rally-heroes-act-now-set-july-15

Charles Booker Could Have Won
Karthik Ganapathy | thenation.com | 2020-07-08
Charles Booker Could Have Won…
thenation.com/article/politics/charles-booker-sunrise-movement/

The Merits of Medicare for All Have Been Proven by This Pandemic
Sonali Kolhatkar | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-08
A pandemic is not the time to be having discussions about how to design a national health care system. The fact that the United States, which has 4 percent of the world's population, leads the world with 25 percent of all coronavirus infections, indicates at a glance that something about our nation's health care is…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/08/the-merits-of-medicare-for-all-have-been-proven-by-this-pandemic/

The US is Now the Global Public Health Emergency
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-08
If the United States had quick-thinking and efficient leadership, the pandemic would have infected about 100,000 people and killed only a couple thousand. That's the experience of South Korea, times seven to account for the difference in population. If the United States had overwhelmed but reasonably sensible leadership, the coronavirus pandemic would have racked up…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/08/the-us-is-now-the-global-public-health-emergency/

Rudolfo Anaya, an American writer for eternity
David Trujillo | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-08
LOS ANGELES — Rudolfo Anaya, a gifted contemporary Chicano literature author, has died at age 82, in his home in Albuquerque, N.M. The Chicano literature world and the community heard of his passing on June 28. Anaya's stories touched the very soul of Mexican/Chicano experience. Now we find the dry arid blowing whistling winds of …
peoplesworld.org/article/rudolfo-anaya-an-american-writer-for-eternity/

Why Has Society Failed to Integrate Grief Into Public Life?
Sam Huber | thenation.com | 2020-07-08
Why Has Society Failed to Integrate Grief Into Public Life?
thenation.com/article/culture/rachel-kauder-nalebuff-interview-stages/

Israeli Troops Abduct More than a Dozen Palestinians from the West Bank
IMEMC Staff | imemc.org | 2020-07-08
Israeli troops abducted early on Wednesday about fifteen Palestinian residents from various parts of the West Bank, including the occupied East Jerusalem. In the occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli police abducted Palestinian engineer, Bassam Alhalaq, who is in charge of construction works, inside the Alaqsa Mosque. Palestinian News Agency, Maan, said …
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The Coronavirus Seal: Victoria's Borders Close
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-07-08
The state of Victoria is being sealed off from the rest of Australia. On Tuesday, at 11.59pm, the border with New South Wales will be shut with publicised resoluteness. It is happening at the insistence of politicians across the country with a panicked urge. On the way are reminders about the miracle that was federation …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/07/the-coronavirus-seal-victorias-borders-close/

Covid Is the Bomb
Makani Themba | thenation.com | 2020-07-08
Covid Is the Bomb…
thenation.com/article/society/coronavirus-racism-america/

The Merits of Medicare for All Have Been Proven by This Pandemic
Sonali Kolhatkar | zcomm.org | 2020-07-08
The horror of the coronavirus pandemic proves that progressives have been justified in demanding a single-payer health care system…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-merits-of-medicare-for-all-have-been-proven-by-this-pandemic/

Politics and Corruption at the World Health Organization (WHO)
Dr. Pascal Sacré | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-08
This article, translated from French, was written prior to the Wuhan Coronavirus epidemic outbreak. | *** | The WHO [OMS in French] is the World Health Organisation. 'WHO' in English — and that's much more appropriate. WHO: who is it really? | Would | …
globalresearch.ca/politics-corruption-who/5702045

US starts process of withdrawing from WHO
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-08
The process of withdrawal will take a year and if not reversed, the US will cease to be a member of the WHO from July 6, 2021. It is unclear if the president has the power to withdraw from a global organization without approval from Congress…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/08/us-starts-process-of-withdrawing-from-who/

The JNF's Sordid History: Tower and Stockades, Forests and Jim Crow Vetting Committees
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-07-08
Ôªø The Jewish National Fund (JNF) rightly presents itself as the most venerable of the Zionist institutions: It stands at the heart of a state-building project launched more than a century ago; It is an organisation that is today deeply embedded in the structures of the Israeli state; It is the guardian of the Israel's …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/07/the-jnfs-sordid-history-tower-and-stockades-forests-and-jim-crow-vetting-committees/

International students may be asked to leave the US, if classes entirely online
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-08
The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has announced the move as several universities are planning to move classes online in the upcoming semester…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/08/international-students-may-be-asked-to-leave-the-us-if-classes-entirely-online/

Right-Wing Resentment in Germany
Thomas Klikauer | zcomm.org | 2020-07-08
Source: Countercurrents The rise of AfD right-wing extremism may well threaten Germany's democratic society Photo by Corinna Haselmayer The rise of AfD right-wing extremism may well threaten Germany's democratic society. It applies even more since the AfD mutated into Bjà∂rn Hà∂cke's national-revolutionary movement party while also moving [its focus] from the earlier scapegoat (the Read…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/right-wing-resentment-in-germany/

How the law killed Ahmaud Arbery
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-07-08
In many states, legal regimes sanction the predictable murder of innocent black men. Justice will not be served until the law changes.
mronline.org/2020/07/08/how-the-law-killed-ahmaud-arbery/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-the-law-killed-ahmaud-arbery

OCHA: Protection of Civilians Report (16 — 29 June 2020)
OCHA | imemc.org | 2020-07-08
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Biweekly Highlights An eight-month-old baby boy, who needed a heart surgery at an Israeli hospital, could not exit Gaza and died on 18 June. Since 21 May, the PA has not accepted or transferred applications for exit permits from Gaza …
imemc.org/article/ocha-protection-of-civilians-report-16-29-june-2020/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ocha-protection-of-civilians-report-16-29-june-2020

Israeli Troops Invade Parts of Eastern Gaza City
IMEMC Staff | imemc.org | 2020-07-08
Israeli troops invaded earlier on Wednesday some parts of the eastern Gaza city, in the Gaza Strip. Local Palestinian media outlets, including Maan News Agency, said that a number of armored Israeli army vehicles, including three military bulldozers, invaded a border fence area, between eastern Gaza city an Israel, about …
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Were the Skripals Secretly Executed by Britain's Government?
Eric Zuesse | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-07-08
Where are Sergei and Yulia Skripal? Are they still alive? Their having been poisoned in England on 4 March 2018 didn't kill them. Sergei Skripal is (or was) the Russian and British double agent (Russian spy who defected to UK), who had become imprisoned for six years in Russia, and then became spy-swapped to, and …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/07/were-the-skripals-secretly-executed-by-britains-government/

