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Fact-Checking a Covid “Fact-Checker”: A Response to Health-Feedback.org By Rosemary Frei, August 10 2020

On July 12 an organization called Health Feedback posted a review of my and Patrick Corbett’s July 2 OffGuardian article on the bombshell revelations of Bulgarian Pathology Association President Dr. Stoian Alexov. They stamped it “inaccurate.”

This article is …

Pushing GMO Crops into India: Experts Debunk High-Level Claims of Bt Cotton Success By Colin Todhunter, August 10 2020

On 6 July 2020, an article extolling the benefits of genetically modified (GM) crops appeared on the BloombergQuint website based on an interview with Dr Ramesh Chand, a member of the key Indian Government think tank Niti Aayog (National

Experts Debunk False Claims that GM Bt Cotton in India Has Been a Grand Success By Prof. Andrew Paul Gutierrez, Hans R. Herren, and Peter E. Kenmore, August 10 2020

“By nearly all measures, hybrid GM Bt cotton in India is a failure.”

Three eminent experts have joined forces to debunk claims by a member of two influential think tanks that GM Bt cotton in India has been a resounding

As Indigenous Peoples, We Are Resilient By Galina Angarova, August 10 2020

Today, we celebrate the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples and all Indigenous leaders who have been fighting for our rights. Today, we remember the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations that took place in

Who Profits from the Beirut Blast? By Pepe Escobar, August 10 2020

The narrative that the Beirut explosion was an exclusive consequence of negligence and corruption by the current Lebanese government is now set in stone, at least in the Atlanticist sphere.

And yet, digging deeper, we find that negligence and corruption

The Jakarta Method: How the U.S. Used Mass Murder to Beat Communism By Daniel Larison, August 10 2020

The so-called Long Peace after 1945 was covered in the blood of innocent people. Americans generally prefer to remember the Cold War as a mostly peaceful triumph punctuated by a handful of debacles, but for many of the people living

Nicaragua – Singing in the Rain. The USAID Project to Destroy the Sandinista Movement By Stephen Sefton, August 10 2020

Only the most perverse kind of ideology-derived inertia explains the stupidity, incompetence and criminality of current US foreign policy towards Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Stupid for being based on the insane messianic 19th Century Monroe Doctrine vision of Manifest Destiny,

Trump’s Payroll Tax Deferral Aims to Weaken and Kill Social Security and Medicare By Stephen Lendman, August 10 2020

All politicians lie. Rare exceptions prove the rule.

Trump is Exhibit A, a serial liar never to be trusted, a menace to virtually everything just societies hold dear.

Last February 8 he tweeted: “We will not be touching your Social …

Trump Usurps Congressional Appropriations Authority By Stephen Lendman, August 10 2020

On Saturday, Trump unconstitutionally breached exclusive congressional appropriations authority.

Under Article I, section 9, clause 7 of the US Constitution (the appropriations clause), “(n)o money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.”

Congress …

Don’t Delay Military Withdrawal from the Middle East By Gareth Porter, August 10 2020

The Quincy Institute’s “New Paradigm for the Middle East” calling for a definitive end to the disastrous policy the United States has pursued in the region for nearly two decades offers the first coherent analysis of what is

War Crimes in Afghanistan Covered up by UK Ministry of Defence By Jean Shaoul, August 10 2020

The government has been caught out lying about evidence on the killing of civilians in Afghanistan by the elite Special Air Service (SAS).

Three years into a civil case in the High Court brought by Saiffulah Yar into the deaths …

Hiroshima and the Glorification of American Militarism By Dr. Gary G. Kohls, August 10 2020

This article was originally published in 2012, on the 67th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

August 6, 9, 2012 was the 67th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the whole truth of which has been

Israeli Crimes Against Humanity: Remembering the Sabra and Shatila Massacre By Institute for Middle East Understanding, August 09 2020

First published on September 17, 2012

The Gaza massacre is part of longstanding process of Israeli crimes against humanity. This article describes one of the worst atrocities in modern Middle Eastern history committed against the people of Palestine. This article …

Video: Syrian Army Undertakes Failed Advance in Northern Lattakia Amid Rise of ISIS Attacks in Deir Ezzor By South Front, August 09 2020

