2020-07-04: Social Media Postees

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Fifteen Palestinians Shot, Injured at Kufur Qaddoum Weekly Protest
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-07-04
Fifteen Palestinians were shot and injured by Israeli soldiers, Friday, at the weekly protest in the northern West Bank village of Kufur Qaddoum, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Locals in Kufur Qaddoum village, in the Qalqilia governorate, have been organizing protests every Friday for several years, to express their …
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[Comment] Offline: It’s time to convene nations to end this pandemic
Richard Horton | thelancet.com | 2020-07-04
A historic and calamitous milestone was reached this week. WHO reported more than 10 million cases of COVID-19 and over 500‚Äà000 COVID-19 deaths. The world’s political leaders have been tested and they have been found wanting. It’s hard to recall a more lamentable response to a global emergency. Even the climate crisis had its Kyoto and Paris agreements. But despite the urgency of this continuing human catastrophe, despite the immediacy of the economic collapse we are witnessing, there has still been no moment when nations have been convened to reflect on lessons to be learned, to coordinate ac…
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[Correspondence] Time for WHO to declare climate breakdown a PHEIC?
Andrew Harmer, Anja Leetz, Ben Eder, Remco van de Pas, Sophie Gepp | thelancet.com | 2020-07-04
At the opening plenary of the World Health Assembly in May, 2019, Richard Horton urged member states and the Secretariat of WHO to recognise climate change as a planetary emergency. A few days later, during a side event on air pollution, climate change, oceans, and health sponsored by the Government of Sweden, the Minister of Health for the Seychelles Jean Paul Adam argued that climate change has to be recognised as a public health emergency at the international level. Johan Giesecke1 once stressed that as public health emergencies of international concern (PHEICs) evolve into more complex forms, it becomes neces…
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[Comment] A Lancet Commission on women and cancer
Ophira Ginsburg, Richard Horton | thelancet.com | 2020-07-04
Over the past decade, the global health community has begun to acknowledge that cancer is an increasingly important public health and economic challenge in all countries.1 What is not acknowledged is the disproportionate impact of cancer on the lives and livelihoods of women, and the downstream impacts this creates for societies. In 104 countries, breast cancer has the highest age-standardised incidence rate of all cancers in both sexes combined; in 23 countries, it is cervical cancer.2 Of the 938‚Äà044 deaths from these two cancers in 2018, most were premature and preventable and occurred in a…
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COVID-19 Coronavirus “Fake” Pandemic: Timeline and Analysis
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-04
On January 30, a far-reaching decision was taken by the WHO without the support of expert opinion at a time when the coronavirus outbreak was limited to Mainland China. 150 confirmed cases outside China, when the decision was taken, 6 in the US, 3 in Canada, 2 in the UK, etc. In early March, 430 cases in the US.
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Naming new French prime minister, Macron coordinates austerity with unions
wsws.org | 2020-07-04
Jean Castex is being brought in to coordinate with the unions the draconian austerity policies that Macron and the banks will impose amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/04/macr…

Trump’s Vote-Heist Dress Rehearsal
Greg Palast | zcomm.org | 2020-07-04
The hidden, ugly story of the new Jim Crow tactics tested in the recent primaries–and coming soon to a state near you…
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Economically, US is a declining power, China is a rising power
Newsclick | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-04
In this episode of Signs of Our Time, Marxist intellectual Aijaz Ahmad and Vijay Prashad of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research talk about the state of US-China relations and rising tensions in East Asia. Prof. Ahmad analyses the decline in US economic and strategic power and talks about the implications of the China-Russia partnership…
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What is ‘post-capitalism’?
Marx Memorial Library | mronline.org | 2020-07-04
It’s an empty phrase used by people who wish to bypass the necessity of struggle, says the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY.
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Russiagate’s last gasp
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-07-04
One can read this most recent flurry of Russia, Russia, Russia paid the Taliban to kill GIs as an attempt to pre-empt the findings into Russiagate’s origins.
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[Comment] The Wakley–Wu Lien Teh Prize Essay 2020: Chinese health workers’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic
Helena Hui Wang, Esther Lau, Richard Horton | thelancet.com | 2020-07-04
“I feel deeply the burden of the honour placed upon me in being chairman of this Medical Conference, which is unique in our history, powerful in its representation, and which gives China a strong position amongst nations seeking the welfare of the people”, wrote Wu Lien Teh in his first publication in The Lancet,1 on his inaugural address delivered at the International Plague Conference in Shenyang, China, in 1911. Wu was elected as the chair of the conference for his work in controlling the pneumonic plague epidemic outbreak in 1910–11 in northeastern China, which ultimately claimed about 60‚Ä&a…
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UK Decision On Venezuelan Gold Condemned: ‘It’s Daylight Robbery!’
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-04
The fact that the UK High Court cites the UK government’s recognition of Juan Guaidó as the reason for blocking access to the gold is farcical. The UK government has formally recognised Guaidó as “interim president”, but maintains full consular and diplomatic relations with Venezuela and its legitimate government. There is a Venezuelan ambassador in London and a British ambassador in Caracas. | Furthermore, the Venezuelan government had pledged that proceeds from the repatriation of the gold reserves would only be used, under supervision of the UN Human Development Program, in the fight against the COVID-19 pande…
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Armed Australian police just locked down 3,000 people in tower blocks
Steve Topple | thecanary.co | 2020-07-04
Authorities have locked down nine public housing tower blocks in an Australian city in a bid to stem a spike in coronavirus (Covid-19) cases. Armed police are on site and reportedly patrolling each floor to…
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Panic and the Pandemic ‘Down Under’: The Ultimate Unseen Enemy
ahtribune.com | 2020-07-04
In the southeastern corner of Australia a State of Emergency has replaced what was known until recently only as the State of Victoria. The unseen enemy has been a fact of modern life since the 1950s but at least the red under the bed could be seen if found. COVID-19 is the ultimate unseen enemy, because it literally cannot be seen except through a microscope and noone knows where it is and when it will strike. | The panic generated by the spread of the virus is completely disproportionate to the risk of dying from it. Between late January and July 1, 2020, 2,505, 923 people were tested for COVID-19 in Australi…
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Ioannidis: 150-300 Million Already Had the Virus, Infection Fatality Rate for People Under 45 “Almost 0%”
Patricia Claus | anti-empire.com | 2020-07-04
Leading epidemiologist Dr. John Ioannidis of Stanford University estimates that about 150-300 million or more people have already been infected by COVID-19 around the world, far more than the 10 million documented cases. | In an interview with Greek Reporter, the Greek American scientist warns, however, that the draconian lockdowns imposed in many countries may have the opposite effect of what was intended. “Globally, the lockdown measures have increased the number of people at risk of starvation to 1.1 billion, and they are putting at risk millions of lives,” he says. | It was just three months ago, soon after t…
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Seattle Activists Share Their Vision For Black Trans Pride
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-04
In recent years, trans issues have broken into the mainstream. It didn’t happen overnight; it’s been a long time coming. Trans activists have been at the center of the fight for LGBTQ rights since before Stonewall, decrying discrimination and violence against their peers for decades. | Now, between Pride Month and protests centering on Black lives, these issues are in the spotlight again. Black trans activists have taken to social media and the streets, bringing attention in particular to the growing number of murdered Black trans women within their community. | For many who’ve criticized the commodification of P…
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Turkey sends 2nd batch of medical aid to Serbia
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-04
A Turkish military plane carrying the second batch of medical supplies for Serbia left the capital Ankara on Saturday amid the coronavirus pandemic.An A-400M military plane departed from the Etimesgut Military Airport to carry the equipment including ventilators, masks, overalls, and safety goggles.The first set of supplies was sent on June 12.There are over 15,500 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 298 deaths in Serbia, according to data compiled by the US’ Johns Hopkins University.Since first appearing in China last December, the novel coronavirus has spread to at least 188 countries and regions. The US, Brazil and R…
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Coronavirus deaths surge beyond 10,000 in Russia
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-04
Coronavirus-related deaths in Russia crossed the 10,000 mark on Saturday.With 168 fatalities registered over the last 24 hours, the overall count went up to 10,027, the country’s emergency task force said in a daily report.The daily growth in coronavirus cases remains below 7,000 for the ninth consecutive day, since 6,632 people tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the overall count to 674,515.Recoveries surged by 8,986 to reach 446,879, raising the share of recovered people to 66,2%.Earlier this week, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said the country will continue increasing polymerase chain reaction…
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Danny Sjursen: Fourth Of July Musings
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-04
Once again, this Fourth of July, Americans will celebrate — to the unwitting militarist racist tune that is the “Star Spangled Banner” — more than just the nation’s Independence Day. Though most folks will, if at a reasonable social distance, focus more on the backyard beer and brats, U.S. jingoism and exceptionalism will invariably be on the menu. | That last sentiment, particularly amidst the COVID- and mass protest-exposing era of forever war at home and abroad, deserves a closer and critical look. For exceptionalism is truly a national disease that ravages American bodies and democratic institutio…
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Release The Prisoners: Ohio Jail 100 Percent Positive For Covid
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-04
In a recent report, the Ohio Immigrant Alliance stated that the Morrow County Correctional Facility in Mt. Gilead is the first county jail in the state to be 100 percent COVID-positive. The jail, holding local prisoners as well as Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees, is also the first 100 percent COVID-positive ICE detention center in the U.S. | The Alliance accuses jail authorities of failing to follow their own protocols as well as ICE standards. | According to the Alliance report, “None of the inmates and detainees at Morrow County have been seen by a doctor in the facility, despite their COVID diagn…
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FCA Toledo Jeep Workers Support Call For Rank-And-File Safety Committees
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-04
Anger is reaching a boiling point as workers continue to fall ill and management and the United Auto Workers union refuse to release information about the extent of COVID-19 cases. “It is ridiculous,” Johnny, a worker at Fiat Chrysler’s Toledo North Assembly Plant, said. “Threats and intimidation. People popping up positive left and right. I’ve been hearing we’ve had about 11 positive this week alone. All the different parts of the plants. Plus, there are several other potential cases.” | Another worker at the FCA Toledo plant said that workers needed a rank-and-file safety committee at their factory, adding that…
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The University Community As A Microcosm Of The National Economy
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-04
In sum, MMT suggests that the printing of money can be calibrated to the fulfillment of short and long term needs. Money could and should be provided for health care for all, support for education (K through university), structural renovation, transitioning away from fossil fuels, the creation of jobs for all and universal basic income programs, and support for a Green New Deal. These programs were vitally needed before the pandemic and are even more essential since its onset. Of course, cutting military spending, pork-barrel legislation, and creating a progressive tax system helps. But the human needs articulate…
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Iran sues US for effect of sanction on spread of COVID-19
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-04
TEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) — Iranian Vice-President for Legal Affairs Laya Joneydi said on Saturday that Iran has filed a complaint regarding the effect of sanctions on the fight against COVID-19.
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Bone-chilling video shows speeding car hit 2 BLM protesters on freeway in Seattle
rt.com | 2020-07-04
A speeding car, which drove around vehicles blocking a road in Seattle in an area where a Black Lives Matter protest was taking place, has hit and seriously injured two women. The terrifying moment was caught on camera. | The two victims of the hit-and-run were taken to the Harborview medical center, one of them with life-threatening injuries, Washington State Patrol spokesperson Trooper Rick Johnson said on Twitter. | The graphic video shows a white car maneuvering around a couple of vehicles blocking the road…
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Donald Trump Jr’s girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle tests positive for Covid-19 after flying for president’s Mt Rushmore event
rt.com | 2020-07-04
Kimberly Guilfoyle, the girlfriend of US President Donald Trump’s eldest son, has been infected with coronavirus and is self-isolating. She attended numerous campaign events, including the president’s Tulsa rally. | Guilfoyle, a former Fox News talk show host, has been “immediately isolated to limit any exposure,” Sergio Gor, a chief of staff for the Trump Victory Finance Committee, which Guilfoyle leads, said in a statement. | She’s doing well, and will be retested to ensure the diagnosis is correct since she’s asymptomatic but as a precaution will cancel all upcoming events. | CNN reported that Guilfoyle tes…
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‘Grossly unconstitutional’: California ban on singing at religious ceremonies stokes outcry as protests continue to draw thousands
rt.com | 2020-07-04
The California state government has issued a directive barring singing and chanting at religious services, citing dangers posed by Covid-19. The order has been condemned as blatantly discriminatory, some even deeming it illegal. | The new mandate, issued earlier this week, “strongly” recommends that all religious gatherings be conducted remotely, but offers additional rules for those who insist on worshiping in person — including the controversial ban on singing, a common practice across a number of fai…
rt.com/usa/493781-california-bans-singin…

