teleSUR(2021-07-18). Chile Sets up Over 2,000 Voting Centers for Primary Elections.telesurenglish.netPrimary elections in Chile began on Sunday at 6.00 a.m to select presidential candidates for the Nov. 21 elections. | RELATED: | Chileans must vote for representatives from the ruling Let's go Chile (CV) coalition and the leftist I Approve Dignity pact (YA).
teleSUR(2021-07-18). Peru to Officially Declare Pedro Castillo as the New President.telesurenglish.netThe National Jury of Elections (JNE) is set to confirm leftist Pedro Castillo as Peru's new President after rejecting all the electoral complaints filed by right-wing Popular Force (FP) candidate Keiko Fujimori. | RELATED: | JNE advisor Alexandra Marallano explained that the official announcement might take place on Tuesday or Wednesday next week. | The decision comes after the JNE reported the conclusion of an electoral r…
Jesus Rodriguez-Espinoza(2021-07-18). Chavista Chronicles from Caracas — Jen McKinney and Luisa Herrera — DSA Delegation to Venezuela.orinocotribune.comCaracas, July 17, 2021 (OrinocoTribune.com)—In this new episode of Chavista Chronicles from Caracas, we had the pleasure to interview Jen McKinney and Luisa Herrera of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). They were part of a larger delegation that visited Venezuela to participate in the Bicentennial Congress of the Peoples of the World, held from June 22 to June 24. | Jen McKinney is a full-time mom and chair of DSA's National Political Committee. She has devoted most of her time to building mutual aid efforts within the organization. And Luisa Herrera is a community activist on the board of the DSA Inte…
Staff(2021-07-18). 3 athletes test positive for Covid-19 in Tokyo just days before games, 2 of them diagnosed in Olympic Village.rt.com Three unnamed Olympians have been diagnosed with the coronavirus in the final days leading up to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. The upcoming event has been plagued with Covid-19 restrictions and concerns over health safety. | Out of the infected athletes, two tested positive in the Olympic Village, the Japan Times reported on Sunday, citing officials. | Five Olympic Games staff members, a contract worker and a journalist also tested positive on Sunday. | The news comes after a South Korean member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Ryu Seung-min, tested positive for the virus after landing at Na…
The Conversation(2021-07-18). As coastal flooding worsens, some cities are retreating from the water.juancole.com By A.R. Siders and Katharine Mach | — When the tide gets exceptionally high in Charleston, South Carolina, coastal streets start to run with seawater. Some yards become ponds, and residents pull on rain boots. The city also gets a lot of rain. After homes in one low-lying neighborhood flooded three times in four years, …
Joe Lauria(2021-07-18). The Espionage Act & Julian Assange — Part 4: In Hot & Cold War.orinocotribune.com By Joe Lauria — Jul 9, 2021 | Part four of a six-part series on Julian Assange and the Espionage Act. | With few exceptions, American newspapers voluntarily censored themselves in the Second World War before the government dictated it. In the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur said he didn't "desire to reestablish wartime censorship" and instead asked the press for self-censorship. He largely got it until the papers began reporting American battlefield losses. | On July 25, 1950, "the army ordered that reporters were not allowed to publish 'unwarranted' criticism of command decisions, and that the army wo…
Staff(2021-07-18). 'Fascism spread to courts': Erdogan's spokesman berates top EU court for allowing employers to ban headscarves in workplace.rt.com The spokesman for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused the EU of "embracing" the fascist past of the European continent, after a top court ruled that employers can ban religious symbols, including the headscarf. | The ruling passed this week by the European Court of Justice (CJEU) is "wrong" and "an attempt to lend legitimacy to racism," Fahrettin Altun, the communications director for the office of President Erdogan said on Twitter on Saturday. He said it was "unbelievable that fascism just spread to the courts" of the EU, adding that "instead of denouncing its dark past, Europe now seeks to emb…
Middle East Monitor(2021-07-18). Attack on Palestinian Gaza wasn't a Victory for Israel — It underlined an Ongoing Dilemma.juancole.comBy Adnan Abu Amer | — ( Middle East Monitor ) — Two months after the end of the last Israeli aggression on Gaza, Israel admitted that there is no simple solution to the situation in the strip. The instability of the current ceasefire entails Israel to discuss a number of necessary steps to weaken …
Anand Naidoo(2021-07-18). The Heat: Plight of indigenous people in North America.america.cgtn.com The discovery of almost a thousand unmarked graves of indigenous children at boarding schools in Canada is forcing the continent to take a look at its genocidal past against the indigenous community.
Juan Cole(2021-07-18). Did Netanyahu Try to get Trump to Wag the Dog with Strike on Iran after Biden Won?juancole.comAnn Arbor (Informed Comment) — Susan B. Glasser reports at The New Yorker that after it became clear that Joe Biden had won the presidency, from November 7, lame duck Donald Trump desperately wanted to hold on to his office and contemplated a strike on Iran to bolster his position. Glasser writes that "the subject …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2021-07-18). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: The new work-life balancing act.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgThe COVID-19 pandemic has altered the way people work. As vaccination rates increase, some people are returning to the office. But many companies have opted to keep their employees working from home permanently. This change has positive and negative side effects, including the mental health aspects of working from home. "Any time there are changes, it can be challenging for people, particularly when you're not used to working from home," says Dr. Greg Couser, a…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2021-07-18). Expert Alert: Mayo Clinic experts available to comment on Olympics.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic experts are available to offer comments throughout the Olympics on everything from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on training and competition to injuries that athletes may be dealing with. Here is a sampling: Chad Asplund, M.D.Dr. Asplund is a primary care sports medicine physician. He can discuss endurance sports, rhabdomyolysis, heat injury, sleep and athletic performance. Elijah Behr, M.D.Dr. Behr is a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2021-07-18). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Exercise after COVID-19.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgDEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am in my early 40s. During the COVID-19 pandemic, I didn't get as much exercise and I gained some weight. I now feel like I have less energy. I was previously infected with COVID-19. Is it safe to start exercising again in a crowded gym so that I can work out, lose some weight and gain some energy? Should I wear a mask? ANSWER: Regular physical activity and structured exercise can benefit people…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2021-07-18). Mayo Clinic Q and A: COVID-19 vaccination and precautions.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgDEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am due to get my second dose of COVID-19 vaccine in a few weeks. I understand this is an important step for me and my community, but I'm unsure what guidelines I should follow. Some of my friends are traveling, and they seem to have thrown all caution to the wind. What can I expect after being vaccinated for COVID-19, both physically and when in public? ANSWER: It is completely normal to have…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2021-07-18). New vaccine platform invented by Mayo enters COVID-19 clinical trial.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgA Mayo Clinic lab member is purifying an adenovirus vector for preclinical testing. A novel single-cycle adenovirus vaccine platform developed by Mayo Clinic will be used to target multiple infectious diseases and cancer indications, beginning with a phase 1 clinical study using the platform as a vaccine for COVID-19. Developed to enhance the expression of target antigens, the single-cycle adenovirus platform is under investigation for its ability to amplify immune responses. In contrast to replication-defective…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2021-07-18). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: On the verge of predicted surge with COVID-19 delta variant.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgThe delta variant is being blamed for hot spots in the U.S. where cases of COVID-19 are on the rise. These hot spots account for most cases in the U.S. They are also the geographical areas that tend to have the lowest vaccination rates. "It's no surprise that the two go together," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "This (delta variant) is the bad actor that…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2021-07-18). Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London adds cardiology, gastroenterology, lung care.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgLONDON — Mayo Clinic Healthcare, an outpatient clinic that provides personalized health care ranging from preventive screenings and tailored wellness plans to second opinions for complex diagnoses, is adding several medical specialties including cardiology, gastroenterology and pulmonary medicine. Dr. G. Anton Decker, president of Mayo Clinic International The clinic, located at 15 Portland Place in the Harley Street Medical Area in London, also serves as a gateway to Mayo Clinic's roughly 4,000 physicians in the…
teleSUR(2021-07-18). Venezuela's Vice President Rodriguez Ratifies Support to Cuba.telesurenglish.netOn Saturday, Venezuela's Vice President Delcy Rodriguez concluded an official visit to Cuba, where she ratified her country's support for the Cuban Revolution. | RELATED: | On Friday, she met Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel to discuss cooperation agreements and the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. | Rodriguez delivered a message of solidarity from Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro while also rejecting the U.
Staff(2021-07-18). No Cops, No Corporations — Boston LGBTQ Community Reimagines Pride Celebrations.truthout.org Far from the tourist traps and high-end shopping establishments that line the route the Pride Parade once took through the commercial Downtown Boston, an alternative vision of what a pride march can be has been taking shape in the city over the past two summers. In the neighborhoods of Dorchester, Roxbury and Jamaica Plain — predominantly communities of color — grassroots marches organized by Trans Resistance MA took to the streets to celebrate LGBTQ life and push mainstream LGBTQ…
Anonymous007(2021-07-18). Military Situation In Syria On July 19, 2021 (Map Update).southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On July 17, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 38 times: 22 — in Idlib province, 7 — in Latakia province, 7 — in Hama province, 2 — in Aleppo province | On July 17, Akidat tribe members attacked a SDF checkpoint in the Thiban town | On July 17, Arab tribe members in Shahil attacked SDF checkpoint in the Shahil area | On July 17, the Russian Reconciliation Center in Syria has warned of preparations for…
Anonymous007(2021-07-18). Military Situation In Yemen On July 18, 2021 (Map Update).southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 201 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours | On July 17, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 7 airstrikes on the Rahbah area | On July 17, Ansar Allah captured Habaj village south of Baydha province | On July 18, clashes between Ansar Allah and Saudi-led forces continued in the Rahbah | On July 18, clashes between Ansar Allah and Saudi-led forces continued in the w…
Anonymous103(2021-07-18). New Round Of Clashes On Armenian-Azerbaijani Border. Casualties Reported.southfront.org Illustrative Image | The situation in Nagorno-Karabakh appears to be steadily and gradually nearing another escalation. | The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan reported on another shelling by the Armenian military positions of the Azerbaijani army along the entire length of the state border."On July 16, from 20: 40 to 22: 30, units of the Armenian armed forces from positions located on the territory of the village of Yukhary, Shorja, Basarkechar district, and on July 17 at about 01: 00 from the direction of the village of Mos…
Dave Lindorff(2021-07-18). The tipping points are arriving: A Nighttime Walk without Bugs or Bats.warisacrime.org By Dave Lindorff This past Thursday evening, not having done my usual run because of the heat, I waited until later when things had cooled down a bit. It was still quite humid and even faintly misty and not wanting to get all sweaty I opted to walk the four mile circle through the exurb …
EMMA(2021-07-17). Texas Judge Rules DACA Unlawful.peoplesparty.orgIt's appalling that this ruling threatens applicants and suspends applications, and also terrifying for what it could mean for further rulings for current recipients in future precedents. | The Dream Act is the bare minimum Congress can do to protect migrants entering and within our borders, yet, they have been dragging their feet on even this legislation. It passed the House in March but has yet to reach the Senate floor. | The slow response from Congress and the Biden administration on immigration isn't surprising. The Obama administration deported 1.18 million people in its first three years alone! More r…
WSWS(2021-07-17). Official story of assassination in Haiti begins to unravel.wsws.orgWith far-right figures tied to the former Duvalier dictatorship implicated in the crime, Washington is backing a coverup to facilitate an accommodation between the warring factions of the Haitian elite.
sputniknews(2021-07-17). US Activists Urge Biden to Lift Sanctions Fueling Cuba's Economic Crisis.sputniknews.comWASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The Biden administration is using starvation as a weapon against Havana by refusing to lift the very sanctions that helped fuel Cuba's economic crisis in the first place, including those targeting payments from relatives in America, activists told Sputnik.
