2021-08-14: News Headlines

WSWS (2021-08-14). US troops return to Afghanistan as regime disintegrates. wsws.org The overrunning of nearly every city save Kabul has laid bare the abject failure of the US intervention after 20 years of war and hundreds of thousands of deaths.

Anonymous669 (2021-08-14). Taliban Fighters Seized More Helicopters, Flew At Least Two (Videos). southfront.org Taliban members FILE IMAGE: Parwiz/Reuters | The Taliban has seized four more helicopters as well as other military equipment which were left behind by Afghan government forces. | The helicopters were seized at Kandahar Airport that was captured by Taliban fighters on August 13. Footage showing the seized helicopters, two Mi-8/17s and two US-made UH-60 Black Hawks, were released on August 14. | The Mi-8/17s were dismantled and place in storage. However, the two Black Hawks appeared to be in an operational condition. | Afghan…

Anonymous007 (2021-08-14). Military Situation In Afghanistan On August 14, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On August 13, Taliban captured Mata Khan district in Paktika province | On August 13, Taliban captured Tarinkot city, the capital of Uruzgan province | On August 13, Taliban captured Pole Alam city, the capital of Logar province | On August 13, Taliban captured Firozkoh city, the capital of Ghor province | On August 13, Taliban captured Qalat, the capital of Zabul province | On August 13, Taliban captured Kandahar city, the capital of Kandahar province | On Augus…

Anonymous103 (2021-08-14). US Embassy In 'Burn Documents' Stage As Taliban Advances On Afghan Capital. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Originally published on update (5: 40eastern): The State Department has ordered the US embassy in Kabul to begin shredding all sensitive and classified materials as the Taliban

Anonymous669 (2021-08-14). The Taliban Pushes Forward, Captures Two New Provincial Capitals (Videos, Photos). southfront.org Taliban fighters in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, in June. IMAGE: Parwiz Parwiz/Reuters | On August 14, the Taliban pushed forward in eastern and northeastern Afghanistan, capturing two provincial capitals from government forces. | Taliban fighters took over Sharan, the capital of the eastern province of Paktika. The group faced no real resistance from Afghan government forces. | The Taliban is currently in control of Sharan governor's headquarters, the local center of the Afghan Police and the headquarters of the Afghan…

Anonymous669 (2021-08-14). Taliban Captures Capitals Of Faryab, Balkh & Advances Towards Two Other Provencal Capitals (Videos). southfront.org Taliban special forces, Illustrative image. | On August 14, the city of Maymana, the capital of the northern Afghan province of Faryab, fell into the hands of the Taliban. | Taliban fighters stormed the city without facing much resistance from government forces. Afghan sources said that the group may have taken over the city after a deal with the local leadership. Similar surrender deals were reported in other provincial capitals in the past few days. | VIDEO via pro-TB channels from this evening in Maymana, Faryab when T…

DLI (2021-08-14). Imminent Collapse of U.S. Imperial project Afghanistan. indybay.org the 40+ year U.S. Imperial project in Afghanistan(started by the Carter administration back in 1979, with Uncle Sam's backing of Usama binLaden–UBL–and his band of jihadists) is now collapsing like a house of cards, sending shock waves in Washington and on the Public airwaves, especially in the NeoLiberal "Corprorate-bin-Laden" media. The rush is on to explain away the bloody hands of Uncle Sam in creating and maintaining the myth that the U.S. went in with good intentions to help "democratize" the Afghan people and, especially, to "liberate" Afghan women from oppression. The reality is almost 180 degrees from…

Rick Rozoff (2021-08-14). U.S. convoys of 165 vehicles enter Iraq with stolen Syrian oil. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com US occupation brings out 55 vehicles, including tankers loaded with Syrian stolen oil towards Iraqi territory August 13, 2021 US occupation forces brought out during the past 24 hours a convoy consists of 55 vehicles, including tankers loaded with Syrian stolen oil towards Iraqi territory through the illegal al-Waleed crossing. ==== US occupation continues to …

WSWS repost (2021-08-14). American educators speak out against school reopenings. indybay.org This report illustrates how some teachers are determined to fight back against the reckless subordination of human life to capitalist private profit.

Jesus Rodriguez-Espinoza (2021-08-14). Mexico Talks Between Chavismo and Extreme Right Kick Off Today in Chapultepec. orinocotribune.com Caracas, August 13, 2021 (OrinocoTribune.com)—The president of Venezuela's National Assembly and representative of the national government for the Mexico Talks, Jorge Rodríguez, arrived in Mexico City this Friday, August 13, to start the negotiation process with the Venezuelan extreme-right opposition. | Rodríguez, who will be in charge of directing the dialogue between both political sectors, arrived at Toluca International Airport at noon (local time). During the inauguration Rodríguez celebrated the realization of the Talks and stressed that it has been shown that Venezuelans do not yield to any kind of…

James A. Lucas (2021-08-14). US Has Killed More Than 20 Million People in 37 "Victim Nations" Since World War II. globalresearch.ca Among Global Research's most popular 2020 articles | . | . | First published in November 2015 | . | . | . | . | . | GR Editor's Note | . | Let us put this in historical perspective: the commemoration of the War to End All Wars acknowledges …

Vijay Prashad (2021-08-14). Show the Children the Green Fields and Let Sunshine into Their Minds. zcomm.org Half the global population has no internet, and many of those who are able to access the internet cannot afford the technologies and tools required to participate in distance learning…

Anonymous669 (2021-08-14). Israeli Army Shot Down Drones Launched By Hezbollah, Hamas. southfront.org An Iron Dome antimissile system is installed near the Israeli side of the border with Syria in the Golan Heights. IMAGE: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS | The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced that their troops shot down two drones that violated the country's airspace on August 11. | The first drone was shot down in the northern region, in the eastern part of the Blue Line that separates Israeli-held areas from Lebanon's territory. The IDF said that the drone was launched by Hezbollah. | The army did not share any addition…

Anonymous669 (2021-08-14). Wreckage Of Another Israeli Glide Bomb Intercepted By Syrian Air Defenses Found In Lebanon (Video, Photos). southfront.org Illustrative image. | On August 13, Lebanese news sources shared footage showing the wreckage of an Israeli SPICE 1000 glide bomb that was intercepted by Syrian Arab Air Defense Forces (SyAADF) during the The wreckage was recently found in Ehden Valley in Mount Lebanon. Ehden is located some 60 km away from al-Daba Air Base in the southern countryside…

Bryant Diaz (2021-08-14). U.S. Premiere Screening + Q&A: Fedayin. peoplesforum.org For over 35 years, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah has been imprisoned. A Lebanese communist engaged in resistance alongside Palestinian fighters, he has been imprisoned by the French judicial system and successive governments since 1984. Beyond the judicial harassment to which he has been subjected, this documentary film will trace the political course of Georges Abdallah and seeks to show how his ideas and struggle are still vital and necessary.

