(2022-08-14). 5th caravan of grain ships departs from Ukraine. ecns.cn The fifth caravan of ships carrying grain sailed from Ukraine's Black Sea ports on Friday under a deal to prevent a global food crisis, the Ukrainian Infrastructure Ministry said on Facebook.
(2022-08-14). (W.E. Talk) Why has religious extremism become rootless grass in China's Xinjiang. ecns.cn "Islamism is not the original religious belief of Uygur people, let alone the unique religion of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang." Wang Zhen, a professor of the The Central Institute of Socialism, pointed out in a recent interview with "W.E. Talk" of China News Service that many religions have been existing in Xinjiang for a long time and subject to evolution until now.
(2022-08-14). Prey revives the art of action storytelling. greenleft.org.au Delmar Terblanch reviews Prey, an authentic, collaboratively-told story of warriors in the Comanche nation — and a prequel to the 1980's blockbuster, Predator.
(2022-08-14). Understanding Maduro's Successful Socialist Economic Strategy. libya360.wordpress.com Franciso Dominguez CHAVISTAS TO THE CORE: The 23 de Enero working-class neighbourhood in western Caracas, commemorates on July 28 2022 what would have been Hugo Chavez's 68th birthday. January 23 1958 was the day dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez was overthrown. After years of calling Venezuela's economy a dismal failure that demonstrates the dangers of socialism,…
(2022-08-14). WorkWeek: Fight Against Attack On Parker Liberation School, CCSF Parcel Tax & UAW Ranks. indybay.org WorkWeek covers the Fight Against Attack On Parker Liberation School & Regressive CCSF Parcel Tax For SF Community College Rank & File At UAW 2022 Convention Delegates Push Against Two Tier & For Democracy | CCSF HEAT On What's wrong with the City College of San Francisco Parcel Tax Initiative | drive.google.com/file/d/143rJV_ylQblMiq_lGD29cFV0rKFYna_K/view | Summary: | CCSF Higher Education Action Team (HEAT) welcomes more money for public education, but the San Francisco Workforce Education and Reinvestment in the Community Success Act (SF WERCS) initiative is not the way to support City College of San…
(2022-08-14). Enviarán nuevas donaciones solidarias desde España a Cuba. cubadebate.cu Asociaciones de solidaridad con Cuba en España se aprestan este sábado a enviar ayuda a la isla caribeña después del grave accidente ocurrido en la base de supertanqueros de Matanzas. Así lo dieron a conocer fuentes de grupos de amistad, que se suman a la colaboración en este sentido de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (Aecid).
(2022-08-14). Minimum income requirements continue to exclude the poor from affordable housing projects. indybay.org Public Housing Is Being Privatized By So-Called Nonprofit Affordable Housing Developers, And Turned Into So-Called Affordable Housing Projects That Exclude The Poorest Of The Poor With Minimum Income Requirements!
(2022-08-14). 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,…
(2022-08-14). Iran emphasizes developing economic coop. with Mauritius. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 15 (MNA) — Iranian Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance (MEAF) emphasized developing cooperation between Iran and Republic of Mauritius in the fields of trade and economy.
(2022-08-14). U.S. Congress passes Democratic bill on tax, health care, climate. ecns.cn U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed the Democratic spending bill on tax policy, health care and climate change, a few days after the Senate approval.
(2022-08-14). Securities regulator comments on some Chinese companies' decisions to delist from U.S. exchanges. ecns.cn The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) on Friday commented on the recent decisions by a few Chinese companies to voluntarily delist from U.S. securities exchanges.
(2022-08-14). China pushes ahead with credit rating reform to unleash bond market potential. ecns.cn China has stepped up reform in its credit rating industry as new rules to improve standards and regulations of the sector took effect on Aug. 6, amid the country's broader push to curtail financial risks and further unleash the potential of its huge bond market.
(2022-08-14). Taliban calls for expansion of Iran-Afghanistan economic ties. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 14 (MNA) — The Taliban's acting Minister of Foreign Affair called for the expansion of economic relations between Iran and Afghanistan through expanision of transit between two countries.
(2022-08-14). Presidente de Egipto renueva su gabinete ante crisis económica. telesurtv.net El presidente egipcio Abdel Fattah El-Sisi no hizo cambios en los puestos de ministro de Finanzas, Energía, Defensa o Relaciones Exteriores.
