Daily Archives: August 1, 2021

2021-08-01: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2021-08-01). Coca-Cola, Visa Reps refuse to condemn China's so-called 'genocide' of Uyghur people: media. ecns.cn Representatives from several major companies declined to denounce the so-called "genocide" of the Uyghur people in China when directly asked by U.S. Republican senators Tom Cotton, a report by FOX Business Network (FBN) has said.

Staff (2021-08-01). Welcome to the Great Reset? Corporate landlords poised to snatch Americans' property after eviction moratorium EXPIRES. rt.com Millions face imminent homelessness, after the Democrats left Washington for the recess without extending an eviction moratorium set to expire on Saturday. America's largest corporate landlords are about to make a killing. | An 11-month eviction moratorium that prevented tens of millions of Americans from losing their homes during the coronavirus-induced economic shutdown expires on July 31, after Congress left Washington for recess without passing a bill to extend it. | The moratorium was put in place by the Trump administration last year and extended by the Biden administration in June, but a Supreme Court r…

Staff (2021-08-01). 7 August, Gothenburg: Demonstration for Palestine / Demonstrera fà∂r Palestina. samidoun.net Friday, 7 August 2: 00 pm Gà∂taplatsen Gothenburg, Sweden Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/608414086807720 Demonstration for Palestine — Stop the forced displacement in Jerusalem — Freedom and return for all Palestinians — Victory to the Palestinian resistance Link to posters: we.tl/t-cPMSkBQgUs Gathering point: Gà∂taplatsen, at 14: 00 Demonstration route: Avenyn Grà∂nsakstorget Domkyrkan Vasagatan Haga Jà§rntorget Closing location: Jà§rntorget 16: 30 Demonstration fà∂r Palestina — Stoppa vrà§kningarna i Jerusalem — Frihet och à•tervà&…

Asa Winstanley (2021-08-01). The plight of Palestinians is well understood, now action needs to be taken. zcomm.org There is no political will in the West to hold Israel to account for its crimes…

March On, partners (2021-08-01). Saturday 8/28: Sacramento: March On for Voting Rights. indybay.org California State Capitol, 1315 10th Street Sacramento, Sacramento, CA 95814 | Wear a mask. Please follow all current COVID safety guidelines: covid19.ca.gov/

Poor People's Campaign & partners (2021-08-01). Monday 8/2: March on Washington D.C. for Voting Rights, Immigrant Rights & Economic Justice w/ PPC. indybay.org Online actions and protest livestream/recording…

Jeffrey St. Clair (2021-08-01). Rebirth of a Nation: US History According to DW Griffith. counterpunch.org Still from Birth of a Nation. | Since many high school students across the country will be back to learning their history of the US from Birth of a Nation and Gone with the Wind, it's perhaps instructive to recall that when Birth of a Nation premiered at Clune's Auditorium in LA, to large protests by the NAACP, it was still called The Clansman, the title of the racist novel by Thomas Dixon it was based on. In fact, it's possible that the print that was shown at the White House, which generated such a frenzied reaction from Woodrow Wilson, was still called The Clansman. Dixon was a pal of Wilson's and had arran…

CIIS Public Programs (2021-08-01). Thursday 8/19: On the Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness. indybay.org

_____ (2021-07-31). Democrats Let US Eviction Moratorium Expire. popularresistance.org The Biden administration announced Thursday that it would allow the nationwide ban on evictions to expire on Saturday declaring that it was up to Congress, with just two days to go, to extend the measure. The White House claimed that the President's hands are tied, and there was nothing Biden could do for the more than six million families that have fallen behind on rent, citing the Supreme Court's decision last month to only allow a moratorium extension until the end of July.

Asa Winstanley (2021-07-31). Palestinian Activist: The Problem is not Ignorance of Israeli Occupation's Brutality, it is Inaction. juancole.com "I am tired of reporting the same brutality every day, of thinking of new ways to describe the obvious." Those are the words of Mohammed El-Kurd, the renowned Palestinian activist from East Jerusalem. He and his family are threatened with expulsion from their homes. They have committed no crime, but are being kicked out solely …

_____ (2021-07-31). How Ben & Jerry's Exposed Israel's Anti-BDS Strategy. popularresistance.org For years, the Israeli government has viewed the boycott movement as a real, tangible threat. Some Israeli officials went as far as perceiving the 'delegitimization' resulting from the boycott campaign as the primary threat faced by Israel at the present time. Well attended conferences were held in Las Vegas, Brussels, Jerusalem and elsewhere, hundreds of millions of dollars raised, fiery speeches delivered, while politicians and 'philanthropists' lined up at many occasions, vowing their undying allegiance to Israel and accusing anyone who dare criticize the 'Jewish State' as 'antisemitic'.

