(2022-07-02). At NATO summit, New Zealand PM backs war with Russia, military build-up against China. wsws.org With staggering hypocrisy, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern presented NATO as a bastion of peace and democracy, even as the military alliance openly prepares for nuclear war against Russia and China.
(2022-07-02). Who will pay for Biden's new "forever war"? wsws.org The global war being initiated by the Biden administration at the same time a war against the working class of the United States.
(2022-07-02). US Announces New Military Aid Package To Ukraine With Advanced Air-Defense Systems. southfront.org 
Three NASAMS launchers of the Dutch military, each can be loaded with six AMRAAM missiles. Source: the Dutch Ministry of Defense. | On July 1, the US announced $820 million in additional military aid for Ukraine, including advanced air-defense systems. | The this the fourteenth drawdown of equipment from the US Department of Defense (DoD) inventories for Ukraine that the Biden Administration has authorized since August 2021. The US has now sent $7.6 billion in assistance to Ukraine, including nearly $7 billion…
(2022-07-02). Pride Celebrations Return to SF and Bay Area. indybay.org Not quite the massive exuberance of the pre-pandemic, pre-Ukraine , pre-court attacks on human rights events. Nancy Pelosi was booed.
(2022-07-02). Western Imperialism Expands with New Military Bases and NATO Members. scheerpost.com 
By Sam Carliner / Following the conclusion of the NATO summit in Madrid on Wednesday, June 29, the military alliance announced an expansion of U.S. and Western European imperialist foothold across the continent. One of the most notable developments is that Finland and Sweden have been formally invited to become member states, a move Turkey initially opposed but agreed to at the meeting of the 30 countries that make up NATO. | The United States used the summit to add to its sprawl of mor…
(2022-07-02). Biden, Democrats seek to channel outrage over abortion bans into midterm election campaigns. wsws.org President Biden indicated that his primary concern following the Dobbs decision is its impact on the ability of Washington to maintain NATO unity in conducting the widening war against Russia and confrontation with China.
(2022-07-02). STOP BCDC Zack Wasserman & BCDC Vote For A's Owner John Fisher's Stadium Development Scam. indybay.org At a Oakland rally to support a vote of the people in Oakland on billionaire GAP A's stadium development scam people talked about the conflicts of interest by Zachery Wasserman who has been a land development lawyer for Fisher and is chair of the San Francisco Bay Conservation Development Commission. They will be voting on whether to allow Fisher to transfer the Howard Terminal from maritime use to a stadium, hotels and 3,000 luxury condos. Wasserman and the Commission should not be allowed to vote on this since they Wasserman has represented Fisher on his other land deals in Oakland.
(2022-07-02). Thursday 6/30: Stop The Transfer Press Conference/Rally At Bay Conservation Development Commission BCDC. indybay.org Bay Conservation Development Commission | 375 Beale St./Harrison | San Francisco…
(2022-07-02). Mayo Clinic, UnitedHealthcare agree to multi-year commercial and Medicare Advantage relationship. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic and UnitedHealthcare have reached an agreement on a new, multi-year network relationship. The agreement ensures members enrolled in UnitedHealthcare employer-sponsored and individual health plans have continued access to quality care at Mayo Clinic's national network of hospitals, clinics, physicians and other providers. Mayo Clinic and UnitedHealthcare also have established a new relationship that will give members enrolled in UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage plans in-network access to Mayo Clinic Rochester and Mayo Clinic Health System…
(2022-07-02). øCómo evolucionó Vietnam tras proclamarse República Socialista. telesurtv.net El exitoso proceder socialista en Vietnam es un ejemplo para los gobiernos socialistas y de izquierdas han tenido que superar las agresiones de los países más poderosos.
(2022-07-02). Friday 7/29: Stolen Legacy: California Pioneers of African Descent. indybay.org Leidesdorff Street | Financial District…
(2022-07-02). Protests in Akron, Ohio after initial autopsy confirms police shot unarmed Jayland Walker 60 times. wsws.org Anticipating mass outrage ahead of the public release of portions of body camera footage on Sunday, the Democratic mayor of Akron has canceled Fourth of July celebrations in the city.
