(2022-07-23). White House confirms plans to send US-NATO jets to fight Russia. wsws.org In what may be the most provocative escalation of the US-NATO war against Russia to date, the White House has confirmed that the US is planning to send NATO-made fighter jets to Ukraine.
(2022-07-23). [Comment] Contraceptive mix and informed choice. thelancet.com Contraceptive use is associated with economic development, improved maternal and child health, education, and the empowerment of women and their family planning needs.1 These gains can also reduce poverty and slow population growth.2—3 Access to contraception supports the quest for gender equity4 and human rights,5 and represents a strategy to reduce health system and household costs.6 Measuring progress toward satisfying the need for family planning entails assessing the general contraceptive prevalence and unmet demand and the range and types of contraceptive procedures employed.
(2022-07-23). [Comment] Towards preventive treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. thelancet.com Prevention of rheumatoid arthritis is an ambitious therapeutic goal. Once it has developed, rheumatoid arthritis is characterised by high chronicity and often requires lifelong treatment.1,2 Sustained drug-free remission is rare, especially in seropositive disease, which is defined by the presence of rheumatoid factor and anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA).3 Onset of rheumatoid arthritis, characterised by joint swelling, is preceded by a pre-arthritis phase, in which patients show discrete symptoms (eg, pain), presence of autoantibodies (rheumatoid factor and ACPA), and subclinical signs of inflammation…
(2022-07-23). [Correspondence] The importance of empathy. thelancet.com Seamus O'Mahony1 makes some interesting points in his review of A Fortunate Man: the Story of a Country Doctor—a classic general practice book written by John Berger and Jean Mohrbut,2 but we believe he has gone seriously adrift in writing "be wary of empathy…In my view, empathy is often of little benefit to the patient and might even injure the doctor".1…
(2022-07-23). SEP condemns state attack on Galle Face protesters in Sri Lanka. wsws.org The military/police violence is a warning of what is to come if the parties of the capitalist class are left in power. It adds to the urgency of workers and rural toilers taking up the political initiative outlined by the SEP in its July 20 statement entitled "For Democratic and Socialist Congress of Workers and Rural Masses!".
(2022-07-23). Two Iraqi groups threaten to attack Turkey's soil. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) — Two unknown groups claimed responsibility for the attack on Turkish bases in northern Iraq and warned that if the Turkish military does not leave Iraq, further operations will be carried out on Turkish soil.
(2022-07-22). Turkey Says Russia, Ukraine to Sign Grain Deal on Friday. news.antiwar.com Officials from Ukraine, Russia, and Turkey will meet in Istanbul on Friday to sign a deal proposed by the UN to facilitate the export of Ukrainian grain, Turkey
(2022-07-22). Western Delusion of "Isolating" Russia. libya360.wordpress.com Salman Rafi Sheikh For months, the West has been projecting a geopolitics of "isolating" Russia, both economically via sanctions and diplomatically via creating anti-Russia counter alliances around the world. But how is this geopolitics of "isolation" working? Five months into the Russian military operation in Ukraine, the fallout of this war — in particular the…
(2022-07-22). Online events w) Gary Snyder. John Clark, Nina Turner, Medea Benjamin, Karen Armstrong etc. indybay.org Here are some 15 online events taking place over the next week (and starting at 10: 30 am tomorrow, July 20th), featuring people such as Gary Snyder, Kim Stanley Robinson, tiny (lisa) gray-garcia, John P. Clark, Nina Turner, David Sirota, Medea Benjamin, Dilar Dirik, Karen Armstrong, 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.
(2022-07-22). $2 Trillion for War Versus $100 Billion to Save the Planet. mronline.org 
The West seems more fixated on spending social wealth on the military rather than addressing the climate catastrophe.