The Tory government's hypocrisy is on form as it announces sanctions while supporting human rights violators
Afroze Fatima Zaidi | thecanary.co | 2020-07-08
Let's face it, the Tories have never really been known for championing human rights. Still, recent announcements from Dominic Raab regarding sanctions on foreign nationals for human rights violations were kind of a big deal. They came on the back of an alleged re-branding of the UK as a "
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/07/08/the-tory-governments-hypocrisy-is-on-form-as-it-announces-sanctions-while-supporting-human-rights-violators/

WOW Global 24 | Imaginando futuros: Eliane Brum
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-07-08
Em tempos de pandemia, quando a ordem é #ficaremcasa, mulheres do mundo todo juntam suas vozes no Festival WOW Global 24 Horas, que acontece nos dias 27 e 28 de junho.
mronline.org/2020/07/08/wow-global-24-imaginando-futuros-eliane-brum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wow-global-24-imaginando-futuros-eliane-brum

The Sad Faces of Our Children in Lockdown Covid Captivity
Julian Rose | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-08
Of all the depressing sights witnessed during the insane process of Covid home imprisonment, stupid social distancing and mask madness, the regimentation of children into predesignated playground /classroom 'chalked-off zones' is the one I find the most blood chilling. | There …
globalresearch.ca/the-sad-faces-of-our-children-in-lockdown-covid-captivity/5718058

Trump in 'free trade' talks with Brazilian right-wing authoritarian President Bolsonaro
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-08
WASHINGTON–Even as he celebrates forcing one so-called "free trade" pact down Mexico's throat, President Donald Trump is pursuing another, with his right-wing Southern Hemisphere compadre, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Of course, the talks may have hit a medical snag: Bolsonaro, who's been even more outspoken than Trump in denouncing the coronavirus as a fabricated threat, …
peoplesworld.org/article/trump-in-free-trade-talks-with-brazilian-right-wing-authoritarian-president-bolsonaro/

Anti-racism requires so much more than 'checking your privilege'
Momtaza Mehri | zcomm.org | 2020-07-08
Self-reflection is welcome. But until we undo the structures that hold up anti-blackness across the world, injustice will persist…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/anti-racism-requires-so-much-more-than-checking-your-privilege/

Black Lives Matter rewrites history
ABEAR | workers.org | 2020-07-08
July 7 — A people's tidal wave against white supremacy has swept through the U.S. since the police murder of George Floyd on May 25. The assertion of power by the people against racist oppression has defied curfews, teargas, deadly weapons, mass arrests and unjust laws. A statue of Christopher . . . | Continue reading Black Lives Matter rewrites history at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/07/49874/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=black-lives-matter-rewrites-history

The Great American Lie
Laura Flanders | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-08
The Financial Times recently reviewed a slew of business books whose titles speak volumes about denial in America. Winning Now, Winning Later; Future-Proof Your Business; Designing Your Work Life; and The Art of Being Indispensable at Work. The titles convey the most beloved message in America: namely that go-to people get theirs and get ahead…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/08/the-great-american-lie/

Is a Global Demographic Crisis Unavoidable?
Prof Rodrigue Tremblay | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-08
"Throughout history, any profound political and social change was preceded by a philosophical revolution, at least among a significant section of the population." –M. N. Roy (1887-1954), humanist and political figure from India, 1950. | "For social problems, to paraphrase …
globalresearch.ca/global-demographic-crisis-unavoidable/5718053

Elijah McClain's life mattered — abolish the police!
Monica Moorehead | workers.org | 2020-07-08
Elijah McClain was a 23-year-old massage therapist who lived in Aurora, Colo., outside of Denver. He was 5 feet, 7 inches and 140 pounds. He was also a violin player who used his talent to soothe animals. Elijah McClain was killed August 24, 2019. What was his crime? Walking while . . . | Continue reading Elijah McClain's life mattered — abolish the police! at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/07/49868/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=elijah-mcclains-life-mattered-abolish-the-police

Elderly Palestinian Detainee Dies In Captivity
Saed Bannoura | imemc.org | 2020-07-08
The Palestinian Commission of Detainees' Affairs has confirmed, on Wednesday morning, the death of an elderly Palestinian political prisoner at Israeli medical center following years of medical neglect. The Commission stated that Sa'adi Khalil al-Gharabily, 75, from Gaza, has died on Wednesday morning, at an Israeli medical center, after suffering …
imemc.org/article/elderly-palestinian-detainee-dies-in-captivity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=elderly-palestinian-detainee-dies-in-captivity

The End of the American Newspaper
Thomas Klikauer — Norman Simms | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-08
Since the birth of the Word Wide Web in March 1989 (at 00: 00PT/ 08: 00 CET) and the rise of Facebook and the like, the preferred business model of newspaper has been in steep decline as advertising revenue shifted from print media towards the Internet with Google, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are the largest winners. This meant that many newspapers are under severe financial stress while others have closed up shop all together.
counterpunch.org/2020/07/08/the-end-of-the-american-newspaper/

Welcome to Hectobillionaire Land
Bob Lord | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-08
You don't hear much about millionaires these days in America. Which makes some sense. Add up all our nation's personal wealth, divide by our number of people, and we have an average wealth per person in the United States today of about $300,000. At that average, a family of three worth a million dollars turns…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/08/welcome-to-hectobillionaire-land/

Cuba helping the world fight COVID-19, despite U.S. government's retaliation efforts
Orlando Oramas León | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-08
HAVANA–While the United States tries to disqualify Cuba's international medical cooperation, the list of brigades sent by the island to fight COVID-19 in different latitudes of the planet grows. They are the members of the Henry Reeve Contingent, created in 2005 by Fidel Castro to face situations of serious epidemics and natural disasters. It is a …
peoplesworld.org/article/cuba-helping-the-world-fight-covid-19-despite-u-s-governments-retaliation-efforts/

Black Lives Matter rewrites history
Minnie Bruce Pratt | workers.org | 2020-07-08
July 7 — A people's tidal wave against white supremacy has swept through the U.S. since the police murder of George Floyd on May 25. The assertion of power by the people against racist oppression has defied curfews, teargas, deadly weapons, mass arrests and unjust laws. A statue of Christopher . . . | Continue reading Black Lives Matter rewrites history at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/07/49874/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=black-lives-matter-rewrites-history

