(2023-06-24). A Small Light: Miep Gies and the struggle to save Anne Frank and her family. wsws.org It is a drama of resistance to fascism and Nazism, at a time when those political abominations have once more lifted their heads.
(2023-06-24). Communists meeting in New York have a plan to defeat the MAGA fascists. peoplesworld.org 
NEW YORK — The National Committee of the Communist Party, USA, that organization's top leadership, launched a meeting this morning here in New York with a declaration that the nationwide party organization is putting its full force behind a movement it expects will inflict a strategic defeat upon the MAGA right and its leader, "the …
(2023-06-24). One year since the US Supreme Court's abolition of the constitutional right to abortion. wsws.org The Dobbs ruling is the illegitimate outcome of a far-right conspiracy backed by billionaire fascists to pack the courts with bigots and ideologues who are totally hostile to democratic rights.
(2023-06-23). US woos India's far-right PM Modi to help wage new cold war on China. geopoliticaleconomy.com 
The US government is trying to divide the BRICS bloc and recruit India for its new cold war on China. Biden doesn't care that far-right Prime Minister Modi is closely linked to fascistic Hindu-supremacist groups that violently oppress minorities.
(2023-06-23). Why US plan for localized Russia-Ukraine nuclear war doomed to fail. infobrics.org Russian military leadership has relayed their determination not to allow any sort of localized nuclear war and has warned that in such a scenario, the Eurasian giant would obliterate the Neo-Nazi junta's decision-making centers — those outside of Ukraine.
(2023-06-24). Thursday 6/22: Pride, Prejudice & Corporate P.R: Corporate Capitalism and Anti-LGBTQIA+ Hate. indybay.org Online via Zoom…
(2023-06-23). "The arms of the Third Reich were broken but the real winner was Hitler" dissidentvoice.org 
Context: In a recent historical post of mine, a kind subscriber named Elise commented: "If history is written by the victors, it gives one pause to think about who actually won the war to hide all this information." This inspired me to share…
(2023-06-24). Correspondence] Treatments for major depression. thelancet.com Here we raise several concerns regarding the Review by Steven Marwaha and colleagues.1 First, the concept of treatment-resistant depression does not have reliable criteria for research and is conceptually empty. The key question remains whether the disorder is resistant to treatment, or whether treatments are less effective. For example, an individual participant level of analysis of clinical trial data revealed small average differences between antidepressants and placebo.2…
(2023-06-24). Correspondence] Latent bipolar disorder. thelancet.com Anita Thapar and colleagues' Seminar1 raised a word of caution about suicidality and latent bipolar disorder.1,2 Of note, we recently showed that 4 years before the onset of the illness, various features can be predictive of manifest bipolar disorder, and suicidality is the main one (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve 0 ∑82, 95% CI 0 ∑75—0 ∑88).3 It is known that major depression is usually the first manifestation of bipolar disorder (appendix). When bipolar disorder is the underlying disorder, antidepressants might trigger full-fledged bipolar disorder and worsen the course…
(2023-06-24). Correspondence] Treatments for major depression — Authors' reply. thelancet.com Alain Braillon and colleagues outline several judgements about novel treatments for depression and argue that treatment-resistant depression does not have reliable research criteria. Although we are aware of the debate concerning multiple treatment-resistant depression1 definitions, their specificity, and precision, we used the widely accepted definition of not responding to at least two treatments that is consistent with approximately 50% of definitions that are used in the literature.2 We believe this was a pragmatic and reasonable choice, as the alternative is to not investigate therapy for people who have not…
(2023-06-23). Migrants and Refugees: The Greek Boat Disaster Was Caused by the EU. globalresearch.ca
(2023-06-23). Defining Dictator Down Won't Make Us Free. globalresearch.ca
(2023-06-23). Why Joe Biden Calls Chinese President Xi a "Dictator" globalresearch.ca
(2023-06-23). Guatemalan Candidates Leading in Polls Held Campaign Closings. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, former first lady Sandra Torres, former diplomat Edmond Mulet and the daughter of dictator Efrain Rios-Montt, Zury Rios-Sosa, held their campaign closings before the general elections to be held on Sunday. | RELATED: | They are emerging as three politicians with the best chances of reaching the presidency of Guatemala according to the latest survey published by the firm ProDatos in the local newspaper Prensa…
(2023-06-24). The Fourth Industrial Revolution: "AI Will Enable Some People to Control the World" globalresearch.ca
(2023-06-24). The CIA, NATO and the US Empire with Aaron Good. youtube.com 
This week on the MintCast from MintPress News, Alan MacLeod is joined by historian Aaron Good to discuss his book, "American Exception: Empire and the Deep State". Aaron discusses how the CIA shaped American history and politics, how it and NATO intervened around the world, causing conflicts in its wake. Later, he describes the US/NATO …
(2023-06-24). Towards Digital Tyranny? Beware of the QR Code, Remember Agenda ID2020? globalresearch.ca It's Agenda ID2020 on steroids. It's the worldwide invasion of the QR code — QR coding of everything, all of your most intimate data, health, personal behaviors, habits — track records of where we have been and even where we may be planning to go. Nothing will escape the QR code. Nobody talks about it.
(2023-06-24). Why Turkey and Hungary Are Currently Blocking Sweden From Joining NATO. orinocotribune.com By Vijay Prashad — Jun 20, 2023 | On July 11-12, 2023, the 31 members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will hold their annual