(2025-07-31). 'We are starving': Bread becomes a distant dream for Palestinians in Gaza. aljazeera.com Desperate parents in Gaza struggle to feed their children as famine unfolds due to an Israeli blockade.
(2025-07-31). Thoughts on the Fifth of July. counterpunch.org As the world is witnessing, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is devastating. One in three people in Gaza hasn't eaten for days. People are being shot just trying to get food to feed their families. Children are wasting away. This is what we face on the ground right now. We welcome Israel's decision to support
(2025-07-31). NYT amends Gaza child starvation story, but siege still to blame. newarab.com The New York Times has come under scrutiny after amending a report about Mohammed Zakaria al-Matouq, an 18-month-old Palestinian boy in Gaza suffering from severe malnutrition. | The change, which noted that Mohammed had a pre-existing neurological condition, had sparked debate about framing, responsibility, and the broader reality of Israel's full siege on the territory. | Images of Mohammed's skeletal body, his spine protruding and eyes sunken, were published widely, capturing the stark toll of hunger in Gaza. His story was one of several featured in the original NYT article, which detailed how Palestinian f…
(2025-07-31). Pro-Palestinian Initiative Holds Daily Protests Outside The Greek Parliament. popularresistance.org Athens, Greece — On the evening of Saturday, July 26, pro-Palestinian protesters crafted and placed puppet dolls dedicated to the children killed in Gaza outside the Greek Parliament. The demonstration was organized by Initiative Against Genocide, a group staging sit-in protests and other activities in solidarity with Palestine and against the war in Gaza outside the Greek Parliament and in Syntagma Square, every day since June 21. | Among the Initiative's actions, which are mainly communicated through social media, are sit-in protests, musical events and speeches by activists like Freedom Flotilla Coalitio…
(2025-07-31). New York Times: Israel isn't starving healthy children to death. Just the ones with preexisting conditions. mondoweiss.net 
A few days after writing a story on starvation and malnutrition in Gaza, the New York Times issued a clarification that it felt readers must know: that the emaciated Palestinian boy it had profiled actually had a preexisting health condition.
(2025-07-31). Genocidal Remarks: Florida Rep. Randy Fine Called for Starving Gaza. Did Pro-Israel Lobby (AIPAC) Get Cold Feet? Kurt Nimmo. globalresearch.ca The genocidal remarks of Florida representative Randy Fine, a Florida Republican, have resulted in AIPAC allegedly removing his name from its
(2025-07-31). Israeli strikes hit Gaza as UN demands end to forced starvation. newarab.com 
(2025-07-31). US protesters raise volume over hunger in Gaza with pots, spoons. newarab.com 
Demonstrators in cities across the world have been taking to the streets this week with pots, pans and spoons in a symbolic gesture to make noise with kitchen supplies in protest of On Wednesday in San Francisco, loudly banging pots and pans with spoons and carrying signs reading "Bread not Bombs" and "No Funding for War Crimes", hundreds of gathered in front of the Boston Consulting Group offices downtown, where they had been days earlier. | "Israel is starving Gaza," Jeanette Scott, a local resident and act…
(2025-07-31). Wednesday 7/30: Stop Starving Gaza Power Hour. indybay.org Online | uscpract.org/powerhour…
(2025-07-31). PDF of July 31 issue. workers.org 
Download the PDF Opposition to U.S. imperialism grows IOF genocide in Gaza Is internal resistance possible? On the 35th anniversary of ADA No to fascist austerity! No pride in genocide! Growing global criticism challenges Israel's starvation war Editorial: Ongoing fight to win justice for Breonna Taylor Mundo Obrero: El linchamiento . . . |
(2025-07-31). As Gaza starvation shocks the world, Witkoff is in Israel to push for a ceasefire deal. mondoweiss.net 
Israel just submitted its latest objections to Hamas's revised ceasefire proposal amid unprecedented international outcry over hunger in Gaza, as 27 Palestinians have died of starvation in the last week alone.
(2025-07-31). CPJ, 35 others urge Israel to allow free movement of journalists in and out of Gaza. CPJ Staff
(2025-07-31). When Israelis call it out: finding genocide in Gaza. onlineopinion.com.au Genocide tends to be recognised only after a significant portion of the targeted group has already been destroyed.
(2025-07-31). 'The black market now rules in Gaza': the Canary speaks to Palestinian economic analyst Ahmed Abu Qamar. thecanary.co Ahmed Abu Qamar, an economic analyst in Gaza, warned of an unprecedented collapse of the Palestinian economy in the Strip, with poverty and unemployment rates reaching "catastrophic" levels and the local economy turning into a quasi-absolute black market that controls all aspects of daily life. The ongoing Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip for over […] | By
(2025-07-31). Inside Israel's role in the killings at Gaza's food aid sites. aljazeera.com Over a thousand Palestinians have been killed at food distribution sites since May, fuelling international outcry.
(2025-07-31). Record number of Democrats join failed bid to block weapons sales to Israel. aljazeera.com US Senate vote highlights growing split among Democrats over support for Israel's war in Gaza.
(2025-07-31). Former EU ambassadors warn: Europe's silence on Gaza is complicity. aljazeera.com In an open letter, 58 former EU envoys urge the bloc to end arms exports, sanction Israel, and stop atrocity crimes.
(2025-07-31). Warning shots, desperation and chaos as UN delivers aid in Gaza. aljazeera.com UN aid convoys in Gaza are delayed for hours at checkpoints, then swarmed by desperate crowds as soon as they pass.
(2025-07-31). US Embassy-Israel Consular Officials Have NOT Visited Citizens From Flotilla. popularresistance.org As a former US diplomat charged with the protection of US citizens outside the U.S., I am appalled that no officials from the US Embassy in Israel have made visits to Givon prison in Israel to check on the welfare of the seven US citizens from the Gaza flotilla ship Handala who have been imprisoned for over four days. | Officials from other countries whose citizens were on the Handala have made visits to the prison to talk in person about their welfare, conditions and treatment in the prison and treatment by Israeli commandos when the ship was boarded in international waters on July 26, 2025 and US citizens taken…
(2025-07-31). EU proposes suspending Israel from Horizon Europe. ecns.cn The European Union's executive, the European Commission, has proposed partly restricting Israel from its flagship $107-billion Horizon Europe science research program amid mounting pressure from EU countries over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
(2025-07-31). Israeli soldier commits suicide after suffering severe psychological distress as a result of serving in reserves for more than 300 days during Gaza War: Hebrew media. english.almanar.com.lb 
(2025-07-31). Flase Flag, Genocide and The Money Mania World: An Israeli and Trump Real Estate Exposition. Helena Glass. globalresearch.ca October 2023, one week after the false flag operation at the Negev festival, Netanyahu and Trump devised a Plan. | The end objective was more money than any elite one-percenter could ever dream of in this Money Mania World. Gaza was …
(2025-07-31). US Security Contractor: 'I Saw Israel Commit War Crimes At Gaza Aid Sites'. popularresistance.org A former contractor for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) says he saw Israeli soldiers commit war crimes at the aid distribution sites being run by the Israeli-backed American agency. | In a series of interviews, former GHF employee and Green Beret Anthony Aguilar alleged that he saw Israeli soldiers use "indiscriminate" force against civilians at various Gaza aid sites. | "My most frank assessment — I would say that they are criminal," said Aguilar. "In my entire career, I have never witnessed the level of brutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against a civilian population, an unar…
(2025-07-31). They Finally Say What Was Clear As Day. counterpunch.org 
It's maddening, isn't it? To watch all these establishment politicians and media figures scatter to their personal accounts and feign moral outrage over Gaza… now, after nearly two years. As if this genocide just sprang out of nowhere. As if it wasn't always leading here. And why the sudden shift? I think it's because they
(2025-07-31). 'Ours forever': would-be Israeli settlers march on Gaza. newarab.com 
Within sight of Waving Israeli flags alongside the orange banners of Gush Katif – a bloc of settlements dismantled in 2005 – the marchers went from the town of Sderot to the Asaf Siboni observation point, overlooking the ruins of Beit Hanoun. | Israel's withdrawal from Gaza 20 years ago ended 38 yea…
(2025-07-31). UAE begins pipeline project to ease Gaza water shortage. newarab.com 
The Technical teams sent by the UAE have started transporting equipment needed for the project, the Emirati state news agency WAM reported on Wednesday. | The nearly seven-kilometre (4.5-mile) pipeline aims to help alleviate what WAM described as a "water crisis" in the Gaza Strip. | Earlier this week, COGAT – the Israeli d…
(2025-07-31). UN says Gaza aid delivery conditions 'far from sufficient'. newarab.com 
The United Nations' humanitarian agency said Wednesday that the conditions for delivering aid into OCHA also said fuel deliveries were nowhere near what is needed to keep health, emergency, water and telecommunications services running in the besieged Palestinian territory. | This week, Israel launched daily pauses in its military operations in some parts of the Gaza Strip and opened secure routes to enable UN agencies and other aid groups to distribute food in the d…
(2025-07-31). Israel, U.S. slam Canadian plan to recognize Palestinian state in September. haaretz.com Prime Minister Mark Carney condemned the Israeli government for allowing a catastrophe to unfold in Gaza…
(2025-07-31). Canadian prime minister Carney cynically condemns Israel's aid blockade while continuing to back Gaza genocide. wsws.org A study released Tuesday shows that Canadian military equipment continues to be delivered to Israel in massive quantities, despite a declaration by the Liberal government that it would suspend new permits in 2024.
(2025-07-31). U.S. union leader Chris Smalls released by Israel after abduction from aid flotilla. mondoweiss.net 
U.S. labor activist Chris Smalls has been released from jail after being abducted by Israeli forces as part of a Gaza aid ship. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition says Smalls had been assaulted by seven uniformed Israeli soldiers.
(2025-07-31). Is the UAE involved in Israel's Gaza 'concentration camp' scheme? Here's what we know. mondoweiss.net 
Israel says it has a plan to build a "humanitarian city" for 600,000 Palestinians in Rafah. A look at recent reporting shows how Israel may be working with a local gang lord in Gaza , and the United Arab Emirates, to run the concentration camp.
(2025-07-31). Tuesday 8/12: Webinar: Gaza Apocalypse. indybay.org Online | masspeace.us/gaza-apocalypse…
(2025-07-31). Sunday 8/3: Pleasanton: Community Rally/Vigil for Gaza. indybay.org Delucchi Park | 4501 1st Street | Pleasanton, CA…
(2025-07-31). Action Required Now: Stop World War III and The Second Nazi Holocaust. indybay.org Racism, Genocide, Hatred, Profit and the first stage of Nuclear War…
(2025-07-31). Madison, August 9, 2025: Nagasaki Hiroshima Peace Summit. wibailoutpeople.org 
Event: www.facebook.com/share/1AekqkpwWU/ Building Unity Sign on and share this Nagasaki Day (Saturday, August 9, 2025) Peace Summit Invitation (tinyurl.com/Nagasaki-Day-Invite) Sign on here: Dear Friends in Peace, As our world seems to be spinning out of control with unbelievable violence, war, the horrifying realities of genocide, the dissappearances of innocent people, the erosion of human rights …
(2025-07-31). Protest at Genocide Enabler BCG. indybay.org Noisy protest counters BGC's (Boston Consulting Group) pr and calls out Netanyahu's former employer as complicit in genocide. See their pledge to "make the world a better place."
(2025-07-31). Senate Democrats investigate RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine purge at CDC. nationofchange.org Bernie Sanders and top Senate Democrats demand answers after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ousts all 17 CDC vaccine experts and installs anti-vaccine activists in their place.
(2025-07-31). Syria receives gas from Azerbaijan to strengthen electric grid. plenglish.com Damascus, July 31 (Prensa Latina) Syrian authorities announced that starting next Sunday, the country will begin receiving 3.4 million cubic meters of natural gas per day from Azerbaijan, as part of an agreement aimed at improving the electricity supply.
(2025-07-31). 60 years after LBJ signed Medicaid Medicare, GOP cuts threaten lifeline for millions. nationofchange.org Ai-jen Poo highlights the role of immigrants, who make up a third of the caregiving sector, and says Trump's crackdown on immigration hastens the dwindling of care available to the aging and elderly.
(2025-07-31). Trade must be part of solution to plastic pollution, Global Trade Update reports. nationofchange.org The report confirmed that while trade in plastic surpassed $1.1 trillion 75 percent of the plastic produced becomes waste and ends up in the world's oceans and ecosystems.
(2025-07-31). 'The Heidi Chronicles' theater review: Exploring feminist exhaustion. peoplesworld.org 
Wendy Wasserstein's 1988 play The Heidi Chronicles earned Tony and Drama Desk Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, plus accolades from the New York Drama Critics' Circle. Wasserstein became one of the era's feminist icons, along with figures such as Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem, Simone de Beauvoir, Germaine Greer, Bella Abzug, and novelist Erica Jong (whose daughter …
(2025-07-31). Big tech says AI could boost Australia's economy by $115 billion a year. Does the evidence stack up? onlineopinion.com.au The Australian government must resist the temptation to let Silicon Valley write our digital future.
(2025-07-31). Trump's tax bill sparks fears of long-term education inequality. america.cgtn.com 
The recently signed tax law, dubbed the "Big Beautiful Bill" by U.S. President Donald Trump, is raising alarm over its implications for the education system. The legislation redirects public funding toward private school vouchers and imposes stricter limits on student loan access. Critics argue these changes could deepen educational inequality for generations. Ediz Tiyansan reports.
(2025-07-31). U.S. budget cuts could lead to food insecurity. america.cgtn.com 
Food insecurity is rising across the United States, and experts warn that a new tax cut and spending law signed by President Donald Trump could worsen the situation. Critics say the legislation threatens funding for key programs, potentially reducing benefits for millions of vulnerable Americans. CGTN's Ediz Tiyansan reports.
(2025-07-31). Belarus' FM comments on new export financing mechanisms. eng.belta.by "Industries, businesses, and exporters persistently demand that the government and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs implement new export financing mechanisms. Yet, many are not even utilizing existing tools to promote exports to far-abroad markets," he said.
(2025-07-31). Belarus' FM stresses need to expand logistics network. eng.belta.by We are still handing foreign counterparts the profits from insurance and transportation of our goods," Maksim Ryzhenkov said, addressing shortcomings in the sales system.
(2025-07-31). Belarusian FM suggests developing 20-30 good projects to pitch to foreign investors. eng.belta.by Foreign investment attraction is as important as export growth, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maksim Ryzhenkov said.
