Dan Lieberman (2022-07-23). Zionism and the Dark Side of Germany. dissidentvoice.org Post World War II Germany has exhibited commendable characteristics — publicly atoning for its Nazi past, working assiduously to create a thriving nation, designing a truly democratic country, integrating its European compatriots into a common market, leading others in opening borders to refugees, and modifying its previous ultra-nationalism to form the European union. Behind these …

Akio Tanaka (2022-07-23). Rescuing Lew Hill's Pacifica. indybay.org The real threats to the Pacifica network are the stations that are not self-sustaining, and a National Board that is unable to address the problem. | Each station has to be self-sustaining, and a functional National Board has to be able to take appropriate remedial action when they're not.

WSWS (2022-07-23). January 6 Committee covers up role of Republican Party, national security officials in Trump coup. wsws.org The Democratic-controlled committee presented the absurd narrative that the fascist siege of the Capitol was allowed to drag on because Trump rejected pleas to call it off from White House staffers, family members, congressional leaders and other loyalists who had supported his baseless claims of a "stolen election," but heroically came to the defense of the Constitution.

Jàºrgen Rech, Georg Schett (2022-07-23). [Comment] Towards preventive treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. thelancet.com Prevention of rheumatoid arthritis is an ambitious therapeutic goal. Once it has developed, rheumatoid arthritis is characterised by high chronicity and often requires lifelong treatment.1,2 Sustained drug-free remission is rare, especially in seropositive disease, which is defined by the presence of rheumatoid factor and anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA).3 Onset of rheumatoid arthritis, characterised by joint swelling, is preceded by a pre-arthritis phase, in which patients show discrete symptoms (eg, pain), presence of autoantibodies (rheumatoid factor and ACPA), and subclinical signs of inflammation…

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-07-23). California Juneteenth Holiday "Official" or "Optional" indybay.org Adding a California Juneteenth Freedom Day as an official Holiday for the Great State of California is the desired goal to align with our Federal Juneteenth Holiday, building upon our unique journey documented 20 years ago in AB 1749 (Longville)…

WSWS (2022-07-23). New Zealand foreign minister sounds alarm about Sri Lankan "lessons" wsws.org Drawing "lessons" from the escalating Sri Lanka economic and political crisis, New Zealand and Australia are preparing interventions in the Pacific to suppress popular discontent.

Robert Kurz (2022-07-23). Hysterical Populism and the Appetite of the Leviathan. indybay.org The relationship between economy and social order has been turned upside down: economy is no longer a function of an overarching culture, but conversely, "human society has sunk to being an accessory of the economic system" (Karl Polanyi). Robert Kurz, the founder of Exit and Krisis journals, on scapegoating, moral panics and conspiracy theory culture.

____ (2022-07-23). China holds int'l travel fair after one-year pause. ecns.cn The 2022 China International Travel Mart (CITM) kicked off Friday in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, after a hiatus of one year due to the COVID-19 epidemic.

____ (2022-07-23). Dinesh Gunawardena sworn in as prime minister of Sri Lanka. ecns.cn Dinesh Gunawardena was sworn in as the prime minister of Sri Lanka by President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday.

Labor Video Project (2022-07-23). UAW 2022 Convention Issues With Scott Houldieson UAW 551 Convention Delegate. indybay.org UAW 551 convention delegate Scott Houldieson talks about the issues facing the UAW Constitutional convention. For the first time there will be a direct election of the international officers. He discusses two tier contracts, labor management partnerships and also the refusal of the UAW International to invite Mexican GM workers to the convention. Most of the former UAW International officials have been charged with corruption and taking money from the auto companies through their joint company union projects in return for two tier and concession contracts.

____ (2022-07-23). Medical reform in China eases financial burdens for patients. ecns.cn China's medical reform in the past ten years has significantly eased the financial burdens for patients, according to the National Health Commission.

WSWS (2022-07-23). SEP condemns state attack on Galle Face protesters in Sri Lanka. wsws.org The military/police violence is a warning of what is to come if the parties of the capitalist class are left in power. It adds to the urgency of workers and rural toilers taking up the political initiative outlined by the SEP in its July 20 statement entitled "For Democratic and Socialist Congress of Workers and Rural Masses!".

WSWS (2022-07-23). Workers Struggles: Asia and Australia. wsws.org Indian public sector insurance workers hold national strike; Andhra Pradesh rural health workers demand minimum wage; Sri Lankan teachers and health workers protest fuel shortages; Australia: Sydney commuter rail workers to strike again…

WSWS (2022-07-23). Peasants form action committee in southern Sri Lanka to fight government attacks. wsws.org The inaugural meeting issued a call for the formation of a wide network of action committees to organise united action to overcome the serious economic problems confronting peasants.

____ (2022-07-23). World's largest luxurious ro-ro passenger ship finishes trial trip in China's Lingding Bay. ecns.cn The world's largest luxurious ro-ro passenger ship has been back to Guangzhou City, Guang Dong Province after its successful trial trip in the Lingding Bay at the mouth of the Pearl River in South China, according to its maker, the Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Limited, on July 21.

____ (2022-07-23). Chinese entrepreneur honored at 2022 Automotive Hall of Fame induction. ecns.cn Lu Guanqiu, founder of Wanxiang Group, has become the first Chinese national inducted into the U.S. Automotive Hall of Fame (AHF). Lu was honored at the 2022 AHF Induction & Awards Ceremony at the ICON Convention Center in Detroit on Thursday.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-23). Consumer Health: Treating glioblastoma. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Glioblastoma Awareness Day will be observed Wednesday, July 20, which makes this a good time to learn more about treating one of the most complex, deadly and treatment-resistant cancers. More than 13,400 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2022, according to the National Brain Tumor Society. The five-year survival rate is 6.8%, and the median length of survival is eight months. Glioblastoma, also known as glioblastoma multiforme, is a type of glioma,…

____ (2022-07-23). Dali-Baoshan section of Dali-Ruili Railway enters operation. ecns.cn A railway linking Dali and Baoshan, two cities in Southwest China's Yunnan Province, started operations on Friday, a major breakthrough in the construction of the China-Myanmar international railway corridor.

Anonymous103 (2022-07-22). Up To 300 Ukrainian Nationalists Killed In Kramatorsk (Photos, Video). southfront.org On July 21st, Russian forces destroyed the temporary deployment point of Ukrainian forces in the city of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk People's Republic. The city is under Ukrainian control. | On July 22nd, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported that Russian precision ground-based weapons hit the temporary deployment point of the nationalist battalion "Black Hundred", deployed in the building of school No. 23 in the city of Kramatorsk of the Donetsk People's Republic. As a result of th…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-22). Moscow, Kiev and Ankara Reach Grain Agreement in Istanbul. libya360.wordpress.com Observateur Continental Negotiations on the export of Ukrainian grain from the part of the Black Sea controlled by the Ukrainian army took place in Istanbul. Military delegations from Russia, Turkey and Ukraine as well as representatives of the UN came to Istanbul to discuss the food crisis. So what is the substance of the planned…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-22). Western Delusion of "Isolating" Russia. libya360.wordpress.com Salman Rafi Sheikh For months, the West has been projecting a geopolitics of "isolating" Russia, both economically via sanctions and diplomatically via creating anti-Russia counter alliances around the world. But how is this geopolitics of "isolation" working? Five months into the Russian military operation in Ukraine, the fallout of this war — in particular the…

Vijay Prashad (2022-07-22). It is dark, but I sing because the morning will come: The Twenty-Ninth Newsletter (2022). mronline.org In the chilly Brazilian winter of 2019, Renata Porto Bugni (deputy director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research), André Cardoso (coordinator of our office in Brazil), and I went to the Lula Livre ('Free Lula') camp in Curitiba, set up just across the road from the penitentiary where former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sat in a 15-square metre cell.

Benjamin Norton (2022-07-22). Inside Nicaragua's Sandinista Revolution: 43 years resisting imperialism. multipolarista.com Benjamin Norton reports from inside Nicaragua on the 43rd anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution. This mini-documentary explores the Sandinista Front's emphasis on social programs, popular participation, anti-imperialism, and internationalism.

_____ (2022-07-22). 'Lies Against Our Democracy': Lula Rips Bolsonaro's Speech To Diplomats. popularresistance.org Brazilian presidential frontrunner Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Tuesday accused President Jair Bolsonaro of lying 20 times during a meeting with international diplomats in which the far-right incumbent repeated his baseless attacks on the integrity of the nation's election system. | While offering no credible evidence to support his claim, Bolsonaro told dozens of diplomats from countries including the United States and members of the European Union that the Brazilian electoral system is "completely vulnerable" to fraud in the run-up to this October's presidential election. | According to Folha de Sà£o Paul…

Editor (2022-07-22). $2 Trillion for War Versus $100 Billion to Save the Planet. mronline.org The West seems more fixated on spending social wealth on the military rather than addressing the climate catastrophe.

Editor (2022-07-22). International Students in Ontario Are Fighting Wage Theft—And Winning. scheerpost.com By Caitlyn Clark / Labor Notes In Brampton, Ontario, a small team of young organizers has begun taking on the businesses that exploit them, one case at a time. The Naujawan Support Network, a collective of international students and migrant workers from Punjab, India, has won back more than $200,000 Canadian ($154,000 U.S.) in stolen …

_____ (2022-07-22). Annual Run To Raise Awareness About Sacred Site Mount Graham. popularresistance.org A group of Indigenous activists and their allies will run from the San Carlos Apache Reservation to the summit of Mount Graham starting Thursday to honor one of their most sacred sites and to commemorate the beginnings of a local Native grassroots movement to preserve Indigenous sacred places. | The 31st Annual Mount Graham Sacred Run begins at the Old San Carlos Monument, the site of the original Indian agency and military post, dating to when Apache people were first restricted to the San Carlos Reservation. It will continue along state and local highways to the summit of Mount Graham, one of the Southwest's Sk…

Editor2 (2022-07-22). Imran Khan Rewrites Pakistan's Political History. orinocotribune.com By MK Bhadrakumar Jul 18, 2022 | Against the odds and powerful rivals pitted against him, former PM Khan's win in Punjab elections is a victory for democracy and Pakistan's sovereignty | It is an unsavoury proposition always, be it in India or Pakistan, when political power is usurped by fly-by-night operators who engineer defections from a ruling party, and an established government gets overthrown despite its mandate to govern. | In India — so far, at least — such shenanigans leading to regime change at the federal or state level have not been manipulated by foreign powers — except, perh…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-22). Struggle for Justice Continues in Panama. towardfreedom.org Panamanian movements have called for the government to sit down in negotiations with the mobilized sectors and listen to their demands, People's Dispatch reports.

Editor (2022-07-22). Les Miserables, Living and Dying on American Streets. scheerpost.com By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch Statistics lie. Some lie more than others. The ones regarding unemployment lie brazenly and have done so for years, erasing the very existence of the long-term unemployed by simply deleting them from the regular tally. Statistics about homelessness lie. But they have an excuse: the homeless are hard to keep …

Editor (2022-07-22). VIDEO: Mainstream Media Says Copwatchers Are a Menace—Here's Why They're Wrong. scheerpost.com Lorie Shaull from St Paul, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 By Taya Graham and Stephen Janis / In this live conversation and Q&A, Police Accountability Report hosts Taya Graham and Stephen Janis discuss a recent win to protect the right to record police in the second highest court in the land. Guest Abade Irizarry (aka Liberty Freak) joins the stream to discuss the cop watching incident that started…

Ben Carroll (2022-07-22). Why is everything getting so expensive? workers.org According to the U.S. Department of Labor, rising energy and food costs pushed the annual inflation rate in the U.S. to 8.6% in May, the highest rate in 40 years. The following analysis of the causes of inflation is a slightly edited version of an article published by Workers World, . . . |

Editor (2022-07-22). Why we need to (re)nationalize Air Canada. mronline.org It's because of decades of public investment that the company, and our national airports system, exist in the first place.

JANET (2022-07-22). In Middle East visit, oil access trumps human rights. iacenter.org July 20, 2022 No Palestinians living under Israeli occupation benefitted one iota from President Joe Biden's brief Middle East visit. Biden had the executive power to reverse the damage done when former President Donald Trump moved the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, recognizing Israel's control over the disputed capital. Biden chose to not do so. Biden has never addressed Israel's responsibility for the murder of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, killed by Israeli soldiers in May, as she covered an Israeli Defense Forces operation in the occupied West Bank. Biden spent his brief time in occupied Pale…

Jason Hickel (2022-07-22). Existing climate mitigation scenarios perpetuate colonial inequalities. mronline.org The core countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the rest of Europe (collectively referred to here as the Global North) use on average about 130 gigajoules of energy per capita each year, nearly ten times more than what low-income countries use (13 ∑4 GJ/capita).

Kathy Durkin (2022-07-22). Celebrate the Cuban Revolution with Workers World. workers.org Workers World/Mundo Obrero joins with the Cuban people in celebrating the 69th anniversary of an event which changed the course of history for their island nation. On July 26, 1953, Cuban revolutionaries boldly attacked the Moncada garrison in Santiago de Cuba and simultaneously conducted a siege of the army barracks . . . |

Michael Roberts (2022-07-22). Is China headed for a crash? mronline.org So, is this the moment of collapse in the Chinese model of development and the end of all that talk about 'moving towards socialism' etc? Many Western experts think so.

Contributing Writers (2022-07-22). Kraken Atrocities/ via UKRLEAKS eng. marktaliano.net Mark Taliano, [2022-07-22 11: 21 AM][Forwarded from UKR LEAKS eng] Revelations of fiends: a captured militant of the national battalion "Kraken" told why they were kicked out of Kharkov two weeks ago: "We were sent [from Kharkov] because [call sign] Konoplya started… they found seven corpses in his backyard." "Who?" "Civilians." "Why did he kill them?" …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-22). Russia and Africa: A Future-Bound Partnership. libya360.wordpress.com Sergey Lavrov On the eve of my visits to several African countries, I would like to share my reflections on the prospects for Russia-Africa relations in the current geopolitical context with esteemed readers. Today, African states play an increasingly important role in the global politics and economy, take an active part in solving key modern-day…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-22). South Africa's Energy Crisis Escalates. libya360.wordpress.com Brian Kamanzi Photo via World Bank Photo Collection Behind rolling power cuts in South Africa loom deep-seated socioeconomic issues worsened by the rich countries of the world On the morning of June 27, 2022, National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) shop steward David Fankomo joined his fellow members at the picket line outside Eskom's Emalahleni office…

WSWS (2022-07-22). UK: RMT agreement at Merseyrail paves the way for ending national rail strike. wsws.org After promoting an ASLEF union deal on similar terms, on July 14, the RMT pushed through its own deal with Merseyrail for the same amount, having agreed to downgrade the status of train guards the week before.

TeleSUR, lvm, MER (2022-07-22). Eligen a Draupadi Murmu como nueva presidenta de la India. telesurtv.net Unos 4.800 representantes parlamentarios fueron convocados para elegir a la nueva jefa de Estado de la India.

WSWS (2022-07-22). Kroger workers in Columbus, Ohio, to vote on sell-out UFCW contract next week. wsws.org The contract proposal is woefully inadequate to the needs of workers, similar to the contract forced through by the UFCW in Indianapolis earlier this month.

Monica Moorehead (2022-07-22). 'Mothers of Gynecology' monument exposes horrors of slavery. workers.org A righteous tidal wave of anger followed people seeing the nine-minutes-plus videotaped police lynching of George Floyd in Minneapolis late May 2020. Racist monuments glorifying the slave-owning Confederacy came tumbling down, especially in the Deep South. These acts to take down the statues were part of historic mass protests that . . . |

____ (2022-07-22). Extinction of Chinese paddlefish and wild Yangtze sturgeon announced by IUCN. ecns.cn The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) announced the extinction of the Chinese paddlefish and the wild Yangtze sturgeon on Thursday in its updated Red List of threatened species.

WSWS (2022-07-22). Newly-installed Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe oversees brutal police-military assault on protesters. wsws.org The brutal raid is the first act of Wickremesinghe, since he was installed as president by parliament. It is a stark warning of what the right-wing, imperialist-backed leader of the United National Party is preparing.

TeleSUR, hvh, DRL (2022-07-22). Fuerzas de seguridad disuelven campamento en Colombo, Sri Lanka. telesurtv.net Durante la intervención policial nueve manifestantes fueron detenidos mientras que se reportan civiles con lesiones.

A Guest Author (2022-07-22). Letters from behind the walls. workers.org Re: "Released after 46 years, Bradford Gamble exposes medical abuse," WW Vol. 64 No. 12 (wwp.pub/gamble) I read what your organization published on Bradford Gamble before it ran in the Philadelphia Inquirer. 'Twas a well-written article that speaks volumes to what occurs inside Pennsylvania Dept. of Corrections locations, medical-wise. What . . . |

Edited by Michael Harris (2022-07-22). California United States Colored Troops Help Save the Union. indybay.org Rev. Thomas Starr King helped keep the thin margin of Union California vs Confederate California. US Colored Troops from California helped preserve the Union and begin the ending of legal slavery in America. Today, we honor National Buffalo Soldiers Day and share our unique California Journey from Slavery to Freedom.

Editor (2022-07-22). Surveillance Is Pervasive: Yes, You Are Being Watched, Even if No One is Looking For You. scheerpost.com By Peter Krapp, University of California, Irvine / The Conversation The U.S. has the largest number of surveillance cameras per person in the world. Cameras are omnipresent on city streets and in hotels, restaurants, malls and offices. They're also used to screen passengers for the Transportation Security Administration. And then there are smart doorbells and other home security cameras. Most Americans …

Joe Piette (2022-07-21). Residentes resisten desarrolladores millonarios. workers.org Por Joe Piette Filadelfia Darlene Foreman, una mujer negra de 60 años y una de las representantes de los inquilinos de UC Townhomes, dijo a la prensa reunida el 11 de julio: "Esta es una lucha por los Townhomes, pero no sólo por los Townhomes". Es por la gente "de . . . |

Marie Kelly (2022-07-21). The Turnaway Study — when reproductive freedom is denied. workers.org There has already been catastrophic fallout since SCOTUS handed down the Dobbs decision overturning Roe, ending federal guarantee of right of access to abortion and allowing states to completely ban abortion. It hasn't taken long to hear stories of forced pregnancy, vital medical care withheld and criminalization of reproductive rights. . . . |

_____ (2022-07-21). Artists Respond To Climate Crisis With World Weather Network. popularresistance.org A library at the top of one of London's oldest skyscrapers; the rainforest, mountains and coastline of Peru; a Canadian island in the Labrador Current. | All of these are weather stations, but they won't necessarily be reporting temperature changes or barometric pressure. Instead, they are among the 28 international locations from which writers and artists will work to make sense of the climate crisis as part of a first-of-its kind collaboration called the World Weather Network. | "We want to see what happens when artists and writers start to use their imagination and lateral kind of abilities to think through so…

_____ (2022-07-21). Ghana's Unions And Left Reject Bailout Talks With The IMF. popularresistance.org The government of Ghana has initiated talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a potential bailout program. A delegation of the IMF concluded a week-long visit to Accra on July 13 and met with officials including Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. The proposal has been severely criticized by the Ghanaian left, especially the Socialist Movement of Ghana (SMG), and trade unions. | In a statement released after the visit, IMF Mission Chief Carlo Sdralevich stated, "The IMF team held initial discussions on a comprehensive reform package to restore macroeconomic stabil…

Monica Moorehead (2022-07-21). Groundswell of support to free Brittney Griner. workers.org The struggle to bring Brittney Griner home intensifies. The star center for the Women's National Basketball Association's Phoenix Mercury has been incarcerated in a Russian prison since her arrest at a Moscow airport on Feb. 17 for drug possession, after vape pen cartridges of hashish oil were discovered in her . . . |

Benjamin Norton (2022-07-22). Inside Nicaragua's Sandinista Revolution: 43 years resisting imperialism. multipolarista.com Benjamin Norton reports from inside Nicaragua on the 43rd anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution. This mini-documentary explores the Sandinista Front's emphasis on social programs, popular participation, anti-imperialism, and internationalism.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-22). Struggle for Justice Continues in Panama. towardfreedom.org Panamanian movements have called for the government to sit down in negotiations with the mobilized sectors and listen to their demands, People's Dispatch reports.

TeleSUR, lvm, MER (2022-07-22). Eligen a Draupadi Murmu como nueva presidenta de la India. telesurtv.net Unos 4.800 representantes parlamentarios fueron convocados para elegir a la nueva jefa de Estado de la India.

WSWS (2022-07-22). Kroger workers in Columbus, Ohio, to vote on sell-out UFCW contract next week. wsws.org The contract proposal is woefully inadequate to the needs of workers, similar to the contract forced through by the UFCW in Indianapolis earlier this month.

____ (2022-07-22). Dinesh Gunawardena sworn in as prime minister of Sri Lanka. ecns.cn Dinesh Gunawardena was sworn in as the prime minister of Sri Lanka by President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday.

Robert Kurz (2022-07-22). Hysterical Populism and the Appetite of the Leviathan. indybay.org The relationship between economy and social order has been turned upside down: economy is no longer a function of an overarching culture, but conversely, "human society has sunk to being an accessory of the economic system" (Karl Polanyi). Robert Kurz, the founder of Exit and Krisis journals, on scapegoating, moral panics and conspiracy theory culture.

TeleSUR, hvh, DRL (2022-07-22). Fuerzas de seguridad disuelven campamento en Colombo, Sri Lanka. telesurtv.net Durante la intervención policial nueve manifestantes fueron detenidos mientras que se reportan civiles con lesiones.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-22). Consumer Health: Treating glioblastoma. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Glioblastoma Awareness Day will be observed Wednesday, July 20, which makes this a good time to learn more about treating one of the most complex, deadly and treatment-resistant cancers. More than 13,400 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2022, according to the National Brain Tumor Society. The five-year survival rate is 6.8%, and the median length of survival is eight months. Glioblastoma, also known as glioblastoma multiforme, is a type of glioma,…

____ (2022-07-22). Extinction of Chinese paddlefish and wild Yangtze sturgeon announced by IUCN. ecns.cn The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) announced the extinction of the Chinese paddlefish and the wild Yangtze sturgeon on Thursday in its updated Red List of threatened species.

Anonymous Contributor (2022-07-22). Leader of "Straight Pride" Rally in Modesto Embraces White Nationalism, Attacks Jews and LGBTQ Community as "Satanic" itsgoingdown.org Report on how the leader of the "Straight Pride" rallies in Modesto, CA build a broad far-Right network while promoting explicitly white nationalist and anti-Semitic ideas. Originally posted to No H8 In the Valley. In April of 2020, Don J Grundmann took the stage at the annual Constitution Party convention. His speech was par the…

WSWS (2022-07-22). Newly-installed Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe oversees brutal police-military assault on protesters. wsws.org The brutal raid is the first act of Wickremesinghe, since he was installed as president by parliament. It is a stark warning of what the right-wing, imperialist-backed leader of the United National Party is preparing.

Edited by Michael Harris (2022-07-22). California United States Colored Troops Help Save the Union. indybay.org Rev. Thomas Starr King helped keep the thin margin of Union California vs Confederate California. US Colored Troops from California helped preserve the Union and begin the ending of legal slavery in America. Today, we honor National Buffalo Soldiers Day and share our unique California Journey from Slavery to Freedom.

Labor Video Project (2022-07-22). UAW 2022 Convention Issues With Scott Houldieson UAW 551 Convention Delegate. indybay.org UAW 551 convention delegate Scott Houldieson talks about the issues facing the UAW Constitutional convention. For the first time there will be a direct election of the international officers. He discusses two tier contracts, labor management partnerships and also the refusal of the UAW International to invite Mexican GM workers to the convention. Most of the former UAW International officials have been charged with corruption and taking money from the auto companies through their joint company union projects in return for two tier and concession contracts.

____ (2022-07-22). China holds int'l travel fair after one-year pause. ecns.cn The 2022 China International Travel Mart (CITM) kicked off Friday in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, after a hiatus of one year due to the COVID-19 epidemic.

Editor (2022-07-21). Patrick Lawrence: Smoke and Mirrors. scheerpost.com By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost Under Every Bed It has been quite a week for the regime in Kiev. On Sunday Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky suspended the head of his domestic intelligence service, Ivan Bakanov, and the Justice Ministry's chief prosecutor, Iryna Venediktova. The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's legislature, ratified these suspensions Monday. These …

_____ (2022-07-21). Russia's Goals In Ukraine Now Expand Beyond Donbas. popularresistance.org Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday that Russia's goals in Ukraine are now expanded beyond the Donbas region, citing the failed peace talks and Western military aid to Ukraine. | When Russia pulled its forces out of areas in northern Ukraine, Moscow said it would focus on the "liberation" of the breakaway Donbas republics, known as the Donestk People's Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR). Lavrov's comments are the first time a high-level Russian official acknowledged Moscow's war aims extend beyond that region. | Lavrov said that geographical realities changed after Russian an…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-21). Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's Interview with RT, Sputnik and Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency, Moscow, July 20, 2022. libya360.wordpress.com Question: You just returned from a trip and are about to leave again soon. This "international isolation" is so tight that you are almost never home. Here's a question from our subscribers. At different levels, from the deputies to public officials, our talks with Ukraine are on and off. We say it's impossible to hold talks…

SouthFront5 (2022-07-21). Which Side Is Aggressor In War In Ukraine? southfront.org Written by According to Ukraine's Government, Russia's 24 February 2022 invasion of Ukraine was entirely unprovoked, not at all responding to a threat that Ukraine was posing to Russia's national security. | According to Russia's Government, this invasion was a result of Ukraine's seeking NATO membership — membership in America's anti-Russian NATO military allian…

_____ (2022-07-21). Open Letter To President Biden From Veterans For Peace. popularresistance.org Dear President Biden, | We, members of Veterans For Peace who are concerned about the growing possibility of nuclear war, have researched and written our own Nuclear Posture Review, with the goal of reducing the risk of nuclear war and ultimately eliminating all nuclear weapons. Because your own Nuclear Posture Review has not yet been released, we strongly encourage you to put it on hold while you review the Nuclear Posture Review of Veterans For Peace. | The war in Ukraine, with its relentless escalation toward a possible nuclear confrontation, is of great concern to the American public, including those in unifo…

Marie Kelly (2022-07-21). The Turnaway Study — when reproductive freedom is denied. workers.org There has already been catastrophic fallout since SCOTUS handed down the Dobbs decision overturning Roe, ending federal guarantee of right of access to abortion and allowing states to completely ban abortion. It hasn't taken long to hear stories of forced pregnancy, vital medical care withheld and criminalization of reproductive rights. . . . |

Joe Piette (2022-07-21). Residentes resisten desarrolladores millonarios. workers.org Por Joe Piette Filadelfia Darlene Foreman, una mujer negra de 60 años y una de las representantes de los inquilinos de UC Townhomes, dijo a la prensa reunida el 11 de julio: "Esta es una lucha por los Townhomes, pero no sólo por los Townhomes". Es por la gente "de . . . |

Editor (2022-07-21). Everything you've always wanted to know about: 'good' wars, 'good' war criminals, 'good' dictators, 'good' separatists, 'good' oligarchs, 'good' money launderers—and their antitheses! mronline.org When Saddam Hussein, Iraq's president, invaded Iran on September 22, 1980, he was a "good" dictator. His invasion of the neighboring country was not only approved by the United States and its Western satellites, but also universally supported by them. Unlike secular Iraq, Iran was led by so-called vicious Islamic clerics.

