Daily Archives: August 1, 2023

2023-08-01: News Headlines

Carol Burris (2023-08-01). The Right-Wing Think Tank That the Charter School Industry Relies On. progressive.org CREDO, a research group with deep ties to the right, promotes pro-charter reports that regularly fudge the facts.

Daniel Mach (2023-07-31). A Religious Public Charter School in Oklahoma? Not on Our Watch. aclu.org

WSWS (2023-08-01). UK education unions end strikes with below-inflation pay deal. wsws.org Of the 6.5 percent deal, news site Schools Week commented, "Schools will be expected to fund 3.5 per cent from their own budgets, with the remaining 3 per cent coming from cuts to the Department for Education's own budget."

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-08-01). Cuba and China enhance ooperation in higher education. plenglish.com Beijing, Aug 1 (Prensa Latina) The rector of the University of Havana, Miriam Nicado García, confirmed the signing of new cooperation agreements with Chinese counterparts during her visit to China.

John Perry (2023-07-31). Nicaraguan Government Officials Are Being Hit With Sanctions Based on False Accusations. orinocotribune.com By John Perry and Erik Mar — Jul 28, 2023 | A Popular Mayor Who Worked to Improve Matagalpa's Public Housing, Health, Transportation, Educational and Recreational Infrastructure Has Been Sanctioned for Human Rights Violations When There is No Compelling Evidence. | Nicaragua Is Among 40 Countries Targeted Under Cruel Sanctions Regime | On December 9, 2022, the government of the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on Sadrach Zelodón Rocha and Yohaira Hernández Chirino, the well-known Sandinista mayor and vice mayor of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, accusing both of "promoting and supporting grievous violations of human r…

Jonathan Chavez, Todd Emmenegger & Julia Finestone (2023-07-31). UC graduate workers fight back against illegal retaliation. liberationnews.org In the largest strike in the history of US higher education, 48,000 UAW-represented academic workers at the University of California went on strike for 40 days in late 2022. They won historic and industry-setting contracts, including major wage increases of up to 80%, new protections against abusive supervisors, and expanded paid family leave and childcare subsidies. Now seven months after the strike, the workers are facing retaliation and intransigence from University administration.


South Front (2023-08-02). "Green" Values: What Is the West Really Fighting for in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Dr. William Makis (2023-08-02). Died Suddenly While Hiking or Climbing — The Perils of Being COVID-19 Vaccinated. globalresearch.ca

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2023-08-02). Germany, Second Arms Supplier to Ukraine. Unspoken Agenda? The History of Germany's Eastern Territories Ceded to Poland. globalresearch.ca

Stephen Karganovic (2023-08-01). "The Sound of Freedom", The Abuse against Innocent Children: Politicians and Public Figures have Remained Conspicuously Silent. globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2023-08-01). Selected Articles: State of the World: "Political Treachery, Deceptions, Lies and Criminality". Colonel Pedro Baños. globalresearch.ca By In his presentations, Pedro Baños demonstrates that today's situation is not different from what it was six centuries ago. The …

David Bernhardt (2023-08-01). The Deep State Is All Too Real. globalresearch.ca


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

Prof. Sam Ben-Meir (2023-08-01). Thinker, Poet, Philosopher Giordano Bruno Devoted to the Truth, condemned by the Roman Inquisition, 475 Years Later. globalresearch.ca

Megan Redshaw (2023-08-01). mRNA COVID Vaccines May be Triggering 'Turbo Cancers' in Young People: Experts. globalresearch.ca

Richard Cox (2023-08-01). Measuring the Mandates: Assessing the State's Response to COVID-19. globalresearch.ca

F. William Engdahl (2023-08-01). Moscow Accused of Inciting "Hunger Games": The World Will Not Face Wheat Crisis in the Wake of the "Ukraine Deal" globalresearch.ca

