Monthly Archives: July 2020

2020-07-29: News Headlines

Staff (2020-07-29). Civil Rights Icon Bernard Lafayette on His Friend John Lewis, Freedom Rides & Practicing Nonviolence. democracynow.org We revisit civil rights leader and Congressmember John Lewis's early years of activism with Bernard Lafayette, one of Lewis's closest friends and collaborators. Lafayette participated with Lewis in the first Freedom Rides of 1961 as they attempted to integrate buses and faced brutal beatings by white mobs, and was a fellow leader in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Lewis "knew how to relate to people who were different from him and who had different orientations, different values, different philosophies, and that's why he was such a great leader," Lafayette says. "He found a way to make a way."

Staff (2020-07-29). Headlines for July 29, 2020. democracynow.org U.S. Records Highest One-Day Coronavirus Death Toll Since May, Trump Retweets Doctor Who Warned of Sex with Demons and "Alien DNA", Twitter Suspends Donald Trump Jr. for Spreading COVID-19 Misinformation, Progressives Say GOP Coronavirus Bill Would Bring "Mass Poverty and Mass Hunger", Teachers' Union Prepared to Strike If Schools Aren't Made Safe from Coronavirus, World Health Organization Warns Summer Weather Isn't Slowing Coronavirus, Argentina Reports Record COVID-19 Death Toll as Guatemala Reopens Economy, Attorney General Barr Grilled over Police Violence Against Peaceful Protesters, Portland Demonstrators…

Frontline Doctors (2020-07-29). Video: Doctors from the #WhiteCoatSummit Host Second Press Conference at SCOTUS. globalresearch.ca * | Note to readers: please click the share buttons above or below. Forward this article to your email lists. Crosspost on your blog site, internet forums. etc. | Our thanks to Mark Taliano for bringing this to …

Mike Whitney (2020-07-29). Crash the Economy, Burn the Cities, Infect the People: The Destabilization Plan to "Remake America" globalresearch.ca The American people are under attack, the country is under attack, and democracy is under attack. At present, the enemy is conducting a three-pronged assault on the presidency the objective of which is to remove the existing administration and install …

Joseph Natoli (2020-07-29). Law & Order vs. Anarchy, Personal Freedom vs. Medical Science. counterpunch.org Seldom do situations provide so much self-evident clarity that only few words are needed. We are now in such a situation or would be if what words mean had not returned to a new Tower of Babel. There is an anarchy in our thinking and our chosen twittering that makes it difficult to rid ourselves

Mark Gruenberg (2020-07-29). NEA chief: Trump's back-to-school command endangers kids, parents, teachers. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—GOP President Donald Trump's "back to school" command, despite the galloping coronavirus pandemic, endangers kids, their parents and their teachers, the president of the nation's largest teachers union says. And it isn't going to deflect local school boards from working with teachers, staffers, and parents to prepare and implementing careful plans to help kids learn …

Mark Gruenberg (2020-07-29). AFT willing to strike if teachers are forced into unsafe schools. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON —The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is warning state, local, and federal school officials that "nothing is off the table" if those nabobs try to force unsafe schools to open starting in August, during the coronavirus pandemic. And that includes strikes as a last resort. Union President Randi Weingarten presented the AFT board's resolution, …

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-07-29). U.S. Is Pushing for a New Provocation Against Serbia over the Kosovo Issue. globalresearch.ca Belgrade and Pristina have resumed dialogue in Brussels, but the recent delivery of American-made armored vehicles to Kosovo could make the talks difficult and signifies Washington is once again attempting to destabilize the Balkans. Serbia and Kosovo returned to the …

South Front (2020-07-29). Video: Hezbollah-Israeli Escalation on Lebanese Border. Rocket Strikes against US Bases in Iraq. globalresearch.ca On July 27, fighting broke out between Israeli forces and Hezbollah along the Israeli-Lebanese contact line. This became the heaviest open confrontation between the sides in about a year. The incident occurred in an area known as Chebaa Farms, which …

Stephen Lendman (2020-07-29). Iranian Military Exercises Prepare to Counter Aggression if Occurs. globalresearch.ca Iran is the leading Middle East proponent of peace, stability, and cooperative relations with other countries. | It hasn't attacked another nation in centuries, threatening none now except in retaliation against aggression by a foreign power if occurs — the right …

Fight Back (2020-07-29). Florida parents, teachers, students demand delay of school reopening as COVID cases rise. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On July 25, the Tallahassee Community Action Committee along with concerned parents, teachers, students and allies marched from the Department of Education to the governor's mansion to demand that Governor Ron Desantis, the Leon County school board and other responsible bodies keep schools closed until it is safe to return to in-person learning. Doctors, nurses and educators emphasized the urgency of the global pandemic and the need for a safe, science-based reopening strategy in the face of rising COVID-19 cases. | Aspiring teacher and FSU student Shelby Shoup stated, "Although I have seen teac…

