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Video: “Human 2.0”? Humans Melding with Artificial Intelligence. A Wake-Up Call to the World By Dr. Carrie Madej, August 23 2020

What does “Human 2.0” mean?

According to Dr. Carrie Madej, it is transhumanism where humans are melding with artificial intelligence, like in the movie Matrix.

Transhumanism has a bearing on the Future Of Humanity.

It is happening right in

The 2020 Covid Global Economic Meltdown: “Political Trickery” and the Relevance of 9/11 By Prof. Anthony J. Hall, August 23 2020

The world economic crisis of 2020 is creating the context for large-scale repeats of some key aspects of the bailout of 2007-2010. The bailout of 2007-2008 drew, in turn, from many practices developed in the period when the explosive events

Obscene Pandemic Profiteering: Largest Consolidation of Wealth in American History By David DeGraw, August 23 2020

According to the Institute for Policy Studies: “Since March 18, the beginning of the pandemic,” the 12 richest Americans “have seen their combined wealth increase $283 billion, an increase of almost 40 percent.”

Those 12 people primarily benefited from the …

Echo Chamber US Politics: The “All About Trump” Democratic National Convention By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, August 23 2020

It was hard to stomach.  The usual suspects, the usual scripts tatty from overuse.  The 2020 Democratic National Convention was a prolonged display of avoidance, evasion and theatrical amnesia.  There were moments of formality masquerading as promise: Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Washington’s Role in Thailand’s “Student Protests”, Destabilize Thailand, Undermine Thai-Chinese Relations By Tony Cartalucci, August 23 2020

Virtually every aspect of “student protests” in Thailand are funded and backed by the US and aimed at destabilizing a key partner of China, reversing Thai-Chinese relations, and advancing Washington’s Beijing containment policy. 

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Senate Voting Record of Kamala Harris. Pro-Big Money, Pro-Israel, Pro-War Dem Foot Soldier By Stephen Lendman, August 23 2020

The US political season never ends. It’ll be in high gear post-conventions this month.

According to the Center for Responsive Politics, US 2020 presidential aspirants, groups working on their behalf, “leadership PACs, super PACs, dark money outlets,” and other sources

The Carney/Freeland “Green Reset” Shapes Canada’s ‘New Normal’ By Matthew Ehret-Kump, August 23 2020

Surprising ruptures have shaken the Canadian political landscape this week as Trudeau’s Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland announced that she would add “Finance Minister” to her portfolio the day after scandal-ridden Bill Morneau stepped down from the position on the

From Lockdown to Police State: The “Great Reset” Rolls Out By Ellen Brown, August 23 2020

Mayhem in Melbourne

On August 2, lockdown measures were implemented in Melbourne, Australia, that were so draconian that Australian news commentator Alan Jones said on Sky News: “People are entitled to think there is an ‘agenda to destroy western

Does the Face Mask Protect You From Covid? Ask Dr. Anthony Fauci. When He Spoke against the Mask, It Was Categorized as “Fake News” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, August 22 2020

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) described as one of the world’s leading experts on infectious diseases was until recently categorically against wearing the face mask.

He offered advice and provided specific …

US Elections: Dissecting the Democrats in 2020 By Michael Welch, Mark Robinowitz, and Ajamu Baraka, August 22 2020

There’s a term: ‘Good Cop. Bad Cop.’ And Trump is the ‘bad cop.’ Biden is the ‘good cop.’

-Mark Robinowitz, from today’s interview.

 

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The race that …

The Covid-19 “Big Lie”: Is This What You Want for Your Children? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, August 21 2020

The Daily Mail has come out with an incisive review of a Kinder-garden in Thailand which has applied the model of social engineering imposed by the Royal Thai government.

Similar guidelines have been imposed by governments throughout the World. 

Social

NATO Poses a Threat to Belarus: Why Did Russia Reaffirm Its CSTO Support to Belarus but Not to Armenia? By Andrew Korybko, August 21 2020

Russia’s reaffirmation of its CSTO mutual defense obligations to Belarus was made in response to Lukashenko’s claims that NATO poses a threat to Belarus, which Moscow evidently believes are at least credible enough to remind the alliance about its red

The Fault Dear Citizens… Elections… By Philip A Farruggio, August 21 2020

” … Is not in our stars but in ourselves”. Paraphrased right out of Shakespeare (Julius Caesar) you have it in a nutshell, for all of you, like myself, who actually vote.

