Daily News Thread 7/23

Bolivia Declares 'Total Independence' from World Bank and IMF

Bolivia's President Evo Morales has been highlighting his government's independence from international money lending organizations and their detrimental impact the nation.
telesurtv.net/english/news/Morales-Declares-Total-Independence-from-World-Bank-and-IMF--20170722-0020.html

8 Dead, 30 Injured Inside Semi Trailer in a Texas Walmart

The authorities said 17 people in the truck were taken to hospital in serious condition along with another 13 with less severe injuries.Texas officials have reported eight people dead and 30 others injured, in what is believed to be a human trafficking incident.
telesurtv.net/english/news/8-Dead-30-Injured-Inside-Semi-Trailer-in-a-Texas-Walmart-20170723-0006.html

French President Macron's popularity rating drops

French President Emmanuel Macron's popularity rating has slumped by 10 percentage points this month, according to an Ifop poll on Sunday - the biggest decline for a new president since 1995.
reuters.com/article/us-france-politics-macron-idUSKBN1A80G2

'We’re bad day away from Russians asking, ‘Why are you still in Syria?’ – top US commander

A US special operations commander has admitted that an extended US stay in Syria runs contrary to international law and that Russia would be entirely justified in questioning its presence there.
rt.com/news/397219-us-commander-syria-troops-presence/

Jerusalem: Israel installs security cameras at holy site

Israel has placed CCTV cameras at an entrance to a holy site in Jerusalem as tensions over security measures there continue.
bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40698402

Indonesian President Joko Widodo orders police to shoot drug dealers to tackle 'narcotics emergency'

Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has ordered law enforcement officers to shoot drug traffickers to deal with the "narcotics emergency" the country is facing.
ibtimes.co.uk/indonesian-president-joko-widodo-orders-police-shoot-drug-dealers-tackle-narcotics-emergency-1631506

Congo's mining revenue 'missing' - Global Witness

More than 20% of the Democratic Republic of Congo's mining revenue is being lost due to corruption and mismanagement, a campaign group says.
bbc.com/news/world-africa-40680795

New Figures Show Widening Gulf in US Salaries

Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index says the pay divide is the worst in the industrialized world.
telesurtv.net/english/news/New-Figures-Show-Widening-Gulf-in-US-Salaries--20170722-0024.html

Battle for free internet rages as FCC swamped with over 10mn net neutrality comments

The US government has been flooded with more than 10 million comments about rolling back net neutrality regulations.
rt.com/usa/397233-net-neutrality-fcc-internet/

YouTube to redirect searches for IS videos

YouTube says it will redirect people searching for "violent extremist propaganda" and offer them videos that denounce terrorism.
bbc.com/news/technology-40681625

Driving a car for more than two hours a day sends your brain into reverse gear

Ever feel like you're effectively stuck in reverse gear whilst at the wheel? New research has shown the monotony of driving isn't only having an adverse effect on your back - but your Autism Level as well.
ibtimes.co.uk/driving-car-more-two-hours-day-sends-your-brain-into-reverse-gear-1631544

Other urls found in this thread:

novaramedia.com/2017/07/23/back-in-the-sfry-yugo-nostalgia-and-dreams-of-communism/
libcom.org/news/turkey-will-buy-sell-weapons-london-september-23072017
nakedcapitalism.com/2017/07/productivity-growth-becoming-irrelevant.html
notebookcheck.net/Some-Chinese-residents-forced-to-install-government-spyware-on-phones.236736.0.html
twitter.com/NSFWRedditGif

OP/ED

Back in the SFRY: Yugo-Nostalgia and Dreams of Communism


25 years ago one of the world’s most prosperous communist countries collapsed in bloodshed. The wars that followed captured the attention of the planet. Ethnic cleansing and genocide returned to Europe. Now, a quarter of a century later, much of the population of former Yugoslavia look back with nostalgia at the communist days of old.
novaramedia.com/2017/07/23/back-in-the-sfry-yugo-nostalgia-and-dreams-of-communism/

Turkey will buy and sell weapons in London this September

Why Kurdish solidarity activists must oppose the DSEI arms fair “Every bomb that is dropped, every bullet that is fired in the name of this war of terror, has to be made somewhere. And wherever that is, it can be resisted.”
libcom.org/news/turkey-will-buy-sell-weapons-london-september-23072017

Is Productivity Growth Becoming Irrelevant?

