Can the anti-Netanyahu protests grow into a larger movement?

2 August 2020 — Jonathan Cook

Demonstrations have yet to draw a connection between Netanyahu’s personal abuses of office and the systemic corruption of Israeli politics, with the occupation its beating heart

The National – 2 August 2020

Israel is roiling with angry street protests that local observers have warned could erupt into open civil strife – a development Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be encouraging.

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Uneven Earth’s Monthly Readings August 2020

2 August 2020 — Uneven Earth

July readings

On decolonial ecologies, struggles for land around the world, and radical syllabi for the new school year

Once a month, we put together a list of stories we’ve been reading: news you might’ve missed or crucial conversations going on around the web. We focus on environmental justice, radical municipalism, new politics, political theory, and resources for action and education.

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TikTok – How The White House Helped U.S. Investors To Raid A Chinese Company

2 August 2020 — Moon of Alabama

In 2017 the Chinese company ByteDance bought the Shanghai-based video app Musical.ly in a $1 billion deal and relaunched under the name TikTok. The app allows its users to create and share short videos with special effects.

It was a great success and the app now has more than 80 million active users in the U.S. alone. The Chinese version Douyin is separate and has even more.

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