What's Actually Going On in Cuba?
Helen Yaffe | globalresearch.ca | 2021-07-27
@crg_globalresearch. On Sunday 11 …
globalresearch.ca/whats-actually-going-on-cuba/5751196
Cuba's Cultural Counter-Revolution: US Gov't-Backed Rappers, Artists Gain Fame As 'Catalyst For Current Unrest'
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-07-27
Over the past decade, the US government has spent millions of dollars to cultivate anti-government Cuban rappers, rock musicians, artists, and journalists in an explicit bid to weaponize "desocialized and marginalized youth." The strategy implemented by the US in Cuba is a real life version of the fantasies anti-Trump Democrats entertained when they fretted that Russia was covertly sponsoring Black Lives Matter and Antifa to spread chaos through North American society.
popularresistance.org/cubas-cultural-counter-revolution-us-govt-backed-rappers-artists-gain-fame-as-catalyst-for-current-unrest/
Why is OPCW Chief Fernando Arias Afraid of his own Inspectors? (Part II)
Aaron Maté | orinocotribune.com | 2021-07-27
By Aaron Maté ∑ Jul 11, 2021 | Rather than address the concerns of two veteran inspectors about a Syria cover-up, OPCW Director General Fernando Arias has attacked them with false claims. OPCW sources and newly leaked material expose Arias' latest Western state-backed deceit. | The stated mission of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is to ensure "a world free of chemical weapons." From his executive suite at The Hague, however, OPCW Director General Fernando Arias has been on a different mission: keeping the organization free of accountability for an explosive Syria cover-up scan…
orinocotribune.com/why-is-opcw-chief-fernando-arias-afraid-of-his-own-inspectors-part-ii/
Internet Access as a Social Determinant of Health
Rubin R. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-07-27
Using data from its social determinants of health database, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) recently created an online visualization tool providing county-level information about people's internet access.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2782319
Samidoun Delegation to Lebanon Day 5: With the Democratic Popular Party in Saida
Staff | samidoun.net | 2021-07-27
On the fifth day of the Ghassan Kanafani Brigade, the Samidoun international delegation in Lebanon, the delegation met with the Popular Democratic Party in Saida, Lebanon, incuding the General Secretary, Mohammed Hashisho and Coordinator, Rita Hamdan. The Democratic Popular Party is a historic Lebanese Marxist-Leninist political party which was actively involved in the armed Palestinian resistance, both in the south of Lebanon and in organizing in the cities. Being a Palestinian and Lebanese political party, they consider the cause of Palestine their own and central to the communist struggle within Lebanon. The P…
samidoun.net/2021/07/samidoun-delegation-to-lebanon-day-5-with-the-popular-democratic-party-in-saida/
Lebanon Is on the Brink of Social Explosion and Breakdown
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2021-07-27
@crg_globalresearch. Najib Mikati has …
globalresearch.ca/lebanon-brink-social-explosion-breakdown/5751171
28 July, Webinar: #DefundRacism with the Good Shepherd Collective
Staff | samidoun.net | 2021-07-27
Wednesday, 28 July 9 am Pacific/12 pm Eastern Register to join: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rd-ysrjsqEtAsVxU4eIelOn1UN12zN0ZL Join the Justice for Palestine committee of the Syracuse Peace Council and the Good Shepherd Collective for a private webinar about a new campaign to defund "charitable" NY-based settler organizations harming Palestinian communities. We are looking to build a coalition of organizations in New York state to pressure NYS Attorney General Letitia James to open investigations into the tax-exempt status of several organizations that directly sponsor Israeli settler-colonialism i…
samidoun.net/2021/07/28-july-webinar-defundracism-with-the-good-shepherd-collective/
Sudanese judoka refuses to face his Israeli opponent in ongoing Tokyo Olympics
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-07-27
Earlier, Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine had withdrawn from the tournament after he was drawn against an Israeli opponent citing his support for the Palestinian cause…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/07/27/sudanese-judoka-refuses-to-face-his-israeli-opponent-in-ongoing-tokyo-olympics/
Israel's War Crimes: Is the Tide Finally Turning?
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2021-07-27
@crg_globalresearch. Targeting and killing …
globalresearch.ca/tide-finally-turning/5751220
US Attempting to Prevent China's Technological Rise
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2021-07-27
@crg_globalresearch. The U.S. House …
globalresearch.ca/us-attempting-prevent-china-technological-rise/5751223
A Cunning Extraterrestrial Profiteer
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2021-07-27
Jeff Bezos touched down after his 10 minutes, 10 second vertical 66 mile zoom above Earth. He felt so on top of the Earth that he agreed to one-on-one interviews with a gaggle of salivating reporters. Looking over a list of their names, he spotted journalist Greg Galaxy and picked him first. Galaxy:…
counterpunch.org/2021/07/27/a-cunning-extraterrestrial-profiteer/
Nicaragua's Sandinistas Battle 'Diabolical' US Empire and Poverty on 42nd Anniversary of Revolution
Ben Norton | globalresearch.ca | 2021-07-27
@crg_globalresearch. The Grayzone reports …
globalresearch.ca/nicaragua-sandinistas-battle-diabolical-us-empire-poverty-42nd-anniversary-revolution/5751201
From Afghanistan to Russia and China: David Swanson talks to RT International 2021 07 26
David Swanson | warisacrime.org | 2021-07-27
From Afghanistan to Russia and China: David Swanson talks to RT International 2021 07 26
Greenwashing the Tokyo Olympic Games
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2021-07-27
"The gap between rhetoric and reality is a persistent one when looking at the sustainability of commitments of Olympic Games hosts". — Martin Màºller, European Urban and Regional Studies, 2015 The organisers of the Olympics have always been into appearances and grand theatre. And the International Olympic Committee has always been keen in keeping them…
counterpunch.org/2021/07/27/greenwashing-the-tokyo-olympic-games/
Afghanistan, Failure and Second Thoughts
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2021-07-27
@crg_globalresearch. It is a …
globalresearch.ca/afghanistan-failure-second-thoughts/5751184
Afghanistan, Failure and Second Thoughts
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-07-27
It is a country other powers simply cannot leave alone. Even after abandoning its Kabul post in ignominy, tail tucked between their legs, Australia is now wondering if it should return — in some form. The Department of Trade and Foreign Affairs has been sending out a few signals, none of them definitive. "We will …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/07/afghanistan-failure-and-second-thoughts/
Higher Medicare Payments for In-home COVID-19 Vaccinations
Rubin R. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-07-27
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently increased payments for at-home COVID-19 vaccinations for Medicare beneficiaries.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2782318
Florida COVID-19 Fatalities Data Included Man who Died in Motorcycle Accident
Laura Dyrda | globalresearch.ca | 2021-07-27
@crg_globalresearch. A man who …
globalresearch.ca/florida-covid-19-fatalities-data-included-man-died-motorcycle-accident/5751207
Signs of COVID Injection Failure Mount
Dr. Joseph Mercola | globalresearch.ca | 2021-07-27
@crg_globalresearch. In the U.K., …
globalresearch.ca/signs-covid-injection-failure-mount/5751218
Belt and Road vs. New Quad for Afghanistan's Coming Boom
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2021-07-27
@crg_globalresearch. Over a week …
globalresearch.ca/bri-new-quad-afghanistan-coming-boom/5751163
Experts: Venezuela's Automated Voting System Robust, Guarantees Electoral Transparency
Olys Guarate | orinocotribune.com | 2021-07-27
At a press conference held earlier today, a group of IT experts and technical auditors stated that Venezuela's automated voting system is completely solid and guarantees electoral transparency, as the Bolivarian Republic approaches the mega-elections scheduled for November 21. | One of the spokespersons for the group of experts, Professor Emilio Hernández, doctor in computer science from the University of Southampton in England and retired professor from Simón Bolívar University, confirmed that "we have found that the system fully complies with the goal of providing accurate and fast tabulation. In addition, it g…
orinocotribune.com/experts-venezuelas-automated-voting-system-robust-guarantees-electoral-transparency/
You Can Work but Not Stay
Michelle Chen | progressive.org | 2021-07-27
Immigrant rights activists are trying to convince elected officials that workers are essential enough to be given a path to citizenship.
