Daily Archives: July 12, 2021

2021-07-12: News Headlines

Staff (2021-07-12). Facing Threats Over Critical Race Theory, Educators Across the US Are Quitting. truthout.org As a right-wing fear campaign against the teaching of critical race theory (CRT) in schools across the country shows no signs of abating, several educators are leaving the profession to avoid facing the sometimes dangerous rage and rhetoric of conservative activists, who often demonstrate a total misunderstanding of CRT. |

Anonymous007 (2021-07-12). U.S. Death Rate Goes Up During COVID-19 Pandemic, But Due To Racially-Motivated Murder. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The American Center for Disease Control and Prevention has released mortality statistics for 2020. The number of deaths in the context of the pandemic increased by 15% compared to 2019. | But not all of them died from coronavirus: for example, the number of murders in a year jumped by as much as 29%. | The age-adjusted death rate increased by 15.9% in 2020. Overall death rates were highest among non-Hispanic Black persons and non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native persons. COVID-19 was th…

Paul Joseph Watson (2021-07-12). Just 25 Under 18's Died from COVID in England, Hundreds Died from Suicide and Trauma. globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2021-07-12). Selected Articles: Video: The COVID mRNA Vaccine Regulatory Mess: Suppression of Information, Hiding Deaths and Adverse Events. globalresearch.ca By As Weinstein rightly points out, if the WHO (or virtually every federal regulatory agency for that matter) has been captured and is being influenced by industry, in …

Megan Redshaw (2021-07-12). Number of Deaths Reported After COVID Vaccines Jumps by More Than 2,000 in 1 Week, According to VAERS. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2021-07-12). Companies Are Profiting Massively from COVID Air Cleaners. But Do They Work? truthout.org Stephen Matthew Shumaker counted on in-home, in-person demonstrations to drive his water filtration business, which serves the Atlanta area. So when covid-19 hit and no one was inviting people indoors, he turned to the air-cleaning part of his operation. | He sent cards in the mail advertising air purifiers using ActivePure technology to new homeowners: "KILL COVID-19, CORONAVIRUS IN YOUR HOME!!" | One card landed on the desk of a postal inspector, who called it false and misleading in a court…

Dan Cohen (2021-07-12). Suspected Assassins of Haitian President MoàØse Trained by US, Linked to Pro-Coup Oligarchy. globalresearch.ca

José Carlos Llerena Robles (2021-07-12). There's a Dirty Tricks Campaign Underway in Peru to Deny the Left's Presidential Victory. globalresearch.ca

Oscar Grenfell (2021-07-12). British Court Ruling Heightens Danger of Assange Extradition to the US. globalresearch.ca

Greg Guma (2021-07-12). Destabilizing Haiti: Why It Keeps Happening. globalresearch.ca

Reds In Ed (2021-07-12). Reds in Ed statement on attacks on Critical Race Theory. liberationnews.org Originally posted on RedsInEd.org At the instigation of deep-pocketed conservatives, nine states have adopted bans on Critical Race Theory education, and similar bills are being considered in 26 others. While the language in these bills is often vague, the intent is clear: to silence a truthful presentation of the role of racism in U.S. history …

ecns.cn (2021-07-12). Xinjiang officials, teachers debunk claims of 'forced boarding' of students. ecns.cn Officials and teachers in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have debunked claims of "forced boarding" of ethnic minority students by sharing their stories and views on local education.

Staff (2021-07-12). Rep. Ocasio-Cortez: Progressives May Sink Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Without Reconciliation Deal. democracynow.org As lawmakers return to Washington, D.C., following a two-week recess, we speak with Democratic Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez about efforts to pass major infrastructure funding that could address child care, climate change, education and poverty. President Joe Biden has already struck a $1 trillion infrastructure agreement with a centrist group of lawmakers concentrated on roads, bridges and highways, but a fight is brewing over a larger package that Democrats want to pass in the Senate using the budget reconciliation process, which can pass with just 50 votes and avoid a filibuster. "The Progressive Cau…

WSWS (2021-07-12). CDC's lifting of mask recommendations in US schools threatens massive surge of infections. wsws.org The guideline changes, which have been universally hailed by the corporate media, the entire political establishment and the teachers unions, amount to the reckless endangerment of millions of children, their teachers, parents and the broader population.

WSWS (2021-07-12). Australian state government pushing for school reopening despite Sydney COVID crisis. wsws.org The government has temporarily shifted to online learning over fears of triggering further opposition among teachers and school staff.

