OCHA: Protection of Civilians Report (30 June — 13 July 2020)
OCHA | imemc.org | 2020-07-22
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) — Occupied Palestinian Territory (June 30 — Jul 13, 2020) Biweekly Highlights On 9 July, Israeli forces shot and killed a 33-year-old Palestinian man, and injured another, next to the West Bank village of Kifl Haris (Salfit). Israeli official …
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Outrage At Maryland’s Plan For In-Person Voting Despite Pandemic
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-07-22
Eric Cortellessa, digital editor for the Washington Monthly, talks about Md. Gov. Larry Hogan’s plan to make absentee ballots optional–a plan critics say is more expensive and complicated than universal mail-in voting.
therealnews.com/stories/outrage-at-maryl…

Crunch time for the Platform Management model
Ursula Huws | mronline.org | 2020-07-22
In what may come to be viewed as a historic court case, a group of UK Uber drivers from London, Birmingham, Nottingham and Glasgow have launched a legal action against Uber in the Netherlands, supported by the App Drivers and Couriers Union (ADCU), the International Alliance of App-based Transport Workers (IAATW) and Worker Info Exchange.
mronline.org/2020/07/22/crunch-time-for-…

A Jubilee Moment in Pandemic America?
Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis | zcomm.org | 2020-07-22
The Poetry of a Movement to Change This Country…
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Large Area of Palestinian-owned Land Expropriated for Israeli ‘National Park’
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-07-22
Israeli authorities seized large tracts of agricultural land, near Jabal al-Fureidis (“Mountain of the Little Paradise”) in Beit Ta’mir, in the southern occupied West Bank, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Director off the Anti-Wall and Settlement Commission in Bethlehem, Hasan Breijeh, said that the Israeli authorities issued military orders …
imemc.org/article/large-area-of-palestin…

This Is Not A Drill — 2020: Stand Up, Fight Back
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-07-22
Any strategy about the 2020 elections has to take very seriously the threats and attacks on particular groups and communities. Black, trans, immigrant, and indigenous folks, are organizing hard for radical change and to shape the outcome of the 2020 elections and beyond. In this episode of OrgUp’s This Is Not A Drill, hosts Adam…
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US indicts Chinese nationals on trumped-up hacking charges
wsws.org | 2020-07-22
Li Xiaoyu and Dong Jiazhi are accused by the US government of hacking private computer networks with assistance from the Chinese government in order to steal intellectual property, including COVID-19 research.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/22/chin…

NBA players support reporter vs. right-wing senator
Monica Moorehead | workers.org | 2020-07-22
The intersection between sports culture and politics can happen at any given time. And at this particular juncture, the Black Lives Matter struggle is leaving its imprint on many issues, even international ones. For instance, on July 10 the ultra-right-wing Sen. Josh Hawley, R.-Mo., released a press release on Twitter . . . | Continue reading NBA players support reporter vs. right-wing senator at Workers.org…
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Federal officers seen dragging protesters into unmarked vans in Portland
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-22
Portland, OR – For weeks now, officers under the oversight of the Department of Homeland Security have been terrorizing the residents of Portland Oregon in new attempts to stamp out the protest movement that has been ongoing since the killing of George Floyd. These officers can be seen in various videos wearing nondescript camo fatigues with no markings indicating who they are or, or what agency they are working for. These same federal officers nearly killed a protester in Portland last week after shooting him in the head with a ‘less-lethal’ impact device. | In an intensification of an already overzeal…
fightbacknews.org/2020/7/21/federal-offi…

Reform won’t end police sexual violence
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-07-22
The legal right to sexual violence is part and parcel of policing. This will not end until we eliminate police discretion over women’s bodies.
mronline.org/2020/07/22/reform-wont-dnd-…

Despite withdrawal of ICE ruling, international students in the US remain at risk
wsws.org | 2020-07-22
Amid an intensifying anti-immigrant and anti-China campaign, Trump’s tactical retreat from the July 6 ruling putting international students at risk of deportation is not any cause for celebration.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/22/immi…

Young Man Trump: Or the Portrait of a President as a Young Man
David Schultz | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-22
Effective presidencies are all alike; ineffective presidencies are ineffective in their own ways. Recounting and explaining why the Trump presidency is ineffective has become a cottage industry. Two recent books, John Bolton’s The Room Where It Happened and Mary Trump’s Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man are the latest of a…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/22/young-man-tr…

Athletes demand justice for Breonna Taylor
Monica Moorehead | workers.org | 2020-07-22
The struggle to bring about justice for Breonna Taylor continues. The 26-year-old African American emergency medical technician was fatally shot eight times by three white police officers who invaded her Louisville, Ky., home on March 13 during a no-knock, no-warrant narcotics search. Originally it was reported that Taylor was asleep . . . | Continue reading Athletes demand justice for Breonna Taylor at Workers.org…
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Israeli Soldiers Demolish A Carwash Facility In Beit Ummar
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-07-22
Israeli soldiers invaded, Tuesday, Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and demolished a carwash facility, under the pretext of being constructed without a permit. Mohammad Ayyad Awad, a local nonviolent media activist, said the carwash facility is in the al-Qarn area of Beit Ummar, …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-demol…

Shoreline, WA: 13-yr old Black organizer threatened with lynching, community to march in support
Jane Cutter | liberationnews.org | 2020-07-22
Liberation News speaks with Shoreline BLM organizers Darnesha and Mikayla Weary.
liberationnews.org/shoreline-wa-12-yr-ol…

Defunding police and challenging militarism, a necessary response to their “battle space”
Martin Hart-Landsberg | mronline.org | 2020-07-22
The excessive use of force and killings of unarmed Black Americans by police has fueled a popular movement for slashing police budgets, reimagining policing, and directing freed funds to community-based programs that provide medical and mental health care, housing, and employment support to those in need. This is a long overdue development.
mronline.org/2020/07/22/defunding-police…

Forced Masking a “Coercive Practice Designed to Drive Up Vaccination Rates” Rules Hospital Arbitrator
John C. A. Manley | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-22
Back in 2018, the Toronto Academic Health Science Network had a mandatory masking policy in place for nurses and health care workers, according to the Ontario Nursing Association. Staff were required “to wear an unfitted surgical mask for the …
globalresearch.ca/forced-masking-coerciv…

Workers returning from crisis-hit Gulf economies need state support back home
Abdul Rahman | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-22
The six states in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) can expect an average economic downfall of 7.6% this year, according to the revised estimates of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF had earlier predicted in April an overall 3% decline in these economies. While the projections may delay economic projects in some of these countries, the impact on millions of migrant workers from India, Pakistan, Egypt and Bangladesh, among others employed in the Gulf, may be deeper and more significant. This is particularly due to lack of any social security net for most of these workers in the host countries which m…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/22/workers-r…

