China's Foreign Policy Part 6, 1995-2001: Hong Kong Returns to China and China Joins the WTO
The Socialist Program | liberationnews.org | 2021-07-22
This interview is an episode of The Socialist Program with Brian Becker, a podcast providing news and views about the world for those who want to change it. You can follow the show on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Today's episode is the sixth in a multi-part series that takes an in-depth look at the history …
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UN Experts Denounce 'Devastating Consequences' of the Blockade on Venezuelan Cancer Patients (Deaths of 14 Children Including 3 Babies)
José Manuel Blanco Diaz | orinocotribune.com | 2021-07-22
Six human rights experts of the United Nations (UN) have raised the issue of the devastating impact of the blockade imposed on Venezuela by the United States and Europe for Venezuelan patients who require cancer treatment. | In this regard, Venezuelan Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jorge Arreaza, published in his Twitter account the statement issued by six UN rapporteurs and experts in the field of human rights, regarding unilateral coercive measures and their repercussions on fundamental human rights. | In the statement, the United Nations experts refer to the obstacles that the blockade imposes on the work of th…
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The Drug Companies Are Killing People
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2021-07-22
I get to say this about the drug companies, now that President Biden has said that Facebook is killing people because it was allowing people to use its system to spread lies about the vaccines. There is actually a better case against the drug companies. After all, they are using their government-granted patent monopolies, and…
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Republicans Are Using Antitrust Reform as a Trojan Horse to Attack Democracy
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-07-22
Over the past year, we have seen a tidal wave of support to address and rein in monopolies like we haven't seen in decades. As companies like Amazon and Facebook have demonstrated the dangers of having too much power concentrated in one company — and as corporate consolidation has upended entire sectors of our economy, from farms to pharmacies — regulators and elected officials have taken unheard-of new steps to stop the spread of unchecked corporate power. | These past few weeks,…
truthout.org/articles/republicans-are-using-antitrust-reform-as-a-trojan-horse-to-attack-democracy/
Tuesday 7/27: The Assimilation of Jews in China — a Talk by Dr. Kang Liao
Catherine Crockett | indybay.org | 2021-07-22
Free, virtual event on Zoom. Register at www.tinyurl.com/Zoom-Kang-Liao for the join link. | Also live-streamed from Monterey, CA on MPJC's YouTube Channel: www.tinyurl.com/MPJC-YouTube-Channel…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/19/18843817.php
Friday 7/30: Presidio Wildlife Restoration w/ Ecologist Jonathan Young
San Francisco Public Library | indybay.org | 2021-07-22
Online via livestream on YouTube…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/20/18843852.php
The White House and Facebook vs. Freedom of Speech
Mickey Z. | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-07-21
It's not unusual for politically minded people on Facebook to claim that they're being targeted and censored. They all think they're "too radical" in one way or another and thus, must be silenced by the authorities. Hey, in my activist days, I'd even get insulted if I wasn't pulled off the line to board a …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/07/the-white-house-and-facebook-vs-freedom-of-speech/
The White House and Facebook vs. Freedom of Speech
Mickey Z. | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-07-21
It's not unusual for politically minded people on Facebook to claim that they're being targeted and censored. They all think they're "too radical" in one way or another and thus, must be silenced by the authorities. Hey, in my activist days, I'd even get insulted if I wasn't pulled off the line to board a …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/07/the-white-house-and-facebook-vs-freedom-of-speech/
23 July, Toulouse: Palestine Stand — "Boycott Israel, Boycott Puma"
Staff | samidoun.net | 2021-07-21
Friday, 23 July 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Metro Bagatelle Toulouse, France Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/138751731724784 On Friday July 23 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Collectif Palestine Vaincra is organizing a Palestine Stand at the exit of the Bagatelle metro in Toulouse. While an initial step has been taken by the Ben & Jerry's ice cream brand, which has partially withdrawn from occupied Palestine, many international companies are profiting from the Israeli apartheid economy. This is the case of the sports equipment supplier PUMA, official sponsor of the Israel Football Federation. A broad international ca…
samidoun.net/2021/07/23-july-toulouse-palestine-stand-boycott-israel-boycott-puma/
UN: "US Policy Threatens Venezuelan Cancer Patients' Treatment"
telesurenglish.net | 2021-07-21
The Foreign Minister of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Jorge Arreaza, informed this Wednesday on his social network Twitter account that six United Nations rapporteurs and experts, through a communiqué, denounced the United States (U.S.) Government for directly affecting the fundamental rights of Venezuelans through Illegal sanctions that prevent treatments for cancer patients. | RELATED: | US Blockade Deprives Venezuelan Cancer Patients of Treatment | The experts assure t…
telesurenglish.net/news/UN-US-Policy-Threatens-Venezuelan-Cancer-Patients-Treatment-20210721-0016.html
21N: CNE Initiates Candidate Nomination Process
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-07-21
On Tuesday, July 20, the head rector of the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela, Tania D'Amelio, through a post on her Twitter account, invited all political parties as well as indigenous organizations to register their authorized bodies that will nominate their respective candidates for the November 21 elections. The registration period will continue from July 20 to July 31. | "All political organizations and indigenous organizations are requested to present to the CNE their authorized representatives to nominate candidates for November 21," D'Amelio wrote in her post, and attached the notification iss…
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Cuba Defies US To Deny Pressuring OAS Members
telesurenglish.net | 2021-07-21
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parilla denounced on Wednesday a U.S. campaign to pressure members of the Organization of American States (OAS) to sign a joint statement condemning the arrests during the July 11 protests. | RELATED: | 'Cuba Will Never Be a Land of Hatred', Diaz-Canel Says | Following the protests, the Cuban government demonstrated the participation of U.S. organizations in the disturbs with the compliance of Twitter, which allowed bots to turn the hashtag SOS Cuba…
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What's Actually Going On In Cuba?
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