Daily News Digest August 5, 2021

Images of the Day:

Steve Bell On the Royal Family’s Approach to the Environment

Another Example of Capitalism as a Failed System: World CaAnpilalism Was Aware of the Danger of Cornovavirus Thr eat Over 5 Years Ago and Did Nothing!: Under Capitalism — Human Lives Don’t Matter Capitalism Does Not, and Never Has, Worked for the Masses! In Its Death Agony, Capitalism Is Traveling About The World Like The Four Horsemen of the The Apocalypse, Spreading Racism, War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death. The future of Humanity Is Now At stake!

Due to Years of Austerity, Cuts to Public Health Care, And An Anti-Science and Profiteering President, The United States Now Leads the World In Coronavirus Cases and Deaths in the World!

Always Remember: That President Obama, With a Majority Democrat Legislature Supported the Wall Street Bailout and Remember, That he Established, in writing, the United States Capitalist Austerity Program. — The Race to the Bottom/Pauperization of the 99%!

Democracy?: As the Capitalist Robber Barons Steal from the 99%, Only the 1% Voted For Austerity! The 99% Should Decide On Austerity — Not Just The 1% Who, Profit From Austerity!! Under Austerity, All of the World Will Eventually Be Pauperized, Humbled, and Desecrated Like Greece and Puerto Rico.! Socialism Means True Democracy, that the 99% Will Rule, Not the Few!

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Sent Off To Die!Videos of the Day:

I Alone Can Fix It”: Book Details Trump’s Last Year & the Military’s Fear He Would Stage a Coup A new book by two Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporters provides fresh details on former President Trump’s response to the pandemic, his campaign to overturn the 2020 election results, and the events surrounding the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The book, “I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump’s Catastrophic Final Year,” details how the country’s top general, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, feared Trump would wage a coup after losing the November election, among other revelations. We speak with co-authors Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig, who say their reporting unearthed “a lot of things that made our jaws drop to the ground.” In an interview for the book, Trump said his only regret during his last year in office was not deploying the military against Black Lives Matter protesters. “He wanted to use active-duty troops on the streets of America’s cities to combat American protesters who were exercising their First Amendment rights,” says Rucker. — “

United States:

The United States is not a Democracy (A government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly)! Only the 1%, through. their ownership of the Reublicrats, who profit from war and the war budget, voted for War and the war budget — A policy, which Gore Vidal called a Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace. — The 99% Should Decide On War — Not Just The 1% Who Profit From War! Under a Democracy, The 99% would have the right to vote on the policy of Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace! The United States takes from the poor and gives to the Rich. Tax the Rich! — They Can Afford To Pay!

He Who Paid the Piper — Called the Tune!: ‘Give the Money Back,’ Demands Tlaib After Revelation of $1 Million Donation to House Dems From Real Estate Titan The seven-figure contribution to the House Majority PAC came weeks before Congress let the federal eviction moratorium expire. Following the revelation Tuesday that House Democrats received $1 million from the chairman of an apartment rental company weeks before they let the nationwide eviction moratorium expire, Rep. Rashida Tlaib led calls to return the money—and extend the federal eviction moratorium.

This is No ‘Compromise’ — This is Surrender!!: Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill ‘Doubling Down on Support for Carbon Polluters’ With $25 Billion in Subsidies, Critics Warn “We need massive investments in proven renewable solutions, not carbon capture fantasies.” While Democratic leaders have described the Senate’s bipartisan infrastructure bill as “a significant down payment” toward addressing the climate emergency, environmental justice advocates are warning that the proposed legislation—which reportedly includes billions of dollars in potential new subsidies for dirty energy projects disguised as solutions—threatens to prolong the life of the planet-wrecking fossil fuel industry.

Biden Isn’t Withdrawing Troops From Iraq, He’s Relabeling Their Mission The move only serves to reinforce America’s forever wars. Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi and President Biden announced last week that Washington will end its combat mission in Iraq by the end of the year. However, these long-serving U.S. soldiers are not coming home: many of the 2,500 American service members are expected to remain in the country for “training and advisory” purposes.