Alexander Wolfheze (2023-08-01). Liberation Philosophy. The Convergence of Catastrophes Facing the West. Youssef Hindi. globalresearch.ca

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

Prof. Sam Ben-Meir (2023-08-01). Thinker, Poet, Philosopher Giordano Bruno Devoted to the Truth, condemned by the Roman Inquisition, 475 Years Later. globalresearch.ca

Megan Redshaw (2023-08-01). mRNA COVID Vaccines May be Triggering 'Turbo Cancers' in Young People: Experts. globalresearch.ca

Richard Cox (2023-08-01). Measuring the Mandates: Assessing the State's Response to COVID-19. globalresearch.ca

F. William Engdahl (2023-08-01). Moscow Accused of Inciting "Hunger Games": The World Will Not Face Wheat Crisis in the Wake of the "Ukraine Deal" globalresearch.ca

Alexander Wolfheze (2023-08-01). Liberation Philosophy. The Convergence of Catastrophes Facing the West. Youssef Hindi. globalresearch.ca

Andrew Korybko (2023-08-01). Algeria Will Play An Important Role If West Africa Descends Into War? globalresearch.ca

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2023-08-01). Western Weapons sent to Ukraine end up in the Hands of African Terrorists. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2023-08-01). mRNA Vaccine: The COVID-19 Spike Injury You Need to Know About. globalresearch.ca

Irwin Jerome (2023-08-01). The Ukraine War Will Only End When and How the Deep State Says It Will? globalresearch.ca

Peter Koenig (2023-08-01). State of the World: "Political Treachery, Deceptions, Lies and Criminality". Colonel Pedro Baños. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-08-01). The Hiroshima Nagasaki "Dress Rehearsal": Oppenheimer and the U.S. War Department's Secret September 15, 1945 "Doomsday Blueprint" to "Wipe the Soviet Union off the Map" globalresearch.ca

Marcy Winograd (2023-08-01). The Movie and the Moment: An Oppenheimer Review Through the Lens of an Anti-War Activist. globalresearch.ca

Aaron Gunn (2023-08-01). Video: Fractured Nation. The Pillaging of Western Canada. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-08-01). Video: Hiroshima Day. "The Privatization if Nuclear War". Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca While one can conceptualize the loss of life and destruction resulting from present-day wars including Iraq and Afghanistan, it is impossible to fully comprehend the devastation which might result from a Third World War, using "new technologies" and advanced weapons, until it occurs and becomes a reality.

Washington's Blog (2023-08-01). The Real Reason America Used Nuclear Weapons Against Japan. It Was Not To End the War Or Save Lives. globalresearch.ca Like all Americans, I was taught that the U.S. dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in order to end WWII and save both American and Japanese lives. But most of the top American military officials at the time said otherwise.

ecns.cn (2023-08-01). Multi-band observation of FAST reveals mechanisms of fast radio bursts eruptions: CAS. ecns.cn The newest joint research project run by the Chinese and international scientists conducted via China's 500-meter FAST reveals the possible existence of different physical mechanisms between fast radio bursts eruptions and radio pulsar radiation.

Shane Quinn (2023-08-01). 750 U.S. Military Bases Globally, $7.2 Trillion US Nuclear Weapons Expenditure Since Hiroshima, Nagasaki. globalresearch.ca

Sharon Zhang (2023-08-01). Biden Officials Launch Office for Studying and Preventing Long COVID. truthout.org The Biden administration is launching an initiative to study long COVID and, for the first time, carry out clinical trials to study potential treatments for the illness. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the formation of the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice on Monday. The office will study the illness that leaves some with chronic exhaustion, pain, brain fog… |

jamanetwork (2023-08-01). Treating Bipolar Disorder Is Notoriously Difficult, but Research Underway Could Lead to New Options. jamanetwork.com This Medical News article discusses the difficulties of studying, diagnosing, and treating bipolar disorder and new research initiatives to improve diagnostic tests and treatments.

