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Elections signal post-socialist Poland’s descent into reaction and repression
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-15
On July 12, Poland completed its second round of elections to decide who will be president and whether the far-right, chauvinistic, racist PiS would have full powers of the Sejm – Poland’s equivalent to the House of Representatives. Sadly, despite being incredibly close and potentially contested, the official reports show Andrzej Duda getting 51% of the vote, while his opponent Rafal Trzaskowski achieved 49% of the vote. Duda is the candidate that represented the Prawo I Sprawiedliwosc (in English, the Law and Justice party). His opponent, Trzaskowski, represented the right-centrist party known as the Civil Platf…
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Texas death penalty under fire after cruel treatment of mourners
Gloria Rubac | workers.org | 2020-07-15
While executions are nothing unusual in Texas, the state outdid itself last week. It not only executed Billy Wardlow, but then its church liaison for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice used the viewing of the body by loved ones to verbally attack Wardlow’s fiancée and her friends. Wardlow had . . . | Continue reading Texas death penalty under fire after cruel treatment of mourners at Workers.org
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Trump’s xenophobic attack on international students
Genevieve Lechat | workers.org | 2020-07-15
July 13 — Unions representing graduate student workers, many international, organized simultaneous July 13 rallies from coast to coast in opposition to a draconian Immigration and Customs Enforcement order threatening their right to remain in the U.S. Ultimately, a million individual international students are endangered by their second-class status as . . . | Continue reading Trump’s xenophobic attack on international students at Workers.org
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Boston #SayHerName/Black women lead BLM march
Maureen Skehan | workers.org | 2020-07-15
By M. Skehan and G. Lechat — Over a thousand people took to the streets July Fourth to center Black women’s role in the ongoing Black Lives Matter rebellion. Gathering in Boston’s Nubian Square, recently stripped of its slaver name, the #SayHerName demonstration and march were organized by the initiative . . . | Continue reading Boston #SayHerName/Black women lead BLM march at Workers.org
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‘Housing is dignity!’
Betsey Piette | workers.org | 2020-07-15
Residents of the James Talib-Dean tent encampment, set up on June 11 on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, held a press conference July 13 to denounce city plans to evict them. Calling for housing now for people who are homeless, camp residents say they are not willing to leave. . . . | Continue reading ‘Housing is dignity!’ at Workers.org
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Bolsonaro’s crimes: social movements file a new impeachment request
Brasil de Fato | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-15
Social movements filed in Congress an impeachment request against President Jair Bolsonaro, on Tuesday, July 14th. In the document, these entities put forth an array of possible crimes committed by the former army captain. | According to these organizations, since the beginning of his term Bolsonaro has “gravely and systematically infringed upon the Constitution of the Republic. By adopting this standard of constant disrespect towards the constitutional directive, the head of State seems to be pushing for the normalization and acceptance of these violations.” | Furthermore, these organizations allege that by comm…
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Humanity is an Endangered Species
Lawrence Wittner | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-07-14
Have you noticed recently that things are collapsing? Sure, the right-wing, nationalist rulers of many countries never stop telling us that they have made their nations “great” again. But we would have to be dislocated from reality not to notice that something is wrong‚Äïvery wrong. After all, the world is currently engulfed in a coronavirus pandemic that has …
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It’s Going to Be a Long and Harsh Recession: NYT Warns of Skills Gap
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-07-14
When the unemployment rate goes up, a standard theme in the media is that workers don’t have the right skills. We saw that yesterday in the New York Times when an article told us “The Pandemic Has Accelerated Demands for a More Skilled Workforce.” It tells us how the growth of telecommuting in response to …
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The Crackdown on Foreign Students
Richard C. Gross | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-14
There must be something unusually cruel amid a worldwide plague in trying to force international students to take possibly dangerous in-person higher education classes or face losing their U.S. visas or being deported. Colleges and universities are considering online courses for the fall because of a rampant COVID-19 that won’t recede. The Trump administration, as…
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“Tsunami of Job Losses”: U.S. Economy Hasn’t Experienced Anything Like This Since the 1930s Great Depression
Michael Snyder | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-14
The recession of 2008 and 2009 was bad, but it was nothing like this. Even though this new economic downturn is only a few months old, we are already seeing numbers that we haven’t seen since the worst parts of …
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Stop the war on Iran!
| workers.org | 2020-07-14
By Raymond Tyler Israel set off a bomb on July 3 on the Iranian Natanz nuclear site, severely damaging a building integral to Iran’s nuclear power facility. The plan to attack the Iranian nuclear center had long been planned by the U.S. and Israel. (New York Times, July 10) The . . . | Continue reading Stop the war on Iran! at Workers.org
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Exporting Toxic Chemical Waste to Poor Countries Must End, Says UN
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-07-14
Last year, at least 30 rich countries exported locally-banned toxic substances to poorer ones, allowing corporations to write off their costly waste and transferring the costs to some of the poorest people on earth.
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Trump Tells Florida Crowd “Something Will Happen in Venezuela” Soon
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-07-14
“Something will happen with Venezuela. That’s all I can tell you,” Trump said, before not-so-cryptically adding that Washington would be “very much involved.” | MPN– On a trip to COVID-19 riddled Florida this weekend, President Donald Trump not-so-cryptically revealed that he had something big planned for Venezuela during a meeting with leaders of the U.S. military’s Southern Command. “Something will happen with Venezuela. That’s all I can tell you,” he said, before adding that Washington would be “very much involved” in what he…
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Trump Tells Florida Crowd “Something Will Happen in Venezuela” Soon
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-07-14
On a trip to COVID-19 riddled Florida this weekend, President Donald Trump not-so-cryptically revealed that he had something big planned for Venezuela during a meeting with leaders of the U.S. military’s Southern Command. “Something will happen with Venezuela. That’s all I can tell you,” he said, before adding that Washington would be “very much involved” in what he was referencing. | On Trump’s orders, Southern Command moved large numbers of forces to the region, ostensibly to conduct a counter-narcotics operation against Venezuela,…
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Reelection of President Duda: Poland’s Future Remains Bright, But The Glow Is Dimming
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-14
The narrow re-election of Polish President Duda saved the country from returning under Brussels’ Euro-Liberal yoke, yet the electorate’s clear-cut age and locality divides bode ominously for the country’s future since they suggest that the opposition might inevitably return to …
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Blockbuster oil bribery scandal exposes corrupt double-dealing of Guaidó ‘Attorney General’
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-07-14
Jose Ignacio Hernandez has raked in lucrative fees as a legal mercenary for the corporate looters of Venezuela’s PDVSA oil…
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The Fiscal Deficit, Modern Monetary Theory and Progressive Economic Policy
Andrew Jackson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-14
Modern Monetary Theory or MMT has crept in from the academic margins to become an influential doctrine in progressive policy circles in the United States. Both Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders drew on the ideas of MMT to shape their …
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Shahid Buttar Mounts A Serious Congressional Race Against Speaker Of The House Nancy Pelosi
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-07-14
Democratic Socialist Buttar is challenging Pelosi as a progressive-sounding centrist who pushes a conservative agenda that enables Trump.
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Has Saudi Arabia Once More Made a Catastrophic Oil Blunder?
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-14
In March of this year Saudi Arabia launched what was clearly a catastrophic move to regain its role as the world oil superpower. What initially was a move aimed at taking markets away from Russia, after the latter declined to …
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COVID-19 Corruption: Wealthy And Well Connected Get Rich While People Suffer
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-07-14
COVID Dollars from Fiscal Times While corrupt elected officials and elites feed at the public trough, the economic collapse is hitting people in the United States hard. According to the newly released Bureau of Labor Statistics figures 47.2 percent of working-age people are without work and businesses are finding it impossible to pay their rent or …
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Humans Are an Endangered Species
Lawrence Wittner | zcomm.org | 2020-07-14
Will They Act to Save Themselves?>…
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“Release Is Only Way to Save Lives”: Migrant Families Face Separation as COVID Spreads in ICE Jails
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-07-14
As the United States leads the world in coronavirus infections, we go behind the walls of immigrant jails, where infection rates are also soaring, and also look at how thousands more jailed migrant parents may be separated from their children starting Friday. “Release is the only way to save the lives of people in custody,” says reporter Jacob Soboroff, who went inside these ICE jails and first witnessed kids in cages in 2018, which he writes about in his new book, “Separated: Inside an American Tragedy.”
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Trump’s Fox Fave Tucker Carlson Goes Fishing After Lead Writer Resigns over Racist Online Comments
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-07-14
The lead writer for President Trump’s favorite Fox News TV show, “Tucker Carlson Tonight” — the most popular cable show in history — has resigned for posting disturbing racist and misogynist messages to an online forum under a pseudonym. Now Tucker Carlson says he’s going on vacation, and his advertisement blocks “are a wasteland,” says Matt Gertz, senior fellow at Media Matters, where he documents the relationship between Fox News and the Trump administration.
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‘UN expert’s report on Lt. Gen Soliemani arouses US wrath’
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-14
TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) — Iranian FM Zarif said on Tuesday that the UN rapporteur report which described the assassination of Lieutenant General Soleiman as ‘unlawful’ move by the US, has provoked America’s wrath.
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Prepare now for winter COVID-19 peak, warn infectious disease experts
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-07-14
The UK must prepare now for a potential new wave of coronavirus infections this winter, says a new Academy of Medical Sciences report.
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Green Party Nominates Two Workers For The White House
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-14
The Green Party of the United States held its presidential nominating convention, a virtual convention, this past weekend. The nominees are Howie Hawkins, a co-founder of the party and the first candidate to bring the Green New Deal to the US, for president and Angela Walker for vice president. Both are members of the working class – a retired Teamster and a truckdriver. Both are also lifelong socialists who are working to build the Green Patry and build unity among the Left in the US. We speak with Howie and Angela about the times in which we live, why they are running and what they hope to accomplish through th…
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Truth And Justice: Green’s Trailblazing World Platform
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-14
The Green Party believes that economic development is only environmentally sustainable globally when it’s rooted democratically in social and economic justice. As a superpower, our government’s domestic militarism is tied to international militarism. Thus, our foreign policy of attacking, through overt and covert warfare, the sovereignty of nation-states to acquire their natural, financial, and human resources to maintain geopolitical supremacy must end if we are to protect ourselves and the people of the world against the corporate hijacking of our foreign policy. Our interests are best served in respecting inte…
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Stargazers urged to take in comet that will not return for 68 centuries
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-14
Stargazers have been urged to marvel at a newly discovered comet which is visible to the naked eye this month as it will not be coming back for another 6,800 years.The mountain-sized Neowise comet made its closest approach to the sun on 3 July and is now shining brightly in the night skies.PA news agency photographer Owen Humphreys captured images of the comet lined up with St Mary’s Lighthouse in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, at around 12.45am on Tuesday.The noctilucent clouds were a bonus for the photographer (Owen Humphreys/PA)He said: “It was a lot brighter than I thought it would be, and you could see it clea…
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Converting Hagia Sophia for Domestic Consumption Will Backfire on Erdogan
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-15
On Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a decree changing the status of the Byzantine-era built Hagia Sophia from a museum to a mosque. The first Islamic service in the formerly Christian Orthodox Cathedral is scheduled for July 24 …
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What is needed to reopen schools in the U.S.?
John Catalinotto | workers.org | 2020-07-15
July 13 — The Trump administration has ignored facts, science and the advice of experts when issuing an order for schools to open countrywide. Pediatricians, teachers and other education workers who are on the front lines have said they want to reopen schools, but only under safe conditions. They say . . . | Continue reading What is needed to reopen schools in the U.S.? at Workers.org
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Trump’s Harsh Sanctions Lead to Iran-China Partnership
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-14
China and Iran have drafted a ” sweeping economic and security partnership,” according to The New York Times. China will get a regular, heavily discounted supply of Iranian oil for the next 25 years, as well as an expanded …