Juan Cole (2021-08-14). A new Palestinian generation is leading a different media strategy. juancole.com By Linda Shalash | — ( Middle East Monitor ) — Among the most important outcomes of the events in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in occupied Jerusalem, and the subsequent Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip, is the emergence of a new, unconventional Palestinian generation, which led the media battle against the occupation locally and …

Fra Hughes (2021-08-14). Palestine Aid on the Ground in Gaza. orinocotribune.com By Fra Hughes Belfast — Aug 11, 2021 | In 2010 a group of international activists joined Mr. George Galloway on his Viva Palestina 5 medical aid convoy to Gaza. | Their aim was to break the illegal siege, bring much-needed aid, medical equipment, and supplies to the people in distress. To bring hope, help, solidarity, and compassion to those living under a brutal medieval siege illegally imposed upon them by the apartheid state of Israel. | Nearly 2 million souls hemmed into a piece of land the size of the Ards peninsula 26 miles by 6 miles surrounded by land, sea, and air by the Zionist army, navy, and air…

Zach Farber (2021-08-14). Cuba's big wins at Olympics due to its revolution. liberationnews.org The Tokyo Olympics provided Cuban athletes with a platform to express perseverance in the face of a criminal blockade while engaging in friendly competition with athletes from nations across the globe.

Editor2 (2021-08-14). 'Economic Warfare [Is] Designed to Starve the Cuban People Into Rebellion' (Interview). orinocotribune.com CounterSpin interview with James Early on Cuban blockade | Janine Jackson interviewed IPS's James Early about the Cuban blockade for the Janine Jackson: In the wake of Black Lives Matter and George Floyd protests, lawmakers in Florida—as elsewhere—passed legislation increasing penalties for blocking public streets, and offering protection to people who hit protesters with their car. But when people took to the street to show suppo…

scorinoco (2021-08-14). Cuba's Example Shone in Tokyo Olympics with 15 Medals. orinocotribune.com By Nikos Mottas — Aug 12, 2021 | The performance of the Cuban athletes who took part in the XXXII Olympics in Tokyo and achieved a total of 15 medals causes admiration and pride. | Leaving behind much larger countries with rich tradition in sports, the small socialist Cuba with a population of 11 million people ranked 14th in the Olympic medal list, winning seven gold, three silver and five bronze medals. | Of course, this is not the first time that Cuba has performed great in the Olympics. For many decades, despite the genocidal economic, trade and financial blockade imposed by the United States, the Island…

A Guest Author (2021-08-14). Bolivia: Evo Morales warns of right-wing maneuvers. workers.org Translated by Walter Lippmann for CubaNews and edited by Workers World. Luis Arce, currently Bolivia's president, left, with former President Evo Morales in 2020 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Former president Evo Morales, leader of the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party, denounced, this Aug. 4, the Bolivian political right for promoting . . . |

WSWS (2021-08-14). Amid xenophobic campaign, far-right mob attacks Syrian refugees in Turkey. wsws.org This fascistic onslaught is a serious warning to workers in Turkey and all over the world.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-08-14). Mob attacks Syrian refugees in Turkey. peoplesdispatch.org Several Syrian refugees living near Turkey's capital Ankara were attacked by right-wing mobs on the early morning of Thursday, August 12 following news of the death of a Turkish teenager in a fight with a refugee. | A violent mob in Altindag, located on the outskirts of Ankara, attacked businesses and homes of the refugees. The mob took to burning and looting and threw stones at the refugees, injuring several Syrians including one boy. | Several people on TV spoke to demand the withdrawal of all foreign refugees from the country. Video footage showed hundreds of young people breaking a police cordon and breaking…

Rick Rozoff (2021-08-14). Turkish troops, mercenaries shell Syrian schools. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkish occupation and mercenaries fire missile shells at two schools in Tal Tamer, Hasaka Turkish occupation forces and their mercenaries from terrorist organizations attacked with shells two schools in the Tel Tamer area in the northern countryside of Hasaka province, while Ras al-Ayn city witnessed infighting among Turkish regime backed—terrorists. Local sources told SANA [Syrian …

Anonymous669 (2021-08-14). Syrian Army Killed Gunmen In Daraa Following New Attacks On Its Posts In The Governorate. southfront.org Illustrative image, via Sputnik, by Ilja Pitalev, source: arabic.sputniknews.com/military/201801241029455678-ÿ≥Ÿàÿ±Ÿäÿß-ÿ¨Ÿäÿ¥-ŸáÿߟàŸÜ-ÿ•ÿ®ÿØÿßÿπ/ | Early on August 15, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) shelled Daraa al-Balad, the southern part of Daraa city, where more than a hundred g…

Three Way Fight (2021-08-14). A Response to "Seven Theses on the Three-Way Fight" itsgoingdown.org Response to Devin Zane Shaw's, Seven Theses on the Three-Way Fight, by, Bob Day, an anarchist active in both Detroit Eviction Defense and Solidarity & Defense. Originally posted to Three Way Fight. I appreciate this piece by Devin Zane Shaw, it raises important issues and helps to clarify some of the concerns I've had on…

Norbert Trenkle (2021-08-14). Climate Crisis and Social Transformation in the Age of Corona. indybay.org The temporary moratorium on economic activity in large parts of the world has done nothing at all to change the fundamental logic of the capitalist mode of production, which is driven by the end-in-itself motion of endlessly reproducing abstract wealth, represented by money.