It seems that during each and every major

The ‘Snapback’ Iran Stunt Will Blow Up in Pompeo’s Face By Daniel Larison, August 21 2020

Following last week’s humiliating rebuke of the U.S. at the Security Council, Mike Pompeo is going to the United Nations in a transparent, bad-faith effort to trigger the so-called “snapback” provision to reimpose U.N. sanctions on Iran. Only JCPOA participants

Belarus: Why Is Lukashenko Being Color Revolutioned Just Now? By F. William Engdahl, August 21 2020

The globalist Powers That Be have clearly decided to topple the long-standing sole-ruler of Belarus, President Aleksander Lukashenko. The question is why at just this time? There is a case to be made that one reason is he is

Lancetgate: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) to Treat Covid-19 Patients. Why Was this “Monumental Fraud” Not a Huge Scandal? By Daniel Espinosa, August 21 2020

A high-profile and highly influential scientific study regarding the potential of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) to treat Covid-19 patients was retracted among suggestions of fraud back in June. The research in question was headed by a renowned Harvard professor called Mandeep Mehra

How Israel Wages War on Palestinian History By Jonathan Cook, August 21 2020

When the Palestinian actor Mohammed Bakri made a documentary about Jenin in 2002 – filming immediately after the Israeli army had completed rampaging through the West Bank city, leaving death and destruction in its wake – he chose an unusual

Russia/US New START Extension Talks, No Resolution of Major Differences By Stephen Lendman, August 21 2020

In not renewed, New START expires on February 5, 2021.

Months earlier, Trump falsely called it a “bad deal.”

He never read it and knows no more about it than what Pompeo and other regime hardliners told him.

The decade-ago …

Video: Idlib Is Burning. New Proxy War in Deir Ezzor By South Front, August 21 2020

The series of unfortunate events involving the US-led coalition, Turkey and Turkish proxies continues in Syria’s Greater Idlib.

Late on August 19 and early on August 20, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) shelled positions of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham near Haranabush …

Agenda ID2020: The Diabolical Agenda within the Agenda. “Genetically Modified Humanity” By Peter Koenig, August 21 2020

“A Wakeup Call to the World” – this is what Dr. Carrie Madej calls the hidden agenda within the barely talked about ID2020.

What is envisaged is a “genetically modified humanity” (GMH) so as to better control, command the world

Drug Trafficking Militias Massacre Social Leaders in Colombia By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida, August 21 2020

In Colombia, a terrible wave of violence affects the people and especially traditional indigenous communities. According to United Nations data, more than 40 murders of social leaders have occurred this year alone.

Last Tuesday, August 18, three Indians of the …

US to Tighten Venezuela Sanctions after Gasoline Seizure By Ricardo Vaz, August 21 2020

The Trump administration is reportedly considering ending all Venezuela oil sanctions exemptions in October.

“Whatever oil business is left has to be completed (by the deadline),” an anonymous source told Reuters, while a State Department spokesman said Washington continues

The Real Problem with COVID-19 Vaccines By Tony Cartalucci, August 21 2020

Before even debating the efficacy, safety, and necessity of different vaccines – one must get past the fact that the most corrupt corporations on Earth hold a monopoly over their development (and the profits made from them). 

Forbes in their …

Mismanagement of the Covid Crisis: Governments and Their Agencies Are Killing Their Own People? By Mark Taliano, August 21 2020

Governments subservient to globalist diktats are willfully killing their own people in the name of fighting a misnamed “pandemic”.

SARS-COV-2, the virus said to be the causative agent of COVID-19, has been neither isolated nor purified. Nevertheless, even according to …

Underpaying Casual Staff and Forgetting Education: The Australian University Formula By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, August 21 2020
750 Million Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Approved for Release in Florida Keys By Center for Food Safety, August 20 2020

The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) yesterday approved the first-ever U.S. release of genetically engineered mosquitoes. Despite public outcry and scientific dispute over the human health and environment risks posed by this field trial, the approval permits the release

Trump Regime Unilaterally and Illegally Imposing Snapback Sanctions on Iran By Stephen Lendman, August 20 2020

Unanimously adopted Security Council Resolution 2231 that affirmed the JCPOA nuclear deal eliminated UN sanctions on Iran.