progressive.org/latest/you-can-work-but-not-stay-chen-210727/
The Olympic Event We Need: a Race To See Where People Live the Longest
Sam Pizzigati | counterpunch.org | 2021-07-27
In pandemics, people die. They die in incredibly frightful numbers. That may be why so few media commentators greeted this week's biggest news story — the release of the latest stats on U.S. life expectancy — with anything much more than a shrug. The new stats from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showthat…
counterpunch.org/2021/07/27/the-olympic-event-we-need-a-race-to-see-where-people-live-the-longest/
People working a minimum wage job can't afford rent anywhere in the U.S
Editor | mronline.org | 2021-07-27
Over 40% of Black and Latinx households pay more than 30% of their income on rent, compared with 25% of white households.
mronline.org/2021/07/27/people-working-a-minimum-wage-job-cant-afford-rent-anywhere-in-the-u-s/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=people-working-a-minimum-wage-job-cant-afford-rent-anywhere-in-the-u-s
U.S. Sanctions: Weapons of Economic Warfare
Donald Monaco | globalresearch.ca | 2021-07-27
@crg_globalresearch. On July 22, | …
globalresearch.ca/us-sanctions-weapons-economic-warfare/5751162
You Are a Subject
Thomas Stephens | counterpunch.org | 2021-07-27
"You cannot end or amend a harmful experiment if you have not been told that you are a subject." — Alesia Montgomery, "Greening the Black Urban Regime" Alesia Montgomery's subtitle, "The Culture and Commerce of Sustainability in Detroit," introduces the diabolical "experiment"-without-informed-consent that is restructuring and bankrupting Detroit. The Black Urban Regimes of her title…
counterpunch.org/2021/07/27/you-are-a-subject/
China takes tough approach to tame tutoring schools
Editor | mronline.org | 2021-07-27
The new set of rules aim to better monitor the education market, which has been blamed for increasingly unfair competition among students.
mronline.org/2021/07/27/china-takes-tough-approach-to-tame-tutoring-schools/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=china-takes-tough-approach-to-tame-tutoring-schools
Ending Structural Racism in Federally Funded Research
Rubin R. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-07-27
National Institutes of Health (NIH) leaders, scientists, administrators, and staff, including Director Francis Collins, MD, PhD, recently published a framework to end structural racism in biomedical research.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2782320
Is China imperialist?
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-07-27
By Carlos Martinez — Jul 2, 2021 | Foreign domination does not have the same gravitational pull on the Chinese economy as on the economies of Britain, the US, Japan and others. CARLOS MARTINEZ examines why | THE slogan "Neither Washington nor Beijing" relies largely on the premise that China is imperialist, and that the new cold war is an inter-imperialist war — a war in which the antagonists are fighting over their share of the spoils from the exploitation of foreign countries. | If China isn't imperialist, and if the new cold war isn't an example of inter-imperialist rivalry, the "third camp" positio…
orinocotribune.com/is-china-imperialist/
After the Apocalypse — America's Role in a World Transformed
Jim Miles | globalresearch.ca | 2021-07-27
@crg_globalresearch. The contemporary …
globalresearch.ca/after-apocalypse-america-role-world-transformed/5751165
After Devastating DACA Ruling, Dreamers Vow to Push for Legalization
Sonali Kolhatkar | counterpunch.org | 2021-07-27
Although President Joe Biden has already announced that his Justice Department will appeal Hanen's ruling, Flores worries such a legal challenge will simply take too long, leaving countless numbers of potential DACA applicants stranded, unable to gain employment and subject to deportation even though the United States is the only country most have known.
counterpunch.org/2021/07/27/after-devastating-daca-ruling-dreamers-vow-to-push-for-legalization/
Turkey makes unveiled threat to Greece over Aegean islands
Rick Rozoff | antibellum679354512.wordpress.com | 2021-07-27
Turkish defense minister urges Greece for disarmament of Aegean Island Turkey will not allow "any fait accompli" in the region…. Citing the militarization efforts of Greece on its islands in the Aegean, Akar said, "Our Greek neighbors have an aggressive attitude to lay claim to them as well." **** Greeks say, "There is a threat," …
antibellum679354512.wordpress.com/2021/07/27/turkey-makes-unveiled-threat-to-greece-over-aegean-islands/
Lava Jato Used Pegasus Spyware Against Political Leaders in Brazil
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-07-27
In an exclusive report by journalist Jamil Chade for Brazilian media outlet UOL, it was revealed that Operation Lava Jato had negotiated with the Israeli cyber-intelligence firm NSO for its Pegasus spyware, capable of monitoring private communications and the content of almost any smartphone, including remote access to its cameras and microphones in real time. | In recent weeks, it has been revealed that Pegasus has had world leaders and governments among it…
orinocotribune.com/lava-jato-used-pegasus-spyware-against-political-leaders-in-brazil/
Prioritizing Dissemination and Implementation Science in Cardiometabolic Medicine
Bhatt AS, Solomon SD, Vaduganathan M. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-07-27
Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction serves as a prototypical example in which advances in scientific discovery have not been fully realized in clinical practice. In recent years, stepwise progress in discovery science has afforded the availability of several disease-modifying therapies. Complete uptake of contemporary multidrug regimens is estimated to provide significant improvements in longevity and event-free survival. However, deep, pervasive gaps have remained in the optimal adoption of these therapies. Similar implementation gaps exist across other prevalent cardiometabolic conditions, including di…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2782323
Exploitative Trade Rules: The World Trade Organisation
Rod Driver | globalresearch.ca | 2021-07-27
@crg_globalresearch. The World Trade …
globalresearch.ca/exploitative-trade-rules-world-trade-organisation/5751187
July 27 isn't Just Another Day
Ramsay Liem | counterpunch.org | 2021-07-27
July 27, 2021 marks the 68th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice Agreement, a battlefield truce that temporarily halted combat during the Korean War. That pause continues to define the state of relations between the United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK, North Korea) to this day. Absent a peace agreement the…
counterpunch.org/2021/07/27/july-27-isnt-just-another-day/
Space is still for scientific exploration, not commercialization
Newsclick | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-07-27
In the aftermath of trips by billionaires to space, Newsclick's Prabir Purkayastha and D Raghunandan talk about the future of space exploration — both by private and public players…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/07/27/space-is-still-for-scientific-exploration-not-commercialization/
All US combat troops to withdraw from Iraq by end of this year
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-07-27
The opposition in Iraq has said the decision does not go far enough as the parliament had passed a resolution calling for the complete withdrawal of foreign troops from the country…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/07/27/all-us-combat-troops-to-withdraw-from-iraq-by-end-of-this-year/
FARC-EP's Magdalena Medio Bloc Claims Responsibility for Attack on Iván Duque
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-07-27
This Monday, July 26, the dissident Magdalena Medio (Middle Magdalena) Bloc of the dismantled Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) claimed responsibility for the June 25 attack on the helicopter carrying the president of Colombia, Iván Duque. The attack occurred while Duque was approaching the landing pad at the Cúcuta airport. The Magdalena Medio bloc also claimed responsibility for the car bomb attack on the Army's 30th Brigade in Cúcuta on June 16, Venezuela's state news agency AVN reported, citing Sputnik. | "Today we want to inform the country that we assume responsibility for the a…
orinocotribune.com/farc-eps-magdalena-medio-bloc-claims-responsibility-for-attack-on-ivan-duque/
Polish Amazon Workers Are Organizing
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-07-27
In a recent episode of Jacobin's new podcast, Primer, Alex N. Press spoke with two workers from Poland who organize with Amazon Workers International (AWI): Magda Malinovska and Agnieszka Mroz. Unlike established, formal unions or union federations, AWI is a shop-floor organization, which is less formalized. Malinovska has worked at the fulfillment center in Pozna≈Ñ, Poland for five years, first as a picker and then alongside Agnieszka as a packer; Agnieszka started at Pozna≈Ñ, which was the first Amazon warehouse in Poland, when it opened in 2014. Amazon's operations in the country have…
