Susan Bonath (2023-08-10). Caught in the discourse of power. indybay.org The problem is that the country called Ukraine does not belong to the wage-dependent Ukrainian people. This state, for which the Ukrainians have gone to war, is, like every capitalist state apparatus, an instrument of power of the rulers.. The powerful have always been forcing a classic Stockholm syndrome on the population with their propaganda.

Frank Cappello (2023-08-10). LEVER TIME: How PragerU's Propaganda Machine Infiltrated Florida's Schools. levernews.com

Sue Harris (2023-08-09). WWP leaders to speak on China trip. workers.org A delegation sponsored by the China/U.S. Solidarity Network, including Workers World Party members Sara Flounders and Arjae Red, traveled to China from May 11 to May 31. Their purpose was to observe firsthand the reality in China versus the increasing misinformation put out by U.S.-sponsored propaganda. Flounders and Red are . . . |

Dr. William Makis (2023-08-09). New COVID-19 Variants: Propaganda Is Ramping Up and the COVID Con Is Back On. globalresearch.ca

The Exposé (2023-08-10). Fauci Lied; 120k+ Children Died: Secret CDC Report confirms Hundreds of Thousands of Youngsters 'Died Suddenly' in the USA following roll-out of COVID-19 Vaccines. expose-news.com Time and time again throughout 2021, Dr. Anthony Fauci, stood at the podium, the bright lights of the cameras blinding him as he faced the nation. With a steady hand, he held …

Davide Mastracci (2023-08-09). The 'disinformation' craze is ruining what's left of journalism. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in | Journalism in Canada has suffered countless setbacks over the past decade. | Postmedia has

WSWS (2023-08-09). The hidden COVID-19 wave and the destruction of public health. wsws.org With virtually no public awareness, reporting in the corporate media or communication from government officials, a surge of COVID-19 infections, reinfections and hospitalizations is well underway across the United States, as well as Italy, Japan, Britain, Spain and other countries.

Ana Perdigón (2023-08-10). Colombia: Semana Magazine Accused of Spreading Fake News About ELN Plot to Assassinate Attorney General. orinocotribune.com Colombia's Semana magazine published a fake news trying to incriminate Venezuela in an alleged plot orchestrated by the Colombian guerrilla organization National Liberation Army (ELN) to assassinate the attorney general of Colombia, Francisco Barbosa, who is linked to former President àÅlvaro Uribe. | For months, Semana has been carrying out media campaigns attempting to undermine the government of President Gustavo Petro, among them was the publication of the audios of former Colombian Ambassador to Venezuela Armando Benedetti. | This time, a few hours after the formal start of the ceasefire between the Co…

Editor (2023-08-10). How Swedish Love for the US Turned Deadly. scheerpost.com By Eleanor Goldfield / Project Censored Generally speaking, Swedes really love the US. And I don't just mean, oh we love the Brad Pitt movies and the whimsical images of Sunset Blvd (which by the way is way less whimsical in real life). No, I mean that Swedes really love the whole propagandized packaged-with-a-bloody-bow-on-top United States. There …

Chris Walker (2023-08-09). Trump Tells Supporters He'll Defy Any Protective Order Issued in Jan. 6 Case. truthout.org During a campaign event in New Hampshire on Tuesday, former President Donald Trump promised his supporters that he would not abide by any protective order imposed by a federal judge in the case involving his attempts to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. A protective order would bar Trump and his lawyers from disclosing certain kinds of evidence publicly… |

Editor (2023-08-09). Whitey on the Moon in the North Carolina sky. mronline.org Historians often utilize the term "primary source" to describe a piece of historical evidence.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-08-10). LancetGate: "Scientific Corona Lies" and Big Pharma Corruption. Hydroxychloroquine vs. Gilead's Remdesivir. globalresearch.ca The campaign against HCQ is carried out through slanderous political statements, media smears, not to mention an authoritative peer reviewed "evaluation" published on May 22nd by The Lancet, which was based on fake figures and test trials.

