(2021-08-27). 25,000 Baltimore families face eviction after SCOTUS moratorium ruling. therealnews.com 
Baltimore housing advocates say they are "devastated" by the Supreme Court's decision to strike down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) eviction moratorium. The reason for the decision, which was announced late Thursday and given by way of an unsigned, eight-page opinion, was that Congress must approve such a measure. | "There are 129,000 Maryland families behind on rent, 25,000 Baltimore City families behind on rent and facing eviction, usually through no fault of their own," Matt Hill, attorney for the Public Justice Center told The Real News. "It's going to force them to live in crowded…
(2021-08-27). US Supreme Court Strikes Down Latest Eviction Ban, Placing 6.5 Million Households at Risk. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Flyers put during a Cancel The Rents campaign against evictions in Washington DC. (Photo: Zeb Habash/Twitter) The United States supreme court on Thursday, August 26, struck down the latest federal eviction moratorium put in place by the administration of president Joe Biden. In a 6-3 decision, the conservative supermajority in the supreme court…
(2021-08-27). People's Action on SCOTUS Scrapping Eviction Moratorium: Congress, Act Now to Save Lives. peoplesaction.org Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 202.660.0605 WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action today released the following statement by Homes Guarantee Campaign Director Tara Raghuveer in response to the Supreme Court of the United States striking down President Biden's eviction moratorium: "Millions of poor and working class people, Black and brown people, women and families will wake up tomorrow at …
(2021-08-27). U.S. Supreme Court blocks Biden administration's eviction moratorium. ecns.cn The U.S. Supreme Court in a ruling Thursday blocked the Joe Biden administration's eviction moratorium meant to create a buffer for households struggling to pay their rent amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2021-08-27). US Supreme Court Lifts Federal Eviction Moratorium. sputniknews.com The eviction moratorium was imposed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to prevent landlords from evicting those unable to pay rent as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged across the country.
(2021-08-27). 'Congress Must Act,' Says Cori Bush as Supreme Court Ends Eviction Moratorium. commondreams.org
(2021-08-27). US Supreme Court sides with landlords as it blocks federal eviction moratorium, putting millions at risk of homelessness. rt.com 
The US Supreme Court has vacated a stay on a lower court's decision to end the latest federal eviction moratorium, arguing that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) far overstepped its authority by imposing it. | In a
(2021-08-27). US apex court strikes down latest eviction ban, affecting millions. peoplesdispatch.org Following pressure from landlords and realtors groups, an apex court struck down the latest eviction ban, putting around 6.5 million households at risk for eviction.
(2021-08-27). Supreme Court Allows Evictions To Resume During Pandemic. popularresistance.org Washington — The Supreme Court's conservative majority is allowing evictions to resume across the United States, blocking the Biden administration from enforcing a temporary ban that was put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic. | The court's action late Thursday ends protections for roughly 3.5 million people in the United States who said they faced eviction in the next two months, according to Census Bureau data from early August. | The court said in an unsigned opinion that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which reimposed the moratorium Aug. 3, lacked the authority to do so under f…
(2021-08-27). Terror bombs, gunfire kill at least 72 in Afghanistan capital. wsws.org The coordinated attacks on a gate at the Kabul airport and at a nearby hotel killed and wounded at least 200 Afghan civilians and 27 US Marines.
(2021-08-27). Pro-Palestine Activists Rally Against Israeli Prime Minister Visit. popularresistance.org Washington D.C. – Dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators rallied near the White House on Thursday to denounce a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to Washington. | Protesters rallied near the White House lawn to call for an end to US military and diplomatic support for Israel, citing Israel's human rights violations against Palestinians. | US President Joe Biden was set to meet Bennett at 15: 30 GMT, but the talks were moved to Friday following developments in Kabul where two suicide bombers killed and wounded scores of Afghans who had amassed outside Kabul airport. | Shortly before departing Israel…
(2021-08-27). At least 169 people killed and over 150 wounded in twin blasts near Kabul airport. peoplesdispatch.org The blasts occurred hours after the US, the UK and Australia issued a warning asking people to stay away from the airport due to threat from ISIS-K, which took the responsibility for the blasts later.
(2021-08-27). 'We Will Not be Deterred': Biden Says US Evacuation to Continue After Kabul Airport Blasts Despite Potential Further Attacks. orinocotribune.com Addressing the deadly bombings at the Kabul airport, US President Joe Biden vowed retaliation against ISIS and said that the US won't stop the evacuation, while noting that attacks are likely to continue "beyond today." | After acknowledging the deaths of 12 US service members and giving his condolences to the families of the slain, Biden vowed retaliation against those responsible for Thursday's deadly bombings at Kabul airport's Abbey Gate and near the Baron Hotel. Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the attacks. | "To those who carried out his attack… we will not forgive. We will…
(2021-08-27). "Mayhem": Chaotic Scenes at Kabul Airport as Suicide Bombs Kill 110+ Afghans & U.S. Troops. democracynow.org 
We go to Kabul, Afghanistan, for an update as the death toll from twin suicide bomb attack outside the airport has topped 110 people, including 13 U.S. troops. The suicide bombers struck near the crowded gates of the airport where thousands of Afghans had gathered in an attempt to flee the country before the withdrawal of U.S. troops on August 31. Afghan journalist Ali Latifi, a Kabul-based correspondent for Al Jazeera English, spoke with witnesses who described a scene of shock and panic following the blasts. "When the bomb went off, it was literally, they said, people walking on top of one another," says Latifi…
(2021-08-27). A Fumbled Afghan Evacuation. counterpunch.org "But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don't know we don't know." — Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Feb. 12, 2002. The taxiing toward takeoff by that huge C-17 transport at Kabul airport as desperate Afghans ran alongside to escape the Taliban, with at least one dead after falling out of a wheel
(2021-08-27). Death Toll From Kabul Airport Suicide Attack Reaches 170. southfront.org 
File image. | The death toll from the The 170 fatalities include 32 men, three women and three children. 132 other victims are yet t…
(2021-08-27). Biden Delivers Surreal Press Conference, Vows To Hunt Down Isis, Blames Trump. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Originally published on President Biden on Thursday vowed to "hunt down" the terrorists responsible for a spate of deadly bombings at the Kabul airport which left 12 US servicemembers dead and 15 wounded."Know this; We will not forgive. We will not forget. We. will hunt you down and make you pay," he said. | In a surreal press conference that includ…
(2021-08-27). Two Britons, Child Of British National Killed In Kabul Airport Suicide Bombing. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image.58878685_303.jpg | Two British nationals and the child of another British national were among those killed in the According to Raab, two other British nationals were also wounded in the attack. The Secretary didn't clarify their current medical status. | "It is a tragedy that a…
(2021-08-27). US Defeat In Afghanistan Is Opening A Pandora's Box. southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageThere is a fear that the horrific scenes at Kabul airport are only the beginning of a grim period in Afghanistan's history which is already spilling beyond its borders… | Written by Johanna Ross, a journalist based in Edinburgh, Scotland. | "Over the last 20 years we have learned things and changed. We want to prove that we are not what anti-Taliban propaganda has portrayed us to be. We want to show that to the world" said Taliban Minister of Information, Zabihullah Mojahed, in an exclus…
(2021-08-27). Who Is ISIS-K? Anti-Taliban, Anti-U.S. Terror Group Claims Responsibility for Kabul Suicide Bombs. democracynow.org 
We speak with Haroun Rahimi, assistant professor of law at the American University of Afghanistan, about the Islamic State affiliate that claimed responsibility for this week's devastating suicide bombings at Kabul airport, which killed more than 110 people, including 13 U.S. troops. Islamic State Khorasan, or ISIS-K, is a puritanical group that is "critical of all other sects of Islam," says Rahimi. "Whatever Muslim that thinks differently than them is a major target for them." He says the group's name refers to a region of the former Islamic empire and is an attempt to reestablish "some past lost glory" in a bi…
(2021-08-27). Twenty Years of War, Occupation & Counter-Insurgency: A Conversation on Afghanistan. itsgoingdown.org On this episode of the It's Going Down podcast, we speak with a former veteran and author of a recent piece on CrimethInc. entitled, Afghanistan: The Taliban Victory in a Global Context: An Anti-Imperial Perspective from a Veteran of the US Occupation. We discuss the current situation in Afghanistan with the Taliban's recent victory, the…
(2021-08-27). "I Was Living Like Scarface": The Ludicrous Costs of the War in Afghanistan Revealed in New Documents, Testimonies. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-27). The Neocons Speak: Afghanistan as Political Real Estate. dissidentvoice.org When the tears dry, it is worth considering why there is so much upset about the fall of Kabul (or reconquest) by the Taliban and the messy withdrawal of US-led forces. A large shield is employed: women, rights of the subject, education. Remove the shield, and we are left with a simple equation of power …
(2021-08-27). Decline and Fall of the US Empire: Lawrence Wilkerson Discusses Afghanistan Pull-Out. orinocotribune.com As the national conversation on Afghanistan turns to what the country's future holds, Adley and Wilkerson have a frank discussion about the U.S. empire, war profiteers and the status of the War on Terror. | After 20 years of war and occupation that have caused the deaths of almost a
(2021-08-27). The 'War On Terror' Scam Continues. popularresistance.org ISIS has reportedly claimed credit for an explosion near Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport. As of this writing there are around 90 dead including 13 US military personnel, though to read western mainstream media reports you'd think only US troops died and not scores of Afghans as well. | This was the deadliest attack in a decade on US troops in Afghanistan, which is odd to think about considering how many people the US military has killed during that time; just between January and July of this year the war killed 1,659 civilians. The way the US war machine has shifted to relying more on highly profitable…
(2021-08-27). How Biden Ruined A Perfectly Good Twenty-Year War, Part II. progressive.org In the second installment of "How Biden Ruined A Perfectly Good Twenty-Year War," we take a look at the various ways the past three U.S. presidents have tried to get out of Afghanistan. Spoiler alert: not very successfully.
