____ (2022-08-11). Negative impact of forced labor in U.S. affects other countries: report. ecns.cn The appalling history and status quo of forced labor in the United States is so serious and long-standing that its spillover effect has impacted other countries, said a report released on Tuesday entitled "The United States' Practise of Forced Labor at Home and Abroad: Truth and Facts."

Infobrics (2022-08-11). Investment Cooperation Between Russia and BRICS. infobrics.org The rapid growth of emerging market economies, which have a significant impact on all aspects of the world, accompanies the multipolar development of contemporary international relations. Participating countries are actively interacting with each other to make the BRICS a sustainable and promising platform. One of the most important areas of strengthening ties is investment cooperation…

Modern Slavery Exists (2022-08-11). When Billions of our Tax Dollars are given to Corporations then our Labor is Slave Labor. indybay.org Modern Slavery Exists! When we pay taxes and then the U.S. Congress votes to give billions of our tax dollars to corporations as subsidies, then we have worked as slave labor.

Colin Todhunter (2022-08-11). What Was Covid Really About? Triggering A Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. "Ramping up an Imperialist Strategy"? globalresearch.ca If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the implications would be? And why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations…

Liberation Staff (2022-08-11). Hyundai Motor Company exposed for using child labor. liberationnews.org In Luverne, Alabama — the self-styled "Friendliest City in the South" — a Reuters report found that a subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Company has used child labor after the disappearance of a young migrant child from her home in Alabama.

Natalia Marques (2022-08-11). New York City Taxi Workers are fighting for raises and job security. liberationnews.org The central demand of the drivers is raising wages to $25 per hour in take-home pay, after all expenses such as gasoline.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-11). Can massage relieve symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Stress is an inevitable part of life. It is nearly impossible to remove all stress from day-to-day life. Stress is physiological and psychological responses to situations the body and mind find to be overwhelming. Even situations perceived as good, like getting married, starting a new job or becoming a parent, can produce significant stress. When people struggle to cope with stressful situations, depression and anxiety symptoms can become more noticeable. Massage therapy is one of…

David Canepa (2022-08-11). Sutter Health CAN reopen the Mickelson Therapy Pool. indybay.org Background: Sutter Health has the means to reopen the Mickelson Therapy pool but doesn't want to because it can make more money by closing it and offering more profitable services in its place. Meanwhile disabled people of all ages and seniors are left without a single accessible facility on the San Francisco Peninsula. The pool has been closed for over two years.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-11). Sunburn treatment: What works? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Great summer days are full of relaxation, fun and plenty of sunshine. Unfortunately, spending too much time in the sun can lead to a sunburn. Your skin may be inflamed, painful and feel hot to the touch. Any exposed part of the body, including your lips, earlobes and scalp, can burn. The symptoms of sunburn usually appear a few hours after sun exposure. Unfortunately, there's no fast fix to soothe a sunburn. Once you have sunburn,…

Infobrics (2022-08-10). BRICS in the New World Energy Order: Hedging in Oil Geopolitics. infobrics.org The BRICS have been catapulted into a position of being the only constellation of forces that challenges the global economic dominance of the G7 developed countries bloc…

Jessica Buxbaum (2022-08-10). "Under a Virtual Siege" &#1 ; Activists Demand PayPal Offer its Services to Palestinians. mintpressnews.com "You've got this two-pronged effort to both isolate the Palestinians and to normalize and weave the settlers into the international communities, a community of nations. And the problem is that organizations or companies like PayPal, … unwittingly, are absolutely party to that." — Lara Friedman…

____ (2022-08-09). Indonesia opts for wheat alternative to address food security. ecns.cn Indonesia is preparing for alternatives to replace wheat whose supply chain has been disrupted by conflicts in Ukraine, the Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday.

Staff (2022-08-10). Russians begun training on Iranian drones, US claims. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (MNA) — The US says Russian officials have begun training on drones in Iran over the last several weeks, the latest sign that Russia intends to purchase the systems as the war in Ukraine continues.

Editor (2022-08-10). 'A Vehement Backlash': North Carolina Senators Blasted by Constituents for Opposing $35 Insulin Cap. scheerpost.com By Alex Henderson / AlterNet On Sunday, August 7, the U.S. Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, a $7 billion package addressing energy, climate change, health care and taxes. The bill passed 51- via the process known as budget reconciliation, allowing the Senate's narrow Democratic majority to bypass the 60-vote rule of the filibuster. …

_____ (2022-08-10). The Provocations Behind The 'Unprovoked' War. popularresistance.org Back in 1949, the United States, Canada and 10 Western European countries formed a military alliance called the North Atlantic Treaty organization, or NATO. Washington had decided that the Soviet Union, its wartime ally — the one that had broken the back of the Nazi war machine — now was its peacetime enemy. | By 1990, the Soviet Union and most of its socialist allies were collapsing, the result of internal contradictions and outside pressures. The U.S. was promoting the reunification of Germany — a move opposed by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who still remembered how his country had lost 20…

____ (2022-08-09). Over 1 mln tonnes of goods transported on China-Laos Railway. ecns.cn The total volume of imported and exported goods transported via the China-Laos Railway has reached 1.02 million tonnes since the railway's opening eight months ago, with total worth of about 9.14 billion yuan (about 1.35 billion U.S. dollars).

Dana Sanchez (2022-08-10). Fact Check: 36% Of Americans Earning $2 K Or More Live Paycheck To Paycheck. moguldom.com With inflation driving up the cost of almost everything, workers in all income levels — including those who make more than $2 ,000 a year — report they are living paycheck to paycheck and devoting almost all their salaries to expenses with little or nothing left at the end of the month. Paycheck to paycheck generally …

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-08-10). Gas Prices Are Falling Fast: The Science of the Fall and What To Expect. moguldom.com Gas prices are falling across the country, giving Americans a tiny bit of relief as the nation manages a technical recession. In Maine, prices fell for the eighth consecutive week to an average of $4.46 per gallon, according to WGME 13. In Los Angeles, drivers saw the lowest gas prices at the pump since Mar. 7, when the state's …

Joseph Stiglitz (2022-08-10). Far From Perfect, But the Inflation Reduction Act Is a Major Step in the Right Direction. commondreams.org This legislation is not as good as the original Build Back Better bill, but it is certainly progress.

Paul N. Van de Water (2022-08-10). Inflation Reduction Act Will Not Cut Benefits—It Will Reduce Medicare Drug Costs. commondreams.org By reducing the price of drugs, Medicare will be able to both spend less and provide better benefits to seniors and people with disabilities.

Staff (2022-08-10). The Media Love The Terrible Economy Story: Marketplace Radio Edition. cepr.net Both the Washington Post and Marketplace radio have effectively turned reality on its head to tell their terrible economy story about a statistic that actually suggests a good economy.

_____ (2022-08-10). America, Land Of The Dying? popularresistance.org With its economic and military might, America is hard to beat on technological wonders, space exploration, and top-notch universities. But when it comes to health, a fundamental prerequisite to a fulfilling life, the US isn't delivering and hasn't been for a long time. Researchers now find that the big picture of health failings is even graver than we already knew. | Piles of studies have called attention to the fact that in the country ranking number one in healthcare spending per capita, people are living shorter lives, feeling more depressed, and are more likely to skip treatment due to cost than in many devel…

_____ (2022-08-10). The United States Has Many Political Prisoners — Here's A List. popularresistance.org The United States constantly accuses its adversaries of holding political prisoners, while insisting it has none of its own. But for its entire history, the US government has used incarceration of its political opponents as a tool to crush dissent and advance the interests of economic elites. | Well-known cases are those entrapped or framed in US national security state sting operations, or imprisoned with extreme sentences for a minor offense because of their political activism, such as Black revolutionary George Jackson. | Each period of struggle by the working class and oppressed peoples against ruling-class c…

Staff (2022-08-10). Thomas Edsall Can't Even Consider That the Way We Structure Markets Creates Inequality. cepr.net The framing that we somehow need government intervention to give people a shot makes it hugely more difficult to address the problems of inequality.

_____ (2022-08-10). Black Women Will Face The Brunt Of Abortion Bans. popularresistance.org On July 29, Louisiana reinstated a controversial abortion ban, which led to the immediate cancellation of procedures in the state. Following the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade in late June, a number of states across the country have moved to outlaw abortion, and in Louisiana, women in poverty will bear the worst burdens of the newly reinstated ban. These women are the true experts regarding the fatal risks of taking away reproductive freedom in the state‚Äâ—‚Äânot anti-abortion politicians. | The politicians gutting abortion rights likely don't understand the pa…

_____ (2022-08-10). Immigrant Detainees Strike Over $1 A Day Pay, Working Conditions. popularresistance.org At two federal detention centers in California, more than 50 immigrant workers are on strike over unsafe working conditions and low wages. | "We are being exploited for our labor and are being paid $1 per day to clean the dormitories," said strikers at a central California detention center in a June statement received by public radio station KQED. | Detained workers, known as "housing porters," participate in a supposedly volunteer working program while locked up. They use their earnings to pay for the exorbitant cost of phone calls and commissary items like dental floss and tortillas. | "They are compelled to do…

Dana Sanchez (2022-08-10). Bank Of America Analysts Believe America's Bear Market In Stocks Isn't Over, New Lows Are Coming. moguldom.com Stocks may have risen from June's recent lows but market indicators suggest the bottom is not yet in sight. Prices could fall again to new lows following what amounts to a bear market rally rather than a new bull cycle, according to Bank of America. The S&P 0 was trading at $4,205.81 as of this …

Editor (2022-08-10). China's New Green Energy Plan Could Supercharge the Global Fight Against Climate Change. scheerpost.com [Brian Jeffery Beggerly / Wikimedia Commons] | By Mitchell Beer | China's fourteenth five-year plan (14FYP) shows the country could build enough wind and capacity to reach its emissions peak ahead of schedule, but continuing coal investments raise doubts. | "To the extent that the new 14FYP for renewables can meet or overperform on its goals, it would also contribute to China's effort to peak carbon emissions early and help bridge the global emission reduction gap…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-10). Sudanese Communist Party Forms a New Alliance Committed to Ending Military Rule. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe Sudanese Communist Party Leader Mohamed Mokhtar Al Khatib Forms New Alliance After withdrawing from the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), the SCP has continued to call for democratic civilian rule Since December of 2018, the Republic of Sudan has undergone general strikes, mass demonstrations, the forced removal of longtime former President Omar…

____ (2022-08-10). New U.S. chip subsidy bill poses threat to global economy. ecns.cn The newly-signed bill on chip subsidies from the United States government will intensify geopolitical competition in the semiconductor sector worldwide and will hinder global economic recovery and innovative growth.

_____ (2022-08-09). Dublin Demonstration: Ireland Stay Out Of NATO. popularresistance.org On Saturday the sixth of August, members of Ireland's Russian community held a protest in Dublin against the current trajectory that the 26 County State appears to be taking in regards to joining NATO. | Supported by Irish Republican groups, Republican Sinn Féin and the Irish Republican Socialist Party, the demonstration took place on O'Connell Street, Dublin's main thoroughfare, facing the General Post Office — the historic site where the Irish Republic was declared in arms on Easter Monday 1916. | Indeed, just as Irish men and women fought against British imperialism in 1916, the US and UK-supported Imper…

David Sirota (2022-08-09). The Wall Street Vote That Screamed The Quiet Part Out Loud. levernews.com In the name of preserving carefully negotiated legislation, Senate Democrats' leaders united their caucus to vote down amendments that would have added the party's Medicare expansion plan and expanded child tax credit into the final spending bill now moving through Congress.That unity, though, was not universally enforced: Soon after those votes, seven Democratic senators

Anand Naidoo (2022-08-09). The Heat: CPAC, Donald Trump & the Inflation Reduction Act. america.cgtn.com U.S. President Joe Biden's legislative agenda gets a major boost…and is Donald Trump planning to run again in 2024?>

Editor (2022-08-09). America, Land of the Dying? Alarming Study Shows US Killing Its Own Population. scheerpost.com David from Washington, DC, CC BY 2.0 By Lynn Parramore / With its economic and military might, America is hard to beat on technological wonders, space exploration, and top-notch universities. But when it comes to health, a fundamental prerequisite to a fulfilling life, the US isn't delivering and hasn't been…

_____ (2022-08-09). How Activism Labour Defies Capitalism. popularresistance.org It only takes one doom scroll through social media to see there is no shortage of injustice in the world. But there is also no shortage of people who have dedicated themselves to dismantle systems of violence and advance justice through activism. | With how deeply entrenched injustice is in our society, the work to dismantle injustice is a full-time job. Despite the hours put in, this job does not fit a capitalist and colonial view of labour. | El Jones, a prison abolitionist dedicated to fighting state violence, said that for Black people, there is a historical precedent that makes it easier for this work to go…

_____ (2022-08-09). Australian Labor Party And Assange: Burying The Politics. popularresistance.org The difficulty for the Australian Labor government in deciding how to respond to the Julian Assange case is that once a prosecution is characterised as a political prosecution then, by its nature, there can be no expectation of due process. | The U.S.-U.K. Extradition Treaty forbids extradition in the case of "political offences." Former Australian High Commissioner to the U.K. George Brandis — who was commissioner for almost the entirety of Assange's Belmarsh imprisonment since 2019 — doesn't agree that Assange is a political prisoner. | The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and its new…

_____ (2022-08-09). Damning Report Shows Unions Have Plenty Of Money To Organize. popularresistance.org Many people who are passionate about the labor movement, myself included, have long had the vague but haunting sense that the most powerful institutions in the union world are not doing enough to stem the bleeding that has been sucking power from unions for decades. Well, there's good news and bad news on that front. The bad news is: that sickening feeling was correct. The good news is: now we can put some numbers on it. | A new report from Chris Bohner, who runs the labor research firm Radish Research, has done an amazing service by systematically assembling thousands of financial records from unions over the pa…

Deweylaura (2022-08-09). What's wrong with capitalism? The Supreme Court, for starters. cpusa.org Get out the trumpets. Roll out the drums. David Brooks has just announced that he was wrong about . . . capitalism! In an op-ed prompted by a New York Times "assignment" in which columnists were asked to write about what they were wrong about, Brooks said that he didn't see the "inequalities" being …

Infobrics (2022-08-10). BRICS in the New World Energy Order: Hedging in Oil Geopolitics. infobrics.org The BRICS have been catapulted into a position of being the only constellation of forces that challenges the global economic dominance of the G7 developed countries bloc…

____ (2022-08-09). Indonesia opts for wheat alternative to address food security. ecns.cn Indonesia is preparing for alternatives to replace wheat whose supply chain has been disrupted by conflicts in Ukraine, the Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday.

____ (2022-08-09). Over 1 mln tonnes of goods transported on China-Laos Railway. ecns.cn The total volume of imported and exported goods transported via the China-Laos Railway has reached 1.02 million tonnes since the railway's opening eight months ago, with total worth of about 9.14 billion yuan (about 1.35 billion U.S. dollars).

Fight Back (2022-08-09). Tampa community protests for rent control amidst housing crisis. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – On August 7, Tampa organizers rallied at city hall to demand rent control be on the ballot for the upcoming November city election. The emergency protest was called after the city council voted on August 4 against putting the rent control demand on the ballot. | Rent in Tampa has been rising rapidly, with rents being 38% higher than January 2021. Since March 15, there have been 31,357 evictions filed in Tampa as many can't keep up with the rising rent rates. The city council voted six to one on July 28 to declare a housing state of emergency, and the vote against rent control being on the ballot came…

WSWS (2022-08-09). FBI agents raid black nationalist group's homes, offices over bogus allegations of conspiracy with Russia. wsws.org The case has all the hallmarks of a political frame-up targeting the African People's Socialist Party for its opposition to the US-NATO war against Russia. It points to an attempt to intimidate and criminalize opposition to the war more broadly.

Modern Slavery Exists (2022-08-09). When Billions of our Tax Dollars are given to Corporations then our Labor is Slave Labor. indybay.org Modern Slavery Exists! When we pay taxes and then the U.S. Congress votes to give billions of our tax dollars to corporations as subsidies, then we have worked as slave labor.

TeleSUR (2022-08-09). US Monetary Tightening Creates Stagflation in Other Countries. telesurenglish.net The stagflation outside of the United States will be very serious as capital flight to safety causes severe debt and foreign exchange crises in many parts of the world and developing countries face imported inflation due to the strong U.S. dollar, said economist Jayati Ghosh. | The U.S. dollar hegemony, which has been so crucial in the United States' own economic expansion, is going to become much more fragile in the future. There's no question that an increasing number of countries and central banks "are going to think of alternative ways of keeping their reserves and it's obvious it's the logical thing t…

TeleSUR (2022-08-09). Indigenous Peoples Block Highways in Guatemala. telesurenglish.net Guatemalan Indigenous peoples and over 20 social organizations will block roads on Tuesday and Thursday to protest against President Alejandro Giammattei, Attorney General Consuelo Porras, and the Special Prosecutor Against Impunity Rafael Curruchiche. | RELATED: | On Tuesday, at least 11 national highways woke up blocked in rejection of the arrest of renowned journalist Jose Zamora, corruption, and inflation.

Dean Baker (2022-08-09). If We Tax Share Buybacks, Can We Also Tax Stock Returns? cepr.net The Inflation Reduction Act includes a remarkable innovation. If it becomes law in its current form, share buybacks will be taxed at a 1.0 percent rate. This is a huge deal, not only because it taxes money that was often escaping taxation at the individual level, but it is a move away from basing the …

Anand Naidoo (2022-08-09). The Heat: CPAC, Donald Trump & the Inflation Reduction Act. america.cgtn.com U.S. President Joe Biden's legislative agenda gets a major boost…and is Donald Trump planning to run again in 2024?>

WSWS (2022-08-09). National Labor Relations Board orders United Mine Workers of America to pay $13.3 million to Warrior Met for lost profits incurred during strike. wsws.org The National Labor Relations Board ruled on July 22 that the UMWA is responsible for $13.3 million in security costs and loss of profit at Warrior Met over the course of its year-long strike in Brookwood, Alabama.

Derrick Broze (2022-08-09). Recently Released Emails Provide More Evidence of Big Tech-Government Collusion. thelastamericanvagabond.com Emails released as part of several open records requests and lawsuits provide a behind-the-scenes look at the level of collaboration between the U.S. government and Big Tech companies — including targeting The Last American Vagabond's Twitter account. In July 2021, former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki acknowledged that the White House was working with

TeleSUR (2022-08-09). Argentine Central Bank Expects Its Reserves to Rise Soon. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Miguel Pesce, the president of the Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA), said that his institution has the appropriate levels of reserves to face its obligations, despite the fact that it had to face a strong purchase of foreign currency on Monday due to energy imports. | RELATED: | Currently, the Central Bank is a net seller of foreign currency and barely has a stock of reserves of US$959 million. Accor…

Staff (2022-08-09). Donal Duarte, un "lobo" del béisbol en Cuba. cubadebate.cu "Todavía estoy entero", fanfarronea Donal Duarte, quien no va a jugar más, pues efectivamente se retiró con el San Luis repleto en medio de la 61 Serie Nacional de Béisbol, ante los Industriales. A los azules de la capital los admiró como rivales, pero siempre quiso ganarles. Les pegó 11 de sus 130 cuadrangulares, incluido el último de su carrera.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-09). A Q&A with a Mayo Clinic expert on monkeypox testing, more… newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Health officials continue to monitor and track increasing cases of monkeypox, a rare disease caused by the monkeypox virus. "Monkeypox is a virus that has mainly caused outbreaks in the continent of Africa. There have been over the last decade or two isolated outbreaks in countries outside of Africa, but this is the largest outbreak occurring in what we call nonendemic countries," says Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., director of the Clinical Virology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic. The World Health Organization declared monkeypox…

TeleSUR, JGN (2022-08-09). Helicópteros cubanos realizan más de 100 misiones de lanzamiento de agua sobre incendio. telesurtv.net En las labores de control del incendio en Matanzas participan bomberos y trabajadores de Cuba, apoyados por expertos de México y Venezuela.

____ (2022-08-08). New demand may boost future exports. ecns.cn China's exports are expected to become more resilient as demand from emerging markets such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and India expands rapidly, experts said on Monday after reviewing official data that Customs released on Sunday.

____ (2022-08-08). Moscow Exchange suspends trading in Japanese yen. ecns.cn The Moscow Exchange suspended trading in Japanese yen on Monday.

WSWS (2022-08-09). Frustration builds among nurses as union leaves them in the dark in contract talks at Michigan Medicine. wsws.org The union has kept nurses on the job for five weeks since the expiration of their previous deal July 1, a clear signal that the union is collaborating with management to work out a sellout deal.

Staff (2022-08-09). Trades via Sistan and Baluchestan top 740k tons in 4 months. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) — A total of 743,409 tons of goods were traded from Sistan and Baluchestan province's customs terminals and border markets in the four months of the current calendar year.

Deweylaura (2022-08-09). What's wrong with capitalism? The Supreme Court, for starters. cpusa.org Get out the trumpets. Roll out the drums. David Brooks has just announced that he was wrong about . . . capitalism! In an op-ed prompted by a New York Times "assignment" in which columnists were asked to write about what they were wrong about, Brooks said that he didn't see the "inequalities" being …

Staff (2022-08-09). Base de Supertanqueros de Matanzas: Batalla minuto a minuto contra el fuego. cubadebate.cu Las labores para extinguir el incendio no cesan en Matanzas. Los cuatro tanques están comprometidos y el panorama se ha dificultado por las altas temperaturas, el tamaño de los tanques y el viento, factores que han hecho que se cambien las estrategias de enfrentamiento al fuego de manera constante, en lo que se cuenta con la experiencia de México y Venezuela.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-09). Sunburn treatment: What works? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Great summer days are full of relaxation, fun and plenty of sunshine. Unfortunately, spending too much time in the sun can lead to a sunburn. Your skin may be inflamed, painful and feel hot to the touch. Any exposed part of the body, including your lips, earlobes and scalp, can burn. The symptoms of sunburn usually appear a few hours after sun exposure. Unfortunately, there's no fast fix to soothe a sunburn. Once you have sunburn,…

Staff (2022-08-09). Donal Duarte, un "lobo" del beisbol en Cuba. cubadebate.cu "Todavía estoy entero", fanfarronea Donal Duarte, quien no va a jugar más, pues efectivamente se retiró con el San Luis repleto en medio de la 61 Serie Nacional de Beisbol, ante los Industriales. A los azules de la capital los admiró como rivales, pero siempre quiso ganarles. Les pegó 11 de sus 130 cuadrangulares, incluido el último de su carrera.

____ (2022-08-08). Xi extends condolences to Cuban president over fuel farm explosions. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, sent a message of condolence on Monday to Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel over explosions at a fuel storage facility in Cuba.

____ (2022-08-08). 90 pct of China import expo exhibition area booked. ecns.cn Ninety percent of the planned enterprise exhibition area has been booked for the fifth China International Import Expo (CIIE).

Staff (2022-08-09). EEUU anuncia un plan estratégico para àÅfrica, para contrarrestar "avance de China y Rusia" cubadebate.cu La Casa Blanca publicó una nueva estrategia para àÅfrica subsahariana con el objetivo de promover los intereses estadounidenses en materia de seguridad nacional en el continente durante los próximos cinco años mediante la colaboración de socios regionales y mundiales. El documento forma parte de la Estrategia de Defensa Nacional 2022.

_____ (2022-08-08). Clearing The Way For A Whiter, Wealthier Tax Base In Minneapolis. popularresistance.org Minneapolis, Minnesota — Minneapolis has experienced a real estate boom since the economic crash of 2008 which was triggered when lenders gave out millions of discriminatory home loans with adjustable interest rates to mostly Black and brown families causing a massive nationwide mortgage default. | In the past decade, the city added over 20,000 new units to its housing stock, with the overwhelming majority being rental units. With increased housing supply, Minneapolis added 60,000 new residents, according to the 2020 census. In recent years, the City of Minneapolis has attempted to codify "upzoning," a prac…

Anonymous103 (2022-08-08). Anti-NATO Protest Held In Dublin, Ireland. southfront.org Written by Gavin O'Reilly | On Saturday the 6th of August, members of Ireland's Russian community held a protest in Dublin against the current trajectory that the 26 County State appears to be taking in regards to joining NATO. | Supported by Irish Republican groups, Republican Sinn Féin and the Irish Republican Socialist Party, the demonstration took place on O'Connell Street, Dublin's main thoroughfare, facing the General Post Office — the historic site where the Irish Republic…

Ann Brown (2022-08-08). U.S. Government: Warren Buffett's Mortgage Company Discriminated Against Black Homebuyers. moguldom.com According to the Department of Justice, billionaire Warren Buffett's mortgage company discriminated against Black homebuyers. Pennsylvania-based Berkshire Hathaway and Trident Mortgage Co., a division of Berkshire's HomeServices of America, have now reached an agreement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to set aside $20 million to make loans in underserved neighborhoods as part of …

_____ (2022-08-08). Anti-Russian Hysteria Used By FBI To Target Black Organizers. popularresistance.org On July 29, the FBI conducted a surprise raid on the homes and offices of leaders of the African People's Socialist Party and Uhuru Solidarity Movement (APSP-Uhuru) in Florida and Missouri under the pretext that they were co-conspirators in an indictment of a Russian national, Alexander Ionov. In the raid, documents and electronic devices were stolen. The raid was coordinated with the Biden Administration. Clearing the FOG speaks with Chairman Omali Yeshitela of the APSP – Uhuru about the raid and the broader implications of it for activists in the United States. This raid is connected to the anti-Russian narrati…

_____ (2022-08-08). Philadelphia Unions: 'Housing Is A Human Right!'. popularresistance.org For months, 70 Black and Brown families have organized resistance to their threatened eviction by the Altman Company in Philadelphia. When supporters and residents set up a protest tent city on July 9, Altman got a judge to order what he called "trespassers" off his "private property." The area labor movement galvanized with a strong response, pointing out that workers have little interest in cooperating with Altman to carry out the evictions. | The Philadelphia Workers Solidarity Network and the Save the UC Townhomes Coalition first put out a petition with a plea to workers and union members: "Don't cross our pi…

_____ (2022-08-08). There Is More Media Talk About Using Nuclear Weapons Than Banning Them. popularresistance.org It's of critical importance—indeed, existential importance—to the world: the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. And a coalition of peace organizations in the United States is charging that media are acting like the treaty "does not exist." | The Nuclear Ban Treaty Collaborative is waging a campaign to encourage press coverage of the treaty, which, it argues, "provides the only pathway to a safe, secure future free of the nuclear threat" (Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance Newsletter, 6/22). | In the words of the UN, the treaty is "a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons…

Ann Brown (2022-08-08). Millions Of Americans Likely Paying Higher Interest Rates Because Equifax Sent Wrong Credit Scores To Lenders. moguldom.com Millions of consumers have been affected by a major blunder by consumer credit reporting agency Equifax. The firm sent lenders inaccurate credit scores of consumers for three weeks this year. And now, a class action complaint has been filed against Equifax on behalf of Nydia Jenkins and other consumers who sought loans or other financial services were …

WSWS (2022-08-09). FBI agents raid black nationalist group's homes, offices over bogus allegations of conspiracy with Russia. wsws.org The case has all the hallmarks of a political frame-up targeting the African People's Socialist Party for its opposition to the US-NATO war against Russia. It points to an attempt to intimidate and criminalize opposition to the war more broadly.

