(2022-07-17). Europe dances on the Titanic. mronline.org 
140 days after the start of Russia's military operations in Ukraine, the Western reaction, which according to Biden would have erased Russia from the international scene, turns out to be a political and economic failure, the most serious and profound in the history of American and European arrogance.
(2022-07-17). Heat waves tied to Big Energy capitalism. mronline.org 
The population of the world is enduring crises from climate change that, until recently, climatologists thought may only happen decades from now.
(2022-07-17). Stop Privatization Of Education, Port & Public Services: SLAP Educational Conf Intros Pt 1. indybay.org The Schools and Labor Against Privatization SLAP had an educational conference on July 9, 2022 and these were the first two presentations…
(2022-07-17). China has been paying close attention to difficulties in Sri Lanka: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn As a friendly neighbor, China has been paying close attention to difficulties and challenges Sri Lanka faces and, whenever possible, has always provided support to Sri Lanka's socioeconomic development, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Friday.
(2022-07-17). On Marxism and decolonisation. mronline.org 
IN 1959, one of the revolutionary leaders in Cuba, Haydée Santamaria, a hundred years old this year, arrived at a cultural centre in the heart of Havana, Cuba.
(2022-07-17). What Does the UBER Scandal Have to Do With Venezuelan Special Economic Zones? orinocotribune.com By María Páez Victor  ; 13 July 2022 | "The greatest challenge facing societies has always been how to conduct trade and credit without letting merchants and creditors make money by exploiting their customers and debtors." | (Michael Hudson)(1) | It is necessary to examine the mega-taxi industry of UBER. Its path is like one of Aesop's Fables that highlights a deep morale. | Except that it is not a fable. | A few days ago, the British newspaper The Guardian,(2) has revealed a huge scandal related to the UBER taxi industry. It is well known that this company is based on not giving employment to drivers but any…
(2022-07-17). Science Saturday: Leveraging technology to transform Anatomic Pathology. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In January, as part of Mayo Clinic's Digital Pathology Program, the Division of Anatomic Pathology in Mayo's Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology in Rochester, Minnesota, transitioned a significant portion of its clinical practice, including both surgical and biopsy cases, into digital workflows. The transition means all surgical — or frozen section — biopsy slides will be scanned into digital images prior to a pathologist's review. Historically, patient tissue has been evaluated by generating glass slides, applying stains, and evaluating…
(2022-07-17). China sees over 1.45 bln domestic tourist trips in H1. ecns.cn China saw more than 1.45 billion domestic tourist trips in the first half of 2022, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Friday.
(2022-07-17). As New Hampshire energy costs double, Gov. Sununu goes to bat for corporate profits. liberationnews.org 
Governor Chris Sununu (R) and his administration blame the price hikes on "uncontrollable market forces" while making policy choices that prioritize profit for private companies like Eversource.
(2022-07-17). Ecuador: Revista àëawpa. indybay.org Ecuador: Revista àëawpa | Espacio de reflexión plurinacional, intercultural y socialista…
(2022-07-17). Monday 7/25: Dockers Rebellion and Betrayal, The Lessons For Today of the Liverpool Dockers Strike. indybay.org LaborFest On Line Event with link on laborfest.net…
(2022-07-17). Era of western dominance coming to end: UK ex-PM. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 17 (MNA) — Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair believes that the era of the political and economic dominance of the West is coming to an end.
(2022-07-17). Starbucks Union Files Labor Complaint Claiming Store Closures Are Retaliation. zcomm.org The coffee chain has announced it's closing 16 stores, including some that have recently unionized. Workers say it's coercion against labor organizing…
(2022-07-17). China's economy secures positive Q2 growth, steam gathering for further recovery. ecns.cn In Q2, the economy grew 0.4 percent. Due to the complex international environment and the impact of the COVID-19 outbreaks at home and other factors that exceeded expectations, downward pressure on the economy increased in Q2, NBS spokesperson Fu Linghui told a press conference Friday.
(2022-07-17). 'We lament the English were celebrating the sight of dead people'. zcomm.org Interview on the UK role in the coup that overthrew him, how he reversed 500 years of history and industrialised Bolivia, and the efforts of the US and its British ally to bring him down…
(2022-07-17). Congress urged to boost appropriations for Biden's Defense Production Act orders. indybay.org In June Biden invoked the Defense Production Act to manufacture panels, insulation and heat pumps. Biden's plan encourages high labor standards tied to increased manufacturing. It also calls for boosting community-based clean energy and distributed generation. But more funding than $100 million needs to be invested to make the difference we need to become energy independent from fossil fuels.