Joe Piette(2021-07-17). °Liberación Sí! °Traslados No! Liberation Yes! Transfers No!workers.org After years of protests, York Prison, near Philadelphia, will no longer be housing ICE detainees after Aug. 12. But instead of releasing those incarcerated, prison authorities are sending them to other states, far away from their families and their legal service providers. Members and supporters of Movement of Immigrant Leaders . . . |
Cronkite News Arizona PBS(2021-07-17). Migrant deaths in the desert at record levels as heat wave pounds West.juancole.com By Alyssa Marksz | — ( Cronkite News ) — WASHINGTON — The number of migrant deaths recorded in the Arizona desert so far this year is on pace to break the record set just last year, as migrants attempt the crossing in the face of a record-breaking heat wave. Humane Borders and the Pima …
WSWS(2021-07-17). Canada's new indigenous governor general and the crisis of bourgeois rule.wsws.orgWhilst the media and political establishment portray the Governor General and the monarchy as little more than ceremonial window-dressing, they occupy a pivotal position within the Canadian state and bourgeois-democratic constitutional order.
Ralph Nader(2021-07-17). The Power Structure for Deadly Lag and the Prophetic Work of Unsung Heroes.dissidentvoice.orgKicking life-saving solutions endlessly down the road is the mark of the brutish power of the corporations over the innocents. Fifty years ago, medical research warned about the overuse of antibiotics creating mutations of resistant bacterium, making these drugs less effective. Dr. Sidney Wolfe warned about this criminal negligence again and again, along with other …
Juan Cole(2021-07-17). With Massive Flooding in Germany, Scientists worry Climate is increasingly out of Control.juancole.comAnn Arbor (Informed Comment) — Our burning of gasoline, coal and natural gas on a massive global scale, putting tens of billions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere annually, is turning the earth into . . . well, a greenhouse. Greenhouses are closed up, keeping in heat and moisture. In a greenhouse, the …
David Masciotra(2021-07-17). Walking Around Blind Without a Cane.counterpunch.org Image by Declarations that the United States has fallen into conditions resembling a "civil war" have become hackneyed and cliched. That such an extreme condemnation of American culture and politics can transform into a bromide demonstrates how deeply institutional and social dysfunction trouble the world's wealthiest country. Even more disturbing are those surveyors of politics and history who persuasively argue that, in many ways legally and culturally significant, the Confederacy has triumphed long after Gettysburg. An entire literature…
Staff(2021-07-17). US Government Uses Colombia to Destabilize Latin America: Cabello Dixit.orinocotribune.comThis Thursday, July 15, the First Vice President of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, referring to the assassination of Haiti's president Jovenel MoàØse, characterized the position of the government of Colombia as shameless, when, in an attempt to absolve the mercenaries, a high-ranking official of the Colombian National Police said that the detained mercenaries were going to arrest the president of Haiti. | Given this, Diosdado Cabello wondered aloud: at what cost were they hired to detain him? On what grounds could Colombia send a mercenary to arrest a president? Who could…
Editor(2021-07-17). Editorial — °Reparaciones! Traer a los niñxs indígenas a casa.workers.org No hay mayor prueba de genocidio que el robo y asesinato sistemático de los niñxs de un pueblo. Los gobiernos de Estados Unidos y Canadá están acusados penalmente de genocidio tras la nueva revelación, a finales de mayo, de la muerte de miles de niños indígenas en "internados" y escuelas . . . |
The Lancet(2021-07-17). [Editorial] COVID-19 in Africa: a lesson in solidarity.thelancet.comMany countries in Africa face a serious third wave of COVID-19 that is both larger and more burdensome on health systems than previous waves. This predictable turn of events has been driven by a morally reprehensible lack of vaccine equity (<1% of the population are fully vaccinated), leaving the continent vulnerable to new and more transmissible variants of the virus, behavioural and economic pandemic fatigue, and complacency. A lack of diagnostic capacity in some countries means the epidemiology of this current wave is uncertain, but South Africa, Namibia, and Zambia are reporting the highest numbers of new cas...
Sally Hargreaves, Sally E Hayward, Teymur Noori, Martin McKee, Bernadette Kumar(2021-07-17). [Correspondence] COVID-19: counting migrants in.thelancet.comRohini Mathur and colleagues1 present important data highlighting increased SARS-CoV-2 infection rates among minority ethnic people in the UK, including people reporting as South Asian and Black, yet use of these broad ethnic categories consistently fails to capture the dynamics of contemporary migration. These categories include a highly heterogeneous group of settled minority ethnic people born in the UK, alongside more recently arrived migrants, including an increasing proportion of low-skilled labour migrants, refugees, undocumented migrants, and others who have a particular profile of risk factors for SARS-C…
Thomas M Drake, Aya M Riad, Cameron J Fairfield, Conor Egan, Stephen R Knight, Riinu Pius, Hayley E Hardwick, Lisa Norman, Catherine A Shaw, Kenneth A McLean, A A Roger Thompson, Antonia Ho, Olivia V Swann, Michael Sullivan, Felipe Soares, Karl A Holden, Laura Merson, Daniel Plotkin, Louise Sigfrid, Thushan I de Silva, Michelle Girvan, Clare Jackson, Clark D Russell, Jake Dunning, Tom Solomon, Gail Carson, Piero Olliaro, Jonathan S Nguyen-Van-Tam, Lance Turtle, Annemarie B Docherty, Peter JM Openshaw, J Kenneth Baillie, Ewen M Harrison, Malcolm G Semple, ISARIC4C investigators(2021-07-17). [Articles] Characterisation of in-hospital complications associated with COVID-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol UK: a prospective, multicentre cohort study.thelancet.comComplications and worse functional outcomes in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 are high, even in young, previously healthy individuals. Acute complications are associated with reduced ability to self-care at discharge, with neurological complications being associated with the worst functional outcomes. COVID-19 complications are likely to cause a substantial strain on health and social care in the coming years. These data will help in the design and provision of services aimed at…
Xiaoying Gu, Bin Cao(2021-07-17). [Comment] In-hospital complications associated with COVID-19.thelancet.comAs the COVID-19 pandemic persists globally,1 an emerging challenge is the shift from acute infection to the burden of long-term consequences resulting from the disease. Although a consensus terminology has not yet been reached,…
thelancet(2021-07-17). [Department of Error] Department of Error.thelancet.comHaas EJ, Angulo FJ, McLaughlin JM, et al. Impact and effectiveness of mRNA BNT162b2 vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 cases, hospitalisations, and deaths following a nationwide vaccination campaign in Israel: an observational study using national surveillance data. Lancet 2021; 397: 1819—29—In table 2 of this Article, the number of cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection in unvaccinated participants aged 45—64 years should have been 19‚Äà579; the incidence rates per 100‚Äà000 person-days should have been <0 ∑1 for COVID-19-related hospitalisation in...
Tamara Lucas(2021-07-17). [Perspectives] When art mirrors planetary health.thelancet.comThe future of the arts in many countries has been plunged into uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many museums and galleries have been closed for long periods and their funding hangs by a thread. Like other arts organisations, the planned exhibition schedule at Compton Verney in Warwickshire, UK, was thrown into disarray in 2020. It is therefore remarkable that Compton Verney has recently reopened with a poignant and moving exhibition that could not be more pertinent to COVID-19 and the plight of the planet, despite being conceived and commissioned in 2019.
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2021-07-17). Expert Alert: Mayo Clinic experts available to comment on Olympics.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic experts are available to offer comments throughout the Olympics on everything from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on training and competition to injuries that athletes may be dealing with. Here is a sampling: Chad Asplund, M.D.Dr. Asplund is a primary care sports medicine physician. He can discuss endurance sports, rhabdomyolysis, heat injury, sleep and athletic performance. Elijah Behr, M.D.Dr. Behr is a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2021-07-17). Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London adds cardiology, gastroenterology, lung care.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgLONDON — Mayo Clinic Healthcare, an outpatient clinic that provides personalized health care ranging from preventive screenings and tailored wellness plans to second opinions for complex diagnoses, is adding several medical specialties including cardiology, gastroenterology and pulmonary medicine. Dr. G. Anton Decker, president of Mayo Clinic International The clinic, located at 15 Portland Place in the Harley Street Medical Area in London, also serves as a gateway to Mayo Clinic's roughly 4,000 physicians in the…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2021-07-17). New vaccine platform invented by Mayo enters COVID-19 clinical trial.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgA Mayo Clinic lab member is purifying an adenovirus vector for preclinical testing. A novel single-cycle adenovirus vaccine platform developed by Mayo Clinic will be used to target multiple infectious diseases and cancer indications, beginning with a phase 1 clinical study using the platform as a vaccine for COVID-19. Developed to enhance the expression of target antigens, the single-cycle adenovirus platform is under investigation for its ability to amplify immune responses. In contrast to replication-defective…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2021-07-17). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: The new work-life balancing act.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgThe COVID-19 pandemic has altered the way people work. As vaccination rates increase, some people are returning to the office. But many companies have opted to keep their employees working from home permanently. This change has positive and negative side effects, including the mental health aspects of working from home. "Any time there are changes, it can be challenging for people, particularly when you're not used to working from home," says Dr. Greg Couser, a…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2021-07-17). Mayo Clinic Q and A: COVID-19 vaccination and precautions.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgDEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am due to get my second dose of COVID-19 vaccine in a few weeks. I understand this is an important step for me and my community, but I'm unsure what guidelines I should follow. Some of my friends are traveling, and they seem to have thrown all caution to the wind. What can I expect after being vaccinated for COVID-19, both physically and when in public? ANSWER: It is completely normal to have…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2021-07-17). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: On the verge of predicted surge with COVID-19 delta variant.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgThe delta variant is being blamed for hot spots in the U.S. where cases of COVID-19 are on the rise. These hot spots account for most cases in the U.S. They are also the geographical areas that tend to have the lowest vaccination rates. "It's no surprise that the two go together," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "This (delta variant) is the bad actor that…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2021-07-17). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Exercise after COVID-19.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgDEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am in my early 40s. During the COVID-19 pandemic, I didn't get as much exercise and I gained some weight. I now feel like I have less energy. I was previously infected with COVID-19. Is it safe to start exercising again in a crowded gym so that I can work out, lose some weight and gain some energy? Should I wear a mask? ANSWER: Regular physical activity and structured exercise can benefit people…
Paul Haeder(2021-07-17). Shit Hitting the Fan as a World goes More Looney.dissidentvoice.org I can't think of anything that harms nature more than cutting down trees and burning them, said William Moomaw, professor emeritus of international environmental policy at Tufts University Oh, the number of top 10 or top 20 stories flooding the cloud servers delivered to us promptly, nanosecond speed, over the fuck-you Three-Face-Book, or on your …
a guest author(2021-07-17). Comentario de Workers World / China y àÅfrica: Cooperación mutua, no neocolonialismo.workers.org Por Ernie Hamer (Autor invitado) Basado en una charla dada en una reunión de Workers World/ Partido Mundo Obrero en Buffalo, N.Y., el 27 de abril de 2021. Con la República Popular de China en ascenso, las fuerzas del imperialismo estadounidense están comenzando a entrar en pánico a medida que . . . |
A Guest Author(2021-07-17). Cuba's streets belong to revolutionaries.workers.org Prepared for en.granma.cu by Juan Diego Nusa Peñalver, Yudy Castro Morales and Milagros Pichardo Pérez, published July 13. "We are here because the streets belong to Fidel, because the streets of Cuba belong to revolutionaries." This was the phrase we heard the loudest walking along several Havana avenues Sunday afternoon, . . . |
DLI(2021-07-17). USA regime fans anti-Cuba protests.indybay.org2 weeks after thoroughly embarrassed by a UN vote(184-2!) on the illegal & immoral blockade on Cuba, the Evil Empire strikes back, by promoting and hyping street protests in Cuba. Trying to salvage "face" in the international community, Washington tries to channel global opinion away from its criminal culpability in the rising domestic tensions on the Caribbean island socialist government.