(2025-07-31). Belarusian foreign minister emphasizes importance of long-term export planning system. eng.belta.by Maxim Ryzhenkov formulated the problem of the absence of a system for the long-term planning of deliveries — not for one year but for five years — both at the level of enterprises and industry-specific administration bodies.
(2025-07-31). FM calls for better use of overseas distribution network. eng.belta.by Belarus must maximize the potential of its overseas product distribution network, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maksim Ryzhenkov stated during a meeting between the Belarusian president and heads of diplomatic missions and consular offices in Minsk on 31 July.
(2025-07-31). Progress in Belarus' geographic export diversification outlined. eng.belta.by Belarus is consolidating its presence in traditional markets while actively branching out into new ones, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maksim Ryzhenkov said during a meeting between the Belarusian president and heads of diplomatic missions.
(2025-07-31). FM reports on Belarus' foreign economic performance. eng.belta.by Maksim Ryzhenkov noted that all presidential directives issued following the July 2021 meeting have been fulfilled.
(2025-07-31). Lukashenko: Any conditions for investment projects can be created in Belarus. eng.belta.by "As far as the attraction of investments is concerned, we are ready to consider any investment projects and create any conditions," the head of state assured.
(2025-07-31). Lukashenko approves draft agreement on mutual recognition of academic credentials in EAEU. eng.belta.by The government is authorized to conduct negotiations on the draft agreement and, upon reaching consensus within the approved framework, to sign the final document.
(2025-07-31). Lukashenko calls for clear evaluation criteria for official foreign trips. eng.belta.by The president warned the participants of the meeting against what he called "tourist business trips", stressing that all overseas travel must be justified and yield tangible results.
(2025-07-31). Lukashenko calls for rapid export diversification. eng.belta.by The president noted that Belarus has significantly reoriented its export flows toward Russia in recent years, with the Russian Federation now accounting for 65% of Belarus' total exports.
(2025-07-31). Lukashenko calls for wise harvest tactics amid heavy rains. eng.belta.by Addressing governors, the president highlighted the critical need for agricultural flexibility during this year's volatile harvest season. Rains giving way to drought require constant operational adjustments from our farmers, he stated.
(2025-07-31). Lukashenko demands of relations with Gulf states. eng.belta.by We must monetize the relations with major Persian Gulf states, for example, through mutually beneficial trade and investment projects, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
(2025-07-31). Lukashenko explains criteria for evaluating performance of ambassadors. eng.belta.by Aleksandr Lukashenko said: "I say it once again: for me the ambassador and the embassy are not about politics. They are about export, primarily merchandise export, about trade, about new investment projects, technologies, and jobs."
(2025-07-31). Lukashenko: No place for betrayal or nepotism in Ministry of Foreign Affairs. eng.belta.by There must be no place for betrayal or nepotism in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
(2025-07-31). Lukashenko orders to analyze work to assign country-specific oversight officials. eng.belta.by The president also ordered to thoroughly analyze the practice of assigning officials and executives to oversee cooperation with specific nations. "This isn't an honorary title or voluntary duty," emphasized the head of state.
(2025-07-31). Lukashenko speaks about strategic projects with foreign partners. eng.belta.by As a result of the meeting with top officials of the diplomatic missions the head of state noted that this event should be more than a conference. The issues that have been raised should be reviewed by the government and by the ministries.
(2025-07-31). Lukashenko stresses need for tangible progress in export sector. eng.belta.by I will closely monitor the performance of the export sector, and I expect a significant improvement from you in this area, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
(2025-07-31). Lukashenko suggests Labor Law reforms for spouses. eng.belta.by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko called for amendments to labor legislation concerning diplomats' spouses as he met with heads of Belarus' diplomatic missions in Minsk on 31 July.
(2025-07-31). Lukashenko urges MFA not to lose "golden reserve" of talented students. eng.belta.by The Ministry of Foreign Affairs must not lose its "golden reserve" of talented international relations students from Belarusian State University (BSU), Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with heads of Belarus' diplomatic missions, BelTA has learned.
(2025-07-31). Lukashenko urges to double Belarus-Africa trade. eng.belta.by If we don't start actively cooperating with Africa now, we may miss out | on opportunities for future economic growth, Belarusian President | Aleksandr Lukashenko said during a meeting with the heads of Belarusian…
(2025-07-31). Lukashenko urges to promote cooperation with China at sectoral and regional levels. eng.belta.by Belarus must advance cooperation with China at sectoral and regional levels, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with heads of Belarus' diplomatic missions, BelTA has learned.
(2025-07-31). Belarus to play UEFA Conference League second-round qualifiers. eng.belta.by Three Belarusian football clubs will play their second-leg matches in the second qualifying round of the 2025-2026 UEFA Conference League…
(2025-07-31). Panama remembers President Omar Torrijos' legacy. plenglish.com The plane carrying one of the most influential figures in the history of this nation to his hometown, Coclesito, crashed in Cerro Marta on July 31, 1981. | Since he took office in 1968 until his death, Torrijos led a government with a marked nationalist, reformist, and populist focus, promoting changes that redefined the country's direction, analysts stated. | Characterized by a close relationship with the people and policies defending sovereignty, his leadership had as its leading milestone the recovery of the Panama Canal through the signing of the Torrijos-Carter Treaties in 1977. | Torrijos also maintained a…
(2025-07-31). Russia thanks Syria for ensuring security of its facilities. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 31 (Prensa Latina) Moscow thanks Damascus for ensuring the security of Russian citizens and facilities in Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expressed after talking with his Syrian counterpart, Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani.
(2025-07-31). Russian air defense downs 32 Ukrainian drones over six regions. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 31 (Prensa Latina) The operational air defense systems shot down in the last hours 32 Ukrainian attack drones that targeted the country's six southwestern regions, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Thursday.
(2025-07-31). Thailand reports calm on border with Cambodia. plenglish.com Bangkok, Jul 31 (Prensa Latina) The Thai government reported calm on its border with Cambodia, in compliance with the ceasefire agreed by the two countries on July 28 in Malaysia.
(2025-07-31). Panama rocked after resignation of Energy Secretary. plenglish.com The decision, without offering more details, was publicly exposed the day before through his account on the social network X, where he also shared a letter addressed to the President of the Republic, Jose Raul Mulino, according to the news channel TVN. | "It has been an honor to serve the country with integrity and commitment, moving towards a more modern and sustainable energy system. Thank you for the trust," the expert wrote. | In his missive letter, Urriola pointed out that in his performance he sought to advance towards a modern, sustainable energy policy aligned with the highest national interests, he also…
(2025-07-31). South Korea and US hold new talks after tariff agreement. plenglish.com Seoul, Jul 31 (Prensa Latina) The diplomatic heads of South Korea and the United States hold new talks after the tariff agreement reached between the two countries and the announcement of a planned summit between their leaders.
(2025-07-31). Hegseth raids nuke safety funds to refurbish Trump plane. peoplesworld.org 
Anti-communism is, for the ruling class, a gift that never stops giving, but for the rest of us, a danger that never stops growing. The form it took in the 1960s was anti-Sovietism, which was used to justify deployment of deadly nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles in silos across much of the United States, but concentrated …
(2025-07-31). Cuba commemorates Eusebio Leal on the 5th anniversary of his death. plenglish.com Prime Minister Manuel Marrero that commemorated the date on the social network X assured that the people will continue to remember him "in his walk through the streets of the city, in his work to save its history." | For his part, the Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Roberto Morales, stated on occasions, as we see today, that "Eusebio is as eternal as the Havana he loved so much." | The loss of Eusebio Leal was a hard blow for the nation. Cuba lost not only a magnificent historian, but also a tireless fighter and savior of our traditions and heritage. Let us hono…
(2025-07-31). Important Cuban Hotel Group Celebrates 31 anniversary. plenglish.com Havana, July 31 (Prensa Latina) The Gran Caribe Hotel Business Group celebrates its 31st birthday amidst the vigorous efforts of its employees to revive Cuba's tourism industry, and inspired by the unique legacy of the national tourism system, which consolidates it as a benchmark of quality, tradition, and Cuban identity.
(2025-07-31). EPA administrator Lee Zeldin moves to rescind 'legal foundation for all US greenhouse gas regulations'. nationofchange.org The move was anticipated. What has been anticipated has happened—and is happening.
(2025-07-31). News Guild President Schleuss pitches for public broadcasting. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—News Guild President Jon Schleuss, whose members have come under fire and threats from anti-worker and anti-media President Donald Trump, is making a strong pitch for the public to support, with voluntarily donated dollars, the Public Broadcasting System and National Public Radio. Trump's "recessions" law, which the GOP congressional majority gleefully passed, yanks $1.1 billion …
(2025-07-31). Trump's tariffs spark inflation concerns. america.cgtn.com 
Black Friday in the U.S. is typically a discount sales bonanza after the Thanksgiving holiday. But the term could take on new meaning this Friday, Aug. 1., for some major U.S. trade partners. They're facing hefty tariffs on the goods they sell the U.S. unless they can cut a deal with Donald Trump. CGTN's reporter Owen Fairclough has more.
(2025-07-31). Texas labor and allies battle GOP gerrymandering scheme. peoplesworld.org 
ARLINGTON, Texas—On Monday, July 28, the Texas AFL-CIO, the Texas Organizing Project, and the Black Voters Matter Fund were among those rallying here the University of Texas campus right before a state hearing to discuss the Trump/Governor Abbott/Republican Party plan to gerrymander Texas U.S.House seats. The Republican lawmakers want to pick their voters to increase …
(2025-07-31). Bringing the 'Daily Worker' to the World: Exhibit opens at NYU. peoplesworld.org 
NEW YORK—Over one hundred students, researchers, and residents packed New York University's Tamiment Library for the opening night of the "Bringing the Daily Worker to the World" photo exhibit on July 29. The NYU exhibit was a celebration of sorts, the culmination of over two years of painstakingly detailed and careful work. From 2023-25, NYU-Libraries …
(2025-07-31). Israeli spyware firms are fueling the global surveillance state. thegrayzone.com The Pegasus hacking tool was just the beginning. A new survey of spyware firms reveals Israeli companies are being used by agencies in Western nations to build perfect dictatorships under democratic guise. This article was originally published by °Do Not Panic! Last week another batch of peaceful pro-Palestine protestors were arrested by British police on suspicion of terrorism offenses, including a disabled man in a wheelchair, as the UK continues its descent into authoritarianism on behalf of Israel. If any of …
(2025-07-31). Mali Moves Forward in Restructuring the Mining Industry. Abayomi Azikiwe. globalresearch.ca Over the last few years, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger through a series of military seizures of power have attempted to transform the political and economic relations between the former colonial power of France and the leading imperialist government of …
(2025-07-31). Ponder on Allah's Rights Upon You Ibn al-Qayyim. salaficentre.com Ibn al-Qayyim — may Allah have mercy on him — said: "If you reflect on the condition of most people, you will find them looking at what (they believe) is their right upon Allah, rather than looking at Allah's right upon them. From this perspective, they become cut off from Allah, and their hearts are …
(2025-07-31). "Cruel, Disgraceful, and Needless Waste of Taxpayer Dollars" : No One Is Happy After Learning the Trump Admin Is Burning Nearly $10 Million Worth of Contraceptives. globalresearch.ca If you recall, back in January, Trump and his (former) DOGE head, billionaire Elon Musk,
(2025-07-31). Microsoft becomes second company to surpass $4 trillion in market value. aljazeera.com The surge comes following announced investments in AI after company laid off thousands earlier this month.
(2025-07-31). Trump announces trade deal with South Korea, setting tariff at 15 percent. aljazeera.com South Korean leader says agreement eliminates 'uncertainties' in trade environment.
(2025-07-31). US appeals court hears arguments about legality of Trump tariffs. aljazeera.com Proceedings in the case, brought by five small businesses, come a day before tariffs are set to take effect.
(2025-07-31). Calls for Thailand to free 20 Cambodian soldiers held after border clashes. aljazeera.com Thailand's military said the detained Cambodian troops will be returned home after 'legal procedures' are completed.
(2025-07-31). China flooding kills dozens, including 31 trapped at elderly care home. aljazeera.com Official says 'contingency plan had flaws' as torrential rains, floods kill disabled seniors near Beijing.
(2025-07-31). Family speaks out after Trump said Jeffrey Epstein 'stole' Virginia Giuffre. aljazeera.com Giuffre's relatives call on the US president's administration to release further information about the Epstein case.
(2025-07-31). FBI upgrades New Zealand office to counter China, international crime. aljazeera.com FBI Director Kash Patel travelled to New Zealand to inaugurate the office, which will also oversee Pacific countries.
(2025-07-31). GHF whistleblower says boy killed by Israel just after he collected aid. aljazeera.com Amir walked 12km to receive a meagre allotment of aid, only to be fatally shot, Anthony Aguilar says.
(2025-07-31). In the shadow of China, Taiwan is building a drone army to stop an invasion. aljazeera.com Taipei sees homegrown drones as key to its defence, but analysts say its plans do not go far enough.
(2025-07-31). Israel bombs multiple areas in Lebanon, including Bekaa Valley, Baalbek. aljazeera.com Lebanon's President Aoun has reiterated calls for Hezbollah to disarm, which the group refuses to do under Israeli fire.
(2025-07-31). New poll finds Americans perceive less racial discrimination in US. aljazeera.com Less than half of Americans believe racial minorities face substantial discrimination, in reversal of previous trend.
(2025-07-31). Palestinian man dies in Israeli settler arson attack in occupied West Bank. aljazeera.com Khamis Ayyad, 40, died of smoke inhalation after settlers set fire to vehicles in town of Silwad, Health Ministry says.
(2025-07-31). Pam Bondi: Who is Trump's attorney general handling the Epstein files? aljazeera.com The former Florida top cop has embraced loyalty to Trump, but faces fallout from the MAGA base over Epstein files.
(2025-07-31). Refugee and migrant crossings to UK hit record high by end of July. aljazeera.com More than 25,000 people have crossed the English Channel to the UK in 2025, the highest total this early in the year.
(2025-07-31). UK, US and allies accuse Iran of cross-border assassination plots. aljazeera.com Fourteen countries in Europe and North America have accused Iran of plotting killings and kidnappings on Western soil.
(2025-07-31). US says sanctions hit Iran 'shipping empire' linked to top Tehran official. aljazeera.com Sanctions said to target shipping controlled by Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani, son of top adviser to Iran's supreme leader.