Editor (2022-07-21). Nicaragua celebrates 43 years of revolution: a clash between reality and media misrepresentation. mronline.org July 19th is a day of celebration in Nicaragua: the anniversary of the overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship. But the international media will have it penciled in their diaries for another reason: it's yet another opportunity to pour scorn on Nicaragua's Sandinista government.

Editor (2022-07-21). Pelosi could spark 'more serious' Taiwan Straits crisis; China-U.S. ties would fall off cliff if Washington intended to crash 'guardrails'. mronline.org

Editor (2022-07-21). The Tories fiddle while the planet burns, but protest is growing — weekly briefing. mronline.org Lindsey German on unfolding economic and environmental crises, and how we should respond.

Editor (2022-07-21). White man's media: legacy media in the U.S. and UK frames and conditions our thinking and actions. mronline.org Most political colonies have come to an end. But a colonial mind set continues in the media. That colonial media mind set in turn promotes a 'colonisation of the mind'.

Editor (2022-07-21). Bail Reform Helps Countless People. Why Don't We Hear More of Their Stories? scheerpost.com Ball Bail, CC BY-SA 4.0 By Bryce Covert / In a

Editor (2022-07-21). Ilhan Omar's Meddling in Horn of Africa Earns Boos at Somali American Concert. scheerpost.com By Ann Garrison / Ilhan Omar was

Editor (2022-07-21). Medical Debt Is a Rip-Off. scheerpost.com Rastrojo (D‚Ä¢ES), CC BY-SA 4.0 By Jim Hightower / Many big business CEOs turn out to be grifters who rip off consumers, workers, and others. But the corporate con artists I consider most vile are those who profiteer from people's health care needs. | We've had such infamous, high-profile scammers as Medicare fraudster (and now Florida S…

Editor (2022-07-21). The Infernal Manchin Machine. scheerpost.com By Khalil Bendib / Can Dems pass anything at all through Manchin's buzzsaw? | Khalil BendibKhalil Bendib is the OtherWords.org cartoonist. |

John Bellamy Foster (2022-07-21). Be moderate…we only want THE EARTH! mronline.org We have to recognize that there is a pathway forward for humanity, but that the capitalist world system, and today's governments that are largely subservient to corporations and the wealthy, are blocking that pathway, simply because it requires revolutionary-scale socioecological change.

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2022-07-21). Russia teaches Europe ABC of gas trade. mronline.org The unthinkable is happening for the second time in five months: Russian gas giant Gazprom writes to German gas companies announcing force majeure effective from June 14, exonerating it from any compensation for shortfalls since then.

Maxyyjones (2022-07-21). Why Nord Stream II Must Be Opened Immediately. scheerpost.com By File photo shows tugboats get into position on the Russian pipe-laying vessel "For…

_____ (2022-07-21). Artists Respond To Climate Crisis With World Weather Network. popularresistance.org A library at the top of one of London's oldest skyscrapers; the rainforest, mountains and coastline of Peru; a Canadian island in the Labrador Current. | All of these are weather stations, but they won't necessarily be reporting temperature changes or barometric pressure. Instead, they are among the 28 international locations from which writers and artists will work to make sense of the climate crisis as part of a first-of-its kind collaboration called the World Weather Network. | "We want to see what happens when artists and writers start to use their imagination and lateral kind of abilities to think through so…

_____ (2022-07-21). Ghana's Unions And Left Reject Bailout Talks With The IMF. popularresistance.org The government of Ghana has initiated talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a potential bailout program. A delegation of the IMF concluded a week-long visit to Accra on July 13 and met with officials including Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. The proposal has been severely criticized by the Ghanaian left, especially the Socialist Movement of Ghana (SMG), and trade unions. | In a statement released after the visit, IMF Mission Chief Carlo Sdralevich stated, "The IMF team held initial discussions on a comprehensive reform package to restore macroeconomic stabil…

Ann Brown (2022-07-21). Did VP Kamala Harris Compare Abortion Restrictions To Chattel Slavery? Black America Responds. moguldom.com In a recent speech, Vice President Kamala Harris compared chattel slavery to the June 24 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to place restrictions on abortion. Speaking at the 113th NAACP national convention on July 20, Harris said, "We must recognize there are those who are fighting to drag us backward. Extremist so-called leaders who are attempting …

Anonymous103 (2022-07-21). Military SItuation In Yemen On July 21, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 157 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah in the past 24 hours; | On July 20, clashes between Ansar Allah and the Saudi-led forces were reported west of Taiz; | On July 20, Muhammad Abdulsalam, spokesman for Ansar Allah and the head of the negotiation board of the National Salvation Government of Yemen, said that the non-fulfillment of the commitments by the Saudi-led coalition, repeated…

Fight Back (2022-07-21). Philippines: U.S. puts revolutionaries on list of "foreign terrorist organizations" fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). | Condemn U.S. intervention over re-inclusion of CPP and NPA in US-FTO | The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) condemns the U.S. government for political and military intervention in the country's national affairs over the recent re-inclusion of the CPP and the New People's Army (NPA) in the list of so-called "foreign terrorist organizations" maintained by the U.S. State Department. | The re-inclusion of the CPP and NPA, as well as other Moro and domestic Islamic groups, was made in a July 6 r…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-21). Behind the Drought and Food Deficits in Africa. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe There has been a deteriorating situation within various African states related to the impact of drought and the consequent lack of food for hundreds of millions of people. These events on the continent cannot be analyzed separately from the broader international economic and security crises which have impacted the ability of the existing…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-21). Building Power with Food Sovereignty. libya360.wordpress.com jesse chase Food sovereignty activists protest outside a secret elite corporate seed conference convened by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Organised by Global Justice Now. Let's talk about food sovereignty, Africa, the economic impoverishment of the diaspora and Indigenous people at large. How does…

Staff (2022-07-21). Venezuela Enacts Special Economic Zones Law. orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, July 20, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, enacted the Organic Law of Special Economic Zones (LOZEE), a legal tool approved by the Venezuelan National Assembly (AN) to promote productive development in defined areas providing special incentives for economic development. | "The Organic Law of the Special Economic Zones has undergone an intense debate within the National Assembly with proposals, modifications, additions for final approval, and which has been the subject of a large national consultation," he said from the International Center for Productive Investment (CIIP), located in Car…

Mark Gruenberg (2022-07-21). Biden touts his climate change actions, but enviro groups say: 'Not enough'. peoplesworld.org SOMERSET, Mass.—Democratic President Joe Biden touted his administration's moves towards combating climate change. But the items he disclosed at a speech in a former coal-fired power plant in Somerset, Mass.—whose workers will manufacture special undersea cables for offshore wind farms—produced a reaction from green groups of "not enough." Many want a climate national emergency declaration, …

WSWS (2022-07-21). Philippines government declares COVID-19 is "here to stay" wsws.org As with every other government internationally with the exception of China, the newly-elected government of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is making no pretence of combating the rapidly resurging pandemic, much less eradicating the virus.

Juan Cole (2022-07-21). Biden, Speaking of "Climate Emergency" and National Security, Pledges Executive Orders to Combat Global Heating. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that he would use executive orders and appeal to emergency measures in addressing what he caled the "climate crisis," deploying among other tools the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). He announced, "And in the coming weeks, I'm going to use the power I have …

WSWS (2022-07-21). Right-wing ruling party wins Japanese upper house election. wsws.org The LDP ability to retain control in the National Diet is an indication of the deep distrust the working class has for the Democrats and their allies.

Mike Walter (2022-07-21). The Heat: Sri Lanka's new president & COVID-19. america.cgtn.com The Sri Lankan parliament votes for a new president to tackle the country's economic crisis. And, as countries lift restrictions and face COVID fatigue, the World Health Organization warns the pandemic is far from over.

Monica Moorehead (2022-07-21). Groundswell of support to free Brittney Griner. workers.org The struggle to bring Brittney Griner home intensifies. The star center for the Women's National Basketball Association's Phoenix Mercury has been incarcerated in a Russian prison since her arrest at a Moscow airport on Feb. 17 for drug possession, after vape pen cartridges of hashish oil were discovered in her . . . |

Editor (2022-07-21). HarperCollins Workers Go On Strike. scheerpost.com Photo by Luigi Morris | By Emily Janakiram / Yesterday, workers at the "Big Four" publisher HarperCollins went on a one-day strike, protesting the company's refusal to agree to a fair contract. The workers, who have organized with United Auto Workers Local 2110, are demanding liveable wages, better family leave benefits, and stronger commitme…

____ (2022-07-21). Sri Lanka to hold swear-in ceremony for new cabinet ministers on Friday. ecns.cn Sri Lanka's new cabinet of ministers are scheduled to be sworn in on Friday at the Prime Minister's Office.

____ (2022-07-21). China's small, medium-sized banks operating stably: regulator. ecns.cn The overall operations of China's small and medium-sized banks are stable and their risks are generally controllable, an official said Thursday.

____ (2022-07-21). Fire reported on board India's aircraft carrier with no casualties. ecns.cn A small fire was reported on India's aircraft carrier "INS Vikramaditya" on Wednesday, though no casualties were reported, said the Indian Navy in a statement.

Anonymous669 (2022-07-21). Israeli Mossad Caught, Interrogated Senior IRGC Official In Iran — Report. southfront.org The official insignia of the Israeli Mossad. | The Mossad, Israel's national intelligence agency, had caught and interrogated a senior official of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Iranian territory, the According to the Sa…

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-07-21). Wickremesinghe ocupa oficialmente la presidencia de Sri Lanka. telesurtv.net El exprimer ministro de Sri Lanka logró 134 votos a favor en el Parlamento frente a Alahapperuma y Dissanayaka.

____ (2022-07-21). China launches innovation alliance to promote use of saline soil. ecns.cn A national agricultural innovation alliance on the comprehensive use of saline soil was jointly launched by the Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) and related units.

WSWS (2022-07-21). Sri Lankan parliament elects rightwing, pro-US Ranil Wickremesinghe as president. wsws.org Wickremesinghe has been selected to ruthlessly impose the austerity dictates of the International Monetary Fund and to strangle the popular uprising that has erupted over the past three months.

____ (2022-07-21). Chinese mainland reports 148 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn The Chinese mainland reported 148 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and 678 asymptomatic carriers on Wednesday, the National Health Commission said Thursday.

WSWS (2022-07-21). Thousands of Quebec workers join strikes and protests against big business assault on wages, working conditions. wsws.org Irrespective of their nationality, the language they speak or the colour of their skin, workers everywhere face the same fundamental problems: the intensifying COVID-19 pandemic, rampant inflation, deteriorating working conditions, glaring social inequality, and the commitment of vast resources to war.

Staff (2022-07-21). Unión Eléctrica estima una afectación máxima de 680 MW en el horario diurno. cubadebate.cu Se estima una afectación máxima de 680 MW en el horario diurno. Para el horario pico, se pronostica la entrada de la unidad 4 de la CTE Cienfuegos con 110 MW, la utilización de 150 MW en motores diésel. Con este pronóstico, se estima para el horario pico una disponibilidad de 2 502 MW y una demanda máxima de 3 020 MW, para un déficit de 518 MW.

Staff (2022-07-21). Syria envoy criticizes continuation of anti-Damascus policies. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 21 (MNA) — Syria's permanent representative to the UN, Ambassador Bassam Sabbagh criticized Wednesday that some countries continue their hostile policy and politicize the chemical file in Syria.

WSWS (2022-07-21). For a Democratic and Socialist Congress of Workers and Rural Masses in Sri Lanka! wsws.org The working class must establish its own centre of political power in opposition to the anti-democratic conspiracies of the political establishment and the capitalist state. That is the significance of the SEP's call for the Democratic and Socialist Congress of Workers and Rural masses.

WSWS (2022-07-21). Gunman killed by armed bystander after murdering 3 at a mall in Indianapolis, Indiana. wsws.org Jonathan Sapirman, the 20-year-old assailant, opened fire in an Indiana shopping mall killing three before being slain by an armed onlooker.

____ (2022-07-21). Endangered giant Corpse Flower blooms at China's National Botanical Garden. ecns.cn A Titan Arum plant (Amorphophallus titanum), also known as the Corpse Flower, was in bloom at the National Botanical Garden in Beijing on Tuesday.

Peter Certo (2022-07-20). In OtherWords: July 20, 2022. otherwords.org This week, Sonali Kolhatkar examines the seemingly unusual incidence of women who oppose abortion rights seeking abortions for themselves. It's more common than you'd expect, Sonali argues — and actually key to understanding a range of common conservative policy positions. | Also this week, Jim Hightower sheds a light on the growing problem of medical debt. And cartoonist Khalil Bendib deftly illustrates what Senator Joe Manchin is doing the Democratic agenda in Washington. | New This Week… |

Editor (2022-07-20). In Middle East visit, oil access trumps human rights. workers.org No Palestinians living under Israeli occupation benefitted one iota from President Joe Biden's brief Middle East visit. Biden had the executive power to reverse the damage done when former President Donald Trump moved the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, recognizing Israel's control over the disputed capital. Biden chose to not do . . . |

Martha Grevatt (2022-07-20). 'Cleveland: no contract, no coffee!'. workers.org WW Photo: Martha Grevatt Starbucks workers, union and community supporters demonstrated outside the University Circle Starbucks store in Cleveland July 15. In addition to showing solidarity with the workers trying to unionize that store, demonstrators were protesting the firing of a member of the union organizing committee by Starbucks the . . . |

Otis Grotewohl (2022-07-20). Young workers show the way forward as economic crisis deepens. workers.org A global economic crisis is emerging, and for readers of Workers World, this comes as little to no surprise. As Marxists and dialectical materialists, we are cautious about making predictions. It is no secret that corporations are bragging about record profits at the same time working people are struggling to . . . |

Project Censored (2022-07-20). THE PROJECT CENSORED NEWSLETTER July 2022. projectcensored.org Project Censored at the Global Media Forum in Germany In June, Steve Macek represented Project Censored at the 15th Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum in Bonn, Germany. Sponsored by Germany's publicly-owned international broadcasting service,…

_____ (2022-07-20). Negotiations Underway In Panama As National Mobilizations Continue. popularresistance.org After more than two weeks of mobilizations and strikes and several attempts by the national government to fragment the movement, the people of Panama continue their struggle to demand immediate solutions to the cost of living crisis. On July 19, the People United for Life Alliance announced that it would partake in dialogues mediated by the Catholic Church. | The organizations part of the Alliance which drafted the list of 32 demands for the national government and organized the series of national mobilizations that began on July 1, have in the meanwhile continued their nationwide protests. On July 18 and 19, tho…

Derrick Crowe (2022-07-20). People's Action: We are in a climate emergency, and Biden must act. peoplesaction.org WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action released the following statement from Lead Climate Justice Organizer Ben Ishibashi after President Biden failed to declare a national climate emergency today: "We welcome Biden's executive actions to boost wind energy production and help low-income families keep cool, but this week's apocalyptic heat waves make it clear that these steps are overdue …

Dianne Mathiowetz (2022-07-20). Women charge abuse at Georgia's Stewart Detention Center. workers.org Activists march to shut down Stewart Detention Center, Lumpkin, Georgia, November 2014. Atlanta July 17 — Once again, a privately-operated immigrant detention center in Georgia is the focus of abuse charges by several women detainees. A male nurse employed by CoreCivic at the Stewart Detention Center (SDC) in Lumpkin, Georgia, . . . |

Benjamin Norton (2022-07-20). Real Debt Trap: Sri Lanka Owes Vast Majority to West, Not to China. towardfreedom.org Sri Lanka owes 81 percent of its external debt to U.S. and European financial institutions and to Western allies, Japan and India. China owns just 10 percent. But Washington blames imaginary "Chinese debt traps" for the nation's crisis, as it considers a 17th IMF structural adjustment program, reports Benjamin Norton.

Matthew J.L. Ehret (2022-07-21). India-Russia-Iran: Eurasia's new transportation powerhouses. dissidentvoice.org No longer just an 'alternative route' on a drawing board, the International North South Transportation Corridor (INSTC) is paying dividends in a time of global crisis. And Moscow, Tehran and New Delhi are now leading players in the Eurasian competition for transportation routes. Photo Credit: The Cradle Tectonic shifts continue to rage through the world …

| Reuters | (2022-07-21). Nepali Sherpa sets climbing record on Pakistan mountain. tribune.com.pk 47-year-old Nepali sherpa has set a climbing record by scaling all the world's 14 peaks that are higher than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) for a second time, his agency said on Thursday. | Sanu Sherpa, from Sankhuwasabha district in east Nepal, reached the top of Pakistan's Gasherbrum II, which at 8,035 metres is the 13th highest, on Thursday morning, his Pioneer Adventure hiking company said in Kathmandu. | "He is the only person in the world to scale each of the 14 highest mountains twice," Nibesh Karki, the company's executive director told Reuters. No further details were available. | Eight of the 14 highest pe…

Reprint, Michael Harris (2022-07-21). AB 1655 – California Juneteenth Bill aligns well with "Good News" From Vatican City. indybay.org US President Biden's Equity Proclamation, Executive Order #13985 arrives in San Francisco, California soon. Good news from Vatican City begins toward the ultimate goal to galvanize a global engagement with the Catholic Church to achieve reparatory justice comes to San Francisco July 26-29, 2022.

Editor (2022-07-20). Russia's campaign in Ukraine: Nearing an inflection point? mronline.org Notice how the amount of Western reporting on Ukraine has fallen off dramatically? That's because the war is going well for Russia and its allies.

Steve Sweeney (2022-07-20). Kononovich brothers thank supporters as trial resumes in Ukraine. mronline.org Jailed communist Mikhail Kononovich thanked supporters who have protested in solidarity with Ukrainian political prisoners as the trial of him and his brother Alexander resumed on Monday.

Jim Hightower (2022-07-20). Medical Debt Is a Rip-Off. otherwords.org Many big business CEOs turn out to be grifters who rip off consumers, workers, and others. But the corporate con artists I consider most vile are those who profiteer from people's health care needs. | We've had such infamous, high-profile scammers as Medicare fraudster (and now Florida Senator)

Editor (2022-07-20). House Endorses Expanding NATO Into Sweden and Finland. scheerpost.com Swadim, CC BY-SA 4.0 By Dave DeCamp / The bipartisan consensus for expanding NATO remains strong as the House approved a resolution on Monday endorsing Sweden and Finland's memberships On Tuesday, the Senate Armed Services Committee easily gave approval for Sweden and Finland's NATO bids, se…

Peter Certo (2022-07-20). In OtherWords: July 20, 2022. otherwords.org This week, Sonali Kolhatkar examines the seemingly unusual incidence of women who oppose abortion rights seeking abortions for themselves. It's more common than you'd expect, Sonali argues — and actually key to understanding a range of common conservative policy positions. | Also this week, Jim Hightower sheds a light on the growing problem of medical debt. And cartoonist Khalil Bendib deftly illustrates what Senator Joe Manchin is doing the Democratic agenda in Washington. | New This Week… |

Tanupriya Singh (2022-07-20). Ghana's unions and left reject bailout talks with the IMF as economic crisis spirals. peoplesdispatch.org Ghana has initiated talks with the International Monetary Fund to seek a potential bailout amid a major economic crisis. This has been rejected by the Socialist Movement of Ghana and trade unions who argue that this will do nothing to alleviate the structural problems in the economy…

Scorinoco (2022-07-20). From Invading Iraq to Guaidó's Flop: The CV of Coup-Plotter John Bolton. orinocotribune.com By Tanupriya Singh — Jul 15, 2022 | In a recent interview with CNN, former US National Security Advisor John Bolton affirmed his role in coups abroad. The hardliner was an architect of the invasion of Iraq, and most recently, played a role in the attempted coup against Venezuelan President Maduro. | On July 12, former US National Security advisor John Bolton, admitted on national television that he had helped orchestrate coups in foreign countries. Bolton was speaking to CNN host Jake Tapper amid the hearings in Congress on the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, by supporters of former president Donald…

Khalil Bendib (2022-07-20). The Infernal Manchin Machine. otherwords.org

Sonali Kolhatkar (2022-07-20). Selfishness Fuels the War on Abortion. otherwords.org The Supreme Court's Contrary to the idea that men have foisted the abortion ban on women, though, the ban is a patriarchal attack by conservatives — men and women — on the rest of us. | There's a general attitude that forms th…

Editor2 (2022-07-20). Interview With a Representative of Ansar Allah. orinocotribune.com

| Since 2015, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and others have been conducting a brutal and genocidal imperialist invasion of Yemen. The Yemeni people have been subjected to what has been described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis, as a direct result of the invasion and blockade. The invasion has been fully supported and aided by the United States, Britain, France, and other imperialist powers. The following is an interview I conducted with my friend Abu Ezzedine Al Yaguri, a representative of Ansar Allah, or as it is sometimes erroneously termed, the "Houthi Movement." Ans…

Editor (2022-07-20). Breaking the map with the machete's edge: the internationalism of the landless. mronline.org Landless, but with a lot of history, the peasants of Brazil's MST have been practicing internationalism as a principle since 1984. As in their own flag, the machete overflows the borders and traces the itinerary of new possible maps.

Editor (2022-07-20). Despite the evidence, courts yet to take note of spyware used against Elgar Parishad accused. mronline.org The evidence of malware use has now come in from multiple studies, but the accused remain in jail and the trial is yet to begin.

Editor (2022-07-20). Swaziland: Regime fears upsurge in resistance, intensifies persecution of leaders. mronline.org The police attempted to arrest CPS member Bongi Nkambule, who was abducted and tortured by the police in March. When they failed to capture him, they took his wife into custody and beat her up in the police station. There has been an upsurge of resistance in Swaziland recently.

Editor (2022-07-20). Wages, prices and the minimum wage. mronline.org Today the federal minimum wage is $7.25! Let that sad fact sink in. Right now you can barely buy a gallon of gas in some parts of the country with that little cash.

Editor (2022-07-20). Will we learn the lessons from the defeat of Roe? mronline.org When Sydney Harper, producer of the New York Times' podcast the Daily, went to the Supreme Court of the United States in the wake of the overturning of Roe vs. Wade, she talked to a bystander who was "shocked" to see a large celebration of anti-abortion activists outside the courthouse.

Editor (2022-07-20). 'A Possible Coup' Against The Labour Government? scheerpost.com Former Prime Minister Harold Wilson in 1986. (Allan Warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons) | By Richard Norton-Taylor / A file released on Tuesday by the National Archives, titled "Allegations concerning a possible coup in 1968", reveals how rattled MI5 and the Home Office were many years later about conspiracies that have never been properly investigated. | The declassified file refers to discussions about how to topple the then Labour prime minister, Harold Wilson. Wilson was smeared by right-wing…

Editor (2022-07-20). Organizers Don't Care That 2028 Olympics Could Be on Fire. scheerpost.com The LA 2028 Summer Olympics reveals its new logo through murals across Los Angeles, including one with a surfboard design in Venice Beach. (Getty Images) | By Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff / This week, the International Olympic Committee rolled into Los Angeles, host of the 2028 Summer Olympics, to hobnob with the city's political elites. With IOC President Thomas Bach on hand, along with Nicole Hoevertsz, the IOC executive board member and former Olympic synchronized swimmer from Aruba who is chairing the Los Angel…

Editor (2022-07-20). UAW Delegates Head to Convention and Prepare for First Direct Elections. scheerpost.com By Jonah Furman / Labor Notes Auto Workers (UAW) members made history last November, winning direct elections of national officers ("one member, one vote") in a membership referendum. Now delegates are headed to a Constitutional Convention where candidates will be nominated for the top slots. The whole process will put to the test whether reformers …

Editor (2022-07-20). VIDEO: Police Used This Dangerous Restraint During a Fatal Arrest, so Why Isn't Anyone Talking About It? scheerpost.com Screenshot of the arrest of Christopher Robert Hensley. Video courtesy of Shafaa Lucinda | By Taya Graham and Stephen Janis / | The death of Christopher Robert Hensley in the custody of Fletcher, North Carolina, police is raising new questions about the use of deadly restraint by law enforcement. In this episode of Police Accountability Report, Taya Graham and Stephen Janis talk to independent pathologist Cyril Wecht, who reviewed footage of the arrest, t…

Editor (2022-07-20). In Middle East visit, oil access trumps human rights. workers.org No Palestinians living under Israeli occupation benefitted one iota from President Joe Biden's brief Middle East visit. Biden had the executive power to reverse the damage done when former President Donald Trump moved the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, recognizing Israel's control over the disputed capital. Biden chose to not do . . . |

John Catalinotto (2022-07-20). WW editorial: Beyond Biden. workers.org Young people who backed Joe Biden in 2020, because they feared or hated Donald Trump, are now fed up with the Democratic Party. Fed up, disillusioned, disgusted and looking for new solutions. That was the message in a July 14 article in The New York Times interviewing youth from around . . . |

Kathy Durkin (2022-07-20). In the crosshairs of the abortion battle — WW commentary. workers.org Dr. Caitlin Bernard did what any dedicated doctor would do when faced with a medical emergency: Provide care. That is what she did for a 10-year-old rape victim, who could not obtain an abortion in Ohio, her home state, because she had missed the state's six-week abortion deadline. This traumatized . . . |

Martha Grevatt (2022-07-20). 'Cleveland: no contract, no coffee!'. workers.org WW Photo: Martha Grevatt Starbucks workers, union and community supporters demonstrated outside the University Circle Starbucks store in Cleveland July 15. In addition to showing solidarity with the workers trying to unionize that store, demonstrators were protesting the firing of a member of the union organizing committee by Starbucks the . . . |

Mirinda Crissman (2022-07-20). Extreme weather and mass incarceration deaths. workers.org Houston Across the hottest places in the U.S., people in prisons, jails and detention centers often face unbearable and sometimes lethal conditions behind the walls, where air conditioning is not provided. The Prison Policy Initiative has found that many famously hot states lack universal air conditioning in prisons and jails. . . . |

Otis Grotewohl (2022-07-20). Young workers show the way forward as economic crisis deepens. workers.org A global economic crisis is emerging, and for readers of Workers World, this comes as little to no surprise. As Marxists and dialectical materialists, we are cautious about making predictions. It is no secret that corporations are bragging about record profits at the same time working people are struggling to . . . |

Derrick Crowe (2022-07-20). People's Action: We are in a climate emergency, and Biden must act. peoplesaction.org WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action released the following statement from Lead Climate Justice Organizer Ben Ishibashi after President Biden failed to declare a national climate emergency today: "We welcome Biden's executive actions to boost wind energy production and help low-income families keep cool, but this week's apocalyptic heat waves make it clear that these steps are overdue …

_____ (2022-07-20). Reject CPTPP, Stay out of New Cold War. popularresistance.org Joining or ratifying dubious trade deals is supposed to offer miraculous solutions to recent lackluster economic progress. Such naàØve advocacy is misleading at best, and downright irresponsible, even reckless, at worst. | 'US President Barack Obama's 'pivot to Asia' after his 2012 re-election sought to check China's sustained economic growth and technological progress. Its economic centerpiece was the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). | But the US International Trade Commission (ITC) doubted the Washington-based Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) and other exaggerated claims of significa…

Staff (2022-07-20). US Threatens Venezuela and Other Countries With Sanctions for Detaining US Citizens. orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, July 19, US President Joe Biden signed an executive order that gives Washington the right to impose unilateral coercive measures against states that "unjustly" detain US citizens, "The sanctions authority included in this EO enables the United States to impose financial and travel sanctions on those who are responsible for unjustly holding US nationals, whether their captor is a terrorist netw…

Imperial.ac.uk (2022-07-20). Imperial and Indian Institute of Science form research and education partnership. imperial.ac.uk Imperial College London and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore have launched an ambitious partnership in research and education.

