(2021-08-08). Palestinian Students in Gaza Are Back after Israel tried to destroy their future. juancole.com 
By Wafa Aludaini | — ( Middle East Monitor) — As Palestinian high school students celebrate their success in the Tawjihi exams and plan for the future, those in Gaza are still trying to rebuild their lives after Israel's brutal bombing campaign in May. The Tawjihi exams were held just one month after the ceasefire …
(2021-08-08). Syria-Jordan Border: Daraa Suffers Terrorist Occupation Again. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-08). US "Regime Change" Plans directed against Syria. 40 Relevant Links. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-08). Ecuadorian Teachers' Hunger Strike Enters Fourth Week. orinocotribune.com In the past three weeks, the hunger strike that began in four cities of the country has expanded to eleven provinces of the country. It has also received the support of various students' unions, social organizations and parents. | Since July 12, over 30 Ecuadorian teachers have been carrying out an indefinite hunger strike, demanding immediate implementation of the Organic Law of Intercultural Education (LOEI). In the past three weeks, the protest measure that began in four cities of the country has expanded to eleven provinces of the country and now more than 80 teachers are on hunger strike. The strike was call…
(2021-08-08). Covid Fear Management Policies: Distractions from and Tests for Looming Climate Collapse. dissidentvoice.org 
Photo by Jarr1520; Strategy of reward and punishment In the newly coined so-called War on Covid, the arsenal is eclectic. There is not only science, in the form of experimental RNA vaccines hastily developed by giants of the pharmaceutical industry, but also semi-authoritarian or full-blown authoritarian government measures imposed and legally validated by declarations of …
(2021-08-08). 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…
(2021-08-08). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: The COVID-19 delta variant has changed everything. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A fourth COVID-19 surge is blanketing the U.S., and the delta variant is the culprit. "Where did this delta variant come from? It came from unvaccinated people getting infected in large numbers allowing the virus to continue mutating," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. In the past, a person with COVID-19 might infect two to four people. But with the delta variant, one person can infect…
(2021-08-08). A Really big Deal: The New IPCC Climate Report Focuses on Extreme Events and how Coal, Gasoline are Causing them. juancole.com 
By David Karoly | — On Monday, an extremely important report on the physical science of climate change will be released to the world. Produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the report will give world leaders the most up-to-date information about climate change to inform their policies. It is an enormous undertaking, …
(2021-08-08). When Even the Conservative IEA Sounds an Alarm on Climate, the World Must Listen. truthout.org 
Like a carousel of bad news coming from all four corners of the globe, the year thus far has borne witness to a litany of extreme weather events and stark research findings with one grim overarching message: The world is still failing miserably to adequately respond to the already devastating impacts of the climate crisis. | In the Arctic, the rate of sea ice loss
(2021-08-08). The Fake "Delta Variant" and The Fourth Wave: Another Lockdown? Upcoming Financial Crash? Worldwide Economic and Social Sabotage? globalresearch.ca **** | : | Introduction: …
(2021-08-08). The Cross-Canada Campaign to Free Meng Wanzhou. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-08). Hiroshima-Nagasaki: The Story They Want Us to Forget. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-08). New Book by the Late Glen Ford: "The Black Agenda". His Legacy will Live. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-08). Video: Innumerable Ways Canada Supports Israeli Apartheid. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-08). Nukes on the Screen. Seventy Years of Atomic Danger. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-08). Video: FBI Whistleblower Exposes Shocking Reasons Why Child Sex Abuse Crimes Are Not an FBI Priority. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-08). [Research Paper] Are we making Inroads? A randomized controlled trial of a psychologist-supported, web-based, cognitive behavioral therapy intervention to reduce anxiety and hazardous alcohol use among emerging adults. thelancet.com The Inroads program demonstrated beneficial effects on alcohol consumption, hazardous alcohol use, and anxiety symptoms. The web-based format is aligned with youth treatment preferences and can be delivered at scale to achieve wide dissemination and reduce the significant burden associated with these chronic, mutually reinforcing conditions.
