(2020-07-21). Episode 98 — Cumbia and Music Activism with Mariposa del Alma and listener feedback re: George Floyd. projectcensored.org On today's episode, Nicholas Baham II (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan Higdon explore Cumbia and Music Activism with Mariposa del Alma. Along The Line is a non-profit, education-based podcast…
(2020-07-21). Trump Regime Blacklists More Chinese Firms. globalresearch.ca Days earlier at the Economic Club of New York, Pompeo continued his all-out war of words on China. | Ignoring endless US wars by hot and other means against nations on its target list for regime change, he accused China of …
(2020-07-21). Towards a "New Cold War" in the Middle East: Geopolitics of the Persian Gulf and the Battle for Oil and Gas. globalresearch.ca The foundations of the great Near East were established in the Pact of Quincey (1945) following the doctrine of the Franco-British Sykes-Picot agreements of 1916 that favored the regional division of power in areas of influence and sustained on the …
(2020-07-21). Palestinians Accuse Israel of Stealing 1500-year-old Christian Relic from Bethlehem. globalresearch.ca Palestinians have accused Israel of an "abominable act of thuggery and cultural appropriation" after a 1500-year-old Christian relic was "stolen" by Israeli forces early on Monday. | Video footage posted online by the PLO Department of Public Diplomacy and Policy showed …
(2020-07-21). The Undeclared War Against Iran. globalresearch.ca A series of violent attacks, involving explosions and fires, has been Caution is always advisable in attributing responsibility for …
(2020-07-21). Mass Poverty, Political Fragmentation of Nigeria? Towards Independence of the Biafra State? globalresearch.ca Ambassador Uche Ajulu-Okeke is a veteran Diplomat and Development Studies Expert with thirty-year achievements in the Nigerian Foreign Service. She is widely known for her performance orientation, positive mentorship and team spirit. In recognition of her high-level competences, the Anambra …
(2020-07-21). Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration's Order to Open Public Lands to Coal Leasing. globalresearch.ca A coalition including states, conservation organizations, and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe today launched a
(2020-07-21). Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression. The Antidote: "Reconnection" globalresearch.ca Depression is a global problem that's on the rise. | In Lost Connections, Johann Hari offers practical solutions for how to tackle it. Unfortunately, he misses the crucial point that personal sacrifice is the only way we can discover what makes …
(2020-07-21). By Rejecting Huawei, Britain Risks Being Swept up in the US' Next Ideological Crusade. globalresearch.ca 'Let China sleep, when she wakes, she will shake the world' Napoleon reportedly said. But China has been far from asleep in recent years — the West has. In the last few decades the East Asian country of around 1.4 …
(2020-07-21). Turkey's Poisonous Hand of Friendship with Ukraine. globalresearch.ca While the situation in Libya continues to escalate and the parties are preparing for a decisive battle for Sirte, Turkey, which actively supports forces of the Government of National Accord (GNA), is negotiating with its strategic partners. On July 10, …
(2020-07-21). Egypt and Ethiopia on the Brink of War. globalresearch.ca The tension between Egypt and Ethiopia is worsening. Both countries are raising their regional rivalry and threatening the North African international security with the imminence of a new conflict. The cause of the tension is due to Ethiopia's intentions to …
(2020-07-21). Video: Drone Wars Open New Phase of Conflict in Syria. globalresearch.ca Early on July 20, positions of the Syrian Army came under shelling by militants in the villages of Furu, Bahsa and Beit Hassno in the southern part of the Idlib de-escalation zone. In response, government forces struck positions of Hayat …
(2020-07-21). The Forgotten Conflict Between Azerbaijan and Armenia Is Threatening Energy Markets. globalresearch.ca One of the world's forgotten conflicts is now making headlines again. | In the last week, the military conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia has reignited, with the two nations having already been engaged in a military confrontation for decades. Nagorno Karabach, …
(2020-07-21). Big Holes in the Covid 'Spike' Narrative. globalresearch.ca Motorcycle accidents ruled Covid deaths? In the rush to paint Florida as the epicenter of the "second wave" of the coronavirus outbreak, government officials and their allies in the mainstream media have stooped to ridiculous depths to maximize the death …
(2020-07-21). Toronto Children's Hospital Recommends Back to School without Masks or Social Distancing. Detailed Report. globalresearch.ca Toronto's
(2020-07-21). Vote Democrat… and Watch America Burn. globalresearch.ca "…This is the most dangerous time in the history of man. The seriousness of this plot cannot be underestimated. It is not due to any threat of conventional war or nuclear decimation, it is based on the fact that this …
(2020-07-21). [Research Paper] A country level analysis measuring the impact of government actions, country preparedness and socioeconomic factors on COVID-19 mortality and related health outcomes. thelancet.com In this exploratory analysis, low levels of national preparedness, scale of testing and population characteristics were associated with increased national case load and overall mortality.
