(2022-08-13). Starbucks recruits CIA goon for union busting. workers.org 
An Aug. 2 post on twitter from @UnionBustingBot, revealing Starbucks had recently hired former Pinkerton employee and CIA agent Amanda Stanfill as the Manager for Global Intelligence for Retail Operations, went viral. Stanfill has quite an impressive resume as an agent of the imperialist U.S. security state and a union-buster. . . . |
(2022-08-13). Ucrania: øSaboteará Estados Unidos el acuerdo sobre los cereales? workers.org 
24 de julio — Un acuerdo negociado por Turquía para la exportación de granos de Ucrania y Rusia presenta un problema político para el imperialismo estadounidense y sus objetivos de guerra. La respuesta de Washington: enviar más armas. Silo de grano en el puerto de Odesa, Ucrania El histórico acuerdo . . . |
(2022-08-13). Michigan primary election — Rep. Rashida Tlaib wins, Zionists lose. workers.org 
Rashida Tlaib of Detroit made history Jan. 3, 2019, when she became the first Palestinian-American Representative in the U.S. Congress. Rep. Tlaib and Rep. Ilhan Omar were also the first two Muslim women elected to the House. Using her position to denounce Israeli apartheid, Rep. Tlaib has drawn the ire . . . |
(2022-08-13). Sri Lankan government "postpones" visit by Chinese research vessel. wsws.org Sri Lanka is caught in the middle of a geopolitical maelstrom over the planned visit of Yuan Wang 5 to Hambantota, with Washington and New Delhi determined to break Colombo's relations with Beijing.
(2022-08-13). [Articles] Mepolizumab for urban children with exacerbation-prone eosinophilic asthma in the USA (MUPPITS-2): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial. thelancet.com Phenotype-directed therapy with mepolizumab in urban children with exacerbation-prone eosinophilic asthma reduced the number of exacerbations.
(2022-08-13). Africa Taken for 'Neo-Colonial' Ride. orinocotribune.com 
Editorial note: Orinoco Tribune does not generally publish articles that are over 10 days old. However, in this case an exception is being made, as the subject matter of the following piece remains as significant today as at the time of its publication. | By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram Jul 26, 2022 | SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 26 2022 (IPS) Like so many others, Africans have long been misled. Alleged progress under imperialism has long been used to legitimize exploitation. Meanwhile, Western colonial powers have been replaced by neo-colonial governments and international institutions serv…
(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). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org Hundreds of thousands of India Post workers strike against corporatisation; Bangladeshi tea garden workers hold two-day strike for wage rise; South Korean bank workers protest peak-wage system; Australia: Nurses strike in Queensland and Tasmania for higher pay and staffing levels: Qantas Group engineers to strike; New Zealand paper mill workers locked out…
(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). [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). China's Zheng reaches first WTA 1000 quarterfinals in Toronto. ecns.cn China's rising star Zheng Qinwen reached her first WTA 1000 quarterfinals after beating local favorite Bianca Andreescu 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 at the National Bank Open here on Thursday.
(2022-08-13). Celebrate International Day for People of African Descent. indybay.org Discover California Pioneers of African Descent (1849-1875) as part of United Nations International Day for People of African Descent.
(2022-08-13). [Comment] A historic opportunity for universal health coverage in India. thelancet.com The milestone of India's 75th anniversary of independence on Aug 15, 2022, offers an opportunity to reassert the country's commitment to realising universal health coverage (UHC). The first such effort predates independence, with the 1946 Bhore Committee report.1 India's colonial ruler, the UK Government, had simultaneously commissioned the Beveridge Report (1942), which led to the birth of the UK National Health Service in 1948. The Bhore Committee recommended a similar national health-care system for India with guiding principles that have stood the test of time (panel).
(2022-08-13). [Editorial] India at 75 years: progress, challenges, and opportunities. thelancet.com On Aug 15, 2022, India will commemorate its 75th year of independence from British rule. In this week's issue, a Comment by Vikram Patel and commissioners of The Lancet's Citizens' Commission on Reimagining India's Health System reflects on the country's journey to achieving universal health coverage. The authors outline that although India has seen substantial improvements in many health indicators since independence, such as infant mortality, progress in other areas have lagged behind, although huge variations exist between and within states.