Dave DeCamp (2023-08-10). Report: US, Iran Reach Deal on Prisoner Release and Frozen Funds. news.antiwar.com The US and Iran have reached a deal that will free five Americans in exchange for the US releasing some Iranians and granting Tehran limited access to $6 billion in frozen Iranian funds, The New York Times reported Thursday. Sources told the Times that the negotiations have been going on quietly for two years. Prisoner …

Susan Bonath (2023-08-08). Caught in the discourse of power. indybay.org The problem is that the country called Ukraine does not belong to the wage-dependent Ukrainian people. This state, for which the Ukrainians have gone to war, is, like every capitalist state apparatus, an instrument of power of the rulers.. The powerful have always been forcing a classic Stockholm syndrome on the population with their propaganda.

ecsorinoco (2023-08-07). The US Plot to Finalize the Theft of Venezuela's Oil. orinocotribune.com The U.S. has used its influence to steal another country's oil revenues. Venezuela is in the crosshairs because it dares to be socialist in the hemisphere the US claims as it's "backyard." | It was always about the oil. United States assertions that the government of elected president Nicolas Maduro was illegitimate were always a ruse needed to get US corporate hands on Venezuela's oil company, CITGO. | All the years of demonization, choosing an "interim president" who addressed Congress and met with US allies around the world, and collusion with corporate media to spread war propaganda, were all part of a bipart…

WSWS (2023-08-08). Corporate media nervous over rising militancy among autoworkers, as UAW contract deadline looms. wsws.org The auto corporations, industry publication Automotive News reported, "have no appetite for adding long-term structural costs such as pensions, cost-of-living adjustments, layoff protection or expanded retiree benefits."

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-08-07). Was There Really a Massacre in Tiananmen Square—or Was It an Illusion Fabricated by U.S. Politicians and Corporate Media to Make Americans Hate China? covertactionmagazine.com In 1989, the American public was flooded with iconic images of brave Chinese students standing up to Chinese Communist tanks in Tiananmen Square—students who were then brutally slaughtered by the Chinese military. Or so we were led to believe. But a startling new book reveals that the American public may have been deceived. According to …

_____ (2023-08-07). Second-order Dialogue and Higher Order Discourse for the Future. transcend.org Potential Implications of Second-order Cybernetics and Higher-order Communication Possibilities — Second-order cybernetics is a form in which "the role of the observer is appreciated and acknowledged rather than disguised, as had become traditional in western science".

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-08-07). Video: Why Are We Still in Afghanistan? globalresearch.ca The 9/11 attacks were categorized as act of war by a foreign nation (Afghanistan) against a member of the Atlantic Alliance (the USA). Afghanistan had attacked America. Under NATO's doctrine of collective security the terror attack on the WTC was an act of war by a foreign country against all NATO member states.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-08-08). Danish ultranationalist group steps up attacks on Quran. plenglish.com Members of Danske Patrioter (Danish Patriots) burned copies of the Muslim holy book in front of the embassies of Türkiye, Algeria, Pakistan, Iran and Indonesia in the capital Copenhagen. | The group also carried out a similar attack on Quran in the northern city of Aalborg and chanted Islamophobic slogans. | A Muslim woman got into an argument with them and was eventually taken away by the police. | Recent months have seen repeated acts of Quran burning or desecration or attempts to do so by Islamophobic figures or groups, especially in northern European and Nordic countries, drawing outrage from Muslim coun…

teleSUR (2023-08-08). Labor Exploitation of Kenyan Internet Cleaners. telesurenglish.net Content moderators from several African countries demanded compensation of 1.46 billion euros for violation of labor rights and outsourcing. So far, most of the demands made by the sector to the technology transnationals have been ignored. | Internet content moderators from several African countries have demanded compensation of 1.46 billion euros for violation of labor rights and outsourcing. Aug. 8, 2023.

jamanetwork (2023-08-08). Cervical Cancer Screening and Management of Abnormal Results—A Review. jamanetwork.com This narrative review summarizes current evidence on HPV pathophysiology and cervical cancer prevention.

ecns.cn (2023-08-08). Hospital linked to Japanese army unit. ecns.cn New evidence linking the establishment and operation of a Japanese military hospital with the notorious Japanese Army Unit 731 was released on Saturday.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-08-07). The most common trigger for autism is childhood vaccinations. Here's how vaccines cause autism. expose-news.com Conventional wisdom proclaims that there is no evidence vaccines cause autism. In reality, there is a great deal of evidence showing they do, but the same playbook used to cover up the …

Fight Back (2023-08-07). San Jose community celebrates removal of Thomas Fallon statue. fightbacknews.org San Jose, CA – On August 4, around 70 people gathered to celebrate the removal of the Thomas Fallon statue that had stood at the corner of West Julian Street and Notre Dame Avenue in San Jose for over 20 years. Fallon was a captain of the U.S. military during the Mexican-American War and captured San Jose in 1846. In the 1850s, he returned to the area and began a political career, culminating in a one-year term as mayor of San Jose in 1859. His time in public office took place during a period of genocide against the indigenous peoples of California, as well as the oppression and disenfranchisement of Mexican peop…

