(2022-07-21). Nasrallah: If Lebanon Is Denied Its Oil And Gas Resources, We Will Shut Down All Israeli Platforms. southfront.org 
Speech by Hezbollah Secretary General Sayed Hassan Nasrallah on July 13, 2022, on Biden's visit to the Middle East and…
(2022-07-21). 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.
(2022-07-21). Trucker protests bring work at Port of Oakland to a halt, as dockworkers refuse to cross picket line. wsws.org But the support for the truckers strike has not only revealed anger and discontent with the ILWU, it also threatens to upend the Biden administration's attempts to bureaucratically strangle the class struggle on the docks.
(2022-07-21). Right-wing ruling party wins Japanese upper house election. wsws.org The LDP ability to retain control in the National Diet is an indication of the deep distrust the working class has for the Democrats and their allies.
(2022-07-21). Secret Service defies January 6 Committee subpoena for text messages. wsws.org On Tuesday, the United States Secret Service turned over a grand total of one text message from the January 6, 2021 coup to the House Select Committee investigating Donald Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election and seize power as president-dictator.
(2022-07-21). US Homeland Security purchased "staggering" volumes of location data to illegally track citizens and immigrants. wsws.org Documents from 2020 published by the ACLU on Monday show that the US Department of Homeland Security, during both the Trump and Biden administrations, has been purchasing large volumes of personal location data, in violation of the Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable searches and seizures.
(2022-07-21). On eve of union convention, court-appointed monitor exposes further criminality by UAW bureaucrats. wsws.org The independent monitor's report detailed blatant violations of the consent decree signed the UAW, raising question of whether President Ray Curry and other top executives should be eligible to run for reelection at next week's convention in Detroit.
(2022-07-21). Fascist pro-Trump Republicans advance in primary contests. wsws.org More than half of Republican primary winners for Congress and statewide offices deny the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election and the Biden administration.
(2022-07-21). For a Democratic and Socialist Congress of Workers and Rural Masses in Sri Lanka! wsws.org The working class must establish its own centre of political power in opposition to the anti-democratic conspiracies of the political establishment and the capitalist state. That is the significance of the SEP's call for the Democratic and Socialist Congress of Workers and Rural masses.
(2022-07-21). 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.
(2022-07-21). Biden, Speaking of "Climate Emergency" and National Security, Pledges Executive Orders to Combat Global Heating. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that he would use executive orders and appeal to emergency measures in addressing what he caled the "climate crisis," deploying among other tools the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). He announced, "And in the coming weeks, I'm going to use the power I have …
(2022-07-21). República Dominicana reporta dos nuevos casos de viruela símica. telesurtv.net Con los nuevos casos confirmados, República Dominicana suma tres pacientes positivos a la enfermedad.
(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). Medical Debt Is a Rip-Off. otherwords.org Many big business CEOs turn out to be grifters who rip off consumers, workers, and others. But the corporate con artists I consider most vile are those who profiteer from people's health care needs. | We've had such infamous, high-profile scammers as Medicare fraudster (and now Florida Senator)
(2022-07-20). In OtherWords: July 20, 2022. otherwords.org This week, Sonali Kolhatkar examines the seemingly unusual incidence of women who oppose abortion rights seeking abortions for themselves. It's more common than you'd expect, Sonali argues — and actually key to understanding a range of common conservative policy positions. | Also this week, Jim Hightower sheds a light on the growing problem of medical debt. And cartoonist Khalil Bendib deftly illustrates what Senator Joe Manchin is doing the Democratic agenda in Washington. | New This Week… |
(2022-07-20). Biden Ripped for $1 Billion UAE Arms Deal Days After Khashoggi Lawyer Sentenced. commondreams.org Journalist Mehdi Hasan said "it's clear that Biden isn't breaking with Trump" on supporting Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, "even when they kill or detain U.S. citizens."
(2022-07-20). Biden helps Israel get away with murder. electronicintifada.net "Jerusalem Declaration" belies Washington's pledge for accountability for Shireen Abu Akleh.