Iranian-backed militias and the Syrian National Defense Forces (NDF) have launched a joint security operation against ISIS cells in the area between the towns of al-Mayadin and al-Bukamal, on the western bank of the Euphrates. According to pro-government sources, hundreds

Beirut Suffers While Demanding Answers By Steven Sahiounie, August 09 2020

The sonic blast at the Port of Beirut on August 4 produced a huge white mushroom cloud that enveloped the port and then rose into the evening sky just after 6 pm.  However, the cloud of confusion and disbelief still

The Beirut Blast. “An Understanding of the Geopolitical Forces at Work” By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, August 09 2020

Four days after the Beirut Blast of 4th August 2020, the Lebanese president, Michel Aoun, has attempted to explain what caused the largest explosion since the end of the Second World War. He attributes it to either the

The Bombing of Nagasaki August 9, 1945: The Un-Censored Version By Dr. Gary G. Kohls, August 09 2020

Today, August 9, 2020, we commemorate the 7th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki.

This article was first published by Global Research in August 2013 as a commemoration of the egregious lie on the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. See

Covid-19 and the “Greater Economic Depression” Exceeding the 1930s: Unemployment Armageddon By Stephen Lendman, August 09 2020

The COVID-19 crisis at a time of deteriorating economic conditions caused what in hindsight may be known as a Greater Depression — exceeding the worst of the 1930s.

For 20 straight weeks, new claims for unemployment insurance exceeded one million.

Australia: Willing Pawn in US Conflict with China By Tony Cartalucci, August 09 2020

Upon reading Australia’s new defense strategy, one might think its authors believe they are surrounded by nations invaded and destroyed by China with Australia next in line.

News headlines declare, “Australia’s new defence strategy unveils a significant strategic shift

Video: Dr. Judy Mikovits and the Real Plague Infecting Humanity By Mark Taliano, Dr. Judy Mikovits, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr, August 09 2020

Dr. Judy Mikovits is a top U.S. scientist who has played key roles in saving millions of lives. Instead of lauding her achievements and honoring her, Western governments and their agencies have sought to destroy her.

Why? Because corruption infests …

Selective Maritime Rules: The United States, Diego Garcia and International Law By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, August 09 2020

There are few more righteous sights than the paunchy US Secretary of State savaging the People’s Republic of China with his next volley on Chinese territorial aspirations.  In July, Mike Pompeo released a statement putting any uncertain minds at ease

The Attack on Indigenous Rights in Brazil By Yanis Iqbal, August 09 2020

On 5 August, 2020, the Brazilian Supreme Court ordered President Jair Bolsonaro to institute measures aimed at protecting indigenous people from the Covid-19 pandemic. This ruling is the legal recognition of the totally disastrous anti-indigenous policies of the Bolsonaro government.

Academia Stoops to Defamation over Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ). Groundless Accusations against 2 World-class Scientists By Elizabeth Woodworth, August 09 2020

There are two world-class scientists at the center of the Covid-19 hydroxychloroquine storm.

They are Dr. Didier Raoult at the IHU Medical Institute in Marseille, and Dr. Harvey Risch at Yale University. 

The present article confronts a shabby injustice to

Trump Scuttles Economic Stimulus Negotiations. What Next? By Dr. Jack Rasmus, August 09 2020

Today, August 7, 2020 negotiations on an economic stimulus package between US House Democrats and the White House broke down and broke off. What’s behind it?

In recent days the Democrats’ leaders, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Shumer, reportedly reduced …

The World on Fire By Robert Hunziker, August 09 2020

Massive uncontrolled unprecedented wild fires are consuming portions of the Amazon rainforest and several regions of the Arctic. Somebody somewhere must be asking why all of a sudden in unison, all over creation, two of the planets largest ecosystems are

The COVID “Second Wave” Will Tear Our Communities Apart By Stewart Brennan, August 09 2020

When the new flu season arrives in autumn 2020, our western governments and mainstream news media are preparing to go into overdrive and declare (without evidence) that the 2nd wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is here. The fact is, they’re

Global Warfare: “We’re Going to Take out 7 Countries in 5 Years: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan & Iran..” By General Wesley Clark, August 09 2020

Originally published in March 2007.