Eve Ottenberg (2021-08-14). A Last-Minute Reprieve for the Homeless…for Now. zcomm.org Over 2 million homeowners are behind on their mortgage payments…

Bryant Arroyo (2021-08-14). Resistance continues vs. solitary and banning. workers.org Incarcerated people depend on their voices being heard outside the walls for their grievances against prison officials to be effective inside. Without public pressure from family, friends and other supporters, the prison guards, supervisors and administrators can literally get away with murder. Bryant Arroyo has been a voice from inside . . . |

WSWS (2021-08-14). Three Florida educators die from COVID-19 within days of each other. wsws.org Amid a disastrous increase in COVID-19 among children, the Biden administration, together with state and local officials of both parties, is demanding the full reopening of schools.

Anonymous Contributor (2021-08-14). Indigenous Peoples of Oaxaca in Resistance Against Contemporary Colonialism. itsgoingdown.org Communique from the Oaxacan Assembly in Defense of Land and Territory on the continued Indigenous resistance against contemporary colonialism To the Indigenous Peoples of Mexico and the World As Indigenous peoples, movements, organizations, and unions of this geography called Oaxaca, those who inhabit, protect, and defend the territories, natural resources, and cultures that we have…

Jayati Ghosh (2021-08-14). Apocalypse or cooperation? mronline.org The perfect storm of COVID-19 and climate change, and the resulting economic damage, will most likely trigger much more social and political instability. Although substantially increased international cooperation can still avert this nightmarish scenario, the current state of global politics provides few grounds for optimism.

Joachim Hagopian (2021-08-14). The Evils of Big Pharma Exposed. globalresearch.ca Originally published on Global Research in January 2015 | This article published six years ago, is of utmost relevance to the ongoing covid-19 crisis. What's wrong with America is what's wrong with Big Pharma. And what's wrong with Big …

WSWS (2021-08-14). Canada enters fourth COVID-19 wave, as governments gut remaining public health measures. wsws.org With 40 percent of Canadians—including all children aged 11 and under—yet to be fully vaccinated, millions are at risk of being infected with the more lethal Delta variant.

WSWS (2021-08-14). Halt the reopening of schools in California! wsws.org The decision to enforce in-person instruction for schools in the middle of a surge in the pandemic can only lead to the mass infection of children and the further spread of the virus.

Fight Back (2021-08-14). Venezuela: Laws aimed at gender violence have major impact. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – Images of men sitting in prison, looking down at their shoes, awaiting court for violating and committing acts of violence against women appear on the TV screen. Scrolling across the bottom of the screen are the words, "The most people in prison in Venezuela are men who have committed gender violence." | Venezuela has one of the strongest gender laws of any country in the world. The laws strongly protect women, so men are held accountable and cannot hurt them again. | "We made laws in Venezuela so we will be a country without violence against women. These laws don't just protect us from being…

Yanis Iqbal (2021-08-14). Modern Monetary Theory and Anti-capitalist Strategies. dissidentvoice.org The pandemic-induced disruption of the global economy of neoliberal capitalism has strengthened the appeal of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). The fundamental idea of this policy prescription is that state spending, a national budget deficit, can be used to combat recession. Raising overall demand in a given country will facilitate a recovery insofar as there is …

Rick Rozoff (2021-08-14). Pentagon plans Space Forces commands around the world. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Space Force planning for new component in the Middle East alongside AFCENT [Air Forces Central] That unit, tentatively known as Space Forces Central Command, could also serve as a blueprint for creating sister groups around the globe — for example, Pacific Space Forces, U.S. Space Forces in Europe and Space Forces Africa, Space Forces Northern …

WSWS (2021-08-14). Fiji opposition MPs arrested over criticism of land Bill. wsws.org The Bainimarama regime's anti-democratic measures are being intensified under the cover of the escalating COVID-19 crisis.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-08-14). Venezuelan government and opposition signed memorandum of understanding for dialogue. peoplesdispatch.org The Venezuelan government and the platform of opposition forces in the country signed a historic agreement in Mexico City on Friday August 14. The move represents an important advance to address the political crisis faced by the country for the past several years as US-backed opposition forces have turned to radical and violent methods in an attempt to force the democratically elected government of Nicolás Maduro out of office. Venezuelan officials are also hopeful that the talks can help to lift the crushing unilateral coercive measures imposed by the US and its allies which have already cost billions of dollars…

Daily Mail (2021-08-14). UK Mainstream Media: "Fury over Public Health England's estimate is 'away with the fairies' and mathematically impossible" globalresearch.ca

scorinoco (2021-08-14). Eyewitness Venezuela: Digital Literacy Free to All Students. orinocotribune.com By Rachell Tucker — Aug 4, 2021 | As a teacher who has had to struggle alongside thousands of coworkers, students and parents during the pandemic with hybrid education, I was astounded by my visit to the Canaima computer factory that was created to fulfil the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez's dream of "one computer per child." | At the Bicentennial Congress of the People in Caracas hundreds of anti-imperialists worldwide convened to discuss the unity needed to defeat the brutal US sanctions Venezuela and many other countries are suffering under. The "sanctions," or unilateral coercive measures imposed by…

Rick Rozoff (2021-08-14). Georgia, Romania: special forces commanders meet to "increase combat capabilities" in Black Sea region. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Visit of the Commander of the Romanian Special Operations Forces Command ==== Georgia, Romania special operations exercise in Black Sea for first time Two-front war: Georgian, Polish special operations commanders work against common adversary ==== The Commander of the Special Operations Forces of the Georgian Defense Forces, Colonel Teimuraz Klateishvili, hosted the Commander of the …

WSWS (2021-08-14). North Korean floods compound precarious situation in impoverished country. wsws.org Floods caused by massive downpours and heatwaves have destroyed crops as North Korea continues to recover from flooding last year and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

WSWS (2021-08-14). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org 1.5 million Indian power workers strike against privatisation; Korea: Seoul subway workers threaten to walk out; QUBE port terminal workers remain on strike in Western Australia…

Staff (2021-08-14). Peruvian Attorney Will Investigate Prime Minister and Two Important Politicians for Alleged Terrorism Charges. orinocotribune.com Inquiries by Peru's Prosecution will try to determine if Guido Bellido, Vladimir Cerrón Rojas and Guillermo Bermejo, key figures in the government of newly inaugurated President Pedro Castillo, had links with the terrorist organization Sendero Luminoso [Shining Path], as was claimed by the head of an association of reservists. | On Wednesday, August 11, Peru's Office of the Special Supra-provincial Attorney for Terrorism and Crimes Against Humanity began a preliminary investigation against three well-known national level politicians: Guido Bellido, the acting prime minister, whose official title is president of t…

Editor (2021-08-14). The arts, trade unions, and working-class identity. mronline.org Anthony D. Padgett reflects on the arts, trade unions, and working-class identity.

