(2023-05-28). Banned books or banned author recommendations. indybay.org In Opposition To The Banning Of Books By Dangerous Fascist Right-Wing Extremists:…
(2023-05-28). Assange's Life is in 'Hands of Australian Government,' Says Wife. orinocotribune.com By Anadolu Staff — May 22, 2023 | ANKARA (AA) — The wife of the WikiLeaks founder has said that Julian Assange's life is "in the hands of the Australian government" and called for his release. | Stella Assange, who is also part of her husband's legal team, contended that Assange's release from prison has never been closer, urging Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to "make it happen," Australia's SBS News reported on Monday. | "It is important to recognize that Australia plays an important role and can secure Julian's release," Assange told the National Press Club. | "Julian's life is in the hands of the A…
(2023-05-28). Is Ukraine Babe Ruth, Billy Jack or Geraldo Rivera in Al Capone's Vault? sonar21.com 
We live in a bizarre time. Ukrainian and U.S. officials continue to issue public warnings/threats of a looming Ukrainian offensive intended to push Russia out of its recently acquired territories…
(2023-05-28). Capital and Resistance: A Review of Socialist Register 2023. socialistproject.ca 
This volume is the first in nearly forty years in which Leo Panitch didn't play a direct role. Though last year's volume was produced following his…
(2023-05-28). Ha, Ha-Ha, Ha-Ha-Ha… LOL)). smoothiex12.blogspot.com
(2023-05-28). Elon Musk is Right: Bellingcat is a Western 'Psy-Op'. scheerpost.com 
(2023-05-28). Kissinger vs. 'The Most Dangerous Man in America'. scheerpost.com 
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter "Daniel Ellsberg is the most dangerous man in America. He must be stopped at all costs." —Henry Kissinger In 1970, before whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg shared copies of the Pentagon Papers with several newspapers in the United States, Ellsberg was invited by his friend Lloyd Shearer, who was the editor …
(2023-05-28). 'Not on Our Dime': Why Democrats are Finally Challenging Israel. scheerpost.com 
By Ramzy Baroud / MintPressNews Though the United States remains a strong supporter of Israel, there are some indications that the supposed 'unbreakable bond' with Tel Aviv is faltering, though more in language than in deeds. Following the provocative 'Flag March' on May 18, which is carried out annually by Israeli Jewish extremists in the …
(2023-05-28). Glenn Greenwald: Jeffrey Sachs on US Provoking Ukraine War. scheerpost.com 
By Glenn Greenwald / Rumble Jeffrey Sachs and Glenn Greenwald discuss the role of the U.S. in provoking the proxy war in Ukraine, and how the war could have been avoided.
(2023-05-28). What's the Use of William Blake? scheerpost.com 
By Stephen F. Eisenman / CounterPunch Fire In the Museum What's the use of William Blake? Or for that matter, what's the use of any art and literature in an age of climate change, proxy wars, nuclear threat, pandemic, and the rise of fascism? Rather than study and enjoy works by long dead poets or …
(2023-05-28). The Greatest Myth Propagated About The FED: Central Bank Independence (Part 3). realprogressives.org There never has been the kind of independence supposed by economists.
(2023-05-28). The Greatest Myth Propagated About The FED: Central Bank Independence (Part 2). realprogressives.org In this blog we look at the myth of Fed independence from its creator, the Congress and from the Treasury.
(2023-05-28). The Greatest Myth Propagated About The FED: Central Bank Independence (Part 1). realprogressives.org It has been commonplace to speak of central bank independence—as if it were both a reality and a necessity…
(2023-05-28). CBO—Still Out of Paradigm after All These Years. realprogressives.org Gold-standard thinking is inapplicable to a sovereign, currency-issuing government operating under flexible exchange rates.
(2023-05-28). Modern Money Theory: The Basics. realprogressives.org Here we go with the basics of MMT.
(2023-05-28). Replacing the Budget Constraint with an Inflation Constraint. realprogressives.org Let's stop pretending that replacing a budget constraint with an inflation constraint is so hard.
(2023-05-28). Wolfers Blames MMT for Orthodox Economists' Ignorance of MMT. realprogressives.org Honest economists can be a great help to the world, unfortunately the orthodoxy is more concerned with defending their lofty station than finding solutions.
(2023-05-28). Four "Tells" That Show Krugman Knows He Cannot Win an Honest Debate. realprogressives.org Calvinball is a mythical game without rules. Academic debates shouldn't be a game of Calvinball.
(2023-05-28). The Day Orthodox Economists Lost Their Minds and Integrity. realprogressives.org The orthodox economic attack on MMT should be a 'slam dunk' — if orthodox economists were correct about MMT.
(2023-05-28). FBI Powerless to Reign in Animal Liberation Front, Press Release Begs for Help. indybay.org
(2023-05-28). Henry Kissinger Is a Disgusting War Criminal. popularresistance.org The late Anthony Bourdain wrote in 2001 that "once you've been to Cambodia, you'll never stop wanting to beat Henry Kissinger to death with your bare hands." | However many people might have wanted to do that over the decades, Kissinger remains with us. Today is his hundredth birthday. And he continues to be treated as a respected elder statesman. That should tell you everything you need to know about America's global empire. | Tributes have been flowing to Dr Kissinger all week. At CNN, foreign correspondent David Andelman enthuses that "at 100, Henry Kissinger is still teaching us the value of 'Weltanscha຅
(2023-05-28). Tuesday 6/13: How the Supreme Court is Dividing America. indybay.org Online event – FREE…
(2023-05-28). Tuesday 7/18: Book Launch: Anarchist Popular Power – Dissident Labor & Armed Struggle in Uruguay '56-76. indybay.org Tamarack Collective Bar + Restaurant | 1501 Harrison St. | Oakland, CA | 94612…
(2023-05-28). Family of Raymond Mattia, Tohono O'odham Murdered by U.S. Border Patrol, Plans Protests. indybay.org The family of Raymond Mattia, Tohono O'odham murdered by U.S. Border Patrol agents, plans peaceful protests at U.S. Border Patrol headquarters in Why, Arizona, and Tucson on Saturday. "Raymond called for help and, in turn, was shot down at his doorstep," the Mattia family said in a statement just released.
(2023-05-28). California Supreme Court to Hear Arguments Thursday Over Monterey Oil, Gas Drilling Restrictions. indybay.org Residents to Rally at Local Courthouse in Support of Measure Z…
(2023-05-28). Bidding Farewell To The American Century. popularresistance.org Like Cicero in the Roman Republic, there are always a handful of chroniclers who can see and articulate clearly the social, cultural, and political realities of empires in terminal decline. They call out the bankruptcy of an inept and corrupt ruling class, blinded by hubris, as well as a populace that has checked out of civic life and is entranced by bread and circus spectacles. In his trilogy Blowback, The Sorrows of Empire, and Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic, Chambers Johnson does a masterful job of showing how and why we are disintegrating. So does Andrew Bacevich, who, in his newest book of e…
(2023-05-28). Saturday 5/27: Land justice is a meaningful aspect of reparations: the walking tour. indybay.org 312 Mason Street | San Francisco | (meet in the lobby of the American Youth Hostel)…
(2023-05-28). Alibaba plans to increase its headcount. ecns.cn Chinese tech heavyweight Alibaba Group Holding Ltd announced on Thursday night it plans to hire 15,000 people this year, refuting rumors circulating on social media platforms in recent days that the company planned to lay off 20 percent of its staff.
(2023-05-28). U.S. companies, products welcome to enter China through CIIE. ecns.cn More enterprises from the United States are welcome to bring their high-quality products and services to the Chinese market through the sixth China International Import Expo.
(2023-05-28). C919 to make first commercial flight. ecns.cn The C919, China's first domestically developed large passenger jet developed by the Commercial Aircraft Corp of China, will embark on its first commercial flight on May 28, according to China Eastern Airlines.
(2023-05-28). Dalian shipbuilder delivers hull of giant vessel. ecns.cn The hull and living quarters of the Bacalhau — the world's first M350 floating, production, storage and offloading vessel — were delivered on Friday at the Changxingdao shipyard in Dalian, Liaoning province, marking a breakthrough for the Chinese shipbuilding industry.
(2023-05-28). Comicomment: U.S.-manipulated G7 cannot conceal deep rift. ecns.cn The topics discussed at the G7 summit lacked appeal for the member countries themselves, and the superficial unity cannot conceal their internal divisions.
(2023-05-28). China opposes WHO body's Ukraine motion. ecns.cn China voted against a resolution with reference to Russian "aggression" against Ukraine, as the country has always opposed politicization of health issues, said a Chinese delegate on Wednesday at a meeting of the 76th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.
(2023-05-28). Partnership poised for further economic growth. ecns.cn With the global financial scene evolving as Kenya pushes for stronger bilateral ties with its key trading partners, China remains among the top business and development partners for the East African economic powerhouse.
(2023-05-28). Bill Gates: China can make unique contributions to global challenges. ecns.cn Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates called for greater cooperation among humanity to address global challenges, while highlighting that China will be able to make unique contributions by sharing its technologies and its lessons.
(2023-05-28). Renowned hematologist wins inaugural award. ecns.cn The ceremony for the 2023 Medical Technology Award under the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Foresight Science and Technology Award was held at the university on Wednesday.
(2023-05-28). China, DRC upgrade ties to comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership. ecns.cn The presidents of China and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced on Friday the elevation of the bilateral relationship from a strategic partnership of win-win cooperation to a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.
(2023-05-28). Ministry opposes U.S.' missile shipment to Taiwan. ecns.cn China firmly opposes the United States' latest delivery of missiles to the Taiwan region and has lodged serious representations with the U.S. side over "this utterly wrong and dangerous move", Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Friday.
(2023-05-28). Digital tech in spotlight at expo. ecns.cn China will ratchet up efforts to leverage emerging digital technologies to further bolster industrial upgrading, and build basic systems for data, as part of its broader drive to promote high-quality development of the digital economy, and tap the value of massive data resources more efficiently.
(2023-05-28). Slow response worsens inflation control in U.S. ecns.cn At the forum, titled "The Fed: Lessons Learned From the Past Three Years", Bernanke and other high-profile economists analyzed the root causes of persistent inflation and formulated recommendations for policymakers.
(2023-05-28). New processor, OS to propel open-source chip ecosystem. ecns.cn The Chinese Academy of Sciences has unveiled a new high-performance processor chip and a new operating system, based on the popular open-source chip design standard known as RISC-V.
(2023-05-28). China, DRC upgrade relationship. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping and visiting President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi announced on Friday the elevation of China-DRC bilateral relations to a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.
(2023-05-28). China-Laos Railway has seen booming passenger, freight services: Chinese FM. ecns.cn Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Sunday said The China-Laos Railway has seen booming passenger and freight services since it became open to traffic over a year ago.
(2023-05-28). China's C919 jetliner embarks on its first commercial flight. ecns.cn A C919 large passenger aircraft, China's first homegrown large jetliner, embarked on its first commercial flight on Sunday morning.
(2023-05-28). China, Ethiopia to enhance bilateral ties. ecns.cn China expressed its support to the peace process in Ethiopia on Thursday, saying it stands ready to enhance bilateral cooperation to facilitate postwar reconstruction and development in the Horn of Africa country.
(2023-05-28). Horses gallop on grassland in Inner Mongolia. ecns.cn A herdsman drives horses on a grassland in Ergun, Hulun Buir City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It's a spectacular scene watching horses race across the grasslands, a huge appeal for tourists and photographers.
(2023-05-28). Themed acrobatic gala for diplomatic envoys staged in Beijing. ecns.cn A special acrobatic gala themed "Another Youth" for diplomatic envoys in China was held in Beijing on Wednesday.
(2023-05-28). 2023 Zhongguancun Forum kicks off in Beijing. ecns.cn Themed "Open Cooperation for a Shared Future," the 2023 Zhongguancun Forum kicked off on Thursday at the Zhongguancun Exhibition Center in Beijing.
(2023-05-28). Amazing scenery of Jiulongji waterfall in Fujian. ecns.cn Amazing aerial view of the Jiulongji waterfall with a total drop of more than 300 meters in Zhouning County, east China's Fujian Province, May 25, 2023.