Joint Press Realease: Assessing cases of the 2014 attacks on Gaza leads to definitive conclusion: victims and survivors have been abandoned to non-genuine investigations and gross injustice
Al-Mezan Center For Human Rights | imemc.org | 2020-07-08
Gaza City and London, 07 July 2020 — In the summer of 2014, Al Mezan and LPHR worked together to examine egregious acts of horror against civilians in Gaza, trapped in a closed-off territory while under military bombardment run by Israel's political and military leadership; its emblematic feature being that dozens of …
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Uruguayans reject the approval of the Urgent Consideration Law
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-08
The Urgent Consideration Law (LUC) is a neoliberal legislation that promotes budget cuts in the public sector, supports the privatization of public companies and restricts the right to strike of the workers, among other setbacks…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/08/uruguayans-reject-the-approval-of-the-urgent-consideration-law/

Is modern slavery the reason behind the Leicester lockdown?
Aisha Taras | thecanary.co | 2020-07-08
Last week, Leicester saw soaring rates of coronavirus (Covid-19) cases, and enforced a local additional lockdown, an unprecedented move in an already unprecedented time. As a moderately sized city, not massively populated, it seemed a strange place for an outbreak centre. Many were quick to point the finger at the high number of BAME people living in that area, claiming there are large extended families living in small quarters and lacking the wherewithal to social distance. However, if that was t…
thecanary.co/opinion/2020/07/08/is-modern-slavery-the-reason-behind-the-leicester-lockdown/

US coronavirus case count soars past 3 million
wsws.org | 2020-07-08
Cities across the United States are being forced to ration coronavirus testing and are in danger of being compelled to ration treatment.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/08/usco-j08.html

Why You Should Give a F*ck | Ep. 5 | Campaigns
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-07-08
We explore the world of political campaigns, and discuss the importance of local elections, and the type of people who run for office.
therealnews.com/stories/why-you-should-give-a-fck-ep-5-campaigns

Key U.S. Ally Indicted for Organ Trade Murder Scheme
Nicolas J S Davies | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-08
When President Clinton dropped 23,000 bombs on what was left of Yugoslavia in 1999 and NATO invaded and occupied the Yugoslav province of Kosovo, U.S. officials presented the war to the American public as a "humanitarian intervention" to protect Kosovo's majority ethnic Albanian population from genocide at the hands of Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic. That…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/08/key-u-s-ally-indicted-for-organ-trade-murder-scheme/

Police, Prisons, and the Pentagon
William D. Hartung | zcomm.org | 2020-07-08
Defunding America's Wars at Home and Abroad…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/police-prisons-and-the-pentagon/

Afghanistan: What is to be Done?
Melvin Goodman | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-08
The mainstream media is asking the wrong questions regarding the possibility of Russian bounties for American soldiers. Over and over, they ponder what did the president know and when did he know it? These were important questions that Senator Howard Baker asked of President Nixon during Watergate, but they are meaningless questions for Donald Trump, given his ignorance and indifference.
counterpunch.org/2020/07/08/afghanistan-what-is-to-be-done/

Alex Vitale: Defunding The Police Is The Future
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-07-08
Police and police unions have proven incapable of ensuring public safety, argues Alex Vitale, author of The End of Policing.
therealnews.com/stories/alex-vitale-defunding-police-future-public-safety

Florida orders schools to reopen as COVID-19 cases surge
wsws.org | 2020-07-08
The Florida Department of Education is ordering schools to physically open in August, threatening the lives of teachers and students.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/08/flor-j08.html

Alex Vitale: Defunding The Police Is The Future
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-07-08
Police and police unions have proven incapable of ensuring public safety, argues Alex Vitale, author of The End of Policing.
therealnews.com/stories/alex-vitale-defunding-police-future-public-safety

Human Trafficking for Organs Removal: An Unseen Form of Exploitation
OFSCIE | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-08
This is an official report of the OSCE | Two-day online expert meeting to discuss recent developments and policy gaps in combating trafficking in human beings for the removal of organs concluded yesterday evening. The event was co-organized by the Office …
globalresearch.ca/human-trafficking-organs-removal/5718056

The World Is Changing — But Whose Voice Is Telling You How?
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-08
Dear Readers, | The world is changing — but whose voice is telling you how? | Global Research stands at a pivotal moment in its 19-year history. Increasingly we are faced with new challenges regarding how to keep our content flowing and …
globalresearch.ca/the-world-is-changing-but-whose-voice-is-telling-you-how/5718074

Twitter Gave Free Rein for Jack Posobiec To Publish Antisemitic Hate and Disinformation
splcenter.org | 2020-07-08
Twitter enabled OANN correspondent Jack Posobiec's rise by giving him space to promote hate and mislead the public without facing consequences, Hatewatch has determined in a comprehensive review of his account history.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/07/08/twitter-gave-free-rein-jack-posobiec-publish-antisemitic-hate-and-disinformation

Van Gogh's Literary Influences
John Kendall Hawkins | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-08
"Books and reality and art are the same kind of thing for me." — Vincent Van Gogh In 1888, Vincent Van Gogh sold The Red Vineyard, a vibrant field of color abuzz with laborers, to an intimate supporter of the hungry artist for today's equivalent of $2000. These days, a single painting by Van Gogh…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/08/van-goghs-literary-influences/

Turkey, UK agree Libya needs political solution
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-08
Turkey and the UK are in agreement on a diplomatic solution in Libya, Turkey's foreign minister said Wednesday.Mevlut Cavusoglu, who is paying a one-day working visit to London, said Turkey thinks the only solution in Libya conflict is a political one, adding: "We need to give pace to this political process under the roof of the UN."The conditions of the legitimate Sarraj government in Libya must be met for a ceasefire in Libya and it needs to be a permanent ceasefire, Cavusoglu noted.His remarks came after a meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at Downing Street.Turkish foreign minister earlier met…
yenisafak.com/en/world/turkey-uk-agree-libya-needs-political-solution-3533997

The Racist Underpinnings Of The American Way Of War
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-08
The U.S. military command's pushback against President Donald Trump's attempt to use the military against people demanding racial justice has received a lot of good press. | But let's not overdo the praise. For most of their existence, the U.S. Armed Forces were racially segregated. It was only in the 1950s that the slow process of integration began, with racial discrimination still a major problem in the ranks today. | While race has been widely discussed with respect to the composition and organization of the military, much less attention has been paid to the way racism has been a central feature of how the Uni…
popularresistance.org/the-racist-underpinnings-of-the-american-way-of-war/

