(2021-08-09). IPCC climate report: Profound changes are underway in Earth's oceans and ice. zcomm.org What the warnings mean…
(2021-08-09). Global warming 'unequivocally' human driven, at unprecedented rate: IPCC. news.un.org Climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying, and some trends are now irreversible, at least during the present time frame, according to the latest much-anticipated Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, released on Monday.
(2021-08-09). IPCC report: 'Code red' for human driven global heating, warns UN chief. news.un.org Climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying, and some trends are now irreversible, at least during the present time frame, according to the latest much-anticipated Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, released on Monday.
(2021-08-09). GCP's Report: No Part Of The Planet Will Be Spared. popularresistance.org Amidst a summer of fires, floods and heat waves, scientists on Monday delivered yet another reminder that burning more fossil fuels in the decades ahead will rapidly intensify the impacts of global warming. Only pulling the emergency brake right now on greenhouse gas emissions can stop the planet from heating to a dangerous level by the end of the century, the scientists' report concluded. | The report, Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis, is the first installment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), which will be completed in 2022. It was approved Aug. 6 b…
(2021-08-09). Greta Thunberg: New IPCC Report Is a Wake-Up Call for All About the Escalating Climate Emergency. democracynow.org 
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg says the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change should serve as a "wake-up call" for governments to do more to lower emissions. In its first major report in nearly a decade, the IPCC says the Earth could face runaway global warming unless drastic efforts are made to eliminate greenhouse gases and that humans are "unequivocally to blame for the climate crisis," which is already causing widespread and rapid changes. "The climate crisis is not going away," Thunberg said. "It's only escalating, and it's only growing more intense by the hour."
(2021-08-09). "A Code Red for Humanity": Major U.N. Report Warns of Climate Catastrophe If Urgent Action Not Taken. democracynow.org 
In its first major report in nearly a decade, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has warned the Earth could face runaway global temperature changes unless drastic efforts are made to reduce greenhouse gases. The IPCC says humans are "unequivocally" to blame for the climate crisis, which has already caused "widespread and rapid changes." Scientists conclude average global temperatures will likely rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, above preindustrial levels by 2040 based on carbon emissions already in the atmosphere. The report also warns temperatures will continue to rapidly warm a…
(2021-08-09). From Fires to Floods to Sea Level Rise, Human-Induced Climate Crisis Is Severely Disrupting Earth. democracynow.org 
We continue to discuss the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, which details the damage of climate change already underway around the world and warns that much worse is yet to come unless governments drastically reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The report tallies the losses from human-induced climate change "in an absolutely scientifically verifiable and attributable manner," says climate scientist Saleemul Huq, director of the International Center for Climate Change and Development in Bangladesh. "The path to keeping it below 1.5 degrees is diminishing by the hour." We also continue wi…
(2021-08-09). Children's lives matter! Stop school reopenings! wsws.org Despite the growing surge of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations throughout the country, including among children, the Biden administration is doubling down on its demand that schools fully reopen.
(2021-08-09). US Senate nears passage of infrastructure spending bill. wsws.org The bill represents the Biden White House's acceptance of the major provisions demanded by Republicans, including no increase in taxes on the wealthy and big business.
(2021-08-09). Australia: Major hospitals cancel surgeries as they strain under Delta outbreak. wsws.org The developing hospital crisis exposes the criminal character of calls to "live with virus," championed by the Australian ruling elite.
(2021-08-09). "Younger, sicker, quicker": Doctors plead for vaccinations as US hospitals fill with young patients. wsws.org Health care staff are witnessing first-hand large numbers of young people in the prime of their lives, often parents with young children, succumbing to the virus.