Association of American Physicians and Surgeon (2020-07-29). American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) Sues the FDA to End Its Arbitrary Restrictions on Hydroxychloroquine. globalresearch.ca Today, June 2, 2020, the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (AAPS) filed a lawsuit, AAPS v. FDA, against the Food and Drug Administration to end its arbitrary interference with the use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), which

Caoimhghin àì Croidheáin (2020-07-29). Romanticism and the Modern World: Re-Examining Emotion and Justice in Enlightenment Ideals. globalresearch.ca "We are slipping back from the age of reason into the mire of mystery, into a world of gods and devils, ghouls and angels. The difference this time is that we have chosen ignorance over knowledge, vapidity over insight, folly …

Joshua Cho (2020-07-29). Worries About Foreign 'Hacking' of Vaccine Research Place Corporate Profits Ahead of Public Health. commondreams.org One should expect corporate media outlets like the Times to equate corporate interests with the US national interest. (Photo: Screenshot) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2020-07-29). Chinese Participation in 5G Auction Could Save Brazilian Economy. globalresearch.ca Agribusiness is the center of the Brazilian economy, corresponding to more than 20% of the national GDP. In fact, Brazilian economy has suffered a heavy blow in recent years, with the country being subjected to an advanced process of deindustrialization. …

Eric Zuesse (2020-07-29). U.S. Household Eviction Crisis: 43% of American Renters Now Face Risk of Eviction. globalresearch.ca Nationwide in the U.S. on July 28th, the An

Dr. Pascal Sacré (2020-07-29). The True Face of Covid-19: Fear and "Shock Therapy" to Impose a Totalitarian Society? globalresearch.ca "Fear is only reverse faith; it is faith in evil instead of good." Florence Scovel Shinn | After several months of the COVID-19 crisis, relevant elements of analysis of this crisis are becoming clearer. | 1. The enormous pressure to convince …

Karin Brothers (2020-07-29). It Is Now the "Israel-led" Coalition that Is Destroying Yemen. globalresearch.ca It wasn't supposed to take this long to eliminate the independence movement of the backward land of the living Bible. A coalition of the world's major military powers, led by the US, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Britain and …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2020-07-29). Julian Assange's Political Indictment: Old Wine in Older Bottles. globalresearch.ca The book of hours on Julian Assange is now being written. But the scribes are far from original. Repeated rituals of administrative hearings that have no common purpose other than to string things out before the axe are being enacted. …

Allum Bokhari (2020-07-29). Facebook, Google/YouTube, Twitter Censor Viral Video of Doctors' Coronavirus Press Conference. globalresearch.ca Facebook has removed a video posted by Breitbart News earlier today, which was the top-performing Facebook post in the world Monday afternoon, of a press conference in D.C. held by the group America's Frontline Doctors and organized and sponsored by …

Tim Anderson (2020-07-29). CHC #6 — Behind the Armenia — Azerbaijan conflict. thealtworld.com Counter Hegemonic Chat #6. Tim and Jay discuss the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict and its roots with Mia Shouha, graduate student who wrote a thesis on this matter and has traveled extensively in the region.

_____ (2020-07-29). Two Thousand Toxic Superfund Sites At Risk From Coastal Flooding. popularresistance.org About 2,000 official and potential Superfund sites—sites contaminated by extremely hazardous chemicals—are located within 25 miles of the East or Gulf Coast. As sea levels rise, many of these toxic sites are at risk of flooding. | Millions of people live near these sites, and flooding could bring them into contact with hazardous chemicals. The areas near Superfund sites are disproportionately populated by communities of color and low-income communities. | Yet the Trump administration in 2017 rescinded an executive order requiring consideration of flooding at these sites and canceled research into the…

yenisafak (2020-07-29). Ethiopia, Rwanda, DRC leaders on eminent Africans list. yenisafak.com Ethiopia's prime minister and the presidents of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have been named among the 100 Most Reputable Africans.Abiy Ahmed, Paul Kagame, and Felix Tshisekedi were joined by Kenyan minister Amina Mohamed on the list released by Reputation Poll International, a reputation management consultancy firm.The list features 47 women and 53 men from diverse sectors, including leadership, entertainment, advocacy, education, and business.They were selected on the criteria of integrity, visibility, and impact, according to a statement.Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organization's director for…

Mehr News Agency (2020-07-29). Find the (best) Iranian Doctors in Vancouver. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 29 (MNA) — Iranian Doctors in Vancouver treat people with illnesses and injuries through medical sciences such as anatomy, physiology, etc.

imperial.ac.uk (2020-07-29). LKCMedicine student doctors celebrate finishing studies and joining frontline. imperial.ac.uk Student doctors from the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine in Singapore are joining frontline healthcare services having completed their studies.

