(2021-07-21). Two-Time West Virginia U.S. Senate Candidate Paula Jean Swearengin Joins the People's Party. peoplesparty.org Immediate Release: | July 20, 2021 | Contact: | media@peoplesparty.org | West Virginia — Two-time West Virginia U.S. Senate candidate and activist Paula Jean Swearengin announced that she is joining the People's Party as national Candidate Engagement Director and West Virginia State Director. | The Netflix documentary Knock Down the House featured Swearengin and her bid against Sen. Joe Manchin in 2018. Swearenging also won her primary in 2020, to went on to challenge Republican Sen. Shelley Moore-Capito in the general election. | In a statement to the public Swearengin describes her decision to leave the…
(2021-07-21). Push to have Powell reappointed as Fed chair. wsws.org Given his record of pumping trillions of dollars into Wall Street, it is hardly surprising that voices are being raised in political and financial circles calling on Biden to re-appoint Powell when his four-year term expires in February next year.
(2021-07-21). Republicans name Trump defenders to House committee on January 6 coup. wsws.org House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy named five Republicans who voted against the impeachment of Donald Trump one week after the January 6 coup to join eight Democrats on a select committee charged with investigating the storming of the US Capitol.
(2021-07-21). Jack and Jill tumble: Berlin Bulletin No. 192, July 3, 2021. mronline.org 
After legally receiving a Christmas gift of 24,000 euros from her party, Annalena Baerbock somehow neglected to report it in her tax returns. No big deal, some might think, but after the scandals about Christian Democrats nobly enriching themselves when purchasing face-masks, and two far bigger scandals hanging over the head of the Social Democrats' chancellor candidate Scholz (currently still Finance Minister), the squeaky clean reputation of the Greens had been a major asset. No longer!
(2021-07-21). How to defend the right to vote. workers.org 
The struggle for the bourgeois democratic right to one person, one vote still continues in the U.S., the most powerful imperialist country. That struggle began once the last enslaved person was freed in Galveston, Texas, June 19, 1865, known as Juneteenth. During the next 10 years that defined Black Reconstruction, . . . |
(2021-07-21). Australia: University of Newcastle Student Association guidelines attack democratic rights. wsws.org The new rules are an attempt to suppress political discussion and activity by students under conditions of an historic pro-business assault on university jobs, conditions and courses.
(2021-07-21). The Heat: Biden — Six Months in Office. america.cgtn.com 
U.S. President Joe Biden reaches the six-month mark in the White House. What has he achieved so far, and what are some of his biggest challenges ahead?
(2021-07-21). If Biden Wants to "Stand With the Cuban People," He Can Ease the Cruel Blockade. zcomm.org It is time to end the U.S.'s economic war on Cuba…
(2021-07-21). Six months of the Biden administration—A balance sheet. indybay.org The policies of the Biden administration have entirely failed to resolve the social crisis in America and they cannot, because they are based on the framework of American capitalism.
(2021-07-21). 'Tremendous News for Workers and Consumers': Biden Picks Kanter as DOJ Antitrust Chief. commondreams.org Our entire political system is designed to let corporate money speak, through campaign contributions and corporate lobbying.