Victor Grossman (2021-07-31). Esther Bejarano °Presente! workers.org This lightly edited article first appeared in Berlin Bulletin No. 193, July 20, 2021. She was all of 96 years, yet Esther Bejarano's death hits hard, leaving a painful gap in Germany's anti-fascist scene. Until the final weeks of her long life, she was a fighter, speaking, singing and passing . . . |

Staff (2021-07-31). Deadly attack on Israeli-operated ship off Oman coast was carried out by drone, US Navy says. rt.com The attack that killed two people aboard an Israeli-operated vessel off the coast of Oman in the Arabian Sea on Thursday, is believed to have been a drone strike, US Navy's Fifth Fleet, which operates in the region, has said. | American explosives experts, who have examined the Mercer Street product tanker, have discovered "clear visual evidence that an attack had occurred" on the ship, the Fifth Fleet said, in a statement on Saturday. | "Initial indications clearly point to a (drone)-style attack," it stated, without elaborating on how such a conclusion was reached. | Two US warships — nuclear-powered ai…

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-07-31). 14 African states agree to expel Israeli regime from AU. en.mehrnews.com Algerian media say their country has reached an agreement with 13 other African countries to expel Tel Aviv from the African Union as an observer member.

sputniknews (2021-07-31). Israel Offers 3rd Pfizer Dose to Elderly Residents, But How Many Will Take It? sputniknews.com In the first day of the campaign on Friday, Maccabi, one of Israel's major healthcare organisations, registered more than 10,000 requests to get the American jab. Authorities are encouraging all of the country's 1.3 million people aged 60 and over to get another shot but the lack of urgency might keep many at home.

Anonymous669 (2021-07-31). Attack On Israeli-Operated Fuel Tanker In Arabian Sea Was Response To Recent Strikes On Syria — Report. southfront.org The recent attack on an Israeli-operated fuel tanker in the Arabian Sea was a response to the July 21 Israeli…

Anonymous669 (2021-07-31). Syrian Battle Tanks Hit Militant Posts In Greater Idlib, Killed Turkish-Backed Commander. southfront.org Illustrative image. | Late on July 31, a Turkish-backed field commander was killed in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA). | According to pro-government sources, the commander was killed when T-72s Sniper battle tanks of the SAA hit militants' posts and fortifications near the town of Benin in the southern countryside of Idlib. | The Sniper is the SAA codename for Soviet-made T-72 battle tanks which were upgraded prior to the war with the Galileo Avionica TURMS-T day/night computeri…

Rainer Shea (2021-07-31). The Freedomless, Heavily Surveilled Hellscape the US Plans to Bring to Its Own People. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Jul 29, 2021 | Revolutionaries in the US need to adopt the mentality that they're being perpetually targeted by counterinsurgency, because they already are. Throughout this last year's Black Lives Matter protests, the US National Security State has

Ramzy Baroud (2021-07-31). 'New Form' of Ice Cream 'Terrorism'. zcomm.org How Ben & Jerry's has Exposed Israel's anti-BDS Strategy…

Daniel Pan, Christopher A Martin, Joshua Nazareth, Clareece R Nevill, Jatinder S Minhas, Pip Divall, Shirley Sze, Laura J Gray, Keith R Abrams, Laura B Nellums, Manish Pareek (2021-07-31). [Correspondence] Ethnic disparities in COVID-19: increased risk of infection or severe disease? thelancet.com Rohini Mathur and colleagues found that Black and Asian ethnic groups were more likely to have adverse COVID-19 outcomes compared with the White population, even after accounting for differences in sociodemographic, clinical, and household characteristics.1 These findings are timely and striking, in light of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities' recent report,2 which has been criticised for suggesting that the "claim the country is still institutionally racist is not borne out of evidence".

Prof Nicolas Boeglin (2021-07-31). Profunda "consternación" de Sudáfrica por reciente decisión de Unión Africana otorgando a Israel estatuto de Estado Observador. globalizacion.ca En un comunicado oficial circulado este 28 de julio del 2021, las autoridades sudafricanas externaron su profunda consternación por la decisión, al parecer inconsulta, de la Comisión de la Unión Africana (UA) de otorgarle a Israel el estatuto de Estado…

Rick Rozoff (2021-07-31). Greece, Lithuania, Poland: Pentagon unloads troops, several hundred military vehicles. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Atlantic Resolve rotation demonstrates strategic importance of seaport in Alexandroupoli, Greece ==== Pentagon deploys "combat-credible" 1st Infantry Division to Poland Battle of the Atlantic: Citing Nazi Germany as model, U.S. military chief hails new NATO command ==== The seaport in Alexandroupoli, Greece is currently supporting the movement of hundreds of U.S. Army equipment items for …

WSWS (2021-07-31). House holds hearing on threat to voting rights in Texas as Democrats abandon fight against it. wsws.org Republicans in Texas are restricting the right to vote, but the Biden administration and Senate Democrats have dropped any fight on the issue.

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