WSWS (2021-07-12). New York City teachers, health care workers boycott Mayor de Blasio's phony "Hometown Heroes" parade as COVID-19 cases grow again. wsws.org Most essential workers, including health care workers, teachers and transit workers, recognized the parade as a cynical ploy and treated it with the contempt it deserved.

repost (2021-07-12). East Bay Union Bureaucrats Support Billionaire Privatizer & GAP/A's Owner John Fisher. indybay.org The leadership of the Alameda Labor Council and the Alameda Building Trades are supporting Billionaire GAP & A's owner John Fisher who wants to privatize the Howard Terminal at the Port Of Oakland. This would destroy the working port and threaten 80,000 unionized jobs as well as escalate the gentrification of West Oakland with 3,000 million dollar condos. Despite massive community opposition they are siding with Fisher and his family who also run the union busting KIPP and Rocketship charter schools.

Shiva Raj Acharya (2021-07-12). Electromagnetic Field Exposure in Kindergarten Children: Responsive Health Risk Concern. globalresearch.ca

Teodrose Fikremariam (2021-07-12). CDC Is Weaponizing Masks and Segregating Children to Force Them to Get Jabbed with Experimental "Vaccines" globalresearch.ca

Newsclick (2021-07-12). Richard Lewontin: The pioneering evolutionary biologist. peoplesdispatch.org Widely considered as one of the most brilliant geneticists of the modern era, Richard Lewontin, died on July 4 at his home in Cambridge. In this episode of Talking Science, Newsclick editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha talks to immunologist Satyajit Rath about the life of Lewontin and his key scientific discoveries.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-07-12). Tumor cell PD-L1 may mediate sensitivity to chemotherapy in colorectal cancer treatment. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Data in a study by Mayo Clinic Cancer Center researchers indicates that the level of tumor cell PD-L1, a protein that acts as a brake to keep the body's immune responses under control, may be an important factor for sensitivity to chemotherapy in colorectal cancer treatment. The study was published Friday, July 2, in Oncogene. "We have identified a mechanism by which absent or low levels of tumor cell PD-L1, which is commonly found…

Moderator (2021-07-12). Hedges: Bless the Traitors. scheerpost.com By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost Daniel Hale, an active-duty Air Force intelligence analyst, stood in the Occupy encampment in Zuccotti Park in October 2011 in his military uniform. He held up a sign that read "Free Bradley Manning," who had not yet announced her transition. It was a singular act of conscience few in uniform had the strength to replicate. He had taken a week off from his… |

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2021-07-12). Sydney Mockdown: The Delta Variant Strikes. asia-pacificresearch.com

Gilbert Mercier (2021-07-12). Afghanistan: Deadly Costs of a War for Profit Won by the Taliban. globalresearch.ca

Nick Cunningham (2021-07-12). Canada Funneled $23 Billion in Subsidies to Three Pipelines Since 2018. globalresearch.ca

Reiner Fuellmich (2021-07-12). Video: Nothing Novela Is Coronavirus, Based on Patent Files. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Joel M. Moskowitz (2021-07-12). Cellphone Radiation Is Harmful, But Few Want to Believe It. globalresearch.ca

Lilah Burke (2021-07-12). Study: Financial markets ignore environmental damage. nationofchange.org Credit-rating agencies say they can discipline companies that behave badly, and they have in some cases, but research reveals negligible progress.

Michael Snyder (2021-07-12). In Many Cities in America, the Criminals Are Starting to Gain Firm Control of the Streets. globalresearch.ca

Swiss Policy Research (2021-07-12). Eriksen's Cardiac Arrest: "No Comment" globalresearch.ca

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-07-12). Cuba Possesses the Most Precious Asset: Revolutionary Conscience. libya360.wordpress.com Jorge Capelan For those who say that in Cuba: "…they have nothing. It can neither import nor export anything. Production is low due to lack of inputs and machinery and they cannot buy spare parts, people are hungry and tired…" We tell them: Don't believe it, there are reserves…. What is happening today is nothing…

Maxime Bowen (2021-07-12). Eswatini rocked by protests demanding democracy, end to police violence. greenleft.org.au Protests have erupted in Eswatini, a southern African kingdom formerly known as Swaziland, following the alleged police murder of a law student in early May, reports Maxime Bowen.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-07-12). Newly discovered genetic variants in a single gene cause neurodevelopmental disorder. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered that genetic variants in a neuro-associated gene called SPTBN1 are responsible for causing a neurodevelopmental disorder. The study, published in Nature Genetics, is a first step in finding a potential therapeutic strategy for this disorder, and it increases the number of genes known to be associated with conditions that affect how the brain functions. "The gene can now be included in genetic testing for people suspected of…

repost (2021-07-11). East Bay Union Bureaucrats Support Billionaire Privatizer & GAP/A's Owner John Fisher. indybay.org The leadership of the Alameda Labor Council and the Alameda Building Trades are supporting Billionaire GAP & A's owner John Fisher who wants to privatize the Howard Terminal at the Port Of Oakland. This would destroy the working port and threaten 80,000 unionized jobs as well as escalate the gentrification of West Oakland with 3,000 million dollar condos. Despite massive community opposition they are siding with Fisher and his family who also run the union busting KIPP and Rocketship charter schools.