Clinton says she could beat Trump in 2020, would have handled Covid-19 pandemic better
rt.com | 2020-07-04
Despite losing to Donald Trump in 2016, Hillary Clinton maintains she could defeat him if she were standing in 2020, and would have done a better job handling the Covid-19 pandemic, setting off a ripple of mockery on social media. | Asked by the ‘Awards Chatter’ podcast about the possibility of a rematch against Trump in November and if she could theoretically win it, Clinton responded with a definitive “yes.” | “You know, when he ran before, people who knew him mostly knew him from reality TV. He’d been in their living rooms, and he was a businessman, and he looked like a billionaire, and he rode around in hi…
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‘Anybody need any ventilators?’ Trump says huge US Covid numbers are due to testing but FAKE NEWS media won’t tell the story
rt.com | 2020-07-04
President Donald Trump has tweeted that the high number of Covid-19 cases in the US is actually a good thing as it is due to expanded testing, but the “fake news media” refuses to cover the shrinking mortality rate. | “Cases, Cases, Cases! If we didn’t test so much and so successfully, we would have very few cases. If you test 40,000,000 people, you are going to have many cases that, without the testing (like other countries), would not show up every night on the Fake Evening News,” the president tweeted on Saturday. | He continued, “In a certain way, our tremendous Testing success gives the Fake News Media al…
rt.com/usa/493837-trump-coronavirus-test…

LA mayor warns citizens to cancel Fourth of July plans to ‘save lives,’ but supports Black Lives Matter protests
rt.com | 2020-07-04
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is warning citizens to avoid Fourth of July celebrations during the Covid-19 pandemic, yet is fully in support of Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests and was even pictured at one not wearing a mask. | “We’re going to have to celebrate differently this year. Everyone should cancel plans with others for the 4th of July. You shouldn’t gather with anyone who doesn’t live in your household,” Garcetti tweeted on Friday. | He followed up on the actual holiday with multiple tweets doubling dow…
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ICE Out Of Marin Action at Marin County Jail
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-07-04
Activists demand County end cooperation with ICE and defunding of Sherriff’s department.
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Antifa, YPG/PKK ties threaten national peace in West
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-04
Many Western countries support the idea of backing the YPG/PKK in Syria but Turkish officials reject aiding a terror group to beat another, ISIS/Daesh. A recent report released by the Turkish National Police Academy warned that countries of origin might face serious security challenges once foreign fighters in Syria return home.The YPG is the Syrian offshoot of the PKK terror group that has the blood of tens of thousands of Turkish citizens on its hands. But warnings by Ankara have fallen on deaf ears and the YPG continues to recruit more and more foreign fighters. The report written by academics Murat Tinas and…
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Cal Democrats Not Paying Unemployment Claims; Pro-War Feinstein
Register Peace & Freedom or Green | indybay.org | 2020-07-04
From the home front, with the California Supermajority Democratic Legislature & Governor contracting out to process millions of unemployment claims, many unpaid for months, to California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein voting to continue the blood for oil illegal occupation and war in Afghanistan, the Democratic Party insists with every move it is the same as the Republican Party.
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NYC Mayor’s promise to defund NYPD falls short of the people’s demands
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-04
New York, NY — The New York City Council voted Tuesday, June 30 in favor of a new budget proposal that will supposedly cut NYPD funding by $1 billion from the police department’s current annual budget of $6 billion. This comes in response to recent protests demanding that the city defund the NYPD. While Mayor Bill DeBlasio claims that the budget plan answers protesters’ calls, the proposed ‘cuts’ in funding are in truth no more than an illusion. | Mayor DeBlasio claims that several hundred million dollars cut from the NYPD will go to funding for education. However, the reality is that the money currently us…
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Chile: Police Shoots Dead Young Man During Protest in Santiago
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-04
A 21-year-old man Saturday was shot dead in Santiago de Chile by the police during a demonstration against President Sebastian Piñera’s administration. | RELATED: | Chile: Piñera’s Approval Dropped In The Last Two Months | The Haitian-descendent man was shot during a manifestation in Melipilla municipality when the residents were carrying out a protest against the social and economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. | The victim was taken to San Jose Hospital, where he died a…
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Trump gives fascistic rant at Mount Rushmore event held in defiance of health experts
wsws.org | 2020-07-04
Trump sought to use recent attacks on monuments to leaders of the American Revolution and Civil War to brand protesters against police killings as “far-left fascists,” while hailing the police and right-wing militia groups and pledging to crack down on opponents of his authoritarian and pro-corporate policies.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/04/trum…

Unions hold coutrywide wide demonstrations against anti-people policies in India
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-04
Ten of thousands workers from different trade unions staged a countrywide protest on July 3, which also involved public sector employees, industrial workers, scheme workers and agricultural workers…
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National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression to join “We Can’t Breathe” protest at RNC
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-04
Chicago, IL -The National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR) will be joining the massive demonstration that is set for August 27 at the Republican National Convention (RNC), in Jacksonville, Florida. The “We Can’t Breathe” protest, organized by the Coalition to March on the RNC, will focus on stopping police crimes and advancing the demand for community control of the police. | Speaking about the need to march on the RNC, Frank Chapman, Executive Director of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression states, “The Trump administration has been green-lighting police crimes…
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Protest and power
Glen Ford | mronline.org | 2020-07-04
Building People’s Power is the vital arena of struggle under late stage capitalism, when the “system” is not only objectively failing, but the people know it is coming apart at the seams.
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A wave of socialism is sweeping the United States
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-04
Eugene Puryear of BreakThrough News discusses the protests against racial injustice and police violence as the US celebrates independence day. He analyses the stage of the protests, the demand for defunding the police, and talks about socialism and class politics.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/04/a-wave-of…

National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression to join “We Can’t Breathe” protest at RNC
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-04
Chicago, IL -The National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR) will be joining the massive demonstration that is set for August 27 at the Republican National Convention (RNC), in Jacksonville, Florida. The “We Can’t Breathe” protest, organized by the Coalition to March on the RNC, will focus on stopping police crimes and advancing the demand for community control of the police. | Speaking about the need to march on the RNC, Frank Chapman, Executive Director of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression states, “The Trump administration has been green-lighting police crimes…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/7/3/national-…

