(2021-07-10). Heart health: Cities are badly Arranged — A Redesign can help us live longer. juancole.com 
By Tolullah Oni and Rizka Maulida | — ( The Conversation ) — By 2050, it is projected that almost 70% of the world's population will be living in cities, up from 55% today. The fastest urban growth is happening in Asia and Africa, which is also where we're seeing a rapid rise in people …
(2021-07-10). Four Police Officers Killed, 7 Injured in Car Explosion in Somali Capital, Reports Say. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – At least 4 police officers were killed and seven injured on Saturday in a car bombing in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, the local radio station Radio Dalsan reported, citing police sources.
(2021-07-10). A Marxist history of HIV/AIDS — Part 2 The origins of HIV/AIDS. workers.org 
HIV refers to human imunodeficiency virus. If left untreated, HIV can lead to the disease AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). The reactionary, conservative response to AIDS post-1981 was to immediately blame and further condemn gays and lesbians, and later all LGBTQ+ people. World AIDS Day in El Fasher, Sudan, Dec. 1, . . . |
(2021-07-10). Ethiopian Conflict and International Law. orinocotribune.com Legal scholar Francis A. Boyle told Ann Garrison in the following interview that a "Responsibility-to-Protect" intervention in Ethiopia would be illegal and catastrophic. | Ann Garrison: Francis Boyle, you're an expert in international law, including subsets, international human rights law, and international humanitarian law. Could you explain what international humanitarian law is? | Francis A. Boyle: There is a subset of international human rights law that is called international humanitarian law. Now, the truth of the matter is that international humanitarian law is really a euphemism for the laws of war. When…
(2021-07-10). "Stop Interfering": Ethiopia's Opportunity After the Election. dissidentvoice.org 
Despite ongoing violence in the northern region of Tigray, persistent attempts to de-rail the process and cries of catastrophe by western powers (most notably the US) and mainstream media, on the 21 June Ethiopia conducted its first ever democratic elections. The mechanics of the election were not perfect, but crucially there were no reports of …
(2021-07-10). Criminal banks and criminal capitalism. indybay.org Since the 1970s, the real economy and the financial economy have been increasingly diverging. Gigantic assets vagabond around the globe, desperately looking for profitable investment opportunities and, in the absence of such opportunities, forming ever larger financial bubbles that burst every few years with a mighty bang, leaving behind legions of crying and feeling cheated investors.
(2021-07-10). [Perspectives] Etheldreda Nakimuli-Mpungu: innovator in mental health. thelancet.com Etheldreda Nakimuli-Mpungu is a rising researcher and clinician doing innovative work in mental health and HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. She is a Senior Lecturer and psychiatric epidemiologist in the Department of Psychiatry at Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS) and head of the consultation—liaison psychiatric service at Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. Almost a decade ago, she recalls that "around that time, there were researchers who had resolved that Africans cannot comprehend psychotherapy; therefore, they gave persons living with HIV antidepressants as first-line tr…
(2021-07-10). [Obituary] Drissa Diallo. thelancet.com Pharmacist and authority on traditional medicine. Born in Blendio, Mali, on Jan 1, 1956, he died of a brain tumour in Abidjan, Cà¥te d'Ivoire, on June 7, 2021, aged 65 years.
(2021-07-09). Headlines for July 9, 2021. democracynow.org "I Will Not Send Another Generation of Americans to War": Biden Steps Up Afghanistan Pullout, Haiti Arrests Colombian Ex-Soldiers and Two U.S. Citizens for Assassination of President MoàØse, Africa Suffers Worst Week Since Start of COVID-19 Pandemic , White House Coronavirus Task Force Warns of Surging Cases in Low-Vaccination Areas , Pfizer Tweaking Vaccine to Target Delta Coronavirus Variant, Will Seek Authorization for Third Shot, Texas GOP Unveils Sweeping Voter Suppression Measures in Special Legislative Session, 15 States Drop Case Against Purdue Pharma's Bankruptcy Plan in Landmark Opioids Case, Whi…
(2021-07-09). Haitian Analyst Patrick Mettelus Discusses the Assassination of Jovenel MoàØse. libya360.wordpress.com Haiti's President Jovenel MoàØse was assassinated while under the protection of a security apparatus "from the United States itself" says Haitian political analyst and activist Patrick Mettelus in an interview with teleSUR's Tatiana Pérez on Es Noticia (Wednesday, July 7). "The United States has always used the same script and Haiti is their laboratory to…
(2021-07-09). There's a Dirty Tricks Campaign Underway in Peru to Deny the Left's Presidential Victory. libya360.wordpress.com José Carlos Llerena, Vijay Prashad As Keiko Fujimori fights tooth and nail to overturn the results of the elections in Peru, evidence suggests collusion with her father's intelligence chief, Vladimir Montesinos. Half an hour's taxi ride from the House of Pizarro, the presidential palace in Lima, Peru, is a high-security prison at the Callao naval…
(2021-07-09). Cape Verde Violates Human Rights: Alex Saab Forced to Undergo Medical Examination in Front of Military & Police. orinocotribune.com By orders of the Cape Verdean government, and violating doctor-patient confidentiality, a team of medical oncologists who were finally permitted access to the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab were forced to examine him in the presence of the military and the police. | According to a report by the African news agencies Noticias do Norte and Business Day Ghana, this group of specialists traveled to Cape Verdean soil in order to monitor Alex Saab's health, deteriorating as a result of his prolonged illegal detention and the prison conditions to which he has been subjected. | Only after legal pressure was applied, and a…
(2021-07-09). Johannesburg City Mayor Makhubo Dies From COVID-19. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Johannesburg City Mayor Geoff Makhubo died from COVID-19 related complications at 53 years. This South African citizen was hospitalized on July 3. | RELATED: | After testing positive to COVID-19 in late June, Makhubo told Johannesburg City residents to do all they could to minimize the spread of the virus and stressed that South Africa was officially in the third wave of contagion. | "Please take the non…
(2021-07-09). Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans. indybay.org The institution of slavery is inextricably woven into the establishment, history, and prosperity of the United States. Constitutionally and statutorily sanctioned from 1619 to 1865, slavery deprived more than four million Africans and their descendants of life, liberty, citizenship, cultural heritage, and economic opportunity…
(2021-07-09). As Rich Nations Refuse to Share Vaccines, Africa Suffers 'Most Dire Pandemic Week'. commondreams.org However, some noted that not all U.S. troops are leaving, and CodePink addressed Biden's remarks on China with a warning: "Don't let the end of one war be the start of another one!"