jamanetwork (2023-08-01). Treating Coronary Artery Disease With Treat-to-Target or High-Intensity Statin. jamanetwork.com To the Editor A recent article investigated whether a treat-to-target strategy was noninferior to a strategy of high-intensity statin use for 3-year clinical outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease. We have some concerns about this study's research design.

jamanetwork (2023-08-01). Fully Effective Folic Acid Fortification. jamanetwork.com Neural tube defects occur within the first 4 weeks of conception when the neural tube in the embryo does not close properly, resulting in the fetus developing spina bifida, anencephaly, or encephalocele, depending on where the lesion occurs and how large it is. In 1991 a randomized clinical trial funded by the UK Medical Research Council showed that about 80% of neural tube defects could be prevented by taking a 4-mg folic acid supplement every day, starting before pregnancy. It has been confirmed that starting after a pregnancy is too late—the preventive opportunity will have passed. Other trials and studi…

jamanetwork (2023-08-01). Diversifying the Genetic Landscape of Heart Disease. jamanetwork.com Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), unexplained enlargement of the left ventricle and reduced ejection fraction, has an estimated prevalence of 1 in 400 to 1 in 250 individuals in the general population, is an important cause of clinical heart failure, and remains the most common reason for heart transplant in the United States. Research in families and in populations has demonstrated that DCM shows substantial heritability, with up to 40% of cases attributed in part to specific DCM gene variants. Assessment of family history in the clinical evaluation of DCM and consideration of genetic testing are regarded as standar…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-01). Science Saturday: Preclinical research identifies brain circuit connected to addictive behaviors. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Confocal microscopy image of a tissue sample showing brain cells in the external globus pallidus (red) that are important for suppressing addictive-like behaviors. Courtesy of Matthew Baker, Ph.D. As a graduate student conducting basic science research, Matthew Baker, Ph.D., focused over the last few years on one mysterious process of the brain — specifically, what takes place in cases of addiction. His mentor, molecular pharmacologist Doo-Sup Choi, Ph.D., leads a research team that aims to understand…

Andrew Korybko (2023-07-31). The West Wants Nigeria to Invade Its Northern Neighbor. globalresearch.ca

Ben Bartee (2023-07-31). Carl Sagan Warned Us about Fauci and "Authoritarian Science" globalresearch.ca

Dr. Gary G. Kohls (2023-07-31). The 77th Anniversary of the Bombing of Nagasaki. Unwelcome Truths for Church and State. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2023-07-31). Biden Regime Allows Big Pharma to Loot Medicare? globalresearch.ca

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2023-07-31). The Ever Widening War. Paul Craig Roberts. globalresearch.ca

Dr. William Makis (2023-07-31). Young Teachers (COVID-19 Vaccinated) Who Died Suddenly During Jan-Feb 2023. globalresearch.ca

Drago Bosnic (2023-07-31). Seven Reasons Why Russia Dominates in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2023-07-31). Selected Articles: Wildfires in Syria Used as a Weapon of War. globalresearch.ca By Wildfires broke out on July 25 in Latakia province in northwest Syria and are still burning amid new fires being started. The fires spread …

Hans Stehling (2023-07-31). The Assertion by Israel to Have the Only Valid Claim to Palestinian Land Is "Dangerous Nonsense"! globalresearch.ca

imperial.ac.uk (2023-07-31). New centre to develop sustainable materials for a green future. imperial.ac.uk New $150 million research centre at Imperial College London will develop sustainable routes to materials for a green future.