(2021-08-27). Afghanistan and the Propaganda of Infinite War. counterpunch.org The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban's re-ascendance are producing some incredible lamentations about the decline of American power. This apprehensiveness about withdrawal is premised on the belief that the U.S. acts as a force for good and is vital to the effort to defeat the scourge of global terrorism. This is familiar ground
(2021-08-27). Decline And Fall Of The US Empire. popularresistance.org After 20 years of war and occupation that have caused the deaths of almost a quarter of a million people and displaced 5.9 million more, the United States appears to have finally (tacitly) admitted defeat in Afghanistan, pulling its forces and representatives out of the country. | The U.S.-installed government fell within days, with President Ashraf Ghani escaping to the United Arab Emirates, reportedly with $169 million in cash stuffed in his suitcases. Ghani's departure is illustrative of the extraordinary grift of the entire operation. Overall, the U.S. spent well over $2 trillion on the Afghanistan War, makin…
(2021-08-27). Biden's Gambit: A Finger in the Dike. counterpunch.org Is it unclear whether Joe Biden's presidency and the Democratic control of Congress will survive the Afghanistan debacle. Recalling Malcolm X's great warning following John F. Kennedy's assassination, "The chickens are coming how to roost," the U.S.'s military-driven foreign policy may have hit a wall. The systematic failure of the military and intelligence bureaucracies has
(2021-08-27). Afghanistan Redux: Malala Yousafzai, White Feminism and Saving Afghan Women. counterpunch.org The initial military intervention was then followed up with countless "development" schemes that enriched a few at the expense of the many, and when the cost of this unending war became unpopular with the citizenry "back home" over time—we left the hapless "natives" that included those very women we had been so concerned with "saving," at the mercy of anarchy and chaos.
(2021-08-27). Maj. Danny Sjursen: America's War Machine Refuses to Let Afghanistan Go. scheerpost.com Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of NATO and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan, visits the 1-16th Infantry 2nd Battalion at Qalat Mangwal, Afghanistan, during a battlefield circulation, in support of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. [ U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Joshua Treadwell] | Click to subscribe on: When Ka…
(2021-08-27). After the Afghanistan debacle: German media and parliamentary parties on course for war. wsws.org Faced with a disaster in Afghanistan and broad opposition to militarism, all parties represented in the German parliament are moving closer together. The Left Party supports a war mission for the first time.
(2021-08-27). Will Ukraine Face the Same Abandonment after US Exit from Afghanistan? globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-27). President Biden says US 'could very well have' given evacuees' names to Taliban, as he faces criticism after deadly Kabul attack. rt.com 
Shortly after the deadly Kabul bombing, President Joe Biden has said that the US military may have shared data on Americans and allied Afghans with the Taliban in order to streamline evacuations. | Three US officials, who spoke with the Politico news website on Thursday on the condition of anonymity, said that the Taliban was given a list of names of American citizens, green card holders and Afghan allies slated for evacuation. | The move was said to have been intended to help evacuees safely pass through militant-controlled checkpoints outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport ahead of the looming Augus…
(2021-08-27). Washington Arrogance is Incurable. counterpunch.org Americans are finally recognizing that the federal government lied to them for 20 years about progress in the war in Afghanistan. Many of the most brazen liars have long since collected a pension, joined the board of directors for defense contractors, or become ensconced with a "no heavy lifting" job at a Washington think tank.
(2021-08-27). More than 100 people dead after Kabul attack. tass.com There are 90 Afghans and 13 US military personnel among them…
(2021-08-27). In Video: Large US Supply Convoy Entered Northeastern Syria. southfront.org 
U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment provide security support during mission on Sept. 9, 2018, at an undisclosed location in Syria. (Cpl. Gabino Perez/Marine Corps) | While the US is preparing to pull its remaining troops out from Afghanistan, it continues to expand its military presence in Syria's northeastern region. | On August 27, a large supply convoy of the US-led coalition entered northeastern Syria coming from the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. | The convoy consisted of 50 trucks carrying log…
(2021-08-27). Demystifying Geopolitical Crime and Afghan Debacle. zcomm.org What the prolonged intervention leaves behind is an impoverished country of nearly 40 million, with virtually no capacity to sustain itself without massive outside economic assistance…
(2021-08-27). The Defeat Of The US In Afghanistan & Decline Of US Imperialism with George Wright. indybay.org WorkWeek interviews Professor George Wright about the collapse of the US government and military in Afghanistan and the history of US intervention during…
(2021-08-27). Report: US Gave Taliban a List of American and Afghan Evacuees. news.antiwar.com According to Critics of President Biden's withdrawal have jumped on this news, and one unnamed defense official told Politico that giving the names of the US's Afghan allies amounted to putting them on a "kill list."But while there h…
(2021-08-27). Ex-Pence Aide: Stephen Miller's "Racist Hysteria" Made It Harder for Afghan Allies to Get Visas. democracynow.org 
As thousands of people in Afghanistan attempt to flee the country before the United States' withdrawal on August 31, we look at how the Trump administration made it much harder for Afghans who worked with the U.S. to apply and receive what is known as a special immigrant visa, or SIV. Oliva Troye, a former top aide to Mike Pence who resigned in protest, has placed the blame on Trump's xenophobic adviser Stephen Miller, saying he peddled "racist hysteria" in White House meetings about bringing Afghan allies to the U.S. "Stephen Miller would say, 'Well, these are terrorist cells in the making if you bring them here…
(2021-08-27). US Empire Reacts to Afghanistan Loss With Brutality & Terror. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Aug 25, 2021 | As imperialism has run its machinations within the different conditions of the world, it's turned these places into different types of tools for innovating in necro-politics. Israel is the U.S. empire's laboratory in repression, with the brutal anti-Palestinian tactics of the Zionist forces being used to train police in the U.S. and Colombia. Latin America is the empire's laboratory in the paramilitary facets of this repression, with the death squads in countries like Colombia being replicated in domestic U.S. militias like the Proud Boys and the Three Percenters. And Africa i…
(2021-08-27). Wednesday 8/25: Supporting Local Aid to Afghanistan Virtual Town Hall. indybay.org Online town hall…
(2021-08-27). Dissenter Weekly: Australian Witness In Afghanistan War Crimes Inquiry Was Bombed—Plus, Ag-Gag Laws. thedissenter.org In this edition of "Dissenter Weekly," Kevin Gosztola goes through whistleblower stories from the week of August 26, 2021. | We cover an investigation by the Australia Broadcasting Corporation that found a witness in an Afghanistan war crimes inquiry was relocated after their home was bombed. | The show highlights Representative Ilhan Omar's letter to President Joe Biden urging him to pardon drone whistleblower Daniel Hale. | Toward the end of the show, Kevin goes over the passage of a law backed by Big Agriculture in Iowa that makes audio or video recording in a "trespassing" crime. He also descri…
(2021-08-27). America's Merchants of Death Then — and Now. zcomm.org More Afghan-like tragedies will be inevitable until we squeeze the personal profit out of prepping for war…
(2021-08-27). Political Future of Biden, Taliban Depends on What Happens to Afghans. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-27). Roaming Charges: Hour of the Goat. counterpunch.org Curtis LeMay wanted to bomb Vietnam into the Stone Age, "destroying every work of man." HRC wanted to bomb Afghanistan into modernity, destroying every vestige of misogyny. The bombs fell for years until the US finally left. Amid ruins and graveyards, both nations remain culturally much the same. The US, however, is weaker now, morally, politically, and internationally, than it has ever been.
