Daily Archives: August 6, 2021

2021-08-06: News Headlines

Abayomi Azikiwe (2021-08-06). Pan-Africanism or Zionism: The AU and Palestine Liberation. globalresearch.ca

Bryant Diaz (2021-08-06). Freedom Summer Film Series | Haiti Betrayed. peoplesforum.org Join us at The People's Forum for our Freedom Summer Film Series! | As we begin the reopening of our space, every Friday evening in June we will show a film in our screening room. | This is a free, educational program, however, in order to maintain a safe capacity level, we ask that you leave a $6 deposit to reserve your participation. You will be refunded your deposit upon arrival or if you cancel. Please have your confirmation email ready when you arrive. | Freedom Summer Films is a series that aims to explore the humanity and the creativity of the many struggles against imperialism, colonialism, capitalism at…

Abdul Rahman (2021-08-06). "China's successful battle against poverty is a part of its process of socialist construction" peoplesdispatch.org A recent study published by the Tricontinental: Institute of Social Research provides a detailed understanding of methods and motivations behind the Chinese initiative, which has lifted more than 850 million people out of absolute poverty since 1949…

imperial.ac.uk (2021-08-06). Imperial grows global education opportunities. imperial.ac.uk Imperial is to expand opportunities for international student experiences, as it secures new Turing funding.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-08-06). Emergency department visits related to opioid overdoses up significantly during COVID-19 pandemic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Emergency department visit rates because of an opioid overdose increased by 28.5% across the U.S. in 2020, compared to 2018 and 2019, recent Mayo Clinic research finds. Emergency visits overall decreased by 14% last year, while visits because of an opioid overdose increased by 10.5%. The result: Opioid overdoses were responsible for 0.32 out of 100 visits, or 1 in every 313 visits, which is up from 0.25, or 1 in every…

Zero Hedge (2021-08-06). 'For $1/Day'… Double-Blind Ivermectin Study Reveals COVID Patients Recover More Quickly, Are Less Infectious. globalresearch.ca

Brian Shilhavy (2021-08-06). Are American Businesses Committing Suicide by Mandating COVID-19 Vaccines for Their Employees as Staffing Shortages Increase? globalresearch.ca

Nayvin Gordon (2021-08-06). Without Public Health Safety Mandates and Containment Actions–Vaccines Will Leave Us All. indybay.org Vaccines and Public Health Science both are necessary to beat fCovid-19…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-08-06). Study shows masks offer protection as COVID-19 infections tick up. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended this week that people vaccinated against COVID-19 resume wearing masks in public indoor spaces in areas of the United States where the virus is spreading. "Appropriate masking in addition to vaccination remain the best methods to help protect individuals from the Coronavirus," says Gregory Poland, M.D., an infectious disease expert at Mayo Clinic. In fact, published data from Mayo Clinic researchers have found that…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-08-06). Mayo Clinic Minute: Study shows masks can prevent COVID-19. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic researchers recently published a study that shows the proper use of masks reduces the spread of respiratory droplets. The findings strongly support the protective value and effectiveness of widespread mask use and maintaining physical distance in reducing the spread of COVID-19. Reporter Jason Howland has more in this Mayo Clinic Minute. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/9fca7M5STEA Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: …

Jay Janson (2021-08-06). August 6, 9, 1945: Who Ordered the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? globalresearch.ca

Children's Health Defense (2021-08-06). As Health Officials, Media Ramp Up Vaccine Coercion, They Scapegoat the Unvaccinated. globalresearch.ca

Philip A Farruggio (2021-08-06). Red Menace # ? Joseph McCarthy 2.0. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2021-08-06). Researchers Fear Gulf Stream System Could Catastrophically Collapse. truthout.org While heatwaves, fires, and floods The study, published in the journal Nature Climate…

Global Research News (2021-08-06). Selected Articles: Hiroshima: A "Military Base" According to President Harry Truman. globalresearch.ca By Two growing empires went to war in the Pacific against each other but in the end the defeated and occupied Japanese soon joined the growing …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-08-06). The Fake "Delta Variant" and The Fourth Wave: Another Lockdown? Upcoming Financial Crash? Worldwide Economic and Social Sabotage? globalresearch.ca **** | : | Introduction: …