(2023-05-28). Giant panda Ya Ji celebrates ninth birthday in Shandong. ecns.cn Giant panda Ya Ji celebrates its ninth birthday at Jinan Zoo in east China's Shandong Province, May 26, 2023.
(2023-05-28). Cradle of Civilization: Suzhou Classical Gardens. ecns.cn The Suzhou Classical Gardens were originally built some 2,500 years ago,and became prosperous during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
(2023-05-28). InsightsÔΩúInternational relations expert: G7 has transformed into a containment machine for other countries. ecns.cn Linjie Chou Zanadu, senior research fellow at the European Center for Peace and Development, claimed that G7's mission has never changed: to guard the interest of those imperial powers. In addition, Chou explained that G7 members intentionally exclude other countries that are not 100 percent in line with the Western ideological camp. Therefore, G7 is highly racist and is now an ultra neo-liberal institution.
(2023-05-28). New Digital Legal Tool Helps Immigrant Workers Reclaim Stolen Wages. popularresistance.org In the fall of 2018, Rodrigo Camarena caught an article in El Diario La Prensa, a Spanish-language newspaper in New York City, detailing the increase of wage theft for immigrant workers. One worker told the paper their employer threatened to call immigration services if they complained about not getting paid. | Camarena is director of Justicia Lab, which develops technology to support immigrants and advocates. "It made me really mad, knowing the problem got so much worse under the Trump administration," recalls Camarena. He reached out to Make the Road New York, an immigrant advocacy organization quoted in the ar…
(2023-05-28). Friday 6/2: Hi-Rise Santa Cruz Paintings by Russell Brutsche. indybay.org Wallflower, 103 Locust Street, Santa Cruz…
(2023-05-28). Wednesday 6/7: Feminists Fighting Transphobia. indybay.org New Valencia Hall | 747 Polk St. (at Ellis St.), San Francisco | Seven blocks from Civic Center BART, on or near Muni bus lines #5, 19, 27, 31, 38, 49…
(2023-05-28). Sunday 6/11: San Francisco Summer World Naked Bike Ride #WNBRsf2023. indybay.org "CUPID'S ARROW" Rincon Park | The Embarcadero & Folsom Street | San Francisco California 94105…
(2023-05-28). Playing Monopolis Monopoly: An inquiry into why we are making ourselves so miserable. realprogressives.org Why does it seem like there isn't enough money to pay for the things we really need? Is it really true? Are we really too poor to put America back to work making and building the things we need to maintain a prosperous nation?>
(2023-05-28). Native American Tribes are rising up against the Thacker Pass Lithium MIne in Nevada. indybay.org Native American tribes are rising up against the Thacker Pass Lithium MIne. Ox Sam Camp- a Paiute/ Shoshone elder woman led resistance/ prayer camp opposing the Thacker Pass Lithium Mine in Nevada, has been going for more than 2 weeks now and needs your presence here and support. See oxsamcamp.org…
(2023-05-28). The Debt Ceiling Standoff Has Been A Performance. levernews.com
(2023-05-28). ICE, Homeland Security Accused Of Targeting Outspoken Migrant Worker. popularresistance.org Immigrant rights attorneys filed a complaint against United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that alleges that ICE detained a migrant worker known for speaking out against workplace abuse at construction and poultry plants. | Baldomero Orozco Juarez, an indigenous father from Guatemala who lives in Mississippi, was arrested at an ICE check-in on April 12, 2023. Authorities sent Orozco Juarez to a private detention facility in Jena, Louisiana, owned by LaSalle Corrections. He faces deportation. | In 2019, Orozco Juarez was deported to Guatemala after the "largest workplace immigration raid in a sin…
(2023-05-28). Leidesdorff Plaza, showcasing California Pioneers of African Descent Historic Folsom. indybay.org May 1966, Leidesdorff Plaza was dedicated by the Sacramento Negro Museum and Library Association, Inc. | May 2023 we are excited to continue the journey towards researching, documenting, preserving and showcasing the salient contributions by people of African Descent in early California History, (1840-1875) for distant future generations.
(2023-05-28). MMT and External Constraints. realprogressives.org To Fix or To Float, that is the question.
(2023-05-28). SF Chronicle PMWG Workers Demand Justice & Living Wages In Protest. indybay.org Dozens of San Francisco Chronicle workers rallied at 12 noon on May 23 2023 to demand better wages and benefits. Many of the younger workers are forced to leave because of their income and the housing crisis.
(2023-05-28). Stand Up Fight Back!LA Strike Wave As Writers Guild Rally & Other Unions Prepare To Strike. indybay.org Thousands of Los Angeles members of the striking Writers Guild of America West and other unions and LA City SEIU had a strike vote and may join the writers on strike.
(2023-05-28). Thursday 6/15: In The Evening By The Moonlight. indybay.org Young Performers Theatre | 2 Marina Boulevard | San Francisco, CA 94123…
(2023-05-28). Democrat's failed losing strategy over debt ceiling negotiations to vote on Wednesday. indybay.org Millions Of People Feel Like They Are Little More Than Bargaining Chips During The Debt Ceiling Negotiations Taking Place:…
(2023-05-28). Ballot boxes open in Türkiye for the presidential runoff. plenglish.com/feed/ Ankara, may 28 (Prensa Latina) Incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan and opposition politician Kemal Kilicdaroglu are the choice for over 60 million Turkish citizens who are electing today their president for the next five years.
(2023-05-28). Elmhurst Hospital Resident Doctors Declare Victory In Three-Day Strike. popularresistance.org Elmhurst, Queens, New York – Following a historic three-day strike, over 160 unionized resident doctors at Elmhurst Hospital, located in a largely immigrant community in Queens, New York, declared victory May 24. Their fight was for pay parity with their nonunionized Manhattan counterparts. In 2020, Elmhurst Hospital was the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. | The striking physicians are employed by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai but were assigned to Elmhurst Hospital, a New York City public hospital, and at lower pay than those working at Mount Sinai's affluent Upper East Side loc…
(2023-05-28). Obsolete Cold War Attitudes Are Holding Europe Back By: Fiona Edwards. midwesternmarx.com 
Instead, an independent foreign policy is desperately needed—and gaining support. Recently, the United States has been followed by a number of European countries in supporting a cold war policy toward Russia and China. This has created increasing problems in Europe—bringing a major war to the continent, creating serious economic difficulties, and intensifying a decline in living standards.In this context, the case for Europe establishing an independent foreign policy ha …
(2023-05-28). Republicans Want to Defund Our Libraries By: Sonali Kolhatkar. midwesternmarx.com 
Claiming to protect children, Republicans are going after libraries and librarians instead of the police, gun manufacturers, and actual child sexual abusers. Missouri Republicans in early April voted to cut all public funding for libraries as part of their state budget proposal.Leading the move was Cody Smith, a top Republican lawmaker and chair of the state's budget committee, who made no attempt to hide the fact that he was retaliating against librarians because they dared to joi …
(2023-05-28). US would rather see the world end than lose its supremacy By: Global Times. midwesternmarx.com 
Editor's Note: The recent developments in East Asia, such as the détente between South Korea and Japan, South Korea's increasing hostility toward China, and the talk of a liaison office of NATO in Tokyo, have raised alert of observers, as the US escalates confrontation with China. What are the obstacles for East Asia to maintain peace? Global Times (GT) reporter Wang Wenwen discussed these issues with K.J. Noh (Noh), a US-based journalist, political analyst, writer and e …
(2023-05-28). Western Marxism: The Unwholesome Temptation By: Greg Godels. midwesternmarx.com 
Image credit: Left Voice. The history of Marxism has a parallel history of counter-Marxism — intellectual currents that posture as the true Marxism.Even before Marxism came into being as a coherent ideology, Marx and Engels devoted an often-neglected section of their 1848 Communist Manifesto to debunking the existing contenders for true socialism.As the workers' movement painfully sought a system of beliefs to animate its response to capital …
(2023-05-28). Consumer Health: Treating arthritis. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org May is Arthritis Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about a condition that affects nearly 59 million people in the U.S., or approximately 1 in 4 adults. Arthritis is the swelling and tenderness of one or more of your joints. The main symptoms of arthritis are joint pain and stiffness, which typically worsen with age. The two most common types of arthritis — osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis — damage joints in different…
(2023-05-28). Consumer Health: Understanding metastatic brain cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org May is Brain Cancer Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about metastatic brain cancer. Overall, the chance that a person will develop a malignant tumor of the brain or spinal cord in their lifetime is less than 1%, according to the American Cancer Society. Nevertheless, nearly 19,000 people in the U.S. will die from brain and spinal cord tumors in 2023. A brain tumor is a growth of cells in the…
(2023-05-28). Consumer Health: What is mental health? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org May is Mental Health Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about mental health and mental illness. Mental health is the overall wellness of how you think, regulate your feelings and behave. Cultural norms and social expectations play a role in defining mental health. There is no standard measure across cultures to determine whether a behavior is normal or when it becomes disruptive. What might be normal in one society may be a cause…
(2023-05-28). Science Saturday: Orthobiologics can be nature's healing agents. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic physician-scientists are working on regenerative biotherapeutics such as orthobiologics and other regenerative bioinjectables to bring advanced procedures to more patients. Orthobiologics are biological agents that stimulate healing when standard therapies don't work. Examples are platelet-rich plasma — platelets spun from a patient's blood that promote cell repair — and bone marrow aspirate concentrate that contains stem cells and many other cells that have shown potential for tissue regeneration. "Orthobiologics are like nature's drug…
(2023-05-28). Mayo Clinic Q and A: 5 ways to get better sleep. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: As I get older, I find I have increasing issues with sleep. I struggle to fall asleep and then stay asleep. I wake up during the night and get discouraged when I see the clock. By the time I get back to sleep, my alarm is set to wake me up. I feel groggy during the day and actively look for opportunities to nap. It would be great to wake up feeling rested…
(2023-05-28). Mayo Clinic Minute: What are the benefits, risks of sleeping with melatonin gummies? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Many people rely on melatonin gummies to help them get a good night's sleep. But a recent study finds that these over-the-counter supplements may not reliably contain the advertised amount of melatonin. According to the National Institutes of Health, about 19% of adults in the U.S. don't get enough sleep, and some of those sleep-deprived people use melatonin supplements to help them catch some z's. Dr. Erik St. Louis, a Mayo Clinic neurologist, says melatonin…
(2023-05-28). Mayo Clinic Minute: Improving bone health before spinal surgery. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org As people age, bones lose some of their structure. Osteopenia and osteoporosis are both conditions in which bones become less dense and, therefore, can break more easily. These kinds of bone density issues are common among spinal surgery patients who are 50 and older. To avoid surgical complications, Mayo Clinic works with these patients on improving bone health before spinal surgery. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute. youtu.be/aYVD4xaoR4E Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 07) is in the downloads…
(2023-05-28). Future of health care: Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science students graduate in Minnesota. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic celebrated the graduation of the next generation of physicians and scientists. In a combined ceremony in Rochester, Minnesota, on Friday, May 19, students received degrees conferred by Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Fifty-five new physicians joined the prestigious Mayo Clinic alumni, with 11 receiving both medical and doctoral degrees and 38 new biomedical scientists receiving doctoral degrees. In addition, 22 students received master's degrees. They join the…
(2023-05-28). Future of health care: Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine students graduate in Arizona. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Thirty-eight medical students graduated from Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine's campus in Phoenix on Wednesday, May 17. They join the more than 60 other Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine students in Jacksonville, Florida, and Rochester, Minnesota, graduating on those campuses in May. These students persevered through the pandemic, learning health care in a rapidly changing environment. The students will move on to residencies at Mayo Clinic and across the country, helping ease the physician shortage and…
(2023-05-28). Mayo Clinic Minute: Menopause and the heart connection. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Women experience menopause at different ages — and different ways — which can, among other things, affect their heart health. The average age of natural menopause in the U.S is 52. There's early menopause, under age 45, and premature menopause, under age 40, which may affect a very small group of women. There is also premature ovarian insufficiency. Dr. Chrisandra Shufelt, a Mayo Clinic women's health specialist, says it's important for anyone who experiences menopause to think…