Juan Cole (2021-08-14). Crazy like a Fox: Spreading false meme of "Flamer" birds killed by Solar Plant is Louie Gohmert's way of Dividing Environmentalists. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Mark Twain observed, "All Congresses and Parliaments have a kindly feeling for idiots, and a compassion for them, on account of personal experience and heredity." Texas Representative Louie Gohmert isn't quite ancient enough to have been the object of Twains' wrath, but he exemplifies the idiocy in public life of …

WSWS (2021-08-14). Historic power outages and more flooding in Michigan after severe thunderstorms. wsws.org The storms collapsed dilapidated infrastructure, triggering renewed flooding and power outages of historic dimensions, impacting more than one million homes and businesses.

Black Ink (2021-08-14). Ann Arbor, MI: Landlords Try to Play Games, Tenants Win. itsgoingdown.org Tenants mobilize against picnic in Ann Arbor organized by landlords. Originally posted to Black Ink. On Thursday, a group of tenants gathered for a cookout and speakout at Frissinger Park in opposition to a landlord picnic and Kickball game, hosted by the Washtenaw Area Apartment Association. The WA3 organizes landlords and hosts events on topics…

Mision Verdad (2021-08-14). Chavismo and Two Opposition Sectors to Meet for Dialogue in Mexico. orinocotribune.com The following is a translation of the daily report of Samuel Robinson Institute for August 12, 2021. | So far, it is known that Chavismo and at least two sectors of the Venezuelan opposition will meet in Mexico, for another round of talks. These meetings will be crucial, since the previous dialogues between Chavismo and the Guaidó aligned opposition, held in Barbados in 2019 with the mediation of Norway, failed. | The context of the talks | The complexity of these dialogues can be explained by the multiple factors surrounding them. | The first instance of this is that the existence of various oppositions to Chavi…

Ralph Nader (2021-08-14). "Nobody is Above the Law" — Except the "Big Boys" dissidentvoice.org Law schools should have courses on the expanding immunities of government and corporate officials from criminal prosecution and punishment. Guest lecturers, speaking from their experience, could be Donald J. Trump, George W. Bush (criminal destruction of Iraq), Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, the Sackler Family of opioid infamy, and the top officials …

WSWS (2021-08-14). Hollywood production reaches "pre-pandemic levels": What does that mean for film and television workers? wsws.org FilmLA, the official film office of the City and County of Los Angeles, boasted on August 5 that film and television production in the second quarter of 2021 had reached and even surpassed "pre-pandemic levels."

WSWS (2021-08-14). COVID-19 exposures at multiple Australia Post facilities in Sydney. wsws.org These infections are the direct result of the union's reckless campaign to exempt postal workers from stay-at-home orders.

Rick Rozoff (2021-08-14). Azerbaijan: Blood brother Turkey intimidated opponents of last year's war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkey, Azerbaijan proved their brotherhood in practice — Administration "The relations between our countries are getting stronger every day….During the 44-day war, the whole world witnessed brotherly relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan." ==== President Ilham Aliyev: Turkey's defense industry is developing very fast, and we also benefit and will benefit from it "In the early …

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2021-08-14). United States Imposes Conditions while Venezuela Chooses Dialogue. orinocotribune.com With a new process of dialogue underway between the Venezuelan government and the extreme-right opposition sector of Venezuela, the government of the United States immediately sought to impose conditions on the Caribbean nation's government. | This was made clear by the words of Ned Price, US Department of State spokesperson. The official stated in a press conference that his country insists on holding elections in Venezuela as a requirement for Washington to "ease" the illegal sanctions it imposes. | Faced with this imperialist arrogance of imposing conditions on sovereign countries, the Venezuelan government ha…

WSWS (2021-08-14). Brazil's Bolsonaro orders tanks to roll past Congress as it rejects his new electoral law. wsws.org President Bolsonaro is consciously following Donald Trump's playbook in the lead-up to the attempted January 6 coup in Washington.

WSWS (2021-08-14). 50 years since the end of the Bretton Woods monetary system. wsws.org The decision by President Nixon to close the gold window shattered the international monetary system that had formed a key foundation of…

Kim Petersen (2021-08-14). Justice and Politics: When Words are Betrayed by Deeds. dissidentvoice.org Michael Kovrig-Meng Wanzhou-Michael Spavor. Photograph: (Agencies) For neither man nor angel can discern hypocrisy, the only evil that walks invisible, except to God alone. — John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book III Simply put, hypocrisy is when words and actions don't agree. It is revealing when one applies this straightforward definition to the cases involving two …

The Lancet (2021-08-14). [Editorial] The NHS: the many challenges for leadership. thelancet.com Amanda Pritchard has her work cut out. The new Chief Executive of NHS England has taken charge of an organisation reeling from the pressures of the past 18 months, with huge backlogs in care, an exhausted workforce, and the COVID-19 pandemic not yet over. Reforms to the health service are making their way through parliament in the teeth of opposition from union leaders who say the timing is wrong. Pritchard is respected and seemingly well liked. "I am realistic. I am also optimistic", she said on taking up her new role on Aug 1.