Oscar Lopez Rivera desea feliz cumpleaños y libertad a Simón Trinidad
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-22
En repuesta a la llamada por deseos por el cumpleaño del president politico Simón Trinidad, El Comité Nacional a Liberar Ricardo Palmera recibió un mensaje de video del preso politico Puerto Riqueño, Oscar Lopez Rivera. Lopez Rivera injustamente pasó 35 años encarcelado en los EEUU por luchando la independencía de su patria. Abajo está la transcripción de su mensaje. | “Quiero tomar este momento para desear al de feliz cumpleaño compañero, Simón Trinidad. El es uno de los héroes de nuestros países, uno de los héroes que está preso porque quiere luchar por la independencía, la soberanía de Colombia y por un mundo…
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“Where is the money,” Hondurans ask government as health care system collapses
Zoe PC | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-22
Recent revelations regarding massive corruption are the latest indicator of the rotten state of the health system on Honduras. Meanwhile, the forced disappearance of 4 Garifuna leaders has caused outrage with social movements launching protests…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/22/where-is-…

Tear Gas, Beatings and Projectiles in Portland
Mike Hastie | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-22
The last couple of nights I have been heavily involved in demonstrations in Portland, Oregon. ( July 18-19, 2020.) As most of you probably know these demonstrations have been going on in front of the Federal Justice Center for over 50 straight nights. Since Trump called in the Feds, the turmoil and violence has escalated. We…
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Israel Leaking Evidence of Its Involvement in Covert Iran Bombing Campaign that Threatens to Spark a Wider War
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-07-22
A relentless campaign of aggression against Iran is entering a new phase with cyberattacks on military and civilian targets that aim to cripple Rouhani’s government and set the stage for wider conflict in the Middle East.
mintpressnews.com/israel-involvement-cov…

Junior Murvin’s Vision of Police Brutality
Jason M. Thornberry | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-07-22
Despite the sustained protests and pleas for justice and peace, demonstrations, and riots, George Floyd’s murder continues to resonate because it accompanies an interminable chronicle of shame connecting it to other recent events. It becomes another tragic entry in the Book of Disgrace. In this sense, Floyd becomes other victims of the police. He becomes …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/07/junior-murvin…

Report exposes crisis in American university health care systems as coronavirus cases skyrocket
wsws.org | 2020-07-22
The response of university administrators over the poor state of health care on college campuses is to seek immunity from any legal accountability.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/22/coll…

Losing Thoreau in Boston
James Bovard | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-22
Henry David Thoreau has inspired generation of Americans to live fuller, freer lives. From his story of spending a night in jail as a tax protestor in “Civil Disobedience” to his chronicle of solitary living in Walden, Thoreau reached higher ground by going against the herd. I was enthralled when I first read Thoreau when…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/22/losing-thore…

Bringing empty shoes to honor the dead, nurses descend on Capitol
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-22
WASHINGTON–Bringing 160 pairs of empty nurses’ shoes to memorialize colleagues lost to the coronavirus pandemic, National Nurses United members descended on the U.S. Capitol to demand Congress order their bosses to provide them with personal protective equipment (PPE) as part of the next economic stimulus law. The nurses carefully arrayed the shoes on the Senate …
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The Wisconsin District of FRSO condemns the deployment of federal agents to Milwaukee
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-22
Milwaukee, WI – Last week, unmarked federal agents in military uniforms grabbed protesters off the streets of Portland, Oregon, and threw them into unmarked black vans. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claimed responsibility for the shadowy operation, citing “graffiti” as their justification for snatching activists off the street and interrogating them. | Now, Milwaukee has been named by the Trump administration as one of the cities that would likely be targeted for deployment of Homeland Security Investigation agents. Some Milwaukee activists have reported spotting unidentified agents in military gear n…
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Colleges layoff underpaid adjuncts then challenge their unemployment claims
Keith Hoeller | mronline.org | 2020-07-22
Unemployment insurance laws were developed prior to the widespread use of contingent faculty, and were designed to prevent K-12 teachers and full-time college professors from collecting unemployment during scheduled term breaks and summer vacations when they weren’t teaching. In nearly all states, these laws are being used to prevent adjuncts, who have since become the …
mronline.org/2020/07/22/colleges-layoff-…

Youth groups denounce French imperialism in former African colonies
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-22
Several communist and anti-imperialist youth groups protested on July 18, Saturday, demanding an end to French imperialist military and economic maneuvers in its former colonies in Africa…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/22/youth-gro…

The $24 an Hour Minimum Wage
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-07-22
The push for a $15 an hour minimum wage has developed considerable political momentum over the last decade. It is a very real possibility that we will see legislation imposing a national minimum wage of $15 an hour by 2024, if Joe Biden wins the election this fall. That would be a great thing, it …
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Save the Saffel Wolf Pack
Greta Anderson | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-22
There’s an old saying about the definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. In the West, this could easily apply to public lands ranching and predator management. Ranchers want the predators gone to protect their bottom line but predators are a key part of ecosystem health and are…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/22/save-the-saf…

Federal officers seen dragging protesters into unmarked vans in Portland
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-22
Portland, OR – For weeks now, officers under the oversight of the Department of Homeland Security have been terrorizing the residents of Portland Oregon in new attempts to stamp out the protest movement that has been ongoing since the killing of George Floyd. These officers can be seen in various videos wearing nondescript camo fatigues with no markings indicating who they are or, or what agency they are working for. These same federal officers nearly killed a protester in Portland last week after shooting him in the head with a ‘less-lethal’ impact device. | In an intensification of an already overzeal…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/7/21/federal-…

Arizona’s first-ever nurses’ union contract signed in Tucson
Joe Bernick | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-22
TUCSON–Registered nurses at St. Mary’s and St. Joseph’s Hospitals in Tucson voted overwhelmingly to approve their first contract with the National Nurses Organizing Committee / National Nurses United last week. The vote was the culmination of a long struggle by the nurses for a voice at the workplace and safe working conditions for themselves and …
peoplesworld.org/article/arizonas-first-…

Time for the next great leap
Editor | workers.org | 2020-07-22
Was capitalism ever progressive? Well, yes — compared to feudalism. The revolutionary struggles that overthrew feudal landlords, starting centuries ago in many parts of the world, did away with land slavery. They also uprooted reactionary institutions and ideology. This opened the way for the development of science and technology after . . . | Continue reading Time for the next great leap at Workers.org…
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There Is No Science to Support Mandatory Face Masks. A Symbol of Social Submission?
Renee Parsons | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-22
As the distraction of BLM/Antifa riots and the coronavirus have consumed much attention and energy, the social engineering agenda of the World Economic Forum’s Great Reset has taken a giant step forward in establishing the mandatory face mask as a …
globalresearch.ca/no-science-support-man…

Abduction of senior journalist widely condemned in Pakistan
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-22
Senior Pakistani journalist Matiullah Jan, known for his harsh criticism against the Pakistani military and the ruling dispensation headed by prime minister Imran Khan, was attacked by unidentified persons back in September 2017, as well…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/22/abduction…

GloboCap àºber Alles
C.J. Hopkins | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-07-22
So, how are you enjoying the “New Normal” so far? Is it paranoid and totalitarian enough for you? If not … well, hold on, because it’s just getting started. There is plenty more totalitarianism and paranoia still to come. I know, it feels like forever already, but, in fact, it has only been a few …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/07/globocap-uber…

The Rebellion is coming
Extinction Rebellion | zcomm.org | 2020-07-22
We have an opportunity to do everything differently. To build a different future with justice, care and life at the heart of it. We cannot let that future slip away. We need to rebel.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-rebellion-is-c…

