(2022-07-06). How CIA Front Laid Foundations For Ukraine War. popularresistance.org Obvious examples of Central Intelligence Agency covert action abroad are difficult to identify today, save for occasional acknowledged calamities, such as the long-running $1 billion effort to overthrow the government of Syria, via funding, training and arming barbarous jihadist groups. | In part, this stems from many of the CIA's traditional responsibilities and activities being farmed out to "overt" organizations, most significantly the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). | Founded in November 1983, then-CIA director William Casey was at the heart of NED's creation.
(2022-07-06). In Paris, Israel's Lapid Says World 'Must Respond' to Iran's Nuclear Activity. news.antiwar.com Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid The Israeli leader accused Iran of violating the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA. But Tehran has not been bound by the agreement since the Trump administration withdrew from it in 2018 by reimposing sanctions on Iran. | "The facts are that Iran is violating the agreement and continues to develop its nuclear program," Lapid said at a joint press conference…
(2022-07-06). California Juneteenth Holiday Bill – AB 1655 – Our Unique Journey From Slavery to Freedom. indybay.org Since 2003, California has recognized Juneteenth through Assembly Bill 1749 (Longville) and signed into law by Governor Gray Davis. However, today 20 years later, it is our goal that Juneteenth through Assembly Bill 1655 (Jones-Sawyer) becomes an official California State Holiday.
(2022-07-06). Archivo CD- Carilda Oliver: "He sido muy feliz siendo poeta" cubadebate.cu "Yo creo que sería presumir mucho por parte mía si digo que yo fui escogida por la poesía. Es presumir mucho. Lo que pasa que de ella no me he podido escapar. He sido muy feliz siendo poeta. No hubiera querido ser nada más.", así le confesaba hace 11 años Carilda Oliver Labra a Amaury Pérez en una memorable entrevista televisiva cuya transcripción republicamos hoy en homenaje al centenario de la gran poeta cubana y matancera.
(2022-07-06). As death toll rises in July Fourth Highland Park shooting, more evidence emerges linking gunman to pro-Trump fascist circles. wsws.org The death toll in the July Fourth massacre in Highland Park, Illinois has risen to seven, amid new information linking the accused gunman, 21-year-old Robert Crimo III, to social media networks steeped in fascistic ravings about mass shootings.
(2022-07-06). Tennessee Republican Governor silent as ultra-conservative charter school peddler calls public school teachers "dumb" wsws.org Democrats and the Tennessee Education Association ask for an apology but propose no action to oppose the privatization drive and the assault on teachers.
(2022-07-06). La ciudad de New Haven exige el fin del bloqueo contra Cuba: El bien se enfrenta decididamente al mal. cubadebate.cu Este 5 de julio fue aprobada por el Concejo de New Haven, en el estado Connecticut, una resolución contra el bloqueo que exige al presidente Joe Biden aliviar las restricciones al comercio y los viajes entre Estados Unidos y Cuba, así como trabajar para restablecer las relaciones diplomáticas y consulares plenas, interrumpidas durante la administración de Donald Trump.
(2022-07-06). Roa: El "treintero" que no se fue a bolina. cubadebate.cu Imposible no resaltar hoy aquí su papel al frente del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores entre 1959 y 1976. Es, en realidad, el periodo cimero de su vida. Puso todo su talento, cultura, capacidad polémica y empuje revolucionario en la tarea que le fue confiada. Inauguró una nueva diplomacia, sin tapujos ni ademanes versallescos. La Revolución cubana y el pensamiento diáfano y profundamente radical de su más alto dirigente, Fidel Castro, tuvieron en él un fiel intérprete y combativo defensor.
