Daily Archives: August 25, 2021

2021-08-25: News Headlines

Rahman A, Vishnu K S. (2021-08-24). Low-Intensity vs High-Intensity Walking Exercise for Walk Distance in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease. jamanetwork.com To the Editor Walking exercise has long been a recommended management strategy for patients with PAD. The recent study by Dr McDermott and colleagues demonstrated the importance of higher-intensity walking exercise in managing PAD in contrast to existing literature. However, we would like to highlight some caveats when applying their findings to clinical practice.

WSWS (2021-08-24). Chicago area mechanics speak out about isolation of their struggle. wsws.org In contrast to the militancy of rank-and-file mechanics, the IAM leadership has acted throughout the struggle as strikebreakers on behalf of the NCDC.

Richa Chintan (2021-08-24). Big pharma — Maximum earnings, minimum responsibilities. peoplesdispatch.org The contrast between the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives and livelihood of the working-class population and the soaring profits of big pharma companies in the corresponding period is abhorrent. | Despite the huge jump in revenues during the global crisis and a forecast for the continuation of the good run—owing to an assured market for vaccines, drugs and diagnostics in the years to come—big pharma is reportedly lobbying against the proposed

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-08-24). Nicaragua: The Right to Live in Peace. libya360.wordpress.com Francisco Dominguez Celebrations in Managua for the 42 years of the Sandinista revolution. Photo: Ben Norton/Grayzone "Sovereignty is not argued about, It is defended" — Cesar Augusto Sandino 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…

Stephen Sefton (2021-08-24). Nicaragua: desinformación y denuncias falsas y fraudulentas en apoyo al intervencionismo de Estados Unidos. globalizacion.ca Para explicar los fracasos de la política exterior de Estados Unidos y sus aliados de los últimos años no hace falta buscar más allá de las crónicas deficiencias informativas de sus gobiernos y sus medios de comunicación. | Omiten deliberadamente hechos…

Stephen Sefton (2021-08-24). Nicaragua: Media Disinformation and Fraudulent Misreporting in Support of US Foreign Policy Interventionism. orinocotribune.com By Stephen Sefton — Aug 20, 2021 | No one need look further to explain US and allied foreign policy failures of recent years than the endless corresponding reporting failures of their governments and their media. They deliberately omit fundamental facts, systematically exclude inconvenient witness testimony, never give adequate context and seldom seriously question official data. The result is a kind of malevolent fantasy fiction projecting as if it were normal the demented world view of psychotic US and allied policy makers who are completely out of touch with reality. A good example of this is The Guardian…

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