(2021-08-27). A tale of two US-Australia military disasters: Saigon and Kabul. greenleft.org.au Jim McIlroy argues that the clear lesson of Saigon in 1975 and Kabul in 2021 are that imperialist invasion and domination lead to disaster. In Afghanistan, it has led to the reinstallation of the tyrants the invaders purportedly went in to dislodge.
(2021-08-27). Russian Warplanes Took Missile Fire While Carrying Out New Wave Of Airstrikes On Greater Idlib (Videos, Photos). southfront.org 
On August 27, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a series of airstrikes on the northwestern Syrian region…
(2021-08-27). Syrian Army Foiled Attack In Eastern Daraa, Killed Six Gunmen (Photos). southfront.org 
Illustrative photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA on April 24, 2013. Via AP. | Early on August 27, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) foiled a plot by gunmen in the eastern Daraa countryside to attack one of its positions near the border with Jordan. | A unit of the army's 15th Division ambushed the group that was supposed to launch the attack between the towns of al-Jeezah and al-Musayfrah. The gunmen, who were moving on motorcycles, were hunted down by the 15th Division's snipers. | As a result of the ambush, at le…
(2021-08-27). New Conflict In Greater Idlib: Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham Arrested Turkish-Affiliated Commanders. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | A new conflict between al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and Turkish-backed forces is brewing in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib. | On August 27, HTS arrested two commanders of the al-Sham Legion, a main faction of the Turkish-backed National Front for Liberation, for no clear reason. | The commanders were reportedly picked up by HTS' security forces on one of five checkpoint established in the morning by the terrorist group around the town of Darkush in the western count…
(2021-08-27). Palestine's Africa Dichotomy: Is Israel Really 'Winning' Africa? counterpunch.org The decision by the African Union Commission, on July 22, to grant Israel observer status membership in the AU was the culmination of years of relentless Israeli efforts aimed at co-opting Africa's largest political institution. Why is Israel so keen on penetrating Africa? What made African countries finally succumb to Israeli pressure and lobbying? To
(2021-08-27). AJC is panicked by United Church of Christ's solidarity with Palestinians under settler-colonialism. mronline.org 
The United Church of Christ resolution calling Israel's continued "oppression" of Palestinians a "sin" has alarmed the American Jewish Committee and for good reason: Other Protestant churches are sure to follow, with measures that pose a real threat to apartheid.
(2021-08-27). Jan Schakowsky, progressive except for Palestine. electronicintifada.net Chicago activists challenge congresswoman on her failure to support Palestinian children.
(2021-08-27). Can Zionism and Palestinian nationalism live together? zcomm.org At the root of this conflict has been a majority of people on both sides demand for the right to attain a territorial expression of their collective identity…
(2021-08-27). Afganistán, fracaso anunciado: Experto de la CIA vaticinó la derrota estadounidense en 2009. cubadebate.cu Uno de esos documentos llegó a manos de Hillary Clinton el 12 de noviembre de 2009. Uno de sus principales asesores, Sidney Blumenthal, le remitió un informe con un resumen de la conversación que había mantenido con William Murray, ex jefe de la CIA en Pakistán. Ese oficial, destacaba Blumenthal, "fue uno de los miembros de un pequeño equipo de la CIA" que había dirigido "laresistencia afgana a la ocupación soviética".
(2021-08-27). Cuba to Recognize and Regulate Cryptocurrencies. latinorebels.com HAVANA (AP) — Cuba's government said Thursday it will recognize and regulate cryptocurrencies for payments on the island.
(2021-08-27). Serbian unions demand a minimum wage which supports a dignified life. peoplesdispatch.org Trade unions in Serbia are demanding a minimum wage of 39,000 Serbian dinars (390.61 USD) per month for 2022, which they consider much needed to have a dignified life…
(2021-08-27). Silent Apartheid Metastasizing Under a GSAP of Frith Narrowed Fiendishly Austere, Alas. counterpunch.org Into this wild Abyss/ The womb of Nature, and perhaps her grave—/ Of neither sea, nor shore, nor air, nor fire,/ But all these in their pregnant causes mixed/ Confusedly, and which thus must ever fight,/ Unless the Almighty Maker them ordain/ His dark materials to create more worlds,—/ Into this wild Abyss the wary
(2021-08-27). Here Come the Terrorists. Again. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-27). Venezuela Celebrates Peruvian Offer to Accompany Mexico Talks. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Minister for Foreign Affairs Félix Plasencia welcomed the willingness of Peru and its Foreign Minister Maúrtua to accompany the political dialogue between the national government and part of the extreme right opposition. | In this sense, Plasencia stressed that this position opens a new stage of rapprochement between both sister countries. | "We welcome Foreign Minister Maúrtua's statements in which he expresses Peru's willingness to accompany the political dialogue between Venezuelans, a position that opens a new stage of rapprochement between sister countries," Plasencia tweeted. "We wish the ambassa…
(2021-08-27). WalmartLand: How US Stores Colonizing Mexico are Displacing Local Culture. counterpunch.org The historic center of Puebla city, where I live, is a World Heritage site. The main square is flanked by a cathedral which was built in 1575, and the nearby post office, like many buildings in the area, is beautifully decorated in the traditional tiles. But among theses buildings there is also a McDonald's, Dominos, Oxxo (a Coca Cola store), Subway, and Burger King, and there is a Pizza Hut, KFC; and Starbucks one block away.
(2021-08-27). On Remembering Stanley Aronowitz. popularresistance.org Brother Stanley Aronowitz was always ahead of the curve, with his criticism of the shortcomings of old labor and his envisioning of "a new workers movement" that might replace it. During the 1960s, campus radicals turned to him, as a former factory worker and staff member of the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers, for advice about the student left's much debated and then still pending "turn toward the working class." Late in life, while well embedded in academia, he remained a teacher union activist and successful reform caucus member. | In a series of incisive books like False Promises, Working-Class Hero, and Fr…
(2021-08-27). There is No "Fixing" This Industry: the Third Battle for Lake Erie. counterpunch.org My city sits on the western edge of a body of water that has figured large in the nation's history, Lake Erie. My wife and I are fortunate to live in the part of Toledo where the lake is literally our front yard. Grade school history classes, consisting mostly of memorizing wars and generals, taught
(2021-08-27). You won't believe the clickbaity chaos of Chinese apps. mronline.org 
For China's tech companies, user growth is increasingly all about having the pushiest push notifications.