Global Research Editor’s Note:

This interview serves as a reminder regarding the diabolical timeline of America’s hegemonic project. Is Iran the next target “to be taken out”?

All these countries including Lebanon and Iran are

Covid-19: Questionable Policies, Manipulated Rules of Data Collection and Reporting. Is It Safe for Students to Return to School? By H. Ealy, M. McEvoy, and et al., August 09 2020
Elected officials have enacted many questionable policies that have injured our economy, educational system, our country’s mental and emotional health, and the American citizen’s personal expression of Constitutionally-protected rights to participate in our own governance.
COVID-19: Closer to the Truth: Tests and Immunity By Dr. Pascal Sacré, August 07 2020
Today, as authorities test more people, there are bound to be more positive RT-PCR tests. This does not mean that COVID-19 is coming back, or that the epidemic is moving in waves. There are more people being tested, that’s all.
Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook: The Big Four High Tech Oligarchs Appear Before the US Congress By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, August 07 2020

Silicon Valley continues to sprawl in influence, and its modern robber barons bestride the globe with a confidence verging on contempt.  The technology giants that mark that region of California are praised as “virtuosos of ingenuity,” to use Steve Forbes’

Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), A Cure for COVID-19: Smear Campaign against US Doctors. Promotion of Hazardous Mass-Vaxxing By Stephen Lendman, August 07 2020

Big Pharma in cahoots with Big Media and Big Government want a known COVID-19 cure suppressed.

Why? Because an effective treatment is readily available, cheap, and if widely used to treat the disease or taken prophylactically to prevent it, Big

Intimidation and Censorship Campaign against Online Independent Media By Andrew Korybko, August 07 2020

The heated debate within Western governments about the best way to fight what they regard as “propaganda” has recently taken a disturbing turn towards intimidation of the outlets accused of peddling such information products and even discussions about their possible

The Beirut Explosion: Who Is Responsible? By Elijah J. Magnier, August 07 2020

On Tuesday 4th of August, an explosion at the Lebanese harbour in the heart of the capital Beirut caused devastating human casualties and material destruction. Over 140 people died instantly, 80 are still missing under the rubble, and over

Death From the Sky: Hiroshima and Normalised Atrocities By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, August 07 2020

When US President Harry S. Truman made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, followed by another on Nagasaki a few days later, he was not acting as an agent untethered from history.  In

Video: Russian S-300 Air Defense System Spotted in Libya? By South Front, August 07 2020

Russia has deployed an advanced S-300 air defense system to Libya to support the forces of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar against the Turkish military and its proxies, local media reported on August 5.

According to photos surfacing online, the supposed …

America had first Contemplated Nuclear War against both China and North Korea in 1950 By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, August 07 2020
America’s use of nuclear weapons on a first strike basis is no longer considered as a weapon of total annihilation. Quite the opposite, the preemptive use of nukes is upheld as a means to ensuring global peace and security. This is the doctrine which prevails today under Trump’s “fire and fury”
The Heart of the Matter in the South China Sea By Pepe Escobar, August 07 2020

When the USS Ronald Reagan and USS Nimitz carrier strike groups recently engaged in “operations” in the South China Sea, it failed to escape cynics that the US Pacific Fleet was doing its best to turn the infantile Thucydides trap

Beirut: “It was not an Accident”. Former Member of Israel Knesset Declares Lebanon Blast as “Gift from God”. By Middle East Monitor, August 07 2020

Former Israeli Member of the Knesset Moshe Feiglin gleefully hailed yesterday’s devastating explosion in Beirut as a “gift” from God in time for the Jewish festival Tu B’Av.

Feiglin posted on Facebook that he thanked God that the deadly blast …

Cyprus Is No Longer a Tax Haven for Russia’s Oligarchs By Paul Antonopoulos, August 07 2020

Moscow announced the unilateral termination of the transnational agreement with Cyprus on the avoidance of double taxation. Effectively, Cyprus will no longer be a tax haven for Russia’s rich. Russia seems to be moving in this direction without compromise so

Impacts of 5G Wireless Radiation on Children’s Health: CHD Law Suit against FCC By Children’s Health Defense, August 07 2020

What we put in our bodies and our children’s developing bodies is the most important and most personal choice we make as human beings. But when it comes to damaging levels of radiation, that right to choose has been stolen

“Conspiracy Theory” – What Is It? By Peter Koenig, August 06 2020

Being blamed for disseminating “conspiracy theories” and therefore being a “conspiracy theorist”, is an extraordinary and smart tactic used by the true conspirators against the truth seekers.

