Monthly Archives: August 2021

2021-08-29: News Headlines

Anonymous669 (2021-08-29). New Escalation In Gaza: Israel Struck Hamas Positions Following Violent Protests (Photos, Videos). southfront.org FILE PHOTO: Israeli F-15 fighter jet © Reuters | Early on August 29, Israeli warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in response to what was called "riots" by Palestinian protesters. | In a statement, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said that the airstrikes hit a military compound used for manufacturing weapons and training as well as an entrance to a tunnel of the Hamas Movement, the de-facto ruler of Gaza. | "The strikes were in response to Hamas launching incendiary balloons into Israeli territ…

Anonymous669 (2021-08-29). Missile, Drone Attack Leaves 40 Dead In Saudi-led Coalition Base In Yemen's Lahij (18+ Video). southfront.org Illustrative image, source: the Houthis media wing | On August 29, several missiles and suicided drones struck Yemen's al-Anad Air Base where forces backed by the Saudi-led coalition are situated. | The air base, which once hosted US troops, is located in the southern province of Lahij, some 60 kilometers to the north of the city of Aden. | The pinpoint strikes targeted a unit of the Giants Brigades that was conducting a training course in al-Anad Air Base. According RT reporter in Lahij, the strikes killed 40 fighters…

2021-08-28: News Headlines

scorinoco (2021-08-28). Nicaragua at a Revolutionary Crossroads and in Imperialist Crosshairs. orinocotribune.com By Netfa Freeman — Aug 25, 2021 | US attack on Nicaragua targets its Black community. | There is a page in the playbook for US imperialist regime change in Latin America that includes exploiting the identity politics of Blackness. A recent example was the unrest in Cuba a month ago that included a The legitimacy of neoliberalism or late-stage capitalism is so wounded that the s…

WSWS (2021-08-28). The pandemic exposes the bankruptcy of European capitalism. wsws.org This report was delivered at the Socialist Equality Party (US) 2021 summer school, held August 1 through August 6, by Johannes Stern, the deputy editor of the German-language edition of the World Socialist Web Site.

Prabir Purkayastha (2021-08-28). Chip wars or the crisis of late capitalism? mronline.org If the U.S. wants to be a world leader, it has to match China in investing in knowledge generation for future technology. Why then is the U.S. taking the sanctions route? Sanctions are simpler to implement; building a society that values knowledge is much more difficult. This is the crisis of late capitalism.

Newsclick (2021-08-28). Imperialism then and now: Wealth, unemployment and insufficient demand. peoplesdispatch.org Prabhat Patnaik reviews the connections between imperialism and capitalism through history to stress that by necessity of the accumulation of wealth, somewhere demand has to be suppressed to provide cheap inputs to 'the markets'. That colonialist relation is retained to the present, with changing subjects.

Staff (2021-08-28). Over 800 Water Protectors Have Been Arrested Since Line 3 Pipeline Was Approved. truthout.org This summer, the ocean burned, an ashy haze covered much of North America, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report confirming what we already know: Capitalism-induced climate crisis is here. Yet approvals for oil and gas drilling permits on U.S. public lands are

The Lancet (2021-08-28). [Editorial] Understanding long COVID: a modern medical challenge. thelancet.com As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the need to understand and respond to long COVID is increasingly pressing. Symptoms such as persistent fatigue, breathlessness, brain fog, and depression could debilitate many millions of people globally. Yet very little is known about the condition. The term "long COVID" is commonly used to describe signs and symptoms that continue or develop after acute COVID-19. A NICE guideline, for example, includes both ongoing symptomatic COVID-19 (from 4 to 12 weeks) and post-COVID-19 syndrome (‚â•12 weeks), but there is no agreed upon definition.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-08-28). Consumer Health: Back to school, teens and depression. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org With many teens heading back to school, peer pressure and academic expectations are once again a reality. These added pressures can cause ups and downs during what can be an already tumultuous time of life. For some teens, though, the lows are more than just temporary feelings. They're symptoms of depression. Teen depression is a serious mental health problem. It affects how teenagers think, feel and behave, and it can cause emotional, functional and physical…

Fight Back (2021-08-28). 33-year old man shot and killed by Milwaukee police. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On the evening of August 26, a 33-year-old man was observed driving erratically going northbound near the Sherman Park neighborhood on Milwaukee's Northside. Milwaukee police responded to calls and immediately engaged in a high-speed chase. The car pursuit ended when the man crashed his vehicle and attempted to escape on foot. Officers continued after him, also on foot. | In a press conference after the shooting, a MPD spokesperson claimed that the victim was in possession of a gun. He did not specify whether the victim shot or even aimed the gun, but that he did not drop it when instructed to do…

Anonymous103 (2021-08-28). Su-24 Bomber Crashed In Russia (Videos). southfront.org

Anonymous669 (2021-08-27). In Video: Large US Supply Convoy Entered Northeastern Syria. southfront.org U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment provide security support during mission on Sept. 9, 2018, at an undisclosed location in Syria. (Cpl. Gabino Perez/Marine Corps) | While the US is preparing to pull its remaining troops out from Afghanistan, it continues to expand its military presence in Syria's northeastern region. | On August 27, a large supply convoy of the US-led coalition entered northeastern Syria coming from the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. | The convoy consisted of 50 trucks carrying log…

Barry Sheppard (2021-08-27). Avoiding climate catastrophe means challenging the capitalist system. greenleft.org.au We cannot trust capitalism to do what is necessary to avoid runaway climate change, argues Barry Sheppard.

Anonymous103 (2021-08-27). The Unknown Leader Of The New Taliban. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Written by Julian Macfarlane | Haibatullah Akhunzada is said to be the leader of the so-called "new Taliban". | Western reports, however are not notable for their accuracy or objectivity and always eager to show the Taliban as crazy psychopaths, except of course once upon a time when they were mujahedeen fighting the socialism: "Freedom Fighters". | The Mainstream Media therefore reflexively portray Akhunzada as a "hardliner"—that is, when they mention him at all, which is rarel…

_____ (2021-08-27). The Only Real Socialism in the US Is Corporate Welfare. commondreams.org Florida court's ruling comes as CDC director warns school outbreaks are happening where health guidance is not being followed.

_____ (2021-08-27). Deadly Attacks Proves Why US Withdrawal Is Only Course. commondreams.org We do have socialism in this country—but it's not Democrats' policies. The real socialism is corporate welfare.

_____ (2021-08-27). Scheer Intelligence: What Democrats Did To Welfare Haunts Them. popularresistance.org A recent piece in the Washington Post titled "Welfare rolls decline during the pandemic despite economic upheaval" delves into one of the biggest domestic policy failures of Bill Clinton's presidency: the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, which provides financial assistance for the country's poor. TANF, explains reporter Amy Goldstein, is the reason why when the coronavirus spread and shelter-in-place mandates were issued, causing millions of Americans to lose their jobs at rates comparable to the Great Depression, even less people were able to receive needs-based cash assistance than prior…

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