(2022-07-07). Citing Europe's "cohesion" against Russia, Norway's government bans oil workers strike so imperialist powers can continue to wage war. wsws.org Far from being exceptional, Tuesday's events in Norway are increasingly the norm across Europe and North America, as deeply unpopular governments, sitting atop unprecedented levels of social inequality, trample basic democratic and social rights under foot at home and wage war abroad.
(2022-07-07). We must band together in this age of repression: Abby Martin on resistance and the role of CovertAction Magazine. mronline.org 
Time and again, CovertAction Magazine (originally founded as CovertAction Information Bulletin) has been one of the only publications that has been willing to tackle some of the most uncomfortable truths about Deep State crimes against democracy, from CIA backed political assassinations to false flag operations.
(2022-07-07). Daily Round-up | Sudanese opposition rejects military regime's 'democracy' offer & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we take a look at stories from Sudan, protests in Panama, the ban on Ukraine's communist party and the crisis of the British government…
(2022-07-07). Fueling the Warfare State. tomdispatch.com This March, when the Biden administration presented a staggering $813 billion proposal for "national defense," it was hard to imagine a budget that could go significantly higher or be more generous to the denizens of the military-industrial complex. After all, that request represented far more than peak spending in the Korean or Vietnam War years, and well over $100 billion more than at the height of the Cold War. It was, in fact, an astonishing figure by any measure — more than two-and-a-half times what China spends; more, in fact, than (and hold your hats for this one!) the national security budgets of th…
(2022-07-07). Lula could win Brazilian presidential elections if the first round was held today. peoplesdispatch.org Two new polls released on July 6 indicate that former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Worker's Party) is the most likely to win Brazilian presidential elections, followed by sitting far-right President Jair Bolsonaro (Liberal Party). | According to polling organization PoderData, Lula has 44% of voter support, and Bolsonaro has 36%. They are followed by Ciro Gomes (Democratic Labor Party), with 5%, and candidates André Janones (Avante) and Simone Tebet (Brazilian Democratic Movement), both with 3%. Other candidates Luiz Felipe d'Avila (New Party), Pablo Maràßal (Republican Party of Social Order), Lucia…
(2022-07-07). Biden administration continues to back 120 F-16 deal with Turkey. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Daily SabahJuly 6, 2022 Biden backs Turkey's F-16 fighter jet request: White House Washington on Tuesday reaffirmed its support of Turkey's request to buy F-16 fighter jets and modernization of its fleet. "We've been very clear about the F-16. That conversation about the F-16 and Turkey has been around for some time," White House spokesperson …
(2022-07-07). Albuquerque protest for abortion access: 'Voting blue is not enough!'. liberationnews.org 
Protesters at the July 1 rally called on Governor Grisham and President Biden to take aggressive and positive action.
(2022-07-07). Biden's Reckless New Provocation Ratchets Up Risk of Nuclear War with China. covertactionmagazine.com Sending U.S. Warships into South China Sea and Taiwan Strait in Violation of UN Convention on the Law of the …
(2022-07-07). Fresh US sanctions on Iran despite claims of wanting to revive nuclear deal. peoplesdispatch.org The current round of sanctions add to the numerous rounds of similar coercive measures imposed by the US on Iran after the Donald Trump administration unilaterally withdrew from the multi-party JCPOA in May 2018…
(2022-07-07). Opening the boxes of capitalism's skeletons. iacenter.org By Julia Wright July 5, 2022 "This is the hour of the furnaces; we only see the light" — Che Guevara "Blossoming purple, a forgotten artichoke in a dark cupboard" — haiku by Richard Wright, 1960 Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley These are strange days during the floundering of what was said to be our unsinkable "democracy," when each dark event seems to be the butterfly effect of a deja vu going back to slavery or to our Civil Rights Movement. Science fiction would appear to be old hat. We, writers, will have to invent something else. This July 3 marks the 40th year of the incarceration of…
(2022-07-07). 'I Am To Be Giving Up The Best Job In The World': Boris Johnson Resigned. southfront.org 
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation as Conservative Party leader and British Prime Minister. He would stay in the office until a replacement is chosen. | Less than three years ago, Boris Johnson led the Conservatives to their biggest election victory since 1987. | "To you, the British public, I know there are many people who will be relieved … and I want you to know how sad I am to be giving up the best job in the world," he told the nation from outside No. 10 Do…
(2022-07-07). Australian rallies condemn US Supreme Court abortion decision. wsws.org "Things have gone backwards. They think they can get away with it now. Even though Trump has gone, his choices are still making decisions for an entire country that he's no longer in charge of."
