(2023-07-11). Dockworkers' union spouts "internationalist" rhetoric, while conniving to sell out strike at Canada's West Coast ports. wsws.org At a rally attended by hundreds of workers in Vancouver on Sunday, the ILWU downplayed the imminent danger of strike-breaking legislation. Above all, it issued no call to mobilize the working class across Canada and its 22,000 US West Coast members—themselves without a contract for over a year—to defeat such an attack.
(2023-07-10). Trump Officials Held Meetings Over Concerns President May Incite Nuclear War. truthout.org Miles Taylor, a former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official who served during part of Donald Trump's tenure in the White House, has said that the former president's rhetoric around nuclear weapons prompted multiple meetings among administration officials to prepare for the possibility of war. In October 2020, Taylor was revealed to be the author of a New York Times op-ed attributed to… |
(2023-07-10). Despite all rhetoric, Ukraine NATO accession would not do Washington any good. infobrics.org Ukraine might not join NATO after all, as the costs are too high and outweigh the benefits, from the West's point of view.
(2023-07-11). Is Sleepy Joe Biden Trying to Outdo Hitler and History? journal-neo.org History is the most interesting subject for many reasons. Not the least of which is the fact it tends to repeat itself. And the fact that some are doomed by ignorance of this is an important lesson for today. Take German tanks, for instance. First, let's rehash a little history about the steppes of Russia […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ
(2023-07-11). The German budget 2024—a declaration of war on the working class. wsws.org Immediately following the outbreak of the Ukraine war, the German government announced the biggest rearmament programme since Hitler. Now the enormous costs of this are being passed onto the working class through austerity and social cutbacks.
(2023-07-11). Janet Yellen, playing the "good cop" routine in China? indybay.org Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is in Beijing this week meeting with Chinese officials. But Western corporate media is trying to spin her role as a "good cop" for the NeoLiberal policy of coercing China to follow the USA-made "rules-based" international order.
(2023-07-11). Who is Behind "Fake News"? Mainstream Media Use Fake Videos and Images. globalresearch.ca The mainstream corporate media is desperate. They want to suppress independent and alternative online media, which they categorize as "fake news". Readers on social media are warned not to go onto certain sites. Our analysis confirms that the mainstream media are routinely involved in distorting the facts and turning realities upside down.
(2023-07-11). Put the Moxi, not Puny, in MUNI. indybay.org The progressive left hobbles itself in not believing the advocacy of socializing land values is worth the energy expended. Without a clear, principled aspiration articulated, a larger, wider, transformative social justice program is unlikely to emerge in public discourse, much less at the ballot.
(2023-07-11). Federal Court Stops Construction Of Mountain Valley Pipeline. popularresistance.org Late Monday afternoon, a three-judge panel of 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay of construction while it considers arguments that Congress violated the separation of powers doctrine when it passed a law expediting completion of the controversial project. | The brief order came from Chief Judge Roger Gregory and Judges Stephanie Thacker and James Wynn. The same three judges have set aside nearly a dozen permits issued to Mountain Valley over the past five years. | The case involved a challenge, filed by The Wilderness Society, of a provision in the Fiscal Responsibility Act, which suspended the feder…
(2023-07-11). Cushing Syndrome—A Review. jamanetwork.com This review summarizes current evidence regarding diagnosis and treatment of Cushing syndrome due to endogenous overproduction of cortisol.
(2023-07-11). Chinese researchers find evidence of alpine treelines to higher altitudes due to global warming. ecns.cn The warming-induced phenological mismatch has given a competitive advantage to trees over shrubs, which provides a new interpretation in further explaining alpine treeline shifts under the context of climate change.
(2023-07-11). Cuban media outlets denounce incitement to social unrest from the US. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 11 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban national television denounced that persons and entities in the United States continue inciting to carry out acts of violence and vandalism aimed at causing a social outbreak in Cuba, and have stepped up in that direction.
(2023-07-10). Chris Hedges: Journalists Abandoned Julian Assange and Slit Their Own Throats. mintpressnews.com 
The failure of journalists to mount a campaign to free Julian Assange, or expose the vicious smear campaign against him, is one more catastrophic and self-defeating blunder by the news media.
(2023-07-10). New York Times obfuscates Israel's wall, again. electronicintifada.net Precision on Palestine doesn't matter to newspaper of record.
(2023-07-10). Biden vs. Trump: WP Poll Shows Almost 50% Of Black Americans Don't See A Material Difference In Their Lives. moguldom.com So have things changed for Black Americans after the so-called racial reckoning following the police killing of George Floyd in May 2020? Has the environment in the U.S. become more welcoming to Black people under the administration of Democratic President Joe Biden versus the Republican administration of Donald Trump? A new Washington Post poll revealed …
(2023-07-10). Chris Hedges: Journalists Abandoned Julian Assange and Slit Their Own Throats. mintpressnews.com The failure of journalists to mount a campaign to free Julian Assange, or expose the vicious smear campaign against him, is one more catastrophic and self-defeating blunder by the news media.
(2023-07-10). New York Times obfuscates Israel's wall, again. electronicintifada.net Precision on Palestine doesn't matter to newspaper of record.
(2023-07-10). Biden vs. Trump: WP Poll Shows Almost 50% Of Black Americans Don't See A Material Difference In Their Lives. moguldom.com So have things changed for Black Americans after the so-called racial reckoning following the police killing of George Floyd in May 2020? Has the environment in the U.S. become more welcoming to Black people under the administration of Democratic President Joe Biden versus the Republican administration of Donald Trump? A new Washington Post poll revealed …