(2022-07-20). Nancy Pelosi Will Visit Taiwan in August Despite Warnings from China. news.antiwar.com According to several media reports, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to lead a delegation to Taiwan next month despite repeated warnings from China that the visit will escalate tension between Washington and Beijing. Pelosi's visit would mark the first time in 25 years that a sitting House speaker visited the island since Newt Gingrich …
(2022-07-20). Ilhan Omar's Meddling in Horn of Africa Earns Boos at Somali American Concert. orinocotribune.com 
By Ann Garrison Jul 13, 2022 | Framed by Republican media as a backlash against Ilhan Omar's "woke" politics, the boos of a Somali American crowd expressed growing anger over the congresswoman's role in US meddling in the Horn of Africa. | Ilhan Omar was
(2022-07-20). Chinese officials raise "military" response to planned visit by US House speaker. wsws.org In yet another move by the United States to end the one-China policy that has governed its relations with China for decades, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will travel to Taiwan next month, the Financial Times reported.
(2022-07-20). China firmly opposes any form of official interaction between U.S., Taiwan. ecns.cn The US Congress is part of the US government and supposed to strictly adhere to the US's one-China policy. If Speaker Pelosi visits Taiwan, it would seriously violate the one-China principle and the stipulations in the three China-US joint communiqués and harm China's sovereignty and territorial integrity. It will have a severe negative impact on the political foundation of China-US relations, and send a gravely wrong signal to "Taiwan independence" separatist forces. China firmly opposes such a visit.
(2022-07-20). Australian workers and youth speak out: "If there was democracy Assange would never have gone to jail" wsws.org "The attack on Assange is being used as a warning against any journalist, including future journalists to be careful as to what they bring to the attention of the general public."
(2022-07-20). UAW 2022 Convention Issues With Scott Houldieson UAW 551 Convention Delegate. indybay.org UAW 551 convention delegate Scott Houldieson talks about the issues facing the UAW Constitutional convention. For the first time there will be a direct election of the international officers. He discusses two tier contracts, labor management partnerships and also the refusal of the UAW International to invite Mexican GM workers to the convention. Most of the former UAW International officials have been charged with corruption and taking money from the auto companies through their joint company union projects in return for two tier and concession contracts.
(2022-07-20). Kentucky CSX worker describes dangerous conditions, grueling schedules as Biden moves to block strike. wsws.org A veteran CSX worker describes the struggle facing more than 100,000 railroad workers…
(2022-07-20). Sri Lanka's parliament to elect president Wednesday with vast authoritarian powers in fraudulent anti-democratic exercise. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) has denounced Wednesday's vote as "a fraud and a conspiracy against the working class, youth and rural poor."
(2022-07-20). Cable replacement work underway on Xiling Yangtze River bridge. ecns.cn The 18-meter wide bridge, with a main span of 900 meters, opened to traffic on August 10, 1996.
(2022-07-20). California United States Colored Troops Help Save the Union. indybay.org Rev. Thomas Starr King helped keep the thin margin of Union California vs Confederate California. US Colored Troops from California helped preserve the Union and begin the ending of legal slavery in America. Today, we honor National Buffalo Soldiers Day and share our unique California Journey from Slavery to Freedom.
(2022-07-19). This proxy war has no exit strategy. mronline.org 
The International Committee of the Democratic Socialists of America has released a statement opposing the U.S. government's ongoing proxy war in Ukraine, saying the billions being funneled into the military-industrial complex "at a time when ordinary Americans are struggling to pay for housing, groceries, and fuel" is "a slap in the face for working people."
(2022-07-19). Class struggle inside Ukraine. mronline.org 
Two recent articles in Open Democracy report responses from Ukrainian trade unions to the "Lugano Declaration", which came out of a conference between high Western and Ukrainian officials in Switzerland last week and sets out plans for economic reconstruction "after the war is over" by the Ukrainian Oligarchy* and its major imperial sponsors; the U.S., UK and EU.
(2022-07-19). Joe Biden's Secret War in Ukraine. The Imminent Danger of a Large Scale US-Russia War. globalresearch.ca
(2022-07-19). A History of Israeli Destruction of the Two State Settlement. mintpressnews.com One has to be either ignorant or corrupt to claim that the Two State Solution is a realistic idea. It is not unlikely that Joe Biden is both.
