(2021-08-18). Biden Is Right to End the War in Afghanistan. otherwords.org The scenes from Afghanistan are heartrending. | I can't imagine the desperation of someone who clings to a military airplane as it takes off, as Afghan refugees attempted to in Kabul. Nor is it possible to dismiss the fears of Afghan women, as a faction that once executed them for seeking jobs or education comes back to power. | But in light of the precipitous collapse of the country's 300,000-man army and political leadership, it's also impossible to dismiss President Biden's conclusion that the war was never going to be winnable. | "If Afghanistan is unable to mount any real resistance to the Taliban now," Bide…
(2021-08-18). Afghanistan's "Color Revolution": Who Is Ali Ahmad Jalali? globalresearch.ca "Regime …
(2021-08-18). Six Things You Need to Know About Afghanistan and the Taliban. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-18). Headlines for August 18, 2021. democracynow.org Taliban Addresses Women's Rights, Press Freedom in First Press Conference Since Takeover, U.S. Continues Evacuations as Top Dems Pledge to Investigate Biden's Afghanistan Exit, Haiti Earthquake Death Toll Hits 2,000 as Survivors, Many Now Unhoused, Lashed by Tropical Storm, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Tests Positive for Coronavirus, Alabama Runs Out of ICU Beds; 3,000 NOLA Students and Staff in Quarantine, New Zealand Orders Lockdown After ID'ing One COVID Case, Tokyo Extends State of Emergency; Thai Protesters Demand PM Step Down for Mishandling COVID, India Bans Single-Use Plastics, But New Law Contains Major Loopho…
(2021-08-18). Afghanistan: A New Pivot in the Greater Middle East? globalresearch.ca First published on August …
(2021-08-18). Video: Afghans Desperate to Escape as the Reality of "Regime Change" Settles In. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-18). The Spoils of War: Afghanistan's Multibillion Dollar Heroin Trade. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Written by The article below was first published in 2005. Below is a detailed update followed by the original 2005 article. | Author's Note and Update | The US opioid crisis broadly def…
(2021-08-18). Protesting Settler Colonialism In The Neoliberal University. popularresistance.org During May's uprising in Palestine against the latest aggression of the apartheid Israeli state, a few students at the Piet Zwart Institute (PZI) in Rotterdam wanted to express their solidarity with the struggle. They hung a banner on the institute's building that read: "STOP THE ETHNIC CLEANSING; #SaveSheikhJarrah; Free Palestine." The action took place at a time when the vicious attacks on civilians in Gaza, the ultra-right-wing mob violence against Arabs in Israel and the forced evictions of the settler colonialist system in Jerusalem had resulted in a global show of solidarity. | A few hours after the banner…
(2021-08-18). Creative Associates International: It's Not Exactly The CIA, But Close Enough. popularresistance.org Chevy Chase, MD – You have likely not heard of them, but Creative Associates International (CAI) is one of the largest and most powerful non-governmental organizations operating anywhere in the world. A pillar of soft U.S. power, the group has been an architect in privatizing the Iraqi education system, designed messenger apps meant to overthrow the government of Cuba, served as a front group for the infamous Blackwater mercenary force (now rebranded as Academi), and liaised with Contra death squads in Nicaragua. As such, it has functioned as "both as an instrument of foreign policy and as a manifestation of a br…
(2021-08-18). Debt and Disillusionment: Neoliberalism's Unfair burden on this Generation of College Students. juancole.com 
( Tomdispatch.com ) — For the last decade and a half, I've been teaching ethics to undergraduates. Now — admittedly, a little late to the party — I've started seriously questioning my own ethics. I've begun to wonder just what it means to be a participant, however minor, in the pyramid scheme that higher education …
(2021-08-18). WorkWeek On Trumka, Racist Attacks & Hanging Nooses & Privatization Of Education. indybay.org WorkWeek covers the death of former AFL-CIO president Trumka, the racist terror campaign against Black LA Belt line rail workers including hanging nooses. WorkWeek also covers the privatization of public education and the racist xenophobic attacks on Asians and Asian Americans.
(2021-08-18). Reproductive labor in a participatory economy. zcomm.org Talk at the conference Crisis of the Nation-State – anarchist answers, which was held at the Freiburg University of Education in March 2021…
(2021-08-18). Florida Moves Closer to Punishing Districts Defying DeSantis's Ban on Mask Rules. truthout.org 
The Florida Board of Education determined on Tuesday that two school districts in the state, in Broward and Alachua Counties, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill passed by the state legislature into law earlier this year, and has thr…
(2021-08-18). Covid Protections Demanded At CCSF Press Conference "This Is A Life & Death Question"! indybay.org A press conference was held to report on the serious health and safety issues from covid that are threatened if students, faculty and staff return to work without proper education and procedures including testing, masks and vaccinations.