(2023-05-28). Tonsils: Tiny, but pack a big punch. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The tonsils play an essential role in keeping you healthy. These small, oval-shaped pads at the back of the throat are part of the immune system and make white blood cells. These cells attack and prevent germs that enter your body and making you sick. While small in size, the tonsils can cause considerable pain and discomfort if inflamed. This inflammation is called tonsillitis and typically is due to a viral infection, although bacterial infections…
(2023-05-28). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Binge-eating disorders. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My niece is living in my home while she is attending college. I've invited her to eat meals with our family, but she typically declines, desiring to eat alone in her room. I'm concerned because she often seems to eat a lot of food at one time, like two sandwiches with two bags of chips or a quart of ice cream. Could this be a sign of an eating disorder? If so, what…
(2023-05-28). Mayo Clinic Minute: How much screen time is too much time for your kids? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org How much screen time is too much for a child? Is digital media affecting your child's health? The surgeon general has issued a new advisory, citing growing concerns about the effects of social media use on the mental health of young people. Dr. Nusheen Ameenuddin is a Mayo Clinic pediatrician and a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics. While there are many benefits to technology, she says it also can affect children and teens in negative ways,…
(2023-05-28). Ready to run: Assessing protein needs for performance. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org As you train for your upcoming distance race or other athletic event, you may be looking for ways to fine-tune your program and up your performance. Now's the time to take another look at what you're eating since nutrition is a key component of your training plan. Do you know how much protein you need when exercising? Judging by all the protein bars, shakes and powders out there, you could be led to believe you…
(2023-05-28). Mayo Clinic Minute: Menopause and sexual health. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Hot flashes and night sweats are some of the symptoms often associated with menopause. But how does menopause affect sexual health? Experts say menopause can put women at increased risk for a condition that can lead to pain during sexual intercourse. Mayo Clinic's Dr. Juliana Kling explains why and says there are safe and effective treatments. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1ULBXFuD3E Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 06) is in the downloads at the end of this…
(2023-05-28). How one tendon can throw you off your stride. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Achilles tendon is a long band of tissue that connects calf muscles at the back of the lower leg to your heel bone. This tendon is used when walking, running, jumping or pushing up on your toes. But if it's injured, the pain, typically located in the back of your calf, and lack of function can throw you off your stride for months. Recognizing when you're at risk for Achilles tendinitis and knowing how…
(2023-05-28). Mayo neuroscientists discover unknown brain area involved in movement. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It's long been accepted that the part of the brain called the primary motor cortex controls body movements. Certain groups of cells direct specific movements — for example, of the feet, hands or tongue. The cells of the primary motor cortex are organized as a type of topographical map of corresponding body parts in the central sulcus, a fold in the brain's outermost layer called the cerebral cortex. Mayo Clinic scientists and their international collaborators…
(2023-05-28). Falcon frenzy: 4 chicks banded. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Meet Piper, Aero, Horus and Genesis. They are the newest chicks to be banded and named by Mayo Clinic's Peregrine Falcon Program. Before banding and naming, each chick had their gender identified and also received a brief medical exam. Names for each chick were drawn from suggestions submitted by falcon fans from around the world. Right time for banding Since chicks are nearly fully grown at 3 weeks old, this is the perfect age for…
(2023-05-28). Mayo Clinic researchers link environmental exposures to liver disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a diverse range of environmental chemicals in human bile in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis, a rare, chronic liver disease of the bile ducts. The study, published in Exposome, represents a new frontier of research at Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine that explores the exposome, the measure of environmental contributors to disease and health. Most people with primary sclerosing cholangitis also have some type of inflammatory bowel disease, such…
(2023-05-28). Mayo Clinic Minute: What's the skinny on weight-loss drugs? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Want to lose weight? It's really just basic math. Burn more calories than you take in. The best way to do that is by eating a healthy diet — reducing your calorie intake — and being physically active, which increases the number of calories burned. While it appears to be simple, many people find it challenging to effectively lose weight and keep the pounds off. Now, Mayo Clinic experts say there is a new tool…
(2023-05-28). Paiute Shoshone Defenders of Massacre Site from Lithium Mine in Urgent Need of Attorneys. indybay.org Paiute Shoshone defenders of the unmarked burial places at the Massacre Site are in urgent need of attorneys as they must now battle Lithium Americas, a foreign corporation, that is digging into the land for lithium at Thacker Pass with permits from Biden and the Interior Department in northern Nevada. Biden calls this "green energy."
(2023-05-28). Thursday 5/25: Stand Up Against Ron DeSantis Deflection & Deception – We Demand Truth and Justice w/ PPC. indybay.org Livestream of mass meeting…
(2023-05-28). Immigrants plan on boycott & strike on June 1, 2023 in solidarity w/ undocumented migrants! indybay.org Immigrants plan on boycott & strike on June 1, 2023 in solidarity w/ undocumented workers!
(2023-05-28). A new study finds a sudden and sustained increase in excess deaths and stillbirths in Germany from April 2021. expose-news.com
(2023-05-28). Biden Labor Board Restores Right To Use Heated Language. popularresistance.org In a landmark May Day ruling called Lion Elastomers, the National Labor Relations Board restored the rights of union representatives to use heated language, including occasional profanity, during arguments with management. | The Board ordered employer Lion Elastomers to reinstate steward Joseph Colone with full back pay going back to a 2018 discharge. | The ruling reversed the Trump era's infamous General Motors decision, which had upended 70 years of precedent protecting workers' rights to use strong language when pressing union points during grievance discussions and other meetings.
(2023-05-28). Trade Unionists Adopt Emergency Resolution On The Right To Strike. popularresistance.org European trade unionists on Friday slammed government attacks on the right to strike and vowed to set up a "solidarity network" to provide rapid support to unions under attack. | The emergency resolution to the European Trade Union Confederation Congress in the German capital, Berlin, moved by the TUC, said: "The right to strike is a democratic right and intrinsic to the right to organise and collectively bargain." | The resolution drew attention to the "draconian legislation" in Britain that would "allow government ministers to force workers to attend work during strike action," but also pointed out that attacks…
(2023-05-28). De-Dollarisation Clashes With India-China Border Dispute. popularresistance.org The global de-dollarisation trend is not totally a bed of roses, or at least there are thorns in the roses that have to be taken into account. While de-dollarisation seems to be an irreversible trend on the global scale, at regional levels it is running into bilateral or regional political tensions. In this regard, one of the most prominent cases is in Asia: the India-China border dispute. | In April 2023, the Chinese national currency, yuan, ranked third in international trade settlements made through the US-dominated SWIFT system. According to data from the system itself, yuan's share in April was "record high,…
(2023-05-28). Saturday 6/3: 30th Annual Dyke Trans March. indybay.org Santa Cruz Clock Tower, Pacific Avenue at Water Street, Santa Cruz…
(2023-05-28). Saturday 6/17: Santa Cruz Juneteenth. indybay.org Laurel Park, 301 Center St, Santa Cruz…
(2023-05-28). Tenants disrupt board as it voted to raise rent across New York City. liberationnews.org 
On May 2, tenants and housing organizers stormed the stage in the middle of a vote by the New York City's Rent Guidelines Board proposing to raise rent on the City's rent-stabilized apartments by as much as 15%. Once on stage, activists read the testimonies of rent-burdened tenants whose lives would be devastated by any increas…
(2023-05-28). Central University of Venezuela Community Demands Rector's Resignation After Electoral Fiasco. orinocotribune.com 
Students, teachers, employees, and retirees of the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) demanded the resignation of rector Cecilia García Arocha after the executive board election of the oldest university in Venezuela was suspended with inexcusable logistic arguments and mistakes. | Said election was to be held on Friday, May 26, after a long wait of 15 years, and there was great expectation within the UCV community about the process of electing new authorities to replace the existing executive board led by right winger García Arocha. When it was announced that the process had been postponed for June 9, the UCV…
(2023-05-28). South American Summit in Brazil: President Maduro to Participate, Boluarte Declines. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, was invited to participate in the 2023 South American Summit convened by the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. President Maduro is expected to arrive in Brasilia on May 29. The summit will take place the next day, May 30. | The Brazilian president invited the heads of state of the other 11 countries of the region to participate in the summit: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela. | Peru will be the only South American country that will not be represented by the president at the summit, the F…
(2023-05-28). Inflation in the Age of Finance Capitalism. indybay.org The shift of profit-striving from the real- to the financial-economy lowered economic growth Unemployment and atypical jobs soared. The welfare state was weakened. At the same time, financial wealth grew exorbitantly (the DAX increased 14-fold since 1988). The development of financial derivatives made possible profiting from short-term changes in stocks, currencies and bonds.
(2023-05-28). Saturday 6/3: Attack on Trans People: A Page in the Fascist Playbook. indybay.org Starry Plaugh Pub | 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705 | also online…
(2023-05-28). Scientists prove Graphene Nanobots are in the Covid Jabs & are being transmitted from the Vaccinated to the Unvaccinated. expose-news.com Prepare yourself for a journey into the heart of darkness, where science fiction becomes reality, and the true horrors of nanotechnology are revealed. In this bone-chilling exposé, we expose the malevolent truth …
(2023-05-28). Thursday 5/25: SF Rally To Send Musk And Desantis On A Mission To Mars. indybay.org Twitter Headquarters | 1355 Market St. | San Francisco, CA…
(2023-05-28). MMT Takes Center Stage — and Orthodox Economists Freak. realprogressives.org MMT is "obviously true" — and they must keep that truth from the public.
(2023-05-28). President Dissolves Congress in Ecuador Good, in Peru Bad. orinocotribune.com By Yves Engler — May 25, 2023 | Last week right-wing Ecuadorian president Guillermo Lasso dissolved the national assembly. In stark contrast to their response to a similar move by the leftist president of Peru five months ago, Ottawa effectively supported the measure. | As he was on the cusp of being impeached over corruption allegations Lasso dissolved the national assembly. He called on military leaders to endorse his initiative, sent police to take over Congress and cut internet connections to the legislature. The constitutional provision Lasso cited to dissolve the national assembly has never been employ…
(2023-05-27). Ukraine Claim of Attack on Russian Ship, the Ivan Khurs, Debunked. sonar21.com 
Let's give the Ukrainian Government of Volodomyr Zelensky credit for one thing — they are world class liars. Yesterday I wrote about the attempted attack on the Russian ship, the…
(2023-05-27). The criminalisation of the right to protest. left.eu In the context of corporate power's offensive, the protection of human rights risks becoming subordinated to corporate interests.
(2023-05-27). How Israel helped bring down Jeremy Corbyn. electronicintifada.net The story of how a hostile foreign government helped stop a socialist becoming Britain's prime minister.
(2023-05-27). ICE, Homeland Security Accused Of Targeting Outspoken Migrant Worker For Deportation. scheerpost.com 
Deporting migrant activists or whistleblowing migrant workers, like Orozco Juarez, ensures that migrants will stay silent when they observe abuse, discrimination, and retaliation in the workplace.
(2023-05-27). Target Accused of "Selling Out the LGBTQ+ Community to Extremists" After Pulling Pride Merchandise. scheerpost.com 
Target will pull some of the LGBTQ merchandise from its annual Pride Month collection after receiving threats and backlash, the company announced Tuesday.
(2023-05-27). After Clearing MI5 of Torture, Keir Starmer Attended its Chief's Farewell Party. scheerpost.com 
The year after he protected Jonathan Evans from possible prosecution, the U.K. Labour leader — then senior public prosecutor — went to the spymaster's farewell drinks, paid for by the security agency, Matt Kennard reports.
(2023-05-27). Just Because You Think You Are Tipping a Service Worker Doesn't Mean You Are. scheerpost.com 
(2023-05-27). How an Illinois 'Extremist' Failed at 'Arson Attempt' of Potential Abortion Clinic: Report. scheerpost.com 
Although the 73-year-old's mission epically failed, he told police the day after his attempt, "If I could sneak in with a gas can and a match, I'd go in there again."