popularresistance.org/polish-amazon-workers-are-organizing/
Tajik president, Chinese defense minister discuss Afghan situation
Rick Rozoff | antibellum679354512.wordpress.com | 2021-07-27
Tajik president discusses Afghanistan with Chinese defense minister DUSHANBE — Tajik President Emomali Rahmon discussed the situation in Afghanistan with Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe in Dushanbe on Tuesday, the Tajik presidential press service said. "The Tajik leader spoke with alarm about the critical development of the situation in this neighboring country, including districts bordering …
antibellum679354512.wordpress.com/2021/07/27/tajik-president-chinese-defense-minister-discuss-afghan-situation/
Effect of Ventral vs Dorsal Spinal Surgery in Patients With Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
Shao L, Wu X, Huang W. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-07-27
To the Editor The recently published CSM-S trial demonstrated that both ventral and dorsal surgical approaches performed equally well in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy. We have several comments about this study. First, while Dr Ghogawala and colleagues have used randomized clinical trials comparing the ventral and dorsal approaches, they refined the eligibility criteria to a patient population suitable for either surgical approach. The careful selection of patients provided clinical equipoise but also reduces the generalizability of their findings. For patients who met the study inclusion criteria,…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2782311
Factory Farms: The Corporate Food System Which is Ruining Our Climate
Mark Schlosberg | globalresearch.ca | 2021-07-27
@crg_globalresearch. "No force on …
globalresearch.ca/time-urgent-intervention-food-system-ruining-climate/5751188
Effect of Ventral vs Dorsal Spinal Surgery in Patients With Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy–Reply
Ghogawala Z, Barker FG, II, Benzel EC. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-07-27
In Reply We agree with Dr Inose and colleagues that fusion is not always necessary after a dorsal decompression for cervical myelopathy. To clarify, in our study, we excluded patients with C2 to C7 kyphosis greater than 5 ∞ measured using a standing cervical radiograph with the patient in extension. We did not report the length of operative time or estimated blood loss during these surgeries, but we plan to include these data in a future study focusing on differences in cost between the ventral and dorsal cervical spinal operations. A study site coordinator (blinded to patient randomized group) evaluated ea…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2782309
NATO threatens Russia with war games, tanks, missiles — daily
Rick Rozoff | antibellum679354512.wordpress.com | 2021-07-27
Reproduced in its entirety from today's TASS. Key points, and there are several, are in bold print. ==== Pentagon deploys "combat-credible" 1st Infantry Division to Poland Belarus: European leaders bringing world closer to World War III U.S. airborne troops, armored vehicles arrive for multinational NATO exercise in Georgia U.S. delegation visits Ukraine war zone, pledges …
antibellum679354512.wordpress.com/2021/07/27/nato-threatens-russia-with-war-games-tanks-missiles-daily/
Dems Are Failing to Engage Young People
Ashley Lynn Priore | progressive.org | 2021-07-27
Young Americans like me shouldn't feel like kids in the grocery store putting candy in the cart and having our elected officials tell us, "Put that back."
progressive.org/op-eds/dems-failing-engage-young-people-priore-210727/
Effect of Systemic Hydrocortisone Started After Birth in Ventilated Preterm Infants on Mortality and Neurodevelopment
Halbmeijer NM, Onland W, Cools F, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-07-27
This follow-up to the STOP-BPD randomized clinical trial, which investigated the efficacy and safety of systemic hydrocortisone treatment initiated 7 to 14 days after birth in ventilator-dependent, very preterm infants in the Netherlands and Belgium at 36 weeks' postmenstrual age, examines the prespecified composite of death and neurodevelopmental impairment among these infants at 2 years' corrected age.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2782313
MDMA-assisted Therapy Highly Effective for PTSD
Slomski A. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-07-27
Supportive therapy together with 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)–also known as the recreational drug ecstasy–significantly reduced severe posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in a phase 3 multisite clinical trial. MDMA-assisted therapy has the "potential to dramatically transform treatment for PTSD," the researchers wrote in Nature Medicine.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2782305
Here is why we are boycotting the UN Food Systems Summit
Editor | mronline.org | 2021-07-27
Social movements and scientists are staying out of the UN summit because it represents big agribusiness interests.
mronline.org/2021/07/27/here-is-why-we-are-boycotting-the-un-food-systems-summit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=here-is-why-we-are-boycotting-the-un-food-systems-summit
Anabolic Therapy for Osteoporosis
Ensrud KE, Schousboe JT. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-07-27
This JAMA Insights reviews the use of anabolic medications to reduce the risk of osteoporosis-related fractures, including teriparatide, abaloparatide, and romosozumab.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2782316
What We Can Learn From Iceland's 4-Day Work Week
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-07-27
Between 2015 and 2019, the government of Iceland and the Reykjavik City Council undertook an employment experiment, allowing a sample of workers access to a shorter work week without any loss of pay. The results are now in, and over the past week or so the study's findings have garnered significant media attention. Many are declaring the Icelandic pilot "an overwhelming success," reporting that workers experienced greater work-life balance, reduced stress and more free time with family.
popularresistance.org/what-we-can-learn-from-icelands-4-day-work-week/
The Danger of Drug-War Raids
Jacob Hornberger | counterpunch.org | 2021-07-27
We are all familiar with drug-war raids, especially in the middle of the night, in which cops and DEA agents sometimes shoot and kill people and their pets during the course of the raid. One reason for this phenomenon is that the people who are being raided don't know who is doing the raiding. Even…
counterpunch.org/2021/07/27/the-danger-of-drug-war-raids/
The Continuing Horror of CIA's Torture and Abuse
Melvin Goodman | counterpunch.org | 2021-07-27
Nearly two decades ago, the Central Intelligence Agency began its sadistic program of torture and abuse, and the Department of Defense created a prison at Guantanamo to evade U.S. law. We are still learning about the horrors of the Global War on Terror. On July 16, military prosecutors finally asked to erase information obtained through…
counterpunch.org/2021/07/27/the-continuing-horror-of-cias-torture-and-abuse/
Health Freedom Is the Hottest Political Issue on the Entire Globe, and Our World Will Never be the Same after this
Michael Snyder | globalresearch.ca | 2021-07-27
@crg_globalresearch. We are witnessing …
globalresearch.ca/health-freedom-hottest-political-issue-entire-globe/5751213
Problems on Campus
jamanetwork.com | 2021-07-27
Business executive, university trustee, former university administrator, and faculty member–Pake brings broad perspective to his examination of our universities' present plight. As he views the campus scene, the faculty holds the seat of power, philosophically because faculty membership denotes expertise but practically because of tenure. The man with tenure is immune; he holds his position and draws his salary until he reaches mandatory retirement age.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2782314
Video: UK Official Admits Lockdowns for "Social Control"
| globalresearch.ca | 2021-07-27
@crg_globalresearch. A U.K. member …
globalresearch.ca/video-uk-official-admits-lockdowns-social-control/5751224
Russian communists protests exclusion of parliamentary candidate by election commission
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-07-27
The central election commission excluded Pavel Grudinin from the list of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation for upcoming elections to the parliament alleging him of "having ownership of foreign financial instruments"
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/07/27/russian-communists-protests-exclusion-of-parliamentary-candidate-by-election-commission/
Why Blast Off Into Space?