It works most of the time with often more than 90% of the

Global Research Newsletter Temporarily Suspended By The Global Research Team, August 06 2020

Dear Readers,

Due to technical issues, our daily newsletter sent out via e-mail is currently suspended. We will be able to resume the send-out within the next week or so. We thank you for your patience.

In the meantime, as …

The Covid-19 Pandemic, Does It Exist? The Truth is Being Obliterated. The Global Elite’s Campaign Against Humanity By Robert J. Burrowes, August 06 2020

The COVID-19 virus. Does it exist? Is it a novel virus? Is there a Pandemic?

If you ask any doctor or scientist in the world to show you a scientifically-verified proof, they will not be able to show you one.

There Is No Political Solution to the Syrian Conflict By Steven Sahiounie, August 06 2020

US Secretary of State, John Kerry, of the Obama administration, created a mantra for the media: “There is no military solution to Syria.”  He said it so many times, he seemed to convince everyone.  However, after 9 years of

Voting Fraud Is Real: The U.S. Electoral System Is Vulnerable By Philip Giraldi, August 06 2020

The United States national election is now only three months away and it should be expected that the out-and-out lies emanating from both parties will increase geometrically as the polling date nears. One of the more interesting claims regarding the

On the Enduring Significance of Hiroshima after 75 Years By Canadian Peace Congress, August 06 2020

Seventy-five years ago, an act of international criminality and infamy took place, the consequences of which have posed an existential threat to humanity ever since. For the first time ever, a species had created the capacity to not only bring

Can Trump Legally Suspend Payroll Taxes by Executive Order? By Stephen Lendman, August 06 2020

Trump pushed the dubious scheme earlier.

Again this week, he claimed to have “a lot of…executive powers,” adding:

“(W)e’re looking…very seriously” at suspending payroll taxes.

The US Constitution’s Article II covers executive powers. They include nothing about circumventing matters over …

“Weapons of Mass Radiation”: Hundreds of 5G Spy Satellites Launched into the Ionosphere By Julian Rose, August 06 2020

Keeping us preoccupied with a phony virus which was supposed to kill millions and landed-up causing no more deaths than the normal winter flu, sure was a useful way of directing attention away from the earthly and upward deployment of

Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS): To Nancy Pelosi — Did Russia Hack the DNC Emails? By Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, August 06 2020

The lack of detail demanded by Pelosi may simply mean the absence of credible evidence of Russian interference as well as the absence of Clapperesque officials to conjure it up.

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Speaker Nancy Pelosi

FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals …

Wearing the Mask is Mandatory in Quebec: The Legault Government’s Legitimacy Questioned By Dr. Micheline Ladouceur, August 06 2020

“More than a thousand people responded to the call for a rally in front of the National Assembly on Sunday to protest against the mandatory wearing of masks in Quebec and more broadly for the preservation of their rights and …

Huawei and 5G Technology. US-China Confrontation By Azhar Azam, August 06 2020

This informative article focusses on the China-US confrontation regarding 5G. it does not address the impacts of 5G on health.

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First-generation mobile technology offered only analogue calls and no browsing, data transfer or SMS. Even though today’s 4G long-term

The Lessons We Haven’t Learned By Dr. Helen Caldicott, August 06 2020

My birthday is August 7, sandwiched between the anniversary dates for the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (on August 6 and August 9, 1945, respectively). I was six years old when the first bomb fell. My course in life was

Taxing the Rich. Imposing A “Pigou Wealth Tax” in the Time of COVID-19 By Kavaljit Singh, August 06 2020

Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877-1959), a British economist, is well known for his contributions to welfare economics. One of the most prolific writers of his time, Pigou wrote over a dozen books and more than 100 articles and pamphlets dealing with

Trump Administration Approves the “Stealing” of Syria’s Oil By TRT World, August 06 2020

A secretive agreement has been struck between a US oil company, Delta Crescent Energy, and the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in North Eastern Syria in order to develop and export the region’s oil.

