Workers' rights: Red Daily newswire July 2

With news from the Black Lives Matter movement, Canada, the United States and elsewhere.

International left news from July 1.

Black Lives Matter:

The NYC City Council Refuses to Defund the Police and Votes a Racist Anti-Worker Budget

Protesters take their complaints to the home of Minnesota’s governor

Solidarity stand-in held after nooses found at Toronto construction sites

A Police Wellness Check Left Me Terrified and Determined to End the Practice

Belgium:

Belgium mulls charges over 1961 killing of Congo's first elected leader

Canada:

JUSTICE FOR MIGRANT WORKERS CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE CLOSURE OF AGI-FARM SECTOR

Canadian workers go from heroes to under attack

Day of Rage: 800 rally in Halifax in defense of Palestine

Anti-Canada Day Events Challenge Canadians To Expand Perception Of History

A Year for Fare-Free Transit

China:

The Chinese Communist Party Celebrates 99 Years of Existence

US has been exposed for funding last year’s Hong Kong protests

Colombia:

Colombia: 118 Force Members Implicated In Sexual Abuse of Minors

United States:

Revealed: Covid-19 outbreaks at meat-processing plants in US being kept quiet

Internal messages reveal crisis at Houston hospitals as coronavirus cases surge

Advocates demand action after COVID-19 spurs 2,000 reports of anti-Asian bias

Nearly half of American adults are now unemployed

Progressive Lawmakers Call on US to 'Take a Clear Stand' by Suspending Military Aid If Israel Carries Out 'Illegal' Annexation

The US Public Paid to Develop This COVID-19 Drug. It Will Cost $3,000 a Dose.

Bill Clinton’s Serbian War Atrocities Exposed in New Indictment

Venezuela:

Maduro refused control of $1bn in UK vaults by British high court

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