Modern Slavery Exists (2022-08-09). When Billions of our Tax Dollars are given to Corporations then our Labor is Slave Labor. indybay.org Modern Slavery Exists! When we pay taxes and then the U.S. Congress votes to give billions of our tax dollars to corporations as subsidies, then we have worked as slave labor.

WSWS (2022-08-09). National Labor Relations Board orders United Mine Workers of America to pay $13.3 million to Warrior Met for lost profits incurred during strike. wsws.org The National Labor Relations Board ruled on July 22 that the UMWA is responsible for $13.3 million in security costs and loss of profit at Warrior Met over the course of its year-long strike in Brookwood, Alabama.

Fight Back (2022-08-09). Tampa community protests for rent control amidst housing crisis. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – On August 7, Tampa organizers rallied at city hall to demand rent control be on the ballot for the upcoming November city election. The emergency protest was called after the city council voted on August 4 against putting the rent control demand on the ballot. | Rent in Tampa has been rising rapidly, with rents being 38% higher than January 2021. Since March 15, there have been 31,357 evictions filed in Tampa as many can't keep up with the rising rent rates. The city council voted six to one on July 28 to declare a housing state of emergency, and the vote against rent control being on the ballot came…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-09). Sunburn treatment: What works? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Great summer days are full of relaxation, fun and plenty of sunshine. Unfortunately, spending too much time in the sun can lead to a sunburn. Your skin may be inflamed, painful and feel hot to the touch. Any exposed part of the body, including your lips, earlobes and scalp, can burn. The symptoms of sunburn usually appear a few hours after sun exposure. Unfortunately, there's no fast fix to soothe a sunburn. Once you have sunburn,…

____ (2022-08-08). New demand may boost future exports. ecns.cn China's exports are expected to become more resilient as demand from emerging markets such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and India expands rapidly, experts said on Monday after reviewing official data that Customs released on Sunday.

____ (2022-08-08). Moscow Exchange suspends trading in Japanese yen. ecns.cn The Moscow Exchange suspended trading in Japanese yen on Monday.

Staff (2022-08-09). Base de Supertanqueros de Matanzas: Batalla minuto a minuto contra el fuego. cubadebate.cu Las labores para extinguir el incendio no cesan en Matanzas. Los cuatro tanques están comprometidos y el panorama se ha dificultado por las altas temperaturas, el tamaño de los tanques y el viento, factores que han hecho que se cambien las estrategias de enfrentamiento al fuego de manera constante, en lo que se cuenta con la experiencia de México y Venezuela.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-09). A Q&A with a Mayo Clinic expert on monkeypox testing, more… newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Health officials continue to monitor and track increasing cases of monkeypox, a rare disease caused by the monkeypox virus. "Monkeypox is a virus that has mainly caused outbreaks in the continent of Africa. There have been over the last decade or two isolated outbreaks in countries outside of Africa, but this is the largest outbreak occurring in what we call nonendemic countries," says Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., director of the Clinical Virology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic. The World Health Organization declared monkeypox…

WSWS (2022-08-09). Frustration builds among nurses as union leaves them in the dark in contract talks at Michigan Medicine. wsws.org The union has kept nurses on the job for five weeks since the expiration of their previous deal July 1, a clear signal that the union is collaborating with management to work out a sellout deal.

____ (2022-08-08). 90 pct of China import expo exhibition area booked. ecns.cn Ninety percent of the planned enterprise exhibition area has been booked for the fifth China International Import Expo (CIIE).

____ (2022-08-08). Xi extends condolences to Cuban president over fuel farm explosions. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, sent a message of condolence on Monday to Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel over explosions at a fuel storage facility in Cuba.

TeleSUR, JGN (2022-08-09). Helicópteros cubanos realizan más de 100 misiones de lanzamiento de agua sobre incendio. telesurtv.net En las labores de control del incendio en Matanzas participan bomberos y trabajadores de Cuba, apoyados por expertos de México y Venezuela.

____ (2022-08-07). Shipments of Ukrainian grain go into high gear with 2nd caravan of ships inspected. ecns.cn Efforts to bring Ukrainian grain to international markets via the Black Sea have gone into a higher gear as the inspections of the second caravan of ships off Istanbul were concluded on Sunday.

_____ (2022-08-08). Clearing The Way For A Whiter, Wealthier Tax Base In Minneapolis. popularresistance.org Minneapolis, Minnesota — Minneapolis has experienced a real estate boom since the economic crash of 2008 which was triggered when lenders gave out millions of discriminatory home loans with adjustable interest rates to mostly Black and brown families causing a massive nationwide mortgage default. | In the past decade, the city added over 20,000 new units to its housing stock, with the overwhelming majority being rental units. With increased housing supply, Minneapolis added 60,000 new residents, according to the 2020 census. In recent years, the City of Minneapolis has attempted to codify "upzoning," a prac…

Anonymous103 (2022-08-08). Anti-NATO Protest Held In Dublin, Ireland. southfront.org Written by Gavin O'Reilly | On Saturday the 6th of August, members of Ireland's Russian community held a protest in Dublin against the current trajectory that the 26 County State appears to be taking in regards to joining NATO. | Supported by Irish Republican groups, Republican Sinn Féin and the Irish Republican Socialist Party, the demonstration took place on O'Connell Street, Dublin's main thoroughfare, facing the General Post Office — the historic site where the Irish Republic…

Orinoco Tribune2 (2022-08-08). CPUSA to Host International Anti-Imperialist Conference in September. orinocotribune.com Houston—For the past several months, the International Department and the Peace and Solidarity Commission of the Communist Party USA have been working to organize the first ever international conference hosted by the CPUSA, occurring on the weekend of September 10th and 11th. The conference comes at a very important and dynamic time. U.S. imperialism is on the march around the globe. The looming end of the unipolar world order is causing much distress among the ruling class, and they are desperate to preserve their power. Whether it's through the expansion of NATO into Eastern Europe, the continued illegal…

H. Scott Prosterman (2022-08-08). How AIPAC went from Lobbying for Israel to quashing Progressives and backing Jan. 6 Insurgents. juancole.com Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) &#1 ; The American-Israel Public Affairs Committee's (AIPAC) zealous financial backing of many of the 137 House Reps and Senators who voted to overturn the 2020 Election is a bad sign for American democracy. In a better ordered world, these members of Congress would all be expelled for sedition. While …

Ann Brown (2022-08-08). U.S. Government: Warren Buffett's Mortgage Company Discriminated Against Black Homebuyers. moguldom.com According to the Department of Justice, billionaire Warren Buffett's mortgage company discriminated against Black homebuyers. Pennsylvania-based Berkshire Hathaway and Trident Mortgage Co., a division of Berkshire's HomeServices of America, have now reached an agreement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to set aside $20 million to make loans in underserved neighborhoods as part of …

____ (2022-08-08). Qinghai to build integrated photovoltaic manufacturing industrial base in Haidong. ecns.cn Canadian plans to invest 60 billion yuan (XXX) in Haidong Zero-Carbon Industrial Park by the end of 2027 to build an integrated photovoltaic manufacturing industrial base with an annual output of 200,000 metric tons of high-purity polysilicon and an annual output of 10 gigawatts of modules, which will also manufacture related raw and auxiliary materials.

WSWS (2022-08-08). US Senate targets Social Security and Medicare. wsws.org America's billionaires are demanding that entitlement spending be pillaged to make the oligarchy richer and to fund America's new "forever wars."

Dana Sanchez (2022-08-08). America Created 522K Jobs In July Despite Inflation, Recession Fears But Black Unemployment Almost 100% Higher. moguldom.com The U.S. economy gained 528,000 jobs in July despite recession warning signs with overall unemployment dropping to a -year-plus low, but the Black workers were the only demographic group to see unemployment rise. The Black unemployment rate is almost 100 percent higher than white at 6 percent compared to 3.1 percent. Unemployment fell across the …

Staff (2022-08-08). Preview: What to Look for in the July Consumer Price Index. cepr.net Inflation in rental components increased rapidly in recent months. The Fed's interest rate hikes had a direct impact on house sale prices, but it is unclear how or when it will impact rents.

TeleSUR (2022-08-08). US Senate Passes Democratic Bill on Tax Policy, Health Care. telesurenglish.net U.S. Senate on Sunday approved the Democratic spending bill on tax policy, health care and climate change, which is scaled down from what President Joe Biden and many Democrats envisioned last year. | RELATED: | The so-called Inflation Reduction Act cleared the evenly-divided upper chamber by a vote of 51 to along party lines, with Vice President Kamala Harris presiding to break the tie. No Republicans support the bill, bu…

____ (2022-08-07). Divided U.S. Senate passes 'anti-inflation' bill. ecns.cn The U.S. Senate's passage on Sunday of the "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" highlighted the division in the country's politics but also gave President Joe Biden a late-summer political victory.

WSWS (2022-08-08). Senate passes Democrats' fraudulent climate, anti-inflation and "tax fairness" bill. wsws.org The staged celebration by Senate Democrats reflected not the actual content of the bill—a miserable climb-down from earlier iterations of the Biden administration's domestic agenda, purged of any significant social measures, restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions or corporate tax hikes—but rather the desperation of the Democratic Party to register a legislative "win" in advance of the November midterm elections.

WSWS (2022-08-08). Senate passes Democrats' fraudulent climate and "tax fairness" bill. wsws.org The "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" is a miserable climb-down from earlier versions of the Biden administration's domestic agenda, purged of any significant social measures, restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions or corporate tax hikes.

WSWS (2022-08-08). Reject all-party regime! No to IMF austerity! Fight to build Democratic and Socialist Congress of Workers and Rural Masses! wsws.org The SEP in Sri Lanka calls on workers and rural toilers to build their own independent action committees to fight for their rights in opposition to President Wickremesinghe's effort to consolidate the entire Colombo political establishment behind the ruling class agenda of austerity and repression.

_____ (2022-08-08). Anti-Russian Hysteria Used By FBI To Target Black Organizers. popularresistance.org On July 29, the FBI conducted a surprise raid on the homes and offices of leaders of the African People's Socialist Party and Uhuru Solidarity Movement (APSP-Uhuru) in Florida and Missouri under the pretext that they were co-conspirators in an indictment of a Russian national, Alexander Ionov. In the raid, documents and electronic devices were stolen. The raid was coordinated with the Biden Administration. Clearing the FOG speaks with Chairman Omali Yeshitela of the APSP – Uhuru about the raid and the broader implications of it for activists in the United States. This raid is connected to the anti-Russian narrati…

TeleSUR (2022-08-08). President Petro Announces Tax Reform to Achieve Social Equity. telesurenglish.net During his inaugural speech on Sunday, Colombia's President Gustavo Petro confirmed that his administration will present a tax reform to Congress to obtain resources to help the most vulnerable population. | RELATED: | "Equality is possible if we are capable of creating wealth for everyone, and if we are capable of distributing it more fairly. That is why we propose an economy based on production, work, and knowledge. An…

_____ (2022-08-08). Philadelphia Unions: 'Housing Is A Human Right!'. popularresistance.org For months, 70 Black and Brown families have organized resistance to their threatened eviction by the Altman Company in Philadelphia. When supporters and residents set up a protest tent city on July 9, Altman got a judge to order what he called "trespassers" off his "private property." The area labor movement galvanized with a strong response, pointing out that workers have little interest in cooperating with Altman to carry out the evictions. | The Philadelphia Workers Solidarity Network and the Save the UC Townhomes Coalition first put out a petition with a plea to workers and union members: "Don't cross our pi…

_____ (2022-08-08). There Is More Media Talk About Using Nuclear Weapons Than Banning Them. popularresistance.org It's of critical importance—indeed, existential importance—to the world: the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. And a coalition of peace organizations in the United States is charging that media are acting like the treaty "does not exist." | The Nuclear Ban Treaty Collaborative is waging a campaign to encourage press coverage of the treaty, which, it argues, "provides the only pathway to a safe, secure future free of the nuclear threat" (Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance Newsletter, 6/22). | In the words of the UN, the treaty is "a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons…

TeleSUR (2022-08-08). Chile is Committed To Supporting the Peace Process in Colombia. telesurenglish.net Chile will be a guarantor of the peace process that the government of Gustavo Petro will resume with the guerrilla of the National Liberation Army (ELN), President Gabriel Boric announced Monday in Bogota, after a meeting with the recently inaugurated president of Colombia at the Casa de Nariño. | RELATED: | "We have expressed all our willingness to continue collaborating in the terms that the Colombian government deems most useful to its cau…

TeleSUR (2022-08-08). China Reports Outbreak of New Virus. telesurenglish.net In China, 35 people have been reported as infected by the new henipavirus which appears to be potentially deadly. The virus which spreads from animals to humans has set off the alarm in the Chinese region of Taiwan. | RELATED: | Chuang Jen-Hsiang, deputy director of Taiwan's Centers for Disease Control (CDC), said Sunday that Taiwanese laboratories should install standard testing processes to identify the Langya henipavirus (LayV)…

Ann Brown (2022-08-08). Millions Of Americans Likely Paying Higher Interest Rates Because Equifax Sent Wrong Credit Scores To Lenders. moguldom.com Millions of consumers have been affected by a major blunder by consumer credit reporting agency Equifax. The firm sent lenders inaccurate credit scores of consumers for three weeks this year. And now, a class action complaint has been filed against Equifax on behalf of Nydia Jenkins and other consumers who sought loans or other financial services were …

TeleSUR (2022-08-08). Cuba: Antonio Guiteras Thermoelectric Stops Operations. telesurenglish.net The Cuban Electric Company (UNE) informed that as a consequence of the fire in the industrial zone of Matanzas, the Antonio Guiteras Thermoelectric Power Plant (CTE) ceased operations at around 1: 00 PM on Monday. | RELATED: | A maximum deficit of 1200 MW is expected, as the Power Plant in Matanzas has left the National Electric System due to a lack of raw water to maintain operations. | Actions were taken to supply…

TeleSUR (2022-08-08). Cuba: Third Fuel Storage Tank Collapses at Matanzas Fire. telesurenglish.net On Monday morning, Cuban authorities confirmed the collapse of a third storage tank at the Supertanker Base in Matanzas. The fire in this industrial facility started on Friday and has left one dead and over a hundred people injured so far. | RELATED: | Previously, in a letter addressed to President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Chinese President Xi Jinping assured that his country is prepared to provide assistance to Cuba. He also expressed his c…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-08). King's Forces Attack Communist Party of Swaziland Members as Protests Continue. libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni A protest by the Communist Party of Swaziland "I was held face down at gunpoint with my arms and legs bound behind for half an hour, while they fired shots and chased down my comrades," CPS central committee member Vuyiswa Maseko told Peoples Dispatch. The Operation Support Service Unit (OSSU), a militarized police…

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-08-08). Bomberos cubanos combaten incendio industrial en Matanzas. telesurtv.net Hasta la mañana del domingo habían desaparecido 17 bomberos en una segunda explosión y fue recuperado e identificado uno.

____ (2022-08-07). Insufficient domestic demand major challenge for economy. ecns.cn Less-than-stellar data in consumption, investment and market confidence show that mild recovery rather than a robust rebound is more likely in the second half.

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-08-08). Presidente de México supervisa rescate de mineros en Coahuila. telesurtv.net El rescate de los diez mineros que se encuentran atrapados se ha visto obstaculizado por las inundaciones en los pozos.

____ (2022-08-08). U.S. Senate passes Democratic bill on tax policy, health care. ecns.cn U.S. Senate on Sunday approved the Democratic spending bill on tax policy, health care and climate change, which is scaled down from what President Joe Biden and many Democrats envisioned last year.

____ (2022-08-07). New rules aim to increase intl flights. ecns.cn Restrictions on international passenger flights were loosened on Sunday in order to further refine COVID-19 prevention and control measures, while at the same time encourage economic recovery and international travel.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-08-08). Palestina e Israel acuerdan cese de hostilidades en Gaza. telesurtv.net Egipto inició labores de mediación entre la parte israelí y la milicia palestina en el marco de una serie de bombardeos de las fuerzas de ocupación en Gaza.

____ (2022-08-07). China makes inbound international travel easier. ecns.cn China's aviation regulator has decided to relax rules on suspending overseas flights due to COVID-19 in a move many believe will stimulate inbound travel.

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-08-08). Refuerzan labores de lucha contra incendio industrial en Cuba. telesurtv.net En el terreno hay especialistas de México y Venezuela, primeros países en llegar en apoyo a Cuba con 5 vuelos nocturnos.

____ (2022-08-07). Nation to fuel up consumer interest in NEV purchases. ecns.cn Carmakers and battery manufacturers in China are speeding up to expand charging and battery-swapping facilities, which are expected to further fuel car buyers' interest in new energy vehicles.

Staff (2022-08-08). Matanzas frente al fuego: Gran explosión y llamarada en la zona del siniestro (+ Fotos y Videos). cubadebate.cu Poco después de las 11: 30 pm de este domingo una fuerte explosión se sintió en la zona industrial de Matanzas. El segundo tanque con combustible colapsó, después de casi 40 horas ardiendo, causando una enorme masa de fuego que iluminó toda la ciudad de Matanzas y se vió hasta en el Malecón habanero. Todavía no se ha podido precisar la situación actual del tercer tanque de combustible. Otra noche trágica tras siniestro, que comenzó en la noche del viernes 5 de agosto en el tanque 52 de almacenamiento de crudo, y ha cobrado la vida de una persona hasta el momento, con otros 16 desaparecidos.

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-08-08). Presidente de Cuba resalta heroísmo en labores para extinguir incendio. telesurtv.net Se trabaja ininterrumpidamente para controlar el siniestro en Base de Supertanqueros de la provincia de Matanzas.

WSWS (2022-08-08). Australian tugboat workers strike as unions work with Labor to head off further stoppages. wsws.org A court hearing into Svitzer's bid to slash workers' wages by up to percent has been delayed to prevent more strikes in the lead-up to next month's Labor government "Jobs and Skills Summit."

Labor Video Project (2022-08-08). Machine that Ate People: Tech, Spying Emotions, AI, Algorythms & Worker's Dystopia. indybay.org Professor Peter Mantello talks about the use of technology to spy on workers and increase exploitation through empathetic surveillance and bio metric technologies…

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-08-08). Presidente de Cuba afirma que es prioritario extinguir incendio en Matanzas. telesurtv.net El incendio de un depósito de combustible en la zona industrial de la ciudad de Matanzas ha dejado un muerto y 122 heridos hasta el momento.

Staff (2022-08-08). En fotos, columna de humo del incendio en Matanzas. cubadebate.cu Desde Matanzas, nuestra fotorreportera Irene Pérez nos envía imágenes de la columna de humo en la zona industrial.

Staff (2022-08-08). Sale CTE Antonio Guiteras del Sistema Electroenergético Nacional. cubadebate.cu La Unión Eléctrica informó que como consecuencia del incendio en la zona industrial de Matanzas, la central termoeléctrica Antonio Guiteras salió de operaciones sobre la una de la tarde de este lunes. La unidad se quedó sin suministro de agua suficiente para mantenerse en operaciones. Hay 1 192 megawatts de afectación en el sistema eléctrico del país.

Staff (2022-08-08). Abren convocatoria para la creación de mipymes y CNA en las actividades económicas que no se habían tramitado hasta el momento. cubadebate.cu El Ministerio de Economía informa que a partir de este momento se abre la convocatoria para la creación de mipymes y Cooperativas no Agropecuarias de las actividades económicas que no se habían tramitado hasta el momento, de cualquier actividad económica lícita y autorizada según el Decreto 49/2021.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-08-08). Acusan de la judicialización de los conflictos sindicales en Uruguay. telesurtv.net Un grupo de 75 trabajadores de Riogas fueron citados a una audiencia este lunes en el marco de una denuncia civil que presentó la empresa.

Staff (2022-08-08). Matanzas, el tanque tres y la esperanza. cubadebate.cu Pocas veces en Cuba un depósito había significado tanto en la expectación de una ciudad. Los que compartimos estas horas con los matanceros sentíamos que la salvación del tanque tres, en la zona industrial de la urbe, durante horas y horas resistiéndose al quiebre, pese a las llamaradas y el calor que lo acechaban desde el tanque dos, significarían la primera partida triunfante sobre un siniestro.

_____ (2022-08-07). Strikes spread across Amazon UK warehouses as workers reject "pathetic" pay offer. popularresistance.org Amid a landmark wave of labor unrest in the UK, workers across at least four Amazon warehouses have staged wildcat strikes this week to protest a new pay offer. | On August 3, over 700 workers at the Amazon facility in Tilbury, Essex downed tools and launched a protest in the warehouse cafeteria against a pay offer of a mere 0.35 ($0.42) increase per hour. The offer would amount to an increase of 3%, at a time when inflation in the UK is projected to rise to 13%, amounting to a real-terms pay cut for workers. | The strike action soon spread to another Amazon warehouse in Rugeley, Staffordshire. Over a 100 workers…

_____ (2022-08-07). Strikes Spread Across Amazon UK Warehouses. popularresistance.org On August 3, over 700 workers at the Amazon facility in Tilbury, Essex downed tools and launched a protest in the warehouse cafeteria against a pay offer of a mere 0.35 ($0.42) increase per hour. The offer would amount to an increase of 3%, at a time when inflation in the UK is projected to rise to 13%, amounting to a real-terms pay cut for workers. | The strike action soon spread to another Amazon warehouse in Rugeley, Staffordshire. Over a 100 workers walked out to protest a 0.50 pay increase offer, with one worker telling Birmingham Mail that it was an "embarrassment of [an] announcement that comes as a mocker…

Derrick Crowe (2022-08-07). People's Action: Grassroots Organizing Won Big Steps Forward for Climate, Health Care, and Corporate Taxes. peoplesaction.org WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action celebrated the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act today by the U.S. Senate, highlighting the historic investment in climate change mitigation, as well as provisions that would force rich corporations to pay more of their fair share in taxes and allow Medicare to fight price gouging by drug companies. "These investments are …

Fight Back (2022-08-07). Red Theory: Marxism and the Law of Value. fightbacknews.org In our previous article we looked at what a commodity is and examined use-value and exchange-value. This discussion of value is a cornerstone of Marx's critique of political economy. The value of any commodity is equal to the socially necessary labor time required to produce that commodity. This is the Law of Value, and it is essential to understand if we are to really grasp what is revolutionary about Marx's critique of capitalism. | In Capital, Marx writes, "That which determines the magnitude of the value of any article is … the labor-time socially necessary for its production. Each individual commodity, in…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-07). The CIA, Universities, and Anti-Communist Marxism. libya360.wordpress.com On this week's release of "On the Barricades," host Maria Cernat speaks to the French-American writer, cultural critic, and activist, Gabriel Rockhill. Gabriel completed his graduate studies under the direction of Jacques Derrida, Luce Irigaray and Alain Badiou, and is now a professor of philosophy at Villanova University. Gabriel's work in academia led him to…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-07). The Crypto-Fascist Group Infiltrating the Online Communist Community. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea Marxist Anti Imperialist Collective, a crypto-Strasserite group, has advocated for Socialism with Richard Spencer characteristics by endorsing the idea of a white state. Big surprise. Why should we care so much? Well, this group is using certain tactics to spread its ideas widely. MAC runs several "communist" subreddits that are easy to mistake…

_____ (2022-08-07). Fired Up Rail Workers Rally In Galesburg, Illinois. popularresistance.org Last month, for The Real News, I reported on the egregious working conditions that rail workers on Class I freight railroads are facing, including punitive and inhumane attendance policies, chronic understaffing (after rail companies collectively laid off 30% of their workforce since 2015), stagnant wages, and dire safety threats as trains have gotten longer and heavier while rail carriers have simultaneously sought to reduce crew sizes down to one person. This long-simmering crisis recently came to a head when a coalition of negotiators representing more than 115,000 rail workers were unable to come to an agreem…

Fight Back (2022-08-07). New Yorkers stand in solidarity with activists raided by FBI. fightbacknews.org Brooklyn, NY — Around 20 organizers and community members gathered at noon on August 5 for a press conference, organized by The December 12th Movement, to denounce the FBI raids on African Socialist Party. | The press conference included powerful speakers from December 12, Black is Back, Struggle La Lucha, the Panthers, and a few openly socialist elected officials. | Collin Poirot, a member of the New York Community Action Project, spoke on behalf of the National Lawyers Guild. They said, "By targeting people who have built relationships with progressive forces in other countries, the U.S. government intend…

____ (2022-08-07). Divided U.S. Senate passes 'anti-inflation' bill. ecns.cn The U.S. Senate's passage on Sunday of the "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" highlighted the division in the country's politics but also gave President Joe Biden a late-summer political victory.

WSWS (2022-08-08). US Senate targets Social Security and Medicare. wsws.org America's billionaires are demanding that entitlement spending be pillaged to make the oligarchy richer and to fund America's new "forever wars."

WSWS (2022-08-08). Senate passes Democrats' fraudulent climate, anti-inflation and "tax fairness" bill. wsws.org The staged celebration by Senate Democrats reflected not the actual content of the bill—a miserable climb-down from earlier iterations of the Biden administration's domestic agenda, purged of any significant social measures, restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions or corporate tax hikes—but rather the desperation of the Democratic Party to register a legislative "win" in advance of the November midterm elections.

WSWS (2022-08-08). Senate passes Democrats' fraudulent climate and "tax fairness" bill. wsws.org The "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" is a miserable climb-down from earlier versions of the Biden administration's domestic agenda, purged of any significant social measures, restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions or corporate tax hikes.

