(2022-09-16). US Pledges New $600 Million Weapons Package for Ukraine. news.antiwar.com On Thursday, the Biden administration announced a new weapons package for Ukraine worth $600 million, bringing the total US military aid pledged to Kyiv since Russia invaded on February 24 to $15.1 billion. The new package is being sent to Ukraine through the presidential drawdown authority, which allows President Biden to send arms directly from …
(2022-09-16). China's surveyed urban unemployment rate down to 5.3 pct in August. ecns.cn China's surveyed urban unemployment rate stood at 5.3 percent in August, down from 5.4 percent in July, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Friday.
(2022-09-16). Capitalism Fuels Disease, Trauma and Addiction. How Can We Heal? truthout.org In an extended interview, acclaimed physician and author Dr. Gabor Maté discusses his new book, just out, called "The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture." "The very values of a society are traumatizing for a lot of people," says Maté, who argues in his book that "psychological trauma, woundedness, underlies much of what we call disease." He says healing requires a reconnection between the mind and the body, which can be achieved through cultivating a sense of community, meaning, belonging and purpose. Maté also discusses how the healthcare system has harmfully promoted the "mechanizat…
(2022-09-16). It's Time to Call It What It Is—A Capitalism-Induced Ecological Crisis. commondreams.org Capitalism as an economic system requires constant growth, constant profit, and endless extraction in order to achieve profit.
(2022-09-16). MLB Celebrates Roberto Clemente Day. latinorebels.com Major League Baseball celebrated its 21st annual Roberto Clemente Day on Thursday, with festivities centered in New York, where the Mets hosted the Hall of Fame outfielder's former team, the Pittsburgh Pirates. Clemente died in a plane crash at age 38 attempting to deliver relief supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua on New Year's Eve 1972.
(2022-09-15). Russia Warns Longer-Range US Weapons for Ukraine Would Cross a 'Red Line'. news.antiwar.com The Russian Foreign Ministry warned the US against providing Ukraine with longer-range missiles, saying that doing so would cross a "red line" and make Washington a "party to the conflict." The warning comes after it was revealed that Ukraine has asked the US to provide the Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMS, which have a …
(2022-09-15). PDF of September 15 issue. workers.org 
Download the PDF. Google, Amazon workers say 'No tech for Israeli apartheid' Michigan: Ballot access win Housing activists crash gentrifiers' party Buffalo workers fight for tenant Mine wars: Blair Mountain to Alabama Donovan Lewis' life matters Tear Down the Walls: Remembering 1971 Attica uprising Free Alex Saab documentary Editorials: Why . . . |
(2022-09-15). The Failed Serotonin Theory of Depression: A Marxist Analysis. orinocotribune.com By Carlos L. Garrido Sep 9, 2022 | A recent study published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry sent shockwaves across the scientific community and popular outlets as it disproved the predominant "serotonin hypothesis" of depression. In just two weeks since its publication it has been accessed by nearly half a million people and the subject of dozens of subsequent articles. The researchers analyzed a total of seventeen systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and other large studies focused on the following six tenets pertinent to the "serotonin hypothesis" of depression: | "(1) Serotonin and the serotonin metabo…
(2022-09-15). In Video: Turkish Army Showcases Weapons Seized From PKK Caves In Northern Iraq. southfront.org 
Turkish forces are seen near Mount Barsaya, northeast of Afrin, Syria January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi | The Turkish military continues to chase the cells of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region in the framework of Operation Claw-Lock. | On September 15, the Turkish Ministry of National Defense released footage showing loads of weapons, ammunition and military equipment which were recently seized from two caves of the Kurdish guerilla group in the Operation Claw-Lock zone.
(2022-09-15). New Videos Of Azerbaijani Strikes On Armenian Forces Emerge As Situation In Karabakh Cools Down. southfront.org 
Bayrakdar TB2 UCAV, source: ssb.gov.tr | As the situation in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh cools down, new videos of Azerbaijani drone strikes on Armenian forces continue to emerge. | On September 15, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense shared videos of recent strikes by Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 combat drones on several Armenian positions and military trucks across the frontline in Nagorno-Karabakh. | One of the videos also shows the aftermath of intensive Azerbaijani artillery strikes…
(2022-09-14). Ukraine: the invasion of capital to take over agriculture. workers.org 
By Michael Roberts Marxist economist Michael Roberts worked in the City of London (the British Wall Street) as an economist for over 40 years. He published this article on his blog, thenextrecession.wordpress.com, Aug. 13. It details plans of Western imperialism to privatize and take over Ukrainian agriculture, taking advantage of . . . |
(2022-09-14). Economist Richard Wolff: Sanctions Against Russia, Inflation. popularresistance.org European countries, as well as the United States, continue to be imperiled by an economic crisis following the imposition of sanctions on Russia. The policy has backfired spectacularly and has had worse economic ramifications on those levying the sanctions, than those being sanctioned. In this week's episode, Lowkey speaks to respected U.S. economist Dr. Richard Wolff, discussing the links between the war in Ukraine, inflation, and the class war at home. | Before exploring the people's definition of inflation, Dr. Wolff contextualizes the economic crisis currently unfolding across the West. | In the conversation,…
(2022-09-14). World's Biggest Hedge Fund Bridgewater: A Large Recession Is Coming To America, Will Be Difficult. moguldom.com Economists, analysts, and market participants are divided on whether the U.S. is headed for a recession but the world's biggest hedge fund is betting that the U.S. is the epicenter of a global financial bubble, making it the country most at risk for a crushing recession when the bubble bursts. Greg Jensen, co-chief investor of …