(2025-07-31). US senator plans trip to Taiwan as Trump's interest in island cools: Report. aljazeera.com Report says US Senator Roger Wicker may visit Taiwan after President William Lai Ching-te cancelled Latin America trip.
(2025-07-31). US State Department sanctions Palestinian Authority for 'undermining peace'. aljazeera.com The Trump administration has accused the PA of seeking to 'internationalise' its conflict with Israel in court.
(2025-07-31). 'We need help': Family pleads for release of US teenager held by Israel. aljazeera.com Mohammed Ibrahim, whose cousin was killed by Israeli settlers, suffers from severe weight loss and scabies, family says.
(2025-07-31). What legal tests are Donald Trump's tariffs facing? aljazeera.com US courts assessing Trump's tariff authority and reliance on 1977 emergencies act amid constitutional power debate.
(2025-07-31). Why critics fear Emil Bove's confirmation will start a MAGA judicial shift. aljazeera.com Bove was recently confirmed to a lifetime position as a circuit court judge, despite concerns about his ethics.
(2025-07-31). Axing of The Late Show reveals how monopolisation has gutted US media. aljazeera.com CBS's sacking of Stephen Colbert exposes a media system where corporate control crushes journalism and silences dissent.
(2025-07-31). Laura Dahlmeier: Recovery of Olympian killed in Pakistan abandoned. aljazeera.com German Olympic biathlete Laura Dahlmeier was struck by falling rocks while scaling Laila Peak in Pakistan on Wednesday.
(2025-07-31). Manchester United defeat Bournemouth in Premier League friendly match. aljazeera.com New-look Man United squad continued their US preseason tour with a dominant victory against Bournemouth in Chicago.
(2025-07-31). Tottenham sink Arsenal as Sarr hits wondergoal from halfway line. aljazeera.com Tottenham beat North London rivals Arsenal 1-0 in a friendly in Hong Kong ahead of new Premier League season.
(2025-07-31). Verstappen: F1 champion commits to Red Bull ahead of Hungary GP. aljazeera.com Belgium Formula One champion Max Verstappen ends speculation about his immediate future ahead of Hungary GP.
(2025-07-31). The NGO holding Israeli soldiers to account. aljazeera.com The Hind Rajab Foundation is using Israeli soldiers' own social media footage as evidence for war crimes investigations.
(2025-07-31). Video: Canada says it will recognise a Palestinian state, with conditions. aljazeera.com Canada has become the latest country to announce its intention to recognise a Palestinian state.
(2025-07-31). Death in the Park. aljazeera.com Killing in the name of conservation? We examine allegations that rangers use deadly force in Uganda's wildlife parks.
(2025-07-31). Of Hackers and Scammers. dissidentvoice.org A good friend of mine's bank account was recently raided and cleaned out by hackers. As soon as he found out, within minutes, my friend who, himself is a network engineer, reported the theft to the bank. The money was transferred out of his account and saved in another bank, and from there, sent out …
(2025-07-31). Wednesday 8/6: Virtual Sudan Teach-In. indybay.org Zoom | KafiaHaile.com/Teach-In…
(2025-07-31). Wednesday 8/27: Palestine & The African American Experience. indybay.org Zoom | KafiaHaile.com/Teach-In…
(2025-07-31). Anti-War Short Film Festival In Turkey Call For Films. indybay.org Call for films for International Anti-War Film Festival In Turkey…
(2025-07-31). Pacific avoids major damage after powerful quake off Russia. asiapacificreport.nz By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist Pacific countries have emerged relatively unscathed from a restless night punctuated by tsunami warning sirens. The tsunami waves, caused by a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia, have now rolled on southeastward toward South America. According to the US Geological Survey, there have been around 80 aftershocks…
(2025-07-31). Justice for Awdah. indybay.org Israeli settlers have murdered beloved Palestinian human rights defender Awdah Hathaleen, from the Umm Al-Khair community in Masafer Yatta of occupied Palestine. Awdah, who had flown to San Francisco International Airport in June 2025 for a humanitarian visit in order to share his story and experiences of living under Israeli occupation, was detained and deported back to Palestine, where he was murdered only weeks later.
(2025-07-31). The USDA announced the cancellation of $148 million in 'woke' grants. Then it went dark. grist.org 
The Department of Agriculture under President Donald Trump has charted a new course — the full-scale reduction of federal funding and staffing throughout the agency. A set of the president's early executive orders targeted climate action, environmental justice, and diversity, equity, and inclusion; the USDA has since complied with those by eliminating DEI-focused programs and grants and revoking
(2025-07-31). Saturday 8/9: Fundraiser for Palestinian Women Workers and Liberation. indybay.org 350 Rhode Island St. #100, San Francisco 94103…
(2025-07-31). The Paranoia of Officialdom: Age Verification and Using the Internet in Australia. dissidentvoice.org Australia, in keeping with its penal history, has a long record of paranoid officialdom and paternalistic wowsers. Be it perceived threats to morality, the tendency of the populace to be corrupted, and a general, gnawing fear about what knowledge might do, Australia's governing authorities have prized censorship. This recent trend is most conspicuous in an …
(2025-07-31). Canada Must Commit to Recognition of Palestinian State and an Arms Embargo Now. globalresearch.ca Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to finally commit to recognizing a Palestinian state and imposing a two-way arms embargo on Israel.
(2025-07-31). Lawsuit Launched to Protect Whales in California From Ship Strikes. indybay.org OAKLAND, Calif., July 30, 2025 — The Center for Biological Diversity and Friends of the Earth sent a notice today of their intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Coast Guard for failing to consult on how California shipping lane designations contribute to whale and sea turtle vessel strikes.
(2025-07-31). Groups Sue to Compel Trump Admin to Release Info on Detention of Immigrants at Guantánamo. indybay.org Hundreds denied due process and held in abusive conditions as administration plans to send thousands more to infamous prison site…
(2025-07-31). The attack comes from the right – the defense from below. indybay.org When the rights of refugees are attacked, it affects us all. When labor rights are dismantled, it hits the invisible first, such as people without work permits — but never only them. Our struggles are not separate. They are connected — or they will be lost. It is our task to make this commonality visible and to organize it: against the authoritarian restructuring from above.
(2025-07-31). Reality Check: The Hard Economic Data Are Not Good. counterpunch.org 
I was listening to this NPR piece on the continuing rise in the stock market Sunday morning and was struck to hear this: "Despite the concerns about the impact of tariffs, the economy has held up much better than many expected." To some extent this is true, but only in the sense that there are
(2025-07-31). China expands visa-free access to 75 nations, boosts border access. ecns.cn China has granted visa-free entry to travelers from 75 countries and expanded mutual exemption agreements, aiming to boost international exchange and ease border procedures, an immigration official said Wednesday.
(2025-07-31). China actively works for deescalating conflict between Cambodia, Thailand: FM. ecns.cn Since the outbreak of the conflict along the border between Cambodia and Thailand, as their friendly neighbor, China has actively worked for deescalation in its own way, said China's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun at a regular press conference on Wednesday.
(2025-07-31). China's cyberspace regulator summons Nvidia over chip security concerns. ecns.cn The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) summoned U.S. chipmaker Nvidia on Thursday for a formal discussion regarding serious security risks identified in its H20 computing chips sold in China.
(2025-07-31). EconoScope | Rapid GDP growth of Xizang highlights huge development potential. ecns.cn The economy of Xizang Autonomous Region grew at the fastest pace in China during the first half of 2025, with gross domestic product rising 7.2% year-on-year to 138.27 billion yuan (about $19.27 billion), according to official data released this week.
(2025-07-31). China's marriage registrations drop 20.5% in 2024. ecns.cn Marriage registrations in China fell to about 6.11 million in 2024, down by 20.5% year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs on Wednesday.
(2025-07-31). Sanmenxia Reservoir discharges water to clear up sediment in Yellow River. ecns.cn Sanmenxia Reservoir in central China's Henan Province discharged water to cope with high-silt floodwaters from the Yellow River.
(2025-07-31). Exploring picturesque summer scenery at Tiaozini Wetland in Jiangsu's Dongtai. ecns.cn The Tiaozini Wetland offered a breathtaking summer view. Herds of milu deer were seen resting and foraging under the blue sky, while various migratory birds soared freely across the wetland. The vibrant scene formed a stunning ecological landscape, full of life and natural beauty.
(2025-07-31). Two Chinese nationals seriously injured in Tokyo street assault. ecns.cn Two Chinese men sustained serious head injuries after being attacked by four unidentified individuals in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Thursday morning, according to local media reports.
(2025-07-31). Social media, cultural links boost China's image. ecns.cn From the whimsical Labubu plush toys captivating collectors worldwide to viral travel vlogs showcasing China's landscapes, and the burgeoning popularity of RedNote bridging cultural divides, China's cultural exports are increasingly capturing global attention.
(2025-07-31). Confidence in U.S. slides under new government. ecns.cn International surveys reveal a noticeable decline in global perceptions of the United States since the new administration took office, with some nations boycotting U.S. products.
(2025-07-31). Renewables capacity doubles in first half. ecns.cn China's newly installed wind and solar power capacity nearly doubled year-on-year during the first half of this year, as the country ramps up its transition to cleaner energy sources, data from the China Electricity Council showed.
(2025-07-31). CPC plenum to focus on next five-year plan. ecns.cn The 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China will hold its fourth plenary session in October in Beijing, with a focus on deliberating the next five-year plan for the country's social and economic development.
(2025-07-31). Stable, healthy Sino-U.S. ties benefit all. ecns.cn The United States should work with China to continue to enhance consensus, reduce misunderstandings, strengthen cooperation, further deepen dialogue and consultations, and strive for more win-win outcomes, Vice-Premier He Lifeng said in Sweden late on Tuesday.
(2025-07-31). War veteran Yang Ronghua urges youth to remember history. ecns.cn In just over a month, 120 young villagers applied to join the Eighth Route Army, and a group of Communist Party members was formed."ÄÄ"ÄÄYang participated in the resistance efforts with a spirit of defiance and patriotism.
(2025-07-31). 21 cases of illegal activities related to land, natural resources reported in Q2. ecns.cn Typical cases include a township government in Fujian's Zhangzhou, which failed to organize rectification work for the illegal occupation of 3.14 hectares of permanent basic farmland.
(2025-07-31). China rises as robotics powerhouse. ecns.cn China is emerging as one of the world's leading forces in robotics, combining artificial intelligence with smart manufacturing strength to dominate both production and installation, recent industry analyses show.
(2025-07-31). Spain extends generous new-born leave for fathers. ecns.cn The Spanish government has said new plans to give both mothers and fathers an additional week off work after the birth of a child are a sign of "moving towards feminism and equality … and there will be no turning back".
(2025-07-31). Mining site now a thriving tourism town. ecns.cn More than just a place to stay, her hotel offers a unique experience — complimentary transfers to scenic areas, tea-tasting sessions, and the chance to try on traditional ethnic costumes.
(2025-07-31). Harbin Polarland sees summer tourism boom. ecns.cn As summer vacation comes, Harbin Polarland Park becomes a popular destination for families, drawing in large crowds of both children and adults.
(2025-07-31). China successfully launches sixth batch of low Earth orbit satellites. ecns.cn China successfully launched the sixth batch of low Earth orbit satellites a at 3: 49 p.m. (Beijing Time) Wednesday. The satellite group will constitute an internet constellation.
(2025-07-31). Chinese passports gaining power. ecns.cn As many as 10 countries have granted Chinese passport holders visa-free entry since 2021, a result of the country's efforts to expand visa-free access for Chinese citizens, an official of the National Immigration Administration said on Wednesday.
(2025-07-31). Hainan policy to boost investor appeal. ecns.cn Customs operations at the Hainan Free Trade Port, which will be completely independent island-wide from mid-December, are expected to strengthen the port's connectivity with Asia-Pacific economies and boost its appeal to global investors, said market watchers and business leaders.
(2025-07-31). (W.E. Talk) Ulterior motives by the U.S. and the Philippines undermine stability in South China Sea: SCSPI director. ecns.cn Due to misjudgment of the international and regional situation, the Philippines has frequently provoked China over the South China Sea. However, the U.S. is unlikely to intervene and assist the Philippines in the so-called "protection of rights."
(2025-07-31). (W.E. Talk) Filipino scholar calls for consultation and cooperation on South China Sea issue. ecns.cn "The only way to peacefully resolve conflict between the Philippines and China in the South China Sea is through serious, direct negotiation and consultation," said Rommel Banlaoi, president of the Philippine Society for International Security Studies.
(2025-07-31). Reparations and the 175th Anniversary of the birth of California. indybay.org 175th Anniversary of the State of California opens a path to reconsider California Juneteenth law toward alignment with our Title 5 US Juneteenth Federal Law celebrating the close of our US Civil War and path to end chattel slavery in America/…
(2025-07-31). Belarus' best exporters 2024 announced in Minsk. eng.belta.by Nineteen enterprises were named winners of the Best Exporter of 2024 national contest. The winners were announced by Chairman of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BelCCI) Mikhail Myatlikov during an awards ceremony in Minsk, BelTA has learned.
(2025-07-31). BELARUS machinery on display at Siberian Field Day in Russia's Altai Territory. eng.belta.by The exhibition serves as an excellent platform to demonstrate the products' capabilities to foreign companies and Russian customers.
(2025-07-31). Belarus to propose security initiatives at Helsinki conference. eng.belta.by A Belarusian delegation headed by Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Igor Sekreta | is participating in events to mark the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki | Final Act.
(2025-07-31). Fine-tuning foreign policy: Key takeaways from Lukashenko's meeting with diplomats. eng.belta.by Belarus needs to fine-tune its steps on the foreign policy front, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with heads of Belarusian diplomatic missions on 31 July.
(2025-07-31). Lukashenko: Belarus succeeded in keeping peace amid global tensions. eng.belta.by Belarus, situated in the epicenter of global confrontation, has | preserved the most important thing: a peaceful sky overhead, Belarusian | President Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
(2025-07-31). Lukashenko: Belarus welcomes migrants who want to work, who respect our state. eng.belta.by Belarus is ready to take in migrants willing to work and who respect the Belarusian state and people, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with heads of Belarus' diplomatic missions, BelTA has learned.
(2025-07-31). Lukashenko comments on global changes, emergence of new world order. eng.belta.by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko The leader addressed the profound transformations in world affairs over recent years and the ongoing formation of a new international architecture as he met with heads of Belarus' diplomatic missions.
