(2022-07-22). Biden's infection exposes "living with COVID" propaganda. wsws.org The fact that Biden, who is surrounded by a level of security unknown to all but a handful of Americans, has contracted COVID-19 exposes the recklessness of his administration's pandemic policies.
(2022-07-22). President Biden Must Commit to Ending the War in Yemen. juancole.com By Farrah Hassen | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) Biden once said the U.S. should never "check its principles at the door just to buy oil or sell weapons." He should take his own advice. By Farrah Hassen | July 13, 2022 The United Nations has called the Saudi Arabia-led war in …
(2022-07-22). Extremism and Insurrection: In wake of eighth Jan. 6 hearing, SPLC urges accountability, protection of democracy. splcenter.org
(2022-07-22). 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.
(2022-07-22). Restoration project of Fengxian Temple of Longmen Grottoes completes. ecns.cn Aerial photo shows the restoration site of the Fengxian Temple of Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, July 21, 2022. This has been the first large-scale restoration project of the temple since the 1970s.
(2022-07-22). OTAN, salvar al soldado Ryan. globalizacion.ca La conclusión de la cumbre de la OTAN en Madrid a finales de junio abrió oficialmente una nueva etapa en la historia en la que el unipolarismo imperial occidental declara la guerra al multilateralismo sin ninguna diplomacia. | Con el nuevo…
(2022-07-22). República Dominicana declara alerta en 11 provincias por lluvias. telesurtv.net Autoridades estiman que la proximidad de lluvias, ráfagas de viento y tormentas eléctricas, deteriorará el clima del país por cerca de 24 horas.
(2022-07-22). 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.
(2022-07-22). Twitter locks Socialist Equality Party (Australia) account over video defending Dr David Berger, Julian Assange and free speech. wsws.org WSWS readers should demand that Twitter immediately overturn its censorship of the SEP account as a serious attack on democratic rights.
(2022-07-22). Extinction of Chinese paddlefish and wild Yangtze sturgeon announced by IUCN. ecns.cn The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) announced the extinction of the Chinese paddlefish and the wild Yangtze sturgeon on Thursday in its updated Red List of threatened species.
(2022-07-22). Xi sends message of sympathy to Biden over COVID-19 infection. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday sent a message of sympathy to U.S. President Joe Biden over the latter's COVID-19 infection.
(2022-07-22). Presidente de EE.UU. da positivo a la Covid-19. telesurtv.net La Casa Blanca informó que el mandatario presenta síntomas leves y se mantendrá en aislamiento hasta dar negativo.
(2022-07-22). Mentiras y chantajes del lobby anticubano impiden financiamiento para ventas agrícolas a Cuba. cubadebate.cu Se sometió a votación en el pleno de la Cámara la enmienda No. 137 que impediría que los fondos disponibles por la H.R. fueran utilizados para implementar la prohibición del financiamiento a las ventas agrícolas a Cuba. La votación fue de 260 votos en contra y 163 a favor, por lo que la enmienda no fue aprobada. Ningún republicano voto a favor de la iniciativa.
(2022-07-21). Open Letter To President Biden From Veterans For Peace. popularresistance.org Dear President Biden, | We, members of Veterans For Peace who are concerned about the growing possibility of nuclear war, have researched and written our own Nuclear Posture Review, with the goal of reducing the risk of nuclear war and ultimately eliminating all nuclear weapons. Because your own Nuclear Posture Review has not yet been released, we strongly encourage you to put it on hold while you review the Nuclear Posture Review of Veterans For Peace. | The war in Ukraine, with its relentless escalation toward a possible nuclear confrontation, is of great concern to the American public, including those in unifo…
(2022-07-21). The Advances of the Cuban Revolution. orinocotribune.com By Vijay Prashad and Manolo De Los Santos Jul 17, 2022 | PALPITE, Cuba, is just a few miles away from Playa Girón, along the Bay of Pigs, where the United States attempted to overthrow the Cuban Revolution in 1961. Down a modest street in a small building with a Cuban flag and a large picture of Fidel Castro near the front door, Dr Dayamis Gómez La Rosa sees patients from 8 am to 5 pm. In fact, that is an inaccurate sentence. Dr Dayamis, like most primary care doctors in Cuba, lives above the clinic that she runs. "I became a doctor," she told us as we sat in the clinic's waiting room, "because I wanted to…
(2022-07-21). Pelosi To Blinken: Designate Russia as State Sponsor of Terror or Else Congress Will. news.antiwar.com According to The Politico report cited two sources familiar with the call who said the conversation happened earlier this week. As secretary of state, Blinken has the authority to designate a state as a sponsor of terror, and Congress could also do it by passing legislation. | The designation is m…
(2022-07-21). Biden can't be pro-Israel enough for Republican firebrands. electronicintifada.net Far-right US lawmakers angered by Palestinians receiving healthcare.