Its provisions and the P5+1 approved nuclear agreement are binding international and US constitutional law under the Supremacy Clause — Article VI, Clause

Berlin Dismisses Washington’s Threats: The Construction of the Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline with Russia Will Proceed By Paul Antonopoulos, August 20 2020

Although the U.S. can threaten Germany, now during the American election campaign, threats cannot prevent the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline between Russia and Germany. It is interesting to observe how for the first time this century

Beware the US-Israel-UAE Strategic Agenda for the Arab Region By Rami G. Khouri, August 20 2020

It certainly was dramatic, as US President Donald Trump announced in the White House Thursday an agreement by the United Arab Emirates and Israel to move to full normalisation.

But is it really a harbinger of wider peace in the

The CIA Versus the Kennedys By Jacob G. Hornberger, August 20 2020

Former Congressman Ron Paul and his colleague Dan McAdams recently conducted a fascinating interview with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., which focused in part on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, who was Kennedy Jr.’s uncle. The interview

How the US Helped Push Lebanon to the Brink of Collapse, and Now Threatens More Sanctions By Ben Norton, August 20 2020

While the media blames the crisis in Lebanon solely on corruption, the US government unleashed a “maximum pressure” campaign to push regime change and crush Lebanese resistance with sanctions and aggressive hybrid warfare.

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As the people of Lebanon suffer …

In Further War Crime, Israelis Cut Electricity to Gaza, Idling 50,000 Factory Workers By Prof. Juan Cole, August 20 2020

The government of far right Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu cut off fuel for the sole power plant in the Gaza Strip, a small Palestinian territory surrounded on three sides by and blockaded by Israel. As a result, on Monday

All Spying All the Time: The Insatiable Appetite of the US Government to Spy on Everyone in America. By Judge Andrew P. Napolitano, August 20 2020

During this summer of madness in Portland, Oregon, and sadness over COVID-19, two below-the-radar events occurred implicating the insatiable appetite of the United States government to spy on everyone in America. Regular readers of this column know that the feds

Planet in Crisis, Higher Values of Society Corrupted, The Expression of Moral and Ethical Values By Julian Rose, August 20 2020

One cannot fail to recognise the ubiquitous crisis in all forms of leadership that exists on the planet today. Qualities of wisdom, courage and statesmanship, once admired and emulated by aspiring people of principle, have been undermined and sterilised via

The Belarusian Labor Strike Movement Could Bring Down Lukashenko By Andrew Korybko, August 20 2020

Belarus’ disproportionate budgetary dependence on five big businesses makes it extremely vulnerable to economic destabilization if the tiny percentage of the country’s population employed in those companies join in the nationwide labor strike movement to remove Lukashenko.

“The Economic Factor

Medical Fascism: Australia Plans to Make Covid-19 Vaccine ‘as Mandatory as Possible’ Once Proven Safe By Samantha Maiden and Charis Chang, August 20 2020

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he intends to make a Covid-19 vaccine as “mandatory as you can possibly make it” for all Australians once it becomes available.

It emerged today that the Morrison Government has confirmed a landmark agreement …

USAID Document Exposes New US Plot to Overthrow Nicaragua’s Elected Socialist Government By Ben Norton, August 20 2020

A disturbing new document outlines plans for a US regime-change scheme against Nicaragua’s elected leftist government, overseen by USAID, to bring about a “market economy” and a purge of Sandinistas.

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A newly released document exposes a US government operation …

Privatization of Urban Areas? American Cities Need Bailouts Not More Usurious Bond Schemes By Abayomi Azikiwe, August 20 2020

On August 14, the final abandoned home was demolished with the more than $265 million in Hardest Hit Funds initially designed to preserve neighborhoods as opposed to their destruction in the majority African American city of Detroit. (See this)

Video: In Mysterious Incident US Military Lost Two MQ-9 Reapers over Idlib By South Front, August 20 2020

The shaky stability established in Syria after the end of the Turkish attack on the Syrian Army in Idlib in February and March of 2020 has collapsed.

Just a day after the confrontation between the US military and the Syrian …

The Hariri Assassination: Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Verdict. Fake Justice on Behalf of Israel By Stephen Lendman, August 20 2020

In May 2007, Security Council Resolution 1757 established the STL “on the outskirts of the Hague.”

Ten SC members voted “yes,” none “no,” Russia, China, South Africa, Indonesia, and Qatar abstaining.