(2025-07-31). Lukashenko explains essence of Belarusian multipolarity, comments on relations with Russia. eng.belta.by The head of state remarked that there has been a lot of talk about the policy of multipolarity recently. Some people are concerned about the possibility of the policy worsening Belarus' relations with the main partners: Russia and China.
(2025-07-31). Lukashenko reminds EU of migration crisis origins. eng.belta.by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko reaffirmed Belarus' readiness for negotiations on migration issues as he met with heads of Belarus' diplomatic missions in Minsk on 31 July.
(2025-07-31). Lukashenko sends birthday greetings to Leonid Yakubovich. eng.belta.by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has congratulated Leonid Yakubovich, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, on his jubilee, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.
(2025-07-31). Lukashenko to ambassadors: 'Military mobilization' is needed to hold the country's economy. eng.belta.by "This is why only forge ahead without any explanations. If there are no results, I am sorry but you are not there," the president stressed.
(2025-07-31). Lukashenko: return to White House opens a window of opportunity for better ties. eng.belta.by Donald Trump's return to the U.S. presidency has opened a window of opportunity for improving relations, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with heads of Belarusian diplomatic missions.
(2025-07-31). Lukashenko views sanctions as incentives for export diversification. eng.belta.by Western sanctions create new incentives to expand the geography of | Belarusian exports, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said | during a meeting with the heads of Belarusian diplomatic missions.
(2025-07-31). Lukashenko wants rift in European 'unity' to extend to EU's anti-Belarus policy. eng.belta.by It is imperative that the cracks in Europe's 'unity' extend to the EU's anti-Belarus policies, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with heads of Belarus' diplomatic missions, BelTA has learned.
(2025-07-31). New bison population being established in Mogilev Oblast. eng.belta.by Bison live in large, localized, and densely populated herds — such as the Belovezhskaya and Osipovichi populations, each already exceeding 700 individuals. These are quite conservative animals that spread very slowly and tend to cluster in small areas, which creates problems, including for agriculture.
(2025-07-31). President Aoun Pushes US for End to Israeli Hostilities. english.almanar.com.lb 
Lebanese President General Joseph Aoun revealed that Beirut has formally urged the United States to intervene and halt all Israeli aggressions against Lebanon, encompassing air, land, and sea attacks, alongside assassinations. He emphasized that "every martyr who resisted and fell for Lebanon, regardless of their place of birth, is a treasure for us." Speaking on …
(2025-07-31). US Special Envoy Witkoff lands in occupied territories, set to meet Netanyahu: Israeli media. english.almanar.com.lb
(2025-07-31). Iran Still Has Capability to Enrich Uranium: FM Araghchi. english.almanar.com.lb 
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that his country still has the capability to enrich uranium while it continues to be compliant with the fatwa by its Leader that bans possession of any weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). In a recent interview with Financial Times (FT), the top Iranian FM stressed that 'the road …
(2025-07-31). Wednesday 8/6: Study Group: Socialist Feminism — The First Decade, 5th session. indybay.org New Valencia Hall | 747 Polk St. | San Francisco, CA 94109…
(2025-07-31). Wednesday 8/13: Study Group: Socialist Feminism — The First Decade, 6th session. indybay.org New Valencia Hall | 747 Polk St. | San Francisco, CA 94109…
(2025-07-31). Wednesday 8/20: Study Group: Socialist Feminism — The First Decade, 7th session. indybay.org New Valencia Hall | 747 Polk St. | San Francisco, CA 94109 | Online participation also available.
(2025-07-31). Wednesday 8/27: Study Group: Socialist Feminism — The First Decade, 8th session. indybay.org New Valencia Hall | 747 Polk St. | San Francisco, CA 94109 | Online participation also available.
(2025-07-31). Brazil seeks dialogue, but Trump administration "does not want to talk" to negotiate tariffs, says Lula. peoplesdispatch.org According to Brazil's president, his administration has made at least 10 attempts to meet with US officials, with no response.
(2025-07-31). Work is more than a job to earn money. indybay.org Expanding the concept of work is vital… Ultimately, the aim is to distribute all socially necessary work that is (currently) paid and (currently) unpaid in a more just and equitable manner. Ultimately, the aim is to abolish alienated labor and promote "personality-enhancing work" in all areas of work, as well as the participation of men and women in all aspects of life.
(2025-07-31). What Is the Real Status of the American Economy? The EU-US Deal Bravado. Helena Glass. globalresearch.ca Von der Leyen gave President Trump a 'pledge' to buy US energy totaling $750 billion over three years and to invest $600 billion into the US economy over the same time frame.
(2025-07-31). Burkina Faso Releases Conscripted Journalists, Activist. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Guezouma Sanogo (L) and Boukari Ouoba. | © Private | Earlier in July 2025, Burkina Faso authorities released five journalists and a human rights activist who had been unlawfully conscripted into the military after criticizing the country's military junta. While a positive development, their release is also a stark reminder of others still missing, some since 2024, with no hint as to their whereabouts.On March 24, 2024, authorities in the capital, Ouagadougou, detained Guezouma Sanogo, Boukari Ouoba, and Phil Roland Zongo, members of the country's Journalists Association, and Luc Pa…
(2025-07-31). far-right police minister brags: Since I took office, cops no longer harass settlers. haaretz.com National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir told party colleagues that 'police in Judea and Samaria used to chase 14-year-old girls and follow young men from the settlements to harass them. That is over'…
(2025-07-31). Keir Starmer's Government Still Hasn't Reviewed Use of Musk's X Despite Platform 'Amplifying Hate Speech and Misinformation'. bylinetimes.com The Government's use of X — formerly Twitter — hasn't been reviewed since well before Labour came to power last year, it has emerged. | A parliamentary question from Liberal Democrat peer Mark Pack asked whether the Government has considered creating official accounts on the smaller open-source rival Bluesky, set up by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and launched publicly last February. | The minister, Ruth Smeeth (Baroness Anderson), replied that there had been no Government review of its use of X since April 2023. Some major platform changes and controversies have exploded over the site since then…
(2025-07-31). The AI Nuclear War Dead Hand. projectcensored.org In August 2019, an influential inside-the-Beltway platform called War on the Rocks published a proposal to automate fighting nuclear wars with artificial intelligence, America Needs a "Dead Hand". Two nuclear war strategy experts with significant academic and military credentials argued that the modernization of the nation's nuclear-armed triad of missiles, bombers, and submarines must include a command, communication, and control system (NC3) operated by artificial intelligence.
(2025-07-31). Is Turkey's Role Against the Kurds Over? counterpunch.org 
On July 11, 2025, following Abdullah àñcalan's call to disarm and dissolve the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), 30 guerrillas symbolically burned their weapons in Jasana Cave, SlêmanàÆ, a historic symbol of Kurdish independence movement in the 1920s. The next day, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan announced the formation of a new parliamentary commission, including the Justice
(2025-07-31). The War On UC Workers & Union Busting Attack On NUHW Oakland Hospital Workers. indybay.org The University of California management and regents are engaged in a frontal union busting attack on the NUHW and other workers at the Oakland Children's Hospitals. They are telling workers they have no right to their own union representation but must join other unions that they don't want. They have imposed massive pay cuts on these workers by ending their paid healthcare benefits and other conditions flagrantly violating their union contracts. Governor Newsom and the Democrats in the legislature have been completely quite about this union busting attack and Newom who is an ex-officio has supporting million…
(2025-07-31). DAILY MEMO: Agents Follow a Woman Driving Before Taking Her and More. lataco.com ICE and Border Patrol ramped up raids across Southern California from July 25—30, including the arrest of popular tattoo artist Downtown Mac in L.A. Agents were seen operating in multiple neighborhoods. Meanwhile, LA County is moving to ban masked agents, though legal questions remain. LAPD continues to share data that helps ICE target immigrants. The federal government is pressuring DACA recipients to self-deport, while offering six-figure salaries to recruit 10,000 new ICE agents under Trump's $165B deportation plan.
(2025-07-31). Data centers, drought, and dispossession: The real nightmares in Ari Aster's 'Eddington'. grist.org The film "Eddington" opens at night as Sheriff Joe Cross (Joaquin Phoenix) sits in his Chevy Tahoe on the edge of a New Mexico desert. On duty, he's bathed in blue light, watching YouTube: a video on how to convince your spouse to want a child. More cops pull up, tribal police from the fictional Santa Lupe Pueblo, and tell him a mask mandate is active on their land. Joe pulls his mask up over his nose until they leave, then immediately yanks it down. | Set in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, "Eddington," directed by Ari Aster, blends elements of horror, Westerns, and satire that explore how we…
(2025-07-31). Transgender Citizens: The Non-existent Existential Threat to America. counterpunch.org 
Trump's executive order regarding sex and gender identifies "gender ideology" as an existential threat to America, or as it says, "The erasure of sex in language and policy has a corrosive impact … on the validity of the entire American system." To combat the threat, the executive order required that "gender ideology", defined as a belief system
(2025-07-31). Turn on the War-makers: Fight for Peace and Social Needs. indybay.org is past time for the people to take matters into their own hands through mass mobilizations and strikes to demand peace and social needs, not war and inequality.
(2025-07-31). After Israeli intervention in Suweida, Turkey believes it's next. newarab.com 
(2025-07-31). Belgium asks ICC to look at war crimes claims against 2 Israelis. newarab.com 
(2025-07-31). Can Algeria help Lebanon with its ongoing electricity crisis. newarab.com 
For the first time since a fuel scandal fractured ties between On Tuesday evening, 29 July, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun met his Algerian counterpart, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, in Algiers. At the top of the agenda: postwar reconstruction and potential energy cooperation. | Southern Lebanon and parts of the Bekaa Valley were left in ruins after nearly 14 months of fighti…
(2025-07-31). Canada declares intent to recognise Palestine in September. newarab.com 
Carney said the move was necessary to preserve hopes of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a long-standing Canadian goal that was "being eroded before our eyes." | "Canada intends to recognize the…
(2025-07-31). Hezbollah chief rejects disarmament as pressure on Lebanon grows. newarab.com 
Lebanon's "Those who call for submitting arms practically demand submitting them to Israel … We will not submit to Israel," Qassem said in a televised address. | Hezbollah emerged badly damaged from a war with…
(2025-07-31). Imprisoned Iraqi Kurdish journalist Sherwani faces new charges. newarab.com 
Authorities in Sherwan Amin Sherwani, a Kurdish journalist imprisoned since 2020 for criticising the ruling parties, now faces additional charges of "humiliating a prison officer" and "assaulting two inmates," his lawyer, Mohammed Abdullah, exclusively told The New Arab. | Sherwani was initially arrested in October 2020 al…
(2025-07-31). Iran condemns 'malicious' US sanctions targeting oil trade. newarab.com 
The US Treasury Department on Wednesday
(2025-07-31). Israeli settlers kill US-Palestinian in West Bank arson attack. newarab.com 
Israeli settlers stepped up their attacks in the
(2025-07-31). Lebanese president takes firm tone on Hezbollah arms, US demands. newarab.com 
Lebanese President He confirmed the revised plan would be presented to the cabinet early next week, along with a…
(2025-07-31). Man arrested for defacing Algeria's nude woman statue in Sétif. newarab.com 
Authorities in The incident took place late Tuesday into Wednesday. According to the Setif Governorate, the suspect was in an "advanced state of intoxication" when he tried to deface the marble sculpture. Security forces intervened swiftly and arres…
(2025-07-31). Protests intensify in east Yemen over prolonged power outages. newarab.com 
Protests in eastern Yemen intensified for a third consecutive day as residents demonstrated Tuesday against long power outages during scorching heat. | Hundreds of protesters in Mukalla, the capital city of Hadhramaut province, The protests erupted Sunday over electricity blackouts that now last more than 19 hours a day. The…
(2025-07-31). Tunisia's Jaouadi savours first world title after depression battle. newarab.com 
(2025-07-31). US to develop Pakistan's oil reserves as two strike trade deal. newarab.com 
(2025-07-31). US hits Iranian shipping network with sweeping new sanctions. newarab.com 
The US Treasury Department announced fresh The sanctions broadly target the shipping interests of Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani, the son of Ali Shamkhani, who is himself an adviser to Supreme Leader…
(2025-07-31). West Bank village faces new crisis as settlers cut off water. newarab.com 
(2025-07-31). Georges Abdallah is free but his beloved Palestine is enslaved. newarab.com 
Georges Ibrahim Abdallah's liberation after 40 years of unjust imprisonment in France could not have come at a more significant moment. | As we witness the final stages of the US-armed, EU-funded Israeli Abdallah's liberation p…
(2025-07-31). As UK and France back Palestine, is Zionism's spell wearing off. newarab.com 
When US President Harry Truman addressed a group of US diplomats stationed in the Middle East in late 1945, after they had urged him to withhold support for the Zionist project in Palestine because it would lead to protracted conflict in the Middle East and undermine their efforts to promote US interests, Truman "I'm sorry, gentlemen, but I have to answer to hundreds of thousands who are anxious for the success of Zionism: I do not have hundreds of thousands of Arabs among my constituents." | It's now conventional wisdom…
(2025-07-31). A Rational View of Capitalism vs. Socialism in America and History. counterpunch.org 
President Donald Trump declared that America will never be socialist. He's beating up a strawman, since there has never been a fully socialist country. That's because, throughout history, every country, whether it considers itself socialist or capitalist, engages in capitalism to some degree, which is essentially the existence of a marketplace, where goods, services, information,
(2025-07-31). The Genocidal Partnership of Israel and the United States. globalresearch.ca For decades, countless U.S. officials have proclaimed that the bonds between the United States and
(2025-07-31). Trump Attacks Science-Based Regs, Higher Education & US Workers; AI Threatens Teachers. indybay.org Pacifica's Capitalism, Race & Democracy Covers Trump Attacks Science-Based Regs, Higher Education & US Workers; AI Threatens Teachers…
(2025-07-31). Saturday 8/2: Stop the War on Palestine. indybay.org Ocean at Water St. Santa Cruz…
(2025-07-31). "Wells Fracko Bank" Called Upon to Divest from Fossil Fuels. indybay.org Calling Wells Fargo & Company Bank "Wells Fracko," the group "Stop Billionaires Summer" picketed their global headquarters building for a second time this month as part of its eight-week campaign of mass action, disruption and information leafleting by calling attention to the bank's role in "climate collapse, fueling Fascism and throwing our futures into the fire." Organizers also accused the bank of ensuring that "billionaires protect their profits and power" and for allowing the ultra-wealthy elites "to fuel the crises we're living in."
