Stop evictions, foreclosures
Wave of evictions expected as moratoriums end in many states AP
28 Million Evictions Loom as Houses Sit Empty Consortium News
New Orleans protesters shut down eviction court and block landlords’ entrance FightBack! News
Aurora police detain Black family after mistaking their vehicle as stolen DenverChannel
AURORA, Colo. — “Police detained and handcuffed a Black mother and four children after mistaking their SUV for a stolen motorcycle from another state.”
Police Violence Was a Problem in Portland Long Before Federal Agents Arrived The Appeal
Labor
Chicago Teachers Union to call for strike vote at meeting next week Chicago Sun-Times
Postal Union Leader Warns Trump Assault on USPS and Mail-In Voting Puts Nation on ‘Dangerous Path Toward Dictatorship’ Common Dreams
Coronavirus
Statement From Yale Faculty on Hydroxychloroquine and Its Use in COVID-19 Counterpunch
Yes, the Coronavirus Is in the Air NYTimes
Transmission through aerosols matters — and probably a lot more than we’ve been able to prove yet.
Venezuela
Elliot Abrams Confirms to Senate Hearing That US Still ‘Working Hard’ to Overthrow Maduro in Venezuela Common Dreams
Bolivia
Bolivia: Roadblocks against the Dictatorship Setting up Around the Country Resumen
Indefinite strike begins in Bolivia against postponement of general elections Peoples Dispatch
China
The Fallacy of Denouncing ‘Both Sides’ Of The U.S.-China Conflict Qiao Collective
In order to challenge the New Cold War on China, the left must abandon these equivalencies and disrupt the U.S. war machine.
Palestine
Another BDS victory over Israel’s apartheid In Palestine
Lebanon
Beirut Blast Wrap-up Moon of Alabama
‘The worst thing I’ve ever seen’: Doctors treat wounded in rubble of destroyed hospitals after Beirut explosions Independent eyewitness report
Ammonium nitrate: the everyday fertiliser behind the Beirut blast The National
“Beirut: Ornament of Our World” Faiz’s 1982 Poem on Beirut Vijay Prashad
I’m told 80% of Lebanon's imports came through the destroyed port, including ICRC & WFP warehouses. To make things worse: logistical operations of desperately needed international aid to Syria was reportedly destroyed. Syria is under crippling US sanctions. This is very bad.
— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) August 5, 2020
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