____ (2022-08-07). Shipments of Ukrainian grain go into high gear with 2nd caravan of ships inspected. ecns.cn Efforts to bring Ukrainian grain to international markets via the Black Sea have gone into a higher gear as the inspections of the second caravan of ships off Istanbul were concluded on Sunday.

H. Scott Prosterman (2022-08-08). How AIPAC went from Lobbying for Israel to quashing Progressives and backing Jan. 6 Insurgents. juancole.com Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) &#1 ; The American-Israel Public Affairs Committee's (AIPAC) zealous financial backing of many of the 137 House Reps and Senators who voted to overturn the 2020 Election is a bad sign for American democracy. In a better ordered world, these members of Congress would all be expelled for sedition. While …

Jake Johnson (2022-08-08). Sanders Says Senate Bill 'Nowhere Near' Enough as Dems, GOP Tank His Amendments. commondreams.org The Vermont senator nevertheless supported final passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, calling it "a step forward" on climate and drug prices.

____ (2022-08-08). Qinghai to build integrated photovoltaic manufacturing industrial base in Haidong. ecns.cn Canadian plans to invest 60 billion yuan (XXX) in Haidong Zero-Carbon Industrial Park by the end of 2027 to build an integrated photovoltaic manufacturing industrial base with an annual output of 200,000 metric tons of high-purity polysilicon and an annual output of 10 gigawatts of modules, which will also manufacture related raw and auxiliary materials.

TeleSUR (2022-08-08). US Senate Passes Democratic Bill on Tax Policy, Health Care. telesurenglish.net U.S. Senate on Sunday approved the Democratic spending bill on tax policy, health care and climate change, which is scaled down from what President Joe Biden and many Democrats envisioned last year. | RELATED: | The so-called Inflation Reduction Act cleared the evenly-divided upper chamber by a vote of 51 to along party lines, with Vice President Kamala Harris presiding to break the tie. No Republicans support the bill, bu…

WSWS (2022-08-08). Reject all-party regime! No to IMF austerity! Fight to build Democratic and Socialist Congress of Workers and Rural Masses! wsws.org The SEP in Sri Lanka calls on workers and rural toilers to build their own independent action committees to fight for their rights in opposition to President Wickremesinghe's effort to consolidate the entire Colombo political establishment behind the ruling class agenda of austerity and repression.

TeleSUR (2022-08-08). Cuba: Third Fuel Storage Tank Collapses at Matanzas Fire. telesurenglish.net On Monday morning, Cuban authorities confirmed the collapse of a third storage tank at the Supertanker Base in Matanzas. The fire in this industrial facility started on Friday and has left one dead and over a hundred people injured so far. | RELATED: | Previously, in a letter addressed to President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Chinese President Xi Jinping assured that his country is prepared to provide assistance to Cuba. He also expressed his c…

WSWS (2022-08-08). Australian tugboat workers strike as unions work with Labor to head off further stoppages. wsws.org A court hearing into Svitzer's bid to slash workers' wages by up to percent has been delayed to prevent more strikes in the lead-up to next month's Labor government "Jobs and Skills Summit."

Staff (2022-08-08). Matanzas frente al fuego: Gran explosión y llamarada en la zona del siniestro (+ Fotos y Videos). cubadebate.cu Poco después de las 11: 30 pm de este domingo una fuerte explosión se sintió en la zona industrial de Matanzas. El segundo tanque con combustible colapsó, después de casi 40 horas ardiendo, causando una enorme masa de fuego que iluminó toda la ciudad de Matanzas y se vió hasta en el Malecón habanero. Todavía no se ha podido precisar la situación actual del tercer tanque de combustible. Otra noche trágica tras siniestro, que comenzó en la noche del viernes 5 de agosto en el tanque 52 de almacenamiento de crudo, y ha cobrado la vida de una persona hasta el momento, con otros 16 desaparecidos.

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-08-08). Bomberos cubanos combaten incendio industrial en Matanzas. telesurtv.net Hasta la mañana del domingo habían desaparecido 17 bomberos en una segunda explosión y fue recuperado e identificado uno.

Labor Video Project (2022-08-08). Machine that Ate People: Tech, Spying Emotions, AI, Algorythms & Worker's Dystopia. indybay.org Professor Peter Mantello talks about the use of technology to spy on workers and increase exploitation through empathetic surveillance and bio metric technologies…

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-08-08). Acusan de la judicialización de los conflictos sindicales en Uruguay. telesurtv.net Un grupo de 75 trabajadores de Riogas fueron citados a una audiencia este lunes en el marco de una denuncia civil que presentó la empresa.

Staff (2022-08-08). Abren convocatoria para la creación de mipymes y CNA en las actividades económicas que no se habían tramitado hasta el momento. cubadebate.cu El Ministerio de Economía informa que a partir de este momento se abre la convocatoria para la creación de mipymes y Cooperativas no Agropecuarias de las actividades económicas que no se habían tramitado hasta el momento, de cualquier actividad económica lícita y autorizada según el Decreto 49/2021.

____ (2022-08-07). Insufficient domestic demand major challenge for economy. ecns.cn Less-than-stellar data in consumption, investment and market confidence show that mild recovery rather than a robust rebound is more likely in the second half.

Kerry Smith (2022-08-08). Photos: Hiroshima Day protests call on Labor government to scrap AUKUS, nuclear subs. greenleft.org.au Gatherings marked the 77th anniversary of the US' bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, calling on Labor to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, scrap AUKUS and bring Julian Assange home. Kerry Smith reports.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-08-08). Palestina e Israel acuerdan cese de hostilidades en Gaza. telesurtv.net Egipto inició labores de mediación entre la parte israelí y la milicia palestina en el marco de una serie de bombardeos de las fuerzas de ocupación en Gaza.

____ (2022-08-08). U.S. Senate passes Democratic bill on tax policy, health care. ecns.cn U.S. Senate on Sunday approved the Democratic spending bill on tax policy, health care and climate change, which is scaled down from what President Joe Biden and many Democrats envisioned last year.

____ (2022-08-07). Nation to fuel up consumer interest in NEV purchases. ecns.cn Carmakers and battery manufacturers in China are speeding up to expand charging and battery-swapping facilities, which are expected to further fuel car buyers' interest in new energy vehicles.

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-08-08). Refuerzan labores de lucha contra incendio industrial en Cuba. telesurtv.net En el terreno hay especialistas de México y Venezuela, primeros países en llegar en apoyo a Cuba con 5 vuelos nocturnos.

____ (2022-08-07). New rules aim to increase intl flights. ecns.cn Restrictions on international passenger flights were loosened on Sunday in order to further refine COVID-19 prevention and control measures, while at the same time encourage economic recovery and international travel.

____ (2022-08-07). China makes inbound international travel easier. ecns.cn China's aviation regulator has decided to relax rules on suspending overseas flights due to COVID-19 in a move many believe will stimulate inbound travel.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-08). A Q&A with a Mayo Clinic expert on monkeypox testing, more… newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Health officials continue to monitor and track increasing cases of monkeypox, a rare disease caused by the monkeypox virus. "Monkeypox is a virus that has mainly caused outbreaks in the continent of Africa. There have been over the last decade or two isolated outbreaks in countries outside of Africa, but this is the largest outbreak occurring in what we call nonendemic countries," says Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., director of the Clinical Virology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic. The World Health Organization declared monkeypox…

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-08-08). Presidente de Cuba resalta heroísmo en labores para extinguir incendio. telesurtv.net Se trabaja ininterrumpidamente para controlar el siniestro en Base de Supertanqueros de la provincia de Matanzas.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-08). Sunburn treatment: What works? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Great summer days are full of relaxation, fun and plenty of sunshine. Unfortunately, spending too much time in the sun can lead to a sunburn. Your skin may be inflamed, painful and feel hot to the touch. Any exposed part of the body, including your lips, earlobes and scalp, can burn. The symptoms of sunburn usually appear a few hours after sun exposure. Unfortunately, there's no fast fix to soothe a sunburn. Once you have sunburn,…

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-08-08). Presidente de Cuba afirma que es prioritario extinguir incendio en Matanzas. telesurtv.net El incendio de un depósito de combustible en la zona industrial de la ciudad de Matanzas ha dejado un muerto y 122 heridos hasta el momento.

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-08-08). Presidente de México supervisa rescate de mineros en Coahuila. telesurtv.net El rescate de los diez mineros que se encuentran atrapados se ha visto obstaculizado por las inundaciones en los pozos.

____ (2022-08-07). World food prices decline amid relief from restarted Ukraine grain exports: FAO. ecns.cn World food prices declined dramatically in July, according to the Rome-based United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Friday.

Joe Piette (2022-08-07). Philadelphia unions: 'Housing is a human right!'. workers.org For months, 70 Black and Brown families have organized resistance to their threatened eviction by the Altman Company in Philadelphia. When supporters and residents set up a protest tent city on July 9, Altman got a judge to order what he called "trespassers" off his "private property." The area labor . . . |

Labor Video Project (2022-08-07). SF Protest Against Nancy Pelosi For Pushing War Drive Against China. indybay.org There is growing anger against Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi for pushing for war in Asia and massive expansion of the military encirclement.Her trip to Taiwan has been strongly supported by the Republicans and she is supporting the Asian Pivot.

_____ (2022-08-07). Strikes spread across Amazon UK warehouses as workers reject "pathetic" pay offer. popularresistance.org Amid a landmark wave of labor unrest in the UK, workers across at least four Amazon warehouses have staged wildcat strikes this week to protest a new pay offer. | On August 3, over 700 workers at the Amazon facility in Tilbury, Essex downed tools and launched a protest in the warehouse cafeteria against a pay offer of a mere 0.35 ($0.42) increase per hour. The offer would amount to an increase of 3%, at a time when inflation in the UK is projected to rise to 13%, amounting to a real-terms pay cut for workers. | The strike action soon spread to another Amazon warehouse in Rugeley, Staffordshire. Over a 100 workers…

_____ (2022-08-07). Strikes Spread Across Amazon UK Warehouses. popularresistance.org On August 3, over 700 workers at the Amazon facility in Tilbury, Essex downed tools and launched a protest in the warehouse cafeteria against a pay offer of a mere 0.35 ($0.42) increase per hour. The offer would amount to an increase of 3%, at a time when inflation in the UK is projected to rise to 13%, amounting to a real-terms pay cut for workers. | The strike action soon spread to another Amazon warehouse in Rugeley, Staffordshire. Over a 100 workers walked out to protest a 0.50 pay increase offer, with one worker telling Birmingham Mail that it was an "embarrassment of [an] announcement that comes as a mocker…

Derrick Crowe (2022-08-07). People's Action: Grassroots Organizing Won Big Steps Forward for Climate, Health Care, and Corporate Taxes. peoplesaction.org WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action celebrated the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act today by the U.S. Senate, highlighting the historic investment in climate change mitigation, as well as provisions that would force rich corporations to pay more of their fair share in taxes and allow Medicare to fight price gouging by drug companies. "These investments are …

WSWS (2022-08-07). UK: The Arriva-Unite below inflation pay deal pushed through in Yorkshire after strike action suspended twice. wsws.org Unite's claims to be winning pay victories and organising co-ordinated action against the private transport operators is refuted by all experience.

WSWS (2022-08-07). Israel wages war against Iranian-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad and gives free rein to the far right. wsws.org

WSWS (2022-08-07). Israel wages war against Iranian-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad. wsws.org Israel's air strikes have killed at least 43 Palestinians, including Taysir al-Jabari and Khalid Mansour, senior PIJ military leaders in northern and southern Gaza, including 15 children and four women since Friday…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-08-07). The Shanghai "Covid Zero Tolerance Mandate". Engineered Depression of China's Economy? globalresearch.ca "Covid Tolerance Zero" has contributed to destabilizing Shanghai's financial sector as well as China's buoyant export economy. It has created social havoc for millions of people, requiring the imposition of PCR tests, using the QR code as a means of social control.

Fight Back (2022-08-07). Red Theory: Marxism and the Law of Value. fightbacknews.org In our previous article we looked at what a commodity is and examined use-value and exchange-value. This discussion of value is a cornerstone of Marx's critique of political economy. The value of any commodity is equal to the socially necessary labor time required to produce that commodity. This is the Law of Value, and it is essential to understand if we are to really grasp what is revolutionary about Marx's critique of capitalism. | In Capital, Marx writes, "That which determines the magnitude of the value of any article is … the labor-time socially necessary for its production. Each individual commodity, in…

Emanuel Pastreich (2022-08-07). Do Universities Teach Economics? globalresearch.ca

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-07). The CIA, Universities, and Anti-Communist Marxism. libya360.wordpress.com On this week's release of "On the Barricades," host Maria Cernat speaks to the French-American writer, cultural critic, and activist, Gabriel Rockhill. Gabriel completed his graduate studies under the direction of Jacques Derrida, Luce Irigaray and Alain Badiou, and is now a professor of philosophy at Villanova University. Gabriel's work in academia led him to…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-07). The Crypto-Fascist Group Infiltrating the Online Communist Community. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea Marxist Anti Imperialist Collective, a crypto-Strasserite group, has advocated for Socialism with Richard Spencer characteristics by endorsing the idea of a white state. Big surprise. Why should we care so much? Well, this group is using certain tactics to spread its ideas widely. MAC runs several "communist" subreddits that are easy to mistake…

_____ (2022-08-07). Fired Up Rail Workers Rally In Galesburg, Illinois. popularresistance.org Last month, for The Real News, I reported on the egregious working conditions that rail workers on Class I freight railroads are facing, including punitive and inhumane attendance policies, chronic understaffing (after rail companies collectively laid off 30% of their workforce since 2015), stagnant wages, and dire safety threats as trains have gotten longer and heavier while rail carriers have simultaneously sought to reduce crew sizes down to one person. This long-simmering crisis recently came to a head when a coalition of negotiators representing more than 115,000 rail workers were unable to come to an agreem…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-07). Aid Arrives in Cuba in Response to the Fire in Matanzas. libya360.wordpress.com Aid from Mexico and Venezuela Arrive in Cuba to Fight the Fire in Matanzas Planes from Mexico and Venezuela arrived early Sunday in Cuba to support the fight against the fire in the industrial zone of the western city of Matanzas. The first to arrive was a Boing 737-700 of the Mexican Airforce Force with…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-07). Aid from Mexico and Venezuela Arrive in Cuba to Fight the Fire in Matanzas. libya360.wordpress.com Planes from Mexico and Venezuela arrived early Sunday in Cuba to support the fight against the fire in the industrial zone of the western city of Matanzas. The first to arrive was a Boing 737-700 of the Mexican Airforce Force with 62 military personnel and 16 experts in the oil area. Brigadier General Juan Bravo…

TeleSUR (2022-08-07). Cuba: Fire Extinguished in One Crude Oil Tank in Matanzas. telesurenglish.net Cooling actions are concentrated there, to prevent the fire from spreading to the rest of the fuel tanks that make up one of the batteries of the Supertanker Base located in Matanzas Bay. | The fire in the first fuel tank that caught fire on Friday in the industrial zone of this provincial capital was put out today. Aug. 07, 2022.

TeleSUR (2022-08-07). Cuba: Fire Extinguished in One of the Crude Oil Tanks in Matanzas. telesurenglish.net Cooling actions are concentrated there, to prevent the fire from spreading to the rest of the fuel tanks that make up one of the batteries of the Supertanker Base located in Matanzas Bay. | The fire in the first fuel tank that caught fire on Friday in the industrial zone of this provincial capital was put out today. Aug. 07, 2022.

TeleSUR (2022-08-07). Efforts Continue to Put Out Industrial Fire in Cuba. telesurenglish.net First secretary of the Cuban Communist Party in Matanzas, Susely Morfa Gonzalez, informed via the social network Twitter that the fire caused by a fuel spill from the damaged tank number 52 has been extinguished. | Foam began to be poured ontank number 52 and the third tank has not caught fire, despite the heat and close proximity of the fire. Aug. 07, 2022.

TeleSUR (2022-08-07). Reinforced Efforts to Fight Industrial Fire in Cuba. telesurenglish.net The initial toll was 122 injured, 98 people have already been discharged, according to the health authorities of the province of Matanzas, which had to transfer some of the patients to hospitals in Havana for specialized care. | 122 injured, 98 people have already been discharged, according to the health authorities of the province of Matanzas. Aug. 07, 2022.

Fight Back (2022-08-07). New Yorkers stand in solidarity with activists raided by FBI. fightbacknews.org Brooklyn, NY — Around 20 organizers and community members gathered at noon on August 5 for a press conference, organized by The December 12th Movement, to denounce the FBI raids on African Socialist Party. | The press conference included powerful speakers from December 12, Black is Back, Struggle La Lucha, the Panthers, and a few openly socialist elected officials. | Collin Poirot, a member of the New York Community Action Project, spoke on behalf of the National Lawyers Guild. They said, "By targeting people who have built relationships with progressive forces in other countries, the U.S. government intend…

____ (2022-08-07). Comicomment: U.S. human rights exploiter, not defender. ecns.cn A Hyundai subsidiary in Alabama of the United States used child labor at its metal stamping plant, according to media reports. At a time of U.S. labor shortages and supply chain disruptions, labor experts said there are heightened risks that children, especially undocumented migrants, could end up in workplaces that are hazardous and illegal for minors.

Staff (2022-08-07). Avión de la Fuerza Aérea de México aterriza con ayuda en Matanzas (+ Video). cubadebate.cu Un avión de la Fuerza Aérea de México acaba de aterrizar en el aeropuerto Juan Gualberto Gómez, de Matanzas, con ayuda que esta nación envía para contribuir a sofocar el incendio de grandes proporciones desatado en la Base de Supertanqueros, ubicada en la zona industrial de esa ciudad.

TeleSUR, mcs, JCM (2022-08-07). Luis Arce resalta recuperación económica y política de Bolivia. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con la autoridad las organizaciones sociales respaldan incondicional y enérgicamente al gobierno democrático.

TeleSUR, mes, JCM (2022-08-07). Partido Laborista encabeza elecciones en San Cristóbal y Nieves. telesurtv.net Los comicios son supervisados por equipos de observadores de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) y de la Comunidad del Caribe (Caricom).

WSWS (2022-08-07). Bank of England maps out social counter-revolution. wsws.org The rate rise is part of aggressive moves by the world's leading central banks to "crush" demands for higher wages amid the greatest cost-of-living crisis since the 1930s.

Staff (2022-08-07). Matanzas: Noche al pie del fuego. cubadebate.cu Cerca de la una de la madrugada recorremos las cercanías del fuego en la zona industrial matancera. La noche parece dominada por un silencio tan denso como la humareda que se desperdiga sobre el horizonte. Una leve esperanza de que la fuerza de las llamas desciende se esfuma muy pronto con las lengàºetas que reaparecen sobre las estructuras de un grupo electrógeno que parece percibir la cercana amenaza.

Staff (2022-08-07). Avión de la Fuerza Aérea de México aterriza con ayuda en Matanzas (+ Fotos y Video). cubadebate.cu Un avión de la Fuerza Aérea de México acaba de aterrizar en el aeropuerto Juan Gualberto Gómez, de Matanzas, con ayuda que esta nación envía para contribuir a sofocar el incendio de grandes proporciones desatado en la Base de Supertanqueros, ubicada en la zona industrial de esa ciudad.

Staff (2022-08-07). Cupet informa sobre accidente de camión cisterna. cubadebate.cu Cupet informa que en horas de la mañana se hoy se produjo un accidente de un camión rígido cisterna matrícula B231121, perteneciente a la empresa TRANSCUPET. El equipo transportaba nafta solvente de uso industrial. El incidente se produjo en la Vía Blanca, cerca del puente de Canasí. No hay perdida de vidas humanas.

WSWS (2022-08-07). UK: Ruling elite maps out social counter-revolution in Britain. wsws.org The rate rise is part of aggressive moves by the world's leading central banks to "crush" demands for higher wages amid the greatest cost-of-living crisis since the 1930s.

Staff (2022-08-07). Rescatista Arnaldo àÅlvarez: "No nos vamos hasta que no termine el incendio" (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu Desde este sábado Arnaldo Lázaro àÅlvarez Guillermo, miembro del Grupo Especializado en Operaciones y Socorros de La Habana, se encuentra en la Base de Supertanqueros de Matanzas, donde bomberos, brigadas especiales, la Cruz Roja y otros grupos laboran para controlar el incendio que comenzó en la tarde del viernes.

TeleSUR, JCM, JL (2022-08-07). Confirman primer fallecido en medio de labores en Matanzas, Cuba. telesurtv.net De acuerdo a informes oficiales, el primer fallecido era un bombero que realizaba las labores para apagar el fuego en la refinería de Matanzas.

Staff (2022-08-07). Llega a Matanzas ayuda desde Venezuela: 35 especialistas de PDVSA y 20 toneladas de insumos. cubadebate.cu En la madrugada de este domingo 7 de agosto arribó al aeropuerto internacional Juan Gualberto Gómez de Varadero la aeronave de Conviasa, procedente de Venezuela, con la ayuda solidaria para contribuir a sofocar el incendio de grandes proporciones desatado en la Base de Supertanqueros, ubicada en la zona industrial de la ciudad de Matanzas.

Staff (2022-08-07). Base de Supertanqueros de Matanzas: Se trabaja sin descanso para controlar el incendio (+ Fotos y Videos). cubadebate.cu Bomberos, brigadas especiales de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias, de la Cruz Roja y otras fuerzas entrenadas en la contención y extinción de incendios, laboran ininterrumpidamente para controlar el siniestro que se desató en la noche de este viernes 5 de agosto en el tanque 52 de almacenamiento de crudo de la Base de Supertanqueros de Matanzas debido al impacto de un rayo.

Staff (2022-08-07). Brigada de médicos colaboradores cubanos regresó de Guinea Ecuatorial. cubadebate.cu Una brigada conformada por 215 colaboradores de la salud y educación que asistieron al hermano pueblo de Guinea Ecuatorial, regresó en la madrugada de hoy, luego de cumplir con su misión de salvar vidas en ese país. Son miembros del Contingente Internacional de Médicos Especializados en Situaciones de Desastres y Graves Epidemias Henry Reeve.

Staff (2022-08-07). Brigada de colaboradores cubanos de salud y educación regresó de Guinea Ecuatorial. cubadebate.cu Una brigada conformada por 215 colaboradores de la salud y educación que asistieron al hermano pueblo de Guinea Ecuatorial, regresó en la madrugada de hoy, luego de cumplir con su misión de salvar vidas en ese país. Son miembros del Contingente Internacional de Médicos Especializados en Situaciones de Desastres y Graves Epidemias Henry Reeve.

_____ (2022-08-06). US is Actively Trying to Transform Kyrgyzstan into Anti-Russia. journal-neo.org The geopolitical confrontation between the collective West, led by the United States, and Russia has noticeably intensified and in recent months, after Moscow launched a special operation to denazify Ukraine, has perhaps reached its peak. This confrontation is especially clearly manifested in the political and trade and economic spheres. The United States, having recently made …

JANET (2022-08-06). Citizens' Pole of Panamá: An indisputable victory for the Panamanian people in a united struggle. iacenter.org By Harvey Markowitz August 3, 2022 Statement of Polo Ciudadano (Citizens' Pole) Note: Following huge price rises in Panamá for necessities during the first part of the year, including a 50% increase in energy prices, a mass movement erupted in July. The masses blocked the main roads for three weeks. As a result, prices were rolled back 30% and frozen at that level. The following statement describes some of the reasons for the victory, which should be an inspiration to all popular struggles. Translation: John Catalinotto. Panamá City, Panamá. Photo: Deborah Rodriguez The great social explosion of the Panamanian pe…

JANET (2022-08-06). Panamá: Workers strike, win price rollback. iacenter.org By Deborah Rodriguez August 2, 2022 The author was in Panama City, Panama, on a school trip with her daughter when the national strike to reduce prices began July 1. She combines her observations with research to tell this story. The Panamanian people have won a significant battle. They have been in the streets since July 1 demanding their government reduce the cost of living and necessary goods, whose prices impact the day-to-day lives of Panamanian people. They also demanded the government abandon the protection of neoliberal rules that protect the power elite of the co…

Udani Samarasekera (2022-08-06). [Perspectives] Tulio de Oliveira: collaborating to boost science in Africa. thelancet.com Bioinformatician Tulio de Oliveira's philosophy has been to do "science not for journal publications or the academic career but science that can go back to the community and to the managing physicians and nurses of patients", he says. In South Africa, as founder and Director of the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in Durban and the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) at Stellenbosch University, his work focuses on genomic surveillance and analysis in the COVID-19 pandemic and for viral and bacterial epidemics, including HIV…

Ashley M McMullen (2022-08-06). [Perspectives] A reckoning on how we live with pain. thelancet.com There are few experiences more quintessential to our shared humanity than that of pain. Our ability to experience the fullness of life is inextricably linked to our ability to experience, and ideally learn from, our discomfort. Yet our relationship to pain and the potential for suffering has fundamentally shifted in ways that adversely impact us personally, socially, and economically. Chronic pain is estimated to affect one in five adults worldwide and is one of the leading causes of disability in the USA.

The Lancet (2022-08-06). [Editorial] 2022 heatwaves: a failure to proactively manage the risks. thelancet.com Human-induced climate change has made extreme heatwaves, wildfires, and flash floods substantially more likely and more severe. Yet, health impacts are widely underestimated. Most countries have failed to adequately plan, adapt, and use evidence-based information to protect their populations. For some countries, this is a dangerous failure of action, but others lack the adequate human and financial resources to respond. So far this year, India, Pakistan, the USA, China, and Europe have experienced extreme and dangerous heatwaves that damaged vital infrastructure and threatened to overwhelm emergency service capac…

____ (2022-08-07). World food prices decline amid relief from restarted Ukraine grain exports: FAO. ecns.cn World food prices declined dramatically in July, according to the Rome-based United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Friday.