Party for Socialism and Liberation (2020-07-29). Friday 7/31: Online Socialism Forum "Education in the time of COVID" indybay.org Register here: bit.ly/reds-in-ed…

Colin Todhunter (2020-07-29). Post-Brexit Agrochemical Apocalypse for the UK? globalresearch.ca The British government, regulators and global agrochemical corporations are colluding with each other and are thus engaging in criminal behaviour. That's the message put forward in a new report written by environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason and sent to the UK …

Global Research News (2020-07-29). Selected Articles: Media Sabotage of Hydroxychloroquine, Censorship of Medical Doctors. 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 …

Ajamu Baraka (2020-07-28). China, Militarism and Bipartisan Games. globalresearch.ca Trump militarized Portland last week and then threatened to send federal police and military forces to Chicago and other Democrat Party-led cities. Then Democrats squealed in opposition. But it's phony. Both political parties are playing a cynical game designed to …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-07-28). LancetGate: "Scientific Corona Lies" and Big Pharma Corruption. Hydroxychloroquine versus Gilead's Remdesivir. globalresearch.ca The campaign against HCQ is carried out through slanderous political statements, media smears, not to mention an authoritative peer reviewed "evaluation" published on May 22nd by The Lancet, which was based on fake figures and test trials.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-07-28). VIDEO: Covid-19 and "The Spiderweb of Fear". American Medical Doctors and Health Experts are being Silenced… globalresearch.ca Author's Update. Censorship | Medical doctors at an event in front of the US Supreme Court are accused of making false statements. | The video was removed by Youtube and Facebook. They are accused by the corporate media of spreading "fake science": …

Staff (2020-07-28). A Vaccine by November? Science Journalist in Vaccine Trial Casts Doubt on Rosy U.S. Projections. democracynow.org With 30,000 people taking part in the first major COVID-19 vaccine study in the United States, hopes are high that the collaboration between drugmaker Moderna and the National Institutes of Health will yield positive results as early as November. Researchers around the world are working on more than 165 vaccine candidates, though only a handful are conducting large-scale human trials. We speak with BBC science journalist Richard Fisher, who took part in the vaccine trial run by Oxford University that is among the most promising. "It was both a personal decision and a journalistic one," Fisher says of his decision…

Staff (2020-07-28). Who Profits & Where Is the Transparency in Trump Admin's $6 Billion Vaccine Program? democracynow.org As researchers around the world race to find a vaccine for COVID-19, we speak with Peter Maybarduk, director of Public Citizen's Access to Medicines Program, about who is profiting from government efforts to fund vaccines, testing and treatment. The Trump administration has announced major contracts with pharmaceutical companies as part of its $6 billion program, Operation Warp Speed, including with firms that have never brought a vaccine to market. Meanwhile, a New York Times investigation shows corporate insiders from at least 11 companies working on coronavirus research have sold shares worth more than $1 bill…

Gareth Porter (2020-07-28). How a Police Spy's Stunning Testimony Threatens the Official US-Israeli AMIA Bombing Narrative. globalresearch.ca Revelations by a former police spy upend the official story blaming Iran for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, and suggest a cover-up by dirty war elements may have let the real culprits off the …

David S. Pena (2020-07-28). Marx's Theory of Value and Ecological Socialism: Points Missed or Points Rejected? dissidentvoice.org In "Marx's Labor Theory of Value: Bad Science and Bad for Ecological Socialism,"1 I argued that Marx's theory is unscientific and incompatible with the task of building ecological socialism. Robin Cox objected to these views in "The LTV: A Bad Criticism of Marx's Labour Theory of Value."2 The present article is my response to Cox's …

Eds. (2020-07-28). White House brands teachers "essential workers" to force reopening of schools. mronline.org The comparison between teachers and meatpacking workers is highly significant and must be taken as a sharp warning by teachers and all education workers.

Eds. (2020-07-28). Slavery — "a necessary evil" ? mronline.org Arkansas Republican senator Tom Cotton, widely seen as a possible presidential candidate in 2024, aims to prohibit use of federal funds to teach the 1619 Project, an initiative that reframes U.S. history around August 1619 and the arrival of slave ships on American shores for the first time.