Oscar Lopez Rivera desea feliz cumpleaños y libertad a Simón Trinidad
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-22
En repuesta a la llamada por deseos por el cumpleaño del president politico Simón Trinidad, El Comité Nacional a Liberar Ricardo Palmera recibió un mensaje de video del preso politico Puerto Riqueño, Oscar Lopez Rivera. Lopez Rivera injustamente pasó 35 años encarcelado en los EEUU por luchando la independencía de su patria. Abajo está la transcripción de su mensaje. | “Quiero tomar este momento para desear al de feliz cumpleaño compañero, Simón Trinidad. El es uno de los héroes de nuestros países, uno de los héroes que está preso porque quiere luchar por la independencía, la soberanía de Colombia y por un mundo…
fightbacknews.org/node/8361

Iran-China Deal Must be Green
Daryan Rezazad | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-22
When ultra-conservative members of Iran’s parliament and the usual neo-con suspects within the United States power structure agree on an issue you can be certain geopolitical watchers will be getting the popcorn out and will want to find out what is really going on. For now nobody has the full details of the Iran-China deal though this…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/22/iran-china-d…

India and Bangladesh suffer brunt of annual flooding
Vyshakh T | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-22
Parts of north-eastern India and Bangladesh are yet again reeling under floods with millions affected. These are almost an annual event. Yet authorities have failed to respond adequately to the situation.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/22/india-and…

EU Summit agrees to €750 billion fund for the banks and corporations
wsws.org | 2020-07-22
The agreement will provide a new revenue stream for European states to give handouts to corporations, and a new mechanism for austerity across the continent.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/22/euro…

Explained: How Betsy DeVos is robbing public schools of desperately needed COVID-19 aid
splcenter.org | 2020-07-22
This is a time of crisis for public schools. States and municipalities are facing huge budget shortfalls due to reduced tax revenue during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the cost-cutting measures that are sure to follow will hit our public schools hard.
splcenter.org/news/2020/07/22/explained-…

Germany: The “riots” in Frankfurt and the right-wing network in the police
wsws.org | 2020-07-22
The Frankfurt “riots” are being used by the German government to increase police powers and justify and strengthen radical right-wing structures in the state apparatus.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/22/fran…

1986: The Act
Children’s Health Defense | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-22
It was four years in the making, but the time has come for Andy Wakefield to announce the release of his next film, ” 1986: The Act”, streaming online July 8, 2020. | Man and microbe, from Polio to COVID19… …
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Letter from a student in China on the COVID-19 pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-07-22
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/22/letc…

Trumpfen Sturmabteilung (Trump’s Stormtroopers)
Ron Jacobs | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-22
It is not hard to see the forces kidnapping individuals and teargassing Portland’s streets as the Trump administration’s private stormtroopers. Although they are operating under the aegis of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the truth is it is the Executive Branch that issued their orders.
counterpunch.org/2020/07/22/trumpfen-stu…

The Wisdom of Simplicity
David Perez | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-07-22
Fifteen years ago or so, after getting some books from my local library Taos, New Mexico, I came upon a meeting featuring an Indigenous man from Taos Pueblo. I forget his name but I believe the topic of his lecture was related to spirituality. He was fielding questions at the time I arrived. One middle-aged …
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Is ‘Cancel Culture’ Threatening Freedom of Speech?
The Alternative World | thealtworld.com | 2020-07-22
Many public figures are being shamed on social media for expressing their points of view. But now some of America’s most prominent intellectuals are fueling the debate over free speech. In an open letter in Harper’s Magazine, they write of a climate intolerance and of being ostracized for expressing controversial views. So, is the ‘cancel culture’ phenomenon justified? Or does it spell the erosion of public discourse? | Guests: | Claire Potter | Author and Opinion Writer at The New York Times | Waqas Mirza | Freelance Journalist and Writer | Kelechi Egwim | Activist and Executive Director of APPEAL Incorporated…
thealtworld.com/thealtworld/is-cancel-cu…

UK Blinks in China Face-Off
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-07-22
The much-touted tough measures promised by the British government against China over alleged human rights violations turned out to be a damp squib. No doubt a sudden reality-check of the British economy’s dependence on China had a sobering effect on Downing Street’s reckless antagonism towards Beijing. | Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab made a much anticipated annoucement in the House of Commons this week that London was suspending an extradition treaty with it…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/07/22/uk…

Pangs of conscience or howl of an empty wallet? Steele claims he never meant for infamous Russiagate dossier to go public
rt.com | 2020-07-22
Former British spy Christopher Steele insists he never wanted the notorious Trump dossier, which was central to the Russiagate investigation, to be made public. The belated pang of conscience emerged in response to a new lawsuit. | Steele would have done “whatever I could do to prevent” BuzzFeed from publishing the dossier, he told London’s High Court in a written statement on Wednesday. | The document, which Steele compiled at the behest of the US opposition research firm Fusion GPS and Hillary Clinton’s campaign in 2016, was published in early January 2017, shortly before Donald Trump’s inauguration. | The f…
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UK’s Prince Philip hands over patronage of the Rifles after 67 years
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-22
Prince Philip, the 99-year-old husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, made a rare public appearance on Wednesday to hand over his patronage of the Rifles to Prince Charles’s wife, Camilla, after 67 years of association with the infantry regiment.A former naval officer renowned for his sometimes brusque manner and humour, Philip married Elizabeth in 1947, five years before she became queen. He is now by far the longest-serving consort of any British monarch.Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, has been colonel-in-chief of the Rifles since its formatiion in 2007 but his connection to the regiment stretches back to 1953 as…
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Centenary of the Belfast Pogrom 1920
Micheal Mac Donncha | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-22
When the Partition of Ireland was first proposed in 1914 James Connolly said that such a scheme would mean “a carnival of reaction both North and South”. In the summer of 1920, as the British government unleashed the Black and …
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Australian government slashes pandemic payments to workers after suspending parliament
wsws.org | 2020-07-22
The blatant purpose of the cuts is to give workers no choice but to go back into unsafe workplaces regardless of the rising danger of COVID-19 infection.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/22/parl…

The 1975 Coup that Australia Still Fails to Confront
James O’Neill | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-07-22
We have recently been able to view the early 1970s communications that took place between the then Governor General John Kerr and Buckingham Palace. This has been thanks to the tireless work of Melbourne academic Professor Jenny Hosking. The mainstream media have published extracts from this correspondence. The picture that emerges from the correspondence, chiefly …
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The 1975 Coup That Australia Still Fails to Confront
James O’Neill | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-07-22
We have recently been able to view the early 1970s communications that took place between the then Governor General John Kerr and Buckingham Palace. This has been thanks to the tireless work of Melbourne academic Professor Jenny Hosking. The mainstream media have published extracts from this correspondence. The picture that emerges from the correspondence, chiefly …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/07/the-1975-coup…

Corbyn says Labour’s choice to pay damages to ex-staffers was ‘a political decision, not a legal one’
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-22
Labour will pay “substantial damages” to former employees who contributed to a TV programme on its handling of antisemitism. The party also issued an apology over what it said were “defamatory and false allegations” made following a BBC Panorama investigation.Jeremy Corbyn said it was “disappointing” that the party had settled the claim, adding that it was a “political decision, not a legal one”. | Seven former employees from the party’s governance and legal unit, who were responsible for the investigation of allegations of misconduct by party members, sued Labour after it issued a press release describing them a…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/07/22/corbyn-s…