(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). Did VP Kamala Harris Compare Abortion Restrictions To Chattel Slavery? Black America Responds. moguldom.com In a recent speech, Vice President Kamala Harris compared chattel slavery to the June 24 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to place restrictions on abortion. Speaking at the 113th NAACP national convention on July 20, Harris said, "We must recognize there are those who are fighting to drag us backward. Extremist so-called leaders who are attempting …
(2022-07-21). Pelosi could spark 'more serious' Taiwan Straits crisis; China-U.S. ties would fall off cliff if Washington intended to crash 'guardrails'. mronline.org 
(2022-07-21). 'Value-Based Care' Is A Pretext For Privatization. popularresistance.org Later this month, right before Medicare's 57th birthday on July 30, corporate health care and the government players who facilitate their lucrative businesses, will gather for a summit on value-based care. They will speak of driving health equity, of reaching underserved communities, of coordination of care, and accountable care. They will insist that physicians share in risk just like insurance companies. They will advocate the transformation of health care to value-based care, supposedly founded on payment for quality rather than quantity, value instead of volume, and outcomes not fee-for-service. They will ass…
(2022-07-21). Medical Debt Is a Rip-Off. scheerpost.com 
Rastrojo (D‚Ä¢ES), CC BY-SA 4.0 By Jim Hightower / 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 S…
(2022-07-21). Congressman Jim Clyburn Wants Compensation For Black World War II Veterans Who Were Left Out Of G.I. Benefits. moguldom.com House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn is fighting for compensation for the living spouses and descendants of Black World War II veterans that were denied use of the G.I. Bill due to racism and discrimination. The longtime South Carolina lawmaker collaborated with Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton to introduce the Sgt. Isaac Woodard Jr. and Sgt. Joseph …
(2022-07-21). Ilhan Omar's Meddling in Horn of Africa Earns Boos at Somali American Concert. scheerpost.com 
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(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). Cal it the WAR PARTY: formerly known as the Democratic Party. thiscantbehappening.net My colleague and long-time friend Dave Lindorff did it. He provoked me to rescind my vow, quite temporarily I'm hoping, to stop writing about political matters, at least directly. Dave's desire to rename the Republican Party as the "Bad Losers Party", and his closing remark opening others to rename the Democratic Party, motivated me to … |
(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). Turkish Drone Strikes On Northeastern Syria Kill Two SDF Fighters, Wound Several Others. southfront.org 
Turkey has resumed drone strikes on areas held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Syria's northern region. | Late on July 20, a Turkish combat drone targeted a vehicle near the SDF's military academy in the outskirts of the town of Kobane in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo. Later, the SDF acknowledged that the strike claimed the lives of two of its fighters. | On the afternoon of July 21, a second Turkish drone strike targeted a vehicle of the SDF near a training camp…
(2022-07-21). Biden touts his climate change actions, but enviro groups say: 'Not enough'. peoplesworld.org 
SOMERSET, Mass.—Democratic President Joe Biden touted his administration's moves towards combating climate change. But the items he disclosed at a speech in a former coal-fired power plant in Somerset, Mass.—whose workers will manufacture special undersea cables for offshore wind farms—produced a reaction from green groups of "not enough." Many want a climate national emergency declaration, …
(2022-07-21). Nearly Every House Republican Votes Against Codifying Right to Contraception. commondreams.org "If they had the chance they would ban it," said Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).
(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). Republicans and Supreme Court revive segregation-era 'states' rights' ideology. peoplesworld.org 
The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade—and with it, half a century of constitutional precedent. At least 26 states are now moving to criminalize abortions, often without exceptions for rape, incest, or life-threatening pregnancies. In Louisiana, people seeking abortions could even face execution, which doesn't strike me as particularly pro-life. A few states are already rushing to attack contraception too, with …
(2022-07-21). The Treasury Department Could Prevent Widespread Global Starvation With No Cost to US Taxpayers. commondreams.org As hunger threatens millions, the Biden administration should give its OK for the IMF to distribute financial backing to the world's poorest countries.
(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). 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). 'Absolutely Nonsensical': Supreme Court Blocks Biden From Limiting Deportations. commondreams.org "SCOTUS has basically just allowed a lone Trump-appointed judge in Texas the power to tell a president what immigration priorities it can and can't enforce. Crazy."
(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). 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). Progressive Lawmakers Push Biden to Stop Transferring Military Weapons to Cops. commondreams.org "Militarized law enforcement increases the prevalence of police violence without making our communities safer," 22 members of Congress asserted.
(2022-07-21). WATCH LIVE: Jan. 6 Panel Holds Prime-Time Hearing on Trump Refusal to Defend Capitol. commondreams.org Former White House aides Sarah Matthews and Matthew Pottinger, who both resigned over Trump's actions that day, are set to testify.
(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.
(2022-07-21). New York City Mayor Eric Adams presses forward on school funding attacks. wsws.org The mayor has brushed off political posturing by fellow Democrats, plowing forward with hundreds of millions in cuts to public schools…
(2022-07-21). Why Is Biden Dangerously Joining the Warpath Against Iran? commondreams.org The president signed an agreement saying it would use all elements of US power, including force, to stop Tehran from getting a bomb.
(2022-07-21). President Joe Biden Tests Positive for Covid-19. commondreams.org The White House said in a statement that the president is "experiencing very mild symptoms."
(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). House defeats Republican attempt to cut construction workers' wages. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON (PAI)—By a bipartisan 165-264 vote, the Democratic-run U.S. House defeated the latest Republican perennial try to cut construction workers' wages by repealing the Davis-Bacon Act. All 223 voting Democrats opposed the Republican move and supported workers, as did 41 Republicans who defected from the party line. The other 165 Republicans voted to kill Davis-Bacon. …
(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). 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). The Obama Doctrine and Where it Leads Us. journal-neo.org 
US President Joe Biden is acting out the script written for the so-called "Obama Doctrine" perfectly. Which is no small feat considering the man seems narcoleptic. The truly sad part of all this is that the people of the countries involved do not want war. The world does not want more war. We are sick …
(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). The Philippines after General Elections. journal-neo.org 
On May 9, the Philippines held presidential and vice presidential elections, which were a significant event in the development of the situation in the Indo-Pacific region. The course and results of these elections attracted close attention of such leading regional (and world) players as the United States and China. As one of the main participants, …
(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). Let's Rebrand the Misnamed GOP as the BLP. thiscantbehappening.net David Kiphuth is a new contributor to ThisCantBeHappening! He will be contributing his own political cartoons to the site and will also be working with our writers on illustrations for article illustrations like this one today. We need to start calling the Republican Party by a new nickname that more accurately reflects what it … |