(2025-07-31). Video: Jacques Baud: "Israel May Cease to Exist" globalresearch.ca Colonel Jacques Baud is a former military intelligence analyst in the Swiss Army and the author of many books. | Colonel Baud discusses how Israel has overextended itself and may destroy itself. | . | . | . | * | Click the share button below …
(2025-07-31). Saturday 8/23: Rising Seas 4 with Manilatown Ancestral Ensemble. indybay.org Bohol Circle Immigrant Park (2901 5th Street, Alameda)…
(2025-07-31). The Peril of Spectacle, Especially Jeffrey Epstein's. counterpunch.org 
We are so hooked, people, on the Jeffrey Epstein spectacle that Donald Trump might win, to become America's first lifetime president. Thank God he's old and creaky, but that's what he's after. How could Trump win? He is winning, folks, he's winning. That's why we've been in the streets protesting. But we are so transfixed
(2025-07-31). Priced Out of Paradise. counterpunch.org 
For decades, I've returned to Truro, Massachusetts, drawn by some of the most breathtaking vistas on Cape Cod. I never tire of biking through the dunes, hiking the sandy bluffs of the National Seashore, or watching the sun rise over the tidal flats. But today, the beaches I once shared with families like mine are
(2025-07-31). "The shareholder has become a common good" indybay.org Western societies are divided, authoritarianism is on the rise, social inequality is increasing, and trust in political institutions has dwindled… | The 1968 movement was not least a reaction to fascism, colonialism, and racism, and against this backdrop it sought alternatives.
(2025-07-31). Operation Barbarossa, Nazi Germany's Economic Exploitation of the USSR. globalresearch.ca [This article by Shane Quinn was first published by GR in November 2021.] | Looking back over an eight decade timespan at the design for Operation Barbarossa, the June 1941 German-led attack on the USSR, its invasion plan betrays a pathological …
(2025-07-31). State Park Rangers Cut Down Healthy Trees to Prevent a Rope Swing. indybay.org California State Park Rangers cut down a healthy tree at DL Bliss State Park to prevent a rope swing.
(2025-07-31). Gardeners breathe a 'sigh of relief' over Summer Winter Community Garden preservation. whyy.org Have a question about Philly's neighborhoods or the systems that shape them? PlanPhilly reporters want to hear from you! For Joe Revlock, the There's the persimmon tree that took eight years to bear fruit. There's the cornerstone, marked with the year 1872, that Revlock said he salvaged from a North Philly church that was struck by lightning. There's the pond full of koi fish, whe…
(2025-07-31). Podcast Las 3 del día: Inicia Foro Internacional Voces del Nuevo Mundo. cubadebate.cu Hoy en Cubadebate ha sido noticia la inauguración del Foro Voces del Nuevo Mundo,también conocerá de la petición de Petro a E.U.A de no intervenir en la justicia colombiana y la reinauguración del estadio "La Polar"en la capital .
(2025-07-31). Yaguajay: la revolución de las "chiveras" cubadebate.cu Junto a otras cinco mujeres, Leticia teje una epopeya silenciosa: convertir establos en trincheras de empoderamiento femenino. Esta finca es un símbolo de lo que ocurre cuando políticas de igualdad se siembran en tierra fértil. "Las chiveras" de Yaguajay no solo crían cabras: cultivan un modelo donde la sostenibilidad se escribe con letras de mujer.
(2025-07-31). Fallece Rodrigo Moya, retratista de los cambios sociales de México y América Latina. cubadebate.cu Este miércoles falleció, en su casa de Cuernavaca, Morelos, Rodrigo Moya, fotógrafo nacionalizado mexicano y una de las voces visuales más importantes del siglo XX. Tenía 91 años y, tras una larga enfermedad, se quedó dormido rodeado del cariño de su esposa, la diseñadora Susan Flaherty, compañera de vida durante 43 años, y bajo el cuidado cercano de su familia.
(2025-07-31). Primer cohete de fabricación australiana se estrella tras 14 segundos de vuelo. cubadebate.cu La compañía calificó el lanzamiento como un éxito, de acuerdo con un comunicado publicado en Facebook. Un portavoz dijo que los cuatro motores de propulsión híbrida se encendieron y el vuelo incluyó 23 segundos de tiempo de combustión del motor y 14 segundos de vuelo. Gilmour Space Technologies había planeado lanzamientos previos del cohete, en mayo y julio.
(2025-07-31). Horoscope today: your 24-hour briefing for life, love, and more. thecanary.co Here's today's horoscope from the Canary — helping guide you through life, with a daily dose of lifestyle musings for our readers. Your horoscope for Thursday 31 July 2025 Aries ‚ôà Mars squares Pluto today, and your appetite for confrontation is… alarming. But slow down, comrade. Not every meeting needs to be a battlefield. Channel […] | By
(2025-07-31). DWP now openly recruiting 'covert surveillance officers' to spy on disabled people. thecanary.co In a job listing posted in July 2025, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has advertised senior roles in its Communications Data Unit and Surveillance Operations team. In short, part of the role will be the covert monitoring of benefit claimants suspected of fraud. While the listing describes these roles as targeting "serious organised […] | By
(2025-07-31). Online Safety Act: another corrupt piece of political theatre that benefits big tech. thecanary.co When both the left and the right are united in their disdain for a piece of legislation, you know there must be something up. So, enter the Online Safety Act: a law so riddled with corruption, incompetence, and authoritarianism that you'd be forgiven for agreeing with Nigel Farage. But exactly what are the problems with […] | By
(2025-07-31). Shell just gave £2.6 BILLION to shareholders as your energy bills go up. thecanary.co 
As UK consumers face soaring energy prices and an escalating climate crisis, Shell continues to rake in billions—and reward shareholders rather than reinvest in a sustainable future. In Q2 2025, Shell posted adjusted profits of $4.264‚ÄØbillion (about £3.2‚ÄØbillion)—down 32% from the year before, yet still beating analyst expectations by around £400m. This comes as forecasts […] | By
(2025-07-31). Green-Building and Legionnaires' Disease: A Reply to Critics. counterpunch.org 
Eco-friendly practices apply to the full range of contemporary social policy, and naturally that includes housing policy. Buildings, after all., account for some 45% of all carbon emissions, so finding ways to reduce their carbon footprint — through "green" building, for example — has become a top priority for federal, state and local governments. Green
(2025-07-31). Cuba solidarity was on full display at a recent Palestine protest. thecanary.co Cuba solidarity campaigners joined with Palestine activists on 26 July at the Red Line solidarity event in Aberystwyth, which drew some 1,500 activists. The Cuba Solidarity Campaign (CSC) — in Wales represented by umbrella group Cymru Cuba — enjoys close relations with colleagues in the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC). Cuba: imperialism writ large Cuba has […] | By
(2025-07-31). Election 2026: Here Come the Gerrymanders. counterpunch.org 
It's only mid-2025, but both "major" US political parties are already well into their campaigns to win US House and Senate seats in the 2026 midterm elections. They're talking up potential candidates, trotting out actual candidates, and, in the case of the House, going all-out to ensure that those pesky voters don't get in the
(2025-07-31). Friday 8/1: DSA Movie Night. indybay.org London Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St, Santa Cruz…
(2025-07-31). Congressional Bill Designed to Destabilize South Africa. wibailoutpeople.org 
Republican-led foreign relations committee approves the submission of legislation to "reassess" relations with…
(2025-07-31). Madison, August 23, 2025: Potluck for People, Peace the Planet! wibailoutpeople.org 
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(2025-07-31). New analysis of jail videotape raises questions about supposed Epstein suicide. wsws.org A report Tuesday by CBS News indicates that statements issued by jail and Justice Department officials after Epstein's death in 2019 are contradicted by a careful review of the full videotape released earlier this month.
(2025-07-31). Rail disaster near Riedlingen, Germany: Why were the tracks not better protected? wsws.org Germany keeps experiencing serious rail accidents with fatal consequences. National rail operator Deutsche Bahn prioritises profits above all else.
(2025-07-31). Ronald Adams Sr.: Martyr in the war on the working class. wsws.org This report was delivered by Will Lehman to the public hearing in Detroit on Sunday, July 27, on the death of Stellantis worker Ronald Adams Sr.
(2025-07-31). US, China broker uneasy Thai-Cambodian ceasefire. wsws.org With the announcement of a ceasefire, Trump quickly claimed credit, absurdly declaring on social media, "I am proud to be the President of PEACE!"
(2025-07-31). Trump administration to eliminate key climate-related environmental regulation. wsws.org The scientific record of the impact of capitalist industrial activity on Earth's warming climate is clear and well established.
(2025-07-31). SEP (Australia) opposes demolition of Melbourne public housing towers. wsws.org "What is urgently required is the development of a political movement rooted in the working class—residents, workers, students—fighting for the total ban of the demolition plan."
(2025-07-31). Australia: Glencore coal mining workers strike over low wages. wsws.org The union leadership is seeking to use the legitimate concerns of workers over the future of Mudgee to limit the dispute to one town and to cut miners off from their colleagues elsewhere, who face the same assault on pay and conditions.
(2025-07-31). Melbourne public housing residents and workers speak out against Labor government's demolition plan. wsws.org "If they are treating people in public housing like this today, they will do it to other workers tomorrow. It won't matter who you are or where you come from."
(2025-07-31). Trump loyalist Emil Bove III confirmed by Senate to lifetime appointment on US circuit court. wsws.org Bove, a criminal credibly accused of flouting court orders to carry out Trump's illegal mass deportation operation, was confirmed in a party-line vote by the Senate Tuesday night.
(2025-07-31). Fed rejects Trump's demand for rate cut. wsws.org Yesterday's meeting, which saw two dissenting votes from the hold decision, was preceded by further demands from Trump officials for "dramatically lower" rates.
(2025-07-31). US-Israeli attack on Iran: German politics and media abandon international law. wsws.org Experts agree there is hardly any war that violates international law as flagrantly as the US-Israeli attack on Iran. Nevertheless, the German government and leading media have openly supported it.
(2025-07-31). Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern mega-merger means more corporate attacks on railroad workers. wsws.org The rail unions, whose support is needed for the success of the merger, did not warn their members about it during the long period of discussion and planning between the carriers.
(2025-07-31). Demand a Full Arms Embargo. x.com New report revealing hundreds of ongoing weapons shipments from Canada to Israel.
(2025-07-31). Friday 8/1: Planning supper for MeglaDon, a terpsichorean performance art meets devour of MAGA show. indybay.org Notable House | 189 Ellsworth St. | SF…
(2025-07-31). Wednesday 8/6: Close Guantánamo & Dismantle the Inhumane Deportation Machine NOW! indybay.org Mission Street @ 22nd Street San Francisco, CA…
(2025-07-31). Tuesday 8/5: Webinar: Anti-Zionism means Abolition. indybay.org Zoom | bit.ly/AZAbolition…
(2025-07-31). Repeat Lesson for Wells Fargo Delivered by Activists. indybay.org Slow learner gets repeated demand to stop war crime complicity and fulfill environmental responsibility as Stop Billionaires Summer protests continues.
(2025-07-31). Healthcare Not Prisons! On 60th Anniversary of Medicare, Rally at Alcatraz Tours Against Prison. indybay.org On the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Medicare, a press conference was held at Alcatraz Tours on Pier 33 to oppose the building of a new prison on Alcatraz and for the implementation of national single payer so all people in the United States can get heatlhcare. Speakers from unions and community groups spoke out against Trump's ICE raids and privatization of the prison industry to make more profits.
(2025-07-31). Fort Dix to Hold Thousands as Trump Militarizes Detention System. aclu.org
(2025-07-31). Cities | of Belarus: David-Gorodok. eng.belta.by
(2025-07-31). CPJ, partners publish report on threats to community journalism in Guatemala. CPJ Staff
(2025-07-31). Ghanaian police, masked man attack journalists covering local election. CPJ Staff
(2025-07-31). Guatemala's Zamora detained 3 years; groups demand his release. CPJ Staff
(2025-07-31). Kurdish journalist Omed Baroshky's imprisonment extended by 6 months. CPJ Staff
(2025-07-31). Syrian photojournalist killed while covering clashes in Sweida. CPJ Staff
(2025-07-31). Yemeni journalist Abduljabar Bajabeer arrested amid crackdown in Hadramout. CPJ Staff
(2025-07-31). Congo journalist Rosie Pioth sent death threats for anniversary report on 1982 airport bombing. CPJ Staff
(2025-07-31). 'No land, no home, no future': Himalayan Lepchas fear new dam. aljazeera.com
(2025-07-31). The EU and US agree to a trade deal, but who won the negotiations? aljazeera.com
(2025-07-31). Rising Liver Disease Cases Demand Immediate Attention, Experts Warn. articles.mercola.com
(2025-07-31). A Rare, Direct Warning from Japan Signals a Shift in the Fight against Child Sex Tourism in Asia. asia-pacificresearch.com
(2025-07-31). Large Public Meeting in PM's Electorate Says 'Cancel AUKUS'. asia-pacificresearch.com
(2025-07-31). Canada to recognize Palestinian state at UN General Assembly in September. haaretz.com
(2025-07-31). Book on the LGBTQ+ rights revolution in Cuba is presented. wibailoutpeople.org
(2025-07-31). 3 killed in Nebraska biofuel plant explosion: America's industrial carnage continues. wsws.org
(2025-07-30). Amir walked 12km to get some bread for his mother. The IDF then shot and killed him. thecanary.co Hunger was nothing new to Amir, an 11-year-old boy. He was used to falling asleep to the sound of his brothers' empty stomachs and resting his head on his mother's tired arm, in a desperate attempt to forget the pain of another day without bread. But that morning, he seemed different. He stood at the […] | By
(2025-07-30). fake How images of hungry children finally got attention. haaretz.com CNN Jerusalem correspondent Jeremy Diamond notes that 'the power of images can sometimes move President Trump in an unexpected way' — a dynamic now playing out in his break with Netanyahu's claim that there is no starvation in Gaza: 'I see it, and you can't fake that'…
(2025-07-30). "Pull a Baby Out of Your Bag?" The Question That Exposes a Genocide. counterpunch.org 
"What are you going to do now, pull a baby out of your bag?" The guard's voice echoed through the marble halls of Capitol Hill, his words hitting me like a physical blow. Not just because of their callousness, but because I had indeed come carrying images of babies ⚪ Palestinian children murdered in Gaza, photographs and stories tucked in my tote bag that I believed any human with a heart would see and demand action.