(2021-08-09). Military Situation In Afghanistan On August 9, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On August 8, Taliban captured Bak town in Khost province. | On August 8, Taliban captured Kunduz city in Kunduz province. | On August 8, Taliban captured Taloqan city in Takhar province. | On August 8, US B-52 bombers attacked Safian area north of Lashkar Gah. | On August 9, Taliban attacked Hazrat-e Sultan in north of Aybak city. | On August 9, Taliban attacked Pole Khomri city in Baghlan province. | On August 9, clashes between the Afghan Army and Taliban contin…
(2021-08-09). Dozens of civilians killed in violent clashes in Afghanistan. peoplesdispatch.org The violent clashes in Kandahar, Paktia, Khost, and Lashkargah have killed dozens of civilians, including 27 minors. Civilian infrastructure, including a health clinics and school, were damaged in the airstrikes as well…
(2021-08-09). Twilight of the 20-Year Occupation of Afghanistan: U.S. Soldiers Sent to Kill and Die—For What? counterpunch.org Michael Davis was 11 years old when the war in Afghanistan started, 19 years old when he enlisted in the U.S. military and 21 years old when he arrived in Afghanistan's Wardak province as part of a combat engineering unit tasked with finding improvised explosive devices (IEDs). "I came from a really small town in
(2021-08-09). Afghan women face an uncertain future as Taliban grows stronger. peoplesdispatch.org The cause of the Afghan women was a major reason cited by the US during its invasion of Afghanistan. Today as the US leaves and the Taliban is resurgent, what is the state of women?
(2021-08-09). "Extended Troika" To Meet For Talks On Afghanistan As Taliban Seizes More Provinces. southfront.org 
Taliban Special Forces. Illustrative image | The U.S., Russian, Chinese, Pakistani special representatives for Afghanistan will meet in the Qatari capital, Doha, to conduct consultations on support of intra-Afghan negotiations. Meanwhile, in Afghanistan, the Ttaliban claims new victories. | The Moscow-initiated group known under the title of the "extended troika" will meet on August 11th to discuss the ways to help the warring parties reach a political settlement and comprehensive ceasefire. | The last meeting of the ex…
(2021-08-09). As the US Leaves Afghanistan, Anti-War Feminists Push a New Approach to Foreign Policy. thenation.com As the US Leaves Afghanistan, Anti-War Feminists Push a New Approach to Foreign Policy…
(2021-08-09). Shocking' escalation of grave violations against children in Afghanistan: UNICEF. news.un.org The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) expressed shock on Monday at the rapid escalation of grave violations against children in Afghanistan, following the deaths of 27 children in the country in the past 72 hours, and 136 who were injured.
(2021-08-09). Turkey Objects US Plan on Resettlement of Afghans. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-09). Headlines for August 9, 2021. democracynow.org Irreversible Climate Devastation Unavoidable, World Has Little Time to Make Drastic Change | , Dixie Fire Explodes to Largest Single Fire in CA History; Wildfires Continue to Ravage Greece | , Taliban Seize 5 Afghan Cities as War Threatens to Claim Even More Lives, Fauci Warns New Variant Could Emerge If Pandemic Not Brought Under Control, Cases Surge in TX, FL as GOP Govs Fight Health Measures; Teachers Union Considers Vaccine Mandate, Biden Admin Extends Pause on Federal Student Loan Repayment, Senators Push Forward $1.2 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, Texas Democrats Absent from Special Session, Again…
(2021-08-09). Afghan govt. started the war, Taliban claims. en.mehrnews.com A spokesman for Taliban's Political Bureau claimed that Afghan government has started the current war in the country, calling on the United States not to interfere in affairs of the country.
(2021-08-09). Iran Says 'Israel' Playing Victim to Divert Attention From its Crimes in Palestine. orinocotribune.com Iranian envoy to the United Nations says the Israeli occupation is "playing victim" to divert attention from its continuing crimes in Palestine, warning the 'Israel' against any acts of "adventurism and miscalculations." | Zahra Ershadi, Iran's deputy permanent representative to the UN, made the comments in a statement on Friday after a closed-door meeting of the UN Security Council on a recent incident for an Israeli-operated oil tanker in the Sea of Oman. | Ershadi's comments came in reaction to Israeli War Minister Benny Gantz who said on Thursday that 'Israel' is ready to attack Iran and that there must be a…
(2021-08-09). Saudi Arabia cracks down on Palestinian resistance movement. peoplesdispatch.org 69 Jordanian and Palestinian citizens accused of being members of Hamas were sentenced to prison by a court in Saudi Arabia. Hamas has claimed that the verdict is a result of warming relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel…
(2021-08-09). Saturday 8/7: Protest US financed oppression in Palestine/Israel. indybay.org Corner of Water and Ocean Streets, Santa Cruz…
(2021-08-09). Sunday 8/15: Q&A Discussion of film "Stitching Palestine" indybay.org
(2021-08-09). Protesting settler colonialism in the neoliberal university. zcomm.org When Dutch art students wanted to show solidarity with Palestine, their school attempted to silence them. Students resisted with artistic forms of protest…
(2021-08-09). Sports apartheid: Israel's Olympic team did not include a single Palestinian citizen of Israel. mronline.org 
Palestinian citizens of Israel are 20 percent of the population. But not a single one was on Israel's 90-member Olympic team.