Pandemic Capitalism: Pervasive Inequality Is A Chosen Catastrophe
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-08
The current flavor of 'no holds barred' capitalism sits at this precipice. For years, it has extracted everything within its reach. It has exploited our natural resources and damaged our ecosystems. It has claimed our time and effort, and even our hopes and dreams. All these things have been treated as resources to be mined for a system that's systematically designed to benefit the few. | The main idea underpinning the current version of capitalism is blindingly simple: you only have to remember one thing – that your job is to maximize profits. And you only have to accept one lie – that in doing so, you benefit t…
popularresistance.org/pandemic-capitalism-pervasive-inequality-is-a-chosen-catastrophe/

Why The Third Quarter US Economic Rebound Will Falter
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-08
All Great Recessions with an initial deep economic contraction, are typically followed by brief shallow recoveries, cut short by subsequent double dips or quarters of no growth stagnation. | That was true of the Great Recession of 2008-09, which didn't really end in June 2009 but bounced along the bottom economically for several more years. A similar trajectory will almost certainly follow today's 2020 Great Recession 2.0 now concluding its Phase One initial deep collapse. | The Phase One deep collapse is now giving way to its Phase Two and what will prove a brief and quite modest 'rebound'. But that's not a reco…
popularresistance.org/why-the-third-quarter-us-economic-rebound-will-falter/

How To Turn Your Non-Profit Into A Worker Co-op
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-08
If people who want to start a worker-owned cooperative are currently working for a government agency — like we were working for a nonprofit that was contracting with a government agency — but even if you are working directly with a government agency and they're going to outsource your jobs to another company, you have the best expertise that anyone could have for doing your job. And if you form a worker cooperative and put in your own bid, there's nothing to stop you from doing that. And your bid will probably be the most attractive because you know the best of how much things cost, and what to expect…
popularresistance.org/how-to-turn-your-non-profit-into-a-worker-co-op/

The World Can Show How Pharma Monopolies Aren't The Only Way To Fight COVID-19
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-08
The U.S. has bought up almost all of the stock of remdesivir from Gilead, making it nearly impossible for this COVID-19 drug to be available anywhere else in the world. After making America sick again, Trump is trying to compensate for his administration's failure by buying Gilead's production for the next three months for the U.S., leaving nothing for the rest of the world. | This makes it all the more urgent for India and other countries that featured prominently in previous drug license fights against Big Pharma in the U.S. and around the world for more than a decade to break Gilead's patent and issue compulso…
popularresistance.org/the-world-can-show-how-pharma-monopolies-arent-the-only-way-to-fight-covid-19/

A Decade Of Research On The Rich-Poor Divide In Education
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-08
Education inequality is not just a divide between rich and poor but also between the ultra-rich and everyone else. In 2020, a Pennsylvania State University researcher documented how the wealthiest school districts in America — the top 1 percent — fund their schools at much higher levels than everyone else and are increasing their school spending at a faster rate. The school funding gap between a top 1 percent district (mostly white suburbs) and an average-spending school district at the 50th percentile widened by 32 percent between 2000 and 2015, the study calculated. Nassau County, just outside New Y…
popularresistance.org/a-decade-of-research-on-the-rich-poor-divide-in-education/

Why Did The Bureau Of Prisons Impose A National Lockdown?
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-08
Following the murder of George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis on May 25, a nationwide uprising of unprecedented proportions has swept the U.S. in thousands of cities and towns, large and small, across all 50 states. This surge of mass resistance around issues of racial injustice, occurring against the backdrop of a major public health crisis and increasingly deteriorating economic conditions, has laid bare the failure of our capitalist system to protect working class communities of color. In addition to facing a much higher possibility of being endangered by an encounter with law enforcement, thes…
popularresistance.org/why-did-the-bureau-of-prisons-impose-a-national-lockdown/

Today's Revolution Includes Kale, Medical Care And Help With Rent
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-08
In recent months, members of progressive direct-action organizations have developed new systems for checking on their neighbors, dropping off food and medicine, providing protective personal equipment to incarcerated family members, and giving cash to those suddenly unemployed to meet immediate rent, food, and medical needs. At the same time, they're continuing to press for workers' rights and proper health care during the pandemic, as well as ensure access to federal stimulus money for individuals and small minority-owned businesses. | In so doing, these organizations are harkening back to their roots: people cr…
popularresistance.org/todays-revolution-includes-kale-medical-care-and-help-with-rent/

Senior managers of Interior Ministry's meeting with Jahangiri
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-08
TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) — Senior managers of Ministry of Interior held a meeting with Iranian First Vice President Es'hagh Jahangiri and Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli on Wednesday.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/160732/Senior-managers-of-Interior-Ministry-s-meeting-with-Jahangiri

"All the Credit He Gave Us:" Time to Drop Hamilton's Economics
Joel Schlosberg | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-08
The June 3 premiere of Hamilton on streaming service Disney+ marked the end of a five-year wait for audiences who hadn't seen the hit musical on stage. Alexander Hamilton's rivals in Hamilton concede that he "doesn't get enough credit for all the credit he gave us." To the contrary, as Voltairine de Cleyre noted a…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/08/all-the-credit-he-gave-us-time-to-drop-hamiltons-economics/

Huawei says US sanctions have no immediate impact on UK 5G supplies
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-08
U.S. sanctions targeting Huawei Technologies have had no immediate impact on the Chinese firm's ability to supply 5G equipment to the UK, Huawei Vice President Victor Zhang said on Wednesday."These restrictions actually haven't had an impact on Huawei's capability to supply to the UK's 5G and fibre solution at this moment," Zhang told reporters on a call."We need to talk about the long term impact, it takes time, it takes months."
yenisafak.com/en/technology/huawei-says-us-sanctions-have-no-immediate-impact-on-uk-5g-supplies-3533965

FBI chief says China greatest threat to future prosperity of US
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-08
Joining the anti-China chorus in the country with blistering remarks, the FBI Director Christopher Wray has designated China as the greatest future threat to economic prosperity of the US."The greatest long-term threat to our nation's information and intellectual property, and to our economic vitality, is the counter intelligence and economic espionage threat from China," Wray said at the US-based think tank Hudson Institute on Tuesday.China denies allegations of intellectual property theft and slams the US for interfering in its internal affairs from Hong Kong to South China Sea.Wray explained that confronting t…
yenisafak.com/en/world/fbi-chief-says-china-greatest-threat-to-future-prosperity-of-us-3533966

'I take full responsibility', UK PM Johnson says about care home comments
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-08
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday he took full responsibility for the government's response to the coronavirus outbreak, denying that he was trying to blame care workers for the spread of COVID-19.Johnson has been criticised for saying some care homes did not follow procedures to stem the spread of COVID-19 deaths and was repeatedly asked by opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer to apologise. The prime minister did not do so."The last thing I wanted to do is to blame care workers for what has happened, for any of them to think that I was blaming them," Johnson told parliament."When it comes t…
yenisafak.com/en/world/i-take-full-responsibility-uk-pm-johnson-says-about-care-home-comments-3533963