(2025-07-30). Britain forced a famine on Ireland, now taking part in the Gaza genocide. electronicintifada.net The world is allowing Israel to starve Palestinians.
(2025-07-30). Hamas health ministry says 103 Palestinians killed, seven from hunger in Gaza in past day. haaretz.com A leading international authority on food crises also warned on Tuesday that 'the worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip'…
(2025-07-30). Sanders moves to block Trump's arms sales to Israel amid Gaza atrocities. nationofchange.org Citing mass civilian deaths, famine, and potential violations of U.S. law, Senator Bernie Sanders is forcing Senate votes to halt billions in bombs and rifles destined for Israel's military.
(2025-07-30). More than 70 aid seekers killed as starvation worsens in Gaza. aljazeera.com The UN has warned aid entering the Strip remains far below what is required.
(2025-07-30). Israel Apologists Support Genocide; Of Course They're Fine With Lying. caitlinjohnstone.com.au Israel apologists use language the same way malignant narcissists do. It's never to communicate or connect or find out what's true, it's always to manipulate and get things they want. | Not one person sincerely believes Israel isn't starving Gaza. Everyone knows it is, including the people who are saying it isn't. They're just throwing a bunch of language at it in an effort to keep the west supporting Israel's genocide. | Israel's official Twitter account is curr…
(2025-07-30). Born under bombardment and dead within ten hours: meet Suaad, murdered by Israel. thecanary.co Suaad was born under a nylon tent in Gaza, surrounded by the smell of smoke still rising from destroyed houses, in the arms of a mother exhausted by displacement, hunger, and fear — all manifested by Israel. The streets of Khan Yunis were crowded with poor people fleeing death, and death was not far away. […] | By
(2025-07-30). My Letter To Australian MP Mark Dreyfus About Gaza. caitlinjohnstone.com.au Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): I wrote the following letter to Mark Dreyfus, my local MP here in Australia: Dear Mr Dreyfus, Today I saw the skeleton of a young man in Gaza picked clean by dogs, his arms and head intact but the rest of his body was …
(2025-07-30). It Shouldn't Have Taken This Much For Mainstream Voices To Start Speaking Up About Gaza. dissidentvoice.org 
Israel's top human rights group B'Tselem has finally declared that Israel is committing genocide, as has the Israel-based Physicians for Human Rights. The Israeli organizations join Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, UN human rights experts, and the overwhelming majority of leading authorities on the subject of genocide in their conclusion. The debate is over. The Israel apologists lost. And we are seeing this reflected …
(2025-07-30). When will Israel learn that military might bring it security? haaretz.com Israel's security doctrine isn't only wreaking havoc in Gaza and the West Bank. It's also failing Israeli citizens, traumatized by years of conflict and cynical about any idea that favors equality over force…
(2025-07-30). U.S. Consular Officials from U.S. Embassy-Israel Have NOT Visited US Citizens from Gaza Flotilla Who Have Been in Israeli Prison For Four Days. worldbeyondwar.org 
Please call the U.S. Department of State (+1-202-647-1512) and call and email U.S. Embassy in Israel and demand U.S. Officials Visit U.S. Citizens in Israeli Prison. +(972) (3) 519-7575. #WorldBEYONDWar…
(2025-07-30). Yemeni Armed Forces Launch Drone Attacks on Tel Aviv, Ashkelon, Negev. english.almanar.com.lb 
In support for the oppressed Palestinian people and their resistance and in response to the crimes of genocide committed by the Zionist enemy against the Gaza Strip, the UAV force of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out three qualitative military operations, targeting three Israeli enemy targets using five drones. The first operation targeted a sensitive …
(2025-07-30). Not a hypothesis: boycott against Israeli science spreads a. haaretz.com Growing backlash over the Gaza war is fueling both open and silent boycotts of Israeli scientific research. Grants are drying up, emails go unanswered, and once-regular collaborations are unraveling. 'The only way to deal with the boycott is to stop the war … and the terrible things we've been perpetrating in Gaza'…
(2025-07-30). REVEALED: the murky Zionist protest group that pushed for the proscription of Palestine Action. thecanary.co 
A group among the organisations that pushed for the proscription of Palestine Action joined a march in Brighton in which protesters denied Israel's genocide in Gaza. The same group has been at the centre of Zionist counter-protest collusion with the police, that has resulted in the arrests of pro-Palestine protesters. Brighton Zionist protest: a carnival […] | By
(2025-07-30). IOF genocide in Gaza: Is internal resistance possible? workers.org July 28 — Every day more people in the world, including those living in the imperialist states that have armed and funded Israel, are turning against the Israeli settler state. The youth who have been protesting genocide now consider Israel a pariah state just as people once considered apartheid South . . . |
(2025-07-30). The Epstein Case Is Not a Distraction. It Shows How Elite Impunity is Sustained. truthout.org We live in an era where nearly everything is characterized as a "distraction." From the genocide in Gaza to the rollback of of trans rights, and most recently, the ongoing scandal around the so-called "Epstein files." After hyping up plans to release the files, which Attorney General Pam Bondi suggested included an Epstein "client list," the Justice Department reversed course on July 7 with an… |
(2025-07-30). Allies of Genocide? counterpunch.org 
MoveOn and the SEIU (Service Employees International Union) hosted a spirited rally and march here in Seattle, on July 26, with the theme of fighting back against Trump and greedy billionaires such as Jeff Bezos (the creepy tech mogul who attended Trump's inaugural before dropping $50 million dollars to rent the entire city of Venice,
(2025-07-30). Video of Announcement of Groundbreaking Report on Canada's Role in Arming Israel's Genocide of the Palestinian People. worldbeyondwar.org World BEYOND War, Palestinian Youth Movement, and the Arms Embargo Now Campaign have published a groundbreaking report detailing Canada's role in arming Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people. #WorldBEYONDWar…
(2025-07-30). Genocide Is Psychopathy. "A Common Trait among Many Western Heads of Government" ? globalresearch.ca Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction of a particular group. | When it is your country, your troops, your government and its officials committing genocide, many people will stubbornly refuse to acknowledge such a fact. Such is the propagandic effect …
(2025-07-30). Knesset's approval of West Bank annexation advances key goals of Zionist project. peoplesdispatch.org Israel has already exercised de facto control over the West Bank since 1967. Yet, the move is perceived as a green light for legalizing the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians by forcibly displacing them and annexing the remainder of their home land.
(2025-07-30). Southeast Asia's Climate Future Depends on Strategic Resilience, Not Reaction. unitedworldint.com Delay is no longer possible. By Mehmet Enes Be≈üer Climate change is no longer a danger to Southeast Asia that may occur—climate change is everyday reality that humans are having trouble adjusting to. From rising oceans that menace coastal towns to the intense weather patterns annihilating food systems and livelihoods, the region is leading the …
(2025-07-30). Is Trump a madman or a typical rich kid ecstatic about his perversions? unitedworldint.com A close look at the family history. By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein To Frantz Fanon, on the centenary of his birth, for showing us the way. The widespread belief that what's happening in the United States and around the world stems from the fact that "Trump is crazy" is simplistic and banal. On the contrary, I …
(2025-07-30). The Heat: Syria's Future. america.cgtn.com 
Syria continues its recovery after almost 14 years of civil-war that killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions. But, it is facing serious challenges such as recent violence between Bedouin and Druze fighters in the southern city of Suwayda. | Meanwhile, parliamentary elections are promised to take place in September. They will be the first for Syria since Ahmed al-Sharaa became interim president last December. | Joining the discussion: |
(2025-07-30). Voice actors at Comic-Con warn of AI peril facing culture and the arts. peoplesworld.org 
SAN DIEGO—As an estimated 150,000 people descended on the city for Comic-Con to celebrate fandom and the arts, there were a number of panels covering heavy topics concerning the future of the entertainment industry and the real-world political turmoil affecting the country. One such panel was the "Creators in the Age of A.I." discussion. Top …
(2025-07-30). 'Alien land laws' are a modern-day Chinese Exclusion Act. peoplesworld.org 
A wave of racist alien land laws is sweeping across U.S. state legislatures. An alien land law refers to legislation that restricts the right of a person who is not a U.S. citizen to purchase land or property in the country. Historically, such legislation is rooted in 19th century laws, especially in Western U.S. states, …
(2025-07-30). Electricity generated from wind and solar cannot replace fossil fuels! onlineopinion.com.au Eliminating fossil fuels without practical alternatives risks societal regression.
(2025-07-30). Your Questions Answered: The Supreme Impact On Our Rights. aclu.org The Supreme Court's most recent term reshaped the legal landscape on immigration, transgender rights, and free speech. But behind the decisions, procedural shifts like limits on nationwide injunctions and expanded use of the emergency docket signal a court increasingly driven by politics. | At the ACLU we believe that information is power, and that informed opinions make a more perfect union. That's why we've taken a hard look inside this Supreme Court term and analyzed what the court's cases reveal about its values, and how its direction and influence impacts our civil liberties. | To help us all better…
(2025-07-30). The Heat: China-U.S. Trade. america.cgtn.com 
Chinese and U.S. negotiators finished two days of talks on Tuesday aimed at tackling longstanding economic disputes with both sides stepping back from an escalating trade war between the world's two biggest economies. | Joining the discussion: |
(2025-07-30). Transport Workers lead three unions opposing big rail merger. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—The Transport Workers (TWU) strongly oppose the planned megamerger between the Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads, while other rail unions are wary of the $85 billion deal. TWU, the Train Dispatchers and the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen are especially concerned about looming safety and job cuts. Combined, the two railroads, under the Union Pacific …
(2025-07-30). New English-language book of Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel's speeches. peoplesworld.org 
As many readers will no doubt be aware, Miguel Díaz-Canel is the president of the Republic of Cuba as well as the First Secretary of its Communist Party. He's also the author of a new book from 1804 publishers entitled, Fighting for Cuba! Fighting for Socialism! This small book, more of a pamphlet really, collects …
(2025-07-30). Labour MP Speaks Out About Keir Starmer's 'Punishment Beating' Suspensions of Party Rebels. bylinetimes.com "You have to assume that at some point something's going to be cooked up about you – some sort of smear – or there will be another vote, and then they will suspend you." | I'm speaking to a Labour MP who voted against the Government's recent disability benefit cuts and now fears they will be the next victim of what they describe as the "punishment beatings" being dished out to Labour rebels suspended from the party. | "I'm on a hair trigger. I know that". | "And you can go around worrying about it, but I think there's a sense now that it's going to happen, and it probably doesn't really make much of a differen…
(2025-07-30). Black Neighborhoods At Risk As US Pushes to Cancel Important Climate Protection. capitalbnews.org 
As nearly two-thirds of the U.S. population sweltered under extreme heat advisories on Tuesday, news echoed through Black neighborhoods already scorched by the effects of climate change: the Trump administration was moving to tear the heart out of America's climate protections. In a decision that environmental activists say is one of the most severe blows …
(2025-07-30). Uribe lawyer vows to "eradicate" Colombia's "radical left" colombiareports.com Far-right attorney Abelardo de la Espriella vowed to "eradicate" the "radical left" in response to the fraud and bribery conviction of his most famous client, former President Alvaro Uribe." In an interview with radio station La FM, the attorney said that Uribe's conviction was the result of "a set-up that began more than 10 years …
(2025-07-30). What Happens if Austria Abandons Neutrality and Joins NATO? globalresearch.ca Austria's entry into NATO would signify a definitive shift from its policy of military neutrality, which had provided the country with security and prosperity for seven decades. By joining NATO, Austria would find itself on the front lines of global …
(2025-07-30). Corporations exploit Trump's tariff chaos to raise prices as global economic uncertainty deepens. nationofchange.org As new tariffs drive up costs for food, steel, and manufacturing inputs, corporations are using the trade war as cover to inflate prices and profit margins while working families foot the bill.
(2025-07-30). Trump administration to burn $10 million in contraceptives meant for global aid. nationofchange.org Despite offers to deliver them at no cost, the Trump administration is incinerating nearly $10 million in contraceptives—enough to cover years of reproductive health needs in low-income countries—as part of a broader rollback of U.S. foreign aid programs.
(2025-07-30). How "Tariff Man" is Bringing Back the Gilded Age. counterpunch.org 
Count on one thing: if Mark Twain, the famed American author of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, were alive today, he would certainly have written a novel about Donald Trump. After all, his 1873 novel, The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, distinctly caught a nineteenth-century version of our Trumpian moment, tariffs and all. "They want me to go in
(2025-07-30). Trump's tariffs forge 'feeling of big betrayal' in Canada's manufacturing. aljazeera.com The White House's August 1 deadline has 'set off some panic' among both workers and employers, experts say.
(2025-07-30). At least 22 killed at Angola fuel price hike protests, authorities say. aljazeera.com More than 1,200 people have been arrested since rallies began earlier this week, a government statement said.
(2025-07-30). Brown University strikes $50m deal to end Trump administration pressure. aljazeera.com Trump has withheld hundreds of millions in federal funds from top universities in effort to reshape US higher education.
(2025-07-30). Canada will recognise Palestinian state at UN General Assembly: Carney. aljazeera.com The Canadian PM says Hamas cannot play a role in the future of Palestine or take part in possible 2026 elections.
(2025-07-30). German biathlete Laura Dahlmeier dies mountaineering in Pakistan. aljazeera.com German biathlete and Olympic champion Laura Dahlmeier was killed by falling rocks while scaling Laila Peak in Pakistan.
(2025-07-30). UK court: Palestine Action may challenge 'antiterrorism' ban. aljazeera.com Palestine Action has won its bid to challenge a government decision to ban the group under anti-terrorism laws.
(2025-07-30). A Needed Realization. dissidentvoice.org 
(2025-07-30). 60 Years After Creation of Medicaid, GOP Cuts Threaten the Lifeline for Millions. truthout.org Today marks the 60th anniversary of the creation of Medicare and Medicaid — and nearly one month since President Trump's federal budget slashed nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid to extend tax cuts for the rich. The cuts could lead to tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths every year. "Medicaid has been a lifeline. And without it, people will die," says Ai-jen Poo, co-founder of Caring Across… |
(2025-07-30). Over 600,000 sign up for new left-wing party in Britain. peoplesdispatch.org Over While speculation about a new political fo…
(2025-07-30). Myanmar's Kachin State Is At The Center Of The Sino-US Scramble For Rare Earths. thealtworld.com The US seeks influence over this region that supplies much of neighboring China's rare earth industry. | Western media has published a spree of articles raising awareness of the important role that Myanmar's Kachin State plays in the global rare earth minerals industry. The latest phase of that country's long-running civil war, which is more complex than most Western and non-Western accounts alike make it seem as explained
(2025-07-30). A case for 'Climate Humility': Analyzing the DOE's 'A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate'. wattsupwiththat.com This isn't just another technical report. It is a systematic rebuke of accepted climate "wisdom," and it does so with unusual clarity, scientific rigor, and (at times) a sense of humor often absent in climate documents.