(2021-08-09). René González of the Cuban Five on Cuba's Challenge and Washington's Hypocrisy (Interview). orinocotribune.com René González is one of the Cuban Five, long jailed in the US for their intelligence work combating far-right Miami terrorist groups. He spoke to Jacobin about the blockade and what his trial told him about the US's concern for human rights in Cuba. | René González is a former member of Cuba's "
(2021-08-09). Military Situation In Syria On August 9, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On August 9, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 22 times: 13 — in Idlib province, 6 — in Latakia province, 1 — in Hama province, 2 — in Aleppo province. | On August 9, Russian warplanes attacked positions of Turkish-backed forces in Shiekh Bahr area. | On August 9, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Kafr Taal. | On August 9, sporadic clashes between SAA and former rebeles wer…
(2021-08-09). US Eviction Catastrophe And Cynical Democrat Photo Ops. popularresistance.org Max Blumenthal discusses his reporting at the US Capitol on the protests demanding an eviction moratorium, the huge impending economic crisis, the opportunism of the Squad, and how Democratic Party warmongers like Adam Schiff cynically exploited it to do a photo op.
(2021-08-09). "Band-Aid Over a Bullet Wound": Housing Advocates Welcome CDC Eviction Moratorium But Say It's Not Enough. democracynow.org 
Despite a new two-month moratorium on evictions issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, millions of people in the U.S. are still at risk of losing their homes as landlords in some states fight back against the measure. The new CDC moratorium is "a band-aid over a bullet wound," says Tara Raghuveer, director of KC Tenants, a tenants' rights organization in Kansas City. "This is a very small step. It's the bare minimum. And for many tenants … this will actually not offer the protections that are needed to keep them in their homes."
(2021-08-09). PEACH Provides Palliative Care For Homeless And Vulnerably Housed. popularresistance.org A child of refugees who fled war-torn Uganda in the 1970s, a young Naheed Dosani grew up having conversations about social injustice, inequity and poverty at the family's Scarborough home. "I have always pondered what a life is worth," he says, "and why our health and social systems are designed to value some lives over those of others." | This was especially the case after the challenges of the last year. A palliative care physician who works with some of the city's most vulnerable, Dosani said that "COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted people who experience structural vulnerabilities. Pandemics are like gui…
(2021-08-09). The Tents of Venice Beach. thenation.com The Tents of Venice Beach…
(2021-08-09). Finland: "Housing First" is a Success. indybay.org Those who don't have a place to live get one. Unconditionally. That, in a nutshell, is the Housing First approach. Since 2008, this approach has been Finland's official strategy against homelessness – and a success. The number of homeless people fell in 2020 for the eighth year in a row. This makes Finland the only European country to reduce homelessness in recent years…
(2021-08-09). To Indigenous People, Line 3 is a Battle Over the Future. progressive.org Opposition is mounting to a project that threatens Native lands, and the planet.
(2021-08-09). International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples toward 2021 California Admission Day. indybay.org The living legacy of Indigenous people throughout the Great State of California legacy will no longer be discounted and/or discredited. Generational Genocide, Slavery and Disparaging treatment cannot be ignored any longer. Together, we can and must form a more perfect union by facing "what really happened" and Build Back Better in 2021.
(2021-08-09). End inequalities, recognize abuses, UN chief says on International Day of Indigenous Peoples. news.un.org Although some countries have begun to rectify their "heinous legacy" of discrimination against indigenous people, more action is still needed, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday.