Anonymous103(2021-07-17). New Round Of Inter-Afghan Talks Began In Doha As Taliban Captures More Strategic Areas (Video 18+).southfront.org Source: Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera | A new round of inter-Afghan talks began in the Qatari capital Doha amid the advance of Taliban militants all over Afghanistan. | The negotiations are held behind closed doors. The delegations should discuss the establishment of transitional government, the exchange of prisoners and a ceasefire agreement. | The delegation of the Afghan government includes senior politicians for the first time since the first official meeting in September 2020.Head of the Supreme Council for National Re…
Anonymous103(2021-07-17). Germany Creates Space Command And Strengthens Its Military Sovereignty.southfront.org German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and the Inspector General of the German Armed Forces Bundeswehr Eberhard Zorn (left). Photo: Michael Kappeler/DPA/AFPGermany becomes fourth NATO country to create a Space Command. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro | Amidst the contemporary space race, more and more countries decide to invest in expanding their military power through space technology. This Tuesday…
Joe Lauria(2021-07-17). The Espionage Act & Julian Assange — Part 2: The Espionage Act's UK Origins.orinocotribune.com By Joe Lauria — Jul 7, 2021 | Part two of a six-part series on Julian Assange and the Espionage Act. | The 1917 U.S. Espionage Act under which Assange is charged is descended from the 1889 British Official Secrets Act. The Espionage Act replaced the 1911 U.S. Defense Secrets Act, which was based on Section 1 of Britain's legislation, the Official Secrets Act of 1889. | The language of this section of the Defense Secrets Act is in places nearly identical with the Official Secrets Act. Some of that language has survived in the Espionage Act to ensnare Assange. | The 1889 British Official Secrets Act says: | W…
Mickey Z.(2021-07-17). A DIY Little League Story (we'd all be canceled today).dissidentvoice.org Yours truly, at maybe age 6, in Long Island City High School schoolyard Growing up in a working-class, blue-collar neighborhood — long before there was an internet — often left kids like me to our own devices. We found myriad ways to amuse ourselves and also, to play sports. We were troublemakers, sure, but athletes …
Editor2(2021-07-17). The Assassination of Jovenel Moise: What Next for Haiti?orinocotribune.comBy Seth Donnelly — Jul 13, 2021 | Today, the people of Haiti are facing down the US-backed dictatorship of the ruling Haitian Tet Kale Party (PHTK) that came to power through the fraudulent election of Michel Martelly in 2010 and maintained its grip on power through the fraudulent election of Jovenel Moise in 2016, what Haitian activists refer to as electoral coup d'etats. Both elections were held under UN occupation and sponsored by the US government. As Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton detoured from her trip to the Middle East at the height of the Arab Spring uprising in Egypt and personally intervened…
Ajamu Baraka(2021-07-16). Defend the Cuba Revolution and Struggle for More Socialism, Not Less!counterpunch.orgHundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths, an economic crisis, broken supply chains, killer cops, mass incarceration, government surveillance, nuclear weapons, irrational anti-social mass shootings, normalized racism, homelessness, crumbling schools, depression, fear, suicides, and obscene disparities in incomes and wealth—all the features of a moribund, brutal, anti-human global colonial-capitalist system in the United States—and we are
teleSUR(2021-07-16). 'Cuba Is Not Alone,' International Solidarity Movements Stress.telesurenglish.netProgressive political organizations, social movements, intellectuals, and opinion leaders from around the world continue to affirm their support for the Cuban people and government amid the new attempt by the United States to destabilize the order in this Caribbean nation. | RELATED: | In Portugal, workers and students on Thursday gathered in front of the Cuban embassy in Lisbon to demand an end to the U.S. financial and trade b…
_____(2021-07-16). Cuba Proves US Involvement In Destabilization Actions.popularresistance.orgThe member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, accused the U.S. government of being directly involved and of having serious responsibility in the incidents that occurred in our country on July 11th. | During a press conference, convened this Tuesday, the Cuban Foreign Minister presented evidence of this statement and warned the U.S. that it will be responsible for the consequences if it persists in the policy of strangulation of our country, and that its irresponsible conduct can have serious consequences that damage the interest of bot…
Staff(2021-07-16). Miami Mayor Suggests United States Should Bomb Cuba.orinocotribune.comFrancis Suárez, a Cuban-American and current mayor of Miami, Florida's largest city, declared that the United States should explore the possibility of launching air strikes against Cuba. | Since last weekend, a "regime"-change operation has been launched against Cuba's socialist government and the majority of the Cuban population, using the pretense of alleged mass protests, that are not evidenced other than one or two small incidents. Police repression has also been raised as an excuse for a so-called humanitarian operation, but again, no mass repression can been seen, at least nothing approaching the degree of…
Thomas Knapp(2021-07-16). Note to Joe: Try These Two Easy Tricks to Promote Freedom in Cuba.counterpunch.org"We stand with the Cuban people," US President Joe Biden says in an official White House statement, responding to protests across the Caribbean island country, "and their clarion call for freedom and relief from the tragic grip of the pandemic and from the decades of repression and economic suffering to which they have been subjected
Internationalist 360 ∞(2021-07-16). The Bay of Tweets: Documents Point to US Hand in Cuba Protests.libya360.wordpress.comAlan Macleod HAVANA — Cuba was rocked by a series of anti-government street protests earlier this week. The U.S. establishment immediately hailed the events, putting its full weight behind the protestors. Yet documents suggest that Washington might be more involved in the events than it cares to publicly divulge. As many have reported, the protests,…
_____(2021-07-16). Evo Morales Denounces A New US-led Plan Condor.popularresistance.orgOn June 23 of this year, 184 countries of the United Nations General Assembly voted in favor of an end to the US embargo on Cuba. It was the 29th consecutive year where virtually all countries, except the US and Israel made this demand. In recent years the Cuban media has denounced millions of dollars of US funding, through organizations like the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) to create and fund opposition media and the organization of youth. Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez on July 11 rejected the smear campaigns of the US media hegemony in the midst of the Covid pandemic with the intensificati…
Internationalist 360 ∞(2021-07-16). NATO Launches DDoS Attacks that Disable Cuban News and Government Websites.libya360.wordpress.comEditorial Note: In addition to the government websites, Partido Comunista de Cuba, Cuba Debate and Granma are also down. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba @CubaMINREX We denounce once again that the #CubaFlag of Cuba Chancellery website has been attacked again, which keeps it out of service at the moment. Denunciamos una vez más que…
Editor2(2021-07-16). The Espionage Act & Julian Assange — Part 1: A History of Prosecuting Speech.orinocotribune.com By Joe Lauria — Jul 6, 2021 | From its earliest years the United States has found ways to deny the rights of a free press when it was politically expedient to do so. | One of the latest ways was to arrest WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange 29 months ago on April 11, 2019 and to indict him — the first time a publisher and journalist has ever been charged under the 1917 Espionage Act for possessing and publishing state secrets. | Though several U.S. administrations had come close to punishing journalists for revealing defense information, they all pulled back, until Assange. They were restrained because…
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting(2021-07-16). Chris Bernadel on Haitian Assassination, Michael Carome on FDA Alzheimer's Investigation.fair.org Joint Chiefs of Staff chair Adm. Mike Mullen (center) with US troops in Haiti, 2010 (photo: Chad J. McNeeley/DoD) | This week on CounterSpin: There are enough storylines in the July 7 assassination of Haitian president Jovenel MoàØse to make you lose sight of the big picture. The thing is: US media consumers don't have to puzzle out if the assassins were Colombian, or if a Florida doctor bankrolled the plan, or if MoàØse's own bodyguards had it in for him and his wife. The
teleSUR(2021-07-16). Moise Assassination Was Planned in the Dominican Republic.telesurenglish.netOn Thursday, Haiti's National Police (PNH) Director Leon Charles confirmed that the assassination of President Jovenel Moise was planned in the Dominican Republic. The official also announced the arrest of three members of the presidential security detail and the chief bodyguard. | RELATED: | "They were gathered in a hotel in Santo Domingo City. Around the table are the intellectual authors, a technical recruitment grou…
Editor(2021-07-16). Why Human Rights in China and Tigray, But Not in Haiti, Palestine or Colombia?mronline.orgOver eight days, from June 25-30, Haiti had been subjected to increasing state-sponsored, imperial and gang violence. Massacres killed almost 60 people in Port au Prince, including in Cité Soleil, Delmas and Pétionville, as well as on on Rue Magloire Ambroise. | July 16, 2021…
ANSWER Coalition(2021-07-16). Online panel: Let Cuba live! End the U.S. blockade now!liberationnews.org Photo: Cubans rally to support the revolution and government in Camaguey on July 12 This webinar was organized by the ANSWER Coalition and aired live on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. Trump added 243 new sanctions to tighten the 62-year long US economic blockade of Cuba. Imposed shortages of basic goods have created grave suffering throughout …
Special to People's World(2021-07-16). Young Communists in NYC organize protest in support of Cuba.peoplesworld.org NEW YORK—"Cuba sí, bloqueo no!" (Cuba yes, blockade no!) chanted the crowd in Spanish while holding signs that read "Long live Socialist Cuba" and "End the inhumane sanctions!" The Young Communist League of New York took the initiative to organize a rally in support of ending the blockade on Cuba after a series of protests …
teleSUR7 ag-JF(2021-07-16). 'The US Has Failed to Destroy Cuba', Diaz-Canel Says.telesurenglish.netOn Friday, Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel questioned U.S. President Joe Biden's concern about the crisis on the Island and argued that Washington has failed to destroy the Revolution despite wasting billions of dollars in its attempts to do so. | RELATED: | "If Biden had sincere humanitarian concern for the Cuban people, he could eliminate the 243 crippling sanctions imposed by former President Donald Trump as a first s…
Mark Gruenberg(2021-07-16). Texas Dems, AFL-CIO's Trumka link voting and workers' rights.peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Citing civil rights leaders the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and a delegation of Texas state Democratic lawmakers—who left Austin for D.C. to halt a draconian Texas GOP voter repression law—inextricably linked voting rights with worker rights. In an outdoor press conference at …
Sophia Lin Lakin(2021-07-16). Texas Voting Rights Attacks Warrant Congressional Action.aclu.orgEarlier this week, Texas Democrats fled the state in a last-ditch effort to prevent the passage of a restrictive new voting law by the Republican-controlled legislature. At the same time, Tomorrow marks the first anniversary of the death of civil rights hero Congressma…
_____(2021-07-16). Scheer Intelligence: Something's Rotten In The Science Of Food.popularresistance.orgLeading nutritionist Marion Nestle has spent much of her long illustrious career writing about what we eat and the science of food. The James Beard award-winner and author of the blog Food Politics has written a whopping 14 acclaimed books on subjects related to nutrition, including "Soda Politics" and "What to Eat." And yet, "Unsavory Truths: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat, " a book journalist Robert Scheer calls one of her most important books to date, has gone largely ignored by mainstream media. On this week's installment of "Scheer Intelligence," Nestle joins Scheer to discuss some of the…
_____(2021-07-16). Oklahoma Natives Shut Down Governor Stitt's Anti-Sovereignty Forum.popularresistance.orgOn Tuesday, July 13th, Indigenous peoples from many nations shut down Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt's anti-Indigenous "victim impact" forum, which had no tribal representation and was intended to incite fear among the public in Stitt's continued effort to subvert and overturn the 2020 McGirt Supreme Court decision. Jordan Harmon, Mvskoke/Creek citizen and tribal attorney described it as "a room literally packed with Natives from all different tribes in unified anger and with a very clear and direct message." That message? Tribal nations and communities will not back down when it comes to tribal sovereignty and ou…
Staff(2021-07-16). WhatsApp bans over 2 million accounts in India in one month, for 'harmful behavior' & spam messaging.rt.com In its latest compliance report, WhatsApp reveals that it banned over two million accounts in India between May and June for "harmful behavior" and other rules violations, including sending a "high and abnormal rate of messages." | While only a fraction of its 400 million-strong user base in India, the number of blocked accounts is significant since it is roughly a quarter of the eight million bans WhatApp hands down globally each month. | Noting that 95% of the accounts were blocked for exceeding limits placed on the number of times messages can be forwarded in the country, the platform said its "top focus" h…