(2022-08-13). [Perspectives] Poornima Prabhakaran: advocate for health in a changing climate. thelancet.com Poornima Prabhakaran, Head of Environmental Health and Deputy Director of the Public Health Foundation of India's Centre for Environmental Health, grew up in Bangalore and followed in the footsteps of her physician father. After her medical degree at Bangalore Medical College, she moved to New Delhi, where she worked as a Senior Medical Officer, before her "first foray into research" in the Department of Endocrinology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. She began thinking of working in preventive and social medicine, "but I was never convinced", she recalls, until "I got really interested in epidemiol…
(2022-08-13). [Articles] Early drug development in solid tumours: analysis of National Cancer Institute-sponsored phase 1 trials. thelancet.com During the past 20 years, the response rate in phase 1 trials nearly doubled without an increase in the treatment-related death rate. However, there is significant heterogeneity in overall response by various factors such as cancer type, investigational agent, and trial design. Therefore, informed decision making is crucial for patients before participating in phase 1 trials. This study provides updated encouraging outcomes of modern phase 1 trials in solid tumours.
(2022-08-13). Preeclampsia linked to increased markers of brain cell damage, inflammation. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Preeclampsia is a serious complication of pregnancy characterized by high blood pressure and kidney damage. Mayo Clinic researchers found that women with a history of severe preeclampsia have more markers linked to brain cell damage and inflammation, compared to women who had uncomplicated pregnancies. The findings are being presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in San Diego. Preeclampsia affects up to 15% of women. Left untreated, preeclampsia can lead to serious,…
(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). Iran taekwondo team crowned champion in Islamic Games. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 13 (MNA) — Iran's national Taekwondo team has won the title of the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Turkey's Konya.
(2022-08-12). New Research Finds CIA Used Black Americans as Drugs Experiment Guinea Pigs. scheerpost.com By Kit Klarenberg / MintPress News By now, many will be familiar with Project MKULTRA. For decades, the CIA conducted highly unethical experiments on humans in order to perfect brainwashing, mind control and torture techniques. Perhaps the program's most notorious aspect was the administration of high doses of psychoactive drugs to targets, particularly LSD. These substances …
(2022-08-12). Can We Please Have an Adult Conversation About China? scheerpost.com 
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research As the US legislative leader Nancy Pelosi swept into Taipei, people around the world held their breath. Her visit was an act of provocation. In December 1978, the US government — following a United Nations General Assembly decision in 1971 — recognised the People's Republic of China, setting aside its previous treaty …
(2022-08-12). Shelling at Zaporizhzhia NPP caused no 'immediate threat'. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 12 (MNA) — The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) stated that there was no immediate threat to nuclear safety after the shelling incident that occurred on Saturday near the dry spent fuel storage facility at Ukraine's ZNPP.
(2022-08-12). 2 more ships carrying over 63,000 tons of grain leave Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 12 (MNA) — Two more ships carrying wheat and corn departed Ukrainian ports on Friday under a deal to unblock Ukrainian grain exports, Turkey's National Defense Ministry said.
(2022-08-12). EU admits it applies double standards to Ukraine, Palestine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 12 (MNA) — The EU's foreign-policy chief Josep Borrel has admitted that double standards permeate international relations, after being asked in an interview why Brussels was far more willing to support the people of Ukraine than Gaza.