Toward increasing Networking (2021-08-14). Online events with Amory Lovins, Lisa Wells, Mickey Huff, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, etc. indybay.org Here are some 18 online events taking place over the next week (and starting at 12 Noon today, August 11th), featuring people such as Jeremy Lent, Carol Anderson, Amory Lovins, Eyal Press, Lisa Wells, Mickey Huff, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, and many others. | These events are hosted from various locations all across the country, as well from Canada, the UK, New Zealand, and Ireland (however, the listed times are all for our "Pacific time zone"). Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might be interested in it.

HEAT (2021-08-14). Monday 8/16: SF City College: Defend Health & Safety of CCSF Students, Faculty & Staff HEAT Action. indybay.org In front of Conlan Hall, Ocean Campus CCSF…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-08-14). Mayo Clinic Minute: Music on the brain. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Music soothes, energizes and inspires. It also fortifies pathways in your brain that neurologists say can lead to a better understanding of cognition and dementia. To help better understand how music strengthens the brain, Dr. Bernard Bendok, chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, explains how music strikes a chord with researchers in this Mayo Clinic Minute. Note: Music composed by the musician and free to use. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/UrGabRHqWFs

No on All Recalls (2021-08-14). Your Vote Needed to Stop Sept 14 Governor Recall. indybay.org The County Voter Handbooks are arriving this week describing the fascist Trump Republican recall election set for September 14, 2021, and how we can vote by mail within 30 days of that election. Every registered voter will receive a vote by mail ballot. Since there is no Electoral College for this, we need every single vote against this recall to avoid the horror of a Trump Republican governor.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-08-14). The "Killer Vaccine" Worldwide. 7.9 Billion People. globalresearch.ca The stated objective is to enforce the Worldwide vaccination of 7.9 billion people in more than 190 countries, to be followed by the imposition of a digitized "vaccine passport". The evidence of mortality and morbidity resulting from the vaccine is overwhelming. Needless to say this is a multi-billion dollar operation for Big Pharma.

Andrew Moss (2021-08-14). The path to citizenship is the path to a more democratic America. zcomm.org Citizenship, and the voting rights that go with it, are ultimately issues of agency, power, and voice…

Dr. Gary G. Kohls (2021-08-14). No Jab for Me — And Here Are 35 Reasons Why. globalresearch.ca Fist published by …

John Feffer (2021-08-14). An Outbreak of Populist Stupidity: Why is the Global Right Wing jumping on the anti-Vaccination Bandwagon? juancole.com ( Foreign Policy in Focus) — You'd think that the whole world could unite against a deadly virus. COVID-19 has already sickened over 200 million people around the world and killed over 4 million. It has now mutated into more contagious forms that threaten to plunge the globe into another spin cycle of lockdown. Avoiding …

Staff (2021-08-14). Argentina, the US Will Come for You Next. orinocotribune.com By Lois Pérez Leira — Aug 10, 2021 | After a series of successive defeats in Nuestra América [Our America], the Empire is trying to focus its artillery on Nicaragua. The objective is to prevent the presidential elections to be held in November: by creating all kinds of fake news and encouraging social discontent, etc. | For this purpose, imperialism relies on the Nicaraguan parasitic oligarchy, manifested by right-wing parties, some of them coming from Sandinistas who have capitulated to the Empire, and, as usual, on the OAS, despite the latter being in terminal decline. | Nicaragua is not a minor issue,…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-08-14). Rare Lyme disease-causing bacteria spotted on routine blood films. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Eye on Innovation features exciting advances taking place at Mayo Clinic Laboratories. This monthly series shines a spotlight on recently developed tests and highlights how Mayo Clinic translates ideas and discoveries into testing resources that improve diagnosis and care for patients across the globe. ______________________________________________ It's long been known that Lyme disease is caused by bacteria transmitted through the bite of an infected black-legged tick (otherwise known as the deer tick). The understanding for many years was…

POST & KTA (2021-08-14). Friday 9/10: Putting Food on the Table: Supporting Bay Area Farms with KTA & POST. indybay.org Online event (FREE)…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-08-14). Inspired by barnacles, medical glue stops bleeding in seconds. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. ‚Äï Mayo Clinic researchers and colleagues at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a rapid-sealing paste that can stop bleeding organs independent of clotting. The details are published in Nature Biomedical Engineering. The inspiration for this paste? Barnacles. Barnacles are those sea animals that adhere to rocks, the bottom of ships and large fish with the aim of staying in place despite wet conditions and variable surfaces. They're successful because they exude…

ERA Coalition, Women's March, & more (2021-08-14). Saturday 8/28: #Rally4ERA: No Time Limit on Equality Rally at U.S. Supreme Court. indybay.org U.S. Supreme Court or join online rally livestream and actions…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-08-14). Benefits of kids wearing masks in school. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Children are heading back to the classroom and many parents have questions about their kids wearing face masks to protect them from COVID-19. Are they safe? How do masks help my child? Is my child really at risk of getting COVID-19? Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases physician at Mayo Clinic Children's Center, answers these questions and offers insights into the benefits of everyone over age 2 wearing masks when in public settings or around unvaccinated people….

John Thielking (2021-08-14). Google algorithms suppressing small websites. indybay.org Google and Facebook are increasingly unfriendly for small publishers. The latest round is that Google no longer takes you to the URLs typed in search…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-08-14). Mayo researchers develop algorithm to predict rheumatoid arthritis disease activity. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Individualized Medicine and Division of Rheumatology have developed a first-of-its-kind machine learning algorithm that can predict rheumatoid arthritis disease activity in a patient. The algorithm analyzes biochemical metabolites ‚Äï the product of the body's metabolism ‚Äï in blood. Close up of rheumatism/arthritis medical examination. "Having fast, reliable and scalable measures for predicting the clinical course of disease activity is an important unmet need for patients with rheumatoid arthritis," says Jaeyun Sung, Ph.D., a computational biologist within the Center…