(2022-07-22). Russian Airstrikes Kills Seven in North Syria's Idlib. news.antiwar.com Details are emerging on a new Russian airstrike against rebel-held Idlib in northern Syria. Seven were reported killed, with the All White Helmet claims are taken with a pinch of salt, as they tend to offer statements that designed to carry a very specific pro-war narrative . | In this case, not only did they attack a rebel-held neighborhood, the statement claims Russia attacked an olive farm and that children were among the slain. | The area attacked is one of the last rebel-held areas in Syria, so its not surprising Russia is…
(2022-07-22). Israeli Airstrikes Kill Three Syrian Soldiers Near Damascus. news.antiwar.com Overnight Thursday into Friday say Israel carry out a flurry of airstrikes against Syria, hitting areas around the capital of Damascus, Details are still coming in on what happened. Syrian state media reported that the missiles were fired over the Golan Heights, and that most of them were intercepted by air defenses. | Syrian media also reported damage caused, in and around the strike, but did not clarify what was hit. Israel, as usual, did not of…
(2022-07-22). Israeli Airstrikes Kill Five Syrian Soldiers Near Damascus. news.antiwar.com Overnight Thursday into Friday, Syrian officials say, Israel carried out a flurry of airstrikes against Syria, hitting areas around the capital of Damascus, Details are still coming in on what happened. Syrian state media reported that the missiles were fired over the Golan Heights, and that most of them were intercepted by air defenses. | Syrian media also reported damage c…
(2022-07-22). Abbas-Macron meeting: talk of "peace" to normalize colonialism. samidoun.net 
On Wednesday, 20 July 2022 in Paris, a meeting took place between French president Emmanuel Macron and Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority. This is Abbas' first visit to France since 2018 and takes place a few weeks following the visit of Israeli prime minister Yair Lapid with the French president, which produced multiple …
(2022-07-22). Annual Run To Raise Awareness About Sacred Site Mount Graham. popularresistance.org A group of Indigenous activists and their allies will run from the San Carlos Apache Reservation to the summit of Mount Graham starting Thursday to honor one of their most sacred sites and to commemorate the beginnings of a local Native grassroots movement to preserve Indigenous sacred places. | The 31st Annual Mount Graham Sacred Run begins at the Old San Carlos Monument, the site of the original Indian agency and military post, dating to when Apache people were first restricted to the San Carlos Reservation. It will continue along state and local highways to the summit of Mount Graham, one of the Southwest's Sk…
(2022-07-22). Kraken Atrocities/ via UKRLEAKS eng. marktaliano.net Mark Taliano, [2022-07-22 11: 21 AM][Forwarded from UKR LEAKS eng] Revelations of fiends: a captured militant of the national battalion "Kraken" told why they were kicked out of Kharkov two weeks ago: "We were sent [from Kharkov] because [call sign] Konoplya started… they found seven corpses in his backyard." "Who?" "Civilians." "Why did he kill them?" …
(2022-07-22). South Africa's Energy Crisis Escalates. libya360.wordpress.com Brian Kamanzi Photo via World Bank Photo Collection Behind rolling power cuts in South Africa loom deep-seated socioeconomic issues worsened by the rich countries of the world On the morning of June 27, 2022, National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) shop steward David Fankomo joined his fellow members at the picket line outside Eskom's Emalahleni office…
(2022-07-22). Is China headed for a crash? mronline.org 
So, is this the moment of collapse in the Chinese model of development and the end of all that talk about 'moving towards socialism' etc? Many Western experts think so.
(2022-07-22). Struggle for Justice Continues in Panama. towardfreedom.org Panamanian movements have called for the government to sit down in negotiations with the mobilized sectors and listen to their demands, People's Dispatch reports.
