Daily Archives: August 4, 2021

2021-08-04: News Headlines

Editor2 (2021-08-04). Eye-Witness Account of US Attempts to Destabilize Cuba. orinocotribune.com By Kathryn Guerrera — Jul 29, 2021 | As a Canadian with family members that live in Cuba, who was in Cuba during the anti-government protests that occurred on July 11, I found myself in a unique and disturbing position where I could see and feel the disconnect between what was being reported by the mainstream media back home and what was really happening on the ground in Cuba. | Approximately two weeks after Father's Day, the COVID-19 Delta variant began to take hold, particularly in the province of Matanzas. Mother's Day and Father's Day are important social celebrations in Cuban culture and, coupled with t…

Ben Norton (2021-08-04). Twitter partners with UK govt-backed, CIA-linked Reuters to censor alternative views. thegrayzone.com Twitter is collaborating with Reuters, a CIA-linked media outlet that also participates in a covert UK information warfare program, to censor "misinformation" on social media. Social media giant Twitter has announced that it will work with Reuters and the Associated Press to censor supposed "misinformation" on the platform, while actively promoting news stories that they deem to be "credible." Both of these media outlets are reliable mouthpieces of Western governments, but Reuters takes the cozy relationship a step further. During …

WSWS (2021-08-04). Record hospitalizations in Florida as coronavirus Delta variant continues to surge. wsws.org While Florida has become the epicenter of the pandemic in the United States, it is a window into the future for the rest of the country as the Delta variant continues to spread uncontrolled.

Omar Karmi (2021-08-03). Why did Scientific American censor Gaza solidarity call? electronicintifada.net Magazine gives unconvincing excuse for removing opinion piece.

Kevin Mwanza (2021-08-03). Fact Check: Black Americans Are More Likely To Be Vegan Than Other Groups. moguldom.com African American adults are more likely to identify as vegan than any other group in the U.S. A 2016 Pew Research Center survey showed that 8 percent of Black American adults were strict vegans or vegetarians, compared to 3 percent of the general population. The trend toward ditching meat affects everyone including top athletes and music …

_____ (2021-08-03). Collapsing Federal Corporate Crime Enforcement. popularresistance.org Despite constant exposés in the mainstream media — still only reporting the tip of the iceberg — neither members of Congress nor presidents from the Republican and Democratic parties have raised the banner of tough "law and order" to counter rampaging corporate crime. Proposals to bring the laws up to date in their penalties and coverage to deter corporate lawbreaking are never a priority for Congress. When was the last time you heard a politician demand "corporate reform"?

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