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JEFF J. BROWN—By 1941, America’s dictatorial owners were desperate for a war, in order to start another cycle of harvesting the country and its people. What to do? Why of course, push Japan to declare war on the USA, by seizing all Japanese assets in-country, on 26 July 1941, which were very substantial. Then, the following month, Uncle Sam blockaded exports to Japan for petroleum, steel and scrap iron, almost all of which were being bought from America. That essentially spelled the end of Japan’s industrial production. These are diplomatic declarations of war and Japan did exactly that four months later in Hawaii. As Pearl Harbor was smoldering, Japanese diplomats burned all the documents inside their soon to be closed embassy in Washington, DC.

ALAN MACLEOD—Unfortunately, this latest scandal perfectly encapsulates much of corporate media’s apparent resistance to Trump, in that it avoids a substantive critique in favor of catching the administration out on technical grounds. Resisting the reopening of schools on the basis that the White House press secretary misspoke represents a lost opportunity to actually oppose the administration’s scandalously poor handling of the coronavirus, and the dangerous, genuinely anti-science decision to force through reopening in the height of a pandemic.

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According to information revealed by the New York Times this week, the deal involves Chinese investments of about US$400 billion over the next 25 years. “Both sides have clear incentives here. China secures a cheap supply of oil and deepens its strategic ties in the Middle East, while Iran… gains economic benefits and a large signal showing it is not as isolated as the U.S. claims,” outlet El Economista commented.

AARON BASTANI—Then there is the issue of internet connectivity. When Britain’s Labour Party proposed a national broadband service last year — universal and free at the point of use — it was derided as hopelessly utopian. Yet as millions falter online, while struggling with everything from remote working to homeschooling, it’s inarguable just how important the internet is as public infrastructure. So important that it should be free.