Joe Piette (2022-08-07). Philadelphia unions: 'Housing is a human right!'. workers.org For months, 70 Black and Brown families have organized resistance to their threatened eviction by the Altman Company in Philadelphia. When supporters and residents set up a protest tent city on July 9, Altman got a judge to order what he called "trespassers" off his "private property." The area labor . . . |

Labor Video Project (2022-08-07). SF Protest Against Nancy Pelosi For Pushing War Drive Against China. indybay.org There is growing anger against Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi for pushing for war in Asia and massive expansion of the military encirclement.Her trip to Taiwan has been strongly supported by the Republicans and she is supporting the Asian Pivot.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-08-07). The Shanghai "Covid Zero Tolerance Mandate". Engineered Depression of China's Economy? globalresearch.ca "Covid Tolerance Zero" has contributed to destabilizing Shanghai's financial sector as well as China's buoyant export economy. It has created social havoc for millions of people, requiring the imposition of PCR tests, using the QR code as a means of social control.

TeleSUR, JCM, JL (2022-08-07). Confirman primer fallecido en medio de labores en Matanzas, Cuba. telesurtv.net De acuerdo a informes oficiales, el primer fallecido era un bombero que realizaba las labores para apagar el fuego en la refinería de Matanzas.

Staff (2022-08-07). Llega a Matanzas ayuda desde Venezuela: 35 especialistas de PDVSA y 20 toneladas de insumos. cubadebate.cu En la madrugada de este domingo 7 de agosto arribó al aeropuerto internacional Juan Gualberto Gómez de Varadero la aeronave de Conviasa, procedente de Venezuela, con la ayuda solidaria para contribuir a sofocar el incendio de grandes proporciones desatado en la Base de Supertanqueros, ubicada en la zona industrial de la ciudad de Matanzas.

TeleSUR, mcs, JCM (2022-08-07). Luis Arce resalta recuperación económica y política de Bolivia. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con la autoridad las organizaciones sociales respaldan incondicional y enérgicamente al gobierno democrático.

Labor Video Project (2022-08-07). Machine that Ate People: Tech, Spying Emotions, AI, Algorythms & Worker's Dystopia. indybay.org Professor Peter Mantello talks about the use of technology to spy on workers and increase exploitation through empathetic surveillance and bio metric technologies…

TeleSUR, mes, JCM (2022-08-07). Partido Laborista encabeza elecciones en San Cristóbal y Nieves. telesurtv.net Los comicios son supervisados por equipos de observadores de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) y de la Comunidad del Caribe (Caricom).

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-07). A Q&A with a Mayo Clinic expert on monkeypox testing, more… newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Health officials continue to monitor and track increasing cases of monkeypox, a rare disease caused by the monkeypox virus. "Monkeypox is a virus that has mainly caused outbreaks in the continent of Africa. There have been over the last decade or two isolated outbreaks in countries outside of Africa, but this is the largest outbreak occurring in what we call nonendemic countries," says Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., director of the Clinical Virology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic. The World Health Organization declared monkeypox…

Staff (2022-08-07). Avión de la Fuerza Aérea de México aterriza con ayuda en Matanzas (+ Fotos y Video). cubadebate.cu Un avión de la Fuerza Aérea de México acaba de aterrizar en el aeropuerto Juan Gualberto Gómez, de Matanzas, con ayuda que esta nación envía para contribuir a sofocar el incendio de grandes proporciones desatado en la Base de Supertanqueros, ubicada en la zona industrial de esa ciudad.

____ (2022-08-07). Comicomment: U.S. human rights exploiter, not defender. ecns.cn A Hyundai subsidiary in Alabama of the United States used child labor at its metal stamping plant, according to media reports. At a time of U.S. labor shortages and supply chain disruptions, labor experts said there are heightened risks that children, especially undocumented migrants, could end up in workplaces that are hazardous and illegal for minors.

Peter Boyle (2022-08-07). Sydney climate march: 43% cut to emissions by 2030 is not enough! greenleft.org.au Climate activists marched through Sydney on August 7 to send a message to the Anthony Albanese Labor government that its recently legislated 43% cut to emissions by 2030 target is not enough to avert catastrophic climate change.

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-08-07). Refuerzan labores de lucha contra incendio industrial en Cuba. telesurtv.net En el terreno hay especialistas de México y Venezuela, primeros países en llegar en apoyo a Cuba con 5 vuelos nocturnos.

Staff (2022-08-07). Avión de la Fuerza Aérea de México aterriza con ayuda en Matanzas (+ Video). cubadebate.cu Un avión de la Fuerza Aérea de México acaba de aterrizar en el aeropuerto Juan Gualberto Gómez, de Matanzas, con ayuda que esta nación envía para contribuir a sofocar el incendio de grandes proporciones desatado en la Base de Supertanqueros, ubicada en la zona industrial de esa ciudad.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-07). Sunburn treatment: What works? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Great summer days are full of relaxation, fun and plenty of sunshine. Unfortunately, spending too much time in the sun can lead to a sunburn. Your skin may be inflamed, painful and feel hot to the touch. Any exposed part of the body, including your lips, earlobes and scalp, can burn. The symptoms of sunburn usually appear a few hours after sun exposure. Unfortunately, there's no fast fix to soothe a sunburn. Once you have sunburn,…

Staff (2022-08-07). Base de Supertanqueros de Matanzas: Se trabaja sin descanso para controlar el incendio (+ Fotos y Videos). cubadebate.cu Bomberos, brigadas especiales de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias, de la Cruz Roja y otras fuerzas entrenadas en la contención y extinción de incendios, laboran ininterrumpidamente para controlar el siniestro que se desató en la noche de este viernes 5 de agosto en el tanque 52 de almacenamiento de crudo de la Base de Supertanqueros de Matanzas debido al impacto de un rayo.

_____ (2022-08-06). US is Actively Trying to Transform Kyrgyzstan into Anti-Russia. journal-neo.org The geopolitical confrontation between the collective West, led by the United States, and Russia has noticeably intensified and in recent months, after Moscow launched a special operation to denazify Ukraine, has perhaps reached its peak. This confrontation is especially clearly manifested in the political and trade and economic spheres. The United States, having recently made …

Orinoco Tribune2 (2022-08-06). Evo Morales Calls for a Global Campaign To Eliminate NATO. orinocotribune.com In Interview With British Journalist, Morales Says The U.S. Uses Nato To Provoke Wars And Sell Weapons. | U.S./Uk-Backed Coup Against Him In 2019 Was Undertaken For Lithium And Because His Government Advanced An Alternative Economic Model To The Neoliberal "Washington Consensus". | In an

WSWS (2022-08-06). Democrats gut provisions in "climate" bill to raise taxes on hedge funds, corporations. wsws.org In a shameless display of subservience to the corporate-financial oligarchy, the Biden White House and Democratic leadership in the Senate agreed to gut provisions that would modestly raise taxes on corporations and hedge fund billionaires.

WSWS (2022-08-06). Workers action committees in Sri Lanka support Will Lehman's campaign for UAW president. wsws.org Comrade Lehman's struggle in the US, one of the world's most developed industrialised economies, is powerful political encouragement to our struggle in South Asia and throughout the international working class."

WSWS (2022-08-06). Australian Prime Minister Albanese refuses to meet with Assange's family. wsws.org The Labor government is more and more open in its hostility to the courageous Australian journalist, who is being persecuted for exposing US-led war crimes.

JANET (2022-08-06). Citizens' Pole of Panamá: An indisputable victory for the Panamanian people in a united struggle. iacenter.org By Harvey Markowitz August 3, 2022 Statement of Polo Ciudadano (Citizens' Pole) Note: Following huge price rises in Panamá for necessities during the first part of the year, including a 50% increase in energy prices, a mass movement erupted in July. The masses blocked the main roads for three weeks. As a result, prices were rolled back 30% and frozen at that level. The following statement describes some of the reasons for the victory, which should be an inspiration to all popular struggles. Translation: John Catalinotto. Panamá City, Panamá. Photo: Deborah Rodriguez The great social explosion of the Panamanian pe…

JANET (2022-08-06). Panamá: Workers strike, win price rollback. iacenter.org By Deborah Rodriguez August 2, 2022 The author was in Panama City, Panama, on a school trip with her daughter when the national strike to reduce prices began July 1. She combines her observations with research to tell this story. The Panamanian people have won a significant battle. They have been in the streets since July 1 demanding their government reduce the cost of living and necessary goods, whose prices impact the day-to-day lives of Panamanian people. They also demanded the government abandon the protection of neoliberal rules that protect the power elite of the co…

F. William Engdahl (2022-08-06). The "Great Zero Carbon" Conspiracy and the WEF's "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca The globalist Davos World Economic Forum is proclaiming the necessity of reaching a worldwide goal of "net zero carbon" by 2050. Yet transformations underway from Germany to the USA, are setting the stage for creation of what is called the New Word Order. In reality it is a blueprint for a global technocratic totalitarian corporativism, that promises huge unemployment, deindustrialization and economic collapse.

Ashley M McMullen (2022-08-06). [Perspectives] A reckoning on how we live with pain. thelancet.com There are few experiences more quintessential to our shared humanity than that of pain. Our ability to experience the fullness of life is inextricably linked to our ability to experience, and ideally learn from, our discomfort. Yet our relationship to pain and the potential for suffering has fundamentally shifted in ways that adversely impact us personally, socially, and economically. Chronic pain is estimated to affect one in five adults worldwide and is one of the leading causes of disability in the USA.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-08-06). Bomberos cubanos continúan labores para apagar incendio en Matanzas. telesurtv.net Las autoridades de la isla reportaron que el siniestro en la zona industrial de Matanzas dejó 67 lesionados, 12 en estado grave y tres en crítico.

TeleSUR, mcs, MER (2022-08-06). Trabajadores de puerto británico anuncian huelga por mejora salarial. telesurtv.net El sindicato afirmó la oferta laboral está por debajo de la inflación registrada, que aumentó en junio pasado al 9,4 por ciento.

The Lancet (2022-08-06). [Editorial] 2022 heatwaves: a failure to proactively manage the risks. thelancet.com Human-induced climate change has made extreme heatwaves, wildfires, and flash floods substantially more likely and more severe. Yet, health impacts are widely underestimated. Most countries have failed to adequately plan, adapt, and use evidence-based information to protect their populations. For some countries, this is a dangerous failure of action, but others lack the adequate human and financial resources to respond. So far this year, India, Pakistan, the USA, China, and Europe have experienced extreme and dangerous heatwaves that damaged vital infrastructure and threatened to overwhelm emergency service capac…

Staff (2022-08-06). Incendio de gran magnitud en zona industrial de Matanzas (+ Fotos y Video). cubadebate.cu Alrededor de las 19: 00 horas de este viernes, debido a una tormenta, un rayo impactó el tanque 52 de almacenamiento de crudo de la Base de Supertanqueros de Matanzas provocando un incendio, informó el Ministerio de Energía y Minas. No se reportan víctimas fatales. Bomberos y trabajadores de Cupet trabajan para sofocar las llamas.

Peter Koenig (2022-08-06). "Climate Change", Food Shortages: Coordinated Destruction of Humanity by the World Economic Forum and Its "Elite Cult" globalresearch.ca

Eferrari10 (2022-08-06). Venezuela Gold Case: Queen Elizabeth Recognizes Maduro, Reveals Central Bank President (+Letters). orinocotribune.com This Friday, August 5, the Venezuelan government presented diplomatic letters signed by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addressed to President Nicolás Maduro, in which the Queen recognizes Maduro as the head of state and government of Venezuela. These letters will be used as evidence by the Venezuelan government to demand access to the 31 tons of gold that remain seized in the Bank of England, reported financial news agency The president of the Cent…

WSWS (2022-08-06). Preparing deportation law, France targets imam Hassan Iquioussen. wsws.org Despite a legal order suspending the government's expulsion order, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin continued his pursuit of Hassan Iquioussen on Friday.

____ (2022-08-06). Iran seeks to expand trade with African countries: official. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) — The Director-General of Iran Ministry of Labor, Cooperatives and Social Welfare for International Affairs said that African countries' high potential is an opportunity for Iran to expand its trade with these countries.

Udani Samarasekera (2022-08-06). [Perspectives] Tulio de Oliveira: collaborating to boost science in Africa. thelancet.com Bioinformatician Tulio de Oliveira's philosophy has been to do "science not for journal publications or the academic career but science that can go back to the community and to the managing physicians and nurses of patients", he says. In South Africa, as founder and Director of the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in Durban and the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) at Stellenbosch University, his work focuses on genomic surveillance and analysis in the COVID-19 pandemic and for viral and bacterial epidemics, including HIV…

TeleSUR (2022-08-06). St Kitts Nevis Labour Party Win General Elections. telesurenglish.net Results of St. Kitts and Nevis early general elections held this Friday have declared the victory for the St Kitts Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP), with six seats out of the 11 in the National Assembly. | RELATED: | The six seats to be held by SKNLP will be held by Dr Terrance Drew, Geoffrey Hanley, Marsha Henderson, Konris Maynard, Samal Duggins, Dr Denzil Douglas. | The other seats will be occupied by Shawn Richar…

TeleSUR (2022-08-05). British Citizens Care More About Inflation Than Leadership Race. telesurenglish.net On Canvey Island, where the River Thames meets the sea and a popular day-trip destination for city-weary Londoners, people quietly go about their business. Although the Tory leadership race dominates the country's media coverage, residents are preoccupied with more pressing concerns. | RELATED: | As soaring inflation in Britain takes its toll on consumer spending and sends shockwaves across industries, citizens in t…

Princess Harmony (2022-08-05). Big Pharma's crime: profits from addiction. workers.org New Hampshire's attorney general, John Formella, has launched a lawsuit against Walmart, Walgreens, CVS, RiteAid and other pharmacies for failing to track opioid prescriptions and for failing to take action against possibly unnecessary, fraudulent or otherwise excessive opioid prescribing. Pharmacy managements have concealed the failure to track the prescriptions, compounding . . . |

Carson Minow (2022-08-05). U.S. July unemployment numbers hit new low. america.cgtn.com The United States added more than half a million jobs in July, a much better figure than expected. The unemployment rate also dipped to 3.5% last month, a number not seen since before the Covid-19 pandemic, and a figure that represents a half-century low. It's …

Luis Chirino (2022-08-05). New economic measures in Cuba. america.cgtn.com Cubans have been facing food and medicine shortages over the last several years, along with electricity blackouts and other economic hardships. In an effort to find possible solutions and manage the problems, the Cuban government has adopted a new package of measures. CGTN's Luis Chirino …

_____ (2022-08-06). US is Actively Trying to Transform Kyrgyzstan into Anti-Russia. journal-neo.org The geopolitical confrontation between the collective West, led by the United States, and Russia has noticeably intensified and in recent months, after Moscow launched a special operation to denazify Ukraine, has perhaps reached its peak. This confrontation is especially clearly manifested in the political and trade and economic spheres. The United States, having recently made …

____ (2022-08-05). World food prices decline amid relief from restarted Ukraine grain exports: FAO. ecns.cn World food prices declined dramatically in July, according to the Rome-based United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Friday.

Orinoco Tribune2 (2022-08-06). Evo Morales Calls for a Global Campaign To Eliminate NATO. orinocotribune.com In Interview With British Journalist, Morales Says The U.S. Uses Nato To Provoke Wars And Sell Weapons. | U.S./Uk-Backed Coup Against Him In 2019 Was Undertaken For Lithium And Because His Government Advanced An Alternative Economic Model To The Neoliberal "Washington Consensus". | In an

WSWS (2022-08-06). Democrats gut provisions in "climate" bill to raise taxes on hedge funds, corporations. wsws.org In a shameless display of subservience to the corporate-financial oligarchy, the Biden White House and Democratic leadership in the Senate agreed to gut provisions that would modestly raise taxes on corporations and hedge fund billionaires.

David Helvarg (2022-08-06). The New Climate Bill's Ripple Effect on Oceans. zcomm.org The Inflation Reduction Act might be the most comprehensive climate policy in U.S. history, but it's still not enough…

WSWS (2022-08-06). Workers action committees in Sri Lanka support Will Lehman's campaign for UAW president. wsws.org Comrade Lehman's struggle in the US, one of the world's most developed industrialised economies, is powerful political encouragement to our struggle in South Asia and throughout the international working class."

Labor Video Project (2022-08-06). SF Protest Against Nancy Pelosi For Pushing War Drive Against China. indybay.org There is growing anger against Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi for pushing for war in Asia and massive expansion of the military encirclement.Her trip to Taiwan has been strongly supported by the Republicans and she is supporting the Asian Pivot.

WSWS (2022-08-06). Australian Prime Minister Albanese refuses to meet with Assange's family. wsws.org The Labor government is more and more open in its hostility to the courageous Australian journalist, who is being persecuted for exposing US-led war crimes.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-06). Sunburn treatment: What works? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Great summer days are full of relaxation, fun and plenty of sunshine. Unfortunately, spending too much time in the sun can lead to a sunburn. Your skin may be inflamed, painful and feel hot to the touch. Any exposed part of the body, including your lips, earlobes and scalp, can burn. The symptoms of sunburn usually appear a few hours after sun exposure. Unfortunately, there's no fast fix to soothe a sunburn. Once you have sunburn,…

Leigh Phillips (2022-08-06). Are We at the Dawn of "Insulin Socialism"? zcomm.org States like California are looking at directly manufacturing this essential medicine — a potentially massive win for both patients and left-wing politics…

Peter Koenig (2022-08-06). "Climate Change", Food Shortages: Coordinated Destruction of Humanity by the World Economic Forum and Its "Elite Cult" globalresearch.ca

Ashley M McMullen (2022-08-06). [Perspectives] A reckoning on how we live with pain. thelancet.com There are few experiences more quintessential to our shared humanity than that of pain. Our ability to experience the fullness of life is inextricably linked to our ability to experience, and ideally learn from, our discomfort. Yet our relationship to pain and the potential for suffering has fundamentally shifted in ways that adversely impact us personally, socially, and economically. Chronic pain is estimated to affect one in five adults worldwide and is one of the leading causes of disability in the USA.

Saruh Almendarez (2022-08-06). Philadelphia's deadly heatwaves: urban heat islands and capitalist inequality. zcomm.org Under capitalism, nothing gets done unless a capitalist can make a profit…

The Lancet (2022-08-06). [Editorial] 2022 heatwaves: a failure to proactively manage the risks. thelancet.com Human-induced climate change has made extreme heatwaves, wildfires, and flash floods substantially more likely and more severe. Yet, health impacts are widely underestimated. Most countries have failed to adequately plan, adapt, and use evidence-based information to protect their populations. For some countries, this is a dangerous failure of action, but others lack the adequate human and financial resources to respond. So far this year, India, Pakistan, the USA, China, and Europe have experienced extreme and dangerous heatwaves that damaged vital infrastructure and threatened to overwhelm emergency service capac…

WSWS (2022-08-06). Preparing deportation law, France targets imam Hassan Iquioussen. wsws.org Despite a legal order suspending the government's expulsion order, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin continued his pursuit of Hassan Iquioussen on Friday.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-08-06). Bomberos cubanos continúan labores para apagar incendio en Matanzas. telesurtv.net Las autoridades de la isla reportaron que el siniestro en la zona industrial de Matanzas dejó 67 lesionados, 12 en estado grave y tres en crítico.

TeleSUR, mcs, MER (2022-08-06). Trabajadores de puerto británico anuncian huelga por mejora salarial. telesurtv.net El sindicato afirmó la oferta laboral está por debajo de la inflación registrada, que aumentó en junio pasado al 9,4 por ciento.

Aaron Wistar (2022-08-06). Europe's Central Bank Has a New Tool to Protect Bond Markets. zcomm.org When Will It Protect Workers?>

____ (2022-08-06). Comicomment: U.S. human rights exploiter, not defender. ecns.cn A Hyundai subsidiary in Alabama of the United States used child labor at its metal stamping plant, according to media reports. At a time of U.S. labor shortages and supply chain disruptions, labor experts said there are heightened risks that children, especially undocumented migrants, could end up in workplaces that are hazardous and illegal for minors.

F. William Engdahl (2022-08-06). The "Great Zero Carbon" Conspiracy and the WEF's "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca The globalist Davos World Economic Forum is proclaiming the necessity of reaching a worldwide goal of "net zero carbon" by 2050. Yet transformations underway from Germany to the USA, are setting the stage for creation of what is called the New Word Order. In reality it is a blueprint for a global technocratic totalitarian corporativism, that promises huge unemployment, deindustrialization and economic collapse.

Staff (2022-08-06). Incendio de gran magnitud en zona industrial de Matanzas (+ Fotos y Video). cubadebate.cu Alrededor de las 19: 00 horas de este viernes, debido a una tormenta, un rayo impactó el tanque 52 de almacenamiento de crudo de la Base de Supertanqueros de Matanzas provocando un incendio, informó el Ministerio de Energía y Minas. No se reportan víctimas fatales. Bomberos y trabajadores de Cupet trabajan para sofocar las llamas.

Udani Samarasekera (2022-08-06). [Perspectives] Tulio de Oliveira: collaborating to boost science in Africa. thelancet.com Bioinformatician Tulio de Oliveira's philosophy has been to do "science not for journal publications or the academic career but science that can go back to the community and to the managing physicians and nurses of patients", he says. In South Africa, as founder and Director of the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in Durban and the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) at Stellenbosch University, his work focuses on genomic surveillance and analysis in the COVID-19 pandemic and for viral and bacterial epidemics, including HIV…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-06). A Q&A with a Mayo Clinic expert on monkeypox testing, more… newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Health officials continue to monitor and track increasing cases of monkeypox, a rare disease caused by the monkeypox virus. "Monkeypox is a virus that has mainly caused outbreaks in the continent of Africa. There have been over the last decade or two isolated outbreaks in countries outside of Africa, but this is the largest outbreak occurring in what we call nonendemic countries," says Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., director of the Clinical Virology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic. The World Health Organization declared monkeypox…

Labor Video Project (2022-08-06). Machine that Ate People: Tech, Spying Emotions, AI, Algorythms & Worker's Dystopia. indybay.org Professor Peter Mantello talks about the use of technology to spy on workers and increase exploitation through empathetic surveillance and bio metric technologies…

Eferrari10 (2022-08-06). Venezuela Gold Case: Queen Elizabeth Recognizes Maduro, Reveals Central Bank President (+Letters). orinocotribune.com This Friday, August 5, the Venezuelan government presented diplomatic letters signed by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addressed to President Nicolás Maduro, in which the Queen recognizes Maduro as the head of state and government of Venezuela. These letters will be used as evidence by the Venezuelan government to demand access to the 31 tons of gold that remain seized in the Bank of England, reported financial news agency The president of the Cent…

Abdallah al-Naami (2022-08-05). Israel accused of seizing crypto wallets from traders in Gaza. electronicintifada.net Digital currency trading proves popular in Gaza — if risky — where investment opportunities are scarce.

Benjamin Norton (2022-08-05). US war on China/Russia targets new multipolar world, sabotages global economy: Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. multipolarista.com Analyzing the geopolitical crisis, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega said the US war on China and Russia is an attack on the new world of "multipolarism," because "North American imperialism is trying to maintain its hegemony at all costs, even at the risk of sinking its own economy."

Fight Back (2022-08-05). Statement condemning Nancy Pelosi's reckless visit to China's Taiwan. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement issued by Friends of Socialist China. Freedom Road Socialist Organization is one of the organizational signatories. | We condemn in the strongest possible terms the provocative and war-mongering visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to China's territory of Taiwan. | Pelosi is a reactionary, anti-working-class imperialist politician with a long record of inveterate hostility to Socialist China and the Chinese people. Her visit to Taiwan is a major political provocation that carries with it a grave danger of leading to regional and even world war. It…

Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan (2022-08-05). The Other Victims of US Burns Pits Were the Iraqi and Afghan People. commondreams.org The close to $700 billion appropriated in the PACT ACT for the next ten years will help alleviate some suffering caused by Halliburton's war profiteering, but only for U.S. victims. It won't do a thing for the people in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Staff (2022-08-05). Economy Adds 528,000 Jobs as Unemployment Ticks Down to 3.5 Percent. cepr.net The good news is that all the reports about workers' wages not keeping pace with inflation were mistaken. The bad news is that wages are growing at a pace that exceeds the Fed's 2.0 percent inflation target.

TeleSUR (2022-08-05). British Citizens Care More About Inflation Than Leadership Race. telesurenglish.net On Canvey Island, where the River Thames meets the sea and a popular day-trip destination for city-weary Londoners, people quietly go about their business. Although the Tory leadership race dominates the country's media coverage, residents are preoccupied with more pressing concerns. | RELATED: | As soaring inflation in Britain takes its toll on consumer spending and sends shockwaves across industries, citizens in t…

TeleSUR (2022-08-05). US Unemployment Down 3.5 Pct in July Despite Recession Fears. telesurenglish.net U.S. employers added 528,000 jobs in July despite recession fears, with the unemployment rate edging down to the pre-pandemic level of 3.5 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported on Friday. | Job growth was widespread, led by gains in leisure and hospitality, professional and business services, and health care, according to the report released by the department's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). | RELATED: | T…

TeleSUR (2022-08-05). Puebla Group Denounces Lawfare Against Cristina Fernandez. telesurenglish.net The Puebla Group denounces that former Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez is facing a legal war (lawfare) in a case, motivated by obscure political interests. | RELATED: | "The Puebla Group regrets and rejects the legal war (lawfare) being waged against Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) in a process plagued with contradictions and motivated by obscure political interests of powerful economic…

_____ (2022-08-05). On the Hudson River, a New Model of Environmental Stewardship. popularresistance.org Adjacent to the Hudson River, along the west side of Manhattan, are some of the world's most valuable commercial and residential properties: townhouses and mixed-use developments like Hudson Yards and much-loved public spaces like Hudson River Park and the Hudson River Greenway, which unite city residents and visitors with the river. But those civic and private investments often end at the water's edge. Just offshore lie neglected and largely dysfunctional shallow water habitats. | The Hudson River Foundation, where I serve as president, has long sought to address the myriad problems plaguing this vital waterway.

_____ (2022-08-05). FBI Attack on the Uhuru Movement is a Warning. popularresistance.org On July 29, 2022, the FBI raided the Uhuru House in St. Petersburg, Florida and the Uhuru Solidarity Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The raids were connected with the indictment of a Russian national who is accused of attempting to "cause turmoil in the United States" by engaging with "Unindicted Co-Conspirators" to act as agents of the Russian Federation. | The African People's Socialist Party (APSP) is the organization targeted by the FBI for a very simple reason. It is a Black organization which has dared to confront and oppose U.S. imperialism. The alleged connection with the Russian government kills two birds…

Mark Gruenberg (2022-08-05). Secret Amazon memo exposes plan to hire only the 'vulnerable'. peoplesworld.org LOS ANGELES—Already known for spending millions on union-busting—with mixed success—the monster retailer and warehouse firm Amazon planned to go far beyond that to gear up against the Teamsters' campaign to unionize it, especially in a key area, Southern California. Its target to exploit: "Vulnerable people." In a memo leaked to Recode, Amazon honchos said it …

Infobrics (2022-08-05). Schrà∂der tries to save the struggling German economy by negotiating with Moscow. infobrics.org Germany faces a bleak winter if it does not resolve energy crisis soon.

