(2021-11-09). Economic Update: A Story of War. roarmag.org On this week's show, Prof. Wolff discusses how Amazon rips off small business and squeezes workers; US and China's military tactics; top mainstream economists grasp the deepening critique of capitalism; and how strikes at Nabisco and Kellogg expose capitalism's classic contours of class struggle. | The second half of the show features an interview with Prof Talia Lugacy on her new independent film This is Not a War Story released by Warner Media HBO Max. | You can support this show on
(2021-11-09). Some More Questions: Fascism, Revolution, and History. anchor.fm I mean I think the title says it all. US Empire and Imperialism need to come tumbling down, but how? Fascism, what is it? How is it connected to the US? What can/should we do about all of this? Please donate to the homie from Bands of Turtle Island, Zitkato's Patreon/Cashapp! Cashapp: $bandsofturtleisland…
(2021-11-09). How Imperialist Propaganda Weaponizes Genocide to Justify War. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Nov 8, 2021 | The imperialists have a weapon more powerful than the atomic bomb. It's called propaganda. The type of propaganda that's been fine tuned by decades of practice in false flags, fabricated atrocity stories, and glorifications of militarism. With the onset of the new cold war, and its correlating advancements in the high-tech sector, the U.S. empire's cognitive warfare has taken on unprecedented scope and subtlety. Should aspiring U.S. revolutionaries succumb to the deceptions this manipulation matrix is laying down for us, the movement towards proletarian revolution in the imperi…
(2021-11-09). Tucson wins the fight for $15. peoplesworld.org 
TUCSON—Defeating a well-financed campaign by big employers, Tucson voters last week overwhelmingly decided to enact a $15-an-hour minimum wage for the city. The current Arizona state minimum wage is $12.15 an hour. The corporate-owned media has been trying to portray the Nov. 2, 2021, elections as a big victory for Republican politics, but they are …
(2021-11-09). Sandinistas Win By a Landslide! U.S. Dirty Tricks Fail in Derailing Nicaraguan Democracy. covertactionmagazine.com In the lead up to the February 25, 1990 elections, President George H.W. Bush told the Nicaraguan people that the …
(2021-11-09). Ortega Wins Nicaragua Elections Prompting U.S. Threat Of Sanctions. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega won a fourth consecutive presidential term. | The United States reacted swiftly threatening sanctions, as Ortega reportedly jailed political rivals ahead of the vote. | This prompted the initial threats of sanctions from the United States and international calls for free elections. | Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council said that with nearly all the ballots counted, a preliminary tally had Ortega's Sandinista alliance winning with about 76% of…
(2021-11-09). Vladimir Acosta Discusses his New Book 'Leaving the Colony' at Venezuela's National Book Fair. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan intellectual Vladimir Acosta was honored at the 17th International Book Fair of Venezuela (FILVEN), where he explained the content of one his four books, Leaving the Colony. | Acosta, speaking on the role of Catholicism both during colonialism and now under US imperialism, commented that "today we can see how a religion was used to impose culture and language on us. They took our consciousness from us. In three years we will be celebrating the bicentennial anniversary of the battle of Ayacucho, which was the decisive moment in the fight against Spanish colonialism, but we have to keep fighting. Now we…
(2021-11-09). Former NY police chief charged and 3 officers suspended. nationofchange.org "It appears that GPD responding officers and others may not have responded appropriately."
(2021-11-09). China to strengthen scientific cooperation. ecns.cn The Chinese scientific community will collaborate with international peers to deepen research cooperation in frontier sciences, promote openness and inclusivity for scientific undertakings, and jointly tackle major global challenges.
(2021-11-09). Addition of Nonauthor Collaborator Names of the COMEBAC Study. jamanetwork.com The Original Investigation titled "Four-Month Clinical Status of a Cohort of Patients After Hospitalization for COVID-19," published in the April 20, 2021, issue of JAMA, has been updated to include the nonauthor collaborator (group) names in a supplement. This article was corrected online.
