(2022-07-09). Biden's reckless new provocation ratchets up risk of nuclear war with China. mronline.org 
Sending U.S. Warships into South China Sea and Taiwan Strait in violation of UN Convention on the Law of the Sea…
(2022-07-09). US Announces New $400 Million Weapons Package for Ukraine. news.antiwar.com The Biden administration announced Friday The new aid marks the
(2022-07-09). Letting Medicare Negotiate Drug Prices Would Save US Nearly $290 Billion: CBO. commondreams.org "By empowering Medicare to directly negotiate prices for prescription drugs Congress can end the days of seniors missing lifesaving medications because they cannot afford them," said Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
(2022-07-09). Cuba should be removed from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism. peoplesdispatch.org The designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism by the United States deeply harms the ability of the Cuban government and its people from carrying on with the basic functions of life. Joe Biden can remove this designation with a stroke of his pen…
(2022-07-09). How War Crimes Went Unpunished and a Publisher Became the Criminal (Book Review). orinocotribune.com By Kamala Emanuel — | The Trial of Julian Assange: A story of persecution (2022, Verso, London) by Nils Melzer (with Oliver Kobold), a highly readable, newly-released book offers a wealth of information on the ongoing persecution and torture of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. | The book is as invaluable for those who have supported Assange from the outset, as it is for those sceptical of his fear of extradition to the United States, or influenced by the prolonged character assassination campaign against him. | It begins with a compelling explanation of why the book has come into existence. Au…
(2022-07-09). Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe killed in shooting. ecns.cn Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe died at the age of 67 on Friday after being shot from the back while delivering a speech in Nara on Friday when campaigning for Sunday's upper house election, media reported on Friday.
(2022-07-09). US Democracy Is Teetering on the Edge of an Abyss. commondreams.org If we don't restore majority rule—and to do so we must vanquish the tyranny of a corporate-backed minority—we will never solve climate change, inequality, balanced gun control, or ensure the sanctity and security of our elections.
(2022-07-09). Biden y sus huestes de jarana por Madrid mientras se atisba una crisis de deuda privada. globalizacion.ca Bajo una inflación que no es de demanda, es muy poco probable que una subida de 1 ó 2 puntos porcentuales tenga un impacto importante en el gasto sensible a los tipos de intereses. | Las consecuencias de la guerra de…
(2022-07-09). Aduana General de la República denuncia persistencia en los intentos de introducir drogas en el país. cubadebate.cu La Aduana General de la República (AGR) denunció la persistencia en los intentos de introducir drogas por las fronteras aéreas y marítimas del país, en su mayoría para tratar de comercializarlas.Un ejemplo elocuente son los viajeros empleados como mulas/correos en su traslado, principalmente cocaína líquida y en polvo.
(2022-07-09). The Democratic party-sanctioned police rampage in Akron, Ohio. wsws.org The savage police murder of Jayland Walker followed by a Democratic-led police-state crackdown in Akron, Ohio has exposed the class role of the police, and the bankruptcy of reforming the capitalist state.
(2022-07-09). New details reveal Highland Park shooter's extensive far-right history. wsws.org While Lake County authorities quickly declared Crimo had "no political motivation" and acted as a "lone wolf," there is ample evidence Robert Crimo III was heavily involved in many far-right online circles and an avid supporter of former President Donald Trump.
(2022-07-09). 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.
(2022-07-09). Trump fue destituido como director de su propia compañía de medios. cubadebate.cu El expresidente de Estados Unidos Donald Trump fue destituido como director de su propia compañía de medios, poco antes de que la empresa fuera citada en el marco de una investigación por reguladores financieros, según un expediente legal.
(2022-07-09). Former Japanese PM Abe confirmed dead: local media. ecns.cn Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is confirmed dead after being shot Friday by a gunman during a speech in the western city of Nara when campaigning for Sunday's upper house election, local media reported.
(2022-07-09). Biden signs toothless executive order in lieu of serious measures to defend abortion rights. wsws.org The meager scope of the executive order's provisions as well as Biden's speech belied his effort to present himself and the Democratic Party as defenders of the right to abortion and democratic rights in general.
(2022-07-09). Veterans who are elected officials urge passage of clean energy provisions in Senate bill. indybay.org For energy independence EV incentives are imperative, Biden administration action on light and heavy-duty vehicles and US Senate action on climate say veterans who are elected officials | More investment than the president's DPA authorization is needed in order to set the United States on a path to a -52 percent reduction in carbon pollution by 2030—the goal scientists say is necessary to prevent the worst impacts of climate change. The good news is that there is legislation before the Senate that would meet that goal. The bill, formally the Build Back Better Act, was passed by the House last November and…
(2022-07-09). July 2022 – Existing California Juneteenth "Optional" Holiday Observance. indybay.org Restoring the Past: California Pioneers of African Descent both free and enslaved throughout California deserve an official paid holiday through and amended AB 1655 in alignment with our Juneteenth Federal Holiday established June 2021, nearly 20 years after AB 1749 became law.