(2021-08-18). Wounded Paternalism: Biden and the US Imperial Complex. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-18). Video: Does the Virus Exist? Has SARS-CoV-2 Been Isolated? Interview with Christine Massey. globalresearch.ca The Chinese authorities announced on January 7, 2020 that they had isolated and identified "a new type of virus". Then on the 28th of January 2020, the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated that
(2021-08-18). The Sun, Rather than CO2 May be Behind Global Warming. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-18). In the Tradition of U.S. Puppets, When They Finally Get Kicked Out, They Steal as Much of the Country's Treasure as They Can. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-18). Kabul Has Fallen — But Don't Blame Biden. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-18). Vax or Jail? The Dilemma Facing Some Americans. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-18). A Climate Stat We Can't Afford To Overlook. popularresistance.org Ace researchers dropped two blockbuster reports on us last week. The first — from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC — hit on Monday with a worldwide thunderclap. | UN Secretary-General António Guterres is dubbing this first report's findings "a code red for humanity" — and for good reason. Our global thermometer is already averaging 1.1 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. If current trends continue, we'll reach 3 degrees this century. Where do we need to be? To avert "catastrophe for people and natural systems worldwide," we can't afford to let global temperatur…
(2021-08-18). 1,135,579 Injuries 1,559 Dead in the UK Following COVID-19 Injections According to UK Government. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-18). Mayo researchers develop algorithm to predict rheumatoid arthritis disease activity. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Individualized Medicine and Division of Rheumatology have developed a first-of-its-kind machine learning algorithm that can predict rheumatoid arthritis disease activity in a patient. The algorithm analyzes biochemical metabolites ‚Äï the product of the body's metabolism ‚Äï in blood. Close up of rheumatism/arthritis medical examination. "Having fast, reliable and scalable measures for predicting the clinical course of disease activity is an important unmet need for patients with rheumatoid arthritis," says Jaeyun Sung, Ph.D., a computational biologist within the Center…
(2021-08-18). The Right to Bodily Integrity: Nobody Wins and We All Lose in the COVID-19 Showdown. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-18). The Vaccine Offers No Protection against the Virus: COVID Will Prevail as Long as the Known Cures Are Against Protocol. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-18). Inspired by barnacles, medical glue stops bleeding in seconds. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. ‚Äï Mayo Clinic researchers and colleagues at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a rapid-sealing paste that can stop bleeding organs independent of clotting. The details are published in Nature Biomedical Engineering. The inspiration for this paste? Barnacles. Barnacles are those sea animals that adhere to rocks, the bottom of ships and large fish with the aim of staying in place despite wet conditions and variable surfaces. They're successful because they exude…
(2021-08-18). Mayo Clinic Minute: Music on the brain. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Music soothes, energizes and inspires. It also fortifies pathways in your brain that neurologists say can lead to a better understanding of cognition and dementia. To help better understand how music strengthens the brain, Dr. Bernard Bendok, chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, explains how music strikes a chord with researchers in this Mayo Clinic Minute. Note: Music composed by the musician and free to use. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/UrGabRHqWFs…
(2021-08-18). The Truth About the Covid-19 Vaccine. Dr. Simone Gold, Founder of AFLD. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-18). Massive Fraud in Reporting Vaccine Injuries; Withheld Data, Pretense of "Safe and Effective" globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-18). How landscapes shape species: Grizzly bears' DNA aligns with indigenous language families. peoplesdispatch.org Landscapes and environmental conditions shape species in myriad ways. The environment can influence the genetic make-up of a species, even its language. However, is it also possible that there is an alignment of the varied influences that a landscape confers upon the different species inhabiting it? Can genetic distinctions among bear populations be related to language differences among human populations co-existing in a region? New research says yes. | Grizzly bears living close to the Canadian coast in British Columbia and indigenous human populations have something in common, according to a recent study publis…
(2021-08-18). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: It's like a Code Red hospital alert. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org An overwhelming surge of COVID-19 cases is underway in the U.S. The delta variant continues to spread, the lambda variant is showing up, and some people are refusing to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or wear face masks. "My message today is a hospital term and that's Code Red," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "It is Code Red in the U.S. and for the globe regarding…
(2021-08-18). Podcast: Wildfires, climate action tipping points, and helping stroke patients. imperial.ac.uk In this edition: Art-science collaborations around wildfire research, joining the climate fight, and an app to aid stroke rehabilitation.