Rick Rozoff (2021-08-14). Romania: Washington's military colony on the Black Sea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com DefMin Ciuca, US Congress delegation discuss defence part of strategic partnership Romania's Defence Minister Nicolae Ciuca on Friday welcomed a delegation of the US House of Representatives led by Adam Smith, chairman of the House Armed Forces Committee…. In his conversation, Ciuca reiterated the importance of the defence part in the strategic partnership between Romania …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-08-14). Mayo Clinic Orthopedics and Sports Medicine to offer walk-in sports injury clinics on Saturdays. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic Orthopedics and Sports Medicine will provide a Saturday morning injury clinic for Rochester-area middle school, high school and college athletes injured during recent sports activities. This includes all athletes from schools in Southeast Minnesota, Western Wisconsin and Northern Iowa. The clinic will be open each Saturday between Sept. 4 and Oct. 16 from 8 a.m. to noon on the third floor of Dan Abraham Healthy Living Center at Mayo Clinic…

Anonymous103 (2021-08-14). Extremists, Chimps & Propaganda: U.S. Identified Major Threats For National Security. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On August 13, the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security issued a new National Terrorism Advisory System The top danger are "racially- or ethnicall…

Angela (2021-08-14). Saturday 8/14: Free screening of film "My Love Awaits Me by the Sea" indybay.org

Jake Johnson (2021-08-14). Tax on Billionaires' Pandemic Profits Could Fund Vaccines for World. zcomm.org "The obscene levels of wealth gained from the pandemic by a handful of mega rich individuals should immediately be taxed at 99%―enough to fully vaccinate everyone on Earth and help millions of workers."

United We Dream Action (2021-08-14). Tuesday 8/17: San Francisco: DACA Is Not Enough! Citizenship for All Immigrants Rally. indybay.org 1 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94104 | Wear a mask. Please follow all current COVID safety guidelines: covid19.ca.gov/

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-08-14). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Treatments and therapies for autism. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My 2-year-old niece has had several issues since birth, and she is behind in her communications and attention. I wonder if she may be on the autism spectrum. Before I mention it to my sister, can you explain autism and how it is best treated? ANSWER: Autism is one of a group of serious developmental problems called autism spectrum disorder that appears in early childhood — usually before age 3. Though symptoms and severity…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-08-14). Mayo Clinic to reinstitute visitor guidelines in Rochester. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Due to the continued spread of the highly contagious delta variant, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. will reinstitute visitor policy restrictions in inpatient and outpatient settings, beginning Monday, Aug. 16. All visitors entering Mayo Clinic will be screened for respiratory illness, and required to comply with social distancing guidelines and wear a mask for the entirety of their visit. Visitors who do not comply with these requirements will be asked to leave. Updated visitor restrictions…

City Lights Booksellers, Pub. (2021-08-14). Tuesday 8/24: US History of Colonialism, Genocide, White Supremacy & Slavery w/ author Dunbar-Ortiz. indybay.org Online event…

Anonymous007 (2021-08-14). Military Situation In Yemen On August 14, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 137 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours | On August 13, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 3 airstrikes on the Sarwah district | On August 13, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 6 airstrikes on the Rahbah district | On August 13, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 2 airstrikes on the Khab and Shaaf area | On August 13, Saudi-led coalition warplanes…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-08-14). Consumer Health: Summer sun safety. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org August is Summer Sun Safety Month, which makes this a good time to learn the signs of sun damage and remember the ways you can protect yourself and your family from the harmful effects of ultraviolet, or UV, radiation from sunlight. Exposure to UV radiation from the sun damages your skin. Children are especially vulnerable because they tend to spend more time outdoors and can burn easily. This slideshow includes images of several conditions caused…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-08-14). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: How Mayo hopes to slam the door when COVID-19 comes knocking. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The COVID-19 pandemic has brought public awareness to vaccines and how vaccines work. A vaccine is any agent that causes the immune system to remember a specific disease-causing entity, thereby preventing future infections. In the case of COVID-19, that's a coronavirus. At Mayo Clinic, decades of research have led to development of a new vaccine platform — a single-cycle adenovirus nasal vaccine — that is now being tested in a phase 1 clinical trial for COVID-19….

willet (2021-08-14). The US continues to obstruct China. indybay.org The United States has again demonstrated its willingness to tighten the approach towards Beijing in the economic sphere.

Anonymous103 (2021-08-14). Three Bodies Found Days After Mi-8 Helicopter Crashed Into Lake In Kamchatka, Russia. southfront.org In this photo released by the Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service, emergency personnel work near the site where a helicopter carrying tourists crashed at Kurile Lake in the Kronotsky nature reserve on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. The helicopter carrying tourists crashed Thursday into the deep volcanic crater lake on the peninsula in Russia's far east, leaving multiple people missing. Officials said several people survived. (Russian Emergen…

Anonymous669 (2021-08-14). Houthis Shot Down US ScanEagle Drone Over Central Yemen. southfront.org Illustrative image. | On August 14, the Houthis (Ansar Allah) shot down a US Boeing Insitu ScanEagle drone over the central Yemeni province of Ma'rib, where they have been leading a large offensive against the Saudi-led coalition and its proxies for more than five months now. | Brig. Gen. Yahya Sari, a spokesman for the Yemen group, said that the drone was shot down with a "ground-to-air missile" while it was conducting "hostile acts" over the district of Medghal in western Ma'rib. | "The targeting operating is documented b…

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2021-08-14). COVID-19 Vaccines are Killing "Huge Numbers" of People: Government Scrubs Stats on Vaccine-Related Deaths. globalresearch.ca First published on …

San Francisco Ceremony (2021-08-14). Grieving the Loss of Yemeni Children–US Complicit. indybay.org Members of the Yemeni-American community and world peace activists grieved the third year anniversary of the loss of dozens of innocent children whose lives were taken by a 500 pound U.S. made, Saudi-UAE led bomb.

P.O.W. (2021-08-14). Saturday 8/14: Protect Willard Park. indybay.org Willard Park, Berkeley | 2720 Hillegass Ave.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-08-14). Science Saturday: A "sandbox" for innovation: The Advanced Diagnostics Laboratory. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Advanced Diagnostics Laboratory (ADL) is a visionary space designed to continue Mayo Clinic's long tradition of pioneering patient treatments and diagnostics. The ADL's mission is to foster innovation — including grassroots innovation — across different specialties, through partnerships in-house as well as with external companies. Located on the third floor of One Discovery Square in a 9,600-square-foot space, the lab was born out of an initiative between Mayo's Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (DLMP) and the…

Save Our State (2021-08-14). Recall Ballots in Mail Boxes; Vote No and Return Now. indybay.org We are receiving our Vote by Mail Ballots in the mail as of August 12, 2021 for the Sept 14 Governor Recall and the sooner you Vote No, insert the ballot in the envelope, sign & complete the envelope and return it, the better as the lives we save will be our own.