(2021-08-09). Mexico: Indigenous communities take over water-bottling plant to use as a social centre. greenleft.org.au Mulinational beverage companies have been profiting off Mexico's precious drinking water resources for decades, while local communities have gone without. Communities in the state of Puebla have had enough, reports Tamara Pearson.
(2021-08-09). Will India & Iran Ally with Kabul Against the Taliban? asia-pacificresearch.com
(2021-08-09). COVID-19 treatment: SOLIDARITY trial is restarting with 3 drugs this time. peoplesdispatch.org The drug candidates for repurposing are imatinib, a cancer drug; infliximab, an antibody; and artesunate, an anti-malarial drug. The tests seek to explore possible drugs that can be repurposed to treat severely affected COVID-19 patients…
(2021-08-09). Data Reveal the Truth About COVID Countermeasures. "What's Behind the Covid Jab Narrative" globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-09). China's Wuhan completes citywide Covid-19 testing in SIX days, finds 37 cases & 41 asymptomatic carriers among 12mn residents. rt.com 
The city of Wuhan has tested virtually every resident, except for children under six and those on vacation, in a sweeping effort to prevent a new Covid-19 outbreak in the metropolis where the pandemic is believed to have started. | Mass testing in the capital of Hubei province was launched on Tuesday, after authorities discovered a handful of locally transmitted cases, marking the first time that Covid-19 infection has been registered in the city since June 2020. | With an army of 28,000 medical staff mobilized to test 11.28 million residents at over 2,800 sampling sites set up across the city, the sweeping ca…
(2021-08-09). Major Health Care Provider Files Million Dollar Lawsuit in "Politically Motivated" Attempt to Silence Top COVID Doctor Peter A. McCullough. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-09). U.S. politicization on COVID-19 origin tracing a false flag operation: media. ecns.cn It is axiomatic at this point that the U.S. politicization and deviancy from scientific facts on the origin tracing of the COVID-19 virus is a part of a false flag operation.
(2021-08-09). Comicomment: The U.S. way of combating COVID-19. ecns.cn While the highly contagious COVID-19 Delta variant is running rampant around the world and the pandemic prevention and control situation remains grim, the U.S. States is still hyping up the COVID-19 "lab leak" theory.
(2021-08-09). Canadian Tire Fire #9: Youth Worker Solidarity, the Latest in COVID Policies, Defund the Police. itsgoingdown.org Across so-called Canada this week, there were five documented deaths at the hands of police — a bleak start to a month that follows the deadliest month for police killings so far this year. This week also saw new actions in response to residential school mass graves, and youth worker solidarity actions in the GTA….
(2021-08-09). South Korea to Compensate Nurse Paralysed after COVID-19 Shot. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-09). U.S. hospitals see surging patients as COVID-19 cases top 100,000 per day. ecns.cn Health systems in the United States, especially those in the South where the vaccination rates remain comparatively low, are trying to deal with hiking hospitalizations.
(2021-08-09). Video: COVID Is a Global Propaganda Operation. Prof. Piers Robinson. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-09). Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Is Defending Freedom by 'Getting in the Way' of COVID Authoritarians. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-09). The COVID Challenge ‚àí Cooperation Or Competition. popularresistance.org Once again, in confronting the greatest immediate challenge facing humanity, U.S. imperialism has played only a disruptive role. The drive to maximize profits and assert global dominance has pushed Washington to recklessly exacerbate the deadly COVID-19 health crisis. | What does U.S. imperialism hope to gain by blocking the World Health Organization's inquiry into COVID with the demand that the WHO Inquiry focus on blaming China? This intentionally blocks an international initiative which needs full cooperation. | Regarding the 18 intelligence agencies, nine report directly to the U.S. military. The rest coopera…
(2021-08-09). With records of 'lab-created coronaviruses' incidents, supervision loopholes and audacious germ researchers, what really happened in US' UNC labs?>. ecns.cn Alongside the infamous Fort Detrick lab has become the focus of public suspicion in the search for the origins of COVID-19, with many observers pointing to its poor safety record and unwillingness of researchers to speak publicly.