(2022-07-05). American Gun Culture And Frontier Mythology. popularresistance.org In the wake of the Buffalo and Uvalde mass shootings, 70 percent of Republicans said it is more important to protect gun rights than to control gun violence, while 92 percent of Democrats and 54 percent of independents expressed the opposite view. | Just weeks after those mass shootings, Republicans and gun rights advocates hailed the Supreme Court ruling that invalidated New York state's gun permit law and declared that the Second Amendment guarantees a right to carry a handgun outside the home for self-defense. | Mayor Eric Adams, expressing his opposition to the ruling, suggested that the court's decision woul…
(2022-07-05). Algo para pensar sobre el 4 de julio: "La nazificación de América" globalizacion.ca 
Peter Navarro, de 73 años, fue Asistente del Presidente para Política Comercial y de Manufactura durante la administración Trump. No lo conozco. En febrero pasado, los demócratas lo citaron para comparecer ante el "Comité Selecto sobre el Ataque del 6…
(2022-07-05). Ukraine Is the Latest Neocon Disaster. orinocotribune.com By Jeffrey D. Sachs Jun 27, 2022 | 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), Afghanistan (2001), Iraq (2003), Syria (2011), Libya (2011), and who did so much to provoke Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The neocon track record is one of unmitigated disaster, yet Biden has staffed his team with neocons. As a result, Biden is steering Ukraine, the US, and the European Union towards yet another geopolitical debacle. If Europe has any insight, it…
(2022-07-05). Only way to fix the Court is to dump Republican senators. peoplesworld.org 
The three Trump-named Republican justices—Amy Coney Barrett on Oct. 26, 2020, Brett Kavanaugh on Oct. 6, 2018, and Neil Gorsuch on April 7, 2017—swung the High Court into obliterating women's constitutional rights to abortion and controlling their own bodies. All were confirmed on virtual party-line votes: 52-48 for Barrett, 54-46 for Gorsuch, and 50-48 for …
(2022-07-05). GOP Senator Defends Guantánamo Bay Prison as 'Absolutely Vital Institution'. commondreams.org Sen. James Inhofe's comments come as congressional Democrats are reviving efforts to close the notorious U.S. military prison.
(2022-07-05). France election yields stinging rebuke for Macron. iacenter.org By G. Dunkel 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 majority. It got 245 seats, 44 seats less than a majority. It was clear that Macron won the presidential elections only because French voters didn't want fascist Marine Le Pen, his rival in the runoff vote, to be president. His party's left-wing opponents, united in a…
(2022-07-05). January 6 hearings and the fascist threat. iacenter.org By Martha Grevatt Since June 9, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol has built a case against former President Donald Trump, members of his administration and Trump allies. The Committee will hold additional hearings this month, keeping the spotlight on a very real, growing and dangerous fascist movement. This movement did not appear from out of nowhere on Jan. 6, 2021; the election of an openly racist and xenophobic president in 2016 encouraged it. Events like the 2017 "Unite the Right" mobilization in Charlottesville, Virginia, where one anti…
(2022-07-05). Bernie Sanders on July 4th Mass Shooting: 'Congress Must Do More NOW'. scheerpost.com 
[ By Sen. Bernie Sanders said late Monday that Congress must take far more ambitious legislative action to combat the scourge of gun violence in the United States in the wake of the mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois. | "Today's terrible shooting in Highland Park is the late…
(2022-07-05). Opinion: Black Voters Must Be Mindful Of Who Has Their Political Interests At Heart. moguldom.com A lot of noise is being made about New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez supporting a candidate against Hudson Valley Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney. But isn't turnabout fair play? A political action committee is funneling money to support a challenge to progressive democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib from Michigan. Funny enough, a Black former congressional candidate …
(2022-07-05). Snoop Dogg And Son Share Thoughts On The Current State Of Crypto And NFTs. moguldom.com Snoop Dogg isn't fazed by the "crypto winter" that has many scurrying to sell off their digital assets. In fact, the hip-hop icon and entrepreneur who's become known for his crypto, NFT and Metaverse advocacy told CNBC he thinks the industry downturn has simply exposed the opportunists who don't really belong in the space. "I …
(2022-07-05). What Warren Buffett knows that you don't Part 3. peoplesdispatch.org Warren Buffett's smartest investment is not in any manufacturing or service company, but in several insurance businesses. Although the business itself doesn't generate much profits, it gives Buffett access to a huge insurance 'float' which is stable over a long period of time. It is practically a giant loan for which Buffett pays nothing. Buffett's insurance float strategy shows that the only way to make money in Capitalism is if you already have a lot of money.