Yes on Empty Home Tax 2022 (2021-08-14). Sunday 8/15: EVENT CANCELED: PUSH the movie and pre-movie panel on housing in Santa Cruz. indybay.org Resource Center For Nonviolence | 612 Ocean St, Santa Cruz…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-08-14). What you need to know about COVID-19 tests. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The delta variant is now believed to be responsible for more than 80% of the new COVID-19 infections diagnosed in the U.S. But to be diagnosed with COVID-19, you must first be tested. Watch: Dr. Bobbi Pritt discusses COVID-19 tests youtu.be/yYDGXym6_J8 Journalists: Broadcast-quality sound bites are in the downloads at the bottom of the page. Please courtesy: "Bobbi Pritt, M.D./Microbiology/Mayo Clinic." The Mayo Clinic New Network team sat down with Dr. Bobbi Pritt, chair of Mayo…

Dongsheng News (2021-08-14). News on China | No. 63. dissidentvoice.org China promotes health through sports, deals with environmental threat posed by algal bloom, and trades with Africa.

Nick Burns (2021-08-14). Glenn Greenwald: the greatest journalist of all time? zcomm.org Why the Brazil-based investigative reporter divides the US left and has become a friend to the right…

Joe Parkin Daniels (2021-08-14). [World Report] Haiti's health woes intensify. thelancet.com Assassination, after months of violence, fuel shortages, and protests, has led to instability in Haiti, causing interruptions to normal care and the COVID-19 response. Joe Parkin Daniels reports.

Isaac Nellist (2021-08-14). High Court decision another blow for casual workers. greenleft.org.au In a blow for workers' rights, the High Court has overturned a ruling that some casual workers should be entitled to annual leave and sick pay, writes Isaac Nellist.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-08-14). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Overtreating an underactive thyroid. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The thyroid gland creates and produces hormones that play a role in many systems throughout the body. When your thyroid makes too much or too little of these important hormones, it's called thyroid disease. And thyroid disease is common. "We know that about 10% of people have some degree of thyroid dysfunction," says Dr. Juan Brito Campana, a Mayo Clinic endocrinologist. There are several different types of thyroid disease, including hyperthyroidism, or overactive thyroid; hypothyroidism…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-08-14). Mayo Clinic preparing for COVID-19 vaccine boosters when approved. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Are you wondering about booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine? You are not alone. "While the emergency use authorizations for COVID-19 vaccines do not yet allow for people to receive a booster vaccine, we will be prepared," says Dr. James Watson, chair of Mayo's Clinic COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation and Distribution Work Group. The workgroup is closely monitoring booster vaccine development and recommendations and creating a process to administer booster vaccines once they are approved by…

C.M. Lewis (2021-08-14). Buffalo Democratic Machine Considers Axing Mayorship to Evade India Walton. zcomm.org Incentives to sabotage the left are structurally inherent to capitalism in the United States…

"New Day" KPFA Supporters Ignore Their Jobs (2021-08-14). KPFA Supporters Of "New Day" Who Control LSB Refuse To Hold Committee Meeting. indybay.org The present majority of the KPFA Local Station Board supported the corporate "New Day" bylaw proposals. They argued that the Local Station Boards should be advisory and should not approve the budget and evaluate the manager. Now they are their supporters are running for the LSB with the position that they really don't want to do what is required under the bylaws. This is duplicitous and shows a lack of integrity and honesty. If you don't want to follow the bylaws and do your job you should not be running for the KPFA Local Station Board.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-08-14). Mayo Clinic Minute: Getting back to the school routine. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org With classes right around the corner, it's time to get kids ready for a return to school. And after a year that has been anything but normal because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mayo Clinic experts say it's important to prepare children for that first day of school by getting back into a routine. Reporter Jason Howland has more in this Mayo Clinic Minute. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/HBsMDxWylpw Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 05) is in…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-08-14). How COVID-19 delta variant is impacting younger people. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The number of COVID-19 infections, mostly with the delta variant, continues to rise, especially in parts of the U.S. where vaccination rates are low. Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases physician at Mayo Clinic Children's Center, says younger people are among those being infected with the highly contagious virus. "The most important thing we can do to protect kids under 12 years of age, who are not yet eligible to be vaccinated themselves, is to…

Julia Rock (2021-08-14). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Progressive Caucus Takes A Stand. dailyposter.com

Anonymous103 (2021-08-14). CIA To Create New Special China Mission Center — Report. southfront.org Illustrative Image | The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is weighing proposals to create an independent "Mission Center for China" in an escalation of its efforts to gain greater insight into the U.S.'s top strategic rival. This was reported by Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the deliberations. | The proposal was made following the order of CIA Director Bill Burns to broadly review of the CIA's capabilities towards. Currently China-related missions are carried out by a the much larger Mission Center for East Asia and Pacific."As Dire…

Rick Rozoff (2021-08-14). Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetia FMs speak. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Foreign Ministers of South Ossetia and Nagorno-Karabakh held an online meeting A meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoev with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh David Babayan was held on 12 August in an online format. **** In the conversation, David Babayan also spoke about …

Dr. Abbas Poorhashemi (2021-08-14). How the Covid-19 Crisis Affects Individual Rights and Freedoms. A New Crisis in International Law? globalresearch.ca First published by Global Research on August 14, 2020 One of the direct impacts of the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 is challenging human rights. The pandemic not only created and still creating health issues, economic challenges, political crises …

WSWS (2021-08-14). UK lorry driver speaks ahead of strike: "The Labour Party and the unions have done nothing" wsws.org "I am earning now probably less than I was fifteen years ago. The job has to come first over family life, and we have to work the hours whatever they are and however long it takes to do a job."