Edward Curtin (2021-08-06). "The Fog of Propaganda": Professor Michel Chossudovsky: Truthteller Extraordinaire. globalresearch.ca

South Front (2021-08-06). Video: "Moderate Opposition" Carries Out Terror Attacks Outside Greater Idlib. globalresearch.ca

Paul Antonopoulos (2021-08-06). Large-Scale US Naval Exercise: Desperate Attempt to Demonstrate Global Power. globalresearch.ca

Peter Koenig (2021-08-06). Afghanistan: A New Pivot in the Greater Middle East? globalresearch.ca

Pepe Escobar (2021-08-06). Iran Embraces Its Eurasian Future. globalresearch.ca

Steve McCann (2021-08-06). Why I Refuse to be Vaccinated. globalresearch.ca

Brasil Wire (2021-08-06). Brazil's US-Backed Military Regime Casts Shadow Over Hopes for 2022 Election. globalresearch.ca

Eric Margolis (2021-08-06). Iraq Needs an Independent Government, Not 'Training'. globalresearch.ca

Dan Beeton (2021-08-06). CEPR Mourns the Passing of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. cepr.net The Center for Economic and Policy Research mourns the passing of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. Throughout his life, Trumka was an invaluable champion of the working class, from his early years as an organizer with the United Mine Workers of America, to his becoming the youngest-ever president of that union in 1982, through to his …

Shane Quinn (2021-08-06). 20 Years Ago, Prior to 9/11: US Preparations for the Invasion of Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca

sputniknews (2021-08-06). Scientists Discover Super-Earth, Ocean World and Potentially Habitable Exoplanet in Nearby System. sputniknews.com According to the statement released by the European Space Agency, the finding is an important step in humanity's quest for life on Earth-sized planets outside Solar System. Researchers say more exciting revelations are expected when NASA launches its powerful James Webb Space telescope this autumn.

Bob Price (2021-08-06). Stop the giveaway of California's community Colleges. indybay.org Students, community members, faculty and staff are organizing to stop the privatization of California's community colleges.

Jonathan Turley (2021-08-06). Twitter Suspends Journalist Who Repeated CDC Fact on Vaccines. globalresearch.ca

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-08-06). Sharing Mayo Clinic: Scarlett is running and smiling after surgery to correct pectus excavatum. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org When Sara Hutchins noticed an indent in her daughter Scarlett's chest, she immediately recognized the cause: pectus excavatum, a condition that causes the breast bone to sink into the chest. "My father had the same condition," Sara says. "He'd had surgery to correct it but was never satisfied with his results." Sara wanted to ensure that if Scarlett had surgery, she'd like what she saw in the mirror afterward. "I did a lot of research," Sara…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-08-06). Science Saturday: How geologic rock formations inform novel treatments for kidney stones. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Human kidney stones are at least as old as the Giza pyramids. The oldest known kidney stone was found in Egyptian burial satin from 4400 B.C. In 2020, Mayo Clinic processed and analyzed some 90,000 kidney stones from all over the world. That number increases each year, reflecting a global uptick in kidney stone disease. But new research has unlocked how kidney stones actually form, which could be the key to treating or even eliminating…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-08-06). Mayo Clinic research suggests women over 65 be offered hereditary cancer genetic testing. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — A new study by Fergus Couch, Ph.D., of Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, along with collaborators from the CARRIERS consortium, suggests that most women with breast cancer diagnosed over 65 should be offered hereditary cancer genetic testing. The study was published Thursday, July 22, in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Dr. Couch says that women over 65 rarely qualify for hereditary cancer genetic testing based on current testing guidelines because they are thought…

Edward Curtin (2021-08-06). The Satanic Nature of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. globalresearch.ca

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-08-06). Science Saturday: Regenerative pipeline for spinal cord repair. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic research is learning how stem cell therapy can treat neurodegenerative diseases. Mayo is among the first to study whether stem cell therapy might trigger healing for spinal cord injury. Research is ongoing in preclinical models, but it also has advanced from discovery science to early clinical trials. It's a complex question because different forms of stem cells can be derived from different biologics within the body. Mayo Clinic's Center for Regenerative Medicine is driving the research that…

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2021-08-06). They Killed People for Vaccine Profits. globalresearch.ca