(2022-08-12). Why Did the US Nuke Civilians? orinocotribune.com 
By Mickey Z. Aug 5, 2022 | Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 77 Years Later | It is an atomic bomb. It is the greatest thing in history. | — President Harry S. Truman (August 6, 1945) | One of the seemingly endless Good [sic] War myths goes a little something like this: | The U.S. had no choice but to drop atomic bombs on civilians in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Had they not done so, the fanatical Japanese would have never surrendered. Countless millions of brave American soldiers would have perished in the ensuing invasion of the Japanese islands. | As we mark the 77th anniversary of the deliberate use of nuclear…
(2022-08-12). Nurses laud victory on healthcare dollars over Big Pharma. peoplesworld.org 
OAKLAND, Calif. —Unions, citizens groups, and their allies overcame $18.6 million in Big Pharma lobbying in achieving health care wins in the Senate-passed Inflation Reduction Act, National Nurses United says. And it followed that up by urging members and allies to lobby to preserve those gains when the House voted on the measure, tentatively scheduled …
(2022-08-12). Sri Lanka is a Victim of Global Turbulence. journal-neo.org 
We left the subject of the crisis in Sri Lanka in another state of aggravation when the second of the Rajapaksa brothers (Gotabaya) was still in office. Despite demands from the "street" to step down following his elder brother Mahinda, who resigned as prime minister on May 9. However, in early July, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa …
(2022-08-12). Grieving family wants killer-cop fired. workers.org 
Jalen Randle was only 29 years old when he was murdered by Houston cops on April 27. His parents, Tiffany Rachal and Warren Randle, want answers. They want Shane Privette, the cop who killed their son, fired and prosecuted. They want justice. Jalen Randle And they are using every method . . . |
(2022-08-12). Hopeful Signs of Changes Occurring in World Balance of Power. libya360.wordpress.com James ONeill The recent visit to Taiwan by the United States politician Nancy Pelosi was one of the most ill-judged and provocative actions by a US politician for some considerable time. The fact that the United States President Joe Biden refused the opportunity to forbid the visit also speaks volumes about the US attitude toward…
(2022-08-12). UN Preventing IAEA Experts from Visiting Zaporozhye NPP. libya360.wordpress.com Al Mayadeen Russia says the United Nations general secretariat is preventing IAEA experts from visiting the Russian-controlled Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant despite the UN claiming Moscow was using it maliciously. Russia accused on Thursday the office of the United Nations Secretary-General of obstructing the work of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts and preventing them…
(2022-08-12). The second collection of RIAC and CASS articles Global Governance in a New Era: Concepts and Approaches has been published. russiancouncil.ru The publication includes 22 articles by leading international relations experts from Russia and China…
(2022-08-12). India Dumps US Dollar for UAE Dirham, Chinese Yuan in Russian Coal Trade: Report. globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-12). De-Dollarization Paves Way for Stronger Rupee. infobrics.org The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) decision to permit the rupee in global trade is a precursor to making it an international currency…
(2022-08-12). India Is Receptive of Our Request for BRICS Membership: Argentina Envoy. infobrics.org Ambassador of Argentina to India Hugo Javier Gobbi has said membership of his country for inclusion in an expanded BRICS grouping has been discussed with India and "it is being considered"
(2022-08-12). India: How Tribal People Are Losing Their Land Rights. popularresistance.org How will you feel if someone promises to remove an injustice you have suffered for years, but in the end leaves you suffering even more than before? | Something similar appears to be happening to tribal communities in India in the context of the Forest Rights Act 2006. They were promised by the government that the historic injustice caused to them in the context of arbitrary classification of some of their land as forest land during colonial times will be corrected now. To realize this they were asked to file claims for the land cultivated by them but whose legal ownership was stated to be that of the forest depa…
(2022-08-12). 41 Days After Her Death, Palestinians Hold Funeral For Woman Who Died In Israeli Prison. imemc.org 
On Thursday, hundreds of Palestinians marched in the funeral procession and ceremony of a Palestinian woman who died in Israeli prisons 41 days earlier due to medical neglect and mistreatment by the Israeli occupation authorities. Israel initially refused to release her corpse. The woman, Sa'diyya Farajallah, 68, from Ethna town west of the southern West …
(2022-08-12). Israeli Navy Attacks Palestinian Fishing Boats In Southern Gaza. imemc.org 
On Thursday night, Israeli navy ships attacked Palestinian fishing boats near the Rafah shore in the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses said the navy ships fired dozens of live rounds, gas bombs, and flares at the fishing boats, forcing them to leave without being able to fish to provide for their families …
(2022-08-12). Young Palestinian Man Dies From Serious Wounds Suffered In Gaza. imemc.org 
On Friday, Palestinian medical sources have confirmed that a young man died from serious wounds he suffered during the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip. The Nasser Medical Center in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, said the young man, Anas Khaled Anshasi, 22, died in the Intensive Care Unit from …
(2022-08-12). Huelga a Starbucks en Boston. workers.org 
Boston 'MegaPicket' a Starbucks en Boston, 7 de agosto, Credit: Steve Gillis Fue una semana histórica para el movimiento de trabajadores en los Estados Unidos, ya que los trabajadores de Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) en el 874 de la avenida Commonwealth en Boston, MA, cerraron su tienda para la primera . . . |
(2022-08-12). Methadone clinics: ending stigma and social control. workers.org 
In the 1930s, the German company I.G. Farben was looking for a solution to the opium shortage and the company's inability to create new painkillers. The company found the solution in a chemical then-called Dolophine. Now called methadone (Methadose, Diskets), an urban legend circulated that Dolophine was named after Adolf . . . |
(2022-08-12). Trudeau Government to Introduce National "Digital Identity Program" globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-12). UN Racial Justice Review Gives Biden Opportunity to Center International Human Rights. aclu.org Every few years, the United Nations Given that the last U.S. review took place under the Obama administration in 2014, this year's review was a first for the Biden administration. As expected, the Biden administration claimed significant progress on racial justice in its report and presentation to the committee. However, more than a year into his term, few of President Biden'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…
(2022-08-12). Scotland and Northern Ireland council and National Health Service workers in growing pay battle. wsws.org The disputes involving tens of thousands of local authority workers are driven by soaring living costs.