Liberation Staff (2022-08-05). PSL Editorial — Make no mistake about it, the economy is still in crisis. liberationnews.org When workers go to the grocery store or the gas station, no one feels that the economy is in recovery like the Biden administration claims.

_____ (2022-08-05). Chile's Draft Constitution: Undemocratic—or Too Much Democracy? popularresistance.org Chileans will vote in September on whether to approve a new constitution that promises to address inequality and lack of democracy (Reuters, 7/4/22). It would replace the present constitution imposed by the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, who came into power through a US-backed coup in 1973. The nation's newly elected left-wing leadership is calling for a "yes" vote, although in the much-divided country, the constitution faces steep opposition from the right. | US and Western editorialists are also pushing for a no vote. Opposition to the constitution's economic changes should be expected; of course conser…

_____ (2022-08-05). Chile's Draft Constitution: Undemocratic? popularresistance.org Chileans will vote in September on whether to approve a new constitution that promises to address inequality and lack of democracy (Reuters, 7/4/22). It would replace the present constitution imposed by the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, who came into power through a US-backed coup in 1973. The nation's newly elected left-wing leadership is calling for a "yes" vote, although in the much-divided country, the constitution faces steep opposition from the right. | US and Western editorialists are also pushing for a no vote. Opposition to the constitution's economic changes should be expected; of course conser…

_____ (2022-08-05). Teamsters Edge Closer to a National Work Stoppage at Costco. popularresistance.org Costco Teamsters are one step closer to a nationwide work stoppage following another day of contentious negotiations for a new national contract. The Teamsters are bargaining with the company this week for the first time since members overwhelmingly rejected Costco's "last, best and final" contract offer in June. | "Our members at Costco will stand up for their rights and withhold their labor if necessary," said Sean M. O'Brien, Teamsters General President. "As always, if our members decide to act, they will have the backing of the 1.2-million member International Brotherhood of Teamsters behind them." | In May,…

Princess Harmony (2022-08-05). Big Pharma's crime: profits from addiction. workers.org New Hampshire's attorney general, John Formella, has launched a lawsuit against Walmart, Walgreens, CVS, RiteAid and other pharmacies for failing to track opioid prescriptions and for failing to take action against possibly unnecessary, fraudulent or otherwise excessive opioid prescribing. Pharmacy managements have concealed the failure to track the prescriptions, compounding . . . |

CounterSpin (2022-08-05). Luke Harris and Joe Torres on America's Racist Legacy. fair.org This week on CounterSpin: The crises we face right now in the US—a nominally democratic political process that's strangled by white supremacist values, a corporate profiteering system that mindlessly overrides human needs to treat the environment as just another "input"—are terrible, but not, precisely, new. People have fought against these ideas in various forms before; …

_____ (2022-08-05). Protest demands Biden administration terminate Medicare privatization scheme. popularresistance.org Approximately 75 spirited protesters celebrated the 57th anniversary of the enactment of Medicare here on Friday, July 29, with a picket line and rally outside the Columbia Center chanting, "Whose Medicare? Our Medicare!" and "Medicare is not for profit! Keep your corporate hands off it!" | The Columbia Center is where the Northwest Regional Director of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Ingrid Ulrey, has offices, along with other staff of HHS, including the Division Director of the Center for Medicare Services (CMS).

_____ (2022-08-05). Protest Demands Biden Administration Terminate Medicare Privatization. popularresistance.org Seattle, Washington – Approximately 75 spirited protesters celebrated the 57th anniversary of the enactment of Medicare here on Friday, July 29, with a picket line and rally outside the Columbia Center chanting, "Whose Medicare? Our Medicare!" and "Medicare is not for profit! Keep your corporate hands off it!" | The Columbia Center is where the Northwest Regional Director of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Ingrid Ulrey, has offices, along with other staff of HHS, including the Division Director of the Center for Medicare Services (CMS). | The protesters demanded that President Joe Biden and Con…

Martha Grevatt (2022-08-05). UAW Convention/Militants open struggle against business unionism. workers.org Detroit February 11, 1937, marks the victory of the 44-day Flint Sit-down Strike that forced General Motors to recognize the United Auto Workers. After the victory, however, a factional fight divided the fledgling union. Within a few years' time, UAW-CIO — militants affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations — . . . |

Fight Back (2022-08-05). Denounce Twitter censorship on Philippine revolutionary groups. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). | Social media giant Twitter, unceremoniously suspended today the various accounts of Filipino revolutionary organizations and individuals, including my account, that of the Philippine Revolution Web Central (PRWC), as well as other representatives of the CPP and the New People's Army in various parts of the country. In total, at least 14 accounts were taken down. | This is the second round of attacks by Twitter against the CPP in the span of two months. The suspension of the accounts was done simult…

____ (2022-08-05). Services biz keeps growth vibrant. ecns.cn China's trade in services is expected to maintain robust growth in the second half as business activity continues to expand, further fueling the country's economic recovery, said analysts and business executives on Thursday.

____ (2022-08-04). China's non-CPC political parties make joint statement on Pelosi visit. ecns.cn China's eight non-Communist Party of China (CPC) political parties on Thursday released a joint statement expressing their strong opposition to, indignation at and condemnation of the recent visit of Nancy Pelosi.

Contributing Writers (2022-08-05). COVID-Period Mass Vaccination Campaign and Public Health Disaster in the USA/By Prof Denis Rancourt, Dr. Marine Baudin, and Dr. Jérémie Mercier. marktaliano.net From age/state-resolved all-cause mortality by time, age-resolved vaccine delivery by time, and socio-geo-economic data By Prof Denis Rancourt, Dr. Marine Baudin, and Dr. Jérémie Mercier Global Research, August 03, 2022 To receive …

Luis Chirino (2022-08-05). New economic measures in Cuba. america.cgtn.com Cubans have been facing food and medicine shortages over the last several years, along with electricity blackouts and other economic hardships. In an effort to find possible solutions and manage the problems, the Cuban government has adopted a new package of measures. CGTN's Luis Chirino …

WSWS (2022-08-05). Why Canadian autoworkers should support Will Lehman's campaign for UAW president. wsws.org A socialist, Lehman is fighting for a rank-and-file rebellion against the union apparatus and to unite workers in the US with their class brothers and sisters in Canada and internationally in a counter-offensive against the corporate elite's global onslaught on jobs, wages, and working conditions.

Deweylaura (2022-08-05). We need solutions, not slogans. cpusa.org A recent article in the New York Times, "Relief Eludes Many Renters as Fed Raises Interest Rates," bemoans the current conundrum facing workers with regards to housing. According to realtor websites such as ApartmentList and Zillow, rental prices soared 17.5% between 2018 and January 2022. Harder hit, of course, are young people, single parents, …

TeleSUR, ysm, MER (2022-08-05). Cuba y Serbia ratifican voluntad de ampliar cooperación. telesurtv.net Los cancilleres de Cuba y Serbia debatieron temas de interés común, como la colaboración en áreas de biotecnología, deporte, turismo y cultura.

Julia Conley (2022-08-05). Fetterman Celebrates 1 Million Individual Donations Ahead of Return to Campaign Trail. commondreams.org "The total number of contributions is a major milestone that demonstrates Fetterman's unmatched and steady grassroots support across the commonwealth."

WSWS (2022-08-05). The social physiognomy of an American trade union executive: The case of Connor M. Lewis. wsws.org A trade union bureaucrat named Connor M. Lewis attacked the World Socialist Web Site earlier this week in response to Mack Trucks autoworker Will Lehman's nomination for UAW president at the union's recent convention in Detroit. WSWS writer Eric London responded with a Twitter thread that we republish below:…

WSWS (2022-08-05). Australia: NSW rail workers step up industrial action over wages, unsafe trains. wsws.org Throughout August, the workers will carry out a range of limited work bans and four six-hour stoppages, each of which will be restricted to a different geographic region within the state-owned network.

____ (2022-08-05). Qixi Festival proves a luxury luau as leading labels appeal to romantics. ecns.cn International luxury brands have debuted limited editions of products specially tailored for China ahead of Qixi Festival, or Chinese Valentine's Day, on Thursday, to attract more Chinese consumers and make further investments in the country in line with localization strategies.

____ (2022-08-04). China to help stabilize global supply chain. ecns.cn China will play a key role in underpinning the global supply chain in the second half of the year amid government policy measures to stabilize the economy while tackling the impact of COVID-19 via targeted means, experts said.

Carson Minow (2022-08-05). U.S. July unemployment numbers hit new low. america.cgtn.com The United States added more than half a million jobs in July, a much better figure than expected. The unemployment rate also dipped to 3.5% last month, a number not seen since before the Covid-19 pandemic, and a figure that represents a half-century low. It's …

Staff (2022-08-05). Randy Alonso: "El periodismo es mirar críticamente a la sociedad" cubadebate.cu Tengo la certeza de que podemos hacer un proyecto de comunicación diferente dentro del socialismo, porque creo que hay talento en la gente que tenemos en los medios; hay una política de comunicación más abierta; mayor comprensión del papel de los medios en la sociedad, no en todas las esferas, no en todos los organismos, pero sí en la dirección del país.

Editor (2022-08-04). Scott Ritter: Chuck Schumer's War on Free Speech. scheerpost.com Sen. Chuck Schumer in 2018. (AFGE, Flickr, CC BY 2.0) | By Scott Ritter / In May, Rand Paul, the junior senator from Kentucky, held up a vote on a bill which sought to approve some $40 billion in aid for Ukraine. Paul wanted language inserted into the bill, without a vote, that would have an inspector general scrutinize the new spending. | "This would be the…

Jenny Pierson (2022-08-04). Russia and the European Union Continue Transition to Wartime Economies. independentmediainstitute.org Having declared victory over the "economic blitzkrieg" of Western sanctions in March, Russian President Vladimir Putin must contend with continued Western financial support to Ukraine as it combats Russian forces. In addition, the Kremlin will be forced to finance the reconstruction and integration of conquered Ukrainian territory. With costs mounting, Putin has increasingly promoted the …

_____ (2022-08-04). At Last, the EU Wakes Up &#1 ; And Finds Out It's Doomed Anyhow. journal-neo.org Finally, at long last, it appears the European Union may come to its senses. All it took was for German elites to understand they're about to lose billions and risk upheaval. News from the IMF that halted gas supplies to the country will cost Europe's largest economy 1.5 percent of its GDP in 2022 scares …

_____ (2022-08-04). How China is Countering US Sanctions. journal-neo.org For many years there has been a rivalry between two world superpowers, namely, the United States and China. In recent years, it has developed into an outright struggle, during which the parties use various political and economic instruments against each other. Usually, the sanctions imposed by Washington against its rivals attract the most attention of …

Harvey Markowitz (2022-08-04). Citizens' Pole of Panamá: An indisputable victory for the Panamanian people in a united struggle. workers.org Panamá City, Panamá. WW Photo: Deborah Rodriguez Statement of Polo Ciudadano (Citizens' Pole) Note from Workers World: Following huge price rises in Panamá for necessities during the first part of the year, including a 50% increase in energy prices, a mass movement erupted in July. The masses blocked the main . . . |

Kevin Gosztola (2022-08-04). Equifax Whistleblower Says He Was Fired After Exposing Fraud Related To Consumer Complaints. thedissenter.org Screen shot from Washington DC's government websiteStephen Leary, a whistleblower for the US credit reporting agency known as Equifax, says he was fired after he refused to submit fraudulent data about customer complaints to a US government agency. | He filed a lawsuit in a federal court in Atlanta, Georgia, where Equifax is headquartered. It alleges that Equifax violated a section of the Consumer Financial Protection Act, which protects employees of "consumer reporting agencies" from this type of retaliation. | "This case is about a company punishing a dedicated employee for refusing to 'play b…

____ (2022-08-04). Products expo lifts purchasing spirits among consumers. ecns.cn China's consumption of imported wines and spirits like whisky and cognac has continuously expanded, fueled by a growing high-income group and increasingly sophisticated tastes, and global wine and spirits retailers are investing more in China to meet growing demand.

David Giesen (2022-08-04). Monday 8/1: Promoting socio-economic reciprocity throughout fall election campaigns. indybay.org ZOOM: | zoom.us/j/92884047862?pwd=RTFBcVRYNHFoQWN1cmY1aG5vcllLZz09…

____ (2022-08-04). China's non-CPC political parties make joint statement on Pelosi visit. ecns.cn China's eight non-Communist Party of China (CPC) political parties on Thursday released a joint statement expressing their strong opposition to, indignation at and condemnation of the recent visit of Nancy Pelosi.

Fight Back (2022-08-05). Statement condemning Nancy Pelosi's reckless visit to China's Taiwan. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement issued by Friends of Socialist China. Freedom Road Socialist Organization is one of the organizational signatories. | We condemn in the strongest possible terms the provocative and war-mongering visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to China's territory of Taiwan. | Pelosi is a reactionary, anti-working-class imperialist politician with a long record of inveterate hostility to Socialist China and the Chinese people. Her visit to Taiwan is a major political provocation that carries with it a grave danger of leading to regional and even world war. It…

Martha Grevatt (2022-08-05). UAW Convention/Militants open struggle against business unionism. workers.org Detroit February 11, 1937, marks the victory of the 44-day Flint Sit-down Strike that forced General Motors to recognize the United Auto Workers. After the victory, however, a factional fight divided the fledgling union. Within a few years' time, UAW-CIO — militants affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations — . . . |

Contributing Writers (2022-08-05). COVID-Period Mass Vaccination Campaign and Public Health Disaster in the USA/By Prof Denis Rancourt, Dr. Marine Baudin, and Dr. Jérémie Mercier. marktaliano.net From age/state-resolved all-cause mortality by time, age-resolved vaccine delivery by time, and socio-geo-economic data By Prof Denis Rancourt, Dr. Marine Baudin, and Dr. Jérémie Mercier Global Research, August 03, 2022 To receive …

WSWS (2022-08-05). Australia: NSW rail workers step up industrial action over wages, unsafe trains. wsws.org Throughout August, the workers will carry out a range of limited work bans and four six-hour stoppages, each of which will be restricted to a different geographic region within the state-owned network.

____ (2022-08-04). China to help stabilize global supply chain. ecns.cn China will play a key role in underpinning the global supply chain in the second half of the year amid government policy measures to stabilize the economy while tackling the impact of COVID-19 via targeted means, experts said.

WSWS (2022-08-05). The social physiognomy of an American trade union executive: The case of Connor M. Lewis. wsws.org A trade union bureaucrat named Connor M. Lewis attacked the World Socialist Web Site earlier this week in response to Mack Trucks autoworker Will Lehman's nomination for UAW president at the union's recent convention in Detroit. WSWS writer Eric London responded with a Twitter thread that we republish below:…

TeleSUR, ysm, MER (2022-08-05). Cuba y Serbia ratifican voluntad de ampliar cooperación. telesurtv.net Los cancilleres de Cuba y Serbia debatieron temas de interés común, como la colaboración en áreas de biotecnología, deporte, turismo y cultura.

TeleSUR (2022-08-04). EU Economy Grows for Second Quarter, Recession Fears Linger. telesurenglish.net The eurozone's GDP increased by 0.7 percent, while the European Union's GDP grew 0.6 percent in the second quarter of 2022, according to a preliminary flash estimate published by Europe's statistics office Eurostat. | RELATED: | Despite the growth achieved in the second quarter, some experts believe that the triple pressure of the energy crisis, high inflation and tightening of monetary policy may plunge Europe into a…

TeleSUR (2022-08-04). Italy: 17-Bln-euro Aid Package to Combat Inflation, Drought. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi announced an aid package worth an estimated 17 billion euros (17.3 billion U.S. dollars) to combat surging inflation and drought. | RELATED: | As head of a caretaker government, Draghi announced that the Council of Ministers had just approved the latest aid package at his first press briefing after his official resignation as prime minister on July 21. He agreed to stay on as hea…

Infobrics (2022-08-04). US intentionally spilling over its inflation to the rest of the world — expert. infobrics.org This leaves the world with a very clear choice; either make sure economic and financial independence is guarded at all costs, or remain in perpetual slavery for the benefit of a distant thalassocracy.

Joel Richards (2022-08-04). Argentina's new economy minister to implement measures to stabilize economy. america.cgtn.com Argentina has one of the highest inflation rates in the world, but slowing inflation is just one of the challenges facing the new Economy Minister Sergio Massa, who took office on Wednesday and immediately announced a series of measures to restore fiscal order.

WSWS (2022-08-04). Buffalo Veteran Affairs nurses walk out as Kaiser mental health clinicians set August 15 strike deadline. wsws.org The walkout is the latest struggle by health care workers against surging inflation, short staffing and intolerable working conditions, which have been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic.

WSWS (2022-08-04). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Aviation workers including cabin crew and pilots continue fight over pay and conditions throughout Europe, in Spain, Belgium, Holland and Portugal; pensioners arrested as protests continue in Iran as food inflation hits 82 percent, driving many to suicide; public sector strike continues in Lebanon as poverty levels hit 74 percent; protests in Gaza against cost-of-living crisis with electricity supplies running short, undrinkable tap water and collapsing health care; Nigerian university and college workers' strike continues over pay and to demand resources to "save" education; four shot dead by police in South Afr…

TeleSUR (2022-08-04). AMLO Proposes a Five-Year Global Truce to Work for Development. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) proposed a five-year truce to the international community to avoid military and economic wars. | RELATED: | "Our country's stance is that wars and armed confrontations do not exist and agreements be sought through dialogue. Nations can agree on a truce of at least five years to be able to face the crisis affecting the peoples. A truce that ends war, confrontation, and provoca…

WSWS (2022-08-04). IYSSE establishes club at Australia's La Trobe University in meeting defending zero-COVID campaigner Dr David Berger. wsws.org The third IYSSE club in Melbourne was built after months of campaigning among students for a socialist, anti-war perspective and in defence of democratic rights.

Labor Video Project (2022-08-04). SF Protest Against Nancy Pelosi For Pushing War Drive Against China. indybay.org There is growing anger against Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi for pushing for war in Asia and massive expansion of the military encirclement.Her trip to Taiwan has been strongly supported by the Republicans and she is supporting the Asian Pivot.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-04). How China is Countering US Sanctions. libya360.wordpress.com Petr KonovalovFor many years there has been a rivalry between two world superpowers, namely, the United States and China. In recent years, it has developed into an outright struggle, during which the parties use various political and economic instruments against each other. Usually, the sanctions imposed by Washington against its rivals attract the most attention…

Harvey Markowitz (2022-08-04). Citizens' Pole of Panamá: An indisputable victory for the Panamanian people in a united struggle. workers.org Panamá City, Panamá. WW Photo: Deborah Rodriguez Statement of Polo Ciudadano (Citizens' Pole) Note from Workers World: Following huge price rises in Panamá for necessities during the first part of the year, including a 50% increase in energy prices, a mass movement erupted in July. The masses blocked the main . . . |

TeleSUR (2022-08-04). Nicaragua Accuses the US of Violating WTO Rules in Sugar Trade. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Nicaragua's Ministry of Development, Industry, and Trade (MIFIC) denounced that the United States violated rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO) by canceling a purchase of 22,114 tons of Nicaraguan sugar. | RELATED: | "For this 2022-2023 production cycle, Nicaragua was assigned the marketing of 22,114 tons of sugar to the U.S. through a quota established with the WTO," Minister Jesus Bermudez said. | "

WSWS (2022-08-04). CSX railroad records strong second-quarter profit on the backs of hyper-exploited workers. wsws.org Pressing rail workers to limits of human endurance, the Class I railroads have been making record or near-record profits.

Labor Video Project (2022-08-04). Rank & File Threaten UAW Bureaucracy's Agenda At 2022 Convention: Report By Frank Hammer. indybay.org The rank and file at the 2022 UAW Constitutional Convention were able to challenge the UAW Administration Caucus which has been enveloped in a massive corruption scandal. They were able to push for $ 0 a week with a successful vote on the third day of the convention and the next day the bureaucracy overturned it. There will also be elections in October with 4 candidates.

WSWS (2022-08-04). Svitzer Australia continues attack on tug boat workers' wages and conditions. wsws.org The maritime unions have worked from the start to contain and undermine opposition to the company's global offensive, including its threat to tear up the existing enterprise agreement covering Australian workers.

____ (2022-08-04). China's service trade up 21.6% in H1. ecns.cn China's service trade value grew 21.6 percent year on year in the first half of 2022, data from the Ministry of Commerce showed on Wednesday.

David Giesen (2022-08-04). Monday 8/1: Promoting socio-economic reciprocity throughout fall election campaigns. indybay.org ZOOM: | zoom.us/j/92884047862?pwd=RTFBcVRYNHFoQWN1cmY1aG5vcllLZz09…

____ (2022-08-04). Products expo lifts purchasing spirits among consumers. ecns.cn China's consumption of imported wines and spirits like whisky and cognac has continuously expanded, fueled by a growing high-income group and increasingly sophisticated tastes, and global wine and spirits retailers are investing more in China to meet growing demand.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-04). A Q&A with a Mayo Clinic expert on monkeypox testing, more… newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Health officials continue to monitor and track increasing cases of monkeypox, a rare disease caused by the monkeypox virus. "Monkeypox is a virus that has mainly caused outbreaks in the continent of Africa. There have been over the last decade or two isolated outbreaks in countries outside of Africa, but this is the largest outbreak occurring in what we call nonendemic countries," says Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., director of the Clinical Virology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic. The World Health Organization declared monkeypox…

WSWS (2022-08-04). UK: Unite ends Coventry bin dispute on strikebreaking Labour authority's terms. wsws.org The ability of Unite to contain the dispute and renew its relationship with the Labour authority has been made possible by the Socialist Workers Party and the Socialist Party.

Labor Video Project (2022-08-04). Machine that Ate People: Tech, Spying Emotions, AI, Algorythms & Worker's Dystopia. indybay.org Professor Peter Mantello talks about the use of technology to spy on workers and increase exploitation through empathetic surveillance and bio metric technologies…

TeleSUR, lvm, JGN (2022-08-04). Senado de Brasil aprueba medida sobre flexibilización laboral. telesurtv.net Esta medida ha sido catalogada por algunos senadores como una iniciativa más para la precarización laboral.

Labor Video Project (2022-08-04). 2022 CA Fed Meeting, Internationalism, Fascism & A Workers Party With LA Roofers Local 36. indybay.org Cliff Smith, the business manager of Roofers Local 36 in Los Angeles was a delegate to the 2022 California AFL-CIO convention and raised issues about fascism and internationalism at the convention. The leadership opposed a resolution calling for the prosecution of people who participated in the insurrection and attempted coup on January 6, 2020. He also discussed the issue of the formation of a workers party.

Juan Cole (2022-08-04). Taken for a Ride: Saudi-led OPEC+ snubs Biden with tiny Oil Increase, Despite Arms Sales, Fist Bump. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) &#1 ; At its meeting in Vienna yesterday, the enlarged "+" version of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting States (OPEC+) decided to increase output by only 100,000 barrels per day, a vanishingly small amount that will have no impact on lowering gasoline prices and which does US President Joe Biden virtually no …

____ (2022-08-04). Economists stress policy aid to boost demand, stabilize growth. ecns.cn China should resolutely implement macroeconomic policies to stimulate demand and stabilize growth as social demand has not yet been fully unleashed in the short term, economists said.

____ (2022-08-04). RCEP members reap benefits at Hainan trade emporium. ecns.cn After the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement took effect in January, more companies from RCEP member countries have been enthusiastic about expanding new business opportunities in trade, investment and other fields in China.

Freedom Road Socialist Organization (2022-08-04). Saturday 8/27: Rally/March to Defend DACA! indybay.org San Jose City Hall Plaza…

_____ (2022-08-03). The Movement Sorely Misses Glen Ford. popularresistance.org It has been one year since the death of Black Agenda Report Executive Editor, Glen Ford. The turbulence of the past year has been as intense as Glen Ford's loss to the movement. President Joe Biden is facing a crisis of legitimacy. Inflation and recession loom over a flailing U.S. capitalist system. A U.S.-led imperialist war with Russia and China is closer than it has ever been and Black America is no better off with a Democrat controlling the White House. | Such conditions demand that we remember and emulate Glen Ford's tireless contributions to the Black liberation, peace, and socialist movement. Ford was a st…

_____ (2022-08-03). Sri Lanka Democracy Movement At The Crossroads. popularresistance.org For several months the nation of Sri Lanka has been imperiled with the looming threat of complete economic collapse as fuel, food and other commodity prices skyrocketed. | Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa became the central focus of the youth-led democracy movement as the GotaGoGama encampment was established demanding the immediate resignation of Rajapaksa as president and the removal of his cabinet. | At its height the camp's activism attracted tens of thousands of people demanding an end to the former administration. Eventually the presidential compound was overrun by angry protesters necessitating the remo…

_____ (2022-08-03). The History Of African American Cooperative Eco-Systems. popularresistance.org This session is the fourth installment of the Black Labor, Solidarity Economy, and Movement Lawyering Series, Co-organized by the Workers' Rights institute and Julian Hill and hosted in collaboration with Coalition for Racial Equity and Democratic Economies (CREDE), the Georgetown Law Socialist Students Union, ONE DC, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (MXGM), and Claudia Jones School for Political Education. | In this session, Jessica Gordon-Nembhard will discuss the history of African American mutual aid and cooperative economics, Black cooperative economic thought, the most prolific periods in the US African Americ…

Ana Perdigón (2022-08-03). Chinese Investors Acknowledge Venezuela's Special Economic Zones Law. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan National Assembly Deputy Nicolás Maduro Guerra, president of the Venezuela-China Parliamentary Friendship Group, has reported that the Organic Law of Special Economic Zones will be presented to Chinese private investors. | The presentation of the Special Economic Zones Law arises from China's interest in exchanging experience and knowledge and strengthening projects in Venezuela. | Deputy Maduro Guerra made these comments af…

_____ (2022-08-03). Kaiser Permanente Therapists To Strike. popularresistance.org California – Mental health workers at Kaiser Permanente announced plans Tuesday for an open-ended strike that could lead as many as 2,000 Northern California mental health workers to curtail appointments beginning on Aug. 15. | The announcement came in response to frustration with the level of service provided to patients at the nation's largest nonprofit HMO, which Capital & Main reported on in a recent story. As a result of understaffing, patients who should receive weekly therapy are waiting months to start treatment and as long as two months between appointments in violation of clinical guidelines, accor…

Prof. Joseph H. Chung (2022-08-03). Legacy of Shinzo Abe: Corruption and Hopeless Japanese Economy. globalresearch.ca

Labor Video Project (2022-08-04). SF Protest Against Nancy Pelosi For Pushing War Drive Against China. indybay.org There is growing anger against Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi for pushing for war in Asia and massive expansion of the military encirclement.Her trip to Taiwan has been strongly supported by the Republicans and she is supporting the Asian Pivot.