(2021-07-21). Jamaal Bowman Unveils $1.4 Trillion Green New Deal for Public Schools. zcomm.org Progressives in the House are aiming to get Bowman's bill incorporated into Senate Democrats' $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill,…
(2021-07-21). Headlines for July 21, 2021. democracynow.org "Once in a 1,000 Years" Rains and Flooding Kill at Least 25 People in China, Record-Breaking Wildfires Continue to Rage in Siberia, Western U.S., Releasing Toxic Fumes, Tokyo Olympic Events Start Even as Head of Organizing Committee Puts Games in Doubt, Thailand, Iran Impose COVID Lockdowns as France Launches "Health Pass" Amid Major Spike, Delta Variant Accounts for 83% of New U.S. Cases; Millions of Surplus Vaccines Could Go to Waste, Senators Unveil Legislation to Curb Presidential War Powers, Giving Authority Back to Congress, Immigrant Justice Activists Block New Jersey ICE "Black Site", Judge Blocks Arkansa…
(2021-07-21). The Pandemic Is Not Over: Science Writer Ed Yong on Delta's Devastation in Low-Vaccination States. democracynow.org 
COVID-19 cases in the United States have tripled over the past month as the highly contagious Delta variant rapidly spreads across the country, particularly in areas with low vaccination rates. Deaths from COVID-19 have increased by nearly 50% over the past week, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the Delta variant is now responsible for 83% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. "Things are much worse than people might realize," says Ed Yong, science writer at The Atlantic who has been reporting on the Delta variant's spread in Missouri, one of the hardest-hit areas in the U.S. "The more we let this…
(2021-07-21). New Legislation Could Limit the President's Control of Foreign Policy. thenation.com 
Bernie Sanders, Chris Murphy, and Mike Lee, the bill would enable greater congressional oversight of US military action.
(2021-07-21). Rideshare drivers strike for fair pay, demand passage of the PRO Act. therealnews.com 
Rideshare drivers across California are striking on July 21 to demand an end to exploitative pay and working conditions, and to call on Democrats to pass the Protect the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. If passed, the PRO Act would provide sweeping labor protections and stricter safeguards against worker misclassification, which many employers (especially in the gig industry) exploit to strip employees of their basic labor rights and workplace protections. | "App-based workers are fed up with exploitation from big tech companies. Misclassification is like concrete, keeping us underground. The PRO Act is the jackha…
(2021-07-21). Despite solitary and banning, resistance continues. workers.org 
By Joe Piette and Bryant Arroyo Joe Piette and Bryant Arroyo Incarcerated people depend on their voices being heard outside the walls for their grievances against prison officials to be effective inside. Without public pressure from family, friends and other supporters, the prison guards, supervisors and administrators can literally get . . . |
(2021-07-21). Colombia Erupts in Protest Again over Right-Wing Gov't Tax Plans Even as "Solidarity Is Criminalized" democracynow.org 
We go to Colombia for an update on anti-government protests in several cities on the country's Independence Day, when right-wing President Iván Duque presented a new tax reform bill to Congress. The last tax proposal failed in April after it prompted a general strike and massive demonstrations that focused on deepening economic inequality and human rights abuses. The latest demonstrations came after some of the organizers were arrested and harassed over the weekend and protesters have faced intense crackdowns and brutality from Colombian police forces in recent months. "It was amazing that it took place, notwiths…
(2021-07-21). "It Is Offensive": Haitian Activist Says It's Not Up to U.S. to Determine Haiti's PM or Future. democracynow.org 
Two weeks after the assassination of President Jovenel MoàØse, Ariel Henry has been sworn in as Haiti's new prime minister, after acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph announced he was relinquishing power. Henry is a neurosurgeon who was appointed by President Jovenel MoàØse shortly before he was assassinated, but not formally sworn in. Both Joseph and Henry had claimed power following MoàØse's death. Over the weekend, the United States and other members of the so-called Core Group threw their support behind Henry, who will become Haiti's seventh prime minister in four years. Monique Clesca, a…
(2021-07-21). Colombia's Export of Mercenaries Scrutinized After U.S.-Trained Soldiers Kill Haiti's President. democracynow.org 
The role of Colombian mercenaries in the assassination two weeks ago of Haitian President Jovenel MoàØse has come under scrutiny ater The Washington Post reported some of the Colombians received U.S. military training while they were part of the Colombian armed services. One of the mercenaries has been identified as former special commando Grosso Guarín, who was once assigned to a secretive elite military detachment of Colombia's Urban Counter-Terrorism Special Forces Group that carried out kidnappings and assassinations. Another Colombian mercenary arrested in Haiti was Francisco Eladio Uribe Ochoa, who w…
(2021-07-21). Advierten presión de EE.UU para que países declaren contra Cuba. telesurtv.net Las autoridades cubanas han denunciado que el Gobierno de EE.UU. recurre a maniobras injerencistas para recrudecer el bloqueo impuesto a la isla caribeña.