Borsa Istanbul tops 120,000 points
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-08
Following ups and downs due to the coronavirus outbreak, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index just reached a midweek peak of over 120,000 points.The index, which reached its historical high of 125,536.60 points in Jan. 22 and dropped to below 82,000 in March, since the normalization period starting in June has recovered almost all its losses.The index saw 120,203.44 points during the third transaction day of the week, while it is currently hovering between 119,000 and 120,000 points.After appearing in China last December, COVID-19 has affected economies worldwide deeply.Amid the normalization, Turkey has seen its viru…
yenisafak.com/en/economy/borsa-istanbul-tops-120000-points-3533962

Turkey, Jordan reject Israeli move to annex West Bank
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-08
Jordan and Turkey on Wednesday reiterated their rejection of an Israeli plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank. | Speaker of Jordan's House of Representatives (lower house of parliament), Atef Tarawneh, held talks in Amman with Turkish Ambassador Ismail Aramaz to discuss cooperation between the two countries in the parliamentary, economic and investment fields. | "Amman and Ankara have historic relations and bonds of friendship and cooperation which require maintaining coordination and consultation regarding the issues of mutual interest." Tarawneh said in a statement. | The Jordanian speaker reiterated hi…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-jordan-reject-israeli-move-to-annex-west-bank-3533964

Eurasian nations register new coronavirus cases, deaths
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-08
Coronavirus cases and fatalities continued to rise across Eurasia on Wednesday.- KazakhstanIn the Central Asian country of Kazakhstan, new cases rose by 1,376 to reach the total of 51,059.Recoveries increased by 630, bringing the tally to 16,928, the Health Ministry said.The government is trying to eliminate the drug shortage in pharmacies.The country's Foreign Ministry announced that humanitarian aid sent by Russia arrived in the country.The country had announced to implement a 14-day-quarantine procedure as of July 5.- UkraineHealth Minister Maksym Stepanov announced 807 more virus cases over the past 24 hours,…
yenisafak.com/en/world/eurasian-nations-register-new-coronavirus-cases-deaths-3533990

Ertugrul star to return to screens as details on long-awaited sequel emerge
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-08
Ertugrul star Engin Altan Dàºzyatan is set to return to screens as details start to emerge about his long-awaited appearance in the sequel of the hit Turkish drama.According to reports, Dàºzyatan is currently in talks with Turkish Broadcaster (TRT), home of the sequel to Resurrection: Ertugrul called Establishment: Osman, to reprise his role as the titular character in the popular series that took the world by storm.However, while no progress has been made yet with regards to Dàºzyatan's return to the sequel, fans of the heartthrob actor still got a bit of good news as he was reportedly offered a l…
yenisafak.com/en/life/ertugrul-star-to-return-to-screens-as-details-on-long-awaited-sequel-emerge-3533994

Russia, Turkey seek solution to Libya crisis: Lavrov
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-08
Russia and Turkey will continue joint efforts on finding a solution to the Libyan crisis, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday.The two countries are seeking an approach that would allow for immediate cease-fire in Libya, the minister said, speaking at a news conference in Moscow."Within the dialogue, sanctioned at the highest level by the presidents of Russia and Turkey, we have been working on finding approaches that would allow us to immediately declare a cease-fire and start resolving all other issues," the top diplomat said.He said the first essential step toward a solution is to declare "a c…
yenisafak.com/en/news/russia-turkey-seek-solution-to-libya-crisis-lavrov-3533992

Dubai 'haven for trade-based money laundering': Report
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-08
A global financial center Dubai is a "haven for trade-based money laundering" with its nearly 30 free trade zones, a recent report published by a US-based think tank claimed."Dubai's prosperity is a steady stream of illicit proceeds borne from corruption and crime," said Carnegie Endowment's report on the Arabic country's role in facilitating corruption and global illicit financial flows.It accused both Emirati leaders and the international community of continuing "to turn a blind eye to the problematic behaviors, administrative loopholes, and weak enforcement practices that make Dubai a globally attractive desti…
yenisafak.com/en/world/dubai-haven-for-trade-based-money-laundering-report-3533996

China criticizes US for exiting WHO during pandemic
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-08
China on Wednesday said the US' decision to leave the World Health Organization (WHO) during a pandemic was a blow to global efforts against COVID-19."The US' withdrawal from WHO is another example of a US unilateral retreat from an international organization," Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian cited by the local daily Global Times as saying."It harms the efforts of the world in its fight against this epidemic and severely harms developing nations that most need international support," he told a news conference in Beijing.His comment came after President Donald Trump's administration officially withdrew t…
yenisafak.com/en/world/china-criticizes-us-for-exiting-who-during-pandemic-3533968

US coronavirus cases top 3 million: study
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-08
Maryland-based university's tally counted 3,009,611 confirmed infections and 131,594 fatalities, while 936,476 people have recovered from the disease.The US continues to be worst-hit country with the highest number of cases and deaths worldwide, followed by Brazil and the UK.Recent spikes in cases and hospitalizations forced many US states to pause their reopenings or reimpose new restrictions to curb the spread of the virus.More than 36.8 million tests have been conducted so far.
yenisafak.com/en/world/us-coronavirus-cases-top-3-million-study-3533998

India arrests CEO, 11 others for industrial gas leak
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-08
Police in southern India have arrested the South Korean head and 11 other employees of a chemical plant for a recent gas leak that claimed at least 15 lives, said a police official.The employees late on Tuesday were accused of causing the deaths due to negligence in the incident that occurred on May 7 at the LG Polymers Plant in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh state. Local police chief Rajeev Kumar Meena confirmed in a statement that CEO Sunkey Jeong, technical director D. S. Kim and addition director P. P. Chandra Mohan Rao were under police custody, along with nine others."Investigation disclosed that the inciden…
yenisafak.com/en/world/india-arrests-ceo-11-others-for-industrial-gas-leak-3533961

Belgians holiday in trees as COVID-19 prompts staycations
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-08
The idea of Dutch artist Dre Wapenaar, the tree tents double as an art installation and are considered sculpture, rather than a commercially-produced tent."The tents are fully booked every summer, but this year, the bookings went much faster. If we had more tents, they would also be taken every day of July and August," said Katrien Houbey, head of tourism for the eastern town of Borgloon, which has hosted four tents along a tree-lined field since 2011. "I believe it's because of the government's guidelines to travel in your own country. So people started searching for alternatives to stay somewhere," she said.At…
yenisafak.com/en/world/belgians-holiday-in-trees-as-covid-19-prompts-staycations-3533970

