Ralph Gonsalves: “Latin-Caribbean integration is necessary, but it has been discontinuous” | MR Online

The small island countries of CARICOM have given a demonstration of dignity and sovereignty, maintaining firm positions on the U.S. interference policy against Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
— Read on mronline.org/2022/06/08/ralph-gonsalves/

see-saw song

Dear dear 
     you know
  i do 
       dear
  i know
     you know dear
  okay
       see-saw?
  see-saw.
        okay
  sightseer!
my silly sightseer
   no fear
           no fear
no walls or bricks 
or stones to throw

no fear   not here
no there no fear
no bones in snow
  SHADOWS
make madness 
meadows where 
we
rest. 

the inevitable 
alas
that pulls you back 

          lei lo lai
   lei lo lai

la la la
      la la la
            la la la

   la la la 

ay ay ay
  oy oy oy
ya ya ya 

um um um
  ma ma ma 
om om om

   ey ey ey
   yo yo yo
   la la la 

ta ta ta 
 to to to 
   ti ti ti 
     te te te

Three Questions for Every Paper of Record That Publishes a Story on Trans Healthcare – Sad Brown Girl

“Unlike many fields of medical practice, transgender medicine was deliberately intended by its architects to prevent and limit as many trans people as possible from transitioning. This is conventionally termed the “gatekeeping” model of transgender medicine, one engineered primarily in Europe and North America in the mid twentieth century. The story of how this self-limiting principle came to be and why is immensely complex, but it is the overwhelming consensus of the historians of record who have researched the field’s formation and development.”

Biden announces new $1 bln in weapons for Ukraine, Kyiv seeks more heavy arms | Reuters

President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a fresh U.S. infusion of $1 billion in weapons for Ukraine that includes anti-ship rocket systems, artillery rockets, howitzers and ammunition.
— Read on www.reuters.com/world/white-house-expected-announce-around-1-bln-of-weapons-ukraine-sources-2022-06-15/

Corporate ‘Self-Sanctioning’ of Russia Has US Fearing Economic Blowback – Bloomberg

When the invasion began, the Biden administration believed that if penalties exempted food and energy, the impact on inflation at home would be minimal. Since then, energy and food have become key drivers of the highest US inflation rates in 40 years, a huge political liability for President Joe Biden and the Democratic party heading into November’s mid-term elections. 
— Read on www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-14/corporate-self-sanctioning-of-russia-has-us-fearing-economic-blowback