Protest And Power
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-04
The last thing the Black Misleadership Class wants is a Black power-seeking movement. Wedded as they are to a token “place” in the capitalist spoils system, these misleaders have shown remarkable loyalty to their bosses in the Democratic Party and, until recently, to the police that kills their constituents at will. Despite decades of Black grassroots warnings against the growing militarization of the U.S. police, in 2014 the Congressional Black Caucus voted 32 to 8 to continue the infamous Pentagon 1033 program that funneled billions of dollars in weapons and gear to local police departments. (A program that inc…
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Native American Protesters Blocked The Road Leading To Mount Rushmore
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-04
A group of mainly Native American protesters blocked the road leading up to Mount Rushmore for three hours before President Donald Trump gave a speech at the national monument Friday night. | When they refused to disband, the protesters faced off with the South Dakota National Guard, which shot close-range shells at their feet and sprayed some protesters with pepper spray, according to the Sioux Falls Argus Leader. | By 7 p.m., 15 protesters who refused to leave the road had been arrested. | Trump went on to give a divisive speech at Mount Rushmore, saying the country was under siege by “far-left” fascists waging…
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Outcry after Virginia officials order US flag to be removed from Capitol construction site due to it being ‘target’ for protesters
rt.com | 2020-07-04
A decision by the Virginia state government to order a giant American banner to be pulled from the would-be seat of the local General Assembly amid fears protesters could tear the flag down, has faced pushback online. | The huge banner, made of tarps, which hung about two stores from the ground, was ordered to be taken down from what is set to become the future seat of the state legislature just as the nation was gearing up to mark July 4th. | State officials argued that the removal is a neccessary precautionary measure, so that Black Lives Matter protesters won’t see red over the US state symbol, which has be…
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Remember “Bloody Thursday” & Stop Racist Graffiti At SSA! Press Conf At Port Of Oakland
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-07-04
ILWU Local 34, ILWU Local 34 and ILWU IBU Bay Area members held a press conference on July 3, 2020 to protest Ku Klux Klan racist graffiti put up at the SSA terminal following the Juneteenth | Action. They also announced plans for commemoration of July 5, 2020 “Bloody Thursday” at the SSA Terminal…
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[Correspondence] Methodology in the GBD study of China — Author’s reply
Christopher J L Murray | thelancet.com | 2020-07-04
The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) 2017 provides comprehensive assessment of population health for 195 countries and territories and subnational units for selected countries, including all province-level administrative units in China. It is important to point out that, as the GBD uses a hierarchical analytical framework, data input from all GBD 2017 analytical units, national or subnational, are integrated into a single modelling process to provide a set of estimates for all locations that are internally consistent and comparable across locations and over time.
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[Correspondence] Methodology in the GBD study of China
Yen-Feng Lin | thelancet.com | 2020-07-04
Maigeng Zhou and colleagues1 claimed that they had implemented the same hierarchical model setup as Christopher Murray and colleagues had in their Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD),2 in which Taiwan and China were treated at the same level in the hierarchical model. However, according to figures 3 and 4 in the Article,1 Taiwan was placed at the level under the umbrella of China. The inconsistency between the methodology and results in these figures requires clarification.
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[Correspondence] Methodology in the GBD study of China
Ping-I Lin, Stephen J Glatt, Ming T Tsuang | thelancet.com | 2020-07-04
We found the Article by Maigeng Zhou and colleagues1 intriguing. However, we have some concerns. Our major concern arises from mixing data from mainland China and Taiwan. These two regions have distinct health-care and social welfare systems; they also have different time trends of how socioeconomic conditions evolved during the past half century. Therefore, mixing the data from these two regions might lead to biased estimates, especially for the health outcomes shaped by health policies (eg, vaccination programmes as a prevention strategy).
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[Perspectives] Salome Maswime: dynamic leader in global surgery
Richard Lane | thelancet.com | 2020-07-04
As Associate Professor and Head of Global Surgery at the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, Salome Maswime is aware of the scale of the job in front of her. “For me the big problem is the disconnect between health systems and clinical care in low and middle income countries, especially concerning surgical care. Outcomes are often poor, there being not enough focus on the quality of surgery, and how it relates to integrated health care and overarching health systems performance”, she explains.
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[Comment] Investing in surgery: a value proposition for African leaders
Desmond T Jumbam, Ché L Reddy, Emmanuel Makasa, Adeline A Boatin, Khama Rogo, Kathryn M Chu, Benetus Nangombe, Olufemi T Oladapo, John G Meara, Salome Maswime | thelancet.com | 2020-07-04
Globally, poor access to high-quality surgical, obstetric, and anaesthesia care remains a main contributor to global disease burden accounting for about a third of deaths worldwide.1 The need for strengthening surgical care systems is especially urgent in sub-Saharan Africa, where access is strikingly limited, leading to the highest mortality and morbidity from surgically preventable and treatable conditions in the world.2,3 Approximately 93% of the population of sub-Saharan Africa lacks access to safe, affordable, and timely surgical care, compared with less than 10% in high-income countries.
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[Perspectives] Maps and guides
Roger Kneebone | thelancet.com | 2020-07-04
Like many people, I use satnav when I’m driving to an unfamiliar address. I know that if I follow the instructions as they come up, I’ll almost certainly get to my destination. But there are times when you need a broader sense of the territory you’ll be passing through. If you’re plotting a route from one part of the country to another in the car, a small-scale road atlas works well. If you’re planning a cross-country hike, however, you’ll need a map that shows the landscape in detail–contours, footpaths, points of reference.
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[Editorial] Zoonoses: beyond the human–animal–environment interface
The Lancet | thelancet.com | 2020-07-04
World Zoonoses Day on July 6 marks the day, in 1885, when a young boy received the first vaccine against rabies–a zoonosis, a disease caused by a pathogen transmitted from animals to humans. Rarely is a World Zoonoses Day so relevant to consider these diseases and their disruption of societies.
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[Clinical Picture] Coarctation of the aorta: a rare cause of severe hypertension in pregnancy
Catherine Anne Cluver, Philip Herbst, Stephanie Griffith-Richards, Muhammed Hassan, Brian Allwood | thelancet.com | 2020-07-04
A 24-week pregnant 18-year-old woman was seen at her local health-care centre where she was found to have a respiratory rate of 38 breaths per min, a blood pressure of 250/90 mm Hg, and a heart rate of 39 beats per min. She collapsed and required intubation and ventilation. A chest x-ray showed bilateral infiltrates–pulmonary oedema–and she was treated with furosemide and nitroglycerin and transferred to our intensive care unit.
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[World Report] Collaborating on kidneys: Haiti’s transplantation ambitions
Jane Regan | thelancet.com | 2020-07-04
Haiti lacks health programmes and facilities for kidney disease. Jane Regan reports on an ambitious collaboration between Haitian and US doctors to make kidney transplantation widely available.
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[Correspondence] US Global Gag Rule increases unsafe abortion
Terry McGovern | thelancet.com | 2020-07-04
The Trump administration issued the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance policy in 2017. This policy is an expansion of the Global Gag Rule that blocks US global health assistance to foreign non-governmental organisations that provide, counsel on, refer to, or advocate for abortion services; even if they do so with their own funding and in countries where abortion is legal. Following an additional policy expansion in 2019, foreign organisations that comply with the policy must now attach it to all subgrants that they give to other foreign organisations, including those that do not involve US global health…
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Beware of Anti-Trump Republicans Who Endorse Joe Biden
William rivers Pitt | zcomm.org | 2020-07-04
I am forced to wonder, however, what the real intent is behind this sudden solidarity after three long years of near-silence from the deeply compromised “Never Trump” crew…
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Pandemic spirals out of control in South Africa, India, Brazil
wsws.org | 2020-07-04
The official tallies in each country of daily confirmed coronavirus cases have become exponential, indicating that whatever containment measures were implemented to halt the spread of the virus have essentially collapsed.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/04/covi…

Thousands of delivery workers strike across Brazil and other Latin American countries
wsws.org | 2020-07-04
Thousands of delivery workers engaged in a strike on Wednesday to demand better working conditions in more than 10 Brazilian capitals, as well as in cities in Argentina and Mexico.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/04/braz…

Trump holds Mount Rushmore event in defiance of health experts
wsws.org | 2020-07-04
This criminally reckless action, virtually certain to result in a new eruption of infections and deaths, was carried out in defiance of warnings from members of Trump’s coronavirus task force.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/04/trum…

Zimbabwe nurses strike as economic crisis brings threat of second coup and military dictatorship
wsws.org | 2020-07-04
Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government is preparing to confront mounting opposition in the working class through dictatorial forms of rule and the abrogation of democratic rights–even as it is threatened by the possibility of a coup.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/04/zimb…

They’re Back: Concessions Are Coming
Tom Juravich | zcomm.org | 2020-07-04
We must stand up against blaming downwards–the demonization of immigrants, poor folks, and people of color…
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Thousands march for Elijah McClain, massive community blockade of police station ensues in Aurora, CO
Liberation Staff, Denver | liberationnews.org | 2020-07-04
Elijah McClain’s case has recently garnered national and international attention, ten months after his death, as the movement against police murder and racism grows around the country and the world.
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Millions in the US face catastrophe as federal unemployment relief set to expire amid surging pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-07-04
The combined economic impact of the raging pandemic and the imminent cutoff of $600 weekly federal assistance is leading to a social catastrophe for millions across the US.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/04/unem…

Puerto Rico’s Secretary of Justice Resigns
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-04
Puerto Rico’s Justice Department Secretary Dennise Longo Friday resigned after holding a heated discussion with Governor Wanda Vazquez. | RELATED: | Puerto Rico to Hold Statehood Referendum Amid Disillusion | According to local outlet El Nuevo Dia, their discussion would have occurred amid disagreements over the investigations Longo wanted to carry out. | The Puerto Rican governor accepted immediately Longo’s resignation and named Wandymar Burgos as Acting Secretary of Justice. | Lo…
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Why are Certain Christians Democratic and Others Authoritarian?
Amy Eva Alberts Warren | zcomm.org | 2020-07-04
When we treat children as we would wish to be treated early in life — at any point in life — i.e. with patience, respect and love — they will grow to be embrace the same democratic attitudes toward others…
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Week in Review 28th June — 4th July
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-07-04
Editor’s Review The new normal today is characterised by scandals that come and go so quickly, it’s hard to keep up. No sooner is Robert Jenrick attempting to shrug off accusations that he ‘fixed’ the techincal consents for a £1bn building project, therefore saving a Tory donor some £45m when — he’s immediately accused of …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/week-in-review-28th-june-4th-july/

Politicians of Color Should Not Be Immune From Criticism
Jeff Cohen | zcomm.org | 2020-07-04
As progressives in a country with a long, grim history of racism continuing to the present day, it’s our responsibility to fight racism everywhere we see it…
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øCuál, para el esclavo estadounidense, es tu 4 de julio?
Frederick Douglass | liberationnews.org | 2020-07-04
Respondo: un día que le revela, más que todos los demás días del año, la gran injusticia y crueldad de la que él es la víctima constante.
liberationnews.org/cual-para-el-esclavo-…

The Rebellion Returns, September 1
Extinction Rebellion | zcomm.org | 2020-07-04
10 years ago, scientists identified 16 potential tipping points in the earth system that could spell disaster. Today, there is evidence that 9 of these are already active…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-rebellion-retu…

Confederates in the Capital
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-07-04
The National Statuary Collection announced the unification of the former slave economy’s emotional heartland with the heart of national government.
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Would Slavery Have Ended Sooner If British Had Defeated Colonists’ Bid For Independence?
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-04
Historians have long grappled with the contradiction of a revolution under the banner of “all men are created equal” being largely led by slave owners. Once free of England, the U.S. grew over the next 89 years to be the largest slave-owning republic in history. But the July 4th 1776 Declaration of Independence (DI) was in itself a revolutionary document. Never before in history had people asserted the right of revolution — not just to overthrow a specific government that no longer met the needs of the people, but as a general principle for the relationship between the rulers and the ruled: “We hold these truths…
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Thousands of people are heading to Cornwall. Please turn around and stay away
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2020-07-04
I’m watching scenes of traffic building up on the M5 and A30 on the way to Cornwall and I’m shaking with rage. Boris Johnson has lifted lockdown restrictions far too early — and people are heading to Cornwall. Estimates are that 80,000 people could arrive this weekend. This incandescent rage I’m experiencing is so strong that I’ve felt the need to write this instead of enjoying the week’s leave I’m currently supposed to be taking. | But…
thecanary.co/opinion/2020/07/04/thousand…