____ (2022-07-20). No gaps should be left in child protection: Chinese envoy. ecns.cn Perpetrators of grave violations against children should be held accountable, a Chinese envoy said on Tuesday, while calling on the international community to leave no gaps in child protection.

TeleSUR, SH (2022-07-20). Ranil Wickremesinghe es elegido como presidente de Sri Lanka. telesurtv.net Tras ser electo, Wickremesinghe, dirigirá los destinos de Sri Lanka hasta 2024, completando así el mandato del depuesto Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

____ (2022-07-20). Ranil Wickremesinghe elected as new president of Sri Lanka. ecns.cn Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe was elected as the new president of Sri Lanka in an election held in parliament on Wednesday.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-20). Ranil Wickremesinghe is elected president of Sri Lanka. peoplesdispatch.org Ranil Wickremesinghe won the presidential election held by secret ballot on Tuesday, July 20, after Gotabaya Rajapaksa stepped down from his position earlier this month. Wickremesinghe is to remain president for the rest of Rajapaksa's term which is to end in 2024…

Robert Kurz (2022-07-20). Hysterical Populism and the Appetite of the Leviathan. indybay.org The relationship between economy and social order has been turned upside down: economy is no longer a function of an overarching culture, but conversely, "human society has sunk to being an accessory of the economic system" (Karl Polanyi). Robert Kurz, the founder of Exit and Krisis journals, on scapegoating, moral panics and conspiracy theory culture.

____ (2022-07-20). Science whiz kids take home prizes. ecns.cn Nine Chinese high school students took the podium at two top-level chemistry and physics olympiads recently.

Liz Theoharis (2022-07-20). Christian Nationalists want to Control your Body: How Dobbs Is an Attack on Us All. juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com ) When I was the age that my daughter is now, my favorite sweatshirt had the words "Choice, Choice, Choice, Choice" in rainbow letters across its front. My mom got me that sweatshirt at a 1989 rally in response to Webster v. Reproductive Health Services. In that case, the Supreme Court upheld …

____ (2022-07-20). MNCs see positives growing in nation. ecns.cn China will remain a hot investment destination for multinational corporations seeking to expand manufacturing and innovative businesses in the coming years, said executives of foreign businesses on Tuesday.

WSWS (2022-07-20). National Education Association's annual convention ignores plight of US teachers fighting COVID and austerity. wsws.org This year's gathering further exposed the chasm between the NEA officials and rank-and-file educators who are battling COVID-19, stagnant wages and further cuts to school funding.

____ (2022-07-20). China urges U.S. to stop looting Syrian national resources. ecns.cn The United States should immediately stop plundering Syria's national resources, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said here Wednesday.

____ (2022-07-20). Endangered giant Corpse Flower blooms in Beijing's National Botanical Garden. ecns.cn The flower, also known as the Corpse Flower, only blooms for an average of 48 hours. A night event was held in the National Botanical Garden, where visitors can enjoy the rare blooming.

Labor Video Project (2022-07-20). UAW 2022 Convention Issues With Scott Houldieson UAW 551 Convention Delegate. indybay.org UAW 551 convention delegate Scott Houldieson talks about the issues facing the UAW Constitutional convention. For the first time there will be a direct election of the international officers. He discusses two tier contracts, labor management partnerships and also the refusal of the UAW International to invite Mexican GM workers to the convention. Most of the former UAW International officials have been charged with corruption and taking money from the auto companies through their joint company union projects in return for two tier and concession contracts.

Graham Holton (2022-07-20). Indigenous rights take center stage in Chile's new constitution. peoplesworld.org Chile's new constitution will give official recognition to the Indigenous peoples within its borders, making it the third plurinational country in South America, after Ecuador and Bolivia. It is part of the sweeping reforms of President Gabriel Boric Font, whose broad coalition of left-wing parties, including Chile's Communist Party, came to power on Nov. 19, …

Dianne Mathiowetz (2022-07-20). Women charge abuse at Georgia's Stewart Detention Center. workers.org Activists march to shut down Stewart Detention Center, Lumpkin, Georgia, November 2014. Atlanta July 17 — Once again, a privately-operated immigrant detention center in Georgia is the focus of abuse charges by several women detainees. A male nurse employed by CoreCivic at the Stewart Detention Center (SDC) in Lumpkin, Georgia, . . . |

TeleSUR, SH (2022-07-20). Inicia votación para elegir al nuevo presidente de Sri Lanka. telesurtv.net El actual presidente interino, Ranil Wickremesinghe, parte como favorito para ser designado como nuevo mandatario del país.

____ (2022-07-20). China, India agree to keep peace at border. ecns.cn China and India have agreed to maintain security and stability in the western sector of China-India border areas, according to a joint news release.

Editor (2022-07-20). Customary Barbarity: Britain's SAS in Afghanistan. scheerpost.com By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch The insistence that there is a noble way of fighting war, one less bloody and brutal, has always been the hallmark of forces self-described as civilised. Restraint characterises their behaviour; codes of laws follow in their wake, rather than genocidal impulses. Killing, in short, is a highly regulated, disciplined affair. …

WSWS (2022-07-20). Sri Lanka's parliament to elect president Wednesday with vast authoritarian powers in fraudulent anti-democratic exercise. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) has denounced Wednesday's vote as "a fraud and a conspiracy against the working class, youth and rural poor."

Edited by Michael Harris (2022-07-20). California United States Colored Troops Help Save the Union. indybay.org Rev. Thomas Starr King helped keep the thin margin of Union California vs Confederate California. US Colored Troops from California helped preserve the Union and begin the ending of legal slavery in America. Today, we honor National Buffalo Soldiers Day and share our unique California Journey from Slavery to Freedom.

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2022-07-19). This proxy war has no exit strategy. mronline.org The International Committee of the Democratic Socialists of America has released a statement opposing the U.S. government's ongoing proxy war in Ukraine, saying the billions being funneled into the military-industrial complex "at a time when ordinary Americans are struggling to pay for housing, groceries, and fuel" is "a slap in the face for working people."

Editor (2022-07-19). Class struggle inside Ukraine. mronline.org Two recent articles in Open Democracy report responses from Ukrainian trade unions to the "Lugano Declaration", which came out of a conference between high Western and Ukrainian officials in Switzerland last week and sets out plans for economic reconstruction "after the war is over" by the Ukrainian Oligarchy* and its major imperial sponsors; the U.S., UK and EU.

Editor (2022-07-19). Meet the Ex-CIA Agents Deciding Facebook's Content Policy. scheerpost.com By Alan MacLeod / MintPress News It is an uncomfortable job for anyone trying to draw the line between "harmful content and protecting freedom of speech. It's a balance", Aaron says. In this official Facebook video, Aaron identifies himself as the manager of "the team that writes the rules for Facebook", determining "what is acceptable and …

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-07-19). For the CIA, It's Better to Assassinate 'Insurgent' Leaders Than Jail Them: Report. orinocotribune.com Today, on Nelson Mandela day, WikiLeaks Capturing a HVTs is not necessarily a desirable option, from the CIA's perspective. Based on the CIA-assisted capture of Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress (ANC) leader's 27-year sentence, which he served in an apartheid prison, the report concludes that "Leader capture can have limited psychological impact on a g…

Editor2 (2022-07-19). A Tactic Not a Trademark: How the BDS National Committee Supports the Liberal Zionist Agenda. orinocotribune.com By Naji Handallah Jul 5, 2022 | When they mention "red lines" to me, I lose my mind. I know one "red line" | It is not the right of the biggest ego to sign a document of recognition or surrender to "Israel" | ―Naji AlAli | On June 24, 2022, under pressure from zionist demands for an FBI investigation, the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions National Committee (BNC) announced that it does

Yanis Iqbal (2022-07-19). Six Theses on Imperialism. orinocotribune.com By Yanis Iqbal Jul 16, 2022 | 1.- During the Middle Ages and early modern period, the West occupied a marginal position in the world-system. In the Middle East, China, Japan and India, productive forces were equally or more developed. The emergence of capitalism in Europe was driven by intensifying class antagonisms between the feudal ruling classes and peasants and artisans, which resulted in the victory of the latter. Similar conflicts in China, Japan, India and the Middle East could not create a bourgeois rupture due to the entrenched power of landed elites and state bureaucracies, which discouraged merc…

Deborah Veneziale (2022-07-19). Why the U.S. failed to control COVID-19: incompetence, class violence, deception, and lies. mronline.org The United States (together with its Western allies) always tries to tell China what to do in managing COVID-19 outbreaks, and since the whole city of Shanghai was under lockdown, the U.S. media seems to have even more reasons to criticize China's anti-virus policy.

Fight Back (2022-07-19). A Marxist view of the Asian American National Questions. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – Over the last two years, hundreds of thousands of Asian Americans and their supporters have taken to the streets to protest the wave of violence against Asian Americans. From the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when a Burmese family was assaulted in Texas; to the Atlanta Spa killing in April 2021, where six of the eight people killed were Asian American women, this wave of violence against Asian Americans inspired protests across the country, even including middle-school students. | These protests were the largest ever to draw together Asian Americans of different nationalities. This was in pa…

Staff (2022-07-19). Egyptian alliance calls for Arab unity and action to confront imperialism and liberate Palestine. samidoun.net Egyptian organizations gathered together in a conference for Palestine on Saturday, 16 July, held at the headquarters of the Karama Party in Cairo, Egypt's capital. Jaldia Abubakra of Samidoun España spoke on behalf of the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement (Masar Badil), where she called for an "Arab and international alliance to support the Palestinian …

____ (2022-07-19). UK declares national emergency in heat wave. ecns.cn A woman uses a fan to keep cool in London, UK, July 18, 2022. UK issued a red warning for extreme heat, the highest-level alert.

____ (2022-07-19). Urumqi a key hub on Belt and Road. ecns.cn The fast growth of the Urumqi International Land Port Area in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region will further enrich the Belt and Road Initiative and fuel the region's opening-up, business executives and government officials said.

Labor Video Project (2022-07-19). UAW 2022 Convention Issues With Scott Houldieson UAW 551 Convention Delegate. indybay.org UAW 551 convention delegate Scott Houldieson talks about the issues facing the UAW Constitutional convention. For the first time there will be a direct election of the international officers. He discusses two tier contracts, labor management partnerships and also the refusal of the UAW International to invite Mexican GM workers to the convention. Most of the former UAW International officials have been charged with corruption and taking money from the auto companies through their joint company union projects in return for two tier and concession contracts.

____ (2022-07-19). National road network to cover Chinese cities, counties with populations over 100,000. ecns.cn China has unveiled a new national road network plan that targets the goal of cities and counties with populations of over 100,000 to have quick access to expressways.

____ (2022-07-19). Milky Way shines in evening twilight over Yamdrok Lake. ecns.cn Stars sparkle in the sky over Yamdrok Lake in Nagarze County of Shannan Prefecture, Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty (2022-07-19). Women Protest Iran's Hijab And Chastity Day By Removing Their Veils In Public. juancole.com By RFE/RL's Radio Farda | Iranian women's rights activists posted videos of themselves publicly removing their veils on July 12 to coincide with National Day of Hijab and Chastity. The videos appeared on social media networks as women — and in some cases men — expressed their opposition to Iran's law mandating that women …

Edited by Michael Harris (2022-07-19). California United States Colored Troops Help Save the Union. indybay.org Rev. Thomas Starr King helped keep the thin margin of Union California vs Confederate California. US Colored Troops from California helped preserve the Union and begin the ending of legal slavery in America. Today, we honor National Buffalo Soldiers Day and share our unique California Journey from Slavery to Freedom.

Juan Cole (2022-07-19). The Climate Emergency grounds the Royal Air Force in UK, more Effectively than any Terrorist. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) We will probably overshoot the UN goal of limiting extra global heating from the climate emergency to 2.7 degrees F. (1.5C), but Mother Nature is telling us that even just our current 1.8 to 2.16 (1C 1.2C) degrees F. increase since 18 is already enough to do major damage …

____ (2022-07-19). Scientists use AI to identify new ALS gene targets. ecns.cn Using an artificial intelligence (AI) platform, an international research team has identified more than two dozen new targets with therapeutic potential for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to a recent study.

____ (2022-07-19). Nominations for Sri Lankan presidential race announced in parliament. ecns.cn Sri Lanka's acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe, parliamentarian of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Dullas Alahapperuma, and National People's Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake were nominated for…

____ (2022-07-19). Overthrowing foreign governments is deep in bones of how U.S. conducts its foreign policy. ecns.cn Leading US politicians trumpet the so-called "rules-based international order" for one purpose: to ensure that the US can easily interfere in other countries' affairs and overthrow their governments at its own will. This is exactly the kind of "rules" and "order" that people like Bolton want absolutely to defend. The people of the world, however, will not let them.‚ÄÇ…

____ (2022-07-19). U.S. urged to stop selling weapons to Taiwan. ecns.cn The United States should stop all of its arms sales to Taiwan, according to Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense.

____ (2022-07-18). Shooting at shopping mall in U.S. state of Indiana leaves 4 dead, 2 injured. ecns.cn A shooting at a shopping mall in the U.S. Midwest state of Indiana Sunday evening left four dead, including the gunman, and two injured.

____ (2022-07-18). Sri Lanka declares state of emegency. ecns.cn Sri Lanka's acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe declared a nationwide state of emergency with effect from Monday, according to a government gazette.

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2022-07-18). Ukraine peace talks in the cards? mronline.org Finance ministers are the pangolins in the world of international diplomacy, solitary animals and predatory, unlike foreign ministers who are like glowworms, mesmerising and gorgeous animals that create light through their tail.

Anonymous103 (2022-07-18). Russian Pranksters In Action: Stephen King Promised 'Zelensky' To Write Fake Horror Scripts For Ukrainian Propaganda. southfront.org Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus are known for calling politicians and celebrities on behalf of other famous persons, asking awkward questions and showing the real faces of their interlocutors. This time the victim of their prank was Stephen King, who thought he was talking to the President of Ukraine Zelensky. | Stephen King supported the cancel culture, claiming that Russian writers have to "shut up", and called Zelensky a "great man". | The pranksters asked the American write to provide Ukrainian propaganda with fake scripts on the alleged brutality of Russian servicemen against Ukrainian nationalists. St…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-18). Ukrainian Plane Crash Reveals US Deals of US-Sanctioned Serbian Arms Dealer. libya360.wordpress.com Dilyana Gaytandzhieva "White", according to the Greek authorities, can be seen at the site where the Ukrainian An-12 crashed on Saturday loaded with 11.5 tons of Serbian weapons en-route to Bangladesh with two scheduled technical landings in Amman (Jordan) and Riyadh (Saudi Arabia). Photo: AP The Serbian arms company Valir DOO which exported weapons on…

Rqorinoco (2022-07-18). Open Letter to CBC on its Defamation of Eva Bartlett. orinocotribune.com By Karin Brothers Jul 13, 2022 | On the morning of July 6th, the CBC crossed the line from merely putting out its usual biased news on Ukraine to a defamatory attack on independent journalists who report live from the Donbas. While they named Americans John Mark Dougan and Patrick Lancaster, they reserved particular venom for the highly-respected Canadian Eva Bartlett. | The National News anchor Ian Hanomansing featured Justin Ling, a writer who has been known to attack reputable journalists whose accounts counter state propaganda. They suggested that tho…

_____ (2022-07-18). Max Blumenthal And Aaron Mate Slam Corporate Media Disinformation. popularresistance.org At the Collision tech conference in Toronto on 6/21/22, before a hostile audience filled with members of the corporate press, The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate explain how the mainstream media is the most prolific source of disinformation on the planet, working closely with the national security state to cultivate public support for war while deflecting scrutiny from the oligarchy that controls it.

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-18). State Department Approves Over $1.4 Billion Arms Sales for Estonia and Norway. news.antiwar.com The State Department on Friday approved two potential major arms deals for NATO members Estonia and Norway, that combined are worth over $1.4 billion. | The potential deal approved for Norway is for AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and related equipment worth about $950 million. According to the The DSCA said that the sale will allow Norway's…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-07-18). Russian-hating dream of Brzezinski Clan nears fulfillment as Poland agrees to host permanent U.S. base and turn Baltic Sea into NATO Lake. mronline.org Mark Brzezinski, the U.S. Ambassador to Poland, is the son of the late Zbigniew Brzezinski, a descendent of Polish aristocrats and mastermind of U.S. foreign policy for decades, whose dream was to use Poland as a base to try to weaken and destroy Russia. Mark is now at the center of the implementation of his dad's plans.

_____ (2022-07-18). Resistance Grows As NATO Goes Global To Protect Profits Over People. popularresistance.org The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) recently met in Madrid, Spain where they launched their new strategy to go global, extending what Chris Hedges calls "the most dangerous military alliance on the planet" into Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Clearing the FOG speaks with Joe Lombardo and Pippa Bartolotti of the United National Antiwar Coalition, who were in Madrid for the anti-NATO protests and counter summit, about NATO's plans and the growing global resistance to it. Pippa explains that NATO is openly siding with the fossil fuel corporations to defend their interests even as the clima…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-18). Staged Incidents as the Western Approach to Doing Politics. libya360.wordpress.com Sergey Lavrov The staged incidents, no matter how long they go on, will not work. It is time for fair play based on the international law rather than cheating. The sooner everyone realises that there are no alternatives to objective historical processes where a multipolar world is formed based on respect for the principle of…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-18). Imran Khan Rewrites Pakistan's Political History. libya360.wordpress.com MK Bhadrakumar Pakistan's ousted president Imran Khan trounces his opponents by a wide margin in their own stronghold of Punjab. Against the odds and powerful rivals pitted against him, former PM Khan's win in Punjab elections is a victory for democracy and Pakistan's sovereignty It is an unsavoury proposition always, be it in India or Pakistan,…

Editor (2022-07-18). On the bicentennial of Shelley's death: evolution of a working-class poet. mronline.org Two hundred years ago, on July 8, 1822, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley drowned. He was less than a month short of thirty.

Editor (2022-07-18). Purchasing power of workers' wages take biggest tumble in 40 years. mronline.org Over the last year, real average weekly earnings fell 3.9% as inflation outpaced pay raises and average weekly hours fell by almost an hour.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-18). Biden advances Israel's agenda, one meeting at a time. mronline.org After facing criticism during his three-day visit to Israel, Biden will visit Saudi Arabia where he try to convince Arab nations to "normalize" tries with the Zionist regime…

Prabhat Patnaik (2022-07-18). Scandinavia and imperialism. mronline.org There are many misconceptions about Scandinavian capitalism. A very common one is the belief that since the Scandinavian countries developed vigorous capitalist economies, without ever having acquired any colonies of their own, they constitute a clear refutation of the claim that capitalist development necessarily requires imperialism.

_____ (2022-07-18). America Is Breaking The Bargain It Made For Labor Peace. popularresistance.org The American labor movement finds itself in a "good news, bad news" situation‚Äâ—‚Äâwhich is better than the standard "bad news, bad news" situation, but just as perilous. This week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced that in the past nine months, petitions that workers have filed to unionize with the agency have risen by 56% over the previous year. This is a clear and tangible sign of what public opinion polls have already told us: In the aftermath of the pandemic, with a union-friendly president in the White House, workers are more enthusiastic to form un…

_____ (2022-07-18). Palestinians Face Forced Expulsions As Biden Pledges Allegiance To Israel. popularresistance.org During his presidential campaign, Biden committed to rejoining the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. But a year and a half into his term, he failed to return the U.S. to the deal. He has also imposed additional sanctions on Iran, shamefully capitulating to Israeli pressure. | In the Jerusalem Declaration, Biden, on behalf of the United States, signed a "commitment never to allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon, and [pledged] that it is prepared to use all elements of its national power to ensure that outcome." When asked in an interview on Israeli television whether he would use military force against Iran, Bi…

_____ (2022-07-18). Russia-Iran Relations Take A Quantum Leap. popularresistance.org When the US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan first spoke about a potential Iran-Russian drone deal, Moscow kept quiet and Tehran issued a pro forma rebuttal, which, taken together, suggested that it is a work in progress. Sullivan's disclosure appeared at the fag-end of a White House briefing for President Biden's forthcoming West Asia tour to Israel and Saudi Arabia, and seemed to have an element of grandstanding aimed at fueling the latent anti-Iran sentiments in the Gulf region that could, in turn, inject some degree of contemporaneity to POTUS' signal project to cobble together an Israeli-Arab military…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-18). Breaking the Map with the Machete's Edge: The Internationalism of the Landless. libya360.wordpress.com Joà£o Pedro Stedile Landless, but with a lot of history, the peasants of Brazil's MST have been practicing internationalism as a principle since 1984. As in their own flag, the machete overflows the borders and traces the itinerary of new possible maps. For the Landless Rural Workers Movement of Brazil (MST), the dialectic between nationalism…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-18). The Assassination of Shinzo Abe and Japan's Military Expansion. libya360.wordpress.com Gary Wilson Shinzo Abe promoted the racist, ultra-nationalist organization Zaitokukai. Above, Zaitokukai members wave imperialist "rising sun" flags (a red ball with 16 red rays) during a rally in Tokyo. This is similar to waving Confederate battle flags in the U.S. The placard says 'Koreans should be massacred.' The assassination of Shinzo Abe, the former…

Imperial.ac.uk (2022-07-18). International students arrive at Imperial for summer research opportunities. imperial.ac.uk Eighteen students from prestigious US universities will be hosted by Imperial for the International Research Opportunities Programme (IROP).

____ (2022-07-18). Guangchang Meng opera staged in Jiangxi. ecns.cn The opera, dating back to the early Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), features the legend of Mengjiang Crying at the Great Wall. It is a popular opera in Guangchang county, and boasts a history of more than 600 years. It was listed as one of the national intangible cultural heritage in 2006.

____ (2022-07-18). CNOOC launches self-developed subsea Xmas tree oil/gas extracting system in Bohai Sea. ecns.cn China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) launched its first self-developed subsea Christmas tree (Xmas) system in the Bohai Sea, Chinese media outlet the papper.com reported on Sunday, securing energy supplies for fishery and marine shipping uses.

TeleSUR, RDL (2022-07-18). Parlamentarios de India eligen nuevo presidente. telesurtv.net Los resultados se conocerán en 72 horas y el 15to presidente desde la independencia tomaría posesión la semana próxima.

____ (2022-07-18). 1980s US Central America Wars. transcend.org Updated January 2022 – Less than a decade after U.S. troops were withdrawn from Vietnam, the United States became deeply involved in Central America. The catalyst was a popularly supported leftist revolution in Nicaragua led by the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN).

Minnesota Reformer (2022-07-18). Republicans' attempted Erasure of a 10-year-old Ohio Rape Victim is incredibly Sick and Disturbed. juancole.com By David DeWitt | ( Minnesota Reformer ) The first and most important thing to recognize right now is that a heinous, violent crime was committed on a 10-year-old Ohio child, and thankfully justice has now found the alleged perpetrator. A Columbus man was indicted Wednesday in a case that made national and …

Editor (2022-07-18). Assange Fights Extradition To US With Two Appeals. scheerpost.com By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter Attorneys for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange separately appealed decisions by Home Office Secretary Priti Patel and a United Kingdom district court, which authorized his extradition to the United States. Assange faces 18 charges, 17 of which are charges under the US Espionage Act. All of the allegations against …

WSWS (2022-07-18). Down with the anti-democratic Sri Lankan presidential election! wsws.org On Wednesday, a fraudulent vote is taking place in parliament for a new president, amid continuing anti-government protests now demanding the resignation of Wickremesinghe after Rajapakse fled the country.

TeleSUR -HIM (2022-07-18). Presidente interino decreta estado de emergencia en Sri Lanka. telesurtv.net La medida se produce dos días previos a la votación y elección en el Parlamento esrilanqués del nuevo presidente interino, quien dictar´za el destino de la nación hasta las elecciones de 2024.

TeleSUR -HIM (2022-07-18). Tiroteo en Indiana, EE.UU. deja al menos cuatro muertos y dos heridos. telesurtv.net El atacante entró en la zona de comidas con un fusil de asalto y varios cargadores de municiones y comenzó a dispararle a civiles.

____ (2022-07-18). Hainan gears up for upcoming 2nd China International Consumer Products Expo. ecns.cn The 2nd China International Consumer Products Expo is set to be staged from July 26 to 30.

WSWS (2022-07-18). UFCW claims passage of Indianapolis Kroger contract, deletes local's Facebook page in response to opposition. wsws.org One day after the contract vote totals were released by the UFCW, the union took down its Facebook page after workers flooded the page with comments in opposition to the sellout contract and accused the union of manipulating the vote.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-07-18). Iranian students win annual International Biology Olympiad. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 18 (MNA) — The Iranian National Biology Olympiad team won 4 gold medals in the 33rd International Biology Olympiad to win the first place in the world.