(2021-08-27). Minister Arreaza Visited Ciudad Guayana Industrial Hub (CVG-Bauxilum). orinocotribune.com 
Jorge Arreaza, the new Minister for Industries and National Production, carried out a technical inspection of the industrial hub of Ciudad Guayana. According to information provided by CVG Bauxilum press, Arreaza started the inspection at CVG Bauxilum accompanied by the president of the Venezuelan Corporation of Guayana (CVG), Dr. Pedro Maldonado, and the president of Bauxilum, Ernesto Rivero. | Arreaza toured various areas of the company and was able to learn about the activation of the "Independencia SU 16-1" crane, which will be in charge of unloading bauxite from the barges coming from the El Jobal dock. The…
(2021-08-27). Venezuela: Thousands affected by floods, Maduro declares 90-day emergency. peoplesdispatch.org 
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has declared a 90-day "This emergency decree greenlights all logistical and financial operations" primarily in the states of Apure, Bolívar, Yaracuy, Zulia and Mérida, the hardest hit by the rainfall that triggered mudslides and flooded communities, said Maduro during a Accor…
(2021-08-27). Strike At Portland Nabisco Bakery Spreads To Five Other Facilities. popularresistance.org Oregon – A strike that began at the Nabisco bakery in Northeast Portland on Aug. 10 has spread to five other facilities across the United States and gained national attention with both politicians and celebrities voicing support for the workers. | Workers at the Nabisco distribution center in Norcross, Georgia, on Monday became the latest group of employees to go on strike. Approximately 1,000 members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers union are now on strike across six Nabisco bakeries and distribution centers nationwide. | The strike began in Portland earlier this month when about…
(2021-08-27). Alert: All Children Ages 12 to 15 to be Injected with COVID-19 Shots in UK Schools With or Without Parental Consent. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-27). US teachers unions campaign for opening COVID-infected schools. wsws.org The reopening of schools for more than 50 million children is a criminal policy that will lead to further surge in COVID-19 infections and deaths.
(2021-08-27). Community demands Highway Patrol out of Oakland, justice for Erik Salgado. workers.org 
Oakland, Calif. Community organizations and family members of Erik Salgado, killed by the California Highway Patrol in East Oakland in June 2020, held a press conference here Aug. 16 to oppose plans to use the CHP to enforce traffic laws in Oakland. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and California Governor Gavin . . . |
(2021-08-27). Code Red to Apocalypse: U.N Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Presents Drastic Ultimatum: Change Immediately, Or Humanity Will Perish. globalresearch.ca Global Research …
(2021-08-27). Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab Fights Latest US Extradition Maneuvers. popularresistance.org Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab remains defiant after over 14 months under US-ordered arrest in the African archipelago country of Cabo Verde. A special envoy of the Venezuelan government, he is fighting extradition to the US for the "crime" of trying to procure humanitarian supplies of food, fuel, and medicine from Iran in violation of illegal US sanctions. To date, Saab's legal appeals for freedom have been either denied, rejected, or ignored as his extradition to the US is becoming increasingly imminent. | Saab continues to fight this flagrant attempt of extra-territorial judicial overreach by the US. In respons…
(2021-08-27). Jesús Santrich Explored the Utopian Origins of Marxist and Bolivarian Ideologies. counterpunch.org Colombian Army commandos on May 17, 2021 killed Jesús Santrich, a 30 -year veteran of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The ambush took place in Zulia Province, in northeastern Venezuela; six others died. Santrich was a spokesperson for the FARC negotiating team in the talks in Havana with Colombia's government that resulted in
(2021-08-27). California Kids To Teachers' Pension Fund: Divest From Oil. popularresistance.org The kids are mad as hell—and so are teachers who want their California teacher pension fund, CalSTRS, to join 1,000 other institutions collectively divesting $14.5 trillion from the fossil fuel industry that threatens climate catastrophe. The retirement fund divestment fight, led by retired teachers in Fossil Free CA and students from Youth vs Apocalypse and Earth Guardians, estimates CalSTRS' portfolio investments in fossil fuels at $16 billion, mostly in oil and gas delivery systems, but $6 billion in direct investments in oil behemoths, with $400 million in Exxon-Mobil, $350 million in Chevron, $250 mill…
(2021-08-27). Midwest Dispatch: The U.S. Government Might Be Paying Someone to Monitor You. progressive.org A recent report outlines how an Israeli company is capturing and selling your activity on social media to local authorities—including the police.
(2021-08-27). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Danish government announces bill to break nurses' pay strike with support of Socialist People's Party; Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency staff in Swansea, Wales in fourth week of month-long strike, the only union sanctioned UK dispute over Covid safety; strike by more than 300,000 Nigerian doctors over pay arrears enters fourth week.
(2021-08-27). Crucial Points in the Pandemic Origin Debate. counterpunch.org With the "intelligence" "community" providing the results of its alleged "investigation" as to the origins of the pandemic, reportedly "inconclusive" — it's important to keep some critical things, and some possibilities, in mind. Among them: * The US Congress can investigate without Chinese involvement. While many are calling for deeper inquiry (an overdue, good thing) they are doing
(2021-08-27). China-Russia drill signals new era in joint exercises: spokesperson. ecns.cn A joint military exercise between China and Russia, code-named ZAPAD/INTERACTION-2021, has charted the course for a new high-point in bilateral relations, opened new horizons for military drills between major countries.
(2021-08-27). 10 Messages from the Indigenous Peoples in Brazil to the World. libya360.wordpress.com Brasil de Fato In Brasilia, indigenous people light the Square of the Three Powers on Tuesday (25) in support of the Brazil's Supreme Federal Court and against the "timeframe limitation". — APIB On the day the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court resumed the judgment that can define the future of indigenous peoples in the country, these…
(2021-08-27). Mack Trucks workers demand safety precautions as COVID-19 surges. wsws.org It is up to rank-and-file workers to demand serious protections against the pandemic.
(2021-08-27). Freedom Summer Film Series: Akaler Sandhane (1980). peoplesforum.org Join us at The People's Forum for our Freedom Summer Film Series! This week, we will be screening Akaler Sandhane (1980), a Bengali film about a film crew that ventures to a village to make a film about a famine.
(2021-08-27). Floods which devastated Waverly, Tennessee driven by same processes as other extreme weather events fueled by man-made climate change. wsws.org Rural Humphreys County and its county seat of Waverly, just over an hour west of Nashville, Tennessee, were soaked late last week by 17 inches of rain in less than 24 hours, far surpassing a decadesold state record.
(2021-08-27). The SEC is Allowing 5-Count Felon JPMorgan Chase to Trade Its Own Bank Stock in its Own Dark Pools. counterpunch.org JPMorgan Chase is unique among the mega banks on Wall Street — and not in a good way. It owns the largest federally-insured bank in the United States despite a rap sheet that would make the Gambino crime family jealous. It has been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with five felony counts since
(2021-08-27). UK parent demands safe schools and end of victimisations. wsws.org Amy, a parent in the UK, spoke to the WSWS about her fight for a scientific understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic and the necessity for safe schools.
(2021-08-27). I Awakened Here When the Earth Was New. dissidentvoice.org 
Alisa Singer (USA), Changing, 2021. Source: IPCC. In late March 2021, 120 traditional owners from 40 different First People's groups spent five days at the National First People's Gathering on Climate Change in Cairns (Australia). Speaking on the impact of the climate crisis on First People, Gavin Singleton from the Yirrganydji traditional owners explained that …
(2021-08-27). Video: Love Your Servitude — Aldous Huxley & George Orwell. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-27). South Korean court issues arrest warrant for KCTU union leader. wsws.org Yang's refusal to comply with the investigation and court arrest is designed to bolster the KCTU's so-called "militant" credentials even as it continuously betrays workers' struggles.
(2021-08-27). Big Pharma is trying to scare you so they can gouge you even more for lifesaving drugs. therealnews.com 
A recent advertisement depicts a diabetic woman fearful of losing her insulin because of legislation that would allow the government to negotiate drug prices. This is just one example of how the billion-dollar pharmaceutical industry uses its exorbitant profits to maintain a system that gouges the sick and enriches top executives.