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10 Reasons Why Defunding Police Should Lead to Defunding War
Medea Benjamin | mintpressnews.com | 2020-07-14
Much as unaccountable police in riot gear are a danger to our communities, so, too, an unaccountable military, armed to the teeth and functioning largely in secret, is a danger to the world.
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10 Reasons Why Defunding Police Should Lead to Defunding War
Medea Benjamin and Zoltán Grossman | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-07-14
Credit: CreativeCommons Since George Floyd was murdered, we have seen an increasing convergence of the “war at home” against Black and brown people with the “wars abroad” that the U.S. has waged against people in other countries. Army and National Guard troops have been deployed in U.S. cities, as militarized police treat our cities as …
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‘Cancel Culture’ Letter is About Stifling Free Speech, Not Protecting It
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-14
An open letter published by Harper’s magazine, and signed by 150 prominent writers and public figures, has focused attention on the apparent dangers of what has been termed a new “cancel culture”. The letter brings together an unlikely alliance of genuine leftists, such as Noam Chomsky and Matt Karp, centrists such as J K Rowling and Ian…
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Campaign Workers Just Ratified a Union Contract
Aída Chávez | zcomm.org | 2020-07-14
Campaign workers…
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Pandemic kills more people in Palestine, Kuwait
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-14
In Kuwait, the Health Ministry recorded three more deaths and 666 cases over the past 24 hours. | Tuesday’s tally brings the total infections to 56,174, including 396 deaths, and 46,161 recoveries.Since originating in China last December, the COVID-19 pandemic has claimed almost 573,000 lives in 188 countries and regions. | Nearly 13.1 million cases have been reported worldwide, while over 7.3 million patients have recovered so far, according to figures compiled by the US’ Johns Hopkins University. | *Writing by Mahmoud Barakat…
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Boris Johnson Should not be Making New Global Enemies When His Country is in a Shambles
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-14
Antagonising China may not be wise, particularly as it’s clear that dysfunctional leaders like Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro could not control an outbreak of acne.
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Sorry, the Chicago Blackhawks Need to Change Their Name and Logo
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-14
“Fast Getting Rid of Those Demons in Human Shape” The great Sauk warrior Black Hawk, called Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak (“Black Sparrow Hawk”) in the Algonquian language of his people, was born in 1767 in the glorious village of Saukenuk in the northwestern section of what later became the state of Illinois. In 1829, Black Hawk’s Sauk band…
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Will the Federal Reserve Cause the Next Riots?
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-14
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly both recently denied that the Federal Reserve’s policies create economic inequality. Unfortunately for Powell, Daly, and other Fed promoters, a cursory look at the Fed’s operations shows that …
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Newsom: allowing SEP candidates on ballot would “frustrate democratic process.”
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2020-07-14
Democratic Party officials argue that the Socialist Equality Party should have been collecting ballot signatures in California during the dangerous COVID-19 lockdown.
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Sunday 7/19: s of Color Speak Out on Systemic Racism in the Era of COVID-19
Freedom Socialist Party | indybay.org | 2020-07-14
Online. To register: http: //bit.ly/Demand-New-Normal…
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#MeToo to “Me Who?”: US media has turned off the sexual witch-hunt for the moment
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2020-07-14
What has become of the #MeToo Movement recently? David Walsh at the World Socialist Web Site considers the question and provides some interesting answers.
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CoronaShock And Socialism
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-14
CoronaShock is a term that refers to how a virus struck the world with such gripping force; it refers to how the social order in the bourgeois state crumbled, while the social order in the socialist parts of the world appeared more resilient. | This is the third in a multiple-part series of studies on CoronaShock. It is based on research by Ana Maldonado (Frente Francisco de Miranda, Venezuela), Manolo de los Santos (researcher with Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research), Subin Dennis (researcher with Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research), and Vijay Prashad (director of Tricontinental: Institute…
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Trump Regime Ups the Stakes v. China
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-14
Trump regime hostility toward China keeps pushing the envelope toward rupturing relations altogether or possibly something worse. | Are things heading toward US instigated belligerence — targeting a nation able to hit back hard against an aggressor? | What’s unthinkable is possible …
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Penatgon to hide realities behind warship incident
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-14
TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) — American analyst Stephen Lendman said that the realities behind USS Bonhomme Richard incident will never be determined as the the Pentagon is a lying machine like the White House, Congress, and press agent media.
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Supreme Court rules for religious right, against health care
Sue Davis | workers.org | 2020-07-14
After signing three progressive decisions in June, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts revealed his true conservative stripes July 8. Not only did he sign one ruling supporting so-called “religious rights,” he signed two. Reproductive justice s outside SCOTUS to uphold access to contraception. March 23. The one potentially . . . | Continue reading Supreme Court rules for religious right, against health care at Workers.org
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The Supreme Court Ruling On Oklahoma Was Welcome, But
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-14
The U.S. legal system from the Supreme Court on down delivered a suite of rulings over the past week that have reaffirmed Indigenous land rights and environmental protections. From the Virginias to the Dakotas, they pushed back on the industrial development that would have further imperiled tribal lands and the environment. | On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that 3 million acres of eastern Oklahoma — including most of Tulsa — remain American Indian reservation land. Last Monday, the court also denied a Trump administration request to allow the construction of the long-delayed northern leg of the K…
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US carries out first federal execution for 17 years, after Supreme Court clears path for lethal injection
rt.com | 2020-07-14
Daniel Lewis Lee, a convicted murderer, has been put to death by lethal injection at an Indiana penitentiary. It was the first federal execution in the US since 2003, marking a major policy change regarding the death penalty. | Lee was executed in Terre Haute for killing a family of three in 1996. The 47-year-old was one of four death row inmates scheduled for execution by the US Department of Justice. His life was expected to end on Monday, but a last-minute ruling by a federal judge in Washington delayed the procedure. The Supreme Court overturned it in a split 5-4 decision on Tuesday. | Also on rt.com
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Taliban intensifies attacks ahead of intra-Afghan talks
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-14
At least 21 security personnel and two civilians were killed in Taliban attacks in the northern Kunduz province on July 13, Monday. The Afghan government estimates 284 attacks carried out by the Taliban last week…
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US Troops Withdraw From Five Bases in Afghanistan as Part of Taliban Deal
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-14
Since the United States first began its occupation of Afghanistan in 2001, remaining troops have had to aid the Kabul government in its fight against the Taliban regime. Washington is now prioritising an agreement with the Islamist group in an effort to end ongoing violence.
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As Syria Struggles Under COVID-19 Lockdown, America’s Scorched Earth Policy Ensures Food Insecurity
Vanessa Beeley | mintpressnews.com | 2020-07-14
Infuriated by a failed military campaign to remove Syria’s leadership, the US is now turning the economic screws on a nation that has endured a brutal 10-year war of attrition waged by extremist mercenaries.
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Laos has tackled COVID-19, but it is drowning in debt to international finance
Vijay Prashad | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-14
Vijay Prashad tells the heroic and tragic story of how Laos has controlled the coronavirus pandemic but now faces an even more unforgiving adversary, foreign debt.
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2020 Is The Year The Unseen Becomes Seen
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-07-14
2020 is the year of Julian ‘s extradition trials, the Kafkaesque proceedings by which the US government is attempting to imprison the WikiLeaks founder for the rest of his life as punishment for exposing US war crimes. started an innovative leak publishing outlet on the premise that corrupt power can be fought with truth, and corrupt power responded by silencing and jailing him. They’ve proved him right about everything, right in front of everyone.
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Gladio Links Remain Unsolved as Sweden Identifies New Olof Palme Assassin
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-07-14
Swedish authorities declare that they have identified a dead man as Olof Palme’s assassin, but questions surrounding the former Prime Minister’s death to Operation Gladio linger.
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Biden introduces climate change plan with energy revamp
Alexandra Jaffe, Ellen Knickmeyer, Will Weissert | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-14
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden released a plan Tuesday aimed at combating climate change and spurring economic growth in part by overhauling America’s energy industry, with a proposal to achieve entirely carbon pollution-free power by 2035. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee discussed the proposal Tuesday near his home in Wilmington, Delaware. It marks his …
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In Commune: The Panal 2021
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-07-14
Third episode of VA’s “In Commune” series, focusing on the combative Panal 2021 Commune in Caracas.
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India Should Not Participate in Washington-led Anti-China Coalition
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-14
For years, the US, Japan and India have maintained Malabar military exercises on an annual basis. As the US and Japan are absolutely aligned countries and India is a Washington regional strategic partner, the common objective of the three participants …
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Iran, Coronavirus and U.S. Sanctions
Robert Fantina | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-14
In 2018, the United States, under the confused and confusing leadership of the bizarre Donald Trump, violated domestic and international law by withdrawing from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. This was an agreement made with Iran and China, …
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The parlous state of poverty eradication
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-07-14
The world is at an existential crossroads involving a pandemic, a deep economic recession, devastating climate change, extreme inequality, and an uprising against racist policies. Running through all of these challenges is the longstanding neglect of extreme poverty by many governments, economists, and human rights advocates.
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Ten Million Children ‘May Never Return to School’ after Coronavirus
The New Arab | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-14
The coronavirus pandemic has caused an “unprecedented education emergency” with up to 9.7 million children affected by school closures at risk of never going back to class, Save the Children warned Monday. | The British charity cited UNESCO data showing that …
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Coronavirus surge worsens as Trump ignores the danger
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-14
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, already criminally absent, appears to be getting worse and the data confirm it. Case numbers are proliferating. Irresponsible early reopening has backfired. Donald Trump veers between dismissing the threat and urging even more irresponsible reopening despite the fact that 46 of the 50 states, plus …
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Lift From the Bottom? Yes
Frank Joyce | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-14
Some time ago, Rev. William Barber II, leader of the Poor People’s Campaign, made a stunning point about the minimum wage: it has taken 400 years for it to go from $0/hour to $7.25/hour. Op Ed columnist Thomas Edsall recently wondered in the New York Times, Why Do We Pay So Many People So Little Money?
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Pillar of Sand in Okinawa
C. Douglas Lummis | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-14
On 23 June, the House Subcommittee on Readiness passed its draft of H.R. 6395, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY21. It included the following words: [T]he committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the House Committee on Armed Services, not later than December 1, 2020, on the Futenma Replacement…
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The Global Rushmore of Autocrats
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-14
Donald Trump would dearly like to add his face to Mt. Rushmore as the fifth presidential musketeer. His fireworks-and-fury extravaganza on July 3 was the next best thing. Trump’s dystopian speech was almost beside the point. Much more important was the photo op of his smirking face next to Abraham Lincoln’s. More fitting, however, would…
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Soft Power: Americans in Its Grip at Home Must Face the Mischief It Wields by BNimri Aziz July 11/2020
B. Nimri Aziz | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-14
I suspect most Americans would approve of what they understand to be this nation’s global cultural reach as expressed through its ‘soft power’. A term coined by an American political scientist, soft power “involves shaping the preferences of others through appeal and attraction”. Contrasted with coercive measures, it’s achieved largely through cultural means, although nevertheless…
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What was lost when Ringling Bros. Left the Circus
Cesar Chelala | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-14
The business of America is show business, as the saying goes. Show business has slowly crept up into American politics creating a boundary difficult to define. After all, American show business is a greater manifestation of imperialism than the American military. And there was no better show in the United States than the Ringling Bros.
counterpunch.org/2020/07/14/what-was-los…

