(2023-06-21). Teamsters and the Class Struggle. soundcloud.com On today's episode Brian Becker and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss UPS workers voting 97% for a strike for better conditions, better pay, and more full-time work. What does this militant vote among hundreds of thousands of UPS workers mean for the strength of the labor struggle? Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of …
(2023-06-21). Capital in the 2020s (with Thomas Piketty). indybay.org Inequality is not an accident. It's not like the weather. It actually is being driven by the way capitalism is functioning. You know what we need? We need state intervention, we need government action, and we need that to be very, very, very big. That is when he proposes a policy that seems like it's common sense now, but at the time, the idea of a wealth tax of 2 percent sounds radical.
(2023-06-21). Capitalist Hegemony in Psychedelic Medicine. dissidentvoice.org 
Excitement around psychedelics continues to grow with thousands set to attend the Psychedelic Science conference in Denver this week. Proponents in the psychedelic space have promoted a strategy to focus on the "medicalization" to gain wider societal acceptance. But this could lead psychedelics to come under greater control, ensuring that they serve as profitable tools to maintain the status quo.
(2023-06-20). Event on FRSO program held in Orlando. fightbacknews.org Orlando, FL – On July 3, the Orlando District of Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) held a Political Program release discussion at a meeting attended by over 30 people representing other progressive forces in the area. | In an effort to build a unified progressive base in Orlando, FRSO Orlando members Jacob Muldoon, Edmund Anglero and Diego Gonzalez discussed the history of struggle in the United States, FRSO and their goal of building a new communist party, and the united front against monopoly capitalism. | "FRSO believes that only through a strategic alliance of the oppressed nations and working clas…
(2023-06-20). USPSTF Recommendation: Screening for Depression and Suicide Risk in Adults. jamanetwork.com This 2023 Recommendation Statement from the US Preventive Services Task Force recommends screening for depression in the adult population, including pregnant and postpartum persons and older adults (B recommendation) and concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for suicide risk in the adult population, including pregnant and postpartum persons and older adults (I statement).
(2023-06-20). USPSTF Review: Depression and Suicide Risk Screening. jamanetwork.com This systematic review to support the 2023 US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement on depression and suicide risk screening summarizes published evidence on the benefits and harms of screening for, and treatment of, depression and suicide risk in primary care settings, including during pregnancy and postpartum.
(2023-06-20). Screening for Depression and Suicide Risk in Adults. jamanetwork.com This JAMA Patient Page describes the pros and cons of screening for depression and suicide risk in adults.
(2023-06-20). Reframing the Key Questions Regarding Screening for Suicide Risk. jamanetwork.com In this issue of JAMA, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) updates earlier recommendations, endorsing screening for depression in adults while finding insufficient evidence to recommend for or against screening for suicide risk. Our views regarding those recommendations are informed by our work in suicide prevention research and quality improvement (G.E.S., J.E.R., and U.W.), clinical practice (G.E.S. and U.W.), lived experience of suicidal ideation (U.W.), and experience of family suicide loss (J.E.R.).
(2023-06-21). Bogged Down On The Front, Ukraine Launches Drone Attack On Moscow (Videos). southfront.org 
File image. | With its forces failing to advance on the front, Ukraine launched a new attack with drones on the Russian capital, Moscow, on June 21. | In a statement, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that three Ukrainian drones were suppressed by electronic warfare while approaching facilities in the Moscow region."Today we have foiled an attempt of the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack on facilities in the Moscow Region with three aircraft-type drones. All drones were deflected by electronic warfar…
(2023-06-20). Russian Suicide Drones Hit Targets In Kyiv, Other Regions. southfront.org 
On June 20, explosions were reported in Kyiv and Kyiv region as well as Lviv, Zaporozhye, Khmelnitsky and Vinnitsa regions that are also under control of the Kyiv regime. The first explosions were reported at 4: 10 local time as an air alert was announced in most of the territory of Ukraine. | Videos filmed in Kyiv show Russian 'Geran' suicide drones flying over the region: | Later, reports appeared that electricity was not available in many areas of Kyiv. The work of the capit…
(2023-06-20). Merchants of death celebrate Israel's "dream" at Paris Air Show. electronicintifada.net Elbit Systems markets drones tested on Palestinians as "mature solutions."
(2023-06-20). Portuguese Firm to Provide Drones to Ukraine Through British-led Fund. globalresearch.ca
(2023-06-20). Lockheed Martin 'Standing By' to Help Ukraine With F-16s. news.antiwar.com The US weapons maker Lockheed Martin says it is "standing by" to help Ukrainians fly and maintain F-16 fighter jets once NATO countries finalize their plans to provide Kyiv with the aircraft. Lockheed Martin is also ready to manufacture more F-16s to backfill the stockpiles of countries that ship their jets to Ukraine. The war …
(2023-06-21). Biden Says Threat of Putin Using Tactical Nukes Is 'Real'. news.antiwar.com President Biden warned Monday that the threat of Russian President Vladimir Putin using tactical nuclear weapons is "real." The president made the comments to donors during a trip to California. "When I was out here about two years ago saying I worried about the Colorado River drying up, everybody looked at me like I was …
(2023-06-21). Kiev Regime Highlights Its Need For Unlimited Arms Supply. southfront.org 
Written by Lucas Leiroz, journalist, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, geopolitical consultant. | Ukraine will not be satisfied with any specific number of Western weapons until victory against Russia is achieved. The For him, the number of weapo…
(2023-06-20). Merchants of death celebrate Israel's "dream" at Paris Air Show. electronicintifada.net Elbit Systems markets drones tested on Palestinians as "mature solutions."
(2023-06-20). Portuguese Firm to Provide Drones to Ukraine Through British-led Fund. globalresearch.ca
(2023-06-20). Lockheed Martin 'Standing By' to Help Ukraine With F-16s. news.antiwar.com The US weapons maker Lockheed Martin says it is "standing by" to help Ukrainians fly and maintain F-16 fighter jets once NATO countries finalize their plans to provide Kyiv with the aircraft. Lockheed Martin is also ready to manufacture more F-16s to backfill the stockpiles of countries that ship their jets to Ukraine. The war …
(2023-06-21). Biden Says Threat of Putin Using Tactical Nukes Is 'Real'. news.antiwar.com President Biden warned Monday that the threat of Russian President Vladimir Putin using tactical nuclear weapons is "real." The president made the comments to donors during a trip to California. "When I was out here about two years ago saying I worried about the Colorado River drying up, everybody looked at me like I was …
(2023-06-21). Kiev Regime Highlights Its Need For Unlimited Arms Supply. southfront.org Written by Lucas Leiroz, journalist, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, geopolitical consultant. | Ukraine will not be satisfied with any specific number of Western weapons until victory against Russia is achieved. The For him, the number of weapo…
(2023-06-21). Journalist who lied about Iraqi WMDs claims Chinese researchers were first COVID-19 patients. wsws.org On Tuesday, the notorious war propagandist Michael R. Gordon, who helped launch the Iraq war by claiming Saddam Hussein was using aluminum tubes to build nuclear weapons, claimed, citing anonymous government sources, that world-renowned researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology were among the first people to be infected with COVID-19.
(2023-06-20). "The Doomsday Machine": Confessions of Daniel Ellsberg, Former Nuclear War Planner. democracynow.org 
Daniel Ellsberg was best known for leaking the Pentagon Papers, but he was also a lifelong anti-nuclear activist, stemming from his time working as a nuclear planner for the U.S. government. In December 2017, he joined us to discuss his memoir, The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner. "This was an actual war plan for how we would use the existing weapons," he noted, "many of which I had seen already that time."…