(2021-07-21). Denuncian represión a manifestantes en ciudades de Colombia. telesurtv.net En varias regiones se reportaron hechos represivos, donde el Esmad atacó con gases y bombas aturdidoras a los manifestantes.
(2021-07-21). US Attacks Sovereignty from Haiti to Cuba to China. sputniknews.com 'Core Group' just kinda decided who the Haitian government is; Dems push for decriminalizing marijuana; NSO spyware exposed; US attacks on Cuba and China connected…
(2021-07-21). Tuesday 7/20: What Can We Do About Voter Suppression & The Threat To Democracy? Activists Respond. indybay.org Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/86273983265; Meeting ID: 862 7398 3265; | call in: 1 669 900 9128, then enter 862 7398 3265 ##…
(2021-07-21). Wednesday 7/21: Pulling Back from the Brink: ReBuilding and Securing U.S. Democracy. indybay.org Online webinar…
(2021-07-21). Wednesday 7/28: 2021 National Buffalo Soldier Day – Union Square and SF National Cemetery. indybay.org Meet up at Union Square at the Dewey Statue and then we travel to the SF Presidio National Cemetery to honor 2021 National Buffalo Soldiers Day…
(2021-07-21). Texan Republican Cancel Culture Targets the Teachings of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. thenation.com Texan Republican Cancel Culture Targets the Teachings of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
(2021-07-21). Republicans Believe Lying Will Make It So—And They May Be Right. commondreams.org "Wildfires in Siberia have now burned through 3.7 million acres of land, destroying vast swaths of forest. We are in a climate emergency."
(2021-07-20). President Biden's Farcical Antimonopoly Executive Order. dissidentvoice.org 
Let me be clear: capitalism without competition isn't capitalism. It's exploitation—tweet from President Joe Biden, July 9, 2021 Capitalism is exploitation, period. Lol—a twitter response to Biden's tweet, July 9, 2021 Not a day goes by in which major owners of capital and their political representatives do not promote illusions and disinformation about the obsolete …
(2021-07-20). As US troops are flown out of Afghanistan, the graveyard of great empires is now once again at the center of a battle for Eurasia. rt.com 
Two decades on, the US government's escapade in Afghanistan is now drawing to a close. However, history shows the troubled Central Asian nation is unlikely to disappear from the headlines anytime soon as a great global crossroads. | In early July, American and coalition forces left Bagram Airfield, once Washington's largest base of operations in Afghanistan. Already at 90% completion, the withdrawal is expected to be concluded by August 31, 2021, ahead of President Joe Biden's initial September 11 deadline. Meanwhile, Taliban forces are advancing, recapturing and, crucially, holding lost territories, claiming…
(2021-07-20). Biden will restore Tongass National Forest protections in critical step for climate. peoplesworld.org 
(2021-07-20). Six Months Of The Biden Administration. popularresistance.org The policies of the Biden administration have been driven by the interests of Wall Street and the super-rich. This is why, despite occasional criticisms of Trump's callous and anti-scientific response to the coronavirus pandemic, Biden has pursued the same policy of restoring corporate profit-making by forcing workers back to work and children back to school as quickly as possible, regardless of the dangers to their lives and health.
