Daily Archives: July 8, 2020

2020-07-08: News Headlines

WSWS (2020-07-08). Florida orders schools to reopen as COVID-19 cases surge. wsws.org The Florida Department of Education is ordering schools to physically open in August, threatening the lives of teachers and students.

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

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

RT (2020-07-08). 'Redress for systemic racism'? California State University faculty demand free tuition for non-white students… & segregation. rt.com Lamenting declining minority enrollment, California State University's faculty union has called for tuition-free education for nonwhite students, nixing a ban on affirmative action, and… segregating students and faculty by color? | The California Faculty Association has published a list of

Robert J. Burrowes (2020-07-08). Invisible Rainbow: 5G Electromagnetic Radiation and the Evolution of Life on Planet Earth. globalresearch.ca In his recently revised and updated book

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

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

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

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

Stephen Lendman (2020-07-08). 120 Covid-19 Vaccine Projects are Underway. globalresearch.ca Discussing permissible medical practices, the Nuremberg Code mandates consent and prohibits coercion, following Hippocratic Oath principles of doing no harm. | The Nuremberg Code is one of several foundational documents that influenced the …

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

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

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

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

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

Eds. (2020-07-08). 'Either you are fighting to eliminate exploitation or not': A leftist critique of the Green New Deal. mronline.org Canadian Dimension in conversation with essayist, researcher and historian Max Ajl…

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

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

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

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

Robert F. Kennedy Jr (2020-07-08). The National Institute of Health (NIH) Owns Half of Moderna Vaccine: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. globalresearch.ca New documents obtained by In addition, four NIH scientists have filed their …

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lyn Neeley (2020-07-08). Milton, Mass.: Rally protests anti-racist teacher's suspension. workers.org Hundreds rallied on Juneteenth (June 19) in Milton, Mass., calling for an end to systemic racism in school curriculum and voicing support for Zakia Jarrett, an African-American sixth-grade English teacher. Jarrett was briefly put on administrative leave June 5 for her remarks on police violence during a lesson on racism. . . . |

commondreams (2020-07-07). Trump, DeVos Ignore Educators On What It Will Take to Reopen Schools Safely. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2020-07-07). Western Liberal Media Attacks Tanzania's President John Magufuli for Exposing COVID-19 Tests and Population Control in Africa. globalresearch.ca From the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Tanzania's President John 'The Bulldozer' Magufuli exposed the fraud behind the Covid-19 testing kits and criticized the mass hysteria in regards to the virus. Several mainstream media networks including Bloomberg News led an …

Brett Jordan (2020-07-07). The Destructive Response to SARS-COV-2: Maintaining a Dignity of Intelligence in a Time of Social Modification. globalresearch.ca Both scientific and medical debate continues to unfold in not only the dubious nature of what we currently identify as COVID-19, but also — and more intensely perhaps — over the ongoing global response to the virus itself. At the …

Dr. Bischara A. Egal (2020-07-07). The UAE Emirate Hybrid-Warfare and Regime Change Against Djibouti and Somalia. globalresearch.ca "Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."— George Santayana | Introduction: | The term "hybrid warfare" describes a strategy that employs conventional military force supported by irregular and cyber warfare tactics. … This change now …

Cynthia Chung (2020-07-07). A Historical Reminder of What Defines the United States, as Told by a Former Slave. Frederick Douglas (1817-1895). globalresearch.ca We live in tumultuous days… one could say "the end of an era". | It is clear that there is a storm coming, however, the question is will it be the sort of storm that provides sustenance and relief to drought-stricken …

Tony Cartalucci (2020-07-07). Company Branding, Racism and The True Injustice Underpinning American Society. globalresearch.ca To drive home just how superficial and empty recent protests in America are and how little besides further division and destruction will become of them — take the fate of two fictional characters recently put in the spotlight by baying …

Dr. John P.A. Ioannidis (2020-07-07). The Impacts of the Draconian Lockdowns: 1.1 Billion People At Risk of Starvation. Dr. John Ioannidis. globalresearch.ca Leading epidemiologist Dr. John Ioannidis of Stanford University estimates that about 150-300 million or more people have already been infected by COVID-19 around the world, far more than the 10 million documented cases. | In an interview with Greek Reporter, …

Stephen Lendman (2020-07-07). Iran Vows Retaliation Against Cyber or Other Attacks on Its Legitimate Nuclear Facilities. globalresearch.ca Iran's legitimate nuclear facilities have no military component, according to the IAEA nuclear watchdog organization and annual US intelligence community assessments of global threats. | Days earlier, Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif explained that legitimate Iranian nuclear sites are subject to unprecedented …

South Front (2020-07-07). Video: Syrian Army Fights ISIS in Homs. SDF Rejects Deal with Damascus. globalresearch.ca Clashes between government forces and ISIS terrorists have continued in central Syria since July 2, when ISIS cells stormed army positions in eastern Homs. In response, the Syrians supported by the Russian Aerospace Forces launched a security operation in the …