(2022-07-17). Friday 7/15: LaborFest Maritime History Boat Tour. indybay.org 5: 45 pm boarding, 6: 00 pm departure | Blue & Gold Fleet at Pier 41 Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, Gate 3 (There is a possibility that the gate can be changed depend on their schedule) | San Francisco…
(2022-07-17). Xi stresses implementing Party's policies on Xinjiang, highlights stability, security. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping has stressed efforts to fully and faithfully implement the policies of the Communist Party of China (CPC) for the governance of Xinjiang in the new era, highlighting social stability and lasting security as the overarching goal.
(2022-07-17). Jay Steinfeld — Author of bestselling book The 4 Principals for Profit and Prosperity. moderndiplomacy.eu Jay Steinfeld founded and was the CEO of Blinds.com, the world's number one online window covering retailer. Boot-strapped in 1996 for just $3,000 from his Bellaire, Texas, garage, Blinds.com was acquired by The Home Depot in 2014. Jay remained as its CEO and later joined The Home Depot Online Leadership Team. After stepping away from …
(2022-07-17). Destacan importancia del Modelo Económico Social en Bolivia. telesurtv.net Durante el Gobierno de facto de Jeanine Áñez, los indicadores sociales sufrieron importantes deterioros.
(2022-07-17). Mayo Clinic Laboratories launches monkeypox test to increase access, availability. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic Laboratories can now test for monkeypox, a rare viral infection, using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) orthopoxvirus test kit. This announcement comes shortly after the Department of Health and Human Services' news release naming Mayo Clinic Laboratories as a crucial resource to address monkeypox testing access in communities throughout the country. "Our teams have worked collaboratively with the CDC to validate this test to provide patients with accurate…
(2022-07-17). Does the Future Belong to People Who Profit Off Our 'Excessive Wealth Disorder'? juancole.com ( Inequality.org )  ; If Dustin Hoffman should ever do a remake of The Graduate, the classic 1967 film that launched his famed cinematic career, what might be the 2020s update for that film's most iconic exchange? A good many of us still fondly remember that poolside party scene. A 21-year-old "Benjamin" gets pulled aside …
(2022-07-16). Swaziland: Regime Fears Upsurge in Resistance, Intensifies Persecution of Leaders. libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni Protests by Communist Party of Swaziland activists. File Photo The police attempted to arrest CPS member Bongi Nkambule, who was abducted and tortured by the police in March. When they failed to capture him, they took his wife into custody and beat her up in the police station. There has been an upsurge…
(2022-07-16). Purchasing Power Of Workers' Wages Take Biggest Tumble In 40 Years. popularresistance.org San José, California – Real earnings, or workers' wages after adjusting for inflation, had their biggest drop in 40 years last month, as prices continued to rise faster than paychecks. Real average weekly earnings, which best reflect workers' paychecks after adjusting for changes in wages, prices and hours worked, fell 1% in June of 2022 according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Over the last year, real average weekly earnings fell 3.9% as inflation outpaced pay raises and average weekly hours fell by almost an hour. | Prices paid by production and non-supervisory workers (the CPI-W) rose 9.7% as compared…
(2022-07-16). Houston's Fight To Decriminalize Mental Illness And Homelessness. popularresistance.org While Harris County is spending millions of dollars on mental health services and service-providing agencies to reduce the number of mentally ill people entering its county jails, activists on the ground are tackling the problem from another angle—by providing direct support to the county's homeless population. | "We don't have the best safety nets in Texas, and from the mental health standpoint, there really aren't the mental health services available that people need," Catherine Villarreal, director of communications at the Coalition for the Homeless, told TRNN. But Villarreal also stressed that, for peop…
(2022-07-16). Collective Statement: Biden in Occupied Palestine and the "Jerusalem Declaration"  ; Our Response is Struggle and Solidarity. samidoun.net 
The joint declaration of U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid reveals not only the fundamental bankruptcy of the imperialist and Zionist systems they represent but also underlines the necessity to act and stand now in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their resistance, to liberate their land from the river to …
(2022-07-16). Anti-Neoliberal Demonstrations Continue in Panama. orinocotribune.com Almost two weeks since the anti-neoliberal demonstrations began in Panama, protesters have declared that they will remain in the streets, and that they do not recognize the so-called dialogue that President Laurentino Cortizo is trying to hold. | On Friday, July 15, images and videos circulating in social media show pickets of workers, roadblocks and marches in provinces such as Colón, Chiriquí, Veraguas, as well as at various points in the country's capital. | There are reports of roadblocks on the Inter-American highway by indigenous and peasant groups in Bocas del Toro, Chiriquí and Veraguas, as well as in Azu…
(2022-07-16). Neo-Cons: Genesis to Ascendency. scheerpost.com 
By Michael Brenner | The latest formulation of a binary world pits the so-called democracies against the so-called autocrats. The United States is the self-designated champion of the former while China and Russia lead the array of autocrats. In effect, it's a reversion to long-running democracy/capitalism vs Communism all-embracing conflict of the Cold War. Today's version has even less authenticity than did its…
(2022-07-16). Thousands vote for socialist for Congress in California's 51st district. liberationnews.org 
Revolutionary socialist congressional candidate Jose Cortes received 3,343 votes in the San Diego, California primary race.
