(2022-09-24). China's largest freshwater lake records lowest water level. ecns.cn The water level at Poyang Lake, China's largest freshwater lake in the eastern province of Jiangxi, dropped to its lowest on Friday morning since record-keeping began in 1951, said local authorities."ÄÄ…
(2022-09-24). [Articles] Socioeconomic inequalities in cancer incidence and access to health services among children and adolescents in China: a cross-sectional study. thelancet.com Our study showed that the burden of cancer in children and adolescents in China is much higher than previously nationally reported from 2000 to 2015. The distribution of the accessibility of health services, as a social determinant of health, might have a notable role in the socioeconomic inequalities in cancer incidence among Chinese children and adolescents. With regards to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, policy approaches should prioritise increasing the accessibility of health services for early diagnosis to improve outcomes and subsequently reduce disease burdens, as well as narrowing the socioe…
(2022-09-24). US terminates Afghanistan designation as major non-NATO ally. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) — US President Joe Biden has terminated the designation of Afghanistan as a major non-NATO ally, more than a year after the Taliban took power in Kabul.
(2022-09-24). Railroad contracts: Biden, Walsh thwart use of strike weapon. workers.org 
As the deadline for a national railroad strike loomed, President Joe Biden and U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh hammered out a tentative agreement between the rail freight bosses and those railroad unions which had not already agreed to a contract. For now, this maneuvering has averted a strike that . . . |
(2022-09-24). Online events w) Nikole Hannah-Jones, Silvia Federici, Chris Smalls, Timothy Snyder, etc. indybay.org Here are about 8 online events taking place over the next week (and starting at 11 am today, 9/21), featuring people such as Nikole Hannah-Jones, Silvia Federici, Gregg Castro, Lazzuly Mello, Chris Smalls, Michelle Eisen, Heather McGhee, Nancy Fraser, Timothy Snyder and many others. | These events are hosted from various locations all across the country, as well from Canada and the UK (however, the listed times are all for our "Pacific time zone"). Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might be interested in it.
(2022-09-24). Western "Democrats" Try to Chain Turkey Up. journal-neo.org 
Recent events around the world increasingly confirm the belief that the so-called "American-style democracy" is a bubble, using which Washington, together with its Western allies, is actively trying to move all nations back to a slave system where only it would reign. From this, in fact, stem the armed conflicts unleashed by the West in …
(2022-09-24). Everything Ready for Venezuela-Colombian Border Reopening. orinocotribune.com Since President Gustavo Petro won the election in Colombia, the possibility opened for Colombia and Venezuela to resume binational relations, suspended since the presidential term of Iván Duque. | Among the main issues on Petro's agenda to restore diplomatic relations was the return of the Monómeros petrochemical company to Venezuela. The fertilizer production company was hijacked by the Guaidó clan under Duque's protection. Another of Petro's promises was the reopening of the border, which during Duque's time had become the gateway for imperialist attacks against Venezuela. | These points were sensitive for both…
(2022-09-24). According to Joe Biden: "The Pandemic is Over", 57,676 New Cases in the U.S. in the Last 24 Hours. globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-24). Cradle of Civilization: Yangshao Village Site. ecns.cn
(2022-09-24). Railroaders furious upon reading Biden-brokered, tentative agreement used to sabotage strike. wsws.org Railroaders told the WSWS that the SMART-TD agreement is worse than the Presidential Emergency Board recommendations, which were widely rejected by the rank-and-file.
(2022-09-24). Pennsylvania DOC reclassifies Latinx incarcerated workers as 'white'. workers.org 
By Bryant Arroyo and Betsey Piette In late August, environmental justice advocate and Puerto Rican political prisoner Bryant Arroyo was notified that the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) and the Pennsylvania Justice Network, arbitrarily and without prior notice, changed his Hispanic/Latino race classification to "white." The misnamed "Justice" Network is . . . |
(2022-09-24). Presidenta hondureña declara la emergencia nacional por lluvias. telesurtv.net La presidenta Castro ordenó a sus ministros desplazarse a las zonas afectadas por las inundaciones que han dejado más de 17.000 damnificados.
