(2022-07-12). How Biden's "forever war" in Ukraine was prepared: Billions of dollars for weapons and military training since 2014. wsws.org The 2014 coup marked the beginning of the systematic, multi-billion dollar transformation of Ukraine's military into what is essentially a proxy army of the NATO alliance, in order to prepare for all-out war with Russia.
(2022-07-12). María Corina Machado Now Wants to Compete in Elections. orinocotribune.com The head of the Come Venezuela (Vente Venezuela in Spanish) political movement, María Corina Machado, apparently changed her mind again, and now wants to compete for the upcoming 2024 presidential elections, according to an announcement she made in a video posted on her Twitter account. | "We are willing to measure ourselves," said the far-right politician, "because Venezuela needs a political leadership, and a leadership that does not give in and does not give up, and that keeps its word and its commitment." | She said that this announcement resulted from the seventh federal meeting of her political organization…
(2022-07-12). Biden's Israel visit draws widespread criticism. peoplesdispatch.org Biden will be making his first visit to Israel as president between July 13 and July 15, and will also visit the occupied West Bank to meet Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas…
(2022-07-12). Australian doctors and health workers speak out in defence of physician and Zero-COVID advocate Dr. David Berger. wsws.org "Dr. Berger's defence has my full support. The silencing of Dr. David Berger is an anti-democratic act by AHPRA."
(2022-07-12). Presidente de México viaja a EE.UU. para reunirse con Biden. telesurtv.net Tema migratorio ocupa lugar central en la reunión. Abordarán las acciones para enfrentar la coyuntura inflacionaria y la seguridad.
(2022-07-12). 2022 California Admission Day – Reclaiming the Past California Pioneers of African Descent. indybay.org Reclaiming the Past: California Pioneers of African Descent along the American River Parkway (1840-1875) remains a very contentious "need for popular culture" to discredit, destroy and disparage the salient contributions by people of African Descent throughout one of America's most endangered historical preservation sites, the Gold Mining District of Negro Hill, Mormon Island and Negro Bar, Gold Rush California (1840-1875.)…
(2022-07-12). Effect of Pharmacogenomic Testing for Drug-Gene Interactions on Medication Selection and Remission of MDD Symptoms. jamanetwork.com This randomized clinical trial compares the efficacy of treatment guided by pharmacogenomic testing vs usual care to determine whether pharmacogenomic testing affects antidepressant medication selection and whether such testing leads to better clinical outcomes among patients with major depressive disorder (MDD).
(2022-07-12). Final IYSSE election campaign event: How the return of German militarism was prepared at Humboldt University in Berlin. wsws.org Before today's election, about students and workers at the second and final online election campaign event of the IYSSE discussed how the return of German militarism has been ideologically prepared at Berlin's Humboldt University.
(2022-07-12). Wisconsin Supreme Court declares absentee ballot drop boxes illegal, questions validity of 2020 election. wsws.org The Wisconsin ruling is the latest in a long line of attacks on voting rights by Republican legislatures and courts following the defeat of former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election.
(2022-07-12). Captan la imagen más nítida y profunda del universo antiguo hasta ahora conseguida. cubadebate.cu Durante un evento celebrado este lunes en la Casa Blanca, el presidente de EE.UU., Joe Biden, dio a conocer una de las primeras imágenes captadas por el telescopio espacial James Webb del universo profundo, en la que se observan galaxias extremadamente distantes, ofreciendo la vista más detallada hasta la fecha del universo temprano, informó la NASA.
(2022-07-12). Ryanair on strike in Spain as airline strikes spread across Europe. wsws.org European airline workers are continuing strikes, defying state threats to ban strikes using reactionary "minimum service" laws against which unions are organizing no opposition.
(2022-07-12). Aprobación de Joe Biden cae al 29 por ciento en EE.UU. telesurtv.net El estudio revela que demócratas y afroamericanos son los mayores simpatizantes del mandatario.
(2022-07-12). Trends in Adverse Event Rates in Hospitalized Patients, 2010-2019. jamanetwork.com This serial cross-sectional study used data from the Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System for 2010 to 2019 to determine the change in the rate of adverse events in hospitalized patients.
(2022-07-12). Police crackdown continues in Akron, Ohio, as Democratic mayor keeps curfew in place. wsws.org Defying police violence and fascist threats, thousands marched in support of Jayland Walker over the weekend.
