2021-07-31: News Headlines

WSWS (2021-07-31). Modi government calls exposure of its use of Pegasus to spy on political opponents "fake news" wsws.org India's far-right Narendra Modi-led government has used the Pegasus spyware to illegally surveil opponents across the political spectrum, from left-wing activists to senior opposition leaders.

_____ (2021-07-31). Vaccine Lobby vs the Unvaccinated: The Global COVID-19 Faultline May Now Be Unbridgeable. strategic-culture.org By Dr. Mathew MAAVAK | When the global COVID-19 vaccination drive kicked off earlier this year, two distinct faultlines gradually emerged, separating the relatively monolithic pro-vaxxer camp from the more heterogeneous assemblage of fence-sitters, sceptics and outright vaccine refuseniks. The new divide reflected a larger chasm that has prevailed since the watershed event of Sept 11 2001. It was a divide between those who lapped up mainstream narratives and those who instinctively questioned them. | Doubts over the novel coronavirus were sown from the onset by scientific data which appeared sketchy, contradictor…

Dave Clennon (2021-07-30). For Justice in Palestine, Boycott Netflix's Apartheid TV: "Hit and Run" counterpunch.org The Dream Factory. Notes from the Shop Floor. The best defender of apartheid Israel is not that ferocious bully, AIPAC. It is, and it always has been, Hollywood. The entertainment industry creates soft, smooth propaganda which is easy to digest, in a compelling dramatic form. "It's not propaganda. It's just TV. Good TV." For those

A Guest Author (2021-07-30). Black Lives Matter defends Cuba's right to sovereignty. workers.org This statement, first posted on the BLM twitter account July 14, has generated considerable coverage. Many in the corporate media have attacked BLM for…

_____ (2021-07-30). Can the House Select Committee to Investigate January 6 Actually Help to Defend Democracy? commondreams.org Since the beginning of protests in Cuba, the U.S. corporate media have been peddling false narratives and outright lies about the country.

Mark Engler, Paul Engler (2021-07-30). Making Our Demands Both Practical and Visionary. counterpunch.org When it comes to evaluating a given demand or reform proposal, social movements face a common dilemma. In response to the pressure activists generate, mainstream politicians will constantly urge patience and moderation. At best, they will endorse only the piecemeal reforms that they deem reasonable and pragmatic. The result is technocratic tweaks that might offer

Rick Rozoff (2021-07-30). Greece had better guard its own air space. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Hellenic Air Force — Key Player in the Western Balkans for NATO Air Policing Controlled by NATO's Combined Air Operations Centre at Torrejón, Spain, the Hellenic Air Force's 1st Air Control Centre, RAP Production Centre and Sensor Fusion Post and the 2nd Control and Reporting Centre, Greece flies NATO Air Policing sorties out of all …

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