(2022-07-04). Striking Five-Minute Summary of the Ukraine Atrocities. transcend.org 27 Jun 2022 – US & Britain Wanted Ukraine Invasion to Happen – Otherwise they could not launch an economic war against Russia.
(2022-07-04). Ukrainian ambassador to Germany Andrey Melnyk defends Nazi collaborator and anti-Semite Stepan Bandera. wsws.org The German government's silence on Melnyk's recent remarks is not simply a scandal. It is part of a deliberate campaign to rehabilitate fascism and ultimately Hitler himself.
(2022-07-04). New World Records: More Weapons than Ever—and a Hunger Crisis like No Other. transcend.org 1 Jul 2022 – While the NATO Summit ended in Madrid on 30 June with net commitments to double spending on weapons and to increase by eight-fold the number of troops in Europe, the total of hungry people worldwide now marks an unprecedented record.
(2022-07-04). El día que todos los niños del mundo tengan zapaticos blancos. cubadebate.cu Algún día todos los niños del mundo podrán tener zapaticos blancos… Esos fueron los sentimientos de Vijay Prashad, plasmados este domingo en el libro de visitantes del Museo de la batalla de Playa Girón. El reconocido intelectual marxista de origen indio, quien visitó la institución junto al hermano de causas y sueños Manolo de los Santos, dijo que este es uno de los museos que más le impresionaron en su vida.
(2022-07-04). Australian Labor prime minister in Kiev pledges support for US-NATO proxy war against Russia. wsws.org During its first six weeks in office, the Labor government has given its full commitment to the US-led confrontations with Russia and China, which threaten nuclear war.
(2022-07-04). All Search-Engines Are Effectively Controlled By The US Government. orinocotribune.com By Eric Zuesse — Apr 28, 2022 | Any intelligent user of the internet knows that ANY censorship on the Web is dictatorial, NOT democratic. It's at least as dictatorial if it is coming from billionaires such as Gabriel Weinberg, or Jack Dorsey, or Mark Zuckerberg, or their agents, as it is if it comes from the Government itself — which the user can vote against at election-time without needing to purchase shares of stock in some corporation in order to become enabled to vote against its CEO and other officials. | Because it has become widely known that Google search-results exclude any find that proves…
(2022-07-04). What Would a Real Opposition Party of the People Do? scheerpost.com 
By Dave Lindorff / CounterPunch We are currently at the mercy of a cabal of self-righteous Christian zealots with a 6-3 grip on the US Supreme Court and on Congress, thanks to an arcane structure designed by slave-owning wealthy men who handed the power to a Senate dominated by small-state rich people and to their …
(2022-07-04). Iran ready to transfer technology to Nicaragua, Safari says. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) — Iran's deputy foreign minister for economics expressed the readiness of the Islamic Republic of Iran to transfer technology to the friendly country of Nicaragua.
(2022-07-04). ETF trading under mainland-Hong Kong stock connect kicks off. ecns.cn Trading of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) under the mainland-Hong Kong stock connect programs began on Monday, marking a significant step to deepening the cooperation of capital markets in both the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong.
(2022-07-04). Mayo Clinic joins coalition to end drug shortages. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic has joined the End Drugs Shortages Alliance, a coalition that seeks to prevent drug shortages in the U.S. "Drug shortages continue to impact patient care and care delivery. Mayo Clinic is joining this collaborative effort to help ensure patients have access to essential medications and treatments when they need them," says Eric Tichy, Pharm.D., division chair of Pharmacy Supply Solutions at Mayo Clinic. Tichy is serving as chair of the…
(2022-07-04). Paper on employment in Xinjiang debunks 'forced labor' lies. ecns.cn A research paper released by Xinjiang University on Monday revealed abundant facts about employment in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, debunking lies about "forced labor."
(2022-07-04). Australia: NSW rail workers continue industrial action despite union-government backroom talks. wsws.org The planned action includes a repeat of Friday's 24-hour ban on operating "fourth generation" trains, which reduced the capacity of Sydney's passenger railways by around 70 percent.
(2022-07-04). Sunday 7/10: Voting Blue Won't Do–Build a Movement for Reproductive Justice. indybay.org Please register for zoom event: tinyurl.com/FSP-July10…
(2022-07-04). Is Participating in the Sanctions against Russia a Cultural Matter? transcend.org The currently emerging Cold War is not in terms of political alliances but a cultural one, a conflict between the old West, the former colonists, that is gradually losing its dominance and the newly emerging economic and political powers, many of which are former colonies. Thus, the Western reaction is neocolonialist.