Manuel García, Jr. | counterpunch.org | 2021-07-27
The fantasy of rising above the surface of the Earth and flying out among the stars is as old as the human imagination itself. After Marco Polo brought back Chinese gunpowder to the 13th century Europeans, they were able to militarize it into firearms, and the technology of chemically-propelled ballistics took off so that by…
counterpunch.org/2021/07/27/why-blast-off-into-space/
Patent Monopolies, Corruption, and the New Alzheimer's Drug
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2021-07-27
It seems that no one in policy circles believes that people respond to incentives. How else can we explain this lengthy piece in the New York Times on the process by which the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Aduhelm, a drug for treating Alzheimer's disease. The piece details how the clinical trials designed to…
counterpunch.org/2021/07/27/patent-monopolies-corruption-and-the-new-alzheimers-drug-2/
Effect of a Quality Improvement Intervention on Outcomes and Care Quality for Patients With HFrEF
DeVore AD, Granger BB, Fonarow GC, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-07-27
This cluster randomized trial evaluates the effect of a hospital and postdischarge quality improvement intervention vs usual care on time to heart failure rehospitalization or death, and quality of care, among patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction in the US.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2782302
Opening Declaration Of The Counter-Mobilization To Transform Corporate Food Systems
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-07-27
The only just and sustainable path forward is to immediately halt and transform corporate globalized food systems. The first step on this path is fully recognizing, implementing, and enforcing the human right to adequate food. While foundational, the right to adequate food is indivisible from other basic human rights, such as the right to health, housing, safe working conditions, living wages, social protection, clean environments, and civil-political rights including collective bargaining and political participation, which collectively should be central to any food system process.
popularresistance.org/opening-declaration-of-the-counter-mobilization-to-transform-corporate-food-systems/
The Roma struggle from protests to political liberation
Joris Leverink | roarmag.org | 2021-07-27
The second racialized peoples-led protest against police brutality and institutional racism in Madrid, Spain — 2018. Photo: Kale Amenge | The recent death of Stanislav Tomá≈°, a Roma man from Teplice, Czech Republic, has sparked demonstrations across many European countries. On June 19, a police officer kneeled on Tomá≈°' neck while detaining him, leading to his death soon after. Despi…
roarmag.org/essays/roma-protest-political-agenda/
Arreaza vs. Bukele? Lawfare in El Salvador Against Sánchez Cerén
Daniela Jimenez | orinocotribune.com | 2021-07-27
After the government of Venezuela issued a statement denouncing political persecution against former Salvadoran president Salvador Sánchez Cerén and former officials of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), there was an exchanges of words between the Foreign Minister of the Republic, Jorge Arreaza and the President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, on Twitter. | "We are facing a new case of lawfare, a strategy used in recent years by conservative groups in power to try to…
orinocotribune.com/arreaza-vs-bukele-lawfare-in-el-salvador-against-sanchez-ceren/
Federal Court Halts North Idaho Logging Plans Due to Government Abuse of Process
Mike Garrity | counterpunch.org | 2021-07-27
On July 23, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies received its second victory in the fight against the Hanna Flats logging project on public National Forest lands in northern Idaho. A federal court suspended the project in light of evidence that the government likely abused the legal process when it refused to conduct a public environmental…
counterpunch.org/2021/07/27/federal-court-halts-north-idaho-logging-plans-due-to-government-abuse-of-process/
Patient Information: Cardiac Rehabilitation
Baman JR, Sekhon S, Maganti K. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-07-27
This JAMA Patient Page describes the goals of cardiac rehabilitation, its 3 phases, and which patients benefit from it.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2782299
The 34% Question
Vern Loomis | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-07-27
So, maybe it didn't begin there, but is that where it all came together and became the lip signed treaty between President and Party? Was the infamous 2017 around-the-table butt-kissing spectacle the inflection point; the official surrender of the Republican Party to Donald Trump? They took turns demeaning themselves and the America people, with Reince Priebus offering …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/07/the-34-question/
Hundreds of Grassroots Organizations to Oppose the UN Food Systems Summit
Slow Food International | globalresearch.ca | 2021-07-27
crg_globalresearch. Over 300 …
globalresearch.ca/hundreds-grassroots-organizations-oppose-un-food-systems-summit/5751190
Ben Shapiro's Authoritarian Moment
John K. Wilson | counterpunch.org | 2021-07-27
Ben Shapiro is having a moment. Unfortunately, it's the authoritarian moment. That's the title of Shapiro's soon-to-be bestseller being published on July 27, with the subtitle, "How the Left Weaponized America's Institutions Against Dissent." Shapiro's belief that the Left controls everything in America justifies, in his mind, the use of authoritarian power against them.
counterpunch.org/2021/07/27/ben-shapiros-authoritarian-moment/
Read drone whistleblower Daniel Hale's riveting letter to judge describing why he 'came to violate the espionage act'
Kevin Gosztola | thegrayzone.com | 2021-07-27
"The truest truism that I've come to understand about the nature of war is that war is trauma," Daniel Hale wrote. This article was originally published at The Dissenter. Subscribe here. As the President Joe Biden winds down United States military involvement in Afghanistan, a conflict spanning nearly 20 years, the U.S. Justice Department seeks the harshest sentence ever for the unauthorized disclosure of information in a case against an Afghanistan War veteran. Daniel Hale, who "accepted responsibility" for violating …
thegrayzone.com/2021/07/27/drone-whistleblower-daniel-hales-letter-judge-espionage-act/
Western left intellectuals and their love affair with the attempted 'color revolution' in Cuba
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-07-27
Chicago, IL – Noam Chomsky, Gilbert Achcar, Paul Le Blanc, Suzi Weissman, Tithi Bhattacharya, Charlie Post, Robert Brenner, Gayatri Spivak, Alex Callinicos, Ashley Smith, Eric Toussaint, Marc Cooper, Etienne Balibar. These are a handful of the over 500 signatories on an open letter directed to the blockaded Cuban government on July 12 demanding "respect for the democratic rights of all Cuban people" and the release of "dissident Marxist" Frank García Hernández and his comrades from jail after the protests of July 11. | These signatories are high-profile academic socialists in the U.S. and Europe, featured promine…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/7/26/western-left-intellectuals-and-their-love-affair-attempted-color-revolution-cuba
On Cuba's Historic Connections to Palestinian Liberation
Benay Blend | orinocotribune.com | 2021-07-27
By Benay Blend — Jul 24, 2021 | "People be 'nuancing' and 'both-siding,' then a government is overthrown and a country falls into devastation and they are nowhere to be found." That quote from Hood Communist sums up the history of imperialism and colonialism in the Global South. | In the case of Palestine, "both-side-ism" has a long and inglorious history. As Ramzy Baroud observes, the notion of a "conflict" with two equally respon…
orinocotribune.com/on-cubas-historic-connections-to-palestinian-liberation/
"Tired of Waiting": Cuban Americans Say Biden Broke Promise to Lift Cuba Sanctions & Thaw Relations
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-07-27
After rare anti-government protests in Cuba, Cuban Americans are speaking out to demand the U.S. government end its blockade of the island. But President Joe Biden has responded with new sanctions. We speak with Cuban American Carlos Lazo, who just led a march from Miami to the White House with Puentes de Amor, or Bridges of Love, and says President Biden promised during the 2020 presidential campaign to undo Trump sanctions and return to a more constructive relationship with Cuba. "After seven months, he did nothing," says Lazo. "We get tired of waiting." We also speak with Latin American affairs scholar William…
www.democracynow.org/2021/7/27/cuba_protests_pandemic_conditions
Calls Grow for Biden to Close Guantánamo Military Prison as U.S. Sanctions Cuba over Human Rights
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-07-27
As the United States imposes new Cuba sanctions, citing human rights abuses, we look at the U.S. military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, a notorious gulag that President Biden himself has called an "advertisement for creating terror." This month, the first Guantánamo Bay prisoner to be released under the Biden administration, ‚Äã‚ÄãAbdul Latif Nasser, returned to his home country of Morocco after nearly two decades of being held without charge even though he was cleared for release in 2016. There are 39 other prisoners still at Guantánamo, nearly two decades after the start of…
www.democracynow.org/2021/7/27/guantanamo_closure_prisoner_repatriation
Video: The US Exploits Chaos to Expand Its Footprint in Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2021-07-27
@crg_globalresearch. The exchange of …
globalresearch.ca/video-us-exploits-chaos-expand-footprint-syria/5751174
Military Situation In Syria On July 27, 2021 (Map Update)
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-07-27
Click to see full-size image | On July 27, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 29 times: 14 — in Idlib province, 9 — in Latakia province, 5 — in Hama province, 1 — in Aleppo province | On July 26, Russian warplanes attacked positions of Turkish-backed forces in the Kansafra area | On July 26, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Safuhin and Fatirah | On July 26, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF p…
southfront.org/military-situation-in-syria-on-july-27-2021-map-update/
Turkish shelling injures several Syrian civilians
Rick Rozoff | antibellum679354512.wordpress.com | 2021-07-27
Several citizens injured in shelling attack by Turkish occupation on villages in Aleppo countryside SANA [Syrian Arab News Agency] reporter quoted local sources as saying that several artillery and rocket shells launched by the Turkish occupation forces and their terrorist mercenaries fell in the vicinity of the villages of al-Hoshariya and al-Arimah, north of al-Bab …
antibellum679354512.wordpress.com/2021/07/26/turkish-shelling-injures-several-syrian-civilians/
SF March to Pass Medicare For All Now
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2021-07-27
Protesters vow to take issue to UN as human rights complaint if M4A is not passed…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/24/18843924.php
Myanmar: Rights expert calls for 'COVID ceasefire', urges UN action
news.un.org | 2021-07-27
The UN independent expert on the human rights situation in Myanmar on Tuesday called for a "COVID ceasefire" for the country, as infections and deaths soar even as the military junta escalates attacks against healthcare workers.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2021/07/1096492
Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Telemedicine before and after orthopedic surgery
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-07-27
In health care, one of the biggest changes during the COVID-19 pandemic was the expansion of telemedicine. Virtual visits have been used in many specialties, including orthopedics and orthopedic surgery. While the use telemedicine escalated out of necessity during the pandemic, Dr. Shawn O'Driscoll, a Mayo Clinic orthopedic surgeon, believes its use will continue to be used going forward. "I think that the advantages to patients are really going to be the driving forces behind…
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Ten Myths about Israel
Alex Salmon | greenleft.org.au | 2021-07-27
Alex Salmon reviews Ilan Pappé's book, Ten Myths about Israel, which debunks Zionist propaganda and proposes a just solution for the Palestinians.
