(2022-07-11). China's Red Lines on Taiwan Are Clear Regardless of the US' Policy of Strategic Ambiguity. popularresistance.org Will the United States come to defend Taiwan militarily in a war across the Taiwan Strait? This million-dollar question so far has two answers from the same administration — yes, according to US President Joe Biden when he was asked in Tokyo in late May; not necessarily, according to White House aides who quickly walked back his comment and said America's "one China" policy had not changed. | This question becomes all the more interesting if one compares Biden's attitudes towards Moscow and Beijing. Ever since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Biden has consistently said US troops would not directly enga…
(2022-07-11). Handling International Crises: From JFK to Biden. transcend.org There are significant parallels between the international crises in Cuba in 1962 and Ukraine today. Both involved: intense confrontations between the USA and the Soviet Union or Russia, and third party countries on the doorstep of a major power. The Cuban Missile Crisis threatened to lead to WW3, just as the Ukraine crisis does today.
(2022-07-11). Iran: US Air Defense Plans Are a Regional Threat. news.antiwar.com President Biden's visit to the Middle East is Iran isn't happy with this,
(2022-07-11). Israel Says Giving Up Harming Iran's Enrichment Program. news.antiwar.com In statements that seem designed to update the anti-Iran narrative ahead of President Biden's visit, Israeli officials are saying they The narrative is meant to suggest Israel isn't going to keep assassinating people tangentially involved in enrichment, at least formally, and is meant to back claims that Iran already has enough uranium for a weapon, an almost certainly false allegation. | The report suggests tha…
(2022-07-11). 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.
(2022-07-11). Presidente de México viaja a EE.UU. para reunirse con Biden. telesurtv.net Tema migratorio ocupa lugar central en la reunión. Abordarán las acciones para enfrentar la coyuntura inflacionaria y la seguridad.
(2022-07-11). Returning to Reno: In the Shadow of Roe's Undoing. juancole.com 
( Tomdispatch.com ) Recently, I told my friend Mimi that, only weeks from now, I was returning to Reno to help UNITE-HERE, the hospitality industry union, in the potentially nightmarish 2022 election. "Even though," I added, "I hate electoral politics." She just laughed. "What's so funny?" I asked. "You've been saying that as long …
(2022-07-11). 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…
(2022-07-11). Organized Labor and the Crisis of Democracy. commondreams.org There is one glimmer of hope for democracy, and it comes from a source that might initially, to many people, seem rather unrelated: a renascent labor movement.
(2022-07-11). Declare a National Emergency to deal with the abortion rights catastrophe! peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—In the wake of protests from coast to coast, and peaceful civil disobedience—including arrests in front of the White House—pro-abortion activists say Democratic President Joe Biden can and should do a lot more to protect their rights and even their literal safety against anti-abortionists. That demand occurs even as they praise Biden's executive order that …
(2022-07-11). Biden meets the Butcher of Riyadh. wsws.org Biden's meeting with Mohammed bin Salman, the murderer of journalist Jamaal Khashoggi, is yet another demonstration that US claims to defend human rights are a transparent fraud.
(2022-07-11). Japan's ruling bloc gains sweeping victory in upper house election. ecns.cn Japan's ruling bloc of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito scored a sweeping victory in Sunday's House of Councilors election, with the LDP alone securing a majority of contested seats, according to the election results published on Monday morning.
(2022-07-11). Juneteenth is an official paid holiday in California's largest City. indybay.org With the concurrence of the Los Angeles City Council by resolution, Juneteenth shall be treated as a legal holiday for City employees, and I hereby request that the City Administrative Officer take immediate steps to implement Juneteenth as a permanent legal holiday for City employees, to be observed annually on June 19th.
(2022-07-11). 2022 California Admission Day – Reclaiming the Past California Pioneers of African Descent. indybay.org Reclaiming the Past: California Pioneers of African Descent along the American River Parkway (1840-1875) remains a very contentious "need for popular culture" to discredit, destroy and disparage the salient contributions by people of African Descent throughout one of America's most endangered historical preservation sites, the Gold Mining District of Negro Hill, Mormon Island and Negro Bar, Gold Rush California (1840-1875.)…
(2022-07-11). Highland Park MAGA murders spur Illinois gun action, spotlight Republican intransigence. peoplesworld.org 
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill.—As this community buries its dead from the nation's latest horrific mass shooting, a rising chorus of residents and lawmakers is calling for a ban on the purchase of assault weapons. The killer, a known MAGA terrorist, sprayed bullets from a high-powered military-style assault weapon into a festive July 4 Independence Day Parade. …
(2022-07-11). Texas governor sends National Guard, state police to deport immigrants at the border. wsws.org The move comes days after former Trump officials called on Governor Abbott to declare an "invasion" across the southern border.
(2022-07-11). On Cusp of Biden visit to Saudi Arabia, GAO questions US Accounting for Civilian Harm caused in Yemen by its Weapons. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) President Biden is on the cusp of going off to Saudi Arabia as one part of his upcoming Middle East trip. One of the failures of Mr. Biden has been completely disengaging the US from the Saudi-led war on Yemen, which he had pledged to do. Although there has been …
(2022-07-11). Biden administration's continuation of Trump border wall will destroy Friendship Park, a historical site. wsws.org Ever since its creation, Friendship Park has been used as a location for workers and families on opposite sides of the border to see each other and spend time together. Its very creation, however, was bound up with the increased crackdown on migrants and the building of a militarized border.