(2022-07-22). Cuartel de la Montaña Offers Special Programming for President Chávez's Birthday. orinocotribune.com 
On July 28, the birthday of the former president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, will be commemorated in Venezuela. As a result, various activities will be carried out at the Cuartel de la Montaña (the Mountain Barrack) where the remains of the world leader rest. | A special recreational cultural program was put together for the Cuartel de la Montaña, in the 23 de Enero parish of Caracas, for July 24, 26, 27, and 28. | The events were organized by the Hugo Chávez Foundation, which will offer activities such as " °Maisanta que somos chamos!," a fun and practical hip hop workshop on the 24th, at 9 a.m., in the April…
(2022-07-22). Will President Maduro Attend Gustavo Petro's Inauguration? orinocotribune.com A special guardianship provision recently admitted by Colombia's Council of State could authorize the entry of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro for the inauguration of President-elect Gustavo Petro on August 7. | Through this action, presented by Colombian citizen Juan Luis Castellanos, the statement by outgoing president, Iván Duque, in which he said that President Maduro would not be allowed to enter Colombia, will be subjected to legal analysis. | According to the outgoing president, because his government does not recognize the current Venezuelan head of state, he does not have the right to attend Petro's…
(2022-07-22). Chinese entrepreneur honored at 2022 Automotive Hall of Fame Induction & Awards Ceremony. ecns.cn Chinese entrepreneur Lu Guanqiu was honored at the 2022 Automotive Hall of Fame (AHF) Induction & Awards Ceremony as an AHF inductee in Detroit on Thursday. Lu, who founded Wanxiang Group, passed away in 2017 at the age of 72.
(2022-07-22). Newly-installed Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe oversees brutal police-military assault on protesters. wsws.org The brutal raid is the first act of Wickremesinghe, since he was installed as president by parliament. It is a stark warning of what the right-wing, imperialist-backed leader of the United National Party is preparing.
(2022-07-22). Russian Airstrikes Hit Two Christian Towns Occupied By Al-Qaeda In Syria's Greater Idlib (Video). southfront.org 
A Russian Su-24 strike aircraft in the sky over the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Photo: Dmitriy Vinogradov / RIA Novosti | On July 22, a series of airstrikes which were reportedly carried out by warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit the towns of Jdayde and Yacubiyeh in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib. | Jdayde and Yacubiyeh, which are located in the western countryside of Idlib, are currently occupied by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the de-facto ruler of Gre…
(2022-07-22). Consumer Health: Treating glioblastoma. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Glioblastoma Awareness Day will be observed Wednesday, July 20, which makes this a good time to learn more about treating one of the most complex, deadly and treatment-resistant cancers. More than 13,400 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2022, according to the National Brain Tumor Society. The five-year survival rate is 6.8%, and the median length of survival is eight months. Glioblastoma, also known as glioblastoma multiforme, is a type of glioma,…
(2022-07-22). Hollow Men: All the Cowards of Jan. 6. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) The damning Jan. 6 public hearings revealed a plethora of historical detail, but they also shed light on character. Some of these revelations were profiles in pusillanimity. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), one of the slimiest creatures ever to crawl into the halls of America's legislature, gloried in a raised fist …
(2022-07-22). Dinesh Gunawardena sworn in as prime minister of Sri Lanka. ecns.cn Dinesh Gunawardena was sworn in as the prime minister of Sri Lanka by President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday.
(2022-07-22). Maduro establece cinco zonas con incentivos fiscales para atraer inversiones ante las sanciones de Estados Unidos (+Video). cubadebate.cu El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, ordenó crear cinco zonas económicas especiales con incentivos fiscales y aduaneros para atraer inversiones extranjeras en medio de las sanciones de EE.UU. Estos espacios darán condiciones atractivas a los inversionistas de acuerdo con la llamada Ley Orgánica de las Zonas Económicas Especiales.
(2022-07-22). Guidance to the system change, parts 1 and 2. indybay.org World War II led to U.S. domination of the political West, which was able to make its mark on the part of the world it more or less controlled. Led and dominated by the military-industrial complex and engaged mentally in a war with the Soviet Union, the USA suppressed any efforts of autonomous state developments that contradicted its interests.
(2022-07-22). Hollow Men: All the Cowards of January 6. commondreams.org Much of the Republican Party has been reduced to quivering protoplasm, whimpering under the lash of Trump's whiny invective.
(2022-07-21). Gramsci In The Midst Of Brazil's Landless Workers' Movement. popularresistance.org Despite the persistent hegemony of capitalism and its ruling neoliberal ideology, various forms of resistance, social struggle, and proposals for an emancipated future continue to emerge. This is taking place in the face of economic, political, social, and environmental crises as well as a continuing lack of vision of how to overcome the health crisis. Our intellectuals must put their hearts and souls precisely into this orientation toward the future, one based on the possibility of change and hope for human emancipation, as we argued in Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research dossier no. 13, The New Intell…