(2021-08-27). Vietnam Says it Will Not Side Against China, as US' Kamala Harris Visits. orinocotribune.com ‚Ä¢ Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh reassures Chinese envoy before he meets US vice-president during her Asian tour | ‚Ä¢ But Pham says negotiations for a code of conduct on the disputed South China Sea should be stepped up via the Asean bloc | In a meeting on Tuesday…
(2021-08-27). All must change utterly: We need a 'People's Green New Deal'. canadiandimension.com 
Biglow Canyon Wind Farm, Columbia Gorge, Wasco, Oregon. Photo by Dan Meyers/ Max Ajl has written an exceedingly important and powerful book, a uniquely comprehensive report about climate change, its politics and injustices. The book,
(2021-08-27). I awakened here when the Earth was new: The Thirty-Fourth Newsletter (2021). mronline.org 
Speaking on the impact of the climate crisis on First People, Gavin Singleton from the Yirrganydji traditional owners explained that 'From changing weather patterns to shifts in natural ecosystems, climate change is a clear and present threat to our people and our culture'.
(2021-08-27). Canada's governments press ahead with school reopenings as fourth COVID-19 wave accelerates. wsws.org Even before school doors open, COVID-19 infections are rising sharply, with Canada recording over 3,300 infections on Wednesday for the first time since the end of the third wave in May.
(2021-08-27). To Protect the Rights of Nature, the Fight against Line 3 Must Continue. counterpunch.org People who grow and harvest food know the many ways that nature communicates. For instance, if you plant corn, but no cobs appear, then you are being told that there's probably a lack of nitrogen in the soil. Likewise, when your tomato plants turn yellow and die before they should, you may have a problem
(2021-08-27). Man brings civil lawsuit against Louisiana State Police after brutal assault by officers. wsws.org Newly released body camera footage shows a trooper strike Aaron Bowman in the head 18 times with a police issue flashlight while other officers held him down during a traffic stop in 2019.
(2021-08-27). Maduro's Administration Intensifies Comprehensive Emergency Response in Mérida State. orinocotribune.com 
"Mérida is the most affected state and we will be here as long as it takes, continuing with the search and rescue work. This is comprehensive care, the housing team will be installed here permanently, the important thing is to take preventive measures," said the Executive Vice President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, after visiting Tovar and other municipalities of the Mocotíes Valley, on Thursday, August 26, where she listened to the requests of the community in order to provide the necessary help and to restore normalcy to the area as soon as possible. | Rodríguez stressed that the entire Venezuelan government…
(2021-08-27). Finishing school amid the rubble of war and the ravages of disease. electronicintifada.net High school students overcome immense obstacles to sit exams.
(2021-08-27). The Democrats, the pseudo-left and the cover-up of the January 6 coup. wsws.org This report to the 2021 SEP Summer School was delivered by Jacob Crosse, who writes regularly for the World Socialist Web Site on US politics and the activities of far-right and fascist groups.
(2021-08-27). Australian tertiary education union bars post-grad members from Newcastle University meeting. wsws.org In an anti-democratic move, NTEU postgraduate members were excluded from debating the union's log of claims for another enterprise agreement with management.
(2021-08-27). Climate Crisis Putting a Billion Children at 'Extremely High Risk'. counterpunch.org "Adults keep saying we owe it to the young people to give them hope. But I don't want your hope," said Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg in 2019. "I don't want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day." Now the famed young eco-warrior and
(2021-08-27). 150 years since the birth of Theodore Dreiser, the great American novelist. wsws.org August 27 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of writer Theodore Dreiser in Terre Haute, Indiana. Dreiser was the author of a number of the most important American novels ever written.
(2021-08-27). Las reglas del comercio digital. cepr.net Las normas propuestas permitirían a las grandes empresas acelerar su apropiación de la productividad de los/as trabajadores/as y las pequeñas empresas en todos los países, lo cual es una característica de la economía mundial contemporánea.
(2021-08-27). China, 2049: a Climate Disaster Zone, Not a Military Superpower. counterpunch.org In recent months, Washington has had a lot to say about China's ever-expanding air, naval, and missile power. But when Pentagon officials address the topic, they generally speak less about that country's current capabilities, which remain vastly inferior to those of the U.S., than the world they foresee in the 2030s and 2040s, when Beijing
(2021-08-27). Nabisco workers strike in five states faces turning point. wsws.org The Nabisco strike can be won, but it requires that workers take the initiative out of the hands of the BCTGM union.
(2021-08-27). The domestic 'war on terror' is giving the FBI more unchecked power. therealnews.com 
A disturbing
(2021-08-27). Drought Clobbers the World. counterpunch.org According to SPEI Global Drought Monitor, no continent is spared the ravages of severe drought, except for Antarctica. This is happening at a global temperature of 1.2 ∞C above baseline, not 1.5 ∞C above baseline which climate scientists agree is locked in. This article explores the countrywide impact of 1.2 ∞C above baseline for the most vulnerable as
(2021-08-27). Covid symptoms last a year for many, study finds. asiatimes.com 
Fatigue and shortness of breath still afflict many patients a year after their hospitalization for Covid-19, according to a new Chinese study calling for a better understanding of the pandemic's long-term health effects. About half the patients discharged from hospital for Covid still suffer from at least one persistent symptom — most often fatigue or …
(2021-08-27). Corporate media politicize WHO investigation on Covid origins to vilify China. mronline.org 
One key factor in spreading suspicion that the coronavirus might have escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) is media's early and ongoing politicization of the World Health Organization's investigation into the pandemic's origins. Much of this politicization weaponizes Orientalist tropes about China being especially, perhaps genetically, untrustworthy—the sort of people who would unleash COVID-19 on the world.
(2021-08-27). San Diego activists join international movement opposing Line 3. liberationnews.org 
On Aug. 25, activists came together in a nationwide day of action to stop the construction of the Line 3 tar sands pipeline.
(2021-08-27). Peru: Born to Be Servants, Now Ruling the Bicentennial Nation. libya360.wordpress.com Ollantay Itzamná Quechua peasants. Peru. Less than a month into the administration of the first peasant President in the bicentennial Creole Republic of Peru, cultural and political events are taking place that are upsetting the certainties of the bicentennial "national identity". The Peruvian electorate, last June 6, by means of an unprecedented uprising at the…
(2021-08-27). Does New Age Mysticism REALLY Explain Quantum Physics? Communist Theory of Mind Says No. dissidentvoice.org 
Orientation From Marxism to de Chardin, General Systems Theory to Buckminster Fuller Around 1975, it dawned on me that the revolutionary times of the 1960s were not coming back. I still considered myself a council communist but I felt something was missing. I thought Marxism needed to be seen within a larger framework. I began …
(2021-08-27). New Report on Human Rights Violations in Bolivia in 2019 Sheds Light on the Role of the OAS. cepr.net On August 17, the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI in Spanish) released its report on human rights violations committed in the context of the 2019 coup d'état that overthrew President Evo Morales and installed the de facto government of Jeanine àÅñez in Bolivia. The 468-page report, based on eight months of research, sheds light …
(2021-08-27). James Loewen on Lies Historians Tell Us. fair.org 
Image: Charles C.J. Hoffbauer | Anyone born before last week can see US news media lying about history as it's happening. But fast forward to 10, 20 years from now, and those media stories will have hardened into narrative, into the unspoken "given" presented as context for the latest thing. | That's the power of history as told. A power well understood by
(2021-08-27). Amazon's Drive Into Africa. counterpunch.org Since 2004, Amazon has been building a foothold on the African continent. In Cape Town, it already employs thousands in a global call centre and a range of data hubs. Its South African career portal is a busy place, with the vast majority of advertised jobs located in Cape Town. In April, as part of
(2021-08-27). Call for Support: Sean Swain Denied Parole. itsgoingdown.org Update on anarchist prisoner Sean Swain's fight for parole after 30 years inside. To read more about Sean and his case, go here. This past Wednesday, the Ohio Parole Board denied parole to Sean Swain on the basis of lies and political targeting perpetuated by Trevor Matthew Clark, former ODRC Counsel. Read Sean's account of…
(2021-08-27). We leaked the upcoming IPCC report! mronline.org 
The report explicitly states that incremental change is not a viable option. It states that individual behavioural changes alone are insignificant. It states that justice, equity and redistribution are essential to climate policy.