WSWS (2023-08-07). Trump incites violence against prosecutors, political enemies, in social media posts and Republican Party fundraisers. wsws.org Trump's violent language underscores the ongoing political crisis and the continuing transformation of the Republican Party into a fascist movement committed to destroying any vestiges of democracy in America.

teleSUR (2023-08-08). US Anti-War Activists Urge to Reject New McCarthyism. telesurenglish.net On Monday, anti-war organizations across the United States issued an open letter to reject a trend that targets China and to call on people to reject what they call the "new McCarthyism." | RELATED: | "From The New York Times to Fox News, there's a resurgence of the Red Scare that once shattered many lives and threatened movements for change and social justice," said the letter titled "McCarthyism is back: Together we can stop it." | It warn…

Chris Walker (2023-08-07). Poll: 70 Percent of Voters Want Next President to Address Climate Crisis. truthout.org New polling suggests that a majority of Americans want to select a president in the 2024 election who will move aggressively to address the climate crisis — and that they don't believe President Joe Biden is doing enough on the issue. A Washington Post/University of Maryland poll published this week asked respondents whether they approved of Biden's job performance on climate so far. |

WSWS (2023-08-07). Trump incites violence against prosecutors, political enemies, in social media posts and Republican Party fundraisers. wsws.org Trump's violent language underscores the ongoing political crisis and the continuing transformation of the Republican Party into a fascist movement committed to destroying any vestiges of democracy in America.

teleSUR (2023-08-08). US Anti-War Activists Urge to Reject New McCarthyism. telesurenglish.net On Monday, anti-war organizations across the United States issued an open letter to reject a trend that targets China and to call on people to reject what they call the "new McCarthyism." | RELATED: | "From The New York Times to Fox News, there's a resurgence of the Red Scare that once shattered many lives and threatened movements for change and social justice," said the letter titled "McCarthyism is back: Together we can stop it." | It warn…

Chris Walker (2023-08-07). Poll: 70 Percent of Voters Want Next President to Address Climate Crisis. truthout.org New polling suggests that a majority of Americans want to select a president in the 2024 election who will move aggressively to address the climate crisis — and that they don't believe President Joe Biden is doing enough on the issue. A Washington Post/University of Maryland poll published this week asked respondents whether they approved of Biden's job performance on climate so far. |

ecsorinoco (2023-08-07). The US Plot to Finalize the Theft of Venezuela's Oil. orinocotribune.com The U.S. has used its influence to steal another country's oil revenues. Venezuela is in the crosshairs because it dares to be socialist in the hemisphere the US claims as it's "backyard." | It was always about the oil. United States assertions that the government of elected president Nicolas Maduro was illegitimate were always a ruse needed to get US corporate hands on Venezuela's oil company, CITGO. | All the years of demonization, choosing an "interim president" who addressed Congress and met with US allies around the world, and collusion with corporate media to spread war propaganda, were all part of a bipart…

Matthew Cunningham-Cook (2023-08-06). Rail Unions Win Where Lawmakers Fall Short. levernews.com In the six months since the East Palestine disaster brought railroads into national focus, we've been covering the aftermath — the health implications for residents, the empty rhetoric from politicians, and the seemingly never-ending saga of the Railway Safety Act of 2023. As craven bipartisanship and corporate pandering have predictably stalled efforts to ensure a safer industry through legislation, two new major victories — on paid sick leave for rail workers and a better monitoring policy for dangerous train equipment— illustrates how collective action, not partisan dealmaking, can make our…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-08-07). Was There Really a Massacre in Tiananmen Square—or Was It an Illusion Fabricated by U.S. Politicians and Corporate Media to Make Americans Hate China? covertactionmagazine.com In 1989, the American public was flooded with iconic images of brave Chinese students standing up to Chinese Communist tanks in Tiananmen Square—students who were then brutally slaughtered by the Chinese military. Or so we were led to believe. But a startling new book reveals that the American public may have been deceived. According to …

_____ (2023-08-07). Second-order Dialogue and Higher Order Discourse for the Future. transcend.org Potential Implications of Second-order Cybernetics and Higher-order Communication Possibilities — Second-order cybernetics is a form in which "the role of the observer is appreciated and acknowledged rather than disguised, as had become traditional in western science".