(2025-07-30). New Caledonia's population drops to below 265,000, census reveals. asiapacificreport.nz By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Caledonia's population has shrunk to 264,596 over the past six years, the latest census, conducted in April and May 2025, has revealed. This compares to the previous census, conducted in 2019, which recorded a population of 271,400 in the French Pacific territory. To explain the…
(2025-07-30). The Islamic Republic of Iran, Anti-Imperialism, and the Left. socialistproject.ca 
The Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) pursued an anti-US foreign policy, largely compelled by the anti-imperialist climate generated by the 1979 Revolution, while simultaneously supporting the Palestinian cause from an Islamist perspective. Since then, the Islamic Republic has posed a significant challenge for both the US and Israel. | The IRI emerged as a regional actor by forming the Axis of Resistance, beginning with the establishment of Hezbollah in Lebanon, followed by the rise of Hamas in Palestine, and by allying with Assad's Syria. After the US invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, Iran seemed to be encircle…
(2025-07-30). UK High Court Grants Palestine Action Judicial Review Over Proscription. popularresistance.org A High Court Judge has ruled in favour of Palestine Action and granted the direct action group a judicial review to oppose the UK government's ban on the pro-Palestine group. | Justice Martin Chamberlain ruled on Wednesday that he would grant Palestine Action's co-founder, Huda Ammori, a judicial review after hearing submissions from her lawyer and the government. | The judge also dismissed an additional attempt to temporarily lift the suspension of the group and set the judicial review to take place in November 2025 over three days. | The ruling marks a setback for the government, which has faced criticism over…
(2025-07-30). Total Rot: Consultant Brain and Horserace Politics Have Wrecked Political Discourse. Ben Bartee. globalresearch.ca Is feeding at the trough of government graft the goal of politics, or is it the optimal administration of the state?
(2025-07-30). NATO: the no-exit trap of Hotel California? peoplesdispatch.org Lee en español My
(2025-07-30). OTAN: øLa trampa sin salida del Hotel California? peoplesdispatch.org Read in English Mi
(2025-07-30). Haitians, Kenyans Both Fighting Neo-Colonial Representatives Of US-Led Imperialism. popularresistance.org Since 2021, the Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team has tracked the deepening crisis of imperialism in Haiti, in particular how imperialist forces and neocolonial puppets have worked to suppress and eliminate the organizing of popular movements and the will of the Haitian people. Over the last four years, this crisis has impacted nations around the globe, in particular Kenya. | This summer marks the one-year anniversary of Kenya's youth-led uprising against the IMF-backed Finance Bill of 2024. Instead of reckoning with the demands of a generation that has endured skyrocketing inflation, police violence,…
(2025-07-30). A Textbook Case Of How Tax Policy Fuels Obscene Wealth Accumulation. popularresistance.org The recent wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez in Venice set off quite the furor over tax avoidance. An enormous banner in the Piazza San Marco put the matter plainly: "If you can rent Venice for your wedding, you can pay more tax." | That banner prompted a commentary from Phoebe Liu at Forbes on how much tax Bezos does indeed pay. For the year 2024, according to a Forbes estimate, Bezos paid about $2.7 billion in tax on the gain from his sale of $13.6 billion worth of Amazon stock. That stock — the heart of the Bezos fortune since he started Amazon in 1994 — originally cost him no more than $13,…
(2025-07-30). Big Corporations Are Using Trump Trade Chaos To Jack Up Prices. popularresistance.org The effects of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs are winding their way through the American economy, and a new piece of analysis claims that corporate America is using them as "cover" to further jack up prices. | Progressive advocacy group Groundwork Collaborative issued a new report on Tuesday that uses corporate executives' own words to show how many firms are taking advantage of the tariff situation by using it as an all-purpose justification for price increases. The report found many of these executives' admissions through quarterly earnings calls in which they discussed plans to increase costs even if th…
(2025-07-30). As Temperatures Skyrocket, Oil Production on Federal Lands Reaches Record High. truthout.org Crude oil production on federal lands in the US is at a record high, increasing sixfold over the past 15 years, according to a new report from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). The production follows a broader trend seen in total US oil production — including onshore and offshore federal lands as well as private lands — which has tripled over the same time period. Monday'… |
(2025-07-30). Trump Tariffs and Brazilian Coffee: What to Expect After August 1. counterpunch.org 
Brazil is the world's largest coffee producer. It has been important to its national economy since the 1700s, and today it is Brazil's largest agricultural export to the United States. Even though it provides around one-third of all coffee drunk in the US, there are reasons to believe that the Trump administration has an inflated
(2025-07-30). NJCAP: Demand the Release of Chris Smalls Now! fightbackbetter.com AN URGENT OPEN LETTER TO THE NJ LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS AND THE LATINO ACTION NETWORK! | July 29, 2025 | GREETINGS! | DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF JERSEY BASED LABOR ORGANIZER CHRIS SMALLS BY ISRAELI AUTHORITIES NOW! | Labor organizer Chris Smalls has been taken into custody by Israeli authorities and been brutally beaten! | Chris, from Elizabeth New Jersey and who is best known for his recent efforts to unionize Amazon workers in Staten Island, was on an international humanitarian aid mission known as The Freedom Flotilla, an international collaboration by human rights forces from around the world, to shi…
(2025-07-30). Reinforcing our party infrastructure. cpusa.org 
| The following report was given to the party's National Committee on July 13, 2025 by Anita Waters on behalf of the CPUSA Organizational Department. More NC reports The organizational needs of the party involve the infrastructure of the party. Our infrastructures are the paths of communication, permanent collectives, and divisions of labor that make our political work possible without reinventing the wheel. When I gave my report to the National Committee last February, we had just had a successful mobilization for the January 18 March on Wa…
(2025-07-30). Strengthening our grasp of what is to be done. cpusa.org 
The following report was given to the party's National Committee on July 13, 2025 on behalf of the Education Commission. More NC reports The National Education Commission would like to thank Joe for the report and everyone for the discussion so far. The National Education Commission is in the process of developing schools for late fall and winter. We already have a commitment for a small series on imperialism which will be offered in October, and we are in the process of finalizing a Fundamentals of Scientific Socialism series. | In addition, we…
(2025-07-30). Film Review: A Japanese Woman Called "Tornado" : Samurai Action in an 18th Century Scottish Setting. globalresearch.ca Tornado (2025) is a new action drama film written and directed by the Scottish film director, screenwriter and musician, John Maclean. | It is set in Scotland in the 1790s and follows the travails of a young Japanese woman called Tornado …
(2025-07-30). Mann on the DOE's 'A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate'. wattsupwiththat.com Parody created by the Michael Mann AI rant generator. THIS DOE "CRITICAL REVIEW" IS A DISGRACEFUL ATTEMPT TO UNDERMINE DECADES OF CLIMATE SCIENCE AND TO PROVIDE COVER FOR CONTINUED INACTION…
(2025-07-30). The Ultimate Weapon of Mass Destruction: "Owning the Weather" for Military Use/By Prof Michel Chossudovsky. voicesfromsyria.com 
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky Global Research, July 30, 2025 Global Research 27 September 2004 Original Link Here: The Ultimate Weapon of Mass Destruction: "Owning the Weather" for Military Use — Global ResearchGlobal Research — Centre for Research on Globalization [This important article by Prof. Michel Chossudovsky was first published by GR in November 2015.] Author's Introductory Note Environmental …
(2025-07-30). Here's what you need to know as Delaware legal weed sales start Friday, Aug. 1. whyy.org 
What are journalists missing from the state of Delaware? What would you most like WHYY News to cover? Starting Friday, people 21 and over can buy marijuana at 12 retail locations in Delaware. | Recreational weed can be purchased in several forms: buds, gummies and other edibles, vapes, capsules and tinctures. | People can buy or possess no more than one ounce (28.35 grams) of buds or other "leaf" marijuana, and lesser amounts for concentrated products, at one time. | Buyers can, however, buy more than one ounce by making multiple purchases, as long as they give away any amou…
(2025-07-30). Washington Is Bringing Instability to Russia and China in Central Asia. Dr. Paul C. Roberts. globalresearch.ca While Russia and China were asleep, Washington purchased the Armenian and Azerbaijan governments and control of the Zangezur Corridor.
(2025-07-30). Nuclear Escalation? U.S. Tactical B61-12 Nukes Deployed in the U.K. Once Again! Drago Bosnic. globalresearch.ca On July 16, the USAF's C-17 "Globemaster III" military transport aircraft flew from an American nuclear weapons depot at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to a British airbase in Lakenheath. This .
(2025-07-30). Minsk is No Longer Safe. Kiev Regime Pushing for Escalation by Attacking Belarus. Drago Bosnic. globalresearch.ca On July 29, late at night,
(2025-07-30). Ongoing fight to win justice for Breonna Taylor. workers.org 
It was two months before the notorious videotaped lynching of George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, by white Minneapolis police officers. On March 13, 2020, Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black emergency medical technician, was fatally shot by white police officers in Louisville, Kentucky. Taylor was sleeping in her home. Taylor . . . |
(2025-07-30). El linchamiento de un ciudadano estadounidense palestino expone la hipocresía de Washington. workers.org 
Vigilia por Sayfullah Musallet, Tampa, Florida, 19 de julio de 2025. La hipocresía del imperialismo estadounidense no tiene límites. Así lo ha demostrado una vez más el fracaso del gobierno estadounidense a la hora de investigar el linchamiento de Sayfollah Musallet, de 20 años. Ciudadano estadounidense de ascendencia palestina, Musallet . . . |
(2025-07-30). What makes charisma? Religion historian tries to understand the mysterious force. anabaptistworld.org What drives people to follow a leader and place their faith in that person's story? That question is at the heart of religion historian and journalist Molly Worthen's latest book, Spellbound: How Charisma Shaped American History from the Puritans to Donald Trump. Worthen, a history professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, …
(2025-07-30). Federal Prisons Are Restraining People for Weeks on End, Investigation Reveals. truthout.org People incarcerated in federal prisons have been restrained for weeks at a time, sometimes for attempting to harm themselves, according to investigations conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG.) Despite pervasive problems with the Bureau of Prisons' (BOP) use of restraints, the OIG's investigation, published on July 29, revealed that "the BOP does… |
(2025-07-30). FTC Promotes Anti-Trans Agenda With "Public Inquiry" Into Gender-Affirming Care. truthout.org As part of the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) continued attacks on transgender people, the agency is soliciting information on "individuals, entities, or institutions" that have made public statements about gender-affirming care. On July 28, the FTC announced that it was launching a public inquiry to "better understand how consumers may have been exposed to false or unsupported claims… |
(2025-07-30). Lawsuit Says ICE Arrests on Church Property Are Unconstitutional. truthout.org More than a dozen faith-based groups are suing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem over the agency's policy to conduct immigration raids in "sensitive locations," including houses of worship. In January, the Trump administration rescinded a Biden-era federal policy that barred immigration raids at or around "sensitive locations." Since then… |
(2025-07-30). WSJ Ran 10 Op-Eds in One Week to Try to Take Down Mamdani. fair.org 
New York State Assembly member Zohran Mamdani handily won the New York City Democratic mayoral primary in June, despite corporate media's best attempts to Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's humiliating defeat, incumbent Mayor Eric Adams' overwhelming unpopularity and Republican Curtis Sli…
(2025-07-30). Belarus to supply breeding cattle to Georgia. eng.belta.by Belarusian Deputy Agriculture and Food Minister Natalya Shevtsova met with representatives of a major Georgian agricultural holding. Attending the meeting were also Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Georgia Nikolai Rogashchuk and heads of Belarusian agricultural enterprises.
(2025-07-30). Belarusian government to review draft state programs for 2026-2030. eng.belta.by "Today we will review the frameworks of state programs for the next five-year period," Aleksandr Turchin stated. "These programs must ensure the fulfillment of all targets we have set for 2026-2030. Crucially, the qualitative indicators of these programs must align with the goals of the upcoming five-year period."
(2025-07-30). Cooperation with China seen as key to Belarus' export growth. eng.belta.by The competitiveness of Belarusian products has grown thanks to the cooperation with Chinese companies, Belarusian Industry Minister Andrei Kuznetsov said during talks with Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology of China Xin Guobin.
(2025-07-30). Vice premiers of Belarus, Russia meet in Moscow. eng.belta.by The parties discussed key matters of bilateral trade and economic cooperation, the deepening of integration within the Belarus-Russia Union State, and priority areas of joint work within the Eurasian Economic Union.
(2025-07-30). Helsinki at 50: An opportunity to reassess OSCE. eng.belta.by Belarus believes that the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) requires a profound reassessment of its purpose, Belarusian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Igor Sekreta said in an interview with BelTA ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act.
(2025-07-30). Belarusian Belavia to double flight frequency to China's Hainan. eng.belta.by The travel industry reports a high demand for Minsk-Hainan tours. The Belarusian air carrier Belavia will operate twice-weekly flights to Hainan as from 1 November.
(2025-07-30). Belarusian Railways serves over 2m people on Russia routes since 1 January 2025. eng.belta.by Belarusian Railways has transported over 2 million passengers on routes to Russia since the beginning of 2025, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Railways press service.
(2025-07-30). Exhibition dedicated to the siege of Leningrad on display in Minsk. eng.belta.by The exhibition "The Siege. Ration Cards", commemorating the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, has opened at the National Library of Belarus in Minsk.
(2025-07-30). Belarus' Novikova claims European weightlifting bronze. eng.belta.by Polina Novikova of Belarus secured bronze in the Youth Women 77kg event at the 2025 European Youth & U15 Weightlifting Championships in Madrid, Spain.
(2025-07-30). Claim: Young people are growing tired of climate alarmism. wattsupwiththat.com "… while climate change remains a concern, it increasingly shares space with other anxieties — housing, economic insecurity, mental health, artificial intelligence and war. …"
(2025-07-30). The Burger Joint In Altadena That Survived the Fire's Wrath. lataco.com Brochures to help residents rebuild their homes lay next to pancake syrup and ketchup bottles. It took this burger shop six months to re-open and the customers are slowly returning, even if their homes aren't ready yet.