(2021-08-27). Supreme Court orders Biden administration to revive Trump's Remain in Mexico immigration policy. wsws.org The program, which forced immigrants to stay in Mexico while their asylum cases played out in the US, was rescinded by the Biden Administration this year but was ordered to be reinstated by a 6—3 conservative majority of the Supreme Court.
(2021-08-27). Workers in France protest for health democracy. peoplesdispatch.org In recent protests against the health pass and mandatory vaccination rules, trade union activists have been pointing out the failures of the Emmanuel Macron-led government in controlling the pandemic while highlighting the need for proper public health measures…
(2021-08-27). Mostly Unnoticed August 12 Zambian Election Could Be Turning Point in Supercharging World's Transition To Clean Energy—But May Well Destroy the Zambian People. covertactionmagazine.com As Zambia's huge copper deposits—a key component in clean energy electric vehicles and batteries—make the country richer and richer, its …
(2021-08-27). In Praise of Garibaldi (Anita). counterpunch.org Italian-Americans have long been divided politically. The political and historical memories of anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti, Communist labor leader Peter Cacchione, and socialist Vito Marcatonio have been contested by world leaders and global citizens with Mussolini-like sentiments and by the incessant popular imagery of revolting actors such as Christopher Columbus. Contemporary Italian-American politicians, both Democrat and Republican, who believe
(2021-08-27). Biden says he's prioritizing Human Rights, but is welcoming an Israeli Prime Minister who boasts about War Crimes. juancole.com ( Otherwords.org ) — Biden can't say he's putting human rights first and then welcome a prime minister who boasts about war crimes to the White House. By Sahand Yazdanyar | August 25, 2021 In April 1996, Israeli artillery shells rained down on a United Nations compound where hundreds of civilians were taking refuge. As …
(2021-08-27). Amnesty underscores Qatar's failure to investigate workers' deaths in new report. peoplesdispatch.org Human rights group Amnesty International heavily criticized Qatar, the host of the 2022 FIFA football world cup, for the deaths of thousands of foreign migrant laborers in the country. A majority of these workers' deaths remain unexplained and the cause of death in the death certificates remains vague and unclear. Amnesty called upon the Qatari government to order a thorough and credible investigation into the causes of deaths of foreign workers in the country. | Various other human rights groups, the United Nations, and foreign governments including Germany have repeatedly urged Qatar to make sure that the right…
(2021-08-27). Quad Meets the "Saigon Moment" asia-pacificresearch.com
(2021-08-27). Death & Distractions. counterpunch.org During the years 2018-2020 when the pandemic and Trump held our attention, I was caregiver to my wife of 50 years, Elaine, who had fought two bouts of breast cancer, separated by 12 years, lived to see her multiple myeloma in remission and then died in December 2020 of a return yet again of metastatic
(2021-08-27). At least 28 Taliban members died in Kabul blasts. tass.com As a result of the terrorist attack, 103 people were killed…
(2021-08-27). Sunday 8/29: Virtual Book Event: "Where the Streets Had a Name" indybay.org
(2021-08-27). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Collagen and biotin supplements. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I've read that collagen and biotin are good for the body. What are these supplements, and are they beneficial? ANSWER: Collagen and biotin supplements appear to be getting attention in the media for promoting healthy aging, along with joint and bone health. However, it is important to understand what collagen and biotin are and what research is available to support these claims. Collagen is concentrated in bones, ligaments, tendons, skin, blood vessels and internal…
(2021-08-27). Protest Statewide Against CalEPA, DTSC. indybay.org CalEPA and DTSC are in bed with the polluters, lobbyists and corporate developers and are neglecting environmental justice communities, while our children are sick and dying. Protest at the Cal EPA Building in Sacramento on August 30.
(2021-08-27). Mexico: Help for US on Migrants 'Can't Go On Forever'. latinorebels.com MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's president again sidestepped questions Thursday about the reinstatement of the U.S. "Remain in Mexico" policy.
(2021-08-27). Russia Shows Off Buk-M3 Air-Defense System With Brand New Optical Tracker (Photos). southfront.org 
FILE IMAGE: Sergei Bobylev/TASS | Russia's air-defense manufacturer Almaz-Antey has presented a 9–ê317–ú-E TELAR [Transporter Erector Launcher And Radar] of the Buk-M3 "Viking" medium-ran air-defense system equipped with a brand new optical tracker. | The upgraded TELAR was showcased at the International Military-Technical Forum Army-2021 that opened its doors on August 22. | The new optical tracker, which appears to be equipped with an infrared camera, a day camera, and a laser range-finder, is hou…
(2021-08-27). Saturday 8/28: Silicon Valley Pride Festival 2021. indybay.org Plaza De Cesar Chavez Park @ 1 Paseo de San Antonio in Downtown San Jose 95113 | Please follow all current COVID safety guidelines: covid19.ca.gov/…
(2021-08-27). O'odham Voice Against the Wall Releases New Report on Elbit Spy Towers. indybay.org O'odham Voice Against the Wall demands a halt to the destruction and surveillance underway by Israel's Elbit Systems on the Tohono O'odham Nation and an end to the militarization by the U.S. Border Patrol, in a new 81-page report released to the world today.
(2021-08-27). Corona containment versus capital utilization. indybay.org In the Corona crisis, it became obvious that our capitalist economic system is not suited to protect human life, insofar as this impedes its processes. There must finally be an end to eternal growth, the exploitation of nature and people and the shortage of time, an end to "more and more, faster and faster and further and further."
(2021-08-27). Mayo Clinic Minute: Tips for a healthy school year. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org After a year of full or partial distance learning, many students will be headed back into a physical classroom this fall. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases physician at Mayo Clinic Children's Center, offers some tips for a healthy school year. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/QeFoQkM-x9U Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 05) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. "Going…
(2021-08-27). Ethiopian Government Claims Ethnic Massacre Took Place Earlier In August. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission says it has received reports from residents that some 150 people were killed earlier this month in an alleged attack by the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA). | A statement by the government-created rights group said the killings in East Wollega in the Oromia region on August 18 were followed by a revenge attack the next day that left another 60 people dead. | The statement said the first attack occurred a day after security forces stationed in the area left. The c…
(2021-08-27). Denmark and the Case for Optimism on the Pandemic. zcomm.org Covid may be with us for a while, but it need not be a dreaded disease and pose a major threat to the economy…
(2021-08-27). Saving Democracy by Destroying It. zcomm.org America desperately needs a dose of its own medicine of democracy promotion…
(2021-08-27). Saturday 8/28: "40 acres and a mule, writ large": an SF political walking tour. indybay.org American Youth Hostel | 312 Mason Street | San Francisco | (we meet in the lobby)…
(2021-08-27). What you need to know about COVID-19 booster shots. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Health officials are developing a plan to begin offering COVID-19 booster shots to all people in the U.S. as soon as this fall to maximize vaccine protection. But before booster shots can be offered, two things will need to happen: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will need to conduct an independent evaluation to determine the safety and effectiveness of a third dose of the Moderna or Pfizer messenger RNA vaccines.The Centers for Disease Control…
(2021-08-27). Transport Workers Union members take action at Toll warehouses. greenleft.org.au Seven thousand Transport Workers Union (TWU) delivery drivers took 24-hour strike action on August 27 after talks between the union and Toll collapsed. Alex Salmon reports.
(2021-08-27). Video: Taliban Forming Government, Steadily Consolidating Power. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-27). Science Saturday: Could regenerative medicine relieve neck, back pain? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic is looking to regenerative medicine as a potential long-term solution for degenerative disk disease that has for years eluded medical science. Millions of people in the U.S. are afflicted with chronic neck and back pain that often comes after years of wear and tear on the spine. Current treatments provide only temporary relief for this common disorder and finding a cure has been a great challenge for researchers. Wenchun Qu, M.D., Ph.D., a physiatrist and pain…
(2021-08-27). Australia: Committee for Public Education online meeting opposes school re-openings and calls for rank-and file committees. wsws.org The meeting sent solidarity greetings to striking teachers in Sri Lanka and educators in the US opposing school reopenings, and pledged to fight for rank-and-file safety committees.