Staff(2021-07-16). The word for it is 'propaganda': Wikipedia co-founder says website has morphed into playground for rich and powerful manipulators.rt.com Wikipedia fails to reflect relevant viewpoints on hot-button topics and describes center-left establishment worldviews, its co-founder Larry Sanger said. This consensus reality is prone to nefarious manipulation by powers that be. | "There is a big nasty complex game being played behind the scenes to make the articles say what somebody wants them to say," Sanger said this week, blasting the current community culture at Wikipedia. "There are all kinds of tricks that people can play to 'win' it." | Sanger, who launched —along with Jimmy Wales— the world's premier website for reference materials, has be…
Staff(2021-07-16). Venezuela and Switzerland Review Progress of Dialogue Process.orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jorge Arreaza, met with the head of the Peace and Human Rights Division of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of the Swiss Confederation, Simón Geissbàºhler, to review the progress of the dialogue process in Venezuela. | The meeting between the representatives from both countries was held at Casa Amarilla, headquarters of the Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Ministry. The Venezuelan government has repeatedly promoted and encouraged the process despite constant attempts by sectors of the opposition to destabilize the government using illegal and undiplomatic maneuvers…
Joe Bernick(2021-07-16). Tucson: $15 minimum wage going to voters this November.peoplesworld.org TUCSON, Ariz. — Tucson's Fight for $15 voter initiative appears to have qualified to be on the ballot for the November 2021 city elections. Last week organizers filed petitions bearing over 29,000 signatures, more than double the required number. When passed by the voters it will raise the minimum wage within city limits to $15 …
The Conversation(2021-07-16). Because of Coal and Gasoline, High-tide flood risk is accelerating, putting coastal economies at risk.juancole.com By Renee Collini | — As sea level rises, it can be easy to miss the subtlety of higher water. It's much harder to overlook saltwater more frequently flooding streets, impeding daily life and making existing problems worse. The frequency of high-tide flooding along the U.S. coasts has doubled since 2000, and it's expected to …
Karl Engels(2021-07-16). 'Clean water case of the century': Environmentalists score landmark wastewater dumping victory.peoplesworld.org Clean water activists and environmental groups are celebrating a federal court victory in Hawaii that will force a Maui County wastewater treatment plant to stop a dumping practice that has endangered fragile marine environments for decades. The win has national repercussions, however, as it sets a new precedent for how pollutants that threaten waterways can …
Mickey Z.(2021-07-16). Alexa, Artificial Intimacy, and Living Lives of Quiet Desperation.dissidentvoice.org More than 100 million Amazon Echoes have already been sold across the globe. Researchers believe many consumers purchase the artificial intelligence device as a "companion." A 2019 study, led by the University of Strathclyde's Dr. Graeme McLean, found that: Voice assistants may serve as a means of overcoming loneliness in a household with fewer occupants. …
Party for Socialism, Liberation — Chester County, PASSHE Defenders(2021-07-16). PA higher education under attack by its own Board of Governors.liberationnews.org Photo: Protest against university "consolidation" outside the state capitol, Harrisburg On the afternoon of July 14th 2021 the Board of Governors (BOG) of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) unanimously voted in favor of approving Chancellor Greenstein's "consolidation" plan. The implementation of the plan will result in the elimination of 1,500 faculty and …
Internationalist 360 ∞(2021-07-16). Zambia: "There's No Other Approach than the Socialist Approach"libya360.wordpress.comBreakThrough News Interview with Dr. Fred M'membe Ahead of general elections in August, Rania Khalek of BreakThrough News talks to Dr. Fred M'membe, the presidential candidate of the Socialist Party of Zambia, on the party's platform and vision for the future Zambia is set to hold a vital round of elections on August 12. The…
J. Ismael(2021-07-16). Gaza's Families Suffering Another Summer of Needless Suffering.counterpunch.orgMy family and I—my wife, our young son, our elders, and the twin baby girls who will be born to us this week—ask the world to hear the conditions of our lives here in Deir el Balah, after 14 years' captivity in the world's largest toxic prison-camp, and since the May waves of Israeli tank
Kim C. Domenico(2021-07-16). Are We Ready for John Brown's Truth at Last?counterpunch.orgmetaphysical ignorance…. greases the cogs for the culture of sadism and social murder. — Chris Hedges, American Sadism Why was this sense of guilt so seemingly innate, so easy to come by…? It seemed that when one felt this guilt one was but retracing in one's living a faint pattern designed long before… almost forgotten
Clarissa A. Leon — Mike Elk(2021-07-16). The Bureau of Labor Statistics Counted Only Eight Strikes in 2020, Payday Report Counted 1,200.counterpunch.orgEarlier this year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) revealed that 2020 was the third lowest year for strikes in the United States since they started collecting data on strikes in 1947. The Bureau of Labor Statistics claimed that there were just eight "major work stoppages" in the US in 2020. Payday Report's COVID-19 Strike
Eva Bartlett(2021-07-16). What the Science Says about COVID-19.dissidentvoice.orgVery insightful words from Ottawa-based physicist and interdisciplinary scientist, Denis Rancourt, a former tenured professor of physics at U of Ottawa (20+ years) and currently a researcher with the Ontario Civil Liberties Association. He has written over 100 papers in leading scientific journals. Denis speaks about a variety of issues pertaining to COVID-19, the faulty …
Kathleen Wallace(2021-07-16). From Covid Relief to Spooky Action Under Your Nose.counterpunch.orgThe 2+ trillion dollar covid relief bill from last year had many unusual and seemingly unrelated add-ons in its 5600 or so pages. This, of course, is really not that unusual. Congress loves to add on subsidies for districts in dire need of funds to enable continued construction of obsolete jets, buggy wheel axles, and
José Manuel Blanco Diaz(2021-07-16). Venezuela to Request Leopoldo López's Extradition from Spain.orinocotribune.comVenezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro Moros, affirmed that his government will request, from the kingdom of Spain, the extradition of the fugitive from justice Leopoldo López, who has been protected in that European country since October 2020. | In this sense, the Head of State instructed the Minister of Foreign Relations, Jorge Arreaza, to establish contact with the new Spanish Chancellor, José Manuel Albares to present him with all the existing evidence on the case. | Maduro suggested that Arreaza "request the extradition of Mr. Leopoldo López , the main promoter of coups d'état, terrorist violence, and now, thi…
Binoy Kampmark(2021-07-16). Australia's Hermit Nation Strategy Unravels.counterpunch.orgAustralia, like other island states, has had spells of isolationist fancy and hermit dispositions. Protected by geography, distant and vast, the country's first bit of legislation in 1901 was the Immigration Restriction Act. This nasty little statute came to be colloquially known as the White Australia Policy. Doors would remain open to Europeans and preferably
teleSUR(2021-07-16). 'Humanitarian Aid' for Venezuela Was Used Fraudulently: USAID.telesurenglish.netIn recent days, social networks have been the scene of an intense debate about what actually happened with the humanitarian aid that the United States allegedly sent to Venezuela through former lawmaker Juan Guaido. | RELATED: | From FY2017 to FY2019, President Donald Trump delivered US$507 million to this opposition politician to purchase goods and services aimed at alleviating the alleged humanitarian emergency in V…
teleSUR(2021-07-16). Six Politicians To Compete In Chilean Presidential Primaries.telesurenglish.netOn Sunday, Chile's Approve Dignity leftist coalition and the Go Chile right-wing alliance will define their presidential candidates for the November 21 elections. | RELATED: | In the rightist coalition, four politicians compete: the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) candidate Joaquin Lavin, the Political Evolution (EVO) candidate Ignacio Briones, the National Renovation (RN) candidate Mario Desbordes, and the independent politician Sebastian Sichel. | On t…
Mark Fiore(2021-07-16). Screen Shot 2021-07-15 at 8.49.34 AM.png.progressive.orgWould you rather own the libs and die a horrible death or would you rather admit that science works and Joe Biden may be right when he suggests door-to-door vaccinations?
Paul Street(2021-07-16). "Going Into Trump World": Bernie's Trumpenproletarian Brain Worm and Fascism-Denial.counterpunch.org"Going Into Trump World" Bernie Sanders has the Trumpenproletarian brain worm — the one that helps normalize rising Amerikaner Republican fascism by claiming that the mostly petit-bourgeois and affluent base of the white nationalist Amerikaner Party of Trump (APOT, the new name of the Republican Party) is just everyday "populist" working-class people and therefore potentially
Ramzy Baroud(2021-07-16). Family Separation Law: Israel's Demographic War on Palestine Intensifies.counterpunch.orgWhen the Israeli Knesset (parliament) failed to renew what is commonly referred to as the Family Reunification Law, news reports and analyses misrepresented the story altogether. The even split of 59 MKs voting in favor of the law and 59 against it gave the erroneous impression that Israeli lawmakers are equally divided over the right
Howard Lisnoff(2021-07-16). Protesting the War in Afghanistan: We Finally Gave Up.counterpunch.orgHaving been an antiwar protester and war resister during the Vietnam War and then standing against all the later serial wars that the US fought, how an antiwar group to which I belonged in Rhode Island fared following the attacks on September 11, 2001 was telling. War is big business and also feeds into the
_____(2021-07-16). Dying To Be Regularized: Migrants On Hunger Strike.popularresistance.orgFarida is 51 years old. She was born in Belgium. Her entire family has the Belgian nationality. Farida has a steady job. She cleans offices and public buildings, for ‚Ǩ6-8 per hour. Her last application for a regularization of her administrative status got rejected and she has received a state-issued order to leave the territory. | Kiran fled a civil war in Nepal 16 years ago and applied for asylum in Belgium. While his asylum request was still pending, he got a job that paid ‚Ǩ10 an hour. When his asylum claim got rejected, his wage fell to ‚Ǩ2.5 an hour. His…
WSWS(2021-07-16). Leader of Germany's Left Party declares support for Sahra Wagenknecht.wsws.orgWagenknecht's latest book is a Volkish-nationalist diatribe that takes up arms against cosmopolitanism and open-minded people, calls for economic protectionism and a strong state, and denounces immigrants and refugees as wage cutters, strikebreakers and foreign cultural elements.
_____(2021-07-16). On The Sentencing And Courage Of Daniel Hale.popularresistance.orgMy next portrait for the Americans Who Tell the Truth project will be Daniel Hale, the former Air Force analyst and drone whistleblower who released classified documents showing that nearly 90% of the casualties of U.S. drone assassination missions are civilians—children, women, workers, farmers, and other people who show up as shadows on drone pilot computer screens and are subsequently rendered permanent shadows. Hale will be sentenced on July 27 in Alexandria, Virginia for the crime of truth telling. In all likelihood he will receive 10 years in prison—surely sufficient time to reflect on the error…
Stuart A. Newman(2021-07-16). Richard Lewontin: Demolition Man of the Modern Synthesis.counterpunch.orgInstead of extolling Darwin's theory as the revealed mechanism for uncovering life's mysteries, Richard Lewontin described it as projection onto the natural world of the ideology of the Victorian haut bourgeoisie, the self-proclaimed fittest specimens in their own struggle for existence.
