(2021-08-02). Headlines for August 2, 2021. democracynow.org Millions Could Face Eviction as Congress Fails to Extend Moratorium, "Things Are Going to Get Worse": Fauci Warns Nation as COVID Cases Surge, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Japan Battle Delta Variant, Eight Die in Southwestern Turkey as 100 Wildfires Burn, Thousands of Rohingya Refugees Displaced By Mass Flooding in Bangladesh, U.S.: 91 Large Wildfires Burn in Western States, Trump to DOJ: "Just Say the Election was Corrupt + Leave the Rest to Me", Rep. McCarthy: "It Will Be Hard Not to Hit" Pelosi With Gavel, Taliban Launches Attacks on Three Afghan Provincial Capitals, Iran Denies Responsibility For Attack on Isra…
(2021-08-02). Cuba Wins Two Gold Medals in Greco-Roman Wrestling. telesurenglish.net In a feat not previously achieved by any athlete, Cuba's Mijain Lopez captured his fourth Olympic gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling after defeating Georgia's Iakobi Kajaia in the 130 kg final on Monday. | RELATED: | Prior to the Tokyo Olympics, Lopez had won three Olympic gold medals, a feat that Alexander Karelin had also achieved. Born in 1982 in Pinar del Rio, Lopez has had a very successful sports career. I…
(2021-08-02). Military Situation In Syria On August 2, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On August 2, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 37 times: 19 — in Idlib province, 11 — in Latakia province, 4 — in Hama province, 3 — in Aleppo province | On August 2, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in al-Ankawi and Qalidin | On August 2, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in al-Fatira and Barah | On August 2, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled…
(2021-08-02). Germany's federal court declares Facebook's hate speech curbs to be in breach of citizens' constitutional rights. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
The Federal Court of Justice in Germany (the Bundesgerichtshof, or BGH) has ruled against the social network provider that deleted posts and suspended accounts amid allegations of "hate speech". The ruling was handed down on the 29th of July (Bundesgerichtshof, Urteile vom 29. Juli 2021 — III ZR 179/20 und III ZR 192/20) and at …
(2021-08-02). "We Will Live in a Completely Different World": A Conversation With Svetlana Alexievich. thenation.com "We Will Live in a Completely Different World": A Conversation With Svetlana Alexievich…
(2021-08-02). Political Olympic Games: Belarusian Sprinter Refuses To Board Flight To Minsk, Seeks Japanese Police Protection. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Tokyo Olympics, after making history by being delayed, still taking place amid COVID-19 chaos and rising numbers of infected in Japan, will also come down in history as the most politicized Olympic Games ever. | On August 1st, a Belarusian sprinter, Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, sought the protection of Japanese police at Haneda Airport after she refused to board a flight to Minsk, the International Olympic Committee and Japanese authorities confirmed."They are trying to get me out of the…
(2021-08-02). Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visits the US as a lackey of the banks. wsws.org Sánchez's three-day tour to the US to talk with hedge fund managers again exposes the Socialist Party (PSOE)-Podemos government as a tool of the Spanish finance capital.
(2021-08-02). Cooperating to trace COVID-19 origins shared responsibilities for countries: Chinese ambassador. ecns.cn "Cooperating on tracing the origins of the virus is everyone's responsibility," and such research should be conducted worldwide, China's Ambassador to Italy Li Junhua has written.
(2021-08-02). Study shows masks offer protection as COVID-19 infections tick up. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended this week that people vaccinated against COVID-19 resume wearing masks in public indoor spaces in areas of the United States where the virus is spreading. "Appropriate masking in addition to vaccination remain the best methods to help protect individuals from the Coronavirus," says Gregory Poland, M.D., an infectious disease expert at Mayo Clinic. In fact, published data from Mayo Clinic researchers have found that…
(2021-08-02). Resisting Nuclear Weapons in a Climate Crisis. dissidentvoice.org 
Court in Cochem On July 21, I was walking in the forests surrounding the German Air Force Base at Bàºchel in the Eifel Mountains with three Catholic Worker friends, Susan van der Hijden of Amsterdam, Netherlands, Susan Crane of Redwood City, California, and Christiane Danowski of Dortmund, Germany. We were there at the end of …
(2021-08-02). Bill Maher Rips Woke Mentality Now Driving Olympic Games: "Belongs In Stalin's Russia" southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Originally published on "Young people have to stop flattering themselves that they're Nostradamus and would have foreseen had they been around back then everything that is unacceptable now," Bill Maher said in his latest commentary on what he's dubbed the "Bummer Games" after the Olympics have gone woke. | He highlighted multiple firings of top Ol…
(2021-08-02). Russia conducts military drills in Central Asia and China as US completes troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. wsws.org As talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government have stalled and amid preparations for military drills, both Moscow and Beijing welcomed Taliban delegations in July.