(2021-08-09). Venezuela Registers 1,155 COVID-19 Cases on Saturday and Maintains a 95% Recovery Rate (12 Deaths). orinocotribune.com 
On Saturday August 7, Delcy Rodríguez, the executive vice president of Venezuela, tweeted that there were 1,155 new COVID-19 cases, all by community transmission, detected in the last 24 hours by the Venezuelan health authorities. The recovery rate remains at 95%, with 297,536 patients healed, thanks to the free treatments guaranteed by the Venezuelan Government. | During the daily report offered by the Presidential Commission for the Control and Prevention of COVID-19, Rodríguez specified that community cases were detected in 23 states: Miranda (236), Carabobo (192), Caracas (133 ), Lara (104), Yaracuy (104), La…
(2021-08-09). Close US bases and scrap plan to buy bombers, demands German left. peoplesdispatch.org Amidst the raging COVID-19 pandemic and the socio-economic crisis inflicted by it, Germany's federal government is set to acquire new combat bombers and contribute around 53 billion Euros (62.34 billion USD) this year to the NATO war alliance…
(2021-08-09). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: The COVID-19 delta variant has changed everything. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A fourth COVID-19 surge is blanketing the U.S., and the delta variant is the culprit. "Where did this delta variant come from? It came from unvaccinated people getting infected in large numbers allowing the virus to continue mutating," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. In the past, a person with COVID-19 might infect two to four people. But with the delta variant, one person can infect…
(2021-08-09). COVID-19 and the coming flu season. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org As COVID-19 vaccinations become more widespread throughout the U.S., many people are hoping to pack up their masks, put the pandemic behind them, and move on. But viruses rarely disappear completely, and the likelihood of COVID-19 simply going away is slim. With that in mind, Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., director of the Clinical Virology Laboratory in Mayo Clinic's Division of Clinical Microbiology, considers the prospects for COVID-19 this fall as the traditional influenza season ramps up. He also…
(2021-08-09). Canada Adds Bell's Palsy Warning to Pfizer COVID Vaccine. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-09). Global response needed to counter rising security threats at sea. news.un.org Despite an overall decrease in maritime traffic due to the COVID-19 pandemic, piracy and armed robbery of ships rose by nearly 20 per cent during the first half of last year, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Monday.
(2021-08-09). Protect yourself, others by getting vaccinated for COVID-19. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org As the highly infectious delta variant continues to spread, health officials are urging everyone to get vaccinated for COVID-19. Outbreaks of infection are in areas where COVID-19 vaccination is low. More than 609,000 people in the U.S. have died from COVID-19 since the pandemic began. Dr. Ivan Porter II, a Mayo Clinic nephrologist, says he's talked with many of his patients, community members and family members about misconceptions and fears surrounding COVID-19 vaccines. "I want…
(2021-08-09). COVID-19 infection among vaccinated people: What you need to know. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org As the delta variant continues to spread across the country, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show vaccinated people can still spread COVID-19. Breakthrough infections of the highly contagious delta variant also have been reported. This new information has led to questions surrounding the effectiveness of the current COVID-19 vaccines. Watch: Dr. O'Horo discusses COVID-19 infection among vaccinated people. youtu.be/aHvr8ngA8hE Journalists: Broadcast-quality sound bites are in the downloads at the…
(2021-08-09). Saturday 9/4: End COVID-19 Vaccine Apartheid International Activist Assembly. indybay.org Online event…
(2021-08-09). Mayo Clinic reinstates universal masking for the safety of patients, visitors and staff. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Due to the continued spread of the delta variant, Mayo Clinic will again require all staff members, regardless of role and COVID-19 vaccination status, to wear masks in all Mayo Clinic buildings, effective Monday, Aug. 2. Patient and visitors are already required to universally mask, and Mayo has decided to extend universal masking of staff at all locations for the safety of staff, patients and visitors. Mayo Clinic's decision aligns with the Centers for Disease…
(2021-08-09). The "COVID Pandemic" Is a Money-making Hoax and Perhaps Serves Darker Agendas. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-09). Why do masking recommendations change? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently changed course on masking guidelines, recommending people vaccinated for COVID-19 resume wearing masks in public indoor spaces in areas of the U.S. where there is high transmission of the virus. Watch: Mayo Clinic expert explains why masking recommendations for COVID-19 are changing. youtu.be/DAXqOFcy-h8 Journalists: Broadcast-quality sound bites are in the downloads at the bottom of the page. Please courtesy: "John O'Horo, M.D./Infectious Diseases/Mayo Clinic." The Mayo Clinic…