(2021-08-18). America's Frontline Doctors White Paper on Experimental Vaccines for COVID-19. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-18). Board Certified Occupational Therapist Whistleblower: More Patients Are Dying from the Vaccine than from COVID. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-18). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: How Mayo hopes to slam the door when COVID-19 comes knocking. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The COVID-19 pandemic has brought public awareness to vaccines and how vaccines work. A vaccine is any agent that causes the immune system to remember a specific disease-causing entity, thereby preventing future infections. In the case of COVID-19, that's a coronavirus. At Mayo Clinic, decades of research have led to development of a new vaccine platform — a single-cycle adenovirus nasal vaccine — that is now being tested in a phase 1 clinical trial for COVID-19….
(2021-08-18). Science Saturday: Could regenerative medicine relieve neck, back pain? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic is looking to regenerative medicine as a potential long-term solution for degenerative disk disease that has for years eluded medical science. Millions of people in the U.S. are afflicted with chronic neck and back pain that often comes after years of wear and tear on the spine. Current treatments provide only temporary relief for this common disorder and finding a cure has been a great challenge for researchers. Wenchun Qu, M.D., Ph.D., a physiatrist and pain…
(2021-08-18). Science Saturday: A "sandbox" for innovation: The Advanced Diagnostics Laboratory. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Advanced Diagnostics Laboratory (ADL) is a visionary space designed to continue Mayo Clinic's long tradition of pioneering patient treatments and diagnostics. The ADL's mission is to foster innovation — including grassroots innovation — across different specialties, through partnerships in-house as well as with external companies. Located on the third floor of One Discovery Square in a 9,600-square-foot space, the lab was born out of an initiative between Mayo's Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (DLMP) and the…
(2021-08-18). Students from around the world unite to tackle global challenges. imperial.ac.uk Students who developed a platform to connect mothers and midwives in sub-Saharan Africa won a global entrepreneurship challenge.
(2021-08-18). Stanley Aronowitz, Who Taught Us Teaching Must Be Political, Has Passed. truthout.org 
Stanley Aronowitz, a great public intellectual and a dear friend and inspiration to me for 40 years, died on Monday. | I first met Stanley when he gave a lecture at Brown University in 1975. I was a high school teacher, attending lectures at Brown University. Most of the people I saw were dull and uninspiring. When I heard Stanley lecture, I was floored. He was a working-class intellectual filled with passion; he was brilliant, affable, funny and capable of making connections I never imagined. We ta…
(2021-08-17). Afghanistan & the American Imperial Project. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-17). A Chaotic US Exit from Afghanistan: American Emperors Have No Clothes. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-17). Make No Mistake, the US Military Will Continue to Thrive after Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-17). The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Back with a Bang. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-17). Selected Articles: Don't Let Them Fool You: Afghanistan Has Been a "Tremendous Success" globalresearch.ca 
By Exposing this uncanny censorship of eminent voices is especially vital to the fate of children and youth, who are being aggressively targeted for low-benefit, sometimes lethal, …
(2021-08-17). US Defeat In Kabul To Increase Domestic Rejection Of Biden. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Trump takes advantage of the situation to criticize the current president. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. | The US defeat in Afghanistan is already having an effect on the American domestic scenario. Taking advantage of the collective dissatisfaction generated by the tragic way in which Washington ended its presence in Kabul, former President Donald Trump has severely criticized the Biden administration, saying that this…
(2021-08-17). Video: The Taliban's Sweeping Victory Leaves Afghans Reeling. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-17). US Policy Toward Afghanistan Was a Recipe for Collapse From the Start. truthout.org 
We must not allow the tragedy unfolding in Afghanistan to be used to rewrite history and teach the wrong lessons. | The rapid fall of the U.S.-backed government in Afghanistan and the takeover of that country by Taliban extremists has stunned the world. President Joe Biden has nevertheless defended his decision to withdraw U.S. forces, arguing that Americans should not be forced to fight and die for a government when Afghans were themselves unwilling to do so. | Yes, the Biden administration grossly…
(2021-08-17). End the Illegal U.S. Military Presence in Syria. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-17). Cyclosporiasis Action Plan Aims to Reduce Food Contamination. jamanetwork.com In response to increasing foodborne illness outbreaks linked with the Cyclospora cayetanensis bacterium, the FDA and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have developed an action plan focused on detection, prevention, and education.
(2021-08-17). Use of Antimicrobials in a Cohort of US Nursing Homes. jamanetwork.com To the Editor A recent study measuring the use of antimicrobials in US nursing homes in 2017 demonstrated that nursing home residents from nonmetropolitan areas were prescribed antimicrobials more often than those from metropolitan areas, with an odds ratio of 1.4 (95% CI, 1.1-1.7). However, we believe that 2 points relating to medical education should be addressed.