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-08-07). Video: Why Are We Still in Afghanistan? globalresearch.ca The 9/11 attacks were categorized as act of war by a foreign nation (Afghanistan) against a member of the Atlantic Alliance (the USA). Afghanistan had attacked America. Under NATO's doctrine of collective security the terror attack on the WTC was an act of war by a foreign country against all NATO member states.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-08-07). The most common trigger for autism is childhood vaccinations. Here's how vaccines cause autism. expose-news.com Conventional wisdom proclaims that there is no evidence vaccines cause autism. In reality, there is a great deal of evidence showing they do, but the same playbook used to cover up the …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-08-06). Scotland's Covid Inquiry publishes damning report: No evidence to support face masks, lockdowns and other covid measures. expose-news.com The Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry has published a damning report of the Government's measures taken in response to covid. It states that in 2020, there was either insufficient or no evidence to support …

Fight Back (2023-08-07). San Jose community celebrates removal of Thomas Fallon statue. fightbacknews.org San Jose, CA – On August 4, around 70 people gathered to celebrate the removal of the Thomas Fallon statue that had stood at the corner of West Julian Street and Notre Dame Avenue in San Jose for over 20 years. Fallon was a captain of the U.S. military during the Mexican-American War and captured San Jose in 1846. In the 1850s, he returned to the area and began a political career, culminating in a one-year term as mayor of San Jose in 1859. His time in public office took place during a period of genocide against the indigenous peoples of California, as well as the oppression and disenfranchisement of Mexican peop…

WSWS (2023-08-07). Trump incites violence against prosecutors, political enemies, in social media posts and Republican Party fundraisers. wsws.org Trump's violent language underscores the ongoing political crisis and the continuing transformation of the Republican Party into a fascist movement committed to destroying any vestiges of democracy in America.

Anonymous669 (2023-08-06). IRGC Dismantles Terrorist Cell In Southeastern Iran. southfront.org File image. | On August 3, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that it had dismantled a terrorist cell in Iran's southeastern region. | The public relations office of the IRGC Ground Forces said in a statement that the cell was affiliated with "arrogance powers," a term the guards usually use to refer to the United States or Israel. According to the statement, the cell was planning to carry out subversive and terrorist operations in the southeastern region and was dismantled before being able to ca…

Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. (2023-08-05). The US Plot To Finalize The Theft Of Venezuela's Oil. popularresistance.org It was always about the oil. United States assertions that the government of elected president Nicolas Maduro was illegitimate were always a ruse needed to get U.S. corporate hands on Venezuela's oil company, CITGO. | All the years of demonization, choosing an "interim president" who addressed congress and met with U.S. allies around the world, and collusion with the corporate media to spread war propaganda, were all part of a bipartisan heist that would make a gangster blush. | Actually, the plot is the work of gangsters. Barack Obama began the process with the first tranche of sanctions against Venezuela.

Matthew Cunningham-Cook (2023-08-06). Rail Unions Win Where Lawmakers Fall Short. levernews.com In the six months since the East Palestine disaster brought railroads into national focus, we've been covering the aftermath — the health implications for residents, the empty rhetoric from politicians, and the seemingly never-ending saga of the Railway Safety Act of 2023. As craven bipartisanship and corporate pandering have predictably stalled efforts to ensure a safer industry through legislation, two new major victories — on paid sick leave for rail workers and a better monitoring policy for dangerous train equipment— illustrates how collective action, not partisan dealmaking, can make our…

Binoy Kampmark (2023-08-05). Building for War: The US Imperium's Top End Spend. dissidentvoice.org The AUSMIN 2023 talks held between the US Secretaries of State and Defense and their Australian counterparts, confirmed the increasing, unaccountable militarisation of the Australian north and its preparation for a future conflict with Beijing. Details were skimpy, the rhetoric aspirational. But the Australian performance from Defence Minister Richard Marles, and Foreign Minister Penny Wong, …

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-05). Polluters Rely on Old Rhetoric to Block Clean Energy Future. desmog.com

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-08-05). 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 …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-08-05). Covid Related News: Corporate journalists have become experts at disinformation journalism. expose-news.com As independent experts dismantle the official covid pandemic narrative, corporate "experts" try to resurrect it and corporate media warns "covid is on the rise." We can only guess corporate media has been …