Peoples Dispatch (2021-08-05). Thousands demand justice as Lebanon marks 1 year since Beirut Blast and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org We look at protests organized one year since the blasts in Beirut, Lebanon, teachers on a hunger strike in Ecuador & actions in the US…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-08-05). Thousands demand justice as Lebanon marks 1 year since Beirut Blast & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org We look at protests organized one year since the blasts in Beirut, Lebanon, teachers on a hunger strike in Ecuador & actions in the US…

Barbara Nimri Aziz (2021-08-05). When Will They Lift the Blockade? Iraq and Cuba. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2021-08-05). Seattle Vigil Against Racist Medical Negligence. popularresistance.org Hundreds of protesters gathered at Westlake Park in Seattle on the afternoon of July 24 for the Healthcare Equity March. This was the most recent of a series of protests centered around Kaloni Bolton, a 12-year-old Black girl who died tragically at the beginning of this year as a result of medical negligence. | The protests have been organized by Kaloni's family and local organization Decolonizing Science, who Kaloni's mother and aunt Kristina Williams and Francis Bowman say have been very helpful in bringing people out. Williams and Bowman spoke with Liberation News to bring attention to Kaloni's story. | On Dec…

_____ (2021-08-05). 'Time Is Running Out': Progressives Press Biden to Extend Student Loan Moratorium. commondreams.org Biden has a perfect opportunity to deliver progressive change to the millennials who voted for him.

Jill Richardson (2021-08-05). Dial Down the Panic Over Critical Race Theory. counterpunch.org If you are worried about critical race theory in schools, here is some advice from someone who actually teaches it. If you want your concerns to be heard, first of all, start by listening. What is your school actually teaching? It probably is not actually critical race theory. It almost certainly is not Marxism. Despite

Frontline Doctors (2021-08-05). When Did CDC Know Their Approved COVID-19 Tests, Faulty PCR Testing Would Make Case and Death Data Unreliable? globalresearch.ca

Press For Truth (2021-08-05). Video: CDC Says PCR Tests Can't Differentiate Between Coronaviruses! The Cold & COVID Are Synonymous! globalresearch.ca

Kenan SonOfEnos (2021-08-05). Video: Canadian Court Victory Proves COVID-19 Is a Hoax and All Restrictions Have Now Been Dropped. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2021-08-05). Comicomment: In origin tracing, U.S. leads a 'blaming chorus'. ecns.cn The COVID-19 origin tracing is a serious scientific issue that must be studied by scientists and medical experts around the world through cooperation. However, some U.S. politicians placed their hope on the intelligence community, trying to answer a science question with political means.

Anonymous103 (2021-08-05). Tensions Remain On Korean Peninsula Despite Two Koreas' Desire To Improve Ties. southfront.org Illustrative ImageIf South Korea wishes to have fruitful talks with its northern neighbour, it will need to distance itself from the US, but Washington simply cannot allow that. | Written by Uriel Araujo, researcher with a focus on international and ethnic conflicts | North Korea — DPRK — and South Korea (ROK) have restored their communication hotlines, including a military channel, which had been off since June 2020. According to a statement from ROK's presidential office last Tuesday, the leaders of bo…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-08-05). Hiroshima: A "Military Base" according to President Harry Truman. globalresearch.ca "The World will note that the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima a military base. That was because we wished in this first attack to avoid, insofar as possible, the killing of civilians.."(President Harry S. Truman in a radio speech to the Nation, August 9, 1945).

_____ (2021-08-05). Guatemala Protests Call For Resignation Of President And Corrupt AG. popularresistance.org Protests and road blockades are being held on roads and highways across Guatemala to demand the resignation of neoliberal President Alejandro Giammattei and his Attorney General, Consuelo Porras following the dismissal of the head of the Special Prosecutor Against Corruption, Juan Francisco Sandoval, now in exile. | A large number of opposition movements and parties, including indigenous, campesino and student organizations have organized at more than 60 meeting points in the capital and across the country, in what some are calling a 'Plurinational strike'. Indigenous authorities issued a call on Thursday, urging…

Paul Antonopoulos (2021-08-05). One Year on from the Port of Beirut Blast and France Has Failed in Its Goals. globalresearch.ca

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2021-08-05). A New Dawn Breaks in Tehran: New President Ebrahim Raisi. globalresearch.ca

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