(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). 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). 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). 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."
(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). "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). 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). 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…
(2021-07-13). Canciller cubano rechaza postura de presidente de Brasil. cubadebate.cu Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba, rechazó la postura del presidente de Brasil Jair Bolsonaro, quien realizó valoraciones en la red social Twitter sobre la supuesta situación en la mayor de las Antillas. Bolsonaro publicó la víspera un mensaje en el que supuestamente ofrecía todo el apoyo y solidaridad al pueblo cubano.
(2021-07-12). Fake Social Media Operation from Abroad Catalyzes Cuba Incident. telesurenglish.net The renowned Spanish analyst Julián Macías Tovar has broken down the intense campaign articulated in digital social networks against the Cuban Revolution in the last few days. It was launched from abroad and has had as its referent the Argentinean Agus Antonelli, a right-wing political operator who has participated in several operations against leftist processes in Latin America.
(2021-07-12). YouTube is censoring 'normal discourse' & punishing those who fight back, content creator targeted by platform tells RT. rt.com 
YouTube is selectively enforcing its policies regarding 'disinformation' in what appears to be an attempt to silence content creators who oppose the platform's penchant for censorship, political commentator Matt Orfalea told RT. | Orfalea is speaking from experience: Last week he received a 'strike' and had his channel demonetized for allegedly violating the company's policy prohibiting "violent criminal organizations." The flagged video was a seven-year-old satirical fake Starbucks ad, which referred to the coffee chain's "insanely overpriced beverages for psychopaths." YouTube later admitted it had acted "in…
(2021-07-12). 'Save our democracy': Texas Democrats RUN AWAY to Washington in bid to block state voter reform. rt.com 
Seeking to deny quorum to the Texas state legislature and block a bill they called "voter suppression," Democrat lawmakers piled into a plane to Washington, DC and sought aid from the Biden administration. | "My Democratic colleagues and I are leaving the state to break quorum and kill the Texas voter suppression bill," James Talarico, who represents District 52 in the state House, tweeted on Monday afternoon. "We're flying to DC to demand Congress pass the For The People Act and save our democracy." | My Democratic colleagues and I are leaving the state to break quorum and kill the Texas voter suppression bil…
(2021-07-12). From Festive Italian Boobs to English Hooligans Going Mad: Fans Meet Results of Euro 2020 Final. sputniknews.com The Italian national team made history on Sunday night with a narrow win against England 3: 2 on penalties. As the match ended, Italian fans across the world went into a celebratory frenzy.
(2021-07-12). Why America Can't Have "Nice Things" counterpunch.org Some time back a woman living in Sweden, "Caroline" @SweResistance on Twitter, posted a thread that said: "I live in Sweden. We have social security, affordable health care, strict gun laws, 5 weeks paid annual leave, 1 year maternity leave, etc. And no, we're not a communist country, and not even strictly socialistic but socio-democratic.
(2021-07-12). Turkish warplanes "neutralize" more Kurds in Iraq. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkish warplanes "neutralize" more Kurds in Iraq Today's Turkish press boastfully trumpets the fact that its nation's jets have "neutralized" two more Kurds in northern Iraq. The Turkish Defense Ministry tweeted its triumph on July, not omitting a video of the killing of the "terrorists." (Kurdish resistance fighters.) The announcement came a few days after …
(2021-07-12). In Gossip Girl's Reboot, Wealthy Teens Grapple With Their Privilege. Is That Enough? counterpunch.org When Gossip Girl returns to television screens this summer, things will be different. We will meet the young, rich protagonists on their first day of school—finally reunited after a long pandemic. Presumptive heartthrob Obie Bergmann IV shows up late, disheveled. "You're rumpled and sweaty," his social media influencer girlfriend, Julien, berates him. He had better