(2022-07-20). Biden's Attempt To Turn Saudi Arabia Against Russia Utterly Failed. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size imageSaudi FM stresses that OPEC's decisions will be not based on "hysteria" or "geopolitics". | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | During his visit to Jeddah on July 15, American President Joe Biden tried to convince his Saudi partners to increase oil production and delivery in order to inflict economic damage on Russia and turn the Arab country towards an anti-Moscow policy. Instead, Biden's visit to the Red Sea city was a complete di…
(2022-07-20). People's Action: We are in a climate emergency, and Biden must act. peoplesaction.org WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action released the following statement from Lead Climate Justice Organizer Ben Ishibashi after President Biden failed to declare a national climate emergency today: "We welcome Biden's executive actions to boost wind energy production and help low-income families keep cool, but this week's apocalyptic heat waves make it clear that these steps are overdue …
(2022-07-20). In Middle East visit, oil access trumps human rights. workers.org 
No Palestinians living under Israeli occupation benefitted one iota from President Joe Biden's brief Middle East visit. Biden had the executive power to reverse the damage done when former President Donald Trump moved the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, recognizing Israel's control over the disputed capital. Biden chose to not do . . . |
(2022-07-20). WW editorial: Beyond Biden. workers.org 
Young people who backed Joe Biden in 2020, because they feared or hated Donald Trump, are now fed up with the Democratic Party. Fed up, disillusioned, disgusted and looking for new solutions. That was the message in a July 14 article in The New York Times interviewing youth from around . . . |
(2022-07-20). US Threatens Venezuela and Other Countries With Sanctions for Detaining US Citizens. orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, July 19, US President Joe Biden signed an executive order that gives Washington the right to impose unilateral coercive measures against states that "unjustly" detain US citizens, "The sanctions authority included in this EO enables the United States to impose financial and travel sanctions on those who are responsible for unjustly holding US nationals, whether their captor is a terrorist netw…
(2022-07-20). UAW Delegates Head to Convention and Prepare for First Direct Elections. scheerpost.com 
By Jonah Furman / Labor Notes Auto Workers (UAW) members made history last November, winning direct elections of national officers ("one member, one vote") in a membership referendum. Now delegates are headed to a Constitutional Convention where candidates will be nominated for the top slots. The whole process will put to the test whether reformers …
(2022-07-20). Reject CPTPP, Stay out of New Cold War. popularresistance.org Joining or ratifying dubious trade deals is supposed to offer miraculous solutions to recent lackluster economic progress. Such naàØve advocacy is misleading at best, and downright irresponsible, even reckless, at worst. | 'US President Barack Obama's 'pivot to Asia' after his 2012 re-election sought to check China's sustained economic growth and technological progress. Its economic centerpiece was the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). | But the US International Trade Commission (ITC) doubted the Washington-based Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) and other exaggerated claims of significa…
(2022-07-20). Daily Round-up | Turkey accused of war crimes after drone strike & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories from Turkey's drone strike in Iraqi Kurdistan, the hunger strike of Palestinian prisoners, repression in Morocco, and a court verdict on elections in Brazil…
(2022-07-20). New Resource: The Tenant Power Toolkit. popularresistance.org The Tenant Power Toolkit is a collaborative effort between the The Debt Collective, The LA Tenants Union, The Anti-Eviction Mapping Project, UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality & Democracy, ACCE Action, anti-eviction lawyers and legal service providers including Gary Blasi, one of California's best known housing justice lawyers. We designed this toolkit to keep people in their homes, fight evictions, fight rent debt, and build the collective power of tenants. Together, we have the power not only to fight back against the system, but to change it. | Within the Tenant Power Toolkit project there is a core supp…
(2022-07-20). Lawyers from Bankrupted Celsius: Users Who Put Crypto On Exchange Have No Rights to Their Bitcoin, We Can Do What We Want. moguldom.com To say the crypto market has been on a downturn is an understatement. It's been crashing quickly and in a major way. Now lawyers for bankrupt crypto lender Celsius Network revealed users gave up legal rights to their Bitcoin by using their platform and they can do anything they want with the currencies. Celsius attorney …