(2022-09-24). Llega a Cuba en visita oficial el primer ministro del Reino de Cambodia. cubadebate.cu Ambos países han desarrollado el diálogo bilateral al más alto nivel y entre los hechos más significativos destaca el encuentro en 1999 entre el primer ministro Samdech Techo Hun ≠ Sen y el líder histórico de la Revolución cubana, Fidel Castro.
(2022-09-23). Fair and Transparent Elections in DPR, LPR, Kherson, Zaporozhye Regions/ Commentary by Fiorella Isabel. marktaliano.net Reality Theories, Eva K Bartlett, [2022-09-23 6: 39 AM] [Forwarded from Fiorella Isabel News & International Politics (Fiorella)] [ Video ] I specialize in elections. From what I'm seeing in this referendum, with IDs, paper ballots, & a clear chain of custody, the DPR, LPR, Kherson, Zaporozhye regions have far more fair & transparent elections than …
(2022-09-23). To Be or Not to Be: One With Russia. libya360.wordpress.com Deborah L. Armstrong "REFERENDUM" sign taped to car windshield. Photo: Eva K. Bartlett The right to hold free elections is one of the fundamentals of a democratic society, but it's a freedom which has been outlawed in Nazi-controlled Ukraine where eleven opposition parties have been banned. In August, the Kiev regime warned that anyone who promotes or…
(2022-09-23). White House Sent Multiple Threats to the Kremlin Via Backchannels. news.antiwar.com The Joe Biden administration has sent several warnings to Russia via backchannels regarding the possible use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine, the Washington Post reports. The White House's messages to Russia have been intentionally nondescript to foster uncertainty in Moscow about what the US would do if Russia deployed its ultimate weapon. The White House …
(2022-09-23). Brainwashed For War With Russia. popularresistance.org Thanks to Establishment media, the sorcerer apprentices advising President Joe Biden — I refer to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, national security adviser Jacob Sullivan, and China specialist Kurt Campbell — will have no trouble rallying Americans for the widest war in 77 years, starting in Ukraine, and maybe spreading to China. And, shockingly, under false pretenses. | Most Americans are oblivious to the reality that Western media are owned and operated by the same corporations that make massive profits by helping to stoke small wars and then peddling the necessary weapons. Corporate leaders, and…
(2022-09-23). Cuba Elected to Chair the Group of 77 Plus China in 2023. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Cuba was elected to chair the Group of 77 plus China (G-77+China) for 2023 by consensus of foreign ministers meeting on the sidelines of the 77th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. | RELATED: | "Supporting Cuba's election constitutes, more than a recognition of our country, an enormous responsibility," Bruno Rodriguez said through his official Twitter account. | The Foreign Minister also said that "the…
(2022-09-23). HK deepens marine knowledge with nation's support. ecns.cn The 5,000-metric-ton scientific research vessel Haiyang Dizhi 6 leaves Dongguan, Guangdong province, for a voyage to the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea.Cheng, a research assistant professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, or HKUST, was one of four Hong Kong scientists on the expedition, which was led by colleagues from the Chinese mainland.