(2025-07-30). Seattle Organizations Unite To Say 'No!' To Billionaire Bailout Bill. popularresistance.org Seattle, WA — On July 26, a crowd of over 100 gathered at Seattle Central College for a rally and community action fair organized by the south Seattle-based grassroots organization Seattle Against War (SAW). | They were united by the need to stand up against the attacks on the working class and oppressed peoples embodied in Trump's so-called "Big Beautiful Bill" — from stripping necessary social services to an unprecedented $170 billion budget increase to ICE and border patrol. | The majority of the crowd were concerned Seattleites and new activists looking for ways to get involved, who, through the g…
(2025-07-30). Black Panther Carl Hampton honored on anniversary of assassination. workers.org 
Houston commemorates Carl Hampton, July 26, 2025. Bunchy Crear center (plain blue shirt). Houston — Houstonians gathered on July 26, to remember Carl Hampton on the 55th anniversary of his murder by Houston police. Hampton wanted to begin a chapter of the Black Panther Party, but the Oakland Panther headquarters . . . |
(2025-07-30). Trump's environmental policies are reshaping everyday life. Here's how. grist.org Over the last six months, Americans have been inundated with a near-constant stream of announcements from the federal government — programs shuttered, funding cut, jobs eliminated, and regulations gutted. President Donald Trump and his administration are executing a systematic dismantling of the environmental, economic, and scientific systems that underpin our society. The onslaught can feel overwhelming, opaque, or sometimes even distant, but these policies will have real effects on Americans' daily lives. | In this new guide, Grist examines the impact these changes could have, and are already having, o…
(2025-07-30). The Climate Change Cult Is Encountering More Resistance These Days. wattsupwiththat.com Instead of natural disasters serving as excuses to launch attacks and place blame using the same tired, lockstep rhetoric, here's hoping for a new age of climate enlightenment, led by scientists, journalists and others with the curiosity — and courage — to question everything.
(2025-07-30). Cartel Members Fought In Ukraine To Learn FPV Drone Skills: Report. twz.com 
(2025-07-30). Critical Weapons Development Lessons From Ukraine Are Not Being Learned By The West. twz.com 
(2025-07-30). Bangladesh: Year since Hasina Fled, Rights Challenges Abound. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus (3rd L) visits three secret detention facilities known as "Ayna Ghor," which had been used as torture cells during the Awami League government's rule, Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 12, 2025. | © 2025 Nayem Shaan/Drik/Getty Images…
(2025-07-30). US Moves to Kill Ability to Regulate Greenhouse Gases. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Pollution rises from the stacks of the Miami Fort Power Plant, which is situated along the Ohio River near Cincinnati, Ohio, July 11, 2025 | © 2025 Jason Whitman/NurPhoto via AP Photo…
(2025-07-30). Secretary's remark that UK 'will fight' China is a dip into crazy town. responsiblestatecraft.org 
(2025-07-30). How Ron Paul took a battering ram to GOP foreign policy. responsiblestatecraft.org 
Ron Paul is turning 90 on August 20. At 72, he was a revolutionary.Today, there is a raucous foreign policy debate within the Republican Party. Populist, realist and libertarian "America First" Republicans argue against endless wars and for fiscal responsibility, while holdover hawks continue to insist on a robust U.S. hand and military presence anywhere they can get it, no matter the cost.In 2008, there was no debate. While broad public opinion had soured on the Iraq War and President George W. Bush's approval
(2025-07-30). Senate GOP Ignores Whistleblowers, Appoints Trump Lawyer to Lifetime Court Seat. truthout.org Nearly every Senate Republican on Tuesday voted in favor of confirming Trump loyalist Emil Bove to a lifetime federal court seat, brushing aside whistleblowers who alleged that the Justice Department official expressed support for defying court orders and lied during his sworn judiciary committee testimony. The final Senate vote on Bove's confirmation to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for… |
(2025-07-30). Peter Kyle receives £66,000 donation from tech firm, then hands them £5m government contract. thecanary.co Keir Starmer's science minister Peter Kyle received £66,000 from tech company Public Digital in 2024, as reported by The Stark Naked Brief. Peter Kyle: paid off? Later on, in July this year, Peter Kyle issued a £5m government contract to the tech company, the same one that gave him tens of thousands. On top of […] | By
(2025-07-30). Over 30 economists demand Keir Starmer introduces an absolutely critical policy. thecanary.co Over 30 economists from the UK and around the globe have written an open letter to Keir Starmer. They are demanding that Labour brings in a modest wealth tax on assets over £10 million, which would raise tens of billions every year. "Outrageously imbalanced". We need a wealth tax The economists, including high-profile author on […] | By
(2025-07-30). Muslim Women Don't Need Saving. counterpunch.org 
What sparked me to write this article was the persistent and reductive narrative that resurfaced following the recent U.S.—Israel bombing of Iran. Predictably, media coverage and social media posts quickly recycled the familiar trope: that Muslim women need to be rescued, rescued from their religion, their culture, and their men. Added to this was the
(2025-07-30). Who Really Wants to Crash the U.S. Economy? fpif.org Under President Joe Biden, the U.S. economy successfully navigated a turbulent period. Challenges like the unprecedented pandemic were tough to overcome. However, the administration's decision to stimulate the economy with direct and indirect government subsidies was effective. | From late 2019 to mid-2023,
(2025-07-30). A Brain-Dead Pregnant Black Woman Was Kept Alive in Georgia. It's Unclear if State Law Required It. capitalbnews.org 
Originally published by KFF Health News A Georgia woman declared brain-dead and kept on life support for more than three months because she was pregnant was removed from a ventilator in June and died, days after doctors delivered her 1-pound, 13-ounce baby by emergency cesarean section. The baby is in the neonatal intensive care unit. …
(2025-07-30). Injunctions foil Philly municipal workers' strike. workers.org 
At a Workers World Party conference on Nov. 14, 1993, Sam Marcy commented: "There are many industries in which unionized workers can defeat their own bosses. Why don't they win consistently? Because of the intervention of the capitalist state. The state intervenes, presumably as an umpire but in reality, as . . . |
(2025-07-30). Navy Scraps P-8 Poseidon That Ran Off The Runway In Hawaii Two Years Ago. twz.com 
The P-8A had suffered significant damage in the mishap, which was compounded further by sitting in salt water for roughly two weeks.
(2025-07-30). Questions Swirl Around Status Of Russian Nuclear Submarine Base After Historic Earthquake. twz.com 
The epicenter of a huge quake that sent tsunami waves out across the Pacific is just 75 miles from a cluster of strategic Russian naval facilities.
(2025-07-30). How Israel Targets Starving Palestinians. judyhaiven.substack.com Israeli military are mounting automatic machine guns, that can be programmed to shoot live rounds of ammunition, on top of construction cranes.
(2025-07-30). The EPA's Repeal of Core Greenhouse Gas Rules. counterpunch.org 
"Trump's EPA to repeal core of greenhouse gas rules," was the Reuters headline this week as Lee Zeldin, chosen by Donald Trump to be administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, announced what Reuters said "will rescind the long-standing finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health, as well as tailpipe emission standards for vehicles,
(2025-07-30). Trump's EPA is attacking its own power to fight climate change. grist.org 
In 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency declared that the rising concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
(2025-07-30). How Hot Might It Get? Uncertainty and Certainty in Climate Models. counterpunch.org 
I think of climate as a package in 3 basic parts — temperature, water, and wind. Here in the US, this trio is basic to the Forest Service "Hot Dry Windy Index" for measuring likely risk of dangerous wildfire. The future of temperature is a key point of interest, because increased heat can make a
(2025-07-30). Armênia aprofunda sua submissà£o ao Ocidente. globalresearch.ca A subordinaàßà£o política da Armênia ao Ocidente continua a avanàßar. O regime Pashinyan implementa cada vez mais medidas que ameaàßam a soberania nacional e favorecem o expansionismo da OTAN no Cáucaso e no espaàßo pós-soviético. Isso cria uma atmosfera de …
(2025-07-30). Entrada da Ucrânia na UE transformaria a Europa num "campo de batalha" Orbán. globalresearch.ca Apesar da loucura russofóbica que afeta a maioria dos países europeus, a Hungria continua a representar uma posiàßà£o dissidente em relaàßà£o ao conflito na Ucrânia. A oposiàßà£o húngara à adesà£o da Ucrânia à Unià£o Europeia é um fator-chave para evitar …
(2025-07-30). Ukraine's Entry into EU Would Turn Europe into a 'Battlefield' Hungarian PM Viktor Orban. globalresearch.ca Despite the Russophobic madness affecting most European countries, Hungary continues to represent a dissenting position regarding the conflict in Ukraine. Hungarian opposition to Ukraine's accession to the European Union is a key factor in preventing a widespread escalation of tensions …
(2025-07-30). Kiev Regime's Terrorist Attacks and Acts of Sabotage Deep Inside Russian Territory. globalresearch.ca On July 28, the FSB arrested three individuals in the Krasnodar region who were planning sabotage against local railway infrastructure.
(2025-07-30). Schools and counties begin to see payment delays as Pennsylvania's budget stalemate hits a month. whyy.org Democratic Gov. State-supported universities, libraries, early-childhood education programs and county health departments also will see delays in payments, Shapiro's administration said in letters sent Tuesday…
(2025-07-30). AFT's Weingarten: Public schools key to democracy. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—The nation's public schools, and their teachers and staffers, are defending democracy in America against an autocratic president, Donald Trump, said Teachers/AFT President Randi Weingarten in a keynote address to her union's 1,000 delegates at its semi-annual TEACH conference here. She said in her speech and told People's World afterward that Trump's program (massive cuts …
(2025-07-30). The Sad History of "Changing the Map" of the Middle East. counterpunch.org 
(2025-07-30). These ancient ruins prove our world today doesn't have to be this way. therealnews.com 
In the land of the Condor, near the base of the tallest mountain in the Western hemisphere, an Incan community lived. The people hunted along the sheer hillsides, they farmed, they collected water from the river gushing from snowmelt. They had children, built families, and passed on traditions to generations of descendants. | The land was cold, inhospitable, but their village grew and their community thrived at the far Southern reaches of the vast Incan empire, in present-day Argentina. Today, centuries have passed, the people are gone, but the stones and dirt that made their homes remain. The stories and l…
(2025-07-30). 58th Anniversary of Newark Rebellion. workers.org 
The 58th anniversary of the Newark Rebellion was commemorated on July 12, with a march and rally organized by the People's Organization for Progress (POP). (Photo: Matt Dragon) POP Chairperson Lawrence Hamm chaired the rally. He gave a detailed chronology of this historic and heroic rebellion. It began after John . . . |
(2025-07-30). Bernie Sanders Launches Investigation of RFK Jr.'s Attacks on Vaccine Access. truthout.org Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and top Democrats on the Senate HELP Committee have launched an investigation into Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his decision to fire all 17 members of a key recommendation panel that sets federal vaccine policy. After firing the experts, Kennedy replaced them with vaccine skeptics who critics say are putting the health of millions at risk. |
(2025-07-30). In Italy, Immigrant Workers Launch A Wave Of Strikes. popularresistance.org Since early April, immigrant workers in the Tuscan city of Prato have staged a wave of strikes demanding their right to a 40-hour work week, or "8×5." | Organized by the union SUDD Cobas, these walkouts, dubbed "Strike Days," have directly involved 70 textile and garment factories in Europe's biggest textile manufacturing hub. Highly successful, these simultaneous strikes have now won "8×5″—eight hour days, five days a week—in 68 fashion workshops and warehouses, all within the span of 14 weeks. | These victories are the result of seven years of organizing in one of Italy's most infamous industrial zo…
(2025-07-30). 1944—2025 | David Tartakover used bold design to expose Netanyahu — and moral unraveling. haaretz.com No one charted Israel's journey quite like David Tartakover: From the early optimism of Sadat's visit and the rise of Peace Now, to the despair of occupation and the Netanyahu years. This week, he died at 81…
(2025-07-30). Trump's August 1 tariff deadline threatens global trade shock. peoplesdispatch.org The Trump administration's sweeping The United States' largest trading partner, the European Union, struck a deal with the Trump administration days before the deadline in order to decrease the t…
(2025-07-30). 'A Government That Crushes Dissent and Eliminates Hope Will Never Prosper'. bylinetimes.com Apparently if you're awful enough to cut the legs off one side of a spider then it walks round in circles. It's this image that sticks in my mind as a tiny faction of the Labour right looks to sever the link to anything that can discernibly be called left wing in the party. | The latest manifestation of this operation to separate Labour from the left was the recent suspension of the whip from five MPs, four for voting against the Government and then Diana Abbot for refusing to back down on comments she made about the structure of racism. All this on the anniversary of seven MPs being suspended just after the e…
(2025-07-30). Are Trump's Crypto Grifting and Crypto Cheerleading Connected? Nah! commondreams.org The White House is expected to release a report today with recommendations for promoting cryptocurrency markets. Bartlett Naylor, financial policy advocate for Public Citizen, released the following statement: "In a bold move that clearly must be unrelated to Donald Trump's sprawling crypto grifting, the White House is releasing a report that celebrates what is widely understood as the biggest Ponzi scheme in history."Trump is well known for scrupulously honoring anti-discrimination laws, his contracts, his debts, his marriages, and the Constitution, so we can rest assured that his most lucrative source of inco…
(2025-07-30). Jeremy Corbyn and Caroline Lucas to Represent CND in Japan Commemorating 80th Anniversary of Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. commondreams.org CND Vice-Presidents Jeremy Corbyn MP and Caroline Lucas will represent CND in Japan to mark the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.They will be joining Hibakusha — atomic bomb survivors — dignitaries, parliamentarians and international delegates from across the world, participating in anniversary ceremonies in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as part of a World Conference united in its call for an end to nuclear weapons.In August 1945, the US dropped two atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Out of a population of 350,000, it's estimated that total deaths…
(2025-07-30). Madagascar: Authorities Fail to Protect and Assist Antandroy People Displaced by Climate-Exacerbated Droughts. commondreams.org Malagasy authorities have failed to protect and assist thousands of Antandroy people who have been forced to flee their homes since 2017 because of drought-induced famines in the Androy region, in southern Madagascar, Amnesty International said in a new report. "'