This Independence Day, Generation Z Celebrates its Moment of Radical Hope
Gwyneth Bernier | commondreams.org | 2020-07-04
Generation Z isn’t afraid to admit we are uncertain of the specifics of what this new culture will look like or even exactly how we’re going to get there. But we know that next Independence Day, we will be the same people on the same soil, but we hope to celebrate a different president, a different government, and a different culture—one that uplifts us all. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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With New Infections Soaring, The Trumps Host a July 4th Pandemic Party at the White House
Common Dreams staff | commondreams.org | 2020-07-04
The White House is preparing to change its messaging on the coronavirus, to tell Americans it simply has to be lived with. | …
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Policing is Not a Public Good
Ravi Mangla | commondreams.org | 2020-07-04
An 1839 woodcut depicts a slave patrol capturing a fugitive. (Anti-Slavery Almanac/Public domain) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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The Day They Tore Old Dixie Down
Tony Norman | commondreams.org | 2020-07-04
A crown of onlookers watch as the Stonewall Jackson Monument in Richmond Virginia is being removed by a crane on July 1, 2020 in Richmond, Virginia. Mayor Levar Stoney ordered the removal of all Confederate statues from city land. (Photo by Eze Amos/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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An Unholy License
Futher Column, By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer | commondreams.org | 2020-07-04
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Why Defund the Police? A Story
Joan Steinau Lester | commondreams.org | 2020-07-04
Defund the Police. (Photo: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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Europe unites against Israel’s West Bank annex plan
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-04
Encouraged by US President Donald Trump’s so-called “Deal of the Century,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last month announced his government would formally annex the Jordan Valley and all settlement blocs in the West Bank. | The annexation was scheduled to be declared by Netanyahu on Wednesday.But uncertainty surrounds Netanyahu’s position in light of widespread international criticism of the plan along with differences with the US on its application. | Annexation “will certainly happen in July,” but it has to be done in partnership with the US, Ofir Akunis, Israel’s regional cooperation minister, to…
yenisafak.com/en/news/europe-unites-agai…

Three US officers fired for photos mocking Black police killing victim Elijah McClain
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-04
Three officers have been fired over photos showing them re-enact a chokehold used on Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man. Police stopped McClain on a street in Denver and put him in a chokehold, which eventually resulted in his death.One of those sacked is Jason Rosenblatt, a white officer who helped stop McClain in August 2019 for wearing a ski mask and “being suspicious”.Police put McClain in a chokehold, paramedics injected him with a sedative, and he suffered cardiac arrest before later being taken off life support.Aurora interim police chief Vanessa Wilson told reporters that officers sent the offending…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/07/0…

Russia says China would be needed in expanded G7 summit
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-04
Russia is not in talks with Washington about its potential role at an expanded Group of Seven summit later this year, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Saturday, insisting that China should also be included in the event.His comments to TASS news agency countered those of John Sullivan, U.S. ambassador to Russia, who told RBC TV on Friday that Washington was “engaged with the Russian Foreign Ministry and with the other G7 governments about whether there is an appropriate role for Russia at the G7.”U.S. President Donald Trump has raised the prospect of Russia’s return to the group, which includes the w…
yenisafak.com/en/world/russia-says-china…

Coronavirus cases in Southeast Asia top 160,000
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-04
The total number of coronavirus cases in Southeast Asian countries has reached 161,441 as of Saturday, including 4,593 fatalities and 91,833 recoveries.The latest figures showed 3,143 new cases and 63 fatalities over the last 24 hours, with most cases reported in Indonesia and the Philippines.Indonesia, the worst-hit country among member states of ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, reported 1,447 new infections, bringing the total to 62,142.The country’s death toll rose to 3,089 with 53 more fatalities, while recoveries increased by 651 to reach 28,219.In the Philippines, the number of cases climb…
yenisafak.com/en/world/coronavirus-cases…

Barcelona’s landmark Sagrada Familia reopens for key workers
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-04
Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia reopened on Saturday, giving frontline workers the chance to have the usually tourist-packed landmark to themselves in recognition of their efforts during the coronavirus pandemic.People took photos and listened to audio guides after Archbishop of Barcelona Juan Jose Omella led representatives of healthcare workers into the church.The basilica, designed by architect Antoni Gaudi, closed almost four months ago. But for the next two weekends it will be open to essential workers, including those in healthcare, the police and NGOs, who will be able to explore without the usual crowds.The g…
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Erdogan says Turkey sent virus aid to 138 countries
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-04
Turkey to date has sent medical aid to 138 countries to help them combat the coronavirus pandemic, said Turkey’s president on Saturday.”We have sent medical equipment and supplies to 138 countries, regardless of religion, language, race, or region,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the inauguration ceremony for a new state hospital in Istanbul.Telling how Turkey’s exemplary efforts against the virus laid the groundwork for new opportunities in medical tourism, he added, “We’re determined to make Turkey the health center of three continents,” meaning Asia, Europe, and Africa, with Turkey at their hub.”Thanks to the meas…
yenisafak.com/en/news/erdogan-says-turke…

Yemeni rebels say 3 oil tankers arrived in Hudaydah
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-04
In a tweet, Yahya Sharaf al-Din, deputy chief of the Red Sea Ports Corporation, said the tanker Syosset loaded with 29,134 tons of gasoline had arrived at the port.The Sea Heart tanker, which carries 27,000 tons of diesel, and Hafiz tanker loaded with 26,953 tons of diesel, also docked at the port, he said.On Thursday, the Yemeni government agreed to allow the entry of four fuel vessels to the rebel-held port upon a request from UN special envoy Martin Griffiths.Last month, the Houthi-run oil company accused the Saudi-led coalition of seizing 15 fuel vessels carrying nearly 420,000 tons of fuel and fuel derivativ…
yenisafak.com/en/world/yemeni-rebels-say…

Egypt’s opposition still seeking footing 7 years after coup
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-04
The opposition in Egypt and abroad is in a forced absence due to the regime’s extensive restrictions on opinion expression as well as extensive political arrests.The regime of the former President Hosni Mubarak suppressed freedom of expression that led to revolution in 2011 that called for equality, freedom and social justice.Mubarak, who ruled for three decades, was forced to step down by a popular uprising in early 2011.Mohamed Morsi won the first post-revolution presidential election in 2012, becoming the country’s first democratically elected civilian president and fifth president of the republic. | Several t…
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Decisive, dissuasive will win in Libya: Analysis
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-04
Following back-to-back successes of the Government of National Accord, Libya’s UN-recognized legitimate administration, all sides seem to have reordered their positions. The safety of the capital Tripoli is no longer debated and the threats to the existence of GNA were eliminated. Gaining these achievements largely thanks to the support from Turkey, the GNA is working toward new achievements while also preparing for the restructuring of the country with the same support.The putschist Khalifa Haftar’s forces have switched to a defensive stance, and their main purpose has been shifted to maintaining the territory t…
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Why is Greece courting Haftar’s militia in Libya?
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-04
Greece has been left in a tight corner after betting on East Libya-based warlord Khalifa Haftar, a Turkey-based scholar has said.After Haftar’s 2019 military campaign to recapture the capital Tripoli failed, many of his allies gave up on him. More recently, he lost key cities following an operation by the Tripoli-based legitimate government of Libya.However, Greece officially maintains talks with eastern Libya.Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Wednesday paid a two-day visit to Tobruk, during which he met with Aguila Saleh, head of the pro-Haftar House of Representatives.According to a statement by the Tobr…
yenisafak.com/en/news/why-is-greece-cour…

Turkey’s presence in Libya to do whatever int’l law requires: DefMin
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-04
Turkey’s presence in Libya is to do whatever the international law and justice require, the Turkish defense minister said on Saturday.”Turkey is together with the Libyan brothers. No one should doubt it, we will not give up on it,” Hulusi Akar said.Akar and Chief of General Staff Gen. Yasar Guler, who are on an official visit to Libya, met Turkish security forces in the country. They later visited Tripoli’s Mitiga Hospital, which was frequently targeted by the attacks of warlord Khalifa Haftar’s militias, and met the Turkish health care staff at the hospital.”Our task here [in Libya] is providing military trainin…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkeys-presence-i…

Tunisia MPs reject motion to blacklist Brotherhood
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-04
The Bureau of Tunisia’s House of Representatives (parliament) has rejected a petition to blacklist the Muslim Brotherhood group.The opposition Free Constitutional Party (PDL), which holds 10 seats in the 217-member parliament, had submitted the petition to classify the Brotherhood as a “terrorist” organization.The petition, however, was turned down by the parliament’s bureau, which is consisted of the parliament speaker, his deputies and 10 lawmakers representing all parties in parliament.Ennahda party, which holds 54 seats in parliament, earlier described the PDL draft as a “waste of time”.Ennahda lawmaker Sayyi…
yenisafak.com/en/news/tunisia-mps-reject…

Turkey issues arrest warrants over fireworks factory blasts in NW
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-04
Turkey has issued arrest warrants over explosions at a fireworks factory on Friday that killed four people, according to judicial sources.Prosecutors in the northwestern Sakarya province issued warrants for the factory manager in charge and two foremen, said the sources on Saturday, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.The investigation of the incident continues, the prosecutors reportedly said.The blasts took place at a factory in the province’s Hendek district.A total of 114 people were taken to the hospital and nearly 100 were discharged, Turkey’s health minister said Friday.T…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-issues-arre…

Qatar hails strategic relations with Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-04
Qatari Foreign Minister Mohamed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani has hailed his country’s strategic relations with Turkey.”Strategic relations between Qatar and Turkey are growing day by day, particularly in the fields of economic, investment, commercial, energy and defense cooperation to serve the common interests of our nations,” bin Abdulrahman said on Twitter on Friday.On Thursday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Qatar for talks with emir Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani.Erdogan was accompanied by Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak and National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, along with Communications…
yenisafak.com/en/news/qatar-hails-strate…