The UK’s Sinking Brexit Ship
Kenneth Surin | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-22
Boris Johnson and his Tory colleagues are playing a game that is doomed to fail where the twin threats of the Covid pandemic and Brexit are concerned. As the UK careens towards a No Deal Brexit, the “message” is that the economic and social disaster caused by a No Deal Brexit is really to be attributed to the pandemic, while another “message” is that the country will be “back to normal” by Christmas with regard to the pandemic, leaving the decks miraculously clear for a mighty effort to stem the calamitous No Deal Brexit.
counterpunch.org/2020/07/22/the-uks-sink…

When COVID-19 Science Comes Home to Roost
Derrick Z. Jackson | commondreams.org | 2020-07-22
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (left) and Governor Brian Kemp (right) (Photo: Screenshot) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Liberal Zionism Begins to Make the Journey Towards a One-state Solution
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-22
Peter Beinart, an influential liberal commentator on Israel and Zionism, poked a very large stick into a hornets’ nest this month by admitting he had finally abandoned his long-cherished commitment to a two-state solution. | Variously described as the “…
globalresearch.ca/liberal-zionism-begins…

Israel’s Jewish National Fund Is Uprooting Palestinians — Not Planting Trees
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-22
The Jewish National Fund, established more than 100 years ago, is perhaps the most venerable of the international Zionist organisations. Its recent honorary patrons have included prime ministers, and it advises UN forums on forestry and conservation issues. | It is | …
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An Israeli Charity Group is uprooting Palestinians not planting Trees
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-07-22
The Jewish National Fund, established more than 100 years ago, is perhaps the most venerable of the international Zionist organisations. Its recent honorary patrons have included prime ministers, and it advises UN forums on forestry and conservation issues. It is also recognised as a charity in dozens of western states. Generations of Jewish families, and …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/07/an-israeli-ch…

Israelis block entrance to parliament amid intense protests
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-22
A night of intense protests against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government has seen dozens of Israeli demonstrators chain themselves together and briefly block the entrance to parliament.Police arrested four and broke up the gathering, which was called to protest against an upcoming vote to grant the government sweeping authority to bypass parliament in enacting measures to combat coronavirus.It came against the backdrop of a fresh outpouring of discontent with Netanyahu. Protests outside his residence have become a weekly occurrence, with police increasingly taking harsher measures against…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/07/2…

Humanitarian crisis warning as South Asia floods displace millions and kill 550
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-22
More than 9.6 million people across South Asia have been affected by severe floods, with hundreds of thousands struggling to get food and medicine, officials and aid organisations said.About 550 people have died in India, Bangladesh and Nepal, while millions have been displaced from their homes since the flooding began last month, said the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).The organisation warned of a humanitarian crisis, saying that close to one third of Bangladesh has already been flooded, with more flooding expected in the coming weeks.It said 2.8 million people have been…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/20…

There are rumours Starmer is about to remove the whip from Corbyn
Steve Topple | thecanary.co | 2020-07-22
A reporter for the Jewish Telegraph has said that Keir Starmer is allegedly planning to remove the whip from Jeremy Corbyn. That is, the former Labour leader will be booted out of the parliamentary party and become an independent MP. | Starmer: about to kick Corbyn out?: | Adam Cailler tweeted that ‘a few sources’ had told him that is was “very possible” and “highly likely” that Starmer will remove the whip from Corb…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/07/22/there-a…

Types of donor
Ralph Underhill | thecanary.co | 2020-07-22
Image descriptionA headline reads “types of donor”.Underneath that is a drawing of a heart labelled “organ”. Beside that is a drawing of a sperm labelled “sperm”. Underneath that is a drawing of a drawing of Moscow’s Red Square with a person wearing a Russian hat and holding a briefcase stuffed with money in each hand and labelled “Tory”. | By Ralph Underhill…
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There’s more than a whiff of corruption hinted at in the ISC report on Russia. It stinks
Tom Coburg | thecanary.co | 2020-07-22
The Russia report published by the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) of Parliament briefly mentions money laundering by Russians and donations made by oligarchs to unnamed persons in the UK. It also refers to failure by government to investigate possible threats to UK democracy by Russia. However, what the ISC report fails to do is make the connection between those donations and how certain politicians have actively turned a blind eye to t…
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Twitter cracking down on Trump-backing conspiracy theory QAnon
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-22
Twitter has said it will crack down on accounts and content related to QAnon, the far-right US conspiracy theory popular among supporters of Donald Trump.The measures include banning accounts associated with QAnon content, as well as blocking URLs associated with it from being shared on the platform.Twitter also said it will stop highlighting and recommending tweets associated with QAnon.”We’ve been clear that we will take strong enforcement action on behaviour that has the potential to lead to offline harm,” the company said in a tweet.(Andrew Matthews/PA)Accounts that are “engaged in violations of our multi-acc…
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Ireland releases ‘green list’ of countries for travel and Great Britain’s not on it
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-22
Ireland’s government has released its “green list” of destinations for safe travel, with Italy and Greece included but Great Britain a notable omission.People arriving from Malta, Finland, Norway, Italy, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Cyprus, Slovakia, Greece, Greenland, Gibraltar, Monaco and San Marino will not be required to isolate for two weeks.Others arriving from overseas — with limited exceptions such as essential supply chain workers — are required to fill in a passenger locator form and self-quarantine for 14 days.People travelling from the north of Ireland are not subject to restrictions…
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George Goehl Talks Deep Canvassing During the Age of Covid
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2020-07-22
George Goehl Talks Deep Canvassing During the Age of Covid…
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You’re a Doc, You’ve Got This, but Your Face Shield’s Foggy
Maria Espinoza | thenation.com | 2020-07-22
You’re a Doc, You’ve Got This, but Your Face Shield’s Foggy…
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A New America Is Possible–Now
Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis | thenation.com | 2020-07-22
A New America Is Possible–Now…
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Bernadette Mayer’s ‘Emotional Science Project’
Tausif Noor | thenation.com | 2020-07-22
Bernadette Mayer’s ‘Emotional Science Project’…
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Indian journalist shot at in front of daughters dies
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-22
A journalist in India, who was shot at in front of his two daughters late on Monday night, succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday, police said.The local police confirmed suspending an officer and arresting nine suspects related to the incident that occurred in Ghaziabad, on the outskirts of Delhi.”Action by SSP [Senior Superintendent of Police] Ghaziabad – 9 accused arrested […] for the murderous attack on Vikram Joshi, and outpost in-charge Sub-Inspector Raghavendra has been suspended immediately,” the police said on Twitter.A footage from the crime scene showed Joshi lying on the road with bullet injuries, wh…
yenisafak.com/en/world/indian-journalist…

Romania exceeds 1,000 new coronavirus cases in record daily high
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-22
The number of coronavirus infections in Romania rose by a record 1,030 new cases in a day, the government said on Wednesday, as the World Health Organization said spikes in southern Europe and the Balkans were worrying.Romania has confirmed 40,163 cases since the pandemic reached it in late February and 2,101 people have died. The government has extended a state of alert, in place since May 15, by another 30 days until the middle of August.
yenisafak.com/en/world/romania-exceeds-1…