(2022-07-16). Collective Statement: Biden in Occupied Palestine and the "Jerusalem Declaration" — Our Response is Struggle and Solidarity. iacenter.org 16 July 2022 Protesters hounded U.S. President Joe Biden in Palestine, including July 15 in Bethlehem where boys carried the photograph of Shireen Abu Akleh, Palestinian-American journalist murdered by Israeli Defense Force troops while on assignment in the Palestinian refugee camp of Jenin. Credit: Abbas Momani The joint declaration of U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid reveals not only the fundamental bankruptcy of the imperialist and Zionist systems they represent but also underlines the necessity to act and stand now in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their resistance, t…
(2022-07-16). Venezuela's PSUV Participates in 15th Congress of South African Communist Party (Centenary Celebration). orinocotribune.com Members of the national leadership of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) are participating in the 15th Congress of the South African Communist Party (SACP), which is being held in the capital of South Africa, Johannesburg, on the occasion of 100 years of the foundation of SACP. | Jesús Faría, member of the vice-presidency of International Affairs of PSUV, and participant in the Congress highlighted his admiration for the South African Communist Party and the important role it has played in the struggle against imperialism. | Jesús Faría, intengrante de la Vicepresidencia de Asuntos Internacionales del…
(2022-07-16). Haiti's President Jovenel MoàØse was assassinated one year ago. We still don't know much. iacenter.org July 14, 2022 The following article is excerpted from an article that first appeared in Haitiliberte.com, July 7, 2022. The full article can be found at tinyurl.com/3bxf5tcb. Some Haitian-American and Colombian mercenaries arrested for participation in MoàØse's assassination. By Catherine Charlemagne It's been one year since Haiti's President Jovenel MoàØse was machine-gunned at home in front of his wife and children. The murder was carried out by a commando of Colombian assassins, presumably in the service of Haiti's political and economic oligarchs, whose identities are still unknown. For a year,…
(2022-07-16). Argentinians Are Saving in Bolivian Currency. orinocotribune.com An increasing number of Argentinians are holding their savings in Bolivia's currency, bolivianos, instead of the US dollar, according to Argentina's annual inflation hit .9% in 2021 and the constant devaluation of its currency, the Argentine peso, has forc…
(2022-07-16). Communist Party of Swaziland organizer is attacked again as regime turns jittery. peoplesdispatch.org The police attempted to arrest CPS member Bongi Nkambule, who was abducted and tortured by the police in March. When they failed to capture him, they took his wife into custody and beat her up in the police station. There has been an upsurge of resistance in Swaziland recently…
(2022-07-16). Significant economic slowdown as China battles COVID. wsws.org The latest Chinese data make it even more difficult for the economic growth rate to reach the government's target of 5.5 percent for this year, which was itself a three-decade low.
(2022-07-16). The Heat: China's Economy. america.cgtn.com China reported new economic data on Friday that is being closely analyzed for its impact — not just at home- but also on the global economy. China's GDP grew by 2.5 percent for the first half of 2022, while its economic growth rate for the …
(2022-07-16). Trabajadores de Panamá ratifican que continuarán movilizados. telesurtv.net Organizadores de las protestas contra el modelo neoliberal no reconocen el diálogo que les quiere imponer el Gobierno.