(2021-11-09). Blue Pigmentation of the Skin, Sclera, and Teeth. jamanetwork.com A 69-year-old patient presented with progressive blue skin pigmentation. He had recurrent staphylococcus bacteremia due to infection of an ICD lead and was being treated with minocycline, 100 mg twice daily. He reported no discoloration of his sweat or urine. Laboratory tests revealed elevated creatinine and total bilirubin. What is the diagnosis and what would you do next?
(2021-11-09). New York Times hails "labor coverage" of publications aligned with the Democratic Party and trade union apparatus. wsws.org The political establishment is nervous that strikes have broken out in defiance of the trade unions, and the Times is trying to promote publications that can shore up support for these pro-management institutions.
(2021-11-09). The Laura Flanders Show: "The Way Forward" with AOC & Noam Chomsky. roarmag.org In this historic, inter-generational meeting of minds, Laura Flanders brings together New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY Representative 14th District) and MIT professor emeritus Noam Chomsky — for the first time ever — to discuss the way forward for people, politics and the planet. From labor strikes to racial uprisings to climate action to the Great Resignation, they reflect on the renewed power of collective organizing and the changing tide in economic thinking and electoral politics. | Their insights demand that we think differently about everything from our nation's history and…
(2021-11-09). Nicaragua's President Ortega Re-elected with 75% of Vote & Strong Turnout — New Lima Group in the Making. orinocotribune.com 
Caracas, November 8, 2021 (Special for With 97.74% of the 13,459 Ballot Receiving Boards (JRV) scrutinized, the president obtained a wide margin of victory ove…
(2021-11-09). Mutual Aid Goes Mainstream. popularresistance.org Last spring, within hours of the University of Chicago's announcement that classes would be held online, students created a Facebook group to coordinate mutual aid efforts. Even with finals right around the corner, UChicago Mutual Aid came alive with activity. Students eagerly offered and accepted support in the form of advice, essential supplies like food and moving boxes, and spreadsheets listing leads on resources like housing. | What I witnessed at my college was just one example of the many mutual aid networks, both college-based and non-college-based, that sprung up across the country in response to the COV…
(2021-11-09). Military pollution is the skeleton in the West's climate closet. dissidentvoice.org World leaders gathered in Glasgow last week for the COP26 summit in a bid to demonstrate how they are belatedly getting to grips with the climate crisis. Agreements to protect forests, cut carbon and methane emissions and promote green tech are all being hammered out in front of a watching world. Western politicians, in particular, …
(2021-11-09). We have been lied to! Caleb Maupin from polling place in Nicaragua. mronline.org 
Nicaragua's electoral process far proceeds that of which the U.S. media has led the people of the United States to believe.
(2021-11-09). "A Crime Against Humanity": The "Greenwash Festival" Of COP26. dissidentvoice.org 
One of the most damning assessments of COP26, the UN climate conference being held in Glasgow, came from Greta Thunberg, the Swedish climate activist: '#COP26 has been named the must excluding COP ever. This is no longer a climate conference. This is a Global North greenwash festival. A two week celebration of business as usual …
(2021-11-09). Chile is at the dawn of a new political era. greenleft.org.au The journey to a new era in Chile has two important paths: the writing of the new constitution and the presidential election on November 21, reports Vijay Prashad.