Months after US president Donald Trump

Video: War Drums Beat in the Middle East and the Beirut Explosion By South Front, August 06 2020

On the evening of August 4th, a massive explosion rocked the port of the Lebanese capital of Beirut, causing devastating damage and leaving thousands of casualties. The explosion sent a shockwave across the city and blew out windows up to

Covid Aid, Relief and Economic Security. The CARES Act: Is the Money is Going the More Prosperous Neighbourhoods? By Bart Naylor and Ann Garrison, August 06 2020

Ann Garrison spoke to Bart Naylor, financial policy advocate with Public Citizen, about the stimulus bill passed on March 25th and the one now pending.

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Ann Garrison: Most of us have heard that the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, …

Watch Enormous Beirut Blast from 15 Synchronized Camera Angles as Mystery Surrounding Its Cause Persists By RT News, August 06 2020

Videos of the devastating explosion at the port of Beirut that left over 70 people dead and thousands wounded continue to emerge, painting a comprehensive picture of the destruction – though shedding no light on its cause.

A mega-compilation of

Legacies of African American Struggle: Rev. C.T. Vivian and Rep. John Lewis Efforts to Dismantle “Legalized Segregation” By Abayomi Azikiwe, August 06 2020

Two luminaries in the African American struggle which emerged during the 1950s and 1960s, Rev. C.T. Vivian and Congressman John Lewis, passed away on July 17.

Both figures played a prominent role in the efforts to destroy legalized segregation,

Brazil’s Money Laundering Scandal from Hell By Pepe Escobar, August 06 2020

Two decades after a political earthquake, a powerful aftershock that should be rocking Brazil apart is being met with thunderous silence.  

What is now termed “the Banestado leaks” and “CC5gate” is straight out of vintage WikiLeaks: a list, published for …

Bangkok Political Unrest. Is the US Funding Protesters to Attack Thailand’s Military and Monarchy? By Tony Cartalucci, August 05 2020

The Southeast Asian nation of Thailand has in recent years “tilted” too far toward China for Washington’s liking.

Now, the familiar signs of US-backed covert regime change are evident in Thailand’s streets. Protests are openly targeting Thailand’s current government as

Hydroxychloroquine: An Effective COVID Treatment the Media Continues to Tag as “A Dangerous Drug” By Dr. Steven Hatfill, August 05 2020

On Friday, July 31, in a column ostensibly dealing with health care “misinformation,” Washington Post media critic Margaret Sullivan opened by lambasting “fringe doctors spouting dangerous falsehoods about hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 wonder cure.”

Actually, it was Sullivan who was …

Up to 300,000 Left Homeless by Beirut Explosion: Live Updates By Ted Regencia, Linah Alsaafin, and Farah Najjar, August 05 2020

Lebanese President Michel Aoun called for an emergency cabinet meeting on Wednesday and said a two-week state of emergency should be declared following a massive explosion in Beirut that killed at least 100 people and injured 4,000 others.

The explosion …

5 August 2019: The Kashmir Conflict and the Aksai Chin Border Clash, A Dark Day for India-China Relations By Andrew Korybko, August 05 2020

Most observers at the time regarded India’s de-facto annexation of Jammu & Kashmir on 5 August 2019 as being a defining moment for either India’s internal affairs or Indian-Pakistani relations, but in reality it was a defining one for Indo-Sino

US-German Relations Are Beyond Repair as Result of Decades-long Clash of Views & Ideas. Troop Pullout Is Only a Symptom By Scott Ritter, August 05 2020

While the Trump administration sells the decision to withdraw US troops from Germany as a strengthening of NATO force alignment, the reality is it’s merely the latest manifestation of a relationship on the decline for decades.

The announcement by Secretary

Breaking: Israel Bombed Beirut? By Richard Silverstein, August 05 2020

Photo: Massive mushroom cloud from Hezbollah warehouse bombing and its aftermath

A note to our readers

We bring to the attention of our readers an important Tikun Olan תיקון עולם article by author Richard Silverstein pointing to the role of …

US War on Chinese Enterprises By Stephen Lendman, August 05 2020

US war on China’s rising prominence on the world stage is a bipartisan affair.

It won’t likely miss a beat if Biden succeeds Trump in January.

