A study conducted by MintPress’ Alan Macleod revealed that both MSNBC and Fox News intentionally slanted their coverage to highlight Epstein’s links to either Bill Clinton or Donald Trump.
20 July 2020 — Sustainable Pulse
20 July 2020 — theplanningmotivedotcom
This article looks at two current economic phenomena, how retail sales always out-perform and how investment banks in the USA always make profit come rain or shine.
A quick re-examination of US unemployment data, which is an embarrassment. According to the Bureau of Labour Statistics, there were 151.1 million in work in February plus 1.7 million (Labour Department data) insured workers claiming continuing unemployment benefits making a total of 152.8 million workers. In June, the number in work according to the BLS was 138.5 million and the number claiming benefits according to the LD was 17.3 million making a grand total of 155.8 million. An increase of 3 million. Now either the number in work has been overstated by 3 million or the number of claimants have.
19 July 2020 — Climate & Capitalism
Six new books … Greta Thunberg’s story; Fighting corporate food systems; Revolutionaries on climate; Food and revolution; A case for meat; Our carbon world
Ecosocialist Bookshelf is an occasional feature. We can’t review every book we receive, but we will list and link to any that seem relevant to Climate & Capitalism’s mission, along with brief descriptions. Books described here may be reviewed in future. Inclusion of a book does not imply endorsement, or that we agree with everything (or even anything!) these books say.
19 July 2020 — What’s Left
In a major speech, US Attorney General William Barr dwelled at length on the threat Chinese-owned firms pose to corporate America’s domination of the global economy, but said little about Chinese policy on Xinjiang, Tibet, Hong Kong, and the South China Sea, the usual reasons Washington cites for its growing anti-Chinese animus.
20 July 2020 — Global Research
Citizens worldwide are still being urged to avoid direct contact with other people in order to protect themselves from infection with the corona virus, even though this virus does not pose any particular danger and “social distancing” has not been proven to be an effective protection.
The New Dark Age 