Turkish space team to send mini satellite into space
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-04
A team of Turkish engineering students will send a miniaturized satellite into space at the end of the year.”We started working on the PocketQube in 2016, a newly developed standard in space technologies, and developed Turkey’s first PocketQube satellite Grizu-263A,” Aytac Dursun, head of Grizu-263 Space Team, told Anadolu Agency.”The satellite will be sent into space in December with SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex in the US,” he said.Established in 2016 by Bulent Ecevit University students in the Black Sea province of Zonguldak, Grizu-263 aims to work on space and satellite…
yenisafak.com/en/technology/turkish-spac…

Prisoners Mobilize For Black Lives And Against Brutality Behind Bars
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-04
Prisoners say that abuse reminiscent of the “modern-day lynching” of George Floyd is common practice behind bars. Swift Justice, who is also incarcerated at Kilby Correctional Facility and prefers a pseudonym, tells Truthout: “What happens in here is just like the rhetoric police on the street used to justify killings.” Outside of prison, the officers say, “‘He had a gun or appeared to have a gun,'” Swift explains. In prison, they often say, “‘he had a knife, or failed to comply with the direct order.’ And in here it’s hard to prove different and, we don’t have cell phones to capture it. These guys in here know i…
popularresistance.org/prisoners-mobilize…

Martyrdom of Lt.Gen. Soleimani biggest US gift to terrorism
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-04
TEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) — Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani said that the assassination of Lt. Gen. Soleimani was the biggest US gift to terrorism.
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Iran confirms 2,449 infections,148 deaths in 24 hours
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-04
TEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) — Iran’s Health Ministry announced that 2,449 new cases of infections with the novel coronavirus disease have been confirmed in the past 24 hours.
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FAO shares knowledge with Iran in Early Warning Action system
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-04
TEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) — FAO, in collaboration with its national counterparts in Iran and Mongolia, facilitates the sharing of good practices and lessons learned in Disaster Risk Reduction and resilience-building between the two countries.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160529/FAO-shares-k…

Over 2 tons of drugs busted in SE Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-04
TEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) — The police forces of the Sistan and Baluchestan province, southeastern Iran, have busted 2.246 tons of illegal drugs in an armed clash in Saravan County.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160523/Over-2-tons-…

Iran triggered JCPOA DRM on at least 6 occasions: Zarif
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-04
TEHRAN, Jul. 05 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday that Iran has triggered JCPOA DRM on at least 6 occasions.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160540/Iran-trigger…

Head of Interpol in Iran holds talk with S Korean envoy
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-04
TEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) — Director General of Interpol in Iran met and held talks with South Korean Ambassador to Tehran, conferring on boosting bilateral ties.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160532/Head-of-Inte…

Fire in power plant in SW Iran contained
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-04
TEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) — Firefighters of Khuzestan province have extinguished the fire in the Zargan power plant on Saturday afternoon.
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VIDEO: Beauties of Arasbaran forest in NW Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-04
TEHRAN, Jul. 05 (MNA) — Arasbaran Forest includes a vast green area extended from Ahar City to Aras River. It is a UNESCO registered biosphere in East Azarbaijan province.
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Zarif to address virtual MED2020 on Mon
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-04
TEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) — Iranian FM Mohammad Javad Zarif is to deliver a speech at the Mediterranean Dialogues (MED2020), which is planned to be held via a video conference on Monday, July 6.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160516/Zarif-to-add…

Saudi media’s insult to Ayat. Sistani, ‘a vicious act’
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-04
TEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) — Head of Supreme Council of Ahl-ul-Bayt World Assembly on Sat. condemned Saudi Arabian media’s insult to leading Iraq Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani and called it a ‘vicious act’.
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Hezbollah denounces Saudi media’s insult to Ayat. Sistani
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-04
TEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) — Lebanese Resistance Movement Hezbollah condemned, in a statement issued on Saturday, the insult of a Saudi Arabia’s newspaper, Asharq al-Awsat, against Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Sistani, top Iraqi Shia leader.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160539/Hezbollah-de…

It’s time to fuel fight against US: Rezaei
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-04
TEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) — Secretary of Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei said that given the international and domestic conditions, it’s a good opportunity to fuel the fight against the US.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160517/It-s-time-to…

The Heat: Iran arms embargo
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-07-04
The United States threatens Iran with military force to stop the Islamic Republic from acquiring nuclear weapons.
america.cgtn.com/2020/07/04/the-heat-ira…

Wacky Hollywood: Tim Robbins blasts ICE as ‘SS’ in charge of ‘ethnic cleansing’
rt.com | 2020-07-04
‘Shawshank Redemption’ star Tim Robbins has compared US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to Nazis, and claimed the agency’s goal is to target people of color and give America an “ethnic cleansing.” | “ICE are massively funded, militarized police whose function is to deport people of color. Ethnic cleansing in America,” tweeted the actor in reaction to a story about President Donald Trump designating ICE a “security agency” in an effort to protect the identities of its employees. | “Now they are a massively funded, militarized SECRET police (SS) that don’t have to identify themselves or answer to anyon…
rt.com/usa/493835-tim-robbins-ice-ss/

‘Must protect our history’: Trump announces creation of ‘National Garden of American Heroes’ monument park
rt.com | 2020-07-04
US President Donald Trump has announced a “vast” new monument park to house statues in tribute to “the greatest Americans to ever live,” stating that a new executive order will set the project into motion. | “For the sake of our union, we must protect and preserve our history, our heritage and our great heroes,” Trump told the crowd at a rally at South Dakota’s Mt. Rushmore on Friday night, during a speech largely focused on preserving American history. | Today, under the authority vested in me as the president of the United States, I am announcing the creation of a new monument to the giants of our past. I a…
rt.com/usa/493784-trump-monument-park-pr…

‘Wanted to cheer everyone up’: 3 Colorado cops sacked after selfie mocking black chokehold victim
rt.com | 2020-07-04
Three officers were fired by the Aurora Police Department in Colorado after taking smiling selfies mimicking a chokehold at a memorial for an unarmed young black man who died following an encounter with police. | Officers Erica Marrero, Kyle Dittrich and Jason Rosenblatt were fired from the police force following an internal investigation. Their follow officer, Jaron Jones, was about to be fired too but chose to resign during the probe. | Interim Police Chief Vanessa Wilson said that, although their actions are not a criminal offense, they are a “crime against humanity and decency.” | It shows a lack of morals…
rt.com/usa/493810-colorado-police-office…

