(2021-07-15). Cuba Calls for Defense of the Revolution and an End to the Blockade. orinocotribune.com By Peoples Dispatch — Jul 12, 2021 | In the face of an ongoing destabilization attempt against Cuba, numerous political and social leaders and organizations have expressed their solidarity with the Cuban government and Cuban Revolution | Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, on July 11, condemned the destabilization actions promoted by sectors of the opposition to generate chaos in the country. The head of state also rejected the smear campaigns of corporate media as well as the intensification of the illegal economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against the country amid the C…
(2021-07-15). Cruel US Blockade Causing Misery And Unrest In Cuba. popularresistance.org US officials and their corporate media mouthpieces were elated at the sight of protests in Cuba in recent days against deteriorating living conditions that are a direct result of the US blockade, which Trump increased and Biden has maintained during the pandemic to deliberately heighten suffering at a time when Cuba was sending doctors around the world to fight the disease. | As is often the case when an adversary country experiences protests of any kind, it was immediately weaponized to push for a regime change narrative against Cuba. There's so much to unpack, from the protest double standards, to the blatant e…
(2021-07-15). What's behind the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel MoàØse? thegrayzone.com Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with Haitian activist and musician Chango Bastia about the assassination of President Jovenel MoàØse. Bastia shares how average Haitians have responded to the news, what questions they still have about what took place, and how they feel about US attempts to intervene in their nation. He also explains that Haiti's government is controlled by the United States and relies heavily on the deployment of armed gangs throughout the country's capital, Port-au-Prince, in order to …
(2021-07-15). On the Sentencing—and Courage—of Daniel Hale. commondreams.org The global poor have been living, and dying, from climate-driven disasters for years—but the mainstream media in richer nations is nowhere to be found.
(2021-07-15). Slovenians reject dilution of water protection law in historic referendum. peoplesdispatch.org The amendments to the water protection law which could have promoted uncontrolled construction in coastal areas were rejected by the Slovenian people in a national referendum on July 11…
(2021-07-15). Afro-Latino Presence in Early California – Negro Bar, Sacramento County. indybay.org Afro-Latinos migrated to California in significant numbers. By 1790, they made up nearly 20 percent of California's population, or one out of every five residents. More importantly, the concept of "race" had far less significance in California than in the United States. While European-born Spaniards controlled California society, Afro-Latinos and mestizos did manage to gain political and economic influence during the Spanish and Mexican periods of California history. Established in 1849, Negro Bar, today's Sacramento County is a singular remnant of a golden legacy.
(2021-07-14). U.S. Strangles Cuban Economy & Seeks Counter-Revolution. liberationnews.org 
Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how the U.S. government and corporate media are hoping for regime change in Cuba, but the Cuban people and government are mobilizing to defend their revolution in spite of the severe hardships caused by the U.S. blockade.
(2021-07-14). Source of Cuba's suffering is in Washington, not Havana. peoplesworld.org 
Mainstream media, the U.S. government, and some otherwise well-intentioned progressives have latched onto the demonstrations in Cuban cities this past weekend as evidence of the Cuban government's supposed economic mismanagement and political repression. The Cuban people are certainly experiencing serious suffering related to economic shortages and the pandemic right now; no one denies that. But …
(2021-07-14). Protests in Cuba Stirred by the Hidden Hand of the United States. progressive.org Anti-Cuba propaganda is being pushed by the right, but the protests in Cuba are more of a condemnation of U.S. foreign policy than a reflection on the Cuban government.
(2021-07-14). Internet Censorship: The Real Monopoly Threat. counterpunch.org "If [Donald] Trump and [Bernie] Sanders take the same position on Big Tech censorship," David Catron writes at The American Spectator, "the issue deserves serious attention." He's right, but in pretty much the opposite of the way he intends. When the mainstream "right" and "left" agree on anything, that's almost always a blazing neon sign warning
(2021-07-14). The Syria Deception: The Public Has Been Hoodwinked Yet Again into Supporting a Criminal War of Aggression — and One That Has Been Effectively Lost. orinocotribune.com 
By Jeremy Kuzmarov — Jul 8, 2021 | United States warmakers have become so skilled at propaganda that not only can they wage a war of aggression without arousing protest; they can also compel liberals to denounce peace activists using language reminiscent of the McCarthy era. | Take the case of Syria. The people and groups one would normally count on to oppose wars have been the ones largely defending it. They have also often been the ones to label war opponents as "Assad apologists" or "genocide deniers"—causing them to be blacklisted. | A protest against US bombing of Syria in April 2017, near the Mar…
(2021-07-14). Not a lone wolf killing: New documentary on JFK assassination reveals 'organized black op,' director Oliver Stone tells RT. rt.com 
Oliver Stone has released a new documentary on the JFK assassination, revisiting a topic that made him a maverick in Hollywood. Despite what the mainstream narrative suggests, the evidence points to a clear conspiracy, he told RT. | Some three decades after the release of his groundbreaking and controversial film 'JFK,' Stone has returned once more to the events leading up to and following the gruesome killing in November 1963 of American's 35th president. For the legendary filmmaker and director, the assassination is as relevant today as it was thirty years ago. | In an interview with RT's Going Underground,…
(2021-07-14). America's Afghan War Is (Partially) Over, So What About Iraq — and Iran? popularresistance.org People of good will all over the world hope for a peaceful future for the people of Afghanistan, but the only legitimate role the United States can play there now is to pay reparations, in whatever form, for the damage it has done and the pain and deaths it has caused. Speculation in the U.S. political class and corporate media about how the U.S. can keep bombing and killing Afghans from "over the horizon" should cease. The U.S. and its corrupt puppet government lost this war. Now it's up to the Afghans to forge their future.
(2021-07-14). Death by Design: How the National Park Service Experiments on Tule Elk. counterpunch.org Instagram users love the captive tule elk hoofing Tomales Point at the northern tip of Point Reyes National Seashore. The sleek, befurred mammals seem to commune with tourists who stroll a well-traveled trail in the preserve. Tule elk are Yoda-like, with big, brown eyes. They trumpet, munch flowers and make love in harems. According to