(2021-08-27). "Those Sharks Are Buying Every Single Piece Of Property" dailyposter.com 
(2021-08-27). The Media Myth of 'Once Prosperous' and Democratic Venezuela Before Chávez. zcomm.org Please Help ZNet Source: FAIR Chávez was actually going to try to follow through on his promises to change the system and assert his country's sovereignty Photo by Northfoto/Shutterstock The following piece is adapted from the authors' new book, Extraordinary Threat: The US Empire, the Media and 20 Years
(2021-08-27). Venezuela anuncia puente aéreo para atender a victimas de las lluvias. telesurtv.net La vicepresidenta Delcy Rodríguez garantizó la atención de todos las víctimas de las lluvias por instrucciones del presidente Nicolás Maduro…
(2021-08-27). Sanders Says He Won't Let Centrists Shrink $3.5T Bill: "I Already Negotiated" zcomm.org Sanders will have to contend with some of the most stubborn conservatives in the Democratic caucus — Manchin, Sinema, and their more quiet allies…
(2021-08-27). La OMS culpa a China por el COVID-19: øApoya la aplicación de inyecciones criminales llamadas erróneamente "vacunas"? globalizacion.ca 
En febrero de 2021, una misión de 4 semanas de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) a China para estudiar los orígenes de la covid plandemia, llegó a la conclusión de que era poco probable que el virus hubiera…
(2021-08-27). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Swimming safety for children. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: A friend and I were talking about the risks of swimming and water safety for young children. I have a toddler and a 4-year-old, and I'm curious about when it's safe to swim, the risk of getting sick, and the need for goggles and earplugs. ANSWER: For many people, the hot summer days are often spent swimming at the pool. But before you help your child suit up, it's important to consider practical tips to…
(2021-08-27). Sunday 9/12: Virtual Cookbook Launch: "A Taste of Gaza" indybay.org
(2021-08-27). Tuesday 8/31: Shut Down All 800 US Bases & Withdraw All US Troops Abroad. indybay.org San Francisico Federal Buidling | 90 7th St. | San Francisco…
(2021-08-27). Corporate Media Politicize Who Investigation to Vilify China. orinocotribune.com By Joshua Cho — Aug 26, 2021 | FAIR (
(2021-08-27). 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…
(2021-08-27). Stop the Kurri Kurri gas plant. greenleft.org.au Jim McIlroy reports on a week of actions protesting the planned Kurri Kurri gas plant.
(2021-08-27). Engagement Academy accredited by the Institute of Leadership and Management. imperial.ac.uk Imperial's Engagement Academy, open to all staff, has been recognised for supporting improved leadership practice through high-quality training.
(2021-08-27). Saturday 9/25: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: The Origins of Wealth. indybay.org
(2021-08-27). BARBARiSM = REFUSAL TO ELIMINATE COVID—19, CREATES A FUTURE OF FEAR. indybay.org Eradication of Cobvid-18 can and has been achieved. We must demand Zero Covid to achieve a healthy future free from the pandemic.
(2021-08-27). 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…
(2021-08-27). Avoiding climate catastrophe means challenging the capitalist system. greenleft.org.au We cannot trust capitalism to do what is necessary to avoid runaway climate change, argues Barry Sheppard.
(2021-08-27). Defending the legacy of Chile's 2019 uprising. zcomm.org The social movement left is having an outsized impact on Chile's Constitutional Convention — combined with pressure from the streets, another Chile is possible…
(2021-08-27). Hunger and obesity: Intertwined epidemics. greenleft.org.au The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened global food insecurity. An estimated 132 million more people have been tipped into acute malnutrition since the pandemic began, writes Barry Healy.
(2021-08-27). Colombia: øQuién para a Gustavo Petro? globalizacion.ca El establecimiento colombiano, entendido como el poder económico, el poder de los medios y el poder político tradicional, busca denodadamente un candidato único para que pueda hacer contrapeso al líder progresista Gustavo Petro en las elecciones presidenciales del 29 de…
(2021-08-27). A Tool of Control: How Health Officials Weaponize Language to Manage Public Perception of COVID Vaccines. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-27). Sunday 8/29: Silicon Valley Pride Parade & Festival 2021. indybay.org Plaza De Cesar Chavez Park @ 1 Paseo de San Antonio in Downtown San Jose 95113 | Please follow all current COVID safety guidelines: covid19.ca.gov/…
(2021-08-27). What are the Prospects For Peace: an Interview With Noam Chomsky. counterpunch.org In a functioning democracy, citizens should have the primary role in affairs of state. Not here. And they should be informed citizens. Not here. World War I is a classic example. In 1916, Wilson won on a platform of "peace without victory." He then launched an impressive propaganda campaign to inflame a pacifist population with bitter hatred of all things German, fortified with fabrications about Hun atrocities concocted by the British "Ministry of Information"; Orwellism was alive and well long before Orwell. It was highly successful. It wasn't the first such occasion, nor the last. State propaganda remains high…
(2021-08-27). Russian Armed Forces Waiting For Their Upgrades Following Army-2021. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Russia's Army-2021 International Military and Technical Forum is drawing to an end, taking place between August 22 and 28th. | Many events took place therein, with a large number of exhibitions and presentations of new and existing equipment and hardware. | Many of the units that were shown will be adopted into the Russian Armed Forces in the next months or years. | Notably, some of the new additions include the 152mm self-propelled artillery mounts 2S35 of the Coalition-SV…
(2021-08-27). Swimming for better health and to avoid injuries. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Swimming is often touted as a great workout for all ages, offering benefits not only for the body, but also for the mind. As a form of exercise, swimming keeps your heart rate up and builds muscle strength. It also can be a great form of stress relief. "Swimming is a wonderful sport. I definitely recommend swimming for people of all ages," says Dr. Matthew Crowe, a Mayo Clinic orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine expert…
(2021-08-27). Ukraine's Threats To Turn To The East Will Not Force Concessions From The West. southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageUkraine hopes China can alleviate major economic issues. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst | Since the 2014 Maidan coup, different administrations in Kiev have continued with a single-minded goal — absorbing Ukraine into Western organizations and blocs like NATO and the European Union at the expense of having cordial relations with Russia and China. With this foreign policy, one would expect that a priority would be deepening Ukraine's financial relations with the…
(2021-08-27). The Truth About the First Thanksgiving. mronline.org 
Origin myths do not come cheaply. To glorify the Pilgrims is dangerous. The genial omissions and false details our texts use to retail the Pilgrim legend promote Anglocentrism, which only handicaps us when dealing with all those whose culture is not Anglo.
(2021-08-27). Wednesday 8/25: What Does New Census Data Mean for the For the People Act? indybay.org Online event…
(2021-08-27). Mayo Clinic Minute: Catching up on childhood vaccinations. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org As students prepare to return to the classroom, it's important to ensure that they keep up with their immunization schedules. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a dramatic drop in routine childhood vaccinations. August is National Immunization Month. And Mayo Clinic experts are reminding you that a part of the back-to-school routine is making sure your kids are up to date on their shots. Jason Howland has…
(2021-08-27). Friday 8/27: The Closing of People's Park? indybay.org Canessa Gallery | 708 Montgomery Street | San Francisco…
(2021-08-27). Mayo Clinic expert discusses breakthrough COVID-19 cases. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org COVID-19 vaccines remain the best defense against COVID-19. However, no vaccines are 100% effective at preventing illness in vaccinated people, and a small percentage of breakthrough cases are expected, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Breakthrough COVID-19 cases are receiving a lot of attention, but they are not what's driving the current surge. Watch: Mayo Clinic expert discusses breakthrough COVID-19 cases. youtu.be/JcyCl9amum0 Journalists: Broadcast-quality sound bites are in the downloads at…
(2021-08-27). Believing FDA's Pfizer Approval and Getting Vaxxed Is "Stupid" globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-27). Selected Articles: CDC Counts People Dying Within 14 Days of Jab as "Unvaccinated" globalresearch.ca 
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(2021-08-27). Remove the California Mission Bells. indybay.org Interview with Valentin Lopez, chair of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, on removal of the third and final Spanish Catholic mission bell in Santa Cruz, California. The bell removal ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, August 27th at 1: 00 PM at Mission Plaza Park in Santa Cruz and will be live streamed at: video.ibm.com/channel/42n2syRmC9b…
(2021-08-27). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Ask the Mayo Mom / Back-to-school. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org COVID-19 and especially the spread of the delta variant have created a whole new set of challenges this year. And now, children across the US are returning to school during this same time, creating many questions for families. In this "Mayo Clinic Q&A" podcast, Dr. Angela Mattke, a Mayo Clinic pediatrician and host of #AskTheMayoMom, is joined by two experts in pediatric infectious disease to discuss the important precautions families can take to keep their…
(2021-08-27). México reitera soberanía ante orden migratoria de EE.UU. telesurtv.net La Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores de México enfatizó que su política migratoria se diseña y ejecuta de manera soberana.