John Laforge(2021-07-16). US Peace Activists in Germany Join Call for Withdrawal of US Nuclear Weapons.counterpunch.orgA group of US peace activists has again joined protests at the Bàºchel Air Force Base in Germany, demanding the withdrawal of the remaining US hydrogen-bombs still deployed there. On July 12 the anti-nuclear and anti-war campaigners, together with colleagues from The Netherlands and Germany, began an "International Week" of protests focused on ousting the
_____(2021-07-16). A Senseless Cathedral Of Doom.popularresistance.orgIn early June 2021, the United States military led a major military exercise on the African continent: the African Lion 21. Major General Andrew Rohling of the US Army's Southern European Task Force said it was the 'largest US military exercise ever conducted on this continent'. The African Lion military exercise, which was first held with the Kingdom of Morocco in 2002, is — in the words of US Africa Command — an annual 'joint, all-domain, multi-national exercise … to counter malign activity in North Africa and Southern Europe, and increase interoperability between US, African, and international pa…
Moderator(2021-07-16). Marion Nestle: Something's Rotten in the Science of Food.scheerpost.comPhoto by Bill Hayes] Click to subscribe on: Apple / Spotify / Google Play Leading nutritionist Marion Nestle has spent much of her long illustrious career writing about what we eat and the science of food. The James Beard award-winner and author of the blog Food Politics has written a whopping 14 acclaimed books on subjects related to nutrition, including "Soda Politics" and "What to Eat." And yet… |
Rick Rozoff(2021-07-16). U.S. delegation visits Ukraine war zone, pledges continued assistance.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comU.S. delegation visits Ukraine war zone, pledges continued assistance America's top envoy in Ukraine, Chargé d'Affaires George Kent, led an American delegation that toured the front line of Ukraine's war against the republics of Donetsk and Lugansk in the Donbass region on July 15. As the Ukrainian government phrased it, he paid an official visit …
_____(2021-07-16). Rosebud Sioux Youth Council Returns To Carlisle Indian School.popularresistance.orgCarlisle, Pa. — Twenty-three-year-old Christopher Eagle Bear from the Rosebud Sioux tribe in South Dakota has been growing out his hair since he visited the site of the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School six years ago. | The trip, made by the Rosebud Sioux youth council in 2015, sparked a group of young tribal members to initiate a tribe-backed resolution to bring home their nine ancestors who died at the school as children some 140 years ago. | Six years after his initial visit, Eagle Bear's hair falls down below the waist of his traditional regalia. He is back in Carlisle this week to bring his rela…
Michael Welch(2021-07-16). The Assassination of John F. Kennedy.globalresearch.ca"Why should the United States and the Soviet Union, in preparing for such expeditions, become involved in immense duplications of research, construction, and expenditure? Surely we should explore whether the scientists and astronauts of our two countries—indeed of all the …
Thomas Kilkauer — Meg Young(2021-07-16). Corporate Capitalism Works … For Some!counterpunch.orgPerhaps one of the more recent forms of capitalism is Corporate Capitalism. In corporate capitalism, corporations dominate a capitalist and oligopoly-like market economy. These large multi-national and hierarchically organized corporations operate with a substantial managerialist administration (hence: MBA). These corporate apparatchiks control production, global supply chains and the amount of profits these corporations generate for
James O'Neill(2021-07-16). In Foreign Policy Australia Proves to be a Slow Learner.dissidentvoice.orgQuod deus vult perdere prius dementat. (Whom the Gods wish to destroy they first make mad). One of the more enduring mysteries of Australian foreign policy is its continued adherence to the American way of war. One has only to look at the history of…
Peoples Dispatch(2021-07-16). Why is insulin still inaccessible to so many?peoplesdispatch.orgInsulin is an essential drug for diabetics. However, 100 years after it was isolated, over half the people who need it do not have adequate access to it. Experts explain why this is the case…
_____(2021-07-16). US Peace Activists In Germany Join Call For Withdrawal Of Nuclear Weapons.popularresistance.orgA group of US peace activists has again joined protests at the Bàºchel Air Force Base in Germany, demanding the withdrawal of the remaining US hydrogen-bombs still deployed there. | On July 12 the anti-nuclear and anti-war campaigners, together with colleagues from The Netherlands and Germany, began an "International Week" of protests focused on ousting the last approximately 20 US Air Force nuclear gravity bombs known as B61s kept at the base.* In the depths of the cold war, there were 7,000 US nuclear weapons in Germany, so this remnant seems like hardly more than radioactive waste. | With the German group…
WSWS(2021-07-16). SEIU ends Cook County workers' strike, admits to concessions.wsws.orgThe 18-day strike by 2,500 Cook County workers in the Chicago metro area ended Tuesday after the union announced a partial tentative agreement that didn't contain any of the workers' demands.
Yanis Iqbal(2021-07-16). The Contemporary Importance of National Liberation.dissidentvoice.orgIn today's world, the principal contradiction is between imperialism and humanity. Giant multinational corporations are fleecing the globe for their own interests, forming international networks of monopoly capital through the geographic expansion of corporate power. This has involved transferring parts of production, commercial, and financial service to peripheral countries in search of cheap labor. Super-profits …
teleSUR(2021-07-16). Macri, Ex-Ministers Charged For Arms Sale to Bolivian Coup Govt.telesurenglish.netThe irregular shipment of arms to the de facto government of Jeanine Añez by the Argentinean administration of Mauricio Macri just after the coup d'état will be settled in court, after the former president was indicted this Friday by a prosecutor in Buenos Aires. | It was the prosecutor Claudio Navas Rial who accepted this Friday the investigation of the complaint filed by the Government for the smuggling of weapons to Bolivia in November 2019 and listed as defendants in the case the former president Mauricio Macri and his then ministers Patricia Bullrich (Security) and Oscar Aguad (Defense). | RELATED: |
Tom H. Hastings(2021-07-16). If at first you don't secede.nationofchange.orgWe can negotiate our way to a far more satisfying set of sovereign nation-states. We can do it without bloodshed.
WSWS(2021-07-16). Two-day strike by 1,400 Los Angeles nurses over patient safety.wsws.orgDespite the fact that nurses have been locked out, effectively punishing them for striking with four days of lost wages, the CNA has made clear that it will no longer hold daytime pickets for the duration of the lockout.
Staff(2021-07-16). Venezuela's Arreaza: A Good Sign if US Recognizes International Criminal Court.orinocotribune.comThursday, July 15, Venezuelan Minister for Foreign Affairs Jorge Arreaza considered that Washington now recognizes the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) after Ambassador James Story sponsored an activity in which ICC prosecutor Karim Khan participated. | "A good sign that the US, through @usembassyve [James Story], recognizes the International Criminal Court and its jurisdiction, because there its officials will be investigated and tried for crimes against humanity derived from the illegal sanctions against #Venezuela," Arreaza wrote on his Twitter account. | The activity organized by the vir…
Nicky Reid(2021-07-16). Malicious Aid: The Real Root Cause of the Border Crisis.counterpunch.orgContrary to the gospel of Joy Reid, you really don't have to be a right-wing dick to acknowledge that there is a crisis at the border anymore than you need to be a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. Wave after wave of desperate people are braving the unforgiving desert sun just for
Nick Bascom(2021-07-16). What's in a Name? The Peculiar Perfection of the Lesser Prairie Chicken.counterpunch.orgIt's hard to imagine a name less befitting the grandeur of the endangered grouse than "lesser prairie chicken." Trifling grouse, maybe? Boring ground bird? It's hard to say which is the worst. All of them fall far short in capturing the striking physical appearance and peculiar mating behavior of the prairie denizen. Sure, the lesser
WSWS(2021-07-16). General Milley and America's "Reichstag moment"wsws.orgGen. Mark Milley's reaction to the January 6 assault on the Capitol has given the lie to all the claims that the significance of the event was being exaggerated and it was wrong to call it a coup.
teleSUR(2021-07-16). China's National Carbon Market Starts Online Trading.telesurenglish.netChina's national carbon market started online trading on Friday, a significant step to help the country reduce its carbon footprint and meet emission targets, according to the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE). | RELATED: | Trading began at 9: 30 a.m. at the Shanghai Environment and Energy Exchange, with the opening price for carbon quotas at US$7.4 U.S. per tonne. The first transaction was priced at US$8.1 per tonne, wi…
_____(2021-07-16). Lake Erie Advocates Launch Billboard Against 'Factory Farms'.popularresistance.orgDigital ads now showing on electronic billboards across Toledo and elsewhere in the state are part of a local campaign taking aim against concentrated animal feeding operations. | Mike Ferner, coordinator for Lake Erie Advocates, said during a news conference Thursday morning the ads showing an iconic photo of a glass of green Lake Erie water and cows and hogs on so-called "factory farms" are meant to provoke discussion. | "Nothing happens until we start talking about it, and that's why we've kicked off this campaign to start the conversation about banning factory farms," Mr. Ferner said. "When enough people dema…
Adam Aron(2021-07-16). Change Doesn't Happen Without Disruption: An Interview with Masada Disenhouse.counterpunch.orgMasada Disenhouse has empowered people to organize, advocate, and campaign to build grassroots political power. She is currently Executive Director of SanDiego350 where she supports volunteer leaders to empower thousands of San Diegans to take action to achieve a just and equitable transition to 100% renewable energy. AA: Can you trace what it was in
Fred Gardner(2021-07-16). Schumer Plays the Pot Card…at Last.counterpunch.orgThe "Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act," drafted by Ron Wyden of Oregon and Cory Booker of New Jersey was introduced on July 14 in the US Senate and touted at a press conference by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. The measure would remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, allow banks to handle marijuana-related money, and
teleSUR(2021-07-16). South Africa: 117 Citizens Killed in Violent Protests.telesurenglish.netActing Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni informed that 117 people have lost their lives during violent protests which have been taking place for a week in South Africa. | RELATED: | So far, 26 deaths had been recorded in Gauteng province, while 91 lives were lost in KwaZulu-Natal province. According to Ntshavheni, the situation is improving in Gauteng while KwaZulu-Natal is still volatile but was slowly moving toward stab…
Dean Baker(2021-07-16). 0.16 Percent of All Workers are Union Members Employed by Utilities.cepr.netThat data point probably should have been mentioned in a NYT article reporting that relatively few of the jobs created in the clean energy sector are high-paying union jobs. The piece tells readers that this means that the shift to clean energy could end up increasing inequality: "While Mr. Biden has proposed higher wage floors …
teleSUR(2021-07-16). New Zealand Farmers Hold Protests Against Heavier Farming Cost.telesurenglish.netTractors and farmers descended on the streets of Auckland city center as they took part in a protest throughout the country on Friday. | RELATED: | The Howl of a Protest event witnessed thousands of farm vehicles including trucks, tractors, utes, and even dogs, rumbling through cities in the protest against what farmers said is increasing interference from the government, unworkable regulations and unjustified costs.