(2021-11-09). McDonald's and Kaiser workers carry 'Striketober' into 'Strikesgiving'. peoplesworld.org 
LOS ANGELES—"Striketober" may be over, but forced worker walkouts continue, with a big one coming on Nov. 9 by fast-food workers in California. And a mandatory 10-day strike plan announcement by unions representing 32,000 Kaiser workers nationwide will be issued the same day. Another 8,000 may join them the week after; 12,000 more are affected. …
(2021-11-09). There's a new Target on the US Regime-Change List. It's Been There Before. orinocotribune.com By Dakotah Lilly — Nov 6, 2021 | The US has a long history of meddling in Latin America. This week, US lawmakers have approved legislation calling for more sanctions to increase pressure on President Daniel Ortega ahead of Nicaragua's election on Sunday. | On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed the bill known as the Reinforcing Nicaragua's Adherence to Conditions for Electoral Reform (RENACER) Act. The move — a response to an alleged crackdown there on the
(2021-11-09). U.S. bans Communist journalist from traveling to Nicaragua for elections. peoplesworld.org 
MEXICO CITY—"Are you or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?" U.S. authorities infamously asked those entering the country during the Cold War. Nowadays, the questions may have changed, but the intention is the same—to keep out undesirables. It seems that I am one of those undesirables—as well as a Communist—finding myself …
(2021-11-09). Gas Crisis in Europe: an Outlook of the Arab World. journal-neo.org 
The current turbulence in the European gas market has attracted the attention of the Arabs closely watching the gas price situation. After all, the Arab oil-producing countries account for 56% of oil reserves and almost 27% of natural gas globally. In 2020, according to local data, they produced 28% of oil and 15% of natural …
(2021-11-09). Fast-Food Workers Strike Across California. popularresistance.org Fast-food workers say they are fed up with their working conditions, and on Tuesday morning, they're walking out. | Thousands of employees in the fast-food industry are going on strike across California, walking out for better working conditions, wages and hours and calling on lawmakers to offer them a bigger say in their futures. | A McDonald's location on Floral Drive in Monterey Park, where workers allege sewers recently flooded the kitchen, is the SoCal site of the rally employees planned for 9 a.m. | Other rallies in the area are planned for 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. | By and large, fast-food employees are not repr…
(2021-11-09). Closed Loop Device May Alleviate Treatment-Resistant Depression. jamanetwork.com A patient with treatment-resistant depression experienced rapid and sustained improvements with personalized brain mapping and a closed loop deep brain sensing and stimulation device. Results from the proof-of-concept trial appeared in Nature Medicine.
(2021-11-09). COP26 warned on fossil fuels: 'We're investing in our own demise'. peoplesworld.org 
"You may as well bomb our islands instead of making us suffer, witnessing our slow and fateful demise," Palau President Surangel S. Whipps, Jr., told the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow. In those few words, Whipps summed up the desperation felt by small Pacific Islands and a number of other developing countries. The rich G20 …
(2021-11-09). Mental Stress—Induced Myocardial Ischemia. jamanetwork.com Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of mortality globally, and patients who have chronic forms of CHD experience substantial morbidity, including high rates of recurrent cardiac events and eventual onset of heart failure. Further research to identify vulnerable populations, improve risk stratification, and understand nontraditional risk factors is essential to reduce the public health burden of CHD.
(2021-11-09). Bolívar and Chávez in the Present Time. orinocotribune.com By Adán Chávez Frías — Nov 5, 2021 | During our recent tour of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, we had the opportunity to meet with authorities from the Executive and Legislative Powers of these countries; as well as with representatives of political organizations, the Movement of Solidarity with Venezuela, and cultural and academic institutions of both nations. | We also established contact with Venezuelan scholarship holders and work closely with the media, in order to continue bringing the truth about Venezuela to the world. | In all these meetings, references to El Libertador Simón Bol…
(2021-11-09). Statement Against Israel Declaring Six Human Rights Organizations as "Terrorist" fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. | The Israeli Defense Minister has tagged six human rights organizations in Palestine as "terrorists." These organizations – Al-Haq, Addameer, Bisan Center, Defense for Children International-Palestine, the Union of Agricultural Work Committees, and the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees — are all well known for their courage in aiding the besieged Palestinian people as they continue to resist harsh and illegal occupation. | Labeling them as terrorists means the occupation f…
(2021-11-09). Pittsburghers rally to support Pillsbury boycott in solidarity with Palestine. liberationnews.org 
On October 24, the Party for Socialism and Liberation's Pittsburgh branch joined with the Pittsburgh BDS Coalition for a demonstration promoting the boycott of Pillsbury.