Canceling the Cancel Culture: Enriching Discourse or Dumbing it Down?
Anthony DiMaggio | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-14
To what extent do we as a society have a responsibility to entertain absurd claims, and how do we benefit from engaging in debates with bad-faith actors whose end goal is to obscure basic facts and truths? In such situations, engaging in extended debates doesn’t enrich discourse — it makes people dumber by popularizing misinformation and ignorance. And that’s exactly the point.
counterpunch.org/2020/07/14/canceling-th…

Should We Cancel “Cancel Culture”?
Steven Salaita | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-14
Many champions of free speech are less into civil liberties than the preservation of a certain view of modernity. “Free speech,” in its discursive form (the form it takes as a rhetorical ideal), can be a mechanism to discipline people who have long been voiceless. Beyond its legal dynamics, the term often reifies capitalist principles…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/14/should-we-ca…

California Regulators Approve 12 New Permits for Chevron to Frack in Kern County
Dan Bacher | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-14
As Tribes, conservationists and environmental justice advocates were celebrating a federal ruling temporarily halting operations by the owners of the Dakota Access Pipeline, anti-fracking s in California were disturbed that California regulators are continuing to approve new permits for fracking in the San Joaquin Valley. The California Geologic Energy Management Division (CALGEM), the oil and gas…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/14/california-r…

To Survive this Pandemic, We Will Need a New Language of Contagion
Sonia Shah | thenation.com | 2020-07-14
To Survive this Pandemic, We Will Need a New Language of Contagion…
thenation.com/article/society/pandemic-d…

Collective care is our best weapon against COVID-19
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-07-14
As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps around the world, statist and capitalist structures predictably continue to fail us in many ways. Underlying that failure is the stress on individual responses: stockpile, isolate, and care for yourself.
mronline.org/2020/07/14/collective-care-…

Cuban doctors land in Azerbaijan to help fight COVID-19
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-14
Over 100 medical professionals from the Henry Reeve Brigade arrived in Azerbaijan on Monday. The brigade, founded by Fidel Castro in 2005, has worked in more than 25 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/14/cuban-doc…

When This too Shall Pass
Badri Raina | zcomm.org | 2020-07-14
When the Covid pestilence shall pass, Like Nature’s instructive visitation, I shall to the brim fill my glass, And celebrate the humbling of many a nation Whose pride of lucre and boast of arms, Loads of gumption and lack of sense Have through cunning low and cussedness Brought god’s earth to this circumstance. My Read…
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Teachers demand COVID-19 containment before return to campuses
Reds in Ed | liberationnews.org | 2020-07-14
“I think I need to draw the line at dying.”
liberationnews.org/teachers-demand-covid…

America Is Headed Off a Cliff
Tom Tomorrow | thenation.com | 2020-07-14
America Is Headed Off a Cliff…
thenation.com/article/society/trump-covi…

Student group launches survey on education inequality in Belgium
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-14
Student group Comac claims that the shift to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic has increased inequality in education and that almost a quarter of the students in Belgium do not have an adequate place to study…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/14/student-g…

“We need to be doing this safely”
Leana Wen | zcomm.org | 2020-07-14
As COVID Infections Soar, Trump Attacks Dr. Fauci, CDC & Pushes Schools to Reopen at All Costs…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/we-need-to-be-doin…

Kansas retail worker: I got COVID-19 at work; I won’t be the last
Claire Chadwick | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-14
At first, we had no masks. The plan for social distancing was chaotic at best, nonexistent at worst. Hundreds of angry customers were clamoring to get in. And there I was, working the floor of a big box store during a pandemic. It was all hands on deck as COVID-19 hit the country and my …
peoplesworld.org/article/kansas-retail-w…

Money Capital versus “Life Capital”. Prof. John McMurtry
Prof. John McMurtry | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-14
Author of UNESCOs ‘Philosophy and World Problems’, Professor John McMurtry is questioned on the planetary life-system crisis by media critic Dr. Jeffery Klaehn. | Klaehn: You have stated that ‘the war of values is what is least comprehended in our multi-level …
globalresearch.ca/money-capital-versus-l…

Syria: Hope Is Gone, Evil Has Taken Over, We Are at War with the Western Leaders
Father Daniel | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-14
Dear Friends, | A deep disappointment and a fatigue together with the regular and unanimous will to deal with this increasingly difficult situation continue to help each other, that is, as far as I can tell it, the predominantly sense of …
globalresearch.ca/hope-gone-evil-taken-o…