(2022-07-09). No, Hezbollah Is Not Present In Northeastern Syria. southfront.org 
July 29, 2017 photo, a Hezbollah fighter stands at a watchtower at the site where clashes erupted between Hezbollah and al-Qaida-linked fighters in Wadi al-Kheil or al-Kheil Valley in the Lebanon-Syria border. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) | Lebanese Hezbollah is not operating in Syria's northeastern region, where government forces maintain a presence in many areas held by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). | A series of recent reports alleged that the group deployed 46 of its commanders and fighters at the town…
(2022-07-09). Major Arctic Drilling Project Seen as Ultimate Test for Biden's Climate Legacy. commondreams.org "Willow is a legacy setting project that will test whether the Biden administration is righting America's course from a dangerous climate path."
(2022-07-09). Iran female rafting team gets silver in Euro Cup. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) — First race day of the Euro Cup in Villeneuve was opened by the RX selection and Iran's female rafting team got silver.
(2022-07-08). Biden's Reckless New Provocation Ratchets Up Risk Of Nuclear War. popularresistance.org On June 25, the U.S. Navy sent a warship, the USS Benfold, to the South China Sea, only one day after a U.S. spy plane provocatively flew over the Taiwan Strait under the close monitoring of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). | According to CNN, the U.S. flyover came after China sent 29 planes into Taiwan's self-declared air defense identification zone (ADIZ). | From China's point of view, the U.S. spy plane mission on June 24 was especially provocative because it was the first U.S. military activity in the region after China made it clear that there are no "international waters" in the Taiwan Strait.
(2022-07-08). Biden To Send Four More HIMARS To Ukraine, To Spend $400 Million More Report. southfront.org 
On July 8th, an anonymous US defense official was cited by the media claiming that the White House was set…
(2022-07-08). Brazil is bracing for a right-wing insurrection far worse than the 2021 US Capitol attack. peoplesdispatch.org 
The president of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), Minister Edson Fachin, declared that during this year's presidential election, Brazil may have a more serious attack than the January 6, 2021, invasion of the Capitol in the United States. | "We may have an even more aggressive episode than January 6 from here on Capitol Hill. We understand that there are six fundamental conditions to prevent this from happening in Brazil," said Fachin, during a discussion at the Wilson Center in Washington DC on Wednesday, July 6. | "If there is a dissolution of one of the branches of government, the danger could go to the oth…
(2022-07-08). Phoenix reproductive justice movement grows despite police attacks. liberationnews.org 
On July 1, over a thousand people joined a coalition of socialist organizations in Phoenix, Arizona to demand Biden and the Democrats take action on the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
(2022-07-08). Fresh US Sanctions On Iran Despite Wanting To Revive Nuclear Deal. popularresistance.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. | On Wednesday, July 7, the US Treasury and State Departments announced fresh sanctions on various entities involved in Iranian oil trade with China and other East Asian countries. The fresh sanctions come despite the ongoing efforts to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or the Iran nuclear deal, in Qatar.
(2022-07-08). Justice is Global Unveils New Report on How to Counter the Politics of Scapegoating China. peoplesaction.org Report Reveals That Anti-China, Populist Rhetoric Masks Anti-Democratic Forces in the U.S. and Offers Solutions to Combat It Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 202.660.0605 WASHINGTON, DC—Justice is Global today released a new report revealing the increasing popularity of politicians who win over working-class voters by using China as a scapegoat for social and economic problems in …
(2022-07-08). Former Japanese PM Abe shot while delivering speech in Nara. ecns.cn Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe lies on the ground after being shot during an election campaign for the upcoming Upper House election, in Kashihara, Nara, western Japan, July 8, 2022.
(2022-07-08). US Chamber of Commerce calls on Biden to head off national railroad strike. wsws.org The fact that the nation's pre-eminent business organization is calling upon the government to intervene to prevent a strike is wholly expected. But in fact, the Chamber of Commerice is trailing after the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and the other eleven unions in the United Rail Unions bargaining coalition, which has been pushing for the appointment of a PEB since late May.
(2022-07-08). Celebrate the Promise of American Democracy With an Assault Weapons Ban. commondreams.org Our uniquely American crisis of mass shootings and gun violence must be confronted.
(2022-07-08). Anuncian Premios Anuales de Literatura en República Dominicana. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Cultura del país caribeño convoca todos los años a los Premios Anuales de Literatura con el propósito de reconocer las obras de los escritores dominicanos.
(2022-07-08). In "time of war," Biden awards top medals to Vietnam veterans. wsws.org In giving awards for military actions more than years old, the US government is seeking to rehabilitate the Vietnam War in the eyes of the American people, as it prepares new and even bigger wars.
(2022-07-08). Democratic Mayor of Akron, Ohio reimposes curfew as police continue to riot against protesters. wsws.org After police arrested seven people on Wednesday, including Jacob Blake's father and Breonna Taylor's aunt, mayor Dan Horrigan reimposed the authoritarian curfew.
