A Progress in Political Economy Editorial | Issue 85
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Day: July 5, 2020
‘A Ticking Timb-Bomb’: The Global South in the Time of Coronavirus
by Alfredo Saad-Filho and Alison J. Ayers
Progress in Political Economy | Issue 85
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Native Americans blocked road to Mount Rushmore hours before Trump’s fiery speech as protesters refuse to celebrate July 4
Countercurrents | July 05, 2020
A group of mainly Native American protesters blocked the road leading up to Mount Rushmore for three hours before President Donald Trump gave a speech at the national monument Friday night.
When they refused to disband, the protesters faced off with the South Dakota National Guard, which shot close-range shells at their feet and sprayed some protesters with pepper spray, according to the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.
By 7 p.m., 15 protesters who refused to leave the road had been arrested.Read More »
A wave of socialism is sweeping through the United States
Eugene Puryear of BreakThrough News discusses the protests against racial injustice and police violence as the US celebrates independence day.
Peoples Dispatch | July 04, 2020
Eugene Puryear of BreakThrough News discusses the protests against racial injustice and police violence as the US celebrates independence day. He analyses the stage of the protests, the demand for defunding the police, and talks about socialism and class politics.Read More »
Is America a Failed State? Trump’s COVID Response Has Many Saying “Yes”
by Alan Macleod
MintPress News | June 26, 2020
Even as every other advanced, industrialized nation has eliminated or is drastically reducing their coronavirus pandemics, Thursday was the worst day on record for the United States in terms of infections with over 40,000 confirmed cases reported, beating the previous high on April 24 by over 1,000.
The United States had months to learn from China and prepare for the worst, but the Trump administration spent that time dismissing COVID-19 as a liberal “hoax” intended to force the president out of the White House. While being warned privately that the pandemic would rip through America if he did not act, Trump publicly claimed that he had the situation under control and that it would naturally disappear by April. By the time the United States became the country with (by far) the most fatalities, he was shifting the blame onto China and extolling the virtues of injecting bleach into the body as a method of fighting the virus. At a public rally in COVID-19 spiking Oklahoma, he argued that the U.S. should simply test fewer people so the figures — along with the negative publicity — would decrease. His government has also taken the opportunity of a worldwide pandemic to attempt to overthrow the governments of Iran and Venezuela.
All of Cuba in recovery, defeating the pandemic
As of Friday, July 3, Havana will enter phase one of the recovery, as the rest of the country moves to phase two, with the exception of Matanzas which will do so next week
Granma | July 02, 2020
As has been reported, given measures adopted and the efforts of our people, all the country’s provinces, except Havana, are currently in the first phase of the first stage of post-COVID-19 recovery.
It must be said that we were always aware that Havana would be the most difficult and complex site in confronting the epidemic, given its characteristics as a national capital.
The results of work carried out have allowed us to note progress made in the capital’s battle, over the last few days, to the point that, for seven consecutive days, established health benchmarks (for moving to the recovery period) were generally met, although cases continue to be reported on a daily basis, as is considered part of the process.
Cuba Ratifies Solidarity With Venezuela On Independence Day
teleSUR | July 05, 2020
The South American nation also celebrates the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) anniversary.
Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel Sunday ratified the Caribbean Island solidarity with Venezuela on the 209th anniversary of the Bolivarian Republic’s Declaration of Independence.
Unions hold coutrywide wide demonstrations against anti-people policies in India
Peoples Dispatch | July 04, 2020
On July 3, 10 of India’s central trade unions organized countrywide protests against the anti-people policies of the Narendra Modi-led government. Thousands of protesters gathered in several States demanding an immediate end of the government’s privatization of the railway, defense and insurance sectors. This was the second round of country-wide protests held after the first round on May 22.
The protests saw participation across many occupational sectors in the major states of the country. Organizers also commented that their action had received widespread solidarity from farmers’ and agricultural workers’ organizations, who actively participated in demonstrations in rural areas.
Some Italian Thinkers are now resisting Lies about the Soviet Union and WW II
by Andre Vltchek
Lying about world history is one of the main weapons of the Western imperialists, through which they are managing to maintain their control of the world.
European and North American countries are inventing and spreading a twisted narrative about almost all essential historic events, be they colonialism, crusades, or genocides committed by the Western expansionism in all corners of the globe.
One of the vilest fabrications has been those which were unleashed against the young Soviet Union, a country that emerged from the ruins of the civil war fueled by the European, North American, and Japanese imperialist interests. Foreign armies and local violent gangs were destroying countless cities and villages, robbing, raping, and murdering local people. But determined acts to restore order and elevate the Soviet Union from its knees, dramatically improving lives of tens of millions, was termed in a derogatory way as “Stalinism”. The label of brutality was soon skillfully attached to it.Read More »
Explainer: how is the vaccine pipeline for Covid-19 looking?
by Anthony King
Chemistry World | June 30, 2020
Let’s start with the basics. What is a vaccine?
All vaccines look to show the body one or more molecules – antigens – that are made by or which mirror a specific disease-causing microbe. These do not cause the disease, but trigger an appropriate immune response. Afterwards, the body’s immune system is left with a memory of how to respond effectively when it actually encounters this specific pathogen.
Journal of People 