_____ (2023-08-05). Israel and Its Doctrine of Strategic Depth. journal-neo.org

Paul Craig Roberts (2023-08-06). Indicting a President is a New Development in America's Decline: How It Happened. thealtworld.com Last Thursday I explained why the indictments of President Trump are entirely fabrications for political and propagandistic reasons. Today I will answer the question how it is possible for a President of the United States to be indicted multiple times for behavior while in office. | A US president is surrounded by legal counsel. It is not possible for a president to go around breaking scores of laws. Normally such phony indictments as Trump faces would not be possible. Not only has no president in US history been previously indicted, the political party he represents would be up in arms pointing out the absurdity…

Editor (2023-08-05). Burkina Faso's president Traoré delivers anti-imperialist speech at Russia—Africa summit. mronline.org On the second day of the Russia—Africa summit, the president of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, delivered an anti-imperialist address and employed slogans identified with the Cuban Revolution.

midwesternmarx (2023-08-05). Burkina Faso's President Traoré Delivers Anti-Imperialist Speech at Russia—Africa Summit. By: Steve Lalla. midwesternmarx.com On the second day of the Russia—Africa summit, the president of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, delivered an anti-imperialist address and employed slogans identified with the Cuban Revolution.​Traoré assumed the presidency on September 30, 2022. At age 35, he is the world's youngest head of state. Traoré has paid homage to Burkinabé socialist revolutionary Thomas Sankara who, in 1983, at age 33, took power in what was then Upper Volta. During hi …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-08-06). Scotland's Covid Inquiry publishes damning report: No evidence to support face masks, lockdowns and other covid measures. expose-news.com The Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry has published a damning report of the Government's measures taken in response to covid. It states that in 2020, there was either insufficient or no evidence to support …

Mélissa Mialon (2023-08-05). Correspondence] Women and authorship in the Lancet Series on breastfeeding. thelancet.com On March 8, we celebrated International Women's Day to raise greater awareness of women's rights. The Lancet Series on breastfeeding1 could not have been published at a better time. The Series details the numerous benefits of breastfeeding, for both babies and mothers, and places a particular emphasis on the main obstacle to optimal breastfeeding practices: the negative influence of commercial actors. Evidence from the Series, if translated into public policy, is likely to contribute to the protection and promotion of breastfeeding and, thus, the realisation of human rights for women and children.

Anonymous669 (2023-08-06). IRGC Dismantles Terrorist Cell In Southeastern Iran. southfront.org File image. | On August 3, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that it had dismantled a terrorist cell in Iran's southeastern region. | The public relations office of the IRGC Ground Forces said in a statement that the cell was affiliated with "arrogance powers," a term the guards usually use to refer to the United States or Israel. According to the statement, the cell was planning to carry out subversive and terrorist operations in the southeastern region and was dismantled before being able to ca…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-08-03). Tony "war criminal" Blair is spreading his digital ID propaganda around the World. expose-news.com Tony Blair is a multi-millionaire former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom with a track record of lying and was convicted in absentia as a war criminal. He was also named in …

teleSUR (2023-08-03). US Congress Asked to Denounce Anti-immigrant Rhetoric: Report. telesurenglish.net More than 160 religious, civil rights and immigrant advocacy groups asked U.S. congressional leaders in a letter to denounce lawmakers who resort to white supremacist and anti-immigrant rhetoric. | RELATED: | The petition was made on the eve of the fourth anniversary of the 2019 mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, where 23 people were killed. Organizations from 24 U.S. states as well as the District of Columbia signed on to the letter to top congress…

Chris Walker (2023-08-03). DeSantis Says He Will "Start Slitting Throats on Day One" as President. truthout.org Over the weekend, Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis — who has been waging a fledgling 2024 presidential campaign — used violent rhetoric to suggest that he'd go after federal employees he felt were disloyal to him should he become president. "We're going to have all these deep state people, you know we're going to start slitting throats on day one," DeSantis said during a New Hampshire Public… |

Max Blumenthal (2023-08-03). RFK Jr staff block Israel-Palestine dialogue after the candidate agreed. thegrayzone.com A day after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. agreed to a public discussion with Max Blumenthal on Israel-Palestine, his campaign walked back his words. RFK Jr. has pledged "unconditional support" to Israel while spouting vitriolic anti-Palestinian rhetoric. One day after Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. agreed to comedian and podcaster Jimmy Dore's proposal that he engage with The Grayzone's editor-in-chief, Max Blumenthal, in a public dialogue on Israel-Palestine, Kennedy's campaign nixed the discussion. During an August 1 phone call …