(2020-07-21). Is the U.S. About to Move Its Strategic Naval Base from Spain to Morocco? globalresearch.ca Located near the point where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Mediterranean Sea, close to Morocco, is the Spanish Naval Station Rota that is co-tenanted with the U.S. Navy. The issue for Washington to renew its tenancy that allows the Americans …
(2020-07-21). Corruption in The Medical Field: US Doctors Threatened Over Hydroxychlorquine Use. Dr. Fauci is Blocking HCQ. globalresearch.ca There is an ongoing battle to suppress Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), a cheap and effective drug for the treatment of Covid-19. Dr. Anthony Fauci, advisor to president Trump, has played a key role. | On May 22, an "authoritative" peer reviewed "evaluation" of …
(2020-07-21). Is America's Second Corona Wave a Political Hoax? globalresearch.ca For several weeks, just as most states across the United States began to reopen, following three months of lockdown to "flatten the curve", several states including Texas and Florida began reporting record new numbers who tested positive for the coronavirus. …
(2020-07-21). White House awards $75 million for new 'Quantum Leap' institutes. yenisafak.com The White House said Tuesday said it is awarding $75 million for new institutes at three U.S. universities to boost quantum information research.The new "Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes" will each receive $25 million and be housed at the University of Colorado, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the University of California, Berkeley. The Colorado institute will focus on quantum sensor research, while the Illinois center will focus on quantum architectures and networks and the California center will focus on quantum computing.Quantum computing aims to operate millions of times faster than today's advan…
(2020-07-21). Florida teachers union sues to stop state school reopening amid Covid-19 pandemic. rt.com 
Florida's largest teachers' union is suing Governor Ron DeSantis and the state education bureaucracy over their emergency order to reopen schools for the fall, insisting the mandate is "reckless" and "unconscionable." | The
(2020-07-21). 'Education' or 'child abuse'? Wife of ex-Clinton adviser tells parents to WATCH PORN WITH KIDS, igniting internet. rt.com 
Should children be allowed to watch porn? They will anyway, so parents must watch it with them, says actress Ali Wentworth, the wife of ABC news anchor George Stephanopoulos, sending social media into a frenzy. | Wentworth's comments were slipped into a much larger conversation on Debra Messing's 'The Dissenters' podcast last week, but they found themselves highlighted on a number of platforms on Monday evening, especially by conservative pundits. | "In porn, women have been conditioned to look and act a certain way," Wentworth said. "They're performing, and it's dangerous to have boys see this as something wo…
(2020-07-21). New centre to help create next generation of responsible business leaders. imperial.ac.uk The Business School will help businesses redefine their approach to leadership through the work of a new research centre.
(2020-07-21). The UK must continue to be at heart of the ERC, says President Gast. imperial.ac.uk Imperial's President Alice Gast says the UK must continue to be at the heart of the European Research Council (ERC) to remain a science superpower.