Russia and Turkey agree to push for Libya ceasefire, says Moscow
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-22
Russia and Turkey have agreed to continue efforts to bring about a long-term and sustainable ceasefire in Libya, Russia’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.Russia, alongside Egypt and the UAE, backs eastern Libya commander Khalifa Haftar, whose fighters have been battling the forces of Libya’s internationally recognised government, which is supported by Turkey.
yenisafak.com/en/world/russia-and-turkey…

Nigerian governor tests positive for COVID-19
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-22
Governor of Nigeria’s Ekiti State Kayode Fayemi on Wednesday announced he has tested positive for COVID-19.Fayemi, who also chairs Nigeria Governors Forum, is the eighth Nigerian governor to test positive for the disease, according to local media.”I took my third Covid-19 test yesterday and it came back positive. I’m generally ok and I’m already self isolating at home and receiving the best of care from my medical team. I’m delegating critical tasks to my Deputy but will continue routine duty from home,” he tweeted on Wednesday.On Sunday, Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama announced he had tested…
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Israel raids two cultural centers in Jerusalem
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-22
Israeli forces raided two cultural institutions in east Jerusalem on Wednesday, according to local residents. | Police and intelligence agents stormed the Yabous Cultural Centre and the National Conservatory institute in the city and confiscated several files and documents, residents said. | The reason for the raids remains unclear. | Israeli police took the directors of the two cultural institutions into custody, residents said. | There was no comment from the Israeli authorities on the report. | According to Palestinian figures, Israel closed more than 32 cultural and society institutions in Jerusalem since 200…
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Bangladesh struggles to tackle raging COVID-19, floods
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-22
Bangladesh on Wednesday registered 42 new fatalities from the novel coronavirus, while floods in the country have claimed lives of 86 people, authorities said.The death from the coronavirus in the country rose to 2,751, with total number of infections reaching 213,254 after 2,744 fresh cases were reported over the past 24 hours, a Health Ministry official said.The recovery rose to 54.96% with some 1,805 new recoveries over the past day, bringing the total number of recoveries to 117,202, said Nasima Sultana, a director at the ministry, in a regular media briefing.The country has so far conducted a total of 106,66…
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Qatar Airways seeks $5 bln compensation from Arab bloc over airspace ban
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-22
The airline has been banned from the airspace of the four countries since June 2017 when they cut ties with Qatar over accusations it supports terrorism. Doha denies the charges and says the bloc aims to infringe its sovereignty.Qatar Airways said the measures specifically targeted the airline and aimed to close its operations in the four countries, destroying the value of its investments and causing damage to its global operations.The airline is seeking the damages through four investment arbitrations under three treaties, including the Arab Investment Agreement, it said in a statement.Representatives of the fou…
yenisafak.com/en/world/qatar-airways-see…

US has contract with Pfizer for 100 mln coronavirus vaccine doses
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-22
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on Wednesday the federal government has signed a contract with Pfizer Inc. for 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccine, once it is approved.”We just signed a contract with global pharmaceutical leader Pfizer to produce 100 million doses of vaccine starting in December of this year with an option to buy a half a billion doses,” Azar said on Fox News. “Now those would of course have to be safe and effective.”
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Coronavirus cases in Africa near 750,000
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-22
The number of coronavirus cases in Africa is now just short of 750,000, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.According to the daily update, 749,492 COVID-19 cases have been recorded in 54 African countries, with fatalities now at 15,726 and 409,568 recoveries.With 396,600 cases, Southern Africa remains the continent’s worst-hit region, followed by North Africa with 139,900 infections, West Africa 111,000, East Africa 58,400, and Central Africa with 43,600 cases.South Africa has the highest number of cases among countries — 381,800 — and is trailed by Egypt with 89,10…
yenisafak.com/en/world/coronavirus-cases…

Zimbabwe: Capital’s mayor arrested in corruption probe
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-22
The mayor of Zimbabwe’s capital Harare has been arrested over corruption charges, local media reported on Wednesday.Herbert Gomba was taken into custody by the Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday night and will be presented in court on Wednesday, according to news website Zim Morning Post.The mayor is facing charges of criminal abuse of office in connection with a massive land scam that has led to the arrest of several public officials over recent weeks, including city council officials, police officers, and a prosecutor.Gomba is accused of facilitating the illegal sale of land by approving fraudulent layout pl…
yenisafak.com/en/world/zimbabwe-capitals…

Greek firefighters battle forest blaze near seaside village
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-22
Greek firefighters are battling to control a large forest fire fanned by strong winds near the seaside village of Kechries in the eastern Peloponnese, fire brigade officials said on Wednesday.Authorities said they had been forced to evacuate a residential settlement as the blaze, burning through pine trees, came close to a military camp where explosives were stored.Thick dark smoke clouded the area, with the front of the blaze moving south in very windy conditions. No damage to property or injuries had been reported.”The blaze is fanned by strong winds, we have recommended the evacuation of three settlements. So…
yenisafak.com/en/news/greek-firefighters…

Pompeo: China’s behaviour was unacceptable in border clash with India
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-22
India’s recent border clash with China was the latest example of the Chinese Communist Party’s “unacceptable behaviour,” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday.He made the comment at the U.S.-India Business Council’s India Ideas Summit, being conducted on line, adding: “I am confident that with our concerted efforts, we can protect our interest.”India’s relations with China have been strained after last month’s deadly clash in the Himalayas, prompting calls in India for closer security ties with the United States and its allies including Japan.
yenisafak.com/en/news/pompeo-chinas-beha…

2.8M children grow up in poverty in Germany amid pandemic
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-22
“The fight against child poverty has been one of the greatest social challenges in Germany for years,” said the foundation.But there has been little improvement within the country since 2014.The pandemic has been threatening to aggravate the problem of child poverty, the foundation pointed out.The Bertelsmann study stressedthat child poverty remained “an unsolved structural problem with considerable consequences for the growing up, well-being, education and future prospects of children.”The latest figure for poor children in Germany is up 800,000 compared to only two years ago.Some 21.3% of people under the age o…
yenisafak.com/en/world/28m-children-grow…