(2021-07-20). Biden Doubles Down on Voters. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-20). Red star over Iraqi Kurdistan. peoplesworld.org 
SULAYMANIYAH, Iraqi Kurdistan—For those who have followed the development of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq since its formation after the Kurdish rebellion of 1991, the names Jalal Talabani and Massoud Barzani have been inextricably tied to the region's politics. Their respective parties, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and Kurdistan Democratic Party …
(2021-07-20). In Difficult times, Let's remember all the Progressive Victories, and keep Bending the Arc of History. juancole.com (Charleston, W.V.) — Enormous human betterment has occurred since The Enlightenment, chiefly because crusading liberals overcame conservative resistance, time after time. Modern democracy arose because America's radical founders renounced the divine right of kings and took up arms against England and George III. They created government of the people, with no aristocracy. Slavery ended because …
(2021-07-20). Spain Approves New Memory Law to Repair Dictatorship Victims. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Spain's Council of Ministers approved a new Democratic Memory law, which will seek to repair the victims of the Civil War (1936-1939) and prevent the figure of the dictator Francisco Franco from being glorified. | RELATED: | The new law, which the Spanish Parliament must now process, takes a further step with respect to the 2007 Historical Memory Law because it penalizes acts that humiliate the victims…
(2021-07-20). Headlines for July 20, 2021. democracynow.org Report: COVID Death Toll in India May Be Over 4 Million, As COVID Cases Rise in All 50 States, Biden Urges Unvaccinated to Get the Shot, Pediatricians Recommend Universal Masking in Schools, Ariel Henry to Become Haitian PM After Getting Support from U.S. & Core Group, Socialist Teacher & Union Leader Pedro Castillo Wins Peruvian Presidential Election, 35 Killed in Market Blast in Baghdad on Eve of Eid al-Adha, Rockets Land Near Afghan Presidential Palace During Outdoor Eid Prayers, In Victory for BDS Movement, Ben & Jerry's to Stop Selling Ice Cream in Israeli Settlements, Morocco Sentences Journalist Omar Radi…
(2021-07-20). Amnesty Int'l Calls for Moratorium on Private Spyware After Israeli NSO Group Pegasus Revelations. democracynow.org 
Calls are growing for stricter regulations on the use of surveillance technology after revelations that countries have used the powerful Pegasus spyware against politicians, journalists and activists around the world. The Pegasus software, sold by the Israeli cybersecurity company NSO Group, can secretly infect a mobile phone and harvest its information. While the company touts Pegasus as intended for criminals and terrorists, leaked data suggests the tool is widely abused by governments to go after political opponents and dissidents, according to reporting from The Pegasus Project, an international consortium of…
(2021-07-20). Mexico Used Private Israeli Spyware Pegasus to Surveil President's Family & a Murdered Journalist. democracynow.org 
Mexico appears to have submitted more phone numbers for potential surveillance to the Israeli cybersurveillance company NSO Group than any other client country, according to an investigation of the company by an international collaboration of media outlets called The Pegasus Project. The Guardian found the mobile phone number of Mexican journalist Cecilio Pineda Birto was selected as a possible target for surveillance by a Mexican NSO Group client just weeks before Pineda's assassination in Guerrero in 2017. Nina Lakhani, senior reporter at The Guardian, says Mexico was NSO Group's first client and authorities th…
(2021-07-20). If you grew up with the US Blockade as a Cuban, you might understand the recent protests differently. peoplesdispatch.org The six-decade US blockade of Cuba was made worse under the administration of Donald Trump. Joe Biden can lift these measures and immediately improve the lives of the 11 million living in Cuba…
(2021-07-20). Majority of McCarthy's January 6 Commission Picks Voted to Overturn Election. truthout.org 
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-California) has chosen five Republican members to serve on the select committee to investigate the attack on the Capitol on January 6 — and a majority of those chosen are people who voted to overturn the election on that day. | Under the rules of the committee
(2021-07-20). "Gulag of Our Time": Amnesty International Calls on Biden Admin to Shut Down Guantánamo Bay Prison. democracynow.org 
Fifty-six-year-old Abdul Latif Nasser is the first Guantánamo Bay prisoner to be released under the Biden administration. He was imprisoned for nearly two decades without charge and had been cleared for release since 2016. Thirty-nine prisoners remain at Guantánamo. "Legally speaking, morally speaking, that space that has been created has no significance other than the harm it is placing on people," says Agnès Callamard, | secretary general of Amnesty International.