RT (2020-07-28). Turkey wants to reopen all schools on August 31 if coronavirus cases keep receding — report. rt.com Turkey plans to reopen schools nationwide on August 31 to free up students' working parents, assuming a recent stabilization in coronavirus cases holds. The daily infection rate may need to dip below the more than 900 seen recently to allow Ankara to execute its Plan A, government sources told Reuters. | Schools shifted to distance education in March, when Turkey identified its first case and began restricting movement. Much of the economy reopened on June 1, after the school year ended, but masks and other hygiene measures are still required in public. | "If the number of cases decreases, all schools will be…

RT (2020-07-28). 'Demon sperm' and 'Alien DNA' trend, inducing eye-rolls following media dive into doctor touting HCQ as Covid-19 cure. rt.com Dr Stella Immanuel, one of the doctors filmed touting hydroxychloroquine as a "cure" for Covid-19, has a history of unorthodox statements about health — including that visits from demons in our dreams can cause fertility issues. | It was only a matter of time before a mainstream media outlet did a deep dive on the doctor involved in the much-shared video claiming masks are not needed to stop the spread of coronavirus because HCQ is the "cure." The drug has been promoted by the US president, but has yet to produce anything but varied results in research. | Left-wing media outlet The Daily Beast led the ch…

RT (2020-07-28). Sinclair media group axes TV segment with 'Plandemic' conspiracy researcher for good, voices support for Fauci after backlash. rt.com The Sinclair Broadcast Group will not air a controversial interview with a Covid-19 conspiracy researcher, opting to toss the segment altogether after saying it would postpone the program to "provide additional context." | The conservative media giant said on Monday that it would throw out its interview with Judy Mikovits — a former research scientist who gained prominence after starring in the documentary film 'Plandemic,' where she pushed a number of conspiracy theories about the coronavirus, vaccines and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases head Dr Anthony Fauci. | "Upon further review…

RT (2020-07-28). Twitter YANKS doctor's fierce defense of HCQ as Covid-19 'cure' after Trump's retweet, as skeptics question her credentials. rt.com A Texan doctor's full-blown onslaught of what she called "fixed" science promoted by Big Pharma that hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) does not work has earned her praise and scorn online, with critics delving deep into her background. | FYI, Twitter just removed your video: A clip from a press conference by a group of American doctors calling themselves "America's Frontline Doctors," st…

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-07-28). China Is to Stay in Latin America and US Has No Choice but to Accept. globalresearch.ca China has been increasing its soft power in Latin America since it began heavily investing in the region since the mid-2000s. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has taken an ineffective and aggressive approach to try and counter Beijing …

Peter Koenig (2020-07-28). The World Economic Forum (WEF) Knows Best — The Post-Covid "Great Global Reset" globalresearch.ca The World Economic Forum (WEF) has just made a grandiose discovery and declared (21 July 2020) under the alarming title "This is now the world's greatest threat — and it's not coronavirus". The superb discovery is listed as "Affluence is …

Peter Koenig (2020-07-28). The World Economic Forum (WEF) Knows Best — The Great Global Reset. globalresearch.ca The World Economic Forum (WEF) has just made a grandiose discovery and declared (21 July 2020) under the alarming title "This is now the world's greatest threat — and it's not coronavirus". The superb discovery is listed as "Affluence is …

Peter Koenig (2020-07-28). China's Vision in a Post-COVID World. globalresearch.ca On 13 July an international newscast reported that the European Commission will discuss as a priority on how the EU should react to China's national security law for Hong Kong, a sovereign decision taken by Beijing to protect the citizens …

Rep. Ron Paul (2020-07-28). Fedcoin: A New Scheme for Tyranny and Poverty. globalresearch.ca If some Congress members get their way, the Federal Reserve may soon be able to track many of your purchases in real time and share that information with government agencies. This is just one of the problems with the proposed …

South Front (2020-07-28). Video: Israel Reinforces Troops Near Golan Heights Fearing Hezbollah Retaliation to Strikes on Syria. globalresearch.ca The Middle East is rapidly moving towards a new round of confrontation between the US-Israeli bloc and Iranian-led Shiite forces. | On July 26, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) deployed M109 Doher howitzers near the separation line with Lebanon. The deployment …

Stephen Lendman (2020-07-28). Heightened Tensions Along the Lebanese/Israeli Border. globalresearch.ca By its own admission, Israel's IDF conducted numerous airstrikes on Syrian targets in recent years. | Last week, Lebanon's Al-Manar television reported that an Israeli strike near Damascus International Airport killed Hezbollah fighter Ali Kamel Mohsen and four others. | In response, …

Stephen Lendman (2020-07-28). The Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and Schools (HEALS) Act. The GOP's Let 'Em Eat Cake Stimulus Plan'. globalresearch.ca On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced the so-called Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and Schools (HEALS) Act. | It's long on benefitting US business interests, woefully short on helping tens of millions of jobless, homeless, food insecure, and other …

Paul Dobson (2020-07-28). Venezuela Rejects Washington's 'Wild West' Bounty Against Chief Justice Moreno. globalresearch.ca Venezuela's Foreign Ministry hit back at the Trump administration after it offered US $5 million for information leading to the arrest of Supreme Court President Maikel Moreno last week. | "The Venezuelan government once again rejects the Donald Trump administration's illegal …