(2022-07-07). U.S. President Joe Biden's immigration policy. america.cgtn.com The United Nations says the U.S. Mexico border is the deadliest migration land route in the world. A new UN study found it accounted for more than half of the 1,200 migrant deaths last year. The findings came a week after the deadliest human smuggling …
(2022-07-07). Police in Akron, Ohio, continue rampage against anti-police violence protesters and journalists. wsws.org With the full support of the Democratic mayor of Akron, police indiscriminately assaulted journalists attempting to cover the peaceful protest.
(2022-07-07). Highland Park shooter charged with 7 counts of first-degree murder; considered second shooting in Madison, Wisconsin. wsws.org New details reveal the shooter fled to Wisconsin's capital and seriously contemplated committing a second mass shooting as Democrats continue to spew empty rhetoric.
(2022-07-07). Democrats promote right-wing extremist candidates in Republican primaries. wsws.org The tactic is an admission of political bankruptcy, seeking to make their opponents unelectable, rather than offering any policies that would attract popular support.
(2022-07-07). Achievement made in artificial breeding, reproduction of Yangtze finless porpoise. ecns.cn Yangtze finless porpoise F9C22 swims with its mother in the water at the Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB) of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, June 29, 2022.
(2022-07-07). Biden touts rescue of workers' pensions, GOP screeches "union bailout" peoplesworld.org 
CLEVELAND—Even pensions become political as an election approaches, as Democratic President Joe Biden—for saving them—and congressional Republicans and their right-wing puppeteers—against proved again in Cleveland on July 6. Drawing frequent cheers from the capacity union crowd, Biden touted his administration's—and the congressional Democratic majority'ssuccess in creating a new structure to rescue financially troubled multi-employer pension …
(2022-07-07). México propone regularizar flujos migratorios a EE. UU. telesurtv.net Será parte de las propuestas que hará el presidente mexicano López Obrador a Joe Biden, en su próxima visita a EE. UU.
(2022-07-07). Police in Akron, Ohio continue rampage against anti-police violence protesters and journalists. wsws.org With the full support of the Democratic mayor of Akron, police indiscriminately assaulted journalists attempting to cover the peaceful protest.
(2022-07-07). 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.
(2022-07-07). Cuba vence a República Dominicana y marcha invicto en las Pequeñas Ligas del Caribe de béisbol. cubadebate.cu En el segundo partido del día para Cuba en el torneo caribeño de las Pequeñas Ligas, el equipo sub 12 de Santa Clara venció al difícil República Dominicana A y prácticamente aseguró un puesto en semifinales.
(2022-07-07). Trump's former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone to give closed-door testimony to House January 6 Committee. wsws.org Cipollone was White House counsel for Donald Trump over the critical period before, during and after the failed coup of January 6, 2021.
(2022-07-06). UK refuses to admit Saudi Arabia is authoritarian, while condemning China and Russia. multipolarista.com 
While demonizing China and Russia as "threats" to "democracy," British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss refused to admit that Saudi Arabia is authoritarian, declined to condemn the monarchy's execution of 81 people in one day, and would not acknowledge a single human rights abuse.
(2022-07-06). UK foreign minister refuses to admit Saudi Arabia is authoritarian, while condemning China and Russia. multipolarista.com While demonizing China and Russia as "threats" to "democracy," British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss refused to admit that Saudi Arabia is authoritarian, declined to condemn the monarchy's execution of 81 people in one day, and would not acknowledge a single human rights abuse.