(2020-07-21). 'Dramatic improvements' to housing needed to meet climate targets. thecanary.co 
The UK's homes require "dramatic improvements" to meet climate targets, with a national programme of retrofits urgently needed, researchers have said.A study led by Nottingham Trent University (NTU) trialled a series of options to cut the energy use and carbon emissions from heating and powering more than 460 homes.Installing measures to improve the building fabric, including "wrap-around" insulation for solid walls on older Victorian properties and other houses where appropriate, generated energy savings of 31%-45%, the research found.Adding ground source heat pumps — which provide an alternative source of…
(2020-07-21). Trump and His Stooges Prefer Aggression to Cooperation With the Wider World. strategic-culture.org At this time of all times, when the world is staggering from the shattering effects of the Coronavirus pandemic, it would be sensible for nations to pull together in order to devise policies and practicalities to counter and defeat the devastation that is taking place and seems likely to increase. Now is the time for cooperation, compromise and mutual assistance in all spheres of medical research and in devising protective measures which can be emplaced and enforced with the minimum of dislocation. Internationalism should be the norm, and the best brains in the world should be in harness, from Beijing to Boston a…
(2020-07-21). "I Love My Students. I Also Want to Live": Teachers Demand Safety as Trump Pushes Schools to Reopen. democracynow.org 
As President Trump continues to push for schools to reopen even as COVID-19 rates skyrocket in many states, teachers are revolting. "I love my students, and I know that the best place for them to learn is in classrooms where they can collaborate and collectively solve problems," says Seattle high school teacher Jesse Hagopian. He says teachers recognize that online learning is not an adequate replacement for in-class education, "but I also want to live, and I also want my students to live." We also speak with Jitu Brown, national director of the Journey for Justice Alliance, which published an open letter to Pres…
(2020-07-21). Parlamento ´coeso ª sulle missioni neocoloniali. globalresearch.ca Il ministro della Difesa Lorenzo Guerini (Pd) ha espresso grande soddisfazione per la votazione ´coesa ª del parlamento sulle missioni internazionali. Salvo qualche dissenso sul sostegno alla Guardia costiera di Tripoli, maggioranza e opposizione hanno approvato in modo compatto, con nessun …
(2020-07-21). Selected Articles: The Future of the World Economy. 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 …
(2020-07-21). Emancipation and science: Ernest Mandel 25 years later. mronline.org 
This year marks 25 years since Ernest Mandel died. Mandel (5 April 1923—20 July 1995) was one of the most significant Marxist economists of the second half of the twentieth century. In 1982, he was central to founding our Institute. A prolific scholar and activist until the end of his life, Mandel wrote dozens of …
(2020-07-21). Matt Hancock hints at PHE reform during evidence to MPs. thecanary.co Matt Hancock gave the strongest indication yet that Public Health England (PHE) would be reformed, saying it was not set up to be an organisation "ready to go to mass national scale". | The health secretary praised PHE for being a "really good" scientific organisation, but said that a standing capability was needed. | He made the comments as he gave evidence at the Science and Technology Committee on Tuesday. | Hancock said: "We need a standing capability, right, we need a public health agency that isn't only brilliant at science, but also is ready to mass scale very, very quickly. | "PHE was designed as a scient…
(2020-07-21). Florida teachers sue state to stop unsafe school reopening plan. peoplesworld.org 
MIAMI—Saying Florida's mandate to reopen brick-and-mortar schools despite the coronavirus pandemic endangers students, teachers, and everybody else, the state's teachers union is suing the GOP-run government to stop Florida's unsafe school reopening plan. Forcing the schools to reopen in August without the safeguards during the pandemic not only exposes teachers and kids, but produces "an …
(2020-07-21). A Teacher's Letter to His Administration. zcomm.org If you and the administration truly believe that staff and student safety is your top priority, then prove it…
(2020-07-21). Public sector pay rise announcement 'kick in the teeth for social care staff'. thecanary.co 
Social care providers have accused the government of "sidestepping" the issue of low pay for care staff as it announced pay rises for thousands of key workers in the public sector.Care associations called for action to replace "lip service", following a gruelling few months of coronavirus (Covid-19) during which frontline care staff have "put themselves in harm's way".The above-inflation pay rise announced by the chancellor on Tuesday will see almost 900,000 workers benefit, with teachers and doctors seeing the largest increase at 3.1% and 2.8% respectively, according to the Treasury.Chancellor of the Exchequer R…
(2020-07-21). Trump to Send Federal Troops to Protests in Chicago & Seattle Amid Violent Crackdown by Local Police. democracynow.org 
As mayors in six cities call for the immediate removal of the president's rapid deployment units and for Congress to investigate the tactics of federal authorities against antiracism protests, Trump says he may send troops to Chicago this week. "We're looking at the infringement on our rights that is just escalating," says Chicago activist Jitu Brown, national director of the Journey for Justice Alliance. We also speak with Jesse Hagopian, a history teacher in Seattle, where Trump has also vowed to send federal officers to quell ongoing demonstrations.