(2022-07-04). Rescatan al cuarto tripulante tras naufragio de buque en China. telesurtv.net Las autoridades de Guangdong señalaron que continúan las labores de rescate, aunque reducen las opciones de encontrar con vida a otros tripulantes dadas las inclemencias del tiempo.
(2022-07-04). Key Takeaways from BRICS Summit. transcend.org 29 Jun 2022 – Last week the 14th BRICS Summit took place virtually, chaired by Chinese President Xi Jinping. The BRICS bloc (Brasil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) represents a key political, economic, and scientific force in the international arena. These nations represent half of the world's population and their collective GDP is greater that $20 trillion.
(2022-07-04). Arms stretched out to Durban, to RETUSA, to dockers internationally… indybay.org South African dockers from Durban gave solidarity greetings to ILWU Local 10 longshore workers and the community against the privatization and destruction of the Howard Terminal in the Port Of Oakland. In response ILWU Local 10 past president Trent Willis and ILWU Local 10 member Aaron Wright thanked Duban dockers.
(2022-07-04). China's digital economy more than quadruples in past decade. ecns.cn China's digital economy logged rapid expansion in recent years, with its scale increasing from 11 trillion yuan (1.65 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2012 to over 45 trillion yuan in 2021, official data showed.
(2022-07-04). Half year of financial turbulence set to worsen. wsws.org Interest rate hikes are hitting financial operations which depended on the continuation of the Fed's ultra-easy monetary policies which sent interest rates to historic lows as central banks pumped trillions of dollars into the financial system.
(2022-07-04). Mayo Clinic, Sheba Medical Center sign agreement to accelerate health technology growth. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn., and TEL AVIV, Israel — Mayo Clinic and Sheba Medical Center have signed an agreement that will make it easier to share health technology and support early stage startup companies. This collaboration will create an environment that enables rapid product development in the U.S. and Israeli markets, allowing technologies to be established and launched to transform health care delivery for all. The initial focus of this collaboration will be on cross referral and…
(2022-07-04). En Maldivas segundo grupo de médicos enviados por Cuba. cubadebate.cu Un nuevo grupo de 12 médicos cubanos llegó a Maldivas para prestar sus servicios solidarios en el marco del acuerdo de cooperación firmado entre los ministerios de Salud de ambos países el año pasado. Las dos naciones insulares firmaron en La Habana en diciembre del año pasado un convenio para la ampliación de la colaboración médica.
(2022-07-04). Friday 7/29: Stolen Legacy: California Pioneers of African Descent. indybay.org Leidesdorff Street | Financial District…
(2022-07-04). The Corporate Push for Synthetic Foods: False Solutions That Endanger Our Health and Damage the Planet. transcend.org 22 Jun 2022 – Foreword by Dr Vandana Shiva, President of Navdanya International – How can we heal our relationship with food in the age of artificial food? Technological solutions aim to replace animal products and other food staples with lab-grown alternatives. Artificial food advocates are reiterating the old and failed rhetoric that industrial agriculture is essential to feed the world.
(2022-07-03). The United States contests the Chinese Belt and Road with a private corporation. popularresistance.org At the G7 Summit in Germany, on June 26, 2022, US President Joe Biden made a pledge to raise $200 billion within the United States for global infrastructure spending. It was made clear that this new G7 project—the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII)—was intended to counter the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Given Biden's failure to pass the Build Back Better bill (with its scope being almost halved from $3.5 trillion to $2.2 trillion), it is unlikely that he will get the US Congress to go along with this new endeavor. | The PGII is not the first attempt by the US to ma…
(2022-07-03). The Real War: Imperialism in the Arbitrary Western Values vs. Nations' Sovereignty. southfront.org 
Written by Simon Chege Ndiritu | Biden and Johnson will divert funds from local economies without the approval of local populations to arm "democratic" Ukraine as Imperialism drops the faàßade of democracy. As Russia advances in Donbas, NATO continues to expand arms supply to Ukraine. Meanwhile, Inflation ranges in NATO economies but nations in the organization make no effort to remedy citizens' fall in living standards as they prioritize NATO's war and threats. | Background: | Th…
(2022-07-03). Bosnia could be seized in NATO blitzkrieg: DM. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com B92July 1, 2022 Potential "NATO blitzkrieg"? Defense Minister of Bosnia-Herzegovina, who participated in the NATO summit in Madrid, stated that some things will change with the end of the Ukrainian crisis. "Therefore, it is possible that there will be a redistribution of some global relations. Bosnia-Herzegovina will certainly become a member of NATO. It can …
(2022-07-03). The US Contests The Chinese Belt And Road With A Private Corporation. popularresistance.org At the G7 Summit in Germany, on June 26, 2022, US President Joe Biden made a pledge to raise $200 billion within the United States for global infrastructure spending. It was made clear that this new G7 project—the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII)—was intended to counter the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Given Biden's failure to pass the Build Back Better bill (with its scope being almost halved from $3.5 trillion to $2.2 trillion), it is unlikely that he will get the US Congress to go along with this new endeavor.