Pepe Escobar (2020-07-07). Kazakhstan May Hold the Secret for Greater Eurasia. globalresearch.ca This article was originally published on The no holds barred US-China strategic competition may be leading us to the complete fragmentation of the current "world-system" — as Wallerstein defined it. | Yet compared to the South China Sea, …

Philip A Farruggio (2020-07-07). Finally: A Way Out of this Mess! globalresearch.ca First off, this writer is simply a Socialist- not a Marxist or Trotskyite or Stalinist, Leninist or whatever flavor of left wing tastes there are. | All of them are categorically better than what we here in Amerika (and most of …

Massoud Nayeri (2020-07-07). Dishonest Democrats, a Lying President and Fort Hood Crime Base. globalresearch.ca Once again dishonest Democrats have engaged in another embarrassing political food fight against a lying President over an unsubstantiated "Russian bounties" story by the New York Times. Based on a report by an "intelligence operative" in Afghanistan and without any …

Stephen Lendman (2020-07-07). RussiaGate Overdrive: Weapons of War by Other Means on Targeted Nations and Individuals. globalresearch.ca Leading global human rights abuser USA is followed by Britain close behind. | Time and again, ruling authorities of both countries accuse other nations for their own high crimes — notably relating to wars of aggression they wage against nonbelligerent states …

Andrew Korybko (2020-07-07). Rapper Kanye's Presidential Ambitions Might Doom the Democrats' White House Plans. globalresearch.ca Kanye's decision to officially run for President won't just siphon off African-American votes from the Democrats if he stays in the race long enough to get on some states' ballots as an Independent, but might even direct more of this …

RT (2020-07-07). Specter of the most dangerous tropical storm season since Hurricane Katrina looms for US, Caribbean. rt.com The Gulf of Mexico and US East Coast should brace for a heavy slate of hurricanes, after a top US climate researcher predicted one of the most active years on record for tropical storm activity in the Atlantic Basin. | The Atlantic tropical storm season runs from June through November and has 30-year averages of 12 named storms and six hurricanes, but the Colorado State University climate research center on Tuesday raised its "We anticipate…

Manlio Dinucci (2020-07-07). Siluro bipartisan contro l'accordo per l'Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca Centinaia di migliaia di vittime civili, oltre 2.400 soldati Usa uccisi (più un numero imprecisato di feriti), circa 1.000 miliardi di dollari spesi: questo in sintesi il bilancio dei 19 anni di guerra Usa in Afghanistan, cui si aggiunge il …

Manlio Dinucci (2020-07-07). Torpedo bipartidário contra o Acordo para o Afeganistà£o. globalresearch.ca Centenas de milhares de vítimas civis, mais de 2.400 soldados americanos mortos (e mais um número desconhecido de feridos), cerca de 1 trilià£o de dólares gastos: este é, em síntese, o oràßamento dos 19 anos da guerra USA no Afeganistà£o, …

Global Research News (2020-07-07). Selected Articles: Geopolitics, Human Rights and Big Pharma. globalresearch.ca We hope that by publishing diverse view points, submitted by journalists and experts dotted all over the world, the website can serve as a reminder that no matter what narrative we are presented with, things are rarely as cut and …

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2020-07-07). As Arctic Burns, New Data Shows June 2020 Capped Off Year Tied for Hottest on Record. commondreams.org European researchers revealed Tuesday that July 2019 to June 2020 effectively tied with another recent 12-month period as the hottest year on record based on global surface temperatures, bolstering calls from activists for international bodies and governments across the globe to take immediate action to tackle the climate crisis. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

Kim Petersen (2020-07-07). The Unmasking of Science and Ethics. dissidentvoice.org Media Lens (ML) provides a first-rate critical eye on the media, especially the British mediascape, as well as sundry events in the world. In a recent piece, ML pointed to the science as supporting the effectiveness of wearing face masks against respiratory viral infections. In addition to citing science to buttress their support of mask …

yenisafak (2020-07-07). WHO criticized for 'contradictory' COVID-19 statements. yenisafak.com The WHO, which has been chastised by the US for failing to make necessary warnings in a timely manner, has recently been subjected to intense criticism, including accusations of "misleading countries over use of mask," taking late steps and making "contradictory statements".WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus rejects criticism, saying they act in line with science, learn new information about the virus every day, and that the organization is constantly updating its COVID-19 guidelines.- Wearing masksIn the first days of the pandemic, the WHO made statements that healthy people do not need to wear a mask.On April…

WSWS (2020-07-07). ICE threatens international students with deportation unless their college resumes in-person classes. wsws.org In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, an ICE rule change is forcing international students to risk their lives to stay in the US…