Editor(2021-07-16). Vygotsky's revolutionary educational psychology.mronline.orgVygotsky's revolutionary theory of development is one that recognizes the many forms of capacity, intelligence, and potential in all beings. | July 16, 2021 | Newswire…
Rick Rozoff(2021-07-16). After NATO withdrawal: U.S. forms regional group with Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comAfter NATO withdrawal: U.S. forms regional group with Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan The U.S. State Department announced on July 16 that Washington has formed what has been characterized as a regional platform — could one be more vague? — with Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan. In language that could only emanate from Foggy Bottom, the American initiative …
Ines Santos(2021-07-16). Do Black People Have the Right to Bear Arms?aclu.orgWith 233 mass shootings so far this year, the issue of gun violence in the U.S. is all too familiar. Tragic events like the Pulse nightclub and Parkland shootings go from being media spectacles to quotidian events at an alarming rate in a country that often heralds the Second Amendment above meaningful safety for all its citizens. The vigilantism of widespread gun ownership puts Black Americans in an especially vulnerable position given the brutality and human cost of discriminatory policing. | The gun violence epidemic continues to spark debate about the Second Amendment and who has a right to bear arms. But…
teleSUR(2021-07-16). Two-Thirds of US South Republicans Want To Secede from Country.telesurenglish.netSome 66 percent of Republicans in 13 Southern states including Texas and Florida would separate from the union, according to a recent poll conducted by Bright Line Watch, Newsweek reported. | Half of all independents in the South also want to secede from the union while only 20 percent of Southern Democrats said they would support secession. | RELATED: | About 47 percent Democrats in California, Oregon, Washington, Alask…
Chris Smalls(2021-07-16). Amazon and Jeff Bezos's Worst Enemy Is Chris Smalls.zcomm.orgIt's been a year since Amazon fired Chris Smalls for organizing a rally to protest COVID-19 conditions. Now, he's trying to unionize his former warehouse, and he won't stop until there's worker justice at Amazon…
Thomas Klikauer(2021-07-16). Capitalism and its Pathologies.zcomm.orgAs long as the majority of people can be made to believe in their ideology, all is fine in the world of capitalism until The Uninhabitable Earth will kill us all…
Dave DeCamp(2021-07-16). Pentagon: Colombians Arrested in Haitian President's Killing Had US Training.news.antiwar.comThe Pentagon said on Thursday that some of the former Colombian servicemen arrested over the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise had previously received training from the US military. | "A review of our training databases indicates that a small number of the Colombian individuals detained as part of this investigation had participated in past US military training and education programs while serving as active members of the Colombian Military Forces," Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Ken Hoffman
Staff(2021-07-16). "Landslide": Michael Wolff on Trump's Final Days in Office & Why He Still Rules the Republican Party.democracynow.org As a special congressional committee investigating the January 6 insurrection prepares to hold its first hearings later this month, we speak with author Michael Wolff, whose new book, "Landslide," provides fresh details about former President Donald Trump's efforts to undermine the 2020 election, how he spurred his supporters to attack the U.S. Capitol and why he still holds the reins in the party. "There's no question Donald Trump runs the Republican Party," Wolff says. "We have two realities here: the reality of Donald Trump in charge, and the other reality which is that everybody knows that there's something w…
Staff(2021-07-16). Climate Profiteering: $13.5B Trust for California Fire Victims Funnels Funds to Lawyers & Consultants.democracynow.org We look at the corporate profiteering off people who lost their homes and loved ones to recent fires in California, where wildfires continue to rage amid record temperatures. A major investigation by KQED and NPR's California Newsroom found a special trust set up to distribute $13.5 billion to survivors of wildfires caused by PG&E — the state's largest utility company — instead spent lavishly on its own administration while distributing almost nothing to the 70,000 fire victims, many of whom still live in trailers. Those who profited while the fire victims waited for help included Wall Street bankers…
Staff(2021-07-16). Floods, Fires & Heat Waves: Michael Mann on "The New Climate War" & the Fight to Take Back the Planet.democracynow.org We speak with leading climate scientist Michael Mann about the catastrophic impact of the climate crisis around the world. He says he and other scientists predicted the extreme weather events now wreaking havoc. "We said that if we don't stop burning fossil fuels and elevating the levels of carbon pollution in the atmosphere and we continue to warm up the planet, we will see unprecedented heat waves and wildfires and floods and droughts and superstorms," says Mann. His new book is titled ‚Ä®"The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet."
Staff(2021-07-16). Headlines for July 16, 2021.democracynow.orgCOVID-19 Cases Rise in Nearly Every U.S. State as Delta Variant Becomes Dominant, Surgeon General Calls on Social Media Giants to Stop Spread of Anti-Vaccine Misinformation, Coronavirus Infections Continue Exponential Rise in Southeast Asia and Africa, German Chancellor Confronted over Blocking Patent Waiver for COVID-19 Vaccines, WHO Warns 23 Million Children Missed Vaccinations in 2020 Due to Pandemic, 110 Dead, 1,300 Missing as Once-in-a-Century Flooding Hits Germany and Belgium, Smoke Blankets Much of North America as Western Wildfires Grow in Size, Research Shows Parts of Amazon Rainforest Now Emit More Gree…
Kerry Smith(2021-07-16). War games on despite pandemic, threat to Great Barrier Reef.greenleft.org.auLurking off the coast of China's eastern seaboard are three United States aircraft carrier battle groups, to be joined by a British aircraft carrier group and Australian and Canadian warships. Talisman Sabre 2021 has just begun, reports Kerry Smith.
Shane Quinn(2021-07-16). Folly of War. Why did the Nazis Fail to Defeat the Soviet Union?orinocotribune.comBy Shane Quinn — July 14, 2021 | As the First World War was erupting from late summer 1914, the great majority of political leaders believed it would be of short duration. | Only the rare far-sighted individual knew what was coming, such as Herbert Kitchener, Britain's Secretary of War. At one of the first British Cabinet conferences at the conflict's outset, Kitchener predicted the fighting would rumble on for three years, and that Britain would eventually be required to deploy its full resources (1). His estimation of a three-year war was shy of just one year. | Edward Grey, the British Foreign Secretary,…
Peter Boyle(2021-07-16). Kurdish women speak out for freedom.greenleft.org.auMira Ibrahim, Shelan Khodedah and Zeynep Korkmaz share their personal stories illustrating the struggle for liberation of the Kurdish and Yezidi people.
Anonymous103(2021-07-16). Japan's White Paper Identifies Taiwan As Key Tool In Containing China.southfront.org US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (L) meet with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (C) at his office in Tokyo on March 16, 2021. (Photo by KIM KYUNG-HOON / POOL / AFP)Japan's growing militarism aims to curb Chinese influence in the region. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst | For the first time in its annual defense review, Japan directly mentioned the need to improve security and stability around Taiwan. On July 13, t…
Guest Contributor(2021-07-16). Child Tax Credit: Two-Child Limit and the Limits of Review.ukhumanrightsblog.com SC, CB and 8 children, R. (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions & Ors [2021] UKSC 26 (9 July 2021) The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge against the two-child limit on the individual element of child tax credit payments. In a unanimous judgment delivered by Lord Reed, the …
DLI(2021-07-16). USA regime fans anti-Cuba protests.indybay.org2 weeks after thoroughly embarrassed by a UN vote(184-2!) on the illegal & immoral blockade on Cuba, the Evil Empire strikes back, by promoting and hyping street protests in Cuba. Trying to salvage "face" in the international community, Washington tries to channel global opinion away from its criminal culpability in the rising domestic tensions on the Caribbean island socialist government.
adapted from Damany Fisher, Ph.D(2021-07-16). Afro-Latino Presence in Early California – Negro Bar, Sacramento County.indybay.orgAfro-Latinos migrated to California in significant numbers. By 1790, they made up nearly 20 percent of California's population, or one out of every five residents. More importantly, the concept of "race" had far less significance in California than in the United States. While European-born Spaniards controlled California society, Afro-Latinos and mestizos did manage to gain political and economic influence during the Spanish and Mexican periods of California history. Established in 1849, Negro Bar, today's Sacramento County is a singular remnant of a golden legacy.
John-Baptiste Odour(2021-07-16). Capitalism is not natural.indybay.orgPolitical programs in the 20th century, then, were meant to create equality, not merely alleviate poverty. How we live collectively, what we value as a society, and how we want to conceive of ourselves – all these questions were politicized by these programs and helped lay the foundation of a society based on solidarity.
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2021-07-16). Sharing Mayo Clinic: Receiving care for COVID-19 while pregnant.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgLast September, Kim and Lloyd Harter of Fairchild, Wisconsin, along with their daughter Eleanor Jacobo, tested positive for COVID-19. While they recovered, they also waited for a special new addition to their family: Kim was eight months pregnant. With pregnancy being a risk factor for complications due to COVID-19, a member of the COVID-19 Front-Line Care Team at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, called Kim to discuss her risks, as well as provide information about…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2021-07-16). New vaccine platform invented by Mayo enters COVID-19 clinical trial.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgA Mayo Clinic lab member is purifying an adenovirus vector for preclinical testing. A novel single-cycle adenovirus vaccine platform developed by Mayo Clinic will be used to target multiple infectious diseases and cancer indications, beginning with a phase 1 clinical study using the platform as a vaccine for COVID-19. Developed to enhance the expression of target antigens, the single-cycle adenovirus platform is under investigation for its ability to amplify immune responses. In contrast to replication-defective…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2021-07-16). Mayo Clinic Q and A: COVID-19 vaccination and precautions.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgDEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am due to get my second dose of COVID-19 vaccine in a few weeks. I understand this is an important step for me and my community, but I'm unsure what guidelines I should follow. Some of my friends are traveling, and they seem to have thrown all caution to the wind. What can I expect after being vaccinated for COVID-19, both physically and when in public? ANSWER: It is completely normal to have…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2021-07-16). Guide to safe grilling practices.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgThe July Fourth holiday weekend often means gatherings. Keep your gathering safe by following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's COVID-19 guidance for activities. If you are looking forward to a weekend cookout, make sure to keep foodborne bacteria and germs off your guest list. Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a Mayo Clinic pediatric infectious diseases physician, says warmer temperatures are when foodborne germs thrive and illnesses peak. Watch: Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse talks about safe grilling practices. www.youtube.com/watch?v=19v4oRLW-hw&t=3s Journalists: Broadcast-quality sound bites are…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2021-07-16). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: The new work-life balancing act.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgThe COVID-19 pandemic has altered the way people work. As vaccination rates increase, some people are returning to the office. But many companies have opted to keep their employees working from home permanently. This change has positive and negative side effects, including the mental health aspects of working from home. "Any time there are changes, it can be challenging for people, particularly when you're not used to working from home," says Dr. Greg Couser, a…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2021-07-16). Mayo Clinic Minute: Tips to pick healthier oils.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgYour body needs some fat to function normally. However, not all fats are created equal, and it's wise to choose healthier options whenever possible. Angie Murad, a licensed dietitian and patient educator with the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, offers these tips for selecting cooking oils. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/LXCJR38di5E Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2021-07-16). Mayo Clinic Minute: Why bone marrow donor diversity is needed.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgBone marrow transplants are procedures that infuse healthy blood stem cells into your body to replace damaged or diseased bone marrow. Just like people in need of solid organ transplants, such as hearts or kidneys, people in need of a bone marrow transplant have to find a matching donor. Dr. Ernesto Ayala, a Mayo Clinic hematologist and oncologist, says bone marrow donations from people of all races and ethnicities are essential in order to help…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2021-07-16). Mayo Clinic Minute: Fireworks and grilling safety reminders.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgFireworks, grilling and campfires are part of the summer experience. This holiday weekend, make sure you keep safety top of mind. Dr. Michael Boniface, a Mayo Clinic emergency medicine physician, explains that burn injuries from these activities go up in the summer, and these injuries often can be prevented. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/iv3wlwXYAyw Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 00) is in the downloads at the end of…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2021-07-16). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Working toward more diversity in orthopedic surgery.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgOf all the medical and surgical subspecialties, orthopedic surgery historically has had the lowest percentage of women and minorities. Mayo Clinic's orthopedic surgery department is working to change that. This summer, two female medical students are participating in an eight-week clinical and research internship in orthopedic surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. The program was developed by Nth Dimensions, an organization that seeks to bring more women and minorities into the profession. "I think it's important…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2021-07-16). Mayo Clinic first to use next generation 4D ICE imaging to help patients with structural heart disease.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgMayo Clinic recently became the first to use a next-generation 4D intracardiac echo (ICE) device in patients to guide heart procedures such as left atrial appendage closure, mitral valve repair and treatment of tricuspid valve regurgitation. The technology can also help physicians perform procedures without putting patients under general anesthesia. An echocardiogram is a noninvasive test that uses sound waves to produce detailed images of the heart's size, structure and function, as well as detailed images of…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2021-07-16). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Keeping your fingernails in tip-top shape.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgDEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have noticed recently that my nails have an unusual color and shape, and I don't understand why. Although I do enjoy gardening, I don't have a job where I use my hands more than normal. I want my nails to be sturdy and healthy-looking. Can you provide some insight on how to achieve this and tips for properly taking care of my nails? ANSWER: For anyone concerned with nail health, the first step…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2021-07-16). How can I prevent runner's diarrhea?newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgRunner's diarrhea is characterized by frequent, loose bowel movements during or immediately after a run. Runner's diarrhea is most common in long-distance runners. This article is written by Mayo Clinic Staff. ___________________________________________ The cause of runner's diarrhea isn't clear. Contributing factors likely include the physical jostling of the organs, decreased blood flow to the intestines, changes in intestinal hormone secretion, increased amount or introduction of new food, and pre-race anxiety and stress. What is clear…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2021-07-16). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Kidney stones and calcium.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgDEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have trouble with kidney stones and recently found out they are calcium oxalate stones. While I have stopped consuming all dairy products, I know that I need calcium as I age for bone health. Would adding in almond milk or another type of plant milk help? How do I take care of both my kidneys and bones? ANSWER: It sounds like your concern about milk and other dairy products is that their calcium may spur…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2021-07-16). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Taking the fear out of cardiac testing.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgWhen it comes to the heart, it can be scary to seek care when you think you might be having a problem. Tests may be necessary to evaluate your heart, and the unfamiliar terminology associated with these tests can be confusing and intimidating. Understanding terms like electrocardiogram, echocardiogram, coronary angiogram or stress test may help alleviate the fear. "Whenever we order these tests, we don't want you to have anxiety," says Dr. Christopher DeSimone, a Mayo…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2021-07-16). Sharing Mayo Clinic: Every day you don't lose, you are winning.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgJennifer Summers, who was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy, says that with her disease, she counts every day there isn't a loss as a good day. She credits her faith and her care team at Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse with keeping her moving forward with a positive outlook. This article is written by Mayo Clinic Staff. Jennifer Summers, is an optimistic, articulate woman. The 35-year-old enjoys crafting, spending time with her close-knit…
news.un(2021-07-16). Act now to provide COVID-19 vaccines for all: ECOSOC President.news.un.orgEnsuring COVID-19 vaccines for all will be critical if the world is to defeat the pandemic, the President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Munir Akram, said on Friday in his address to the closing its high-level segment.