greenleft.org.au/content/ten-myths-about-israel
Headlines for July 27, 2021
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-07-27
California & New York City to Require Workers to Get Vaccine or Weekly Tests, CDC: Florida Accounts for One in Five of All U.S. COVID Cases, Study: Lifting of Eviction Moratoriums Resulted in Over 10,000 COVID Deaths, Tokyo Reports Record Number of COVID Cases as It Hosts Olympics, Protesters Denounce "Coup" as Tunisian President Expands Power Grab, U.S. Troops to Remain in Iraq, But Biden Says "Combat Mission" Is Ending, 57 Feared Dead as Migrant Boat Capsizes Near Libya, Human Rights Watch Accuses Israel of War Crimes in Gaza Assault, Lebanese Billionaire Tapped to Be Next Prime Minister, U.S. Sends Over 2 Doze…
www.democracynow.org/2021/7/27/headlines
US Attempting To Prevent China's Technological Rise
Anonymous103 | southfront.org | 2021-07-27
Illustrative ImageWashington's Innovation and Competition Act unlikely to halt China's engineering advancements. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst. | The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill banning scientists from receiving government funding if they are also involved in any Chinese-funded project. Washington's move is part of the U.S.' overall strategy of technological confrontation with China. | In the late 2000's, China adopted the 1000 Talents Program to actively recrui…
southfront.org/us-attempting-to-prevent-chinas-technological-rise/
Boris Johnson is a Comic Operate Prime Minister, Whose Antics Have Killed Tens of Thousands
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2021-07-27
Boris Johnson turns out to have privately yearned to adopt the same approach as Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro who publicly favoured allowing Covid-19 to rip through his nation. "Stop all this fussing and whining," Bolsonaro told Brazilians, some 543,000 of whom have died in the epidemic. "How long are you going to go on crying?"
counterpunch.org/2021/07/27/boris-johnson-is-a-comic-operate-prime-minister-whose-antics-have-killed-tens-of-thousands/
Memoir shines a light on the struggle for human liberation
Dave Holmes | greenleft.org.au | 2021-07-27
Dave Holmes launches the memoir of a lifelong Australian socialist.
greenleft.org.au/content/memoir-shines-light-struggle-human-liberation
Sunday 8/8: Make Rebellion the New Normal! Fighting for Working People's Needs Post Pandemic
Bay Area Freedom Socialist Party | indybay.org | 2021-07-27
New Valencia Hall – 747 Polk Street (at Ellis, near Civic Center, BART/Muni and on #19, 31,47, & 49 Muni bus lines), wheelchair accessible.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/26/18843963.php
US Dollar‚Ää–‚Ääand Washington's Military Primacy‚Ää–‚ÄäLurch Closer Towards Collapse
Rainer Shea | orinocotribune.com | 2021-07-27
By Rainer Shea — Jul 24, 2021 | Mao, whose legacy of victorious class struggle continues to challenge U.S. imperialism as socialist China disrupts Washington's military hegemony and neo-colonialism, concluded that even the most powerful weapons of the imperialists are beatable in the face of liberation movements. Even the atom bomb, he said, is a paper tiger, something that only gives off the illusion of invincibility. "Imperialism will not last long because it always does evil things," h…
orinocotribune.com/us-dollar%e2%80%8a-%e2%80%8aand-washingtons-military-primacy%e2%80%8a-%e2%80%8alurch-closer-towards-collapse/
Military Situation In Afghanistan On July 27, 2021 (Map Update)
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-07-27
Click to see full-size image | On July 27, clashes between Afghan Army and Taliban continued to the west and south of Kandahar city | On July 27, Taliban captured Barg-e Matal district center in Nuristan province | On July 26, Afghan Army captured Kaldar district in Balkh province | 187 Taliban terrorists were killed, 112 wounded and 2 others were arrested as a result of Afghan Army operations in Kunar, Logar, Ghazni, Khost, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Faryab, Balkh, Jowzjan, Samangan, Helmand, Takhar, K…
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Hesitant about COVID-19 vaccine development?