“Thank You for Calling” Documentary: Unspoken Health Impacts of the Worldwide Mobile Phone Industry
Electromagnetic Sense Ireland | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-14
Mobile telephony has quickly established itself worldwide as an irreplaceable communication technology. Similar to smoking, however, possible fatal consequences can only become apparent after decades of constantly increased exposure to radiation. | The documentary THANK YOU FOR CALLING by Klaus Scheidsteger …
globalresearch.ca/thank-you-for-calling-…

US-Mexico Relations: The Outcome of the Trump-AMLO Meeting in Washington?
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-14
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) has ended his trip to Washington that was intended to celebrate with the signing of a joint declaration pertaining to the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) that took effect last July 1. Canada’s …
globalresearch.ca/outcome-trump-amlo-mee…

Lockdowns: Essential to the Master Plan
Renee Parsons | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-14
If given the choice between maintaining a toxic world of fear, pollution and violence controlled by the State or a society of prosperity and compassion based on freedom and individual rights, there is little doubt that the majority of Americans …
globalresearch.ca/lockdowns-essential-ma…

The Law, and Origin Story of Istanbul’s Iconic Hagia Sophia
Adam Bensaid | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-14
On Friday July 10, Turkey’s highest court has repealed a previous decision that saw the 1934 conversion of the Hagia Sophia from a mosque into a museum, and put restrictions on prayers being performed at the site. | A week earlier, …
globalresearch.ca/law-origin-story-istan…

The New “Water Barons”: Wall Street Mega-Banks are Buying up the World’s Water
Jo-Shing Yang | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-14
Mega-banks and investing powerhouses such as Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, UBS, Deutsche Bank, the Blackstone Group, Allianz, and HSBC Bank, among others, are consolidating their control over water.
globalresearch.ca/the-new-water-barons-w…

Why should the Argentine government take over Vicentin?
Julián Inzaugarat | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-14
Argentina’s elite has waged strong resistance to the possible state takeover of the Vicentin Agroindustrial Group, ignoring how this could contribute towards food sovereignty and help Argentina deal its foreign debt crisis…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/14/why-shoul…

Trump vs Fauci?
Martin Powers | zcomm.org | 2020-07-14
Undermining Science for Cult of Personality Politics is Taking America Down…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/trump-vs-fauci/

Iranian union members given 74 lashes and jail for demanding unpaid wages
Steve Sweeney | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-14
Iranian unions have called on the government to cease its oppression yesterday after 42 workers at the Azarab Industries manufacturing plant were jailed earlier this month for a year and sentenced to 74 lashes for ing against unpaid wages. The Arak Criminal Court also sentenced the trade unionists to a month of forced labor after …
peoplesworld.org/article/iranian-union-m…

Court orders shut down of Dakota Access Pipeline
C.J. Town | liberationnews.org | 2020-07-14
While the Dakota Access Pipeline’s ultimate fate remains undecided, this is nevertheless an extremely important victory for the sovereignty of Native nations…
liberationnews.org/court-orders-shut-dow…

Canceling the Cancel Culture
Anthony Dimaggio | zcomm.org | 2020-07-14
Enriching Discourse or Dumbing it Down?>…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/canceling-the-canc…

Cop tells man he’s about to kill, ‘You’re about to die, my friend’
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-14
Salt Lake City, UT – ers gathered in front of Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill’s office, July 8, to demand justice for Bryan Valencia and Chad Breinholt and all victims of police violence. ers chanted, “Justice for Chad Breinholt!” and “Justice for Bryan Valencia,” as posters with the same demands were hung on the DA’s office building. | Utah Against Police Brutality (UAPB) called the rally to bring attention to these two local cases that have not had the same spotlight as some other local and national police killings. | Breinholt was killed by West Valley City police inside of West Valle…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/7/13/cop-tell…

In Spain, Galician nationalists make strong comeback in regional polls
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-14
The left-wing Galician Nationalist Bloc made a strong comeback in the Galician regional polls held on July 12, increasing its previous tally of 6 seats to 19 seats…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/14/in-spain-…

Retrenched employees stage at Delhi Airport, claim union members were targeted
Pavan Kulkarni | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-14
Those retrenched were employed by Celebi Airport Services India, which handles ground operations at Delhi airport. The company recently laid off 708 of its 1,19 workers, citing a steep decline in business…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/14/retrenche…

They stream movies, don’t they? ‘City of Tiny Lights’ and ‘Hamilton’
Dennis Broe | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-14
Although the highlight and main attraction of most streaming services is always new series and seasons of Serial TV, they also attract viewers, and more importantly to them, subscribers, by posting high profile films, often with a holiday slant. Netflix premiered Scorsese’s The Irishman at Thanksgiving 2019 in an attempt to have families stay at …
peoplesworld.org/article/they-stream-mov…

Malaysia Still Vastly Undercounting People Living In Poverty
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-07-14
Malaysia must acknowledge that the country’s rapid economic growth has not benefited all of its residents, says Philip Alston, former UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.
therealnews.com/stories/malaysia-pushes-…

Doublethink Doublethink: It’s Two Thinks in One!
John Hawkins | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-07-14
If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever. — O’Brien to Winston Smith in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four Seventy years ago, on August 29, 1949, the Soviets successfully tested their first nuclear bomb, and became the only other state power on the planet, after the …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/07/doublethink-d…

Malaysia Still Pushes False Claim That It Has Eradicated Poverty
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-07-14
Malaysia must acknowledge that the country’s rapid economic growth has not benefited all of its residents, says Philip Alston, former UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.
therealnews.com/stories/malaysia-pushes-…

Stir Crazy! Episode #66: Sacrificing Kids For The Economy
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-07-14
On today’s show: TRNN reporter Aman Azhar and Executive Producer Lisa Snowden-McCray. Hosted by Kim Brown. | If you have comments/questions/suggestions email us at stircrazy@therealnews.com
therealnews.com/stories/stir-crazy-episo…

Cleveland City Council calls for end of U.S. blockade against Cuba
Anita Waters | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-14
CLEVELAND–On July 1, the City Council here voted 14 to 1 for an Emergency Resolution calling for the United States to end its economic, commercial, and financial embargo against Cuba, and for the Trump administration to open negotiations toward a cooperative relationship between the two nations. The resolution now goes to Mayor Frank Jackson for …
peoplesworld.org/article/cleveland-city-…

On the Record’s Act of Witness
Stephen Kearse | thenation.com | 2020-07-14
On the Record’s Act of Witness…
thenation.com/article/culture/on-the-rec…

Israeli court refuses to revoke export license of spyware maker NSO
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-14
An Israeli court said that there was not enough evidence that a human rights had been targeted. Amnesty International had said that the spyware was used against one of its employees…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/14/israeli-c…

Suspending evictions is about saving landlords from themselves
Nathan Tankus | mronline.org | 2020-07-14
Millions of U.S. households are already facing desperate crises.
mronline.org/2020/07/14/suspending-evict…

Juez Ordena Cierre De Oleoducto Del Dakota Access
Earthjustice | peoplesworld.org | 2020-07-14
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Un juez federal dictaminó 6 julio que los propietarios del Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) deben detener las operaciones mientras el gobierno realiza un análisis completo para examinar el riesgo que DAPL representa para la tribu Sioux de Standing Rock. La decisión judicial dio una victoria muy reñida a la tribu, que ha …
peoplesworld.org/article/juez-ordena-cie…

Structures Demolished in Tulkarem, Demolition Orders Issued for Homes, Barns in Hebron
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-07-14
Israeli bulldozers, Monday, demolished several Palestinian structures in Izbit Shufa neighborhood, southeast of Tulkarem city, in the northern occupied West Bank, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. An owner of one of the structures, Amer Hamed, told WAFA that Israeli forces accompanied a bulldozer into the neighborhood, and proceeded to …
imemc.org/article/structures-demolished-…

Israeli Army Razes Land in Hebron, Bethlehem, Order Seizure of Land in Salfit
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-07-14
The Israeli occupation authorities, on Monday, bulldozed large areas of Palestinian-owned cultivated land as well as an agricultural structure in al-Baq’ah area in Hebron, southern West Bank, the Palestinian Information Center reported. According to local sources, Israeli bulldozers accompanied by soldiers, razed three dunams of land planted with vegetables and …
imemc.org/article/israeli-army-razes-lan…

Writers and publishers express solidarity with Indonesian author Felix Nesi
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-14
The award-winning author was detained on charges of vandalizing parish property while ing the impunity enjoyed by a clergyman who is accused of sexual abuse. Felix Nesi was released but the charges have not been dropped…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/14/writers-a…

J.M. Coetzee’s States of Exile
Siddhartha Deb | thenation.com | 2020-07-14
J.M. Coetzee’s States of Exile…
thenation.com/article/culture/coetzee-de…

Miserable Bankruptcy of Neoliberal “Takeover” Reports
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-07-14
For decades, one of the main strategies used by neoliberals to destroy public enterprises and eliminate the public interest has been: Starve It, Demonize It, Discredit It, Privatize it. Since the late 1970s, neoliberals and their state have made greater use of the “Takeover” reporting method to justify wrecking and privatizing social programs and public …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/07/miserable-ban…

