(2023-08-11). TX School Libraries under Threat; UPS Teamsters Question New Contract; Russian Socialist. indybay.org On Pacifica's Capitalism, Race & Democracy covers Texas School Libraries under Threat; UPS Teamsters Question New Contract; Russian Socialist Academic Arrested; Dr Mutulu Shakur Presente!
(2023-08-11). War is a Racket… U.S. and NATO Arms Industries Make Record $400 BILLION in Sales from Proxy War With Russia. strategic-culture.org 
Western capitalism is at once a sponsor and an addict of war. | Join us on , , and . | Western weapons manufacturers are popping champagne corks over record sales with total revenues hitting $400 billion for last year. Accor…
(2023-08-12). Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com Burkhardt G, Kumpf U, Crispin A, et al. Transcranial direct current stimulation as an additional treatment to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in adults with major depressive disorder in Germany (DepressionDC): a triple-blind, randomised, sham-controlled, multicentre trial. Lancet 2023; 402: 545—54 —In this Article, line 3 and line 20 of the Randomisation and masking section should have said "(DC-Stimulator Mobile, neuroConn, Ilmenau, Germany)". These corrections have been made to the online version as of Aug 10, 2023, and the printed version will be correct.
(2023-08-11). Government watchdog cautions against further interest rate hikes for risk of recession. nationofchange.org Accountable.US warns further hikes "would needlessly and unnecessarily cause a recession and result in millions of Americans losing their jobs."
(2023-08-11). U.S.-Led Coalition Fighter Jets, Drones Violate Syria's Airspace Again. southfront.org 
A General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle armed with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles. (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) | Fighter jets and drones of the United States-led coalition violated Syrian airspace 18 times over the past day, Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, the deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation In Syria, said on August 10. "A total of 18 airspace violations were detected in the al-Tanf zone over the past 24 hours, committed by three pairs of F-16 fighter jets, four pairs of F-35 fighter jets, one pair of Typhoon…
(2023-08-11). Footage Shows Damage To Russian Olenegorsky Gornyak Ship And Civilian SIG Tanker By Ukrainian Maritime Drones. southfront.org 
Russian sources shared footage of the damaged vessels struck by Ukrainian marine drones in the early August. The photo shows…
(2023-08-12). Perspectives] Are we training our students to be white saviours in global health? thelancet.com In 2012, the Nigerian-American writer and artist Teju Cole called out the culture of white saviourism in the USA and introduced the concept of the White Saviour Industrial Complex (WSIC). The make-up of global health education perpetuates and feeds into the WSIC, with universities in high-income countries (HICs) accounting for a major share of global health programmes. Global health education is in certain respects a growth industry of whiteness that promotes justice only on paper and remains rooted in harmful colonial worldviews.
(2023-08-11). White House requests another $24 billion for Ukraine war. wsws.org As the scale of Ukraine's military disaster is becoming undeniably clear, the US continues to pump billions of dollars in weapons to inflame yet another homicidal "endless war."
(2023-08-11). Biden sends $345 million weapons to Taiwan: Activists protest U.S.-Australia anti-China war games. mronline.org 
This is the first part of a $1 billion weapons transfer directly from Pentagon stockpiles to Taiwan this year.
(2023-08-11). Serbian leader rules out Western victory over Russia. plenglish.com Warsaw, Aug 11 (Prensa Latina) Western countries that help Ukraine and supply weapons to Kiev, even all together, will fail in an attempt to defeat Russia on the battlefield, President Aleksandar Vučić told Happy TV on Friday.
(2023-08-11). The Netherlands: Activists Arrested On Runway Of Volkel Air Base. popularresistance.org In the Netherlands, on the morning of August 8, ten peace and climate activists (six from the U.S., three from the Netherlands and a German doctor) entered Volkel Air Base, where about 15 U.S. nuclear bombs are stockpiled. They knelt on the runway, prayed for peace and glued down copies of Article 1 and 2 of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons on the runway. | They were taken into custody and later released with a small fine, which no one paid. This nonviolent resistance action took place as part of an international peace camp at Volkel Air Base. The radical branches of the climate movement and…