(2021-08-01). Hands off the Caribbean: Minnesotans stand with Cuba and Haiti. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Around 30 people took to May Day Plaza, July 29, to hold signs and banners in a show of solidarity with the people of Cuba and Haiti after a new wave of U.S. intervention attempts. This event came after the Biden administration's July 22 issuance of new sanctions on Cuba, as well as the July 7 assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel MoàØse. | The financial and administrative origin of President MoàØse's assassination by a group of Colombian and U.S. mercenaries has not yet been confirmed. However, investigations later revealed some of the mercenaries responsible had taken p…
(2021-08-01). We Can Have the Filibuster or Democracy, But Not Both. juancole.com By Peter Certo | ( Otherwords.org) — The American political system is complicated, but fixing it doesn't have to be. Voters of all stripes broadly agree on the kinds of changes they'd like to see. We need less money in politics. It should be easier to vote — early, in person, or by mail. And …
(2021-08-01). Tunisia's presidential power-grab is a test for its democracy. juancole.com By Larbi Sadiki and Layla Saleh | — ( OpenDemocracy.net ) — In a shocking move, Tunisia's President Kais Saied invoked Article 80 of the country's constitution on 25 July, the nation's annual Republic Day. Citing "exceptional" circumstances, he sacked Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi, froze the Parliament and lifted the immunity of its members, granted …
(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.
(2021-08-01). 'A Devastating Failure': Eviction Ban Expires as House Goes on Vacation and Biden Refuses to Act. commondreams.org When journalists gin up controversy over lesser measures, they contribute to public misunderstandings of truth and reality, and make progress in the fight against Covid that much harder.
(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…
(2021-08-01). Damning open letter calls on Joe Biden to lift Cuba embargo. thecanary.co The US government and allies in the right-wing Cuban exile community have been The most prominent aspect of this lying by omission is a consistent failure to name the biggest cause of s…
(2021-08-01). Biden Isn't Withdrawing Troops From Iraq, He's Relabeling Their Mission. commondreams.org Despite roadblocks, "the Squad" has pushed progressive legislation, scrutinized the powerful, and changed the conversation around who gets to hold political power.
(2021-08-01). We Need Radical Economic Change—Not Biden's Corporate Capitalism. commondreams.org The move only serves to reinforce America's forever wars.
(2021-08-01). Tuesday 8/3: Protect Indigenous Sites! Interact with Amah Mutsun Tribal Chair! indybay.org Online, via Zoom. The Zoom link can be found at www.svslvdemocrats.org…
(2021-08-01). Democratic Socialists of America convention meets to promote Democratic Party. indybay.org From August 1 to 8, delegates of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) will meet online for the organization's biennial convention. The DSA leadership aims to trap growing socialist sentiment within the capitalist, imperialist Democratic Party.
(2021-08-01). There's No 'Vaccine Mandate'—But That Doesn't Stop WaPo From Asking People How They Feel About It. commondreams.org Stimulus packages are not enough. Only practices of deep democracy and shared ownership can end our cycle of economic disaster.
(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.
(2021-07-31). Memo To Biden Administration: Less Talk, More Action. popularresistance.org The climate change crisis and missing and murdered Indigenous epidemic are inextricably linked, with added negative impact from extractive industries. On top of that, the federal government has much work to do to uphold its trust and treaty obligations to tribal nations to help bring an end to these crises, according to a memo from NDN Collective.
(2021-07-31). Biggest threat to Western democracy comes from within, not China: U.S. media. ecns.cn
(2021-07-31). Democrats let US eviction moratorium expire, pushing millions of families to the brink. wsws.org The confluence of the rapid spread of the Delta variant with an eruption of evictions in the coming weeks bodes a social catastrophe.
(2021-07-31). Recap of a Weekend Full of Medicare for All Rallies. peoplesparty.org 
The rally sparked national coverage from outlets such as Status Coup, Yahoo News, Salon, Raw Story, Fox, Daily Mail and The Independent. AOC closed her office for the day rather than meeting with Medicare for all activists and constituents, a far cry from the representative who occupied Pelosi's office to demand climate action less than three years ago. | AOC and the Squad were elected on the premise that they were activists and organizers. Bernie even campaigned to be the "Organizer in Chief." The People's Party and March for Medicare for All are calling on them to use their millions of followers to stand with t…
(2021-07-31). Venezuela — Chávez, el imprescindible. globalizacion.ca Hugo Chávez, el gran ´hombre de acción e ideas ª, como definió el Comandante Fidel Castro a quien además se refirió como el mejor amigo de Cuba, ha devenido, con el palpitar del inconmensurable corazón de nuestros Pueblos, en la esencia…
(2021-07-31). With Election Days Away, Bernie Sanders Headlines Get-Out-the-Vote Rally for Nina Turner. commondreams.org Biden's much-anticipated workplace safety rule excludes most workers—and some in the labor movement are not happy.