(2022-07-03). SLAP At Parker Elementary School Fighting Closures Of Schools & Privatization Oakland Port. indybay.org The Schools and Labor Against Privatization held a BBQ to build solidarity against the closure of Parker Elementary and 10 other Oakland public schools in working class Black and Brown communities. It was also against the privatization of Howard Terminal at the Port of Oakland for a sale to billionaire GAP A's owner John Fisher.
(2022-07-03). The CIA & the Frankfurt School's Anti-Communism. libya360.wordpress.com GABRIEL ROCKHILL Foundations of the Global Theory Industry Frankfurt School critical theory has been—along with French theory—one of the hottest commodities of the global theory industry. Together, they serve as the common source for so many of the trend-setting forms of theoretical critique that currently dominate the academic market in the capitalist world, from postcolonial…
(2022-07-03). SCOTUS EPA Ruling Signals Court Will Strike Down Rules Limiting Corporate Profit. popularresistance.org On the last day of its term, the Supreme Court handed down a case no less impactful than its shameful ruling a week earlier that overturned Roe v. Wade. In West Virginia v. EPA, the court's right-wing members confirmed they are in the pockets of the fossil fuel companies. The 6-3 majority sided with coal companies and Republican-led states to restrain the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) power to regulate carbon emissions. | This frightening decision could preempt new regulations the Biden administration's EPA is developing to fight climate change. It will be nearly impossible for President Joe Biden to me…
(2022-07-03). SCOTUS EPA Ruling Signals Court Will Strike Down Rules Limiting Profits. popularresistance.org On the last day of its term, the Supreme Court handed down a case no less impactful than its shameful ruling a week earlier that overturned Roe v. Wade. In West Virginia v. EPA, the court's right-wing members confirmed they are in the pockets of the fossil fuel companies. The 6-3 majority sided with coal companies and Republican-led states to restrain the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) power to regulate carbon emissions. | "Capping carbon dioxide emissions at a level that will force a nationwide transition away from the use of coal to generate electricity may be a sensible 'solution to the crisis of the…
(2022-07-03). Red Theory: Marxism against postmodernism. fightbacknews.org In the ideological terrain today, Marxism must struggle against postmodernism. What is postmodernism? In…
(2022-07-03). A New Sense of Possibility: Starbucks and Amazon Wins Inspire Organizing at Trader Joe's, REI, Target and Apple. scheerpost.com 
By Dan DiMaggio and Angela Bunay / Labor Notes "Seven months ago if you asked me about a union I would've said, 'I don't know, cops have them?'" says Sarah Pappin, a shift supervisor at a Seattle Starbucks. But on June 6, she and her co-workers voted unanimously to join Starbucks Workers United, part of …
(2022-07-03). Appleton, WI: FRSO members and allies confront the mayor and condemn police response to protests. fightbacknews.org Appleton, WI — On June 29, a group of Fox Valley activists led by members of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization gathered together to demand that Appleton Mayor Jake Woodford take action against the renewed abortion ban in Wisconsin and to hold local police accountable for their response to weekend demonstrations. Others joining FRSO included Food Not Bombs, Appleton Students for a Democratic Society, and a handful of community members, all of whom were present at the rallies since the decision came down on June 24. | During the rallies, demonstrators were harassed by Appleton police, with march leaders…
(2022-07-03). To Force Radical Climate Action, the Global South Should De-Link From Western Capitalism. commondreams.org After all, Western economies—and their economic growth—depend utterly on labour and resources from the South.
(2022-07-03). Cancillería cubana felicita a Belarús por su Fiesta Nacional. cubadebate.cu La Habana y Minsk establecieron nexos diplomáticos el 16 de abril de 1992 y actualmente viven un período de revitalización. El embajador de Belarús en Cuba, Valery Baranovsky, señaló que las naciones refuerzan los intercambios políticos y trabajan en la identificación de nuevas esferas para la colaboración.
(2022-07-03). Full text of Xi Jinping's address at the meeting celebrating the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the inaugural ceremony of the sixth-term government of the HKSAR. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, on Friday made an address at the meeting celebrating the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the inaugural ceremony of the sixth-term government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
(2022-07-03). Presidente de Bolivia denuncia rearticulación de la derecha. telesurtv.net Arce advirtió que la derecha que impulsó el derrocamiento de Evo Morales pretende aprovechar algunas debilidades del gobernante Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS).