(2023-05-27). Resistance Festival today, Saturday 27 May, in Brussels, Belgium, welcomes Lowkey, Osloob, Raj'een, Achille and more! samidoun.net 
On Saturday, 27 May, Brussels, Belgium will be home to the Resistance Festival, a political, cultural and artistic festival in support of the Palestinian resistance and confronting 75 years of Nakba, occupation and racism. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, together with many Palestinian, Arab and international associations, is organizing the Resistance Festival in Bethlehem Square …
(2023-05-27). Palestinian prisoners announce struggle steps to defend Ahmad Sa'adat, Walid Daqqah. samidoun.net 
Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Sa'adat, the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was ordered returned to isolation for an additional week by the Zionist prison administration, in retaliation for writing a political article. This came after Sa'adat, along with fellow leaders Ahed Abu Ghoulmeh and Walid Hanatsheh, were to be released …
(2023-05-27). WA firefighters take a stand for a pay rise, against exploitation. greenleft.org.au The United Professional Firefighters Union Western Australia is demanding that WA Labor negotiate, not dictate, on a new enterprise agreement. Alex Salmon reports.
(2023-05-27). Argentine vice president's leadership highlighted. plenglish.com Buenos Aires, May 27 (Prensa Latina) The ceremony held on Thursday at Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires confirmed the leadership of the Argentine Vice President, Cristina Fernandez, analyst Luis Bruschtein highlighted today.
(2023-05-27). AU Peace and Security Council assesses de-escalation in Sudan. plenglish.com Addis Ababa, May 27 (Prensa Latina) Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council gathered to consider an organization's call for a de-escalation plan to put an end to the bloody conflict in Sudan.
(2023-05-27). Early elections mark political scenario in Ecuador. plenglish.com On Thursday, the National Electoral Council (CNE) officially called citizens to participate in the general elections, to choose a new president and 137 assembly members, which will take place next August 20, and the probable runoff would be, if necessary, on October 15. | The elected candidates will be sworn in between September and November 2023, and will be in office until May 2025, when new general elections will be held, as planned. | Until Friday, five pre-candidates had confirmed their interest in the presidency in view of the electoral process after the current president, Guillermo Lasso, dissolved Congre…
(2023-05-27). Foreign Minister denounces impact of blockade on Syrian children. plenglish.com Damascus, May 27 (Prensa Latina) The Syrian Foreign Minister, Faisal Al-Mekdad, considered today that the unilateral coercive measures imposed by the United States and its allies affect all segments of the Syrian society, especially children.
(2023-05-27). Russia willing to support Somali effort against Islamists. plenglish.com The proposal was conveyed by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to his Somali counterpart Abshir Omar Jama during their meeting in the Russian capital yesterday, according to press reports. | Lavrov reaffirmed the readiness to meet the material needs of the Somali Army in its fight against extremists including Al Shabaab and its parent entity, Al Qaeda, says the report, which refrains from identifying the source of its information. | The offer coincides with what official media here describe as the biggest offensive by the armed forces against Al Shabab strongholds, whose actions cover the whole country and…
(2023-05-27). Spain electing governors and mayors on Sunday. plenglish.com Madrid, May 27 (Prensa Latina) This Sunday, Spain is called to vote for eight thousand mayors and 12 autonomous governments, in an electoral exercise in which 35.5 million people are eligible to vote. The figures today fill headlines and media analysis, with a call from politicians to go to the polls.
(2023-05-27). UN rapporteur warns over sexual abuse of minors in Uruguay. plenglish.com Montevideo, May 27 (Prensa Latina) Sexual exploitation and abuse of minors is common in Uruguay today, the United Nations special rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, Mama Fatima Singhateh, warned.
(2023-05-27). World Health Assembly assessed challenges for the Americas. plenglish.com Geneva, May 27 (Prensa Latina) Discussions on challenges and issues of importance to the countries of the Americas marked this week's 76th World Health Assembly, which runs until Tuesday 30 in Switzerland.
(2023-05-27). Obituary] Mathura Prasad Shrestha. thelancet.com Public health expert, human rights activist, and former Health Minister of Nepal. Born on May 6, 1936 in Kathmandu, Nepal, he died of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on Feb 20, 2023 in Kathmandu, aged 86 years.
(2023-05-27). After Inviting Syrian President, UAE Invites Israeli Prime Minister To UN Climate Summit. southfront.org 
Public domain brand logo for COP28 UAE. | On May 23, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) invited Israel to the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly referred to as COP28. | Mohamed Al Khaja, the UAE's ambassador to Israel, delivered letters of invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog on behalf of President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. | COP28 will be held at Dubai's Expo City from November 30 through December 12. According to t…
(2023-05-27). Iranian Troops Clash With Taliban Fighters In Border Area (Videos). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. Via Twitter. | On May 27, clashes broke out between Iranian troops and Taliban fighters on the Islamic Republic's border with Afghanistan. | The clashes are reportedly taking place in Makaki area at Kang districts in the southwestern Afghan province of Nimruz. The area shares a border with Zabol, which is located in Iran's southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan. | The state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) said that Iranian troops infli…
(2023-05-27). Iraqi Intelligence Uncovers, Destroys Explosive-Laden Truck In Nineveh (Video). southfront.org 
The official coat of arms of the Iraqi Military Intelligence Directorate. | On May 27, the Iraqi Military Intelligence Directorate announced that it had uncovered and destroyed an explosive-laden vehicle in the northern province of Nineveh. | In a statement, the intelligence service said that the vehicle was uncovered during a joint special operation that was carried out by its 15th Division, the army's 21th Brigade and a commando force from the Western Nineveh Command Center."Afte…
(2023-05-27). Russian Airstrikes On Syria's Greater Idlib Were Response To Drone Attack. southfront.org 
File image. | The According to Syrian pro-government news sources, the attack involved a single suicide drone and targeted the govern…
(2023-05-27). Russia's Defense Giant Kalashnikov To Step Up Drone Production. southfront.org 
ZALA Lancet attack drone. © Marina Lystseva/TASS | Russia's defense giant Kalashnikov set up a new drone manufacturing unit and is planning to increase production several fold, the group's President Alan Lushnikov announced on March 28, according to the
(2023-05-27). Ukraine Has Asked Germany For Taurus Long-Range Cruise Missiles — Report. southfront.org 
The Taurus KEPD 350 cruise missile. By Wikimedia user (axesofevil2000) | A spokesperson for the German Ministry of Defense confirmed that Ukraine has submitted a request asking Berlin to supply long-range Taurus cruise missiles, Der Spiegel reported on May 26. | The Taurus KEPD 350 is a Swedish-German low-observable, air-launched cruise missile that is manufactured in Germany by Taurus Systems. | The missile utilizes a GPS-aided inertial navigation system backed by a terrain contour…
(2023-05-27). Countering the Debt Ceiling Madness. realprogressives.org
(2023-05-27). Henry Kissinger Turns 100. dissidentvoice.org Once you've been to Cambodia, you'll never stop wanting to beat Henry Kissinger to death with your bare hands. — Anthony Bourdain, A Cook's Tour (2002) If a heavy resume of crimes is a guarantee of longevity, then surely Henry A. Kissinger (HAK, for short), must count as a good specimen. The list of butcheries …
(2023-05-27). The US Supreme Court Seems Ready To Gut Affirmative Action. popularresistance.org This summer, the U.S. Supreme Court's Republican-appointed majority is anticipated to end affirmative action, which for decades has sought to remedy a bruising legacy of discrimination against marginalized groups, including Black Americans. | Nearly 10 years ago, Students for Fair Admissions, an organization headed by Edward Blum, a stockbroker turned conservative legal strategist, filed lawsuits against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, claiming that their undergraduate admissions practices are racially discriminatory. The lower courts sided with the defendants, but the high court in the c…
(2023-05-27). Everything's Getting Way More Dangerous And Way More Stupid. thealtworld.com 
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | Moon of Alabama Antiwar
(2023-05-27). The Transition Care Farm With Room For All. popularresistance.org It all started with four people from a small Transition group and a derelict former farm site. Four people, an old farm, and an idea to grow a bit of food, maybe teach local kids about nature. | Today, Greenslate community-run farm is a hive of community activity, with hundreds of people visiting, volunteering and learning each month. It's home to rescue and heritage animals, a social enterprise cafe, drug recovery service, a community project incubator, a men's shed and Rhiannon Jones, one of those founding four Transitioners and today, project co-ordinator who lives on the bustling site.
(2023-05-27). Top US General: Ukraine Should Not Use US Equipment to Attack Russia. news.antiwar.com Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley insists that "this is a Ukrainian war. It is not a war between the United States and Russia. It's not a war between NATO and Russia."The top US general reaffirmed that Kiev has long been asked not to use military equipment provided by Washington to …
(2023-05-27). G7 Protest Against US-led War; Banko Brown's Murder; Turkey's Critical Elections By CRD. indybay.org Pacifica's Capitalism, Race and Democracy on G7 Protest Against US-led War; Banko Brown's Murder & Turkey's Critical Elections By CRD…
(2023-05-27). Correspondence] Concerns about climate activism in clinical practice — Authors' reply. thelancet.com In 1989, The Lancet warned its readers about the threat of global warming: "the cost of doing nothing is incalculable".1 Other medical journals soon followed this lead and called for action against the climate crisis. Such demands have become increasingly desperate. In 2019, Richard Horton argued that "doctors and all health professionals have a responsibility and obligation to engage in all kinds of non-violent social protest to address the climate emergency. That is the duty of a doctor."2…
(2023-05-27). China Suspends Sales of U.S. Company Micron. dissidentvoice.org This week's News on China in 2 minutes. | ‚Ä¢ China suspends sales of U.S. company Micron | ‚Ä¢ China's food security faces the challenge of an aging rural workforce | ‚Ä¢ Two Ming Dynasty ships found in South China Sea | ‚Ä¢ Tibetan village turned into a large Buddhist art factory…
(2023-05-27). U.S. Supreme Court Won't Hear Apple Cellphone Radiation Case. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-27). New chip improves blockchain trading. ecns.cn A new generation chip made in China is making its debut at a forum held on Thursday, improving the performance by four to five times compared to the previous generation of chips.
(2023-05-27). China's Commerce Minister meets with U.S. Commerce Secretary. ecns.cn China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao met with U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo in Washington on Thursday while Wang was attending the 2023 APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting, according to the ministry.
(2023-05-27). China beats U.S. in contributions to nature and science journals. mronline.org 
The sequencing of the Covid-19 genome has increased the number of citations for Chinese research.
(2023-05-27). Manufactured crisis over U.S. debt ceiling sets stage for bipartisan assault on Social Security and Medicare. mronline.org 
All of the social gains made by the working class in the course of more than a century of struggle must be wiped out to pay for the drive by the American ruling class to remove, by force of arms, Russia and China as obstacles to US hegemony, even if it means triggering a nuclear war.
(2023-05-27). NicaNotes: The experience of Nicaragua in managing the Covid pandemic. mronline.org 
Nicaragua, the third poorest country in Latin America, has a population of approximately 6.7 million people but has the most extensive and well-equipped public health system in Central America.
(2023-05-27). Montana TikTok ban a sign of intensified cold war with China. mronline.org 
It's worth remembering that fear of an Asian menace in the United States led to the nation's first major immigration restrictions and mass imprisonment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. It continues to lead to racist murder and other anti-Asian crimes.
(2023-05-27). Sabotage in the time of the Anthropocene. mronline.org 
A review of Daniel Goldhaber's film adaptation of Swedish author Andreas Malm's polarizing book 'How to Blow Up a Pipeline'.
(2023-05-27). The fight for migrant rights in the U.S.: an interview with Justin Akers Chacón. mronline.org Justin Akers Chacón, a socialist based in San Diego, California, campaigns for worker and migrant rights in the US-Mexico border region and is the author of The border crossed us: the case for opening the US-Mexico border. He caught up with Red Flag to discuss immigrant rights in the US under Democratic President Joe Biden.