(2021-08-08). 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…
(2021-08-08). Saturday 8/28: Zamin Project | Panel 3: SWANA in the BAY AREA: Teaching, Pedagogy, Mentors. indybay.org Virtual event only…
(2021-08-08). 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.
(2021-08-08). Video: PCR Test is an Outrageous Fraud, Corona Virus Is Just Like the Common Flu. Reiner Fuellmich. globalresearch.ca The …
(2021-08-07). WATCH: Taliban fighters joyride in Humvees after capturing Nimroz provincial capital & seizing more US-made weaponry. rt.com 
Taliban militants were spotted parading around in US-made Humvees after seizing a major city in Nimroz province, footage shows — the first regional capital to fall to the group as it launches a wave of attacks across Afghanistan. | The militants were seen making victory laps around the city of Zaranj on Friday afternoon in the captured vehicles, having just captured the provincial capital after overrunning Afghan government forces. |
(2021-08-07). Watch Taliban Militants Parade in US-Made Humvees After Seizing Afghan Provincial Capital. sputniknews.com On Friday, Afghanistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ghulam Isaczai told the UN Security Council that the scale and scope of the ongoing Taliban* offensive in the country "are akin to an invasion unparalleled in the last 30 years of the conflict".
(2021-08-07). Hezbollah Fires Rockets in Response to Israeli Airstrikes. news.antiwar.com Hezbollah responded Friday to recent Israeli shelling and airstrikes in southern Lebanon by firing rockets into Israel. The incident marks the Israel said 19 rockets were launched from Lebanon and that it fired back with artillery after the barrage. The back and forth is the most significant escalation between Israel and Hezbollah in years, but no casualties were reported on either side. | Israel's initial shelling of Lebanon took place late We…
(2021-08-07). Israel-Hezbollah Confrontation is 'Exchange of Messages', War is Not on Horizon, Expert Says. sputniknews.com The reason for this is not only the reluctance of Hezbollah to draw Lebanon into another bloody conflict, especially now when the country is mired in deep economic and political crises. It also stems from Israel being preoccupied with other problems and the split within its own coalition.
(2021-08-07). Humanitarian Aid From Nicaragua Arrives in Cuba. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Cuba's Science, Technology, and Environment Minister Elba Perez welcomed the humanitarian aid donated by Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega. | RELATED: | The Augusto Cesar Sandino ship transported 30 containers with food and other items to help the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic on the island. | "We deeply appreciate this donation, which is another proof of support from the Nicaraguan people," Perez said. | The d…
(2021-08-07). US transfers 40 ISIL forces to its base in Hasaka: report. en.mehrnews.com Syrian sources reported that the US military transferred dozens of ISIL prisoners in Syria to its base.
(2021-08-07). Biden administration extends student loan moratorium. nationofchange.org "The payment pause has been a lifeline that allowed millions of Americans to focus on their families, health, and finances instead of student loans during the national emergency."
(2021-08-07). Zambia's Socialist Party Sets Ending of Rich-Poor Divide as Election Target. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Socialist Party presidential candidate Fred M'membe (center) and other leaders of the party after the filing of nomination papers in Lusaka. A newcomer to the electoral scene, the Socialist Party is prioritizing health, education and peasant agriculture, and bringing to the forefront hitherto marginalized voices Zambia is a nation divided into Kwa and…
(2021-08-07). Australian state government Shepparton Education Plan details social crisis. wsws.org The Labor government's plans do not include a single proposal to address the extreme deprivation and social disadvantage suffered by so many children and their families.
(2021-08-07). Pennsylvania slashes over 1,500 higher education jobs with union support. wsws.org The restructuring plan, approved without a whimper of protest from the official union representing faculty, will merge six universities into two, lay off faculty members, and do nothing to alleviate the rising cost of tuition and student loan debt.
(2021-08-07). Australia: Shepparton teacher speaks of lack of health and psychological resources in schools. wsws.org "A lot of the problems we are having with kids, these are medical issues, they are not teaching and learning issues. These kids need serious psychological intervention, behavioural therapists and programs focused on that."
(2021-08-07). Forty-four arrested after protest by striking Sri Lankan teachers in Colombo. wsws.org As police arrest protesters, union officials are manoeuvring to shut down teachers' ongoing national wage strike.