news.un(2021-07-16). Prison population surge triggers overcrowding, COVID casualties.news.un.orgOne in three prisoners around the world is being held without having stood trial or been found guilty by any court, according to a new study published on Friday by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
news.un(2021-07-16). UN deputy chief warns of 'hurricane of humanitarian crises'.news.un.orgThere is a‚ÄØ"bloody surge" impacting humanitarian crises around the world, with civilians in conflict zones paying the highest price, the UN deputy chief told the Security Council on Friday.‚ÄØ…
Anonymous103(2021-07-16). Investigations Reveal US Involvement In Jovenel Moise's Assassination.southfront.org Click to see full-size imageUS trying to regain its control over Central America and the Caribbean. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro | US incursions in Central America are on the rise. New data from the investigation on the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise reveals that US government agents are involved in the case. In addition, there are reports alleging that those responsible for the attack were involved in recent invasion and coup atte…
Anonymous103(2021-07-16). Cuba Wins and Will Continue to Win — with Truth, Peace and Social Justice.southfront.org Illustrative image | Originally published on In absolute unison with the revolutionary Cuban people, the Network of Intellectuals and Artists in Defense of Humanity (REDH) calls on the entire world to remain alert and oppose the interference that the U.S. government and its cronies intend to apply in Cuba. We send a warning about the implications of the recent campaign for a "humanitari…
Anonymous007(2021-07-16). South Korea Investing Heavily In Defense, Including Iron Dome-Style Defense System.southfront.org On June 28th, South Korea announce that it would invest $2.56 billion (2.89 trillion won) in developing an indigenous air defense system to intercept North Korean long-range artillery. | Not that it is under any threat, but it would like to prepare for the possible occasion. | A committee presided over by Defense Minister Suh Wook approved the project, expected to be completed around 2035, the Defence Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said in a statement."Through this project, it is expected that the abil…
Anonymous669(2021-07-16). SDF Uncovered Iranian-Made Rockets Prepared For Launch In Deir Ezzor (Photos).southfront.org Illustrative image, by: sdf-press.com | On July 14, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) uncovered Iranian-made rockets prepared for launch in the southeastern countryside of Deir Ezzor. | On Twitter, the SDF's Coordination and Military Operations Center said that the rockets were uncovered during a joint patrol with a unit from the US-led coalition between Maamel and Izbah. | Photos released by the center show two Iranian-made Fadjr-1 107 mm rockets. This type has a range of m…
Anonymous007(2021-07-16). Vigilante Groups On The Rise As South Africa Riot Casualties Near 120.southfront.org Armed community members and vigilante groups have stepped in to tackle unrest in South Africa. | This has become a sort of necessity due to the fact that security forces are entirely failing in containing the unrest. | Understaffed and heavily reliant on private security companies, the police was rapidly overwhelmed when riots and looting first flared seven days ago in the southeastern province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), sparked by the jailing of graft-accused former president Jacob Zuma. | On July 15th, acting Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni warned against "a situation where members of the public…
Anonymous669(2021-07-16). Taliban Claims Black Hawk Helicopter Destroyed In Another 'Tactical Attack' On Afghanistan's Kunduz Airport (Photos, Video).southfront.org Illustrative image. By Tech. Sgt. Veronica Pierce, US Army. | On July 16, the Taliban claimed that it had destroyed a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter of the Afghan Air Force (AAF) in Kunduz Airport in northeastern Afghanistan. | Zabiullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the group, said on Twitter that the helicopter was destroyed as a result of a "tactical attack". The spokesman went on to claim that the AAF was "bombing civilians" with the unarmed tactical transport helicopter. | Photos released by Mujahid show smoke rising f…
Anonymous007(2021-07-16). Israel Approves Massive Settlement Project Frozen For 30 Years.southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On July 14th, Israel's government approved construction of 3,412 apartment units in the West Bank. | The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) advanced the settler E1 project ahead of meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and US President Joe Biden. | The United States, the international community and the Palestinian Authority have objected to the plan, which they argue would prevent the contiguous development of a Palestinian state and render it unviable. | Former Prime Minister B…
Anonymous103(2021-07-16). Reforms To Reduce Inflation, Promote Growth And Increase Financial Independence Of Russia.southfront.org Illustrative ImageThis article presents an external vision of domestic economic processes in Russia. | The SouthFront Team received feedback on this article from several experts on the Russian economy. They agree on the following: if considering Russia as an ideal socially-oriented system, that is a fusion of the Soviet socialist heritage and real democratic principles, the proposals made by the author of the article are very acute. | However, SF considers necessary to clarify that the Russian Federation is no longer a "se…
Anonymous669(2021-07-16). Turkish Forces Shelled Kurdish-Held Areas After Deadly Rocket Attack On Afrin In Northern Syria (Videos).southfront.org Screen grab from a video released by the Syrian National Army. | Late on July 15, two civilians, including a child, were killed and ten others were injured when a barrage of rockets hit the Turkish-occupied Syrian city of Afrin in northern Aleppo. | Local security sources told the Anadolu Agency that the rockets were launched from the town of Tell Rifaat, to the south of Afrin, by Kurdish fighters of the Kurdistan Workers' Party and the Peoples' Protection Units. | The Turkish-backed Syrian National Army responded to the att…
Anonymous669(2021-07-16). Syrian Army Artillery Destroyed HTS Communication Towers In Southern Idlib (Videos).southfront.org Illustrative image. | Late on July 15, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) destroyed communication towers operated by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in the southern countryside of Idlib. | According to opposition sources, the communication towers, which were installed on top of the al-Arbaaine mount, were targeted with several Russian-made Krasnopol 155 mm laser-guided rounds. The towers, which used to provide communication and internet for the southern countryside of Idlib, were completely destroyed. | Al-Arbaaine…
Anonymous669(2021-07-16). ISIS Cells Are Waging War On Thermal Surveillance Cameras In Iraq.southfront.org Illustrative image. | ISIS cells were "waging a war" on thermal surveillance cameras in Iraq, Abdel-Khaleq al-Azzawi, a member of the Security and Defense Committee in the Iraqi Parliament, told the The Iraqi MP revealed that more than 20 attacks and infiltrations by the terrorist group's cells were foiled recently thanks to thermal surveillance cameras. | In response, the terrorists group began targeting thermal surveillance cameras, especial…
Anonymous007(2021-07-16). Floods In Germany Leave At Least 93 Dead In "Unseen Disaster"southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The death in floods in some parts of western Germany now sits at 93. | In addition, 1,300 people were still reported missing, though authorities said efforts to contact them could be hampered by disrupted roads and phone connections. | Authorities in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate said scores of people had died there, including at least nine residents of an assisted living facility for people with disabilities. | "It is a catastrophe. There are dead, missing and many are sti…
Anonymous765(2021-07-16). Help SouthFront To Stay Afloat!southfront.org | : | SOUTHFRONT CONTINUES ITS WORK! | : | Despite the stiff pressure, we found the way out. After accounts of SouthFront in all main platfo…
Anonymous669(2021-07-16). Hezbollah Deployed Rocket Launcher, Anti-Aircraft Guns Near Syria's Al-Mayadin: Monitoring Group.southfront.org A Hezbollah fighter stands in front of anti-tank artillery at Juroud Arsal, the Syria-Lebanon border. Photo: REUTERS | Lebanon's Hezbollah had deployed fighters in the outskirts of the town of al-Mayadin in Syria's Deir Ezzor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on July 16. | Hezbollah fighters took over a base in al-Shabli ruins that was manned by Iraqi fighters of Iranian-backed Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas. The Iraqis evacuated the base a few hours before the arrival of Hezbollah forces. | According to…
Anonymous103(2021-07-16). When Football Did Not Come Home.southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark. | They were in with a shot. The English team, deliriously floating on chants of
Xiaolin Huang, Xiaojian Shao, Li Xing, Yushan Hu, Don D. Sin, Xuekui Zhang(2021-07-16). [Research Paper] The impact of lockdown timing on COVID-19 transmission across US counties.thelancet.comLockdowns are an effective way of controlling the spread of COVID-19 in communities. Significant delays in lockdown cause a dramatic increase in the cumulative case counts. Thus, the timing of the lockdown relative to the case count is an important consideration in controlling the pandemic in communities.
Prof Cesar Victora, Prof Marcia C Castro, Susie Gurzenda, Arnaldo C Medeiros, Giovanny V A Franàßa, Prof Aluisio J D Barros(2021-07-16). Estimating the early impact of vaccination against COVID-19 on deaths among elderly people in Brazil: Analyses of routinely-collected data on vaccine coverage and mortality.thelancet.comBackground: Vaccination against COVID-19 in Brazil started in January 2021, with health workers and the elderly as the priority groups. We assessed whether there was an impact of vaccinations on the mortality of elderly individuals in a context of wide transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 gamma (P.1) variant.Methods: By May 15, 2021, 238,414 COVID-19 deaths had been reported to the Brazilian Mortality Information System. Denominators for mortality rates were calculated by correcting population estimates for all-cause deaths reported in 2020.