Staff (2021-07-11). 90-year-old Belgian woman dies after contracting two coronavirus variants at same time, researchers say. rt.com An elderly patient in Belgium died shortly after testing positive for co-infection with two different strains of the coronavirus, it has been revealed. Researchers say she likely contracted the strains from two different people. | The case was reported by Belgian scientists at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, which was held online this year. | A 90-year-old woman was admitted to a hospital in Aalst, Belgium in early March following several falls. She tested positive for Covid-19 the same day. She lived alone, receiving nursing care at home, and had not been vaccinated.

Dr. Peter McCullough (2021-07-11). Video: The COVID Vaccine Agenda and the Suppression of Alternative Treatments. Dr. Peter McCullough. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Meryl Nass (2021-07-11). Video: The COVID mRNA Vaccine Regulatory Mess: Suppression of Information, Hiding Deaths and Adverse Events. globalresearch.ca

sputniknews (2021-07-11). Sputnik V Gives 90% Protection Against Delta Strain of COVID-19, Scientist Says. sputniknews.com NOVOSIBIRSK (Sputnik) – Viral vector and mRNA vaccines, including Russia's Sputnik V, provide enough protection against the new Delta strain of the coronavirus, Head of the Novosibirsk State University's Laboratory and corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Sergey Netesov told Sputnik.

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2021-07-11). NIAID, Moderna Had COVID Vaccine Candidate in December 2019. globalresearch.ca

Henry A. Giroux (2021-07-11). The Politics of Racial Cleansing and Erasing History. zcomm.org This whitening of history is now largely being reproduced by right-wing attacks on diversity, critical race programs in the public and higher education…

Anonymous103 (2021-07-11). Is COVID-19 A Chimera? southfront.org Military Personnel stand guard outside the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick on September 26, 2002. — The US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, one of the few laboratories in the country that can handle dangerous pathogens such as Ebola, plague and other deadly toxins. (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP) | Written by Hiraku Maeda. | COVID-19 may have escaped from containment at the United States Army Medical Research Institute…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-07-11). Tumor cell PD-L1 may mediate sensitivity to chemotherapy in colorectal cancer treatment. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Data in a study by Mayo Clinic Cancer Center researchers indicates that the level of tumor cell PD-L1, a protein that acts as a brake to keep the body's immune responses under control, may be an important factor for sensitivity to chemotherapy in colorectal cancer treatment. The study was published Friday, July 2, in Oncogene. "We have identified a mechanism by which absent or low levels of tumor cell PD-L1, which is commonly found…

F. William Engdahl (2021-07-11). Cuerno de àÅfrica: øLa próxima primavera árabe de Washington? globalizacion.ca El Departamento de Estado de Biden acaba de nombrar al diplomático de carrera Jeffrey Feltman enviado especial al Cuerno de àÅfrica. Dado el polvorín geopolítico en la región y dada la oscura historia de Feltman, especialmente en el Líbano y…

South Front (2021-07-11). Video: The Afghan Army and the Taliban Ramp Up the Fight, as Turkey Primes to Join in. globalresearch.ca

South Front (2021-07-11). Video: Priming for Great Power Conflict? US Army to Field Mid-range Missile Battery Soon. globalresearch.ca

Emanuel Pastreich (2021-07-11). The War on Freedom: How Tyranny Overran the United States. globalresearch.ca Slowly, against their will, Americans are awaking to the reality of a totalitarian system with its tentacles wrapped around every aspect of their existence. Sadly, the true nature of this tyranny still eludes the understanding of most citizens.

Rod Driver (2021-07-11). Keeping Poor Countries Poor: The Absurdity of Comparative Advantage. globalresearch.ca

Emanuel Pastreich (2021-07-11). The War on Freedom: How Tyranny Overran the United States. globalresearch.ca

Alliance for Natural Health (2021-07-11). 5G Microwave Neighborhoods Coming. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2021-07-11). Russia Ready to Activate Tajikistan Military Base Over Fighting in Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca

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