Five Years On, the Nefarious Goals of the Iran Nuclear Deal Reveal Themselves
Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich | mintpressnews.com | 2020-07-14
July 14, 2020 marks the fifth anniversary of the so-called Iran Nuclear Deal and five years on it has become more clear than ever that it was never meant to succeed.
mintpressnews.com/five-years-on-the-nefa…

More Veterans in Congress Could Mean Fewer Wars
Nan Levinson | thenation.com | 2020-07-14
More Veterans in Congress Could Mean Fewer Wars…
thenation.com/article/politics/congress-…

The Left Is Remaking the World
Amna A. Akbar | zcomm.org | 2020-07-14
“Defund the police” and “cancel rent” aren’t reforms, but paths to revolution…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-left-is-remaki…

The Halted Progress of Criminal-Justice Reform
Jeffrey Toobin | zcomm.org | 2020-07-14
Prosecutors are charging ers with federal crimes, exposing them to long prison sentences, in another example of the Justice Department’s grotesque overreach under Attorney General William Barr…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-halted-progres…

Boris Johnson Accused of ‘Power Grab’ over Scotland’s Post-Brexit Powers
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-14
The First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, has lambasted the British government over reports that it may control rights over ‘ state aid’ after Brexit. ‘State aid’, which allows a government to subsidise companies, is currently controlled by …
globalresearch.ca/boris-johnson-power-gr…

Dominic Cummings’ luck may be about to run out as concerns of impropriety pile up
Tom Coburg | thecanary.co | 2020-07-14
Downing Street special adviser Dominic Cummings is facing fresh questions about possible impropriety. This regards a payment of more than a quarter of a million pounds he made to a company central to the pro-Brexit campaign. That company, Faculty, is now the recipient of government contracts worth millions. | Add these concerns to the other allegations raised against Cummings and we find a picture of someone whose very public role should without question be subject to official investigation. | Questions over payment | As Vote…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/07/14/domi…

The Heat: U.S. political impact of COVID-19
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-07-14
The United States reports record levels of coronavirus cases, with more than 100,000 new cases over the weekend.
america.cgtn.com/2020/07/14/the-heat-u-s…

Iran, China coop. roadmap valuable: official
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-14
TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) — Iranian Road Minister Mohammad Eslami said that bilateral 25-year cooperation between Iran and China is a valuable roadmap.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160979/Iran-China-c…

Iran trying to normalize commercial ties with Intl. community
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-14
TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) –Referring to Iran and China 25-year cooperation document, Dr. Zaccaria believes Iran is trying to normalize its commercial ties with International community and benefit from it at least in the short and mid-term.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160911/Iran-trying-…

Iran records 2,521 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-14
TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) — The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has infected 2,521 people in Iran in the past 24 hours, said Iran’s Health Ministry Spokesperson Sima Lari on Tuesday.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160961/Iran-records…

Iran’s human medicine production vol. hits 39% growth
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-14
TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) — Statistics of the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade showed that human medicine production volume hit a 39.1 percent growth.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160934/Iran-s-human…

VIDEO: US Navy battles to save burning San Diego warship
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-14
TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) — Hundreds of firefighters battled through a second day from the air, land and water to save USS Bonhomme Richard, a ship at the US Naval base in San Diego which has caught fire on July 12.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160950/VIDEO-US-Nav…

Talks underway between Iran, Serbia to develop trade ties
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-14
TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) — Talks are underway between Islamic Republic of Iran and Serbia for developing and enhancing trade and economic ties.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160978/Talks-underw…

Iran, Russia discuss customs coop
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-14
TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) — Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali held talks with Deputy Head of Federal Customs Service of Russia Vladimir Vladimirovich Ivin on the customs cooperation through videoconference.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160944/Iran-Russia-…

Possible end of JCPOA, ‘start of decline of multilateralism’
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-14
TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) — Iranian Ambassador to Brussels said that the possible end of Iran’s nuclear deal, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is the start of decline of multilateralism and a serious blow to the European convergence.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160981/Possible-end…

Ancient artifacts to be returned from Austria
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-14
TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) — Iran’s head of International Affairs of Police and Director General of Interpol said on Tuesday that some Iranian ancient artifacts have been delivered to Iran’s representative at the country’s embassy in Vienna.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160949/Ancient-arti…

Ghasemi felicitates France’s National Day
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-14
TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) — Iranian Ambassador to Paris Bahram Ghasemi congratulated the National Day of France and referred to the history of bilateral relations between the two countries.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160964/Ghasemi-feli…

CIA spy executed: Iran Judiciary
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-14
TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) — Iran’s Judiciary Spokesman Gholam Hossein Esmaeili said that an individual, a Defense Ministry retiree, was executed last week due to his spying for the CIA.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160960/CIA-spy-exec…

Zarif holds talks with Azeri, Armenian counterparts
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-14
TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held a phone talk with his Azeri and Armenian counterparts following recent clashes between the two countries.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160982/Zarif-holds-…

‘Spotted Yellow’ to vie at Locarno film festival
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-14
TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) — Iranian short ‘Spotted Yellow’, directed by Baran Sarmad will take part at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160969/Spotted-Yell…

Only solution to Yemeni crisis to be political
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-14
TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) — Iranian FM Zarif and FM of Yemen’s National Salvation Government Hisham Sharaf Abdullah hold talks via videoconference on regional and Yemeni issues, where Zarif said the only solution to the Yemeni crisis is political.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160958/Only-solutio…

Over 20 tons of narcotics seized in Iran in a week
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-14
TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) — International Deputy of Iran Drug Control Headquarters said that over 20 tons of illicit drugs have been confiscated by Iran’s anti-narcotics police forces in the country in the last week.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160966/Over-20-tons…

Find the (best) Persian Restaurants in Toronto
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-14
TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) — As we see more and more Iranians migrating to Canada and Toronto, we should expect the number of Iranian entertainment venues, especially Persian Restaurants, to increase.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160967/Find-the-bes…

2,574 prisoners of unintentional crimes to be freed
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-14
TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) — Through a scheme titled as ‘plan to release prisoners of unintentional crimes’, 2,574 prisoners of unintentional crimes are to be freed within a month from the jails all across Iran.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/160970/2-574-priso…

Health Ministry inks MoU with Resistance Int. Film Fest
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-07-14
TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) — Iran’s Health Ministry and Resistance International Film Festival signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Tuesday.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160983/Health-Minis…

imperial.ac.uk | 2020-07-14
More than 66,000 patients with COVID-19 have so far been enrolled in a UK-wide study to learn more about the disease, says an Imperial researcher.
imperial.ac.uk/news/199733/quarter-covid-19-patients-enrolled-major-imperial

Healthcare Workers, Covid & Black Lives Matter with Luci Riley NNU CNA Alta Bates Hospital
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-07-14
WorkWeek interviews NNU CNA Peralta Bates nurse Luci Riley about the Covid-19 pandemic and the effect on Blacks and other minorities. She discusses the systemic racism in healthcare and the healthcare crisis.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/12/1883505…

Wednesday 7/15: NorCal War Tax Resisters Grant $$$ for COVID Crisis & Racial Justice Groups
Karen Topakian | indybay.org | 2020-07-14
ZOOM Meeting ID: 886 9702 3906, Password: 421632…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/14/1883510…

Saturday 7/25: COVID-19: A Natural Event But a Human Made Catastrophe (Online)
Speak Out Now | indybay.org | 2020-07-14
Online meeting, see website for details…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/13/1883509…

Thursday 7/23: Tackling the A-Z Impacts of Plastic: Environmental Impact (Part 2 of 2)
People Over Petro | indybay.org | 2020-07-14
Online…
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Advice on Corona and Budget 2020
Rudolf Hickel, Christine Resch & Georg Feigl | indybay.org | 2020-07-14
Emancipatory politics is characterized by the fact that interests are negotiated.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/14/1883510…

The $5-10 million loan to KQED approved through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-07-14
KQED INC., filing with the California Secretary of State:…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/14/1883510…

Wednesday 7/22: LaborFest 2020 presents: The Murals and The Life of Victor Arnautoff
Laborfest | indybay.org | 2020-07-14
This is a free LIVE Zoom based event. You can be anywhere to view and participant. Spaces are limited. Please visit the LaborFest 2020 website URL to register and to receive a Zoom invitation to the event.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/14/1883510…

Monday 7/20: LaborFest 2020 presents: Poetry and Performance With David Mills and Howard Pflanzer
Laborfest | indybay.org | 2020-07-14
This is a free LIVE Zoom based event. You can be anywhere to view and participant. Please visit the LaborFest 2020 website URL to register and to receive a Zoom invitation to the event.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/14/1883510…

Saturday 7/18: Extinction Rebellion Welcome Call
Serah Gaia | indybay.org | 2020-07-14
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAvde-…

In Novato, BLM Held in Response to Right Wing Rallies in their City
Fight Back | indybay.org | 2020-07-14
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at a Black Lives Matter rally and march in Novato on July 11. Young s who organized the march from Slade Park to downtown Novato were countering a recent local rally supporting President Trump. There have been several right-wing demonstrations in Novato since May 23.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/13/1883506…