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-07-27
Some people may be hesitant to be vaccinated for COVID-19 because they think COVID-19 vaccines were developed too quickly. But today's successes are the result of many years of coronavirus research. "To say that these messenger RNA vaccines were only developed in the past year would be erroneous," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "I know some people are hesitant and they might be fearful over some of the headlines they…
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Strong immune response underlies acute kidney injury related to COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-07-27
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers have found that acute kidney injury associated with COVID-19 resembles sepsis-caused kidney injury, and the immune response triggered by the infection plays a pivotal role. The findings, published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, also suggest that mitochondrial dysfunction — a loss of function in cellular energy production — is commonly found in kidney injury related to COVID-19. More than one-third of hospitalized COVID-19 patients report acute kidney injury, and sudden…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/?p=312506
Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Tips to stay healthy while working from home
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-07-27
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced people to readjust in many ways, including some companies shifting to remote work. Working from a home office has its benefits, but it also comes with quite a few challenges. Virtual offices mean added screen time which can lead to eye strain, ear problems and too much time sitting in one place. Living and working in the same space also can lead to challenges with setting boundaries and having an…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/?p=310231
Keeping translational science on the fast track to curb COVID-19 pneumonia
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-07-27
At the beginning of the pandemic, experimental therapies were the only options available to help patients. Turning them into standard care required clinical and translational research. Experts in the Mayo Clinic Center for Clinical and Translational Science helped make that happen. ____________________________________ "I think we've accomplished in this year what normally would take seven years," says Saad Kenderian, M.B., Ch.B., a Mayo Clinic cancer researcher. Claudia Lucchinetti, M.D., director of Mayo Clinic's Center for Clinical and Translational Science,…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/?p=311444
Saturday 8/21: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Degrowth
Strike Debt Bay Area | indybay.org | 2021-07-27
Depending on the Covid situation, we may meet online or at the OMNI Commons (4799 Shattuck, Oakland, CA). Please email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days before the event so we can let you know what's what.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/26/18843962.php
Respiratory illnesses on the rise with symptoms similar to COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-07-27
A respiratory infection prevalent mostly in the winter has been increasing in parts of the U.S."Particularly in the South part of the U.S., we have seen an increase in what's called RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus. It's a virus that causes a cold much like influenza causes a cold, though it can be severe in very young children and elderly adults," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases physician and researcher at Mayo Clinic. Watch: …
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Monoclonal antibodies help COVID-19 patients avoid hospitalization
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-07-27
ROCHESTER, Minn. ‚Äï In a large observational study, Mayo Clinic researchers have shown that two monoclonal antibodies administered separately helped prevent hospitalization in high-risk patients who became infected with COVID-19. The study also showed more hospitalizations were observed among patients with more comorbidities. The findings appear in The Journal of Infectious Diseases. "The real-world data reported in this study confirm what has been seen in clinical trials involving a placebo," says Raymund Razonable, M.D., a…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/?p=312791
Mayo research provides insights into high-risk younger demographics for severe COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-07-27
ROCHESTER, Minn. ‚Äï Using data from 9,859 COVID-19 infections, Mayo Clinic researchers have new insights into risk factors for younger populations, some of which differ significantly from their older counterparts. People younger than 45 had a greater than threefold increased risk of severe infection if they had cancer or heart disease, or blood, neurologic or endocrine disorders, the research found. These associations were weaker in older age groups. The study was published in Mayo Clinic…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/?p=312685
Politics over Science: Biden Admin Signals Intent to Force FDA Approval of COVID Vaccines
Jordan Schachtel | globalresearch.ca | 2021-07-27
@crg_globalresearch. The Biden Administration …
globalresearch.ca/politics-science-biden-admin-signals-intent-force-fda-approval-covid-vaccines/5751215
Unvaccinated people at highest risk of being infected by delta variant
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-07-27
A highly transmittable form of COVID-19 known as the delta variant is spreading globally. Now a subvariant known as delta-plus has been identified. "Delta-plus just means that there's been an additional mutation in the delta variant," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases physician and researcher at Mayo Clinic. "We have not really seen that take off yet. And that's probably because it's being outcompeted by the delta variant. If you look at the original virus and…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/?p=312563
Selected Articles: The "Killer Vaccine" Worldwide. 7.9 Billion People
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2021-07-27
The "Killer Vaccine" Worldwide. 7.9 Billion People | By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, July 26, 2021 | Let us be under no illusions, it's not only "experimental", it's a Big Pharma "killer vaccine" which modifies the human genome. The evidence of mortality …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-killer-vaccine-worldwide-7-9-billion-people/5751177
The 2020-21 Worldwide Corona Crisis: Destroying Civil Society, Engineered Economic Depression, Global Coup d'État and the "Great Reset"
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2021-07-27
We are at the crossroads of one of the most serious crises in modern history. We are living history, yet our understanding of the flow of events since January 2020 has been blurred. Worldwide, people have been misled both by their governments and the media.
globalresearch.ca/the-2020-worldwide-corona-crisis-destroying-civil-society-engineered-economic-depression-global-coup-detat-and-the-great-reset/5730652
Indigenous Leaders Call for Justice in Murder of Indigenous Zapotec Youth in Salinas
Justice for Gerardo | indybay.org | 2021-07-27
Indigenous-led organizations and communities across California are monitoring very closely the killing of Gerardo Chavez Martinez in Salinas, California by the Salinas Police Department. Gerardo was an Indigenous Zapotec youth who did not speak English and had limited understanding of Spanish. On Friday, July 16th, 2021, police were called to Gerardo's home. During this encounter with the Salinas police, Gerardo did not understand the commands police officers were shouting at him in Spanish. As a monolingual Zapoteco speaker, he did not understand the commands to come out of his home and to raise his arms. Gerard…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/24/18843908.php
David Moore to run as the SEP candidate in the California gubernatorial recall election
repost | indybay.org | 2021-07-27
The SEP is running in the California elections to provide an independent working-class voice demanding the eradication of the pandemic by placing lives over private profit.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/24/18843903.php
Mayo Clinic Minute: Drink to thirst when exercising
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-07-27
If the Summer Olympics inspires you to start working out, Mayo Clinic health experts say it's important to stay hydrated when you exercise. And a valuable term to remember is "drink to thirst." Reporter Jason Howland explains in this Mayo Clinic Minute. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/uEMhUqleuj8 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 57) is in the downloads at the end of…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/?p=311435
Beijing Accuses US of Making an 'Imaginary Enemy' of China & Demands Lifting of Sanctions During High-Level Talks
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-07-27
Relations between Beijing and Washington are "at a standstill," said Chinese Vice Foreign Affairs Minister Xie Feng during a visit to China by the US undersecretary of state. | On Monday, July 26, Beijing accused Washington of wanting to turn China into an "imaginary enemy" to divert attention from their own domestic problems and to stifle the Asian country, reported Reuters. | "The US wants to rekindle a sense of national purpose by establishing China as an 'imaginary enemy,'" Chinese Vice Foreign Affairs Minister Xie Feng was quoted as saying on state television during the visit by US Undersecretary of State We…
orinocotribune.com/beijing-accuses-us-of-making-an-imaginary-enemy-of-china-demands-lifting-of-sanctions-during-high-level-talks/
Study may improve understanding of how disability develops in MS patients versus those with related diseases
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-07-27
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Did you know multiple sclerosis (MS) means multiple scars? New research shows that the brain and spinal cord scars in people with MS may offer clues to why they developprogressive disability but those with related diseases where the immune system attacks the central nervous system do not. In a study published in Neurology, Mayo Clinic researchers and colleagues assessed if inflammation leads to permanent scarring in these three diseases: MS.Aquaporin-4 antibody positive…
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Bookshop refuses to bargain, locks out workers during lockdown
Isaac Nellist | greenleft.org.au | 2021-07-27
Isaac Nellist reports on a bookshop which trades on its 'progressive ideals' but does not want to improve conditions for its workforce.
greenleft.org.au/content/bookshop-refuses-bargain-locks-out-workers-during-lockdown
Mayo Clinic Minute: Skin cancer concerns for people with darker skin
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-07-27
Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer. About 1 in 5 people in the U.S. will have skin cancer during their lives. And it affects all skin colors. Reporter Jason Howland explains in today's Mayo Clinic Minute. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/umD3Cqs91cY Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 18) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. Forty percent of all cancers in Caucasians…
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Saturday 8/7: Hiroshima Day Remembrance
United Nations Association | indybay.org | 2021-07-27
Town Clock, Pacific Ave. and Water St., Santa Cruz…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/26/18843960.php
Military Situation In Yemen On July 27, 2021 (Map Update)
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-07-27
Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 232 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours | On July 26, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 10 airstrikes on the Sarwah district | On July 26, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 3 airstrikes on the Majzar district | On July 26, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 3 airstrikes on the Raghwan district | On July 26, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted an…
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Consumer Health: Understanding glioblastoma
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-07-27
Glioblastoma Awareness Day will be observed on Wednesday, July 21, which makes this a good time to learn more about one of the most complex, deadly and treatment-resistant cancers. Glioblastoma, a type of glioma, is an aggressive cancer that can occur in the brain or spinal cord. It can occur at any age, but it tends to occur more often in older adults. Approximately 13,000 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with glioblastoma in…
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Mayo Clinic Minute: The right way to get your body flexible
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-07-27
Muscle flexibility is important for your body. But according to sports medicine experts at Mayo Clinic, the old way of stretching before you exercise isn't the right approach. Reporter Jason Howland explains in this Mayo Clinic Minute. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/ZiuoldvSc2U Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (0: 58) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. "Having flexible muscles and mobile joints can help reduce…
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The Jamal Journal Newspaper Issue #2 is now online!