(2022-07-05). Xiaolangdi Reservoir discharges sand in Henan. ecns.cn Tourists watch water gushing out from the Xiaolangdi Reservoir on the Yellow River during a sand-discharging operation in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, .
(2022-07-05). House Select Committee likely to issue criminal referral against Trump. wsws.org The evidence provided by White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson confirms that Trump planned to lead the mob which stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
(2022-07-05). Regional effort urged on Myanmar reconciliation. ecns.cn China expects joint efforts with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to encourage Myanmar to pursue political reconciliation and restart the democratic transition process, visiting State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said.
(2022-07-05). Susan B. Anthony Was Rolling Over in Her Grave This July 4th. commondreams.org The great suffragist would surely be appalled by the Dobbs ruling and the radical logic behind it, which repudiates a century of progress in human rights and democracy.
(2022-07-05). Pressure grows as evidence mounts for Trump criminal indictment. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Pressure is growing for a criminal indictment of former Republican Oval Office occupant Donald Trump for inciting the Jan. 6, 2021 coup d'état attempt, invasion of and insurrection by Trumpites at the U.S. Capitol, among other offenses. The latest and strongest prediction that Trump would face criminal charges for the insurrection came from Rep. Liz …
(2022-07-05). One year since President Biden declared "independence" from COVID-19. wsws.org Biden said Americans could declare independence from the coronavirus during last year's July 4 celebrations. Since then, more than a half-million Americans have died.
(2022-07-05). Xi congratulates Algerian president on 60th anniversary of independence. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday sent a congratulatory message to President of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune on the 60th anniversary of the victory of the Algerian War of Independence.
(2022-07-05). Friday 7/29: Stolen Legacy: California Pioneers of African Descent. indybay.org Leidesdorff Street | Financial District…
(2022-07-05). Akron, Ohio mayor declares "state of emergency" as protests continue in the wake of police murder of Jayland Walker. wsws.org Democratic Mayor Dan Horrigan issued the emergency declaration Monday morning after police rioted against protesters the night before.
(2022-07-05). 'Win for Wildlife' as Federal Court Restores Endangered Species Protections Gutted by Trump. commondreams.org "In the midst of a global extinction crisis, the court's decision to vacate the rules will help ensure that imperiled species receive the protections they desperately need," said one advocate.
(2022-07-04). Swaziland: One Year After a Brutal Crackdown, the Struggle for Democracy Remains Alive. libya360.wordpress.com Tanupriya Singh (Photo: Communist Party of Swaziland) June 29 was observed as a day of commemoration in Swaziland to honor the dozens of people killed by the forces of King Mswati III during the unprecedented anti-monarchist uprising of 2021 June 29 marked one year since the brutal crackdown on Swaziland's anti-monarchist uprising in 2021. The…
(2022-07-04). Brazil's MST On The Fight Against Evictions And Bolsonaro. popularresistance.org The MST is a peasant movement that organizes people to struggle for agrarian reform and for the democratization of land in Brazil. So I believe most of the people in Latin America knows, but Brazil has one of the highest land concentration in the world. It's one of the, let's say, the foundations of the Brazilian state is basically the large states monoculture and slavery, slave work. | And those foundations are still a very strong heritage that we have in Brazil. A lot of people with no land, a very high land concentration, structural racism, all of this comes from I mean, our vocation for exporting commodities…
(2022-07-04). U of MN students, community demand more abortion clinics. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On July 2, over 100 people marched across the University of Minnesota campus calling for the opening and funding of abortion clinics across the state. | The protest, organized by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), was called after the declaration of Minnesota as a sanctuary state for abortion services in the Midwest, despite there only being eight clinics total in the state. Additionally, SDS called for the University of Minnesota to open abortion clinics on all of its campuses, as reportedly the university had run an abortion clinic in th…