US hostility toward China by Republicans and Dems differs only or largely in style …

Kashmir, India and Human Rights By Robert Fantina, August 05 2020

It is one year since the Indian government revoked article 370 of their constitution, thus rendering Kashmir an oppressed colony of India. This is not to imply that Kashmiris enjoyed any semblance of independence prior to August 5 of 2019,

COVID-19: Are We Being Misled Again by Big Pharma? By Third World Network, August 05 2020

In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic.

This is not the first time. The WHO, in the recent past, had announced H1N1 – also known as swine flu – in June 2009, a

Devastating Beirut Explosion: An Accident or Something More Sinister? By Stephen Lendman, August 05 2020

On Tuesday, a massive explosion rocked Beirut, Lebanon’s port area.

Scores were killed, thousands wounded, dozens of people missing, along with widespread destruction and damage.

According to Lebanese authorities, around 2,700 tons of highly explosive ammonium nitrate were stored in …

P Is for Predator State: The Building Blocks of Tyranny from A to Z By John W. Whitehead, August 05 2020

“When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in short, a people become an audience and their public business a

Massive Explosion Destroys Beirut Harbor, Hundreds of Casualties By Arabi Souri, August 05 2020

A massive explosion rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut this afternoon Tuesday 04 August 2020, the center of the explosion was in the Beirut harbor.

The Lebanese people who lived through a lengthy civil war and several confrontations with Israel and …

COVID-19: We have a Treatment: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ). We do Not Need a Vaccine! By Dr. Pascal Sacré, August 04 2020

We have a treatment in COVID-19 and it doesn’t have the support of Big Pharma and their experts!

Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is effective in treating COVID-19.

It is effective in halting the progression of the disease, provided it is given early

Lithuania’s Alleged Involvement in 2014 Ukraine Maidan Coup. By Paul Antonopoulos, August 04 2020

New scandalous information about the 2014 Maidan coup d’état in Ukraine has emerged that implicates Lithuania’s important role in instigating the violent events. David Zhvania, a former Member of the Ukrainian Parliament, revealed on his YouTube channel that the

The Power Elite Has Always Run America. The Super Rich Bundled into the “Deep State” By Philip A Farruggio, August 04 2020

Sociologist  C. Wright Mills wrote a book in 1956 that (sadly) still resonates today. In his book ‘The Power Elite’ Mills focused on groups and individuals who help to control this Republic for countless generations:

  • the “Metropolitan 400”: members of
Were the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki a War Crime and a Crime Against Humanity? By Rossen Vassilev Jr., August 04 2020
The two most often cited reasons for President Truman’s controversial decision were to shorten the war and to save the lives of “between 250,000 and 500,000” American soldiers.
Reckless President Trump: Escalation of US Aggressive Posturing against China By Junaid S. Ahmad, August 04 2020

The dramatic escalation in America’s aggressive posturing was not to be unexpected. On the question of relations with Beijing, there certainly have been intra-elite battles on whether to treat China as an essential trading partner massively bolstering the US economy

State of Pandemic Disaster in Australia: Victoria Moves into Stage Four By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, August 04 2020

Melbourne.

Being in control of a sinking ship is not enviable.  Regulations previously passed have a museum feel to them, distinctly obsolete.  Directions, once dictated with confidence, lack timbre.  Coronavirus is serving as that most wily and cheeky of agents,

The Tyranny of Lithium Extraction in Argentina By Yanis Iqbal, August 04 2020

In the middle of a raging Covid-19 pandemic, Argentina has decided to accelerate the lithium mining sector. This intensification is occurring as a part of the larger expansion of Argentinean extractivism wherein the country has decided to triple its mining

Censorship. Does the U.S. Military Assassinate Journalists? By Robert Fantina, August 04 2020

As the cries of United States’ ‘exceptionalism’ are heard from the hallowed halls of Congress, one of the alleged hallmarks is freedom of the press. No nation, the breathless masses are told, protects press freedom like the United States. This

Can Israelis Broaden Their Protests Beyond Netanyahu? By Jonathan Cook, August 04 2020

Israel is roiling with angry street protests that local observers have warned could erupt into open civil strife – a development Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be encouraging.

For weeks, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv have been the scene of …