(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). Brazil's MST on the Fight Against Evictions and Bolsonaro (Interview). orinocotribune.com Brazil is heading towards this year's elections with a strong appetite for change after four years of Jair Bolsonaro which followed a coup against President Dilma Rouseff. | In Sà£o Paulo, Camila Escalante of Kawsachun News spoke to Cassia Bechara of the National Board of the
(2022-07-06). Senate Urged To Block Biden's Pro-Privatization Nominee For Social Security Board. popularresistance.org Defenders of Social Security on Tuesday urged the U.S. Senate to block President Joe Biden's little-noticed nomination of Andrew Biggs—an American Enterprise Institute senior fellow with a history of supporting Social Security privatization—to serve on the independent and bipartisan Social Security Advisory Board. | Social Security Works, a progressive advocacy group, is leading the charge against Biggs, highlighting his role in the George W. Bush administration's failed attempt to privatize the New Deal program in 2005.
(2022-07-06). In An Attempt to Offset Rising Oil Prices, Biden Administration Makes Nice with Brutal Saudis—But Spurns Socialist Venezuela. covertactionmagazine.com Right-wing lobbies and ideological zealotry continue to prevent initiation of rational policy toward Venezuela On June 2, Saudi-led OPEC and …
(2022-07-06). EU economies are down on their knees. mronline.org 
On July 1 at the White House, U.S. President Joe Biden made a startling disclosure that "the idea we're going to be able to click a switch, bring down the cost of gasoline, is not likely in the near term."
(2022-07-06). Pro-abortion majority resists across U.S. liberationnews.org 
People of all genders, races and occupations have come together to fight against this egregious, undemocratic attack on abortion rights and gender equality.
(2022-07-06). Pro-abortion majority resists across US. liberationnews.org People of all genders, races and occupations have come together to fight against this egregious, undemocratic attack on abortion rights and gender equality.
(2022-07-06). Tallahassee protest defends women's and reproductive rights. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On June 24, Florida State Students for a Democratic Society (FSU SDS) issued a call to action in response to the SCOTUS decision overturning Roe v. Wade. "We have been preparing to take action on this decision for weeks. We have to be organized to stand up and fight back," proclaimed a member of SDS. They joined more than 300 protesters at the Florida Historic Capitol to defend women's and reproductive rights. | "This decision revokes a 50-year-long protection of the right to privacy and abortion, but also empower conservatives to continue their attacks," asserted Zeke Greenwood, President of F…
(2022-07-06). Saif Al-Islam Qaddafi Submits Proposal to Solve Libyan Political Impasse. libya360.wordpress.com Presidential candidate Saif al-Islam Gaddafi announced yesterday, via his lawyer, what he regarded as the last ditch initiative to solve the impasse in Libya and avoid bloodshed. He called for either having an inclusive electoral law or that all political figures withdraw their candidacy and hold immediate Presidential and Parliamentary elections. The statement signed by…
(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.
(2022-07-06). 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). Biden Denounced for Imposing New Sanctions as Iran Nuclear Talks Falter. commondreams.org One Middle East expert accused the U.S. administration of "continuing and embracing Trump's max pressure policy, while expecting a different result."
(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). Illinois AFL-CIO launches Workers Rights Amendment drive. peoplesworld.org 
PEORIA, Ill. (PAI)—Saying Illinois workers need a constitutional guarantee of their right to organize and bargain—and reminding workers of the war former right-wing Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner waged against them—leaders of the Illinois AFL-CIO and legislative allies began their drive for voters to pass a proposed pro-collective bargaining constitutional amendment this November. If approved, the …
(2022-07-06). What If? A Speech for President Biden in These Dark Times. commondreams.org Could Biden lift the shadow of a world darkened by war, suffering and the looming threat of nuclear annihilation?
(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). 'Fight for Us Goddamnit': Frustration Grows Over Biden Fecklessness Amid GOP Destruction. commondreams.org "We simply cannot make promises, hector people to vote, and then refuse to use our full power when they do," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
(2022-07-06). Presidente de México planteará caso Assange en reunión de julio con Biden. globalizacion.ca 
Cuando el presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, se reúna con el presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, el 12 de julio, planea instar una vez más al gobierno de Estados Unidos a retirar los cargos contra el fundador…
(2022-07-06). Where Is Joe? This Crisis of Democracy Demands a Leader, Not a Lame Duck. commondreams.org It's a serious handicap for an elected leader to be considered a lame duck. Far worse, though, for the "leader" to be considered just plain lame.
(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). Mexico President to Raise Assange Case in July Meeting with Biden. globalresearch.ca
(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…