2020-07-28: News Headlines

Ajamu Baraka (2020-07-28). China, Militarism and Bipartisan Games. globalresearch.ca Trump militarized Portland last week and then threatened to send federal police and military forces to Chicago and other Democrat Party-led cities. Then Democrats squealed in opposition. But it's phony. Both political parties are playing a cynical game designed to …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-07-28). LancetGate: "Scientific Corona Lies" and Big Pharma Corruption. Hydroxychloroquine versus Gilead's Remdesivir. globalresearch.ca The campaign against HCQ is carried out through slanderous political statements, media smears, not to mention an authoritative peer reviewed "evaluation" published on May 22nd by The Lancet, which was based on fake figures and test trials.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-07-28). VIDEO: Covid-19 and "The Spiderweb of Fear". American Medical Doctors and Health Experts are being Silenced… globalresearch.ca Update. Censorship | Medical doctors at an event on Capitol Hill are accused of making false statements. The video was removed by Youtube and Facebook. They are accused by the corporate media of spreading fake science: |

Gareth Porter (2020-07-28). How a Police Spy's Stunning Testimony Threatens the Official US-Israeli AMIA Bombing Narrative. globalresearch.ca Revelations by a former police spy upend the official story blaming Iran for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, and suggest a cover-up by dirty war elements may have let the real culprits off the …

David S. Pena (2020-07-28). Marx's Theory of Value and Ecological Socialism: Points Missed or Points Rejected? dissidentvoice.org In "Marx's Labor Theory of Value: Bad Science and Bad for Ecological Socialism,"1 I argued that Marx's theory is unscientific and incompatible with the task of building ecological socialism. Robin Cox objected to these views in "The LTV: A Bad Criticism of Marx's Labour Theory of Value."2 The present article is my response to Cox's …

Eds. (2020-07-28). White House brands teachers "essential workers" to force reopening of schools. mronline.org The comparison between teachers and meatpacking workers is highly significant and must be taken as a sharp warning by teachers and all education workers.

Eds. (2020-07-28). Slavery — "a necessary evil" ? mronline.org Arkansas Republican senator Tom Cotton, widely seen as a possible presidential candidate in 2024, aims to prohibit use of federal funds to teach the 1619 Project, an initiative that reframes U.S. history around August 1619 and the arrival of slave ships on American shores for the first time.

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-07-28). China Is to Stay in Latin America and US Has No Choice but to Accept. globalresearch.ca China has been increasing its soft power in Latin America since it began heavily investing in the region since the mid-2000s. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has taken an ineffective and aggressive approach to try and counter Beijing …

Peter Koenig (2020-07-28). The World Economic Forum (WEF) Knows Best — The Great Global Reset. globalresearch.ca The World Economic Forum (WEF) has just made a grandiose discovery and declared (21 July 2020) under the alarming title "This is now the world's greatest threat — and it's not coronavirus". The superb discovery is listed as "Affluence is …

Peter Koenig (2020-07-28). China's Vision in a Post-COVID World. globalresearch.ca On 13 July an international newscast reported that the European Commission will discuss as a priority on how the EU should react to China's national security law for Hong Kong, a sovereign decision taken by Beijing to protect the citizens …

Peter Koenig (2020-07-28). The World Economic Forum (WEF) Knows Best — The Post-Covid "Great Global Reset" globalresearch.ca The World Economic Forum (WEF) has just made a grandiose discovery and declared (21 July 2020) under the alarming title "This is now the world's greatest threat — and it's not coronavirus". The superb discovery is listed as "Affluence is …

Rep. Ron Paul (2020-07-28). Fedcoin: A New Scheme for Tyranny and Poverty. globalresearch.ca If some Congress members get their way, the Federal Reserve may soon be able to track many of your purchases in real time and share that information with government agencies. This is just one of the problems with the proposed …

South Front (2020-07-28). Video: Israel Reinforces Troops Near Golan Heights Fearing Hezbollah Retaliation to Strikes on Syria. globalresearch.ca The Middle East is rapidly moving towards a new round of confrontation between the US-Israeli bloc and Iranian-led Shiite forces. | On July 26, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) deployed M109 Doher howitzers near the separation line with Lebanon. The deployment …

Stephen Lendman (2020-07-28). The Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and Schools (HEALS) Act. The GOP's Let 'Em Eat Cake Stimulus Plan'. globalresearch.ca On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced the so-called Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and Schools (HEALS) Act. | It's long on benefitting US business interests, woefully short on helping tens of millions of jobless, homeless, food insecure, and other …

Stephen Lendman (2020-07-28). Heightened Tensions Along the Lebanese/Israeli Border. globalresearch.ca By its own admission, Israel's IDF conducted numerous airstrikes on Syrian targets in recent years. | Last week, Lebanon's Al-Manar television reported that an Israeli strike near Damascus International Airport killed Hezbollah fighter Ali Kamel Mohsen and four others. | In response, …