(2021-08-09). COVID-19 Resource Center addresses surge in delta variant infections, vaccination rates and hot spots. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic's COVID-19 Resource Center, which has logged more than 7 million page views since the start of the pandemic, has been redesigned, with new content and features to make it even more current, informative, and easy to use. The refreshed site has: The latest information and guidance on variants of the COVID-19 virus, including the delta variant that is now the most common COVID-19 variant in the U.S.New data in the Vaccine Tracker that shows COVID-19…
(2021-08-09). Dr. McCullough: COVID Vaccines Have Already Killed Up to 50,000 Americans, According to Whistleblowers. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-09). Without Public Health Safety Mandates and Containment Actions–Vaccines Will Leave Us All. indybay.org Vaccines and Public Health Science both are necessary to beat fCovid-19…
(2021-08-09). Tuesday 8/10: Addressing COVID Vaccine Hesitancy in a Tumultuous Political Climate. indybay.org Online discussion…
(2021-08-09). COVID catastrophe fuels unrest in Southeast Asia. wsws.org Across the region, the disaster has been compounded by the near-collapse of health care systems, lack of access to vaccines and widespread losses of jobs and incomes.
(2021-08-09). US Foreign Policy Adrift: Why Washington is No Longer Calling the Shots. dissidentvoice.org 
Jonah Goldberg and Michael Ledeen have much in common. They are both writers and also cheerleaders for military interventions and, often, for frivolous wars. Writing in the conservative rag, The National Review, months before the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, Goldberg paraphrased a statement which he attributed to Ledeen with reference to the interventionist …
(2021-08-09). NY Times, WaPo national security reporters serve at pro-war Pentagon-funded think tank. thegrayzone.com The Center for New American Security provides residencies to top national security correspondents while raking in massive funding from the arms industry, Pentagon and State Department. This was originally published by Behind The Headlines at Mint Press News Imagine a country where there's no separation between the government, the military, and the media. A lot of Americans would think of China, Russia or North Korea, but it's a perfect description of the United States today. Located in Washington, the Center …
(2021-08-09). People's Action and Coalition on Human Needs Launch National "Shared Prosperity" Week of Action to Win Immigrant Justice. peoplesaction.org Days Before Anniversary of DACA, Advocates to Urge Congress to Include Citizenship in Next Recovery Bill Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 202.660.0605 WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action and the Coalition on Human Needs today launched a national week of action to urge Congress to include a pathway to citizenship for young Dreamers, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders, essential …
(2021-08-09). Thursday 8/26: Defending the Displaced: Border Justice & Migrant Rights. indybay.org Online event (FREE)…
(2021-08-09). The Anti-Asian Roots of Today's Anti-Immigrant Politics. thenation.com The Anti-Asian Roots of Today's Anti-Immigrant Politics…
(2021-08-09). Tyranny: The Deadliest Pandemic. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-09). Data Suggests Police Prey On Drivers In Black DC Neighborhoods. popularresistance.org In Washington D.C., Black residents fill the city's coffers with fines and fees collected through traffic enforcement. A new analysis from The Washington Post found that 62 percent of all fines were from majority Black neighborhoods with an average median income of less than $50,000. | Metro Database Reporter John D. Harden searched through millions of records over a five-year period from 2016 to 2020. According to the report, the disparity remains even through the pandemic period of March 2020 to June 2021. | In a Twitter thread, Harden laid out some facts about the cycle of debt that can trap some drivers in th…
(2021-08-09). Is a United World Possible? counterpunch.org What if . . . ? I get lost — tangled in doubt and cynicism — when I try to pose the question in a more specific way. What if . . . a collective human voice could be heard, crying out across the borders as the pandemic surges, as the fires rage, as the
(2021-08-09). Will the move to Solar-Wind-Battery Accelerate as Natural Gas Spikes 1000% in Europe with long term price rises expected? juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Anna Shiryaevskaya, Stephen Stapczynski and Ann Koh at Bloomberg.org report that natural gas prices have risen 1,000 percent in Europe since the pandemic crash of May, 2020. Other parts of the world with more natural gas of their own also saw price increases over the past year, though not on …
(2021-08-09). Talks in Mexico to Discuss Seven Issues — Chavismo vs. All Oppositions. orinocotribune.com 
On Sunday, August 8, the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, informed that "in the next few days, the exact date and venue of the dialogue with the Venezuelan opposition to be held in Mexico will be announced. There are seven issues on the agenda that will be debated." | "About [the talks in] Mexico there is a lot to say," continued President Maduro. "The dialogue with the opposition started in September 2019. From there came the National Assembly (AN) elections and these mega-elections. As of this year, we resumed the dialogue with the G4 [extreme right opposition] and there is a w…
(2021-08-09). Cruz Roja alerta sobre 2.600 desplazados en Bolívar, Colombia. telesurtv.net El CICR llamó a los grupos armados que operan en la zona del departamento de Bolívar a respetar la integridad de las personas desplazadas.