____ (2022-07-18). China issues plan for preserving, using cultural relics along Yellow River. ecns.cn Chinese authorities have issued a plan for preserving and using cultural relics along the Yellow River, pledging to establish a database of such resources along the "mother river" of the Chinese nation by 2025, the National Cultural Heritage Administration said in a statement on Monday.

Editor (2022-07-18). The Age of Weird Men: Gonzo Politicians From Berlusconi to BoJo. scheerpost.com By Patrick Cockburn / CounterPunch Students years from now may be asked by their teachers to write an essay on the importance of the fall of Boris Johnson in the context of British history. Their answers may well include much finger-wagging about his track record of mendacity, buffoonery and broken promises — and some …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-17). A View from Donbass: Ukraine Treated the People of this Region as Sub-humans, Making Peace Impossible. libya360.wordpress.com Vladislav Ugolny How Kiev has tried to dehumanize people in its former East — first domestically, then everywhere… The military conflict in Ukraine, which began on February 24, was preceded by a long war in Donbass. Over the course of eight years, it claimed the lives of at least 14,200 people (according to the OHCHR),…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-17). The Belarus Tactical Group: Belarusians in the DUK SS International. libya360.wordpress.com Laurent Brayard Denis Prokhorov The Belarus Tactical Group was in fact a squad that grew out of a small company founded by Belarusian neo-Nazi activists who came to Ukraine to fight in the Donbass. They initially joined various battalions, most notably the Azov Battalion, but some also participated in the Maidan Revolution during the winter…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-17). London Falling: Britain's Military Decline Exposes NATO's Collapse in Credibility and Capability. libya360.wordpress.com Scott Ritter NATO's plan to vastly increase its forward force is wishful thinking, and the UK's struggle for military relevance is a perfect case in point The secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Jens Stoltenberg, recently announced the US-led military bloc's goal of expanding its so-called 'Response Force' from its current strength of 40,000…

Editor (2022-07-17). "The American Production System": The Rise and Fragmentation of a Manufacturing Empire. scheerpost.com By Yan Peng / Manufacturing is the industrial foundation of the United States' rise to world system hegemony and the material basis on which the United States has been able to maintain its hegemony to date. Within the political shell of the United States, a manufacturing empire continued to evolve under the name "The American System. The concept of the American System has two connotations, one refers to the 19th century A…

Editor (2022-07-17). The Corporatization of Just About Everything — Including the Climate Crisis and Outer Space. scheerpost.com Corporate interests are vigorously employing massive and costly PR and propaganda campaigns to muddy the water. (Photo: Getty/ By Tom Valovic / Back in the day, a Yale law professor named Charles Reich wrote a

_____ (2022-07-17). The West's Duplicity in the Food Crisis Caused by the Shortage of Grain. journal-neo.org Governments of many countries have recently been talking more and more about a possible food crisis in the near future, actively involving representatives from the UN and other international organizations, and numerous media platforms in this information campaign. Yet, in addition to drawing everyone's attention to the issue of combating hunger, which is especially threatening …

_____ (2022-07-17). Two Weeks Of National Strike In Panama. popularresistance.org The protests began on July 1 after the government showed no interest in addressing the issue or meeting with activists for negotiations to solve the crisis. | The last two weeks were marked by massive mobilizations against the high cost of living and an escalating economic crisis in Panama. Movements with the People United for Life Alliance have presented a list of 32 demands to the government to address the crisis but the government has refused to take serious action. The protests have seen broad participation from people across Panamanian society such as workers, fisherfolk, Indigenous communities, students, ed…

____ (2022-07-18). Shooting at shopping mall in U.S. state of Indiana leaves 4 dead, 2 injured. ecns.cn A shooting at a shopping mall in the U.S. Midwest state of Indiana Sunday evening left four dead, including the gunman, and two injured.

____ (2022-07-18). Sri Lanka declares state of emegency. ecns.cn Sri Lanka's acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe declared a nationwide state of emergency with effect from Monday, according to a government gazette.

Anonymous103 (2022-07-18). Satellite Imagery Shows Global Crop Declines — Except For Russia And China. southfront.org | Originally published by ZeroHedge | Infrared satellite imagery designed to measure moisture levels and the health of farmlands suggests that staple crops such as wheat are in poor condition and in sharp decline among major exporters including the Ukraine, the US and India. Two countries do have bumper crops so far though; It is hard to say which governments and institutions monitor this data, but a few months ago a multi…

Rqorinoco (2022-07-18). Open Letter to CBC on its Defamation of Eva Bartlett. orinocotribune.com By Karin Brothers Jul 13, 2022 | On the morning of July 6th, the CBC crossed the line from merely putting out its usual biased news on Ukraine to a defamatory attack on independent journalists who report live from the Donbas. While they named Americans John Mark Dougan and Patrick Lancaster, they reserved particular venom for the highly-respected Canadian Eva Bartlett. | The National News anchor Ian Hanomansing featured Justin Ling, a writer who has been known to attack reputable journalists whose accounts counter state propaganda. They suggested that tho…

M.K. Bhadrakumar (2022-07-18). Russia-Iran relations take a quantum leap. peoplesdispatch.org When the US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan first spoke about a potential Iran-Russian drone deal, Moscow kept quiet and

TeleSUR -HIM (2022-07-18). Tiroteo en Indiana, EE.UU. deja al menos cuatro muertos y dos heridos. telesurtv.net El atacante entró en la zona de comidas con un fusil de asalto y varios cargadores de municiones y comenzó a dispararle a civiles.

____ (2022-07-18). 1980s US Central America Wars. transcend.org Updated January 2022 – Less than a decade after U.S. troops were withdrawn from Vietnam, the United States became deeply involved in Central America. The catalyst was a popularly supported leftist revolution in Nicaragua led by the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN).

____ (2022-07-18). Hainan gears up for upcoming 2nd China International Consumer Products Expo. ecns.cn The 2nd China International Consumer Products Expo is set to be staged from July 26 to 30.

TeleSUR, RDL (2022-07-18). Parlamentarios de India eligen nuevo presidente. telesurtv.net Los resultados se conocerán en 72 horas y el 15to presidente desde la independencia tomaría posesión la semana próxima.

____ (2022-07-18). Guangchang Meng opera staged in Jiangxi. ecns.cn The opera, dating back to the early Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), features the legend of Mengjiang Crying at the Great Wall. It is a popular opera in Guangchang county, and boasts a history of more than 600 years. It was listed as one of the national intangible cultural heritage in 2006.

Labor Video Project (2022-07-18). UAW 2022 Convention Issues With Scott Houldieson UAW 551 Convention Delegate. indybay.org UAW 551 convention delegate Scott Houldieson talks about the issues facing the UAW Constitutional convention. For the first time there will be a direct election of the international officers. He discusses two tier contracts, labor management partnerships and also the refusal of the UAW International to invite Mexican GM workers to the convention. Most of the former UAW International officials have been charged with corruption and taking money from the auto companies through their joint company union projects in return for two tier and concession contracts.

WSWS (2022-07-18). UFCW claims passage of Indianapolis Kroger contract, deletes local's Facebook page in response to opposition. wsws.org One day after the contract vote totals were released by the UFCW, the union took down its Facebook page after workers flooded the page with comments in opposition to the sellout contract and accused the union of manipulating the vote.

Edited by Michael Harris (2022-07-18). California United States Colored Troops Help Save the Union. indybay.org Rev. Thomas Starr King helped keep the thin margin of Union California vs Confederate California. US Colored Troops from California helped preserve the Union and begin the ending of legal slavery in America. Today, we honor National Buffalo Soldiers Day and share our unique California Journey from Slavery to Freedom.

____ (2022-07-18). China issues plan for preserving, using cultural relics along Yellow River. ecns.cn Chinese authorities have issued a plan for preserving and using cultural relics along the Yellow River, pledging to establish a database of such resources along the "mother river" of the Chinese nation by 2025, the National Cultural Heritage Administration said in a statement on Monday.

____ (2022-07-18). CNOOC launches self-developed subsea Xmas tree oil/gas extracting system in Bohai Sea. ecns.cn China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) launched its first self-developed subsea Christmas tree (Xmas) system in the Bohai Sea, Chinese media outlet the papper.com reported on Sunday, securing energy supplies for fishery and marine shipping uses.

WSWS (2022-07-18). Down with the anti-democratic Sri Lankan presidential election! wsws.org On Wednesday, a fraudulent vote is taking place in parliament for a new president, amid continuing anti-government protests now demanding the resignation of Wickremesinghe after Rajapakse fled the country.

Minnesota Reformer (2022-07-18). Republicans' attempted Erasure of a 10-year-old Ohio Rape Victim is incredibly Sick and Disturbed. juancole.com By David DeWitt | ( Minnesota Reformer ) The first and most important thing to recognize right now is that a heinous, violent crime was committed on a 10-year-old Ohio child, and thankfully justice has now found the alleged perpetrator. A Columbus man was indicted Wednesday in a case that made national and …

TeleSUR -HIM (2022-07-18). Presidente interino decreta estado de emergencia en Sri Lanka. telesurtv.net La medida se produce dos días previos a la votación y elección en el Parlamento esrilanqués del nuevo presidente interino, quien dictar´za el destino de la nación hasta las elecciones de 2024.

Editor (2022-07-17). Europe dances on the Titanic. mronline.org 140 days after the start of Russia's military operations in Ukraine, the Western reaction, which according to Biden would have erased Russia from the international scene, turns out to be a political and economic failure, the most serious and profound in the history of American and European arrogance.

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-17). House NDAA Would Authorize Training for Ukrainian Pilots to Use US Warplanes. news.antiwar.com The House version of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that was passed Thursday night Ukraine has been asking the US for F-15s and F-16s, but its pilots are only trained to use Soviet-designed MiG-29s and Sukhoi planes. According to Defense News, it would take about three months to train pilots to fly the F-15s and F-16s at a basic level. | The pilot traini…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-17). A View from Donbass: Ukraine Treated the People of this Region as Sub-humans, Making Peace Impossible. libya360.wordpress.com Vladislav Ugolny How Kiev has tried to dehumanize people in its former East — first domestically, then everywhere… The military conflict in Ukraine, which began on February 24, was preceded by a long war in Donbass. Over the course of eight years, it claimed the lives of at least 14,200 people (according to the OHCHR),…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-17). The Belarus Tactical Group: Belarusians in the DUK SS International. libya360.wordpress.com Laurent Brayard Denis Prokhorov The Belarus Tactical Group was in fact a squad that grew out of a small company founded by Belarusian neo-Nazi activists who came to Ukraine to fight in the Donbass. They initially joined various battalions, most notably the Azov Battalion, but some also participated in the Maidan Revolution during the winter…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-17). Ukraine Loses Another HIMARS as Russian Advance Continues. libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for July 17, 2022 — Russian forces continue operations against Bakhmut-Siversk defense line; — Russian forces have reportedly destroyed another HIMARS; — The Pentagon has been deliberately vague regarding HIMARS performance in briefings; — Striking behind Russian lines may be possible for Ukraine, but not in the quantities…

Anonymous669 (2022-07-17). Russia's State-Of-The-Art LMUR Missiles Score Direct Hits On Ukrainian Positions (Videos). southfront.org The LMUR missile at in the International Military-Technical Forum Army-2021. Source: the Analytical Network News Agency (ANNA). | The Russian military continue to attack Ukrainian military positions behind the frontline with Izdeliye 305 precision-guided missiles. | On July 17, the Russian Ministry of Defense released footage of two recent strikes which were carried out with the Izdeliye 305, also known as the LMUR [Lightweight Multifunction Missile]. Both missiles scored direct hits, impacting th…

Vijay Prashad (2022-07-17). On Marxism and decolonisation. mronline.org IN 1959, one of the revolutionary leaders in Cuba, Haydée Santamaria, a hundred years old this year, arrived at a cultural centre in the heart of Havana, Cuba.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-17). London Falling: Britain's Military Decline Exposes NATO's Collapse in Credibility and Capability. libya360.wordpress.com Scott Ritter NATO's plan to vastly increase its forward force is wishful thinking, and the UK's struggle for military relevance is a perfect case in point The secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Jens Stoltenberg, recently announced the US-led military bloc's goal of expanding its so-called 'Response Force' from its current strength of 40,000…

_____ (2022-07-17). The West's Duplicity in the Food Crisis Caused by the Shortage of Grain. journal-neo.org Governments of many countries have recently been talking more and more about a possible food crisis in the near future, actively involving representatives from the UN and other international organizations, and numerous media platforms in this information campaign. Yet, in addition to drawing everyone's attention to the issue of combating hunger, which is especially threatening …

_____ (2022-07-17). Two Weeks Of National Strike In Panama. popularresistance.org The protests began on July 1 after the government showed no interest in addressing the issue or meeting with activists for negotiations to solve the crisis. | The last two weeks were marked by massive mobilizations against the high cost of living and an escalating economic crisis in Panama. Movements with the People United for Life Alliance have presented a list of 32 demands to the government to address the crisis but the government has refused to take serious action. The protests have seen broad participation from people across Panamanian society such as workers, fisherfolk, Indigenous communities, students, ed…

Editor (2022-07-17). Heat waves tied to Big Energy capitalism. mronline.org The population of the world is enduring crises from climate change that, until recently, climatologists thought may only happen decades from now.

Editor (2022-07-17). Leaked Docs: Facebook 'Bot' adviser secretly in pay of U.S. regime change agency. mronline.org Platforms such as Facebook on alleged state-backed online influence campaigns—has itself received $1.2 million from U.S. intelligence front USAID, for "counter disinformation and communications support."

Editor (2022-07-17). "The American Production System": The Rise and Fragmentation of a Manufacturing Empire. scheerpost.com By Yan Peng / Manufacturing is the industrial foundation of the United States' rise to world system hegemony and the material basis on which the United States has been able to maintain its hegemony to date. Within the political shell of the United States, a manufacturing empire continued to evolve under the name "The American System. The concept of the American System has two connotations, one refers to the 19th century A…

Editor (2022-07-17). The Corporatization of Just About Everything — Including the Climate Crisis and Outer Space. scheerpost.com Corporate interests are vigorously employing massive and costly PR and propaganda campaigns to muddy the water. (Photo: Getty/ By Tom Valovic / Back in the day, a Yale law professor named Charles Reich wrote a

____ (2022-07-17). China's economy secures positive Q2 growth, steam gathering for further recovery. ecns.cn In Q2, the economy grew 0.4 percent. Due to the complex international environment and the impact of the COVID-19 outbreaks at home and other factors that exceeded expectations, downward pressure on the economy increased in Q2, NBS spokesperson Fu Linghui told a press conference Friday.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-07-17). Iran basketball defeats Japan in Asian cup. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 17 (MNA) — The national Iranian basketball team beat the powerful team of Japan in Group C of the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup on Sunday.

____ (2022-07-17). Construction of Asia's first 300-meter deepwater jacket completed. ecns.cn Haiji One, Asia's first 300-meter deepwater jacket designed and built independently by China National Offshore Oil Corp, finished construction on Friday, said the country's top offshore oil and gas producer, CNOOC.

____ (2022-07-17). Iran calls for urgent release of Iranian citizen from UK jail. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 17 (MNA) — While criticizing British government's opposition to return an Iranian citizen imprisoned in UK prison, the Deputy Chief of Iranian Judiciary for International Affairs called for his immediate release.

____ (2022-07-17). China has been paying close attention to difficulties in Sri Lanka: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn As a friendly neighbor, China has been paying close attention to difficulties and challenges Sri Lanka faces and, whenever possible, has always provided support to Sri Lanka's socioeconomic development, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Friday.

Staff (2022-07-17). Biden's West Asia trip ends in total failure: media. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 17 (MNA) — US President returned to the White House with achieving not a single goal set for his West Asia visit.

Editor (2022-07-17). Investigation finds evidence of war crimes by UK special forces in Afghanistan. mronline.org A years-long investigation by BBC Panorama has revealed evidence of the repeated killings of unarmed Afghan civilians and detainees by the UK's elite Special Air Service, and the attempted cover-up.

____ (2022-07-17). Sri Lankan PM sworn in as interim president: PM's office. ecns.cn Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as interim president before the chief justice on Friday.

Newsroom (2022-07-17). Key UN forum closes with 'enthusiasm, passion and high-energy' to reach the SDGs. moderndiplomacy.eu Following two years of virtual meetings due to COVID-19, the 2022 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) closed on Friday at UN Headquarters in New York with delegates showing "enthusiasm, passion and high-energy" for reaching the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. "We have advanced the substantive programme of the [Economic and Social] Council (ECOSOC) …

____ (2022-07-17). Flights from Hangzhou to Ho Chi Minh City resume after suspension. ecns.cn Flights from China's Hangzhou city to Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City resumed on Thursday as Flight VN9501 took off from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport.

____ (2022-07-17). Closing ceremony of Intl. Congress on Ghadir Turkish poems. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 17 (MNA) — On eve of auspicious occasion of Eid al-Ghadir, the closing ceremony of 2nd International Congress of Turkish poems was held in Tabriz's Kabud Historical Mosque on Sunday.

____ (2022-07-17). Xi stresses implementing Party's policies on Xinjiang, highlights stability, security. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping has stressed efforts to fully and faithfully implement the policies of the Communist Party of China (CPC) for the governance of Xinjiang in the new era, highlighting social stability and lasting security as the overarching goal.

A Guest Author (2022-07-16). Biden in Occupied Palestine and the 'Jerusalem Declaration'. workers.org Samidoun Palestine Prisoner Solidarity Network issued this collective statement with co-signers "in struggle and solidarity" July 16. The full list of signers, including Workers World Party and the International Action Center, is at samidoun.net. Organizations can endorse at bit.ly/bidenpalestine. Protesters hounded U.S. President Joe Biden in Palestine, including July 15 . . . |

Editor (2022-07-17). Europe dances on the Titanic. mronline.org 140 days after the start of Russia's military operations in Ukraine, the Western reaction, which according to Biden would have erased Russia from the international scene, turns out to be a political and economic failure, the most serious and profound in the history of American and European arrogance.

_____ (2022-07-17). The West's Duplicity in the Food Crisis Caused by the Shortage of Grain. journal-neo.org Governments of many countries have recently been talking more and more about a possible food crisis in the near future, actively involving representatives from the UN and other international organizations, and numerous media platforms in this information campaign. Yet, in addition to drawing everyone's attention to the issue of combating hunger, which is especially threatening …

Editor (2022-07-17). Heat waves tied to Big Energy capitalism. mronline.org The population of the world is enduring crises from climate change that, until recently, climatologists thought may only happen decades from now.

____ (2022-07-17). China has been paying close attention to difficulties in Sri Lanka: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn As a friendly neighbor, China has been paying close attention to difficulties and challenges Sri Lanka faces and, whenever possible, has always provided support to Sri Lanka's socioeconomic development, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Friday.

Vijay Prashad (2022-07-17). On Marxism and decolonisation. mronline.org IN 1959, one of the revolutionary leaders in Cuba, Haydée Santamaria, a hundred years old this year, arrived at a cultural centre in the heart of Havana, Cuba.

Editor (2022-07-17). Leaked Docs: Facebook 'Bot' adviser secretly in pay of U.S. regime change agency. mronline.org Platforms such as Facebook on alleged state-backed online influence campaigns—has itself received $1.2 million from U.S. intelligence front USAID, for "counter disinformation and communications support."

____ (2022-07-17). Sri Lankan PM sworn in as interim president: PM's office. ecns.cn Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as interim president before the chief justice on Friday.

Edited by Michael Harris (2022-07-17). California United States Colored Troops Help Save the Union. indybay.org Rev. Thomas Starr King helped keep the thin margin of Union California vs Confederate California. US Colored Troops from California helped preserve the Union and begin the ending of legal slavery in America. Today, we honor National Buffalo Soldiers Day and share our unique California Journey from Slavery to Freedom.

____ (2022-07-17). Construction of Asia's first 300-meter deepwater jacket completed. ecns.cn Haiji One, Asia's first 300-meter deepwater jacket designed and built independently by China National Offshore Oil Corp, finished construction on Friday, said the country's top offshore oil and gas producer, CNOOC.

____ (2022-07-17). China's economy secures positive Q2 growth, steam gathering for further recovery. ecns.cn In Q2, the economy grew 0.4 percent. Due to the complex international environment and the impact of the COVID-19 outbreaks at home and other factors that exceeded expectations, downward pressure on the economy increased in Q2, NBS spokesperson Fu Linghui told a press conference Friday.

____ (2022-07-17). Flights from Hangzhou to Ho Chi Minh City resume after suspension. ecns.cn Flights from China's Hangzhou city to Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City resumed on Thursday as Flight VN9501 took off from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport.

Editor (2022-07-17). Investigation finds evidence of war crimes by UK special forces in Afghanistan. mronline.org A years-long investigation by BBC Panorama has revealed evidence of the repeated killings of unarmed Afghan civilians and detainees by the UK's elite Special Air Service, and the attempted cover-up.

____ (2022-07-17). Closing ceremony of Intl. Congress on Ghadir Turkish poems. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 17 (MNA) — On eve of auspicious occasion of Eid al-Ghadir, the closing ceremony of 2nd International Congress of Turkish poems was held in Tabriz's Kabud Historical Mosque on Sunday.

____ (2022-07-17). Iran calls for urgent release of Iranian citizen from UK jail. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 17 (MNA) — While criticizing British government's opposition to return an Iranian citizen imprisoned in UK prison, the Deputy Chief of Iranian Judiciary for International Affairs called for his immediate release.

____ (2022-07-17). Xi stresses implementing Party's policies on Xinjiang, highlights stability, security. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping has stressed efforts to fully and faithfully implement the policies of the Communist Party of China (CPC) for the governance of Xinjiang in the new era, highlighting social stability and lasting security as the overarching goal.

Editor (2022-07-16). YouTube Host Demonetized for Challenging U.S. Government on Ukraine. scheerpost.com Jackson Hinkle is Big Tech's latest target in the establishment's pursuit to censor dissenting voices.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-16). The West is Experiencing a Contraction of its Power. libya360.wordpress.com Boaventura de Sousa SantosUS troops are deployed to Europe amid escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine before the outbreak of war The strategists of the hegemonic country of the West, the US, without realizing the flagrant contraction, show unlimited ambition. What Westerners call the West or Western civilization is a geopolitical space that emerged in…

JANET (2022-07-16). Humanitarian crisis in England? iacenter.org By G. Dunkel July 13, 2022 Boris Johnson's hypocrisy plus anti-popular policies finally did him in. The resignation of Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party of Great Britain, which means he will be replaced as prime minister, was not just the comeuppance of a slapdash serial liar, forced out of office by 59 cabinet resignations in 40 hours. The leadership of the Conservative Party had come to the conclusion that Johnson, aka Mr. Brexit, didn't have the wherewithal to reach a new agreement with the European Union over the north of Ireland, to deal with the growing anger over the cost-of-living crisis i…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-16). Swaziland: Regime Fears Upsurge in Resistance, Intensifies Persecution of Leaders. libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni Protests by Communist Party of Swaziland activists. File Photo The police attempted to arrest CPS member Bongi Nkambule, who was abducted and tortured by the police in March. When they failed to capture him, they took his wife into custody and beat her up in the police station. There has been an upsurge…

Editor (2022-07-16). Neo-Cons: Genesis to Ascendency. scheerpost.com By Michael Brenner | The latest formulation of a binary world pits the so-called democracies against the so-called autocrats. The United States is the self-designated champion of the former while China and Russia lead the array of autocrats. In effect, it's a reversion to long-running democracy/capitalism vs Communism all-embracing conflict of the Cold War. Today's version has even less authenticity than did its…

Editor (2022-07-16). Ralph Nader: Students, Campuses and Dominant Corporate Power. scheerpost.com A protest organized by students in Des Moines, Iowa ( By Ralph Nader / When it comes to corporate power and control over their lives, now and into the future, today's college students are perilously dormant. When it comes to putting pressure on Congress to counter the various dictates of corporatism, there is little activity other than some stalwarts contacting their lawmakers on climate violence. | Much of campus activity these…

Anonymous811 (2022-07-16). BRICS Expanding: Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt Willing To Join The Group. southfront.org Putin takes part in the BRICS meeting | Purnima Anand, president of the BRICS international forum, said on July 14 that Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt are considering joining BRICS. The possibility of countries joining, as well as their potential admission to the ranks of the BRICS, could take place in 2023 when the next summit of the group will be held. The countries themselves have expressed a desire to join the union, but if approved, the application process will be lengthy. | South Africa will host th…

JANET (2022-07-16). Collective Statement: Biden in Occupied Palestine and the "Jerusalem Declaration" — Our Response is Struggle and Solidarity. iacenter.org 16 July 2022 Protesters hounded U.S. President Joe Biden in Palestine, including July 15 in Bethlehem where boys carried the photograph of Shireen Abu Akleh, Palestinian-American journalist murdered by Israeli Defense Force troops while on assignment in the Palestinian refugee camp of Jenin. Credit: Abbas Momani The joint declaration of U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid reveals not only the fundamental bankruptcy of the imperialist and Zionist systems they represent but also underlines the necessity to act and stand now in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their resistance, t…

Staff (2022-07-16). Venezuela's PSUV Participates in 15th Congress of South African Communist Party (Centenary Celebration). orinocotribune.com Members of the national leadership of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) are participating in the 15th Congress of the South African Communist Party (SACP), which is being held in the capital of South Africa, Johannesburg, on the occasion of 100 years of the foundation of SACP. | Jesús Faría, member of the vice-presidency of International Affairs of PSUV, and participant in the Congress highlighted his admiration for the South African Communist Party and the important role it has played in the struggle against imperialism. | Jesús Faría, intengrante de la Vicepresidencia de Asuntos Internacionales del…

JANET (2022-07-16). Haiti's President Jovenel MoàØse was assassinated one year ago. We still don't know much. iacenter.org July 14, 2022 The following article is excerpted from an article that first appeared in Haitiliberte.com, July 7, 2022. The full article can be found at tinyurl.com/3bxf5tcb. Some Haitian-American and Colombian mercenaries arrested for participation in MoàØse's assassination. By Catherine Charlemagne It's been one year since Haiti's President Jovenel MoàØse was machine-gunned at home in front of his wife and children. The murder was carried out by a commando of Colombian assassins, presumably in the service of Haiti's political and economic oligarchs, whose identities are still unknown. For a year,…

Editor2 (2022-07-16). John Bolton Openly Admits Role in Planning Foreign Coups. orinocotribune.com Former White House national security adviser John Bolton has openly acknowledged that he has helped the United States plan attempted coups in foreign countries. | Bolton, a former US ambassador to the United Nations, made the surprising remark while appearing on CNN to discuss Tuesday's congressional hearing on the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. | Lawmakers on the House select committee investigating the attack on the Capitol building accused former President Donald Trump of inciting the violence in a last-ditch attempt to remain in power after losing the 2020 election. | Bolton told CNN's Jake Tapper on Tuesday t…

Staff (2022-07-16). Venezuela: Opposition Leaders Rejected by Majority of the Population (Hinterlaces Survey). orinocotribune.com The latest Monitor País poll conducted by the survey firm Hinterlaces in June 2022 revealed that most of the Venezuelan opposition leaders with a presence on the national scene are rejected by 63% to 85% of the population. | The rejection list is headed by Juan Guaidó, with 85% unpopularity. He is closely followed by Julio Borges and Leopoldo López, both receiving unfavorable opinion from 83 % of those consulted by the poll. | #MonitorPais Hinterlaces (Junio 2022) — Hinterlaces (@Hinterlaces)

WSWS (2022-07-16). Australian government forced to reinstate "pandemic leave" as COVID-19 infections and deaths soar. wsws.org The measures decided by the "National Cabinet" will do nothing to stop the escalating crisis of soaring COVID-19 infections, hospitalisations and deaths.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-07-16). Western sanctions on Russia need patience to affect. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) — EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has assured international sanctions against Russia are "taking effect" and has called for "strategic patience".