‘The very definition of totalitarianism:’ Trump unloads on ‘cancel culture,’ ‘left-wing fascism’ at Mt. Rushmore event
rt.com | 2020-07-04
US President Donald Trump has launched a scathing attack on “cancel culture” — an in-vogue concept that has seen Americans ostracized for voicing views at odds with the mainstream — branding it the hallmark of totalitarianism. | Speaking at the ‘Salute America’ event to mark Independence Day at South Dakota’s Mount Rushmore National Memorial on Friday, Trump pulled no punches tearing into the notorious phenomenon which has come to be known as “cancel culture.” The idea has led to the “cancelling” of public figures and regular Americans alike, typically hounded out of polite society for their views…
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From ‘majestic’ to ‘monument for 2 slave owners’: CNN makes about-face on Mt. Rushmore in its coverage of Obama & Trump
rt.com | 2020-07-04
In its latest attempt to tar US President Donald Trump’s event at Mt. Rushmore, CNN framed the iconic monument as a homage to slavery, despite previously dubbing it a salute to “four great presidents.” | CNN correspondent Leyla Santiago took to the airwaves on Friday to report on the president’s rally to mark Independence Day at the memorial later in the evening, putting heavy emphasis on its links to slavery and abuses of Native Americans while implying the site was chosen for those reasons. | …
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Newsom Administration Rushes Forward with Delta Tunnel Project During A Pandemic
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2020-07-04
“The decision to move forward with trying to obtain a federal permit using a set proposal, intakes and tunnel corridor so soon after the scoping period ended, and during a Pandemic, shows that state never had any intention of considering stakeholder input,” said Regina Chichizola, co-director of Save California Salmon.
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Friday 7/3: “BLACK LIVES MATTER” / Anti-War Light Brigade
Toby Blomé | indybay.org | 2020-07-04
I-80 Pedestrian pedestrian bridge, south of University Ave. | Gather at 8: 50 pm in open parking area, southwest corner of University Ave. Short walk to get up to the bridge. | Accessed by west side frontage road.
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Monterey Zoo Faces Scrutiny Over Elephant Deaths
PETA | indybay.org | 2020-07-04
Salinas, Calif. [June 30, 2020] — PETA has just obtained necropsies for two elephants, Paula and Kristy, who died at the Monterey Zoo in 2019–and the reports raise serious questions about the level of care that the animals received prior to their deaths.
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Friday 7/3: Plague-Time Play-Time
Craig Baldwin | indybay.org | 2020-07-04
ATA GALLERY, 992 Valencia Street…
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Patients Demand SF General Remove Zuckerberg Name
Michael Petrelis | indybay.org | 2020-07-04
Zuckerberg’s name on SF General Hospital must be deleted…
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Community Safety Without Police: Interview with CAHOOTS / White Bird coordinator Tim Black
John Malkin | indybay.org | 2020-07-04
Interview with Tim Black, operations coordinator at CAHOOTS / White Bird Clinic in Eugene, Oregon discussing 30 years of community-based safety and security instead of policing.
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Saturday 7/11: Paddle Out for Tamario Smith
Paddle Out for Tamario Smith | indybay.org | 2020-07-04
Cowells Beach, 21 Municipal Wharf, Santa Cruz…
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Sunday 7/12: LaborFest 2020: Technology, Lawsuits & How to Fight Union Busting
Laborfest | indybay.org | 2020-07-04
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.
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Monday 7/6: Occupy Tri-City
Southern Alameda County Resistance Network | indybay.org | 2020-07-04
In Fremont, exact address to be disclosed on day of event. Contact me on signal for exact details prior to Monday | 425-749-6678…
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Monday 7/13: LaborFest 2020: New Deal Art – Anita Brenner & Cultural Bridge-Builders
Harvey Smith | indybay.org | 2020-07-04
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.
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More Evidence That Most Coronavirus Cases Are Now Weaker Than the Flu
Daniel Horowitz | anti-empire.com | 2020-07-04
Evidence continues to mount that the new infections throughout much of the country are extremely mild, with the exception of some serious cases coming over the border from Mexico. Those two facts continue to be obscured from our policy debate over containing the virus in the southern states. The governors of California, Arizona, and Texas refuse to recognize that the mild nature of these cases is good news going forward, and they continue to ignore the threat of serious cases from the border. | D…
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Society Is Infinitely Smarter Than Any One Individual but Lockdowns Kneecapped It
Jeffrey A. Tucker | anti-empire.com | 2020-07-04
We’ve lived through the most bizarre experience of human folly in my lifetime, and perhaps in generations. Among the strangest aspects of this has been the near universal failure on the part of regular people, and even the appointed “experts” (the ones the government employs, in any case), to have internalized anything about the basics of viruses that my mother understands, thanks to her mother before who had a solid education in the subject after World War II. | Thus, for example, are all governments ready to impose new lockdowns should the infection data turn in the other direction. Under what theory, precisely…
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2010: Why the WHO Faked a Pandemic
Michael Fumento | anti-empire.com | 2020-07-04
The World Health Organization has suddenly gone from crying “The sky is falling!” like a cackling Chicken Little to squealing like a stuck pig. The reason: charges that the agency deliberately fomented swine flu hysteria. “The world is going through a real pandemic. The description of it as a fake is wrong and irresponsible,” the agency claims on its Web site. A WHO spokesman declined to specify…
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Continued Unemployment Claims in the US Rise by Another 1 Million, Now at Eye-Watering 31.5 Million
Wolf Richter | anti-empire.com | 2020-07-04
Normally, the jobs report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is released on the first Friday of the month. And the unemployment claims report is released Thursday every week. But this month, the monthly jobs report was also released today because of the 4th of July weekend. And now we have this delicious situation of both reports on the same day, with the Labor Department’s unemployment insurance data — people who are actually receiving unemployment benefits under state and federal programs — calling the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ survey-based report a liar. And we’ll go through them. | What the L…
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The International Dimensions of 1776 and How an Age of Reason Was Subverted
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-07-04
This July 4th, a larger-than-usual shadow is cast upon America which has come face-to-face with some serious historic reckonings. While the existence of an oligarchy and international “deep state” should not be ignored as a political force of history- arranging wars, assassinations and promoting economic enslavement of people and nations throughout the centuries, the guilt cannot entirely be placed on this apparatus. As Shakespeare’s Cassius once said to Brutus “our fate… is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.” | The mob which Shakespeare mocked as a mindless instrument of tyrants in his…
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The Malign Russians and Chinese Are Coming
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-07-04
A feeble Russiagate 2.0 attempt coincides with hypocritical attacks on the new Hong Kong national security law | Pepe ESCOBAR | In Russia, 78% have just voted in support of constitutional amendments. | Among these, we find the paramount Atlanticist obsession: the possibility that Vladimir Putin will be able to run for two more presidential terms. | Predictably, anguished cries of “Dictator! Dictator!” have been lobbed like deadly shells all across the Beltway. | They might even silence the echoes of the latest CIA press release to the New York Times, ba…
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Why Russians Don’t Want to Be Europeans
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-07-04
Pravda lied to us about the USSR, but it told the truth about the West. | — Contemporary Russian joke | In a previous essay I argued that Russia was not a European country. It was its own thing — a civilisation-state. I used a Toynbeean argument that the history of Europe could be written without ever using the word “Russia” up until the time of Peter the Great. I expected to cause some angst given the associations that the word “European” has accumulated over the five centuries…
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Independence Day in the Midst of Dictatorship
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-07-04
James BOVARD | How many Americans will greet July 4th Day with gratitude that their governor is no longer compelling them to “shelter in place” or “stay at home” so they can celebrate their freedom? Most of the media is ignoring the fact that this Independence Day is occurring under the most dictatorial restrictions of the modern era. But anyone who values their liberty must recognize the Great Political Unleashing that has occurred this year makes a mockery of the Founding Fathers’ intentions. | Earlier this year, more than 300 million Americans were constrained by “stay-at-home” decrees by governors and mayors.
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George Washington and genocide
John Bellamy Foster | mronline.org | 2020-07-04
‘The immediate objects are the total destruction and devastation of [Iroquois Confederacy] settlements and the capture of as many prisoners of every age and sex as possible…. the country may not be merely overrun but destroyed.’ –Commands from George Washington to General Sullivan on May 31, 1779…
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Another reason to tear down the walls: Ohio jail 100% COVID-positive
Martha Grevatt | workers.org | 2020-07-03
Cleveland, Ohio In a recent report, the Ohio Immigrant Alliance stated that the Morrow County Correctional Facility in Mt. Gilead is the first county jail in the state to be 100 percent COVID-positive. The jail, holding local prisoners as well as Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees, is also the first . . . | Continue reading Another reason to tear down the walls: Ohio jail 100% COVID-positive at Workers.org
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US govt providing unsterile Covid-19 screening supplies amid surge in testing demand, claims Washington state
rt.com | 2020-07-03
Medical supplies sent by the federal government to help with coronavirus testing have been too slow to arrive and have failed quality control checks, according to Washington state’s top health official. | A US government program aimed at supporting nationwide testing efforts has been “beset by logistical problems that impede our pandemic response and undermine our shared goals,” Washington state Secretary of Health John Wiesman wrote in a letter to US Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Brett Giroir. | Wiesman claimed that his state had received around 250,000 bulk-packaged swabs from the federal government…
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‘Day of Rage’ protests annexation of Palestinian land
Liberation staff | liberationnews.org | 2020-07-03
In the U.S.,Palestinians and their supports found ways in the midst of a pandemic to make clear that the Palestinian struggle for liberation will continue, and support for it will grow.
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Twitter targets accounts of MintPress and other outlets covering unrest in Bolivia
Alan MacLeod | mronline.org | 2020-07-03
MintPress News, along with a number of independent Bolivian news outlets and journalists covering the unrest there, were all targeted for suspension at the same time.
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Connecting the Dates — US Media Used To Stop The ‘Threat’ of Peace
Lee Camp | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-03
This is not a column defending Donald Trump. Across my career I have said more positive words about the scolex family of intestinal tapeworms than I have said about Donald Trump. (Scolex have been shown to read more.) No, this is a column about context. When The New York Times reports anonymous sources from the intelligence community…
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US Buys Up Remdesivir: We Must Break Patents for Access to COVID-19 Drug
Newsclick | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-03
Newsclick’s Prabir Purkayastha points out that countries must use the compulsory licence clause to make sure the drug is available to all. He also analyses how this might be a prelude to similar acts once a vaccine is available.
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Trump and Pence — Step Aside for Professional Pandemic Scientists and Managers
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-03
Major changes in society can be accomplished by a fast-emerging, broad-based civic jolt so obvious and persuasive that it overwhelms the entrenched powers. The most urgent job is for people to organize to get Trump and Pence to step aside from their bungling, making-matters-worse mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic. The White House should let a…
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Trump and Pence — Step Aside for Professional Pandemic Scientists and Managers
Ralph Nader | zcomm.org | 2020-07-03
Major changes in society can be accomplished by a fast-emerging, broad-based civic jolt so obvious and persuasive that it overwhelms the entrenched powers…
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Anez Gov’t Rushing to Uproot Morales’ Legacy and Put Bolivia on Neoliberal Track, Journo Says
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-03
As Bolivia braces for long overdue snap elections, the political fight is intensifying, says Alberto Echazu, a journalist with La Resistencia Bolivia, explaining how the Anez government is trying to disrupt the MAS election bid and putting the country on the neo-liberal track previously avoided and denounced by ex-President Evo Morales.
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Seattle’s CHOP Went Out With Both a Bang and a Whimper
Arun Gupta | zcomm.org | 2020-07-03
“Greed drowned out the protests.Everyone is fighting to be a leader because they want to be in the meeting with the mayor and say, ‘Defund the police and fund my organization.'”
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Socialists Are Beating Jeff Bezos in Seattle (Again)
Kshama Sawant | thenation.com | 2020-07-03
Socialists Are Beating Jeff Bezos in Seattle (Again)…
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Bounty-Hunter Hoax to Kill U.S.-Russia Relations
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-07-03
Relations between the United States and Russia have already been badly wounded during recent years, largely as a result of baseless allegations such as Moscow interfering in American elections, colluding with President Donald Trump, or regarding other international developments, from the downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine, to purported war crimes in Syria, to the alleged poisoning of British double-agent Sergei Skripal in England. | But the latest U.S. media effort claiming Russian military intelligence involvement in sponsoring Taliban assassins or “bounty hunters” to target American troops in Afghanis…
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A Russian Bounty Is Bad. What’s Shocking and Outrageous Is the War
Andrew McCormick | thenation.com | 2020-07-03
A Russian Bounty Is Bad. What’s Shocking and Outrageous Is the War.
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Roaming Charges: Mutiny of the Bounties!
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-03
+ If I recall, there were serious discussions inside the White House about turning the Afghan War into a bounty hunting operation led by mercenaries on contract with Erik Prince. I’m pretty sure many elements of that scheme have been in place since 1979 at the beginning Carter’s secret war and have continued in one…
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COVID-19 danger persists in South Korea
wsws.org | 2020-07-03
The inability of Seoul to fully address the pandemic is a result of keeping workers on the job and businesses open.
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FCA Toledo Jeep workers support call for rank-and-file safety committees
wsws.org | 2020-07-03
Anger is reaching a boiling point over the refusal of management and the UAW to release information about COVID-19 cases.
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Huge COVID Case-counting Deception at the CDC
Jon Rappoport | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-03
For this piece, we have to enter the official world (of the insane)–where everyone is quite sure a new coronavirus was discovered in China and the worthless diagnostic tests mean something and the case numbers are real and meaningful. Once …
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What Happens When Wildfires and Covid Collide?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-07-03
COVID-19 may make the impacts of the west’s wildfire season more deadly, hitting aging and vulnerable communities the hardest.
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Nigeria third worst COVID-19-affected African country
Pavan Kulkarni | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-03
According to official data, Nigeria has 6.3% of the COVID-19 cases on the African continent, while South Africa accounts for around 37%. However, Nigeria has conducted only 0.67 tests per 1,000 people, when the figure in South Africa stands at 27.48 tests every 1,000 people…
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Bolsonaro Vetoes Mandatory Mask Use in Shops, Temples, Schools
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-03
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro Friday passed a bill on the mandatory use of masks against COVID-19 but vetoed some provisions that required their use in places where people gather such as shops, religious temples, and schools. | RELATED: | Brazil: Contagion Toll Would Be Higher Than Official | The far-right politician, who has always downplayed the importance of physical isolation, argued that wearing masks in such cases “incurs a possible violation of residence” contrary to the Consti…
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What do 6 months of COVID-19 pandemic tell us about USA?
Sunil Freeman | liberationnews.org | 2020-07-03
Given the government’s catastrophic profit-driven response and the lack of a vaccine, it’s possible this pandemic is only in its early stages.
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How might Covid-19 change our schools long-term?
Diana Adjadj | nationofchange.org | 2020-07-03
What happens in the short-term will certainly be determined within the next several weeks. How institutions will deal with the longer-term impacts of this crisis are yet to be seen.
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Behind the walls: a summary
Mirinda Crissman | workers.org | 2020-07-03
Case numbers in the thousands At least 48,764 cases of COVID-19 have been reported among prisoners. The data suggest that even these numbers may be underreported. Texas leads in the number of cases with 7,757, followed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons with 6,621 cases. Ohio, Michigan, California and Tennessee . . . | Continue reading Behind the walls: a summary at Workers.org
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Dead or In Prison
| workers.org | 2020-07-03
By Nanon Williams Workers World received this letter from Williams, a Texas prisoner. In the first week of June 2020, all the inmates at the Ramsey Unit in Rosharon, Texas, were tested for COVID-19. On the 6th and 7th of June, medical personnel and guards came to our cellblock 7 . . . | Continue reading Dead or In Prison at Workers.org
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WHO Expects Preliminary Results Of COVID-19 Drug In Two Weeks
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-03
The World Health Organization (WHO) will see within two weeks the first’s results of a clinical trial of candidate drugs to treat the COVID-19 pandemic, its Director-General Tedros Adhano announced Friday. | RELATED: | WHO Says No Undercounting of Cases in Africa | “Nearly 5,500 patients in 39 countries have so far been recruited into the Solidarity trial,” said Adhanom during a press briefing at the Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU). | “Solidarity” is an…
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UK government’s guidance on school reopening: Back to “normal” from September
wsws.org | 2020-07-03
There will be no social distancing, no personal protection for children or staff and no school closures if children or staff record positively for COVID-19.
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Brazil: Indigenous Leaders Denounce COVID-19 Risk From Military
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-03
Indigenous leaders from the isolated Brazilian Yanomami community complained that a military mission sent to protect them from the coronavirus brought instead a risk of infection to their people through contact with journalists among other outsiders. | RELATED: | Brazil: Contagion Toll Would Be Higher Than Official | Federal prosecutors said they were investigating the visit for ignoring the wishes of Yanomami communities to remain isolated from society, violating rules of social distanc…
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US unemployment rate dips, but millions remain jobless or face wage cuts
wsws.org | 2020-07-03
Despite Trump’s claims that the “economy is roaring back,” joblessness remains at depression levels while the reopening of businesses has produced a surge of COVID-19 cases.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/03/jobs…