Paul Dobson (2020-07-28). Venezuela Rejects Washington's 'Wild West' Bounty Against Chief Justice Moreno. globalresearch.ca Venezuela's Foreign Ministry hit back at the Trump administration after it offered US $5 million for information leading to the arrest of Supreme Court President Maikel Moreno last week. | "The Venezuelan government once again rejects the Donald Trump administration's illegal …

Project Censored (2020-07-28). Episode 99 — Racial Justice and Art, spirituality and activism w/Rev. Mark Doox. projectcensored.org On today's episode, Nicholas Baham II (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan Higdon explore art, spirituality and activism w/Rev. Mark Doox. Along The Line is a non-profit, education-based podcast that…

Shefali Sharma (2020-07-28). Public Money to Plunder the Planet: Development Banks Fund Big Meat and Dairy. globalresearch.ca A

Telesur (2020-07-28). Brazil: Labor Union Sues Bolsonaro for Crimes Against Humanity. globalresearch.ca Brazil's Trade Union Network UniSaude filed a complaint in the International Criminal Court (ICC) against President Jair Bolsonaro for crimes against humanity and genocide during the COVID-19 crisis. | "Bolsonaro's management of the pandemic has been criminal and negligent. He has …

Sina Toossi (2020-07-28). The Beginning of the U.S.-Iran Hot War? globalresearch.ca "Americans should not blame others in vain," Iranian general Esmail Gha'ani has

The Global Research Team (2020-07-28). Global Research TV: New Video Interviews Coming Soon… globalresearch.ca Dear Readers, | We are excited to announce that a number of new GRTV video productions are under way (in English, French and Spanish). The video interviews essentially consist of dialogue and analysis on current global trends and topics, including COVID …

Philip A Farruggio (2020-07-28). Does My Jesus Really Support Trump? globalresearch.ca "I'm automatically attracted to beautiful [women]—I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star they let you do it. You can do anything … Grab them by the pussy. …

Andy Rowell (2020-07-28). Climate Change: "Mind-blowing" Warnings from Arctic and Antarctica. globalresearch.ca 2020 is continuing to bring deeply worrying climate news from both the Arctic and the Antarctic. | First the Arctic, where our climate emergency is playing out in real time, with devastating consequences. | I

Stephen Sefton (2020-07-28). Human Rights Fraud from Ukraine to Nicaragua. globalresearch.ca Current Western human rights industry practice has nothing to do with establishing the truth. Increasingly in recent years, US and allied elites have sought to legitimize illegal aggression by exploiting human rights motifs in their attempts to recolonize the majority …

Mojmir Babacek (2020-07-28). New "Brain Science" Specialization, "Neuroetics": Remote Control of Human Thinking, Neuroweapons, "Personality Simulations", Nanobotes. globalresearch.ca Fast advances in brain science, supported by government's fundings of billions of dollars and euros, resulted since the begining of the 21st century in the birth of a new branch of science — neuroetics. In publications on this topic are …

RT (2020-07-28). 'Demon sperm' and 'Alien DNA' trend, inducing eye-rolls following media dive into doctor touting HCQ as Covid-19 cure. rt.com Dr Stella Immanuel, one of the doctors filmed touting hydroxychloroquine as a "cure" for Covid-19, has a history of unorthodox statements about health — including that visits from demons in our dreams can cause fertility issues. | It was only a matter of time before a mainstream media outlet did a deep dive on the doctor involved in the much-shared video claiming masks are not needed to stop the spread of coronavirus because HCQ is the "cure." The drug has been promoted by the US president, but has yet to produce anything but varied results in research. | Left-wing media outlet The Daily Beast led the ch…

RT (2020-07-28). Sinclair media group axes TV segment with 'Plandemic' conspiracy researcher for good, voices support for Fauci after backlash. rt.com The Sinclair Broadcast Group will not air a controversial interview with a Covid-19 conspiracy researcher, opting to toss the segment altogether after saying it would postpone the program to "provide additional context." | The conservative media giant said on Monday that it would throw out its interview with Judy Mikovits — a former research scientist who gained prominence after starring in the documentary film 'Plandemic,' where she pushed a number of conspiracy theories about the coronavirus, vaccines and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases head Dr Anthony Fauci. | "Upon further review…

RT (2020-07-28). Twitter YANKS doctor's fierce defense of HCQ as Covid-19 'cure' after Trump's retweet, as skeptics question her credentials. rt.com A Texan doctor's full-blown onslaught of what she called "fixed" science promoted by Big Pharma that hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) does not work has earned her praise and scorn online, with critics delving deep into her background. | FYI, Twitter just removed your video: A clip from a press conference by a group of American doctors calling themselves "America's Frontline Doctors," st…

