(2023-06-25). Thursday 6/22: Pride, Prejudice & Corporate P.R: Corporate Capitalism and Anti-LGBTQIA+ Hate. indybay.org Online via Zoom…
(2023-06-25). PSL Statement: The Failed Coup in Russia. liberationnews.org 
An attempted coup directed against Russia's military forces has ended. The leader of the coup attempt, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has agreed to leave Russia.
(2023-06-25). The Western Left Must Reject Anti-China Propaganda and Join the Progressive Global Trend. orinocotribune.com By Jenny Clegg — Jun 20, 2023 | What follows is the text of a speech given by veteran British peace activist and China specialist Jenny Clegg at the launch event in London for Carlos Martinez's book The East is Still Red: Chinese socialism in the 21st century. | Summarizing the key points of the book, Jenny highlights in particular the escalating New Cold War and anti-China rhetoric in the West. "China is being presented as an existential threat to the Western way of life so as to prepare a climate for war." | Beyond the obvious dangers of preparing a climate for war, Jenny points out that the incessant lies…
(2023-06-24). Correspondence] Treatments for major depression. thelancet.com Here we raise several concerns regarding the Review by Steven Marwaha and colleagues.1 First, the concept of treatment-resistant depression does not have reliable criteria for research and is conceptually empty. The key question remains whether the disorder is resistant to treatment, or whether treatments are less effective. For example, an individual participant level of analysis of clinical trial data revealed small average differences between antidepressants and placebo.2…
(2023-06-24). Correspondence] Latent bipolar disorder. thelancet.com Anita Thapar and colleagues' Seminar1 raised a word of caution about suicidality and latent bipolar disorder.1,2 Of note, we recently showed that 4 years before the onset of the illness, various features can be predictive of manifest bipolar disorder, and suicidality is the main one (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve 0 ∑82, 95% CI 0 ∑75—0 ∑88).3 It is known that major depression is usually the first manifestation of bipolar disorder (appendix). When bipolar disorder is the underlying disorder, antidepressants might trigger full-fledged bipolar disorder and worsen the course…
(2023-06-24). Correspondence] Treatments for major depression — Authors' reply. thelancet.com Alain Braillon and colleagues outline several judgements about novel treatments for depression and argue that treatment-resistant depression does not have reliable research criteria. Although we are aware of the debate concerning multiple treatment-resistant depression1 definitions, their specificity, and precision, we used the widely accepted definition of not responding to at least two treatments that is consistent with approximately 50% of definitions that are used in the literature.2 We believe this was a pragmatic and reasonable choice, as the alternative is to not investigate therapy for people who have not…
(2023-06-24). New Zealand sinks into recession. wsws.org With international financial institutions paying close attention, the country's Labour-led government is carrying out a far-reaching assault on jobs and living standards.
(2023-06-24). Ukraine Attacks Russia's Kursk With Drones As Its Forces Struggle With Counteroffensive (Videos). southfront.org 
File image. | Ukraine launched an attack at the western Russian region of Kursk with two suicide drones on June 23 as its forces continue to struggle with their counteroffensive. | Kursk Governor Roman Starovoit said in a statement that both drones were shot down by Russian air defenses. The governor added that there was no significant infrastructure damage."Last night, our air defenses shot down unmanned aerial vehicles in the sky over Kursk. The fragments that fell to a land plot of a gardeners' partnership in…
(2023-06-24). U.S. Military Shackled to China because of Rare Earth Minerals And Prigozhin Has a Psychotic Break. sonar21.com 
I want to touch on three issues. First, the dependence of the U.S. military industrial complex on rare earth minerals supplied by China and what that portends for war in…
(2023-06-25). U.S. Intelligence Agencies Advance Disinformation About Chinese Spy Base in Cuba to Gain Support for Cruel Embargo Costing Cubans $455 Million Per Month. covertactionmagazine.com After having lied about WMDs, Russia Gate, chemical weapons in Syria and so many other things, the U.S. intelligence community is now advancing the lie that Cuba is hosting a Chinese spy base that enables China to spy on the U.S. The Wall Street Journal reported on June 8 that China and Cuba had reached …
(2023-06-24). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.
(2023-06-24). U.S. Military Shackled to China because of Rare Earth Minerals And Prigozhin Has a Psychotic Break. sonar21.com I want to touch on three issues. First, the dependence of the U.S. military industrial complex on rare earth minerals supplied by China and what that portends for war in…
(2023-06-25). U.S. Intelligence Agencies Advance Disinformation About Chinese Spy Base in Cuba to Gain Support for Cruel Embargo Costing Cubans $455 Million Per Month. covertactionmagazine.com After having lied about WMDs, Russia Gate, chemical weapons in Syria and so many other things, the U.S. intelligence community is now advancing the lie that Cuba is hosting a Chinese spy base that enables China to spy on the U.S. The Wall Street Journal reported on June 8 that China and Cuba had reached …
(2023-06-24). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.