P.O.W. (2021-08-14). Bulldozing Willard Park (Berkeley). indybay.org Destructive development plans at Willard Park, Berkeley! Outraged locals sense corruption!

Rick Rozoff (2021-08-14). FM says Russia waging war in Ukraine, defends ethnic cleansing. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kuleba responds to Lavrov: Outrageous is war waged by Russia in eastern Ukraine ==== Ukraine's Zelensky tells Russian speakers to leave country ==== In response to the statement by Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba called outrageous the war that the Russian Federation brought to eastern Ukraine. **** …

Labor Video Project (2021-08-14). The Real History Of AFL-CIO Richard Trumka With "War Zone" Organizer Mike Griffin. indybay.org WorkWeek interviews Decatur "War Zone" organizer Mike Griffin about the role of former AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka in the struggle in Decatur and in labor nationally.

Revolution Books (2021-08-14). Tuesday 8/31: 100th Anniversary of Chinese Communist Party – Not the Party of Mao and Revolution. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

Nayvin Gordon (2021-08-14). Commoners, Usurpers and the "Demon of Greed" – A parable. indybay.org Rejoicing in their solidarity, the people dedicated themselves to protecting the oneness of the people and the land.

Joe Emersberger (2021-08-14). Thoughts on Gerald Posner's "Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK" zcomm.org I reviewed Josiah Thompson's new book in a blog post the other day. The book makes a persuasive case that there was a second shooter who killed JFL, but I don't think it's a slam dunk. Neither is Gerald Posner's conclusion that Oswald acted alone. I consider it a toss-up. Some observations follow on Posner's

Edward Curtin (2021-08-14). The Houses of Dead and Crooked Souls. dissidentvoice.org A house constitutes a body of images that give mankind proofs or illusions of stability. — Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space, January 4, 1994 There is a vast and growing gulf between the world's rich and poor. An obscene gulf. If we can read houses, they will confirm this. They offer a visible lesson …

Peter Koenig (2021-08-14). Carbon Neutral Green Finance: China May Take the Lead into a Post-Pandemic World. dissidentvoice.org How the pandemic will be reshaping the world, especially in terms of economic recovery and especially the western world, remains to be seen. So far, western economic, social and health restructuring policies are chaotic, disorganized and totally uncoordinated. Western countries are skipping from lockdowns to "opening up" back to lockdown, from the first covid-wave, to …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-08-14). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: It's like a Code Red hospital alert. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org An overwhelming surge of COVID-19 cases is underway in the U.S. The delta variant continues to spread, the lambda variant is showing up, and some people are refusing to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or wear face masks. "My message today is a hospital term and that's Code Red," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "It is Code Red in the U.S. and for the globe regarding…

Nayvin Gordon (2021-08-14). Wall Street Sacrifices Children to the Demon of Greed. indybay.org The politics of Zero Covid will save us from the Covid -19 pandemic, not the politics of Wall Street…

Kathy Durkin (2021-08-14). No more Hiroshimas and Nagasakis! workers.org This article was first published in Workers World, August 14, 2016 August 6 and 9, 1945, went down in history as days of infamy for U.S. imperialism — and days of catastrophe for the people of Japan. At 8: 15 a.m. on Aug. 6, the U.S. bomber Enola Gay dropped a . . . |

Dan Threet (2021-08-14). The Market Is Incapable of Creating Affordable Housing. zcomm.org There isn't a single place in the United States where minimum-wage workers can afford to live near their jobs…

Nick Licata (2021-08-14). Trumpite Multimillionaires Push White Ethnic Nationalism. zcomm.org Appealing to aggrieved white Americans and frightened wealthy Americans is a dynamite formula for blowing up our democracy's institutions…

Editor (2021-08-14). A day in the death of British justice. mronline.org The reputation of British justice now rests on the shoulders of the High Court in the life or death case of Julian Assange.

Geraldina Colotti (2021-08-14). Peru No Longer Wants to 'Wag Its Tail' in the Backyard of the US. orinocotribune.com By Geraldina Colotti — Aug 11, 2021 | In what stands out as the second progressive wave of this century for Latin America, Peru of rural teacher Pedro Castillo, who assumed the presidency on the bicentennial of independence, promises to do its part. The long and complicated wait for the ratification of the result and the aggressiveness of the conservative forces that support fujimorismo show, however, that it will not be easy for him to implement his projects. | The oligarchy and the large multinational interests, represented by the elites of the urban areas, have formed a ring around the Fuerza Popular part…

United We Dream (2021-08-14). Tuesday 8/17: DACA is Not Enough: Citizenship for All Rally in Santa Cruz. indybay.org Town Clock, N. Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-08-14). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Answering questions about delta variant, COVID-19 vaccination. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am hearing more about the delta variant and am worried about my family's risk of becoming infected with COVID-19. My husband and I are vaccinated for COVID-19, but some of our extended family members are not. They don't seem concerned about the new variant. Can you share more information about it and the importance of being vaccinated for COVID-19? ANSWER: Viruses constantly change through mutation, and new variants of viruses are expected to…

Radical Women (2021-08-14). Saturday 8/28: Woman's Rights Day online event. indybay.org Zoom Event. Register at http: //tinyurl.com/WRD-RW…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-08-14). Sharing Mayo Clinic: When the answer was something other than COVID-19. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org This story came in a note to the Sharing Mayo Clinic blog from Susan Fox, who wanted to share her experience finding an answer to distressing symptoms with help from the COVID-19 Nurse Line, even when the answer was something other than COVID-19. _______________________________________ I'm a 68-year-old woman in Wisconsin and have been a patient with Mayo Clinic for many years. Despite extreme caution, my husband and I both contracted COVID-19 last November. We both recovered slowly, and when…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-08-14). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Increasing fiber intake for constipation relief. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I experience constipation almost weekly, and eating bran flakes every day isn't helping. Are fiber supplements safe to use regularly and long term? Is there anything else I can do? I'm a 53-year-old woman and otherwise in excellent health. ANSWER: When consumed at recommended levels, dietary fiber is widely recognized to have health benefits, including relief of constipation. Adult women 50 and younger should consume at least 25 grams of fiber a day. Women…

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