(2021-08-27). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Kicking your COVID-19 bad habits. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org For more than a year, COVID-19 has forced people to depart from their normal routines. Physical isolation, working from home, and added stress and anxiety about a deadly coronavirus have led some people to develop bad habits that have consequences on both physical and mental health. "When we're under stress, we revert back to what's comfortable," says Dr. Benjamin Lai, a Mayo Clinic family medicine physician. "COVID-19 has brought unpredictability and a sense of loss…
(2021-08-27). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Breaking down the booster terminology for COVID-19 vaccines. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org COVID-19 vaccine boosters are being recommended eight months after a person's second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. "A vaccine booster dose is generally an additional dose above and beyond the primary series needed to achieve protective immunity," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "So the dose that was approved this past week would be better classified as an 'additional dose' for those who are moderately to severely immunocompromised." Dr….
(2021-08-27). Rescue Plan of the Biden Administration. indybay.org Thanks to the rescue plan, the US economy is expected to grow faster than at any time since 1984. The rest of the world will also benefit. Families with children will receive tax rebates. 70% of Americans are in favor of the plan.
(2021-08-27). Vaccine rollout in North Africa and West Asia: inequities rampant as conflict-hit regions suffer. peoplesdispatch.org Vaccination rates remain low in West Asia and North Africa even as these regions see an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases. As the health emergency deepens, sluggish vaccination campaigns and extreme disparities within the region remain a challenge…
(2021-08-27). Thursday 10/21: Root Division Announces: 20th Annual Benefit Art Auction Virtual Event: Thursday, October. indybay.org 1131 Mission Street | San Francisco, CA 94103…
(2021-08-27). What will be the future of healthcare in the aftermath of this pandemic? nationofchange.org The pandemic has made us more prepared and strengthened the healthcare system against any future global crises.
(2021-08-27). Clara Fuentes Wins First Medal for Venezuela at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. orinocotribune.com 
Caracas-born Clara Fuentes debuted with honor at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, earning the bronze medal in the 41-kilogram division of paralympic powerlifting at the international competition in the Japanese capital, at dawn on August 26. Fuentes' bronze is the first medal for Venezuela in this edition of the Paralympics. | Fuentes, 24 years old and fourth in the world rankings, started with no movement on the bench with 97kg on the bar—weight that she lifted on the second attempt and that ultimately secured her the bronze medal. | In her third lift, the Venezuelan, holder of the continental record for…
(2021-08-27). Consumer Health: Back to school, teens and depression. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org With many teens heading back to school, peer pressure and academic expectations are once again a reality. These added pressures can cause ups and downs during what can be an already tumultuous time of life. For some teens, though, the lows are more than just temporary feelings. They're symptoms of depression. Teen depression is a serious mental health problem. It affects how teenagers think, feel and behave, and it can cause emotional, functional and physical…
(2021-08-27). Sharing Mayo Clinic: Reclaiming his life after lab testing confirms a serious illness. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org At 71, David Voeltz is a happily married family man who appreciates putting in a hard day's work and enjoys spending time in the woods. But for David, the ability to walk through nature with his children and grandchildren, and to climb in and out of the dump truck that is an integral part of his work as a truck driver, has not always been a given. Just two years ago, most of David's muscular…
(2021-08-27). The Unknown Leader Of The New Taliban. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Written by Julian Macfarlane | Haibatullah Akhunzada is said to be the leader of the so-called "new Taliban". | Western reports, however are not notable for their accuracy or objectivity and always eager to show the Taliban as crazy psychopaths, except of course once upon a time when they were mujahedeen fighting the socialism: "Freedom Fighters". | The Mainstream Media therefore reflexively portray Akhunzada as a "hardliner"—that is, when they mention him at all, which is rarel…
(2021-08-27). Friday 10/1: Film Showing: Nasrin. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…
(2021-08-27). 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.
(2021-08-27). U.S. Opts Out Of Purchasing Israeli Iron Dome: Defense News. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The US Army has This comes in spite of the United States military having successfully carried out a first live-fire test of the missile defense system. | According to a report in Defense News website, Washington opted for Enduring Shi…
(2021-08-27). Saturday 8/28: Virtual screening of the documentary film "The Viewing Booth" indybay.org
(2021-08-27). California Recall: Right-Wing Radio Host Who Once Mentored Stephen Miller Could Replace Gov. Newsom. democracynow.org 
The conservative talk radio host Larry Elder is now the Republican front-runner challenging Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom in a special election that could also shape national politics. California voters cast ballots on September 14 on whether to recall Newsom, after a right-wing campaign to unseat the governor garnered enough signatures to trigger the vote. If Newsom fails to get more than 50% support for staying in office, the candidate with the most votes replaces him as governor. "This whole thing started with anti-immigrant nativists in California who were upset about the pro-immigrant, pro-Lati…
(2021-08-27). Science Saturday: How disease, diet, and genomics interact with gut virome. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic researchers published a comprehensive analysis of the gut virome in Gastroenterology, showing how disease, diet and genomics interact with the gut virome in irritable bowel syndrome. This common disorder affects the intestine and manifests as abdominal pain associated with constipation, diarrhea or both. The gut virome is one component of the microbiome (bacteria, fungi, viruses). It includes viruses that specifically attack bacteria (bacteriophages/phages) or those affecting humans (eukaryotic viruses. e.g., norovirus). Hence the gut virome…
(2021-08-27). Más de 32.000 personas mueren en Brasil tras las vacunas contra el COVID-19, según informe oficial. globalizacion.ca 
Un lector de Health Impact News de Brasil nos ha alertado sobre informes de los medios oficiales que indican que durante un período de 5 meses, más de 32.000 personas en Brasil han muerto después de una inyección de COVID-19….
(2021-08-27). 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…
(2021-08-27). Scheer Intelligence: What Democrats Did To Welfare Haunts Them. popularresistance.org A recent piece in the Washington Post titled "Welfare rolls decline during the pandemic despite economic upheaval" delves into one of the biggest domestic policy failures of Bill Clinton's presidency: the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, which provides financial assistance for the country's poor. TANF, explains reporter Amy Goldstein, is the reason why when the coronavirus spread and shelter-in-place mandates were issued, causing millions of Americans to lose their jobs at rates comparable to the Great Depression, even less people were able to receive needs-based cash assistance than prior…
(2021-08-27). Bombshell UK Data Destroys Entire Premise for Vaccine Push. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-27). Rusia registra su quinta vacuna contra la Covid-19. telesurtv.net EpiVacCorona-N se suma las demás vacunas producidas por Rusia contra la Covid-19: Sputnik V, EpiVacCorona, CoviVac y Sputnik Light.
(2021-08-27). 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…
(2021-08-27). Monday 8/30: Statewide EJ protest against CalEPA, DTSC. indybay.org Cal EPA Building, 1001 I St., Sacramento 95814…
(2021-08-27). Reporter Urges Aussies to Get Vaccinated Despite Suffering Rare Heart Inflammation Caused by Pfizer Jab. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-27). USA wants its corporations to ditch China. indybay.org The leadership of the United States again raised the issue of the Uyghurs and attempted to provoke an "allergic reaction" of Beijing. The economic agenda goes in parallel with it.