Sunken migrant boat found in eastern Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-08
A migrant boat which sank last month in a lake in eastern Turkey has been found, the local governorship said on Wednesday."The boat was found at a depth of 106.5 meters [349.4 feet] off Carpanak Island" in Lake Van, the Van Governorship said in a statement.The boat and the bodies there will be recovered, the statement added.Lake Van, near Turkey's border with Iran, spans some 3,755 square kilometers (1,450 square miles).The boat is believed to have been carrying up to 60 migrants when it sank, and six bodies had been recovered so far, according to Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu.He said 11 suspects had been arre…
yenisafak.com/en/world/sunken-migrant-boat-found-in-eastern-turkey-3533993

Landmines in Syria's al-Bab pose risk to civilians
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-08
Civilians in the northern Syrian city of al-Bab are awaiting help from authorities to clear the area from landmines, planted by Daesh/ISIS terror group.The landmines and other explosives are strewn across and have limited agriculture activities, besides endangering humans and livestock.Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Muhammed Kalso, whose son was injured from a landmine explosion last week, has urged for a large-scale mine-clearing operation in the area.His son was injured while walking in the middle of the village."If we had known there was a mine in the middle of the village, we would not have taken the kids out. I…
yenisafak.com/en/world/landmines-in-syrias-al-bab-pose-risk-to-civilians-3533967

'Iran 1st trade partner of Iraq among neighbors'
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-08
TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) — The head of the Iraqi businessmen federation in Basra, Sabih Habib al-Hashemi named Iran as the first trade partner of his country.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160721/Iran-1st-trade-partner-of-Iraq-among-neighbors

Gen. Soleimani played key role in Lebanon's victories
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-08
TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) — Sheikh Naim Qassem said that Martyr General Soleimani had a significant role in the victories of Lebanon and Syria against terrorist groups.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160722/Gen-Soleimani-played-key-role-in-Lebanon-s-victories

'28 airport projects to go operational by Mar. 2021′
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-08
TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) — Mohammad Reza Zahmatkeshan, an official with Iran Airports Company, said on Wednesday that by March 2021, 28 airport projects will be inaugurated in the country.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160724/28-airport-projects-to-go-operational-by-Mar-2021

3 killed, several injured in suicide bomb blast in Kandahar
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-08
TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) — At least three policemen were killed and 18 others wounded in a suicide attack on Police HQ in Kandahar province in the early hours of Wednesday, according to the security source.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160719/3-killed-several-injured-in-suicide-bomb-blast-in-Kandahar

Parl. Speaker condoles Japan over recent floods
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-08
TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) — Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf expressed condolences over the loss of a number of Japanese citizens in the recent flood in the country.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160729/Parl-Speaker-condoles-Japan-over-recent-floods

Ulyanov reacts to Bolton's remarks on Lt. Gen. Soleimani
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-08
TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) — Russia's Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov reacted to Bolton's remarks regarding the assassination of Lt. Gen. Soleimani.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160731/Ulyanov-reacts-to-Bolton-s-remarks-on-Lt-Gen-Soleimani

Iran NOC urges UWW to modify Komeil Ghasemi's medal
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-08
TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) — In a letter to the president of the United World Wrestling (UWW), head of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) asked for the union's serious involvement in changing the color of Komeil Ghasemi's medal at the London Olympics.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160712/Iran-NOC-urges-UWW-to-modify-Komeil-Ghasemi-s-medal

Saudi fighter jets violate ceasefire in Al-Hudaydah
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-08
TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) — Saudi fighters violated the ceasefire in Yemen and launched a series of attacks on Al-Hudaydah province in the past 24 hours.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160725/Saudi-fighter-jets-violate-ceasefire-in-Al-Hudaydah

Iran, Russia seeking to expand energy coop
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-08
TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) — Iranian deputies from Ministries of oil and energy held a videoconference with Deputy Minister of Energy of Russia on Wednesday.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160727/Iran-Russia-seeking-to-expand-energy-coop

'US sanctions first culprit of Covid-19 damages in Iran'
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-08
TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) — The Iranian health minister named the US cruel sanctions as the first cause of the economic difficulties and the losses Iran has incurred during the COVID-19 outbreak.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160726/US-sanctions-first-culprit-of-Covid-19-damages-in-Iran

Foreign media aiming to sour Iran-China relations: Vaezi
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-08
TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) — Mahmoud Vaezi condemned the rumors over the Iran-china 25-Year Comprehensive Joint Cooperation Plan, noting that foreign media has started to sour the relations of the two countries.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160713/Foreign-media-aiming-to-sour-Iran-China-relations-Vaezi

US plotting soft-coup to dismantle Hash Al-Sha'abi
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-08
TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) — The representative of the Iraqi Al-Fath Coalition stated that the United States is plotting a soft coup to dismantle the Hashad al-sha'bi and create conflicts in Iraq through internal groups indiderctly.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160705/US-plotting-soft-coup-to-dismantle-Hash-Al-Sha-abi

Ayatalloah Jannati asks people to follow health guidelines
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-08
TEHRAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) — Secretary of the Guardian Council Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati called on people to stick to health guidelines as the COVID-19 death toll has hit a new high record in Iran.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160715/Ayatalloah-Jannati-asks-people-to-follow-health-guidelines

Tyranny Without a Tyrant: The Deep State's Divide-and-Conquer Strategy Is Working
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-08
"In a fully developed bureaucracy there is nobody left with whom one can argue, to whom one can present grievances, on whom the pressures of power can be exerted. Bureaucracy is the form of government in which everybody is deprived …
globalresearch.ca/tyranny-without-tyrant-deep-state-divide-conquer-strategy/5718038

The Heat: Militarization of US police
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-07-08
The militarization of US police and law enforcement. How pervasive is it? And, what toll is it having?
america.cgtn.com/2020/07/08/the-heat-militarization-of-us-police

California couple charged with HATE CRIME for painting over city-approved BLM mural
rt.com | 2020-07-08
The couple who attempted to paint over the City of Martinez's "Black Lives Matter" mural on the 4th of July have been charged with a hate crime and two other misdemeanors by a controversial "progressive" prosecutor. | Nichole Anderson and David Nelson have been hit with three misdemeanor charges over their efforts to paint over a Black Lives Matter mural in front of the Wakefield Taylor Courthouse just hours after the original painting was completed with the full blessing of the city of Martinez, a statement from Contra Costa District Attorney Diane Becton's office revealed on Tuesday. The pair could face up t…
rt.com/usa/494100-blm-mural-vandalism-hate-crime/