Remdesivir for Covid-19: $1.6 Billion for a “Modestly Beneficial” Drug?
Elizabeth Woodworth | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-03
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has recently “bought” all of Gilead Science’s Remdesivir for $1.6 billion. “500,000 doses at $3,200 per patient — to be available to American hospitals but not for other countries”[6] | That’s $1.6 …
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COVID-19 Has Been Present In Brazil Since November: Study
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-03
A new study from the University of Santa Catarina in Brazil revealed that SARS-CoV-2 particles were found in human sewage at the end of November 2019, which might be the oldest sample of the COVID-19 in Latin America so far. | RELATED: | Brazil: Indigenous Leaders Denounce COVID-19 Risk From Military | The authors of the study published in the MedRxiv science journal analyzed human sewage located in Florianópolis from late October until the Brazil lockdown in early March. | The…
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Global COVID Cases Over 11 Million, John Hopkins University
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-03
Johns Hopkins University on Friday confirmed COVID-19 worldwide cases surpassed 11 million. | RELATED: | Burundi: President Ndayishimiye Renews Cabinet Amid Pandemic | According to the Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE), global cases reached 11,031,905. | The U.S. has the highest contagion toll, with 2,873,612 COVID-19 recorded cases, as well as 131,926, deceases due to the virus and 1,201,749 recoveries. U.S. health institutions registered over 37,000…
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Scoring systems for predicting mortality for severe patients with COVID-19
Yufeng Shang, Tao Liu, Yongchang Wei, Jingfeng Li, Liang Shao, Minghui Liu, Yongxi Zhang, Zhigang Zhao, Haibo Xu, Zhiyong Peng, Fuling Zhou, Xinghuan Wang | thelancet.com | 2020-07-03
Old age, CHD, LYM%, PCT and DD were independently related to mortality. CSS was useful for predicting in-hospital mortality and complications, and it could help clinicians to identify high-risk patients with poor prognosis.
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South Africa Reports Highest Daily Increase in COVID-19 Cases
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-03
South Africa Friday reported its biggest single-day jump in coronavirus cases, as hospitals across the country brace for an onslaught of patients and officials warn of another strict lockdown. | RELATED: | South Africa Rejects Israel’s Annexation of Palestinian Lands | On Thursday, over 8,700 infections were confirmed, taking the country’s total count to 168,061, according to Health Ministry data, while deaths rose by 95 to 2,844. | The surge comes as the government has allowed…
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Floods inundate Western Ukraine amid renewed spike in COVID-19 cases
wsws.org | 2020-07-03
Heavy rains and illegal logging are to blame for floods that have killed three in the country, which is rocked by a new surge in coronavirus cases.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/03/ukra…

Protecting migrant workers in Kuwait: a Resident Coordinator’s blog
news.un.org | 2020-07-03
In Kuwait, the UN has played an important role in countering xenophobic rhetoric, falsely blaming the spread of COVID-19 on migrant workers. In this opinion piece, Tarek El Sheikh, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in the country, highlights the efforts being made to safeguard the rights of foreign residents.
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Give Me Liberty, Give You Death
Frank Joyce | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-03
So, here we are again at the granddaddy of all of the official U.S. celebrations of militarism and white power. Only the hard won observances of Labor Day and MLK’s birthday are exceptions. Independence Day this year though is different. That’s because of COVID 19 and the eruption of protest over the ongoing murders of…
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Italy: Covid-19 Pandemic Kills Poorest People The Most
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-03
The Italian National Statistics Bureau (ISTAT) revealed Friday, via a report, that the poorest of the country have more probabilities of dying of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the richest. | RELATED: | UK Solidarity Campaign Calls for Nobel Peace Price for Cuban Doctors | According to ISTAT, disadvantaged socio-economic conditions expose people to a higher likelihood of living in small or overcrowded housing, limiting the possibility of social distancing. | Low-income groups were mor…
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Bolivia: School Year Postponed Due To Peak Infection Forecasts
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-03
Bolivia’s Health and Education Ministries postponed the resumption of learning activities on Friday, as they attempt to curtail a COVID-19 contagion peak in August and September. | RELATED: | Bolivia: Far-right Candidates Plan An Alliance, Morales Alerts | “To protect the health of students, teachers, administrative staff of educational units, parents and the population throughout the country, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, in coordination with the Ministry of Health…
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As COVID Burns Through the South and West, Trump Fans the Flames
William rivers Pitt | zcomm.org | 2020-07-03
Donald Trump would step on the dead faces of his own supporters in the street if he believed doing so would carry him closer to victory in November…
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People tested for Covid-19 in England NOT asked to give addresses during peak of pandemic, complaints of ‘incomplete’ data
rt.com | 2020-07-03
People in England tested for Covid-19 during the height of the pandemic were not being asked to provide address details, it has emerged. Local authorities have hit out at the “poor and incomplete” data they’ve received. | Read more | | ‘You blew it’: Piers Morgan rages at BBC’s Dan Walker for giving UK Health Minister Hancock an ‘easy ride’ over Covid-19 testing | According to the BBC, the UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed users of the government’s testing service only had to provide their postcode from April 23, as the country…
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Britain’s Disorder and Decline
Brian Cloughley | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-03
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is no longer united, as most recently illustrated by the vastly dissimilar tactics to control the Covid-19 pandemic taken by England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. This follows the differences of opinion in each region concerning the disastrous Brexit decision to quit the European Union, as…
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What the Corporate Media Isn’t Telling You About the Risks of Reopening
Neil deMause | commondreams.org | 2020-07-03
Activists hold signs and protest the California lockdown due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on May 01, 2020 in San Diego, California. The protesters demands included opening small businesses, churches as well as support for President Trump. (Photo: Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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Women Face Rising Risk of Violence During Covid-19
commondreams.org | 2020-07-03
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Citing ‘Unconscionable and Irresponsible Omission,’ ACLU Demands Equal Covid-19 Protections for Immigrants
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-07-03
The ACLU on Thursday launched a new digital ad campaign calling on the U.S. Senate to correct the “unconscionable” omission in the nation’s coronavirus testing strategy, demanding that all immigrants be made eligible for Covid-19 testing and treatment in any upcoming legislation. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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After thousands of coronavirus deaths in care homes, government announces regular testing programme for staff and residents
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-03
Staff and residents in care homes for people over 65 or with dementia will be regularly tested for coronavirus (Covid-19) from week beginning 6 July, the government has announced.The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) announced a new social care testing strategy on 3 July. As part of the strategy, staff will be tested weekly, while residents will receive a test every 28 days. This is in addition to intensive testing in any care home facing an outbreak or at increased risk of a flare-up, the department added.The repeat testing programme will be rolled out over the next four weeks to all care homes for the…
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EU grants conditional clearance to COVID-19 antiviral remdesivir
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-03
The EU executive said the drug, produced by Gilead Sciences Inc, was the first medicine authorised in the European Union for treating COVID-19 following a “rolling review” begun by the European Medicines Agency at the end of April.The agency reviews data as they become available on a rolling basis, while development is still ongoing.The Commission said on Wednesday it was in negotiations with Gilead to obtain doses of remdesivir for the 27 European Union countries.However, that may prove difficult after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced it had secured all of Gilead’s projected production…
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Pakistani FM Qureshi tests positive for COVID-19
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-03
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, according to reports.’This afternoon I felt a slight fever and immediately quarantined myself at home. I have now tested positive for Covid 19. By the grace of Allah, I feel strong and energetic,” Qureshi said on Twitter.He said he will continue to carry his duties from his home and requested the public to keep remember in their prayers.Previously, the country’s two former prime ministers, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif, several cabinet members, lawmakers, and politicians ha…
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China’s COVID-19 complex to produce over 100M vaccine
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-03
China has completed the construction of a research laboratory and workshop complex in the city of Wuhan for producing vaccines to combat COVID-19 or coronavirus pandemic, the state-run media said on Friday.While the laboratory is capable to research and study pathogenic virus vaccines, the workshop will produce over 100 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine annually, reported Xinhua news agency, quoting the China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm).The complex was earlier hit by the coronavirus pandemic, which first emerged in Wuhan city located in Central China’s Hubei province last December.China National…
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Cuba’s Two Pandemics: The Coronavirus And The US Embargo
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-03
As soon as the first cases of COVID-19 were detected in Cuba, our country mobilized all its resources to contain the spread of the virus. | Our healthcare workers go door to door checking people for possible symptoms. Those with symptoms are transferred to specially designated centers to receive treatment, mostly with medication developed by Cuba’s own pharmaceutical and biotech industry. The medical examinations and treatments are all provided free of charge. | As of June 20, 85 people have died of COVID-19 in Cuba. Our mortality rate of 3.9 percent is very low compared to the rest of the world. We reached the p…
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Black Immigrants On The Front Lines Of COVID-19
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-03
As the country continues to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, Black immigrants — immigrants who identify as Black regardless of country or region of birth — are playing an important role on the front lines in healthcare, food supply, education, and biomedical industries. Black immigrants make up a significant portion of healthcare workers. In 2018, there were more than 560,000 Black immigrant workers in the healthcare sector. These workers made up 3.4 percent of all healthcare workers, a share almost three times their share of the U.S. population. In the food industry at large, there are over 223,000 Black immigrant…
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Hygiene First: Spanish Politician Offers to Resign After Showering During Gov’t Video Meeting
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-03
In a bid to slow the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, people around the world have shifted to remote study and work, a new experience for many. There are many stories of funny incidents associated with the practice of virtual employment, and here is a fresh example, straight out of Spain.
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First Russian coronavirus vaccine volunteers report no adverse side-effects. Hopes now high for mass immunization in fall
rt.com | 2020-07-03
There may finally be an end in sight. Two weeks after Russia’s home-grown Covid-19 vaccine was administered to a group of volunteers, there have been no negative side-effects, raising hopes that mass immunization may be possible. | Read more | | Russia to prepare 70 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine, lead scientist hopes it will provide immunity for more than 2 years | “Volunteers from the first group…feel good and have no complaints about their health,” said a Ministry of Defense press release. “Over the past two weeks, there have been no ser…
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France to probe ex-PM & minister over handling of Covid-19 — prosecutors
rt.com | 2020-07-03
France’s former prime minister Edouard Philippe and its health officials will be the targets of a probe into the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, prosecutors say. | Health minister Olivier Véran and his predecessor Agnès Buzyn will be investigated, along with Philippe, the attorney general said. | The probe comes after nine complaints were found to be admissible by the Court of Justice of the Republic “on the sole count of abstention from fighting a disaster.” | | Edouard Philippe arrives for a meeting at the Elysee Palace. © Reuters / Christian Hartmann | Philippe resi…
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Early and responsive control measures helped reduce COVID-19 spread in China
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-07-03
China has contained coronavirus by introducing control measures early and adjusting them to respond to changes in transmission, a report finds.
imperial.ac.uk/news/198798/early-responsive-control-measures-helped-reduce