(2022-07-02). Trump plans to announce WH bid as Jan. 6 scrutiny intensifies. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) — Donald Trump has accelerated his campaign planning, hoping a White House bid will blunt a series of damaging revelations, while some Republicans are worried.
(2022-07-01). U.S. Reveals Weapon Supplies To Ukraine. Creates Special Agency. southfront.org 
Full of military aid containers | The conflict in Ukraine is ongoing, and American taxpayers, against their will, continue to sponsor arms shipments to Ukraine. | The United States has already committed approximately $6.8 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden Administration, including approximately $6.1 billion since February 24, the report of the U.S. Department of Defence reads. | During the recent NATO Summit in Mad…
(2022-07-01). US Announces New $820 Million Weapons Package for Ukraine. news.antiwar.com The Biden administration on Friday The NASAMS is a joint project between the Norway-based Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and Raytheon, the US weapons maker that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin worked for as a board member before taking his post at the Pentagon. | The NASAMS is an air defense system with a range of ov…
(2022-07-01). Ukraine Is the Latest Neocon Disaster. scheerpost.com 
President Joe Biden delivering "stand with Ukraine" remarks on May 3 at the Lockheed Martin facility in Troy, Alabama. (White House, Adam Schultz) | By Jeffrey D. Sachs / The war in Ukraine is the culmination of a 30-year project of the American neoconservative movement. The Biden Administration is packed with the same neocons who championed the US wars of choice in Serbia (1999…
(2022-07-01). Economist Michael Hudson On Inflation And Fed Plan To Cut Wages. popularresistance.org Hey, everyone, this is Ben Norton, and you are watching or listening to the Multipolarista podcast. I am always privileged to be joined by one of my favorite guests, Michael Hudson, one of the greatest economists living today. | We're going to be talking about the inflation crisis. This is a crisis around the world, but especially in the United States, where inflation has been at over 8%. And it has caused a lot of political problems. It's very likely going to cause the defeat, among other factors, of the Democrats in the mid-term elections in November. | And we've seen that the response of the US government and…
(2022-07-01). The Men Disputing Hutchinson's Testimony Are Two of Trump's Biggest Acolytes. truthout.org It was testimony that, for a moment, stopped the world in its tracks. | So, once the president had gotten into the vehicle with [Secret Service agent] Bobby [Engel], he thought that they were going up to the Capitol. And when Bobby had relayed to him we're not, we don't have the assets to do it, it's not secure, we're going back to the West Wing, the president had a very strong, a very angry response to that. | [White House chief of operations] Tony [Ornato] described him as being irate. The president said something to the effect of I'm the f'ing president, take me up to the Capitol now, to which Bobby responded,…
(2022-07-01). Imperialism isn't the solution to capitalism's woes. cpusa.org 
When I read about the June 18 Poor People's Campaign Moral March on Washington, I came across this statement by Bishop William Barber, the campaign's national co-chair: Republicans say poverty is just a personal failure. And Democrats too often talk about the working class and those trying to make it into the middle class …
(2022-07-01). Minnesota groups join global anti-NATO protests during the June NATO Summit. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On June 28, over 60 people gathered alongside Washington Avenue outside of Senator Amy Klobuchar's Minneapolis office in solidarity with international protests against the NATO Summit in Madrid, Spain, where world leaders discussed the expansion of NATO, among other things. Rush-hour traffic honked in support as protesters chanted, "No war with Russia! Disband NATO now!" | "Yesterday the Spanish government prohibited protest against NATO in Madrid," announced Michael Livingston of Minnesota Peace Action Coalition (MPAC). "Being the free people that they are, the anti-NATO activists immediately g…
(2022-07-01). Tàºrkiye gets its Way on Kurdish Groups, agrees to Swedish, Finnish NATO Bids, as Biden weighs F-16 Sales to Ankara. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Tàºrkiye (formerly Turkey) spent this spring vowing that Sweden and Finland would not be admitted to NATO because of their stance on the Syrian Kurdish organization, the YPG. He seemed adamant, but the stance was clearly a bargaining position, whereby he sought to wring as …