Environment:

EPA Whistleblowers Say Managers Bullied Them to Approve Dangerous Chemicals Corporations are pressuring the EPA to approve dozens of chemicals despite internal warnings of their danger. Leaked audio reveals how chemicals hazardous to human health and the environment are fast-tracked and approved at the Environmental Protection Agency. This week on Intercepted, investigative journalist Sharon Lerner reports on how the chemical industry pressures the EPA to approve chemicals and pesticides that are dangerous to public health. Lerner speaks with whistleblowers from the agency, scientists who say their research has been manipulated by EPA managers to downplay the dangers of chemicals, including extreme cases that fall under the category of “hair on fire.” Lerner also discusses how the agency has approved chemicals and pesticides — at the behest of companies — without proper research into their toxicity, or worse, even though scientists point to the chemicals’ dangers. But this is not new; it follows the long, historical trajectory of the EPA, including the “revolving door” between the agency and the chemical industry

From For the Climate, For Life, For Us and Our Children Now is The Time to Fight!:

“Life on Earth can recover from major climate change by evolving into new species and creating new ecosystems. Humanity cannot.” This is what can be read in the IPCC draft report (6th assessment report, expected for February 2022). . . It needs to be said over and over again: the poor and poor countries will be hardest hit by the escalation of the disaster. The draft report notes that “adaptation costs in Africa are projected to increase tens of billions of dollars per year if global warming exceeds two degrees Celsius”. Who will pay? As a reminder, more than ten years after the COP in Cancún (2010), the rich countries have still not honoured their promise to contribute 100 billion dollars per year to the climate fund intended to help the countries of the global South. This is one of the sticking points in the negotiations ahead of the COP 26 scheduled for Glasgow at the end of the year. Thus, amidst the discretion carefully maintained by the financial and political leaderships, an unprecedented crime against humanity is slowly being prepared. A crime against the poor who bear almost no responsibility for climate change! — It’s Time to Fight! — The text that has leaked to the press is not the draft report itself but the draft summary of the report for policy makers. The usual practice of the IPCC – an intergovernmental body, it should be remembered – is that this summary is the subject of negotiations – often fierce – between the scientists who wrote the full report and the representatives of the states. It seems likely that those who leaked the document did so to disseminate the original text, before state officials imposed watering down or elimination of the most alarming formulas. This hypothesis is very likely, because the capitalist fossil lobby has been striving for decades to deny or minimize the danger and has powerful political contacts (for example, China and Saudi Arabia have ensured that the press and NGOs cannot attend the preparatory discussions for COP 26). The leak therefore constitutes a double alarm signal: on the extreme gravity of the objective situation, and on the danger that the final version partially conceals this extreme gravity from world opinion.

Black Liberation/Civil Rights:

A Prison Guard Raped Me and Threatened My Life. Now I Fight for Others’ Lives. Pinky Shear challenges others to dedicate themselves to helping those facing violence in prison just as she has.

NYPD Reforms Are Failing, Say Plaintiffs Who Won Landmark Stop-And-Frisk Case In 2013, a federal judge mandated oversight after finding that the NYPD’s racially disproportionate use of stop-and-frisk was unconstitutional. “We cannot have meaningful and lasting change if the only people in the room are lawyers, police executives, and academics.”In a motion filed in federal court Thursday, the plaintiffs in the original suit, Floyd et al. v. The City of New York, warn that the court-appointed monitor is undermining the credibility of the reform process by ignoring the communities actually affected by the racist police policies.

Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist: Glen Ford’s Journalism Fought for Black Liberation and Against Imperialism Ford was among the few journalists who took a stance for Black liberation and against imperialism.

Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor;Glen Ford: A Remarkable Revolutionary Glen Ford was a revolutionary in all that he did.

Black Agenda Review: Honor Fallen Black Freedom Fighters: Two Letters on Black August, 1979 DOCUMENTS: Honor Fallen Black Freedom Fighters: Two Letters on Black August, 1979

Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor: “Greetings! Power to the People!” In the Words of Glen Ford The struggle for his life didn’t dissuade Glen Ford from struggling with and for others.

Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor: Glen Ford and the Black Radical Critical Tradition Glen Ford carried on his devotion to the liberation struggle until the end of his life.

Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, BAR editor and columnist: Glen Ford: Revolutionary, Friend, Leader, Lover of Black People! The brilliant writer was also a dear friend and mentor.

Peter James Hudson and Jemima Pierre: Glen Ford: In Memoriam  Glen Ford’s persona and dedication inspired analysis and created many friendships.

BAR Poet-in-Residence Raymond Nat Turner: …For Brother GlenFor Brother Glen “When an elder dies, a library burns to the ground…” —African proverb (gender-adjusted)

Nellie Bailey: Glen Ford was deeply committed to liberating people everywhere.

Nia Ford Power to the people!: Glen Ford’s daughter explains his lifelong commitment to Black people.

Pascal Robert: Glen Ford and the Need for Black Radical Analysis Black radical analysis was the foundation of Ford’s work

Peter James Hudson and Jemima Pierre: Haiti: On Interventions and Occupations U.S. and other foreign interventions are the cause of Haiti’s ongoing crises.

Labor:

Economy:

More than 700 Walmart Stores House a Bank with a Predatory Past Yesterday, during a Senate Banking Committee hearing, Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland caught our attention when he said that there are three U.S. banks that “make 100 percent of their profits on overdraft fees.” He named the three banks as First Texas, Academy Bank and Woodforest National Bank. Van Hollen explained that most folks paying these fees are living paycheck to paycheck and many don’t even know that they’ve over-drafted their account because many banks provide no warning at the time the overdraft is occurring.

World:

Palestinians Reject Deal That Turns Settlers Into Landlords in Sheikh Jarrah The Israeli Supreme Court this week offered Palestinian residents of Sheikh Jarrah a compromise in their ongoing fight to block Jewish settlers from forcibly expelling them from their own homes. The high court proposed that Palestinian families could stay in their homes for now if they begin paying rent to the Jewish settler group that claims ownership over the properties — a deal the families rejected, insisting they are the legal owners. The planned evictions in East Jerusalem helped spark the last war in Gaza in May and have galvanized international support for Palestinians facing dispossession from settler groups and the state. The United Nations has described the planned evictions as a possible war crime. Palestinian writer and poet Mohammed El-Kurd, whose family is among those facing eviction in Sheikh Jarrah, says the Israeli Supreme Court is “evading its responsibilities” by refusing to make a ruling, offering a face-saving compromise instead that will not ultimately benefit the families. “We would be living at the mercy of settlers, paying rent to live in our own homes and dealing with all kinds of arbitrary policies,” he says.

Malaysia: End the Crisis by Kicking Out the Chaotic Ruling Class Malaysia’s intensifying social and political crisis has reached a new height. Weeks of chaotic infighting within the ruling coalition, which have involved the monarch, led to the de facto collapse of Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s majority in parliament. While the ruling class is splitting at the top, the youth are protesting on the streets, doctors are striking, and across the board, the masses are expressing discontent against the regime.

Education, Health, Science, and Welfare:

The government of the United States can pass laws in a few days to spend tens of trillions of dollars for war and the bailout of Wall Street and the bankers. Yet, those who pass universal healthcare for themselves, but cannot spend even one trillion dollars for universal health for those who are ‘governed’! This is what is considered, by the powers to be, a democracy and part of the democratic way. — Roland Sheppard, Let the People Vote on Healthcare!

As US Hits Biden’s 70% Vaccination Goal, World’s Poor Nations Barely Over 1% “The longer billions of people remain unvaccinated, the more variants will develop that threaten all of us.” Exposing stark global vaccine inequity amid a fast-spreading delta variant, White House officials said Monday that at least 70% of U.S. adults are now at least partly vaccinated against the coronavirus—compared to just barely over 1% when it comes to the world’s poorest nations.