(2022-07-12). "Don't Run Joe" Campaign Will Oppose Renomination of Biden. indybay.org Opposition to Biden running in 2024 builds among Democrats…
(2022-07-12). January 6 committee hearings resume with focus on ties between fascist groups and Trump camp. wsws.org Tuesday's hearing will present evidence of direct connections between the Trump White House and groups like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.
(2022-07-12). July 2022 – Existing California Juneteenth "Optional" Holiday Observance. indybay.org Restoring the Past: California Pioneers of African Descent both free and enslaved throughout California deserve an official paid holiday through and amended AB 1655 in alignment with our Juneteenth Federal Holiday established June 2021, nearly 20 years after AB 1749 became law.
(2022-07-12). Juneteenth is an official paid holiday in California's largest City. indybay.org With the concurrence of the Los Angeles City Council by resolution, Juneteenth shall be treated as a legal holiday for City employees, and I hereby request that the City Administrative Officer take immediate steps to implement Juneteenth as a permanent legal holiday for City employees, to be observed annually on June 19th.
(2022-07-12). Pharmacogenomic Testing for Next-Step Antidepressant Selection. jamanetwork.com Among patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), less than 40% achieve clinical remission after an initial treatment with an antidepressant. For those who do not improve after 2 or more antidepressant treatment trials (ie, treatment-resistant depression), the rates of remission are less than 20%. Because each of these failed treatments translates to several months of prolonged illness, a series of multiple ineffective treatments contributes to the substantial disability and morbidity associated with MDD, as well as to an increase in the suicide risk. There is a critical need for validated biomarkers to predic…
(2022-07-12). Veterans who are elected officials urge passage of clean energy provisions in Senate bill. indybay.org For energy independence EV incentives are imperative, Biden administration action on light and heavy-duty vehicles and US Senate action on climate say veterans who are elected officials | More investment than the president's DPA authorization is needed in order to set the United States on a path to a -52 percent reduction in carbon pollution by 2030—the goal scientists say is necessary to prevent the worst impacts of climate change. The good news is that there is legislation before the Senate that would meet that goal. The bill, formally the Build Back Better Act, was passed by the House last November and…
(2022-07-12). US rail union president denounces claims he is pressing for strike action, significant wage increases. wsws.org The unions support the anti-worker Railway Labor Act and are calling on Biden to appoint an emergency board, effectively demanding that the White House illegalize strike action.
(2022-07-11). China's Red Lines on Taiwan Are Clear Regardless of the US' Policy of Strategic Ambiguity. popularresistance.org Will the United States come to defend Taiwan militarily in a war across the Taiwan Strait? This million-dollar question so far has two answers from the same administration — yes, according to US President Joe Biden when he was asked in Tokyo in late May; not necessarily, according to White House aides who quickly walked back his comment and said America's "one China" policy had not changed. | This question becomes all the more interesting if one compares Biden's attitudes towards Moscow and Beijing. Ever since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Biden has consistently said US troops would not directly enga…
(2022-07-11). China's Red Lines On Taiwan Are Clear Regardless Of The US' Policy. popularresistance.org Will the United States come to defend Taiwan militarily in a war across the Taiwan Strait? This million-dollar question so far has two answers from the same administration — yes, according to US President Joe Biden when he was asked in Tokyo in late May; not necessarily, according to White House aides who quickly walked back his comment and said America's "one China" policy had not changed. | This question becomes all the more interesting if one compares Biden's attitudes towards Moscow and Beijing. Ever since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Biden has consistently said US troops would not directly enga…
(2022-07-11). Handling International Crises: From JFK to Biden. transcend.org There are significant parallels between the international crises in Cuba in 1962 and Ukraine today. Both involved: intense confrontations between the USA and the Soviet Union or Russia, and third party countries on the doorstep of a major power. The Cuban Missile Crisis threatened to lead to WW3, just as the Ukraine crisis does today.