(2022-09-23). Statement About Progressive Values and Palestinian Rights. peaceaction.org Today Peace Action's executive Director Jon Rainwater made the following statement about attacks on Rep. Rashida Tlaib, who at a recent webinar stated that progressives should "not accept this idea that you are progressive, except for Palestine any longer" and that "you cannot claim to hold progressive values, yet back Israel's apartheid government." "Progressive values …
(2022-09-23). White House Says Migrants 'Fleeing Communism'—Plus, Toxic Lead In Chicago Water. thedissenter.org 
Hosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola had a limited amount of time for this week's episode. Rania was in New York to cover the UN General Assembly meeting, where a number of Latin American leaders condemned US imperialism. | Rania and Kevin talk a bit about some of the speeches and also respond to Biden Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre saying the migrants being flown by Republican governors to blue cities are "fleeing communism" in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
(2022-09-23). Amidst The Biden Administration's Forever-Wars Policy, BAP Launches Month Of Action Against AFRICOM. popularresistance.org October 1, 2022 is the 14th anniversary of the launch of the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM). Yet, jihadist terrorist violence on the African continent has increased since the founding of AFRICOM and NATO's destruction of Libya resulting in civilian casualties and instability, which the West has used as pretext and justification for the continued need for AFRICOM. Since its founding, coups carried out by AFRICOM-trained soldiers have also increased. | That is why the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) is organizing an International Month of Action Against AFRICOM in October. This is an effort to raise the public's awar…
(2022-09-23). Scott Ritter: Reaping the Whirlwind. scheerpost.com 
U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Madrid summit on June 29. (NATO) | By Scott Ritter / War is never a solution; there are always alternatives that could have — and should have —been pursued by those entrusted with the fate of global society before the order was given to send the youth of a nation to go off to fight and die. Any national leader worth his or her salt should seek to exhaust every other possibility to resolve issues confronting their…
(2022-09-23). Fact Check: TikTok Mastermind Khaby Lame Makes $7 K Per Post With 149M Followers. moguldom.com Khaby Lame ascended to the TikTok throne in June when he unseated another popular influencer to become the platform's most followed personality. Famous for using silence, gestures and signature facial expressions, Lame is cashing in on his top-tier social media status. The 22-year-old has nearly 1 million followers on TikTok and 2.4 billion likes on his …
(2022-09-23). The Commune Is The Supreme Expression Of Participatory Democracy. popularresistance.org There is a confrontation of models, a clash of two paradigms not only in Venezuela and in Latin America, but also worldwide. One of the questions in the debate is: who is the historical subject? For us, that is the question of who is it that activates, who lights up the field, who pushes changes forward. And when we reflect on this issue, which means thinking about our own practice, we guide our interpretation by the proposal that developed with Comandante Chavez. | Chavez developed a hypothesis after a process of maturing, after a rigorous analysis of the Venezuelan and continental realities, and after a reflect…
(2022-09-23). GOP uses hopes and dreams of immigrants to score political points. peoplesworld.org 
Republican leaders— in their race towards the bottom— are using human beings to score political points with their far-right voting base. Using false promises of shelter and work, the GOP governors of Texas, Florida, and Arizona have been kidnapping and trafficking immigrants exercising their legal right tp appeal for asylum, mainly from Mexico and Latin …
(2022-09-23). The Commune is the Supreme Expression of Participatory Democracy: A Conversation with Anacaona Marin of El Panal Commune. popularresistance.org There is a confrontation of models, a clash of two paradigms not only in Venezuela and in Latin America, but also worldwide. One of the questions in the debate is: who is the historical subject? For us, that is the question of who is it that activates, who lights up the field, who pushes changes forward. And when we reflect on this issue, which means thinking about our own practice, we guide our interpretation by the proposal that developed with Comandante Chavez. | Chavez developed a hypothesis after a process of maturing, after a rigorous analysis of the Venezuelan and continental realities, and after a reflect…