New York Times lays out conditions for Biden to debate Trump… or loophole to get Joe out of live sparring
rt.com | 2020-07-08
Joe Biden is a stumbling speaker at the best of times, and Donald Trump is the insult king. With the two set to engage in three televised debates, the New York Times has decided that Biden needs an out. | "I worry about Joe Biden debating Donald Trump," New York Times opinion columnist Thomas Friedman wrote on Tuesday. Friedman is likely not the only liberal pundit sweating at the prospect. Donald Trump, for all his ineloquence, is a brutal debater, well used to ripping his opponents apart with off-the-cuff insults and jibes. Joe Biden, by contrast, mumbles and fumbles his way even through prepared statements,…
rt.com/usa/494186-biden-trump-cancel-debate/

Trump threatens to CUT FUNDING for schools that don't reopen amid Covid-19 pandemic
rt.com | 2020-07-08
US President Donald Trump has warned schools that their funding may be cut if they choose to remain closed in the autumn — apparently to the benefit of his political opponents — because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. | "The Dems think it would be bad for them politically if U.S. schools open before the November Election," Trump tweeted on Wednesday, adding that he "may cut off funding" if schools refuse to reopen. | In Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and many other countries, SCHOOLS ARE OPEN WITH NO PROBLEMS. The Dems think it would be bad for them politically if U.S. schools open before th…
rt.com/usa/494180-trump-schools-open-coronavirus-funding/

You became RACIST yourself, users tell Reddit as it issues (& removes) ban on content portraying 'people of color' as 'aggressors'
rt.com | 2020-07-08
Reddit has announced that any type of content deemed offensive to people of color will not be allowed. But as outrage mounted among users over the policy,…
rt.com/usa/494106-reddit-blacklists-poc-aggressors/

'Redress for systemic racism'? California State University faculty demand free tuition for non-white students… & segregation
rt.com | 2020-07-08
Lamenting declining minority enrollment, California State University's faculty union has called for tuition-free education for nonwhite students, nixing a ban on affirmative action, and… segregating students and faculty by color? | The California Faculty Association has published a list of demands aimed at "redress for systemic anti-Black racism in the CSU," insisting that black faculty, students and staff are "criminalized both on CSU campuses and in our…
rt.com/usa/494103-california-faculty-demands-segregation/

Facebook bans accounts linked to Roger Stone, Proud Boys & Brazil's Bolsonaro in fight against 'coordinated inauthentic behavior'
rt.com | 2020-07-08
Facebook has banned dozens of pages allegedly linked to ex-Trump adviser and Republican operative Roger Stone, as well as Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, in its relentless battle against political 'misinformation networks'. | The 100-account network said to be linked to Stone, a Florida resident, was discovered in the course of an investigation into the right-wing group Proud Boys, banned from Facebook years ago, the social media behemoth revealed on Wednesday in a blog post. Some…
rt.com/usa/494199-facebook-bans-roger-stone-network/

TikTok violates children's privacy & feeds them with Nazi memes, media and NGOs wail — just in time to justify US ban
rt.com | 2020-07-08
TikTok has failed to protect children's privacy and can't even keep them safe from froth-mouthed Nazis, US NGOs and media have declared, just in time to give Washington a reason to ban the popular Chinese-made app. | The US Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department are reportedly probing accusations that TikTok failed to protect children's privacy in keeping with a 2019 agreement, according to representatives of tech policy groups whose anti-Tiktok grievances neatly coincide with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's hints earlier this week that Washington is seeking to ban the wildly popular micro-vlogging p…
rt.com/usa/494104-tiktok-attacked-ngos-children-ban/

New maths school targeting underrepresented groups to be developed by Imperial
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-07-08
Imperial College London is to develop a new government-backed maths school targeting underrepresented groups.
imperial.ac.uk/news/199315/new-maths-school-targeting-underrepresented-groups

Sunak backtracks on plan to tax workers who get Covid-19 tests from employers
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-08
The chancellor has scrapped plans for workers to pay tax on coronavirus tests funded by their employers, a move that would have particularly affected frontline workers. | Rishi Sunak said he would exempt the tests from income tax and National Insurance contributions (NICs) after he was warned that doctors and nurses could be hit with mounting bills. | Mel Stride, chair of the Commons Treasury Committee, said on Wednesday that he was "glad that common sense has prevailed" after pressuring the chancellor to make the U-turn. | New rules published by HM Revenue & Customs on Monday said that staff should pay tax on Co…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/07/08/sunak-backtracks-on-plan-to-tax-workers-who-get-covid-19-tests-from-employers/

Five things we learned from Rishi Sunak's mini-Budget
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-08
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has delivered his "summer economic update" to MPs.Here's what we learned: — The scale of the economic hit could potentially be very large indeedThe chancellor said the economy had shrunk by 25% in two months as a result of the lockdown — the same amount it grew in the previous 18 years.The Office for Budget Responsibility and the Bank of England were both warning of "significant job losses". | — The cost of measures to protect jobs and businesses could rise to £30 billionUp to £9.4 billion is available to pay firms £1,000 bonuses for each furloughed worker ke…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/07/08/five-things-we-learned-from-rishi-sunaks-mini-budget/

Chris Packham pursues legal action over HS2
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-08
A major review of the HS2 rail scheme gave a "very incomplete assessment of environmental matters", the Court of Appeal has been told. | This meant that the government gave the green light to the scheme based on a "complete misapprehension" of the environmental impact, lawyers for Chris Packham argue. | The TV presenter is pursuing a legal challenge at the Court of Appeal against the government over its decision to give the go-ahead to HS2. | Packham took his case to the High Court in April seeking an emergency injunction to stop works he claimed would cause destruction or "irreversible and irreparable loss" to a…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/07/08/chris-packham-pursues-legal-action-over-hs2/

PM dismisses pleas to extend free car parking for NHS staff post-Covid-19
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-08
Boris Johnson has dismissed pleas to retain free hospital parking for all NHS staff after the Covid-19 pandemic.The prime minister told Keir Starmer to "take his latest bandwagon and park it free somewhere else" when asked by the Labour leader to extend the policy.Starmer had warned the decision to end free parking in all but certain circumstances once the pandemic begins to ease adds "further insult to injury" for NHS workers.Labour leader Keir Starmer (Aaron Chown/PA)The Opposition leader also repeatedly pressed the prime minister to apologise for saying too many care homes do not follow the procedures as they…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/07/08/pm-dismisses-pleas-to-extend-free-car-parking-for-nhs-staff-post-covid-19/