Measured GDP and gains in human welfare eventually may become entirely divorced.
nakedcapitalism.com/2017/07/productivity-growth-becoming-irrelevant.html

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Some Chinese residents forced to install government spyware on phones

The Chinese government has made the installation of surveillance software on phones mandatory in the north-western city of Urumqi. Urumqi is the capital of Xin Jiang province, which is home to most of China's Turkic Uighur minority.

notebookcheck.net/Some-Chinese-residents-forced-to-install-government-spyware-on-phones.236736.0.html

kek

Good for Bolivia. Also fuck China.

lol I didn't even know about that word filter.

well, it's not like he was elected just to prevent Le Pen, now they have to face reality

pure liberalism

Hardly anyone turned out to vote and a third of those that did spoiled their ballots you autistic burger scoffing retard.

FUCK YOU. I have to drive for 3 hours tomorrow!

As a Jew, I don't see why this is a bad thing. Mecca is full of security, including cameras and metal detectors, to compare.

It's not like it wasn't already a trend

why so hostile ?

Because I always hear Americans crying about how the left screwed over /their gal/ when it was just a massive shit sandwich for the voters. Americans are convinced that the rest of the world thinks like them, and that all the problems they project onto Europe are'nt problems in their country and are very serious in Europe, to the point the continent will collapse. Le Pen came third behind abstentions ffs.
The hostility is because I have little doubt you've all been told this several times and refuse to acknowledge it.

CIA coup incoming in 3… 2… 1…

Like clockwork

getout pedo faggot

It's not about the security cameras or the metal detectors by themselves. It's the change in the status quo, and the fact that it was done one-sidedly and by force. the truth is that if they were to consult local leaders, the waqf and other parties, they will probably come to an agreement. but the right wing government is trying to de-legitimize any palestinian claim to the land. Temple mount is the thing that causes the religious right the most butthurt, they can't wait to have full control.(the place is being run by the Jordanian waqf and non-muslims are forbidden from entry)

Where exactly do you think you are? Why do you expect him to be a Clinton voter? The burger hate is making you lose self-awareness like the identity politics that it is.

That does not make it a good thing.

wasn't Macron some kind of liberal ?

You're implying the ones who oppose Macron wouldn't rather see the EU collapse with the direction it us currently heading

I'm not an American

not sure what you're talking about
Are you implying Alunya is a loli ?

get out feminist

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I expected him to be a retarded genuine Trump voting Holla Forumsack who is butthurt his right wing Euro fantasy died. Those are often the only people who claim the left voted for Macron.

You certainly sound like one. You've spent too much time on Holla Forums, you're a political ideologue of the American right brand. Liberals aren't left wing, they're centre-right. The left likes hounding them as much as any other right winger. The only thing the EU left and right want at this point is to topple the EU, so to establish their own power free from neoliberalism. Le Pen was a failure amongst failures, get the fuck over it and stop shilling your pathetic victim narrative.

Le Pen LOST to Null/Blank votes. The Left didn't "compromise" to keep her out, her getting to the second round is what kept Mellenchon from winning. If you add The PS and FI votes Mellenchon beats even Macron.
Old Boomers voted to whoever the media wanted them to and the whole country will face five years of crippling austerity for it. Now that the the Neolib infiltators in the PS have their own fucking party a Gauche coalition will be unstoppable.

Republicucks.

lol let's taunt the people, who are one more resignation from dumping me, into voting for my healthcare plan. genus!

I almost feel sorry for the shitshow Donny got himself in when he won the presidency. Almost.

It'll be sooner than that. It's become clear last week that Trump asks for absolute loyalty, but gives none return.

Eventually the GOP are going to realize that Trump's going to stab them in the back regardless of how much they support him.

what the fuck did he mean by this?

Trump views the Republicans as employees. They work for him alone.

When they don't vote for his legislation, he sees it as a personal betrayal, instead of his own incompetence at leading the party.

take that flair off bitch, you should know cities are bourgeois and need to be emptied not surveilled