Monday 7/13: Demanding Women: A Conversation About Gun Violence w/ Karen Bass (Moms Demand Action)
MDAEFGS | indybay.org | 2020-07-14
Online via livestream: www.facebook.com/Everytown/live/
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/13/1883508…

Tuesday 7/21: Tackling the A-Z Impacts of Plastic: Environmental Impact (Part 1 of 2)
People Over Petrol | indybay.org | 2020-07-14
Online…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/13/1883509…

Saturday 7/18: Zinn and the Art of Mutter-cycle Maintenance
David Giesen | indybay.org | 2020-07-14
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Lone “All Lives Matter” Demonstrator at Black Lives Matter in Novato, California
Fight Back | indybay.org | 2020-07-14
Hundreds of BLM ers and one white supremacist on July 11.
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Divide We Fall: America Has Been Blacklisted and McCarthyism Refashioned for a New Age
John Whitehead | mintpressnews.com | 2020-07-14
Who needs a government censor when the American people are already doing such a great job at censoring themselves and each other.
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Sotto il tricolore che sventola a Camp Darby
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-14
Mentre molte attività bloccate dal lockdown stentano a ripartire dopo l’allentamento delle restrizioni, ce n’è una che, non essendosi mai fermata, ora sta accelerando: quella di Camp Darby, il più grande arsenale Usa nel mondo fuori dalla madrepatria, situato tra …
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Bastille Day: s As France Gives Tribute To Health Workers
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-14
Healthcare staff ed in France as the country celebrated Bastille Day, marked by a ceremony celebrating frontline workers during the coronavirus outbreak. | Unions called for demonstrations after they said a new deal that gives a pay rise to health and care workers did not go far enough to help the sector. | s for improved wages and investment in public hospitals took place in Paris on Tuesday, where nurses in white coats replaced the usual uniformed soldiers in the capital’s Bastille Day celebration, as the country paid tribute to frontline workers in the fight against Covid-19. | In the 14 July cer…
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To Abolish The Medical Industrial Complex
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-14
The past six months have highlighted the fight that Black people are in against state violence, both in the form of policing and the US healthcare system. Though the ruling class cries that the coronavirus pandemic is “the great equalizer ,” the virus continues to demonstrate exactly who our capitalist health-care system was designed to keep alive. So far, across the country, about 42% of coronavirus deaths have been Black people , even though they were only about 21% of the population in the areas analyzed. In Louisiana , over 70% of people who died were Black (despite Black people being only 32% of the populati…
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How er Occupations Can Succeed
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-14
There are examples of where occupying a piece of land has resulted in success. It involves taking control of real property and that property is not critical to the needs of another community. It literally moves a ing groups’ objective from being against a number of social and political existing conditions to wanting a real physical object in order to better mobilize a community to change those conditions. It moves from controlling an open public space, which may have little or no connection to directly addressing their grievances, to controlling a particular building to help them pursue those grievances. B…
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Opposition To ‘Pause’ On Johns Hopkins Private Police Force Grows
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-14
Two weeks after Johns Hopkins University administrators announced what they called a two-year “pause” on a controversial plan to establish their own private police force, about 100 students, faculty and community members marched to the home of Hopkins President Ronald Daniels to tell him that this proposed pause is not enough. | Wearing masks and trying to keep six feet apart, demonstrators gathered on June 29 at Tubman Grove near Wyman Park Dell, holding up signs with familiar slogans like “NO JHU PRIVATE POLICE” and new messages like “ABOLISH, NOT DELAY” and “IN 2 YEARS, COPS WILL STILL BE KILLERS.” | Professor…
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Amid Calls To Defund Police, Detroit Leaders Weigh In On Alternatives
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-14
In the wake of Floyd’s death, s have mobilized in several states, and locally in Detroit, where ers have marched regularly since late May. While most s have mostly been ful, there have been instances of violence, including during the early days of the s when demonstrators were met with tear gas, shields, and handcuffs, with scores arrested after being out past curfew and reports of some ers hurling objects at police; a police car driving through a crowd of ers; and the fatal shooting of Hakim Littleton by police near Six Mile and San Juan. Police footage shows Little…
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Millions Don’t Have Access To Safe Water In The United States
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-14
A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that in 2015 the water supply for about 21 million Americans — more than 6% — violated nationwide health standards, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said it’s fine for people to wash their hands with lead-contaminated water. | “The fact that people don’t have clean water to drink frustrates me tremendously, and the fact that you have to wash your hands through this health crisis is even more frustrating because they don’t have the resources they need to take care of themselves,” Anthony Díaz, the founder o…
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When The State Cannot Protect, Civilians Have The Responsibility To Intervene
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-14
A few years ago, I was walking in Minneapolis, just a few miles from where George Floyd was murdered, when a panicked, young Native American man ran by me and into the street. Immediately afterward, a Minneapolis Police squad car pulled next to me. One officer jumped out, tackled the young man in the middle of the street and started pounding his face into the pavement. I approached the officer and told him that he was using excessive force and I had his badge number. His partner quickly escorted me back to the curb while informing me that I would be arrested for interfering with the arrest. I stood, yelling, whil…
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‘I’m not worried. What do I care?’ Bloomberg’s sycophantic ‘billionaires are human too’ profile seems to suggest just the opposite
rt.com | 2020-07-14
Bloomberg’s ‘Covid conversation’ with an anonymous billionaire might have intended to humanize the rich in a time of unprecedented social upheaval, but the subject’s clueless callousness will likely fuel class resentment. | Bloomberg reporter Max Abelson interviewed the richest person he knew the day the World Health Organization declared a pandemic back in March, explaining that he “thought someone so well-connected might know what was going on.” The mystery tycoon’s response? “What the f**k, I’m not worried.” | As more Americans than ever before face joblessness, poverty, and a prolonged recession sparked by…
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Trump signs executive order and bill targeting China over Hong Kong, strips city of preferential treatment
rt.com | 2020-07-14
US President Donald Trump has signed legislation he said would punish Beijing for “oppressive acts” in Hong Kong and an executive order ending all preferential treatment for the territory, including special trade arrangements. | Trump announced the signing of the Hong Kong Autonomy Act during a press conference on Tuesday, a law he said will sanction Chinese individuals and organizations involved in “extinguishing Hong Kong’s freedom.” | The bill is joined by a new executive order stripping Hong Kong of its special status, with Trump saying the territory “will now be treated the same as mainland China — n…
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‘If they want to do business with us, they can’t use it’: Trump says he PERSONALLY badgered US allies into ditching Huawei
rt.com | 2020-07-14
US President Donald Trump has said he was the driving force behind the ultimatum to Washington’s allies: ban China’s telecom company Huawei from their 5G networks or face the prospect of no more business with the US. | “We convinced many countries, and I did this myself for the most part, not to use Huawei,” Trump said in a speech at the Rose Garden on Tuesday. | The Chinese telecommunications giant has vehemently denied Trump’s allegations that it was taking orders from Beijing. In response, the US president doubled down, saying that he sees Huawei as a “big security risk.” | Those US allies who would have da…
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‘Virtue-signaling’ Burger King blasted for promising to fight climate change by reducing COW FARTS
rt.com | 2020-07-14
Burger King has pledged to do its bit to combat global warming by attempting to reduce cow farts through dietary changes — but only for a limited time. The move was instantly mocked on social media as superficial pandering. | “Cow farts & burps are no laughing matter,” the restaurant chain tweeted on Tuesday, declaring that it will be changing its livestock’s diet “to reduce emissions” by around 33 percent. The company aims to achieve this target by adding some lemongrass to the animals’ menu. | t.co/kPCXpjfbGL #CowsM…
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‘Virtue-signaling’ Burger King blasted for promising to fight climate change by reducing COW FARTS
rt.com | 2020-07-14
Burger King has pledged to do its bit to combat global warming by attempting to reduce cow farts through dietary changes — but only for a limited time. The move was instantly mocked on social media as superficial pandering. | “Cow farts & burps are no laughing matter,” the restaurant chain tweeted on Tuesday, declaring that it will be changing its livestock’s diet “to reduce emissions” by around 33 percent. The company aims to achieve this target by adding some lemongrass to the animals’ menu. | cow farts & burps are no laughing matter. they release methane, contributing to climate change. that’s why we’…
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Trump in the moon, but no sight of nursing homes: Cuomo stirs up controversy with bizarre poster hailing NY pandemic response
rt.com | 2020-07-14
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has rolled out a coronavirus-inspired poster to symbolize the state’s battle against the pandemic, but the eccentric artwork — designed by the gov himself — soon became a source of mockery online. | The governor showed off the new poster during a press briefing on Monday, a busy image modeled after 19th century political cartoons, peppered with references to the virus and centered on a mountain symbolizing the state’s “111 Days of Hell.” Emblazoned across the top is a quote from none other than Cuomo himself, exclaiming “Wake Up America! Forget the Politics, Get Smart…
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Trump admin rescinds directive barring some foreign students from staying in US while taking online courses
rt.com | 2020-07-14
The Trump administration has dropped a proposed policy that would have seen thousands of international students deported if their schools were offering only online courses in the fall, following a massive lawsuit. | US District Judge Allison Burroughs announced Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology had reached a settlement with the administration on Tuesday to cancel the new policy, which required non-resident international students to take at least one in-person class or face deportation. | The two Cambridge universities, bolstered by amicus briefs from hundreds of other schools and man…