Staff(2021-07-16). Postal Worker Hospitalized for Six Weeks After Pleading for COVID Protections.truthout.org Last November, just as Minnesota was suffering through a punishing wave of COVID-19, managers at a St. Paul U.S. Postal Service distribution center allowed employees to hold a going-away party in the building. | Alejandra Hernandez, a mail handler at that center, was shocked when she saw the gathering: Almost everything about it seemed to violate pandemic safety policies. More than 15 of her colleagues were together in a break room meant for six, chatting, eating and not wearing masks. | She…
Staff(2021-07-16). Billions in Trust Meant for Wildfire Survivors Went to Lawyers and Consultants.truthout.org We look at the corporate profiteering off people who lost their homes and loved ones to recent fires in California, where wildfires continue to rage amid record temperatures. A major investigation by KQED and NPR's California Newsroom found a special trust set up to distribute $13.5 billion to survivors of wildfires caused by PG&E — the state's largest utility company — instead spent lavishly on its own administration while distributing almost nothing to the 70,000 fire victims, ma…
Staff(2021-07-16). Biden Admin Reverses Trump Policy to Open Alaskan Forest to Logging.truthout.org The United States Forest Service announced on Thursday plans to undo a Trump administration policy that would have opened up the nation's largest forest, the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, to logging and road construction. | Until 2020, the forest, which is also
Staff(2021-07-16). To Abolish Prisons and Militarism, We Need Anti-Imperialist Abolition Feminism.truthout.org "In this society, safety and security will not be premised on violence or the threat of violence; it will be based on a collective commitment to guaranteeing the survival and care of all peoples." — Since the turn of the 21st century, the prison- and military-industrial complexes have not only expanded, but they are…
Staff(2021-07-16). Chomsky: Bolsonaro Is Spreading Trump-Like Fear of "Election Fraud" in Brazil.truthout.org Since 2019, Brazil finds itself in the midst of one of its most difficult periods since the end of the military dictatorship in 1985, thanks to the inhumane policies of the Jair Bolsonaro regime which parallel those of Donald Trump's administration. President Bolsonaro is an apologist for the brutal military dictatorship that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985, and there is even the possibility that he may attempt to resort to the military guys who he thinks might back him up in the face of growing…
Staff(2021-07-16). Los Angeles County brings back mask mandate, regardless of vaccine status, after rise in Covid-19 cases.rt.com The lifting of Covid-19 restrictions in Los Angeles was short-lived, as the county government has reimposed an indoor mask mandate, even for vaccinated residents, after an increase in new infections. | Just one month after California's reopening, the county Public Health Department said on Thursday that masks will again be required indoors, effective from Saturday. New Covid-19 cases in the most populous US county last week
Eve Ottenberg(2021-07-16). Republican Reich or GOP Clown Car? The 2024 Race Heats Up Early.counterpunch.orgYou knew Florida governor Ron DeSantis has presidential ambitions, right? What gave it away — his law banning vaccine passports a couple of months back? His dislike for masks to protect from covid? Or when he signed a law against alleged censorship of conservatives by Big Tech? Or maybe it was his June 25 announcement
Jeffrey St. Clair(2021-07-16). Roaming Charges: The Cuba Fixation.counterpunch.orgThe worst thing the Cubans ever did to the US was to export the island's most reactionary criminal element to south Florida, where they've dominated the economic and political scene for the last 60 years, using the same corrupt practices that got them chased out of Havana. And they'll probably be paying price for this island cleaning until the Atlantic reclaims Miami.
Staff(2021-07-16). Venezuela's Minister for Defense: 'We Have Captured 11 Paramilitary Criminals in Apure State'.orinocotribune.com This Wednesday July 14, Venezuela's Vice President for Political Sovereignty, Security and Peace, General Vladimir Padrino López, referred to the arduous battle that the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) is fighting against Colombian terrorist and paramilitary groups. In this regard, he reported that the FANB have captured 11 criminals in Apure state, and they are already in Caracas. | "There are those who think that we have surrendered the sovereignty of Apure," said General Padrino. "No! We have not surrendered our sovereignty. We are doing the necessary work and since last Sunday (July 11) we have capture…
Internationalist 360 ∞(2021-07-16). Venezuela Reports Newsletter.libya360.wordpress.comWith conviction the Venezuelan people reaffirm their right to peace and stability, dismantling violent plans against our country. More in: "Venezuela Informa". Con convicción el Pueblo venezolano reafirma su derecho a la paz y la estabilidad, desmontando planes violentos contra nuestro país. Más en: ´Venezuela Informa ª Telegram: t.co/rnL6UyNLdjEs: t.co/z6a88aGobEEn: t.co/SOK6PsKScKFr: t.co/C7FcZgCTf1 — Jorge Arreaza M (@jaarreaza)…
WSWS(2021-07-16). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa.wsws.orgStrike by Iranian contract oil workers spreads amid rising wave of protests and stoppages by sugar and transport workers; 4,750 nurses on pay strike in Denmark since June 19; Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency workers in Wales continue stoppages over COVID safety, ongoing since April; UK telecoms workers' union signs up to job-cutting despite workers' consultative ballot to strike…
Staff(2021-07-16). BLM declares solidarity with people of Cuba in attack on 'cruel & inhumane' US embargo.rt.com Racial justice group Black Lives Matter has publicly condemned the decades-long US embargo on Cuba as the socialist nation was swept by protests against food and drug shortages. The stance alienated some devotees. | BLM "condemns the US federal government's inhumane treatment of Cubans, and urges it to immediately lift the economic embargo," the organization said in a statement posted to social media on Wednesday, echoing calls from NGOs, the UN, and other countries to end the trade blockade that has kept the country in isolation and poverty for so long. | The group's missive laid 60 years of Cuban sufferin…
Staff(2021-07-16). Uber is LYING to drivers about how much customers pay for rides, San Francisco news outlet claims.rt.com Uber has been giving its drivers in San Francisco the wrong figures for how much their riders pay, apparently understating the share of the money the company keeps for itself, a local news platform has reported. | The anecdotal account indicating a possible squeeze of drivers by the company came from Mission Local, an independent local news site based in SF's Mission District. It said it found discrepancies between what its journalist paid for rides and what their drivers were told about the fare by the Uber app. It came up as the reporter was researching how the company and its competitor Lyft split fares wit…
Staff(2021-07-16). California lawmakers pass bill calling for guaranteed-income payments with no strings attached, 1st such state-funded plan in US.rt.com California is poised to create the nation's first state-funded program making guaranteed-income payments to some residents after lawmakers unanimously passed a bill calling for the monthly checks. | The state House and Senate passed the legislation unanimously on Tuesday. It would provide funding for monthly payments of between $500 and $1,000 to pregnant women and young adults who formerly lived in foster homes. The bill will become law, earmarking $35 million for the program in its first year, if Governor Gavin Newsom signs it as expected. | The idea of so-called universal basic income (UBI) has gained tract…
Tomdispatch(2021-07-16). Who Authorized America's Wars? And Why They Never End.juancole.com By Andrea Mazzarino | — ( Tomdispatch.com) — Sometimes, as I consider America's never-ending wars of this century, I can't help thinking of those lyrics from the Edwin Starr song, "(War, huh) Yeah! (What is it good for?) Absolutely nothing!" I mean, remind me, what good have those disastrous, failed, still largely ongoing conflicts done …
Three unnamed Olympians have been diagnosed with the coronavirus in the final days leading up to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. The upcoming event has been plagued with Covid-19 restrictions and concerns over health safety. | Out of the infected athletes, two tested positive in the Olympic Village, the Japan Times reported on Sunday, citing officials. | Five Olympic Games staff members, a contract worker and a journalist also tested positive on Sunday. | The news comes after a South Korean member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Ryu Seung-min, tested positive for the virus after landing at Na…
By A.R. Siders and Katharine Mach | — When the tide gets exceptionally high in Charleston, South Carolina, coastal streets start to run with seawater. Some yards become ponds, and residents pull on rain boots. The city also gets a lot of rain. After homes in one low-lying neighborhood flooded three times in four years, …
By Joe Lauria — Jul 9, 2021 | Part four of a six-part series on Julian Assange and the Espionage Act. | With few exceptions, American newspapers voluntarily censored themselves in the Second World War before the government dictated it. In the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur said he didn't "desire to reestablish wartime censorship" and instead asked the press for self-censorship. He largely got it until the papers began reporting American battlefield losses. | On July 25, 1950, "the army ordered that reporters were not allowed to publish 'unwarranted' criticism of command decisions, and that the army wo…
The spokesman for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused the EU of "embracing" the fascist past of the European continent, after a top court ruled that employers can ban religious symbols, including the headscarf. | The ruling passed this week by the European Court of Justice (CJEU) is "wrong" and "an attempt to lend legitimacy to racism," Fahrettin Altun, the communications director for the office of President Erdogan said on Twitter on Saturday. He said it was "unbelievable that fascism just spread to the courts" of the EU, adding that "instead of denouncing its dark past, Europe now seeks to emb…
The discovery of almost a thousand unmarked graves of indigenous children at boarding schools in Canada is forcing the continent to take a look at its genocidal past against the indigenous community.
Far from the tourist traps and high-end shopping establishments that line the route the Pride Parade once took through the commercial Downtown Boston, an alternative vision of what a pride march can be has been taking shape in the city over the past two summers. In the neighborhoods of Dorchester, Roxbury and Jamaica Plain — predominantly communities of color — grassroots marches organized by Trans Resistance MA took to the streets to celebrate LGBTQ life and push mainstream LGBTQ…
Click to see full-size image | On July 17, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 38 times: 22 — in Idlib province, 7 — in Latakia province, 7 — in Hama province, 2 — in Aleppo province | On July 17, Akidat tribe members attacked a SDF checkpoint in the Thiban town | On July 17, Arab tribe members in Shahil attacked SDF checkpoint in the Shahil area | On July 17, the Russian Reconciliation Center in Syria has warned of preparations for…
Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 201 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours | On July 17, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 7 airstrikes on the Rahbah area | On July 17, Ansar Allah captured Habaj village south of Baydha province | On July 18, clashes between Ansar Allah and Saudi-led forces continued in the Rahbah | On July 18, clashes between Ansar Allah and Saudi-led forces continued in the w…
Illustrative Image | The situation in Nagorno-Karabakh appears to be steadily and gradually nearing another escalation. | The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan reported on another shelling by the Armenian military positions of the Azerbaijani army along the entire length of the state border."On July 16, from 20: 40 to 22: 30, units of the Armenian armed forces from positions located on the territory of the village of Yukhary, Shorja, Basarkechar district, and on July 17 at about 01: 00 from the direction of the village of Mos…
"It felt all too real," Siwatu-Salama Ra said from her home in Detroit, Michigan. Her lifelong struggles against two injustices plaguing her community — pollution and incarceration — had become fused in a surreal way. | Three years ago, Ra, 
City vehicles in Chesapeake, Virginia, will soon be getting religion. | At a meeting on July 13, 2021, Meanwhile, the…
By Dave Lindorff This past Thursday evening, not having done my usual run because of the heat, I waited until later when things had cooled down a bit. It was still quite humid and even faintly misty and not wanting to get all sweaty I opted to walk the four mile circle through the exurb … 
www.buildbroadbandbetter.org. | Congress and the Democratic Biden administration are paying attention to the issue. The initial coronavirus rescue law included several billion dollars to expa…