(2020-07-21). How Big Telecom Smothers City-Run Broadband. popularresistance.org Janice Bowling, a 67-year-old grandmother and Republican state senator from rural Tennessee, thought it only made sense that the city of Tullahoma be able to offer its local high-speed Internet service to areas beyond the city limits. | After all, many of her rural constituents had slow service or did not have access to commercial providers, like AT&T Inc. and Charter Communications Inc. | But a 1999 Tennessee law prohibits cities that operate their own Internet networks from providing access outside the boundaries where they provide electrical service. Bowling wanted to change that and introduced a bill in…
(2020-07-20). The Disastrous Handling of the Pandemic is Libertarianism in Action, Will Americans Finally Say Good Riddance? counterpunch.org We have now reached peak Libertarianism, and this bizarre experiment that has been promoted by the billionaire class for over 40 years is literally killing us. Back in the years before Reagan, a real estate lobbying group called the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) came up with the idea of creating a political party to
(2020-07-20). Building Community Power in a White Supremacist Country. thenation.com Building Community Power in a White Supremacist Country…
(2020-07-20). Teachers' unions mount countrywide campaign to roll back school opening in South Africa. peoplesdispatch.org The Educators Union of South Africa (EUSA) alleges that money meant for PPEs for students and teachers is being looted through corrupt tenders given at exaggerated prices by the department of basic education and that they are being sent back to schools in an unsafe manner…
(2020-07-20). Teachers Union Plans Strategy To Resist Unsafe School Re-Openings. popularresistance.org As the recession delivers severe budget cuts to education, many teachers are worried they won't be able to re-open schools safely, which has left some considering the possibility of a strike. | Given the physical distance needed, teachers are considering the "hybrid basis," of teaching as the best model for re-opening, says American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten about teaching in a combination of online and in-person instruction. | "Our members understand that in-school teaching is really important and with the safeguards we have been pushing since April, 76% of them were comfortable with re-o…
(2020-07-20). Home-made 'Remdesivir' to enter market next week: Minister. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 20 (MNA) — Iranian Minister of Health and Medical Education Saeed Namaki said that the home-made 'Remdesivir' will enter the Iranian pharmaceutical market next week.
(2020-07-20). The Surreal World: Macedonia. globalresearch.ca Claiming that Macedonians voluntarily chose to rename our country into "North Macedonia" and ethnicity into "North Macedonians" is like saying that Indigenous groups choose to be called "Redskins". And when Western media attack Macedonians for denouncing the forced name change, …
(2020-07-20). Bayer Backs Away from Plan to Contain Future Roundup Cancer Claims. globalresearch.ca Monsanto owner Bayer AG is backing away from a plan to contain future Roundup cancer claims after a federal judge made it clear he would not approve the scheme, which would delay new trials and limit jury decision-making. |
(2020-07-20). Nicaragua: No Stopping the Sandinista Revolution. globalresearch.ca 41 years on from the revolutionary triumph of 1979, the Sandinista Front for National Liberation (FSLN) in Nicaragua looks stronger and with greater legitimacy than ever. Nicaragua embodies the same revolutionary paradox as Cuba and Venezuela. Despite all three countries …
(2020-07-20). Electromagnetic Radiation: What Is the Real 5G Agenda and Why the Frantic Hurry to Deploy It? globalresearch.ca This interview of an ex United Nations Editor brings much needed clarity to cut through the propaganda, and the deceit, especially in relation to the increasing health problems and their effects on living organisms — people. | *** | There has always …
(2020-07-20). The Battle Over 'Clean Energy' Estimates. therealnews.com 
With 17% of US energy jobs gone in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a recent industry Released by BW Research in partnership with E2 and E4TheFuture, the research maps out the economic impact of the novel coronavirus on clean energy industries and recommends that congress incentivize job creation through "federal stimulus investments in three major s…
(2020-07-20). Turkey Will be the Death of NATO: Its Recent Clash with Fellow Member France Off the Coast of Libya Is an Early Symptom. globalresearch.ca When two countries who are supposed to be military allies fall out and almost get themselves into a shooting match, you know there's going to be trouble ahead. The problem for NATO is, this time, it may prove terminal. | For …
(2020-07-20). Polls Show Syrians Overwhelmingly Blame U.S. for ISIS. globalresearch.ca We are reposting this important 2015 article by Eric Zuesse | The British polling organization ORB International, an affiliate of WIN/Gallup International, repeatedly finds in Syria that, throughout the country, Syrians oppose ISIS by about 80%, and (in the latest such …
(2020-07-20). Pay for Play? Heritage's Cozy Ties with Foreign Arms Maker Raises Eyebrows. globalresearch.ca The conservative Heritage Foundation has consistently fought international treaties banning weapons that pose an outsized threat to civilians in the war zone. This would include anti-personnel landmines, cluster munitions, and "killer robots"—as well as regulations that would enforce arms embargoes …