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California governor Newsom sends #RecallGavin2020 trending after new lockdown order shutters bars & restaurants
rt.com | 2020-07-14
California Governor Gavin Newsom has kicked off a storm of criticism with a new statewide shutdown order, mandating that bars and restaurants, among other businesses, halt indoor operations amid a surge in coronavirus infections. | Announced at a press conference on Monday, the new order requires that bars across California shut down altogether, while restaurants, movie theaters, zoos, museums and a number of other establishments must suspend all business activities indoors. In a number of counties on the state’s “monitoring list,” gyms, places of worship, salons, malls and other facilities deemed non-critical…
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That’s 2020 for you: Twitter goes NUTS after squirrel tests positive for BUBONIC PLAGUE in Colorado
rt.com | 2020-07-14
An unlucky squirrel from Colorado has tested positive for bubonic plague, local health officials have said. With US Covid-19 cases soaring past the 3.3 million mark, news on the classic disease’s comeback have caused quite a stir. | The discovery of the infected rodent was announced by the Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) body. The squirrel is the first case of plague in the county this year, the authority noted. | “Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis, and can be contracted by humans and household animals if proper precautions are not taken,” the JCPH warned. | The dread…
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‘Threat to the community’? Detroit student sent to DETENTION CENTER during pandemic for not doing her homework
rt.com | 2020-07-14
A Michigan teenager was incarcerated during the Covid-19 outbreak for breaching probation, despite the governor’s moratorium on locking up youthful violators who weren’t “threats to the community.” Her crime? Not doing homework. | A 15-year-old black girl has spent over a month in the Children’s Village juvenile detention facility outside Detroit, after being deemed a “threat to the community” by Oakland County Family Court Judge Mary Ellen Brennan for merely failing to do her homework while attending high school remotely during the pandemic. Shot through with hints of racism and discrimination against a child…
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‘We raise hope’: Young nurse fights on Covid-19 frontlines in Iraq’s war-ravaged Mosul
rt.com | 2020-07-14
Once a bustling city devastated during its liberation from Islamic State militants, Mosul is engaged in another life-and-death struggle — against Covid-19. Nurse Soror al-Husseini has told Ruptly about life on this new frontline. | The nature of her job is to focus on the patient’s “positive psychological state,” to give them the proper medication and to meet their needs where possible, Soror, a 23-year-old woman says. | She works in eastern Mosul’s al-Shifa hospital. The place was once the main Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) headquarters during the terrorist occupation of the city. | | © Ruptl…
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Bad hair day? Seattle business owner pressured into chopping dreadlocks following cries of ‘cultural appropriation’
rt.com | 2020-07-14
A small business owner in Seattle has been shamed into a makeover and a long public apology after an internet mob deemed her dreadlocks a form of ‘cultural appropriation’ — a charge some have dismissed as literal fashion policing. | In an Instagram post on Monday, Rachel Marshall, founder of Rachel’s Ginger Beer in Seattle, penned a lengthy mea culpa apologizing for her “harmful” hairstyle, explaining she is now aware that African Americans are “discriminated against and mistreated for having dreadlocks” while vowing to lop off her own. | Selling good-tasting product is only half the win, says Rachel Mar…
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‘He’s gone full black supremacist’: Nick Cannon blasted for saying white people are a ‘little less’ and ‘closer to animals’
rt.com | 2020-07-14
TV host Nick Cannon is facing accusations of antisemitism and racism following a bizarre and now-viral interview in which he claims white people are “a little less” and black people are who Jewish people “want to be.” | During the discussion with former Public Enemy member Richard Griffin (who left the group after saying the “Jews are wicked” in a 1989 interview), Cannon, who hosts the ‘Masked Singer,’ claimed it is impossible for him to be antisemitic. | “It’s never hate speech, you can’t be anti-Semitic when we are the Semitic people,” he said. “When we are the same people who they want to be. That’s our bir…
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‘Tax dollars at work’: Stunned response greets Chicago mayor’s launch of Census Cowboy as city shootings spike (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-07-14
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is being accused of not having her priorities exactly straight as she introduced a mascot dubbed the ‘Census Cowboy’ to the same city that is seeing a spike in violent crime. | “Giddy up, Chicago. I’m calling on the Census Cowboy to help improve our Census response rates across Chicago,” Lightfoot tweeted along with footage from a press conference where she introduced this Census Cowboy, a man on horseback who will be visiting the 10 communities with the lowest response rate to the US census to encourage them to take part. | Giddy up, Chicago. I’m calling on the Census Cowboy to he…
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‘We should be allowed to say what we want’: Idris Elba blasts censorship of movies & TV over offensive material
rt.com | 2020-07-14
‘Luther’ star Idris Elba has pushed back against moves to censor past movies and television shows, saying he believes in “freedom of speech” and is against censorship to protect audiences. | “The thing about freedom of speech is that it’s not suitable for everybody,” Elba told Radio Times magazine when asked about the recent removal of certain shows or episodes of said shows deemed racially insensitive. | “To mock the truth, you have to know the truth. But to censor racist themes within a show, to…
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Scientists resurrect severely damaged lungs for transplant by hooking them up to LIVE PIGS
rt.com | 2020-07-14
Scientists have made a jaw-dropping breakthrough in organ transplant research which could one day pioneer an entirely new approach, and save thousands of lives in the process, all by hooking organs up to live pigs. | Organs donated for transplant must meet incredibly high standards to be considered viable, and there is often a long waiting list as a result, with many donated organs considered unsuitable and many patients unfortunately running out of time. | A multidisciplinary team from Columbia Engineering and Vanderbilt University has been developing a technique called cross-circulation for the past eight ye…
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Anti-Trump Lincoln Project co-founder says past tweets shouldn’t define him, then cans employee for offensive messages a day later
rt.com | 2020-07-14
The Lincoln Project, an anti-Donald Trump organization founded by Republicans, has fired its video editor Ben Howe for years-old tweets using female anatomy as an insult — despite one of its co-founders engaging in similar antics. | “Based on these unacceptable and offensive posts, and those that came to light last week, Ben Howe is no longer affiliated with the Lincoln Project, effective immediately,” Keith Edwards, a spokesman for the group, said in a statement on Tuesday. | The tweets in question were emailed to the organization by the 19th News, a non-profit media outlet, and had been highlighted by…
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US Air Force loses 2nd F-16 in 2 weeks as fighter jet crashed at New Mexico base
rt.com | 2020-07-14
A US Air Force supersonic F-16 fighter jet crashed during landing at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, the military said. This is the second such incident in two weeks. | The crash occurred at around 6pm local time on Monday. The sole pilot ejected safely and suffered “minor injuries,” the airbase said in a short statement. An emergency response team was deployed at the crash site. The plane was assigned to the 49th Wing. | The incident is the second USAF F-16 loss in two weeks. On June 30, a pilot was killed in a training flight crash at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina. | Other types of aircraft…
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‘Disgusting organization’: PETA savaged online for posting extremely graphic dissected cat photo
rt.com | 2020-07-14
Controversial animal rights organization PETA has sparked a social media backlash after shocking users by posting a grizzly photo of a dissected cat carcass and connecting it with the ‘realistic cake’ meme. | The image posted by the US-based organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) on Twitter contained a close-up photograph of a cat’s head being cut open during a dissection. The graphic picture was accompanied by the words “Not cake,” plus a broken-heart emoji and the hashtag #CutOutDissection…
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Trump Signs Measures Holding China Accountable for ‘Repressive’ Hong Kong Actions
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-14
US President Donald Trump signed a bill and an executive order on Tuesday related to Hong Kong in the aftermath of Beijing passing a new national security law. The measures end the city’s preferential treatment by Washington and levy sanctions against Chinese individuals responsible for implementing the security law.
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‘Anti-Racist’ Beer Removed From Bar Selection For KKK-Like Appearance
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-14
Rising sentiment in opposition to racist and insensitive artwork has quickly seen companies pull their products at risk of being “canceled”. However, this phenomenon has now begun to affect progressive and anti-racist products, which can be misconstrued as the opposite.
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EU Foreign Ministers Seek Measures to ‘Deter’ Israel From Expanding Its Sovereignty Over West Bank
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-14
Earlier this month, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said that Tel Aviv would postpone the 1 July deadline for the beginning of a sovereignty expansion over large parts of the West Bank and the Jordan Valley, arguing that the Defence Ministry is still “weighing the risks in the field of security, as [the move] will have serious repercussions”.
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US Military Networks Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks, Commander Says
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-14
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US computer networks, including Pentagon communications, are vulnerable to cyber attacks as their obsolete architecture fails to provide sufficient visibility and control options, US Army Cyber Command head Stephen Fogarty said at a virtual conference.
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Judge Blocks Harvey Weinstein’s Proposed $18.9 Million Settlement For Accusers
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-14
Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison in March for rape and sexual assault after being accused by multiple women. The Weinstein trial fueled the #Metoo movement, encouraging sexual assault survivors to speak out as a means of identifying root causes of the problem.
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Collapse of Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Could Increase Sea Levels by 6 Feet
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-14
Scientists have issued new warnings over the Thwaites Glacier in the Amundsen Sea in West Antarctica, saying its collapse could result in substantial sea-level rises.
