(2024-07-11). Project Total Control: Everything Is a Weapon When Totalitarianism Is Normalized. dissidentvoice.org 
The U.S. government is working to re-shape the country in the image of a totalitarian state. This has remained true over the past 50-plus years no matter which political party held office. This will remain true no matter who wins the 2024 presidential election. In the midst of the partisan furor over Project 2025, a …
(2024-07-11). Parts of South Sudan 'on brink of famine', charity warns. newarab.com 
Since it gained independence in 2011, the world's newest nation has remained South Sudan is e…
(2024-07-11). Experts Find Gaza Death Toll Far Higher Than Reported, Gaza Famine, School Bombings & Ceasefire Lies. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (7/10/24). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth
(2024-07-11). Famine threat looms over Gaza, UN warns. ecns.cn A group of independent experts and special rapporteurs of the United Nations have said famine was now gripping the Gaza Strip as children die from malnutrition amid Israel's alleged starvation campaign as bombings of schools continued.
(2024-07-11). Israeli military knows it must tread carefully as it prepares for the ultra-Orthodox draft. haaretz.com The IDF plans to draft yeshiva students who are working and those who have dropped out — and intends to give rabbis supervision powers over the new recruits' army service…
(2024-07-11). Responsibility For Kenya Crisis Lies At The Feet Of US Neo-Colonialism. popularresistance.org The excessive support and public adoration the U.S. government has given to Kenya's President William Ruto represents the racist contempt this settler state has for all of Africa and for the domestic population of descendants from the continent. Two days before African Liberation Day on May 25th and one month before the Kenyan police's brutal crackdown on protests against the US-IMF backed Finance Act that increases taxes up to 35% on essential goods, U.S. President Biden rolled out a red carpet for Ruto at a White House state dinner. | The debt that this bill is supposed to address only exists because of the inc…
(2024-07-11). How Kenya's Youth, Middle Classes And Working Poor Joined Forces. popularresistance.org I remember Kenya's June 25 protests like they were yesterday. The energy on the streets of Nairobi was frenetic, filled with the sound of whistles, motorcycle honks, vuvuzelas (long horns used to cheer in soccer games) and loud blasts of teargas. | "We are tired," chanted the thousands of demonstrators who had turned out to oppose government plans to introduce wide-ranging tax hikes, on what would become the bloodiest day of the protests. Hoisting up Kenyan flags, they marched through one of the city's main avenues, which was colored pink from water cannon spray, dodging rounds of rubber bullets and teargas.
(2024-07-11). Doug Burgum is Trump's Likely VP Choice. Here's Why. counterpunch.org 
There are two, maybe three, good reasons to believe that Donald Trump will choose North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum as his vice-presidential running mate over more popular MAGA-oriented choices like Ohio Senator J.D. Vance or Florida senator Marco Rubio, whose Cuban-American working class roots might appeal to Hispanics. First, and foremost, because Burgum appears to
(2024-07-11). South Africa: The 6th Commonwealth Conference. icrc.org Building a culture of IHL compliance in Commonwealth Nations and commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions…
(2024-07-11). Monday 7/15: End Mayor Keeley's Campaign Against the Homeless. indybay.org Ginza parking lot next to the mayor's mansion | 525 Water St at Market St, Santa Cruz…
(2024-07-11). Progressive Democrats Call for Stronger CHIPS Subsidy Guardrails to Prevent Wasteful Stock Buyback Spending. inequality.org The 2022 CHIPS and Science Act created a huge opportunity to boost domestic production of the semiconductors that power everything from refrigerators and trains to whatever electronic device you're reading from right now. The Biden administration has also taken important steps to make sure these and other public investment dollars create good jobs, particularly for …
(2024-07-11). You're a Hypocrite, And So Am I. projectcensored.org By Eleanor Goldfield We're all hypocrites. For the most part, it's not our fault. We necessarily live in the systems we're working to change. I'm writing this on a device made possible by conflict materials dug up by children in Congo. I'm sitting in an air-conditioned home that most likely…
(2024-07-11). Ukraine seizes cargo ship carrying 'looted' grain for Russia. aljazeera.com Cameroonian-flagged ship is alleged to have been working for Russia to transport the Ukrainian grain to the Middle East.
(2024-07-11). Chicago teachers: Organize rank-and-file committees to fight another sellout contract! wsws.org Behind closed doors, a conspiracy is being hatched against 25,000 Chicago school teachers. The Chicago Teachers Union is working with the city administration of Brandon Johnson to impose cuts in a new contract and block a strike during a politically explosive election year.
(2024-07-11). Greek government introduces six-day working week in stepped up offensive. wsws.org The New Democracy government's attacks on the working class have earned it widespread praise from the global financial elite Standard and Poor's has updated its outlook on Greece from "stable" to "positive", while German business interests speak of Greece as a new model.
(2024-07-11). Morenoite Révolution permanente group backs French New Popular Front as it allies with Macron. wsws.org The move unmasks RP's revolutionary pretensions. It is a middle class party that, like the NFP, works to block working class opposition to Macron and his policies of imperialist war and police-state rule.
(2024-07-11). Hungary's Orban will visit Trump in Florida after Nato summit in Washington. scmp.com Visit is likely to fan concerns among Nato allies that the Hungarian leader is working as an intermediary between Putin and Trump.
(2024-07-11). Mt. Gox Bitcoin pay-out fears leave Crypto market poorer by over $170 bn. ummid.com Cyrpto market Friday July 05, 2024 lost over $170 billion amid the reports that the trustee overseeing the Mt. Gox bankruptcy has announced the commencement of Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash repayments to creditors affected by the infamous hack resulting in losses worth billions.
(2024-07-11). üî¥BREAKING NEWS: Kenyan President Ruto fires cabinet. independent.co.ug 
Ruto to form broad-based government to eliminate wastage, fight corruption and cut the national debt. Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT & XINHUA | Embattled Kenyan President William Ruto has dissolved his cabinet with immediate effect, leaving out only Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi. "Upon reflection and listening keenly to what the …
(2024-07-11). Rebecca Lossin: The Multiple Gaze. newleftreview.org Resisting the erasure of working-class life in the American rust belt, the critical photography of LaToya Ruby Frazier combines intimate portraiture with representations of capital's flight. Rebecca Lossin reflects on MoMA's recent retrospective of her work—and on the cultural politics of documentary image-making in an age saturated with the visual.
(2024-07-11). Bahrain: Joint letter on Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace as he exceeds three years on hunger strike. fidh.org
(2024-07-11). Homelessness in New Jersey is compounded by extreme heat. Advocates are pushing for more cooling centers. whyy.org From Camden and Cherry Hill to Trenton and the Jersey Shore, what about life in New Jersey do you want WHYY News to cover? Gabrielle, who struggles with mental health and addiction problems, has been living on the streets of Trenton for the past five years. | "People look right through you like you're not real, you're not worthy of just human decency," she said. | She said she is in survival mode every day, thinking about where her next meal would come from or how she can keep herself safe. On top of all that, she now has to deal with the extreme heat. | "You're just walking…