(2021-11-09). *BONUS* Some Questions on My Mind. anchor.fm I ask two questions: 1.) What role do individuals play in history? 2.) Can we build a true Proletarian Revolution/People's Liberation as atomized, and disconnected, and especially without a Communist Party? Idk, you tell me! Go think some thought yo!
(2021-11-09). Routine Smallpox Vaccination. jamanetwork.com The Public Health Service's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and the Committee on Infectious Diseases of the American Academy of Pediatrics have recently recommended that the United States discontinue routine smallpox vaccination. For the first time, the risk of acquiring a major infectious disease has declined to a level where universal vaccination is no longer needed.
(2021-11-09). Bubble Trouble: Stock Analyst Says Tesla Stock Is Overvalued By $1 Trillion. moguldom.com Silicon Valley-based electric vehicle maker Tesla recently saw its market capitalization cross the $1 trillion mark, and its stock could be overvalued by $1 trillion, according to an independent investment-research firm. David Trainer is the CEO of Tennesee-based New Constructs, an equity research firm that provides valuations for private and public businesses. Tesla shares could …
(2021-11-09). The Effect of Cytisine vs Varenicline on Smoking Cessation. jamanetwork.com To the Editor I have several comments about the recent trial comparing cytisine with varenicline. First, caution must be exercised when stating that cytisine is definitively more effective than nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), as was stated in the abstract. This statement refers to 1 trial that compared cytisine with varenicline but also allowed participants to use nicotine replacement monotherapy or any combination of nicotine patches, gum, or lozenges and did not report the usage of each of these potential regimens.
(2021-11-09). Medical Specialty Board Leave Policy Updates After 2021 ABMS Mandate. jamanetwork.com This study assesses how member boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) have adhered to a 2021 ABMS policy change allowing residents a minimum of 6 weeks of parental, caregiver, and medical leave.
(2021-11-09). Medical Debt in the US From 2009 to 2020—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply Mr Uppal and colleagues note that our article about medical debt in the US did not report the proportion of debt excluded because it was disputed by consumers. In June 2009, the first period of our study, 1.0% of medical debt and 2.9% of nonmedical debt was in dispute. In June 2020, the latest period of our analysis, 5.0% of medical debt and 9.7% of nonmedical debt was in dispute. Although we excluded disputed debt to avoid overstating the amount of debt in collections, including it would not have materially affected any of the study conclusions, including the relative increase in medical collections, de…
(2021-11-09). Climate Change Will Harm All, But Will Disproportionately Impact Various Demographic Groups. cepr.net The findings from the EPA report have two major implications. First and foremost, people of color are not part of a monolithic group. Second, the EPA report should help guide policy decisions in responding to climate change.
(2021-11-09). A New Memoir Reveals How Brzezinski's Chessboard Led to US Being Checkmated in Afghanistan. dissidentvoice.org 
Nearly as suspenseful as the Taliban's meteoric return to power after the final withdrawal of American armed forces from Afghanistan is the uncertainty over what will come next amid the fallout. Many have predicted that Russia and China will step in to fill the power vacuum and convince the facelift Taliban to negotiate a power-sharing …
(2021-11-09). Iatrogenic Delivery for Suspected Fetal Growth Restriction and Childhood School Outcomes. jamanetwork.com To the Editor I have several concerns about the recent article that addressed iatrogenic delivery for suspected FGR and childhood school outcomes. First, the authors did not use an appropriate control group. The question of whether early iatrogenic delivery for suspected FGR leads to poor childhood school outcomes can be answered only by comparing infants who were delivered early vs those who were not. Comparing early delivery of infants with suspected FGR and non—small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infants delivered prematurely merely reinforces that SGA infants fare worse than non-SGA infants and does not imp…
(2021-11-09). Should Humans Try to Modify the Amount of Sunlight the Earth Receives? | Take Action Tuesday @EarthFoodLife. independentmediainstitute.org 
Managing solar radiation through technology is possible, but there are ethical and political concerns. By Daniel Ross, Independent Media Institute 8 min read Desperate times call for desperate measures, as the saying goes. As scientists, policymakers and politicians keep one increasingly startled eye on climate change's ticking clock and the other on the ongoing, upwardly …
(2021-11-09). Iatrogenic Delivery for Suspected Fetal Growth Restriction and Childhood School Outcomes—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply We agree with Dr Smith that the progressive nature of FGR, whereby the fetus crosses birth weight percentiles with advancing gestation, means that some fetuses born at a later gestation would not have been in less than the third percentile had they been born earlier. However, we do not believe that this undermines the findings of our study for several reasons. First, we showed that the infants with birth weight in less than the third percentile not suspected of FGR and therefore born later had higher rates of several pregnancy complications than those delivered earlier, indicating that their FGR was not…
(2021-11-09). En Nicaragua, los yanquis nunca más organizarán las elecciones (+ Video). cubadebate.cu Aquí está Carlos, en estas Luchas, en estas Batallas que venimos librando, en estas Luchas que gracias a la Conciencia, a la Mística, al Ejemplo de nuestro Hermano Carlos Fonseca, que "es de los muertos que nunca mueren", como lo dijo Tomás, de ahí viene la energía que nos permite alcanzar grandes Victorias.