China may shut US Wuhan consulate after U.S. orders its Houston mission closed
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-22
China is considering ordering the closure of the U.S. consulate in the central city of Wuhan, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday, after Washington told China to shut its consulate in the city of Houston.China’s foreign ministry did not immediately reply to a request for comment, but at a media briefing earlier on Wednesday warned of possible retaliation over the U.S. decision.The U.S. embassy in Beijing did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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US: Armenians attack peaceful Azerbaijani protestors
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-22
A large group of Armenians living in Los Angeles, California attacked and injured a much smaller group of Azerbaijanis and Turks who gathered to peacefully protest recent Armenian aggression in border towns of Azerbaijan. The incident took place on Tuesday in front of Azerbaijan’s Consulate in the city when thousands of Armenians verbally and physically assaulted some 70 Azerbaijanis and Turks across the street, despite tight security measures by the L.A. Police Department.”Acts of violence by Armenian radicals against a much smaller group of Azerbaijani-American counter protesters in front of the Consulate Gener…
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Weaponizing Intellectual Property: the Scientist and the Spy
Bill Julian | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-22
China is the latest in the long list of post-World War II villains who threaten the American way of life, or America’s deserved spot at the head of the table, or the peace and prosperity of America’s allies, or the values of the West. China’s particular threat is its ambition to replace the US at…
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150 Federal Agents Set To Deploy In Chicago
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-22
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is crafting plans to deploy about 150 federal agents to Chicago this week, the Chicago Tribune has learned, a move that would come amid growing controversy nationally about federal force being used in American cities. One Immigration and Customs Enforcement official in Chicago, who asked not to be named because they were not authorized to speak on the matter, confirmed the deployment was expected to take place. The official noted that the HSI agents, who are part of ICE, would not be involved in immigration or deportation matters. “We’re not going to leave New York and Chi…
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Philly Marches For ‘Justicia Para Vanessa!’
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-22
Over 100 people, predominantly Mexican-American and young, marched in Philadelphia on July 12 to demand justice for Pfc. Vanessa Guillén. The protest was organized by JUNTOS and Lazos America Unida. | Participants carried “Justicia para Vanessa” signs and large photos of the young soldier who was stationed at Fort Hood, Texas. She disappeared after telling friends and family she was being sexually harassed and threatened within the military system. Speakers demanded justice from the higher-ups commanding the Army. | Guillén disappeared in April, evidently killed at that time, but her body was not found on the For…
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Blackfeet Federation Seeks Permanent Protection For Badger Two Medicine
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-22
Recently, the Blackfeet Tribal Council, MT announced its goal of securing permanent Federal government for the Badger Two Medicine area, sacred site to them. Specifically, they are seeking a new type of federal legislation that would authorize and establish a Cultural Heritage Area, the Badger Two Medicine, 130,000 acres within the Lewis-Clark National Forest area, to be co-managed by the Tribe and USFS. | “Badger Two Medicine is a heart and soul spiritual place to the Blackfeet people. It is where we still come together to help one another,” explained Earl Person. “Without it, our people will be weakened.” Old P…
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SEIU Should Actually Strike For Black Lives
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-22
We want to fight. Workers throughout the country have been involved in the movements on the streets for weeks. In our unions, we have marched as contingents from coast to coast and in pretty much every city. There’s been heroism with transit workers refusing to transport political prisoners and even some strikes. And now, there’s a growing movement to drop the cops from our unions, from whole labor federations like in the King County Labor Council, to the Writers Guild, to even the efforts in the SEIU. | We rank and filers have not been sitting on the sidelines. But, for the most part, our union leaderships have.
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Defund The University Of Mississippi Police Department
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-22
In the fall of 2019, the governing board over Mississippi’s eight public higher education institutions, the state’s Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL), appointed a new chancellor at the University of Mississippi (UMiss) in Oxford. The new chancellor, Glenn Boyce, had previously worked at three predominantly white private schools known as “segregation academies” and was paid by the IHL’s Board of Trustees to be a consultant for the chancellor search process, in which he was ultimately selected. To announce the appointment, Boyce was set to speak at a news conference held by the Board. | In response, a coalition…
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All Civilian Lives Are Equal, But Some Are More Equal Than Others
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-22
Washington’s record speaks for itself. Seen from the Potomac’s shores, the value of a civilian life almost directly correlates with how the US Government of the moment feels about the regime that man, woman, or child momentarily lives under. Consider it the obscenity of the arbitrary. A few examples should suffice, but one could fill volumes with consistent exemplars. | “Heroic” Libyan rebels — and proximate civilians — mattered once, and only once, President Barack Obama decided their bizarre but harmless-to-the-homeland dictator Colonel Gaddafi had to go. Yet, ten times as many Yemeni lives-extingui…
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Three Percenters Militia Working In Bakken Oil Patch Raises Concerns Of Domestic Terrorism Risk
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-22
The Three Percenters, a loosely organized group of far-right militants, appear to have established a significant presence in North Dakota’s Bakken oilfield, one of the most productive oilfields in the nation. “There is a lot of membership in the oil and gas industry up there,” says Matt Marshall, a Three Percenter running for state legislature in Washington. “The fact that you have a lot of Three Percenters working in the oilfields of North Dakota is not surprising.” | The Three Percenters are so named for the dubious historical claim that only three percent of American colonists took up arms in the Revolutionary…
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Oklahoma Is — Always Has Been — Native Land
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-22
Any shock that tribal nations have sovereignty over their own land reflects a serious misunderstanding of American history. For Oklahoma — indeed, all of North America — has always been, for lack of a better term, Indian Country. North America was not a vast, unpopulated wilderness when white colonizers arrived in 1620. Up to 100 million people of more than 1,000 sovereign indigenous nations occupied the area that would become the United States. At the time, fewer than 80 million people lived in Europe. | America’s indigenous nations were incredibly advanced, with extensive trade networks and economic…
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Portland’s Wall Of Moms Joined By Dads With Leaf Blowers
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-22
In response to the use of tear gas being utilized by federal officers against demonstrators, including a group of moms, in an uprising in Portland, Oregon, this week, a like-minded dads’ group encouraged others to show up to the event with leaf blowers in order to dissipate the chemical agents. | Uprisings in Portland have happened nightly since the end of May, in response to police violence against Black Americans, including renewed attention to Jason Washington, a Black resident of the city who was shot and killed by police in 2018. | Tensions have escalated in recent weeks as federal officers began appearing a…
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Trump deploying 150 federal agents in Chicago to repress our movement
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-22
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. | What we have watched in Portland is the dress rehearsal for what Trump is preparing for Chicago: an effort to squash the Black Lives Matter protests flowing from this uprising by violent military means. He claims he is targeting the cities controlled by Democrats because of the chaos caused by the largest rebellion in U.S. history. | In truth, broad democratic forces have come together to exercise their right to protest against police murder and violence. We’ve had signals this was…
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Trump deploying 150 federal agents in Chicago to repress our movement
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-22
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. | What we have watched in Portland is the dress rehearsal for what Trump is preparing for Chicago: an effort to squash the Black Lives Matter protests flowing from this uprising by violent military means. He claims he is targeting the cities controlled by Democrats because of the chaos caused by the largest rebellion in U.S. history. | In truth, broad democratic forces have come together to exercise their right to protest against police murder and violence. We’ve had signals this was…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/7/21/trump-de…

‘F**k Trump!’: US Naval Officer Under Military Probe After Confronting Pro-Trump Protesters – Video
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-22
A US Navy petty officer is now under investigation by service officials after a video uploaded to social media earlier this week appeared to show her in uniform, shouting and using profanity while denouncing a group of protesters calling for four more years of US President Donald Trump in the White House.
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Doctors warn National Health Service will be “overwhelmed” as Johnson scraps UK lockdown measures
wsws.org | 2020-07-22
The R-rate, which the government said must stay below 1.0 to prevent exponential growth, has risen to 1.0 in almost every area of England.
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Doctors warn National Health Service will be “overwhelmed” as Johnson scraps UK lockdown measures
wsws.org | 2020-07-22
The R-rate, which the government previously said must stay below 1.0 to prevent exponential growth, has risen to 1.0 in almost every area.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/22/john…