(2022-07-11). Report: US Weighs Resuming 'Offensive' Weapons Sales to Saudi Arabia. news.antiwar.com Reuters reported on Monday that the Biden administration is Sources told Reuters that the decision hinges on whether Riyadh makes progress toward ending its war in Yemen, where a ceasefire has been holding relatively well. The report said that the Biden administration wants the ceasefire to stick. | In February 2021, Biden said he…
(2022-07-11). Iran: US Air Defense Plans Are a Regional Threat. news.antiwar.com President Biden's visit to the Middle East is Iran isn't happy with this,
(2022-07-11). Israel Says Giving Up Harming Iran's Enrichment Program. news.antiwar.com In statements that seem designed to update the anti-Iran narrative ahead of President Biden's visit, Israeli officials are saying they The narrative is meant to suggest Israel isn't going to keep assassinating people tangentially involved in enrichment, at least formally, and is meant to back claims that Iran already has enough uranium for a weapon, an almost certainly false allegation. | The report suggests tha…
(2022-07-11). Examining the US-Israel patron-client relationship ahead of Biden's Middle East visit. peoplesdispatch.org The US has been Israel's biggest financial sponsor for decades, enabling human rights violations. Biden's upcoming trip to the region is expected to further affirm this relationship.
(2022-07-11). Alina Duarte on AMLO's efforts to defy US imperialism. peoplesdispatch.org Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has been charting a fresh, bold course in Mexican foreign policy and taken important stances to challenge US efforts in the region of Latin America and the Caribbean and globally. AMLO is set to meet US President Joe Biden on July 12 in Washington DC to discuss key issues such as migration, inflation, the US role in the region, the embargo against Cuba and more. | Peoples Dispatch spoke to Mexican journalist and researcher Alina Duarte to learn more about what is behind AMLO's tough stance against the US and what to expect from his upcoming meeting with Biden.
(2022-07-11). US China Policy: A Perilous Arms Race Instead of Waging Critical Cooperation. scheerpost.com 
By Ralph Nader Did the Biden officials know what they were doing when they announced a broad expansion of export controls on China? China is the world's second-largest economy, which is intricately intertwined with the economy of the U.S. and other nations. This is mainly due to U.S. multinational companies exporting huge slices of our manufacturing economy …
(2022-07-11). Challenging The AFL-CIO's Labor Imperialism. popularresistance.org A little known fact, even to those who work there, is that the AFL-CIO organizes in support of US imperialist policies that drive a global race to the bottom in wages and working conditions, negatively impacting US workers too. The AFL-CIO's Solidarity Center is one of the four core components of the National Endowment for Democracy. Clearing the FOG speaks with Kim Scipes, a co-founder of the new Labor Education Project on the AFL-CIO's International Operations (LEPAIO). Scipes describes the long history of labor imperialism and how unions are challenging it. Adrienne Pine provides a brief report on workers prot…
(2022-07-11). Authoritarian Viktor Orbán to Speak at US Conservatives' Annual Summit. commondreams.org "Seems bad that the U.S. conservative movement has so wholeheartedly embraced a foreign autocrat who successfully dismantled democracy in his home nation," said one observer.
(2022-07-11). University students in Berlin condemn historical falsification and right-wing violence. wsws.org The election campaign of the International Youth and Students for Social Equality for the student parliament (StuPa) of Humboldt University (HU) in Berlin is finding great resonance among students.
(2022-07-11). Japan ruling party secures strong win after Abe assassination. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 11 (MNA) — Japan's ruling party and partners won enough votes to form a supermajority in an upper house election held just days after the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, local media said Monday.
(2022-07-11). Assassination spotlights Japan's global role. workers.org 
Shinzo Abe, the right-wing former Japanese prime minister, was assassinated July 8 during an election campaign rally in the city of Nara, a former imperial capital. Reports from Nara show a man shooting Abe from behind at close range with a homemade weapon, firing two shots. Abe speaking with the . . . |
(2022-07-11). Texas governor sends National Guard, state police to deport immigrants at the border. wsws.org The move comes days after former Trump officials called on Governor Abbott to declare an "invasion" across the southern border.
(2022-07-11). Biden meets the Butcher of Riyadh. wsws.org Biden's meeting with Mohammed bin Salman, the murderer of journalist Jamaal Khashoggi, is yet another demonstration that US claims to defend human rights are a transparent fraud.