The Jamal Journal | indybay.org | 2021-07-27
The Jamal Journal Newspaper Issue #2 was released at the July 3 "In The Spirit of Consuewella Africa" Rally for Mumia at Philadelphia City Hall. Issue #2 is now available online.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/26/18843965.php
The two big lies of WSJ's attack on critical race theory
Julie Hollar | mronline.org | 2021-07-27
The Wall Street Journal editorial board (7/7/21) recently condemned teachers' support for anti-racist curricula and professional development.
mronline.org/2021/07/27/the-two-big-lies-of-wsjs-attack-on-critical-race-theory/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-two-big-lies-of-wsjs-attack-on-critical-race-theory
Novato Victory: Kudos to the California Homeless Union and Attorney Anthony Prince
Robert Norse | indybay.org | 2021-07-27
In mid-July Attorney Anthony Prince of the California Homeless Union successfully applied for a restraining order to stop enforcement of a thinly-disguised anti-homeless Novato city Camping ban designed to work around the Martin v. Boise decision. Perhaps activists in Santa Cruz can take similar action, long promised by the Santa Cruz Homeless Union, either with or without an attorney.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/24/18843907.php
Revolutionary Persistence: Daniel Savio on S.F. Mime Troupe's 62nd Season
John Malkin | indybay.org | 2021-07-27
Interview with San Francisco Mime Troupe musical director Daniel Savio – print and audio podcast. Originally broadcast on KZSC 88.1 FM / kzsc.org.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/26/18843969.php
Mindful Intelligence: Alan Clements on his new book "Extinction X-Rated" and film "Spiritually Incorrect"
John Malkin | indybay.org | 2021-07-27
Print and audio podcast interview with former Buddhist monk, author, journalist and activist performer Alan Clements.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/26/18843956.php
Locations Of US Carrier Strike Groups — July 27, 2021
Anonymous765 | southfront.org | 2021-07-27
This is the newest update of the 'U.S. Carrier Strike Groups Locations Map' exclusive series showing the approximate locations of U.S. Carrier Strike Groups. SouthFront: Analysis & Intelligence tracks locations of U.S. aircraft carriers using the available open-source information. No classified information was used in production of the map. | click to see the full-size image | Carrier strike group (CSG) is an operational formation of the United States Navy. It is centered on an aircraft carrier and a carrier ai…
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Sunday 8/29: Racism, Sexism, Hetro-Sexism within the Poly, CNM, Kink community
Oakland Greens | indybay.org | 2021-07-27
Virtual ZOOM Event…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/23/18843899.php
IMF Extends Zero-Interest Lending to Poor Countries
Olivia Engling | indybay.org | 2021-07-27
IMF Can Sell Gold Reserves to Extend Aid to Developing Countries…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/23/18843891.php
Strategic importance: Ukraine, Turkey develop drones for wars in Donbass, Caucasus
Rick Rozoff | antibellum679354512.wordpress.com | 2021-07-27
Turkey's Bayrak Makina to install Ukrainian engines on all its UAVs Turkey-based arms producer Bayrak Makina is currently using Ukrainian engines in the production of their new-generation Akƒ±ncƒ± combat drones, further planning to install them on all company products. **** "Relations in the field of drone production between Ukraine and Turkey have become strategically important, …
antibellum679354512.wordpress.com/2021/07/26/strategic-importance-ukraine-turkey-develop-drones-for-wars-in-donbass-caucasus/
Sunday 7/25: Volunteer to Build Unity Through Reparations in Oakland, CA!
Uhuru Solidarity Oakland | indybay.org | 2021-07-27
Our local meeting will be on Zoom. You can receive the Zoom link by registering at organizeusmoakland.eventbrite.com.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/23/18843892.php
Beyond stem cells, regenerative medicine finds exosomes
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-07-27
Exosomes, a new tool in regenerative research, have implications for cardiac and tendon regeneration, wound healing, and incontinence, as well as many other applications. _______________________________ In the 60 or so years since stem cells were first defined, they've become heralds of a new type of medicine, one that promises to harness the body's healing properties. Stem cells are a sort of cellular blank slate and can be engineered to form any cell in the body….
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Saturday 8/14: Envision & Enact: Community Thriving
Oakland Asian Cultural Center | indybay.org | 2021-07-27
Oakland Asian Cultural Center…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/23/18843896.php
Diary of a U.S. interceptor-missile warship
Rick Rozoff | antibellum679354512.wordpress.com | 2021-07-27
USS Ross Completes 11th Patrol in U.S. Sixth Fleet, Returns to Rota, Spain Patrol 11 began with Ross's participation in Fleet Operational Sea Training (FOST), a two-week British-led exercise designed to evaluate and increase the warfighting abilities of any allied navies who participate. After FOST, Ross moved on to the North Sea, and then on …
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Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Ventricular assist devices aid heart failure patients
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-07-27
A ventricular assist device, also known as a VAD, is an implantable mechanical pump that helps pump blood from the lower chambers of your heart, or ventricles, to the rest of your body. Although this device can be placed in the left, right or both ventricles of your heart, it is most frequently used in the left ventricle. When placed in the left ventricle it is called a left ventricular assist device, or LVAD. A ventricular…
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Greens want the City of Sydney to lead on affordable housing
Jim McIlroy | greenleft.org.au | 2021-07-27
The Greens' campaign in the City of Sydney (CoS) local government elections is focussed around council investing in affordable and public housing. Jim McIlroy reports.
greenleft.org.au/content/greens-want-city-sydney-lead-affordable-housing
On the Red Road, Lummi Totem Pole to Shell River Stop Line 3
Red Road to DC | indybay.org | 2021-07-27
The Red Road to DC joins Stop Enbridge Line 3 at the Shell River on Sunday. The Lummi Totem Pole is crossing the United States as Native Americans urge President Biden to protect sacred places.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/24/18843911.php
Global outreach award for top public health engineer
imperial.ac.uk | 2021-07-27
Professor Michael Templeton has recently been given a global outreach award by the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors.
imperial.ac.uk/news/227173/global-outreach-award-public-health-engineer
Saturday 7/31: Film: Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games
Revolution Books | indybay.org | 2021-07-27
Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/25/18843946.php
The Heat: China-U.S. relations
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2021-07-27
High-level talks between China and the United States in Tianjin. Was any progress made in relations between the two countries?
america.cgtn.com/2021/07/27/the-heat-china-u-s-relations-3
Kicked to the kerb: The crisis of older women becoming homeless
Suzanne James | greenleft.org.au | 2021-07-27
After a lifetime of raising children and contributing to the country's wealth, women are being hung out to dry by state and federal governments. Suzanne James interviewed Beverly Baker, NSW Chair of Older Women's Network about the urgent need for change.