(2022-09-23). Without Culture, Freedom Is Impossible. popularresistance.org In 2002, Cuba's President Fidel Castro Ruz visited the country's National Ballet School to inaugurate the 18th Havana International Ballet Festival. Founded in 1948 by the prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso (1920—2019), the school struggled financially until the Cuban Revolution decided that ballet — like other art forms — must be available to everyone and so must be socially financed. At the school in 2002, Castro remembered that the first festival, held in 1960, 'asserted Cuba's cultural vocation, identity, and nationality, even under the most adverse circumstances, when major dangers and…
(2022-09-23). Learn About Where Secretary Of State Candidates Land On Voting Issues. aclu.org 
Voting is the cornerstone of our democracy, and the fundamental right upon which all other civil liberties rest. The Minnesota Secretary of State is a crucial part of making sure this system runs fairly and accurately so every vote counts. The SOS oversees statewide elections and operates the statewide voter registration system. | The ACLU of Minnesota does not support or oppose candidates, but urges you to cast an informed vote. | | Left: Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon. Right: Candidate for Minnesota Secretary of State Kim Crockett. | Issues | Steve Simon | Kim Crockett | Do you believe the…
(2022-09-23). MSNBC Host Tiffany Cross: If Black Voters Don't Keep Voting Democrat No Matter What, They Align With Oppressors. moguldom.com There has been a growing debate about whether Black voters should continue to support the Democratic Party as they have done for decades. MSNBC host Tiffany Cross has weighed in. Cable news veteran Cross is the host of "The Cross Connection" on MSNBC and was most recently a 2020 Resident Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy …
(2022-09-23). Datafolha: 69% Of Brazilians See Corruption in Bolsonaro's Gov. telesurenglish.net This survey puts at 69 percent of those who believe there is corruption in Bolsonaro's administration, 23 percent believing there is no corruption, while 8 percent did not know how to answer. | RELATED: | The survey published on Thursday shows that former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has 47 percent of voting intentions for the upcoming elections to be held on October 2. | Behind is Bolsonaro with 33 percent support,…
(2022-09-23). Lula Reaches 49 Percent 9 Days Before the Brazilian Elections. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Brazil's Institute for Social, Political and Economic Research (IPESPE) published the results of its most recent voting intention poll, which was conducted from Sept. 19 to Sept. 21 with a sample of 2,000 field interviews nationwide. | RELATED: | It shows that the Workers' Party candidate Lula da Silva has already reached 49 percent of citizen preferences and could easily exceed the percent of valid votes neede…
(2022-09-23). Walk for Justice: Free Leonard Peltier. workers.org 
The American Indian Movement (AIM) Grand Governing Council held a rally Aug. 31 in Cedar Field Park, Minneapolis, to launch a 15-week march to demand President Joe Biden release Indigenous political prisoner, Native elder Leonard Peltier. The "Leonard Peltier's Walk to Justice" left Minneapolis for the 2 Ω-month march, which . . . |
(2022-09-23). Andres Auraz: Biden's Peace for Afghanistan Is a Humanitarian Disaster. scheerpost.com Andres Arauz. [CEPR] | : Calling it the "world's worst humanitarian crisis," former Ecuadorian Central Bank director Andres Arauz details a Biden Administration ec…
(2022-09-23). DHS Officials Urge Biden to End 'Disastrous Leadership' of Embattled IG. commondreams.org In an anonymous letter, the Homeland Security staffers say Inspector General Joseph Cuffari's actions "embarrass the entire agency."
(2022-09-23). Bolsonaro, military intensify antidemocratic conspiracies on eve of Brazil's elections. wsws.org Soldiers will be sent to hundreds of polling places around the country to personally check the "fairness" of the democratic process.
(2022-09-23). Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court justice, agrees to testify before the House Select Committee. wsws.org "Ginni" Thomas, a life-long Republican activist and wife of Clarence Thomas, had previously refused to speak to the committee.
(2022-09-23). Canadian education workers speak out against reckless return to school after the abandonment of all COVID-19 public health measures. wsws.org Prior to the start of the school year, Ontario's chief medical officer Kieran Moore, in preparation for what he cynically termed "respiratory season," undemocratically declared that all public health measures in schools would be abandoned and that COVID would be treated like the flu.
(2022-09-23). On eve of Brazil's election, Workers Party covers up collaboration in Bolsonaro's COVID-19 "herd immunity" policy. wsws.org The Workers Party's claim that it will "rebuild and transform" Brazil is directly refuted by the role it played in implementing the herd immunity policy in Brazil.