Mike Ludwig (2023-08-03). 4 Years After El Paso Massacre, Republicans Use Same Rhetoric as Mass Shooters. truthout.org Four years ago, a gunman drove across Texas and committed a racist massacre at a Walmart in El Paso to thwart what he claimed was a "Hispanic invasion." Now, an advocacy group launched by former Vice President Mike Pence to support his floundering presidential campaign is setting off alarm bells. The first point on the Pence group's immigration policy platform? Direct Congress to pass legislation… |

Roger Stoll (2023-08-04). The East is Still Red: Chinese Socialism in the 21st Century by Carlos Martinez (Book Review). orinocotribune.com By Roger Stoll — Aug 1, 2023 | Introduction | Western media never stop warning us of China: it menaces Taiwan, threatens its neighbors and shipping lanes in the South China Sea, and sticks military bases on Cuba. China, we are told, spies on us by the most devious means, through TikTok, Huawei 5G, and weather balloons. And China, say our media, ensnares Africa with debt traps. Meanwhile, the US government and its media-echo decry China's abuses of its own people. China, the US says, has committed "cultural" and literal genocide against Uyghur muslims in Xinjiang. As for the Covid-19 pandemic, the West with w…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-08-03). Attacks on RFK Jr. as a "Conspiracy Theorist" Show All the Hallmarks of CIA Disinformation. globalresearch.ca

Matthew Cunningham-Cook (2023-08-03). Corporate Cash Derails Train Safety Bill. levernews.com The company that manufactured the toxic chemicals that were released and incinerated in the wake of the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment this winter gave $2 million to the primary Senate GOP super PAC as bipartisan rail safety legislation stalled in Congress.The manufacturer, Occidental Petroleum, has been lobbying on rail and tank car safety, and its lobbying group, the American Chemistry Council — which also donated $250,000 to the main House GOP super PAC — had pushed for changes weakening the bill in committee.The railroad legislation, introduced in the immediate aftermath of the East Pales…

Orry Moore (2023-08-03). North Sea Oil Licenses, Torture in Ukraine, and Abortion Rights in the Court of Appeal. ukhumanrightsblog.com In the news Two thinktanks — Civil Exchange and the Sheila McKechnie Foundation — have issued a damning report on the state of freedom of expression and democratic discourse in the UK, condemning the "political attack" on democratic spaces by government ministers. The report, titled "Defending our Democratic Spaces", laments the attempts by Conservative ministers …

Mélissa Mialon (2023-08-05). Correspondence] Women and authorship in the Lancet Series on breastfeeding. thelancet.com On March 8, we celebrated International Women's Day to raise greater awareness of women's rights. The Lancet Series on breastfeeding1 could not have been published at a better time. The Series details the numerous benefits of breastfeeding, for both babies and mothers, and places a particular emphasis on the main obstacle to optimal breastfeeding practices: the negative influence of commercial actors. Evidence from the Series, if translated into public policy, is likely to contribute to the protection and promotion of breastfeeding and, thus, the realisation of human rights for women and children.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-04). Mayo Clinic Minute: Is there a connection between ultraprocessed food and cancer? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org There is a growing body of evidence that shows ultraprocessed foods are not only unhealthy but increase the risk of cancers. The term ultraprocessed food was created as a way to categorize food, known as the NOVA classification. The system allows experts to better understand the health impact of different food categories. Mayo Clinic's Dr. Dawn Mussallem talks more about the connection between ultraprocessed food and cancer. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/DIlcsPX9LAo Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 07) is in the downloads…

Deeban Ratneswaran, Michael Cheng, Ebrahim Nasser, Rajiv Madula, Martino Pengo, Kath Hope, Esther I. Schwarz, Yuanming Luo, Georgios Kaltsakas, Michael I. Polkey, John Moxham, Joerg Steier (2023-08-03). Articles] Domiciliary transcutaneous electrical stimulation in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea and limited adherence to continuous positive airway pressure therapy: a single-centre, open-label, randomised, controlled phase III trial. thelancet.com Domiciliary TESLA can be used safely and effectively in OSA patients with poor adherence to CPAP, with favourable impact on sleepiness and sleep fragmentation. Despite pandemic-related limitations of the amended protocol this trial provides the evidence that TESLA improves clinically meaningful outcomes over the observed follow up period, and the transcutaneous approach is likely to offer an affordable alternative for responders to electrical stimulation in clinical practice.