(2023-05-27). Correspondence] Trauma care in the face of climate change in Pakistan. thelancet.com The effect of climate change on society is broad and profound. Studies have shown that low-income countries face the greatest number of deaths due to disasters, with 33% of those deaths occurring in countries with the lowest human development indices.1 Extreme weather events have killed 10‚Äà000 people and caused US$4 billion of damage in Pakistan, which is continuously placed among the top ten most susceptible countries on the Climate Risk Index. The country is especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change due to its high rates of multidimensional poverty.
(2023-05-27). How the Super-Rich Destroy Our Minds. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-27). 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.
(2023-05-27). Minnesotans testify to State Board of Investment to urge divestment from Israel. fightbacknews.org St. Paul, MN – The Minnesota State Board of Investment (SBI) meets quarterly to review investment reports and to hear from the public. Normally the meetings start around 10 a.m., but on May 25 the SBI started their meeting over three hours late. The Executive Board, which includes Governor Tim Walz, Secretary of State Steve Simon, Attorney General Keith Ellison and State Auditor Julie Blaha, heard testimony concerning taconite mining leases until after 1 p.m. | By the time the governor acknowledged the SBI meeting, most of the people who had come for the public meeting had been turned away due to the meeting bein…
(2023-05-27). The Heroic Archbishop Viganà≤: The Corrupt Billionaire Agenda, "SARS-CoV-2 Virus is Nothing but a Seasonal Flu" globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-27). For the first time, Russian warship attacked in Turkish maritime zone by Western-made drones. infobrics.org The provocative actions of Ukraine and the involvement of NATO in the conflict can lead to a direct clash between Russia and the members of the alliance.
(2023-05-27). School Bus Workers Win Strike In Marlborough, Ratify Contract. popularresistance.org Marlborough, Massachusetts — Following a three-day strike, bus workers at North Reading Transportation (NRT) have overwhelmingly voted to ratify their first Teamster contract. These bus workers are represented by Teamsters Local 170 and provide student transportation for Marlborough Public Schools. | The agreement covers 65 workers and includes wage increases, Teamsters 401(k) with company contributions, and holiday and attendance bonuses. | "What happened here in Marlborough is yet another clear indication that strikes work," said Shannon George, Local 170 Secretary-Treasurer.
(2023-05-27). Independent Media in the Social Struggle: An Interview with Avispa Midia. itsgoingdown.org 
The following features an interview between IGD and Avispa Midia about the role of independent and autonomous media in social struggles in Latin America and beyond. To read the Spanish version of this interview go here. IGD: Can you tell us a little about the history of Avispa Midia and how it came about? AM: …
(2023-05-27). The Oppressive Free Lunch. realprogressives.org If one or two progressive leaders would just make the effort to inform themselves how a modern, sovereign fiat currency actually functions, they'd realize "paying for it" is actually the easiest part.
(2023-05-27). 50 years of struggles and victories of the Polisario Front. iacenter.org By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein May 18, 2023 Translated by John Catalinotto Today, May 10, marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro (Polisario), the legitimate representative of the Saharawi people in their struggle for self-determination. Likewise this coming May 20, people will commemorate half a century since the beginning of the armed struggle against the Spanish colonial power. The Polisario Front, founded in 1973 by El Uali Mustafa Sayed, along with other young Saharawis, gave continuity to the struggles undertaken since the 1960s b…
(2023-05-27). Harry Belafonte was more than a Civil Rights activist but a genuine internationalist. iacenter.org By Monica Moorehead and Pedro de la Hoz May 1, 2023 The great Jamaican-identified artist, Civil Rights activist and internationalist, Harry Belafonte, died from congestive heart failure at age 96 on April 25, 2023. Despite becoming the first Black person to win a TV Emmy award in 1960, a Broadway Tony award in 1954 and selling millions of recordings, Belafonte experienced racist discrimination firsthand, like most Black entertainers in the 1950s and 1960s, including his good friend, the late actor Sidney Poitier. Belafonte was an important political organizer and financial backer of the Civil Rights Movement led…
(2023-05-27). Haydée Santamaría, central figure in the Cuban Revolution. iacenter.org By Lyn Neeley May 24, 2023 Haydee Santamaría In the early hours of July 26, 1953, Fidel Castro and nearly 150 Cuban rebels traveled to the Moncada garrison to capture the barracks and seize the many weapons stored there. They planned for this to be the beginning of the Cuban Revolution to overthrow the Cuban dictator, President Fulgencio Batista. Batista's forces ambushed the rebels, however, killing half of them and imprisoning those who survived the attack, including Fidel and Haydée Santamaría. Although the rebels failed to take hold of the Moncada, it was a turning point that changed the course of Cuban histo…
(2023-05-27). How capitalism drives climate catastrophe. iacenter.org By Maddi Johnson May 17, 2023 Portland, Oregon Since I moved to Oregon, all I've been hearing is: "This weather isn't normal. It's too hot in the summers, too cold in the winters." You hear the same story all across the globe. Every year, everywhere, new weather records are broken. Anecdotes aside, the data is indisputable. Already we've seen historical bread baskets start to fail. Places where crops have been grown for generations are suddenly no longer viable. Whether it's due to freak storms, temperature changes, lack of rain or water sources drying up, farmers are losing their livelihoods. The global economy…
(2023-05-27). Protected: "Metal of Dishonor, Depleted Uranium; How the Pentagon Radiates Soldiers and Civilians with DU weapons" Now Translated into Chinese. iacenter.org There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
(2023-05-27). Spanish state accuses web magazine of 'glorification of terrorism'. iacenter.org May 22, 2023 The following is a May 20 statement by the Editorial Collective of La Haine, a web news magazine that publishes anti-imperialist, anti-fascist and anti-capitalist articles, calling for solidarity to stop a new attempt by the Spanish authorities to target the collective for its publication of news and opinion. See Lahaine.org. Translation: John Catalinotto Amnesty for all (Basque political prisoners). A colleague of our media has been called to appear May 23, 2023, before Judge Ismael Moreno of the Audiencia Nacional [National Court], under investigation for "glorification of terrorism." The case invo…
(2023-05-27). Then and now, Stonewall means FIGHT BACK! iacenter.org May 25, 2023 June 28 will mark the 54th anniversary of the historic Stonewall Rebellion, sparked that day by a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village neighborhood. This iconic photo, depicting the 1971 New York City march commemorating the Stonewall Rebellion's second anniversary, now hangs in the Stonewall Inn. These raids were commonplace, as were arrests for violating anti-trans laws prohibiting "inappropriate clothing." What made this raid different was that bar patrons and LGBTQ+ people in the neighborhood fought back, forcing police to retreat after the first night…
(2023-05-27). U.S. national security veterans counter Ukraine war drive. iacenter.org By John Catalinotto May 22, 2023 On May 16 a full-page advertisement appeared in the New York Times. Under the headline "The U.S. should be a force for peace in the world," 15 veterans of the U.S. security apparatus endorsed an analysis of the war in Ukraine that confronted head-on the tidal wave of lies from the Biden administration and the corporate media. Protesters outside the White House, Washington, D.C., Jan. 27, 2022. The Eisenhower Media Network placed the ad. The EMN is an organization of veterans of the U.S. military, police and/or foreign policy establishment, who once served the state apparatus. In t…
(2023-05-27). Wildfires threaten Indigenous First Nations lands. iacenter.org By K. James and Will Hodgkinson May 23, 2023 This month, wildfires continue to devastate Indigenous First Nations lands in the western part of so-called Canada. At least 91 fires have broken out, 25 of which authorities have admitted are out of control as of May 20. Over 964,000 acres of land have burned thus far. Wildfire burning on the K'atl'odeeche First Nation, 2023. (Photo: Matt Adams) Smoke from the fires has spread as far as the U.S. mid-Atlantic. In total, over 29,000 people have been evacuated over the past two weeks. A record-breaking heatwave in Canada and the Pacific Northwest — the result of th…
(2023-05-27). Correspondence] Reduced mortality in cooler surroundings. thelancet.com Lungman and colleagues1 report health benefits of urban green infrastructure that were at least partly mediated by cooling. The authors estimate that increasing tree coverage to 30% per city would cool cities on average by 0 ∑4 ∞C, an effect associated with a 1 ∑8% reduction of premature deaths. This value corroborates previously reported relationships between cardiovascular mortality and ambient temperature—ie, a 3 ∑4% increase in deaths per 1 ∞C above average temperatures.2…
(2023-05-27). Congressman Pushes Bill to Block States' Discriminatory Property Ownership Bans. truthout.org Days after a group of Chinese citizens sued Florida's government over its new law restricting Chinese citizens from purchasing property in the state, U.S. Rep. Al Green this week warned of a "proliferation" of such bans and unveiled federal legislation to prohibit them. The proposal would affirm that federal law, such as the Fair Housing Act, takes precedence over state bans restricting who can… |
(2023-05-27). War and Friendship in a Time of War. dissidentvoice.org 
Salman Rushdie once commented that those who are displaced by war are the shining shards that reflect the truth. With so many people fleeing wars and ecological collapse in our world today, and more to come, we need acute truth-telling to deepen our understanding and recognize the terrible faults of those who have caused so …
(2023-05-27). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: California Pensions Could Change the World. levernews.com 
(2023-05-27). Visits of Justice: Stella Assange's Plea to Australia. dissidentvoice.org
(2023-05-27). The Architecture of Open Society Foundation's Interference and Looting (+Francia Marquez). orinocotribune.com
(2023-05-27). Palestinians Speak Out During Israeli Assault. popularresistance.org
(2023-05-27). Protests As Trainings Are Growing This Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign. popularresistance.org
(2023-05-27). Students Protest US Militarization Of Papua New Guinea. popularresistance.org
(2023-05-27). The $20 Billion Scam At The Heart Of Medicare Advantage. popularresistance.org
(2023-05-27). The Peasants Are Seizing The Commons (Again). popularresistance.org
(2023-05-27). These Israeli Youth Are Burning Their Draft Orders. popularresistance.org
(2023-05-27). U.S. Government Hopes Netanyahu Will Broker Ukraine War's Settlement. theduran.com
(2023-05-27). Correspondence] An open letter from Syrian to Ukrainian war-displaced medical students. thelancet.com In my fifth year of medical school, staying in Syria was no longer safe. Medical facilities, including teaching hospitals, were systematically targeted and health-care providers were detained, tortured, and subsequently killed. The theme of those days was waiting for the unknown. I spent every minute preparing my mind for the worst. In the recollection of the why, when, and how, the recurring memory was the moment when I was forced to leave the only home I had ever known. The theme thereafter became foreignness.
(2023-05-27). Russia aims at deepening cooperation with Türkiye. plenglish.com/feed/ Moscow, May 27 (Prensa Latina) Russia hopes to continue developing a mutually beneficial cooperation with Türkiye after the general elections in that nation, Yuri Pilipson, Fourth European Director of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs asserted.
(2023-05-27). Angolan organizations address Africa's challenges. plenglish.com Luanda, May 27 (Prensa Latina) The celebration of the Africa Day on May 25th led to analyses in Angola over the economic problems of the continent and the desires for social justice.
(2023-05-27). Cuban hero conducts extensive work program in Laos. plenglish.com Vientiane, May 27 (Prensa Latina) The Hero of the Republic of Cuba and national coordinator of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR), Gerardo Hernandez, is continuing his visit to Laos, where he is carrying out an extensive work program.
(2023-05-27). Democratic Youth will march against US blockade of Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, May 27 (Prensa Latina) Delegations of the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) will lead a caravan in Havana against the blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba.
(2023-05-27). Global solidarity event in Lebanon: Palestine is the cause of all. plenglish.com The participants of the event discussed the confrontation with the ambitions of the West and the United States, the centrality of the Palestinian cause and the urgency of moving towards a multipolar order. | The positions of solidarity towards Palestine on the part of intellectuals, popular communicators, academics and journalists focused on strengthening unity, rejecting normalization of relations with Israel, and demanding greater condemnation from the international community. | Lisandro Brusco, militant of the Movimiento Amplio de Izquierda-Rosario of Argentina, stressed the need to strengthen the resistance…
(2023-05-27). Participants of G20 meeting in India debate on combating corruption. plenglish.com New Delhi, May 27 (Prensa Latina) The second meeting of the G20 Working Group, held in Rishikesh, ended with agreements on enhancing the effectiveness of the authorities responsible for preventing and combating corruption.