(2022-07-19). Senator Sanders rediscovers his faux outrage. wsws.org In his appearances on the Dean Obeidallah Show Friday and on ABC News This Week Sunday, the Vermont senator sought to cover up the right-wing policies of the Biden administration with a demagogic attack on Senator Joe Manchin.
(2022-07-19). Tribunal brasileño ordena retirar noticias falsas contra Lula. telesurtv.net La legislación decreta la prohibición de los discursos de odio y discriminatorios; así como, los ataques a la Democracia y al Estado de Ley.
(2022-07-19). Whistleblower Summit and the Recent Election Results in Colombia. projectcensored.org For the first half of this week's show, Mickey brings on co-organizers and participants of the upcoming 2022 Whistleblower Summit and Film Festival in Washington, DC, including Marcel Reid, Michael…
(2022-07-19). Imran Khan rewrites Pakistan's political history. mronline.org 
Against the odds and powerful rivals pitted against him, former PM Khan's win in Punjab elections is a victory for democracy and Pakistan's sovereignty…
(2022-07-19). Biden's Colossal Failure in the Middle East: How the U.S. Position Is Weakening in Global Politics. liberationnews.org Biden just landed from a multi-day tour in the Middle East where he spectacularly failed at his goals, including bringing more Arab countries into an alliance with Israel and bringing the price of oil down.
(2022-07-19). Morocco's Democratic Way blocked from holding national conference, supporters attacked by police. peoplesdispatch.org 
Morocco's Ministry of Interior has been delaying granting permission for the conference of the marxist Democratic Way (Al-Nahj Al-Democratic) party for several months now…
(2022-07-19). Structuring the economy to give money to the rich is inflationary. mronline.org 
I just read this NYT column by Bryan Stryker, on how Democrats can win back the working class. I have no idea how its proposals poll, but as an economic matter, they will do little to help the working class.
(2022-07-19). VIDEO: Ask Prof Wolff: Why Are Strikes and Unions Increasing? scheerpost.com 
By Richard Wolff / Democracy At Work A Patron of Economic Update asks: "Workers are organizing and Trade Unionism is on the rise in the UK and around the world. Can you offer an analysis of the present wave of class consciousness and what it means for the workers movement in the period of increasing …
(2022-07-19). Controlling Bodies and Subverting Democracy. tomdispatch.com When I was the age that my daughter is now, my favorite sweatshirt had the words "Choice, Choice, Choice, Choice" in rainbow letters across its front. My mom got me that sweatshirt at a 1989 rally in response to Webster v. Reproductive Health Services. In that case, the Supreme Court upheld a Missouri law restricting the use of state funds and facilities for abortion, an early attempt to eat away at Roe v. Wade. And though many adults in the Wisconsin neighborhood where I grew up thought that message inappropriate for a 13 year old, I wore it proudly. Even then, I understood that it spoke not just to a person's r…
(2022-07-19). Gilded Giving 2022: How Wealth Inequality Distorts Philanthropy and Imperils Democracy. inequality.org
(2022-07-19). US Southern Command Worried About China, Russia, and RT in Latin America. orinocotribune.com General Laura Richardson accused Moscow and Beijing of trying to "undermine democracies" in the region, and described the work of Russia Today (RT) in Spanish and Sputnik Mundo as "very concerning." | The commander of the US Southern Command, General Laura Richardson,
(2022-07-19). The Supreme Court's Dobbs Ruling Is an Attack on Us All. commondreams.org How the U.S. Supreme Court is controlling bodies and subverting democracy.
(2022-07-19). 'Lies Against Our Democracy': Lula Rips Bolsonaro's Speech to Diplomats. commondreams.org "He is not afraid of the electronic voting machine," the leftist presidential frontrunner said of the far-right incumbent, "he is afraid of the Brazilian people."
(2022-07-19). Contempt of Congress trial begins for coup plotter Stephen Bannon. wsws.org Last week, Trump-appointed Judge Carl Nichols rejected several of Bannon's main defense lines and his attempt to delay the trial, portending a quick conviction.
(2022-07-19). Workers speak on Johnson government crisis and the SEP's call for a general election. wsws.org Christopher from Belfast said, "Most people I know think Labour aren't much better so what's the point of voting for them." He added, "I would tell them to support the Socialist Equality Party."