Staff (2020-07-28). Who Profits & Where Is the Transparency in Trump Admin's $6 Billion Vaccine Program? democracynow.org As researchers around the world race to find a vaccine for COVID-19, we speak with Peter Maybarduk, director of Public Citizen's Access to Medicines Program, about who is profiting from government efforts to fund vaccines, testing and treatment. The Trump administration has announced major contracts with pharmaceutical companies as part of its $6 billion program, Operation Warp Speed, including with firms that have never brought a vaccine to market. Meanwhile, a New York Times investigation shows corporate insiders from at least 11 companies working on coronavirus research have sold shares worth more than $1 bill…

Staff (2020-07-28). A Vaccine by November? Science Journalist in Vaccine Trial Casts Doubt on Rosy U.S. Projections. democracynow.org With 30,000 people taking part in the first major COVID-19 vaccine study in the United States, hopes are high that the collaboration between drugmaker Moderna and the National Institutes of Health will yield positive results as early as November. Researchers around the world are working on more than 165 vaccine candidates, though only a handful are conducting large-scale human trials. We speak with BBC science journalist Richard Fisher, who took part in the vaccine trial run by Oxford University that is among the most promising. "It was both a personal decision and a journalistic one," Fisher says of his decision…

Julia Marcus (2020-07-28). Unprepared to Reopen Safely Colleges Are Prepared to Blame Their Students. zcomm.org Despite serious public-health concerns, many college campuses are slated to reopen for in-person instruction this fall. Students will get infected, and universities will rebuke them for it; campuses will close, and students will be blamed for it…

Peoples Dispatch (2020-07-28). Protesters march in Manila against new anti-terror law, pandemic mismanagement. peoplesdispatch.org Across the Philippines, thousands marched on Monday, July 27, in protest against the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte and the recently passed anti-terror law. The protest march came hours before Duterte's state of the nation speech. The protests were organized by various social movements, representing the causes of women, farmers, workers and students, along with religious groups, business leaders and academics. | The protests were held despite the pre-emptive arrests by authorities across. According to CNN Philippines, at least 34 people suspected of participating in the protests were arrested early i…

_____ (2020-07-28). How The Harvard Covid-19 Study Became The Center Of A Partisan Uproar. popularresistance.org The researchers found that Covid-19 patients who lived in polluted areas were more likely to die than those in less polluted areas, with a small increase in PM 2.5 associated with a large increase in the risk of premature death. If the results held up, it would be striking evidence of the need for a more expansive public policy to control Covid-19 that included environmental, as well as personal, protection. | But the paper instantly touched off a political scrum, in large part because the Harvard team's conclusion was directly at odds with the Trump administration's drive to aggressively roll back environmental…

yenisafak (2020-07-28). Turkey plans to reopen all schools as long as virus keeps receding. yenisafak.com Turkey plans to reopen schools nationwide on Aug. 31, to get students back into classrooms and free up working parents, assuming a recent stabilisation in coronavirus cases holds.Teachers and administrators are preparing on-site health precautions, but two government sources told Reuters that the daily infection rate may need to dip below the more than 900 seen recently to allow them to execute what they called Plan A.Schools shifted to distance education in March, when Turkey identified its first case and began restricting movement.Much of the economy reopened on June 1, after the school year ended, but masks an…

sputniknews (2020-07-28). Google Announces New 'Grace Hopper' Undersea Cable Project to Link US With UK, Spain. sputniknews.com Google, one of the largest tech companies in the world, announced Tuesday that it would be starting a new undersea cable initiative intended to strengthen the digital connection between the US, UK and Spain.

Mehr News Agency (2020-07-28). Iran, Austria discuss boosting academic ties. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA)— Officials of Iran and Austria's emphasized boosting research and academic cooperation in the form of 17 joint research projects.

imperial.ac.uk (2020-07-28). New Imperial antibody test up and running for NHS staff. imperial.ac.uk Researchers are using antibody tests developed at Imperial to confirm past COVID-19 infection in NHS staff.

The Canary (2020-07-28). Closing furlough scheme 'a mistake' which could see unemployment surge. thecanary.co The government plan to shut the coronavirus furlough scheme this autumn "seems to be a mistake" which will result in a surge in unemployment, according to a leading economic thinktank. | The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has warned that the rate of unemployment is set to surge to around 10% of the country's workforce by the end of the year. | NIESR hailed the government's coronavirus job retention scheme but called on the chancellor to extend the scheme into next year in a bid to preserve jobs. | Around 9.5 million roles have been supported by the furlough scheme, but it will be wound…

