(2022-02-05). Klaus Schwab's WEF "School for Covid Dictators", a Plan for the "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca First published on December 18, 2022 | Economist Ernst Wolff believes that a hidden alliance of political and corporate leaders is exploiting the pandemic with the aim of crashing national economies and introducing a global digital currency. | How is it that …
(2022-02-05). Chilean and international capital praise Boric's cabinet picks. wsws.org Like SYRIZA in Greece and Podemos in Spain, the Chilean pseudo-left and Stalinist front has the task of dissipating seething opposition among workers and young people to capitalism.
(2022-02-05). [Correspondence] Depression and anxiety during COVID-19. thelancet.com The COVID-19 Mental Disorders Collaborators conclude that, throughout 2020, the pandemic led to a 27 ∑6% increase in cases of major depressive disorders and 25 ∑6% increase in cases of anxiety disorders globally.1 However, we propose that these prevalence estimates are likely to be substantially inflated. Decades of trauma research has shown that, for most people, negative life events such as bereavement or disaster exposure are typically followed by resilience (minimal effect on symptoms of anxiety, or depression, or both) or recovery (initial short-term increase in symptoms of anxiety, or depression, or…
(2022-02-05). [Correspondence] Depression and anxiety during COVID-19 — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank Michael Daly and Eric Robinson for their comments on our Article.1 We share Daly and Robinson's caution against generalising mental disorder prevalence estimates solely from the very early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our methods took this timing into account in several ways. Every estimate that informed our model had corresponding values of the impact of the pandemic (estimates of human mobility and SARS-CoV-2 infection rate) for the period in which the survey was done, whether it was early or later during the course of the pandemic.
(2022-02-05). Challenging Colonialism s01e03: Weapons of Mass Destruction (p.I). indybay.org Part I: Dams and Colonization | In part one of a four part episode, we examine the negative environmental and cultural impact of dams, and the Indigenous-led movement to remove them. These dams, deemed Weapons of Mass Destruction by Chief Caleen Sisk, have devastated Salmon populations and the communities whose histories have been in relationship with Salmon since time immemorial.
(2022-02-04). Ukraine Forced to Take Loans and Buy US Weapons at Massively Inflated Prices, Opposition Party Charges. orinocotribune.com By Steve Sweeney — Feb 1, 2022 | UKRAINE'S Opposition Platform — For Life (OPZZh) party has accused the United States of fuelling regional tensions by forcing Kiev to take out loans and buy weapons at massively inflated prices. | "Who profits from tensions? [We are sure] the situation is beneficial for the countries that are fuelling them. And I would like to stress that no-one is making presents to us," it said today. | "They make us buy those weapons, hastily and at a triple price. No-one ever disclosed how much we pay for that. They are forcing us [to sign] contracts, and we are taking loans to fina…
(2022-02-04). How We Broke The Supply Chain. popularresistance.org Anyone old enough to remember the Cold War is familiar with a scene routinely depicted on U.S. television at the time: the Soviet breadline. Warning Americans about life under communism, these clips showed Russian citizens lingering forlornly outside businesses for hours to obtain basic goods—indelible proof of the inferiority of central planning, and an advertisement for capitalism's abundance. | Breadlines, the Big Book of Capitalism assured us, could not happen in a market economy. Supply would always rise to meet demand, as long as there's money to be made. Only deviating from free-market fundamentalism…
(2022-02-04). Friday 2/4: Capitalism shows its true colors: Money for war, but not for people's needs. indybay.org Virtual event. Register at bit.ly/stop-nato-war…
(2022-02-04). 'Border Crossings': Thirteen stories about covert journeys in service to Portuguese freedom. peoplesworld.org 
These thirteen stories about covert journeys in service to world socialism reveal the risks and rewards of "underground work," a branch of Party activity that, as the author reminds us, was fundamental to the 20th-century liberation struggle. Appearing for the first time in English, the stories represent the latest stage of Eric Gordon's ongoing and …
(2022-02-04). Saturday 2/5: Building an Independent campaign to Put the Public in Public Education. indybay.org
(2022-02-04). January Sees Strong Job Growth as Omicron Leads to Cuts in Hours, Not Jobs. truthout.org 
The economy added 467,000 jobs in January, in spite of the spread of the omicron variant. Even pandemic sensitive sectors such as hotels and restaurants were big job gainers. It appears that employers' main response was to reduce hours, with the average workweek falling by 0.2 hours, a decline of 0.6 percent. The unemployment rate was little changed at 4.0 percent. | (2022-02-04). Strong Job Growth in January as Omicron Leads to Cuts in Hours, Not Jobs. cepr.net Employers responded to omicron by cutting hours rather than workers. | The economy added 467,000 jobs in January, in spite of the spread of the omicron variant. Even pandemic sensitive sectors such as hotels and restaurants were big job gainers. It appears that employers' main response was to reduce hours, with the average workweek falling by 0.2 hours, a decline of 0.6 percent. The unemployment rate was little changed at 4.0 percent. |
(2022-02-04). Over 60 foreign planes, drones conducted reconnaissance near Russia this week – paper. tass.com No violations of Russia's airspace were permitted…
(2022-02-04). What a Waste, and You're Paying for it: $778 Billion for the Pentagon and Still Counting. juancole.com 
( Tomdispatch.com) — 2021 was another banner year for the military-industrial complex, as Congress signed off on a near-record $778 billion in spending for the Pentagon and related work on nuclear warheads at the Department of Energy. That was $25 billion more than the Pentagon had even asked for. It can't be emphasized enough just …
(2022-02-04). NATO's southern flank: new U.S. ambassador to Turkey tours air base where nuclear weapons are stored. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com US envoy Flake visits Incirlik Air Base in Adana === Also see: Russia calls on U.S. to withdraw nuclear weapons from Europe, cease joint nuclear drills with non-nuclear allies Kremlin finds NATO lowering threshold for nuclear weapons use "worrisome" ==== The recently appointed United States envoy to Turkey, Jeff Flake, visited the Incirlik Air Base …