(2021-11-09). President al-Assad: Syria is keen on developing relations with China. dissidentvoice.org 
President Bashar al-Assad made a telephone call on Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping, during which the two sides discussed the close bilateral relations and means of expanding mutual cooperation. During the phone call, the two sides affirmed the great importance given to develop bilateral relations as President al-Assad considered the relationship with China as …
(2021-11-09). Is the EU really shocked about the killing of a Palestinian boy? electronicintifada.net Fifteen children have been shot dead by Israel in the West Bank this year.
(2021-11-09). "Uproot the System!" — Save the Planet, End Capitalism. liberationnews.org 
Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how tens of thousands of people marched in Glasgow and all over the world last weekend, chanting "uproot the system!" and demanding the transformation of the world economy to combat the climate crisis.
(2021-11-09). Le nuove armi finanziarie dell'Occidente. globalresearch.ca Nuove armi si stanno aggiungendo all'arsenale delle politiche economiche e finanziarie dell'Occidente. Per comprenderne la natura e portata, occorre partire da quelle sinora usate: le sanzioni — compresa quella più pesante, l'embargo — attuate soprattutto da Stati uniti e Unione …
(2021-11-09). Stoltenberg: NATO stands in solidarity with Poland and all our Allies in the region. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO chief voices solidarity with Poland amid border standoff The NATO chief on Tuesday voiced solidarity with Poland amid a migrant crisis at the country's border with Belarus. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg made the statement after discussing the border standoff with Polish President Andrzej Duda…. He added: "NATO stands in solidarity with Poland and all …
(2021-11-09). Test results for steel used in US Navy subs 'falsified' for decades. rt.com 
A former metallurgist at a Washington state foundry that produced steel used in US Navy submarines has admitted to taking "shortcuts" and doctoring the results of strength and toughness tests on the metal for over three decades. | Elaine Marie Thomas, 67, pleaded guilty to the fraud at a Tacoma court on Monday. Thomas was the director of metallurgy at a foundry in the city that provided steel castings used by Navy contractors Electric Boat and Newport News Shipbuilding to manufacture submarine hulls. | According to the Justice Department, the tests were to prove that the steel would hold up in a collision or d…
(2021-11-09). Could Vaccine Requirements For Truck Drivers Blow Up US Supply Chain And Economy? moguldom.com A lobbying association for truckload carriers warns that the new federal covid-19 vaccine mandate requiring businesses with 100 or more employees to be fully vaccinated, wear masks and submit to tests, will be "disastrous" for the already strained supply chain and it could ruin Christmas. From manufactured goods to retail products, about 70 percent of all …
(2021-11-09). The Astroworld festival disaster and the normalization of death. wsws.org The disaster is the latest in a series of "mass casualty events" in the United States, including the greatest of them all, the COVID-19 pandemic, that have become shockingly normalized.