Federico Fuentes (2022-08-04). Ukraine: Global unions call on Zelensky to veto anti-worker laws. greenleft.org.au International trade unions are calling on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to veto two anti-worker bills that were recently passed by parliament amid Russia's invasion, reports Federico Fuentes. Critics of the bills, such as the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), say they will leave workers "deprived of protection of their wages, conditions and safety".

TeleSUR (2022-08-04). EU Economy Grows for Second Quarter, Recession Fears Linger. telesurenglish.net The eurozone's GDP increased by 0.7 percent, while the European Union's GDP grew 0.6 percent in the second quarter of 2022, according to a preliminary flash estimate published by Europe's statistics office Eurostat. | RELATED: | Despite the growth achieved in the second quarter, some experts believe that the triple pressure of the energy crisis, high inflation and tightening of monetary policy may plunge Europe into a…

WSWS (2022-08-04). Buffalo Veteran Affairs nurses walk out as Kaiser mental health clinicians set August 15 strike deadline. wsws.org The walkout is the latest struggle by health care workers against surging inflation, short staffing and intolerable working conditions, which have been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jacob Andrewartha (2022-08-04). Don't buy the bosses' inflation lies: workers need real wage rises now. greenleft.org.au Despite the Treasurer saying in his July 28 economic statement that workers' wages are not to blame for inflation, the government is not coming up with solutions to address wage stagnation, argues Jacob Andrewartha.

WSWS (2022-08-04). IYSSE establishes club at Australia's La Trobe University in meeting defending zero-COVID campaigner Dr David Berger. wsws.org The third IYSSE club in Melbourne was built after months of campaigning among students for a socialist, anti-war perspective and in defence of democratic rights.

Harvey Markowitz (2022-08-04). Citizens' Pole of Panamá: An indisputable victory for the Panamanian people in a united struggle. workers.org Panamá City, Panamá. WW Photo: Deborah Rodriguez Statement of Polo Ciudadano (Citizens' Pole) Note from Workers World: Following huge price rises in Panamá for necessities during the first part of the year, including a 50% increase in energy prices, a mass movement erupted in July. The masses blocked the main . . . |

Freedom Road Socialist Organization (2022-08-04). Saturday 8/27: Rally/March to Defend DACA! indybay.org San Jose City Hall Plaza…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-04). A Q&A with a Mayo Clinic expert on monkeypox testing, more… newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Health officials continue to monitor and track increasing cases of monkeypox, a rare disease caused by the monkeypox virus. "Monkeypox is a virus that has mainly caused outbreaks in the continent of Africa. There have been over the last decade or two isolated outbreaks in countries outside of Africa, but this is the largest outbreak occurring in what we call nonendemic countries," says Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., director of the Clinical Virology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic. The World Health Organization declared monkeypox…

WSWS (2022-08-04). CSX railroad records strong second-quarter profit on the backs of hyper-exploited workers. wsws.org Pressing rail workers to limits of human endurance, the Class I railroads have been making record or near-record profits.

____ (2022-08-04). Products expo lifts purchasing spirits among consumers. ecns.cn China's consumption of imported wines and spirits like whisky and cognac has continuously expanded, fueled by a growing high-income group and increasingly sophisticated tastes, and global wine and spirits retailers are investing more in China to meet growing demand.

____ (2022-08-04). RCEP members reap benefits at Hainan trade emporium. ecns.cn After the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement took effect in January, more companies from RCEP member countries have been enthusiastic about expanding new business opportunities in trade, investment and other fields in China.

Labor Video Project (2022-08-04). 2022 CA Fed Meeting, Internationalism, Fascism & A Workers Party With LA Roofers Local 36. indybay.org Cliff Smith, the business manager of Roofers Local 36 in Los Angeles was a delegate to the 2022 California AFL-CIO convention and raised issues about fascism and internationalism at the convention. The leadership opposed a resolution calling for the prosecution of people who participated in the insurrection and attempted coup on January 6, 2020. He also discussed the issue of the formation of a workers party.

TeleSUR, lvm, JGN (2022-08-04). Senado de Brasil aprueba medida sobre flexibilización laboral. telesurtv.net Esta medida ha sido catalogada por algunos senadores como una iniciativa más para la precarización laboral.

David Giesen (2022-08-04). Monday 8/1: Promoting socio-economic reciprocity throughout fall election campaigns. indybay.org ZOOM: | zoom.us/j/92884047862?pwd=RTFBcVRYNHFoQWN1cmY1aG5vcllLZz09…

WSWS (2022-08-04). Svitzer Australia continues attack on tug boat workers' wages and conditions. wsws.org The maritime unions have worked from the start to contain and undermine opposition to the company's global offensive, including its threat to tear up the existing enterprise agreement covering Australian workers.

____ (2022-08-04). China's service trade up 21.6% in H1. ecns.cn China's service trade value grew 21.6 percent year on year in the first half of 2022, data from the Ministry of Commerce showed on Wednesday.

Labor Video Project (2022-08-04). Rank & File Threaten UAW Bureaucracy's Agenda At 2022 Convention: Report By Frank Hammer. indybay.org The rank and file at the 2022 UAW Constitutional Convention were able to challenge the UAW Administration Caucus which has been enveloped in a massive corruption scandal. They were able to push for $ 0 a week with a successful vote on the third day of the convention and the next day the bureaucracy overturned it. There will also be elections in October with 4 candidates.

Labor Video Project (2022-08-04). Selling Off Golden Gate Park: Privatization & Corruption Destroying Great Public Park. indybay.org The sell off and privatization of Golden Gate Park is escalating at the same time of a massive corruption scandal of top officials of the City and County of San Francisco. This program looks at the "non-profits" that are being used to facilitate the transfer of public lands at the park to privatizers.

Juan Cole (2022-08-04). Taken for a Ride: Saudi-led OPEC+ snubs Biden with tiny Oil Increase, Despite Arms Sales, Fist Bump. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) &#1 ; At its meeting in Vienna yesterday, the enlarged "+" version of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting States (OPEC+) decided to increase output by only 100,000 barrels per day, a vanishingly small amount that will have no impact on lowering gasoline prices and which does US President Joe Biden virtually no …

____ (2022-08-04). Economists stress policy aid to boost demand, stabilize growth. ecns.cn China should resolutely implement macroeconomic policies to stimulate demand and stabilize growth as social demand has not yet been fully unleashed in the short term, economists said.

JANET (2022-08-03). Another war? U.S. uses Pelosi to provoke China. iacenter.org By Sara Flounders August 2, 2022 Bulletin: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan August 2. Here is the statement by the Chinese Foreign Ministry: tinyurl.com/455vrnyb U.S. provocations against China have moved into high gear. Even as the war in Ukraine, instigated by Washington, unfolds with disastrous consequences for European economies and vibrates through the world economy, a more ominous confrontation is planned. The USS Ronald Reagan carrier strike group is now in the South China Sea. The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, with its accompanying battle group of warships, a guided missile cruise…

Jake Kallio, Benjamin Norton (2022-08-03). West Prepares to Plunder Post-war Ukraine with Neoliberal Shock Therapy. towardfreedom.org Western governments and corporations met in Switzerland to plan neoliberal economic policies to impose on post-war Ukraine, calling to cut labor laws, "open markets," drop tariffs, deregulate industries, and "sell state-owned enterprises to private investors." Jake Kallio and Benjamin Norton report for Multipolarista.

WSWS (2022-08-03). As inflation surges, France's TotalEnergies posts €18 billion super-profits. wsws.org Macron has defended the corporation's extortion of tens of billions from workers internationally as prices surge amid the NATO war with Russia in Ukraine.

WSWS (2022-08-03). Oil giants reap record profits from war, pandemic and skyrocketing prices. wsws.org As working class families the world over struggle to afford basic necessities amid historic inflation, driven by the pandemic and the US-NATO war against Russia, the world's largest multinational oil corporations are announcing record profits.

JANET (2022-08-03). Manchin bill could worsen climate crisis. iacenter.org By Betsey Piette August 1, 2022 Politicians and media pundits are lauding the yet to be passed $369 billion Inflation Reduction Act as "the most ambitious climate action" ever taken by Congress. However, considering that the U.S. Congress has never passed any significant climate legislation, the praise is a bit of a stretch. And the devil is in the details. In a surprise move July 28, Senator Joe Manchin and Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer announced legislation that includes hundreds of billions of dollars for climate and energy programs. The announcement was all the more shocking considering that Manchin is…

Rebekah (2022-08-03). A Proposed Wealth Tax on Colombia's 4,700+ Richest Would Raise $1 Billion. inequality.org

Dana Sanchez (2022-08-03). Prophet Of Bitcoin Bubble Michael Saylor Steps Down As MicroStrategy CEO After $1B Loss. moguldom.com Michael Saylor, the co-founder of cloud software company MicroStrategy, is stepping down as CEO to take on a new role of executive chairman so he can focus more on Bitcoin after the company reported a $1 billion+ loss related to the falling price of the No. 1 crypto in the second quarter. "I will remain …

Dave DeCamp (2022-08-03). US Plan to Cap Russian Oil Price Draws More Skepticism. news.antiwar.com Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is still pushing an idea to put a price cap on Russian oil even as it draws more skepticism and warnings that the plan won't work. | The idea of Yellen's plan would be to deny financing and insurance on shipments of Russian oil if it's not being sold at a set price that would limit Moscow's profits. Mike Salthouse, the global claims director for a leading global shipping insurer, The North of England P&I Association Limited, said the plan…

Editor (2022-08-03). Inflation as a political power play gone wrong — Project Syndicate op-e. mronline.org Pivotal economic crises frequently evoke multiple explanations that are all correct while missing the point.

_____ (2022-08-03). The Movement Sorely Misses Glen Ford. popularresistance.org It has been one year since the death of Black Agenda Report Executive Editor, Glen Ford. The turbulence of the past year has been as intense as Glen Ford's loss to the movement. President Joe Biden is facing a crisis of legitimacy. Inflation and recession loom over a flailing U.S. capitalist system. A U.S.-led imperialist war with Russia and China is closer than it has ever been and Black America is no better off with a Democrat controlling the White House. | Such conditions demand that we remember and emulate Glen Ford's tireless contributions to the Black liberation, peace, and socialist movement. Ford was a st…

Dana Sanchez (2022-08-03). Top Economists Predict 'Structural Inflation': 3 Reasons Why They Don't See Problem As Temporary. moguldom.com Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, who repeatedly downplayed the risk of inflation in 2021, finally retired the word "transitory" to describe the inflationary outlook, acknowledging to Congress on Nov. 30 the growing risk of more persistent inflation. Whether inflation is transitory or structural depends on who you ask. Structural inflation is defined by CEOpedia as …

Bernie Sanders (2022-08-03). Bernie Sanders Explains the Good, the Bad, and the Very Ugly of the Inflation Reduction Act. commondreams.org This legislation… has some good features, but also some very bad features.

John Bachtell (2022-08-03). Inflation Reduction Act: Will Sinema sacrifice the planet to save corporate profits? peoplesworld.org Senate Democrats appear on the verge of passing historic legislation to accelerate a national transition to clean energy, reduce energy costs, create tens of thousands of union jobs, and address environmental injustice. The surprise agreement, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), was brokered by Sens. Joe Manchin, W.Va, and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, N.Y. All …

_____ (2022-08-03). Sri Lanka Democracy Movement At The Crossroads. popularresistance.org For several months the nation of Sri Lanka has been imperiled with the looming threat of complete economic collapse as fuel, food and other commodity prices skyrocketed. | Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa became the central focus of the youth-led democracy movement as the GotaGoGama encampment was established demanding the immediate resignation of Rajapaksa as president and the removal of his cabinet. | At its height the camp's activism attracted tens of thousands of people demanding an end to the former administration. Eventually the presidential compound was overrun by angry protesters necessitating the remo…

WSWS (2022-08-03). Sri Lankan SEP condemns police raids on Frontline Socialist Party. wsws.org The police raids on the FSP are part of an intensifying wave of repression being unleashed by Wickremesinghe's government aimed at crushing all anti-government opposition.

Misión Verdad (2022-08-03). A Closer Look at Colombia's Historic Pact Party. orinocotribune.com The alliance known as the Historic Pact (PH, or Pacto Historico) —a coalition of political forces, each with its own political and organic autonomy and independence— was formed for the purpose of winning the elections in order to defend the six following principles of their program: | The defense of life and of the Colombian Peace Accords. | Economic reactivation, the defense of employment and dignity for workers. | The decomodification of social rights and the defense of the public sector. | The preservation of natural resources and the environment | Pushing towards democracy and strengthening popula…

Staff (2022-08-03). La Guaira Envisions 3 Industrial Areas Within Its Special Economic Zone. orinocotribune.com Three industrial zones for La Guaira, to be developed within the framework of the Law of Special Economic Zones (SEZs), were proposed by regional government authorities during a special session of the National Assembly's Economic Commission held in the port of La Guaira. | The proposal focuses on an agricultural axis to develop the Carayaca and El Junko parishes, a tourist hub with a view to recovering the Sheraton and Meliá hotels, as well as Los Cocos beach in the Caraballeda parish, and a technological complex in the former Caracas warehouse of Urimare parish, as part of the Development Master Plan for the coa…

TeleSUR (2022-08-03). UNECA Urges Funds to Mitigate Climate Change Impacts in Africa. telesurenglish.net Vera Songwe, executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), has called for urgent and increased funding to mitigate impacts of climate change in Africa. | RELATED: | "Urgent development funds need to flow to Africa for climate change adaptation and resilience-building across the continent," Songwe told a climate-themed event held under the theme "Toward COP 27: African Regional Forum on Cl…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-03). FBI Attack on the Uhuru Movement is a Warning. libya360.wordpress.com Margaret Kimberley Omali Yeshitela, center, stands in front of his home on Friday, July 29, 2022, with his supporters. Jesse Bogan, Post-Dispatch The FBI targeted the African People's Socialist Party (APSP) because it is a Black organization that has dared to confront and oppose U.S. imperialism. APSP is the first but they will not be the…

Infobrics (2022-08-03). Iran Weighs Benefits of BRICS Membership. infobrics.org Recently, Iran applied to join BRICS, a group consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. On a global level, this forum represents 40% of the world population and 26% of the world economy…

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-08-03). Black Activists From Uhuru Movement Handcuffed By FBI For Alleged Ties To Russian 2016 Election Interference. moguldom.com Black activists from the African People's Socialist Party and Uhuru Movement were searched and handcuffed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in St. Petersburg, Florida, and Missouri on July 29 for allegedly conspiring with a Russian national to interfere in the 2016 elections. In an unsealed indictment, the U.S. Department of Justice accused APSP Founder and Chairman Omali …

_____ (2022-08-03). The History Of African American Cooperative Eco-Systems. popularresistance.org This session is the fourth installment of the Black Labor, Solidarity Economy, and Movement Lawyering Series, Co-organized by the Workers' Rights institute and Julian Hill and hosted in collaboration with Coalition for Racial Equity and Democratic Economies (CREDE), the Georgetown Law Socialist Students Union, ONE DC, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (MXGM), and Claudia Jones School for Political Education. | In this session, Jessica Gordon-Nembhard will discuss the history of African American mutual aid and cooperative economics, Black cooperative economic thought, the most prolific periods in the US African Americ…

Ana Perdigón (2022-08-03). Chinese Investors Acknowledge Venezuela's Special Economic Zones Law. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan National Assembly Deputy Nicolás Maduro Guerra, president of the Venezuela-China Parliamentary Friendship Group, has reported that the Organic Law of Special Economic Zones will be presented to Chinese private investors. | The presentation of the Special Economic Zones Law arises from China's interest in exchanging experience and knowledge and strengthening projects in Venezuela. | Deputy Maduro Guerra made these comments af…

JANET (2022-08-03). Panamá: Workers strike, win price rollback. iacenter.org By Deborah Rodriguez August 2, 2022 The author was in Panama City, Panama, on a school trip with her daughter when the national strike to reduce prices began July 1. She combines her observations with research to tell this story. The Panamanian people have won a significant battle. They have been in the streets since July 1 demanding their government reduce the cost of living and necessary goods, whose prices impact the day-to-day lives of Panamanian people. They also demanded the government abandon the protection of neoliberal rules that protect the power elite of the co…

_____ (2022-08-03). Kaiser Permanente Therapists To Strike. popularresistance.org California – Mental health workers at Kaiser Permanente announced plans Tuesday for an open-ended strike that could lead as many as 2,000 Northern California mental health workers to curtail appointments beginning on Aug. 15. | The announcement came in response to frustration with the level of service provided to patients at the nation's largest nonprofit HMO, which Capital & Main reported on in a recent story. As a result of understaffing, patients who should receive weekly therapy are waiting months to start treatment and as long as two months between appointments in violation of clinical guidelines, accor…

TeleSUR (2022-08-03). UN Chief Calls for Taxing Windfall Profits of Energy Companies. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, United Nations Secretary Antonio Guterres called for taxation on windfall profits of oil and gas companies to ease the impact of the energy crisis on the most vulnerable people. | RELATED: | "It is immoral for oil and gas companies to be making record profits from this energy crisis on the backs of the poorest people and communities and at a massive cost to the climate," he said at the launch of the third repor…

Boothdw (2022-08-03). The Invention of Capitalism. scheerpost.com

Prof. Joseph H. Chung (2022-08-03). Legacy of Shinzo Abe: Corruption and Hopeless Japanese Economy. globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-08-03). Chinese mainland suspends entry of certain fruits, fish products from Taiwan. ecns.cn Relevant authorities on the Chinese mainland will suspend the entry of citrus fruits and two types of fish products from the Taiwan region starting Wednesday, said a spokesperson.

Brett Wilkins (2022-08-03). Moderna Revenue Shows Pandemic Has Been 'Lucrative Smash-and-Grab' for Big Pharma. commondreams.org "In the Covid-19 pandemic, world leaders have allowed pharmaceutical companies to place extraordinary profits ahead of saving lives," lamented one campaigner…

WSWS (2022-08-03). Why did Volkswagen fire CEO Herbert Diess? wsws.org Volkswagen is preparing a new wave of job cuts, wage reductions and productivity increases—and Diess is no longer seen as the right man to implement this in collaboration with the IG Metall union and Works Council.

Emir Sader (2022-08-03). América Latina y el Caribe &#1 ; Un futuro de proyectos colectivos. globalizacion.ca América latina ha recuperado el derecho a tener un futuro. Al elegir una gran mayoría de gobiernos soberanos, volvió a tener la posibilidad de decidir sobre su destino. En el modelo neoliberal, los países están condenados a los mecanismos del…

____ (2022-08-03). Guizhou achieves progress in economic development, poverty alleviation. ecns.cn Southwest China's Guizhou Province has made significant progress in economic development and poverty alleviation over the past decade, according to a press briefing in the provincial capital of Guiyang on Wednesday.

Richard Eskow (2022-08-03). This American For-Profit Healthcare System Would Just as Soon Kill You as Look at You. commondreams.org To this system, it doesn't matter whether a person lives or dies as long as it gets paid. That's why our healthcare costs are so high, even though our life expectancy is so low.

WSWS (2022-08-03). Karl Marx and Capitalism — A remarkable exhibition at Berlin's German Historical Museum. wsws.org The German Historical Museum (Deutsches Historisches Museum) in central Berlin is currently hosting a remarkable exhibition on the life and work of Karl Marx.

____ (2022-08-03). Double-digit trade growth in the offing. ecns.cn China's foreign trade will likely grow by double digits in the second half of this year on the back of the nation's strong economic resilience and speedier recovery, a former vice-minister of commerce said.

____ (2022-08-03). Free spicy crayfish offered in Chongqing to boost night-time economy. ecns.cn A free Crayfish Fine-Cuisine Carnival was held in the Meixin Wine Town in Fuling, Chongqing on July 30.

Jorg Bibow, Peter Frey (2022-08-03). The lure of unreason and The crisis profiteers. indybay.org The essence of transhumanism is pathological. This ideology is carried by psychopaths and narcissists. Such people love only themselves, their infallibility and uniqueness. And this is reflected in their visions and goals, which they approach without any scruples. The others are only mass. Mass is despised by "the unique".

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-03). Mayo Clinic, Mercy collaborate to globally transform patient care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Innovative data science will enable patients to receive personalized, predictive and proactive medicine ROCHESTER, Minn., and ST. LOUIS — A 10-year collaboration agreement between Mayo Clinic and Mercy — a first-of-its-kind alliance between two large health care systems — will use the most current data science and years of deidentified patient outcomes to find diseases earlier and start patients on paths to better health more quickly. "This unique collaboration will eliminate the barriers to innovation…

____ (2022-08-03). Iran calls for setting up joint technical consortia with CIS. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 03 (MNA) — Iran's Minister of Roads and Urban Development called for establishing joint technical and engineering consortia with the Commonwealth Independent States (CIS).

Eileen Appelbaum, Rosemary Batt (2022-08-03). How Public Real Estate Investment Trusts Extract Wealth from Nursing Homes and Hospitals. commondreams.org Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are considered "passive" investors and are exempt from corporate tax. But in reality, they play a very active role in reshaping whole industries, like healthcare.

____ (2022-08-03). Protecting data key to economic security. ecns.cn More efforts are needed to strengthen the classification of data and establish a digital information security protection system, as data are now widely seen as the fifth most important element in an economy after land, labor, capital and technology.

Editor (2022-08-02). Big Oil and Gas Reap Record Profits as the World Burns. scheerpost.com [ By Mitchell Beer | Skyrocketing fuel costs and high margins on oil refining are driving the world's biggest fossil companies to their biggest profits since at least 2008, according to analysis released just days after a blockbuster report that showed the oil and gas industry taking home $2.8 billion per day in revenue over the last years. | The five biggest publicly-trade fossils—ExxonMobil, Chevr…

Editor (2022-08-02). 'Tools of Russia': FBI raid on Black Political Party seen as part of 'Black Scare/Red Scare' in United States. mronline.org Black political organizations and other anti-imperialist groups condemned the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) raiding early Friday morning the properties of the African People's Socialist Party (APSP) and its solidarity organization in Saint Louis, Missouri, and in Saint Petersburg, Florida.

Liberation Staff (2022-08-02). PSL statement: Condemn the FBI attacks on the African People's Socialist Party. liberationnews.org The raids are part of a federal indictment of a Russian national, Aleksandr Ionov, who leads a non-governmental organization.

_____ (2022-08-02). Mapping The Police: Citizen Control Of The Security Forces In Buenos Aires. popularresistance.org Last week, Ofelia Fernández, a member of the Buenos Aires legislature, announced on her social media the launch of a Map of the City's Police, a collaborative webpage whose objective is to highlight, identify, and denounce situations of police violence within the territory of Buenos Aires; consequently allowing citizens to hold local security forces to account. | This tool of citizen participation was designed in conjunction with a network of individuals and organizations. Those behind the initiative include Fernández, the representative from Frente Patria Grande alliance of the ruling Frente de Todos coalition,…

Dana Sanchez (2022-08-02). Do Employees Have Too Much Leverage? Bank Of America Memo Says 'We Hope' Worker Power Weakens. moguldom.com As of May, there were two job openings per unemployed person in the U.S., and when the balance of power between workers and employers leans heavily on the side of labor, it becomes a concern for some corporations including Bank of America. A Bank of America private memo obtained by The Intercept suggests that high …

Dana Sanchez (2022-08-02). Collapse In Crypto Market Leads To Bull Market In Used Rolex And Patek Watches For Sale. moguldom.com The collapse of crypto market prices is credited with helping boost the supply of luxury brand used watches for people looking to buy them second-hand. Germany-based online watch trading platform Chrono24 has more than half a million watches listed for sale on its site. The supply of trophy watches such as the Rolex Daytona or …

Anand Naidoo (2022-08-02). The Heat: Panama protests and COVID reinfections. america.cgtn.com As U.S. President Joe Biden tests positive again for COVID, we will take a look at the rising number of cases and reinfections. Also we will discuss the economic protests against the government in Panama.

Jamanetwork (2022-08-02). Integrity of SARS-CoV-2 Laboratory-Developed Tests—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply We appreciate the comments by Dr Genzen and colleagues about our recent Viewpoint on SARS-CoV-2 LDTs. The FDA has long asserted its authority to regulate LDTs even while using its enforcement discretion to largely leave LDTs alone. Although many FDA law scholars believe the FDA's authority to regulate at least some LDTs is well supported by the relevant statutory language, Dr Genzen and colleagues are correct that this view is not universally shared and that the issue has never been resolved in court. Although there have been past attempts to clarify this question through acts of Congress, the aftermath…

Jamanetwork (2022-08-02). Integrity of SARS-CoV-2 Laboratory-Developed Tests. jamanetwork.com To the Editor A recent Viewpoint discussed the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and SARS-CoV-2 laboratory-developed tests (LDTs). The authors stated that the FDA "regulates" LDTs, but the legal foundation for this position is controversial. Since the 1990s, the FDA has suggested that it has authority over LDTs. However, this concept was never discussed in congressional hearings prior to passage of the Medical Device Amendments in 1976, nor is there any mention of LDTs in the statute itself. According to the Medical Device Amendments, the FDA is only authorized to regulate medical devices introduced into "int…

Jamanetwork (2022-08-02). Association Between Dialysis Facility Ownership and Waiting List and Transplant in Pediatric Patients. jamanetwork.com This cohort study examined the association between the profit status of US dialysis facilities and the time pediatric patients with end-stage kidney disease were placed on the waiting list and when they received a transplant.