(2022-07-01). US, Taliban Hold Talks in Doha on Frozen Afghan Funds. news.antiwar.com US and Taliban officials The meeting was the first time since March that US and Taliban officials met face-to-face since March and comes as Afghanistan is recovering from an earthquake that killed at least 1,000 people. | President Biden's special envoy for Afghanistan, Thomas West, led the US delegation and…
(2022-07-01). Iran Nuclear Deal Talks Could Resume After Biden's Mideast Trip. news.antiwar.com Bloomberg reported Friday that European officials expect EU-brokered efforts to revive the Iran nuclear deal will resume While the Biden administration doesn't appear willing to lift the necessary sanctions to revive the nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, The EU medi…
(2022-07-01). Putin Says Western Sanctions Speeding Up Russia-Belarus Unification. news.antiwar.com Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that sanctions and other pressure from the West have The two nations signed an integration treaty in 1997. The process has been sped up since the US and its allies rejected the result of Belarus' 2020 presidential election that saw Alexander Lukashenko win another term. | After the election, the US and EU started imposing sanctions on Belarus and threw support behind an exiled opposition leader. As a result, Lukashe…
(2022-07-01). Following Roc Nation And Jay-Z, NFL Signs $100M Deal To Fund Ice Cube's Contract With Black America. moguldom.com First, it was Jay-Z and Roc Nation, now the National Football League (NFL) is partnering with another hip-hop icon to advance the cause of economic equity with Black businesses. On Thursday, June 30, the league announced its deal with Ice Cube's Contract With Black America (CWBA) Institute. According to the release, "The collaboration focuses on …
(2022-07-01). Dave Zirin on Football Prayer Ruling, Howard Bryant on Black Athletes & Social Change. fair.org 
This week on CounterSpin: Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion on Kennedy v. Bremerton that "the Constitution and the best of our traditions counsel mutual respect and tolerance, not censorship and suppression, for religious and nonreligious views alike." The case was about whether there was a problem with a Washington …
(2022-07-01). Machinists' Retirees 751 Resolve To End ACO REACH. popularresistance.org On June 13th the International Association of Machinists IAM 751 Retirement Club voted overwhelmingly to end the privatization of Medicare and to send their resolution to their congressional delegation, to President Biden, and to Secretary Xavier Becerra at Health and Human Services. | Machinists' District 751 represents 27,000 members who work at Boeing and some smaller shops across the state of Washington. It is one of the largest organizations within the IAM. | The privatization scheme the 751 Retirement Club opposes is ACO REACH, formerly called direct contracting entities (DCE). It is a pilot program in whic…
(2022-07-01). Death toll of migrant tragedy in Texas reaches 53. peoplesdispatch.org President Joe Biden's immigration policies, which are largely the same as those of former President Donald Trump, have been pushing people to take increasingly dangerous routes to reach the US…
(2022-07-01). Studying The Venezuelan Approach To Learning. popularresistance.org The merits of the Bolivarian system are plain to see through the country having one of the highest educational progress rates in Latin America and a truly comprehensive system funded by the Venezuelan government led by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela. | In order to understand the Venezuelan education system, it is necessary to examine both its foundations and the reality of education under the illegal US sanctions. In the decades preceding the successful election of Hugo Chavez, education in Venezuela was not prioritized. | Governments effectively abandoned education in the rural and working-class areas f…
(2022-07-01). Hope for Colombia: An interview with James Jordan about the election of Petro. fightbacknews.org On June 19, Gustavo Petro won the second round of the Colombian presidential election with over 50% of the vote. This is a historic victory because Colombia, unlike many other South American countries, including neighboring Venezuela, doesn't have a history of leftists winning office. | For more than 52 years now the U.S. has backed the wealthy Colombian oligarchy against revolutionaries of the FARC-EP (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army) and ELN (National Liberation Army) who are fighting for national liberation against U.S. imperialism. There was a brief negotiated peace in 1985 and le…