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‘New McCarthyism’? Conservative NYT Op-Ed Journo Resigns Over ‘Unlawful Discrimination’, ‘Bullying’
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-14
American opinion writer Bari Weiss, who sees herself as a centrist and a conservative, joined The New York Times in 2017 after working for The Wall Street Journal. The Jerusalem Post named her among the world’s 50 most influential Jews in 2019.
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Secretary of State Pompeo Says He Wants to Defend Human Dignity. But He Is Selective
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-07-14
In the past year there have been s in Hong Kong that were aimed locally and at the Beijing government. There were two deaths: one of a student who fell from a high-rise car park, and one of 70 year-old man who was hit by a brick thrown by a black-clad or. To the disappointment and frustration of the Washington a…
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Europe Uncensored: An Online Warning Shot
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-07-14
Being a part of the Strategic Culture Foundation certainly has its benefits, one of them was receiving a personal request from someone in EU politics (who will remain unnamed) to watch and comment on what could turn out to be a very important moment for the direction of the continent. ” Europe Uncensored” organized by The Foundation for a Civic Hungary, brought together the leaders of Slovenia (Janez Jan≈°a), Serbia (Aleksandar Vuƒçiƒá),…
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Pay For Play? Heritage’s Cozy Ties With Foreign Weapons Maker Raises Concerns
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-07-14
The GOP think tank has been taking millions from a conglomerate while publicly promoting its landmines and autonomous machine guns. | Eli CLIFTON | The conservative Heritage Foundation has consistently fought international treaties banning weapons that pose an outsized threat to civilians in war zones. This would include anti-personnel landmines, cluster munitions, and “killer robots”–as well as regulations that would enforce arms embargoes on human rights offenders. And yet, Heritage fails to disclose a possible financial incentive for taking these positions. | Heritage received at least $5.8 million fr…
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Donald Trump’s Genocidal Acts Against Humanity
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-07-14
In 1979, United Nations Committee on Human Rights rapporteur Abdelwahab Bouhdiba cited the atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia as an example of “autogenocide,” the carrying out or enabling of mass deaths among one’s own nation. Previously cited examples of genocide at the time Bouhdiba’s coined the word autogenocide, were Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. The former’s genocide of Eastern European Jews, Romani, Slavs, and other non-Germans also included German Jewish and other citizens, making it a practitioner of both genocide and autogenocide. The genocide of Chinese by Japanese military oc…
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Chinese firm Huawei to be stripped out of UK 5G networks by 2027
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-14
Boris Johnson risked deepening tensions with Beijing after telecoms firms were ordered to strip Chinese tech giant Huawei’s equipment from 5G networks by 2027. | The move, which will delay the deployment of 5G technology by up to three years and add billions to the cost, came after the UK’s experts warned that highly restrictive US sanctions meant the security of Huawei’s equipment could not be guaranteed. | The decision, taken by the National Security Council (NSC), led to concerns being raised in the Commons about the possibility of retaliation from Beijing but ministers insisted they would not be “cowed” by Ch…
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Beijing accuses US of sowing discord with South China Sea comments
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-14
China has described the US’s rejection of its maritime claims in the South China Sea as completely unjustified and accused America of attempting to sow discord between China and the Southeast Asian countries with which it has territorial disputes.The Chinese Embassy in Washington said on Tuesday that a statement issued by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo deliberately distorts the facts and disregards the efforts of China and the others to achieve and stability in the South China Sea.”The United States is not a country directly involved in the disputes. However, it has kept interfering in the issue,” the em…
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Phasing out coal is not just about the climate emergency. It’s also about community
Peadar O’Cearnaigh | thecanary.co | 2020-07-14
As The Canary reported recently, Germany plans to phase out coal by 2038. Environmentalists say this target is too late. On 4 February this year, the UK government announced plans to bring forward its deadline to phase out coal to 1 October 2024. The UK had planned to do so by 2025. | Despite this apparent wind down for coal, both countries still seem fully engage…
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Pandemic has boosted support for Welsh independence, Plaid Cymru leader says
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-14
The coronavirus crisis has been a “game changer” in the argument for Welsh independence, Plaid Cymru’s leader has said.Adam Price said a new “national consciousness” had been boosted by the Welsh government’s contrasting pandemic response to the UK government.A motion has been tabled by Plaid in the Welsh Parliament to debate whether Welsh ministers should be given the right to call a referendum on independence in future, with permission currently needed from Westminster.Price said the motion, to be heard on Wednesday, was prompted by growing self-confidence in the nation due to its Covid-19 divergence from Engla…
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Retailers and police urged to ensure shoppers in England wear face coverings
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-14
Retailers and police must both play a role in enforcing the use of face coverings by shoppers in England, a Cabinet minister has said after officers warned the law would be unenforceable.Environment secretary George Eustice also defended the delay in introducing the measure to combat the spread of coronavirus as the UK relaxes the lockdown.Health secretary Matt Hancock will announce in the Commons on Tuesday afternoon that anyone failing to comply with the order in England from 24 July could face a fine of up to £100.Ken Marsh, chair of the Metropolitan Police Federation, which represents rank-and-file offi…
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Banksy creates coronavirus-related artwork on London Underground carriage
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-14
Banksy has sprayed the inside of a London Underground train carriage with messages about the spread of coronavirus. | The street artist uploaded a 59-second video captioned “If you don’t mask — you don’t get” to his Instagram and YouTube pages on Tuesday afternoon. | It begins with a laptop playing PA video footage showing the London Underground being deep cleaned in May. | Banksy, wearing a white boiler suit, mask, goggles, blue gloves and an orange hi-viz jacket with the message “stay safe” printed on it, is then seen posing as a Transport for London worker. | He makes his way to a Circle Line train, carr…
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Virgin Atlantic secures £1.2bn rescue package
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-14
Virgin Atlantic has unveiled a £1.2bn ‘bailout’ package involving only private funds. | The plan to secure its future includes £200m being provided by founder Richard Branson’s Virgin Group. | Support has also come from Delta Air Lines — which owns 49% of Virgin Atlantic — new private investors and existing creditors. | The deal must secure approval from creditors. | Virgin Atlantic chief executive Shai Weiss said: “Few could have predicted the scale of the Covid-19 crisis we have witnessed and undoubtedly, the last six months have been the toughest we have faced in our 36-year history.
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‘We just don’t spend enough on care’, says review leader
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-14
The economist who led a cross-party review into support for the care sector has told MPs the current funding is “a stain on us as a nation”. | Andrew Dilnot told MPs that funding for social care is “inadequate” nine years after the Dilnot Commission published its recommended reforms. | He told the Health and Social Care Select Committee: “We just don’t spend enough money on care. | “We want to be a country where those who are most in need are looked after well, we’ve seen the tragedy of what’s happened in the last few months that has affected people receiving care.” | He added: “We want to be a society where we l…
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ITV boss says broadcaster will not do a show like Jeremy Kyle again
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-14
ITV’s chief executive Carolyn McCall has been taken to task over The Jeremy Kyle Show as she faced MPs during an inquiry into the future of public service broadcasting.Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Committee chair Julian Knight voiced his disapproval at the ITV series, which was axed last year after an outcry following the death of guest Steve Dymond.Knight referred to clips of behind-the-scenes footage from The Jeremy Kyle Show the DCMS committee was previously shown, saying: “Frankly they are outrageous, these were people who were taken off screen and presented with an individual who was meant to be…
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Trump Elevates a Game Show Host’s Views on COVID While Stifling Fauci
William rivers Pitt | zcomm.org | 2020-07-14
Source: Truthout “The most outrageous lies are the ones about Covid 19,” read the Monday morning retweet on Donald Trump’s Twitter page.
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Shrinking Wilderness in the Gallatin Range
George Wuerthner | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-14
The recently released Custer Gallatin National Forest Service plan shrinks interim wilderness protections for the 155,000-acre Hyalite Porcupine Buffalohorn Wilderness Study Area (HPBH WSA). The HPBH WSA was established by Senate bill S. 393 in 1977. Among the mandates in the Act: SEC. 3. (a) says:…
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National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression calls for National Day of July 18 against police crimes
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-14
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. | We are calling a national day of in what has now been a double-edged sword of crisis, with the pandemic on the one edge, and the horrific racist injustices against Black people on the other. | The fact that we have entered a new era of rebellion unprecedented in the annals of U.S. history is now recognized by the powers that be, as well as the hucksters in the mass media, and all strands of the people’s movement. | We are issuing this call for a national day of not o…
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Afghanistan: Civilian casualties near 3,000 in 6 months
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-14
The first half of this year saw 2,957 civilian casualties in Afghanistan as the war enters its 19th year, the country’s rights commission said Tuesday.More than 1,200 civilians were killed and over 1,700 injured in 880 incidents of violence, according to latest figures by the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission.Addressing a news conference, Naeem Nazari, deputy head of the commission, said this figure indicates an 11% decrease in civilian casualties in comparison to the year 2019.However, it indicates, an average of 16 people were killed or injured every day during this period.He added the figures ind…
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