Hulu becoming Hillary network: Second series about Clinton will explore ‘alternative history’ where she never married Bill
rt.com | 2020-07-22
Streaming service Hulu is working on their second Hillary Clinton series, this time exploring an “alternative history” where the former first lady never marries Bill, and how that would have affected her “extraordinary mind.” | The idea is based on the novel ‘Rodham’ by Curtis Sittenfeld, which was published in May and follows a fictional narrative in which Clinton does not accept Bill’s marriage proposal and instead “blazes her own trail–one that unfolds in public as well as in private.” | The show, muc…
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US Government Clinches $2 Bln Deal With Pfizer, BioNTech for 100 Mln Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-22
If everything goes to plan, Americans could begin receiving the vaccine, free of charge, as soon as December of this year.
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Precious Baby Kitten Loves Getting Pampered
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-22
Everybody loves receiving loving treatment and getting pampered – including our pets, as one tiny, precious furball recently demonstrated.
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France Tells Telecom Operators Licences for Huawei 5G Gear Will Not Be Renewed, Reports Say
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-22
European nations, France included, have been pressed by the United States to ban Huawei from building their 5G networks. Washington has claimed Beijing uses the firm’s equipment for spying. China has repeatedly denied the accusations.
sputniknews.com/europe/20200722107995574…

Trump: DoJ to Deploy ‘Hundreds’ of Federal Officers to Chicago in Effort to Curb Violent Crimes
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-22
US President Donald Trump revealed during a Wednesday afternoon news conference that he will “immediately surge federal law enforcement” to Chicago, Illinois, following the recent uptick in gun violence in the city.
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Sneezing Babies From its Stomach? What a Seahorse Giving Birth Looks Like – Video
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-22
New Delhi (Sputnik): Unlike most species, male seahorses are the child-bearers. Seahorses also carry their babies in a pouch instead of growing it in a uterus.
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As World Split Over Huawei, Narendra Modi Invites American Businessmen to Invest in 5G Technology
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-22
New Delhi (Sputnik): Earlier in the day, Mike Pompeo urged New Delhi to remain cautious when dealing with China in technology, claiming that doing so involves security risks to Indians. US President Donald Trump had previously offered joint collaboration in 5G technology during his two day visit to India in February.
sputniknews.com/world/202007221079956527…

Twitter Cracks Down on Pro-Trump Group QAnon for Promoting Deep State Cabal Conspiracy Theory
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-22
QAnon’s supporters believe Donald Trump is secretly fighting a powerful deep state, including top officials, politicians and Hollywood actors, whom they claim are involved in a worldwide child sex trafficking operation. They also allege that powerful figures including Hillary Clinton and George Soros have been trying to illegally oust Trump.
sputniknews.com/science/2020072210799527…

Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Claims Chinese Aircraft Flying Near Island ‘Virtually a Daily Occurrence’
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-22
In recent comments to the press, Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu claimed Chinese aircraft flying close to the island’s areas of control is “virtually a daily occurrence.” However, he failed to mention the US is also sending planes near Chinese airspace close to Taiwan on a daily basis.
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Action Against Twitter India & Renowned Lawyer for Dig at ‘Harley Riding’ Indian Chief Justice
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-22
New Delhi (Sputnik): The action against activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan and Twitter India has ignited a debate over a viral photo of the Chief Justice of India sitting on a flashy Harley Davidson bike. Some call the unspecified Tweet derogatory as it mocks the top judge for posing without a mask amid the pandemic.
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Immunity ‘Anomaly’ Rule Between UK and US Amended Over Harry Dunn Death
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-22
The case of the death of 19-year old motorcyclist Harry Dunn in 2019 and the subsequent immunity of his alleged killer have led to a souring of relations between the governments of the US and UK.
sputniknews.com/uk/202007221079953380-im…

Indian Def Minister Asks Air Force to Stand Ready, Despite De-escalation Efforts Along China Border
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-22
New Delhi (Sputnik): A month after violent skirmishes involving the armies of India and China in eastern Ladakh, the commanders of the Indian Air Force (IAF) met in New Delhi to “review the operational scenario and deployments” and to discuss “building the IAF capabilities in the next decade to tackle all emerging threats.”
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Iran Urges Iraq to ‘Vigorously Pursue’ Justice in Soleimani Assassination Case
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-22
Iranian authorities have already issued an arrest warrant against US President Donald Trump and three dozen other alleged conspirators in the plot to kill senior Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani. Interpol has said it would refuse a red notice request for Trump, citing the case’s “political” nature.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/2020072210799…

Total of 14 people Injured in Chicago Funeral Home Shooting
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-22
Unofficial reports from the scene said earlier that as many as 16 people were shot in Chicago’s Auburn Gresham neighborhood on Tuesday evening.
sputniknews.com/us/202007221079949194-ma…

‘System Breaking Down’: US Dire Straits, Corporate Debt Are ‘Mockery of Free Enterprise’ – Economist
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-22
With cases of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus spiking nationwide, the future of the US economy appears bleak, despite federal attempts to rebound from a devastating unemployment rate. One economics expert tells Sputnik that this already-catastrophic situation may worsen without an extension to the expiring $600 unemployment benefit bonus.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202007221079949…

Over 1 ton illicit drugs confiscated in SE Iran
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-22
TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) — According to the police chief of Sistan and Balouchestan, southeast province of Iran, over 1 ton of narcotics have been seized during a clash with traffickers in Iranshahr.
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Assassinating Gen. Soleimani, violation of Iraq sovereignty
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-22
TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) — Iranian Parliament Speaker said that the criminal assassination of Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani is a clear violation of Iraq’s sovereignty.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161333/Assassinatin…

Kermanshah to run technical, vocational courses in Halabja
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-22
TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) — General director of technical and vocational training of Iran’s western Kermanshah province announced that the province is to run educational courses in Iraqi Kurdistan’s Halabja.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161308/Kermanshah-t…

Iran, Oman stress expansion of bilateral ties
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-22
TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) — Iranian Ambassador to Muscat held a farewell meeting with Oman’s Minister of Commerce and Industry Ali bin Masoud al Sunaidy.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161306/Iran-Oman-st…

Iraqi Army launches anti-ISIL operation in Saladin provin
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-22
TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) — Iraqi forces identified and destroyed a network of ISIL terrorists in Saladin province.
en.mehrnews.com/news/161322/Iraqi-Army-l…