(2022-08-12). In pics: headquarters of China National Archives of Publications and Culture in Beijing. ecns.cn The headquarters contains more than 16 million copies of historical texts, printed materials and tens of thousands of exhibits across 10 major categories.
(2022-08-12). 'Molten iron flowers', electronic music add fun to festival in Shanxi. ecns.cn People perform molten iron splashing, a national intangible cultural heritage, during an electronic music festival in Zezhou county of Jincheng city, north China's Shanxi Province, Aug. 11, 2022.
(2022-08-12). Twenty years ago, Nigerian women took over ChevronTexaco and won concession. workers.org 
The following article first appeared on workers.org in two parts, dated Aug. 1 and 8, 2002. In honor of Black August founded in 1979, WW is reprinting slightly edited versions of both articles which can also be found in "Marxism, Reparations and the Black Freedom Struggle" on workers.org/book/marxism-reparations-and-the-black-freedom-struggle/. Nigerian women . . . |
(2022-08-12). Reset of ties with Australia possible, envoy says. ecns.cn China's ambassador to Australia has told the National Press Club that despite recent difficulties in the relationship between Canberra and Beijing, a "reset is still possible".
(2022-08-12). La Unión Eléctrica estima una afectación máxima de 9 MW para el horario diurno. cubadebate.cu La Unión Eléctrica pronostica una afectación máxima de 9 MW para el horario diurno de hoy. De igual modo, para el horario pico estima una disponibilidad de 2 285 MW y una demanda máxima de 3 0 MW, lo cual generaría un déficit de 765 MW. De mantenerse las condiciones previstas, debe haber una afectación de 835 MW al pico.
(2022-08-12). 'I was never afraid of the big shots': A conversation with German lawyer Friedrich Wolff. workers.org 
By Frank Schumann junge Welt, July 23 Workers World makes excerpts from this interview available in English, as it gives a historical view from a senior legal expert in the socialist German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany), Friedrich Wolff.* The parts selected counter the Big Lie promulgated by U.S. and . . . |
(2022-08-12). Tom Engelhardt: The Decline and Fall of Everything (Including Me). scheerpost.com 
[By I find nothing strange in Joe Biden, at 79 (going on 80), being the oldest president in our history and
(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…
(2022-08-11). India-Russia Trade Settlement: A Way Forward. infobrics.org The new arrangement, if adopted, could potentially shield bilateral trade from the restrictions imposed against Russian companies…
(2022-08-11). The United States Has Many Political Prisoners. Here's a List. towardfreedom.org The U.S. government holds many political prisoners, including journalists; national security state whistleblowers; Black, Indigenous, and other nationally oppressed revolutionaries; foreign diplomats; activists; and more, writes Stansfield Smith.
(2022-08-11). IUOE Local 150 wins big after seven week strike. liberationnews.org 
After walking the picket lines for seven weeks, 300 members of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 voted unanimously to adopt their new contract.
(2022-08-11). Justice Department Unlikely To Charge Trump With Violating The Espionage Act. thedissenter.org 
Photo from the This article was funded by paid subscribers of The Dissenter Newsletter. Become an *Article was updated on August 12 to reflect further developments. | Mary McCord, who was the chief of the United States Justice Department's national security division under President Barack Obama, said that former President Donald Trump may have violated the Espi…
(2022-08-11). The Heat: Pakistan's challenges. america.cgtn.com 
Pakistan reaches a preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund, but is it enough to solve the country's economic problems?