(2023-05-27). Russia believes that West is pushing Ukraine into a counteroffensive. plenglish.com The Deputy Foreign Minister stressed in an interview with the TASS news agency that this pressure on Ukraine clearly demonstrates that the masters of the Kiev regime and the president himself, Vladimir Zelensky, are indifferent to the fate of the country and its inhabitants. | Galuzin added that the West is determined to continue the conflict with Russia "to the last Ukrainian", and that is why the (Western) media has been speculating for several months on the topic of a possible counteroffensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. | "The United States wants to prolong the conflict in Ukraine as long as possible and…
(2023-05-27). Russia launches Kondor-FKA No.1 civilian satellite. plenglish.com Moscow, May 27 (Prensa Latina) The Kondor-FKA No.1 civilian radar observation satellite was launched from the Vostochni cosmodrome on a Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket and reached its orbit as planned, the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos reported.
(2023-05-27). Vietnam sets up preservation centers for rare medicines. plenglish.com Hanoi, May 27 (Prensa Latina) The Vietnamese Ministry of Health is urgently setting up three to six conservation centers for rare and limited-supply medicines, according to sources from the sector.
(2023-05-27). Blind African American Section 8 tenant fears budget cuts may harm him. indybay.org Image Of Blind Man Using A Cane…
(2023-05-27). Ukraine, It Was All Written in the Rand Corp Plan. "the U.S. Plan against Russia was Formulated 3 Years Ago" globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-27). Biden's debt ceiling betrayal is a Democratic Party tradition. mronline.org 
Joe Biden is continuing the ignoble tradition of colluding with republicans while pretending to fight them. The latest debt limit drama is another betrayal of the people.
(2023-05-27). PDVSA and Chevron advance negotiations on oil production. plenglish.com The meeting, held on Friday, was attended by the president of the US multinational oil company, Javier La Rosa, and his team, and served to "advance in the strengthening of oil production", the head of Empresa Petróleos de Venezuela wrote on Twitter. | On December 2, the Government of the Bolivarian Republic and the US company signed important contracts that gave continuity to the operations and oil production of that company in the South American nation. | The agreements, framed in the Constitution of the Venezuelan Republic and the laws that govern the national oil industry, were aimed at continuing with produc…
(2023-05-27). Correspondence] Science in Iran: a victim of political turmoil. thelancet.com Iran boasts a rich and illustrious history of scientific accomplishments that have made substantial contributions to various fields. Nevertheless, in the past few decades, the nation has encountered notable obstacles that have hindered progress in numerous areas, particularly in higher education. One of the earliest challenges occurred during the Islamic Revolution in 1979, with negative effects on higher education, including the closure of universities, purge of professors and students, Islamisation of the curriculum, gender segregation policies, and the brain drain of intellectuals leaving the country.
(2023-05-27). Settlers burn Palestinian village, deliver Israel's arsonist agenda. electronicintifada.net Netanyahu's extreme-right government passes pro-settlement budget.
(2023-05-27). 10 Years After Corey Stingley's Death, His Family Is Still Fighting for Justice. truthout.org When the clerk at VJ's Food Mart confronted Corey Stingley, the 16-year-old handed over his backpack. Inside were six hidden bottles of Smirnoff Ice, worth $12, and the clerk began pulling them out one by one. Stingley watched, then pivoted and quickly moved toward the door, empty-handed. But there would be no escape for the unarmed teen in the light blue hoodie. Three customers… |
(2023-05-27). The Ecuador of Guillermo Lasso. orinocotribune.com By Tanya Wadhwa — May 27, 2023 | During Lasso's two years in office, Ecuador has registered the highest annual inflation of the decade, the highest rate of homicide in seven years, mass migration, and unprecedented drug-related activities. | On Wednesday morning, May 17, Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso
(2023-05-27). The Experience of Nicaragua in Managing the Covid Pandemic. orinocotribune.com 
By Coleen Littlejohn — May 27, 2023 | Nicaragua, the third poorest country in Latin America, has a population of approximately 6.7 million people but has the most extensive and well-equipped public health system in Central America. Since 2018, Nicaragua has had a pharmaceutical plant with the capacity to produce 12 million influenza vaccines per year and plans to produce antiviral drugs, such as Interferon Alfa/2B, and Covid vaccines. The National Reference Diagnostic Center is one of the pioneer laboratories of molecular biology in Latin America, second in the region. Recently, the government inaugurated th…
(2023-05-27). PayPal Upholds Its Discriminatory Ban on Palestinians Amid Pressure Campaign. truthout.org PayPal has upheld its ban on Palestinians living in the occupied territories. While Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are prohibited from using the service, Israeli settlers are allowed to use the digital payment platform. The company's decision comes days after eleven Democratic House members called on PayPal to expand its services to Palestinians. The letter was delivered at the company's… |
(2023-05-27). The US Meat Supply May Soon be Widely Contaminated with mRNA Proteins From Biotech "Vaccines" globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-27). The War in Ukraine Marks the End of the American Century. "What's Left is a Steaming Pile of Dollar Denominated Debt" globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-27). People's Brains and Bodies Are Not Protected Against Attacks by Electromagnetic Waves and Neurotechnologies. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-27). Clinical Picture] Intramural abscess of the large bowel in acute diverticulitis: conservative management leads to spontaneous resolution. thelancet.com A 60-year-old woman presented to our emergency department with a 4-day history of mild, diffuse abdominal pain and discomfort in her abdomen. The patient's medical history was unremarkable apart from a cholelithiasis-related cholecystectomy which had been done 12 years earlier.
(2023-05-27). Former Serb Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic's 2003 Murder Remains Unsolved. covertactionmagazine.com Suspicion lingers that he was killed with the assistance of the CIA or other Western intelligence services when he began to question U.S. regional designs in the aftermath of the 1990s Balkan Wars. The right of humanitarian intervention, if it exists as a category in international law, is premised on the 'good faith' of those …
(2023-05-27). Hillary Rodham Clinton to speak at meeting in Barcelona. plenglish.com Barcelona, May 27 (Prensa Latina) Former US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton will speak at a political meeting in this city on the 50th anniversary of CIDOB.
(2023-05-27). Luddite, or Cantankerous, or Naysayer, or Devil's Advocate, Backward, or … dissidentvoice.org 
Photo: Ludd, drawn here in 1812, was the fictitious leader of numerous real protests. Granger Collection, New York. The question is, To be or not to be or not to be … (from Hamlet, spoken by Hamlet) To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The …
(2023-05-27). Around 200 Palestinians forcefully displaced from West Bank village by Israel. peoplesdispatch.org Palestinian inhabitants of the Ein Samiya village in the Jordan Valley were forced to leave their homes due to sustained violence by Israeli forces and settlers. Many have termed this an act of ethnic cleansing…
(2023-05-27). Cristina Fernández de Kirchner calls for renegotiation of the IMF debt and judicial reform in Argentina. peoplesdispatch.org The Argentine vice president also called for coordination between public and private sectors to regulate strategic natural resources, and renewal of the democratic pact established after the last civil-military dictatorship…
(2023-05-27). The Plan: WHO's Ten Years of Infectious Diseases (2020 to 2030), Leading to World Tyranny. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-27). Perspectives] A call for an integrated biology. thelancet.com Nobel laureate biologist Paul Nurse described cells as "the basic unit of life": biology's atom, the smallest entity that is uncontroversially alive. As oncologist and bestselling author Siddhartha Mukherjee explains in The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human, a great deal of medicine comes down to a quest to understand how human cells function and malfunction, individually and collectively in tissues, organs, and bodies. He concurs with the 19th-century pioneer of cell theory Rudolf Virchow that at root all disease should be understood as disease of cells.
(2023-05-27). Secret Document: Germany's Bundeswehr is Preparing to Wage War on Russia. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-27). The Covid "Killer Vaccine". People Are Dying All Over the World. It's A Criminal Undertaking. globalresearch.ca First published on November 26, 2022 | *** | We are being accused of "spreading disinformation" regarding the Covid-19 vaccine. | The Reuters and AP media "trackers" and "fact checkers" will be out to smear the testimonies of parents who have lost their …
(2023-05-27). The Pfizer Vaccine: A Tale of Two Reports. "Money vs. Mortality" globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-27). Video: Most Serious Economic and Social Crisis in World History. Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca First published on March 23, 2023 | We are currently at the crossroads of the Most Serious Economic and Social Crisis in World History. It is an outright war against all humanity: the Planet's 8 billion people. | Starting with the corona …
(2023-05-27). Global WAR-NING! Geoengineering Is Wrecking Our Planet and Humanity. globalresearch.ca World leaders are meeting in Glasgow at COP-26. All eyes are now on "the imminent dangers of CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions". The "climate emergency" is a timely instrument of propaganda used to distract people from questioning "the real crisis", namely the Covid-19 "plandemic".
(2023-05-27). Immigrants plan on boycott & strike on June 1, 2023 in solidarity w/ illegal migrants! indybay.org
(2023-05-27). Inverted Corporate Capitalism: Blocking Their Owner-Shareholders. dissidentvoice.org 
It is the season of annual shareholder meetings for giant corporations when CEOs go through the motions of elections for their Board of Directors and approval of other resolutions. People who own stock in General Motors (GM) receive the "GM Meeting Information" in an envelope emblazoned with this disingenuous message: "Your Voice/Your Vote/Be Heard. Every …
(2023-05-27). How China's Rise Has the Middle East Declaring Independence from US, w/ Ali Abunimah. thealtworld.com It's a new era of global power dynamics where countries sometimes have the option to say no to the U.S. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the Middle East. | Almost 12 years after being kicked out of the Arab League, Syria has been welcomed back into the fold by many of the U.S.-allied countries that tried to destroy it. | All this time Israel was banking on normalization with Saudi Arabia and the opposite happened, with China overseeing a Saudi peace deal with Iran. | Why? What does this multipolarity mean for the region? And how might it impact Palestine and the broader resistance axis? | To discuss this and…
(2023-05-27). Pfizer Crimes against our Children: Cardiac Arrest of Two Month Old Baby an Hour after Experimental Vaccine. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-27). Britain's Broken Food System. popularresistance.org Multimillionaire food-writer Jamie Oliver has some advice for the one in five households, including 9.3 million adults and 4 million children currently experiencing food insecurity in the UK: check out his £1 Wonder website for 'thrifty tips, helpful hacks and delicious recipes that won't blow the budget'. Mind you, the energy costs are not included, access to white goods like a freezer is assumed, and you will need to put aside 2 hours and 40 minutes to cook your spag-bol. Even the BBC are at it with a page on their website dedicated to £1 meals. | Like many other personalised responses to the spiral…
(2023-05-27). British MPs write to Foreign Office about Pandemic Treaty designed to increase WHO's powers. expose-news.com British Members of Parliament ("MPs") say a new pandemic treaty will give the United Nations' World Health Organisation ("WHO") the power to impose lockdowns on signatories, despite corporate media claims to the …
(2023-05-27). Commonest Lies told by Climate Change Psychos. expose-news.com The wild and reckless global warming fascists who claim that the world is getting hotter (or possibly colder) as a result of man's activities tell a great many lies. The same lies …
(2023-05-27). This is what happens when politicians ignore truth, fact and caution. expose-news.com It seems to have become a trend for politicians to hint that there might just have been some mistakes in the formulation of pandemic policy, but then they add something to the …
(2023-05-27). "Vaccine damages are real and have ruined my life" — this is Justin's story. expose-news.com Justin from Illinois, USA, has been severely injured by a single dose of Moderna's covid injection. The adverse effects started immediately after he had the injection and got worse over time. This …
(2023-05-27). Correspondence] Concerns about climate activism in clinical practice. thelancet.com I read with bewilderment the Comment by Cristina Richie and colleagues,1 in which the authors claim that "Physicians can be climate activists in their daily clinical practice", and suggest means by which they can act as such through alterations to their prescribing behaviour. Each of these suggestions is so misaligned from the realities of contemporary clinical practice, and fundamentally at odds with the prioritisation of patients' health, that they are deeply concerning and entirely discrediting to the medical community.