(2022-07-16). [Perspectives] Mariana Mazzucato: leading a new type of economics. thelancet.com Mariana Mazzucato is a firebrand economist. In 2020, she became Chair of the WHO Council on the Economics of Health For All. "The idea was instead of doing the usual of saying invest in health because it's good for the economy, what if you said invest in health for all and backtrack to design an economic system to deliver on that, meaning design a different form of budgeting, a different form of procurement, a different form of intellectual property, a different form of public—private ways of working together on projects", she explains.
(2022-07-16). How to Destroy Russia. 2019 Rand Corporation Report: "Overextending and Unbalancing Russia" globalresearch.ca Force the adversary to expand recklessly in order to unbalance him, and then destroy him. This is not the description of a judo hold, but a plan against Russia elaborated by the Rand Corporation, the most influential think tank in the USA.
(2022-07-16). Ttra poco. In Italia le nuove bombe nucleari made in USA. globalresearch.ca "Inizia la produzione della bomba nucleare B61-12": lo annunciano dagli Stati Uniti i Sandia National Laboratories. La B61-12, che sostituisce la precedente B61 dislocata dagli USA ad Aviano e Ghedi e in altre basi europee, è un'arma di nuovo tipo. …
(2022-07-16). [Correspondence] Payment and progress in peer review. thelancet.com Phaik Y Cheah and Jan Piasecki1 raise important issues about the peer review process arising from the assessment of Aczel and colleagues,2 including the under-representation of female reviewers and reviewers from low-income countries, and they suggest that payment for reviews should be trialled to address these issues. Traditionally, agreeing to review manuscripts and grant applications has been largely motivated by philanthropic motives to contribute to a key aspect of biomedical research and the pursuit of knowledge, ultimately offering a potential public benefit.
(2022-07-16). [Articles] Population-level risks of alcohol consumption by amount, geography, age, sex, and year: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2020. thelancet.com There is strong evidence to support recommendations on alcohol consumption varying by age and location. Stronger interventions, particularly those tailored towards younger individuals, are needed to reduce the substantial global health loss attributable to alcohol.
(2022-07-16). Iran, Russia to build joint free economic zone: official. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) — Iranian and Russian officials have agreed to expand bilateral and multilateral cooperation, with an Iranian official saying that the two counties have planned to build a joint free economic zone.
(2022-07-16). "It's time to make the necessary changes": Railroaders speak out as Biden announces emergency board to block a nationwide strike. wsws.org The Biden administration's top domestic priority is curbing wage growth and imposing labor discipline, which it is seeking to accomplish with the help of the pro-corporate unions.
(2022-07-16). [Correspondence] Academic exploitation. thelancet.com We are delighted to see payment for peer reviewers proposed by Phaik Y Cheah and Jan Piasecki.1 This proposal reflects a broader problem in academia: exploitation of, and even mandating, free labour for career advancement. Publishing is only one example, extending beyond the peer review process. Of course, reviewers should be paid for their expertise, as should authors. No journals pay authors for creating the product they sell. Book publishing is similarly exploitative: royalties are trivial and typically only paid after publishers recover their costs, a process hindered by publishers' unwillingness to market bo…
(2022-07-16). [Comment] Complex relationship between health and moderate alcohol use. thelancet.com In The Lancet, the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2020 Alcohol Collaborators1 provide a further study to systematically determine thresholds for low-risk alcohol consumption while considering background rates of disease. Overall, the authors estimated the amount of alcohol that minimises health risks to be between 0 (95% uncertainty interval 0—0) and 1 ∑87 (0 ∑50—3 ∑30) standard drinks per day. Levels of zero, or very close to zero, were observed among individuals aged 15—39 years (ranging from 0 to 0 ∑603 standard drinks per day), but higher le…
(2022-07-16). Iran export to CA states, Caucasus, Russia 'upward trajectory. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) — Stating that Iran is among world's top 10 countries in science and technology terms, Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy said that exports to Central Asian, Caucasus, Russian and EU have considerably risen.
(2022-07-16). Australian defence minister hails "unbreakable alliance" with the US in Washington. wsws.org The Labor government is deepening Australia's alignment with the aggressive US-led confrontations against Russia and China.
(2022-07-16). UM spends millions on new president while spurning Michigan Medicine nurses. wsws.org The new UM president's five-year contract is worth over $6 million. Meanwhile, the university is demanding severe cuts in real wages and more mandatory overtime from 6,200 nurses in their new contract.
(2022-07-16). Thursday 7/14: KPOO WorkWeek Radio Focuses On Life of California Labor Communist Elaine Yoneda Black. indybay.org KPOO Radio 89.5 FM or www.kpoo.com…