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Orinoco Times staff
Venezuela to Receive Russian Covid-19 Vaccine
07 Oct 2020
Venezuela will also participate in production of the “Sputnik V” vaccine. “We have received tons of drugs.” The first batch of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine has arrived in Venezuela, to start phase III of clinical trials, announced the Executive Vice President of the Republic, Delcy Rodríguez.
Prabir Purkayastha
An Indian Perspective on the Covid-19 Epidemic
07 Oct 2020
The pandemic shows the contradictions between the needs of capitalism and the health of the people. “India and the US have both failed in facing what is essentially a public health challenge..”
Timothy Erik Strom and John Pilger
Eyewitness to the Agony of Julian Assange
07 Oct 2020
The defendant was caged behind thick glass, and had to crawl on his knees to a slit in the glass to make contact with his lawyers. “Assange suffers from ‘suicidal preoccupations’ and is likely to find a way to take his life if he is extradited to America.” John Pilger has watched Julian…
Judy Greenspan
Jalil Muntaqim Scheduled for Release from Prison
07 Oct 2020
Muntaqim is one of the longest-held political prisoners in the world. “Both his age and serious medical conditions made him vulnerable to the coronavirus.” The New York State Parole Board has finally ordered the release of Jalil Muntaqim, aka Anthony Bottom, a former member of the Black Panther…
Abbie Vansickle
When Police Violence is a Dog Bite
07 Oct 2020
In some jurisdiction police dogs only bite Black people, but only a few that are mauled by dogs get justice. “These dogs’ jaws are strong enough to punch through sheet metal,” The tiny pink house was pretty much empty. And run-down and dark, since the electricity had been shut off. Nevertheless,…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Jennifer Bajorek’s “Unfixed”
07 Oct 2020
Through photography, the author asks questions about the meaning and nature of liberation. “Particular images can have, in themselves, political and social effects.”
Gwendolyn Wallace and Roberto Sirvent
Health Justice and Black Liberation: Shay-Akil McLean
07 Oct 2020
Black health is directly connected to the displacement and dispossession of our ancestors and the conditions of our neighborhoods. “State violence differentially distributes morbidity and mortality to those that are deemed enemies of the state.”
Jahan Choudhry BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
07 Oct 2020
This week Russophobia and the recent presidential debate were the topic of conversation. We share your letters for “Fear and Russia-Loathing in the National Lawyers Guild” and “The Politics That Led to the ‘Worst Debate’.”
Sam Levin
Blacks in LA Nearly Four Times as Likely to be Cited by Police
07 Oct 2020
Activists say these ordinances for minor violations are rooted in racist laws and anti-homeless policies. “it’s illegal to be Black in public.” The Los Angeles police department (LAPD) gave 63% of its citations for “loitering while standing” to Black residents in recent years, despite…
Friends of Congo
AFRICOM: Deadly Deception
07 Oct 2020
AFRICOM's real aim was never peace nor stability but rather, strategic US interests. “With the election of Barack Obama in 2008, the resistance to AFRICOM became exceedingly difficult.”