(2022-07-08). Wisconsin Supreme Court Pushes Trump's Big Lie in Ruling Banning Most Ballot Drop Boxes. commondreams.org The ruling solidified the court's status as "the most rogue and vehemently antidemocratic state court in the nation," said one critic.
(2022-07-08). Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe collapses after being shot during speech. ecns.cn Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe collapsed during his speech in Nara on Friday and taken to the hospital, NHK cited an official from the Liberal Democratic Party as reported.
(2022-07-08). Conscientious Objection for Pharmacists/ By Ryan Heath, Esq. and Colleen Huber, NMD. marktaliano.net Soon pharmacists, and maybe also physicians, will be pressured to give the COVID vaccines or other mRNA injections. We have some thoughts on the time-honored stance of conscientious objection. ColleenHuberNMD Original Link Here: Conscientious Objection for Pharmacists (substack.com) ColleenHuberNMDJul 69851 By Ryan Heath, Esq. and Colleen Huber, NMD Pfizer and Moderna are both planning future mRNA vaccines, as announced this …
(2022-07-08). Contract talks continue after ILWU's West Coast pact expires. peoplesworld.org 
LOS ANGELES—With encouragement from Biden administration Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, talks between the International Longshore and Warehouse Unionthe independent union which represents almost 23,000 West Coast dockworkersand West Court port executives are continuing, even after ILWU's current contract expired June 30. In a joint statement, ILWU and the Pacific Maritime Association, the coalition of 29 …
(2022-07-08). The Death Of A Capable Revisionist. popularresistance.org Last night some man with a self build gun killed the former prime minister of Japan Shinzo Abe. | Adhering to family tradition Shinzo Abe has been an Japanese imperialist. As Peter Lee wrote about him back in 2013: | Myth: Shinzo Abe is a leading member of the team of world and Asian democracies standing up to China in the name of universal values like "freedom of navigation" and to help ensure the shared peace and prosperity of Asia. | Reality: Shinzo Abe is a revisionist nationalist using friction with China to pursue Japanese national interests, put Japan on the right side of a zero-sum economic equation oppos…
(2022-07-08). Japan's Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Assassinated on Campaign Trail. scheerpost.com 
[ By Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was fatally shot Friday as he delivered a campaign speech on behalf of a member of his party just days ahead of the country's parliamentary elections. | Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, was rushed to a hospital with wounds to his neck and left collar…
(2022-07-08). New Haven, Conn., declares an emphatic 'No' to U.S. blockade of Cuba. peoplesworld.org 
NEW HAVEN, Conn.—A spirited and persistent campaign joined by peace activists in New Haven struck gold on July 6 as the Board of Alders of that large Connecticut city approved a resolution calling upon the Biden administration to "to build a new cooperative relationship between the United States and Cuba and to immediately end all aspects …
(2022-07-08). Scenery of karst cave in Chongqing. ecns.cn Scenery of Taigu kast cave illuminated by color lights in Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, southwest China's Chongqing, July 6, 2022.
(2022-07-08). Shinzo Abe, Japan's right-wing militarist former prime minister, assassinated. peoplesworld.org 
Shinzo Abe, who ruled Japan as prime minister for a year in 2006 and then again from 2012 to 2020, was shot and killed Friday during a campaign rally in the town of Nara. Japan is holding elections for the upper house of its legislature on Sunday, and Abe was addressing a meeting of his …
(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). Afro-Colombia and the Elections of 2018: Keys to What the Future Holds. libya360.wordpress.com Cindy Forster Francia Márquez Gustavo Petro, the progressive who won the presidential race in Colombia on June 19th, said right before the elections that "Sunday's vote will break down exactly like that of the referendum in support of the Peace Accords," which lost by a narrow margin in 2016. The referendum won in regions of…
(2022-07-07). Yellowstone Tour Guides Are Building Momentum For Change. popularresistance.org Recently, former President Obama launched a Netflix series celebrating national parks and their breathtaking views. One of the parks he zoomed in on was the 2.2 million acre Yellowstone National Park, describing it as a park that is "fundamental to our national identity." | But underneath the beauty of Yellowstone lies an ugly history of union-busting and intimidation by government contractors of National Park Service workers, the ones who labor to keep the park beautiful — a legacy that Obama failed to curb as president and one that Joe Biden has yet to address as the current occupant of the White House.
(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). The NLRB Is Underfunded And Understaffed. popularresistance.org The budget for the National Labor Relations Board for fiscal year 2022 was $274 million, which might sound like a lot of money. But it is the same amount as the Board's budget for Trump-era fiscal years 2021 and 2020, and that is a problem. | In fact, the NLRB has not had an increase in funding since 2014, the year that the Republicans took control of Congress during the Obama administration and reignited their decades-old campaign to deep-six workers' rights to unionize. | No increase "means a cut to the agency's funds, due to inflation and other factors," explains Burt Pearlstone, president of the NLRBU, the un…
(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). 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). 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's—success in creating a new structure to rescue financially troubled multi-employer pension plans. …