(2023-05-27). Comment] Offline: China—what is to be done? thelancet.com Former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss used the word "threat" nine times during her speech in Taiwan last week. She was talking about China. Truss described the Chinese Government as a "tyranny" that sought "to gain power on the global stage". She insisted that western nations must end dialogue with China since the "globalist model" had failed. Instead, she argued, we needed to recognise that China and the West were engaged in "the most consequential struggle of our time", in which western countries must use "hard power" for "meaningful deterrence".
(2023-05-27). Serbian army on highest combat readiness, moved to Kosovo border. NATO blamed. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com B92May 26, 2023 Vuƒçiƒá signed the order: Serbian Army was put on the highest level of combat readiness President of Serbia and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Aleksandar Vuƒçiƒá, signed an order to raise the combat readiness of the Serbian Armed Forces. The President of Serbia and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Aleksandar …
(2023-05-27). Historical Analysis of the Global Elite: Ransacking the World Economy Until 'You'll Own Nothing.'. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-27). The US and Never-ending War. dissidentvoice.org 
John Rachel, in his book The U.S. and Perpetual War: Interviews and Commentary (Independently published, May 16, 2023, available at Peace Dividend/Books and Amazon) has compiled a unique, concise and astonishingly compelling collection of leading left, liberal, conservative and heterodox thinkers each answering the same fifteen precisely composed questions. The questions concern the current nature …
(2023-05-27). Correspondence] Community engagement: learning from low-income countries. thelancet.com We welcome Winnie Byanyima and colleagues'1 comment on community pandemic response emphasising the importance of community-led efforts for pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response, and highlighting the central role of social sciences in achieving this goal. Indeed, multiple actors involved in epidemic response have advocated involving communities, stakeholders, and civil society organisations in epidemic response efforts,2 particularly because top-down interventions cannot tackle underlying structural shortcomings that lead to distrust, rumours, and non-compliance.
(2023-05-27). "COVID-19 Was Premeditated Domestic Terrorism" & MSM Finally Admits This Is All One Big Experiment. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/27/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth
(2023-05-27). Perspectives] Confronting medical colonialism and obstetric violence in Canada. thelancet.com On Sept 28, 2020, just moments before her death, 37-year-old Joyce Echaquan sent a message to her family via Facebook Live, expressing her distress about treatment administered by hospital staff at an emergency department in Joliette, QC, Canada. She had been admitted there a few days earlier with severe abdominal pain. Echaquan was entitled to respectful, dignified care. Instead, capturing health-care workers treating her disdainfully with slurs and taunts based on degrading stereotypes of Indigenous women, Echaquan's live-stream video made headlines worldwide, exposing the racist and sexist violence Indigenous…
(2023-05-27). Uruguay: It Is Time for Self-Criticism. orinocotribune.com By María Landi — May 19, 2023 | On May 15, the 75th anniversary of Nakba, the ethnic cleansing that destroyed Palestine and established the State of Israel on its ruins was commemorated with events, marches and activities around the world, including in Latin America. In Uruguay, however, the date went unnoticed in institutions and civil society [1]. It is a paradox that in Uruguay, May is the Month of Memory, and that this year marks the 50th anniversary of the civic-military coup, and at the same time, in Uruguay the Nakba continues to be, three-quarters of a century later, a memory denied, silenced, ignore…
(2023-05-27). Why Animosity instead of Friendship | Scott Ritter & Paul Craig Roberts. thealtworld.com Why Animosity instead of Friendship | Scott Ritter & Paul Craig Roberts…
(2023-05-27). Correspondence] Shelter is key to delivering on COP27 commitments. thelancet.com As detailed in the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change,1 the risks of climate change for human health are profound, and internationally coordinated efforts (eg, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change [UNFCCC]) are essential to the response. The most noteworthy outcome of the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP27), held in November, 2022, was the commitment to addressing loss and damage associated with climate change. Specifically, direction was given to address disproportionate losses and damages incurred to "the most vulnerable populations and the ecosystems on which…
(2023-05-27). Abortion Clinic Defense Needs to Be Seen as a Key Part of Anti-Fascism. truthout.org Clinic defense has been a crucial part of left-wing social movements since Roe v. Wade affirmed the constitutional right to abortion in in 1973. The effort to defend clinics against an increasingly violent anti-abortion movement was where incredibly broad coalitions could be built to unite various ideological tendencies behind one clear goal: blocking far right demonstrators to make the clinic… |
(2023-05-27). Conozca sobre el parkour, relacionado con la gimnasia y "parecido a ser bombero" (+Fotos y Video). cubadebate.cu "El principal uso en la filosofía del parkour es ser fuerte, para ser útil. Principalmente, se utiliza para escapar de una situación de peligro o para ayudar a alguien que lo esté. Es parecido a ser bombero. Hay que estar en una gran forma física para poder llegar a lugares que serían prácticamente inalcanzables para alguien sin preparación, y hacerlo en el menor tiempo posible".
(2023-05-27). øCuáles son las tasas vigentes en el mercado cambiario cubano este sábado 27 de mayo? cubadebate.cu Con el objetivo de mantener a sus lectores informados, Cubadebate comparte las tasas de cambio para diferentes divisas extranjeras vigentes este sábado 27 de mayo de 2023 en el mercado cambiario del país. Estas tasas son las establecidas por el Banco Central de Cuba (BCC) y las casas de cambio (Cadeca) para las operaciones de canje y recanje de moneda.
(2023-05-27). Directora del FMI urge a EE.UU. a resolver el problema del techo de la deuda antes de que sea demasiado tarde. cubadebate.cu Aunque no es la primera vez que Estados Unidos se acerca a la fecha límite para elevar el techo de la deuda nacional, los políticos de ese país deben apresurarse y resolver el problema lo antes posible, declaró el viernes la directora gerente del Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI), Kristalina Georgieva.
(2023-05-27). El tiempo: Chubascos y tormentas eléctricas en la tarde en gran parte del país. cubadebate.cu Amanecerá parcialmente nublado gran parte del país y nublado en ocasiones en la costa norte central con aisladas lluvias. Desde el mediodía se nublará en gran parte del territorio, con algunos chubascos y tormentas eléctricas en el interior y costa norte, los que serán más aislados en el resto del país.
(2023-05-27). Huracanes de Mayabeque bajan intensidad pero siguen en la cima de la Serie de Béisbol. cubadebate.cu Mayabeque se mostró improductivo y cedió hoy ante La Isla (6×4), pero mantuvo el liderazgo al caer las cortinas de las undécimas subseries particulares en la 62 Serie Nacional de Béisbol. De visita en el estadio Cristóbal Labra, de Nueva Gerona, los Huracanes del mentor Michael González no mostraron su buena productividad con el madero en ristre.
(2023-05-27). La urgencia de actuar: 11 millones de toneladas de plástico se vierten en los océanos cada año, advierten en París. cubadebate.cu La canciller francesa, Catherine Colonna, instó a la acción inmediata para frenar el daño que causa el plástico al planeta y la salud humana. Cada año se vierten 11 millones de toneladas de plástico en los espacios marinos a nivel global, lo que asfixia a los océanos y los ecosistemas, ataca la biodiversidad y amenaza la salud.
(2023-05-27). Presidente cubano regresa a Santa Clara para intercambiar con el pueblo. cubadebate.cu El mandatario cubano regresa a Santa Clara en su condición de Diputado al Parlamento Cubano para intercambiar con el pueblo en la base, visitar enclaves de interés socioeconómico y constatar cuánto se hace en esta provincia central para seguir sorteando retos inmensos y hacer de 2023, un año mejor.
(2023-05-27). Qué trae la prensa cubana, sábado 27 de mayo de 2023. cubadebate.cu
(2023-05-27). China builds global alternative as US-led financial order decays. geopoliticaleconomy.com 
To analyze how China is building a global alternative as the US-led neoliberal financial order decays, political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined by economic geographer Mick Dunford. You can find more episodes of Geopolitical Economy Hour here. Video Podcast Transcript RADHIKA DESAI: Hello and welcome to the 10th Geopolitical Economy Hour, the fortnightly …
(2023-05-27). 60 Minutes: "War Is Peace" leecamp.com
(2023-05-27). Congress Works To End Local News. leecamp.com
(2023-05-27). Dem Senator Has Activists Choked. leecamp.com
(2023-05-27). Washington Authorizes 4 Oil Corporations to Pay Taxes in Venezuela (+OFAC). orinocotribune.com The US Department of Treasury authorized four US oil corporations operating in Venezuela to pay taxes to the Venezuelan government, an order which is in contrast to the repeated declaration of the US government of not paying the government of President Nicolás Maduro or giving resources to it. | The
(2023-05-27). Around 200 Palestinians leave their homes in Jordan Valley due to violence by Israeli forces and settlers. peoplesdispatch.org Around 200 Palestinians, including 78 children, who were living in the village of Ein Samiya packed their belongings and left for good earlier this week to avoid the constant violence unleashed by illegal Israeli settlers and occupation forces. Activists have termed it yet another instance of ethnic cleansing. The Palestinians have been living in the …
(2023-05-27). Boric appoints new Chilean ambassador to Venezuela. peoplesdispatch.org Chilean President Gabriel Boric on Thursday May 25 appointed a new Chilean ambassador to Venezuela. Jaime Gazmuri Mujica, former Chilean ambassador to Brazil, will fill…
(2023-05-27). The illuminating influence of Eric Huntley. peoplesdispatch.org 
When I sat down with Eric Huntley on 13 April 2023 it was under the auspice of interviewing him about the new community garden that he has established—along with filmmaker and organizer Sukant Chandan—in the London borough of Ealing, just minutes away from where he and his wife, Jessica Huntley, ran their bookshop and publishing …
(2023-05-27). Letters to the Canary: are conspiracy theorists part of the 'Left', Universal Credit, and rich people. thecanary.co The Canary is excited to share the latest edition of our letters page. This is where we publish people's responses to the news, politics, or anything else they want to get off their chest. We've now opened the letters page up so anyone can submit a contribution. As always, if you'd like to subscribe to the Canary — starting …
(2023-05-27). Friday 5/26: 2023 Leidesdorff Plaza Plans for Rededication – California Pioneers of Negro Origin. indybay.org Leidesdorff Plaza – Historic Folsom Lite Rail Station…
(2023-05-27). World Report] US health experts divided on social media age restrictions. thelancet.com Some medical associations support restrictions on social media use to protect adolescent's health, while others focus on making companies provide safer platforms. Susan Jaffe reports.
(2023-05-27). World Report] Non-profit to appeal in court dispute with Global Fund. thelancet.com A court case was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, but the judge said that The Global Fund had intentionally smeared IRD, which supports tuberculosis care in Pakistan. Talha Burki reports.
(2023-05-27). Pro-DeSantis Super PAC to Inherit Millions, Circumventing Campaign Finance Laws. truthout.org Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to kick off his long-anticipated presidential announcement on Wednesday evening backed by a super PAC flush with tens of millions of dollars from the Republican's old state-level PAC. Never Back Down, a pro-DeSantis super PAC, told the New York Times that more than $80 million of its $200 million budget would be transferred from DeSantis' old state-level PAC. |
(2023-05-27). Gobierno brasileño abre convocatoria de programa Más Salud. telesurtv.net Según el comunicado de la administración petista, la licitación pública tendrá asistencia en 1.994 municipios.
(2023-05-27). Argentina y Ecuador clasifican a octavos de final de Mundial Sub-20. telesurtv.net En el grupo B, Ecuador terminó sellando su clasificación luego de ganarle por un abultado nueve cero a Fiyi.
(2023-05-27). Personal sanitario y docentes realizan huelga en Madrid, España. telesurtv.net La manifestación exigió mejoras para los trabajadores de los sectores de salud y educación.
(2023-05-27). Reportan varios heridos en un tiroteo en Baltimore, EE.UU. telesurtv.net Informes de la prensa local detallaron que el tiroteo se desató tras una discusión entre dos hombres en la calle.