(2022-07-11). On Cusp of Biden visit to Saudi Arabia, GAO questions US Accounting for Civilian Harm caused in Yemen by its Weapons. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) President Biden is on the cusp of going off to Saudi Arabia as one part of his upcoming Middle East trip. One of the failures of Mr. Biden has been completely disengaging the US from the Saudi-led war on Yemen, which he had pledged to do. Although there has been …
(2022-07-11). Highland Park MAGA murders spur Illinois gun action, spotlight Republican intransigence. peoplesworld.org 
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill.—As this community buries its dead from the nation's latest horrific mass shooting, a rising chorus of residents and lawmakers is calling for a ban on the purchase of assault weapons. The killer, a known MAGA terrorist, sprayed bullets from a high-powered military-style assault weapon into a festive July 4 Independence Day Parade. …
(2022-07-11). Declare a National Emergency to deal with the abortion rights catastrophe! peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—In the wake of protests from coast to coast, and peaceful civil disobedience—including arrests in front of the White House—pro-abortion activists say Democratic President Joe Biden can and should do a lot more to protect their rights and even their literal safety against anti-abortionists. That demand occurs even as they praise Biden's executive order that …
(2022-07-11). Resisting Supreme Court, New York State safeguards gun safety and abortion rights. peoplesworld.org 
NEW YORK—Supreme Court rulings seem to mimic one Republican's slogan "Jesus, Guns, and Babies." The New York State Democratic supermajority has struck back. The state's first female governor, Kathy Hochul, convened a special session of the state legislature at the end of June in response to the Court's rulings of the prior week. She originally …
(2022-07-11). Returning to Reno: In the Shadow of Roe's Undoing. juancole.com 
( Tomdispatch.com ) Recently, I told my friend Mimi that, only weeks from now, I was returning to Reno to help UNITE-HERE, the hospitality industry union, in the potentially nightmarish 2022 election. "Even though," I added, "I hate electoral politics." She just laughed. "What's so funny?" I asked. "You've been saying that as long …
(2022-07-11). Outrage as Biden Reportedly Considers Lifting Ban on 'Offensive' Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia. commondreams.org "Saudi Arabia and the UAE are fabulously wealthy oil states and do not need any aid," noted one progressive. "U.S. weapons transfers are intended to throw our money to American arms corporations."
(2022-07-11). Supreme Court agrees to hear "independent legislature" case as Republicans prepare their next coup. wsws.org The "independent legislature theory," which was invoked in the theft of the 2000 election and in Trump's attempted coup in 2020, would give Republican-controlled state legislatures the unchecked power to rig and overturn upcoming elections.
(2022-07-11). Biden administration's continuation of Trump border wall will destroy Friendship Park, a historical site. wsws.org Ever since its creation, Friendship Park has been used as a location for workers and families on opposite sides of the border to see each other and spend time together. Its very creation, however, was bound up with the increased crackdown on migrants and the building of a militarized border.
(2022-07-11). Organized Labor and the Crisis of Democracy. commondreams.org There is one glimmer of hope for democracy, and it comes from a source that might initially, to many people, seem rather unrelated: a renascent labor movement.
(2022-07-11). Oath Keepers brought grenades, rifles, "suitcases full of ammunition" to Washington D.C. on eve of January 6. wsws.org The new evidence comes as the January 6 House Select Committee prepares to hold its seventh hearing, centered on the nexus between fascist militia groups and the Trump White House.
(2022-07-11). Japan's ruling bloc gains sweeping victory in upper house election. ecns.cn Japan's ruling bloc of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito scored a sweeping victory in Sunday's House of Councilors election, with the LDP alone securing a majority of contested seats, according to the election results published on Monday morning.
(2022-07-11). The Intersection of Science and Faith: Finding Unity With the Poor People's Campaign. commondreams.org Working with the broadest range of allies, we must address the existential threats bearing down on us simultaneously, including our changing climate, threats to our democracy, and the threat posed by nuclear weapons.
(2022-07-10). Cuba: One Year After 7/11. popularresistance.org On July 11, it will be one year since the riots in Cuba that made headlines around the world. Anger flared then with the explosive mix of pandemic effects, Donald Trump's suffocating sanctions that Joe Biden kept intact in the midst of a global health emergency, the accumulated social problems, the economic crisis, the inclement temperatures in the island summer. The systemic and prolonged attack on the daily life of Cubans paid off and the 48 hours in which acts of vandalism were carried out in several cities of the country generated rivers of ink and the prognosis that the revolution would collapse, sooner rath…