(2022-08-14). Iran's export of products to Uzbekistan at 63% growth: Safari. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 14 (MNA) — Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy Affairs announced that Iran's exports of products to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan hit 63 and 23 percent hike respectively in the current year.
(2022-08-14). 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…
(2022-08-14). STOP Discharges At Laguna Honda Hospital: Discharges = Deaths Say Labor, Community & Famil. indybay.org Labor and community activists as well as family members rallied at San Francisco Laguna Honda hospital to protest the deaths of 9 residents and patients who were discharged by London Breed's Department of Public Health management. Speakers discussed the drive for privatization and the corruption in government agencies that led to these murders.
(2022-08-14). A Pox on the House of Profit, the United Disease States of America…….but Wage Earners Can. indybay.org Wage earners have the power to remove the pox on the nation…
(2022-08-13). Why is the Flow of Migrants Changing Direction? journal-neo.org 
As Washington has expected in its use of migration flows to damage its political and economic rival, the European Union, the influence of this factor has indeed been increasing of late. And it is becoming increasingly dependent not only on the state of armed conflicts already unleashed by the United States in the world, but …
(2022-08-13). An Objective Look At US Foreign Policy: Joe Lombardo Interview. popularresistance.org Joe Lombardo is the co-coordinator of the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) and has been an organizer in the anti-war movement and a labor activist for decades. He is a cofounder and lead organizer for Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace, a local anti-war group based near Albany, New York, a member of the Troy Area Labor Council, and former staff person of the Vietnam era National Peace Action Coalition (NPAC). He is the author of many articles and a frequent radio and TV commentator. | We focus here on the realities of the international power struggle unfolding in real time, specifically addressing the role of…
(2022-08-13). Scorching Big Oil Profits on a Burning Planet. commondreams.org As parts of the world reel under unprecedented heat, oil companies are raking in unprecedented profits. In the first three months of 2022, the 28 largest fossil fuel companies made close to US$100 billion.
(2022-08-13). Why Climate Activists Need to Celebrate the Inflation Reduction Act, a major Turning Point despite its Warts. juancole.com By Daniel Hunter |  ; ( Waging Nonviolence)  ; Congress just passed a major $375 billion climate bill, and it will be signed by the president. Yet, when I texted long-standing colleagues in Sunrise Movement, climate justice groups, Sierra Club, local pipeline fights and elsewhere, I found the mood to be… ambivalent, cautious, and non-celebratory. …
(2022-08-13). Americans worry about retirement income amid inflation. america.cgtn.com Even with the pace of inflation slowing, many Americans remain anxious about their finances and their retirement savings. Find out more.
(2022-08-13). British Postal Workers Reject Below-Inflation Contract Offer. popularresistance.org On Tuesday, August 9, Communications Workers Union (CWU) in Britain, which represents Royal Mail postal workers, announced four days of strike action aimed at obtaining a wage increase in line with inflation. The strikes are scheduled for August 26 and 31 and September 8 and 9. | The strike authorization came when 77 percent of the union's 115,000 members turned out to vote on July 19 — following a procedure required under British law for union's wishing to strike — and approved the measure with a 96.7-percent "yes" vote. The upcoming action is anticipated to be the most massive strike in Britain this…
(2022-08-13). Universal Basic Income (UBI) or the "Corona Virus Stimulus Check": Economic Liberation or the First Step Towards Slavery? globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-13). Intense Debate in Venezuela About Wages and National Budget Office Decisions. orinocotribune.com 
A diversity of voices demand greater clarity about the "ONAPRE instructions." | The substantial, expected, necessary and celebrated salary increase of March was followed, as appropriate, by the adaptation process according to collective agreements, tables, tabulators, rankings and scales of the different institutions, entities and agencies of the national public administration. | Through the Special Official Gazette No. 6,691 of March 15, 2022, the two presidential decrees that increased the mandatory monthly minimum wage, as well as the amounts of retirement benefits, pensions and the socialist basket ticket, we…
(2022-08-13). Wildcat Walkouts Hit UK Oil Refineries And Power Stations. popularresistance.org A wave of wildcat strikes by subcontracted workers broke out across refineries and power stations in the UK Wednesday, amid continuing walkouts by Amazon workers. Workers are protesting wages falling massively behind the spiraling cost of living. | The sites affected are covered by the National Agreement for the Engineering and Construction Industry (NAECI), concluded by the Unite and GMB unions with the Engineering and Construction Industry Association (ECIA) in August 2021. | The "Blue Book" agreement was cheered by Jock Simpson, the chairman of the National Joint Council for the Engineering and Construction In…
(2022-08-13). [Perspectives] The power of Jatra. thelancet.com The thought of the difficult working conditions in many factories in the Bengal region brings to mind Taslima Akhter's heartbreaking photograph of two dead workers, holding each other in the rubble after the collapse of the Rana Plaza, a building that housed garment factories in Savar, Bangladesh, on April 24, 2013. Cracks that had appeared in the walls of the building before the industrial accident were ignored by the owners and the collapse resulted in the death of more than 1130 people. Different cracks and factory conditions feature in Sonali Bhattacharyya's play Chasing Hares, at the Young Vic in London, UK.