John J. Mearsheimer (2023-07-31). The Darkness Ahead: Where the Ukraine War Is Headed. globalresearch.ca

Larry Johnson (2023-07-31). Putin Issues Stark Warning to Poland and NATO. globalresearch.ca

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2023-07-31). UK Training Ukrainian Soldiers to Invade Crimea. globalresearch.ca

Manlio Dinucci (2023-07-31). "Russia Starves the World." Italy's Meloni "Confirms It". The Causes of Hunger are Manipulation of Food Prices and Corporate "Land Grabbing" globalresearch.ca

Mark Keenan (2023-07-31). Bankers Rule The Economic World via Debt. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-31). The NeoCons' Proxy War "Against Ukraine": Nuclear War is On the Table. The Privatization of Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Prof. Maurice Okoli (2023-07-31). "Multipolarity and Equality", Russia-Africa Collaboration and the St Petersburg Summit: Time to Act on Multidimensional Economic Initiatives. globalresearch.ca

Reverend Fred Morris (2023-07-31). Bishop Alvarez and the U.S. April 2018 Insurrection against Nicaragua: An Open Letter to President Lula of Brazil. globalresearch.ca

Steven Sahiounie (2023-07-31). Wildfires in Syria Used as a Weapon of War. globalresearch.ca

Doug Bradley (2023-08-01). Sailing the Seas of Conscience. progressive.org The resilient voyage of the Golden Rule.

Mansa Musa (2023-07-31). Former Guantanamo detainees were deported to Kazakhstan, UAE. therealnews.com The revelations of widespread torture of detainees at the illegal US naval base in Guantanamo, Cuba, rattled the American conscience during the Bush Jr. administration. Two decades later, detainments at Guantanamo continue, but the public has largely moved on. Yet for many former detainees of Guantanamo, release from their former prison has just opened a new chapter of horrors. A recent report from Elise Swain of

Prabir Purkayastha (2023-07-31). Oppenheimer paradox: power of science, weakness of scientists. peoplesdispatch.org The new blockbuster film on Robert Oppenheimer has brought back memories of the first nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima. It raises complex questions on the nature of the society that allowed such bombs to be developed and used and which stockpiles a nuclear arsenal that can destroy the world many times over. Did the infamous McCarthy-era hunt for Reds everywhere have any relationship with the pathology of a society that suppressed its guilt over the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and substituted it with a belief in its exceptionalism? And what explains Oppenheimer's transformation from "hero" of the Manhattan…

WSWS (2023-08-01). Youth in Germany and former Soviet Union oppose political censorship of IYSSE at Sydney's Macquarie University. wsws.org "If one considers the programmatic principles of the IYSSE against the backdrop of Australia's spearheading role in the US-led war preparations against China, one can only determine that your refusal to reaffiliate a long-standing and popular anti-war student organization is politically motivated."

ecns.cn (2023-08-01). Biden's loan waiver plan faces hurdles. ecns.cn After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan in June, the administration has come up with a workaround. However, the new plan could also face legal opposition.

Jake Johnson (2023-08-01). Massachusetts to Become 8th State to Make Universal Free School Meals Permanent. truthout.org The Massachusetts Legislature on Monday approved a budget proposal that requires the state's public schools to provide all K-12 students with free meals, making permanent a highly successful pandemic-era program. Maura Healey, the state's Democratic governor, is expected to sign the budget into law, which would make Massachusetts the eighth U.S. state to make universal free school meals permanent… |

imperial.ac.uk (2023-07-31). Rewarding excellence in societal engagement. imperial.ac.uk From Urban Wildlife to Invisible Warriors: Staff and students recognised at the President's Awards for Excellence in Societal Engagement 2023…

noreply (2023-07-31). About "NATO Trained" VSU Units. smoothiex12.blogspot.com Yes, about that–NATO Trained. By now not only this qualifier sounds funny but it becomes down right buffoonish since the inevitable question arises–and what CAN NATO possibly "train" in a few weeks those VSU "elite" units when the WHOLE process of combat training and field manuals of NATO is utterly incompatible with the modern warfare of scale. "Training" just the use of battlefield weapons and some basic unit maneuvering with comms, which are being suppressed brutally by Russian Army at the front-line, using finicky and grossly over-hyped NATO weapons? That's not real "combat training". Fact is, teaching pers…

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