(2023-05-27). Transportistas italianos realizan huelga por derechos laborales. telesurtv.net La manifestación afecta los servicios ferroviarios, marítimos y de taxis.
(2023-05-27). Aprueban proyecto de ley contra delitos sexuales en Bolivia. telesurtv.net El proyecto de ley que establece la imprescriptibilidad de los delitos sexuales contra niños y adolescentes y da paso a la creación de una Comisión de la Verdad.
(2023-05-27). Autoridades guatemaltecas detienen al exfiscal Stuardo Campo. telesurtv.net El exfiscal anticorrupción aseguró a periodistas que su detención se debe a "una denuncia espuria" derivada de una "persecución política" en su contra.
(2023-05-27). Avalancha deja al menos 10 muertos en el norte de Pakistán. telesurtv.net La mayoría de las víctimas eran nómadas que traían su ganado desde la provincia de Punjab a pasturar por los verdes pastos de esta zona.
(2023-05-27). Sesiona en La Habana tercer Consejo Conjunto Cuba-Unión Europea. telesurtv.net El encuentro tiene lugar cuando se cumplen 35 años de relaciones diplomáticas entre la nación caribeña y el bloque comunitario de 27 países.
(2023-05-27). Anuncian retorno a clases en el estado mexicano de Puebla. telesurtv.net En su último parte, la Coordinación Nacional de Protección Civil del Gobierno de México manifestó que "no se han registrado explosiones".
(2023-05-27). México declara cero impunidad contra la violencia hacia las mujeres. telesurtv.net El 70.1 por ciento de las mujeres de 15 años y más han vivido algún tipo de violencia al menos una vez en su vida en México.
(2023-05-27). Ciudad brasileña de Belém será la sede de la COP 30 en 2025. telesurtv.net El canciller Mauro Vieira destacó que esta es la "primera vez que tendremos una reunión de esta magnitud sobre cambio climático en Brasil".
(2023-05-27). Suspenden elecciones en la Universidad Central de Venezuela. telesurtv.net La decisión fue rechazada por integrantes de la comunidad universitaria.
(2023-05-27). Inicia construcción de Planta de Bioinsumos en Santa Cruz, Bolivia. telesurtv.net La planta tiene el objetivo de industrializar fertilizantes para mejorar la producción agrícola.
(2023-05-27). Mantienen alerta por lluvias en 18 provincias dominicanas. telesurtv.net El COE mantiene ocho provincias dominicanas en alerta amarilla y diez en verde.
(2023-05-27). Monitorean actividad del volcán Rincón de la Vieja en Costa Rica. telesurtv.net Los distritos de Dos Ríos y Aguas Claras del cantón de Upala, y Mayorga, Cañas Dulces y Curubandé del cantón Liberia están en alerta verde.
(2023-05-27). Cuatro muertos y dos desaparecidos tras explosión en comisaría china. telesurtv.net 11 personas se vieron afectadas en el hecho, nueve de las cuales han sido localizadas ya.
(2023-05-27). Fiscalía peruana reprograma interrogatorio a Dina Boluarte. telesurtv.net En caso de que sea encontrada culpable, la presidenta Boluarte no podrá ser procesada hasta que culmine su mandato en 2026.
(2023-05-27). Excluyen de elecciones en Guatemala al candidato Carlos Pineda. telesurtv.net La exclusión de Pineda viene a ser la tercera que ejecuta la Corte de Constitucionalidad contra aspirantes a la presidencia del Estado.
(2023-05-27). Presidente mexicano congela vínculos económicos con Perú. telesurtv.net López Obrador también celebró la intervención de una comisión internacional que investiga la represión policial en Perú tras la destitución de Pedro Castillo.
(2023-05-27). Supuestos separatistas secuestran a seis personas en Camerún. telesurtv.net Entre el grupo de personas raptadas se encuentran tres maestros y tres altos funcionarios estatales cameruneses.
(2023-05-27). Anuncian la destitución del fiscal de Puerto Príncipe, Haití. telesurtv.net La cartera de Justicia del país caribeño no ofreció detalles sobre los motivos de la destitución de Jacques Lafontant.
(2023-05-27). Libia alberga más de 700.000 migrantes y refugiados. telesurtv.net Gran parte de la población de migrantes y refugiados en Libia utiliza la ruta del Mediterráneo Central para llegar a Europa.
(2023-05-27). Comisión de DD.HH. investigará asesinato de periodista mexicano. telesurtv.net La CNDH, indicó que se comunicaron con la Comisión estatal para que presten atención a las investigaciones sobre el asesinato del periodista Marco Aurelio Ramírez Hernández.
(2023-05-27). Sudán pide la destitución del enviado de la ONU en el país. telesurtv.net El jefe del Ejército sudanés, sostiene que el enviado de la ONU en Sudán, Volker Perthes, se ha convertido en una fuente de repercusiones negativas.
(2023-05-27). Editorial] Childhood as a commodity: ending child labour. thelancet.com Children continue to be exposed to physical harm and denied education while toiling for long hours in the world's wealthiest nations. Children as young as 12 and 13 years have been engaged in labour involving midnight shifts, dangerous machinery, and punishing physical demands across industries supplying some of the USA's largest corporations according to a harrowing New York Times investigation. Most had migrated, unaccompanied, from central America. Uncertain of their immigration status and some indebted to traffickers, many considered dangerous labour safer than deportation.
(2023-05-27). Caleb Maupin and Harpal Brar: Chinese Revolution 2: The PLA and WW2. thecommunists.org In this second part of a wide-ranging discussion on the Chinese Revolution, Harpal Brar and Caleb Maupin continue in their assessment of the struggle between the Communist Party of China and the Kuomintang (KMT). ***** Continuing directly on from the first part of their discussion on the Chinese Revolution, our commentators look at the early …
(2023-05-27). Carmageddon: The Electric Car Fiasco. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-27). World Report] Diagnostics get global recognition. thelancet.com A raft of new recommendations on diagnostics, including establishing national strategies and adopting lists of essential diagnostics, have been welcomed by experts. Udani Samarasekera reports.
(2023-05-27). Palestinian Khader Adnan Dies on Hunger Strike in Israeli Prison. unicornriot.ninja
(2023-05-27). The CHP's dangerous plan for Syria. unitedworldint.com Kemal Kƒ±lƒ±àßdaroƒülu, the leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP), who is Erdoƒüan's rival in the run-off Turkish presidential elections, is now frequently emphasizing the refugee issue in his speeches. Kƒ±lƒ±àßdaroƒülu states that they will send the refugees back thanks to the money promised by the EU and through an agreement with the Syrian state. …
(2023-05-27). Group Of Seven Should Finally Be Shut Down. popularresistance.org During the May 2023 Group of Seven (G7) summit, the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, near where the meeting was held. Not doing so would have been an act of immense discourtesy. Despite many calls for an apology from the US for dropping an atomic bomb on a civilian population in 1945, US President Joe Biden has demurred. Instead, he wrote in the Peace Memorial guest book: 'May the stories of this museum remind us all of our obligations to build a future of peace'. | Apologies, amplified by the tensions of our t…
(2023-05-27). The Group of Seven should finally be shut down: The Twenty-First Newsletter (2023). mronline.org 
During the May 2023 Group of Seven (G7) summit, the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, near where the meeting was held.
(2023-05-27). Argentina adopting U.S. dollar to fight inflation would be 'insane' neocolonialism, says economist Ha-Joon Chang. mronline.org 
Right-wing politicians in Argentina want to adopt the US dollar as the national currency to fight inflation. Development economist Ha-Joon Chang said this is "insane", warning dollarization would make the Latin American nation a "colony".
(2023-05-27). What if the Public Understood How Money Works? realprogressives.org The truth about federal finance used to be common household knowledge, maybe it should be again.
(2023-05-27). Saturday 6/17: World Naked Bike Ride. indybay.org San Fransisco…
(2023-05-27). Australian war crimes whistleblower David McBride demands freedom for Julian Assange. wsws.org Assange faces life behind bars for revealing war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan as a publisher. McBride could be jailed indefinitely for exposing the same atrocities as a whistleblower.
(2023-05-27). Transatlantic: The plight of artists and intellectuals fleeing the Nazis in 1940. wsws.org One of the most remarkable collections of political and cultural figures ever assembled, reduced by the defeats of the working class to a wretched condition, is gathered in Marseille.
(2023-05-27). "60 Minutes" exposé reveals massive Pentagon price-gouging. wsws.org The scale of the criminality revealed by the TV program prompted senators from both parties to announce an investigation into the Pentagon.
(2023-05-27). COVID spreading through schools in Australia. wsws.org Outbreaks in New South Wales schools give an indication of the severity of a new pandemic wave across the country.
(2023-05-27). Berlin police open criminal investigation aimed at silencing Roger Waters. wsws.org The State Security Department at the Berlin State Criminal Police Office has announced that a criminal investigation has been initiated against Roger Waters for "incitement of hatred" for dressing in a Nazi-like uniform during his recent concerts in the capital city of Germany.
(2023-05-27). Ultium Cell workers in Lordstown, Ohio support Clarios strikers: "Everyone needs to stand together" wsws.org The UAW is keeping autoworkers at the Ulitium Cell factory in Lordstown Ohio in the dark about the Clarios strikers near Toledo.
(2023-05-27). What our strike is about: An open letter from the Clarios Workers Rank-and-File Committee. wsws.org This letter was issued by a group of Clarios workers in Ohio who have formed the Clarios Workers Rank-and-File Committee. The strike by 525 workers is nearing the end of its third week after workers rejected a second UAW-backed contract.
(2023-05-27). Video: Stellantis workers at Warren Truck Assembly Plant in Michigan support striking workers at Clarios. wsws.org This week, the World Socialist Web Site spoke to autoworkers at Warren Truck outside of Detroit about the ongoing strike of 525 Clarios workers in Ohio.
(2023-05-27). Erdoƒüan runs phony "anti-imperialist" populist campaign in Turkish elections. wsws.org Erdoƒüan can posture as an anti-imperialist and a friend of working people and refugees thanks to the political bankruptcy of his rival, Kemal Kƒ±lƒ±àßdaroƒülu.
(2023-05-27). US and European powers scramble to acquire critical minerals necessary for EV vehicle production. wsws.org The US and its European and Japanese allies are trying to coordinate their increasingly nationalist, protectionist measures to create a battery supply chain as an alternative to China.
(2023-05-27). Australia: 95-year-old Clare Nowland dies after police tasering. wsws.org Born in 1928, Nowland lived through the Great Depression, World War II and more than three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, but did not survive an encounter with NSW Police.
(2023-05-27). Car haulers remained locked out at a CSX railhead facility. wsws.org The lockout occurred following a breakdown in talks on May 9 between auto service contractor Auto Warehouse Company (AWC) and Local 355.
(2023-05-27). Russian fascist with ties to leading German neo-Nazis led Ukrainian-backed incursion of Russia. wsws.org The incursion provides an object lesson in the character of the war waged by NATO against Russia.
(2023-05-27). Jacobin backs Kiliàßdaroƒülu's reactionary campaign in Turkish elections. wsws.org Pseudo-left groups support Kiliàßdaroƒülu for his bitter hostility to the developing movement in the working class and his support for the NATO war on Russia.
(2023-05-27). Germany launches police-state crackdown on climate protesters. wsws.org According to the authorities, raids were carried out on a total of 15 buildings in seven federal states. The actions recalled the darkest period in German history.
(2023-05-27). Friday 5/26: Free Palestine! indybay.org Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery | San Francisco…
(2023-05-27). History: Hitler was Financed by the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England. globalresearch.ca Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | feature image: Hitler, Schacht and Prescott Bush | First published by Global Research in May 2016, Minor edits by Global Research. Title as in the original. | Incisive historical analysis. | From World War …
(2023-05-27). Expanding Use of Primates in Drug Testing Is a Threat to Public Health. truthout.org Between 2000 and 2020, an estimated 482,000 primates were imported into the U.S. to be experimented on in testing laboratories. All the while, pharmaceutical drug development has been mired in serious challenges, particularly during the animal-heavy research stages known as preclinical phases. Now, a series of supply chain disruptions have created a shortage of primates for laboratory testing use. |