(2022-07-20). Dave Chappelle Critics Abound After Surprise Show Announcement But Energy Wasn't The Same When He Supported Black Community in Buffalo. moguldom.com Renowned comedian Dave Chappelle is trending again — and it's not because he released a new comedy special. Instead, Minneapolis performance venue First Avenue has received significant backlash after announcing a surprise show by the comedian that will take place on July 20. Chappelle's critics are still upset about jokes the comedian told about the …
(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). 'A Possible Coup' Against The Labour Government? scheerpost.com 
Former Prime Minister Harold Wilson in 1986. (Allan Warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons) | By Richard Norton-Taylor / A file released on Tuesday by the National Archives, titled "Allegations concerning a possible coup in 1968", reveals how rattled MI5 and the Home Office were many years later about conspiracies that have never been properly investigated. | The declassified file refers to discussions about how to topple the then Labour prime minister, Harold Wilson. Wilson was smeared by right-wing…
(2022-07-20). No charges filed against gunman arrested outside home of Democratic representative Jayapal. wsws.org The Seattle police officer wrote that that "the suspect… was standing in the middle of the street with hands in the air. He had a handgun (Glock 22 .40 cal) holstered on his waist."
(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). 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). 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). 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). The 'Dirty Quid Pro Quo' Between Democrats and Big Tech. scheerpost.com 
By Max Jones / Original to ScheerPost | ScheerPost Staff Writer | Briahna Joy Gray, former 2020 Sanders Campaign National Press Secretary, recently delivered a
(2022-07-20). Ranil Wickremesinghe is elected president of Sri Lanka. peoplesdispatch.org Ranil Wickremesinghe won the presidential election held by secret ballot on Tuesday, July 20, after Gotabaya Rajapaksa stepped down from his position earlier this month. Wickremesinghe is to remain president for the rest of Rajapaksa's term which is to end in 2024…
(2022-07-20). Electoral Count Reform Hailed as 'Essential First Step' Toward Safeguarding US Democracy. commondreams.org While praising the proposal, one democracy defender also emphasized that "this bill is no substitute for comprehensive voting rights legislation."
(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). 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). Pre-empting Supreme Court reversal, House Democrats pass same-sex marriage bill. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House overwhelmingly approved legislation Tuesday to protect same-sex and interracial marriages amid concerns that the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade abortion access could jeopardize other rights. In a robust but lopsided debate, Democrats argued intensely and often personally in favor of enshrining marriage equality in federal law. Leading Republicans portrayed …
(2022-07-20). Political heat rises on Biden to declare climate change emergency. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—"Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun," Noel Coward once wrote in a popular song. But not when the midday sun scorches London with a temperature record of 104 degrees Fahrenheit. Or when so much of the U.S. Great Plains hits similar highs, raising visions of a second Dust Bowl. Or …
(2022-07-20). As expected, Biden names emergency board to try to solve rail dispute. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON —As expected, Democratic President Joe Biden named a three-member Presidential Emergency Board to take testimony and try to solve the long-term dispute between 14 railroad unions and the nation's freight railroads over a new contract. By naming the board, Biden automatically triggered a "cooling-off period" of up to 60 days where the rail bosses …
(2022-07-20). Ranil Wickremesinghe elected as new president of Sri Lanka. ecns.cn Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe was elected as the new president of Sri Lanka in an election held in parliament on Wednesday.
(2022-07-20). Let's Rebrand the Misnamed GOP as the BLP. thiscantbehappening.net We need to start calling the Republican Party by a new nickname that more accurately reflects what it has degenerated into. For well over a century the party of Abraham Lincoln has been referred to as the GOP — especially by the news media, whose editors love appellations that allow for shorter headlines … |
(2022-07-20). A Potential Historic Political Shift Is Taking Place Among Evangelical Christians. commondreams.org Christians are splitting with the religious right over Trump, Covid, and Black Lives Matter, creating opportunities for those interested in social justice.
(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). 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