Staff (2023-08-04). President Maduro Condemns Voice of America's New Smear Campaign. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, has condemned a recent smear campaign orchestrated from the White House through the Voice of America news service that has been targeting the economic growth of Venezuela. | President Maduro pointed out during an address made from Miraflores Palace this Thursday, August 3, that it is a dirty campaign being carried out by the White House and the US State Department alongside "their wimps in Venezuela" who intend to hide the true economic growth of Venezuela in this year 2023 with false narratives. | "I condemn these media campaigns that are undertaken from the White Hous…

scorinoco (2023-08-04). Venezuela's Attorney General Dismisses 'Union Leader' Claims of URP Members Convicted of Conspiracy. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, clarified that the six Venezuelans who were sentenced for conspiracy were not actually union leaders, despite being labeled as such by certain private media sources. These individuals, who are part of the subversive organization known as the Unidad de Resistencia Popular (Popular Resistance Unit, URP) have received a 16-year prison sentence for their involvement in plotting acts of terrorism during a 2022 parade. | In a press conference held at the headquarters of the Attorney General's Office in Caracas on Thursday, August 3, Saab reported that the six people who…

CounterSpin (2023-08-04). Teddy Ostrow on UPS/Teamsters Agreement, Matthew Cunningham-Cook on GOP Climate Sabotage. fair.org CounterSpin230804.mp3 Washington Post ( This week on CounterSpin: As contract negotiations went on between UPS and the Teamsters, against a backdrop of a country ever more reliant on package deliveries and the people who deliver them, the New York Times offered readers a lesson in almost-but-not-quite subtext, with a

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-08-03). Mainstream Journalists Are Cloistered Ivy League-Educated Trust Fund Kids. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | Iraq war cheerleader David Brooks has an article in The New York Times titled " One worthwhile paragraph about the media stands out thoug…

Sharon Zhang (2023-08-03). Sanders: It's Time for DOJ to Treat Fossil Fuel Giants Like the Liars They Are. truthout.org As temperatures reach over 100 degrees in South America in the middle of winter, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) is calling for federal officials to finally take the fossil fuel industry's long-standing lies about the climate crisis seriously and prosecute the industry the same way the Justice Department prosecuted Big Tobacco decades ago. In an op-ed published by MSNBC on Thursday… |

Staff (2023-08-04). President Maduro Condemns Voice of America's New Smear Campaign. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, has condemned a recent smear campaign orchestrated from the White House through the Voice of America news service that has been targeting the economic growth of Venezuela. | President Maduro pointed out during an address made from Miraflores Palace this Thursday, August 3, that it is a dirty campaign being carried out by the White House and the US State Department alongside "their wimps in Venezuela" who intend to hide the true economic growth of Venezuela in this year 2023 with false narratives. | "I condemn these media campaigns that are undertaken from the White Hous…

scorinoco (2023-08-04). Venezuela's Attorney General Dismisses 'Union Leader' Claims of URP Members Convicted of Conspiracy. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, clarified that the six Venezuelans who were sentenced for conspiracy were not actually union leaders, despite being labeled as such by certain private media sources. These individuals, who are part of the subversive organization known as the Unidad de Resistencia Popular (Popular Resistance Unit, URP) have received a 16-year prison sentence for their involvement in plotting acts of terrorism during a 2022 parade. | In a press conference held at the headquarters of the Attorney General's Office in Caracas on Thursday, August 3, Saab reported that the six people who…

CounterSpin (2023-08-04). Teddy Ostrow on UPS/Teamsters Agreement, Matthew Cunningham-Cook on GOP Climate Sabotage. fair.org CounterSpin230804.mp3 Washington Post ( This week on CounterSpin: As contract negotiations went on between UPS and the Teamsters, against a backdrop of a country ever more reliant on package deliveries and the people who deliver them, the New York Times offered readers a lesson in almost-but-not-quite subtext, with a

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-08-03). Mainstream Journalists Are Cloistered Ivy League-Educated Trust Fund Kids. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | Iraq war cheerleader David Brooks has an article in The New York Times titled " One worthwhile paragraph about the media stands out thoug…

Sharon Zhang (2023-08-03). Sanders: It's Time for DOJ to Treat Fossil Fuel Giants Like the Liars They Are. truthout.org As temperatures reach over 100 degrees in South America in the middle of winter, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) is calling for federal officials to finally take the fossil fuel industry's long-standing lies about the climate crisis seriously and prosecute the industry the same way the Justice Department prosecuted Big Tobacco decades ago. In an op-ed published by MSNBC on Thursday… |