(2022-07-11). Oath Keepers brought grenades, rifles, "suitcases full of ammunition" to Washington D.C. on eve of January 6. wsws.org The new evidence comes as the January 6 House Select Committee prepares to hold its seventh hearing, centered on the nexus between fascist militia groups and the Trump White House.
(2022-07-11). University students in Berlin condemn historical falsification and right-wing violence. wsws.org The election campaign of the International Youth and Students for Social Equality for the student parliament (StuPa) of Humboldt University (HU) in Berlin is finding great resonance among students.
(2022-07-11). The Intersection of Science and Faith: Finding Unity With the Poor People's Campaign. commondreams.org Working with the broadest range of allies, we must address the existential threats bearing down on us simultaneously, including our changing climate, threats to our democracy, and the threat posed by nuclear weapons.
(2022-07-11). Japan ruling party secures strong win after Abe assassination. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 11 (MNA) — Japan's ruling party and partners won enough votes to form a supermajority in an upper house election held just days after the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, local media said Monday.
(2022-07-11). Resisting Supreme Court, New York State safeguards gun safety and abortion rights. peoplesworld.org 
NEW YORK—Supreme Court rulings seem to mimic one Republican's slogan "Jesus, Guns, and Babies." The New York State Democratic supermajority has struck back. The state's first female governor, Kathy Hochul, convened a special session of the state legislature at the end of June in response to the Court's rulings of the prior week. She originally …
(2022-07-11). Supreme Court agrees to hear "independent legislature" case as Republicans prepare their next coup. wsws.org The "independent legislature theory," which was invoked in the theft of the 2000 election and in Trump's attempted coup in 2020, would give Republican-controlled state legislatures the unchecked power to rig and overturn upcoming elections.
(2022-07-10). Denver SDS, FRSO demand access to abortion for all at senator's office. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO — A group of 25 community members and students of Auraria campus gathered at the César E. Chávez Memorial Building, July 7, outside the office of Senator Michael Bennet. Protesters demanded that Bennet use his position within the United States Senate to advocate for the passing of a national law that would guarantee the right to an abortion in all 50 states. | Speakers chanted "My body, my choice" and "Not the church, not the state, they will not decide our fate!" as representatives of Senator Bennet attempted to placate the crowd with promises that the Senator will do "something." | The July 7…
(2022-07-10). Cuba: One Year After 7/11. popularresistance.org On July 11, it will be one year since the riots in Cuba that made headlines around the world. Anger flared then with the explosive mix of pandemic effects, Donald Trump's suffocating sanctions that Joe Biden kept intact in the midst of a global health emergency, the accumulated social problems, the economic crisis, the inclement temperatures in the island summer. The systemic and prolonged attack on the daily life of Cubans paid off and the 48 hours in which acts of vandalism were carried out in several cities of the country generated rivers of ink and the prognosis that the revolution would collapse, sooner rath…
(2022-07-10). ISIL claims responsibility for Congo attack. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 10 (MNA) — ISIL claimed responsibility for an attack on Thursday that targeted the town of Lume in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
(2022-07-10). White House 'Some Activists' Comment Roils Progressive Abortion Rights Champions. commondreams.org "Republicans refer to their most involved voters as 'the base,' and deliver for them, while Democrats refer to theirs as 'some activists' and ignore them. This is why they lose."
(2022-07-10). 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.
(2022-07-10). 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.
(2022-07-10). German MPs Demand Release of Julian Assange. scheerpost.com 
By Ben Knight /More than 70 members of the German parliament from four political parties have called on U.S. President Joe Biden and the British government to sto…
(2022-07-10). Raskin Says What Trump Did 'Makes the Watergate Break-in Look Like the Work of Cub Scouts'. commondreams.org "When you add all of this up together," said the Maryland Democrat, "it is the greatest political offense against the union and by a president of the United States in our history, nothing comes close to it."
(2022-07-10). The Socialist Left Should Be Giving the Jan. 6 Hearings the Attention They Deserve. commondreams.org Socialists should be front and center, demanding that there be actual repercussions for the anti-democratic effort to overturn the election.
(2022-07-10). Lula encabeza acto por la democracia y contra el hambre. telesurtv.net Forma parte de la precampaña electoral del líder petista de cara a los comicios presidenciales de octubre próximo.
(2022-07-10). Policía investiga fiesta anual del partido del canciller alemán. telesurtv.net El colíder de los socialdemócratas, Lars Klingbeil, expresó su enojo por los hechos ocurridos en la fiesta anual de su partido.
(2022-07-10). US continues to increase pressure until Iran returns to deal. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 10 (MNA) — On the eve of his trip to the region, US President Joe Biden, in an article once again used rhetoric against Iran and claimed that if Iran does not return to the JCPOA, the economic pressure against Tehran will continue.
(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). Senate urged to block Biden's pro-privatization nominee for Social Security Board. mronline.org 
"The Senate can, and must, block this terrible nomination," Social Security Works said of the administration's choice of Andrew Biggs.
(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). 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…