Five judges were involved in proceedings, Judge David Re

Memoir of a World Watcher: Diana Johnstone By Diana Johnstone and Bonnie Faulkner, August 20 2020

We discuss Diana Johnstone’s memoir, “Circle in the Darkness”:

Yugoslavia under Tito; bombing of Serbia; Camp Bondsteel; spook revelation journalism;

Paris in 1968; anti-war movement of the ‘60s; legacy of Charles de Gaulle; Europe occupied since WWII;

the Greens; …

Trump Regime Further Escalates War on China’s Huawei By Stephen Lendman, August 20 2020

Chinese tech giant Huawei calls itself “an independent, privately-held company that provides information and communication technology (ICT)…connect(ing) over three billion people in (over) 170 countries.”

The company is leading the race to roll out 5G technology, its market potential worth

Was COVID-19 a Cover for an Anticipated or Planned Financial Crisis? By Prof. Anthony J. Hall, August 20 2020

A major sign of financial distress in the US economy kicked in in mid-September of 2019 when there was a breakdown in the normal operation of the Repo Market. This repurchase market in the United States is important in

The Hariri Assassination: Israel ’s Fingerprints By Rannie Amiri, August 20 2020

This incisive article by Rannie Amiri focussing on Israel’s spy ring in Lebanon was first published by Global Research on July 23, 2010. The article also addresses the role of the UN sponsored Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL)

Is it …

The Assassination of Yasser Arafat was Ordered by The Israeli Cabinet: “We will Choose the Right Way and the Right Time to Kill Arafat.” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, August 20 2020

First published on November 19, 2013.

Author’s Note 

Who killed Hariri, Who killed Arafat? 

According to the August 18, 2020 verdict by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) in The Hague Salim Ayyash was found guilty of killing Prime Minister 

Covid-19: Lockdown of the Global Economy of Planet Earth. Diabolical Project: The Closing Down of 193 National Economies Is Not “A Solution” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky and Bonnie Faulkner, August 19 2020

Planet Lockdown. Devastating economic and social consequences. 

We are living one of the most serious crises in modern history. 

According to Michel Chossudovsky, the coronavirus pandemic is used as a pretext and a justification to close down the global

Video: US-led Coalition Struck Syrian Army Checkpoint after US Patrol Was Blocked in Northeastern Syria By South Front, August 19 2020

For the first time in about a year, Syrian pro-government forces and the US-led coalition found itself engaged in what seems to be direct clashes near the village of Tal al-Dhahab in northeastern Syria.

Syrian sources said that on August …

New Normal? Better Normal! Economic and Social Impacts of Lockdown. Director-General of the ILO By Guy Ryder, August 19 2020

In these times of COVID-19 , the big challenge for most of us is how to protect ourselves and our families from the virus and how to hold on to our jobs. For policy-makers that translates into beating the pandemic

From Empire Back to Republic? Toward the Restoration of the American Republic. Towards A National Anti-Imperialist Consensus? By Prof. Charles McKelvey, August 19 2020

In the 2010 book American Empire Before the Fall, Bruce Fein maintains that beginning with the notion of Manifest Destiny and the launching of war against Mexico in 1846, and culminating in the endless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the

The Pandemic Stilled Human Activity. What Did this ‘Anthropause’ Mean for Wildlife? By Erik Stokstad, August 19 2020

After the coronavirus pandemic exploded worldwide, Ari Friedlaender, a marine ecologist at the University of California (UC), Santa Cruz, had to abandon his fieldwork in Antarctica, where he was studying the effects of tourism and fishing on humpback whales.

American Politics: Send in the Clowns for the Circus Is in Town By Edward Curtin, August 19 2020

Don’t bother, they’re here, already performing in the center ring under the big top owned and operated by The Umbrella People. 

Trump, Biden, Pence, Harris, and their clownish sidekicks, Pompeo, Michelle Obama, et al., are performing daily under the umbrella’s

China vs. America, Whose Century Is It? Don’t Ask Donald Trump: “The Invisible Chinese Virus” By Dilip Hiro, August 19 2020

For the Trump administration’s senior officials, it’s been open season on bashing China. If you need an example, think of the president’s blame game about “the invisible Chinese virus” as it spreads wildly across the U.S.