WSWS (2022-07-16). Right-wing media, politicians seize on Ohio child's pregnancy to promote reactionary anti-abortion agenda. wsws.org Ohio now bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy and does not allow exceptions for rape or incest. Six weeks and three days' pregnant, the 10-year-old was not eligible to receive an abortion in her home state and was forced to travel to Indiana for the procedure.

JANET (2022-07-16). On her 75th birthday — Assata Shakur: 'I am a 20th century escaped slave'. iacenter.org By Mirinda Crissman July 15, 2022 In honor of Assata Shakur's 75th birthday on July 16, the IAC is reprinting this slightly edited version of her open letter, first posted on Dec. 30, 2014. The FBI put out a $2 million bounty for her recapture almost 50 years ago. My name is Assata Shakur, and I am a 20th century escaped slave. Because of government persecution, I was left with no other choice than to flee from the political repression, racism and violence that dominate the U.S. government's policy toward people of color. I am an ex-political prisoner, and I have been living in exile in Cuba since 1984. I have be…

____ (2022-07-16). "Our hands remain outstretched to Iran": Saudi Arabian FM. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) — Stating that his country's hands remain outstretched to Iran, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said that negotiations with Iran have been 'positive', but it has not yet reached their goal.

Manlio Dinucci (2022-07-16). Ttra poco. In Italia le nuove bombe nucleari made in USA. globalresearch.ca "Inizia la produzione della bomba nucleare B61-12": lo annunciano dagli Stati Uniti i Sandia National Laboratories. La B61-12, che sostituisce la precedente B61 dislocata dagli USA ad Aviano e Ghedi e in altre basi europee, è un'arma di nuovo tipo. …

Staff (2022-07-16). Iran opposes war everywhere: Amir-Abdollahian. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) — Iranian foreign minister said the United States is pursuing specific political goals by claiming that Tehran plans to supply hundreds of drones with combat weapon capabilities to Russia.

Staff (2022-07-16). La Unión Eléctrica prevé afectaciones al servicio en el horario diurno. cubadebate.cu La Unión Eléctrica informa que, a partir de los bajos niveles de inventario de combustible, se prevén afectaciones al servicio en el horario diurno. Se estima para el horario pico una disponibilidad de 2 705 MW y una demanda máxima de 2 650 MW, para una reserva 55 MW, por lo que también pudieran ocurrir afectaciones al servicio.

A Guest Author (2022-07-16). Biden in Occupied Palestine and the 'Jerusalem Declaration'. workers.org Samidoun Palestine Prisoner Solidarity Network issued this collective statement with co-signers "in struggle and solidarity" July 16. The full list of signers, including Workers World Party and the International Action Center, is at samidoun.net. Organizations can endorse at bit.ly/bidenpalestine. Protesters hounded U.S. President Joe Biden in Palestine, including July 15 . . . |

Staff (2022-07-16). Swedish court violates principles of Intl law in Nouri's case. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) — The Iranian ambassador to Stockholm Ahmad Masoumifar said that the Swedish legal system has violated the most basic principles of international law, calling the verdict "unfounded and political."

WSWS (2022-07-16). Workers Struggles: Asia and Australia. wsws.org Thousands of Myanmar garment workers strike over pay cuts; India: Outsourced municipal workers strike in Andhra Pradesh corporations; Pakistan: Garment workers demonstrate in Karachi for higher pay; Western Australia: Shell responds to workers' pay demands by shutting down offshore LNG platform.

WSWS (2022-07-16). As Ford confirms closure of its Saarlouis plant: Lessons from years of car production. wsws.org Ford's decision to halt production at its Saarlouis plant in 2025 is part of the biggest international assault on the social gains and rights of the working class since the 1930s.

WSWS (2022-07-16). Wickremesinghe threatens state repression following his formal installation as acting Sri Lankan president. wsws.org Having been Sri Lankan prime minister six times since 1993, Wickremesinghe is a long-standing pro-US defender of bourgeois rule and a committed supporter of the International Monetary Fund austerity measures.

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-07-16). Primer ministro de Sri Lanka asume como presidente interino. telesurtv.net El próximo 20 de julio será elegido en el Parlamento el nuevo mandatario, quien asumirá hasta noviembre de 2024.

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-15). House Passes $8 Billion NDAA, Adding $37 Billion More Than Biden Requested. news.antiwar.com The House on Thursday passed its version of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that The massive spending bill passed in a vote of 329-101, Lawmakers in…

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-15). Report: US Clinches Deal for Steps Toward Saudi-Israeli Normalization. news.antiwar.com The Times of Israel reported Thursday that President Biden An unnamed Middle Eastern diplomat told the Times that Egypt had agreed to transfer the control of two Red Sea islands, T…

Editor (2022-07-15). Chris Hedges: War with Iran. scheerpost.com Illustration by Mr. Fish — "Biden at Bat" | By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost | The United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia are plotting a war with Iran. The 2015 Iranian nuclear arms accord, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which Donald Trump

Editor2 (2022-07-16). John Bolton Openly Admits Role in Planning Foreign Coups. orinocotribune.com Former White House national security adviser John Bolton has openly acknowledged that he has helped the United States plan attempted coups in foreign countries. | Bolton, a former US ambassador to the United Nations, made the surprising remark while appearing on CNN to discuss Tuesday's congressional hearing on the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. | Lawmakers on the House select committee investigating the attack on the Capitol building accused former President Donald Trump of inciting the violence in a last-ditch attempt to remain in power after losing the 2020 election. | Bolton told CNN's Jake Tapper on Tuesday t…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-16). The West is Experiencing a Contraction of its Power. libya360.wordpress.com Boaventura de Sousa SantosUS troops are deployed to Europe amid escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine before the outbreak of war The strategists of the hegemonic country of the West, the US, without realizing the flagrant contraction, show unlimited ambition. What Westerners call the West or Western civilization is a geopolitical space that emerged in…

| Our Correspondent | (2022-07-16). Pakistan to receive $1.17bn tranche in three to six weeks: IMF. tribune.com.pk The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that Pakistan will be receiving the $1.17 billion tranche in three to six weeks, after the two reached a staff-level agreement earlier this week. | In a press briefing addressed after the IMF announced the confirmation of the staff-level agreement on Thursday, Gerry Rice of the IMF Communication Department stated that the finical watchdog had reached an agreement with Pakistan on a combined seventh and eighth review of the programme, "that will translate into about 1.17 million [sic] being disbursed to Pakistan." | As a reminder, Rice stated that the tranche would…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-16). Swaziland: Regime Fears Upsurge in Resistance, Intensifies Persecution of Leaders. libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni Protests by Communist Party of Swaziland activists. File Photo The police attempted to arrest CPS member Bongi Nkambule, who was abducted and tortured by the police in March. When they failed to capture him, they took his wife into custody and beat her up in the police station. There has been an upsurge…

Editor (2022-07-16). Neo-Cons: Genesis to Ascendency. scheerpost.com By Michael Brenner | The latest formulation of a binary world pits the so-called democracies against the so-called autocrats. The United States is the self-designated champion of the former while China and Russia lead the array of autocrats. In effect, it's a reversion to long-running democracy/capitalism vs Communism all-embracing conflict of the Cold War. Today's version has even less authenticity than did its…

JANET (2022-07-16). Collective Statement: Biden in Occupied Palestine and the "Jerusalem Declaration" — Our Response is Struggle and Solidarity. iacenter.org 16 July 2022 Protesters hounded U.S. President Joe Biden in Palestine, including July 15 in Bethlehem where boys carried the photograph of Shireen Abu Akleh, Palestinian-American journalist murdered by Israeli Defense Force troops while on assignment in the Palestinian refugee camp of Jenin. Credit: Abbas Momani The joint declaration of U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid reveals not only the fundamental bankruptcy of the imperialist and Zionist systems they represent but also underlines the necessity to act and stand now in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their resistance, t…

JANET (2022-07-16). Haiti's President Jovenel MoàØse was assassinated one year ago. We still don't know much. iacenter.org July 14, 2022 The following article is excerpted from an article that first appeared in Haitiliberte.com, July 7, 2022. The full article can be found at tinyurl.com/3bxf5tcb. Some Haitian-American and Colombian mercenaries arrested for participation in MoàØse's assassination. By Catherine Charlemagne It's been one year since Haiti's President Jovenel MoàØse was machine-gunned at home in front of his wife and children. The murder was carried out by a commando of Colombian assassins, presumably in the service of Haiti's political and economic oligarchs, whose identities are still unknown. For a year,…

| Reuters | (2022-07-16). Sri Lanka's ousted president says he 'took all possible steps' to prevent crisis. tribune.com.pk Sri Lanka's ousted president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled overseas this week to escape a popular uprising against his government, has said he took "all possible steps" to avert the economic crisis that has engulfed the island nation. | Rajapaksa's resignation was accepted by parliament on Friday. He flew to the Maldives and then to Singapore after hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters came out on the streets of Colombo a week ago and occupied his official residence and offices. | Sri Lanka's parliament met on Saturday to begin the process of electing a new president, as a shipment of fuel arrived…

WSWS (2022-07-16). As Ford confirms closure of its Saarlouis plant: Lessons from years of car production. wsws.org Ford's decision to halt production at its Saarlouis plant in 2025 is part of the biggest international assault on the social gains and rights of the working class since the 1930s.

Manlio Dinucci (2022-07-16). Ttra poco. In Italia le nuove bombe nucleari made in USA. globalresearch.ca "Inizia la produzione della bomba nucleare B61-12": lo annunciano dagli Stati Uniti i Sandia National Laboratories. La B61-12, che sostituisce la precedente B61 dislocata dagli USA ad Aviano e Ghedi e in altre basi europee, è un'arma di nuovo tipo. …

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-07-16). Western sanctions on Russia need patience to affect. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) — EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has assured international sanctions against Russia are "taking effect" and has called for "strategic patience".

Staff (2022-07-16). Iran opposes war everywhere: Amir-Abdollahian. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) — Iranian foreign minister said the United States is pursuing specific political goals by claiming that Tehran plans to supply hundreds of drones with combat weapon capabilities to Russia.

____ (2022-07-16). Xi stresses implementing Party's policies on Xinjiang, highlights stability, security. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping has stressed efforts to fully and faithfully implement the policies of the Communist Party of China (CPC) for the governance of Xinjiang in the new era, highlighting social stability and lasting security as the overarching goal.

WSWS (2022-07-16). Workers Struggles: Asia and Australia. wsws.org Thousands of Myanmar garment workers strike over pay cuts; India: Outsourced municipal workers strike in Andhra Pradesh corporations; Pakistan: Garment workers demonstrate in Karachi for higher pay; Western Australia: Shell responds to workers' pay demands by shutting down offshore LNG platform.

Binoy Kampmark (2022-07-16). Get Gota: Holding a War Criminal Accountable. dissidentvoice.org The fall and ignominious retreat of Sri Lanka's Gotabaya Rajapaksa has enlivened one distinct possibility. Having formally resigned as Sri Lankan President, a point made via email from Singapore, those wishing to see him account for war crimes may get their wish. There have been various efforts in train regarding a man who ruthlessly concluded …

WSWS (2022-07-16). Right-wing media, politicians seize on Ohio child's pregnancy to promote reactionary anti-abortion agenda. wsws.org Ohio now bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy and does not allow exceptions for rape or incest. Six weeks and three days' pregnant, the 10-year-old was not eligible to receive an abortion in her home state and was forced to travel to Indiana for the procedure.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-07-16). Does the Virus Exist? SARS-CoV-2 Has Not Been Isolated? "Biggest Fraud in Medical History" globalresearch.ca The central question is the following: is there reliable evidence provided by the WHO and national health authorities that the alleged SARS-CoV-2 virus has been isolated / purified from an "unadulterated sample taken from a diseased patient"?

Tridivesh Singh Maini (2022-07-16). Behind President Putin's visit to Iran. moderndiplomacy.eu Russian President Vladimir Putin's upcoming visit to Iran (July 19, 2022), will be his second visit overseas after his visit to Tajikistan and Turkmenistan in June 2022. It is significant for a number of reasons. First, Iran has been moving closer to China and Russia after the US withdrawal from Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action …

____ (2022-07-16). "Our hands remain outstretched to Iran": Saudi Arabian FM. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) — Stating that his country's hands remain outstretched to Iran, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said that negotiations with Iran have been 'positive', but it has not yet reached their goal.

____ (2022-07-16). China's economy secures positive Q2 growth, steam gathering for further recovery. ecns.cn In Q2, the economy grew 0.4 percent. Due to the complex international environment and the impact of the COVID-19 outbreaks at home and other factors that exceeded expectations, downward pressure on the economy increased in Q2, NBS spokesperson Fu Linghui told a press conference Friday.

____ (2022-07-16). Flights from Hangzhou to Ho Chi Minh City resume after suspension. ecns.cn Flights from China's Hangzhou city to Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City resumed on Thursday as Flight VN9501 took off from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport.

WSWS (2022-07-16). Wickremesinghe threatens state repression following his formal installation as acting Sri Lankan president. wsws.org Having been Sri Lankan prime minister six times since 1993, Wickremesinghe is a long-standing pro-US defender of bourgeois rule and a committed supporter of the International Monetary Fund austerity measures.

____ (2022-07-16). China has been paying close attention to difficulties in Sri Lanka: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn As a friendly neighbor, China has been paying close attention to difficulties and challenges Sri Lanka faces and, whenever possible, has always provided support to Sri Lanka's socioeconomic development, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Friday.

The Conversation (2022-07-16). Many Young People in Middle East, struggling to see Bright Future, want to Emigrate to West. juancole.com By Georges Naufal, Texas A&M University | The Middle East's population is growing almost twice as fast as the world overall, and one-third of its people are under the age of 15. As Joe Biden takes his first trip to the region as president, he plans to focus on the prospects for peaceful international …

TeleSUR, hvh, JDO (2022-07-16). Primer ministro de Sri Lanka asume como presidente interino. telesurtv.net El próximo 20 de julio será elegido en el Parlamento el nuevo mandatario, quien asumirá hasta noviembre de 2024.

Staff (2022-07-16). La Unión Eléctrica prevé afectaciones al servicio en el horario diurno. cubadebate.cu La Unión Eléctrica informa que, a partir de los bajos niveles de inventario de combustible, se prevén afectaciones al servicio en el horario diurno. Se estima para el horario pico una disponibilidad de 2 705 MW y una demanda máxima de 2 650 MW, para una reserva 55 MW, por lo que también pudieran ocurrir afectaciones al servicio.

____ (2022-07-16). Sri Lankan PM sworn in as interim president: PM's office. ecns.cn Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as interim president before the chief justice on Friday.

____ (2022-07-16). Construction of Asia's first 300-meter deepwater jacket completed. ecns.cn Haiji One, Asia's first 300-meter deepwater jacket designed and built independently by China National Offshore Oil Corp, finished construction on Friday, said the country's top offshore oil and gas producer, CNOOC.

WSWS (2022-07-16). Australian government forced to reinstate "pandemic leave" as COVID-19 infections and deaths soar. wsws.org The measures decided by the "National Cabinet" will do nothing to stop the escalating crisis of soaring COVID-19 infections, hospitalisations and deaths.

Staff (2022-07-16). Swedish court violates principles of Intl law in Nouri's case. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) — The Iranian ambassador to Stockholm Ahmad Masoumifar said that the Swedish legal system has violated the most basic principles of international law, calling the verdict "unfounded and political."

Michael Lord (2022-07-16). Klaus Schwab's WEF "School for Covid Dictators", a Plan for the "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca First published on December 18, 2022 | Economist Ernst Wolff believes that a hidden alliance of political and corporate leaders is exploiting the pandemic with the aim of crashing national economies and introducing a global digital currency. | How is it that …

Editor (2022-07-15). Sisi says "let them eat leaves" as food crisis sharpens class lines in Egypt. mronline.org The war in Ukraine, rising oil prices and spiralling global inflation have fuelled food scarcity and surges in the price of basic goods in Egypt. Most worrying among the goods affected is bread, which makes up almost 40 percent of the average Egyptian's diet.

Anonymous103 (2022-07-15). Kiev Gathering Information About Chemical Facilities In Donbass, Might Use HIMARS To Target Them. southfront.org | Written by Uriel Araujo, researcher with a focus on international and ethnic conflicts. | Kiev is now employing the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) provided by Washington to strike Moscow-controlled areas. Such missiles hit warehouses in Nova Kakhovka in the Kherson region containing saltpetre, a chemical compound that is used to make gunpowder and fertilizers. Ukraine claims the target was an ammunition dump. The strike caused a major explosion and fires. Shops…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-15). Ukraine: Is Russia's Advance Too Slow? libya360.wordpress.com Drago Bosnic In 2014/2015, the then-nascent Kiev regime suffered a humiliating debacle after it was defeated by a much smaller, undermanned and under-equipped Donbass force. The political West stepped in and forced the Neo-Nazi junta to sign the Minsk agreements and prevent the complete collapse of the regime, which, according to their own admission, used the agreements to buy time…

Staff (2022-07-15). Headlines for July 15, 2022. democracynow.org Biden Pledges to "Stand Up for Media Freedom" After Snubbing Shireen Abu Akleh's Family, House Passes Record $839 Billion Military Budget in Bipartisan Vote, Texas Sues Biden Administration to Block Abortion Care in Cases of Medical Emergency, Indiana AG to Investigate Doctor Who Provided Abortion Care to 10-Year-Old Rape Survivor, Sri Lankan President Formally Resigns After Fleeing to Singapore, Scorching Heat Wave Fuels Wildfires Across Southern Europe, Sen. Manchin Says He Won't Support Legislation to Tax the Rich and Combat Climate Crisis, IMF Warns Russia's War on Ukraine Could…

Vijay Prashad (2022-07-15). Will our children be literate? Will they look forward to the future with dignity?: The Twenty-Eighth Newsletter (2022). mronline.org The world is adrift in the tides of hunger and desolation. It is difficult to think about education, or anything else, when your children are not able to eat.

Benjamin Norton (2022-07-15). How Trump and John Bolton attempted a coup in Venezuela. multipolarista.com Donald Trump's National Security Advisor John Bolton wrote a book, "The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir," detailing the US coup attempt and hybrid war against Venezuela.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-15). Debt Traps & Terrorism: The Roots of Sri Lanka's Crisis. libya360.wordpress.com Brian Berletic The island nation of Sri Lanka, located south-southeast of India in the Indian Ocean has suffered economic and now political chaos that has grabbed international headlines. The Western media has floated narratives ranging from "debt trap diplomacy" perpetrated by China and its Belt and Road Initiative to food shortages spurred by Russia's "blockade"…

Gloria Rubac (2022-07-15). Houston welcomes Pastors for Peace caravan. workers.org Houston activists welcomed the IFCO (Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization) Pastors for Peace caravan July 9. Angie Langdon and Mario Galvan were greeted with dinner and over a dozen boxes of medical aid for Cuba. Langdon is Social Media Coordinator for Pastors for Peace. As guest speaker, she explained the . . . |

| Reuters | (2022-07-15). Indian Adani Ports, local Gadot win bid to buy Israel's Haifa Port for $1.2bn. tribune.com.pk Israel said on Thursday it will sell Haifa Port, a major trade hub on its Mediterranean coast, to winning bidders Adani Ports of India and local chemicals and logistics group Gadot for 4.1 billion shekels ($1.18 billion). | Gadot and Adani made it to the end of a two-year tender process that Israel hopes will lower import prices and help shorten notoriously long wait times at Israeli harbours. | "The privatisation of the port of Haifa will increase competition at the ports and lower the cost of living," Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman said. | Adani will have a majority 70% stake and Gadot will hold the rema…

_____ (2022-07-15). Dodger Stadium Concession Workers Threaten An All-Star Strike. popularresistance.org Among the owners of Major League Baseball's 30 teams, 24 are billionaires. For decades they have complained that labor costs — particularly players' salaries and pensions, but also the stadium workers who park cars; sell hot dogs, beer, peanuts and T-shirts; clean the stadiums; show fans to their seats; and provide security — have undermined baseball's finances. Yet since 2011, the teams' average value has tripled — from $523 million ($680 million in today's dollars) to $2.1 billion. | Mark Walter, the founder and CEO of Guggenheim Partners, a Chicago-based investment company with over $310 bill…

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-15). House Passes $8 Billion NDAA, Adding $37 Billion More Than Biden Requested. news.antiwar.com The House on Thursday passed its version of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that The massive spending bill passed in a vote of 329-101, Lawmakers in…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-15). Exporting Blood and Benjamins: U.S. Capitalism is the Real Dracula. libya360.wordpress.com Stephen Millies Over 70% of the world's plasma comes from the exploited poor in the USA Malcolm X declared, "you show me a capitalist, I'll show you a bloodsucker." U.S. capitalists are the biggest bloodsuckers on the planet. In 2017, human blood and plasma were the tenth largest U.S. export items, with sales of $28.6 billion. That's…

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-15). Report: US Clinches Deal for Steps Toward Saudi-Israeli Normalization. news.antiwar.com The Times of Israel reported Thursday that President Biden An unnamed Middle Eastern diplomat told the Times that Egypt had agreed to transfer the control of two Red Sea islands, T…

Anonymous103 (2022-07-15). Biden, Lapid Sign Joint US-Israel Declaration Against Iran. southfront.org The declaration says the US will use all of its 'national power' to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon | Originally published by AntiWar | President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday The document, officiall…

Jason Ditz (2022-07-15). US 'Does Not Support Organized Violent Opposition to the Taliban'. news.antiwar.com Having lost the Afghanistan War outright, the US State Department is now saying that their goal is to see the Taliban give rise to a stable and sustainable Afghanistan, and It's not just not supporting violence against the Taliban, but "discourage other powers from doing so as well." The Taliban isn't facing huge opposition, but the most likely would be the groups that were US-backed up to their outright defeat. | This is an awkward position, with the US spending decades positioning the Ta…

Carlos Cruz Mosquera (2022-07-15). How Black Colombia Helped Bring the Left to Power. orinocotribune.com By Carlos Cruz Mosquera 2, 2022 | Although mainstream media focuses on a figurehead, Colombia's historical moment today is not just down to Gustavo Petro and his coalition's efforts. Without taking from them what was an inspired campaign to win the electorate over with a principled programme, a decisive factor in the victory was last year's national strike. | The heroic mobilisation of young racialised working-class youth brought the country to a standstill, bringing all of the radicals and progressives together with impassioned clamours for change. The consequences of the demonstrations are visible ev…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-15). Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey are Interested in Joining BRICS. libya360.wordpress.com Mikhail Gamandiy-Egorov The predictions that many countries, including those long linked to the West, are increasingly looking towards the great non-Western powers and the corresponding integration organizations, are moving towards realization. The BRICS+ concept seems to be taking off. The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) expect that Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey may…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-15). Ilhan Omar's Meddling in Horn of Africa Earns Boos at Somali American Concert. libya360.wordpress.com ANN GARRISON Framed by Republican media as a backlash against Ilhan Omar's "woke" politics, the boos of a Somali American crowd expressed growing anger over the congresswoman's role in US meddling in the Horn of Africa. Ilhan Omar was greeted with vigorous booing during a July 2 Minneapolis concert featuring Somali singer Suldaan Seeraar in Minneapolis. The booing was…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-15). Incitement to Murder: Bolsonarista Terror Threatens Brazil Election. libya360.wordpress.com Nathalia Urban The murder of a Workers Party activist by a Bolsonaro supporter has shocked Brazil, but it is not without precedent, and reflects the use of incitement by the Bolsonaros and their allies as a political tool. Coup threats, radicalization, dog-whistling and political violence have become commonplace in the Brazil since the rise of…

_____ (2022-07-15). New Canadian Postal Veep Has A Plan To Revive Militancy Coast To Coast. popularresistance.org A letter carrier who helped organize a militant campaign of refusing forced overtime has won national office in the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, with the goal of taking that direct action approach nationwide. | Roland Schmidt, president of the local in Edmonton, Alberta, won a national election in May to became CUPW's third vice president in charge of internal and external organizing. | Three years ago he won his local presidency on a platform of reviving shop floor militancy. Under his leadership the local has trained hundreds of members in direct action, revitalizing its workplace culture. | Schmidt has be…

_____ (2022-07-15). Biden-Lapid Joint Declaration Takes Aim At BDS Movement. popularresistance.org On July 14 U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid signed a joint strategic declaration that highlights the bonds between the two countries, pledges further bilateral cooperation, and vows to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. It also takes aim at the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS), the nonviolent effort to pressure Israel in meeting its obligations under international law. | "The United States and Israel affirm that they will continue to work together to combat all efforts to boycott or de-legitimize Israel, to deny its right to self-defense, or to unfairly sin…

Editor (2022-07-15). Chris Hedges: War with Iran. scheerpost.com Illustration by Mr. Fish — "Biden at Bat" | By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost | The United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia are plotting a war with Iran. The 2015 Iranian nuclear arms accord, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which Donald Trump

Editor (2022-07-15). M.I. Asma — 'On Necrocapitalism: A Plague Journal'. mronline.org It is a testament to the power of On Necrocapitalism: A Plague Journal that a set of interventions written across the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic should remain so potent and resonant as we approach its fourth year.

Tanupriya Singh (2022-07-15). From invading Iraq to Guaidó's flop: the CV of coup-plotter John Bolton. peoplesdispatch.org In a recent interview with CNN, former US National Security Advisor John Bolton affirmed his role in coups abroad. The hardliner was an architect of the invasion of Iraq, and most recently, played a role in the attempted coup against Venezuelan President Maduro.