(2021-08-09). Tigray: Intensified fighting across borders 'disastrous' for children. news.un.org UN agencies continue to sound the alarm over the growing "humanitarian catastrophe" in northern Ethiopia, sparked by the conflict in the Tigray region, now in its ninth month.
(2021-08-09). Video: Riots in South Africa: Causes, Interests and Consequences. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-09). Cultivated Delusions at the Tokyo Olympics. southfront.org 
Illustrative image | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark | Australia's Channel 7 team was all about ignoring history as its selected commentators went into describing, poorly, the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics. The trio was poorly equipped culturally, geographically and totally (the Japanese component was barely credible: "We want to make things warm for you," she chirped), to deal with the eclectic groupings of the athletes as they assembled. Clichés and platitudes clogged the commentary as each team strode into t…
(2021-08-09). Robbing the soil, 1: Commons and classes before capitalism. mronline.org 
"All progress in capitalist agriculture is a progress in the art, not only of robbing the worker, but of robbing the soil." (Karl Marx)…
(2021-08-09). Remembering the Great Scientific Crusader Who Showed That No Biological Basis for Race Exists: Richard Lewontin. counterpunch.org On July 4, Richard Lewontin, the dialectical biologist, Marxist and activist, died at the age of 92, just three days after the death of his wife of more than 70 years, Mary Jane. He was one of the founders of modern biology who brought together three different disciplines—statistics, molecular biology and evolutionary biology—that mark the
(2021-08-09). Cliff Slaughter: A Political Biography (1928—1963). wsws.org Cliff Slaughter died on May 3, 2021, in Leeds, England, at the age of 92. His enduring contribution in the 1960s to the defense of Trotskyism stands in tragic contrast with his subsequent political opportunism and repudiation of revolutionary Marxism.
(2021-08-09). Biden Admin offers hand of friendship to Bolsonaro. mronline.org 
Latest U.S. government visit is further evidence that the Biden administration has no qualms about supporting Brazil's far-right military-dominated regime.
(2021-08-09). SpyCops: How the UK police infiltrated over 1,000 political groups. mronline.org 
As part of their false personas, many officers entered romantic relationships with politcal activists, leading to the births of a number of children whose mothers were completely unaware of their partners' double lives.
(2021-08-09). Percy Bysshe Shelley: romanticism and revolution. mronline.org 
Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky, in Crime and Punishment, wrote, "The darker the night, the brighter the stars".