Labor Video Project (2022-08-03). SF Protest Against Nancy Pelosi For Pushing War Drive Against China. indybay.org There is growing anger against Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi for pushing for war in Asia and massive expansion of the military encirclement.Her trip to Taiwan has been strongly supported by the Republicans and she is supporting the Asian Pivot.

Peter Boyle (2022-08-03). Spend billions on climate not war. greenleft.org.au The billions of dollars wasted on military spending and tax cuts for the rich should be used to fund renewables, argues Peter Boyle.

Vijay Prashad (2022-08-03). Chile's Lithium Provides Profit to Billionaires But Exhausts Land and People. zcomm.org The Atacama salt flat in northern Chile, which stretches 1,200 square miles, is the largest source of lithium in the world…

JANET (2022-08-03). Another war? U.S. uses Pelosi to provoke China. iacenter.org By Sara Flounders August 2, 2022 Bulletin: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan August 2. Here is the statement by the Chinese Foreign Ministry: tinyurl.com/455vrnyb U.S. provocations against China have moved into high gear. Even as the war in Ukraine, instigated by Washington, unfolds with disastrous consequences for European economies and vibrates through the world economy, a more ominous confrontation is planned. The USS Ronald Reagan carrier strike group is now in the South China Sea. The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, with its accompanying battle group of warships, a guided missile cruise…

Jake Kallio, Benjamin Norton (2022-08-03). West Prepares to Plunder Post-war Ukraine with Neoliberal Shock Therapy. towardfreedom.org Western governments and corporations met in Switzerland to plan neoliberal economic policies to impose on post-war Ukraine, calling to cut labor laws, "open markets," drop tariffs, deregulate industries, and "sell state-owned enterprises to private investors." Jake Kallio and Benjamin Norton report for Multipolarista.

Anonymous103 (2022-08-03). Ukraine Uses Russian Invasion to Wreck Workers' Rights. southfront.org Trade Unions Building in Kiev in September 2018 during reconstruction. (VoidWanderer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)Two new radical measures are prompting fears of Ukrainians losing workplace rights permanently as the war puts huge pressure on the country's economy, Thomas Rowley and Serhiy Guz report. | Written by Thomas Rowley and Serhiy Guz. Originally published by

WSWS (2022-08-03). As inflation surges, France's TotalEnergies posts €18 billion super-profits. wsws.org Macron has defended the corporation's extortion of tens of billions from workers internationally as prices surge amid the NATO war with Russia in Ukraine.

JANET (2022-08-03). Manchin bill could worsen climate crisis. iacenter.org By Betsey Piette August 1, 2022 Politicians and media pundits are lauding the yet to be passed $369 billion Inflation Reduction Act as "the most ambitious climate action" ever taken by Congress. However, considering that the U.S. Congress has never passed any significant climate legislation, the praise is a bit of a stretch. And the devil is in the details. In a surprise move July 28, Senator Joe Manchin and Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer announced legislation that includes hundreds of billions of dollars for climate and energy programs. The announcement was all the more shocking considering that Manchin is…

WSWS (2022-08-03). Oil giants reap record profits from war, pandemic and skyrocketing prices. wsws.org As working class families the world over struggle to afford basic necessities amid historic inflation, driven by the pandemic and the US-NATO war against Russia, the world's largest multinational oil corporations are announcing record profits.

Rebekah (2022-08-03). A Proposed Wealth Tax on Colombia's 4,700+ Richest Would Raise $1 Billion. inequality.org

Editor (2022-08-03). Inflation as a political power play gone wrong — Project Syndicate op-e. mronline.org Pivotal economic crises frequently evoke multiple explanations that are all correct while missing the point.

John Bachtell (2022-08-03). Inflation Reduction Act: Will Sinema sacrifice the planet to save corporate profits? peoplesworld.org Senate Democrats appear on the verge of passing historic legislation to accelerate a national transition to clean energy, reduce energy costs, create tens of thousands of union jobs, and addresse environmental injustice. The surprise agreement, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), was brokered by Sens. Joe Manchin, W.Va, and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, N.Y. All …

Bernie Sanders (2022-08-03). Bernie Sanders Explains the Good, the Bad, and the Very Ugly of the Inflation Reduction Act. commondreams.org This legislation… has some good features, but also some very bad features.

WSWS (2022-08-03). Sri Lankan SEP condemns police raids on Frontline Socialist Party. wsws.org The police raids on the FSP are part of an intensifying wave of repression being unleashed by Wickremesinghe's government aimed at crushing all anti-government opposition.

_____ (2022-08-03). Sri Lanka Democracy Movement At The Crossroads. popularresistance.org For several months the nation of Sri Lanka has been imperiled with the looming threat of complete economic collapse as fuel, food and other commodity prices skyrocketed. | Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa became the central focus of the youth-led democracy movement as the GotaGoGama encampment was established demanding the immediate resignation of Rajapaksa as president and the removal of his cabinet. | At its height the camp's activism attracted tens of thousands of people demanding an end to the former administration. Eventually the presidential compound was overrun by angry protesters necessitating the remo…

Misión Verdad (2022-08-03). A Closer Look at Colombia's Historic Pact Party. orinocotribune.com The alliance known as the Historic Pact (PH, or Pacto Historico) —a coalition of political forces, each with its own political and organic autonomy and independence— was formed for the purpose of winning the elections in order to defend the six following principles of their program: | The defense of life and of the Colombian Peace Accords. | Economic reactivation, the defense of employment and dignity for workers. | The decomodification of social rights and the defense of the public sector. | The preservation of natural resources and the environment | Pushing towards democracy and strengthening popula…

Staff (2022-08-03). La Guaira Envisions 3 Industrial Areas Within Its Special Economic Zone. orinocotribune.com Three industrial zones for La Guaira, to be developed within the framework of the Law of Special Economic Zones (SEZs), were proposed by regional government authorities during a special session of the National Assembly's Economic Commission held in the port of La Guaira. | The proposal focuses on an agricultural axis to develop the Carayaca and El Junko parishes, a tourist hub with a view to recovering the Sheraton and Meliá hotels, as well as Los Cocos beach in the Caraballeda parish, and a technological complex in the former Caracas warehouse of Urimare parish, as part of the Development Master Plan for the coa…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-03). FBI Attack on the Uhuru Movement is a Warning. libya360.wordpress.com Margaret Kimberley Omali Yeshitela, center, stands in front of his home on Friday, July 29, 2022, with his supporters. Jesse Bogan, Post-Dispatch The FBI targeted the African People's Socialist Party (APSP) because it is a Black organization that has dared to confront and oppose U.S. imperialism. APSP is the first but they will not be the…

Infobrics (2022-08-03). Iran Weighs Benefits of BRICS Membership. infobrics.org Recently, Iran applied to join BRICS, a group consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. On a global level, this forum represents 40% of the world population and 26% of the world economy…

Ana Perdigón (2022-08-03). Chinese Investors Acknowledge Venezuela's Special Economic Zones Law. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan National Assembly Deputy Nicolás Maduro Guerra, president of the Venezuela-China Parliamentary Friendship Group, has reported that the Organic Law of Special Economic Zones will be presented to Chinese private investors. | The presentation of the Special Economic Zones Law arises from China's interest in exchanging experience and knowledge and strengthening projects in Venezuela. | Deputy Maduro Guerra made these comments af…

JANET (2022-08-03). Panamá: Workers strike, win price rollback. iacenter.org By Deborah Rodriguez August 2, 2022 The author was in Panama City, Panama, on a school trip with her daughter when the national strike to reduce prices began July 1. She combines her observations with research to tell this story. The Panamanian people have won a significant battle. They have been in the streets since July 1 demanding their government reduce the cost of living and necessary goods, whose prices impact the day-to-day lives of Panamanian people. They also demanded the government abandon the protection of neoliberal rules that protect the power elite of the co…

Orinoco Tribune2 (2022-08-03). Cuba's Díaz-Canel Calls for Unity Among Communist Parties Around the World. orinocotribune.com Havana, Jul 28 (Prensa Latina)—The first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), Miguel Díaz-Canel, commented that unity among the world's communist groups is necessary and urgent, Granma newspaper reported. | According to the newspaper, in a message to the International Forum of Marxist Parties, held virtually and organized by the Communist Party of China, the Cuban head of State expressed gratitude for the opportunity to exchange theoretical advances and practical experiences of these organizations. | In the text, read in front of representatives of 109 parties from all over the world by Rosario P…

Boothdw (2022-08-03). The Invention of Capitalism. scheerpost.com

Labor Video Project (2022-08-03). Selling Off Golden Gate Park: Privatization & Corruption Destroying Great Public Park. indybay.org The sell off and privatization of Golden Gate Park is escalating at the same time of a massive corruption scandal of top officials of the City and County of San Francisco. This program looks at the "non-profits" that are being used to facilitate the transfer of public lands at the park to privatizers.

Mark Kreidler (2022-08-03). In the Face of Federal Inaction, Local Governments Tackle Labor Issues. zcomm.org The L.A. City Council's recent approval of a hotel worker protection measure is part of a growing trend…

Labor Video Project (2022-08-03). 2022 CA Fed Meeting, Internationalism, Fascism & A Workers Party With LA Roofers Local 36. indybay.org Cliff Smith, the business manager of Roofers Local 36 in Los Angeles was a delegate to the 2022 California AFL-CIO convention and raised issues about fascism and internationalism at the convention. The leadership opposed a resolution calling for the prosecution of people who participated in the insurrection and attempted coup on January 6, 2020. He also discussed the issue of the formation of a workers party.

____ (2022-08-03). Free spicy crayfish offered in Chongqing to boost night-time economy. ecns.cn A free Crayfish Fine-Cuisine Carnival was held in the Meixin Wine Town in Fuling, Chongqing on July 30.

Emir Sader (2022-08-03). América Latina y el Caribe &#1 ; Un futuro de proyectos colectivos. globalizacion.ca América latina ha recuperado el derecho a tener un futuro. Al elegir una gran mayoría de gobiernos soberanos, volvió a tener la posibilidad de decidir sobre su destino. En el modelo neoliberal, los países están condenados a los mecanismos del…

____ (2022-08-03). Protecting data key to economic security. ecns.cn More efforts are needed to strengthen the classification of data and establish a digital information security protection system, as data are now widely seen as the fifth most important element in an economy after land, labor, capital and technology.

Prof. Joseph H. Chung (2022-08-03). Legacy of Shinzo Abe: Corruption and Hopeless Japanese Economy. globalresearch.ca

Jorg Bibow, Peter Frey (2022-08-03). The lure of unreason and The crisis profiteers. indybay.org The essence of transhumanism is pathological. This ideology is carried by psychopaths and narcissists. Such people love only themselves, their infallibility and uniqueness. And this is reflected in their visions and goals, which they approach without any scruples. The others are only mass. Mass is despised by "the unique".

Freedom Road Socialist Organization (2022-08-03). Saturday 8/27: Rally/March to Defend DACA! indybay.org San Jose City Hall Plaza…

____ (2022-08-03). Guizhou achieves progress in economic development, poverty alleviation. ecns.cn Southwest China's Guizhou Province has made significant progress in economic development and poverty alleviation over the past decade, according to a press briefing in the provincial capital of Guiyang on Wednesday.

WSWS (2022-08-03). Karl Marx and Capitalism — A remarkable exhibition at Berlin's German Historical Museum. wsws.org The German Historical Museum (Deutsches Historisches Museum) in central Berlin is currently hosting a remarkable exhibition on the life and work of Karl Marx.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-03). Mayo Clinic, Mercy collaborate to globally transform patient care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Innovative data science will enable patients to receive personalized, predictive and proactive medicine ROCHESTER, Minn., and ST. LOUIS — A 10-year collaboration agreement between Mayo Clinic and Mercy — a first-of-its-kind alliance between two large health care systems — will use the most current data science and years of deidentified patient outcomes to find diseases earlier and start patients on paths to better health more quickly. "This unique collaboration will eliminate the barriers to innovation…

____ (2022-08-03). Double-digit trade growth in the offing. ecns.cn China's foreign trade will likely grow by double digits in the second half of this year on the back of the nation's strong economic resilience and speedier recovery, a former vice-minister of commerce said.

Staff (2022-08-03). Cuba mantiene su política de Tolerancia Cero contra la trata de personas. cubadebate.cu El concepto de la Trata de Personas- politización del tema y doble raseros aparte- incluye el comercio de seres humanos con el fin de esclavizarlos laboral, mental, reproductiva, sexualmente, extraerles y vender sus órganos, entre otras muchas cuestiones denigrantes. A pesar de lo claro de la definición, desde hace algún tiempo el gobierno de Estados Unidos se ha dado a la infame tarea, en su enfermizo afán de fortalecer el bloqueo económico, financiero y comercial, de perseguir aún con más saña las misiones médicas cubanas.

Richard Eskow (2022-08-03). This American For-Profit Healthcare System Would Just as Soon Kill You as Look at You. commondreams.org To this system, it doesn't matter whether a person lives or dies as long as it gets paid. That's why our healthcare costs are so high, even though our life expectancy is so low.

David Giesen (2022-08-03). Monday 8/1: Promoting socio-economic reciprocity throughout fall election campaigns. indybay.org ZOOM: | zoom.us/j/92884047862?pwd=RTFBcVRYNHFoQWN1cmY1aG5vcllLZz09…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-03). A Q&A with a Mayo Clinic expert on monkeypox testing, more… newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Health officials continue to monitor and track increasing cases of monkeypox, a rare disease caused by the monkeypox virus. "Monkeypox is a virus that has mainly caused outbreaks in the continent of Africa. There have been over the last decade or two isolated outbreaks in countries outside of Africa, but this is the largest outbreak occurring in what we call nonendemic countries," says Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., director of the Clinical Virology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic. The World Health Organization declared monkeypox…

Carlos Edill Berríos Polanco (2022-08-03). Puerto Rico Sees First Reduction in Electricity Prices Since 2021. latinorebels.com After seven consecutive increases, the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau has announced the first reduction in the price of electricity since 2021. The decrease went into effect on Monday, August 1.

Herman Daly (2022-08-03). We Can't Avoid Climate Breakdown Without Reducing Growth. zcomm.org We could and should transition to renewable resources, but that will require a reduction in the scale of the human economy to a smaller level that could be maintained more or less in a steady state…

Labor Video Project (2022-08-03). Rank & File Threaten UAW Bureaucracy's Agenda At 2022 Convention: Report By Frank Hammer. indybay.org The rank and file at the 2022 UAW Constitutional Convention were able to challenge the UAW Administration Caucus which has been enveloped in a massive corruption scandal. They were able to push for $ 0 a week with a successful vote on the third day of the convention and the next day the bureaucracy overturned it. There will also be elections in October with 4 candidates.

Eileen Appelbaum, Rosemary Batt (2022-08-03). How Public Real Estate Investment Trusts Extract Wealth from Nursing Homes and Hospitals. commondreams.org Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are considered "passive" investors and are exempt from corporate tax. But in reality, they play a very active role in reshaping whole industries, like healthcare.

____ (2022-08-03). Iran calls for setting up joint technical consortia with CIS. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 03 (MNA) — Iran's Minister of Roads and Urban Development called for establishing joint technical and engineering consortia with the Commonwealth Independent States (CIS).

____ (2022-08-03). Chinese mainland suspends entry of certain fruits, fish products from Taiwan. ecns.cn Relevant authorities on the Chinese mainland will suspend the entry of citrus fruits and two types of fish products from the Taiwan region starting Wednesday, said a spokesperson.

Alasdair Henderson (2022-08-03). Discrimination and Freedom of Belief in the Sex and Gender Debate. ukhumanrightsblog.com We do not usually cover first-instance employment tribunal judgments on this blog, but two cases handed down in the last three weeks &#1 ; Forstater v. CGD Europe and Bailey v. Stonewall Equality Ltd and Garden Court Chambers &#1 ; have attracted so much attention that we feel an exception must be made. Both cases involved women with 'gender critical' beliefs …

Lucystock (2022-08-03). The Weekly Round-up: industrial action laws, prioritising menopause, and Crown Court cameras. ukhumanrightsblog.com In the news On Monday 25 July, the Court of Appeal refused permission to appeal against a decision to end 12-year old Archie Battersbee's life support treatment. The decision was stayed for 48 hours — until 2pm on Wednesday — to allow Archie's parents to apply to the European Court of Human Rights for interim …

Orinoco Tribune2 (2022-08-02). An Interview With John Pilger: 'Assange Is the Courageous Embodiment of a Struggle Against the Most Oppressive Forces in Our World'. orinocotribune.com In an interview with the World Socialist Web Site, renowned Australian investigative journalist John Pilger has warned that the "US is close to getting its hands on" the courageous WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. | Last month, British Home Secretary Priti Patel approved Assange's extradition to the US, where he faces 175 years imprisonment under the Espionage Act for publishing true information exposing American war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. As Pilger explains, Patel's order will be the subject of a further appeal, but the British judiciary that will adjudicate has facilitated Assange's persecution ever…

Chaitanya Davé (2022-08-02). $54 Billion for Ukraine While America's Millions Suffer in Poverty. globalresearch.ca

Reynard Loki (2022-08-02). As the War in Ukraine Devastates the Nation's Ecosystems, the World Reaches Record-High Military Spending. independentmediainstitute.org Just one bomb releases a slew of toxic heavy metals into Ukraine's soil and groundwater. Now multiply this by thousands. By Erika Schelby, Independent Media Institute 10 min read In the U.S., proponents supporting military expansion and increasing defense spending have prevailed despite the more pressing need to divert all available resources to fight the …

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-08-02). Former Bolivian President Evo Morales calls for a Global campaign to eliminate NATO. mronline.org In interview with British journalist, Morales says the U.S. uses NATO to provoke wars and sell weapons. U.S./UK-backed coup against him in 2019 was undertaken for lithium and because his government advanced an alternative economic model to the neoliberal "Washington Consensus"

Editor (2022-08-02). Big Oil and Gas Reap Record Profits as the World Burns. scheerpost.com [ By Mitchell Beer | Skyrocketing fuel costs and high margins on oil refining are driving the world's biggest fossil companies to their biggest profits since at least 2008, according to analysis released just days after a blockbuster report that showed the oil and gas industry taking home $2.8 billion per day in revenue over the last years. | The five biggest publicly-trade fossils—ExxonMobil, Chevr…

Orinoco Tribune2 (2022-08-02). Ariel Henry Has 'Failed' and Works for 'International Bosses,' Say Critics After PM's One-Year Anniversary Address. orinocotribune.com Port-au-Prince — On the one-year anniversary of his ascension as Haiti's interim Prime Minister, Ariel Henry said he is committed to bringing peace to the country, holding elections, and combating corruption, inflation, and gas shortages. | He also thanked Haitians for "proving their intelligence and maturity" by accepting, without crippling protests, recent hikes in gas prices as the government has cut its fuel subsidies. The price hikes will "progressively" continue, because "this is the only condition that will allow us to continue importing fuel and make it available permanently," Henry said in his tape…

Rep. Ron Paul (2022-08-02). Inflation Reduction Act: Another DC Lie. "Green Energy" Programs Will Lead to Increased Cronyism and Waste. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2022-08-02). The class dynamics of the Fed's recession program. mronline.org On Thursday, the Commerce Department reported that the U.S. economy shrank for the second quarter in a row, bringing it into a "technical recession."

WSWS (2022-08-02). Condolences sent by ICFI sections on the death of Wije Dias, Sri Lankan SEP chairman. wsws.org Sections of the ICFI have sent condolence messages on the death of Wije Dias, chairman of the Socialist Equality Party in Sri Lanka. Comrade Wije died on July 27 of a heart attack just one month from his 81st birthday.

Infobrics (2022-08-02). India, BRICS in Cold War Conditions. infobrics.org The West's "sanctions from hell" have given a big stimulus to India-Russia bilateral trade, giving it a dynamism that one never suspected would be recaptured in…

Deweylaura (2022-08-02). Imperialism and socialism will not mix. cpusa.org The popularity of socialism has skyrocketed since Bernie Sanders' historic campaigns for president gave voice to the outrage, desolation, and pain caused by the dramatic and unrelieved rise in U.S. inequality over the past half century. This trend now spans three generations. It has been accompanied, with few exceptions, by rising political dysfunction, volatility, …

Deweylaura (2022-08-02). We must use our right to vote, not lose it! cpusa.org Issued by Political Action Commission, Communist Party USA, July 27, 2022 We the people are under attack. Corporate America, allied with religious extremists and growing fascist forces, like those who stormed the capitol on January 6, are out to destroy every gain the American people have made since the Civil War. Nothing is sacred …

Staff (2022-08-02). U.S. election cycle drives new confrontations with China, Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesAugust 1, 2022 Dim mid-term election prospects of Democrats risk igniting more tensions With less than 100 days to go before the US mid-term elections, many US media outlets, polls and observers see the Democrats' prospects dim. A new Bloomberg Economics study showed that "President Joe Biden's party can expect to lose 30 to …

Infobrics (2022-08-02). The Rise of BRICS: The Economic Giant that Is Taking on the West. infobrics.org Times have changed. Russia, China, India, along with many other countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and South America are navigating all available spaces to counter the suffocating western dominance…

Staff (2022-08-02). Ernesto Villegas Interviews Lucas Koerner: The West 'Miscalculated' Sanctions Against Russia. orinocotribune.com This Sunday, July 31, US sociologist Lucas Koerner said that the West "miscalculated" its sanctions against Russia, because they have caused an international crisis, particularly for the European continent, as winter approaches. Interviewed on the Venezuelan television program Aqui con Ernest Villegas, Koerner expressed his opinion that the economic measures against Russia caused the US to make a "slight change" in its way of thinking about Venezuela. | "The blockade on Venezuela is not going to stop, there is not going to be a real change of position," said Koerner. "There might be a tactical maneuver that might…

Editor (2022-08-02). 'Tools of Russia': FBI raid on Black Political Party seen as part of 'Black Scare/Red Scare' in United States. mronline.org Black political organizations and other anti-imperialist groups condemned the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) raiding early Friday morning the properties of the African People's Socialist Party (APSP) and its solidarity organization in Saint Louis, Missouri, and in Saint Petersburg, Florida.

Liberation Staff (2022-08-02). PSL statement: Condemn the FBI attacks on the African People's Socialist Party. liberationnews.org The raids are part of a federal indictment of a Russian national, Aleksandr Ionov, who leads a non-governmental organization.

Staff (2022-08-02). Preview: Will Job Growth Remain Strong in a Slowing Economy? cepr.net The most important question is if wage growth continuing to moderate. If wage growth stays the same or slows further, it will mean the Fed's work is largely done.

_____ (2022-08-02). Mapping The Police: Citizen Control Of The Security Forces In Buenos Aires. popularresistance.org Last week, Ofelia Fernández, a member of the Buenos Aires legislature, announced on her social media the launch of a Map of the City's Police, a collaborative webpage whose objective is to highlight, identify, and denounce situations of police violence within the territory of Buenos Aires; consequently allowing citizens to hold local security forces to account. | This tool of citizen participation was designed in conjunction with a network of individuals and organizations. Those behind the initiative include Fernández, the representative from Frente Patria Grande alliance of the ruling Frente de Todos coalition,…

Dana Sanchez (2022-08-02). Do Employees Have Too Much Leverage? Bank Of America Memo Says 'We Hope' Worker Power Weakens. moguldom.com As of May, there were two job openings per unemployed person in the U.S., and when the balance of power between workers and employers leans heavily on the side of labor, it becomes a concern for some corporations including Bank of America. A Bank of America private memo obtained by The Intercept suggests that high …

Fight Back (2022-08-02). Starbucks workers on strike in Minneapolis. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Workers at the Starbucks on 47th Street and Cedar Avenue location in Minneapolis walked out on strike, Sunday, July 31 in protest of Unfair Labor Practices committed by the company. Strikers lined the sidewalks in front of the store, chanting, "Venti, grande, mocha double; union busters, you've got trouble" and "Starbucks, Starbucks rich and rude. We don't like your attitude." The strike has full participation from the workers and the store is fully shut down. Customers were turned away at the drive-thru on Sunday morning and were told there'd be no coffee today or tomorrow. | After having won u…

Dana Sanchez (2022-08-02). Collapse In Crypto Market Leads To Bull Market In Used Rolex And Patek Watches For Sale. moguldom.com The collapse of crypto market prices is credited with helping boost the supply of luxury brand used watches for people looking to buy them second-hand. Germany-based online watch trading platform Chrono24 has more than half a million watches listed for sale on its site. The supply of trophy watches such as the Rolex Daytona or …

Staff (2022-08-02). Presentan medidas laborales para disminuir consumo eléctrico. cubadebate.cu El Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social (MTTS) presentó una serie de medidas para su adopción en el sector estatal de la economía, con vistas a disminuir el consumo eléctrico, teniendo en cuenta la situación energética por la que atraviesa el país. Las medidas que pueden aplicarse, de manera homogénea, y combinadas.

Ian Goodrum (2022-08-02). Pelosi's provocation: Why the U.S. House Speaker shouldn't be in Taiwan. peoplesworld.org Say what you will about U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, but she sure is good at getting people's attention. She's under immense scrutiny for her family's incredibly profitable stock trades as the U.S. Congress considers a ban on its members, their staff, and families from swapping securities. She is presiding over what could be her …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-02). The United States and the Balkanization of Europe. libya360.wordpress.com Germán Gorraiz López After the realization of the Brexit, the hypothetical exit of Germany from the euro would lead to the gestation of a new European economic cartography that would mean the return to watertight economic compartments and the triumph of the United States by achieving the total balkanization of Europe. Germany's exit from the…

____ (2022-08-02). Beijing, Shanghai start inter-regional recognition of COVID test result to reduce economic impact. ecns.cn Multiple places, including Beijing and Shanghai, have started inter-regional recognition of COVID-19 test results as the Chinese central government urged regional authorities to improve test data sharing between each other to enhance the convenience of the public to travel.

