Daily Archives: August 13, 2021

2021-08-13: News Headlines

_____ (2021-08-13). Nicaragua: The Right To Live In Peace. popularresistance.org It is an irrefutable fact that the United States orchestrated, financed and unleashed the violent coup attempt in 2018 against the democratically elected FSLN government. Spokespeople of the U.S. establishment, from former president Trump, extreme right-wing senators and deputies, all the way down the food chain of its formidable 'regime change' machinery, including National Security Advisor John Bolton, the CIA, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and, of course, USAID, repeatedly stated their aim was to bring about 'regime change' in Nicaragua. In this connection, the significance of U.S. Nicaraguan prox…

Jack Rasmus (2021-08-13). Covid Recession Year One: Who Gained? Who Lost? zcomm.org In contrast to the record gains of billionaires, stock shareholders, and big corporations in general, over the same past year, more than 35 million American workers lost their jobs at one time or another…

Staff (2021-08-12). Nicaragua: Encuesta confirma al FSLN como favorito a elecciones. cubadebate.cu Una encuesta publicada la víspera en Managua confirmó al gobernante Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) como favorito de cara a las elecciones generales del 7 de noviembre próximo.El estudio realizado solo en Managua reveló que el índice de predisposición política favorece al partido rojinegro, con el 62,7 por ciento.

Laura A. Benjamin, Ross W. Paterson, Rachel Moll, Charis Pericleous, Rachel Brown, Puja R. Mehta, Dilan Athauda, Oliver J. Ziff, Judith Heaney, Anna M. Checkley, Catherine F. Houlihan, Michael Chou, Amanda J. Heslegrave, Arvind Chandratheva, Benedict D. Michael, Kaj Blennow, Vinojini Vivekanandam, Alexander Foulkes, Catherine J. Mummery, Michael P. Lunn, Stephen Keddie, Moira J. Spyer, Tom Mckinnon, Melanie Hart, Francesco Carletti, Hans Rolf Jà§ger, Hadi Manji, Michael S. Zandi, David J. Werring, Eleni Nastouli, Robert Simister, Tom Solomon, Henrik Zetterberg, Jonathan M. Schott, Hannah Cohen, Maria Efthymiou, The UCLH Queen Square COVID-19 Biomarker Study group (2021-08-12). [Research Paper] Antiphospholipid antibodies and neurological manifestations in acute COVID-19: A single-centre cross-sectional study. thelancet.com Our findings show that aPS/PT IgG is associated with COVID-19-associated ADEM. In contrast, aCL IgA and IgG are seen much more frequently in non-neurological hospitalised patients with COVID-19. Characterisation of antiphospholipid antibody persistence and potential longitudinal clinical impact are required to guide appropriate management.

_____ (2021-08-12). Why It's Time To Adopt The Jerusalem Declaration. popularresistance.org I know they said there would be no exams this year, but here's a question just to keep you in practice. Compare and contrast these two definitions of antisemitism. Discuss them in terms of their clarity, efficacy, and what you might deduce from the text about their purpose. | Antisemitism is discrimination, prejudice, hostility or violence against Jews as Jews (or Jewish institutions as Jewish). — Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism (JDA), 2021 | Antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed t…

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