(2022-07-01). France election yields stinging rebuke for Macron. workers.org 
The second round of parliamentary elections in France held June 19 established two key facts. President Macron's party suffered a stinging rebuke. For the first time since France went to five-year terms for its president and held parliamentary elections after the presidential elections, the president's party failed to win a . . . |
(2022-07-01). Democrats Exposed By The End Of Roe v. Wade. popularresistance.org In May 2022, a memo was leaked to the media which indicated that the Supreme Court would overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision which legalized abortion. Despite the warning, the announcement of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision sent shockwaves across the country. The 6 to 3 conservative majority is doing just what republicans promised they would do if they were given electoral control of the presidency, Senate, and state legislatures. | The shock that a 50-year old right has been eliminated produced the expected reactions. There were protests at the homes of justices, at federal courthous…
(2022-07-01). Tampa rallies in support of abortion rights. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – On June 25, over 300 people gathered on the corner of a busy intersection near the University of South Florida to protest the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. The crowd, led by Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the Tampa Bay Community Action Committee (TBCAC), march along the street and were met with strong support from commuters passing by. | "It terrified me that the right to bodily autonomy would no longer be a right," said Laura Rodriguez of TBCAC. "Getting on birth control no longer felt like a choice." | Florida has a trigger law, House Bill 5 (HB5), that will criminali…
(2022-07-01). Georgia Sen. Warnock Has Double-Digit Poll Lead Over Herschel Walker. moguldom.com Incumbent Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock made history when he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2020 and a new poll suggests he is likely to retain his seat. A poll released on June 29 by Quinnipiac University shows Warnock, who is a Democrat, has a double-digit lead over his Republican challenger Herschel Walker. This …
(2022-07-01). Money on the Left: The Journal featuring "Food, Money & Democracy" mronline.org 
Benjamin C. Wilson, Taylor Reid, and Max Sussman join the podcast to discuss their forthcoming co-written essay, "Food, Money, and Democracy: Cultivating Collective Provisioning for Resilient and Equitable Communities of Work." Inaugurating our new journal, Money on the Left: History, Theory, Practice, the article politicizes what Sanjukta Paul and Nathan Tankus term "coordination rights" across monetary and production sectors and focuses on the coordination of food systems, in particular. Coordination rights are fundamental to the process of building resilient communities, our guests argue, determining whether s…
(2022-07-01). Peruvian President Pedro Castillo leaves Free Peru party. peoplesdispatch.org President Pedro Castillo on Thursday June 30 presented his irrevocable resignation from the Free Peru party, by which he was elected last year. "I respect the party and the bases built in the campaign. I reaffirm my commitment to continue working and promoting the changes contained in the Bicentennial program in a democratic country and together with all Peruvians," the head of state wrote. | The resignation comes in response to a request from the political committee of the party, which accused Castillo of breaking with party unity in a statement published on Tuesday June 28. According to Vladimir Cerrón, preside…
(2022-07-01). R Kelly Placed on Suicide Watch After Lengthy Prison Sentence of 30 Years for Sex Abuse. moguldom.com Disgraced R&B singer and songwriter R Kelly has been placed on suicide watch after he was sentenced to 30 years in prison for racketeering and sex trafficking crimes. Kelly, 55, received the lengthy sentence on Wednesday, June 29. His suicide watch was announced by his attorney Jennifer Bonjean, who said the musician isn't suicidal, CNN …
(2022-07-01). The Right-Wing's Attempt to Militarize American Politics. juancole.com 
( Tomdispatch.com) Increasingly, it seems, Americans have an anger problem. All too many of us now have the urge to use name-calling, violent social-media posts, threats, baseball bats, and guns to do what we once did with persuasion and voting. For example, during the year after Donald Trump entered the Oval Office, threats of …
(2022-07-01). Sham 'Originalism' of Right-Wing Court Has Become Direct Threat to Democracy. commondreams.org The constitutional theory is now a threat to modern life.