(2022-07-03). Dozens of flights cancelled in French airport strike. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 03 (MNA) — Dozens of flights was cancelled on Saturday at France's busiest airport, amid an ongoing dispute over wages and working conditions.
(2022-07-03). China's transport investment swings back to growth in May. ecns.cn China's fixed-asset investment in the transport sector swung back to growth in May after posting a contraction in April, data from the Ministry of Transport showed.
(2022-07-03). øCómo evolucionó Vietnam tras proclamarse República Socialista. telesurtv.net El exitoso proceder socialista en Vietnam es un ejemplo para los gobiernos socialistas y de izquierdas han tenido que superar las agresiones de los países más poderosos.
(2022-07-03). KPFA Piranhas & Donald Goldmacher's Appeal To FCC To Take WBAI's License. indybay.org KPFA local station board member reports that KPFA LSB Board member and Pacifica national board member Donald Goldmacher has filed an appeal for the FCC to take away the license of Pacifica's sister New York station WBAI.
(2022-07-02). [Correspondence] The monkeypox outbreak is amplifying hidden voices in the global discourse. thelancet.com Tulio d Oliveira's Comment1 on the global inattention to infectious disease science done in Africa is timely, as the largest outbreak of monkeypox outside of Africa continues.2 As of June 15, 2022, 2103 laboratory-confirmed cases of monkeypox have been reported to WHO from 42 countries. The unexpected, unprecedented, and unusual nature of this outbreak in Europe and the Americas has spurred scientific, political, and media attention. Importantly, monkeypox has been known to cause human disease for over 50 years and is endemic in at least ten countries in west and central Africa with over a thousand incidences rep…
(2022-07-02). [Comment] WASH services and health: syntheses and contexts. thelancet.com An understanding of the associations between adequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services and health has long been established, but gaps persist in the policy and research agenda.1 Effective policies require an intersectoral approach that encompasses health, WASH, and other areas, such as urban and rural development, and the environment. For research, it is relevant to address other dimensions of the relationship between WASH and health, including behavioural change, the role of socioeconomic factors, and technology.
(2022-07-02). [Articles] Immobilisation of torus fractures of the wrist in children (FORCE): a randomised controlled equivalence trial in the UK. thelancet.com This trial found equivalence in pain at 3 days in children with a torus fracture of the distal radius assigned to the offer of a bandage group or the rigid immobilisation group, with no between-group differences in pain or function during the 6 weeks of follow-up.
(2022-07-02). [Perspectives] The journey to greater equality. thelancet.com Economic inequalities have increased substantially across the world in the past three decades and have deepened during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thomas Piketty and his colleagues at the World Inequality Lab at the Paris School of Economics (PSE), France, have been at the forefront of tracking these changes, providing extremely useful analyses based on careful aggregation of national data on income and wealth inequality from a multitude of sources. They have shown that globally, inequality is now as entrenched as it was during the first part of the 20th century.
(2022-07-02). [Seminar] Complex post-traumatic stress disorder. thelancet.com Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (complex PTSD) is a severe mental disorder that emerges in response to traumatic life events. Complex PTSD is characterised by three core post-traumatic symptom clusters, along with chronic and pervasive disturbances in emotion regulation, identity, and relationships. Complex PTSD has been adopted as a new diagnosis in the ICD-11. Individuals with complex PTSD typically have sustained or multiple exposures to trauma, such as childhood abuse and domestic or community violence.
(2022-07-02). [Articles] Effectiveness of interventions to improve drinking water, sanitation, and handwashing with soap on risk of diarrhoeal disease in children in low-income and middle-income settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis. thelancet.com WASH interventions reduced risk of diarrhoea in children in LMICs. Interventions supplying either water filtered at POU, higher water quality from an improved source on premises, or basic sanitation services with sewer connection were associated with increased reductions. Our results support higher service levels called for under SDG 6. Notably, no studies evaluated interventions that delivered access to safely managed WASH services, the level of service to which universal coverage by 2030 is committed under the SDG.
(2022-07-02). [Editorial] Ending child marriage: ensuring healthy futures for girls. thelancet.com One in five women are married before the age of 18 years. This fact has serious ramifications for health and wellbeing. Child marriage is associated with pregnancy at a young age, dangerous complications during pregnancy and childbirth, HIV acquisition, and intimate partner violence. Demographic changes mean that the number of adolescents is increasing and therefore more people will be at risk of child marriage. Disruption to education and a rise in poverty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is estimated to put another 10 million girls at risk of child marriage over the next decade, in addition to the 100 million wh…