(2021-08-07). As Students Return to In-Person Learning, There's One Thing Missing: Librarians. progressive.org State and local governments have cut funding for public schools, which has led to the erosion of school library budgets. Here's who's impacted the most.
(2021-08-07). Selected Articles: People Are Choosing Freedom, Resisting COVID Restrictions. globalresearch.ca 
By Resist. They can't arrest us all. They can't keep all your kids home from school. They can't …
(2021-08-07). The Panic Pandemic: How Media Fearmongering Led to 'Unprecedented' Censorship of Scientific Research. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-07). 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…
(2021-08-07). [Correspondence] Critically ill COVID-19 patients in Africa: it is time for quality registry data — Authors' reply. thelancet.com Luigi Pisani and colleagues highlight the potential and needed role of critical care registries in the COVID-19 pandemic response in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Registry data are a powerful tool when operationalised at scale.1 However, despite funded collaborative efforts, the existing registries in LMICs alone have been insufficient in providing an adequate pandemic response, lamented as recently as May, 2021.2 In contrast, the African Perioperative Research Group (APORG), an unfunded network, pivoted to respond to the pandemic in Africa.
(2021-08-07). What is the U.S. afraid of? What kind of 'truth' does it try to make up?>. ecns.cn The U.S.' "excessive efforts" on origin tracing has distorted this scientific issue while its failure to curb the surging COVID-19 cases has ruined its international image.
(2021-08-07). 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…
(2021-08-07). 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: …
(2021-08-07). Edward Snowden Slams Apple's Plan to Scan Every User's Phone as 'Assault on Privacy'. sputniknews.com The tech giant previously announced it will be using the neuralMatch software in order to scan photos uploaded to the iCloud by American users and will notify the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) if child abuse imagery is discovered.
(2021-08-07). Humanity as a Species of the Stars or Lab Rats in Geopolitical Cage? strategic-culture.org 
Many of the breakthroughs in rocketry, space science and the atom which so profoundly altered the world during the 20th century happened within the unfortunate momentum generated by wars both hot and cold. | In these days of profound uncertainty, it is comforting knowing that certain fundamental truths still exist and serve as guiding lights through the dark waters. | Among the highest of those fundamental truths are those enunciated in 1967 by Reverend Martin Luther King who ruminated over the dangers of imperialism and nuclear war by stating "we still have a choice today: nonviolent co-existence or violent co-a…
(2021-08-07). 7 August, Toronto: Make Noise for Jerusalem. samidoun.net 
Saturday, 7 August 2 PM Yonge/Dundas Square Toronto ON Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/218433180287757/ TORONTO: Join us this Saturday August 7th at 2PM in Yonge & Dundas Square to make some noise for Jerusalem and take a stand against Zionist settler-colonialism. As Israel's attempts to evict and displace the residents of Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan continue unabated, we call on all people of conscience to show out and stand with residents of occupied East Jerusalem resisting displacement. We demand an end to state and institutional complicity with Israeli apartheid, ethnic cleansing, and genocide. We dem…
(2021-08-07). Defensa de diplomático Alex Saab expone ilegalidades en proceso. telesurtv.net El Tribunal de la Cedeao ha ordenado en dos ocasiones la libertad inmediata de Alex Saab ante las irregularidades en su detención.
(2021-08-07). Talibanes capturan una segunda capital provincial en Afganistán. telesurtv.net En la tarde del viernes, los talibanes tomaron el control de la ciudad de Zaranj, capital de la provincia suroccidental de Nimroz.
(2021-08-07). A Letter to the Unvaccinated. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-07). Video: Patrick King. The Virus Has Not Been Isolated! "No I Did Not Win The Court Case". "They Do Not Have the Evidence". globalresearch.ca Patrick …
(2021-08-07). Glen Ford Memorial — Saluting a Black Radical and a Journalistic Champion. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-07). WHO should conduct origin tracing in the US: China Daily editorial. ecns.cn A survey conducted around the world by China Global Television Network in the six official languages of the United Nations over the past few weeks found that 83.1 percent of the respondents support the World Health Organization carrying out a novel coronavirus origin tracing investigation in the United States.