greenleft.org.au/content/kicked-kerb-crisis-older-women-becoming-homeless
Military Situation In Iraq On July 27, 2021 (Map Update)
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-07-27
Click to see full-size image | On July 26, unknown aircraft reportedly attacked PMU's Imam Ali Brigades storages north of Najaf city. Three people reportedly injured | On July 27, US OIR Spokesman Col. Wayne Marotto denied any US attacks on Iraq in the last 48 hours | Iraq-US security relations will be fully transformed into training, advisory, support and intelligence roles, and by December 31, 2021, there will be no US troops in combat in Iraq, according to the US-Iraq talks statement | On July 26,…
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Consumer Health: 10 ways aerobic exercise can help you live longer and healthier
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-07-27
A well-rounded fitness routine contains several elements, including strength training, core exercises, balance training, and flexibility and stretching. The fifth element is aerobic fitness. Aerobic activity causes you to breathe faster and more deeply, which maximizes the amount of oxygen in your blood. Your heart will beat faster, which increases blood flow to your muscles and back to your lungs. The better your aerobic fitness, the more efficiently your heart, lungs and blood vessels transport oxygen throughout…
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Sunday 7/25: A Linguistic Townhall: Defining Gender & Ethnicity
Oakland Greens | indybay.org | 2021-07-27
Virtual ZOOM event…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/23/18843898.php
Biden Administration Announces Decommissioning of Oil Rigs Off California
Center for Biological Diversity | indybay.org | 2021-07-27
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., July 22, 2021 — The Biden administration today announced its intent to prepare a programmatic environmental analysis of the impacts of decommissioning oil and gas drilling platforms, pipelines and wells off southern California.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/23/18843894.php
Ukraine Received First Bayraktar TB2 Combat Drone From Turkey
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-07-27
Click to see full-size image | The Ukrainian Navy accepted the delivery of its first Bayraktar TB-2 combat drone on July 15th, Kiev's Defense Ministry announced. | –ù–∞–±–∏–Ä–∞–î–º–æ –≤–∏–Å–æ–Ç–É! | –ú–ñ–Ω–ñ–Å–Ç–Ä –æ–±–æ…
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Biden Appoints Former Partner of Anti-Union Morgan Lewis to Justice Dept
Keeping Track | indybay.org | 2021-07-27
Pres. Biden has appointed and the US Senate has confirmed Kenneth Polite, a former law partner of anti-labor and pro-Trump, Morgan, Lewis & Brockius, to be Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Criminal Division of the US Justice Department. See wallstreetonparade.com/2021/07/law-firm-that-was-sued-last-year-by-nys-attorney-general-for-refusing-to-turn-over-trump-documents-lands-a-partner-to-head-the-criminal-division-in-bidens-justice-department/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/24/18843944.php
U.S. leads multinational military exercise with East African, Indian Ocean nations
Rick Rozoff | antibellum679354512.wordpress.com | 2021-07-27
Exercise Cutlass Express kicks off in Djibouti Maritime forces from East Africa, West Indian Ocean nations, Europe, North America, and several international organizations began the multinational maritime exercise Cutlass Express 2021 (CE21) with an opening ceremony held at the Doraleh Coast Guard Training Center in Djibouti, Djibouti, July 25, 2021. CE 21, sponsored by U.S. …
antibellum679354512.wordpress.com/2021/07/26/u-s-leads-multinational-military-exercise-with-east-african-indian-ocean-nations/
Big Pharma and Its Shills Have Substituted Lies and Coercion for Evidence and Analysis
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2021-07-27
@crg_globalresearch. CNN continued its …
globalresearch.ca/big-pharma-shills-substituted-lies-coercion-evidence-analysis/5751123
Tuesday 7/27: Counting Crime: Racial Politics of Crime Data and How It's Used
Haymarket Books | indybay.org | 2021-07-27
Online event (FREE)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/26/18843955.php
The Problems and the Promise
John Nichols | progressive.org | 2021-07-27
An interview with activist and Ohio Congressional candidate Nina Turner.
progressive.org/magazine/problems-and-promise-nichols/
"Which Side Are You On?" Solidarity Concert For UMWA Alabama Miners At SF BlackRock
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2021-07-27
A solidarity concert was held at BlockRock in San Francisco to protest their union busting at the Warrior Met Coal mine that they own in Alabama. The 1100 UMWA miners have been on strike for over 4 months and have faced assaults by cars driven by scabs.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/24/18843913.php
2021 Proposed American River National Heritage Area (1840-1875)
Khubaka, Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2021-07-27
January 20, 2021 President Biden issued Executive Order #13985 – Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government – Federal Oversite essential to preserve the authentic legacy along the American River Parkway…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/25/18843953.php
Mayo Clinic Minute: ACL tears — when surgery is the answer
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-07-27
ACL tears can sideline an athlete or crush an Olympic dream. It's a common knee injury affecting nearly twice as many women than men. Dr. Cedric Ortiguera, a Mayo Clinic orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist, says 150,000‚Äí200,000 ACL injuries occur each year in the U.S., and that number is growing as more children become involved in competitive sports year-round. The good news is that surgery can help get some athletes get back in the game. Watch: The Mayo…
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Filgotinib Induces and Maintains Ulcerative Colitis Remission
Slomski A. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-07-27
Filgotinib induced and maintained clinical remission among patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis who had not responded to other therapies in a phase 2b and 3 trial published in The Lancet. The oral Janus kinase 1 preferential inhibitor has been previously evaluated in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2782303
South And North Korea Restore Hotline As Pyongyang Fails Five-Year Economic Plan
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-07-27
The Truce village in the DMZ between the South and North | South and North Korea have restored cross-border communications, just shy over a year after they severed them. | The two countries said that the move was an attempt to rebuild trust. | The decision was announced in statements by South Korea's presidential Blue House and KCNA, the North's state media agency. | KCNA said all inter-Korean communication channels were reopened, in line with an agreement between Seoul and Pyongyang's leadership. | The Blue House said…
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Reports of intensified Azerbaijani attacks on Armenia
Rick Rozoff | antibellum679354512.wordpress.com | 2021-07-27
Azerbaijani army resumes shelling of Armenian posts The Azerbaijani military has resumed its shelling of Armenian positions in Yeraskh, Ararat province, as of Monday, July 26 afternoon, the Defense Ministry reports…. In particular, the Azeri troops used various caliber weapons to fire on Armenian positions beginning from 3: 30 pm local time. ==== Azerbaijani forces target …
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Effect of Ventral vs Dorsal Spinal Surgery in Patients With Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
Inose H, Yoshii T, Okawa A. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-07-27
To the Editor We have several concerns about the recent study on the effect of ventral vs dorsal spinal surgery in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy. First, fusion is not always necessary after dorsal decompression if the vertebral disk and facet joints are maintained. In a Japanese survey from 2011, decompression alone was performed in 89.4% of surgeries for cervical spondylotic myelopathy. While additional fusion is necessary with cervical kyphosis or instability, an assessment of cervical instability was not specified in the study by Dr Ghogawala and colleagues. Moreover, although exclusion criteri…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2782312
Mayo Clinic Q and A: Sun protection for children — and adults
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-07-27
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: What are the best kinds of sunscreen to use on my kids? Do spray sunscreens work as well as lotions? Also, does UPF clothing offer more sun protection than a standard long-sleeved shirt? ANSWER: Sunscreen can and should be safely used for children 6 months and older. You may see that some sunscreens are specifically labeled for babies or kids. However, children can use the same sunscreen as adults. The most important factor about…
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Pfizer's Track Record: Just Another "Too-Big-to-Fail" American Corporation
Dr. Gary G. Kohls | globalresearch.ca | 2021-07-27
@crg_globalresearch. This column high-lights …
globalresearch.ca/covered-up-crimes-vaccine-maker-pfizer-too-big-fail-american-corporation/5751057
Protest for Better Treatment of the Homeless Held at Fresno City Hall
Peter Maiden | indybay.org | 2021-07-27
Homeless people and supporters of the homeless joined in two demonstrations at Fresno's City Hall July 20 and 23. They demanded better alternatives to being on the streets.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/24/18843919.php
Mayo Clinic research suggests women over 65 be offered hereditary cancer genetic testing
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-07-27
ROCHESTER, Minn. — A new study by Fergus Couch, Ph.D., of Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, along with collaborators from the CARRIERS consortium, suggests that most women with breast cancer diagnosed over 65 should be offered hereditary cancer genetic testing. The study was published Thursday, July 22, in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Dr. Couch says that women over 65 rarely qualify for hereditary cancer genetic testing based on current testing guidelines because they are thought…
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U.S. And Iraq Agree On Withdrawal By Year's End, As Peshmerga Forces Received Military Hardware
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-07-27
Click to see full-size image | On July 26th, US President Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi agreed to a formal end of the United States' combat mission in Iraq by the end of 2021. | The mission has been going on for longer than 18 years. | In a joint statement issued by the United States and Iraq following technical meetings, the two countries said: "The security relationship will fully transition to a training, advising, assisting, and intelligence-sharing role, and that there…
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