July 7, 2020
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Watch: Finkelstein: Israel will pretend that illegal annexation is a compromise
Author and scholar Norman Finkelstein argues that Netanyahu is exploiting a brief window of opportunity under Trump and will use the deadline to swallow up valuable West Bank while pretending to be making a compromise because he does not seize the entire territory. Continue reading
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Automated suspicion: The EU’s new travel surveillance initiatives
Join us for the launch of a report looking at how the EU is using new technologies to screen, profile and risk-assess travellers to the Schengen area, and the risks this poses to civil liberties and fundamental rights. Continue reading
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Israel lobby loses latest appeal against American Studies Association
An incessant Israel lobby-backed attempt to censor and punish the American Studies Association over its support of an academic boycott of Israel has once again failed in court. Continue reading
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Watch: Remembering Paul Robeson – Communist, Artist and Civil Rights Activist
Many African-American witnesses subpoenaed to testify at the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) hearings in the 1950s were asked to denounce Paul Robeson (1888–1976) in order to obtain future employment. Robeson, an All-American football player and recipient of a Phi Beta Kappa key at Rutgers, received a law degree at Columbia. He became an… Continue reading
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In ‘Russian Bounty’ Story, Evidence-Free Claims From Nameless Spies Became Fact Overnight
Based upon a bombshell New York Times report (6/26/20), virtually the entire media landscape has been engulfed in the allegations that Russia is paying Taliban fighters bounties to kill US soldiers. Continue reading
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Frightening numbers: Biosphere heating accelerates
At this time, the Biosphere is warming at a rate of 3.03×1015 Watts, which is equivalent to a temperature rate-of-rise of 0.0167°C/year. The warming rate has been increasing steadily since the 19th century, when it was on average “zero” except for natural fluctuations (plus and minus) that were hundreds of times smaller than today’s warming… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Radio for Week of July 6, 2020
6 July 2020 — Black Agenda Report Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford George Floyd Protests Were Result of Years of Organizing / AFRICOM Enforces US Colonial Project / Celebrating the “Father of Black Liberation Theology” / “Kwaito” Music Moves South African Youth Continue reading
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Guaido Representative Threatens FBI Investigation Into Journalists Exposing Her Dealings
Vanessa Neumann, the U.K. ambassador of self-declared President of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, claims that she is working closely with the FBI in an investigation exposing a “transnational criminal network” of journalists, including John McEvoy, Pablo Navarette, independent outlet Venezuelanalysis and former MintPress News contributor Camila Escalante. Continue reading
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