(2021-07-20). 'Deadline Glasgow': As Climate Summit Looms, Campaign Targets Complicity of Banks and Biden. commondreams.org
(2021-07-20). Five-year-old dies of COVID-19 in Georgia as Biden administration pushes to fully open schools. wsws.org Wyatt Gary Gibson is the fourth child under age 10 who has died of COVID-19 in Georgia alone.
(2021-07-20). Leaving Parts of Trump's Pro-Polluter Legacy Intact, Biden Gets C- on Environmental Report Card. commondreams.org Scores of groups are "calling on all financial institutions and the U.S. government to end their support for companies engaged in climate destruction and human rights abuses."
(2021-07-20). The Taliban's Dramatic Military Victory. counterpunch.org Joe Biden deserves nothing but praise and support for his decision to honor America's commitment, negotiated between the Trump administration and the Taliban, to finally withdraw from Afghanistan. After more than 20 years of wasted lives, endless property damage and squandering of billions of U.S. tax dollars that would have been better spent on just
(2021-07-20). Biden administration dismisses China's claim to South China Sea. wsws.org The statement by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken demonstrates the fundamental continuity between the Trump and Biden administrations in their war drive against China.
(2021-07-20). Cuba and the US: The Difference Between Dictatorship and Tyranny. commondreams.org Biden's "limited achievements must be put in context of what both science and justice require to avoid the worst impacts of the climate and extinction crises," said the Center for Biological Diversity Action Fund.
(2021-07-20). Biden Supports Many Protestors but Not Palestinians. strategic-culture.org It is a fair assumption that Israel's Biden's Washington is reacting as might be expected over the Cuba riots. There was automatic endorsement of the rioters, with Biden
(2021-07-20). The Power Structure for Deadly Lag and the Prophetic Work of Unsung Heroes. zcomm.org All those who told us so are largely forgotten, uncelebrated and, if they are still active, hardly getting their calls returned. Is there a more abject sign of a decaying democracy?>
(2021-07-20). "Heartbreaking": Judge's Suspension of DACA Renews Push for Comprehensive Immigration Bill. democracynow.org 
After a federal judge struck down DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, we look at what may come next with Cesar Espinosa, a DACA recipient and executive director of the Houston, Texas-based, immigrant-led civil rights organization FIEL. He says the latest ruling is "heartbreaking," and urges lawmakers to create a legislative solution for the millions of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. "We want to see Congress and the president take action."
(2021-07-20). Nancy and Paul Pelosi Making Millions in Stock Trades in Companies She Actively Regulates. indybay.org Pelosi is in charge of regulating companies that she and her husband own…
(2021-07-20). Amnesty International: Julian Assange's "Arbitrary" Detention Must End. Release Him Now. democracynow.org 
As WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces up to 175 years in prison if he is extradited to the U.S. under the Espionage Act for publishing classified documents exposing U.S. war crimes, Amnesty International Secretary General Agnès Callamard says his detention since 2010 "is arbitrary and that he should be released." She adds that allegations made against him by the U.S. authorities "raise a large number of problems and red flags in relation to freedom of the press."
(2021-07-20). 84 Democrats Sign Letter Demanding Civilian Climate Corps in Reconciliation Bill. truthout.org 
As Democratic leaders hash out the details of the upcoming $3.5 trillion reconciliation deal, dozens of Democratic lawmakers are uniting behind a proposal to create a Civilian Climate Corps and rallying for its inclusion in the bill. | Eighty-four Democrats signed
(2021-07-20). Saturday 7/17: La Honda: Good Trouble Protest for Democracy & Voting Rights. indybay.org Post Office sidewalk, 8865 La Honda Road, La Honda, CA 94020 | Peaceful Action. Masks & follow all current COVID guidlines.
(2021-07-20). How Harper's Magazzine Undermines the Struggle Against White Supremacy. counterpunch.org When the latest issue of Harper's arrived in my mailbox in June, white racist grievances had reached a fever-pitch. The University of North Carolina had refused tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones, Critical Race Theory had become a bogeyman like Communism was in the 1950s, and Republican state governments were working overtime to pass Jim Crow type