When it …

The Global Research Newsletter Is Back! By The Global Research Team, August 19 2020

Dear Readers,

We are happy to announce that we have launched The Global Research Newsletter in its new format. This change was required for technical reasons. We apologize for the interruption in our daily send-out and thank you for your …

Berlin’s Appeasement to Turkish Aggression Linked to Germany’s Plans to Become the Biggest Energy Hub in EU By Paul Antonopoulos, August 19 2020

At a time when the European Union was extremely quick to mobilize and condemn Alexander Lukashenko’s presidential re-election and is preparing a sanctions package against Belarus, disinterest and appeasement towards Turkish aggression against member states Greece and Cyprus continues

Lukashenko Just Hinted at a ‘Phased Leadership Transition’ in Belarus By Andrew Korybko, August 19 2020

Belarusian President Lukashenko’s announcement that presidential elections will follow a planned constitutional referendum possibly paves the way for a “phased leadership transition” in the Color Revolution-beleaguered former Soviet Republic, one which opens up an opportunity for Russia to protect its

Video: Rain of Rockets Hits US Forces in Iraq. Israeli-UAE Peace Deal Crumbles Days after Its Announcement By South Front, August 19 2020

As it was expected, the ‘historic’ UAE-Israeli peace deal did not contribute to the stability in the Middle East. Instead, the situation has been slowly, but steadily moving towards a larger confrontation in the region.

Immediately after the announcement of …

The Hariri Assassination Verdict. The Geopolitical Implications By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, August 19 2020

On February 14, 2005, an explosion rocked Beirut killing and injuring hundred of people chief among them the former Prime Minister of Lebanon, Rafik al-Hariri. The West was quick to blame Hezbollah and Syria. In 2006, Israel and its

The Verdict Is Out, and a New Investigation Is Beginning in Beirut By Steven Sahiounie, August 19 2020

The verdict was finally delivered Aug. 18 by presiding Judge David Re, of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), based near The Hague in The Netherlands. The trial, which began in 2014 and cost about $1 billion, found

Video: Trudeau and Canadian Government Sued over COVID Measures. Constitutional Lawyer Rocco Galati By Rocco Galati and Sarah Westall, August 19 2020

Super Lawyer Rocco Galati sues the Canadian government, Trudeau, Health Ministers, and others in first of its kind superior court lawsuit.

Galati lays out for listeners why his client and others have decided to sue over the extreme COVID measures

UK’s Lead Role in 1953 Iran Coup d’etat Exposed By Al-Jazeera, August 19 2020

A recently discovered transcript of an interview with a British intelligence officer who played a leading role in the 1953 coup that restored powers to the shah of Iran claims that Britain was the driving force behind the overthrow of

Halting Our Descent into Tyranny: Defeating the Global Elite’s COVID-19 Coup By Robert J. Burrowes, August 19 2020

As many authors have documented, the global elite is conducting a coup to take complete control of our lives. It is doing this by using the ‘virus’ to terrorize the human population into believing that we will ‘catch’ Covid-19 if

Trade Wars Threaten Post-pandemic Global Economic Recovery By Paul Antonopoulos, August 19 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic did not stop U.S. protectionism and its trade disputes with the rest of the world, especially with China and the European Union. In actual fact, it deepened the conflict. This behaviour anticipates very complicated post-pandemic international trade,

For Iraqis, the Choice Is Between Pandemic and Poverty By Nabil Salih, August 19 2020

On Baghdad’s al-Rashid street, stalls, tea houses and restaurants serve unmasked customers in crammed markets in spite of COVID-19 rapidly spreading among the populace. This busy street in Baghdad is a testament to pre-existing governance failure that has been felt

The Fake News About Iran & the Taliban Aims to Achieve Three Strategic Objectives By Andrew Korybko, August 19 2020

The CNN report earlier this week alleging that Iran paid bounties to the Taliban to kill US troops aims to reinforce the narrative that Tehran supports “terrorists”, portray the country as an obstacle to peace in Afghanistan, and lastly prompt

Keep It Real: “Circle in the Darkness: Memoirs of a World Watcher”. Review of Diana Johnstone’s Book By Rick Sterling, August 19 2020

Diana Johnstone has written a compelling and insightful book. It is mostly a review and analysis of significant events from the past 55 years. It concludes with her assessment of different trends that are being debated on the Left today

Analysis of Vaccine, Censorship Claims Another Victim: Honest-Journalism Giant, Del Bigtree’s “The Highwire” By Robert F. Kennedy Jr, August 19 2020

On July 29, YouTube terminated Del Bigtree’s “The Highwire” account after he posted a video of Del and me discussing my debate with Alan Dershowitz on vaccine mandates. YouTube also purged hundreds of other truthful videos on vaccines.