(2021-07-09). Eswatini, Formerly Swaziland, Sees Brutal Government Crackdown on Mass Protests over Inequality. democracynow.org 
The government of the southern African nation of Eswatini, which was known as Swaziland up until 2018, is brutally cracking down on the largest anti-government protests in the country since it became independent from Britain 53 years ago. Eswatini, bordered by Mozambique and South Africa, is currently facing an economic crisis with a shortage of gas, food and other resources. More than half of Eswatini's citizens live in poverty, while King Mswati III is known for his lavish lifestyle, including owning expensive cars. Amnesty International reports at least 20 protesters have been killed by state security forces,…
(2021-07-09). Exposing police lies to destroy the legacy of Kwame Ture. mronline.org His work touched the civil rights, Black Power, and Pan-African movements and his selflessness and strong organizing skills helped create revolutionary cadre who continue to carry out the work he engaged in today. | July 9, 2021…
(2021-07-09). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Spanish unions sell out bank workers' strike, agree 6,452 job losses at CaixaBank; warning selective strikes continue in German retail and mail order sector; driver and vehicle registration staff at UK centre in Wales continue stoppages ongoing since April over Covid safety; strike by 25,000 Tunisian finance workers over pay and conditions…
(2021-07-09). Launch: 'Group Of Friends In Defense Of The United Nations Charter'. popularresistance.org We, representatives of Algeria, Angola, Belarus, Bolivia, Cambodia, China, Cuba, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Iran, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Nicaragua, the State of Palestine, Russia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Syria, and Venezuela to the United Nations, are pleased to announce the official launch and establishment of the "Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations". | We seize this opportunity to reaffirm that the Charter of the United Nations and its purposes and principles remain timeless, universal, and that they are all indispens…
(2021-07-09). William Dodge on Nestle Slave Labor, Michael Ratner on Donald Rumsfeld. fair.org 
Child chocolate worker in the Ivory Coast (Fortune, This week on CounterSpin: Nestle CEO Mark Schneider You know what else di…
(2021-07-09). Italy Confirms Life Sentences For 'Plan Cóndor' Coup Officials. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News The Supreme Court of Italy has today confirmed the life sentences of 14 people involved in Plan Cóndor, the operation in which the United States-backed dictatorships of South America coordinated across borders to brutally repress leftist opposition in the 1970s and 1980s, committing crimes against humanity. The sentence falls on 14 soldiers and…
(2021-07-09). Criminal banks and criminal capitalism. indybay.org Since the 1970s, the real economy and the financial economy have been increasingly diverging. Gigantic assets vagabond around the globe, desperately looking for profitable investment opportunities and, in the absence of such opportunities, forming ever larger financial bubbles that burst every few years with a mighty bang, leaving behind legions of crying and feeling cheated investors.
(2021-07-09). Venezuela's Special Economic Zones: A Conversation with Oly Millán. libya360.wordpress.com Cira Pascual Marquina A former minister of Hugo Chávez talks about the government's new economic strategy. An economist and a professor at Venezuela's Central University (UCV), Oly Millán is a former Minister of Popular Economy under Hugo Chávez. In this interview, we talk to Millán about the Law for Special Economic Zones (henceforth SEZs), which…
(2021-07-09). Uruguay: The Left Held Hostage. libya360.wordpress.com Jorge Capelán Uruguay is one of the countries with the most police per 100,000 inhabitants in Latin Latin America. Recently, the magazine Brecha de Uruguay published an "open letter" regarding Nicaragua signed by a number of personalities of the left wing of that country. Following the same script of NATO (and its U.S. owners), it…
(2021-07-09). Before the Arrival of the EU Mission, Terrorist Operations in Caracas: Context and Orchestration. libya360.wordpress.com Mision Verdad Venezuelan security forces deployed at Cota 905 (Photo: Archive). Since last Wednesday June 7 and during Thursday June 8, the capital city of Venezuela, Caracas, has been the target of important operations by armed groups, which through the facade of criminal gangs have operated in actions of terror and the generation of chaos….