(2022-07-19). Giant sand paintings in the Yellow River bed. ecns.cn As the water level in Xiaolangdi reservoir area of the Yellow River in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province dropped, the riverbed was exposed after the water and sediment regulation of Xiaolangdi Water Control Project completed.
(2022-07-18). Overthrowing foreign governments is deep in bones of how U.S. conducts its foreign policy. ecns.cn Leading US politicians trumpet the so-called "rules-based international order" for one purpose: to ensure that the US can easily interfere in other countries' affairs and overthrow their governments at its own will. This is exactly the kind of "rules" and "order" that people like Bolton want absolutely to defend. The people of the world, however, will not let them.‚ÄÇ…
(2022-07-19). Estados Unidos: Comité revela el papel del expresidente Trump en disturbios en el Capitolio. cubadebate.cu Según la evidencia presentada por el comité selecto de la Cámara, Donald Trump planeó ordenar a la multitud desenfrenada que había traído a Washington D.C. a marchar hacia el Capitolio de EE.UU. el 6 de enero, justo cuando el Congreso se reunía para realizar la certificación final de su derrota ante Joe Biden.
(2022-07-19). Folk music inheritor plays leaf flute in SW China's Chongqing. ecns.cn Bai Xiangui, an inheritor of Youyang folk music, played a love song with a piece of leaf at the 2022 Wuling China Culture and Tourism Summit in Chongqing on July 17.
(2022-07-19). Trump-appointed judge blocks anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ people. peoplesworld.org 
A judge in Tennessee has temporarily barred two federal agencies from enforcing directives issued by President Joe Biden's administration that extended protections for LGBTQ people in schools and workplaces. U.S. District Judge Charles Atchley Jr. in an order on Friday ruled for the 20 state attorneys general who sued last August claiming the Biden administration directives infringe …
(2022-07-19). Joe Biden So Unpopular Now Even CNN Admits It. His Approval Rating is 38%. globalresearch.ca
(2022-07-19). State of emergency imposed as parliament convenes to choose new Sri Lankan president. wsws.org The declaration of a state of emergency underscores the anti-democratic character of tomorrow's vote in parliament to choose a new president after mass popular protests forced former president Gotabhaya Rajapakse to flee the country.
(2022-07-19). Israel autoriza disparar a palestinos con más impunidad. telesurtv.net Después de la visita de Biden, la policía de Israel endureció la política de enfrentamiento a la población palestina.
(2022-07-19). China advierte a EE.UU. sobre visita de Nancy Pelosi a Taiwán. telesurtv.net La vocera de la Cámara de Representantes planea visitar la provincia en medio de tensiones entre Washington y Beijing.
(2022-07-19). Congress urged to boost appropriations for Biden's Defense Production Act orders. indybay.org In June Biden invoked the Defense Production Act to manufacture panels, insulation and heat pumps. Biden's plan encourages high labor standards tied to increased manufacturing. It also calls for boosting community-based clean energy and distributed generation. But more funding than $100 million needs to be invested to make the difference we need to become energy independent from fossil fuels.
(2022-07-18). Finless porpoise numbers recovering in Yangtze. ecns.cn There are now 180 to 200 such porpoises in the Anqing section of the Yangtze River, up from the 130 to 1 counted in 2015, according to the local department of ecology and environment.
(2022-07-19). Centro de Estudios Martianos, más de cuatro décadas al servicio de la patria. cubadebate.cu No es posible valorar la cultura cubana de las últimas cuatro décadas sin tomar en consideración la labor del Centro de Estudios Martianos. Fue fundado por iniciativa del Dr. Armando Hart, entonces ministro de Cultura, y el Comandante en jefe Fidel Castro Ruz, con el objetivo de dedicarse a la investigación y promoción de la vida y la obra de José Martí.