(2021-08-09). Idaho's Segregated Charter Schools. dissidentvoice.org 
The crisis-prone charter school sector has been highly segregated for three decades. No amount of charter school disinformation has been able to conceal this harsh reality. Non-profit and for-profit charter schools are notorious for selective enrollment practices even though they are said to be "public" schools "open to all." Many have been investigated for discriminatory …
(2021-08-09). America's Child Soldiers: JROTC and the Militarizing of America. juancole.com 
By Ann Jones | — ( Tomdispatch.com) — Congress surely meant to do the right thing when, in the fall of 2008, it passed the Child Soldiers Prevention Act (CSPA). The law was designed to protect kids worldwide from being forced to fight the wars of Big Men. From then on, any country that coerced …
(2021-08-09). 3 Lessons of Climate-induced Dixie Wildfire as it Destroys Historic Gold Rush Towns. juancole.com 
By Bart Johnson and David Hulse | — A wildfire burning in hot, dry mountain forest swept through the Gold Rush town of Greenville, California, on Aug. 4, reducing neighborhoods and the historic downtown to charred rubble. Hours earlier, the sheriff had warned Greenville's remaining residents to get out immediately as strong, gusty winds drove …
(2021-08-09). The Uncontrollability of Globalizing Capital. mronline.org 
We live in an age of unprecedented historical crisis. Its severity can be gauged by the fact that we are not facing a more or less extensive cyclic crisis of capitalism as experienced in the past, but the deepening structural crisis of the capital system itself.
(2021-08-09). Canada Revenue Agency's Double Standards on Muslim and Jewish Charities. dissidentvoice.org 
Why does the Canada Revenue Agency treat Jewish, Christian, and Muslim charities so differently? In June the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (ICLM) released a report showing that the CRA disproportionately targets Muslim groups. According to the report, 75% of the groups whose charitable status was revoked following a division audit by the CRA between …
(2021-08-09). To the One Who Ruined My Life. dissidentvoice.org 
(Copyright Free Image) Dearest Uncle, Hope you are doing well because I am not! All thanks to you. For years, you have controlled me. Abused me. Held me back from the future I deserved. During my early years, you saw I needed guidance, and you took advantage of my weakness. You exploited me. Used me. …
(2021-08-09). Capitalism and alienation. mronline.org 
Capitalism is deeply unjust. It is a system under which labour power has itself become a commodity and is bought and sold on the market like any other object of exchange…
(2021-08-09). Selected Articles: A Letter to the Unvaccinated. globalresearch.ca 
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(2021-08-09). Military Situation In Iraq On August 9, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On August 8, a logistical convoy of the US military was targeted by an IED attack in the Yusufiyah area. | On August 8, a logistical convoy of the US military was targeted by an IED attack in the Dhi Qar area. | On August 8, a logistical convoy of the US military was targeted by an IED attack in the Babil area. | The US Army reportedly withdrew parts of its forces towards Kuwait . | On August 8, an Iraq Army patrol was struck by an ISIS IED near Makhmour. | MORE O…
(2021-08-09). Watch: Obama Dancing At Maskless Martha's Vineyard Birthday Bash. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Originally published by A performer at President Obama's Martha's Vineyard "scaled-down" birthday party allegedly uploaded pictures of the event and was immediately forced to delete them. | Rapper Trap Beckham and manager TJ Chapman snapped pictures of the 'epic' birthday party with hundreds of maskless liberal elites partying like royalties while the ordinary folks, under the new…
(2021-08-09). Military Situation In Yemen On August 9, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 189 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours. | On August 8, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 5 airstrikes on the Rahbah district. | On August 8, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 2 airstrikes on the Kitaf area. | On August 8, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted an airstrike on the Sarwah district. | On August 8, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted…
(2021-08-09). The Fake "Delta Variant" and the Fourth Wave: Another Lockdown? Upcoming Financial Crash? Worldwide Economic and Social Sabotage? southfront.org 
Written by Prof Michel Chossudovsky; originally published on Global Research Introduction Is a new worldwide lockdown envisaged as a means to…
(2021-08-09). Whose Side Is the Supreme Court On? thenation.com Whose Side Is the Supreme Court On?
(2021-08-09). Kevin McCarthy is Not a Moron. counterpunch.org In 1910, psychologist Henry H. Goddard coined the term "moron" to denote mild intellectual disability. The word comes from the Greek màµros, meaning "dull", "foolish" or "stupid". The word, formerly used as a descriptor in the psychological community, is now rejected by psychologists and physicians, who consider it too demeaning. Recently, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of
(2021-08-09). Prior to 9/11: US Covert Support to Al Qaeda in Macedonia, "Financing Both Sides" globalresearch.ca This essay was first published by antiwar.com in April 2001, barely 5 months before the September 11, 2001 attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon. | It was subsequently published by Global Research when the site was launched in September 2001. …