Jamanetwork (2022-08-02). Integrity of SARS-CoV-2 Laboratory-Developed Tests—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply We appreciate the comments by Dr Genzen and colleagues about our recent Viewpoint on SARS-CoV-2 LDTs. The FDA has long asserted its authority to regulate LDTs even while using its enforcement discretion to largely leave LDTs alone. Although many FDA law scholars believe the FDA's authority to regulate at least some LDTs is well supported by the relevant statutory language, Dr Genzen and colleagues are correct that this view is not universally shared and that the issue has never been resolved in court. Although there have been past attempts to clarify this question through acts of Congress, the aftermath…

Eva Cuervo (2022-08-02). La crisis del agua: No es sequía, es saqueo. globalizacion.ca A partir de la imposición del neoliberalismo en el mundo, inicia un proceso feroz de despojo de todas las riquezas de los pueblos que sumieron al mundo en una grave crisis humanitaria. | México durante este período fue gobernado por una…

Anand Naidoo (2022-08-02). The Heat: Panama protests and COVID reinfections. america.cgtn.com As U.S. President Joe Biden tests positive again for COVID, we will take a look at the rising number of cases and reinfections. Also we will discuss the economic protests against the government in Panama.

____ (2022-08-02). MoD Capabilities' Exhibition in production, economy kicks off. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) — The Exhibition of Capabilities of the Ministry of Defense in knowledge-based economy and production was inaugurated on Tuesday with the participation of Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani.

____ (2022-08-02). Shanghai launches Double Five shopping festival. ecns.cn To promote consumer spending and revitalize Shanghai's consumption, the Double Five shopping festival was officially unveiled on Sunday night.

WSWS (2022-08-02). A year after the explosions in Chempark Leverkusen the danger remains. wsws.org One year ago, on July 27, 2021, one of the chemical industry's worst industrial accidents in recent history occurred at Chempark Leverkusen, north of Cologne. Seven workers died in the explosion of a tank farm for the disposal of chemical waste.

TeleSUR, gao, JGN (2022-08-02). Vicepresidenta electa colombiana se reúne con Evo Morales. telesurtv.net Márquez y Morales reafirmaron un frente común en la lucha contra la pobreza y la exclusión neoliberal.

Jamanetwork (2022-08-02). Association Between Dialysis Facility Ownership and Waiting List and Transplant in Pediatric Patients. jamanetwork.com This cohort study examined the association between the profit status of US dialysis facilities and the time pediatric patients with end-stage kidney disease were placed on the waiting list and when they received a transplant.

WSWS (2022-08-02). Australian tram workers strike in Melbourne, but unions push real wage cut. wsws.org Around 90 striking workers are picketing the East Preston Tram Depot in northern Melbourne over a new enterprise agreement on wages and conditions.

WSWS (2022-08-02). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Dockworkers, health workers and teachers have staged job actions and protests against austerity measures while educators across Panama have taken strike action over congract issues including wages.

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-08-02). Avanza reestructuración del área económica en Argentina. telesurtv.net Este martes Sergio Massa dimite como presidente de Diputados. Cecilia Moreau podría ser la primera mujer en dirigir ese cuerpo legislativo.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-02). Mayo Clinic Minute: Ice cream brain freeze, it's a real thing. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Did you know that July is National Ice Cream Month? Have you ever enjoyed a sip of an ice-cold milkshake or taken a bite of an ice cream cone only to get an instant blast of pain or headache that lasts a few seconds? You're not alone. Dr. Amaal Starling, a neurologist at Mayo Clinic, says the condition is called a "cold-stimulus headache." Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/2NrtjewPTHc Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 56) is in…

Jamanetwork (2022-08-02). Integrity of SARS-CoV-2 Laboratory-Developed Tests. jamanetwork.com To the Editor A recent Viewpoint discussed the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and SARS-CoV-2 laboratory-developed tests (LDTs). The authors stated that the FDA "regulates" LDTs, but the legal foundation for this position is controversial. Since the 1990s, the FDA has suggested that it has authority over LDTs. However, this concept was never discussed in congressional hearings prior to passage of the Medical Device Amendments in 1976, nor is there any mention of LDTs in the statute itself. According to the Medical Device Amendments, the FDA is only authorized to regulate medical devices introduced into "int…

____ (2022-08-01). The US Is 'Close to Getting Its Hands on Julian Assange'. transcend.org 26 July 2022 – In an interview with Oscar Grenfell of the World Socialist Website, John Pilger explains the latest manoeuvres by the US and UK authorities to extradite Julian Assange, journalist and publisher, to the US where he faces 175 years in prison for the crime of journalism.

____ (2022-08-01). The Greatest Science Fiction Movie Ever Made Starring Us. transcend.org 26 Jul 2022 – A new Dark Age is upon us. An unelected shadow government consisting of billionaires, multinational corporations, and international non-governmental organizations like the World Economic Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation has seized power without a shot being fired, without a drop of blood being shed.

Joel Richards (2022-08-01). Many Argentines looking for job opportunities to fight inflation. america.cgtn.com Argentina is suffering increasing economic and political instability. Inflation is running at well over 60 percent annually and in late July, President Alberto Fernandez named his third economy minister. With capital controls in place, many Argentines are looking for opportunities to earn a living …

____ (2022-08-01). Interest Rate Hikes Will Not Save Us from Inflation. transcend.org 27 Jul 2022 – Rather than making money harder to get, the U.S. government needs to focus on the other side of the demand vs. supply inflation equation.

____ (2022-08-01). Apology and Reparation: Two Steps the American Psychological Association Should Take Today. transcend.org 28 Jul 2022 – A brief update on the call for the APA to apologize to the victims of U.S. war-on-terror prisoner abuses and make recurring financial contributions to organizations that provide support for torture victims and their families.

____ (2022-08-01). Socialism and Ecological Survival: An Introduction. transcend.org 1 Jul 2022 – Capitalism has brought the world to the edge of the abyss. We are approaching a climate Armageddon making the earth unlivable for the human and other species. Such a catastrophe is still avoidable with a revolutionary-scale reconstitution of the systems of production, consumption, and energy usage, though the time is rapidly running out.

Jamanetwork (2022-08-01). Low-Value Service Delivery and Spending by the VA. jamanetwork.com This cross-sectional study compiles use and cost data of low-value health services delivered or paid for by the Veterans Health Administration (VA).

Mary Triny Mena (2022-08-01). Venezuela's clothing industry is struggling to survive. america.cgtn.com Venezuela's clothing industry is struggling to survive, decimated by years of economic decline and policies which have favored imported products. The Chamber of the Clothing Industry says the COVID-19 pandemic has only worsened the situation and the industry is working at limited capacity. But some companies are now changing their products to survive or turning …

WSWS (2022-08-02). Condolences sent by ICFI sections on the death of Wije Dias, Sri Lankan SEP chairman. wsws.org Sections of the ICFI have sent condolence messages on the death of Wije Dias, chairman of the Socialist Equality Party in Sri Lanka. Comrade Wije died on July 27 of a heart attack just one month from his 81st birthday.

Infobrics (2022-08-02). India, BRICS in Cold War Conditions. infobrics.org The West's "sanctions from hell" have given a big stimulus to India-Russia bilateral trade, giving it a dynamism that one never suspected would be recaptured in…

Infobrics (2022-08-02). The Rise of BRICS: The Economic Giant that Is Taking on the West. infobrics.org Times have changed. Russia, China, India, along with many other countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and South America are navigating all available spaces to counter the suffocating western dominance…

WSWS (2022-08-02). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Dockworkers, health workers and teachers have staged job actions and protests against austerity measures while educators across Panama have taken strike action over congract issues including wages.

WSWS (2022-08-02). Australian tram workers strike in Melbourne, but unions push real wage cut. wsws.org Around 90 striking workers are picketing the East Preston Tram Depot in northern Melbourne over a new enterprise agreement on wages and conditions.

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-08-02). Avanza reestructuración del área económica en Argentina. telesurtv.net Este martes Sergio Massa dimite como presidente de Diputados. Cecilia Moreau podría ser la primera mujer en dirigir ese cuerpo legislativo.

Norman Solomon (2022-08-01). Nancy Pelosi Taiwan Visit Could Get Us All Killed. commondreams.org The consequences—far from being only economic and diplomatic—could be existential for all of humanity.

____ (2022-08-01). The US Is 'Close to Getting Its Hands on Julian Assange'. transcend.org 26 July 2022 – In an interview with Oscar Grenfell of the World Socialist Website, John Pilger explains the latest manoeuvres by the US and UK authorities to extradite Julian Assange, journalist and publisher, to the US where he faces 175 years in prison for the crime of journalism.

Margaret Kimberley (2022-08-01). Celebrating Revolution in Nicaragua. orinocotribune.com By Margaret Kimberly — Jul 20, 2022 | Genuine peoples holidays are hard to come by in the US But in Nicaragua the ongoing revolutionary process is widely celebrated. | Holidays in the United States celebrate awful events such as the settler colonists declaring independence from Britain so that they might take indigenous lands and protect slavery. There is also Thanksgiving, the commemoration of genocide turned into a day when Americans should think grateful thoughts before spending more than they can afford in order to celebrate Christmas. Christmas is ostensibly a religious holiday but is rarely treated as…

Editor (2022-08-01). West prepares to plunder post-war Ukraine with neoliberal shock therapy: privatization, deregulation, slashing worker protections. mronline.org Western governments and corporations met in Switzerland to plan harsh neoliberal economic policies to impose on post-war Ukraine, calling to cut labor laws, "open markets," drop tariffs, deregulate industries, and "sell state-owned enterprises to private investors."

____ (2022-08-01). Former Bolivian President Evo Morales Calls for a Global Campaign to Eliminate NATO. transcend.org 30 Jul 2022 – In interview with British journalist, Morales says the U.S. uses NATO to provoke wars and sell weapons. U.S./UK-backed coup against him in 2019 was undertaken for lithium and because his government advanced an alternative economic model to the neoliberal "Washington Consensus"

____ (2022-08-01). The Greatest Science Fiction Movie Ever Made Starring Us. transcend.org 26 Jul 2022 – A new Dark Age is upon us. An unelected shadow government consisting of billionaires, multinational corporations, and international non-governmental organizations like the World Economic Forum and the Rockefeller Foundation has seized power without a shot being fired, without a drop of blood being shed.

WSWS (2022-08-01). Detroit City Council approves $60 million tax break for billionaire Dan Gilbert. wsws.org Earlier this week Detroit City Council members voted to approve an unpopular tax handout for the real estate firm of Quicken Loans founder and pandemic profiteer Dan Gilbert.

Betsey Piette (2022-08-01). Manchin bill could worsen climate crisis. workers.org Politicians and media pundits are lauding the yet to be passed $369 billion Inflation Reduction Act as "the most ambitious climate action" ever taken by Congress. However, considering that the U.S. Congress has never passed any significant climate legislation, the praise is a bit of a stretch. And the devil . . . |

_____ (2022-08-01). As Congress Passes A 'Climate Suicide Pact,' The Fight To Declare A Climate Emergency Continues. popularresistance.org As heatwaves, droughts and wild fires ravage the planet, pressure is building on the White House and Congress to take substantive action to address the climate crisis. More than a thousand organizations in the United States have come together as the People vs Fossil Fuels coalition with the demand that President Biden declare a climate emergency and use his executive powers to stop fossil fuel extraction and new infrastructure. Their actions have succeeded in reopening climate provisions in Congress' Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which is expected to pass this week, but the bill contains poison pills that offset…

Joel Richards (2022-08-01). Many Argentines looking for job opportunities to fight inflation. america.cgtn.com Argentina is suffering increasing economic and political instability. Inflation is running at well over 60 percent annually and in late July, President Alberto Fernandez named his third economy minister. With capital controls in place, many Argentines are looking for opportunities to earn a living …

Akiksha Chatterji (2022-08-01). The Fed Should Not Punish Working People for Inflation Driven by Big Oil's Greed. commondreams.org Interest rate hikes are a blunt and imprecise tool that won't tackle current sources of inflation, particularly our overdependence on volatile fossil fuels. The best way forward is to shift finance away from fossil fuels, and jump-start a transition to renewable energy.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-08-01). Top economists blame corporate price gouging for the inflation plague. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—To listen to the corporate class, you'd think there are two causes for the inflation now hitting the U.S. economy: Democratic President Joe Biden's policies and rising worker wages. Wrong. Because when you take a real look at the numbers, economists—or at least those economists who actually think about workers&#1 ;come up with a different explanation …

____ (2022-08-01). Post-pandemic recovery, inflation, security high on agenda at 55th ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting. ecns.cn Post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery, rising global inflation and regional security will be top on the agenda at the 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (55th AMM) and related meetings, which will be held from Wednesday to Friday, a senior Cambodian diplomat said on Monday.

____ (2022-08-01). Interest Rate Hikes Will Not Save Us from Inflation. transcend.org 27 Jul 2022 – Rather than making money harder to get, the U.S. government needs to focus on the other side of the demand vs. supply inflation equation.

Fight Back (2022-08-01). No, the economy is not in a recession (yet). fightbacknews.org San José, CA – On July 29, the Bureau of Economic Analysis released their report on Gross Domestic Product for the second quarter of the year, April to June. GDP went down at a 0.9% annual rate. This followed a decline of 1.6% in GDP in the first three months of the year. | This led to an outcry among Republicans, reinforced by many articles in the corporate media, that a recession had begun. Republican leaders immediately showed their lack of basic economic sense, saying that the American people were already feeling the pain of recession. In fact, the pain that American workers and small businesspeople are feeli…

WSWS (2022-08-01). David North's tribute to Wije Dias. wsws.org North, the chairman of the Socialist Equality Party (US), delivered this tribute online at the funeral of veteran Sri Lankan Trotskyist Wije Dias held in Colombo on Saturday, July 30.

WSWS (2022-08-01). Thousands pay their respects at funeral of veteran Sri Lankan Trotskyist Wije Dias. wsws.org The funeral of Socialist Equality Party chairman Wije Dias received an international audience and brought revolutionary salutes to his unwavering commitment to Trotskyist principles of socialist internationalism.

WSWS (2022-08-01). David North tribute to Wije Dias. wsws.org North, the chairman of the Socialist Equality Party (US), delivered this tribute online at the funeral of veteran Sri Lankan Trotskyist Wije Dias held in Colombo on Saturday, July 30.

____ (2022-08-01). Apology and Reparation: Two Steps the American Psychological Association Should Take Today. transcend.org 28 Jul 2022 – A brief update on the call for the APA to apologize to the victims of U.S. war-on-terror prisoner abuses and make recurring financial contributions to organizations that provide support for torture victims and their families.

_____ (2022-08-01). Activists Shut Down Department Of Interior Over Climate Emergency. popularresistance.org Unceded Piscataway Lands AKA Washington D.C.- As the sun rises an autonomous Indigenous-led delegation of Black, Indigenous, people of the global majority and their allies have shut down the streets surrounding the Department of Interior Washington D.C early this morning painting CLIMATE EMERGENCY in front of the building. | The group is demanding President Biden declare a climate emergency and stop approving fossil fuel projects, including leases, exports, plastic plants, and pipelines. Permitting new fossil fuel projects will further entrench us in a fossil fuel economy for decades to come — and encourage…

_____ (2022-08-01). Nicaragua… "Still, It Moves…" popularresistance.org At his Senate confirmation hearing, Rodriguez openly declared his intention to attack Nicaragua's economy and institutions. Among other things he declared that he would work to exclude the country from the Central American Free Trade Agreement. He also promised to seek to isolate Nicaragua internationally so as to obtain the release of criminals the US government paid via its non profit network to overthrow Nicaragua's government in 2018 and to try disrupting the country's national elections in 2021. He even declared that as ambassador he would contest the development of Nicaragua's sovereign relations with China…

Editor (2022-08-01). Child labor is alive and well in the United States. mronline.org A Hyundai subsidiary used up to fifty underage migrant workers at an auto plant known for hazardous conditions, according to former and current employees.

Staff (2022-08-01). How Public Real Estate Investment Trusts Extract Wealth from Nursing Homes and Hospitals. cepr.net Evidence shows that REITs are financial actors that aggressively buy up property assets and manage them to extract wealth at taxpayers' expense.

Liberation Staff (2022-08-01). PSL Editorial — Black August 2022: Continuing the centuries-long struggle for justice. liberationnews.org Party for Socialism and Liberation branches across the country are organizing educational and cultural events as part of the Black August tradition that dates back to 1979, reaffirming our determination to overthrow the grinding oppression imposed by U.S. capitalism on Black America.

Imperial.ac.uk (2022-08-01). Imperial welcomes its new President‚ÄØ‚ÄØ‚ÄØ. imperial.ac.uk Professor Hugh Brady has spoken of his admiration for Imperial's "spirit of community, collaboration, and innovation" as he takes up his role.

WSWS (2022-08-01). New Zealand goes from zero COVID to world-leading infections and deaths: Workers must fight for an elimination strategy. wsws.org New Zealand has gone from being one of the safest, to one of the most dangerous countries in the world for COVID-19. The SEG calls on workers to organise in opposition to the Labour-led government and the trade unions to defeat the homicidal "let it rip" agenda.

____ (2022-08-01). China's foreign trade to see double-digit growth in H2. ecns.cn China's foreign trade will likely record double-digit growth in the second half of the year, thanks to the nation's strong economic resilience and faster recovery pace, according to a former vice-minister of commerce.

____ (2022-08-01). BDS-3 short message communication services now applied to mobile phones. ecns.cn The short message communication services provided by China's BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System (BDS-3) have progressed from industrial application to public application, according to a conference held in Beijing on Saturday.

____ (2022-08-01). 2nd consumer expo in Hainan concludes with huge attendance. ecns.cn The second China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE), billed as the largest high-end consumer exhibition in Asia-Pacific, concluded in Haikou, capital of South Chi-na's Hainan Province.

Jorg Bibow, Peter Frey (2022-08-01). The lure of unreason and The crisis profiteers. indybay.org The essence of transhumanism is pathological. This ideology is carried by psychopaths and narcissists. Such people love only themselves, their infallibility and uniqueness. And this is reflected in their visions and goals, which they approach without any scruples. The others are only mass. Mass is despised by "the unique".

Labor Video Project (2022-08-01). Rank & File Threaten UAW Bureaucracy's Agenda At 2022 Convention: Report By Frank Hammer. indybay.org The rank and file at the 2022 UAW Constitutional Convention were able to challenge the UAW Administration Caucus which has been enveloped in a massive corruption scandal. They were able to push for $ 0 a week with a successful vote on the third day of the convention and the next day the bureaucracy overturned it. There will also be elections in October with 4 candidates.

Jamanetwork (2022-08-01). Low-Value Service Delivery and Spending by the VA. jamanetwork.com This cross-sectional study compiles use and cost data of low-value health services delivered or paid for by the Veterans Health Administration (VA).

____ (2022-08-01). Shenzhen allows fully autonomous vehicles on certain roads. ecns.cn The southern Chinese metropolis of Shenzhen Monday started allowing fully autonomous vehicles to run on certain roads as a local regulation on smart and internet-connected vehicles went into effect.

Labor Video Project (2022-08-01). 2022 CA Fed Meeting, Internationalism, Fascism & A Workers Party With LA Roofers Local 36. indybay.org Cliff Smith, the business manager of Roofers Local 36 in Los Angeles was a delegate to the 2022 California AFL-CIO convention and raised issues about fascism and internationalism at the convention. The leadership opposed a resolution calling for the prosecution of people who participated in the insurrection and attempted coup on January 6, 2020. He also discussed the issue of the formation of a workers party.

Staff (2022-08-01). Nayrobis Oviedo: Médica del alma. cubadebate.cu Nayrobis Oviedo es especialista principal de la oficina de los trabajadores sociales de Acosta, en el capitalino municipio Diez de Octubre. Aunque lleva 21 años ejerciendo su labor, no deja de implicarse emocionalmente con cada historia que toca su puerta. A veces encuentra soluciones, otras, solo puede ofrecer compañía y buenos consejos. Pero siempre trata de hacerles la vida un poco más llevadera a quienes se acercan en busca de ayuda.

WSWS (2022-08-01). Support Will Lehman for UAW president! wsws.org The official nomination of a candidate running for UAW president on an explicitly socialist program is a historic milestone and an expression of the immense potential for the building of a mass revolutionary movement in the American working class.

Freedom Road Socialist Organization (2022-08-01). Saturday 8/27: Rally/March to Defend DACA! indybay.org San Jose City Hall Plaza…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-01). Mayo Clinic, Mercy collaborate to globally transform patient care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Innovative data science will enable patients to receive personalized, predictive and proactive medicine ROCHESTER, Minn., and ST. LOUIS — A 10-year collaboration agreement between Mayo Clinic and Mercy — a first-of-its-kind alliance between two large health care systems — will use the most current data science and years of deidentified patient outcomes to find diseases earlier and start patients on paths to better health more quickly. "This unique collaboration will eliminate the barriers to innovation…

Staff (2022-08-01). Iran non-oil trade boom under Raeisi admin. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) — The non-oil trade has witnessed an economic boom since the 13th government under President Raeisi took office in Iran.

TeleSUR, JGN (2022-08-01). Embajador argentino aboga por retorno de Venezuela al Mercosur. telesurtv.net Laborde abogó también por la consolidación de la Unión de Naciones Suramericanas (Unasur) y de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (Celac).

____ (2022-08-01). China to lead in computing power rank. ecns.cn China's computing power is expected to exceed that of the United States in one or two years, which will give the nation an edge to build up its digital economy and inject new vitality into the high-quality development of China's sprawling industries.

Labor Video Project (2022-08-01). Workers & Delegates Speak Out At 2022 CA Labor Federation Convention. indybay.org Workers and delegates spoke out at the 2022 biennial convention of the California AFL-CIO…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-01). Mayo Clinic Minute: Ice cream brain freeze, it's a real thing. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Did you know that July is National Ice Cream Month? Have you ever enjoyed a sip of an ice-cold milkshake or taken a bite of an ice cream cone only to get an instant blast of pain or headache that lasts a few seconds? You're not alone. Dr. Amaal Starling, a neurologist at Mayo Clinic, says the condition is called a "cold-stimulus headache." Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/2NrtjewPTHc Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (0: 56) is in…

WSWS (2022-08-01). Amazon denies sick leave to pregnant worker hospitalized with COVID-19. wsws.org The International Amazon Workers Voice was recently contacted by a pregnant Amazon worker from Baltimore, Maryland, who described the corporation's drive to maintain profits at the expense of the health of workers.

Staff (2022-08-01). Reportan dos mineros atrapados en Maimón, República Dominicana. telesurtv.net Los dos mineros, uno de nacionalidad colombiana, y otro dominicano, se encontraban haciendo labores a unos 95 metros del área del derrumbe cuando quedaron atrapados.

David Giesen (2022-08-01). Monday 8/1: Promoting socio-economic reciprocity throughout fall election campaigns. indybay.org ZOOM: | zoom.us/j/92884047862?pwd=RTFBcVRYNHFoQWN1cmY1aG5vcllLZz09…

Special to People's World (2022-08-01). CPUSA to host international anti-imperialist conference in September. peoplesworld.org HOUSTON—For the past several months, the International Department and the Peace and Solidarity Commission of the Communist Party USA have been working to organize the first ever international conference hosted by the CPUSA, occurring on the weekend of September 10th and 11th. The conference comes at a very important and dynamic time. U.S. imperialism is …

Mary Triny Mena (2022-08-01). Venezuela's clothing industry is struggling to survive. america.cgtn.com Venezuela's clothing industry is struggling to survive, decimated by years of economic decline and policies which have favored imported products. The Chamber of the Clothing Industry says the COVID-19 pandemic has only worsened the situation and the industry is working at limited capacity. But some companies are now changing their products to survive or turning …

____ (2022-08-01). Xi stresses solidarity of Chinese at home and abroad for national rejuvenation. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended and delivered an important speech.

____ (2022-08-01). Socialism and Ecological Survival: An Introduction. transcend.org 1 Jul 2022 – Capitalism has brought the world to the edge of the abyss. We are approaching a climate Armageddon making the earth unlivable for the human and other species. Such a catastrophe is still avoidable with a revolutionary-scale reconstitution of the systems of production, consumption, and energy usage, though the time is rapidly running out.

_____ (2022-07-31). Rebuilding collective intelligence. popularresistance.org Economists, think tanks and journalists have spent billions of words trying to convince everyone that economic growth comes primarily from technological 'disruption' and investment by individuals in their own education and training, rather than from exploitation, imperialism and financial speculation. | This belief, a key tenet of neoliberalism, continues to shape education policy in England. The Tories hope that by turning education into a market, young people will begin to think of themselves as education consumers, making savvy choices about what degrees will get them the best paid jobs in the future. Meanwhil…

_____ (2022-07-31). Court Rejects Google's Attempt to Dismiss Rumble's Antitrust Lawsuit, Ensuring Vast Discovery. popularresistance.org A federal district court in California on Friday denied Google's motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that the Silicon Valley giant is violating federal antitrust laws by preventing fair competition against its YouTube video platform. The lawsuit against Google, which has owned YouTube since its 2006 purchase for $1.65 billion, was brought in early 2021 by Rumble, the free speech competitor to YouTube. Its central claim is that Google's abuse of its monopolistic stranglehold on search engines to destroy all competitors to its various other platforms is illegal under the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, which makes…

_____ (2022-07-31). Court Rejects Google's Attempt to Dismiss Rumble's Antitrust Lawsuit. popularresistance.org California – A federal district court in California on Friday denied Google's motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that the Silicon Valley giant is violating federal antitrust laws by preventing fair competition against its YouTube video platform. The lawsuit against Google, which has owned YouTube since its 2006 purchase for $1.65 billion, was brought in early 2021 by Rumble, the free speech competitor to YouTube. Its central claim is that Google's abuse of its monopolistic stranglehold on search engines to destroy all competitors to its various other platforms is illegal under the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890,…

_____ (2022-07-31). This Victory Is Historic': Massachusetts Trader Joe's Becomes First to Unionize. popularresistance.org Workers at a Massachusetts Trader Joe's on Thursday voted to become the first of the supermarket chain's more than 500 locations to unionize, a historic development that comes amid a nationwide labor organizing wave. | Employees at the Trader Joe's in Hadley, a suburb of Springfield, voted 45-31 to form a union, according to the National Labor Relations Board.

_____ (2022-07-31). COVID Ignites Long Fight For Health Care In California Prisons. popularresistance.org California – The COVID pandemic has thrown a harsh light on long-running medical neglect of incarcerated people and exposed the hold that the prison-industrial complex has on California politics. But even as it has done so, it has made openings for activism by and on behalf of the nearly 100,000 people in the state's prisons, among whom people of color are dramatically overrepresented. | California's state prisons are once again in the midst of a COVID-19 crisis. In Winter 2020, cumulative infections among the incarcerated population topped 45,000, and cases reached over 10,000 in a single day. One year later, th…