Daily Archives: August 9, 2021

2021-08-09: News Headlines

Professor Piers Robinson (2021-08-09). Video: COVID Is a Global Propaganda Operation. Prof. Piers Robinson. globalresearch.ca

István Mészáros (2021-08-09). The Uncontrollability of Globalizing Capital. mronline.org We live in an age of unprecedented historical crisis. Its severity can be gauged by the fact that we are not facing a more or less extensive cyclic crisis of capitalism as experienced in the past, but the deepening structural crisis of the capital system itself.

Adrian David (2021-08-09). To the One Who Ruined My Life. dissidentvoice.org (Copyright Free Image) Dearest Uncle, Hope you are doing well because I am not! All thanks to you. For years, you have controlled me. Abused me. Held me back from the future I deserved. During my early years, you saw I needed guidance, and you took advantage of my weakness. You exploited me. Used me. …

Michael Bang Petersen (2021-08-09). Fake news and conspiracy theories as an evolutionary strategy. zcomm.org Interview on why people believe outrageous lies — as a tool in violent group conflict…

Staff (2021-08-08). Food Sovereignty Delegation to Venezuela Scheduled for November 17 (Regional Elections). orinocotribune.com What's going on right now in Venezuela? Come see for yourself how Venezuelans are coping with US economic sanctions designed to cause social implosion. Mainstream media does not mention the different attacks on the Venezuelan people carried out by Colombian mercenaries sponsored by the United States government, come and learn about the economic warfare that the Venezuelan people counter daily, in public transportation, in the distribution of gasoline and diesel, and medicine shortages in the midst of a global pandemic. Come and learn how the grassroots movements are responding to each of those issues caused by th…

Fight Back (2021-08-08). Venezuela: Workers take over a Kellogg factory, now known as 'Socialist Kellogg'. fightbacknews.org Maracay City, Venezuela – In the worker-controlled Venezuelan Kellogg factory, you see the workers working diligently to make corn flake and sugary cereals in a new package displaying the Venezuelan flag and the words "Together for Venezuela." They are wearing black caps with red letters that say, "Kellogg made in socialism." | In May of 2018, the Kellogg bosses told the factory workers that they had the weekend off due to maintenance. When the workers arrived the following working day, they were shocked to see a large sign on the factory, "We closed operations in Venezuela." The bosses didn't notify them, in per…

Staff (2021-08-08). Wikileaks Reveals Well-Known Millionaires Were Behind the Rise of Spanish Far-Right Party VOX. orinocotribune.com More than 17,000 internal documents from two ultra-Catholic organizations show thousands of euros in donations and orchestrated propaganda campaigns. | On Friday, August 6, WikiLeaks released more than 17,000 internal and confidential documents from two ultra-Catholic Spanish organizations that show that "big business" donations made possible the creation of the Spanish far-right party VOX. | For this project, titled The Intolerance Network, Wikileaks collaborated with four media outlets: Público (Spain), Contralínea (Mexico), Il Fatto Quotidiano (Italy), and Taz (Germany). | RELEASE: The Intolerance Network: 17,…

_____ (2021-08-08). On Contact: American Coup d'Etat. popularresistance.org Dennis Kucinich served as a US representative from Ohio from 1997 to 2013, losing his seat after the state Democratic Party machine redrew Ohio's 10th Congressional district, a redistricting designed expressly to oust him, although he is a Democrat, from his seat, which is what happened. He was also the 53rd mayor of Cleveland. As mayor he took on the entrenched power of the big banks and business interests, along with the mob, which controlled City Hall. His anti-corruption campaign included battling back against the efforts to privatize the city's municipal electric utility, a scheme that would have jacked up u…

Lexine A. Stapinski, Katrina Prior, Nicola C. Newton, Raaj Kishore Biswas, Erin Kelly, Mark Deady, Briana Lees, Maree Teesson, Andrew J. Baillie (2021-08-08). [Research Paper] Are we making Inroads? A randomized controlled trial of a psychologist-supported, web-based, cognitive behavioral therapy intervention to reduce anxiety and hazardous alcohol use among emerging adults. thelancet.com The Inroads program demonstrated beneficial effects on alcohol consumption, hazardous alcohol use, and anxiety symptoms. The web-based format is aligned with youth treatment preferences and can be delivered at scale to achieve wide dissemination and reduce the significant burden associated with these chronic, mutually reinforcing conditions.

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