YouTube’s …

America Has Never Experienced a Heatwave Quite Like this By Michael Snyder, August 19 2020

Every summer is hot, and every summer there are heatwaves, but what we are witnessing in 2020 is rewriting all of the rules.  It has been blistering hot across the Southwest, and record after record is being broken.  In a

Chief Defendant in Rafik Hariri Killing Convicted on All Counts by UN-backed Tribunal By Middle East Eye, August 19 2020

The UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) on Tuesday found Salim Jamil Ayyash guilty of conspiracy to kill former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri and 21 others in a 2005 bombing.

There was insufficient evidence against three other men charged …

A Dismantled Post Office Destroys More than Mail Service By Prof. Patty Heyda, August 19 2020

The U.S. Postal Service is under threat of collapse and privatization. This comes after years of federal political maneuvering that has effectively depleted revenues and staffing – issues now amplified by new cuts to overtime worker pay and slowed

The Great Election Fraud: Will Our Freedoms Survive Another Election? By John W. Whitehead, August 19 2020

“Never has our future been more unpredictable, never have we depended so much on political forces that cannot be trusted to follow the rules of common sense and self-interest—forces that look like sheer insanity, if judged by the standards of

Boris Johnson May Not Make It to Next Election, Expert Predicts By Jonathon Read, August 19 2020

Boris Johnson may not fight the 2024 general election, and his heart might not be in staying the full term, an expert has suggested.

Professor Steven Fielding, a professor of political history at the University of Nottingham, explained:

“We’re

Ten Years of Planetary Movement for Mother Earth! By Prof. Claudia von Werlhof, August 19 2020

The article below is only an excerpt, you may download full document at the link provided at the bottom.

Introduction

Within 10 years we have reached a point at which we can say: We have done our best to get

Lebanon: Pearl on the New Silk Road or Zone of Dark Age Chaos By Matthew Ehret-Kump, August 19 2020

Many voices have been quick to enter the chorus of commentators hypothesizing the manifold possible causes of the devastating explosions which occurred on the afternoon of August 4 in Beirut which has led to mass anarchy and the surprising resignation

Video: The Great Vaccine Debate! Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. vs Alan Dershowitz By Robert F. Kennedy Jr, August 18 2020

Don’t miss this historic debate between Children’s Health Defense Chairman Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz.

With the current COVID crisis dominating headlines at national and local levels, the topic of vaccines is now front …

Spontaneous Lines: The Art of Rita Blitt. A Yes to Life, A Yes to the World… Art is Life By Prof. Sam Ben-Meir, August 18 2020

The bountiful new book, Rita Blitt: Around and Round (Tra Publishing, 2020), looks back at the long and prolific career of this notable American artist. If Blitt’s work is about anything then it is about the exuberance, the joy, the

Google’s Open Letter: Fighting Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, August 18 2020

Tech giants tend to cast thin veils over threats regarding government regulations.  They are also particularly concerned by those more public spirited ones, the sort supposedly made for the broader interest.  Google has given us an example of this in

“Fake News”: Iran Paid Taliban to Kill US Troops… Big Lies Take a Life of Their Own By Stephen Lendman, August 18 2020

When repeated ad nauseam, Big Lies take on a life of their own.

Before the television age arrived, famed actor/humorist Will Rogers once said: “All I know is what I read in the papers.”

He might have added that mind …

Trump or Biden: Any Difference for the Global South? By Ajamu Baraka, August 18 2020

Congress decided to go on vacation while millions of U.S. workers are in economic limbo and while the United States continues to engage in criminal activity, such as when it seized four Iranian oil tankers that were on their way

‘Palestine Is a Red Line’, Morocco-Israel Relations, Netanyahu’s “Normalization” Machine? Moroccan Writers Boycott UAE, Israel By Tamba François Koundouno, August 18 2020

Five Moroccan authors have announced their decision to boycott an Emirati literary prize in objection to the UAE’s “normalization” deal with Israel, Spanish newspaper EFE reported Saturday.

According to the report, the Moroccan writers all expressed their dismay and disappointment …

The Hunger Crisis in Guatemala By Yanis Iqbal, August 18 2020

A report released by Oxfam in July 2020 states, “COVID-19 is deepening the hunger crisis in the world’s hunger hotspots and creating new epicentres of hunger across the globe. By the end of the year 12,000 people per day