(2021-07-14). Fake Social Media Operation from Abroad Catalyzed Cuba Incident. orinocotribune.com The renowned Spanish analyst Julián Macías Tovar has broken down the intense campaign extended across social media networks against the Cuban Revolution in the last few days. It was launched from outside of Cuba and one of its directors was the Argentinean Agus Antonelli, a right-wing political operator who has participated in several campaigns against leftist movements in Latin America. | The operation made extensive use of robots, algorithms, and accounts recently created for the occasion, intended to amplify the messages issued by the directors of the manipulative campaign. | The first account that used the ha…
(2021-07-14). Twitter Reports Rise in Governments Demanding Removal of Journalists' Content. commondreams.org By raising taxes on the wealthy and redirecting other public resources, we can meet everyone's needs and strengthen our economy.
(2021-07-14). Guide to safe grilling practices. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The July Fourth holiday weekend often means gatherings. Keep your gathering safe by following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's COVID-19 guidance for activities. If you are looking forward to a weekend cookout, make sure to keep foodborne bacteria and germs off your guest list. Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a Mayo Clinic pediatric infectious diseases physician, says warmer temperatures are when foodborne germs thrive and illnesses peak. Watch: Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse talks about safe grilling practices. www.youtube.com/watch?v=19v4oRLW-hw&t=3s Journalists: Broadcast-quality sound bites are…
(2021-07-14). Top CEOs Made Nearly 300 Times More Than Average Employee During Pandemic. commondreams.org The social media giant said that in the second half of 2020, the accounts of nearly 200 verified reporters and news outlets worldwide faced 361 legal demands to remove content—a 26% increase from the first half of the year.
(2021-07-14). Saudi Officials Claim 'Accident' Behind Large Explosions In Ammo Depots Near Al-Kharj (Video). southfront.org 
Screen grab from one of the explosions' videos. | Early on July 14, a series of explosions rocked the outskirts of the central Saudi city of al-Kharaj to the south of the Kingdom's capital al-Riyadh. | Local activists shared videos on social media showing large explosions near al-Kharaj, where ammunition depots and military bases are known to be located. | A spokesman for the Saudi Ministry of Defense, Brigadier General Turki al-Malki, claimed in a brief statement that an "accident" was behind the explosions. | "An inciden…
(2021-07-13). President Díaz-Canel Speaks with the People in Streets of Cuba & Repudiates Fake News. orinocotribune.com 
With a tour of the streets of Cuba, President Miguel Díaz-Canel sent a message of gratitude to the revolutionaries who came out to counter the manipulations of the national and international right wing promoting acts of violence. | In this way, the president joined the campaign in defense of peace and sovereignty on the Caribbean island, which has been threatened recently by what he denounced as "counterrevolutionary elements who receive money from US agencies." | Meanwhile, in the mainstream media and on social media networks, the usual suspects tried to disseminate fake news of an alleged mass mobilization agai…
(2021-07-13). Lula Rejects the Manipulation of Narrative Against Cuba. telesurenglish.net Former Brazilian president and socialist leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva denounced via Twitter on Tuesday the manipulation of the Cuban reality in the aftermath of Sunday ¥s disturbs. | RELATED: | "What is happening in Cuba that is so special that they talk about it so much?! There was a march. I even saw the president of Cuba at the march, talking to people. Cuba has already suffered 60 years from a US econ…
(2021-07-13). Talk World Radio: Brian Concannon: Haiti Has Had All the U.S. Help It Can Stand. warisacrime.org 
Talk World Radio is recorded as audio and video on Riverside.fm. Here is this week's video and all the videos on Youtube. This week on Talk World Radio, we're discussing Haiti with human rights lawyer and activist Brian Concannon. He is Executive Director of Project Blueprint, which promotes a progressive, human rights-based U.S. foreign policy …
(2021-07-13). Roe v. Wade Is Under Attack. Organizers Say We Must Take Action Beyond the Court. truthout.org 
Image Credit: Facebook: Center for Reproductive Rights | The Supreme Court is set to review a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy that intends to challenge Roe v. Wade, raising concern for advocates about how reproductive rights can be preserved without the landmark ruling. "I think it's very, very likely that the court will either eradicate the right to choose abortion as we now know it completely or so undermine it to make it meaningless for most of American women,"
(2021-07-13). Black academic Cornel West hammers 'spiritual rot' of Harvard in fiery resignation letter. rt.com 
Leftist philosopher Cornel West has decried the "spiritual rot" of Harvard University in a resignation letter to the elite school. West, who has clashed with Harvard before, said race and politics influenced his departure. | "How sad it is to see our beloved Harvard Divinity School in such decline and decay," West wrote in a resignation letter from the Ivy League institution, penned in June but posted to his Twitter account on Tuesday. Continuing to air his grievances at the school, West claimed that the "shadow of Jim Crow" looms over its campus, and slammed the "superficial diversity" apparently embraced by…
(2021-07-13). Venezuela Reports 1,200 New COVID-19 Cases, 12 Deaths & a 94% Recovery Rate on Sunday. orinocotribune.com 
On the 483rd day of the pandemic in Venezuela, Sunday, July 11, the nation reported 1,200 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours—all due to community transmission—in addition to 12 deaths. The details were announced by the Executive Vice President, Delcy Rodríguez, through her Twitter account. | With this update, Venezuela reaches a total of 284,942 infections and 3,290 deaths through almost 16 months of the pandemic. Of these, 14,024 are active cases, of whom 7,389 are receiving care in hospitals, 5,995 in Comprehensive Diagnostic Centers, and 640 in private clinics. The number of individuals…
(2021-07-13). Sydney Mockdown: The Delta Variant Strikes. counterpunch.org "Dear customers, if you are standing there reading this sign you are part of the problem. STAY THE FUCK HOME! Best, Sydney." — Note on store front, Sydney, Twitter, July 10, 2021 It is proving to be an unfolding nightmare. For a government that had been beaming with pride at their COVID contract tracing for
(2021-07-13). "Pulled from YouTube": Mantra of Our Age. dissidentvoice.org 
I am of the opinion that people have the right to decide whether to accept vaccines or not, especially since these are experimental vaccines … My concern is I know there are risks but we don't have access to the data … We don't really have the information we need to make a reasonable decision. …
(2021-07-13). Burger King Workers Resign In Protest. popularresistance.org Burger King workers in Lincoln, Nebraska quit en masse when their general manager Rachael Flores gave her notice after months of mistreatment from higher ups. On the way out last week, Flores put up a message that went viral on social media, using the Burger King sign to announce: "We all quit. Sorry for the inconvenience."