(2021-07-31). Pelosi Is Wrong — Biden Has the Power to Cancel Student Debt, and He Should. truthout.org 
When President Trump used his executive authority to pause the nearly $2 trillion in outstanding student loan payments and interest back in March 2020, there was no pushback from legal experts or uproar from Congress members, from neither Democrats nor Republicans. Of course, the sudden advent of a deadly, airborne viral pandemic signified a future so grim that partial student loan cancellation seemed uncontroversial, even for an unforgiving Trump administration. While former Education Secretary…
(2021-07-31). The Heat: U.S. vaccines & gun violence surge. america.cgtn.com 
As COVID-19 cases surge in the United States, President Biden announces new action. And, is the U.S. headed for a record number of gun shootings in 2021?
(2021-07-31). Joe Biden's Hollow Resistance: Words vs. Deeds. zcomm.org How pathetic, hollow, and inauthentic can the Democrats' opposition to the nation's rightward drift be? We may find out soon enough, historically speaking.
(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.
(2021-07-31). Leaked CDC document exposes Biden administration's COVID-19 cover-up. wsws.org The secret report contradicts nearly every public statement by the White House over the course of the past two months.
(2021-07-31). Belarusian opposition leader Tikhanovskaya appeals to Washington for support. wsws.org Tikhanovskaya toured Washington for over a week and met with US President Joe Biden on Tuesday.
(2021-07-31). Biden Has Abandoned His Covid Worker Safety Pledge. commondreams.org It's possible to convince people to support a coup—and even mass murder—with phony evidence. It's crucial to the survival of our democracy that we prevent that.
(2021-07-31). Estados Unidos — El presidente no entiende que no entiende. globalizacion.ca No, no me refiero a Peña Nieto, sino al presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, que al igual que un alto porcentaje de la población de su nación, ha sido cómplice de gobiernos estadounidenses anteriores, en el bloqueo que han…
(2021-07-31). Dear Congress: Say No To Water Privatization. popularresistance.org Dear Majority Leader Schumer, Minority Leader McConnell, Speaker Pelosi, Leader McCarthy, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sanders, and House Budget Committee Chairman Yarmuth: "We, the undersigned 218 organizations, oppose the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework that promotes privatization, and we urge you to reject it and water privatization in all its forms and fight for a bold, uncompromising infrastructure package that provides real federal funding at the level our communities urgently need."
(2021-07-31). Journalist Craig Murray jailed for eight months in a major assault on democratic rights. wsws.org The railroading of Murray into prison is the culmination of a politically motivated witch-hunt. For the last decade, Murray has been a trenchant defender of jailed journalist and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
(2021-07-31). WATCH LIVE: Bernie Sanders Headlines Get-Out-the-Vote Rally for Nina Turner. commondreams.org
(2021-07-31). Bob Moses, Civil Rights legend and mathematician, dead 86. zcomm.org Beaten, shot at, arrested and jailed, none of these acts of terrorism stopped Moses in his fight for equal rights and against the tyranny that kept countless number of Black Americans for exercising their democratic rights…
(2021-07-31). Authoritarian populism and democracy. zcomm.org Authoritarian populism is anti-democratic while at the same time, mutilating democracy into an institution that serves authoritarian populism…
(2021-07-31). The Right Wing Wants Misinformation and Manufactured Ignorance, Not Democracy. zcomm.org What is needed is not a series of stopgap reforms limited to particular institutions or groups but a radical restructuring of the entirety of U.S. society as a start toward more global acts of resistance…
(2021-07-31). [Clinical Picture] Granulomatosis with polyangiitis presents with skip lesions of the bowel. thelancet.com A 54-year-old man presented to our emergency department reporting several weeks of diffuse abdominal pain. He had no medical history of note.