(2022-07-01). Presentan anteproyecto de ley de la Contraloría General de la República. cubadebate.cu El anteproyecto de ley de la Contraloría General de la República (CGR) y del Sistema de Control Superior de los Fondos Públicos y de la Gestión Administrativa, fue presentado esta mañana en la sede de dicha institución en La Habana. La ley, que regulará las funciones constitucionalmente asignadas a la Contraloría General como órgano superior de fiscalización estatal.
(2022-07-01). Headlines for July 1, 2022. democracynow.org Supreme Court Ruling Sharply Limits EPA's Power to Combat Climate Crisis, Lawsuits Seek to Block Biden Administration from Restarting Oil and Gas Lease Sales, Protesters Demand Action on Climate and Pollution at U.N. Ocean Conference, SCOTUS to Hear Case on Power of State Courts to Halt Gerrymandering & Voter Suppression, Supreme Court Rules 5-4 to Allow Biden to End "Remain in Mexico" Border Policy, Alleged Driver of Truck in Texas Human Smuggling Tragedy Appears in Court, French Police Arrest 10 Suspected Smugglers over Drownings of 27 Asylum Seekers, Ketanji Brown Jackson Sworn In as First Bl…
(2022-07-01). In Radical Ruling, Supreme Court Limits EPA's Power to Cut Carbon Emissions & Combat Climate Crisis. democracynow.org 
In a blow to climate activism, the Supreme Court on Thursday severely limited the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to place emission caps on power plants. In the case, West Virginia v. EPA, several states led by West Virginia and fossil fuel companies fought against the regulations imposed by the Obama administration under the Clean Air Act. The 6-3 ruling by the court's conservative justices ultimately weakens the federal agency's authority to limit carbon emissions and combat the worst effects of the climate crisis. We look at the decision's impact on vulnerable communities, par…
(2022-07-01). With Death of Roe, Progressives Have Just Four Months to Avert Unthinkable Disaster. commondreams.org This dystopian system has been forced on this country's 330 million people by five unelected Republican Supreme Court justices, all of whom have lifetime appointments.
(2022-07-01). Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: "We Are Witnessing a Judicial Coup in Process" truthout.org As the Supreme Court prepares to hear a case that could fundamentally change how elections are run in the U.S., Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) is sounding the alarm about extremist justices' apparent intentions to stage a "judicial coup." | On Thursday, the Supreme Court
(2022-07-01). Beware: The Supreme Court Is Laying Groundwork to Pre-Rig the 2024 Election. commondreams.org This scenario isn't just plausible: it's probable. GOP-controlled states are already changing their state laws to allow for it, regardless of how their people vote.
(2022-07-01). La derecha latinoamericana está derrotada. globalizacion.ca La derecha latinoamericana ha tenido dos picos en las últimas décadas. En el primero, implementó dictaduras militares en algunos de los países más importantes del continente. Si se enfrentó abiertamente a la democracia, se mostró identificada con la represión, la…
(2022-07-01). Supreme Court Immigration Ruling Is Welcome, But Deadly Policies Remain in Place. truthout.org We go to San Antonio, where 53 migrants seeking refuge in the U.S. died earlier this week after being confined to a sweltering tractor-trailer. Human rights advocates blamed the tragedy on restrictive immigration policies like the Migrant Protection Protocols, also known as MPP or the "Remain in Mexico" program. In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that President Biden has the power to end the Trump-era policy, which forced tens of thousands of asylum seekers to stay on the Mexican side of the border in unsafe conditions while their cases were resolved in the U.S. "Every single migration-related…
(2022-07-01). Philadelphia's Democratic Party government votes unanimously for massive increase in city police budget. wsws.org The vote to increase the Philadelphia Police Department's budget by almost $30 million comes after massive protests against police violence in 2020.