Staff (2022-07-15). Venezuelan Government Waives Export Duties on Cocoa and Derivatives. orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, July 13, President Nicolás Maduro announced the exemption of export duties and fees on cocoa and its derivatives at the opening of the Cocoa and Rum Expo Miranda 2022. | "We must continue solving problems and promoting mechanisms in ports and airports to stimulate exports," he stressed. | From the Bolívar Park, La Carlota in Caracas, the head of state reported on the prohibition of the introduction, propagation and cultivation of non-Venezuelan-origin crops in order to protect national genetics. | In this sense, he appointed the Minister for Science and Technology, Gabriela Jiménez, as protector o…

Margaret Flowers (2022-07-15). Challenging the AFL-CIO's Labor Imperialism. orinocotribune.com A little known fact, even to those who work there, is that the AFL-CIO organizes in support of US imperialist policies that drive a global race to the bottom in wages and working conditions, negatively impacting US workers too. The AFL-CIO's Solidarity Center is one of the four core components of the National Endowment for Democracy. Clearing the FOG speaks with Kim Scipes, a co-founder of the new Labor Education Project on the AFL-CIO's International Operations (LEPAIO). Scipes describes the long history of labor imperialism and how unions are challenging it. Adrienne Pine provides a brief report on workers prot…

Editor (2022-07-15). UK bill threatens journalist with life in prison. mronline.org Journalists And Publishers Could Face Life Sentences If National Security Bill 2022, Being Debated In The U.K. Parliament, Becomes Law.

Editor (2022-07-15). Michelle Wilde Anderson: Saving Broke and Broken America, One Town at a Time. scheerpost.com [ | Click to subscribe on: America's wealth gap has been cratering since the 2008 Great Recession, although the groundwork for this form of grotesque inequality has been…

Gloria Rubac (2022-07-15). Another Houston police murder. workers.org Houston "Say his name! Jalen Randle." This chant went on for over 45 minutes, on the way to and outside of the downtown Houston Police headquarters. The crowd had marched from City Hall, and their chants were echoing off the skyscrapers. Randle's parents and family members were joined by . . . |

Workers World Philadelphia bureau (2022-07-15). WW photographer on panel 'How We Stay Free'. workers.org The Paul Robeson House Museum sponsored a panel discussion at the Philadelphia Museum of Art July 10, featuring Philadelphia activists who contributed to the Museum's recently released book, "How We Stay Free." The book is described as "an anthology-in-action for an uprising that remains unfinished." From left, co-editor Fajr Muhammad, . . . |

| Reuters | (2022-07-15). Biden starts sensitive Saudi Arabia visit, no immediate oil pledge expected. tribune.com.pk President Joe Biden arrived in Saudi Arabia on Friday to discuss energy supply, human rights, and security cooperation on a trip designed to reset the US relationship with a country he once pledged to make a "pariah" on the world stage. | Energy and security interests prompted the president and his aides to decide not to isolate the kingdom, the world's top oil exporter and regional powerhouse that has been strengthening ties with Russia and China. | But the US national security adviser dampened expectations of any immediate oil supply boost to help bring down high costs of gasoline and ease the highest US inf…

Fight Back (2022-07-15). FSU Students for a Democratic Society condemns Patriot Front organizing in South Florida. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the followings statement from FSU Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). | On July 2nd, less than 100 Patriot Front members from across the country convened in Boston for a march through the downtown. Patriot Front is a white nationalist hate group that engages in street protests, offensive attack training, and utilizes American fascist imagery for propaganda and recruitment purposes. Outfitted with steel police shields and flags depicting the fasces, a symbol used by Mussolini's National Fascist Party, the cowardly group marched with their faces covered in an attempted sh…

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-07-15). Who Is Nicholas Perkins? 7 Things To Know About The Howard University Alumnus Who Purchased Fuddruckers Restaurants. moguldom.com It's no secret that HBCUs produce some of the best and brightest leaders in America who often make history and blaze trails. Howard alum Nicholas Perkins has continued that tradition by becoming the first Black person to own a national burger franchise when he purchased Fuddruckers Restaurant chain in June. Here are seven things to …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-15). Ecuadorian teachers mobilize in defense of equalization of salary. peoplesdispatch.org On July 13, hundreds of Ecuadorian teachers took to the streets across the country in a new national day of mobilization in defense of equalization of teachers' salaries at national level. The teachers demanded that the government publish the Organic Law of Intercultural Education (LOEI) with all its reforms in the Official Registry. | The teachers condemned that 45 days had passed since the equalization of salary was agreed on in the Constitutional Court's NRO ruling, however, the law has not been published yet due to the presentation of appeals by conservative President Guillermo Lasso. They urged the national…

Susan Lagos (2022-07-15). Bogus Report on Nicaragua by "60 Minutes" Exposed as Propaganda from CIA-linked National Endowment for Democracy. covertactionmagazine.com [Below is an open letter to 60 Minutes written by Susan Lagos, a Spanish and ESL teacher who has lived …

Mirinda Crissman (2022-07-15). On her 75th birthday — Assata Shakur: 'I am a 20th century escaped slave'. workers.org In honor of Assata Shakur's 75th birthday on July 16, Workers World is reprinting this slightly edited version of her open letter, first posted on WW on Dec. 30, 2014. The FBI put out a $2 million bounty for her recapture almost years ago. My name is Assata Shakur, . . . |

Anonymous669 (2022-07-15). Hezbollah Smuggled Anti-Aircraft Missiles Into Syria In Trucks Carrying UN Marks Report. southfront.org . Source: the media wing of Kata'ib Hezbollah. | Lebanon's Hezbollah had smuggled man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADs) into Syria in trucks carrying the symbol of the United Nationals (UN), the Syrian pro-opposition Thiqa News Agency reported on July 12. | According to the report, the missiles were transported from Lebanon to the town of al-Qusayr in the southern countryside of Syria's Homs in three Hyundai trucks covered in canvas emblazoned with UN symbols and in crates labeled humanitarian ai…

TeleSUR, SH (2022-07-15). Confirman renuncia de Gotabaya Rajapaksa a la presidencia de Sri Lanka. telesurtv.net El portavoz del Parlamento de Sri Lanka afirmó que el nuevo presidente será elegido en los próximos siete días desde la renuncia de Rajapaksa.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-15). Race for Sri Lankan presidency begins as Gotabaya Rajapaksa steps down. peoplesdispatch.org Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa finally resigned from his position on Friday, July 15. | Speaker's official announcement on the resignation of the H.E. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa! — Parliament of Sri Lanka (@ParliamentLK) ‡∂Ö‡∂≠‡∑í‡∂ú‡∂ª‡∑î ‡∂¢‡∂±‡∑è‡∂∞…

Staff (2022-07-15). Quantum leap of Iran volleyball in light of domestic coaches. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) — Accomplishments of Iran's national volleyball team in light of the domestic coaches can be regarded as a quantum leap for the country.

____ (2022-07-14). China to build international agricultural breeding center in Hainan. ecns.cn An international agricultural breeding center will be built in south China's tropical province of Hainan, with aims to meet the global challenge of climate change and ensure food security.

Newsroom (2022-07-15). Thousands of children endure 'horrific conditions' in conflict zones. moderndiplomacy.eu The annual UN report on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC), released on Monday, details the devastating impact that various forms of conflict had on children around the world in 2021. The dangers outlined in the report range from conflict escalation, military coups, and takeovers, protracted and new conflicts, as well as violations of international law. …

WSWS (2022-07-15). All IYSSE candidates elected to Berlin's Humboldt University student parliament. wsws.org The IYSSE's strong result is also an expression of the growing support for a socialist and internationalist perspective among students and young people.

| Reuters | (2022-07-15). Canadian police confirm 'high profile' killing of Sikh businessman. tribune.com.pk Canadian police confirmed on Friday that a man shot dead in British Columbia on Thursday was Ripudaman Singh Malik, a Sikh businessman acquitted in connection with the 1985 Air India bombing that killed 329 people. | Police said they have not established a motive for the killing or have evidence to suggest whether the incident was connected to the airline attack. | Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri, a worker in British Columbia, were acquitted in 2005 of charges related to the attack on Air India Flight 182, which exploded over the Atlantic Ocean in 1985 in one of history's deadliest bombings of a commercial airline…

Anonymous669 (2022-07-15). Iranian Navy Announces Indian Ocean Drone Division (Videos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: Islamic Republic News Agency. | On July 15, the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy announced that it had established its first drone-carrying division in the Indian Ocean. | The Iranian state TV said that the new naval division consists of several ships and submarines carrying all types of combat, reconnaissance and suicide drones."All types of the latest advanced drones produced by the military and the defense ministry have flown over the Indian Ocean's waters to demonstrate thei…

Staff (2022-07-15). Sri Lanka MPs to elect new president after Rajapaksa resigns. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) — Sri Lanka's Parliament speaker says President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has resigned and Parliament will convene to choose a new leader after massive protests took over government buildings to force him out of office.

| Reuters | (2022-07-15). Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa ousted; 'We are the real power' says protester. tribune.com.pk The speaker of Sri Lanka's parliament formally accepted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation on Friday after he fled to Singapore to escape a popular uprising brought about by his country's worst economic crisis in seven decades. | After suffered from crippling shortages of petrol and diesel and runaway prices of basic items like vegetables and bread for months, Sri Lankans are now waiting for lawmakers to elect a new president on Wednesday. | Until then, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will be the interim president although protesters want him gone too. His private residence was set ablaze by protes…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-15). Mayo Clinic joins Better Climate Challenge, committing to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic recently joined the Better Climate Challenge, an initiative launched by the Department of Energy that encourages organizations to set ambitious goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Mayo Clinic is committed to cutting certain greenhouse gas emissions by 50% and reducing energy use by 20% within 10 years. Participating in the Better Climate Challenge requires Mayo Clinic to develop and submit a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, share progress and solutions…

Benjamin Norton (2022-07-15). Real Debt Trap: Sri Lanka Owes Vast Majority to West, Not China. orinocotribune.com By Benjamin Norton 2, 2022 | Sri Lanka owes 81% of its external debt to US and European financial institutions and Western allies Japan and India. China owns just 10%. But Washington blames imaginary "Chinese debt traps" for the nation's crisis, as it considers a 17th IMF structural adjustment program. | Facing a deep economic crisis and bankruptcy, Sri Lanka was rocked by large protests this July, which led to the resignation of the government. | Numerous Western political leaders and media outlets blamed this uprising on a supposed Chinese "debt trap," echoing a deceptive narrative that has been thor…

Leslie Feinberg (2022-07-15). Guerra, libertad sexual y fascismo en Alemania Lavanda y Rojo. workers.org Además de los ataques legislativos a las mujeres, a las personas no conformes con el género y a las vidas de los LGBTQ+, en junio grupos supremacistas blancos como los Proud Boys han intentado una incursión de estilo militar en Pride in the Park en Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, y han . . . |

Amjed Jaaved (2022-07-15). India's Pakistan-bashing dossier. moderndiplomacy.eu Since Pakistan announced that the Financial Action Task force was about to lift Pakistan from the "Grey List", India was ill at ease. The dossier has tell-tale signs that it was a lame duck effort to compel the FATF to keep Pakistan at the Grey. Another stimulus for the production of the dossier was to …

Anonymous669 (2022-07-15). Saudi Arabia Opens Skies To 'All Carriers' In Breakthrough Step To Normalize With Israel. southfront.org El Al Boeing 787 -9 jet number 4X-EDA at Ben Gurion Airport., 18 September 2017. Photo by Wikimedia user (LLHZ2805). | Saudi Arabia has opened its airspace to all air carriers in a move that its meant to allow for more overflights to and from Israel. | In a statement released on July 14, the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said that the kingdom's airspace was now open to all carriers that meet its requirements for overflights, in line with international conventions that say there should be n…

Staff (2022-07-15). Tehran has no limits on boosting inclusive coop. with Baku. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) — The Islamic Republic of Iran does not have any restrictions regarding the promotion of comprehensive relations and cooperation with the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council said.

_____ (2022-07-15). Debt Traps & Terrorism: The Roots of Sri Lanka's Crisis. journal-neo.org The island nation of Sri Lanka, located south-southeast of India in the Indian Ocean has suffered economic and now political chaos that has grabbed international headlines. The Western media has floated narratives ranging from "debt trap diplomacy" perpetrated by China and its Belt and Road Initiative to food shortages spurred by Russia's "blockade" of the …

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-15). World Bronchiectasis Day targets chronic, progressive lung disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A chronic, progressive lung disease is attracting new global attention. Today marks the inaugural World Bronchiectasis Day, an awareness day set for July 1 each year. Goals include increasing recognition and treatment of the disease by health care providers and encouraging more research, says a Mayo Clinic expert helping to lead the effort internationally. In bronchiectasis, the walls of the bronchial tubes, which carry air into and out of the lungs, are injured, becoming enlarged….

TeleSUR, SH (2022-07-15). Confirman renuncia de Gotabaya Rajapaksa a Presidencia de Sri Lanka. telesurtv.net El portavoz del Parlamento de Sri Lanka afirmó que el nuevo presidente será elegido en los próximos siete días desde la renuncia de Rajapaksa.

Staff (2022-07-15). Iran Navy unveils 1st naval drone carriers division. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) — The first drone carrier division of Iran's Navy, which is comprised of different surface and subsurface units, was unveiled in a ceremony in the international waters of the Indian Ocean, the Navy announced on Friday.

WSWS (2022-07-15). The theatrical quest: British director Peter Brook (1925-2022). wsws.org His artistic seriousness, which resulted in some hugely influential productions over seven decades, was informed by wide study and knowledge of international theatre history and technique.

____ (2022-07-14). Put development at center of int'l agenda: Chinese minister. ecns.cn China's ecology and environment minister on Thursday called on countries to put development at the center of the international agenda.

WSWS (2022-07-15). Rajapakse formally resigns as Sri Lankan president after fleeing to Singapore. wsws.org Rajapakse flew into Singapore yesterday afternoon, emailing his resignation letter last night to Parliamentary Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena.

Kathy Durkin (2022-07-14). Abortion access: don't agonize — organize! WW commentary. workers.org Women's March "Summer of Rage" kicked off in Washington, D.C., July 9. Thousands of women and people of all genders, nationalities and ages, who gathered in Washington, D.C., on July 9, turned out to protest the outrageous decision handed down by the Supreme Court on June 24, outlawing abortions. By . . . |

G. Dunkel (2022-07-14). Humanitarian crisis in England? workers.org Boris Johnson's hypocrisy plus anti-popular policies finally did him in. The resignation of Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party of Great Britain, which means he will be replaced as prime minister, was not just the comeuppance of a slapdash serial liar, forced out of office by 59 cabinet . . . |

Anand Naidoo (2022-07-14). The Heat: Sri Lanka & The Global Refugee Crisis. america.cgtn.com Sri Lanka's president flees the country after months of protests. And later – why are we seeing a surge of global refugees?>

Benjamin Norton (2022-07-15). How Trump and John Bolton attempted a coup in Venezuela. multipolarista.com Donald Trump's National Security Advisor John Bolton wrote a book, "The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir," detailing the US coup attempt and hybrid war against Venezuela.

____ (2022-07-14). Put development at center of int'l agenda: Chinese minister. ecns.cn China's ecology and environment minister on Thursday called on countries to put development at the center of the international agenda.

Gloria Rubac (2022-07-15). Another Houston police murder. workers.org Houston "Say his name! Jalen Randle." This chant went on for over 45 minutes, on the way to and outside of the downtown Houston Police headquarters. The crowd had marched from City Hall, and their chants were echoing off the skyscrapers. Randle's parents and family members were joined by 50 . . . |

Workers World Philadelphia bureau (2022-07-15). WW photographer on panel 'How We Stay Free'. workers.org The Paul Robeson House Museum sponsored a panel discussion at the Philadelphia Museum of Art July 10, featuring Philadelphia activists who contributed to the Museum's recently released book, "How We Stay Free." The book is described as "an anthology-in-action for an uprising that remains unfinished." From left, co-editor Fajr Muhammad, . . . |

WSWS (2022-07-15). All IYSSE candidates elected to Berlin's Humboldt University student parliament. wsws.org The IYSSE's strong result is also an expression of the growing support for a socialist and internationalist perspective among students and young people.

WSWS (2022-07-15). Rajapakse formally resigns as Sri Lankan president after fleeing to Singapore. wsws.org Rajapakse flew into Singapore yesterday afternoon, emailing his resignation letter last night to Parliamentary Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena.

WSWS (2022-07-15). The theatrical quest: British director Peter Brook (1925-2022). wsws.org His artistic seriousness, which resulted in some hugely influential productions over seven decades, was informed by wide study and knowledge of international theatre history and technique.

____ (2022-07-14). China to build international agricultural breeding center in Hainan. ecns.cn An international agricultural breeding center will be built in south China's tropical province of Hainan, with aims to meet the global challenge of climate change and ensure food security.

TeleSUR, SH (2022-07-15). Confirman renuncia de Gotabaya Rajapaksa a la presidencia de Sri Lanka. telesurtv.net El portavoz del Parlamento de Sri Lanka afirmó que el nuevo presidente será elegido en los próximos siete días desde la renuncia de Rajapaksa.

Mark Cummings (2022-07-14). The Russia-Ukraine War Proves That We Must Define National Security Differently. fairobserver.com It is dangerous to deal with the 21st century using 19th century definitions. The Russia-Ukraine war is founded on a 19th century Clausewitzian definition of national security. In contrast, the operative 21st century national security considerations are based on economics, technology and trade. There is also another important overlooked fact about wars of the 19th…

Staff (2022-07-14). Headlines for July 14, 2022. democracynow.org Israeli Officials Roll Out Red Carpet as President Biden Begins Mideast Trip, Biden Discusses Iran Nuclear Program with Israeli PM, Won't Rule Out U.S. Use of Force, Biden to Be First U.S. President to Fly Directly from Israel to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, House to Vote on Unprecedented $839 Billion Military Budget, Sri Lanka Protests Turn Deadly as President Leaves Maldives for Singapore, Russian Missiles Kill at Least 12 in Vinnytsia, Ukraine and Russia Near Deal on Grain Shipments from Black Sea Port, South Carolina Abortion Providers Sue to Block Six-Week Abortion Ban, Man Arrested in Ohio Child Rape Case La…

Michael Hudson (2022-07-14). The end of Western civilization. mronline.org The greatest challenge facing societies has always been how to conduct trade and credit without letting merchants and creditors make money by exploiting their customers and debtors.

| Reuters | (2022-07-14). UAE announces $2 billion investment in hi-tech Indian 'food parks' to ease shortages. tribune.com.pk The United Arab Emirates has pledged $2 billion to help develop a series of "food parks" in India to tackle food insecurity in South Asia and the Middle East, the UAE, India, the United States and Israel said on Thursday. | Speaking in Jerusalem at a virtual summit with UAE, Israeli and Indian leaders, US President Joe Biden said the investment could "increase India's food yields in the region three-fold in just five years". | The parks would bring farmers, processors and retailers together using advanced climate technology to minimise waste, conserve water and maximise crop yields. | Read more: India bans whe…

Labor Video Project (2022-07-14). WorkWeek Rally Against Billionaire John Fisher's Stadium & Prisoners Strike Over $1 Wage. indybay.org WorkWeek on 7-7-22 covers rally against billionaire John Fisher's stadium & Immigrant prisoners strike over $1 A Day, and rally to top the extradition of journalist Julian Assange on his birthday…

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-14). US Warship Sails Near Chinese-Controlled Islands in the South China Sea. news.antiwar.com The US sailed a warship The US Navy's Seventh Fleet said the guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-14). The Pink Tide Surges in Latin America. libya360.wordpress.com Roger D. Harris Celebration of Gustavo Petro's presidential election. (Image by Gloria Arias Nieto) While the political balance between progressive and reactionary states south of the Rio Grande continues to tip to the left, even the corporate press pronounced Biden's June Summit of the Americas meeting in Los Angeles a flop. Most recently, Colombia elected its first left-leaning president,…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-14). China, Russia and Iran to Conduct Military Exercises in Latin America. libya360.wordpress.com Alexandre Lemoine Beijing, Moscow and Tehran intend to make a show of force for the United States in their "backyard." The three countries plan to hold joint naval maneuvers off the coast of Latin America and the Caribbean in early August. According to experts, this is a sign that some Latin American countries intend to…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-14). National Strike in Panama Demands Justice for the Poor. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch The people of Panama have been on the streets since July 1 to demand the government take urgent measures to combat the growing economic and social crisis. Photo: SUNTRACS/Twitter For almost two weeks, tens of thousands of Panamanians have been taking to the streets across the country protesting the cost of living crisis…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-14). Russia and China Haven't Even Started to Ratchet Up the Pain Dial. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar The Suicide Spectacular Summer Show, currently on screen across Europe, proceeds in full regalia. The Suicide Spectacular Summer Show, currently on screen across Europe, proceeds in full regalia, much to the astonishment of virtually the whole Global South: a trashy, woke Gotterdammerung remake, with Wagnerian grandeur replaced by twerking. Decadent Roman Emperors at least exhibited…

Alan MacLeod (2022-07-14). Meet the ex-CIA agents deciding Facebook's content policy. mronline.org It is an uncomfortable job for anyone trying to draw the line between "harmful content and protecting freedom of speech. It's a balance", Aaron says. In this official Facebook video, Aaron identifies himself as the manager of "the team that writes the rules for Facebook", determining "what is acceptable and what is not."

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-14). Daily Round-up | Unions extend national strike against rising inflation in Panama & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode we bring you the latest from the strike in Panama, the extension of aid to reben-held areas in Syria, the impact of emissions from the US, and a WHO warning on COVID-19…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-14). Two weeks of national strike in Panama. peoplesdispatch.org The last two weeks were marked by massive mobilizations against the high cost of living and an escalating economic crisis in Panama. Movements with the People United for Life Alliance have presented a list of 32 demands to the government to address the crisis but the government has refused to take serious action. The protests have seen broad participation from people across Panamanian society such as workers, fisherfolk, Indigenous communities, students, educators, and civilians.

Editor (2022-07-14). Patrick Lawrence: This Week in Fake News / Artless Dodgers. scheerpost.com Mark 6: 4 There is the case of Seymour Hersh, the great investigative reporter whose work vaults across the years from the My Lai massacre to the dirty war in Syria. Sy published at The New York Times until he reported and wrote too honestly, too pithily, tooin shortclose to the truth. That is Sy's calling …

Arjae Red (2022-07-14). Striking Starbucks workers turn up the heat. workers.org Striking Starbucks workers and members of WWP Buffalo and Atlanta branches demonstrate against unfair labor practices outside Starbucks at 3611 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, New York, July 8. Buffalo, New York Buffalo Starbucks workers at the 3611 Delaware Ave. location went on strike July 8 against Unfair Labor Practices and union-repression . . . |

Editor (2022-07-14). Blinken leading the blind into the Mideast desert. mronline.org Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan embark on their next excellent adventure later this week with President Joe Biden—this time to the Middle East, with Israel the first stop.

Editor (2022-07-14). Faina Savenkova — "I wanted Americans to know the truth" mronline.org If you ask most teenagers in the United States or Europe what they like to do, they'll probably tell you they enjoy playing video games like "Call of Duty," where they pretend to be at war. For them, war is a game. An entertaining way to spend their time after school or on weekends.

Editor (2022-07-14). U.S. war hawk John Bolton boasts that he planned coups d'état abroad. mronline.org The former White House national security advisor under Donald Trump admits his direct involvement in efforts to overthrow legitimate governments around the globe.

Editor (2022-07-14). Understanding the "middle class" mronline.org Who, or what, is the "middle class"? Most people identify themselves as middle class, but what does that mean, and what difference does it make?>

Editor (2022-07-14). Ignoring How Militarism Fuels Climate Change Will Be the Death of Us. scheerpost.com 'A Just Transition to a Regenerative Economy' must end wars, military culture, and the violence of militarized forces and police in our communities and across the world. [Sha Merirei Ongelungel / By Sue Ann Martinson | Editor's Note: Sections of this article originally appeared in the Summer 2022 issue of the The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has over 800 bases and over 4,775 defense sites in th…

Mumia Abu-Jamal (2022-07-14). Media nación, ciudadanas a medias. workers.org Mumia Abu-Jamal en 2019 La reciente decisión Roe v Wade por la Suprema Corte estadounidense para revocar medio siglo de precedentes jurídicos ha enviado ondas de choque por millones de mujeres del país. Hace una semana ellas todavía vivieron con la ilusión que eran ciudadanas plenas estadounidenses respaldadas en sus . . . |

Staff (2022-07-14). Bolton Confesses Washington Organized Coups in Venezuela, Russia Demands Investigation. orinocotribune.com This Tuesday, July 12, former White House Security Adviser John Bolton confessed in an interview with CNN to have "helped" plan coups in different countries. The US diplomat—who held a position in the Donald Trump administration—did not blush to recognize the interference of the United States in the internal affairs of other nations and added that "a lot of work is needed" to overthrow a government and take power from a country. | Bolton's confession follows the leak of Trump's contacts with far-right groups in the run-up to the Capitol attack on January 6, 2021. The former national security adviser w…

Global Research News (2022-07-14). Selected Articles: Video: Dutch Farmers Rise Up Against Food System 'Reset'. globalresearch.ca By The Netherlands intends to halve its nitrogen and ammonia pollution by 2030. To reach that goal, the Finance and Agriculture Ministry now wants …

Editor (2022-07-14). 'India after Naxalbari: Unfinished History'. mronline.org Bernard D'Mello's India After Naxalbari: Unfinished History is simultaneously a history of India's political, economic and social development since the British Raj to the present; a historical retracing of the different attempts to build a revolutionary movement in India; and a political intervention into contemporary debates within the Indian left.

Staff (2022-07-14). Iran reacts to Sullivan's anti-Iranian claims in Tel Aviv. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has rejected the new allegations against Iran by US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.

Mike Lofgren (2022-07-14). The GOP's Army of Christian Nationalists and White Supremacists Pose a Danger Greater Than You Know. commondreams.org Nothing threatens American democracy more than the religious extremist factions teaming up with far-right fascist groups with guns.

____ (2022-07-14). China has made significant progress in meeting SDGs: minister. ecns.cn China has made significant progress in meeting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in several areas, said Huang Runqiu, the Chinese minister of ecology and environment, on Wednesday.

TeleSUR, SH (2022-07-14). Manifestantes en Sri Lanka abandonan edificios públicos tomados durante protestas. telesurtv.net Cientos de manifestantes invadieron el pasado sábado la residencia oficial del presidente Rajapaksa y lo obligaron a huir el miércoles a Maldivas.