(2022-09-23). Appeals court lifts stay of FBI investigation into Trump's mishandling of state secrets. wsws.org A three-judge panel of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, including two judges appointed by Donald Trump, reversed a pro-Trump lower court ruling.
(2022-09-23). Migrants were sent from Texas to Chicago. america.cgtn.com Since April, Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott has bused thousands of migrants to Democrat-led cities. Authorities in Chicago and elsewhere accused Abbott the migrants are being used as political pawns. Find out more details.
(2022-09-23). Destacan carácter democrático del Código de las Familias cubano. telesurtv.net Homero Acosta destacó que "este referendo es vinculante, por tanto no basta con la aprobación del Parlamento".
(2022-09-23). "Es una injusticia": Gustavo Petro pide a los Estados Unidos que retire a Cuba de la lista de países promotores del terrorismo. cubadebate.cu Gustavo Petro se unió a las voces que piden al Gobierno de Estados Unidos el retiro de Cuba de la lista de países promotores del terrorismo. El pronunciamiento se dio tras conocerse una carta firmada por 80 congresistas colombianos de partidos progresistas, en la que le solicitan a la administración de Biden que Cuba sea retirada de esta "lista negra".
(2022-09-22). China Hawks in Congress Happy Over Biden's Taiwan Comments. news.antiwar.com China hawks in Congress see President Biden's recent comments on defending Taiwan as encouragement to push forward a major piece of legislation that would overhaul US policy toward the island, Politico reported on Wednesday. Biden said Sunday that the US would send troops to defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese attack, marking the …
(2022-09-22). Israel lobby renews smear campaign against Rashida Tlaib. electronicintifada.net The ADL has a long history of anti-Palestinian racism.
(2022-09-22). The US Response to the World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis: Seize and Privatize. libya360.wordpress.com Andrés Arauz On August 10, more than 70 economists, including Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, former economy minister for Argentina Martín Guzmán, and myself, sent a letter to President Biden with a simple ask: return Afghanistan's central bank assets, deposited at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, to Afghanistan's central bank, Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB). In the…
(2022-09-22). Murdered Ferguson Activist Darren Seals Had 900 Page FBI File, FBI Asked Police To Pull Him Over. moguldom.com The FBI surveilled slain racial justice and anti-violence activist Darren Seals before his death, a 900-page, heavily redacted file shows, according to a report by the Riverfront Times. Seals rose to fame during the protests in response to the police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014. He was an outspoken critic of police …
(2022-09-22). PSL editorial — Democrats deepen embrace of the cops with police funding bills. liberationnews.org 
While many Democratic Party politicians cynically attempted to position themselves as supporters of the 2020 uprising when it first emerged, now they are showing their true selves — loyal supporters of the cops.
(2022-09-22). Jackson, Mississippi water crisis continues despite GOP governor's declaration. peoplesworld.org 
JACKSON, Miss. The Jackson city water crisis is far from over, say city officials and community activists in response to the declaration by Republican Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves that water pressure has been restored and is safe to drink. Reeves lifted the six-week boil-water emergency on Sept. 15 and announced the state would stop …
(2022-09-22). Stop using migrants as pawns in your racist games! cpusa.org 
The Communist Party USA (CPUSA) strongly condemns the interstate transfer of migrants seeking asylum. For the past several months, anti-immigration Republican governors have been sending migrants, through deceit and coercion, to northern states and Washington, D.C. They are cruelly using human beings as pawns to score political points. This is being carried out by …
(2022-09-22). Según Joe Biden: "La pandemia ha terminado", 57.676 casos nuevos en EE. UU. en las últimas 24 horas. globalizacion.ca 
Desestabilizar la estructura social, política y económica de 190 países soberanos se presentó como la "solución" para combatir el virus mortal. La ciencia falsa apoyó esta devastadora agenda. | Y ahora hemos llegado a un nuevo clímax: | El presidente Biden ha…