C.J. Hopkins (2023-08-01). The Second Coming of Literal Hitler. dissidentvoice.org So, the quadrennial simulation of democracy in the USA is getting underway, and personally, I couldn't be happier. It's been a challenging few years for unincorporated political satirists like myself. The roll-out of the new global-capitalist totalitarianism hasn't been particularly funny. In fact, it has been extremely not funny. Squeezing a little humor out of …

Muhammed Shabeer (2023-08-01). First as tragedy, then as a farce: AfD recalibrates the slogan 'Germany first'. peoplesdispatch.org The far-right party's 'Germany first' campaign in many ways resembles the Nazi campaign for German supremacy propagated during the Hitler era, marked with militarism and racism…

Mike Ludwig (2023-08-01). Trump Campaign's "SAVE AMERICA" Emails Are Raising Funds for Trump's Legal Fees. truthout.org Donald Trump's campaign for reelection doesn't just provide the former president with potential pathways for dodging legal jeopardy and seeking revenge on opponents if he were to retake the White House. The campaign also sends out flurries of disinformation-packed fundraising emails to supporters that are becoming increasingly paranoid with each indictment handed down by prosecutors. |

C.J. Polychroniou (2023-08-01). Noam Chomsky on Why This is the Most Dangerous Point in Human History. indybay.org We live in a world facing existential threats while extreme inequality is tearing our societies apart and democracy is in sharp decline. The U.S., meanwhile, is bent on maintaining global hegemony when international collaboration is urgently needed to address the planet's numerous challenges.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-01). Mayo Clinic Minute: Is there a connection between ultraprocessed food and cancer? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org There is a growing body of evidence that shows ultraprocessed foods are not only unhealthy but increase the risk of cancers. The term ultraprocessed food was created as a way to categorize food, known as the NOVA classification. The system allows experts to better understand the health impact of different food categories. Mayo Clinic's Dr. Dawn Mussallem talks more about the connection between ultraprocessed food and cancer. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/DIlcsPX9LAo Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 07) is in the downloads…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-08-01). China condemns US military aid to Taiwan. plenglish.com Defense Ministry Spokesman Tan Kefei stressed that such actions would seriously damage China's security and severely threat peace and stability across the Strait. | "We strongly oppose this move and have solemnly expressed our opposition to the United States," he said. | Tan recalled that the Taiwan issue affects China's fundamental interests and is a red line that should not be crossed in bilateral relations. | According to the spokesman, this action will incite separatists seeking an alleged "independence of Taiwan" to stir up trouble and provoke China. | Beijing again urged Washington to stop all forms of mil…

Sharon Zhang (2023-08-01). 1 in 5 Republicans Who Think Trump Committed Crimes Say They'll Vote for Him. truthout.org As former President Donald Trump continues losing court cases and facing serious charges from government prosecutors, new polling finds that — despite a rising share of Republicans who believe he may be guilty of serious crimes — support for the former president for the upcoming presidential primaries remains high and extremely stable. According to a poll by The New York Times/ |

Jim Naureckas, Fairness, Accuracy in Reporting. (2023-08-01). Legacy Admissions Are Actually The Opposite Of Affirmative Action. popularresistance.org A recent NPR headline (7/24/23) declared: "Affirmative Action for Rich Kids: It's More Than Just Legacy Admissions." The accompanying story explained: "Affirmative action for minority kids may now be dead. But a blockbuster new study, released today, finds that, effectively, affirmative action for rich kids is alive and well." | Likewise, a Vox headline (7/25/23) reported that "Affirmative Action for White College Applicants Is Still Here." A Daily podcast (7/27/23) from the New York Times is headlined "Affirmative Action for the 1 Percent," explaining "just how much elite colleges admissions in the US systematic…

Brandon Warner (2023-08-01). The Washington Post keeps cheerleading sending cluster bombs to Ukraine. therealnews.com

Ann Brown (2023-07-31). Democrats Are Concerned: Poll Shows Only 17 Percent of Black Americans Are Enthusiastic About Biden Second Term. moguldom.com Black voters are cooling on the Democratic Party, and now the Dems are concerned their most loyal voters might not turn out for President Joe Biden in 2024. A new Washington Post/Ipsos poll found that only 17 percent of Black Americans are excited about Biden achieving a second term. The poll found that 48 percent of Black …

Ben Bartee (2023-08-01). U.S. Media Calls for New PATRIOT Act Against So-called "Domestic Terrorists" globalresearch.ca