Dianne Mathiowetz (2022-07-14). Atlanta marks 40th anniversary of Mumia's incarceration. workers.org Brother Jalil, holding one side of the "Long Distance Revolutionary" movie poster. Credit: IJAN Atlanta To mark the 40th anniversary of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal being sentenced to death, the film "Long Distance Revolutionary" was screened in Atlanta July 3. After decades of political and legal struggle, Mumia's death sentence . . . |

____ (2022-07-13). Belarus to include renminbi in basket of foreign currencies. ecns.cn The Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, will be included in the basket of foreign currencies of Belarus as of July 15, the National Bank of Belarus said on Wednesday.

Nick Ehli (2022-07-14). Montana Kids Are Suing Their State for Violating Right to a Clean Environment. truthout.org For her birthday every October, Grace Gibson-Snyder and her family explore the Lamar Valley just inside the northern border of Yellowstone National Park. | Carved long ago by meandering glaciers, the valley is home to bison and bald eagles, grizzly bears and gray wolves. Gibson-Snyder has seen them all. She calls it "my favorite place." | "I know how special it is to have this in my life," said Gibson-Snyder, an 18-year-old from Missoula, Montana, "and I don't want it to go away." | That concern, hypothetical not so long ago, turned tangible in June when unprecedented flooding washed out bridges, ravaged roads, f…

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-07-14). Autoridades de Sri Lanka imponen toque de queda. telesurtv.net La medida entrará en vigor este jueves a partir de las 12H00 hora local, hasta las 05H00 hora local del viernes.

WSWS (2022-07-14). Ex-health insurance worker, former chair of the Royal Australian College of General Practioners Western Australia, and others defend Dr. Berger. wsws.org The WSWS is publishing statements of support from scientists, doctors and workers internationally for Australian physician Dr. David Berger, who faces disciplinary action for opposing the government's pandemic policies.

____ (2022-07-13). Man charged in rape of girl crossing U.S. states to seek abortion. ecns.cn A man in Columbus in the U.S. state of Ohio has been charged with raping a 10-year-old girl who traveled to Indiana for an abortion.

Vidhi Bubna (2022-07-14). Bookletpedia by Piyush Poddar- A unique initiative to empower people in villages of India. moderndiplomacy.eu Piyush Poddar has done his Master's from Delhi School of Social Work, and Bachelor's in Commerce from Hans Raj College, University of Delhi. He has experience working as a consultant with the MPSRLM and organizations like Azim Premji Foundation, Society for All Round Development, and Rajasthan Mahila Kalyan Mandal, Ajmer. His experience at the grassroots …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-14). Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation to be officially announced tomorrow. peoplesdispatch.org On Thursday, July 14, the speaker of the Sri Lankan parliament said that the resignation of President Mahinda Rajapaksa would be officially announced once legal formalities are concluded…

Brett Wilkins (2022-07-14). Jan. 6 Committee Lays Bare How Trump's Tweets Fomented Insurrection. zcomm.org "Twitter—and other social media companies—must stop shirking responsibility, especially as the country prepares for another national election"

Anonymous103 (2022-07-14). SouthFront Survival Depends On You! southfront.org Dear Friends, | A global war is ongoing. Today, it can be stopped only by us, ordinary people who have become victims of politicians and propaganda. Many of us found ourselves on different sides of the front lines, regardless of our citizenship, nationality or faith. | We need to be united! | We urge you to support our fight for the truth. | You may use the following cryptocurrencies' addresses to donate to SouthFront: : | BTC (Bitcoin): bc1qjgk8l47fcexhgxmrdm0a5c94tafqxens23gz6c | BCH (Bitcoincash): qrjlfmvjj947hpv2prekmhju2vxg90lfcgkneku22k | XMR (Monero): | 84eCJf22Yz39rHwoz6vf3hdcWmbCY336eAUoLXpSj1Q3bo…

Countercurrents (2022-07-14). Tanks Deployed Near Parliament and State of Emergency Declared in Sri Lanka. asia-pacificresearch.com

WSWS (2022-07-14). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Widespread strikes in aviation industry in Italy, France and Spain; UK rail strikes continue; 38,000 BT telecommunication workers in UK poised for first national strike in 35 years; UK bus drivers' pay strikes continue; public sector strikes spread in Lebanon; thousands of South African tax workers continue pay strike…

Socialist Alliance (2022-07-14). Socialist Alliance stands with Sri Lankan movement. greenleft.org.au Socialist Alliance welcomes the success of Sri Lanka's mass protest movement in forcing President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's removal and calls on the federal government to provide humanitarian, not military, aid to Sri Lanka.

Mike Lofgren (2022-07-14). The GOP's Army of Christian Nationalists and White Supremacists Poses a Danger Greater Than You Know. commondreams.org Nothing threatens American democracy more than the religious extremist factions teaming up with far-right fascist groups with guns.

Rupen Savoulian (2022-07-14). Don't mourn militarist Shinzo Abe. greenleft.org.au The shock of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's assassination should not blind us to the fact that he was an ultranationalist and militarist politician, who sought to whitewash imperial Japan's war crimes, writes Rupen Savoulian.

Joe Glenton (2022-07-14). Allegations that elite UK troops slaughtered innocents fit an international pattern. thecanary.co Elite soldiers, cover-ups, night-time house raids, and evidence of execution-style killings. The story of Britain's recent wars will be told for many years to come. And, the latest allegations of war crimes suggest that it will not be a tale of military glory. | Military personnel from the US, Australia, and the UK are held in high regard, often hero-worshipped by the public and politicians alike. However, their involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan has led to accusations of criminal activity including the murder of civilians as well as seemingly endless allegations of further wrong-doing which have pro…

Saman Ayesha Kidwai (2022-07-14). The ideological and non-ideological underpinnings of violent extremism: An American study. moderndiplomacy.eu Although there is no universal definition of violent extremism, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation believes it to be "the beliefs and actions of people who support or use violence to achieve ideological, religious or political goals," including "terrorism and other forms of politically motivated violence". Today, violence carried out by extremists in the U.S. …

____ (2022-07-14). High temperatures affect 900 million Chinese people in last 30 days. ecns.cn High-temperature events across China have lasted for 30 days this year, affecting more than 900 million people, the country's National Climate Center said on Wednesday.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-14). Evo Morales: Bolivia's New Model and Why the UK and US Want to Destroy It. libya360.wordpress.com MATT KENNARD The President of Bolivia from 2006-19 invites Declassified to his house deep in the Amazon rainforest for an exclusive interview — on the UK role in the coup that overthrew him, how he reversed 500 years of history and industrialised Bolivia, and the efforts of the US and its British ally to bring…

____ (2022-07-14). 90% of Chinese households can reach nearest medical facility within 15 minutes: official. ecns.cn By the end of 2021, nearly 980,000 primary medical and health institutions of various types had been established across China, with 90 percent of households capable of reaching their nearest medical facility within 15 minutes, said an official of the country's National Health Commission on Thursday.

G. Dunkel (2022-07-14). Humanitarian crisis in England? workers.org Boris Johnson's hypocrisy plus anti-popular policies finally did him in. The resignation of Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party of Great Britain, which means he will be replaced as prime minister, was not just the comeuppance of a slapdash serial liar, forced out of office by 59 cabinet . . . |

Janaka Biyanwila (2022-07-14). Sri Lanka: A Victory for a Non-violent People's Movement. asia-pacificresearch.com

Jessica Corbett (2022-07-14). 'This Is Sick': Indiana Doctor Investigated Over Abortion Care for Child Rape Victim. commondreams.org "My heart breaks for all survivors of sexual assault and abuse. I am so sad that our country is failing them when they need us most," said Dr. Caitlin Bernard, the targeted provider.

Environment California (2022-07-14). Report: 2,000 acres in Klamath National Forest are on the chopping block. indybay.org New report identifies 'climate forests' at risk…

WSWS (2022-07-14). US vice president intervenes at Pacific Islands Forum against China. wsws.org Vice President Kamala Harris announced hundreds of millions of dollars to strengthen the US military and strategic ties with Pacific island nations, as the region has become a focal point for war preparations against China.

Staff (2022-07-14). Iran one of Minsk's important partners: Belarusian official. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) — Chairman of the Standing Commission on International Affairs of the House of Representatives Andrei Savinykh stated that Iran is one of the important partners of Belarus in the region.

Newsroom (2022-07-14). 6 Things To Look For In An International Moving Company. moderndiplomacy.eu Are you in the process of moving to a new country? If so, you will need to hire a reputable international moving company to help you with the process. Many companies out there boast of being the best, but it can be challenging to determine which one is right for you. Choosing the best company …

_____ (2022-07-14). Real Debt Trap: Sri Lanka Owes Vast Majority To West, Not China. popularresistance.org This July, Sri Lanka's government was forced to resign, after hundreds of thousands of protesters stormed public buildings, setting some on fire, while also occupying the homes of the country's leaders. | The protests were driven by skyrocketing rates of inflation, as well as rampant corruption and widespread shortages of fuel, food, and medicine — a product of the country's inability to pay for imports. | In May, Sri Lanka defaulted on its debt. In June, it tried to negotiate another structural adjustment program with the US-dominated International Monetary Fund (IMF). This would have been Sri Lanka's 17th…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-14). Protests escalate in Sri Lanka as PM Ranil Wickremesinghe takes over as acting President. peoplesdispatch.org On the day he had promised to resign, Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country, appointing the unpopular Wickremesinghe as acting President. Protests escalated rapidly…

The Conversation (2022-07-14). Former Oath Keeper reveals racist, antisemitic Beliefs of White Nationalist Group — and their Plans to start a Civil War. juancole.com By Sara Kamali, University of California Santa Barbara | During his testimony before congressional investigators, former Oath Keepers spokesman Jason Van Tatenhove left little doubt about the intentions of the white nationalist militia group when its members stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Tatenhove explained that Jan. 6 "could have been a …

| Reuters | (2022-07-14). Ancestral ties: India avidly watching British leadership race. tribune.com.pk Half a world away from the political drama in London, many Indians are closely following the twists and turns of who replaces Boris Johnson as British prime minister, curious to see how two candidates with Indian ancestry fare. | Rishi Sunak, the bookmakers' favourite to prevail, and Suella Braverman are campaigning for the Conservative party leadership and have made reference to the opportunities Britain gave members of minorities like them. | If either were to win the race for the premiership, they would be the first prime minister of Indian origin in the United Kingdom. | In both cases, their Indian familie…

Devjyot Ghoshal (2022-07-14). How a band of activists helped bring down Sri Lanka's government. zcomm.org "People didn't want to give up, didn't want to withdraw."

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-14). World Bronchiectasis Day targets chronic, progressive lung disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A chronic, progressive lung disease is attracting new global attention. Today marks the inaugural World Bronchiectasis Day, an awareness day set for July 1 each year. Goals include increasing recognition and treatment of the disease by health care providers and encouraging more research, says a Mayo Clinic expert helping to lead the effort internationally. In bronchiectasis, the walls of the bronchial tubes, which carry air into and out of the lungs, are injured, becoming enlarged….

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-14). Mayo Clinic joins Better Climate Challenge, committing to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic recently joined the Better Climate Challenge, an initiative launched by the Department of Energy that encourages organizations to set ambitious goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Mayo Clinic is committed to cutting certain greenhouse gas emissions by 50% and reducing energy use by 20% within 10 years. Participating in the Better Climate Challenge requires Mayo Clinic to develop and submit a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, share progress and solutions…

Kathy Durkin (2022-07-14). Abortion access; don't agonize — organize! WW commentary. workers.org Women's March "Summer of Rage" kicked off in Washington, D.C., July 9. Thousands of women and people of all genders, nationalities and ages, who gathered in Washington, D.C., on July 9, turned out to protest the outrageous decision handed down by the Supreme Court on June 24, outlawing abortions. By . . . |

Kathy Durkin (2022-07-14). Abortion access: don't agonize — organize! WW commentary. workers.org Women's March "Summer of Rage" kicked off in Washington, D.C., July 9. Thousands of women and people of all genders, nationalities and ages, who gathered in Washington, D.C., on July 9, turned out to protest the outrageous decision handed down by the Supreme Court on June 24, outlawing abortions. By . . . |

TeleSUR, SH (2022-07-14). Abandonan en Sri Lanka edificios públicos tomados en protestas. telesurtv.net Cientos de manifestantes invadieron el pasado sábado la residencia oficial del presidente Rajapaksa y lo obligaron a huir el miércoles a Maldivas.

____ (2022-07-14). China becoming important global player in innovation. ecns.cn Changes have taken place in China's position and role in the global innovation landscape, with the country becoming not only an important participant but also a major contributor to international frontier innovation.

| Reuters | (2022-07-14). Sri Lanka protest sites calm as president's resignation awaited. tribune.com.pk Sri Lanka's main city, Colombo, was calm on Thursday as people waited for the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled to the Maldives to escape a popular uprising that erupted as the country struggled with an economic crisis. | Rajapaksa was on his way to Singapore from the Maldives on Thursday, a Sri Lankan government source said. His decision on Wednesday to make his ally Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe the acting president triggered more protests, with demonstrators storming parliament and the premier's office demanding that he quit too. | Rajapaksa had repeatedly assured the speaker of pa…

WSWS (2022-07-14). "Organize a 'no' vote among your coworkers": Open letter from an Indianapolis Kroger worker. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site received the following letter from a Kroger worker in Indianapolis, where workers are oting this week on a second tentative agreement brought by the United Food and Commercial Workers union.

Staff (2022-07-14). Myth of Chinese Debt Busted: Africa Trapped by Western Lenders. orinocotribune.com African countries owe three times as much to Western banks, asset managers, and oil traders as they do to China, and are charged twice as much interest, according to a study Regarding the recent accusations by the West against the Asian country, regarding the crisis in Sri Lanka, the study reveals that only 12% of the continent's external debt was owed to Chinese l…

Haris Bilal Malik (2022-07-14). Reviewing the Shangri-La Dialogue 2022: What it means for Regional Security. moderndiplomacy.eu The 19th IISS Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD), one of the premier defence and security dialogues related to the Indo-Pacific region, was recently held in Singapore from 10-12 June 2022. The dialogue, organised by the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS), London, was held after a gap of two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year's …

_____ (2022-07-14). Draft Agreement Reveals US Plan To Turn Sri Lanka Into Military Colony. popularresistance.org The full text of the five page SOFA draft — which the Americans now also call the Visiting Forces Agreement to mislead locals — has been obtained by the Sunday Times and published in full. | The text reveals incriminating details of demands made by the U.S. to accommodate their military forces and the free movement and passage for military personnel, vessels and aircraft in Sri Lankan territory. | It also raises many questions regarding the U.S. agenda for Sri Lanka and raises serious doubts on the assurances given by U.S. Ambassador Alaina B. Teplitz that a U.S. military base would not be established…

WSWS (2022-07-14). Sri Lanka's acting president orders military, do "what is necessary to restore order" wsws.org As the despised Rajapakse-Wickremesinghe cabal takes a big step towards military dictatorship, the acting president employs the technique of the Big Lie pioneered by the Nazis to declare that he is defending "democracy" against "the fascists."

_____ (2022-07-13). Militant Trade Unionism Makes A Comeback In The UK. popularresistance.org 200,000 workers, trade unionists, progressive activists and more gathered at the Durham Miners' Gala on July 9 after a two year hiatus due to COVID-19 regulations. The festival organized by Durham Miners' Association featured speakers such as Mick Lynch from the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), Sharon Graham of Unite, Jo Grady from University and Colleges Union (UCU), Patrick Roach from teachers' union NASUWT, and Yvette Williams from Justice4Grenfell. | This year's Gala was dedicated to all essential workers who risked their lives to keep society running during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Creede Newton (2022-07-13). Andrew Yang To Speak Alongside Far-right Figures at 'FreedomFest'. splcenter.org Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang will speak Saturday about his new Forward Party and creating political coalitions at the 2022 FreedomFest in Las Vegas, which will feature far-right libertarians with ties to white nationalists and antisemites.

Ann Brown (2022-07-13). LeBron James On Brittney Griner Imprisonment: Does America Have Her Back? 'I Would Be Feeling, Do I Even Want To Go Back?'. moguldom.com Basketball star LeBron James recently debuted a promo for a new season of his TV side hustle— an HBO show called "The Shop." Remarks made about Women's National Basketball Association, player Brittney Griner, imprisoned in Russia after pleading guilty to possessing cannabis, have taken some aback. Cannabis in Russia is illegal. "How can she feel …

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-14). US Warship Sails Near Chinese-Controlled Islands in the South China Sea. news.antiwar.com The US sailed a warship The US Navy's Seventh Fleet said the guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-14). Protests escalate in Sri Lanka as PM Ranil Wickremesinghe takes over as acting President. peoplesdispatch.org On the day he had promised to resign, Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country, appointing the unpopular Wickremesinghe as acting President. Protests escalated rapidly…

WSWS (2022-07-14). Sri Lanka's acting president orders military, do "what is necessary to restore order" wsws.org As the despised Rajapakse-Wickremesinghe cabal takes a big step towards military dictatorship, the acting president employs the technique of the Big Lie pioneered by the Nazis to declare that he is defending "democracy" against "the fascists."

The Conversation (2022-07-14). Former Oath Keeper reveals racist, antisemitic Beliefs of White Nationalist Group — and their Plans to start a Civil War. juancole.com By Sara Kamali, University of California Santa Barbara | During his testimony before congressional investigators, former Oath Keepers spokesman Jason Van Tatenhove left little doubt about the intentions of the white nationalist militia group when its members stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Tatenhove explained that Jan. 6 "could have been a …

Editor (2022-07-14). Ignoring How Militarism Fuels Climate Change Will Be the Death of Us. scheerpost.com 'A Just Transition to a Regenerative Economy' must end wars, military culture, and the violence of militarized forces and police in our communities and across the world. [Sha Merirei Ongelungel / By Sue Ann Martinson | Editor's Note: Sections of this article originally appeared in the Summer 2022 issue of the The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has over 800 bases and over 4,775 defense sites in th…

Staff (2022-07-14). Bolton Confesses Washington Organized Coups in Venezuela, Russia Demands Investigation. orinocotribune.com This Tuesday, July 12, former White House Security Adviser John Bolton confessed in an interview with CNN to have "helped" plan coups in different countries. The US diplomat—who held a position in the Donald Trump administration—did not blush to recognize the interference of the United States in the internal affairs of other nations and added that "a lot of work is needed" to overthrow a government and take power from a country. | Bolton's confession follows the leak of Trump's contacts with far-right groups in the run-up to the Capitol attack on January 6, 2021. The former national security adviser w…

Mark Cummings (2022-07-14). The Russia-Ukraine War Proves That We Must Define National Security Differently. fairobserver.com It is dangerous to deal with the 21st century using 19th century definitions. The Russia-Ukraine war is founded on a 19th century Clausewitzian definition of national security. In contrast, the operative 21st century national security considerations are based on economics, technology and trade. There is also another important overlooked fact about wars of the 19th…

Michael Hudson (2022-07-14). The end of Western civilization. mronline.org The greatest challenge facing societies has always been how to conduct trade and credit without letting merchants and creditors make money by exploiting their customers and debtors.

Labor Video Project (2022-07-14). WorkWeek Rally Against Billionaire John Fisher's Stadium & Prisoners Strike Over $1 Wage. indybay.org WorkWeek on 7-7-22 covers rally against billionaire John Fisher's stadium & Immigrant prisoners strike over $1 A Day, and rally to top the extradition of journalist Julian Assange on his birthday…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-14). The Pink Tide Surges in Latin America. libya360.wordpress.com Roger D. Harris Celebration of Gustavo Petro's presidential election. (Image by Gloria Arias Nieto) While the political balance between progressive and reactionary states south of the Rio Grande continues to tip to the left, even the corporate press pronounced Biden's June Summit of the Americas meeting in Los Angeles a flop. Most recently, Colombia elected its first left-leaning president,…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-14). Russia and China Haven't Even Started to Ratchet Up the Pain Dial. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar The Suicide Spectacular Summer Show, currently on screen across Europe, proceeds in full regalia. The Suicide Spectacular Summer Show, currently on screen across Europe, proceeds in full regalia, much to the astonishment of virtually the whole Global South: a trashy, woke Gotterdammerung remake, with Wagnerian grandeur replaced by twerking. Decadent Roman Emperors at least exhibited…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-14). China, Russia and Iran to Conduct Military Exercises in Latin America. libya360.wordpress.com Alexandre Lemoine Beijing, Moscow and Tehran intend to make a show of force for the United States in their "backyard." The three countries plan to hold joint naval maneuvers off the coast of Latin America and the Caribbean in early August. According to experts, this is a sign that some Latin American countries intend to…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-14). National Strike in Panama Demands Justice for the Poor. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch The people of Panama have been on the streets since July 1 to demand the government take urgent measures to combat the growing economic and social crisis. Photo: SUNTRACS/Twitter For almost two weeks, tens of thousands of Panamanians have been taking to the streets across the country protesting the cost of living crisis…

Alan MacLeod (2022-07-14). Meet the ex-CIA agents deciding Facebook's content policy. mronline.org It is an uncomfortable job for anyone trying to draw the line between "harmful content and protecting freedom of speech. It's a balance", Aaron says. In this official Facebook video, Aaron identifies himself as the manager of "the team that writes the rules for Facebook", determining "what is acceptable and what is not."

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-14). Daily Round-up | Unions extend national strike against rising inflation in Panama & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode we bring you the latest from the strike in Panama, the extension of aid to reben-held areas in Syria, the impact of emissions from the US, and a WHO warning on COVID-19…

Editor (2022-07-14). Blinken leading the blind into the Mideast desert. mronline.org Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan embark on their next excellent adventure later this week with President Joe Biden—this time to the Middle East, with Israel the first stop.

Editor (2022-07-14). Faina Savenkova — "I wanted Americans to know the truth" mronline.org If you ask most teenagers in the United States or Europe what they like to do, they'll probably tell you they enjoy playing video games like "Call of Duty," where they pretend to be at war. For them, war is a game. An entertaining way to spend their time after school or on weekends.

Editor (2022-07-14). U.S. war hawk John Bolton boasts that he planned coups d'état abroad. mronline.org The former White House national security advisor under Donald Trump admits his direct involvement in efforts to overthrow legitimate governments around the globe.

Editor (2022-07-14). Understanding the "middle class" mronline.org Who, or what, is the "middle class"? Most people identify themselves as middle class, but what does that mean, and what difference does it make?>

Arjae Red (2022-07-14). Striking Starbucks workers turn up the heat. workers.org Striking Starbucks workers and members of WWP Buffalo and Atlanta branches demonstrate against unfair labor practices outside Starbucks at 3611 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, New York, July 8. Buffalo, New York Buffalo Starbucks workers at the 3611 Delaware Ave. location went on strike July 8 against Unfair Labor Practices and union-repression . . . |

Mumia Abu-Jamal (2022-07-14). Media nación, ciudadanas a medias. workers.org Mumia Abu-Jamal en 2019 La reciente decisión Roe v Wade por la Suprema Corte estadounidense para revocar medio siglo de precedentes jurídicos ha enviado ondas de choque por millones de mujeres del país. Hace una semana ellas todavía vivieron con la ilusión que eran ciudadanas plenas estadounidenses respaldadas en sus . . . |

TeleSUR, SH (2022-07-14). Manifestantes en Sri Lanka abandonan edificios públicos tomados durante protestas. telesurtv.net Cientos de manifestantes invadieron el pasado sábado la residencia oficial del presidente Rajapaksa y lo obligaron a huir el miércoles a Maldivas.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-14). Evo Morales: Bolivia's New Model and Why the UK and US Want to Destroy It. libya360.wordpress.com MATT KENNARD The President of Bolivia from 2006-19 invites Declassified to his house deep in the Amazon rainforest for an exclusive interview — on the UK role in the coup that overthrew him, how he reversed 500 years of history and industrialised Bolivia, and the efforts of the US and its British ally to bring…

Staff (2022-07-14). Iran one of Minsk's important partners: Belarusian official. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) — Chairman of the Standing Commission on International Affairs of the House of Representatives Andrei Savinykh stated that Iran is one of the important partners of Belarus in the region.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-14). World Bronchiectasis Day targets chronic, progressive lung disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A chronic, progressive lung disease is attracting new global attention. Today marks the inaugural World Bronchiectasis Day, an awareness day set for July 1 each year. Goals include increasing recognition and treatment of the disease by health care providers and encouraging more research, says a Mayo Clinic expert helping to lead the effort internationally. In bronchiectasis, the walls of the bronchial tubes, which carry air into and out of the lungs, are injured, becoming enlarged….

Mike Lofgren (2022-07-14). The GOP's Army of Christian Nationalists and White Supremacists Pose a Danger Greater Than You Know. commondreams.org Nothing threatens American democracy more than the religious extremist factions teaming up with far-right fascist groups with guns.

_____ (2022-07-14). Draft Agreement Reveals US Plan To Turn Sri Lanka Into Military Colony. popularresistance.org The full text of the five page SOFA draft — which the Americans now also call the Visiting Forces Agreement to mislead locals — has been obtained by the Sunday Times and published in full. | The text reveals incriminating details of demands made by the U.S. to accommodate their military forces and the free movement and passage for military personnel, vessels and aircraft in Sri Lankan territory. | It also raises many questions regarding the U.S. agenda for Sri Lanka and raises serious doubts on the assurances given by U.S. Ambassador Alaina B. Teplitz that a U.S. military base would not be established…

____ (2022-07-14). High temperatures affect 900 million Chinese people in last 30 days. ecns.cn High-temperature events across China have lasted for 30 days this year, affecting more than 900 million people, the country's National Climate Center said on Wednesday.

Global Research News (2022-07-14). Selected Articles: Video: Dutch Farmers Rise Up Against Food System 'Reset'. globalresearch.ca By The Netherlands intends to halve its nitrogen and ammonia pollution by 2030. To reach that goal, the Finance and Agriculture Ministry now wants …

Editor (2022-07-14). 'India after Naxalbari: Unfinished History'. mronline.org Bernard D'Mello's India After Naxalbari: Unfinished History is simultaneously a history of India's political, economic and social development since the British Raj to the present; a historical retracing of the different attempts to build a revolutionary movement in India; and a political intervention into contemporary debates within the Indian left.

____ (2022-07-13). Belarus to include renminbi in basket of foreign currencies. ecns.cn The Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, will be included in the basket of foreign currencies of Belarus as of July 15, the National Bank of Belarus said on Wednesday.