(2022-07-18). How Universities Are Taught To Union-Bust: An Undercover Report. popularresistance.org Support for unionization is at an all-time high, with 68% of all Americans and 77% of those ages 18-34 in favor of unions, according to a Gallup poll. While most recent NLRB filings are from Starbucks workers, higher education unions are on the rise as well. Since the NLRB withdrew a proposed rule that would restrict graduate student workers at private universities from unionizing in 2021, there has been an explosion of new activity among that sector, as well as among adjunct faculty. Among undergraduates, the Union of Grinnell Student Dining Workers won an election earlier this year to expand their bargaining un…
(2022-07-18). Biden Announces Emergency Board, Blocking Nationwide Railroad Strike. popularresistance.org The announcement of the PEB, a form of federal mediation, blocks a potential strike by over 100,000 railroaders, which could have legally taken place as early as 12: 01 AM on July 18, at the expiration of a 30-day "cooling off" period. Last week, railroaders in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen voted by 99.5 percent to authorize strike action. | Workers have been without a contract for nearly three years, and conditions in the railroads are atrocious. Tens of thousands of workers have resigned in recent years, particularly due to the punishing work schedule, in which 70+ hours a week are not unc…
(2022-07-18). Palestinians Face Forced Expulsions As Biden Pledges Allegiance To Israel. popularresistance.org During his presidential campaign, Biden committed to rejoining the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. But a year and a half into his term, he failed to return the U.S. to the deal. He has also imposed additional sanctions on Iran, shamefully capitulating to Israeli pressure. | In the Jerusalem Declaration, Biden, on behalf of the United States, signed a "commitment never to allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon, and [pledged] that it is prepared to use all elements of its national power to ensure that outcome." When asked in an interview on Israeli television whether he would use military force against Iran, Bi…
(2022-07-18). Russia-Iran Relations Take A Quantum Leap. popularresistance.org When the US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan first spoke about a potential Iran-Russian drone deal, Moscow kept quiet and Tehran issued a pro forma rebuttal, which, taken together, suggested that it is a work in progress. Sullivan's disclosure appeared at the fag-end of a White House briefing for President Biden's forthcoming West Asia tour to Israel and Saudi Arabia, and seemed to have an element of grandstanding aimed at fueling the latent anti-Iran sentiments in the Gulf region that could, in turn, inject some degree of contemporaneity to POTUS' signal project to cobble together an Israeli-Arab military…
(2022-07-18). Biden Visits his Mirror Image. southfront.org 
Written by Simon Chege Ndiritu | Biden Finally 'decided' to visit Saudi Arabia, a country he had described as a pariah. Biden's word constitutes projection as unlikely as it sounds. Biden and his role as the US leader are very close to that of Muhammad Bin Salman (MBS) in Saudi Arabia. Both persons and the countries they represent have more similarities than US neo-liberals would ever admit. Readers here should note the dictatorial stance that Biden and the US have on the world, which is si…
(2022-07-18). Collective statement: Biden in occupied Palestine and the 'Jerusalem Declaration'. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement on Biden in Palestine and the Jerusalem Declaration, signed by 80 organizations, including Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO). | The joint declaration of U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid reveals not only the fundamental bankruptcy of the imperialist and Zionist systems they represent but also underlines the necessity to act and stand now in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their resistance, to liberate their land from the river to the sea. This strategic partnership of violence, warmongering, repression…
(2022-07-18). Mossad False Flag On The Way — Another 9/11? popularresistance.org Wednesday's report by corporate media outlet Yahoo News, outlining alleged plans by Iran to assassinate senior US officials, including former President Donald Trump, in retaliation for the January 2020 drone strike killing of Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp's elite Quds Force unit, should come as little surprise to onlookers. | Indeed, following the assassination of the Iranian General, the Islamic Republic responded by firing a barrage of ballistic missiles at the US Ain al-Asad airbase in neighbouring Iraq, leaving 110 US servicemen with 'traumatic brain injuries' according to…
(2022-07-18). Reproductive rights vs. rightwing Federalist Society. workers.org Protesters gathered outside the Mellon Bank building in Center City Philadelphia July 13 to denounce the Federalist Society meeting there. Society members include the ultraconservative members of the U.S. Supreme Court, many Republican members of Congress and Amy Wax, a University of Pennsylvania law professor who spouts white-supremacist rhetoric. Philadelphia, . . . |
(2022-07-18). On the Results of the Upper House Elections in Japan. journal-neo.org 
On July 10 Japan held elections for 125 of the 248 seats (i.e. %+1) in the House of Councillors, the upper house of the Japanese Parliament. The results of these elections have attracted special interest owing to a number of different factors. These factors include both immediate and long-term issues, and relate to both domestic …
(2022-07-18). U.S. Supreme Court attacks tribal sovereignty — again. workers.org 
By Will H., K. James and W. James On June 29, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) continued its centuries-long assault on Native Americans in its decision in the case of Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta. Sasafane (Euchee) protests the U.S. Supreme Court ruling against Native sovereignty in the Castro-Huerta . . . |