Colin Todhunter (2020-07-28). Post-Brexit Agrochemical Apocalypse for the UK? dissidentvoice.org The British government, regulators and global agrochemical corporations are colluding with each other and are thus engaging in criminal behaviour. That's the message put forward in a new report written by environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason and sent to the UK Environment Agency. It follows her January 2019 open letter to Werner Baumann, CEO of Bayer CropScience, …

Staff (2020-07-27). "Don't Simply Yoke Him to Dr. King": Eddie Glaude on How Radical Student Activism Shaped John Lewis. democracynow.org Memorials for John Lewis, the civil rights icon and 17-term congressmember, are highlighting the bravery he and others showed in the face of police violence as they fought for the right to vote. We highlight the radical early years of Lewis, when he was chairperson of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. His political upbringing as a youth and student organizer and "the movement that he came out of" can't be ignored, says Princeton professor Eddie Glaude. It's important that people "don't simply yoke him to Dr. King, [and] understand him as a product of this student activism." Glaude is chair of Princet…

Staff (2020-07-27). Make America White Again: Eddie Glaude on Trump and What James Baldwin Still Has to Teach Us. democracynow.org Amid a nationwide reckoning with systemic racism, we speak with Princeton African American studies professor Eddie Glaude, whose new book on James Baldwin offers lessons from the iconic writer for the present. Baldwin, says Glaude, insisted that "we put aside the myths and illusions and understand what white supremacy has done in terms of disfiguring and distorting the character of this nation." The book is titled "Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own."

RT (2020-07-27). Tension easing in East Mediterranean dispute with Turkey — Greece. rt.com Turkey has reduced the number of navy vessels in an area of the East Mediterranean where it disputes Greek jurisdiction over oil-and-gas drilling rights, Athens said on Monday. | Tensions flared last week between the two NATO allies when Ankara announced it planned to send a research vessel south of the Greek islands of Rhodes, Karpathos, and Kastellorizo. | The initiative was criticized by the US, France, and other European countries, and the Turkish research vessel, the Oruc Reis, has remained anchored off the southeast Turkish port of Antalya, AP said. | Spain's Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya said t…

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-07-27). Pressure for Sanctions Against Turkey Increases as Tensions with Greece Grow. globalresearch.ca Divided on how to deal with Turkey, some European leaders are calling for sanctions and others are calling for a reset in Euro-Turkish relations. French President Emmanuel Macron and the German Chairman of the Parliamentary Group of the European People's …

Stephen Lendman (2020-07-27). "Made In The USA" Economic Collapse: Trump's "Stimulus Plan". Money for the Super-Rich, Crumbs for Ordinary Americans. globalresearch.ca Made-in-the-USA economic collapse is the most diabolical scheme ever concocted by dark forces in the country. | It's all about engineering the largest ever wealth transfer from ordinary people to corporate favorites and the nation's super-rich. | It also aims to consolidate …

Stephen Lendman (2020-07-27). Militarizing Space: US Plans What Russia and Most Other Countries Oppose. globalresearch.ca Longstanding US plans call for waging wars from space. | In 1985, the US Space Command (USSPACECOM) was created. | In December 2018, Trump ordered it be made a unified combatant command for war under the US Strategic Command, saying: | "Pursuant to …

Zero Hedge (2020-07-27). Overinflated Covid Death Counts: Gunshot Wounds, Parkinson's Disease, Car Accident, Incorrectly Attributed to COVID-19. globalresearch.ca When it comes to overinflated coronavirus death counts, we recently outlined how a fatal motorcycle accident in Florida was

Zero Hedge (2020-07-27). Overinflated Covid Death Counts: Gunshot Wounds, Parkinson's Disease, Car Accidents. Incorrectly Attributed to COVID-19. globalresearch.ca When it comes to overinflated coronavirus death counts, we recently outlined how a fatal motorcycle accident in Florida was

Paul Craig Roberts (2020-07-27). White Liberals Have Destroyed the Prospects of US Multiculturalism. thealtworld.com Ron Unz argues that multiculturalism is working. I fervently hope he is correct, but I doubt it. His example is his high education/high income area of Palo Alto and Silicon Valley, a unique area where people share a professional interest and are judged professionally. See Unz: Multiculturalism did not work in Yugoslavia or in the Austro-Hungarian Empire or for native Americans, and it is not working in the rest of the US as the ongoing riots indicate. Multic…

Christopher Black (2020-07-27). Hagia Sophia: Religion As Politics. globalresearch.ca Sultan Abdul Hamid II, in the face of a rising secular nationalism in the late 1800s, that culminated in the Young Turk movement, tried to restore the influence of the Ottoman Empire among Islamic nations and the Empire's many …

Shane Quinn (2020-07-27). The Folly of War, US Militarism Continues Apace. globalresearch.ca The First World War showed plainly that the resort to armed conflict is the most devious and damaging of all policies. Even in the heart of militaristic Europe, the folly of war had long been noted by prominent and shrewd …