Staff (2022-07-14). Myth of Chinese Debt Busted: Africa Trapped by Western Lenders. orinocotribune.com African countries owe three times as much to Western banks, asset managers, and oil traders as they do to China, and are charged twice as much interest, according to a study Regarding the recent accusations by the West against the Asian country, regarding the crisis in Sri Lanka, the study reveals that only 12% of the continent's external debt was owed to Chinese l…

Dianne Mathiowetz (2022-07-14). Atlanta marks 40th anniversary of Mumia's incarceration. workers.org Brother Jalil, holding one side of the "Long Distance Revolutionary" movie poster. Credit: IJAN Atlanta To mark the 40th anniversary of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal being sentenced to death, the film "Long Distance Revolutionary" was screened in Atlanta July 3. After decades of political and legal struggle, Mumia's death sentence . . . |

WSWS (2022-07-14). US vice president intervenes at Pacific Islands Forum against China. wsws.org Vice President Kamala Harris announced hundreds of millions of dollars to strengthen the US military and strategic ties with Pacific island nations, as the region has become a focal point for war preparations against China.

Kathy Durkin (2022-07-14). Abortion access; don't agonize — organize! WW commentary. workers.org Women's March "Summer of Rage" kicked off in Washington, D.C., July 9. Thousands of women and people of all genders, nationalities and ages, who gathered in Washington, D.C., on July 9, turned out to protest the outrageous decision handed down by the Supreme Court on June 24, outlawing abortions. By . . . |

G. Dunkel (2022-07-14). Humanitarian crisis in England? workers.org Boris Johnson's hypocrisy plus anti-popular policies finally did him in. The resignation of Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party of Great Britain, which means he will be replaced as prime minister, was not just the comeuppance of a slapdash serial liar, forced out of office by 59 cabinet . . . |

____ (2022-07-13). Man charged in rape of girl crossing U.S. states to seek abortion. ecns.cn A man in Columbus in the U.S. state of Ohio has been charged with raping a 10-year-old girl who traveled to Indiana for an abortion.

____ (2022-07-14). China has made significant progress in meeting SDGs: minister. ecns.cn China has made significant progress in meeting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in several areas, said Huang Runqiu, the Chinese minister of ecology and environment, on Wednesday.

____ (2022-07-14). 90% of Chinese households can reach nearest medical facility within 15 minutes: official. ecns.cn By the end of 2021, nearly 980,000 primary medical and health institutions of various types had been established across China, with 90 percent of households capable of reaching their nearest medical facility within 15 minutes, said an official of the country's National Health Commission on Thursday.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-07-14). Mayo Clinic joins Better Climate Challenge, committing to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic recently joined the Better Climate Challenge, an initiative launched by the Department of Energy that encourages organizations to set ambitious goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Mayo Clinic is committed to cutting certain greenhouse gas emissions by 50% and reducing energy use by 20% within 10 years. Participating in the Better Climate Challenge requires Mayo Clinic to develop and submit a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, share progress and solutions…

____ (2022-07-14). China becoming important global player in innovation. ecns.cn Changes have taken place in China's position and role in the global innovation landscape, with the country becoming not only an important participant but also a major contributor to international frontier innovation.

Staff (2022-07-14). Iran reacts to Sullivan's anti-Iranian claims in Tel Aviv. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has rejected the new allegations against Iran by US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.

WSWS (2022-07-14). "Organize a 'no' vote among your coworkers": Open letter from an Indianapolis Kroger worker. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site received the following letter from a Kroger worker in Indianapolis, where workers are oting this week on a second tentative agreement brought by the United Food and Commercial Workers union.

Brett Wilkins (2022-07-14). Jan. 6 Committee Lays Bare How Trump's Tweets Fomented Insurrection. zcomm.org "Twitter—and other social media companies—must stop shirking responsibility, especially as the country prepares for another national election"

WSWS (2022-07-14). Ex-health insurance worker, former chair of the Royal Australian College of General Practioners Western Australia, and others defend Dr. Berger. wsws.org The WSWS is publishing statements of support from scientists, doctors and workers internationally for Australian physician Dr. David Berger, who faces disciplinary action for opposing the government's pandemic policies.

Environment California (2022-07-14). Report: 2,000 acres in Klamath National Forest are on the chopping block. indybay.org New report identifies 'climate forests' at risk…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-13). Ukraine: Notes from a War that is No Longer News. libya360.wordpress.com Oleg Yasinsky In recent months it has been difficult to make balanced analyses and projections of events, for it must be admitted that with all our arrogance and a supposed understanding of the logic of the Ukrainian-Russian absurdity, we failed to predict anything at all. We denied seeing what we feared so much, as our…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-13). Europe Dances on the Titanic. libya360.wordpress.com Fabrizio Casari 140 days after the start of Russia's military operations in Ukraine, the Western reaction, which according to Biden would have erased Russia from the international scene, turns out to be a political and economic failure, the most serious and profound in the history of American and European arrogance. The boomerang effect of the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-13). US-Supplied HIMARS MLRS Kills, Injures Hundreds of Civilians across Donbass and Southern Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Drago BosnicIn early June, it was reported that the United States, NATO and other satellite states will be sending billions worth of additional weapons, including the HIMARS MLRS to the Kiev regime in yet another desperate attempt to buy the Neo-Nazi junta more time, as it's facing an imminent defeat across all frontlines from northern areas of…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-13). Washington's Ukraine Proxy War is about Weakening China, Not "Protecting" Ukrainians. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea U.S. imperialism sees every person on the planet as expendable, including the people within the U.S. itself. It's willing to sacrifice any amount of human life to advance the interests of capital. It's carried out dozens of coups, invasions, and proxy wars since Washington began its global aggressions over a century ago, and…

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-07-13). Sullivan says worried over Russia's deepening ties with Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) — US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin's attempts to deepen ties with Iran amid the Ukraine conflict represents a "profound threat."

Michael Hudson (2022-07-13). From junk economics to a false view of history: where Western Civilization took a wrong turn. mronline.org It may seem strange to invite an economist to give a keynote speech to a conference of the social sciences. Economists have been characterized as autistic and anti-social in the popular press for good reason.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-13). U.S.-Led Imperialism is the World's Leading Purveyor of Chaos. libya360.wordpress.com Danny Haiphong The western capitalist axis of domination is responsible for most of the world's crises. The crisis of legitimacy extends from the UK to Japan, and U.S. imperialism is involved in every new catastrophe. To say that the West, currently led by the dictates of U.S. imperialism, is in trouble would be an understatement….

Jim Hightower (2022-07-13). Even Goldwater Would Be Too Left for Today's Republicans. otherwords.org Perhaps you remember Senator Barry Goldwater, the GOP's fringy, far-right-wing 1964 presidential nominee who famously said, "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice." | Today, however, the core of the Republican Party would boo Goldwater's right-wingism as insufficiently rabid. Instead, their new rallying cry is: "Nuttiness in the defense of extremism is no vice." | The GOP's mainline officialdom now proclaim themselves the party of extremism. They are openly embracing the crazy, including conspiracy theorists, neo-confederates, and Q-Anon cultists, hoping to harness the fanatical horsepower of these antid…

Peter Certo (2022-07-13). In OtherWords: July 13, 2022. otherwords.org This week in OtherWords, veteran attorney Mitchell Zimmerman makes the case for Meanwhile, Jim Hightower marvels at the GOP's embrace not only of the religious far right, but of violent white nationalists and unhinged conspiracy theorists like Q-anon. Where the late Senator Barry Goldwater once praised "extremism in defense of liberty," Hightower says his…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-13). NATO is the Real 'Systemic Challenge' against Global Peace and Stability. libya360.wordpress.com The following article, published recently in People's Daily (one of the most important, longstanding and widely-read newspapers in China), responds to NATO's recently-issued Strategic Concept document, which describes China as a 'systemic challenge' and outlines NATO's role in confronting this purported challenge. The article points out that — unlike the US or NATO — China's record is…

Staff (2022-07-13). Remilitarized Japan: linchpin in NATO's "rules-based" global order. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kyodo NewsJuly 12, 2022 Asia experts seek Japan's lead in rules-based order after Kishida win Asian security experts have welcomed the victory by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's ruling coalition in Sunday's House of Councillors election, saying Japan's political stability and leadership are vital for shoring up a rules-based international order being challenged by countries such …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-13). $2 Trillion for War vs $100 Billion to Save the Planet. libya360.wordpress.com Murad Qureshi A woman stands in front of her house after a flood hit Kurigram district in northern Bangladesh, on July 26, 2019. During late April and early May, South Asia experienced the terrible impacts of global warming. Temperatures reached almost 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in some cities in the region. These high temperatures came alongside…

_____ (2022-07-13). Militant Trade Unionism Makes A Comeback In The UK. popularresistance.org 200,000 workers, trade unionists, progressive activists and more gathered at the Durham Miners' Gala on July 9 after a two year hiatus due to COVID-19 regulations. The festival organized by Durham Miners' Association featured speakers such as Mick Lynch from the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), Sharon Graham of Unite, Jo Grady from University and Colleges Union (UCU), Patrick Roach from teachers' union NASUWT, and Yvette Williams from Justice4Grenfell. | This year's Gala was dedicated to all essential workers who risked their lives to keep society running during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Editor (2022-07-13). Mexico President To Raise Assange Case in July Meeting With Biden. scheerpost.com By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter Note: The meeting between President Biden and President Obrador took place the day before this article was published on ScheerPost. More information will be provided shortly. When Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador meets with United States President Joe Biden on July 12, he plans to once again urge …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-13). Feminist Brigade participates in exchange of revolutionary ideas in Venezuela. peoplesdispatch.org Brigade participants met with representatives of Venezuelan popular and revolutionary feminism. This exchange was organized by the International Peoples' Assembly and the Simon Bolivar Institute for Peace and Solidarity among Peoples.

Staff (2022-07-13). ALBA-TCP to Create International Youth Observatory. orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, July 12, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America — People's Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) announced the creation of the ALBA International Youth Observatory, where the young people of the countries of the bloc will have the opportunity to get training and education. | At the close of a meeting of top authorities of the ALBA-TCP Youth, held by videoconference, ALBA Executive Secretary Sacha Llorenti announced that an International Observatory will be created to promote and monitor public policies supporting and stimulating research, development and prospective initiatives in political an…

Editor (2022-07-13). Jury Finds Former CIA Programmer Guilty of Leaking CIA Hacking Materials To WikiLeaks. scheerpost.com By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter A federal jury in New York convicted former CIA employee Joshua Schulte of violating the Espionage Act when he allegedly released materials on the CIA's hacking capabilities to WikiLeaks. This was the second trial against Schulte. In March 2020, his first trial ended in a mistrial on several Espionage …

Martha Grevatt (2022-07-13). Despite police attacks, protests continue over cop murder of Jayland Walker. workers.org Akron, Ohio, July 3. WW Photo: Martha Grevatt The racist police lynching of Jayland Walker in Akron, Ohio, on June 27 sparked a wave of protests that shows no signs of letting up. Walker, a 25-year-old Black man who worked as a DoorDash driver, was shot around 60 times by . . . |

Editor (2022-07-13). Junk science is being used to attack trans youth. mronline.org In Florida and elsewhere, Republican lawmakers are using faulty research to deny young people access to vital gender-affirming care.

Editor (2022-07-13). Russians support the idea of relaunching Soviet-era brands. mronline.org A survey by the Moscow Sinergiya University Analysis Center confirmed that eight out of 10 Russians support the idea of relaunching brands from the Soviet period, such as the Moskvich.

Editor (2022-07-13). Can Chile's Radical New Constitution Survive a Vote? scheerpost.com Chilean President Gabriel Boric shows the final draft of the constitutional proposal after signing it during its presentation at the National Congress in Santiago, on . (Javier Torres / AFP via Getty Images) | By Natacha López / SANTIAGO—"It was a peculiar decision," Manuela Royo said, trying to explain why she decided to run to become one of the 154 delegates who would draft a new Chilean Constitution. I met Royo at the lavish Former National Congress Building in Santiago where the Constitutional Conventio…

Editor (2022-07-13). Editorial: El Título IX se debilita con la sentencia Roe del TSE. workers.org Al Mundial de Fútbol, 19 de septiembre de 2016, la jugadora Megan Rapinoe se arrodilló durante el himno nacional estadounidense, en solidaridad con Colin Kaepernick. El 23 de junio se cumplió el 50 ∫ aniversario del Título IX, la legislación federal que ordena la igualdad de oportunidades para la participación de . . . |

Donald Gardner (2022-07-13). Homelessness Is a Policy Choice — And We Can Choose Differently. otherwords.org Much of my adult life has been spent homeless or incarcerated. Now I help homeless people and returning citizens. | I've lived on the streets, been in Hollywood films, owned my own footwear service, rubbed elbows with a Saudi Prince, and even sung for Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago — while in and out of homelessness. I've also been to federal prison and battled substance abuse. | In some ways, I've lived an unusual life. But with

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Staff (2022-07-13). China and Russia Dominate Global Nuclear Energy Market. orinocotribune.com China and Russia dominate the market of new nuclear reactors just when rising energy prices present a major new opportunity for the industry, says the International Energy Agency (IEA). | China and Russia have built 87% of the nuclear reactors that have been installed since 2017, while the UK, US, France and Canada together accounted for just 10%, according to a new IEA report. | IEA notes that this represents a loss of leadership for Western powers…

Creede Newton (2022-07-13). Andrew Yang To Speak Alongside Far-right Figures at 'FreedomFest'. splcenter.org Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang will speak Saturday about his new Forward Party and creating political coalitions at the 2022 FreedomFest in Las Vegas, which will feature far-right libertarians with ties to white nationalists and antisemites.

Dominique McGee (2022-07-13). Chief of Strategy and Partnerships. peoplesaction.org About People's Action/Institute People's Action Institute ( 1c3), and sister organization People's Action ( 1c4), are national progressive organizations supporting the mobilization and leadership of the grassroots in support of an agenda that reflects people over profits. People's Action/Institute builds the power of poor and working people in rural, suburban, and urban areas to win change through …

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-07-13). Iran basketball gains easy won vs Syria in Asian cup. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) — The Iranian men's national basketball team defeated Syria in its opening match in the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 on Wednesday.

____ (2022-07-13). Xinjiang's progress in international exchange, cooperation. ecns.cn Hosted by the government of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, a press conference on the region's exchanges and cooperation with other countries and regions was held in Beijing Tuesday.

____ (2022-07-13). Xi encourages young people across the Taiwan Strait to strive for national rejuvenation. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Monday encouraged young people across the Taiwan Strait to jointly strive for the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation. He made the remarks in a letter replying to young people from China's Taiwan who were attending the Straits Youth Forum.

____ (2022-07-13). China's civil aviation sector in orderly resumption. ecns.cn China's civil aviation sector is implementing the steady and orderly resumption of scheduled international passenger flights to speed up the recovery of the global aviation market.

TeleSUR-mcs-JL (2022-07-13). India supera los 13.600 nuevos casos de la Covid-19. telesurtv.net Las autoridades sanitarias instan a la población a mantener las medidas anticovid para evitar su avance en el país.

Editor (2022-07-13). Real debt trap: Sri Lanka owes vast majority to West, not China. mronline.org Sri Lanka owes 81% of its external debt to US and European financial institutions and Western allies Japan and India. China owns just 10%. But Washington blames imaginary "Chinese debt traps" for the nation's crisis, as it considers a 17th IMF structural adjustment program.

WSWS (2022-07-13). Australian workers defend Zero-COVID advocate Dr. David Berger. wsws.org The WSWS is publishing statements of support from scientists, doctors and workers internationally for Australian physician Dr. David Berger, who faces disciplinary action for opposing the government's pandemic policies.

____ (2022-07-13). IMF slashes U.S. growth forecast for 2022 to 2.3 pct. ecns.cn The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday slashed U.S. growth forecast for 2022 to 2.3 percent, just less than a month after it cut the forecast to 2.9 percent.

Scorinoco (2022-07-13). Sri Lanka Crisis: Opposition Parties to Discuss Formation of All-Party Interim Government, Speaker Announces Presidential Election. orinocotribune.com Sri Lanka's Opposition parties resumed talks on Monday, July 11, to discuss the formation of an all-party interim government after the president and prime minister offered to resign as unprecedented protests broke out and thousands of enraged demonstrators stormed the leaders' homes over their mishandling of the country's worst economic crisis. | President Gotabaya Rajapaksa officially informed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday that he will resign as previously announced on Wednesday after protesters stormed his official residence, calling for him to step down over his handling of the country's dire e…

____ (2022-07-13). Rare big lily found in China's Qinling Mountains. ecns.cn A wild population of big lilies including about 50 to 60 individuals was found in Taiping National Forest Park of Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi Province for the first time.

____ (2022-07-13). PLA warns off U.S. warship near Xisha Islands. ecns.cn Chinese military forces tracked and dispelled guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold after it illegally trespassed into Chinese territorial waters off Xisha Islands in the South China Sea on Wednesday.

Staff (2022-07-13). Sri Lanka PM office confirms President fled to Maldives. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) — Sri Lanka PM Ranil Wickremesinghe's office said that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled to the Maldives, hours before he was expected to resign.

WSWS (2022-07-13). International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers reaches tentative agreement with Alaska Airlines. wsws.org International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) reaches a "historic" tentative agreement with Alaska Airlines that predictably sells out workers despite strong buzzwords.

____ (2022-07-13). China slams U.S. consular official's remarks on Hong Kong policy. ecns.cn Any actions and activities aimed at meddling in China's internal affairs, including Hong Kong affairs, undermining China's national security and the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong are not allowed and are doomed to fail, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Tuesday.

TeleSUR -HIM (2022-07-13). Designan presidente interino a primer ministro de Sri Lanka. telesurtv.net La designación Ranil Wickremesinghe se produjo luego de la huida del presidente a las Maldivas y el día en que este último debía oficializar su renuncia.

WSWS (2022-07-13). President Rajapakse flees Sri Lanka after popular uprising. wsws.org The ignominious departure of the president points to the immense power of the movement that has emerged in the working class, but an interim government will resolve nothing.

Ann Brown (2022-07-13). LeBron James On Brittney Griner Imprisonment: Does America Have Her Back? 'I Would Be Feeling, Do I Even Want To Go Back?'. moguldom.com Basketball star LeBron James recently promoted the new season of his TV side hustle — his HBO show called "The Shop." Remarks he made about Women's National Basketball Association player Brittney Griner, imprisoned in Russia after pleading guilty to possessing cannabis, have taken some aback. Cannabis is illegal in Russia. "How can she feel like …

WSWS (2022-07-13). Central Indiana Kroger workers: Vote "No" on the UFCW-Kroger sellout contract! wsws.org "Everyone who has read the highlights that were handed out to workers in stores Wednesday can see this is not a 'new' contract but a re-hash of the old one we rejected only weeks ago."

____ (2022-07-13). Former U.S. national security advisor admits implication in plotting coups abroad. ecns.cn Former U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton admitted Tuesday that he has helped plan coups abroad.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-13). Daily Round-up | Extrajudicial killings by British troops in Afghanistan & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories of atrocities by British troops in Afghanistan, the location of the US embassy of Jerusalem, the bid by the Sri Lankan president to flee, and another mass massacre in Colombia…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-13). days of anti-government protests in Sri Lanka. peoplesdispatch.org Newly appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed 14 cabinet ministers to steer the new government in an attempt to resolve the worst economic crisis the island country has experienced since its independence in 1948…

Staff (2022-07-13). Deputy Parl. Speaker calls for immediate release of Nouri. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) — Iran's First Deputy Parliament Speaker Ali Nikzad has called for the immediate release of Hamid Nouri, an Iranian national, who is in custody with completely unfounded accusations.

____ (2022-07-13). Sri Lankan president Rajapaksa arrives in Maldives. ecns.cn Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrived at the Velana International Airport in the Maldives early Wednesday, according to the Maldivian media.

____ (2022-07-13). China grants nearly 1 mln valid invention patents to digital economy. ecns.cn By the end of 2021, the number of effective invention patents in the core sectors of China's digital economy reached 977,000, accounting for 35.2 percent of the country's total effective patents, said the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) on Tuesday.

____ (2022-07-13). National roadways to hit nearly half-million km. ecns.cn China unveiled a new plan on Tuesday to expand its national road network to around 461,000 kilometers by 2035, as part of its larger move to build a modern, high-quality and comprehensive national transportation network, said officials and experts.

Betsey Piette (2022-07-13). Who really profits from 'forced labor'? workers.org W. F. Ramsey prison farm in Brazoria County, Texas, 1965 First signed by President Joe Biden in December, the "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act" took effect June 23. Under this latest anti-China measure, all goods made in Xinjiang province are banned, unless the importer can demonstrate the imports were produced . . . |

____ (2022-07-13). Zhejiang to host agricultural systems conference. ecns.cn The 2022 International Conference on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems will be held in Qingtian county in East China's Zhejiang province from July 17 to 19, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Tuesday.

____ (2022-07-13). Sri Lanka's acting president stepped down: report. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) — Sri Lanka's acting president and prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, has asked the Parliament Speaker to nominate a new president, his media team said on Wednesday after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country.

Staff (2022-07-13). Shamkhani to visit Azerbaijan for bilateral ties. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) — Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani is set to visit Baku on Friday.

____ (2022-07-13). Sri Lankan PM takes over powers of president. ecns.cn Sri Lanka's Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena said on Wednesday that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to perform and discharge the powers and duties of the president.

____ (2022-07-13). China to build more low-carbon communities. ecns.cn China will encourage more residential communities to evolve into low-carbon ones as part of the country's efforts to meet its climate goals.

____ (2022-07-13). State of emergency declared in Sri Lanka. ecns.cn Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe declared a state of emergency in the South Asian country, the Prime Minister's Office said on Wednesday.

Editor (2022-07-13). PM Resigns, President Flees: It's All Happening in Sri Lanka. scheerpost.com Protesters in front of the Sri Lankan presidential secretariat on Saturday, July 9. Photo: Twitter | By Massive protests rocked Sri Lanka on Saturday, July 9, leading to a collapse of government. In the morning, tens of thousands of protesters marched to the residence of the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who reportedly fled shortly before. By Saturday evening, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe resigned to make way for the formation of an all-party government. Reports also said the…

WSWS (2022-07-13). Will Lehman, Mack Trucks worker, approved as eligible candidate for UAW International president. wsws.org Lehman has met all the requirements to run for president of the UAW. To get on the ballot, he still requires one delegate to nominate him at the upcoming UAW Convention, which begins on July 25.

_____ (2022-07-12). US Activities in Ukraine are a Smoke Screen for Clearly Criminal Bioresearch. journal-neo.org As has been repeatedly pointed out by many media, the United States has long shown the world its disregard for international norms and its willingness to wage war with weapons of mass destruction anywhere in the world. This fact was further documented during the Russian special operation in Ukraine, which resulted in the Russian Ministry …

Federica Fazio (2022-07-12). Is Russia's War in Ukraine Creating a New European Security Architecture? fairobserver.com Since Russia attacked Ukraine on February 24, we have been witnessing some important changes in not only European but also national foreign, security and defense policies. In the past, Europeans often appeared reluctant to coordinate their national foreign, security and defense policies. Instead, they preferred to "go it alone". The Ukraine crisis, however, has elicited…

Editor (2022-07-12). Whistleblower Relief: Dropping the Collaery Case. scheerpost.com By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch The Anglo-Australian legal system has much to answer for. While robed lawyers and solemn justices proclaim an adherence to the rule of law, the rule remains a creature in state, more fetish than reality. Had the farcical prosecution of former ACT Attorney General Bernard Collaery gone on, all suspicions about …

Editor (2022-07-12). Craig Murray: The Film About Julian Assange. scheerpost.com By Craig Murray / Away from the Tory Babel over who will be the top "world-leading" sociopath, I just spent two evenings in the company of decent people. John and Gabriel Shipton, Julian's father and brother, were in Glasgow and Edinburgh for the screening of Ithaka, the documentary that follows the fight by Julian Assange's family to have him freed. I was moderating the Q & A. | The odd pub may also have been visited. | Ithaka is heart-rending, and it has an important message in rehumanizing Julian after over a decad…

Editor (2022-07-12). 28 Years, 160 Arrests: What One Man's Record Reveals About San Diego's Broken Justice System. scheerpost.com Popey900, CC BY-SA 4.0 By Kelly Davis / The past 28 years of Angel's

Editor (2022-07-12). Biden Falsely Claims US Troops Aren't Engaged in Combat in the Middle East. scheerpost.com Staff Sgt. James Hunter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons | By Dave DeCamp / President Biden penned an op-ed about his upcoming trip to the Middle East that The president wrote: "Next week, I will be the first president to visit the Middle East since 9/11 without US troops engaged in a combat…

Editor (2022-07-12). Newsom Plans to Bring Affordable Insulin to California. scheerpost.com By Dean Baker / Center for Economic and Policy Research California's Governor, Gavin Newsom, announced plans last week for the state to set up its own manufacturing facility to produce low-cost insulin for California residents. This is a great idea. Insulin is an old drug that can be produced as a cheap generic, which is the case …

Editor (2022-07-12). 'The Uber Files': 124,000+ Leaked Files Expose Global Dirty Dealings of Ride-Hailing Giants. scheerpost.com Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Scalable Grid Engine, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons | By Common Dreams Staff / Over 124,000 internal corporate files and documents, including private communications between top executives, are the basis of new reporting published Sunday dubbed "

Editor (2022-07-12). Roe v. Wade is Gone. A Wave of Criminalization is Coming. scheerpost.com Police arrest four women protesters who chained themselves to the columns at the steps of City Hall to denounce the US Supreme Court decision that ended federal abortion rights protections on July 6, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. David McNew/Getty Images | By Marc Steiner / | The recent Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case achieved something the right has pursued for decades—overturning Roe v. Wade. From legislation recognizing "fetal personhood" in Georgia and Alabama to…

Ann Brown (2022-07-12). The Rise And Fall Of Black Business Power In Chicago: 13 Things To Know. moguldom.com There was a time when Chicago was the place for Black businesses to thrive. During the 1970s especially, the Windy City was a virtual Back business powerhouse but the landscape changed. By the 1990s, Black-owned businesses were on the decline as a result of disinvestment, globalization and the nationalization of local businesses. Before the businesses …

Hendrik Sybrandy (2022-07-12). Survivors of U.S. Indian boarding school systems speak out about abuse, mistreatment. america.cgtn.com It's called the "Road to Healing."

Jamanetwork (2022-07-12). Young Children Increasingly Ingest Melatonin, With Serious Outcomes. jamanetwork.com Growing melatonin use may have contributed to a 530% increase in annual pediatric melatonin ingestions—from 8337 in 2012 to 52‚ÄØ563 in 2021—reported to the American Association of Poison Control Centers' National Poison Data System, according to a CDC report.