(2021-08-02). German warship to join NATO allies in the South China Sea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The German frigate will arrive in the South China Sea shortly after a visit by Britain's Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier and its strike group, which includes an American guided-missile destroyer and a Dutch frigate — both recently in the Black Sea for anti-Russian war games there. Let's see if we can connect the dots. German …
(2021-08-02). Russia and China: Geopolitical Rivals and Competitors in Africa. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-02). NATO warplanes intercept Russian aircraft flying from, to their own territory. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO Fighters Intercept Russian Aircraft Over the Baltic Sea ==== NATO deployed warplanes to intercept aircraft flying from one part of Russia to another NATO deploys F-35 combat aircraft to Baltic Sea for first time ==== Excerpts from a NATO site: NATO scrambled Spanish Eurofighters and Italian F-35s on Thursday 29 July 2021 to intercept …
(2021-08-02). Russia rules out any alternative for JCPOA. en.mehrnews.com A Russian diplomat says there is no alternative to restoring the Iranian nuclear deal in its original form and that speculations about writing a new deal from scratch is a 'fantasy'.
(2021-08-01). 7 August, Gothenburg: Demonstration for Palestine / Demonstrera fà∂r Palestina. samidoun.net 
Friday, 7 August 2: 00 pm Gà∂taplatsen Gothenburg, Sweden Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/608414086807720 Demonstration for Palestine — Stop the forced displacement in Jerusalem — Freedom and return for all Palestinians — Victory to the Palestinian resistance Link to posters: we.tl/t-cPMSkBQgUs Gathering point: Gà∂taplatsen, at 14: 00 Demonstration route: Avenyn Grà∂nsakstorget Domkyrkan Vasagatan Haga Jà§rntorget Closing location: Jà§rntorget 16: 30 Demonstration fà∂r Palestina — Stoppa vrà§kningarna i Jerusalem — Frihet och à•tervà&…
(2021-08-01). Military Situation In Syria On August 1, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On August 1, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 35 times: 23 — in Idlib province, 3 — in Latakia province, 5 — in Hama province, 4 — in Aleppo province | On July 31, a truce has been reached between the SAA and the former rebels meditated by Russia in the south of Daraa province | On July 31, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF positions north of Tal Tamar | On July 31, SAA artillery she…
(2021-08-01). Iran Denies Responsibility For Recent Tanker Attack Following Accusations By Israeli Prime Minister. southfront.org 
File image. | On August 1, Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett directly blamed Iran for the Two crewmen, a British and a Romanian, were killed in the attack on the Liberian-flagged tanker which is operated by Zodiac Maritime, a London-based company owned by Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer. | "The Iranians who attacke…
(2021-08-01). Azerbaijan: Putin's strategic partner displays trademark Iron Fist behavior. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Today's Trend News Agency of Azerbaijan has no fewer than three articles in its English-language version on comments made by Russian member of parliament Vladimir Zhirinovsky. In none of them is it mentioned, or even hinted at, what he said. Zhirinovsky of course is what he is. But as he and President Vladimir Putin appear …
(2021-08-01). Memory Loss in the Garden of Violence. tomdispatch.com Some years ago, a newspaper article credited a European visitor with the wry observation that Americans are charming because they have such short memories. When it comes to the nation's wars, however, he was not entirely on target. Americans embrace military histories of the heroic "band of [American] brothers" sort, especially involving World War II. They possess a seemingly boundless appetite for retellings of the Civil War, far and away the country's most devastating conflict where American war deaths are concerned. Certain traumatic historical moments such as "the Alamo" and "Pearl Harbor" have become code wo…
(2021-08-01). Is Our Failed Empire Heading for the Exit? scheerpost.com U.S. Army] By Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch It was all so long ago, in a world seemingly without challengers. Do you even remember when we Americans lived on a planet with a recumbent Russia, a barely rising China, and no obvious foes except what later came to be known as an " axis of evil," three countries then incapable of endangering this one? Oh, and, as it turned out, a rich young Saudi former… |
(2021-08-01). Foretaste of war in the Baltic. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The exercise mentioned below occurred as part of this year's multinational Baltic Operations (BALTOPS). The following are excerpts from the Daily Press of Hampton Roads, Virginia. ==== Pentagon, NATO launch jubilee war games in Baltic Sea Russia blasts U.S. for deploying nuclear-capable bombers for Baltic war games NATO tests integration of fourth and fifth generation …