Iran has advanced air defense capabilities: cmdr
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-22
TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) — Commander of Iran’s Army Major General Seyyed Abdolrahim Mousavi noted that Iran enjoys advanced technology in the air defense field.
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Iran successfully tests 5G mobile network
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-22
TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) — Deputy Minister of Communications and Information Technology (ICT) said that first trial of high-speed 5G mobile internet technology has been successfully tested in Iran with a speed of 1.5 gigabits per second (Gb/s).
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Bearing children significant duty for families: Leader
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-22
TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) — Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said that bearing children must be a priority for all the families.
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Iranian police busts over 19 ton of illicit drug in a week
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-22
TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) — An official with Iran Drug Control Headquarters said that over 19 tons of different drugs have been seized in the last week, registering a 20% increase compared to the same period last year.
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S Korea must clear $7bn-debt to Iran ASAP: MP
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-22
TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) — Deputy chairman of the Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Abbas Moghtadaei urged South Korea to pay Iran’s 7-billion-dollar debt as soon as possible.
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Coop. with china to positively influence Iran economy
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-22
TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) — An Iranian lawmaker said that “as China is a good political and economic partner for Iran, the strategic cooperation with this country would influence our economy positively”.
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Iran-Russia coop. contract updated: Zarif
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-22
TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) — Iranian FM Zarif on Wednesday informed that the long-term comprehensive and strategic contract between Iran and Russia has been updated.
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1st humanitarian transaction channel with Iran to take place
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-22
TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) — The Swiss Foreign Ministry announced in a statement that the first transaction of the humanitarian channel with the Islamic Republic of Iran will take place soon.
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Iran COVID-19 update: 2,586 cases, 219 deaths in 24 hours
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-22
TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) — The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has infected 2,586 people in Iran in the past 24 hours, increasing the total cases to 281,413, said Health Ministry Spokesperson Sima Lari on Wednesday.
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VIDEO: Wildfire in California
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-22
TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) — Two firefighters have been injured in a massive wildfire in northeastern California, US. The incident has led to the evacuation of the area.
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US turned into rogue country after abandoning JCPOA
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-22
TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday that the US has turned into a rogue country after abandoning Nuclear Deal.
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The Federal Coup to Overthrow the States and Nix the 10th Amendment Is Underway
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-22
” I don’t need invitations by the state, state mayors, or state governors, to do our job. We’re going to do that, whether they like us there or not.”–Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf’s defense of the Trump Administration’s …
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The Heat: Lebanon’s economy collapses and the pandemic takes a toll in the Middle East
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-07-22
Lebanon faces its worst crisis since the Civil War. Is the country on the brink of financial collapse?>…
america.cgtn.com/2020/07/22/the-heat-leb…

Trump vows ‘NEVER’ to defund police, says HUNDREDS of federal law enforcement will be sent to Chicago as part of Operation Legend
rt.com | 2020-07-22
President Donald Trump has announced the deployment of ‘hundreds’ of federal law enforcement officers to Chicago as part of a federal crackdown on violent crime in the US, pledging to “never” defund the police. | The FBI, Department of Homeland Security, US Marshals and other federal agencies will be sending officers to Chicago, the president announced, noting that more than 400 people have been killed in the city just this year, and over a thousand injured in shootings. | “We will not stand by and watch it happen,” Trump said. | Americans of all races and in all postal codes deserve to live in safety and “no…
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‘Example of white supremacy’: Activists blame ‘MAGA 2020’ mural request for destruction of BLM mural in California
rt.com | 2020-07-22
An online petition states that the removal of a BLM mural in a California city is “white supremacy” in action. They say officials destroyed it after a local woman applied for a permit to paint a pro-Trump message. | The 17-foot (5m) mural in downtown Redwood City was scrubbed in order to avoid “driver confusion and traffic accidents,” city spokesperson Jennifer Yamaguma told local media, adding that the authorities will no longer permit “art” installations to appear on the streets. | The mural was painted earlier this month by a local resident named Dan Pease. Local media reported that the city had not only au…
rt.com/usa/495470-blm-destruction-suprem…

Ohio House Speaker arrested after FBI raid in $60mn ‘racketeering conspiracy’ probe
rt.com | 2020-07-22
The speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, Larry Householder (R), was arrested in an FBI raid on his farm, part of a bribery and racketeering probe into an alleged $60 million in illicit transactions with energy lobbyists. | Householder and four associates were taken into custody on Tuesday following FBI raids, the Department of Justice said, among them lobbyists and Ohio GOP functionaries, who US attorneys say are behind a string of shady deals beginning in March 201…
rt.com/usa/495454-ohio-speaker-racketeer…

Trump says ‘always possible’ he’ll shut down more Chinese consulates after Beijing vows retaliation for Houston facility closure
rt.com | 2020-07-22
US President Donald Trump said he could shutter additional Chinese consulates following the closure of a diplomatic facility in Texas, leaving the door open for further escalation as tensions soar between the two nations. | The comment came during a White House presser on Wednesday, following the State Department’s decision to order a Chinese consulate in Houston to shut down within 72 hours “in order to protect American intellectual property and Americans,” according to a department spokesperson. | “I guess they were burning documents and burning papers,” Trump said, referring to the Chinese consulate staff.
rt.com/usa/495559-trump-china-consulates…

Police investigate photo of CHILD crying under man’s knee in copy of George Floyd arrest after online outrage — reports
rt.com | 2020-07-22
A disturbing photo showing a supposed BLM supporter putting his knee on the neck of a small child, mimicking the arrest of George Floyd, has triggered outrage online and apparently prompted a police investigation in Ohio. | The Clark County Sheriff’s Office reportedly launched an investigation into the alarming image, which was captioned “Blm now mf.” According to local news channel WHO TV7, law enforcement and medics visited two addresses connected with the case on Tuesday, but no arrests were made. | In the photo, a tattooed man wearing only shorts is shown putting his right knee on top of the neck of a todd…
rt.com/usa/495462-floyd-arrest-reenactme…

‘Nothing lawful in those barracks’: 7 Italian police officers arrested over drug trafficking & torture
rt.com | 2020-07-22
Italy has been shocked by a massive scandal in the wake of the arrest of seven Carabinieri officers suspected of being involved in a series of crimes ranging from drug trafficking to unlawful arrests and torture. | In an unprecedented move, prosecutors in the northern Italian city of Piacenza closed down and sequestered the local Carabinieri barracks as part of an investigation against officers operating from it. Six local officers were taken into custody and one put under house arrest. | “Nothing that was going on in those barracks was legal,” Piacenza Chief Prosecutor Grazia Pradella told journalists. Only o…
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‘We won’t retreat’: DHS chief defends ‘proactive arrests’ amid Portland riots, stokes Minority Report dystopia outcry (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-07-22
The head of the Department of Homeland Security set off alarms after saying that federal agents were making ‘proactive’ arrests in Portland amid heated protests, drawing comparisons to the dystopian “pre-crime” of Minority Report. | Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf appeared on a Fox News segment on Tuesday night, discussing the ongoing protests and rioting across Portland, which he says have continued for “52 nights in a row” as federal officers there are stretched to the limit. | “Because we don’t have that local law enforcement support, we are having to go out and proactively arrest individuals, and we need…
rt.com/usa/495456-portland-proactive-arr…

More election meddling? US telecoms shut down Trump’s campaign texts as ‘spam’ & took a week to respond
rt.com | 2020-07-22
President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign saw its texts to potential supporters blocked by contractors for major mobile operators, in another episode prompting concerns over communication platforms’ influence over US elections. | A test run of the voter outreach program launched by the Trump campaign over the July 4 weekend was “abruptly shut down” on networks run by Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T, Politico reported on Monday, potentially costing the campaign millions of dollars in do…
rt.com/usa/495451-trump-texts-mobile-spa…

‘War zone’: 14 injured in crossfire as Chicago funeral attendees fire back at drive-by shooters (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-07-22
Fourteen people have been injured in a shooting at a funeral home in Chicago, Illinois, according to police. The incident saw an exchange of gunfire between attendees and the assailants, who fled the scene and remain at large. | The incident unfolded on Tuesday evening in Chicago’s Auburn Gresham community on the South Side, where police superintendent Eric Carter said more than a dozen people were shot outside a funeral home, noting that the victims are being treated at 5 different area hospitals. | 14 People were just wounded in a mass shooting outside a funeral in Chicago’s South Side. Witnesses described i…
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