(2022-07-01). San Antonio Organizer: U.S. Immigration Policy Is to Blame for Deaths of 53 in Smuggling Tragedy. democracynow.org 
We go to San Antonio, where 53 migrants seeking refuge in the U.S. died earlier this week after being confined to a sweltering tractor-trailer. Human rights advocates blamed the tragedy on restrictive immigration policies like the Migrant Protection Protocols, also known as MPP or the "Remain in Mexico" program. In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that President Biden has the power to end the Trump-era policy, which forced tens of thousands of asylum seekers to stay on the Mexican side of the border in unsafe conditions while their cases were resolved in the U.S. "Every single…
(2022-07-01). Poll: Half of Country Says Trump Should Be Charged for Jan. 6 Involvement. truthout.org A new poll published on Friday shows that nearly 6 in 10 Americans believe that former President Donald Trump bears responsibility for the attack on the United States Capitol building nearly one and a half years ago. | According to the
(2022-07-01). U.S. Communists observe drafting of Chile's new democratic constitution first-hand. peoplesworld.org 
This is the third installment in a series of articles about the visit of the Hello Comrade Project to Chile in the spring of 2022. Hello Comrade is a group within the International Department of the Communist Party USA, a solidarity movement bringing together members of the party in the United States with members of …
(2022-07-01). Meet the Dutch Doctor Helping Expand Abortion Access by Mailing Safe & Legal Pills Worldwide. democracynow.org 
As activists across the U.S. are mobilizing to defend reproductive rights, we speak to the Dutch physician Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, who has dedicated her life to circumventing anti-abortion laws, including providing abortions on ships in international waters and sending abortions pills around the world. She also discusses navigating censorship on social media platforms, telemedicine, the future of contraception and more. "This is not the moment anymore to stay within the law," says Dr. Gomperts, referring to the end of Roe v. Wade. "This is the moment to make sure that women have access to safe abo…
(2022-07-01). Sinema Kills Plan to Codify Abortion Rights While Fundraising on Protecting Them. truthout.org Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., on Thursday sent out a fundraising email touting her work to protect women's health care after shooting down President Joe Biden's proposal to codify abortion rights. | Biden on Thursday called for the Senate to support a filibuster carveout to pass a federal law ensuring the right to an abortion. | "The most important thing … we have to change — I believe we have to codify Roe v. Wade in the law," Biden
(2022-07-01). Why was there no organized resistance to Trump's January 6 coup? wsws.org New facts as well as old ones point incontrovertibly to the reality that Donald Trump and his accomplices attempted to wipe out the results of a national election and bring down the US government and Constitution on January 6, 2021, seeking to establish a presidential dictatorship.
(2022-07-01). Iran nuclear talks likely to resume after Biden Mideast trip. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 01 (MNA) — Efforts to revive Iran nuclear deal, JCPOA, are likely to resume following US President Joe Biden's visit to the region this month, after an intense round of talks held in Qatari capital of Doha.
(2022-07-01). Right-Wing Supreme Court Imperils Democratic Self-Governance. commondreams.org A powerful and reactionary judiciary at work alongside a dysfunctional Congress and hamstrung bureaucracy is a recipe for disaster.
(2022-07-01). 'Indefensible': Outrage as New Reporting Shines Light on Biden Deal With McConnell. commondreams.org The president has reportedly agreed to nominate an anti-abortion Republican to a lifetime judgeship. In exchange, McConnell has vowed to stop blocking two Biden picks for term-limited U.S. attorney posts.
(2022-07-01). República Dominicana registra 1.028 nuevos casos de Covid-19. telesurtv.net Hasta el momento, República Dominicana mantiene 3.845 casos activos y reporta 4.383 decesos desde el inicio de la pandemia en marzo de 2020.