(2022-08-13). Gustavo Petro praises capitalism, military and right wing in inauguration as president of Colombia. wsws.org His voters hardly thought that Petro's "love politics" would in fact be directed to the old right-wing politicians and the murderous military.
(2022-08-13). Australia: NSW rail workers continue industrial action with six-hour strike. wsws.org The RTBU is completely silent on the ongoing threat of privatisation, despite the concerns of workers over declining conditions and job security.
(2022-08-13). 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.
(2022-08-13). The 2020-22 Worldwide Corona Crisis: Destroying Civil Society, Engineered Economic Depression, Global Coup d'État and the "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca We are at the crossroads of one of the most serious crises in modern history. We are living history, yet our understanding of the flow of events since January 2020 has been blurred. Worldwide, people have been misled both by their governments and the media.
(2022-08-13). Avanzan labores para rescate de mineros atrapados en México. telesurtv.net Las autoridades indicaron que los niveles de agua en los pozos uno, dos y tres permiten el descenso, pero trabajan para lograr mejores condiciones.
(2022-08-13). Colossal Financial Pyramid: BlackRock and The WEF "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-13). [Perspectives] "You have not remained the same, nor have I" thelancet.com Now that we are in the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is easy to forget the intense emotions, including fear of contagion and managing uncertainty and disruption, among health professionals and the public early in the pandemic. Amid that fear, front-line workers were recognised as "heroes" by the public. Some of those new-found heroes, while following their vocation to care for others, were simultaneously struggling with the challenges of being international medical graduates (IMGs) in the UK's National Health Service (NHS) and in health systems in other high-income countries (HICs).
(2022-08-13). [Correspondence] Iran's burden of disease and burden of data collection. thelancet.com The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019 Iran Collaborators presented burden of disease estimates (eg, disability-adjusted life-years [DALYs]) for back and neck pain in Iran's 31 provinces between 1999 and 2019.1 This level of detail surprised us as we are familiar with prevalence studies for both conditions.
(2022-08-12). Democrats Seek $80B In Additional IRS Funding, Heavy Enforcement: 5 Things To KnowÔøº. moguldom.com After enduring a multi-year assault on its budget, the Internal Revenue Service is on track to get almost $80 billion in additional funding if Democrats get their way and the House approves the Biden administration's Reconciliation Bill. More than half of the $79.6 billion allocated to the IRS as part of Biden's Inflation Reduction Act …
(2022-08-12). Lawyer Activist: The City Of Atlanta Is Trying To Make Money By Locking Up Residents. moguldom.com An attorney, writer and activist from Atlanta has accused the city of being willing to trade prisoners for profit. Josie Duffy Rice — whose website bio says her work is primarily focused on prosecutors, prisons, and other criminal justice issues — called out Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens in a lengthy Twitter thread. She said Dickens did "a …
(2022-08-12). Video: Chairman Of Pan-Africanist Political Group Explains FBI Raid On Properties. moguldom.com The Federal Bureau of Investigation recently did a series of raids on several properties owned by the Pan-African political group the African People's Socialist Party. One of the FBI raids was on the home of the party's chairman, Omali Yeshitela. The African People's Socialist Party is Black liberation and is a vocal critic of U.S. …
(2022-08-12). The Nobodies Take Office in Colombia: An In-Depth Analysis. libya360.wordpress.com Alina Duarte Fleas dream of buying themselves a dog, and the nobodies dream of escaping poverty: that one magical day good luck will suddenly rain down on them—will rain down in buckets. But good luck doesn't rain down yesterday, today, tomorrow, or ever. Good luck doesn't even fall in a fine drizzle, no matter how hard…