Why Iran Won’t Be Broken
ahtribune.com | 2020-07-03
So what’s goin’ on in Iran? How did the Islamic Republic really respond to Covid-19? How is it coping with Washington’s relentless “maximum pressure”? | These questions were the subject of a long phone call I placed to Prof. Mohammad Marandi of the University of Tehran — one of Iran’s premier, globally recognized analysts. | As Marandi explains,…
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More than 1000 at Day of Rage against Israeli annexation in NYC
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-03
Bay Ridge, NY – On Wednesday, July 1, over 1000 people gathered in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn to rally and march against the planned Zionist annexation of the West Bank. The international Day of Rage was locally organized by Within Our Lifetime and the NY4Palestine coalition. | The rally began at 4 p.m., but the crowd had already started growing before the start time. As the crowd swelled, Palestine flags waving by the dozens, a motley handful of counter-protesters gathered across the street. They had a few Israeli flags and none of them were wearing masks. While they attempted to chant, the pro-Palestine crowd easily…
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More than 1000 at Day of Rage against Israeli annexation in NYC
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-03
Bay Ridge, NY – On Wednesday, July 1, over 1000 people gathered in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn to rally and march against the planned Zionist annexation of the West Bank. The international Day of Rage was locally organized by Within Our Lifetime and the NY4Palestine coalition. | The rally began at 4 p.m., but the crowd had already started growing before the start time. As the crowd swelled, Palestine flags waving by the dozens, a motley handful of counter-protesters gathered across the street. They had a few Israeli flags and none of them were wearing masks. While they attempted to chant, the pro-Palestine crowd easily…
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Robert Inlakesh On His Documentary, “Steal of the Century: Trump’s Palestine-Israel Catastrophe”
Eva Bartlett | thealtworld.com | 2020-07-03
Robert Inlakesh is a Documentary Filmmaker, Journalist, Middle-East Analyst | I recently spoke with him on his visits to Occupied Palestine and in particular his two-part documentary, “Steal Of The Century’: Trump’s Palestine-Israel Catastrophe” , the first part of which he released on June 5. | Watch part 1: | youtu.be/vk8Cq2jXhYI
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Will the ICC Investigation Bring Justice for Palestine?
Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-07-03
In the past, there have been many attempts at holding accused Israeli war criminals accountable. Particularly memorable is the case of the late Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, (known, among other nicknames, as the ‘Butcher of Sabra and Shatila’) whose victims attempted to try him in a Belgian Court in 2002. Like all other efforts, …
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100 Jewish Lawyers And Judges Call On Israel To Halt Annexation Plans
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-03
Palestine Legal joins widespread international condemnation of Israel’s annexation attempts in the West Bank and highlights legal resources for protesters participating in Wednesday’s Day of Rage against annexation in the U.S. | We recognize that this is the latest move in 70+ years of Israel’s efforts to annex — or fully colonize — Palestinian land. We also recognize that the failure of international law to protect Palestinians or hold Israel accountable further highlights the importance of grassroots efforts to resist Israel’s colonization and ethnic cleansing plans, including mass protests. | We sh…
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Moscow welcomes Fatah & Hamas unity pledge amid Israel’s West Bank annexation plans
rt.com | 2020-07-03
Russia welcomed on Friday a pledge of unity between Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas against Israel’s West Bank annexation plans. “One of the key issues that need to be resolved for our common efforts to succeed is to restore the Palestinian unity,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. | “We are satisfied with yesterday’s press conference of Fatah and Hamas representatives, as they announced the decision to jointly defend interests of the Palestinian state based on the Palestine Liberation Organization platform,” he noted. | Russia hopes that all Arab representatives will actively back this trend,…
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Selected Articles: Annexation of Palestine. Crime against Humanity
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-03
We hope that by publishing diverse view points, submitted by journalists and experts dotted all over the world, the website can serve as a reminder that no matter what narrative we are presented with, things are rarely as cut and …
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India’s Modi Terminates His Weibo Diplomacy
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-07-03
What started out as a promising relationship with China is now one struggling to find a direction | MK BHADRAKUMAR | The common perception among Indian analysts, widely articulated in the country’s media, is that the government’s options to “hit back” at China for whatever has happened in eastern Ladakh during the past two months are very limited. | The reported erasure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “official page” on the Chinese social media website Weibo can only reinforce that impression. It simply doesn’t add up. | If reports are to be believed, Modi’s official page on Weibo “went blank” on Wednesday with…
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US Imposes Additional Economic Sanctions Against Venezuela and Iran
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-03
The US government is seeking to economically drown Venezuela and Iran by wanting to seize fuel that Tehran is sending to Caracas. This is part of a sustained aggressive and illegal policy against both countries. The US Attorney’s Office requested …
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The China-India Trade War: Indian Boycott of Chinese Goods
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-03
The level of India’s economic boycott against Chinese imports will depend on how the two countries resolve their border conflicts and if Indian industry is capable of offsetting the shortage of Chinese goods entering the country. Although the call to …
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The Corruption of the Democratic Party: Talking to Ted Rall about his new book
Kollibri terre Sonnenblume | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-03
Seven Stories Press just released Ted Rall’s new book, “Political Suicide: The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party.” Rall is a graphic novelist, a syndicated columnist and the author of many books of art and prose, including biographies of Edward Snowden, Bernie Sanders and Pope Francis. You’ve probably seen his political cartoons, which are often…
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On Contact: Ecosocialism with Victor Wallis
Victor Wallis | mronline.org | 2020-07-03
On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to writer, teacher and activist Victor Wallis about the prospect and need for ecosocialism. Wallis’ book is entitled ‘Red-Green Revolution: The Politics and Technology of Ecosocialism’.
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Adjudicating the Chomsky-Greenwald Dispute on Lesser-Evil Voting
Chris Wright | zcomm.org | 2020-07-03
There are, at long last, so many newly awakened leftists in this country that in the aggregate they can have a tangible effect on the elections…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/adjudicating-the-c…

Video: Syria Prepares for Military Confrontation with Turkey in Northeast
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-03
The Syrian Army and the National Defense Forces have put their forces on high alert in response to the new round of aggressive actions by the Turkish Army and its proxies in northeastern Syria. | Several convoys of government forces, including …
globalresearch.ca/video-syria-prepares-m…

President Maduro Orders Investigation On UK’s Gold Verdict
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-03
President Nicolas Maduro Friday ordered a criminal investigation after the U.K High Court ruled against Venezuela’s government in a legal battle over access to this South American country’s gold stored in the Bank of England. | RELATED: | The U.K. Denies Venezuela Access to Gold for Food and Medicines | The order came hours after a British judge voted in favor of Venezuela’s opposition lawmaker Juan Guaido in the litigation for those funds. | The inquiry seeks to determine who withi…
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