Trump niece's book offers scathing portrayal of president
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-08
President Donald Trump's niece offers a scathing portrayal of her uncle in a new book, blaming a toxic family for raising a narcissistic, damaged man who poses an immediate danger to the public, according to a copy obtained by the Associated Press.Mary L Trump, a psychologist, writes that Donald Trump's re-election would be catastrophic and that "lying, playing to the lowest common denominator, cheating, and sowing division are all he knows"."By the time this book is published, hundreds of thousands of American lives will have been sacrificed on the altar of Donald's hubris and wilful ignorance. If he is afforded…
thecanary.co/us/us-news-us/2020/07/08/trump-nieces-book-offers-scathing-portrayal-of-president/

Rare gorillas with babies in Nigeria captured on camera
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-08
Conservationists have captured the first images of a group of rare Cross River gorillas with multiple babies in Nigeria's Mbe mountains, proof that the subspecies once feared to be extinct is reproducing amid protection efforts.Only around 300 Cross River gorillas were known to be alive at one point in the isolated mountainous region in Nigeria and Cameroon, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society, which captured the camera trap images in May. More colour images were recovered last month.John Oates, professor emeritus at City University of New York and a primatologist who helped establish conservation effo…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/07/08/rare-gorillas-with-babies-in-nigeria-captured-on-camera/

2020 LaborFest Art Gallery Focusing On Covid-19
LaborFest.net | indybay.org | 2020-07-08
LaborFest Art Gallery on Covid-19 and working people.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/08/18834949.php

Cal/OSHA MIA? Jeff Ruch Of PEER & The Crisis In Cal/OSHA
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-07-08
WorkWeek interviews Jeff Ruch from PEER about the virtual paralysis of Cal/OSHA which is supposed to protect the 19 million workers of California. He reports that CA/OSHA has recently sent out inspectors but refused to test them for Covid before they make visits of work sites. The Covid pandemic has gone on for over four months but Governor Gavin Newsom has refused to fully staff the agency and also there is still no Director of Industrial Relations which is over Cal/OSHA according to Ruch…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/07/18834934.php

World Leaders Meet to Tackle COVID Debt and Development Crises
Zach Conti | indybay.org | 2020-07-08
The G20 and Paris Forum convened a global virtual High-Level Ministerial conference for 39 countries focused on the economic, debt and development impacts of the coronavirus.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/08/18834956.php

California Reparations Bill AB 3121 – Senate Process in flow
Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2020-07-08
The signs and symbols surrounding the California State Capitol are coming down and few know the reason they were put in place. Reparative Justice hidden, cloaked in secrecy and does not mention Slavery thoroughout the State of California… limited narrow focus may do additional harm… yet not sure it matters because the Black Lives "in the building" is all that matters.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/08/18834945.php

Wednesday 7/8: #Repro Rundown: The Role Misogyny Has Played in the 2020 Election (NARAL)
NARAL Pro-Choice America | indybay.org | 2020-07-08
Online via livestream @ Instagram…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/07/18834943.php

Wednesday 7/8: End the War on the Poor: Rev. Dr. William Barber II and Robert Reich
Robert Reich | indybay.org | 2020-07-08
Online…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/08/18834958.php

Newsom helps the failing fracking industry — a business that endangers our health
Ramona du Houx | indybay.org | 2020-07-08
Amid a global health pandemic, Californian residents may soon be exposed to compounding respiratory threats from the result of more fracking operations. More than 310 Elected Officials from across the state demand that Governor Newsom stop issuing fracking permits immediately.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/08/18834947.php

Santa Cruz Grand Jury Suggests Transitioning Juvenile Hall into a Homeless Services Center
Santa Cruz News | indybay.org | 2020-07-08
In it's report, "Homelessness: Big Problem, Little Progress: It's Time To Think Outside The Box," the 2019-2020 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury suggests transitioning Juvenile Hall in Felton into a, "treatment and multi-faceted supportive services center for homeless individuals". The Civil Grand Jury report cited low incarceration numbers at Juvenile Hall in Felton compared to the number of staff members required to operate the facility, and noted that decreasing youth incarceration rates across the State of California has led to other counties closing their juvenile detention centers. "The Grand Jury believe…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/08/18834961.php

Corrupt Pelosi & Here Wealthy Husband Get PPP-Nancy Pelosi's husband among lawmaker-linked
repost | indybay.org | 2020-07-08
Corrupt Nancy Pelosi's wealthy husband received PPP loan funds.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/07/18834944.php

Key U.S. Ally Indicted for Organ Trade Murder Scheme
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-07-08
Nicolas J S DAVIES | When President Clinton dropped 23,000 bombs on what was left of Yugoslavia in 1999 and NATO invaded and occupied the Yugoslav province of Kosovo, U.S. officials presented the war to the American public as a "humanitarian intervention" to protect Kosovo's majority ethnic Albanian population from genocide at the hands of Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic. That narrative has been unraveling piece by piece ever since. | In 2008 an international prosecutor, Carla Del Ponte, accused U.S.-backed Prim…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/07/08/key-us-ally-indicted-for-organ-trade-murder-scheme/

Tiny Ireland, Giant Canada and the Start of Avalanches
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-07-08
Giant avalanches sweeping all before them often start with just a few tiny pebbles tumbling down and no one at first pays any attention: The surprise victory of Ireland over Canada to be voted by the United Nations General Assembly on to the Security Council for the next year may well be such a fateful pebble to set off transformational avalanches on both sides of the Atlantic. | That thunderous impact is likely to be felt far more strongly across Canada: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, despite his eternally boyish appearance has already led his country for six years, desperately scraping home in his most recent p…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/07/08/tiny-ireland-giant-canada-and-the-start-of-avalanches/

How to Take Back Control of Your Mind
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-07-08
"Politicians, Priests, and psychiatrists often face the same problem: how to find the most rapid and permanent means of changing a man's belief…The problem of the doctor and his nervously ill patient, and that of the religious leader who sets out to gain and hold new converts, has now become the problem of whole groups of nations, who wish not only to confirm certain political beliefs within their boundaries, but to proselytize the outside world." | — William Sargant "Battle of the Mind" | It is rather ironic that in this "age of information", we are more confused than ever… | It had been commonly though…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/07/08/how-to-take-back-control-of-your-mind/